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Marvin Test Solutions Demonstrates Next-Generation Armament Test Solutions at Paris Air Show

Deployed Test Solutions Bridge the Armament Test Gap for 4th and 5th Generation Fighters

PARIS, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Paris Air Show - Marvin Test Solutions (formerly known as Geotest-Marvin Test Systems), a leading provider of innovative test solutions for military and commercial aerospace industries, is demonstrating its solutions this week at the Paris Air Show in booth 3-C82. With growing challenges including increasingly complex armament systems with longer lifecycles, industry leaders are demanding efficient, feature-rich, specialized aerospace test solutions that address legacy system obsolescence. Marvin Test Solutions has the expertise to meet those demands, and will be showcasing multiple armament test systems at the show.

"As a Retired USAF Major General leading a company with deep experience in armament test, I constantly see the significant challenges in testing today's cutting edge armament systems," said Steve Sargeant, Marvin Test Solutions CEO and The Marvin Group Vice President for Strategic Development. "Our team at the Paris Air Show looks forward to meeting with military and industry leaders this week and demonstrating how our solutions solve the space, energy, and ultimately, maintenance and sustainment test challenges that are of utmost concern in this industry."

Next-Generation Aerospace Test: The Challenge
Over the years, 4(th) and 5(th) generation aircraft have received numerous upgrades to avionics and armament systems. From the F-22 to the A-10, all aircraft now possess "smart" (Mil-STD 1553 and 1760) weapons technology and enhancements to legacy weapons. Today's armament systems bear little resemblance to the original systems; yet, maintainers are still required to use the same or similar armament circuits preload test set (ACPTS) combined with big-box test equipment fielded to verify that these sophisticated armament and munitions systems are full mission capable (FMC). This combination of box testers and ACPTS equipment doesn't deliver the capabilities needed to support today's smart weapons.

Next-Generation Aerospace Test: The Solution
Having identified the armament test gap in legacy 4(th) and 5(th) generation aircraft several years ago, Marvin Test Solutions developed, qualified, and successfully deployed the MTS-3060 SmartCan(TM) universal O-level aircraft armament tester for smart and legacy weapons and systems.

While maintaining the small footprint of the ACPTS, the MTS-3060 tester bridges the armament test gap by combining all of the capabilities of the ACPTS (and the 75501 tester in the case of the F-16), and providing maintainers with the necessary tools to test and troubleshoot today's aircraft loaded with both legacy and "smart" weapons. It provides preload testing of suspended and alternate mission equipment (AME) including missiles, bombs, and rockets, and offers measurement, stimuli, and communications functions previously unavailable at the flight line.

At the Paris Air Show, attendees can see a demonstration of the MTS-3060 tester.

In addition, Marvin Test Solutions is showcasing the MTS-235 F-35 armament tester, a portable test set that combines the test capabilities of an I-Level and D-Level test set in a compact, rugged, flight-line qualified enclosure; the MTS-209 common armament test set that provides   I-Level armament test capabilities for F-16, F-15, and many other platforms; the GBATS bench-top production tester; and, various O-Level armament testers for the Hellfire weapons platform at the Paris Air Show.

A History of Proven Expertise
For 25 years, Marvin Test Solutions has provided military- and commercial-off-the-shelf products and custom test systems that are military-ready, offer aerospace-quality performance, and are easily scalable. With proven test equipment currently deployed or ready to deploy on platforms such as the F-35, F-22, A-10, F-16, F-15, TA-50, FA-50, F-5, Hawk, UASs, B737, and B787, Marvin Test Solutions has the demonstrated expertise to deliver superior aerospace test solutions for the flight line, depot and manufacturing test environments.

For more information, readers can visit marvintest.com.

About Marvin Test Solutions
Marvin Test Solutions, a vertically integrated test company, has delivered innovative, feature-rich test solutions for factory, flight-line, intermediate-level, and depot-level applications since 1988. As a member of the Marvin Group, an award-winning aerospace company with a 50-year history in the Defense and Commercial Aerospace industries, Marvin Test Solutions has test applications deployed in support of most of the major defense aircraft and munitions in use around the world. Marvin Test Solutions quickly delivers full-spectrum, successful test solutions - making test, maintenance, and sustainment of the most mission-critical systems easier and faster.

Media/Customer Contact: Lori Lai, loril@marvintest.com

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AT&T 4G LTE Expands In Salinas

More customers to benefit from nation's fastest 4G LTE network on the latest devices

SALINAS, Calif., June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has expanded the nation's fastest 4G LTE network** in Salinas, bringing more customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. AT&T launched 4G LTE in Salinas on February 25, 2013 and the expanded coverage is part of its ongoing rollout across the market.

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AT&T 4G LTE coverage now includes parts of King City.

Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:

    --  Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet
        speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G***. Customers can stream, download,
        upload and game faster than ever before.
    --  Cool new devices. AT&T offers several LTE-compatible devices, including
        new AT&T 4G LTE smartphones and tablets.
    --  Faster response time. LTE technology offers lower latency, or the
        processing time it takes to move data through a network, such as how
        long it takes to start downloading a webpage or file once you've sent
        the request. Lower latency helps to improve services like mobile gaming,
        two-way video calling and telemedicine.
    --  More efficient use of spectrum. Wireless spectrum is a finite resource,
        and LTE uses spectrum more efficiently than other technologies, creating
        more space to carry data traffic and services and to deliver a better
        network experience.
"We've seen positive response from customers on our 4G LTE launch, and as today's expansion shows, we're continuing our rollout of fast 4G LTE speeds to more areas of Salinas," said Terry Stenzel, Vice President and General Manager for Northern California and Northern Nevada.

AT&T's 4G Network

AT&T's innovation and investment has resulted in the nation's largest 4G network, covering more than 292 million people with ultra-fast speeds and a more consistent user experience. Our 4G LTE network delivered faster average download and upload speeds than any of our competitors in PCWorld/TechHive's most recent 20-market speed tests.

AT&T's 4G LTE network delivers speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G, as well as multiple innovations that optimize the network for performance. Our network's radio components are placed close to the antenna at most cell sites, instead of inside the base station, which helps minimize power loss between the base station and antenna and, in turn, improves the performance of our 4G LTE network. The network also is designed with its core elements distributed across the country, which helps reduce latency, or the delay when using the Internet, because your request isn't traveling as far.

Even as AT&T continues to expand its 4G LTE coverage, customers can get 4G speeds outside of 4G LTE areas on our 4G HSPA+ network, unlike some competitors, where smartphone customers may fall back to slower 3G technologies when outside of LTE coverage.

AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network**** including more than 32,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers, and provides access to more than 402,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.

AT&T also is a leading developer of Distributed Antenna Systems, which utilize multiple small antennas to maximize coverage and speed within stadiums, convention centers, office buildings, hotels and other areas where traditional coverage methods are challenging.

Over the past five years, AT&T invested nearly $98 billion into its operations across the country. Since 2008, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a July 2012 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."

* AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

** Limited 4G LTE availability in select markets. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. Claim based on a comparison of U.S. national carriers' average 4G LTE download speeds for Android(TM) and Windows smartphones and iPhone 5. 4G speeds not available everywhere.

*** 4G LTE device and data plan required. Up to 10x claim compares 4G LTE download speeds to industry average 3G download speeds. Learn more about 4G LTE at att.com/network.

**** A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See http://www.attwifi.com for details and locations.

About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) is a premier communications holding company and one of the most honored companies in the world. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and internationally. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's largest 4G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile Internet, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(®) and AT&T ?DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world.

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.

© 2013 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 4G not available everywhere. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this press release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.

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CONTACT: Dan Newman, Dan@SCNstrategies.com, 4159819940

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

cdsavoia displayed on Samsung 85" Ultra HD TV at Soho House Hollywood

LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- cdsavoia was displayed at the unveiling of the first ever 85" Class Ultra HD Samsung TV at the Soho House in Los Angeles last night.

To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cdsavoia-displayed-on-samsung-85-ultra-hd-tv-at-soho-house-hollywood-212068421.html

cdsavoia makes 4 minute movies on creative people in fine art, fashion, wine, design and music.

If you have the technical capabilities to experience 4k, download or view this sample of cdsavoia's 4k footage: http://www.cdsavoia.com/4k.mp4

This footage was constructed from a recent series of cdsavoia productions in New York City with Canon's new 1D C cameras.

Please contact info@cdsavoia.com with any inquiries about licensing or partnerships.

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CONTACT: Ashly Arroyo, 858-200-5957

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

Jawbone Unveils Special Edition Orange UP Band to Support the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

Inspired by the Alliance's mission to foster healthy habits at an early age, Jawbone dedicates Orange UP band to children's health

SAN FRANCISCO, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jawbone®, a leader and innovator in smart audio devices and wearable technology, today announced a Special Edition Orange UP® band in support of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an organization dedicated to helping kids develop lifelong, healthy habits in an effort to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity. Jawbone and the Alliance have teamed up to encourage adults to make a difference in the lives of the young people they influence by being role models for healthy living, and to spark new conversations and progress around children's health.

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"At Jawbone, we want to give people everywhere a tool to live healthier lifestyles and achieve their goals, which is why we're deeply inspired by the work the Alliance for a Healthier Generation is doing to affect change at an early age," said Travis Bogard, vice president of product management and strategy at Jawbone. "With UP, we can all support the Alliance's mission by being role models, financial contributors, and voices for a cause we truly care about - teaching kids healthy habits that will last a lifetime."

For every Special Edition Orange UP band sold, Jawbone will make a donation of $20 to the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to support its school and community programs.

Founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation as a catalyst for children's health, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation aims to reduce the number of overweight and obese kids in today's communities - a health risk that affects nearly one in three children in the United States. It collaborates with and empowers influencers to transform the environments that can affect a child's health: homes, schools, doctor's offices and communities.

"The Alliance and Jawbone are passionate about the health of today's youth, and we're inviting adults and role models everywhere to become a part of the solution," said Dr. Howell Wechsler, chief executive officer for the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. "Together, we can make a difference in the lives of young people by driving awareness around childhood obesity and demonstrating the healthy behaviors and lifestyle choices that will inspire future generations."

Jawbone's Special Edition Orange UP band comes in three sizes (Small, Medium and Large) and is available today for $129.99 at Jawbone.com.

About Jawbone

For more than a decade, Jawbone® has developed human-centered wearable technology and audio devices that solve everyday problems and help us live better. A 2010 IDSA Design of the Decade winner, the company is the creator of the best-selling JAMBOX® and BIG JAMBOX® wireless speakers, the award-winning Jawbone ERA® and ICON(TM) Bluetooth® headsets, and NoiseAssassin® technology. Jawbone's approach to lifestyle tracking is unique, with over 230 patents filed related to UP® and its wearable technology manufacturing processes. Jawbone is privately held and headquartered in San Francisco.

Jawbone®, UP®, Jambox®, Big Jambox®, Jawbone ERA®, ICON(TM), MyTALK® and NoiseAssassin® are trademarks owned by AliphCom dba Jawbone.  Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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About the Alliance for a Healthier Generation

The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, works to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity and to empower kids to develop lifelong, healthy habits. The Alliance works with schools, companies, community organizations, healthcare professionals and families to transform the conditions and systems that lead to healthier children. To learn more and join the movement, visit http://www.HealthierGeneration.org.

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CONTACT: Keely Sulprizio, Jawbone, 415-230-7600 x1719, ksulprizio@jawbone.com; The OutCast Agency, 415-392-8282, Jawbone@TheOutCastAgency.com; Megan McIntyre, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, 917-399-5250, megan.mcintyre@healthiergeneration.org

MAZDA TEAMS WITH XBOX FOR EXCLUSIVE LIVE EVENT

-Global Vehicle Debut Aided by Entertainment Platform-

- Today Mazda kicks off an awareness campaign for #GAMECHANGER a Mazda Exclusive Live Event featuring Metric

- The event will be the first to broadcast a live vehicle introduction and concert globally through Xbox consoles on June 26 at 9:00 PM EDT

- Fans can join in the conversation through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+ through the hash tag #GAMECHANGER

- Fans can obtain more information at http://www.MazdaUSA.com and http://www.xbox.com/gamechangerregistration

IRVINE, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mazda has teamed-up with Xbox, Microsoft's premiere entertainment brand to produce the first-ever global live stream of a new vehicle introduction.  Mazda is keeping the vehicle a surprise but has announced that the event will be anchored with a live concert by the award-winning band Metric--the first to be streamed live globally through Xbox.

On June 26, 2013, Mazda's vehicle reveal will take place live from New York. The event will be broadcast at 9:00 PM EDT globally on Xbox Live, and is the culmination of a multi-city reveal cadence that will start in Melbourne, travel through St. Petersburg, Istanbul, London, and then on to New York City.

"It's a digitally connected world, so what better way to reach our customers than through a connected platform like Xbox," said Russell Wager, vice president of marketing for Mazda.  "We were looking for a way to launch a global product and tie together our five separate reveals.  Xbox not only gave us the platform, but allowed us to leverage our digital assets to drive a global audience to view the event."

Starting today, Mazda will begin launching a series of activations to build awareness of the event, which is in line with the brand's new advertising campaign that began in April. The kick-off will begin through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google+ and include the hashtag #GameChanger so that fans can join the conversation.  MazdaUSA.com will direct viewers to a dedicated Mazda landing page on Xbox.com.  The site will include details of the event, a countdown clock and will host a sweepstakes for one lucky entrant to win $2,500 to create their dream trip to a music event of their choice.

Ross Honey, general manager of Xbox Advertising says, "Working with Mazda to introduce their new vehicle through a global live stream event showcases Xbox's versatility as a connected entertainment device that reaches millions of Xbox Live users worldwide."

In addition, MazdaUSA.com visitors will be informed of the event through a specially branded Mazda Facebook tab.

"This organization has always been one that likes to be a part of breaking new ground," said Metric's manager Mathieu Drouin of the band's involvement in the first ever, multi-continent concert streaming event on XBox Live. "Metric's fans are spread throughout the globe, so there is something quite special about being able to offer a select few fans the opportunity to attend such a unique and intimate Metric concert in person, while the rest of the band's fans around the world can participate virtually through a social streaming event on one of the world's largest interactive global entertainment platforms."

Fans that participate in the broadcast will not only get treated to the exclusive Mazda vehicle debut, a free live concert, and a chance to win a sweepstakes, but also receive a branded #GameChanger t-shirt for their Xbox Live Avatar--the first giveaway of its kind tied to a live event.

Mazda vehicles provide customers engaging technology that connects their driving experience to the outside world via social media, entertainment options, satellite navigation and real-time traffic monitoring. Partnering with Xbox for the global reveal of a new vehicle allows Mazda to participate with its target customers through technology they are already using to enjoy their entertainment, but in a fresh and innovative way.

Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States and Mexico through nearly 700 dealers.  Operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City.  For more information on Mazda vehicles, including photography and B-roll, please visit the online Mazda media center at http://www.mazdausamedia.com.

SOURCE  Mazda North American Operations

Mazda North American Operations

CONTACT: Octavio Navarro, Mazda Information Bureau, (714) 913-9941

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

TREK, INC. Introduces Charged Plate Monitor with User-Friendly Features

Model 158A to be featured at SEMICON® West for Evaluation of Ionizers in the Semiconductor Industry and other ESD-Sensitive Environments

MEDINA, N.Y., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TREK, INC., a designer and manufacturer of high-voltage power amplifiers and high-performance electrostatic instruments, sensors and monitors, will introduce a new compact charged plate monitor with user-friendly features - Model 158A - at SEMICON® West 2013 being held July 9 - 11 in San Francisco. Visit Trek at booth #2310.

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This new CPM includes a large LCD color graphic display, superior data collection & storage capability, touch screen & function key controls, and programmable start/stop voltages for +/-decay mode measurements.

This unit employs Trek's patented voltage-follower technique to provide accuracy, stability and bandwidth which surpass the capabilities of traditional field meter technology.

Model 158A was designed to address the industry's need for faster, more accurate, and more reliable air ionizer performance evaluations and enhanced data collection/storage in the semiconductor industry and in other processes and environments sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD) which includes many material handling/processing operations.

Air ionizers are utilized to mitigate the harmful effects of static charge. By utilizing Trek's Model 158A CPM to validate ionizer performance for balance and +/- decay mode operation, facility managers and process engineers will have an additional tool to help manage their ESD-sensitive processes in the semiconductor industry and in aerospace, automotive, biotechnology, defense, electronics, energy, instrumentation, materials testing, military, and powder/film processing industries.

Specifications for Model 158A include measurement range of 0 to +/-1100V DC or peak AC, large signal bandwidth of 80Hz (-3dB), accuracy of +/-0.1% (full scale) and output noise 10mV rms.   

Operational versatility is enhanced by additional data collection/storage capabilities such as pre-set performance of automated tests, storage/retrieval of test data and previously defined test parameters, multiple programming options, USB memory card port for ease of data transfer, and optional barcode scanner with bluetooth technology.

The unit is compliant with IEC 61340-5-1 and ANSI/ESD STM3.1 standards.

Model 158A comes with a built-in rechargeable battery which provides approximately 6 hours of continuous usage from a full charge. Two standard sizes of ion collecting plates are available (1" and 6") and are ordered separately.

This CPM is also available as a kit which includes the monitor, one of each standard sized ion collecting plate (1" and 6"), charged plate handle, walking test adapter assembly, mini-tripod and custom carrying case.

Product information:  http://www.trekinc.com/products/158a.asp

Specification sheet:  http://www.trekinc.com/pdf/158asales.pdf

Charged Plate Monitor Product Line:  http://www.trekinc.com/products/cpm.asp

For additional information: email sales@trekinc.com or call USA +1-585-798-3140

SEMICON® West 2013:  http://www.semiconwest.org

TREK, INC. (http://www.trekinc.com) designs, manufactures and sells high-voltage amplifiers, power supplies & generators and high performance electrostatic measurement instruments, sensors & monitors to the global marketplace. Trek's standard and custom products are used: (1) by OEMs involved in semiconductor manufacturing, electrophotography, photovoltaic/solar and many other industries; (2) in applications sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD); and (3) by companies/universities involved in a variety of research applications.

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Retail Banking "Ripe for Disruption", says Former Banking Chief

LONDON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    "The rate of change and innovation in retail banking and financial services in this
country and across the world is at the tipping point thanks to consumer demand for digital
change in their lives" Deanna Oppenheimer, CEO, CameoWorks and former Vice Chair of Global
Retail Banking for Barclays said today at a conference in London.

    Speaking at the Anthemis Innovation Playground conference, Ms Oppenheimer announced
that she would be advising Anthemis Group as a Venture Partner, a leading digitally native
company focused on re-inventing financial services through technology. Her partnership
with Anthemis will help to scale companies that are bringing rapid technological and
social changes to the financial services industry.

    Far from taking a combative approach, Ms Oppenheimer reiterated her belief that the
route to reform for the financial services sector lies in collaboration between the
establishment and these new innovative companies. "Companies with scale are often
challenged by launching new ideas, companies with new ideas often struggle to achieve
scale. There is a natural fit between young entrepreneurial companies with disruptive
ideas and their more established counterparts. Anthemis fosters this critical and crucial
collaboration and I'm pleased to be applying my 30 years of experience in the industry to
their fresh approach.

    "The customer experience in financial services and retailing is facing its most
fundamental change in this century. Recent technological advances and social changes, now
at the fingertips of the majority via smartphones, have given rise to a new kind of
consumer, one that is much more connected and demanding. Young, consumer centric, service
and experience-lead startups like Fidor Bank in Germany and Betterment in the US are
re-defining the customer's experience in banking; it will not be long before that kind of
disruption reaches all parts of the world."

    Nadeem Shaikh, Founder, Anthemis Group and Managing Director, Anthemis Edge said,
"Deanna brings unparalleled breadth of experience and deep knowledge of banking services,
complementing our core team's expertise, to help us deliver even better insights and value
to our clients and group companies (within the Financial Services industries). We're
delighted to be working with her".

    Photographs of Deanna are available here -
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l7wdm5ezjk86k30/vG2ujGqgmL

    About Deanna Oppenheimer

    Recognised globally as one of the decade's most influential leaders in financial
services, Deanna Oppenheimer is an acclaimed turnaround strategist known for her ability
to transform entrenched institutions into customer-centric champions. Deanna currently
serves as a non-executive director for Tesco PLC, Tesco Bank, NCR Corporation, and the AXA
Group, and is also a frequent speaker at national and international forums. As CEO of
CameoWorks, a boutique retail and financial services advisory firm, Deanna connects global
companies with American west coast innovation.

    Previously, Deanna held c-level positions at national and international financial
institutions. She most recently served as Vice Chair, Global Retail Banking at Barclays,
where she was also CEO of UK and Western Europe Retail Banking.

    About Anthemis:

    Anthemis Group [http://www.anthemis.com/#/home ] is a young, dynamic growth company
focused on re-inventing
financial services for the 21st century. We are distributed,
networked and emergent; an approach we believe is optimally aligned with the economic,
cultural and competitive environment of the Information Age.

    People, networks and ecosystems are the foundations upon which Anthemis is built: we
are a technology and talent collective specializing in the design, implementation and
financing of innovative business models and concepts in payments, banking, wealth
management, capital markets and insurance.

    We work with a diverse group of customers and partners - from start-ups and venture
capital firms to corporates, financial institutions and private equity firms - catalyzing
and accelerating positive and disruptive change across the financial industry.

    Links:

    Fidor bank - https://www.fidor.de

    Betterment - https://www.betterment.com

Anthemis Group

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LG Electronics Launches Free Electronic Program Guide For Pro:Centric® Hospitality Customers

Interactive EPG Service Bundled with Pro:Centric TVs Offers Hoteliers Valuable Guest Content, Eliminates Programming Costs

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The industry leader in hotel- and guest-centric display and content delivery solutions, LG Electronics USA, announced today that all Pro:Centric LCD televisions for hospitality customers now include a free Interactive Electronic Program Guide (IEPG) data service.

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The Pro:Centric Electronic Program Guide allows hotel guests to easily navigate "free-to-guest" TV channels and select programs in a format that replicates their home entertainment experience.  LG Electronics is making the complementary IEPG service available to all hotel properties that have purchased Pro:Centric televisions and install a Pro:Centric server to deliver and manage the service at their property.

In addition to an enhanced guest experience, hotel operators benefit from a reduction in in-room printing costs for channel lineup cards and TV guides.  The EPG service is independent of the satellite or cable TV provider, so it can be retained when switching between providers.

An electronic program guide service can cost as much as $1.50 per room per month. From boutique hotels to expansive resorts, eliminating this monthly cost equates to substantial reduction in operational overhead. A property with 250-500 rooms can save $4,500-$9,000 annually in licensing fees.   

"The access to IEPG data complements a host of interactive features and operational benefits that make LG's Pro:Centric platform a robust solution for hotel operators," said Richard Lewis, senior vice president, research and technology for LG Electronics' U.S. R&D Lab, Zenith. "Giving hoteliers a way to manage and improve the guest experience digitally is especially valuable in this era, when many travelers turn more and more to a screen instead of calling the front desk."

With more than 1 million Pro:Centric TVs already deployed worldwide, Pro:Centric is an industry-leading interactive platform for the lodging sector. Pro:Centric applications can provides guests with information at their fingertips, acting as a digital concierge, enabling guests to view hotel amenities such as spa treatments, restaurants, and golf via billboards presented on their hotel room TVs. This exclusive LG solution is simple to install and has an admin-client Graphical User Interface for remote administration and maintenance using a secure remote Virtual Private Network client.

"By providing a simple means of access to hotel services and amenities, Pro:Centric promotes a consistent revenue stream for hoteliers," said Lewis. "With the enhanced guest experience and tremendous cost savings from the free Pro:Centric IEPG data service, this is a robust hospitality solution that's hard to beat." 

For more information on LG's Pro:Centric platform and the new IEPG service, including LG authorized installation partners and Pro:Centric TV models included, please visit http://www.LGSolutions.com. 

Designs, features and specifications subject to change without notice.

About LG Electronics USA

The LG Electronics USA Home Electronics Business-to-Business (B2B) division serves customers in the U.S. lodging and hospitality, digital signage, systems integration, healthcare, education, government and industrial markets. Based in Lincolnshire, Ill., with its dedicated engineering and customer support team, the B2B division delivers technology solutions tailored to the particular needs of business environments. LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $45 billion global force in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. LG Electronics is a 2013 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year. For more information, please visit http://www.LGSolutions.com.

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CONTACT: John Taylor, LG Electronics USA, (847) 941-8181, john.taylor@lge.com, or Cathleen Cronin, (908) 334-3209, cathleen.cronin@lg-one.com

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

New 20kbps to 100kbps Communication Photocouplers from Toshiba Lower Costs, Power Consumption

IRVINE, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today announced the launch of two new communication photocouplers - theTLP2301 (20kps) and TLP2303 (100kps). Supporting RS-232 communication speed of 9.6kbps or 19.2kbps to RS-232C communication speed of 115.2kbps transmission rates for isolated communication interfaces in factory automation devices, air-conditioners, smart meters and more, these new optimal speed photocouplers bring excellent cost/performance ratios and can be driven at a low input current of 1 mA.

Isolated communication interfaces for factory automation devices (such as PLC and inverters), home appliances and housing equipment (such as air conditioners and smart meters) use a wide range of transmission rates to communicate. Until now, photocouplers with optimal speed transmission rates were not available. This forced users to choose either general-purpose transistor couplers, which provide insufficient performance, or 1 Mbps-class IC couplers, which provide the performance needed, but at a very high cost.

Toshiba developed the TLP2301 and TLP2303 to fill this gap in the market. The new photocouplers achieve a high current transfer ratio (I(C)/I(F)) and switching under low input current conditions - leading to reductions in power consumption and costs in the wide range of products that use photocouplers.

The TLP2301, which supports a ~20kbps transmission rate, guarantees a maximum delay time of 30 microns. Additionally, it can operate at a low input current of 1 mA by adopting a high-output infrared luminescence LED developed by Toshiba. Due to its low input current, the TLP2301 can also be directly driven by a microcontroller (no driver buffer is needed).

In addition to using the same high-output infrared luminescence LED as the TLP2301, the TLP2303, which supports a ~100kbps transmission rate, has a light-receiving chip with a high-speed photo Darlington transistor configuration. This enables the TLP2303 to achieve a high current transfer ratio (I(C)/I(F)) of up to 800 percent at an input current of 1.6 mA.

Features include:

TLP2301

    --  Operating temperature range: Topr = -55 degrees C to 125 degrees C
    --  Current transfer ratio: CTR = 50 percent (min.) (at IF = 1 mA, VCE = 5V)
    --  Propagation delay time: tpHL / tpLH = 30 microns (max.) (at IF = 1 mA,
        VCC = 5V, RL = 10k omega, Ta = 25 degrees C)
TLP2303

    --  Operating temperature range: Topr = -40 degrees C to 125 degrees C
    --  Current transfer ratio: CTR = 800 percent (min.) (at IF = 1.6 mA, VCC =
        4.5V)
    --  Propagation delay time:
        --  tpHL = 5 microns (max.)

        --  tpLH = 25 microns (max.) [condition: IF = 1.6 mA, VCC = 5V, RL = 2.2
            k omega, Ta = 25 degrees C]
        --  tpHL = 1 microns (max.)

        --  tpLH = 7 microns (max.) [condition: IF = 12 mA, VCC = 5V, RL = 270
            omega, Ta = 25 degrees C]
    --  Common-mode transient immunity: |CMH| and |CML| > 15 kV/microns
Pricing and Availability
Toshiba's new photocouplers are available now. Budgetary pricing begins at $0.24 for TLP2301 and $0.38 for TLP2303, with volume discounts available.

*About Toshiba Corp. and TAEC

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.

© 2013 Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. All rights reserved.

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.

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CONTACT: Rebecca Bueno, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., Tel.: (949) 623-3099, rebecca.bueno@taec.toshiba.com

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Elegant and Edgy, the New HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the World's Slimmest Smartphone

At 6.18mm slim, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is impossibly beautiful and always intuitive

LONDON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei( http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide ), a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today unveiled the HUAWEI Ascend P6, the world's slimmest smartphone measuring 6.18mm. The smartphone features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic body. With its 4.7-inch high definition in-cell display, industry-leading 5MP front-facing camera, and outstanding software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the embodiment of elegance with an edge.

(Photo: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/2013/06/18/20130618113937824203.html )

"The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is a star among smartphones with its industry-leading design, high-quality camera, and intuitive user interface, Huawei's proprietary Emotion UI," said Richard Yu, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Consumer Business Group. "Building on the success of our Ascend P series of fashion smartphones, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 provides unsurpassed technology and a design that is simply stunning."

HUAWEI Ascend P6 is ultra slim at 6.18mm and weighs just about 120g. While it is small enough to slip into the tiniest of pockets or clutch bags, the stylish HUAWEI Ascend P6 is designed to be seen and coveted! It features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.2.2 operating system, 2000mAh battery, 4.7-inch HD in-cell LCD screen technology, and 'MagicTouch' for enhanced screen responsiveness even when wearing gloves. 

As the flagship smartphone of the Huawei Ascend P series, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 embodies a cutting edge design for the fashion conscious. The smartphone's brushed metallic look with a naturally curved base is both elegant and intuitive. Impossibly beautiful, the Ascend P6 balances fashionable features and user-friendly functions.

Perfect for 'selfies', the HUAWEI Ascend P6's industry-leading 5MP front-facing camera and auto facial-enhancing capabilities create model-gorgeous shots you'll want to share. Its 8MP rear-facing BSI camera with F2.0 aperture and 4cm macro view also enables 1080P full HD video recording and playback. With Huawei's proprietary IMAGESmart software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 turns even the most novice photographer into a professional, with contrast and color enhancement, auto scene recognition, object tracing focus, and instant facial beauty support.

The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is even more intuitive and able to be customized with Huawei's Emotion UI. Inspired by people, for device users worldwide, Huawei has gathered input from over 5 million consumers to help us optimize the latest version of Emotion UI. The proprietary user interface includes updates to Uni-Home including enhanced security, Huawei's Me Widget, MagicTouch, and SmartReading. New to Huawei's Emotion UI are the panoramic shoot and facial recognition photography functions.

Huawei's unique Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) and Quick Power Control (QPC) battery optimization and power saving technology improves performance by more than 30%, compared with smartphone batteries of equal size. With its multi-screen AirSharing capability, you can connect to a range of devices to boost your productivity at work or play by easily sharing documents or enhance your gaming experience with minimal lag time. 

The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is available in black, white and pink with matching color cases. It will begin shipping to China from June and to Western Europe from July through Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, H3G, O2, Carphone Warehouse, TalkTalk, Media Markt & Saturn, TIM and online via Amazon and CDiscount with other markets to follow.

About Huawei Device

As at the end of 2012, Huawei's products and services are deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one third of the world's population. Huawei has also set up more than 20 R&D centers around the world in countries such as the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Consumer business is one of Huawei's three business groups offering a range of products that include mobile phones, mobile broadband devices, home devices, clouds, and consumer chipsets.  With more than 20 years of rich business expertise in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, an extensive global network, vast global business operations and partners, Huawei Consumer Business Group, through Huawei Device, is dedicated to bringing the latest technology to consumers, offering a world of possibilities and creating extraordinary experiences for people everywhere.

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Elegant and Edgy, the New HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the World's Slimmest Smartphone

At 6.18mm slim, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is impossibly beautiful and always intuitive

LONDON, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today unveiled the HUAWEI Ascend P6, the world's slimmest smartphone measuring 6.18mm. The smartphone features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic body. With its 4.7-inch high definition in-cell display, industry-leading 5MP front-facing camera, and outstanding software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the embodiment of elegance with an edge.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/HK32968 )

"The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is a star among smartphones with its industry-leading design, high-quality camera, and intuitive user interface, Huawei's proprietary Emotion UI," said Richard Yu, Chief Executive Officer, Huawei Consumer Business Group. "Building on the success of our Ascend P series of fashion smartphones, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 provides unsurpassed technology and a design that is simply stunning."

HUAWEI Ascend P6 is ultra slim at 6.18mm and weighs just about 120g. While it is small enough to slip into the tiniest of pockets or clutch bags, the stylish HUAWEI Ascend P6 is designed to be seen and coveted! It features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.2.2 operating system, 2000mAh battery, 4.7-inch HD in-cell LCD screen technology, and 'MagicTouch' for enhanced screen responsiveness even when wearing gloves. 

As the flagship smartphone of the Huawei Ascend P series, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 embodies a cutting edge design for the fashion conscious. The smartphone's brushed metallic look with a naturally curved base is both elegant and intuitive. Impossibly beautiful, the Ascend P6 balances fashionable features and user-friendly functions.

Perfect for 'selfies', the HUAWEI Ascend P6's industry-leading 5MP front-facing camera and auto facial-enhancing capabilities create model-gorgeous shots you'll want to share. Its 8MP rear-facing BSI camera with F2.0 aperture and 4cm macro view also enables 1080P full HD video recording and playback. With Huawei's proprietary IMAGESmart software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 turns even the most novice photographer into a professional, with contrast and color enhancement, auto scene recognition, object tracing focus, and instant facial beauty support.

The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is even more intuitive and able to be customized with Huawei's Emotion UI. Inspired by people, for device users worldwide, Huawei has gathered input from over 5 million consumers to help us optimize the latest version of Emotion UI. The proprietary user interface includes updates to Uni-Home including enhanced security, Huawei's Me Widget, MagicTouch, and SmartReading. New to Huawei's Emotion UI are the panoramic shoot and facial recognition photography functions.

Huawei's unique Automated Discontinuous Reception (ADRX) and Quick Power Control (QPC) battery optimization and power saving technology improves performance by more than 30%, compared with smartphone batteries of equal size. With its multi-screen AirSharing capability, you can connect to a range of devices to boost your productivity at work or play by easily sharing documents or enhance your gaming experience with minimal lag time.   

The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is available in black, white and pink with matching color cases. It will begin shipping to China from June and to Western Europe from July through Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, H3G, O2, Carphone Warehouse, TalkTalk, Media Markt & Saturn, TIM and online via Amazon and CDiscount with other markets to follow.

About Huawei Device

As at the end of 2012, Huawei's products and services are deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one third of the world's population. Huawei has also set up more than 20 R&D centers around the world in countries such as the United States, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China. Consumer business is one of Huawei's three business groups offering a range of products that include mobile phones, mobile broadband devices, home devices, clouds, and consumer chipsets.  With more than 20 years of rich business expertise in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, an extensive global network, vast global business operations and partners, Huawei Consumer Business Group, through Huawei Device, is dedicated to bringing the latest technology to consumers, offering a world of possibilities and creating extraordinary experiences for people everywhere.

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Kodak Introduces New Solutions for Professional Lab Customers at Annual Professional Lab Workshop

Showcases KODAK PROFESSIONAL Digital Print Production Software Version 16; Previews Innovative New Front-End Ordering Software

ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kodak continues to leverage market insights and technical innovation to deliver valuable solutions to its professional lab customers that advance the impact of professional imaging. At the core of this innovation is KODAK PROFESSIONAL Digital Print Production Software (DP2) Version 16, the latest installment of Kodak's market leading workflow software for professional photographic labs. DP2 v.16 delivers enhancements to image quality and improved productivity and expands capabilities for the creation and production of innovative products.

In addition to DP2 v. 16, Kodak will provide a sneak preview of KODAK PROFESSIONAL Collections and Creations Software. This new software, a flexible front-end ordering system with a simple user interface, can change how labs and photographers prepare, present and produce valuable professional content. These collections, including both soft and hard copy, follow a logical flow that allows photographers to guide their clients through a storytelling process, from start to finish and then roll seamlessly into production and delivery through a pro lab. With Collections and Creations Software, professional labs and photographers can show consumers what's possible, in real-time, using their professional content and deliver an experience that creates an emotional connection among the consumers, their images and their story.

This in turn, enables the consumers to:

    --  Promote their memories by sharing with family and friends anytime,
        anywhere
    --  Produce their memories in story form
    --  Preserve their memories for a lifetime
"Our new software offerings focus on meeting the consumer demand for storytelling," said Christopher S. Van Zandt, Vice President and General Manager, Paper & Output Systems, Americas Region, Kodak Personalized Imaging. "The combination of Collections and Creations software with DP2 v.16 creates a powerful solution for professional labs, not only in what they can create, but how they present their valuable content. The software will help labs and photographers to shift their sales process from individual products to complete story-telling solutions and packages, and in turn, create more revenue opportunities. This also continues our commitment to deliver more than just products to our valued customers - we strive to deliver solutions that reflect market opportunities and help professional labs create viable long term strategies to grow their businesses. DP2 v.16 is the next step in that journey."

NEW DP2 FEATURES

With DP2 v.16, professional labs can cost-effectively expand their portfolio to include high quality photographic prints and albums, press products (books, calendars, cards and keepsakes), and digital offerings (enhanced stills and video slideshows) to professional photographers.

As part of that, DP2 v. 16 includes enhanced Animoto Video Slideshow features, which now make it possible for those labs that work directly with consumers (school photography, sporting event, nurseries, etc.) to offer this visually impactful soft-copy product. By introducing new configuration/licensing and flexible pricing, Kodak supports labs in pursuing additional business and market opportunities.

Another key improvement to the Animoto Video Slideshow features is the Animoto "Preview Sharing" capability.  Thisallows photographers to offer consumers a preview video (low res and for a limited time) to create excitement on part of the consumer about what's possible, and encourages greater purchase rates of printed products as well as video slideshows.

In addition, DP2 v.16 includes a host of other enhancements that provide improved quality and productivity for pro labs.

Kodak is showcasing KODAK PROFESSIONAL DP2 v.16 and KODAK PROFESSIONAL Collections and Creations software at its 2013 KODAK Pro Lab Workshop, where Kodak conducts a combination of business and technical educational sessions. These sessions strive to better position professional labs to understand market dynamics, provide technical solutions and resources to address them, and to create individual strategies to succeed in these evolving markets.

Beginning the week of June 24, the new version of DP2 will be available at http://www.kodak.com/go/dp2 for download. KODAK PROFESSIONAL Collections and Creations Software will be available in early 2014 and leverages foundational elements being delivered in DP2 v.16. For more information on KODAK PROFESSIONAL Imaging Solutions, visit http://www.kodak.com/go/professional or follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/kodakprofessional.

About Kodak's Personalized Imaging Business

The Personalized Imaging business leverages Kodak's unique imaging heritage, expertise and ongoing innovation to provide customers and end-consumers with high-quality products and services to meet their individual needs. The Personalized Imaging business consists of Retail Systems Solutions, the world leader in retail photo kiosks and dry lab systems, offering retailers a competitive advantage in the photo services market; Paper & Output Systems, offering photo specialty retailers, professional and wholesale labs, and photographers the broadest portfolio of traditional photographic paper and workflow solutions; Film Capture, offering consumers and professionals an award-winning range of still-camera film products; and Event Imaging Solutions, offering theme parks and other venues a total solution in souvenir photo operations.

(Kodak and Kodak Professional are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.)

2013

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Web Site: http://www.kodak.com/go/professional

Enterasys OneFabric Data Center Delivers Simplicity, Agility, and Optimized Performance for Enterprise Customers

New Switches and Software Services Provide Deep Visibility and Control through Advanced Intelligence

SALEM, N.H., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterasys Networks, a Siemens Enterprise Communications Company, introduced the next generation of OneFabric Data Center, a unified architecture that empowers administrators to fully automate the data center fabric and orchestrate it with any server or storage component in the enterprise data center - physical or virtual. OneFabric Data Center is the industry's most flexible and intelligent solution that also delivers superior control and increased network visibility. The enhancements include 14 new switch modules for the S-Series Data Center/Core switches and four new Top-of-Rack 7100-Series switches. Major software features and enhancements include additional data center standard support, as well as updates to the OneFabric Control Center, delivering unified management and control based on a Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture for virtual, physical, wired and wireless networks through a single pane of glass.

Key Facts

    --  OneFabric Data Center simplifies complex data center processes, making
        them more agile with SDN-based integration of intelligent services, and
        increased utilization to make them more efficient and allow IT to
        optimize performance while providing visibility and control.
    --  Introducing two new families of S-Series modules, S140 and S180,
        supporting dense 10Gb and 40Gb Ethernet deployments in the data center.
    --  The new 7100-Series family of switches is meant for high density data
        center environments, supporting up to 64 10Gb Ethernet ports in a single
        rack unit, ideal for top-of-rack deployments.
    --  Support for data center standards such as Shortest Path Bridging, Data
        Center Bridging for Storage Convergence and a simplified Data Center
        Interconnect solution.
    --  The OneFabric Data Center architecture delivers data center automation
        and orchestration to easily and flexibly provision the network to
        improve efficiencies and reduce OpEx, delivering simplified private
        cloud management via Enterasys Data Center Manager and innovative
        service integration through OneFabric Connect SDN.
    --  OneFabric Data Center solutions are Virtual Machine (VM) vendor
        agnostic, providing high availability, increased efficiency and reduced
        workload for IT, with support for the latest releases from VMware
        vSphere, Citrix XEN and Microsoft Hyper-V/SCVMM.
    --  The S-Series Coreflow2 custom flow-based ASIC is the industry's only
        flow-based switch providing the industry's highest level of
        programmability and scale. This results in detailed visibility and
        control for IT administrators across their whole network.

According to Gartner, "IT organizations must focus on data center architecture to keep the business running. Optimal data center design ensures smooth IT operations, high availability, security, network connectivity, and energy efficiency."*

Executive Perspectives

Chris Strabley, IT Manager, Republic Steel
"Working with Enterasys has allowed our IT staff to refocus activities that are driving greater value for our business. In Enterasys, we've found an IT partner that has gone above and beyond to find solutions to our problems. With the 7100-Series and S-Series, we have a robust data center solution which helps us manage a very complex IT infrastructure, ensuring our manufacturing specific applications are predictably delivered in a virtualized environment. We truly feel that they are as committed and dedicated to improving our business as we are."

Melissa Burg, Management Information Systems Director, Watson Clinic
"Being a small network team and needing to support 22 locations, we needed a system that had the greatest functionality yet was easy to use. Enterasys fit into that category perfectly.  Our transition from Cisco to an all Enterasys network from the data center to the access edge was an easy process for us. As for managing the network, if you can click a mouse, you can manage the entire system with Enterasys."

Frank Kiess, Network Manager, Charite
"Charite has strategically decided to go with Enterasys for the campus LAN. The longevity and reusability of switch modules as well as the stability of the solution were key decision factors when considering important criteria for the core of the data center network infrastructure."

John Thome, Jr., VP of Sales, Chi Corporation
"We've been an Enterasys Partner for a number of years, and we are excited about the introduction of the new OneFabric Data Center architecture.  As customers look to refresh their data centers, capacity, performance, and automation are key concerns. Enterasys OneFabric Data Center provides a vehicle to help our customers deploy innovative technology as they refresh their data centers for the future, with the simplicity to keep operational costs in check. Cutting through the clutter of over-sized, complex, yet incomplete solutions from other vendors, OneFabric provides the most intelligent network to optimize performance, visibility, and control across the entire data center infrastructure."

Chris Crowell, President and CEO, Enterasys Networks
"The tremendous growth of mobility and sheer amount of information in the enterprise, as well as the introduction of social and cloud technologies has forced businesses to think about the data center differently. Through the enhancements announced today, we've drastically reduced the complexity associated with the data center. What's more, from server connectivity to fabric core, our approach to building data center fabrics allows control of traffic flows much more effectively than competitive solutions. Enterasys believes in delivering the highest quality and most consistent user experience to our customers and this next generation of OneFabric Data Center is a testament of that."

Bob Laliberte, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group
"ESG research indicates that organizations are continuing to consolidate data centers and build out multi-tenant environments. This consolidation and resulting complexity is leading to 'data center networking discontinuity' where network teams struggle with major operational challenges like too many manual processes, box-by-box provisioning, delays in change management, and complex troubleshooting. The Enterasys OneFabric Data Center solution addresses these problems by simplifying the network management and providing IT with an intelligent solution that helps to optimize data center performance and lead to fewer headaches for IT."

Ivan Pepelnjak, Data Center Expert, ipSpace.net
"The Enterasys OneFabric architecture provides customers with flexibility to connect multiple data centers in active/active scenario with standard-based technologies without inventing new and complex protocols that lock-in customers. It's an elegant solution to a complex problem."

Additional Resources

    --  Enterasys Blog: The World's Most Intelligent Data Center is Here!
    --  Enterasys Blog: VARs Need to Adjust to Changing Data Center Revenue
        Streams
    --  Case Study: Charité University Hospital
    --  Register for upcoming webinar: Break The Data Center Complexity Cycle
        With A Smarter Network
    --  Enterasys Social Media Newsroom
    --  Connect with Enterasys via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and
        Google+

*Gartner, Inc., Enterprise Data Center, Drue Reeves, Chris Wolf, July 9, 2012.

About Enterasys Networks and Siemens Enterprise Communications

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a leading global provider of unified communications (UC) solutions and network infrastructure for enterprises of all sizes. Leveraging 160 years of experience, we deliver innovation and quality to the world's most successful companies, backed by a world-class services portfolio which includes international multi-vendor managed and outsourcing capabilities.

Our OpenScape communications solutions provide a seamless and efficient collaboration experience - on any device - which amplifies collective effort and dramatically improves business performance.

Together, our global team of UC experts and service professionals set the standards for a rich communications experience that empowers teams to deliver better results.

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a joint venture of The Gores Group and Siemens AG, and includes Enterasys Networks, a provider of network infrastructure and security solutions, creating a complementary and complete enterprise communications solutions portfolio.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.siemens-enterprise.com or http://www.enterasys.com

Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG is a Trademark Licensee of Siemens AG.

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Remedy Informatics Awarded GSA Contract to Provide Innovative IT Solutions to Federal, State and Local Agencies

SALT LAKE CITY, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Remedy Informatics, a leading provider of registry-based informatics products for healthcare and life sciences research, today announced it has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70 supply contract (GS-35F-367AA, effective May 7, 2013) and is now certified to provide innovative IT solutions to government agencies at federal, state and local levels. In accordance with this contract, Remedy has placed its products and services on the federal government's electronic ordering system, GSA Advantage!®.

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"We continue to see a tremendous demand for our informatics products in both the private and public sectors, and this GSA contract will obviate the need for an often lengthy bid process, making it easier for government agencies to procure and deploy our software," said Gary Kennedy, Founder & CEO of Remedy Informatics. "With our enterprise-level software, government agencies involved in cutting-edge and key research initiatives will be able to break down data silos, improve data management and ultimately accelerate the pace of their discoveries and subsequent innovations."

Among the informatics products now available to federal, state and local agencies through the IT Schedule 70 GSA contract include:

    --  Mosaic(TM) Registries are dynamic and flexible registry-based products
        that enable researchers to aggregate, map and harmonize data from
        disparate sources and then query that data with the help of powerful
        analytics and visualization tools.
    --  Investigate(TM), the first and only integrated research management
        system (IRMS) designed to enable cross-discipline, cross-institution
        sharing of data between clinical, laboratory and biobank researchers and
        data sources. By facilitating a bi-directional flow of information
        between key players in healthcare and life sciences research,
        Investigate begins to truly deliver on the promise of personalized
        medicine.
    --  ComprehensiveBMT(TM), a clinical informatics product designed to help
        blood and marrow transplant (BMT) centers achieve clinical excellence by
        publishing groundbreaking research, tracking and measuring patient
        outcomes, gaining and maintaining accreditation and efficiently
        complying with mandatory reporting requirements.
All of Remedy Informatics' products are built on the innovative Mosaic(TM) Platform and designed to help life sciences researchers and healthcare professionals improve their use of subject, patient, research and clinical data. With the broader and deeper view of their data that Remedy's products provide, researchers and clinicians are better able to track outcomes in order to improve the quality of patient care and develop new, more effective therapies.

"This contract opens another door for us and increases the impact we aim to have on healthcare and life sciences research," added Kennedy. "Our team continues to roll out new and innovative products to meet the varying needs of these two diverse industries. We look forward to a long and successful relationship with government agencies of all shapes and sizes working in a wide variety of areas of interest."

Remedy was recently part of a 20-member team awarded a CIO-SP3 prime contract by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). The LongView International Technology Solutions Team can also pursue projects under the CIO-SP3 contract to provide a broad range of IT services and solutions to the Institutes and Centers of the NIH, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other federal departments. Learn more about the CIO-SP3 contract award here.

Remedy Informatics serves a wide range of leading healthcare and life sciences research institutions around the world, including Cleveland Clinic's Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), Baylor Health Care System, The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) and many more.

For more information on Remedy Informatics' GSA federal service contract, please contact Joseph Kennedy.

To learn more about Remedy's innovative informatics solutions, visit us at http://www.remedyinformatics.com.

About Remedy Informatics, Inc.

Remedy Informatics, Inc. is the leading provider of patient registries, medical research software, and research informatics products that accelerate translational medicine discoveries from bench to bedside. Remedy offers a wide range of highly configurable biomedical informatics products that are built on the powerful Mosaic(TM) Platform. Remedy's mission is to tangibly, measurably and permanently improve the effectiveness of life sciences research and healthcare delivery in the United States and around the world. For more information visit: http://www.remedyinformatics.com.

Media Contacts

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CloudByte Announces Free Perpetual Software License for Up to 4 TB of Storage

CAMPBELL, California, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

         Free Full-Featured Storage QoS Software Available for Cloud Service Provider

                        and Enterprise Private Cloud Environments

    CloudByte, the first company to guarantee quality of service (QoS) to every
application from a shared storage platform, announced today the availability of a free
perpetual license for its full-featured storage software, ElastiStor. With the free
ElastiStor software, users can utilize up to 4 TB of data and evaluate how ElastiStor
makes it feasible to host performance-sensitive enterprise applications in the cloud and
easily deliver on-demand storage performance. The ElastiStor software can be installed on
various industry-standard server hardware and storage devices, including SATA, SAS, and
SSD drives; it also supports various access protocols such as NFS, CIFS, FC and iSCSI.
CloudByte will provide email support to potential customers taking advantage of this
offer.

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    ElastiStor delivers storage provisioning as a service by automating node selection and
resource allocation based on an application's performance demands. The ElastiStor clusters
with hundreds of applications, spanning across multiple sites, can be managed from a
single web-based console. The console allows administrators to monitor, manage, and
control storage resource usage at application-level granularity within shared storage, a
capability not available today with legacy storage architectures.

    "I downloaded and installed ElastiStor into my lab environment and found it to be
flexible, scalable, resilient and easy to use," said Greg Schulz, StorageIO senior
advisory analyst and vExpert. "I like the extensibility and ability to scale without
complexity, not to mention the freedom to choose the mix of HDD, HHDD or SSD drives along
with server-side iSCSI, NFS, CIFS and Fibre Channel access. This makes for a solution well
suited to the needs of enterprises, hosting, managed and cloud services providers.
CloudByte has expanded the scope of hybrid storage systems to be more than just HDDs and
SSDs by including cloud access with flexible deployment and configuration options for
performance, availability, capacity, energy and economics."

    "With this free software download, we would like to show our potential customers and
partners what ElastiStor can do for their public and private cloud environments," said
Greg Goelz, CEO of CloudByte. "All of the product's features are available and our support
team will be ready to assist with any questions. Our product is already in production in
cloud service provider environments around the world. Download the software and let us
know what you think."

    Sample configurations and more information are available at
http://cloudbyte.com/freetrial.aspx.

    About CloudByte

    CloudByte is an award-winning software-defined storage company that offers guaranteed
quality of service (QoS) to every application from a shared storage platform, allowing
cloud service providers and enterprises building private clouds to easily host performance
applications in the cloud. With CloudByte's on-demand performance management, cloud
environments can easily scale to thousands of applications while economically guaranteeing
performance for each application. Established in 2011 by technology executives from
companies such as HP, IBM, NetApp, and Novell, CloudByte is backed by Fidelity Worldwide
Investment, Nexus Venture Partners and Kae Capital. For more information, go to
http://www.cloudbyte.com, http://www.facebook.com/cloudbyte, or
http://www.twitter.com/cloudbyteinc.

       
        PR Agency for CloudByte:
        Georgiana Comsa
        Silicon Valley PR
        +1(408)203-6000
        georgiana@siliconvalleypr.com

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VeriSilicon Introduces Hantro G2 Video Decoder IP with HEVC and VP9 Support

World's first semiconductor IP to support both HEVC and VP9 video formats

SHANGHAI, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon), a leading custom silicon solutions and semiconductor IP provider, announced today the availability of Hantro G2 multi-format video decoder IP to support ultra HD 4K video decoding for HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding, aka H.265) video coding standard. The G2 IP also adds support for the upcoming VP9 web video format from the WebM Project. In addition, all legacy video formats such as H.264, VP8, MPEG-4, VC-1, AVS (soon also AVS+), MPEG-2, DivX, Sorenson Spark and VP6 are supported in Hantro G2 IP.

Hantro G2 is a scalable IP solution providing an optimized silicon area depending on licensee's target market and performance requirements varying from leading edge 4K@60 fps for e.g. Ultra-HD TV, to industry standard 1080p HD, or to lower tier SD resolution for features phones, etc. Hantro G2 is the industry's first IP to support 4K@60 fps with a single-core architecture using less than 1 million logic gates. Hantro G2 represents the 13(th) generation of Hantro Video IP, the market leading video semiconductor IP deployed in more than one billion chips and used by more than 75 semiconductor companies worldwide.

VP9 is the next generation, open video codec developed under the WebM Project initiated by Google. VP9 is expected to require up to 50% less bandwidth to achieve the same visual quality as the very best H.264 high profile, providing significant bandwidth savings for web video services. VP9 provides a low-latency, high-quality video coding ideal for WebRTC applications, i.e. real-time video conferencing within the browser. VeriSilicon was the first IP provider in the industry to support VP8 decoding and encoding. Now, VeriSilicon is again the first company to provide VP9 decoder support in the Hantro IP.

"HD video is everywhere in our daily life, not only for entertainment through consumer electronics but also for surveillance and security through infrastructures. We can leverage the excellent performance of Hantro G2 Multi-format Video Decoder IP with HEVC and VP9 support to meet the challenges of network bandwidth, storage cost and power consumption," says Dr. Wayne Dai, President and CEO of VeriSilicon. "We believe that HEVC and VP9 will become ubiquitous video formats, gradually replacing H.264 in many services."

"We expect VP9 will be the format of choice for popular web platforms and services," said Jani Huoponen, hardware product manager for the WebM Project. "VeriSilicon's Hantro G2 Decoder IP with VP9 enables chip companies to rapidly bring ultra low-power, efficient silicon-area mobile application processors and STB/DTV chips to market and help enable efficient VP9 playback support in popular platforms and services, such as Chrome and YouTube."

VeriSilicon is working on Hantro H2 Multi-format encoder with support for HEVC and VP9 to be released later this year. For more information, please email VSI_Video_Sales@verisilicon.com.

About VeriSilicon

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. is an integrated circuit (IC) design foundry that provides custom silicon solutions and system-on-chip (SoC) turnkey services for a wide range of electronics devices and systems, including smart phones, media tablets, HDTVs, set-top boxes, home gateways, networking, and data centers. VeriSilicon's technology solutions include licensable ZSP® (digital signal processor) based HD audio, wireless, and voice platforms, Hantro HD video platform, mixed signal NUI (Natural User Interface) platforms for voice, motion and touch interface, and the "internet of everything" platforms such as smart energy and smart card platforms. VeriSilicon's custom silicon turnkey service encompasses design service that combines its technology solutions and value-added mixed signal IP portfolio targeted for a range of process technology nodes, including advanced nodes like 28nm and FD-SOI and provide product engineering service for System on Chip (SoC) as well as System in Package (SiP). VeriSilicon's platform-based SoC design solutions shorten design cycle, enhance quality, and reduce risk.

Founded in 2002 and dual head-quartered in Shanghai, China and Santa Clara, California, U.S., VeriSilicon has over 400 employees with five R&D/design centers (China, U.S. and Finland) and  nine sales offices worldwide to support customer designs.

For more information, please visit http://www.verisilicon.com.

For more information on Hantro G1 Multi-format Decoder and Hantro H1 Multi-format Encoder products, please visit http://www.verisilicon.com/hantro.

SOURCE  VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.

CONTACT: VeriSilicon Marketing Communication, Miya Kong, +86-135-9026-2584, press@verisilicon.com

Web Site: http://www.verisilicon.com/hantro

New Brother(TM) P-touch® PT-H300 Offers Professionals Advanced "Take-It-Anywhere" Functionality For Labeling And Organization

Battery-powered design, backlit display and one-touch buttons enable organization away from traditional fixed workspaces.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Brother International Corporation, a leader in technology and organizational products for the home and office, launched its new Brother P-touch®  PT-H300, a portable, handheld label maker with high-end features typically reserved for desktop models.

Designed for professionals looking to organize and label outside of a fixed workspace, this "take-it-anywhere" model offers advanced features such as a Brother(TM) Vivid Bright backlit graphic display for easy previewing in virtually any lighting condition indoors or out, intuitive one-touch formatting keys, and a library of 14 fonts, 617 symbols and 99 frames.  The PT-H300 boasts fast print speeds and produces large, durable labels with up to five lines for clear, detailed labeling in any environment.

Brother identified a need for a portable, handheld label maker that could perform like a desktop model and offer more robust features than the typical handheld machine.   The new PT-H300 is specifically designed for professionals such as retailers, sound engineers, event planners, and entrepreneurs who rely on labeling and organization away from the typical office.   It further supports a "take-it-anywhere" work style with its convenient wrist strap, fast print speeds and large QWERTY-style keyboard.

"There are many professionals for whom 'the office' can mean anything from a theater to a food truck to a floral shop," said Linda Sanford, Brother Director of Marketing for Labeling Products.  "With the launch of the new PT-H300, we can now offer the robust features and flexibility of a desktop machine in a handheld solution for all of the labeling and organizing their business requires."

In addition to the PT-H300, Brother is introducing the PT-H300LI model for those that prefer a rechargeable Li-ion battery that lasts for approximately 20 tape cartridges - 6,288 inches of labels - on a single charge.

Available in June 2013 for an estimated street price of $69.99*, the PT-H300 provides the following "take-it-anywhere" features:

    --  Handheld design with wrist strap to safely hold and transport
    --  Brother Vivid Bright backlit display for easy viewing in any lighting
    --  Large QWERTY-style keyboard
    --  Ability to create large, durable TZe laminated labels with up to five
        lines of text
    --  Intuitive one-touch access to 14 fonts, 617 symbols and 99 frames
    --  Fast print speeds up to 20 mm/sec
    --  Powered by 6 AA batteries (included)or an optional Li-ion battery or AC
        adapter**
    --  2-year limited warranty and toll-free technical support for the life of
        the machine
The PT-H300LI, also available in June for an estimated street price of $109.99* will offer the same features as the PT-H300 and will include Li-ion rechargeable battery and AC power adapter in place of 6 AA batteries.

Labeling needs continue to move to more diverse locations, and P-touch® labels are designed to be durable enough to withstand the elements.  They can even be wiped clean when dirty, making them a great alternative to the traditional masking-tape-and-marker method.  The decorative label features offer users a unique opportunity to personalize projects to reflect a business' distinct character and services.  For truly stand-out labels for almost any application, users may choose from over 50 tape sizes, types and color combinations, ranging from extra-strength adhesive, cable and wire and fabric iron-on**.

The new PT-H300 series will be available beginning in June.  For more information on the P-touch® PT-H300 series, visit http://www.brother.com.

About Brother

Brother International Corporation is one of the premier providers of products for the home, home office and office. The U.S. corporate office in Bridgewater, N. J., was established on April 21, 1954 and currently markets many industrial products, home appliances and business products manufactured by its parent company, Brother Industries, Ltd. of Nagoya, Japan.

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* Estimated Street Price, prices may vary.

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Working with you for a better environment

At Brother, our green initiative is simple. We strive to take responsibility, act respectfully and try to make a positive difference to help build a society where sustainable development can be achieved. We call this approach Brother Earth.  http://www.brotherearth.com

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CONTACT: Tyler Depina, MSL New York, 646-500-7933, Tyler.Depina@mslgroup.com

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

SumAll Adds Email Marketing Metrics to its integrated Data Visualization Platform

Connected Data Analytics Solution Now Measures and Compares Email Performance, Users can Maximize Direct Marketing Results

NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SumAll, the leading source of big data business intelligence for fast-growing businesses, today announced the addition of Email Marketing Metrics to its connected data tool, growing the number of integrated platforms that feed data into its visual marketing analytics tool to more than 24 data platforms.

Email is seeing a renaissance, with researchers estimating that United States firms alone spent US $1.51bn on email marketing last year, looking to grow that number to $2.468bn by 2016[1]. "More than ever, email is a vital part of every marketer's toolbox; as much as we're told email isn't sexy anymore, more emails than ever were sent last year", said Dane Atkinson, CEO of SumAll. "We all live in email today, so it's a reliable way to make sure people see and act on your message. Now, with our addition of Email Metrics, users can measure the successes of their direct marketing email campaigns against their other digital marketing efforts."

Email Marketing Metrics currently supports ConstantContact, MailChimp, and SendGrid, with more integrations planned. By connecting these platforms, SumAll users can track each campaign and gain insights as to when to send and who to target. What you say is as important as when you say it; email campaigns delivered between 1am and 5am local time outperform those sent at other times.

By looking at email analytics holistically, users can see which mailings drove visitors and revenues and analyze email performance against overall marketing efforts including social marketing, paid advertising, SEO, and search tools. SumAll's interactive dashboard reveals key correlations and bottom-line impact by presenting real-time ROI marketing data in a single location, enabling users to understand what works and what doesn't, and formulate new strategies based on results.

SumAll is the most comprehensive marketing data analytics tool available. The tool connects audience activity data across a broad range of social, commerce, payment, paid ads, traffic measurement and other platforms into a single dashboard, with elegant interactive graphics that make it extremely easy to view, digest and compare performance across all channels in real time. With SumAll, marketers save time by eliminating data silos, work with real-time data and avoid manual analysis while improving marketing results and ROI with clear visibility into what works to drive traffic, engagement and sales.

Now tracking more than $2 billion in commerce data, 290 billion social actions and nearly 190 billion website visits, the tool provides a comprehensive view allow businesses to harness their big data. SumAll's interactive dashboard is viewable via web browser on computer or tablets for instant access to vital marketing data from anywhere, anytime.

For a free trial of SumAll, visit http://www.sumall.com.

About SumAll:
SumAll, now deployed in 30 countries, is a forward-thinking, socially conscious company focused on harnessing the full power of real-time business intelligence for marketers. Today SumAll tracks more than $2bn in revenue, 290bn social actions and 190bn site visits. Companies connect with SumAll in less than 60 seconds to integrate multiple data sources including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Google Analytics, Google AdWords, eBay, PayPal, Shopify and Big Commerce into one intuitive, interactive chart. Leading VC investors, Battery Ventures, General Catalyst, Matrix Partners and Wellington Partners, back the company. For more information, visit https://sumall.com/.

[1]http://www.forrester.com/US+Interactive+Marketing+Forecast+2011+To+2016/fulltext/-/E-RES59379?objectid=RES59379

SOURCE  SumAll

SumAll

CONTACT: Mallory Snitker of SS|PR, +1-847-415-9300, msnitker@sspr.com

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

Micrium Announces Support of Microsemi's New SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs

WESTON, Fla., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Micrium, the premier supplier of high-quality software components for embedded systems, is pleased to announce support of Microsemi Corporation's ARM(®) Cortex((TM))-M3 based SmartFusion2(®) SoC FPGAs. 

Micrium's RTOS components, including the flagship uC/OS-III Kernel, meet many of the same goals as SmartFusion2 devices. Both are designed to operate in environments where efficiency and high reliability are key customer demands.  This includes the medical electronics industry, industrial controls and of course avionics. 

Jean Labrosse, Micrium founder, CEO and president, said, "Micrium is pleased to be supporting the new SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA with our uC/OS-III Kernel and our surrounding RTOS components. Our Kernel along with our USB cores, TCP-IP stack and File System are perfectly positioned to make the most of the rich feature set of this new device including the outstanding choice of the ARM Cortex-M3 processor. Add to that the Micrium tool, uC/Probe and it's possible to graphically visualize the internals of a running embedded system with just a few mouse clicks. Our relationship with Microsemi encompasses several generations of FPGAs and we have had our mutual customers express the highest praise for our joint solutions. We believe that SmartFusion2 devices will continue that tradition."

Jean continued, "We are looking forward to providing our mutual customer base products that help them develop the highest quality products while maintaining a focus on shortening development times."

"Micrium's RTOS and middleware support for our award-winning SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA family will allow us to address customer requirement solutions that meet demanding design specifications in industrial, medical and avionics markets," said Paul Ekas, vice president of Marketing for SoC products at Microsemi. "We look forward to leveraging Micrium's embedded software expertise and deep understanding of our programmable logic devices to drive new joint design-wins and provide our customers with a competitive edge."

About Micrium, Inc

http://www.micrium.com
Micrium has consistently held the leadership position in embedded software components. The company's flagship uC/OS family is recognized for a variety of features and benefits including unparalleled reliability, performance, dependability, impeccable source code, and extensive documentation.

About Microsemi

http://www.microsemi.com
Microsemi Corporation offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets.

Media Contacts:
Michael Phipps
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Micrium, Inc.
Michel.Phipps@Micrium.com

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Micrium

Web Site: http://micrium.com

Apama Medical Announces Issuance Of Patent For Low Profile Electrodes For Use On Balloons

CAMPBELL, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Apama Medical, a privately held medical device company focused on the development of next-generation atrial fibrillation technologies, today announced the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 8295902 by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), titled "Low Profile Electrodes". The patent encompasses low profile electrode assemblies for use on expandable structures such as balloons used in endovascular ablation or other surgical procedures.

"We are grateful to the NSF SBIR Grant for the funding of this breakthrough technology," said Amr Salahieh, Founder & CEO of Apama Medical. "In addition to this patent, we recently filed provisional patents for dramatic improvements to the catheter that will add significant value to our technology and the approach for treating patients with atrial fibrillation."

Currently, atrial fibrillation procedures are limited by existing technology constraints and long procedure times. The issuance of this patent allows Apama Medical to develop a unique product to incorporate ablation, mapping/vision, and irrigation in one product.

About Apama Medical
Apama Medical is a privately held medical device company formed by Shifamed LLC, a Silicon Valley based medical device incubator. Apama is focused on the rapidly growing electrophysiology (EP) market in which mapping and ablation is estimated to reach $2.0B in 2017.

For more information please visit http://www.apamamedical.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Katie Arnold
SPRIG Consulting LLC
(408) 805-0520
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Blancco LUN Helps Data Centers Meet Challenges of Compliance and Efficient Data Erasure

JOENSUU, Finland, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

         Blancco LUN solution brings best practices to erasure of data from physical

                    servers and virtual machines in cloud environments

    As more data moves to virtual machines in today's cloud computing environment, data
centers need secure, efficient tools for erasing virtual drives or entire LUNs, in
addition to requirements for erasing physical hard drives. To meet these needs and comply
with data privacy standards and regulations, Blancco [http://www.blancco.com ], the global
leader in data erasure and computer reuse solutions, offers Blancco LUN
[http://www.blancco.com/en/products/selective-data-erasure/lun ]    - centralized data
overwriting software that can simultaneously erase physical drives, or logic drives in
live environments running a variety of operating systems.

    To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:

    http://www.multivu.com/mnr/61927-blancco-LUN-data-erasure-cloud-solution

    "It is critical that data centers are able to target erasure for a specific logical
unit number (LUN) connected to a virtual machine, for example, without interrupting
operations by requiring the entire storage array to go offline," said Kim Vaisanen, CEO
and Co-Founder of Blancco. "Such erasure must occur after disaster recovery testing, when
data is no longer needed, after data migration and for cloud hosting exit strategies.
Blancco LUN centralizes this targeted erasure for maximum operational efficiency, as well
as for growing compliance requirements."

    Blancco LUN ensures that data centers comply with internal security policies and best
practices, as well as strict industry standards and regulations like the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the US and the Payment Card Industry Data
Security Standard (PCI DSS). When coupled with the Blancco Management Console, it
centralizes the erasure process for multiple physical or virtual drives and provides a
gapless audit trail complete with LUN or physical drive details within an XML report.

    Blancco LUN is also ideal for erasing the drives of a Storage Area Network (SAN) while
leaving the operating system intact. Secure erasure allows data centers to reuse these
high-end, complex storage arrays, return them to a leasing company, or sell them for
potentially considerable revenue.

    Blancco LUN is part of Blancco's comprehensive suite of solutions for data erasure
across all levels of a computing environment-file, LUN, disk, server and storage. A brief
video [http://www.blancco.com/en/videos/?video=videos/solutions/erase-virtual-volumes ]
offers more details on the importance of Blancco LUN in today's cloud computing
environment.

    About Blancco

    Blancco is the proven data erasure solution for millions of users around the globe. As
the global leader in data erasure and computer reuse solutions, Blancco offers the most
certified data erasure solutions within the industry. The company serves users across a
wide range of industries, including banking, finance, government and defense. The
company's products are highly valued by IT asset disposal professionals around the world.
Blancco operates from an extensive network of international offices and partners across
Europe, North America, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and Australasia. More information is
available at http://www.blancco.com.

       
        Media Contact:
        Monica Shaw
        +1-770-367-9534
        mshaw@carabinerpr.com
        Blancco Oy Ltd.

        Mr. Kim Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder
        +358-50-585-2885
        kim.vaisanen@blancco.com

    Video:
    http://www.multivu.com/mnr/61927-blancco-LUN-data-erasure-cloud-solution

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Eliminate complicated wireless set up with TI's new low-cost, easy-to-use NFC solutions in the Internet of Things

New Dynamic NFC Transponder hardware simplifies Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi pairing and NFCLink software streamlines wireless development across TI's embedded processing portfolio

DALLAS, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) continues to deliver new near field communications (NFC) innovations in its broad portfolio of solutions that make entry to NFC development easier and lower cost. Today, TI introduces the Dynamic NFC Transponder RF430CL330H hardware to enable uncomplicated and inexpensive wireless set up. Also announced today, the NFCLink software is a standard NFC library for the TRF79xx NFC transceiver family to ease NFC development on TI embedded processors.

The new Dynamic NFC Transponder Interface RF430CL330H is low cost, bringing a secure, simplified pairing process for Bluetooth® and Wi-Fi connections to products, such as printers, speakers, headsets, and remote controls, as well as wireless keyboards, mice, switches and sensors. It is the only dynamic NFC tag device designed specifically for NFC connection handover and service interface functions, including host diagnostics and software upgrades.

Streamlining NFC development across TI's entire embedded processing portfolio, the NFCLink software firmware library, in partnership with Stollman E+V GmbH and Kronegger GmbH, enables developers to quickly and easily create NFC applications for TRF79xx NFC transceivers using TI's ultra-low-power MSP430(TM) microcontrollers (MCUs), Tiva(TM) C Series ARM® MCUs and OMAP(TM) processors. Additional TI embedded processor platforms will be supported in the future. NFC applications running on operating systems include point-of-service devices, routers, set-top boxes, automotive infotainment and other various consumer devices.

"As demand for NFC devices continues to proliferate, we are excited to work with TI to offer NFCLink to ease this development for designers," said Christian Andresen, head of the NFC business unit, Stollman E+V GmbH. "This unique and market-leading software library is a crucial offering in easing NFC adoption."

Features and benefits of the Dynamic NFC Transponder RF430CL330H:

    --  Combines a wireless NFC interface and wired SPI/I2C interface to connect
        the device to a host (classified as an NFC tag type 4 device). The data
        content is then shifted dynamically from the host into the RF430CL330H's
        SRAM and can then be transferred over the NFC interface.
    --  Integrates SPI/I2C serial communication interface, allowing reading and
        writing of NFC data exchange format (NDEF) messages stored in integrated
        SRAM.
    --  Supports data rates up to 848 KBs per second for RF data transfer
        (over-the-air firmware updates).
    --  Incorporates an ISO 14443B-compliant RF interface, allowing wireless
        access of NDEF messages.
    --  Provides industry's lowest standby power current, enabling
        battery-powered devices with longer battery life.
    --  Offers host wakeup capability when in the NFC RF field, which combined
        with the fact that the NFC interface is passive, maximizes battery life.

Features and benefits of the NFCLink firmware library:

    --  Eases NFC development on TRF79xx transceivers with TI's MSP430 MCUs,
        Tiva C Series ARM MCUs and OMAP processors.
    --  Provides customers with modular firmware library stacks for a flexible
        solution they can utilize to easily tailor their products to support the
        complete NFC Forum operation or only necessary parts (e.g., protocol,
        operating modes), resulting in highly optimized solutions.
    --  Supports various operating systems, including Win8, Win7, Linux and
        Android.
    --  Provides proven software stack through partnership with Stollman E+V
        GmbH.
    --  Offers unmatched local customer support with TI's regional field
        application engineer (FAE) presence for the NFC and embedded processor
        portfolio.

Tools, software, pricing and availability (All prices are in U.S. dollars)

    --  The Dynamic NFC Transponder Interface RF430CL330H is available for $.85
        at 1,000 unit volumes.  Developers can begin evaluating their NFC
        designs using the Dynamic NFC Transponder Interface RF430CL330H with the
        RF430CL330HTB Target Board for $19 USD. Available through TI's estore, a
        bundled evaluation solution, the Dynamic NFC Transponder Evaluation Kit,
        contains the RF430CL330HTB Target Board and the MSP-EXP430FR5739
        Experimenter Board for $54.
    --  NFCLink can be downloaded now on http://www.ti.com/nfclink. When evaluating the
        NFCLink software, designers can utilize the TRF7970ATB Target Board for
        $49 USD.  These target boards, in combination with TI MSP430 MCU, Tiva C
        Series MCU and OMAP processor development kits, provide a complete
        evaluation solution.  For creating MSP430-based solutions, customers can
        purchase a bundled solution, the NFCLink Evalution Kit, containing the
        TRF7970ATB Target Board and the MSP-EXP430F5529 USB Experimenter's Board
        for $224.
    --  For evaluating the complete NFC solution with Dynamic NFC Transponder
        Interface, NFC Transceiver IC and NFCLink software, the all-in-one NFC
        Evaluation Kit, contains the TRF7970ATB Target Board, the
        MSP-EXP430F5529 USB Experimenter's Board, RF430CL330HTB Target Board and
        the MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board for $278.
About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors.  By employing the world's brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology.  TI is helping more than 100,000 customers transform the future, today.  Learn more at http://www.ti.com.

Trademarks

MSP430, Tiva and OMAP are  trademarks of Texas Instruments Incorporated. All registered trademarks and other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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New ASIC Bitcoin Mining Products Producing 350GHash/s, from KnCMiner

STOCKHOLM, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    KnCMiner [http://www.kncminer.com ], a new entrant to join the bitcoin mining hardware
community, are pleased to announce their range of state of the art, bitcoin mining
machines. Designed in Sweden, the first 2 models, named Jupiter and Saturn, are powered by
28nm ASIC chips and will produce up to 350 GHash/s and 175 GHash/s respectively.

    (Logo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/621826-a )

    (Photo:
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/621826-b )

    The custom engineered ASICs have proprietary technology enabling market leading
performance with low power consumption that is exclusive to the KnCMiner line of miners.
Calculated with today's value of difficulty and dollar rate, the return of investment
could be as short as 4 days.

    "Today the bitcoin mining industry use shovels and pickaxes - We will offer them
excavators", says Johan Rilegard, Head of Marketing.

    The interest for KnCMiner products has been truly impressive with orders arriving from
all corners of the world. We are very pleased with the support from our customers and this
only goes to show that KnCMiner are offering and producing devices that are exactly what
the market needs. This overwhelming support proves that KnCMiner are leading the way as
the most professional Bitcoin mining vendor in the market.

    "Our design expertise together with long term relations with suppliers within the
semiconductor industry guarantee the best possible product within the set time frame",
Marcus Erlandsson, CTO at ORSoC.

    "With our financial systems background and the engineering expertise brought from
ORSoC, our new joint venture will bring efficient Bitcoin mining to more people than ever
before, at prices they can afford and with the high levels of service they deserve."
Andreas Kennemar, CEO Kennemar and Cole / CEO KnCMiner

    For more detailed technical information, development updates and videos of current
shipping models, please visit http://www.kncminer.com.

    The Jupiter and Saturn models are available to order now at kncminer.com for delivery
in end September 2013.

    About KnCMiner

    KnCMiner is a Swedish company founded in 2013 as a joint venture between ORSoC AB and
Kennemar & Cole AB. For more information please visit http://www.kncminer.com.

    About ORSoC AB

    ORSoC is a fabless ASIC design & manufacturing services company based in Stockholm.
They provide RTL to ASIC design services and silicon fabrication service. For more
information please visit http://www.orsoc.se.

    About Kennemar & Cole AB

    Based in Stockholm, Kennemar and Cole AB are consultants to the financial services
technology industry. For more information visit http://www.kennemarandcole.se

    Press contact: press@kncminer.com, Johan Rilegard +46-70-824-8030.

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Epson Launches New Online Portal for Real Estate Professionals

Top Agents Share Tips and Techniques on Epson's Web-based Resource for Realtors

LONG BEACH, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Epson America, a leading provider of superior performing business solutions, today announced the availability of its new online resource created specifically for residential and commercial real estate agents. The Epson Real Estate Online Portal, http://www.Epson.com/RealEstate, offers tools and techniques that can help boost agents' productivity and creativity, and was inspired by some of the market's top performers who trust Epson solutions to help keep their businesses running.

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Epson consulted with active real estate agents to learn about their daily challenges and the ideal tools needed to make them perform better on the job.  The agents demonstrated productivity tools which are shared on the Epson Real Estate Online Portal.  These tools are offered via informative case studies, testimonial videos, interactive how-to guides and product recommendations, all designed to keep real estate professionals running at full speed. Also available are a collection of free print templates that can be easily personalized to create newsletters, business cards, letterhead, property flyers, brochures and presentation slides. Leveraging high-performance WorkForce(®) all-in-one solutions ranging in size from letter to wide format, agents can take advantage of Epson's remote printing capabilities with Epson Connect((TM)), blazingly fast print speeds, automatic two-sided printing, and professional level output such as wide format signs, site-maps and presentations, ensuring business is run efficiently and effectively.

"The real estate market is very fast paced and rapidly evolving with newly available technologies," said Rodrigo Catalan, senior product manager, Business Ink Jet Printers, Epson America.  "Now more than ever agents need to be fast, efficient and economical while maintaining high levels of service quality.  We developed the Real Estate Online Portal to help agents excel, providing tools to produce high quality documents to help them compete more effectively. When used with Epson's wide range of business printers, scanners and projectors, residential and commercial real estate agents can excel their business."

The fast-paced and competitive nature of the real estate market requires that agents leverage any competitive advantage to help stay ahead of the game. Sherri Noel, team leader and listing specialist, The Noel Team for Keller Williams Realty, Inc., has experienced the benefits of using Epson products in her business. "Our business is hectic and stressful - lots of situations come up where fires need to be put out immediately. We use technology to respond to everything and the Epson WorkForce Pro printers work so well. They're durable and I can always count on them. And with Epson Connect, rather than waiting to get back to the office, I'm able to print contracts and emails from anywhere - even my car. I don't have to sit and wait for 100-page contracts to print out. I can just keep the work flow going and make sure I have enough time for my customers."

More About Epson Real Estate Solutions

The Epson Real Estate Online Portal also recommends products selected as industry "must-haves," including:

    --  WorkForce All-in-One Printers
        --  WorkForce Pro C Series Printers - The award-winning WorkForce Pro C
            series network printers help reduce the costs of color printing by
            offering up to 50 percent lower printing costs(1) when compared to
            color lasers. These robust printers deliver superior savings,
            reliability, productivity and quality over comparable workgroup
            color printers.
        --  WorkForce Pro - Ideal for small offices, departmental workgroups and
            vertical markets such as real estate, the WorkForce Pro series
            delivers ink cost savings of up to 50 percent compared to color
            lasers(1), while providing the world's fastest auto two-sided print
            speeds(2), efficient and hassle-free paper handling and all-new
            extra-large ink cartridges to ensure small businesses are always
            running at full speed.
        --  WorkForce Wide Format - Designed to accommodate both everyday and
            specialty printing, this line of models offer creative professionals
            a unique and versatile solution with the inclusion of both
            professional quality 13" x 19" printing and 11" x 17" scanning
            capabilities.
        --  WorkForce Printers - Built to deliver business printing at fast
            speeds and high-quality, professional-looking documents, these
            models offer features for increased productivity and affordability,
            including multiple paper trays, automatic duplex
            printing/copying/scanning/faxing, and ink savings up to 40 percent
            less than color laser(3).
    --  Business Projectors - As the dominant leader in the projection industry,
        Epson continues to deliver high quality projectors with unmatched color
        brightness and innovative features to benefit real estate businesses.
    --  Document Scanners - Epson offers a versatile line of document-scanning
        solutions for businesses of all sizes - including portable, personal,
        workgroup/departmental, large format and network scanners.
    --  Label Printers - Convenient, versatile and affordable, Epson
        LabelWorks((TM)) handheld label printers are perfect for creating
        personalized labels for files, folders and more. The options are nearly
        endless with more than 40 tape cartridges available to help keep
        business offices organized.
    --  Ink and Media - Epson quick-dry ink, specialty papers, and printers are
        designed to work together to consistently bring excellent results.
        Together, they seamlessly enhance photos, newsletters, flyers and other
        print projects.
For additional information, visit http://www.Epson.com/RealEstate.

More about Epson Connect
The Epson Connect suite of free mobile printing solutions is designed to meet the printing needs of busy, mobile users by offering the freedom to print documents, photos, emails, and web pages from remote locations onto any Epson Connect-enabled printer(4). Epson Connect also increases productivity by scanning and saving documents directly to the cloud. Compatible with a wide range of mobile devices, Epson Connect gives users the power to easily print from an Apple(®) iPad(®), iPhone(®), tablet, smartphone, or computer from anywhere.

For additional information, visit http://www.epson.com/connect.

About Epson

Epson is a global imaging and innovation leader whose product lineup ranges from inkjet printers and 3LCD projectors to sensors and other microdevices. Dedicated to exceeding the vision of its customers worldwide, Epson delivers customer value based on compact, energy-saving, and high-precision technologies in markets spanning enterprise and the home to commerce and industry.

Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 81,000 employees in 97 companies around the world, and is proud of its ongoing contributions to the global environment and the communities in which it operates. Epson America, Inc. based in Long Beach, Calif. is Epson's regional headquarters for the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. To learn more about Epson, please visit: http://www.Epson.com.

You may also connect with Epson America on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/EpsonAmerica), Twitter (http://twitter.com/EpsonAmerica and http://twitter.com/EpsonSmallBiz) and YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/EpsonTV).

((1))Compared with best-selling color laser multifunction printers priced at $699 or less, as of December 2011. Calculation based on continuous printing with highest capacity cartridges. Actual savings will vary based on print task and use conditions.

(2) Fastest in its class; printing black text in default, two-sided mode, in accordance with ISO/IEC 24734. Compared to ink jet all-in-ones priced at $399 or less, as of January 2011, based on manufacturers' rated ISO speeds or independent testing.

(3) Compared with the best-selling color laser all-in-ones priced at $450 or less, as of February 2012. Calculation based on continuous printing and prices of multi-pack ink cartridges. Actual savings will vary based on print task and user conditions.

(4) Most features require an Internet connection to the printer as well as an internet- and/or email-enabled device. See http://www.Epson.com/Connect for a list of Epson Connect enabled printers and compatible devices and apps.

Note: EPSON, WorkForce and EPSON Connect are registered trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Apple, iPad and iPhone, are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks.

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CONTACT: Caroline Zubieta, Epson America, Inc., 562-290-4026, caroline_zubieta@ea.epson.com; Becki Gervin, Walt & Company, 408-369-7200 x1070, bgervin@walt.com

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

dresden elektronik and Plastic Logic Unveil New Integrated Plastic Display System

DRESDEN, Germany and CAMBRIDGE, England, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    The latest dresden elektronik development in electronic display systems technology,
deZign, is the result of a close cooperation with Plastic Logic, with the potential to
transform the way public transport companies operate. It will be demonstrated at the
Digital Signage Expo 2013 (Plastic Logic booth K17) from 12 to 13 June in Berlin, Germany.

    dresden elektronik, the traffic management system specialist, is developing a digital
timetable, based on Plastic Logic's unique plastic displays
[http://www.plasticlogic.com/technology ], with the potential to improve the operating
efficiencies of every public transport company, slashing maintenance costs.

    deZign enables the user to change the content of a timetable at the push of a button,
instead of having to manually replace paper timetables at stations and stops. The Plastic
Logic display is robust, daylight-readable and has extremely low energy consumption: no
power is required to display fixed content, only updates require minimal energy.
Furthermore, transport companies' printing and service costs are also drastically reduced.

    An initial technology study will be released in mid-June; the first field trials are
planned for mid-July. A key goal is to develop a version for rural areas that is
self-sufficient in terms of energy so that no external cable connection is required.

    "We are delighted to have won Plastic Logic as an experienced partner in display
technology during this important development phase," says Lutz Pietschmann, Managing
Director of dresden elektronik verkehrstechnik gmbh. "Thanks to the intensive
collaboration and our common knowledge base, we will be able to fulfill the high
requirements of energy-efficient information systems and offer marketable products in the
near future."

    deZign: initial technology study

    Please find the following link to accompanying images:

    http://www.plasticlogic.com/news/?itemid=MjQ0MTMwOTA2MjYwMQ=

    About dresden elektronik verkehrstechnik gmbh

    dresden elektronik verkehrstechnik gmbh is a subsidiary of dresden elektronik
ingenieurtechnik gmbh. Main products include control systems for traffic management:
traffic signal systems, modular LED displays for information systems and dynamic
signposting. Our services include development and electronics manufacturing, planning,
project development, simulation and programming systems.

    With its approx. 80 employees, dresden elektronik develops and manufactures
customer-specific solutions in the areas of low-power wireless, controls for traffic light
systems, display technology for public transport and for measuring and testing technology.

    From development to volume production and type testing of industrial electronic
modules and systems, dresden elektronik has been offering the entire electronic value
chain for over 20 years from one source.

    For more information, visit http://www.verkehrstechnik.dresden-elektronik.de.

    About Plastic Logic

    Plastic Logic is the recognised leader in organic thin-film transistors and has been
at the forefront of research and investment into plastic electronics since the company was
founded by researchers from the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University. The company
has industrialised the process and now manufactures high-quality flexible plastic displays
(colour and monochrome) of various sizes. These unbreakable daylight readable displays are
conformal, thin and lightweight with low battery consumption, offering huge advantages
over conventional screens as they are extremely flexible with proven lifetimes of over
five years and more than 10 million page updates. Flexible, bendable displays enable
revolutionary design possibilities and are set to transform existing markets, such as
signage, wristwatches and wearable devices, automotive as well as many others. Plastic
Logic is backed by major investors including Oak Investment Partners and Rusnano.

    Find out more about Plastic Logic and its robust, flexible displays by visiting
http://www.plasticlogic.com. and http://www.youtube.com/plasticlogic. Companies
interested in working together with Plastic Logic should contact
info@plasticlogic.com.

Plastic Logic

CONTACT: Media Contact at dresden elektronik verkehrstechnik gmbh: Kathleen Walter, Marketing, Tel.: +49-351-31850-84, Email: kwa@dresden-elektronik.de ; Media Contact at Plastic Logic: Ian Reid, Marketing Director, Tel.: +44-1223-707-377, Email: ian.reid@plasticlogic.com

New ASIC Bitcoin Mining Products Producing 350GHash/s, from KnCMiner

STOCKHOLM, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KnCMiner( http://www.kncminer.com ), a new entrant to join the bitcoin mining hardware community, are pleased to announce their range of state of the art, bitcoin mining machines. Designed in Sweden, the first 2 models, named Jupiter and Saturn, are powered by 28nm ASIC chips and will produce up to 350 GHash/s and 175 GHash/s respectively.

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The custom engineered ASICs have proprietary technology enabling market leading performance with low power consumption that is exclusive to the KnCMiner line of miners. Calculated with today's value of difficulty and dollar rate, the return of investment could be as short as 4 days.

"Today the bitcoin mining industry use shovels and pickaxes — We will offer them excavators", says Johan Rilegard, Head of Marketing.

The interest for KnCMiner products has been truly impressive with orders arriving from all corners of the world. We are very pleased with the support from our customers and this only goes to show that KnCMiner are offering and producing devices that are exactly what the market needs. This overwhelming support proves that KnCMiner are leading the way as the most professional Bitcoin mining vendor in the market.

"Our design expertise together with long term relations with suppliers within the semiconductor industry guarantee the best possible product within the set time frame", Marcus Erlandsson, CTO at ORSoC.

"With our financial systems background and the engineering expertise brought from ORSoC, our new joint venture will bring efficient Bitcoin mining to more people than ever before, at prices they can afford and with the high levels of service they deserve." Andreas Kennemar, CEO Kennemar and Cole / CEO KnCMiner

For more detailed technical information, development updates and videos of current shipping models, please visit http://www.kncminer.com.

The Jupiter and Saturn models are available to order now at kncminer.com for delivery in end September 2013.

About KnCMiner

KnCMiner is a Swedish company founded in 2013 as a joint venture between ORSoC AB and Kennemar & Cole AB. For more information please visit http://www.kncminer.com.

About ORSoC AB

ORSoC is a fabless ASIC design & manufacturing services company based in Stockholm. They provide RTL to ASIC design services and silicon fabrication service. For more information please visit http://www.orsoc.se.

About Kennemar & Cole AB

Based in Stockholm, Kennemar and Cole AB are consultants to the financial services technology industry. For more information visit http://www.kennemarandcole.se.

Press contact: press@kncminer.com( mailto:press@kncminer.com ) , Johan Rilegard +46-70-824-8030

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VeriSilicon Introduces Hantro G2 Video Decoder IP with HEVC and VP9 Support

World's first semiconductor IP to support both HEVC and VP9 video formats

SHANGHAI, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon), a leading custom silicon solutions and semiconductor IP provider, announced today the availability of Hantro G2 multi-format video decoder IP to support ultra HD 4K video decoding for HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding, aka H.265) video coding standard. The G2 IP also adds support for the upcoming VP9 web video format from the WebM Project. In addition, all legacy video formats such as H.264, VP8, MPEG-4, VC-1, AVS (soon also AVS+), MPEG-2, DivX, Sorenson Spark and VP6 are supported in Hantro G2 IP.

Hantro G2 is a scalable IP solution providing an optimized silicon area depending on licensee's target market and performance requirements varying from leading edge 4K@60 fps for e.g. Ultra-HD TV, to industry standard 1080p HD, or to lower tier SD resolution for features phones, etc. Hantro G2 is the industry's first IP to support 4K@60 fps with a single-core architecture using less than 1 million logic gates. Hantro G2 represents the 13th generation of Hantro Video IP, the market leading video semiconductor IP deployed in more than one billion chips and used by more than 75 semiconductor companies worldwide.

VP9 is the next generation, open video codec developed under the WebM Project initiated by Google. VP9 is expected to require up to 50% less bandwidth to achieve the same visual quality as the very best H.264 high profile, providing significant bandwidth savings for web video services. VP9 provides a low-latency, high-quality video coding ideal for WebRTC applications, i.e. real-time video conferencing within the browser. VeriSilicon was the first IP provider in the industry to support VP8 decoding and encoding. Now, VeriSilicon is again the first company to provide VP9 decoder support in the Hantro IP.

"HD video is everywhere in our daily life, not only for entertainment through consumer electronics but also for surveillance and security through infrastructures. We can leverage the excellent performance of Hantro G2 Multi-format Video Decoder IP with HEVC and VP9 support to meet the challenges of network bandwidth, storage cost and power consumption," says Dr. Wayne Dai, President and CEO of VeriSilicon. "We believe that HEVC and VP9 will become ubiquitous video formats, gradually replacing H.264 in many services."

"We expect VP9 will be the format of choice for popular web platforms and services," said Jani Huoponen, hardware product manager for the WebM Project. "VeriSilicon's Hantro G2 Decoder IP with VP9 enables chip companies to rapidly bring ultra low-power, efficient silicon-area mobile application processors and STB/DTV chips to market and help enable efficient VP9 playback support in popular platforms and services, such as Chrome and YouTube."

VeriSilicon is working on Hantro H2 Multi-format encoder with support for HEVC and VP9 to be released later this year. For more information, please email VSI_Video_Sales@verisilicon.com( mailto:VSI_Video_Sales@verisilicon.com ).

About VeriSilicon

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. is an integrated circuit (IC) design foundry that provides custom silicon solutions and system-on-chip (SoC) turnkey services for a wide range of electronics devices and systems, including smart phones, media tablets, HDTVs, set-top boxes, home gateways, networking, and data centers. VeriSilicon's technology solutions include licensable ZSP(R) (digital signal processor) based HD audio, wireless, and voice platforms, Hantro HD video platform, mixed signal NUI (Natural User Interface) platforms for voice, motion and touch interface, and the "internet of everything" platforms such as smart energy and smart card platforms. VeriSilicon's custom silicon turnkey service encompasses design service that combines its technology solutions and value-added mixed signal IP portfolio targeted for a range of process technology nodes, including advanced nodes like 28nm and FD-SOI and provide product engineering service for System on Chip (SoC) as well as System in Package (SiP). VeriSilicon's platform-based SoC design solutions shorten design cycle, enhance quality, and reduce risk.

Founded in 2002 and dual head-quartered in Shanghai, China and Santa Clara, California, U.S., VeriSilicon has over 400 employees with five R&D/design centers (China, U.S. and Finland) and nine sales offices worldwide to support customer designs.

For more information, please visit http://www.verisilicon.com.

For more information on Hantro G1 Multi-format Decoder and Hantro H1 Multi-format Encoder products, please visit http://www.verisilicon.com/hantro.

SOURCE VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd.

Electrone Americas Explains The Virtues of a USB Keypad with Display

BOCA RATON, Fla., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrone Americas states that user-friendly and cost-efficient keypads suit a wide variety of applications. They are a match made in heaven for health clubs, gyms, and yoga and martial arts studios. For martial arts studios in particular, which tend to attract a younger clientele, a keypad with display offers an easy--and forgiving--solution to monitoring attendance.

Here is a telling example of how a keypad with display can fulfill a need like nothing else.  David Dye, the operator of Shuyokan Ryu Martial Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California, needed a way his students, who start at age seven, could enter their ID number directly into the Martial Arts Organizer software program.  His software provider, martialartsorganizer.com, offered some hardware on their site, but no key pads.  Martial arts organizer offered a bar code scanner, which was more expensive and complex, requiring students to remember their cards and scan them properly. There was also the option of an off-the-shelf keypad, which Dye tried, but the problem with that was if a number was entered wrong, there was no way of fixing the mistake. Another child's number, or a nonexistent number, would be counted on the attendance record.

Dye was clear about what he needed for optimal efficiency: a numeric keypad with a display so the student can see the numbers as entered, with a backspace key to correct errors. Once the number was inputted accurately, Dye wanted an Enter or Green button to enter the number into the software program. "Above all, I needed it to be kept simple," says Dye, "so that a seven-year-old could use it without problems. Electrone Americas was the only company I found that could do what I wanted my hardware to do. They were very helpful, and as soon as I plugged their keypad in, it worked, and alleviated the need for having a second computer." Electrone America's USB HID keypad saved the day--and the dojo--with a cost-effective, intuitive to use, and self-contained solution to an automatic attendance system.

The 735 Numeric Keypad with display suits numerous market requirements for different needs. Electrone Americas Ltd., Co. has created a keypad that will offer high quality solutions across all industries. Take advantage of the 735 USB and TCP/IPNumeric Keypads for your business's needs today.

For additional information email, sales@electroneamericas.com, call 561-395-3398, or visit us online, http://ruggedkeypad.poeinternetkeypad.com/DisplayKeypad.html

SOURCE  Electrone Americas

Electrone Americas

CONTACT: Caitlin Gallagher, 561-395-3398

Web Site: http://electroneamericas.com

Electronic Cigarette Users Called to Save e-Cigs and Lives Along With Them

EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

         Electronic cigarette users given the chance to form a united voice on the EU

         Tobacco Products Directive through SKYCIGs 'write to your MEP' campaign

    Launching today, SKYCIG, a leading UK electronic cigarette provider and member of
ECITA (Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association), unveils a dedicated 'write to
your MEP' webpage, giving SKYCIG's 250,000 nationwide electronic cigarette users an
opportunity to make a united stand on the proposed changes to the European Union Tobacco
Products Directive (TPD).

    The MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) recently announced its
intention to have electronic cigarettes classified as medicinal products and to require a
licence by 2016, similar to proposals put forward by Parliament in Brussels. These strict
regulations will make electronic cigarettes more difficult for users to access than their
undisputedly more harmful counterparts, traditional cigarettes; however the majority of
the industry believes that, in the long term, revisions to the EU TPD take precedence over
the MHRA announcement.

    Douglas Mutter, Operations Manager, SKYCIG: "As an ECITA member, SKYCIG firmly oppose
the views of MHRA and feel that this is an unjustifiable restriction on a product which
has the potential to save lives as an alternative to traditional cigarettes. This campaign
will hopefully bring some common sense to the debate and encourage better enforcement of
current regulations without the need for unnecessary medical classification."

    By simply accessing SKYCIG's dedicated 'write to your MEP' webpage, which can be found
at http://www.skycig.co.uk/ecita, and writing a short letter expressing their concern
about the new directive, users will be able to submit their opinion on the issue to their
local Member of the European Parliament.

    SKYCIG will collate every letter submitted and send them directly to the local MEP of
each consumer, thereby giving the UK's electronic cigarette users a single, strong voice
over the issue of regulation, without needing to take time out to fit in with MEP surgery
hours or to write and post a letter.

    SKYCIG has been the most trusted electronic cigarette brand within the United Kingdom
for a number of years and has established a large market share in the growing industry,
voted 'Best Electronic Cigarette in the UK' in 2011 by Smoking.com. Electronic cigarettes
are regarded as the nation's top smoking alternative and the largest UK based brand,
SKYCIG, have reported to have quadrupled their sales in the first quarter of 2012. The
benefits regarding health are already pushing product sales for electronic cigarettes,
especially SKYCIG, with the product not containing all the harmful chemicals that regular
tobacco cigarettes do, nor do they produce second-hand smoke. As well as SKYCIG providing
a healthier alternative, they also provide a variety of different flavours to accommodate
everyone's taste buds, from Crown Vanilla, Crown Cherry, Crown Menthol, Cinnamon, Tobacco
Gold, Crown Tobacco and Classic Tobacco.

       
        For more information on SKYCIG's 'write to your MEP' campaign please contact:
        Dani Boskovic
        T +44-(0)207-025-1375
        daniela@pha-media.com

        Jessica Herman
        T +44-(0)207-440-0780
        jessicah@pha-media.com

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Pelican Imaging Showcases Mobile Array Camera With 3D Video Capture

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pelican Imaging today released a video to showcase the groundbreaking capabilities of the Pelican mobile array camera, including all-in-focus image capture, linear measurement, and 3D video capture.

The video can be found on Pelican's website at http://www.pelicanimaging.com/3D and on YouTube at http://bit.ly/16z62KK

Pelican's advances in computational imaging are enabling a new frontier for consumers: to capture still images and video footage with depth information of the scene, which in turn enables users to perform a range of post-capture edits such as refocusing, selecting multiple objects of focus, measuring distance between any two points, or creating a depth map/3D model of any scene.  Because images and videos are captured all in focus, you can't miss your photo. Pelican's camera is about 50% of the thickness of the best-in-class camera modules shipping in mobile phones today.

"In our video pieces, we are illustrating creative examples of our vision for depth-enabled features," said Pelican Imaging CEO and President Christopher Pickett. "The applications for this technology are endless. We're looking forward to working with our customers, strategic partners, and third party application developers to bring Pelican's mobile array camera to market in late 2014."

About Pelican Imaging
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, and founded in 2008, Pelican Imaging has developed computational camera technology to provide depth mapping at every pixel, enabling "the perfect picture" every time and allowing users to perform an unprecedented range of selective focus and edits, both pre- and post-capture. Pelican's array camera is about 50% thinner than existing mobile cameras. Investors include Qualcomm, Nokia Growth Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, Granite Ventures, InterWest Partners and IQT.  For more information, visit http://www.pelicanimaging.com.

SOURCE  Pelican Imaging

Pelican Imaging

CONTACT: Lisa Garvey, Marketing Communications, Pelican Imaging, 408.439.1377, Lisa@pelicanimaging.com

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