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Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin Unveil $100 Million Quantum Valley Fund, Focusing on Commercializing Quantum Technology Breakthroughs

WATERLOO, Ontario, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin, who together founded BlackBerry, announced today that they have partnered again to establish Quantum Valley Investments, a $100 million private fund that will provide financial and intellectual capital for the further development and commercialization of breakthroughs in Quantum Information Science.  Quantum Valley Investments is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

At the launch of the Quantum-Nano Centre in 2012, Mr. Lazaridis described the quantum research capability that has been developed in Waterloo as the "Bell Labs of the Twenty First Century."  He and Mr. Fregin believe that in the same way discoveries at Bell Labs led to commercialization opportunities that created Silicon Valley, so will the breakthroughs that occur at the Institute for Quantum Computing, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and the Waterloo Institute for Nano Technology lead to transformative commercialization opportunities in the Region. 

Mr. Lazaridis and Mr. Fregin believe that their investments and commercialization efforts will lead to new industries, jobs and value creation that will help transform the Waterloo Region into Canada's Quantum Valley.   

A few research labs around the world have begun a race in pursuit of transformative breakthroughs in quantum information science.  Because of the research capability that has been developed here in the last 12 years, the Waterloo Region has a unique opportunity to play a leading role in this global race.  Mr. Lazaridis and Mr. Fregin believe that the Quantum Valley Investment Fund will help ensure success in this endeavor. 

When asked why he and Mr. Fregin decided to lead this initiative, Mr. Lazaridis responded, "Nothing you see in the classical technology world can prepare you for what you will see in the quantum technology revolution. Doug and I have nearly 30 years' experience as inventors of the BlackBerry, creators of the smart phone industry and builders of Canada's largest global tech business.  We also have significant resources from our success in that business.  Our belief in the power of quantum physics to transform society inspired us to develop a strategy some 12 years ago that led to the world-class quantum research capability that exists in Waterloo today.  This combination of technology and business experience has given us a unique understanding and deep commitment that we believe will be instrumental to the success of both this Fund and the 'Quantum Valley'."

Mr. Fregin added, "Quantum Physics will not only allow us to continue the development of existing ideas, but may also lead to ones which we may not have dreamed of yet.  It gives me much satisfaction not only to participate in this endeavour with Mike, but also to help build on the groundwork that we have helped lay in Quantum Physics and Nanotechnology in this region, bringing commercialization one step closer to realization for the benefit of all people."

Speaking about the potential impact of the new fund on jobs and the economy, Gord Nixon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Royal Bank of Canada and Chair of the Ontario Jobs and Prosperity Council said, "At a time, when international competition faced by Canadian companies has increased dramatically and the need for innovation in this country is key, this initiative is both welcome and timely.  Building on their support and commitment for quantum physics in the Waterloo Region over many years, these nation builders have once again put their money where their mouth is to help keep Canadian breakthroughs in Canada.  These transformational initiatives are critical to our future competitiveness."

Kevin Lynch, Vice-Chair of BMO Financial Group, Chair of the Board of Governors of the University of Waterloo and Vice Chair of the Ontario Jobs and Prosperity Council added, "Executing on a well thought out strategy that started 12 years ago, Mike and Doug have developed a model for innovation that is compelling.  These visionaries have not only created a platform that will help with value creation in Canada, but in doing so have created the foundation for a quantum commercialization infrastructure in the Waterloo Region that will help to promote breakthroughs, industries and jobs in this Region for years to come. It is great for Waterloo, for Ontario and for Canada."

Mr. Lazaridis concluded, "Today we move forward on the next step toward a Quantum Physics Technology Commercialization infrastructure that will lead to new jobs, industries and value creation in this country. As suggested by its name, Doug and I believe that the private fund we are launching today will help lead to the 'Quantum Valley' here in Waterloo."

For more information about Quantum Valley Investments, go to: http://www.quantumvalleyinvestments.com. 

SOURCE  Quantum Valley Investments

Quantum Valley Investments

CONTACT: Mike Sitrick, Sitrick And Company, +1-310-788-2850, or Wendy Tanaka, Sitrick And Company, +1-424-255-0482

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

Developers Spending More Time Developing Mobile And Cloud Apps

Joint Survey Conducted By Dr. Dobb's And Forrester Research Finds Application Platforms Are In Transition

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 30 percent of developers are spending more time developing mobile and cloud-based applications, according to data from a new joint study from Dr. Dobb's and Forrester Research. The Global Developer Technographics® Survey, Q3 2012 analyzes results from a survey of more than 500 platform-agnostic, programming-language-independent developers from Dr. Dobb's audience base that collectively represent the full software development community. Respondents were queried about the types of applications they are writing and how they are writing them and about the state of application development.

The survey turned up trends that could have major implications:

    --  35% of developers surveyed are spending more time developing mobile and
        cloud-based apps. This growing number shows that mobile and cloud are
        rapidly getting traction in all businesses and that developers are
        increasingly being asked to adapt their software to new client front
        ends and cloud back ends. This trend demonstrates how much IT will
        change in the future -- with both ends of its processing pipeline
        shifting to new platforms -- and how organizations' reliance on
        developers will only increase.
    --  84% of developers use open source software (OSS) products. The greatest
        adoption rate was in infrastructure, such as operating systems (56%),
        web servers (52%), and relational databases (47%). Development tools
        were the next largest categories, with IDEs (41%), SCM (33%), and build
        tools (22%) being the most popular categories. Surprisingly, open-source
        NoSQL databases (such as Apache Hadoop and MongoDB) were used by 13% of
        developers, suggesting that the NoSQL phenomenon is real and not just
        hype. With nearly one in seven developers currently using NoSQL, it's
        likely to become a standard part of enterprise software development
        going forward.
    --  75% of developers program outside of their work responsibilities. This
        not only proves that programmers have a genuine love for programming,
        but indicates that their motivation for programming on their own time is
        to explore new technologies. Developers must continually learn about
        cutting-edge technologies and the new ways to use existing products
        because the rate of change in their industry continues at a rapid pace.
"This survey shows the great passion Dr. Dobb's readers bring to their trade, and their great enjoyment in exploring new tools and technologies both at work and on their personal projects," said Andrew Binstock, Editor in Chief of Dr. Dobb's.

"We're at an industry inflection point as developers move to modern application architectures that include mobile and tablet front ends, public cloud infrastructure, and connect to big data frameworks for predictive analysis. Modern applications allow businesses to move fast, make better decisions in real time, and stay three steps ahead of their competitors," said Forrester Vice President and Principal Analyst Jeffrey Hammond. "The developers who build modern applications are the life blood of the companies they work for and they represent a new generation of practice. They use more and different programming languages, adopt open source because of its fit with elastic infrastructure, and they're taking control of their careers and the technologies they want to work with. It's a great time to be a developer."

For more information or to schedule a meeting to review how the results impact developer marketing, please contact Dr. Dobb's at iwkmarketing@ubm.com.

About Dr. Dobb's (http://drdobbs.com)

Dr. Dobb's is the most respected development-focused brand helping application and software development professionals. Dr. Dobb's provides deep content that challenges developers to think of new and dynamic ways to create applications while balancing "what can be developed" with practical, real-world analysis on how architectures, platforms and languages can be brought together to deliver optimal solutions. Dr. Dobb's gives today's developers the breadth and depth of content they need to make smart decisions, confer with peers, engage with experts, and understand deep technical information by focusing on the tools, technologies, people, products and services that are transforming the software development marketplace.

About UBM Tech (http://www.ubmtechweb.com)

UBM Tech is a global media business that provides information, events, training, data services, and marketing solutions for the technology industry. Its media brands and information services inform and inspire decision makers across the entire technology market-- engineers and design professionals, software and game developers, solutions providers and integrators, networking and communications executives, and business technology professionals. UBM Tech's industry-leading media brands include EE Times, Interop, Black Hat, InformationWeek, Game Developer Conference, CRN, and DesignCon. The company's information products include research, education, training, and data services that accelerate decision making for technology buyers. UBM Tech also offers a full range of marketing services based on its content and technology market expertise, including custom events, content marketing solutions, community development and demand generation programs. UBM Tech is a part of UBM (UBM.L), a global provider of media and information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

    Contact:                 Monique Luttrell

                             Senior Marketing Manager

                             monique.luttrell@ubm.com

                             949-223-3609
SOURCE  UBM Tech

UBM Tech

Web Site: http://drdobbs.com

Palo Alto Networks GlobalProtect Solution Now Available for iOS on the App Store

Release Enables Mobility Policies That Deliver Uncompromised Security and Usability

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Palo Alto Networks(TM) (NYSE: PANW), the network security company, today announced the immediate availability of the GlobalProtect app for iOS, allowing enterprises to safely enable mobile devices.  Enterprises can now extend next-generation firewall security policies to mobile users, ensuring that employees can take full advantage of their mobile devices without compromising network security.

"By bringing GlobalProtect to one of the most popular mobile operating systems in use today, Palo Alto Networks is helping customers ensure their mobile device strategies incorporate network security by extending our proven safe enablement security model to smartphone and tablet platforms," said Rene Bonvanie, chief marketing officer at Palo Alto Networks. "Furthermore, our partnerships with leading mobile device management vendors ensure that our GlobalProtect iOS app works seamlessly with solutions that organizations may already have in place."

GlobalProtect can automatically connect users to the best available GlobalProtect gateway on a Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall. As a result, organizations can consistently enforce security policies based on application, user, content and device, regardless of where the user is located. Through the safe enablement of applications, users can access business and productivity tools while enjoying protection from mobile threats to the device and data.

GlobalProtect for iOS is available now for download from the App Store(SM). Customers using a next-generation firewall to support mobile apps must have the appropriate GlobalProtect gateway licenses.

For more information about GlobalProtect, visit http://www.paloaltonetworks.com/globalprotect.

About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is the network security company. Its innovative platform allows enterprises, service providers, and government entities to secure their networks and safely enable the increasingly complex and rapidly growing number of applications running on their networks. The core of Palo Alto Networks platform is its Next-Generation Firewall, which delivers application, user, and content visibility and control integrated within the firewall through its proprietary hardware and software architecture. Palo Alto Networks products and services can address a broad range of network security requirements, from the data center to the network perimeter, as well as the distributed enterprise, which includes branch offices and a growing number of mobile devices. Palo Alto Networks products are used by more than 11,000 customers in over 100 countries. For more information, visit http://www.paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks, "The Network Security Company," the Palo Alto Networks Logo, App-ID, GlobalProtect, and WildFire are trademarks of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. in the United States and in jurisdictions throughout the world. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.

SOURCE  Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks

CONTACT: Mike Haro, Director of Corporate Communications, Palo Alto Networks, +1-408-438-8628, mharo@paloaltonetworks.com

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

SAIC Unveils Free Investor Relations App

MCLEAN, Va., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) today announced the launch of its investor relations app for iPad® devices.  The SAIC Investor App is available free of charge at Apple's App Store(SM) for iPad. 

The investor relations app enables users to access and search through the company's investor relations materials, including trading volume information and a persistent display of the streaming stock price, through a thoughtful interface with most features within thumb's reach.  Additionally, the app provides instant access to interactive graphs, charts and data, and enables offline reading for much of the content. 

"We recognize that mobile access to investor relations data is key to informing shareholders on pertinent company information," said Mark Sopp, SAIC executive vice president and chief financial officer.  "The development of the SAIC Investor App is the next step in enhancing our investor communication and outreach."

In addition to the Apple App Store for iPad, the SAIC Investor App can be found at http://www.saic.com/shareholder/app.

About SAIC
SAIC is a FORTUNE 500® scientific, engineering, and technology applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and health. The Company's approximately 40,000 employees serve customers in the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had annual revenues of approximately $10.6 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2012. For more information, visit http://www.saic.com/. SAIC: From Science to Solutions®

Statements in this announcement, other than historical data and information, constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be very different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in SAIC's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2012, and other such filings that SAIC makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

    Contact:

    Investor Relations   Media Relations

    Paul Levi            Melissa Koskovich

    (703) 676-2283       (703) 676-6762

    paul.e.levi@saic.com melissa.l.koskovich@saic.com
SOURCE  SAIC

SAIC

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

DealerSocket Goes Live With New Web Presence

DealerSocket Revamps Website and Social Media Campaign

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading auto dealer CRM DealerSocket (DealerSocket.com) is pleased to announce their newly redesigned website is currently live to the public.

The site features a sleek, seamless viewing experience with natural navigation that is pleasing to the eye. Built with responsive technology, DealerSocket.com adapts to fit any viewing device, including tablets, mobile devices and varying screen sizes.

"We re-designed the site to be user-friendly and content-rich," said Brandon Piersant, DealerSocket MARCOM director. DealerSocket.com keeps viewers up to date with DealerSocket's new product releases and enhancements, as well as on the pulse of the automotive industry through constantly updated videos, white papers and info-graphics."

For more information about DealerSocket or DealerSocket.com, please call (877) 888-8048.

ABOUT DEALERSOCKET

For over ten years, DealerSocket has provided the automotive industry with the most comprehensive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and training solutions available, allowing auto dealers to save time and money, and improve sales staff effectiveness, with one consolidated product. With the power to manage sales, service, CSI, marketing and training, DealerSocket is the complete source for all customer-facing automotive dealership departments.

DealerSocket's core CRM is enhanced by a powerful, customer-facing Mobile Portal application to keep in contact with customers and prospects via all mobile devices, a data-mining tool called RevenueRadar, an online process-training university called CarMind and an efficient CallCenter solution.  These products can be used alone or in conjunction with the core CRM solution to provide an end-to-end marketing and revenue-producing engine. More than 100,000 users at over 3,000 auto dealerships throughout the U.S. and Canada now leverage DealerSocket's automotive CRM solution to optimize and manage marketing activities, sales processes, customer satisfaction and retention and service-department operations.  For more information, call 877-888-8048, email sales@DealerSocket.com, visit DealerSocket.com, like us at Facebook.com/DealerSocketCRM, or follow us on Twitter at @DealerSocketCRM.

SOURCE  DealerSocket

DealerSocket

CONTACT: Alisha Fliss of DealerSocket, +1-949-900-0300, afliss@dealersocket.com

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

Civil Rights Agencies Save Big With HoudiniEsq

HoudiniEsq Legal Practice Management Adds Civil Rights Tools To Its Suite

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovator and the leader in Cloud-based Legal Practice Management Software for enterprise, LogicBit Software Corp. announced today that it has released a new set of tools targeted specifically to civil rights organizations and agencies.

This new release further extends the company's lead as the Cloud product of choice for organizations and agencies wishing to cut cost and improve overall efficiency; without the huge expense associated with supporting corporate virtual private networks and antiquated in-house developed legacy software systems says CEO Frank Rivera.

This new update to the software includes productivity tools, templates, automated workflow and EEOC & HUD reporting enhancements needed by state and federal organizations serving its citizens. Fully customizable workflow automation features allow agencies and organizations to expand and improve processes without adding additional expense.

"HoudiniEsq is faster, more efficient, and transparent. We will save over $780,000 over a five-year period. HoudiniEsq has really been a great innovation for the department." says Phyllis Cheng Esq, Director - Department of Fair Employment and Housing.

HoudiniEsq is a scalable web-based practice and complaint management suite that can be installed on-premise or accessed in the Cloud. Both options offer secure remote access to the organization's data and workflow. Over 6,500 organizations as large as 800 concurrent seats down to the solo practitioner have licensed HoudiniEsq to manage their organization. The product runs entirely in a web browser, on PCs, laptops, and just about every mobile device. OSX, Linux, and Windows are all supported. HoudiniEsq on-premise is available free of charge for solo practitioners. Support and upgrades are always free.

About LogicBit Software Corp.

LogicBit Software Corp. is located in Research Triangle Park North Carolina, and its primary focus is the development of scalable web-based practice management software for the legal industry.

    CEO and Founder:           Frank Rivera

    Web:                       http://HoudiniEsq.com

    Phone:                     919-238-7024

SOURCE  LogicBit Software Corp.

LogicBit Software Corp.

Web Site: http://HoudiniEsq.com

Introducing ProtoCloud IaaS by Webair

NEW YORK, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Webair, a leading provider of Cloud Hosting and Managed solutions, announced ProtoCloud, the newest addition to its highly popular family of cloud hosting services. ProtoCloud is Webair's true Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud offering. Built with scalability and availability in mind, ProtoCloud provides IaaS scalability on top of a highly available foundation. By default, and at no additional costs, ProtoCloud instances are provisioned with no single points of failure via the use of redundant & scalable computing nodes, Network infrastructure, SAN and FusionIO storage.

ProtoCloud comes with an easy to use management interface and integrates with a number of Webair's existing service offerings including Cloud Storage, Carrier Neutral Cloud, FusionCloud, CDN services, and dedicated servers. Webair clients can interconnect ProtoCloud instances with other dedicated or virtual servers via secure internal networks to form true hybrid solutions. A RESTful API makes it convenient for customers to integrate ProtoCloud into their applications, requiring minimal administration and management.

"We've added ProtoCloud to our portfolio of Cloud services to provide our clients with true highly available IaaS out of the box without the complexity or the guess work it takes to build it themselves. The ability for clients to integrate ProtoCloud with various other Cloud hosting and traditional hosting services means highly customized and hybrid environments can be built to match even the most demanding needs," said Gerard Hiner, Executive Sales Manager at Webair.  ProtoCloud's on-demand provisioning and utility billing models provide customers with an easy way to utilize the infrastructure for requirements such as Big Data analytics, NoSQL database workloads, load balanced web hosting and application testing/ development at a low cost resulting in excellent value for clients.

ProtoCloud integrates seamlessly with EZPanel, Webair's popular, feature rich control panel. Customers can sign up for ProtoCloud with the click of a button and easily add additional services such as CDN, dedicated servers and FusionCloud to their account from within EZPanel.  "Our customers can conveniently manage all their hosting resources from EZPanel's friendly interface. Likewise, resource allocations and bandwidth can be aggregated between services and shown on the same bill. This empowers our clients with a true end-to-end solution that allows them to match use cases to the most appropriate solutions, and all under a fully managed umbrella of our ServerGenius Support," said Sagi Brody, CTO of Webair.

ProtoCloud will be launched first in Webair's NY1 datacenter and will be expanded to Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Montreal in the coming weeks. Designed around industry standard best practices and security, ProtoCloud provides a robust computing platform that delivers on performance, convenience and reliability.

About Webair

Founded in 1996, Webair is a leader in managed hosting solutions, including Managed & Secure Cloud Infrastructure for companies of all sizes and is recognized as a global leader in the industry. Webair offers a variety of Hosting services including Public, Private & Hybrid Clouds, Dedicated Servers, Colocation, CDN and Video Streaming Solutions. Webair, headquartered in New York, operates an international network of datacenters located in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal and Amsterdam.

Follow Webair on Twitter: @WebairInc and Facebook: facebook.com/WebairHosting.

SOURCE  Webair

Webair

CONTACT: Gerard Hiner, +1-516-938-4100 x120, gerard.hiner@webair.com

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

Comcast To Double Speeds Of Two Of Its Most Popular XFINITY Internet Speed Plans In California At No Additional Cost

LIVERMORE, Calif., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, the nation's largest Internet service provider, today announced it is increasing the speeds of two of its most popular XFINITY Internet speed plans, Blast! and Extreme 50, in California* for no additional cost.  Customers will enjoy more than twice as fast Internet speeds on multiple devices, allowing them to surf, chat, stream HD movies and TV shows, or game online with double the speed. Also for no additional cost, Comcast is increasing the speed of its widely used Performance plan by more than 60 percent.

"As customer demands and technology evolve, we continue to increase our broadband speeds to deliver the best, fastest and most reliable Internet experience possible for our customers," said Hank Fore, Regional Senior Vice President for Comcast California.  "Whether chatting, surfing, streaming, gaming, skyping or downloading, families will get the superfast, high-performing Internet service they need, with no extra charge."

Specifically, the Blast! plan is increasing download speeds from up to 25 Mbps to speeds up to 50 Mbps and upload speeds from up to 4 Mbps to up to 10 Mbps, while Extreme 50 customers will receive download speeds up to 105 Mbps (formerly 50 Mbps) and upload speeds up to 20 Mbps (formerly 15 Mbps). The Performance plan is increasing to speeds up to (20 or 25) Mbps from 15 Mbps downstream and to (4 or 5) Mbps from 2 Mbps upstream.To activate the new speeds, customers just need to re-start their cable modems.

*Note:  A few select areas in Comcast's California footprint will not receive the new Internet speeds: Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley Area (will receive the new speeds this Summer); as well as Arbuckle, Maxwell, Williams, Auburn Lake Trails, Isleton, Tower Park and Rio Vista.  Also, Blast! customers who have a 1.1 or 2.0 cable modem will need to exchange their modem for a 3.0 device to achieve the new speeds. This exchange can be done by calling 1-800-COMCAST and having a new self-install device sent to the customer's home.

For the third year in a row, the Federal Communications Commission has shown that Comcast delivers speeds to customers that are even faster than the advertised speeds. Comcast is not only delivering the nation's fastest Internet, but it is also providing the fastest in-home WiFi with its latest Xfinity Wireless Gateway, an all-in-one device that gives customers reliably fast speeds with the most coverage in their home so everyone can get online and do more on their devices all at the same time.

For more information on Comcast's XFINITY Internet services, customers can call 1-800-XFINITY or visit http://www.comcastcorporation.com.

About Comcast Cable
Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses.  Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings.  Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company.  Visit http://www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

SOURCE  Comcast

Comcast

CONTACT: Bryan Byrd, bryan_byrd@cable.comcast.com, +1-916-515-2821

Web Site: http://corporate.comcast.com

Fundly Announces New Crowdfunding Features, Partners to Make Athletic Event Fundraising a Runaway Success

World's Largest Crowdfunding-for-Good Platform Bolsters Run-Walk-Ride Event Fundraising, Teams Up with Charity Dynamics

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's largest crowdfunding-for-good platform, Fundly (http://fundly.com/), today announced a series of new features, partners and initiatives to bolster the success of "Run-Walk-Ride" charity fundraising events. Fundly was a featured presenter at last week's 2013 Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council Conference, thelargest annual gathering of athletic event fundraising organizers, and serves as the crowdfunding platform for charity run, walk, bike, swim and dance-athons, as well as a myriad of other athletic fundraising events, across the country.

Fundly's announcements include:

    --  New event registration and ticketing features that make it faster and
        easier than ever for Run-Walk-Ride volunteers and organizations to
        launch fundraising campaigns on Fundly's platform for their charity run,
        walk, bike and swim-athons, and other athletic events.
    --  Teaming up with Charity Dynamics, Fundly's newest Premier Partner, to
        create and launch customized, integrated crowdfunding campaigns on
        Fundly's platform for the country's top Run-Walk-Ride fundraising event
        programs.
    --  New Run-Walk-Ride customers using Fundly's platform, including the
        Cleveland Marathon, Indiana University's "Little 500" bike race, NASCAR
        driver Ryan Reed's "Drive to Stop Diabetes" for the American Diabetes
        Association, Teach for America's Mississippi Marathon and more than 75
        "Color Me Rad" 5k Runs nationwide.
"Anyone who has ever run, walked or biked for charity knows that the fundraising process can often be more painful than the physical training for the event itself, but Fundly has changed the game for athletic event fundraising," said Dave Boyce, Fundly CEO. "Thousands of individuals, volunteer groups and nonprofit organizations are using Fundly for their Run-Walk-Ride events, and we'll continue to enhance Fundly's platform to make athletic event fundraising as easy, successful and enjoyable as possible to help more people give more."

To date, Fundly has enabled more than 30,000 campaigns led by individuals, volunteer groups and nonprofit organizations of all sizes to collectively raise more than $305 million for their causes.

About Fundly

The world's #1 crowdfunding platform for social good, Fundly's mission is to help more people give more. The largest, most widely-adopted and easiest-to-use crowdfunding-for-good platform, Fundly has enabled more than 30,000 nonprofit organizations, volunteer groups and individual fundraisers large and small to collectively raise more than $305 million and counting. Fundly is the proven fundraising solution for everyone from local PTAs, to Run-Walk-Ride events, to the world's largest charities, including Habitat for Humanity, Teach for America and Children's Miracle Network. Learn more about Fundly at http://www.fundly.com and see Fundly in the news at http://fundly.com/press/.

Contact: Deborah Schneider / dschneider@prandcompany.com / 415-277-6973

SOURCE  Fundly

Fundly

Web Site: http://fundly.com

Cellular One Announces Additional Mobile Broadband Services in Central Louisiana

WAYNE, Pa., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MTPCS, LLC, d.b.a. Cellular One -Cellular One announced additional mobile broadband services at a private reception held at Cellular One's state-of-the-art network operations center, located at Cellular One's Regional Headquarters and flagship store at 2006 Mac Arthur Drive, Alexandria, LA, last Thursday, March 14(th).

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130319/DA79688)

Cellular One's President and CEO, Jonathan Foxman, announced the rollout of mobile broadband service across the Alexandria, Pineville, Natchitoches, Leesville, and Fort Polk areas. Based in Central Louisiana, Cellular One has more cellular coverage and retail locations than any other cellular company in the region. The $5 million investment in their network is yet another demonstration of Cellular One's unmatched commitment to meeting their customers' needs, offering cutting edge technology, and providing the considerable benefits of high speed broadband services.

"We are thrilled to be able to introduce a superior 4G experience to Central Louisiana communities and our customers who have been so loyal to Cellular One," said Mr. Foxman.

Several local and state dignitaries were on hand, including Tari Bradford, the deputy state director for U.S. Senator Landrieu and Louisiana Public Service District 4 Commissioner Clyde Holloway and Pineville Mayor, Clarence Fields. Mr. Holloway said, "We're always interested in the rural areas, in particular. We're very interested in seeing an upgrade to our phone system throughout the state. We look forward to the future."

Foxman said the plan is to offer service in the core areas, then expand it throughout the region to the more rural areas. Cellular One has received rural development grants and $3.3 million in funds from the Federal Communications Commission to expand rural service.

About Cellular One
Cellular One is one of the largest and most successful regional wireless carriers in the United States, serving customers in Louisiana, Texas, and Montana. Cellular One is committed to providing great value and exceptional service for its customers.  The Cellular One team of knowledgeable, experienced professionals is dedicated to serving customers and local communities in ways that far exceed their expectations. For more information and event photographs, please visit http://www.cellonenation.com.

Margaret McKoin
Margaret@thetimegroup.net
817-403-0866

SOURCE  Cellular One

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130319/DA79688
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Cellular One

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

NJVC and mLogica Announce Strategic Partnership

mLogica to Serve as Go-to-Market Partner for the NJVC Strategic Managed Services Program

CHANTILLY, Va., March 19, 2013  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NJVC(®), an information technology solutions provider headquartered in northern Virginia, and mLogica, a specialized product consulting company headquartered in Southern California, announce a new strategic partnership. mLogica now is the prime go-to-market member of the NJVC strategic managed services program for highly secure, complex IT enterprises in business- and mission-critical environments. mLogica will help to further expand NJVC's market presence in commercial markets--particularly in healthcare and financial services--both domestically and internationally, by providing database, applications, systems and infrastructure managed services and implementations.

"NJVC is excited to add mLogica to its team of world-class strategic partners to the benefit of customers both current and future," said Dave Lavanty, senior vice president, NJVC solutions division. "mLogica brings years of experience in managed services and platform modernization capabilities related to systems, database and applications. The company will help augment NJVC's cloud and specialized technology offerings in the commercial market.

Under the terms of the strategic partnership agreement, mLogica will add NJVC data center services and the Cloudcuity(TM) portfolio of managed and subscription, secure, cloud-based services to its established database, data integration and managed services. Cloudcuity services are delivered through a tiered framework that provides a comprehensive approach to the design and deployment of mission-focused cloud environments, including managed data centers. Cloudcuity services are specifically designed for highly secure operations. NJVC will add mLogica's core offerings for database, applications, business intelligence/big data analytics, data integration and business process management to its managed services solutions.

"The strategic managed services partnership between NJVC and mLogica greatly enhances the organizations' abilities to bring a more complete technology offering to each other's clientele," said Amit Okhandiar, mLogica CEO. "Both companies can also target net new customers with specialized database and business intelligence offerings in a highly secure, multi-faceted cloud infrastructure."

Through the formalization of this partnership, combined employee strength is now at more than 2,000 individuals located at multiple software competency centers around the globe. Through the partnership, the following shared core competencies now can be offered to customers:

    --  Cloud services
    --  Cyber security
    --  Data center services
    --  Enterprise database management services
    --  Managed services for infrastructure, database and applications
    --  Platform modernization (infrastructure, databases and applications)
    --  Business intelligence and big data analytics
    --  ISO-certified development centers
    --  Business process management and optimization
About NJVC(®

)With a focus on information technology automation, NJVC(®) specializes in supporting highly secure, complex IT enterprises in business- and mission-critical environments, particularly for the intelligence and defense communities. We offer a wide breadth of IT and strategic solutions to our customers, ranging from strategic consulting to managed flexible services in five business areas: Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Data Center Services, IT Services and Print Solutions. We partner with our customers to support their missions with security-cleared, dedicated and talented employees ready to deploy globally. To learn more, visit http://www.njvc.com.

About mLogica

mLogica, a technology and product consulting company, was founded by senior managers from leading technology organizations. We have designed, implemented and managed mission critical business applications, databases and systems for large commercial enterprises and public sector organizations, as well as, mid-market businesses. Our clients include major organizations in the financial services, entertainment, technology, education, health care, telecommunications, manufacturing, and transportation and logistics industries. To learn more, visit http://www.mlogica.com.

SOURCE  NJVC

NJVC

CONTACT: Michelle Snyder, NJVC, +1-703-893-7609, michelle.snyder@njvc.com; Peter Burney, mLogica, +1-949-274-2332, peter.burney@mlogica.com; Audra Capas, 5StarPR, +1-703-437-9301, audra@5starpr.com

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

AnastasiaDate Launches App for Mobile Access to Dating without Boundaries

International Online Dating Service App Helps Men Connect Beyond "The Girl Next Door"

NEW YORK and MOSCOW, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AnastasiaDate, an international dating service that connects American men with women across the globe, today announced the launch of the company's first mobile apps for iTunes and Google Play, which are introduced  as part of an on-going commitment to provide technology and a direct line to finding love interests abroad.

The app is available as a free download on iTunes and a free download on Google Play. As with AnastasiaDate's online service, members can use the app to connect with interesting and intriguing women internationally who offer something new and exotic as an exciting alternative compared to the American dating pool.

AnastasiaDate members can now begin cross-cultural conversations - and possibly lifelong relationships, all from the convenience of their mobile device. Features of the app include the ability to browse profiles, photos and interviews, engage in live text chat, maintain a contact list with preferred matches, purchase credits, and receive VIP status notifications.

"As one of the world's most pre-eminent international online dating services, we wanted to meet our users' demand for a way to communicate with their love interest or to connect with a new one, no matter where they are or how busy their lifestyle," said Lawrence Cervantes, Chief Communications Officer at AnastasiaDate. "As we continue to grow, we're keeping in step with the proliferation of mobile devices so that AnastasiaDate can match the lifestyle of our users."

According to a new study of dating habits conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of AnastasiaDate - of people who have a preference for dating someone outside of North America, 68 percent of them said that they would prefer dating someone who lives in Eastern Europe (i.e. Russia, Ukraine).

In the same study, an astounding seventy-four percent of all respondents believe that technology has made dating much easier (i.e. meeting potential mates and setting up dates.) The survey was conducted from February 4-6, 2013, among 2,090 adults age 18 and older.

Since January 2011, AnastatsiaDate.com has seen a 47% increase in members accessing the site from mobile devices. As online dating continues to grow in popularity, AnastasiaDate's millions of users can download the app and use their current login details to access their account from Apple and Android devices. New users who are 17 years of age or older can use the app to create an account and start mingling with women from across the globe.

"The launch of our app is the next step in our creation of a service where relationships have no borders," said Cervantes. "For 20 years we have leveraged technology so that women and men across the globe can connect and share fascinating aspects of their daily lives. In an era where technology is fast becoming a driving force behind all our relationships, we're committed to closing the dating gap between different cultures with better communications."

For more information and to access screenshots of the app, please visit here.

About AnastasiaDate

AnastasiaDate is a premium international dating service that facilitates exciting and romantic companionship online with beautiful and interesting women from all over the world. Founded in 1993 by a Russian-American couple,( )AnastasiaDate has over 4 million international users and more than 100 million online visitors annually. Additionally, over 1.5 million conversations are exchanged onsite daily. AnastasiaDate is committed to member safety, customer satisfaction and the ongoing pursuit of innovation and with offices in Moscow and New York, AnastasiaDate provides services to a worldwide clientele. AnastasiaDate users are also able to communicate across a variety of top-notch multimedia platforms, including video chat.

Contacts:

KCSA Strategic Communications
Alison Crisci for AnastasiaDate
212-896-1252 / acrisci@kcsa.com

SOURCE  AnastasiaDate

AnastasiaDate

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

Big Fish Gets Behind Android Games, With More than Two Dozen Android Games Available on Its Global PC, and Mobile App Store

Big Fish's Top-Selling "Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker" Comes to Android Devices

SEATTLE, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Fish, the world's largest producer of casual games, is rapidly expanding its Android business and simplifying the discoverability of Big Fish Android games by including Android offerings in its global PC, and Mobile App Store. Big Fish currently offers more than two dozen Android games in its app store, and added another high-quality adventure to its Android mix today -- "Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker", one of the company's most popular hidden object adventure games.

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Big Fish is committed to adding several new Android games per month, and expects its Android business to grow much like its iOS business, which doubled offerings over the past year and currently includes more than 300+ unique iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch games. The company's Android growth is driven by the company's own in-house studios and its network of more than 600 developers worldwide.

"By increasing our release velocity of high-quality Big Fish Android games, we are ensuring that customers with Android devices can enjoy the same Big Fish entertainment they enjoy on their PC, Mac, iPad and iPhone devices," said Chris George, Vice President and General Manager of Big Fish Mobile Games. "And, there is no better example of high-quality Big Fish entertainment than Shiver: VanishingHitchhiker, which is now available for Android."

"Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker" stands out as one of Big Fish's most popular hidden object puzzle adventures.  The player's spooky journey begins after picking up a mysterious hitchhiker, who vanishes soon after.  In order to track her down, the player must venture through eerie landscapes on the quest to figure out where the unknown woman has gone. 

Shiver: Vanishing Hitchhiker is available for $2.99 at Big Fish Games, Amazon.com, and Google Play.

About Big Fish

Founded in 2002, Big Fish <http://www.bigfishgames.com>  is the world's largest producer of casual games; dedicated to bringing engaging entertainment to everyone, anywhere, on any device. Through its proprietary, data-driven platform, millions of consumers seeking engaging entertainment easily discover and play PC, Mac and mobile games created by Big Fish's network of more than 600 development partners and its in-house Big Fish Games Studios.  The company has distributed more than 2 billion games from a growing catalog of 3,000+ unique PC games and 300+ unique mobile games, and offers cross-platform streaming games via the proprietary universal cloud gaming service, Big Fish Unlimited.  Big Fish's games are played in more than 150 countries on a wide variety of devices across 10 languages.  The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional offices in Oakland, CA; Cork, Ireland; Vancouver, Canada; and Luxembourg. 

SOURCE  Big Fish

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Big Fish

CONTACT: Susan Lusty, susan.lusty@bigfishgames.com, +1-206-269-3672

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

PublicStuff's New City-to-Citizen Communications System Makes it Easier for Cities to "Listen" to Residents

Enhanced tools, translation features help cities turn inquiries into community improvements; updated app, Community Catalyst Program give citizens new ways to engage

NEW YORK, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PublicStuff, the digital communications system for improving access to city services, today released a new version of its solution to help local governments turn civic inquiries into tangible community improvements. PublicStuff has added new features that benefit both city representatives and the people they serve, including a more robust Citizen Engagement Management System and a customizable widget platform to help cities create a one-stop shop for all civic communications. For app users, the addition of One Voice translation technology, push notifications and a Community Catalyst Program broaden and deepen engagement. With this launch, PublicStuff is making it simple and more rewarding for people to improve their community, and provides local government with the easiest, most efficient method to communicate with residents and resolve issues.

The widespread adoption of social media, coupled with recent initiatives that have opened up city data, is sparking a tide of citizen interest in their city services. In response, there has been a flurry of innovation to provide more engaging, effective ways to give residents better access to local government, however most cities are not set up to manage or maintain the resulting information flow. In response, PublicStuff has enhanced its cost-effective, easy-to-use system to enable local governments to better manage and customize the ebb and flow of information and requests between a city and its citizens.

"People are more engaged than ever in improving their communities, yet it can be a struggle for cities to manage the inbound communication and outbound information flow," said Lily Liu, founder and chief executive officer, PublicStuff. "We've seen incredible resolution rates from the cities that have implemented the PublicStuff system. This new launch gives our broader base of consumers an even better way to directly engage with their city representatives, and offers local governments the tools necessary to manage and resolve issues."

More than 200 cities are using PublicStuff's customizable self-service platform because it helps them reduce communication costs by at least 50 percent and delivers service requests submitted via users' laptops, mobile phones or tablets to the right person, in any city, to get them resolved quickly. The new version includes:

    --  One Voice Translation: PublicStuff is the only solution with instant
        translation capabilities that offers citizens the ability to submit
        requests and communicate with city officials in their preferred
        language. With support for more than 16 languages, the app makes city
        improvement accessible to all residents regardless of language spoken.
    --  New Citizen Engagement Management Tools to better manage feedback and
        requests from the public and customize information important to their
        residents and communities. City representatives can view community
        issues and resolution data by geographic boundaries, date ranges,
        residents and department to improve their digital communications
        outreach to residents.
    --  Civic Apps that enable governments to build data flows on top of the
        PublicStuff app to create a single customizable platform of city
        information, e.g., emergency weather alerts, holiday activities, animal
        shelter notifications and even updated information for sports teams.
    --  Push Notifications to assure users that their requests are being routed
        to the right person to get them resolved quickly, and notify them when
        the request is completed.
    --  The Community Catalyst Program offers residents a chance to inspire
        others and gain recognition for being civically engaged by inviting them
        to share the stories behind their service requests. Catalyst Program
        members receive an information- and gear-packed "Catalyst Kit," and can
        get their story published across PublicStuff's social media channels,
        newsletter and website.
Availability:
For cities looking to bring PublicStuff to their community, please visit http://www.publicstuff.com/tour for information and a free demo. For people across the country that want to communicate directly with their city representatives and have a stronger voice in community improvements, download the free app.

About PublicStuff:
Headquartered in New York City, PublicStuff helps local governments turn civic inquiries into tangible community improvements by connecting people directly to their city representatives. PublicStuff's digital communications system provides the easiest, most efficient way for civic leaders to interact with their communities, and is proven to reduce communication costs by at least 50 percent. Today, more than 200 cities are using PublicStuff's platform and free, easy-to-use mobile app to improve access to city services. For more information, visit http://www.PublicStuff.com.

MEDIA CONTACT
Audrey Sahl | Bateman Group for PublicStuff

(347) 382-9731 | publicstuff@bateman-group.com

SOURCE  PublicStuff

PublicStuff

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

Morningstar Finance App Launches in Mercedes-Benz Vehicles

CHICAGO, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Daimler AG is now offering a finance app from Morningstar (NASDAQ: MORN) through the COMAND Online system in Mercedes-Benz vehicles. Available in more than 20 languages, the Morningstar finance app provides Mercedes-Benz drivers and passengers with global financial information for more than 9 million equities, derivatives, bonds, indexes, commodities, and currencies.

"As one of the largest producers of premium cars and commercial vehicles, Daimler AG is among the world's most successful automotive companies. We have been working side by side with Daimler to develop this innovative application for its Mercedes-Benz line of vehicles," Jeremy Diamond, head of equity and market data for Morningstar, said. "As car systems become even more sophisticated, we're going to see significant expansion of capabilities beyond digital radio and navigation tools. Morningstar is at the forefront of apps that allow drivers and passengers to stay connected in their vehicles and enhance the driving experience."

Click here for more information about the Morningstar Finance app for Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

About Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on approximately 416,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 9 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its registered investment advisor subsidiaries and has approximately $149 billion in assets under advisement and management as of Dec. 31, 2012. The company has operations in 27 countries.

©2013 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

MORN-C

Media Contact:
Alexa Auerbach, 312-696-6481 or alexa.auerbach@morningstar.com

SOURCE  Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc.

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

Former IBM Chief Scientist Warns of New 'Super Smart' Computers that Can Think Like Humans

SYDNEY, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- If you think smartphones have made a big impact on our lives today, wait till you see what the computers of tomorrow are capable of.

Peter Van Der Made, current Chief Scientist at vWISP based in Western Australia has spent over a decade studying the human brain and understanding how to replicate it in computer form. He is formerly IBM's Chief Scientist at Internet Security Systems.

His new book, Higher Intelligence, tells the story of a 10-year breakthrough R&D project to build an 'artificial brain' chip that will help computers learn like the human brain.

In 2004, Bill Gates told a class of engineering students: "If you invent a breakthrough in artificial intelligence so machines can learn, that is worth 10 Microsofts."

This breakthrough Gates referred to has now been achieved and is set to change the world in ways that not even Hollywood has imagined.

"By producing computer chips that allow computers to learn for themselves, we have unlocked the next generation of computers and artificial intelligence," Mr Van Der Made says.

We are on the brink of a revolution now where the computers of tomorrow will be built to do more than we ever imagined.

"Current computers are great tools for number crunching, statistical analysis, or surfing the Internet. But their usefulness is limited when it comes to being able to think for themselves and develop new skills," he says.

The synthetic brain chip of tomorrow can evolve through learning, rather than being programmed.

Instead of us buying apps for our smartphones to make them 'smarter', Van Der Made says new super smart computers, machines and mobile devices will be making themselves smarter without our help.

The fact that the human brain learns as it gathers and applies knowledge is one thing that has been overlooked in the past 70 years of people trying to develop computers with artificial intelligence.

This new approach to creating 'super smart computers' is set to revolutionize the world of computing and technology.

Van Der Made's new book Higher Intelligence, that explains the 'super smart revolution' in more detail, is available now through amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, and more information, including a sample chapter can be found at the books' web site: http://higherintelligencebook.com

Contacts:

Peter van der Made
+61-404-903-481
pmade@vwisp.net.au

http://higherintelligencebook.com

SOURCE  vWISP Pty Ltd.

vWISP Pty Ltd.

Web Site: http://www.vwisp.net.au

New Primrose Schools Mobile App Partners with Parents

App a first among early education providers

ATLANTA, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Primrose Schools, The Leader in Educational Child Care(®), is taking the parent-school partnership on the go with the new My Primrose App, free for iPhone and Android users. The app is among the first to be released by an early education and child care franchise and answers parents' growing need for quick, convenient and easy ways to connect with their child's school and receive parenting support.

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"Primrose is dedicated to partnering with parents by giving them the tools they need to support their child's development and early education," said Jo Kirchner, President and CEO for Primrose Schools Franchising Company. "Parents have become increasingly mobile, and our new app provides them with the resources they want at the speed they need to keep up with the pace of parenting today."

The new app seeks to facilitate parent-school communication and encourage greater parent involvement starting from a child's first years. Research from the Parents as Teachers National Center finds that children with involved parents are 28 percent more likely to enter kindergarten ready to learn than children with uninvolved parents.

To support the parent-school partnership, the My Primrose App offers these features:

    --  Fast, secure access to school information helps current Primrose parents
        stay informed about news, events, classroom activities, teacher notes,
        menus and more. Push notifications provide instant updates from the
        school.
    --  Expert parenting advice from the Primrose Schools blog 360 Parenting.
        Information is organized by easy-to-search topics such as child
        development, education, health and wellness, and book suggestions for
        children and families.
    --  Educational game "Adventures with Benjamin(®)" is specifically designed
        for children ages 3 to 6. The activity encourages children and families
        to explore concepts of weather and changing seasons together as they
        create outdoor adventure scenes with Primrose Friend Benjamin the Bear.
    --  School locator with GPS features enables users to quickly find, map,
        call or email Primrose schools near them.

The My Primrose App is available for free download in the iTunes and Google Play markets. Detailed information about the app is available at http://www.PrimroseSchools.com/our-schools/primrose-app.

About Primrose Schools(®     

)Founded in 1982, Primrose Schools is the nation's leader in providing a premier educational child care experience in more than 250 schools in 17 states. Each Primrose is independently owned and operated by our Franchise Owners. They partner with parents to help children build the right foundation for future learning and life, and offer an environment that helps children have fun while nurturing Active Minds, Healthy Bodies and Happy Hearts(®).

The Balanced Learning(®) system, consistently delivered in all Primrose Schools nationwide, is designed to provide high quality educational experiences to support children's social-emotional, cognitive, creative and physical development.  It is made up of an exclusive standards-based curriculum that enables teachers to help children gain the knowledge and skills that will enable them to move successfully from one level of development to the next as well-rounded individuals. The system also offers developmentally appropriate materials and equipment for all classrooms; multiple forms of assessment; and extensive training for teachers.

Primrose is the first early childhood education organization in the country to receive AdvancED Corporation Systems Accreditation under the new Standards for Quality Early Learning Schools. This accreditation ensures all Primrose schools meet the highest quality standards and shows they are continually improving student learning. Primrose Schools stands behind its commitment to deliver an exceptional early childhood experience with the Primrose Guarantee, a parent's assurance of complete satisfaction. For more information, visit http://www.PrimroseSchools.com. Anyone looking for an education franchise opportunity can learn more at http://www.PrimroseFranchise.com.

SOURCE  Primrose Schools

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Primrose Schools

CONTACT: Halle Smith, Jackson Spalding, +1-214-269-4402

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

Monetate Reveals How to "Optimize the Customer Experience" in Upcoming Webinar

Discover How Marketers at Leading Businesses are Succeeding with Testing and Optimization Strategies

PHILADELPHIA, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's online marketers are implementing strategies and tactics that improve the entire online purchase process of their digital sites, from relevant product discovery to effective upsells/cross-sells and a "no-brainer" checkout for consumers. In an upcoming webinar, Monetate will review proven testing and personalization strategies that optimize the website experience.

The webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 from 2 - 3 p.m. EDT. Click here to register.

During the webinar, Brett Bair, senior director of strategic services at Monetate, will discuss how ecommerce businesses can build A/B/n and multivariate tests around their various page types, specific conversion funnels and even multiple web pages. Having consulted with some of the world's largest brands on online marketing strategies, Bair will discuss best practices to apply to key stages of the website experience, including:

    --  Landing pages: making all entry pages to a website more relevant to
        consumers
    --  Discovery: using tactics such as autocomplete site search and badging to
        increase conversion
    --  Selection: having all necessary information on product detail pages to
        aid the purchase decision
    --  Purchase: providing all the information consumers need on the checkout
        page to complete the transaction.
"With the consumer demanding more relevancy with all online customer interactions, this webinar provides a great opportunity for marketers to learn how leading brands are creating personal online experiences for all customers," said Bair. "We'll also show how these same brands are putting an end to the one-size-fits all website with the help of four proven strategies that every attendee can start using right away."

The "Optimize the Customer Experience" webinar is free to attend and open to all marketers.

About Monetate

Monetate empowers marketers to leverage Big Data to create more personalized and engaging online customer experiences. By providing more relevant web interactions, leading brands are able to anticipate and react to consumer preferences to generate stronger customer relationships and significantly increase profits.

Monetate drives billions of dollars of revenue every year for some of the best-known brands in the world, including Best Buy, Frontier Airlines, Aeropostale, The Sports Authority and PETCO. The company's solutions and conversion expertise enable marketers to deliver a more relevant customer experience with unprecedented agility.

Leading marketers rely on Monetate's cloud-based browser solutions to achieve a new level of speed and control, allowing them to run 16 times more optimization campaigns compared to industry averages. Monetate solutions include advanced products for testing, merchandising, targeting and cross-channel consistency, providing an opportunity to bypass IT restraints and react in real time to customer demands. Monetate also helps marketers implement best practices and drive online revenue through its expert strategic services and content publishing teams. For more information visit http://monetate.com/ or follow us on Twitter @Monetate.

SOURCE  Monetate

Monetate

CONTACT: Marifran Manzo-Ritchie, Director of Corporate Communications, Monetate, +1-215-987-4441, mmanzoritchie@monetate.com; or Shelly Runyon, Porter Novelli for Monetate, +1-617-897-8262, Monetate@porternovelli.com

Web Site: http://monetate.com

Siemens Enterprise Communications Enables More Vibrant Conversations with New Device Choices

OpenScape Desk Phone IP Family Delivers Energy Efficient HD Audio Combined with Feature-Packed Value

ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Connect -- At Enterprise Connect Orlando 2013 today, Siemens Enterprise Communications announced new line of modern, energy efficient, ergonomically designed IP desktop phones: the OpenScape Desk Phone IP family. The phones deliver optimal conversation quality to improve team collaboration and feature an intuitive design to enable greater user productivity.

"Clear and effective communication is critical to the success and productivity of teams, and having a good quality phone is a key component of that," said Rick Puskar, Senior Vice President, Global Portfolio Management at Siemens Enterprise Communications. "The new OpenScape Desk Phone IP family delivers superior sound quality aimed directly at enhancing virtual teamwork. Plus their energy efficient design helps customers reduce their energy footprint and delivers real ROI over competitive devices."

The new family of OpenScape IP desk phones provide better sound quality through HD audio as well as Gigabit Ethernet, customization and application integration for high performance users. Centralized device management and preprogrammed keys out of the box reduce service costs. The elegant, ergonomically designed OpenScape Desk Phone IP Family requires minimal space on the desk top and delivers value-driven, highly secure communication solutions.

The OpenScape IP desk phones were designed for optimal energy efficiency, using up to 34 percent less power than competitive phones, supporting customers' 'green' initiatives and provides average  cost savings of $2.45 - $3.05 per device annually.

"Our users are very happy with the new OpenScape Desk Phone IP - the sound quality is excellent and its smaller design means more desk space, plus users prefer the more upright profile," said Tracy Spackman, Enterprise Communications Engineer, City of Scottsdale. "With simplified programming and out of the box hold, transfer and headset preconfigured, users are set up much quicker."

The first two devices to be introduced are:

    --  OpenScape Desk Phone IP 35G: Designed for the standard user, including
        knowledge workers and contact center users. The user-centric features
        including headset connectivity, multi-line options, and a rich business
        feature set make it ideal for both offices and call centers.
    --  OpenScape Desk Phone IP 55G: Designed for the mid-range and power user,
        these feature-rich, highly secure devices include expandable multi-line
        capabilities and a customizable interface, making them ideal for both
        high performance knowledge workers and executive teams.
Availability

The OpenScape Desk Phone IP 35G will be available April 30(th) and the OpenScape Desk Phone IP 55G will be available June 30(th).

Siemens Enterprise Communications at Enterprise Connect

Siemens Enterprise Communications (Booth #918) will bring its amplifyTEAMS message and energy to this premier event. Under the banner of amplifyTEAMS, Siemens Enterprise Communications will address how businesses can release the untapped potential of their people to improve business performance. The company will demonstrate its portfolio of OpenScape solutions designed to help organizations unleash the full potential of their teams - including OpenScape Mobile, a finalist for Best of Enterprise Connect. Siemens Enterprise Communications executives will also participate in numerous panels and speaking engagements, including a special session with New York Times best-selling author Keith Ferrazzi as he leads a conversation with market leaders, including Chris Hummel, Chief Commercial Officer at Siemens Enterprise Communications, on unraveling the complexities of improving the collective effort.

Additional Resources

Siemens Enterprise Communications on Twitter
Siemens Enterprise Communications on LinkedIn
Siemens Enterprise Communications on Facebook
Siemens Enterprise Communications on YouTube

About Siemens Enterprise Communications

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

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

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

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

For more information, please visit:
http://www.siemens-enterprise.com or http://www.enterasys.com

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

This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of Siemens Enterprise Communications' management. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "forecast," "expect," "intend," "plan," "should," and "project" are used to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results to be materially different, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or services and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here. Siemens Enterprise Communications does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE  Siemens Enterprise Communications

Siemens Enterprise Communications

CONTACT: Media Relations, Amy Martin, Corporate Communications, +1-408-492-2785, amy.martin@siemens-enterprise.com, Siemens Enterprise Communications GmbH & Co. KG,Hofmannstr. 51, 81379 Munchen

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

Electro Industries Launches Shark® 200 Meter with Dual Ethernet Cards and DNP 3.0 Ethernet

WESTBURY, N.Y., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Electro Industries/ GaugeTech (EIG) announces that its Shark(®) 200 multifunction power and energy meter now supports DNP Ethernet Protocol and dual Ethernet cards­­­­.

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Utilizing EIG's multi-session solution, the DNP 3.0 Ethernet provides up to 5 simultaneous connections of DNP 3.0 in addition to 7 Modbus sessions (per card) and full customizable Web Server capabilities. Using two separate Ethernet cards allows users to send data to multiple networks from the same meter. Each card has its own unique IP address and MAC address. This is useful for data sharing conventions, utility check metering and network security applications.

DNP 3.0 is used extensively by the Power Utility industry worldwide to delivery power data to SCADA systems for controlling and managing electrical power transmission and distribution. With DNP Ethernet, the Shark(®) 200 meter is ideal for providing telemetry for complex automation and control solutions.

Additional new features of the Shark(®) 200 meter include:

    --  MV90 compatibility
    --  Frequency measurement accuracy of up to 0.001 Hz
    --  Multiple real time clock synchronizing methods that ensure accurate load
        profiling
    --  Improved communication port selections and control functions
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Alliant Energy Selects ClickSoftware's ClickAppStore to Keep Workers Connected to Each Other and the Back Office

Enterprise Mobility Apps from ClickAppStore Facilitate Best-In-Class Service and Optimize Field Service Resources

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Recognizing the need to provide excellent service to millions of customers while
increasing efficiency and productivity among its mobile workforce, Alliant Energy
[http://www.alliantenergy.com ] (NYSE: LNT), a Midwest-based energy holding company, is
taking a leadership role in the utility industry by implementing enterprise apps. Alliant
Energy plans to keep its workers connected in the field using the Resource Radar
[http://appstore.clicksoftware.com/csweb/appstore.nsf/pages/1007 ] app from
ClickSoftware's ClickAppstore [http://appstore.clicksoftware.com ].

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    ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd [http://www.clicksoftware.com ]. (NasdaqGS: CKSW), the
leading provider of automated mobile workforce management and optimization solutions
[http://www.clicksoftware.com/solutions-overview.htm ] for the service industry, recently
unveiled the Resource Radar app, which is included within the Collaboration Pack
[http://appstore.clicksoftware.com/csweb/appstore.nsf/0/0B38C57177C6A4D5C2257ABD00494075 ]
of apps. The Resource Radar App will be used by Alliant Energy to better connect field
technicians across thousands of miles of service area. The company will use the popular
app, in addition the full suite of workforce management and mobility solutions, to provide
even more outstanding customer service by giving field resources the ability to quickly
identify additional technicians nearby for faster response to both planned jobs and
emergencies. The app will also help Alliant Energy adhere to strict safety measures, and
enable technicians to complete more jobs per day.

    Resource Radar is one of dozens of apps aggregated into Collection Packs, other
Collection Packs available for download include the Field Scheduling
[http://appstore.clicksoftware.com/csweb/appstore.nsf/0/3AAA59AB69C189DDC2257AC2004162AB ]
and Personal Productivity
[http://appstore.clicksoftware.com/csweb/appstore.nsf/0/AF9304D877365477C2257AC1004654DF ]
Packs. All are available through the ClickAppStore, the first app store for
enterprise-level customers who require fully integrated apps that connect workers to each
other and to the back office. The Resource Radar app collects GPS data to display a field
workers' location within a specified radius. This functionality can more efficiently
provide additional support during service calls, when a safety backup is needed or to
respond to emergencies.

    Alliant Energy Corporation is an energy holding company providing 1.4 million Midwest
utility customers with safe and reliable electric and natural gas services. Alliant Energy
current deploys nearly 4,000 employees across its service territory of Iowa, Minnesota and
Wisconsin.

    In a recent forecast, research firm IDC predicts by 2015, the world's mobile worker
population will reach 1.3 billion, representing 37.2% of the total global workforce and
75% of the US workforce.

    "By deploying device agnostic ClickApps, Alliant Energy is able to increase
productivity and improve customer service by transmitting and sharing data and decisions
in real time," said Hannan Carmeli, President and COO, ClickSoftware "The ClickAppStore
provides customers the ability to implement the mobile functionality they need with
minimal IT involvement -- no infrastructure changes or coding is required."

    A video demo of the Resource Radar App is available online
[http://appstore.clicksoftware.com/csweb/appstore.nsf/pages/DemoRadar ].

    About ClickSoftware

    ClickSoftware (NasdaqGS: CKSW) is the leading provider of automated mobile workforce
management and service optimization solutions for the enterprise, both for mobile and
in-house resources. As pioneers of the "Service chain optimization" concept, our solutions
provide organizations with end-to-end visibility and control of the entire service
management chain by optimizing forecasting, planning, shift and task scheduling, mobility
and real-time management of resource and customer communication.

    Available via the cloud or on-premise, our products incorporate best business
practices and advanced decision-making algorithms to manage service operations more
efficiently, in a scalable, integrated manner. Our solutions have become the backbone for
many leading organizations worldwide by addressing the fundamental question of job
fulfillment: Who does What, for Whom, With what, Where and When.

    ClickSoftware is the premier choice for delivering superb business performance to
service sector organizations of all sizes. The company is headquartered in the United
States and Israel, with offices across Europe, and Asia Pacific, and operations in Latin
America. For more information, please visit http://www.clicksoftware.com. Follow us on
Twitter

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These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those statements
regarding expected benefits to Alliant Energy and its customers from using ClickSoftware's
solutions. Such "forward-looking statements" involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or performance to differ
materially from those projected, including those discussed in the "Risk Factors" section
and elsewhere in ClickSoftware's annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December
31, 2011 and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as
otherwise required by law, ClickSoftware 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.

       
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Neverwinter(TM) Beta Weekend 3 Introduces PvP Begins Friday, March 22

First-look at the Great Weapon Fighter Class, Pirates' Skyhold, and Much More

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Perfect World Entertainment Inc. and Cryptic Studios are excited to share further details regarding Beta Weekend 3 for the highly anticipated Dungeons & Dragons® MMORPG, Neverwinter.

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Starting at 12:00 p.m. (PDT) on Friday, March 22, players with early access to Neverwinter's Beta Weekend 3 can experience a wealth of new content, including the first opportunity to check out Neverwinter's PvP system and the chance to explore the Pirates' Skyhold and Icespire Peak Adventure Zones. In addition, players may take control of the new Great Weapon Fighter class. An increased level cap of 50, alongside many other significant improvements based directly on feedback from previous Beta Weekends, promises to make Neverwinter's Beta Weekend 3 the best yet.

"The response from the Neverwinter community and members of the press who participated in our previous Beta Weekends has been amazing so far," said Lead Producer Andy Velasquez. "On behalf of the entire development team at Cryptic Studios, I'd like to thank all Beta Weekend players for their feedback and support in making Neverwinter the best free MMORPG around!"

Explore and defend one of the most beloved cities from Dungeons & Dragons as it rises from the ashes of destruction. This free action RPG set in an immersive MMO world takes players from the besieged walls of the famed city itself to subterranean passageways in search of forgotten secrets and lost treasure. Epic stories, action combat and classic roleplaying await those heroes courageous enough to enter the fantastic realm of Faerun and the ruined city of Neverwinter.

For the chance to participate in Neverwinter's Beta Weekend 3, players may register for free at http://www.playneverwinter.com.

For guaranteed access to Beta Weekend 3 and a wide array of in-game perks and items when Neverwinter launches, learn more about the Neverwinter Founder's Pack program at http://nw.perfectworld.com/founderspack

ABOUT PERFECT WORLD ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Perfect World Entertainment is a leading North American online games publisher specializing in immersive free-to-play MMORPGs. Founded in 2008, Perfect World Entertainment has published 10 popular titles, including Blacklight Retribution, Forsaken World, Perfect World International and Star Trek Online. The company works closely with its American development teams and partners such as Cryptic Studios, developer of the highly anticipated MMORPG Dungeons & DragonsNeverwinter, and Runic Games, developer of the hit Torchlight series, to provide unparalleled quality of service and game experiences to its players. A subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), Perfect World Entertainment is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. For more information, please visit: http://www.perfectworld.com

ABOUT CRYPTIC STUDIOS, Inc.
Cryptic Studios, Inc. is a leading developer of online games committed to delivering the next level of gameplay. Cryptic Studios, Inc. develops AAA titles for PC and is rapidly diversifying its portfolio of games to expand beyond the traditional MMORPG genre. In addition to its successfully launched "Champions Online: Free for All"and "Star Trek Online", Cryptic Studios, Inc. is now developing "Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter"and other unannounced projects. Cryptic Studios, Inc., a subsidiary of Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD), is located in Los Gatos, CA.

Dungeons & Dragons, Neverwinter, their respective logos, Forgotten Realms, and all character names are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. All rights reserved.

CONTACT:
Christine Yeo
Perfect World Entertainment, Inc.
(650) 590-7732
christine.yeo@perfectworld.com

Related Links:

Neverwinter Official Website

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Savvy Cyber Kids Announces Partnership With U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign

ATLANTA, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Savvy Cyber Kids announced today that it has joined the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign's National Network, forming a partnership that will promote cybersecurity awareness to children nationwide.

The Campaign will help provide Savvy Cyber Kids with tools and resources to help raise awareness about online dangers and the importance of cybersecurity among young children before they become active online citizens. This partnership builds on the two organizations' efforts to highlight curriculum resources available to communities, as well as to promote cyber awareness and educate America's youth about safer online practices.

"Increasing cybersecurity awareness is a crucial component of protecting against the threats we all face online in the 21(st) Century," said Mark Weatherford, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "With the help of Savvy Cyber Kids, the Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign will foster greater awareness about these threats through the promotion of new tools and initiatives that will help Americans across the country understand how they can better protect themselves, their families, and their communities."

"Savvy Cyber Kids is excited to be partnering with the Department of Homeland Security's Stop.Think.Connect. National Network," said Savvy Cyber Kids Founder and President Ben Halpert. "We look forward to working with other National Network organizations to bring cyber security and awareness education to preschool and pre-K aged children."

Savvy Cyber Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that was created to teach kids safety before they go online. Savvy Cyber Kids focuses on ingraining security awareness and ethics into the minds of preschool aged children through its award-winning curriculum.

Stop.Think.Connect. is a national public awareness effort among government, industry, and non-profits designed to guide the nation to a higher level of Internet security by educating and empowering the American public to be more vigilant about practicing safer online habits. The Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) lead the Campaign. The Campaign's National Network is an alliance of non-profit organizations that advocate and promote cybersecurity awareness within their organizations and to their stakeholders.

For additional information on Savvy Cyber Kids please visit http://www.savvycyberkids.org. For additional information on the Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign, please visit http://www.dhs.gov/stopthinkconnect. For additional information about the National Cyber Security Alliance, visit http://www.staysafeonline.org.   

SOURCE  Savvy Cyber Kids, Inc.

Savvy Cyber Kids, Inc.

CONTACT: Ben Halpert, +1-404-955-7233, info@savvycyberkids.org

Web Site: http://www.dhs.gov/stopthinkconnect

LeaseWeb USA Launches High-Value Colocation Offering at Competitive Industry Price-Point

MANASSAS, Va., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- LeaseWeb USA, a leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, has taken on its competitors with a high-value, cost-efficient colocation offering that provides affordable rack space backed by top-quality support. LeaseWeb reinforces the offering with its network of Internet exchanges, peering connections, and Tier 1 transit providers.

Pricing for colocation continues to grow more competitive in the North American market, with providers offering a wide variety of bandwidth and services packages at a variety of price points. Pricing for LeaseWeb USA's colocation offering is extremely competitive, including 4kW private racks and unrivalled service levels starting at USD 699.

"In today's economy, price is an important factor for companies to consider when selecting a colocation provider, but in order to ensure the best possible value, service levels become major game-changers," said William Schrader, CEO of LeaseWeb USA. "That's why we believe we've come up with a truly unrivalled offer in terms of pricing as well as service level. Our team of expert engineers is on hand to offer remote hands and eyes support for scheduled as well as for emergency purposes."

"Our business requires high reliability at an excellent value," said Chris Naegelin, CEO of Spotflux, one of LeaseWeb USA's charter customers. "LeaseWeb has been an excellent partner and their colocation services are ideally suited to our needs."

LeaseWeb USA's colocation offering includes:

    --  First batch rack and stack of servers (Racking and Cabling)
    --  One free year of the platinum Remote Hands Service Level Agreement (SLA)
        This includes:
        --  90 minutes per month of maintenance and provisioning by LeaseWeb's
            team of highly skilled support engineers
        --  Discounted hourly rates for access to LeaseWeb engineers
        --  Guaranteed response times
        --  24x7x365 support
LeaseWeb USA has designed a state-of-the-art data center in the U.S. to provide a complete package of secure and reliable hosting infrastructure, backed by a worldwide network with a core network uptime of 99.999% and a capacity more than 3.0 Tbps.

LeaseWeb USA's competitively priced, high-value colocation service offering was first made available through its U.S. data center on March 1, 2013. Note that colocation housing requires a separate network access contract. For more information, see http://www.leaseweb.com/en/support/all-about/hosting-network. To speak to one of the LeaseWeb's account managers send an email or use the contact form.

About LeaseWeb
LeaseWeb is a leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider serving a worldwide portfolio of 15,000 customers ranging from SMBs to Enterprises. Services include Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Hosting, Colocation, and Dedicated Hosting supported by exceptional customer service and technical support. With more than 50,000 servers under management, LeaseWeb provides infrastructure for mission-critical websites, Internet applications, e-mail servers, security, and storage services since 1997. The company operates six data centers in the U.S. and Europe, all of which are backed by a superior worldwide network with a total capacity of more than 3.0 Tbps. LeaseWeb offers services through its various subsidiaries, namely LeaseWeb B.V. ("LeaseWeb Netherlands"), LeaseWeb USA, Inc. ("LeaseWeb USA"), and LeaseWeb Deutschland GmbH ("LeaseWeb Germany").

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

PR Contact Information:

Gina Giachetti for LeaseWeb USA

510-858-8111

ginag@aboutcomms.com

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LeaseWeb USA

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Crackle Partners with comScore for Ground-Breaking Multi-Platform 'Video Everywhere' Audience Measurement Initiative

comScore Will Produce Unduplicated Audience Size and Demographics for Crackle Across All Screens & Platforms - Online, Mobile/Tablet, Connected TV and Game Consoles

NEW YORK and RESTON, Va., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crackle and comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR) today announced a first-of-its-kind all-platform audience measurement deal for Sony Picture Television's free ad-supported video streaming service, Crackle. This ground-breaking initiative will leverage comScore's audience measurement techniques to produce unduplicated audience size and demographics across the entire Crackle entertainment network, which includes all screens and platforms - online, mobile/tablet, connected TV and game consoles. Data will be available during the second quarter and Crackle will be the first in the industry to use this methodology to provide advertisers with comScore video audience measurement for all of its devices and 20+ apps.

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comScore's proprietary methods leverage census-level media measurement that produces audience samples numbering in the millions, far surpassing traditional TV audience counting methods. In addition, this census-level reporting - which provides enough common touchpoints between each platform to determine cross-platform overlap - serves as the basis for comScore's multi-platform audience de-duplication techniques.

"Before this new capability, there had been no audience measurement of connected TV and game consoles, so publishers and networks could not provide an unduplicated audience number," said Eric Berger, GM of Crackle and executive vice president, digital networks for Sony Pictures Television. "With the help of comScore and their revolutionary approach, we can now provide advertisers with measurement that includes the audience size and demographics across all of Crackle."

"Our development of this multi-platform attribution technique cracked the code for determining a single unified audience number across platforms, and we designed it with the knowledge that it could theoretically scale to accommodate the growing number of media channels today," said Serge Matta, comScore President of Commercial Solutions. "In working with Crackle to measure its total audience, we have tested the limits of multi-platform measurement and proven that scalability can be achieved. This is an important first step in giving media companies the credit they deserve in delivering audiences to advertisers across a variety of touchpoints."

About Crackle

Crackle, Inc. is a multi-platform next-generation video entertainment network that distributes digital content including original series and full-length traditional programming from Sony Pictures' vast library of television series and feature films in addition to the libraries of other studios. Crackle is one of the fastest growing entertainment destinations on the Internet, mobile and over-the-top devices, offering audiences high-quality programming in a variety of genres, including comedy, action, sci-fi, horror and music. Crackle reaches an impressive audience through its diverse online and mobile distribution network. Crackle is available in the US, Canada, UK, AU, Latin America and Brazil. Visit Crackle's site at http://www.crackle.com or find Crackle on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/crackle.

About comScore

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in digital measurement and analytics, delivering insights on web, mobile and TV consumer behavior that enable clients to maximize the value of their digital investments. For more information, please visit http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, but not limited to, expectations regarding the impact and benefits to comScore from its multi-platform audience measurement products, financial or otherwise. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to: the features and characteristics of the products, the rate of development of the digital marketing intelligence, Internet advertising and e-Commerce markets; the growth of the Internet as a medium for commerce, content, advertising and communications; and the acceptance of new products and methodologies by the industry, including existing and prospective clients.

For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to comScore's most recent respective Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Annual Reports on Form 10-K and from time to time other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which are available on the SEC's Web site ( http://www.sec.gov).

Stockholders of comScore are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date such statements are made. comScore does not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or new information after the date of this press release, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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CONTACT: Andrew Lipsman, comScore, Inc., +1-312-775-6510, press@comscore.com; or Paula Askanas, Sony Pictures Television, +1-310-244-3790, paula_askanas@spe.sony.com

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

Salesforce.com Sets the Standard for Social and Mobile CRM - Unveils Next Generation of Salesforce Chatter

Salesforce.com's mobile CRM leadership continues with new innovations to enable customer companies to sell, service and market to their customers on any Android or iOS device

With new Salesforce Chatter, for the first time ever, companies will be able to access, create and act on customer information - all in the Chatter feed, from any mobile device

Customer companies like Design Within Reach, Kelly Services, Virgin America and Vodafone Australia have deployed Chatter as their enterprise social network

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced the next generation of Salesforce Chatter - the leading enterprise social network - setting the standard for social and mobile CRM. Salesforce.com is building upon its mobile CRM leadership with new innovations to transform the way customer companies sell, service and market to their customers. For the first time ever, now companies will be able to access, create and act on customer information within Salesforce - all in the Chatter feed, from any device. And because Chatter is built on the Salesforce Platform, salesforce.com is the only company that can deliver social and mobile innovations that enable companies to connect with their customers, partners and employees in entirely new ways.

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Comments on the News

    --  "Companies are grappling with the new business world where every
        customer has a voice through social and mobile technologies and
        expectations for immediate engagement," said Nasi Jazayeri, EVP and GM
        of Salesforce Chatter, salesforce.com. "The new Salesforce Chatter
        delivers the next generation of social and mobile CRM to customer
        companies, transforming the way they connect with their customers in
        entirely new ways. Now every company employee can put the customer first
        to deliver amazing sales, service or marketing experiences right from
        the feed."
    --  "Vodafone Australia's thousands of retail employees -- spread across
        hundreds of stores throughout the country -- are mobile users. Chatter
        helps them stay connected to one another and provides a bridge to our
        corporate office functions and information," said Murray Elliott, social
        systems manager, Vodafone Australia. "With a few quick words and a tap,
        employees can access up-to-date information, opinions, and expert help
        for optimizing customer sales and service interactions. Chatter has
        helped us create a real sense of community internally and has given us
        the ability to stay in touch and up-to-date like never before."
    --  "We receive customer requests that require rapid turnaround - around the
        clock. Salesforce Chatter takes accessibility to the next level," said
        Dave McDermott, director of Sales Enablement, Kelly Services. "Employees
        around the world can collaborate on activity crucial to our clients
        wherever they are, on any device."
    --  "The industry is moving toward social and mobile sales, service and
        marketing much more quickly than many realize," said Frank Gens, SVP and
        chief analyst, IDC. "Companies that are not putting their competitive
        energy into arming their employees for these areas will be trapped in
        the legacy portion of the market."
Become a Customer Company
The shift to social and mobile cloud computing has empowered companies to connect with their customers in entirely new ways and become customer companies. Customer companies listen to every customer, engage on every channel and deliver great customer service everywhere. They sell as a team, connect products to the network and deliver apps on any device. By connecting everything - customers, employees, partners and products - customer companies revolutionize the way they sell, service, market and innovate. Salesforce.com is the only company delivering a next generation customer platform that gives companies the power to create deeper connections with their customers and unlock greater levels of growth, innovation and success.

New Salesforce Chatter: Sell, Service and Market From Within the Feed, From Any Device
The proliferation of mobile devices has changed employee expectations - they want the apps they interact with at work to be like the apps they use in their personal lives - easy to navigate and use from any device. At the same time, the rapid adoption of social networks means more than a billion people are engaging in entirely new ways, all through the feed. Legacy CRM software was built for an era of desktops and siloed departments, but today's customer companies know they need the power of social and mobile technologies to connect with customers, partners, employees and products.

With the new Chatter, for the first time, from any device users will be able to:

    --  Access all customer information stored inside Salesforce including
        customer accounts, campaigns, cases, leads, opportunities and custom
        apps built on top of the Salesforce Platform. Now, users can get
        real-time updates - such as a quote approval, service inquiry or social
        conversation - to connect with customers in entirely new ways.
    --  Create and edit information and notifications from the new publisher
        that lets users seamlessly scroll through a variety of actions including
        files, photos, polls, tasks, thanks and more. In just a couple of taps,
        users can now create a task, edit a contract or even create a custom
        action.
    --  Act on updates around contacts, accounts, opportunities, campaigns and
        custom records directly from the feed. For example, a sales rep in a
        taxi can see a deal update in the feed and send the necessary files to
        close the deal - making every moment actionable.
Salesforce Chatter: The Enterprise Social Network of Choice for Customer Companies
Chatter is the global standard for enterprise social networks, driving new levels of innovation with more than 195,000 active social networks. Chatter combines social networking features such as profiles, real-time feeds, trending topics, recommendations and influence measurement, with the business information in Salesforce. Leading brands such as Design Within Reach, Kelly Services, Virgin America and Vodafone Australia are realizing success with Chatter today.

    --  Design Within Reach selected Chatter to help employees quickly get
        answers for product-related questions - like dimension details,
        available finishes, or when a backordered item will become available -
        via mobile devices so reps can use it to get answers anytime.
    --  Kelly Services selected Chatter to allow employees to collaborate and
        participate in conversations across functions, geographies, and
        operations, thanks to a private employee social network.
    --  Vodafone Australia selected Chatter to unify conversations with business
        processes across geographies, teams, product lines and retail stores.
        Teams from marketing to technology will take advantage of the mobility
        of Chatter to collaborate from virtually anywhere.
    --  Virgin America selected Chatter to create a wall-to-wall employee social
        network to align, motivate and drive performance across its entire
        workforce.
Chatter is integrated across all of the Salesforce apps and is extended through custom and partner apps built on the Salesforce Platform, enabling employees to be more productive in their everyday work. In fact, according to a recent salesforce.com-sponsored survey of 5,500 Chatter customers, companies have reduced meetings by an average of 25 percent, reduced email by an average of 26 percent and generated an average of 29 percent more ideas through collaboration. In addition, they have increased employee connections by an average of 31 percent and seen an average of 34 percent increase in employee engagement.

Pricing & Availability

    --  Salesforce Chatter is optimized for Android phones and iOS devices. It
        is generally available now and included with all Salesforce editions.
    --  Salesforce Chatter create and edit record capabilities is currently
        scheduled to be available the second half of 2013.
    --  The Salesforce Chatter mobile application is free for all salesforce.com
        customers.
Additional Information

    --  Like Salesforce Chatter on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Chatter
    --  Learn more about Chatter: http://www.salesforce.com/chatter/overview/
    --  Follow @Chatter and @Salesforce on Twitter
About salesforce.com
Founded in 1999, salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing leader. Salesforce.com's social and mobile cloud technologies enable companies to transform into customer companies by connecting with their customers, employees, partners and products in entirely new ways. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multitenant architecture, the company's apps and platform revolutionize the way companies sell, service, market and innovate.

    --  Grow your business with the #1 sales app, Salesforce Sales Cloud
    --  Deliver amazing customer service with the #1 service app, Salesforce
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IO Launches IO Ohio - Latest Data Center as a Service Site Deployed in Less Than 90 Days

SPRINGBORO, Ohio, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IO, the leading provider of Data Center 2.0 technology for the world's largest enterprises, governments and service providers, today announced the launch of IO Ohio, the company's latest Data Center as a Service (DCaaS) deployment, which went live in less than 90 days.

Participating in the IO Ohio Grand Opening celebration last night was LexisNexis, the Dayton-based leader in providing online legal and business information. LexisNexis is an existing IO customer that has acquired additional DCaaS in IO Ohio. According to Terry Williams, Vice President, Managed Technology Services at LexisNexis, "Extending our footprint to IO Ohio enables us to support customers with next-generation Data Center 2.0 technology. IO DCaaS provides the secure, always-on infrastructure that our customers require for their mission-critical legal applications and archives."

Also in attendance was Springboro Mayor John Agenbroad, who commented, "With its strong reputation for meeting the needs of some of the most sophisticated technology users in the world, IO is a welcome addition to the greater Dayton tech community and a great new business partner in the City of Springboro."

The Dayton area is seen as an emerging tech hub for the Midwest. A December 2012 study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute cited the Dayton area as having the nation's third-largest increase in high-technology employment growth among the top metros in the nation from 2010 to 2011.

"We're pleased to be able to offer DCaaS in Ohio," said Rick Crutchley, Senior Vice President of Global DCaaS Sales for IO. "By utilizing IO.Anywhere(®) and IO.OS(®), we were able to bring IO Ohio online in less than 90 days, demonstrating the technology's ability to deliver data center capacity where and when it's needed to meet the growing demands of customers. And, we're proud to continue our relationship with LexisNexis as they adopt a Data Center 2.0 strategy for their IT operation in Ohio."

By leveraging IO.Anywhere and IO.OS, customers at IO Ohio can support cloud computing, high-availability applications, business continuity, data center consolidation and other strategic technology initiatives.

About IO

IO designs, engineers and delivers data center products for the world's largest enterprises, governments and service providers. IO owns and operates data centers for hundreds of customers, and has leveraged this experience to build a next-generation Data Center 2.0 cloud enabling technology platform. IO.Anywhere data center products provide enterprise-class infrastructure that can be delivered as Data Center as a Service and rapidly deployed as a product to customer sites anywhere in the world. IO developed the first data center infrastructure operating system, IO.OS, to provide the intelligent control needed to maximize utilization, resiliency, energy efficiency and global data center performance. IO is a privately held company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information on IO, please visit us on the web at io.com.

IO and the IO logo are trademarks of IO. © 2013.

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CONTACT: Jason Ferrara, Vice President, Marketing, IO, +1-480-513-8549, media@io.com; Albie Jarvis, PR for IO, Porter Novelli, +1-617-897-8236, albie.jarvis@porternovelli.com

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

Technology and Top-Tier Investors to Transform 2013 Michigan Growth Capital Symposium

Nation's Oldest University-based Venture Fair Continues to Evolve after More Than Three Decades

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even with the distinction of being the longest-running university-based venture capital fair in the nation, organizers of the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS) continually refine the format and program in order to attract the best and brightest startups and investors from across country. To that end, event organizers today announced that they have tapped Ann Arbor-based event tech firm CrowdJuice to maximize networking opportunities among attendees and extend the life of MGCS beyond the two-day symposium for the respected roster of investors already registered to attend.

"We're going to see some bigger funds participating, more representation of growth capital companies presenting, plus our usual array of startup and early stage companies," said David J. Brophy, MGCS founder and director and professor of finance at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. "With this in mind, we're crafting a program that, upon inspection, will look very much like what's going on in the market - and leaning in the direction of what we expect to be coming down the road. Providing insight into the latest market trends and access to up-to-date technology to navigate networking opportunities are the touches that make the Symposium a must-attend event each year."

CrowdJuice Helps Attendees Maximize Value

Ann Arbor-based CrowdJuice provides an event app that brings powerful, interactive features to conferences, trade shows, and corporate meetings. It was first introduced at the 2011 Symposium, enabling attendees to connect ahead of the event, engage during it, and maintain contact into the future. Following positive feedback, organizers have opted to not only again offer the CrowdJuice app to registered attendees, but also extend the service.

The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium will offer its own mobile app for the 32(nd) annual event, powered by CrowdJuice. Available exclusively to registered attendees, the app will enable users to network with other attendees, learn about event sponsors and get details on presenting companies. It will also feature trending tweets based on hot topics emerging from the event's program and active dialogue.  The mobile app will be available to registered attendees in mid-April.

Symposium Continues to Attract Top Investors

More than 65 investment firms will be represented at this year's event, including angel, seed and growth stage investors from across the U.S. In addition to partaking in the many networking opportunities, investors will hear presentations from up to 36 "Best of the Midwest" companies across emerging growth sectors such as life sciences and technology, as well as contribute their expertise to a number of panels set to take place during the event.

Investment firms represented at the 2012 event included Landmark Angels/Landmark Capital, Flagship Ventures, GM Ventures, BioStar Ventures, Plymouth Management Company, Hopen Life Science Ventures, Illinois State Treasurer's Office, Fletcher Spaght Ventures, Essex Woodlands, Lighthouse Capital Partners, 5AM Ventures, Michigan Accelerator Fund, Bank of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Angels, Apjohn Ventures, Arboretum Ventures, Open Prairie Ventures, Allos Ventures, RPM Ventures, Triathlon Medical Ventures, TGap Ventures, Huron River Ventures, Chrysalis Ventures, DFJ Mercury, Baird Venture Partners, Early Stage Partners, Venture Investors, ARCH Venture Partners, SV Life Sciences, Beringea, Credit Suisse, Arsenal Venture Partners, Amherst Fund, Rho Ventures, Renaissance Venture Capital Fund, DTE Energy Ventures, Foundry Group, Quaker Partners, Grand Angels, Resonant Venture Partners, Detroit Venture Partners, Ascension Health Ventures, Lumira Capital, Dow Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures, Osage University Partners, Boston Financial & Equity Corp., SWMF Life Science Fund, Converge Medical Technologies, Silicon Valley Bank, Arctaris Income Fund LP, Capital Midwest, River Cities Capital Funds, MK Capital and more, many of whom will again be represented in 2013.

The 32(nd) annual Symposium is being held May 21-22, 2013 at the Marriott Resort in Ypsilanti, Mich. More than 400 entrepreneurs, researchers, investment professionals and business executives are expected to attend to hear presentations and panels from luminary speakers, as well as a showcase of the most promising of early to later stage Midwest, high-growth companies seeking institutional investment within the next 12 months. To learn more or register, visit http://www.MichiganGCS.com and follow conversations about the Symposium by tracking #MGCS on Twitter.

About the Michigan Growth Capital Symposium (MGCS)

MGCS is the original university-based venture fair.  This nationally attended two-day event provides an opportunity for financiers to connect with up-and-coming Midwest businesses and learn about emerging technologies.  The Symposium offers the opportunity to build relationships with an unparalleled business network of distinguished private equity industry leaders, leading university research faculty, and entrepreneurial business professionals.  Entering its 32(nd) year, MGCS continues to draw top investors from coast to coast.  MGCS is presented by the Center for Venture Capital & Private Equity Finance at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan with support from the Michigan Venture Capital Association and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

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CONTACT: Katelyn Holbrook, Version 2.0 Communications, +1-617-426-2222, kholbrook@v2comms.com, or Mary Nickson, Samuel Zell and Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, +1-734-615-4424, mnickson@umich.edu

INFRAWARE Introduces POLARIS® Office Enterprise SDK for Mobile Enterprise Developers

Equipping developers with powerful tools and features to meet the needs of today's mobile enterprise customers

SEOUL, South Korea, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- INFRAWARE, an innovative mobile software and service company that helps people work and play better, announced today the release of POLARIS® Office Enterprise Software Development Kit (SDK), equipping developers with a powerful solution to meet the needs of mobile enterprise customers. POLARIS® Office Enterprise SDK integrates INFRAWARE's global leading mobile office solution, POLARIS® Office, with new corporate security features including data encryption and dependable document security to support enterprise data protection requirements.

"With POLARIS® Office the outstanding editing and viewing document solution for mobile devices rapidly being integrated into the enterprise environment, our next goal has been to deliver enhanced security and management capabilities based on customer feedback," said Mr. Min Cheol Kwak, CEO of INFRAWARE. "POLARIS® Office Enterprise SDK is just that very solution able to provide businesses absolute piece of mind when it comes to corporate security and the mobile workplace trend."

POLARIS® Office Enterprise SDK enables mobile enterprise developers to access advanced features to protect corporate documents safely. It directly downloads documents from corporate cloud storage and opens for viewing and editing through POLARIS® Office. When a document is closed, POLARIS® Office Enterprise SDK uploads the file to corporate cloud storage, without leaving any trace on the user device - thus protecting against confidential data loss and leakage even when a device is lost, stolen or damaged.

INFRAWARE is now in partnership with numerous mobile enterprise developers worldwide to develop a pre-configured version of POLARIS® Office Enterprise to be available in the second quarter of 2013. A preview of POLARIS® Office Enterprise SDK can be accessed at http://www.polarisoffice.com/en/enterprise.asp, http://www.polarismobile.com/eng/and contact ent_support@infraware.co.kr for more information.

POLARIS® Office is an all-in-one solution that provides users with the ability to view, edit and create MS Office files as well as view critical PDF files on smart devices. It is utilized in about 190 countries and is pre-installed in over 50% of Android smartphones made by global manufacturers including Samsung, LG, HTC, ASUS, ZTE, Huawei and Panasonic. It also has ranked at the top of the business category of iTunes since the launch of the iOS version in April 2012 (http://www.polarisoffice.com).

About INFRAWARE

Based in Seoul, South Korea, INFRAWARE (KOSDAQ: 041020) secures technology in the modern convergent environment and develops new products to apply new technologies to bolster today's ubiquitous internet environment. The company is committed to realizing a fully connected world where everyone can access the internet at anytime, anywhere, by continuously researching, developing, and investing in cutting edge digital progress. Additional information about INFRAWARE is available at http://www.infraware.co.kr and http://www.facebook.com/InfrawareGlobal.

Contact:

Jeeyoung Jung
Corporate PR | INFRAWARE
Phone: +822-6190-7568
E-mail: jyjung@infraware.co.kr

Michelle Yeji Kim
Burson-Masteller Korea for INFRAWARE
Phone: +822-3782-6441
E-mail: yeji.kim@bm.com

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IBM Services Provider M7 Managed Services Explores the Future of the 4G Network

LONDON, March 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    M7 Managed Services [http://www.m7ms.co.uk/managed-services.php ] Ltd -
http://www.m7ms.co.uk - an IBM services [http://www.m7ms.co.uk/ibmservices.php ]
provider, has today released expert insight for Communication Service Providers (CSPs)
looking to embrace LTE and monetise the 4G network [http://www.m7ms.co.uk/4G-network.php
]. CSPs are keen to avoid the common mistakes made with 3G, and with each investing an
estimated GBP5 billion in the UK's latest network, they are understandably keen to see a
return on their investment.

    Existing 3G network monitoring is creaking under the strain of huge amounts of data
and ageing technology - if 4G is to be successful, CSPs need to take a far more rigorous
approach. They need to:

       
        - Extract data from 4G network traffic to improve insight into network
          health and to ensure the quality and security of services.
        - Consider the longer term value of this data to provide new advertising and
          marketing opportunities.
        - Exploit data usage to move beyond flat rate data plans into more complex
          tariffs.

    To download the M7 eBook that explore how operators can monetise their LTE/4G
networks, please click here [http://info.m7ms.co.uk/the-future-with-4g ].

    Neil Cornish, Managing Director at M7 Managed Services Ltd, explains, "According to
research analysts Informa, despite an ever growing demand for connected devices and
services, we are not paying the Content Service Providers any more money. Differentiation
has become more and more difficult with price becoming the key factor. The 4G network
offers a chance for differentiation and in this market first mover advantage is essential.
Quality of Service, network availability and corporate specific data mining will become
critical components in service differentiation - services which, as an IBM services
provider, M7 can offer. Many customers are now moving to shorter contracts. They are
expecting service levels and offerings to improve in shorter timescales, so they don't
want to be tied in to a long term agreement. How does the CSP keep these customers from
moving at the end of a shortening contract life?"

    The benefits of the 4G network will be experienced by both consumers and businesses
for the next decade and will, without doubt, contribute to a significant increase in the
number of mobile devices. As an IBM services provider, M7 is able to provide support to
CSPs looking to gain a first mover advantage.

    Cornish continues, "The CSP that can gain swift insight into both network performance
and customer behaviour can achieve rapid market differentiation that will create higher
customer satisfaction and drive essential revenue generation."

    Software developers and the industry as a whole are desperately seeking the killer
Application or Service for 4G. Meanwhile the CSPs are looking for the key to fast-track
adoption, revenue generation and gaining rapid market presence. M7 Managed Services
asserts that flexibility is the key, being able to take on and roll out new applications
and services before competitors. To do this new Opex-based business models will be
required that enable a flexible 'plug and play' network, making use of cloud-based
solutions where appropriate, if the 4G CSPs are to deploy the systems that will allow them
to gain a sustainable competitive advantage.

    About M7 Managed Services

    Headquartered in Cardiff, M7 is an IBM services provider that provides simple
solutions to complex business problems. M7 combines managed services, technical capability
around IBM infrastructure and financing to meet organisations' IT requirements in
innovative and cost-effective ways.

    Partnering with ISVs under the IBM worldwide Industry Program (ISI), M7 delivers both
hosted and customer owned solutions to a global Telecommunications and Media market. M7
Managed Services allows organisations to just get on with their day-to-day business and
let someone else manage the IT.

    M7 will:

       
        - Host applications in the M7 data centres
        - Provide a high speed managed network for customers to access these
          applications, wherever they are
        - Manage Service Levels, Service Desk and Change Management
        - Build in the levels of backup , business continuity and disaster recovery
          required
        - Stage, test and provide proof of concept facilities prior to enterprise roll
          outs
        - Work with ISVs and Systems integrators to optimize their solutions on IBM
          Platforms

    M7 already hosts several ERP and MRP solutions, including Baan, SyteLine and Microsoft
Dynamics on a shared, virtual platform. Cross industry applications such as Microsoft
Exchange, Office, Sun Financials and SharePoint are also hosted along with bespoke
customer applications and specialist vertical applications including a mobile CCTV
application.

    As an IBM services provider, M7 will be one of the first Managed Services companies in
the UK to offer solutions on IBM's new Pure Systems Platform. This next generation, expert
system will also underpin many of the new application environments for our ISV Partners
rolling out future solutions into the global Telecommunications and Media sectors.

       
        Press contact details:

        Samantha Turpin
        itpr
        +44(0)1932-578-800
        info@itpr.co.uk

M7 Managed Services