OneLogin Certified to Work With Microsoft Office 365

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 16, 2014

OneLogin, the innovator in identity management, today announced that its cloud-based solution for identity management and single sign-on (SSO) has been certified to work with Office 365. The certification assures customers of the interoperability between Office 365 and OneLogin—whether OneLogin is integrated with Active Directory or serves as their sole identity management solution. In a related development, the company also announced that OneLogin is the first solution to offer the automatic pairing of a large user base with Office 365 licenses.

With more than 100 paid OneLogin for Office 365 customers and hundreds of freemium users, OneLogin for Office 365 eliminates the cost and complexity of attempting to use on-premises infrastructure to create a highly available Office 365 deployment. OneLogin delivers high availability plus fast and accurate provisioning and de-provisioning of users, improved security and compliance, and SSO across Web, Outlook, Lync, and mobile mail clients.

“Enterprises are increasingly moving the business productivity suite to the cloud to take advantage of a simplified infrastructure, more frequent product updates, and anytime, anywhere collaboration,” said David Meyer, vice president of products at OneLogin. “But this has created a paradox. To ensure that only the right people have access to the right data, many of these companies are tripling their investments in their on-premises identity management infrastructure, taking a month or more to get Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) machines and experts in place to support authentication and authorization for the various products in the Office 365 suite. This is insane. OneLogin completely eliminates the drag on productivity created by costly AD FS implementations and powers the speed of business in the cloud.”

Cutting Out the Costs of Federating Active Directory with Office 365

    Radically Simplified Deployment and Management: OneLogin can be implemented as a highly available service in a few hours, with or without Active Directory, and across mixed directory types, such as LDAP and SaaS directories like Workday and Google Apps. OneLogin’s superior architecture scales out to millions of Office 365 users and thousands of Active Directory Organizational Units. Instant provisioning and de-provisioning of users boosts productivity, eliminates security and compliance risks, and removes the friction that fosters shadow IT.

“OneLogin saved us a huge amount of time and resources compared to using Microsoft AD FS, and it eliminated the need for additional servers and maintenance,” said Collin Hachwi, IT infrastructure manager for DISYS. “With OneLogin, we rolled out Office 365 to 4600-plus users across 35 offices globally in half an hour. OneLogin made our rollout fast, simple, cost effective and scalable.”

    Real-Time Office 365 User Provisioning and License Pairing: Office 365 licensing is complex, but OneLogin’s automatic user provisioning allows a large user base to be quickly paired up with Office 365 licenses for Yammer, SharePoint, Microsoft Communications, Exchange and more. There is no need to manually update each user individually.

    Reduced Cost, Increased Uptime: Many users do the majority of their work in Office 365 and have zero tolerance for downtime. Yet deploying Microsoft AD FS as a highly available service is a challenge. Most companies will need to invest in additional hardware, software and outside consultants. OneLogin operates with no planned downtime, has no single point of failure, offers an EU hosting option, and has a 99.99 percent uptime guarantee.

“The 99.99 percent uptime guarantee of Office 365 means nothing if the identity management solution isn’t equally robust,” said Meyer. “But most organizations don’t have the time, budget or resources to create a high-availability cluster behind the firewall. OneLogin isn’t just a lower-cost identity management solution; it’s a far better one. In fact, the only reason to attempt to go with Dirsync and AD FS for Office 365 identity management without investigating the alternatives is ignorance.”

    Integrates Across All Applications: Once deployed, OneLogin for Office 365 also provides identity management and SSO for any other cloud apps used throughout the enterprise—without installing additional hardware or software behind the firewall. OneLogin has more than 3,600 pre-integrated applications in the OneLogin Application Catalog, making it far easier for IT to rapidly cloud-enable an organization, eliminating the specter of shadow IT.

Additional OneLogin for Office 365 Resources

    OneLogin for Office 365 Microsite


    OneLogin for Office 365 Product Datasheet


    Webinar: Best Practices for Migrating to Office 365


    Signup with No Obligation

About OneLogin


OneLogin is the innovator in enterprise identity management and provides the industry’s fastest, easiest and most secure solution for managing internal and external users across all devices and applications. Ranked #1 in Network World Magazine’s review of SSO tools, OneLogin’s cloud identity management platform provides secure single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, integration with common directory infrastructures such as Active Directory and LDAP, user provisioning and more. OneLogin is SAML-enabled and pre-integrated with more than 3,600 applications commonly used by today’s enterprises, including Microsoft Office 365, Asure Software, BMC Remedyforce, Coupa, Box, Clarizen, DocuSign, Dropbox, Egnyte, EMC Syncplicity, EchoSign, Google Apps, Innotas, LotusLive, NetSuite, Oracle CRM On-Demand, Parature, Salesforce.com, SuccessFactors, WebEx, Workday, Yammer, ServiceNow, Zscaler and Zendesk. OneLogin, Inc. is backed by CRV and The Social+Capital Partnership. Try OneLogin free at: http://www.onelogin.com/signup/. For more information: http://www.onelogin.com | Twitter: @onelogin.

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Stay Fresh Foods Meets Growing Demands by Opening its Second HPP Tolling Center Featuring New High Volume System

Meriden, CT (PRWEB) September 04, 2014

“Customers’ product lines are growing. Larger pack sizes are becoming more mainstream. Our customer base is expanding.” These are some of the reasons Managing Director Amy Lawless cited as the deciding factors in Stay Fresh Foods’ recent move to open up its 2nd Avure Certified HPP Tolling Center which will feature Avure’s all-new 525-liter, high volume, high speed, larger diameter high pressure processing (HPP) system.

Just over a month ago, the HPP Toll Services provider announced that it had commissioned a second 350-liter HPP system at its headquarters in Meriden, CT. The new system doubled the location’s capacity, and was installed in an expansion to the original building, adding a 14,000 square-foot warehouse and processing center.

“Growth has been tremendous,” added Lawless. “We’re expanding our footprint closer to the mid-Atlantic region to better suit current and new customers’ logistics needs. And in addition, we’ll gain even more redundancy and reliability, which is very valuable to the critical nature of our customers’ production and distribution goals.”

Set to open in the fourth quarter of 2014, the new site will include the Avure 525-liter HPP system and various value-added services, such as any applicable pre-prep stations, freshness and sell-by date printing.

“We’re really excited about this expansion. As part of this growth plan, we will also be implementing a new Microsoft IT material handling system. That system will communicate between both locations so that we and our customers always know where every single unit is located through the entire process,” said Joe Ragozzino, VP of Operations. “This greatly helps customers meet their distribution requirements.”

When asked to elaborate on some of the key advantages of the new facility, Lawless says she’s most excited about the 525L HPP system, because it will strengthen Stay Fresh Foods’ offer of value and flexibility to customers’ productions needs.

Patrick Ditchfield, VP of Sales at Avure Technologies, stated that another key advantage is inherent in Stay Fresh’s business model. “Stay Fresh Foods is not affiliated with a food producer. Their customers can always be assured that their products won’t be bumped off the line or reprioritized for a meat or beverage producer that owns them. This is often the case with other (non Avure Certified) HPP toll services providers in the area.”

Stay Fresh expects to fill at least 40 new positions at the new location by the time doors open in Q4. More information will be released shortly.

Contact Amy Lawless, Managing Director, at 855-477-8655 to learn more about the services available at Stay Fresh Foods or go to http://www.stayfreshfoods.com.

For more information about high pressure processing systems and services, visit Avure’s website at http://www.avure.com. Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/avureHPP. Watch videos at http://www.avure.com/avuretv.

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ABOUT HPP


High Pressure Processing (HPP) is the commercially established, non-thermal lethality treatment that uses ultra-high water pressure, up to 87,000 psi, to disable pathogens and bacteria such as Listeria, E.coli, and Salmonella in packaged refrigerated products as diverse as RTE meats and raw ground beef and poultry; fresh fruits, juices, and smoothies; soups, wet salads, and sauces; and seafood and shellfish. HPP delivers benefits to all levels of the market, boosting food safety, extending shelf-life, and improving margins, while providing consumers with fresh, wholesome, natural food.

ABOUT STAY FRESH FOODS, LLC


The exclusive Avure Technologies Inc. Certified Tolling Partner in the Northeast U.S., Stay Fresh Foods, LLC provides custom high pressure processing services on a contract basis to the food industry, utilizing proven technology that substantially improves the safety and extends the shelf-life of packaged foods without chemical additives or preservatives. Based in Meriden, Conn., the company was established by a team of food industry veterans in July 2012 to serve food processors throughout New England, New York, and New Jersey. For more information, visit http://www.stayfreshfoods.com.

ABOUT AVURE TECHNOLOGIES INC.


An innovator with a strong record of accomplishment, Avure Technologies demonstrates its expertise in high pressure by occupying leadership positions in industrial and food applications. Avure is the largest provider of ultra-high pressure systems to pasteurize foods without heat or chemicals. The company offers total solutions to keep food pathogen-free and stay fresh longer—from recipe development to installation of the fastest, most reliable high pressure presses in the world, backed by world-class global support and service. Its equipment—including the new, high-volume QFP 525L and the small footprint 100L—now processes the vast majority of all HPP-treated consumer food products globally.

Avure’s HPP Equipment and Services Division, including manufacturing, engineering, procurement, and customer services operations is headquartered in Middletown, Ohio USA; a parts distribution center near Amsterdam, Netherlands; and a global network of certified tolling and service providers. For more information, visit http://www.avure.com.

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National Association of Professional Women Announces Amanda Castro, Vice President at Eco lHS Group, a 2014 Professional Woman of the Year

Garden City, NY (PRWEB) September 02, 2014

NAPW honors Amanda Castro as a 2014 Professional Woman of the Year. Mrs. Castro is recognized with this prestigious distinction for leadership in business. As the largest, most-recognized networking organization of professional women in the country, spanning virtually every industry and profession, the National Association of Professional Women is a powerfully vibrant networking community with over 600,000 members and nearly 300 Local Chapters.

“I told him he was too arrogant! Two weeks later, he called and said, ‘I like you. I want you to work for me,’” says Mrs. Castro, recalling how she came to join Eco IHS Group, a full-service cleaning and staffing company serving the hospitality industry.

Mrs. Castro was working in real estate when she first came in contact with the Owner of Eco IHS Group. She clearly impressed him with her confidence and business savvy since soon after, he asked her to join his company. After much convincing on his part, Mrs. Castro agreed, as eventually did her husband who inherited the Company after the Owner’s unfortunate and tragic death. Eco IHS Group has continued to thrive under their leadership.

“We are a good team and I am very grateful for our success,” says Mrs. Castro. “We have about 700 people on our staff off peak and about 2,000 in the peak season.”

In addition to providing high-quality cleaning and staffing services to the hospitality industry in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, LA, which includes managing all administrative needs such as payroll, HR, general liability and workman’s compensation, Eco IHS Group has recently launched a new recycling company that focuses on collection of spent cooking oil, which is converted into the bio-fuel used today. Soon to come is the company’s eco-friendly cleaning product line. It is this branch of the company that Mrs. Castro is focusing on at the moment.

“We are launching our new chemical line, which is my goal right now, and just about all I have time for with three kids to take care of, too,” she laughed. “I can only hope for continued success, but I know with hard work and direct focus on our goals, together my husband and I can accomplish anything,” Mrs. Castro concluded, with complete confidence in her voice.

NAPW’s mission is to provide an exclusive, highly advanced networking forum to successful women executives, professionals and entrepreneurs where they can aspire, connect and achieve. Through innovative resources, unique tools and progressive benefits, professional women interact, exchange ideas, advance their knowledge and empower each other.

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DCIG, LLC Announces 2014-15 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer's Guide

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) September 02, 2014

Almost as certain as the continued explosion of data where reports that 90 percent of data created in the world today has been created in the last two years alone, IT administrators are faced with an explosion of storage options to meet their growing storage requirements. This is clear in the growing “unified storage” category, where the choice of NAS or SAN can now be handled in a single solution, managing both file and block storage data. As the demand for storage continues to grow, users are turning more to midrange unified storage arrays that combine capacity, versatility and manageability in a single package.

There have been significant changes since last year’s Buyer’s Guide for Midrange Unified Storage Arrays. While the majority of arrays topped out at 720 GB in last year’s Buyer’s Guide, the vast majority of drives in this year’s Buyer’s Guide support at least 1.8 PB and many can scale upwards to 4 PB. Additionally, the majority of midrange unified arrays in last year’s Buyer’s Guide supported a total cache of 96GB or less, and only a quarter of arrays supported caches greater than 1 TB. This year, the majority of arrays supported total cache of 600 GB and 3 TB respectively. Both advancements point to an increased benefit for users on performance and greater storage capacity for less money, with the added benefit of a smaller storage footprint in the data center.

“We know organizations are looking to strike a balance between pure hardware horsepower and greater management capabilities,” said Ken Clipperton, DCIG Analyst and co-author of the DCIG 2014-15 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer’s Guide. “Since midrange unified storage solutions serve as a ‘jack of all trades’ that combine both power and manageability in a single package, we placed more emphasis on solutions that combine the ability to handle the explosion of data with ease of management. For that reason, data efficiency technologies that enable a midrange unified array to store more data in less space and features that enable an array to be managed from within familiar management interfaces, including virtual server, became a premium. We also recognized the importance of monitoring and proactively resolving issues as they occur, quickly and efficiently.”

For the DCIG 2014-15 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer’s Guide, DCIG, LLC evaluated 40 offerings from 14 companies. After an initial survey containing more than 130 questions was completed, product capabilities were assessed based on a combination of data provided by the vendor, prior DCIG research, the analyst’s own knowledge of the product and publicly available information. Products were then evaluated on more than 200 features. After scores were compiled, products were ranked Best-in-Class, Recommended, Excellent, Good, or Basic across functionality and capability relative to the other products included in the Buyer’s Guide.

The intent for this Buyer’s Guide, as with all DCIG Buyer’s Guides, is to provide an “at-a-glance” comparison from which end users can select the most appropriate solution for their needs. This Buyer’s Guide also provides perspective on how solutions from less well known midrange unified storage arrays compare against established and better known brands.

The DCIG 2014-15 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer’s Guide Top 10 solutions include (in alphabetical order): Dell Compellent SAN + FS8600; EMC VNX8000; Fujitsu Limited ETERNUS DX100 S3, DX200 S3, DX500 S3, DX600 S3; IBM Storwize V7000 Unified; NetApp FAS8020, FAS8040; Oracle ZFS Storage Appliance.

NetApp FAS8040 and NetApp FAS8020 achieved Excellent or Recommended across all scoring categories. In particular, these two arrays were distinguished through comprehensive management and software features. Data services provided by NetApp’s mature and full-featured Data ONTAP storage operating system helped both arrays stand out. Both arrays achieved high marks against competitive solutions listed in the Buyer’s Guide in the following ways:

    Support for NAS Virtualization and Virtual Domains: Both arrays have the ability to appear as multiple NAS devices and to be managed as multiple virtual private arrays.


    Support for both compression and deduplication: By implementing both technologies, the NetApp arrays achieve higher overall data efficiency and the ability to store more data in the least space.


    Use of flash memory for both read and write caching: These models provide low-latency flash caches up to 6TB and 12TB respectively.


    Proactive remediation: These models were among the few that offered both remote monitoring and proactive remediation. Proactive remediation minimizes the number and duration of service interruptions by reducing troubleshooting time and expertise required of IT staff.

The DCIG 2014-15 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer’s Guide achieves the following objectives:

    Provides an objective, third party evaluation of each midrange unified storage array that evaluates and scores their features from an end user’s perspective


    Scores and ranks features of each midrange unified storage array based on criteria that matter most to end users


    Provides a standardized data sheet for each midrange unified storage array so users may do quick side-by-side comparisons of products


    Provides insight into the management, data efficiency, VMware integration, hardware and technical support features which organizations may look for in a unified storage solution


    Gives any organization a solid foundation for getting competitive bids from different providers that are based on “apples-to-apples” comparisons

Clipperton added, “We fully anticipate midrange unified arrays to fill a wide range of needs within IT infrastructures. They provide the right balance of strong feature set and powerful hardware. With that said, we expect the category to evolve, so look for advances in deduplication, flash-based caching and public cloud integration, especially as organizations continue to look for cost-effective ways to handle the ever increasing volume of data. As with all our Guides, we know this Guide will be an important resource for users looking for the right midrange unified storage array to handle their specific needs.”

Disclosure and Methodology


DCIG identified 14 companies that provide midrange unified storage arrays. Each midrange unified storage array had to meet the following criteria:

    Be available as an appliance, on a single SKU, and includes its own hardware and software


    Support the presentation of storage as a single file system in a global namespace


    Support Ethernet connectivity


    Support both the CIFS/SMB and NFS NAS protocols


    Support one or more SAN protocols (iSCSI, Fibre Channel, FCoE)


    Primarily function using storage local to the device and/or its direct peers (more than a cloud gateway)


    Support scaling to at least two controllers


    Support scaling to a minimum of 60 TBs of raw capacity


    Ship prior to June 15, 2014


    Sufficient information for DCIG to make meaningful decisions

No vendors, whether clients or not, were afforded preferential treatment in the Buyer’s Guide. All research was based upon information provided directly by vendors, research and analysis by DCIG and other publicly available information.

It is worth noting that each Buyer’s Guide is not intended to be a substitute for internal testing. The information on each data sheet about each product’s functionality represents the opinion of DCIG. DCIG encourages any organization that is considering the purchase of any solution included in a Buyer’s Guide to do its own in-house testing and to validate the functionality of each feature.

As a supplement to this Buyer’s Guide, all of the data collected for this Buyer’s Guide and all DCIG Buyer’s Guides to date are available through DCIG’s online data visualization portal. The portal provides more detail on what is available and can be accessed at the following http://www.dcig.com/interactive-buyers-guide.

Availability


The DCIG 2014-15 Midrange Unified Storage Array Buyer’s Guide is available immediately and may be downloaded for no charge with registration via this link.

Resources:


DCIG Blog: http://www.dcig.com

About DCIG


DCIG is a group of analysts with IT industry expertise who provide informed, insightful, third party analysis and commentary on IT hardware, software and services.

DCIG independently develops and licenses access to DCIG Buyer’s Guides. DCIG Buyer’s Guides provide actionable intelligence through comprehensive, in-depth analysis of data center infrastructure product features. DCIG also develops sponsored content in the form of blog entries, customer validations, product reviews, special reports and executive, standard and full-length white papers.

DCIG’s target audiences include C-level executives, IT managers, systems and storage engineers and architects, press/media, magazine and website editors, bloggers, financial and technical analysts, and cloud service providers.

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Vehicle Occupancy Detection Corp. (VODC) Exclusive Interview at the FSXinterlinked Investment Conference Only on the Interlinked Investment News Channel, InterlinkedTV

(PRWEB) August 28, 2014

Vehicle Occupancy Detection Corp. (VODC) was one of the presenting companies interviewed at the recent FSXinterlinked Investment Conference, held at the Four Seasons, Westlake Village, California.

Vehicle Occupancy Detection Corp. (VODC) has the only known patent-pending technology that can count people in moving vehicles through automotive glass and can distinguish humans from pets, dolls and photos in all types of weather without the use of visible light.

VODC has completed formal testing at Caltrans in Southern California who has expressed a need for approximately 4,000 units.

During the event, FSXinterlinked host, Michael Fugler, expert and speaker on entrepreneurship, interviewed Ken Brown, VODC Founder and CEO.

“Michael is an expert at asking just the right questions to get the simplest, most informative descriptions of what our presenting companies do and who these entrepreneurs are.” stated Mr. Delray Wannemacher,FSXinterlinked President.

During the interview, Mr. Brown gave an overview of the Company, discussed the Reg D 506c offering VODC currently has and announced their new CEO, Allan Allegretto.

Mr. Brown stated “Xerox’s former group president of their state and government transportation division [Allan Allegrato] gave me a call and said that he wanted to work with us. He is probably one of the most well respected men in the industry and of course I took him up on that.”

VOD’s technology is considered so disruptive that Cisco Systems’ CEO, John Chambers, featured it in his opening address at Oracle Open World 2011. You can watch his 3-minute presentation on VODC’s website.

“This is a technology that has, according to the chair of the transportation lab at Cal Poly, defied other researches in the field for over 30 years because you can’t use the visible end of the spectrum, you can’t use infrared. So we had to come up with a very novel approach; looking at the absorptive qualities of the red blood cells,” added Mr. Brown.

Statistics show that 85% of taxpayers prefer a toll based on the number of occupants in the car, average speed of traffic, and distance travelled as it is the fairest way to pay for our infrastructure.

Management seeks to raise enough to fund the production engineering of VODC’s high-speed unit in its final-round investment. Mr. Fugler encourages investors to view all of VODC‘s SEC filings and to visit their Public Profile on Interlinked.com to obtain more information on the Reg D 506c offering.

The complete exclusive interview is available only on the FSXinterlinked channel on InterlinkedTV.

More information is available at VOD’s Public Profile on Interlinked.com and at their website.


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About FSXinterlinked Investment Conference


FSXinterlinked is the premier investment conference organization in the United States. Founded as Financial Services Exchange (FSX) in 1983, it is one of the longest standing and most trusted investment conferences in the country for Broker Dealers and financial professionals. For more information about our organization, please visit FSXinterlinked.com.

About Interlinked


Interlinked is a global investment community of investors, emerging growth companies, and resource partners. Interlinked offers an efficient way for companies to maximize exposure and access a private network of funding sources and verified service providers. For investors, Interlinked provides a secure environment to find, vet and engage companies, and communicate with members. Interlinked gives members exclusive access to a proprietary investment platform, which integrates virtual data rooms, video news, a service provider marketplace, an event directory, and customized marketing services, including email marketing, video production, public relations and more. For more information, visit: http://www.interlinked.com/.

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Pauline E. Higgins and Rice University to Host Men of Color Leadership Symposium

Houston, TX (PRWEB) August 27, 2014

Rice University will host a day-long Men of Color Leadership Symposium (“Men of Color”) on October 3, 2014 dedicated to helping male students of color succeed in school and career through mentorship.

Seventeen men of color, or 3.4 percent, are chief executive officers of Fortune 500 companies. Men of color make up only 13.7 percent of our nation’s physicians. Only 2 percent of the top leadership at America’s 100 largest law firms are men of color and none of the presidents of America’s leading universities are men of color. Even in the executive branch of our federal government, men of color hold only 10.7 percent of the senior management positions.

“How can these statistics improve when an alarmingly large percentage of male students of color don’t finish high school,” asks Pauline Higgins, attorney-at-law and Founder of Men of Color. “19 percent of Hispanic boys, 12.3 percent of American Indian and Alaskan Native boys, and 10.6 percent of African American boys drop out of high school each year, compared to 6.3 percent of White boys and 3.3 percent of Asian/Pacific Islander boys. Together, we can be the change that we want and need to see for men of color regarding education in school, in college, at work, and in leadership roles — it is all about an educated and prepared men of color pipeline and we hope Houstonians will join us and mentor these fine young men.”

The symposium will include informative and engaging presenters and keynote speakers who will share their own paths of success, including David D. Medina, Rice University and Director of Multicultural Community Relations; Dr. Tyrone Howard, UCLA Professor and Author: newly released book, “Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America’s Classrooms,” Founder, UCLA’s Black Male Institute; Dr. Richard A. Tapia, distinguished mathematician and University Professor, Rice University; historical perspectives from Professors Edward Cox and Alex Byrd, Rice University; Dr. Dawn Hanson will focus on the brain and early childhood development; Tony Castilleja, Engineering, Boeing; Dr. George Hanson; Nathaniel J. Higgins, Attorney-Advisor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; A. Martin Wickliff – Partner, Cozen O’Connor; Dr. Mark Adickes (http://www.jocktodoc.com); Elliott Coffey; Anthony Chase, Chairman & CEO, Chase Source LP; and Federal District Judge Vanessa D. Gilmore. For full agenda, see http://www.menofcolorglobal.org.

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Men of Color Global, a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation [DLN: 17053021336014], was founded by Pauline E. Higgins, LLM, JD, CPA, to focus on education and the creation of a lasting pipeline of men of color through eliminating unconscious bias from Pre-K through high school, during college, in the workplace, and in leadership roles. Before founding Men of Color Global, Pauline Higgins was the co-founder of the State of the School Address for the Houston Independent School District with Dr. Rod Paige, former U.S. Secretary of Education under President George W. Bush, and former Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District. While serving at JPMorgan as Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary, she was instrumental in restructuring and development of the Minority Opportunities in the Legal Profession, a nationally recognized program for the Houston Bar Association. Ms. Higgins’s commitment to education has been exhibited in her role as the Chair and participant of the Lawyer in Public Schools, Chair and participant of Interdisciplinary Drug Education Alliance (IDEA), and a tutor for at risk-children through Kid’s Hope USA.

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Oxygen Plus and FlipGive Fundraising Partnership Elevates Schools and Sports Across North America

New York, NY (PRWEB) September 02, 2014

Oxygen Plus (O+), a leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of portable, recreational oxygen for wellness-minded people worldwide, today announced a partnership with FlipGive, a web-based fundraising platform that combines the convenience of online shopping with online fundraising. Over the past 6 years, FlipGive has helped individuals and corporations across North America raise over $ 20 million for grassroots and charitable causes.

Oxygen Plus’s flagship product, the O+ Elevate Pack, will elevate schools, sports groups and local communities across North America as FlipGive’s newest offering. Whether it’s a hockey player raising money for new sports equipment, or a debate team student raising funds for travel, FlipGive fundraisers will earn $ 10 for their cause every time their supporters purchase an O+ Elevate Pack. Supporters receive an eVoucher from FlipGive.com or FlipGive.ca, which they redeem from Oxygen Plus’s website (OxygenPlus.com or OxygenPlus.ca).

Designed for healthy, active individuals of all ages*, Oxygen Plus’s active ingredient is 95% pure recreational oxygen, which is four times the amount of oxygen found in unpolluted, everyday air. Christine Warren, Oxygen Plus Founder, explains, “Olympic and professional athletes train and perform with supplemental oxygen to improve performance and speed up their recovery time between workouts1. Our partnership with FlipGive is groundbreaking because it gives students and their families the same accessibility to oxygen that athletes have had for years.”

According to experts, sports science reveals that breathing supplemental oxygen helps to increase one’s energy levels, improve performance and reduce the buildup of lactic acid in the body. In addition to physical benefits, cognitive benefits of increasing oxygen intake include mental clarity and focus as well as improved reaction and recall time2.

The excitement in teaming up with Oxygen Plus is shared by FlipGive’s CEO, Steve Croth. “Now athletes across North America can enhance their performance on and off the field simultaneously. By purchasing Oxygen Plus products, athletes fund the sport they love.”

To learn more about fundraising on FlipGive, watch the “How It Works” video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/6EdjqFhB8xE.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: For more information about Oxygen Plus and to arrange to speak with a company spokesperson, please contact Nancy Trent or Pamela Wadler at 212-966-0024 or pam(at)trentandcompany(dot)com.

ABOUT OXYGEN PLUS, INC.

Elevating from their worldwide headquarters in Minnetonka, MN, U.S.A., Oxygen Plus, Inc. (O+) is leading the development, manufacturing and marketing of portable, recreational oxygen for wellness-minded persons worldwide. Elegant in style and available in a variety of refreshing flavors, O+ oxygen products offer the most oxygen per can volume than any other lightweight, recreational canned oxygen of comparable size on the market. The active ingredient is 95% pure oxygen. Just a few breaths helps revitalize, boost energy, increase alertness and mental clarity, and helps to alleviate the effects of altitude and a night on the town. Elevate your IQ at http://www.oxygenplus.com, and exhale with O+ on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, and Instagram.

ABOUT FLIPGIVE

FlipGive combines the convenience of online shopping with the best of online fundraising, making it easier for people to raise money and for retailers to drive sales, acquire customers and improve communities. Fundraisers earn up to 50% for their school, sports team, or cause by shopping with Starbucks, Under Armour, Lowe’s, Costco, Schwan’s, Aldo, Indigo, Bench, and other retail partners. To start your fundraising campaign, visit flipgive.com. To become a FlipGive retailer, visit getflipgive.com.

People with impaired heart or lung function or other medical conditions should consult with their physician prior to using O+ products. O+ products are for recreational, intermittent use only. Prolonged use is defined as uninterrupted intake for more than 8 hours. There are no side effects when O+ products are used as directed.

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