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September 18, 2007 |
Volume
15, Number 9
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- The US Food & Drug Administration has approved
the Roche Diagnostics test for direct detection of West Nile virus in
donated human blood and plasma. West Nile virus, which can cause
serious health issues, is transmitted to humans most often through
mosquito bites, but can also less commonly be transmitted by
transfusion of infected blood or blood products. The test, called the
cobas TaqScreen West Nile Virus Test, enables detection of the virus
earlier in the infection cycle in donors who may show no symptoms of
disease. According to the CDC, blood screening centers across the
United States identified 340 donors whose blood tested positive for
West Nile Virus in 2006 and 23 to date in 2007.
“We are pleased to offer
U.S. blood banks a new choice for both maximizing blood safety and
optimizing efficiency,” said Daniel O’Day, head of Roche Molecular
Diagnostics. “The Roche test helps blood banks streamline workflow and
improve test results accuracy with reduced hands-on time, ready-to-use
reagents, and full automation of each step.”
- AlarmPoint Systems, a software company headquartered
in Hacienda, has completed a $7.5 million financing round, with JMI
Equity leading the $4.5 million equity round and $3 million from Bridge
Bank, N.A. AlarmPoint’s applications and services enable companies to
quickly and consistently manage IT events prior to business impact by
targeting the appropriate IT personnel, communicating with remote
personnel on their preferred voice or text device and enabling
personnel to take actions to restore or repair service.
“Today’s mobile IT
workforce needs to manage complicated infrastructure, data center
operations and service impacting events from remote locations,” said
Troy McAlpin, CEO of AlarmPoint Systems. “More and more enterprises are
focusing on automating the event notification and resolution process to
instrument, automate and ensure resolution of IT events before the
business is impacted.”
- Trapeze Networks announced that its business
dramatically accelerated in the first half of 2007, with significant
growth occurring in all geographic regions in which it operates,
including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Sales of
Trapeze-branded products increased by more than 100 percent over the
same period in 2006, as the company substantially expanded its
distribution channels, sales force, and global footprint. The company
experienced significant traction in key vertical markets—including
government, retail, healthcare, and higher education—and continued to
lead the industry in WLAN technology with the recent announcement of
Smart Mobile Phase Two.
“We have experienced a
dramatic surge in Trapeze-branded bookings, resulting in higher profit
contribution and increased predictability in our business,” said Jim
Vogt, president and chief executive officer, Trapeze Networks.
“Trapeze-branded bookings now represent a growing majority of our total
business, as we continue to drive sustained growth and increased
awareness of the Trapeze Smart Mobile brand on a global scale.”
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