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Netflix "Just for Kids" Experience Now on Wii in Canada

Popular Series from Marvel Like "Iron Man" and "Spider Man" Also Now Available to Watch Instantly

LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today announced that its "Just for Kids" section is now available to Netflix members in Canada on the Wii(TM) game console and that popular titles from Marvel are available for Canadians to watch instantly streaming from Netflix.

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Simply selecting "Just for Kids" within the Netflix app for Wii takes Netflix members to a section that's perfect for children 12 and under. Parents and kids can click on their favorite kids characters - from "Phineas and Ferb" to "Elmo" - and find a broad selection of great TV shows and movies featuring that character.

The Netflix "Just for Kids" section lets users scroll through row after row of TV shows and movies organized by easy-to-understand genres like superheroes, princesses and dinosaurs, featuring clear and simple descriptions of the plot of each title. Netflix uses ratings and reviews from Common Sense Media in developing the selections. Common Sense Media provides independent ratings, reviews, and information to help parents make great media choices.

Kids are among the most ardent watchers of TV shows and movies. Almost half of the more than 20 million Netflix accounts have been used to instantly watch at least two titles made for kids in the last three months. "Just for Kids" makes it easier and more fun for kids and families to instantly watch a huge range of kid-friendly TV shows and movies.

Kid-friendly TV shows and movies available for Canadians to watch instantly include:

    --  Horseland (Cookie Jar)
    --  Calilou (Cookie Jar)
    --  Busy World of Richard Scarry (Cookie Jar)
    --  Arthur (Cookie Jar)
    --  Babar (Nelvana)
    --  Franklin (Nelvana)
    --  iCarly (MTV)
    --  Go, Diego, Go! (MTV)

In addition, Netflix has licensed popular shows from Marvel, which are now available to watch instantly, including:

    --  X-Men: Volumes 1-5 (76 episodes)
    --  Spider-Man Unlimited (13 episodes)
    --  Spider-Man (1994-98, 65 episodes)
    --  Silver Surfer (13 episodes)
    --  Iron Man: Extremis (six episodes)
    --  Iron Man: Armored Adventures: Season 1 (26 episodes)
    --  The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Season 1 (26 episodes)

Other Marvel shows will be available to watch instantly in 2012, including:

    --  Ultimate Spider-Man (26 episodes)
    --  Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. (five episodes)
    --  Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends (24 episodes)
    --  Spider-Man (1978, 26 episodes)
    --  Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man (26 episodes)
    --  Iron Man: Armored Adventures: Season 2 (26 episodes)
    --  Incredible Hulk (21 episodes)
    --  Black Panther (12 episodes)
    --  The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes: Season 2 (26 episodes)

The Netflix "Just for Kids" section is currently available in Canada on PC, Mac and the Wii console. Similar functionality will come to many other devices over the next year.

About Netflix:

With more than 20 million streaming members in the United States, Canada and Latin America, Netflix, Inc. [Nasdaq: NFLX] is the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying movies and TV shows. For about US$7.99 a month, Netflix members can instantly watch unlimited movies and TV episodes streaming over the Internet to PCs, Macs and TVs. Among the large and expanding base of devices streaming from Netflix are the Microsoft Xbox 360, Wii and Sony PS3 consoles; an array of Blu-ray disc players, Internet-connected TVs, home theater systems, digital video recorders and Internet video players; Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as Apple TV and Google TV. In all, more than 700 devices that stream from Netflix are available. For additional information, visit http://www.netflix.com. Follow Netflix on Facebook and Twitter.

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CONTACT: Steve Swasey of Netflix, sswasey@netflix.com, +1-408-540-3947

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

Stupidbetz.com Rewards Users With Money for Taking on Stupid Challenges

ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A new website is giving its users the chance to earn money by taking on stupid bets put forth by other users and then posting videos of each bet to the site. In a type of "eBay meets Jackass" business model targeted at college-age people, Stupidbetz.com will pay out digital currency for bets like getting your nipple pierced, shaving off an eyebrow, or even taking mace to face. 

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"Friends and buddies are always daring each other to do stupid things, like putting your hand in an ant pile for 30 seconds or taking a TASER to the tit," said Chris Beauchamp, the Betmaster and brainchild behind Stupidbetz.com. "We're opening up those challenges to anyone across the world. And unlike your cheap friends who never actually pay up, you can cash in through the website."

Users of the site can easily login at Stupidbetz.com using their Facebook account. Once on the site, they can issue a worldwide challenge to anyone willing to video record themselves doing the stupid bet. Once the video is posted to the site, an online community judges the video and determined whether or not the poster's video is worthy of payment.

Users seeking cash can search the site for bets they wish to perform and easily take others up on their bets. Prior to performing each bet on video, they must say "this is for Stupidbetz.com." If the online community deems the video worthy, they get paid.

The site's first sponsored event took place last Saturday at the Tilted Kilt in Orlando, Fl., where the big bet was to beat the record for World's Largest Beer Bong. One hundred-fifty area college students took down the beer bong as well as participated in various side bets issued by a team of hot Stupid Bitchz.   

The "World's Largest Beer Bong" was constructed from a large 70-foot tube and took 2 kegs of beer to fill the massive funnel. Video of the record-setting beer bong bet can be seen at Stupidbetz.com. One of the stupid bets from the event, featuring a guy clamping his tongue in a mousetrap, can be seen here: http://www.stupidbetz.com/bet/2011/11/25/put-your-tongue-mouse-trap?p=d

"In today's economy, college kids especially are willing to do anything for money," said Beauchamp. "For years they've been giving plasma or being part of a research project for beer money. Now there's actually a way to cash in and have a great time doing it as well. Hitting your friend with a fish unexpectedly is much more awesome."

About Stupidbetz.com

Stupidbetz.com is an online entertainment community that brings together those willing to do stupid things for cash and those that want to see them do it. Challengers can put currency on the line and issue bets to other users. Those accepting the challenge film themselves completing the bet and upload it to Stupidbetz.com, where the community in turn deems the video worthy enough for payment. Stupidbetz.com makes it easy to make money doing the things your friends always dared you to do. Find out more and watch stupid bet videos at http://stupidbetz.com.

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CONTACT: CONTACT: Bill Yackey, for Stupidbetz.com, +1-502-609-7133, Press@stupidbetz.com

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

Litex Industries, Limited Announces Successful Closing of Its All Cash Offer for Craftmade International, Inc.

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Litex Industries, Limited, today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced cash tender offer, through its subsidiary Litex Acquisition #1, LLC ("Litex"), for all of the outstanding shares of Craftmade International, Inc. ("Craftmade"; OTCQX: CRFT). 

Litex's tender offer for US $4.25 per share was made on October 14, 2011 and expired at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on November 29, 2011.  Upon such expiration, Litex instructed BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, the depositary for the tender offer, to release payment for such tendered shares to each of the applicable stockholders.  As a result of such tender offer and its subsequent closing, 4,573,834 shares (approximately 79%) of Craftmade common stock were tendered and then transferred to Litex.  Together with the 826,393 shares (approximately 14%) of Craftmade common stock that Litex already owned, Litex now holds 5,400,227 shares (approximately 93%) of Craftmade common stock.       

Litex, in accordance with Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, now intends, as soon as practicable, to conduct a short form merger between Craftmade and itself (the "Proposed Merger"). As part of the Proposed Merger, any outstanding shares of Craftmade common stock that were not tendered and transferred to Litex as part of the tender offer will be converted into the right to receive $4.25 per share, provided the holders of such shares do not first properly exercise their appraisal rights under Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.  Upon consummation of the Proposed Merger, Craftmade will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Litex Industries, Limited.   

Litex, on or around November, 30, 2011, will also notify OTC Market Group, Inc. (formerly known as Pink OTC Markets, Inc.) of its intention to withdraw Craftmade common stock from being traded on OTCQX.  Withdrawal of Craftmade's common stock from trading on the OTCQX will become effective approximately 24 hours after Litex's notification to OTC Market Group, Inc.   

Litex Acquisition #1, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Litex Industries, Limited, offered to purchase for cash all of the outstanding shares of common stock (including the associated Series A Preferred stock purchase rights) of Craftmade International, Inc. at a purchase price of $4.25 per share.  Such tender offer expired at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on November 29, 2011.  Additional information about the transaction, including the offering documents, is available at http://www.litexfans.com.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated acted as dealer manager, Greenberg Traurig, LLP as legal counsel, and Morrow & Co., LLC as information agent in connection with the tender offer.

About Litex

Litex, founded in 1980, is an importer of ceiling fans and lighting fixtures ranging from classical to imaginative. Litex's state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution facilities, located in Grand Prairie, Texas, combined with its exceptional quality control standards plants Litex on the cutting edge of the industry.

About Craftmade

Founded in 1985, Craftmade International, Inc. is engaged in the design, manufacturing, distribution and marketing of a broad range of home decor products, including proprietary ceiling fans, lighting products and outdoor furniture.  The Company distributes its premium products through a network of independent showrooms and mass retail customers through its headquarters and distribution facility in Coppell, Texas and manufacturing plant in Owosso, Michigan. 

Additional Information

This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell Craftmade common stock. The tender offer was made pursuant to a tender offer statement (including the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related tender offer materials) previously provided to the stockholders of Craftmade. 

No assurance can be given that the proposed transaction described herein will be consummated by Litex or completed on the terms proposed or any particular schedule, that the proposed transaction will not incur delays in obtaining the regulatory, board or stockholder approvals required for such transaction, or that Litex will realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction.

Any information regarding Craftmade International, Inc. contained herein has been taken from, or is based upon, publicly available information or information made available by Craftmade for review by Litex. Although Litex does not have any information that would indicate that any information contained herein is inaccurate or incomplete, Litex does not undertake any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information.  Litex does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation or responsibility to update or amend any of the information above except as otherwise required by law.

    Litex Contact:                         Investor Contact:
    Litex Industries, Limited              Morrow & Co., LLC
    Attn: John Mares, CFO                  470 West Avenue
    3401 West Trinity Blvd.                Stamford, CT 06902
    Grand Prairie, TX 75050                 Banks and Brokers Call:
                                            (203) 658-9400
                                            All Others Please Call
                                            Toll?Free: (800) 607-0088

SOURCE  Litex Industries, Limited

Litex Industries, Limited

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

Rounds Expands "Communitainment" Platform With Nine New Activities

Unique Games Offer More Wacky and Creative Ways to Interact with Friends over App

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rounds, the world's only "communitainment" platform combining video chat and social apps into one fun real-time consumer experience, announced today the launch of nine new activities that will be added to its app by 2012. Users will now have even more options to connect with friends using the interactive app.

Rounds currently allows users to meet friends as well as new people in a cross-platform environment where they can communicate face to face by video chat, play real-time games, watch YouTube videos together, share pictures, listen to music, take photo booth snapshots and apply funny webcam effects in a safe and fun setting that simulates a real-world game room.

The new activities that are being added to the app include:

    --  Wonder Putt: Mini-golf on steroids adventure throws cows, torpedoes, ski
        slopes and alien abductions your way as you try to shoot par.
    --  Whack-a-Friend: Whack your friend while you Video Chat Rounds before
        they whack you.
    --  Super Drift 3D: Pick your favorite car and favorite course and race
        against friends in a one of a kind 3D speed-racing game.
    --  Space Purge: Save Planet Earth by destroying incoming asteroids and
        rogue satellites, and gain special power ups to score the most points
        before your three lives are up.
    --  Mad Pet: Race your skateboarding dog, do tricks and avoid holes along
        the way to accumulate more points than your friend's skateboarding
        canine.
    --  Gluey: Combine blobs of the same color and use special items to rack up
        points and best your opponent's score.
    --  Faces iMake: Create your own crazy face using everyday objects in new
        and innovative ways.
    --  Charades: The online version of the classic game lets you act out a word
        or phrase as your opponent tries to guess who or what you are depicting.
    --  Bubblins: A solo or multi-player game in which you match Bubblins to
        decrease your opponent's life while increasing your own.

"We are continuing to build out our platform and add more and more unique experiences for our users," said Rounds CEO and co-founder Dany Fishel. "Rounds users can expect to get hooked to these new activities like they have with our activities and games already on the site - and probably more so. As Rounds continues to grow, the offerings are only going to get better and more addicting than they already are. We're very excited about these nine new additions and can't wait to get going on our next projects."

These new activities were aided by the recent securement of an additional $3 million investment to expand Rounds' interactive "live hangout" platform combining real-time communication and rich applications for easy and fun face-to-face socializing online. The free service already boasts more than three million users from around the world and more than 650,000 daily Rounds sessions.

About Rounds Rounds is the only "communitainment" platform in the world, combining video chat (communication) and social apps (entertainment) into one fun real-time consumer experience available across operating systems and devices. Rounds users enjoy the closest experience to actually hanging out in the real world. The company was founded in 2008 and has raised a total of $5.5 million in funding. The Rounds Video Chat Facebook Application can be added at http://apps.facebook.com/chatrounds. For more information, visit http://www.rounds.com or contact Natasha Shine-Zirkel at natasha@rounds.com.

SOURCE  Rounds

Rounds

CONTACT: Lisa Kornblatt of SS|PR, +1-847-415-9330, lkornblatt@sspr.com, for Rounds

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

LifeVibes(TM) CineXPlayer: First iOS Video App to Support High-quality Dolby(R) Digital Plus Audio

NXP Software and Dolby Laboratories Inc. collaboration brings iPhone, iPad and iPod users cinema-quality movie experiences

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    NXP Software today announced a new release of its highly popular LifeVibes CineXPlayer
at Apps World Europe. CineXPlayer 2.5 is the first video player for iPad, iPhone and iPod
devices to support Dolby(R) Digital Plus. Available via the Apple App Store, CineXPlayer
2.5 delivers a living-room movie experience almost anywhere.

    "NXP Software aims to help people enjoy life to the full by delivering outstanding
mobile multimedia experiences. That vision has seen CineXPlayer become a top video player
in Apple's App Store. Many of CineXPlayer's fans asked us to add true multi-channel sound
and, working with Dolby Labs, that's exactly what we've done. It brings the digital audio
quality people know from the home theater to mobile devices," said Peter Van de Berg,
Marketing Director, NXP Software.

    Dolby Digital Plus improves the quality of sound from content creation to playback. It
delivers an optimal audio experience across a range of portable devices, whether listening
through headphones or built-in speakers, or sending an HD entertainment experience with
discrete multichannel audio to the home theater from the smartphone in your pocket.

    "Dolby Digital Plus in NXP Software's CineXPlayer allows for more high-quality
entertainment across screens," said John Couling, Vice President, Electronic Media, Dolby
Laboratories. "Dolby is committed to bringing a cinema-quality experience to the home on a
wide range of services, devices and applications."

    CineXPlayer lets end-users transfer Xvid movies instantly on to their iPad, iPhone or
iPod without file conversion. And as it is possible to save full movie files to the
CineXPlayer app, users can watch at home or on the go, even if there is no Internet
connection available (e.g. on trains, planes, and so on).

    About NXP Software

    NXP Software is a world-wide leading software vendor for mobile multimedia. It
specializes in innovative multimedia solutions and applications to help mobile device
manufacturers and service providers deliver extraordinary media experiences.

    End-user insights drive its designs, resulting in differentiating end-user
experiences, while its unmatched audio and video expertise ensures better performance and
customizable solutions.

    NXP Software has established strong partnerships with key vendors to ensure optimum
flexibility, ease-of-integration and interoperability between hardware and software
platforms. Its LifeVibes portfolio of software products is used in over one billion
(1,000,000,000) mobile devices, making the company the market leader in software solutions
and applications for mobile multimedia. LifeVibes is a trademark of NXP Software.

    http://www.nxpsoftware.com

    About Dolby Laboratories

    Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) is the global leader in technologies that are essential
elements in the best entertainment experiences. Founded in 1965 and best known for
high-quality audio and surround sound, Dolby creates innovations that enrich entertainment
at the movies, at home, or on the go. Visit http://www.dolby.com for more information.

    Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Inc.

    iPad, iPod, and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other
countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc.

Source: NXP Software

Note for editors: Marketing & Communications NXP Software, +31-40-272-6000, Info.software@nxp.com

The House of Marley to Stir It Up at Ski Dazzle Los Angeles With Premium, Eco-Friendly Personal Audio Collection

Satisfy Your Soul Tour Lets Fans Experience MARLEY Premium, Eco-Friendly Headphones, Available at Retailers Nationwide; Introducing Speakers, Docking Stations Early 2012

LOS ANGELES and COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The House of Marley carries its message of peace, love, and unity to Ski Dazzle 2011: The Los Angeles Ski Show and Snowboard Expo, December 1 - 4, 2011, helping to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the world's largest consumer ski & snowboard show and sale.  The House of Marley will bring its MARLEY Satisfy Your Soul Tour to Ski Dazzle to showcase its full line of eco-friendly MARLEY audio gear, including a sneak preview of new docking stations and speakers, at the Los Angeles Convention Center, South Hall,Booth 230-233, next to the skate ramp.

The House of Marley delivers premium quality, eco-friendly products that embody the Marley family's values of equality, unity, authenticity, sustainability, and charity.  MARLEY is comprised of three collections - Jammin', Freedom, and Destiny - and features noise isolating in-ear and on-ear headphones, active noise canceling over-ear headphones, docking stations, and portable audio systems. Suggested retail prices range from $29.99 to $499.99, offering superior audio products for "young gongs" to "conscious connoisseurs." MARLEY headphones are currently available at Becker Surf, Karmaloop, CCS, Beachworks and many other snow, surf and skate shops nationwide. Docking stations and speakers will be available in early 2012.

"Action sports has always been important to us, because that's where the roots people hang out," said Rohan Marley, Bob Marley's son, on behalf of the family. "Through his music, my father spread messages of love, hope, unity, and peace, and it is our family's responsibility and mission to bring his vision to a new generation. MARLEY audio products make perfect sense and are created with a focus on using sustainable products and providing exceptional sound that our family is proud to call our own."

The MARLEY Satisfy Your Soul Tour, currently traveling throughout Southern California, will offer fans at Ski Dazzle Los Angeles the chance to check out the new range of MARLEY headphones, engage in music mash-ups, and record a video singing their own version of a classic Marley song all from a fully restored MARLEY-inspired 1958 VW van.  Learn more and find a schedule of upcoming events at http://www.thehouseofmarley.com/tour.

About The House of Marley:
Working together for a better world, The House of Marley was created from the belief in Bob Marley's vision of "One Love," offering a range of eco-conscious, innovative audio electronics products that adhere to the Marley family core values: equality, unity, authenticity, sustainability and charity.  The House of Marley donates five percent (5%) of its annual profits to 1Love.org. The epicenter of a global movement, 1Love.org is dedicated to spreading Bob Marley's message of unity and peace by lifting up a new generation of "young gongs" to strike the hammer for charities, causes and ideas that can change the world.

Learn more at http://www.thehouseofmarley.com, join us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TheHouseofMarley, and follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/houseofmarley.

Visit the Marley Family's primary website at http://www.BobMarley.com and join the Official Bob Marley Facebook page at http://www.Facebook.com/BobMarley.  Learn more about other Marley Family ventures by visiting Marley Beverage Company at http://www.MarleyBeverages.com, Marley Coffee at http://www.MarleyCoffee.com, and 1Love.org at http://www.1love.org.

About Ski Dazzle®
Ski Dazzle LLC is the producer of the Nation's Largest Consumer Ski & Snowboard Shows for over 30 years. Ski Dazzle® Snow Shows attract 180,000 ski, snowboard and active lifestyle attendees to Los Angeles, Chicago, the Bay Area and Sacramento.

SOURCE  The House of Marley

The House of Marley

CONTACT: CONTACT: Gregg Hirschorn / Vanessa Giacoppo, Blue Wolf Communications, +1-516-767-9653, gregg@bluewolfcomm.com, vanessa@bluewolfcomm.com

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

Teleplan Strategically Targets Indonesia as new Growth Market

AMSTERDAM and JAKARTA, Indonesia, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    Teleplan International N.V. (Prime Standard, ISIN: NL0000229458), the leading global
provider of high-tech after-market services for the Computer, Communications and Consumer
Electronics industries is opening its third site for Communications (Mobile, Networking)
after-market services in Jakarta.

    Kalamullah Ramli, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Communication and Information
Technology, Elmar Bouma, Director of the Indonesian-Netherlands Association (INA) and Hajo
Provo Kluit, Deputy Head of the Economic Department at the Embassy of the Netherlands, all
participated in the opening ceremony, held by Teleplan's Chief Executive Officer Gotthard
Haug and local Teleplan management.

    The after-market service landscape in Indonesia is dominated by local repair shops,
lacking in high-tech capabilities to provide professional service solutions. This presents
an opportunity for global after-market service companies such as Teleplan, providing
end-to-end solutions fulfilling the needs of OEM customers.

    Teleplan's growth strategy in Indonesia will be supported by global advanced
engineering skills and know-how, combined with existing strong relationships with OEM
companies. Teleplan first expanded into Indonesia in 2007 and now operates three sites
there - two in Jakarta and one in Surabaya. Teleplan has made a significant commitment to
the country, with an Indonesian workforce of 240 people, and approximately US$2M invested
to date. Teleplan's services for electronic equipment range from Mobile, Storage, Network,
LCD, PC & Notebook to Set-Top-Boxes.

    "This important strategic step will lead to a transfer of technology and engineering
know-how and allow us to offer an even better quality of service to the Indonesian end
consumer. As people in Indonesia spend more and more time online, their needs for better
service and support can only increase," commented Gotthard Haug, CEO of Teleplan. He
added: "Growing our business in Indonesia will increase our local workforce and lead to
further investments there."

    Teleplan International N.V. is one of the top suppliers of high-tech after-market
services and provides total lifecycle care solutions for the world of Computers,
Communications and Consumer Electronics ("3Cs"). The lifecycle care concept ranges from
simple repairs to the most sophisticated technological and electronic solutions.
Headquartered in Amsterdam/Schiphol, the Netherlands, Teleplan currently operates from 24
sites in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia with approximately 5,300 employees.

    For further information please visit: http://www.teleplan.com

Source: Teleplan

For Further Information: Monika Collée, Corporate Director Communications & Investor Relations, Tel.:  +31-85-273-3681, monika.collee@teleplan.com

LodgeNet Launches Comprehensive Reporting Solution for its Hotel Broadband Business

Company to Deploy LodgeNet Solve to Hotels Served with Cloud-Based FREEDOM Internet Platform

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, today announced the launch of LodgeNet Solve, a comprehensive on demand reporting portal that complements the cloud-based FREEDOM Internet solution offered exclusively by LodgeNet Broadband to hotels in the United States.   

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Created in response to hoteliers' demands, LodgeNet Solve will provide real-time and aggregate information on customer usage, bandwidth usage, device uptime, and other aspects of the hotel's broadband network - all through a single, Web-based portal. The portal will initially be available to hotels LodgeNet has installed with the FREEDOM Internet system.

"Reporting is absolutely necessary for a hotel to intelligently manage its network and maximize guest satisfaction," said Steve Pofahl, General Manager of LodgeNet Broadband. "LodgeNet Solve brings all of our experience and industry knowledge together into a reporting solution that puts vital information at the hotelier's fingertips. It also positions us to bridge the gap between broadband and media platforms - including mobile - as we move toward bundled solution offerings in which all platforms can be managed and monitored by on-property personnel through a single, secure portal."

LodgeNet currently provides broadband systems and services to approximately 150,000 hotel guest rooms as well as meeting rooms, public spaces and conference facilities. 

About LodgeNet
LodgeNet Interactive Corporation is the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve. Recently named by Advertising Age as one of the Leading 100 US Media Companies, LodgeNet Interactive serves approximately 1.8 million hotel rooms worldwide in addition to healthcare facilities throughout the United States. The Company's services include: Interactive Television, Broadband, Mobile and Advertising Media Solutions along with nationwide technical and professional support services. LodgeNet Interactive Corporation owns and operates businesses under the industry leading brands: LodgeNet, The Hotel Networks and LodgeNet Healthcare. LodgeNet Interactive is listed on NASDAQ and trades under the symbol LNET. For more information, please visit http://www.lodgenet.com. 

LodgeNet and the LodgeNet logo are registered trademarks of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation.

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CONTACT: CONTACT:  Ann Parker, Director of Corporate Communications of LodgeNet Interactive Corporation, +1-605-988-1000, communications@lodgenet.com

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

iRise Extends Its Mobile Prototyping Capabilities to Apple Platforms

iRise Studio quickly creates visual software prototypes that look like final coded apps, slashing development time and producing software that delights business users

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011  /PRNewswire/ -- To give businesses the widest possible choice of platforms for quickly creating productive new software and mobile apps that work right the first time, iRise(®) announced today that it has released a Mac-based beta version of its popular visualization and prototyping software.  Meeting the increasingly high expectations for business software created by the "consumerization of IT," the new software--iRise Studio for the Mac--helps businesspeople visualize and experience what it's like to use new applications before they're coded.

The new software release helps companies cope with the growing needs of business to meet expectations raised by the ease of use of mobile platforms such as the iPhone, the iPad, and laptops.  The increasing use of such platforms in business, often referred to as "the consumerization of IT", has put many organizations under intense pressure to create business applications for stakeholders who are now quickly irritated with even small flaws in their user experiences.

"Steve Jobs and Apple really raised the bar for many companies, and now these firms are looking for a way to accelerate their mobile app development while still satisfying their customers, partners and employees," says Maurice Martin, president, COO and founder of iRise.  "The beta release of iRise for the Mac helps these organizations show everyone involved in new app development exactly what users will experience, which speeds up development and increases the chances that users will be delighted with the final product," he explains.

The iRise platform flips the old software development paradigm on its head. Stakeholders get to see and test software by using the visualization to do the types of things they'll do when the application is fully coded such as scrolling, using slider bars, stretching and compressing displays and entering information into forms. With iRise Studio for the Mac, all of these experiences occur at the beginning of the development cycle, rather than at the end.

Similar to computer-aided design (CAD) tools for physical products, simulations built with iRise act as working models or "visual blueprints" for complex business applications. Users can actually use the simulation the way they will interact with the final version, eliminating the painful surprises and expensive rework that's often needed when users only get to use the near-final versions of software projects. Once everyone on a project has used a new prototype and agrees on how the application should work and what it will look like, iRise can be used to help produce the HTML code that creates the screens and apps that users interact with.

Included in the new release are these rapid app-building capabilities:

    --  Leverage for existing assets: Makes it easy to update current,
        non-mobile applications for mobile platforms
    --  Real-time collaboration: Stakeholders can review and comment on new apps
        with a viewer that works on most common mobile platforms.
    --  Support for most mobile platforms: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows
        Phone 7, WebOS, Tablets, industrial devices and more
    --  App acceleration: Speeds development from the right idea, to the right
        app, the first time
    --  Support for most mobile platforms: Creates simulations for iOS, Android,
        Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, WebOS, Tablets, industrial devices and more
    --  Rapid app creation: Creates fully dynamic, interactive visualizations
        that work like the real thing, in hours, with no coding
The effect of using iRise on organizations' software capabilities is often stunning. "Once participants experience this new, lightning-fast way of defining software they're sold, and never want to flip through reams of printed documents again," says iRise's Martin.

The beta version of iRise Studio for the Mac is available for immediate trial download at http://www.irise.com/resources/register_for_mac_beta.  Additional information is also available at http://community.irise.com/irise and at irise.com.

About iRise

iRise is the world's leading provider of enterprise visualization software for business applications. Visualization has become a critical competitive advantage for businesses to more effectively communicate their needs to technology teams and give everyone involved the ability to interact with and fully experience applications before they are built. Companies of all sizes like General Motors, UPS, FedEx, Haworth, Manpower, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and hundreds of others use iRise to "test drive" their applications before building, which accelerates time to market, improves customer experience, and drives cost down. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., iRise is backed by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, and Deutsche Bank, and has sales offices across North America and in London.

iRise is a registered trademark of iRise. All other companies and products mentioned are trademarks and property of their respective owners.

SOURCE  iRise

iRise

CONTACT: CONTACT: Kristin Miller for SSPR, +1-719-634-8292, kmiller@sspr.com

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

Paessler Announces Version 3.0 of Mobile Network Monitoring App for iOS Devices

iPRTG v3.0, optimized for iPhone 4S and iPad 2, enables real-time remote monitoring with series of powerful enhancements based directly on customer demand

LOS ANGELES and NUREMBERG, Germany, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Paessler AG, the innovative network monitoring solutions specialist, today announced the availability of iPRTG v3.0, the latest version of the mobile monitoring app for its PRTG network monitoring solution. iPRTG enables IT administrators to keep a watchful eye on their networks, and to remotely manage network monitoring tasks, regardless of time or location, by pulling data directly from the PRTG server and displaying it on the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Paessler's flagship product, PRTG Network Monitor, is a robust solution designed to make network monitoring on virtually any scale easy, efficient and flexible. PRTG provides continuous monitoring of LANs, WANs, servers, websites, appliances, URLs and more, enabling IT administrators to find problems and resolve them before they escalate.

iPRTG puts these same capabilities in the palm of an IT administrator's hands, literally. Key enhancements to v3.0 include support for landscape orientation, which lets users rotate their device for a wider, more complete view of graphs, maps and other monitoring data, plus high resolution graphs optimized for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2. iPRTG v3.0 also enables users to change device settings and sensors directly from within the app.

"Our list of enhancements to iPRTG aims to make the mobile monitoring experience more intuitive and user friendly than ever before," said Dirk Paessler, founder and CEO of Paessler. "We understand the time-sensitive nature of network monitoring. This latest upgrade to our family of mobile monitoring apps - which also includes an app for Android phones and tablets - puts the control into the IT administrator's hands, regardless of where they may be at any given time, ensuring both optimum network performance and peace of mind that no issue goes unattended."

Version 3.0 also features a new "Send Email" function, which enables users to open a new window in their device's native email application with a direct link to a monitoring object in the PRTG web interface. This is particularly useful when an administrator needs to delegate tasks to other team members while on-the-go. Additionally, to ensure nothing slips through the cracks, iPRTG can now be configured to continuously alert the user in case the alarm count of their monitoring setup is greater than zero.

The full new feature list for iPRTG v3.0 includes:

    --  Support for landscape orientation
    --  Added view showing log entries
    --  Added view showing geomaps of sensors
    --  Ability to change sensor-/device settings from within the app
    --  New "Send Email" function
    --  Ability to edit comments within the app
    --  Added setting for "Repeat Alarms" to establish ongoing reminders if the
        count of sensors in error or alarm state is greater than zero
    --  Added new sensor lists: "Most/Least Available Disk Space" and
        "Shortest/Longest System Uptime"
    --  New icons and artwork

For iPRTG's development and distribution through the Apple iTunes store, Paessler has partnered with beyond content GmbH, a specialist in iPhone and web applications. Available for immediate download for just $11.99, the new iPRTG v3.0 is provided as a free upgrade to current iPRTG users. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad running on iOS 4.0 or later.

To learn more, visit http://www.paessler.com/apps/iprtg.

About Paessler AGPaessler AG leads the industry in providing the most powerful, affordable and easy-to-use network monitoring and testing solutions. The company's suite of just-right software products deliver peace of mind, confidence and convenience for businesses of all sizes - from Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) to large enterprises, including more than 70% of the Fortune 100 companies. Based in Nuremberg, Germany, Paessler's global reach includes more than 150,000 active installations of its products. Founded in 1997, Paessler AG remains a privately held company and is recognized as both a member of the Cisco Developer Network and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner. For more information, visit http://www.paessler.com.

SOURCE  Paessler AG

Paessler AG

CONTACT: CONTACT:  Megan Parker of SS|PR, +1-847-415-9326, mparker@sspr.com, for Paessler AG

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

American Institute of Physics Partners With Publishing Technology on Next Generation Scitation

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AIP Publishing, a division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP), and Publishing Technology plc (LSE: PTO) announce a partnership to build the next generation of AIP's Scitation, scheduled for launch in the fourth quarter of 2012.

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The new custom platform will be developed using Publishing Technology's pub2web hosting solution, enabling AIP and its Member Societies to house an impressive portfolio of journals and conference proceedings as well as Physics Today magazine and historical documents from AIP's Physics Resources Center. 

"With our strategic shift to concentrate our resources on serving our readers, authors, librarians and our Member Society publishing partners, we are excited to find an impressive partner to deliver the best possible way forward," saidJohn Haynes, Vice President of Publishing at AIP. "Enhanced functionality, discoverability and customer experience are paramount in our business and Publishing Technology has the international expertise to provide the first-class infrastructure our readers expect." 

Designed to put users at the center combining a flexible and extensible architecture with sophisticated information commerce, leading-edge semantic technology and industry standards, the pub2web interface will provide the research community with new opportunities for collaboration and discovery.  During the design phases, the user community will be engaged through focus groups, dialogue, training and usability testing.  Authors, readers and librarians can expect a seamless transition, new interactive communities and an overall enhanced user experience tailored to their specific needs. According to AIP's Chief Information Officer Evan Owens, "Publishing Technology's pub2web hosting platform will provide the foundation for the AIP collection of specialized physics-related content with a rich array of semantic features as well as deliver industry-standard support for the needs of library and individual subscribers.  We look forward to working with the company's development team to revolutionize the user experience."

Louise Russell, Chief Operating Officer of Publishing Technology's Online Division, offered, "We are excited by the prospect of providing AIP and its Member Societies with the technology to take their digital strategy to the next level. Focusing on the needs of authors, readers and librarians to deliver new, personalized discovery routes into content will break down traditional silos and allow for experimentation and added value. By bridging multiple content types from multiple member publishers and extending their reach, the new Scitation will be a premier research destination on the Web."

For more information, please contact:
Michael Groth, Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +1 617 395 4089
Email: michael.groth@publishingtechnology.com
- or -
Lori Carlin, American Institute of Physics
Tel: +1 516 576 2279
Email: lscarlin@aip.org

Publishing Technology plc:
Publishing Technology's products and services include advance, ingentaconnect, VISTA, author2reader, pub2web, ICS and PCG. The Publishing Technology group enables publishers to focus on their core competences by providing a single, trusted partner for both technology requirements and business development services. It is one of the largest providers of software and services for the publishing industry, servicing eight out of ten of the world's largest publishers. The group's proposition uniquely spans front and back office systems - complemented by a range of business development services - to provide the industry's only end-to-end suite of software specifically designed to support the publishing process. Capabilities cover editorial & production, product information, billing & fulfillment, content conversion & hosting, website development, marketing programs, information commerce, customer relationship management, rights & royalties and business intelligence. All application modules can be configured independently to meet specific publishers' needs and to allow flexible integration with existing systems. Associated sales and marketing services include consultancy and research, sales representation and telemarketing. The company is listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange and has offices in the UK, US, Brazil, India, China and Australia.

About pub2web
The pub2web platform is a customized, multi-content publications portal--delivering all the functionality needed to support evolving online strategies and to satisfy the user base, however diverse their needs. Customers benefit from proven, regularly-updated technology while also maintaining full control of their brand, their content and their user relationships. It allows customers to help their users to explore all their content - whatever its format - with progressive browsing options driven by pub2web's award-winning data storage and modeling.

Visit http://www.publishingtechnology.com, follow on Twitter @publishingtech, or connect on LinkedIn.

About AIP
The American Institute of Physics is an organization of 10 physical science societies, representing more than 135,000 scientists, engineers, and educators and is one of the world's largest publishers of scientific information in physics. AIP pursues innovation in publishing of scholarly journals and offers publishing services for its Member Societies. AIP's suite of publications includes 15 journals, two of which are published in partnership with other societies; magazines, including its flagship publication Physics Today; and the AIP Conference Proceedings series. Through its Physics Resources Center, AIP also delivers valuable services and expertise in education and student programs, science communication, government relations, career services for science and engineering professionals, statistical research, industrial outreach, and the history of physics and other sciences.

Visit http://www.aip.org, or follow on Facebook or Twitter @ AIP_Publishing.

SOURCE  American Institute of Physics

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American Institute of Physics

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

Daily Dose of Siri Quips and Tips Starts December 1

LifeWithSiri.com introduces new way to keep up with Siri

BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeWithSiri.com, a new website to provide a daily dose of Siri Quips and Tips, <font size="2" face="Arial">will launch December 1</font>.  The site will present daily screenshots of choice Siri responses both on the Web and by free email subscription. 

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Siri is the virtual "personal assistant" on the iPhone 4S that uses sophisticated voice-recognition to perceive the meaning of natural human speech, without the need to use any Siri-specific grammar.  And Siri asks questions in a pleasant feminine voice if she needs more information to complete a task.

"Ever since the iPhone 4S burst on the scene in mid-October, Siri has attracted most attention for her often hilarious responses, but she also has serious capabilities," said Jodi Dery, developer of the website. "LifeWithSiri.com is the first website to introduce a daily service to keep up with Siri, presenting each morning new screenshots of both a laugh-provoking Siri Quip and an especially useful Siri Tip."

"We feel that presenting Siri's responses in this concise daily format will help people remember the best questions to ask Siri and the best way to get good results.  And, for those who have an appetite to feast on lots of Siri responses at one time, we also provide easy access to our fast-growing database of over 300 Siri responses, along with links to many other Siri-related webpages and videos," Dery added.

Siri's responses have, according to Dery, "have provided tons of fun and surprises."  For example, if you ask Siri "Where do babies come from?" Siri is likely to respond: "I found some baby stores fairly close to you" followed by the names and addresses of those stores.

Some Siri answers can be jarring, but still funny.  If you hear someone saying on their iPhone "I need to hide a body," you shouldn't call the police.  Chances are that the iPhone user is trying to entertain a friend, knowing that Siri's response is likely to be: "What kind of place are you looking for? Reservoirs... Dumps... Swamps... Metal Foundries... Mines... ?"

If you ask Siri, "What is the meaning of life," you are likely to get many clever responses, such as: "I find it odd that you would ask this of an inanimate object" or "All evidence suggests it's chocolate" or "Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try to live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations."

The specific tips will cover areas such as querying contacts, finding contacts, relationships, adding events, changing events, asking about events, setting alarms, using a timer, sending messages, checking messages, responding to messages, checking up on friends, finding places, getting directions, sending texts, reading texts, replying to texts, playing music, creating and finding notes, making phone calls, requesting reminders, checking the market, checking the weather forecast, searching the web for information, etc. 

Since LifeWithSiri.com is a daily service, what you will see each day on the website or receive by email, at your option, will be different than what you saw the previous day.

SOURCE  LifeWithSiri.com

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LifeWithSiri.com

CONTACT: Jodi Dery, Media Only: +1-561-921-8493, jodi@4Siri.com

Over 30,000 Physicians Use Doximity to Securely Collaborate

In Just Seven Months Professional Medical Network Signs On 5% of US MDs, Double that of LinkedIn

SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Doximity today announced it is the largest professional network for physicians on the web, with more than 30,000 doctors registered on its platform.

The Doximity network, which provides a HIPAA-secure communication platform for doctors to connect and collaborate with their peers, now boasts twice the number of registered U.S. physicians as LinkedIn. In just seven months since launch, the network has commanded five percent of its target market, a feat that took LinkedIn more than three years to accomplish.

"Doximity is filling a real void in medicine by enabling physicians to connect with colleagues, specialists and former classmates and co-residents to expand their network, grow their practice and consult with one another about patient cases," said Jeff Tangney, Doximity founder and CEO.

Unlike LinkedIn and Facebook, Doximity membership is reserved for the medical community, including general practitioners and specialists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. This exclusivity ensures privacy and security, as well as a higher level of professional communication and collaboration within the HIPAA-compliant platform. At Doximity, physicians use their real name and verified credentials to establish and share their professional expertise. Since Doximity is inaccessible for the general public, it affords a more authentic, private and better quality conversation among physicians.

"On average, primary care doctors interact with over 250 different specialists each year," Tangney said. "For the most part this is still done the old-fashioned way -- via fax, pager, and sticky note -- but doctors can now handle referrals and consults directly from their mobile Doximity app. It's much more convenient for the physician, and it connects the patient with the specialist they need right away--no more back-and-forth between receptionists, scheduling desks and departmental admins."

In addition to its HIPAA-compliant SMS text messaging system, Doximity enables physicians to securely fax directly from their mobile phone or personal computer to any physician--both inside and outside the Doximity network.

Doximity also provides tools to help physicians grow their practices. Monthly email notifications alert users to new physicians in their area, giving Doximity members the option to immediately send a welcome letter to these new colleagues and share a bit of information about their availability and area of specialty.

Getting started with Doximity is free and takes just a few minutes. The site creates a basic profile using data from public databases.  Then physicians simply fill in additional details or upload their CVs. Doximity will then suggest connections to other healthcare professionals in the area, including med school classmates, co-residents, and those affiliated with the same hospital. Doximity members can even search for colleagues with specialized training who have published in specific areas, or with involvement in specific clinical trials.

To get started with Doximity, visit http://www.doximity.com.

About Doximity

Doximity is the largest medical professional network with over 5% of US physicians as members. With Doximity, physicians can quickly connect with any U.S. physician to securely collaborate on patient treatment or identify the appropriate expert for patient referrals. Doximity is available on the web, iPhone and Android.

SOURCE  Doximity

Doximity

CONTACT: CONTACT:  Steve Simon, SS|PR, +1-847-415-9347, steve@sspr.com

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

Retailer Announces Two New Web Sites Promoting Personal Protection: Self Defense Products and Surveillance Equipment

WILLOW STREET, Pa., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania-based e-commerce company, Reko Holdings LLC, today announced the launch of two new consumer Web sites aimed at increasing awareness and access to personal protection products: http://www.RekoSurveillanceSuperStore.com and http://www.RekoSelfDefenseSuperStore.com. 

Founder and President of Reko Holdings LLC, Lucy Hartsoe, states, "It's a shame we have to rely on such products, but in an unpredictable world, it's much more reassuring to know you can protect yourself, in the event of a violent attack, robbery or assault. Personal protection and surveillance products give people a sense of security and comfort." 

RekoSelfDefenseSuperStore.com offers hundreds of products for personal defense and protection including stun guns, tasers, pepper sprays, maces, personal alarms, animal repellents, batons, safety lights, diversion safes, security scanners, car safety products, child safety products, family kits, blow guns, holsters, accessories and DVDs for instruction on personal defense.

Not all states permit individuals to carry personal protection products such as stun guns or pepper sprays, and RekoSelfDefenseSuperStore.com provides resources to determine which states and cities restrict such use. With laws changing periodically, it is recommended that consumers check with their local law enforcement before purchasing or carrying certain products.

RekoSurveillanceSuperStore.com offers hidden cameras, DVRs, professional cameras, video recording equipment, dome cameras, board cameras, bug detectors, fake security cameras, IP cameras, audio recorders, LCD monitors, quads, power supplies, connectors and cables, camera housings, infrared illuminators, microphones, control boards, surveillance storage, and transmitters. All products are perfect for any need of home, retail or work surveillance.

Both RekoSelfDefenseSuperStore.com and RekoSurveillanceSuperStore.com operate as electronic commerce (e-commerce) Web sites. The expansive variety of personal protection products found on the sites eliminates a customer's need to shop on multiple sites, therefore saving them time and money. On both sites, all major credit cards are accepted and both offer free UPS shipping.

With customer satisfaction in the forefront, Reko Holdings is dedicated to providing fast shipping services and secure transactions with each purchase.  A customer service team is available during normal business hours for customer ordering support and can be contacted by filling out a form on either of the Web sites.

For more information on Reko Holdings LLC, visit http://www.RekoSurveillanceSuperStore.com and http://www.RekoSelfDefenseSuperStore.com

SOURCE  Reko Holdings LLC

Reko Holdings LLC

CONTACT: Michelle Boyd, +1-813-382-8810

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

Ember Enables World's First ZigBee-Certified Water Meter

Ember's ZigBee technology integrated into Elster's and Freestyle Technology's V200 digital water meters

BOSTON, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's first ZigBee-certified wireless water meter developed by Elster and Freestyle Technology is using ZigBee technology from Ember to help utilities and consumers better manage their water cost and usage.

Elster and Freestyle have integrated Ember's ZigBee System-on-Chip and ZigBee PRO networking software into the new Elster V200 digital water meter to serve global markets. The V200 is one in a series of Ember-enabled smart meters from Elster, with ZigBee smart meters for gas and electricity also in development.

The Elster V200 meters enable households to monitor their water usage wisely, while also giving utilities the ability to provide more efficient billing and better service to customers. The meters integrate effortlessly into wireless home area networks (HANs), working seamlessly with other smart energy devices in the home to help households conserve water, electricity and other resources. A wireless ZigBee-to-IP hub communicates usage data back to the utility for billing and service applications.

The V200 combines Elster's proven measurement and smart meter technology, Ember's ZigBee chips and software, and a metering application developed with Freestyle's Microengine technology. As the meters are battery operated for easy maintenance and installation, the ultra-low power requirements of Ember's ZigBee chips were essential to the meter's design. The meters operate in "sleep" mode most of the time, awakening intermittently to communicate with the HAN and hub. Consequently, Ember's ZigBee technology enables the meters to operate reliably and securely for years using inexpensive batteries.

The V200 meters utilize the ZigBee Smart Energy (SE) version 1.1 profile to provide easy development, installation and operation, as well as interoperability with industry standard Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems and other ZigBee SE devices. Elster can continuously enhance and update the meters using the SE profile's over-the-air update feature. 

"Elster selected Ember's chips and software because of the company's market leadership, mature technology and robust application development tools," said Rob Campbell, managing director of Elster Metering Pty Ltd.

"Ember offered the best development platform so that we could bring this and future products to market quickly," said Richard Strickland, operations director of Freestyle. "With Ember's tools you don't have to worry about all the complex networking issues; you can just focus on creating great applications," he said. 

Ember's ZigBee networking systems - chips, ZigBee protocol software and tools - simplify the complexity of integrating embedded software, networking and RF for developing low-power, wireless products in the connected home, smart energy, and other remote monitoring and control applications.

"Elster and Freestyle Technology are leading the change to bring tailored metering solutions that comply with the European and other regulatory directives for smart gas and electricity metering," said Andy Man, Ember's vice president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region. "This partnership will enable the companies to continue to develop smart metering solutions for different markets across the globe."

About Freestyle Technology
Freestyle Technology is a company focused on delivering innovative, total technology solutions which meet customer, retailer, network provider and support services needs to the utilities industry. Incorporated in 2006, Freestyle Technology developed the Freestyle Application Environment as the standard platform for developments within the Utilities market. The Environment offers a reprogrammable capability which can be incorporated into new and existing equipment or systems enhancing functionality and enabling the seamless interface of the device with local and remote networks via the relevant communications medium.

About Elster
Elster (NYSE: ELT) is one of the world's largest electricity, gas and water measurement and control providers. Its offerings include distribution monitoring and control, advanced smart metering, demand response, networking and software solutions, and numerous related communications and services - key components for enabling consumer choice, operational efficiency and conservation. Its products and solutions are widely used by utilities in the traditional and emerging Smart Grid markets.

Elster has one of the most extensive installed revenue measurement bases in the world, with more than 200 million metering devices deployed over the course of the last 10 years. It sells its products and services in more than 130 countries across electricity, gas, water and multi-utility applications for residential, commercial and industrial, and transmission and distribution applications. For more information about Elster, please visit http://www.elster.com.

About Ember
Ember Corporation (http://www.ember.com) develops wireless mesh networking technology - chips, software and tools - for Smart Energy, connected homes, and many other monitoring and control applications enabling greener living and work environments. The Boston-based company is a promoter of the ZigBee Alliance with an IC design center in Cambridge, England, an office in Hong Kong and sales channels and distributors worldwide. Follow Ember on twitter @EmberCorp.

SOURCE  Ember Corporation

Ember Corporation

CONTACT: CONTACT:  Ravi Sharma,  Ember Corporation, +1-617-951-1236, ravi.sharma@ember.com; or Brad Affleck, Freestyle Technology, +613-8540-0944, brad.affleck@freestyletechnology.com.au, Michelle Dillon, Beaupre, +1-603-559-5835, mdillon@beaupre.com, Allan Readdy, Elster Australia, +613-9355-2000, allan.readdy@au.elster.com

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

D-Base Launches Spotzi, the First Free Online World Atlas

BERGEN OP ZOOM, The Netherlands, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    D-Base is pleased to introduce Spotzi, the first free online world atlas, which
provides information on more than 500 themes via maps. With Spotzi, the user can explore
different aspects of the world in one place. "Spotzi stands for spot and zoom in. The user
can explore the world in about any theme, he just finds a spot and zooms in to find the
information he's interested in," says Remco Dolman, CEO at D-Base, the company behind
Spotzi.

    See: http://www.spotzi.com

    With the motto 'a map tells you more than a thousand words', each theme at Spotzi has
its own map. The 500 maps are structured within 9 main themes and can easily be found, as
there are only two levels below each main theme. Once the user has selected a theme and
the map is displayed, he can zoom in on the country or area he's interested in.
Information about hurricanes, earthquake hazards, central government debts and twitter
users are examples of the maps that are available. The information is collected from
thousands of datasets and is updated daily. So when there is a new hurricane, the user can
find it on the map at Spotzi.

    Spotzi is unique in that it combines all information that is available from
governments and research institutions and makes it available in one single spot. And not
in excel sheets, but in a single map. The maps are available with street, satellite or
terrain view.

    Spotzi is available for any user on the internet, at http://www.spotzi.com, and as
an iPhone, iPad and Android app. Spotzi is also a useful resource for high schools and
universities. "We think the iPad will be an important tool in education. Spotzi can play a
role in this," says Dolman. The online world atlas will be a constantly growing source of
information, as new themes are added frequently. Users can also contribute to this, as
they can propose themes to Spotzi.

    In January 2012, a premium version of Spotzi will be available for companies, which
will be a useful resource for various marketing purposes, providing for example analyses
of brands.

Source: D-Base

For more information please contact Remco Dolman: T +31-164-240000, F +31-164-252040, E remco@d-base.nl

PwC and Aasonn Announce Joint Business Relationship to Expand Human Capital Management Services

NEW YORK and CHICAGO, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US today announced a Joint Business Relationship (JBR) with Aasonn, a global HCM consulting and technology services company, expanding the delivery of leading practices in human capital management (HCM) solutions to organizations worldwide.

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The relationship with Aasonn complements PwC's experience and thought leadership in key areas such as HR transformation consulting, the technology solutions that supports it, and change management by adding significant offerings from Aasonn, namely the company's services for SuccessFactors Business Execution Software suite, including talent management systems implementation and cloud based technology skills. The combination of leading performance management technology and a full service, end to end HR transformative consulting capability can result in improved HR and business performance.

"This relationship will further strengthen our ability to assist organizations with their most pressing, complex HCM needs," said Diane Youden, principal in PwC's People and Change practice. "The extraordinary breadth and depth of our combined experience will help our clients to strengthen execution of their human capital strategy and ability to drive business growth."

"This joint business relationship serves as an important step to enhancing our firm's capabilities in the growing market for SuccessFactors solutions," said Allen Peterson, CEO of Aasonn. "Our combined focus is on supporting the business execution goals of our clients and addressing their growing HCM needs."

PwC and Aasonn support a HCM approach that encompasses strategic goal alignment, competency development and outcome assessments. By working together, PwC and Aasonn can further help organizations focus efforts on strategic activities and measuring the rewards of transformational business change.

For more information about PwC's People and Change practice, please visit http://www.pwc.com/us/peopleandchange.

For more information about Aasonn's SuccessFactors practice, please visit http://www.aasonn.com/about-us.html.

About Aasonn
Aasonn is a global HCM consulting and technology services company that operates out of the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific and serves clients in more than 30 countries. Combining unparalleled SuccessFactors software experience with comprehensive HCM capabilities across multiple industries and HR functions, Aasonn collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses through the effective use of talent management software. The company built its reputation primarily as a HCM solutions consultancy and is recognized by SuccessFactors as its largest implementation partner in the world. By 2011, Aasonn served more than 900 customers' globally delivering cloud based talent management solutions that align organizations' processes and people with their business strategies.

About PwC's Advisory People and Change Practice
We help clients execute their strategies through their people and organizations. We do this by helping them develop the right:  talent strategy, organizational design and operating model, support functions such as HR, IT and finance; change and communications strategies; and leadership. See http://www.pwc.com/us/peopleandchange for more information.

About PwC's Advisory Practice
PwC's Advisory professionals help organizations improve business performance, respond quickly and effectively to crisis, and extract value from transactions. We understand our clients' industries and unique business challenges, and look across the entire organization -- focusing on strategy, structure, people, process and technology -- to help clients build their next competitive advantage from strategy through execution.  See http://www.pwc.com/us/consulting for more information.

About the PwC Network
PwC firms help organizations and individuals create the value they're looking for.  We're a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.  Tell us what matters to you and find out more by visiting us at http://www.pwc.com.

© 2011 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership. All rights reserved. PwC refers to the US member firm, and may sometimes refer to the PwC network. Each member firm is a separate legal entity. Please see http://www.pwc.com/structure for further details.

SOURCE  PwC

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PwC

CONTACT: Suzanne Dawson, Linden Alschuler & Kaplan, +1-212-329-1420, sdawson@lakpr.com, or Kathryn Oliver, PwC US, +1-860-345-3550, kathryn.oliver@us.pwc.com, or Bill Murphy, MaclynGroup, Aasonn Media Relations, +1-630-852-2057 x4429, bill@maclyngroup.com

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

Game On: The New FanFeedr Sports Network Launches Today for Facebook and Twitter Users Who Are Passionate About Sports and Their Teams

The only sports page that avid sports fans need - delivering the best, curated sports content in the business

NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The new FanFeedr Sports Network (http://www.FanFeedr.com) offers over 400+ robust, team-specific sites and social media team accounts dedicated to providing the most timely and relevant news, photos, video, and sports data for the top sports.

"FanFeedr's key differentiator is that it has created 400+ FanFeedr Branded Team Sites directly on Facebook and Twitter in addition to its website. What is key is that busy people can see everything their team is doing without ever leaving Facebook or Twitter to get their curated sports news from thousands of sources. Big sites like ESPN and Yahoo Sports do not offer individual team news with the breadth that FanFeedr offers up. FanFeedr has more team accounts that any other service on the Web," said Ty Ahmad-Taylor, Founder and CEO of FanFeedr.

FanFeedr is not just another aggregator; content is curated from over 9,000 global sources ranging from newspaper beat reporter articles, blogs and Tweets, the top blogs, official league and team sites, Getty Images and AP photos, authenticated player and coach Tweets and much more.

FanFeedr's product team listened closely to its user base of avid sports fans to better understand their desires regarding the content they wanted most, and how they wanted to consume it. The result of this effort is the new FanFeedr, which provides sports fan consumers with the most comprehensive lens into what's happening with their favorite teams.

It is drop dead simple! FanFeedr now makes it easy for users to get the best real-time content for their favorite teams. Fans can either go directly to FanFeedr's new website and pick their favorite team and immediately get all of the best, real-time, curated news and information -- in ONE place. Or they can access their favorite team directly on Facebook and Twitter.

As an example, a Washington Redskins fan that's logged into Facebook or Twitter and wants the latest news on his or her team can get it in one of three ways:

    --  Directly on FanFeedr
    --  Directly on Facebook
    --  Directly on Twitter
After months of rigorous customer development, the FanFeedr team developed the new FanFeedr Sports Network using lean startup techniques to isolate the core features that any fan of a sports team could possibly want. The design has been hailed as smart and elegant, and easy-to-use by leading user experience people like Mignon Khargie, the award-winning head of design for Salon Internet, as well as the site's everyday users.

During the customer development process, FanFeedr deployed its unique "social sensing" technology, that not only determines the value of each piece of content, but also the overall value of each content provider, whether it is a national sports site, newspaper, blogger or Twitter account. "Our 'social sensing' approach is at the heart of FanFeedr's curatorial process, which assures our users that they are receiving only the most relevant sports content for their favorite teams," said Ahmad-Taylor.

Additionally, FanFeedr also uses a proprietary social algorithm to determine the interestingness, or hotness, of each piece of content.

Ahmad-Taylor predicts that a major market trend is happening right now with users consuming their content of interest for their favorite sports teams via social media channels on their mobile devices. Adds Ahmad-Taylor: "FanFeedr provides the best information along a fan's 'interest graph,' as opposed to their 'social graph,' and we have been doing it longer and better than anyone else." It is an untold story because Comscore and Quantcast are unable to track this type of user behavior on Facebook and Twitter. This is done by understanding the social value of each piece of content, as determined through sharing and reading gestures across all of Twitter and Facebook. FanFeedr now derives over 80% of its traffic through the team accounts on Facebook and Twitter and does not get any credit for that traffic from the traditional traffic tracking sources.

"We have learned a great deal from the consumption habits and desires of FanFeedr's loyal users over the past two years since our initial launch," said Ahmad-Taylor. "And today, we are launching the next generation of FanFeedr, which I believe will deliver the best user experience possible for sports fans to follow their favorite teams."

Mr. Ahmad-Taylor has been speaking across the country about the convergence of sports and social media and how they are aligning today.

    --  November 15, 2:30, Ty spoke at the Sports Media Marketing Summit at the
        Hudson Theatre in NYC:
        http://prod.promaxbda.org/smm/summit/schedule.aspx
    --  Ahmad-Taylor recently spoke at the 9th Annual IMG/Sports Business
        Journal Marketing Symposium in October. He was joined on the panel with
        Nick Grudin, Facebook; Omid Ashtari, Twitter; and J. Crowley of
        foursquare.
        (http://blog.fanfeedr.com/2011/10/fanfeedr-at-the-sports-business-journa
        l-conference-with-facebook-twitter-and-foursquare/)
ABOUT FANFEEDR: The Best Place to Get Your Team News

FanFeedr is the pioneer in the convergence of sports and social media and is positioned as the leader in real-time sports content. Based in Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY, FanFeedr is a real-time personalized stream service. The company has delivered the best team-specific news and information since it launched in 2008. FanFeedr has new partnerships with the NFL, SB Nation, the Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles and over 1,300 developers that reach more than 34MM uniques a month. For more information about the company, go to http://news.fanfeedr.com/about/.

MEDIA CONTACT:Amy BonettiBig Mouth Public Relations415-407-9008amy@bigmouthpr.com

This press release was issued through eReleases(R).  For more information, visit eReleases Press Release Distribution at http://www.ereleases.com.

SOURCE  FanFeedr

FanFeedr

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

Millions of Travelers Set to Descend on New York for the Holidays; Avoid the Crowds & Claustrophobia -- Visit GoCrowdless.com

Philly Ad Agency Neiman Launches New Tool to Help Holiday Visitors Avoid Long Lines and Frazzled Nerves at 20 Top NYC Attractions

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- New York City's holiday season officially begins tonight with the lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Millions of holiday travelers are about to descend on Manhattan.

No place is more magical than New York during the holidays. But that magical trip can become a frustrating hassle if you're constantly fighting the crowds.

This holiday season, tourists have a new tool to help them - GoCrowdless.com. Created by the same team of brand-conversation thinkers and creative developers who brought you PhillySteakout.com, Go Crowdless aggregates Foursquare "check-in" data at 20 of New York's most popular holiday attractions, to help travellers predict when crowds are likely to be smallest - and the busiest hours to avoid.

"Every day, millions of people are 'checking in' using the Foursquare app on their smartphones," said George Ward, VP of Innovation and director of Neiman Labs, Neiman's in-house R&D unit. "For most, Foursquare is just a fun way to let their friends know what they're up to. But by developing a system that allows us to aggregate and sort that check-in data, we have turned their fun check-ins into a powerful tourist resource. Foursquare data is not a perfect proxy for the overall population. But it's a helpful snapshot. By simply visiting GoCrowdless.com before planning their day, visitors to New York can make a more informed judgment on when to avoid the worst ice skating crowds at Rockefeller Center or the best time to visit Santa at Macy's."

Data aggregation on GoCrowdless.com began on Black Friday. At today's launch, the site has just one week of data. "As we move into December and collect more and more data, the more accurate and more useful GoCrowdless.com will become," Ward said.

"GoCrowdless is our holiday gift to New York City travelers, from the curious thinkers at Neiman Labs," said Neiman CEO Tim Reeves. "It's unusual for an agency our size to have an R&D unit. But Neiman Labs is a great investment. It's an outlet for our creative thinkers. And it's our opportunity to create and experiment today with the brand-conversation strategies and technologies that our clients will need tomorrow."

About Neiman and Neiman Labs

Neiman is a brand-conversation agency with offices in Philadelphia and Harrisburg, PA Neiman clients include Capital BlueCross, Dietz & Watson, the National Constitution Center, Sunoco and Trex.

GoCrowdless.com is the sixth project from Neiman Labs, the R&D unit at Neiman. This summer, Neiman Labs launched PhillySteakout.com - a website ranking Philadelphia's cheesesteak joints. It was Neiman Labs' first foray into Foursquare data aggregation. PhillySteakout.com shows which spots are tourist destinations and which are secret local favorites - a potentially powerful tool for tourism and destination marketers. "Every city needs something like this," tweeted the co-founder of Foursquare after Steakout launched. Other Neiman Labs projects include Social Sweets, a social media experiment that provided branded chocolate bars to Philadelphians in exchange for a Facebook 'thank you' - each resulting in a donation to a local food bank; the Neiman Globe, a glass office transformed into a holiday human snow globe with live access to Neiman's social network via Facebook; an iPad app designed specifically for consumer intercepts that allows for quick and easy data compilation; and Phever, the first-ever live, minute-to-minute social-media record of Phillies games, powered by Phillies fans.

    Contact:                  Jenna Lefever
                              717-877-1103
                              jlefever@neimangroup.com

SOURCE  Neiman

Neiman

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

ANADIGICS Expands Family of 4G Power Amplifiers

ANADIGICS' New WiMAX/LTE Power Amplifier Delivers Higher Linear Output Power to Provide Greater Range and Throughput

WARREN, N.J., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ANADIGICS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANAD), a world leader in radio frequency (RF) semiconductor solutions, today announced the expansion of its mobile 4G power amplifier (PA) family.  The new AWM6268 WiMAX/LTE power amplifier provides world-class linearity and integration similar to that of ANADIGICS' current WiMAX solutions, while increasing output power to deliver greater range and throughput in the 2.5 GHz to 2.7 GHz frequency band.  This device also delivers exceptional linearity and output power for LTE applications.  ANADIGICS' 4G power amplifiers are optimized for high data rate broadband wireless devices, such as smartphones, notebook PCs, netbooks, data cards, and Wi-Fi hotspots.

"While LTE technology continues to gain traction, mobile broadband system operators around the world continue to deploy and expand WiMAX networks, offering new WiMAX-enabled devices to support the rapidly increasing demand for wireless data," said Glenn Eswein, director of product marketing for broadband RF products at ANADIGICS. "ANADIGICS remains at the forefront of WiMAX RF performance by providing power amplifiers that enable longer range and higher throughput, while maximizing battery-life.  These performance advantages have been validated by volume shipments of our existing WiMAX PA products, and through design wins with the new AWM6268 power amplifier."

"The expansion of ANADIGICS' 4G power amplifier family demonstrates our commitment to innovation and product excellence," said Joe Cozzarelli, senior director of broadband RF products at ANADIGICS.  "As 4G applications evolve, it is becoming more evident that the performance of the PA affects network performance and the user experience directly.  The new AWM6268 power amplifier enables a wider range of these applications by delivering enhanced linear output power and efficiency."

In WiMAX applications, the AWM6268 PA provides best-in-class linearity and high power added efficiency of 25% at +26 dBm output power to help maintain excellent battery-life under the most demanding, data-intensive usage scenarios.  For LTE, the PA delivers high linearity and 33% power added efficiency at +28 dBm output power.  The AWM6268 uses a footprint, a pin-out, and controls that are compatible with the earlier AWT6264 PA.  ANADIGICS' complete family of 4G PAs is manufactured using the Company's advanced InGaP HBT MMIC technology, which offers state-of-the-art reliability, temperature stability, and ruggedness.

ANADIGICS AWM6268 4G WiMAX/LTE PA Key Facts and Highlights:

    --  Industry-Leading Performance
        --  Low off-state leakage current for extended battery life
        --  Meets UTRA adjacent channel power limits at +28 dBm output power
        --  33% power added efficiency at +28 dBm LTE output power
        --  Meets WiMAX Spectrum Emissions Mask limits at +26 dBm output power
        --  2.5% EVM and 25% power added efficiency at +26 dBm WiMAX output
            power
    --  High Level of Integration
        --  Integrated RF input and output impedance matching circuits
        --  Integrated step attenuator
        --  4 mm by 4 mm by 1 mm package, footprint- and pin- compatible to
            other products in its family
ANADIGICS WiMAX Power Amplifier Family Key Specifications:

    Part Number Frequency Band     Output Power Efficiency      Gain
    ----------- --------------     ------------ ----------      ----
    AWT6264     2.3 GHz to 2.7 GHz +25 dBm                  24% 32 dB
    -------     ------------------ -------                 ---  -----
    AWM6268     2.5 GHz to 2.7 GHz +26 dBm                  25% 31 dB
    -------     ------------------ -------                 ---  -----
    AWT6283     3.3 GHz to 3.8 GHz +25 dBm                  22% 31 dB
    -------     ------------------ -------                 ---  -----
Samples of ANADIGICS' WiMAX power amplifiers are available now.

For more information on ANADIGICS products and multimedia content, please refer to the following resources:

    --  ANADIGICS Video: http://www.youtube.com/anadigics
    --  ANADIGICS Photos: http://www.flickr.com/anadigics
    --  ANADIGICS Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/anadigics
    --  ANADIGICS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/anadigics
    --  ANADIGICS LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/anadigics
About ANADIGICS, Inc.

ANADIGICS, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAD) delivers integrated radio frequency (RF) solutions that OEMs and ODMs demand to optimize the performance of wireless, broadband and cable applications across all major networks and standards. ANADIGICS features a diverse portfolio of highly linear, highly efficient RFICs. Headquartered in Warren, NJ, the company's award-winning products include power amplifiers, tuner integrated circuits, active splitters, line amplifiers and other components that can be purchased individually or packaged as integrated RF and front-end modules. For more information, visit http://www.anadigics.com.

SOURCE  ANADIGICS, Inc.

ANADIGICS, Inc.

CONTACT: CONTACT: Media Relations: Vivian Chang, ANADIGICS, Inc., +886-935-315-393, vchang@anadigics.com; Investor Relations: Kristina Panek, ANADIGICS, Inc., +1-908-668-5000 ext. 5330, kpanek@anadigics.com; PR Agency Contact: Brian Ribeiro, mspire group, +1-908-369-9300, bribeiro@mspiregroup.com

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

AnyMP4 Releases the iPhone Transfer Platinum Version for Mac

BEIJING, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Dedicated to meeting the needs of iPhone and Mac users all around the world, AnyMP4 releases the iPhone Transfer Platinum version for Mac. With this wonderful Mac iPhone Transfer Software, users can transfer any files between iPhone and Mac at will.

AnyMP4 Mac iPhone Transfer Platinum is one of the best and most popular transferring software for Mac users and iPhone zealots, which has a powerful transferring function to transfer video, audio, ePub, PDF, image and ringtone between iPhone and Mac with excellent quality, and help users back up iPhone SMS, contacts, podcast, camera roll, voice memos and camera shot files onto Mac local disc without any loss.

With this iPhone Transfer Platinum for Mac version, users can transfer files between different iOS devices. It is also highly compatible with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, and even iPad, iPad 2 and all kinds of iPod devices.

Besides, this iPhone Transfer for Mac  provides the function of converting DVD and video to iPhone compatible formats, so users can put the favorite DVD movie and popular video on the iPhone, iPhone 4S with excellent converting quality and best playing effect. With this software, users can even edit the output video effect. For instance, users can adjust the video effects, trim video for needed length, crop video frame to get rid of unwanted black edges on the video, join multiple video clips into one file, and add text/image watermark to the video, etc.

In addition, the built-in-player of this iPhone Transfer Software for Mac can assist users to preview the effect of the source file in iPhone. Further more, The My Cache feature allows users to convert DVD/video to My Cache first without connecting iPhone to Mac, and users can transfer the output file to iPhone anytime.

For more information about this compelling software, please visit the webpage below:

http://www.anymp4.com/iphone-transfer-for-mac/

System Requirements

OS Supported: Mac OS X 10.4 or above
CPU: Intel ® processor
Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher

Pricing and Availability

AnyMP4 Mac iPhone Transfer Platinum is available now at $45.00.
For more information and to get a free trial version, please visit: http://www.anymp4.com/iphone-transfer-for-mac/

About AnyMP4

AnyMP4, a software producer, aims to provide the best and world-class solution of converting Blu-ray Disc, DVD and video/audio files. AnyMP4 is dedicated to developing the most powerful multimedia processing software for users all over the world. Our product portfolio ranges from video tools, DVD tools, Blu-ray tools, etc. on both Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X platforms. All these software can help you easily solve almost all DVD/Blu-ray/video issues. For more details about AnyMP4, please visit: http://www.anymp4.com.

SOURCE  Harbour Software

Harbour Software

CONTACT: George Brown of AnyMP4 at Tel: +86-13146381763 or pr@anymp4.com, http://www.anymp4.com

Web Site: http://www.anymp4.com

Focus on Short Term Cost Cutting Sets Process Improvement up for Failure, Finds Global Survey

LONDON, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    Process improvement programs are most likely to fail if the key focus is on cutting
costs, according to a global PEX Network benchmarking survey.

    The October 2011 PEX Network survey, in which over 650 process improvement
practitioners participated, found that a customer-focused approach to identifying and
improving operational processes is what sets a company up for long term success.

    Over 40% of process improvement programs that practitioners considered "unsuccessful"
or "highly unsuccessful" were driven by cost cutting; only 20% of "highly successful"
programs focused on this metric. Meanwhile, 32.5% of "highly successful" companies focused
on the customer with just over 10% of unsuccessful programs considered customer-centric.

    "A focus on cost savings, while clearly important to businesses during a time of
economic uncertainty, can translate into a demoralized workforce and ultimately lead to
what is perceived as the failure of an operational excellence initiative," said Diana
Davis, Editor of PEXNetwork.com and author of the report. "The trouble is that sometimes
these initiatives become associated with job losses, budget cuts, and increased workloads
- and how can you get enterprise-wide buy-in if that's the perception of process
improvement at your company?"

    "The report highlights the fact that customer-centric process improvement - something
both PEX Network and many of our global partners have been advocating for several years
now - is the key to ensuring that process improvement activities deliver value to both the
business and its customers," added Vanessa Lovatt, Director of PEX Network.

    Other highlights of the report include:

   
    - Companies are relying on shorter cycle times for process improvement
      projects with a significant increase since 2005 of respondents reporting average
      project length of 90 days or less
    - Lean and Six Sigma methodologies remain prevalent although nearly 50% fewer
      respondents report the use of Six Sigma methodology than in a similar 2005 PEX Network
      survey
    - The greatest danger period for companies operational programs is after 2-3
      years of process improvement activity when respondents were most likely to rate their
      programs as unsuccessful

    The report findings will be discussed in further details at PEX network's flagship
event for Lean Six Sigma and BPM practitioners, PEX Week. The event takes place 16-19
January 2012 in Orlando, Florida. Further details can be found at:

    http://www.pexweek.com/Event.aspx?idW2170&utm_source=PRNewswire&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_campaign=PEXwhitepaper&utm_content01111&mac126.005_PEXWP

    A full copy of the report can be downloaded at: Trends and Success Factors in Business
Process Excellence 2012

    http://www.pexweek.com/redForms.aspx?idW2142&sform_idf7618&utm_source=PRNewswire&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_campaign=PEXwhitepaper&utm_content01111&mac126.005_PEXWP_

    !

    Media contact: Veronica Araujo, +44(0)20-7368-9748, veronica.araujo@iqpc.co.uk
Press are invited to attend this important industry forum, if you would like to a
complimentary press pass please email Veronica Araujo (veronica.araujo@iqpc.co.uk)

Source: PEX Network

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Screenlife to Debut Scene It? Movie Night on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network

Scene It? Movie Night: Mega Movies Kicks off this Holiday with Dynamic Clips, Captivating Questions and Lively Gameplay and Sets the Stage for a Series of Downloadable Add-on Game Packs

SEATTLE, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Screenlife® today revealed its new Scene It?® Movie Night game, which includes a series of downloadable Game Packs with Add-on content for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation® Network. Scene It? Movie Night: Mega Movies, features actual movie scenes with dynamic film trivia challenges in a party game setting. Scheduled for release November 30, 2011, Scene It? Movie Night: Mega Movies features clips from some of the biggest films of all time, taking players on a blockbuster journey through decades of cinematic history, from classics like The Godfather tomodern must-sees like The Social Network. Additional themed Scene It?: Movie Night downloadable Game Packs, each one with as much content as the original title, will be released in the months following the launch of Mega Movies.

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Up to four players may play Scene It? Movie Night simultaneously, thinking quickly to buzz in with the fastest correct answers to a variety of questions and puzzles about everyone's favorite blockbuster movies. Players watch film clips and answer detailed questions, or fill in missing dialogue and solve visual puzzles. Fourteen different puzzle types keep the excitement going for everyone, from casual movie buffs to diehard film fanatics. Each round ends with a rapid-fire "Quick Pitch" battle, during which you can win the game--or lose it all--in one thrilling, button-mashing finale!

    --  Throw a Movie Party: Invite your friends over to determine your crowd's
        movie trivia champion
    --  Fresh Content: Future Scene It? Movie Night Game Packs will feature all
        new movie clips, challenges and puzzles tied to popular movie genres,
        such as science fiction and comedy
    --  Big Screen Experience: Play and watch full screen HD video clips from
        the biggest movies of all time
    --  Blockbuster Films: Mega Movies features clips from 20 top films
        including Saving Private Ryan, The Godfather, Forrest Gump, Ghost, and
        many more
    --  Think Fast: Fast-paced single and multiplayer modes feature 14 different
        puzzle types
"Scene It? Movie Night: Mega Movies is the perfect way to kick off the holiday movie season by throwing a blockbuster film party in your living room," said Barry Watts, CEO of Screenlife. "Our new Scene It? Movie Night series, starting with Mega Movies and continuing with themed Game Packs, including Sci-Fi Movies this winter, is the ultimate big screen experience for any social gathering."

Scene It? Movie Night: Mega Movies will be available for 800 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 and $9.99 on PlayStation Network. For more information on Scene It? Movie Night: Mega Movies or any other Scene It? game, visit http://www.screenlifegames.com.

About ScreenlifeScreenlife is transforming the way the world has fun through its pop culture-based games, including Scene It?, the number-one selling entertainment trivia game worldwide. Located in Seattle, WA, Screenlife's socially interactive and immersive games are now available on multiple platforms including board games, video game consoles, social networks, and mobile phones.

Since its 2002 launch, Scene It? has grown into an international, award-winning brand with trivia game editions that include Twilight, The Simpsons, Star Trek, Seinfeld, Movies, TV, Sports, Music, Friends, Harry Potter, and Disney. Scene It? games have been translated into twelve languages and distributed across 29 countries.

A leader in entertainment licensing, Screenlife has struck hundreds of deals with major Hollywood studios, sports leagues, and recording labels, as well as top actors, athletes and musicians. Other companies, including Microsoft, Namco, and Comcast, have worked with Screenlife to deliver custom Scene It? games across multiple platforms including console, mobile phones, and video on demand. Screenlife is a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures Corporation.

For more information about Scene It? and other Screenlife games, visit http://www.screenlifegames.com.

© 2011 Screenlife, LLC. All rights reserved. Scene It?® and Screenlife® are trademarks of Screenlife, LLC.

Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox LIVE are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

SOURCE  Screenlife Games

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Screenlife Games

CONTACT: Anne Marie Stein and Dana Whitney, ONE PR Studio (for Scene It?), +1-510-893-3271, annemarie@oneprstudio.com ,dana@oneprstudio.com

Iomega Brings VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to Small Business and Distributed Enterprises

VMware vSphere 5 Certification for Top-of-the-Line Iomega Network Storage Products Creates an Ideal Combination for VMware View Virtual VDI Deployments

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Iomega Corporation, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a leading innovator in data storage solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs), today announced that the complete line of the Iomega(®) StorCenter((TM) )PX series network storage products has been certified as VMware Ready((TM)) for use with servers running VMware vSphere(®) 5, creating ideal cost-effective storage solutions for VMware(®) cloud infrastructure and virtual desktop deployments at small and mid-sized businesses and distributed enterprises.

"Qualifying our top-of-the-line PX series of network storage products for VMware vSphere 5 enables Iomega customers to use the newest and best technology from VMware," said Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega Corporation.  "It's been our goal at Iomega to bring the cost advantages of VMware cloud infrastructure and virtual desktop deployments to SMBs and distributed enterprises.  This is another important milestone in the overall value and capabilities of Iomega network storage solutions for serious business use.  Bringing enterprise level applications to SMBs and distributed enterprises as part of rock solid, economical Iomega network storage solutions is what being part of EMC is all about."

"Iomega has been instrumental in delivering virtualized storage solutions for SMB customers and has demonstrated a robust solution for SMBs deploying VMware View," said Parag Patel, vice president, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware.  "Now with VMware vSphere 5 certification for the Iomega PX series, customers can use the latest VMware technology on the network storage products that opened up the market for small installations."

News Summary:

The Iomega PX series of network storage products has been tested and certified as VMware Ready with VMware vSphere 5 as both iSCSI and NAS/NFS storage targets.*  This certification means that users can take advantage of VMware vSphere features on Iomega network storage platforms designed for small and medium businesses and distributed enterprise locations with up to 250 users.

VMware vSphere 5 is the foundation for desktop virtualization, and Iomega's support of solid state disks (SSDs) with its StorCenter PX series of advanced network storage products provides a unique and compelling value to customers with small installations.

The recently introduced Iomega StorCenter PX series network storage product line now listed on the VMware hardware compatibility list includes the desktop models - the four-bay Iomega® StorCenter(TM) px4-300d and the six-bay StorCenter px6-300d - as well as the rackmount models - the Iomega(®) StorCenter((TM)) px4-300r and flagship StorCenter px12-350r.

The certifications with both NFS and iSCSI enable users to leverage the flexibility of Iomega network storage and the capabilities of VMware vSphere 5.  Certification with iSCSI enables servers running VMware vSphere 5 to use the latest version of VMware VMFS in VMware vSphere 5 on top of block storage to capitalize on benefits such as improved scalability and performance, and reduced space usage by small files. Certification with NFS lets users deploy Iomega's native file-based replication technology for backup or offsite data protection of virtual machines.  Both storage options enable customers to fully utilize advanced VMware vSphere 5 features that require network shared storage.  In addition, Iomega network storage devices also support CIFS for storing production data from virtual machines running Microsoft Windows.

About Iomega StorCenter PX Series Network Storage Devices

The Iomega StorCenter PX series features four models that are available in diskless, partially populated and fully populated configurations that allow users the freedom of choice and economics to grow their network storage capacity as needed.  These include the new four- and six-drive desktop Iomega StorCenter px4-300d and px6-300d models, with up to 18TB** of storage, and the rackmount models - the Iomega StorCenter px4-300r and flagship StorCenter px12-350r network storage array -  which offer up to 36TB of storage capacity.  All StorCenter PX series models have SSD capabilities for high I/O performance. 

All of Iomega's StorCenter NAS devices utilize the acclaimed EMC LifeLine(TM) software, a fully-developed Linux operating environment that incorporates select EMC world class storage technologies typically available only for enterprise-level customers.

Availability

All of the Iomega(®) StorCenter((TM)) PX Series models are available worldwide.  Pricing starts at less than $800.00.

The Iomega StorCenter PX Series includes a standard three-year limited warranty with U.S.-based phone support up to 13 hours a day, five days a week.  Optional service plans include Iomega's Enhanced Service Plan which includes 24x7 phone support with advance replacement.

For more information on Iomega's complete line of StorCenter network storage models, including pricing for all models, please go to http://www.iomega.com.   

About EMC

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing.  Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset -- information -- in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found atwww.EMC.com.

About Iomega

Iomega Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative storage solutions for small businesses, home offices, consumers and others. The Company has sold more than 425 million digital storage drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega's product portfolio includes industry leading desktop and rackmount network attached storage products for small and medium businesses and distributed enterprises; one of the industry's broadest selections of direct-attached portable and desktop external hard drives; and multimedia drives that makes it easy to move video, pictures and other files from the computer room to the livingroom. To learn about all of Iomega's storage products and network storage solutions, please go to the Web at http://www.iomega.com.  Resellers can visit Iomega at http://www.iomega.com/ioclub.

Copyright© 2011 Iomega Corporation. All rights reserved. Iomega and StorCenter are trademarks or registered trademarks of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.  EMC and LifeLine are trademarks or registered trademarks of EMC Corporation.  VMware, VMware View and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under the Federal Securities Laws.  Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (iv) risks associated with managing the growth of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (v) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (vi) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (vii) component and product quality and availability; (viii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (ix) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (x) war or acts of terrorism; (xi) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xii) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xiii) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

*   The Iomega® StorCenter(TM) px12-350r Network Storage Array has been tested and certified as an iSCSI and NAS/NFS storage target.  All other Iomega StorCenter PX series models are certified as iSCSI storage targets and are currently completing testing and certification as NAS/NFS storage targets.

** 1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.

SOURCE  EMC Corporation

EMC Corporation

CONTACT: CONTACT:  Chris Romoser, Iomega Corporation, +1-858-314-7148, romoser@iomega.com

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

TI introduces affordable, sub-1 GHz wireless connectivity for ultra-low-power MSP430 LaunchPad development kit

RF BoosterPack includes ETSI-compliant and FCC-certified module, helps reduce costs and development time for toys, remote controls, home automation, security systems and more

DALLAS, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), the industry leader in highly integrated wireless connectivity solutions, today announced a sub-1 GHz radio frequency (RF) value line plug-in-board for TI's MSP430(TM) microcontroller LaunchPad development kit. The new 430BOOST-CC110L RF BoosterPack includes ETSI-compliant and FCC-certified modules to help speed development time, reduce certification costs and eliminate barriers associated with the RF hardware design process. The RF BoosterPack and MSP430 LaunchPad offer developers affordable solutions for cost-sensitive sub-1 GHz RF applications such as remote controls, toys, home and building automation, and security systems. The 430BOOST-CC110L  is available today for $19, and the MSP430 LaunchPad is separately available for $4.30. For more information, see http://www.ti.com/rfboosterpack-pr.

"We are excited to bring wireless connectivity to the more than 100,000 MSP430 LaunchPads in the market today, and  provide a simple, cost-effective  development platform for those looking to innovate wireless products with MSP430 microcontrollers," said Erling Simensen, product marketing manager, Low-Power RF, TI. "By combining TI's leading ultra-low-power MSP430 microcontrollers with our sub-1 GHz RF value line transceivers, we are delivering easy-to-use, affordable and scalable solutions to wirelessly connect more cost-sensitive consumer applications."

Additionally, the RF module included on the RF BoosterPack is separately available as an ETSI-compliant and FCC-certified production-ready module. The A110LR09A RF module is available from TI third party developer Anaren, Inc., and can be tested using the 430BOOST-CC110L development tool.

Key features and benefits: TI's sub-1 GHz RF BoosterPack

    --  Easily add sub-1 GHz wireless connectivity to MSP430 LaunchPad
        (MSP-EXP430G2)
        --  RF BoosterPack contains two plug-in-boards with RF modules
            integrating TI's CC110L sub-1 GHz RF value line transceiver, passive
            components and compact PCB antenna
        --  CD with software and documentation
        --  Easy to use wireless software stack (AIR BoosterStack from Anaren)
            makes it easy for developers to add RF to any system
    --  Reduce development costs
        --  Sub-$30 total cost for complete RF BoosterPack development
            environment: One 430BOOST-CC110L RF BoosterPack ($19) and two MSP430
            LaunchPads ($4.30 each)
        --  ETSI-compliant and FCC-certified solution eliminates costly
            intentional radiator certification process
        --  No RF hardware design required, designer can add module as an
            embedded PCB component
        --  Free software development tools for writing, debugging and compiling
            code on MSP430 value line devices
    --  Leverage the products' scalability
        --  Operation in the 868 and 915 MHz bands
        --  Programs developed on MSP430 LaunchPad can be migrated to higher-end
            MSP430 devices
        --  Production-ready CC110L-based A110LR09A module available separately
            from TI third party developer Anaren, Inc.

Tools, availability and pricing

The 430BOOST-CC110L sub-1 GHz RF value line BoosterPack is available today from TI and through authorized distributors for $19. The module included on the BoosterPack is available as a stand-alone product from Anaren through their authorized distributors. The MSP430 microcontroller value line LaunchPad development kit is available today for $4.30 from TI and authorized distributors.

Find out more about TI's low-power RF solutions and MSP430 microcontrollers

    --  TI's RF BoosterPack (430BOOST-CC110L): http://www.ti.com/rfboosterpack
    --  TI's sub-1 GHz RF value line: http://www.ti.com/rfvalueline
    --  TI's sub-1 GHz RF performance line: http://www.ti.com/rfperformanceline
    --  TI's MSP430 LaunchPad:  http://www.ti.com/launchpad
    --  TI's wireless connectivity solutions: http://www.ti.com/wirelessconnectivity
    --  TI E2E(TM) low-power RF & wireless connectivity community:
        http://www.ti.com/lprf-forum

About TI's wireless connectivity portfolio

TI provides the industry's broadest portfolio of mature wireless connectivity solutions. With expertise in more than a dozen technologies, TI ensures customers the best-suited wireless connectivity for every type of application. TI's product portfolio is complemented with the support and tools that customers and developers need to quickly and easily bring wirelessly connected designs to market. Visit the company's Wireless Connectivity Portal for an overview of TI-supported technologies, the full product portfolio, and example use cases.

About Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments semiconductor innovations help 80,000 customers unlock the possibilities of the world as it could be - smarter, safer, greener, healthier and more fun.  Our commitment to building a better future is ingrained in everything we do - from the responsible manufacturing of our semiconductors, to caring for our employees, to giving back inside our communities.  This is just the beginning of our story.  Learn more at http://www.ti.com.

Trademarks

MSP430 and TI E2E is a trademark of Texas Instruments. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Liv Lokka of Texas Instruments, +47 22958207, l.lokka@ti.com; or Melissa Haddad of GolinHarris, +1-972-341-2543, mhaddad@golinharris.com

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

TwinStrata Adds Support for Rackspace Cloud to Seamlessly, Efficiently Extend Storage Capacity

CloudArray featured as part of 'Cloud Tools' partner website

NATICK, Mass., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TwinStrata, Inc., the leading innovator of cloud-based data storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions, today announced that it has added support for the Rackspace Cloud Files online cloud storage solution to provide customers with a seamless and efficient way to extend storage capacity to better match business demand.

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With the TwinStrata CloudArray® storage gateway and Rackspace Cloud Files, businesses no longer have to worry about exceeding capacity or purchasing and managing their own storage arrays.  Instead, users get enterprise-class storage without the costly capital expense by simply spinning up one or more CloudArray virtual appliances whenever and wherever needed.

"The appeal of an offering like Rackspace Cloud Files is that organizations do not have to purchase, manage, maintain or grow their own storage infrastructure but rather seamlessly and efficiently scale capacity as they need it," said Ven Shanmugam, Senior Manager, Strategy and Corporate Development, at Rackspace.  "By collaborating with a cloud storage gateway provider like TwinStrata, our customers can leverage the benefits of the cloud and address their ever-changing business needs as their organizations continue to grow."

TwinStrata is featured in Rackspace's Cloud Tools Program, which is a showcase for the many diverse uses of the Rackspace Cloud. The relationship between the two companies can provide customers a quick, easy and cost-effective approach to enterprise-class data storage, data protection and disaster recovery.

"CloudArray creates a 'Zero-Friction' path for any business to leverage Cloud Files as a seamless and secure extension of their existing storage infrastructure," said Nicos Vekiarides, Chief Executive Officer at TwinStrata. "We make cloud storage access as fast as local storage, we address peaks and valleys in demand by dynamically adding or deleting storage capacity, and with CloudArray, any site can be a disaster recovery site, including the Rackspace Cloud.  We believe that offering support of Rackspace Cloud Files is a win-win situation for the customer."

Available in both virtual and physical appliance configurations, the TwinStrata CloudArray cloud storage gateway connects customers' applications and backup infrastructure to the cloud, enabling them to enjoy limitless storage capacity, escape the cost, complexity and risk of off-site infrastructure or tape, and recover data instantly to any location. Other features such as dynamic caching, in-flight/at-rest data encryption, deduplication, bandwidth optimization, in-cloud snapshots, high availability and ability to access restored data from anywhere make it easy for businesses to deploy and use.

TwinStrata has additionally made available a special offer to existing and new Rackspace Cloud Files customers.  For more information, interested parties can view offer details at http://www.twinstrata.com/free-cloudarray-cloud-storage-gateway-rackspace

About TwinStrata, Inc.
TwinStrata is an innovator in enterprise-class data storage, data protection and disaster recovery/business continuity solutions using cloud storage. With TwinStrata CloudArray®, companies of all sizes can simply and economically leverage the scalability and efficiency of cloud storage while maintaining the availability, performance and security of local storage. CloudArray software and hardware solutions support all file and operating systems, and deliver substantial advantages over traditional off-site storage solutions, including a pay-as-you-go model, unlimited elastic capacity, local performance, in-cloud snapshots and disaster recovery, dynamic caching, automated policies, AES256 encryption, and continuous access to data.

Contact Agency:
Mark Smith, JPR Communications
818-884-8282, ext. 22
marks@jprcom.com

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Fusion-io Demo Runs the Equivalent of All Global Credit Card Transactions from a Single Server

Microsoft® SQL Server® Database Technology Enables High Scale Demonstration of 1.1 Million Transactions Per Second

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO) today announced that its VSL software subsystem and four 1.2 TB Fusion ioDrive2s integrated into a single 64-core AMD Server were able to achieve 1.11 million transactions per second in a Microsoft SQL Server database. The demonstration delivered the data throughput projected to be required to run all credit card transactions on the planet, underlining new solutions for powering efficiency in retail data processing as the 2011 holiday shopping season kicks off with record sales.

"Today's modern CPUs cannot be fed data fast enough with old approaches to application architecture," said Thomas Kejser, SQL Server Customer Advisory Team enterprise database specialist. "To fully leverage the possibilities of the NAND flash revolution in a way that utilizes the hardware, IT professionals need to understand the properties of what we use to build our systems. For example, low latency architecture that uses NAND flash as part of the memory hierarchy helps avoid bottlenecks by integrating close to the CPU for low latency application performance, which is why Fusion-io was selected for this high scale demonstration."

In the demonstration, inserts were done on 150 billion wide rows, into a single database table in Microsoft® SQL Server®, ultimately resulting in 1.1 million singleton inserts per second figure. The same test was run with update statements, achieving 2.5 million updates per second. Translating this throughput number to simplified credit card transactions, using the system in the testing, one transaction is one debit, one credit, and one update of account balance. When applied to daily transaction requirements, this amounts to approximately 25 billion simplified transactions per day. To put the transaction number into perspective, this is equivalent to all the credit card transactions projected to be made daily by every individual on the planet from now until 2050, when it is expected that the world will be inhabited by nine billion people.

"Given how consumers are embracing online shopping, especially on Cyber Monday and even Black Friday, we believe this achievement showcases how Fusion-io can help meet demand for servicing more digital transactions with an efficient, rapid and reliable solution," said Neil Carson, Fusion-io Chief Technology Officer. "The transaction rates achieved in these tests demonstrate the high scalability and efficiency of today's Microsoft SQL Server databases when powered by Fusion-io." 

To learn more about Fusion-io, go to http://www.fusionio.com. Follow Fusion-io on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/fusionio and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fusionio.

About Fusion-io

Fusion-io has pioneered a next generation storage memory platform for shared data decentralization that significantly improves the processing capabilities within a datacenter by relocating process-critical, or "active", data from centralized storage to the server where it is being processed, a methodology referred to as data decentralization. Fusion's integrated hardware and software solutions leverage non-volatile memory to significantly increase datacenter efficiency and offers enterprise grade performance, reliability, availability and manageability. Fusion's data decentralization platform can transform legacy architectures into next generation datacenters and allows enterprises to consolidate or significantly reduce complex and expensive high performance storage, high performance networking and memory-rich servers. Fusion's platform enables enterprises to increase the utilization, performance and efficiency of their datacenter resources and extract greater value from their information assets.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, including, but not limited to, statements concerning the results of the transaction rates achieved in the demonstration of Fusion-io's products in a Microsoft SQL Server database and the anticipated benefits of these products for customers.  These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions regarding future events and business performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained, anticipated, or implied in any forward-looking statement, including, but not limited to, the risk that users of Fusion-io's products may not realize the expected benefits, and such other risks set forth in the registration statements and reports that Fusion-io files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at http://www.fusionio.com.  You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.  Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur.  Fusion-io undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason after the date of this press release.

    CONTACTS

    Robert Brumfield        Nancy Fazioli
    Media Relations         Investor Relations
    917.224.7769            650.224.8291
    bbrumfield@fusionio.com ir@fusionio.com

SOURCE  Fusion-io

Fusion-io

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

Live Streaming of 2011 Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies and Nobel Lectures on Nobelprize.org

STOCKHOLM, November 30, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    On 10 December, this year's Nobel Laureates will take center stage in Oslo and
Stockholm to receive their Nobel Prizes. Wherever you are in the world, you can experience
the magic of these prestigious events on Nobelprize.org, the official web site of the
Nobel Prize. Nobelprize.org will stream live the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony
from Oslo, which will honor for the first time, three female Laureates who share this
year's Prize. Streamed live from Stockholm, the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony is an event
where the Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and
the Laureates in Economic Sciences will receive their Nobel Prize medal and diploma from
His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

    You can learn about the Nobel Laureates' achievements by following the Nobel Lectures
live on Nobelprize.org on 7 and 8 December. On 10 December, the Nobel Peace Prize lectures
are included in the award ceremony in Oslo. This year's subjects are fascinatingly diverse
ranging from the accelerating expansion of the universe, the discovery of quasicrystals,
innate and adaptive immunity, to the translucent images in poetry, women's rights in peace
building and cause and effect in the macroeconomy. See the full schedule:
http://www.nobelprize.org

    You can embed a live video player for the Nobel Lectures on your web site, blog or
social networks. Get the code:
http://www.nobelprize.org/press/nobelmedia/channels/widget/live.html

    The Award Ceremonies and Nobel Lectures will also be available as video on-demand and
downloads on Nobelprize.org after the events and short summaries will be posted on the
Nobel Prize YouTube channel. http://www.youtube.com/nobelprize

    About Nobelprize.org and Nobel Media AB

    Nobelprize.org is managed by Nobel Media AB, the company responsible for developing
media rights in connection with the Nobel Prize. Nobel Media aims to spread knowledge and
interest in the Nobel Prize awarded achievements to a global audience, through digital and
broadcast media, publishing and events.

    Please visit: http://www.nobelprize.org, @Nobelprize_org on Twitter,
http://www.facebook.com/Nobelprize.org, http://www.youtube.com/nobelprize

    Nobel Media(R), Nobel Prize(R) and Nobelprize.org(R) are registered trademarks of the
Nobel Foundation.

    Disclaimer: Nobel Media AB is not directly or indirectly involved in the process of
nominating or selecting Nobel Laureates. These procedures are strictly confidential and
regulated by the Nobel Prize awarding institutions.

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Deluxe to Digitize 36 Years of Austin City Limits for KLRU-TV

Deluxe's MediaRecall platform will enable instant search and retrieval.

CHICAGO, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Deluxe Media Services and MediaRecall, subsidiaries of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., have been engaged by Austin, Texas, PBS Station KLRU, to digitize and archive its legendary music program, Austin City Limits. Distinguished as the longest running music program in television history, Austin City Limits exists on more than 8,000 hours of tape featuring 450 finished programs and over 5,400 individual songs by many of the world's best known artists.

For 36 years, Austin City Limits has showcased popular music legends and innovators from every genre. In addition to being honored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Austin City Limits is the only television program ever to receive the National Medal of Arts, the nation's highest award for artistic excellence.

"The Austin City Limits collection is one of the most significant music catalogs anywhere," said Bill Stotesbery, General Manager of KLRU-TV. "Digitizing this incredible archive before time and other threats take it away from us is our highest priority. We are happy to be in good hands with Deluxe."

In addition to digitizing the program's performances, Deluxe is writing metadata for each song, including title, composer, musicians, soloist names and instruments played, among other information. Once the project is completed, all of the Austin City Limits will be searchable on Deluxe's powerful MediaRecall online asset management platform.

"Deluxe is honored to be working with the visionary staff at KLRU to archive Austin City Limits," said Robin Rutledge, V.P. & General Manager, for MediaRecall. "Not only will we be preserving the media's original quality, but detailed metadata for every song in every program will allow for unprecedented search and retrieval of virtually any performance in the archive," Rutledge added. 

From Coldplay to Foo Fighters to Robert Plant to The Dirt Band, over 800 musical artists have performed on Austin City Limits since its first show in 1974. The program reaches approximately 1.8 million households and it is carried globally on the Armed Forces Network. Austin City Limits has helped Austin, TX, to become widely known as the "Live Music Capital of the World."

Deluxe and its MediaRecall platform has provided digital services for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Oprah Winfrey Show, National Geographic, Martha Stewart, Warner Bros., The Walt Disney Company, and Getty Images, among others.

About Deluxe

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc., is a leading provider of a broad range of entertainment industry services and technologies to the worldwide entertainment industry including the Hollywood studios, broadcast/cable/satellite providers, digital distribution, gaming as well as content owners and creators. MediaRecall, a Deluxe company, provides the highest quality ingest, transcoding, human metadata writing transcription, quality control, and other digital services using a unique distributed workforce of USA-based media professionals.  MediaRecall also provides custom media search and delivery platforms for a wide variety of premier media, sports and corporate clients.  MediaRecall's asset management platforms are sophisticated solutions offering high-speed project turn-around at a fraction of standard industry costs.

Deluxe's services for content creation in features, television and commercials are offered in production, post production, digital distribution, and asset management. They include motion picture film processing and printing; EFILM® and Company 3® digital intermediates; post production and subtitling services; titles design and digital VFX; DVD compression, encoding and authoring; advertising distribution and syndication services; digital cinema services, and 2D to 3D conversioning. For more information, please visit http://www.bydeluxe.com.

SOURCE  Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc.

CONTACT: Cathy Main, Vice President Marketing, Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, +1-323-960-8454, cathy.main@bydeluxe.com, or Maury Sullivan, Austin City Limits, +1-512-475-9087, msullivan@klru.org

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

Salesforce.com Unveils New Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud

Now, social enterprises can revolutionize their marketing by leveraging new functionality across social monitoring, insights, engagement, workflow and websites

More than 2,500 customers, including GEICO, Pizza Hut and Southwest Airlines are now using Salesforce Radian6

NEW YORK, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CLOUDFORCE 2011 - Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/) company, today unveiled the Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud. The Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud extends the social enterprise to marketing with new features in social monitoring, insights, engagement, workflow and websites. Together these innovations will let companies turn millions of social conversations about their products, brand and industry into dynamic engagements that strengthen customer relationships.

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Comments on the News:

    --  "Social media is the single biggest change in marketing in the last
        decade. Social enterprises recognize that social media provides
        real-time opportunities to delight customers and prospects. The Radian6
        Social Marketing Cloud will enable every company to be at the forefront
        of this exciting industry shift," said Marcel LeBrun, SVP and GM for
        Salesforce Radian6.
    --  "GNC's social enterprise vision is to delight customers all along their
        journey to adopting a healthy lifestyle," said Chris James, director of
        social media, GNC.  "The Social Marketing Cloud allows us to engage with
        consumers on a completely new level and create relationships long before
        a customer walks into a GNC store."

The Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud - Marketing for the Social Enterprise

There are millions of Facebook updates, tweets, and billions of YouTube views every day.  These social media conversations are about companies' brands, products, and industries and it's virtually impossible for companies to scale to monitor and engage effectively.  The Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud will help social enterprises transform the massive volume of social media conversations into meaningful engagements. Just as salesforce.com transformed how companies sell and service their customers, the company is now revolutionizing how businesses market in the social era.

The Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud allows marketers to adapt to the new world of social marketing through these five key pillars:

    --  Social Monitoring: Managing Millions of Social Conversations - Radian6's
        unique technology enables companies to monitor on a social scale by
        capturing 150 million sources of social media conversations across the
        web including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, blogs, online
        communities and more. Also, Radian6 now supports a total of 17
        languages, with the addition of Turkish and Polish.
    --  Social Insights: Leveraging Social Media Intelligence - The massive
        volume of social media conversations generated by consumers can be
        overwhelming to an organization, but overlooking a tweet from a
        prospective customer could result in loss of sales. New Radian6 Social
        Insights provide intelligent dashboards and sophisticated analytics to
        filter through the noise, identify relevant conversations and perform
        marketing campaign analysis. Now including third-party providers such as
        Klout, OpenAmplify and OpenCalais, Social Insights provides an
        additional level of information like demographics, influence,
        geolocation, sentiment and topic categorization to conversations. This
        level of intelligence allows marketers to understand the impact of a
        campaign and have the flexibility to respond to customer sentiment and
        reaction in real-time.
    --  Social Engagement: Connecting with Customers and Prospects - The Radian6
        Social Engagement Console now enables companies to engage with customers
        directly where the conversation is taking place -- whether on Twitter,
        Facebook or other social channels. The Social Engagement Console also
        brings in third-party data to provide a comprehensive view of social
        conversations. New add-ons include the ability to see Trending Topics
        from Twitter, Bit.ly statistics to determine the reach of shared links
        and more. In addition, Radian6 is now natively integrated with
        Salesforce, across the full suite of Salesforce apps and platform.
    --  Social Workflow: Delivering Millions of Social Conversations Across the
        Enterprise - With the launch of Radian6 Social Hub companies will be
        able to organize massive amounts of social media conversations by
        applying sophisticated analysis and rules. These action streams can
        automatically route relevant social content for quick engagement and
        response. In addition, Social Hub now populates social customer
        profiles, helping marketers create relevant campaigns based on what the
        consumer likes.
    --  Social Websites: Empowering Marketers to Move at the Speed of Social -
        Siteforce empowers marketing organizations to move at the speed of
        social and quickly and easily build socially rich websites to engage
        with customers and prospects. Using a powerful drag and drop studio,
        marketers can build, edit and publish pixel perfect websites, without
        any help from IT. Siteforce uses a powerful and flexible content
        management system, allowing companies to better engage with customers
        and prospects by adding social features like Twitter streams, Facebook
        likes and more.

The Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud

Founded in 2006, Radian6 was created with the idea that companies need to monitor the social web in order to effectively join conversations with customers and prospects. Radian6 captures hundreds of millions of conversations every day across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, blogs and online communities, and provides actionable insights in real-time.  Today, Radian6 is changing the face of marketing with the introduction of the Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud.  As many companies adopt social media to engage with their customers, Radian6's customer base is rapidly expanding. More than 2,500 companies, including leading global brands like AAA, Activision, GE, GEICO, GNC, PepsiCo, Pizza Hut, Southwest Airlines, UPS and more than half of the FORTUNE 100, now use Radian6.

Pricing and Availability

    --  Salesforce Radian6 is generally available today for customers, starting
        at $600 USD per deployment, per month.
    --  Radian6 Social Hub is available today in a limited release and is
        currently scheduled to be generally available in early 2012. Pricing for
        the Social Hub will start at $1,200 USD per deployment, per month.
    --  Radian6 Social Insights is currently scheduled to be generally available
        in December 2011 and the API is generally available today. The Social
        Insights partner solutions are priced individually, starting at $60 USD
        per month and the API starts at $5,000 USD per deployment, per year.
    --  Siteforce is generally available today. Siteforce charges per site and
        per website developer user. Through the end of 2011, companies will be
        able to get started with one site, two contributor users and two
        publisher users for $9,900 USD per year. Siteforce can be purchased
        stand-alone or added to existing salesforce.com installations.
    --  Customers who purchase salesforce.com technologies should make their
        purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available.

Supporting Resources

    --  For more information on the Radian6 Social Marketing Cloud, please
        visit: http://www.salesforce.com/radian6
    --  Register for Cloudforce New York at http://www.salesforce.com/ny
    --  Follow @salesforce on Twitter
    --  To watch the Cloudforce keynotes live, go to
        http://www.facebook.com/salesforce
    --  For more details on the news, please visit blogs.salesforce.com

About Salesforce.com

With more than 100,000 customers, salesforce.com is the enterprise cloud computing company that is leading the shift to the social enterprise. Social enterprises leverage social, mobile and open cloud technologies to put customers at the heart of their business. Based on salesforce.com's real-time, multitenant architecture, the company's platform and application services include:

    --  Salesforce Chatter, a secure, private social network for your business
    --  Salesforce Sales Cloud, for sales force automation and contact
        management
    --  Salesforce Service Cloud, for customer service and support solutions
    --  Salesforce Radian6, for social media monitoring and engagement
    --  Salesforce Data.com, for the most complete source of accurate business
        data
    --  AppExchange, the leading marketplace for enterprise cloud computing
        applications
    --  Force.com, for custom application development
    --  Heroku, for building social and mobile customer apps
    --  Database.com, the world's first enterprise cloud database

Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM." For more information please visit http://salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.

©2011 salesforce.com, inc.  All rights reserved. Salesforce.com, Salesforce, Chatter, Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Radian6, Jigsaw, AppExchange, Force.com, Heroku, and all associated logos are trademarks of salesforce.com, inc. in the United States and other countries.  Salesforce.com offers its Siteforce products and services in Germany under the Force.com Sites trademark. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.  Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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