NASDAQ OMX Acquires Glide Technologies
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
24.10.2011 15:01
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Exchange to Offer Integrated PR and IR Content Management, Monitoring and
Analysis in a Single Product Set
NEW YORK and LONDON, 2011-10-24 15:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it has agreed to
acquire Glide Technologies Limited, a leading London-based
software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider specializing in corporate communications
and reputation management solutions. Glide Technologies will be integrated into
NASDAQ OMX's Corporate Solutions to create the first and only fully-integrated
workflow solution for investor relations and public relations professionals.
NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions helps public and private companies minimize
risk, maximize efficiency and increase transparency with a suite of products
that improves market intelligence, communications effectiveness with key
constituencies, corporate governance and overall visibility.
NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions will integrate Glide Technologies' media
monitoring, measurement, content management and newsroom offering with NASDAQ
OMX Corporate Solutions' communications suite of services. This will provide
public relations and investor relations professionals with a unified platform
that allows them to easily plan and implement media and investor campaigns,
build media lists, distribute press releases and closely monitor the
effectiveness of their campaigns.
Demetrios Skalkotos, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions
said: 'As the corporate landscape continues to change, we see the PR, IR and
governance roles increasingly converging. This has lead to the need for an
integrated suite of communications solutions rather than a variety of siloed
product offerings. Our mission as an exchange has always been to help our
customers be more efficient, strategic and transparent companies, and this
acquisition will help us continue to deliver on that promise.'
Sam Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Glide Technologies said: 'We are excited
to combine our market-leading set of PR products with NASDAQ OMX Corporate
Solutions' robust IR offerings. This provides IR and PR professionals with a
unique and comprehensive proposition of integrated services on a united
platform. It is a hugely exciting and logical step for our company to be
taking.'
Founded in 2003, Glide Technologies provides multinational companies including
Sony, Honda, NBC Universal and PwC with online tools used to monitor content
and engage with media, investors, consumers and other public relations
professionals. Glide's primary offerings include:
-- Glide Newsroom - used by investor relations and public relations
professionals to create, manage and publish media content.
-- Glide Manager - a standardized software-as-a-service public relations
management platform.
-- GlideIntelligence - an automated, real-time service that monitors and
evaluates the impact of communications across all forms of media.
-- GlideIntelligence News automatically evaluates news and immediately alerts
clients to breaking stories, trends and developments.
-- GlideIntelligence Social Media is a real-time, high-volume social media
sentiment analysis and monitoring platform.
For more information on Corporate Solutions, please visit
http://www.nasdaqomx.com/whatwedo/corporatesolutions/.
About NASDAQ OMX:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital
raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings
market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the
U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes
including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in
Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow
NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653)
and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx).
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on information
available at the time they are made and/or management's belief as of that time
with respect to future events and involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may be beyond NASDAQ OMX's control and that may cause actual
results and outcomes to be materially different. These factors include, but
are not limited to, our success in integrating the business of Glide
Technologies, as well as various factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report
on Form 10-K and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. While NASDAQ OMX may elect to update forward-looking statements in
the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, and therefore,
you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our
views as of any date subsequent to today.
NDAQG
Alex Honeysett
(646) 441-5211
Alexandra.honeysett@nasdaqomx.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX
24.10.2011 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP -
a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language: English
Company: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
United States
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Internet:
ISIN: US6311031081
WKN:
End of Announcement DGAP News-Service
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
24.10.2011 15:01
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
First Exchange to Offer Integrated PR and IR Content Management, Monitoring and
Analysis in a Single Product Set
NEW YORK and LONDON, 2011-10-24 15:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today announced that it has agreed to
acquire Glide Technologies Limited, a leading London-based
software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider specializing in corporate communications
and reputation management solutions. Glide Technologies will be integrated into
NASDAQ OMX's Corporate Solutions to create the first and only fully-integrated
workflow solution for investor relations and public relations professionals.
NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions helps public and private companies minimize
risk, maximize efficiency and increase transparency with a suite of products
that improves market intelligence, communications effectiveness with key
constituencies, corporate governance and overall visibility.
NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions will integrate Glide Technologies' media
monitoring, measurement, content management and newsroom offering with NASDAQ
OMX Corporate Solutions' communications suite of services. This will provide
public relations and investor relations professionals with a unified platform
that allows them to easily plan and implement media and investor campaigns,
build media lists, distribute press releases and closely monitor the
effectiveness of their campaigns.
Demetrios Skalkotos, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions
said: 'As the corporate landscape continues to change, we see the PR, IR and
governance roles increasingly converging. This has lead to the need for an
integrated suite of communications solutions rather than a variety of siloed
product offerings. Our mission as an exchange has always been to help our
customers be more efficient, strategic and transparent companies, and this
acquisition will help us continue to deliver on that promise.'
Sam Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, Glide Technologies said: 'We are excited
to combine our market-leading set of PR products with NASDAQ OMX Corporate
Solutions' robust IR offerings. This provides IR and PR professionals with a
unique and comprehensive proposition of integrated services on a united
platform. It is a hugely exciting and logical step for our company to be
taking.'
Founded in 2003, Glide Technologies provides multinational companies including
Sony, Honda, NBC Universal and PwC with online tools used to monitor content
and engage with media, investors, consumers and other public relations
professionals. Glide's primary offerings include:
-- Glide Newsroom - used by investor relations and public relations
professionals to create, manage and publish media content.
-- Glide Manager - a standardized software-as-a-service public relations
management platform.
-- GlideIntelligence - an automated, real-time service that monitors and
evaluates the impact of communications across all forms of media.
-- GlideIntelligence News automatically evaluates news and immediately alerts
clients to breaking stories, trends and developments.
-- GlideIntelligence Social Media is a real-time, high-volume social media
sentiment analysis and monitoring platform.
For more information on Corporate Solutions, please visit
http://www.nasdaqomx.com/whatwedo/corporatesolutions/.
About NASDAQ OMX:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers
trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents,
with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital
raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings
market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the
U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes
including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and
exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70
exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more
than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal
entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in
Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more
information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow
NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653)
and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx).
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on information
available at the time they are made and/or management's belief as of that time
with respect to future events and involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may be beyond NASDAQ OMX's control and that may cause actual
results and outcomes to be materially different. These factors include, but
are not limited to, our success in integrating the business of Glide
Technologies, as well as various factors detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report
on Form 10-K and periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission. While NASDAQ OMX may elect to update forward-looking statements in
the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, and therefore,
you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our
views as of any date subsequent to today.
NDAQG
Alex Honeysett
(646) 441-5211
Alexandra.honeysett@nasdaqomx.com
News Source: NASDAQ OMX
24.10.2011 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP -
a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language: English
Company: The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
United States
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
Internet:
ISIN: US6311031081
WKN:
End of Announcement DGAP News-Service
---------------------------------------------------------------------------