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Companies news of 2009-05-26 (page 1)

  • Salesforce.com Announces Annual Shareholders Meeting to be Held in San Francisco on...
  • LDK Solar Partners With ESPE on PV Projects in Italy
  • Cree Raises Financial Targets for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009
  • Enphase Energy Selects Flextronics as Its Global Manufacturing Partner
  • PC Power Management Programs Can Reduce Computer-Related Energy Costs by 40%Despite Proven...
  • Tucows Commences Second Dutch Auction Tender Offer to Repurchase up to Four Million Common...
  • A.L. (Tom) Giannopoulos to be Inducted into HFTP's International Hospitality Technology...
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    Salesforce.com Announces Annual Shareholders Meeting to be Held in San Francisco on Thursday, June 11, 2009Event to be Webcast Live on salesforce.com's Investor Relations Website

    SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com , the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced the company's 2009 annual meeting of stockholders will be held on Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 2:00PM (PT) / 5:00PM (ET). The meeting is to be held at the Palace Hotel located on 2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California 94105. The record date for the meeting was April 21, 2009, and only stockholders of record on that date are eligible to attend the meeting.

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO)

    An audio webcast will be available to the public on salesforce.com's website at http://www.salesforce.com/investor.

    About salesforce.com

    Salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company. The company's portfolio of Salesforce CRM applications, available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways that companies collaborate and communicate with their customers across sales, marketing and service. The company's Force.com platform (http://www.salesforce.com/platform/) enables customers, partners and developers to quickly build powerful business applications to run every part of the enterprise in the cloud. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multi-tenant architecture, Salesforce CRM and Force.com offer the fastest path to customer success with cloud computing.

    As of April 30, 2009, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 59,300 customers including Allianz Commercial, Dell, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com/, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.

    Copyright (c) 2009 salesforce.com, inc. All rights reserved. Salesforce and the "no software" logo are registered trademarks of salesforce.com, inc., and salesforce.com owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

    Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO
    http://photoarchive.ap.org/
    PRN Photo Desk photodesk@prnewswire.com salesforce.com

    CONTACT: David Havlek, Investor Relations, +1-415-536-2171,
    dhavlek@salesforce.com, or Gordon Evans, Public Relations, +1-415-536-7608,
    gevans@salesforce.com, both of salesforce.com

    Web Site: http://www.salesforce.com/




    LDK Solar Partners With ESPE on PV Projects in Italy

    XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. , a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with ESPE Srl, a leading system integrator within the PV sector, to develop PV plants in the Apulia region of Italy. Construction has commenced on the first of five plants totaling 5 MW. LDK Solar will supply wafers for the PV project and ESPE will provide engineering, procurement, and construction services and system integration.

    "We are very excited to expand LDK Solar's presence into Italy," stated Xiaofeng Peng, Chairman and CEO of LDK Solar. "The PV market in Italy is one of the most interesting European markets and is forecasted to grow significantly over the next three years. Our agreement with ESPE is a strategic milestone for us as we strengthen our position in the PV power plants market in Europe and continue to build a foundation to capture future opportunities."

    "We are pleased to work with LDK Solar on the development of these PV plants," stated Tiziano Meneghetti, Founder and President of ESPE Group. "We believe the PV market in Italy has strong potential and we look forward to working together to capitalize on the growing opportunities."

    About LDK Solar

    LDK Solar Co., Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, which are the principal raw material used to produce solar cells. LDK Solar sells multicrystalline wafers globally to manufacturers of photovoltaic products, including solar cells and solar modules. In addition, LDK Solar provides wafer processing services to monocrystalline and multicrystalline solar cell and module manufacturers. LDK Solar's headquarters and manufacturing facilities are located in Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province in the People's Republic of China. LDK Solar's office in the United States is located in Sunnyvale, California.

    About ESPE Group

    Founded in 1974, ESPE Srl is part of ESPE Group, which is a leading company in electrical and energetic areas. ESPE's market strategy is to focus on its core business and to provide technologically advanced solutions, from the more traditional energetic systems, like the hydroelectric ones, to the innovative PV systems. With more than 250 systems and over 15 MWp of renewable energy deployed in Italy up to 2008 within the Group's major projects portfolio, ESPE is leading company in the Photovoltaic area with specialized Sun Tracking Systems.

    Safe Harbor Statement

    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this press release are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, LDK Solar's ability to raise additional capital to finance its operating activities, the effectiveness, profitability and marketability of its products, the future trading of its securities, the ability of LDK Solar to operate as a public company, the period of time during which its current liquidity will enable LDK Solar to fund its operations, its ability to protect its proprietary information, the general economic and business environment and conditions, the volatility of LDK Solar's operating results and financial condition, its ability to attract and retain qualified senior management personnel and research and development staff, its ability to timely and efficiently complete its ongoing construction projects, including its polysilicon plants, and other risks and uncertainties disclosed in LDK Solar's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on information available to LDK Solar's management as of the date hereof and on its current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about LDK Solar and the solar industry. Actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results because of such and other risks and uncertainties. LDK Solar undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections except as may be required by law.

    LDK Solar Co., Ltd.

    CONTACT: Lisa Laukkanen of The Blueshirt Group, +1-415-217-4967,
    lisa@blueshirtgroup.com, for LDK Solar; or Jack Lai, Executive VP and CFO of
    LDK Solar Co., Ltd., +1-408-245-8801, IR@ldksolar.com; or ESPE S.r.l.,
    +39.049.945.50.33, or fax, +39.049.945.50.22

    Web Site: http://www.espegroup.eu/




    Cree Raises Financial Targets for the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2009

    DURHAM, N.C., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cree, Inc. , a market leader in LED lighting, today announced increased revenue and earnings targets for its fiscal fourth quarter ending June 28, 2009. Cree now targets revenue in a range of $143 million to $150 million with GAAP earnings of $0.07 to $0.09 per diluted share and non-GAAP earnings of $0.15 to $0.17 per diluted share, based on an estimated 89 million diluted weighted average shares. Targeted non-GAAP earnings exclude expenses related to the amortization of acquired intangibles of $0.03 per diluted share, and stock-based compensation expense of $0.05 per diluted share.

    -- The targeted revenue range is higher than previously announced primarily due to stronger LED component bookings for lighting-related applications, as well as higher LED chip bookings for notebook backlighting. -- Gross margin for the quarter is targeted to be at the higher end of previously targeted levels. -- Operating expenses are targeted to be approximately $46 million.

    "We are pleased with the strong booking trends for Q4," stated Chuck Swoboda, Cree chairman and CEO. "We also remain optimistic about the growth potential for LED lighting in fiscal 2010, although there is some near term execution risk as we ramp up production to meet these higher targets."

    About Cree, Inc.

    Cree is leading the LED lighting revolution and setting the stage to obsolete the incandescent light bulb through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting. Cree is a market-leading innovator of lighting-class LEDs, LED lighting solutions, and semiconductor solutions for wireless and power applications.

    Cree's product families include recessed LED fixtures and bulbs, lighting-class power LEDs, high-brightness LEDs, blue and green LED chips, power-switching devices and radio-frequency/wireless devices. Cree solutions are driving improvements in applications such as general illumination, backlighting, electronic signs and signals, variable-speed motors, and wireless communications.

    For additional product and company information, please refer to http://www.cree.com/.

    Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

    This press release highlights the company's earnings targets on both a GAAP and a non-GAAP basis. The GAAP measure includes certain costs, charges, gains and losses which are excluded from the non-GAAP measure. By publishing the non-GAAP measure, management intends to provide investors with additional information to further analyze the company's future performance. Cree's management evaluates results and makes operating decisions using both GAAP and non-GAAP measures included in this press release. Non-GAAP measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP and non-GAAP information should be considered a supplement to, and not a substitute for, financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.

    Forward Looking Statements:

    This press release contains forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties, both known and unknown, that may cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated. Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may be unable to ramp our production quickly enough to meet the targeted revenue levels; the risk that, due to the complexity of our manufacturing processes and transition of production to larger wafers, we may experience production delays that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; risks associated with the ramp-up of our production for our new products, as well as production at our Huizhou facility and subcontractors; current uncertainty in global economic conditions that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments, in response to tighter credit and negative financial news; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of brighter LED chips, LED components and LED lighting retrofit solutions; our ability to lower costs; increasing price competition in key markets; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with our recent acquisitions; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 29, 2008, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Except as required under the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC, Cree disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements after the date of this release, whether as a result of new information, future events, developments, changes in assumptions or otherwise.

    Cree and the Cree logo are registered trademarks of Cree, Inc.

    Cree, Inc.

    CONTACT: Raiford Garrabrant, Director, Investor Relations of Cree, Inc.,
    +1-919-287-7895, fax, +1-919-313-5615, raiford_garrabrant@cree.com

    Web Site: http://www.cree.com/




    Enphase Energy Selects Flextronics as Its Global Manufacturing Partner

    PETALUMA, Calif. and SINGAPORE, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Enphase Energy, the global leader in solar microinverter systems, and Flextronics , a leading global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider today announced that Enphase has selected Flextronics as its global manufacturing partner for the production of solar microinverters. This partnership enables Enphase to quickly and reliably scale to meet the growing demand for its products and expands Flextronics' reach into the quickly growing solar balance-of-systems market.

    "As Enphase continues on its aggressive growth path, it is critical that we align ourselves with world-class partners, enabling us to continue meeting the high level of quality and reliability that our customers have come to expect from us," said Paul Nahi, CEO, Enphase Energy, Inc. "After a thorough selection process, we have chosen to work with Flextronics for our manufacturing needs. Flextronics was the logical choice due to its emphasis on quality, global reach and excellent logistics capabilities."

    "We are thrilled that Enphase has selected Flextronics as its partner for the manufacture of microinverters. This partnership allows us to further expand our expertise in the renewable energy field, strengthen our expertise in the solar balance of systems market and partner with a leading and innovative solar technology provider," said EC Sykes, president of Flextronics Industrial. "Our global resources and vertical integration capabilities help solar customers achieve rapid deployment, with controlled costs and market-specific expertise."

    Enphase Microinverter Systems convert the direct current (DC) output of a single solar module into grid compliant alternating current (AC) power. Enphase systems maximize energy harvest, increase system reliability and are easier to design, install and manage than systems installed with traditional inverters. Tests have demonstrated that Enphase Microinverters deliver between 5% and 25% more energy harvest than traditional, centralized inverters. In addition, a proprietary communication technology is embedded into each microinverter, enabling continuous, remote, per-panel monitoring to maximize energy production.

    Flextronics' global scale and company-wide core competencies in design, manufacturing and after market services help solar customers accelerate the realization of grid parity. Flextronics' solar solutions portfolio is a significant competitive differentiator and includes expertise in markets such as semiconductor capital equipment, energy and electro-mechanical equipment, solar capital equipment, photovoltaic (PV) module assembly and manufacturing, PV component assembly, PV concentrators and balance of system (BOS) products.

    About Enphase Energy

    Enphase Energy provides solar energy management systems for residential and commercial markets. The company offers a networked system, which includes high-efficiency microinverters, communications and web-based analytics. The systems increase energy harvest, increase system reliability, and simplify design, installation and management. Founded in 2006 and based in Northern California, the company is led by veterans from the solar and high tech industries and backed by industry leaders. For more information, please visit http://www.enphaseenergy.com/ or call (707) 763-4784.

    About Flextronics

    Headquartered in Singapore (Singapore Reg. No. 199002645H), Flextronics is a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to automotive, computing, consumer, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. With fiscal year 2009 revenues of US$30.9 billion, Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. This global presence provides design and engineering solutions that are combined with core electronics manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated with components technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering costs and reducing time to market. For more information, please visit http://www.flextronics.com/.

    Flextronics

    CONTACT: Investor Relations, Warren Ligan or Cindy Klimstra,
    +1-408-576-7722, investor_relations@flextronics.com, or Renee Brotherton, Vice
    President, Corporate Communications, +1-408-576-7189,
    renee.brotherton@flextronics.com, all of Flextronics; or Leesa Lee, Director
    of Marketing of Enphase, +1-707-763-4784, ext. 7036, llee@enphaseenergy.com

    Web Site: http://www.flextronics.com/
    http://www.enphaseenergy.com/




    PC Power Management Programs Can Reduce Computer-Related Energy Costs by 40%Despite Proven Benefits, PC Power Management Programs Are Still Not Prevalent

    NORCROSS, Ga., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PC power management programs, which enable management of PC power settings over a network, provide the ability to drastically reduce organizations' power consumption, energy costs, and carbon dioxide emissions. Numerous studies, including those from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and several private-sector organizations, indicate that up to $70 per PC can be saved each year by implementing PC power management programs. For an enterprise with 1,000 client computers, this can result in annual energy savings of $70,000.

    Despite the significant savings opportunity, the vast majority of organizations are not utilizing power management capabilities and are wasting large amounts of electricity and contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. According to a recent survey conducted by Forrester Research Inc., only 13% of organizations have implemented extensive power management programs while an additional 18% have set up programs for only some of their PCs.

    Simtrol's Device Manager(TM) software optimizes the management and maintenance of connected devices such as digital displays, projectors, and PCs. Device Manager may be deployed as a standalone solution or as an extension to an existing Systems Management suite to reduce operating costs and extend the life of assets across the enterprise.

    About Simtrol

    Simtrol (BULLETIN BOARD: SMRL) enables enterprises to manage an increasingly complex world. Simtrol's flagship Device Manager(TM) software powers enterprise-wide solutions that manage, control, maintain, and diagnose PCs and non-traditional connected assets. For more information about Simtrol, please visit http://www.simtrol.com/.

    This announcement may contain forward-looking statements pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties such as product demand, market and customer acceptance, the effect of economic conditions, competition, pricing, development difficulties, foreign currency risks, costs of capital, continued certification by credit card associations, the ability to consummate and integrate acquisitions, and other risks detailed in the Company's SEC filings, including the most recently filed Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, as applicable. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise any of these statements to reflect future circumstances or the occurrence of unanticipated events.

    Device Manager is a trademark of Simtrol, Inc. All other brands, logos, products or company names are the copyrights and/or trademarks of their respective holders.

    Contact: Investor Relations Phone: 678-533-1292 Email: simtrolir@simtrol.com

    Simtrol, Inc.

    CONTACT: Investor Relations, +1-678-533-1292, simtrolir@simtrol.com

    Web Site: http://www.simtrol.com/




    Tucows Commences Second Dutch Auction Tender Offer to Repurchase up to Four Million Common Shares

    TORONTO, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tucows Inc. (NYSE Amex:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, announced today that it is commencing a modified "Dutch auction" tender offer to repurchase up to 4,000,000 shares of its common stock, representing approximately 5.8% of the Tucows' outstanding shares. The closing price of Tucows' common stock on the NYSE Amex on May 22, 2009 was $0.38 per share.

    Under the tender offer, shareholders will have the opportunity to tender some or all of their shares at a price within the $0.36 to $0.45 per share price range. Based on the number of shares tendered and the prices specified by the tendering shareholders, Tucows will determine the lowest per share price within the range that will enable it to buy 4,000,000 shares. If shareholders of more than 4,000,000 shares properly tender their shares at or below the determined price per share, Tucows will purchase shares tendered by such shareholders, at the determined price per share, on a pro rata basis. Additionally, if more than 4,000,000 shares are properly tendered, the number of shares to be repurchased by Tucows pursuant to the tender offer may, at the discretion of Tucows, be increased by up to 2% of Tucows' outstanding shares, or approximately 1,378,000 shares, without amending or extending the tender offer.

    Shareholders whose shares are purchased in the offer will be paid the determined purchase price per share net in cash, without interest, after the expiration of the offer period. The offer is not contingent upon any minimum number of shares being tendered. The offer is subject to a number of other terms and conditions specified in the offer to purchase that is being distributed to shareholders. The offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, unless extended by Tucows.

    The information agent for the offer is StockTrans, Inc. None of Tucows, its board of directors or the information agent is making any recommendation to stockholders as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering their shares into the tender offer. Shareholders must decide how many shares they will tender, if any, and the price within the stated range at which they will offer their shares for purchase by Tucows.

    This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of Tucows' common stock. The offer is being made solely by the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal. Investors are urged to read Tucows' tender offer statement on Schedule TO filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the tender offer, which includes as exhibits, the offer to purchase and the related letter of transmittal, as well as any amendments or supplements to the statement when they become available, because they contain important information. Each of these documents has been or will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and investors may obtain them for free from the Securities and Exchange Commission at its website (http://www.sec.gov/) or from StockTrans, Inc., the information agent for the tender offer, by directing such request to: StockTrans, Inc., Attn: Re-Organization Dept., 44 West Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003, telephone (800) 733-1121.

    About Tucows

    Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over 8 million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 9,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover is the easiest way for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. YummyNames owns premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale. Butterscotch.com is an online video network building on the foundation of Tucows.com. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.com/.

    This news release contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements related to such matters as our business, including the timing and total number of shares to be purchased under the proposed tender offer and our long-term objectives. Such statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Information about potential factors that could affect Tucows' business, results of operations and financial condition is included in the Risk Factors sections of Tucows' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to Tucows as of the date of this document, and Tucows assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

    TUCOWS is a registered trademark of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

    Tucows Inc.

    CONTACT: Lawrence Chamberlain, The Equicom Group for Tucows Inc., (416)
    815-0700 ext. 257, lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com




    A.L. (Tom) Giannopoulos to be Inducted into HFTP's International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame

    COLUMBIA, Md., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, is pleased to announce that A.L. (Tom) Giannopoulos, Chairman, President, and CEO of MICROS Systems, Inc., will be inducted into Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame. The induction takes place at the 2009 Hospitality Industry Technology Exposition and Conference (HITEC(R)) General Session on Tuesday, June 23 at 8:30 a.m.

    Tom Giannopoulos was selected for the profound impact he has had on the hospitality industry and his leadership in expanding MICROS from $35 million in revenue with products servicing only the restaurant industry to a $954 million company that is a leading provider of enterprise applications for restaurants, hotels, casinos, motels, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations.

    "I am extremely honored, excited, and humbled to be selected for induction into the International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame," stated Giannopoulos. "The hospitality industry has given me the unique opportunity to collaborate with some very talented, insightful, and innovative people. It has been a true pleasure. I share this honor with all MICROS employees worldwide whose hard work has contributed to this induction."

    In 2000, MICROS's OPERA software revolutionized the industry by providing operators the ability to share information across multiple applications and properties on a single database while providing the necessary enterprise software solutions and tools for Property and Central operations. Today, OPERA is one of the industry's most comprehensive software suites for property management and core central sales and customer relationship management systems.

    In the past several years, Giannopoulos has spearheaded the launch of myfidelio.net, an e-commerce solution for the hospitality industry, as well as Simphony(TM), MICROS's first software as a service offering that is an enterprise, service-oriented architecture (SOA), point-of-sale (POS), hospitality product. Giannopoulos is also an avid supporter of hospitality programs, and has donated the OPERA and MICROS POS software for educational purposes to many colleges and universities with hospitality programs.

    The International Hospitality Technology Hall of Fame is HFTP's highest level of recognition in the area of technology. Since its inception in 1989, 31 individuals have received this award as a reflection of their contributions to the hospitality industry. Hall of Fame members have been selected by their peers as representing the best in innovation and application and as leaders in their profession.

    Technology Hall of Fame members include such industry pioneers as: Robert S. Bennett; David Berkus; Richard Brooks, CHA; John D. Burns, CHA; Dave Burroughs; John Cahill, CHTP, CHA; Thomas Castleberry; Larry Chervenak, CHAE; John Davis III; Scott Heintzeman; Fraser Hickox; Robert Horgan; Ted Horner; Jon Inge, CHTP, ISHC; Michael Kasavana, Ph.D., CHTP; Carrol Lund; Richard Moore, CDP; Jack Morgan; Richard Nauman; William Oates; Eric Orkin; Raymond Schultz; Penelope Sellers; Jules Sieburgh, CHTP; Richard Siegel; Sal Spano, CHAE, CHA; John Springer-Miller; James Yoakum; and George Zugmier.

    About HITEC

    HITEC, produced by HFTP, is the world's largest hospitality technology exposition and conference. The conference is June 22-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. It offers attendees a one-stop shop for essential education, access to experts and hospitality technology vendors, networking with top leaders in the industry, and the resources to find cost-effective ways to improve company bottom lines.

    Visit http://www.hitec.org/ for complete information about all conference and exhibition events, including a full conference schedule, Buyer's Guide, a map of the exhibit hall, and the most current HITEC news. For more information, contact the HFTP Meetings & Special Events Department at attendee@hftp.org, (800) 646-4387 or +1 (512) 249-5333.

    About HFTP

    HFTP, Austin, Texas, USA and Maastricht, The Netherlands, founded in 1952, is the global professional association for financial and technology personnel working in hotels, clubs and other hospitality-related businesses. HFTP provides first class educational opportunities, research and publications to more than 4,800 members globally, including the premiere hospitality technology conference HITEC, founded in 1972. HFTP also awards the only hospitality specific certifications for accounting and technology -- the Certified Hospitality Accountant Executive (CHAE) and the Certified Hospitality Technology Professional (CHTP) designations. HFTP was founded in the USA as the National Association of Hotel Accountants. For more information, visit http://www.hftp.org/.

    About MICROS Systems, Inc.

    MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 310,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 25,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point-of-sale, loss prevention, and cross-channel functionality through its MICROS-Retail division for more than 90,000 retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS.

    For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (866) 287-4736. You can also visit the MICROS website at http://www.micros.com/ or send an email to info@micros.com.

    The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. All other product and brand names are the property of their respective owners.

    MICROS Systems, Inc.

    CONTACT: Louise Casamento, Vice President of Marketing of MICROS
    Systems, Inc., +1-443-285-8144

    Web Site: http://www.micros.com/




    EDGAR Online Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary as Leader in Transforming Financial InformationHelping the industry evolve from paper to data

    NEW YORK, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDGAR(R) Online, Inc. , a leader in the information industry, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary as a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

    The Company was founded in the mid-1990s to bring U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulatory documents to individual investors at an affordable price. It was the first company in the U.S. to distribute real-time SEC filings over the Internet and quickly became a ubiquitous source of public company financial information. The Company has evolved into one of the most detailed U.S. fundamental data providers in the world and ultimately into the leader in XBRL analysis and compliance offerings that it is today.

    "Over the last decade EDGAR Online has weathered dramatic swings in the stock market and has proven its ability to adapt its business models to meet the opportunities in the market," said Philip Moyer, President and CEO of EDGAR Online. "In the early stages of our growth, we were revolutionary in democratizing access to SEC filings via the Internet. We built a worldwide brand on what today seems like a simple concept."

    Moyer went on to say, "As we look to this next decade, EDGAR Online is again at the center of the next great transformation of the financial information supply chain. This time we are using XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language), the Internet and our state-of-the-art I-Metrix platform to unlock the millions of data points embedded in investment filings. XBRL is a worldwide open standard for financial data. It is the 'HTML' of the next generation of financial reporting."

    EDGAR Online is the top choice of companies filing in XBRL with the SEC. The Company has built the largest repository in the world of XBRL data from SEC filings and provides the richest XBRL analysis tools in the market. "EDGAR Online is focused on leveraging its great heritage and significant investment in XBRL to lead this next phase. We are pleased to mark this milestone and we are looking forward to the opportunities that XBRL offers our shareholders and all investors," said Moyer.

    About EDGAR Online, Inc.

    EDGAR Online, Inc. is a leader in the distribution of company data and public filings for equities, mutual funds and a variety of other publicly traded assets. We deliver our information products directly to end users via online subscriptions and data licenses, and to redistributors who embed our content in their own and their clients' Web sites.

    Our proprietary automated systems allow for the rapid conversion of data and we are a pioneer and leader in the global financial reporting standard--eXtensible Business Reporting Language, otherwise known as XBRL. We use our automated processing platform and our expertise in XBRL to produce both datasets and tools and to assist organizations with the creation, management and distribution of XBRL financial reports. For more detailed information on all of our businesses or to contact us please visit our Web site at http://www.edgar-online.com/.

    Use of Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and any such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the following cautionary statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on current expectations and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Readers are strongly encouraged to read the full cautionary statements contained in EDGAR Online's filings with the SEC. EDGAR Online disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.

    EDGAR(R) is a federally registered trademark of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. EDGAR Online is not affiliated with or approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

    EDGAR Online, Inc.

    CONTACT: T. David Colgren of Colcomgroup, Inc., +1-917-587-3708,
    dcolgren@colcomgroup.com

    Web Site: http://www.edgar-online.com/




    Guitar Hero(R) 5 Online Scavenger Hunt Offers Winner Exclusive Access to 5 Concerts by Their Favorite BandsFans Participate in Unveiling Guitar Hero 5 Artists in Unique Contest Spanning Websites, TV, Blogs and Online Media

    SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Guitar Hero launches a unique online scavenger hunt today that invites fans to scour websites, TV shows, blogs and online media sites to uncover the full list of artists that will appear on Guitar Hero 5, the next version of the most popular music game in the world. Fans are invited to start their search at GH5.GuitarHero.com and register to participate in The Guitar Hero(R) 5 Tickets, 5 Concerts Sweepstakes and enter to win a set of 5 tickets to 5 different concerts in a major metropolitan area venue near their hometown.

    Once registered at GH5.GuitarHero.com participants will be given clues leading them to a series of blogs, TV shows and online media where every day, for the next five days, a selection of bands from the Guitar Hero 5 set list will be revealed. Once entrants have uncovered the bands from the designated locations, they must go to GH5.GuitarHero.com to verify the information found and will then be eligible to enter to win The Guitar Hero 5 Tickets, 5 Concerts Sweepstakes. Entries for the sweepstakes will be received through June 25, 2009. Registration is now open.

    This fall, living room legends will rock any way they want in Guitar Hero 5. Featuring genre-defining hits from some of the biggest rock artists and bands of all time, the entire set list is at players' finger tips from the start. Players take complete control as Guitar Hero 5 allows gamers to personalize and customize how they experience music by being able to play with any in-game instrument combination -- multiple vocalists, guitarists, bassists and drummers, in any game mode. With the game's all-new Party Play Mode, getting the band back together has never been easier. Players can now jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly, at any point in the song, without interrupting their jam session. Elevating the Guitar Hero(R) series to new heights with unmatched social gameplay, an enhanced style, new in-game artists and more rock legends, Guitar Hero 5 features new surprises and challenges that will fire-up long-time fret board fanatics and create a new generation of enthusiasts.

    Published by Activision Publishing, Inc. , Guitar Hero 5 is being developed by Neversoft Entertainment for the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, and by Vicarious Visions for the Wii(TM) system from Nintendo. Budcat is developing Guitar Hero 5 for the PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system. The game is not yet rated by the ESRB. For more information about Guitar Hero 5, visit GH5.GuitarHero.com.

    About Activision Publishing, Inc.

    Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

    Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands and Australia. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, http://www.activision.com/.

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Activision Publishing generally uses words such as "outlook," "will," "could," "would," "might," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes," "may," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimate," future," "plan," "positioned," "potential," "project," "remain," "scheduled," "set to," "subject to," "upcoming" and similar expressions to help identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Activision Publishing's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Activision Publishing's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next-generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision Publishing's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Activision Publishing, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third-party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in integrating the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated, and the other factors identified in Activision Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

    (C) 2009 Activision Publishing, Inc. Guitar Hero, Activision and RedOctane are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. The ratings icon is a registered trademark of the Entertainment Software Association. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

    "PlayStation" and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Wii and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo. (C) 2006 Nintendo. All rights reserved.

    Activision Publishing

    CONTACT: Natalie Salzman DaRosa, PR Manager of Activision/RedOctane,
    +1-424-744-5732, ndarosa@redoctane.com

    Web Site: http://www.activision.com/

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    TRX Global Clients Convene to Discuss Industry Trends, Strategies, and Product Innovations at 2009 TRX World Technology SummitTRX Recognizes Travel Management Companies and Corporations for Outstanding Achievements

    ATLANTA, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TRX, Inc. a global technology company that develops and hosts software applications to process data records and automate manual processes, announced the successful completion of the 2009 TRX World Technology Summit.

    The two-day Summit brought together top travel management companies, corporate buyers, and a host of integration and alliance partners to discuss the latest trends and technology developments in corporate travel management.

    The Summit featured keynote addresses by TRX President and CEO Shane Hammond, TRX Chairman and Co-Founder Trip Davis and futurist Michael Rogers, as well as sessions on best practices for corporate travel management, green travel, integrating travel and expense management, and leveraging travel data to drive unique insights and reduce costs. The event also featured an alliance and integration partner exposition, where nearly a dozen vendors and technology partners showcased their integrated offerings.

    "TRX World provided attendees an open forum to discuss industry challenges and best practices for travel program management, system integrations, and green travel as well as how TRX products can be leveraged to increase control over travel programs and agency operations," said Shane Hammond, President and CEO TRX. "The event gave us the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the innovations and achievements of our clients. We'd like to thank our clients, resellers, sponsors and partners for making TRX World a successful user conference."

    "Attending TRX World was a fantastic experience. The content and discussions on industry topics was enlightening and informative. TRX provided excellent insight into the company's future and reaffirmed their continued focus to develop innovative open technology applications that will provide greater flexibility and control to their clients," said Joel Cristall II, Vice President of Strategic Technology, The Travel Team.

    TRX recognized corporations and travel management companies for growing their online programs, leveraging TRX products to support their travel programs, promoting product innovation and building solid relationships.

    2009 Award recipients include: Corporate Awards Reseller Awards ---------------- --------------- Corporate Champion Reseller Program Honoree -- Deloitte -- DirecTravel -- Gwin's Travel Planners Corporate Champion Honorees -- Nationwide Hospitality -- Cargill -- TravelSavers -- Chrysler -- Travel & Transport -- Hewlett Packard -- Logitech Early Adopter -- PricewaterhouseCoopers -- TravelPlex -- Procter & Gamble -- Schneider Electric Innovator's Award -- The Shaw Group -- Total Travel Consulting Best Corporate RESX Site Best New Distributor -- The Shaw Group -- Georgia International Travel -- The Travel Team Best Overall Program -- Procter & Gamble Most Active Program -- Polk Majestic Travel -- Omega World Travel -- TravelCorp Partner Awards -------------- Best Alliance and Integration Partner -- SignUp4 About TRX

    TRX is a global leader in travel technology and data services. We develop and host software applications that process data records and automate manual processes, enabling our clients to optimize performance and control costs. We deliver our technology applications in an on-demand environment to travel agencies, corporations, travel suppliers, government agencies, credit card associations, credit card issuing banks, and third-party administrators. TRX is headquartered in Atlanta with operations and associates in North America, Europe, and Asia. Please visit the company's website at http://www.trx.com/.

    TRX, Inc.

    CONTACT: Stephen L. Carroll, Senior Director, Product Marketing, TRX,
    Inc., +1-214-346-4758, stephen.carroll@trx.com

    Web Site: http://www.trx.com/




    More Than 167,000 Fans Flock to Target Facebook Page Helping Donate $3 Million to Ten CharitiesWith over 77,000 Votes, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) Wins $797,123

    MINNEAPOLIS, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In just two short weeks, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital(R) tallied 26.6% of total votes, coming in first winning $797,123 in the first-ever Target giving campaign on Facebook(R). Bullseye Gives, which kicked-off on May 10 and concluded on May 25, 2009, invited Facebook users to visit http://www.facebook.com/Target to help Target decide how to divvy up $3 million among ten national charities. With more than 3,000 wall posts* from inspired voters, the campaign also created a place for the online community to share their personal stories and experiences.

    With 291,399 votes tallied, Target will donate a portion of the $3 million amount to each charity based on their percentage of votes, which included:

    -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - 77,427 votes (26.6%) = $797,123 -- American Red Cross - 77,118 votes (26.5%) = $793,942 -- The Salvation Army - 38,004 votes (13%) = $391,258 -- Operation Gratitude - 22,627 votes (7.8%) = $232,948 -- Breast Cancer Research Foundation - 19,264 votes (6.6%) = $198,326 -- Feeding America - 15,574 votes (5.3%) = $160,336 -- HandsOn Network/Points of Light Institute - 11,378 votes (4.0%) = $120,845 -- Parent Teacher Association - 10,904 votes (3.7%) = $112,259 -- National Park Foundation - 9553 votes (3.3%) = $98,350 -- Kids In Need Foundation - 9,190 votes (3.2%) = $94,613

    "On behalf of our patients and families, a heartfelt thank you to Target and the thousands of Facebook members who voted for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital during the Bullseye Gives campaign," said David L. McKee, chief operating officer and interim CEO of ALSAC, the fundraising organization of St. Jude. "This remarkable program gave the online community a simple way to provide much-needed funds to many worthy causes. We are humbled by the incredible show of support for our lifesaving mission."

    Funds raised through the Bullseye Gives campaign will support the groundbreaking research and lifesaving care at St. Jude, including the St. Jude School Program. For children undergoing treatment, school can offer a familiar and reassuring routine. In addition, school helps patients maintain a sense of identity, hope for the future and most importantly educational parity with their peers back home. With this in mind, the St. Jude School Program offers several services to assist patients with their academic progress while they undergo treatment at St. Jude. The St. Jude School Program is accredited as a Special Purpose School by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

    During the two-week campaign, Bullseye Gives generated incredible results and voter response, including:

    -- Target Facebook Page added 97,091 new fans -- During the campaign, the Target Facebook Page increased daily views by 4,800%* -- Target Facebook Page experienced a 3,000% surge in wall posts, with more than 3,000 personal stories shared throughout the campaign* -- More than 167,000 fans on Facebook voted for the charity of their choice -- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and American Red Cross received over 53% of total votes

    "We're grateful to the online community for their passionate response to Bullseye Gives and their willingness to share personal stories about why these charities are important to them. We're excited that all ten amazing charities will receive a generous donation, as well as increased awareness through social networking platforms," said Laysha Ward, president of community relations, Target. "The voices of the online community reinforce that giving to those who need it most is a nationwide priority. We encourage the more than 167,000 voters to continue their support of these organizations or other worthy causes."

    As part of company's continued commitment to service, Target offered to connect all Bullseye Gives participants with local volunteer opportunities through a partnership with VolunteerMatch, an organization that offers an array of programs to support community and civic service 365 days a year. Over 2,200 fans on Facebook clicked through to the VolunteerMatch service page to find causes and volunteer programs in their local communities.

    Since 1946, Target has given 5 percent of the company's income to support education, social services, the arts, and volunteerism. Today, that 5 percent adds up to more than $3 million every week. For more information on Target giving, visit http://www.target.com/community.

    About Target

    Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at 1,699 stores in 49 states nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education. Today, that giving equals more than $3 million a week.

    Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc. * As of May 22, 2009 Contact: Kristen Dinisio Jones IMRE 410-821-8220 Target Communications 612-696-3400 Visit the Target Pressroom: Target.com/pressroom

    Target Corporation

    CONTACT: Kristen Dinisio Jones of IMRE, +1-410-821-8220; or Target
    Communications, +1-612-696-3400

    Web Site: http://www.target.com/




    Doctors in New Hampshire Now Treating Cancer with Non-Invasive Image-Guided Radiosurgery Using Novalis Tx(TM) TechnologyA 71-year old man with inoperable lung cancer is able to receive stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) treatment

    DOVER, N.H., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Surgeons told Donald Bickford, 71, that due to the weakened condition of his lungs, ordinary surgery was not an option for removing his lung tumor. To treat the tumor, Arul Mahadevan, MD, radiation oncologist at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital here, prescribed a type of non-invasive radiosurgery using the Novalis Tx(TM) platform from Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB.

    The Novalis Tx delivers powerful, precisely sculpted doses of radiation using a combination of image-guidance and robotically-controlled beam-shaping tools. In Bickford's case, the treatments were designed to narrowly target his tumor while avoiding, as much as possible, the delicate healthy lung tissues around it. To further ensure treatment accuracy, Wentworth Douglass clinicians used the platform's optical and X-ray image-guidance technology to adjust for any tumor movement due to Bickford's breathing during treatment.

    "I'm a long time smoker, and over time, my breathing capacity has been severely weakened," said Bickford, a retired assembler of printing presses. "Thoracic surgeons told me that because of the poor condition of my lungs, I couldn't handle any kind of surgical procedure. Thankfully for me, there was another treatment option."

    Clinicians completed Bickford's full course of SBRT treatments in five days without the need for anesthesia or overnight hospital stays. On each of these days, Bickford was in and out of the hospital in a little more than an hour. Treatments were quick and painless. "I wasn't really nervous. In fact, I didn't feel a thing during the treatments," said Bickford. "I've been feeling fine ever since."

    "The Novalis Tx platform made it possible for us to treat Donald's lung tumor," said Dr. Mahadevan. "It incorporates all the tools for both the imaging and dose delivery steps, which makes the process very smooth for us and for our patients. It enabled us to verify the position of the tumor prior to each treatment and deliver the dose in a way that aims to avoid other tissues already weakened by the patient's chronic pulmonary disease. The Novalis Tx is an exceptional machine for treating tumors and malignancies in highly sensitive areas of the body."

    The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2008, doctors diagnosed 215,020 new cases of lung cancer in the US, with over 1,040 occurring in New Hampshire, and 1,330 occurring in Maine.

    About Wentworth-Douglass Hospital

    Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, a not for profit, acute care hospital, is one of the fastest growing acute care hospitals in New Hampshire and the busiest in the Seacoast region. Specialties include the regional Seacoast Cancer Center offering a wide range of medical and radiation oncology services; the daVinci Robotic Surgical System for GYN, Urologic, General and Thoracic Surgery; a Wound Healing Institute with Hyperbaric Oxygen; CHaD at WDH, an outpatient pediatric specialty medicine center; a comprehensive Women and Children's Center for birthing and inpatient pediatric services, Integrative Therapies and Palliative Care inpatient and outpatient programs.

    About Varian Medical Systems

    Varian Medical Systems, Inc., of Palo Alto, California, is the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery, proton therapy, and brachytherapy. The company supplies informatics software for managing comprehensive cancer clinics, radiotherapy centers and medical oncology practices. Varian is a premier supplier of tubes and digital detectors for X-ray imaging in medical, scientific, and industrial applications and also supplies X-ray imaging products for cargo screening and industrial inspection. Varian Medical Systems employs approximately 5,100 people who are located at manufacturing sites in North America, China, and Europe and in its 79 offices and facilities around the world. For more information, visit http://www.varian.com/.

    About BrainLAB

    BrainLAB develops, manufactures and markets software-driven medical technology that enables procedures that are more precise, less invasive, and also less expensive than traditional treatments. Among the core products are image-guided systems that provide highly accurate real-time information used for navigation during surgical procedures. This utility has been further expanded to serve as a computer terminal for physicians to more effectively access and interpret diagnostic scans and other digital medical information for better informed decisions. BrainLAB solutions allow expansion from a single system to operating suites to digitally integrated hospitals covering all subspecialties from neurosurgery, orthopedics, ENT, CMF to spine & trauma and oncology. With 3300 systems installed in over 75 countries, BrainLAB is a market leader in image-guided technology. The privately held BrainLAB group, founded in 1989, is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and today employs 1000 people in 16 offices across Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South America. To learn more, visit http://www.brainlab.com/.

    John Worlton, Varian Medical Systems

    650-424-6438 or john.worlton@varian.com

    Varian Medical Systems, Inc.

    CONTACT: John Worlton of Varian Medical Systems, +1-650-424-6438,
    john.worlton@varian.com

    Web Site: http://www.varian.com/
    http://www.brainlab.com/




    IBM Launches Vietnam Innovation Center to Fuel Technology GrowthNew University Collaborations and Developer Resources Foster Local Technical and Business Skills Development

    HO CHI MINH, Vietnam, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM further expanded its reach into growing nations with the opening of the first IBM Innovation Center in Vietnam. The new center aims to help local communities build skills and develop new technologies to support demand for digital infrastructure projects in banking, telecommunications, energy and government industries.

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )

    The center, located in Ho Chi Minh City, will provide entrepreneurs, business partners, venture capitalists and academics across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos with access to training workshops, consulting services, a broad technical infrastructure, and hands-on assistance to help bring new technologies to market.

    As part of IBM's efforts to help build and support the burgeoning technical community in Vietnam, IBM also announced new collaborations with leading universities and improved access to no charge developer resources:

    -- The University of Technology, Vietnam National University (VNU) in Ho Chi Minh City will join the IBM Academic Initiative and collaborate with IBM to establish a new university cloud computing center and a cloud curriculum; -- The College of Technology, Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi will establish a Service Science Management and Engineering (SSME) department and jointly develop curriculum with IBM; and, -- IBM will launch the first Vietnamese language version of IBM developerWorks, the world's largest and most visited global site to help IT professionals advance their technology skills.

    The news is in response to accelerated IT growth in Vietnam. As Internet use in Vietnam continues to rise at a considerable rate, the country's IT sector has grown more than 20 percent annually. Internet usage, limited to 200,000 citizens in 2000, doubled between 2005 and 2008 with over 20 million Vietnamese accessing the Internet today, according to the Vietnam Internet Network Information Center.

    Of all developing countries, Vietnam has the highest Internet penetration rate, and with a goal of becoming a fully industrialized nation by 2020, wide-spread Internet access across Vietnam will help fuel the creation of new businesses that drive innovation into maturing industries.

    In support of these opportunities, the Vietnam IBM Innovation Center will provide technical experts and customized hands-on supports to test and validate users' software technologies before they go to market. The center will offer training and access to open standards-based and emerging technologies such as cloud computing, Web 2.0 technologies, service oriented architecture (SOA), service management, and computing designs with energy and environment benefits.

    "IBM continues to make major investments in emerging markets around the world, growing business while helping to develop local ecosystems that advance IT skills and innovation," said Jim Corgel, general manager, IBM ISV and Developer Relations. "With this IBM Innovation Center and new university collaborations, we are able to make IBM's technical resources and expertise more accessible to fuel innovation and help local businesses and academics compete on a global scale."

    The Vietnam center adds to the growing network of 43 IBM Innovation Centers worldwide, part of the company's $1 billion annual investment into the success of its 100,000 global business partners.

    In 2008, IBM Innovation Centers assisted more than 22,000 business partners with workshops, seminars and consultations to build their skills and develop solutions on IBM technologies, leading to over 7,000 technology enablements.

    This year, IBM Innovation Centers will hold no-charge IBM Business Partner Development Series interactive seminars to provide insight on IBM's leading technology in areas ranging from dynamic infrastructure to cloud computing and energy efficiency, as well as details on how partners can maximize their relationship with IBM by taking advantage of available IBM resources to help them get to market faster, reduce development cost and shorten sales cycles.

    "As an IBM Business Partner, our company has benefited from no cost access to deep technical and consulting expertise at the IBM Innovation Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia," said Alexander Grygoruk, president and CEO of UNICOM Software in Ho Chi Minh City. "The center has allowed us to maintain our high performance edge, reduce porting and testing costs and get our banking software to market more rapidly. The new Vietnam IBM Innovation Center will provide an excellent local resource to help businesses gain access to technology and skills needed to drive new businesses and innovation into the region."

    Further strengthening IBM's commitment to the Vietnamese market, the IBM Innovation Center also will serve as a local technology hub, linking together local IBM business partners with IBM Vietnam's Cloud Lab, Banking Center of Excellence and Technical Exploration Center.

    "As a growing nation, Vietnam provides vast opportunities for local companies, start-ups, academics and IT professionals," said Vo Tan Long, Country General Manager of IBM Vietnam. "Since 2000, IBM has launched more than a dozen IBM Innovation Centers in emerging nations like Vietnam to drive growth and innovation around IT skills. This country has a wealth of talent, and IBM is committed to help develop the local technical community."

    New Academic Relationships and Software Developer Resources

    The announcement includes two separate initiatives between IBM and The College of Technology, VNU in Hanoi, and The University of Technology, VNU in Ho Chi Minh City to establish new research and curriculum supporting the need to develop the technology and business skills to meet future job opportunities.

    The University of Technology, VNU in Ho Chi Minh City and IBM will create a cloud computing lab that will allow the university to test, evaluate and extend different advanced cloud computing configurations. This will help the university engage in world class research activities and enable collaboration with leading industries in the region.

    The joint effort will include research with IBM hardware and software and the creation of educational programs and curriculum relating to cloud computing technology. The University also will join the IBM Academic Initiative, which provides a host of no charge resources to faculty and students to help create programs that drive 21st century skills.

    The College of Technology, VNU in Hanoi and IBM will jointly establish new curriculum and research, with a focus on SSME which combines computer science, engineering and business strategy into one discipline. The college will establish an SSME department, focused on the new academic discipline designed to produce students with the combined business and technology skills needed to enter today's workforce ready to contribute immediately to their countries' economic growth and innovation.

    IBM works closely with over 20 of Vietnam's academic institutions to help build the highly skilled professionals in great demand for the nation's modernization and innovation efforts.

    IBM also launched Vietnamese language resources on developerWorks, to provide Vietnamese IT professionals with greater accessibility to software tools and code, IT standards and best practices, and skills training. These resources can be found at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/vn.

    As the largest and most visited global site to gain technology skills, developerWorks is used by millions of developers worldwide and has helped advance open standards and emerging technologies while making sure IT companies have the tools and skills to support technology investments such as Java, Linux, XML and cloud computing.

    From more information on IBM Vietnam, please visit: http://www.ibm.com/vn.

    For more information on IBM Innovation Centers, please visit: http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/iic.

    For more information on the IBM Innovation Center in Vietnam, please visit: http://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/iic/vietnam.html.

    Nguyen Phuong Linh IBM Vietnam Media Relations +84-43-946-2164 linhnp@vn.ibm.com Lon Levitan IBM Media Relations 512-286-7216 llevitan@us.ibm.com

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    CONTACT: Nguyen Phuong Linh, IBM Vietnam Media Relations,
    +84-43-946-2164, linhnp@vn.ibm.com, or Lon Levitan, IBM Media Relations,
    +1-512-286-7216, llevitan@us.ibm.com

    Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/
    http://www.ibm.com/vn




    Recovery.org Tracks 10,000th American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ProjectState-by-State Tracking of Projects at a Glance with New Interactive MapNew Community Features Allow Users to Vote on Importance of Projects

    SEATTLE, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Recovery.org, the website "capable of tracking federal, state and local Recovery Act spending in real time," has tracked the 10,000th project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and has launched a dynamic state-by-state map to allow the public to track the spending at a glance and to drill down to the local level.

    The new national, state and county maps are color-coded to correspond to the amount of recovery spending taking place in every county in the nation, and the mouse-over feature lists the number of current projects and total dollar amount of recovery spending.

    Recovery.org is being offered to the public for free by Onvia , a Seattle-based technology firm that uses a complex taxonomy to track government spending events at more than 89,000 federal, state and local government agencies. Because of its unique tracking system, developed over the last 10 years, Onvia can identify, collect, and compile in a standardized format Advance Notices, Bids, RFPs, Amendments and Awards from tens of thousands of agencies in a comprehensive, timely and accurate way.

    According to Onvia's/Recovery.org's data, Florida leads the nation both in number of projects and in total stimulus funding thus far, with 963 events on-line. Texas, California, Washington state, and New York round out the top 5 states in total dollars.

    The top 10 states in number of events (as of May 26, 2009): Florida 963 Michigan 772 Texas 682 Pennsylvania 679 Maryland 608 California 544 Washington 469 Ohio 462 Illinois 414 Tennessee 410

    "This is a win-win-win for the public sector, the private sector and for taxpayers," said Onvia CEO Mike Pickett. "The public gains immediate knowledge of where the recovery money is being spent. As importantly, job creation and economic recovery will be expedited because every business in the country now can see where the contracting opportunities exist, and how to submit a proposal. More transparency will lead to more bidders and better value for taxpayers."

    Since Recovery.org was launched in late March, the site has enabled the public to track the recovery spending by federal, state and local government agencies at a granular level. Projects are posted as they are announced and in real-time. The site has seen a dramatic increase in traffic from small businesses, the general public, and federal, state and local governments wondering where the recovery funds are being spent.

    The goal of the site continues to be giving small and medium businesses, the media, and ordinary citizens greater access to information and bringing unprecedented transparency and accountability to recovery spending.

    The site recently launched new features that include: -- At a glance, see the number of projects and funding by geography -- Drill down to a specific, state, county, city -- Comment and vote on projects if they are worthwhile or wasteful -- Filter projects by project type (Amendment, Award, Bid/RFP, Presolicitation) -- Sort projects by cost or solicitation date -- Business registration for free automatic notification of upcoming ARRA projects

    On May 5, Onvia's CIO Eric Gillespie testified before Congress at a House Science and Technology Committee subcommittee hearing about the federal government's efforts to track stimulus spending. Mr. Gillespie's testimony is available on the committee's website: http://democrats.science.house.gov/Media/file/Commdocs/hearings/2009/Oversight /5may/Gillespie_Testimony.pdf

    Interested parties can also follow @RecoveryOrg on Twitter to get the latest news on Recovery spending, transparency and accountability.

    About Onvia: Onvia is the leading provider of Business-to-Government solutions in the United States, covering the broadest set of industries and products at every level of government. For more than twelve years, Onvia has delivered unparalleled coverage of government purchasing activity from Federal, State, Local and Education agencies for clients in the industries targeted by the economic recovery package.

    Onvia, Inc.

    CONTACT: CONTACT: Nate Wilcox of Onvia, Inc., +1-703-657-1177,
    nwilcox@onvia.com

    Web Site: http://www.recovery.org/




    Engine Alliance Ships First GP7200 Propulsor

    EAST HARTFORD, Conn., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The Engine Alliance (EA) shipped the first GP7200 propulsor to Emirates on May 21. The delivery marks the first time the Engine Alliance and member company Pratt & Whitney have delivered a propulsor, rather than a full engine, to any airline.

    "Shipping a propulsor is an innovative way to supply spare engines," EA chief engineer Paul Smith explained. "The fan module has a very long life, so it can be reused with a new propulsor to provide a full spare engine. It's a huge cost savings for the customer."

    According to EA industrial director Marios Evripidou, delivering spare propulsors in lieu of spare engines also helps minimize an airline's inventory. "They don't have to keep as many unused fans in inventory because they can reuse the ones they already have," he said. Shipping propulsors is easier than shipping a full engine, too, Evripidou said. Because they're smaller, they can be transported on most wide-body freighter aircraft. "It gives the customer great transportation flexibility," he said.

    The GP7200 entered revenue service in August 2008 with the first Emirates A380. Since entering service, the GP7200-powered A380 has not had an in-flight shutdown and has demonstrated a departure reliability rate greater than 99.9%.

    In addition to Emirates, the Engine Alliance GP7200 has been selected to power A380 aircraft for Air France, Korean Airlines, and the International Lease Finance Company (ILFC). Air France is scheduled to receive its first GP7200-powered A380 aircraft in October.

    The GP7200 is derived from two successful wide-body engine programs, the GE90 and the PW4000. It benefits from the two programs' latest, proven technologies and the lessons learned from more than 22 million flight hours of safe operation. Certified at 76,500 pounds (340 kN) of thrust, the engine has the capability to produce more than 81,500 pounds (363 kN) of thrust. The GP7200 is the quietest, most fuel efficient engine for the A380, and its emissions are well below current and anticipated regulations.

    The GP7200 is manufactured at GE and Pratt & Whitney, with GE assembling the core in Durham, NC (North Carolina), and Pratt &Whitney manufacturing the fan module, low pressure compressor and low pressure turbine. Final engine assembly is conducted at Pratt & Whitney's Engine Center in Middletown, CT (Connecticut).

    The Engine Alliance is a 50/50 joint venture of General Electric and Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp. .

    For further information, contact: Deb Case, U.S.: 513.243.0094, email: deborah.case@ge.com Katy Padgett, US: 860-565-3433, email: kathleen.padgett@pw.utc.com

    Pratt & Whitney

    CONTACT: Deb Case of GE, +1-513-243-0094, deborah.case@ge.com; or Katy
    Padgett of Pratt & Whitney, +1-860-565-3433, kathleen.padgett@pw.utc.com

    Web Site: http://www.pratt-whitney.com/




    Autodesk Imagine Tour Visits New York CityAutodesk 2010 Software: Turning Ideas into Reality

    SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    What: The Autodesk Imagine Tour provides an opportunity for Autodesk software users to learn how industry-specific software can help architects, engineers and designers visualize and simulate the real-world performance of their designs before building anything. Autodesk design software experts will also be on-site to answer questions and offer technical tips that directly affect their business and projects. When: Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Where: The Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers 811 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019 How: To reserve your seat for the upcoming Autodesk Imagine Tour in New York City, visit http://www.autodesk.com/imagine or call 800-234-0074.

    If you had the tools to transform the world, would you? As a world leader in 2D and 3D design and engineering software, Autodesk helps you design, visualize, and simulate your ideas to the fullest extent--so the most ambitious "What If?" scenarios can become a reality. Whether you're a designer, architect, engineer or digital artist, Autodesk 2010 software helps you to create, document and communicate groundbreaking ideas before they're brought to life.

    The Autodesk Imagine Event in New York City will show how AutoCAD 2010 software helps designers tackle the most challenging design problems with ease. A variety of solutions will be showcased in action, including design and modeling solutions such as Autodesk Inventor software, Autodesk Revit software, AutoCAD Map 3D software and Autodesk 3ds Max software.

    About Autodesk

    Autodesk, Inc. is a world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art Digital Prototyping solutions to help customers experience their ideas before they are real. Fortune 1000 companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate and analyze real-world performance early in the design process to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation. For additional information about Autodesk, visit http://www.autodesk.com/.

    Autodesk, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Inventor. Revit, and 3ds Max are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

    (C) 2009 Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved. Contact: Angela Costa Simoes, 415-547-2388 Email: angela.simoes@autodesk.com (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050415/SFF034LOGO)

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    PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com Autodesk, Inc.

    CONTACT: Angela Costa Simoes of Autodesk, Inc., +1-415-547-2388,
    angela.simoes@autodesk.com

    Web Site: http://www.autodesk.com/




    SRS Labs and MSI Form Strategic Partnership to Optimize All-In-One PC Multimedia ExperienceSRS Premium Sound Provides an Immersive Sound Experience in Any Listening Environment

    SANTA ANA, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRS Labs , the industry leader in surround sound, audio, and voice technologies, announced today the formation of a strategic partnership with Micro-Star International (MSI) to incorporate SRS Premium Sound(TM) within their new AP1900 and AE1900 All-in-one PCs to deliver an incredible audio experience for music, video and gaming.

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070322/LATH036LOGO)

    "At SRS we endeavor to create the most compelling audio experience possible, and we're excited to be collaborating with MSI to bring SRS-sound to an ever increasing number of demanding users," said Allen H. Gharapetian, Vice President of Marketing for SRS Labs. "SRS Premium Sound is a truly remarkable audio solution that brings the PC multimedia experience to life through a host of carefully integrated post processing technologies that create an incredible and truly memorable audio experience with great dimension and clarity."

    SRS Premium Sound provides a remarkably natural but highly immersive surround sound experience, complete with deep, rich bass and crystal clear dialog. It delivers high-frequency definition and an overall broadening of the sound stage in any listening environment, ensuring that users enjoy a premium entertainment experience across any speaker configuration - internal laptop speakers, desktop speakers or headphones. To reproduce the pristine audio, Premium Sound dynamically optimizes subtle nuances and rich sounds buried in the original music and video content.

    "The complete, uncompromised multimedia computing experience includes the ability to deliver great audio performance despite the shrinking form factors and stylistic challenges we face today," said Sam Chern, global marketing director of MSI. "Our customers are clearly expecting superior sound from their MSI PCs and we are confident, that by taking advantage of SRS' industry prowess, we have a distinct opportunity to provide the very best sound performance to our users, allowing them to enjoy their music, video and other multimedia applications."

    The MSI AP1900 and AE1900 All-in-one PCs are available at select retail locations throughout the United States, China, Japan and Europe. The worldwide availability of the new MSI PCs further reaffirms SRS' position as the global de facto standard for consumer audio solutions within a wide range of consumer electronics, including PCs.

    SRS Labs is running a sweepstakes to give away three MSI PCs featuring SRS Premium Sound. The sweepstakes will take place May 26 - June 23, 2009. To enter for your chance to win, please visit http://www.srslabs.com/premiumsound/.

    About SRS Labs, Inc.

    Founded in 1993, SRS Labs is the industry leader in audio signal processing for consumer electronics. Beginning with the audio technologies originally developed at Hughes Aircraft, SRS Labs holds over 150 worldwide patents and is recognized by the industry as the foremost authority in research and application of human auditory principles. Through partnerships with leading global CE companies, semiconductor manufacturers and software partners, SRS audio, surround sound and voice processing technologies have been included in over one billion electronic products sold worldwide including HDTVs, mobile phones, portable media devices, PCs and automotive entertainment. In fact, SRS Labs is the de facto standard of HDTV audio processing with nine of the top ten name brand flat panel TVs featuring SRS technology. Additionally, SRS Labs surround sound solutions provide the professional broadcast and recording industries with high-performance production, back-haul, storage, and transmission capability. SRS Labs supports manufacturers worldwide with offices in the U.S., China, Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, visit http://www.srslabs.com/.

    Except for historical information contained in this release, statements in this release, including those by Mr. Gharapetian, may constitute forward-looking statements regarding our assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions or beliefs about future events that are based on management's belief, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. While the Company believes that its expectations are based upon reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurances that the Company's goals and strategy will be realized. Numerous factors, including risks and uncertainties, may affect the Company's actual results and may cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. Some of these factors include the acceptance of new SRS Labs' products and technologies, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the timely development and release of technologies by the Company, general business and economic conditions, especially in Asia, and other factors detailed in the Company's Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the SEC. SRS Labs specifically disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

    SRS Labs, Inc. Contact: Investor Relations Contact: Michael Bingham, PR Manager Matt Glover, Liolios Group, Inc. 9494425582 949-574-3860 michaelb@srslabs.com info@liolios.com Twitter: @SRSLabs

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    PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com SRS Labs, Inc.

    CONTACT: Michael Bingham, PR Manager of SRS Labs, Inc., +1-949-442-5582,
    michaelb@srslabs.com; or Investor Relations, Matt Glover of Liolios Group,
    Inc., +1-949-574-3860, info@liolios.com, for SRS Labs, Inc.

    Web Site: http://www.srslabs.com/




    CSC Receives $27 Million Task Order From United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for Record Digitization

    FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CSC announced today that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) awarded the company a task order to conduct scanning, indexing and file management operations at a records digitization facility. The new agreement, which was signed during the company's fourth quarter fiscal year 2009, has a one-year performance period and a contract value of $27 million.

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090422/CSCLOGO)

    The task order was awarded under the USCIS Integrated Digitization Document Management Program blanket purchase agreement, which was originally awarded to Datatrac Information Systems Inc. in 2006 for a term of five years with an estimated contract value of $150 million. CSC acquired Datatrac in December 2006.

    Under the terms of the agreement, CSC will support USCIS by providing file maintenance activities and electronic access to various types of records, including receipt, temporary and account files, and imaged data that reside in various USCIS offices. The digitization of these files, which are stored in the USCIS Enterprise Document Management System, allows USCIS and its customers to electronically access specific digitized A-Files for processing immigrant applications or investigations. The applications include immigrant requests for naturalization or permanent status in the United States.

    "CSC's comprehensive end-to-end system for digitizing complex files allows users to search, retrieve and view documents quickly and easily over the Web," said Aaron Fuller, president of CSC's North American Public Sector Enforcement, Security and Intelligence group. "We are pleased to provide USCIS with a cost-effective model that combines industry-leading hardware, commercial-off-the-shelf software and unmatched support services."

    United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is the government agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States of America. The Agency establishes immigration services, policies and priorities to preserve America's legacy as a nation of immigrants while ensuring that no one is admitted who is a threat to public safety.

    About CSC

    CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions & Services, Global Outsourcing Services and the North American Public Sector. CSC's advanced capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.74 billion for the 12 months ended April 3, 2009. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.

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    PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com CSC

    CONTACT: Chuck Taylor Director, Office of Communications, North American
    Public Sector, +1-703-641-3430, ctaylor26@csc.com, or Janet Herin, Sr.
    Manager, Media Relations, Corporate, +1-310-615-1693, jherin@csc.com, or Bryan
    Brady, Vice President, Investor Relations, Corporate, +1-703-641-3000,
    investorrelations@csc.com, all of CSC

    Web Site: http://www.csc.com/




    MTV Games, Harmonix and Electronic Arts Ship Rock Band Unplugged(TM) For PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) System to Stores in North America and Europe

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmonix, the world's premier music video game development company, and MTV Games, a part of Viacom's MTV Networks , along with distribution partner Electronic Arts Inc. , announced that Rock Band Unplugged(TM) for the PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable) system ships to stores in North America and Europe today!

    Developed by Harmonix in partnership with Backbone Entertainment, a Foundation 9 Entertainment studio, Rock Band Unplugged creates a full band experience in the palm of players' hands by combining traditional beatmatch gameplay with key elements from both Rock Band(TM) and Rock Band(TM)2. The hands are the "peripherals" in Rock Band Unplugged allowing players to take direct control of the lead/bass guitars, drums and vocals. In addition, players can capture a deep and interactive Rock Band experience by taking their band on the road in World Tour mode, practicing their chops in the Band Warmup Mode, or by taking on the most extreme musical challenge imaginable in Band Survival mode.

    Rock Band Unplugged features 41 master recordings including nine songs new to the Rock Band music catalog that are exclusive to the PSP system for a limited time! Plus, Rock Band Unplugged features the first in-game store for downloadable content on the PSP system leveraging the PSP system's wireless capabilities and powered by PlayStation(R)Network.

    Rock Band Unplugged Pricing Information: -- Rock Band Unplugged software (North America) MSRP $39.99 -- Rock Band Unplugged software (Continental Europe) MSRP euro 39.99 -- Rock Band Unplugged software (United Kingdom) MSRP pounds Sterling 29.99 -- Limited Edition Rock Band PSP Entertainment Pack (North America) MSRP $199.99

    The limited edition Rock Band PSP Entertainment Pack from Sony Computer Entertainment America includes the game, a "Piano Black" PSP system, a 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo(TM), and, in the United States only, a voucher to download Paramount Pictures' School of Rock from PlayStation(R)Store. The Rock Band PSP Entertainment Pack will be available in North America only.

    Rock Band Unplugged is rated "T" for Teen with descriptors of Lyrics and Suggestive Themes by the ESRB. Rock Band Unplugged is rated PEGI 12+. Please visit http://www.pegi.info/ for rating information.

    For more information on Rock Band Unplugged and Harmonix Music Systems please visit http://www.rockband.com/unplugged and http://www.harmonixmusic.com/.

    About MTV Networks

    MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom , is one of the world's leading creators of entertainment content, with brands that engage and connect diverse audiences across television, online, mobile, games, virtual worlds and consumer products. The company's portfolio spans more than 150 television channels and 350 digital media properties worldwide, and includes MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Harmonix, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, The N, AddictingGames, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, Atom, Gametrailers and Xfire.

    About MTV Games

    MTV Games is dedicated to creating, marketing and publishing high-quality, innovative interactive products that are relevant to the MTV audience and complement the core values of the MTV Networks brands.

    About Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.

    Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., based in Cambridge, MA, and established in 1995, is the leading developer of groundbreaking music-oriented videogames. Harmonix was founded by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, who formed the company to invent new ways for non-musicians to experience the unique joy that comes from making music and have pioneered music and rhythm gaming in the US. For more information please visit http://www.harmonixmusic.com/.

    About Electronic Arts Inc.

    Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA(TM), EA SPORTS Freestyle(TM) and POGO(TM). In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is http://www.ea.com/. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://info.ea.com/.

    About Backbone Entertainment

    Backbone Entertainment, a Foundation 9 Entertainment Studio based in Emeryville, California, is a long-standing developer of original, classic, and re-imagined games for all major platforms. Established in 1992 with an early foundation in emulations, conversions, and handheld games, the studio then broadened its focus to develop games for consoles. Backbone Entertainment is a leading developer of downloadable titles for XBLA and PSN, and specializes in clever games based on original and popular gaming franchises. The studio is one of the most experienced developers in the industry, and has shipped over 230 titles across all platforms over the last sixteen years. For more information please visit http://www.backboneentertainment.com/.

    About Foundation 9 Entertainment

    Foundation 9 Entertainment is the largest independent games developer in North America. The company has studios across North America, Europe and Asia, making it a development powerhouse, uniquely positioned to deliver quality games on all gaming platforms for all age groups. The company's studios are masters in working with original and licensed properties and have collectively developed more than 600 titles since 1992, including more than 45 in 2008 alone. For more information, please visit: http://www.f9e.com/.

    (C) 2009 Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Harmonix, Rock Band and all related titles and logos are trademarks of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., a MTV Networks company. Rock Band developed by Harmonix Music Systems, Inc. MTV: Music Television, MTV Games and all related titles and logos are trademarks of MTV Networks, a division of Viacom International Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle and POGO are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Backbone and the Backbone logo are trademarks of Backbone Entertainment, a Foundation 9 Entertainment company. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. "PlayStation", the "PS" Family logo and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

    MTV

    CONTACT: Harmonix Media Contact: Tracie Snitker of Reverb
    Communications, Tracie@reverbinc.com, +1-209-586-1495, Ext. 104; or MTV
    Contact: Jeff Castaneda of MTV Communications, jeff.castaneda@mtvstaff.com,
    +1-212-846-6774; or EA Contact: Devin Bennett of Electronic Arts,
    devinb@ea.com, +1-650-454-5455

    Web Site: http://www.mtv.com/




    Veroxity Establishes Credit Facility With Webster Bank to Drive GrowthVeroxity Technology Partners announces $14 million credit facility with Webster Bank

    BEDFORD, Mass., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Veroxity Technology Partners, LLC, a premier service provider of fiber optic network solutions, today announced that it has selected Webster Bank, N.A. as its banking credit provider. The $14 million credit line will provide Veroxity with capital to drive growth with additional investments to support existing customers, expand into new markets and extend service offerings. The facility is structured to provide Veroxity with the flexibility to make long-term, value-based decisions in support of these initiatives.

    With 181 banking offices, including 18 in Massachusetts, Webster Bank is a natural partner for Veroxity. With a strong knowledge of the local market, as well as knowledge and expertise in the data communications and media space, Webster Bank will serve as Veroxity's primary banking partner.

    "The establishment of Webster Bank as a new credit provider will give Veroxity the flexibility to make critical investments in support of our plans for growth," said Eric Sandman, CEO of Veroxity Technology Partners. "Since Webster Bank is interested in spurring development in the local and regional markets, they are a great fit for a growing company such as Veroxity."

    "We are very pleased that Veroxity has selected us," said Robert Twomey, president of the Massachusetts/Rhode Island region of Webster Bank. "Veroxity is clearly a leader in the data communications space within the Northeast. We look forward to a partnership that will help them with their continuing growth and success."

    About Veroxity Technology Partners

    Veroxity Technology Partners delivers diverse data transport and Internet solutions to connect your business from end-to-end. Through The Veroxity Network(TM) and our unique Dual POP Architecture, Veroxity's communications services connect multiple locations, enable online commerce and support organizational growth. Veroxity's solutions include Ethernet Private Line Service, Flexible Any-to-Any Ethernet Service, Dedicated Private Line Service, Wavelength Service, Managed SONET Ring Service and Internet Connectivity. Veroxity is headquartered in Bedford, MA. For more information about Veroxity Technology Partners, please visit http://www.veroxity.com/ or call (617) 848-3000.

    About Webster Bank

    Webster Financial Corporation is the holding company for Webster Bank, National Association. With $17.3 billion in assets, Webster provides business and consumer banking, mortgage, financial planning, trust and investment services through 181 banking offices, 492 ATMs, telephone banking and the Internet. Webster Bank owns the asset-based lending firm Webster Business Credit Corporation, the insurance premium finance company Budget Installment Corp., Center Capital Corporation, an equipment finance company headquartered in Farmington, Conn., and provides health savings account trustee and administrative services through HSA Bank, a division of Webster Bank. Member FDIC and equal housing lender. For more information about Webster, including past press releases and the latest annual report, visit the Webster website at http://www.websteronline.com/.

    Veroxity Technology Partners, LLC

    CONTACT: Renay M. Picard of Veroxity Technology Partners, LLC,
    +1-617-848-3089, rpicard@veroxity.com; or Brenda Farrell of Webster Bank,
    N.A., +1-508-235-1516, bfarrell@websterbank.com

    Web Site: http://www.veroxity.com/




    /C O R R E C T I O N from Source -- Nstein Technologies Inc./Please note that MO595 disseminated at 10:54e today has been updated. Revised copy follows:International information provider relies on Nstein's text mining to categorize 300,000 scholarly assets weekly

    MONTREAL, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nstein Technologies Inc., http://www.nstein.com/ (TSX-V: EIN), a leader in digital publishing solutions for newspapers, magazines, and online content providers, announced today that ProQuest has purchased additional licenses of Nstein's TME (Text Mining Engine) modules.

    ProQuest, a division of the Cambridge Information Group, creates specialized information resources and technologies for libraries and researchers worldwide. For the past five years, the company has used Nstein's TME (Text Mining Engine) to assist in organizing, categorizing and writing abstracts for a growing body of news, dissertations and academic papers. Nstein allows the automation and standardization of these tasks so reducing Editorial involvement.

    "In addition to improving the quality of our tagging, automating these processes resulted in significant cost savings, which were channeled into adding value to our product offerings," explained John Taylor, Vice President of Product Development and Technology for ProQuest. "We increased the amount of content aggregated from 700 journals to now nearly triple that. Further, we created a stronger taxonomy to increase the depth of classification, allowing end users to find the exact content they're looking for with greater precision and speed."

    "The increase in assets along with the deep levels of classifications help researchers get right to the information they need," said Luc Filiatreault, Chief Executive Officer of Nstein Technologies. "We are proud of Nstein's role in assisting ProQuest serve the user community."

    Nstein Technologies is the digital solutions provider of choice for many of the world's leading media companies, including: Financial Times, Hearst Newspapers, Reed Business Information, Scripps Network, Bonnier Corporation and Transcontinental Media.

    About Nstein Technologies Inc.

    Nstein Technologies (TSX-V: EIN) develops and markets multilingual solutions that power digital publishing for the most prestigious newspapers, magazines, and content-driven organizations. Nstein's solutions generate new revenue opportunities and reduce operational costs by enabling the centralization, management and automated indexing of digital assets. Nstein partners with clients to design a complete online strategy for success using publishing industry best practices for the implementation of its Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management, Text Mining Engine and Picture Management Desk products. http://www.nstein.com/

    - The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. - The financial value of the contract, on an individual basis, is not financially material to the affairs of Nstein Technologies Inc. The specific financial terms of the contracts can not be disclosed since knowledge of these transaction terms could represent a significant loss of competitive advantage to the Company as competitors would gain access to its pricing model. The Company believes that the disclosure of agreements by means of a press release is necessary to demonstrate the ability of the Company's technology to meet the requirements of its potential clients in the publishing, media and entertainment industries. Further, the completion of these types of agreements demonstrates the ongoing ability of the Company to capture an increasing share of this market and generate market acceptance for its products. The software license revenues resulting from this contract will be included in the Company's fourth quarter results (quarter ending December 31, 2008). Any statement that appears prospective shall not be interpreted as such.

    NSTEIN TECHNOLOGIES INC.

    CONTACT: Nstein Technologies Inc.: Investor Relations: Bruno Martel,
    Chief Financial Officer, Nstein Technologies Inc., (514) 908-5406,
    bruno.martel@nstein.com; Media: David Crouy, Marketing Director, Nstein
    Technologies, Inc., (514) 908-5406, David.Crouy@nstein.com




    Survey Uncovers the True Extent of Economic Crisis on Customer Relationships with Banks

    NORCROSS, Georgia and LONDON, May 26 /PRNewswire/ --

    - S1 Enterprise Establishes 'Banking Relationship Score'

    - Outlines Steps Required to Rebuild Trust and Confidence

    Results of a new survey released today by S1 Enterprise confirm that troubles in the banking sector have taken a toll on customers' relationships with their financial institutions - and provide insights on how banks can rebuild trust and confidence. Fielded among more than 1,200 European and U.S. consumers and 54 large corporate banking customers in April 2009, the survey finds that only nine percent of consumer respondents in Europe and the U.S. are currently confident in financial institutions.

    The crisis in the financial sector shows no signs of abating, with only 14 percent of European consumers believing things are likely to improve in the next 12 months. This lack of confidence extends to consumers' relationships with their banks with only 37 percent of European consumers saying they are likely to stay with their current bank, and a mere 27 percent admitting they would recommend their current bank to someone else. Another 43 percent would go as far as to dissuade someone from becoming a customer. This data underscores the need for banks to draw closer to their customers in terms of communicating the institution's financial health as well as demonstrating an understanding of customer needs and expectations.

    The survey goes on to establish a benchmark for tracking the strength of the relationship between banks and customers. The 'Banking Relationship Score' (BRS) is a multi-dimensional measurement that combines three stated and emotional factors: trust in one's current bank; likelihood to continue with one's current bank; and likelihood to recommend one's current bank to others. BRS scores fall into one of three ranges developed by Vantedge Group based on analysis and benchmarking across a variety of industries: Strong Relationship = a score of 75 or higher; Neutral Relationship = a score of 60 to 74; and At-Risk Relationship = a score below 60.

    The overall Banking Relationship Score for European financial institutions came in at 27.7, compared to 55.3 in the U.S. This score is well into the 'at risk' zone and almost 50 points below the target range of 75 or above which designates strong relationships.

    "The severity of the downturn for financial institutions has clearly eroded key components of the banking relationship, while increasing the importance of emotional drivers like trust," said Read Ziegler, President and CEO of Vantedge Group. "By weighing the trust factor against the stated likelihood of consumers to stay with as well as recommend their bank, we can get a fresh new perspective on the health of the bank-customer relationship on a national level."

    "Banking relationships are clearly at a crossroads," said Mark Moore, Vice President of Marketing for S1 Enterprise. "But the more important question is what banks can do to combat these trends and rebuild relationships with their customers, both on the consumer and corporate sides of the business. The way in which banks interact with their customers matters today more than ever."

    The results highlight the growing importance of banks building back trust and confidence through a greater focus on customer intimacy across all banking channels (online, mobile, branch/teller and call center). For example, when asked their preference for interacting with their banks, a majority of consumer respondents (41 percent) said 'in person at the branch', followed by a more even split between a combination of in person and online (28 percent) and online only (23 percent).

    The survey results suggest specific steps that the banks can take to build stronger customer relationships. These include tailoring communications, services and the overall banking experience to individual customer segments across all delivery channels. This means banks will need to better harness data and analytics for deeper insight in order to provide advice about how customers can better manage their financial lives. "The research suggests banks should strive to create a culture of customer advocacy, one that promotes proactive service, honesty and greater transparency into a bank's financial health," added Moore.

    Other top findings from the survey include:

    -- Overall, only 14 percent of European consumers indicated they were feeling positive about an economic recovery within the next 12 months. -- Only 37 percent of European consumers say they're likely to stay with their current bank, and a mere 27 percent would actually recommend their current bank to someone else. Another 43 percent say they'd be more likely to dissuade someone from becoming a customer. -- When broken down by demographic factors, the Bank Relationship Score model revealed that young, affluent males with less than three accounts with their primary bank represent the customer group at greatest risk for defecting. -- The survey of corporate banking customers found 'Trust' to be the number one factor in building valuable banking relationships (70 percent of corporate respondents). As the financial landscape continues to shift, 50 percent of corporate respondents noted that they intend to keep their banking relationships limited to a small group of less than five institutions (the smallest option available on the survey questionnaire). -- Only 41 percent of large corporations indicated they would be likely to recommend their financial institution to a friend or colleague, and only 46 percent noted that they are likely to continue a relationship with their bank.

    Titled 'Banking Relationships: An Era of Change,' this survey was conducted by third-party research firm, Vantedge Group LLC, on behalf of S1 Enterprise, a division of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE) and a leading global provider of flexible, bank-centric solutions and payment services.

    About S1 Enterprise

    More than 100 banks and three million consumer, small business, and corporate users worldwide rely on S1 Enterprise solutions to access and manage their financial information. A division of S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE), S1 Enterprise is a leading global provider of integrated banking solutions that deliver financial service providers a holistic view of their customers whether online, in the branch or in the call center. Additional information about S1 Enterprise is available at www.s1enterprise.com.

    About S1 Corporation

    S1 Corporation (Nasdaq: SONE) 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 www.s1.com, www.postilion.com, www.s1enterprise.com and www.fsb-solutions.com.

    S1 Corporation

    Jorge Lavina, CooperKatz & Co., Inc., +1-917-595-3047, jlavina@cooperkatz.com; James Kennedy, AxiCom, +44-(0)20-8392-4091, James.Kennedy@axicom.com




    More 3G Wireless Coverage for Quartz Hill, California ResidentsNew Verizon Wireless cell site also adds capacity to stay ahead of demand for calls, email and text

    IRVINE, Calif., May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles County residents, businesses and visitors are enjoying improved service thanks to a new Verizon Wireless cell site. The site expands 3G wireless coverage in Quartz Hill, southwest Lancaster and western Palmdale in neighborhoods west of 30th Street. The increase in network coverage and capacity means more calls, emails, text and picture messages for locals, plus expanded wireless access to the web.

    Verizon Wireless invested over $600 million in California during 2008 to enhance service and coverage. Nationally, the company has invested more than $48 billion in its network since it was formed in 2000. The result is the nation's largest, most reliable 3G network that powers services such as Mobile Broadband and email.

    Businesses of any size can tap into the power of Mobile Broadband. The service allows users to connect to the Internet wirelessly while on the go to download music over-the-air, and access e-mail or corporate data. For example, customers can download a small 1 megabyte PowerPoint(R) presentation in about eight seconds and upload the same-sized file in less than 13 seconds.

    Small business owners interested in Mobile Broadband, and other wireless solutions, can visit http://smallbusiness.vzw.com/ where they will find:

    -- An online forum to share experiences and connect with other business owners -- Access to Small Business Specialists in each Verizon Wireless store -- Discounts and promotions to help businesses stretch their budgets -- Summaries of mobile solutions like email, wireless Internet and Push to Talk service -- 24/7 tech support

    Verizon Wireless tests its network and those of its competitors. The company determines if voice calls and data connections are successful on the first attempt and stay connected. Nationally, Verizon Wireless' real-life test men and women drive 91 specially equipped vehicles almost 1,000,000 miles annually. They drive on Interstate, U.S. and state highways, as well as major roads and streets in high-population areas, based upon U.S. Census counts. Vehicles are equipped with computers that automatically make more than three million voice call attempts and more than 16 million data tests annually on Verizon Wireless' network and the networks of other carriers.

    About Verizon Wireless

    Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and data network, serving more than 80 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with more than 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit 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.

    Verizon Wireless

    CONTACT: Ken Muche of Verizon Wireless, +1-949-286-8193,
    Ken.Muche@VerizonWireless.com

    Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/




    CBS Outdoor Launches a Turnkey Text Messaging Platform for AdvertisersOutdoor Industry's Most Comprehensive Program Provides Ability to Track Consumer Response in Real-Time

    NEW YORK, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS Outdoor, has launched an innovative text messaging (or SMS) capability for its advertisers' media campaigns. The program, called txt2go, will include a text keyword on advertiser signage that the public can use to access marketing messages from the client, including special offers and promotions. The interactive feature enhances an advertiser's ability to connect with prospects and deliver messages with more relevance and a measurable ROI, in addition to building a long-term database of interested consumers.

    In launching txt2go, CBS Outdoor becomes the nation's very first out-of-home media company to provide a complete text messaging solution for its clients. The add-on feature creates an affordable new avenue for advertisers looking to package into their media features like digital couponing, sweepstakes, direct response and point of purchase. The technology will allow advertisers to track responses to their marketing in real time.

    "This is a win-win scenario for our clients," said Jodi Senese, Executive Vice President, Marketing, CBS Outdoor. "Out-of-home media have been choice marketing outlets for local businesses, and we are ramping up the effectiveness of our signage by giving our clients ways to further engage consumers with direct response messaging and compelling offers. More specifically, if someone is interested in a product or service advertised they can receive a coupon, free merchandise or another offer simply by texting in a short code, giving the company ongoing communication with an interested consumer."

    txt2go is a simplified process whereby an advertiser of virtually any size can add a text messaging code to his ad campaign. Designed to enhance not only the outdoor component, the text capability can exist across all of the advertisers' media outlets -- overlaying a measurable direct response element to the campaign In addition to simplifying the process, CBS Outdoor txt2go is very cost-friendly, as little as $225 for up to 500 responses. Clients will be able to see the real time performance of their campaign on the CBS Outdoor Mobile Website. It takes only a few days to have the client's campaign up and running.

    CBS Outdoor chose Rip Road to power its mobile platform; Rip Road provides innovative mobile technology to leading media companies and brands across the US.

    "Our experience has shown that when we allow a consumer to engage with a brand or advertiser on their terms, the desired participation increases dramatically," said Eric Leven, Chief Executive Officer, Rip Road. "This mobile application lets an advertiser generate the tremendous value an outdoor effort provides, as well as start communicating with prospects through coupons, discounts, news and much more."

    About CBS Outdoor

    CBS Outdoor is one of the largest out-of-home media companies in North America, and has a major presence across Europe in the United Kingdom and holds properties in China and South America. With both traditional outdoor and transit properties, the division gives advertisers both breadth of coverage across vast geographies and depth of coverage, providing multiple media opportunities in key markets.

    About CBS Corporation

    CBS Corporation is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW - a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime Networks and CBS College Sports Network), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Television Studios and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products), video/DVD (CBS Home Entertainment), in-store media (CBS Outernet) and motion pictures (CBS Films). For more information, log on to http://www.cbscorporation.com/.

    CBS Outdoor

    CONTACT: David Lane, +1-212-297-6442, david.lane@cbsoutdoor.com; Jeremy
    Murphy, +1-212-975-4577, jeremy.murphy@cbs.com

    Web Site: http://www.cbscorporation.com/




    Delta Offers 2,500 Bonus Miles - and New Low Fares - on Every Shuttle Flight

    ATLANTA, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines is offering Delta SkyMiles and Northwest WorldPerks members 2,500 bonus miles for each flight segment purchased and flown on the Delta Shuttle between New York City and Boston or Washington, D.C. from May 26 through July 26, 2009.

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090202/DELTALOGO )

    To participate in this offer, SkyMiles members must register at delta.com/shuttlebonus. WorldPerks members must register at nwa.com/offers/deltashuttle. The bonus is in addition to the standard 500 SkyMiles or WorldPerks earned for each Shuttle flight traveled.

    "With the Delta Shuttle, SkyMiles and WorldPerks members can now enjoy great savings and earn 2,500 miles for each flight which can be redeemed for travel anywhere Delta flies worldwide," said Jeff Robertson, Delta's vice president of Loyalty Programs.

    Members will receive 5,000 miles for each round-trip Shuttle purchase or 2,500 miles when they buy a one-way fare. In addition, last week Delta began offering Shuttle fares up to 60 percent cheaper than previous walk-up prices. Delta operates more than a dozen daily flights between both New York and Boston and New York and Washington, D.C.

    Delta Shuttle customers traveling from New York depart from the historic Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport, the most convenient terminal for business travelers, with the on-site PowerStop(TM) business center offered in partnership with American Express(R). Through this comfortable, state-of-the-art business center, customers can:

    -- connect at workstations equipped with power outlets and wireless high-speed Internet access; -- use personal computers, copy and fax machines, VIP lounge and a conference room; and -- relax in new furniture in a comfortable setting.

    Members may redeem miles earned from this promotion for Award Travel on Delta, Northwest and its partner airlines via delta.com to more than 16,000 destinations. More information on the SkyMiles program is available at delta.com/skymiles.

    The award-winning Delta SkyMiles(R) program offers members multiple mileage-earning opportunities when flying Delta, Delta Shuttle(R), the Delta Connection(R) carriers, Delta AirElite(R) and other SkyTeam(R) airlines. Additional mileage-building opportunities are offered through more than 100 partners such as the Delta SkyMiles Credit Card from American Express, participating hotels, car rental companies, the SkyMiles Store, restaurants, SkyMilesShopping.com, floral and gift retailers and more. Now in its 28th year, SkyMiles is one of the longest-running and most successful loyalty programs in the travel industry. It was named "Best Domestic Frequent Flyer program" for 2007 and 2008 by readers of Executive Traveler magazine and "Best Frequent Flyer Program" for 2006 and 2007 by Business Traveler magazine.

    Delta Air Lines is the world's largest airline. From its hubs in Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam and Tokyo-Narita, Delta, its Northwest subsidiary and Delta Connection carriers offer service to 370 destinations in 66 countries and serve more than 170 million passengers each year. Delta's marketing alliances allow customers to earn and redeem either SkyMiles or WorldPerks on more than 16,000 daily flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta's more than 70,000 employees worldwide are reshaping the aviation industry as the only U.S. airline to offer a full global network. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com.

    A portion of travel for some itineraries may be on the Delta Connection(R) carrier Shuttle America.

    Up to 60% discount based on refundable, economy class, walk-up fares with no minimum stay available at delta.com on May 5, 2009

    Terms and Conditions

    Eligibility: To participate in this offer, eligible members must register online at delta.com/shuttlebonus or nwa.com/offers/deltashuttle between May 26, 2009 and July 26, 2009.

    Bonus Offer:

    Purchase and fly on Delta and Delta Connection carrier marketed and operated nonstop Shuttle flights between New York/LGA and Boston/BOS or Washington Reagan National/DCA and earn 2,500 bonus miles on each flight segment (F/A/J/C/D/S/I/Y/B/M/H/Q/K/L/U/T fare classes). Other Delta and Northwest-marketed codeshare flights are excluded from this offer. Travel must be between May 26, 2009 and July 26, 2009. All travel must be completed by July 26, 2009.

    Miscellaneous: Your Bonus Miles will appear automatically on your SkyMiles or WorldPerks statement. Allow up to six weeks after qualifying travel is completed for credit to appear. All SkyMiles and WorldPerks program rules apply. To review the rules, please visit delta.com/memberguide or nwa.com/worldperks/program. Offer is void where prohibited by law. This SkyMiles and WorldPerks offer is subject to change or withdrawal at any time without prior notice. This offer cannot be combined with other Delta/Northwest/SkyTeam offers. Please refer customer service representative to 970632. (C) 2009 Delta Air Lines, Inc.

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    CONTACT: Delta Corporate Communications, +1-404-715-2554; or Danielle
    Tejeda, or Eric O'Brien with Jackson Spalding, +1-404-419-9345, or
    +1-404-724-2511

    Web Site: http://www.delta.com/




    Verizon Names Richard Windram to Lead Company's Government and External Affairs Programs in New York City

    NEW YORK, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon has named Richard Windram to be director of its government and external affairs programs in New York City.

    Windram, who has worked for the company for 19 years, will be responsible for public policy development and advocacy initiatives with various New York City governmental agencies, elected officials and their staffs, and other New York City-based organizations.

    In addition, Windram will have responsibility for the administration of Verizon Foundation grants to nonprofit groups based in the city.

    "Rich is the right person to lead our New York City efforts," said Andres Irlando, Verizon senior vice president for the New York region. "He has an extensive working relationship with many agencies in city government, and was instrumental in securing a television franchise for the company last year, as it moved through the various approval steps. In addition, he and his staff will continue our long-standing outreach efforts with community groups across the five boroughs."

    Windram began his career with Verizon predecessor company New York Telephone in 1990. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in consumer services, marketing and government relations. For several years he managed Verizon's New York City public telephone franchise. In addition to his work in securing a Verizon TV franchise for New York City, Windram was also responsible for TV franchising issues in Rockland County.

    Windram is a graduate of the University of Scranton. He received a J.D. degree from New York Law School and an M.B.A. from Fordham University.

    Verizon Communications Inc. , headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 86 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations provide converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. Wireline also includes Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 237,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $97 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com/.

    VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

    Verizon

    CONTACT: John Bonomo, +1-212-321-8033, john.j.bonomo@verizon.com

    Web Site: http://www.verizon.com/
    http://www.verizon.com/news

    Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html




    ProQuest's Subscriber Growth Requires Additional Nstein TME LicensesUK news aggregator relies on Nstein's text mining to categorize 300,000 of scholarly assets weekly.

    MONTREAL, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nstein Technologies Inc., http://www.nstein.com/ (TSX-V: EIN), a leader in digital publishing solutions for newspapers, magazines, and online content providers, announced today that ProQuest has purchased additional licenses of Nstein's TME (Text Mining Engine) modules to keep up with subscriber demand.

    ProQuest, a division of the Cambridge Information Group, provides access to more than 125 billion digital pages of scholarly content in the areas of arts and literature, science, technology and medicine. For the past five years, the company has been relying on Nstein's TME (Text Mining Engine) to organize, categorize and write abstracts for a growing body of news, dissertations and papers. Prior to that, the company relied on a team of 80 indexers to write abstracts and tag. Nstein allows the automation of these tasks.

    "We eliminated the human capital and used the savings to reinvest in more added-value to our products," explained John Taylor, Vice President of Product Development and Technology for ProQuest. "We created a stronger taxonomy which allowed us to increase the amount of content we aggregated from 700 journals to now nearly treble that, and increase the depth of classification."

    "The increase in assets along with the deep levels of classifications, have strengthened ProQuest's ties to the research community as evidenced by the fact that ProQuests has continued to grow its subscriber base, which is highy impressive in this economy," said Luc Filiatreault, Chief Executive Officer of Nstein Technologies. "We are proud of Nstein's role in assisting ProQuest continue its dominance in the market."

    Nstein Technologies is the online provider of choice for many of the world's leading media companies, including: Financial Times, Cedrom-SNI, Hearst Newspapers, Reed Business Information, Scripps Network, Bonnier Corporation and Transcontinental Media.

    About Nstein Technologies Inc.

    Nstein Technologies (TSX-V: EIN) develops and markets multilingual solutions that power digital publishing for the most prestigious newspapers, magazines, and content-driven organizations. Nstein's solutions generate new revenue opportunities and reduce operational costs by enabling the centralization, management and automated indexing of digital assets. Nstein partners with clients to design a complete online strategy for success using publishing industry best practices for the implementation of its Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management, Text Mining Engine and Picture Management Desk products. http://www.nstein.com/

    - The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. - The financial value of the contract, on an individual basis, is not financially material to the affairs of Nstein Technologies Inc. The specific financial terms of the contracts can not be disclosed since knowledge of these transaction terms could represent a significant loss of competitive advantage to the Company as competitors would gain access to its pricing model. The Company believes that the disclosure of agreements by means of a press release is necessary to demonstrate the ability of the Company's technology to meet the requirements of its potential clients in the publishing, media and entertainment industries. Further, the completion of these types of agreements demonstrates the ongoing ability of the Company to capture an increasing share of this market and generate market acceptance for its products. The software license revenues resulting from this contract will be included in the Company's fourth quarter results (quarter ending December 31, 2008). - Any statement that appears prospective shall not be interpreted as such.

    NSTEIN TECHNOLOGIES INC.

    CONTACT: Nstein Technologies Inc.: Investor Relations: Bruno Martel,
    Chief Financial Officer, Nstein Technologies Inc., (514) 908-5406,
    bruno.martel@nstein.com; Media: David Crouy, Marketing Director, Nstein
    Technologies, Inc., (514) 908-5406, David.Crouy@nstein.com




    U.S. Lumber Improves Business Performance With IBM Business IntelligenceNew intelligence helps increase profitability and customer satisfaction

    ARMONK, N.Y., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM today announced that it has provided U.S. Lumber Group with a business intelligence (BI) solution that is providing the company with in-depth reporting capabilities in real time versus their original system that provided reports daily.

    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO )

    The system is helping the Atlanta-based wholesale building-materials distributor view key performance indicators enabling them to make smarter, more informed decisions since it is now possible to quickly compare actual results with strategic goals.

    As a midsized company, it was important that U.S. Lumber find a new solution that would reduce overhead costs and increase customer satisfaction. This is particularly significant in today's economic environment. Initially, U.S. Lumber had a small vendor providing day-to-day metrics. The Web-based application was limited to daily performance indicators and the overall data scheme was small in scope and difficult to extract. As the company grew and became more sophisticated, U.S. Lumber's ability to forecast a year's sales activities became a lot more complicated with the available tools.

    "With the current economic conditions, data becomes like a goldmine and you need the best tools to mine it," said Felipe Herrera, senior financial analyst, U.S. Lumber Group. "With IBM Cognos 8 BI, we can create our own applications that are ten times more sophisticated and flexible than any of the applications created by other third-party vendors."

    IBM Business Partner Lodestar Solutions helped U.S. Lumber develop more informed and accurate business strategies providing greater insight into operations and increased customer satisfaction by being able to diagnose and solve issues quickly. U.S. Lumber also reduced software costs compared with its previous solution, which was provided by a competitor.

    "We are dedicated to helping companies like U.S. Lumber become self sufficient, leveraging their own data to become more successful and grow their business while cutting costs," said Heather Cole, president and CEO, Lodestar Solutions.

    In addition to significant cost savings, IBM Cognos 8 BI provided U.S. Lumber with flexibility in consolidating reports. Branch managers can now create reports that break down information account-by-account and expense-by-expense. With more granular breakout, the company can easily see which strategies work best and improve on the execution of those strategies.

    The IBM Cognos 8 BI solution has also given U.S. Lumber the ability to create a profitability application that helps the company better assign costs to each customer based on order size. For example, orders can vary from sending one piece of lumber to one customer to sending an entire truckload of 45,000 pounds to another. U.S. Lumber now has clear visibility into profit levels for each and every order.

    U.S. Lumber was also faced with the challenge of improving its internal procurement process as the company learned that the former system would require custom software development work. The original estimate from another third party to begin development on a procurement system was estimated at more than $100,000.

    Instead, US Lumber opted to implement IBM Cognos Software. As a result, U.S. Lumber was able to minimize risk and save money by utilizing the tools and knowledge in-house to successfully manage its procurement process.

    Most importantly, by having all the data in-house, U.S. Lumber has complete control of the information and issues with reports and scorecards. The company is also able to immediately catch an order that was missed or billed incorrectly, and make necessary adjustments the same day.

    About U.S. Lumber Group

    U.S. Lumber Group is a specialty wholesaler of building-materials distributor with headquarters in Atlanta, GA. The company provides personalized customer service to more than 6,000 customers and currently distributes products from eight cost centers, providing service throughout 14 southeastern and Mid-Atlantic States. U.S. Lumber also distributes domestic and imported forest products from Europe, Canada, and South America.

    About IBM

    For more information about IBM Information Management, please visit http://www.ibm.com/software/data/.

    Contact: Jeff Gluck IBM Media Relations jgluck@us.ibm.com 914-765-6072

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    CONTACT: Jeff Gluck, IBM Media Relations, jgluck@us.ibm.com,
    +1-914-765-6072

    Web Site: http://www.ibm.com/software/data




    Logility's Vice President of Marketing Receives Prestigious 2009 'Technology Marketing Executive of the Year' AwardKarin Bursa, vice president of marketing at Logility, named "Technology Marketing Executive of the Year" by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG)

    ATLANTA, May 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Logility, Inc. , a leading supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, announced today that Karin Bursa, vice president, marketing, Logility, has been named the 2009 "Technology Marketing Executive of the Year" by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG).

    The TAG "Technology Marketing Executive of the Year" award honors one technology executive each year that has clearly demonstrated outstanding leadership and positive contributions to not only their company's success but also to the advancement of technology marketing as a whole. The award is based on peer nominations and the winner is chosen by a selection committee comprised of individuals from the technology marketing community.

    Bursa has been vice president of marketing for Logility since 1999 where she oversees the company's market positioning, strategy development and marketing programs. She is known for her strategic vision and market knowledge as well as her experience in the development, support and marketing of software solutions to improve and automate enterprise-wide operations. During her tenure leading Logility's marketing initiatives, Logility has continued to deliver outstanding growth and performance with annual revenues steadily increasing and a record number of customers added across the globe. In addition, Bursa is an active member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), the Atlanta APICS Board of Directors, GlobalEXECWomen, and the Technology Association of Georgia.

    "Karin's industry knowledge and marketing expertise have been instrumental in effectively positioning Logility as a recognized leader in the supply chain software market," said Mike Edenfield, president and CEO Logility. "It is an honor for her to be recognized by her peers for such an outstanding contribution to technology marketing and Logility congratulates Karin on this significant recognition."

    About Logility

    With more than 1,250 customers worldwide, Logility is a leading provider of collaborative, best-of-breed supply chain solutions that help small, medium, large and Fortune 1000 companies realize substantial bottom-line results in record time. Logility Voyager Solutions is a complete supply chain management solution that features performance monitoring capabilities in a single Internet-based framework and provides supply chain visibility; demand, inventory and replenishment planning; Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); inventory and supply optimization; manufacturing planning and scheduling; transportation planning and management; and warehouse management. Demand Solutions provide forecasting, demand planning and point-of-sale analysis for maximizing profits in manufacturing, distribution and retail operations. Logility customers include Avery Dennison Corporation, BP (British Petroleum), McCain Foods, Pernod Ricard, Remington Products Company, Sigma Aldrich and VF Corporation. Logility is a majority owned subsidiary of American Software . For more information about Logility, call 1-800-762-5207 or visit http://www.logility.com/.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by statements made herein. These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in general economic conditions, technology and the market for the Company's products and services including economic conditions within the e-commerce markets; the timely availability and market acceptance of these products and services; the effect of competitive products and pricing; the uncertainty of the viability and effectiveness of strategic alliances; and the irregular pattern of the Company's revenues. For further information about risks the Company could experience as well as other information, please refer to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2008 and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, Logility, Inc., 470 East Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET: http://www.logility.com/ or E-mail: asklogility@logility.com.

    All trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

    Logility, Inc.

    CONTACT: Media, Michelle Duke of Logility, Inc., +1-404-264-5485,
    mduke@logility.com

    Web Site: http://www.logility.com/

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