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OIPF Again Demonstrates Industry-Wide Appeal with Diversity of New Members

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:50:00 EDT

As the Open IPTV Forum celebrates its third anniversary, the strength of its broad influence and appeal is again demonstrated through further growth in both membership and industry relationships.

By announcing the addition of AwoX, Rogers Communications, Rovi Corporation and Vestel Group as the latest companies to swell the ranks of the membership, the Forum continues to extend and reinforce its coverage in both technology and geography. In terms of industry relationships, the existing arrangements with DVB, DLNA and ETSI are further boosted with engagements with both the Broadband Forum and Home Gateway Initiative (HGI).

YunChao Hu, President of the OIPF, extended a warm welcome to the new members - "An important measure of the progress of the Forum, in addition to the continuing development of freely available specifications, is the steady growth of our membership. This growth follows naturally from an increasing awareness and recognition of our work in the marketplace, and with AwoX focused on network media solutions, Rogers one of the largest wireless and cable operators in Canada, Rovi's strength in digital entertainment technology, and Vestel prominent in consumer electronics, these latest members bring domain-specific skills and experience which strengthen even further our ability to develop meaningful and relevant specifications".

AwoX provides network media solutions for the digital home, ranging from embedded technologies to OEM/ODM internet-connected products. The company produces a suite of SDKs used by tier-one consumer electronics and system integrators to create devices designed to DLNA guidelines. Based on his own technology, AwoX manufactures connected consumer electronics device for content and service providers, allowing them to deploy premium services. AwoX is headquartered in Montpellier, France, with branches in Singapore & Hong Kong.

Rovi Corporation is focused on delivering solutions that enable consumers to intuitively connect to new entertainment from many sources and locations. The company provides industry leading interactive media and program guides; a vast catalog of entertainment metadata; advanced media recognition solutions and standard-based networking technologies for television, movies, music and photos to its customers in the consumer electronics, cable and satellite, entertainment and online distribution markets.

Vestel Group is comprised of 25 companies operating in manufacturing, technology development, marketing and distribution in the consumer electronics, IT, digital technologies and household appliances markets. Vestel has a turnover of EUR 3.7 billion and is the largest TV manufacturer in Europe, utilising a variety of TV technologies and accounting for 16% of the total TVs and 14% of the LCD TVs in the market, as well as producing 25% of the digital set-top boxes, including digital broadcast (terrestrial, cable and satellite) and IP variants. With its strong R&D team of 1000+ people located in Turkey, USA, UK, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Vestel has been transferring knowhow to European IPTV market with its Hotel TVs, Digital Signages, Hospital TVs and operator STBs for years now.

In concluding, Yun Chao Hu commented "These recent activities, closely following the availability of the
Release 1 Specifications and Implementation Profiles, form the basis for further development of a truly global interoperable Ecosystem. We are now moving forward with the initial requirements and architecture on Release 2."

For further information, please contact: Claire d'Esclercs press@oipf.tv

NOTES FOR EDITORS

IPTV (Internet Protocol Television or Interactive Personalised Television) is a system where a digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure, which may include delivery by a broadband connection. A general definition of IPTV is television content that, instead of being delivered through traditional broadcast and cable formats, is received by the viewer through the technologies used for computer networks. With IPTV, the television screen becomes a means of communication, allowing the viewer to interact with the service. It will have numerous applications, for example, in video on demand, shopping, for special needs, quiz shows, voting in television shows etc.

The Open IPTV Forum is fully open to participants from across the communications and entertainment industries, and brings together network operators, content providers, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and home and network infrastructure providers. The members of the Open IPTV Forum are working together on the development of open specifications because they recognise that combining the expertise of all involved will help to streamline and accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies. Their aim is to make the next generation of IPTV a mass market service and to maximise the benefits of IPTV for consumers as well as the industry.

For further information about the Forum: visit http://www.oipf.tv

Open IPTV Forum (OIPF) Members to demonstrate elements of the OIPF Release 1.1 Specifications at the IPTV World Forum in London, 23-25 March 2010

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:45:00 EDT

Continuing the OIPF trend of proactively promoting the relevance and practical benefits of its published standards-based end-to-end IPTV specifications, the OIPF booth (#233) at the IPTV World Forum in London will showcase technology solutions demonstrating elements of Release 1.1 of its specifications. The demonstrations at the event will be as follows:

An integrated demonstration from AwoX, Ericsson, Intertrust, Opera and Verimatrix will show end-to-end Content Protection with multi-device portability, Service Discovery and Selection (SD&S) and Content Download corresponding to the OIPF Release 1.1, Baseline Managed Profile, and using the Terminal Centric Approach for DRM (Marlin BB) and content sharing examples which utilize the DLNA Guidelines, Expanded Aug 2009. The demonstration will show how protection of content (copyright protected digital assets such as movies and music) can be achieved at any time and on any device in a converged content protection scenario.
Ericsson and Motorola will demonstrate IPTV based on OIPF Release 1.1, Enhanced Managed Profile, using the Ericsson IPTV Middleware together with a Motorola STB with an integrated IMS gateway. Standard features demonstrated are Service Discovery, Scheduled Content, browser based EPG and Content on Demand and the demonstration will involve a streaming server and STB in the OIPF booth, connected remotely via VPN over Internet to the Ericsson IMS and IPTV lab in Stockholm.
Fraunhofer FOKUS will show ongoing development of its Open IPTV Ecosystem, based on the end-to-end OIPF specifications, and announce a roadmap for release of components of the Ecosystem, helping stimulate uptake of the specifications. The demonstrated scenarios correspond to the OIPF Release 1.1, and beyond Baseline Managed Profile and Enhanced Managed Profile, and show the convergence of IPTV, communications and community services. This includes basic IPTV services such as Scheduled Content (Linear TV) and Content on Demand shown inside a prototypical HTML5 client (DAE), as well as advanced services such as Incoming Call and interaction with VoD, "See what I See" and Recommendations.

In addition to the specific demonstrations at the OIPF booth, approximately 20 members of the Forum will be exhibiting at IPTV World Forum, emphasising the increasing momentum of the Forum and its work within the IPTV community. The forum will also participate in panels in the main congress, please see http://www.oipf.tv/ for more info.

Yunchao Hu, Open IPTV Forum President, said: "Following the positive reception our member demonstrations received at IBC and at IPTV Forum Asia in late 2009, it's great to continue the momentum at the world's most significant IPTV-specific event. At each event the scope and sophistication of the technology on display increases, and this time many of the OIPF members will each be showcasing products and solutions which implement multiple elements from the Release 1 Forum specifications."

The OIPF Release 1 specifications, together with the related implementation Profiles, are freely available for download at http://www.oipf.tv/, and the OIPF is now focused on the development of Release 2 specifications. Membership now includes over 60 key IPTV stakeholders and those with a vested interest in IPTV are encouraged to join to support the push towards standardised IPTV; membership details are available at the website.

For further information about this news release, please contact: Claire d'Esclercs press@oipf.tv

NOTES FOR EDITORS
IPTV (Internet Protocol Television or Interactive Personalised Television) is a system where a digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure, which may include delivery by a broadband connection. A general definition of IPTV is television content that, instead of being delivered through traditional broadcast and cable formats, is received by the viewer through the technologies used for computer networks. With IPTV, the television screen becomes a means of communication, allowing the viewer to interact with the service. It will have numerous applications, for example, in video on demand, shopping, for special needs, quiz shows, voting in television shows etc.

The Open IPTV Forum is fully open to participants from across the communications and entertainment industries, and brings together network operators, content providers, service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and home and network infrastructure providers. The members of the Open IPTV Forum are working together on the development of open standards because they recognise that combining the expertise of all involved will help to streamline and accelerate deployments of IPTV technologies. Their aim is to make the next generation of IPTV a mass market service and to maximise the benefits of IPTV for consumers as well as the industry.

For further information about the Open IPTV Forum: visit http://www.oipf.tv/

Telephonetics VIP and Lagan collaborate to provide excellent service solutions for the public sector

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:30:00 EDT

Telephonetics VIP is awarded Lagan Silver Partner status for sophisticated software integration...

18th March 2010, Hemel Hempstead, UK - Telephonetics VIP, the automated telephony and data integration specialist collaborates with Lagan, leading government software supplier; to integrate Telephonetics VIP's sophisticated Contact Centre telephony with the Enterprise Case Management system from Lagan.

The seamless software integration with single CRM/ACD sign on improves productivity enabling public sector organisations to achieve key targets and performance indicators set by the Government, including NI 14, resolving queries first time and reducing avoidable contact.

Improving efficiency and reducing call handling times are key areas for the public sector to get right, achieving first time call resolution. The integration between Lagan and Telephonetics VIP technology provides flexibility and the potential to maximise your infrastructure investment helping you to deliver savings and meet the current increase in expectations of public services.

The technology collaboration provides the following unique functionality:

Enhances current security and protects customers' bank details with the pause call recording feature which automatically suspends call recording when payment details are being collected over the telephone.
Controls agent workflow with automatic wrap-up at the end of every call.

Mark Holmes, Director of Sales at Telephonetics VIP, comments "Blending key technologies such as the Lagan Enterprise Case Management system with the Telephonetics VIP automated telephony is an essential productivity tool for organisations facing the worst financial challenge of our time. We are delighted at our Silver Partner status and to be working alongside Lagan with our complementary solutions. We are confident that we offer customers a true cost effective integrated solution that helps the public sector deliver more for less now and into the future."

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About Telephonetics VIP
Telephonetics VIP, which is part of Telephonetics Plc, is a leading provider of speech recognition and voice automation solutions. Offering diverse automation solutions and deployed across 20,000 telephony channels, Telephonetics VIP uniquely processes over 35 million minutes of speech recognition per annum via its carrier-class resilient platform in both hosted and customer premises solutions.

Drawing on over 15 years of understanding how people interact over the telephone, Telephonetics VIP offers a range of customer-focused solutions covering even the most demanding environments, and delivering real business benefits to all its customers. With innovative solutions for speech self-service, mobility, outbound messaging, emergency notification and business continuity, Telephonetics VIP has built a large customer base. This includes 80% of the major UK multiplex cinemas, over 60% of the NHS acute health trusts, more than 50 local councils and emergency service operations alongside significant financial and legal company representation.

TELEPHONETICS PLC
Telephonetics Plc (TPH.L) is a UK-based leading provider of speech automation and data integration solutions. The Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in July 2005.

About Lagan Technologies
Lagan Technologies are the global leaders in G2C (government to citizen) technology. Lagan software connects government and citizens worldwide. It enables governments and citizens to communicate online, on the phone and on the move. With more than 180 public sector customers worldwide - from Toronto to East Timor and from Bolton to Boston - Lagan helps local governments serve the interests of more than 40 million citizens.

Lagan Enterprise Case ManagementTM (ECMTM) has been designed to streamline the service delivery functions of government, enabling improved efficiency and more citizen-centric public services. Lagan ECM manages the interactions between citizens and government and provides full support for a wide variety of government service delivery processes. Lagan ECM has proven utility for government at all levels - local, regional and central - as well as the wider public sector.

For further information please contact:

Telephonetics VIP
Chris Binding, Marketing Communications Executive (Public Sector)
+44 (0)1442 242 242
chris.binding@telephoneticsvip.co.uk

Lagan Technologies
Alison Palmer, UK Marketing Manager
+44 (0)2890 788 300
alison_palmer@lagan.com

Camwood Alerts Enterprises To Pitfalls In Windows 7 Migration

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:56:00 EDT

eBook summarises 11 of the most common migration mistakes

LONDON, 18th March 2010 - With many large companies expressing a probable intention to start migrating to Windows 7 within the next year or two, application migration specialist Camwood has today published a short eBook. Advising best practice for successfully migrating thousands of applications and tens of thousands of users all over the world, the eBook is available immediately from: http://www.camwood.com/resources-2/.

Many large enterprises focus on deploying the new operating system itself, getting hardware upgraded and working out every infrastructure issue first - the applications are an afterthought. What they may not be considering is just how large and complex their application estate has become since the last big migration, and how decisions made about applications will actually determine decisions about infrastructure.

To this end, Camwood's eBook summarises 11 of the most common migration mistakes of managing application change in even the best-run IT departments:
1. Starting to think about applications too late
2. Missing the opportunities that a major migration creates
3. Not rationalising the application portfolio first
4. Skimping on Application Compatibility testing
5. Underplaying the discovery phase
6. Forgetting about web applications
7. Trying to migrate without a management platform
8. Failing to understand the target platform
9. Asking outsourcers to do what they are not set up to do
10. Throwing bodies at the problem
11. Failing to leverage migration assets for 'business-as-usual'

"Only when you understand your applications can you develop accurate deployment strategies," says Frank Foxall, CEO of Camwood. "We have seen dozens of companies run a well-oiled OS and hardware migration only to find that a lot of critical applications will just not run on the new platform. The result is deployment silos, a proliferation of kiosk fixes and a fair amount of feathers flying around."

He added: "If you think of apps first, the rest will follow. As a case in point, a major bank was well on the road to a 64-bit application platform until an analysis of their business-critical applications showed that only 30% would survive the move. Finding out early saved them a world of pain."

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Notes to Editors

About Camwood
Camwood helps large enterprises minimise the disruption and cost of major application migrations and platform changes. We call our approach Enlightened Migration™ and it is changing the way enterprises manage and migrate their application portfolios. It is all about faster migrations and change programs, lower support and migration costs and the smallest possible impact on users and the business.

Camwood has over ten years' experience in Application Logistics, including application migration, rationalisation & virtualisation for some of the world's largest application estates. Our unique combination of expertise, software and methodology make us the preferred migration partners for the UK's largest enterprises - including Vodafone, Atkins, Tube Lines, Santander, RBS, Sainsburys, Lloyds TSB, BAE Systems and HMRC.

Media Contact:

Contact:
Nick Spencer
NSPR for Camwood
01628 502 606
nick@nspr.co.uk

Neeley Casserly
Marketing Manager
Camwood
020 7562 1241
Neeley.Casserly@camwood.com

Innovation pays off for Cambridge Broadband Networks

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:42:00 EDT

Microwave telecoms specialists named as one of UK's top companies for investment in R&D

Cambridge, UK, 18th March 2010: Cambridge Broadband Networks has been recognised by the UK Government for its investment in research and development (R&D). The mobile network microwave backhaul specialist is one of the top 50 technology hardware and equipment sector companies recognised in 'The Department for Business Innovation and Skills' 2009 R&D Scoreboard. The listing recognises the USD$6.7m R&D investment made by Cambridge Broadband Networks between 2008 and 2009 to ready its VectaStar products for the mobile backhaul expansion demands.

Dramatic increases in mobile data traffic, driven by the proliferation of smartphones and USB dongles have placed an unprecedented strain on backhaul networks. In order to avoid spiralling CAPEX and OPEX costs mobile operators have had to look for alternative backhaul solutions to meet the increased capacity demands. Cambridge Broadband Networks has responded by investing heavily in the rapid evolution of its VectaStar point-to-multipoint (PMP) microwave backhaul solutions. VectaStar PMP solutions are particularly suited to satisfying the exploding demand for HSDPA and LTE data backhaul.

As a result, uptake of VectaStar deployments has been dramatic, with significant market gains for Cambridge Broadband Networks in a wide range of markets. In addition to increasing adoption in the developed European market, VectaStar now helps to power the world's busiest HSPA network (Mobily, Saudi Arabia), it is being deployed in Africa by the world's fastest growing operator, MTN group and by Gateway (Vodacom), to power the world's largest PMP microwave network. These and other contract wins, placed Cambridge Broadband Networks into the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 in 2009 and the company has just been named as a finalist in Growing Business magazine's Fast Growth Business of Year Awards 2010.

Graham Peel, CEO at Cambridge Broadband Networks, said: "No other company in our sector is investing so heavily in R&D. That investment is producing significant dividends for Cambridge Broadband Networks and its customers. Our VectaStar PMP microwave backhaul solutions now offer an efficient, high capacity and future proofed means of addressing the demand for mobile backhaul, and they deliver clear and quantifiable savings in both operating and capital expenditure. Those characteristics have given us a lead on both legacy microwave technologies and our competitors in the PMP microwave sector."

VectaStar is a next generation alternative to legacy mobile backhaul solutions which include point-to-point (P2P) microwave and leased lines. It complements fibre as a technology choice to meet increased cell site traffic capacity demands. The PMP based architecture is quick to deploy, costing a fraction of fibre deployments and means that precious spectrum resources are used both efficiently and dynamically as network traffic builds. VectaStar also reduces by nearly 50% the number of microwave radios required to build the network (compared to P2P), contributing to a significant reduction in CAPEX and OPEX, reductions in network complexity, site access and maintenance demands as well as energy consumption.

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About Cambridge Broadband Networks (www.cbnl.com)
Cambridge Broadband Networks a member of the Next Generation Mobile Network Alliance (NGMN), provides telecommunications operators with carrier-class wireless point-to-multipoint transmission equipment. The company's unique approach to backhaul means that its technology provides operators with a highly compelling business case, reducing backhaul costs by up to 60%. To date, Cambridge Broadband Networks products have been commercially deployed and technically proven in more than 30 countries, and the company continues to expand into new geographical markets as wireless networks become more widespread throughout the world. Privately-held, Cambridge Broadband Networks has headquarters in Cambridge, UK, with offices in Malaysia and South Africa and manufacturing facilities in China.

About the Department for Business Innovation and Skills R&D Scoreboard (www.innovation.gov.uk/rd_scoreboard/)
The Scoreboard is an international league table of the companies investing the most in R&D. It is designed as a benchmarking tool for companies, investors and policy-makers. The scoreboard report summarises the 2008 company data on investment in R&D and financial performance of the 1,000 UK companies that have invested most in R&D, including foreign-owned companies whose R&D is conducted in the UK and reported in the UK1000. To put the UK performance into perspective, it also includes data on the 1,000 most R&D active companies globally (G1000) and highlights the main trends in both the UK and global data.

Media contacts
For more information about any of the issues in this press release, please contact:

James Mitchell, Babel PR
cbn@babelpr.com
+44 (0)20 7434 5550
www.babelpr.com

Confirmit Recognized as a Service Leader by CRM Magazine

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:12:00 EDT

…Company Honored for Success in Feedback Management Sector…

New York, NY and Oslo, Norway - March 18th, 2010: Confirmit, the leading global software vendor for Customer Feedback, Employee Feedback and Market Research has announced that it has been recognized as a Service leader in the Enterprise Feedback Management category of CRM Magazine's 2010 Service Awards. The title has been awarded for the company's focus on high-quality customer experiences through the sophisticated integration of people, processes and technologies.

Gary Schwartz, SVP Marketing at Confirmit commented "we're proud to be recognized as a Service Leader in the feedback management sector. The Confirmit Horizons platform enables businesses to build outstanding Voice of the Customer programs, which incorporate multi-channel feedback capture, CRM integration and the most advanced reporting platform in the world."

Recipients were determined through an extensive three-month process and proprietary rating formula that involves industry analysts, financial and corporate information, product and functionality assessments, and scores reflecting customer satisfaction. Confirmit was rewarded for what analysts referred to as "a continued commitment to analytics and strong surveying technology" throughout 2009.

"CRM magazine is pleased to see the steadfast devotion to service excellence demonstrated by the companies and individuals in the 2010 CRM Service Awards," said David Myron, the magazine's editorial director. "These award recipients are proving that organizations can streamline business processes, maximize profitability, and improve customer service interactions."

Schwartz concludes "we're now building on the success that has brought us to Service Leader status. The recent launch of Confirmit Horizons Version 15 introduced even greater flexibility for users of the platform to distribute reports and analysis to business users. Confirmit's award-winning Solutions provide our clients with the security of rapid implementation and fast return on investment. We're listening to our customers to ensure that our efforts are focusing on the areas that matter to them, which is what being a Service Leader is about".

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About Confirmit
Confirmit is the world's leading SaaS vendor for Customer Feedback, Employee Feedback, and Market Research applications. The company has more than 240 employees and offices in Oslo (headquarters), Guildford, London, Moscow, New York, San Francisco, and Yaroslavl. Confirmit's software is also distributed through partner resellers in Barcelona, Kuwait City, Madrid, Milan, Pattaya, Sydney, and Tokyo.

Confirmit targets Global 5000 companies and Market Research agencies worldwide with a wide range of software products for feedback / data collection, panel management, data processing, analysis, and reporting. Customers include British Airways, Dow Chemical, Farmers Insurance, GlaxoSmithKline, Halifax Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Intrawest, Ipsos, Nielsen, The NPD Group, Safeco Insurance, Statoil, Symantec, Virgin Media, and Wells Fargo. Visit www.confirmit.com for more information.

Press Contacts
Gary Schwartz, SVP Marketing: +1 212 660 1816
EMEA PR Contacts, Indigo River: Andrea Burton +44 (0)1985 850320 / Melanie Oxford +44 (0)7515 632065
US PR Contacts, Hart Boillot: Perrin McCormick / Andrea Doeringer +1 781 893 0053

Telmap and BlueSky Positioning collaborate to integrate real-time location-based and navigation services into A-GPS SIM

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:03:00 EDT

A-GPS on SIM technology now offers accurate search, mapping and navigation to the mass market

London, UK and Sophia Antipolis, France - March 18, 2010 - Telmap, the global leader in mobile location solutions and BlueSky Positioning, a pioneer of A-GPS for the SIM card industry, jointly announced today a cooperation to bring for the first time ever, real-time search, mapping and navigation to mobile phones, with A-GPS SIM. This cooperation showcases the ability of BlueSky Positioning's A-GPS technology to incorporate navigation onto mobile phones which lack integral GPS capabilities.

BlueSky Positioning's A-GPS technology, embedded into a phone's SIM card, together with Telmap's search, mapping and navigation solution enable effortless on-the-go experience, including excellent in-car navigation sessions with 3D moving maps, multi-lingual turn-by-turn directions with street names using text-to-speech, as well as traffic and speed camera information (where available). Telmap's solution also includes unique pedestrian navigation, guiding users through pedestrian-only areas such as parks, squares, passages, and stairs, tracking user's progress as they walk. The Telmap - BlueSky Positioning cooperation allows smart and mid-range phone users to access real-time location information without the need to invest in location-aware hardware. The full, comprehensive set of LBS features provided by Telmap's Location Companion works seamlessly with BlueSky Positioning's A-GPS location technology to provide accurate, instant location data and information.

Ronen Soffer, CTO at Telmap, commented, "In utilizing BlueSky's innovation, Telmap can introduce its LBS and Navigation solution to a larger addressable market, which now includes new consumer segments and a multitude of mid-range mobile phones. This helps further realizing Telmap's strategy of mass market reach for its services, while boosting Operators' business case as well as control over distribution and customer ownership of such services."

Velipekka Kuoppala, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at BlueSky Positioning, added, "The collaboration with market leader Telmap strengthens the confidence in our A-GPS technology for SIM cards, and proves that GPS is not only suitable for high-end phones, but can be made available to all consumer segments with both basic and enhanced phones. Most importantly, this SIM centric solution gives value chain control to mobile operators and opens up wider opportunities for their marketing teams to create location based services."

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About BlueSky Positioning
BlueSky Positioning Ltd was founded in 2005 to develop and commercialise accurate, affordable SIM card based satellite positioning products and services for all GSM and 3G mobile phones. The company is visioning that location becomes an all-pervasive aspect of mobile communication enabling mobile operators to support public safety while offering a range of new value added services to their customers. With its A-GPS technology solution for SIM Vendors, BlueSky increases the opportunity for mobile operators to deliver both legally-mandated and commercial LBS applications whilst opening great business synergies for 3rd parties to create various revenue generating LBS applications for all handset categories. BlueSky Positioning has its headquarters in Luxembourg with subsidiaries in the UK and France. Additional information about the company is available at www.blueskypositioning.com

Media contact for BlueSky Positioning
Katie Robertson
EML
Email: bluesky@eml.com
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8408 8000

About Telmap
Telmap is a world leader in location solutions. The company has established a solid reputation for providing its customers with innovative, value added mapping and navigation solutions that open new business opportunities and generate new revenue streams. Telmap has a unique end-to-end solution including a mobile location companion, a complementary web companion, robust location platform with a set of APIs to support its customers in delivering a strong LBS strategy. The company's flagship product, Telmap5 is the world's first personalized location companion integrating innovative and patented technologies including Telmap Active Interface, Telmap Active Search and Telmap Active Widgets.

Telmap is the #1 choice of location solution and its technology has been selected by leading industry players Orange FT Group, Vodafone, Vodacom, SFR, O2, Telefonica, AOL, Pelephone, Carphone Warehouse and more.

For more information, please visit www.telmap.com

For further information on Telmap, please contact Mi liberty:

Rachael Parker
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7751 4444
Email: telmap@miliberty.com

Whitevector Releases New Online Discussion Based Data About Websites

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:05:00 EDT

London, UK - March 18th, 2010 - Measurement data about websites is usually based on visitor numbers. On Thursday March 18th, Whitevector starts to publish online discussion based free data about websites in its Site Metrics service. From the service, launched at Whitevector's website, one can see where consumers pay attention towards particular products and services.

With the help of the service, marketing professionals can quickly see where people talk about their own or their client's category and what the discussions are like. This way mapping out social media becomes easier than before. "Digital medias will occupy a bigger and bigger role in consumer marketing, and marketing planning must take social media into consideration right from the beginning. We will bring content and measurement data to the service from online forums, blogs, Twitter and Facebook's open pages.", says Whitevector's CEO Tommi Lehtonen.

The service will first cover UK, Sweden and Finland and later also in other European markets.

Whitevector has been working together with Dagmar (the Starcom office, and the largest media agency in Finland) for years with clients and developing social media analysis tools. "Site rankings are interesting for advertisers and agencies, when you are looking for sites where opinion influencers of a certain category are. Whitevector's tools help us to manage the broad social online world and allow us to do quick analyses", says Teija Soininen, Head of Planning at Dagmar.

Whitevector's measurement data brings new kind of information about online consumers to marketing planning and together with website visitor numbers it gives an even more accurate picture of digital media. Thus, knowing where consumers actively seek information about products and services provides an excellent starting point to do digital marketing.

Familiarise yourself to the service at http://www.whitevector.com/sitemetrics

Media contact:

Tommi Lehtonen, CEO, Whitevector Ltd, tel. +358 9 693 3366, tommi.lehtonen@whitevector.com

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Whitevector is a Finnish social media analytics company that has worked with over 200 clients mostly in the Nordic countries and UK. Whitevector's main product is Chat Reports service that helps companies analyse online discussions in a versatile and comprehensive manner. Chat Reports' easy reporting gives more depth to campaign measurement and brand analysis studies and it offers an extensive information base to consumer research and online planning decision-making.

Avaya Collaborates with LifeSize Communications to Enable HD Video Conferencing for Avaya Unified Communications

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:31:00 EDT

Solution will enable more employees to easily collaborate via video over multiple locations in businesses with mixed communications environments

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Avaya today announced an agreement with LifeSize Communications to establish interoperability between the Avaya Aura™ unified communications (UC) platform and LifeSize HD video conferencing systems. The combined solutions will enable broad-scale deployment of HD video conferencing with the high-quality and flexibility of LifeSize video systems and the centralised management and control capabilities of Avaya Aura.

Using the SIP-based Avaya Aura, enterprises will be able to distribute video conferencing capabilities over multiple locations in businesses with multi-vendor environments. Employees will be able to easily collaborate with each other by video -- regardless of the communications system which serves their specific location. IT will enjoy low bandwidth utilisation, streamlined management, and lower costs by routing video over their internal network.

"As working environments become increasingly distributed, video communications provide an outstanding ability to draw teams together and enable effective collaboration as part of a cohesive unified communication experience," said Alan Baratz, senior vice president and president, Global Communications Solutions, Avaya. "Avaya's work with LifeSize Communications and others will help make it easier and more cost-effective for companies to deploy video to employees at all levels of their organisation."

"Avaya's leadership in the enterprise and LifeSize's proven HD video solutions are an ideal combination for organisations seeking to easily and broadly deploy high quality video communications to fundamentally improve their business," said Craig Malloy, chief executive officer of LifeSize Communications. "Interoperability with Avaya is yet another step forward to delivering on the promise of video communications for anyone, everywhere."

Organisations that want a choice of video anywhere will benefit from the resulting solution. LifeSize high definition video can be easily deployed, and is a cost-effective solution delivering superior HD quality for small or large group video conferencing. Avaya Aura enables the centralised deployment of audio, video and web applications over multiple locations, as well as the creation of "application profiles" based on employee needs.

Companies will be able to more broadly extend access to video conferencing to those individual workers or teams that are moderately to highly collaborative, thus increasing their productivity and benefiting from a low total cost of ownership. In addition, with Avaya Aura, organisations can realise network savings and increased control by combining audio and video onto a single network, and establishing network-aware bandwidth management policies to control usage and deliver a high quality user-experience.

LifeSize is a Platinum member of the Avaya DevConnect program - an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company's investment in its network. Through the program, products undergo rigorous compatibility testing by a team of Avaya engineers. Doing so ensures businesses can confidently add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure—speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation cost.

According to the 2010 Frost and Sullivan World Videoconferencing Endpoints Market Report, the total revenues for the worldwide videoconferencing endpoints market reached an estimated $1.25 billion in 2009.*

"As video gets increasingly incorporated into larger enterprise communications suites, it is largely shifting from a point solution to integrated collaboration," said Roopam Jain, principal analyst, Frost and Sullivan. "Moreover, mass adoption of video will largely happen through integrated applications and unified communications solutions."

*Source: 2010 Frost and Sullivan World Videoconferencing Endpoint Market Report*

About Avaya
Avaya is a global leader in enterprise communications systems. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

About LifeSize Communications
LifeSize Communications is a world leader in high definition video communications and telepresence. Founded by industry veterans in 2003, LifeSize pioneered high definition video communications to make communicating at a distance as natural and effective as being in the same room, for anyone, anywhere. LifeSize became a division of Logitech (Nasdaq: LOGI) (SIX: LOGN) in December 2009, sharing a vision of everywhere there is voice there should be video. More information about LifeSize can be found at www.lifesize.com.

Media Inquiries:
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Avaya Media Relations
+44 207.395.7180
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Invu forms partnership with ABBYY to launch new capture technology

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:24:00 EDT

Blisworth, 17 March 2010 - Invu, one of the UK's foremost document management companies, has joined forces with ABBYY, a data and document capture specialist, to expand the functionality of its Invu for Business product offering.

The new function, called Invu Capture, is based on FlexiCapture 9.0, ABBYY's newest data and document capture solution. It allows businesses to scan and capture information from paper as it enters the premises, accurately reading any type of document - including handwritten forms, bank statements, invoices and contracts - in any language or currency. Invu Capture streamlines many business-critical processes by automatically populating back office systems and electronic document repositories. Incorporating FlexiCapture's capabilities, it works independently in the background to ensure that other tasks are unaffected, and can be used anywhere from a single desktop to distributed multi-site enterprise environments.

Colin Gallick, Invu's CEO, commented: "We partnered with the best there is to create an unparalleled solution that is precise and intelligent and, most importantly, can integrate seamlessly with any back office system. Put simply, Invu Capture, like all our products, saves businesses time and money. Manual data input becomes a thing of the past, allowing staff to focus on more important functions that add to the bottom line."

"ABBYY FlexiCapture's intelligent, highly-accurate technology for automated extraction of key field data from a variety of documents and Invu's document management technologies are truly complementary," noted Jupp Stoepetie, CEO of ABBYY Europe and Director of ABBYY UK Ltd. "Invu offers a powerful product while clearly addressing a significant need in the document management space. Invu's easy-to-manage products help bring document management solutions to a wide audience, and we are very pleased that they chose ABBYY technology out of the many options they were faced with."

Invu Capture forms part of Invu for Business, a product portfolio of intelligent document, information and process technologies that capture, manage and store multiple-source content.

As a Microsoft Gold Partner with 88,000 users worldwide, the Invu platform is proven to streamline time-consuming business processes, while significantly reducing operational costs.

www.invu.net

To find out how Invu can benefit businesses, please contact +44 (0)1604 859893, or email info@invu.net

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For media enquiries, please contact Anna Gunning at Cognition PR at anna.g@cognitiongroup.co.uk or on +44 (0)1926 330800.

About Invu
Invu develops software that incorporates document management, content management, workflow, automation and collaboration specialising in solutions for the mid-market and smaller businesses.

Also known as the paperless office, Invu typically gives a return on investment in under six months, allowing companies to see efficiency savings in terms of both money and time.

Invu's Open Search integration allows SharePoint users to utilise fully the benefits of WSS or MOSS whilst retaining the functions of specialist document and content management.

Invu's solutions enable automated scan, capture and management, processing and output transformation.

Invu also integrates with all major accounting systems including Sage and IRIS, as well as ERP and CRM systems.

About ABBYY UK
ABBYY UK is a member of the ABBYY group of companies and supports sales and marketing activities in Western Europe. ABBYY is a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software. Its products include the ABBYY FineReader line of optical character recognition (OCR) applications, ABBYY FlexiCapture line of data capture solutions, ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software, and development tools. Paper-intensive organisations from all over the world use ABBYY software to automate time- and labour-consuming tasks and to streamline business processes. ABBYY products are used in large-scale government projects such as those of Australian Taxation Office, Lithuanian Tax Inspectorate, Ministry of Education of Russia, Ministry of Education of Ukraine, and Montgomery County Government of the USA. Companies that license ABBYY technologies include BancTec, Canon, EMC/Captiva, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NewSoft, Notable Solutions, Samsung Electronics and more. ABBYY OCR applications are shipped with equipment from the world's top manufacturers such as BenQ, Epson, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, Microtek, Panasonic, Plustek, Toshiba, and Xerox. ABBYY is headquartered in Moscow, Russia, with offices in Germany, the United States, Ukraine, UK, Japan and Taiwan.

ABBYY, the ABBYY Logo, ADRT, FineReader, Lingvo, FlexiCapture and PDF Transformer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ABBYY Software Ltd. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognised.

ECM Company, Oceanus, Pushes Ahead with Global Expansion

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:01:00 EDT

Oceanus Limited today announced the landmark acquisition of Erilis, a provider of design and delivery services for IBM FileNet P8 solutions. This acquisition brings certified training and expert delivery of the full range of education programmes for the IBM FileNet suite of products and compliments Oceanus' existing skills with Java and Agile development expertise. Oceanus will now be able to offer existing customers IBM FileNet support and system delivery across Asia Pacific as well as develop new international business in the region. Over the last five years Erilis has successfully carved out a valuable niche in the IBM FileNet space. The company is recognised as the most experienced training organisation for IBM FileNet software in the Asia Pacific region. Erilis also provides analysis, design, configuration and customisation services to large international companies, such as Standard Chartered Bank and CoInvest.

Technosummits' Media Content World Summit London 31st March 2010 To Debate Telco VoD or Internet Video

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:59:00 EDT

LONDON -17 March 2010 - Technosummits, the business technology events organisation has announced that "enabling the future of the digitally-connected home Telco VoD or OTT Video?" is the theme for the 3rd Annual Media Content World Summit 2010 to be held at The Courthouse Hotel London on Wednesday, 31st March 2010.

The Media Content World Summit is the premier event in the broadcast, media, entertainment and technology sector looking into some business opportunities presented by convergence and the coming together of the separate worlds of audio, video, data and voice communication services.

This summit is set against the backdrop of a continuing debate on whether Pay TV or Video on Demand (VoD) provided by Telcos and other service providers are being threatened by the increasing popularity of free internet videos provided by Google's YouTube and Hulu. It will also explore BBC Project Canvas, OFCOM's Pay TV review and the upcoming services provided by see-saw, new offering from Arqiva, who bought the remnants of the defunct Project Kangaroo.

The digitally-connected home is becoming the battleground for all these services and technologies that are blurring different sectors including telecoms, broadcast and digital media.

Key discussion points will also include Video on Demand, catch-up and follow me TV, IPTV, TV-Internet convergence, three screen digital experience, delivery of VOD, On-demand Pay TV. It will also cover discussions on initiatives spearheaded by the Open IPTV forum (OIPF) and the Hybrid Broadcast and Broadband TV (Hbbtv).

Speakers line up also include Dr. Mohammed Dadas of Open IPTV Forum (OIPF), Lucas Bauge from Orange UK, Peter Bale from MSN UK, Steve Plunkett from Red Bee Media, Alex Gulland from Ogilvy Entertainment and Contented Brands, Steve Morris from Ant software (Hbbtv) Sarah Rose from Channel 4, Melanie Steward from Turner Broadcasting. The two panels will be moderated by Dan Cryan from Screendigest and Cesar Bachelet from Analysys Mason, respectively. This event is chaired by Bill Scott, COO and founder, easeltv.

Joseph de Villiers, Founder and CEO of Technosummits said "The digital home will be the battleground for operators and service providers who are bundling all services to the living room to increase their revenues. The prevalence of broadband connectivity in the homes paves the way for new services that covers Pay TV business model and free access, which is, as ever a continuing challenge to Operators and Advertisers. We hope to highlight some of the recent trends in making the digital home a focus for content delivery and hopefully finding how stakeholders and consumers can benefit from it".

Bill Scott, Founder and COO of easeltv, the chair for this event commented, "There's a lot of hype around over-the-top video services and the threat they pose to existing models for video consumption; new devices, new platforms, new services from traditional players and many new players. We've got a great variety of speakers and delegates from across the value chain and I'm certainly looking forward to a highly interactive and stimulating debate at the event."

The 2010 World Content Media summit is the premier event for Broadcast, broadband technology, media, entertainment, including advertising executives looking to grow their business and explore new opportunities with cross platforms which spotlights the constant state of creation and evolution required of business leaders in today's rapidly changing digital media landscape.

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Notes to editors:
TechnoSummits is the definitive, key technology and business organization that provides highly targeted events with unique interactive format discussion platforms. Organized in a more personal and intimate peer-to-peer environment, these summits bring together Thought leaders and senior decision makers from the Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) sector, including representatives from government, service providers, small and large enterprises to address, discuss, and explore industry issues, promote growth and innovation and move the industry forward.

For further info, please visit www.technosummits.com

The Co-operative Travel Chooses New Communicator® Platform For Email Marketing And Communication

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:55:00 EDT

The Co-operative Travel, part of Europe's largest consumer co-operative, has chosen the new version of the Communicator® enterprise email-management system, from Communicator Corp (www.communicatorcorp.com), to manage email marketing and communication.

The Co-operative Travel, who have worked with Communicator Corp since 2006, are committed to providing more choice than any other travel agency along with open, honest and responsible advice to help holidaymakers make an informed decision. Email is seen as a key element in communicating these values and is at the heart of the company's customer service and relationship management strategies. The new Communicator® platform will manage the email activities involved in these processes.

The new version of Communicator® has already won widespread acclaim for its ability to integrate online customer data from all business processes and channels into a single enterprise-view. The enterprise level system's "superior relational data-structure" integrates information from all customer touchpoints; enabling users to unlock the full value of that data. With Communicator®, organisations are able to create relevant enterprise-wide email messages such as promotions or newsletters that are tailored to the specific needs of individual recipients. Organisations can also perform thorough enterprise-level web analytics and behavioural data-modelling.

With the new Communicator® in place, The Co-operative Travel can now manage and control their customer email marketing and communication activities even more effectively. In addition, Communicator Corp acting in a consultative role will use the new version to enhance The Co-operative Travel's data collection strategy; continuously refining the quality of customer data held to ensure ever more relevant and targeted campaigns.

The Co-operative Travel is committed to ensuring a strong customer communications strategy. As part of this customers and prospects enter very targeted and focused behavioural campaigns, with offers such as "limited number of rooms available". This activity can boost conversion numbers by up to 50% within the first 48 hours of an email arriving.

The new system will also be utilised in the delivery of The Co-operative Travel's pre and post departure email program aimed at further boosting conversion rates through customer lifecycle messaging, including cross and up sell opportunities.

Mike Kindon, of The Co-operative Travel is certain that email marketing and communication plays a key role in service delivery quality, commenting, "The Co-operative Travel has built a strong market reputation for its quality of service. Effective communication is a key element of this process and naturally many of our customers prefer email as their chosen method of keeping up to date with the offers and service options we provide.

"As we set the highest possible standards in all of our customer activities, we need to be able to maintain this level of service in the email communication we send. Naturally, therefore, we have invested in the technology and expertise that we feel can meet these demands. We work closely with Communicator Corp in this area and look forward to innovating ideas and campaigns that will add to our customer's travel experience."

For his part James Bunting, Director of Research & Strategy of Communicator Corp, welcomed Kindon's comments adding, "With a leading brand like The Co-operative Travel, there is an expectation of excellence from the customer base. This is a brand that has delivered on this expectation consistently over the years through a "no compromise" approach to customer service. Creating, managing and controlling email communication is now at the heart of this quality service portfolio and we are delighted that The Co-operative Travel has chosen to work with Communicator Corp."

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About Communicator Corp (www.communicatorcorp.com)
Communicator Corp is a leading global enterprise email management company, providing technology based solutions, strategy and expertise for email communications. The company was founded in 1999. Since inception the business and consultancy have consistently evolved, creating and maintaining Communicator Corp's position as an industry leader.

Communicator® is an enterprise email management platform for all one to one and one to many messaging.
Delivering proven cost savings and increased revenues from email marketing to transactional and service messaging.
The company has also developed a flexible range of associated services to meet the needs of any organisation. These include data services, managed, collaborative and self-service options.

Clients include: Adidas, Thomson Reuters, Toshiba, Best Western, River Island, Phones 4u, Ultralase, Transport for London and ITV.

For further information please contact:
John Readman
john.readman@communicatorcorp.com
Communicator Corp
+44(0)791 221 4901

Leigh Richards
leigh.richards@therightimage.eu
The RIGHT Image PR and Marketing Group
+44(0)7758 372527 / + (0)844 561 7586

Interxion Completes Pan-European ISO 27001 Accreditation and ITILv3 Training

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:15:00 EDT

Interxion, a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres, today announced that the company has completed pan-European accreditation for the internationally recognised ISO 27001 (Information Security and Business Continuity) standard for all 11 of its European country operations. In addition, the company's European Customer Service Centre (ECSC) team has now been trained in ITIL v3, the latest Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) standard.

In addition to ensuring consistent best-in-class service and physical and data security for all customers, the combination of pan-European ISO and ITIL accreditation reinforces Interxion's unique capacity to provide a uniform, integrated solution for multi-country customers in 26 data centres in 13 of Europe's leading business and consumer hubs.

The ISO 27001 audit and certification process focuses on every aspect of the business, including physical infrastructure, site security and access management, personnel capabilities, communications and operations, legal compliance criteria, and back-up and disaster recovery systems. The certification underlines Interxion's commitment to preserving the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all the physical and electronic information assets managed by the business.

ITIL is the only consistent and comprehensive documentation of best practice for IT service management. ITIL v3 is the latest of the ITIL standards and consists of five key volumes: Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement. The new v3 qualification ensures that all staff in Interxion's multi-lingual European Customer Service Centre are aware of the latest compliance and regulatory issues associated with world-class IT service management.

"Multi-country customers account for a significant proportion of our business because we offer a uniform, best-in-class blueprint in design, build, operations and service; and our successful accreditation in ISO 27001 and ITILv3 is evidence that we are continually improving this offer," said Phil Collerton, Interxion EVP Operations. "Customers who want a multi-country relationship have access to independently assessed standards of security, availability, and service, no matter where they locate their equipment."

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About Interxion
Interxion is a leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe, serving over 1,100 customers through 26 data centres in 11 European countries. Interxion's uniformly-designed, energy-efficient data centres offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications. With connectivity provided by 350 carriers and ISPs and 18 European Internet exchanges across its footprint, Interxion has created content and connectivity hubs which foster growing customer communities of interest.

For more information please visit www.interxion.com

Press Contacts:
Ali Moinuddin
Marketing Director
Interxion Ltd
Tel: +44 207 375 7038
E-mail: alim@interxion.com

Luke Derbyshire / Jared Foley
Spreckley Partners
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TM Forum Announces Frameworx Integrated Business Architecture

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:58:00 EDT

Service-oriented Integrated Business Architecture provides blueprint for service providers to reduce operating costs; improve business agility and time-to-market

MORRISTOWN, NJ—March 17, 2010—The TM Forum today announced the launch of Frameworx, an integrated business architecture blueprint for service providers in the communications and digital services markets. Frameworx will enable service providers to significantly reduce their operational costs and improve business agility by providing an industry agreed approach for rationalizing their operational IT, processes, and systems.

Frameworx expands and integrates the Forum's existing NGOSS standard Business Process (eTOM), Information (SID), and Application (TAM) Frameworks into a full enterprise IT and process architecture that also embraces major IT industry standards such as ITIL and TOGAF. The addition of the new Integration Framework to the suite provides a service oriented integration approach with standardized interfaces and support tools. Another major step forward with Frameworx is the introduction of product certification, certified training, a certified TM Forum partner program, and extensive implementation support that will help service providers implement practical solutions based on Frameworx.

"Frameworx comes at a critical time for the market," said Keith Willetts, Chairman and CEO, TM Forum. "With significant pressure on operating costs, service providers need an enterprise architecture that enables them to move much more quickly; to rapidly integrate new technologies and third party services; to deliver consistent services across the world; and most of all, to significantly cut operating costs. Frameworx provides the blueprint for that agile enterprise—out of the box."

TM Forum Frameworx gives service providers and their suppliers an independent, industry-supported and standardized platform to guide new procurements and migrate their existing myriad of incompatible and fragmented processes and systems, which today often deliver poor business efficiency and delay the introduction of new services.

Albert Hitchcock, Group CIO at Vodafone, said "In today's market we need to offer consistent services to our customers across the world, moving ever faster and delivering more to our customers at ever lower costs. A common, industry supported reference architecture, tailored to meet the particular needs of service providers is very important to us and we welcome this move by the TM Forum."

Phil Dance, Managing Director at BT echoed these sentiments: "We encourage common industry approaches that help us build a vibrant market delivering innovative software at realistic prices. We welcome Frameworx, the TM Forum's move to a SOE-based approach, as it future-proofs investments as the market changes. We especially welcome the ability to build systems and processes tailored to our specific business needs using a common set of standard building blocks."

Frameworx, scheduled for full release in June 2010, is the result of a multi-year TM Forum effort and the substantial contributions of its members. A preview of Frameworx is available now at http://www.tmforum.org/frameworx and includes these new features as well as early versions of the Integration Framework:

Telecom and IT integration, incorporating ITIL processes
"Getting Started Guides" to enable new users to grasp quickly the information and tools available and to understand the steps needed to apply Frameworks into their environment
Managers' Guide overviews of Frameworx and key benefits

Frameworx is the result of extensive collaboration by the Forum's 700-strong corporate membership through TM Forum's collaborative R&D programs. The architecture—built for the industry, by the industry—will consist of:

Information Framework version 9
Business Process Framework version 8
Application Framework version 4
Integration Framework version 2
A platform architecture approach to facilitate collaboration and management of value chain and outsourcing partners
Frameworx Roadmap release 1, showing the release strategy and content for the next 12 months

In addition Frameworx will be supported by software tooling for rapid implementation; identified Business Services developed from business, information, and application framework mappings; plus certified product, training, and support services.

Key Facts

Frameworx is an end-to-end reference enterprise architecture designed specifically for providers of digital services and based on common software standards such as Service Oriented Architecture techniques, ITIL, and TOGAF.
Service Oriented approaches encourage business agility and re-use, essential in today's market where service providers need to rapidly deliver new services and increase revenues in the face of changing value chains and technologies.
Frameworx uses standard, reusable, generic blocks—Platforms and Business Services—that can be assembled in unique ways to gain the advantages of standardization while still allowing customization where necessary.
Frameworx is aligned with standard Enterprise Architecture Frameworks populating the Business, Information, and Application layers with the existing NGOSS Business Process, Information, and Application frameworks.
Frameworx comprises an integrated set of frameworks defining common business processes, information, and applications. Each component framework may be used individually to solve particular problems or as an integrated Service Oriented Enterprise implementation.
Frameworx allows you to realize ITIL compliant implementations through the Business Process Framework (eTOM) which is now fully mapped to ITIL.
Frameworx is battle hardened—its core frameworks are mature and are in use by Service Providers throughout the world. TM Forum members have published more than 150 case studies on implementation of Framework components.
Each component Framework includes a Managers' Guide that provides a high level view of the Framework and its benefits and a web-based "Get Started" kit.
Through Frameworx' reusable, standard, and consistent end-to-end process flows, solutions, and interfaces, Service Providers, Systems Integrators, and Vendors can reduce integration time and product costs.
By procuring Frameworx-certified compliant commercial products, development time is reduced and project predictability increased.

Resources

Learn more about Frameworx at http://www.tmforum.org/frameworx
Participate in the Frameworx on-line communities
Find vendor solutions that have been certified by the Certified Compliance Testing Program
Press and analysts desiring a briefing to learn more about Frameworx should contact Geoff Devlin
Subscribe to TM Forum's press release RSS feed and newsletters

About TM Forum
Enabling the Digital Services Revolution
With more than 700 corporate members in 195 countries, TM Forum is the world's leading industry association focused on enabling best-in-class IT for service providers in the communications, media and cloud service markets. The Forum provides business-critical industry standards and expertise to enable the creation, delivery and monetization of digital services.

TM Forum brings together the world's largest communications, technology and media companies, providing an innovative, industry-leading approach to collaborative R&D, along with wide range of support services including benchmarking, training and certification. The Forum produces the renowned international Management World conference series, as well as thought-leading industry research and publications.

Global TM Forum Media Contact
Geoff Devlin PR Director
gdevlin@tmforum.org
+44 (0)7894 300 280

PEER 1 Climbs Onboard to Become Sponsor of the UK's Next Space Programme

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:49:00 EDT

PEER 1 Hosting sponsors The Register's groundbreaking mission to launch high-tech paper plane into space

Southampton, UK, 17 March 2010: International managed hosting provider, PEER 1 Hosting, today announces its sponsorship of the UK's Next Space programme which will witness the exciting launch of a high-tech paper plane, named Vulture 1, into space. The mission is set for take-off in Summer 2010.

Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) programme, inspired by Robert Harrison's Icarus and the Cambridge University Spaceflight, aims to restore national pride in space exploration by setting the longest paper plane flight ever recorded. The PEER 1 Hosting sponsored aircraft will be lifted into the stratosphere where it will be released and history made.

The aircraft's design still remains a top secret but what is certain is that it will carry a miniature camera, the Flycam, which will provide spectacular shots during its flight. It will also be equipped with a GPS system to track its progress and ensure its safe recovery and return.

Dominic Monkhouse, Managing Director, PEER 1 Hosting commented; "It is a huge privilege to be involved in such a ground-breaking programme. PEER 1 Hosting is all about innovation, doing things better and delivering outstanding performance, so we see significant parallels with the quality, engineering and excitement surrounding the Vulture 1 Mission."

Phillip Mitchell, Operations Director, The Register said: "This is a truly exciting mission and is all about pushing the boundaries of space exploration. We are delighted that PEER 1 Hosting has come on board and with their support and enthusiasm we are sure to make this mission a success."

For those wanting to follow the Vulture 1 mission, updates including design details of the aircraft will be regularly published on PEER 1's blog, http://www.peer1hosting.co.uk/blog.

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About PEER 1 Hosting
PEER 1 Hosting believes in the limitless opportunity of the Internet, and the business growth potential it provides for its more than 10,000 customers. As a global online business hosting provider, PEER 1 offers a reliable high performance Internet network supporting scalable Managed Hosting, Dedicated Hosting through the ServerBeach brand, and Colocation solutions. Backed by its 100 percent uptime guarantee and 24x7x365 FirstCall Support™, PEER 1 ensures customers' online presence is always fast, always available. Since 1999, PEER 1 has grown to include 16 state-of-the-art data centers and points-of-presence throughout North America and Europe. The company's headquarters are in Vancouver, Canada, with European operations headquartered in Southampton, UK. PEER 1 shares are traded on the TSX under the symbol PIX. For more information visit: www.peer1.com or www.peer1hosting.co.uk.

For European media inquiries please contact Champion Communications, +44 20 7268 3436, peer1@championcomms.com

About The Register
The Register first opened its digital doors to 400 readers in 1994. Since then it's built a global readership of more than 5.3Million.

Most readers of The Register are IT professionals - software engineers, database administrators, systems architects, networking managers and so on, all the way up to CIOs. The Register covers the issues they face at work every day - in software, hardware, networking and IT security. The Register provides platforms for its readers to relate their first hand experiences of technology projects to their peers, through Forums, research and events. The Register's global editorial team keeps readers up to speed on all the breaking tech news. It delivers cutting analysis on new market and product initiatives. And it operates a range of services that expedite IT Professional decision making. All of these factors contribute to the reason why The Register has become the trusted read for IT Professionals of every level, in every discipline. Put simply, it reaches the parts of the IT Professional that other publications don't; they're opinions.

National Grid selects SMA Service Bureau and SMA Alembic

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:15:00 EDT

SMA's outsourced solutions to help deliver more efficient cash management

LONDON, 17th March, 2010 - SMA Financial (http://www.sma.co.uk/), SWIFT Regional partner for UK, Eire, Channel Islands and the Nordics today announced that National Grid plc (LSE: NG), an international gas and electricity company, has selected SMA's Service Bureau for outsourced SWIFT connectivity, and SMA Alembic to optimise cash and liquidity management. Together the solutions will help National Grid to improve Treasury payment processing efficiency and reduce operational risk.

National Grid has multiple banking relationships which made creating and processing payments an increasingly challenging task as it was manually intensive and required the use of separate ebanking platforms, none of which were linked to its Treasury Management System. It was also difficult to maintain an up to date view of cash balances as statements were received in multiple formats from different systems. Financial reporting required data to be entered into spreadsheets and manipulated which was time consuming to consolidate and analyse.

To overcome these challenges and make use of the ultra-secure and reliable SWIFT network, National Grid has turned to two solutions from SWIFT specialist SMA Financial. Mark Flawn, Assistant Treasurer at National Grid plc explained, "After speaking with our peers in the industry and our banking partners, it became clear that SMA was the leading provider of SWIFT services and consultancy in Europe. By connecting to our counterparties over SWIFT via the SMA Service Bureau we will greatly reduce the manual effort required in payments processing and minimise our operational risk. Additionally SMA Alembic will link our Treasury Management System to the payments process providing us with more straight through processing and greater visibility over our cash positions and enable us to optimise the use of our resources."

The implementation at National Grid is on schedule for completion in May. The SMA Service Bureau and SMA Alembic will enable the treasury team to quickly and easily create payment runs and communicate with multiple banks through a single portal. National Grid will also benefit from better reporting on statements and gain a near real-time liquidity view of aggregated cash positions across its multiple accounts.

Flawn commented, "We were attracted to SMA's Service Bureau because it has been implemented by many corporates and backed up by an experienced and fully accredited team of SWIFT consultants. SMA Alembic was equally compelling as it offers a cost-effective solution that could be rapidly implemented to help us achieve better cash management and develop comprehensive reporting capabilities."

Simon Murby, Managing Director, SMA Financial said, "Optimising cash and liquidity management is more important than ever for corporates in the current economic climate. By using fully outsourced solutions from SMA it is possible to quickly achieve significant and sustainable improvements in cash management."

SMA Alembic is a modular software suite that can be customised to meet the demanding requirements of today's corporate treasury department. It is fully integrated with SMA's Service Bureau and simplifies the process of sending payments and receiving statements.

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About SMA Financial
Founded in 1995, SMA Financial has established its leadership as a source of specialist knowledge and expertise in the financial services industry providing SWIFT services, product and support. SMA Financial is the SWIFT Regional Partner for UK, Ireland, Channel Islands and the Nordics. It is the most extensively SWIFT accredited partner with over 300 successful implementations with banks, corporates and other financial institutions including more than 100 active SWIFT Service Bureau users. The company provides SWIFT Service Bureau, AML and SystemCare solutions as well as experienced consultancy services. For further information please visit http://www.sma.co.uk/

About National Grid
National Grid (LSE: NG; NYSE:NGG) is an international electricity and gas company and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. National Grid owns the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales and operates the system across Great Britain. It also owns and operates the high pressure gas transmission system in Britain and its distribution business delivers gas to 11 million homes and businesses. National Grid also has a number of related businesses such as LNG importation and storage, land remediation and metering.

Press contact: Jenny Swift, Rivercalm: Tel : +44 207 152 6118 Email: swift@rivercalm.com

CareerBuilder Acquires CareerSite.Biz

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 EDT

LONDON, 17 March, 2010 - CareerBuilder, the global leader in human capital solutions, is taking the next step in its international expansion with the purchase of CareerSite.biz, parent of three successful career-related operations in the UK. Founded in 2001, CareerSite.biz operates two online recruitment niche sites focusing on nursing and railway workers as well as a successful virtual career fair business. As part of the deal, the following businesses will become part of the CareerBuilder family:

StaffNurse.com - the #1 destination for nurses, midwives, and health care assistants. Nursing professionals turn to StaffNurse.com first for the latest nursing jobs, nursing news, nursing directory and a nursing forum.
RailwayPeople.com - the #1 online destination for UK rail professionals. Rail professionals turn to railwaypeople.com first for the latest rail jobs, rail news, rail directory and rail forum.
VirtualFair.co.uk - provider of media-rich career fair events, offering attendees a highly interactive environment while replicating aspects of a physical event.

The acquisition of CareerSite.biz adds thousands of new job seekers to CareerBuilder's international network. The new properties will retain their existing brand names, but will be powered by CareerBuilder technology. Financial terms surrounding the acquisition have not been released.

"The acquisition of Careersite.biz delivers on our commitment to gain access into key sectors of the workforce to support our clients hiring needs in the UK and across Europe," said Farhan Yasin, President of CareerBuilder Europe and Middle East.

CareerBuilder is building its international presence through a combination of organic development, partnerships and acquisitions as market conditions warrant. Today, CareerBuilder has sites across Europe in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, the Gulf Region, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Additionally, CareerBuilder has sites in Canada, India and China as well as partnerships across the world including Japan, South Africa, South America and South Korea.

About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder® is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping companies target and attract their most important asset - their people. Its online career site, CareerBuilder.com, is the largest in the U.S. with more than 23 million unique visitors, 1 million jobs and 31 million resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world's top employers, providing resources for everything from employment branding and data analysis to talent acquisition. More than 9,000 Web sites, including 140 newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder's proprietary job search technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com/.

Media Contact:
Laura Gillen
LEWIS Public Relations
+ 44 (0)20 7802 2626
LauraG@lewispr.com

Three Deals Herald Aspect Enterprise Solutions' SaaS ETRM Move Into Bunkering

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:50:00 EDT

Three deals with bunkering specialists - one in Europe and two in the Far East - have followed quickly the release by Aspect Enterprise Solutions (AES) of a specialised version of its software as a service (SaaS) trade and risk management solution.

AspectETRM for Bunkering is a development of the flagship AspectETRM offering, already the fastest-growing next-generation solution globally for downstream traders and buyers of petrochemicals and other commodities. It combines all the required core functionality required for bunkering, together with ultra-fast speed of implementation - typically weeks not months. The solution's scalability makes it cost-effective for small operations right up to the heavyweights that dominate the world's bunkering hubs.

AES' any-to-many scalability results from its SaaS foundation that means bunkering operations don't need to install and maintain special software or IT hardware. Users simply but securely access AspectETRM for Bunkering through a standard desktop or mobile browser. The architecture enables key elements of a fully end-to-end solution including fuel procurement capture, derivative-based risk hedging, and back office accounting to be in place and delivering savings within a matter of days, with additional elements going live as the progress of integration projects allows.

"Bunkering operations have a rich choice of contending ETRM solutions so we think it's highly significant that AspectETRM for Bunkering has won three major deals even before we formally launched the product," says AES CEO Steve Hughes. One is a relatively modest sized trader and one is a major global player where we are delivering 120 AspectETRM seats and partnering with in-house IT and other external suppliers in a complex integration project.

"These two customers are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of size, yet their reasons for going with AspectETRM for Bunkering are the same - speed of implementation and affordability. The deals are yet another demonstration of the power of the business case that results from our unique technology."

Aspect Enterprise Solutions provides enterprise class market information, trade and decision support tools for energy, metals and commodities professionals. The company delivers near real time position keeping, risk management, market prices and intelligence to users virtually anywhere, anytime. Trusted by over 500 corporations in more than 80 countries, the company's solutions routinely support more than $10Bn of transactions every day. They go live quicker, fit more exactly and deliver greater ROI yet cost far less to implement than first generation offerings. See http://www.aspectenterprise.com for more information.

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Further information:
Jane Pryce-Jones, +44 (0)20 7632 0170, jpryce-jones@aspectenterprise.com
Sage Partnership, +44 (0)118 934 4007, geoff@sagepartnership.com

Cordys Reports Strong Growth in Revenue and Customer Base

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:50:00 EDT

Strategy of product excellence results in leading position in Cloud Orchestration and Total BPM

Cordys, the leading provider of software for business process innovation, has reported strong growth in 2009, achieving a 56 percent growth in license revenues, compared with 2008.

According to independent analyst firms, Cordys is one of the hottest technology vendors in 2010(1), leading the field in areas such as Cloud Orchestration and SaaS BPM, providing excellent opportunities for process channel partners, such as telecommunication service providers.

In FY 2009/2010, strategic partnerships with CSC and Google enabled Cordys to continue its focus on license sales, product development and customer and partner support. Through its radical product strategy and strong OEM and partner focus, Cordys has expanded its global portfolio of customers with several new signings, including Siemens Healthcare, ABB, MCM Klosterfrau, ING Vysya Bank, Carrefour India, DP World, Aegon-CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation), Powel, RWE/Essent, SOS International, Rendo Energy, China Post Logistics and YES Bank.

"Our 350 strong Research and Development team has made it possible to build a platform that bridges the gap between on-premise enterprise software and services from the Cloud," said Jan Baan, CEO and Founder of Cordys. "It is our mission to provide customers with world-class software which facilitates change and innovation in the way they do business with greater speed and flexibility. The Business Operations Platform enables them to continuously improve their business operations and achieve faster return on investments."

Cordys recently announced its status as launching partner for the new Google Apps Marketplace. Jan Baan added: "Through the Google Apps Marketplace, Cordys Process Factory is being offered to the millions of Google Apps users who have embraced the cloud."

The focus on partnerships with the likes of CSC, CapGemini, Atos Origin, Crossroad, Realta, Emergent and many others has enabled the company to expand its footprint both globally and vertically in industries such as banking & insurance, utilities & energy, communications, manufacturing, logistics services, engineering, public sector and media and publishing.

Per Jonsson, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cordys, commented: "Organizations are looking for faster ways to implement Lean Six Sigma, facing constant governance and risk management compliance issues, looking for collaborative new ways to work and all at a time when they are under intense financial pressure. Together with our valued partners we offer process-driven industry solutions which allow organizations to adopt Business Process Management and Cloud computing with one single platform. Legacy systems and complex enterprise software can now be re-used in a flexible and low-cost environment for continuous process improvement, allowing for faster implementation of technologies and processes."

(1) "SaaS BPM: Silencing the Skeptics", an Ovum research report, 2 October 2009; Market Overview: The Middleware Software Market, A Forrester report, 2009; CIO Magazine, "Twenty companies to watch in 2010", December 2009; "Decision Matrix: Selecting a Business Process Management Vendor", an Ovum research report, February 2010.

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About Cordys
Cordys is a global provider of software for business process innovation. Global 2000 companies worldwide have selected Cordys to achieve performance improvements in their business operations such as increased productivity, reduced time to market and faster response to ever-changing market demands. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Cordys is a global company with offices in the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. www.cordys.com.

Kirsten Grimmer
Spreckley Partners Ltd
Tel: +44 (0)20 7388 9988
e-mail: grimmer@spreckley.co.uk

Telephonetics VIP wins contact centre tender with award-winning Rushcliffe Borough Council

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:40:00 EDT

Rushcliffe Borough Council awards tender to Telephonetics VIP for the revolutionary ContactCentre 59R that combines automation with live operators in one seamless application.

16th March 2010, Hemel Hempstead, UK - Telephonetics VIP, the speech automation and data integration specialist, today announces the signing of a 5 year contract with Rushcliffe Borough Council for the supply of its ContactCentre 59R ACD solution; a powerful, intelligent, customer focused call handling solution that effectively routes customer calls, promoting customer first.

The award-winning Council prioritises customer service very highly and is impressed with Telephonetics VIP's evidence of delivering quality solutions on time whilst providing real value for money. Forward thinking Rushcliffe Borough Council, with its ambitious plans for the future, is keen to form a relationship that could grow with their requirements.

Mark Holmes, Director of Sales at Telephonetics VIP commented: "We are delighted to be partnering with Rushcliffe Borough Council for the next 5 years. As an award-winning Council in the customer service area, they sought a 'best-in-class' solution for their current and future requirements. ContactCentre 59R's flexibility and scalability means Rushcliffe Borough Council has the freedom to grow and extend their contact centre services without additional per seat licence fees. "

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About Telephonetics VIP
Telephonetics VIP, which is part of Telephonetics plc, is a leading provider of speech recognition and voice automation solutions. Offering diverse automation solutions and deployed across 20,000 telephony channels, Telephonetics VIP uniquely processes over 35 million minutes of speech recognition per annum, via its carrier-class resilient platform in both hosted and customer premises solutions.

Drawing on over 16 years of understanding how people interact over the telephone, Telephonetics VIP offers a range of customer-focused solutions, covering even the most demanding environments, and delivering real business benefits to all its customers. With innovative solutions for speech self-service, mobility, outbound messaging, emergency notification and business continuity Telephonetics VIP has built a large customer base. This includes 80% of the major UK multiplex cinemas, over 60% of the NHS acute health trusts, more than 50 local councils and emergency service operations, along with significant financial and legal company representation.

About Rushcliffe Borough Council

http://www.rushcliffe.gov.uk

Rushcliffe lies immediately south of the City of Nottingham and the River Trent and extends across towards Newark in the North East and Loughborough in the South West. Although parts of the Borough lie close to Nottingham, Rushcliffe has a strong identity of its own. The main centre of population is West Bridgford, where around 36,000 of the Borough's 100,000 plus population live. The remainder of the district is largely rural, with the centres of population split between small towns and villages.

A leader in Customer Service, The Council has won a prestigious award at the national Customer Contact Association (CCA) awards, which honour all that's best in customer service and satisfaction in both the private and public sectors. The Customer Service Centre won in the category of 'Best Customer Experience in Sector: Local Government'.

For further information please contact:
Telephonetics VIP
Chris Binding, Marketing Communications Executive - Public Sector +44 (0)1442 242 242
chris.binding@telephoneticsvip.co.uk

World's Largest Industrial Auction Company "Sold!" on Avaya Unified Communications

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:05:00 EDT

Centralised, SIP-based Avaya communications solution provided by Unity Telecom helps Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers increase efficiency, reliability and save more than $225,000 annually

Basking Ridge, N.J. - Avaya today announced that Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers - the world's largest industrial auctioneer (NYSE and TSX: RBA) -- has created a global, centralised Avaya Aura™ unified communications environment that serves both permanent and temporary locations in North America, Europe and Asia. The new system -- which supports more than 1,100 employees worldwide -- speeds critical transactions, increases network reliability and will save the company more than $225,000 annually.

As an industrial auctioneer, Ritchie Bros. sells used and unused heavy equipment and other assets for the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries at several hundred auctions around the world every year.

Auctions can take place at any of its 40 auction locations worldwide as well as occasionally remote, temporary locations. Each unreserved public auction triggers high volumes of communications activity before, during and after the event, with hundreds of people connecting to a central contact point and millions of dollars changing hands.

The Avaya Aura solution allowed Ritchie Bros. to move from a model of independent, multi-vendor systems with multiple, regional support teams to a single unified approach that covers all its locations, central call centre and mobile workforce. The change provides higher reliability during auctions where long distance lines can remain open for more than eight hours at a time to support the company's online bidding service, and lowers communications costs for long distance, trunk lines and mobile phone usage.

Avaya Aura, which has been integrated with Microsoft Active Directory, enables all Ritchie Bros. employees to access a common directory from any location using their Avaya one-X® Communicator client interface. As part of future plans, Ritchie Bros. is looking at integrating Avaya one-X Communicator with IBM Lotus Notes Sametime. This would enable employees to see whether colleagues are available for a live interactive session and simply click on their name to launch it, as well as play voicemails and manage their communications preferences from a single interface.

Ritchie Bros. selected Unity Telecom, a Platinum-certified Avaya channel partner, for the sale, implementation and ongoing support of the new system.

"The centralised directory, the mobility options, and the advanced features supplied by Avaya one-X Communicator make it possible to reach people quickly, to collaborate effectively, and to successfully interact with customers and business partners," said Chris Farrer, telecommunications manager, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers. "We're very pleased with the Avaya technology and the superior service delivered by Unity Telecom. We look forward to further performance enhancements and new capabilities as we roll out additional network components over the coming months."

Other benefits that Ritchie Bros. has gained from its Avaya Aura implementation:

• Increased communication speed and efficiency: Avaya's uniform dial plan allows mobile employees to be reached through a single office extension number regardless of where they are located in the world.
• Cost savings: Ritchie Bros. will achieve several levels of savings. The initial $225,000 annual savings the company will gain from eliminating half of its trunk lines and reducing long distance utilisation will be increased when voice networks are further streamlined and least-cost routing kicks in. Calls to and from mobile devices will also move to the network or least-cost routing to reduce international cellular costs.
• Powerful mobility tools: The Avaya Aura solution enables mobile workers to turn almost any location into an efficient office environment. While traveling, users can connect with the office network, check Lotus Notes, manage e-mail, access voicemail and faxes, and play back voice messages. For any of these formats, the user can then add comments, forward to another user, e-mail to someone not in the network, and print. A pending installation of Avaya one-X Mobile will further enhance this experience and use of the corporate directory.

"Our Avaya Aura solution, along with the 24/7 support we receive from Unity Telecom, enables us to offer our customers a high level of service, and to provide our employees with the tools they need to do business, regardless of location," said Farrer

The Avaya applications, systems and services implemented by Ritchie Bros. include: Avaya Aura Communication Manager, Avaya one-X Communicator, Avaya S8730 Servers, Avaya S8500 ESS with disaster recovery, Avaya G450 Media Gateways, Modular Messaging R5 with MSS and MAS servers, Avaya AES server, Avaya 9640 IP phones, and Avaya 2410/2420 digital phones.

About Ritchie Bros.
Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is the world's largest industrial auctioneer, selling more equipment to on-site and online bidders than any other company in the world. The Company has over 110 locations in more than 25 countries, including 40 auction sites worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. The Company maintains a web site at www.rbauction.com and sponsors an equipment wiki at www.RitchieWiki.com.

About Unity Telecom
Unity Telecom is a full-service Communications Company, providing consulting, design, implementation and support for best-of-breed IP-based business communication solutions. Unity representatives have sales and technical certifications on all the products the organization sells and supports, including Avaya, Motorola, Open Text RightFax, Panasonic, and Polycom. With offices across North America and strong alliance partnerships with certified resellers, Unity Telecom is aptly able to serve businesses of all sizes. For more information visit the Unity Telecom site: http://www.unitytelecom.net.

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Media Inquiries:
Rajinder Thind
Avaya Media Relations
+44 207.395.7180
avayauk@fleishman.com

Online video in the UK – the state of the nation.

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EDT

Online video platform Buto is celebrating its first birthday with a brace of statistics. The Buto team have pooled together all the data from their last 12 months of video streaming to give an insight into how people in the UK view video. And with Buto delivering 5 videos every single second, the results are of great interest.

Will Grant, Technology Director said: "We've got a really wide range of clients, from public sector bodies like the NHS and local authorities, to the eCommerce sites of some big retailers - but this research was about audiences, so we were able to collate all of our data and get some really interesting and useful numbers".

The numbers look like this:

The average duration of video watched over the last year was 1 minute and 31 seconds.

49% of viewers who start watching will watch to the end.

The most popular social network to share video to was Facebook, followed by Twitter.

Managing Director Andy McNamara added: "Lots of really high profile websites are only just beginning to work with video and see the benefits it brings in terms of truly engaged audiences. Buto finally allows us to say to clients 'video analytics are here, and we can categorically prove ROI'

Buto packages start at £99 + VAT per month and can scale up to meet growing requirements. There's also a free trial if you get in touch through the Buto website at www.buto.tv

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CONTACTS:

Will Grant, Technology Director: 0121 224 8265 or 07917 412 472

Andy McNamara, Managing Director: 0121 224 8265 or 07786 435 299

Buto on twitter: http://twitter.com/ButoVideo

Notes for editors:

You can find out more about Buto: http://buto.tv

BACKGROUND:

Buto is the UK's leading online video platform.

It's a "software as a service" product, a web-based application that allows users to sign in and manage their video content.

Built on cutting-edge technology, Buto puts professional video publishing within reach of every organisation with pay-as-you-use pricing, advanced statistics and the highest quality video delivery available.

ONLINE VIDEO FACTS:

52% of viewers took a related action after viewing an online video

Source: Online Publishers Association: Frames of Reference: Online Video Advertising, Content and Consumer Behavior

Up to 40% incremental buying uplift for brands using online video vs other ad forms

Source: ComScore

94% average sell-through for on-line video advertising. Average CPM is £28. GBP

Source: IAB/Bain

31 billion online videos were played in November 2009 - in the US alone.

Source: Comscore November Report 2009

Occam Networks Expands Reseller Network With Signing Of Ring-NET As Partner For Fast-Developing Hungarian Market

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:55:00 EDT

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. and LONDON, United Kingdom - March 16, 2010 - Occam Networks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCNW) a leading broadband access supplier offering multi-service access platform (MSAP) solutions based on pure packet technologies, announced today that it has expanded its EMEA reseller network by signing one of Hungary's leading systems integrators and resellers, Ring-NET of Budapest.

Ring-NET, which covers the whole of Hungary, was established in 1996, and is a successful systems integrator throughout the Central and Eastern European telecommunications market. Its areas of design and operational expertise include IP systems, VoIP systems and IP based video transmission systems, as well as numerous Cable IP networks at leading enterprises and carriers including MATAV (Magyar telephone company, Hungary), Antenna Hungaria, British Telecom Hungary and the BME Technical University.

"The Hungarian market is developing rapidly, in most cases much faster than those of its neighbours, and there is a real demand for high performance broadband access and new services such as IPTV," said Ring-NET CEO Tibor Orban. "Occam's FTTP and DSL solutions give us flexible, reliable tools to meet these needs."

"As one of the leaders in our market we are looking to constantly bring world class levels of service delivery and reliability and we are delighted to be teaming up with Occam Networks, who have vast experience in telecommunications and entertainment service delivery. Combined with our attention to customer needs, we offer a compelling solution to broadband network operators."

The signing of Ring-NET follows the recent partnership with Maribor, Slovenia, based Optisis d.o.o. as a system integrator and reseller for Slovenia and the Adriatic countries including Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and Hungary.

"As demand for increased bandwidth from both residential and enterprise users escalates, European network operators of all sizes are selecting fibre technologies such as Ethernet and GPON as the infrastructure solution of choice," said Russ Sharer, VP of Marketing at Occam Networks.

"This fits ideally with our range of products and I'm absolutely delighted to have Ring-NET join our growing base of strategic reseller partners to satisfy the broadband needs of the Hungarian market."

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About Occam Networks, Inc.
Occam Networks' broadband access solutions empower service providers to offer profitable new voice, data and video services over copper and fibre. Occam systems deliver flexibility and scalability in a Triple Play world. Over 2.5 million BLC 6000 ports are currently deployed at over 350 service providers worldwide. For more information, please visit www.occamnetworks.com/emea.

For further information contact:
Brian Dolby or Samantha Prince
BCS Public Relations,
+44 (0)115 9486901
brian@bcspr.co.uk or samanthap@bcspr.co.uk

Johnny Truong
Stearns Johnson Communications
(415) 397-7600
occam@stearnsjohnson.com

Occam Networks and Occam BLC 6000 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Occam Networks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements
Portions of this press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future performance of Occam Networks, including statements predicting increased adoption of products and technologies offered by Occam and the willingness and ability of our customers to purchase additional Occam products and upgrade their product offerings. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from any future performance suggested in such statements. In particular, rapidly changing technologies and market conditions may require changes to Occam's products, and the willingness of our customers to purchase upgraded products such as Triple Play will depend in part on customers' existing network configurations and any incremental costs associated with implementing upgrades. Occam does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Please also refer to the company's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, annual report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC. These filings contain and identify other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Temporary Employment Website Selects TynTec for Mobile Updates

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:38:00 EDT

myFairPartner appoints mobile messaging operator for messaging functionality

London, March 16, 2010 - Temporary employment website provider myFairPartner (www.myfairpartner.com) has selected mobile messaging operator TynTec (www.tyntec.com) for mobile updates for candidates and employers.

TynTec will be powering all outbound mobile interactions on the site, enabling functionality such as interview scheduling, alerts and reminders to enhance the site's offering and to give users access to its functionality wherever they are. With the mobile messaging services, the site will be able to facilitate instantaneous communication with candidates and recruiters, thus accelerating the recruitment process and increasing convenience for users.

In addition, the site will use mobile numbers as part of the user validation process, with users being required to enter a valid mobile number when they register for the site, ensuring that all candidates are who they say they are.

myFairPartner is a new type of recruitment business, offering companies and candidates fair and open temporary recruitment services. The site enables simple interaction via the web and also through its mobile alerts, which enable users to get relevant updates wherever they are. The site is targeting 50,000 candidates and 5,000 clients in the next year.

Recruitment accounts for 5% of UK GDP and 5% of the country's workforce is made up of temporary workers, a total of 1.4 million employees. Meanwhile, the increasing growth of mobile working (with over one billion people predicted to be working on the move in 2011 by IDC), means that online and mobile job services are becoming increasingly valuable to candidates and employers.

Sven Stoecker, Managing Director of myFairPartner, said: "We selected TynTec because they could offer us an unparalleled level of reliability. When you're sending someone information about something as important as a job interview, you need to know that the message is going to arrive and only TynTec can provide that sort of guarantee.

"Mobile messaging enables us to offer a more engaging service for our clients and candidates and, by helping us automate certain processes, it helps us to reduce our overhead."

Michael Kowalzik, CEO of TynTec, said: "MyFairPartner is a fantastic example of a creative web business who roll-up the recruitment sector with an innovative mobile service. It also shows how web businesses can simply and effectively integrate mobile messaging into their offerings. By giving their candidates and clients the option of contact via mobile they can reach out to them wherever they are, helping them to make the most of the opportunities that the site offers.

"Our delivery guarantees make sure that MyFairPartner can offer a real differentiation in the market - the provision of first class mobile services to their customers."

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About TynTec
TynTec is a mobile messaging operator, offering enterprise-quality SMS services to mobile network operators, enterprises, internet companies and mobile services providers.

The company offers operator-level messaging services through its unique multiple points of connectivity into the deep level global mobile network (SS7) and its proprietary technical infrastructure. Because TynTec acts as a messaging operator it can offer more advanced and reliable services than traditional SMS providers and can back up its services with rigorous service level agreements (SLAs).

TynTec offers its clients a broad range of messaging services including outbound mobile messaging (enterprise and banking messaging, SMS Hubbing), unified inbound communications (reception of voice, SMS, fax, etc.) and real time network data (home network, location and/or subscriber availability information).

Based in the UK, Germany and Singapore, TynTec works with clients including O2, Lufthansa Systems, Nokia, Amadeus, Verisign and Skype.
www.tyntec.com

About myFairPartner
myFairPartner is a new, completely online temporary employment business in the UK. It is revolutionary in that it is the first in the market to successfully integrate all aspects of temporary recruitment into one, simple online portal. With the click of a button and platform to mobile connections, hiring can be done instantly and around the clock.

myFairPartner offers its clients the perfect solution for their staffing needs. Clients are able to input what skills, qualifications and availability they need and then apply that to a search. Hundreds of matches are displayed and in just a couple minutes, interviewing or hiring can begin. This creates a one stop shop for filling vacancies. All human resource tasks including scheduling, payroll and invoicing are available in one convenient location within the website.

Best of all, myFairPartner's fee is only 50 pence per hour on top of the regular costs. myFairPartner offers superior service at the smallest price.
www.myFairPartner.com

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For more information:
Patrick Herridge
Parys Communications
+44 208 875 7960
pherridge@parys.com

Stefanie Machauf
TynTec
+49 89 202 451 180
machauf@tyntec.com

Kristin Brown
myFairPartner
+44 20 7193 6881
mailto:Kristin.Brown@myFairPartner.com

ASC to Demonstrate New Quality Monitoring Solution at Strategie Clients Exhibition in Paris

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:59:00 EDT

Hoesbach/Germany, March 16, 2010 - ASC (www.asctelecom.com), a leading global provider of innovative solutions to record, analyze and evaluate communications, today announced it will demonstrate its new quality monitoring solution, INSPIRATIONpro 10.0, at the Stratégie Clients Exhibition, Paris, France, at Porte de Versailles, Hall 1, on March 16-18, 2010.

The exhibition will gather professionals in marketing, client relations and CRM in the same place and will provide an overview of the latest contact center services, solutions and innovations. It will feature 200 exhibitors and is expected to attract more than 12,000 visitors interested in these fields becoming the most important exhibition for customer acquisition, retention and management.

Andrea Carniti, Commercial Director of ASC telecom SAS, said, "We look forward to demonstrating our next-generation communications recording and analysis capabilities to this unique audience. Our quality monitoring solution, INSPIRATIONpro 10.0, is particularly suited to this show because of its enterprise-wide impact on business process optimization."

The product will improve recent innovations in speech analytics, designed to categorize calls for larger organizations with an otherwise unmanageable volume of communications. This capability has been expanded in Version 10.0 to allow complex searches beyond those available in the GUI (graphical user interface).

The eLearning module has also been refined in Version 10.0 with new capabilities for supervisor interaction. This module spots the weak points in each agent's performance and delivers customized instruction directly to their desktops, thus creating a loop of continuous learning.

Another prominent new feature offered by INSPIRATIONpro 10.0 involves automated muting to avoid storage of credit card security codes (CSC). Previously available only as a manual override, this capability will provide fail-safe compliance with the most stringent requirements of the payment card industry data security standard (PCI DSS).

About ASC
ASC is a leading global provider of innovative solutions to record, analyze and evaluate multimedia-based communications. ASC's solutions reveal information, enabling companies and organizations to considerably improve their value creation: contact centers enhance customer service, efficiently deploy staff and increase productivity. Financial institutions fulfill documentation requirements, achieve a higher level of legal security and reduce costs. First responders and public safety organizations enhance reactivity in emergency situations.

ASC´s software solutions are used in contact centers to continuously measure and improve the quality of customer contacts. Data from all communication levels in contact centers are collected, brought together and evaluated to help train agents and optimize customer service. Based on the content of recorded calls and screen activities, INSPIRATIONpro reveals improvement potentials in contact center operations including processes, marketing, sales activities, time of reaction and problem analysis.

ASC subsidiaries and sales offices in Great Britain, France, Switzerland, Poland, Middle East, the United States, Japan and Singapore as well as certified, powerful distribution partners realize ambitious customer projects in more than 60 countries. An export quota of almost 70 percent, together with its worldwide service network, makes ASC a powerful global player.

For more information, contact:

ASC telecom AG • Seibelstrasse 2 - 4 • 63768 Hoesbach • Germany
Contact: Katrin Henkel, PR & Communications
Phone: +49 6021 5001-264
Fax: +49 6021 5001-310
E-Mail: k.henkel@asc.de
Internet: www.asctelecom.com

Epicor® Instrumental in Quadrupling Output of Benson Group Site

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:50:00 EDT

Bardon Site Goes from £10m to £40m Production Revenue, as Company Extends Epicor Use to Remaining Manufacturing Sites

Epicor Software Corporation today announced that Benson Group, one of the UK's fastest growing packaging manufacturers, will extend its use of the Epicor Manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution and Epicor Advanced Planning and Scheduling to its packaging plant in Crewe, Cheshire, Medica Packaging Limited. Additionally, Benson Group has achieved a four-fold increase in production output at its flagship manufacturing facility in Bardon, Leicestershire, which is underpinned by the Epicor solution.

In its eight year relationship with Epicor, Benson Group has grown from a single-site £10m business to one of the UK's largest manufacturers of folding cartons with 2009 revenue expected to reach £90-£95m. This has been achieved through significant investment in new business processes, technology and manufacturing equipment, as well as innovative and modern manufacturing techniques to keep ahead of the competition.

"Epicor has been an instrumental element to achieving the success we enjoy today through greater efficiency in our processes and sites," said Phil Towersey, IT manager at Benson Group. "For example, our accounts team is the same size as it was eight years ago, despite a huge increase in our revenues. Epicor's Advanced Planning and Scheduling solution has helped us achieve a four-fold increase in output at our Bardon site to £40m. We are now able to deal with changes effectively and plans are communicated to the shop floor accurately, and in a timely manner. Our manufacturing is very nimble and able to deal with change requests at 3 p.m. on a Tuesday and reschedule jobs rapidly through Epicor to meet a Wednesday deadline. This would have been impossible with our previous solutions."

Through Advanced Planning and Scheduling, Benson Group has been able to achieve a much higher utilisation of its manufacturing lines, reduced downtime between jobs and ready make times, by ensuring cut and finishing operations based on the same die board are scheduled to run in sequence. This streamlining of manufacturing processes has helped the company win and retain contracts with major food manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies across the UK.

"Benson Group's achievements in the last eight years have been astounding," added James Norwood, senior vice president, product marketing for Epicor. "At the heart of this has been a management team's desire to lead the way in what can be achieved in manufacturing, by looking at every aspect of a business for opportunities to be more efficient, and embracing new technology and techniques to achieve that goal."

For more information contact: Duncan Gurney, The PR Network
+44 (0)7912 495630, duncan.gurney@theprnetwork.co.uk

About Benson Group
Benson Group is the UK's leading privately owned printed carton supplier, producing packaging product for both the food and pharmaceutical industries. Headquarters are in Bardon, Leicestershire, where the company owns 130,000 sq ft of production and warehouse space. Benson Group achieves annual sales in excess of £93 million. Food manufacturers are the main customers at Bardon and for the company's two North East facilities in Newcastle and Gateshead. These two sites have a combined total of 200,000 sq ft of manufacturing and warehouse space. The fourth site in Crewe, Medica Packaging, serves pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. It has 73,000 sq ft of manufacturing, warehouse and office space. Since 2000, investment in new plant and equipment across the four sites totals in excess of £25 million.

Benson Group creates packaging for many well-known companies, brands and retailers. Key account clients across the Group include GlaxoSmithKline, Northern Foods, Reckitt Benkiser, Greencore, Bakkavör, Samworth Brothers, and leading supermarket chains. For further information on the Benson Group visit the www.bensongroup.co.uk Web site.

About Epicor Software Corporation
Epicor Software Corporation (NASDAQ:EPIC) is a global leader delivering business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, hospitality and services industries. With 20,000 customers in over 150 countries, Epicor provides integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise retail software solutions that enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. Founded in 1984, Epicor takes pride in more than 25 years of technology innovation delivering business solutions that provide the scalability and flexibility businesses need to build competitive advantage. Epicor provides a comprehensive range of services with a single point of accountability that promotes rapid return on investment and low total cost of ownership, whether operating business on a local, regional, or global scale. The Company's worldwide headquarters are located in Irvine, California with offices and affiliates around the world. For more information, visit www.epicor.com.

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Epicor is a registered trademark of Epicor Software Corporation. Other trademarks referenced are the property of their respective owners. The product and service offerings depicted in this document are produced by Epicor Software Corporation.

Trend Micro Introduces Hosted Email Security 2.0

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:44:00 EDT

New hosted email security platform delivers daily protection to companies globally

Marlow, UK - March 16, 2010 - Trend Micro is today introducing Trend Micro™ Hosted Email Security, a new platform which offers mission-critical service standards.
Powered by Trend Micro's Smart Protection Network, businesses will now benefit from real-time protection against e-mail borne threats without having to invest in additional IT resources.

"Email security is mission critical for our customers," said James Walker, SMB product marketing manager, Trend Micro, EMEA. "Trend Micro's new Hosted Email Security ensures customers receive 100 percent service uptime, effective spam blocking and zero email-based viruses. In addition, we're including our leading anti-malware technology stopping malicious URLs embedded in emails."

Trend Micro scans, filters and correlates more than 20 billion emails, Web sites and files every single day, and then leverages that data to rapidly identify and respond to emerging threats, and improve the existing response to known threats. The engine processing all this traffic across millions of customers, multiple products, and hosted and on-premise environments is the Smart Protection Network infrastructure.

"According to our email best practices benchmarking, adding-in hosted email security will typically reduce the time that IT staff must spend on email security maintenance by up to 75 percent (or more in some cases) versus continuing with on-premise email security only," says messaging industry expert, Michael Osterman of Osterman Research.

Trend Micro Hosted Email Security 2.0 has been purpose built to be the number one choice in anti-spam and anti-malware. Trend Micro has included all the core engines that enabled Trend Micro's previous version of its hosted email security solution - InterScan™ Messaging Hosted Security (IMHS) - to be voted the #1 top-rated email security solution when compared to products from other leading vendors, according to independent benchmarking company West Coast Labs.

Grant Pearson, Director at de Le Cuona, said: "Email security is a critical concern for all businesses. Small businesses, in particular, often cannot invest in dedicated IT resources to manage security and managing email spam for example can be both difficult and costly. With Trend Micro's new hosted email security small businesses can now benefit from a top-rated enterprise level email security solution." He added: "We used to receive vast amounts of unsolicited emails and spam. Managing this spam placed a burden on both our time and resources and significantly slowed down business processes. Trend Micro's new hosted email security now detects and blocks unwanted messages, making it an invaluable email security solution for our business."

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More about Trend Micro Hosted Email Security 2.0

o Purpose-built to be #1 for anti-spam and anti-malware

In independent benchmarking, West Coast Labs found that Trend Micro's previous version of hosted email security - InterScan™ Messaging Hosted Security (IMHS) - was the #1 top-rated email security solution when compared to other leading vendors. Trend Micro has included all the core engines that enabled IMHS to achieve that rating into Trend Micro Hosted Email Security, and implemented additional technology to further improve increase spam blocking efficacy.

In a second set of independent benchmarking for stopping malware, NSS Labs tested a number of well-known endpoint security vendors in a real-world environment. Trend Micro again came out at #1, stopping up to 15 percent more malicious URLs and malware than the next two largest security vendors, and Trend Micro Hosted Email Security now includes this industry-leading anti-malware technology to stop malicious URLs embedded in email.

o Purpose-built for Mission Critical Quality of Service (QoS)

Trend Micro has made significant investments and proprietary revisions into its hosted security infrastructure and backend processes, which includes incurring a significant penalty with money due back to customers if Trend Micro does not meet service availability and uptime commitments. In addition, Trend Micro Hosted Email Security runs in data centers around the world that are certified to ensure mission critical quality of service and 100 percent data privacy.

Due to these investments and revisions, Trend Micro is now able to provide a new, significantly enhanced Service Level Agreement with the following provisions:

- 100 percent uptime with penalties that are up to 3 times stronger than other vendors -
- 99 percent or better spam blocking
- Zero email-based viruses.
- No more than three in one million emails incorrectly classified as spam
- No more than one minute of email delivery delays - no matter where you are in the world
- Support responsiveness within specified timeframes based on the severity of the incident.

About Trend Micro:
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security, focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and consumers. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity, personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the newest Web threats. Visit TrendWatch at www.trendmicro.com/go/trendwatch to learn more about the latest threats. Trend Micro's flexible solutions, available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence experts around the globe. Many of these solutions are powered by the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™ infrastructure, a next-generation cloud-client innovation that combines sophisticated cloud-based reputation technology, feedback loops, and the expertise of TrendLabsSM researchers to deliver real-time protection from emerging threats. A transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, Trend Micro's trusted security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide. Please visit www.trendmicro.com.

UNIFIED Partners with Relativity to Deliver Cost-Effective and Powerful E-Discovery/Disclosure Platform

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:24:00 EDT

Innovative Legal Service Provider Joins Forces with Technology Leader to Meet Evolving needs of Law Firms

London, UK - March 16, 2010 - UNIFIED, an emerging specialist in legal technology and outsourced support services, today announced that it has become a Premium Hosting Partner for kCura's Relativity, a web-based application servicing the analysis, review and production stages of the EDRM.

Recognising the increasing demand from law firms for an 'outcome based' approach to the outsourcing of legal support systems and processes, the team at UNIFIED identified Relativity from kCura as an industrial strength review platform. The combination of UNIFIED's robust project management and technical expertise and kCura's proven technology ensures the delivery of an extremely powerful and effective capability for e-disclosure/discovery processing, review and production.

For UNIFIED's clients, this mitigates the risk of outsourcing the e-discovery and disclosure process as they can access the highest quality of skills, technology and expertise from a single provider.

"In these challenging economic times we recognise that efficiency and financial sustainability are currently at the centre of the legal industry," comments Paul Mankoo, CEO of UNIFIED. "In addition, the e-discovery/disclosure market is very noisy, and as such, law firms are faced with a myriad of options when assessing the most effective outsourcing model for their business; our mission at UNIFIED is to cut through that noise and focus on flexibility without sacrificing on quality."

Noel Kilby, COO of UNIFIED continues, "When assessing the technology platforms available to UNIFIED, quality and scalability was critical. kCura's approach and proven technology stood out for us as it clearly drives efficiency into the fundamentals of review, search and production whilst maintaining adaptability.

"We work closely with our clients to provide a bespoke e-discovery/disclosure model that directly meets their needs, underpinned by an ethos of cost management. Relativity's flexibility helps us meet that objective with the option of extending our analytics capabilities as and when needed."

"We are excited to welcome UNIFIED to the Relativity family," said Andrew Sieja, president and CEO of kCura. "I look forward to seeing how they bring their project management and technical expertise to Relativity to provide exceptional solutions for their clients."

About kCura
kCura are the developers of the e-discovery software Relativity. Relativity is a web-based application servicing the analysis, review and production stages of the EDRM. kCura helps corporations and law firms with e-discovery challenges by installing Relativity on premises, as well as providing hosted on-demand solutions through a global network of partners in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. For more information, visit www.kcura.com.

About UNIFIED
UNIFIED is a leading, UK/EU headquartered provider of legal technology and outsourced support services to clients involved in the conduct of a range of legal matters. Focusing on the full range of e-discovery/disclosure services from advice in identifying harvestable data, its forensic collection and the processing of both electronic and paper sources through supporting the review and production process with both technology and human expertise.

UNIFIED brings a fresh 'outcome based' approach in providing truly effective support which translates into always meeting our clients' requirements and enabling them to execute their matters in the most efficient, practical and cost proportionate manner.

Led by Paul Mankoo and Noel Kilby, highly experienced and recognised experts in the sector, UNIFIED provides these highest quality, integrated legal support and technology services to the legal, corporate and government markets. These solutions are provided through the use of both 'best in class' 3rd party technology as well as proprietary tools developed in house.

For more information about the company and its services, visit http://www.unif-id.com

For more information, contact:
Paul Mankoo, CEO, UNIFIED OS LTD, +44 (0) 800-567 79 80
pm@unif-id.com

Adi Elliott, kCura, (312) 676-5075
aelliott@kcura.com

KPN goes live with business-centric operational support systems (OSS) data migration enabled by Celona and Logica

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EDT

Dutch national telecoms provider chooses Celona Evolve software and Logica as major network inventory migration goes into production

London, UK, 16 March, 2010: Celona, leaders in business-centric application data migration software together with Logica, a leading IT and business services company, today announced the 'go-live' of a major OSS network inventory application data migration. This latest customer deployment combines the Celona Evolve zero downtime application data migration software platform with Logica's recognised industry expertise, deep understanding of client's business and IT environments, and proven ability to deploy complex programmes for major organisations. The combined expertise of Logica with Celona's ground breaking software has enabled KPN to run a business-centric migration with minimal disruption and risk to their business and ensure multi million euro cost savings.

Without need for any downtime and consequences for the daily business, KPN has been able to migrate business process specific network inventory management (NIM) data from their existing live NIM system, copy that data in real-time to their new live NIM system and keep the two instances in real-time synchronisation for as long as needed to support KPN's business processes.

Data migration has been a long standing problem area for Telecoms providers who are undertaking OSS/BSS application transformation, consolidation or upgrade. Application areas spanning Billing, Network Inventory, CRM, Order Management and others have grown increasingly complex, with business processes that cannot be disrupted without a severe impact on the business. Therefore the need for software tools purpose built for application data migration that can be successfully utilised at a business control level to de-risk and remove enterprise migration costs, has never been so high.

Aging tools and methods which have their roots in data warehousing are not suited to OSS/BSS critical business application migration. This has created a clear requirement for new generation software that can provide the technical and business level agility to meet today's needs in the changing Telecoms landscape.

Sicco Wiersma, Manager Innovation Networks of KPN commented, "Simply consolidating everything into a single instance of a COTS application isn't always something you can realise easily in the OSS world. KPN is constantly looking to optimise its business processes and increase automated provisioning. This creates better customer service, lower costs and more revenue for KPN. Because Celona Evolve enables us to copy the data to the new platform and enable new automated processes, while allowing us to still keep the old system fully synchronised, we can realise the business benefits without needing to make a large investment to consolidate the two platforms. This allows us to transform by moving business processes and be ROI driven rather than being forced to do 'big bang' consolidations that require huge upfront investment and are high risk for our daily business."

Charles Andrews, CEO of Celona, commented, "Application data migration is now arguably the key success factor in the deployment of new OSS/BSS applications and we are delighted to support KPN in this key OSS application data migration in partnership with Logica. The long associated risks, disruption and costs of migration can now be removed and our software is achieving that for Telecoms providers such as KPN, giving control and agility to the business."

Rob Leijn, Managing Director Energy, Utilities & Telecoms Logica The Netherlands, said, "Understandably Telecoms companies want to be in control of their operations, especially when undertaking a critical application data migration. Enabling business agility when it comes to the migration process, rather than having it determined by IT capabilities, allows this to happen. Logica's alliance with Celona now offers clients the opportunity to dramatically reduce business risks and project timeframes in OSS/BSS application migrations.

About Celona
Celona is the leading provider of Application Data Migration software specifically developed for organisations who are managing complex application migrations driven by transformation, or who are upgrading their legacy systems and applications to optimise efficiency, customer focus and costs. Celona Evolve is the software platform of choice for organisations who want to remove data migration from the critical path, that require a business-centric application data migration approach which delivers zero downtime, lowers risks and costs with compliance, in the shortest timeframes. Headquartered in London and with a worldwide customer base, Celona was founded in 2005 and is privately held. For more information visit. www.celona.com.

About Logica
Logica is a business and technology service company, employing 39,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to clients around the world, including many of Europe's largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients by successfully integrating people, business and technology. It is committed to long term collaboration, applying insight to create innovative answers to clients' business needs.Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available at www.logica.com

For further information:
Celona
Dan Purvis / Erin Hunter
OCTOPUS
T: +44 (0) 8453 700 655
E: celona@octopuscomms.net

Logica
Judith Achterberg, media relations
Telefoon: +31 (0)20 57 13777
E-mail: judith.achterberg@logica.com

NetClean launches in the UK to stop the spread of child sexual abuse images online

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:55:00 EDT

London, 16 March 2010: NetClean Technologies today announces the UK launch of its software, NetClean ProActive, which prevents child sexual abuse images being viewed or circulated over business networks. It is designed to tackle the growing problem of child sex abuse on the web by blocking images on both the internet and on removable media, such as USB sticks and CDs, which have not previously been picked up by solutions that only block access to inappropriate websites containing images.

Child sexual abuse on the internet is one of the biggest undiscovered crimes in businesses today with NetClean finding at least one person viewing child sexual abuse images for every 1,000 licenses it installs. In addition, 97% of those who collect child sexual abuse images also exchange these images, according to Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre (CEOP). This demonstrates a clear need for a solution to help find the abusers, stop content being circulated and ultimately enable the police to identify and investigate these criminals.

NetClean, which is a member of the UK's Internet Watch Foundation and has the backing of the World Childhood Foundation founded by H.M. Queen Silvia of Sweden, has designed software to identify child sexual abuse images and videos using image recognition software. NetClean also works in collaboration with police to build a database of images to be blocked. It is the only technology of its kind in the market and prevents such images being viewed or circulated on any machines on any network.

Christian Sjöberg, CEO at NetClean says: "We are on a mission to reduce child sexual abuse images wherever they exist - on the internet and on any other form of storage, particularly in work environments. Many collectors of child abuse images carry the images with them when they go to the office as they are often family men who think it is safer to view these images at work, because current filters only look for material coming off the internet.

"We believe everyone has a duty of care to protect the innocent children who have been abused to make these horrific images in the first place, but also every company has a duty to its employees, to reassure them that their systems cannot be misused in this way. Organisations also need to protect their reputation - no business wants to be portrayed as careless or indifferent about their networks being used to allow child abuse images to be viewed or passed around."

The NetClean solution for businesses, NetClean ProActive, detects and stops child sexual abuse content before it can enter the company network. It can be deployed either in the network or on every computer as a desktop agent. NetClean ProActive complements existing security solutions and has no impact on network performance or employee productivity.

It can analyse activity on individual machines such as laptops, even when they have been unplugged from a work-based network. When the machine is reconnected to the network NetClean ProActive picks up and identifies traces of any child sexual abuse images that might have been viewed on the computer during the period the machine was offline. UK-based Value Add Distributor, Softek has been chosen as NetClean's channel partner in the UK.

John Carr, a key adviser to the UK Government on internet safety for children says: "NetClean ProActive is a great new product that I hope lots of organisations deploy. Although we're getting better at detecting child abuse images on the internet and blocking access to the sites that contain them, far too many images are available from other sources, such as filesharing networks. This means abusers can continue to look at these awful and illegal pictures and swap them with like minded people. This often happens at work and with NetClean, companies now have a way of stepping in to help with this most important child protection measure."

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For more information, please contact:
Jon White / Alex Brooks
Rocket Communications
+44 (0) 8453 707 024
netclean@rocketcomms.net

About NetClean Technologies
NetClean Technologies is a Swedish based company that develops technical solutions to support every aspect of the protection of children on the Internet.

NetClean has extensive experience in this area and develops its products in cooperation with police authorities around the world.

NetClean works closely with several non-profit organisations, for example the World Childhood Foundation, ECPAT, BRIS and Internet Watch Foundation.

The deployment of a NetClean product is not only a way of demonstrating corporate social responsibility, it is a very real and positive way of helping to protect children around the world.

NextiraOne implements Mesh Wireless LAN network

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:24:00 EDT

NextiraOne's mobile data networking provides ideal communications solution for Steinbach's Austrian Logistics Centre

Vienna - 16 March, 2010. NextiraOne, Europe's leading expert in communications services, has implemented a wireless data network for Steinbach's logistics centre in Schwertberg, Upper Austria. The innovative solution, based on Mesh Wireless LAN technology, will help improve operations in the company's 15,000 m² warehousing facilities, with space for some 9,000 pallets.

In addition to its core business in the processing of wool, Steinbach also specialises in a wide variety of leisure activities and has a comprehensive range of products for outdoor pools and swimming baths. Sales throughout Austria are handled from the Schwertberg site, the company's logistics centre. Modern, highly efficient warehouse management allows this traditional, family-owned company to locate and access the different products quickly and deliver them promptly.

In order to optimise its logistics operations, Steinbach decided to refresh its existing data network by implementing a completely mobile solution, integrating all its data devices, including laptops and scanners. Information on incoming and outgoing goods is captured through these mobile devices and data is processed in real time.

NextiraOne conducted a site survey in order to specify the coverage needed, data rates, network capacity, accessibility and quality of service (QoS). The company then planned and designed a mixed wireless LAN infrastructure, taking into account the limitations of the building. The solution was able to ensure an optimum cost efficiency combined with the best network performance for Steinbach.

The warehouse halls were equipped with the new Mesh WLAN technology, as installing cabling would have been extremely disruptive in halls filled with products. Meshed networks are particularly suitable for older or existing buildings where laying new cabling would be very costly or even impossible. The access points of a Mesh WLAN communicate with one another via radio signal and therefore need only an electrical supply. With the implementation of 802.11n transmission rates additional data volumes of up to 300 Megabits can be carried. Standard Wireless LAN networking is installed in the office buildings.

The 80 Steinbach employees now work using their mobile devices connected via around 50 access points throughout the warehouses and across the site. The management of this high performance Alcatel-Lucent technology is handled via the central Wireless LAN controller, which controls and manages all the functionality of the WLAN network and the access points. The controller is managed directly by Steinbach's IT team.

"Technology must adapt to the conditions and requirements of the individual company, not the other way around. Our aim as the solutions integrator is to plan and implement the best customised solutions for our customers," explains Margarete Schramböck, Vice President NextiraOne Germany & Austria.

Peter Steinbach, General Manager of Steinbach GmbH, is convinced of the value of the new technology: "Our warehouses are amongst the most modern in Austria and are at the heart of our operational activity. We needed a highly flexible solution that would optimise our operations without affecting the day-to-day running of our full warehouses. The implementation of a mixed mesh WLAN and wireless LAN solution shows the flexibility of the technology and of our partner, NextiraOne, in adapting to our requirements."

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About NextiraOne
Headquartered in Paris, NextiraOne are Europe's leading experts in communications services. The company designs, installs, maintains and supports all of its customers' communications needs from voice to mobility, security and applications. NextiraOne provides seamless, end-to-end communications solutions working with the leading technology vendors in the industry to deliver maximum business benefit to customers.

Discover more at: http://www.nextiraone-eu.com

*NextiraOne and the NextiraOne logo are registered trademarks of NextiraOne LLC

For more information:
Neil Moss
European Marketing Director
NextiraOne
Tel: +49 30 74107-6380
neil.moss@nextiraone-eu.com

Sheila Lashford
Splash PR
Tel: +44 (0) 7986 514240
sheila@splash-pr.biz

Mag Nicole Plein
Comunications & PR Manager
NextiraOne Austria GmbH
Tel. : +43 (0)5 77 33-4827
Nicole.plein@nextiraone.at

Tribold to Speak at 4th Annual OSS BSS Asia Pacific Summit

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:27:00 EDT

Tribold's Marketing Director to debate 'New Generation Technologies and the Customer Experience'

London, UK, March 16, 2010 - Ernest Margitta, Tribold's Marketing Director, will be joining a panel session at the upcoming Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange OSS BSS Summit (http://www.frost-oss.com/) on Wednesday, 24 March 2010.

The 4th Annual OSS BSS Asia Pacific Summit, taking place in Singapore from March 24 to 25, 2010, looks into the essential OSS BSS functions and business processes supporting service differentiation, customer loyalty, changing business models, and new technology evolution. Conference participants will discuss their successes and challenges pertinent to real-time rating & charging, policy management, product lifecycle management, service management, improving the customer experience, and business analytics.

The panel discussion, entitled: 'New Generation Technologies and the Customer Experience', will address issues around getting new services to market and in creating attractive offers for customers in our rapidly changing business environment.

The panellists will share their perspectives and how these perspectives fit with their own working experiences, answering key questions:
• Is customer life changing services really catching on and if so, what is the most significant movement to such services that you have witnessed?
• Customer-defined policy management for mobile roaming services is getting a lot of attention, especially with regards to bill shock. Are the regulators in areas outside of Europe also mandating similar customer-support requirements?
• Is billing and the various ways customers can order new services worth the investment that many organizations have made over the past couple of years? Will it need to continue?
• What do customers perceive is still lacking?

Panellists include Omid Saberi, Group Chief Information Officer, Telecom Fiji Limited (TFL), Fiji, Joseph Waring, Group Editor, TelecomAsia, and Ernest Margitta, Marketing Director, Tribold.

Ernest Margitta commented, "I'm delighted to bring Tribold's Enterprise Product Management (EPM) experience and expertise to this debate. Customer Experience is a top issue for CSPs around the globe today and EPM has a crucial role ensuring what customers purchase aligns to what they receive and what they end up paying."

About Tribold
Tribold is the world's leading provider of Enterprise Product Management (EPM) software specifically developed for Communication Service Providers (CSPs). Tribold EPM™ is a single, integrated suite of Enterprise Product Management applications that empowers CSPs to put products at the heart of their business.

Tribold EPM™ is based on a Centralized Product & Service Catalog (CPC) and a Product & Service Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution.

Dramatic improvements in product management performance enable CSPs to drive increased profit by reducing time to market, decreased cost to market, increased quality of the product management process and increased ability to support product and service innovation.

Headquartered in London, and with offices in North America and Asia, Tribold was founded in 2003 and is privately held. For more information visit www.tribold.com.

Press contact:
Ernest Margitta
Phone: +44 20 7665 4000.
Email: ernest.margitta@tribold.com

BridgeHead Software Research Reveals: Healthcare IT Professionals Investing in Electronic Patient Record Systems Resiliency

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EDT

BridgeHead CEO says Vendor-Agnostic Healthcare Data Management (HDM) and Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) Can Make IT Managers' EPR Resiliency Dreams a Reality

World of Health IT, Barcelona - 15th March 2010 - Preliminary results from the BridgeHead Software Data Management Healthcheck survey suggest health IT managers are looking for resilient solutions for managing their electronic patient record (EPR) systems that can grow and evolve as their organisations' storage needs change over time.

Respondents to the survey, which is still underway at http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/hdm-survey, said their top three spending priorities for the next 12 months were backup (including business continuity and disaster recovery) (46.2%), Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS, 38.5%), and archiving (36.5%). Other answer choices included digitizing paper records (34.6%), server virtualization (30.8%), storage virtualization (19.2%), cloud storage (11.5%) and green IT (7.7%).

Tony Cotterill, CEO of BridgeHead Software, said the results indicated "a professional understanding of the complexities of migrating from paper to electronic patient records in the modern healthcare environment. Backup and archiving are fundamental to any data management strategy, so it's clear that health IT managers are doing their homework before starting the EPR migration process."

Cotterill added that BridgeHead Software's vendor-agnostic healthcare data management (HDM) and healthcare storage virtualization (HSV) suite has helped over 1,000 hospitals take control of their data by creating fully integrated and interoperable platforms for viewing and accessing electronic patient records.

"Healthcare storage virtualization [HSV] helps hospitals realise the full potential of electronic patient records systems because HSV empowers hospitals to meet their growing storage needs without compromising on current hardware brand or media type," explained Cotterill. "HSV separates applications from the storage device, allowing multiple applications to tap into the same resources and increasing overall utilization of the storage resource."

Cotterill added, "Vendor-agnostic solutions for HDM and HSV free hospitals to negotiate better service contracts on better terms with their application and storage vendors, hence making the most of their current storage infrastructure and systems investments."

Preliminary findings from the Data Management Healthcheck also confirmed the existence of a growing healthcare data burden. A majority of respondents said they expected their data volumes to increase by up to 25 percent over the next year, and a whopping 90 percent said over half of the data contained within their organisations was over six months old.

"Although backup is one of the keys to an effective and efficient data management strategy, it is by no means a catch-all solution," said Cotterill. "The integrated, vendor-agnostic HDM and HSV approach puts hospitals back in control of their clinical data, freeing them from supposed obligations to their imaging and storage vendors while enabling them to deliver quicker, more efficient, and better informed healthcare at the same time as reducing costs within the hospital."

Press briefings
Journalists, bloggers and analysts attending World of Health IT are invited to register for a press briefing to discuss the research, its healthcare storage virtualization and its European expansion plans with CEO Tony Cotterill or other available BridgeHead Software spokespeople.

If you would like more information or to schedule a briefing, please do not hesitate to contact Rose Ross at rose@omarketing.co.uk or on-site at +44 7976 154597

Data Management Healthcheck 2010
To request additional information or sign up to receive an executive summary of the research when it is completed, please contact Rose Ross at rose@omarketing.co.uk

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Media Contacts

UK and EMEA
Rose Ross
Omarketing
+44 208 255 5225
+44 7976 154597
rose@omarketing.co.uk
www.twitter.com/Rose_at_O
www.twitter.com/Omarketingnews

US
Elizabeth S. Glaser
Dodge Communications
770-576-2551
eglaser@dodgecomunications.com

About BridgeHead Software - www.bridgeheadsoftware.com
BridgeHead Software is the leading provider of Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) technology, providing backup, recovery, and archiving solutions to over 1,000 hospitals worldwide. BridgeHead HSV enables organizations to eliminate data silos and separate applications from storage. A storage- and vendor-agnostic approach, BridgeHead HSV provides customers with a scalable platform that works with their current and future systems infrastructure. To learn more about BridgeHead Software, visit http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com.

About Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV)
Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) gives IT the power to say "yes" to the growing storage needs of the organization at large by creating a flexible storage management framework that separates the application from the storage device, allowing multiple applications to tap into the same resources, thereby increasing overall resource utilization. HSV creates common pools of shareable storage hardware that can be accessed as needed, regardless of the application or data type.

Healthcare Storage Virtualization is a scalable solution that supports your healthcare data management challenges over time. HSV enables you to focus on solving your highest-priority problem first (e.g., implementing a vendor-neutral DICOM archive) while establishing a platform that positions you to address other issues (e.g., email archiving) as your time and budget allows.

HSV puts you in control. Your data, your storage, your choice.

World of Healthcare IT, Booth 831
Media Contact: Rose Ross, +44 7976 154597

TCL launches operations in Switzerland

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EDT

TCL continues international expansion with announcement of new Swiss office

Zug, Switzerland - March, 2010 - TCL, a leading software testing consultancy, today announced the expansion of its global capabilities with the launch of a new operation in Zug, Switzerland. The expansion enables TCL to supply a UK trained resource solution to the Swiss software testing market.

Transition Consulting GmbH is led by Tony Prosser, co-founder and Director of TCL Group Ltd. who brings with him many years of extensive and diverse experience in Software Testing. TCL will leverage its local presence and existing business links from its new office in central Switzerland to offer a solution to the high demand for UK testers.

"TCL came to Switzerland to assist an old colleague in need of top quality testing support. We liked what we found and recognised that there was a distinct shortage of technical skills that we could bring to the market. The training and experience that exist in the UK Testing Arena are lacking in the Swiss market, we intend to help change that by seeding high quality experienced testers into Transition Consulting GmbH and to build from there. Switzerland is a very exciting and buoyant market in which there is a need to supplement specialist skills for the foreseeable future, we intend to fill that gap"

"We have spent the last 5 or 6 months getting the infrastructure and support functions right. As with anything we do at TCL it is all about building sustainable, professional longevity. We have not wanted to expand our consultant or client base until we had these things in place. We now have these and are ready to fully support the market opportunity that exists here. It is going to be a very exciting year."

Tony Prosser, Director - TCL Group Ltd

Transition Consulting GmbH Offers:

• Highly trained, experienced and capable Software Testing Consultants
• Competitive Rates with low cost of ownership
• Experience in the Financial, Telecoms, Retail (Including Web Channel), Government and Energy Sectors
• Engagement models from 1 day consultancy through to outsourced testing

We take pride in our ability to provide custom tailored test, software and management solutions. We empower our clients, so that they can realise and meet their goals.

For further information on Transition Consulting GmbH contact:
Tony Prosser - tony.prosser@tcl-global.com
+41 786 486 300
www.tcl-ch.com

TCL is an independent Software Testing Consultancy, started at the beginning of 2000, with offices in the UK in London, Bristol and Exeter; in Zug in Switzerland; in Burlington, Massachusetts in the US; and in Bangalore in India.
www.tcl-global.com
©TCL 2010

Government Connect Secure Extranet programme shortlisted for award

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:52:00 EDT

15 March 2010 - The Government Connect Secure Extranet programme, as successfully delivered by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and supported by a team from Finmeccanica company VEGA Consulting Services Ltd (VEGA), has been shortlisted for the 2010 GC Award for Government Transformation.

The GC Awards (previously 'GC Awards for Innovation') recognise those government programmes judged to have made the most innovative use of technology to improve public services. The creation of more customer-centric services is one of the central themes of the Transformational Government agenda. Those programmes shortlisted for the category of Transformation have demonstrated clear benefits for both the customer(s) and the organisation by significantly transforming the interaction between the two parties.

The DWP team has successfully delivered a network that allows all 375 local authorities across England and Wales to securely connect to each other and central government. VEGA provided support to the Programme Support Office, the Requirements and System Architecture Team, a Service Desk and Support Manager, and the majority of the central and regionally-based Connectivity Team, including CLAS Security Consultants who assessed GCSX CoCo submissions and were involved in more than 1,600 security assessments.

The network is now helping to meet ambitions of the UK Government's 'Transformational Government: Enabled by Technology' IT strategy, by establishing a private, secure, managed network for English and Welsh Local Authorities to share sensitive information online, quickly, easily, accurately and in real time.

This year, the GC Awards received a record number of entries and the competition was extremely high. The judging panel for the 2010 awards is made up of high profile senior practitioners, academics and policy makers from across public services including:

- Ailsa Beaton - Director of Information and Chief Information Officer on the Metropolitan Police Service's Management Board
- David Dinsdale - Programme Director, Businesslink.gov.uk
- Dr Glynn Hayes - A founder member of the Primary Health Care Specialist Group, British Computer Society (BCS), where he was chair from 1985-1990
- Steve Palmer - Vice President, Socitm Limited and CIO, London borough of Hillingdon
- Elizabeth Sparrow - President, BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT
- Andrew Stott - Director, Digital Engagement for the UK government, based at the Cabinet Office
- Carol Tullo - Director of The National Archives.

The winners of the awards are set to be announced at a gala ceremony on Wednesday 21 April in central London.

Further information
For further information, please contact Mark Gunning on mark.gunning@vega.co.uk.

Telephonetics Plc ranks highly in the top 1,000 UK companies for R&D investment

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:55:00 EDT

15th March 2010, Hemel Hempstead, UK - Telephonetics Plc, the speech automation and data integration specialist, today announces its ranking in the top 1,000 UK and Global companies for Research & Development. The report, published by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), summarises the findings of the 2009 Research & Development Scoreboard, an investigation of the 1,000 UK and 1,000 global companies that invested most in R&D in 2008.

Telephonetics continually invests in its product development as a core part of their innovation process and business strategy, keeping their end-to-end business solutions at the forefront of technology. As a UK based company Telephonetics solutions are developed, maintained and marketed locally.

The Research & Development Scoreboard is an international league table of the companies investing the most in R&D, designed as a benchmarking tool for companies, investors and policy-makers. Twelve leading business and professional organisations endorse the Scoreboard as a source of information for their companies and their shareholders when considering the amount invested in R&D as part of their innovation process and business strategy.

Anthony McKay, CEO at Telephonetics enthuses "We are delighted that Telephonetics ranked this year in the UK companies for R&D investment and we made an entrance in the 'Software and Computer Services' industry section too. In 2008, the software and computer services sector was the third largest contributor to R&D in both the UK1000 and the G1000. It is important to us as a company, our shareholders and our customers to continue to invest in R&D. Our ranking is testament to the R&D investment we put back into the company to enable us to continue to develop, maintain and market solutions that genuinely meet our customer's business requirements, in line with market demands."

For a full copy of the report please visit www.bis.gov.uk/randscoreboard.

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About Telephonetics Plc
Telephonetics Plc (TPH.L) is a UK-based leading provider of speech automation and data integration solutions. The Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market in July 2005.

Offering diverse automation solutions and deployed across tens of thousands of telephony channels, Telephonetics processes millions of minutes of speech recognition per annum, via its carrier-class resilient platform in both hosted and customer premises solutions. Drawing on over 16 years of understanding how people interact over the telephone, Telephonetics offers a range of customer-focused solutions, covering even the most demanding environments, and delivering real business benefits to all its customers.

The MovieLINE® product is a proven market-leading solution that has been developed to meet market requirements, especially customer accessibility. It has powerful administration and operational back-office tools that ensure timely and valuable data is easily presented to cinema management.

With innovative solutions for speech self-service, mobility, outbound messaging, emergency notification and business continuity Telephonetics has built a large customer base. This includes 83% of the major UK multiplex cinemas, over 60% of the UK's NHS acute health trusts, more than 120 Central Government, Local Authority, Police and Education sites, along with significant financial and legal company representation.

For further information please contact:
Telephonetics VIP
Melissa Bendon, Marketing Communications Manager +44 (0)1442 242 242 melissa.bendon@telephoneticsvip.co.uk

'New Approaches to Risk and Decision Analysis'

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:27:00 EDT

Palisade announces speaker line-up for European User Conference
14th - 15th April 2010, Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, central London

Risk and decision analysis software specialist, Palisade (www.palisade.com) has today confirmed the programme for its European User conference, which is taking place at the Institute of Directors in central London on 14th and 15th April 2010.'New Approaches to Risk and Decision Analysis' will provide over 100 delegates from around the world with the opportunity to learn more about Palisade's technology as well as network with experts to discuss the practices of uncertainty analysis.

This event will bring customers from a range of industry sectors together. They will present practical examples that provide insight into using Palisade's risk and decision analysis tools for a wide variety of business applications. Case study presentations include:

- CapGemini: Faldo's folly or Monty's Carlo - The Ryder Cup and Monte Carlo simulation
- DTU Transport: New approaches to transport project assessment; reference scenario forecasting and quantitative risk analysis
- Georg-August University Research: Benefits from weather derivatives in agriculture: a portfolio optimisation using RISKOptimizer
- Graz University of Technology: Calculation of construction costs for building projects - application of the Monte Carlo method
- Halcrow: Risk-based water distribution rehabilitation planning - impact modelling and estimation
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers: PricewaterhouseCoopers and Palisade: an overview
- Noven: Use of Monte Carlo simulations for risk management in pharmaceuticals
- SLR Consulting: Risk sharing in waste management projects - @RISK and sensitivity analysis
- Statoil: Put more science into cost risk analysis
- Unilever: Succeeding in DecisionTools Suite 5 rollout - Unilever's story

A focus of the event will also be Palisade's recently-launched language versions of @RISK and DecisionTools Suite, which are now available in French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Software training sessions will provide users with practical knowledge to ensure they can optimise their use of the tools and implement business best practise and methodologies.

Craig Ferri, UK managing director at Palisade, comments: "As with previous years, the Palisade User Conference aims to provide everyone attending with practical advice to enhance the decision-making capabilities of their organisation. This is achieved by the high calibre of organisations and speakers presenting, combined with the diversity of industries represented and the wide range of applications discussed - all of which demonstrate the versatility of risk analysis. The event also offers the opportunity to network and knowledge-share with risk professionals from around the world."

For a complete programme schedule, more information on each presentation and registration details, please go to: http://www.palisade.com/2010conf/London/schedule.asp

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Notes to editors

About Palisade:
Palisade Corporation is a software developer that produces decision support tools for professionals in many lines of work. The company was founded in 1984, and at present more than 100,000 people use Palisade's software in fields that range from finance to oil and mineral exploration, real estate to heavy manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals to aerospace. Its software is used by many Fortune 500 companies, including Shell Oil, Procter & Gamble, ExxonMobil, Unilever, and by prominent economic and financial consultants.

For more information, please contact:
Kate Alexander / Vidushi Patel
Vanilla Public Relations Ltd
+44 (0)7788 584413
kate@vanillapr.co.uk / vidushi@vanillapr.co.uk

ABBYY Europe Releases New Command Line Interface OCR Utility for Linux

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:22:00 EDT

New ABBYY FineReader Engine 8.0 CLI for Linux Enables Fast Access to Automated OCR and PDF Conversion in Linux Environments

London, UK, (Monday 15th March, 2010) - ABBYY Europe, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced the release of ABBYY FineReader Engine 8.0 CLI for Linux, a new command line interface utility which enables quick and simple integration of ABBYY's award-winning optical character recognition (OCR) and PDF conversion technologies within Linux environments.

ABBYY FineReader Engine 8.0 CLI for Linux is a turnkey utility which makes ABBYY's automated text recognition and document conversion processes easily accessible for Linux operating environments through the command line interface. ABBYY document recognition technologies offer high quality conversion of scans, PDFs and image files into editable and searchable formats. Using ABBYY technology, organisations can easily digitise paper-based information and seamlessly build text recognition capabilities into their business processes.

"ABBYY's product offering includes a wide range of document recognition applications and integration tools to suit a variety of different scenarios and environments," explained Jupp Stoepetie, CEO of ABBYY Europe GmbH. "With FineReader Engine CLI for Linux, adding automated OCR is as simple as adding one more command line to the script. With this easy integration we make our technologies accessible to an even broader audience."

With ABBYY FineReader Engine 8.0 CLI for Linux, users can control functionality completely via command line access allowing developers and advanced computer users to easily integrate OCR within a variety of solutions ranging from desktop applications to server-based systems. The product delivers converted text in various file output formats including RTF, HTML or PDF. The solution not only accurately reproduces text but also document layouts and formatting.

Key features and functions:
• Image Pre-processing - image noise reduction, colour inversion, and separation of double pages.

• Document Analysis - detection of page orientation, barcode localisation, picture and table detection, table analysis

• Multifont Support - recognises texts produced by matrix printers or typewriters, as well as of OCR-A, OCR-B and MICR

• Barcode Recognition - recognises seventeen well-established 1D barcodes as well as 2D barcode PDF 417* (*Add on) throughout the document.

• Recognition Languages - recognises text in 190 languages and multilingual documents.

ABBYY OCR technologies are internationally recognised for their accuracy and reliability. Through an array of software development kits, they are available for integration into applications hosted on a variety of different platforms including BSD, Linux, MacOS X, Android, iPhone, Symbian, Windows and Windows Mobile. The extensive platform support enables developers to enlarge the range of their solutions with state-of-the-art technologies for OCR, PDF and document conversion.

Availability and pricing
ABBYY FineReader Engine 8.0 CLI for Linux is available immediately. For detailed information regarding the product functions, availability and licensing, as well as a free trial version, please visit ABBYY's CLI for Linux pages at www.ocr4linux.com.

About ABBYY Europe
ABBYY Europe is a member of the ABBYY Group supporting sales and marketing activities in Western Europe.

ABBYY is a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software. Its products include the ABBYY FineReader line of optical character recognition (OCR) applications, ABBYY FlexiCapture line of data capture solutions, ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software, and development tools. Paper-intensive organizations from all over the world use ABBYY software to automate time- and labour-consuming tasks and to streamline business processes. ABBYY products are used in large-scale government projects such as those of Australian Taxation Office, Lithuanian Tax Inspectorate, Ministry of Education of Russia, Ministry of Education of Ukraine, and Montgomery County Government of the USA. Companies that license ABBYY technologies include BancTec, Canon, EMC/Captiva, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NewSoft, Notable Solutions, Samsung Electronics and more. ABBYY OCR applications are shipped with equipment from the world's top manufacturers such as BenQ, Epson, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, Microtek, Panasonic, Plustek, Toshiba, and Xerox. ABBYY is headquartered in Moscow, Russia, with offices in Germany, the United States, Ukraine, the UK, Japan and Taiwan. For more information, visit www.ABBYY.com.

ABBYY, the ABBYY Logo, ADRT, FineReader, Lingvo, FlexiCapture, and PDF Transformer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ABBYY Software Ltd. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized.

Contact info:
ABBYY Europe GmbH
Colin Miller
Elsenheimerstraße 49
D - 80687 München
Tel.: 089/511 159-0
Fax: 089/511 159-59
E-Mail: press_eu@abbyy.com
Web: www.ABBYY.com

Press contact:
AxiCom UK
Asim Qureshi
+44 (0) 208 392 4050
asim.qureshi@axicom.com
Web: www.axicom.com

Thales HSMs secure manufacturing at ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:56:00 EDT

Thales HSMs provide ZF with a highly secure and auditable encryption environment to protect manufacturing processes and help drive production lines forward

Weston, FL and Cambridge UK - 15 March 2010: Thales, leader in information systems and communications security, announces that ZF, a leading worldwide automotive supplier of driveline and chassis technology, has deployed Thales hardware security modules (HSMs) to protect mission-critical business and manufacturing processes and help meet regulatory requirements.

With about 60,000 employees and a network of 125 manufacturing facilities across 26 countries, ZF develops and manufactures innovative transmissions, steering systems, axels and chassis components for the world's top vehicle makers. ZF's primary focus is on continuing its traditions of quality and innovation, but it realizes that success today requires reliance on advanced technology systems to power manufacturing and core business processes.

To secure its systems from internal and external threat, ZF deployed a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) utilizing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 together with Thales HSMs from the nCipher product line, providing a standardized enterprise-wide global infrastructure for certificate-based authentication. Every machine involved in the production of ZF products, be it a server or desktop computer, is authenticated using the digital certificates generated and stored by Thales HSMs. Everything from production to accounting to intellectual property is safeguarded against unauthorized access and no unauthorized machine can eavesdrop on ZF's manufacturing process.

Using Microsoft Windows Server 2008, digital certificates are issued to every machine on ZF's network so that each system can be uniquely identified and authorized to access business systems - such as ZF's SAP accounting platform. This amounts to many thousands of keys and Thales HSMs provide a reliable, auditable and secure hardware key storage environment, underpinning the certificate issuing process. Thales HSMs also provide centralized key management for the many thousands of certificates issued, replacing time-consuming, inefficient manual processes for tracking and updating expiring certificates.

The ability to remotely and therefore cost-effectively manage an HSM provides ZF with further benefit. In an effort to fight tax evasion and smuggling, the government of Brazil recently implemented regulations — called Nota Fiscal Eletrônica — requiring that manufacturers produce electronic bills of lading stamped with a digital signature. The regulations mandate the use of HSMs to store and protect time stamping certificates. While many manufacturers scrambled to implement compliant systems, ZF was ready. The company integrated its PKI with the SAP system it used to generate bills of lading. In addition, ZF located HSMs in Brazil, which they managed from Germany, as part of a cluster for enhanced global redundancy of its key storage process.

"Protecting our business against unauthorized access, from production to accounting to intellectual property, is of paramount importance", says Jürgen Paulmichl, information technology security manager for ZF. "Thales HSMs give us auditable key protection for the computers that conduct our office-based processes, and they enable more cost-effective and scalable security for the technology that drives our production lines. Only Thales had reference customers available to confirm ease of integration with Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Deploying Thales HSMs has allowed us to easily meet the escalating security expectations of auditors, governments, and company leaders."

"ZF's security architecture is a great example of how successfully Thales products integrate with leading-edge operating systems and applications such as Microsoft Windows Server to provide effective key management solutions," says Franck Greverie, Vice President and Managing Director for the Information Technology Security activities of Thales. "We are delighted that ZF has chosen Thales products for their specific and demanding security concerns. This implementation illustrates the advantages of a versatile platform that securely and cost-effectively protects data and business process and establishes a coherent and well-enforced security policy that complies with industry regulations".

About ZF
Headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany, ZF develops and manufactures driveline and chassis components for the global automotive industry, with about 60,000 employees and a network of 125 manufacturing facilities across 26 countries. The company is best known for its innovative transmissions, and it recently developed the world's first 8-speed transmission.

To learn more about ZF, visit http://www.zf.com

For more information about Thales HSMs, visit http://www.thalesgroup.com/iss

Notes to editor
Thales is one of the world leaders in the provision of Information and Communication Systems Security solutions for government, defence, critical infrastructure operators, enterprises and the finance industry. Thales's unique position in the market is due to its end-to-end security offering spanning the entire value chain in the security domain. The comprehensive offering includes architecture design, security and encryption product development, evaluation and certification preparation and through-life management services.

Thales has forty years of unrivalled track record in protecting information from Sensitive But Unclassified up to Top Secret and a comprehensive portfolio of security products and services, which includes network security products, application security products and secured telephony products.

About Thales
Thales is a global technology leader for the Aerospace and Space, Defence, Security and Transportation markets. In 2009, the company generated revenues of 12.9 billion euros with 68,000 employees in 50 countries. With its 25,000 engineers and researchers, Thales has a unique capability to design, develop and deploy equipment, systems and services that meet the most complex security requirements. Thales has an exceptional international footprint, with operations around the world working with customers as local partners. www.thalesgroup.com

Press Contact:
Liz Harris
Thales
+44 (0)1223 723612
liz.harris@thales-esecurity.com

Dan Borgasano
Schwartz Communications
+1 781 684-6660
thales@schwartz-pr.com

Zoë Gray
Hotwire
+44 (0)20 7608 4655
thales@hotwirepr.com

People's Map Wins Silver Award

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:39:00 EDT

March 15, 2010 - The People's Map of London received a Silver Award in the Best Digital Product category at the recent International Map Trade Association (IMTA) Gala Awards Dinner. The annual awards ceremony, part of a two day conference held in Bayonne, France, attracted entries from all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The awards were presented by Allen Carroll, President of Cartography for National Geographic, whilst other guests came from as far as Australia and the Dominican Republic to see the latest mapping developments.

Over 40 entries were received for the three different award categories being awarded, Best Wall Map, Best Book or Atlas and Best Digital Product, with an overall winner going forward to the World Best Map at the IMTA Global event later this year.

The People's Map received the highly commended silver award for its 1:12,000 scale mapping of Central London which was launched in November 2009. Covering over 400 sq km stretching from Richmond Park in the South West to Epping Forest in the North East the mapping was derived from high resolution aerial photography captured by Getmapping. A number of businesses and private individuals used the simple online editing tools to create the mapping. All data was then verified and rendered by mapping experts XYZ prior to publication.

"There were numerous mapping products of a high quality in the Best Digital Product category, so to walk away with a silver award is fantastic, and it really highlights the high quality mapping we are able to deliver using the People's Map process," said Dr Tim Rideout, Director of the People's Map partnership who was there to pick up the award.

The People's Map is already available for the whole of the UK at 1:1,000,000 scale with the 1:100,000 scale map currently in production. 1:12,000 scale street mapping is also available for Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Bath, as well as other cities in progress such as Bournemouth, Brighton, Cardiff, Portsmouth, Southampton, Coventry and Milton Keynes. The People's Map of London can be purchased from www.getmapping.com.

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For reader enquiries and further information please contact:
Chris Kelly
T: +44 (0) 1252 849436
E: chris.kelly@getmapping.com
www.peoplesmap.com

For editorial enquiries contact:
William Allbrook,
Tel: 01666 826641, Email: william@allbrook.net

About The People's Map
The People's Map is a revolutionary web-based mapping project which enables both professional and private users to create and maintain their own maps from Getmapping aerial photography using simple online editing tools. Newly created data passes through a thorough verification process to ensure that it is accurate and correct before it is added to the final 'verified' People's Map layer. Rendered in 14 different scales with multiple layers including, admin boundaries, buildings, built up areas, coastline, contours, drainage, land use, place names, points of interest, roads and railways the People's Map represents an opportunity for people and organisations to produce their own maps free from any concerns about Crown Copyright.

The People's Map is a Limited Liability Partnership between Aerial Photography suppliers Getmapping Plc, The XYZ Digital Mapping Company and remote sensing specialists Geosense.

www.peoplesmap.com

Cornerstone OnDemand Wins a Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Award for Its Innovative Social Networking Platform

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:00:00 EST

The first category vendor to integrate social networking tools with its software suite, Cornerstone honored among year's best in learning and talent management innovation

Santa Monica, Calif., March 11, 2010 - The first learning and talent management vendor to integrate enterprise social networking and collaboration tools with its comprehensive software suite, Cornerstone OnDemand today announced that it has won the a 2010 Bersin & Associates Learning Leaders Award in the "Vendor Innovation in Learning and Talent Management" category for its Cornerstone Connect platform. Based on detailed criteria compiled over years of research, the Learning Leaders Program, now in its fourth year, recognizes organizations which have developed and implemented effective and efficient approaches to employee learning and talent management, resulting in significant business improvement.

"Cornerstone's smart and innovative approach to enterprise social networking and collaboration succeeds in taking traditional talent management strategies to a whole new level," said David Mallon, principal analyst of Bersin & Associates. "By integrating collaboration tools with its core talent suite, Cornerstone is helping organizations transform and dramatically improve existing initiatives for employees and the extended enterprise. This includes connecting with new hires during the onboarding process, engaging former employees through alumni networks, and supplementing training programs with social learning."

Premier organizations such as Advantage Sales & Marketing, Bright Horizons Children's Centers, London Business School, Money Advice Trust, Oberthur Technologies, RSA, Sanford Health and Virgin Media have invested in Cornerstone's comprehensive enterprise social networking solution to drive workplace collaboration, foster informal learning and innovation, capture valuable corporate knowledge, and engage and support external customer and partner communities. Features include rich user profiles, communities of practice, status updates, live feed views, content rating and sharing, expertise location, blogs, wikis, and much more.

"Connecting geographically dispersed trainees in a workplace community where they can get to know one another and share experiences enriches the training and development process," said Wendie Whelan, Manager HRMS, Talent Development for Advantage Sales & Marketing, which is integrating Cornerstone Connect with Cornerstone's learning management platform to foster informal learning as part of its ACES (Accelerated Career Excellence in Sales) sales and leadership development program. "In addition to being a valuable information resource for our company, Cornerstone's social networking tools also are accelerating the participants' abilities to connect with senior leadership early in their careers, which helps to foster employee trust and loyalty."

In addition to Cornerstone's win for Connect, global workforce management services leader Kelly Services was honored as a 2010 Bersin Learning Leaders Award recipient in the "Learning Organization and Governance Excellence" category. Kelly uses Cornerstone's comprehensive software suite - including platforms for onboarding, learning, performance, succession and compensation - to manage and develop its 700,000 temporary and full-time employees around the globe.

"We are honored to be recognized by Bersin & Associates as a top innovator in the learning and talent management software space," said Adam Miller, President and CEO of Cornerstone OnDemand. "We also congratulate our client partner, Kelly Services, for its industry-leading achievements in organizational and governance excellence."

The Bersin & Associates report, "Learning Leaders 2010: Lessons from the Best," provides an in-depth look at the best practices of Cornerstone OnDemand and the other award winners. Click here to receive a complimentary copy.

Learning Leaders program partner Elearning! magazine also features Cornerstone and the other 2010 winners in its March special issue.

For more information about Cornerstone OnDemand, visit www.cornerstoneondemand.com. To read Cornerstone OnDemand's talent management blog, visit http://www.cornerstoneondemand.com/blog. To follow Cornerstone OnDemand on Twitter, visit http://twitter.com/cornerstoneinc.

About Cornerstone OnDemand
Cornerstone OnDemand empowers people around the world with on-demand, integrated learning and talent management software and services for connecting, developing and performing in the workplace. Cornerstone's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based solutions span the workforce lifecycle, including onboarding, learning, social networking, compliance, performance, compensation and succession planning. The company also provides extended enterprise solutions to help companies better train and collaborate with customers, vendors and resellers. Available in 16 languages and supported by global, 24x7 customer care, Cornerstone is used by more than 3.3 million active subscribers in 141 countries. The company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and has international offices in London, Paris, Munich and Tel Aviv.

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Cornerstone® and Cornerstone OnDemand® are registered trademarks of Cornerstone OnDemand Inc.

Media Contact:
Michelle Haworth
Cornerstone OnDemand
Phone: +1 (310) 752-0178
mhaworth@cornerstoneondemand.com

Strategic Projects and Driving Efficiency are Key Goals for IT Departments in 2010

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:27:00 EST

Despite optimistic outlook, survey of 550 IT professionals reveals IT departments are also braced to meet challenges of compliance, integration and staffing issues this year

• Top priorities of IT departments are security (46%) and strategic projects (44%)
• But 50% say the helpdesk and supporting end users takes up most of their time
• 80% of IT teams support at least three sites; but 62% still rely on desk-side visits to manage their IT estate

London, UK - 11th March 2010 - Strategic projects, simplifying the delivery of IT services and driving efficiencies into the IT department are the top three goals of UK IT professionals in 2010, according to a new research report from Kaseya. The study of 550 IT professionals, available to download today at http://www.itsurvey.eu/thebusinessofit , also highlights the key challenges facing UK IT departments this year, with the top three issues cited as: integration (43%), staffing (37%) and compliance (34%).

Challenges in 2009
Kaseya's report, Understanding the Business of IT, also looked back over the past 12 months to uncover the key pain points of IT professionals in 2009. These were managing increasingly complex infrastructures (39%); justifying IT spend to the board; and coping with demanding end users (36%). Over half (59%) of IT professionals also experienced at least one critical issue in 2009, with 26% handling a virus attack and 24% the theft of a PC or laptop.

What takes up the IT department's time
When asked about the tasks that take up most of their time, there was a clear winner among IT professionals, with 50% highlighting the helpdesk and supporting end users. The number of dispersed sites and the way they manage the IT estate is another drain on resources. Four out of five (80%) of IT professionals support end users in at least three locations and 62% rely on desk-side visits to manage their IT estates. The survey also reveals a lack of integrated management processes, with 24% mainly managing their IT estate manually, and 50% using a wide variety of different point solutions. Only 15% use a centralised systems management tool.

The perceived value of IT to the organisation
However, the study does reveal some more positive results, with as many as 82% of IT professionals believing the IT department is valued by the organisation, and 41% of these saying their work is valued a lot. However, there are stark differences between vertical sectors. Perceived value is high within education (88%), manufacturing and engineering (84%) and financial services 83%, but this is a marked contrast to those working in local government (67%) and transport and travel (68%).

Phil Sansom, Vice President UK Sales, Kaseya comments: "IT professionals are keen to deliver more strategic projects that benefit their organisation, but are caught up with managing increasingly complex infrastructures and carrying out day to day tasks to keep the IT cogs turning. Faced with staffing issues, dispersed locations and ever-demanding end users, it's no wonder that driving efficiencies into the IT department is a key goal. However, by adopting a more centralised approach to IT systems management, using automated processes and remote control, IT teams can take care of key tasks and processes so they can save valuable time and money to focus on the bigger projects."

The Kaseya report, Understanding the Business of IT, presents the findings of a survey of 550 IT professionals, alongside the results of two focus groups with private and public sector IT managers. It provides analysis of the research and offers practical advice and recommendations to help IT departments adopt technologies that will deliver boosted efficiency and productivity.

Download the research report at http://www.itsurvey.eu/thebusinessofit.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

For further information, please contact
Laurie Glimmerveen
Wildfire PR
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8339 4420
Email: kaseya@wildfirepr.co.uk

About Kaseya
Kaseya is the global standard for IT automation, empowering IT service providers and IT departments in 32 countries. Kaseya's IT automation platform provides a unified set of tools that proactively monitor, manage and control IT assets remotely, easily and efficiently from one integrated Web-based platform. For a free 30 day trial of the Kaseya solution, please visit http://www.kaseya.co.uk/download

Thin Client Computing Could Save Small Businesses Thousands in IT Costs

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:11:00 EST

Small businesses in the UK could be savings thousands of pounds in IT costs and management time by switching from their traditional computers to thin clients, according to research from IGEL Technology. A small company with five PC users could save £2,300 over the first three years and more than £6,000 over a 6 year period - the typical life of a thin client. Annual costs per workstation below £600 Instead of conventional PCs with their own locally installed software ("fat clients"), employees would use small thin client devices, which look just like a small PC but run their software from a central server. This Virtual Desktop Infrastructure means that staff can still do all the same tasks as with their old PC but the running and maintenance costs are significantly reduced. When distributed over six years, the costs for this kind of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) with five thin client workstations - including monitors, printer, keyboards and mice - comes to only £596 annually. In contrast, a comparable workstation in a conventional PC environment would cost around £800 per year. What's more, in purely Linux-based systems (no cost for Windows® licenses), the annual per-workstation savings increase by almost another £100.

Bridgehead Software Raises Bar for Healthcare Storage Virtualization

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:50:00 EST

BridgeHead Software to unveil interim research results from key sections of its Data Management Healthcheck 2010 in Barcelona next week

Ashtead, UK - 11th March 2010 - Bridgehead Software, the healthcare data management software specialist, will next week unveil interim research results from the storage virtualization portion of its Data Management Healthcheck 2010. BridgeHead spokespeople at booth 831 at World of Health IT in Barcelona will be on hand to:

• discuss the urgent and growing need for integrated use and management of electronic patient records (EPR)
• share interim results from the Data Management Healthcheck 2010 research on cloud technologies and storage virtualization
• demonstrate BridgeHead Software's line of vendor-agnostic data management software solutions for hospitals and healthcare organisations of all sizes
• describe the benefits of vendor-agnostic (i.e., not linked to a particular imaging vendor) solutions for streamlining storage and management of electronic patient records (EPR) and improving healthcare delivery

"Healthcare storage virtualization [HSV] embodies our ethos of supporting and underpinning the EPR and empowering IT at healthcare organisations of all sizes to meet their growing storage needs without compromising on current hardware brand or media type," said Tony Cotterill, CEO of BridgeHead Software. "Our vendor- and platform-agnostic Healthcare Data Management [HDM] suite is scalable to the size, environment and forward strategy of any healthcare organisation. Healthcare storage virtualization is an essential part of this package because it creates a flexible storage management framework that separates applications from the storage device, thereby allowing multiple applications to tap into the same resources and increasing overall utilization of the storage resource."

Effective use and management of electronic patient data promises to be one of the foremost themes of this year's World of Health IT (WoHIT), taking place in Barcelona on the 15 - 18 March. With an education programme covering such topics as "effective use of patient data" and "empowering the patient through information delivery," WoHIT 2010 will present opportunities to learn about technological solutions to improve patient care, streamline EPR management, and reduce not only hospital costs, but also carbon emissions.

The BridgeHead Software Data Management Healthcheck, available online at http://www.bridgeheadsoftware.com/hdm-survey, was launched early in February to investigate best practices hospitals should adopt to effectively manage, store and archive their exponentially growing volumes of electronic patient data. Respondents get the chance to win a range of prizes, including the new Apple iPad.

Interim results from the cloud portion of the Data Management Healthcheck were unveiled earlier this month at the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Preliminary findings revealed that over 80 percent of healthcare organizations viewed cloud security as the most significant factor influencing their decisions about cloud storage.

"It is essential for the future of healthcare that electronic patient data be available when and where needed, without delay; safeguarded from inappropriate use; and retained to support long-term patient care," said Cotterill. "Vendor-agnostic data management and storage virtualization are pivotal to actualizing this vision. They are also essential tools for any hospital looking to create an ethically 'green' healthcare environment - another big theme for this year's World of Health IT."

Cotterill added, "Vendor-agnostic data management and storage virtualization together comprise a logical next step in the journey towards creating carbon-neutral, digitally enabled and paper-free healthcare."

If you would like more information or to schedule a briefing, please do not hesitate to contact Rose Ross at rose@omarketing.co.uk or on-site at +44 7976 154597

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Media Contacts
UK and EMEA
Rose Ross
Omarketing
+44 208 255 5225
+44 7976 154597
rose@omarketing.co.uk
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US
Elizabeth S. Glaser
Dodge Communications
770-576-2551
eglaser@dodgecomunications.com

HSV puts you in control. Your data, your storage, your choice.

www.BridgeHeadSoftware.com
World of Healthcare IT, Booth 831

Break the Victorinox code and win £100,000

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:36:00 EST

London, 11th March 2010; Calling all computer whizzes, programming champions and coding kings: imagine a storage device that thinks it's a hard drive and is completely un-hackable. Don't think it is possible? Prove Victorinox wrong by breaking the code and win £100,000.

The Secure Pro is the new biometric encrypted storage device created by Victorinox, makers of the iconic Swiss Army Knife. It will be making its first European appearance on 25th March 2010 in Victorinox's flagship store in London and is just begging to be tested to its limit. The live contest, taking place over two days, will give each participant two hours to try to access the hardware, with a £100,000 prize to anyone who is successful.

US experts were unable to beat the Secure Pro when it was previewed at the global CES Show in Las Vegas, can their European peers prove more successful?

Full entry details can be found at http://www.playthefuture.co.uk/. The event is open to anyone who thinks they have the programming power to break the code!

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Your contacts for further information (media): ahuckett@publicasity.co.uk / rboella@publicasity.co.uk ; tel: 020 7632 2400

About Victorinox
Victorinox produces and sells unique, high quality products worldwide which are of practical use in differing areas of life: Swiss Army Knives, Cutlery, Timepieces, Travel Gear, Fashion and Fragrances. The head office of the company is in Ibach, Schwyz, in the heart of Switzerland. This is where the founder of the company Karl Elsener first set up his cutler's business in 1884 and, a few years later, designed the legendary "Original Swiss Army Knife".

Leonardo Hotels Chooses Hotelligence360™ Business Intelligence by TRAVELCLICK®

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:12:00 EST

Major European hotel chain attracted by improved financial performance delivered by revolutionary web-based application

CHICAGO/BERLIN (ITB, March 11, 2010) — TRAVELCLICK®, the market leader in hotel e-commerce solutions, today announced that Leonardo Hotels is the first major European chain customer for its new Hotelligence360™ business intelligence solution. With 60 hotels across major cities in Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, and Israel, Leonardo Hotels, managed by Fattal Hotels, is adopting the new application across its properties. The intuitive solution will offer the hotel group a complete historical and forward-looking view of their performance versus their competitors', providing a new way to source customers, improve financial performance, and maximize profit.

Leonardo Hotels adopted the application in a drive to further penetrate existing markets and capture new opportunities—initially focusing on Global Distribution System business and extending to other channels. Armed with an ambitious growth plan, the company required an offering that would help it expand into new cities and regions by presenting intelligence in a highly insightful and usable way. With Hotelligence360, the chain is able to analyse and extract knowledge that will translate into bookings growth on both the property and chain levels.

Launched in January of this year, Hotelligence360 is an integrated, multi-channel reservation, rate, and marketing intelligence application. It is the latest addition to TRAVELCLICK's business intelligence suite of products, which includes RateVIEW™, TRAVELCLICK's rate-shopping tool, and SearchVIEW™, an application that enables hoteliers to understand how online consumers view their hotel.

"This application will be invaluable in helping us realize our growth plans across the Europe, competing on the same level as the mega chains and expanding into franchise operations," said Shay Raz, Director of Revenue and Development for Leonardo Hotels/Fattal Hotels Europe. "Hotelligence360's dashboards, alerts, and guided analytics will not only deliver data; they will convert data into knowledge for informed decisions that fuel our growth strategy and boost portfolio performance. The application is fast, easy to use, and highly intuitive--making paper-based reports obsolete. TRAVELCLICK has truly delivered the next generation in business intelligence."

In addition to using the Hotelligence360 Property Edition in 60 hotels, the chain's corporate office is implementing the Enterprise Edition, designed for hoteliers managing multiple properties and requiring complete cross-portfolio brand management and analysis.

With more than 40,000 users of its intelligence products, TRAVELCLICK has a deep understanding of the value of information and how it can be used to enhance market and financial performance. All users of Hotelligence360 will benefit from an easy-to-understand, interactive dashboard, with an alert system that will surface key issues to the user's dashboard, email, or mobile device—enabling quick action. Hoteliers can forecast future trends and predict shifts in consumer patterns before they occur. Hotelligence360 also provides the ability to monitor hotel performance against competitors for multiple competitive sets, giving users a clear competitive advantage.

"As Leonardo Hotels pursues their goals for expansion, Hotelligence360 will be a crucial tool," said Jan Tissera, President of TRAVELCLICK International. "We're excited to be working with such a fast-growing operation who sees data not as a commodity, but as a strategic asset that can be leveraged for competitive advantage—in their markets and beyond."

About TRAVELCLICK, Inc.
TRAVELCLICK (www.travelclick.net), the leader in hotel ecommerce solutions, provides a continuous flow of high-value online bookings to hotels worldwide. A uniquely comprehensive one-stop solution, TRAVELCLICK offers business intelligence, distribution, and digital marketing solutions delivered with personal attention and local market expertise. With revenue optimisation experts in every global market, we help our clients make better business decisions, generate greater demand from the right mix of channels, convert more shoppers to high-value guests, and increase revenue and profitability. Serving the hospitality industry since 1999, TRAVELCLICK has more than 15,000 customers in 140 countries with offices in Baltimore, Barcelona, Chicago, Dubai, Houston, Phoenix, Melbourne, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Follow us on www.twitter.com/TRAVELCLICK_INC and www.facebook.com/TRAVELCLICK.

About Leonardo Hotels
Leonardo Hotels is the European division of Fattal Hotels, which was founded in 1998 by David Fattal. The leading hotel chain comprises more than 60 hotels. The Leonardo Hotels chain has been present in Germany since 2007; it currently operates over 30 hotels in Germany, Belgium, Israel and Switzerland and will soon be opening new hotels in other attractive locations in Europe. The company's head office is in Berlin. For more details on leonardo hotels please visit www.leonardo-hotels.com.

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Contact:
Katrina Pruitt-Andrews, TRAVELCLICK
+1 410 257 9154
kpandrews@travelclick.net

Katie Moore, GolinHarris
+44 (0) 7818 424757
kmoore@golinharris.com

Secure mobile access to the cloud with StoneGate Virtual SSL VPN 1.4

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:43:00 EST

Secure, authenticated remote access to business applications

March 11, 2010 - Stonesoft, an innovative provider of integrated network security and business continuity solutions, introduces the new StoneGate SSL VPN Virtual Appliance, SSL VPN 1.4 and SSL-1060 for secure mobile and remote access.

The StoneGate SSL VPN solution is ideal for organisations that need to easily provide controlled yet flexible remote access for their employees, partners or customers. The solution enables organisations to share information freely and yet have full control over who accesses the information, when and from where.

Virtual SSL VPN appliance offers mobile access to the cloud
The StoneGate SSL VPN Virtual Appliance complements Stonesoft's network security solution for virtual environments. The new appliance allows rapid deployment and implementation of mobile access to cloud computing.

The more common cloud computing becomes in corporate business and virtualised datacenters, the stronger is the need for secure access to corporate applications in the cloud. StoneGate SSL VPN Virtual Appliance combines the need for granular access to the corporate web and legacy applications with the secure and authenticated profiling of users.
The StoneGate SSL VPN Virtual Appliance is based on Open Virtual Format (OVF) standard and provides multiple features that meet the needs of virtual environments such as strong authentication, a flexible application portal and support for Federation ID standards such as SAML 2.0 and ADFS. The appliance is compatible with both VMware's ESX/ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 (vSphere) versions.

Sophisticated authentication and access control
StoneGate SSL VPN 1.4 offers organisations enhanced security provided by integrated mobile authentication methods, granular access control and a holistic view on access rights with a single integrated access policy.

"Authentication is very important if we need to allow local, remote and mobile users, partners, suppliers and other stakeholders to access data and applications. Unfortunately, too often it is taken for granted. Authentication is not just a matter of typing a username and password - instead, organisations should carefully plan how it is integrated with existing authentication systems. In many cases, solutions that provide access to corporate applications need to support extended authentication systems like Federated ID or advanced Single Sign On techniques for both web and legacy applications. These are just some of the key strengths offered by StoneGate SSL VPN," highlights Marco Rottigni, SSL VPN product manager at Stonesoft.

StoneGate SSL VPN provides easy management and administration of access control for all network users. Administrators can easily select the parameters, or a combination of parameters, that will grant or deny the access to applications. This includes sophisticated assessment and trace removal techniques to ensure that corporate security standards are enforced at all times, also for mobile and roaming users.

StoneGate SSL VPN includes also advanced logging, auditing and reporting features that help businesses meet industry, government and corporate regulatory compliance out-of-the-box.

New mid-range appliance SSL-1060 and spike licensing
The new StoneGate SSL-1060 appliance comes with the latest StoneGate SSL 1.4 software version, offering new features with respect to network integration and end point security such as the ability to configure port forwarding configurations and Ticket Single Sign On (SSO) enhancements.

The SSL-1060 appliance is designed for companies who need to provide a user base of 50 to 500 users with secure, authenticated remote access to business applications while ensuring best performance at all times.

Stonesoft introduces Spike licensing to all SSL VPN appliances. Spike licenses are temporary licenses used for increasing the number of users in emergency situations. For example, a second wave of H1N1 swine flu might keep employees at home or a nearby river flooding the office might prevent them from working there. In such cases, the ability to quickly increase the number of remote users becomes business-critical.

"Secure mobile and remote access to corporate data is not a luxury any more. In today's increasingly fast-paced business, it has become a necessity that determines who is going to succeed. The new StoneGate SSL VPN helps organisations to streamline their processes and provides tools for finding new business opportunities - without compromising security," said Klaus Majewski, vice president of marketing at Stonesoft.

StoneGate SSL VPN allows employees and partners to access more applications regardless of their location, using any web-enabled device. While this increases productivity, the network remains secure and protected from vulnerabilities. In addition, advanced features such as automated user account management ease the workload of the company's IT administration.

Availability
StoneGate Virtual SSL VPN Appliance, SSL-1060 appliance and SSL VPN 1.4 are available and currently shipping to customers.

Appliance photos
Appliance photos are available at http://www.stonesoft.com/en/press_and_media/brand_place/appliance_photos/.

About Stonesoft Corporation
Stonesoft Corporation (NASDAQ OMX: SFT1V) is an innovative provider of integrated network security solutions to secure the information flow of distributed organisations. Stonesoft customers include enterprises with growing business needs requiring advanced network security and always-on business connectivity.

StoneGate™ Secure Connectivity Solution unifies firewall, VPN, IPS and SSL VPN blending network security, end-to-end availability and award-winning load balancing into a unified and centrally managed system. The key benefits of the StoneGate solution include low TCO, excellent price-performance ratio and high ROI. The StoneGate Virtual Security Solutions protect the network and ensure business continuity in both virtual and physical network environments.

StoneGate Management Centre provides unified management for StoneGate Firewall with VPN, IPS and SSL VPN. StoneGate Firewall and IPS work together to provide intelligent defense all over the enterprise network while StoneGate SSL VPN provides enhanced security for mobile and remote use.

Founded in 1990, Stonesoft Corporation is a global company with corporate headquarters in Helsinki, Finland and Americas headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.stonesoft.com and the corporate blog http://stoneblog.stonesoft.com.

For more details, please contact:
Lucy Harvey
Harvard PR
lucy.harvey@harvard.co.uk
0207 861 2504

Southwark Council To Put Interactive Mapping At The Heart of Online Community Services With Pitney Bowes Business Insight

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:35:00 EST

Stratus Connect™ Helping To Transform Online User Experience

Windsor, Berks UK, 11 March 2010 - Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) - a global provider of location intelligence, data management and customer communication management software, data and services - today announces that Southwark Council in London is using PBBI's web mapping technology Stratus Connect™ to significantly enhance the mapping services provided to citizens via the Council's website, delivering the type of seamless and intuitive user experience that online citizens have come to expect from the Web 2.0 world.

Known as Southwark Interactive Mapping, the citizen services provided via Stratus Connect can be launched through www.southwark.gov.uk/YourServices/maps

Southwark Council is overhauling its online mapping features in two key areas. The first is to provide a dedicated one-stop-shop interactive mapping service that enables citizens to activate overlays on top of a detailed map of the borough - for example, clicking on 'Controlled parking zones' instantly highlights the relevant areas on the map. Other overlay options include 'Schools', 'Recycling Sites', 'Planning Applications' and 'Conservation Areas'. Citizens are also able to: search for locations; browse mapping, aerial photography and historical mapping; and quickly display nearby services.

To directly view the full functionality of Southwark Interactive Mapping, go to http://maps.southwark.gov.uk/connect/southwark.jsp?tooltip=yes

The second key area for Southwark is its plans to make location and mapping functionality widely available throughout the website - for instance, the council plans to enable citizens to launch spatial searches and address look-ups from multiple service pages throughout the council website. The RIA (Rich Internet Application) controls that Stratus Connect supports via Stratus RIA Controls™ will enable individual web page managers to incorporate mapping and spatial search functionality wherever it's needed.

Stratus Connect replaces the PlanAccess solution that the Council was previously using for public access to geographic-based information, in recognition that user expectations of interactive mapping have changed enormously over the past few years. Stratus Connect enables the type of uncluttered interface and simple zoom and pan functionality that users are accustomed to from web tools such as Bing Maps and Google Maps - but importantly, Stratus Connect delivers a number of advantages over mapping services available online.

"We wanted to put mapping at the heart of the Southwark Council website, as it's a key indicator that we understand how citizens today want to interact with online environments," said Stuart Carter, Corporate GIS Manager at Southwark Council. "Stratus Connect enables us to simplify and streamline the way we present location-based information to users, removing extraneous on-screen map tools and instead providing an intuitive interface that enables people to find what they want without having to go through unnecessary steps. However, while it's clear that online tools such as Bing Maps and Google Maps have done a lot to popularise easy-access mapping, there's a number of reasons why we resisted deploying them onto the council website.

"Services such as Google Maps are fantastic for private business websites, but not so good for local government organisations that have a responsibility to build and maintain a spatial data infrastructure (SDI). For instance, you can't use Ordnance Survey (OS) MasterMap with the Google Maps API as this would breach Crown copyright, thus denying Southwark's citizens access to the level of detail provided by OS MasterMap. Moreover, if we deployed an external mapping API such as Google Maps, we'd have little control over developments within it - for example, the style of the mapping or administrative functions could change without us being consulted."

Southwark chose to work with PBBI on this project because of a longstanding relationship with the company based on its heritage as a location intelligence expert and innovator.

"PBBI is a company who we trust to provide both excellent solutions and support," added Stuart Carter. "Southwark Council's relationship with PBBI means that I can be involved in the ongoing evolution of products and provide honest and frank feedback that I know will be acted upon."

Southwark Council is overhauling its online mapping presence in tandem with a re-launch of the council website during 2010. It is hoped that the new user-friendly, location-based information on its pages will encourage citizens to interact even further with the online services that Southwark provides.

Based on the expected success of the Stratus Connect deployment, the Council is anticipating a considerable improvement in visitor numbers compared to the old PlanAccess based service.

About Stratus Connect™
Stratus Connect is designed for spatial data owners and web developers within organisations who need to share corporate data with citizens, councillors and wider stakeholders through a web-based mapping application to provide live information about the location of services in any given vicinity. Stratus Connect can be used internally or externally to promote efficiencies and cost savings with the benefit of an enhanced citizen experience and self-service capabilities.

Stratus Connect has been developed in direct response for the need to deliver next generation interactive maps on-line. Web technology has evolved to enable online mapping and provide more feature rich and compelling applications. As location intelligence moves from the single-user to the enterprise, Stratus Connect provides Web 2.0 mapping capabilities and RIA controls for enterprise mash-ups.

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For further information, please contact:
Sue Glanville/Joe Banks
Say Communications
+44 (0)20 8971 6400
sglanville@saycomms.co.uk
jbanks@saycomms.co.uk

About Pitney Bowes Business Insight
Pitney Bowes Business Insight (PBBI) is a division of Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI). PBBI provides a unique combination of location intelligence, data management, and customer communication management solutions that enable organisations to make more informed decisions about customers, competition and market expansion. With the industry's most comprehensive set of solutions for maximising the value of customer data, PBBI provides the tools required to more effectively locate, connect and communicate with customers and citizens in today's global markets. Leading organisations rely on PBBI solutions to increase the accuracy and effectiveness of customer information delivery and drive profitable growth.
For more information visit: www.pbinsight.com

Cancer Research UK Relocates Data and Applications with Interxion

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:02:00 EST

Interxion, a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announced that Cancer Research UK, the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research, is locating its mission-critical data and applications in Interxion's London data centre.

Cancer Research UK spent £355 million on research in 2008/09, funding the work of 4,800 world-class scientists, doctors and nurses. The IT department's core purpose is to enable Cancer Research UK to beat cancer through the provision of world class information tools, IT systems and services.

In 2008 the charity took the decision to outsource its data centre requirements after having compared the cost of retrofitting its own legacy data centre to using different types of colocation facilities. Early on the company realised that significant cost savings could be made by colocating its IT infrastructure with a specialist carrier-neutral operator. Interxion was chosen after a tender process in which all the colocation providers within the M25, that had both the space required and the ability to deliver within a set timescale, were invited to participate.

"The selection of Interxion and its secure robust environment, will meet our goals by improving the quality and delivery of many of our end-to-end IT services and driving down the cost." said Jane Swindle, IS Business Change Manager at Cancer Research UK.

"It is great to see how the service we offer can generate operational benefits as well as savings for such an important worldwide organisation," said Greg McCulloch, MD of Interxion UK. "The fact that Cancer Research UK has entrusted us with its most valuable assets is a resounding endorsement of Interxion's leading security environment and robust infrastructure."

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About Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading charity dedicated to beating cancer through research. The charity's groundbreaking work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer has helped save millions of lives. This work is funded entirely by the public. Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of the progress that has already seen survival rates double in the last thirty years. Cancer Research UK supports research into all aspects of cancer through the work of more than 4,800 scientists, doctors and nurses. Together with its partners and supporters, Cancer Research UK's vision is to beat cancer.

For further information about Cancer Research UK's work or to find out how to support the charity, please call 020 7121 6699 or visit www.cancerresearchuk.org

For more information please visit www.interxion.com

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