SHAWNEE, Kan., Bayer HealthCare LLC Animal Health announces the approval of Claro™ (15.0 mg/mL florfenicol, 13.3 mg/mL terbinafine, 2.0 mg/mL mometasone furoate) Otic Solution, the first single-dose therapy proven to effectively treat susceptible strains of common pathogens found in canine otitis externa.1 The product is expected to be available for sale exclusively to veterinarians in November.

Otitis externa is the second most common reason dog owners take their pet to a veterinarian2 and can be a frustrating disease for canine patients and their owners.  The condition is an inflammation of the ear canal that is often accompanied by secondary infections.  It frequently causes pain, itching, a strong odor and/or muffled hearing in affected dogs and typically requires client administration of ear medications at home.

Claro™ is intended to be a first-line otitis externa therapy that addresses the needs of veterinarians and dog owners.  It is a clear liquid solution featuring a fixed combination of antibacterial, antifungal, and anti-inflammatory ingredients that requires only one, veterinarian-administered treatment.  The unique single-dose treatment regimen eliminates veterinarian uncertainty about pet owner compliance and spares pet owners the frustrations of in-home application and multiple treatment visits.

Claro™ was developed by Piedmont Animal Health, Greensboro, NC, as part of a development partnership with Bayer.

CAUTION:
Federal (U.S.A.) law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian.  CLARO™ is contraindicated in dogs with known or suspected hypersensitivity to florfenicol, terbinafine hydrochloride, or mometasone furoate.

About Claro™
Claro™ is indicated for the treatment of canine otitis externa in dogs associated with susceptible strains of yeast (Malassezia pachydermatis) and bacteria (Staphylococcus pseudintermedius).  One dose is administered to each affected ear in dogs of all sizes. Do not use Claro™ on dogs with known tympanic membrane perforation. Claro™ is contraindicated in dogs with known or suspected hypersensitivity to florfenicol, terbinafine hydrochloride or mometasone furoate.

About Bayer HealthCare
The Bayer Group is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. Bayer HealthCare, a subgroup of Bayer AG with annual sales of around EUR 20.0 billion (2014), is one of the world’s leading, innovative companies in the healthcare and medical products industry and is based in Leverkusen, Germany. The company combines the global activities of the Animal Health, Consumer Care, Medical Care and Pharmaceuticals divisions. Bayer HealthCare’s aim is to discover, develop, manufacture and market products that will improve human and animal health worldwide. Bayer HealthCare has a global workforce of 60,700 employees (Dec 31, 2014) and is represented in more than 100 countries. More information is available atwww.healthcare.bayer.com.

About Piedmont Animal Health
Piedmont Animal Health (part of Piedmont Pharmaceuticals) is led by a team of seasoned veterinary pharmaceutical innovators that has developed, launched, or marketed more than 20 companion animal health products. Today, these products represent approximately 25 percent of the total revenue in the U.S. small animal veterinary segment. A leader in innovation, Piedmont is dedicated to developing products that improve compliance and ease of use. For more information, visit PiedmontAnimalHealth.com.

Datacastle demonstrates best-in-class capability and market leadership through demonstrated technology success and customer commitment.

Seattle, WA — Datacastle®, a market leader in enterprise endpoint backup and data protection, today announced it has attained a Gold Cloud Platform Competency, demonstrating a “best-in-class” ability and commitment to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s dynamic business environment and distinguishing itself within the top 1 percent of Microsoft’s partner ecosystem.

To earn a Microsoft Gold Competency, partners must successfully complete exams (resulting in Microsoft Certified Professionals) to prove their level of technology expertise, and then designate these certified professionals uniquely to one Microsoft competency, ensuring a certain level of staffing capacity. They also must submit customer references that demonstrate successful projects (along with implementing a yearly customer satisfaction study), meet a revenue commitment (for most Gold Competencies), and pass technology and/or sales assessments.

Datacastle protects enterprises from mobile data loss and data breach with simplified and scalable endpoint backup and data protection. Datacastle RED’s hybrid cloud deployment option with Microsoft Azure enables enterprises to rapidly experience LAN-speed performance with the assurance of offsite, cloud-based recoverability and mobile access.

“This Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform Competency showcases our expertise in and commitment to today’s technology market and demonstrates our deep knowledge of Microsoft and its products,” said Ron Faith, CEO, Datacastle. “We plan to accelerate our customers’ success in adopting the cloud by serving as technology advisors for their business demands.”

“By achieving a Gold Competency, partners have demonstrated the highest, most consistent capability and commitment to the latest Microsoft technology,” said Phil Sorgen, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group at Microsoft Corp. “These partners have a deep expertise that puts them in the top 1 percent of our partner ecosystem, and their proficiency will help customers drive innovative solutions on the latest Microsoft technology.”

Attaining the Microsoft Cloud Platform Competency demonstrates partner expertise in building, integrating and/or extending Windows-based applications and infrastructure solutions in the cloud using the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. With more than 57 percent of the Fortune 500 using Microsoft Azure, the Microsoft Cloud Platform Competency can help partners take advantage of the growing demand for infrastructure and software as a service solutions. Equipped with exclusive training, partners can help customers deploy solutions that increase customer productivity and profitability.
The Microsoft Partner Network helps partners strengthen their capabilities to showcase leadership in the marketplace on the latest technology, to better serve customers and to easily connect with one of the most active, diverse networks in the world.

About Datacastle
Datacastle protects enterprises from mobile data loss and data breach with simplified and scalable hybrid cloud endpoint backup and data protection. Datacastle RED provides secure and auditable access to enterprise data on critical devices, anytime, anywhere. To learn more about Datacastle RED, visit http://www.datacastlered.com, follow on Twitter @Datacastle, or call 425.996.9684.

Datacastle brings eDiscovery support, Legal Hold, and rapid hybrid cloud deployment enhancements to enterprise endpoint data protection

Press Release: Datacastle – Wed, 17 Sep, 2014 9:45 AM EDT

SEATTLE, Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Datacastle®, a market leader for protecting enterprises from endpoint data loss and data breaches, today announced the latest version of its flagship product, Datacastle RED. Datacastle RED v7 provides enterprise customers even greater hybrid cloud deployment options with data backup and replication on Microsoft Azure, as well as support for eDiscovery and Legal Hold processes.

Datacastle RED v7 includes:

• Rapid Deployment Support – enhanced hybrid cloud deployment on Microsoft Azure, enterprise deployment integrations with Active Directory, LDAP, silent installation, and single sign-on (SAML v2)
• eDiscovery Support – support EDRM process for laptops, high-end tablets, and desktops backup data
• Legal Hold – the ability to flag laptops, tablets, and desktops for long term data retention
• Administrative Restore Flexibility – provide the ability for system administrators to have many secure restore options and targets

“It was important for us to quickly protect our endpoint data without disrupting employee’s productivity,” said Jason Tavarez, Senior Director of IT, Achievement First. “Datacastle RED on Microsoft Azure deployed within 30 days to our enterprise infrastructure with Azure SQL and georedundant cloud storage. We experienced rapid time to protection without impacting our end users.”

“As organizations move their solutions to the cloud, they need a platform that offers scale and reliability,” said Kim Akers, General Manager, Microsoft Corp. “We are pleased that Datacastle RED has chosen to take advantage of the geographic breadth, operational excellence, and scale of Microsoft Azure for enterprise customers.”

“Datacastle is excited to bring rapid time to value for our customers and partners deploying on a global, enterprise class cloud platform such as Microsoft Azure,” said Ron Faith, CEO of Datacastle. “Our customers are looking beyond backup and desire to derive greater insights and value from their backup vaults.”

Datacastle RED v7 is available today for on-premises, private cloud, or public cloud deployments directly from Datacastle or from one of Datacastle’s global network of partners. For more information call 425.996.9684 or email sales@datacastlered.com.

About Datacastle

Datacastle protects enterprises from mobile data loss and data breach with simplified and scalable hybrid cloud endpoint backup and data protection. Datacastle RED provides secure and auditable access to enterprise data on critical devices, anytime, anywhere. To learn more about Datacastle RED, visit http://www.datacastlered.com, follow on Twitter @Datacastle, or call 425.996.9684.

September 3, 2014

San Jose, CA – September 3, 2014 – ThreatMetrix®, the fastest-growing provider of context-based security and advanced fraud prevention solutions, today announced it will work with businesses to ensure they are compliant with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations that prohibit business transactions with embargoed or restricted countries or entities.

To be compliant with OFAC regulations, businesses must know the true location of their business clientele and customers, which becomes increasingly challenging for businesses such as banks, as customers frequently disguise their locations in an effort to maintain privacy and protect personal data, among other reasons. Unfortunately, cybercriminals frequently use proxy servers, TOR networks and other methods to hide their locations. Most companies use outdated technologies such as IP addresses to determine the customer’s location, but cybercriminals have sophisticated techniques to alter their IP addresses and make it appear like they are located in a friendly country by OFAC standards. Businesses can face fines up to $250,000 per incident or twice the value of the offending transactions, whichever is greater, for violating OFAC regulations.

“We’re addressing a major gap and solving a growing problem in the way business is conducted,” said Bert Rankin, chief marketing officer, ThreatMetrix. “Banks and institutions are significantly impacted when OFAC regulations are violated. France’s largest bank, BNP Paribas, for instance, was recently fined $8.9 billion. This doesn’t have to happen. Our SaaS-based fraud prevention solution is easy to implement and can provide measurable financial benefits to the businesses, in addition to protecting their reputations.”

The ThreatMetrix solution is built on the ThreatMetrix TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform will help banks and other organizations significantly enhance their ability to comply with OFAC regulations by detecting location spoofing and identifying users’ true locations. The platform’s real-time trust analytics enable context-aware security, and combine device, identity, and behavioral analytics with collaborative feedback from millions of users across thousands of sites to accurately identify good users and block out cybercriminals, stopping organizations from unwittingly violating OFAC regulations.

The TrustDefender platform provides organizations with an accurate assessment of suspicious account registrations and transactions, and the ability to instantly determine if a request or transaction should be blocked, prohibited, accepted or held for manual review. Leveraging global intelligence from the world’s most comprehensive database, the ThreatMetrix® Global Trust Intelligence Network (The Network), the platform is able to detect hidden proxies, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and other methods used to conceal customers’ true locations.

ThreatMetrix utilizes real-time advanced device profiling and data from The Network to detect proxy use and evaluate the entire context surrounding each transaction. This includes:

• Device analytics: Composed of uniquely identifying each device, determining its location, association with the user, and ties to criminal activity or hacker rings; detecting the presence of proxies, anonymizers, bots or malware; and exposing other anomalies that may indicate fraudulent locations, hacking or a compromised device.
• Identity analytics: Pinpointing the end user’s association(s) with trusted entities, or any history or affiliation with crime, fraud, or hacking activities.
• Behavior analytics: Analyzes normal login patterns such as login frequencies, locations, typical access times, login names, and devices used.

ThreatMetrix Resources

• Share this news on Twitter: Are you sure of your customers’ locations? If not, you may be violating #OFAC. @ThreatMetrix has a solution http://goo.gl/YfQOGs
• OFAC Compliance
• Whitepaper: ThreatMetrix OFAC Compliance
• Datasheet: TrustDefender for OFAC Compliance

August 19, 2014

San Jose, CA – August 19, 2014 – ThreatMetrix®, the fastest-growing provider of context-based security and advanced fraud prevention solutions, today announced it has been recognized by CIOReview as one of the “100 Most Promising Technology Companies in the U.S.”

CIOReview100 is an annual list selected by a panel comprised of top CEOs, CIOs and industry analysts including the CIOReview editorial board to honor the top 100 technology companies in the U.S. This year, the list honored the most promising technology companies for their use of powerful next generation technologies such as cloud, mobile and big data. The list distinguishes companies that enable their customers to break through old performance barriers and improve their businesses.

“Recognition by the CIOReview100 serves as validation of our continued innovation in context-based authentication and advanced fraud prevention,” said Bert Rankin, chief marketing officer, ThreatMetrix. “While we are incredibly invested in protecting our customers’ businesses from fraudsters, we also place equal weight on making sure we maintain a great customer experience for their users in the process. Our fraud and security solutions leverage a collective network to provide real-time insights, blocking out potential threats without adding additional authentication steps for good users.”

In July 2014, ThreatMetrix announced the addition of a new patent that builds off of its cookieless device identification, using fuzzy matching technology to globally recognize trusted customers and cybercriminals.ThreatMetrix is committed to building trust on the Internet, which requires frequently updating and enhancing its solutions with patented technologies. Through the frequent addition of patents that help companies identify, recognize and thwart attackers, ThreatMetrix helps to keep businesses secure and prevent cybercriminals from compromising online identities.

For a full list of winners, visit http://cioreview100.cioreview.com/.

In addition to being named to the CIOReview100, ThreatMetrix has been recognized through several additional awards so far this year:

• Recognized as a Silver Winner in the “Enterprise Product of the Year – Software” Category by the Best in Biz Awards 2014 International
• Named to the 2014 AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Companies List
• Named to the 2014 Lead411 Hottest Companies in Silicon Valley list
• Products Guide (NPG) 2014 Hot Companies and Best Product Award Winner for the “Best Products and Services – Information Security and Risk Management” category and also in the “Best Products and Services – Security Software” category.
• Judges Choice for Best Overall Fraud/Security Solution at the 2014 CardNotPresent.com (CNP) Awards for the ThreatMetrix TrustDefender Cybercrime Protection Platform
• A 2014 Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Award for Most Innovative Company of the Year (Security)
• 2014 Cyber Defense Magazine Award Winner in 2 Categories: Most Innovative Anti-Malware Appliances Solution & Best Product Network Access Control Solution

ThreatMetrix Resources

• CIOReview: ThreatMetrix: Pioneering Context-Based Workforce Authentication
• ThreatMetrix Extends Mobile and Web Context-Based Security and Fraud Prevention Innovation with Patent
• ThreatMetrix Announces Integration with Ping Identity to Deliver Context-Based Authentication for Enterprises

July 29, 2014

San Jose, CA – July 29, 2014 – ThreatMetrix®, the fastest-growing provider of context-based security and advanced fraud prevention solutions, today announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a new patent for its ability to accurately differentiate between trusted customers and cybercriminals across mobile and web interactions.

The new patent is U.S. Patent 8,782,783: “Method and System for Tracking Machines on a Network Using Fuzzy GUID (Globaly Unique Identifier) Technology.” This is a continuation of a previous patent that provides the cornerstone technology for ThreatMetrix industry leading cookieless device identification and global device recognition. The new patent expands ThreatMetrix global identification technology beyond network and device attributes to include broader attributes such as account, identity and transaction details to build a complete picture of an online persona. The unique fuzzy matching capability of the patent creates a reliable, anonymous global identifier, enabling persistent global tracking and classification of malicious mobile and web devices and activities on the Internet, regardless of how underlying attributes change.

“Cybercriminals are learning to disguise themselves online in the same way thieves wear gloves to mask fingerprints at a crime scene,” said Alisdair Faulkner, chief products officer, ThreatMetrix. “As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, we must evolve our defenses even faster to best detect and keep out cybercriminals, which is where this patented technology comes into play. Without the ThreatMetrix Fuzzy GUID patent, companies lose sight of both good customers and criminals when they change their IP Address, delete cookies or change their mobile or browser settings.”

Companies that have implemented first generation device fingerprinting technologies find they are brittle and limited to account or application-centric identification and have no cross-channel or global view of who they are doing business with. Existing ThreatMetrix customers already take advantage of this patented technology to stop account breaches and eliminate fraud while reducing user friction.

ThreatMetrix is committed to enhancing cybersecurity through patented technology and continuous product updates. Over the past several years, ThreatMetrix has released a number of patents, securing the company’s spot as an industry leader in building trust on the Internet. ThreatMetrix’s previously granted patents include:

• U.S. Patent 8,141,148: “Method and System for Tracking Machines on a Network Using Fuzzy GUID Technology” This patent – which provides the basis for the new patent – provides the technology for device identification and global recognition regardless of cookie deletion and copying. This technology is available through ThreatMetrix SmartID™, which utilizes unique device attributes to identify visitors that have wiped cookies, use private browsing or changed IP addresses.
• U.S. Patent 8,176,178: “Method for Tracking Machines on a Network Using Multivariable Fingerprinting of Passively Available Information” This patent detects fraudsters using proxies or virtual private networks (VPNs) through the most advanced device recognition risk assessment. The technology provides a complete view of each device, taking into account the device’s historical behavior and broader context.

In addition to its latest patent, ThreatMetrix secured $20 million in Series E in March to broaden the reach of the company’s context-based authentication and advanced fraud prevention solutions. With the ThreatMetrix TrustDefender™ Cybercrime Protection Platform, ThreatMetrix combines comprehensive data collection, behavioral analytics and ThreatMetrix® Global Trust Intelligence Network (The Network) to differentiate between authentic and fraudulent activity and protect its customers in real time.

ThreatMetrix Resources

• Press Release: ThreatMetrix Expands Innovation Leadership with Two New Patents
  
• CEO Blog Post: A New Model for Building Trust on the Internet

July 1st 2014

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