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EarthLink and XCast Announce Completion of Network-to-Network Interface

ATLANTA, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading IT services and communications provider, today announced the completion of 100 Mbps Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) connections in Los Angeles and Chicago with strategic partner XCast Labs, Inc, a VoIP provider and longtime member of EarthLink's AX ecosystem. The redundant NNI connections will greatly enhance seamless delivery of XCast's voice service and customers' data networking services over EarthLink's nationwide MPLS network. These connections will help to further enhance the overall customer experience, with increased network reliability and joint network visibility and management. 

"These NNI connections are the culmination of months of cooperative effort from both EarthLink and XCast personnel, and we are proud of the successful outcome," said Susan Kelley, Executive Vice President of XCast.  "We look forward to the continued success our strategic partnership provides." 

EarthLink and XCast have jointly deployed dozens of dedicated Voice over MPLS networks for customers around the country, and several business clients are already realizing the benefits. 

Ralph Vera, IT Manager for Volunteers of America said, "Working together, XCast and EarthLink provide the very best in support, consultation and innovation. The combined companies have a team of professionals with which every IT manager or management team would want to work." Vera concluded, "You don't often see this kind of cooperation between individual companies for the good of the customer. Seamlessly operating joint networks gives me greater confidence in my decision to award EarthLink and XCast my business."

EarthLink's Executive Vice President of Marketing Cardi Prinzi stated, "We are excited about the evolution of our partnership with XCast.  These network improvements further enrich what has already been a mutually rewarding relationship."

About EarthLink

EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) is a leading IT services, network and communications provider to more than 150,000 businesses and over one million consumers nationwide. EarthLink empowers customers with managed IT services including cloud computing, data centers, virtualization, security, applications and support services, in addition to nationwide data and voice IP services. The company operates an extensive network including 28,000 route fiber miles, 90 metro fiber rings and 4 secure data centers providing ubiquitous IP coverage across more than 90 percent of the country. Founded in 1994, the company's award-winning reputation for both outstanding service and product innovation is supported by an experienced team of professionals focused on best-in-class customer care.  For more information, visit EarthLink's website http://www.earthlink.net.

About XCast Labs

The XCast engineering team was the first to install a SIP Softswitch for a major carrier. For over a decade the XCast team has enriched this technology, making it more feature rich and improving the quality and cost-competitiveness of all Voice and Video over the Internet (VVoIP) products and services.  Their development team pioneered the development of most of the VVoIP features that are now in the marketplace. The XCast- patented Direct RTP (Real-Time Protocol) technology for voice and video communications greatly increases call quality and reliability, while significantly reducing latency. As a result, XCast is proud to claim a unique and proprietary technology that offers customers a complete suite of fully integrated, reliable and scalable services.

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EarthLink, Inc.

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

IBM Announces New Software to Manage and Secure the Influx of Mobile Devices to the Workplace

New York-based School System Looks to Mobile Management; New Software Secures Smartphones and Tablets for Apple iOS, Android, Symbian and Windows

ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced new software to help organizations better manage and secure the explosion of smartphones and tablets in the workplace, while also managing laptops, desktops and servers.

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In addition to the new mobile security and management software introduced today, IBM also announced the acquisition of Worklight. Worklight accelerates IBM's comprehensive mobile portfolio, which is designed to help global organizations leverage the proliferation of all mobile devices -- from laptops to smartphones and tablets.

As the mobile workforce is expected to reach more than 1.19 billion by next year, there are new pressures to connect personal smartphones and tablets to corporate networks and provide employee access to business data on them. At the end of 2011, almost half ofmobile devices used in the workplace were employee ownedaccording to IDC.  This "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) trend raises additional concerns about managing security risks. Mobile exploits doubled in 2011 from 2010, according to the IBM X-Force Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report.

IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices helps organizations support and protect the growing mobile workforce.  Through this software, firms can use a single solution to secure and manage smartphones and tablets, as well as laptops, desktop PCs, and servers.  It manages Apple iOS, Google Android, Nokia Symbian, and Microsoft Windows Mobile and Windows Phone devices.

The software extends security intelligence to deal with the growing threats from mainstream adoption of the BYOD trend. Organizations can install the IBM software in hours, remotely set policies, identify potential data compromises and wipe data off the devices if they are lost or stolen.  The software helps configure and enforce passcode policies, encryption and virtual private network settings.

"As the BYOD movement accelerates, it presents new opportunities and challenges for organizations.  In order for them to take advantage of this trend, it is important that organizations have mobile security and management policies in place," said Bob Sutor, vice president, IBM Mobile Platform.  "The new offering from IBM will help organizations manage personal and enterprise-owned mobile phones and tablets across IT networks in order to minimize risk, increase productivity and enhance innovation."

New York-based School System Automates its Computing Endpoints and Looks to Mobile ManagementThe Western New York Regional Information Center (WNYRIC) housed within Erie 1 BOCES, a regional public education service organization in Buffalo, N.Y., manages hundreds of thousands of computing endpoints for more than 100 school districts. IBM Tivoli Endpoint Management software automatically updates security protection and power management of its computers and servers across the school district. Before using the software, one of the ways to perform these functions was for someone to drive to each location and manually update each machine.  IBM software will help the WNYRIC reduce energy usage through automating power settings of these thousands of endpoints, resulting in an estimated savings of $3.2 million in a year.Now more of the district's administrators, teachers and students are looking to tap their district-issued and personal iPads, iPhones and Android devices to create lesson plans, communicate and share documents on their network. The WNYRIC is planning a comprehensive way to manage mobile security issues and compliance and has gotten early access to IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices."Our school districts are looking for a way to manage and secure hundreds and potentially thousands of smartphones, laptops and other computers," said Jill Holbrook, associate director of the WNYRIC. "Automating the computer updates and security protection across our entire network--including mobile--would speed our ability to provide more secure and efficient services to the administrators, teachers and students we support."

Managing and Securing Mobile Devices throughout the WorkplaceThis new release of IBM Endpoint Manager extends IBM capabilities in managing the security and compliance of servers, computers and point-of-sales devices, such as ATMs and self-service kiosks to smartphones and tablets using mobile operating systems while addressing the unique aspects of those devices.  IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices enables customers to:

    --  Safeguard Data -- Selectively wipe enterprise data when devices are lost
        or stolen and configure and enforce passcode policies, encryption, VPN,
        and more.
    --  Provide Flexible Management -- Secure and manage employee- and
        corporate-owned mobile devices using a combination of email-based and
        agent-based management, while preserving the native device experience.
    --  Maintain Compliance -- Automatically identify non-compliant devices and
        take action by denying email access or by issuing user notifications
        until corrective actions are implemented.
    --  Unify the Infrastructure -- Leverage a single infrastructure to manage
        and secure all devices: smartphones, media tablets, desktops, laptops,
        and servers.
The IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices is built on IBM's 2010 acquisition of BigFix software.

For more information, please visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/solutions/endpoint/mdmbeta/

Contact:Colleen HaikesIBM Media Relations415-545-4003chaikes@us.ibm.com

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Nimbus Launches E-Class Flash Memory System for Mission-critical Enterprise and Cloud Infrastructure

New Sustainable Storage® Platform Scales to Industry-leading 500 TB with No Single Point of Failure and Record-setting Energy and Rackspace Efficiency

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nimbus Data Systems, Inc., the leader in Sustainable Storage, today unveiled the new E-Class Flash Memory System, the industry's first fully-redundant multiprotocol solid state storage system. With record-setting capacity and unprecedented power, cooling and rackspace efficiency, the E-Class outperforms and costs less to operate than conventional disk arrays while providing the high-availability, scalability and cost reduction that enterprises and cloud providers demand. Highlights of the new E-Class include:

    --  First multiprotocol solid state system with no single point of failure
        and enterprise-grade flash
    --  Most scalable solid state storage system ever engineered, supporting 500
        TB as one logical pool
    --  Highest density primary storage system ever, eclipsing 15K RPM disk
        arrays by over 3x
    --  Lowest energy consumption of any primary storage system, consuming as
        little as 5 watts per TB
    --  Comprehensive data management software and "unified" storage without any
        licensing fees

"The Nimbus E-Class sets a new standard for solid state storage scalability and operating cost economics," stated Benjamin S. Woo, program vice president, worldwide storage systems at IDC. "Large enterprises and cloud providers must consider the significant infrastructure consolidation possible with all-flash storage systems. By providing both innovative hardware and comprehensive software, Nimbus is well-positioned to not only capitalize on the need for high-performance systems but also the significantly greater trend towards primary storage based exclusively on solid state technology."

No Single Point of Failure

Complementing Nimbus' existing S-Class flash systems, the E-Class elevates Nimbus' multiprotocol solid state storage platform to meet the needs of the most rigorous IT environments. With no-single-point-of-failure, the Nimbus E-Class is ideal for applications such as enterprise-wide server virtualization, Web infrastructure, database clusters, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and high-performance computing. The E-Class platform consists of a pair of redundant controllers and up to 24 solid state storage enclosures. Each E-Class controller supports up to four active-active IO modules including 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and Infiniband. Nimbus software automatically detects controller and path failures, providing non-disruptive failover. The E-Class also supports online software updates and online capacity expansion. With RAID protection and hot-swappable flash, power, and cooling modules, components can be easily replaced without downtime.

Most Scalable Flash Memory System Ever

Scaling from 10 TB to an unprecedented 500 TB with one point of management and one unified storage pool, the Nimbus E-Class is the highest capacity flash storage system ever engineered. Nimbus achieved this record-setting capacity through both hardware and software innovation. The E-Class features Nimbus' third-generation enterprise flash modules, packing twice as much enterprise-grade flash memory as before. Nimbus' file system seamlessly aggregates the capacity across all E-Class solid state enclosures. From one interface, users can provision capacity using Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, or SRP (SCSI RDMA Protocol), providing unified block (SAN) and file (NAS) storage in one easy-to-use system. All storage is thin-provisioned, maximizing utilization and simplifying storage capacity planning.

Most Efficient Primary Storage System Ever

Requiring as little as 5 watts of power per terabyte, the E-Class also sets a new record for efficiency, delivering the lowest power consumption of any primary storage system. Whereas conventional disk arrays consume 25 watts or more of power per terabyte, the E-Class consumes 80% less, reducing energy costs, cutting power and cooling capital expenditures, and improving overall datacenter reliability.

Highest Density Primary Storage System Ever

Nimbus' latest solid state storage enclosures pack 20 TB of enterprise-grade flash memory in a mere 2U of rackspace. This unmatched system density enables up to 440 TB of solid state storage in a single industry-standard rack, delivering the same capacity that would otherwise take more than three racks of 15K RPM disks. In IOps, the E-Class delivers in one rack the equivalent of 14 racks of 15K RPM disks. These gains in rack density perfectly complement existing server, desktop and IO virtualization initiatives to maximize datacenter utilization and significantly reduce OpEx.

Affordable and Software Complete

The E-Class is powered by Nimbus' award-winning HALO storage operating system, a full-featured unified SAN and NAS software stack proven at over 200 customer installations. With snapshots, replication, deduplication, and encryption, all at no additional cost, the E-Class helps customers escape excessive licensing fees and avoid external appliances or gateways that increase cost and complexity. Despite being based entirely on enterprise-grade flash memory, the E-Class is remarkably affordable, matching the per terabyte net acquisition cost of 15K RPM disk arrays without relying on data reduction.

"Unveiling the E-Class is a watershed event for both Nimbus and the rapidly-growing solid state industry," stated Thomas Isakovich, founder and CEO of Nimbus Data Systems. "Customers are not satisfied with hybrid storage arrays or proprietary tiered systems that offer only modest performance gains, do not improve efficiency, and lock-in customers to one vendor for all of their storage capacity. With the Nimbus E-Class, the ultimate goal can be achieved: a best-in-class all-flash primary storage infrastructure that helps our customers leapfrog the competition in both IT performance and profitability."

Availability and Pricing

The Nimbus E-Class is available immediately, with a 10 TB dual-controller configuration starting at $149,995. The full HALO storage operating system is included in the system price.

Learn More

To learn more, please contact a Nimbus FlashPoint partner or visit our website at http://www.nimbusdata.com.

About Nimbus Data Systems

Nimbus develops award-winning Sustainable Storage® systems, the most intelligent, efficient and fault-tolerant solid state storage platform engineered for server and desktop virtualization, databases, HPC, and next-generation cloud infrastructure. Combining low-latency flash memory hardware, comprehensive data management and protection software, and highly-scalable multiprotocol storage features, Nimbus systems deliver dramatically greater performance at a significantly lower operating cost than conventional disk-based primary storage arrays, all at a comparable acquisition cost. For more information, visit http://www.nimbusdata.com, or follow Nimbus at twitter.com/nimbusdata.

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CONTACT: Scott Kline of Nimbus Data Systems, Inc., skline@nimbusdata.com

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

Market.com Debuts as New Corporate Brand for Global Family of Market Leading eBusiness Solutions

'Everything eBusiness' Company Offers Wide Range of eCommerce, eMarketing and ePayments Solutions for Online Sellers

INNSBRUCK, Austria, SOFIA, Bulgaria and NICOSIA, Cyprus, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Market.com (http://www.market.com) debuts today as a new name for a broad range of highly experienced and successful global ecommerce infrastructure brands, which provide start-to-finish solutions for online businesses.

Market.com, unveiled internally in July 2011, serves as a new corporate umbrella for solutions already familiar to thousands of online sellers around the world including SafeCharge, xt:Commerce®, MarketNetwork, InstallSmart and Ginyas. The company's consumer-oriented brands - MessengerPlus! and Plus! Network - boast hundreds of millions of downloads and tens of millions of users worldwide.

The new corporate structure of market.com is in response to feedback from clients who indicated their preference to work with a single trusted provider offering a broader range of services. With that goal in mind, SafeCharge, a prominent and respected online payment provider, made several acquisitions in recent years to round out the company's service portfolio and simplify the way it serves its clients.  SafeCharge remains a key brand within the ePayments division of the newly formed market.com.

Market.com offers solutions both for merchants selling physical products that must be stored, managed and shipped to purchasers, as well as digital products such as software and other downloadable offerings.  The company has over 12 years' experience in providing services to a broad range of online industries including retail, digital goods and services, casual and massively multiplayer online games, gambling, dating, forex and more.

Market.com services and products are used by prominent companies including Volkswagen, Aeria Games, IncrediMail, Osram and Markets.com. The company has over 200 employees in company locations in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Israel and Serbia.

"The new market.com has been working hard to deliver on our vision of creating the best online payments, ecommerce and Internet marketing solutions for our clients," said Alon Shamir, director, market.com. "Our many brands offer a full range of high quality services - from driving traffic and conversion, to creating online shops and accepting payments. We offer these services to our clients in a streamlined manner so they can focus on their businesses and spend less effort on dealing with the services they need to run their business."

The company's slogan, "Everything eBusiness," succinctly describes its vertically integrated business model and key value proposition.

"Conduit has partnered with several of market.com's individual solutions and we believe a good part of our online success is directly attributable to the superior technology and human support we have received over the years," said Brock Kaye, Conduit VP of Business Development.

For more information about market.com and its service offerings, visit http://www.market.com or contact marketing at info@market.com.

About market.com

Market.com (http://www.market.com) is a prominent and experienced provider of ebusiness infrastructure and services to online companies throughout the world. The company provides a full range of ecommerce, emarketing and epayments solutions to thousands of companies in a wide range of industries. Market.com is a global company with offices in Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Israel and Serbia.

xt:Commerce is a registered trademark of market.com; all other trade names are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE  Market.com

Market.com

CONTACT: CONTACT: Christa Conte, +1-212-808-4902, or Savannah Tikotsky, +1-212-808-4903, both of Feintuch Communications, market@feintuchpr.com; Pamela Becker, Marketing Director, Market.com, 44 20 33 84 0001 x322, pamelab@market.com

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

Radical Entertainment Unveils PROTOTYPE® 2's RADNET Edition Content

Pre-Order PROTOTYPE 2 to Secure Your Free RADNET Access to Over 55 Pieces of Additional Content!

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Radical Entertainment once again ramps up the studio's signature over-the-top mayhem with the announcement of PROTOTYPE® 2's RADNET Edition content.  Planned to launch on April 24, 2012 from Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), a limited number of the launch quantities of PROTOTYPE 2 on PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox® 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, will contain free access to RADNET via a one-time use code that gives fans 55 free pieces of additional content delivered for seven weeks following the game's launch*.  This weekly scheduled content will include in-game Events, Challenges, Avatar Items, Dynamic Themes and Behind-the-Scenes videos, as well as bonus Mutations for PROTOTYPE( )2's main campaign.  Fans that participate in ALL of RADNET's weekly challenges and events will unlock the ultimate shape-shifting reward...to be revealed in March 2012.  PROTOTYPE 2's RADNET Edition content will only be available for free while supplies last.  For more information on RADNET, please visit http://www.radical.ca/radnet and check out the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er9XTcft2Mc.

"Radical Entertainment has always focused on bringing long lasting fun to its fans, and PROTOTYPE 2's RADNET content is our way of rewarding the game's most loyal supporters - the early adopters, the one's who will replay it over and over again," said Ken Rosman, Studio Head, Radical Entertainment.  "We think this is great because we're giving our fans hours of additional gameplay outside PROTOTYPE 2's main narrative, and cool rewards - all delivered weekly following the game's launch!"

The sequel to Radical Entertainment's best-selling open-world action game of 2009, PROTOTYPE 2 takes the unsurpassed carnage of the original PROTOTYPE and continues the experience of becoming the ultimate shape-shifting weapon.  As the game's all-new infected protagonist, Sgt. James Heller, players will cut a bloody swathe through the wastelands of post-viral New York Zero with unparalleled locomotion, building up a vast genetic arsenal of deadly, biological weapons and abilities as they hunt, kill and consume their way toward the ultimate goal - to kill...Alex...Mercer!

To find out more about PROTOTYPE 2, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/radical_ent and check out http://www.prototypegame.com for the latest trailers, screenshots, special promotions and more!  And for the truly dedicated, go to http://www.facebook.com/prototype and join the PROTOTYPE Army - a community of over 380,000 (and growing) fans that receive constant updates from the team at Radical, and early sneak peeks at new information and assets.

PROTOTYPE 2 is currently in development for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC.  The game is rated "M" (Mature - Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes, Strong Language - content that may be suitable for persons 17 and older) by the ESRB.

About Radical Entertainment

In September 2011, Radical Entertainment celebrated its 20th anniversary in the business of creating hit video games, including 2009's multi-million-unit-selling PROTOTYPE, The Simpsons Hit & Run, The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Scarface: The World Is Yours and more.  We treat our properties with the reverence they deserve and gamers demand, and the commitment to our partners and fans continues to set us apart.  Our Vancouver-based studio allows Radical Entertainment to bring the talent, tools and technology together to create entertainment that captures the world's imagination.  Owned by Activision Publishing, Inc, Radical is continually ranked as one of the best places to work in B.C, according to BC Business magazine and Watson Wyatt.  In 2006-2008 MediaCorp Canada ranked Radical as a Top 100 Canadian Employer, Top 10 Canadian Employer for Young People, and Top 20 B.C. Employer.  For more information, please visit http://www.radical.ca.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's website, http://www.activision.com. 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing's expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Activision Publishing generally uses words such as "outlook," "will," "could," "would," "might," "remains," "to be," "plans," "believes," "may," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimate," future," "plan," "positioned," "potential," "project," "remain," "scheduled," "set to," "subject to," "upcoming" and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales levels of Activision Publishing's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the impact of the current macroeconomic environment, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Activision Publishing's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms, declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Activision Publishing's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware (including peripherals) and related software, industry competition including from used games and other forms of entertainment, litigation risks and associated costs, rapid changes in technology, industry standards, business models including online and used games, and consumer preferences, including interest in specific genres such as music, first-person action and massively multiplayer online games, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, licensees, licensors, vendors, and third-party developers, including the ability to attract, retain and develop key personnel and developers that can create high quality "hit" titles, counterparty risks relating to customers, licensees, licensors and manufacturers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates and tax rates, and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities and potential challenges associated with geographic expansion, and the other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.

Activision and Prototype are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

"PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.  Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox LIVE, and the Xbox logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

*Activision makes no guarantees regarding the availability of online play or features, including access to or support for RADNET provided by the applicable console manufacturer, and may modify or discontinue online service in its discretion without notice, including for example, ceasing online service for economic reasons due to a limited number of players continuing to make use of the service over time.

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Activision Publishing, Inc.

CONTACT: MacLean Marshall, Sr. PR Manager of Activision Publishing, Inc., +1-424-744-5674, maclean.marshall@activision.com

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

F3 Technologies Announces FargoTunes(TM) Begins Marketing Efforts

ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- F3 Technologies, Inc. (Pinksheets:FTCH.PK) today announced that FargoTunes(TM), its music distribution service for artists, has begun marketing efforts to brand itself as an 'Artist Royalty Management & Distribution' (ARMD) service.

"FargoTunes was created with the artist in mind," commented Frank Connor, F3 Technologies' Chief Executive Officer. "The new service is designed to inexpensively manage all distribution of copyrighted materials on one platform, allowing all artists control over more than 100-plus digital stores.

"The increasingly complex and dynamic nature of music distribution, requiring management of more than 100 download & streaming outlets each with slightly different royalty models, establishment of ISRC and bar coding, as well as general accounting across all platforms, make the benefits of such a central management service become more obvious," Connor said.

FargoTunes manages all aspects of copyrighted music distribution on major consumer outlets including iTunes(R), Amazon(R), and Rhapsody(R) music download services as well as streaming music outlets including Spotify(R), Rdio(R), We7(R), IHeartRadio(R) and Grooveshark(R); FargoTunes facilitates distribution through worldwide mobile networks and specialty sites enabling FargoTunes artists to retain 100% ownership of their creative works.

"As artists and producers look for ways to monetize both new and previously released works, FargoTunes remains committed to meeting artists' need for a comprehensive royalty management and distribution service that anyone can afford. New artist acquisitions also complement F3's own online consumer outlet, FargoTube(TM), because it continues adding new material to its more than 10,000,000 movie, music, and book titles," Connor concluded.

In an update to the press release of August 23, 2011, the company continues to be in ongoing negotiations for this specific movie catalog. While these negotiations continue, the company has also entered into additional negotiations with other companies for their movie and television content as a means of rounding out the FargoTube content offerings.

ABOUT F3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (http://www.f3technologies.com)

F3 Technologies is a software innovator that creates specialized social networks for groups ranging from homeowners associations to music fans. Its products include Interaction Community Systems(TM), an online tool for homeowners associations and other member groups; Interactive Defense System(TM), for police and other municipal departments; and Website Tournament, a transparent and competitive marketplace for site design.

Comments are based on current management expectations, and are considered "forward-looking statements," generally preceded by words such as "plans," "expects," "believes," "anticipates," or "intends." We cannot promise future returns. Our statements reflect our best judgment at the time they are issued, and we disclaim any obligation to update forward-looking statements as the result of new information or future events. We urge investors to review the risks and uncertainties within its filings with the OTC Markets and/or Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact:
James Canouse
770 521 2194

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F3 Technologies, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.f3technologies.com

IBM Advances Mobile Capabilities with Acquisition of Worklight

Acquisition Adds Leading Platform for Smartphones and Tablets to Comprehensive Mobile Portfolio

ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move that will help expand the enterprise mobile capabilities it offers to clients, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Worklight, a privately held Israeli-based provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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With this acquisition, IBM's mobile offerings will span mobile application development, integration, security and management. Worklight will become an important piece of IBM's mobility strategy, offering clients an open platform that helps speed the delivery of existing and new mobile applications to multiple devices. It also helps enable secure connections between smartphone and tablet applications with enterprise IT systems.

In a recent study conducted by IBM of more than 3,000 global CIOs, 75 percent of respondents identified mobility solutions as one of their top spending priorities.*  In fact, for the first time ever, shipments of smartphones exceeded total PC shipments in 2011.**

"Our clients are under increased pressure to meet the growing demands of a workforce and customer base that now treat mobility as mission critical to their business," said Marie Wieck, general manager, IBM application and infrastructure middleware. "With the acquisition of Worklight, IBM is well-positioned to help clients become smarter mobile enterprises reaching new markets."

Worklight accelerates IBM's comprehensive mobile portfolio, which is designed to help global corporations leverage the proliferation of all mobile devices -- from laptops and smartphones to tablets.  IBM has been steadily investing in this space for more than a decade, both organically and through acquisitions.

As a result, IBM can offer a complete portfolio of software and services that delivers enterprise-ready mobility for clients -- from IT systems all the way through to mobile devices.  This builds on IBM's deep understanding of its clients and their evolving IT needs over the last several decades. Today, the world's top 20 communications service providers use IBM technology to run their applications, while every day more than one billion mobile phone subscribers are touched by IBM software.

Worklight supports consumer and employee-facing applications in a broad range of industries, including financial services, retail and healthcare. For example, a bank can create a single application that offers features to enable its customers to securely connect to their account, pay bills and manage their investments, regardless of the device they are using. Similarly, a hospital could use Worklight technology to extend its existing IT system to allow direct input of health history, allergies, and prescriptions by a patient using a tablet.

Worklight Builds on IBM's Comprehensive Mobile Software and Services OfferingsUbiquitous connectivity provides businesses with unique opportunities to better connect with their customer base, interact with external users and employees in more efficient ways, drive productivity and reach new audiences. IBM's strategy is to offer its customers a complete set of the software and services they need to effectively bring mobile devices into their business infrastructure. These capabilities include:

    --  Build and Connect Mobile Applications:  The explosive growth of mobile
        has created a fragmented landscape for enterprises to support, often
        with limited budgets and skills.  IBM's development and integration
        tools, complemented by Worklight, help clients to develop mobile
        applications and their supporting infrastructures for a variety of
        platforms just once - including Apple iOS and Google Android - while
        offering capabilities to securely connect to corporate IT systems.
    --  Manage and Secure Mobile Devices: As Bring Your Own Device or "BYOD"
        gains popularity, IT departments are looking to find an efficient and
        secure way to enable employees' use of mobile devices in the work place.
        Rather than implement a separate infrastructure solely for mobile
        devices, IBM's offerings are helping customers deliver a single solution
        that effectively manages and secures all endpoints.  These unified
        capabilities can now extend from servers and laptops, to smartphones and
        tablets.
    --  Extend Existing Capabilities and Capitalize on New Business
        Opportunities: The rapid adoption of mobile computing is also creating
        demand for organizations to extend their current business capabilities
        to mobile devices, while capitalizing on the new opportunities that
        mobile devices uniquely provide. For instance, IBM's software, services
        and industry frameworks offer clients the ability to use mobile to
        engage with their customers around growing business opportunities such
        as analytics, commerce and social business applications.
"In the last year, we have seen surging demand from enterprises for mobility solutions that will support the unique set of challenges introduced by new smartphone and tablet platforms," said Shahar Kaminitz, CEO and founder, Worklight. "Building on our existing partnership with IBM, the acquisition of Worklight further enhances IBM's broad mobile portfolio.  Now it will be easier than ever for our clients to offer secure and connected applications to their customers, business partners and employees."

In addition to Worklight, IBM today is also unveiling IBM Endpoint Manager for Mobile Devices, a new software system that will enable corporate users to manage and secure their mobile devices these applications are running on. For more details, visit: http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/36661.wss

The acquisition of Worklight is expected to close in 1Q12.  Worklight will sit within IBM's Software Group.

About WorklightToday Worklight delivers mobile application management capabilities to clients across a wide range of industries including retail, financial services, technology, travel and hospitality and manufacturing.

This enables organizations to efficiently create and run HTML5, hybrid and native applications for smartphones and tablets with industry-standard technologies and tools. Worklight's unique capabilities provide a complete and extensible integrated development environment (IDE), next-generation mobile middleware, powerful management and analytics. Worklight dramatically reduces time to market, cost and complexity while enabling better customer and employee user experiences across more devices. By enabling organizations to only develop and integrate the applications once -- for any platform -- it frees up time, resources and skills to focus on other business opportunities.

IBM is a world leader in the development of open standards critical to the web and mobile enablement, and co-chairs the W3C HTML5 working group. For more information on IBM's mobile software and services portfolio visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/mobile-enterprise/.

*IBM CIO Study, 2011.**The Economist, 2011.

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    abloeser@us.ibm.com rubsamen@us.ibm.com
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CoroWare Announces ROS Upgrade Offer for CoroBot Owners

Affordable Upgrade Options for CoroBot Classic and Explorer

KIRKLAND, Wash., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CoroWare, Inc. (COWI.OB), today announced a new upgrade offer for existing CoroBot® Classic and CoroBot Explorer unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) customers.  These upgrades will help bring earlier CoroBot UGV models up to date, and will enable a new class of CoroBot applications based on the Robotic Operating System (ROS; http://ros.org) from Willow Garage.

The ROS software platform is rapidly becoming the standard for open robotics development, and has a large and active developer community.  CoroWare's ROS Upgrade Program will help its customers migrate their existing CoroBot UGV platforms, which is based on Linux and Player software distributions, to Robotic Operating System (ROS), which has been deployed on unmanned ground vehicles, air vehicles, and surface vehicles around the world.

"When we started building ROS four years ago, we hoped to one day see companies shipping products with ROS inside.  It's great to see that ROS is helping CoroWare to provide affordable and open mobile robot platforms that robot scientists need for prototyping robotics applications," said Brian Gerkey of Willow Garage. "CoroWare's announcement today will help grow the community of robotics researchers and educators who are building applications based on ROS."

CoroWare's ROS Upgrade Program includes an initial assessment of the CoroBot that the customer purchased.  For some customers, software upgrades will only be required and will be free of charge.  For other customers who purchased older CoroBot models, hardware upgrades may be required and will be priced accordingly.

"CoroWare's ROS Upgrade Program will give our customers a greater choice of ROS-based applications and software modules to run on their existing CoroBot platforms," said Andrew Zager, product marketing engineer at CoroWare. "Because ROS is not limited to any robotics platform, we look forward to migrating any third party mobile robots and applications to ROS in the future."

CoroWare's ROS Upgrade Program for all CoroBot platforms is available now.  Customers may get further details by visiting our website at http://robotics.coroware.com; or sending e-mail inquiries to sales@coroware.com, or contacting us at 1-800-641-2676, option 1.

About CoroWare

Headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, CoroWare is a solutions integrator with expertise in affordable and open mobile robotics; business class HD video conferencing; and operational business intelligence.  For more information on CoroWare's products and services, please visit http://www.coroware.com.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. This press release is written using forward-looking statements pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:http://www.sec.gov/about/laws/sea34.pdf (Sec. 21E p. 223).

Investor Relations Contact:
Shanna Gerrard
CoroWare, Inc.
investor@coroware.com
(800) 641-2676, Option 4

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CoroWare, Inc.

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

Eyelead Software Launched the Bunny Maze 3D Game

ATHENS, Greece, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Eyelead Software [http://www.eyelead.com ], a leading software developer focusing in
next generation 3D entertainment applications and state-of-the-art visualization
technologies, announced today the release of its Bunny Maze 3D [http://www.bunnymaze3d.com
] game in selected Android markets. The Bunny Maze 3D title that initially has been made
available in the North America and Greek markets, has been released for use exclusively on
Android devices powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon(TM) processors.

    In Bunny Maze 3D, players help the adventurous Bunny get back its stolen carrots, in a
cheerful journey through a magical world. The Bunny is after an evil breed of bunnies who
have stolen its carrots, stockpiling them around the world. In its quest to get its
carrots back, the Bunny will travel to magical places, avoid peculiar obstacles and
outsmart its enemies.

    Bunny Maze 3D is also accessible through the recently launched Snapdragon
GameCommand(TM) application, which gives mobile users a way to quickly discover, organize,
and access the latest Snapdragon optimized, featured and exclusive games. Bunny Maze 3D
was created on Eyelead's Hive3D Development Platform [http://www.hive3d.com ](TM) and
optimized for Android devices powered by certain Qualcomm Snapdragon(TM) processors.

    "By collaborating with Qualcomm, we optimized our Hive3D Development Platform to use
Qualcomm's Adreno(TM) SDK and Profiler, interfacing directly to the Snapdragon development
environment. This substantially reduced our development time and allowed us to achieve
better performance and higher 3D quality," said Nikos Vassiliou, Chief Software Architect
at Eyelead Software. "As a result, we are able to deliver richer 3D content and an overall
more exciting mobile gaming experience to these devices," he added.

    "We are excited to help Eyelead and other Indie game developers enter new markets for
mobile gaming," said Dave Durnil, director of advanced gaming at Qualcomm. "The launch of
apps like Snapdragon GameCommand allows consumers to discover and access the most advanced
Snapdragon-optimized and exclusive games, such as Bunny Maze 3D."

    Eyelead's Bunny Maze 3D title is available currently in the North America, Greek,
Russian and other markets for Android devices powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors
and is to be made available at a later date on more markets and platforms. Eyelead is
committed to continue bringing and enabling killer 3D content for a wide variety of mobile
devices by leveraging its advanced technology that allows production of optimized 3D
content to multiple platforms in parallel.

    About Eyelead Software

    Eyelead Software is a leading developer of next generation 3D entertainment
applications and state-of-the-art visualization technologies. The company has developed
the Hive3D Development Platform(TM), a next generation cloud ready, real-time,
collaborative authoring development environment powered by a state of the art 3D engine.
Hive3D dramatically accelerates multi-platform 3D game and application development, while
delivering superior visual quality. Eyelead Software is based in Athens, Greece and
Silicon Valley California, USA. For more information, visit http://www.Bunnymaze3D.com
and http://www.eyelead.com.

    Bunny Maze 3D and Hive3D Development Platform are trademarks of Eyelead Software.
Qualcomm is a registered trademark. Adreno and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm
Incorporated, registered in the United States and may be registered in other countries.
Snapdragon GameCommand is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.

   
    Contacts:
    Athens:  John Kikidis | E: pr at eyelead.com | P: +30-210-2756-904
    Silicon Valley: Tom Katsioulas | E: tomkat at eyelead.com | M: +1-408-674-8232

Source: Eyelead Software

Greenlight Announces Migration to new Domain, greenlightdigital.com

LONDON, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Leading digital marketing agency, Greenlight, is excited to officially announce that
commencing today, its domain name changes from greenlightsearch.com to
greenlightdigital.com [http://www.greenlightdigital.com ].

    "To reflect Greenlight's expansion into providing a full digital service offering to
its current and future clients, we are pleased to announce we have transitioned over to a
new domain: greenlightdigital.com [http://greenlightdigital.com ]. The new domain is more
reflective of our current offering and gives Greenlight more room to expand," says Alicia
Levy, chief marketing officer at Greenlight.

    Over the past year, Greenlight has been adding new strings to its bow in response to
constant changes in the search industry, and more recently, the announcement by Google of
the arrival of relevant personalised Social Media references in search results pages. They
include:

   
    - Evolving the pay-per-click (PPC) media offering into a 360 Paid Media
      service including re-targeting and performance display

   
    - A full service Social Media department which has developed a suite of
      integrated search and social services designed to help clients maximise their presence
      in their audience's increasingly personalised search experience

   
    - Launching the One technology platform from Hydra [http://www.onehydra.com
      ], an independent Greenlight Company

   
    - The development of a unique and revolutionary content management system -
      shortly to be unveiled, designed to allow global organisations to respond to search
      and social demands of the modern online business

    About Greenlight:

    Greenlight is a leading independent digital marketing agency, the largest of its kind
in Europe and the fastest growing. With over 100 blue-chip clients including Santander,
New Look, Sky and ghd, Greenlight is a leader in the digital marketing space, and is
recognized worldwide for its commitment to delivering record ROI for its clients and
investing in the future of search.

    Greenlight is considered the premier thought leader in the sector, publishing widely
read industry reports, original research, speaking at trade events, and delivering a
highly respected digital marketing training programme via the Greenlight Academy. Founded
in 2001, Greenlight is headquartered in London, with offices in New York.
http://www.greenlightdigital.com

   
    To arrange an interview or for further information please contact:
    Krishna Rao
    T: +44(20)3326-6232
    E: krishna.rao@greenlightdigital.com [krishna.rao@greenlightsearch.com ]

Source: Greenlight

IO Receives SSAE 16 Type 2 Certification for Modular Data Centers

PHOENIX, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IO, the leading provider of next-generation modular data center, announced today the company has completed a SSAE 16 Type 2 audit covering three operational data centers - IO New Jersey, IO Phoenix and IO Scottsdale.

Certification of IO New Jersey and IO Phoenix further validates the resiliency and operational excellence of IO's next-generation modular data centers and further proves that the era of DC2.0, hardware and software enabled data centers, has truly arrived.

"Designed, engineered and manufactured in the US using standards-based components and processes, IO.Anywhere offers unmatched reliability, in a repeatable manner. This SSAE 16 accreditation will only further accelerate the increased customer adoption of our highly secure and scalable modular Data Center solution," said David Shaw, Chief Operating Officer of IO.

SSAE 16 is designed to provide IO customers with a level of assurance of corporate controls and has replaced existing SAS 70 Type 1 and Type 2 audit reports. Deloitte & Touche LLP, a leader in audit, tax, consulting, risk, and financial advisory services, conducted the IO SSAE 16 audit.

The report, produced after a rigorous independent examination of IO's internal controls and processes, demonstrates the reliability, security and operational excellence of IO's modular data center technology for its customers. IO's SSAE 16 report scope focuses on procedures performed by IO, which are likely to be relevant to its customers' internal controls over financial reporting. The report is intended for use by IO's customers and their auditors.

IO.Anywhere is a fully integrated modular data center system that provides enterprise-class, always-on information technology infrastructure. IO.Anywhere technology enables organizations to add data center capacity through a choice of delivery models much faster than traditional data center deployments. These options include Data Center as a Service (DCaaS(TM)) delivered in a range of colocation cabinets, shared and dedicated modules, multi-megawatt, customer-dedicated data centers, and solutions that are rapidly deployed as a product, which allows companies to operate modular data centers anywhere in the world.

For more information on Data Center 2.0 capacity delivered as a service and product, visit http://www.io.com or call 480-513-8500

ABOUT IO

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

IO and the IO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of IO. ©( )2012.

SOURCE  IO

IO

CONTACT: CONTACT: Elizabeth Kubycheck, SVP, Marketing & Communications, +1-630-823-6665, ekk@io.com

Web Site: http://io.com

XConnect and IPV Collaborate to Reduce Cost, Complexity of Video Calling and Conferencing

XConnect's ENUM Registry and IPV's Federated Inter-Xchange (FIX) Combine to Connect IP Video "Islands," Making Video Calls as Straightforward as Voice Calls

LONDON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IP networks will handle 1 million minutes of video every second by 2012, Cisco forecasts. To reduce the cost and complexity of video communications and drive adoption of video services, XConnect and IPV today announced a partnership that will enable end users to make point-to-point video calls without expensive manual intervention and bridges.

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Under the agreement, XConnect's ENUM registry services will be combined with IPV's Federated Inter-Xchange (FIX(TM)) to route calls between video endpoints and across multiple networks. 

This integration will enable customers to implement a standard dialing format across private and public networks while continuing to use their current internal dialing plans. Conversion between the ENUM and customer dialing plans will be automatic. This means customers can make calls across network boundaries directly, without a bridge, just as they do in the audio world - boosting adoption of video services and revenues for video service providers.

The agreement will benefit XConnect's Video Interconnection Exchange (VIE) members and IPV's major managed service provider customers as they can now offer enriched total solutions to meet their customers' requirements for high-quality, ubiquitous services.

"Our partnership with IPV is the latest example of how XConnect is enabling service providers worldwide to connect video 'islands' so their customers can make video calls as easily as voice calls," said XConnect CEO Eli Katz. "With our collaboration with IPV, service providers can now provide end-to-end quality of service, security and ease of use for their video customers worldwide."

"IPV's ability to securely route calls across network boundaries with QoS transliteration and IP address conflict resolution on and off public networks, combined with XConnect's ENUM registry services, opens up the video space so that end users can maximize return on their video investment," said IPV President Pat Montani.

About XConnect
The global leader in network peering, XConnect is trusted by IP-based service providers in 20 countries to offer a suite of Interconnect 2.0 services, including next-generation multimedia interconnection hub and carrier ENUM-registry solutions for voice and video. London-based XConnect offers the most comprehensive and reliable solutions to help service providers deliver rich multimedia IP communications across networks while reducing costs and improving service quality. Backed by Tier 1 venture capital firms, XConnect operates the largest worldwide ENUM-based IP-peering federation, the Global Alliance, and the world's first national VoIP/NGN interconnection federations. For more information, please visit http://www.xconnect.net.

About IPV

IPV Video Cloudware(TM) encompasses all of the elements necessary for the efficient inter-carrier, interconnection of networks across private and public boundaries with security, QoS transliteration and IP address conflict resolution. IPV's Connectivity+(TM) platforms are located in major telehotels where the majority of the world's carriers interconnect - where the 'clouds intersect'.

Today, IPV services global requirements for thousands of end points on connections and interconnections, from carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, Masergy, Savvis, Level 3, Global Crossing, Cogent, Virtela, NTT, Allstream, Bell Canada, C&W, etc. North American, European and Asia Pac traffic flows through IPV, and IPV is the world's largest host of video bridges and gateways in the clouds.

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CONTACT: Laura Abbott, +1-203-869-8217, laura.abbott@comunicano.com, for XConnect; or Pat Montani, +1-604-902-3452, pat@ipvgateways.com, for IPV

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

KineticD Accelerates Cloud Backup Adoption with KineticCloud Software Offering for MSPs

Leading North American Hosted Exchange Provider Deploys KineticD's 100 percent White Labeled Cloud Backup Software

TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- KineticD(TM), known for its cloud backup and recovery services that offer small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) the market's leading data recovery track record, today announced that its secure, reliable and horizontally scalable cloud backup technology, KineticCloud - MSP Edition, has been successfully deployed as a 100 percent white-label offering by a leading North American hosted Microsoft® Exchange provider.

Everything related to KineticCloud is a true white-label solution; the user-interface of the backup clients and the self-server web portal on one side and the SSL certificate, executable file names and code-signing certificate on the other side, ensure that MSPs will be able to market and sell the technology as their own.

KineticCloud is positioned to enhance and accelerate cloud backup adoption, with a combination of scalable leading edge technology, simple subscription pricing and capabilities that support multi-tier distribution channels.

KineticCloud features:

    --  A 100 percent white-label solution for ISPs and MSPs as well as their
        channel partners
    --  Addresses all data in a typical SMB environment with specialized backup
        clients for different technologies; from servers, databases, PCs and
        Macs to mobile users on laptops, including such capabilities as
        agentless backup and CDP (continuous data protection)
    --  Horizontal scalability on standard Intel-based hardware, doing away with
        the need for enterprise class databases, expensive Storage Area Network
        (SAN) or Network-Attached Storage (NAS) solutions
    --  Petabyte scalability on MS SQL standard and direct attached storage
        drives
    --  Simple yearly subscription pricing minimizes up-front investments
Supporting Quotes:

    --  Jamie Brenzel, CEO, KineticD said:"At KineticD, we strive to be at the
        forefront of cloud technology. We engineered KineticCloud to provide our
        MSP partners with a 100 percent white-label solution that can be rolled
        out in a matter of days with a subscription pricing model, providing
        them with a lower total cost of ownership. We are thrilled to have one
        of North America's leading hosted Exchange providers choose our solution
        for their customers."

    --  Brad Nisbet, Program Director for Storage and Management Services, IDC
        Research said:"With the 50 percent annual growth rate in storage
        capacity that we are seeing in the marketplace, a solution that will
        allow MSPs and others to jump in at the right level will be of the
        utmost importance to the industry. Horizontal scalability and full
        white-label features will appeal to both MSPs and SMBs as the industry
        continues to expand."
Social Media Destinations:

    --  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kineticdrobobak
    --  Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kineticd
    --  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/kineticd
    --  Videos: http://www.kineticd.com/videos
About KineticD

KineticD(TM) has set a new standard by providing small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the same level of service and protection for their irreplaceable digital assets that large enterprises rely on by harnessing the power of the cloud.  We strive to continuously accelerate the adoption of Cloud Backup Solutions by SMBs, as well as the providers that service them, by delivering technology that makes these solutions smarter and easier to use, more reliable and trustworthy, cost effective and easy to maintain. Solutions powered-by KineticD enable SMBs to continuously backup their data, restore, access and share information easily and securely from any location when needed. Founded in 2002, the Company's advanced, patented technology is used daily by over 60,000 customers, 1,000 resellers, 100 MSPs and private label partners around the world. Its solutions and technologies have achieved prestigious industry awards and have been featured in key industry publications. For a free trial or to request more information, visit http://www.kineticd.com.

SOURCE  KineticD

KineticD

CONTACT: Kim Dearborn, Nadel Phelan, +1-831-440-2407, kim.dearborn@nadelphelan.com

Web Site: http://kineticd.com

Square Enix, Inc. Announces Final Fantasy® XIII-2 Now Available at Retailers

Downloadable Content Will Include Lightning Coliseum Battle on Feb. 7

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in the Americas today announced FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system is now available at retailers.

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FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 has already received critical acclaim from media. The game surpasses the quality of its predecessor in every way, featuring new gameplay systems, cutting-edge visuals and audio. In this game, players have the freedom to choose from a range of possibilities and paths; their choices affect not only the immediate environment, but even shape time and space.

"...playing FFXIII-2 will restore your excitement for the franchise's future."-Official Xbox Magazine, February 2012 (9/10, Editors' Choice Award)

"...Final Fantasy XIII-2 makes a great sequel."-GamesRadar.com (9/10)

"It's fun, packed with content, and made me feel that old Final Fantasy magic again."-Machinima (9/10)

SQUARE ENIX also announced that extensive downloadable content is planned for FINAL FANTASY® XIII-2. The planned content includes Coliseum Battles pitting the player against adversaries from previous FINAL FANTASY titles that, when defeated, can be recruited into the player's party. The Coliseum battle "Lightning and Master Sergeant Amodar" will be distributed on February 7. In addition, there will be episodes which enhance the experience and complement the narrative of FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 with storyline branches for key characters in the story.

Full details on each piece of content will be revealed at a later date.

FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 Key Features                     ??????????                              ????

    --  A New Tale Awaits
        --  FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 will reveal further events from the amazing
            mythology as presented in the original FINAL FANTASY XIII. The story
            is written in a way that it can still be enjoyed without playing the
            previous title.
    --  Larger, More Interactive Environments
        --  Places with multiple pathways to explore and many secrets to find
            offer players the chance to shape their own adventure.
    --  Time Travel - A New Dimension of Exploration
        --  The situation, scenery, flora, fauna and weather conditions all
            change, depending on when you visit locations. Untangling the
            threads of time is essential to experience the full story.
    --  Enhanced Battle System
        --  New elements, such as visually dynamic Cinematic Action sequences
            and the Mog Clock that rewards players for their actions, creating
            further variety and choice for the player.
    --  Master of Monsters
        --  A wide variety of more than 150 different monsters inhabiting the
            game world can be recruited into the player's party and battle
            strategy, with each creature having unique and devastating special
            abilities.
ABOUTFINAL FANTASYSince the release of FINAL FANTASY in 1987, this unique RPG series continues to showcase the spectacular visuals, highly imaginative worlds and rich stories leading the industry and earning the highest accolades from users around the world. Titles of the series have so far achieved a cumulative shipment of over 100 million units worldwide (as of June 2011).

    Title:                    FINAL FANTASY XIII-2
    Platform:                 Xbox 360, PlayStation(R)3 system
    Genre:                    RPG
    Release date:             January 31, 2012
    MSRP:                                                         $59.99
    ESRB Rating:              T (Teen)
    Website:                  http://na.square-enix.com/ffxiii-2
Related Links

    FINAL FANTASY XIII-2
     Official Homepage:            http://na.square-enix.com/ffxiii-2
    FINAL FANTASY XIII-2's
     Official Facebook(R) Page:    http://www.facebook.com/FinalFantasyXIII
    Follow FINAL FANTASY XIII-2
     on Twitter(R):                http://twitter.com/OfficialFFXIII
About Square Enix, Inc.Square Enix, Inc. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content throughout the Americas as part of the Square Enix Group. The Square Enix Group operates a global network of leading development studios and boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property, including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 100 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 59 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 35 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix, Inc. is a U.S.-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

More information on Square Enix, Inc. can be found at http://www.square-enix.com/na/.

FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 ©2011, 2012 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All rights reserved. CHARACTER DESIGN: TETSUYA NOMURA FINAL FANTASY, the FINAL FANTASY XIII-2 logo, DRAGON QUEST, EIDOS, SPACE INVADERS, SQUARE ENIX, the SQUARE ENIX logo, TAITO and TOMB RAIDER are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Square Enix Group. "PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.

Contact (press only):Elizabeth StewartSquare Enix, Inc.310.846.0400na.pr@square-enix.com

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Infragistics Acquires SouthLabs

Introduces SharePlus App to Extend Reach of SharePoint to Mobile Devices

CRANBURY, N.J. and LONDON, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Infragistics, the user experience software company and a world leader in user interface (UI) development tools, announced today the acquisition of SouthLabs, developers of SharePlus, the mobile SharePoint app. Through the acquisition, Infragistics expands its business solutions further into the enterprise and empowers professionals to access and turn SharePoint data into action -- in the office, at home and on the road.

"Global enterprises are deploying tablets and other mobile devices throughout their workforce in rapidly increasing numbers," said Dean Guida, CEO of Infragistics. "SharePlus addresses a gap in the market by providing an exquisite experience for users of SharePoint on those devices.  The innovations of the SouthLabs team and the scale and reach of Infragistics' sales and services organization allow us to deliver exceptional value and productivity to our enterprise customers."

SouthLabs was founded in 2009 by Gabriel Lopez and Daniel Gomez, software strategists with expertise in the development of mobile software applications for smart phone platforms. The team created SharePlus, a universal app for SharePoint that is available on iPad, iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry devices. SharePlus has been deployed by enterprises worldwide across many industries.

SharePlus: Mobile Productivity
"SharePlus addresses several challenges for global enterprises," adds Guida. "Strong authentication and centralized deployment ensure that corporate data remains secure. The intuitive user interface dramatically improves upon the mobile browser SharePoint experience. The simple configuration eliminates IT resource drain, as time spent configuring devices and training users is minimal."

SharePlus Lite, a free version, enables business users to navigate corporate information while on the road, read documents offline and view e-mail, calendars, IM, video conferencing and shared documents by connecting to Office 365.

SharePlus Pro builds on SharePlus Lite with added features of read and write to shared documents on SharePoint, auto-sync of offline documents when a connected environment is restored, Passcode Lock, WiFi sharing and management of local files.

SharePlus Enterprise is the most robust offering in this suite and provides enterprises with added security such as multi-factor authentication and remote swipe to keep company intelligence private. The configuration broadcast enables enterprise IT to configure application settings once and push to all corresponding devices, freeing up IT resources for other efficiency-enhancing projects.  With customizable options, enterprises can augment or trim features, including application rebranding to company specifications. Premium support is offered with SharePlus Enterprise.

"Intelligence is going mobile and the environment for mobile SharePoint is in its infancy. SharePlus is essential for enterprises that use SharePoint as their main collaboration tool and use mobile technology for business productivity," concluded Guida.

Please see the SharePlus page for a complete list of features in SharePlus Lite, SharePlus Pro and SharePlus Enterprise.

Pricing and Availability
The SharePlus suite (each sold separately) is available today for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry devices and can be downloaded from iTunes, the Android Market and BlackBerry App World.

SharePlus Lite is available for free. SharePlus Pro (for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry), is priced at $19.99 USD (MSRP).

SharePlus Enterprise pricing is driven by customer requirements and can be obtained by calling Infragistics at 800-231-8588 or sales@infragistics.com.

For additional insight, perspective and community interaction on Infragistics solutions and services visit Infragistics Blogs, Forums and Community. Or view the latest Infragistics Performance Whitepapers. Follow us on Twitter @Infragistics, on Facebook and on LinkedIn.

About Infragistics
As the user experience software company and a world leader in user interface (UI) development tools, Infragistics empowers developers to build and style immersive user experiences and rich data visualization in line of business applications across all platforms - Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, Silverlight, jQuery, Windows Phone and SharePoint. Infragistics SharePlus business solutions deliver exceptional value and productivity to enterprise customers across all computing devices. Infragistics also has a range of value-added services including UI testing tools, support, training and consulting services. For additional information on Infragistics, products and career opportunities, please call us in the U.S. at +1 (800) 231-8588, +1 (609) 448-2000; in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa (EMEA) at +44 (0) 20 8387 1474; or in Japan at +81 3 5474 8040.

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Endomondo Introduces Performance Sportswear Collection at Copenhagen Fashion Week

Designer David Andersen Builds Endomondo Affinity with Committed Fitness Devotees

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Endomondo, the social fitness network that turns the mobile phone into a full-fledged personal trainer and training partner, announced today the launch of its new line of performance sportswear for running and cycling.

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Created with the critically and commercially acclaimed Danish designer, David Andersen, the stylish new Endomondo sportswear line is aimed precisely at those people who are committed to fitness and peak performance, and want to share their dedication with others--just as Endomondo helps them achieve. The line is designed to build a bridge with this motivated market, and enables other Endomondo users to identify their fellow enthusiasts. In using the Endomondo app, they can share their experiences and spur each other onward.

The enticing new Endomondo sportswear line provides Andersen's creative graphics, coupled with the perfect fit and most innovative materials for athletic performance. The eye-catching looks are combined with the collection's major feature, the ability to wick away moisture and sweat and keep competitors dry when competing and exercising.

Highlights of the collection include:

    --  Stylish running jackets ensuring that the user looks great whether
        jogging slowly or chasing a new personal best
    --  Running tights and pants with several functional details
    --  Shorts and tank tops for use in the gym or for running on a warm Summer
        day
In addition to the performance sportswear, the collection features casual styles for both women and men, such as yoga pants, hoodies, T-shirts and polo shirts.

"When I was approached to design a sportswear collection for Endomondo, I immediately became invested and excited to be a part of this project," said David Andersen. "This opportunity allowed me to build an innovative product, create a new form, use dynamic textiles and take on an exciting challenge with a new way of thinking. I look forward to introducing it on the runway in Copenhagen and seeing it transform the performance of athletes."

David Andersen's work is represented in 12 countries across Europe, and is entering the markets in Japan and the U.S. Known for pushing the boundaries to the limit and experimenting with different shapes and textures, David brings a profound passion for architecture, music and museums as inspirations for his designs. His fashions are currently worn by such celebrities as the Crown Princess of Denmark, Paris Hilton and Diddy (Sean Combs).

"We are thrilled to collaborate with a designer of David's caliber for our new sportswear line," said Mette Lykke, co-founder of Endomondo. "Endomondo is all about making sports and exercise more fun, motivating and social. Now we're translating that philosophy to sportswear that is not only functional, but highly fashionable for high performance results."

The Endomondo collection will debut at Copenhagen Fashion Week, taking place February 1-5. The pieces will be available to order from Endomondo's webshop at store.endomondo.com in the spring.

About Endomondo Launched in September 2008, Endomondo Sports Tracker turns the mobile phone into a full-fledged personal trainer and a social training partner. The app can be used for running, cycling, walking and all other distance-based outdoor sports. Using GPS, the app tracks route, distance, duration, split times, calorie consumption and more while providing audio feedback on performance. The app offers a full history of workouts, as well as social features that allow users to compete with friends without giving up flexibility. The app also supports heart rate monitors on most handsets. ??Endomondo.com incorporates the social community where users can challenge friends and share results. Endomondo Sports Tracker has 7 million users with exponential growth. Being available on seven mobile platforms (iOS, Android, RIM, Symbian, Windows Phone, Windows Mobile, Java), the app supports almost all GPS phones. It is the highest rated app of its kind in several of the biggest app stores. ??For more information, please visit http://www.endomondo.com and follow @Endomondo on Twitter.

Media Contacts:Jim Llewellyn, for Endomondo(323) 810-7685Mette Lykke, Co-founder of Endomondo+45 3076 1290

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Logicalis Launches new Operation in Indonesia Formed From Joint Venture With Metrodata

SLOUGH, England, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Logicalis, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, has now
launched its joint venture operation in Indonesia. The new company, known as Logicalis
Metrodata Indonesia, was formed with leading Indonesian ICT Group, P.T. Metrodata
Electronics, Tbk based in Jakarta. Logicalis has a 51% shareholding and Metrodata 49%.

    Logicalis Metrodata Indonesia has approximately 25 employees reporting to a new
managing director, Dewi W. Irawan, and will focus on network communications, collaboration
and data centre solutions to the commercial, enterprise and service provider markets in
Indonesia.

    The Indonesian market is experiencing strong domestic growth at 6.5% (the 3rd largest
growth market in Asia, behind China and India[*]). In particular, the IT services market
is also showing a period of strong growth ahead. It is valued today at over $1 billion and
with compound growth predicted at 12.7% up to the year 2014[**], this brings the value to
one and half times what it is today.

    [*]Asia Pacific Executive Brief, January 2012, IMA Asia

    [**]Gartner Market Insight: IT Services Market Assessment, Indonesia, 2011, 16 June
2011

    About Logicalis

    Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a
breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data centre and
cloud services; and managed services.

    Logicalis Group employs over 2,500 people worldwide, including highly trained service
specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the
needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis
maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM and
Microsoft.

    The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of over $1 billion, from operations in the
UK, US, Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of
the leading IT and Communications solution integrators, specialising in the areas of
advanced technologies and services.

    The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and
London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of approximately $5 billion.

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

   
    For further information please contact:
    Jennifer Manning
    Cohesive Communications
    T: +44(0)1291-626200
    E: logicalis@cohesive.uk.com

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Xilinx Launches First Design Platforms for Accelerating 7 Series FPGA Design Productivity and System Integration

See Industry's First Complete Development Kits for Increasing System Performance, Lowering Power, and Reducing BoM with 28nm FPGA Technology at DesignCon 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today launched its first Targeted Design Platforms for accelerating systems development and integration with its 28nm 7 series Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Xilinx's Targeted Design Platform approach to FPGA system design and integration provides the industry's most comprehensive development kits - complete with boards, ISE® Design Suite tools, IP cores, reference designs and FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) support - so designers can begin applications development immediately.

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At DesignCon 2012, attendees can visit Xilinx at booth #732 to see the new Virtex®-7 FPGA VC707 Evaluation Kit, the Kintex(TM)-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit, and the Kintex-7 FPGA DSP Kit with high-speed analog built with Avnet Electronics Marketing. These kits will showcase applications featuring low power, FMC migration, high-speed connectivity, and advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) performance. Xilinx's booth demonstrations will also showcase Xilinx's Agile Mixed Signal (AMS) analog interface capabilities, now available in all its 28nm devices for enabling general purpose analog integration.

"Xilinx's 7 series families take FPGA technology further into SoC applications that were never possible before without costly and time-consuming ASIC or ASSP development," said Vin Ratford, Senior Vice President, World Wide Marketing, Xilinx. "Xilinx is executing a record-breaking rollout of its 28nm generation, which means customers now have access to base and domain platforms as well as a range of ecosystem offerings for evaluating, developing and deploying systems that take advantage of the low-power and flexibility 7 series FPGAs bring to the table."

Since the first Kintex-7 devices were shipped to customers in March 2011, Xilinx has commenced the roll out of its Kintex-325T, Virtex-485T, Virtex-2000T FPGAs and Zynq(TM)-7020 Extensible Processing Platform. The three new kits are the first among nearly 40 to be delivered by Xilinx and/or ecosystem members supporting embedded and high-speed connectivity applications, as well as markets such as automotive, broadcast, consumer, industrial and communications. Reference designs that come with each kit give both new and experienced FPGA users ideal starting points for getting designs completed quickly while achieving the best performance, lowest power, highest bandwidth and most feature-rich utilization of Xilinx FPGAs.

Ecosystem Support & Open StandardsThe 100's of board, design service, IP, and tool vendors who make up the Xilinx Alliance Program provide the rich diversity of development solutions and applications that enable Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms. Xilinx worked closely with 4DSP Inc., Analog Devices Inc., Avnet Electronics Marketing, Northwest Logic, The MathWorks, Texas Instruments, and Xylon to bring the first Kintex-7 FPGA and Virtex-7 FPGA development kits to market with more support from the ecosystem to follow.

Xilinx's adoption and support for open standards throughout the design and development flow further strengthens the ability of the Xilinx Alliance Program to efficiently and cost effectively deliver key technologies that in turn make it easier for FPGA users to complete their projects.

Each development kit supports the FMC specification, a key Targeted Design Platform enabler defined by VITA 57 that delivers an industry standard daughter card form factor, connector and modular interface to an FPGA located on a base board. Whether the cards are custom made or commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) from the Xilinx ecosystem, developers can leverage 100's of existing FMCs immediately, or reuse their investments in cards targeting previous generation Virtex-6 and Spartan®-6 devices.

In addition to the open standards supported at the board level, Xilinx's adoption of the AMBA® AXI4 (Advanced eXtensible Interface 4) standard enables plug-and-play use and reuse of Intellectual Property (IP) cores to further accelerate productivity. Using the PlanAhead(TM) design planner available in the ISE Design Suite, developers have a unified design process for logic, DSP and embedded processing that simplifies the IP assembly process and promotes team design with hierarchical flows within the FPGA.

About the New Kits

    --  The Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit provides a flexible framework for
        designing higher-level systems using DDR3, Gigabit Ethernet, PCI
        Express®, and other serial connectivity standards. An AMS header lets
        designers explore the AMS technology and see how the feature can trim
        BOM cost. Other communications features--high-speed GTX transceivers,
        SFP+, and SMA connectors--further extend the list of advanced
        capabilities that can be evaluated and leveraged from this platform.
        ($1,695 order entry open now)
    --  The Kintex-7 FPGA DSP Kit co-developed with Avnet Electronics Marketing
        features the Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 board and includes an integrated
        high-speed analog FMC to interface to real-world signals. Featuring
        dual-channel 800 MSPS 16-bit digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and
        dual-channel 250 MSPS 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), the
        high-speed analog module delivers exceptional throughput when combined
        with the massively parallel processing bandwidth of the DSP48E1
        arithmetic processing engines in the Kintex-7 FPGA. Data paths to and
        from the DSP slices can be created and integrated into systems using
        industry-standard AXI4 interface conventions. ($3,995 order entry now
        from Avnet)
    --  The Virtex-7 FPGA VC707 Evaluation Kit gives designers an easy starting
        point for evaluating and leveraging devices that deliver breakthrough
        performance, capacity and power efficiency. The kit is the optimal
        choice for advanced systems that need the highest performance and
        highest bandwidth connectivity. The kit speeds the development of
        designs that can leverage the full breadth of Virtex-7 FPGAs, all of
        which offer maximum power efficiency--requiring 50 percent less power
        than previous generation devices. ($3,495 with order entry open
        late-February 2012)
Collaboration with the Xilinx ecosystem provides the rich diversity of solutions and applications that Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms offer. Here's what vendors who collaborated on the first three kits announced today have to say:

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Visual Network Systems Launches Service Delivery Dashboard to Simplify Configuration of IT Service Views

Service Delivery Dashboard Integrates Application and Network Performance Analytics with Third-Party IT Systems to Create Unique Business Service Views

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Visual Network Systems, a leading provider of application and network performance management solutions for IT organizations, today announced the availability of its Service Delivery Dashboard((TM)). This industry first solution allows real-time performance analytics from Visual Performance Manager to be combined with information from multiple IT management systems - including service desk solutions, and element managers - under a single dashboard to streamline operational processes and facilitate synergy across multiple IT teams.

In a recent Impact Brief(1) report, Enterprise Management Associates noted that the Service Delivery Dashboard "delivers an impressive set of capabilities for assimilating third-party, multi-brand service management investments, as well as access to Internet and Web-based information such as weather, geographical maps, and other content relevant to business and/or IT performance across different verticals."

"Visual Network Systems' Service Delivery Dashboard represents a unique and very welcome capability into the broader service management marketplace," said Dennis Drogseth, Vice President, Enterprise Management Associates. "Leveraging its multi-dimensional, application-aware Visual Performance Manager foundation, the Service Delivery Dashboard provides a pragmatic and extensible option for harvesting multi-brand service management investments in meaningful context for a wide variety or constituencies and roles--with clear values in analytics, decision support and diagnostic automation."

Operations teams, including network, application and infrastructure teams, in addition to line of business management and service desk teams will be able to take advantage of this integrated workflow to analyze rich performance data to manage service delivery. The Service Delivery Dashboard provides a collaboration platform across IT departments to help them more quickly identify problem domain and root cause leading to faster MTTK (Mean Time to Know) and ultimately improved MTTR (Mean Time to Repair).

"What's unique about the Service Delivery Dashboard is that we not only display Visual Performance Manager analytics in a business or geographic context, but also support the integration of other IT systems such as IBM Tivoli Netcool/Omnibus, BMC Remedy ARS, or EMC Ionix," said Daryle DeBalski, vice president and general manager, Visual Network Systems. "Our goal is to collaborate across third-party tools so we can complement and integrate into our customers' IT ecosystem."

Visual Performance Manager is a unified system providing end-to-end performance visibility into applications being delivered across cloud, carrier and enterprise networks while managing overall service quality, improving visibility and quickly isolating the root cause of performance issues for each remote location reducing the time to troubleshoot within data centers or branch offices. The product is designed to simplify the deployment, configuration and performance troubleshooting workflow while providing critical information for in-depth problem triage as well as incident and problem management. 

For more information about the Service Delivery Dashboard, visit http://www.visualnetworksystems.com/SDD.

(1) Enterprise Management Associates Impact Brief: Visual Network Systems Enables True Business Service Control via its Service Delivery Dashboard.

About Visual Network Systems

Visual Network Systems provides innovative solutions that support IT professionals responsible for enterprise-wide application, network and VoIP performance. The company's flagship solution, Visual Performance Manager, is a unified system that provides enterprise service intelligence to help organizations effectively deliver these services. Its solutions are available directly to enterprises or as part of a managed services offering. Visual Network Systems is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, and distributes its products in more than 50 countries. More information can be found by visiting Visual Network Systems website at: http://www.visualnetworksystems.com or by calling (888) 293-5853. Follow Visual Network Systems on Twitter @vnetsystems (http://twitter.com/VNetSystems).

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CONTACT: Kaycee Holmes, GolinHarris for Visual Network Systems, +1-972-341-2502, kholmes@golinharris.com

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Spredfast Launches Facebook Tab Management to Engage the Social Customer

Expanded Facebook Functionality Allows for the Creation of Richer Brand Experiences

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Spredfast, a leading social media management system provider, today announced Facebook tab creation and management functionality to allow enterprises, brands and agencies to engage social customers with a richer brand experience. By incorporating the new tab functionality into the Spredfast social media management platform, users can not only use tabs to expand their Facebook presence for a more customized interaction with their community, but can continue to maintain a holistic view of all social media programs from one system.

"We are constantly evaluating how social networks are expanding their capabilities to determine the potential benefit these features can provide in helping our customers better achieve business goals using social," said Keith Zoellner, Spredfast CTO.  "Building Facebook tab functionality into our platform is just one example of our pursuit to continually improve our product and it further adds to our ability to provide value to our customers by helping them be as innovative and successful in their social media initiatives as possible."

Facebook tabs provide enterprises and agencies with a unique opportunity to interact with customers and prospects in a more engaging and interactive way. However, creating, managing and updating these tabs can pose a challenge to social media teams of all sizes.  Using the Spredfast social media management platform, users can streamline this process by choosing from a library of flexible, built-in template layouts and modules to create a tab that's supported across multiple browsers and is reliably hosted by Spredfast.  Users can also collaborate with the Spredfast Facebook experience team for help in creating a more customized tab layout and look that aligns to an organization's brand identity and objectives.

The new platform functionality provides Spredfast users with the ability to:

    --  Design custom Facebook tab layouts - Users can choose from the built-in
        library of templates and widgets to design layouts that incorporate
        text, photos, videos, quizzes, contests, promotions and registration
        forms.
    --  Implement different versions of tabs based on country or language -
        Organizations can quickly create various versions of a Facebook tab that
        maintains corporate branding, but resonates with a more targeted
        audience based on language or country for improved localization.
    --  Create sophisticated layouts with multiple tabs, levels of navigation,
        sub-navigation and fan-gates - Users can create tabs that are as simple
        or sophisticated as needed to achieve their company's business
        objectives or campaign goals.
About Spredfast:

Based in Austin, Texas, Spredfast provides social business software for social media management that allows organizations to manage, monitor, and measure their social media programs, and the effectiveness of each piece of content, across multiple social media channels. Spredfast allows its clients to extend their branded content and engage with its audience from a single administration interface to the blogosphere and the major social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Foursquare. Some of the enterprise and agency adopters on board with Spredfast include AARP, Nokia, Bayer, HomeAway, Porter Novelli, ING Direct and AGAIN Interactive. For more information, visit http://spredfast.com/.

Media contact:Brittany EdwardsSpredfastpr@spredfast.com (512) 538-0460 x1206

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Video Conferencing Infrastructure Redefined: The LifeSize UVC Platform

Industry's first fully integrated,virtualized software platform for infrastructure is the key to driving true growth in the video conferencing industry, making the technology accessible to every business and enterprise

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeSize, a division of Logitech (NASDAQ: LOGI) (SIX: LOGN) today announced the LifeSize® UVC Platform(TM), the industry's first integrated and virtualized software solution for HD video conferencing infrastructure. UVC stands for universal video collaboration, LifeSize's vision for all products and technologies, focusing on flexibility, simplicity and performance. The LifeSize UVC Platform integrates the capabilities of multiple single-purpose infrastructure products and makes them instantly available from one interface with one login account.

Unlike today's rigid systems with lengthy deployment periods and required fixed-capacity purchasing, the LifeSize UVC Platform makes buying and deploying video conferencing infrastructure more flexible and efficient, and the investment significantly more cost-effective. With one integrated platform and a deployment model to fit every IT environment, administrators can buy what they need now and scale up as the organization's needs grow.

"Since inception, LifeSize has consistently delivered industry firsts," said Colin Buechler, chief executive officer of LifeSize and Logitech senior vice president. "We were first to HD, first with one button streaming and recording, and now we are redefining video conferencing infrastructure. By responding to the needs of our customers, LifeSize has fundamentally changed the way businesses deploy infrastructure, unlocking the door to real adoption and growth in the video conferencing industry."

The LifeSize UVC Platform is scalable and customizable, removing the cost, risk and complexity of fixed-capacity hardware, which often requires a larger up-front purchase than you need. Today, the UVC Platform includes infrastructure applications ranging from HD streaming and recording, firewall/NAT traversal, and Gatekeepers (routing and control).

Unlike one-size-fits-all video infrastructure, the LifeSize UVC Platform gives IT decision makers the flexibility to:

    --  Use one integrated platform for all infrastructure applications.
    --  Choose the deployment model that best fits the environment (software or
        hardware appliance).
    --  Add the features, functionality and capacity needed now vs. future
        growth (number of seats, users or ports), not binding organizations to
        the initial purchase.
The LifeSize UVC Platform also makes trials quick and easy, with a "try before you buy" feature that enables instant downloads - not days or weeks- affording enterprises the ability to preview on the spot. There is no longer a need to deploy and provision separate products and no additional hardware to ship.

Pricing and Availability

The LifeSize UVC Platform is globally available with infrastructure applications starting at $3,999 U.S. MSRP. A 30-day free trial can be downloaded here. The UVC Platform currently includes the following applications, which can be deployed as virtual machine software or as a hardware appliance:

    --  LifeSize® UVC Video Center(TM) - Streaming and recording
    --  LifeSize® UVC Transit(TM) Server - Firewall/NAT traversal server
    --  LifeSize® UVC Transit(TM) Client - Firewall/NAT traversal proxy
    --  LifeSize® UVC Access(TM) - Gatekeeper/IP communications routing and
        control

Additional Resources

    --  LifeSize UVC Platform datasheet
    --  LifeSize UVC Overview Video
    --  LifeSize blog
About LifeSize Communications

LifeSize is a pioneer and world leader in high-definition video collaboration. Designed to make video conferencing truly universal, LifeSize solutions are simple to buy, adopt, support and use. Offering video conferencing systems and software applications as well as a full line of video infrastructure, available on premises or in the cloud, LifeSize is committed to universal video collaboration. With LifeSize, customers can participate in large multi-party HD calls, live streaming and recording, collaboration on any mobile device, on any network, all at the highest level of quality. LifeSize was founded in 2003 and acquired by Logitech in 2009.For more information, visit http://www.lifesize.com.

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Blancco Reduces Rising Data Breach Risk from Tablets and Smartphones With Internationally Certified Erasure Solution

JOENSUU, Finland, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

          TÜV SÜD certification of Blancco Mobile Edition assures organizations of

           thorough data removal from mobile devices set for reuse or disposal

    Businesses often view data threats from mobile devices like smartphones and tablets in
terms of malware, phishing, and spyware, but improper decommissioning can pose an even
bigger security risk, according to Blancco [http://www.blancco.com ], the global leader in
data erasure and computer reuse solutions. Analysts estimate that more than 100 million
mobile phones are now recycled each year, yet surveys show that from 20 to 90 percent
reach the secondhand market with sensitive data. While many corporate security policies
address removal of data from servers and laptops before reassignment, resale or donation,
mobile devices areoften overlooked, despite similar repercussions as larger equipment in
terms of regulatory fines and damages to corporate reputation.

    Blancco Mobile Edition
[http://www.blancco.com/en/products/total-data-erasure/mobile-edition ] data erasure
software offers businesses, as well as the third-party information technology asset
disposal (ITAD) specialists who support them, an extra level of assurance that all data
has been wiped from mobile devices. The software's effectiveness in sanitizing datawas
recently certified by the internationally recognized testing agency TÜV SÜD,
complementing its adherence to DoD data erasure standards. The certification comes at a
time when many businesses are developing or assessing their mobile device policy.

    "IT asset and security managers now recognize that simply destroying a smartphone's
SIM card and performing a factory reset doesn't always fullyeraseinternal and external
memory," said Kim Väisänen, CEO and Co-Founder of Blancco. "Blancco Mobile Edition
removes data from mobile devices while creatinga detailed erasure report as proof. A
growing number of security- and compliance-minded companies - including a major
international chemical company with more than 50,000 employees - have embraced the
certified Blancco Mobile Edition as a security best practice."

    With Blancco Mobile Edition, a single operator is capable of erasing more than 300
smartphones per day, with automatically-generated erasure reports providing details such
as serial number, IMEI code and storage capacity - all important details for resale and
reuse purposes. Blancco Mobile Editionis TÜV SÜD certified for Android, Blackberry,
Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms, with certification expected for Apple iOSin Q1 2012.

    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.

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

    Blancco Oy Ltd.
    Kim Väisänen, CEO and Co-Founder
    +358-50-585-2885
    kim.vaisanen@blancco.com

Source: Blancco Oy Ltd.

The Power of the Re-Pin

Michaels' Pinterest boards reveal most popular DIY Valentine's Day projects

IRVING, Texas, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Michaels, the arts and crafts retailer known for inspiring creativity with thousands of DIY projects for all skill levels, is sharing the top crafts identified by its customers who re-pinned their favorite Valentine's project ideas found on Michaels' Pinterest boards.

Among visitors to Michaels' Pinterest boards, the most popular Valentine's projects include Valentine block letters, a cupcake liner wreath and a Valentine's treat bag.  Those projects have been re-pinned hundreds of times as customers look to the Michaels Pinterest page for inspiring ideas to surprise and delight their loved ones with a heartfelt, handcrafted Valentine's project.

"Michaels is all about inspiring creativity through our social media channels as well as in our stores," said Michaels Director of Digital and Social Marketing Robert Freeman.  "We love that our customers are finding and sharing Valentine's inspiration on Michaels' Pinterest boards and re-pinning their favorite craft ideas."

Pinterest is the second fastest growing site on the Web, according to comScore, and Michaels is putting the popular new social media site's "vision board" format to good use not only for Valentine's Day but for other craft projects as well.  Michaels and its customers are sharing ideas for DIY gifts, cards, treat bags and decorations on its Pinterest boards, as well as on Michaels.com, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and through in-store events and classes in all 1,060+ stores.

In stores, Michaels will host several free and low-cost Valentine's events for adults and kids. For a complete schedule, go to Michaels.com. Events include:

    --  Feb. 5, 1-2 p.m.: Valentine's Day Foam Mailbox making event where
        customers can create a fun mailbox for Valentine's Day goodies. Make-it
        take-it with the purchase of a foam or white craft mailbox. A free Kid's
        Valentine's Day Card making event follows from 2-3 p.m.
    --  Feb. 11, 10 a.m.-noon: Michaels provides the supplies for customers to
        create a Valentine's Day memory book with the purchase of a paper sack.
    --  Feb. 12, 1-3 p.m.: Customers can create unique gifts by personalizing
        frames with free supplies when they purchase Wood Curly-Q letters or
        frames.
Customers can find additional project ideas and inspiration for seasonal home decor, themed gift wrap ideas and baking supplies for a sweet Valentine's treat in stores and at Michaels.com/valentinesday.

About Michaels

Irving, Texas-based Michaels Stores, Inc. is North America's largest specialty retailer of arts, crafts, framing, floral, wall decor, and seasonal merchandise for the hobbyist and do-it-yourself home decorator. The company currently owns and operates more than 1,060 Michaels stores in 49 states and Canada, and 136 Aaron Brothers stores, and produces 10 exclusive private brands including Recollections®, Studio Decor(TM), Bead Landing®, Creatology®, Ashland(TM), Celebrate It®, Art Minds®, Artist's Loft®, Craft Smart® and Loops & Threads(TM). For more information visit http://www.Michaels.com

Media Contact:  Allison Swank or Loren Rutledge 817-329-3257 Michaels@spmcommunications.com

SOURCE  Michaels Stores, Inc.

Michaels Stores, Inc.

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

Magic Software Joins Leading Vendors of Solutions for JD Edwards Customers in the JDE Alliance

OR YEHUDA, Israel, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    Magic Software Joins Q Software, Velocity Technology Solutions, RF-SMART,
InsightSoftware.com, Image Integration Systems, and Arctools in Consortium to Serve the JD
Edwards ERP Customer Community

    Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. [http://www.magicsoftware.com ] (NASDAQ: MGIC
[http://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/mgic ]), a global provider of mobile
[http://www.magicsoftware.com/en/solutions/?catID13 ] and cloud-enabled application
[http://www.magicsoftware.com/en/products/?catIDp ] and business integration
[http://www.magicsoftware.com/en/products/?catIDA ] platforms, announced today that it
has joined the JDE Alliance, a consortium of independent, established, and 'best-of-breed'
product companies that provide software solutions specifically for organizations using JD
Edwards (JDE) ERP platforms
[http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/jd-edwards-enterpriseone/index.html ].

    JDE Alliance members provide JDE customers with a trusted source for the software
solutions and automation tools often required to extend, enhance, and protect their JDE
investment. JDE Alliance members provide reliable solutions for risk management,
compliance, security, data purge, and archiving, as well as accounts payable automation
and business process management, financial reporting, operational analytics and data
reconciliation, mobile supply chain and construction solutions, application integration
and process orchestration, and managed application services and disaster recovery.

    Magic [http://www.magicsoftware.com/en/products/?catIDp ] was invited to join other
JDE Alliance [http://www.jdealliance.com ] members who, like Magic, have been active in
the JDE marketplace for years and are recognized for their JDE expertise and their
offerings suited to the specific needs of JDE customers.

    All JDE Alliance members are also part of the Oracle Partner Network
[http://www.oracle.com/partners/index.html ] and the Quest International Users Group
[http://www.questdirect.org ]. Magic offers solutions for JD Edwards Enterprise One
[http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/jd-edwards-enterpriseone/index.html ], as
well as Oracle Validated Integration
[http://www.oracle.com/us/partnerships/solutions/index.html ] for JD Edwards World.

    Regev Yativ, President and CEO of Magic Software Enterprises Americas, said: "We are
pleased to be able to leverage the strength of the JDE Alliance in our customer education
and Sales & Marketing efforts. Our integration platform
[http://www.magicsoftware.com/en/products/?catIDA ] and other offerings give JDE Alliance
customers a great opportunity to enhance and extend their JDE ERP systems through
connections to third-party solutions, such as Microsoft SharePoint, PLM, and eCommerce
systems. We are pleased to be able to introduce the capabilities of JDE Alliance
members-Arctools, Image Integration Systems, InsightSoftware.com, Q Software, RF-SMART and
Velocity Technology Solutions-to JDE customers alongside our integration platform. These
capabilities help businesses to bridge the value gap between JDE and other enterprise
applications."

    In 2012, the JDE Alliance will be holding the 'Lunch and Learn' event, as well as
various other educational and business networking events, during which each member will
present industry and product information regarding their particular area of expertise. The
events are scheduled for cities across North America.

    For more information about the JDE Alliance education program, visit:
http://www.jdealliance.com.

    About Magic Software

    Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. (NASDAQ: MGIC) is a global provider of mobile and
cloud-enabled application and business integration platforms.

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

    Trademark Information

    Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Oracle e-Business Suite are registered trademarks
of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Velocity Technology Solutions is a trademark
of Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

    Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this
news release include forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly based upon a number of factors
including, but not limited to, risks in product and technology development, market
acceptance of new products and continuing product conditions, both here and abroad,
release and sales of new products by strategic resellers and customers, and other risk
factors detailed in the Company's most recent annual report and other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

   
    Press Contact:
    Tania Amar, VP Global Marketing

    Magic Software Enterprises
    Tel: +972-(0)3-538-9300
    tania@magicsoftware.com

Source: Magic Software Enterprises Ltd

Radware's Alteon 5224 ADC Platform Sets New Industry Standard for Enterprise Market Application Delivery Needs

New 'future-proof' platform meets the essential load balancing and application acceleration needs with superior performance, on demand scalability, built-in 10GE ports and ADC virtualization capabilities

MAHWAH, New Jersey, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    Radware [http://www.Radware.com ] (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of application
delivery [http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationDelivery/default.aspx ] and
application security
[http://www.radware.com/Products/ApplicationNetworkSecurity/default.aspx ] solutions for
virtual and cloud data centers, announced that its Alteon(R) 5224 application delivery
controller (ADC) for enterprises delivers the highest performance, on demand throughput
scalability, highest and port density than any platform in its class, while offering the
only 10GE connectivity and ADC virtualization capabilities.

    Radware's Alteon 5224 is an advanced ADC platform designed to meet the essential
day-to-day load balancing and application acceleration needs of mission-critical
applications for small and midsize enterprises with an innovative, on-demand platform
capable of supporting up to 24 virtual ADC (vADC) instances with throughput between 1 Gbps
and 16 Gbps and built-in 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports.

    Also, Radware's Alteon 5224 offers carrier-grade reliability and delivers the broadest
set of layer 4 through 7 services, including load balancing, traffic redirection,
persistency, content modification, SSL offloading, caching, compression, bandwidth
management, integrated security, link optimization and more.

    The Alteon 5224 meets the challenges of load balancing as well as advanced application
delivery services with these industry-leading features:

   
    - Ultimate on-demand scalability up to 16 Gbps using the same platform -
      Delivering on demand throughput scalability starting at 1 Gbps and up to 16 Gbps, the
      Alteon 5224 meets the workload needs of practically any enterprise data center. Its
      on-demand scalability enables customers to cost-effectively add more throughput,
      services and vADC instances using a simple software key update with no device
      replacement and even restart. Moreover, the Alteon 5224 eliminates costly forklift
      upgrades and delivers greater assurance for capacity planning. Unlike competitors' ADC
      solutions where a different platform is needed with each throughput requirement - it
      takes our competitors anywhere from two to five forklift upgrades to meet throughput
      requirements - the Alteon 5224 enables enterprises to benefit from the best investment
      protection against overspending.
    - Highest performance at its class - The Alteon 5224 offers the best performance
      in any layer 4 through 7 metric when compared to competitive platforms in its class.
      This includes: 8 times more layer 4 connections per second with 480,000 CPS; 19 times
      more layer 7 transactions per second with 190,000 TPS; 3 times more concurrent
      connections (12M); and 7 to 11 times more SSL connections per second for 1024-bit and
      2048-bit keys, with 35,000 and 11,200 SSL CPS respectively. As a result, the Alteon
      5224 enables enterprises to address traffic growth, ensure fast application response
      time and meet application service level agreements (SLAs).
    - The only enterprise-grade ADC with 10GE ports - With a total of 26 ports, the
      Alteon 5224 is the only ADC in its class equipped with 10GE ports, allowing
      connectivity to today's and tomorrow's networks. So as businesses upgrade their
      networks and data center switches, the Alteon 5224 will be ready to handle new
      connectivity demands without the need to replace hardware while reducing operational
      costs. In addition, the Alteon 5224 offers a unique feature not found on any other
      4Gbps ADC on the market: two built-in 10GE SFP+ ports. That means connections to
      existing 1GE-interface switches as well as to next-generation 10GE-interface switches
      are straightforward. So as businesses upgrade their networks and data center switches,
      the Alteon 5224 will be ready to handle new connectivity demands without the need to
      replace hardware, reducing operational costs.
    - The only ADC virtualization solution for enterprises at any size - The
      platform is shipped with two embedded virtual ADC instances (vADC) that can be
      expanded on-demand to support up to 24 fully-independent vADCs. Each vADC delivers the
      full feature set of a physical Alteon ADC and can be used in the future instead of
      additional ADC appliances to support new applications or more enterprise departments.
      What's more, Radware's 'pay as you grow' approach makes provisioning additional vADC
      instances easy, fast and at a fraction of the cost of adding a new physical ADC thanks
      to the use of on-demand software license that assures updates can be done without
      interrupting services.

    With these features, the Alteon 5224 is a future-proof solution with the flexibly to
add more ADC services as needed to serve more applications, more users and more business
departments, with benchmark affordability.

    Supporting Quotes

    "Companies running mission-critical applications need to cost-effectively and flexibly
scale to ensure connectivity to today's and tomorrow's switching infrastructure, as well
as assure their application high resilience, fast performance and scalability needs. The
Alteon 5224 advanced ADC platform provides a complete set of application delivery services
that ensure the availability, performance and security for applications - while topping
any other alternative ADC on the market."

    -- Nir Ilani, director, product marketing, Application Delivery at Radware.

    "We use the Alteon 5224 solution to optimize both the user experience as well as to
load balance most of our terminal server environments and to ease the administration and
maintenance for the IT department. Load balancing the terminal server environment gives us
better control during application upgrades, allowing us to bring down servers for upgrade
without stopping production. The Alteon 5224 gives us the functionality we were looking
for with the added benefit of being able to upgrade via a standard licensing agreement.
With the potential we see in Alteon, we plan to increase our competence on this product
through training."

    -- Trond Johan Mikkelsen Tufthaug, IT Consultant, Municipality of Narvik, Norway

    About Radware

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

    Radware encourages you to join our community and follow us on; LinkedIn
[http://www.linkedin.com/company/165642 ], Radware Blog [http://blog.radware.com ],
Twitter [http://twitter.com/#!/radware ], YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/radwareinc ] and
the Radware Connect [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/radware-connect/id391124100?mt=8 ] app
for iPhone(R).

    This press release may contain statements concerning Radware's future prospects that
are "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. These statements are based on current expectations and projections that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that future results will be
achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts and estimates. These
risks and uncertainties, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in Radware's
Annual Report on Form 20-F and Radware's other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made
and Radware undertakes no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statement in
order to reflect events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made.
Radware's public filings are available from the Securities and Exchange Commission's
website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained on Radware's website at
http://www.radware.com.

   
    Corporate Media Relations:
    Michael Lordi
    +1 201 785 3206  (office)
    +1 201-574-3840  (cell)
    mikel@radware.com

Source: Radware Ltd

Maxa Technologies (Maxatec) Adds Mobile Payment Solutions to its Portfolio

LONDON, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Maxa Technologies, (Maxatec) specialist distributor of IT hardware, software and
services to the Mobile, AIDC and EPOS market sectors has signed a UK distributor agreement
with Datecs, renowned Bulgarian EPOS supplier [http://www.maxatec-europe.com ], for the
Datecs MPED-400 [http://www.maxatec-europe.com/models/mped-400-mobile-pos-device ] mobile
Pin Entry Device (PED).

    The MPED-400 is a PCI EMV and Common Criteria approved mobile Pin Entry Device. With a
host of connectivity options including Bluetooth, USB and Serial, the PED can be used for
a large range of payment applications from fixed point of sale to payments taken in the
field. The ergonomic and light weight design make the MPED-400 ideally suited to business
on the move.

    With the "handpoint Headstart" payment application and the handpoint payment gateway,
a vast range of new opportunities are opened up to mobile chip and pin. The PCI and
Merchant Bank approved gateway allows payments to be processed efficiently and securely
through an internet connection. The platforms which the solution can work upon are Windows
Mobile, Windows CE, Windows PC and Android. Early in 2012, IoS will also become available.

    Michael Ashcroft, Director of Technical Services at Maxatec, commented: "Tied with the
MPED-400 and a handheld device, chip and pin payment can now be integrated easily into
your mobile application. This tight integration allows PCI compliant chip and pin payments
to be made, thereby increasing the cash flow in any business."

    Ashcroft continued, "The "handpoint Headstart" application runs on a multitude of
operating systems including Windows Mobile, Windows CE and Android. This provides a simple
integration platform for what was historically a complex payment mechanism. With Bluetooth
communication and Triple Des encryption, the MPED-400 provides the highest security
available for your customer's confidence."

    The addition of mobile payment solutions
[http://www.maxatec-europe.com/models/mped-400-and-handpoint-headstart-mobile-payment-solution ]
to the Maxatec range, reinforces the company's focus on the mobile market sector and
the relationship with Datecs and handpoint typifies the continuing drive to engage with
differentiated suppliers.

    Jamal Maknin, Director at Datecs; "We are pleased to be working with Maxatec as the
MPED-400 fits neatly into their product offering. Combined with the handpoint Headstart
solution, we have a fully secure, certified managed solution which should enable us to
gain real traction in the mobile payment sector. Mobile payment is new, exciting and an
important area that can be delivered to a multitude of verticals and with the MPED-400,
Maxatec and handpoint, we are coming to market at exactly the right time."

    Maknin added: "Maxatec has great expertise and experience in mobile products and
applications. Their value added, technical approach make them a very important partner for
Datecs to deliver product into the huge potential customer base."

    About Maxatec

    Maxatec is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Value Added Supplier of Specialist IT Hardware,
Software and Services to the Mobile, AIDC and EPOS market sectors. Maxatec supplies
CognitiveTPG receipt and barcode printers, TSC barcode printers, Bluebird Pidion mobile
computing devices, Smart Terminals mobile computing devices, NCR POS terminals, Longshine
POS terminals, Datamax-O'Neil mobile receipt and label printers, as well as a range of
barcode scanners, touchscreen monitors, other peripheral devices, and own-branded
products. Maxatec also offers software, professional services, and a wide range of media,
spare parts and in-house and on-site service capabilities. The Maxatec brand is synonymous
with high standards of service as well as high performance, high quality products.
(http://www.maxatec-europe.com)

    About Datecs

    Datecs was founded in 1990 in Bulgaria and specialises in the design and production of
EPOS and mobile products. State of the art factory and distribution facilities teamed with
technical excellence and global market knowledge, enables Datecs to design and produce the
technologies of today and tomorrow. Datecs' product range includes EPOS products
(printers, ECRs, terminals, weighscales, pole displays) and mobile products (printers,
scanners, card readers, payment devices, GPRS terminals) that are operable with consumer,
industrial and enterprise products on a range of operating systems (Windows, iOS, Android,
Palm, Blackberry). With distribution in over 70 countries and an expansion in local
offices, Datecs is able to develop and support products locally for the global market.
(http://www.datecs.co.uk)

    About Handpoint

    Handpoint was established 13 years ago, and specializes in mobile payments on
Smartphones, Tablets and Handheld Devices, enabling merchants to accept all card payments
(MSR, EMV and NFC) in a secure way and greatly reducing PCI costs. handpoint has a
complete end-to-end payment solution covering mobiles, tablets and PC's and a fully
PCI-DSS certified payment Bureau (also known as a "gateway"), for both authorisations and
settlements. (http://www.handpoint.com)

   
    For more information contact
    Andrea Percival
    Maxa Technologies
    Andrea.percival@maxatec-europe.com
    +44(0)161-942-7850

Source: Maxa Technologies http://www.maxatec-europe.com

Auction Genius Integrates Kelley Blue Book Values into Its Web-based Software, Helping Dealers Make the Best Purchase Decision

Kelley Blue Book® Auction Value Empowers Dealerships with Timely and Relevant Vehicle Pricing

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelley Blue Book http://www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, today announces its newly formed relationship with Auction Genius, a Web-based software provider for auto dealers buying vehicles at auction.  The Kelley Blue Book Auction Value is now integrated into the Auction Genius product to help dealers make the best purchase possible.

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With a combined screen view, dealers that use the Auction Genius product can quickly evaluate more vehicles in less time and participate in more auctions.  The product incorporates both local auction and vehicle specific information in one place to help dealers make smarter buying assessments. 

Access to the vehicle information and the Kelley Blue Book Auction Value, as cars enter the lane, will help dealers eliminate the time invested in research beforehand and support their decisions at auction. 

"Kelley Blue Book values are developed using hundreds of data sources, millions of vehicle data points and are specific for 51 distinct regions," said Juan Flores, director of vehicle valuation for Kelley Blue Book.  "Having the vehicle valuations readily available during a live auction not only empowers the dealer to make the best purchase decisions for his or her lot, but also offers relevant and timely information about what should be paid for a particular model."

Using Auction Genius reduces prep time and with Kelley Blue Book Values and other important research information in one location, dealers can expand their reach and improve purchase effectiveness. 

For more information about Auction Genius, visit http://www.auctiongenius.net.  For more information and news from Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com, visit http://www.kbb.com/media/, follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/kelleybluebook (or @kelleybluebook), or like our page on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/kbb. 

About Kelley Blue Book (http://www.kbb.com)
Founded in 1926, Kelley Blue Book, The Trusted Resource®, is the only vehicle valuation and information source trusted and relied upon by both consumers and the industry.  Each week the company provides the most market-reflective values in the industry on its top-rated website http://www.kbb.com, including its famous Blue Book® Trade-In and Retail Values and Fair Purchase Price, which reports what others are paying for new cars this week.  The company also provides vehicle pricing and values through various products and services available to car dealers, auto manufacturers, finance and insurance companies as well as governmental agencies.  Kbb.com provides consumer pricing and information on minivans, pickup trucks, sedan, hybrids, electric cars, and SUVs.  Kelley Blue Book Co. Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AutoTrader.com.

SOURCE  Kelley Blue Book

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CONTACT: Brenna Robinson, +1-949-267-4781, berobinson@kbb.com, or Natalie Kumaratne, +1-949-267-4770, nkumaratne@kbb.com

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

Sainsbury's Selects Kronos to Optimise Workforce Management of More Than 150,000 Employees

WOKINGHAM, England and CHELMSFORD, Massachusetts, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Leading retailer Sainsbury's has selected a workforce management solution from Kronos
Incorporated [http://www.kronos.co.uk ] to control labour costs and improve workforce
productivity. The Kronos solution will manage the time and attendance
[http://www.kronos.co.uk/time-attendance/time-tracking.aspx ] and scheduling
[http://www.kronos.co.uk/scheduling/scheduling-software.aspx ] of more than 150,000
colleagues in over 1,000 locations across the UK.

    News Facts

   
    - As part of Sainsbury's commitment to being a "Great Place to Work", it
      required a workforce management solution to support employees by offering a
      consistent, fair, and equitable approach to working practices.
    - Prior to selecting Kronos, Sainsbury's managed time and attendance and
      scheduling through a blend of manual and partially automated processes.
    - Sainsbury's selected Kronos following an extensive search of the market on the
      basis of Kronos offering technology that is easy to use; having vast experience in
      delivering rapid implementations; and a proven track record with large-scale retail
      implementations.

    Supporting Quotes

   
    - Rob Fraser, IT director, Sainsbury's

    "Kronos software will help us manage and allocate our labour in store and pay our
colleagues more effectively, whilst allowing us to benefit from simplifying our current
processes. Improved information will make it easier to provide our customers with
fantastic service."

   
    - Tim Bisley, general manager, Kronos EMEA

    "It's essential for retailers to manage the workforce effectively. We're very pleased
to be working with Sainsbury's on a project that will improve their operational
efficiencies and bottom-line results."

    About Kronos

    Kronos is the global leader in workforce management solutions that enable
organisations to control labour costs, minimise compliance risk, and improve workforce
productivity. Tens of thousands of organisations in 60 countries - including more than
half of the Fortune 1000(R) - use Kronos time and attendance, scheduling, absence
management, HR and payroll, hiring and labour analytics applications. To learn how Kronos
uniquely delivers complete automation and high-quality information in an easy-to-use
solution, visit http://www.kronos.co.uk.

    (c) 2012 Kronos Incorporated. All rights reserved. Kronos is a registered trademark of
Kronos Incorporated or a related company. All other trademarks are property of their
respective owners.

Source: Kronos

Contact: Caroline Powell, J D Marketing, +44(0)208-297-5388, carolinep@jdmarketing.co.uk

France IX Traffic Exceeds 100 Gbps

PARIS, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    http://www.franceix.net

    http://bit.ly/ik4cyh

    France IX tops off 2011 with success: the Internet eXchange Point (IXP) crosses the
threshold of 100Gbps in terms of consolidated traffic on its platform.

    An internet eXchange point appeals and amplifies internet traffic

    As an interconnection point, France IX gathers various profiles of internet
professionals, from ISP to CDN to corporations. Thus the infrastructure is meant to deal
with a significant traffic, following the growth trends of the Internet expansion.

    In fact, an IXP enables its members to access a maximum amount of Internet routes by
letting them exchange their own routes between them on the platform. The more the members
inter-exchange, the bigger their flow needs grow.

    With its offer, France IX takes part in enhancing the Internet, as it improves the
latency of websites, which is highly appreciated by gamers, for instance, who won't
tolerate long waits.

    Steady growth on an evolutive platform

    With 140 active members whose needs range from a few Mbps to several 10Gbps ports,
France IX benefits from a constant increase in members and in traffic. The diversity of
the members, also known as peers, helps in exchanging more traffic, since a new member is
sure to easily find several peers. For example, a CDN connects to internet exchange
points, so it could reach as many routes as possible.

    In addition to that, France IX has put in place routes servers. Members can peer with
these servers, just as they peer with any other member, and receive thousands of routes.
It helps gaining many routes quickly, while establishing peering agreements with other
members can take some time.

    Currently more than 70% of France IX members use the routes servers.

    Milestone for Internet in France

    What does 100Gbps mean? France has again become a major peering place, which has not
been the case for many years. An important gap between France IX and other IXPs in
England, Germany and the Netherlands can still be spotted. However, as time goes by this
discrepancy should disappear.

    Moreover, it brings new opportunities to the French market, such as the possibility to
exchange traffic with companies like Google which never peered in France before France IX
was set up, but now does, and even shows an open peering policy.

    About France-IX

    France IX is the latest generation IXP based in France, which offers Unicast and
Multicast IPv4/IPv6 public peering and private peering (Closed User Groups) through
various connection ports: 100 Mbps copper, 1000 Mbps copper, 1 Gbps SX or LX and 10 Gbps
LR. For further information, visit the website http://www.franceix.net or contact
info@franceix.net

Source: France IX

Contact - Tel: +33-(0)1-70-61-97-72

Verdiem Interoperates with Cisco EnergyWise to Help Customers Lower IT Energy Costs and Reduce Carbon Emissions

LONDON and SEATTLE, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Verdiem, a leader in IT energy management and efficiency solutions, announced today
that Surveyor 6 is interoperable with Cisco EnergyWise
[http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10195 ], delivering energy savings up to 60 percent
while lowering CO2 emissions. As a Registered Developer in the EnergyWise category of the
Cisco Developer Network, Verdiem has completed interoperability verification testing
required by Cisco*.

    Verdiem Surveyor enables customers to centrally manage and control the energy used by
PCs, Macs, and other network-attached devices running Cisco EnergyWise including IP
phones, Cisco EnergyWise SDK enabled PCs, wireless access points, routers, switches, and
power distribution units. Surveyor is easy to deploy and quick to get started, including
automatic device detection and organisation. Surveyor manages flexible power policies in a
single location with quick identification and replication of the most energy efficient
policies. For PCs and Macs, Surveyor provides high-fidelity utilisation data based on
actual user activity. As a result, Surveyor delivers highly accurate dashboards and
reports that detail energy usage, cost savings, and CO2 emission reductions. Also, with
Surveyor's built-in analytics engine, organisations can visualise opportunities for
additional energy savings.

    One customer benefiting from the Verdiem and Cisco collaboration is the Greater
Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), the second-largest fire and rescue service in
the U.K., protecting more than 2.5 million people across nearly 500 square miles. From its
41 fire stations and seven supporting locations, the organisation responds to more than
50,000 emergencies each year. Using a Cisco borderless network along with Verdiem Surveyor
6, GMFRS is on track to meet sustainability goals of reducing carbon emissions by 25
percent by 2014 and save approximately GBP2.73 million in operating costs.

    "Deploying Verdiem Surveyor 6 and utilising Cisco EnergyWise capabilities has allowed
us to significantly reduce our carbon footprint and accurately track our progress toward
meeting our energy efficiency goals," said Damian Parkinson, director of information and
communication technologies for GMFRS. "Along with the environmental benefits, we're also
experiencing great cost savings, which will allow us to better serve our community."

    Cisco EnergyWise is a Cisco IOS-based intelligent energy management protocol. This
open technology is used to monitor, control, and report the energy use of information
technology (IT) and facilities equipment. Cisco EnergyWise extends energy monitoring and
management from the network core to the edge.

    "Cisco EnergyWise allows customers to use their existing Cisco infrastructure,
including the Catalyst switches, to facilitate savings in IT energy consumption and meet
sustainability mandates," said Jeff Reed, vice president of Cisco's Unified Access
Business Unit. "Verdiem has been one of the key partners of Cisco EnergyWise since this
Cisco technology was conceptualised. With Surveyor 6, Verdiem delivers an innovative next
generation management system for EnergyWise. We're excited about the growing interest in
EnergyWise and look forward to continued joint successes in this space."

    The Cisco Developer Network [http://www.cisco.com/go/cdn ] unites Cisco with
third-party developers of hardware and software to deliver tested interoperable solutions
to joint customers. As a Registered Developer, Verdiem offers a complementary product
offering and has started to collaborate with Cisco to meet the needs of joint customers.
For more information on Verdiem Surveyor 6 interoperability with Cisco EnergyWise go to:
http://developer.cisco.com/web/partner/search?accountId000000Y9p2nAAB.

    * Interoperability testing is designed to simulate typical customer configurations,
and does not replace the need for on-site testing in conjunction with actual
implementation.

    About Verdiem

    Verdiem helped define the PC power management market and has now extended its
leadership into IT energy management and efficiency software. Verdiem Surveyor enables
customers to centrally control and reduce the energy used by PCs, Macs, and network
devices running Cisco EnergyWise without impacting end users. More than 600 corporations,
government agencies and universities have deployed Surveyor on nearly 2 million devices.
Most customers experience ROI within six to 12 months. Based in Seattle, Wash., Verdiem is
backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. More information is available at
http://www.verdiem.com or (206) 838-2800.

   
    Contact:
    Cheryl Billson
    +44(0)7791-720460
    Cheryl.billson@commacomms.com

Source: Verdiem