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Badgeville, The #1 Gamification Platform, Announces Integration with Leading Tag Management Solutions

New integrations with tag management vendors including BrightTag and Ensighten empower marketers to rapidly deliver more engaging web, mobile and ecommerce experiences

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Badgeville, the #1 gamification platform, today announced a new integration offering with leading tag management solutions to help marketers easily create and manage more engaging web experiences. Similar to tag updates made to well-established analytics and marketing automation tools, these new tag management integrations empower marketers to easily make changes on the fly to their gamification-powered pages without requiring developer coding or technical resources.

Badgeville now offers all clients access to integration blueprints - step-by-step guides for connecting Badgeville to another application - for leading tag management industry solutions such as Ensighten and BrightTag. Many organizations inside Badgeville's fast-growing customer ecosystem have already taken advantage of these capabilities. For example, Restaurant.com manages their gamified loyalty program via Badgeville's new integration blueprint for BrightTag.

"With Badgeville, we've built a social loyalty solution that helps reward and engage our customers at every stage of their journey," says Brent Carter, VP of Customer Retention at Restaurant.com. "With the powerful BrightTag integration, my team can manage changes to our Badgeville-enabled pages without relying on IT resources."

The integration blueprints feature step-by-step instructions for including the Badgeville JavaScript library inside a customer's tag management solution. Once instrumented, customers can build tags that help them reward specific customers based on the behaviors they perform across their website pages. With Badgeville's JavaScript SDK, page-side developers can build beautiful visualizations that weave gamification seamlessly into their website.

"Integration between Badgeville and Ensighten makes it easy for enterprises to execute any marketing initiative and deliver personalized customer experiences," says David Saxon, VP Partnerships at Ensighten. "Our Agile Marketing Platform will empower site owners to update Badgeville's gamification elements across their website without any manual coding efforts, boosting online sales, conversions and customer engagement everywhere.

This announcement follows Badgeville's integrations with other key marketing technologies, including Google Analytics, Adobe SiteCatalyst, Recommendations, and Test&Target. All Badgeville customers can take advantage of these integrations for no additional charge and can access them within the Badgeville Community.

About Badgeville:

Badgeville, the #1 gamification and behavior management platform, enables companies in every industry to increase high-value user behavior. World-class businesses in more than 20 countries use Badgeville's Behavior Platform to increase customer loyalty, user engagement, and employee performance across an organization's websites, mobile apps and enterprise applications. With over 200 customers, Badgeville brings Game Mechanics, Reputation Mechanics, and Social Mechanics to industry leaders and innovators including Deloitte, EMC, Oracle, Citrix, Autodesk, Bell Media, NBC, Universal Music, VMware, and more. Founded in 2010, Badgeville is based in Redwood City, Calif., and has offices in New York and Europe. (To learn more follow @Badgeville or visit http://www.badgeville.com)

SOURCE  Badgeville

Badgeville

CONTACT: Sarah Hilmer, 317 340 5301, shilmer@sspr.com

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

Big Fish's Award-Winning and Top-Grossing Game, "Fairway Solitaire," Now Available on Android, Windows 8, Windows 8 Phone, iOS and PC

Big Fish Continues to Expand Android Catalog on Google Play and Amazon

SEATTLE, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Fish, the world's largest producer of casual games, is giving players on almost any device the chance to play its popular and addictive solitaire game, "Fairway Solitaire".

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News Facts:

    --  The winner of many awards, including IGN's 2012 People's Choice Award
        for "Best Mobile Board Game of the Year," "Fairway Solitaire" is now on
        Google Play and Amazon.  Card golfers around the world on Windows 8,
        Windows 8 Phone, iPhone, iPad and PC have already been enjoying its
        addictive play.
    --  "Fairway Solitaire" is an inventive solitaire game that incorporates a
        golf theme and virtual currency into a familiar card game and turns it
        into a one-of-a-kind strategic mobile experience.
    --  To date, "Fairway Solitaire" players have played more than 8000 man
        years on the "Fairway Solitaire" greens and they have had a lot to keep
        them entertained -- 350+ handcrafted holes, witty golf announcers and an
        entertaining cartoon storyline, starring a meddlesome gopher named Gutsy
        McDivot.
    --  Built in-house by Big Fish Studios, "Fairway Solitaire" is offered on
        multiple platforms, and supports 11 languages (English, German, French,
        Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Dutch, Portuguese and
        Russian).
    --  Unlike most solitaire games, which rely almost exclusively on the luck
        of the draw, Big Fish's "Fairway Solitaire" incorporates strategy
        through golf elements, such as long drives, golf clubs that can be
        played as cards, hazards like sand traps and rough cards, and more.
        Playing the right golf club with the right power-up can be the
        difference between a double bogey and a perfect score/hole-in-one.
        Success on each hole earns the player virtual currency that can be used
        to buy extra irons, power-ups in the Golf Shop, and even bonus golf
        courses.

    --  "Fairway Solitaire" is available for free download at Big Fish Games,
        Amazon.com, iTunes Store, Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Google Play.  A
        trailer is available here. Quotes:
    --  Patrick Wylie, VP of Big Fish Studios:  "We are very excited to launch
        'Fairway Solitaire' on multiple platforms. In fact, to honor the event,
        I am making it mandatory for studio employees to dress in golf attire
        for the entire launch week of "Fairway Solitaire" on Android.
    --  John Cutter, Creative Director and Lead Designer of "Fairway Solitaire":
        "Fairway Solitaire was putting around in my head for years. Judging by
        the huge number of fans we have around the world, and the game's many
        awards, I guess I was not wrong in thinking that two of the most
        inherently boring pastimes  -- solitaire and golf -- could combine into
        a game that people continue to play week over week."
Resources:

    --  Big Fish
    --  Fairway Solitaire
About Big Fish
Founded in 2002, Big Fish <http://www.bigfishgames.com>  is the world's largest producer of casual games and is dedicated to bringing engaging entertainment to everyone, anywhere, on any device. Through its proprietary, data-driven platform, millions of consumers seeking engaging entertainment easily discover and play PC and mobile games created by Big Fish's network of more than 500 development partners and its in-house Big Fish Games Studios. The company has distributed more than 2 billion games from a growing catalogue of 3,000+ unique PC games and 300+ unique mobile games and offers cross-platform streaming games via the proprietary universal cloud gaming service, Big Fish Unlimited.  Big Fish's games are played in more than 150 countries on a wide variety of devices across 10 languages.  The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Oakland, CA; Cork, Ireland; Vancouver, Canada; and Luxembourg.

For further information please contact:

Susan Lusty

PR for Big Fish

206-269-3672
Susan.Lusty@BigFishGames.com

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OpenMake Software announces the 7.5 GA Release of their Dynamic DevOps Suite

Delivers a model driven DevOps tool chain for managing process, continuous build and deploy

CHICAGO, June 28,  2013 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenMake Software today announced the 7.5 release of its market leading Meister build automation, Mojo workflow management and Cloudbuilder provisioning products together with their new Deploy + offering which comprise its Dynamic DevOps Suite.  Delivering a consolidated tool chain for process automation, continuous build and continuous deploy, the Dynamic DevOps suite offers a model driven framework for simplifying the hand-off of the software build and delivery process from development teams to production control. 

Tracy Ragan, COO, OpenMake Software explains, "We have expanded our model driven framework for managing Builds into the Deployment realm.  Our Dynamic DevOps suite substantially reduces the use of one-off build and deploy scripts, delivering a more reliable and transparent method of delivering binaries."

The Dynamic DevOps Suite includes both Build Services and Deploy Services that create standard process for building and deploying applications. It includes standard models for delivering to WebSphere,Tomcat, Microsoft IIS and other common server environments.  Standard process workflows can be defined and reused across the development to production environments with dynamic changes addressing the uniqueness of each environment.

Why Dynamic? "Defining a reusable, standardized process across the lifecycle from build through deploy is the ultimate goal in achieving DevOps.  Changes between environments for builds, test execution and deployments should be addressed dynamically, without human intervention or one-off scripts. We uniquely achieve this level of automation for build and now deployments with our 7.5 release" explains Steve Taylor, CTO, OpenMake Software.

The Dynamic DevOps Suite is now available for download from http://www.openmakesoftware.com/download/

About OpenMake Software
OpenMake® Software, the DevOps Authority, delivers a dynamic solution for streamlining, accelerating, and standardizing build to deploy activities that can flex to meet your ever increasing operational demands. Our solutions automate tasks by eliminating script driven processes, static configurations and delivers continuous build and deploy for over 400 companies worldwide.

The URL for this release is located at:
http://www.openmakesoftware.com/press-releases/

SOURCE  OpenMake Software

OpenMake Software

CONTACT: Tracy Ragan, 505-424-6440, tracy.ragan@openmakesoftware.com

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

Altran Helps to Define Strategy for UK Electronic Systems Industry

PARIS, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Altran has played a key role in leading and developing the ESCO Report (Electronic
Systems - Challenges and Opportunities)[i], which was launched in London on 27th June
2013. The ESCO Report is a major new strategy to grow the UK's electronic systems industry
from GBP78 billion today to GBP120 billion by 2020. The launch of the ESCO Report was
sponsored by Altran and featured a keynote address by Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture,
Communications and Creative Industries. Keith Williams, Group Executive Director of Altran
for the Intelligent Systems solution, is a member of the Executive Steering Group that has
been responsible for leading the direction of the ESCO Report.

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    The Altran Group launched a new global solution, Intelligent Systems / Altran, in
March 2013, to enable its clients to develop and integrate the new generation of
electronic systems which are powering trends such as the "Internet of Things" and "Machine
Driven Big Data" applications. Welcoming the launch of the ESCO Report, Keith Williams
said: "Altran views the UK as a strategic growth market, and so contributing to the future
growth of this hugely important industry makes perfect sense for us. Our leading role in
preparing the ESCO Report is directly aligned with the recent launch of Intelligent
Systems / Altran, our new global solution which is already delivering major benefits to
our clients across vertical sectors world-wide."

    The London launch also saw the announcement of the Electronic Systems Leadership Forum
(ESLF), with Altran as one of the founding members. The ESLF has been created to implement
the objectives set out in the ESCO Report. It will expand to include wider representation
from across the electronic systems sector and build close ties with top-level leadership
groups from other industries.

    http://www.altran.com

    i. The ESCO Report can be downloaded at http://www.esco.org.uk

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Altran

CONTACT: Press contact: Léonore Cousin, +33-(0)1-46-41-72-10, press@altran.com

Altran Helps to Define Strategy for UK Electronic Systems Industry

PARIS, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Altran has played a key role in leading and developing the ESCO Report (Electronic
Systems - Challenges and Opportunities)[i], which was launched in London on 27th June
2013. The ESCO Report is a major new strategy to grow the UK's electronic systems industry
from GBP78 billion today to GBP120 billion by 2020. The launch of the ESCO Report was
sponsored by Altran and featured a keynote address by Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture,
Communications and Creative Industries. Keith Williams, Group Executive Director of Altran
for the Intelligent Systems solution, is a member of the Executive Steering Group that has
been responsible for leading the direction of the ESCO Report.

    (Logo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130408/607421 )

    The Altran Group launched a new global solution, Intelligent Systems / Altran, in
March 2013, to enable its clients to develop and integrate the new generation of
electronic systems which are powering trends such as the "Internet of Things" and "Machine
Driven Big Data" applications. Welcoming the launch of the ESCO Report, Keith Williams
said: "Altran views the UK as a strategic growth market, and so contributing to the future
growth of this hugely important industry makes perfect sense for us. Our leading role in
preparing the ESCO Report is directly aligned with the recent launch of Intelligent
Systems / Altran, our new global solution which is already delivering major benefits to
our clients across vertical sectors world-wide."

    The London launch also saw the announcement of the Electronic Systems Leadership Forum
(ESLF), with Altran as one of the founding members. The ESLF has been created to implement
the objectives set out in the ESCO Report. It will expand to include wider representation
from across the electronic systems sector and build close ties with top-level leadership
groups from other industries.

    http://www.altran.com

    i. The ESCO Report can be downloaded at http://www.esco.org.uk

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Altran

CONTACT: Press contact: Léonore Cousin, +33-(0)1-46-41-72-10, press@altran.com

Netflix Renews Original Series "Orange is the New Black" For Second Season

- Comedic Drama from Jenji Kohan to Return with All New Episodes in 2014

- Season 1 Premieres Thursday 11th July on Netflix

BEVERLY HILLS, California, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Netflix Original Series, "Orange is the New Black", the comedic drama set in a women's prison from creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan ("Weeds") will return with a second season on Netflix in 2014.

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Produced by Lionsgate Television, the hour-long series starring Taylor Schilling, and based on the popular memoir of the same name by Piper Kerman, is set to debut its first 13-episode season on Thursday, 11th July at 12:01 AM PDT in all territories where Netflix is available - the U.K., Ireland, the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Brazil and the Nordics.

"Jenji and her team have produced a phenomenal series and we're eager to get a second season to our viewers," said Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content at Netflix.

"I am thrilled that Netflix has extended my sentence," said series creator and executive producer Jenji Kohan.

"We're enormously proud of the brilliant work of Jenji, the cast and the entire production team," said Kevin Beggs, president, Lionsgate Television Group, "and we're delighted about this early second season renewal. Netflix has been a great partner on this series and we look forward to our continuing collaboration."

"Orange is the New Black" follows engaged Brooklynite Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), whose decade-old relationship with drug-runner Alex (Laura Prepon) results in her arrest and year-long detention in a federal penitentiary. To pay her debt to society, Piper must trade her comfortable New York life with fiance Larry (Jason Biggs) for an orange prison jumpsuit and a baffling prison culture where she is forced to question everything she believes and form unexpected new alliances with a group of eccentric and outspoken inmates. The series' diverse ensemble also includes Kate Mulgrew, Natasha Lyonne, Pablo Schreiber, Danielle Brooks, Laverne Cox and Taryn Manning.

The second season of "Orange is the New Black" is set to begin production later this summer.

"Orange is the New Black" is executive produced by Kohan. The series is produced by Lionsgate Television for Netflix.

About Netflix, Inc.

Netflix is the world's leading internet television network with more than 36 million members in 40 countries enjoying more than one billion hours of TV programmes and films per month, including original series. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without adverts or commitments. Learn more about how Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is pioneering Internet television at http://www.netflix.com or follow Netflix on Facebook and Twitter. Netflix's original series include the political drama "House of Cards", which stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright; "Hemlock Grove", Eli Roth's murder mystery series based on Brian McGreevy's gripping novel of the same name; the fourth season of the critically-acclaimed comedy "Arrested Development", Ricky Gervais's bittersweet 30-minute comedy drama, "Derek", about a group of outsiders living on society's margins; the second season of "Lilyhammer", which stars Steven Van Zandt, and "Sense8", the upcoming global tale of minds linked and souls hunted from the Wachowskis and J. Michael Straczynski.

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CONTACT: Karen Barragan, Netflix, +1-310-975-8664 phone, +1-310-350-2969 mobile, kbarragan@netflix.com

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

Kyrie Irving and Olivia Holt Decide That Family Friendly Apps Are the Main Course with PlayMG(TM) Corp's Android Gaming System

Basketball Star Kyrie Irving and Disney Actress Olivia Holt Become Partners in Innovative App-Gaming System Designed for Youth

SAN DIEGO, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Basketball All-Star, Kyrie Irving (of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers) and teen actress, Olivia Holt (Disney XD's "Kickin' It") have signed on in a unique ownership role with PlayMG(TM) Corp., as formerly announced by company today. The duo will play a significant role in the creative direction of the PlayMG Android gaming system, working closely with the company on specifics including device and case design, App recommendations, marketing campaigns and its social media platform.

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PlayMG is the first-ever dedicated pocketable wi-fi App gaming system exclusively for Android and designed for young people. Now users can access more than 60,000 App games with a 4-inch touch screen that fits in your pocket. 

"Kyrie and Olivia are natural fans of PlayMG. When they expressed interest in learning more about the brand and teaming up together, we jumped at the opportunity to have such incredible influencers join the company and help set a course for our future offerings," said T. Scott Edwards, president and CEO of PlayMG Corp. "We are fortunate to have both of them involved because they not only play App-based games, but they want to share their knowledge of gaming with the broader App gaming audience."

Irving and Holt's mutual interest in App-based games prompted them to become immediate friends upon meeting, so when the opportunity to become partners at PlayMG Corp presented itself, they both jumped at the chance. "I am excited to team up with PlayMG! Spending many hours on the road during the season, I am always looking for new and different App-based games, so collaborating with an App-gaming system makes perfect sense for me," said Kyrie Irving.  "I am looking forward to partnering with Olivia to bring something new and different to young people who want to game and share with them the PlayMG experience."

In addition to working with the company on the design and marketing of the device, Irving and Holt will also provide PlayMG users with something that no other company has access to: a weekly update on their favorite Apps. Starting this summer, both celebrities will send out a weekly update of their favorite new Apps, while also seeking feedback from fans on their favorite Apps, tips and tricks.

"My alignment with PlayMG couldn't have come at better time," said Olivia Holt. "When I'm filming, I have a lot of downtime on the set in between takes and during hair and makeup - it's the perfect time to get my game on. I'm looking forward to introducing a lot of App fans to some cool new games and to beating Kyrie every chance that I get!"

MG App-gaming system is now available from Amazon.com and PlayMG.com at a suggested retail price of $179.99. The MG was specifically designed to fill a void currently experienced by young people who are not old enough to have their own smartphones, or whose parents have found data plans costs prohibitive. Unlike other handheld gaming devices, the MG does not demand expensive $40+ cartridge games and enables young people to enter the world of free, portable app play. MG delivers a sophisticated, sleek look, unlimited expandable memory and many other unique new features in the mobile games category. Opposed to the bulkiness of tablets, the MG was created to be sturdy, ultra-portable and pocket-sized -- providing portable App play anywhere and everywhere.

The PlayMG device comes equipped with 11 games from top developers; built-in Wi-Fi; a 4" touchscreen with rounded corners and grip, providing a perfect hold on the App-play experience; 4GB of built-in memory and an 8GB SD card (an important advantage as many smartphones, tablets and even the iPod Touch, carry a higher suggested retail price than the MG, but offer only a fixed memory with no ability to ever expand it). The MG Family Collaboration System includes a "Digital Wallet" and "Remote Trust" notification functions, new to the mobile gaming and app space and a first for the app generation.

About PlayMG(TM) Corp.         
PlayMG(TM) Corp. is a startup formed in 2012 comprised of technology, game and social industry veterans (and parents) who have come together to affordably reimagine play for young people, while enabling mom and dad to regain control of their smartphones and tablets. PlayMG is the visionary creator of MG(TM) -- the first dedicated, pocketable Wi-Fi App-gaming system for the Android market. Order your MG now at http://www.PlayMG.com/buy-now; like MG on http://www.facebook.com/mgmoregame; and see Olivia and Kyrie in action at Youtube.com/mgmoregame.

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PlayMG Corp.

CONTACT: Robert Santini, For PlayMG, 310.854.4847, Robert.santini@pmkbnc.com

New Toshiba Microcontroller Offers Largest On-Chip SRAM In Its Class

Device Ideal for Complex Systems Needing to Process and Store Large Amounts of Data

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today launches its newest TX03 Series microcontroller (MCU), the TMPM36BF10FG.  Based on an ARM(®) Cortex(®)-M3 CPU core, the TMPM36BF10FG offers the largest on-chip memory in its class with 1MB flash ROM and 258KB SRAM including 2KB of backup memory.( [Note 1])  This newest addition to the Toshiba TX03 MCU family supports a wide variety of applications that need to process and store large amounts of data such as energy management systems (EMS), motor control equipment, communication devices, monitors, printers, point-of-sale (POS) terminals and other industrial equipment.

"Demand for larger on-chip memories in microcontrollers is growing dramatically with the development of more sophisticated and complex applications that require much more code, as well as data storage and management," says Andrew Burt, vice president of the Analog and Imaging Business Unit, System LSI Group at TAEC. "One notable emerging growth area is EMS which must handle data measurement, analysis and automated transmission to remote locations--this requires a microcontroller with more embedded memory such as delivered in the new Toshiba TMPM36BF10FG."

The TMPM36BF10FG has a large-capacity memory and a range of serial interfaces required for integrating measurement and communication systems into one chip. The 258KB of embedded SRAM stores system information and a wide range of measured data enabling implementation of middleware and a real-time operating system. The MCU also supports complex data processing such as data privacy protection for communication systems.

In addition, the TMPM36BF10FG incorporates a multi-purpose timer for controlling power devices, like motor applications, so it can also be applied to system control such as motor control, office automation equipment and factory automation. Through optimization of circuit design, the TMPM36BF10FG uses a supply voltage from 2.7V to 3.6V (single supply).  Even with its large memory size and many peripherals, the power consumption of the TMPM36BF10FG is just two-thirds that of similar Toshiba MCUs.

The TMPM36BF10FG MCU is pin compatible with the Toshiba TMPM36BFYFG MCU, announced in April 2013, with 256KB flash and 66KB SRAM.  Depending on required memory size, either MCU can be selected for a system without having to re-design the printed circuit board.

Pricing and Availability

Sample pricing for the TMPM36BF10FG is $6.00 (U.S.) in 1K piece quantity. Mass production is scheduled to begin in September 2013.

*About TAEC

Through proven commitment, lasting relationships and advanced, reliable electronic components, Toshiba enables its customers to create market-leading designs. Toshiba is the heartbeat within product breakthroughs from OEMs, ODMs, CMs, VARs, distributors and fabless chip companies worldwide. A committed electronic components leader, Toshiba designs and manufactures high-quality flash memory-based storage solutions, solid state drives (SSDs), hard disk drives (HDDs), discrete devices, advanced materials, medical tubes, custom SoCs/ASICs, imaging products, microcontrollers and wireless components that make possible today's leading smartphones, tablets, cameras, medical devices, automotive electronics, enterprise solutions and more.

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Japan's largest semiconductor manufacturer and the world's fifth largest semiconductor manufacturer (Gartner, 2012 Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue, April, 2013). Toshiba Corporation was founded in 1875 and today has over 554 subsidiaries and affiliates, with 210,000 employees worldwide. Visit Toshiba's web site at http://www.toshiba.co.jp/index.htm.

Information in this press release, including product pricing and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate on the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice. Technical and application information contained here is subject to the most recent applicable Toshiba product specifications. In developing designs, please ensure that Toshiba products are used within specified operating ranges as set forth in the most recent Toshiba product specifications and the information set forth in Toshiba's "Handling Guide for Semiconductor Devices," or "Toshiba Semiconductor Reliability Handbook." This information is available at http://www.toshiba.com/taec/support/techquestions/index.jspor from your TAEC representative.

* ARM and Cortex are registered trademarks of ARM Limited in the EU and other countries.

Note [1] Data sources using the ARM Cortex-M3 core-based microcontroller equipped with a 1MB flash ROM. Research by Toshiba Semiconductor & Storage Product Company in May 2013.

    AGENCY CONTACT:             COMPANY CONTACT:

    Nancy Sheffield             Deborah Chalmers

    Acclaim Communications      Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.

    Tel.: (408) 410-9928        Tel.: (408) 526-2454

    nsheffield@acclaimcomms.com deborah.chalmers@taec.toshiba.com
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Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Massachusetts Bay Partners With Boston-Based Tech Companies To Launch New Technology Club Program For Local Youth

BOSTON, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay has just announced the launch of its new Technology Club aimed at providing kids from the Massachusetts Bay area with a proficiency in math and science with mentors from Boston based tech companies.  Participating local organizations include Carbonite, Constant Contact, ConnectEDU, Intuit, Inc. and PayPal.

Employees who participate in the program will be matched with kids between the ages of 7-12 in the local community at flexible times approximately twice a month.  Additionally, the program will provide participants with optional events geared towards fostering interests in technology, including monthly competitions and access to free promotions from the Museum of Science.

"The Technology Club gives kids an opportunity to bond with someone who thinks the same way they do," said Wendy Foster, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay. "It also gives our local partners an opportunity to give back in a way that's meaningful to them."

Carbonite, a leading provider of online backup for small businesses and consumers, is one of the partners excited to be involved in the launch.

"When I was a kid I joined a science club that was supported by local colleges and businesses," said David Friend, chairman and CEO, Carbonite. "It opened my eyes to science and engineering and that eventually led to my present career as a tech entrepreneur. I'm really pleased that my company is able to partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay on their new Technology Club. It's a great opportunity for the kids, and it's a great opportunity for us to give back to the people of Boston."

Unbelievably, there are still more than 1,000 boys in the Massachusetts Bay area waiting for a Big Brother. If your company is interested in engaging children in S.T.E.M. through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay's Technology Club, please contact the Community Engagement and Recruitment Manager, Beth Gillander, at 617.956.0211.

To find out how you can make a difference in a child's life, please visit http://www.bbbsmb.org, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

About Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay is a fresh, innovative, energetic organization that is making a real difference in the lives of more than 1,800 youth by providing them with an invested, caring adult mentor. With research and proven outcomes at its core, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay is working to ensure every child has the support from caring adults that they need for healthy development and success in life. The organization's vision is to inspire, engage and transform communities in Massachusetts Bay by helping youth achieve their full potential, contributing to healthier families, better schools, brighter futures and stronger communities. For more information about this worthwhile cause and its important mission, visit http://www.bbbsmb.org.

About Carbonite
Carbonite, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARB), is a leading provider of online backup for small businesses and consumers.  Subscribers in more than 100 countries rely on Carbonite to provide easy-to-use, affordable and secure cloud backup solutions with anytime, anywhere data access. Carbonite's backup solution runs on both the Windows and Mac platforms. The company has backed up more than 300 billion files, restored nearly 20 billion files, and currently backs up more than 350 million files each day. For more information, please visit http://www.carbonite.com, twitter.com/carbonite, twitter.com/carbonitebiz, or facebook.com/CarboniteOnlineBackup.

Media Contact:
Debbie Krause
VP External Relations and Community Engagement
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay
dkrause@bbbsmb.org or 617-956-0256 

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element14 Gets into the Fabric of Technology with its Latest Challenge

LONDON, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Engineers to create "wearable technology" with new Adafruit FLORA kit

    As one of the hottest topics in global technology and with the first products starting
to appear on the market, element14 is challenging engineers and developers to design and
develop their own piece of wearable technology. The global competition will focus entirely
on technology integrated within clothing and wearable accessories, and aims to encourage a
deeper level of integration than those demonstrated by first-generation wearables such as
the Pebble watch and Google Glass.

    element14 have selected Adafruit's FLORA kit to provide the computing platform for the
challenge. The FLORA allows designers to create products that are far more integrated and
less expensive and opens up wearable technology to a wider group of users where potential
designs could include a tracking device for the elderly or vulnerable, a cycling jacket
with built-in visibility sensing lights or gloves that operate as hand-worn data
terminals.

    The FLORA is the size of a man's watch face and designed to be literally sewn into an
item of clothing or fabric accessory using a special steel wire to run the circuitry
within the seams. It is programmed via a built in USB and supports USB HID (human
interface device) so it can act like a mouse, keyboard or to attach directly to mobile
phones to connect to other users or remote data.

    element14 is calling for engineers and makers to submit their basic ideas here
[http://www.element14.com/wearables ], from which five will be chosen and given a free
FLORA kit to develop their project fully with support from the element14 community and
other Arduino developers. The ultimate winner, to be announced in September, will be
judged by a panel from Adafruit and the Community on the potential of the prototype to be
practical to the point where it can be developed into genuine and mainstream products.

    The Adafruit FLORA kits can be purchased in the US from Newark.com
[http://www.newark.com/adafruit-industries/1090/flora-gps-starter-pack/dp/53W5715?in_merch=Popular%20Products?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0021 ]
and in Europe from Farnell.com
[http://uk.farnell.com/adafruit-industries/143/tweet-a-watt-starter-pack-power/dp/2296137?CMP=PRR-GLO-13-0021 ]
. To find out more, or submit an idea, head over to the dedicated page
on the element14 Community at http://www.element14.com/wearables.

    "Newark element14 is a high-service distributor of technology products and solutions
for electronic system design, maintenance and repair including an extensive range of
development kits, capacitors [http://www.newark.com/capacitors ], resistors, connectors,
switches / relays, semi conductors and cables."

       
        Contact details for editorial enquiries:
        Jen Cooke
        European PR Manager
        Tel: +44(0)113-3484904
        Email: jcooke@premierfarnell.com

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LG Electronics Builds On 'ENERGY STAR® Most Efficient' Leadership In Key Product Categories

More LG TVs, Refrigerators Awarded 2013 Designation Than Any Other Brand

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics USA has increased the total number of consumer electronics and home appliances that are recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as "ENERGY STAR Most Efficient" - including more television and refrigerator models than any other manufacturer to earn this coveted designation in the first half of 2013.

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Underscoring the company's commitment to the ENERGY STAR program generally, more than 60 LG products across multiple categories - from televisions to refrigerators and washing machines to air conditioners - have earned the 2013 ENERGY STAR Most Efficient designation so far this year. This already exceeds the number of LG products that were recognized as Most Efficient for the full-year in 2012.

"LG was one of the few industry participants to enthusiastically endorse and promote ENERGY STAR's Most Efficient proposal and criteria when it was first introduced," said Wayne Park, president and CEO of LG Electronics USA, which is a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. "We're proud to continue leading the industry in developing the most energy efficient products possible, while ensuring consumers don't have to sacrifice performance or style."

According to the EPA, the ENERGY STAR Most Efficient program is an initiative to help consumers easily identify the most efficient products in their categories among those that have earned the ENERGY STAR label.

Of particular interest, 51 LG televisions have been recognized as ENERGY STAR Most Efficient so far in 2013 - more than any other manufacturer in the television category and a 55 percent increase from the 33 LG TVs recognized in 2012. LG's innovative technology includes features such as the "Intelligent Sensor," which saves energy by automatically adjusting the display brightness according to the viewing environment. Also noteworthy is the fact that all 2013 LG LED TVs are ENERGY STAR certified.

Similarly, LG is leading the way in ENERGY STAR Most Efficient-designated refrigerators, with seven models recognized by the EPA in 2013. That's more than any other manufacturer, and the number is even higher if refrigerators that LG produces for other brands are counted. LG's consumer research continues to show that energy efficiency is a key consideration for appliance purchases by American consumers, which is why LG promotes both the trusted ENERGY STAR trademark and its highest level designation, ENERGY STAR Most Efficient.

Through its ongoing campaign to educate consumers, retailers, and industry about energy efficiency, LG has aggressively promoted the ENERGY STAR Most Efficient program. Because of its efforts, American consumers purchased more than 1 million LG ENERGY STAR Most Efficient qualified products in 2012, reflecting growing consumer acceptance of LG energy efficient products.

For 2013, LG is stepping up its sales training efforts to emphasize ENERGY STAR Most Efficient products and what this designation means to the growing number of consumers who share LG's passion about helping to save the planet by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change.

About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45 billion global force and technology leader in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. LG Electronics, a proud 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year, sells a range of stylish and innovative home entertainment products, mobile phones, home appliances, commercial displays, air conditioning systems and solar energy solutions in the United States, all under LG's "Life's Good" marketing theme. For more information, please visit http://www.lg.com.

About ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR was introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1992 as a voluntary market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through increased energy efficiency. Today, ENERGY STAR offers businesses and consumers energy-efficient solutions to save energy, money, and help protect the environment for future generations. Nearly 20,000 organizations are ENERGY STAR partners committed to improving the energy efficiency of products, homes, and buildings. For more information about ENERGY STAR, visit http://www.energystar.gov or call toll-free 1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937).

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CONTACT: John Taylor, 202-719-3490, john.taylor@lge.com

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

WD® Launches Fourth Generation WD Arkeia(TM) Network Backup Appliances

New Generation Delivers Higher Performance, Doubled Disk Capacity, and Improved Ease-of-Use

IRVINE, Calif., June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WD(®), a Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) company and world leader in digital storage solutions, today unveiled the fourth generation of WD Arkeia(TM) network backup appliances, delivering an all-in-one backup and disaster recovery solution for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

The new line up consists of four rack-mount appliance models with larger internal disk capacities, faster processors, increased memory, and integrated solid state drives (SSDs) to shorten backup time and accelerate data recovery. The bundled WD Arkeia v10.1 software delivers new support for "seed and feed" technology to support hybrid cloud backups. This allows companies to move backups offsite via network replication rather than shipment of tapes.

"In announcing their fourth generation of purpose-built network backup appliances, WD Arkeia is delivering comprehensive SMB backup solutions that go beyond simple raw capacity increases," said Liz Conner, senior research analyst, IDC. "WD Arkeia offers easy-to-use data protection that takes the guess work out of purchasing, configuring and managing data backup & recovery, while also embedding features such as deduplication and hybrid cloud backup for small- and medium-sized businesses or remote offices."

"WD is committed to providing the growing SMB marketplace with a comprehensive suite of storage solutions," said Jim Welsh, executive vice president and general manager of WD's branded business unit. With unique features, these next-generation WD Arkeia network backup appliances offer solutions providers and their customers a simple, smart way to protect their data.

Fourth-Generation Performance and Ease-of-Use

Fourth-generation WD Arkeia backup appliances deliver performance and ease-of-use at an affordable price for SMBs. These new appliances extend the upper range of WD Arkeia appliances and complement available lower-range appliances. WD Arkeia R120s and R220s, both with optional LTO4 tape drives, integrate dual-core Atom and quad-core Xeon processors, respectively.  Existing appliances deliver disk capacities from 2 TB to 12 TB and will also bundle WD Arkeia v10.1. The new fourth-generation appliances offer:

    --  Increased Backup and Recovery Speed: New features include integrated
        LTO5 tape drives, processor upgrades to a maximum of 2 hex-core Intel®
        Xeon®, integrated SSDs on select models, and memory up to 96 GB to
        allow for increased data backup and recovery speeds of both files and
        disk images. WD Arkeia's patented Progressive Deduplication(TM)
        technology accelerates backups by compressing data at source computers
        before transfer over local area networks (LANs) or wide area networks
        (WANs).
    --  Higher Storage Capacity: Storage capacity doubles from the third
        generation, with raw capacity now ranging up to 48 TB, configured in
        RAID-6.
    --  Improved Ease-of-Use: Version 10.1 of WD Arkeia software, delivered with
        the new generation, includes an on-boarding wizard to streamline the
        appliance setup process.
    --  Storage Reliability: All new WD Arkeia appliances feature WD
        enterprise-class WD RE(TM) hard drives for maximum data integrity.
    --  Simplified Tape-free, Offsite Storage: Version 10.1 of WD Arkeia
        software extends support for hybrid cloud backup capabilities to the
        full line of WD Arkeia appliances. "Seed and feed" capabilities allow
        administrators to supplement network replication of backup sets offsite
        by using USB-connected hard drives to transfer initial and large backup
        sets and also to size WAN bandwidth for the replication of nightly
        incremental backups.
Pricing and Availability

WD Arkeia fourth generation network backup appliances - models RA4300, RA4300T, RA5300, RA6300 - will be available in July 2013 through select DMR's and WD-authorized value-added resellers (VARs) in the US, Canada, and Europe.  Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, including hardware and software, begins at $9,990 USD.  WD Arkeia network backup appliances are covered by one year of unlimited access to technical support, one year of software updates, and a one-year limited hardware warranty.

About WD Arkeia Software and Appliances

WD Arkeia backup appliances are fast, easy-to-use, and affordable solutions for data backup and disaster recovery. The award-winning WD Arkeia solutions safeguard more than 100,000 networks for 7,000 customers in 70 countries.

About WD

WD, a Western Digital company, is a long-time innovator and storage industry leader. As a storage technology pacesetter, the company produces reliable, high-performance hard disk drives and solid state drives. These drives are deployed by OEMs and integrators in desktop and mobile computers, enterprise computing systems, embedded systems and consumer electronics applications, as well as by the company in providing its own storage products. WD's leading storage devices and systems, networking products, media players and software solutions empower people around the world to easily save, store, protect, share and experience their content on multiple devices. WD was established in 1970 and is headquartered in Irvine, Calif. For more information, please visit the company's website at http://www.wd.com.

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC), Irvine, Calif., is a global provider of products and services that empower people to create, manage, experience and preserve digital content. Its companies design and manufacture storage devices, networking equipment and home entertainment products under the WD, HGST and G-Technology brands. Visit the Investor section of the company's website (http://www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.

This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected availability date for the WD Arkeia fourth generation network backup appliances in July 2013 in the US, Canada, and Europe. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including changes in markets, demand, global economic or political conditions and or other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q and our annual report on Form 10-K, to which your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak as of the date hereof, and WD undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries; WD Arkeia is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Intel and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies. As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.

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CONTACT: Heather Skinner, WD Public Relations, 949.672.7920, heather.skinner@wdc.com; or Bob Blair, WDC Investor Relations, 949.672.7834, robert.blair@wdc.com

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

Sony Adds Two New Premium Compact Cameras to Acclaimed Cyber-shot® RX Line

New RX100 II model adds Exmor R(TM) CMOS sensor and connectivity; New RX1R full frame camera with enhanced resolution and detail

NEW YORK, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on its lineup of acclaimed compact cameras, Sony is introducing two new additions to the Cyber-shot RX series- the RX100 II and RX1R models.   

Based on the same sleek, stylish design as the existing RX100 model, the new RX100 II features a new 1-inch back-illuminated CMOS sensor, enhanced system expandability and adds Wi-Fi® convenience with NFC One-Touch compatibility.  With an identical camera body and design as the existing RX1 camera, the new special edition RX1R model has had its optical low pass filter removed for increased resolution and detail. 

"Sony continues to redefine the levels of performance for a pocket-sized, fixed lens camera," said Patrick Huang, director of the Cyber-shot business at Sony Electronics.  "Now, with a total of four models in market in our Cyber-shot RX line - each with its own unique value proposition - consumers have more options than ever to experience the ultimate balance of size, imaging performance and imaging power." 

New Cyber-shot RX100 II Camera

Designed to increase sensitivity in low-light conditions and reduce overall picture noise, the new Exmor R sensor in the RX100 II camera is the world's first 1.0-type back illuminated sensor..  It is approximately 40% more sensitive in dimly lit situations compared to the existing RX100 model.

The powerful sensor is paired with an exceptional F1.8 Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* lens to deliver exceptionally sharp, natural still images and Full HD video in any shooting condition - from bright daytime scenes to night-time landscapes and everything in between. 

Additionally, the new RX100 II model is equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities and is also the first ever Sony camera to include NFC (Near Field Communication) technology, giving the extra convenience of instant, one-touch wireless transfer of content between compatible devices.  Its Smart Remote Control functionality lets users preview images and control shutter release directly from their connected phones or tablets. 

A Multi Interface Shoe on the RX100 II model allows users to add optional accessories including an electronic viewfinder, powerful external flash and clip-on LCD monitor.  A Multi Terminal lets users add a shutter-release remote control. 

The camera features a bright, detail-packed 3.0-type White Magic(TM) LCD display that tilts upwards (up to 84 degrees) and downwards (down to 45 degrees), giving shooters greater freedom to compose shots from overhead and low angles. 

Additionally, the RX100 II model has expanded Full HD video capabilities with the addition of 24p shooting for cinematically styled movies. Other refinements include a step zoom function that lets users instantly choose any of five popular focal lengths for handy scene framing. Shooters can select 28mm, 35mm, 50mm, 70mm or 100mm focal lengths using the camera's control ring, giving them an intuitive and fast alternative to zooming in and out.

The new camera is also compatible with Sony's TRILUMINOS Color technology, ensuring richer, more natural color reproduction when connected to the new BRAVIA televisions featuring TRILUMINOS Display.

New Special Edition Cyber-shot RX1R Camera

The new Cyber-shot RX1R full-frame compact camera is designed to satisfy even the most critical photographer's desire for sharper, more detailed pictures and enhanced resolution.  The model's 'R' suffix denotes a further improvement in the pocket-sized camera's already spectacular resolution.

In common with many digital cameras, the original Cyber-shot RX1 camera features a multi-segment optical low-pass filter (OLPF) in front of the sensor to suppress unwanted moire and color artifacts.  The enthusiast-oriented RX1R model removes this low-pass filter to realize the full resolution potential of the image sensor and bring new levels of realism to landscapes and other finely-detailed subjects. 

Additionally, to take advantage of the OLPF removal, the camera's processing functions have been optimized to maintain image sharpness without compromising lens/sensor performance.

While weight and dimensions remain the same as the ground-breaking DSC-RX1, the special edition RX1R is also now compatible with TRILUMINOS Color technology, allowing for the ultimate image playback experience on compatible BRAVIA televisions.

Pricing and Availability

The new Cyber-shot RX100 II and RX1R models will both be available next month for about $750 and $2800 respectively.   The cameras and a range of compatible accessories can be purchased at Sony retail stores (http://www.store.sony.com) and other authorized dealers nationwide.

Notes to Editors:
For a full video preview of the new Cyber-shot RX100 II and RX1R compact cameras, please visit http://www.youtube.com/sonyelectronics

Contact:

Matt Parnell
Sony Electronics Inc.
(858) 942-7975
matt.parnell@am.sony.com

SOURCE  Sony

Sony

Web Site: http://www.store.sony.com

Sony Introduces Versatile New HVL-F43M External Flash

SAN DIEGO, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony today has introduced the HVL-F43M - a powerful, fully featured new flash that is compatible with all of the company's latest cameras and interchangeable-lens camcorders equipped with Multi Interface Shoe.

The advanced new flash builds on the success of the acclaimed Sony HVL-F43AM and offers the same popular 'Quick Shift Bounce' system that allows instant rotation of the flash head when switching between landscape and portrait compositions. This maintains the same bounce angle in either shooting position for consistently-lit photos.

While the F43AM was compatible with the accessory shoe on older Sony A-mount cameras, the new F43M is now even more versatile. It's equipped with a Multi Interface Shoe for 100% compatibility with Sony's SLT-A99, SLT-A58, NEX-6, NEX-VG900, NEX-VG30, Cyber-shot(TM) DSC-HX50, DSC-RX1, DSC-RX1R and DSC-RX100 II models.

The brand-new F43M flash also adds a powerful LED video light that can add natural, even illumination to poorly-lit scenes, backlit subjects and more.  Additionally, it features a rugged dust and moisture resistant design for challenging outdoor environments.

The new flash is also compatible with wireless control for quick creation of sophisticated multi-flash effects.  Lighting ratios for up to three on- and off-camera flash units can be controlled and used to create exceptionally balanced, pro-style results.  Other smart functions include Auto White Balance adjustment with color temperature information, allowing for consistently natural-looking white balance under any lighting conditions.

Pricing and Availability

The new Sony HVL-F43M external flash will be available this July for about $400  and can be purchased at Sony retail stores (http://www.store.sony.com) and other authorized dealers nationwide.

Contact:

Matt Parnell
Sony Electronics Inc.   
(858) 942-7975
matt.parnell@am.sony.com

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Sony

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ATLANTIC-ACM Delivers North American Business Connectivity Awards

BOSTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Strategy and research consultancy ATLANTIC-ACM this evening announced the winners of its 2013 North American Business Connectivity Awards.  The awards were delivered by ATLANTIC-ACM CEO Dr. Judy Reed Smith and were based on nearly 5,000 individual ratings of service providers by their enterprise customers for the forthcoming 2013 edition of ATLANTIC-ACM's North American Business Connectivity Report Card.  ATLANTIC-ACM's Report Card Series provides insight into service provider performance through customer evaluations in vital customer acquisition and retention areas, including network, products and key touch points.

Winners of ATLANTIC-ACM's 2013 North American Business Connectivity Awards were as follows:

    --  EarthLink - Midsized and Under Service Provider Voice Value
    --  Fibertech - Midsized and Under Service Provider Brand, Sales Reps,
        Provisioning, Network Performance, Billing, Customer Service and Data
        Value
    --  Level 3 - Large Service Provider Brand and Network Performance
    --  Sprint - Large Service Provider Provisioning
    --  tw telecom - Large Service Provider Sales Reps, Billing, Customer
        Service, Voice Value and Data Value
About ATLANTIC-ACM

Boston-based ATLANTIC-ACM is a leading provider of strategic research and consulting services to the communications and information industries. In addition to producing the industry's principal benchmarking, sizing and opportunity studies, the company assists clients in evaluating business development opportunities for successful investment, market entry and long-term planning. For more information, visit ATLANTIC-ACM's website at http://www.atlantic-acm.com.

Contact

Members of the press may contact Dr. Judy Reed Smith directly at +1 617 720 3700, or by email at judyrsmith@atlantic-acm.com.

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ATLANTIC-ACM

Web Site: http://www.atlantic-acm.com

Skyera Wins Gold in Tech Awards Circle

Company Selected Among Top Technology Products, Individuals for 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Skyera Inc., founded by an executive and engineering team with unsurpassed backgrounds in the solid-state, storage and networking arenas, has been awarded Gold for the 2013 Tech Awards Circle in the Enterprise Hardware category for its skyHawk all-Flash enterprise solid-state storage system.  Winners were selected by an independent circle of publication reviewers/journalists from nominations based on a broad range of achievements - from product and technology innovations to talented executive leadership and engineering innovators.

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Tech Awards Circle celebrates the products, vendors and individuals making a difference in the industry today. The winners represent a broad range of achievements, from hardware to software to services in SMB, midrange and enterprise markets.

"Skyera was rated among the 'best of the best' for true industry excellence and innovation to be named a winner of the Tech Awards Circle," said Kevin Anderson, awards program coordinator. "Our judges were impressed with the level of submissions from all the vendors entering this year's competition, so to be named a winner of this prestigious award is a testament to the quality and innovation shown by the winners in the high tech community.  We wish them continued success and look forward to them defending their title during the next awards period."

"The industry continues to take notice of the skyHawk's ability to provide the unparalleled performance, speed and capacity enterprises need for their applications while minimizing the cost of power consumption and floor space," said Radoslav Danilak, CEO and co-founder of Skyera. "We continue to set the bar high for ourselves and strive to always surpass those lofty expectations.   Being named a Gold winner from the Tech Awards Circle is further validation that our approach to solid-state enterprise storage is a winning one.  We're appreciative of the recognition."

Skyera's skyHawk series of enterprise solid-state storage systems has received industry acclaim as a visionary and innovative product, substantiating Skyera's approach to mainstream enterprise solid-state storage. Its SEOS(TM) solid-state operating system combines hardware, storage and data management into a unified solution that provides top performance, cost and power consumption attributes.

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About Skyera
Skyera Inc. is a disruptive provider of enterprise solid-state storage systems designed to enable a large class of applications with extraordinarily high performance, exceptionally lower power consumption and cost effectiveness relative to existing enterprise storage systems. Founded by the executives who previously developed the world's most-advanced flash memory controller, Skyera is backed by key technology and financial partnerships designed to position it at the forefront of the hyper growth in the solid-state storage sector. The company was chosen by Flash Memory Summit as a Best of Show award winner for 2012 in the category of Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application. For more information about the company, visit skyera.com.

About Tech Awards Circle
Tech Awards Circle was established this year to truly honor the 'best of the best' in technology. Tech Awards Circle is not affiliated with an analyst firm or a media company, both of which are directly supported by tech vendors through consulting relationships or advertising sales, so it is uniquely unbiased and immune to conflicts of interest. Entries are judged by an independent circle of journalists, including product reviewers, each with at least a decade of experience covering technology from consumer electronics to enterprise-class computing. To prevent these judges from being unduly influenced by vendors, they have agreed to remain anonymous. For more information or to be added to the mailing list please visit http://www.techawardscircle.com.

CONTACT:
Mark Smith
JPR Communications
818-884-8282, ext. 22
marks@jprcom.com
Skype: jprmark

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ME System Launches ME Clock & ME Clock App

A brand new, innovative technology program designed to retrain the mind and emotions via a clock platform and mobile application.

NEW YORK, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ME System, a London based product innovation company, today announces the official launch of the ME Clock: The Digital Life Coach  and the ME Clock App. ME Clock is a revolutionary personal trainer for the mind that helps people reshape the way they think about achieving their goals and overcoming challenges in a meaningful, real, and lasting way.

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The ME Clock programs provide a relaxing, empowering workout for one's thoughts and emotions by combining aspects of life coaching, meditation, hypnosis, and counseling philosophies within one's reach 24/7. The concepts behind the ME Clock programs are based on 10 years of intensive practice and research in the mind-body field at a clinic in Harley Street, London's world famed medical district, by ME System co-founder Mike Squirrell, an expert in the fields of mind-body healing, integrated medicine and lifestyle coaching.

The programs are available in two forms - a clock and an app, for both Android and iPhone. The ME Clock and ME Clock App also have the added benefits of the ME Lifestyle Suite (ME music, nature sounds, audio books, alarm clock and radio) to help you relax anytime of the day or night.

"What we've done with the ME Clock programs is take the science behind a concept that we know works, and package it in a way in which anyone can access it on their own schedule, at their own pace," explains ME System co-founder, Mike Squirrell. "The quantified self movement has been propelled into our lives by tracking products like the Nike Fuel Band, Fit Bit and the Jawbone Up, but what do you do once you've tracked your habits and deficiencies and these products outgrow their use? ME System provides a training rather than a tracking solution to people's problems. It's an integration of technology and wellness in a way that has many people from both fields eager to be a part of what we are doing."

Each ME Clock delivers up to 50 hours of powerful audio messaging sequences to promote rapid change in the life area of one's choice. Each ME program comes with three 21-day cycles and works in 3 easy steps - before, during, and after sleep:

    1. ME Start - First step to inner transformation, which is used each morning
       to motivate, energize and align people for the day ahead.
    2. ME Fresh - Clears all the cumulative stresses of the day from one's mind
       and body so one can enter a deep state of relaxation ready for the
       perfect night's sleep.
    3. ME Set - Choose a personal program and enjoy the effortless training of
       one's thought process during sleep.
In conjunction with the launch of the ME Clock and the ME Clock app, ME System is introducing the 7-Day ME 101 Challenge. For a limited time only, every ME Clock app download will come free with the ME 101 Starter program, which allows users to immediately test the effects of the ME Clock for 7 days and kick-start their journey towards additional ME programs.

"I absolutely love this app - looking back at the whole ME 101 process over 7 days I see how it allowed my mind to open up, take off the layer of anxiety, and clear a path to see how I can make the changes I need," said Carrie Macy, the National Pilates Training Manager at the fitness club, Equinox in New York City. "I feel happier and calmer already and overall much more open-minded toward what options I have to make my life less stressful." This is, in fact, the function of the ME 101 program: to create clarity of mind before proceeding to the specialized ME programs.

The ME System app is also as aesthetically appealing as it is functional and user-friendly. LA-based fitness and nutrition expert, Christine Bullock noted, "I think it is an excellent app.  The visuals and music are great! It helped me to relax as well. I can see it being very useful to many people."

ME Clock users can then download any of the additional 12 ME Programs, for either the clock or app, which are designed to target the area in one's life in which they want to achieve change and personal growth. The options are: ME THIN, ME CALM, ME RICH, ME CONFIDENT, ME SLEEP, ME SMART, ME HAPPY, ME FIT, ME LOVE, ME ENERGY, ME QUIT, and ME CHANGE.

The ME Clock is available for $299.99 at http://www.me-clock.com. For a limited time until the end of September, the ME Clock will also include all 12 ME Programs for free (a savings of over $250). The app is available to download for FREE at iTunes and Google Play and for a limited time only, until the end of September, comes free with the ME 101 program. The additional ME Program levels cost $19.99 each.

ME System recently wrapped up a successful crowd funding campaign through Indiegogo in which they exceeded their goal of $75,000 within 3 weeks of the month-long campaign. The company was first introduced to market at the SXSW Interactive Festival 2013.

ME System is committed to enhancing and transforming the lives of consumers around the world through its innovative health and wellness, lifestyle design, and personal development products, services, and tools. The ME Clock programs embody the next generation of wellness technology as it integrates multiple therapies, such as behavior training, psychology, meditation and yoga in one innovative system.

About ME System

ME System is a product innovation company that deploys breakthrough science and technology to create and deliver life-changing products - across the health & wellness, lifestyle design and personal development sectors - enabling people to "be the ME they want to BE". ME System was founded in 2012 by two individuals - Mike Squirrell, an integrated medicine expert and personal development coach, and Mark von Herkomer, an entrepreneur behind many successful health & wellness brands. Through their combined experience, they formed ME System to bring groundbreaking products to market using the latest methodologies from neuroscience, medicine, and technology.

For more information on ME System please visit: http://www.me-clock.com or follow the ME System team on twitter @ME_System

Marlie Pattillo

Krupp Kommunications

(212) 886-6710
mpattillo@kruppnyc.com

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ME System

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Green Man Gaming Launches Unique UK Trade-in Service

LONDON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

            Top Online Games Retailer gives customers credit immediately for their

          traded-in games - can also be used against PS4 or Xbox One pre-order!

    Green Man Gaming [http://www.greenmangaming.com ], one of the world's fastest growing
online games retailers, today launches a trade-in service in the UK for Xbox 360 and PS3
games, allowing customers to trade their games in against anything on GMG, including a PS4
or Xbox One pre-order.

    Having rolled out a PC Digital trade-in service at launch in 2010 and acquired the
Playfire [https://www.playfire.com ] social network of core gamers in July 2012, GMG is
following up on this by giving UK gamers a new, fresher way to cash in the value of their
games. Customers simply trade in their games for GMG Credit to use against their next
purchase - but unlike other services, they can choose to use this credit instantly and buy
anything on the Green Man Gaming site immediately before they even send their games off -
no waiting around for weeks on end. Games can be traded in against PC Digital games,
consoles games and peripherals or a Next Gen console itself.

    Also launching on GMG [http://www.greenmangaming.com ] in the UK is a range of
pre-owned games - giving gamers more ways to save by having the same games at even lower
prices.

    "Today we are delighted to announce the launch of our UK Trade-in and Pre-owned
services," said Paul Sulyok, Founder and CEO of Green Man Gaming. "The Xbox One and PS4
announcements at E3 showed how passionately people feel about being able to unlock the
investment they've made in their games and we feel GMG's unique platform allows our
customers to do just that and benefit immediately." Sulyok went on to add, "We live in an
age where games and hardware have become so advanced that they are more expensive and less
attainable in today's tough economic conditions. Reducing this barrier by allowing gamers
to use the value of their current games against their Next Gen purchase can only be good
for the industry. Now you can buy a game from us, track your gameplay free on our Playfire
service and then trade it in for your next new gaming adventure straight away. As GMG only
focus on the core gaming audience, we feel we are in a great position to help them make
this transition to the Next Generation."

    Martin Baxter, EVP of Trading at GMG, also added, "Our customers tell us they want
choice and immediacy. Offering trade-in, immediate GMG Credit and a used games catalogue
helps us deliver on this." Baxter added, "To mark this UK launch GMG will also be adding
an additional GBP2 trade-in bonus to every game traded in during the first 2 weeks - and
this can be used immediately against anything on the GMG website, including a pre-order of
the much anticipated PS4 or Xbox One."

    These Green Man Gaming services are rolling out in the UK first. Click here
[http://www.greenmangaming.com/tradein-offer ] for more information on the offer.

    About Green Man Gaming and Playfire
Founded in 2010, Green Man Gaming (GMG) is the leading UK-based digital retailer for PC
games, selling more than 2,500 titles from 180 publishing partners in over 190 countries
around the world. In July 2012, GMG extended the consumer offer further, launching online
retail sales of PC-DVD, Xbox and PS3 games, as well as consoles and peripherals, offering
even more choice to the gaming market.

    In July 2012, GMG acquired Playfire, a huge and vibrant global social network of core
gamers. This service allows consumers to automatically track their in-game achievements,
trophies and gameplay, as well as follow other gamers' achievements and conversations
about the games they love. With over 900m game data points registered by the large global
network of gamers and 1.5 billion achievements and trophies won, Playfire has become a
vital part of GMG's focus on the core gaming audience.

    GMG successfully trialled the Xbox 360 and PS3 trade-in service in the UK in early
June 2013 and rolled this out following confirmation of the position on PS4 and Xbox One
game trade-in. Other available markets for this service will be announced in due course.

    GMG has already operated a unique platform (patent-pending) for managing digital game
trade-in and resale since 2010.

    Store: http://www.greenmangaming.com

    Forum: https://forums.playfire.com/gmg

    Follow Green Man Gaming on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/greenmangaming

    Become a Fan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greenmangaming

       
        For more information please contact:
        Green Man Gaming:
        Darren Cairns, Executive Vice President, Marketing. Tel: +442071352274
        E: darren.cairns@greenmangaming.com - assets available on request.

Green Man Gaming

Xyratex Qualifies Arista Switches, Enabling New Storage Interoperability

Compatibility delivers more access to low-latency, fast, dense storage value for users in media and entertainment industry

HAVANT, United Kingdom, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xyratex Ltd (Nasdaq: XRTX), a leading provider of data storage technology, today announced that it has qualified the Arista Networks 7050 Series of network switches for use with its ClusterStor(TM) family of scale-out high-performance computing (HPC) storage solutions. The selection of Arista's solutions is due to their high performance, low latency and industry-best buffer capacity - all critical attributes for data storage systems in the media and entertainment (M&E) and cloud industries. This new interoperability means more access to low-latency, fast, dense storage value for users.

For example, in the M&E industry today, competitive viability among organizations requires continued reduction in time to production while simultaneously managing enormous increases in digital content processing. Higher-resolution imaging standards, 3D technology and computer generated imagery (CGI) have led to exponential increases in data creation and the need for high-performance, scalable storage systems and network fabrics to store, process and manage all of that data.

"Scaling storage and server resources horizontally, especially within the media and entertainment market, requires high density, 10/40 GbE networking technologies," said Ed Chapman, vice president of business development at Arista Networks. "The Arista 7050 Series of data center switches provides a perfect complement to Xyratex's ClustorStor HPC storage solutions as users have the option of picking either speed, or combinations thereof depending on their needs. We are pleased to be working with Xyratex on these cutting-edge solutions."

"As the top-performing HPC scale-out storage leader with appliance-like ease of use, ClusterStor delivers the performance and capacity scale needed to satisfy M&E's most intense digital content processing and rendering demands," said Todd Gresham, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Xyratex. "When you combine ClusterStor with hundreds or thousands of application servers supporting 10GbE and 40GbE connections over Arista-enabled high-speed networks, organizations now are able to regain control of escalating digital content processing costs and mitigate potential impact to project timelines."

ClusterStor enables several capabilities to solve challenges that M&E users face today.  Its scale-out storage architecture can scale performance and capacity in direct proportion to the number of servers, from dozens to tens of thousands, enabling ultra-fast, massively parallel rendering and production with up to 90 petabytes in a single namespace. It delivers a long-term active archive with nearline instantaneous file retrieval, so users can access content they need immediately and in a more reliable and accessible way. In addition, its low-latency, high-throughput video streaming capability can handle the sizable data workloads users are generating today, and then some.

Arista's network technologies provide users high-density network fabric scale with flexibility to meet compute and storage cluster deployment requirements. The Arista 7050 Series is a product line of 1RU 10GbE and 40GbE wire speed multilayer switches powered by the Arista EOS, the world's most advanced network operating system. Among other features, the switches offer:

    --  Dense virtualization, big data processing and storage in a flat two-tier
        Leaf/Spine design
    --  Non-blocking wire speed forwarding at both L2 and L3, up to 1.28 Tbps
        and 960 Mpps, Latency: 800ns-1200ns
    --  Density: 16 ports of 40GbE (Spine switch), 64 ports of 10GbE (top of
        rack switch)
    --  Low latency: from 800ns to 1200ns
    --  Low power usage, less than two watts per port
About Xyratex
Xyratex is a leading provider of data storage technology, including modular solutions for the enterprise data storage industry and hard disk drive (HDD) capital equipment for the HDD industry. Xyratex enterprise data storage platforms provide a range of advanced, scalable data storage solutions for the Original Equipment Manufacturer and High Performance Computing communities. As the largest capital equipment supplier to the HDD industry, Xyratex enables disk drive manufacturers and their component suppliers to meet today's technology and productivity requirements. Xyratex has over 25 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and manufacturing process technology.

Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the United Kingdom, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in North America, Asia and Europe.

SOURCE  Xyratex Ltd

Xyratex Ltd

CONTACT: Brad Driver, Vice President of Investor Relations, Xyratex, Tel:  +1 (510) 687-5260, Email: bdriver@xyratex.com, Jason Sprenger; On behalf of Xyratex, Tel:  +1 (612) 327-1886, Email: jsprenger@gamechangercommunications.com

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

New Email and Telephone Reminder Service Eremind.com Ensures Important Events Aren't Overlooked.

MIAMI, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eremind.com, a new service website geared toward the busy professional, businesses and individuals, provides professional reminding services via email and telephone reminders for its site users' most important events.

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Useful applications for professionals include future scheduled meetings, project completion deadlines, submission deadlines & scheduled client reminders. Individuals can use the site to be reminded of birthdays, wedding anniversaries, family gatherings, future reminders to self and upcoming super important client or personal events in advance.

Eremind.com works on smartphones, desktop computers, laptops, iPads and is reasonably priced per send or unlimited annual subscription. It's easy; users can sign up and set up scheduled reminders that they wish to remind people or be reminded of (one time as well as recurring). Users can also send text with html formatting and file attachments in the reminders.

"Think of eremind.com as your 'Plan B' for super important events and things you need to remind people or be reminded of," comments Samuel Aleman, president of eremind.com. "A good example is a CPA tax accounting firm that uses automatic scheduled emails monthly to remind their clients with a 'Monthly Did You' pdf document attachment to their email reminders reminding clients to send their bank and credit card statements, bookkeeping paperwork and return the completed document attachment file which lets the firm know of any important client changes that need to be addressed. In the client's eye, the CPA firm appears very attentive to their client base; staying ahead of their clients on an automatic monthly basis in addition to other important tax dates and their clients love them!"

Remind yourself or remind others by sending automatic scheduled email and telephone reminders on scheduled dates and times. With very busy daily schedules pressing everyone for every hour and minute in this day and age, this seems to be a great reminder service website for those most important of events that you cannot miss.

Eremind.com is a proprietary web-based appointment reminder platform developed to solve a very specific problem - your phone, paper note, email calendar or pc app reminder.

    --  Have you ever relied on your smart phone or pc reminder app only to be
        disappointed that you were never notified of your upcoming appointment?
    --  Did you miss the most important client meeting or client reminder of
        your career because you were on the phone and your iPhone didn't ping?
    --  Or better yet, are you paying a front office person to make reminder
        calls after reminder calls?
Well since you have; eremind.com decided to solve the problem.

About eremind.com

Eremind.com was founded in Miami, FL in 2012. For more information, visiteremind.com or visit them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/eremindcom.

SOURCE  eremind.com

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eremind.com

CONTACT: Aurial Vojcid, +57-3122592389, info@eremind.com

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

President of Israel Shimon Peres Visits JVP Media Quarter: Jerusalem's Hub of High-tech Innovation

President Peres Checks Out Groundbreaking Startups at Jerusalem's Hub of High-Tech Innovation; Praises JVP Companies Driving Global Innovation

JERUSALEM, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    The President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, a leading proponent of
high-tech development, got an up-close look today at the latest in Israeli innovation at
the JVP Media Quarter, a high-tech hub in the heart of Jerusalem. JVP
[http://www.jvpvc.com ] (Jerusalem Venture Partners) has been ranked one of the top ten
most consistently performing venture capital funds in the world.

    President Peres was introduced to several of JVP's hottest startups from fields as
diverse as cyber-security, media and even social-based fashion. These included Cyber-Ark,
a world-leading cyber-security firm; Siano, the market leader enabling users to view live
TV on mobile platforms; and AnyClip, a web service that lets users find their favorite
moments from tens of thousands of Hollywood films.

    Fashion startup WiShi, a "social styling hub" which was recently launched in the JVP
Media Labs incubator by female entrepreneurs, demonstrated its "online closet" to
President Peres, presenting him with a chic new tie with the company logo. Co-founder Hila
Angel told Peres that WiShi is revolutionizing fashion by bringing crowdsourcing to the
world of styling.

    President Peres told the JVP entrepreneurs that he was duly impressed by their
innovations. "Your endeavors are truly groundbreaking," said President Peres. "They are
advancing Israel's technological prowess worldwide. This technological prowess will turn
into diplomatic strength in the future."

    President Peres also met with volunteers and schoolchildren from JVP's social
initiative, "Bakehila" or "In the Community." "In the Community" was established by JVP
founder, Knesset Member Erel Margalit, and has been active for over a decade in six
disadvantaged Jerusalem neighborhoods. The organization works with 22,000 youth to raise
their academic achievements while promoting personal and social growth.

    MK Margalit told the President that JVP's combination of high-tech and social
entrepreneurship was unique. "On the one hand, you have the most advanced technology in
the world in the JVP Media Quarter. Nearby, you have children mired in poverty in
underprivileged neighborhoods," said MK Margalit, who explained that Bakehila gives these
children a chance for a better future. "Kids break through the cycle of poverty when
they're allowed to dream about what they can be. That's what Bakehila is all about."

    About JVP

    Based in the JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem, JVP (http://www.jvpvc.com) is one of
Israel's largest and most active venture capital funds with over $900 million raised to
date. Recently recognized by Preqin as one of the world's top-10 consistently performing
VC funds, JVP has helped build over 95 companies and has orchestrated 25 of the largest
exits in the region with 14 industry sales and 11 IPOs on NASDAQ. JVP is headquartered in
the JVP Media Quarter in Jerusalem, a hub for entrepreneurship, and operates two
incubators to access early stage deal flow - the JVP Media Labs in Jerusalem and the
recently launched JVP Cyber Labs in Beersheva.

       
        For More information, contact:
        Jon Elkins
        Tel: +972-3-620-5306
        Email: jon@headline-media.com

JVP

RURAL RADIO to Launch on SiriusXM

RURAL RADIO channel 80 will be the ultimate destination for the rural lifestyle, agribusiness news, outdoor living, western sports and rural-themed entertainment

24/7 channel to be exclusive home of original radio programming dedicated to the needs and interests of rural America

Live coverage of Professional Bull Riders events and other Western Sports

OMAHA, Neb. and NEW YORK, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) and RURAL RADIO, L.L.C. today announced the creation of RURAL RADIO, a 24/7 channel devoted to providing a wide variety of programming for and about rural American life, the western lifestyle and agribusiness interests.

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RURAL RADIO, channel 80, will give SiriusXM listeners all over America, whether driving a tractor cab equipped with satellite radio or driving in city commuter traffic, an unprecedented connection to the rural community. RURAL RADIO will broadcast original programming for rural audiences exclusively for SiriusXM that spans commodity market reporting, lifestyle programming, original and classic entertainment, and western sports, such as rodeo and bull riding.

Every weekday, RURAL RADIO will deliver extensive information for the rural community in North America, including rural news, weather, and market reports during weekday hours as grain, livestock and other commodity futures are being traded globally. Traders can tune in directly to reports from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. RURAL RADIO will also include audio from many of RFD-TV's most popular shows focusing on rural news, crop and agriculture reports, and up to the minute analysis that farm and agriculture producers need to make decisions, as well as light-hearted fare, such as the weekly Mollie B Polka Show and classic episodes and interviews from The Ralph Emery Show.

RURAL RADIO launches July 15 on Channel 80, and there will be an official launch celebration August 3, with an all-day event to be held at the finish line of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which will include an attempt to set the Guinness World Record for a Parade of Pickup Trucks on the historic track, with all their radios tuned to SiriusXM channel 80.

RURAL RADIO's broadcast operations will be based in Nashville, Tennessee along with Rural Media Group, Inc., (RMG). Corporate offices, sales, and marketing will be headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. A complete broadcast program schedule will be made available on or before July 15, 2013 at http://www.siriusxm.com/RURALRADIO, http://www.facebook.com/RURALRADIO80 and on Twitter @RURALRADIO80.

"SiriusXM's unparalleled programming and easy-to-use technology has been embraced by rural consumers in their cars, pickups, tractors and combines throughout North America," said Patrick Gottsch, Founder of Rural Media Group, Inc. and RURAL RADIO, LLC.  "RURAL RADIO is designed to fill the growing demand for more rural content that is being ignored by urban-based broadcasters.  I want to publicly thank the SiriusXM executives for seeing this opportunity and stepping up to fill this void. RURAL RADIO will be a strong asset to the powerful SiriusXM lineup."

"Rural Media Group has a proven track record of offering great programming for rural Americans and those drawn to the western lifestyle," said Scott Greenstein, President and Chief Content Officer, SiriusXM.  "In growing SiriusXM's diverse programming lineup, we are excited to join with Rural Media Group to super-serve the rural audience, thereby further ensuring that SiriusXM, with its truly nationwide coverage, delivers the best audio content for listeners everywhere in America, from city skyscrapers to small towns and farms, from the Super Bowl to rodeos, from Wall Street to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)."

RURAL RADIO's program schedule will provide a wide variety of original productions focused on agriculture, equine, hunting, fishing, western sports and living the country life in small towns and on acreages.

Veteran farm broadcasters Mark Oppold and Janet Adkison, the current and incoming presidents of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) will anchor three daily, weekday shows--Commodity Wrap, Rural Evening News and Market Day Report, a live 5-hour daily program featuring reports from dedicated news bureaus located at the CME, Chicago Board of Trade, as well as from USDA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Additional daily ag-related programming will be provided through RMG's strong affiliations with the leaders in rural America, including: Farm Journal Media, owners of AGDAY, U.S. Farm Report and AGRITALK, Meredith Corporation's Living The Country Life, various state farm bureaus, and Ag PhD featuring the Hefty Brothers of South Dakota.

Equine enthusiasts will enjoy Horse Talk, a daily, one-hour call-in program that will showcase the leading clinicians and horse associations, and air live coverage from major horse shows that take place all around the world. Vets on Call, another interactive program, will be underwritten by Zoetis Animal Health, who will make its top veterinarians available to answer listener questions and calls on-air.

Western Sports will occupy a large block of programming on RURAL RADIO in late afternoon, in early evening hours, and throughout the weekends with the Western Sports Roundup (WSR). Hosted by Clint Adkins and Alexis Bloomer, WSR will cover Professional Bull Riding (PBR) and the Professional Rodeo Cowboy Association (PRCA) events by interviewing the stars of each association and providing standings. WSR will also cover and offer results from all western sports including cutting, reining, roping, barrel racing and both professional and amateur level bronc-riding, including High School & College Rodeo news, as well as Little Britches and Junior High competitions.

"SiriusXM's coast-to-coast coverage gives us the ability to reach listeners nationwide. The line-up of programming we've developed and accumulated for this launch solidifies and expands our brand across North America. Rural is a way of life, and RURAL RADIO means listeners can tune into it from anywhere at any time," said Randy Bernard, President/CEO, Rural Media Group, Inc.

For more information, visit http://www.siriusxm.com.

About Sirius XM Radio

Sirius XM Radio Inc. is the world's largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 24.4 million subscribers.  SiriusXM creates and broadcasts commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment; and the most comprehensive Latin music, sports and talk programming in radio. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S., from retailers nationwide, and online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM programming is also available through the SiriusXM Internet Radio App for Android, Apple, and BlackBerry smartphones and other connected devices. SiriusXM also holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2 million subscribers.

On social media, join the SiriusXM community on Facebook, facebook.com/siriusxm, Twitter, twitter.com/siriusxm, Instagram, instagram.com/siriusxm, and YouTube at youtube.com/siriusxm.

This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "believe," "intend," "plan," "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning.  Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control.  Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements. 

The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: our competitive position versus other forms of radio and  audio services; our dependence upon automakers; general economic conditions; failure of our satellites, which, in most cases, are not insured; our ability to attract and retain subscribers at a profitable level; royalties we pay for music rights; the unfavorable outcome of pending or future litigation; rapid technological and industry change; failure of third parties to perform; changes in consumer protection laws and their enforcement; and our substantial indebtedness.  Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).  The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

About RURAL RADIO, L.L.C.: RURAL RADIO is a 24/7 international satellite radio station devoted to serving rural needs and interests. RURAL RADIO is slated to launch in the U.S. and Canada on SiriusXM channel 80. Broadcast operations for the station are located in Nashville, TN and corporate headquarters are in Omaha, NE. The channel is affiliated with Rural Media Group, Inc. RURAL RADIO's program schedule revolves around original productions focused on agriculture, equine, hunting, fishing, western sports, and living the country life in small towns and on acreages.  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RURALRADIO80 and Twitter @RURALRADIO80

About Rural Media Group, Inc. (RMG): Rural Media Group, Inc. is the world's leading provider of multimedia content dedicated to the rural and western lifestyle.  RMG is the parent company of RFD-TV, FamilyNet, RURAL TV, RFD-TV the Magazine and RFD-TV the Theatre. RFD-TV, the flagship network for RMG, launched in December 2000.  RFD-TV is the nation's first 24-hour television network dedicated to serving the needs and interests of rural America with programming focused on agriculture, equine and the rural lifestyle, along with traditional country music and entertainment. RMG acquired FamilyNet, America's trusted entertainment network dedicated to providing wholesome and responsible viewing choices for today's diverse family.  RURAL TV produces rural business news covering commodity markets for both cash and futures. Daily productions include Market Day Report and the Rural Evening News. RMG networks are distributed into more than 63-million homes worldwide by DBS, telco and cable systems including DISH Network, DIRECTV(®), Comcast, Verizon FiOS TV, AT&T U-Verse, Mediacom, Charter, Optimum, Brighthouse, Suddenlink, Time Warner, Cox, and more than 600 independent rural cable systems. RFD-TV The Magazine is the print programming guide for the networks, which has attracted over 180,000 paid subscribers.  RFD-TV The Theatre is a 2000 capacity soft seat venue in Branson, MO where entertainment programming is produced.  Corporate headquarters are in Omaha, NE, and production operations are in Nashville, TN.  For more information, visit http://www.rfdtv.com, http://www.myruraltv.com and http://www.familynet.com.  Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @OfficialRFDTV @RURALTV @FamilyNet

CONTACT: Sarah A. Chase: sarahc@rfdtv.com,  (Mobile) 402-889-5152

P-SIRI

Contact for SiriusXM:
Hillary Schupf 
212.901.6739
hillary.schupf@siriusxm.com

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Ericom Announces Release of HTML5-based AccessNow for VMware Horizon View 2.4 with VM-Hosted Applications Tech Preview

Ericom AccessNow 2.4 delivers hosted Windows applications and desktops to browsers running on a full range of devices, including iPads, iPhones, Android smartphones and tablets, as well as PC, Mac and other end-user devices

CLOSTER, N.J., June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericom Software, a global leader in application access and desktop virtualization solutions, announced today the availability of AccessNow for VMware View version 2.4. This release includes a tech preview of access to VM-Hosted Applications using AccessNow HTML5 and VMware Horizon View. This exciting feature enables the deployment of Windows applications using VMware View VDI desktops as the hosting platform. Now, organizations that are deploying VMware View can easily provide large groups of task-based users with browser-based access to one or more applications without requiring the use of the entire virtual desktop.

Other new features included in this release are:

    --  Localized UI (User Interface) - UI locale automatically selected based
        on browser locale
    --  Additional languages keyboard input support, for example Japanese and
        Korean - both PCs (keyboard) and mobile devices (touch)

    --  Audio support for iPad/iPhone (requires iOS 6.x)
"We are delighted to launch this new release," said Eran Heyman, Ericom's founder and CEO. "We have seen fantastic traction of AccessNow across a wide variety of industries and use cases since its original release over two years ago. In particular, organizations find AccessNow to be of great value in implementing BYOD and remote access programs that support the widest variety of end-user devices, without having to install any software on the end-user device, lowering IT overhead. Another example is the significant number of K-12 and higher education institutions around the world that are using Ericom AccessNow to extend Chromebooks with remote access to Windows desktops and applications."

"Ericom AccessNow for VMware Horizon View is the most mature and advanced product of its kind - it includes usability features such as file transfer, printing, copy / paste and audio," said Scott Brousseau, CTO of PBG Networks. "The VM Hosted Applications feature is an ideal computing model for deploying applications that require a certain operating system type or dedicated resources. Horizon View provides a great VDI platform for running standardized and robust virtual machines. The combination of the two technologies is sure to provide VMware View customers with an easy to use, yet powerful, application delivery system."

Ericom AccessNow highlights:

    --  Available as standalone (connecting to practically any physical or
        virtual desktop or Terminal Server); AccessNow also integrates with
        Citrix XenApp, VMware View, Dell (Quest) vWorkspace and PowerTerm
        WebConnect - Ericom's own VDI and RDS connection broker.

    --  Works on Chromebooks, iPads, Android tablets, smartphones, Blackberry
        devices, and on Windows / Linux PCs, Macs, Windows 8 Surface, netbooks
        and ultrabooks.

    --  Provides same look and feel on all supported device types, reducing
        training and help desk costs.

    --  Simple, easy and inexpensive to maintain - does not require any
        infrastructure for deployment, upgrades or patches - simply install or
        upload the new version on the server.

    --  Integrates with the Ericom Secure Gateway, which can be used with, or
        instead of, a VPN or an SSL VPN.
    --  Compatible with leading SSL VPNs such as from Juniper and Cisco

For more information about Ericom AccessNow, visit:

http://www.ericom.com/Ericom_AccessNow_Products

To see an on-line demo, visit: http://www.ericom.com/demo_AccessNow

About Ericom

Ericom Software is a leading global provider of Application Access, Virtualization and RDP Acceleration Solutions. Since 1993, Ericom has been helping users access enterprise mission-critical applications running on a broad range of Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops, legacy hosts and other systems. Ericom has offices in the United States, United Kingdom and EMEA. Ericom also has an extensive network of distributors and partners throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Far East. Our expanding customer base is more than 30 thousand strong, with over 7 million users. For more information about Ericom and its products, please visit http://www.ericom.com

Ericom US Contact

Ilan Paretsky
ilan.paretsky@ericom.com

201-767-2210 x9718

Ericom UK Contact

Ian Platt
ian.platt@ericom.com

+44 845 644 3597

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iBAHN strikes a chord in Music City with installation of IPTV in Omni Nashville Hotel

New customer helps boost IPTV leader's early 2013 growth by 53%

MINNEAPOLIS, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- iBAHN, the global leader in IP-based entertainment and information services for the hospitality and meeting industries, today announced that it has won the contract to install IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) services in the Omni Nashville Hotel. In 2012, iBAHN was selected as the vendor of IPTV for Omni Hotels & Resorts.  The Nashville property will be the second installation of iBAHN IPTV services, with the first being Omni's flagship property in Dallas in late 2012. The Omni Nashville Hotel, which will open in the fall of 2013, is an authentic expression of Nashville's vibrant music culture, is adjacent to the new Music City Center and will fully integrate with an expansion of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum® on three levels. The 800-room property features 80,000 square feet square-feet of flexible meeting space, six food, beverage and retail outlets, a signature Mokara Spa and rooftop pool deck.

With iBAHN's IPTV solution, guests at the Omni Nashville Hotel will be treated to 44 high-definition channels on the in-room televisions and a 16-channel line up in the fitness center. They will be able to download the iBAHN hotel app and use their own smartphone or tablet to control the TV and view the program guide. The platform also enables the connected music guest to enjoy downloading music streams and other entertainment. In addition to providing a vast array of entertainment options, iBAHN's customizable platform allows the hotel to extend the Omni brand through the television platform. Leveraging a 100% CAT6 infrastructure, the Omni Nashville Hotel has invested in a purely IP backbone. Because it is IP-enabled, the iBAHN solution integrates with the property management system (PMS) and allows for a truly interactive experience.

"The iBAHN solution turns our guest room TVs into Smart TVs with a reliable, stable solution that allows our guest to watch traditional TV or view their own Internet content on the largest screen in the room," said Tod Roadarmel, director of sales and marketing for the Omni Nashville Hotel. "The iBAHN solution will deliver entertainment to our guests in a way they want to receive it."

"iBAHN is thrilled to expand our partnership with the award-winning Omni Hotels & Resorts as they open a premier property in Nashville," said Roger Crellin, iBAHN president of the Americas. "The continued adoption of our industry-leading IPTV offerings in top-tier hotels throughout America demonstrates that they exceed guest expectations for in-room entertainment, and provide extended branding and increased revenue opportunities for our hotel customers."

iBAHN's industry leading technology solutions are backed up by a dedicated team of customer service support staff, further differentiating the service provider in the hospitality industry. For more information, please visit http://www.iBAHN.com or call 1-866-415-2843.

About iBAHN
iBAHN creates exceptional information and entertainment experiences for people on the move.

iBAHN is a partner with business owners in the hospitality, conference, food service and retail industries. We complement business strategy with managed services enabling connectivity, entertainment and information over a dedicated enterprise grade IP platform.

The iBAHN managed network operates in more than 50 countries across six continents delivering connectivity, information and entertainment to tablets, laptops, mobile phones and flat screens. Three million times a month, business owners, people on the move and more than half of the Fortune 500 companies rely on iBAHN solutions.

For more information, visit http://www.ibahn.com.

About Omni Hotels & Resorts
Omni Hotels & Resorts creates genuine, authentic guest experiences at nearly 60 distinct luxury hotels and resorts in leading business gateways and leisure destinations across North America. From exceptional golf and spa retreats to dynamic business settings, each Omni showcases the local flavor of the destination while featuring four-diamond services, signature restaurants, Wi-Fi connectivity and unique wellness options. Known for its award-winning, personalized service, Omni leaves a lasting impression with every customer interaction, with a heightened level of recognition and rewards delivered through its Select Guest loyalty program and the company's "Power of One" associate empowerment program. The brand is frequently recognized by top consumer research organizations and travel publications. To get additional information or book accommodations, visit omnihotels.com or call 1-800-The-Omni.

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CONTACT: Cynthia Carpenter, Vice President Marketing, Americas, iBAHN, 303.728.6171, ccarpenter@ibahn.com, Erin Dolin, Dolin PR for iBAHN, 303.204.4819, erin@dolinpr.com, Zack Frizzell, LDWW Group for Omni, 214-960-4136, Zack@ldwwgroup.com

ESCORT Features New PASSPORT® Max(TM) High Definition Radar Detector at CEA Lineshow in New York City

Named "the best detector ever," the record breaking PASSPORT® Max delivers unprecedented signal processing speeds, range reporting, and noise filtering

NEW YORK, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ESCORT Inc. (ESCORTinc.com), riding the momentum of the recent launch of the world's only High Definition radar & laser detector, the PASSPORT(®) Max(TM), today announced that their record setting design will be featured at this week's CEA Lineshow in New York City.  The only detector available with advanced military technology, PASSPORT Max(TM) delivers high definition performance with ultra-fast signal processing and unprecedented noise filtering. 

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Appearing at major New York City press shows last week, PASSPORT Max will be on display today and tomorrow at the CEA show. 

"PASSPORT Max continues to be called 'the best detector ever' as more and more analysts take their turn to preview our new technology," said Ron Gividen, ESCORT PR Director. "The CEA Show offers more media and experts the opportunity to experience the world's only High Definition radar detector for themselves."

Released less than two weeks ago, the new detector was immediately named "the best detector ever" by several leading industry analysts. The key to the record setting detector's overwhelming success is True Digital Signal Processing (DSP). DSP allows the PASSPORT Max to achieve ultra-fast processing speeds and unprecedented range reporting while adding the innovative ability of the detector to apply DNA intelligent signal analysis to automatically eliminate false alerts which plague competitor detectors. 

In an early independent benchmark test the new PASSPORT Max(TM) shattered the three most important test records used in measuring radar detector performance: overall range, measured sensitivity and response time.

ESCORT will feature the new PASSPORT Max HD radar detector at the CEA Lineshow, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City. ESCORT will be in the Met Pavilion, booth number 76. The event takes place at the combined Metropolitan / Altman Building, 125 West 18th Street, New York City, Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information about the new PASSPORT Max HD Detector view ESCORT Inc on YouTube, visit ESCORTinc.com or call the company direct at 800.433.3487. 

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About ESCORT Inc.

ESCORT Inc. is the designer and manufacturer of the world's most awarded radar and laser detectors, the patented ESCORT Live(TM) real-time ticket protection network, PASSPORT Max HD radar detector, ESCORT MobileTV(TM), Guardian Alert reverse obstacle detection systems, Entourage GPS-enabled navigation and tracking products, ESCORT QuickStart(TM) and other Drive Smarter products. ESCORT holds more than 85% of all active category patents and manufactures products under the ESCORT, PASSPORT, REDLINE, SOLO and BELTRONICS brands. 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/DriveSmarter

Twitter: https://twitter.com/escortradar#sthash.0wCHJTNx.dpuf

Editorial Contact:

Ron Gividen

513.870.8500

Email

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University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine Upgrades Service to 65,000 Patients with Tegile Zebi Hybrid Storage Arrays

NEWARK, Calif., June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tegile Systems, a leading provider of hybrid storage arrays for virtualized server and virtual desktop environments, today announced that The University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine (SDM) in Aurora has upgraded to Tegile Zebi(TM) hybrid storage arrays after experiencing I/O bottleneck and latency issues with its existing Dell HDD-based arrays.

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The University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine (SDM) in Denver is one of the six schools that comprise the university's Anschutz Medical Campus. But the School of Dental Medicine is unique in that it is the only one of the six schools that serves actual patients, providing low-cost dental services to 65,000 patients last year at the on-campus dental clinic. 

When the clinic opens every day at 9:00am, front desk employees check in up to 300 patients simultaneously. The SDM was experiencing its own unique type of boot storm, with inadequate IOPS to handle the load and register that many patients simultaneously, frustrating the front desk staff with intolerable waits for patient records.

According to Jaymil Patel, Director of Information Services at UC's SDM, "We are the only building on campus that has actual patients come in the door. We have hundreds of patients every day so we have the task of not only being a school, but a business. The pressure on us is a lot higher. If the other schools have an IT problem, students might not be able to take a test. But if we have a problem we have actual patients in dental chairs all day long and we can't function."

An engineer from Citrix evaluated the school's infrastructure and confirmed the IOPS problem with the Dell storage. He recommended that SDM look at hybrid solid state-hard disk drive storage solutions. The SDM team initiated the research and evaluation process after identifying four important criteria for a new storage system: high IOPS, low latency, multi-protocol and built-in data reduction. After evaluating products from Tegile, Nimble Storage and Whiptail, the school picked Tegile as the clear winner.

"When we compared the price and the functionality we were looking for, Tegile was the winner because it does everything we wanted," said Patel. "The hybrid model that Tegile presented was really attractive to us. Compression and data deduplication were big factors for us and Tegile was the only one with both to significantly save capacity."

The school installed a Tegile Zebi HA2100EP array and J1100 expansion array last August and added a J2100 expansion array in January with an additional 26 TB of storage capacity. 

According to Rob Commins, Vice President of Marketing at Tegile, "Our Zebi arrays win 'hands down' when users are looking for high IOPS, low latency, functionality, multi-protocol and built-in data reduction. Fitting into the university's budget, while taking the frustration out of the equation for the staff who were living with intolerable waits for patient records, and making the patient experience a good one, is exactly what our Zebi hybrid arrays are designed to do."   

According to Patel, "In the past, if all 300-plus chairs were refreshing the status, everything was so slow, but now we don't even realize that this issue exists. It's just phenomenal for everybody. You can imagine at 9 o'clock we check in more than 300 patients, so all of them are refreshed every 30 seconds and we don't see any latency, no issues, nothing."

Tegile, which has significant market share with universities, is helping colleges and universities protect their strained IT budgets while boosting their scholarship funds with its new "Don't Overpay for Storage" promotion. Under the program, Tegile will contribute $2,500 to a college's scholarship fund for every Zebi hybrid array purchased through June 30, 2013.

About Tegile Systems
Tegile Systems is pioneering a new generation of enterprise storage arrays that balance performance, capacity, features and price for virtualization, file services and database applications. With Tegile's Zebi line of hybrid storage arrays, the company is redefining the traditional approach to storage by providing a family of arrays that is significantly faster than all hard disk-based arrays and significantly less expensive than all solid-state disk-based arrays.

Tegile's patented MASS technology accelerates the Zebi's performance and enables on-the-fly de-duplication and compression of data so each Zebi has a usable capacity far greater than its raw capacity. Tegile's award-winning technology solutions enable customers to better address the requirements of server virtualization, virtual desktop integration and database integration than other offerings. Featuring both NAS and SAN connectivity, Tegile arrays are easy-to-use, fully redundant, and highly scalable. They come complete with built-in auto-snapshot, auto-replication, near-instant recovery, onsite or offsite failover, and virtualization management features. Additional information is available at http://www.tegile.com. Follow Tegile on Twitter @tegile.

Contact
Dan Miller
JPR Communications
818-884-8282, ext. 13
danm@jprcom.com                     

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The Slingshot by BlueFlame Brings Big Sound Anywhere You Go: Introducing a New Water-resistant, Portable Speaker

BOSTON, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --BlueFlame mobile electronic accessories simplify and enhance the technology-infused lifestyle of today's connected consumer. The Slingshot((TM)) from BlueFlame is a new, water-resistant, Bluetooth(®)-enabled speaker that lets you bring the soundtrack of your life anywhere and anytime adventure calls.

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When it comes to waterside activities, mobile electronic devices generally don't enjoy being splashed. The Slingshot is a durable, IPX4 water-resistant, compact convertible speaker system that's happy surfside, poolside, or wherever you go. Go ahead and sing along to your favorite songs in the shower, listen to the latest podcast, or make a hands and sand-free phone call at the beach, all with this one speaker. It easily syncs with Bluetooth-enabled devices via a long 33-foot (10 meter) wireless range and features a built-in microphone so you will never miss a call, or a tune.

At the heart of The Slingshot is its powerful, portable sound system. Its increased bass response and sonic radiator technology achieves a 100Hz - 10KHz frequency range. The speaker is secured in a comfort-carry, soft sling that can be hung from a showerhead or hook, and easily taken along whenever you and your sound want to go mobile. When you want to crank the activity level up a notch, pop The Slingshot speaker out of its comfort-carry sling and into a To Go Sling. BlueFlame's To Go Sling features a snug, durable silicone sling with handles on each side and a convenient clip-through top. Take it along in a bag, on a boat, or clip it to a bike or stroller and take sound to go.

The Slingshot will be available in two models, one with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, MSRP $119.99, and the other powered by 4-AA batteries, MSRP $99.99. To Go Sling is sold separately for $19.99. All slings come in a variety of colors. The Slingshot will be available at all Verizon stores starting August 1 and at other retailers throughout the U.S. Place an order at BlueFlameGear.com today.

For more information about BlueFlame visit http://www.BlueFlameGear.com.

About BlueFlame

BlueFlame mobile electronic accessories enhance the connected lifestyle of today's consumer. Designed in Boston, Massachusetts, BlueFlame's growing product portfolio of mobile and computer accessories combine elegant design and superior functionality. BlueFlame lets consumers stay connected, beautifully, to the people and things that matter most in their universe.

Press Contact:  Caster Communications, Inc. at 401.792.7080

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Sharp® Unveils AQUOS® Ultra HD LED TV

The only THX® 4K Certified Ultra HD TV makes anything you watch, more crisp, more detailed, more stunning

MAHWAH, N.J., June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Electronics Corporation today unveiled the new 70" class (69.5" diagonal) AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV (LC-70UD1U), the company's first Ultra High Definition (UHD) TV for the U.S. market. With four times the pixel resolution of high definition, the AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV makes anything you watch more crisp, more detailed, more stunning. 

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The only television to receive the coveted THX® 4K certification, the AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV enhances anything you watch today with impeccable detail and clarity.

"Sharp has a rich history of leading the electronics industry in innovation. Today we continue that tradition with the introduction of the AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV," said John Herrington, President, Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America. "With four times the pixel resolution of HD, the 70 inch class AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV is our finest television ever."

Transform Ordinary Content into Extraordinary
Ultra HD TVs, sometimes referred to as 4K TVs, have more than eight million pixels (3840x2160). That's four times higher than today's high definition televisions, which have approximately two million pixels (1920x1080). To create the extra detail that Ultra HD enables, the AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV utilizes an advanced upscaling technology that enhances anything you watch today with incredible detail and clarity.

First, a dual-core processor fine-tunes the original signal for optimal picture quality. Next, the upscaler analyzes and interpolates the content to create a 4K (3840×2160) image. As a result, the AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV produces a higher quality image that makes anything you watch more crisp, more detailed, more stunning. Movies, TV shows, video games, even YouTube videos are analyzed and digitally enriched, unlocking scores of hidden detail.

Certified Amazing
To make it the best of the best, picture quality experts at Sharp and THX put the AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV through four hundred rigorous performance tests; the AQUOS Ultra HD passed them all to achieve the industry's highest performance levels. All of this means that the Sharp AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV is the world's only TV with THX 4K certification. It's certified amazing.

Created by experts in Hollywood, the coveted THX 4K certification sets the industry standard for image quality and consistency. THX 4K Certified displays contain pre-calibrated THX Movie viewing modes designed to deliver the picture quality of professional post production studios. THX also evaluates HD to 4K upconverting technology to ensure that the Ultra HD image  maintains accuracy true to the original HD source, so you experience content the way it was intended. It's image clarity never before seen in a 4K (3840x2160) display.

For the story behind the AQUOS Ultra HD and THX 4K certification, a video is available on Sharp's YouTube page.

Intelligent and Elegant Design
The AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV is the only Ultra HD TV available in the 70 inch (69.5" Diagonal) screen size class, the most popular 65"+ screen size. It's perfectly proportioned to make the most of virtually every space. Plus, its sleek frame with metallic black finish and modern open-base stand features an ingenious speakers in-front design that delivers a narrower footprint than its closest 65" competitor--even with five additional inches of screen size.

Crafted to please the ears as well as the eyes, the six-speaker sound system - including separate mid-range and tweeters - along with Sharp's proprietary DuoBass dual subwoofer system, delivers a powerful 35 watts with clear voices, broad dynamic range, and deep bass.

Turn it off, and the TV still looks beautiful. Sharp's exclusive Wallpaper Mode turns the AQUOS Ultra HD LED into an elegant frame for photos or artwork with museum-like appearance and Ultra HD detail.

Surf. Watch. Interact. Ultra HD meets Smart TV
The AQUOS Ultra HD lets you connect to your favorite content instantly using Sharp's intuitive SmartCentral(TM) Smart TV Platform. Working through built-in Wi-Fi, SmartCentral(TM) streams movies and shows from Netflix, Hulu Plus and Vudu, videos from YouTube, and music through Pandora and Rhapsody. Plus, built-in social apps like Facebook and even Skype(TM)* enable you to connect with friends on your large screen AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV for amazingly realistic interactions.

Surf the web with Sharp's built-in Flash-enabled web browser.  Or watch TV and browse the web at the same time with SmartCentral's exclusive split-screen experience.

With Sharp's smart Remote Control and Beam apps, the power to control your TV is always in your hands.  Use your smart devices to change channels and adjust settings.  Or send photos, movies and videos from your phone or tablet right to the big screen.

Connected to the Future
Rounding out the impressive specs of the AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV is a comprehensive set of features befitting a flagship model. It features four HDMI inputs that accept native 4K (3840×2160) signals so your 4K experience expands along with tomorrow's 4K sources. 4K Photo Playback via a built-in SD-card reader and two USB ports means that for the first time, you can see the full resolution and detail captured in your 8MP photos. And Sharp's 4K 3D technology brings you twice the detail of passive 3D, so every scene comes alive for an intensely immersive experience. Two Bluetooth 3D glasses are included in the box.

Prices and Availability
The AQUOS Ultra HD LED TV will ship to retailers nationwide in mid-August with a suggested retail price of $7,999.99

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About Sharp Electronics Marketing Company of America (SEMCA)
SEMCA is the U.S. consumer electronics sales and marketing arm of Sharp Corporation, a worldwide developer of one-of-a-kind home entertainment products, appliances, networked multifunctional office solutions, solar energy solutions, LED lighting and mobile communication and information tools. Leading products include AQUOS® LED TVs, Insight® Microwave Drawer® ovens, and Plasmacluster® air purifiers.

*FreeTalk camera sold separately

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Sharp and AQUOS, Insight Microwave Drawer, and Plasmacluster Ion are registered trademarks of Sharp Corporation.All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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LifeProof Introduces First Waterproof and Shockproof Smartphone Cases Without a Screen Cover: LifeProof Nuud

- New cases are totally sealed from water, dirt and dust, yet provide full touch-screen experience with perfect clarity -

NEW YORK, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CE Line Show Booth #51 --LifeProof, the award-winning maker of all-protective, everyday cases for smartphones and tablets, today announced LifeProof nuud for Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy SIII, the first waterproof, all-protective smartphone cases without a screen cover. The LifeProof nuud lets users touch the actual screen while their smartphones stay totally protected from water, drops, sweat, dirt and other hazards of daily living. By providing a completely uncovered screen, the LifeProof nuud design gives users the ultimate touch-screen experience.

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The Apple iPhone 5 case, the first nuud smartphone case offered, will be sold at Best Buy and on the LifeProof web site beginning on July 7, 2013 for $89.99. The nuud case for the Samsung Galaxy SIII will soon follow.

LifeProof's patent-pending Screenless Technology uses a compression lock system that forms a waterproof seal between the case and the device touchscreen - delivering complete four-proof protection while maintaining perfect clarity and touch. The first of its kind, the LifeProof nuud case is screen-free, yet is still waterproof, with an IP68 rating for submerging 6.6 ft./2m underwater for one hour. The new case is also built to survive a 6.6 ft./2m. drop and exceeds military specifications for shock, drop and vibration protection.

"The LifeProof nuud design is ground-breaking and offers an entirely new level in waterproof protection that has never been done before. Now smartphone users can get perfect visual clarity and touch experience on their phone, without worrying about dropping it or getting it wet," said Gary Rayner, LifeProof founder. "The LifeProof nuud case for iPad launched last year with a similar design has already proven that you do not need a cover on the screen to offer full protection."

LifeProof nuud for Samsung Galaxy SIII and iPhone 5 offer these benefits:

    --  First screen-free, all-protective case on the market
    --  Thinnest and lightest all-protective case available
    --  Fully submersible and completely waterproof
    --  Totally sealed from dirt and dust
    --  Complete access to all buttons, ports, functions and features
    --  Maximum sound output and clarity
    --  Anti-reflective optical glass camera lens

The LifeProof nuud case for iPad, a CES Innovation award winner, is available now at Apple retail stores and the Apple Online Store (http://www.apple.com). All LifeProof products are sold at http://www.lifeproof.com.

iPhone and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple, Inc.

LifeProof Resources

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LifeProofCases

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lifeproof

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/LifeProofCases

About LifeProof

LifeProof's company mantra is Freedom; LifeProof designs, manufactures and markets an entirely new category of products designed to give people more freedom from environmental constraints. Based in San Diego, LifeProof offers elegant and protective cases for Smartphones and Tablet PCs that enable full functionality and interactivity under any condition encountered in daily life. The registered brand name 'LifeProof' is inspired by the protection and fully functional convenient operation of the device in water, mud, dirt, or snow. For more information, visit http://www.lifeproof.com.

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CONTACT: Valerie Chereskin, Chereskin Communications, 760-942-3116, valerie@chereskincomm.com

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