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Microsoft's $1 Million Diversity CommitmentMicrosoft announces increased commitment to the National Association of Black Accountants.
REDMOND, Wash., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In an effort to further diversity efforts, Microsoft Corp. recently unveiled a $1 million commitment of cash and software over the next three years to the National Association of Black Accountants Inc. (NABA). The multifaceted commitment is an extension of Microsoft's longstanding relationship with NABA.
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Microsoft's commitment will align with NABA's existing mission to build a pipeline of African-American talent in the accounting and finance profession. The company hopes to enhance NABA's strategies through more than a simple monetary donation by sponsoring many scholarships and local chapter funds on the West Coast, lending technical training for Microsoft Enterprise products, and providing free software licenses. One such example can be found in Seattle, where Microsoft will sponsor a significant portion of the local NABA chapter's scholarship fund and general fund, and its Accounting Career Awareness Program designed to entice high school students to enter the profession.
"With this amazing commitment from Microsoft, we feel even more confident that we will be able to continue our efforts to increase the talent pool of black accountants and finance professionals," said Gwendolyn Skillern, CPA and national president and CEO of NABA. "Partnering with companies such as Microsoft is crucial to help NABA succeed in increasing awareness and creating opportunities for more African-Americans to enter and continue in this great profession."
Microsoft believes that to become a diversity leader in the technology industry, it must have strong partnerships with organizations such as NABA.
"Building a more diverse work force on all corporate levels is a strategic imperative at Microsoft," said Alain Peracca, corporate vice president of Audit at Microsoft. "I am delighted the two organizations will be working even more closely to grow the next generation of African-American accountants and financial professionals."
The commitment comes at a time when approximately 1 percent of all Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) are African-American, according to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants report, "2008 Trends in the Survey of Accounting Graduates and the Demand for Public Accounting Recruits." The numbers for new hires are somewhat more encouraging with African-Americans accounting for 8 percent of all newly hired CPAs according to the same report.
In addition to its accounting focus, NABA is considered by many to be the leading financial services organization for African-Americans. Microsoft hopes to help increase these numbers by funding NABA scholarships to support future generations of technologically savvy African-American accountants and finance professionals.
Elaine Raymond, 2008 NABA Business Scholar, Seattle Chapter scholarship winner sponsored by Microsoft, can speak to the importance of the scholarships.
"It reassures me about my future," Raymond said. "A scholarship coming from NABA shows a support network recognized by great companies such as Microsoft, and it's comforting to know that a potential employer is helping me to graduate with a degree in business."
The $1 million commitment also includes the creation of the Microsoft Innovation in Accounting Technology Award, to begin in 2009, which will reward those NABA members who use or create new technologies that lead to improvements in the accounting and finance professions.
"To achieve Microsoft's ambitious business goals, we rely on the diversity of talent to keep the company firing on all cylinders," said Frank Brod, corporate vice president of Finance and Administration at Microsoft. "So it's important that we always work to increase our diversity of talent, including accountants and financial professionals, to ensure the needs of our customers, partners and shareholders are met. An important element is rewarding those diverse professionals who take the techniques of the trade to a new level. That is why I'm particularly happy to see the creation of the Microsoft Innovation in Accounting Technology Award in 2009. With this, we will be able to help lift NABA members as they climb."
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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Wireless Phone Users in Council Bluffs, Iowa Now Experience Even Clearer Reception and Fewer Dropped CallsVerizon Wireless Activates Three New Cell Sites
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, the only major carrier with a 30-day network test-drive pledge that pays for calls if a customer isn't satisfied and switches to another carrier, announced today that it has activated three new cell sites in Council Bluffs.
This network enhancement improves coverage and enables more Verizon Wireless customers living in and visiting the area to use their wireless phones to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; and download games and ringtones while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.
"These new cell sites represent our ongoing commitment to invest in our network in Iowa," said Nancy B. Clark, president-Great Plains Region, Verizon Wireless. "We continue to add additional cell sites to meet the growing needs of our customers and to provide them with the reliable, high-quality service they expect from Verizon Wireless."
The following is a breakdown of the new coverage:
* Mall of the Bluffs -- the new cell site, located south of Mall of the
Bluffs near Interstate 80, improves coverage in the mall area and north
to East Kainesville Boulevard as well as south to the intersection of
I-80 and Interstate 29.
* Downtown Council Bluffs -- the new cell site, located near South 4th
Street and West Broadway improves coverage north to Fairview Cemetery;
south to 16th Avenue; east to South 1st Street; and west to 17th Street.
* Eastern Council Bluffs -- the new cell site, located near State Highway
92 and 260th Street improves coverage north to McClelland; south to
Mills County; east to 300th Street; and west to Council Bluffs.
Reliable service is fundamental to customer loyalty, and Verizon Wireless boasts the highest customer loyalty in the industry, as measured by the company's low percent of customer turnover.
"The value we offer our customers is closely tied to our industry-leading customer retention," Clark said. "Wireless consumers today understand that value is not defined by price alone. A major reason our customers choose Verizon Wireless and stay with us is because we offer the nation's most reliable network."
These new cell sites are part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, improve capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in Iowa and throughout the country. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $45 billion since it was formed-more than $5.5 billion on average every year-to increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new services. More than $202.5 million of this investment was spent in Iowa over the past seven years on network improvements.
About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 67.2 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.
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As Enterprises Struggle With Data Growth and Complexity, SGI Unveils New Data Warehouse Solution for Oracle UsersScalable Platform Optimized for Complex Decision Support Environments
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today's enterprises face a constellation of challenges brought by soaring data volumes, increasingly complex analyses, multiple workflows, and ever larger populations of users. Those trends are bearing down on the data warehouses that organizations rely on to turn raw data into actionable insights.
Now, a new SGI(R) solution optimized for Oracle(R) data warehouses addresses the needs of this emerging class of enterprise customer. Built specifically for Complex Decision Support environments, the new data warehouse solution was launched today by SGI .
The new SGI(R) Adaptive Data Warehouse solution uses SGI technology first developed to deliver the performance, scalability and reliability needed for such data-intensive fields as battlefield intelligence, energy exploration, and weather modeling and forecasting.
With its ability to support bandwidth intensive applications, that same architecture shortens time to insight and boosts productivity for any customer analyzing data to solve highly complex, large-scale problems. Increasingly, those customers include online merchants who handle high-volume transactions, organizations running sophisticated pattern recognition software to catch identity thieves, and manufacturers whose complex decision support needs range from sales analysis to supply chain management.
The solution, launched as part of the Oracle Optimized Warehouse Initiative, combines industry-leading Oracle Database software with SGI(R) Altix(R) servers and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage systems in a platform that scales to meet the needs of customers whose requirements extend beyond the capabilities of traditional enterprise computers.
Capable of supporting data warehouses ranging from 4 Terabytes (TB) to more than 300TB, the SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution allows organizations to conduct highly complex, ad-hoc queries up to five times faster(1) than competing platforms. By achieving insights sooner, enterprises can more readily adapt to changing business conditions and the demands of advanced business intelligence (BI) applications.
Furthermore, the SGI solution allows Oracle data warehouse customers to scale their I/O bandwidth without having to add unnecessary components. By leveraging the SGI Altix server architecture's unique ability to independently scale I/O, CPUs and memory, customers can create a data warehouse that expands efficiently and economically as their requirements demand.
"Data volumes are exploding, workloads are increasingly varied and user communities are multiplying - and all of these trends are putting unprecedented pressure on data warehouses," said Jean S. Bozman, research vice president, Enterprise Servers, IDC. "As data warehouses grow, and as more types of enterprise users need the data stored within them to make business- critical decisions, these large databases must cost-effectively scale to meet emerging needs. SGI has seen this mix of IT requirements evolving over time, spending decades developing systems that are optimized for large-scale decision support environments. SGI's Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution draws on that history in a way that speaks to the needs of enterprises maintaining complex, data-intensive Oracle warehouses, while giving them the headroom to scale up as their needs change."
By aggregating and organizing data from multiple sources, data warehouses help managers achieve an integrated view of critical business information. But, this in turn, creates increasingly large data repositories that can overwhelm the rigid architectures of competing data warehouses whose scalability limits lead to degraded performance that hinder timely decision- making.
"Enterprises are steadily increasing the workloads and content of their data warehouses, and this results in large increases in complexity," said Richard Winter, president of WinterCorp, a leading independent consulting firm specializing in large scale data management. "The SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution has the bandwidth to excel in these intense environments. This is a solution that thrives in the chaos of today's data center."
Other platforms often require expensive "forklift" upgrades, but the SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution makes it easy and affordable to scale a data warehouse.
Integrating SGI Altix, InfiniteStorage and Oracle Real Application Clusters
The SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution combines acclaimed SGI(R) Altix(R) servers and SGI(R) InfiniteStorage hardware and software with Oracle(R) Real Application Clusters. Energy-efficient SGI Altix servers, powered by Intel(R) processors, deliver uncompromised performance and the flexibility to execute thousands of commercial off-the-shelf applications. By using industry-standard components, SGI helps protect technology investments, reduce costs and simplify integration.
"The ability to make informed decisions quickly can literally determine the success or failure of a company, but that ability is often hindered by the growth and complexity faced by many of today's enterprises," said Ken Won, director of enterprise data management, SGI. "That's why SGI collaborated with Oracle on a solution that addresses the escalating needs of customers with complex decision support environments -- a solution that helps keep those enterprises agile and successful."
The SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse Solution is available in multiple entry points and growth paths to accommodate a wide range of expansion and architecture strategies.
-- Mid-Range Data Warehouse: This option utilizes SGI(R) Altix(R) XE250
servers, SGI(R) InfiniteStorage 220 systems, and an InfiniBand node
interconnect switch to support scalability to 20TB of user data.
-- Large Data Warehouse: SGI(R) Altix(R) 450 servers and SGI
InfiniteStorage 220 systems scale to support as much as 100TB of user
data.
-- Ultra Large Data Warehouse: For data repositories beyond 100TB, this
option is based on SGI(R) Altix(R) 4700 servers and SGI(R)
InfiniteStorage 4600 systems.
The SGI Adaptive Data Warehouse solution is available now. For more information, visit http://www.sgi.com/industries/data_warehouse/.
SGI | Innovation for Results(TM)
SGI is a leader in high-performance computing. SGI delivers a broad range of high-performance server, storage and visualization solutions along with industry-leading professional services and support that enable its customers to overcome the challenges of complex data-intensive workflows and accelerate breakthrough discoveries, innovation and information transformation. SGI helps customers solve significant challenges whether it's enhancing the quality of life through drug research, designing and manufacturing safer and more efficient cars and airplanes, studying global climate change, providing technologies for homeland security and defense, or helping enterprises manage large data. With offices worldwide, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and can be found on the Web at sgi.com.
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Editor's Note
(1) Real-world test involving airline customer measured query response time against a data warehouse of flight information pulled from multiple views. The test measured a load of 500 concurrent users on an eight-core SGI Altix 450 server and a similarly configured IBM P550 server. The Altix 450 delivered query response times of just 8 seconds, compared to the IBM system's response time of 40 seconds - a 5X improvement over the IBM.
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Synopsys' Synplicity Business Group Announces New Products and Product Enhancements Providing Designers With a Faster Path to SiliconSynplify Premier for Altera Devices, Identify Pro Debug Tool Production Release, and New HAPS Prototyping System Among Many New Designer Benefits Featured at DAC
ANAHEIM, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE -- Synopsys, Inc. a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced new products and enhanced capabilities to its field-programmable gate array (FPGA) implementation offering, Confirma(TM) ASIC/ASSP verification platform, and DSP synthesis products. Designers can explore the benefits provided by these products at this week's Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Synopsys' Synplicity(R) Business Group booth #1310.
Andy Haines, vice president of marketing for Synopsys' Synplicity Business Group, said, "The Synplicity Business Group provides customers value-added solutions that shorten time-to-market and improved silicon performance. At this year's DAC, attendees will be able to experience the depth and breadth of our solutions through product demonstrations and working reference designs, as well as customer and partner alliances."
Technology-leading FPGA Implementation
The newest release of the Synplify(R) Premier software, a comprehensive analysis, implementation and debug environment for FPGA design, provides a number of new features including graph-based physical synthesis for Altera's Stratix devices, Synopsys Native SDC constraint support, and additional SystemVerilog language support. The Synplify Premier version 9.4 product delivers leading-edge technologies to address key challenges that FPGA designers face. These include timing closure, debug, IP integration, and system-level design. The Synplify Premier software's graph-based physical synthesis technology addresses timing closure by generating timing estimates that are tightly matched to post-place-and-route results. The Synplify Premier software's RTL instrumentation and Identify(R) debugger technology provides an RTL debug environment within operating FPGAs. Synplify Premier also includes a system-level assembly and configuration tool to allow evaluation and integration of intellectual property (IP) in the ReadyIP program.
Confirma ASIC/ASSP Verification Platform Takes FPGA-Based Prototyping to the Next Level of Usability
Additions to the Confirma verification platform, the industry's most comprehensive prototyping solution for ASIC, ASSP and SoC designs, include the HAPS-51T (see press release "Synopsys Introduces HAPS-51T ASIC Prototyping System To Accelerate Time To Results, May 28, 2008), and the new HAPS-A31 ASIC prototyping systems.
The HAPS-A31 is a single-FPGA motherboard equipped with Altera's Stratix- III EP3SL340 FPGA in an F1760 package. It is the first HAPS(TM) board to use an Altera device and the first to adopt the PCI Express format, which permits the board to be plugged into a PC chassis as well as used on a lab bench. Target applications for the new HAPS-A31 include ASIC prototyping and FPGA- based accelerated computation (hardware-in-the-loop). Other enhancements to the Confirma platform include increased productivity and reliability for the Certify(R) multi-FPGA implementation and partitioning tool. These benefits include: enhanced auto-partitioning providing designers an easy and automatic path to prototyping; a bottom-up netlist partition flow for significantly shorter runtime and fast incremental changes; and model-based area estimation, allowing designers to handle large designs efficiently.
The production availability of the Identify(R) Pro full-visibility debug tool, containing the award-winning TotalRecall(TM) technology, equips ASIC verification engineers using FPGA-based prototypes with a fast, powerful and productive debug methodology. The Identify Pro product provides full visibility into the design under test running at hardware speeds while at the same time enabling design debug at RTL source-code level using a standard RTL simulator such as the VCS(R) simulation tool. Productivity-boosting capabilities include:
-- Standard simulator integration (NC-Sim, VCS)
-- Block-level full visibility debug
-- Assertion triggering
-- Mixed-language support
-- ASIC design style support (gated clock, black-box, etc.)
Innovative DSP Synthesis Methodology Yields More Accurate Results for FPGA and ASIC Designs
The Synplify DSP tool provides a unique ESL synthesis methodology that realizes significant productivity and portability advantages over traditional DSP algorithm design flows. System and algorithm designers quickly can capture complex algorithmic behavior using the Synplify DSP library, which includes powerful modeling features such as vector arithmetic, fixed-point precision up to 128-bits, and a rich set of DSP building blocks. The Synplify DSP synthesis engine allows designers to automatically implement and explore area/speed- optimized RTL implementations from a single algorithm specification.
The newest version of the Synplify DSP synthesis tool has been enhanced with improved ASIC prototyping capabilities that offer significant benefits for both algorithm and verification teams working on wireless and digital multimedia ICs. These benefits include:
-- A unified modeling and simulation environment that reduces the
floating-point to fixed-point translation in MATLAB and verification.
System engineering teams can quickly create detailed specification in
the form of a "golden" high-level model.
-- Automatic synthesis of cycle and bit-accurate RTL to implementation and
verification flows that are consistent across different architectural
optimizations needed for FPGA prototypes and final ASIC implementation.
-- Integrated high-level DSP building blocks optimized for both FPGA and
ASIC implementation.
-- Greatly improved collaboration between the system and hardware
verification teams.
-- Integration with HAPS platforms to provide integrated and simple
algorithm prototyping solutions.
The Synplify DSP design flow, high-level IP, and prototyping flow onto HAPS platforms will be demonstrated at DAC.
DAC 2008 Booth Activity
Synopsys' FPGA implementation, Confirma Platform, and Synplify DSP synthesis products will be on display at Synopsys' Synplicity Business Group's DAC Booth #1310. Synopsys' DAC Booth #1349 will showcase the Synplicity FPGA solutions in addition to the Synopsys' implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing solutions.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design and manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions help address the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management, system-to- silicon verification and time-to-results. These technology-leading solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge in bringing the best products to market quickly while reducing costs and schedule risk. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 60 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.
Synopsys, Certify, Confirma, HAPS, HapsTrak, Identify, Synplicity, Synplify and VCS are registered trademarks or trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. Any other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.
Editorial Contacts:
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Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-8635
sgulizia@synopsys.com
Nancy Sheffield
Tsantes Consulting Group
408-426-4906
Synopsys, Inc.
CONTACT: Sheryl Gulizia of Synopsys, Inc., +1-650-584-8635,
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Innolux Display Corporation Selects Photon Dynamics as Sole Vendor for Array Test and Repair SolutionsPhoton Dynamics Receives Major Order for Generation 6 Production Line
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Photon Dynamics, Inc. , today announced that Innolux Display Corporation has selected the ArrayChecker(TM) and ArraySaver(TM) products as the sole array test and repair solutions for its generation six production line in Chunan, Taiwan.
Equipped with the ParagonAVIOS(TM) Sensor Technology, Photon Dynamics' innovative core technology, the production-proven ArrayChecker delivers enhanced system throughput and reliable panel defect detection capabilities, and has achieved unrivaled customer acceptance. The ArraySaver product line is Photon Dynamics' market leading LCD array repair system which utilizes multiple wavelength laser technology to repair defects in flat panel displays during and after array fabrication.
"Time-to-market and cost reduction are two of the most critical challenges for our customers. Our market-leading, production-proven technology offers our customers an optimal solution for fast ramp up and production flexibility. This multiple-system order reaffirms our innovative technology leadership, commitment to exceptional customer support, as well as a thorough understanding of our customers' needs," said Jeffrey Hawthorne, president and chief executive officer of Photon Dynamics. "We are highly gratified to continue our invaluable, long-standing business relationship with Innolux since the inception of its generation five T0 factory and we will continue to help our customer optimize manufacturing efficiency and lower total cost of ownership."
About Innolux Display Corporation
Innolux Display Corp. (INNOLUX), a Foxconn Group company based in Taiwan's "Silicon Valley" Hsin-Chu Southern Science Industrial Park, is the first firm in Taiwan that integrates the upstream TFT-LCD panel production to downstream system assembly. The major products are TFT-LCD panel module for monitor product of desktop monitors, and display units for medium- and small-sized applications such as cellular phones, portable DVD players, etc. Future product development will continue to address medium- and small-sized TFT-LCD related products while large-sized LCD TVs will be the major products. Innolux continues to research and develop new technology and focus on manufacturing high-quality and high-performance products.
About Photon Dynamics, Inc.
Photon Dynamics, Inc. is a global supplier utilizing advanced machine vision technology for market leading liquid crystal display (LCD) flat panel display test and repair systems and for high performance digital imaging systems for defense, surveillance, industrial inspection and medical imaging applications. For more information about Photon Dynamics, visit its website at http://www.photondynamics.com/.
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ChoicePoint(R) Sells i2 Government Software Business
ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePoint today announced the completion of the sale of its government software business, specifically i2 Inc. and i2 Ltd., to Silver Lake Sumeru, a leader in private investments in technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries, in a cash purchase for $185 million, subject to certain net working capital adjustments.
ChoicePoint reclassified the operations of i2 as discontinued operations in the fourth quarter of 2007 as part of its previously announced strategy of divesting businesses that did not fit within its strategic focus on helping customers manage economic risks.
Merrill Lynch & Co. and Wachovia Capital Markets served as financial advisors to ChoicePoint Inc. King & Spalding served as legal advisor to ChoicePoint Inc. Kirkland & Ellis served as legal advisor to Silver Lake Sumeru.
About Silver Lake Sumeru
Silver Lake Sumeru pursues investments in middle-market technology enterprises. The Silver Lake Sumeru team applies fundamental operating experience, deep technology sector expertise, and world-class private equity skills to the investments in its portfolio. Silver Lake Sumeru is a fund within Silver Lake, a leading private investor in technology, technology- enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake's portfolio includes or has included technology industry leaders such as Ameritrade, Avago, Avaya, AVI-SPL, Business Objects, Flextronics, Gartner, Gerson Lehrman Group, Instinet, Intelsat, IPC Systems, MCI, Mobile Messenger, NASDAQ, NetScout, NXP, Sabre Holdings, Seagate Technology, Serena Software, SunGard Data Systems, Thomson and UGS. For more information, please visit http://www.silverlake.com/.
About ChoicePoint
ChoicePoint provides businesses, government agencies and non-profit organizations with technology, software, information and marketing services to help manage economic risks as well as identify business opportunities. Consumers have free access to the reports we create at http://www.choicetrust.com/. Learn what we do to protect consumer privacy by visiting http://www.privacyatchoicepoint.com/ and, for more information on our company, go to http://www.choicepoint.com/.
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Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. Vice President Elected to PSA Security Network Board of Directors
FAIR LAWN, N.J., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. , a turnkey provider of technology-based integrated electronic security solutions, today announced that the company's Vice President, Mike Tiffin, has been elected to PSA Security Network's Board of Directors at the recent shareholders meeting. The seven-member board represents over 100 member companies, which are responsible for over $1.4 billion in aggregate annual sales of electronic security and life safety installations nationwide.
Mr. Tiffin became Vice President of HBE's Phoenix, AZ office in October of 2003. Since joining Henry Bros., he has streamlined operational processes that have improved the customer experience and resulted in a five year compounded annual growth rate of 45% in revenue. Many of these practices are now being employed throughout the other HBE offices.
Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc. has been a member of the PSA Security Network for over 20 years.
Brian Reach, President and Chief Operating Officer of Henry Bros., stated, "Mike's demonstrated success in running our Arizona operations made him a natural fit for representing the PSA members from the Northeast Region. Mike understands the industry and his sensitivity to the customer's needs and how to get the best out of people, will serve him well in guiding the PSA organization."
"My commitment in growing the HBE business and reputation is the same commitment that I will bring to the PSA Board of Directors," stated Tiffin. "It is an honor to join a group that includes some of the industry's leading professionals. I look forward to a lively exchange of ideas as a member of this board. I intend to work meticulously to ensure that the high standards associated with both the board and its member companies are upheld, and look forward to a successful future with all those involved."
About PSA Security Network
PSA Security Network(R) (http://www.psasecurity.com/) is the world's largest electronic security cooperative with members responsible for over $1.4 billion annually in security, fire, and life safety installations. These leading security systems integrators specialize in the design, installation, integration, and maintenance of access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, fire, and life safety systems.
About Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc.
Henry Bros. Electronics provides technology-based integrated electronic security systems, services and emergency preparedness consultation to commercial enterprises and government agencies. The Company has offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Texas and Virginia.
For more information, visit http://www.hbe-inc.com/.
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KCSA Strategic Communications
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Jim Henry, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc.
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CONTACT: Todd Fromer, +1-212-896-1215, tfromer@kcsa.com, or Erika Kay,
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Global Med Technologies(R) Signs Agreement With California's Century Old Riverside County Regional Medical CenterSiemens and Wyndgate Partner to Provide Solution to Teaching Hospital Serving Fourth Largest Population Center
DENVER, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced that its Wyndgate Technologies(R) division has signed an agreement to license its SafeTrace Tx(R) transfusion management software to Riverside County Regional Medical Center (RCRMC) of Moreno Valley, California, an institution serving the fourth largest population center. Wyndgate and Siemens worked in close collaboration to provide an interfacing software system for RCRMC between their respective transfusion management system and Laboratory Information System (LIS). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
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SafeTrace Tx*, with its patented "Patient-At-A-Glance Bar", is designed to meet the specific needs of large scale transfusion services such as those provided by Riverside County Regional Medical Center. The blood management software system is designed to raise the standard of care for patients, improve safety, reduce waste and increase efficiency. SafeTrace Tx provides comprehensive tracking of orders, specimens, blood products, derivatives, and accessories with a complete testing and transfusion history in one consolidated record. These complex features will assist RCRMC in meeting the diverse needs of their large operation and will interface well with their award-winning laboratory information system, Siemens NOVIUS(R) Lab.
Wm. Scott Dustin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Wyndgate Technologies, commented, "Riverside County Regional Medical Center recognized its need for a system designed to enhance patient safety and streamline processes. Our SafeTrace Tx product is a recognized leader among transfusion management systems and we are pleased that it will be supporting the medical center's staff as they continue to provide quality, advanced healthcare to patients in their community." Mr. Dustin continued, "It is also a pleasure to be partnering with Siemens. We have been very pleased with the collaboration and the benefits it has delivered to our mutual customers. We look forward to continued success with Siemens at additional customer facilities."
About Riverside County Regional Medical Center
Riverside County Regional Medical Center is an award-winning teaching hospital offering programs for health professionals from schools including renowned Loma Linda University Medical School. RCRMC has served as Riverside County's primary trauma center and central facility for over 100 years. The new Medical Center, opened in 1998, is a 520,000 square foot state-of-the-art tertiary care and level II adult and pediatric facility, licensed for a total of 439 beds.
About Global Med Technologies, Inc.
Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. is an international e-Health medical information technology company providing information management software products and services to the healthcare industry. Its Wyndgate Technologies(R) division is a leading supplier of information management systems to U.S. and international blood centers and hospital transfusion centers. Each year, Wyndgate's products and services manage more than eight million blood components, representing over 27% of the U.S. blood supply. Wyndgate's products are also being used in Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean. Wyndgate's software provides Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking from donor collection to patient transfusion through its Donor Doc(TM) interactive donor health history questionnaire, ElDorado(TM) Donor(TM) and SafeTrace(R) donor management systems, to its SafeTrace Tx(R) advanced transfusion management system. Global Med's PeopleMed(R), Inc. subsidiary provides custom software validation, consulting and compliance solutions to hospitals and blood centers. PeopleMed's in-depth knowledge of Wyndgate's products and the blood banking industry results in cost-effective validation services, which leads to more efficient software implementations and upgrades for our customers.
For more information about Global Med's products and services, please call 800-WYNDGATE or visit http://www.globalmedtech.com/, http://www.peoplemed.com/ and http://www.wyndgate.com/.
*Patent No. 7363167
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Technologies, Inc.
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The New York Times Launches Self-Service Advertising Powered By AdReadyNYTimes.com to Deliver Self-Service Online Display Advertising Solution for Small Advertisers
NEW YORK and SEATTLE, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York Times and AdReady(TM), Inc. announced today the launch of Self-Service Advertising (http://www.nytimes.com/selfservice), an online display advertising site that enables small businesses to easily create and manage online ad campaigns on NYTimes.com.
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This new alliance reflects a growing trend among publishers seeking to provide small advertisers with an efficient and cost-effective way to advertise online through targeted and optimized banner advertisements.
"This self-service solution -- in conjunction with our direct sales team that focuses on larger ad buys -- allows advertisers with budgets of less than $10,000 per campaign to reach our highly desirable audience, thereby opening our ad inventory to an increasingly wider range of advertisers," said Denise Warren, senior vice president and chief advertising officer, The New York Times Media Group. "This new feature allows NYTimes.com to better serve small businesses and the long tail for online display advertising. We look forward to working with AdReady in this promising new venture."
"We are pleased to have been selected by The New York Times to align with them on their self-service advertising initiative," said Aaron Finn, president and CEO of AdReady. "Working together, The New York Times and AdReady will offer an innovative solution that removes friction from the display advertising process and delivers the best results for online advertisers."
This new comprehensive solution (http://www.nytimes.com/selfservice) brings NYTimes.com's sought-after inventory to a Self-Service display platform for small advertisers.
The Self-Service platform provides online marketers with creative intelligence and access to a database of successful, customizable display ads that can be uniquely modified with a proprietary customization tool. Marketers can create a Self-Service account on NYTimes.com at http://www.nytimes.com/selfservice and, by using the platform, easily design an ad and launch a complete, fully managed, scalable ad campaign on the site.
According to Nielsen Online, NYTimes.com had 17.9 million unique visitors in April and was the No. 1 newspaper Web site in the United States, a position it has long held.
About The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company , a leading media company with 2007 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other daily newspapers, WQXR-FM and more than 50 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
About AdReady
AdReady, Inc. was founded in 2006 by a team of Internet veterans to transform the way businesses advertise online. As the first online self- service display ad solution, AdReady enables marketers, of any size, to design and deploy online display ads based on industry best practices. Marketers have access to AdReady's data-rich library of original ad themes, real-time ad customization tools, an intuitive Web-based interface and detailed reporting on all performance aspects of their advertising campaigns. Headquartered in Seattle, AdReady is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Madrona Venture Group. http://www.adready.com/
AdReady is a trademark of AdReady, Inc. and is registered in the US
Contacts:
For The New York Times:
Diane McNulty, 212-556-5244; diane.mcnulty@nytimes.com
Stacy Green, 212-556-7078; green@nytimes.com
For AdReady:
Megan Prest, 206-792-5182; mprest@adready.com
This press release can be downloaded from http://www.nytco.com/ and http://www.adready.com/
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Stacy Green, +1-212-556-7078, green@nytimes.com, both of The New York Times;
or Megan Prest of AdReady, +1-206-792-5182, mprest@adready.com
Web site: http://www.adready.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/selfservice
Brocade Announces Free Enterprise-Class Utility and Assessment Program for Managing Distributed File EnvironmentsNew Brocade File Insight and Value Assessment Provide Windows and Storage Administrators with a Quick and Simple Overview of Their File-Based Environments for More Effective Management
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade(R) , the leader in data center networking solutions that help enterprises connect and manage their information, today announced a free downloadable utility and related assessment program to help customers address the explosive growth of file data stored across their distributed networks. Professionally developed and tested, Brocade File Insight is a reporting utility for Microsoft Windows administrators in charge of managing distributed file environments using Server Message Block (SMB)/Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocols.
File Insight was designed as an enterprise-class tool that provides a quick and simple way for administrators to obtain an overview of Windows file data by collecting file metadata and producing meaningful reports on file age, size, type, and other useful statistics gathered across a company's diverse and distributed file storage environment. According to industry research, a typical large enterprise might hold 70 to 80 percent of that organization's data in remote and distributed branch offices, adding to management complexity.
Brocade File Insight differs from operating system tools in that it is able to report across heterogeneous SMB/CIFS-based storage environments. In addition, the utility is lightweight, easy to use, non-intrusive, and able to scan hundreds of thousands of files in just minutes. It is available now as both a self-assessment utility and as part of a streamlined Brocade File Insight Value Assessment engagement.
"We're seeing companies of all sizes drowning in file data, with annual growth rates over 60 percent, and they need a way to quickly assess their file storage problems and opportunities across a mix of Windows shares and NAS devices," said Truls Myklebust, Senior Director, Brocade Files Product Marketing. "Brocade File Insight provides comprehensive file environment reports, and it helps IT administrators make decisions regarding deploying file management solutions as a way to optimize resources and automate ongoing file management tasks."
Brocade File Insight Value Assessment
Utilizing the Brocade File Insight utility, Windows and storage solution vendors will be able to deliver valuable assessment services to their customers. Currently available directly from Brocade, the File Insight Value Assessment is being made available globally through select Brocade Partners.
The Brocade File Insight Value Assessment adds the dimension of cost savings to the file environment analysis. The engagement helps customers interpret findings in their file environment and provides a detailed analysis report, including risk and cost analysis. Specific areas analyzed include capacity, growth trends, file characteristics (file ages, file types, file sizes), business continuity considerations, file systems cost, file systems risk, and compliance considerations.
"As file data growth continues to spiral out of control, more and more of our customers need to address their file data management challenges," said Ron Stewart, Executive Vice President, FlexITy Solutions, Inc. "Brocade File Insight provides FlexITy with an easy and fast way to help our customers identify strategies for more cost-effectively and efficiently managing their growing volumes of file data."
Availability
Brocade File Insight and the Brocade File Insight Value Assessment are available today. For additional information and a free download of the utility, visit http://www.brocade.com/FileInsight.
About Brocade
Brocade is the leading provider of data center networking solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information in the most efficient manner. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com/ or contact the company at info@brocade.com.
Brocade, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, and StorageX are registered trademarks and the Brocade B-wing symbol, DCX, and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.
Brocade
CONTACT: media, Kathryn Craig, +1-832-230-2249, kcraig@brocade.com, or
investors, Alex Lenke, +1-408-333-6758, alenke@brocade.com, both of Brocade;
or Ian Yellin of Ogilvy PR, +1-415-677-2714, ian.yellin@ogilvypr.com, for
Brocade
Web site: http://www.brocade.com/
Postilion Validates GoldenGate's Business Continuity SolutionsPostilion to offer support for additional disaster tolerance options for tier one financial institutions with GoldenGate's Live Standby and Zero Downtime solutions
NORCROSS, Ga., and SAN FRANCISCO, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Postilion, a leading global provider of integrated solutions for payments and self-service banking and a division of S1 Corporation , and GoldenGate, Software Inc., a leading provider of high availability and real- time data integration solutions, jointly announce today that Postilion has validated the GoldenGate Live Standby and Zero Downtime Operations solutions through a series of intensive, multi-platform prototypes and tests.
In addition to Postilion's internal disaster recovery solutions, Postilion will also provide support for its customers to deploy their Postilion payment system with GoldenGate's disaster tolerance solutions. Postilion has validated its solutions with GoldenGate's transactional data management architecture on the AIX and DB2 data server on IBM Power Systems as well as Microsoft Windows running SQL Server databases.
"We are pleased to partner with Postilion, a recognized leader in providing payment processing solutions, to deliver a proven, validated business continuity solution that supports the evolving needs of the world's top financial institutions," said Tim Rathbun, EVP Marketing and Product Management for GoldenGate. "The Postilion solutions are an excellent fit for our platform architecture and it is exciting to work with a company that also strives for the highest standards of application availability."
"Scalability and availability of our Postilion payment solutions are fundamental to the financial services markets we serve," said Pierre Naude, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Postilion Americas. "Our successful validation to deploy with GoldenGate's disaster recovery systems provides our customers with another proven approach to ensure the highest availability of their Postilion payment solution."
Postilion is a gold sponsor of the GoldenGate Real-Time 2008 conference, the fourth annual international user conference, held in San Francisco, California, June 9-11, 2008. We invite you to visit us at the Postilion exhibit and discover our latest payment product innovations and solutions, or to learn more, visit http://www.postilion.com/discover.
About GoldenGate Software
GoldenGate Software Inc. is a leading provider of high availability and real-time data integration solutions for improving the availability, accessibility and performance of critical data across heterogeneous enterprise IT environments. More than 400 users worldwide, including Visa, Bank of America, US Bank, UBS, Sabre Holdings, DIRECTV, Comcast, Federated Investors, Mayo Foundation and Overstock.com, standardize on GoldenGate solutions for real-time access to real-time information. The company broadens its global market reach through relationships with ACI Worldwide, Amdocs, Business Objects, Cerner, Eclipsys, Fujitsu, GE Healthcare, HP, IBM, Ingres, Microsoft, Oracle, Teradata and others. For more information, visit http://www.goldengate.com/ .
About Postilion
Postilion, a division of S1 Corporation , is a leading provider of integrated solutions for payment processing and self-service banking. Our offices, on five continents, serve over 1,500 customers in more than 50 countries. Postilion solutions drive self-service financial transactions and payments, including advanced transactions such as prepay, through Internet access points, ATMs, POS terminals, and phones.
More than 100,000 ATMs and 500,000 POS terminals worldwide run on Postilion solutions. In the United States, over 1,250 credit unions and community financial institutions use Postilion solutions. Built on open systems, Postilion solutions provide consolidated management information, card management, 3DES and EMV enablement, and loyalty management. At the forefront of compliance with new regulations and security enhancements, such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and Visa's Payment Application Best Practices (PABP), Postilion can help customers achieve compliance with the latest data security standards developed by the payment card industry. More information is available at http://www.postilion.com/ .
About S1 Corporation
S1 Corporation delivers customer interaction software for financial and payment services and offers unique solution sets for financial institutions, retailers, and processors under three brand names: Postilion, S1 Enterprise and FSB Solutions. Additional information about S1 solutions is available at http://www.s1.com/ , http://www.postilion.com/ , http://www.s1enterprise.com/ , and http://www.fsb-solutions.com/ .
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Postilion
CONTACT: Leisha Richardson, Postilion, +1-512-336-3028,
leisha.richardson@postilion.com; Caroline Traylor, Porter Novelli,
+1-512-241-2239, caroline.traylor@porternovelli.com; Deirdre Mahon,
GoldenGate, dmahon@goldengate.com
Web site: http://www.s1.com/
Celestica recognizes suppliers with its 2007 Total Cost of Ownership Supplier AwardsAwards recognize suppliers who help Celestica deliver the most flexible and responsive supply chain to its customers
TORONTO, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celestica Inc. (NYSE, TSX: CLS), a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions, today announced the winners of its 2007 Total Cost of Ownership (TCOO(TM)) Supplier Awards. The awards honour suppliers who embrace Celestica's innovative approach to supply chain management and best support Celestica in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions that accelerate its customers' success.
The award winners demonstrate excellence in quality, delivery, technology, service, pricing and flexibility. Celestica is pleased to congratulate the 2007 TCOO Supplier Award recipients:
- Best TCOO Score Award: Kemet Corporation
- Best Ring Score Award: Texas Instruments
- Most Improved TCOO Score: Opnext
- Innovative Award: E2open
- Execution Award: ON Semiconductor
- Flexibility Award: Guang Dong Ellington Electronics
Technology Co., Ltd
- Best Indirect Services Award: Lenovo Canada Inc.
- Most Technical Compliant Award: Best Ideal Limited
- Best Regional TCOO Score
- Americas: xpedx
- Asia: CymMetrik (Shenzhen) Printing Co.,
Ltd
- Europe: Z Studio, spol s r.o.
In addition, Celestica would like to recognize the following honourees who made a significant contribution to its supply chain goals in 2007:
- TCOO Score Award category: Tyco Electronics Corporation, Molex
Incorporated
- Ring Score Award category: Arrow Electronics Inc., Samtec Inc.
- Improved TCOO Score Award category: TK International (BVI) Limited,
Cooper Bussmann
- Technical Compliance Award category: Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd.,
Murata Electronics
This marks the second year of Celestica's TCOO Supplier Awards program. The program aligns with Celestica's Ring strategy which focuses on shortening lead times through enhanced supplier proximity, as well as its TCOO supply chain strategy which helps customers deliver high-quality products to market quickly and at the lowest total cost. Celestica's TCOO system is designed to calculate the true cost to produce, deliver and support products and services beyond the supplier invoice price. As such, it considers the following supplier attributes:
Quality: Delivering superior products and services
Delivery: Providing products and services at the right time, in the
right quantity and at the right price
Technology: Utilizing the best information, product manufacturing and
delivery technologies
Service: Placing the customer as the number one priority and ensuring
communication across every step of the process
Pricing: Delivering competitive pricing based on volume purchasing
through global procurement
Flexibility: Responding to customers' market demands for product, service
and solution delivery worldwide
"By building long-term relationships with suppliers who exemplify our Total Cost of Ownership philosophy, we are transforming the supply chain and giving our customers the flexibility they need to overcome any challenge," said John Boucher, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Management Solutions and Chief Procurement Officer, Celestica. "I am pleased to congratulate the 2007 TCOO Supplier Award winners and thank them for supporting our supply chain strategy and for contributing to our end-to-end product lifecycle solutions."
For more information on Celestica's TCOO Supplier Awards, please visit http://www.celestica.com/.
About Celestica
Celestica is dedicated to delivering end-to-end product lifecycle solutions to drive our customers' success. Through our simplified global operations network and information technology platform, we are solid partners who deliver informed, flexible solutions that enable our customers to succeed in the markets they serve. Committed to providing a truly differentiated customer experience, our agile and adaptive employees share a proud history of demonstrated expertise and creativity that provides our customers with the ability to overcome any challenge.
For further information on Celestica, visit its website at http://www.celestica.com/.
The company's security filings can also be accessed at http://www.sedar.com/ and http://www.sec.gov/.
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Global Services to Trade as SouthPeak Interactive and Stock Symbols Changed to Reflect SouthPeak Name
MIDLOTHIAN, Va., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SouthPeak Interactive Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SOPK; SOPKU; SOPKW; SOPKZ), formerly trading as Global Services Partners Acquisition Corp., announced today that effective immediately, the company will trade as SouthPeak Interactive Corporation on the OTC Bulletin Board, and that its ticker symbols on the OTC Bulletin Board will also change. The new OTC Bulletin Board symbol for each of the securities is as follows:
Common Stock: SOPK
Units: SOPKU
Class W Warrants: SOPKW
Class Z Warrants: SOPKZ
SouthPeak is a fast-growing videogame publisher with a unique production model that exclusively utilizes independent studios to source and produce innovative videogames. This model allows the company to leverage leading-edge development talent and minimize fixed overhead, thereby maximizing operational flexibility and profitability. More information about the company's products can be found at http://www.southpeakgames.com/.
The videogame industry is growing rapidly with U.S. videogame software sales expected to grow from $6.5 billion in 2006 to $13.6 billion in 2009, according to Goldman Sachs. Global videogame software sales are expected to grow to $55 billion by 2009 as reported by PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
About SouthPeak Interactive Corporation
SouthPeak Interactive Corporation develops and publishes interactive entertainment software for all current hardware platforms including: PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, PSP(R) (PlayStation(R) Portable) system, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360(TM) videogame and entertainment system, Wii(TM), Nintendo DS(TM) and PC. SouthPeak's games cover all major genres including action/adventure, role playing, racing, puzzle strategy, fighting and combat. SouthPeak's products are sold in retail outlets in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. SouthPeak is headquartered in Midlothian, Virginia, and has offices in Grapevine, Texas and London, England. http://www.southpeakgames.com/
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results and outcomes may differ materially from the results and outcomes discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences in results and outcomes include, but are not limited to: market conditions for SouthPeak's published videogames; market performance of SouthPeak's videogames and the related impact on revenue and funds inflows/outflows and operational risks; and market conditions for the videogame industry. Forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
All trademarks and copyrights contained herein are the property of their respective holders.
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CONTACT: Bill Linn, +1-541-935-1279, bill@sandboxstrat.com, for
SouthPeak Interactive Corporation
Web site: http://www.southpeakgames.com/
iFinix Signs LOU to Partner with FailSafe LLC to Offer Custom Trading Strategies and Trading Tools
GARDEN CITY, N.Y., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iFinix Corporation (Pink Sheets: INIX), announced today that it has entered into a LOU to partner with FailSafe LLC to offer custom trading strategies and trading tools for Equities, Options, Futures and Forex Traders.
"We have created a dynamic learning environment which encourages students to take advantage of hands-on learning opportunities and the most extensive trading curriculum available," said Todd Hanson, Ph.D., director of training and education. "As director of training and education, I work with each student to create a personalized learning experience by tailoring the training approach to the individual. Our curriculum is designed to provide each student with the education and tools necessary to ensure long-term success."
"Todd brings more than a decade of trading experience to our organization," said Drew Badhu, CEO, iFinix Corporation. "He has a proven track record of successful leadership and has created numerous trading systems that are employed by fund managers, brokerage houses and traders worldwide. Todd's extensive experience in the financial and trading industries makes him an ideal addition to our http://www.ifinix.com/ team."
Prior to creating http://www.livetradesignals.com/ which markets FailSafe technology online, Dr. Hanson has spent the past three years working on a groundbreaking project -- developing a fully automated day trading system whereby the program formulates all buy/sell/hold decisions, allocates appropriate amounts of capital to specific trades and places orders electronically and autonomously. This program, Failsafe Trader, is complete and operational.
Prior to developing Failsafe Trader, Dr. Hanson spent 15 years in the healthcare, financial and logistics industries, where he developed secure, enterprise level software solutions. He served as chief executive officer of Synergy Software Development, where he led the company from concept to funding and public offering. He also served as chief information officer for two separate public companies where he leveraged custom-developed technologies to raise more than $35 million in funding for the firms.
Dr. Hanson began his professional career in computer security in Silicon Valley, Calif., where he developed encryption software, provided ethical hacking services and security audits to Fortune 500 companies during the infancy of the Internet. He led a nationwide team of security engineers responsible for research and development in categories including: intrusion detection, emerging data network service security infrastructure design, Internet and intranet security engineering, public key technology and infrastructure issues, Internet and intranet firewall and router integration, and client/server authentication techniques.
Throughout his career, Dr. Hanson has also performed numerous financial consulting projects for a myriad of companies in finance and has applied his expertise in statistical pattern recognition to projects ranging from mining financial transactions data to statistical arbitrage trading strategies.
In addition to Dr. Hanson's extensive background in information security management and information technology systems engineering and administration, he is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, a Certified Information Security Manager, and a Certified Information Systems Auditor.
Prior to beginning his professional career, Dr. Hanson served in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1st Force Reconnaissance and 1st Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company with 0321 and 2531 Military Occupational Specialties. Throughout his military career, he was meritoriously promoted five times and holds many awards and certifications.
"Having served in combat situations, I understand the challenges that my fellow veterans face when making the transition back to civilian life," said Hanson. "I am very proud to be a part of http://www.livetradesignals.com/ Financial, as our programs are designed to enable veterans to leverage elements of their military training to develop real-world skill sets that can create career opportunities in trading and other related professions."
Dr. Hanson holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from UC Berkeley, California, a Master of Science in Electronic Commerce from National University, California and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
About iFinix Corp.
iFinix is a diversified information technology services and solutions company with expertise in systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure and server technology. iFinix has established a product line that delivers financial and business information with streaming, real-time market data, news and analytics to professionals and active individual investors. The company's suite of products includes iFinix RealTime, iFinix Trader and eFinix. Visit http://www.ifinix.com/.
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New Iomega DVR Expander Drive Adds Incremental Storage for Digital Video RecordersIomega 500GB DVR Expander Drive Adds Viewing Hours for eSATA-Enabled Scientific Atlanta Digital Video Recorders
SAN DIEGO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Iomega, an EMC Company, and a global leader in data protection and security, today announced the North American launch of the new Iomega(R) DVR Expander Drive, a 500GB* external drive that increases the storage capacity of digital video recorders. The new Iomega DVR Expander Drive expands users' digital video recorder (DVR) storage capacity by as much as 300 hours of standard-definition TV or 60 hours of high-definition TV.
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The new Iomega DVR Expander Drive adds storage capacity for eSATA-enabled Scientific Atlanta DVRs, allowing cable TV customers to record and enjoy more of their favorite cable TV and movie broadcasts. Cable service providers that market the Scientific Atlanta eSATA-enabled DVRs include COX, Time Warner, Cablevision, Comcast, and Rogers (US and Canada), among others.
The new Iomega DVR Expander Drive connects to the eSATA port on the back panel of an eSATA-enabled Scientific Atlanta DVR. After an initial setup the DVR automatically streams new recordings to either its internal hard drive or the external SATA drive, whichever has more space available. For example, an Iomega DVR Expander Drive connected to a Scientific Atlanta DVR 8300HD model (a 160GB model) expands the original storage capacity for this particular model by more than three times, allowing users to keep considerably more of their favorite shows and movies on their DVR without running out of space for new recordings.
Scientific Atlanta's standard-definition 8300 DVR (an 80GB model) is also compatible with Iomega's new DVR Expander Drive. An 8300 DVR equipped with the Iomega DVR Expander has more than six times the storage space of the stock model.
"Everyone loves their DVRs and watching television on their own schedule, but I don't know anyone who likes being forced to delete programming to record some more," said Ralf San Jose, global product manager for HDD products, Iomega Corporation. "With the new Iomega DVR Expander Drive, you get a massive capacity increase for your DVR with no installation hassles. Owning an Iomega DVR Expander Drive is like getting three tanks of gas free with every fill-up. It leverages the investment in a DVR and gives buyers an incredible number of extra shows and movies to choose from. What's not to like about that?"
Compatibility
The new Iomega(R) DVR Expander Drive, eSATA 500GB, is compatible with the eSATA-enabled Scientific Atlanta's standard-definition 8300 DVR (an 80GB model), e-SATA enabled 8300HD DVR (a 160GB model) and more upcoming Scientific Atlanta e-SATA enabled DVRs. The required eSATA cable, quick start guide and power supply are included, along with a stand for the drive, allowing for the flexibility of a vertical or horizontal placement of the Iomega DVR Expander in an entertainment center.
Additional cable companies that utilize Scientific Atlanta DVRs include Astound Broadband, Blue Ridge Communication, Bright House Networks, BVU OptiNet, Carter, Everest Communications, Knology, Oceanic, Telewest Broadband, Videotron, and Wow! Internet and Cable.
Iomega expects to announce certified compatibility with other eSATA enabled DVRs in the near future.
Price and Availability
The new Iomega(R) DVR Expander Drive, eSATA 500GB, will be available this month for $199.95 (pricing is suggested U.S. retail) from online distributors and retailers and from the Iomega Web site.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation, headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage and network security solutions for small and mid-sized businesses, consumers and others. The Company has sold more than 400 million digital storage drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega's product portfolio includes industry leading network attached storage products, external hard drives, and our award-winning removable storage technology, the REV(R) Backup Drive. OfficeScreen(R), Iomega's managed security services, available in the U.S. and select markets in Europe, provides enterprise quality perimeter security and secure remote network access for SMBs, which help protect small enterprises from data theft and liability. To learn about all of Iomega's digital storage products and managed services solutions, please go to the Web at http://www.iomega.com/. Resellers can visit Iomega at http://www.iomega.com/ipartner.
NOTE: The statements contained in this release regarding development, production and distribution of the Iomega(R) DVR Expander Drive, eSATA 500GB, Iomega's expectation that it will announce certified compatibility with other e-SATA enabled DVRs in the near future, anticipated product pricing and availability, expected product performance and specifications, future applications for the new product and all other statements that are not purely historical, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such forward-looking statements are based upon information available to Iomega as of the date hereof, and Iomega disclaims any intention or obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the willingness of other DVR suppliers to agree to certify Iomega's products as compatible, successful completion of product development and testing, market acceptance of, and demand for, the Iomega product, any challenges as we learn more about the DVR product market, any difficulties encountered in ramping up production or other manufacturing issues, including component availability and pricing, co-development, production, and distribution issues, product pricing and conformity to specifications, dependence upon third party suppliers, competition, intellectual property rights and other risks and uncertainties identified in the reports filed from time to time by Iomega with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including Iomega's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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MovieTickets.com Offers Personalized, Reloadable Gift Cards for Online Ticket PurchasesMovieTickets.card Appeals to Parents, Teens; Gives Younger Consumers Sense of Autonomy When Selecting Movie Tickets
LOS ANGELES, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- MovieTickets.com (http://www.movietickets.com/), the world's most powerful Internet movie ticketing service, announces its reloadable stored-value MovieTickets.card. The personalized gift cards are available for purchase at MovieTickets.com and are easy to use: Cardholders simply purchase their movie tickets online at MovieTickets.com and then swipe their card at the box office or at onsite automated kiosks to pick them up.
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MovieTickets.com created the MovieTickets.card to appeal to all consumers - and especially parents and teens - as youth make up a large segment of the movie-going audience. According to a 2007 Movie Attendance Study conducted by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), there are 48 million teen and college-aged moviegoers in the United States. The 12- to 24-year-old age group represents 41 percent of all those who go to the theater at least once a month. The study also found that of the 1.47 billion U.S. movie admissions, ticket purchases were led by those ages 12 to 24.
"Teens and college students represent a large segment of the MovieTickets.com target audience, but many in this group don't yet have access to credit cards. As a result, they are limited in making online purchases," said Walt Borchers, senior vice president of sales and marketing for MovieTickets.com. "The reloadable stored-value MovieTickets.card gives young people the autonomy to make their own purchasing decisions and parents the ability to monitor the amount they spend. It also provides parents a much safer alternative to handing over a credit card to their child."
Borchers continued: "With graduation on the way, schools out for the summer and movie blockbuster season having arrived, we think the MovieTickets.card also makes for a fantastic, much-appreciated gift."
To purchase a MovieTickets.card, consumers simply visit http://www.movietickets.com/moviecard and select the preferred value. The personalized card is shipped immediately to the purchaser or the recipient. When the funds on the card are depleted, they can easily be reloaded at MovieTickets.com.
For more information or to speak with a MovieTickets.com representative, contact Formula at (310) 578-7050 or via e-mail at mayer@formulapr.com.
MovieTickets.com exhibitors include: Academy 8 Theaters (P & G Theaters), Access Digital Theatres, Alco Theaters, All Star Entertainment, AMC Theatres, Amherst Cinema Art Center, Arena Grand Theatre (Columbus Hospitality), Ashbrie Cinemas, Atlantic Theaters (Movies at Midway), Atlas Cinemas, B&B Theaters, Bank Street Theatre, Bowtie Cinemas, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bryn Mawr Movie Theatre Co., Camera Cinemas, Celebrity Theatres, Channelside Cinemas, Cinema Centers, Cinema Four-Quad (Quad Cinema), Cinemagic Movies, Cinemagic Theatres (MN), Cinemall, Cineplex Odeon, Classic Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas, Cleveland Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres, Cornelius Cinemas, Dickinson Theatres, Dipson Theatres, Discovery Theater, Drexel Theatres, Eastern Shores (O'Neil Theaters NE), Emagine Entertainment (Cinema Hollywood), Entertainment Retail (Hollywood Hits), Elvis Cinemas, Eveningstar Cinema, Famous Players, Film Forum, Fine Arts Theatre - Beverly Hills, Fox Bay Cinema Grill, Foxmoor Movies, Frank Theaters, Funasia Theaters, Galaxy Cinemas (Canada), Galaxy Cinemas (GA), Galaxy Cinemas (NC), Greater Huntington Theatres, Greenville Cinemas (Camelot Cinemas), Hallett Cinemas, Harkins Theatres, Harrisonville Cinema, HLB Entertainment (Palace 9, Majestic 10), Hollywood Cinema 9, Hollywood Premier Cinemas, Howell Theater, IFC Center, Island Cinemas, Jarvis Conservatory, Kew Gardens (and Cobble Hill), K&G Theaters (Bloomfield 8), Krikorian Premiere Theatres, Landmark Theatres (and Ritz Theatres), M Park 4, Main Street Cinemas, Malco Theatres, Mann Theatres , Marcus Theatres, Marquee Cinemas, Metropolitan Theatres, Mission Grove Theaters, MJR Theatres, MnM Theatres, Moore Family Theaters, Movie Tavern, MovieMax Theatres, NAOS Entertainment, Narberth Theatre, National Amusements, Nelsonville Movies 10, North American Cinema, Oasis Cinema, Omniplex Theatre Group, O'Neil Theatres (Louisiana), Pacific Theatres, Paris Theater, Penn Cinema, Phoenix Theatres (MI), Phoenix Theatres (TN), Pickwick Theatres, Premiere Cinemas, Quarry Cinemas, Rail Road Square Cinema, Rave Motion Pictures, Reading Cinemas USA (City Cinemas, Angelika), Regency 8 Cinema, Rio Entertainment, Riviera Cinemas, Roxy Theatres, Safari Cinema, Sayville Theatre, Scotiabank Theatres, Sea Turtle Cinemas, ShowBiz Cinemas, Showplace Cinemas, Showtime Cinema, Silver Screen Cinemas, Silver Screen Partners, Spotlight Theatres, Star Vu Drive-In, Starplex Cinemas, Studio Movie Grill, Sunrise Cinemas, Syracuse Stadium 6, Tango Theaters, Tower Theaters, Trans-Lux Cinemas, United Entertainment Corp., UltraStar Cinemas, Village Theaters, Warren Theatres, Watson Theatre, Wellfleet Cinemas, and Westates Theatres.
About MovieTickets.com
MovieTickets.com (http://www.movietickets.com/), the world's most powerful Internet movie ticketing service, offers moviegoers a convenient way to buy movie tickets in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at MovieTickets.ie; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. Formed in 2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp. , National Amusements, Famous Players, Marcus Theatres , Viacom and America Online, and leverages the collective theater chain expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently represents over 50 percent of the top 50 and over 50 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group, which includes 125 theater chains, is about five times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.
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Progress Report from Tech*Ed: Dynamic IT Delivering on Promise of Transforming ITMicrosoft says past year was pivotal in evolution of corporate datacenters.
ORLANDO, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Speaking to more than 10,000 IT professionals attending the Microsoft Tech*Ed North America 2008 IT Professionals conference, Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft Corp., said that the past year has been a pivotal one in the evolution of corporate datacenters, and that Microsoft is delivering on its Dynamic IT initiative thanks to products such as Windows Server 2008; Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5; the next version of Identity Lifecycle Manager, code-named ILM "2"; Microsoft Visual Studio 2008; and Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
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Muglia's remarks built upon his comments at last year's Tech*Ed event, (http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0705/30242/Bob_Muglia-Dynamic_IT_MBR.asx), where he touted the benefits of Microsoft's Dynamic IT initiative, and came on the heels of last week's Microsoft Tech*Ed North America 2008 Developers conference, where Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates spoke to the transformation of application development. Dynamic IT, which converts IT from a business expense to a business asset and shifts the IT focus from activities that just keep datacenters running to those that can result in strategic advantages, continues to be a key theme for the company.
"The IT industry is evolving at a rate like never before -- driven by changing user needs, globalization, shifting economic pressures, increasingly faster processing speeds and more," Muglia said. "We truly believe this change represents an opportunity for IT professionals to move the needle at their companies by employing new solutions and technologies to boost the agility and speed of their IT systems, ultimately making these systems more dynamic. We call this Dynamic IT."
Building on these discussions, Muglia pointed to virtualization as an example of a transformational technology for IT. When effectively deployed and managed, virtualization creates IT systems that are highly efficient and cost-effective, with the self-awareness to adapt automatically as business conditions change. Muglia also discussed ways customers can manage and help secure their Microsoft-based IT infrastructures across physical and virtualized clients, servers and networks. Microsoft disclosed several updates to help ready customers and partners to use virtualization in their infrastructure.
-- Server Virtualization Validation Program. The Server Virtualization
Validation Program is now operational and open to any software vendor
to test and validate its virtualization software to run Windows Server
2008 and previous versions of Windows Server. The program enables
Microsoft to offer cooperative technical support to customers running
Windows Server on validated, non-Microsoft server virtualization
software.
-- Certifications. Four new virtualization certifications are being
introduced for desktop support technicians, database administrators
and Web developers who will work with virtualization technologies.
Training resources also include eight instructor-led courses, five
Microsoft E-Learning courses, traditional academic learning courseware
and Microsoft Press training kits.
-- Microsoft Application Virtualization. Microsoft Application
Virtualization 4.5 release candidate one (RC1) will be available
within the month for customers.
-- Forefront security. Microsoft today outlined support for
virtualization with the Microsoft Forefront line of security products,
which includes Forefront Client Security support for Windows Server
2008 Hyper-V upon its release, and support within the next-generation
Forefront security solution, code-named "Stirling," with its release
scheduled in the first half of 2009.
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V remains on schedule to release within 180 days of the release to manufacturing of the new server operating system. To advance its comprehensive virtualization approach, Microsoft also recently announced the public beta availability of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 for managing Hyper-V environments.
"We view technology as a strategic asset, and our goal is to build a more dynamic datacenter that enables The SCOOTER Store to provide freedom and independence to people with limited mobility," said Richard Webster, manager of systems and storage at The SCOOTER Store. "As business demands rapidly change, so do the demands on our infrastructure. Microsoft's virtualization strategy and products allow us to move one step closer to fully leveraging our IT investments and realizing a more dynamic IT infrastructure. We expect to increase our overall number of applications by 25 percent while reducing our total number of physical servers required to host those applications by 40 percent."
Muglia today also outlined other news showcasing Microsoft's progress across Dynamic IT:
-- Identity Lifecycle Manager "2." Delivering on comprehensive identity
and access management in the enterprise, ILM "2" changes the current
state of the art of identity management. The availability of ILM "2"
beta 3, announced today at Tech*Ed, brings powerful self-service
capabilities for the end user through integration in Microsoft Office,
rich administrative tools and enhanced automation for IT
professionals, and .NET- and WS-*- based extensibility for developers.
-- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate. The availability of the
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release Candidate, the data platform which
provides high levels of scalability, reliability and security for
business-critical applications, helps reduce time and cost of
development and management of applications, and delivers actionable
insights.
-- .NET Configuration Service 2.0. .NET Configuration Service 2.0, a
freely downloadable and reusable set of code libraries, is available
to help develop new composite application services across both .NET
and Java. As part of Muglia's keynote address, a demo of the
Configuration Service showed how a composite application, running
across Windows-, IBM WebSphere- and Apache-distributed components,
could be dynamically virtualized against on-premises, physical
resources and across the cloud.
-- Forefront Security for Office Communications Server Beta 1. The
availability of the Forefront Security for Office Communications
Server Beta 1 helps provide fast and effective protection against
instant messaging-based malware by including multiple scanning engines
and helps reduce corporate liability by blocking instant messages
containing inappropriate content.
-- Forefront Client Security. Forefront Client Security now supports
Windows Server 2008, including integration for Microsoft Network
Access Protection, providing health remediation over network access
and maintaining compliance.
"For Dow Corning, which has more than 4,000 patents globally, protecting our intellectual property while enabling global collaboration is business imperative No. 1," said Mark Gandy, enterprise architect, Dow Corning Corp. "In order to achieve our business goals we turned to Microsoft's Infrastructure Optimization models and their vision for Dynamic IT. With this guidance we were able to design a clear road map for our IT infrastructure that will, eventually, help deliver the foundation for secure collaboration to expand globally into any geography -- which means our infrastructure becomes an even more invaluable strategic asset to the company."
More information on today's news and the event can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/teched/default.mspx.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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SonicWALL Clears Spam-Clogged Small BusinessJet Plumbing & Drain Services eliminates 90,000 spams-per-day problem with SonicWALL ES 200 Anti-Spam appliance
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SonicWALL, Inc. , a leading secure network infrastructure company, today announced that Jet Plumbing & Drain Services of Sparks, Nevada, has deployed a SonicWALL Email Security 200 Anti-Spam appliance to successfully block spam attacks that were crippling its business communications. By switching to a SonicWALL Anti-Spam solution, Jet Plumbing was able to significantly increase productivity and customer service, while easing the cost and complexity of technical support.
Like many small business owners balancing limited resources, Jet Plumbing owner Jim Walker is also responsible for maintaining his business network. Prior to deploying SonicWALL Anti-Spam, Walker would spend half a workday every week fighting spam. His employees routinely had to sift out up to 150 junk emails from their inboxes every morning. "We were building up about five megabytes a minutes in the bad mail folder. With the limited hard drive that we have, it only took a matter of hours to fill up, and once it got down to ten megabytes left, it shut down our Exchange and our accounting package and everything else." Walker first deployed a solution from Barracuda.
"We'd been getting hammered by 90,000 spam messages a day using Barracuda," said Walker. He brought in Sparks-based Specialized Services & Consulting for help.
As a first step to ease throughput bottlenecks, Specialized upgraded Jet's Linksys router with a SonicWALL TZ 180 Wireless Unified Threat Management (UTM) firewall. "This greatly boosted the internet throughput, but didn't address the issue of spam volume associated with the Barracuda device," said Ryan Orsi, of Specialized Services and Consulting. "I suggested that Jim test out a SonicWALL ES 200." Specialized had the SonicWALL ES 200 up and running in under an hour, and Walker began seeing immediate results.
"At first I couldn't believe no spam was getting through. I had to make Ryan send some test messages to confirm that we were actually receiving email," said Walker. "In just the first hour we switched to SonicWALL, total spam count was reduced to only three. It was very impressive. SonicWALL blocked 1.4 million spam messages the first weekend we had it deployed."
The SonicWALL ES 200 Anti-Spam appliance provides industry leading effectiveness using a best-in-class spam filter with an end-to-end e-mail attack monitoring system. SonicWALL Anti-Spam self-updates every five minutes with current spam protection based on SonicWALL's daily evaluation of millions of business emails worldwide and takes less than 10 minutes a week to manage.
Now that Walker and his employees no longer have to spend hours every day fixing spam, they can now shift their attention to what they do best -- taking care of business for their customers. "The ES 200 let our company get back to work as normal," said Walker.
About SonicWALL, Inc.
SonicWALL is committed to improving the performance and productivity of businesses of all sizes by engineering the cost and complexity out of running a secure network. Over one million SonicWALL appliances have been shipped through its global network of ten thousand channel partners to keep tens of millions of worldwide business computer users safe and in control of their data. SonicWALL's award-winning solutions include network security, secure remote access, content security, backup and recovery, and policy and management technology. For more information, visit the company web site at http://www.sonicwall.com/.
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Absolute Launches Computrace Mobile for Wireless DevicesAbsolute extends computer security and IT asset management leadership to handheld devices
VANCOUVER, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Absolute(R) Software Corporation ("Absolute" or the "Company") (TSX: ABT), the leading provider of patented computer theft recovery, data protection and Secure Asset Tracking(TM) solutions announced today the general availability of Computrace(R) Mobile. Based on the successful Computrace desktop and laptop management solution from Absolute, the addition of Computrace Mobile allows organizations to manage and secure their supported handheld devices within their mobile computer population.
Computrace Mobile gives organizations the ability to centrally manage their handheld devices and remotely delete all or select files. IT administrators can install Computrace Mobile on supported handheld devices, enabling organizations to delete sensitive data from lost or stolen devices and reduce costs associated with managing mobile devices and users, ensuring compliance with policies and producing reports.
Computrace Mobile is supported on all Windows Mobile(R) 5 and 6 handheld devices including popular models like the MOTO Q, Treo 750 and Samsung BlackJack. In 2007, the worldwide sales to end users of devices using Windows Mobile rose to 14.7 million devices, which was an 86.9% increase compared to 2006. (Gartner Dataquest, Market Share: Smartphones, Worldwide, 4Q07 and 2007, March 2008.)
"Computrace Mobile underscores our commitment to provide our customers with the tools they need to manage all their computing assets from a single, integrated user interface," said John Livingston, Chairman and CEO of Absolute Software. "Organizations have traditionally struggled to manage mobile assets like laptops and handheld devices. For many, this has complicated efforts to comply with the growing presence of data privacy regulation. With the availability of Computrace Mobile, Absolute is uniquely positioned to provide an asset management and data delete tool for mobile devices to help organizations avoid costly data breach penalties."
Computrace Mobile delivers:
- The industry's only one-stop solution for the management of all
remote computers and handhelds owned by an organization.
- Reduced operational costs associated with managing mobile devices by
leveraging the Computrace platform's integrated Customer Center
reporting for hardware, software and user information.
- An additional layer of data protection and increased compliance with
government data breach laws through Remote Data Delete capabilities.
Prior to general availability, Absolute conducted a beta test and received positive feedback:
After running the beta test, Brian Kelly, Director of Information Security and Network Operations at Quinnipiac University said, "Quinnipiac University is always concerned about the security of our devices and the data stored on them. We can now use Computrace Mobile to manage and track mobile assets, giving us visibility into a previously unmanaged area. Additionally Computrace Mobile supports the full range of Secure Data Delete operations."
More information about Computrace Mobile can be found at http://www.absolute.com/mobile.
For more information on the complete range of Computrace solutions for organizations and individuals, please visit http://www.absolute.com/ or http://www.lojackforlaptops.com/.
About Absolute Software
Absolute Software Corporation (TSX: ABT) is the leader in Computer Theft Recovery, Data Protection and Secure Asset Tracking(TM) solutions. Absolute Software provides organizations and consumers with solutions in the areas of regulatory compliance, data protection and theft recovery. The Company's Computrace(R) software is embedded in the BIOS of computers by global leaders, including Dell, Fujitsu, Gateway, General Dynamics Itronix, HP, Lenovo, Motion, Panasonic and Toshiba, and the Company has reselling partnerships with these OEMs and others, including Apple. For more information about Absolute Software and Computrace, visit http://www.absolute.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, the expected performance of our services and products and other expectations, intentions and plans contained in this press release that are not historical fact. When used in this press release, the words "plan," "expect," "believe," and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changes in technology and general market conditions. In light of the many risks and uncertainties you should understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release will be realized.
(C)2008 Absolute Software Corporation. All rights reserved. Computrace and Absolute are registered trademarks of Absolute Software Corporation. Windows Mobile is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Computrace U.S. patents # 5,715,174, # 5,764,892, # 5,802,280, # 5,896,497, # 6,244,758, # 6,269,392, # 6,300,863, and # 6,507,914. Canadian patents # 2,284,806 and # 2,205,370. U.K. patents # EP793823 and # GB2338101. German patent # 695 125 34.6-08. Australian patent # 699045. The Toronto Stock Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved of the information contained in this news release.
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Motorola to Include Recently Auctioned LTE Spectrum Bands in First Commercial Product ReleaseOperators are tapping into 700MHz, 2.6GHz and re-farmed spectrum bands to meet demand for mobile broadband networks to deliver media mobility
ARLINGTON HTS., Ill., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola, Inc. today announced that its first commercial release of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) solutions next year will include products for the 700MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum bands to help operators increase coverage and capacity of their networks as they strive to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services.
Both the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and government regulatory bodies around the world are recognizing the need for more spectrum to support the arrival of wireless broadband technologies. Motorola intends to meet the needs of its network operator customers by incorporating both current and new frequency bands being considered for LTE into its product roadmap. The timing for commercialization of products in specific frequency demands will be based upon a combination of general 4G spectrum licensing trends globally as well as individual customer demands.
"We believe deploying LTE in the 700 MHz band is mandatory to meet the needs of wireless carriers in the U.S. market as well as a number of other countries globally," said Darren McQueen, Motorola vice president, Wireless Broadband Access Technologies. "In addition, there is a clear demand for LTE in 2.6GHz spectrum band to meet the needs of GSM carriers that have already secured the spectrum in the global market."
Motorola also announced that its LTE solution will support the future LTE Time Division Duplex (TDD) variant to meet the need of operators with a TDD spectrum holding. "Leveraging our WiMAX TDD infrastructure, we have designed a common LTE platform that is capable of both LTE Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and TDD, offering global operators the simplicity and economies of scale across markets," McQueen said.
Motorola is engaged in LTE trials with operators in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The knowledge gained from these LTE trials, coupled with Motorola's expertise in OFDM and experience as a leading vendor in deploying and managing WiMAX networks, will contribute greatly to the development and maturity of Motorola's LTE solutions portfolio.
Motorola's LTE base station solution is comprised of its common platform site controller unit that will be shared between WiMAX 802.16e and LTE plus a variety of radio head solutions to meet specific customer requirements. The portfolio includes frame based-mounted radios, remote radio heads and tower top radios to support a wide variety of LTE deployment scenarios across newly available spectrum as well as existing GSM, UMTS and CDMA spectrum. Motorola's flexible eNode B architecture allows many spectrum bands to be supported with limited development investment.
For more details about Motorola's LTE solutions please visit: http://www.motorola.com/lte and http://www.motorola.com/experiencelte
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com/.
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Bull Launches the Sixth Initiative in its 7i Program
PARIS, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Accelerating the Implementation of New-Generation Services and Supporting the Rapid Growth of Telecoms and Media in Emerging Economies is one of the Driving Forces Behind This Initiative
As part of its 7i program, Bull is today launching its sixth initiative, aimed at telecoms operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). By putting the telecommunications and media industries at the heart of one of its seven key strategic initiatives, Bull is not only demonstrating its commitment to supporting telecoms operators as they develop new convergent services, but also its own aspirations to grow its business in this very rapidly evolving sector.
"This latest initiative reflects the fundamental transformation that Bull has undergone in recent years combining high added-value services with Bull's expertise as a manufacturer," commented Jean-Francois Leprince-Ringuet, General Manager, Bull Telecommunications and Media. "At a time of convergence and consolidation, we have all the relevant skills to effectively assist telecoms operators in developing and integrating new services into their information systems and networks. Our business in this area has doubled in the space of just three years, clearly illustrating the recognition we have achieved in this market and the attractiveness of our unique mix of skills. As a systems integrator, and also as an IT maker familiar with the issues faced by telecom equipment manufacturers, we do respond to the dual challenge to achieve both agility and robustness in an increasingly innovative and international telecoms market."
As a systems integrator and partner of telecoms equipment manufacturers, Bull effectively applies its IT expertise and its manufacturing culture to implement flexible, high-performance and innovative solutions across the world
Innovation
Another legacy of its history, Bull has always chosen the path of innovation and dedicated significant investment to R&D. As a result, the company has regularly been one of the European pioneers in emerging technologies: not only in the field of computing, but also in telecoms where Bull has formed alliances with start-ups, equipment manufacturers and developers to bring new solutions to market. For example, Bull was one of the earliest to invest in IP infrastructures, building partnerships with innovative new businesses including Thomson Cirpack, Dilithium, eServGlobal, Highdeal and StreamWIDE who provide the building bricks for developing the service platforms that are now so essential to operators' competitive positioning. By incorporating the latest technologies into its projects, Bull can truly define itself as an Integrator, an Industrial and an Innovator; Bull can genuinely deliver innovation and robustness while optimizing costs and performance.
"Managing our in-flight 'Mobile OnAir' phone service and 'Internet OnAir' Internet access service requires a high-performance information system, given that we operate at the crossroads between the worlds of telecommunications and aeronautics," explained Jean-Damien Beaud, Information Technology & Systems Director at OnAir. "Of course, there were no off-the-shelf solutions available in this sector, so it was necessary to integrate specific developments with a flexible billing system. We are very pleased with Bull's ability to put forward innovative solutions, and to implement a comprehensive system that covers all the company's business-critical functions: from managing commercial relationships to billing, and including managing the installation programs for systems on board aircraft and tracking key performance indicators, while also taking full account of numerous regulatory requirements. The flexibility of the solution - which is capable of evolving in line with the growth of the company's business - has contributed to OnAir's agility and performance."
Agility
For telecoms operators, agility means above all having the capacity to build offerings that constantly adapt to the very rapid evolutions in the marketplace. In an industry sector where competition is exacerbated by innovation, time to market is vital. Bull, as 'Architect of an Open World(TM)', is at the heart of the current revolution in approaches to systems development and project management. Thanks to its in-depth understanding of the very latest technological standards and its expertise in this sector, Bull can provide all the necessary agility and flexibility that telecoms operators demand when faced with the need to implement new service platforms based on new standards such as SIP, IMS and Web 2.0.
Orange.pl - developed by AMG.net, a Bull Group company - voted the best business portal in Poland. At the end of February 2008, Swedish consulting firm Hallvarsson & Halvarsson published a report in which sixteen Polish corporate websites were evaluated. The results showed that three of the five best web portals in Poland were developed by AMG.net.
Robustness
When it comes to ensuring the robustness of IT infrastructures and service quality, Bull applies its expertise born out of the design of some of the world's most powerful supercomputers. Its ability to ensure robustness while managing complexity means that the Group is particularly well placed to deliver infrastructures that provide 'carrier grade' levels of reliability: offering extremely high levels of service under all types of conditions. For example, Bull is skilled at managing the evolution of network cores towards IMS-type architectures and implementing solutions to improve the remote management of telecoms equipment ('boxes' and other terminals) in the homes of operators' customers.
Bull is strengthening its telecoms competency centers to accelerate the deployment of innovative Triple and Quadruple Play services As part of its sixth initiative, Bull is strengthening its telecoms centers of expertise - located across three continents in France, Poland, Brazil, Morocco and Mauritius - in order to accelerate developments working towards new IP-based technologies and innovative services. Capitalizing on its experienced gained on many large-scale projects, the location of its various centers of expertise enables Bull to meet the specific needs of each market worldwide, to help operators:
- Manage the risks, costs and timescales associated with their
projects, using the proven professional and automated methodologies
embodied in NovaForge(TM), its software development platform
- Integrate new services into their OSS/BSS systems
- Reinforce their business agility by developing new services,
particularly those built around an IP infrastructure
- Guarantee service quality through SLM (Service Level Management),
SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and SQM (Service Quality Management)
- Support growth with flexible systems that are easy to extend,
featuring the best technologies on the market, as well as Open Source
components and solutions from software publishers chosen to be Bull's
partners.
International coverage
From its initial based in France, Bull's activities have extended across Western Europe, all the way to Africa where the Group has developed a unique capacity to deliver targeted projects using mixed teams that combine local specialists with experts from its worldwide network of competence centers, while at the same time ensuring effective skills transfer. The acquisition of AMG.net in Poland has given Bull a significant presence in Central and Eastern Europe. This subsidiary, - has achieved significant growth, with a doubling of its workforce since becoming part of Bull in April 2006. The other mainstay of Bull's international presence in telecoms is Latin America, where Bull Brazil has succeeded in ensuring that this market is one of its key sectors of expertise and excellence. Bull is also well versed in supporting the very dynamic growth in the emerging markets of Europe, Latin America and Africa in the area of Triple and Quadruple Play. This has proved to be a key differentiator, recognized and appreciated by customers including the France Telecom/Orange group, Embratel, Vivo and Wana. Moreover, the Bull teams deliver associated services (hosting, facility management and security) in over 60 countries.
To mark the launch of this latest initiative, Bull is jointly publishing a white paper with consulting and research firm IDATE, entitled: "The drive for innovation, and mastering the unexpected".
For more information on the sixth initiative and to download the white paper, visit www://www.bull.com/7i
About Bull, Architect of an Open World(TM)
As one of the leading European IT companies, Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems. The group helps public and private sector customers transform their information systems, applying its know-how and expertise in three main areas:
- Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe experience, Bull
designs and produces robust, innovative and open servers, based on
industry-standard technologies;
- Building on its alliances with leading ISVs and
long-standing involvement with Open Source, Bull develops and implements
flexible and interoperable application infrastructures which give
business processes the freedom to evolve;
- Bringing together recognized expertise in end-to-end IT
security, Bull secures data and exchanges that are so critical in
preserving customers' business integrity.
Bull has a particularly strong presence in the public, healthcare, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and defense sectors. Its distribution network and business partners cover more than 60 countries worldwide.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com/
Contacts
Bull - Anne-Marie Jourdain - Phone: +33-1-30-80-32-52 - E-mail:
anne-marie.jourdain@bull.net
Financial Dynamics - Elodie Marchand / Tiphaine Bannelier - Phone :
+33-1-47-03-68-10 - E-mail : elodie.marchand@fd.com /
tiphaine.bannelier@fd.com
Bull
CONTACT: Contacts: Bull - Anne-Marie Jourdain - Phone:
+33-1-30-80-32-52 - E-mail: anne-marie.jourdain@bull.net; Financial Dynamics
- Elodie Marchand / Tiphaine Bannelier - Phone : +33-1-47-03-68-10 - E-mail :
elodie.marchand@fd.com / tiphaine.bannelier@fd.com
Broadband Takes off: OnAir Brings Highdeal and Bull On-Board for its Mobile Telephony Offer
PARIS, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Highdeal Transactive(R) has Been Selected for its Flexibility and Partner Settlement Capabilities
OnAir has chosen Highdeal, the world's leading provider of Pricing & Rating (http://www.highdeal.com/product/pricing-rating-EN.shtml) solutions, to manage Mobile OnAir, its mobile telephony offer aimed at airline companies. Created in 2005, OnAir is a subsidiary of Airbus and SITA, a provider of IT solutions for the transportation industry. OnAir's services enable passengers to use their portable devices (laptops, mobile phones and PDAs) as well as the airplane's own equipment, to communicate just as easily in the air as on the ground.
For this project, OnAir also chose Bull to create its information systems, including billing, reconciliation functions offered by Highdeal Transactive, support for the company's complex, business-critical processes, as well as advanced analysis and Business Intelligence functionalities.
In December 2007, Air France and OnAir launched the world's first in-flight mobile communication service offer. Airbus A318 passengers can now send and receive text and multimedia messages as well as emails and since April 2008, they can also make in-flight phone calls.
Highdeal Transactive allows OnAir to manage billing as well as commissioning of its numerous partners
The Mobile OnAir offer is based on numerous partnerships with satellite bandwidth providers and business partners such as interconnection operators and airline companies, who are both OnAir customers and partners. The revenue generated by in-flight communication is shared between the different companies involved since passengers are seen as roamers on the OnAir network and as such, their mobile phone operators must pay a roaming fee to OnAir. Highdeal Transactive is used to calculate the percentages and manage the commission owed to airline companies. The commission rules are clearly defined in the pricing plan, therefore partners can be commissioned according to usage, percentage, variations in volume or hourly time slots. Highdeal Transactive is also used for the billing of Internet Service installations, WebMail and WebChat, that are offered by OnAir for in-flight access. Finally, the bandwidth service provided by Link OnAir will also be billed using the Highdeal Transactive software solution. It was Highdeal's proven track record for managing numerous partners as well as its flexibility in defining offers in a B2B context (one per client), that convinced OnAir to go ahead with this partnership.
At the crossroads of the telecommunications and aeronautics industries
OnAir was looking for a flexible pricing and billing solution that would allow it to manage commissions in an industry beyond the realm of 'classic telecommunications', given that certain calculations are based on data from the aeronautics industry. "We are extremely pleased with Bull's services and Highdeal's ability to adapt to our unique and fast evolving context," said Jean-Damien Beaud, Director of OnAir's Information Systems. "Our mobile telephony offer is at the crossroads of the telecomunications and aeronautics industries. We were quickly convinced by the different features of the Highdeal Transactive software solution as its functional coverage corresponds to our needs, particularly when calculating interconnection costs and bill-cross-referencing which are an essential part of our business," he concluded.
Bull, a leading integrator of convergence technologies, has delivered a robust and innovative information system for OnAir
Bull has designed a robust solution capable of evolving alongside OnAir's activities. Thanks to its sectoral expertise and knowledge of open technologies, Bull - as systems integrator and IT manufacturer - is able to bring the flexibility required by telecom operators and to build reliable 'carrier grade' information systems that offer a high level of service in any condition. The project includes three phases. The first phase allows OnAir to make use of Call Collect systems, reporting procedures as well as Highdeal Transactive's billing solution. The second and third phases will provide OnAir with complementary CRM functions, bill-cross-referencing and advanced reporting.
"We are very proud to have been selected by OnAir for the integration of this complex and highly innovative project," said Jean-François Leprince-Ringuet, General Manager, Bull Telecommunications and Media. "The telecommunications sector is evolving rapidly and this new service is a perfect example of new convergence applications for fixed-mobile usage. As a partner integrator of equipment manufacturers, Bull brings its IT expertise and industrial know-how to implement flexible, efficient and innovative solutions throughout the world," he added.
"We are very pleased to have a customer who brings new mobile services to airplanes. OnAir is a pioneer in this field, so it was quite natural for them to opt for the highly successful Highdeal Transactive software solution," concluded Eric Lavenir, EVP Sales EMEA for Highdeal.
About OnAir
OnAir was incorporated in February 2005 and is owned by Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer with the most modern and comprehensive product line on the market, and SITA, the world's leading provider of air transport focused applications, communications and IT infrastructure.
OnAir's goal is to give airline passengers the ability to communicate from the sky. The OnAir service portfolio addresses passenger voice and data communications needs on both long- and short-haul flights, on commercial Airbus and Boeing aircraft, while focusing on passengers' needs, offering choice, and ensuring an economically viable business model for airlines. OnAir is a member of the GSM Association and an Inmarsat Distribution Partner for SwiftBroadband services.
About Highdeal
Highdeal is the world's leading provider of Pricing & Rating (http://www.highdeal.com/product/pricing-rating-EN.shtml) solutions. By delivering unconstrained usage-based business models coupled with real-time, multi-party transaction management, Highdeal solves the billing problem for service providers. Proven by 200 deployments in more than 50 countries, the Highdeal Transactive(R) (http://www.highdeal.com/product/overview-EN.shtml) software solution provides greater business agility and lower TCO. From telecoms, Internet and media sectors, to transportation, logistics, and financial markets, businesses across the service economy rely on Highdeal to increase their competitiveness. For more information, visit http://www.highdeal.com/.
About Bull
As one of the leading European IT companies, Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems. The group helps public and private sector customers transform their information systems, applying its know-how and expertise in three main areas:
- Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe experience, Bull designs and produces robust, innovative and open servers, based on industry-standard technologies;
- Building on its alliances with leading ISVs and long-standing involvement with Open Source, Bull develops and implements flexible and interoperable application infrastructures which give business processes the freedom to evolve;
- Bringing together recognized expertise in end-to-end IT security,
- Bull secures data and exchanges that are so critical in preserving customers' business integrity.
Bull has a particularly strong presence in the public, healthcare, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and defense sectors. Its distribution network and business partners cover more than 60 countries worldwide.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com/
Highdeal press contacts:
Emma Keenan / Trista Schneberger,
Open2Europe,
Phone: +33-1-55-02-14-59/ 27-93,
E-mail: e.keenan@open2europe.com / t.schneberger@open2europe.com ;
Bull: Anne Marie Jourdain
Tel: +33(0)1-30-80-32-52,
anne-marie.jourdain@bull.net
Financial Dynamics:
Elodie Marchand / Tiphaine Bannelier,
Tel: +33(0)1-47-03-68-10,
elodie.marchand@fd.com / tiphaine.bannelier@fd.com .
Bull
CONTACT: Highdeal press contacts: Emma Keenan / Trista Schneberger,
Open2Europe, Phone: +33-1-55-02-14-59/ 27-93, E-mail:
e.keenan@open2europe.com / t.schneberger@open2europe.com ; Bull: Anne Marie
Jourdain Tel: +33(0)1-30-80-32-52, anne-marie.jourdain@bull.net Financial
Dynamics: Elodie Marchand / Tiphaine Bannelier, Tel: +33(0)1-47-03-68-10,
elodie.marchand@fd.com / tiphaine.bannelier@fd.com .
DCML LLC Files a Letter Opposing the Proposed Liquidation of Danka Business Services PLC after the Anticipated Sale of Danka Office Imaging Company to Konica Minolta
NEW YORK, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- DCML LLC announced that it has filed a Schedule 13D with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), indicating its acquisition of a more than a 5% interest in the outstanding Ordinary Shares of Danka Business Services PLC (BULLETIN BOARD: DANKY) and including the following letter addressed to the Board of Directors of Danka opposing the proposed liquidation of Danka after the anticipated sale of Danka Office Imaging Company to Konica Minolta:
DCML LLC
595 Madison Avenue, 17th floor
New York, NY 10020
(212) 332-3342
June 09, 2008
The Board of Directors
c/o Danka Business Systems PLC
Masters House, 107 Hammersmith Road 11101 Roosevelt Blvd
London W14 0QH England St. Petersburg, FL 33716
Dear Members of the Independent Committee of the Board of Directors:
We write on behalf of DCML LLC, and certain related entities that own, in the aggregate, approximately 6% of the common stock of Danka Business Systems PLC (the "Company") on a fully diluted basis.
We support the Board's decision to recommend shareholder approval of the sale of Danka Office Imaging Company ("DOIC") to Konica Minolta ("KOM"). However, we believe the Independent Committee (the "Committee") has seriously erred in (1) recommending that the Company enter liquidation subsequent to such sale; (2) conditioning sale of DOIC upon shareholder approval of liquidation, and (3) negotiating a distribution of sale proceeds in liquidation that would leave ordinary shareholders with a pittance -- $6.5 million ($0.025 per ordinary share, or $0.10 per American Depository Share), while holders of participating shares (the "Cypress shareholders") would receive substantially in excess of $100 million.
The proposed distribution to ordinary shareholders is grossly unfair, and we strongly believe that the Company could have pursued -- and going forward must pursue -- alternative options for executing the sale of DOIC to KOM while ensuring that the value derived from such sale is shared more equitably among all of the company's shareholders. The Committee's failure to do so raises serious questions about the exercise of its fiduciary duties.
In the Company's proxy filing, the Board has implied that the proposals presented -- calling for a voluntary liquidation, which disproportionately benefits the Cypress shareholders (as well as company management and its bankers and lawyers) -- is the only realistic option available following the sale of DOIC to KOM. It is repeatedly suggested that the failure to approve the proposed transactions, exactly as presented, will likely place the company in irreversible fiscal peril. We believe that any such implication regarding the Company's fiscal soundness is factually incorrect, a biased gloss on the circumstances, designed to elicit shareholder votes in favor of the Board's proposals.
Ultimately, the Board's core justification for granting Cypress shareholders more than 17x the distribution that will be given to ordinary shareholders is that the Cypress shareholders' liquidation preference compels this outcome in a voluntary liquidation. But this merely begs the question of why the company necessarily must be liquidated following the sale of DOIC. Nowhere has the Board seriously attempted to explain this very convenient logical leap. In the absence of liquidation, the Cypress shareholders are minority shareholders and as an equitable matter should be treated as such.
1. Equitable Distribution Analysis
On December 17, 1999, the Company issued 218,000 6.50% participating shares, for $218 million, to the Cypress shareholders. Today these shares have accrued to approximately $372 million in value. The participating shares held by Cypress are equity securities for purposes of English law and represent equity for purposes of U.K. GAAP.(1)
In the event of a change of control, the participating shareholders may demand redemption of their shares. If the Company does not have sufficient distributable profits to redeem the participating shares in cash, it must use its best efforts to complete a fresh issuance of shares, which in our opinion is highly unlikely to be successful at the current market value of the ordinary shares. As an alternative to cash redemption of the participating shares at the "as converted " ordinary share value, the Company may elect instead to convert the participating shares into ordinary shares at a conversion price of $3.11 per ordinary share, or $12.44 per ADS (2).
Notably, if the Company were to convert the participating shares into ordinary shares, participating shareholders would receive approximately 120,851,920 ordinary shares, representing 32% of the total shares outstanding.(3) And if the proceeds from the sale of DOIC were to be distributed (after paying off the Company's debt) after such conversion, ordinary shareholders would receive 68% of the proceeds, and Cypress shareholders, then holding ordinary shares, would receive 32% of the proceeds. Consistent with this analysis, we summarize in the table below what we believe is a fair and equitable distribution to all shareholders.
($ in millions, except per share)
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Liquidation Analysis 12/31/2007 (4) Best Case Worst Case
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Konica Minolta Proceeds $250 $240
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Add: Current Assets at Danka $25 $25
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Less: GE debt repayment $122 $122
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Less: Inv. Banking & Legal Fees $14 $14
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Less: Mr. Frazier Payment $4 $4
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Less: Management Payment $5 $5
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Net Asset Value $122 $112
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Ordinary share distribution $83 $76
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Participating share distribution $39 $36
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$ per ADS share $1.28 $1.18
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$ per participating share $1.28 $1.18
The distribution detailed above sharply contrasts with what the Board has proposed and the Committee has endorsed -- namely paying Cypress in the best case $115 million or 3.80 per ADS or in the worst case $105 million or $3.48 per ADS, after making payment to the ordinary and ADS shares of less than $7 million ($0.10 per ADS). Interestingly, and for purposes of comparison, it is worth noting that Company management will receive cash benefits resulting from the proposed transaction that are substantially greater than the entire distribution being made to ordinary shareholders.
We recognize that the proposed outcome, and its remarkable deviation from the analysis above, is a function of the Board's decision to liquidate the company; in liquidation, the participating shareholders merit a distribution preference. But as we previously noted, the Board has failed entirely to explain why liquidation is required in these circumstances, especially given the harsh, anti-ordinary shareholder outcome that results in liquidation.
It is also hard to understand why, before endorsing this outcome, the Board did not secure a fairness opinion from its financial advisor that a distribution of less than $7 million to ordinary and ADS shares is fair and reasonable. In a thorough and diligent process, the Board would have obtained such an opinion.
2. The Company's Financial Condition
The upshot of the Board's proxy argument is that the Company is in financial peril, and only the proposed transaction -- only the transaction at issue, and none other -- can somehow save it. As an initial matter, it is difficult to take seriously this argument when the Company hasn't filed financial statements since December 31, 2007. As shareholders we do not accept -- and we should not be asked to accept -- the Board's contentions and innuendo regarding Company finances until and unless we are presented with up- to-date financials.
Second, and equally important, in our view the Company's potential liquidity difficulties can be negotiated and surmounted. Given our understanding of the working capital dynamics affecting the Company's business, and its credit facilities, we believe that the proxy has not accurately portrayed the universe of options available to the Company short of bankruptcy or liquidation. Simply put, the Company should be able to meet its obligations under its GE credit line through the use of conventional financial management strategies; these obligations are in no way justification for liquidation.
In conclusion, we are not opposed to the sale of DOIC to KOM at the proposed price. It is clear however that the Board has failed its majority shareholders in negotiating the Cypress transaction. For the reasons detailed above, we have concluded that we cannot support the voluntary liquidation of the Company and intend to vote against it. We are hopeful that a voluntary liquidation will not occur and are considering all of the options available to us, including soliciting proxies in the upcoming annual meeting in August.
Finally, we wish to note as shareholders our appreciation of the great work the Company's employees have done and continue to do in operating the business.
Sincerely,
/s/ Robert Andrade /s/ Rosty Raykov
Robert Andrade Rosty Raykov
(1) From page 8, based on the November 24, 1999 Proxy Statement.
(2) From page 14, based on the November 24, 1999 Proxy Statement.
(3) From page vi, based on the May 30, 2008 Proxy Statement.
(4) From page H-24, based on the May 30, 2008 Proxy Statement.
DCML LLC
CONTACT: DCML LLC, 595 Madison Avenue, 17th floor, New York, NY 10020,
+1-212-332-3342
Authentidate and EncounterCare Form ExpressMD Solutions Joint Venture to Provide Telehealth Vital Signs Monitoring Systems Designed to Improve Chronic Illness Care for Patients
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Authentidate Holding Corp. , a worldwide provider of secure workflow management software and web-based services, announced that it has formed a joint venture with EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: ECSL), a provider of technology and services for the home healthcare marketplace. The joint venture called ExpressMD(TM) Solutions will provide in- home patient vital signs monitoring systems and services to improve care for patients with chronic illnesses and reduce cost of care by delivering results to their health care providers via the Internet.
ExpressMD Solutions will combine EncounterCare's Electronic House Call(TM) patient vital signs monitoring appliances with a specially designed web-based management and monitoring software module based on Authentidate's Inscrybe(TM) Healthcare platform. ExpressMD Solutions will enable unattended measurement of patients' vital signs and related health information. Patients' data will then be securely sent electronically to each patient's health care provider for review. ExpressMD Solutions will be designed to aid wellness and preventative care, and deliver better continuity of care to specific patient segments such as the elderly, special needs or pediatric patients with chronic illnesses who require regular monitoring of serious medical conditions.
According to a January 2008 research study conducted at the State University of New York at Fredonia, the demand for patient monitoring systems in the primary healthcare sector in the United States is forecast to increase 5.9 percent per year to an estimated $12 billion market by 2012 based on expected contributions to positive therapeutic outcomes and efficiencies. Additionally, the study indicates that the market for self-monitoring activities will also expand as treatment for chronic care patients, especially patients with asthma, diabetes and heart disorders focuses on preventative care.
Using ExpressMD Solution's offerings health care providers will be able to easily view their specific patient's vital statistics and make adjustments to the patient's care plans via the Internet. ExpressMD Solution's easy to use patient monitoring system is intended to provide patients with increased peace of mind and improved condition outcomes through a combination of care plan schedule reminders and comprehensive disease management education on their in- home communication unit. The service will provide intelligent routing to alert on-duty caregivers whenever a patient's vital signs are outside of the practitioner's pre-set ranges. Health care providers and health insurers also are expected to benefit by having additional tools to improve patient care, and reduce overall in-person and emergency room patient visits.
"EncounterCare's expertise with in-home patient monitoring technologies and Authentidate's expertise in online healthcare systems and securely managing patients' documents has allowed us to shorten the development cycle and ready this solution for delivery in record time," said Ron Mills, CEO of EncounterCare Solutions, Inc.
"The ExpressMD Solutions joint venture will allow Authentidate and EncounterCare to leverage existing portions of our respective healthcare products as well as existing healthcare industry relationships from both companies," said Ben Benjamin, President of Authentidate Holding Corp. "The telemedicine market is a large market that we believe will benefit from our document management capabilities. By entering this market through a joint venture, we will be able to strongly penetrate an emerging market, while expanding the use of our platform within the health care community."
For more information about ExpressMD Solutions, visit http://www.expressmdsolutions.com/.
About Authentidate Holding Corp.
Authentidate Holding Corp. is a worldwide provider of secure workflow management software and web-based services. The company's automated and trusted workflow solutions enable enterprises and office professionals to employ rules-based electronic forms, intelligent routing and transaction management, electronic signing, content authentication, identity credentialing and verification and web and fax based communication capabilities. Customer benefits from the company's offerings include reduced costs, improved productivity and service levels, automated audit trails, enhanced compliance with regulatory requirements and the reduction of paper-based processes. The company has offices in the United States and Germany. In the United States we offer our patent pending content authentication technology in the form of the United States Postal Service(R) Electronic Postmark(R) (EPM).
For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.authentidate.com/.
About EncounterCare Solutions, Inc.
EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: ECSL), headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is an integrated healthcare company that operates its business through two divisions, the Healthcare Technology Division and the Healthcare Services Division. EncounterCare's operating businesses offer a broad range of proprietary healthcare technology, products and services that address several substantial target markets, including: the Healthcare Information Technology market, the Healthcare Telemedicine market and the Homecare market.
For more information, visit http://www.encountercare.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. When used in this release, the words "believe," "anticipate," "think," "intend," "plan," "will be," "expect," and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Such statements regarding future events and/or the future financial performance of the Company are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual events or the actual future results of the Company to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the availability of any needed financing, the Company's ability to implement its business plan for various applications of its technologies, related decisions by the USPS, the impact of competition, the management of growth, and the other risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In light of the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the objectives and plans of the Company will be achieved.
ExpressMD is a trademark of ExpressMD Solutions, LLC. Authentidate is a registered trademark of Authentidate Holding Corp. Inscrybe is a trademark of Authentidate Holding Corp. Electronic House Call is a trademark of EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.
Investor Contacts: Media Contacts:
Todd Fromer / Garth Russell Erika Kay
KCSA Strategic Communications KCSA Strategic Communications
212-896-1215 / 212-896-1250 212-896-1208
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Authentidate Holding Corp.; EncounterCare Solutions, Inc.
CONTACT: Investor Contacts, Todd Fromer, +1-212-896-1215,
tfromer@kcsa.com, or Garth Russell, +1-212-896-1250, grussell@kcsa.com, or
Media Contact, Erika Kay, +1-212-896-1208, ekay@kcsa.com, all of KCSA
Strategic Communications
Web site: http://www.authentidate.com/
http://www.encountercare.com/
http://www.expressmdsolutions.com/
InfoLogix to Present at ROTH Capital Partners 3rd Semi-Annual Software Investor Event
HATBORO, Pa., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InfoLogix, Inc. , a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today that David Gulian, President and CEO, will present at the ROTH Capital Partners 3rd Semi-Annual Software Investor Event. The conference will be hosted at the St. Regis San Francisco from June 11th-12th, 2008. Mr. Gulian will present on Wednesday, June 11th at 6:45 a.m. PDT.
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InfoLogix's advanced mobility solutions and software have been selected by more than 1,400 hospitals and 800 commercial organizations, including 47 of the Fortune 500, to improve productivity, efficiency and revenues.
For those who cannot attend in person, electronic versions of the presentation can be received via email, fax or postal service by contacting InfoLogix's investor relations department at the address provided at the end of this release.
ROTH Conferences are among the largest in the nation for micro and small cap companies. ROTH combines company presentations, Q&A sessions and management one-on-one meetings so that institutional clients can have an in-depth look at company senior management and issues affecting the growth of the presenting companies.
About InfoLogix, Inc.
InfoLogix is a leading provider of enterprise mobility and advanced wireless asset tracking solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries. InfoLogix uses the industry's most advanced technologies to increase the efficiency, accuracy, and transparency of complex business and clinical processes. With 19 issued patents, InfoLogix provides mobile managed solutions, on-demand software applications, mobile infrastructure products, and strategic consulting services to over 2,000 clients in North America including Kraft Foods, Merck and Company, General Electric, Kaiser Permanente, MultiCare Health System and Stanford School of Medicine. InfoLogix is a publicly-traded company . For more information, visit http://www.infologix.com/
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CONTACT: Investors, Thomas P. Walsh of Alliance Advisors, LLC,
+1-212-398-3486, for InfoLogix, Inc.
Web site: http://www.infologix.com/
General Motors Sets New Standard for Quality in Automotive IndustryPartners with Dyadem to Deploy Stature Quality Lifecycle Management Global Platform
TORONTO, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Dyadem today announced that General Motors has selected Dyadem's Stature platform to manage quality across its engineering and manufacturing divisions globally. Dyadem is a leader in Quality and Risk Lifecycle Management.
Stature will allow GM to leverage a common DFMEA and PFMEA framework. The Stature QLM solution helps companies dramatically improve quality by proactively improving designs based on lessons learned and reducing the communication gap between departments and organizations.
"We wanted to take our quality FMEAs to a new level and Dyadem's unique approach was exactly what we needed. Dyadem understands that quality needs to be managed at an enterprise level. Dyadem has an excellent intuitive Web-based platform that our entire company could standardize on," said Kirk Gutmann, Global Information Officer, GM Manufacturing & Quality Information Systems & Services.
Stature enables GM to conduct quality planning via a Web-based platform that uses a common library across all divisions and all regions, allowing better visibility into quality and the incorporation of updates made in manufacturing back into design. Global manufacturing models require a Quality solution that ensures communication and knowledge sharing across departments, divisions and geographies.
"GM understands the importance of addressing quality planning through a global approach. Many companies attempt to correct design issues at the manufacturing stage but fail to fully integrate quality throughout the product lifecycle. GM is leading the way by unifying its entire global engineering and manufacturing community on the Stature platform, giving them a shared quality specification that can be managed from product concept through product retirement," said Kevin North, President and CEO, Dyadem.
About GM
General Motors Corp. , the world's largest automaker, has been the annual global industry sales leader for 77 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 266,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 countries. In 2007, nearly 9.37 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More information on GM can be found at http://www.gm.com/.
About Dyadem International
Founded in 1993, Dyadem is the market leader in Quality Lifecycle Management and Risk Lifecycle Management solutions. Dyadem provides software and services that empower companies to manage quality, mitigate risks, achieve regulatory compliance, plan for business continuity and improve profitability. Dyadem works with 85% of the Fortune 500 companies and serves the high tech & electronics, medical devices, oil and gas, chemical, automotive, pharmaceutical and aerospace and defense industries. For more information, visit http://www.dyadem.com/
For further information, contact:
Dyadem International Ltd Text 100 Public Relations
Angela Schwecke Maureen Robusto
905.762.5243 617.399.4916
aschwecke@dyadem.com dyadem@text100.com
Dyadem International Ltd
CONTACT: Angela Schwecke of Dyadem International Ltd, +1-905-762-5243,
aschwecke@dyadem.com; or Maureen Robusto of Text 100 Public Relations,
+1-617-399-4916, for Dyadem
Web site: http://www.dyadem.com/
http://www.gm.com/
Global Research Collaboration Explores Trust and Assurance in Cloud Computing EnvironmentsEMC Joins Elite Technical Universities in China in Online Research Collaboration
HOPKINTON, Mass., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced its participation in the Daoli Trusted Infrastructure Project, a global research collaboration on trust and assurance in cloud computing environments. EMC joins a growing global research team that today includes four of China's leading technical universities including Fudan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Tsinghua University, and Wuhan University.
The project explores trust and assurance issues that are becoming increasingly important to enterprises as they entrust their applications and data-and their customers' data-to computing environments outside of their local control. As companies begin to leverage virtualization within and beyond their data-centers, the virtualized computers, networks, and storage platforms become components in a multi-tenant environment. This multi-tenancy and portability make providing security challenging. This research work is an exploration of techniques that could be applied to secure both the underlying physical plant as well as broadly shared resources.
Project participants will share their discussions of research-in-progress with researchers worldwide by way of a wiki, which is hosted by Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Their goal is to generate a knowledge-base of best practices and answers to questions about trusted information infrastructures. It is the first public research collaboration environment to be connected to the EMC Innovation Network, EMC's global research program launched one year ago.
"The team is exploring the convergence of several key technologies including cloud computing, trusted computing, and virtualization, and looking at how they might be applied to provide high assurance software environments inside and outside the enterprise," said Burt Kaliski, Director, EMC Innovation Network. "The Daoli Project will help us understand what our customers are likely to encounter in the future. We look forward to sharing the knowledge this research will generate."
Later this year, the project's research area will be explored in detail as part of the 3rd Annual Asia-Pacific Trusted Infrastructure Technologies Conference (APTC 2008), an academic research workshop being held October 14-18, 2008 (http://grid.hust.edu.cn/aptc08/) in China.
The Daoli Project was showcased at EMC World 2008 in Las Vegas in May as part of the EMC World Innovation Showcase Pavilion, an interactive exhibit highlighting the latest in EMC research and development.
About EMC Innovation Network
Advanced technology groups across EMC, their university research partners, and research groups at RSA Laboratories are discovering and exploring technologies that will shape the information infrastructure of the future. The EMC Innovation Network is a worldwide collaboration of these advanced technology researchers exploring these and many other areas. Some, such as the technologists at RSA Laboratories and EMC Research China, are academically oriented. Others deliver commercial concepts as prototypes, product proposals, and patents.
About EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com/.
Daoli Project University Research Team Quotes
Fudan University
The EMC and Fudan University relationship began in October 2007 with the launch of the Fudan-EMC Innovation Network Joint Labs for coordinating comprehensive collaboration activities including joint research projects, student awards, EMC courses, and hardware and software labs. As the powers of virtualization and security continue to unfold, we look forward to long term collaboration with EMC, particularly with the Daoli Project and Fudan-EMC Innovation Network Joint Labs.
Professor Zang Binyu, Fudan University in Shanghai
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
The HUST research team in Wuhan, China focuses its efforts on novel ways for users to benefit from a trusted cloud computing solution. Our goal is that HUST's technical strengths in, and our approach to, cloud computing research will render it possible for a seamless and secure manner for factoring, deployment, and migration of cloud computing environments. We believe our research will help to uncover many useful software as a service applications for users.
Professor Jin Hai of HUST
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University and EMC have many areas of collaboration. Tsinghua University has a lot of experience with regard to high performance computing clusters and data centers. We are very glad to be part of the Daoli Project research team. We also appreciate the dedication to openness of the Daoli research findings and believe the benefits will span the entire research community from industry leaders to academia.
Professor Zheng Weimin of Tsinghua University
Wuhan University
We aspire to alter the association of 'made in China' to 'created in China'. Wuhan University's participation in the Daoli Project is evidence of this. We are thrilled that our work in trusted computing technologies, an area of strength for our University, has not only played a very useful role in the Daoli Project, but also as valuable input to the rest of the collaboration. We look forward to long term collaboration with the EMC Innovation Network.
Zhang Huanguo of Wuhan University
EMC Corporation
CONTACT: Katryn McGaughey of EMC Corporation, +1-508-293-7717,
mcgaughey_katryn@emc.com
Web site: http://www.emc.com/
http://grid.hust.edu.cn/aptc08
GeoEye Makes Progress on a Third-Generation Commercial Earth-Imaging SatellitePrimary Mirror Blank Assembly Delivered to ITT for GeoEye-2
DULLES, Va., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GeoEye, Inc. , a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, announced that the glass mirror blank for its advanced, next-generation Earth imaging satellite has been delivered to ITT Corporation .
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Last fall, GeoEye announced it had contracted with ITT to begin the phased development of the camera for GeoEye-2, slated for launch in the 2011 timeframe. Currently, GeoEye and ITT are working on the sensor electronics and other elements of the camera's telescope, including the primary mirror. The company has also procured additional long-lead focal plane electronic components from ITT which will be integrated into the next higher level of assembly for the sensor system.
Bill Schuster, GeoEye's chief operating officer said, "By beginning work on the advanced camera and electronics early, we will keep to a schedule so we are able to launch GeoEye-2 in the 2011-2012 timeframe. With the delivery of the glass to ITT, we are demonstrating that GeoEye can be counted on in the long run to be a provider of map accurate satellite imagery as we move to select a satellite builder later this year."
GeoEye-2's glass blank mirror was completed and delivered to ITT last month. The company's Rochester, N.Y.-based Space Systems Division will begin grinding and polishing the mirror that measures 1.1 meter in diameter later this summer. The satellite will be of the same general class as GeoEye-1 but will benefit from significant improvements in capability, including enhanced direct tasking, and the potential to collect imagery of the Earth's surface at 0.25-meter or 9.75-inch ground resolution.
Rob Mitrevski, vice president and director of Commercial and Space Science Systems, ITT Space Systems, said, "The telescope and camera assembly for GeoEye-2 will benefit from decades of expertise ITT has amassed on behalf of the U.S. Government and other commercial customers. Once operational, the satellite's imaging system will provide a resolution and accuracy never achieved before in commercial remote sensing."
GeoEye believes the market will be ready for another sensor to serve the growing geospatial or location-based market in the U.S. and overseas in the 2011-2012 timeframe. While GeoEye has an operating license from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to build and launch a satellite constellation with this extremely high ground resolution of a quarter meter, the final decision regarding GeoEye-2's resolution has not yet been made. If the satellite is built to achieve this high resolution, under current licensing constraints, only the U.S. Government would be allowed access to imagery at this highest resolution. All other customers would receive imagery at the highest resolution allowed by U.S. regulations, currently 0.5-meter or 19.5-inch ground resolution. In addition, GeoEye's agreements with foreign customers involving large volumes of imagery generally require approval from NOAA.
For more information about the August 22, 2008 launch of the GeoEye-1 satellite please visit: http://launch.geoeye.com/. To receive timely, ongoing details about the development of GeoEye-1 products and services, sign up at http://launch.geoeye.com/LaunchSite/news/signup.aspx.
About ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation (http://www.itt.com/) is a diversified high-technology engineering and manufacturing company dedicated to creating more livable environments, enabling communications and providing protection and safety. The company plays an important role in vital markets, including water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. ITT employs approximately 40,000 people serving customers in more than 50 countries. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated $9 billion in 2007 sales.
About GeoEye
GeoEye is the premier provider of geospatial information for the national security community, strategic partners, resellers and commercial customers to help them better map, measure and monitor the world. The Company is recognized as the industry's trusted imagery experts for delivering reliable service and the exceptional quality of its imagery products and solutions. It operates a constellation of Earth imaging satellites, mapping aircraft and has an international network of ground stations, a robust imagery archive, and advanced imagery processing capabilities for developing innovative geospatial products and solutions. Once launched August 22, 2008, the GeoEye-1 satellite will be the world's highest resolution and most accurate commercial imaging satellite. The Company also provides support to academic institutions and non-governmental organizations through the GeoEye Foundation. Headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, GeoEye is a public company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol GEOY. It maintains a comprehensive Quality Management System (QMS) and has achieved company-wide ISO accreditation. For more information, visit http://www.geoeye.com/.
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This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. GeoEye's actual financial and operational results could differ materially from those anticipated. Additional information regarding these risk factors and uncertainties is described more fully in the Company's SEC filings. A copy of all SEC filings may be obtained from the SEC's EDGAR web site, http://www.sec.gov/, or by contacting: William L. Warren, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, at 703-480-5672.
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GeoEye, Inc.
CONTACT: Mark Brender of GeoEye, Inc., +1-703-480-9562,
brender.mark@geoeye.com; or Amy Estes of LeGrand Hart, +1-303-298-8470,
ext. 218, aestes@legrandhart.com, for GeoEye, Inc.
Web site: http://www.geoeye.com/
http://www.itt.com/
Spectacular Desert Canyon Golf Resort Now Features ProLink GPSSystem Guides Golfers, Generates Ad Revenue at Scenic Washington State Property
CHANDLER, Ariz., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ProLink Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: PLKH) and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising, today announced that Desert Canyon Golf Resort (Orondo, Wash.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity.
Perched high above the Columbia River in a spectacular setting, Desert Canyon is rated the ninth-best daily-fee course in Washington by Golfweek. Course highlights include the long par-5 sixth, which overlooks a gorge as it tumbles 150 feet from tee to green. From the back tees, Desert Canyon plays to a challenging 7,217 yards and USGA Slope rating of 134.
"The fun and difficulty in playing Desert Canyon lies in negotiating the varied topography, so providing players the assistance of ProLink GPS is a must," said Robbi Beckstead, Director of Golf at Desert Canyon. "In addition to better serving our guests, ProLink also helps us keep the pace of play steady, monitor our carts, and deliver a great tournament experience through the scoring software. Thanks to the food-and-beverage and advertising functions, we're able to generate added revenues as well."
"Desert Canyon ranks among the Northwest's most unique and enjoyable courses, and we are proud to call the club a trusted partner," said Lawrence D. Bain, CEO of ProLink Solutions. "Top courses in America and around the world select ProLink as a key golfer amenity, as well as a crucial management and revenue-generation tool. As more and more upscale golf properties utilize our system, ProLink's advertisers are rewarded with an expanding audience of affluent, hard-to-reach consumers."
With ProLink's patented, 10.4" high-resolution color screen -- the industry's largest -- Desert Canyon's cart-mounted units display dynamic, easy-to-read graphics including distances to the pin and hazards, pro tips, pace-of-play timer and radial arc for cart-path-only holes. Golfers at Desert Canyon will also be able to order food and beverage items with a touch of a button on the ProLink screen.
For more information on Desert Canyon Golf Resort, visit http://www.desertcanyon.com/ or call 509.784.1111.
About ProLink
ProLink Solutions is the world's leading provider of GPS golf course management systems and revenue-generating on-course advertising. ProLink Solutions' core philosophy is to be a "Trusted Partner" to its golf-course customers. From enhancing golfers' overall experience and improving pace-of-play, to increasing current revenue streams and creating new profit centers for golf courses, ProLink Solutions' products and services have captured markets both nationally and globally. For more information about ProLink, visit http://www.goprolink.com/, call 480.753.2337 or email info@goprolink.com.
CONTACT:
Daniel Mitchell
Buffalo Communications
253.312.4536
dmitchell@billycaspergolf.com
Investor Relations Contact:
CEOcast, Inc.
Gary Nash
212.732.4300
gnash@ceocast.com
ProLink Holdings Corp.
CONTACT: Daniel Mitchell of Buffalo Communications, +1-253-312-4536,
dmitchell@billycaspergolf.com; or Investors, Gary Nash of CEOcast, Inc.,
+1-212-732-4300, gnash@ceocast.com, both for ProLink Holdings Corp.
Web site: http://www.goprolink.com/
http://www.desertcanyon.com/
Linksys by Cisco Business Series Smart Switch Captures Top Rating From Third-Party Test FirmThe Linksys SLM2048 Smart Switch Scores 'Rated Best' and 'Green Certification' Accolades from Miercom
IRVINE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Linksys(R), a Division of Cisco, and the recognized leading global manufacturer of voice, wireless, and networking hardware for home, Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) and the small business user, today announced the Linksys by Cisco Business Series 48-Port 10/100/1000 Gigabit Smart Switch (SLM2048) outperformed competitive products in performance testing(1) conducted by Miercom Labs. The extensive independent analysis found the SLM2048 scored the best in 48-port Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switches among products from other leading manufacturers including 3Com and NETGEAR.
In a networking qualification test conducted by Miercom, the SLM2048 was found to offer better performance, lower packet loss and higher throughput when handling large frames. The SLM2048 received a Rated Best Performing Smart Switch rating in the firm's 2008 Smart Switch Industry Study and was simultaneously awarded with a Green Certification award, given to networking devices that exhibit Earth-friendly features or designs.
"We have been designing our small business products to expressly address the needs of small businesses keeping performance, reliability and costs in mind to provide our customers with industry leading solutions," said Marty Wachi, director, Linksys Connected Office Business Organization. "Performance benchmarks like those proven by Miercom further demonstrate and reinforce the top quality and performance of our products. It's our hope that our channel partners and customers realize the benefits that products like our comprehensive switch line bring to market as a powerful yet value-oriented solution."
Due to increased network demands like multimedia and video streaming, peer-to-peer applications, security cameras and centralized application and storage servers, small and mid market business require cost-effective and configurable GE application solutions. Enhanced performance switches like the SLM2048 help to meet demands for competitively priced, dense GE ports deployment.
"Bandwidth hungry network applications can consume switching resources, and demand higher performance capabilities," said Robert Smithers, Miercom CEO. "Even when using large port count Gigabit Ethernet switches (48-ports), demanding network applications can degrade performance. We have benchmarked the Linksys 48-Port GE switch with other generally available switches in this class in an independent smart switch companies study, and observed higher throughput, enhanced performance, and streaming continuity. Our test results show that the Linksys SLM2048 and SRW2048 are clearly the leader for Small Business network applications."
Performance tests were done with various traffic profiles, several Internet applications, packet sizes and storage-like applications (Jumbo Frames). In all of the testing categories the Linksys product performed 20-40 percent better (in term of throughput and packet loss), and showed traffic resiliency and network application continuity. An integral component to the product's high performance rating, extensive buffer capabilities and switch architecture is attributed to the Marvell Technology Prestera-DX Ethernet chipset offering optimization for demanding networking applications and scalability for network loads.
Test Results and detail report can be found at Miercom http://www.miercom.com/ and on the Linksys website, http://www.linksys.com/
The Linksys Edge
Linksys has elevated its Linksys by Cisco Business Series products to specifically appeal to small business owners, high growth industries or those organizations that merely want a robust solution. Linksys relies on channel and distribution partners to provide end-users with the solutions to help seamlessly integrate or create their own networking requirements.
The Linksys by Cisco Business Series of products, one component of the overall Cisco SMB offering, can provide an integrated approach to small business networking. Through training, support, and the largest product catalogue for networking, VoIP, storage and services, customers can find the solutions they require backed by the largest networking provider in the industry.
About Linksys
Founded in 1988, Linksys, a Division of Cisco, is the recognized global leader in voice, Wireless and Ethernet networking for consumer, SOHO and small business users. Linksys is dedicated to making networking easy and affordable for its customers, offering innovative, award- winning products that seamlessly integrate with a variety of devices and applications. Linksys provides award-winning product support to its customers. For more information, visit http://www.linksys.com/
Linksys is a registered trademark or trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and certain other countries. Other brands and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright (C) 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
(1) Marvell Inc. commissioned the performance review from Miercom. Data available in the Miercom Lab Test Summary Report: Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switches SMB Class. Report 080509. May 2008
Linksys
CONTACT: Media, Bryan Sherlock, +1-949-823-3735,
bryan.sherlock@cisco.com, or Analysts, Lisa Soto, +1-949-823-4778,
lisoto@cisco.com, both of Linksys; or Investors, Marisa Ross of Cisco,
+1-408-527-9830, mariross@cisco.com
Web site: http://www.linksys.com/
http://www.miercom.com/
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