“Hatsize is pleased to showcase our latest cloud-based virtual lab training solution at ASTD,” said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO.  “Since the pace of change in learning and development is occurring at a rapid rate, this event is a great opportunity for industry professionals to gain valuable insights into new trends such as using the cloud to lower training equipment, instructor, and administrative costs like Hatsize does.”

Visit Hatsize at Booth #1037 to meet the team and see Hatsize’s cloud-based training solution at work.  Attendees who visit the booth and see the demo will get a chance to win a 3G Touch Kindle that will be given out at the event.

Event: 2012 ASTD International Conference and Exposition

Date: May 7-9, 2012

Booth: 1037

Venue: Colorado Convention Center

Supporting Resources:

• Hatsize Training Solution: http://hatsize.com/solutions/virtual-hands-on-training-tool/
• 2012 ASTD Conference information: http://www.astdconference.org/ice12/public/enter.aspx

“Hatsize is pleased to showcase our latest cloud-based virtual lab training solution at ASTD,” said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO.  “Since the pace of change in learning and development is occurring at a rapid rate, this event is a great opportunity for industry professionals to gain valuable insights into new trends such as using the cloud to lower training equipment, instructor, and administrative costs like Hatsize does.”

Visit Hatsize at Booth #1037 to meet the team and see Hatsize’s cloud-based training solution at work. Attendees who visit the booth and see the demo will get a chance to win a 3G Touch Kindle that will be given out at the event.

Event: 2012 ASTD International Conference and Exposition

Date: May 7-9, 2012

Booth: 1037

Venue: Colorado Convention Center

Supporting Resources:

• Hatsize Training Solution: http://hatsize.com/solutions/virtual-hands-on-training-tool/
• 2012 ASTD Conference information: http://www.astdconference.org/ice12/public/enter.aspx

About Hatsize

Hatsize is a leading cloud automation software company that has provided over 2 million hours of cloud-enabled demo and training sessions for the world’s most successful technology companies including IBM, Juniper, and Symantec.

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Contacts:

Judy Curtis
SIPR for Hatsize
650-274-1509
Judy@sipr.com

“Creating innovative and profitable technology businesses helps everyone from end users to employees and even the economy as a whole,” said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO. ” I am pleased that The Globe and Mail asked me to participate in this important Small Business Summit and share what I have learned about teamwork and technology business success.”

The Globe and Mail Small Business Summit will feature a panel of leaders from Calgary’s most successful small businesses including: Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO, Sue Nicholls, Category Management Knowledge Group President, and Lori Stewart, ethor.com COO.  Elena Cherney from The Globe and Mail will moderate.

Topics to be covered include:

• What needs to be in place to create a sustainable business? Why have they proven successful?

• What’s really going on in terms of capitalizing innovation at the startup level?

• Who are the key protagonists of this emerging world and why have they been successful?

• How much capital is available for SMEs in Canada and how is it accessed?

For those who want to hear firsthand wisdom from Calgary’s most successful small business leaders, this talk can’t be missed.

Hotel Arts is located at 119 12^th Street S.W. in downtown Calgary.  Please go to http://calgary.smallbusiness-summit.ca/schedule-dynamic.php to view the complete schedule for the April 25^th Globe and Mail Small Business Summit and to register for the event.

“Creating innovative and profitable technology businesses helps everyone from end users to employees and even the economy as a whole,” said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO. ” I am pleased that The Globe and Mail asked me to participate in
this important Small Business Summit and share what I have learned about teamwork and technology business success.”

The Globe and Mail Small Business Summit will feature a panel of leaders from Calgary’s most successful small businesses including: Guy Hummel, Hatsize  CEO, Sue Nicholls, Category Management Knowledge Group President, and Lori Stewart, ethor.com COO.  Elena Cherney from The Globe and Mail will moderate.

Topics to be covered include:

• What needs to be in place to create a sustainable business? Why have they proven successful?

• What’s really going on in terms of capitalizing innovation at the startup
level?

• Who are the key protagonists of this emerging world and why have they been successful?

• How much capital is available for SMEs in Canada and how is it accessed?

For those who want to hear firsthand wisdom from Calgary’s most successful small business leaders, this talk can’t be missed.

Hotel Arts is located at 119 12^th Street S.W. in downtown Calgary.  Please go to http://calgary.smallbusiness-summit.ca/schedule-dynamic.php to view the complete schedule for the April 25^th Globe and Mail Small Business Summit and to register for the event.

About Hatsize

Hatsize is a leading cloud automation software company that has provided over two million hours of hands-on demos and training for the world’s most successful technology companies including IBM, Juniper, and Symantec.

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Contacts:

Judy Curtis
SIPR for Hatsize
650-274-1509
Judy@sipr.com

SF Bay Area sales executive Hugh Hazelquist has joined cloud automation software provider Hatsize as VP of Sales.  Hatsize is a cloud automation software company that has provided over 2 million hours of hands-on demos and training for technology companies including IBM, Juniper and Symantec.

Read full San Jose Mercury News article

“Hugh’s cloud automation experience is ideal for Hatsize,” said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO. “His knowledge of the industry and strategic, solution-selling approach to sales will significantly enhance our customer relationships and global business development efforts and help accelerate our market growth.”

“The importance of cost-effectively launching new products is a key issue for product-based companies,” noted Hugh Hazelquist, Hatsize VP of Sales.  In fact, seventy-four percent of executives surveyed by Hatsize said cloud automation is a top priority and fifty-four percent claimed that it was extremely important or important for them to adopt cloud automation for online product demos and training.

“Hatsize has proven that cloud automation technology represents a tremendous tool for Global 2000 technology and training companies to cost-effectively improve the way they launch, demo and train their global staff, partners, customers and prospects, and I look forward to helping bring that solution to the market worldwide,” added Hazelquist.

Hazelquist’s experience spans cloud automation software, web-based collaboration and conferencing, software-as-a-service, web hosting and Internet infrastructure, broadcast satellite services, integrated systems and other leading edge technologies.

Hazelquist was most recently a Strategic Account Executive for the U.S., Canada and Latin America at cloud services platform automation software provider Parallels Software, Inc. Before that he was Director of Enterprise Sales at CallWave, Inc. (now FuzeBox, Inc.), a leading web-based collaboration and conferencing vendor.  Prior to CallWave, Hazelquist held sales leadership roles at BATCI, Exodus Communications and AEI Networks.  Hazelquist has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Washington.

 San Francisco Bay Area, California – April 19, 2012 – Hatsize the leading cloud automation software provider for demos and training, today announced that Hugh Hazelquist has joined the company as Vice President of Sales.
Hazelquist brings more than 20 years of experience in global technology sales including recent experience in cloud automation sales at Parallels Software.

“Hugh’s cloud automation experience is ideal for Hatsize,” said Guy Hummel, Hatsize CEO. “His knowledge of the industry and strategic, solution-selling approach to sales will significantly enhance our customer relationships and global business development efforts and help accelerate our market growth.”

“The importance of cost-effectively launching new products is a key issue for product-based companies,” noted Hugh Hazelquist, Hatsize VP of Sales.  In fact, seventy-four percent of executives surveyed by Hatsize said cloud automation is a top priority and fifty-four percent claimed that it was extremely important or important for them to adopt cloud automation for online product demos and training.

“Hatsize has proven that cloud automation technology represents a tremendous tool for Global 2000 technology and training companies to cost-effectively improve the way they launch, demo and train their global staff, partners, customers and prospects, and I look forward to helping bring that solution to the market worldwide,” added Hazelquist.

Hazelquist’s experience spans cloud automation software, web-based collaboration and conferencing, software-as-a-service, web hosting and Internet infrastructure, broadcast satellite services, integrated systems and other leading edge technologies.

Hazelquist was most recently a Strategic Account Executive for the U.S., Canada and Latin America at cloud services platform automation software provider Parallels Software, Inc. Before that he was Director of Enterprise Sales at CallWave, Inc. (now FuzeBox, Inc.), a leading web-based collaboration and conferencing vendor.  Prior to CallWave, Hazelquist held sales leadership roles at BATCI, Exodus Communications and AEI Networks.  Hazelquist has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Washington.

About Hatsize

Hatsize is a leading cloud automation software company that has provided over two million hours of hands-on demos and training for the world’s most successful technology companies including IBM, Juniper, Sun Microsystems and Symantec.

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Contacts:

Judy Curtis
SIPR for Hatsize
650-274-1509
Judy@sipr.com

Calgary, Alberta-based Hatsize has opened a new datacenter in the US. The facility adds to its existing network in Canada, Frankfurt and Singapore. Founded in 2000 as
Hatsize Learning, with a focus on education, the virtual lab automation company
also provides a SaaS-based sales demonstration and training automation platform
to global enterprises. Customers include Symantec, Juniper Networks and IBM.
This move demonstrates what we’ve been predicting for awhile: continued strong
demand for cloud automation.

To read the full article, go to www.451research.com

According to the latest 451 Research Market Monitor Report, “the market grew 70% in the last year and Hatsize is one of the top 10 vendors driving the market’s growth.”

To address market expansion, Hatsize is adding new datacenter capacity to its already robust environment. By collocating in this new US based datacenter, Hatsize will be able to reduce technology infrastructure costs and complexity for clients while improving quality and speeding the deployment of cloud-based demo and training services.  Hatsize’s existing cloud network of datacenters are located in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific Regions.

The Hatsize datacenters are the backbone for delivering global cloud-based product demos, proof-of -concept trials and virtual training sessions for technology and training companies who want to increase product revenues while decreasing travel and infrastructure costs.

“Datacenters have always been a critical part of Hatsize’s global cloud automated demo and training solution — and they will be even more important as the cloud automation market grows,” said Andy McBride, Hatsize VP of Operations.  “This new facility not only supports Hatsize’s market growth, but provides the flexible capacity that allows Hatsize to deliver cloud-automated demo and training services that enable clients to reduce costs, improve training effectiveness and gain competitive advantage.”

Key attributes of the new datacenter include:

• Smarter datacenter management:  Thousands of sensors, connecting IT equipment, datacenter and building automation systems, provide data that can be analyzed to plan future capacity planning, conserve energy and maintain operations in the event of a power outage.
• Energy efficiency: The datacenter uses half the energy cost to operate compared to datacenters of similar size by taking advantage of free cooling – using the outside air to cool the datacenter.  Intelligent systems use sensors to continuously read temperature and relative humidity throughout the datacenter and dynamically adjust cooling in response to changes in demand.
• Cloud computing capability:  Support for cloud computing workloads allow clients to use only the resources necessary to support their IT operations at any given moment – eliminating the need for hardware resource that might have been previously needed to perform the same task.
• Built for expansion: Due to an innovative modular design method, Hatsize will be able to quickly add future capacity as needed.  The new datacenter can also rapidly and seamlessly expand its power and cooling capacity.