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Marketo Reinvents Marketing Automation (Again) with Launch of Marketo Lead Management 3.0

2009-03-03T14:45:00.003+02:00

Marketo Reinvents Marketing Automation (Again) with Launch of Marketo Lead Management 3.0

Marketo announces Marketo Lead Management 3.0. This release, the largest since the product's launch one year ago, delivers key upgrades to support the company's unique 'conversational' approach to marketing automation, including significant new functionality such as targeting enhancements, real-time alerts, and progressive profiling; deeper integration with Salesforce CRM to weave in the 'human conversation'; and a comprehensive upgrade to its user interface to foster marketing agility.

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- Marketo, the company that redefined how customers evaluate and buy marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com), shook up the demand generation industry again today with the latest release of its award-winning marketing software, Marketo Lead Management 3.0 (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php). This release, the largest since the product's launch one year ago, delivers key upgrades to support the company's unique 'conversational' approach to marketing automation, including significant new functionality such as targeting enhancements, real-time alerts, and progressive profiling; deeper integration with Salesforce CRM to weave in the 'human conversation'; and a comprehensive upgrade to its user interface to foster marketing agility.

A Conversation, Not a Script

Marketo recognizes that marketing cannot script a prospect's buying process on a flowchart. Developing relationships with today's buyers requires marketing to have conversations that listen to the prospect and adjust appropriately. Last year, the company introduced its innovative conversational approach to marketing automation and fundamentally reset customers' expectations for power, ease-of-use, and time-to-value - a unique combination that shook up the industry and made the company the fastest-growing lead management vendor. Today, the company is redefining conversational marketing again with Marketo Lead Management 3.0.

"With Marketo Lead Management 3.0, we have gone beyond traditional feature / functionality enhancements to deliver a comprehensive upgrade to create a solution that truly works better" said Phil Fernandez, president and CEO at Marketo. "The release delivers great new capabilities to support our conversational model of marketing, and at the same time, marketers will find that our new user interface makes them more agile than ever, leaving them with time to focus on strategic and creative work like lead nurturing, lead scoring, and closing the loop with sales."

Trend-Setting Product Innovation

Marketo completely and totally re-imagined the way that marketers design and run campaigns. As a result, the product is fundamentally faster and easier to use, especially for non-technical marketers, and the user experience is one that customers use words like "fun" and "love" to describe. This architectural advantage is a key reason for Marketo's rapid growth and is not easily copied by competitors. Today, Marketo Lead Management 3.0 delivers an additional 75 new usability improvements and a great new design that makes marketers more agile than ever.

"Marketo Lead Management is intuitive and easy to use, a true one-stop shop for marketers," said Celia Brown, a marketing manager at Boomi, the leader in on-demand integration (http://www.boomi.com/). "With Marketo, I can build and deploy campaigns quickly, which makes it easy for us to develop relationships and educate leads before our sales team engages with them."

In addition to user interface enhancements, Marketo Lead Management 3.0 offers 125 additional enhancements that enable deeper and more flexible marketing conversations. Some of the new capabilities include:

* Segmentation, targeting, and triggering enhancements. In a world where the customer controls the buying process, it is more important than ever for marketing to be able to target the right message at the right time. Marketo now provides the industry's best segmentation, targeting, and triggering capabilities, including real-time event based triggers (e.g. target prospects who click to watch the demo), negative operations (e.g. target all the people who have NOT opened a particular email), and time- and quantity-based criteria (e.g. decrease the score for everyone who has not visited the website more than twice in the last month). According to Jupiter Research, this level of targeting can increase open rates by more than 50% and increase conversion rates by more than 350%

* Progressive profiling on forms. Each additional field on a registration form costs $1 or more in reduced conversion rates. Prospects don't want to share all their information before trust is built, so (just like with real conversations) the best practice is to ask few questions up front and then deepen the relationship over time. Marketo now allows marketers to use progressive profiling on their forms, so instead of requiring known prospects to fill out information they've already given, they can ask additional information and build out the profile over time. The results are better conversion rates, lower cost per lead, and deeper prospect relationships.

* Real-time alerts. With some leads, immediate action is required; response rates begin to drop dramatically in as little as five minutes. With Marketo's real-time alerts, sales reps are notified of hot leads instantly on email or their mobile device, ensuring hot leads are contacted before the competitor reaches them.

* Anonymous lead tracking and profiling. With conversational marketing, the activities of a potential customer before they register on your website can be as important as what they do once they give you their contact information. With Marketo, you get the complete history of each lead from the moment they first show up on your site. Marketo now also identifies the company and geographic location for anonymous visitors on your site. This lets you know which companies are engaging with you, and allows real-time alerts when someone from one of your target companies is visiting the website.

* Advanced data quality and duplicate removal. 15-40% of a typical company's leads are duplicates, which can lead to inaccurate conversations and lost time and productivity adding up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Marketo now automatically identifies duplicate leads and contacts using a variety of fuzzy logic options. Duplicates can be merged manually or via a batch "EasyMerge" operation using a variety of custom rule sets. As always, new incoming leads are automatically de-duplicated against existing leads and contacts, ensuring your contacts stay clean to support effective campaigns and accurate reports.

In addition, Marketo Lead Management 3.0 enables the 'human side' of the conversation with what is now the industry's deepest and most native integration to salesforce.com. With complete activity history tracking; the ability to update data inside Salesforce CRM and create tasks directly inside a sales rep's queue; five minute data synchronization; the ability to change owners and re-assign leads; and complete opportunity and campaign integration to close the loop, Marketo now enables marketing and sales to collaborate on their customer conversations at every stage of the revenue cycle.

"Marketing automation is rapidly becoming a no-brainer for companies that need to get maximum return for every marketing dollar spent," said Jon Miller, vice president of marketing at Marketo and author of the Modern B2B Marketing blog (http://blog.marketo.com/). "Last year, we redefined how companies evaluate and buy marketing automation software, and with Marketo Lead Management 3.0 we're raising the bar again with a great release that customers really love."

What Marketers Are Saying

"We looked at multiple solutions, but Marketo Lead Management really stood out because of its flexible functionality and great user interface," said Emily Salus, director of marketing at CollabNet, the application lifecycle management platform leader for distributed software development teams (http://www.collab.net/). "Today, Marketo is really helping our world-class sales team to focus on the right deals, which is a key factor driving our growth."

Andrew Spoeth, director of marketing at B2B search marketing agency Enquiro (http://www.enquiro.com/), said, "With budgets tight, marketers must focus on unlocking the value of all their leads. Marketo lets us measure our clients' behaviors and determine their interest, so we can confirm or deny our predictions of what customers want. This really enables our marketing to move from 'batch and blast' to true conversations with prospects."

Marketo provides a comprehensive demand generation (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-resources/demand-generation.php) solution to help marketing and sales teams collaborate to drive more revenue and improve marketing accountability. Marketo's Lead Management and Lead Insight for Sales solutions include email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-scoring-software.php) and closed-loop reporting capabilities to qualify and generate sales leads, shorten sales cycles, demonstrate marketing ROI and drive revenue growth. Marketo is powerful yet easy to use with minimal training, and offers an on-demand model to get customers up and running quickly, with no charges for set-up or integration. Since launching in March 2008, more than 150 midmarket and enterprise companies in nine countries have chosen Marketo to automate their lead management processes.

About Marketo

Marketo provides B2B marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com/index.php) software that translates marketing spending into revenue. Our award-winning lead management (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php) software features email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and closed-loop reporting capabilities to help marketing and sales teams work together to generate and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, and demonstrate marketing accountability. Driven by a relentless focus on customer success and touting the most innovative user experience in business software today, Marketo is emerging as the fastest-growing lead management vendor in the world. Marketo's on-demand marketing products are easy to buy because they don't require complex implementation or upfront fees, easy to own because they don't require IT support, and easy to use without specialized technical skills or significant training. Pricing starts as low as $1,500 a month, and qualified customers who commit to running a production campaign can get started with a free trial that includes set-up, training, and integration. www.marketo.com

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Contact Information Jon Miller

Marketo

http://www.marketo.com

650.655.4830

Kevin Wolf

ToolGuyPR

650.327.1641

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Sequoia Capital Leads Second round of Financing for Kenshoo Ltd.

2009-03-03T14:45:00.002+02:00

Sequoia Capital Leads Second round of Financing for Kenshoo Ltd.

Recent up round of funding will allow Kenshoo Ltd. to explore new markets and expand global presence.

San Francisco (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- Kenshoo Ltd. announces that it has secured further investment from Sequoia Capital and Arts Alliance to fuel its aggressive growth experienced worldwide. Kenshoo Ltd. is the owner of KENSHOO SEARCH™, a revolutionary platform for Search Engine Marketing.

Kenshoo Ltd. experienced an exceptional 2008, exceeding all financial and pre-defined success targets including significant global expansion of the client base across North America, Europe, Asia and Asia Pacific. This round of funding will enable the company to continue its global expansion, reach new markets, scale faster and tap into new business areas.

"Kenshoo has built a fabulous roster of happy customers over the last year and now - while others have flipped into reverse gear - is the time for us to move into overdrive. Hence our decision to provide the financing required for Kenshoo to expand into new markets, deepen its sales coverage and hire more engineers. Kenshoo and their management team have proven their commitment to being the best and we are confident they are on the path to becoming the marketing leading provider of SEM technology. " Says Mike Moritz, Sequoia Partner.

"Kenshoo is operating in a space where the need is unbelievably high, focused and diverse all at the same time. This is one of the classic rare cases where sophisticated, well-built, next generation technology can make a life change for companies who are looking to effectively and swiftly handle market changes and optimize their business. These customers want to maintain control and quality assurance, and see proven results when it comes to their online sales and marketing activities" said Nir Cohen, Kenshoo Ltd. CTO and Co-founder.

Kenshoo is known among industry experts for their high-class robust innovative platform, KENSHOO SEARCH. The unique holistic approach to Search Engine Marketing has set Kenshoo apart from the competition, and their focus on Quality Management™ shows their vision and thought leadership in building a true end-to-end SEM platform.

"We are experiencing aggressive and demanding growth with the industry's most strategic partners. This up round of financing was conducted in a short time period and it gives us, our investors, and our partners greater assurance that we will remain a leader going forward and provides us with the ability to surge ahead in new markets and endeavors" said Yoav Izhar-Prato, Kenshoo Ltd. CEO.

"Working with ground breaking and market leading companies such as Omnicom, Zappos, CafePress, Hitwise, TextBooks.com, iREP, LinkShare, and Lastminute.com, we have successfully positioned ourselves to become the market leader of SEM Technology and innovative solutions" added Yoav.

About Kenshoo

Kenshoo (http://www.kenshoo.com) is the provider of KENSHOO SEARCH, the only 3rd generation end-to-end search marketing platform. Built utilizing the Quality Management™ approach, KENSHOO SEARCH enables marketers to optimize every aspect of their campaigns to achieve maximum ROI. Kenshoo's automation and optimization technology is being used today by ad agencies and advertisers on five continents and in dozens of languages. Kenshoo is backed by venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and Arts Alliance.

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Contact Information Dina Goldwasser

Kenshoo. Ltd.

http://www.kenshoo.com

+972-3-746-6500

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VoxOx Sounds Off: Company Unveils New CEO Blog and Revamped Web Site

2009-03-03T14:45:00.001+02:00

VoxOx Sounds Off: Company Unveils New CEO Blog and Revamped Web Site

CEO Bryan Hertz shares personal anecdotes and perspectives on industry trends in his "Take Control Blog"

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- VoxOx, a service that unifies today's key communication channels -- voice, video, IM, text, social media, e-mail, fax and more -- into a single, intuitive user interface, today announced the launch of its "Take Control Blog," as well as its newly revamped Web site. The blog, authored by Bryan Hertz, CEO of TelCentris, the creator of VoxOx, will enable Hertz to engage in dialogue with consumers and industry luminaries regarding emerging industry trends, recent technology advancements and predictions with respect to "universal communications."

Hertz will draw from personal anecdotes, such as how he successfully manages his communication channels as a busy CEO, husband and father of a three-year-old son. Hertz begins his blog entries with a discussion and examples of the communications overload Millennials and Gen Xers are experiencing today. He will also touch on various communications industry topics and key players, including Google Android and the mobile space, AT&T and other major carriers' VoIP offerings, tips on how to keep consumer communication (including international calls and texting) free, impact of the current economic climate on the communication landscape and much more.

"Never before have consumers been so connected," said Hertz. "In my blog, I want to create an open dialogue with VoxOx users and the industry on managing communication in a constantly evolving wireless and digital landscape. The blog will be interactive, so I'm looking forward to sparking discussions and receiving readers' opinions."

Leveraging his entrepreneurial expertise and his passion as a young CEO, Hertz co-founded TelCentris to bring a new wave of communication capabilities and cost-saving technologies to the market. Young though he may be, Hertz has more than 18 years of experience in technology innovation and software design, operational management as well as research and development.

In addition, VoxOx has unveiled its revamped Web site, with enhancements based on user feedback.VoxOx.com will now provide additional customer support options including a FAQ section, more detailed feature descriptions and an informal blog (besides the Take Control Blog) that is dedicated to keeping users informed about VoxOx service updates and other service-related material.

To subscribe to the Take Control Blog by Bryan Hertz, please use this link: http://ceo.voxox.com/?feed=rss2 or to simply view the blog, please visit http://takecontrol.voxox.com/. Any additional information on VoxOx can be found at www.voxox.com.

About VoxOx

VoxOx is the first ever "Universal Communicator Service" that manages all forms of cross-media communication for consumers. It is the only service that unifies today's key communication channels -- voice, video, Instant Messaging (IM), text, social media, e-mail, and content sharing -- into a single, intuitive interface that gives consumers control of their contacts, conversations and most importantly, their interconnected lifestyles, both now and in the future. It combines the benefits of Internet-telephony solutions, interoperable IMs, Web services and social networking aggregators, and much more at no cost to the user. VoxOx is a consumer service created by TelCentris™ Inc., a new type of telephony company founded by seasoned technology veterans in San Diego, Calif. For more information on TelCentris, please visit www.telcentris.com.

About TelCentris™ Inc.

TelCentris™ is an innovative San Diego-based unified communications and telecommunications provider developing advanced communication solutions and serving the needs of carriers, enterprises and consumers. The founders have a long history in technology, and bring to consumers the lessons learned from massively scalable enterprise data networking, IT and various software fields. TelCentris offers telecom companies, regardless of size, the ability to launch profitable VoIP offerings in a matter of days while minimizing upfront capital expenditures. TelCentris also leverages its Service Delivery Platform to provide hosted IP-PBX solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Contact Information Missy Somers

JHG, PR agency for TelCentris

http://www.voxox.com/home.php

(858)952-7840

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CorasWorks Releases Next Generation of CorasWorks Workplace Suite

2009-03-03T14:45:00.000+02:00

CorasWorks Releases Next Generation of CorasWorks Workplace Suite

CorasWorks Corporation today released version 10 of the CorasWorks Workplace Suite. The Workplace Suite version 10 enables organizations to design, build and manage applications in SharePoint without the costs and complexity of custom code development.

Reston, VA (PRWEB) March 3, 2009 -- CorasWorks Corporation, a leading provider of software that makes it easier to develop applications on Microsoft SharePoint, today released version 10 of the CorasWorks Workplace Suite. The Workplace Suite is part of the CorasWorks Modular Application Development System, an application development system that has been deployed in more than 1,000 enterprises worldwide and enables organizations to design, build and manage applications in SharePoint without the costs and complexity of custom code development.

"Version 10 of the Workplace Suite is a completely new build and further extends our leadership in delivering the SharePoint community a comprehensive application development platform that enables organizations to gain maximum business value from their SharePoint investments," said Gary Voight, CEO of CorasWorks. "SharePoint continues to be a strong and growing development platform within the enterprise. The CorasWorks Workplace Suite, built on top of Microsoft SharePoint, gives organizations maximum business value at a significantly lower price point than traditional SharePoint implementations using custom development."

CorasWorks Workplace Suite version 10 is a comprehensive modular application development system that enables organizations to more effectively design, build and manage SharePoint environments without having to write custom code. Version 10 is the fourth generation of the system and takes advantage of new AJAX/Web technologies, unleashing end-users and power users to be more productive on the SharePoint platform.

Key features and capabilities of version 10 include:

• Design Tools - Proven tools such as starter templates, master page wizards and navigation tools enable users to design high-performing, stable and sustainable solutions.

• "Builder" Wizards - For faster construction and lower operating costs, users will have the ability to build rich Internet applications with mouse clicks instead of custom code.

• One-Touch Management System - Features like centralized management and configuration, component lock-down, global links and programmatic site updates will significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of SharePoint solutions.

• End-user Forms - Custom forms and out-of-the-box forms make it easy for users to add and edit data.

• Business Process - Users can increase their productivity by using end-user actions / automation and workflow capabilities such as event-based triggers, scheduled activities and email notifications.

• Displays, Dashboards and Reporting - Features such as grids, charts and calendars, data connections and aggregation, and custom reports and views deliver real-time data and increase user adoption by bringing the richness and usability of the Web to SharePoint solutions.

Visit http://www.corasworks.net/workplacesuitev10/ to find out more about version 10 of the Workplace Suite. CorasWorks customers and the broader SharePoint community can also visit the recently launched CorasWorks Community at http://community.corasworks.net for free downloads, white papers, design blueprints, how-to guides, forums, blogs and more.

About CorasWorks:

With more than 1,000 customers and more than 1 million users worldwide, CorasWorks is a leading provider of modular application development software for Microsoft SharePoint. Customers use CorasWorks products to build web-based solutions such as project- and process-oriented solutions and line of business applications. Its modular architecture makes it easy to design, build, and manage an integrated workplace of collaborative business applications, without the time and expense of custom development. For more information and online demos, please visit www.corasworks.net.

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Contact Information Nicole VanScoten

CorasWorks Corporation

http://www.corasworks.net

865-693-6934

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Great Lakes Computer Offers 40 Percent Off HP ProLiant & HP c Class Blade Servers to VMware ESX Customers

2009-03-02T20:45:00.000+02:00

Great Lakes Computer Offers 40 Percent Off HP ProLiant & HP c Class Blade Servers to VMware ESX Customers

Great Lakes Computer announced today that it will begin offering 40% discounts on HP ProLiant & c Class blade servers to VMware ESX customers.

Grand Rapids, MI -- Great Lakes Computer, a 23 year old global technology reseller, announced today it will begin offering 40% off HP ProLiant servers and HP c-Class blade servers (http://www.glcomp.com/MediaRoom/ReadMore/HP-Servers-and-VMware-Packages.aspx) to aid VMware ESX customers in their virtualization efforts.

Promoting the benefits of VMware's virtualization products, Great Lakes Computer will begin offering 40% off HP blade server models including the BL465, BL460, and BL685, along with HP ProLiant server models DL380G5 & DL385 servers. 50% off promotions are being offered on HP c-Class blade enclosures and HP ProLiant DL580G5 servers.

The HP server virtual machines are optimized with 2 or 4 processors, hefty amounts of memory and a 3yr, 7x24x365 on-site HP warranty. The only requirement to qualify for the 40% discount is to purchase a VMware VI3 license with 3 years of Platinum support.

The HP server promotion (http://www.glcomp.com/mediaroom/ReadMore/HP-Servers-and-VMware-Packages.aspx) is only available through Great Lakes Computer. The packages being offered are discounted at levels usually reserved for only the largest enterprise customers. Any HP server configurations can be customized for incremental charges.

When asked what was behind the HP hardware promotion, a spokesperson for the company was quoted as saying; "We want to promote the Great Lakes Computer brand name on a national level, and bring our aggressive HP server prices and technical capabilities to a broader customer base. In a hard economy, what better way is there to get the word out than by offering what is in our opinion, simply the best packaged VMware and HP ProLiant & blade server promotion in the market?"

Specific details regarding the server promotion are attached. You can also visit Great Lakes Computer Source (http://www.glcomp.com) on the web or by calling 1-800-488-2587.

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Contact Information Marketing Coordinator

Great Lakes Computer Source

http://www.glcomp.com

616-698-1100

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AppZero Virtual Application Appliance Speeds Adoption of Cloud Computing

2009-03-02T14:45:00.000+02:00

AppZero Virtual Application Appliance Speeds Adoption of Cloud Computing

AppZero (formerly Trigence) is launching today at the DEMO 09 Conference a set of tools for creating Virtual Application Appliances (VAAs). This new approach to provisioning and deploying applications on physical or virtual servers running anywhere, is designed for the cloud environment and for movement of server applications -datacenter to cloud, hosting environment, or cloud to cloud. VAAs package a server application with all of its dependencies, but no operating system component (zero OS).

Palm Desert, Calif. (PRWEB) March 2, 2009 -- AppZero (http://appzero.com) (formerly Trigence) is launching today at the DEMO 09 Conference a set of tools for creating Virtual Application Appliances (VAAs) (http://www.appzero.com/content/what-appzero). This new approach to provisioning and deploying applications on physical or virtual servers running anywhere, is designed for the cloud environment and for movement of server applications -- datacenter to cloud, hosting environment, or cloud to cloud. VAAs package a server application with all of its dependencies, but no operating system component (zero OS). AppZero's first public demonstration of its VAA technology will show a live production application provisioned in seconds to on an Amazon EC2 cloud, and moved in less than one minute to a GoGrid cloud computing environment.

Designed for instant server-based application provisioning and deployment, VAAs enable an application to run wherever the business requires without the burdensome licensing issues that inclusion of an operating system (OS) introduces - VAAs contain zero OS. AppZero VAAs work with mission-critical applications across all tiers: web servers, application servers and database servers. Enterprise middleware from Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and Open Source servers like MySQL as well as in-house developed applications can all be easily transformed into VAAs without changing a single line of code.

Cloud providers, integrators, ISVs and IT professionals find AppZero's wizard-based tools simple to use for creating VAAs and provisioning them on servers at the click of a mouse. This instant provisioning allows scalable resources to be used on a pay-per-use basis, without cloud lock-in.

AppZero software creates, maintains, and administers VAAs. The key enabler of AppZero's VAA toolset is isolation and encapsulation technology created at Trigence, an early developer of multi-platform datacenter virtualization technology. Under its new name, AppZero, the company is focused on extending the proven concept of virtual appliances to server applications (http://www.appzero.com/content/products-overview). AppZero is led by CEO Greg O'Connor (http://www.appzero.com/content/appzero-leadership), who was previously the founder of Sonic Software (acquired by Progress Software NASDAQ: PRGS) and pioneer of the Enterprise Service Bus, the foundation of Service-Oriented Architecture.

"Virtual environments are great for provisioning virtual machines, and there are plenty of tools for virtualizing desktop applications, but server applications face a different set of challenges," said O'Connor. "AppZero's VAA approach is designed to deliver cloud-grade virtualization of server applications. The complete absence of any OS component in our VAAs makes it easy for enterprises, cloud and solution providers to provision server applications in what amounts to zero time."

According to Chris Shipley, Executive Producer, DEMO Conferences, "As developers and IT organizations embrace cloud computing (http://www.appzero.com/content/cloud), new platforms are required to enable server-based applications to be provisioned and managed in the cloud. Based on virtualization and encapsulation technology originally developed by Trigence, AppZero is just that platform, providing for quick migration of server apps in support of the virtual enterprise. Even conservative projections for cloud computing market growth suggest that this company will be a winner in this emerging segment."

Extending Virtualization, Configuration Management and Provisioning:

AppZero VAAs encapsulate applications at a level above the operating system, turning server applications into discrete objects that run protected from other applications and the underlying operating systems. In a virtual environment such as VMware, Xen and Microsoft Hyper-V, AppZero drives higher server consolidation ratios by provisioning applications to virtual machines (VM) with almost no overhead. VAAs significantly reduces VM sprawl and dramatically speeds the time to get an application up and running. AppZero VAAs also simplify the use of existing configuration and server provisioning solutions, such as HP-Opsware and BMC's Bladelogic, allowing these systems to manage server applications as discrete objects.

Server Application Migration, Disaster Recovery, Mobility

Marijan Lesko, president of MontrealNetQuest, provides managed IT services to small and medium businesses, with a focus on the real estate market, where cost-effective solutions are critical in the current economy. "We see two important uses for AppZero Virtual Application Appliances among our customer base," said Lesko. "The first is migration-related -- virtualizing older applications that our customers depend on so they can be moved quickly to run on new hardware, without having to go through days of lengthy re-installation. The second is providing disaster recovery and back-up for these server applications so they can run anywhere, allowing us to update images every few days or even hours."

AppZero's VAA toolset runs on Windows, Solaris and Linux and includes three tools: the AppZero Creator for building a VAA; the AppZero Director, a run time system; and AppZero Administrator for administering a VAA. AppZero has made available a library of single-click server based VAAs for free download (http://vaa.appzero.com) at vaa.appzero.com. The VAA toolset is available immediately via the website and is priced from $500 per VAA.

The AppZero DEMO 09 presentation is Tues., Mar. 3 at 10:00 a.m. PST; AppZero is at Pavilion station #5.

About AppZero

AppZero (formerly Trigence) develops software to create, control and maintain Virtual Application Appliances (VAAs). VAAs are server-side application appliances that contain zero OS and make provisioning of applications as services almost instantaneous: across a network on any server (physical or virtual), in the datacenter, hosted, or in the cloud. For more information, visit www.appzero.com.

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Contact Information BETSY KOSHEFF

AppZero

http://www.appzero.com

413-717-1410

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Inter-RTO Trading Automation Solution leads to Patent Application

2009-02-27T20:46:00.000+02:00

Inter-RTO Trading Automation Solution leads to Patent Application

Open Access Technology International, Inc. (http://www.oati.com/) (OATI) announces the successful patent application for the technology underlying OATI webAgent's Inter-RTO power trading capabilities.

Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) February 27, 2009 -- Open Access Technology International, Inc. (www.oati.com) (OATI) announces the successful patent application for the technology underlying OATI webAgent's Inter-RTO power trading capabilities. The webAgent suite of products enables OATI customers to instantly identify trading opportunities between the North American ISOs and RTOs. Using the Patent Pending technology, the OATI webAgent solution completely automates the inter-market transactions in order to capture these opportunities in real-time. OATI webAgent is fully integrated with webTrader, OATI's front-to-back Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) System.

"To date, truly successful implementations of inter-market trading strategies have remained elusive due to the daunting complexity and ever-present risk associated with these types of transactions," said Salah Khuhro, OATI's Regional Sales Manager. "The sheer number of interrelated steps combined with the marked differences in rules between each market, requires entities to commit significant time and money while achieving sub-optimal results. Working with a variety of OATI customers including Investment Banks, Hedge Funds and Power Marketers, we have developed a solution that completely alters the landscape and takes our customers to the next level in Power Trading."

OATI (www.oati.com) is the pioneer of Software as a Service (SaaS) based, Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM), Transmission Scheduling, Congestion Management, Settlement and Compliance systems for the electric and gas industry. OATI webTrader, webTrans, and webTag product lines provide the tools for generation, trading, and transmission companies for seamless participation across energy markets and multiple commodities. OATI was formed in 1995 and has experienced steady growth to the present and is the leading SaaS Provider in the North American energy industry. OATI serves in excess of 650 client companies in the electricity and gas industries in North America. OATI is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

For additional information regarding this news release please contact sales(at)oati(dot)net.

For more information contact:

Jerry Dempsey, Vice President

Open Access Technology International, Inc.

763.201.2000

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Contact Information Jerry Dempsey

Open Access Technology International

http://www.oati.com

763-201-2000

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Working Solutions and The University of Texas at Dallas Collaborate on Joint Research Project

2009-02-26T20:45:00.002+02:00

Working Solutions and The University of Texas at Dallas Collaborate on Joint Research Project

WS iNet, an affiliate sister company of Working Solutions, takes a proactive approach to identifying at-risk customers. A new speech analytics research project aims to automatically detect customer anger and emotion during calls to ensure dissatisfied customers are immediately escalated to a supervisor.

Plano, TX (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- WS iNet, a leading provider of hosted contact center solutions, announces a joint research project with The University of Texas at Dallas, specifically targeted to automatically identify, in real-time, callers who display anger or emotion during a call to a customer service agent. The goal of the project is to develop software that will notify supervisors and managers when a customer may be angry or upset with their level of service. Enabling supervisors to act immediately while the customer is still on the phone will ultimately increase customer retention and customer satisfaction.

"We are pleased to be working with The University of Texas at Dallas on this exciting project," commented George Platt, EVP and General Manager of WS iNet. "Dr. John Hansen, with the university's Center for Robust Speech Systems, and The University of Texas at Dallas are recognized leaders in speech and speaker analytics research."

Dr. Hansen, Department Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering, said, "The University of Texas at Dallas and the Center for Robust Speech Systems is excited to continue its research on detecting anger and emotion in speech. WS iNet, as a sponsor of this research, is dedicated to helping enterprises improve the customer service experience and increase customer satisfaction."

Anticipated outcomes of the research project are:

* Saving at-risk customers - Customer retention is the key component for any enterprise; reducing customer churn by as little as 1% can result in huge revenue increases and profit gains.

* Improving customer satisfaction - Ultimately the success of any business relies on customer satisfaction. Providing insight and immediate access to unhappy customers in real-time will give enterprises the ability to solve customer issues before it is too late.

"If we can service our clients with the best technology available for providing superior customer service, we've accomplished what we set out to do," stated Platt.

About Working Solutions:

Working Solutions is the global leader in agent and technology solutions for enterprise contact centers. Since 1996, Working Solutions has provided contact center solutions to corporations seeking to improve return on investment - controlling costs while improving the customer experience. A pioneer in the virtual call center industry, Working Solutions continues to be the industry leader with experienced agents, innovative technology, and comprehensive processes. For more information, visit www.workingsolutions.com.

About WS iNet:

WS iNet, an affiliate sister company of Working Solutions, hosts intelligent, on-demand contact center technology to clients needing a flexible, robust, cost-effective solution. A leader in delivering innovative contact center technology, WS iNet partners with its clients to achieve optimum customer engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty.

About UT Dallas:

The University of Texas at Dallas, located at the convergence of Richardson, Plano and Dallas, in the heart of the complex of major multinational technology corporations known as the Telecom Corridor, enrolls nearly 15,000 students. The school's freshman class traditionally stands at the forefront of Texas state universities in terms of average SAT scores. The University offers a broad assortment of bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. For additional information about UT Dallas, please visit the University's Web site at www.utdallas.edu.

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Aaron Kannowski

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akannowski(at)workingsol.com

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Working Solutions

http://www.workingsolutions.com

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Parature Named Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Award Finalist

2009-02-26T20:45:00.001+02:00

Parature Named Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Award Finalist

Parature Recognized for Product Excellence in Two Categories by SIIA

Vienna, Va February 26, 2009 -- Parature, the global leader in on-demand customer service software (http://www.parature.com/customer-service-software.aspx), announced today its inclusion in the 24th Annual CODiE Awards. Parature Customer Service™ software (http://www.parature.com/customer-service-software.aspx) is a finalist in the "Best Relationship Management Solution" and "Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution" categories. The CODiE Awards celebrate outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital information and education technology industries. The 2009 CODiE Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 5, 2009 at the historic Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.

The CODiE Awards recognize 71 categories of outstanding products and services through a unique combination of journalist and expert peer review. The 345 finalists were selected from more than 850 nominations submitted by 600 companies. All of the products submitted were reviewed by nearly 190 judges encompassing tech trade journalists, consultants, educators, IT and product specialists and other knowledgeable, yet neutral experts.

According to SIIA President Ken Wasch, "The competition is particularly steep this year during the 24th Annual SIIA CODiE Awards, making selection as a CODiE Finalist a real achievement." Wasch further added that "All the companies on this year's list of CODiE Finalists should feel justifiably proud of their accomplishment in making it to this stage, and have much excitement to look forward to regarding the upcoming CODiE Awards voting!"

Parature (http://www.parature.com/default.aspx) enables any organization to fundamentally change the way they support their customers through its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design that empowers organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today's Web world. The seamlessly integrated suite of Parature Customer Service™ software modules allows organizations to effectively manage all of their support needs without additional hardware, software and IT expenses. Parature integrates everything in one dynamic, unified system to increase efficiency across entire organizations, improving processes among customer support, operations, development and sales.

"It is an honor to be selected as a finalist in two categories for this premier industry recognition," stated Duke Chung, Parature CEO and President (http://www.parature.com/team_DukeChung.aspx). "Parature is committed to setting the standard for service and support teams worldwide by bringing the most innovative software to market and providing the smartest, most efficient way for organizations to support their customers.

Parature, Inc.

Parature, the leader in on-demand customer service software, makes it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service. The company's software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design enables organizations to better and more efficiently serve, support, engage with and retain customers in today's Web world. Founded in 2000, Parature received the 2007 and 2008 Product of the Year Award from Customer Interaction Solutions magazine and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. For the past three consecutive years Parature has been on the Washington Business Journal's list of Best Places to Work. Headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, Parature is at work in organizations of all types and sizes, and helps support more than 13 million end users worldwide. For more information, visit www.parature.com.

Parature is hiring talented people, please visit http://www.parature.com/careers.aspx for more information on joining this winning team.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital

content industries. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education

and intellectual property protection to more than 500 leading software and information companies. For further

information, visit www.siia.net.

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2009 Marketing Trends Report: Social Networking, Web 2.0 Tactics in Wider Use Among HR Suppliers

2009-02-26T20:45:00.000+02:00

2009 Marketing Trends Report: Social Networking, Web 2.0 Tactics in Wider Use Among HR Suppliers

Latest in series from HRmarketer.com examines optimism of vendors, how they spent their marketing dollars in 2008 and what lies ahead.

Capitola, CA (PRWEB) February 26, 2009 -- The latest “Trends in HR Marketing (http://www.hrmarketer.com/home/hrm_signupsupplier09.php)” study finds that most HR suppliers (http://www.hrmarketer.com/home/whitepaper_main2.htm) spent their 2008 marketing and PR dollars on expanded social networking, Web 2.0 tactics, e-mail campaigns and press outreach—and more of the same is expected in 2009.

The report was released today by HRmarketer.com, the top marketing and online visibility firm specializing in human resources (http://www.hrmarketer.com). Survey data—collected during the fourth quarter of 2008—reveals significant growth in the use of podcasting, blogging, webinars, and social network technologies such as LinkedIn and Twitter to connect with HR and employee benefits professionals.

Direct e-mail marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click advertising and self-published original content were cited as the four most popular tactics to generate sales leads.

HR verticals were widely represented, with most respondents coming from talent management, training, recruiting & staffing and consulting. Employee benefit and screening & assessment suppliers are also represented. Nearly half the survey participants were at a director level or higher, with 23 percent at the CEO or owner level. Vice presidents, managers, analysts and specialist rounded out the mix.

The report also tracks the waning confidence and optimism of those suppliers. For instance, a majority of suppliers (41%) were “Somewhat Optimistic” about the overall health of the HR marketplace heading into 2009, down from nearly 60% in last year's survey.

For most of the marketing and PR activities surveyed, a majority of suppliers intend to keep their budgets the same in 2009. Nearly one third of suppliers said they will decrease their budgets; however, that number has likely increased due to increased economic concerns.

“In this slow economy the gut instinct is to slash the marketing budget, which is a huge mistake,” said Kevin Grossman, president of HRmarketer.com. “Sales cycles are lengthening in nearly every industry and product category, which is why it’s important to start those cycles now. No company can just kick-start a sales funnel when good times return and expect to keep up with their competitors who continued to market through the downturn.”

To download the complimentary report, visit

http://www.hrmarketer.com/home/hrm_signupsupplier09.php

About HRmarketer.com

HRmarketer.com is a division of Fisher Vista LLC, a marketing and information services firm focusing exclusively on the human capital industry. Through its marketing and public relations services, the company has serviced nearly 500 human resource and employee benefit service providers, helping them generate publicity, website traffic, sales leads and improved SEO.

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GigaOM's Structure 09 Conference is Back

2009-02-25T14:45:00.003+02:00

GigaOM's Structure 09 Conference is Back

Industry Thought Leaders Anchor the Program at GigaOM's Influential Cloud Computing and Internet Infrastructure Conference on June 25, 2009.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- The GigaOM Network today announces its second Structure conference (http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/?a=pr1) after the runaway success of the 2008 event. The Structure 09 conference returns to San Francisco, California, on June 25th, 2009.

Structure 09 (http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/?a=pr1) is a conference designed to explore the next generations of Internet infrastructure. Over a year ago, The GigaOM Network Founder Om Malik saw that the platforms on which we have done business for over a decade were starting to provide diminishing returns, and smart money was seeking new options. Web businesses were seeing unprecedented growth, and in an effort to meet the demands of their customers, those companies were forced to spend billions of dollars on servers, switches and components that taken together, form "infrastructure." Innovative businesses have married these needs to service-oriented business models to provide computing on an as-needed basis to create the emerging "Infrastructure On Demand" or "Cloud Computing" space.

Structure 09 looks at the changing needs and rapid growth in the sector, and this year's event will consider the impact of the global economy. "I cannot remember a time when a new technology had so much relevance to our industry as cloud computing does in the current economic climate," said The GigaOM Network Founder Om Malik. "We all need to find ways to leverage what we have and cut costs without compromising future options. Infrastructure On Demand and Cloud Computing are very strong avenues for doing so and we will look for what practicable advice we can bring to our audience."

"Structure 08 (http://events.gigaom.com/structure/08/) was a great experience for our audience and partners, and I am very pleased to be bringing it back again this year," said Malik. "Along with GigaOM Lead Writer Stacey Higginbotham, Program Chair Surj Patel, and the conference program committee, I am bringing together what I intend to be one of the most authoritative programs for the cloud computing and Internet infrastructure space. We will funnel the energy we are seeing from Silicon Valley in this space and mix in a global perspective for our audience."

The GigaOM Network is also announcing early speaker selections. Confirmed speakers include:

* Marc Benioff - Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com

* Werner Vogels - CTO, Amazon.com

* Raj Patel - VP of Global Networks, Yahoo!

* Michael Stonebraker, Ph.D. - RDBMS pioneer and CTO, Vertica

* Michelle Munson - CEO, Aspera

* Russ Daniels - VP and CTO, Cloud Services Strategy, Hewlett-Packard

* Bryan Doerr - CTO, SAVVIS

* Paul Strong - Distinguished Research Scientist, eBay

* James Markarian - Chief Technology Officer, Informatica

* Allan Leinwand - Venture Partner, Panorama

* Jason A. Hoffman - CTO, Joyent

* Rohit Sharma- Technologist and Independent Investor

Some of Silicon Valley's best voices are already lined up for Structure 09, and The GigaOM Network welcomes additional speaker proposals from those in the industry with strong insights to offer the audience. If you would like to submit a speaker proposal (http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/speaker-submit/?a=pr1), please complete this application. The speaker submission deadline is March 31, 2009.

A selection of the topics under consideration this year include:

* The Myth of the One-Size-Fits-All Cloud - As enterprises begin to evaluate cloud computing, some are asking if the current model of commodity servers and virtualization meets their needs. Is there money to be made creating specialized clouds for industries that require highly specific computing tasks, from video trans-coding to fiscal transactions and medical records?

* The Economics of Infrastructure on Demand - This panel looks at the economic ecosystem of the cloud paradigm and questions who's paying for what, and where the money is made.

* SaaS: The Hits and the Challenges - SaaS (Software as a Service) works. Salesforce's bullish success followed by Gmail, Netsuite and many others is testament to that. But there's still a large untapped market. Why is that? This Panel looks at what has worked and why and what is yet to be done to extend the success and deployment of SaaS. Where can SaaS work in your corporation?

* The Future of Networks: Smart Grid or Dumb Pipe? - No matter if you're processing data in the cloud or inside your own data center, it needs to get from Point A to Point B if it's going to be of use to anyone. Now that we can access real-time computing thanks to faster processors, startups and established companies are trying to make the network smarter, faster and more secure -- while trying to keep bandwidth from becoming a commodity. Find direction and opportunity in this thought provoking panel moderated by Stacey Higginbotham.

* Bringing Private Clouds into Public Light - Enterprises aren't yet ready to trust their data to public clouds, but the lure of usage-based resourcing is strong. Everything from the way corporations license their software to thinking about how to manage compliance must be considered. Build your own cloud or "cloudify" your existing infrastructure as the first steps. This panel will provide learning from actual deployment case studies - illustrating how internal resources can work in unison with external cloud resources across the firewall.

Structure 09 will gather the most innovative and influential industry leaders together to explore the latest Internet infrastructure build-out. It will sort through the emerging and disruptive computing technologies and inform businesses on how best to leverage them. And it will provide insight to investors and executives on the best implementations, ideas and start-ups out there today -- and what to look for tomorrow.

STRUCTURE 09 CHARTER SPONSORS

GigaOM also thanks its charter sponsors -- Peer 1, Accenture, Canaan Partners, Juniper Networks, Hewlett Packard and Automattic. Structure 09 will be a strong marketplace for their products and a productive networking environment. Sponsorships are selling quickly, so if you are interested in joining us, please contact Mike Sly at sly@gigaom.com or by phone at (415) 235-0358.

More information about available sponsorships can be found here (http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/sponsors/?a=pr1).

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Tickets are now on sale at an Early Bird rate of $495 with a regular price of $595. The discounted rate is only available until April 3, 2009. Interest is strong and early purchase is advised. Buy your ticket to Structure 09 now (http://structure09-pr1.eventbrite.com/).

ABOUT GIGAOM

GigaOM is the premier destination site for technology industry insiders, movers and shakers, and early adopter consumers. It is widely considered the authoritative site for discovering what's new, relevant and interesting in the dynamic world of technology. From exclusive product launches to award-winning analysis and commentary, GigaOM's coverage influences business and technology sectors with its reliable, well-researched and professional reporting -- and its signature intelligence, candor and irreverence.

ABOUT THE GIGAOM NETWORK

The GigaOM Network is a leading provider of publications and events for the technology and entrepreneurial markets worldwide. Founded by award-winning journalist Om Malik, The GigaOM Network is an online publishing company whose network of news sites reaches more than 2 million readers worldwide and provides news and insight on the developments disrupting the world of technology. The GigaOM Network includes seven award-winning sites: GigaOM covers the business of broadband, VoIP, infrastructure, mobile and wireless; WebWorkerDaily covers the future of work in a web world; NewTeeVee covers the business of online video; Earth2Tech covers the business of green technology; OStatic is a web application, news site and community looking at open-source solutions for business; jkOnTheRun offers news and insight on mobile devices; and TheAppleBlog is a leading source of information for Apple users. The GigaOM Network also produces industry-leading events, including annual conferences: Structure, Mobilize, NewTeeVee Live and Green:Net.

Contact:

Surj Patel

VP of Events, The GigaOM Network

Phone (503) 345-3333

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GigaOM

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QuoteWerks� Releases Advanced Microsoft Outlook Integration for SMB Market

2009-02-25T14:45:00.002+02:00

QuoteWerks® Releases Advanced Microsoft Outlook Integration for SMB Market

Support for enhanced CRM functionality now offered for Outlook users.

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- Aspire Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of sales quoting software solutions for the global small and mid-markets, today released its second generation integration with Microsoft Outlook. Building upon the existing integration and feature set, the QuoteWerks development team introduced expanded CRM functionality into the integration, providing users with new tools to increase their efficiency in preparing and managing their sales quotes.

The integration; which is compatible with Outlook 97, 98, 2000, XP, 2003, and 2007; provides the following features and benefits for users of both QuoteWerks and Outlook:

QuoteWerks pulls Outlook contact information into the quote: QuoteWerks will populate the contact information in the quote by pulling the contact information from the contact currently open in Outlook, thus eliminating the need for users to retype contact information when preparing a new quote.

NEW - QuoteWerks pulls additional Outlook contact information into the quote: Utilizing its innovative DataLink feature, QuoteWerks can automatically pull other information from Outlook into the quote such as customer terms, customer sales tax rate, and customer profiles which can be used by QuoteWerks to determine the appropriate pricing a particular customer should receive. The DataLink feature saves this additional data to the quote file within QuoteWerks.

QuoteWerks can search the Outlook database for a contact to use in the quote: QuoteWerks has the ability to search the user's Outlook database for a contact by company, last name, or phone number and pull the contact information into the quote. QuoteWerks can also search Exchange Public Folders, enabling users and their colleagues to search for and use shared contact data. Both business and home address entries are supported by QuoteWerks.

NEW - QuoteWerks prints information pulled from other Outlook fields: QuoteWerks has a built-in print layout designer that enables users to customize the look of their quotes, orders, and invoices. The print layout designer also enables users to easily insert data fields from Outlook into the QuoteWerks print layout. Then, when the user prints the quote, QuoteWerks will pull data from the Outlook contact fields that were inserted into the print layout resulting in a printed quote that includes the additional information from the contact's record in Outlook. Unlike additional Outlook information accessed via the DataLink feature, the information included on the print layout is not saved to the quote's record within QuoteWerks.

NEW - QuoteWerks creates Linked Documents in Outlook: Upon saving a quote, QuoteWerks can automatically create a linked document record in Outlook under the Activities tab as a Journal Entry. This feature enables users to quickly recall the quote by selecting the appropriate link, which will automatically open the quote within QuoteWerks. Users can also search for quotes from the Journal pane in Outlook by entering a portion of the quote number or name in the search box.

NEW - QuoteWerks schedules Follow up calls in Outlook: When saving a quote, QuoteWerks can automatically schedule a follow up call in Outlook as an Appointment Entry. If a follow-up call already exists for this quote, QuoteWerks will display the existing call so it can be updated. By conducting timely follow up calls, sales reps greatly increase their chances of closing the sale!

QuoteWerks logs emails in Outlook: QuoteWerks has the ability to send email using the build-in SMTP email client or Outlook. For users who choose to use Outlook for sending email from within QuoteWerks, the email message will be logged in Outlook. This feature is especially useful when resending quotes or confirming a quote's submission.

NEW - QuoteWerks can pull lookup list information from Outlook: Many of the fields in QuoteWerks support lookup lists that display when the user activates it using the F2 key. When selected, QuoteWerks will display a list of values that the user can choose from to populate the field with. Users can also create a macro value that pulls information from a field in Outlook. For example, if a user selects the lookup list while on the terms field in QuoteWerks, QuoteWerks will display a list of terms options that were previously entered. The user can create a new option that retrieves a value from a field on Outlook that will be used to store the terms.

"QuoteWerks is committed to improving the product for our customers and this is a perfect example of our users coming to us suggesting features they would like to see. The beta testers loved the features we added and they are very excited for the production release," said Keith Carrington, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Aspire Technologies. "The new Outlook integration features will further simplify the sales quoting process for the sales force, allowing them the tools and time needed to make timely follow-up calls to their customers, which is essential to closing sales."

QuoteWerks users can obtain the latest build of QuoteWerks which contains this advanced integration with Outlook from the QuoteWerks website at: http://www.quotewerks.com/updates/UpdateAgent.asp.

About Aspire Technologies and QuoteWerks®

Aspire Technologies, the creators of the award winning QuoteWerks® sales quoting software, is the leading provider of sales quoting software with its award winning QuoteWerks® application deployed to thousands of businesses and enterprises worldwide. QuoteWerks® integrates with leading CRM and accounting packages, along with IT distributors D&H®, Ingram Micro®, SYNNEX®, and Tech Data®, enabling businesses in all industries to integrate QuoteWerks® seamlessly into their existing environments. Aspire Technologies is headquartered in Orlando, Florida and is a Microsoft Certified Partner. For more information please visit www.quotewerks.com.

QuoteWerks is a registered trademark of Aspire Technologies, Inc. Other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners.

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ActiveConversion Delivers Powerful and Effective Automated Lead Generation; Integration of a 10th Email Service Provider Ensures Advanced 'B2B' Marketing Automation

2009-02-25T14:45:00.001+02:00

ActiveConversion Delivers Powerful and Effective Automated Lead Generation; Integration of a 10th Email Service Provider Ensures Advanced 'B2B' Marketing Automation

ActiveConversion announces the addition of ConstantContact to their roster of integrated Email Service Providers (ESPs). With 10 of the industry's top-rated ESPs integrated with its Marketing Automation solution, Active Conversion is able to deliver advanced lead management to thousands of B2B email marketers without requiring them to change their existing practices or email service provider.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- ActiveConversion, the leading marketing automation solution (http://www.activeconversion.com) provider for small and medium-sized businesses (http://b2b-marketingblog.com/), is proud to announce that they have added ConstantContact to their roster of integrated Email Service Providers (ESPs). With 10 of the industry's top-rated ESPs integrated with its Marketing Automation solution, Active Conversion is able to deliver advanced lead management (http://www.activeconversion.com/overview.html) to thousands of B2B email marketers without requiring them to change their existing practices or email service provider.

"There are in excess of 400,000 installations from the 'Top Ten' ESPs in the market today," says ActiveConversion's Fred Yee, Co-Founder and President. "As a marketing automation solution provider, we are confident that our ability to work with the industry's most well-respected and effective ESPs, is the right choice for many business to business marketers (http://www.activeconversion.com/about.html). We recognize that many customers have strong relationships with their existing ESP and that ESPs have different features that our common customers desire. Integrating ourselves with companies focused on providing highly-flexible and cost-efficient outbound email solutions is the key to long-term success for our customers and ActiveConversion"

ConstantContact is one of the largest and most innovative ESP's with in excess of 250,000 installations. They are known for championing the needs of the SMB market and providing them with an easy and affordable way to build successful, lasting customer relationships through outbound marketing. The other ESPs that can integrate easily ActiveConversion's B2B integrated marketing system include: VerticalResponse, Cakemail, Campaigner, Exact Target, Jangomail, Listrak, Streamsend, Bronto, and MailChimp.

Many businesses considering marketing automation already have outbound email activity and ActiveConversion's network provides an easy and natural evolution to full marketing automation which includes lead management functionality and total marketing measurement. It allows businesses to continue to work with their existing Email Service Provider, while benefiting from the combined strength of our suite of conversion tools to help generate, manage and covert more customers, without increasing marketing spend.

With 10 ESPs now supporting its integrated B2B marketing programs, ActiveConversion can deliver more results, with fewer resources and less cost than comparable products.

Visit www.ActiveConversion.com for more information on the product, and for a free 30-day trial subscription you can sign-up @ https://www.activeconversion.com/console/signup.html .

ActiveConversion is the leader in total marketing measurement, lead management and demand generation systems (http://www.activeconversion.com/lead-generation.html) for companies with fewer than 1000 employees. They make it easy to see which marketing initiatives are paying off, and introduce you to sales-ready leads.

ActiveConversion delivers service through a low monthly subscription, on a hosted solution that has 99.5% uptime, and which has been security certified by KPMG and Salesforce.com. This platform has proven scalability and requires no IT support or servers.

For more information call 1-877-872-2ROI (toll-free U.S. and Canada). Email and other info can be found on the contact page. ActiveConversion is a private company, founded in 2004, and was recently nominated by Deloitte Consulting as a '2008 Fast 50 Tech Company-to-Watch'.

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ActiveConversion

http://www.activeconversion.com

1 877 872 2764

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WebTrends Announces Record Bookings With Strong Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth

2009-02-25T14:45:00.000+02:00

WebTrends Announces Record Bookings With Strong Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth

WebTrends further solidifies its place as a leading marketing optimization solutions provider through innovation and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction.

Portland, Ore. (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- WebTrends Inc., a leading provider of Web analytics and online marketing solutions, today announced record customer bookings for its second fiscal quarter 2009. The announcement comes on the heels of very strong quarter-over-quarter financial bookings and positive year-over-year revenue growth. Despite the worldwide economic slowdown, WebTrends continues to enjoy such growth while retaining a large percentage of its enterprise level customers and achieving profitable operating margins under new executive level management.

"It feels exceptionally good to communicate WebTrends momentum in the face of a down global economy, and it is due to the expertise of our employees and the loyalty of our customers," said Alex Yoder, CEO of WebTrends. "We've made significant investment and improvements in our business services and consulting programs to continue to earn this loyalty by giving our customers the ability to maximize the results of their marketing investments."

Deeply committed to the success of its customers, WebTrends has improved the functionality and usability of its analytics platforms giving a broader range of marketers a better understanding of their audience and more effective tools for engagement. Along with the ability to utilize these improved analytics, SEM, and visitor intelligence solutions, WebTrends also gives customers easy access to the best-in-class support and education provided by the WebTrends client services team.

Flexible architecture, customized business intelligence, ease-of-use in tagging and deployment, and quality customer support and consulting services engagement were routinely cited by WebTrends customers as the primary reasons for selection.

Continued customer partnerships in Q2 2009 include Microsoft, State Farm, TrendMicro, AT&T Mobility, Mattel, McAfee, Yahoo, T-Mobile and Coca-Cola.

New enterprise customers include, among others, Logmein, DreamWorks, San Mar, and Altria.

About WebTrends Inc.

WebTrends provides web analytics and online marketing solutions to optimize marketing campaigns and customer engagement. WebTrends Marketing Lab delivers the industry's most recognized analytics, SEM, and visitor intelligence solutions to enable companies to understand their customers, drive customer engagement, and enhance marketing and brand awareness. Thousands of leading global organizations, including Microsoft, Reuters, General Mills and Ticketmaster have chosen WebTrends business solutions and client services expertise to optimize their customers' online experiences.

For more information, visit: www.webtrends.com

WebTrends is a registered trademark of WebTrends Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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Voce Communications

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650-269-5235

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WebTrends

http://www.webtrends.com

503-553-2216

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Strategic Designs for Learning White Paper Explores Shared Leadership Trends in Family-Owned Businesses

2009-02-24T14:45:00.003+02:00

Strategic Designs for Learning White Paper Explores Shared Leadership Trends in Family-Owned Businesses

More family companies choosing shared management options.

Denver, CO (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- It is increasingly common to now see a shared leadership structure at the top of many organizations within private industry. This management and succession planning (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/solutions.html#frag04) trend is never more important—or more complex—than within a family-owned business.

While not broadly recognized, a large percentage of U.S. businesses are family-owned. As these businesses mature and grow larger, they become more complex. Owners often find themselves involving multiple family members who must work together in some capacity.

In an update to its popular white paper, “Shared Leadership In Family-Owned Businesses,” http://www.strategicdesigns.net/whitepapers_leadership2.html, Strategic Designs for Learning (SDL) explores the three fundamental forms of in-family business management—controlling owner business, sibling partnership and cousin consortium.

“Over the last decade the trend in family business is towards shared leadership, where businesses transition control of the company to the next generation via a leadership group model,” said Renée Montoya Lado, SDL president. “While in many companies team management has become increasingly the norm, desiring equality and creating an environment that supports shared decision-making are entirely different things.”

The trends in implementing team leadership include various structures—Office of the Chairman, Office of the President or an Executive Leadership Team. While all these deal with overall strategic direction and policy, there exists little available guidance on how to structure such groups. This can actually benefit companies, which are then free to build leadership teams to meet specific business needs and that best deal with the complexity often typical within family-owned businesses.

Some common considerations of family-owned business when creating a shared leadership team include the size of the company, the organization’s culture and values, the complexity of the business and the quality of relationships among family members.

Additional business concerns influencing family-owned businesses towards shared leadership include:

• the need to provide accountability against a new strategic plan;

• preparing for succession or retirement of key positions;

• increasing organizational focus and accelerating decision-making;

• managing organizational realignment (i.e. downsizing, restructuring or acquisition);

• realigning corporate focus on global brands and multinational implementations.

More information on shared leadership among family-owned businesses is detailed in “Shared Leadership In Family-Owned Businesses,” available free of charge at http://www.strategicdesigns.net/whitepapers_leadership2.html.

About SDL

Strategic Designs For Learning assists organizations in assessing, aligning and developing talent. Specific capabilities include leadership development (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/cases.html), executive coaching, team development, and succession - with particular expertise as family business consultants and coaches (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/leadership.html). SDL provides a unique integration of leadership assessment (http://www.strategicdesigns.net/solutions.html#frag02), organizational development, coaching expertise, and business knowledge to effectively bridge the gap between business strategy and organizational effectiveness. More information is available at www.strategicdesigns.net.

Media Contact:

Gail DeLano

Fisher Vista/HRmarketer

(831) 685-9700

gdelano(at)fishervista.com

Renée Montoya Lado

rlado(at)trategicdesigns.net

(303) 347-0103

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Strategic Designs for Learning (SDL)

http://www.strategicdesigns.net

303-347-0103

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SilkRoad Technology Partners with India's C&K Management

2009-02-24T14:45:00.002+02:00

SilkRoad Technology Partners with India's C&K Management

Companies Will Collaborate to Attract and Retain Top Talent in Indian Market

Winston-Salem, N.C. (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- SilkRoad technology, inc., the leading provider of talent management solutions (http://www.silkroadtech.com/products/index.htm), has partnered with India's C&K Management Ltd. to help companies in the Indian market attract and retain top workers. As the global economic downturn impacts employers with ties to western markets, the new partnership will combine SilkRoad's award-winning technology with the strategic regional talent management capabilities of C&K. The partnership was announced during a ceremony in Hyderabad, India by SilkRoad technology COO Brian Platz, SilkRoad Asia Managing Director Peter Earnshaw, C&K Management Managing Director T. Muralidharan and C&K Founding Director Ravi Ramakrishnan.

The new partnership comes at a time of heightened interest in talent management throughout India, one of the few countries still experiencing domestic job growth despite global economic instability. SilkRoad will work with C&K to tap into India's job market of more than 30 million employees in the corporate sector, stretching across a network of major hubs in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and Pune. Despite the shaky global economy, the Indian market offers promising growth for multinational companies prepared to invest for the long term. Indian companies are increasingly looking to drive productivity increases and cut costs through HR technology platforms. As the profit margins of Indian service companies get squeezed due to western clients looking for cheaper rates, the use of HR technology to optimize the workforce is becoming a necessity for their survival.

"SilkRoad's experience at providing cost-effective solutions to large corporations and organizations is of great value to many companies that do business in India," Platz said. "Our partnership with C&K Management will empower us to identify companies that could better manage and recruit top talent in India through the help of our software solutions."

"The combined strengths of our regional expertise and SilkRoad's Life Suite™ will allow us to offer the Indian market an unparalleled package of talent management solutions," Ramakrishnan said. "Our partnership with SilkRoad will help companies doing business in India identify the top performers most important to their success and connect growing employers with the best potential candidates."

"During these sensitive economic times, it is more important than ever for organizations to look closely at their talent management systems to identify potential new candidates and reward the existing top performers," said Kevin Martin, vice president and principal analyst for Human Capital Management at Aberdeen Group. "A partnership leveraging SilkRoad's established technology platform and C&K's regional capabilities will extend a proven HR solution for companies doing business throughout India."

SilkRoad currently works with several companies in the Indian market including Freescale Semiconductor.

About SilkRoad technology, inc.

SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 1000 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad's Life Suite™, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life Suite includes OpenHire™ for recruiting management (http://www.silkroad.com/talent_management/recruiting_management.html), RedCarpet™ for employee onboarding and life events (http://www.silkroad.com/talent_management/onboarding_and_life_events_management.html), WingSpan™ for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight™ for learning management, and Eprise™ for employee intranets and content management.

SilkRoad technology is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC with offices in Bedford, MA; Chicago, IL; West Long Branch, NJ; Jacksonville, Florida; Alberta, Canada; Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Sydney, Australia and Hamburg, Germany. More information is available on the Web at www.silkroad.com or by phone: U.S. toll free at 866-329-3363 or internationally at +1-336-201-5100.

About C&K Management Ltd.

C&K Management Ltd. started with an enterprise value of USD 6 million in 2000 and became the first company in India to set up a subscription-based portal in the management (www.themanagementor.com) domain. C&K later launched products in Banking, Insurance, Telecom, FMCG, and Pharma industries and then expanded their Middle East operations and made their mark in the e-Learning space. C&K Management today has moved from being a single product company to a multi product, multi service company.

C&K Management has developed over 1000 hours of e-Learning courseware and materials besides custom content for the web and print media. Clients for whom courseware has been developed include ArcelorMittal, ICICI Bank; Infosys Technologies Ltd. & other IT companies, college-university of Dubai, Aditya Birla Group, Oil companies, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India among others.

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SilkRoad technology

http://www.silkroad.com

310-689-7223

MIke Hope

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Marketo Named 'Best Marketing Automation' Solution By Customers On The Force.com AppExchange From Salesforce.com

2009-02-24T14:45:00.001+02:00

Marketo Named 'Best Marketing Automation' Solution By Customers On The Force.com AppExchange From Salesforce.com

"Best Apps of 2008" roster based on receiving the highest number of four and five star customer reviews

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com) leader Marketo today announced that it was named "Best Marketing Automation" solution by customers on the Force.com AppExchange from Salesforce.com. The honor, part of the "Best Apps of 2008" roster, is based on receiving the most number of four and five star customer reviews. Marketo customers consistently rave about their time to value and record-setting ROI using Marketo Lead Management (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php), a sophisticated marketing automation solution that helps marketing and sales work together to drive more revenue and improve marketing accountability. Marketo received a perfect score, or 100 percent five star reviews from customers.

"This is a great honor for Marketo, particularly since the excellent reviews are from frontline marketing and sales experts who use the product day in and day out," said Phil Fernandez, president and CEO at Marketo. "Our partnership with Salesforce.com enables us to fulfill our commitment to customer success, which drives everything we do at Marketo; it permeates our product design, support policies, roadmap decisions, even our pricing and sales models. A perfect score of five stars is a testament to our customer success-focused culture at work."

"In less than a year Marketo has garnered glowing reports from users and we are pleased to watch their success," said Kendall Collins, chief marketing officer, Salesforce.com. "Tools such as the Marketo Lead Management suite that seamlessly integrate with Salesforce CRM are seeing tremendous growth as they reach thousands of customers through the Force.com AppExchange."

Over 140 companies are realizing significant marketing automation ROI using the Marketo Lead Management solution. Just a few of the positive reviews about Marketo on the Force.com AppExchange include:

• "We've been a Marketo customer for a little over a year now. Since using their solution we have doubled the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and are seeing very significant ROI results. Unlike other providers, Marketo continued to support us after integration and has stayed engaged with us by providing suggestions to enhance our performance," Jodi Florence, marketing director, IDology

• "Marketo has allowed our company to quickly and easily deploy multiple automated marketing campaigns. Finally we have a tool that allows sales and marketing to seamlessly work together to revive old leads and move new leads through the funnel faster," David Politis, EVP and GM, Vocalocity

• "As a marketer, I don't want to have to choose between integration and best of breed. And right now, Marketo allows me to get both of those," Dave Wieneke, interactive marketing manager, Thomson CompuMark

Marketo provides a sophisticated demand generation (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-resources/demand-generation.php) solution that helps marketing and sales teams collaborate to drive more revenue and improve marketing accountability. Marketo's Lead Management and Lead Insight for Sales solutions include email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring and closed-loop reporting capabilities to generate and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, demonstrate marketing ROI, and drive revenue growth.

Unlike other marketing automation solutions, Marketo is powerful yet easy to use without training, and offers an on-demand model to get customers up and running quickly, with no charges for set-up or integration.

About the Force.com AppExchange

The Force.com AppExchange at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange is the world's leading Web marketplace for cloud computing applications. Customers of all sizes can visit the AppExchange to find, sample and select from hundreds of applications that run on the Force.com platform to extend the benefits of cloud computing throughout their enterprises.

About Marketo

Marketo provides B2B marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com) software that translates marketing spending into revenue. Our award-winning lead management (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php) software features email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and closed-loop reporting capabilities to help marketing and sales teams work together to generate and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles, and demonstrate marketing accountability. Driven by a relentless focus on customer success and touting the most innovative user experience in business software today, Marketo is emerging as the fastest-growing lead management vendor in the world. Marketo's on-demand marketing products are easy to buy because they don't require complex implementation or upfront fees, easy to own because they don't require IT support, and easy to use without specialized technical skills or significant training. Pricing starts as low as $1,500 a month, and qualified customers who commit to running a production campaign can get started with a free trial that includes set-up, training, and integration. www.marketo.com

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Contact Information Martha Blanchfield

Marketo

http://www.marketo.com

650-227-4662

Kevin Wolf

Marketo

http://www.marketo.com

650-327-1641

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Surado Announces Release of On-Demand CRM Solution

2009-02-24T14:45:00.000+02:00

Surado Announces Release of On-Demand CRM Solution

Surado Solutions, the developer of sensible CRM solutions for more than a decade announced the release of Surado CRM Online - Professional Edition, an on-demand / hosted CRM solution. With this release, Surado further extends its breath of CRM solutions that already include on-premise CRM solutions for small to mid markets, Offline CRM and Web CRM solutions.

Riverside, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2009 -- Surado Solutions, the developer of sensible CRM solutions for more than a decade, announced the release of Surado CRM Online - Professional Edition, an on-demand / hosted CRM solution. With this release, Surado further extends its breadth of CRM solutions that already include on-premise CRM solutions for small to mid markets, Offline CRM and Web CRM solutions.

Surado CRM Online is for companies of all sizes requiring access to information anytime, anywhere. Combining the core Surado CRM suite including Contact & Account Management, Sales & Opportunity Management, Marketing and Customer Service, Surado CRM Online offers an unprecedented level of convenience, power and flexibility for businesses looking to move beyond simple, under-powered single user and workgroup solutions. Surado's unique User Interface is easy-to-use, non-cluttered and provides a true 360 degree view. One major difference is the ability to start with the On Demand CRM solution and when it makes business sense, easily move to an on-premise and/or a complete Offline CRM solution.

"Surado CRM Online plays a vital role in taking our business to the next level," says Carl Rogers, VP of Sales for ArthoNutrition. "When we, as a medical research company, found a breakthrough treatment for Arthritis, we were not quite prepared for the massive amounts of customer data. Surado CRM Online helped us harness this flow of information into a highly useful database. Beyond just searching and sorting, we are now able to pinpoint customer needs and spot market trends early on," continued Mr. Rogers.

The release of Surado CRM Online - Professional Edition comes after years of development, testing and the build out of a highly secure data center in Surado Corporate Center located in the University Research Park in Riverside, California. The release of the professional edition marks the beginning of a series of On-Demand CRM editions to be released throughout 2009.

"Our vision of providing delivery options, not just CRM solutions in the CRM market place, hits a new milestone with Surado CRM Online," said Sundip R. Doshi, CEO of Surado Solutions. "With this release, our clients will have sensible options in deploying their CRM initiative, from On-Demand to On-Premise to Offline CRM solutions."

About Surado CRM Online & Pricing:

For a limited time, Surado CRM Online hosted solution is available for $9.99 per user per month for the professional edition. To learn more about Surado CRM Online Professional Edition and pricing options, please visit www.SuradoCRM.com/ondemandcrm.

About Surado:

Surado Solutions, Inc., founded in 1995, is headquartered in the University Research Park, Riverside, CA. Surado provides a full spectrum of on-demand and on-premise products and services in Customer Relationship Management (CRM). For more information about Surado's CRM products and services, please visit www.SuradoCRM.com.

Surado Solutions, Inc.

www.SuradoCRM.com

Media Contact:

Marian Prigmore

(800) 4-SURADO

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Contact Information Marian Prigmore

Surado Solutions, Inc.

http://www.SuradoCRM.com/ondemandcrm

951-682-4895

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Aprimo Announces APEX Award Winners for Marketing Innovation at Aprimo Summit 2009

2009-02-23T20:45:00.000+02:00

Aprimo Announces APEX Award Winners for Marketing Innovation at Aprimo Summit 2009

Wells Fargo, Wal-Mart, and MedImmune claim Top Honors in Excellence in Enterprise Marketing Management

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) February 23, 2009 -- Aprimo, a leading global provider of software for Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM), today announced the winners of the Aprimo Excellence (APEX) Awards. The awards were presented at the 2009 Aprimo Marketing Summit, held February 9th through 11th at the Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego. The awards recognize those companies that most successfully demonstrate innovation and measurable success in using Aprimo's suite of marketing applications, which are designed to improve and accelerate marketing productivity.

The 2009 APEX award winners are:

* Wells Fargo for reduction in campaign planning and execution cycle time and providing real savings to the Marketing department

* Wal-Mart for transforming the brand message, drastically reducing rework and increasing marketing productivity by over 25%.

* MedImmune for providing a platform for more accurate review resulting in lower risk of costly FDA enforcement action.

"Each year I'm excited to celebrate the ways our customers are transforming marketing through their uses of Aprimo solutions", said Bill Godfrey, CEO and Co-founder of Aprimo, "Our honorees are living out our brand promise in the market to cultivate customer success and loyalty. These winners are leaders in marketing for their respective industries and the results they experience demonstrate what our solutions can do to achieve real business value."

Aprimo's Marketing Summit was attended by more than 300 marketing and technology professionals. It is one of the largest events in the U.S. focusing on the business results that can be achieved with Enterprise Marketing Management technology and best practices. The Summit showcases the innovation of Aprimo customers and partners through case studies, best practices, demonstrations and discussions on Aprimo's best-in-class marketing technology and marketing technology and thought leadership.

About Aprimo

Aprimo is a leading provider of marketing software and services that enhance the productivity and performance of marketing organizations. Aprimo's integrated suite of applications, Aprimo Enterprise, improves alignment across the Marketing Value Chain (the business processes that connect corporate, brand, field marketing, and external marketing suppliers and agencies) and enables the execution of multi-channel marketing campaigns. Aprimo provides solutions that include Planning and Financial Management (http://www.aprimo.com/solutions/planning.asp), Production Workflow (http://www.aprimo.com/solutions/production.asp), Brand Content Management (http://www.aprimo.com/solutions/brand.asp), Multichannel Campaign Management (http://www.aprimo.com/solutions/campaign_planning.asp) and Lead Management (http://www.aprimo.com/solutions/lead_management.asp). Aprimo solutions are in use by large enterprises and medium-sized businesses worldwide, including some of the largest companies in the automotive, consumer packaged goods, financial services, life sciences, retail, technology and telecommunications industries. To learn more, call - 1.317.803.4300 or visit www.aprimo.com.

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Contact Information Haresh Gangwani

Aprimo

http://www.aprimo.com

317-803-4324

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The Web's Invisible Communication Layer Doubles In Size Every 60 days!!! Now Over 1/2 Million Users and Growing Faster than DSL Speed

2009-02-22T14:45:00.000+02:00

The Web's Invisible Communication Layer Doubles In Size Every 60 days!!! Now Over 1/2 Million Users and Growing Faster than DSL Speed

iComment becomes famous for the new technology chat layer of the web. Now people can stick their public or private comments directly to web pages, web text, and web pictures.

Parkland, Florida --

Old News: 1988, AOL becomes famous for chat.

Old News: 2004, Google becomes famous for search engine based on robots.

Old News: 2005, Facebook and MySpace become famous for social networking.

NEW NEWS: 2009, iComment becomes famous for the new technology comment and chat layer of the web. Now people can stick their public or private comments directly to web pages, web text, and web pictures.

Along the way users can chat, socialize, and make buddies who share like web interests on any web page as they surf.

iComment offers a 100% free single browser button for communication, collaboration, education and vocalization making it the newest communication layer of the Web!

Install iComment's button and gain immediate access to tens-of-thousands of public comments that have been attached to web pages, web text, and web pictures.

Use it to post private comments to any web page, web text, or web picture for colleagues, employees, stock holders, friends, family, teachers, students... visible only to the people or group you select from your buddy list.

Comments appear in little tiny minimized note icons all the way to the right of your browser's window pain. Hover your mouse of the icon to see what the comment is attached to. Click on the icon to maximize the comment box where you can read and write comments and make buddies with other iCommentators as you surf.

Thousands of uses:

- Businesses: Critique your competitor's web pages. Collaborate right on any web page. Use it to improve web design. Use it as a sales and marketing aid.

- Consumers: Read and write reviews. Post your viewpoints, opinions, experiences, and advice. Use it to chat anywhere on the Web. Express yourself.

- Educators: Post private homework assignments for students on any web page. Students complete their homework right inside the private expandable comment box.

- Personal: Leave private comments for yourself.

Find hot web pages by searching through other's "human" comments on iComment.com by using the Global Comment Search Engine.

Facebook recently announced Facebook connect comments which requires code be inserted into web pages by webmasters or their programmers. With iComment no code is required. Users can post comments on any web page immediately.

The next wave of web communication is here. It's Free. It's downloadable now! http://icomment.com/iCommentSetup.exe (http://iComment.com/demo.php) (100% safe link).

Learn about this patent pending technology: View a comic book intrepretation: http://iComment.com/comic.php?page=1 (http://iComment.com/comic.php?page=1)

Watch the video: http://iComment.com/demo.php (http://iComment.com/demo.php) (from there you can view the private comment video too).

For more information contact: Mark Ismach 954-234-4282

iComment, Inc. is planning to go public.

a Subsidiary of Quality Programming Corporation

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Contact Information Mark Ismach

iComment, Inc.

http://iComment.com

954-234-4282

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HRMS Solutions Named Top Spectrum Business Partner for 2008

2009-02-20T20:45:00.000+02:00

HRMS Solutions Named Top Spectrum Business Partner for 2008

HRMS Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that the firm has been named Spectrum Human Resource Systems Corporation Business Partner of the Year in recognition for being an outstanding partner with regards to sales revenue, consulting services and business development achievement.

District of Columbia (PRWEB) February 20, 2009 -- HRMS Solutions, Inc. (http://www.hrmssolutions.com/) is pleased to announce that the firm has been named Spectrum Human Resource Systems Corporation Business Partner of the Year in recognition for being an outstanding partner with regards to sales revenue, consulting services and business development achievement.

Business Partner of the Year recognizes top-ranking business partners that have demonstrated outstanding commitment and exceptional professional service for Spectrum's iVantage product line. The objective of this elite membership is to reward and provide special recognition to the top business partners that add value to Spectrum business by supporting application sales, producing enthusiastic customers and delivering quality implementation services to meet customer needs and help grow revenue.

"Our Business Partners of the Year know what it takes to be successful, delivering the solutions and customer service that helps both them and their clients prosper," said Matt Keitlen, Spectrum Executive Vice President and COO. "To be named Business Partner of the year is a distinguished honor and we congratulate HRMS Solutions for their impressive achievement and wish them continued success in 2009."

"At HRMS, we work hard to ensure our customers realize the full value of a web-native HRIS solution like Spectrum iVantage," said Mike Maiorino, President. "Being honored by Spectrum, a pioneer in HR Technology and human capital management confirms HRMS' commitment to attaining success for each of our clients and validates that our efforts are having a real impact upon our customers."

We are very excited about the possibilities for Spectrum's new release of iVantage v5.0. This new product offering will bring the ultimate in end-user experience by leveraging new Microsoft technology to simplify and personalize iVantage while offering high-end decision support tools to better manage a company's workforce. Our clients in verticals such as healthcare, architecture and engineering, government contracts and finance will really be able to leverage and embrace this new technology."

About Spectrum Human Resource Systems Corporation

Spectrum, founded in 1984, is an exclusive provider of best-in-class workforce management software. Spectrum's sole focus of developing human resource systems allows them to create systems that are best suited to high performance HR professionals. Over the years, Spectrum's HR systems have been licensed to more than 5,000 public and private sector companies throughout the United States and Internationally. Spectrum clients range from small start-up companies to Global 100 companies. For more information about Spectrum Human Resource Systems, visit http://www.spectrumhr.com/

About HRMS Solutions

A national provider of total workforce management solutions that includes HRIS, Recruiting and Talent Management, Payroll and Time & Labor Management solutions for small and mid-market companies. HRMS Solutions has helped hundreds of businesses optimize and empower their workforce with leading software solutions built on Microsoft technology. Their ability to offer a choice of top rated applications eliminates weeks of endless evaluations and provides unbiased recommendations. The end result is an empowered staff that can access critical information quickly and perform routine workforce management activities more efficiently. HRMS Solutions also provides HRIS Consulting Services, Software Selection, Implementation and Training Services, Staff Augmentation and custom development. For more information about HRMS Solutions, visit http://www.hrmssolutions.com/ or call 80.726.7051

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Contact Information Mike Maiorino

HRMS Solutions, Inc.

http://www.hrmssolutions.com/

(800) 726-7051

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Movavi Launches New Video Editor

2009-02-19T20:45:00.001+02:00

Movavi Launches New Video Editor

Software offers broad range of video editing tools for users of all levels.

Moscow (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 -- Movavi, a leading developer of multimedia processing tools, is pleased to announce the availability of Video Editor (http://www.movavi.com/videoeditor/). Originally part of the company’s core VideoSuite (http://www.movavi.com/suite/) product, Video Editor (formerly EnhanceMovie) has been expanded to provide a full set of video editing tools in a standalone product and is expected to match the success of its sister product, Video Converter (http://www.movavi.com/videoconverter/).

With Video Editor, video can be imported from various sources, and users can add special effects and create mobile-ready videos. For more convenient editing, there is a timeline, and users can add voice comments using a microphone during the video editing process.

Movavi Video Editor offers:

• Video editing timeline panel with separate video, audio, and title tracks

• Multiple input media sources, audio and video screen capture, and built-in screencast capabilities

• Support for HD video formats

• Tools for overlaying custom text titles on video

• Professional-grade filters and special effects

• Video and audio transitions

• Automatic slideshow creation

• Multiple ways to share videos

“We’re always sensitive to our customers’ needs,” said Sergey Pavlishin, CEO of Movavi. “It became clear to us last year that not everyone who wanted to use our software needed the wide functionality of Movavi VideoSuite, so we developed the standalone Video Editor product. Video Editor lets users focus specifically on creative and practical video editing techniques, including loading video files from a digital camcorder or YouTube.”

Video Editor supports most popular audio and video formats, as well as CD/DVD burning. The product is available now at a price of $39.99. For more information, visit the Movavi website at www.movavi.com.

About Movavi

Movavi is a specialist software development company dedicated to designing innovative, powerful, yet easy-to-use digital video and audio processing applications. Founded in 2004, the company’s mission is to enable users to be able to enhance and enjoy their video or audio at any time, in any place, and on any device.

Contact:

Michael Goryunov

mgoryunov(at)movavi.com

+7-906-078-2377

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Contact Information Michael Goryunov

http://www.movavi.com/

+7-906-078-2377

SunGard Rolls Out New European Managed Access and Smart Order Routing Services

2009-02-19T20:45:00.000+02:00

SunGard Rolls Out New European Managed Access and Smart Order Routing Services

SunGard has completed the roll-out of new ASP-based managed access and smart order routing services for major European equity trading platforms.

London, UK (Vocus) February 19, 2009 -- SunGard (http://www.sungard.com/) has completed the roll-out of new ASP-based managed access and smart order routing services for major European equity trading platforms. The services are provided through a number of new ASP gateways built into SunGard's GL Stream (http://www.sungard.com/financialsystems/brands/glstream.aspx) solution and will provide SunGard's European brokerage customers with access to all major trading venues. This will help SunGard customers capture a greater share of fragmented liquidity.

Liquidity fragmentation in post-MiFID Europe raises complex issues for all market participants. With new trading venues being created almost every month, trading decisions can become more difficult and connectivity costs can accumulate. SunGard's GL Stream ASP managed access and smart order routing services will help brokers to trade cost-effectively on Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) platforms, comprising both public order books and dark pools.

The GL Stream ASP services also deliver access to more than 30 European equity exchanges, and aggregate market data for each instrument from competing platforms. This helps GL Stream's Smart Order Router (SOR) to drive order traffic according to the algorithmic strategy determined and updated by the customer. The services' framework is designed to allow customers to try different platforms and trading approaches, helping them to make changes easily and cost-effectively.

Vincent Burzynski, chief product officer of SunGard's global trading business, commented: "When deciding to go for SOR technology, a financial institution should consider the level of smartness and market connectivity it wants to achieve, as well as the ability of the solution to adapt to changing market conditions. SunGard's ASP approach provides a cost-effective response to these needs, and builds on its experience in smart routing with brokerage customers in the UK, France, Italy and Switzerland. This new GL Stream ASP approach can help customers realize real benefits from their investment by leveraging SOR capabilities to trade on multiple MTFs."

About SunGard's GL Stream

The GL Stream suite provides a comprehensive response to the challenges of global electronic trading. GL Stream ASP for Market Access is a fully managed and cost-effective solution for exchange connectivity, based on hosted and mutualized market gateways. GL Stream for Liquidity Management is a suite of capabilities for trading of instruments across multiple competing venues: exchanges, ECNs, MTFs, dark pools and in-house matching engines.

About SunGard

With annual revenue of $5 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world's 25 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

Trademark Information: SunGard, the SunGard logo and GL Stream are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

For more information, please contact:

Toby West, PR & Communications Manager

SunGard Financial Systems

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8081 2426

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Contact Information Toby West

SunGard Financial Systems

http://www.sungard.com

+44 20 8081 2426

Elypsis, Inc., eWinery Solutions, and Microsoft Announce Immediate Availability of 100% Financing for Wine Industry Technology Investments

2009-02-19T14:45:00.000+02:00

Elypsis, Inc., eWinery Solutions, and Microsoft Announce Immediate Availability of 100% Financing for Wine Industry Technology Investments

Temecula Valley Winery Management gains access to capital to invest in an integrated Tasting Room POS and eCommerce solution.

Napa, CA (PRWEB) February 19, 2009 -- Elypsis, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for wineries and eWinery Solutions, a wine industry leader in ecommerce solutions announced today Temecula Valley Winery Management obtained 100% financing of an integrated winery solution that included the Tasting Room Point of Sale system, eCommerce web solution and all hardware, software, and services for the project. The financing package was made possible through 100% financing from Microsoft. www.microsoft.com

During these challenging times, restricted financing is even affecting established and profitable companies", said Rebaux Steyn, Managing Director of Temecula Valley Winery Management and Leonesse Cellars. "Having access to 100% total solution financing allowed our company to take advantage of new technology right now to power our business forward and generate additional wine sales in 2009. The entire credit approval process only took a few hours to complete." www.tvwinerymanagement.com

Harvey Grant, CEO of Elypsis, a long time Microsoft Gold Certified partner, was the driver for creating this program. "We realized we needed to offer more than just one part of the solution to our winery clients looking to upgrade and expand their technology", said Grant. "By bundling accounting, CRM, tasting room and web solutions, and all maintenance and implementation services, we offer wineries a completely incremental source of credit to work with outside their regular bank financing."

With today's announcement, Elypsis and eWinery Solutions, through Microsoft Financing, are announcing general availability of 100% financing of technology purchases for wineries. Even wineries with relatively short operating history can qualify. And for purchases less than $100,000, approvals take less than 24 hours. Some restrictions apply.

About Elypisis, Inc.:

Elypsis, Inc. is a Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner dedicated to automating the wine industry with integrated solutions utilizing the latest technology. Since 1987, the privately held Napa California company has been providing integrated winery management, retail software products, and consulting services to over 150 wineries, and is one of the most respected software providers in the industry. Using the proven technologies of Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System® and Microsoft Dynamics NAV®, Elypsis has focused on creating the "Total Software Solution for Wineries™" including Tasting Room POS, WineClub Manager, Shipping Exporter, Accounting, Trade Account Management with Allocations and Depletions, and many other winery specific applications. For more information, visit www.elypsis.com.

About eWinery Solutions:

eWinery Solutions is the market leader in ecommerce software dedicated exclusively to the wine industry. Founded in 2002, the company now serves more than 200 clients in the U.S. and major wine producing regions of the world, with more than 250 websites utilizing the company's proprietary technology. Their offerings include ecommerce, wine club, allocations, call-center, customer relationship marketing (CRM) innovative web content management, and internet marketing solutions, enabling their clients to achieve greater flexibility and control throughout every aspect of their online programs. For more information, visit www.ewinerysolutions.com.

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Contact Information Scott Mangelson

Elypsis, Inc.

http://www.elypsis.com

707-257-8912

ClearCube Launches Low-Cost, Fully Managed Virtual Desktop Bundle

2009-02-18T14:45:00.001+02:00

ClearCube Launches Low-Cost, Fully Managed Virtual Desktop Bundle

Ready-to-use hardware and software VB40 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure bundle comes with everything needed to get 40 virtual desktops up and running instantly.

Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 17, 2009 -- ClearCube, the market leader in centralized desktop computing solutions, today announced that it is launching the industry's most complete, lowest cost, and most effectively managed virtual desktop bundle. The unique solution will include all the necessary components required for organizations to quickly and simply implement VDI in their environment. Most significantly, ClearCube's new offering provides end users with the ability to overcome significant acquisition cost hurdles. Starting at a per-seat price of $599, inclusive of all hardware and software other than the Windows client OS, the solution delivers the security and manageability of a high-end centralized system at low-end PC prices.

"ClearCube has been a pioneer in the centralized computing and desktop virtualization areas. We've been listening to our customers closely and what we hear over and over when it comes to desktop virtualization is the dual challenge of acquisition cost and implementation complexity.", said Randy Printz, President and CEO of ClearCube Technology. "With our new managed VDI bundle we've attacked both these issues head-on and come up with a pre-integrated, instant-on desktop virtualization solution for our customers".

While desktop virtualization has been gaining traction, adoption is still limited to organizations with high-level IT skillsets and available human resources to implement these, often complex, projects. The fact that ClearCube's new VDI bundle provides pre-integrated components, all the way from the back-end server to the client device, makes it simple for an organization's IT managers to get a comprehensively managed, well-tuned VDI system up and running.

"Epoch Concepts has been a ClearCube Partner for many years now, and are very impressed with what we see in the new generation of products they're developing." said Marcus Smiley, CEO of Epoch Concepts. "We are extremely interested in desktop virtualization and the new ClearCube VDI bundle takes away a lot of the headaches we would otherwise have to tackle. For us, that's key."

The ClearCube VB40 virtualization bundle includes:

1. 1 x ClearCube M2010S server with Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon® processors, 24GB RAM and quad 500GB 3.0Gbps SATA drives

2. 40 x ClearCube I8510 Thinclients with 1.6GHz Intel Atom® processor

3. ClearCube Sentral 6.0 Connection Brokering and Management Software

4. Microsoft Hyper-V® Hypervisor

The 40-user VB40 VDI bundle is available immediately, with list price set at $599 per user. Additional details can be found online at http://www.clearcube.com/vdibundle.php

About ClearCube

ClearCube is the market leader of centralized computing and virtual desktop solutions. As the pioneer of centralized desktop computing, ClearCube provides solutions that span 1:1 power users to 1:many virtualized desktop environments, integrating connection broker software, blades, access devices and professional services to give organizations full control and flexibility over end-user computing. ClearCube's Sentral™ VDI Management System provides clients the ability to utilize any back-end hardware or user access device for desktop virtualization. Organizations deploying ClearCube gain improved manageability, 99.9 percent availability and hardened security while reducing support costs by more than 40 percent. For more information, visit its corporate website at http://www.clearcube.com.

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Contact Information Joy Wallis

ClearCube Technology

http://www.clearcube.com

512-652-3392

DMC Software Identifies How CRM Can Guide Small Businesses Through the Recession

2009-02-18T14:45:00.000+02:00

DMC Software Identifies How CRM Can Guide Small Businesses Through the Recession

DMC Software Solutions, an award winning Sage and Microsoft Gold Business Partner, demonstrates how small businesses can utilise Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to navigate through the turbulent economic conditions.

(Vocus) February 18, 2009 -- DMC Software Solutions, an award winning (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/News/SageAwards2008.aspx) Sage and Microsoft Gold Business Partner (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/News/dmc-get-gold.aspx), demonstrates how small businesses can utilise Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software to navigate through the turbulent economic conditions.

The UK is currently in the thick of a recession and it is the decisions that small businesses make today that will shape their future. There is a thin line separating success and failure, and the difference could be CRM.

Mike Ramsay, Managing Director of DMC Software expressed, "A CRM solution (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/CRM/CRM-software-overview.aspx) enables businesses to safeguard revenue and profitability by facilitating quality customer service, customer loyalty and repeat purchases. For many small businesses cutting costs seems like the best option moving forward, but during an economic downturn it is more important for companies to look for a solution that will provide them with the tools to increase efficiency and productivity."

A CRM system allows a business to record all account and contact details including a history of each exchanged communication. This information resides in one central location where it can be accessed by users from different departments. Not only does a CRM system allow better communication with a company's client base it also improves internal communications, an equally vital component of quality service and strong client relationships.

How CRM can help Your Business?

A well implemented CRM solution (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/CRM/CRM-software-overview.aspx) can provide a business with many opportunities to utilise available resources and optimise more profitable activity. CRM is an increasingly popular solution to support operational improvements, enabling a business to:

• Protect and grow revenue

• Plan time more efficiently

• Reduce administration costs

• Streamline business processes

• Quickly recognise and correct issues

• Prepare for economic recovery

• Identify revenue opportunities within the existing client base

• Utilise resources to maximum effect

DMC Software is a company that is experienced in providing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/CRM/CRM-software-overview.aspx), Accounts and integrated business solutions for businesses of all sizes, across a broad range of industries. With advanced development abilities DMC can tailor a solution to meet the exact requirements of a business, providing the tools and supporting services to increase efficiency and profitability.

For more information on the CRM solutions and professional services (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/DMCSoftwareservices/servicesoverview.aspx) available from DMC Software visit www.dmcsoftware.co.uk. Alternatively, call FREEPHONE 0800 6522 423 to speak to a member of the sales staff.

For more information please contact Jade Dixon-Winters, Marketing Executive.

Tel: 01733 362120

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Contact Information Jade Winters

DMC Software Solutions

http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk

01733362120

Privacyware and LogLogic Partner to Deliver Advanced Analytics Solution for IT Security and Compliance Operations

2009-02-16T14:45:00.001+02:00

Privacyware and LogLogic Partner to Deliver Advanced Analytics Solution for IT Security and Compliance Operations

Integrated Log Management and Security Data Analytics Solution Employs Expert System and Neural Analytics Technologies to Reveal Critical Security and Compliance Threats.

Red Bank, NJ (PRWEB) February 16, 2009 -- Privacyware (http://www.privacyware.com), an innovative provider of web application security, intrusion prevention and security data analytics software, today announced the availability of Adaptive Security Analyzer for LogLogic, an integrated log collection and security data analytics solution that employs expert system configuration capabilities, behavioral modeling and comparative analysis methodologies to detect, prioritize, and provide insight about security, compliance and policy violations. Utilizing the LogLogic Open Log Services API, Privacyware developed an API-based connector that allows Adaptive Security Analyzer to seamlessly exchange data with LogLogic's open log management platform.

LogLogic provides the world's leading enterprise-class platform to allow customers to collect, store, report and alert on 100 percent of IT log data from virtually any device, operating system or application. Implementation of the LogLogic Open Log Services API enables Adaptive Security Analyzer to work seamlessly with the LogLogic open log management platform and deliver enhanced security data analytics capabilities to security and compliance pressured organizations.

Adaptive Security Analyzer combines conventional filtering and expert rule configuration capabilities with self-learning and neural algorithms to identify and provide insight about known and new threats hidden in user and system data. Adaptive Security Analyzer empowers administrators and analysts challenged with monitoring and securing computing systems, certifying Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and other regulatory requirements and assuring the integrity of database or other critical infrastructures. Adaptive Security Analyzer's neural core emulates the cognitive and self-learning process of a human analyst and can sift through massive volumes of logs to quickly reveal and prioritize the most critical events and advise users of the factors of highest influence to event classification.

"The severe financial implications of a failed audit, compromised network or stolen data are a primary concern for large and mid-sized companies and we are pleased to be partnering with LogLogic to help address these challenges," said Privacyware CEO, Greg Salvato. "LogLogic's open log management appliances provide a robust and comprehensive log collection, storage, reporting and alerting solution that serves as an ideal foundation for Adaptive Security Analyzer's proactive, self-learning analytic capabilities. Organizations seriously concerned with risk mitigation will find the integrated solution indispensable in support of their security and compliance practices."

The Adaptive Security Analyzer data analytics process model encompasses the following:

• Continuously monitors high volume, heterogeneous security-related data.

• Interprets & associates event attributes freely and/or within the context of any rules within the analytic models to cluster and baseline system activity.

• Compares data sets, identifies events that match explicitly defined criteria and recognizes and quantifies the extent of abnormal events.

• Advises security personnel of the factors that contributed most to event classification.

• Adapts its orientation of the relationships among event variables and event classification based on unsupervised machine-learning and/or user-applied knowledge.

Adaptive Security Analyzer considers data the way a human analyst would, leveraging both pre-defined and cognitive intelligence, but with far greater speed and capacity. Adaptive Security Analyzer identifies suspicious events and trends in core network and application-level activities such as logon/logoff attempts, Web server and application use, changes to Group Policies, file access and inbound/outbound firewall traffic, but can be applied to any data monitoring challenge where intelligence regarding atypical activity is of value such as fraud detection (credit card, click, etc.), performance management, defense or maritime surveillance, revenue or resource optimization, etc.

"To ensure the availability of critical applications, prevent fraud and to adhere to evolving regulatory demands, enterprises are turning to increasingly sophisticated expert systems," said Dominique Levin, executive vice president of marketing and strategy for LogLogic. "The ability to re-use log data from our open log management platform in specialized applications such as Privacyware's Adaptive Security Analyzer demonstrates the power of our open log management architecture. With this partnership, LogLogic customers can assume a truly proactive IT security posture."

Because Adaptive Security Analyzer does not rely on pre-defined rules to derive unique and meaningful output, it delivers an important enhancement to conventional data collection, correlation and reporting solutions. Adaptive Security Analyzer allows enterprise security administrators and those responsible for managing compliance to more effectively and proactively identify, understand and respond to known threats as well as suspicious atypical behavior or activity that is similar to known threats.

Adaptive Security Analyzer is implemented as a "snap-in" to the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and runs on Windows desktop and server operating systems. Supported log formats include syslog, W3C, csv, txt and other formatted data as well as those stored in MS SQL, MySQL, and Oracle databases (under both Windows and UNIX platforms). For more information, evaluation software and support as well as ISV licensing and integration options, visit www.privacyware.com, or contact Privacyware via email at sales@privacyware.com or by calling 732-212-8110 x235.

About LogLogic

LogLogic® (www.loglogic.com) is the leader in log management, compliance and security management solutions designed to improve accountability and lower costs for organizations of all sizes. LogLogic's unique open log management platform enables customers to collect, search and store 100 percent of IT log data for a comprehensive fingerprint of past and current activity across any organization. Powered by the industry's leading open log management platform, LogLogic's business applications correlate user activities and event data in real-time for a unique integrated approach to security event management, database security management and compliance management with industry and government regulations.

About Privacyware

Privacyware (www.privacyware.com) is an innovative provider of award-winning web application security, desktop and server intrusion prevention and security data analytics software. Privacyware products leverage conventional and neural analytics technologies to help systems administrators, IT security and compliance personnel to more effectively identify, understand and prevent malicious, unauthorized and/or deviant computing system activity. Privacyware is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

CONTACT: Gregory Salvato - Privacyware, (732)-212-8110, x235.

LogLogic(R) and Privacyware(R) are registered trademarks of LogLogic and PWI, Inc., respectively. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners. Copyright(C) 2009 PWI, inc. All rights reserved.

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Contact Information GREGORY SALVATO

Privacyware

http://www.privacyware.com

732-212-8110 +235

Panda Security and tyBit Unified Search Announce Strategic Partnership

2009-02-16T14:45:00.000+02:00

Panda Security and tyBit Unified Search Announce Strategic Partnership

Panda Security and tyBit Unified Search Join Forces Worldwide to Combat Cybercrime and the Spread of Malicious Malware. By placing Panda Security's incomparable Internet protection software directly inside the tyBit Unified Search toolbar, the two companies have created an unheard of level of security for a Web browser toolbar that already provided users with unprecedented search capabilities.

Glendale, CA and Fayetteville, NC (PRWEB) February 16, 2009 -- Panda Security (http://www.pandasecurity.com/), a world leader in IT security and tyBit Unified Search (http://www.tybit.com/), the world's fastest growing search engine, today announced a strategic partnership to defend against malware and enhance the security behind tyBit's search engine toolbar. tyBit offers Internet users a quality, secure search tool that embeds in the user's browser. By partnering with Panda Security, tyBit toolbar users will receive an additional layer of protection to help safeguard from the increasing proliferation of harmful programs infecting computers.

PandaLabs, Panda Security's malware analysis and detection laboratory, recently released shocking findings from its 2008 annual report (http://www.pandasecurity.com/enterprise/security-info/tools/reports.html). Last year, PandaLabs detected an average of 35,000 new malware samples each day, 22,000 of which were new infections. By the year's end, the total count of malware threats detected by PandaLabs exceeded 15 million. By partnering with Panda Security, tyBit will now have the ability to protect its 75 million users from the insidious threat of malware and the increasingly sophisticated tactics of cybercriminals.

"Partnering with a rapidly growing company like tyBit provides us with a unique opportunity to provide millions more users with the most effective protection against the very real threat of malware," said Ryan Sherstobitoff, Chief Corporate Evangelist, Panda Security. "tyBit users can now be confident that the searches they conduct with the company's unique search tool, are secure and malware-free."

tyBit accelerates search and maximizes relevancy, which helps users search the Web quickly and thoroughly. By instantly retrieving information from multiple online directories, major engines, and other data sources in the public domain, tyBit efficiently displays all of the results in a single window on the desktop or PDA. tyBit also aids search relevance with grid computing, learning subscribers preferences, searching multiple sources, displaying the most current information and searching local content based on the user location.

"With the exponentially growing number of threats we are facing on the Internet on a daily basis, it is extremely important to us that we provide our users with an even higher, more secure level of protection than before," Kitti Jo Finch, General Manager of tyBit. "We chose to partner with Panda Security because of its breadth and global reach of products for everyone from families in their homes to large corporate enterprises. Because Panda's integrated suite of anti-virus products protects users from all kinds of threats, we can be assured that our users receive the maximum protection when they are using our search tool."

About tyBit Unified Search:

tyBit is the next generation of search engines. With a customizable toolbar that accelerates search, tyBit provides users relevant results based on preferences, location, source and timeliness of the pages. As a client-side application and its partnership with Panda, tyBit's toolbar protects information from being sent over the Internet and provides you with an additional layer of security.

tyBit offers advertisers Pay Per Click campaigns that can include audio and video advertising. tyBit is a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, an industry trade association dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in online advertising.

For more information on tyBit partner programs and advertising, visit our Website at: http://www.tyBit.com.

About Panda Security:

Panda Security is one of the world's leading IT security providers, with millions of clients around the globe and products available in over twenty languages. Our mission is to keep our customers' information and IT assets safe from security threats, giving them the most effective protection with the minimum resource consumption.

Every day, thousands of new malicious codes are created. To combat this threat, Panda Security has developed an innovative and unique security model which can automatically analyze and classify thousands of new malware samples. This model is collective intelligence and ensures that Panda Security solutions can protect against far more threats than the products of any other company. The exceptional detection capacity of collective intelligence can be put to the test at the Infected or Not website (http://www.infectedornot.com)

For more information and evaluation versions of all Panda Security solutions, visit our website at: http://www.pandasecurity.com/

Media Contacts:

Shannon Walsh

Bateman Group for Panda Security

+1 (415) 503-1818

panda (at) bateman-group.com

Kitti Jo Finch

tyBit Unified Search

+1 (877) 404-7250

info (at) tyBit.com

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Contact Information Kitti Jo Finch

tyBit Unified Search

http://www.tybit.com/

+1 (877) 404-7250

Shannon Walsh

Bateman Group for Panda Security

http://www.pandasecurity.com/

+1 (415) 503-1818

Tightening Budgets Put Even Greater Emphasis on IT Infrastructure Management Efficiency

2009-02-13T20:45:00.001+02:00

Tightening Budgets Put Even Greater Emphasis on IT Infrastructure Management Efficiency

Customers leverage Tek-Tools' proven ability to continuously monitor complex heterogeneous infrastructures

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) February 13, 2009 -- Tek-Tools Software (http://www.tek-tools.com/), a leading provider of IT resource management software solutions, today announced customers facing the competing pressures to reduce costs while also improving IT infrastructure efficiency are turning to Profiler (http://www.tek-tools.com/products/overview.php)'s proven ability to continuously monitor complex heterogeneous physical and virtualized IT components - servers, storage, back-up and applications. Profiler's reports provide critical information for developing and executing IT strategies for today's tumultuous business climate. To support customers' continuously changing needs, Tek-Tools released a new version of the Profiler Suite today with enhancements in virtualization management, storage and data protection (see press release "Tek-Tools Expands Capabilities in Virtualization, Storage, Data Protection in IT Resource Management Software" dated February 10, 2009).

Pressures Mount

An Enterprise Strategy Group (http://www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/) report, "Medium-Size Business Server & Storage Priorities" (June 2008), revealed that businesses are experiencing significant pressure to more effectively support the business, increase asset utilization, and improve information management and security--all while holding down costs across the board. Many are incorporating server virtualization and blades in the hopes of improving the performance, cost-effectiveness, and utilization of server resources. They are also looking to networked storage as a key enabler of improved information management capabilities.

Slow economy does not equal slow data growth

"Despite current economic conditions, data growth is still a constant for the majority of organizations out there. IT professionals are tasked with maintaining business SLAs and figuring out how to optimize their infrastructure, but with the same or fewer resources," said Bob Laliberte, analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "The first step to maximizing their infrastructure is to understand what assets are in place and how they're being utilized. Armed with that information, companies can plot a course for higher utilitization, potentially saving millions in unnecessary storage purchases. Making a small upfront investment in tools that provide visibility can deliver a substantial ROI in a very short time. The Tek-Tools customers I have spoken with privately said the ability to monitor their complex heterogeneous environments with a single solution has been a key enabler for them. Otherwise, they would need additional staff and still be making critical decisions based on incomplete information. The holistic picture Tek-Tools' Profiler delivers accelerates their efforts to maximize the infrastructure."

Profiler customer saves $50-100K

Profiler delivered one customer a clearer picture of actual utilization of its large NetApp storage environment. A Profiler report revealed utilization was at a mere 30 percent. With this knowledge, they were able to reclaim 5-10 terabytes that had been allocated, but not utilized without any disruption to the business. At $10 per gigabyte, this immediately translated to a savings of $50 - 100K on the reclaimed storage.

Continuous monitoring required

One Tek-Tools customer, one of the oldest and largest investment banking firms in the world, has over a petabyte of storage and more than 3,000 servers in a very complex and heterogeneous environment. Server virtualization is an important IT strategy for this firm as one way to drive efficiencies within its IT operations. Done right, virtualization has proven to help achieve cost reduction, efficiency of operations and greater environmental sustainability. But, especially with fewer resources and little or no room for mistakes, before deciding what can be virtualized, it is important to have an understanding of the entire infrastructure and the interdependencies of its individual components. As a long-time Tek-Tools customer, this firm understands the value of the pre-defined and customized reports the Profiler Suite provides on capacity utilization, performance, and availability. Armed with this information, IT managers can more accurately forecast and make more informed decisions such as which servers to virtualize.

"Any IT strategy developed without a clear understanding of the infrastructure that's in place will miss opportunities to maximize efficiency," says Tek-Tools President and CEO Ken Barth. "Most of our customers have started with us leveraging a handful of Profiler's modules, but as they start to see the value of a comprehensive view of the infrastructure from a single console, they expand their implementations as quickly as they can. With the ability to look across servers, storage, backup and applications from the one Profiler console, the investment immediately and continually proves its worth, saving them time and capital managing dynamic heterogeneous infrastructures."

About Tek-Tools

Tek-Tools Software, Inc. is a leading provider of IT resource management solutions serving customers from the Fortune 50 to the Fortune 5000 across every major vertical market. Its flagship Profiler Suite delivers end-to-end visibility and specific actionable insights on the entire IT infrastructure enabling proactive IT infrastructure management in support of critical business operations. The company is privately-held with offices in the U.S., the U.K. and India. For more information, visit www.tek-tools.com or call (972) 980-2890.

Press Contacts:

Stephen Harding

(972) 980-2890 ext. 229

Kelly A. Murray

(978) 597-3377

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Contact Information Stephen Harding

Tek-Tools, Inc.

http://www.tek-tools.com

972-980-2890 +229

Kelly A. Murray

978-597-3377

Tek-Tools Expands Capabilities in Virtualization, Storage, Data Protection in IT Resource Management Software

2009-02-13T20:45:00.000+02:00

Tek-Tools Expands Capabilities in Virtualization, Storage, Data Protection in IT Resource Management Software

Profiler Delivers Information for More Informed IT Decision Making

Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) February 13, 2009 -- Tek-Tools Software (http://www.tek-tools.com/), a leading provider of IT resource management software solutions, today announced the completion of a successful early release program with eight Tek-Tools customers. As a result, the newest version of the Profiler Suite (http://www.tek-tools.com/products/overview.php) is now generally available including:

• expanded support for virtualization with enhancements to Profiler for VMware (http://www.tek-tools.com/virtual/overview.php) and new storage virtualization module, Profiler for IBM SVC (http://www.tek-tools.com/virtual/overview.php)

• new storage module, Profiler for EqualLogic (http://www.tek-tools.com/storage/overview.php)

• new application support, Profiler for Exchange 2007 (http://www.tek-tools.com/app/overview.php)

Profiler's ability to monitor ever-changing, ever-expanding IT infrastructures and deliver real-time reports on performance and capacity utilization with an end-to-end view of the data path enables IT managers to identify and resolve problems in real-time as well as make critical time and cost saving decisions based on reality rather than guesswork. Additionally, the historical reports on performance and capacity utilization Profiler provides enable more accurate forecasting.

Long time Tek-Tools customer Global Crossing (http://www.globalcrossing.com/) (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, has recently been testing the new capabilities in the Profiler for VMware module. "Global Crossing is a leader in aggressively exploring 'green' strategies through data center consolidation and server virtualization," said Michael Gresens, principal systems engineer, technical architecture, Global Crossing. "Profiler gives us a more complete and clear picture of the infrastructure, which enables us to more proactively manage and optimize our IT resources, including the reduction of power and HVAC consumption. And, in this new version, the single dashboard view of all our Virtual Machines gives us a quick snapshot of the relative health and status of our VMware environment based on the thresholds we've set. I can quickly see if there's a problem with one of the Virtual Machines that requires further investigation rather than having to look at each one individually."

Expanded capabilities in Profiler for VMware

As the virtualization footprint in today's IT infrastructures continues to grow, Tek-Tools continues to broaden Profiler for VMware's capabilities for managing and maximizing VMware. The latest enhancements to the Virtual Machine monitor enables IT managers to see the health and status of all Virtual Machines from a single screen. The Virtual Infrastructure Dashboard now delivers a view of the entire virtual infrastructure enabling users to quickly and easily drill down into its elements for further investigation. Additionally, from within Profiler for VMware, users can view, create and modify ESX and VM groups.

New Profiler for IBM SVC Module

Accommodating customers' movement toward storage virtualization, Tek-Tools has developed the new Profiler for IBM SVC module. With this module, users can monitor and obtain high-level views of the virtualized storage infrastructure that are currently not available with native tools that focus primarily on configuration. Plus, the information is available from the same Profiler resource management console as other infrastructure components, giving the user a single destination for monitoring and management of the IT infrastructure.

New Profiler for EqualLogic Module

Tek-Tools new Profiler for EqualLogic module brings reporting and monitoring capabilities to include support for EqualLogic's iSCSI SAN arrays, delivering performance, trending and forecasting data that was previously unavailable. With this timely information on available storage drives, IT managers can make more informed decisions as to when to archive data and when to purchase more disk.

New Profiler for Exchange 2007

With the addition of support for Exchange 2007, IT managers can map the Exchange datapath from the server, physical or virtual, to the LUN in order to locate where Exchange data is on the SAN. The ability to now see where Exchange data is physically located aids in achieving compliance with security policies and regulations as well as service-level agreements. In addition, this end-to-end visibility enables trending, alerting and performance optimization.

Pricing

Tek-Tools continues to offer competitive pricing for its Profiler Suite. The one Profiler server required remains at $4,000. The Profiler for VMware module remains $995 per ESX host regardless of the number of guests on the server. Manufacturer's suggested retail price for the new modules are priced as follows:

• Profiler for IBM SVC -- $12K per IBM SVC

• Profiler for EqualLogic -- $3K per EqualLogic member

• Profiler for Exchange 2007 -- $1,500 per Exchange 2007 server

"In today's economy, every expenditure is being scrutinized more so than ever before. IT departments are charged with providing and maintaining IT infrastructure to support businesses with smaller staffs and little or no budget for capital expenditures," said Tek-Tools CEO Ken Barth. "Profiler helps IT managers quickly understand the IT resources they have in place and how to squeeze more value out of them or make a solid business case for absolutely necessary capital improvement."

About Tek-Tools

Press Contacts:

Stephen Harding

(972) 980-2890 ext. 229

Kelly A. Murray

(978) 597-3377

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Contact Information Stephen Harding

Tek-Tools, Inc.

http://www.tek-tools.com

972-980-2890 +229

Kelly A. Murray

978-597-3377

Five Steps to Making Better IT Investments in Difficult Economic Times

2009-02-11T20:45:00.003+02:00

Five Steps to Making Better IT Investments in Difficult Economic Times

Planview Executive in Residence and Former IT CFO for Deutsche Bank Applies Lessons Learned from Previous Down Cycles to Optimize IT Investments

Austin, Texas (PRWEB) February 11, 2009 -- In troubling economic times, IT organizations need to make smart savings and investment decisions to help their companies not just weather the storm, but emerge with a distinct competitive advantage. Rich Murphy, Planview Executive in Residence and former IT CFO for Deutsche Bank, has been through down cycles and based on his experiences, outlined five steps to making better IT investments in the current economic climate.

According to Murphy, IT has a direct impact on a company's growth, productivity and ability to adapt to dynamic market conditions. With the right strategies, including portfolio management, to carefully manage IT spend, companies can grow market share and come out the recession even stronger.

Step 1: RTB is the Enemy, not CTB; Attack RTB with Passion

In most businesses, costs to run the business (RTB) represent between 60 - 80 percent of the total IT cost while change the business (CTB) costs represent 20 - 40 percent, which means attacking RTB costs delivers the biggest result. With a portfolio management system like Planview Enterprise including time reporting, IT organizations can easily determine how much they are spending on RTB vs. CTB and many other key metrics that will help them determine and address how they spend their IT dollars.

Murphy suggests carefully examining three areas to reduce RTB costs, including consulting, storage, and applications and hardware in order to become more efficient. This results in better expense to revenue ratios, lowered cost to manufacture or deliver services, increased ability to handle price pressures of a competitive marketplace and liberated dollars to invest in CTB or return to shareholders.

Step 2: Growth is the Key to Success

Long-term survival of a company depends on growth, as employees and investors are putting more importance on a company's ability to grow. Even in tough economic times, Murphy suggests companies carefully consider any reductions in growth investments as a means to save on expenses; the result will be a vicious cycle of reducing expenses because revenue is not growing.

Step 3: Innovation Results in Competitive Advantages

While companies should invest towards growth, what happens when their entire business model or industry undergoes radical transformation via innovation? This has been referred to as 'R&D' in the pharmaceutical industry, 'exploration' in energy and products like derivatives in financial services. In today's business world, advances and productivity changes are driven by technology, and technology investment equals innovation.

Step 4: Cost Reduction is Good - Cost Elimination is GREAT

According to Murphy, organizations must stop thinking about how to perform tasks more efficiently and instead start thinking about how eliminate the task and cost by automating the work.

Automation and continuous elimination of work requires CTB investment devoted to process improvement and elimination of work task. If companies can invest money one time that results in elimination of on going cost, the ROI should be very appealing.

Step 5: Aligning CTB Spend With Business Objectives

All IT organizations should be able to answer three questions about IT CTB spend:

1. Is the spending aligned with the overall business objectives of my company or organization?

2. What is the purpose - revenue, cost, risk or legal - of the IT spend and what part of the business is sponsoring the spend?

3. Is this the best use of limited CTB spend?

Difficult economic conditions require difficult decisions and great leadership. Reducing overall IT is fairly easy, but leading organizations weigh these decisions carefully and invest in long-term success.

To download the full whitepaper from Rich Murphy, executive in residence at Planview, visit www.planview.com/5stepswhitepaper.

About Planview

For 20 years, Planview has been advancing the discipline of portfolio management, helping our customers change the way they manage people and money to make better business decisions. With a singular focus on portfolio management, Planview is the only company that combines customer-driven software, unmatched domain expertise, and proven best practices to solve each customer's unique business problems.

Planview Enterprise®, a market-leading portfolio management application suite, with Planview PRISMS®, the knowledge base for accelerating organizational change, delivers measurable business results for IT management, product development organizations and throughout the enterprise. As an independent, trusted partner, Planview is committed to interoperability with key management systems through the Planview OpenSuite integration product line. Industry leaders such as Citi, BP, and EDF, rely on Planview to drive revenue, mitigate risk, cut costs, create efficiencies, and ultimately give their businesses a competitive advantage.

Privately held and consistently profitable, Planview is headquartered in Austin, Texas. With offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, the company supports customers in virtually every industry around the world. For more information, visit www.Planview.com.

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Contact Information Lauren Sell

Planview

http://www.planview.com

281.501.2698

SmartDraw.com Announces New Learning Center as Free Business Service

2009-02-11T20:45:00.002+02:00

SmartDraw.com Announces New Learning Center as Free Business Service

SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced its new Learning Center, a repository of original, unbiased and useful information and eCourses for managers across all industries, whether or not they are SmartDraw.com customers.

San Diego, CA (Vocus) February 11, 2009 -- SmartDraw.com (www.smartdraw.com), maker of SmartDraw (www.smartdraw.com), the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, today announced its new Learning Center (www.smartdraw.com/learn/LearningCenter/index.htm), a repository of original, unbiased and useful information and eCourses for managers across all industries, whether or not they are SmartDraw.com customers.

Learning Center offerings include SmartDraw.com-authored eCourses as well as information provided by fellow Working Smarter Network members. The eCourses provides practical tips and how-tos for a multitude of common business activities, such as communication and presentation, project management, operations, sales management, human resource management, and marketing. Anyone can sign up to receive the free eCourses, which are sent to the recipients in short email segments. The available eCourses currently include:

• Communicate Visually--Using Pictures to Improve All Aspects of Your Communication

• How to Optimize a Business Process

• How to Manage a Project

• How to Manage a Sales Process

• Don't Let PowerPoint Ruin Your Presentation

• Foundations of Persuasive Presentations

• How to Create the Perfect Sales Presentation

• Better Beginnings - How to Capture Attention Immediately

• How to Clarify Your Message and Engage Your Audience

Paul Stannard, CEO of SmartDraw.com estimates the company will offer at least 15 eCourses by the end of 2009.

"The Learning Center was created as a response to our customers who greatly appreciate the added value in the course content we currently offer. By providing these free eCourses to non-customers, we're exposing a wider audience to new information that will help them succeed as well," Stannard said.

About SmartDraw.com:

SmartDraw.com (www.smartdraw.com) is the creator of SmartDraw, software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually. Whether it's a flowchart to explain a business process, a Gantt chart to show a project schedule or an organization chart, SmartDraw is unique because it draws more than 40 different types of visuals for you, including timelines, maps, charts, decision trees and floor plans. With SmartDraw, anyone can create presentation-quality visuals in minutes. Because people are six time more likely to retain and understand information presented to them visually, SmartDraw helps businesses increase their bottom line by improving communication, refining operations , completing projects on time, and successfully implementing their plans. The company's customers include more than half of the members of the Fortune 500, 2,000 K-12 schools and universities, and thousands of law firms, police departments, health systems and private enterprises of all sizes. Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is a privately-held, San Diego, CA-based company and is part of the Working Smarter Network. For more information or to download a free trial version, please visit www.smartdraw.com.

Contact:

Denise Herich, for SmartDraw

Peak3 Communications

858-735-2879

dherich (at) peak3communications (dot) com

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Contact Information Denise Herich

Peak3 Communications for SmartDraw

http://www.smartdraw.com

858-735-2879

Ryerson Inc. Selects Zilliant Price Optimization Solution

2009-02-11T20:45:00.001+02:00

Ryerson Inc. Selects Zilliant Price Optimization Solution

Zilliant Announces Agreement with a Leading Metal Distributor

Austin, TX (Vocus) February 11, 2009 -- Zilliant (http://www.zilliant.com), the leading provider of price optimization and management software for manufacturers, distributors and high-tech companies, today announced that Ryerson, Inc. has selected Zilliant price optimization and management software. Ryerson is the leading distributor and processor of metals in North America and plans to roll out Zilliant company wide. Ryerson selected Zilliant for their proven aptitude in price segmentation and price optimization technology.

"After a thorough due diligence process, Zilliant's solution provided better service offerings to our customer base. We also partnered with Zilliant because of the company's distribution industry expertise," said Leslie Norgren, Chief Procurement Officer, Ryerson, Inc.

"Partnering with Ryerson reinforces Zilliant's position as the leading price optimization and management solution amongst distributors worldwide," said Greg Peters, CEO of Zilliant. "Zilliant is excited to partner with one of the largest metal distributors in the U.S. and are confident in our ability to execute with Ryerson's excellent team."

About Zilliant

Zilliant is the leading provider of price optimization and price management applications for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS) uses existing transactional data to improve decisions across all facets of price analysis, setting and execution. ZPPS applications combine powerful price segmentation and optimization science with easy-to-use business applications to help companies achieve the best pricing possible on every deal, increasing profits by tens of millions of dollars. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Zilliant is a privately held company. Investors include Austin Ventures, Cardinal Ventures, JP Morgan Partners, and Trellis Partners. For more information contact Zilliant at 877.893.1085 or visit www.zilliant.com.

About Ryerson Inc.

Ryerson Inc. is a leading distributor and processor of metals in North America. The Company services customers through a network of service centers across the United States, Canada, China and India.

Contact Information:

Somer Zinnecker

512-531-8584

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Contact Information Somer Zinnecker

ZILLIANT, INC.

http://www.zilliant.com

512.531.8584

Intellitactics Shortens Sales Cycle By 30% With Manticore Technology Demand Generation

2009-02-11T20:45:00.000+02:00

Intellitactics Shortens Sales Cycle By 30% With Manticore Technology Demand Generation

Manticore Technology Solution Proves Essential to Business to Business Marketing Organizations in Economic Downturn

Austin, TX (PRWEB) February 11, 2009 -- Manticore Technology™, a leading provider of easy-to-use, powerful, demand generation solutions, today announced that Intellitactics, supplier of security incident and event management (SIEM) products, shortened its sales cycle by 30% with Manticore Technology.

Intellitactics selected Manticore Technology from a group of other demand generation software (www.manticoretechnology.com) vendors to increase their marketing efficiency and align their marketing efforts with sales. Like many companies focused on cost and efficiency, especially during a recession, Intellitactics wanted an application that would be affordable and easy to use. More importantly, they needed a solution that would deliver a clear, solid ROI from their marketing investment in terms of improved lead conversions and increased sales.

"We're in a competitive market and want to make smart use of our marketing resources," said Pam Casale, CMO, Intellitactics. "With Manticore, we're able to quantify the results of projects to avoid program cuts. Through powerful lead scoring (http://www.manticoretechnology.com/products/enterprise/m2ls.asp) and lead nurturing (http://www.manticoretechnology.com/products/enterprise/lead-nurturing.asp), we've been able to dramatically increase our generation of qualified leads and shorten our sales cycle. Manticore Technology has become a 'must-have' for Intellitactics in today's economic environment."

Intellitactics selected Manticore Technology in part because it was the only demand generation solution that offered an ideal combination of power and ease of use. The solution features a drag and drop capability to build multi-touch lead nurturing campaigns, and the application was affordable, simple to install and very easy to learn. The Intellitactics marketing team integrated Manticore Technology with their existing Salesforce.com solution to create a comprehensive demand generation platform. Since the implementation, Intellitactics reports the following results:

• Breakeven ROI in two months

• 171% increase in qualified leads

• 30% decrease in length of sales cycle

"In an economic recession, demand generation is an essential element to every company's marketing organization," said Nicholas Walker, CEO and President of Manticore Technology. "We want to congratulate Intellitactics for using Manticore Technology for what it's designed for -- taking a company's marketing department to the next level. By using Manticore Technology's feature-rich demand generation solution, Intellitactics is realizing valuable ROI benefits, while increasing their top line."

For the latest best practices on Demand Generation, visit the Manticore Technology blog at: http://blog.manticoretechnology.com/.

ABOUT MANTICORE TECHNOLOGY:

Manticore Technology is an on-demand, demand generation solution enabling marketers to effortlessly move sales prospects through the pipeline through lead management, lead scoring, and lead nurturing, while feeding their sales team invaluable insight about the interests of each lead. Manticore Technology has more than 60 enterprise customers, including, Jaspersoft, Riverbed Technology, Sharebuilder 401(k) and Xactly Corp. For more information visit www.manticoretechnology.com or call 1-866-Manticore.

ABOUT INTELLITACTICS

Headquartered in Reston, VA, Intellitactics provides a suite of complementary security incident and event management (SIEM) products for organizations of all sizes. Well-known as the provider of Intellitactics Security Manager, the optimal enterprise security management solution, Intellitactics has expanded its product leadership with a line of security management appliances, Intellitactics SAFE. The combination of the appliances and software products underscores Intellitactics product leadership in providing solutions for log management, compliance, threat management and incident response to every organization regardless of size or purchasing power.

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Contact Information Christopher Doran

Manticore Technology

http://www.manticoretechnology.com

512-241-3780

Sigma Micro Announces New Business Services for Retail Technology Clients

2009-02-09T20:45:00.000+02:00

Sigma Micro Announces New Business Services for Retail Technology Clients

Retail software and services provider extends fulfillment, ecommerce, and reporting expertise.

Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) February 9, 2009 -- Sigma Micro (www.sigma-micro.com), the trusted provider of end-to-end technology and services for multichannel direct retail, announced today an expanded suite of new business services for direct retail clients including advanced reporting, analytics, creative marketing and web design, as well as product fulfillment and call center services through its sister company Stark Bro's Fulfillment (www.starkbrosfulfillment.com), the leader in outsourced Third-Party Logistics.

The full suite of services is designed to provide direct retail clients with resources for driving sales and gaining operating efficiencies at fractions of the cost of an in-house investment. With an expanded team of creative marketers, web designers (http://blog.sigma-micro.com/blog/sigma-micro), and the business intelligence professionals behind Controller+ and SigmaCommerce enterprise software products, Sigma Micro will allow clients unprecedented access to its 26 years of retail expertise.

Stark Bro's, who utilizes Sigma Micro technology to serve their client base, joined the Sigma Holdings, Inc. family of companies in February, 2008. The strengthening relationship between the two sister companies is providing Sigma Micro clients more opportunities for operational efficiency.

"Our vision of bringing these two industry leaders together under Sigma Holdings, Inc. is coming to fruition," said Al Langsenkamp, CEO of Sigma Holdings, Inc. "Our team of retail technology experts at Sigma Micro combined with the power of Stark Bro's Fulfillment gives us an unmatched service offering in the direct retail marketplace."

"Our retail clients run great businesses," said Matt Konkle, President of Sigma Micro, "and there's never been a better time for them to leverage our proprietary technology and industry expertise. We specialize in the areas our clients shouldn't have to worry about. While we handle their operational cost centers, they can merchandise and sell more great products."

The comprehensive services rollout will include creative web design and construction services, SEO/SEM consulting, web analytics consulting, advanced reporting and data management services, full-service ecommerce operations outsourcing, pick/pack/ship services, and outsourced call center services.

About Sigma Micro

For over 26 years, Sigma Micro (www.sigma-micro.com) has been the backbone of successful direct retail businesses. Its order management software system, SigmaCommerce, includes powerful tools for managing every aspect of a multi-channel direct retail business, including an exclusive ecommerce eStore Manager. Sigma Micro serves small to mid-sized direct retailers with next-generation software and premier professional services, along with complete outsourced fulfillment services.

Sigma Micro is a privately held company headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, with development centers in Chandigarh and Kochi, India. Sigma Micro's R&D, services, and hosting facilities are located in Indianapolis.

About Stark Bro's Fulfillment Services

Stark Bro's Fulfillment Services® (www.starkbrosfulfillment.com) provides specialized fulfillment and call center services that go beyond the capabilities of traditional fulfillment firms. It operates with an easily replicable business model and a flexible operating system, which allows Stark Bro's and its clients to grow and flex as sales cycles dictate.

It focuses on small to mid-sized multi-channel retailers, freeing up business owners to concentrate on product selection, sales and marketing. Stark Bro's total business solution includes ordering, customer contact, vendor management, freight management and more. The company operates two warehouse and distribution facilities located in Louisiana, Mo.

Contact Information

Steve Warren - VP Sales

Sigma Micro, LLC.

Phone: 317-713-8601

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Contact Information Steve Warren

Sigma Micro

http://www.sigma-micro.com

317-713-8601

SilkRoad Technology Crowned HRchitect Beauty Pageant Winner

2009-02-09T14:45:00.000+02:00

SilkRoad Technology Crowned HRchitect Beauty Pageant Winner

SilkRoad technology, the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced the company was named winner of the January 23, 2009 HRchitect onboarding systems "Beauty Pageant." SilkRoad entered its market-leading onboarding and life events product, RedCarpet, into the pageant alongside three other companies, including AllegroHR, KMS, and Verifications.

Winston-Salem, NC (PRWEB) February 9, 2009 -- SilkRoad technology, inc. (http://www.silkroadtech.com/products/index.htm), the leading provider of talent management solutions, announced the company was named winner of the January 23, 2009 HRchitect onboarding systems "Beauty Pageant." SilkRoad entered its market-leading onboarding and life events product, RedCarpet (http://www.silkroad.com/talent_management/onboarding_and_life_events_management.html), into the pageant alongside three other companies, including AllegroHR, KMS, and Verifications. After showcasing the company's service differentiators, value proposition and technology, SilkRoad's RedCarpet was selected as the winner.

HRchitect recently developed the series of "Beauty Pageant" webinars as a way to educate consumers on the human resource technology choices available. Each webinar focuses on a different category of human resource technology, including onboarding, succession planning, and compensation management. During each "pageant" human resource technology providers give company overviews, cover functionality and usability, and answer questions from the audience. After all presentations, the audience votes for its favorite contestant.

"As a leading provider of talent management solutions, we are always eager to help companies recruit and retain the best talent," said Brian Platz, COO of SilkRoad technology. "We enjoyed participating in the webinar and are honored the audience selected our product as the best of show."

"As the leading Talent Acquisition Systems consulting firm, we wanted to find a fun and easy way to educate consumers on the HR technology options available," said Rick Fletcher, President and Founder of HRchitect. "This has been a great way to get the HR decision makers the information they need to make great choices for their organizations, and congratulations to SilkRoad for its well-deserved win."

SilkRoad provides Web-based talent management solutions, including OpenHire™, a market-leading recruiting management solution, RedCarpet™, onboarding and life events management solution, WingSpan™ for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight™ for learning management, and Eprise™ for employee intranets and content management.

The webinars are free, and future sessions are listed at: http://www.hrchitect.com/News/Pageant. If you would like to view SilkRoad's recent onboarding beauty pageant please click here: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/118289254.

About SilkRoad technology, inc.:

SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 1000 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad's Life Suite™, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life Suite includes OpenHire™ for recruiting management, RedCarpet™ for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan™ for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight™ for learning management, and Eprise™ for employee intranets and content management.

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Contact Information Sabrina Vito or Mike Hope

SilkRoad technology

http://www.silkroad.com

310-689-7223

Lightspeed Systems' Network Security Software Enables Educators to Use Approved YouTube Videos in the Classroom

2009-02-06T14:45:00.000+02:00

Lightspeed Systems' Network Security Software Enables Educators to Use Approved YouTube Videos in the Classroom

The Educational Video Library feature in the new version of Total Traffic Control, Lightspeed Systems' network security and management software for schools, allows teachers to easily search and use YouTube videos in classroom while protecting students from inappropriate content. One of the most frequent requests that technology directors receive from teachers is for access to YouTube videos with educationally rich content. Schools strive to use Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube to provide students with 21st century education; however, these sites pose potential safety and security risks. To help schools overcome this challenge, Lightspeed Systems introduces the Educational Video Library as part of a long-term effort to help schools adopt Web 2.0 tools in education safely and effectively.

Bakersfield, Calif. (PRWEB) February 6, 2009 -- Many districts block teacher and student access to online social networking sites and other Web sites with Web 2.0 capabilities, because these popular Internet destinations can pose a risk to network security and student safety. To help schools ensure a safe educational environment while maximizing Web 2.0 learning opportunities, Lightspeed Systems Inc. (http://www.lightspeedsystems.com), a leader in network security and management software for schools, has added the Educational Video Library feature to its latest version of Total Traffic Control.

Total Traffic Control is a sophisticated, easy-to-use network security application, providing a full range of network protection features. These include content filtering, spam management, bandwidth management, antivirus protection, extensive reporting capabilities, email archiving, and mobile filtering. For the new release, Total Traffic Control 7.02, Lightspeed Systems has enhanced this feature set in several ways, most notably with the addition of the Educational Video Library.

The Educational Video Library (http://www.lightspeedsystems.com/products/WebAccessManager.aspx) enables teachers and students to play approved YouTube videos through a portal on the local network. All of YouTube's video functions operate normally, but the other community information and links that are usually displayed on the YouTube Web site with a video, such as promoted videos and user comments, are removed. Network administrators designate teachers and staff who may submit and/or approve videos for sharing. As part of the submission process, videos are placed in a subject category such as math or science and tags may be added for more specific searches. Teachers can search by category, tags, and titles from the library of previously approved videos. Video approval can be widely delegated to teachers and curricular leaders or limited to a single administrator. In its current form, the Educational Video Library is limited to users within a district, but Lightspeed Systems is planning a future version that will allow content to be shared among Total Traffic Control users around the world if desired.

"Technology directors tell us that one of the most frequent requests they receive from teachers is for access to YouTube videos with educationally rich content," said Scott Garrison, president of Lightspeed Systems. "Sites like YouTube are part of a shift in education toward more collaborative technologies and digital media as schools strive to provide a 21st century education. However, administrators are challenged with the security and safety risks that come with Web 2.0 technologies. Schools must comply with state and federal regulations such as Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA). The Educational Video Library is our first step in a concerted, long-term effort to help schools adopt Web 2.0 tools in a safe and effective manner."

The 2007 study by Grunwald Associates LLC and the National School Boards Association, "Creating and Connecting," (http://nsba.org/site/docs/41400/41340.pdf) examined student use and attitudes toward social networking. It found that 96 percent of students with online access use social networking technologies such as blogs and online communities, and that almost 60 percent of these networked students discuss education topics online. The report suggests that schools must find a balance between ensuring student safety and allowing students the freedom to engage in responsible online communication and activities. With online social networking so deeply embedded in students' lifestyles, educators have the opportunity to harness it for educational purposes with the aid of tools like the Educational Video Library.

For more information and pricing, contact Lightspeed Systems at 661-716-7600, or visit www.lightspeedsystems.com.

About Lightspeed Systems

Lightspeed Systems Inc., founded in 2000, develops comprehensive network security and management solutions for the K-12 education market. Lightspeed is committed to helping schools operate their networks effectively and efficiently, so educators can provide a safe online teaching and learning environment. The company's flagship product integrates content filtering, spam management, bandwidth management, antivirus protection, extensive reporting capabilities, email archiving, and mobile filtering into a single application. Lightspeed Systems software is used in more than 1,500 school districts in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia to protect more than 5 million students. For the past two years, Lightspeed Systems has been recognized on the Inc. 5,000 list as one of fastest-growing private companies. For more information, call 661-716-7600, or visit www.lightspeedsystems.com.

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Contact Information Crystal Cochran

Lightspeed Systems, Inc.

http://www.lightspeedsystems.com

661-431-1649

Kristen Plemon

C. Blohm & Associates, Inc.

http://www.cblohm.com

608-839-9805

Lead Management Innovator Marketo Appoints SaaS Sales Expert Amy Guarino to Direct Alliance Program

2009-02-03T14:45:00.001+02:00

Lead Management Innovator Marketo Appoints SaaS Sales Expert Amy Guarino to Direct Alliance Program

Alliance Partners Key to Helping Companies Maximize Revenue with Marketo Lead Management

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) February 3, 2009 -- Marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com/index.php) leader Marketo today announced the appointment of Amy Guarino to vice president of business development. Guarino joins the lead management (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php) vendor at a time of rapid growth for the company and new challenges for marketers. Guarino will focus on building new and cultivating existing Marketo Alliance (http://www.marketo.com/partners/) relationships --marketing agencies, systems integrators, resellers, industry experts and technology leader--to extend the company's reach and help marketers meet their revenue goals.

"Marketers rely on a broad network of service and solution providers to help them drive maximum value from marketing spend," said Phil Fernandez, president and CEO at Marketo. "I am pleased to welcome Amy to the management team, and am bullish about her ability to ratchet up Marketo's focus on the channel. As an experienced Marketo Leads Management user she will be highly effective and credible in demonstrating to our partners the significant value of the Marketo solution."

Marketo sweeps into 2009 on the heels of its most successful month to date, with the channel playing a significant role in its success. The Marketo Alliance program consists of five distinct categories of companies:

• Expert partners - Companies that provide best practices and hands-on consulting resources to help marketers take full advantage of Marketo lead management solutions

• Agency partners - Firms that offer marketing strategy, creative and design services, and provision Marketo lead management solutions to their clients

• Referral and reseller partners - Companies that sell, implement and support Marketo solutions to mid-market and enterprise customer

• Solution partners - Technology companies whose solutions complement Marketo, such as salesforce.com

• Marketing moguls - Strategic advisors whose thought-provoking insights and research help accelerate innovation and best practices for Marketo clients

"I am thrilled to be joining Marketo," said Guarino. "I was drawn to the company by its tremendous momentum in the marketing automation market, widely recognized to be among the largest and fastest-growing front-office application categories. In this economic environment, sales and marketing leaders need to look at different ways to impact top line revenue and improve the efficiency. Marketo is well-positioned to take advantage of these requirements."

Guarino recently lead the global channels and alliance efforts at Right90, a venture-backed SaaS company providing sales forecasting and planning to manufacturing companies. As an early Right90 employee, Guarino directed the sales and marketing organization, focusing efforts on channel and alliance business, including building Right90's critical partnership with salesforce.com. Prior to Right90, Guarino was the vice president of global sales at Biz360, a marketing analytics SaaS company. She has more than 20 years experience in sales and channel management, working with companies including Latitude Communications, AlterEgo and iPass. Guarino began her career with a 13-year engagement at IBM fulfilling various sales, management and channel roles, and was recently named to the 2009 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley. Guarino has a B.A. in government and international relations from the University of Notre Dame.

About Marketo

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Contact Information Martha Blanchfield

Marketo

http://www.marketo.com/index.php

650-227-4662

Event I.T. Uses Kaseya to Streamline IT Support Services and Reduce On-site Visits by 80 per cent

2009-02-03T14:45:00.000+02:00

Event I.T. Uses Kaseya to Streamline IT Support Services and Reduce On-site Visits by 80 per cent

IT automation platform allows South African IT company to support larger customer base without hiring additional employees.

St. Helier, Jersey (PRWEB) February 3, 2009 -- Kaseya, http://www.kaseya.co.za, a leading provider of information technology (IT) automation software for public and private sector organisations, today announced that Event Information Technologies (Event I.T.) has adopted its IT automation (http://www.kaseya.co.za/managed-service-providers.aspx?source=pr.za.eventit.0209) platform to deliver managed IT services to small business customers. By using Kaseya to centralise, simplify and automate network and systems support, the IT services company has reduced visits to customers by 80 per cent, enabling Event I.T. to support a much larger customer base without hiring additional engineers.

As the first phase of the deployment, Event I.T. is using Kaseya to centralise the management of more than 300 servers and desktops through an integrated, web-based interface. Constant systems monitoring (http://www.kaseya.co.za/products/system-monitoring-alerts.aspx?source=pr.za.eventit.0209), coupled with the automation of key procedures and tasks such as patch management (http://www.kaseya.co.za/products/patch-management.aspx?source=pr.za.eventit.0209), running virus scans and deletion of unwanted temporary files, is enabling Event I.T. to improve response times and minimise downtime for end users. Event I.T. intends to increase the number of supported devices to more than a 1000 computers over the next six months.

Kaseya's remote control also eliminates the need for engineers to travel to customer sites to carry out routine systems maintenance or fix problems, making Event I.T.'s operation highly efficient. By ensuring solid administrative procedures and IT policies, customer sites can be standardised as much as possible and therefore maintained and supported highly cost-effectively, with lower prices passed on to customers as a result.

"We focus on working with small businesses with limited or no in-house IT capability for whom reliance on their IT infrastructure is high, but budget is always a sensitive consideration," comments Willem Wessels, Managing Director, Event I.T. "Our model of billing by the hour, rather than task, meant the number of client sites we could support was determined by the number of staff we employed, and for clients the cost of outsourcing IT support didn't always stack up against taking it in-house."

"Using Kaseya we can manage all our customers' systems more completely, but with less effort and at a lower price, while also broadening our scope of value-added services to generate additional revenues," adds Wessles. "Implementation of the Kaseya platform was straightforward and the company provided us with valuable resources to assist with implementation and the transformation of our business to a managed services model."

Key features of the Kaseya IT automation platform for IT solutions providers include:

• Fully automated patch management

• Easy, powerful and comprehensive scripting for scheduling and automating tasks

• Automated, recurring and complete hardware inventory and software inventory and audits

• System monitoring and event alerts

• Secure remote control

• Comprehensive, integrated management reporting

• Powerful anti-virus and anti-spyware detection

Garth Hayward, Regional Manager Africa, adds: "The Kaseya IT automation platform fits perfectly with the South African market, as now more than ever small businesses need high quality IT services that are affordable and reliable. With solid administrative procedures and IT policies, Event I.T. was able to standardise its procedures and support each client in an effective manner. This allows the company to differentiate itself from competitors by offering clients higher quality services at a much lower cost."

About Event IT

Event I.T. cc is a Managed Services Provider focussed on providing I.T. infrastructure support to small and mid-sized businesses.

Event I.T. firmly believes that a well designed and well maintained computer network shall result in significant cost savings to the client. It further believes that to derive maximum benefit from a computer network, the client must be aware of the potential and capabilities of such a network. Event I.T. therefore provides appropriate, cost effective computer networking solutions and services, all of which are based on comprehensive consultation with clients. Performed by capable staff, installations and services are professionally and promptly delivered. It is our further aim not only to provide an innovative solution to the client's needs, but also to establish a sound understanding of the technologies involved as well as a lasting mutually beneficial relationship with the clients. The fact that 60% of Event I.T.'s customers have been with the company for longer than 5 years is proof that we take our mission statement seriously.

About Kaseya

Kaseya is a global provider of IT automation software for IT Service Providers and Public and Private Sector IT organisations. Kaseya's IT Automation Framework allows IT Professionals to proactively monitor, manage and maintain distributed IT infrastructure remotely, easily and efficiently with one integrated Web based platform. Kaseya's technology is licensed on over three million machines worldwide. For a free 30 day trial of the Kaseya solution, please visit http://www.kaseya.co.za/forms/free-trial.aspx

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Contact Information Gabriela Warren

Wildfire PR

http://www.kaseya.co.za

+44 (0)20 8339 4420

Sean O'Connell

Kaseya International

0870 042 2360

Bullhorn Live 2009 Opens this Week in Las Vegas

2009-02-02T20:45:00.000+02:00

Bullhorn Live 2009 Opens this Week in Las Vegas

Bullhorn, the global leader in On Demand, front office staffing and recruiting software, announced the start of its second user conference, Bullhorn Live 2009, taking place here at the Red Rock Casino, Spa and Resort now through February 5, 2009. The theme at this year's Bullhorn Live is "Live in Bullhorn" and the focus is on helping staffing and recruiting firms drive growth by maximizing productivity of sourcing and sales through innovative use of new technologies and best practices from renowned industry experts.

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) February 2, 2009 -- Bullhorn, the global leader in On Demand, front office staffing and recruiting software, announced the start of its second user conference, Bullhorn Live 2009, taking place here at the Red Rock Casino, Spa and Resort now through February 5, 2009. The theme at this year's Bullhorn Live is "Live in Bullhorn" and the focus is on helping staffing and recruiting firms drive growth by maximizing productivity of sourcing and sales through innovative use of new technologies and best practices from renowned industry experts.

Bullhorn will be demonstrating new technology innovations to drive productivity from both sides of the desk - recruiting and sales. Integrated Resume Search™, which seamlessly integrates Bullhorn with Yahoo! HotJobs and CareerBuilder.com, as well as PowerSource™, Bullhorn's integration solution with Monster.com, will be showcased to speed up sourcing and placements. See related announcements, "Bullhorn Announces Integration with Yahoo! HotJobs" on February 2 and "Bullhorn Announces Real-Time Integration with CareerBuilder.com through Integrated Resume Search" on January 26. A number of sessions will also focus on Bullhorn360™, Bullhorn's business intelligence solution that maximizes visibility into sales.

"In 2009, the staffing and recruiting industry needs to fire on all cylinders to achieve growth. Bullhorn is proud to be a driver of that growth by delivering competitive advantage and helping staffing and recruiting firms synchronize sales and recruiting for maximum productivity," said Art Papas, CEO and co-founder of Bullhorn. "Our customers tell us that they 'live in Bullhorn' and Bullhorn Live 2009 provides a tremendous opportunity for these global staffing and recruiting firms to learn and adopt innovative techniques and solutions and immediately apply them to their businesses to compete and grow, through faster generation of job orders, candidate sourcing and better management of customer relationships."

Delivering Innovation in Candidate Sourcing

Bullhorn is a committed leader in developing and bringing to market innovations in candidate sourcing. Bullhorn's Integrated Resume Search is the only solution to combine direct, real-time access to a number of premium job boards, including CareerBuilder.com and Yahoo! HotJobs as well as Monster.com through PowerSource, with an On Demand, Integrated Front office, dramatically saving time and increasing the productivity of recruiters during the sourcing and placement process. Integrated Resume Search's seamless integration with premium job boards and Bullhorn enables a staffing and recruiting firm's front office to gain considerable strategic advantage through the automation of the entire sales and placement process, from generating job orders and landing searches right through sourcing and placement.

Bullhorn has also developed a new comprehensive sourcing track, debuting at Bullhorn Live 2009, with five news sessions designed to help recruiters and staffing professionals drive billings with new techniques, best practices and tips for making faster placements. The Bullhorn Live 2009 Sourcing track sessions features industry experts who will share their valuable knowledge, sourcing tips and tricks and technology best practices for social networks, job boards and more.

Driving Sales Productivity

Bullhorn understands that managing client relationships is critical to generating job orders and has designed its customer relationship management system (CRM) to let sales people target the exact needs of new and existing clients, automatically and proactively. Whether it's conducting sales campaigns to generate new job orders or tracking the needs of existing clients, Bullhorn dynamically provides visibility into client relationships. All client emails, notes and activities are tracked in real-time in the CRM and are linked to job orders and applicants. When prospective clients respond to email campaigns, it's easy to create a prospect record in the CRM, and when a job order is sent to the firm, it is easily parsed into the job management system. An alert is then fired off to recruiters to begin the sourcing and placement process. Sales managers, through real-time updates of all emails, notes and activities, retain 360° visibility into every client and prospect relationship assigned to each sales person. Call lists, assigned tasks, tearsheets and notes shorten and provide a full view of the sales cycle from initial contact to receipt of the job order. Bullhorn customers have experienced up to two-thirds fewer candidate submissions for interviews, as a result of sourcing higher-quality, more qualified candidates with Bullhorn, and up to 25 percent fewer calls to generate job orders.

Bullhorn reporting is organized for ease of access and use, including running standard and custom reports as well as ad hoc reports written by users with Bullhorn360 BizAuthor. These reports enable unprecedented visibility, easier access and administration of reports for analyzing financial and non-financial data and finding trends.

At Bullhorn Live 2009, recruiting industry expert Danny Cahill will deliver the keynote presentation "Survivor's Manual: Leading your Firm in a Turbulent Economy," to help firms with the confidence to face the next several fiscal quarters with a little more certainty about where their business is headed. Cahill will share advice on what changes staffing and recruiting firms can make now to position themselves competitively for when the market turns.

Bullhorn is the staffing and recruiting industry's only On Demand, integrated front office solution. Comprising email, calendaring, candidate sourcing, an applicant tracking solution, customer relationship management and job management, Bullhorn enables users to communicate and collaborate with contacts, candidates, colleagues and clients in real-time to generate, source and fill job orders, or make placements, at anytime and from anyplace. Bullhorn's users include staffing and recruiting firms of all sizes, from a wide range of industries - including information technology, professional services, office/clerical and healthcare. The Bullhorn Blogger is the company's online community where customers, partners, Bullhorn professionals and prospective customers share ideas and best practices to advance the productivity of the staffing and recruiting industry through the innovative use of Bullhorn's On Demand, integrated front office staffing and recruiting software.

About Bullhorn, Inc.

Bullhorn is the global leader in On Demand, front office staffing and recruiting software, providing the only completely integrated front office solution for staffing and recruiting firms. Bullhorn's customers achieve the highest placement rates in the industry. By enabling recruiting, sales and management to live and work together, Bullhorn synchronizes sales and recruiting to generate, source and fill job orders in real-time, at anytime and from anyplace. Delivered through software as a service, Bullhorn continually meets the evolving business needs of its customers. More than 1,400 firms and 14,000 users worldwide, including some of the largest global staffing firms, partner with Bullhorn to meet the employment demands of the global economy. For more information, visit www.bullhorn.com or call +1(888)GoLive8.

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Contact Information Alison Kenney

Bullhorn, Inc.

http://www.bullhorn.com

(781) 990-3729

New Online RPG, Wargods Online, Hits MySpace and Facebook With a Bang

2009-02-02T14:45:00.002+02:00

New Online RPG, Wargods Online, Hits MySpace and Facebook With a Bang

Enigma Games has unveiled their online strategy RPG which has been welcomed with open arms by RPG fans on the MySpace and Facebook application networks.

Cordova, TN (PRWEB) February 2, 2009 -- Enigma Games has unveiled their online strategy RPG which has been welcomed with open arms by RPG fans on the MySpace and Facebook application networks.

Wargods Online (http://www.wargodsonline.com) mixes the classic RPG elements of character progression and dungeon crawling with the build-a-solid-team strategy using four of the twelve available character classes. The game boasts a few firsts, including a chat room where players discuss tactics and form alliances, in-depth character customization, and of course, ninjas.

Wargods Online is free to play and is packed with hours of content and challenges. Players seeking a competitive edge can buy amulets to enhance their character's skills or exchange for in-game currency. Using very simple gameplay options, even the most casual player will catch on quickly, although mastering the game is not a small feat.

"We are very pleased with the smooth launch and glowing reviews we have received so far. The sky is the limit right now! We have very exciting plans for Wargods Online," said President and CEO Xavier D. Moore.

Currently Wargods Online is available on MySpace, Facebook, Bebo, and Friendster. Other social networking sites (Hi5, Orkut, Netlog, and Hyves) will also be hosting the game in the near future. Visit the official game website for more information about the game. Prepare yourself for a journey into the realm of the Wargods!

About Enigma Games Inc:

Founded in 2000, Enigma Games Inc. (http://www.enigma-games.com) is an independent publisher of video games for Mac, PC, Windows Mobile and Blackberry platforms. Focusing on innovation and strategy, their lineup of games has carved a niche in the industry. Distribution agreements with Handango, MobiHand, and Clickgamer allow Enigma Games Inc. to reach its target customers through their high volume websites.

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Contact Information Xavier D. Moore

Enigma Games, Inc.

http://www.enigma-games.com

9012197933

Gate58 Marketing Achieves a Record 2008

2009-02-02T14:45:00.001+02:00

Gate58 Marketing Achieves a Record 2008

Top Enterprise Technology Companies Turning to Gate58 for Lead Generation Services

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) February 2, 2009 -- Gate58 Marketing, LLC (Gate58), a leading provider of lead generation services to enterprise technology companies, announced record results for 2008. Annualized sales for the period increased by more than 300% for the second year in a row, reflecting Gate58's proven ability to build the sales pipelines of CRM, ERP, and IT management technology companies.

Founded in late 2006, Gate58's business has accelerated even as technology companies deal with a difficult business environment. "Faced with diminished budgets and smaller marketing departments, our marketing clients count on us to reduce their lead generation costs by one-third or more and to provide a steady flow of qualified prospects to meet sales goals," said Sherman Hsieh, President and CEO of Gate58.

The company's strong financial performance has been fueled by rapid customer growth, exploding online traffic, the launch of a B2B media-sharing community, international expansion, leadership appointment, and strong customer retention rates.

Rapid Customer Growth

Gate58 generates leads for more than 60 leading technology companies whose solutions span CRM, Business Intelligence, ERP, Content Management, IT Management and other technology segments. New customer acquisitions during 2008 put Gate58 in the position of working with the largest software companies in the world: six of the top 10 CRM companies, six of the top 10 ERP companies and five of the top 10 Content Management companies.

Hsieh attributes much of Gate58's success to its focus on delivering measurable ROI. "We've built a network of websites focused exclusively on helping technology buyers to research, compare and connect with technology vendors. By addressing the needs of the technology buyers, we are able to deliver highly qualified leads at a very reasonable cost." Christopher Bartik, Director of Marketing for CrownPeak, recognizes this value. "We've worked with a variety of lead generation vendors and have found that Gate58 consistently delivers the highest ROI," he said.

Exploding Website Traffic

Gate58's popular Business-Software.com has seen its website traffic grow by 10 times over the last 12 months, growing at the rate of 30% quarter on quarter. Business-Software.com is fast becoming the leading online destination for technology buyers to conduct their research. Software prospects from Business-Software.com are highly qualified. Marti Pozzi, Senior Vice President of Sales for Intacct software, notes that Gate58's leads quickly became a big hit with Intacct's sales team. "Our sales people look forward to Gate58 leads. They know the prospect will be qualified and actively looking to purchase accounting software."

International Expansion

To support their client's global sales goals, Gate58's program is now available in more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia, Australia/New Zealand and Africa.

VendorDemo.com Launch

In December 2008, Gate58 announced the launch of VendorDemo, a free B2B media-sharing community where technology buyers and sellers interact with each other by watching, sharing, and reviewing software demos, videos, webinars, white papers, and literature.

Expansion of Senior Leadership Team

Anthony Castellino joined Gate58 as Vice President of Business Development. Castellino has 15 years of executive management experience in global technology sales and marketing with publicly traded enterprise software companies such as Oracle and Siebel Systems.

Strong Customer Retention

Gate58's lead quality and customer service contribute to a customer retention rate of more than 90%. David Gaber, Sales Manager for TechExcel, counts on Gate58 to meet his company's sales goals. "We've tried every online, offline and paid lead program we can find, and nothing else comes close to delivering the quantity and quality of Gate58 leads. We purchase every lead that fits our criteria."

Gate58 was founded by enterprise marketing executives to help software marketers generate quality leads at a lower cost. "Many of the available pay-per-lead programs in the market today simply do not provide positive ROI. We know this because we personally tried them before. That's why we started Gate58 to truly provide a service that enterprise technology marketers can rely on. Our growth in 2008 tells us that we are on the right track," concludes Hsieh.

About Gate58 Marketing, LLC

Gate58 is a high-volume source of quality leads for technology firms of all sizes. The company's pay-per-lead services help clients reduce the cost of lead acquisition by more than one-third and also increase their sales pipeline. Gate58's network of business software websites attract thousands of visitors each day. These sites include Business-Software.com, (http://www.business-software.com) VendorDemo.com, (http://www.vendordemo.com) and CompareCRM.com. (http://www.comparecrm.com) Founded by enterprise software marketers, Gate58 is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in Chicago and Shanghai and is privately funded. More information is available at Gate58.com (http://www.gate58.com).

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Contact Information Sherman Hsieh

Gate58 Marketing

http://www.Gate58.com

650-376-1915

DiSTI Announces the Release of GL Studio 4.0

2009-02-02T14:45:00.000+02:00

DiSTI Announces the Release of GL Studio 4.0

DiSTI's industry leading Human Machine Interface (HMI) development tool breaks new ground on ease-of-use, performance, and value. This major release of GL Studio features numerous product enhancements geared at greater ease-of-use and productivity for the developer, higher performance of the deployed application, and better overall value to the customer. The result solidifies DiSTI's position as a leading provider of graphical user interface technology to the aerospace, defense, automotive, manufacturing, and medical communities.

Orlando, FL (PRWEB) February 2, 2009 -- The DiSTI Corporation, a global leader in Human Machine Interface (HMI) development, today announced the release of GL Studio 4.0. This major release of GL Studio features numerous product enhancements geared at greater ease-of-use and productivity for the developer, higher performance of the deployed application, and better overall value to the customer. This release is the culmination of a yearlong software development effort to re-architect the GL Studio Developer interface based on customer feedback and prevailing user interface design trends. The result solidifies DiSTI's position as a leading provider of graphical user interface technology to the aerospace, defense, automotive, manufacturing, and medical communities.

"Our global success stems from a loyal customer base built from a corporate mantra to always do what is right for the customer by delivering products that meet their demands," said DiSTI President Joseph Swinski. "Many of our customers have been users of GL Studio since version 1.0 and routinely recommend us to other colleagues and professionals."

In addition to the interface upgrades, GL Studio 4 now includes over 30 generic instruments covering a variety of application types from speedometers to keypads and nearly 300 common user interface texture elements. This content, coupled with a new tutorial that illustrates how to develop advanced 3-D graphical interface designs, delivers an unparalleled out-of-the-box user experience.

In May 2000, DiSTI released a revolutionary new toolkit for graphical interface development called GL Studio. It was the first toolkit of its kind to apply the power of object-oriented C++ code generation to the challenges of graphical interface application development and it quickly gained traction within the military simulation and training community.

Eight years later, GL Studio is now the gold standard for projects demanding rapid development of high performance graphical interfaces produced in human readable object-oriented coding formats. From the small niche community of military simulation and training, GL Studio is now being used by major manufacturers of automobiles, aircraft, space vehicles, and medical equipment for uses ranging from prototyping to embedded safety critical displays.

The new features for GL Studio 4.0 are as follows:

- A Unified Dockable Window Architecture

- A New Look and Feel with the New FLTK Upgrade

- Improved 3D Navigation

o Middle Mouse Click and Drag to Pan

o Mouse Wheel Zoom

- Customizable Design Layouts

- Improved 3D Studio Max® ASE Importer

- GlsMutex - A New Mutually Exclusive Container

- GlsNinePatch - For the Creation of Resizable Objects with Rounded Corners

- GlsPolyLine - A New Polygonal Line for Lines with Halos and Scalable Line Thickness

- GlsObjectAdjuster - Quickly adjust the Translation in the X, Y, Z Axis and the Heading, Pitch and Roll Rotation of Objects and Eyepoints

- 1-4 View Graphical Layout System

- IDE Style Code Entry

- Color Syntax Highlighting

- Consolidated Object Properties Layout

- Use of Display Lists for GlsTriMesh Objects for Improved Performance

- Improved File Loading Times

- Support for Visual Studio 2008

About DiSTI:

DiSTI is a global leader in the development of Human Machine Interface software for businesses, governments and the military. The company's flagship products, GL Studio and GL Studio for Java, enable programmers and developers to build high-fidelity graphics, 3D simulations and fully interactive controls into their models, enhancing the level of realism and sophistication, while improving learning and retention.

More than 400 customers worldwide including BAE Systems, Boeing, FedEx, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, Raytheon and Thales use DiSTI solutions to build maintenance trainers, create PC and Internet-based courseware and to develop components for safety-critical applications. As a full service provider, DiSTI offers a complement of custom programming and development services, and is the recognized leader in training solutions for the global simulation and training community. For more information, visit www.disti.com.

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Contact Information Scott Ariotti

The DiSTI Corporation

http://www.disti.com

407-206-3390

DMC Software Solutions Welcomes the Release of Sage 200 2009

2009-01-30T14:45:00.000+02:00

DMC Software Solutions Welcomes the Release of Sage 200 2009

DMC Software Solutions, an award winning Sage and Microsoft Gold Certified Business Partner, has recently been awarded Sage Customer Development Centre status and welcomes the launch of the new Sage 200 Suite.

(Vocus) January 30, 2009 -- DMC Software Solutions, an award winning Sage and Microsoft Gold Certified Business Partner, has recently been awarded Sage Customer Development Centre (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/aboutdmc/sage-cdc.aspx) status and welcomes the launch of the new Sage 200 Suite (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/sage-200/sage-200.aspx). In line with the Sage 200 Suite upgrade and declining economic climate, DMC Software is promoting the benefits and importance of integrating Accounts with Customer Relationship Management (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/CRM/CRM-software-overview.aspx) (CRM) technology.

The Sage 200 Suite is a product that facilitates the fusion of Accounts and CRM data to allow disparate departments to view each others activities. This synergy is vital in modern business as it allows all departments to work from the same real time information encouraging better customer service. This means that the entire process from enquiry through to sale, invoice and delivery can be tracked from one place, eradicating errors that result from miscommunication and the re-keying of data.

Additional benefits include:

• Quicker response times to customer enquiries

• Improved efficiency with the reduced need to rekey data

• Ability to view quotations and sales and purchase orders from CRM

• Improved productivity with streamlined workflow process

• Correlate accounts information and client histories

The Sage 200 Suite, first released in 2007, has been re-developed this year in line with the feedback of end users and business partners alike and is set to provide its users with a more comprehensive and flexible user experience. New features have been included across the all of the modules that form the suite, including Financials (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/sage-200/sage200_financials.aspx) and Commercials (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/sage-200/sage200_commercials.aspx), Project Accounting, CRM, Wholesale and Retail, and Manufacturing, to make Sage 200 better than ever.

DMC Software specialises in the implementation, development, training and support of the Sage 200 Suite and in recognition of this Sage have awarded DMC Software Sage Customer Development status (http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk/aboutdmc/sage-cdc.aspx). DMC Software is one of only nine business partners to receive this accolade which highlights their dedication and ability to provide a "breath taking" customer experience.

In addition to this, DMC Software offers independent Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Accounts solutions as well as professional services. DMC Software will work with a company to decide upon the best tools and services to increase efficiency of business processes and profitability, the array of products and services on offer guarantees DMC clients' exceptional customer service.

For more information on CRM or Accounts software from DMC Software visit www.dmcsoftware.co.uk, FREEPHONE 0800 6522 423 to speak to a member of the sales staff.

For more information please contact Jade Dixon-Winters, Marketing Executive.

Tel: 01733 362120

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Contact Information Jade Winters

DMC Software Solutions

http://www.dmcsoftware.co.uk

+44 01733362120

Mobile Cloud Services Innovator Soonr Chosen as Finalist in MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards Competition

2009-01-29T20:45:00.002+02:00

Mobile Cloud Services Innovator Soonr Chosen as Finalist in MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards Competition

Soonr, an innovator in mobile cloud services, has been chosen as a finalist in the MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards and will present on stage at the GSMA World Congress in Barcelona on February 16.

Campbell, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2009 -- Soonr, an innovator in mobile cloud services (http://public.soonr.com/home.html), has been chosen as a finalist in the MobileMonday Mobile Peer Awards and will present on stage at the GSMA World Congress in Barcelona on February 16.

Soonr was one of 20 finalists chosen from 163 entries submitted by MobileMonday chapters around the world, and is one of only three finalists from the United States. MobileMonday is a global community focusing on sharing knowledge and connecting innovators in mobile technology across all sectors of the industry and throughout the world. Their annual Mobile Peer Awards is a highly anticipated competition and event.

Earlier this month, Soonr introduced world's first iPhone application that uses the power of cloud computing to keep business people in touch with their documents anywhere they go. A free version is available from the Apple App Store (http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/browserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.itunes.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewSoftware%253Fid%253D300369752%2526mt%253D8) with expanded versions offered through leading mobile operators and SaaS providers.

A video demonstration of Soonr for the iPhone is available here. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lc_oeJrHH8)

Soonr makes the documents on your Mac or PC completely mobile. Whenever your computer is online, Soonr automatically and instantly backs up your files in your "personal cloud," making them always available to you. iPhone users get a crisp, clear view of all their documents - whether they are Word, Excel, PowerPoint or virtually any other file type - along with the ability to collaborate and share, and even print to a remote printer right from their iPhones.

All of Soonr's capabilities are available to you, even when host computers are sleeping or powered off. As a bonus, since Soonr continuously and securely backs up your documents to your personal cloud, they are easily restored in case of computer failure or loss.

For more information, go to www.soonr.com.

Media Contact:

Krause Taylor Associates for Soonr

Jonelle Hester

408.918.9083

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Contact Information Jonelle Hester

Soonr

http://www.soonr.com

408-918-9083

VISTAGY's Revenues Climb 30 Percent in 2008 in Spite of Challenging Economic Environment

2009-01-29T20:45:00.001+02:00

VISTAGY's Revenues Climb 30 Percent in 2008 in Spite of Challenging Economic Environment

Premier provider of specialized engineering software thrives due to customer-centric approach and preeminent position in aerospace engineering solutions

Waltham, MA (Vocus) January 29, 2009 -- VISTAGY, Inc. (http://www.vistagy.com/), a leading global provider of specialized engineering software, today announced that its revenue increased 30 percent over 2008 in spite of the systemic problems in the badly slumping worldwide economy. Fueling that growth was a robust 52 percent increase in product revenue.

The company aims to build on that success in 2009 by continuing to forge close relationships with its customers, expanding its commitment to the emerging aerospace markets in Russia, Asia Pacific and India, and increasing its share of the aerospace, automotive, transportation interiors and the fast-growing wind energy markets.

"We were particularly strong in the fourth quarter when the economy was significantly deteriorating, proving that our products are especially relevant when it is critical to achieve increased efficiency and associated cost savings," said Steve Luby, president and CEO of VISTAGY.

"We focus on partnering closely with customers to develop and deploy design methodologies tailored to their specific products and processes. I think that had a lot to do with our success in 2008. Our software not only enables customers to more efficiently design and manufacture some of the world's most complex products, but our customers have reported that the knowledge, experience and responsiveness of the people at VISTAGY are also critical factors in their success."

In 2008, VISTAGY continued to support the expansion of the aerospace industry to emerging markets while maintaining its strong position in North America and Europe by partnering with premier sales and service providers, such as CSM Vigyan in India, Innovation Technologies and Solutions (ITS) in Russia and INCAT in North America. VISTAGY also signed a variety of customers in Russia and China that are using VISTAGY's FiberSIM® composites engineering software (http://www.vistagy.com/products/fibersim-composite-environments.aspx) and Airframe Development Environments™ (http://www.vistagy.com/products/airframe-development-environments.aspx) aircraft assembly software to reduce product development cycles, enhance product quality and meet aggressive delivery schedules.

Another source of growth for VISTAGY in 2008 was its Seat Design Environment™ (http://www.vistagy.com/products/seating-environments.aspx) (SDE) software. VISTAGY signed a number of new customers, including Faurecia, the eighth-largest automotive supplier in the world. Faurecia purchased SDE for use in its engineering operations in the United States as well as Europe. While the initial purchase of SDE will be used to enhance the engineering of seat trim in automotive interiors, the companies plan to work together to improve software applications and related engineering methodologies for designing and manufacturing foam, seat assemblies and entire automotive interiors.

"At one time, CAD was the first and last word in design," said Mr. Luby. "But as firms have strived to design and manufacture more complex and integrated components and assemblies and use new materials and processes, they have discovered the need for complementary, specialized engineering tools that enable them to design better products faster. We look forward to helping our customers succeed by doing just that in 2009."

About VISTAGY

VISTAGY, Inc. is a leading global provider of engineering software that enhances the functionality of commercial 3D CAD systems. For almost 20 years, VISTAGY has developed, sold and supported solutions that enable engineers to capture complete virtual product definitions, facilitating automatic reuse of engineering information and efficient communication across the enterprise and supply chain. VISTAGY software increases productivity, improves communication throughout the product lifecycle, and enables better-informed decision-making earlier in the design process. Our customers include over 200 of the world's leading manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, transportation interiors and wind energy industries. VISTAGY is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA and can be reached at +1.781.250.6800 or by visiting www.vistagy.com.

VISTAGY, the VISTAGY logo, FiberSIM, and Engineer Success are registered trademarks or trademarks of VISTAGY, Inc., in the United States and in other countries. All other companies and products referenced herein have trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Editorial Contact:

Jeff Grossman

Corporate Communications Manager

VISTAGY, Inc.

+1.781.250.6895

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Contact Information Jeff Grossman

Vistagy Inc.

http://www.vistagy.com

781-250-6895

Sagoon, a New Web Search Engine, Launches Beta Version

2009-01-29T20:45:00.000+02:00

Sagoon, a New Web Search Engine, Launches Beta Version

A new search engine that integrates, processes, and provides information in the most user-friendly way, aims to attract users in a unique way.

(PRWEB) January 29, 2009 -- Sagoon, (sagoon.com) based in Washington DC, has released the beta version of its new search engine (www.sagoon.com) for public testing.

The Internet is reaching more and more people every day. Millions of people visit it every second to contribute information or to search for it. Surfing the Internet has become a part of most everyone's daily routine. There is an increasing demand to provide information on the Web in innovative and user-friendly ways, as well as to provide businesses the opportunity to flourish online in the most cost-effective manner. Sagoon was founded by two IT professionals Mr. Govinda Giri and Mr. Shiba Dhakal with the purpose of fulfilling these goals.

The key idea behind the Sagoon technology - "Random Vector Model" - is to promote semantic search over the regular lexical search to provide more meaningful information to users. This is done by analyzing the content of Web data and news documents to find out hidden similarities among them. The implementation of "semantic analysis" requires a series of algorithms and mathematical calculations.

The Sagoon results cover a number of resources for variety in results. The results are obtained from a combination of Sagoon's index, Yahoo Boss, and some of the larger search companies in the online information industry. Search results organized by ideas and concepts provide results based on Web page content analysis. Search results also offer organized features such as tabs to clarify subjects, news display groups, and the most relevant queries to explore more topics. This helps in guiding the users to the desired results with just one mouse click.

Sagoon's various services like Web search (www.sagoon.com), News Search, Video Search, and Directory and Classifieds are new approaches towards storing resources and information from all over the world. Sagoon is also in the process of developing other niche products with innovative business ideas and approaches which have not been seen on the market yet.

"We are planning an aggressive growth for the company and its technology so that we can continue providing the best search experience on the Web," says Govinda Giri, founder and chief of Sagoon Inc. "I have a dream of making Sagoon a world class search engine with different user experiences. This beta marks our first step towards eventually creating a different direction in searching the Web."

Elixir Web Solutions, a New Delhi based interactive media and Technology Company was selected to develop Sagoon's technology. "Our company was selected to execute this highly ambitious project and our team has lived up to Mr. Giri's expectations in developing a world class search engine. In fact, the portal is much more than just a search engine and the product also contains a series of sections. In executing this project, we have got a good opportunity to demonstrate our technical expertise and for continued development, there are many more exciting features lined up for Sagoon. Mr. Giri has great vision and I believe Sagoon has the potential to become market leader" - said Mohit Sareen, Elixir's Founder and CEO.

"Our team approaches Web search differently. By leveraging our expertise in search architecture and relevance methods, we've built a more efficient search engine which is richer than display keyword search," says Sagoon's chief developer Manish Kumar. "We are in the process of adding unique features to Sagoon such as semantic search and natural language processing. This way, we will be providing artificial intelligence which can understand what exactly the user is looking for, thus providing them the best quality content which they can get on the Web."

Summary of Sagoon's features:

Sagoon search engine features clean Web page half-box layout style that separates results by subject and allows further search by category, and user friendly interface. Tabs and group displays in Web results clarify search topics and throw up the most relevant results.

About Sagoon

Sagoon is a privately owned company based in Washington DC. It is dedicated to providing a new window for Web search that combines the largest Web index with content-based relevance methods and organized results. Sagoon derives its name from Sanskrit "Shakuna" meaning "auspicious or ushering good results." This christening reflects Sagoon's sincere wish that the exploration of information and resources on the site ushers in "good luck" and augurs well for all businesses and users. For more information, please visit www.sagoon.com.

About Elixir Web Solutions

Elixir Web Solutions is one of the leading interactive media and Technology Company based in New Delhi, India. The company was established in the year 2000, and since then Elixir has executed several large scale projects. At Elixir, we design elegant solutions, create meaningful online-user experiences, and strategically guide and manage interactive-marketing campaigns with measurable results. The technology wing at Elixir is also responsible for making complex Intranet applications. For more information, please visit www.elixirwebsolutions.com.

Media contacts:

Sagoon Inc.

Govinda Giri

571-239-4710

Elixir Web Solutions

512-380-1117

41407335

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Contact Information Govinda Giri

http://www.sagoon.com/search_news.php?search=1&keyvalue=obama

571-239-4710

Jet Reports Announces Worldwide Certification Program

2009-01-28T20:45:00.000+02:00

Jet Reports Announces Worldwide Certification Program

Jet Reports announced a new Certification Program for Jet Reports users worldwide at the Microsoft Convergence EMEA tradeshow in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Copenhagen, Denmark - Jet Reports announced a new Certification Program for Jet Reports users worldwide at the Microsoft Convergence EMEA tradeshow in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The certifications recognize experts with various levels of Jet Reports expertise ranging from accountants to consultants to trainers. This exciting new program will allow customers to seek out trusted and reputable professionals from the Microsoft Dynamics channel to assist with installation, support and training on Jet Reports and their ERP databases. It will also recognize the growing community of accountants and financial officers that use Jet Reports to make critical business decisions every day.

"It has been brought to our attention that Jet Reports expertise is a growing requirement amongst business managers across industries worldwide. We are pleased to recognize our partners and customers for their dedication to assisting business managers worldwide," commented Jet Reports International president, Phil Bride.

"I appreciate the opportunity to be certified on Jet Reports," says Hans Fousert, Qurius Learning Solutions, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Learning Solutions, in the Netherlands. "I have trained hundreds of professionals on Jet Reports and certification gives me access to the latest information and best practices available."

"Certification helps us insure that our partners present Jet Reports with the proper knowledge of the product," offers Paul Hollcraft, Jet Reports US, Portland, Oregon. "We can recognize consultants and experts for their level of expertise and offer our customers confidence in working with certified experts."

Jet Reports certification consists of three levels. Certified Specialist offers Jet Reports users to be certified as Jet Reports knowledgeable. Certified Professional must show knowledge and expertise in developing reports, and Certified Trainer additionally show they have training expertise.

Jet Reports users can register for certification at the Jet Reports Certification website, www.jetreports.com/certification.

About Jet Reports

Jet Reports, Inc. is the premier Excel--based reporting solution used by over 40,000 users in over 80 countries. Jet Reports was founded in 2002 to assist business managers make critical business decisions by providing user--friendly reporting on Microsoft Dynamics data inside of Excel. Jet Reports is located in Portland, Oregon, USA and distributes exclusively through Jet Reports International, Inc.

About Jet Reports International

Jet Reports International, Inc. (JRI) is the exclusive worldwide marketing and distribution channel of Jet Reports, Inc. JRI supports a dedicated distribution network of Jet Reports Territory Representatives (JTR) throughout the world supplying product and marketing services to Jet Reports dealers and customers.

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Jet Reports International Inc., has over 10 JTR offices worldwide representing 40,000 customers in over 80 countries.

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Contact Information Phillip Bride

Jet Reports

http://www.jetreports.com

503 608 3600

Soffront CRM Helps Narus, Inc. Improve Development Processes and Customer Support

2009-01-26T14:45:00.001+02:00

Soffront CRM Helps Narus, Inc. Improve Development Processes and Customer Support

Soffront® Software Inc., www.soffront.com, the leader of mid-market CRM software, today announced that Narus, Inc. (www.narus.com) is using Soffront CRM to enhance their product development process. Narus, Inc. (headquartered in Mountain View, California) is the leader in real-time traffic intelligence for the protection and management of large IP networks.

Fremont, CA (PRWEB) January 26, 2009 -- Soffront® Software Inc., www.soffront.com, the leader of mid-market CRM software, today announced that Narus, Inc. (www.narus.com) is using Soffront CRM to enhance their product development process. Narus, Inc. (headquartered in Mountain View, California) is the leader in real-time traffic intelligence for the protection and management of large IP networks.

"Narus purchased Soffront CRM several years ago to improve work processes in our engineering department," explained Richard Casey, Senior Director, Engineering Operations at Narus. "Consequently, Soffront has allowed us to automate many of our processes, reducing human error and increasing productivity."

According to Casey, the engineering department uses Soffront CRM to track defects and development tasks. "We needed to automate certain items in the defect tracking portion of our system to improve inconsistencies," continued Casey. "Additionally, the software provides upper level management with a more accurate picture of the status of a particular product release."

Casey explained that Narus continues to integrate additional automation into the engineering processes. "The customization capabilities of Soffront CRM give us the flexibility to easily adjust our processes as our business grows."

About Soffront:

Soffront Software Inc. has the experience, technology and focus for mid market companies seeking CRM solutions. A CRM pioneer since 1992, Soffront spans the enterprise with integrated CRM: sales, marketing, customer service, knowledge base, help desk, project management, asset/inventory management, order processing, defect tracking and more. Soffront CRM is flexible, powerful, and affordable. It is designed to readily adapt to a company's processes, workflows, and users. With on-demand, on-site, or host-to-purchase options, floating or named seats, Soffront is the perfect choice for mid-size companies. With more than 2,500 CRM customers worldwide, Soffront's installed base includes Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized businesses, federal, state, and local governments. Soffront is privately held, debt-free, and profitable.

Media Contact:

Alison Golan, 904-230-0349

Alison (at) Soffront.com

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Contact Information SARAH BOND

Soffront Software

http://www.soffront.com

510-413-9000

Analog Devices' Blackfin and Factum's Middleware Enable Single-Chip Solution for DAB/DAB+/DMB Receivers

2009-01-26T14:45:00.000+02:00

Analog Devices' Blackfin and Factum's Middleware Enable Single-Chip Solution for DAB/DAB+/DMB Receivers

First single-chip solution with DLS, SLS, and EPG and audio/image/video processing for Eureka 147 receiver designs

Norwood, MA (PRWEB) January 26, 2009 -- Analog Devices, Inc. today announced that the newest version of DAB/DAB+/DMB (Digital Audio Broadcasting/Digital Multimedia Broadcasting) middleware from Factum Electronics AB (http://www.factum.se), a leading supplier of software and systems for digital multimedia broadcasting, is now available on ADI's low-power, high-performance Blackfin® BF5xx processors (http://www.analog.com/en/embedded-processing-dsp/blackfin/content/index.html).

Pairing the Blackfin processor with Factum middleware enables a single-chip module that is the industry's first to bring DLS (Dynamic Label Segment), SLS (Slideshow), and EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) data services together with audio, image, and video decoding capabilities for the next generation of handheld mobile receivers and kitchen radios with displays or screens.

Receivers equipped to handle multimedia formats -- including text and images -- supported by the growing set of the Eureka 147 family of DAB/DAB+/DMB standards (http://www.worlddab.org) require a processor able to deliver high performance at low power, and in a small form factor. Applications with these design demands benefit from the converged microcontroller and signal processor functionality provided by Blackfin. This DSP + MCU convergent processing drives down bill-of-materials cost for digital radio receivers and other price-sensitive consumer electronics products.

"Supporting the latest DAB, DAB+, and DMB multimedia data services in a single-chip solution promises to bring advanced functionality to the market in the next wave of digital radio receivers and at lower prices," said Quentin Howard, president of the WorldDMB Forum . "Commercially available technologies with advanced features such as the module produced by the collaboration of Factum Electronics and Analog Devices are an essential element which enable consumer electronics manufacturers to make devices delivering the media experience consumers expect."

Factum's complete range of middleware modules for data services not only reduces development time for receiver manufacturers, but also they support receiver stability and quality of service. Offerings include FIC (Fast Information Channel), DLS, SLS, EPG, TPEG (Transport Protocol Experts Group), and BWS (Broadcast Website).

This middleware is built upon Factum's extensive experience as a head-end system manufacturer, and leverages the company's expertise in developing, testing, validating, and supporting middleware products for chipset, terminal, and receiver manufacturers.

To complement Factum's middleware, ADI is providing a system solution for DAB/DAB+/DMB receivers -- including essential software modules such as MPEG2 TS demuxer, HE-AAC decoder, H.264 decoder, MP2 decoder, JPEG decoder, PNG decoder, and high-quality GUI -- which all execute on a single Blackfin processor. LCD, remote control, and keypad are supported along with control of the DAB/DAB+/DMB front-end tuner by Blackfin. With the complete TCP/IP stack and various popular audio decoders (MP3, WMA, Real, and AAC) running on the Blackfin processor, Internet radio (for example, vTuner and SHOUTcast™) along with a host of Internet music services (such as Rhapsody®) are supported as well.

Audio post-processing routines from Audyssey (http://www.audyssey.com), which include BassXT, Dynamic EQ, and EQ, also run on the same Blackfin processor to enhance listening pleasure dramatically.

The programmability of the Blackfin processor will speed future implementation of new functionality, such as Journaline® and Intellitext, because the embedded software can be modified instead of the chip.

"Australian radio broadcasters going digital in May 2009 plan to provide listeners with a full range of digital services, including multimedia features such as Programme Guides and Slideshow, from day one of the DAB+ digital radio launch," said Joan Warner, chief executive officer, Commercial Radio Australia. "We want listeners to be able to choose from a selection of well-priced receivers. Tested, production-ready silicon and middleware, such as Analog Devices and Factum are providing, are a must-have ingredient for the manufacturers bringing receivers into the market."

Learn More

Visit www.analog.com/Blackfin for additional information. For ongoing news and developments, follow Blackfin at http://twitter.com/Blackfin.

Details about the Eureka 147 family of standards are available from The WorldDMB Forum at www.worlddab.org.

About Factum Electronics

Factum Electronics AB (www.factum.se), a wholly owned subsidiary of Effnet Holding AB (First North Nasdaq OMX: EFFN, www.effnetholding.se), is a world leader in the areas of DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), DAB+, DMB (Digital Multimedia Broadcasting), and NICAM, digital stereo sound for television broadcasting. Factum Electronics develops and sells system solutions for signal encoding, decoding, and processing and serves professional broadcasting customers in more than 40 countries. Additionally, Factum Electronics develops and sells middleware for receiver chip manufacturers and test & monitoring equipment.

About Analog Devices

Innovation, performance, and excellence are the cultural pillars on which Analog Devices has built one of the longest standing, highest growth companies within the technology sector. Acknowledged industry-wide as the world leader in data conversion and signal conditioning technology, Analog Devices serves over 60,000 customers, representing virtually all types of electronic equipment. Celebrating 40 years as a leading global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications, Analog Devices is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, with design and manufacturing facilities throughout the world. Analog Devices' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "ADI" and is included in the S&P 500 Index.

Blackfin is a registered trademark of Analog Devices, Inc. All other trademarks included herein are the property of their respective owners.

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Contact Information Jessen Wehrwein

Analog Devices Inc.

http://www.analog.com

781-461-3337