Xsigo Named to UBM Channel's CRN Data Center 100

SAN JOSE, CA (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Xsigo Systems, Inc., the leader in virtualized data center infrastructure, announced it has been named to CRN?s 2012 Data Center 100 list. This annual list recognizes technology vendors for powering, supporting and protecting today?s data center services in an environmentally and economically friendly manner, while boosting efficiency and productivity.

Xsigo helps enterprises increase application performance, reduce costs and improve business agility with a family of infrastructure virtualization products, including the Xsigo I/O Director and the Xsigo Server Fabric. Based on patented virtualization-centric technology, Xsigo products enable the private cloud by virtualizing connections from servers to networks and storage. By consolidating multiple server connections to a single high-speed data center fabric, Xsigo reduces hardware complexity by 70%, delivers up to 12X more application performance, and allows time-consuming management tasks to be completed in minutes rather than hours or days.

?The 2012 Data Center 100 list recognizes vendors that, over the course of 2011, have shown a dedication to the innovation and advancement of today?s data center services,? said Kelley Damore, Vice President and Editorial Director for UBM Channel. ?The recent upsurge in cloud computing has solution providers searching for new ways to ensure their clients maintain connectivity while mitigating costs and security threats. We congratulate each vendor on the 2012 Data Center 100 list for providing a significant growth opportunity for solution providers to build their business by offering cutting-edge products and services to customers.?

Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2012 Data Center 100 list is featured in the January issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at http://www.crn.com.

"We're pleased to be recognized by CRN as one of the industry's top 100 data center players,? said Mark Calkins, Sr. Director of Channel Sales at Xsigo. ?For our channel partners, Xsigo offers the opportunity to add significant value with proven end-to-end virtualization solutions built on Xsigo data center fabric products. Xsigo?s partners play a central role as our mutual customers move towards fully virtualized environments by helping them achieve their business objectives with the industry?s fastest, most easily managed fabric infrastructure.?

About Xsigo Systems, Inc: (http://www.xsigo.com.)

Xsigo is the leader in virtualized data center infrastructure, helping enterprise customers increase application performance, reduce costs and improve business agility. Based on patented and award-winning technology, Xsigo offers a complete family of infrastructure virtualization products, including the Xsigo I/O Director and the Xsigo Server Fabric. Xsigo has hundreds of customers, partners and resellers around the globe and services multiple industries including financial, education, government, entertainment, technology and telecommunications. The privately held company, founded in 2004 and based in San Jose, Calif., is funded by Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Greylock Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. For more information, visit http://www.xsigo.com.

About UBM Channel: (http://www.ubmchannel.com)

UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at http://www.ubmchannel.com.

UBM plc (http://www.ubm.com)

UBM plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 6,000 staff in more than 30 countries is organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to http://www.ubm.com

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At Music Hack Day, Lollapalooza Debuts API and Announces HackLolla, An Open Data Application Challenge for Developers

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) May 06, 2011

Lollapalooza, one of the world?s biggest international music festivals, is debuting its HackLolla challenge to developers attending the Music Hack Day in San Francisco this weekend. HackLolla opens up the festival?s data for the first time with a multi-faceted API. The festival invites software developers and fans worldwide to create apps that enhance the Lollapalooza experience. HackLolla is an open challenge that will reward the best implemented, most creative and most impactful web and mobile apps.

HackLolla is a sponsor of Music Hack Day and will be presenting details about the challenge in San Francisco over the weekend. Developers can get started with the API immediately, and the HackLolla presentation can be viewed Sunday afternoon on the Music Hack Day livestream at http://sf.musichackday.org/2011/.

Residents of both the U.S. and Canada are encouraged to participate and will have until June 24, 2011, to leverage the Lollapalooza API and pull detailed real-time data about the festival's artists, schedule, and more.

The two winning apps, a Grand Prize winner and People?s Choice winner, will be publicized to the entire Lollapalooza fan base and attendees, and the winning developers will each receive 2 VIP passes to Lollapalooza. The Grand Prize winner will also receive airfare and hotel accommodations for Lollapalooza.

HackLolla is powered and managed by ChallengePost, a global marketplace for challenges and community-driven innovation, and the Lollapalooza API is provided by DoStuff Media, Lollapalooza?s web platform partner. Featured API Partners for the HackLolla contest include Soundcloud, The Echo Nest, and Songkick.

?Opening up our festival data and API is something we?ve wanted to do for a while,? says Michael Feferman, digital director at C3 Presents, the producers of Lollapalooza. ?We?re excited to see what our fans come up with. We?ve seen a number of very cool uses of our data in past years, with people just grabbing it manually. This year we want to help those fans take their explorations to a new level.?

Born 20 years ago out of punk rock will and unbridled passion, Lollapalooza has rocked through the parks, amphitheaters and fairgrounds of America, leaving memorable musical moments in its wake.

In 2011 at its home in the Windy City, Lollapalooza will bring alumni and worthy newcomers together for three rollicking days, August 5-7, to celebrate the festival?s 20th Anniversary edition. This year it is led by Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, Cee Lo Green, Damian ?Jr. Gong? Marley & Nas, The Cars and Ween. Lollapalooza happens August 5-7, 2011 in the heart of Chicago at Grant Park.

For complete challenge details visit http://hacklolla.com. Lollapalooza tickets and show information are available at http://www.lollapalooza.com.

About Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is one of the most influential and original musical figures in recent history. Dubbed as the "Godfather of Alternative Rock," Farrell fronts Jane's Addiction which formed in 1985. Creating a new genre and musical movement, Farrell and Jane's Addiction changed the music scene and paved the way for bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and STP. In 1993, Perry created Porno for Pyros, a daring evolution to his diversity and growth. As well as being a groundbreaking musician, he is the creator and founder of Lollapalooza.

Launched in 1991, SPIN magazine listed Lollapalooza as the #1 tour that changed the world. Known for its musical diversity, Lollapalooza was instrumental in exposing alternative music formats to the masses and establishing a sense of commonality across a fragmented demographic.

The first of its kind, Lollapalooza quickly established itself as a lifestyle festival, pushing the envelope and exposing concert goers to a subculture of 'alternative' living and art, and provided a platform for numerous environmental and human-rights causes as well. As a constant creative force, Farrell continues to push his own artistic horizon as a music producer, electronic music performer and visual artist, as well as a rock icon.

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment- http://www.wmeentertainment.com

Lollapalooza Partner William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production. WME also advises some of the world?s most recognized consumer brands to create entertainment based marketing solutions.

Parkways Foundation- http://www.parkways.org

Parkways Foundation invests in Chicago?s parks to enrich communities through historic preservation, environmental initiatives, capital projects and youth/family programs. Parkways is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to working with the Chicago Park District in a true public/private partnership. Lollapalooza has raised more than $ 7 million for Parkways Foundation. These funds have enabled Parkways to directly impact Chicago?s parks and neighborhoods through the Inferno Mobile Recording Studio, a program providing you the opportunity to write and record original poetry and music; a community garden grant program; a signature playground in Washington Park that is accessible to children of all abilities; a new state of the art soccer field in McKinley Park; and the Buckingham Fountain Restoration project.

About C3 Presents- http://www.c3presents.com

C3 Presents creates, books, markets and produces live experiences, concerts, events, and just about anything that makes people stand up and cheer. C3 produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza in Chicago. Along with these multi-day, multi-stage festivals, C3 books and promotes more than 1,000 concerts in arenas, theaters, casinos, and clubs across the US. In addition to event creation and booking, C3 manages the careers of select artists.

About Challenge Post- http://www.challengepost.com

ChallengePost is a platform that enables government agencies, corporations, non-profits, and individuals to challenge the public to solve problems. Any citizen can solve a challenge, register their support for a challenge, spread the word to their friends and/or write congratulatory notes to the winners.

ChallengePost was founded in 2008 by Brandon Kessler, is privately funded, and is headquartered in New York City.

About DoStuff Media ? http://www.dostuffmedia.com

DoStuff Media helps people help people find ?What To Do?. The DoStuff Local Platform powers the market-leading online event guides in 5 cities including Austin, Chicago and Houston.

The DoStuff Festival Platform powers the artist discovery, lineup and scheduling portions of some of the largest music festivals in the world including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and New Orleans Jazz Festival.

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Public Voting Opens for Lollapalooza?s HackLolla Challenge, An Open Data Application Challenge for Developers and Music Fans

New York, NY (PRWEB) June 30, 2011

Lollapalooza, one of world?s biggest international music festivals, today opened public voting on apps resulting from the HackLolla challenge, an open data application challenge that invited developers to build web and mobile apps using Lollapalooza?s recently opened API. Fans and developers can explore and vote for the best applications at: http://hacklolla.com/submissions.

During the challenge submission period, developers created 19 diverse mobile and web applications that help fans to get the most from their Lollapalooza experience before, during and after the Festival.

?The HackLolla challenge has created some fantastic apps that will build on and enhance the festival?s music and digital experiences,? said Michael Feferman, Digital Director at C3 Presents, the producers of Lollapalooza. ?We encourage developers to further explore the data Lollapalooza has opened up and continue to build new and innovative fest apps.?

Submitted apps range from schedule recommenders, to apps that help fans discover and enjoy new bands, to apps that help share festival images and video, to social games that predict the next song to be played on a stage and more.

Two winning apps, a Grand Prize winner and People?s Choice winner, will be publicized to the entire Lollapalooza fan base and attendees, and the winning developers will each receive 2 VIP passes to Lollapalooza 2011. The Grand Prize winner will be judged on quality, implementation and potential impact on the Lollapalooza fan experience, and will also receive airfare and hotel accommodations for the festival.

Fans can cast their vote for the People?s Choice winner on the Hacklolla website that?s powered by ChallengePost, a public platform that enables social problem solving, through 5:00 pm EST on July 10, 2011 and winners for both awards will be announced July 12, 2011.

?The fruits of HackLolla will help fans discover even more about bands they know and love as well as new artists and festival events,? said ChallengePost CEO, Brandon Kessler. ?Linking technology and music publishing content through HackLolla is a great manifestation of public collaboration around valuable open data.?

Lollapalooza announced HackLolla on May 6, 2011 at Music Hack Day and opened up real-time data about artists, schedules, events and more for the first time through its API, as provided by DoStuff Media and in conjunction with featured API Partners Soundcloud, Echo Nest, and Songkick.

In 2011, at its home in the Windy City, Lollapalooza will bring alumni and worthy newcomers together for three rollicking days ? August 5-7 -- to celebrate the festival?s 20th Anniversary edition. This year it is led by Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, Cee Lo Green, Damian ?Jr. Gong? Marley & Nas, The Cars and Ween.

Lollapalooza will open it?s gates on August 5-7, 2011 in the heart of Chicago at Grant Park. Tickets and show information are available at http://www.lollapalooza.com.

About Challenge Post- http://www.challengepost.com

ChallengePost is a platform that enables government agencies, corporations, non-profits, and individuals to challenge the public to solve problems. Any citizen can solve a challenge, register their support for a challenge, spread the word to their friends and/or write congratulatory notes to the winners.

ChallengePost was founded in 2008 by Brandon Kessler, is privately funded, and is headquartered in New York City.

About Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is one of the most influential and original musical figures in recent history. Dubbed as the "Godfather of Alternative Rock," Farrell fronts Jane's Addiction which formed in 1985. Creating a new genre and musical movement, Farrell and Jane's Addiction changed the music scene and paved the way for bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and STP. In 1993, Perry created Porno for Pyros, a daring evolution to his diversity and growth. As well as being a groundbreaking musician, he is the creator and founder of Lollapalooza.

Launched in 1991, SPIN magazine listed Lollapalooza as the #1 tour that changed the world. Known for its musical diversity, Lollapalooza was instrumental in exposing alternative music formats to the masses and establishing a sense of commonality across a fragmented demographic.

The first of its kind, Lollapalooza quickly established itself as a lifestyle festival, pushing the envelope and exposing concert goers to a subculture of 'alternative' living and art, and provided a platform for numerous environmental and human-rights causes as well. As a constant creative force, Farrell continues to push his own artistic horizon as a music producer, electronic music performer and visual artist, as well as a rock icon.

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

http://www.wmeentertainment.com

Lollapalooza Partner William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production. WME also advises some of the world?s most recognized consumer brands to create entertainment based marketing solutions.

Parkways Foundation- http://www.parkways.org

Parkways Foundation invests in Chicago?s parks to enrich communities through historic preservation, environmental initiatives, capital projects and youth/family programs. Parkways is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to working with the Chicago Park District in a true public/private partnership. Lollapalooza has raised more than $ 7 million for Parkways Foundation. These funds have enabled Parkways to directly impact Chicago?s parks and neighborhoods through the Inferno Mobile Recording Studio, a program providing you the opportunity to write and record original poetry and music; a community garden grant program; a signature playground in Washington Park that is accessible to children of all abilities; a new state of the art soccer field in McKinley Park; and the Buckingham Fountain Restoration project.

About C3 Presents:

http://www.c3presents.com

C3 Presents creates, books, markets and produces live experiences, concerts, events, and just about anything that makes people stand up and cheer. C3 produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza in Chicago. Along with these multi-day, multi-stage festivals, C3 books and promotes more than 1,000 concerts in arenas, theaters, casinos, and clubs across the US. In addition to event creation and booking, C3 manages the careers of select artists.

About DoStuff Media:

http://www.dostuffmedia.com

DoStuff Media helps people help people find ?What To Do?. The DoStuff Local Platform powers the market-leading online event guides in 5 cities including Austin, Chicago and Houston.

The DoStuff Festival Platform powers the artist discovery, lineup and scheduling portions of some of the largest music festivals in the world including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and New Orleans Jazz Festival.

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Winners Announced for Lollapalooza?s HackLolla Challenge, An Open Data Application Challenge for Developers and Music Fans

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 13, 2011

Lollapalooza, one of world?s biggest international music festivals, today announced the grand prize and popular choice winners of the HackLolla challenge, an open data application challenge that invited developers to build web and mobile apps using Lollapalooza?s recently opened API.

The Grand Prize winner, Veokami for Lollapalooza, was developed by serial entrepreneur Brett Welch and his team Chris Hartley and Matt Read. Development started on May 6, 2011 at Music Hack Day in San Francisco.

The winning app helps fans relive their favorite Lollapalooza performances by collecting and chronologically organizing fan-sourced YouTube videos. The app offers fans more than one perspective through multiple camera angles and the ability to tag friends and comment on specific ?moments? during video clips. Veokami for Lollapalooza is still in private beta and it will be launching in time for use at Lollapalooza in August.

?We were really excited by the variety in the HackLolla entries, and especially by the creativity and utility of the Grand Prize winning app,? said Michael Feferman, Digital Director at C3 Presents, the producers of Lollapalooza. ?Veokami for Lollapalooza is unlike anything we?ve seen before, and we think it will significantly improve the post-festival experience for our fans.?

The HackLolla Popular Choice winner, as voted for by fans, is Who?s Now Who?s Next- Lollapalooza 2011 Edition, an app developed by a team headquartered in Chicago that has attended 11 Lollapaloozas collectively.

The app, currently available in the Android Market, helps festival-goers categorize and plan out what upcoming Lollapalooza acts they wish to experience. It operates as a completely native app and once downloaded can function fully without Internet access.

HackLolla was powered by ChallengePost, a public platform that enables social problem solving. During the challenge submission period developers created 19 distinct mobile and web applications that help fans to get the most from their Lollapalooza experience before, during and after the Festival.

?HackLolla brought together music lovers and developers around the country in a combined effort to enhance the 2011 Lollapalooza experience,? said ChallengePost CEO, Brandon Kessler. ?It?s a powerful example of how open data and developer innovation can benefit both a brand and its many stakeholders.?

Lollapalooza will open its gates on August 5-7, 2011 in the heart of Chicago at Grant Park. This year -- the festival?s 20th anniversary -- is led by Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Muse, My Morning Jacket, deadmau5, A Perfect Circle, Cee Lo Green, Damian ?Jr. Gong? Marley & Nas, The Cars and Ween.

Tickets and show information are available at lollapalooza.com

About Challenge Post

http://www.challengepost.com

ChallengePost is a platform that enables government agencies, corporations, non-profits, and individuals to challenge the public to solve problems. Any citizen can solve a challenge, register their support for a challenge, spread the word to their friends and/or write congratulatory notes to the winners.

ChallengePost was founded in 2008 by Brandon Kessler, is privately funded, and is headquartered in New York City.

About Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is one of the most influential and original musical figures in recent history. Dubbed as the "Godfather of Alternative Rock," Farrell fronts Jane's Addiction which formed in 1985. Creating a new genre and musical movement, Farrell and Jane's Addiction changed the music scene and paved the way for bands such as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and STP. In 1993, Perry created Porno for Pyros, a daring evolution to his diversity and growth. As well as being a groundbreaking musician, he is the creator and founder of Lollapalooza.

Launched in 1991, SPIN magazine listed Lollapalooza as the #1 tour that changed the world. Known for its musical diversity, Lollapalooza was instrumental in exposing alternative music formats to the masses and establishing a sense of commonality across a fragmented demographic.

The first of its kind, Lollapalooza quickly established itself as a lifestyle festival, pushing the envelope and exposing concert goers to a subculture of 'alternative' living and art, and provided a platform for numerous environmental and human-rights causes as well. As a constant creative force, Farrell continues to push his own artistic horizon as a music producer, electronic music performer and visual artist, as well as a rock icon.

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment

http://www.wmeentertainment.com

Lollapalooza Partner William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production. WME also advises some of the world?s most recognized consumer brands to create entertainment based marketing solutions.

Parkways Foundation- http://www.parkways.org

Parkways Foundation invests in Chicago?s parks to enrich communities through historic preservation, environmental initiatives, capital projects and youth/family programs. Parkways is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to working with the Chicago Park District in a true public/private partnership. Lollapalooza has raised more than $ 7 million for Parkways Foundation. These funds have enabled Parkways to directly impact Chicago?s parks and neighborhoods through the Inferno Mobile Recording Studio, a program providing you the opportunity to write and record original poetry and music; a community garden grant program; a signature playground in Washington Park that is accessible to children of all abilities; a new state of the art soccer field in McKinley Park; and the Buckingham Fountain Restoration project.

About C3 Presents:

http://www.c3presents.com

C3 Presents creates, books, markets and produces live experiences, concerts, events, and just about anything that makes people stand up and cheer. C3 produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival and Lollapalooza in Chicago. Along with these multi-day, multi-stage festivals, C3 books and promotes more than 1,000 concerts in arenas, theaters, casinos, and clubs across the US. In addition to event creation and booking, C3 manages the careers of select artists.

About DoStuff Media:

http://www.dostuffmedia.com

DoStuff Media helps people help people find ?What To Do?. The DoStuff Local Platform powers the market-leading online event guides in 5 cities including Austin, Chicago and Houston.

The DoStuff Festival Platform powers the artist discovery, lineup and scheduling portions of some of the largest music festivals in the world including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival, and New Orleans Jazz Festival.

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