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synopsis: F24, the leading SaaS provider for alerting and crisis management for sensitive and critical communications in Europe, has acquired 100% shares of One Voice AS, the leading provider of incident and crisis management solutions in the Nordic countries.
buyer parent: Armira
buyer: F24 AG (DB:F2Y:$12.06)
F24 is the leading SaaS provider for alerting and crisis management for sensitive and critical communications in Europe. F24 is able to offer a highly innovative solution and help customers all over the world to successfully and efficiently manage incidents, emergencies and critical situations. "
target: One Voice AS
One Voice AS is a leading provider of software solutions for emergency preparedness and crisis management. One Voice develops CIM. CIM is a web-based software for risk and vulnerability analyses, contingency planning, training, handling and evaluation of incidents that may develop into crises.
Agility Recovery, acquired RecoveryPlanner
synopsis: Agility, the premier provider of end-to-end business continuity solutions, announced the acquisition of Connecticut-based RecoveryPlanner, a leading provider of Risk, Business Continuity and Incident Management software and consulting.
buyer parent: LLR Partners
buyer: Agility Recovery
Agility Recovery is the leading provider of business continuity and disaster recovery solutions. After a business interruption, they deliver the resources that make recovery and resilience simple. Their customers have access to furnished mobile office space, communications equipment, and technology."
target: RecoveryPlanner
Founded by continuity experts in 1999, RecoveryPlanner is a leading provider of Risk, Business Continuity and Incident Management software and consulting.
announced 12/2/2020 via BNC Analysis
Google, will acquire Actifio, Inc.
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synopsis: Google, a multinational corporation that is specialized in internet-related services, products, and platforms, will acquire Actifio, a provider of enterprise cloud data management solutions. Actifio helps global enterprises to virtualize their data. Their technology enables businesses to manage, access, and protect their data more efficiently.
buyer: Google (GOOGL:$171,704.00)
Google is a multinational corporation that is specialized in internet-related services, products, and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Chrome and YouTube. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. "
target: Actifio, Inc.
Actifio is a provider of enterprise cloud data management solutions. Actifio helps global enterprise customers and service provider partners to virtualize their data. Their Virtual Data Pipeline technology enables businesses to manage, access, and protect their data faster and more efficiently.
The Citadel Group Limited, acquired eQstats Pty Ltd
synopsis: The Citadel Group has made a move to expand its health business by acquiring Australian risk software vendor eQstats. Based in Sydney, eQstats provides automated reporting, integrated data, data measurement and data compliance tools large organisations to help their compliance.
buyer: The Citadel Group Limited (ASX:CGL:$88.30)
Citadel is an enterprise software and services company. They specialise in managing information in complex environments through integrating know-how, systems and people to provide information on an anywhere-anytime basis. "
target: eQstats Pty Ltd
eQstats is a global software development company, providing advanced systems for complex and large organisations, enabling them to effectively manage their quality and risk information. eQstats makes accreditation and certification risk-free via automated reporting and integrated data.
closed 12/5/2019 via GlobeNewswire
VelocityEHS, acquired Meercat Pty Ltd
synopsis: VelocityEHS, the global leader in cloud-based environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability solutions, announced it has completed the acquisition of Meercat, an Australian-based risk and control assurance software solution provider.
buyer parent: CVC Capital Partners
buyer: VelocityEHS (ACTA:$133.42)
VelocityEHS delivers a cloud-based environmental, health, and safety (ESH) software platform. VelocityEHS's software applications are designed based on industry best-practice principles to help solve complex business challenges in simple ways. "
target: Meercat Pty Ltd
Meercat Pty Ltd is an Australian-owned and operated company specializing in the design, development and support of the risk and control assurance software package, Meercat RiskView.
Exterro Inc., acquired Jordan Lawrence Group
synopsis: Exterro, a provider of e-discovery and information governance software specifically designed for corporate legal and IT teams, has acquired of Jordan Lawrence Group, a provider of data privacy and data management software. Jordan Lawrence Group specializes in the fields of data privacy, data minimization, and vendor process risk management.
buyer: Exterro Inc.
Exterro®, Inc. is the leading provider of e-discovery and privacy software specifically designed for in-house legal, privacy and IT teams at Global 2000 and Am Law 200 organizations. Exterro software helps organizations address their regulatory, compliance and litigation risks more effectively. "
target: Jordan Lawrence Group
Jordan Lawrence is a leading software and services company specializing in regulatory and legal compliance in the fields of data privacy, data minimization, and vendor process risk management. For more than 30 years, Jordan Lawrence has helped more than 1,000 clients meet data privacy regulations.
AssetWorks, acquired Emerson Software Solutions, Inc.
synopsis: AssetWorks, a leading provider of business and asset management solutions, has acquired Emerson Software Solutions, Inc., a provider of web-based risk management software solutions. Emerson's eRIMS platform provides a comprehensive look at risk exposures and facilitates risk mitigation, in addition to enabling more strategic decision making.
buyer parent: Constellation Software, Inc.
buyer: AssetWorks
AssetWorks delivers industry-leading business solutions to help asset- and infrastructure-intensive organizations. Using the latest cloud and mobile computing technologies, their asset management solutions and domain expertise help organizations eliminate waste, redundancy, and inefficiency. "
target: Emerson Software Solutions, Inc.
Emerson Software Solutions is a provider of web-based risk management software solutions. Emerson's eRIMS platform provides a comprehensive look at risk exposures and facilitates risk mitigation, in addition to enabling more strategic decision making.
closed 12/12/2018 via PR Newswire
Coupa Software, acquired Hiperos, LLC
synopsis: Coupa Software, a leader in business spend management (BSM), has acquired Hiperos from Opus, a global risk and compliance SaaS and data solution company. Hiperos is a leading third-party risk management provider. Their cloud application enables businesses to actively manage third-party risk and compliance.
buyer: Coupa Software (COUP:$458.37)
Coupa Software is the cloud platform for business spend management (BSM). They deliver "Value as a Service" by helping their customers maximize their spend under management, achieve significant cost savings and drive profitability. "
target parent: Opus Global, Inc.
target: Hiperos, LLC
Hiperos is a leading third-party risk management provider. Their cloud application enables businesses to actively manage third-party risk and compliance, including advanced risks such as information security, bribery and corruption.
Ideagen, acquired MKinsight
synopsis: Ideagen, a UK-based provider of market-leading information management, safty, risk and compliance software solutions, has acquired MKinsight, a leading audit management software solution that is easy to use, straight forward to implement and affordable for audit teams of any size.
buyer: Ideagen (AIM:IDEA:$46.87)
Ideagen is a UK-based provider of market-leading information management, safty, risk and compliance software solutions. Ideagen's portfolio of software products enables organisations to meet their regulatory and quality compliance standards, helping them to reduce costs and improve efficiency. "
target: MKinsight
MKinsight is an audit management software solution that is easy to use, straight forward to implement and affordable for audit teams of any size. MKinsight is used across a number of highly regulated vertical markets including Public Sector, Banking and Finance, Engineering, Healthcare and Energy.
price ($mm)[EV]
$29 [$27]
closed 9/19/2018 via PE Hub
Long Ridge Equity Partners, acquired ProcessUnity
synopsis: Long Ridge Equity Partners has acquired a majority stake in ProcessUnity, a software-as-a-service provider for integrated risk management. Founded in 2003, ProcessUnity offers highly configurable, easily deployed cloud-based tools to address a variety of applications including Third-Party Risk Management.
buyer: Long Ridge Equity Partners
Long Ridge Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on growth capital opportunities in the financial services and business services industries. Leveraging deep sector knowledge, Long Ridge serves as a value-added partner to leading high-growth companies. "
target: ProcessUnity
ProcessUnity is a leading software-as-a-service provider for integrated risk management. It offers highly configurable, easily deployed cloud-based tools to address a variety of applications including Third-Party Risk Management, Policy & Procedure Management and Operational Risk Management.
closed 8/8/2018 via Company Press Release
Providence Equity Partners Inc., acquired KPA L.L.C.
synopsis: KPA ("the Company"), a leader in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Risk Management, announced that Providence Equity Partners ("Providence") has completed its majority investment in the Company. Existing investor CIVC Partners will retain a minority investment in the Company.
buyer: Providence Equity Partners Inc.
Providence is a premier global asset management firm with $58 billion in assets under management across complementary private equity and credit businesses. Providence has invested in more than 160 companies and has become a leading equity investment firm. "
target parent: CIVC Partners, LP
target: KPA L.L.C.
KPA is a market leader in cloud-based Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) risk management solutions for the automotive, collision repair, manufacturing, insurance, and distribution & logistics industries. KPA's innovative software platform combined delivers a comprehensive solution.
closed 10/1/2018 via BusinessWire
Riskonnect, Inc., acquired Marsh ClearSight
synopsis: Riskonnect, the leader in integrated risk management solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Marsh ClearSight LLC, a global leader in risk, safety, and claims software and services and a business unit of Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and innovative risk management solutions.
buyer parent: Thoma Bravo, LLC
buyer: Riskonnect, Inc.
Riskonnect is the trusted, preferred source of Integrated Risk Management technology, offering a growing suite of solutions on a world-class cloud-computing model that enables organizations to anticipate and manage strategic and operational risks across the enterprise. "
target parent: Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
target: Marsh ClearSight
Marsh ClearSight LLC is a global leader in risk, safety, and claims software and services. Their secure, easy-to-use RMIS (Risk Management Information System) tackles daily challenges with better data, faster analytics, and smarter insights.
announced 6/7/2017 via PR Newswire
Thoma Bravo, LLC, will acquire Riskonnect, Inc.
synopsis: Thoma Bravo LLC, a leading technology investment firm, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Riskonnect, Inc., the leading global provider of Integrated Risk Management technology solutions.
buyer: Thoma Bravo, LLC
Thoma Bravo is a leading private equity firm focused on the software & technology-enabled services sectors. They implement operating best practices, invest in growth initiatives & make accretive acquisitions intended to accelerate revenue & earnings, with the goal of increasing the business' value. "
target: Riskonnect, Inc.
Riskonnect is the trusted, preferred source of Integrated Risk Management technology, offering a growing suite of solutions on a world-class cloud computing model that enables organizations to anticipate and manage strategic and operational risks across the enterprise.
Sphera, acquired Rivo Software, Inc.
synopsis: Sphera Solutions, the largest global provider of Operational Excellence software and information services with a focus on Operational Risk, Environmental Health & Safety, and Product Stewardship, has announced the acquisition of Rivo Software, a leading global provider of cloud-based environmental, health, safety, and risk management software.
buyer parent: Genstar Capital LLC
buyer: Sphera
Sphera is the largest global provider of Operational Excellence software and information services with a focus on Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), Operational Risk and Product Stewardship. The company serves more than 2,500 customers and over 1 million individual users across 70 countries. "
target: Rivo Software, Inc.
Rivo builds market leading applications that transform how EHS and risk is managed. Rivo helps some of the world's best known brands manage incidents, audits and inspections, corrective actions, and other corporate risk and compliance reporting.
Setracon Enterprise Security Risk Management Services, acquired OR3M LLC
synopsis: Bellevue, Wash.-based security consulting firm Setracon Inc. announced that it has acquired OR3M and subsequently rebranded as Setracon Enterprise Security Risk Management Services. One of the key platforms that OR3M provides is vSOCra, which helps to streamline information found in a risk assessment for the end-user.
buyer: Setracon Enterprise Security Risk Management Services
Setracon provides core value-added services in support of Lean Enterprise Security Risk Management Operations who need to add depth to their bench or require an independent assessment, review, or operational opinion. "
target: OR3M LLC
OR3M is a security information management company. OR3M provides products and services that are intended to fulfill the promise of Organizational Resilience Management (ORM). The products reside on a Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) platform: Microsoft SharePoint.
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory, acquired Enablon
synopsis: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory announces that it has completed the acquisition of compliance software provider Enablon. Enablon is a leading global provider of environmental, health, safety and sustainability and operational risk management software and SaaS solutions, serving major corporations worldwide across a range of industries.
buyer parent: Wolters Kluwer NV
buyer: Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory
Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory is a division of Wolters Kluwer, serving customers around the world with expert information solutions, software, and services in the areas of law, business, and regulatory compliance. "
target: Enablon
Enablon is the world's leading provider of Sustainability, EH&S and Operational Risk Management Software. More than 1,000 global companies and 1 million users rely on Enablon solutions to manage their environmental and social performance, minimize risks and improve profitability.
on offer 7/11/2013 via BNC Analysis
Sword Group SA, offer to acquire Active Risk Group PLC
synopsis: Sword Group has made a takeover offer under the UK takeover code for Active Risk Group plc. Active Risk Group plc provides risk management solutions internationally. It develops and distributes Active Risk Manager (ARM), a Web-based enterprise risk management software that addresses the areas of enterprise risk management.
buyer: Sword Group SA (ENXTPA:SWP:$211.95)
Sword Group is an international services and Software company. Sword is a major player in the growth markets dealing with unstructured information: document engineering, enterprise portals, information search and retrieval, Business Intelligence and Geographic Information Systems. "
target: Active Risk Group PLC (GB:ARI.GB:$12.51)
Active Risk provides leading Enterprise Risk Management solutions to a client base including global Fortune 500 companies. The Active Risk solution was the first web-based risk management solution in the industry.
Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, Kennet Partners, acquired Rivo Software, Inc.
synopsis: Kennet Partners, the technology growth investor, and Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, the pan-European growth investor announced the acquisition of Rivo Software, a fast-growing software company based in Warwick, UK. Rivo Software is a global provider of environmental, health and safety, quality and loss prevention management software.
buyer: Fidelity Growth Partners Europe
buyer: Kennet Partners
Kennet is a leading international private equity firm that invests in growth companies in North America and Europe. Fidelity Growth Partners Europe is a venture and growth capital investor that backs technology entrepreneurs with aspiration to greatness. "
Rivo Software is a global provider of environmental, health and safety, quality and loss prevention management software. The company provides an enterprise level software solution, Safeguard, to manage business risk and compliance.
Reval, acquired FXpress Corporation
synopsis: Reval announced that it has acquired FXpress Corporation, a leading treasury software provider to the Fortune 1000. The acquisition solidifies Reval's position as the leader in global derivative risk management and hedge accounting software solutions and services.
buyer: Reval
Reval® provides financial and accounting professionals with an award-winning Web-based platform that supports derivative risk management. This Software-as-a-Service addresses the need for derivatives to comply with international regulations. "
target: FXpress Corporation
FXpress Corporation simplifies and automates core treasury processes. FIRST™ treasury software, the company's product offering, enables the management of cash, exposures, derivatives and hedge accounting for FASB and IAS compliance via Software-as-a-Service deployment.
closed 12/3/2008 via
Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting, acquired Paisley
synopsis: Thomson Reuters announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Paisley, an industry-leading software provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions. Upon closing, Paisley will become part of the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters.
buyer parent: Thomson Reuters
buyer: Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting
Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting is the leading provider of technology and information solutions, as well as integrated tax compliance software and services to accounting, tax and corporate finance professionals in accounting firms, corporations, law firms and government. "
target: Paisley
Paisley is an industry-leading provider of solutions for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) including comprehensive software solutions, training, and expert GRC professional services.
One Voice AS, acquired AI ControlPoint Limited
synopsis: Access Intelligence announces that it has sold AI ControlPoint Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary, to One Voice AS, a leading provider of software solutions for emergency preparedness & crisis management. AI ControlPoint is a provider of cloud-based Crisis & Incident Management solutions to highly regulated industries such as Oil and Gas, and Aviation.
buyer: One Voice AS
One Voice AS is a leading provider of software solutions for emergency preparedness and crisis management. One Voice develops CIM. CIM is a web-based software for risk and vulnerability analyses, contingency planning, training, handling and evaluation of incidents that may develop into crises. "
target parent: Access Intelligence plc
target: AI ControlPoint Limited
AI ControlPoint is a provider of cloud-based Crisis & Incident Management solutions to highly regulated industries such as Oil & Gas, Aviation, and Local Government. They have developed a product set which has been rolled out to existing clients & provides opportunity to gain further market share.
announced 7/8/2020 via Company Press Release
HgCapital, will acquire F24 AG
synopsis: Hg, Europe's leading software investor, has entered into an agreement to invest in F24, a pan-European sector leader for emergency notification, crisis & incident management and critical communications. Hg will invest in a stake currently owned by Armira and co-founder Ralf Meister, and will become the majority shareholder.
buyer: HgCapital
Hg is a European investor in software and services businesses, with increasing global presence. Hg is a specialist investor, committed to building businesses that change the way people do business, through deep sector specialisation and dedicated operational support. "
target parent: Armira
target: F24 AG (DB:F2Y:$12.06)
F24 is the leading SaaS provider for alerting and crisis management for sensitive and critical communications in Europe. F24 is able to offer a highly innovative solution and help customers all over the world to successfully and efficiently manage incidents, emergencies and critical situations.
announced 3/26/2019 via PR Newswire
F24 AG, will acquire Criticall Ltd.
synopsis: F24 AG further strengthens its leading European market position in the field of emergency notification, crisis management and critical communications with the acquisition of the British company Criticall Ltd., a core provider of SaaS emergency mass notification solutions in the United Kingdom.
F24 AG develops and operates high-security notification, alerting and crisis management solutions for emergency, crisis and business continuity management situations in medium- and large-size companies and public-sector organisations worldwide. "
target: Criticall Ltd.
Criticall provide software solutions that enable organisations or communities to deliver personalised, relevant and appropriate critical information to people via all modern voice and text communications devices.
F24 AG, acquired AlarmTILT
synopsis: F24 AG, a developer of high-security notification, alerting and crisis management solutions, has acquired AlarmTILT, an innovative SaaS-based alerting and crisis management solution in Luxembourg. AlarmTILT allows users to send unlimited mass alerts via SMS, email, fax and voice message.
target: AlarmTILT
AlarmTILT is an innovative SaaS-based alerting and crisis management solution in Luxembourg. Their solution allows users to send unlimited mass alerts via SMS, email, fax and voice message. AlarmTILT helps their clients to deal with any emergency and keep their business running.
announced 12/19/2016 via Company Press Release
Armira, will acquire F24 AG
synopsis: The Armira Group will acquire a majority stake in F24 AG. The F24 Group is a provider of high-security cloud-based messaging, notification, alerting and crisis management solutions.
buyer: Armira
Armira is an industrial holding company focusing on direct equity investments in privately-held, medium-sized "Mittelstand" businesses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Armira engages in established, profitable companies typically generating up to EUR 500m in sales. "
F24 AG develops and operates high-security notification, alerting and crisis management solutions for emergency, crisis and business continuity management situations in medium- and large-size companies and public-sector organisations worldwide.
F24 AG, acquired Dolphin Systems AG
synopsis: F24 AG has acquired 100% of shares in Swiss company Dolphin Systems AG, the specialists in alerting and messaging solutions based in Wollerau near Zurich. Dolphin employs over 30 highly qualified staff with extensive experience in telecom and IT solution implementation, project management and software engineering.
target: Dolphin Systems AG
Based in Wollerau, Switzerland, Dolphin Systems AG develops and operates standardized and custom cloud solutions for professional communication, information, surveillance and alerting. In addition to its sikado(TM) portal, Dolphin Systems supplies eCall(TM) sms & fax-portal.
closed 4/25/2019 via AP - Associated Press
Technology Crossover Ventures, acquired Rave Mobile Safety
synopsis: Rave Mobile Safety, the leading critical communication and data platform, was bought by Technology Crossover Ventures, a capital provider to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry.
buyer: Technology Crossover Ventures
Technology Crossover Ventures provides capital to growth-stage private and public companies in the technology industry. TCV has invested over $11 billion in leading technology companies and has helped guide CEOs through more than 120 IPOs and strategic acquisitions. "
target parent: K1 Investment Management
target: Rave Mobile Safety
Rave Mobile Safety provides the leading critical communication and data platform trusted to help save lives. Used by leading education and healthcare institutions, enterprises and state and local public safety agencies, the award-winning Rave platform protects millions of individuals.
Agility Recovery, acquired Preparis
synopsis: Agility Recovery, North America's premier provider of business continuity and recovery solutions, has acquired Preparis, a company that offers an all-in-one cloud-based business continuity and emergency messaging platform for organizations looking to protect themselves and their workforce in times of crisis.
target: Preparis
Preparis offers an all-in-one cloud-based business continuity and emergency messaging platform for organizations looking to protect themselves and their workforce in times of crisis.
Rave Mobile Safety, acquired SwiftReach Networks
synopsis: Rave Mobile Safety, a trusted partner for safety software protecting millions of individuals, announced the acquisition of SwiftReach Networks. SwiftReach is a leading provider of emergency notification and incident management solutions used by emergency management in the government, utilities, education, healthcare, and enterprise sectors.
buyer: Rave Mobile Safety
Rave Mobile Safety provides leading critical communication and data platforms trusted to help save lives. Used by leading education and healthcare institutions, enterprises and state and local public safety agencies, the platform protects millions of individuals through its public safety solutions. "
target: SwiftReach Networks
SwiftReach is a leading provider of emergency notification and incident management solutions. Since 2001, SwiftReach has been a reliable and trusted authority in emergency management in the government, utilities, education, healthcare, and enterprise sectors.
Resurgens Technology Partners, acquired Assurance Software
synopsis: Resurgens Technology Partners has acquired the Assurance Business Continuity Management Planning software business from Sungard Availability Services. Assurance helps businesses develop an end-to-end business continuity program, including business impact analysis, disaster recovery planning and reporting and emergency notification management.
buyer: Resurgens Technology Partners
Resurgens Technology Partners is an Atlanta-based private equity investor focused on partnering with software and technology-enabled businesses located throughout North America. "
target parent: Fidelity National Financial
target: Assurance Software
Assurance helps businesses develop an end-to-end business continuity program, including business impact analysis, incident management, disaster recovery planning and reporting and emergency notification management.
Rave Mobile Safety, acquired Emergency Response Management Services Corporation
synopsis: Emergency Response Management Services Corp (ERMS), a SaaS-based emergency notification system provider based in Ontario, Canada, announced it has been acquired by Rave Mobile Safety, provider of critical communication and data platform solutions. ERMS' emergency communication system is the most secure, reliable and comprehensive system in Canada.
Rave Mobile Safety provides the leading critical communication and data platform trusted to help save lives. Used by leading education and healthcare institutions, enterprises and state and local public safety agencies, the award-winning Rave platform protects millions of individuals. "
target: Emergency Response Management Services Corporation
Emergency Response Management Services Corp. ("ERMS") is a SaaS emergency notification system provider. It provides the features, flexibility, and functionality Business Continuity professionals need to prepare, execute, and report on the notification portion of their continuity plans.
closed 6/5/2017 via BusinessWire
Emergency Communications Network, Inc., acquired Send Word Now
synopsis: Emergency Communications Network (ECN), a leading Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider of critical event management and emergency notification systems, announced it has acquired Send Word Now, a global leader in enterprise notification solutions. The combined companies have rebranded as OnSolve.
buyer parent: Veritas Capital Partners
buyer: Emergency Communications Network, Inc.
Emergency Communications Network Inc. is a Florida company that delivers critical, time-sensitive communications to people on behalf of government entities and schools. Its offerings include CodeRED, CodeRED Weather Warning, CodeED, and CheckUp Call. "
target: Send Word Now
Send Word Now is the leading worldwide provider of critical communications solutions. Their easy-to-use, web-based emergency notification, enterprise collaboration and mobile applications are used by organizations worldwide to ensure fast, effective, two-way communication when it is needed the most.
One Call Now, acquired Safeguard Communications (UK) Limited
synopsis: One Call Now, America's largest message notification provider, announced it has acquired Safeguard Communications (UK) Ltd., a leader in crisis communications and business continuity message notification services in the United Kingdom.
buyer: One Call Now
One Call Now is America's largest message notification provider. Thousands of schools, businesses, churches, and organizations across the country rely on One Call Now to improve and simplify their group's communications— sending voice, text and email messages to thousands of members simultaneously. "
target: Safeguard Communications (UK) Limited
Safeguard Communications provides clients with practical and workable resilient communication solutions that are tailored to their exact needs and work in partnership with them to deliver mobile messaging, automated notification and crisis communication projects.
West Corporation, acquired Twenty First Century Communications, Inc.
synopsis: West Corporation, a leading provider of technology-driven, voice and data solutions, has announced it has acquired Twenty First Century Communications, Inc., a provider of automated alerts and notification solutions to the electric utilities industry, government, public safety and corporate markets.
buyer parent: Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.
buyer: West Corporation (WSTC:$2,285.72)
West Corporation is a leading provider of technology-driven, voice and data solutions. West offers its clients a broad range of communications and network infrastructure solutions that help them manage or support critical communications. "
target: Twenty First Century Communications, Inc.
Public and private organizations use Twenty First Century Communications' notification and call-handling solutions to relieve their call center, respond to a crisis, protect people, mobilize first responders, and much more.
Everbridge, acquired Svensk Krisledning AB
synopsis: Everbridge, Inc. a global software company that provides critical communications and enterprise safety applications to help keep people safe and businesses running, announced that it has acquired Sweden-based Svensk Krisledning AB, the developer of the SaaS mobile crisis management solution, Crisis Commander.
buyer: Everbridge (EVBG:$200.88)
Everbridge, Inc. is a global software company that provides critical communications and enterprise safety applications that enable customers to automate and accelerate the process of keeping people safe and businesses running during critical events. "
target: Svensk Krisledning AB
Svensk Krisledning AB is the developer of the SaaS mobile crisis management solution, Crisis Commander. The Crisis Commander product provides mobile access to recovery, crisis and brand protection plans, as well as to manage a crisis or event through role-based assignments and status updates.
Veritas Capital Partners, acquired Emergency Communications Network, Inc.
synopsis: Veritas Capital, a leading private equity investment firm, announced that an affiliate of Veritas has acquired Emergency Communications Network (ECN), a national provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) -based unified critical communications, from The Riverside Company.
buyer: Veritas Capital Partners
Veritas Capital is a private equity firm specializing in investments in leveraged recapitalizations, buyouts, and growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in companies involved in technology and outsourcing services to the government. "
target parent: The Riverside Company
target: Emergency Communications Network, Inc.
Emergency Communications Network Inc. is a Florida company that delivers critical, time-sensitive communications to people on behalf of government entities and schools. Its offerings include CodeRED, CodeRED Weather Warning, CodeED, and CheckUp Call.
The Riverside Company, acquired Emergency Communications Network, Inc.
synopsis: The Riverside Co. has acquired Emergency Communications Network ("ECN"). Using its automated software and telephone services, ECN delivers messages to citizens or predetermined groups in specific geographic areas to communicate about weather, missing persons and other vital information.
buyer: The Riverside Company
The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring growing enterprises valued at up to €200 million. The firm partners with strong management teams and enhances its investments through acquisitions and operational growth. "
closed 11/7/2013 via Company Press Release
The Riverside Company, acquired ARCOS, Inc.
synopsis: The Riverside Company has made a majority investment in ARCOS. ARCOS provides SaaS products that automatically call and assemble crews to restore power, handle emergent work in power plants and fix gas/water leaks. Riverside intends to support ARCOS' continued growth through investing in product development, adding customers, and expanding sales.
The Riverside Company is a global private equity firm focused on acquiring growing businesses valued at up to $250 million (€200 million in Europe). Since its founding in 1988, Riverside has invested in more than 300 transactions. The firm's international portfolio includes more than 75 companies. "
target: ARCOS, Inc.
ARCOS is a market-leading provider of mission-critical software to the utilities industry. ARCOS addresses accountability, transparency, and results for crew callout in industries with staffing qualification requirements, diverse regulations, and urgent response times.
Everbridge, acquired one2many
synopsis: Everbridge, Inc., the global leader in critical event management (CEM), announced that the company has acquired the leading global provider of cell broadcast solutions for safety applications, one2many. one2many's solutions are used by leading mobile operators and governments all around the world.
Everbridge, Inc. is a global software company that provides enterprise software applications that automate and accelerate organizations' operational response to critical events in order to keep people safe and businesses running. "
target: one2many
One2many is the world leader in Cell and LTE Broadcast (eMBMS) with a focus on Mobile Emergency Alerts, having an experience of over 80 installations at 50 customers in more than 30 countries. one2many's solutions are used by leading mobile operators and governments all around the world.
announced 4/14/2014 via GlobeNewswire
West Corporation, will acquire SchoolMessenger
synopsis: West Corporation, a leading provider of technology-driven communication services, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Reliance Holding, Inc. d/b/a SchoolMessenger, a leading provider of notification and mobile communication solutions for the K-12 education market.
target parent: Chicago Growth Partners
target: SchoolMessenger
Reliance Communications, through its SchoolMessenger brand, is a provider of on-demand notification solutions for the education market. The company is counted on by school districts and other institutions to keep parents, staff and students informed in both emergency and non-emergency situations.
InterVision Systems, acquired BlueLock
synopsis: InterVision announced the acquisition of Bluelock, a recognized leader in Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Bluelock helps organizations confidently mitigate IT risk by providing DRaaS for complex environments and sensitive data.
buyer parent: Huron Capital Partners LLC
buyer: InterVision Systems
InterVision's mission is to unlock value by delivering innovative technology through a consultative approach. The company delivers innovation through a broad portfolio of IT managed services, on-premise solutions, professional services, cloud solutions, automation and consulting services. "
target: BlueLock
Bluelock provides Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service for complex environments and sensitive data to help companies mitigate risk with confidence. Bluelock is the provider enterprise organizations turn to for highly resilient cloud services because of its ability to support unique requirements.
closed 10/25/2019 via GlobeNewswire
Cleartronic, Inc., purchased ReadyMed software platform from ReadyOp
synopsis: Cleartronic, Inc. has acquired the ReadyMed software platform from Collabria, LLC, a communications software company. ReadyMed is a web based secure communication platform for the health care industry, designed for hospitals, clinics, doctor's offices, health insurance companies, and many other segments of the health care sectors.
buyer: Cleartronic, Inc. (OTCPK:CLRI:$1.06)
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David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus (22 de fevereiro de 1901 - 10 de junho de 1948) foi um coronel do Exército dos Estados Unidos, mais tarde o primeiro general do moderno Estado de Israel, que foi o principal arquiteto das políticas de assuntos civis da Segunda Guerra Mundial das forças armadas dos EUA, incluindo a organização dos julgamentos de crimes de guerra na Alemanha e no Japão.

Ele ajudou Israel durante a Guerra Árabe-Israelense de 1948, um dos bem conhecidos soldados israelenses Machal, tornando-se o primeiro general moderno de Israel (hebraico: Aluf). Ele foi morto por fogo amigo. Ele foi retratado por Kirk Douglas no filme de Hollywood de 1966, Cast a Giant Shadow, que se concentrou em seu papel na guerra israelense.

Vida pregressa
Os pais judeus de Marcus, Mordechai Marcus e Leah Marcus (née Goldstein), vieram de Iaşi, na Romênia. Nascido na Hester Street, no Lower East Side de Manhattan, Marcus era brilhante e atlético. Ele frequentou a Boys' High School, no Brooklyn, e foi então aceito em West Point em 1920 e se formou com a turma de 1924. Depois de completar seu requisito de serviço ativo, ele frequentou a Faculdade de Direito do Brooklyn. Ele passou a maior parte da década de 1930 como procurador assistente dos Estados Unidos em Nova York, processando gângsteres como Lucky Luciano. Em 1940, o prefeito Fiorello La Guardia nomeou Marcus o Comissário do Departamento de Correção de Nova York para a cidade de Nova York.

Segunda Guerra Mundial
Depois de deixar o serviço ativo, Marcus continuou seu serviço militar no Corpo de Reserva Organizado. Em 1939, ele se juntou ao Corpo Geral de Magistratura, e tornou-se Juiz-Advogado de sua unidade da Guarda Nacional do Exército, a 27ª Divisão de Infantaria, que foi federalizada em 1940. Embora como oficial legal, ele não deveria comandar tropas, ele conseguiu um comando de unidade durante as manobras de Louisiana de 1941.

Após o ataque japonês a Pearl Harbor, a 27ª Divisão foi enviada ao Havaí. Lá, Marcus organizou e comandou uma Escola de Treinamento de Combate Ranger, para fornecer treinamento de tropas em métodos de defesa desarmada para combater as táticas de infiltração japonesas. Mas em vez de um comando de campanha, Marcus foi enviado para Washington em 1943. Ele foi designado para a Divisão de Assuntos Civis, como chefe de planejamento para governos de ocupação em territórios libertados do Eixo. Ele acompanhou delegações americanas às conferências no Cairo, Teerã, Yalta e Potsdam, e ajudou a redigir os termos de rendição de 1943 para a Itália.

Em maio de 1944, Marcus foi enviado ao Reino Unido para tratar de assuntos civis. Ele então trocou a oportunidade de ser um colega de classe do General Maxwell D. Taylor em West Point para saltar de pára-quedas na Normandia no Dia D com a primeira vaga da 101ª Divisão Aerotransportada de Taylor, apesar de não ter treinamento de paraquedista. Ele assumiu o comando informal de alguns dos paraquedistas dispersos e esteve em combate por uma semana. Ele foi então enviado de volta para os Estados Unidos.

Após o VE Day em 1945, o General Lucius D. Clay pediu que Marcus servisse em seu estado-maior na ocupação da Alemanha. Marcus estava encarregado de prover os milhões de pessoas deslocadas na Alemanha. Clay exigiu que todos os seus subordinados visitassem o campo de concentração de Dachau. Marcus ficou chocado com seus horrores; embora não anteriormente um sionista, ele começou a pensar de forma diferente sobre um Estado judeu.

Em 1946, foi nomeado chefe da Divisão de Crimes de Guerra do Exército em Washington, planejando procedimentos legais e de segurança para os julgamentos de Nuremberg e o Tribunal de Crimes de Guerra de Tóquio. Ele participou dos julgamentos de Nuremberg, certificando-se de que os crimes nazistas fossem completamente documentados. Após os julgamentos, ele foi promovido a general-de-brigada, mas optou por retornar à vida civil e à advocacia.

Em reconhecimento ao seu serviço na "negociação e redação do Instrumento de Rendição Italiana, o Instrumento de Rendição Incondicional da Alemanha, e a máquina internacional a ser usada para o controle da Alemanha após sua derrota total", ele foi premiado com a Medalha de Serviços Distintos. Em 1946, foi nomeado Comendador Honorário da Ordem do Império Britânico, "em reconhecimento ao distinto serviço prestado... em cooperação com as forças armadas britânicas durante a guerra". Ele também foi premiado com a Estrela de Bronze e outras condecorações.

Carreira militar israelense

Em 1947, David Ben-Gurion pediu a Marcus que recrutasse um oficial americano para servir como conselheiro militar do nascente exército israelense, o Haganah. Ele não conseguiu recrutar ninguém adequado, então Marcus se ofereceu. Em 1948, o Estabelecimento Militar Nacional informalmente concordou com o empreendimento de Marcus, desde que ele disfarçasse seu nome e posição para evitar problemas com as autoridades britânicas na Mandato da Palestina.

Sob o nom de guerre "Michael Stone", ele chegou à Palestina em janeiro de 1948. Nessa época, exércitos árabes cercavam o futuro Estado de Israel.

Ele projetou uma estrutura de comando e controle para o Haganah, adaptando sua experiência no Exército dos EUA às suas necessidades especiais. Ele identificou os pontos mais fracos de Israel no sul do Negev e na área de Jerusalém.

Marcus foi nomeado Aluf ("general") e recebeu o comando da frente de Jerusalém em 28 de maio de 1948. Como nenhuma patente havia sido concedida ao alto comando israelense naquela época, ele se tornou o primeiro general do exército da nova nação (veja Forças de Defesa de Israel). Aluf era então equivalente a general de brigada, mas desde 1967, Aluf é equivalente a major-general (Portugal) e general-de-divisão (Brasil).

Ele participou do planejamento das Operações Bin Nun Bet e Yoram contra o forte de Latrun, mantido pela Legião Árabe, que bloqueava a estrada de Tel Aviv a Jerusalém, que estava sitiada. Ambos os ataques falharam, mas Marcus então construiu a "Estrada da Birmânia para Jerusalém" - uma estrada sinuosa improvisada através de terreno montanhoso difícil, apelidada após a rota de abastecimento da Segunda Guerra Mundial para a China. Sua "Estrada da Birmânia" foi aberta para veículos em 10 de junho, quebrando o cerco de Jerusalém, um dia antes de um cessar-fogo das Nações Unidas entrar em vigor.

Morte

Poucas horas antes do cessar-fogo, Marcus voltou ao seu quartel-general da Frente Central. Ele e seus comandantes foram alojados nos aposentos dos monges do abandonado Monastère Notre Dame de la Nouvelle Alliance em Abu Ghosh. Pouco antes das 4:00h, um sentinela, Eliezer Linski, de dezoito anos, e veterano de um ano do Palmach, desafiou Marcus, a quem ele via como uma figura de branco.

Quando Marcus não respondeu com a senha, Linski disparou para o ar e o homem correu em direção ao mosteiro. Ele atirou no homem, assim como um ou mais combatentes em um posto de sentinela próximo. Marcus foi encontrado morto, enrolado em um cobertor branco. Marcus sabia muito pouco hebraico e respondeu em inglês, que Linski não entendeu. Marcus não usava patente, embora os oficiais fossem reconhecidos por uma fita presa em seus uniformes. Quando o corpo de Marcus foi removido de Abu Ghosh, uma fita foi encontrada e colocada em seu caixão. Harry Levin escreveu que "descobrindo quem ele havia matado, o soldado tentou atirar em si mesmo, mas foi desarmado".

Seu corpo foi devolvido aos Estados Unidos para ser enterrado em West Point, acompanhado por Moshe Dayan e sua esposa Ruth, Yoseph Harel, e a esposa de seu ajudante de campo, Alex Broida. Seu enterro, com honras militares, contou com a presença do governador de Nova York Thomas Dewey, o ex-secretário do Tesouro Henry Morgenthau, e do General Maxwell Taylor, então superintendente da Academia Militar dos Estados Unidos em West Point.

Ben-Gurion suspeitou do relato inicial de que Marcus havia sido baleado acidentalmente. A Haganah era composta por várias facções cuja falta de consenso sobre estratégia e tática foi uma das razões para a nomeação de Marcus como comandante de Jerusalém, e Ben-Gurion suspeitava que elementos do Palmach pudessem ter conspirado para matar Marcus para que ele fosse substituído. No mesmo dia em que Marcus foi baleado, Ben-Gurion convocou Yaakov Shimshon Shapira — mais tarde procurador-geral de Israel — e pediu-lhe que investigasse o incidente. A investigação de Shapira foi superficial. Apesar de relatos conflitantes sobre o número de tiros disparados, quantos ferimentos Marcus sofreu, se o ferimento fatal poderia ter sido causado pelo fuzil de Linski e como e por que Marcus poderia estar fora do mosteiro, ele concluiu que Linski atirou em Marcus em cumprimento do dever. O relatório nunca foi divulgado.

Legado
O túmulo de Marcus é o único no cemitério de West Point na Academia Militar dos Estados Unidos de um americano morto lutando sob a bandeira de outro país; ele ainda era elegível para o enterro lá porque ele era um graduado da academia que serviu com honra. Seu capacete de paraquedista e pistola Walther Model 9 são exibidos no museu de West Point. Sua lápide em West Point diz:

 "Coronel David Marcus - um soldado para toda a humanidade".

Uma placa memorial em sua homenagem está localizada no saguão do Templo da União do Brooklyn, onde seu funeral foi realizado. Ele lê:

 "Morto em ação nas colinas do Sião enquanto liderava as forças israelenses como seu comandante supremo na luta pela liberdade de Israel -
 Abençoado é o fósforo que é consumido em chamas acesas
 Abençoada é a chama que queima na firmeza secreta do coração
 Abençoado é o coração com força para parar de bater por causa da honra
 Abençoado é o fósforo que é consumido em chamas acesas
 - Dedicado por seus companheiros do Templo da União do Brooklyn em 9 de dezembro de 1949."

Ben-Gurion escreveu para a esposa de Marcus, Emma, no Brooklyn: "Marcus foi o melhor homem que tivemos". Em 10 de maio de 1951, Ben-Gurion colocou uma coroa de flores no túmulo de Marcus, acompanhado por Emma Marcus. Em janeiro de 2015, o presidente de Israel, Reuven Rivlin, visitou a Academia Militar dos Estados Unidos em West Point e discursou no túmulo de Marcus:

 "Para mim, ele foi o primeiro general das FDI em todos os sentidos da palavra. Ele tinha um senso de propósito e missão, no estabelecimento das Forças de Defesa de Israel, ele nos ensinou como agir como um exército em nossos primeiros dias e foi um dos maiores conselheiros militares de Ben-Gurion. Não há ninguém que ilustre melhor o forte vínculo entre Israel e os Estados Unidos."

O Kibutz Mishmar David e o bairro de Neve David em Tel Aviv, bem como inúmeras ruas, levam seu nome. Na cidade de Nova York, o Coronel David Marcus Memorial Playground (no Brooklyn, no lado norte da Avenue P entre East 4th Street e Ocean Parkway) também é nomeado em sua homenagem, assim como o cinema David Marcus na Jerome Avenue na Seção de Norwood do Bronx .

Prêmios
Estados Unidos:

 Medalha de Serviços Distintos
 Medalha Estrela de Bronze
 Medalha do Serviço de Defesa Americano
 Medalha da Campanha Americana
 Medalha da Campanha Ásia-Pacífico
 Medalha de Campanha Europeu-Africano-Oriente Médio com estrela de campanha
 Medalha da Vitória da Segunda Guerra Mundial
 Medalha do Exército de Ocupação com fecho "Alemanha"

Reino Unido:

 Comendador, Ordem do Império Britânico (CBE)

Veja também

 História de Israel
 A esperança
 Lançar uma sombra gigante

Referências

Ligações externas

 "West Point Rites Honor Hero Comissário/Col. 'Mickey' Marcus" (1999)
 Biografia, Comando de Operações Especiais do Exército dos EUA
 "Um herói na América e Israel"
 "O Caminho para Jerusalém" - refazendo as dispendiosas batalhas de 1947-1948 para manter aberto o caminho para Jerusalém
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Sepultados no Cemitério de West Point
Alunos da Academia Militar dos Estados Unidos
Generais de Israel

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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Statoil ASA v. Giovanni Laporta, Yoyo.Email Ltd.
Case No. D2014-0637
The Complainant is Statoil ASA of Stavanger, Norway, represented by Valea AB, Sweden.
The Respondent is Giovanni Laporta of Toddington, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ("UK"), Yoyo.Email Ltd. of Dunstable, UK.
2. The Domain Name and Registrar
The disputed domain name <statoil.email> is registered with GoDaddy.com, LLC (the "Registrar").
3. Procedural History
The Complaint was filed with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (the "Center") on April 16, 2014. On April 16, 2014, the Center transmitted by email to the Registrar a request for registrar verification in connection with the disputed domain name. On April 16, 2014, the Registrar transmitted by email to the Center its verification response confirming that the Respondent is listed as the registrant and providing the contact details.
The Center verified that the Complaint satisfied the formal requirements of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy" or "UDRP"), the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules"), and the WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Supplemental Rules").
In accordance with paragraphs 2(a) and 4(a) of the Rules, the Center formally notified the Respondent of the Complaint, and the proceedings commenced on May 12, 2014. In accordance with paragraph 5(a) of the Rules, the due date for the response was June 1, 2014. The Center granted the Respondent an extension until June 10, 2014 to file any response. An initial response was filed with the Center on May 31, 2014. A second response was filed on June 9, 2014. Furthermore, the Respondent filed supplemental submissions with the Center on July 7, 2014 and July 12, 2014.
The Center appointed Brigitte Joppich, Linda Chang and David E. Sorkin as panelists in this matter on July 4, 2014. The Panel finds that it was properly constituted. Each member of the Panel has submitted the Statement of Acceptance and Declaration of Impartiality and Independence, as required by the Center to ensure compliance with paragraph 7 of the Rules.
4. Factual Background
The Complainant was established more than 40 years ago and is an international energy company with 21,000 employees, operating in 34 countries worldwide.
The Complainant is the registered owner of several hundred trademark registrations for STATOIL, inter alia European Community trademark registration no. 3657871 for STATOIL, registered on May 18, 2005 in classes 1, 4, 17, 35, 37, 39, 40, and 42; and International Trademark registration no. 730092 for STATOIL, registered on March 7, 2000 in classes 1, 4, 17, 39, and 42 (hereinafter referred to as the "STATOIL Marks"). The STATOIL Marks have already been found to be "well-known" by previous panels in proceedings under the UDRP (Statoil ASA v. Weiwei Qiu / PrivacyProtect.org, WIPO Case No. D2011-1752 (<statoilpetroleum.com>); Statoil ASA v. Domain Admin/ Management SO Hkg, WIPO Case No. D2012-2392 (<statoilcareers.com>); Statoil ASA. v. Allan, WIPO Case No. D2013-2123 (<statoilmailling.com> et al.)). Furthermore, the Complainant is the owner of a domain name portfolio containing approximately 1,000 domain names comprising the STATOIL Marks.
The disputed domain name was registered on March 29, 2014 and has not been used in connection with an active website so far.
5. Parties' Contentions
A. Complainant
The Complainant contends that each of the three elements specified in paragraph 4(a) of the Policy is given in the present case.
(1) The disputed domain name is identical or highly similar to the STATOIL Marks and trade name STATOIL since the domain name contains the Complainant's trademark and trade name STATOIL, while the generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) ".email" is irrelevant due to its lack of legal significance.
(2) The Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name, as he is not affiliated or related to the Complainant in any way, or licensed or otherwise authorized to use the STATOIL Marks in connection with a website or for any other purpose, as he is not using the disputed domain name in connection with any bona fide offering of goods or services, as it is not generally known by the disputed domain name, as he has not acquired any trademark or service mark rights in that name or mark, and as he is not commonly known by the disputed domain name and is not making a noncommercial or fair use of the disputed domain name.
(3) The disputed domain name was registered and is being used in bad faith. With regard to bad faith registration, the Complainant contends that the registration of the disputed domain name occurred later than the registration of the vast majority of the Complainant's STATOIL Marks, at a time when those had already become well known internationally, and that the Respondent must have known of the rights held by the Complainant. The Complainant further assumes that the Respondent's intention at the time of the registration of the disputed domain name was to either sell the disputed domain name to the Complainant, or to use it otherwise for financial gain, for example by attracting Internet users to the Respondent's website, or to misleadingly communicate with the public. Furthermore, the Complainant states that the Respondent could not have chosen or subsequently used the word "statoil" in the disputed domain name for any reason other than to free-ride on the goodwill and reputation of the Complainant's trademark or to otherwise create a false association with the Complainant, and that the Respondent's registration of the disputed domain name amounts to "opportunistic bad faith". Finally, the Complainant argues that the present non-use of the disputed domain name does not hinder a finding of bad faith use under the Policy, as the relevant issue is not whether or not the Respondent is undertaking a positive action or use of the disputed domain name in bad faith, but whether, considering all circumstances of the case, it can be said that the Respondent is acting in bad faith, inaction being within the concept of bad faith.
B. Respondent
The Respondent states that the proper Respondent in this administrative proceeding is Yoyo.Email Ltd., a company incorporated under the laws of the UK, and that the authorized representative of Yoyo.Email Ltd. is Giovanni Laporta.
The Respondent states that he is an honest businessman in England, currently working on the establishment of Yoyo.Email, a unique service which offers a new and different way of providing evidence that emails were sent when claimed by the sender to have been sent and received by the recipient. The Respondent points out that, above all, his mission is to provide a serious solution to a long standing commercial problem, namely the lack of an independent viable system of confirming or recording the sending and receipt of emails. The Respondent states that, to achieve that objective, it is necessary to build up an email directory and to provide a hosting service that will route emails to their correct destination passing through Yoyo.Email's email servers. The Respondent states that he is therefore in the process of collecting domain names of potential users of the system in the same way that a telephone or mail directory collects telephone numbers and physical postal addresses, so that users may direct their communications to the right place. In this context, the Respondent argues that a telephone or mail directory lists business names (which are often the same as the company's trademark) but that the directory is not collecting them or using them as trademarks but as names only, and likewise, the Respondent's proposed email directory will collect names of companies for his new directory. The Respondent argues that it is necessary for the purpose of his business to build up a directory of contact names/email addresses which includes registering a considerable number of domain names in the ".email" gTLD which correspond to names of companies, who would value having access to this system and who, in case of joining the Respondent's service, would be given an email address (the domain name) for free. The Respondent states that he will not sell any of the domain names as they are needed for the recorded email service and claims that his service is also a fair use, as the Complainant's name is not being used as a trademark as it is not being used to sell or promote goods and services, but only as part of an address and as a technical link or interface to link the sending and receiving email servers.
The Respondent further contends to have spent about GBP 78,000.00 to date in the project and in the employment of staff and the design of operational systems. The Respondent claims to have rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name based on his planned use in connection with the service Yoyo.Email and that he has not registered the disputed domain name with the intention to sell it, to mislead the public, or to otherwise create a false connection with the Complainant. Furthermore, the Respondent states that he already made demonstrable preparations to use the disputed domain name in connection with the Yoyo.Email service, by registering domain names, by having 4 staff members working on the project, by setting up the domain name <yoyo.email>, the company's office and the website user interface, and by designing logos and a web page available at "www.yoyo.email". The Respondent states that he started building his business immediately after the general availability of second level registrations under the TLD ".email".
In his Response, he states that he intends to make money with the service by
"1. the value of having large numbers of active users, people linked to the service.
2. social media engagement through web flow; a charge could be levied here.
3. advertising, a charge could be levied here."
Moreover, the Respondent states that the disputed domain name is not identical to the STATOIL Marks as the gTLD name is not to be ignored in all cases. The Respondent argues that - given the virtually unlimited number of gTLDs under ICANN's new program - all elements of a disputed domain name, including the TLD, must be compared to the trademark.
The Respondent further states that the disputed domain name is not confusingly similar to the STATOIL Marks either. The Respondent argues that Internet users would expect the disputed domain name to refer to an email service by the Complainant (which it would actually be under the Respondent's envisaged business model), and that the disputed domain name does not claim to originate from the Complainant or to be the only way of communicating with the Complainant by email.
Finally, the Respondent states that the Complainant did not make use of its exclusive opportunity to acquire the disputed domain name during ICANN's Sunrise Period for the <.email> gTLD.
6. Discussion and Findings
The first point to be dealt with is the identity of the Respondent. Even though the WhoIs information of the disputed domain name does not refer to Yoyo.Email Ltd, but to Mr. Giovanni Laporta only, the Response refers to Yoyo.Email Ltd as the proper Respondent in this proceeding. Therefore, the Panel will treat both Yoyo.Email Ltd and Mr. Giovanni Laporta as Respondent for the purpose of this proceeding.
The second point to be dealt with is the admissibility of the Respondent's supplemental submissions, which were filed on July 7, 2014 and July 12, 2014. The Rules do not allow the parties to file supplemental submissions on their own volition, and paragraph 12 of the Rules provides that a panel may in its sole discretion request further statements or documents from either of the parties. Thus, no party has the right to insist upon the admission of additional arguments or evidence. Grounds justifying new submissions are generally those regarding the existence of new pertinent facts that did not arise until after the complaint was filed. The Respondent states that he provided the supplementary document "in response to recent URS/UDRP decisions" because he "feels that any adverse case outcome would have been different if the Panel members had clearer facts presented." The Respondent does not refer to any new pertinent facts but only to the existence of recent URS/UDRP decisions dealing with his business model. Under these circumstances, the Panel elects not to accept the Respondent's supplemental submissions and not to rely on them in reaching this Decision. In any event, had the Panel accepted and considered these submissions they would not have affected the outcome of this case.
Under paragraph 4(a) of the Policy, the Complainant must prove that each of the following three elements is present:
(i) the disputed domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights; and
(ii) the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name; and
(iii) the disputed domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
A. Identical or Confusingly Similar
The disputed domain name fully incorporates the Complainant's STATOIL Marks and is identical to such marks. It is well established that the specific TLD is generally not an element of distinctiveness that can be taken into consideration when evaluating the identity or confusing similarity between the complainant's trademark and the disputed domain name (cf. Magnum Piering, Inc. v. The Mudjackers and Garwood S. Wilson, Sr., WIPO Case No. D2000-1525; Rollerblade, Inc. v. Chris McCrady, WIPO Case No. D2000-0429; Phenomedia AG v. Meta Verzeichnis Com, WIPO Case No. D2001-0374). The Panel finds that the present case does not give reason to digress from this principle. Morevover, the TLD ".email" is comprised of a generic term, which might well be used by the respective trademark owner itself and therefore is not sufficient to hinder a finding of identity. Additionally, the Panel wishes to point out that it is well established that a domain name that wholly incorporates a trademark may be confusingly similar to such trademark for purposes of the Policy despite the addition of common or generic words (cf. Statoil ASA v. Bassey Berney, Koucha Inc, WIPO Case No. D2014-0423, finding <statoil-mail.com> confusingly similar to STATOIL). The Panel finds that a similar approach may apply in the combination of a trademark as second level of a domain name together with a generic term on the first level.
Therefore, the Panel finds the Complainant has satisfied the requirements of paragraph 4(a)(i) of the Policy.
B. Rights or Legitimate Interests
Paragraph 4(c) of the Policy sets out three illustrative circumstances as examples which, if established by a respondent, shall demonstrate its rights or legitimate interests in the domain name for purposes of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy, i.e.:
(i) before any notice to the respondent of the dispute, the use by the respondent of, or demonstrable preparations to use, the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or
(ii) the respondent (as an individual, business or other organization) has been commonly known by the domain name, even if the respondent has acquired no trademark or service mark rights; or
(iii) the respondent is making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name, without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert customers or to tarnish the trademark or service mark at issue.
Even though the Policy requires the complainant to prove that the respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the domain name, it is the consensus view among UDRP panelists that a complainant has to make only a prima facie case to fulfill the requirements of paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy. As a result, the burden of coming forward with evidence of the respondent's rights or legitimate interests in the domain name will then shift to the respondent.
The Complainant has substantiated that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name. The Panel finds that the Complainant has fulfilled its obligations under paragraph 4(a)(ii) of the Policy.
However, the Respondent claims rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name based on his intended use in connection with the above described email service.
The Panel is aware that the Respondent's business model has already been subject to a number of decisions under the UDRP and URS, most of which assumed the Respondent's business model to be in breach of such provisions. In Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Sheraton LLC, Sheraton International IP, LLC v. Giovanni Laporta / yoyo.email, WIPO Case No. D2014-0686 (<sheraton.email> et al.), the Panel stated:
"The essence of this matter lies in the contention of the Respondent that he is entitled to register the disputed domain names notwithstanding the fact that they include the Complainant's SHERATON trademark, because he intends to establish a purportedly legitimate email recorded delivery service. The Respondent submits that this is required, along with the acquisition of many other analogous registered ".email" domain names, because otherwise it is not possible to establish the service he intends to operate. […] The main weakness in the Respondent's argument is that nothing the Respondent has put before the Panel either explains or justifies why the Respondent actually has to register and own the disputed domain names for this purpose. The analogy with a directory does not hold: any person may indeed be free to compile a directory of domain names, or telephones or addresses or similar, but need not for that purpose actually own any related domain names, by registration or otherwise. To compile a list or directory of trademarks, or company names, or business or trading names, the compiler need not acquire any rights whatsoever in those names. […] For the Panel to hold otherwise i.e. that the Respondent's interests vest on mere registration of a domain name incorporating a third-party trademark would render the Policy ineffective based on his mere indications of intention, which cannot be permitted to occur.
Further, the Respondent asserts that it has registered many similar domain names, and the evidence before the Panel establishes that these registered domain names commonly incorporate other high profile trademarks. The Respondent submits that without a very large portfolio of such domain names its service cannot be viable. However, this reinforces the fact that the Respondent seeks to be in a position where the trademark owner is deterred from refusing its recorded delivery services, based partly on the Respondent's prior possession of domain names incorporating that very party's own trademark."
In McDermott Will & Emery LLP v. yoyo.email et al., NAF Claim No. 1564796 (<mwe.email>), the Panel expressly states:
"To register another's trademark as a domain name and using that domain name connecting to a web service with the specific goal to earn money from active users and advertising connected to the use of the trademark related web service, cannot be considered as legitimate interest."
Even on assuming that the Respondent met his burden of proving demonstrable preparations under paragraph 4(c)(i) of the Policy, the Panel finds the Respondent's business model not to result in any rights or legitimate interests under paragraphs 4(a)(ii) and 4(c)(i) of the Policy for the following reasons:
First of all, the Respondent does not necessarily have to register the disputed domain name and other domain names consisting of well established trademarks to establish his service. An email address such as "recipient_statoil@yoyo.email" would work just as well as "recipient@statoil.email". Under such circumstances, the use of the disputed domain name would probably create a false impression of sponsorship or endorsement by the Complainant.
Furthermore, the Respondent does not clearly state how he intends to monetize the disputed domain name, while it is to be expected that he will try to make money with his service. As already found in various cases dealing with the business model of vanity email addresses, the use of a third party trademark in connection with such service is only legitimate if the respective respondent focuses on such service without giving reason to assume that the trademark concerned will be affected by any kind of advertising for third parties' trademarks, such as pay per click advertising. The Respondent statement that "naturally, there will be some commercialization of the website, but it will be within the Rules", is an unacceptable threat towards the Complainant.
Accordingly, the Panel finds that the Complainant has proven that the Respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the disputed domain name under paragraphs 4(a)(ii) and 4(c) of the Policy.
C. Registered and Used in Bad Faith
Paragraph 4(b) of the Policy sets out four illustrative circumstances, which can be evidence of the registration and use of the disputed domain name in bad faith for purposes of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy, i.e.:
(i) circumstances indicating that the respondent has registered or acquired the disputed domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting or otherwise transferring the disputed domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trade mark or service mark or to a competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of the respondent's documented out of pocket costs directly related to the disputed domain name; or
(ii) the respondent has registered the disputed domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trade mark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided that the respondent has engaged in a pattern of such conduct; or
(iii) the respondent has registered the disputed domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor; or
(iv) by using the disputed domain name, the respondent has intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to its website or other on line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of the respondent's website or location or of a product or service on its website or location.
The Panel is satisfied that the Respondent registered the disputed domain name with full knowledge of the Complainant and its rights in the STATOIL Marks as it is part of his business model to register domain names "of potential users of the system", such as the Complainant.
As to bad faith use, this is not a classic case of passive holding, as first referred to in Telstra Corporation Limited v. Nuclear Marshmallows, WIPO Case No. D2000-0003: The Respondent is not only holding the disputed domain name without using it but intends to use it in connection with his email service. Therefore, the question of bad faith use in the present case depends on whether or not the Respondent's (commercial) business model is legitimate under paragraph 4(c)(i) of the Policy. In the Panel's opinion, the Respondent registered the disputed domain name, which corresponds to the Complainant's well-known STATOIL Marks, to oblige the Complainant to join its system and therefore to benefit from the Complainant by the preemptive registration. Furthermore, the Respondent was, in all likelihood, trying to divert traffic intended for the Complainant's website to its own for commercial gain as set out under paragraph 4(b)(iv) of the Policy. The Panel is therefore satisfied that the Respondent has also used the disputed domain name in bad faith.
Consequently, the Panel finds that the Respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith and that the Complainant satisfied the requirements of paragraph 4(a)(iii) of the Policy.
7. Decision
For the foregoing reasons, in accordance with paragraphs 4(i) of the Policy and 15 of the Rules, the Panel orders that the disputed domain name <statoil.email> be transferred to the Complainant.
Brigitte Joppich
Presiding Panelist
Linda Chang
David E. Sorkin
Panelist (Concurring)
CONCURRING OPINION
I concur in the opinion of the Panel. For the sake of completeness I write separately to address a point raised in the Respondent's supplemental submissions, which the Panel has (correctly) decided not to consider. In particular, the Respondent asserts that his use of the Complainant's mark may be permitted as a nominative or descriptive fair use.
Although there does not appear to be any reason to apply US law here, the Respondent cites a Wikipedia entry that describes the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals test for nominative fair use. As the Panel's Decision notes, however, the Respondent's service can be readily identified without using the Complainant's mark as a domain name, and such use would likely create a false impression of sponsorship or endorsement by the Complainant. Both of these considerations preclude the Respondent from asserting nominative fair use.
The Respondent also cites an article (also apparently based upon US law) that sets forth a two-part test for descriptive fair use, but omits a critical limitation stated in the article: that the mark must be used within a sentence or paragraph of text and may not be set apart from the other words. Of course, that limitation would preclude the Respondent from asserting fair use under this theory. Nor would his contemplated use qualify as descriptive fair use under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1115(b)(4), which requires that the mark be "used fairly and in good faith only to describe the goods or services of such party." The Respondent is not using the mark to describe his services, but rather to create a false impression that they are somehow associated with the Complainant.
The European Court of Justice has interpreted the Trade Marks Directive (Directive 2008/95/EC) in a similar manner. A third party may use a trademark "in accordance with honest practices in industrial or commercial matters" (article 6[1]). One has "a duty to act fairly in relation to the legitimate interests of the trade mark owner" (Case C-100/02 Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. v. Putsch GmbH, [2004] E.C.R. I-691 at [24]), and violates this duty if the use "may give the impression that there is a commercial connection between the [user] and the trade mark proprietor" (Gillette Co. v. LA-Laboratories Ltd Oy [2005] ECR I-2337 at [42]). As stated above, the Respondent's contemplated use is likely to give such an impression. Furthermore, in light of the scale of the Respondent's undertaking, I think it is reasonable to infer that he was aware of this likelihood, and that he knew or should have known that his planned use of the Complainant's and others' marks would not be defensible.
ADDENDUM TO ADMINISTRATIVE PANEL DECISION
Subsequent to the notification of the decision in this matter, the Respondent contacted the Center by email dated July 27, 2014 complaining that he did not state in its Response that he intends to make money with the service by
Such statement was included in the Respondent's original Response, which he in fact asked to be disregarded and which he supplemented with three additional filings.
However, the consideration of the statement in question is not critical to the outcome of the proceeding. As already found in the decision, the Respondent does not clearly state how he intends to monetize the disputed domain name but states that "naturally, there will be some commercialization of the website, but it will be within the Rules". It is therefore beyond dispute that the Respondent's business model is commercial and the Panel found that such business model does not result in rights or legitimate interests under the Policy.
Furthermore, neither the Center nor the Panel permitted the Respondent to withdraw his original Response. The Respondent requested that his original submissions be disregarded "as they were rushed and incomplete," and the Center appropriately treated his subsequent submissions as additional filings, forwarding them to the Panel with his original Response. The Panel considers the admissions contained in the original Response to be probative of Respondent's intent regarding commercial use of the disputed domain name.
The Panel reaffirms its decision.

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No one expected the oil to last forever. How right they were ….
In the Gulf of Mexico: the Deepwater Horizon oil-well blow-out. In Japan: nuclear-reactor meltdowns. Across the Middle East: revolution, civil war, and chaos.
It's enough to make a person wonder: what if something major ever went wrong with the world's energy supplies? Something like, say, the Crudetastrope?
Edward M. Lerner is pleased to announce the release of his eco-technothriller, Energized. He just wishes it weren't quite so timely.
A geopolitical miscalculation tainted the world's major oil fields with radioactivity and plunged the Middle East into chaos. Any oil that remains usable is more prized than ever. No one can build solar farms, wind farms, and electric cars quickly enough to cope. The few countries still able to export oil and natural gas — Russia chief among them — have a stranglehold on the world economy.
And then, from the darkness of space, came Phoebe. Rather than divert the onrushing asteroid, America captured it into Earth orbit.
Solar power satellites — cheaply mass-produced in space with resources mined from the new moon, to beam vast amounts of power to the ground — offer America its last, best hope of avoiding servitude and economic ruin.
As though building miles-across structures in space isn't challenging enough, special interests, from technophobes to eco-extremists to radio astronomers, want to stop the project. And the remaining petro powers will do anything to protect their newfound dominance of world affairs.
NASA engineer Marcus Judson is determined to make the powersat demonstration project a success. And he will — even though nothing in his job description mentions combating an international cabal, or going into space to do it.


I suspect we're in for a massive economic disruption soon, probably moving very quickly from a downturn in real estate to the financial sector.
It's sometimes destabilizing to consider that it is your personality that determines your thoughts. I suspect that one reason I'm a conservative is that I'm just a melancholy person. When the world is thick with grey clouds and the storm is oncoming, I feel like the universe itself is showing me sympathy. My intuitions are about dangers more than opportunities, I attend to things that I suspect we're about to lose and have difficulty noticing the things we're about to gain.
This leaves me as a natural doomsayer, rather than say, an entrepreneur. And I'm instinctively drawn to subjects that are about to experience bad news.
If you are the Irish person looking for a place to live none of this really matters, because it feels as if you are being priced out of your own city by a combination of foreign tenants who are elbowing you out and foreign funds that you are paying the high rent to if you do get a place. Rarely has such a transfer of wealth to so few been underwritten by so many.
However, an overheating market followed by a crash (still unlikely) would actually benefit Irish people and the Irish balance sheet, because these days we are only tenants in our own country.
The problem is that I think those international funds might also be funded by too-easy money.
My intuition somehow interacts with the algorithms in YouTube to present to me videos of Americans in China. They are almost re-creating the hilarious scenes in Adam McKay's The Big Short, where finance guys look for evidence of a bubble by actually walking around new property developments and seeing them made of rotting material, and empty.
Just as in Ireland, in China the construction is driven more by demand from investors than tenants.
I've started to wonder if the kind of economic pain, and the endless false dawns, that landed on Japan over the last three decades aren't a preview for the rest of the world.
No one does better during an economic downturn than an Austrian economist. I remember well when the 2008 crash was happening that above a painting of Lehmann Brothers' Richard Fuld, somebody wrote, "Austrian Economics Was Right." And it was right then. Austrian economists have successfully predicted every single financial implosion in the last 140 years. They've also predicted thousands of others that haven't happened.
But I'm in the mood for the Austrian doomsayers right now, so I read Tim Price's 2012 book, Investing Through the Looking Glass.
Price quotes Jim Biano of Biano Research, who estimated that the combined inflation-adjusted cost of the Marshall Plan, the Louisiana Purchase, the Korean War, the New Deal, the invasion of Iraq, the Vietnam War, and the entire NASA space program, including the moon race, is still $686 billion less than the $3.9 trillion of bank bailouts doled out since the financial crisis of the last decade.
Financial-information provider Bloomberg reported that the U.S. taxpayer, post crisis, was on the hook for a total of $7.76 trillion of liabilities, which equates to $24,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country.
And Price seems unanswerable when he argues that the bailouts in the financial crisis did not really fix the problem of bad banks — but delayed the economic reckoning to come.
Goldman Sachs was almost certainly as insolvent as Lehman Brothers in those dark autumn days of 2008. The difference is that Lehman Brothers wasn't allowed to convert itself into a bank holding company and borrow emergency funds directly from the Federal Reserve. Goldman was, despite not being a bank in any conventional sense of the word.
The financial costs haven't quite been paid, because they were converted into political mistrust and populism. The Tea Party, Occupy Wall Street, the Bernie Sanders insurgency, Brexit, and Donald Trump's election victory all are in some way tied together in that they are rooted in a fundamental and justified anger that connected politicians saved connected bankers at the cost of homeowners, taxpayers, and those yet unborn, who will inherit the mess.
Price works through his case for value investing — "good stocks at fair prices" — even in a world where prices are inflated by quantitative easing and low interest rates.
Deflation is a mortal enemy to the heavily indebted state and its embedded parasites, but it is a friend to the saver and to those with serviceable debts. Precisely because deflation is so dangerous to the irresponsible debtor, unelected central bankers clearly feel they have no option but to incinerate prospects for savers through the malign workings of quantitative easing and negative interest rates.
Price ends the book with a resounding call to buy some gold. Not just a few shares of mining companies. Not just shares in a precious-metals investment vehicle. Physical gold. He calls his opponents "paperbugs" and reminds them that no other currency has lasted forever. He is waiting for a massive collapse of the currency system.
Faith in paper currencies, and in the governments that issue and consistently degrade them, doesn't follow a linear progression. Avalanches don't happen in tidy stages. Snow continues to pile up until the system tips from being stable to unstable, whereupon one random snowflake will cause the entire snow mass to collapse. We just don't know which snowflake it will be. Similarly, we don't know which act of monetary insanity will cause the financial system to implode.
In summary, why gold? Because it's been a store of value for thousands of years. And it represents a form of money with no credit or counterparty risk. Why gold now? Because the risk of a global monetary fiasco rises by the day.
I don't think this is advice I can take right now. I don't have lots of excess capital sloshing around. I'm in middle age, and my home and children tend to monopolize most of the income. I can't shift the cost of children into a different part of the business cycle.
But I suspect we're in for a massive disruption soon, probably moving very quickly from a downturn in real estate to the financial sector, particularly the bond market. If you think politics is hot now, just wait.
In other news, I went to an English pub near National Review's offices, and when I heard the Irish accents behind the bar, I tried out my knowledge. Dia dhuit! Tá cúpla focal agam. "Hello to you! I've a couple words." One of them was embarrassed and admitted she knew nothing. The other was rather thrilled to practice. Although, she admitted she was prejudiced against my "clear Donegal" dialect. She was more of a Connemara speaker. I have to finish my manuscript, which like almost all manuscripts is coming in later than promised.


Is this a job you can do? After reading the description for the position, do you find yourself ready to take on the task, or are you completely confused? Obviously, if the description discusses areas you are not familiar with or have never heard of, this may not be the right opportunity for you. On the other hand, if you feel confident that you could step in and do the work, check this point off.
Are you underqualified? Being underqualified does not necessarily mean that you are not a good fit for the role. It just depends on the number of qualifications you meet. Typically, if you meet about 80% of the qualifications, apply to the position. More employers are beginning to look at this as a positive as well. It helps the candidate grow into the position and is thought to lead to more organizational stability.
Are you overqualified? Just because you meet, or even exceed, the qualifications for a position, it does not always mean you are a good fit. Many employers feel that candidates who are overqualified quickly become bored with the position and will likely move on. However, if it is a position that you are very interested in, be sure to express your interest within a cover letter. Showing the employer why you are a good fit as well as your sincere interest can often help in boosting the employer's confidence level in you as a candidate.
Required vs. Preferred – On many job descriptions there are required skills and preferred skills. Focus mainly on the required. The 80% suggestion doesn't necessarily apply to the preferred qualifications, as they are wanted by the employer, but not necessarily needed. Use your best judgment. They should never scare you off from applying for a position. Candidates with these skills may be looked at first, but they may be overqualified as well. If these are skills you feel you can bring or learn on the job, check this point off as well.
Does your resume fit the job description? Your resume should showcase why you are qualified for a specific position. Does your resume focus on this particular role and contain each skill and requirement from the job description that you have experience with? If not, go back into your resume and make these changes to show that you are interested in and qualified for this position.