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CareerBuilder Acquires VON (KiemViec.com & HR Vietnam) in Vietnam

CHICAGO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CareerBuilder continues to expand in the Asia market with the acquisition of VON (KiemViec.com & HR Vietnam) in Vietnam.  KiemViec.com is Vietnam's second largest career site by revenue, and first by number of registered users. HR Vietnam specializes in recruitment services and human resource solutions for employers. Together, CareerBuilder and VON will bring Vietnam's employers and workers a broader range of recruitment and job search resources.

Vietnam's high economic growth rate, averaging between 6-8 percent in the last ten years, coupled with an increasing Internet penetration rate (33 percent), make the market attractive for online recruitment.

"The acquisition of VON, provides CareerBuilder an accelerated entry into the Vietnam market - an important step in our Asian expansion," said Hunter Arnold, President of CareerBuilder Asia Pacific.  "The growth potential is high as we combine VON's expertise with Vietnamese employers and CareerBuilder's global reach and advance technology and services."

"We're very pleased to join the CareerBuilder family, which has a deep and broad suit of services and vast distribution network that will help us provide the best recruitment solutions to our clients and users," said Mr. Paul Nguyen, CEO of KiemViec.com and HR Vietnam. "Like CareerBuilder, KiemViec.com is more than just a job portal and we look forward to continue to help our clients find the right talent as well as our users find the right opportunity through new solutions and products."

With the acquisition, CareerBuilder now has a presence in 60 markets worldwide.

About VON (Vietnam Online Network)
VON (Vietnam Online Network) owns and operates KiemViec.com and HR Vietnam. KiemViec.com is one of the largest job sites in Vietnam with over 1,000,000 registered jobseekers and attract more than 400,000 unique visitors per month. Through unique recruitment software, they provide employers with a custom career site, which helps enhance their employment brand and save recruitment dollars. HR Vietnam focuses on Head Hunting services and human resource solutions for employers.

KiemViec.com: http://kiemviec.com
HR Vietnam: http://hrvietnam.com

About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping companies target and attract great talent. Its online career site, CareerBuilder.com®, is the largest in the United States with more than 24 million unique visitors, 1 million jobs and 50 million resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world's top employers, providing resources for everything from employment branding and talent and compensation intelligence to recruitment solutions. More than 10,000 websites, including 140 newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder's proprietary job search technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company and The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com.

Media Contacts:

CareerBuilder
Michael Erwin
1-773-527-3637
Michael.Erwin@careerbuilder.com
http://www.twitter.com/CareerBuilderPR

SOURCE  CareerBuilder

CareerBuilder

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

Nextgov Launches Online Tool to Capture Public Comments on Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA)

House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa requests feedback on bipartisan bill at legislation.nextgov.com

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nextgov today launched an online tool that allows readers to comment on draft language of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).

Passed unanimously by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 20(th), FITARA will next be considered by the full House. The Nextgov feedback tool, available at http://legislation.nextgov.com, allows the public to provide comments on the bill while its sponsors remain open to revisions.

Jointly sponsored by Oversight Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and by Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., ranking member of the committee's government operations panel, FITARA would reboot the way agencies purchase IT products and services.

"The IT Reform Act could save 10 times the $80 billion the government spends on IT annually by reducing government's reliance on outdated IT systems, by helping agencies make smarter decisions about new purchases and by raising the government's use of bulk purchasing and interoperable systems," stated Issa.

At the markup, Chairman Issa pledged to continue gathering public feedback on the legislation before it reaches the House floor, specifically leaving the door open to revising the language regarding open source software.

Nextgov, in cooperation with committee staff, has created a Web page where users can comment on the bill. To join the discussion on H.R. 1232, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, or suggest further revisions, visit http://legislation.nextgov.com/.

About Nextgov

As the technology division of Government Executive Media Group, Nextgov is the #1 federal IT website in overall traffic(1) and is visited daily by more federal managers than any other site dedicated to federal technology.(2) Coming off record traffic in 2012, Nextgov has continued to see explosive grow in early 2013, growing 47% year-to-date over 2012 levels.(3 )Nextgov was recently honored as a finalist for Best Web Site by the Jesse H. Neal Awards, the premier recognition program for business media. Visit Nextgov.com.

Contact: Will Colston 202.266.7423

(1 )Omniture Reports, 2013, 1105 Media Kit, 2013;( 2)Market Connections, Inc., 2012; (3)Omniture Reports, 2013.

SOURCE  Nextgov

Nextgov

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

Zoomkube Launches Interactive Event & Marketing Display Solution

Company's ZK100 Touch Display Brings Targeted, Hands-On Brand Experience Directly To Customers

NEW YORK, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomkube, a leading provider of large scale, self-contained interactive marketing display solutions, launched the ZK100. This sleek stand-alone mobile touch display kiosk allows brands and marketers to engage consumers through interactive experiences, and capture critical CRM and behavioral data. The Zoomkube ZK100's proprietary design includes a mobile component that allows it to easily be moved, thereby better meeting client campaign needs on demand. The technology's scalable and flexible CMS-based network enhances brand campaigns by allowing consumers to interact on a 55" digital platform, while the platform provides the brand with real-time feedback regarding user activities and contact information. This business model is a cost-effective and enticing solution for brand/consumers interaction, as the devices are available for rental on an event / weekly basis through contracts.   

Zoomkube is committed to bringing products to market that make customer engagement easily accessible for brands, especially those who have meetings, conventions, product launches, or other brand events. The new ZK100 is a "turn-key plug and play" solution that enables companies to integrate their brand creative into Zoomkube's templates. The platform provides real-time feedback of the campaign from beginning to end, allowing a brand to build relationships with specific consumers. Throughout each campaign, Zoomkube provides detailed, up-to-the-minute CRM, behavioral, and campaign performance reporting to the brand. In addition, Zoomkube developed a proprietary CMS and campaign management software to manage and update unlimited campaigns across global markets.

"The Zoomkube ZK100 demonstrates the next level of brand touch-campaign innovation," says Zoomkube's vice president, Christian Mouritzen. "With the strong increase in Smart Phones and Tablets, consumers are used to interacting with brands through touch experiences, but the cost of custom large display apps limits these types of engagements. With Zoomkube, brands now have a cost-efficient alternative to engage consumers through interactive brand experiences."

The versatile capabilities of the Zoomkube units are designed to be moved from location to location based upon the client's events and target audiences. The new ZK100 includes a 55" touch display screen, a built-in camera for apps that involve image sharing, capabilities for badge scans, and a heater/air conditioning system for outdoor usage. It can be connected via ethernet, Wi-Fi, or cellular allowing a brand's potential consumers the ability to post (pre-set) messages to Facebook and Twitter about the experience for which they are engaging.

"Through our new proprietary campaign management software, we provide quantifiable results for marketers to understand their audience on a personal level," Mouritzen continues.  "As a company, Zoomkube feels the ZK100 will help build long-term relationships between brands and consumers, anywhere, anytime."

Zoomkube's reports consist of statistical behavioral insights, consumer sign-ups, social media activity, cross-display activity comparisons, and campaign performance for individual markets and across markets. Zoomkubes can be used in and outside stores, in and around convention sites, at stadiums, inside hotels and restaurants, and inside hospitals and medical buildings. For more information on Zoomkube, please visit http://www.zoomkube.com.

ABOUT ZOOMKUBE
Zoomkube is a California-based company specializing in the creation of independent mobile touch display solutions that drive interactive brand messaging to consumers on the move. Using portable and touch integrated units, Zoomkube displays can be placed anywhere to maximize advertising and branding campaign exposure, while also recording behavioral data from users in real time. This allows the inherent CRM capabilities within the units to offer brand managers comprehensive details on the effectiveness of their campaigns. Zoomkubes' team consists of experienced marketing and display professionals across various fields.

SOURCE  Zoomkube

Zoomkube

CONTACT: Matthew Caiola, 5W Public Relations, +1-212-584-4270, Mcaiola@5wpr.com

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

Mobile Barcode Technology From NetDespatch Speeds in Store Collections for CollectPlus

MARLOW, England, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    NetDespatch, a leading supplier of IT integration solutions for postal and parcel
carriers, has developed an innovative new barcode service for use on mobile devices to
make it easier for customers to collect parcels from in-store collection points.

    Online shoppers are automatically sent a unique barcode embedded in an email or text
message when their purchases arrive in their chosen pick-up location. This barcode is then
scanned by the shopkeeper on collection, significantly reducing transaction time at the
till, securely identifying the parcel, and ensuring that the person collecting the parcel
is authorised to do so.

    CollectPlus, the largest store-based parcel service in the UK, has worked in
partnership with NetDespatch and PayPoint to implement the new technology for its
Click&Collect+ service. This enables customers to collect purchases from its network of
over 5,000 convenience stores even more quickly, as they can now present the storekeeper
with a unique CollectPlus barcode sent to their mobile phone. For customers of those
retailers providing the Click&Collect+ service such as Amazon, House of Fraser, ASOS and
Very.co.uk, it has never been easier or more convenient to pick up purchases.

    NetDespatch connects retailers, mail order companies and manufacturers to their postal
and parcel carriers using advanced web-based software and services. For CollectPlus,
NetDespatch provides a secure, resilient, high volume transaction processing platform that
integrates PayPoint terminals in local convenience stores with carrier tracking systems
for managing in-store parcel returns and collections.

    Neil Ashworth, CEO of CollectPlus, said: "We place great importance on our ability to
provide our customers with the fastest, easiest and most secure way to collect their
online purchases. The new collection barcode developed in conjunction with the teams at
NetDespatch and PayPoint is a fantastic time-saving innovation, making our Click&Collect+
service even quicker and easier to use, so complementing the busy lives of our customers."

    "Working with NetDespatch has allowed CollectPlus to continually introduce innovative
technologies as well as develop increasingly streamlined operational methods. Using our
advanced web-based systems and services, CollectPlus has broken new ground in parcel
collection, delivery and returns services and we are delighted to have enabled this latest
improvement for their customers," added NetDespatch CEO, Becky Clark.

    http://www.netdespatch.com

NetDespatch

CONTACT: CONTACTS: Matthew Robertson, tel: +44(0)1978-367475, e-mail: delivermore@despatch.net

This World Backup Day, Celebrate with IDrive Online Backup

LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- While it may not be the most popular holiday (yet), World Backup Day arrives March 31(st). To celebrate this little-known holiday, IDrive Online Backup, one of the world's leading cloud storage providers, is kicking off this exciting day of data backup awareness with a 20% discount for all new accounts. IDrive, however, doesn't believe that backup awareness should be limited to a single day, and so the 20% discount will last for one full year, allowing users to protect their important data. Whether it's for family or business, with a super fast cloud backup service, World Backup Day can be the start of the most exciting day ever!

A bunch of guys who are really into all things Internet founded World Backup Day as a way of bringing attention to how safe (or unsafe) people's data really is. Unfortunately, most people do not know enough about their data and often leave it unprotected! While it's common sense not to post personal info and documents on the wall of a city block, not everyone applies this same type of caution when it comes to their digital data.

IDrive understands the value and importance of computer files, things like your family photos and videos, business-related items, all things finance, or whatever projects you currently have in the works. Whether it's for home, school, work, or some mix of all, these aspects of your life are important, IDrive helps safeguard them by offering several great features:

IDrive is a True Backup: Sometimes, accidents happen and files get deleted by accident. We've all been there at some point. Some of the so-called "unlimited" backup services will automatically delete files from storage if they have been removed from your computer! IDrive, however, will never automatically delete your files, just in case you'll need them.

IDrive is Secure: IDrive uses military-grade encryption (don't ask us how they got it) to protect users' files while maintaining their privacy. They also offer an optional private encryption key as a way of providing maximum security to each and every one of our users.

IDrive is Fast: Unlike other cloud services, IDrive doesn't use third-party servers. Everything they use, from the high-performance network to the state-of-the-art software, was custom built by IDrive to be the most efficient and practical available service with no outside interference.

For more information, visit IDrive.com anytime on Sunday, March 31st and sign up for an account. Use promo code 'WBD' to receive a 20% discount on the first year of service. Once created, you can secure all your photos, videos, documents, and other files from digital disaster with the push of a button.

About IDrive Online Backup
IDrive is a service of Pro Softnet, a privately held company specializing in cloud storage, online backup, file sharing, remote access, compliance, sync and related technologies. Core products include IDrive®, IDriveSync, IBackup®, RemotePC(TM) and EVS for developers. The company's popular services currently have over 2,000,000 subscribers with over 30 PetaBytes of storage.

SOURCE  IDrive

IDrive

CONTACT: Shane Bingham, shane@idrive.com, 1 (866) 748 - 0555 x 164

Web Site: https://www.idrive.com

FreeWave Announces New, Lower Priced Additions To Its Award-Winning MM2 Family Of Wireless Data Radios

FreeWave Technologies' OEM partners now can take advantage of a new suite of radios for M2M communications that offer the same benefits at a lower price

BOULDER, Colo., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FreeWave Technologies, (http://www.freewave.com), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, has added a lower price point option to its award-winning MM2 family of radios. The new suite of radios gives OEM partners a more affordable option with the same reliability and performance that FreeWave's customers have trusted for 20 years. Additions to the MM2 family include the MM2 LT, GXM-LT14 and GXM-LT24 (http://www.freewave.com/products/Promotions.aspx). The new radios are ideal for applications in the electric power, precision agriculture, water/wastewater and automated vehicle location markets.

"Our product development team has worked hard to refine the engineering of our MM2 solutions so that we can offer the option of a lower price point," said Ashish Sharma, chief marketing officer at FreeWave. "The new suite of MM2 solutions features the same small footprint and lightweight framework as our existing MM2 family making it ideal for applications requiring compact and modular design. The tiny form factor is perfect for installations where small size and weight are required and dependable performance is vital."

Like its predecessors, the new MM2 radios weigh in at a mere 14 grams with a size of 1.4 inches high by 2.0 inches wide and offer the same long-range ability, versatility and security features for which the MM2 family is known. They are especially suited for narrowband sensor applications. A single radio can operate simultaneously as a master, slave, repeater or slave/repeater and offers superior link performance in high-interference environments. The MM2-LT and GXM-LT radios feature secure data transmission, with the option of AES encryption.

Pricing of the MM2-LT and GXM-LT radios is based on quantity of unit volume and is less than $200 for orders of 500+.

"We are excited to offer our OEM partners a new price point for the MM2 family of radios," added Sharma. "Through continued design and performance improvements, we aim to lead the industry in the most versatile portfolio of wireless data radios for M2M applications."

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About FreeWave Technologies

Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies manufactures the most reliable, high performing, lowest power consumption, spread spectrum and licensed radios for mission-critical data transmission. Through engineering excellence and a relentless commitment to best-in-class manufacturing, FreeWave customers enjoy superior radio up-time, range and the lowest cost of ownership available. Based in Boulder, Colorado, FreeWave designs and manufactures radios that are the leading choice for oil and gas, utility, military and numerous other industrial applications. Organizations that count on radio data communications for operational success - where failure and down-time are not an option - trust FreeWave for custom network design, system engineering and customer support that are unparalleled in the market. For additional information, contact FreeWave directly at 866.399.4930 or at newsinfo@freewave.com. Visit the company's website at http://www.freewave.com or connect with the company via Twitter: @freewavetech.

Press Contact:
Christin Jeffers

Catapult PR-IR

303-581-7760 ext. 19
cjeffers@catapultpr-ir.com

SOURCE  FreeWave Technologies

FreeWave Technologies

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

Gilt Selects Carpathia as Exclusive Hosting Provider

Custom Managed Hosting Solution Supports Millions of Customers Worldwide

DULLES, Va., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Carpathia Hosting has been selected as the exclusive hosting provider for Gilt, delivering the managed hosting solution that runs the innovative online shopping destination.  Carpathia Hosting, a provider of custom managed hosting services for enterprises and government agencies, will continue to support Gilt as it continues to revolutionize the online shopping experience.

To support Gilt's millions of customers around the globe, Carpathia provides the online retailer with a fully managed hosting solution consisting of managed servers, network, storage and back-ups. With multi-site redundancy built in, Gilt utilizes Carpathia's secure data centers in both Ashburn, Va., and Phoenix, Ariz. to process millions of dollars in transactions, as well as to store a massive inventory of images and assets, communication of daily sales and an extensive mobile presence.

"With an online audience that expects consistent uptime and fast speeds 24/7, digital retailers have a difficult task on their hands. Combine that with often unpredictable traffic patterns, and you'll see why it's essential for digital enterprises like Gilt to select a hosting provider with experience in these types of engagements," said Jon Greaves, chief technology officer at Carpathia. "In recent years, much of Carpathia's success can be attributed to our ability to flawlessly meet the complex needs of these digital enterprises."

With significant experience providing hosting and managed services to digital content providers and online retailers, Carpathia has extensive expertise in managing high-transaction, low-latency networks and handling massive storage requirements. Pairing that with Carpathia's ability to overcome sizeable scale-related challenges, Carpathia is able to manage immense amounts of data in the most reliable and cost-effective manner possible.

"At Gilt, we've always focused on creating the quickest, most exciting shopping experience online," said Michael Bryzek, co-founder and chief technology officer at Gilt. "Carpathia has been a trusted partner in helping create this innovative shopping experience, and we're looking forward to continuing to work with them as we grow."

To learn more about the custom managed hosting solutions Carpathia delivers for global enterprises like Gilt, visit http://carpathia.com/digital-media/.

About Carpathia Hosting, Inc.?
Carpathia Hosting is a leading provider of managed hosting services, providing secure, reliable and compliant IT infrastructure and management for some of the world's most demanding enterprises and federal agencies. Founded in 2003, Carpathia is a growing, profitable business run by a seasoned management team with deep experience in delivering enterprise hosting solutions including colocation, managed services and cloud computing. Carpathia's suite of services is designed for organizations seeking scalable, secure, robust and enterprise-grade hosting solutions that can be quickly provisioned or tailored to meet unique requirements. Backed by its E3 Promise, Carpathia consistently delivers an experience that exceeds customers' expectations. Carpathia was named to the Inc. Magazine 500|5000 list in 2011 and 2012 as one of America's fastest-growing companies. Contact Carpathia at 1.888.200.9494, or visit http://www.carpathia.com for more information.

About Gilt
Gilt, http://www.gilt.com, is an innovative online shopping destination offering its members special access to the most inspiring merchandise and experiences every day at insider prices. Gilt continually searches the world for the most coveted brands and products, including fashion for women, men, and children; home decor hotels and experiences and unique activities in select cities and destinations. We believe that every day is an opportunity to inspire and be inspired.

SOURCE  Carpathia Hosting

Carpathia Hosting

CONTACT: Kelly White, +1-703-840-3949, kwhite@carpathia.com

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

Community Engagement Startup MindMixer Acquires Social Media Intelligence Company VoterTide

New technology helps Silicon Prairie leader's civic, education and health care clients to increase community interest and involvement in causes and projects

OMAHA, Neb., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MindMixer (http://www.mindmixer.com), an online engagement platform currently helping hundreds of civic, education and health care organizations communicate more effectively with their audiences, today announced its acquisition of VoterTide, a non-partisan social media intelligence company that has been successfully activating audiences around hot topics and issues for political campaigns, non-profits and special interest groups using social media insight and news analysis technology.

As a result of this acquisition, MindMixer's clients will be able to access the same real-time social media intelligence tools used by politicians to quickly identify, capture and capitalize on hot topics and issues in order to build community during campaigns. Officially named MindMixer Insights, this technology will allow organizations to listen better to what their communities are saying through intelligent tracking and analysis of social and traditional media activity around community-specific search terms. Then, they will analyze the activity to highlight trends and hot topics that are bubbling up, insight which they can use to focus discussions and projects on the topics that are already resonating with audiences. Finally, the integrated reporting functionality allows clients to gauge success of each campaign.

"When people have something to say about a specific issue, they often turn to social networks to share their opinions, proposed solutions or gripes.  But, with social networks being as large as they are, many good ideas go unheard and unnoticed by the people who need to know about them," said Nick Bowden, CEO of MindMixer. "Two-way communication is the key to effecting change, but the challenge is activating a community to join a conversation decision makers can see. By adding this new technology to our services, our clients will be more informed about their audiences and better equipped to bring them into the fold."

"Like MindMixer, we created our company with the belief that community members have deep local knowledge that can inform leadership and influence change," said Jimmy Winter, founder of VoterTide and new VP of Product with MindMixer. "But, before any organization can tap into this knowledge, you have to first find a topic that will create buzz and get people excited to participate. Our intelligence tools, combined with MindMixer's engagement platform will ensure clients address the right topics in the right venue so audiences will keep coming back to collaborate."

VoterTide founder Jimmy Winter and CTO Matt Barr will assume senior leadership roles within the product and technology team. Leah Frelinghuysen will continue to serve as a senior advisor on communication and external affairs for the company.

More information about the announcement can be found at http://www.mindmixer.com/press.

About MindMixer
MindMixer believes that good, informed ideas are out there, but many don't make it to the surface or are drowned out by the volume of usual voices. Leveraging the power of the Internet and social media, MindMixer's online community engagement and social media intelligence tools connect organizations with community members who might not otherwise get involved. With the country's largest suite of best-in-class engagement technology, MindMixer makes it easier for community leadership and members to have more productive, collaborative discussions than they would using traditional approaches like offline town hall meetings and message boards.

Follow MindMixer on Twitter and Facebook:
https://twitter.com/mind_mixer
https://www.facebook.com/VirtualTownHall

Contact:
Amanda Ansell
Atomic for MindMixer
323-648-5423
amanda@atomicpr.com

SOURCE  MindMixer

MindMixer

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

Savvis Drives Collaboration, Interconnectivity with Introduction of Savvis ClientConnect

Online Portal Helps Businesses Locate and Connect with Others Inside Savvis Data Centers Worldwide

ST. LOUIS, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Savvis, a CenturyLink company (NYSE: CTL) and global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions, today introduced Savvis ClientConnect, an online gateway for businesses to generate new revenue opportunities by connecting with other businesses located in one or more of Savvis' data centers.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111122/CG10879LOGO )

Designed to fuel data-center interconnectivity and ecosystem growth, Savvis ClientConnect helps media, financial service, healthcare and consumer-brands clients expand their capabilities by locating, connecting and sharing services with other businesses residing across Savvis' global data center footprint.

"Whether you're a retailer looking for e-commerce services or a trading firm looking for low-latency access to financial exchanges, Savvis ClientConnect gives you visibility into the players that can help accelerate your business growth," said Drew Leonard, vice president, colocation product management, at Savvis. "Clients that opt in to this service can save time and money connecting with a variety of diverse businesses and carriers found within our global data center network."

Savvis ClientConnect is an optional tool available to existing Savvis clients through the SavvisStation portal, featuring:

    --  Intuitive search functionality for locating other businesses that have
        opted in by facility, customer type and customer name;
    --  Client profile pages, giving clients the ability to promote their
        presence in Savvis' data centers to other Savvis clients;
    --  Rapid client-to-client cross-connect provisioning, with a deployment
        completion target of within 48 hours of ordering via the SavvisStation
        portal;
    --  Visibility into interconnectivity opportunities with hundreds of Savvis
        colocation and managed services clients; and
    --  Contact information to discuss potential business relationships.
"In today's competitive economy, companies must focus technology resources on the areas that drive the most business value," said Joel Odelson, CIO, Morpho Detection. "Savvis provides the infrastructure solutions that help us reduce costs and improve service levels so that we can devote our energy to the right places. Features like Savvis ClientConnect can help companies deliver even more value by highlighting opportunities with potential partners that can fuel growth."

About Savvis
Savvis, a CenturyLink company, provides industry-leading IT infrastructure solutions that keep enterprises powered for business in today's ever-changing global marketplace. Combining deep, proven experience with personal commitment, Savvis delivers cloud, colocation and managed-hosting services over advanced networks worldwide, enabling its clients to focus on their core environments and meet new market opportunities.

About CenturyLink
CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States and is recognized as a leader in the network services market by technology industry analyst firms. The company is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprise customers. CenturyLink provides data, voice and managed services in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers for businesses and consumers. The company also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLinkTM PrismTM TV and DIRECTV brands. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations.

For more information, visit http://www.savvis.com or http://www.centurylink.com.

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Savvis

CONTACT: Justin Lopinot, +1-314-628-7053, justin.lopinot@savvis.com

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

New http://www.victoriabeckham.com Launches Today

LONDON, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The new victoriabeckham.com e-commerce website is now live. The site represents a new approach to the luxury brand site. Intuitive and interactive, the redeveloped web platform introduces e-commerce for the first time in the company's history. It is integrated with unique brand content and placed in a vibrant social context that allows users to share the constantly updating media across their own social channels. Featuring simple, streamlined design and functionality, the site puts intimate and insightful content at the heart of the brand's activity, giving users unprecedented access to the designer's ideas and creative process.

"My new website has been in the making for a very long time. It was so important that the concept, tone and look of it were true to me and my aesthetic and that the shopping experience was the very best that it could be for my customer. The site will be ever evolving featuring never seen before insights into my world through the medium of film. I'm incredibly excited with what I have created and the unique access to the brand I am now able to offer," Victoria Beckham.

A departure from the original victoriabeckham.com site - which served as an online look book for the brand's collections, spanning from its first season, SS09, through to the most recent SS13 collections - this new, redeveloped brand platform offers users two simple propositions: to "Look" and to "Shop". The former option showcases an ever-evolving body of show footage, documentary content, inspiration and news with a strong, signature aesthetic.

"Shop" meanwhile features Victoria's handpicked selection of SS13's key pieces. It is here that the simplicity and streamlined functionality of the site design becomes fully apparent. Informal documentary content will serve to paint a more intimate picture of the brand's personality, beyond the functional and sartorial qualities of its luxury products.

Products offered on the site include ICON -- a selection of RTW dresses  exclusive to victoriabeckham.com offering the line's most timeless and iconic designs in a seasonless assortment of both classic colors and new in limited availability runs--and selections across four existing Victoria Beckham collections: accessories, eyewear, denim and the newest line, Victoria, Victoria Beckham.

These personal edits are accompanied by the highest standard of customer service, extending the sense of an in-store luxury experience to the contemporary, digital environment. Each purchase will arrive in bespoke packaging, and same-day delivery is available in London and New York.  Further, a dedicated team of multi-lingual Client Service Associates are available via telephone to provide assistance and style advice.

In this initial launch the shop will sell to customers in the UK, USA and Europe, supporting local currencies in each territory, with further plans to then roll out sales in additional territories in the near future. Those outside of e-commerce regions will have full access to the brand experience of "Look" with a detailed store directory covering all international points of sale for Victoria Beckham.

Tony King, with his agency King & Partners, have executed the site's design and build, which is powered by the Sellect e-commerce /CMS Platform - adapted to cater for the unique requirements of victoriabeckham.com. Victoria has worked in close collaboration on creative and content direction with Jonny Lu and Isaac Lock respectively. The concept for the site combines their strong digital aesthetic with King's extensive experience in luxury digital design.

The new victoriabeckham.com now sits at the centre of the burgeoning global Victoria Beckham digital community, which currently comprises: Facebook; Twitter; Instagram; YouTube, Google +, Pinterest, Tencent and Sina Weibo for the Chinese market; and V Kontakte in Russia.

Victoria Beckham is a joint venture between Victoria Beckham and Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment Ltd.

About Victoria Beckham

The Victoria Beckham fashion label represents modern luxury, comprised of the Ready-to-Wear, Denim, Eyewear, Accessories and 'Victoria' collections. All are conceived by Victoria and developed at her studio in London with the same aspirational, chic and refined aesthetic that is at the heart of Victoria's creative vision.

Launched in September 2008 to great acclaim at New York Fashion Week, Victoria Beckham Ready-to-Wear is handmade in the United Kingdom and stocked internationally by the world's best fashion stores. Victoria's collections have been worn by celebrities including Michelle Williams, Julianne Moore, Beyonce Knowles, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet.

In 2011 Victoria Beckham won "Best Designer Brand" at the British Fashion Awards,  "Accessories Designer of the Year" at the UK Glamour Women of the Year awards and "Emerging British Luxury Brand" at the Walpole Awards.

In 2012 Victoria Beckham became international ambassador for GREAT in recognition of her work for British creative industries and won "Womenswear Designer of the Year" at the WGSN Global Fashion Awards. 

SOURCE  Victoria Beckham and XIX Entertainment Ltd.

Victoria Beckham and XIX Entertainment Ltd.

CONTACT: Max Orloff, KCD, orloff@kcdworldwide.com, +1-212-590-5100

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

Blancco Helps Data Centers Achieve Compliance, Save Money with Secure Data Erasure

JOENSUU, Finland, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

             Growing number of data centers turn to Blancco for best practices in

     protecting customer data with certified, efficient and professional data erasure

    Blancco [http://www.blancco.com ], the global leader in data erasure and computer
reuse solutions, offers distinct advantages to complex data centers like those used by
social media sites, payment card companies and other large organizations. With an
increasing number of customers in this growing field, Blancco is launching an initiative
to inform the market about its solutions and best practices for cost-effective, compliant
data erasure.

    To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:

    http://www.multivu.com/mnr/60627-blancco-secure-data-erasure

    As part of the initiative, Blancco is offering a comprehensive white paper, "Data
Erasure Solutions for Data Center and Cloud Computing Security
[http://www.blancco.com/en/solution-for-data-center ]," for download.

    "Data centers contain massive amounts of customer data that is protected by industry
standards and regulations like PCI DSS, HIPAA in the US and EU directives," said Kim
Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder of Blancco. "Given these compliance mandates and the need to
protect sensitive data, certified, efficient and professional data erasure is now more
important than ever."

    According to Vaisanen, Blancco offers three key advantages to data centers:

       
        - Full control and auditability of the data erasure process through detailed
          reports and centralized management.
        - Savings through reuse of existing hardware and configurations like logical
          drives (LUNs).
        - Opportunities to offer new services such as secure data erasure after data
          migration or a customer contract ends.

    "As data centers grow more complex, we want to spotlight the advantages our solutions
offer," Vaisanen said. "To eliminate the need for multiple erasure products, data centers
with high-end server and SAN environments need a tool that erases a broad range of
hardware like Netapp, IBM, Oracle (SUN), HP, EMC, DELL, and Hitachi, as well as Microsoft
software. Our solutions are tailored to meet these requirements. They also support virtual
environments from both VMware and Microsoft based on vSphere (ESXi) and Hyper-V,
respectively."

    Blancco's solutions can handle the different levels of data erasure
[http://www.blancco.com/en/videos/?video=videos/solutions/data-centers ] required in a data
center: File, LUN, Disk, Server and Storage.

    "We are the only provider of a complete portfolio of certified solutions for data
erasure from smartphones to mainframes," Vaisanen said. "We look forward to continuing our
work to help data centers meet their challenges."

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

    Video:
    http://www.multivu.com/mnr/60627-blancco-secure-data-erasure

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Blancco Oy Ltd.

TeamQuest Announces New KVM and EC2 Capacity Management Capabilities

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A new release of TeamQuest Performance Software adds the ability for IT operations professionals to monitor and analyze the performance of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (KVM) and to capacity plan for migrations to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Performance monitoring and capacity analysis for KVM
TeamQuest Performance Software is a suite of products for capacity management and IT Service Optimization in mixed-vendor environments. This latest release adds support for performance monitoring and analysis of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, an environment based on Red Hat's kernel-embedded KVM.

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One product in the TeamQuest suite, TeamQuest Analyzer, allows sys admins to detect and quickly troubleshoot performance issues in complex environments.

Another tool in the suite, TeamQuest Surveyor, automatically analyzes capacity and formulates reports that make it easier to efficiently deliver services to users.





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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the world's most popular Linux OS, and its kernel-embedded implementation of KVM is a proven performer in the hypervisor market. These are some of the reasons why an increasing number of IT organizations have adopted KVM. But virtualization adds a new layer of complexity. "Virtualization introduces new challenges for capacity management," says Scott Adams, TeamQuest Director of Product Management. "So our customers using KVM have been asking us to provide enterprise-class performance and capacity analysis tools for that environment. Now we have."

Capacity planning for Amazon EC2
When capacity planners are faced with moving workloads to virtualized cloud environments, they need to choose how to migrate and which workloads to migrate. TeamQuest Predictor is a tool that can help planners make decisions that balance performance with cost, and this new release of TeamQuest Predictor can help with migrations to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

TeamQuest Product Manager John Seifert says, "Our goal is to help optimize IT services in multi-vendor environments, so it only made sense for us to provide capacity planning for what I think is by far the most popular Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud service."

Using TeamQuest Predictor's new capability for Amazon EC2 you can:

    --  Ensure that service levels will be met when workloads are migrated to
        EC2
    --  Help you evaluate the cost of using EC2 by showing you which and how
        many instance types you will need
    --  Balance cost with performance, choosing the number and types of EC2
        instances that will cost-effectively deliver the performance you really
        need
Contact:

Vernon Johnson

641-357-2700
vernon.johnson@teamquest.com

SOURCE  TeamQuest

TeamQuest

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

Datawatch Unstructured Data Connector For QlikView Now Available On QlikMarket Business Discovery Solution Exchange

Datawatch and QlikTech Partner to Incorporate Unstructured and Semi-Structured Data Into Data Discovery Applications

CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH), the leading global provider of information optimization software and services, today announced the availability of Datawatch's Unstructured Data Connector for QlikView on QlikMarket (market.qlikview.com).  QlikMarket is QlikTech's Web marketplace that delivers an easy, interactive way for QlikTech customers to evaluate and acquire the useful technologies and applications that leverage the QlikView Business Discovery platform.

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Building on the alliance announced earlier last year between Datawatch and QlikTech, Datawatch has developed a software extension that allows QlikTech customers the ability to incorporate unstructured and semi-structured data into QlikView applications.  With the launch of the Datawatch Unstructured Data Connector for QlikView, QlikView customers will be able to model and include sources like PDF, XBRL, HTML, text files, machine data, and many other non-relational sources of data into their data discovery dashboards and applications.  Designed with the same user orientation as QlikView, this technology empowers business professionals to select the data they would like to include from these sources and easily incorporate that data into QlikView through a QVX file that includes both the data and metadata components.  Also, like QlikView, these applications can easily be migrated by IT professionals into production ready, large scale deployments, by using the complete Datawatch Information Optimization Platform. 

"We are excited about providing our customers the freedom and flexibility to use any source of data they need to analyze and understand their business," said Peter McQuade, Vice President of Alliances and Partner Sales at QlikTech. "By offering the Datawatch solution to our customers via QlikMarket, we are making it as simple as possible for them to get a leading solution for incorporating unstructured and semi-structured data into QlikView."

"Datawatch and QlikView are a natural technology pairing," commented Ben Plummer, CMO and SVP of Strategic Alliances of Datawatch.  He continued by saying, "Over the last year we have seen a growing demand in our customer base to incorporate more data variety into applications like QlikView, and with the release of our QlikView connector we are able to make this process faster and easier for QlikView users."

The Datawatch Unstructured Data Connector for QlikView is available immediately via QlikMarket.  Datawatch will market and sell the solution through direct sales and global channel partners.  Both companies will be supporting the alliance with joint marketing, sales, and services programs. To learn more about how Datawatch's Information Optimization technologies can extend the value of your business intelligence or data discovery application visit us at http://www.datawatch.com.

ABOUT DATAWATCH CORPORATION
Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM: DWCH) is a leader in providing information optimization products and solutions that allow organizations to deliver the greatest data variety possible into their big data and analytic applications. Datawatch provides organizations the ability to integrate structured, unstructured, and semi-structured sources like reports, PDF files, and EDI streams into these applications to provide a 360 degree perspective of the issues and opportunities that exist in their businesses. More than 40,000 organizations worldwide use Datawatch's products and services, including 99 of the Fortune 100, and businesses of every type can benefit from the power and flexibility of Datawatch's industry leading solutions. Datawatch is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts with offices in London, Munich, Singapore, Sydney and Manila, and with partners and customers in more than 100 countries worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.datawatch.com.

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Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements, including but not limited to those relating to results of operations, contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially from current expectations include the following: risks associated with the continuing weak global economy; risks associated with fluctuations in quarterly operating results due, among other factors, to the size and timing of large customer orders; the volatility of Datawatch's stock price; limitations on the effectiveness of internal controls; rapid technological change; Datawatch's dependence on the introduction of new products and possible delays in those introductions; competition in the software industry generally, and in the markets for information optimization in particular; Datawatch's dependence on its principal products, proprietary software technology and software licensed from third parties; risks associated with international sales; risks associated with indirect distribution channels; the adequacy of Datawatch's sales returns reserve; risks associated with a subscription sales model; risks associated with acquisitions, including the recent acquisition of intellectual property from Math Strategies; Datawatch's dependence on its ability to hire and retain skilled personnel; disruption or failure of Datawatch's technology systems that may result from a natural disaster, cyber-attack or other catastrophic event; and uncertainty and additional costs that may result from evolving regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure. Further information on factors that could cause actual results to differ from those anticipated is detailed in various publicly-available documents, which include, but are not limited to, filings made by Datawatch from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to, those appearing in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ending December 31, 2012.   Any forward-looking statements should be considered in light of those factors.

Investor Contact:
Datawatch Investor Relations 
investor@datawatch.com
Phone: (978) 441-2200 ext. 8323

Media Contact:
Sarah Bernardi
Datawatch Corporation
Sarah_Bernardi@datawatch.com
Phone: (978) 441-2200 ext. 8387
Twitter: @datawatch

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New Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Delivered by Blended Schools Network Using SoftChalk Platform

"Today's Blended Teacher: A MOOC made for Community and Curation" MOOC made possible by SoftChalk Cloud and Google Plus Platform

RICHMOND, Va., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Blended Schools Network (BSN) will be using SoftChalk Cloud and the Google Plus platform to deliver a new massive open online course (MOOC) on "Today's Blended Teacher: A MOOC made for Community and Curation."

The course is designed for educators who wish to improve their knowledge of quality blended learning and improve the quality of their existing content while growing their K-12 professional peer network. Each week of this five week course will include a live panel discussion, course materials, curating quality resources and developing and critiquing new lessons. Participants should be willing to spend at least three hours each week reviewing content and sharing ideas. Weekly topics are:

    --  The State of Blended Learning: How Do We Define Blended Learning?
    --  Student Centered Learning: Using Inquiry and Project-Based Learning
    --  Objective Assessment: Using Tests to Improve the Classroom
    --  Digital Citizenship: Modeling Ethical Behavior to Students
    --  Disruptive Innovation: Flip Your Instruction
The BSN MOOC will be delivered using the Google Plusplatform with content created and delivered via BSN's Private SoftChalk Cloud Learning Object Repository and Content Authoring platform. All technologies are free to use for all MOOC participants.

The BSN MOOC will begin on Monday, April 15(th) and will run for five weeks through Monday, May 20, 2013. Anyone interested in participating can register on the MOOC website:Today's Blended Teacher: A MOOC made for Community and Curation.

SoftChalk LLC is sponsoring a free Innovators in Online Learning webinar on April 3(rd) entitled "Building Peer Groups with a MOOC." In this presentation, Mark Radcliffe and Dan Lucas from the BSN network will discuss their goals for the MOOC as well as the week-to-week agendas and strategies. Educators interested in learning about the MOOC planning process should register this free webinar.

Mark Radcliffe, Director of Professional Development for Blendedschools.net, states "This course is designed to connect participants rather than just deliver knowledge. Our goal is to have all participants leave with a new peer group that will persist beyond this course."

"We are extremely excited to have the Blended Schools Network show how their Private SoftChalk Cloud instance is used to create and deliver content as an important feature of their upcoming MOOC," says Susan Evans, CEO of SoftChalk. "We look forward to working with them on this and other MOOC offerings in the future."

About Blended Schools Network

Blendedschools.net is a not-for-profit company that empowers schools to teach and learn online by providing K-12 curriculum, learning technologies, professional development and a professional network.

About SoftChalk

SoftChalk, LLC is an award-winning provider of eLearning software for worldwide education and business institutions. Specializing in the development of intuitive, easy-to-use tools, SoftChalk products allow instructors to create powerful and professional-looking content for eLearning and smart classrooms in K-12, higher education and corporate training. For more information, visit http://www.softchalk.com.

CONTACT:

Natalie West 

SoftChalk   
Email

(804) 257-7971

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SoftChalk, LLC

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

Credo Acquires OnlineTutorSolutions.com

Acquisition to Help Students Become More Prepared for Success in Academic, Professional and Personal Life

BOSTON and OXFORD, England, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Credo, the industry leader for information skills solutions, today announced it has acquired OnlineTutorSolutions.com, which will significantly enhance its Literati solutions with technologies that connect students to on-staff, state-certified tutors at their point of need.  The acquisition furthers Credo's mission to work with libraries, educators, publishers and technology providers to create a society in which everyone has the ability to learn and an opportunity to succeed.

"We are ecstatic to welcome OnlineTutorSolutions.com to the Credo team as their technologies, services and people are complementary to our company culture as well as to our Literati solutions," said Mike Sweet, Credo's CEO. "Education trends like the 'flipped classroom' show that the boundaries between the classroom and the library are blurring, making unconventional educational support absolutely critical. By acquiring OnlineTutorSolutions.com, Credo is able to offer an affordable way for librarians and educators to give all students the support they need to be successful, removing the barriers that hinder those who are unable to find or afford state-qualified tutors."

Literati is Credo's flagship solution that combines authoritative scholarly content, innovative technologies and customizable services to help libraries and educational institutions make the most of limited resources. The company has developed solutions to meet the unique needs of secondary school students, college students, student athletes and public library patrons. Credo is experiencing unprecedented uptake of Literati in terms of new customers, partnerships and recognition by prestigious award programs, including a 2013 SIIA CODiE Award for Literati Public.

"OnlineTutorSolutions.com's vision from the start was to help students of all types and incomes to become more successful, and by joining Credo we are much closer to achieving this goal," said Cherith Matlosz, President of OnlineTutorSolutions.com.  "It is very rewarding to know that our technologies and services, which have a track record of helping our students achieve academic success, will now be available to a greater number of students through Credo's award-winning Literati solution."

About OnlineTutorSolutions.com

OnlineTutorSolutions.com offers its students an affordable, convenient and effective alternative to traditional learning centers. We provide a one-to-one, interactive learning environment based in state-of-the-art technologies. Tutoring takes place over the Internet, in the convenience of the student's home or at their local library. All tutors are state-certified teachers, specially trained to help students achieve academic success.

About Credo 

A 2013 SIIA CODiE Award winner, Credo believes that everyone deserves the ability to learn and the opportunity to succeed.

To help people achieve their academic, professional and personal goals, Credo partners with libraries, educators, publishers and technology providers to deliver solutions for developing information skills.  Founded in 1999, Credo has offices in Boston and the UK.  For additional information about Credo and its Literati solutions please visit http://corp.credoreference.com.

Credo Media Contacts:
Mary Kay Jezzini, 212.352.1404
Lynn Brainard, 714.771.4397
publicity@credoreference.com

SOURCE  Credo

Credo

Web Site: http://corp.credoreference.com

New Zendesk for iPad Brings Companies Closer to their Customers

Reporting Dashboard and Customer History Keep Teams in the Know about Service Performance

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Zendesk, the leading provider of the proven cloud-based customer service software, today announced the new Zendesk for iPad, a native app aimed at the increasing number of mobile customer service teams who must stay in the know about their customers and performance anytime and anywhere.

Since Zendesk first launched its iPad app two years ago, the percentage of companies providing customer service through a mobile app has doubled. Now more than 60 percent of Zendesk accounts use a mobile service app, and the iPad app is the third most popular. This shift toward a more mobile service team inspired the new iPad app's focus on delivering performance metrics and customer history on the go.

"Our first Zendesk for iPad changed the way customer service was delivered, allowing agents to respond from anywhere," said Adrian McDermott, Zendesk's senior vice president of product development. "Now we're changing the way service teams stay on top of their performance, allowing managers to always know how they're doing and avoid any drop in superior service."

Through the new reporting dashboard for iPad, managers can navigate updated data and metrics across three views:

    --  A leaderboard, which gives a quick glance at metrics such as their
        customer satisfaction, solved tickets, response time, and the
        productivity of the support team;
    --  Ticket activity, which reveals details and trends in the volume of new
        tickets and the efficiency and quality of agents' responses to them; and
    --  First response, which provides an interactive dial for viewing how long
        it took to respond to customer inquiries across various time periods.
In addition, the new Zendesk for iPad surfaces customer service history on a company or customer level so service teams have a more complete view of previous interactions and can better address customers' individual needs and preferences.

"We like to be hands-on with our customer service, whether it's at our desks or on-site at one of our 100-plus schools," said Sam Dresser, IT System Support Manager at School of Rock. "The new Zendesk for iPad is simply more practical for us. We can view our tickets, respond to our customers, and see insights about our customers' satisfaction and speed of service."

The new Zendesk for iPad is available now in the Apple App Store and at http://www.zendesk.com/mobile.

About Zendesk

Zendesk is the leading provider of proven, cloud-based customer service software. For growing organizations, Zendesk is the fastest way to enable great customer service. More than 25,000 Zendesk customers, including Gilt Groupe, Box, and Disney, trust Zendesk with their most valuable assets: their customers, partners, and employees. Founded in 2007, Zendesk is funded by Charles River Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Goldman Sachs, GGV Capital, Index Ventures, Matrix Partners, and Redpoint Ventures. Learn more at http://www.zendesk.com.

SOURCE  Zendesk

Zendesk

CONTACT: Matt Hicks, press@zendesk.com

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

Ad Agency commits to Ace's Mobiquity Network

Ad Agency guarantees the purchase of not less than 50,000 downloads per month for the period beginning May 01, 2013 through July 31, 2013.

NEW YORK, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc. (OTCQB: AMKT) is pleased to announce today that a top Ad Agency has agreed to purchase time on its Mobiquity Network for 3 months beginning May 01, 2013. This will give the agency the ability to offer a location-based mobile solution to its current advertising customers, and will provide a powerful new capability to attract new clients.  Under the agreement, the agency will have the right to purchase additional downloads for its customers over and above the guarantee on an as needed basis.

Mobiquity Networks president, Sean Trepeta stated, "By adding Mobiquity's location-based mobile solution to their current campaigns they have created a truly interactive experience for the mall shopper.  Advertisers can now introduce a dynamic new mobile component to their campaigns."

ABOUT "ACE"   

Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc. is a business and technology development company focusing on advanced integrated marketing platforms, mobile marketing, social networks, website development and digital media. The Company's 3 business divisions are: Ace Marketing (Integrated Marketing Technologies), Venn Media (Integrated Website Development and Social Media Platform) and Mobiquity Networks (Location Based Mobile Marketing Network). For more information you can visit:

    http://www.acemarketing.net http://www.appliedmarketingtechnologies.net

    http://www.vennmedia.net    http://www.mobiquitynetworks.com
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Certain statements in this press release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements express or implied by such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, changes in levels of competition, possible loss of customers, and the company's ability to attract and retain key personnel.

Contact Information:
Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc.
Legend Securities, Inc.
Thomas Wagner
800-385-5790
718-233-2627
E: twagner@legendsecuritiesinc.com

SOURCE  Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc.

Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.acemarketing.net

Get Ready for the Coming of Twitter Music with musicMagpie

LONDON, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Twitter's famous blue bird will soon be singing a new tune-literally. The online
social networking site acquired the music discovery service We Are Hunted last year and
will use the technology to release its own standalone music app for iOS later this month.

    The new music discovery app, to be called Twitter Music, will incorporate Twitter
branding and make use of four main tabs. The "Popular" tab will highlight trending music,
while the "Emerging" tab will help promote up-and-comers in the industry. "#NowPlaying"
will show songs tweeted by the people you follow. Still looking for a good song
recommendation? "Suggested" will recommend songs based on the artists you follow and the
artists that people you follow are following. The streaming of music content to Twitter
Music will be powered by Sound Cloud.

    Twitter Music promises to be an exciting venture for the social networking site, which
already has strong ties with the music industry. After all, seven of the top ten most
followed accounts on Twitter belong to musicians-Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry,
Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, and Shakira. Make sure you're prepared for the
release of this groundbreaking app by selling your old CDs to musicMagpie
[http://www.musicmagpie.com ] and using the money you earn to upgrade your Smartphone to
the latest model.

musicMagpie

CONTACT: Contact Details: Forward3D: Matt Morgan, matt.morgan@forward.co.uk, +44-(0)20-7554-7655

Extreme Networks Announces Commitment to Reference Design for SDN Switch Leveraging OpenFlow to Increase Data Center, Campus Network Efficiency

Company Extends Open Fabric Campus to Cloud Vision for Open networking via Big Switch Networks 'Switch Light' OpenFlow Thin Switching Software Platform

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced that it is extending its Open Fabric architecture and vision for Software Defined Networking (SDN) with a commitment to the new Reference Design architecture for SDN switches.  Extreme will later this year introduce the first switch, the Slalom(TM) which will be an optimized SDN switch supporting lightweight software and network services based on the OpenFlow protocol. 

The Reference Design architecture is based on merchant silicon and the Big Switch Networks Switch Light, an open source, OpenFlow thin switching platform (also announced today).  This platform is based on the Indigo open source project, designed to communicate with the Big Network Controller as part of cost-optimized SDN deployments.  Extreme Networks is taking the next step, combining this open platform with global service, support, and deployment capabilities for success in mission-critical networks.

Extreme Networks Slalom will provide an evolutionary progression of Extreme Networks Open Fabric portfolio, complementing the rich ExtremeXOS® based SDN-capable stackable and chassis-based switches.  The combination offers customers maximum flexibility, by permitting deployment of Extreme Networks existing switch portfolio for 'hybrid' deployments combining SDN and existing architectures, while paving the way for optimized SDN-centric 'leaf' switches.

"Extreme Networks Open Fabric is designed to offer customers an open and broad portfolio of next generation data center networking solutions that support emerging SDN solutions in hardware and software," said Oscar Rodriguez, president and CEO for Extreme Networks.  "Providing customers with the widest amount of choice and performance for their networks is what reduces their costs and helps them scale."

"As a key partner, Extreme Networks continually innovates and delivers industry leading performance and a truly open architecture that fits very well with the SDN movement," said Guido Appenzeller, CEO and co-founder, Big Switch Networks.  "We are working with Extreme Networks to develop market-leading SDN applications and OpenFlow infrastructure to in order to deliver our joint customers integrated solutions in this emerging SDN product category."

In February, Extreme Networks began shipments of OpenFlow with the release of ExtremeXOS 15.3 and SDN applications from Big Switch Networks.  These applications include Big Tap, providing traffic monitoring and dynamic network visibility with flow filtering, and Big Virtual Switch (BVS), an application for virtualized data center networks which provisions the physical network into multiple logical networks across the stack, from Layer 2 to 7.  Extreme Networks will be demonstrating its SDN solutions at the upcoming ONS as well as at Interop.

About Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks is a technology leader in high-performance Ethernet switching for cloud, data center and mobile networks.  Based in Santa Clara, CA, Extreme Networks has more than 6,000 customers in more than 50 countries.  For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.extremenetworks.com. 

Extreme Networks, the Extreme Networks logo, ExtremeXOS and Slalom are trademarks or registered trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are the property of their respective owners.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including without limitation statements as to features, performance, and benefits of Extreme Networks products, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including network design and actual results of use of the product in different environments. We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking information in this release. Other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are contained in the Company's 10-Qs and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.sec.gov

SOURCE  Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks, Inc.

CONTACT: Gregory Cross, Extreme Networks Public Relations, +1-408-579-3483, gcross@extremenetworks.com

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

Level 3 Launches High-Capacity Metropolitan Networks in Buenos Aires and Bogota

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced it is responding to customer demand for more capacity and expanding its end-to-end service capabilities by launching new high-speed metropolitan networks in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Bogota, Colombia. These advanced, high capacity, high-bandwidth networks greatly enhance services there. Level 3 has existing metropolitan high-speed networks in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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"One of the main challenges data communications providers face is how to develop an infrastructure that can manage the data traffic explosion resulting from the complex system of integrated services and applications that companies have to cope with on a daily basis," noted Gina Sanchez, Frost & Sullivan telecommunication services industry analyst for Latin America. "Level 3's high-capacity metropolitan networks are addressing this challenge, optimizing customer connectivity and thus enhancing customer experience."

The new networks offer Level 3's customers in these markets a more robust backbone, delivering up to 40 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) links to end customers. Wholesale and enterprise customers also can build their own backbones and dedicated networks, and interconnect with Level 3's and others' data centers to build SAN (Storage Area Network), disaster recovery and cloud services solutions.

In both Bogota and Buenos Aires, the networks have multiple high velocity nodes throughout each metropolitan area, with a total capacity of 80x40Gbps and the potential of upgrading to 80x100Gbps. Data centers, carrier points of presence, and financial centers, among other high bandwidth locations, will have easy access to these high capacity networks.

"Level 3 is always working to meet all the needs of our customers, and by launching these metropolitan networks, we will be able to address our customers' increasing demand for capacity in two very important markets in Latin America," said Leonardo Barbero, Level 3's senior vice president and chief marketing officer for Latin America. "The additional connectivity provided by the new networks enables significantly faster network speed and scalable capacity, giving an advantage to any customer doing business in either market."

About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3's comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 450 markets in 55 countries over a global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. Level 3 services are provided by subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications, Inc.  For more information, visit http://www.level3.com.

Website Access to Company Information
Level 3 maintains a corporate website at http://www.level3.com, and you can find additional information about the company through the Investors pages on that website at http://lvlt.client.shareholder.com/. Level 3 uses its website as a channel of distribution of important information about the company. Level 3 routinely posts financial and other important information regarding the company and its business, financial condition and operations on the Investor Relations web pages.

Visitors to the Investors Relations web pages can view and print copies of Level 3's SEC filings, including periodic and current reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, as soon as reasonably practicable after those filings are made with the SEC.

Copies of the charters for each of the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Governance committees of Level 3's Board of Directors, its Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Ethics, press releases and analysts and investor conference presentations are all available through the Investor Relations web pages.

Please note that the information contained on any of Level 3's web sites is not incorporated by reference in, or considered to be a part of, any document unless expressly incorporated by reference in that document.

Forward-Looking Statement
Some statements made in this press release are forward-looking in nature and are based on management's current expectations or beliefs. These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside Level 3's control, which could cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the statements. Important factors that could prevent Level 3 from achieving its stated goals include, but are not limited to, the company's ability to: successfully integrate the Global Crossing acquisition or otherwise realize the anticipated benefits thereof; manage risks associated with continued uncertainty in the global economy; maintain and increase traffic on its network; develop and maintain effective business support systems; manage system and network failures or disruptions; avert the breach of its network and computer system security measures; develop new services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; defend intellectual property and proprietary rights; manage the future expansion or adaptation of its network to remain competitive; manage continued or accelerated decreases in market pricing for communications services; obtain capacity for its network from other providers and interconnect its network with other networks on favorable terms; attract and retain qualified management and other personnel; successfully integrate future acquisitions; effectively manage political, legal, regulatory, foreign currency and other risks it is exposed to due to its substantial international operations; mitigate its exposure to contingent liabilities; and meet all of the terms and conditions of its debt obligations. Additional information concerning these and other important factors can be found within Level 3's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements in this press release should be evaluated in light of these important factors. Level 3 is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

    Contact Information:

    Media:                    Investors:

    Richard Larris            Mark Stoutenberg

    +1 973-937-0153           + 1 720-888-2518

    Richard.Larris@Level3.com Mark.Stoutenberg@Level3.com

    Paula Vivo

    Latin America

    +55 11-3957-2424

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Get Ready for the Coming of Twitter Music with musicMagpie

LONDON, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Twitter's famous blue bird will soon be singing a new tune-literally. The online
social networking site acquired the music discovery service We Are Hunted last year and
will use the technology to release its own standalone music app for iOS later this month.

    The new music discovery app, to be called Twitter Music, will incorporate Twitter
branding and make use of four main tabs. The "Popular" tab will highlight trending music,
while the "Emerging" tab will help promote up-and-comers in the industry. "#NowPlaying"
will show songs tweeted by the people you follow. Still looking for a good song
recommendation? "Suggested" will recommend songs based on the artists you follow and the
artists that people you follow are following. The streaming of music content to Twitter
Music will be powered by Sound Cloud.

    Twitter Music promises to be an exciting venture for the social networking site, which
already has strong ties with the music industry. After all, seven of the top ten most
followed accounts on Twitter belong to musicians-Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry,
Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, and Shakira. Make sure you're prepared for the
release of this groundbreaking app by selling your old CDs to musicMagpie
[http://www.musicmagpie.com ] and using the money you earn to upgrade your Smartphone to
the latest model.

Forward 3D Ltd

CONTACT: Contact Details: Forward3D: Matt Morgan, matt.morgan@forward.co.uk, +44-(0)20-7554-7655

Trimble Delivers Proliance 5.6 Software for Enhanced Management and Analysis of Large Construction Programs

New Dashboard Interface for PCs and iPads Improves Insight for Better Decision-Making

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today Proliance(®) 5.6 software for managing capital planning, building and renovation processes across large infrastructure programs. The new release features a range of productivity and usability advancements--including a dashboard interface for PC and iPad users--designed to boost efficiencies, improve mobile access and reduce design-build-operate (DBO) costs. 

Proliance software is used by asset owners and managers to track the performance of their infrastructure, facilities and construction portfolios, in order to effectively plan future projects and rapidly respond to current needs. By combining capital planning, business process management, project management, and analytics into a single, easily accessible system of record, Proliance enables owners and their supply chain managers to better control scope, costs and schedules, and keep programs on track.

"In an industry of increasingly complex global programs, project portfolio management is a critical issue for construction owners, given the significant impacts of project delays," said Geene Alhady, general manager, Owner Division of Trimble Buildings Group. "Proliance 5.6's new capabilities make historical data more accessible in the office or the field, so that owners can mitigate risk and manage their capital more efficiently."

Dashboards for Many Needs, Many Locations

Proliance 5.6 offers a drag-and-drop interface that allows users to create personalized dashboards displaying the information that is most important to them. For example, an owner could use Proliance to track the flow of costs during each phase of the DBO continuum--from simulation to renovation--and pull up that data in a dashboard to avoid errors during future projects.  At the same time, the ability to collect, store, and easily share dashboard data can keep programs on track during an often-changing supply chain of designers, contractors and trade professionals. 

Support for both PCs and Apple's iPad enables anytime/anywhere access to critical financial and project data when wireless communication is available, helping project teams to communicate and address issues in real time, from the office or the field. 

Proliance was developed by Meridian Systems (now part of Trimble Buildings Group), the leader in DBO solutions for project-based organizations. The software's built-in reports and latest dashboard capabilities incorporate best practices from Meridian's more than 20 years of industry expertise, resulting in a comprehensive yet intuitive set of features. 

The new capabilities in Proliance 5.6 add to an already robust feature set, including: a workflow engine that provides views of planned and historical workflow processes; flexible, secure information sharing for cross-project contracts and budgets; and the ability to view both summarized information at an organizational level as well as specific project and program details. Proliance also features a bidding and tendering module for visibility and control into project procurement.   

"Owner organizations today are grappling with the growing complexities of budget management," said Brant Carter, Proliance product manager for Trimble Buildings. "Whether reviewing real-time cost reporting or the nuances of earned value and parametric estimating, access to reliable, tailored data is paramount--and that's where Proliance's project workflow, budget analysis and reporting functionality come to the forefront." 

Availability

Proliance 5.6 software is available now through a network of global resellers. Additional information on Proliance features and resellers may be found at http://info.meridiansystems.com. 

About Trimble Buildings Group

Trimble Buildings, a part of Trimble's Engineering and Construction segment, is a world leader in construction project optimization across the design-build-operate (DBO) lifecycle. By providing intuitive software and field solutions that span the brands of Meridian Systems, Plancal, SketchUp, Tekla, Vico Software and WinEst, Trimble is dedicated to helping building owners and AEC service providers improve productivity, increase efficiencies and maximize profitability of construction projects across the entire workflow from simulation to renovation. Used in over 141 countries around the world and supported by a global dealer and distribution partner network, precision Trimble technology is a mainstay of the building industry. Trimble Buildings' leading technology platform, Trimble DBO, draws on unparalleled expertise from across the entire continuum to provide building professionals with a comprehensive solution that responds to their specialized needs while benefiting from an understanding of the total workflow at every step. 

About Trimble

Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring positioning or location, including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user in the field and to ensure communication between the field and the office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

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

GTRMB

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Trimble

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

Sevocity® Announces Free Immunization Registry Submission for Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records

SAN ANTONIO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI), today announced free state immunization registry interfaces/links for all Sevocity EHRcustomers.

Under the program, all existing and new Sevocity customers will receive one free state immunization registry interface.  Sevocity has been providing such immunization registries free to customers for sometime but has decided to make this an ongoing part of all Sevocity contracts.  Sevocity's true Internet-based (also referred to as Cloud or Software as a Service/SaaS) design, it is able to efficiently connect customers with their state immunization registry and typically provide the ongoing data sharing without any added work by the customer.  Sevocity already has state immunization registry interfaces for its customers with Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia and is testing with Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan and Mississippi.  Where possible the interfaces are built such that the customer does not have to do anything to push data to the state's registry; rather, the Sevocity system does all the interfacing work in the background automatically.

"From our beginning we have believed that data sharing is vital to our customers and saves the cost of duplicate testing and services so we have been supporting state immunization registries free of charge for years," stated Elaine Mendoza, President and CEO of Sevocity.   "We decided the time was right to make it completely official," added Mendoza.

Under this program Sevocity will continue to support the existing state immunization registries and build interfaces to additional state registries at no charge. Interested organizations should contact Sevocity at 877-777-2298 or Sales@Sevocity.com.

About Sevocity

Based in San Antonio, Texas, Sevocity empowers physician practices and health centers to embrace electronic health record (EHRs) by providing an easy-to-use, Internet-based electronic health record system. Because Sevocity EHR is an Internet-based (or cloud computing) product that provides secure access to clinical information via the Internet, practices and health centers avoid the expensive upfront capital expenditure and ongoing maintenance costs associated with client/server offerings. For more information about Sevocity, visit http://www.sevocity.com or call (877) 777-2298.

This Complete EHR is 2011/2012 compliant and is certified by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ATCB, in accordance with the applicable certification criteria for Eligible Providers adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This certification neither represents an endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services nor guarantees the receipt of incentive payments.

SOURCE  Sevocity

Sevocity

CONTACT: Catherine Huddle, Sevocity, 210-412-5653, CHuddle@sevocity.com

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

New Radware Report Reveals Top Retailers Continue to Struggle with Slow Website Load Times, Often Ignoring Industry Best Practices

Quarterly web performance "State of the Union" study reveals that website load times for the top 2,000 retailers have slowed by 22 percent in the past year

MAHWAH, New Jersey, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    With website load time affecting multiple critical business metrics - including return
visits, bounce rate, customer satisfaction and revenue - speed has become an increasingly
urgent issue for online retailers. To understand how this urgency has translated into
improved web performance, Radware [http://www.radware.com ](R), (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading
provider of application delivery
[http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationDelivery/default.aspx ] and application
security [http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationNetworkSecurity/default.aspx ]
solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, today releases a new study titled, "State of
the Union: Ecommerce Page Speed & Web Performance, Spring 2013.
[http://www.radware.com/stateoftheunion-us ]" Now in its fourth edition, the study reveals
that website load time for the top 2,000 U.S. retailers slowed by 22 percent in just one
year - representing a significant degradation in performance.

    To compile this year's "State of the Union" report, Radware tested the website
performance of the top 2,000 U.S. retail websites (as ranked by analytics firm Alexa.com
[http://www.alexa.com ]) over a two-week period. An in-depth look at the page composition
of each site in the Alexa Retail 2000 found that websites are plagued by more resource
requests than ever before. From December 2011 to December 2012, the number of requests has
risen by 8.22 percent due in part to an increase of web site complexity and size,
resulting in slower page load times and posing an additional challenge for retailers.

    Additional key findings from the report include:

       
        - The median load time for the Alexa 2000 retailers was 7.25 seconds - more
          than double the average user threshold of just three seconds or less. The gap between
          user demand and page performance continues to widen. If the current rate of slowdown
          remains consistent, the median retail page could take as long as nine seconds to load
          by the end of 2013.
        - The top 100 retailers underperformed the rest of the pack - even though many
          have made significant investment in support tools. Surprisingly, the top 100 sites had
          a load time of 8.23 seconds, a full 14% slower than the overall median load time of
          7.25 seconds. Top sites are also slowing down at a faster rate: 28% compared to 22%
          for the top 2,000 sites.
        - Mobile shoppers continue to pose a challenge for online retailers. Given the
          performance challenges posed by poorer process power and 3G networks, mobile users are
          more at risk of suffering significant usability handicaps.
        - Firefox outperformed both Internet Explorer and Chrome. Firefox experienced
          the fastest median load time of 6.64 seconds, with Chrome clocking in at a median of
          7.09 seconds and Internet Explorer 9 taking the last spot, with a time of 7.25
          seconds. Regardless of browser vendors' acute focus on speed, development is simply
          not keeping pace with the growing size and complexity of modern web pages.
        - Many retail websites still do not follow core performance best practices. The
          survey found that only 25 percent of the Alexa 2000 retailers use a content delivery
          network (CDN), which allows site owners to cache static page resources to shorten
          server round trips. At the same time, 13 percent of sites also fail to enable
          "keep-alives" and 22 percent fail to compress resources. Using these best practices
          improves start render time, document complete and time to fully load - all important
          performance indicators for complex websites.

    "The fact that the median site has slowed down by 22% in just one year should be
alarming for retail site owners," said Joshua Bixby, vice president, application
acceleration, Radware. "This is a massive drop in performance. If this slowdown rate goes
unchecked, we will see median load times of 9 seconds or more, which is simply
unacceptable for online shoppers. As pages continue to grow bigger and more complex, site
owners need to take aggressive steps to mitigate this growth."

    For recommendations on next steps and access to a complete version of the report,
please visit http://www.radware.com/stateoftheunion-us. An infographic on the findings
of page speed and web performance can be viewed at
http://www.radware.com/stateoftheunion-ig.

    Methodology: "State of the Union: Ecommerce Page Speed & Web Performance Spring 2013"

    Website load tests were conducted over a two-week period - December 3-14, 2012 - using
Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 17 and Chrome 23 on a DSL connection. The tests in this study
were performed using WebPagetest.org, an open source project primarily developed by
Google, which simulates page load times from a real user's perspective. Radware tested the
home page of every site in the Alexa Retail 2000 three times in a row, with the median
test results then recorded and used in calculations.

    About Radware

    Radware [http://www.radware.com ] (NASDAQ: RDWR), is a global leader of application
delivery [http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationDelivery/default.aspx ] and
application security
[http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationNetworkSecurity/default.aspx ] solutions for
virtual and cloud data centers. Its award-winning solutions portfolio delivers full
resilience for business-critical applications, maximum IT efficiency, and complete
business agility. Radware's solutions empower more than 10,000 enterprise and carrier
customers worldwide to adapt to market challenges quickly, maintain business continuity
and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs down. For more information, please
visit http://www.radware.com.

    Radware encourages you to join our community and follow us on; LinkedIn
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that provides a comprehensive analysis on DDoS attack tools, trends and threats.

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countries. All other trademarks and names are property of their respective owners.

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generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. These statements are based
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There can be no assurance that future results will be achieved, and actual results could
differ materially from forecasts and estimates. These risks and uncertainties, as well as
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Radware's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking
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Tabula Sets New Industry Benchmarks with a Suite of 100G Programmable Solutions Based on the Company's ABAX2 P-Series of 3PLDs

Unmatched capabilities resulting from the combination of four industry-leading technologies

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tabula Inc., advancing programmable logic solutions for network infrastructure systems, today announced a comprehensive suite of high-performance packet processing solutions. The suite solves the most challenging problems posed by the transition from 10 to 40G and 100G: specifically, routing of high-performance buses, on-chip RAM throughput, and timing closure for the ultra-high-performance functions required by these systems.

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The packet processing solutions, combined with Tabula's new ABAX2P1 3PLD (the first of the ABAX2 P-Series), deliver unique capabilities such as the processing of four 100G streams on a single chip, a search engine capable of supporting 100G packet traffic, and a 12x10G-to-100G bridge.  These breakthroughs are enabled by Tabula's industry-leading technologies in four key areas: 1) Programmable 3D architecture, 2) RTL compiler, 3) leading-edge process technology, and 4) 3PLD devices. Tabula will demonstrate its high-performance packet processing solutions during the company's first series of Spacetime Forums, beginning April 8(th).  This series of one-day technical seminars will continue through May across a dozen cities in North America, Asia, and Europe. Over 250 engineers from key telecom and network system OEMs are expected to attend.

"With the migration from 10G to 40G and 100G, FPGA users are having a hard time delivering the kind of throughput needed by these systems," said Rich Wawrzyniak, Senior Market Analyst: ASIC & SoC, at Semico Research Corp. "With this set of programmable solutions, Tabula is demonstrating that their 3PLD can support four 100G streams on a single programmable device, something not achievable on other programmable solutions."

The high-performance packet processing reference design suite is composed of:

    --  A 12x10G-to-100G bridge reference design kit, implementing an
        aggregation function commonly used in communications systems and using
        the ABAX2P1 device's unique high-performance bus-handling capabilities.
    --  A 4x100G switch reference design kit, targeting data center migration
        from 10G to 40G and 100G, is made possible by the ABAX2P1 device's
        ability to process multiple 100G streams.
    --  A 2(nd)-generation Ternary Search Engine (TSE) reference design kit,
        delivering the high-performance search capabilities required for
        leading-edge routers and NGFW while showcasing the ABAX2P1 device's
        unmatched RAM capabilities.
To facilitate user design, the company also delivers a complete set of design examples and soft IP cores tailored for many of the most performance-critical functions found in high-performance packet processing equipment. Examples include a 600Gbps packet classifier, a 100Gbps 64-bit CRC generator, and a 1.3Tbps L2 packet parser.

"The capabilities we have demonstrated are simply out of reach of even the most advanced FPGAs," said Dennis Segers, Tabula's Chief Executive Officer. "With this comprehensive suite of programmable solutions, we are uniquely supporting the migration from 10G to 40G and 100G that is currently underway."

Tabula's four core technology components

    --  The Spacetime 3D architecture employs time, rather than space, as a
        third dimension, rapidly reprogramming every resource on the chip to
        perform multiple, different functions per user cycle - up to 12 in the
        current generation. Chips using Spacetime, called 3PLDs, are
        nevertheless presented as having three spatial dimensions with all of
        their resources distributed across 12 floors or folds, which
        dramatically reduces die size vs. FPGAs. In addition, all components in
        a 3PLD - logic, RAM, multiply/accumulate blocks, and interconnect -
        operate in concert at up to 2 GHz, eliminating the performance
        bottlenecks that exist in FPGAs.
    --  The Stylus compiler integrates cutting-edge technologies, such as
        sequential timing, router-aware placement, and automatic co-optimization
        of performance and density to offer simpler, more intuitive RTL design
        and a faster timing closure loop.
    --  Tabula's partnership with Intel has provided for the manufacture of the
        ABAX2 P-Series of devices on Intel's advanced 22nm Tri-Gate process. The
        3D Tri-Gate transistors, the most advanced in the world, provide
        unmatched speed at low operating voltage for reduced power. Production
        scalability to meet the highest volume demands is supported via this key
        alliance.
    --  The ABAX2P1 3PLD is a 12-fold Spacetime device that delivers unique RAM
        and logic fabric capabilities alongside tailored, hard IP blocks: a
        combination that makes the chip and future members of the ABAX2 P-Series
        well-suited for the most demanding packet processing applications.
By leveraging all four of these components, Tabula's high-performance packet processing suite provides a programmable solution that delivers industry-leading performance and can readily implement even the most challenging communications/network functions.

More about ABAX2P1

The ABAX2P1 3PLD integrates key capabilities that enable system designers to implement high-performance routers, switches, NGFW, and other communication systems. They include:

    --  A programmable fabric supporting 2 GHz throughput through every
        component of the chip -  logic, RAM, MAC blocks, and interconnect
    --  23.3 Mbytes of 12- and 24-port on-chip memory  delivering 13.8TB/s of
        throughput -  enough to support multiple 100G streams
    --  Multiple, built-in, hard, DDR3 controllers operating at 2.133 GT/s, the
        maximum DDR3 rate, delivering the bandwidth necessary to support
        external packet buffering or storage of search tables for multiple 100G
        streams
    --  Multiple, built-in, hard, 100G Ethernet MACs to ensure easy timing
        closure and low resource utilization of these ultra-high-performance
        standard blocks
Availability

The initial set of high-performance packet processing solutions is incorporated in Stylus and is available now.  Additional suite offerings are scheduled to be released on a monthly basis.  Engineering samples of ABAX2P1 will be available in Q3.

About Tabula

Tabula is the industry's most innovative programmable logic solutions provider, delivering breakthrough capabilities for today's most challenging systems applications. The company's ABAX(2 )family of general-purpose 3D Programmable Logic Devices (3PLDs), based on Tabula's patented Spacetime architecture and supported by its Stylus compiler, sets a new benchmark for the capability of programmable devices at volume price points, enabling re-programmability not only in FPGA applications but also in those historically served only by ASICs or ASSPs. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Tabula has over 130 employees and has assembled a leadership team consisting of industry veterans and successful entrepreneurs.  Tabula is backed by top-tier investors with a long-term view toward enduring market leadership. For more information, please visit the Tabula website at http://www.tabula.com

© 2013 Tabula, Inc. All rights reserved.  Tabula, the Tabula logo, ABAX(2), the ABAX(2) logo, Spacetime, the Spacetime logo, Stylus, the Stylus logo and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Tabula, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners

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Tabula Inc.

CONTACT: Sabrina Joseph, Managing Partner, Morphoses, 560 S. Winchester Blvd., Suite 500, San Jose, CA, 95128, +1-408-236-7373, tabulapr@morphoses.com

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

Tabula Releases Groundbreaking EDA Technologies in Support of its Suite of High-Performance Packet Processing Solutions

High-performance designs made easy with Stylus compiler

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tabula Inc., advancing high-performance programmable logic solutions for network infrastructure systems, today announced the availability of its Stylus compiler revision 2.6, which supports the company's newly announced  ABAX2P1 3D Programmable Logic Device (3PLD) and its suite of high-performance packet processing solutions.

The Stylus compiler provides a synthesis, placement, and routing flow familiar to FPGA designers and uses industry-standard RTL inputs and design constraints.  It automatically exploits the unique advantages of Tabula's 3D Spacetime architecture, unleashing the ABAX(2) 3PLDs' unmatched capabilities and achieving unparalleled performance with surprising ease.

"The Stylus compiler enables designers to describe designs directly in terms of their intended latency and throughput without having to replicate logic or add lots of platform-specific implementation details just to meet performance," said Steve Teig, Tabula Founder and Chief Technical Officer. "The result is cleaner RTL that is not only simpler to verify but also easier to maintain and reuse."

More about the Stylus compiler

Stylus 2.6 integrates cutting-edge timing closure technologies including sequential timing, router-aware placement, and automatic co-optimization of performance and density.

    --  Sequential timing typically enables timing closure within just a few
        iterations. If a design fails to meet timing, Stylus shows the users not
        just where but also why, so they know what to change to fix it. Using
        sequential timing, Stylus reports multi-cycle feedback loops and paths
        from input to output that are actually limiting a circuit's frequency,
        rather than the single flop-to-flop paths that are often just artifacts
        of imbalanced pipelines and not intrinsic limitations to the performance
        of the design. Stylus automatically balances pipeline stages at
        sub-nanosecond resolution, completely eliminating the tedious FPGA
        design methodology of balancing pipelines manually, a methodology which
        frequently fails to converge reliably to a timing-correct solution.
    --  Stylus uses a novel routing-aware placement technology that provides
        accurate interconnect delays and resource consumption tracking early in
        the flow, thereby limiting downstream surprises from the router. This
        early feedback enables a shorter timing-closure loop, allowing designers
        to achieve high performance results faster and more easily.
    --  Stylus automates the co-optimization of performance and density that
        3PLDs uniquely enable.  It automatically selects the optimum number of
        folds for each clock domain independently,and where appropriate,
        replicates functional blocks to achieve the specified throughput. Thus,
        Stylus frees the user to specify just the desired latency and throughput
        without the need to parallelize the design manually to achieve high
        performance.
In addition, to help users take full advantage of the ABAX2P1 device's unmatched embedded RAM capacity and throughput, Stylus transparently infers multi-ported memories (up to 24-ports) from RTL, automatically packing small user memories and folding wide user memories into the device's on-chip RAM blocks.

Availability

Stylus 2.6 is available now.

Accelerating Worldwide Deployment

Tabula will demonstrate Stylus 2.6 together with its new high-performance packet processing solution suite during the company's first Spacetime Forum.  This series of one-day technical seminars will commence on April 8(th) and continue through May across a dozen cities in North America, Asia, and Europe.  More than 250 engineers from key telecom OEMs are expected to attend.

About Tabula

Tabula is the industry's most innovative programmable logic solutions provider, delivering breakthrough capabilities for today's most challenging systems applications. The company's ABAX(2 )family of general-purpose 3D Programmable Logic Devices (3PLDs), based on Tabula's patented Spacetime architecture and supported by its Stylus compiler, sets a new benchmark for the capability of programmable devices at volume price points, enabling re-programmability not only in FPGA applications but also in those historically served only by ASICs or ASSPs. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Tabula has over 130 employees and has assembled a leadership team consisting of industry veterans and successful entrepreneurs.  Tabula is backed by top-tier investors with a long-term view toward enduring market leadership. For more information, please visit the Tabula website at http://www.tabula.com

© 2013 Tabula, Inc. All rights reserved.  Tabula, the Tabula logo, ABAX(2), the ABAX(2) logo, Spacetime, the Spacetime logo, Stylus, the Stylus logo and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Tabula, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners

SOURCE  Tabula Inc.

Tabula Inc.

CONTACT: Sabrina Joseph, Managing Partner, Morphoses, 560 S. Winchester Blvd., Suite 500, San Jose, CA 95128, Tel: +1-408-236-7373, tabulapr@morphoses.com

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

Webxu Announces Strategic Partnership with Online Optimization Company Magnify360

LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Webxu, Inc. (OTCBB: WBXU), a media company that owns and operates a network of consumer branded websites and businesses focused on Customer Acquisition, E-Commerce and Mobile Media, today announced a strategic partnership with Magnify360, a Los Angeles based online design and online optimization company.

Launched in 2006, Magnify360 takes a strategy-driven approach to improving user experience in online Customer Acquisition. Through their proprietary technology and design capabilities, Magnify360 optimizes the Customer Acquisition funnel to generate higher conversion rates for all their clients.

"We are very excited about this strategic partnership with Magnify360," said Keith Schaefer, Webxu CEO. "As our new partner in the Customer Acquisition process, Magnify360 will provide Webxu with multiple in-house capabilities; through their proprietary design services we will be able to rapidly enhance and mobile enable our consumer branded site portfolio and through use of their proprietary optimization technology we will be able to generate higher conversion rates for our clients."

Olivier Chaine, Magnify360 CEO commented, "We are pleased to gain this strategic partnership with Webxu. We feel that our design, optimization and technology functions will operate synergistically with the Webxu Customer Acquisition process and produce exponential results in the near term. We have an excellent track record serving our large clients such as Seagate, Coupons.com and Intuit. Our approach to the process has historically produced a 40% increase in conversion rates, which in turn exponentially increases revenues and margins. We look forward to providing this benefit to Webxu and having a very successful and mutually beneficial partnership."

Through this strategic partnership, Webxu is anticipated to enhance their Customer Acquisition performance and rapidly increase their mobile advertising footprint. The positive market and analyst reaction to digital media player ValueClick's recent activity illustrates a resulting effect of Webxu's planned strategy to enhance their mobile advertising capabilities.

About Webxu, Inc.
Webxu, Inc. (OTCBB: WBXU) is a media company that owns and operates a network of consumer branded websites and businesses focused on Customer Acquisition, E-Commerce and Mobile Media. Through its branded consumer websites, Webxu generates revenue by providing Advertiser clients with targeted consumer traffic. Webxu is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. For more information about Webxu visit http://www.webxu.com.

About Magnify360, Inc.
Magnify360 provides professional services, a creative marketplace and optimization technology for its online marketing clients. Magnify360's technology driven solution uses innovative strategies and crowd sourced design to achieve better online Customer Acquisition performance through user experience optimization and holistic campaign management, in order to increase conversion and profitability for their clients. For more information, visit http://www.magnify360.com.

Webxu Media Contact:
Mike Roth
mike@webxu.com

Cautionary Language Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This release and any attachments contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Federal securities laws, including Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that involve risks and uncertainties. Words such as "will," "believe," "intend," "potential" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include the quotations from management in this press release, as well as any statements regarding the Company's anticipated financial results and strategic and operational plans. The Company's actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Factors that may contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the Company's ability to deliver an adequate rate of growth and manage such growth; the impact of changes in government regulation and industry standards; the Company's ability to maintain and increase the number of visitors to its websites; the Company's ability to identify and manage acquisitions; the impact of the current economic climate on the Company's business; the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified executives and employees; the Company's ability to compete effectively against others in the online marketing and media industry; the impact and costs of any failure by the Company to comply with government regulations and industry standards; and costs associated with defending intellectual property infringement and other claims. More information about potential factors that could affect the Company's business and financial results is contained in the Company's latest annual report. These forward looking statements are made as of today's date and, except as otherwise required by law, the Company does not intend and undertakes no duty to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

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Webxu, Inc.

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

Sonata Software Teams with TIBCO to Offer Enterprise Social Platform tibbr

BANGALORE, India, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Global Alliance brings the enhanced collaboration and communication of tibbr to Sonata
Software customers

    Sonata Software [http://www.sonata-software.com/web/sonata_en/home.html ], an IT
Consulting and Software services provider, today announced that it has entered into a
global alliance with TIBCO Software Inc. to sell and implement tibbr [http://www.tibbr.com
](R), a leading enterprise social networking platform [http://www.tibbr.com ].

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    This alliance is a part of Sonata's strategy to employ the best of social, mobile,
cloud and analytics technologies to transform business processes of customers in the
verticals of interest to the company.

    Sonata is a partner of choice for Fortune 1000 enterprises to enable IT transformation
initiatives by setting up customer specific Centers of Excellence. Developed as the first
enterprise social platform to seamlessly and bi-directionally integrate with other
enterprise applications, tibbr enables businesses to get work done faster by bringing
people, apps and data together in one secure platform.

    "tibbr is a powerful platform for driving enterprise wide collaboration while
simultaneously improving employee productivity. Working with Sonata will fortify our
expansion and help connect tibbr with more enterprises via the company's ability to offer
customized solutions that meet the requirements of each of its customers," said Ram Menon,
President, Social Computing, TIBCO.

    "tibbr is clearly ahead of the curve in innovatively creating value for organizations
through enterprise social networking. We believe that this can fundamentally change the
way people work, communicate and collaborate and are excited to work with TIBCO to
implement this strategy," said Srikar Reddy, Managing Director and CEO, Sonata Software.

    About Sonata Software Limited

    Sonata Software, headquartered in Bangalore, India, is an IT consulting and software
services company delivering transformational IT solutions through customer specific
Centres of Excellence. Sonata serves Software Product Companies, and enterprises in the
Travel, Manufacturing, Retail and Distribution verticals across the globe. Its key service
lines include Business Intelligence and Analytics, Application Development Management
(ADM), Mobility, Cloud, Social Media, Testing, Enterprise Services (ERP and CRM), and
Infrastructure Management services. Sonata has strategic alliances with global technology
majors like Microsoft, SAP, IBM, Oracle, and HP to deliver innovative solutions.

    About tibbr

    With users in more than 100 countries, tibbr is the social enterprise platform that is
revolutionizing the way we work, collaborate, learn and share. tibbr connects people,
applications and data in context in an entirely personal way. tibbr brings together what
matters -- to individuals or groups -- to get work done better, faster. It's an open,
intensely flexible platform that can be delivered on premise or in the cloud. Learn more
at http://www.tibbr.com [http://www.tibbr.com ].

    About TIBCO

    TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) is a provider of infrastructure software for
companies to use on-premise or as part of cloud computing environments. Whether it's
efficient claims or trade processing, cross-selling products based on real-time customer
behavior, or averting a crisis before it happens, TIBCO provides companies the two-second
advantage(R) - the ability to capture the right information, at the right time, and act on
it preemptively for a competitive advantage. More than 4,000 customers worldwide rely on
TIBCO to manage information, decisions, processes, and applications in real time. Learn
more at http://www.tibco.com.

    TIBCO, tibbr, two-second advantage, and TIBCO Software are trademarks or registered
trademarks of TIBCO Software Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other
product and company names and marks mentioned in this document are the property of their
respective owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.

       
        For further information, please contact:
        Swati Sengupta
        Sonata Software Limited
        A.P.S. Trust Building,
        Bull Temple Road, N.R. Colony
        Bangalore 560019, India
        Tel: +91-80-3097-1999
        swati.sengupta@sonata-software.com

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IREP Achieves Industry's Fastest Processing (Based on IREP Research): "Smartphone Bidding Optimization Support Tool" Developed by IREP

- Research and Development of "Google Enhanced Campaign" Migration Support Tool -

TOKYO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IREP Co., Ltd. announced on March 26 that it has completed development of a tool called "Smartphone Bidding Optimization Support Tool," which supports the migration of the current service to Google "Enhanced Campaign," and the service will start in April 2013. Through smooth migration, it is possible to achieve even better results that are only possible with the optimum configuration based on analytical results.

- Background
"Smartphone Bidding Optimization Support Tool" is a support tool for bidding optimization researched and developed by IREP, which aims to support the smooth migration of the existing campaigns of advertisers to the Google AdWords Enhanced Campaign started by Google Inc. on February 7, 2013.

The background to this migration is that, as Google rolls out the Enhancement Campaign, companies using existing Google AdWords are mandatorily required to migrate to the Enhancement Campaign by around June this year. After migration, advertisers will be able to change details of bidding as per area, as well as configure all site links in a group at once, which previously needed schedule setting and configuration per campaign; and, there will be many more advantages related to managing and operating advertisements.

On the other hand, because the Enhanced Campaign basically does not allow keyword-wise management of bidding prices for smartphones independently from PCs and sets a uniform coefficient for keyword bidding prices among campaigns for smartphones, companies that manage current campaigns for PCs and smartphones separately face difficulties when setting respective bidding prices. If there are multiple keywords in a single campaign, and each SP/PC value (*1) is unique, there can be confusion over which figure should be set for the campaign (see the graph: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201303250738/).

Considering this background, IREP has launched a task force for the Enhanced Campaign, in which we offer advertisers smooth migration to the Enhanced Campaign based on our ample knowhow and knowledge on SEM (Search Engine Marketing), which are accumulated through our digital marketing agency businesses in many years. This task force played a central role in building the data analysis guideline and programming, and eventually achieved development of a calculation program for effectively supporting bidding-price setting for smartphones. Finally, we aim to reinforce our structure and build an environment to support advertisers by leading them to set optimal bidding prices for smartphones, which had been a bottleneck for most companies.

(*1) SP/PC value (unit: %) = smartphone (SP) bidding price/PC bidding price - 100%

Overview of Smartphone Bidding Optimization Support Tool Service:
- Service: Enhanced Campaign migration support service using "Smartphone Bidding Optimization Support Tool"
- Commencing: In April, 2013
- Targets: All Google AdWords accounts managed by IREP
- Price: Free
Processing flow:
1. Eliminate keywords that have fewer click counts based on our unique logic
2. Calculate SP/PC values of all remaining keywords
3. Cluster each keyword in the campaign based on SP/PC values
4. Calculate the cost of each cluster in each campaign
5. Judge which keyword cluser is split into new campaigns, based on the result of "4" and the allowed upper limit of campaign incrementation
6. Next, calculate recommended SP/PC values for every campaign
7. Create an analysis report
8. Consult to set bidding price for Enhanced Campaign
*1-7 will be processed automatically by a tool.

- Future deployment
We will implement the tool programs developed for a portion of accounts by the middle of April, enhance the precision of the logic, and start applying it into all accounts managed by IREP between the early and middle parts of April. After Enhancement Campaign migration is completed, we will strengthen the logic and install it as a bidding function for Smartphone price-setting on "Marketia (R)(*2)," a platform developed/operated by IREP.

(*2) About Marketia (R) (http://www.marketia.jp/) (Japanese Only)
"Marketia (R)" is a new-generation operational platform developed by IREP to take corporate digital marketing strategies to a higher level. Since its introduction, Marketia (R) has served as a platform for integrating and managing a series of businesses from strategy setting to evaluating the effectiveness of digital marketing. Marketia (R) has intelligence that evolves successive measures based on analyses of information and the day-to-day accumulation of data, and technology that automates tasks required to achieve measures.

At IREP, we will continue research and development activities to significantly improve problem solving for advertisers, and strengthen our services to support enterprise digital marketing of our clients.

- About IREP
Leading Digital Marketing Agency
IREP was established in 1997 as an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) / SEM (Search Engine Marketing) agency. As a result of our dynamic growth, we have become the largest SEM agency in the Japanese advertising market. Recently, in addition to SEM, we have also expanded into online digital marketing, thus extending our business domain.

IREP Co., Ltd.: Sanno Park Tower 7F, 2-11-1 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6107, Japan

SERVICE
- SEM/Paid Search
- Display (3PAS/DSP/RTB)
- Social Advertisement
- Ad Network
- Affiliate

SOLUTION
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
- Creative
- Web Analytics
- Smartphone
- Mobile

For more information about IREP, please visit http://www.irep.co.jp/english/

Contact:
Shohei Shimoda
IREP Global Marketing Group
Phone: +81-3-3596-8050
E-Mail: contact@irep.co.jp

SOURCE  IREP Co., Ltd.

IREP Co., Ltd.

Web Site: http://www.irep.co.jp/english

Sony Computer Entertainment America Partners with the World's Most Talented Developers to Further Expand Industry's Best Independent Game Portfolio for All PlayStation® Platforms

Blacklight: Retribution Becomes First PlayStation Pub Fund Game for PlayStation®4, Pub Fund to also Support Divekick and Metrico as they Make Exclusive Debut on PlayStation Platforms

New Game Primal Carnage: Genesis Set to Launch on PlayStation®4 System

FOSTER CITY, Calif., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (SCEA) today continued its commitment to delivering new and innovative experiences to gamers by introducing several one-of-a-kind titles from its growing independent developer portfolio for all PlayStation platforms, including the newly announced PlayStation®4 (PS4(TM)) system.  With several options for developers to publish on PlayStation®Network, including a flexible self-publishing process, a low barrier to entry, an accessible SDK and various funding opportunities such as the PlayStation Pub Fund, SCEA will continue to offer the best platform for independently published console games across the game industry.

(Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20020701/SFM066LOGO)

"We've got an incredible team on the ground that talks to developers every day, and these new games we're announcing are a direct result of the team's proactive outreach and focus on working with top independent developers," said Adam Boyes, vice president, publisher and developer relations, SCEA. "Our process and approach in working with developers has evolved to incorporate a lot of flexibility into the process, including the way we pursue and discover new talent, help them with funding solutions and work together to deliver their best games onto PlayStation platforms."

The games unveiled today for PS4 include Zombie Studios' Blacklight: Retribution and Primal Carnage: Genesis from Lukewarm Media. These games will join Jonathan Blow's highly anticipated exploration-puzzler, The Witness, as self-published titles making their console debut on the PS4 system.  In addition to supporting Blacklight: Retribution, the PlayStation Pub Fund, which provides back-end financial and marketing support to developers, adds fighting game Divekick and infographic adventure Metrico, which is a PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) exclusive.

The games were highlighted, along with additional details about SCEA's new developer and publisher support system and guidelines, at tonight's PlayStation press event during the Game Developers Conference 2013 in San Francisco. Below are additional details about the new games, developers and programs PlayStation is showcasing at GDC 2013:

Blacklight: Retribution and Primal Carnage: Genesis Coming to the PlayStation 4 system

Both Zombie Studios and Lukewarm Media are partnering with SCEA to debut their popular PC shooter franchises on console with PlayStation 4.

    --  With more than one-million players on PC, the Blacklight franchise will
        bring a new experience to the PS4 system with a further evolution of the
        futuristic free-to-play first-person shooter.
    --  Primal Carnage: Genesis for PS4 is a story driven, episodic single
        player adventure that takes place in a world where dinosaurs have been
        brought back to life. Lukewarm Media aims to resurrect the immersive
        dinosaur first person experience that people have been waiting for.
Indies Continue to Support Current PlayStation Platforms

PlayStation Network continues to be the best destination for independent developers to reach gamers across the PlayStation®3 (PS3(TM)) and the PS Vita systems. Iron Galaxy Studios is bringing its quirky two-button fighting game, Divekick, to PS3 and PS Vita later this spring.  Additionally, Digital Dreams will launch Metrico, a PS Vita exclusive that delivers an innovative experience in an atmospheric infographic world, utilizing the PS Vita controls in a new way.  Independent Games Festival Award Winner and randomly-generated cave explorer Spelunky will be available on the PS3 and PS Vita systems with new exclusive features, and for the first time, acclaimed puzzle platformer Limbo will make its way to handheld platforms with its debut on the PS Vita system later this year.  Additional independent titles coming to PlayStation Network this year include Pub Fund titles Sportsfriends, Guacamelee! and Dragon Fantasy Book Two, as well as additional highlight titles Ibb & Obb, Hotline Miami, Luftrausers, Velocity Ultra, Thomas Was Alone and Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge.

Hermit Crab in Space Wins PlayStation®Mobile NYC GameJam

During IndieCade East in February, SCEA hosted a PlayStation®Mobile NYC GameJam, which culminated with four semi-finalists, Crystallon, Hermit Crab in Space, Crumble and Don't Wake the Bear, vying for top honors. In a close vote by recognized industry experts from the media and analyst community, Hermit Crab in Space was crowned as the winner of the PlayStation Mobile NYC GameJam. A member of the Golden Ruby Games team will receive airfare, hotel, and one pass to the E3 2013 trade show scheduled to take place June 11-13, 2013 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. At E3 2013, Golden Ruby Games will have a dedicated space in the PlayStation booth to showcase their game to conference attendees. Lastly, if Hermit Crab in Space is submitted to and passes SCE Quality Assurance by September 27, 2013, Golden Ruby Games will also receive a special promotional package, which includes marketing, PR, and community support through a variety of PlayStation channels. To view a video recap of the GameJam event, please visit http://youtu.be/S45-Rvb-zfg.

PS4 Inspires Evolution in New Developer and Publisher Relations

As part of continued efforts to partner with the best developer talent to create games for PlayStation platforms, SCEA has recently enhanced the services available to third-party publishers and developers, including the introduction of a new streamlined and faster Global Product Proposal process for submitting games. The new process, along with a focused internal structure, means SCEA can offer more resources and support to publishers and developers than ever before. For more information about the SCEA Publisher and Developer Relations Group, please visit: http://us.playstation.com/develop or email selfpublish@playstation.sony.com.

For more information on the independent games that are coming to PlayStation, please visit: http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gdc13/.

About Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC continues to redefine the entertainment lifestyle with its PlayStation® and PS one® systems, the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system, the PlayStation®3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system, the ground-breaking PlayStation®4 (PS4) computer entertainment system, the PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) portable entertainment system and its online and network services the PlayStation®Network and PlayStation®Store.  Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the PS one, PlayStation 2, PSP, PSPgo, PS3, PS4 and PS Vita systems for the North American market.  Based in Foster City, Calif., Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC serves as headquarters for all North American operations.

All games featured are trademarked and copyrighted properties of their respective publishers and/or licensors. "PlayStation", and the "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks and "PS4," "PS3,""PSP" and the "PSVITA" logo and the PlayStation Network logo are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.  "SONY" and "make.believe" are trademarks of Sony Corporation.

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CONTACT: Al De Leon, 650.655.7348, al_deleon@playstation.sony.com; Karen Spearrin,  650.655.6024, karen_spearrin@playstation.sony.com