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Rokform's Innovative Multi Functional iPhone4/4s Case Now Customizable

More details visit: http://www.rokform.com

ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rokform® LLC, manufacturer of premium Made In The USA protective cases, stands, and accessories for the iPhone 4/4S, iPad2, and iPod touch has announced the opening of its new interactive "Custom Shop."

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Since its release at CES 2012 the wildly popular Rokbed v3 protective iPhone 4/4s case has drawn attention with its innovative design and 12 solid color options.

"These days personalization is everything! From our own favorite colors, to team and corporate branding people need an outlet to express themselves and color is it!" explained Jessica Petyo (Social Media Manager).

"We are excited to offer the "Custom Shop" at Rokform.com. This fun interactive online app allows Rokbed v3 customers the option to pick and choose the color of each case component. Their color combinations are instantly seen as they make their selections, users can create nearly 1000 color combinations with the click of the mouse! It really helps gives our customers the ability to create something special." A custom Rokbed v3 case is just $49 and is ready for immediate build and delivery.

The Rokbed(TM) v3 is more than just a case; it's style and protection PLUS an integrated system with a laundry list of attachable accessory components. From magnetic inserts to tripod adapters and everything in between; the Rokbed v3 case makes your iPhone 4/4s more useful than you can possibly imagine!

Launched in January 2011 Rokform® has quickly established itself in the mobile accessory marketplace by manufacturing uniquely designed and engineered products for the iPhone and iPad. Rokform® products include Billet Aluminum and Polycarbonate Cases, Screen Protectors, Lanyards and Stands. Rokform products are available through select resellers and from http://www.rokform.com.

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For more info please visit: http://www.rokform.com/cart/Rokbed-v3-Custom.html

Contact:
Jeff Whitten
Vice President
855-765-3676
jeff@rokform.com
http://www.rokform.com

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JetBrains Streamlines Profiling of Mission-Critical .NET Applications

dotTrace 5.0 Performance profiler simplifies locating bottlenecks in production .NET applications thanks to improved remote profiling and being able todynamicallyattach to running processes

PRAGUE, March 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    JetBrains(R), creators of popular productivity-enhancing tools for software
developers, today announced the availability of a new major release of their .NET
performance profiler, dotTrace Performance.

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    This new release enables users to attach the profiler to running processes
dynamically, in order to profile potential performance issues as they appear in
production. dotTrace 5.0 Performance also improves its remote profiling technology,
helping you discover performance bottlenecks on production servers without having to
deploy an entire profiler infrastructure. This provides more opportunities to profile .NET
applications running in production environments.

    When it comes to analyzing profiling results, dotTrace Performance also covers new
ground. Its code preview tools are boosted with an integrated decompiler also used in two
other JetBrains products, ReSharper and dotPeek. As a result, even if source code is not
immediately available, dotTrace Performance can now decompile the code of any function
featured in a profiling snapshot, to help you understand what may have caused a certain
performance problem.

    "Customers have asked us to support dynamic attaching to and detaching from processes.
It's a demand we couldn't ignore which provides great new potential to discover issues in
production," said Oleg Stepanov, JetBrains .NET Division Lead. "When your app has been
running for hours or days and you need to find out why it's getting bogged down, dotTrace
Performance comes to the rescue. You kick in the profiler when you actually need it, and
not a minute earlier."

    Key features of the new dotTrace 5.0 Performance include:

   
    - Attaching to and detaching from an already running process
    - Streamlined remote profiling
    - Bundled decompiler
    - Support for IIS Express
    - Improvements in UI and performance gain estimation technology

    To learn more about dotTrace 5.0 Performance and try it free for 10 days, please visit
http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler?pr

    dotTrace 5.0 Performance commercial pricing starts at $399; a bundle with dotTrace
Memory and volume discounts are both available. For any sales inquiries and volume pricing
options, please contact sales.us@jetbrains.com (North and South America) or
sales@jetbrains.com (rest of the world).

    About JetBrains

    JetBrains is a technology-leading software development firm specializing in the
creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software. The company is widely known for
its innovative, award-winning Java(TM) integrated development environment, IntelliJ(TM)
IDEA (see details on the web at http://www.jetbrains.com/idea); ReSharper - a
productivity tool for .NET developers (see http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper);
TeamCity - a continuous integration and build management environment (
http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity); and YouTrack - an intelligent issue and bug
tracker (http://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack), among others. JetBrains maintains its
headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, with its R&D labs located in St. Petersburg,
Russia; Munich, Germany; and Boston, Massachusetts. For more information see
http://www.jetbrains.com.

    Note to Editors: JetBrains, IntelliJ, IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper, dotTrace, dotPeek,
TeamCity, and YouTrack are trademarks or registered trademarks of JetBrains, s.r.o. All
other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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Contact: Ann Oreshnikova, Marketing Director, +7-921-930-6703, Ann.Oreshnikova@jetbrains.com

Payfirma Makes Mobile Payments Available on Android

Businesses using Android phones or tablets can now accept credit cards on their mobile devices with Payfirma

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Payfirma, the leader of mobile point of sale apps for businesses in Canada, is proud to announce the release of its Android Mobile Payment App. Already available on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Blackberry, anyone with a Payfirma merchant account can now accept all major credit cards and VISA Debit on their Android mobile and tablet devices, anytime, anywhere.

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The Android app has all the updated features from the recent mobile payment re-vamp released in January of this year. Users will be able to swipe a card, sign on the screen, and send their customers a rich e-receipt complete with a map of the location of the purchase. Android powered businesses will have access to the real-time sales summary that tracks merchants daily, weekly, and month-to-date sales, location tagging, and multiple language support.

"We've been working around the clock to release Android support for our mobile payment application suite," notes Michael Gokturk, founder of Payfirma. "All of our payment software is designed in collaboration with businesses - we build based on what their needs are," Michael explains, "by focusing on speed, security and efficiency, our customers can easily accept payments on their phones or tablets and focus on making their businesses great."

Payfirma is also working on NFC (near-field communication) support for all its mobile payment applications, enabling users to simply wave or tap their NFC enabled credit or debit card to Payfirma's point-of-sale system to accept payments - further adding to Payfirma's mandate of making payment acceptance simple and cost efficient. "PayPass or payWave greatly allows our merchants to quickly and efficiently checkout at the cash register," notes Gokturk, "by enabling our applications to communicate using NFC, lines at the register become a thing of the past."

The payment app is free to download in the Android Market or on Payfirma's website and is compatible with most Android devices.

About Payfirma

We help businesses accept credit and debit cards in their stores, online and on their mobile devices. Our team designs and develops solutions that bring payments to a new personal and customizable level. We offer a full range of traditional point-of-sale solutions, eCommerce capabilities such as hosted checkout and recurring billing, and at the forefront, our mobile payment suite. Payfirma is a simple solution with top-notch service. To learn more about Payfirma, please visit http://www.payfirma.com, follow us on Twitter @Payfirma, or call us at 800-747-6883.

For more information, please contact:

Carmela Samonte
Communications Director
Payfirma Corporation

T         (604) 668-5814
Ecarmela.samonte@payfirma.com
W        http://www.payfirma.com

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Gamesys: Online Bingo Player Triumphs on Jackpotjoy's Monopoly Snap Game

LONDON, March 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Jackpotjoy, one of the UK's most popular online gaming websites, has revealed details
of its latest online bingo winner. A Mr Adam C took home a jackpot of GBP1,590 after
winning big on Monopoly Snap, one of Jackpotjoy's newest games. Congratulations Adam!

    Monopoly Snap is based on the famous property board game, with its own unique
Jackpotjoy online bingo [http://www.jackpotjoy.com ] spin; part card game, part bingo,
it's a whole new way to play the popular SNAP! game, set within the madcap world of
Monopoly.

    Based on poker hands, players buy up to five hands of five cards per game and each
type of hand wins you a multiple of the price, so x2 for a pair, x3 for three of a kind,
x4 for a straight flush, right the way through to a royal flush, which rewards the player
with 250 times the price of their hand!

    Once you've bought your hands, the game starts and the dealer turns over cards one at
a time. If you have a match the letter S will appear. For each match you get the next
letter in the word SNAP appears, rounded off with an exclamation mark. If you match a full
hand of five you will have successfully made the word SNAP! and pocketed the jackpot.

    Lady luck was certainly looking favourably upon Mr Adam C, who had this to say of his
win "I read the community chest box in the top left corner and it said if you get the
first 5 cards called you win 60% of the progressive jackpot and I thought that I would
never get 5 cards in a row so I was extremely surprised when I won GBP1600!."

    To try Monopoly Snap, or to play online slots [http://www.jackpotjoy.com/online-slots
], online roulette games [http://www.jackpotjoy.com/roulette ] or other popular casino
games please visit jackpotjoy.com.

    GAMESYS

    The Gamesys Group was founded in April 2001 by Noel Hayden and a small team of
developers. Since then their flagship site, Jackpotjoy.com, has become the UKs leading
online gaming destination giving away over GBP4,000,000 every day and producing 10 winners
every second.

    For more information on Gamesys, please visit: http://www.gamesyscorporate.com.

    Or follow Jackpotjoy on:

    - Follow events at Jackpotjoy on Twitter.

    - Check Lottery results provided by Jackpotjoy.

    - Check out the latest slot games by Jackpotjoy [http://www.jackpotjoyslots.com ].

Source: Jackpotjoy

Contact: Gamesys, Aga Reszka, +44(0)20-7478-8100, press@gamesys.co.uk

Over 40 Industry Vendors Make Major News at UBM TechWeb's Enterprise Connect

New Products & Services Unveiled at Leading Enterprise Communications & Collaboration Event

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Connect, produced by UBM TechWeb, today previews the product and service announcements to be made at the upcoming Enterprise Connect 2012.  Over forty top industry vendors have selected Enterprise Connect as the choice venue to unveil their cutting-edge offerings in enterprise communications and collaboration. Enterprise Connect 2012 is happening next week, March 26-29, at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center in Orlando, FL.  For more information visit: http://www.enterpriseconnect.com/orlando/.

"We are proud that over 130 companies will be exhibiting, and that more than 40 leading solution providers have selected Enterprise Connect to introduce their latest products and services," said Fred Knight, Enterprise Connect GM and Co-Chair. "Enterprise Connect offers attendees a first-hand look at these new technologies, providing a comprehensive view of the enterprise communications and collaboration landscape. Key enterprise decision-makers are provided the insight they need to leverage and plan for the next evolution in communications and collaboration."

The list of exhibitors utilizing Enterprise Connect as a platform to showcase their news announcements currently includes:

911 Enable introduces the Service Provider Emergency Gateway (SP-EGW), a multi-tenant platform that enables hosted IP-PBX providers to offer automated E911 management from the cloud. The SP-EGW can automatically administer, update and provision IP devices for multiple tenants - and deliver it all as a managed service. Booth 517 to learn more!

Aastra continues its history of innovation, introducing mobile collaboration solutions at Enterprise Connect.  LIVE in Booth #617, the super hero crew from Marvellous Comics, dubbed the "Aastra Revengers," demonstrates how enterprises across the galaxy can extend their communications' reach and improve productivity using Aastra BluStar(TM). For a preview visit http://www.aastrausa.com/vision.

Alcatel-Lucent continues to deliver on its ability to change the conversation for employees and customers through OpenTouch(TM), its multi-party, multi-device, multi-media platform. A new addition, to be announced at Enterprise Connect enriches the user experience, providing the full "multi" conversation experience, including video, on a popular tablet device. Demo booth 625.

Applied Global Technologies (AGT) has released industry-first features for FATHOM HD that advance testing and monitoring support for large scale UC video deployments. FATHOM HD, deployed as the only independent HD video testing and monitoring tool that connects to an enterprise network, provides accurate video quality measurements. 

Avencall will introduce XiVO, an open source phone and unified communications system based on Asterisk for businesses. XiVO communications servers are packaged solutions with a wide range of value added features. XiVO systems are a mix of powerful, scalable and cost effective solutions. Meet us at booth #303.

AVST unveils a new product line, the CX Series at Enterprise Connect. CX-S is ideal for small to mid-sized businesses (SMB's), CX-E was formerly known as CallXpress and CX-C is AVST's newest solution to provide cloud technology, all delivered on the most interoperable platform. Learn more at booth 933.

Biamp Systems will feature Tesira®, the first truly scalable networked media system using AVB. Tesira is an enterprise-wide solution that can be managed from any PC, and can provide pitch-perfect sound in a performance space, audio for a 200-person teleconference center, or a sound system for a three building campus.

Black Box Resale Services will showcase the ability of its new state-of-the art facility to provide high-quality repair and refurbishment services. Stop by for product displays and see if YOU can tell the difference between new and refurbished equipment. Demos from strategic partners Polycom and Plantronics, along with iPad drawing.

ConnectSolutions is announcing two new conferencing and collaboration applications that run on their private cloud UC3 Platform. With the new Managed Private Cloud for Microsoft Lync and Adobe Connect, ConnectSolutions is helping enterprise organizations and government agencies truly unify communications by taking a best of breed approach.

Damaka®, a technology pioneer in Mobile Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC), will announce a video and collaboration version of Xime(TM), a unique software client that extends the Video, Audio, IM, Presence, and Desktop Sharing capabilities of IBM Sametime to smartphones and tablets without the need for additional hardware.

Dimension Data will highlight its newly-announced global Managed Service for Visual Communications (MSVC). Focused on removing the complexity associated with video conferencing management, MSVC helps organizations maximize user adoption and achieve ROI through flexible monitoring, maintenance and support for client video endpoints - including on-premise, off-premise or hybrid solutions.

Echopass, the leader in cloud based contact center solutions announces new mobile customer care solutions including smartphone applications and mobile reporting for contact center supervisors, showing in booth #643.  Echopass will also be announcing a new addition to their EchoPlace Partner Network in the area of mobile application development.

Hold-free Networks debuts the Social Sentiment module for enterprise apps, the first of its Social CRM initiatives planned for 2012. A 30-day free trial is available exclusively to attendees who visit booth #1342 and ask Hold-Free's surprise celebrity guest for the secret registration code.

Integrated Research - Best of Enterprise Connect Finalist - will announce end-to-end visibility of voice quality across Avaya, Cisco and Acme Packet UC ecosystems. Complemented by out-of-the-box visibility into the whole Microsoft Lync UC ecosystem; Prognosis for UC correlates multi-vendor metrics into a real-time information array.

ION Networks introduces the SA600 line of low-cost, scalable console servers for secure, remote access to IT systems. It comes in a 3- or 7-port model and is available in both Dial-Up or Wireless Editions. Ideal for service providers and enterprises needing a low-cost alternative to modems or remote access via cellular.

Jabra (Booth #528), a world leader in innovative, high-quality hands-free communications solutions, will showcase the Company's Mobile Worker product line. The Jabra SUPREME UC, Jabra FREEWAY, and Jabra SPEAK 410 are perfect solutions for productivity on the go, providing flexibility and ease-of-use whether working from home or on the road.

KEMP Technologies will showcase its Microsoft Lync Server 2010-approved LoadMaster hardware and virtual appliance load balancers. KEMP's Load Balancers deliver high availability and scale-out enabling easy traffic distribution among Exchange 2010, Lync, SharePoint & RDS. We offer the #1 Price/Performance Load Balancers for Unified Communications.

Lionbridge Technologies and IBM announce the launch of GeoFluent. GeoFluent provides real-time translation on demand, which is ideal for live chat and support forums or blogs. GeoFluent offers the ability for non-English speaking customers to rapidly engage and interact with your organization.

M5 Networks will introduce M5 Cloud Communicator, a desktop application that extends the company's visionary unified communications offering.  In addition to a "presence" feature that lets users see when their colleagues are on the telephone, the application offers instant messaging across the enterprise, peer-to-peer video chat, file transfer, and screen-sharing.

Matrix ComSec (booth # 1142) - a global leader in IP Telephony announces their SIP 2.0 compliant SETU and Eternity VoIP/PRI/PSTN/GSM gateway products. Both SETU and Eternity are interoperable with all major SIP service providers. Matrix is also introducing COSEC - their award winning access control product line to US market.

Metropolis Technologies will unveil a new version of their acclaimed telemanagement and call reporting tool, OfficeWatch.   Among the enhanced features include a dashboard with top-10 tabs listing the most expensive, frequently dialed, and high cost calls to enable users to get an at-a-glance view of all call activity in their organization.

Partnerpedia will demo its new Enterprise App Store solution that allows corporate IT to control the publishing, distribution and management of mobile and cloud apps across all unified communications endpoints.  Also drop by for a chance to win the new iPad! Visit booth #1300.

Phybridge announces the launch of its PoLRE switch, an enterprise-grade data switch that delivers Ethernet and PoE over a single pair of telephony grade wire with four times the reach of traditional data switches. The PoLRE switch transforms the existing voice infrastructure into an ideal platform for IP Telephony.

Presence Technology introduces Presence Web Apps, a set of front-end applications for Contact Centers.  The flexibility of Web Apps equals zero workstation administration or IT hassle.  This simplifies using home agents, or geographically dispersed agents.  There is no need for complex architecture or expensive solutions.  100% web; no other application conflicts.

ProtonMedia will showcase ProtoSphere 2.0, the immersive, social, learning and collaboration software for the enterprise. This always-on workspace brings together the right people and content to increase the speed and effectiveness of knowledge transfer, learning, and social engagement and provide context to business-critical information. See ProtoSphere 2.0 at Booth #310.

RADVISION will be showing a number of solutions including the first-ever North American public demonstration of the RADVISION SCOPIA XT5000. The XT5000 is RADVISION's brand new, flagship room-based video system. We'll also be showing immersive telepresence, SCOPIA Desktop and SCOPIA Mobile - both on Apple iOS and Android operating systems. http://www.radvision.com

Revolabs (Booth 313) will unveil the FLX VoIP, the first wireless conference phone designed for VoIP networks. For exceptional audio performance and flexibility across the entire enterprise, the FLX VoIP brings the clarity of HD audio and freedom of wireless microphones and speakers to IP telephone networks.

RTX (Booth #436) presents Android Touch - a unique addition to business mobility that will enable vertical markets with dedicated applications. Featuring an 800x480 TFT colour display (3.5") with touch screen and a powerful platform, this is a future proof product that handles your business needs both for DECT and WIFI.

ServicePilot will announce support of Avaya and Acme Packets SBCs in the latest release of their integrated VoIP and unified communications monitoring solution. ServicePilot ISM Enterprise is a cost-effective and easy to use alternative for network and application performance management. It also provides support for Cisco, ALU and Aastra. 

SMART Technologies Inc., a leading provider of collaboration solutions, announces an upcoming solution for Microsoft Lync 2010.Used in conjunction with a SMART Board(®) interactive whiteboard or display and SMART Meeting Pro software, Microsoft Lync will allow users to experience visual collaboration via SMART's intuitive touch and digital-ink technology.

At Enterprise Connect, snom is debuting the snom 370 UC edition desktop phone recently qualified by Microsoft®, attaining 'optimized for Microsoft® Lync(TM)' status, the highest designation of interoperability and integration under Microsoft's Compatible Device Program. See the snom 370 UC edition on display at booth #737.

StarLeaf announces general availability of its enterprise-class solution for video and voice communications-at the desktop and in the meeting room. With breakthrough technology, StarLeaf makes video calling as easy and as simple as a phone call. The complete solution will be showcased at Enterprise Connect, 26-28th March 2012.

TelStrat formally launches Engage Quality(TM), its powerful, comprehensive contact center solution for delivering targeted agent evaluation and training, calibrated for consistency, across a team or the entire organization. Engage Quality incorporates advanced evaluation, calibrated assessment, integrated coaching/e-learning, and fully customizable agent performance reporting with an intuitive Web 2.0 interface.

The Moya Group (Booth #1438) introduces its telecommunications and WAN infrastructure management services designed for multi-site enterprises. These services address a significant gap in traditional managed service offerings and include consolidated help desk, project management, service inventory tracking, procurement, and provider contract management.

Thrupoint announces Fusion(TM), a framework for rapid availability of SIP-based applications. Fusion(TM) Service Broker delivers Session Management 2.0 with flexible interoperability across multivendor environments, dynamic application chaining and rich policy. Fusion(TM) UC for tablets like iPad gives enterprises B2B and B2C video collaboration along with voice, IM and presence capabilities.

Tone Software announces ReliaTel VoIP and UC Service Assurance 4.0, delivering expanded management intelligence that increases operational efficiency and reduces operational costs for Enterprises and MSPs. Optimized alarm management, advanced performance trending dashboards, and integrated route diagnostic capabilities help teams anticipate, diagnose, and resolve service-impacting issues more rapidly and accurately.

Voice4net introduces Contact Center HD, a comprehensive customer interaction ecosystem that enables businesses to engage customers on a deeper, more meaningful basis. CCHD provides simple integration of emerging touch points like social networks while continuing to leverage legacy interaction channels including voice, email, and web.  For more information, visit http://www.voice4net.com.

VOSS will make 3 announcements, including VOSS 8.0, a UC fulfilment platform to better address enterprise mobility and private cloud, VOSS User Deployment Service, to simplify and accelerate migration to on-premise or cloud-based UC, and the ground-breaking VOSS UC Business Analytics Solution, nominated for "Best of Enterprise Connect", which tracks UC utilization and costs.

Voxeo is announcing location-based services in its interactive voice response (IVR) platform for voice, text and mobile web interactions.  Voxeo LBS makes it safer and more convenient for mobile customers to access information and services, such as a retailer's nearest store, obtaining roadside assistance and more without entering a location or downloading an app.

VXi (http://www.vxicorp.com/) will be at the CTD booth (#1302) featuring their new UC-ready "best in class" UC ProSet. Plus, they'll have their latest BlueParrott headsets, the B250-XT+ and Xpress. Designed for noisy environments, they knock out nearly 95% of all background noise. FMI: Gina Hislop, Regional Sales Manager, at hislop@vxicorp.com.

Zeacom (http://www.Zeacom.com) will debut a new cloud offering of its multimedia contact center and business process automation solutions, and will showcase ZCC Version 6.1, which features mobility apps for Android, business intelligence for the contact center and additional flexibility for PBX users wanting to benefit from integration with Microsoft Lync.

Zultys will present the new features of MX Release 7.0 designed to empower businesses to collaborate more effectively. The new features of Zultys Unified Communication solution include Mobile Communicator for Android and the most flexible, customizable UC client on the market. See it all at the CTD booth #1302.

For more information on these companies, participating exhibitors and a complete Enterprise Connect schedule, visit: http://www.enterpriseconnect.com/orlando/.

About Enterprise Connect
Enterprise Connect (formerly VoiceCon) is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications in North America. Enterprise Connect® brings corporate IT decision makers together with the industry's vendors, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise networks and communications. Enterprise Connect® owns and produces No Jitter, (http://www.nojitter.com/), providing daily blogging and analysis of enterprise communications, and it also serves the community with a weekly email newsletter, a Webinar Series and Virtual Events. For more information, visit http://enterpriseconnect.com/.

About UBM TechWeb
UBM TechWeb the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its three core businesses - media solutions, marketing services and paid content - UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands and media applications in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs and IT managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software Developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively engage in UBM TechWeb's communities and information resources monthly. UBM TechWeb brands include: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Cloud Connect, Black Hat and Enterprise Connect; award-winning online resources such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Network Computing; and market-leading magazines InformationWeek, Wall Street & Technology, and Advanced Trading. UBM TechWeb is a part of UBM plc, one of the world's largest media businesses as a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

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JetBrains Streamlines Profiling of Mission-Critical .NET Applications

dotTrace 5.0 Performance profiler simplifies locating bottlenecks in production .NET applications thanks to improved remote profiling and being able to dynamically attach to running processes

PRAGUE, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBrains®, creators of popular productivity-enhancing tools for software developers, today announced the availability of a new major release of their .NET performance profiler, dotTrace Performance.

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This new release enables users to attach the profiler to running processes dynamically, in order to profile potential performance issues as they appear in production. dotTrace 5.0 Performance also improves its remote profiling technology, helping you discover performance bottlenecks on production servers without having to deploy an entire profiler infrastructure. This provides more opportunities to profile .NET applications running in production environments.

When it comes to analyzing profiling results, dotTrace Performance also covers new ground. Its code preview tools are boosted with an integrated decompiler also used in two other JetBrains products, ReSharper and dotPeek. As a result, even if source code is not immediately available, dotTrace Performance can now decompile the code of any function featured in a profiling snapshot, to help you understand what may have caused a certain performance problem.

"Customers have asked us to support dynamic attaching to and detaching from processes. It's a demand we couldn't ignore which provides great new potential to discover issues in production," said Oleg Stepanov, JetBrains .NET Division Lead. "When your app has been running for hours or days and you need to find out why it's getting bogged down, dotTrace Performance comes to the rescue. You kick in the profiler when you actually need it, and not a minute earlier."

Key features of the new dotTrace 5.0 Performance include:

    --  Attaching to and detaching from an already running process
    --  Streamlined remote profiling
    --  Bundled decompiler
    --  Support for IIS Express
    --  Improvements in UI and performance gain estimation technology

To learn more about dotTrace 5.0 Performance and try it free for 10 days, please visit http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler?pr

dotTrace 5.0 Performance commercial pricing starts at $399; a bundle with dotTrace Memory and volume discounts are both available. For any sales inquiries and volume pricing options, please contact sales.us@jetbrains.com (North and South America) or sales@jetbrains.com (rest of the world).

About JetBrains

JetBrains is a technology-leading software development firm specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software. The company is widely known for its innovative, award-winning Java(TM) integrated development environment, IntelliJ(TM) IDEA (see details on the web at http://www.jetbrains.com/idea); ReSharper -- a productivity tool for .NET developers (see http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper); TeamCity -- a continuous integration and build management environment (http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity); and YouTrack -- an intelligent issue and bug tracker (http://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack), among others. JetBrains maintains its headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, with its R&D labs located in St. Petersburg, Russia; Munich, Germany; and Boston, Massachusetts. For more information see http://www.jetbrains.com.

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Online Previews Without the Sneak. ICAP Patent Brokerage Announces for Auction Patents that Allow Controlled Previews of Digital Content

LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property brokerage firm and organizer of ICAP Ocean Tomo Auctions, is offering for auction patents that allow controlled previews of digital content from Amad Tayebi and Ashish K. Mithal. The lot will be included in the 15th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on March 29, 2012, at Terranea Resort near Los Angeles, California.

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Background
Distributing information products such as books, recordings, and multimedia works in digital form via a medium such as the Internet offers unique advantages. But it also poses serious challenges. While encryption and other techniques for protecting digital content (e.g., watermarking) may deter unauthorized copying, they also hinder the marketing and sales efforts of publishers, content providers, sellers, and creators.

Key Characteristics & Benefits
This portfolio discloses techniques that allow customers to preview a digital work or a book prior to making a purchase over a computer network.

    --  The offered preview version of the digital work includes a masking
        effect or a mask, which can be in the form of an overlay, a marketing or
        advertising object, or a discontinuity.
    --  A masked digital product provides a valuable previewing and marketing
        tool for consumer interactions, reviewing product features, market
        testing, and facilitating purchase decisions.
    --  This technique provides a distinct competitive advantage in selling
        books, music, songs, movies, games, and multimedia works.
    --  Further, the masking effect can be in the form of an ad or a commercial
        message.
    --  The extent of masking can be varied in accordance with advertising
        revenue.
    --  Combining advertising with offering of digital content offers increased
        prospects of additional sales for content providers, creators and
        advertisers.

Market Potential
This is a key strategic portfolio for online content providers and distributors, search engines, or social networking companies.

Companies who have cited this patent portfolio include:
Sony Corporation, Siemens, Canon, Intraware Inc.

To learn more about the assets available for sale in this portfolio:
Contact Tim Schnurr of ICAP Patent Brokerage at 212-815-6693 or Tim.Schnurr@us.icap.com

About ICAP Patent Brokerage
ICAP Patent Brokerage is a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property brokerage and patent auction firm.

About ICAP
ICAP is the world's leading interdealer broker and provider of post trade risk and information services. The Group matches buyers and sellers in the wholesale markets in interest rates, credit, commodities, FX, emerging markets and equity derivatives through voice and electronic networks. Through our post trade risk and information services we help our customers manage and mitigate risks in their portfolios. For more information go to http://www.icap.com.

SOURCE  ICAP Patent Brokerage

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

Ipanema Technologies Reinforces North America Operations to Meet Growing Demand for WAN Governance

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, March 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

                   Top-Level Executives to Lead Continued Growth in Region

    Ipanema Technologies [http://www.ipanematech.com ], the industry leader of WAN
Governance solutions for enterprise networks and application-centric services, today
announced the appointment of two executives to head its North America operations, a move
that addresses growing market demand for guaranteed application performance across today's
increasingly complex enterprise networks.

    David White [http://www.ipanematech.com/en/David-White ] was named President of North
American Operations and retains his role as head of worldwide business development.
Manelli Hosseini [http://www.ipanematech.com/en/Manelli-Hosseini ] was appointed Vice
President and General Manager for North America. White and Hosseini bring extensive
high-tech sales management and leadership experience to Ipanema Technologies' growing
North America team, headquartered in the Boston area with regional offices in Texas and
California.

    "Ipanema is taking steps in North America to address the growing need for guaranteed
application performance across today's global enterprise networks - an ever-changing
technology landscape, made even more challenging by the adoption of cloud computing and
increasing complexity within IT operations," said White. "Ipanema's business-driven WAN
Governance [http://www.ipanematech.com/en/wan-governance ] approach reduces network
complexity and enables enterprises to align IT performance with business objectives.
Ipanema protects existing IT investments, enabling customers to manage their networks at
much higher levels of performance with lower costs."

    White and Hosseini are charged with leading Ipanema Technologies' rapid expansion in
North America. In addition to overseeing North American operations, White, who joined
Ipanema in 2010, will continue to be responsible for the management of relationships with
service providers and OEM partners worldwide.

    Hosseini, who will report to White, will be responsible for driving sales growth and
customer engagements in North America. Hosseini brings his experience in selling Ipanema
solutions in EMEA, having joined Ipanema Technologies in 2008 and successfully developing
the company's EMEA operations as Regional Sales Director.

    "We at Ipanema understand that CIOs are under increasing pressure to transform
application delivery while reducing costs and expenditure," said Hosseini. "Ipanema is the
only company today offering an autonomic solution capable of providing global control over
all corporate applications and true WAN Governance, matching expenditure with business
needs."

    About Ipanema Technologies

    The WAN Governance [http://www.ipanematech.com/en/wan-governance ] leader, Ipanema
Technologies works with many of the world's largest telecom providers and enterprises
across business and public sectors, controlling and optimizing over 150,000 sites for
1,000+ customers worldwide. The Ipanema System enables any large enterprise to have full
control and optimization of their global networks; private cloud, public cloud or both. It
unifies performance across hybrid networks. It dynamically adapts to whatever is happening
in the network and guarantees constant control of critical applications. It is the only
system with a central management and reporting platform that scales to the levels required
by Telcos and large enterprises.

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

    WAN Governance (blog [http://www.wan-governance.com ]) | Ipanema Users Group
(LinkedIn) [http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid69548 ] | Follow Ipanema
(Twitter [http://twitter.com/ipanematech ])

   
    Media Contacts:
    Wendie Larkin
    Topaz Partners
    +1-781-404-2411
    wlarkin@topazpartners.com

Source: Ipanema Technologies

Forbes Leads the First Wave of Publishers to Adopt comScore Validated Campaign Essentials(TM) (vCE)

Forbes vBIG Program Leverages vCE to Validate In-View Ad Delivery and Offer Advertisers 'Guaranteed Impressions'

NEW YORK and RESTON, Va., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Forbes Media and comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today announced an agreement to implement viewable impression measurement across all display ad campaigns appearing on Forbes.com as part of its validated Brand Increase Guarantee (vBIG) program. This innovative offering from Forbes leverages comScore validated Campaign Essentials(TM) (vCE) to validate that ad impressions delivered as part of an advertiser's vBIG program are in-view, providing the assurance that advertisers will only be charged for ads that have had an opportunity to deliver the desired advertising effect. This program is consistent with the principles addressed as part of Making Measurement Make Sense (3MS), an industry-wide initiative led by the ANA, IAB and 4A's, which called for a set of standards across the industry and the need for a true measure of 'viewable impressions'.

"Forbes is thrilled to be the first-to-market premium publisher using comScore vCE to guarantee viewable impressions to our advertisers as part of our vBIG program," said Bruce Rogers, Chief Insights Officer, Forbes Media. "We see this as a game-changer for Forbes and a significant first step for the industry toward improved accountability for - and ultimately monetization of - digital ad inventory. For too long online ad pricing has involved significant guesswork, because while we knew that not all ads were delivered in-view, we weren't always sure which ones. The comScore vCE technology provides much-needed transparency to accurately reflect the ads that are actually being seen. This knowledge is essential in proving that our highly engaging content delivers a higher percentage of validated impressions and that they are delivering outstanding performance for our advertiser clients."

"Premium publishers that offer highly engaging content often do not get the credit they deserve for below-the-fold placements on their web page, which may actually deliver results that are every bit as strong as the above-the-fold placements," said Erin Hunter, Executive Vice President, comScore.  "comScore vCE is helping premium publishers like Forbes clearly illustrate the value of their inventory and prove to advertisers why placements throughout their site have the ability to deliver the desired effect on audiences. The result is greater transparency and accountability on both sides of the media equation, representing a win-win scenario for both advertisers and publishers."

comScore vCE enables Forbes vBIG program to deliver enhanced value to advertisers by validating that an ad had the opportunity to be seen, a clear requirement for delivering desired performance. The vBIG program utilizes comScore AdEffx(TM) Brand Survey Lift to ensure campaigns appearing on Forbes sites are moving the needle in terms of traditional branding metrics. Importantly, by basing these ad effectiveness studies on validated impressions, advertisers can better evaluate their campaigns' impact, because impressions generating a positive result are not dragged down by non-validated impressions, which by definition cannot deliver an impact.

About Forbes validated Brand Increase Guarantee (vBIG)

Using comScore vCE, Forbes will (1) guarantee that 100 percent of all paid ad impressions are viewable and (2) guarantee lift in brand metrics by conducting an ad effectiveness survey. If the advertiser does not see a statistically significant lift at the 90%+ confidence level for one of four brand metrics -- Awareness, Message Association, Brand Favorability or Purchase Intent -- Forbes will return the advertiser's money. To qualify, advertisers must run a minimum of $250,000 on Forbes.com over a 90-day period. 

About comScore validated Campaign Essentials (vCE)

vCE is a holistic solution for complete campaign delivery validation and in-flight optimization. Unlike existing single-point solutions, vCE provides an unduplicated accounting of impressions delivered across a variety of dimensions, such as ads delivered in-view, to the right audience, in the right geography, in a brand safe environment and absent of fraudulent delivery. vCE reports on reach and frequency, comprehensive demographics and behavioral segments. This measurement eliminates all impressions that never had a chance to make an impact, providing a more realistic and accurate picture of campaign delivery.

About Forbes Media

Forbes Media encompasses Forbes and Forbes.com (http://www.forbes.com), the leading business site on the Web that reaches on average 27 million people monthly. The company publishes Forbes and Forbes Asia, which together reach a worldwide audience of more than 6 million readers. It also publishes ForbesLife magazine, in addition to licensee editions in Africa,Argentina,Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Middle East, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

Other Forbes Media Web sites are ForbesWoman.com; RealClearPolitics.com; RealClearMarkets.com; RealClearSports.com and RealClearWorld.com. Together with Forbes.com, these sites reach on average 33 million business decision makers each month.

Steve Forbes serves as Chairman and Editor in Chief. Mike Perlis is President and Chief Executive Officer. Lewis D'Vorkin is Chief Product Officer. Meredith Kopit Levien is Chief Revenue Officer.

About comScore

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics. For more information, please visit http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo.

SOURCE  comScore, Inc.; Forbes Media

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CONTACT: Andrew Lipsman of comScore, Inc., +1-312-775-6510, press@comscore.com

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

BeNaughty.com Becomes a Top Free Lifestyle App in the US

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Now with well over 2 million downloads, BeNaughty.com's free lifestyle App has hit the
first spot in the US, Canada, UK and Australia and is the only dating App in the top 100,
ahead of popular horoscope, games and shopping Apps.

    BeNaughty.com is an online dating community with members in dozens of countries around
the world who can easily meet and flirt with other like-minded members in their area. Plus
you can search for people based on your location.

    The BeNaughty App takes the whole BeNaughty experience and makes it mobile. It offers:

   
    - A free dating profile as soon as the app is downloaded
    - Location based search - to aid real meetings
    - Thousands of hot searchable photos and profiles
    - Unlimited winking!
    - Alerts and notifications
    - Unrestrained messages

    "The App allows members to enjoy the rich dating fun and functions of our full
website, but with all the added convenience and mobility every top class App should
provide.

    "Passing the 2,000,000 downloads mark and dominating prime markets in such a short
space of time is a testament to its quality and the hard work of the Cupid Plc team," says
Bill Dobbie, Director of Cupid.com

    Last updated on March 6th to version 2.7.4, BeNaughty App has a substantial 8 thousand
+1s and several thousand 5 star ratings.

    Notes to Editors:

    About Cupid plc

   
    - Cupid plc listed on AIM in June 2010 and is a leading provider of online
      dating services
    - Cupid has built a base of over 54 million members in 58 countries.
    - Cupid offers a wide variety of online dating services allowing members to
      interact with each other and access the content available on the Group's websites.
      These websites are intended to appeal to dating users of diverse ages, cultures and
      social interest groups. The Group's most heavily visited websites include
      http://www.cupid.com, http://www.flirt.com, http://www.benaughty.com,
      http://www.girlsdateforfree.com and http://www.datetheuk.com. The Group also
      promotes the niche brands http://www.datingforparents.com,
      http://www.indiandating.com and http://www.maturedating.co.uk.
    - The majority of services are also available via Apple and Android App Stores
      for mobile users as well as through their own Facebook apps - eg.
      http://apps.facebook.com/cupidcom and http://apps.facebook.com/benaughtynow.
    - Further information on the Company can be found at
      http://www.cupidplc.com.

    For more information please contact Erica Sutton-Teague or Shelley Sofier at the Cupid
plc press office at CupidDating@RedleafPolhill.com +44(0)20-7566-6730

Source: Cupid Plc

iomart Group plc Manager Chosen as Torchbearer for London 2012 Relay

GLASGOW, Scotland, March 19, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

         Customer services manager gets Olympic honour for voluntary work with Scouts

    - With Photo

    A manager for UK cloud computing leader iomart Group plc [http://www.iomart.com ], has
been chosen to be an Olympic torchbearer for the London 2012 Relay as it passes through
Scotland this summer.

    Colin McGregor, who's 30 and lives in Perth, was nominated because of his voluntary
work as a leader with the Scouts Association in Scotland. He will be one of the
torchbearers as the London 2012 Relay
[http://www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/torchbearers/search.php ] passes
through Newburgh in north Fife on June 12.

    Colin said: "I'm incredibly honoured to have been chosen to carry the Olympic flame.
It'll be a fantastic moment to be part of the Olympics in Scotland, I'll be carrying the
torch on behalf of the whole of the Scout movement. I can't thank my colleagues at iomart
enough for nominating me."

    Colin is a customer service manager for iomart Group plc. He has worked for the web
hosting company since 2003.

    Angus MacSween, CEO of iomart Group plc, said: "Colin is a great ambassador for the
iomart Group. He works tirelessly for the Scouts, giving up his own time to encourage
young Scouts in Scotland to gain vital life skills, learn about adventure and above all
have fun. We are delighted that his hard work and continuing enthusiasm has been
recognised by London 2012."

    As National Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Relay, Lloyds TSB gave an iomart
Group plc employee the opportunity to be part of the Relay. The 200 staff who work
foriomart were invited to either nominate themselves or a work colleague to be an Olympic
Torchbearer, demonstrating how they or the colleague had made a valuable contribution to
their community or had inspired others to make a positive impact of their own.

    iomart Group itself is promoting sport in this Olympic year. iomart 's main business
hosting brand iomart Hosting is running a community campaign called Host Your Kit
[http://www.hostyourkit.com ] to give away free football kits to youth teams across
Scotland, England and Wales.

    Notes for editors:

    About iomart Group plc:

    iomart Group plc (AIM:IOM) is one of the UK's leading providers of managed hosting and
cloud computing services. From a single server through to private cloud networks, iomart
specialises in the delivery and management of mission-critical hosting services, enabling
customers to reduce the costs, complexity and risks associated with maintaining their own
web and online applications.

    By physically owning and managing its own global network infrastructure, iomart offers
world-beating levels of service to its customers. The Group offers a unique 100% uptime
guarantee with all hosting services being engineered to ensure no single point of failure.

    iomart Group operates in its chosen markets through a number of subsidiaries: iomart
Hosting, RapidSwitch, Easyspace, EQSN and Westcoastcloud. The group has been listed on the
London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM) since April 2000. For more
information about iomart Group plc visit http://www.iomart.com

    A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire. It can be
downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net or viewed at
http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

    News release issued by Jane Robertson, Head of PR for iomart Group plc. For more
information please email jane.robertson@iomart.com or call +44(0)141-931-6474 (dir),
+44(0)141-931-6400 or +44(0)7827948993 (mob).

Source: iomart Group plc

Whirlpool Corporation and Suning Announce Strategic Alliance in China

Whirlpool Corporation Strengthens Distribution in China

Whirlpool Brand® Appliances Gets Preferential Status with No. 1 Appliance Retailer in China

Whirlpool Corporation Advances Emerging Market Growth Strategy

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR), the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, announced today a strategic alliance in China with Suning Appliance Co., Ltd., for the sales of home appliances in China.

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As part of this strategic alliance, Whirlpool Corporation will have preferential access to Suning's national distribution network of 1,700 retail outlets throughout China and preferential access to fast growing market segments in China's smaller, but faster growing cities. Suning will benefit from exclusive access to the Whirlpool® brand within the National Electronic Super Store retail in China and receive preferential access to the Whirlpool® brand product innovations. Both companies will share supply chain resources and efficiencies to optimize costs.

"This strategic alliance signifies our strong commitment to the China market, and our belief that people everywhere should have access to high-quality, consumer-relevant innovative appliances," said Michael Todman, President, Whirlpool International. "Suning's distribution network, as well as its excellent reputation as a leading electrical appliance retailer in China, makes it the ideal choice of partnership, which is a key enabler to our China growth strategy to become the leading international appliance brand and grow our domestic sales to $1 billion over the next several years."

"In recent years, strategic partnerships with manufacturers have played a critical role in enhancing our marketing efforts," said Zhang Jindong, Chairman of Suning Appliance Co., Ltd.  "We are very pleased to form this strategic alliance with Whirlpool Corporation, since it is a natural expansion of our long and positive relationship and it will further expand Suning's in-store capability, and ability to provide great customer shopping experiences across its sales floors."

About Whirlpool Corporation
Whirlpool Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, with annual sales of approximately $19 billion in 2011, 68,000 employees, and 66 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world.  The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Brastemp, Consul, Bauknecht and other major brand names to consumers in nearly every country around the world.  Additional information about the company can be found at http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com.

About Suning Appliance Co. Ltd.
Suning Appliance Co. Ltd is China's largest 3C electrical appliance (consumer appliance, computer and communication products) retailer with more than 1700 chain stores covering almost 300 cities all over the People's Republic of China. Headquartered in Nanjing, Jiangsu, the company has 180,000 employees and annual sales volume of more than RMB 100 billion. Founded in 1990, the company ranks among the Top 3 China domestic home appliance chain store companies, and No.51 among the Top 500 Chinese companies, and is the No.1 Chinese retail company among Forbes Global Top 2000 Enterprises.

Whirlpool Additional Information
This document contains forward-looking statements about Whirlpool Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries ("Whirlpool") that speak only as of this date. Whirlpool disclaims any obligation to update these statements. Forward-looking statements in this document may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expected earnings per share, cash flow, productivity and material and oil-related prices. Many risks, contingencies and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from Whirlpool's forward-looking statements. Among these factors are: (1) intense competition in the home appliance industry reflecting the impact of both new and established global competitors, including Asian and European manufacturers; (2) Whirlpool's ability to continue its relationship with significant trade customers and the ability of these trade customers to maintain or increase market share; (3) changes in economic conditions which affect demand for our products, including the strength of the building industry and the level of interest rates; (4) inventory and other asset risk; (5) global, political and/or economic uncertainty and disruptions, especially in Whirlpool's significant geographic regions, including uncertainty and disruptions arising from natural disasters or terrorist attacks;  (6) The impact of the European debt crisis;  (7) the ability of Whirlpool to achieve its business plans, productivity improvements, cost control, price increases, leveraging of its global operating platform, and acceleration of the rate of innovation;  (8) fluctuations in the cost of key materials (including steel, oil, plastic, resins, copper and aluminum) and components and the ability of Whirlpool to offset cost increases;  (9) litigation and legal compliance risk and costs, especially costs which may be materially different from the amount we expect to incur or have accrued for; (10)  product liability and product recall costs;  (11) the effects and costs of governmental investigations or related actions by third parties; (12) Whirlpool's ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights; (13)  the ability of suppliers of critical parts, components and manufacturing equipment to deliver sufficient quantities to Whirlpool in a timely and cost-effective manner;  (14) health care cost trends, regulatory changes and variations between results and estimates that could increase future funding obligations for pension and post retirement benefit plans;  (15) information technology system failures and data security breaches; (16) the impact of labor relations; (17) our ability to attract, develop and retain executives and other qualified employees; (18) changes in the legal and regulatory environment including environmental and health and safety regulations; and (19) the ability of Whirlpool to manage foreign currency fluctuations.  Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in Whirlpool Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K.

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CONTACT: Whirlpool Corporation, Media, +1-269-923-7405, Media@Whirlpool.com; or Financial, Angela Hersil, +1-269-923-2641, Investor_Relations@Whirlpool.com

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

NI Introduces 3U PXI Express Embedded Controller Featuring 2nd Generation Intel® Core i5(TM) Processor

New Controller Offers 50 Percent Improved Processing Power and New Peripherals

AUSTIN, Texas, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- National Instruments (Nasdaq: NATI) today announced the NI PXIe-8115 high-performance embedded controller featuring the latest dual-core 2nd Generation Intel® Core(TM) i5 processor, which helps reduce test times and is ideal for multicore applications. The NI PXIe-8115 controller features a rich set of peripheral I/O ports with six industry-leading USB 2.0 ports. These onboard peripheral ports minimize the need for external peripheral adapters and help engineers build cost-effective hybrid systems. To improve the serviceability and minimize downtime, the NI PXIe-8115 embedded controller features In-ROM and hard drive diagnostics to determine the controller's health. By combining the controller with NI LabVIEW system design software, engineers can gain efficiency in a variety of test, measurement and control applications.

The Intel Core i5-2510E processor gives the NI PXIe-8115 controller a 2.5 GHz base clock frequency and uses Intel Turbo Boost Technology to automatically increase the clock frequency based on the application type. For example, when running applications that generate only a single processing thread, the CPU places the one unused core into an idle state and increases the active core's clock frequency from 2.5 GHz to 3.1 GHz. This feature removes the need for software applications to be multithreaded to use the latest CPU developments. The flexibility to operate in a dual-core or a high-performance single-core mode makes the controller ideal for a variety of applications, including high-performance automated test and industrial control.

In addition to high CPU performance, the NI PXIe-8115 controller features six USB 2.0 ports, two display ports to connect to multiple monitors, dual-Gigabit Ethernet, GPIB, serial and parallel ports. This extensive peripheral I/O no longer requires the purchase of individual PXI modules. Engineers can optimize use of the slots in a PXI chassis because the slots are available for measurement modules rather than standard I/O. For memory-intensive applications, the controller comes standard with 2 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory with up to 8 GB of maximum memory and support for the Windows 7 64-bit operating system. The NI PXIe-8115 controller combined with the NI PXIe-1082 chassis is ideal for intensive analysis, signal and image processing and high-speed data acquisition.

To improve the reliability of PXI systems, the NI PXIe-8115 controller features In-ROM and hard drive diagnostics for serviceability of the PXI embedded controller. With this new feature, engineers no longer have to use third-party tools to determine the health of the memory and hard drive. By combining the analysis of the diagnostics with spare hard drive and memory options from National Instruments, the improved serviceability of the NI PXIe-8115 reduces downtime and ensures minimal impact to the application.

Readers can learn more about the new PXI controller by visiting http://www.ni.com/pxi.

Click to Tweet: NI 3U PXI Express #Embedded Controller offers 50% improved processing power & features @intel i5 processor http://bit.ly/FVW6KE @NIglobal

About National Instruments

Since 1976, National Instruments (http://www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI's graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company's long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.

Pricing and Contact Information

    NI PXIe-8115                             11500 N Mopac Expwy, Austin,
                                             Texas 78759-3504
    Priced* from $4,499; euro 4,149;         Tel: (800) 258-7022, Fax: (512)
     502,000 yen                             683-9300
    Web: http://www.ni.com/pxi                     Email: info@ni.com
*All prices subject to change

LabVIEW, National Instruments, NI and ni.com are trademarks of National Instruments. Other product and company names listed are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.

Intel, Intel Core and Intel Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Editor Contact: Sarah Beck, (512) 683-5126
Reader Contact: Ernest Martinez, (800) 258-7022

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JetBrains Streamlines Profiling of Mission-Critical .NET Applications

dotTrace 5.0 Performance profiler simplifies locating bottlenecks in production .NET applications thanks to improved remote profiling and being able todynamicallyattach to running processes

PRAGUE, March 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    JetBrains(R), creators of popular productivity-enhancing tools for software
developers, today announced the availability of a new major release of their .NET
performance profiler, dotTrace Performance.

    (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070118/JBLOGO )

    This new release enables users to attach the profiler to running processes
dynamically, in order to profile potential performance issues as they appear in
production. dotTrace 5.0 Performance also improves its remote profiling technology,
helping you discover performance bottlenecks on production servers without having to
deploy an entire profiler infrastructure. This provides more opportunities to profile .NET
applications running in production environments.

    When it comes to analyzing profiling results, dotTrace Performance also covers new
ground. Its code preview tools are boosted with an integrated decompiler also used in two
other JetBrains products, ReSharper and dotPeek. As a result, even if source code is not
immediately available, dotTrace Performance can now decompile the code of any function
featured in a profiling snapshot, to help you understand what may have caused a certain
performance problem.

    "Customers have asked us to support dynamic attaching to and detaching from processes.
It's a demand we couldn't ignore which provides great new potential to discover issues in
production," said Oleg Stepanov, JetBrains .NET Division Lead. "When your app has been
running for hours or days and you need to find out why it's getting bogged down, dotTrace
Performance comes to the rescue. You kick in the profiler when you actually need it, and
not a minute earlier."

    Key features of the new dotTrace 5.0 Performance include:

   
    - Attaching to and detaching from an already running process
    - Streamlined remote profiling
    - Bundled decompiler
    - Support for IIS Express
    - Improvements in UI and performance gain estimation technology

    To learn more about dotTrace 5.0 Performance and try it free for 10 days, please visit
http://www.jetbrains.com/profiler?pr

    dotTrace 5.0 Performance commercial pricing starts at $399; a bundle with dotTrace
Memory and volume discounts are both available. For any sales inquiries and volume pricing
options, please contact sales.us@jetbrains.com (North and South America) or
sales@jetbrains.com (rest of the world).

    About JetBrains

    JetBrains is a technology-leading software development firm specializing in the
creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing software. The company is widely known for
its innovative, award-winning Java(TM) integrated development environment, IntelliJ(TM)
IDEA (see details on the web at http://www.jetbrains.com/idea); ReSharper - a
productivity tool for .NET developers (see http://www.jetbrains.com/resharper);
TeamCity - a continuous integration and build management environment (
http://www.jetbrains.com/teamcity); and YouTrack - an intelligent issue and bug
tracker (http://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack), among others. JetBrains maintains its
headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, with its R&D labs located in St. Petersburg,
Russia; Munich, Germany; and Boston, Massachusetts. For more information see
http://www.jetbrains.com.

    Note to Editors: JetBrains, IntelliJ, IntelliJ IDEA, ReSharper, dotTrace, dotPeek,
TeamCity, and YouTrack are trademarks or registered trademarks of JetBrains, s.r.o. All
other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

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Source: JetBrains

Contact: Ann Oreshnikova, Marketing Director, +7-921-930-6703, Ann.Oreshnikova@jetbrains.com

RPM Launches Investor Relations App

MEDINA, Ohio, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) announced today that it has launched a free application for iPhone and iPad devices that allows investors to keep up to date on the latest news and investment information from RPM.

This full-featured investor relations application provides access to the company's stock information, news updates, annual and quarterly reports, management bios and more.  It can be downloaded from the Mac App Store to iPhone and iPad devices at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rpm-investor-relations/id505573609.

"Given the proliferation of smart phones and tablet computers, launching this app for investors makes great sense," stated Frank C. Sullivan, RPM chairman and chief executive officer.  "In addition to our website, emails, news releases and quarterly reports, the app is another means to maintain an open channel of communication with the investment community."

About RPM

RPM International Inc., a holding company, owns subsidiaries that are world leaders in specialty coatings, sealants, building materials and related services serving both industrial and consumer markets.  RPM's industrial products include roofing systems, sealants, corrosion control coatings, flooring coatings and specialty chemicals.  Industrial brands include Stonhard, Tremco, illbruck, Carboline, Flowcrete, Universal Sealants, Fibergrate and Euco.  RPM's consumer products are used by professionals and do-it-yourselfers for home maintenance and improvement and by hobbyists.  Consumer brands include Zinsser, Rust-Oleum, DAP, Varathane and Testors.  For more information, visit http://www.RPMinc.com and follow RPM on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/RPMintl.

Media Contact:
Kathie  Rogers
330-273-8813

SOURCE  RPM International Inc.

RPM International Inc.

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

Online Store Selling Protein, Energy and Snack Bars Opens

WOODINVILLE, Wash., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Washington-based Internet Company, Net Rute LLC, today announced the launch of its new online store catering to health and fitness enthusiasts: http://www.RockwellOffers.com.

"If you are looking for the best foods to compliment fitness, stop by RockwellOffers.com. We have a variety of protein, energy and snack bars perfect for hiking or everyday life! And, best of all you can shop from the convenience of your own home through our e-commerce solutions," said Founder and President of Net Rute LLC, Annette Rockwell.

RockwellOffers.com is an affiliate marketing Web site of numerous brand name protein, energy and snack bars. In addition to referring customers to great online deals and products, the Web site also serves as a resource for consumers seeking additional information on products. The site contains reviews on brand names such as Quest Bars, Pure Protein Bars, Clif bars, and KIND Healthy Snacks.

Rockwell added, "We also have children's products for a healthy recreation break, lunch treat or after school snack. These bars will never go to waste, because they are all very good for your body, even when consumed in everyday life. There are no more excuses to skip breakfast or miss a meal when you have a protein bar on hand."

Customer service and order processing is managed by the affiliate retailers, and Net Rute LLC looks forward to expanding its product line at RockwellOffers.com in the near future. For product recommendations or questions, visitors of RockwellOffers.com can interact via the blog located within the Web site.

For more information on Net Rute LLC and its new Web site, visit http://www.RockwellOffers.com.

SOURCE  Net Rute LLC

Net Rute LLC

CONTACT: Michelle Boyd, +1-813-247-3278

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

EDGE Design Ships Aktiv(TM) and Alfa(TM) Line of Premium Accessories for Smartphones and Tablets

Danish Founders Upgrade Collection of High-Strength Aluminum Cases for iPhone and iPad.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- San Francisco startup EDGE Design(TM) has shipped a second set of both the Aktiv(TM) and Alfa(TM) collections from its line of premium accessories for smartphones and tablet computers. The cases are inspired by Pininfarina, the Italian car design company, and its Modulo concept car from the 1970s.

The Aktiv(TM) Collection is all about adrenaline and performance, and is made from aerospace-grade aluminum. These cases are rugged though very lightweight with a strong polymer band that prevents the metal chassis from touching the device, and degrading the signal.

The Alfa(TM) Collection is crafted from high-strength aluminum with a unique chassis design that provides a measurable degree of shock-absorbing protection. Now available in eight fashionable colors, the Alfa cases are unlike any other on the market and will be the first EDGE Design(TM) iPad case later this month.

"We invest a lot of time and money in our smartphones, and our newest updates to the Aktiv(TM) and Alfa(TM) collections reflect EDGE Design's commitment to providing consumers with high-luxury, virtually indestructible cases," said Jesper A. Wind, Co-Founder and CEO of EDGE Design(TM). "Our Scandinavian design roots blended with our American-made cases meld form and function in fresh and original ways."

The company's Alfa(TM) and Aktiv(TM) cases for iPhone 4S & 4 are made of high-strength, aerospace-grade aluminum. EDGE Design's case boasts a unique patented chassis design with a polymer band that suspends the phone or tablet inside the case, preventing the metal from shortcutting the antennas and providing shock absorption if the device is dropped.

A unique serial number is engraved in each EDGE Design(TM) case to guarantee authenticity and streamline the process of product registration, which extends the owner's warranty from 12 to 24 months.

The new editions of Alfa and Aktiv cases sell for $99 (US) and are available at http://www.EDGE-design.com. Retail sales of cases for iPad are expected to begin shipping in May 2012.

About EDGE Design

Co-founded by Danish-born design aficionados, EDGE Design is a San Francisco-based company producing premium, American-made accessories for smartphones and tablet computers. EDGE products were sparked by a series of distinctly designed products that are crafted from high quality materials inspired by Italian and Scandinavian design. Its Alfa(TM) and Aktiv(TM) cases are currently available for iPhone 4S & 4, and will soon be available for iPad and Android smartphones and tablets.

For more information, visit http://www.EDGE-design.com or email info@EDGE-design.com.

Media Contact:  Teena Touch | Teena Touch PR, LLC | 415.310.3125 | teena@teenatouchpr.com

SOURCE  EDGE Design

EDGE Design

Web Site: http://www.EDGE-design.com

Residents of Minot and Rock Lake, N.D. to Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network Enhancements

MINOT, N.D., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To continue to stay ahead of rising demand for wireless voice,  multimedia and Internet access, Verizon Wireless has expanded its local network in Minot and Rock Lake, N.D. by activating new cell sites.

The Minot cell site, located near the intersection of the U.S. Highway 83 bypass and County Road 15 West, improves coverage in the Minot area as follows:

    --  North two miles on the U.S. Highway 83 bypass;
    --  South 1.5 miles on the U.S. Highway 83 bypass;
    --  East one mile to 4th Avenue NW;
    --  and West one mile on County Road 15W
The Rock Lake cell site, located near the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and State Highway 5, improves coverage in the Rock Lake area as follows:

    --  North nine miles on State Highway 5 and State Highway 4;
    --  South five miles on U.S. Highway 281;
    --  East six miles on State Highway 5;
    --  and West 9 miles on U.S. Highway 281 and State Highway 5
The new cell sites provide increased wireless voice and data service in the Minot and Rock Lake areas, which empowers more Verizon Wireless customers to rely on their wireless phones for social networking, Internet browsing, downloading apps, exchanging email and text, picture and video messaging, as well as making calls.

"North Dakotans are increasingly relying on smartphones and applications to manage their busy lives and stay connected at home or on-the-go," said Seamus Hyland,

president-Great Plains Region, Verizon Wireless. "These new cell sites are part of our continual investment in our network so our customers can use their devices when, where and how they need them."

The new cell sites are part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, increase capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in North Dakota. Nationally, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $65 billion since it was formed--$6 billion on average every year--to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network and to add new services. Since 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $206 million on improvements to its wireless network in North Dakota.

For Verizon Wireless Updates on Twitter
Stay in the know about Verizon Wireless news in North Dakota by following @VZWKaren on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vzwkaren.  For the latest network-related news, information and upgrades, follow @VZWNews on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VZWNews.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves nearly 108 million total wireless connections, including 92.2 million retail customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 82,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD). For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE  Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Karen Smith of Verizon Wireless, +1-763-595-2511, Karen.Smith@Verizonwireless.com, http://twitter.com/VZWKaren; or Maureen Cahill, +1-952-447-8933, mcahill@mcfarlandcahill.com, for Verizon Wireless

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

ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment Unveils New Website

Site showcases company's industry leadership and new brand positioning- Insight to Impact(TM)

PHILADELPHIA, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment, the award-winning concessions, premium catering, facilities services and retail partner at more than 150 premier sports facilities, convention centers and entertainment venues across the United States and Canada, today announced the launch of its new website.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110907/PH63208LOGO )

Designed with a distinct look that reflects ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment's industry leadership, wwww.aramarkentertainment.com introduces the brand positioning- Insight to Impact(TM) - and provides visitors with an in-depth look at the company's commitment to boldly leading with insight, passion to exceed guest expectations and purpose of creating valuable impact for clients.

"For more than forty years, ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment has exceeded guests' expectations and driven meaningful impact for our clients," said Marc Bruno, President, ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment. "Our new website showcases our industry-leading food and beverage, retail, and facilities services capabilities and success, and gives the reader an inside look at our core vision - enriching the lives of our guests by delivering remarkable experiences."

The website brings to life the company's key brand attributes highlighting its actionable insights, inventive solutions, interactive approach, inspired people and valuable impact. The following pages support those brand attributes and make up aramarkentertainment.com:

    --  Difference: Learn about ARAMARK's brand promise and commitment to
        clients and guests.

    --  Services: Sample menu items and a brief overview of ARAMARK's services.

    --  Venues: Learn more about ARAMARK's partners with the interactive venue
        map.

    --  Success: Read case studies and view the dynamic Inspiration Gallery.

    --  News: Read about ARAMARK in the news and download recent press releases.

    --  Connect: Forum for guests to provide feedback and read recent social
        media reviews and comments.

    --  Careers: Learn about the ARAMARK culture, browse job openings and apply
        for jobs.
The website's launch will be supplemented with a print advertising campaign, beginning March 19th, in various trade publications. To learn more about how ARAMARK turns insights into impact, visit http://www.aramarkentertainment.com.

About ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment
ARAMARK Sports and Entertainment creates remarkable experiences for guests at over 150 premier sports facilities, convention centers and entertainment venues throughout North America.  With industry-leading insight, ARAMARK designs innovative hospitality, dining and catering, retail merchandise, and facility service programs that deliver valuable business results.  Learn more at http://www.aramarkentertainment.com.

About ARAMARK
ARAMARK is a leader in professional services, providing award-winning food services, facilities management, and uniform and career apparel to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, and businesses around the world. The company is recognized as one of the "World's Most Ethical Companies" by the Ethisphere Institute, one of the "World's Most Admired Companies," by FORTUNE magazine and one of America's Largest Private Companies by both FORTUNE and Forbes magazines. ARAMARK seeks to responsibly address issues that matter to its clients, customers, employees and communities by focusing on employee advocacy, environmental stewardship, health and wellness, and community involvement. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 250,000 employees serving clients in 22 countries. Learn more at http://www.twitter.com/aramarknews.

Contact:

David Freireich

215-238-4078
freireich-david@aramark.com

Erin Noss

215-409-7403
noss-erin@aramark.com

SOURCE  ARAMARK

Photo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110907/PH63208LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/
ARAMARK

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

Silverpop to Acquire Leading Microsoft Dynamics CRM Marketing Solution CoreMotives

Merger Will Give Silverpop Market Leading Position within the Rapidly Growing Microsoft Dynamics CRM Marketplace

ATLANTA, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Silverpop(TM), the only marketing technology provider offering advanced email marketing and marketing automation solutions, announces it is acquiring Atlanta-based CoreMotives, a marketing automation solution that operates completely within Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Together, these two companies will bring unprecedented scale, unique expertise, and a market defining vision to the more than 2 million Microsoft Dynamics CRM users worldwide.

"By building their solution entirely within Microsoft Dynamics CRM, CoreMotives cracked the code for delivering a solution that is simultaneously powerful yet so familiar marketers can begin running campaigns almost immediately," said Bill Nussey, CEO of Silverpop. "For Microsoft Dynamics CRM marketers that need to deliver sophisticated one-to-one campaigns but lack the time and resources to learn a new application, CoreMotives has created the perfect solution right within Microsoft Dynamics CRM itself."

CoreMotives offers an on-demand, SaaS application that operates within the Windows Azure cloud, meaning no installation or maintenance is required.  And since it runs within the Microsoft Dynamics CRM application itself, marketers can execute their campaigns without having to learn a new user interface. The company was founded in 2009 and has grown quickly to serve 800 accounts in 34 countries, making it an early leader in the rapidly growing Microsoft Dynamics CRM marketplace.  While the terms of the transaction, which is anticipated to close this week, will not be disclosed, CoreMotives' current staff will join Silverpop's growing employee base of more than 450 globally.

In addition to its CoreMotives offering, Silverpop will also be releasing a Microsoft Dynamics CRM integration for its Engage platform.  This option, available later in 2012, is designed for marketers with large databases, more sophisticated campaigns, and higher email volumes. By offering both CoreMotives and Engage, Silverpop will provide marketers with the industry's most comprehensive set of tools supporting Microsoft Dynamics CRM. 

"Silverpop's vast partner network, marketing capabilities and reputation for being a leader in the industry were immediately attractive to CoreMotives," said Rhett Thompson, co-founder of CoreMotives. "The adoption of Microsoft Dynamics CRM is accelerating rapidly, with more and more organizations including Barclays Bank, Experlogix, Outsourcery, and Weight Watchers selecting Microsoft.  CoreMotives has been a natural choice for organizations like these, that want to execute sophisticated marketing campaigns directly from within their CRM system. Now, with Silverpop's strength and expertise, we are poised to put powerful marketing tools in the hands of Microsoft Dynamics CRM users worldwide."

About Silverpop
Silverpop is the only marketing technology provider with expertise in email marketing and marketing automation. In today's customer-driven marketplace, one in which marketers must reach their target audience more often, via more channels and with more relevant messages than ever, this combination is ideal and unique.  Silverpop's products are designed for marketing departments across a variety of industries, that want to increase revenue, improve ROI, and operate more efficiently. Marketers using Silverpop are able to devote time to strategy as well as execution as a result of the company's focus on innovative, easy-to-use technology, simple implementation and services and support designed to give marketers the help they  need while allowing them to maintain control of their marketing efforts. With a presence in the United States, Europe and Australia, Silverpop is trusted by leading brands around the globe.  Visit us at silverpop.com.

About CoreMotives

CoreMotives is the number one marketing automation vendor in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM space, with more than 800 accounts in 34 countries. The CoreMotives solution is embedded within Microsoft Dynamics CRM and offers an instant-on marketing solution to the more than 2 million Microsoft Dynamics CRM users worldwide. Leading global brands trust CoreMotives for email marketing, nurture marketing, web forms, surveys and alert notifications all from within Microsoft Dynamics CRM. CoreMotives is marketing power for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. For more information visit http://www.coremotives.com. 

Media Contact:
Stacy Kirk
Manager of Corporate Communications-Silverpop
skirk@silverpop.com
770-661-0633

SOURCE  Silverpop

Silverpop

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

Residents of Keystone, S.D. to Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network Enhancements

KEYSTONE, S.D., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- To continue to stay ahead of rising demand for wireless voice,  multimedia and Internet access, Verizon Wireless has expanded its local network in Keystone, S.D., by activating a new cell site.

The cell site, located near U.S. Highway 40 and U.S Highway 16A, improves coverage in the Keystone area as follows:

    --  North on U.S. Highway 16A 1.5 miles;
    --  South on U.S. Highway 16A two miles;
    --  and East on State Highway 40 two miles
The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and data service in the Keystone area, which empowers more Verizon Wireless customers to rely on their wireless phones for social networking, Internet browsing, downloading apps, exchanging email and text, picture and video messaging, as well as making calls.

"South Dakotans are increasingly relying on smartphones and applications to manage their busy lives and stay connected at home or on-the-go," said Seamus Hyland, president-Great Plains Region, Verizon Wireless. "This new cell site is part of our continual investment in our network so our customers can use their devices when, where and how they need them."

This new cell site is part of Verizon Wireless' continual effort to expand coverage, increase capacity and enhance the quality of its wireless voice and data network in South Dakota. Nationally, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $65 billion since it was formed--$6 billion on average every year--to increase the coverage and capacity of its premier nationwide network and to add new services. Since 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested more than $296 million on improvements to its wireless network in South Dakota.

For Verizon Wireless Updates on Twitter
Stay in the know about Verizon Wireless news in South Dakota by following @VZWKaren on Twitter at http://twitter.com/vzwkaren.  For the latest network-related news, information and upgrades, follow @VZWNews on Twitter at http://twitter.com/VZWNews.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation's largest 4G LTE network and largest, most reliable 3G network. The company serves nearly 108 million total wireless connections, including 92.2 million retail customers.  Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with nearly 82,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE, NASDAQ: VZ) and Vodafone (LSE, NASDAQ: VOD).  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

SOURCE  Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Karen Smith of Verizon Wireless, +1-763-595-2511, Karen.Smith@Verizonwireless.com, http://twitter.com/KarenVZW; or Debbie Hilt for Verizon Wireless, +1-402-292-5553, ext. 6, Debbie@Alberscommunications.com

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

Tata Consultancy Services Launches Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata

New Facility Enables Customers to Experience the Benefits of Oracle Exadata Database Machine

MUMBAI, India, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, announced today the official opening of its Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata Database Machine. Located in Kolkata, India, TCS' new state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to showcasing the capabilities of Oracle Exadata Database Machine for customers across industries and geographies. TCS is a Diamond level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) and has achieved multiple Specializations including an Advanced Specialization for Oracle Exadata Database Machine.

The Oracle Exadata Database Machine is the only database machine that provides extreme performance for both data warehousing and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads, making it the ideal platform for consolidating onto private clouds. It is a complete package of servers, storage, networking, and software that is massively scalable, secure, and redundant.

"We are committed to helping our customers benefit from the latest technologies and leverage best practices so that they can bring innovative products to the market faster than their competitors," said Sridhar Bakshi, Global Head of Oracle Enterprise Solutions at TCS. "With our new Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata Database Machine, we are unveiling a valuable resource for our customers who want to see first-hand the impact that Oracle Exadata can have on their business today and in the future."

TCS offers its customers end-to-end consulting services, from strategy formulation to maintenance and support. TCS helps clients leverage Oracle applications and technologies - including Oracle Fusion Applications, the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's PeopleSoft, Oracle's JD Edwards, Oracle's Siebel CRM, Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database - to optimize performance and succeed in the evolving business environment. TCS has over 15,000 Oracle consultants, of which more than 4,000 are OPN-Implementation Certified.

"TCS' new Center of Excellence for Oracle Exadata is a strong example of our commitment to delivering engineered systems that help our customers drive efficiencies, innovate and gain a competitive edge," said Michelle Montalvo, Vice President, Global System Integrator Alliances, Oracle.  "We look forward to seeing our customers utilize this facility to impact their businesses."

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPO, infrastructure, engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model(TM) (GNDM), recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India's largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 226,000 of the world's best-trained consultants in 42 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $8.2 billion for year ended March 31, 2011 and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more information, visit us at http://www.tcs.com.

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About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) Specialized is the latest version of Oracle's partner program that provides partners with tools to better develop, sell and implement Oracle solutions. OPN Specialized offers resources to train and support specialized knowledge of Oracle's products and solutions and has evolved to recognize Oracle's growing product portfolio, partner base and business opportunity. Key to the latest enhancements to OPN is the ability for partners to differentiate through Specializations. Specializations are achieved through competency development, business results, expertise and proven success. To find out more visit: http://www.oracle.com/partners.

About Oracle
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), visit http://www.oracle.com.

Trademarks
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services

CONTACT: Global: +91 22 6778 9999, pradipta.bagchi@tcs.com, India, + 91 22 6778 9077, ashish.babu@tcs.com, USA/Canada, +1-646-313-4594, m.mccabe@tcs.com, Europe/UK, +32 474308423, abhinav.kumar@tcs.com, all of TCS; or Vandana Shenoy, Oracle Corporate Communications Director, +91 124 4328156, vandana.shenoy@oracle.com

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

Blancco Highlights Role of Data Center Equipment Erasure in Cloud Computing Security with New White Paper

Available online and at Data Center World 2012, white paper describes importance of erasing hardware in the cloud, including physical and logical drives, storage systems and targeted files

Data Center World 2012, LAS VEGAS, March 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    With continued adoption of public, private and hybrid cloud computing solutions, 92%
of key IT decision makers in a recent corporate survey indicated that they intend to
pursue data center projects in 2012.[1] As data related to these projects proliferates,
there is a growing need for technologies that efficiently and effectively secure
information on data center equipment. In a new white paper
[http://download.blancco.com/Marketing/Material/Other/Whitepaper-Solutions-Data-Center-and-Cloud-Computing-Security-US.pdf ]
, titled "Data Erasure Solutions for Data Center and
Cloud Computing Security," Blancco [http://www.blancco.com ], the global leader in data
erasure and computer reuse solutions, highlights the importance of certified, auditable
and automated data erasure in protecting information on equipment slated for reuse or
retirement.

    "Data centers are complex hardware environments, with equally complex data erasure
needs," said Markku Willgren, President, US Operations, for Blancco. "By providing
centralized, automated data removal for a wide range of hardware, certified data erasure
ensures efficient operations while protecting both information and investments in costly
data center equipment that can be reused or resold. It also provides a detailed erasure
report, which is essential for working in industries that operate under a growing number
of standards and regulations, such as HIPAA in healthcare and PCI DSS in retail."

    Attendees of Data Center World 2012, held March 18-22 at the Mirage Hotel and Event
Center in Las Vegas, can obtain a copy of the new white paper at Booth 630. Blancco will
showcase its diverse solutions for automating erasure of data center equipment in various
physical and logical scenarios, as described in the white paper
[http://download.blancco.com/Marketing/Material/Other/Whitepaper-Solutions-Data-Center-and-Cloud-Computing-Security-US.pdf ]
and online
[http://www.blancco.com/us/solution-for-data-centre ]:

   
    - Files [http://www.blancco.com/us/landers/data-centre/file-level ] - Target
      specific files and folders across the network for interval-driven erasure, as with
      PCI DSS requirements
    - Physical Drives [http://www.blancco.com/us/landers/data-centre/disk-level ] -
      Simultaneously erase up to 16 hard drives outside the original host, as with loose
      drives from SAN servers
    - Logical Drives [http://www.blancco.com/us/landers/data-centre/lun-level ] -
      Remotely erase LUNs in an active storage environment where the host computer cannot
      be rebooted
    - Servers [http://www.blancco.com/us/landers/data-centre/server-level ] - Use
      servers as the platform for erasing all connected drives, internal or external
    - Storage Systems [http://www.blancco.com/us/landers/data-centre/storage-level ]
    - Erase 200+ Serial ATA, SAS, SCSI, and Fiber Channel disks in high-end server and SAN
      environments

    At Data Center World 2012, attendees can also see a presentation from Willgren on
"Simplifying Compliance with Automated and Auditable Data Erasure." The presentation will
be held March 20 at 10:45am in Grand Ballroom DE.

    About Blancco

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

    [1] Campus Research and Analysis for Digital Realty Trust, 12 March 2012,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/12/idUS81165+12-Mar-2012+PRN20120312

   
    Blancco US
    Markku Willgren, President, US Operations
    +1-678-576-8140
    markku.willgren@blancco.com

Source: Blancco Oy Ltd.

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

Fandango and Yahoo! Forge New Union, Offering Consumers Broad Access to Online and Mobile Movie Ticketing

LOS ANGELES, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fandango (http://www.fandango.com), the nation's leading movie ticketing destination, today announced a new collaboration with Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), the premiere digital media company. The new agreement makes Fandango the online and mobile movie ticketer for Yahoo! Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com), with more than 30 million U.S. users (comScore).

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20061016/LAM046LOGO-b) 

As a result, millions of moviegoers will receive increased access to Fandango's comprehensive ticketing capabilities for nearly 20,000 screens across the country. Yahoo! users will be able to get Fandango showtimes and ticketing opportunities on their mobile devices and tablets as well.

"We are excited about this relationship with Yahoo!, which helps deliver consumer benefits to an even broader audience, giving moviegoers more convenient options to buy tickets and find up-to-the-minute movie information anywhere, anytime," says Rick Butler, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fandango. "Moviegoers on Yahoo! will now have access to Fandango's many innovations, including the paperless Mobile Ticket program and reserved seating at a growing number of locations."

"Adding Fandango as our ticketing partner allows us to bring our 30 million users even more access to their favorite films," says Kenneth Fuchs, VP of the Yahoo! Media Network and head of the Entertainment, Sports, and Games Group. "Fandango will enhance our current theater reach and provide a best in class online and mobile solution to movie ticketing."

Fandango recently enjoyed the best-selling January and February in the company's nearly-12-year history.  It recently announced new ticketing agreements with Regency Theatres and with AMC Theatres, adding 3,000 screens to its extensive network of movie theaters across the country, now numbering a total of nearly 20,000 screens.  Fandango regularly accounts for a significant percentage of opening weekend tickets sold nationwide, and is already reporting more than a thousand sold-out showtimes for the March 23 release of "The Hunger Games."

Yahoo! Movies is a top online destination for moviegoers with the most robust movie experience on the Web that includes ticketing, live broadcasts, and exclusive content. In addition, Yahoo! Movies provides users with the most up-to-the-minute news on the biggest events of the year including the Oscars and other major awards shows.

About Fandango
Fandango, the nation's leading moviegoer destination, sells tickets to nearly 20,000 screens nationwide. Fandango entertains and informs consumers with reviews, commentary, celebrity interviews and trailers, and offers the ability to quickly select a film, plan where and when to see it, and conveniently buy tickets in advance. At many theaters, fans can print their tickets at home or receive them as a paperless Mobile Ticket on their smartphones.

Fandango is available online at http://www.fandango.com, via smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices, and at 1-800-FANDANGO. Fandango's top-ranking movie ticketing apps, with over 22 million downloads, are available on the iPhone and iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone 7 and many other platforms. Film fans find Fandango on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fandango and on Twitter @Fandango. 

About Yahoo!:
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) is the premiere digital media company, creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. And Yahoo!'s unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom (pressroom.yahoo.com).

Yahoo! is the trademark and/or registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc.

All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owner.

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CONTACT: Fandango, Harry Medved, +1-310-954-0461, harry.medved@fandango.com, or Melinda Petrow, +1-310-954-0278 x231, melinda.petrow@fandango.com; or Yahoo! Corporate Communications, Kristen Morquecho, +1-310-907-2802, kristenm@yahoo-inc.com, Follow us @YahooInc

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

Alexander Gramm Studio Launches New Website With Innovative 7-day Time Lapse

Site content will immerse users in the 'artist experience'

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexander Gramm Studio, Inc. launched a new website today to offer the highest quality online experience for art collectors, buyers, and fans in search of mixed-medium artwork that stimulates their eye and challenges their mind. The new site features a one-of-a-kind, behind-the-scenes look at the artist's process with "Never Give In", shot by photographer Bryan Fletchall.

"Never Give In" is a motion time lapse video that shows Alexander Gramm creating his large canvas mixed-medium work of the same title. Shot over seven days in January, we see Gramm as he applies his unique multi-layer technique of first sealing in vintage pages, then applying the paint and various other elements that make up his tactile pieces.

"I've only had my muse, Donna, with me while I work, so the idea of having a camera there was a little unsettling at first," said Alexander Gramm, "but in the end I wanted something that would let people connect to my artistic process, and that fit in well with our overall vision of the new website."

The site features a gallery of each series of Gramm's work with a built in store to purchase high-resolution prints as well as get quotes on artist embellished fine art prints and original pieces. High definition video will accompany featured works in addition to full social media integration and a news and blog section.

"From the very beginning it was important to us to create an immersive user experience that connects the audience to the artwork and studio," said Donna Baldwin, co-founder. "Our new website provides insightful content about the studio, Alexander's unique process, and our ever expanding collection of works."

For more information please visit http://www.AlexanderGrammStudio.com. The studio is offering free shipping on high resolution prints until April 15(th) with promotional code 2012AGS1.

About Alexander Gramm Studio

Alexander Gramm Studio, Inc. is an artistic endeavor founded in 2010 by Alexander Gramm and Donna Baldwin with a mission to create high quality mixed-medium artwork that stimulates the eye and challenges the mind.

SOURCE  Alexander Gramm Studio, Inc.

Alexander Gramm Studio, Inc.

CONTACT: Donna Baldwin, Co-Founder, 1-877-773-9906, Donna@AlexanderGrammStudio.com

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

Blueview- Leading LED Lighting Brand to Showcase at the ISA International Sign Expo

ORLANDO, Fla., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- During Mar. 22 to 24, 2012, the yearly event in the sign industry- ISA International Sign Expo, will take place in Orlando, FL, USA. As one of the leaders in this industry, Blueview ( http://www.blueview.cn ) will launch it's new LED digital strip and double sided LED Strip light for their two-sided lighting box at Booth No. 208.

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Blueview places great importance on technology innovation, quality and after sales services, and has put all efforts to create an international high-end brand since 10 years ago. As general manager Mr. Li said: "The commercial value Blueview pursues is to create the best lighting source for signs."

Some of Blueview's products have already acquired the EU's CE certificate and ROHS certificate, US's FCC and UL certificate, with recognizable and favorable quality and services. Customers now come from more than 40 countries and regions, such as the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, etc.   

With its production base in Chengdu, China, Blueview will also attend other international sign exhibitions in Germany, Brazil, Russia and so on, to pronounce worldwide to customers that Blueview not only sells the products, but also delivers the concept of environmental protection, comfort and satisfaction.

Visit Blueview at the ISA Expo at Booth #208!

About Blueview:

Blueview Electronics-optic Technology Co., Ltd is the manufacturing, sales and after sales service base of Blueview International (Hong Kong) Industrial Development Company on the Chinese mainland. Blueview has been engaging in the LED application products' development and research, process design and manufacturing feasibility study since its founding, and creates efficient, energy-saving and reliable products in the light of the concept of green and environmental protection and pragmatic innovation.

Advanced equipment and comprehensive quality policy lead the product quality of Blueview to the frontline in the industry. 19 series of products, including flexibility LED light series, SMD LED module series, power LED module series, ultra-thin SMD series, star LED light series and customization series are all well acclaimed by our customers. Hundreds of projects have adopted Blueview' s products, such as Castle Square in Italy, Haagen-Dazs in Mexico, LG building in Cape Town, South Africa, Markland Dental Centre Markham, Yorkdale shopping mall, Sprouts supermarket, booster juice beverage chain stores and museum in Canada, Telus and Coach in USA, Singapore Airport, and Poland club. Some of which have already become the bright spots of the cities.

In a spirit of unity and collaboration, innovation and enterprising, Blueview has successively obtained over 20 patents and dozens of awards and honors and is well acclaimed by common people, various sectors and industries in the community.

    Diana Wu
    Tel: +86-28-8148 0011 Ext.8860
    Email: dianawu@blueviewled.com

SOURCE  Blueview Elec-optic Tech Co., Ltd

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Web Site: http://www.blueview.cn

Microsoft Dynamics: Translating Customers' Aspirations Into Reality

Microsoft announces key releases and cloud road map for customers on the path to the Dynamic Business transformation.

HOUSTON, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Customers ofMicrosoft Corp. (Nasdaq "MSFT") gathered today at Convergence 2012 to hear how Microsoft Business Solutions will help them become connected, forward-looking organizations. With an explicit commitment to simplicity and agility, Microsoft is designing software and cloud-based services that can help businesses be truly dynamic and inspire people to a higher level of commitment, innovation and leadership and, in turn, help businesses and people realize their full potential. Today at Convergence, Microsoft unveiled the evolution of its vision to help organizations become Dynamic Businesses.

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"People are the heart of every business, and Microsoft business solutions deliver on the promise of enabling people to do their best work through modern, elegant business applications that provide unrivaled time to value, simplicity and agility," said Kirill Tatarinov, president, Microsoft Business Solutions, speaking to more than 10,000 attendees in the opening keynote presentation at Convergence 2012. "We are committed to the technical and business process innovation necessary to help customers transform into Dynamic Businesses."

Delivering Innovation for Dynamic Businesses

Microsoft Dynamics has continued to deliver on its promise of providing innovation for Dynamic Businesses by announcing that much of its portfolio of business solutions will be updated by the end of calendar year 2012. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 launched last fall and was followed by Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Retail in February of this year. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2 will be available worldwide in Q4 calendar year 2012, and will deliver major industry enhancements such as multichannel retail capabilities with Web storefronts, as well as RoleTailored, in-context business intelligence using the latest Microsoft SQL Server technologies.   

Microsoft also announced that both Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 will be cloud-enabled for Windows Azure, optimized for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), and generally available in Q4 of calendar year 2012.The beta release for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 is expected in May 2012. In addition, the company reiterated its commitment that the next major release of Microsoft Dynamics AX will evolve as an enterprise cloud service offering from Microsoft.

Earlier this year, Microsoft also announced the Q2 service update of Microsoft Dynamics CRM featuring native mobile support for popular mobile devices. In keeping with its commitment to release updates to its cloud service twice a year, Microsoft announced the next Microsoft Dynamics CRM service update will be available in Q4 calendar year 2012, delivering capabilities in social customer care and cloud-based data enrichment services.

Microsoft Partners Help Customers Transform Into Dynamic Businesses

Microsoft today announced that the independent software vendor (ISV) ecosystem for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 will offer multiple vertical services hosted on Windows Azure to provide customers with the specialized capabilities required for their businesses, from industrial equipment manufacturing to specialized retail and fashion, with more offerings becoming available over time.

"I am excited by the opportunity that cloud provides To Increase to better serve our customers," said Cornelis Bosch, chief executive officer of To Increase, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and global ISV. "Our end-to-end industry solutions, powered by the strength of Microsoft Dynamics on Windows Azure, represent a comprehensive, consumer-centric, next-generation business solution for customers."

Microsoft also announced a number of significant global ISV partners supporting Dynamics AX 2012. Accenture (transportation services solution), Bull (public sector), Cincom Systems Inc. (complex enterprise and manufacturing solutions), and McLane Logistics Technology (distribution solution) have all chosen Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 as the foundation for their solutions for its modern architecture, flexibility and ease of use and for ensuring their customers a path to the cloud. These partners join Microsoft's broad portfolio of other leading vertical global ISVs, which view Microsoft Dynamics as a critical component in helping propel customers to become connected, forward-looking enterprises.

CareWorks (social services solution) and Redknee Inc. (customer care solution) are also entering the global ISV program, joining Ericsson (call center) and Convergys (customer care solution) to build their solutions on the innovation, flexibility and agility of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Microsoft is also announcing a social intelligence alliance with InsideView Inc., a silver sponsor for Convergence 2012 and 2011 Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace Solution Excellence Partner of the Year. This alliance will allow customers to use the InsideView platform directly within Microsoft Dynamics CRM to analyze social media and user-contributed, traditional and proprietary editorial information to provide compelling insights about their customers directly within Microsoft Dynamics CRM at no additional cost.

Dynamic Business Momentum

Microsoft announced the latest Microsoft Dynamics CRM adoption numbers, with 33,000 customers and 2.25 million users, and is showcasing a record number of customers who are making the Dynamic Business transformation. Customers such as Hunter Douglas Group, Rockwater Energy Solutions and World Vision Inc. are taking advantage of the simplicity and agility that Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 delivers today. Lotus F1 Team has chosen Microsoft Dynamics for its end-to-end business transformation, from design and manufacturing to retail and merchandising operations. Microsoft Dynamics helps customers, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada, Specialists On Call Inc., Nissin Foods Co., The Bradshaw Group Inc., Sta-Home Health & Hospice, Hydro Resources Inc., Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Jets, get to the heart of what really makes an organization successful.

More information about Microsoft's Dynamic Business vision can be found by downloading the new white paper at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/about.aspx. More information and news from Convergence 2012 is available at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/dynamics. The opening keynote presentation and general session keynote speeches are available on the new virtual event platform for Convergence 2012. Those who want to follow and engage with the Microsoft Dynamics Twitter community can do so at @MSDYNCOMM using #CONV12.

About Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics solutions empower your people to be more productive and your systems to last longer and scale as your business grows, while enabling you to derive the insights necessary to respond quickly in an ever-changing world of business.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

SOURCE  Microsoft Corp.

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Microsoft Corp.

CONTACT: Rapid Response Team of Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, +1-503-443-7070, rrt@waggeneredstrom.com, for Microsoft Corp.

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

Attorney Generals Offices in Vermont & Washington States Choose Bridgeway LawManager: Real-Time Access to Matter Related Data via "Mobile" Devices

Attorney General's Offices in Washington State and Vermont Are Among the First to Bring Case and Matter Management to User's Wireless Devices

HOUSTON, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgeway Software, the most recommended provider of legal services management solutions, today announced the Vermont and Washington State Attorney Generals Offices have chosen the latest version of LawManager®, the industry-leading case and matter management software, for anytime/anywhere access to case and matter information.

This latest web version of LawManager extends the power of mobile devices to improve attorney productivity and increase the value of the legal services that they deliver.

"We have been implementing case management systems in the government sector for nearly 15 years. We have never worked with a product so capable of addressing the wide range of features required for government legal offices. The newest version of LawManager Web sets the bar for configurability and now mobility. Attorneys need to be mobile. They need to be able to walk into a court, anywhere in the state and access their cases. LawManager Web is going to provide government agencies a robust application with the added benefit of mobility," said Angelo Whitfield, Sophus Consulting.

Ever-increasing case loads and resource constraints have made legal matter management more challenging than ever. To keep pace with greater demand, legal professionals need secure real-time access to their legal matters at anytime from anywhere.  LawManager Web provides the robust functionality of LawManager with efficient and secure access from mobile devices with:

    --  Flexibility with hundreds of pre-configured workflows that encapsulate
        best practices from law departments across the country which are easily
        augmented via the most powerful configuration toolkit in the market -
        all while remaining within a fully-supported and upgradable framework.
    --  Simplicity with a unique Report Writing Wizard that steps users through
        the process of building robust reports and provides a single-click
        export to PDF, Microsoft Excel, and Word.
    --  Scalability with a multi-tiered architecture that supports thousands of
        users.
    --  Extensibility with an object-oriented Open Architecture that provides
        multiple avenues for collaboration among internal users, external
        partners, and other systems.
    --  Security with extensive controls that can be configured to meet the most
        demanding security requirements from the most complex ethical walls to
        protecting the identity of defendants, victims, and juveniles in the
        world's largest legal organizations.

"Driving fact-based decisions doesn't end in the office and government agencies need greater transparency regardless of their location," said David Samia, VP Product Management, Bridgeway. "LawManager Web enables our corporate, federal, state, and local government clients to have greater visibility into and control over their legal matters to increase the value of the legal services they provide."

About Bridgeway
Bridgeway is dedicated to providing software solutions and professional services to implement best practices for the offices of the general counsel and corporate secretary. Most recommended by clients, Bridgeway enables leading corporations and government agencies to optimize productivity, reduce cost, and mitigate risk with an integrated technology approach for legal services management. Bridgeway implements systems in the areas of matter and case management, electronic invoicing, cost management, corporate governance, contract management, litigation risk assessment, and entity management. Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered in Houston, Texas with representative offices in Philadelphia and Toronto. More information about eCounsel®, LawManager®, Smart Invoice,  Corridor(TM), Bridgeway Legal Hold, and Secretariat® is available at http://www.bridge-way.com or by calling 888-272-4699.

SOURCE  Bridgeway Software

Bridgeway Software

CONTACT: Chris McCoin of McCoin & Smith Communications Inc., +1-508-429-5988 chris@mccoinsmith.com or Richard Smith of McCoin & Smith Communications Inc, +1-978-433-3304, rick@mccoinsmith.com

Web Site: http://www.bridge-way.com

Maxim to Celebrate Grand Opening of 18.5-Acre Campus in Farmers Branch, Texas

More than 500 Employees Move into New Building; Energy-Efficient and Conservation Features Qualify for LEED Silver Certification

March 19, 2012 - Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., a Fortune 1000 semiconductor company headquartered in Silicon Valley, Calif., will celebrate the grand opening of its 138,000 square-foot Lone Star building in Farmers Branch, Texas on March 23, 2012.

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The campus is Maxim's second largest site. With more than 800 employees, it is a centerpiece for the design, manufacturing and marketing of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) as well as business management functions. Maxim broke ground on the central building, which will house more than 500 employees, in December 2010.

Maxim is in the process of obtaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification for the new building, which contains many energy-efficient features, including automated lighting and control systems that help reduce energy consumption by 37 percent, double-paned insulated windows with low e-coating, a chilled water air conditioning system, and a roof that reflects heat.

WHEN:
Friday, March 23, 2012
10-11:30 a.m.

WHERE:
14460 Maxim Drive/4401 S. Beltwood Parkway
(Near Beltline Road and Dallas Parkway)
Farmers Branch, Texas

WHAT:
Local dignitaries and company executives will dedicate the new Lone Star building. Students from the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District will share their thoughts about the future of technology. Maxim will seal their predictions, along with other commemorative items, in a time capsule, which will be secured inside the new Lone Star building until 2022.

WHO:
Tunc Doluca, Maxim President and CEO
Bill Glancy, Mayor of Farmers Branch
Mike Cantrell, Dallas County Commissioner
Jim Jackson, Texas State Representative
Matt Jack, U.S. Congressman Kenny Marchant's office
Larry McManus, Governor Rick Perry's office
Students from Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District (CFBISD)
Maxim's Silicon Valley executives, Dallas Executive Council and employees

VISUALS:
Celebratory event with elected officials, community leaders, executives and employees
CFBISD students sharing their technology predictions for the next 10 years
Modern building with energy-efficient features
Check donation to school district to inspire science learning

ABOUT MAXIM:
A leader in analog integration, Maxim's ICs enable robust sound, vivid displays and reduced power consumption in numerous products for the consumer, communications infrastructure and industrial markets. Applications include smartphones, automobiles, networking equipment and wireless base stations, as well as industrial applications such as smart meters, factory automation, and test and measurement equipment.

Maxim's presence in the Metroplex started in 2001, when the company acquired Dallas Semiconductor Corp. With annual revenues of $2.5 billion, Maxim is the fastest-growing high-performance analog company. It has approximately 9,300 employees worldwide, of which nearly 1,400 are in Texas, including sites and offices in Farmers Branch, San Antonio and Austin.

LEED Silver: An internationally recognized green building certificate, providing third-party verification of building strategies to improve energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions, indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources.

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    (408) 530-6141 or (408) 373-2984 (972) 371-3195 or (469) 865-6564
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FreeWave Technologies Extends Warranty on All FGR2, FGR2-CP and FGR2-IO Wireless Data Radios to Three Years

The warranty extension for products further emphasizes FreeWave's commitment to quality and customer service

BOULDER, Colo., March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FreeWave Technologies, (http://www.freewave.com), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced that its entire FGR2, FGR2-CP and FGR2-IO family of wireless data radios as well as IO Expansion solutions now are under warranty for a period of three years from the date of purchase, beginning March 19, 2012. Previously, all of FreeWave's wireless data radios were warrantied for only two years. The FGR2-based radio solutions, the company's most recently introduced and highly popular product line, are a cost effective solution that enable customers to incorporate wireless communications into a wide variety of industrial applications. Its IO Expansion modules offer users a scalable solution to meet the growing demands of their automation requirements.

"The extension of our product warranty from two to three years signifies FreeWave's never-ending commitment to its customers, partners and our engineering excellence programs," explained Ashish Sharma, CMO at FreeWave Technologies. "While other industry players are maintaining (or even decreasing) their warranties, FreeWave is increasing its guarantees to continue providing the best possible service to its customers around the world."

FreeWave's FGR2 wireless data radios are fully backwards-compatible with the earlier FGR Series of radios and are capable of accurately transmitting and receiving data up to 60 miles with a clear line of sight. FGR2 provides tremendous flexibility for use in applications around the world ranging from smart grid to oil and gas to golf carts, water systems and more. The FGR2 models offer the lowest power consumption in the industry.

FreeWave's IO Expansion products help customers achieve optimal performance, faster ROI and customization for communication networks. FreeWave's IO Expansion modules increase the degree of monitoring, control and optimization, and offer the most flexible and easily expandable wired and wireless IO available in the market today. The extended warranty applies to the entire IO Expansion family, including its Serial Models.

To learn more about FreeWave's FGR2 family of wireless data radios, please visit: (http://www.freewave.com/PRODUCTS/ALLPRODUCTS/FGR2.aspx).

To learn more about FreeWave's suite of IO Expansion modules, please visit: (http://www.freewave.com/PRODUCTS/ALLPRODUCTS/IOEXPANSION.aspx).

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

Press Contact:
Christin Jeffers
Catapult PR-IR
303-581-7760 ext. 19
cjeffers@catapultpr-ir.com

SOURCE  FreeWave Technologies

FreeWave Technologies

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