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According to a news release from the office of Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the proposed legislation is modeled on the federal estate tax but would lower the exemption rate to $3.5 million, which is lower than the federal estate tax exemption. Senator Wiener introduced Senate Bill 378 at the end of March. If the bill is passed, it would result in a special fund designed to improve socioeconomic equality in the state.

VIMANA has been selected by Autodesk as the analytics platform that is the enabling technology for their newly announced Fusion Production Software. The partnership leverages the two companies' respective strengths, VIMANA's analytics and Autodesk's engineering planning and design into one integrated solution for customers. Autodesk's new Fusion Production software combines machine monitoring, production scheduling, and job tracking using cloud computing for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) for Smart Manufacturing.

According to manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler, “System Insights overcame the limitations of OEE by developing the vimana platform; vimana is a next generation software platform with real-time pattern matching and historical machine learning capabilities which makes sense of data from multiple shopfloor sources using the MTConnect standard.”

The current issue of Industrial Automation includes a feature article by manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler who profiled the past-paced, ever-changing elements of automation impacting manufacturing, material handling, and logistics.

The current issue of Automation.com includes a feature article by manufacturing journalist, TR Cutler who shared information about the past-paced, ever-changing elements of automation impacting manufacturing, material handling, and logistics.

Web design company Powerphrase, recently launched a new site for auto repair, Hayward, CA based Rainbow Auto Center. Rainbow Auto Center has been providing auto body repair services to Hayward and Northern California since 1929. A large part of the company's staying power in the competitive auto body repair market is their attention to detail as well as their versatility. In addition to auto maintenance and car accident repair, they also offer auto glass repair and auto painting. These services combined with their 24/7 towing services, state of the art repair facility and team of fully trained technicians has made Rainbow Auto Center into one of the premiere auto repair body shops in Northern California.

Brokerville has released “Five Ways Financial Advisors and Insurance Agents Can Generate Their Own Leads,” a tutorial that teaches advisors how to generate leads the right way using

System Insights and Autodesk announced today that they are teaming to build solutions to marry 3D spatial modelling with real-time manufacturing data analytics. The first glimpse of these capabilities will be presented at Autodesk University 2013 in Las Vegas, December 3-5.

San Francisco locksmith company, Reed Brothers Security, is now offering a new product called the Port Key. This product is not found in many stores and will appeal to anyone with bulky key chains or too many USB drives.

Dr. Athulan Vijayaraghavan, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) with System Insights recently explained why the OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) metric of availability is inadequate. Too often there is a common refrain from clients and prospects who report: "I have had monitoring and OEE solutions in our shop before and have extracted little value from them."

Dr. Athulan Vijayaraghavan, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) with System Insights recently explained why the OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) metric is deficient for evaluating production efficiency. Dr. Vijayaraghavan suggested, “vimana is in contrast to OEE software because we help manufacturers understand when a parts is being produced by looking at all the data items the machine is generating. This goes well beyond just knowing when the machine is In Cycle - which is what OEE software can do. This basic Utilization data can easily be manipulated to be artificially high, but by looking at the vimana producing metric there is a true picture of when parts are actually being made.” With vimana, energy use is optimized and the environmental impact of operating machine tools is reduced. The vimana product goes beyond simple data aggregation, and helps manufacturers increase device utilization, reduce scrap rates, decrease unplanned downtimes, and improve profitability. By improving machine utilization and reducing energy consumption, vimana clients are saving between $30-100K per machine, per year. About System Insights System Insights, (www.systeminsights.com) based in Berkeley, California, with offices in Chennai, India, is a leading global supplier of manufacturing software in both machining based, discrete and process industries. The SI flagship product - vimana - delivers predictive analytics solutions to improve client’s efficiency, productivity, and profitability. vimana provides these data while enabling customers to realize sustainable manufacturing objectives. The vimana software platform delivers a unique combination of Cloud Computing and Big Data capabilities that sets out to revolutionize the economics of manufacturing. System Insights is a proud member of both AMT (Association for Manufacturing Technology) and NTMA (National Tooling and Machining Association). Follow System Insights on Twitter @systeminsights.

GridCSP, an acclaimed cloud service provider, now offers Citrix virtual desktop to clients, thus enhancing overall business performance. These virtualization solutions from Citrix are the primary enabler of GridCSP’s virtualization products and solutions.

The healthcare system in America is in need of reform, but until then existing medical professionals must do what they can within the current system. The problems and challenges they face can often seem daunting, and qualified nursing assistants do a vast amount of support work that prevents doctors and other professionals from becoming overwhelmed. Due to improvements in the treatment of disease and increased life expectancy, the strain is at an all time high, and there is a chronic shortage of certified nursing assistants. CNA Edu is a website designed to change that.

Richard Moran, COO of System Insights, recently detailed one of the deficiencies of OEE (overall equipment effectiveness), namely that OEE software does not provide the reasons for production disruptions. Moran said, “Understanding the causes of production disruptions and losses on the shop floor, including machine breakdowns, poor quality, material starvation, and incorrect operation is essential to improving production efficiency. OEE software cannot do this automatically, but rather relies on operator input.”

Dr. Athulan Vijayaraghavan, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) with System Insights shared how vimana has a powerful data mining engine on the backend and can find hidden trends in the data. The hidden trends in the data could include the actual part handling time, the actual cycle times to make a part, the variation in the overrides during producing, differences between planned and actual process parameters, and using historical data from the machine tools.

Audience response system or ARS software are fast becoming an integral part of any meeting or presentation. San Francisco Convention and Meeting Planners or SFCMP is now introducing brand new ARS software named Q-ARS. The system is created with the sole aim of enhancing interactive learning. A persistent doubt about whether any person is actually listening to them always prevails in the mind of every speaker, no matter how talented they are. Audience response system is a great way to find out the pulse of the viewers and change the topic based on their priority.

Longevity Welding has proven itself in the market to offer portable and powerful stick welding equipment for professionals and hobbyists. With our stick welders, we offer solutions for varied amperage settings so you can weld all of the most popular and hard to penetrate stick rods.

Snapz USA, inventor of Snapz™ socks, launched a crowdsourcing campaign on Indiegogo to promote its new “Wear, Snap, Wash, Dry, Toss™” line of snap together hosiery. The campaign can be found at http://igg.me/at/snapzsocks

Will Sobel, CEO of System Insights, recently detailed one of the deficiencies of OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) software, forcing a one-size-fits approach for all shops, regardless of their individual requirements. Sobel suggested, “These generic OEE solutions offer no flexibility or customizability in how the metrics are defined. vimana gives users capabilities to create and view metrics that are appropriate for their plant and solve their problems.”

Dr. Athulan Vijayaraghavan, CTO (Chief Technology Officer) with System Insights recently explained why the OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) metric of availability is inadequate. Too often there is a common refrain from clients and prospects who report: "I've had monitoring and OEE solutions in our shop before and have extracted little value from them."

RnB and Hip Hop Soul are giant genres with some of the world’s highest grossing musical acts, but it was not always the case. As the genre was becoming mainstream recording artists who did not fit comfortably in the rap bracket were left behind, including those who pioneered the style now so popular with young artists. Michael Marshall was one of those pioneers, and he has returned to the scene with a fourth solo album entitled Simply Meezy, from which the first single, ‘Do You Miss Me’, has been released with a music video.

GridCSP now helps small and mid-sized companies financially to license cloud technology in desktop hosting. GridCSP, being a trusted and secured name in hosting virtual desktop providers, is giving an opportunity to small scale companies to launch themselves into this new world of connectivity.

Everyone delights in the world of healthy and tasty food, but only a few are blessed with the unique skills of cooking. Magnolia is one among the few who was chosen to receive the exquisite recipes passed on by her ancestors. The website sweetmagnoliaskitchen.com is dedicated to the expert cook Magnolia, and it offers a number of African American traditional recipes for food and cooking lovers. The visitors to this website will get a free welcome gift from Magnolia. People can shop for different types of mouthwatering and delicious country desserts recipes in order to test their culinary skills; a portion of this website proceeds are said to be kept apart for non-profit organizations supporting children, elders and the homeless.

It is a known fact that the money spent on business meetings and conventions often goes waste considering how less is extracted from the audience. Businesses from around the nation have been in the search for that one system that makes the job of collecting audience responses easy and now that search has finally come to an end. San Francisco Convention & Meeting Planners (SFCMP) has launched a state of the art audience response system, Q-ARS which is designed to deliver a simple yet effective ARS delivery system.

Lean Training Company, Get Kaizened, Inc. (GKI), a leading company in providing effective improvement solutions based on the Japanese concept of Kaizen has introduced a revolutionary program that offers lean training certificates. This program is a first for the industry and it is designed for those who are seeking training in lean production or lean management. The founders of GKI developed this certification program to share their knowledge of Kaizen with professionals worldwide who understand the value of the concept of lean management.

Telspan Data of Concord a world-leader in IRIG 106 Chapter 10 technologies, releases the latest version of NetView Data Fusion and Display software.  This release has an innovative design that meets or exceeds any Chapter 10 software requirements.

Everlast Construction is a general contractor company located in Lafayette, CA. They offer complete remodeling services that meet the hardware design needs of their clients. The services they offer range from system architecture, design, development to testing and sustaining.