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Cooper Industries Overhauls Website to Provide Unparalleled Customer Experience

Company invests vast resources to deliver on commitment to customer needs and "One Cooper" promise.

HOUSTON, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper Industries (NYSE: CBE), a global provider of electrical solutions, announces the launch of a new, innovative website at CooperIndustries.com that was completely redesigned to meet the complex - and ever-changing - needs of customers today. Even in the midst of economic recession, Cooper remained committed to the needs of its customers and set out with the goal of creating a site that would provide an experience unmatched in the industry. With an investment of time and resources that spanned seven divisions and multiple organizations, Cooper Industries has now delivered what it believes to be a best-in-industry, one-stop web experience that will revolutionize the way the way users gather information and help streamline daily business activity for Cooper customers.

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The new site also represents the manifestation of the company's "One Cooper" value proposition; creating a comprehensive, dynamic and unified web experience spanning all of Cooper's divisions: Cooper B-Line, Cooper Bussmann, Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Cooper Lighting, Cooper Power Systems, Cooper Safety and Cooper Wiring Devices. The new CooperIndustries.com integrates the company's vast range of offerings seamlessly, providing a single point-of-entry for access to the thousands of solutions and products the company offers.

Cooper designed the new site with the goal of simplifying the customer's experience; saving users time as they research specific products and also allowing them to easily browse product offerings across all divisions when navigating by market or solution. The primary objective of CooperIndustries.com is to help customers solve their business problems and meet their business goals by allowing them the option to navigate in the manner that best suits their goal. Once a user finds the product they need, all the relevant tools will be available there from detailed product information to specification sheets, from material safety data sheets to buyer's guides - making everything needed a click away.

"At Cooper Industries, our commitment has and always will be to utilize innovation expertise and service to help our customers reach their goals. Our newly designed website is a product of that commitment," said Cooper Industries CEO Kirk Hachigian. "We are passionate about the needs of our customers and understand the demands they face, whether distributors or product end-users. We allowed their specific needs to aid us in developing the new site."

The new CooperIndustries.com is built on a best-in-class infrastructure. More than 150,000 thousand pages were consolidated onto a web content management system (WCMS), which also improves user's ability to find Cooper products when using outside search engines. An industry-leading search tool has also been integrated to make it easier for users to quickly find products and solutions on the site. Finally, an improved user experience allows users to access information via multiple navigation paths including product line, brand, market and solution.

The new site increases efficiency, providing users with access to Cooper's thousands of products and related tools in a simple uncomplicated manner. The result:  the breadth of One Cooper accessed in the way that's most useful to the customer.

"Our hope is that this site will represent further evidence of Cooper's commitment to innovation and to the success of the customers we serve," continued Hachigian. "We are One Cooper with an overarching goal of delivering products and solutions that meet customer needs, no matter which division can fulfill those needs, and CooperIndustries.com now helps us deliver on our goal."

About Cooper Industries

Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global electrical products manufacturer with 2010 revenues of $5.1 billion. Founded in 1833, Cooper's sustained success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation, evolving business practices while maintaining the highest ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market positions and world-class products and brands including: Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2010 fifty-nine percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and thirty-nine percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 21 countries as of 2010. For more information, visit the website at http://www.cooperindustries.com.

    Contact:    Correy Robertson
                (412) 394-6611
                correy.robertson@bm.com

SOURCE  Cooper Lighting

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Cooper Lighting

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

Anchor Audio Unveils New Emergency Responder PA System

CARLSBAD, Calif., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- After much anticipation, Anchor Audio, Inc. announced today the unveiling of its personal portable PA system, RescueMAN.  It will debut in June at this year's InfoComm International tradeshow in Orlando, Florida.  RescueMAN was designed for first responders requiring voice amplification for emergencies or crowd control situations.

RescueMAN features 109 dB of crystal clear sound pumped out of a lightweight, wearable enclosure designed to be heard over loud emergency equipment or in an active environment.  Weighing just over 4 pounds, RescueMAN features a high quality record & replay function which allows a user to record a voice message up to 20 seconds with repeating capability. The message is retained even if power is removed from the system. The durable push buttons are designed for easy access even if wearing large gloves and prevents water or dust from getting into the system.  The dynamic microphone is lightweight and fits into its own pocket on the strap for a hands free option.  RescueMAN is completely portable and is powered with either 10 AA Alkaline or rechargeable NiMH batteries and can operate up to 12 hours on a single charge.  If you are in an area without power outlets, a car charger can be used as an alternate option. It also features a high quality, red siren alert button intended to grab attention of crowds of any size. Included with the speaker is an adjustable strap and waterproof case for easy handling and protection. Its durable case is built strong and can withstand the toughest weather environments. 

Be sure to visit Anchor Audio at this year's InfoComm International tradeshow at booth 2517, June 15 -17.  RescueMAN, along with other hot sellers, Liberty Platinum, Beacon Line Array, and MegaVox Pro will be available to view and demo.  Anchor Audio continues to maintain the tradition of delivering excellent, US-made products that are covered by a six year warranty. 

About Anchor Audio, Inc.

Anchor Audio, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of quality portable sound systems, public address systems, wired and wireless intercoms, and lectern systems. Established in 1975, Anchor Audio made the first portable sound system in a small building in Torrance, California. Over thirty years later and in a much larger factory in Carlsbad, California, production includes more than 20 models with various options for every type of market. Anchor supplies products to sectors including education, commercial, hospitality, government, and military. 

For more information about Anchor Audio products, contact Anchor Audio toll free at 800.262.4671, via email at sales@anchoraudio.com or visit http://www.anchoraudio.com.

SOURCE  Anchor Audio

Anchor Audio

CONTACT: Louann Groening, +1-800-262-4671, or Fax, +1-760-827-7105, louanng@anchoraudio.com

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

SunTrust and MasterCard Introduce Reloadable Prepaid Campus Card Program

Expanded financial capabilities on ID cards offer students greater flexibility, security and convenience when making purchases both on and off campus

ATLANTA and PURCHASE, N.Y., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE: STI) and MasterCard Worldwide today announced the launch of the SunTrust Campus Card, an innovative product that integrates a student identification (ID) card with a MasterCard reloadable prepaid card.

With this new campus card, universities and colleges will now be able to offer their students access to a reloadable prepaid account to pay for everyday expenses on and, in some instances, off campus, while benefiting from the flexibility and security of a reloadable prepaid card.  In the instance of off campus use, students will be able to use the SunTrust Campus Card to make purchases at millions of locations where MasterCard cards are accepted or withdraw funds without a fee from more than 2,900 SunTrust ATMs. Safer and more convenient than cash, the prepaid card will also provide students greater security and control over their finances.

"The SunTrust Campus Card program offers colleges and universities a simplified way to disburse funds while making the financial lives of their students easier," said Whitney Stewart, Senior Vice President, Senior Payment Strategy Manager, SunTrust Banks. "By linking an ID card with a MasterCard reloadable prepaid card, the SunTrust Campus Card empowers students with a convenient and safe way to pay for expenses and manage funds both on and off campus."

Students and parents can easily add funds to the cards via an online site.  In addition, and in some instances, certain colleges and universities can directly load financial aid disbursements onto the SunTrust Campus Card, replacing the need for paper-based payments.

Providing Access to Funds and a Financial Education

The SunTrust Campus Card program can easily be customized, enabling participating schools to select the desired level of card functionality and the extent of financial access they wish to provide eligible students.

"The SunTrust Campus Card is an excellent example of how a choice in payments makes lives easier while empowering financial responsibility," said Ron Hynes, Group Executive, Global Prepaid Solutions, MasterCard Worldwide. "In research, we received positive feedback from administrators and students on the convenience, control and security of the payment options. Additionally, administrators highlighted the added benefit of enhanced efficiency for their financial disbursement programs."

As part of the program, as currently configured, SunTrust and MasterCard will launch a website for college students and faculty members targeted to teaching financial literacy and featuring budgeting tools and educational materials. Students will also have access to an online site that they can log into for account management, including setting up account alerts (email and SMS). The sites will be launched later this year.

About SunTrust Banks, Inc.

SunTrust Banks, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, is one of the nation's largest banking organizations, serving a broad range of consumer, commercial, corporate and institutional clients. As of March 31, 2011, SunTrust had total assets of $170.8 billion and total deposits of $124.0 billion. The Company operates an extensive branch and ATM network throughout the high-growth Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states and a full array of technology-based, 24-hour delivery channels. The Company also serves clients in selected markets nationally. Its primary businesses include deposit, credit, trust and investment services. Through various subsidiaries the Company provides mortgage banking, insurance, brokerage, investment management, equipment leasing and investment banking services. SunTrust's Internet address is suntrust.com.

About MasterCard Worldwide

As a leading global payments company, MasterCard Worldwide prides itself on being at the heart of commerce, helping to make life easier and more efficient for everyone, everywhere. MasterCard serves as a franchisor, processor and advisor to the payments industry, and makes commerce happen by providing a critical economic link among financial institutions, governments, businesses, merchants, and cardholders worldwide. In 2010, $2.7 trillion in gross dollar volume was generated on its products by consumers around the world. Powered by the MasterCard Worldwide Network - the fastest payment processing network in the world - MasterCard processes over 23 billion transactions each year and has the capacity to handle 160 million transactions per hour, with an average network response time of 130 milliseconds and with 99.99 percent reliability. MasterCard advances global commerce through its family of brands, including MasterCard®, Maestro®, and Cirrus®; its suite of core products such as credit, debit, and prepaid; and its innovative platforms and functionalities, such as MasterCard PayPass(TM) and MasterCard inControl®. MasterCard serves consumers, governments, and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories. For more information, please visit us at http://www.mastercard.com. Follow us on Twitter: @mastercardnews.

SOURCE  SunTrust Banks, Inc.

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

CONTACT: Hugh Suhr, SunTrust Banks, Inc., +1-404-827-6813, hugh.suhr@suntrust.com; Dwain Schenk, MasterCard Worldwide, +1-914-249-4199, dwain_schenck@mastercard.com

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

The CMO Site Launches CMO University

Chief marketing officers and other senior marketing executives can tune into a variety of marketing lectures on social media, branding, mobile marketing, and more

NEW YORK, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The CMO Site is debuting CMO University, an online educational forum for chief marketing officers and other marketing executives that will combine Web-based lectures with live chat on a variety of marketing topics.

The first of seven CMO University lectures begins tomorrow, Thursday, April 28, at 2:00 p.m. ET, with marketing consultant Paul Gillin discussing why it's no longer enough to play around on social media for benefits like brand lift or just to keep up with the competition. His lecture will last 45 minutes, followed by live chat with him and with fellow attendees.

Register here for Gillin's lecture at CMO University:

http://www.thecmosite.com/lecture.asp?doc_id=205749&

Tomorrow's discussion is the first of seven that will comprise the CMO University's inaugural term, according to Mitch Wagner, Editor in Chief of The CMO Site. "Tom Nolle of CIMI Corp. will talk about 'Making Old Media New' on May 3, followed by Christine Perkett of PerkettPR discussing ways to burnish your brand and give it some new freshness on May 5," Wagner says. "CMO University enrollees can earn points toward a diploma by attending lectures and participating in the live chats we'll do with each of the seven lectures."

Four more lectures round out the CMO University schedule; go here to see the complete schedule:

http://www.thecmosite.com/lecture-calendar.asp

And go here for more information about earning points and graduating from CMO University:

http://www.thecmosite.com/document.asp?doc_id=205814&

About The CMO Site
Founded in December 2010, The CMO Site (http://www.thecmosite.com) is an executive social network that provides chief marketing officers and other marketing executives from the world's leading organizations with a real-time, online venue to discuss how they're delivering on the most critical marketing priorities of the day, 365 days a year. Its blogosphere is home to more than 40 regular contributors including Scott Koegler, a former CIO and author of the book Multisite Systems Integration, as well as Silicon Valley-based writer Mike Elgan and long-time marketing consultant Mary Carse.

About DeusM

DeusM is an integrated marketing services company owned by United Business Media targeting the fastest growing segment of the online publishing industry: business social media. The company is led by Managing Director Stephen Saunders, Min's Marketer of the Year 2010. He and the other DeusM principals have built and delivered more than a dozen successful sites and online communities over the last 10 years. DeusM's service is based on a unique platform, called Community in a Box (CiaB), which employs a structured system of proven B2B Web publishing best-practices, combined with a breakthrough integrated multimedia publishing platform ("n-Server") to enable marketers to quickly and profitably set up specialized communities for their target customers.

About UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology.  Through its core businesses - media solutions, marketing services, and professional information - UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands, applications, and services in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs, IT and IT support managers, Web and digital professionals, software and game developers, government decision makers, and telecom providers) actively participate in UBM TechWeb's communities. UBM TechWeb brands includes: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Game Developers Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; large-scale online networks such as InformationWeek, Light Reading, and Gamasutra; research, training, and certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and InformationWeek Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as InformationWeek and Wall Street & Technology. UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting, and monitoring; and the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities - from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists - with integrated events, online, print, and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business, and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com

Contact:
Amy Averbook
Director of Marketing Services
UBM TechWeb's The CMO Site
(917) 743-2693
averbook@deusm.com

SOURCE  The CMO Site

The CMO Site

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

Thwipster Launches Daily Deal Retail Offering for Geek Culture

Indulging your inner geek with premier offerings of the graphic novels The Walking Dead & Absolute All-Star Superman.

NEW YORK, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Thwipster (http://www.thwipster.com), an online daily deal retail community for geek/pop culture fans to discover and purchase the best in graphic novels, action figures and other pop culture products, today announced the launch of its service and community featuring first-rate products from the diverse world of geek culture.

Thwipster will provide their customers with a curated, hand-picked selection of the finest geek culture related items on a finite time, flash sale basis. From the popular to the hard to find, Thwipster hopes to supply products at a price that will meet the demands of their member's varying budgets. Daily deal items begin every day at 12am ET and end at 11:59pm the same day or while supplies last. Weekly Items begin every Wednesday at 12am ET and end at 11:59pm the following Tuesday, or while supplies last. Along with the graphic novels, action figures and other items being sold, weekly items will feature digital products like artist sketchbooks and webcomics.

"We envision Thwipster being much more than your typical daily deal website. We go through a rigorous selection process to try to provide the best products that we can and we're simply not going to sell products that we don't like," says Lance Sells, Thwipster's CEO and co-founder.

Said Chad Sells, Director of Operations and co-founder "We're geeks at heart and love delving into the story surrounding the products we're selling. so we're providing our customers with videos, photos and content for each and every product."

This week, consumers can shop for graphic novels published by Marvel Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Image Comics; as well as subscribe to the daily newsletter informing them of both the daily and weekly deals. 

About Thwipster LLC

Formed in 2011, Thwipster is an online store and community for geek culture fans, offering the best in action figures, graphic novels, games & other pop culture items.  With offices in New York City and Tampa, Florida, Thwipster offers daily and weekly products at great prices to it's customers and fans. To check out the latest items, visit http://www.thwipster.com . You can follow Thwipster on Twitter @thwipster and on Facebook.

    Contact:    Lance Sells
                Thwipster LLC
                646-504-4343
                press@thwipster.com

SOURCE  Thwipster LLC

Thwipster LLC

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

ARRIS Announces C4® CMTS Software Only Double Density Field Upgrades

SUWANEE, Ga., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced that it is in early deployments of its Release 7.4 eXtended Downstream Cable Access Module (XD CAM) field upgrade, effectively doubling the downstream density of the DOCSIS® 3.0 C4 CMTS from 16D to 32D without the need for any wiring or hardware changes.  This keyed feature field upgrade is available for purchase to the entire installed base of C4 DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS' worldwide.

The C4 XD CAM's increased downstream density makes the transition to eight-channel bonding very simple and gives cable operators the ability to deliver more bandwidth per subscriber at a much lower cost than previously possible.  For customers, it provides higher speed service tiers -- up to 343 Mb/s for North American DOCSIS (Annex B) and 445 Mb/s for European DOCSIS (Annex A). 

C4 Release 7.4 software enables operators to upgrade all existing, deployed 16D CAMs to XD CAMs with the purchase of a software license -- without removing the module from the chassis. This software-only upgrade process is far less onerous and costly than that of requiring customers to replace current modules with new hardware to achieve similar downstream densities.  Additionally, the operational simplicity of its cabling and lower maintenance inherent in its architecture result in a lower overall cost of ownership for C4 CMTS customers. 

Also available in Release 7.4 is support for IPv6 as well as DOCSIS 3.0 multicast traffic.  North American cable MSO Comcast recently completed successful testing of a live application of native dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) CPE support for its customers in the Denver area using the C4 CMTS. Operators will be able to deploy IPv6 with confidence and, by combining Multicast IP Video with DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding, will be able to deliver IP Video in the most efficient way possible.

"Each time we upgrade a C4's capacity and density, we lower its total cost of ownership," said ARRIS Broadband Communications Systems President Bruce McClelland.  "The XD CAM is a highly cost effective way to double downstream capacity by simply loading new software, without significant service disruption or configuration changes, and noticeably improves the customer's broadband user experience."

For more information, please visit: http://www.arrisi.com/get/XDCAM

About ARRIS

ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of technology that supports broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver carrier-grade telephony, network video processing, whole home video, demand driven video, next-generation advertising, network and workforce management solutions, access and transport architectures and ultra high-speed data services. Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Suwanee; Beaverton, OR; Chicago, IL; Kirkland, WA; State College, PA; Wallingford, CT; Waltham, MA; Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com.

SOURCE  ARRIS

ARRIS

CONTACT: Alex Swan, ARRIS Media Relations, +1-678-473-8327, alex.swan@arrisi.com

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

My Peace of Mind® Launches Innovative Online Data Storage Service to Help Customers Sleep Better at Night

Intuitive, Secure Solution Enables Financial Data Retrieval and Sharing

DETROIT, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- An innovative web service that combines the security of a bank lockbox with the peace of mind of a financial roadmap officially was launched today following several years of testing and issuance of a U.S. patent.

My Peace of Mind (http://www.mypom.info) is an online solution that enables subscribers to store financial data in a single, secure, password-protected location for easy access by themselves or loved ones they select and authorize.

The intuitive web interface guides users through storage of data on savings and checking accounts, investments, securities, credit card accounts, insurance policies, mortgage and estate information, safe deposit boxes and more.   This data is then easily retrieved by the subscriber and anyone to whom the username and password are provided, making it easy to share important information with loved ones and other representatives regardless of where they are located.

"We've spent years refining our technology and securing a patent on our process," said My Peace of Mind Founder and President Stephen Wood.  "What we're bringing to market is a tested, trusted solution that will simplify record keeping and provide safety, security and serenity to our customers and those with whom they wish to share information."

The My Peace of Mind services will initially be marketed through a network of insurance and human resources companies, providing a broad-based distribution platform and brand development.  In addition, the company plans to hire direct sales representatives within the next 60 days, and customers will be able to subscribe to the service directly through a secure Internet registration process that takes just a few minutes to complete.

Once registered, customers will benefit from:

    --  Consolidated tracking of their financial data;
    --  Easy access to or monitoring of financial information for loved ones or
        representatives of subscribers;
    --  Backup of financial contact data, mitigating the risk of losing such
        data due to a natural disaster or other mishap;
    --  Automated notification triggers that can minimize the likelihood of
        assets going unclaimed and being turned over to the government.
A one-year subscription to My Peace of Mind costs $48.

My Peace of Mind is a Michigan-based provider of data storage services that enable individuals to track and share insurance, financial and other important information via a secure Internet application.  Founded in 2004, the company markets its products through a network of insurance and human resources companies, a direct sales team and via the Internet at http://www.mypom.info.

Released by:  Personal Estate Manager, Inc.

    Contact:  Stephen Wood, CEO
              (586) 329-6131
              swood@mypom.info

SOURCE  My Peace of Mind

My Peace of Mind

Web Site: http://www.mypom.info

Law360 Unveils New Data and News Platform

Law360 Data Provides Virtually Real-Time Streaming Of Case Activity For All Public Companies

NEW YORK, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Law360 (http://www.law360.com), a publisher of litigation news and intelligence, announced today that it has launched Law360 Data, a platform with near-real-time updates of lawsuit activity for more than 5,000 publicly traded companies across 200 industries.

Law360 Data, available exclusively to subscribers, tracks federal litigation in the United States and allows users to set up customized feeds and alerts on litigation activity for a company, industry, law firm or area of interest. Current Law360 subscribers include each of the top 100 law firms, hundreds of U.S. and international corporations, and major federal and state agencies.

"Recent advances have made it possible to provide hour-by-hour streaming of case activity for all public companies," said Magnus Hoglund, chief strategist and co-founder of Law360. "With this new platform, Law360 has tapped into about 300,000 active cases and added filters to give attorneys a bird's eye view of litigation activity in courts around the country."

Many companies in the U.S. face hundreds of lawsuits simultaneously in courtrooms from coast to coast. With Law360 Data, attorneys can easily keep track of a plethora of lawsuits and filter by court, nature of suit and even the types of developments they need to monitor.

Law360 Data includes 200 industry profiles, 5,000 company profiles, 5,000 law firm profiles and more than 80,000 attorney profiles, each updated hourly during the business day.

"Our reporters and editors have spent years learning how to navigate the byzantine federal litigation system," said Hoglund. "It was only when we were joined by a group of programmers with cutting-edge knowledge of cloud computing and open-source technologies that we unleashed the power of everything we've learned," he added.

The company's announcement of the new platform, along with product demonstrations and tutorials, can be found on Law360's web site at: http://www.law360.com/topnews/articles/239670

About Law360

Founded in 2003, Law360 (http://www.law360.com) is a publisher of news and data for litigators, and one of the fastest-growing media companies in the U.S. The company covers late-breaking news on high-stakes litigation across every spectrum of business law. With daily news and litigation reports on 20 major practice areas, the news and data platform keep well over 100,000 attorneys at more than 1,400 organizations abreast of key developments from courtrooms around the country. In addition to the company's team of reporters and editors in New York City, Law360 correspondents also cover developments from courtrooms in Washington, D.C.; Wilmington, Delaware; Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

With virtually real-time streaming of data from 300,000 active federal cases, the Law360 Data platform tracks litigation developments at more than 10,000 companies and law firms. Advanced search functionalities and customized alerts allow users to drill down to very specific types of litigation news and legal documents. Subscribers include each of the top 100 law firms, hundreds of U.S. and international corporations, and major federal and state agencies.

SOURCE  Law360

Law360

CONTACT: Suzanne Beckmann, Dukas Public Relations, +1-646-808-3653, Suzanne@dukaspr.com

Web Site: http://www.law360.com

Alcatel-Lucent Makes OpenPlug App Development Tools Free-for-All

OpenPlug Studio Toolkit License Now Free; Launches Certified OpenPlug Solutions Provider Program

PARIS, April 27, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --     Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) (
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal?COUNTRY_CODE=US&COOKIE_SETúlse)
today announced two initiatives to fuel the growth of applications that work
across platforms and devices.

    Effective immediately, OpenPlug Studio (formerly OpenPlug
ELIPS Studio) will now be available to application developers free of charge.
OpenPlug Studio is a development toolkit that allows developers to
efficiently create native applications for smart phones, tablets and other
web-connected devices from a single code base using well-known web
development technologies such as JavaScript, ActionScript and XML. Developers
can download OpenPlug Studio at http://developer.openplug.com

    The company also launched a Certified OpenPlug Solutions
Provider Program focused on application development and developer training.
Initial members include Exuvis, Nexworld and On3. They will teach developers
how to use the OpenPlug tools, while also building mobile applications for
businesses that run on any platform or device and leverage service providers'
network-based APIs (application programming interfaces).

    These new initiatives will make it easier for a new generation
of applications to be developed and rolled out "at the speed of ideas" - a
core commitment of Alcatel-Lucent in its support of the application developer
community.

    The tremendous growth in mobile applications is largely fueled
by the consumer and enterprise adoption of smartphones and tablets.
Industries such as transportation are looking to these devices to more
efficiently mobilize their staffs and deliver an entirely new level of
service. Media and entertainment industries are using the technology to
extend the value of content subscriptions across as many platforms as
possible - keeping paid content in play.

    Alcatel-Lucent acquired OpenPlug (
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM
0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONT
ENT_FILE=News_Releases_2010/News_Article_002180.xml) in September 2010, one
of several aggressive moves it has made to advance Alcatel-Lucent's
Application Enablement (
http://www2.alcatel-lucent.com/application_enablement/) vision. Application
Enablement combines the service provider's trusted network capabilities with
the speed and innovation of the Web to enable a new generation of richer
services for consumers and business users. The OpenPlug tools are also
incorporated into the company's Open API Platform (
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/Solutions/detail?LMSG_CABINET=Soluti
on_Product_Catalog&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=Solutions/Solution2_Detail_000252.xml)
which enables service providers and enterprises to open up their networks and
attract a community of application and content providers.

    "One of the things we set out to do when we created the Open
API Platform was address the entire API and app ecosystem," said Laura
Merling, senior vice president of Alcatel-Lucent's Application Enablement
Strategy and Platform. "Making OpenPlug Studio free puts one of the
industry's most powerful tools into the hands of more developers. And
building a formal partner program further supports the need across all
industries to provide the education and tools to meet the demands of the
connected business."

    Developers can catch the new OpenPlug Solutions Provider
Program members at several upcoming events:

    - Exuvis and Alcatel-Lucent will present together at the
International Classified Media Association conference on April 30, 2011, in
Nice, France. Exuvis will detail how it used OpenPlug Studio to develop its
Hebbes Immo classified ad publishing app.

    - On3 will host a pre-conference workshop on May 24, 2011, at
the Alcatel-Lucent-sponsored Glue Conference in Broomfield, Colorado. The
workshop is open to all conference attendees and will explore the process of
developing native cross-platform applications with OpenPlug Studio.

    Partner Quotes:

    Marc Muller, CEO at Nexworld: "Thanks to OpenPlug Studio, our
customers will open their enterprise systems to new use cases enabled by
smartphones and tablets. Nexworld will bring them the best architecture and
software solutions to guarantee agility, efficiency and performance."

    Scott Guthman, Director of Sales and Marketing at On3: "On3 is
proud to be the first North American Certified OpenPlug Solutions Provider.
The OpenPlug Studio supports ActionScript which lets us leverage our
expertise in Adobe Flex. This one tool allows for the deployment of native
applications to the major mobile platforms: iOS, Android, Symbian, and
Windows Mobile. Combining these tools for mobile software development
increases productivity and will lower the cost of multiplatform development
for us."

    About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE : ALU)

    The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises,
strategic industries and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a
leader in mobile, fixed, IP and optics technologies, and a pioneer in
applications and services. Alcatel-Lucent includes Bell Labs, one of the
world's foremost centres of research and innovation in communications
technology.

    With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most
experienced global services organizations in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is
a local partner with global reach.

    The Company achieved revenues of Euro 16 billion in 2010 and
is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

    For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent
blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow the Company on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.

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Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Peter Benedict, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-84, peter.benedict@alcatel-lucent.com; Mark Hudson, Tel: +1-405-844-68-27, mark.hudson@alcatel-lucent.com; Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations: Frank Maccary, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-12-11, frank.maccary@alcatel-lucent.com; Don Sweeney, Tel: +1-908-582-61-53, don.sweeney@alcatel-lucent.com; Tom Bevilacqua, Tel: +1-908-58279-98, thomas.bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com

Meijer Introduces "Order to Store" Program Featuring Free Shipping for Online Orders

Meijer Customers Can Now Order Online And Pick Up Items In Store

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Merging online and in-store shopping, Meijer is introducing a program where shoppers can place an order on Meijer.com and have the merchandise shipped - at no cost - directly to their local Meijer store for pick-up. 

The online program, called "Order-to-Store," will include thousands of items found on http://ordertostore.meijer.com, including furniture and home products, sporting goods, kitchen appliances, garden and outdoor items, toys, and health & beauty items.

The online program allows shoppers to designate which Meijer store they would like to use as their pick-up location. Once the order is received by the store, the customer will receive email notification that their items are ready for pick-up. If the customer needs to return an item, they can bring it back to their local Meijer. All orders include free shipping.

"This is another example of how Meijer is making the online shopping experience as convenient and affordable as possible for our customers," said Rick Keyes, executive vice president of supply chain operations and e-commerce for the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer.  "Not only are we eliminating shipping costs, we're also enabling shoppers to return the items to their local stores.  This is a money- and time-saving program that allows even more customers to take advantage of the great offerings we have at Meijer.com."

Meijer customers can choose from a wide variety of products when shopping the "Order to Store" site, including items from The Katie Brown Collection of home and home furnishing products, Weber grills, Sony and Samsung flat-screen televisions, Canon cameras, Carhartt apparel, and the latest video games.

The Meijer "Order to Store" program accepts online coupons and guarantees delivery within 5-7 days of the order (though most orders are received within three days).Customers pay for their orders online prior to picking them up at their local Meijer store.

The electronics department and/or photo department will serve as the pick-up location for most orders. When customers receive their email notification from Meijer stating their order is ready, it will also indicate precisely where the merchandise can be picked up.

About Meijer

Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates 195 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. As the inventor of the "one-stop shopping" concept, Meijer stores have evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive electronics departments, garden centers and apparel offerings. Additional information on Meijer and the ability to shop for more can be found at http://www.meijer.com.

SOURCE  Meijer

Meijer

CONTACT: Frank J. Guglielmi, +1-734-844-2781, frank.guglielmi@meijer.com

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

Cheetah Technologies and Alpha Technologies GmbH to Present and Demo Video QoE Monitoring Solutions at ANGA

PITTSBURGH, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheetah Technologies, LP will showcase how cable system operators can ensure Quality of Experience in complex video environments at the ANGA Cable Exhibition and Congress May 3-5 in Cologne, Germany.

Jeremy Bennington, Senior Vice President Strategic Operations and General Manager of Cheetah V-Factor, will be a featured speaker at the "Video Services Everywhere on Any Screen" technology session at 3:45 p.m., Wednesday, May 4.  Bennington's presentation, entitled "Ensuring IP QoE: How Does Your Video Measure Up?," will discuss how solutions, such as Cheetah V-Factor, can ensure optimal customer experiences as video is delivered to tablets, smart phones and other devices.

Cheetah's V-Factor portfolio includes the V-Factor Stream Probe and the V-Factor Source Monitor, industry leading QoE solutions currently employed in the cable television industry and beyond.  Cheetah couples this monitoring solution with the Q-Advisor management software solution designed to aid the video technician in identifying and prioritizing video defect resolution.  Cable Operators are managing 10s of offices, 100s of channels, 1,000s of program streams and 100,000s of events; V-Factor uniquely provides an end to end solution to monitor and manage this environment.

"In today's networks, there is a plethora of encoding, transcoding, ad insertion, process events, and other opportunities for errors potentially affecting the quality of the image that viewers see at home," said Bennington.  "Cheetah V-Factor uniformly and pro-actively monitors and measures any blockiness, blur or many other artifacts that can impede viewing satisfaction on any device." 

Cheetah will also be demonstrating the V-Factor portfolio at the Alpha Technologies GmbH stand (Level 10.2/Booth K28).  We invite any and all video service providers to visit Cheetah for a demonstration.  Alpha Technologies VP of International Sales & Business Development, Paul Shmotolokha stated that, "It is always exciting to work with Alpha's valued partners such as Cheetah Technologies to feature a cutting edge product like the V-Factor Video QoE monitoring product line."  In addition, Alpha and Cheetah will also be demonstrating the Cheetah XD network management system, Alpha/Cheetah power supply & status monitoring solution, and the Cheetah EL end of line monitoring and performance system.

Cheetah Technologies, LP is a carrier class, systems management solutions developer supplying "quality of service" management systems to broadband network providers and "quality of experience" management systems to video service providers.  Cheetah corporate offices are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Cheetah sells products and services globally, and enjoys partnerships with many of the major broadband technology corporations throughout the World.

For this and/or additional information in electronic form, go to http://www.cheetahtech.com/.

The Alpha Group represents a global alliance of independent companies that share a common philosophy - create world-class powering solutions for communication, commercial, industrial and renewable energy markets.

For this and/or additional information in electronic form, go to http://www.alpha.com/.

SOURCE  Cheetah Technologies, LP

Cheetah Technologies, LP

CONTACT: Steve A. Day, Vice President - Marketing, Cheetah Technologies, L.P., +1-412-923-3488, sday@cheetahtech.com, or John M. Grubb, Vice President of Marketing, Alpha Technologies Inc., +1-360-392-2331, jgrubb@alpha.com

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

nFocus Software Earns Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Competency in Microsoft Partner Network

Trax Attendance Manager achieves "Compatible with Windows 7" Logo

PHOENIX, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- nFocus Software, provider of performance management, training, and outcome measurement software to the public sector, announced that it has achieved Gold Independent Software Vendor (ISV) status with Microsoft Corp. 

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A member of the Microsoft Partner Network, nFocus is the developer of Trax Attendance Manager, which works with Windows 7 to provide organizations with the ability to manage daily operations, track member data and measure performance outcomes to address pressing youth and education needs. Trax Attendance Manager brings together: ID cards; member scanning technology; data entry; and reporting systems. 

"Our customers come to us for high-quality performance and outcome measurement software that offers the most up-to-date features," said Ananda Roberts, president, nFocus Software. "By working with Microsoft, we feel confident Windows 7 will provide users of Trax Attendance Manager enhanced functionality to address needs in the public sector."

Specifically, Trax Attendance Manager is compatible with 32 bit and 64 bit Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems and was put through a multitude of tests to verify its compatibility with Windows 7. It's part of the TraxSolutions suite of easy-to-use software solutions. 

For more information, press only:

[Suzanne McCormick, nFocus Software, 602.954.9557, smccormick@nfocus.com]

About nFocus Software

nFocus Software is the leading provider of performance management, training, and outcome measurement software to the public sector. For more than 16 years, nFocus Software has successfully implemented solutions for organizations of all sizes. The company's youth and education solutions track and measure outcomes for more than 3.8 million children in all 50 states and Canada. nFocus Software's customers include nonprofit organizations, Fortune 500 companies, and city, state, and federal government. nFocus Software's solutions capably serve organizations ranging from local sites with fewer than 100 individuals, to state-wide deployments serving thousands of individuals, to the U.S. Army where its solutions are used to track the training and mission readiness of more than two million Soldiers.

For more information on nFocus Software, visit: http://www.nfocus.com.

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nFocus Software

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

New 'ThoughtWorks Learning' Roadshows, Training and Knowledge Help Accelerate Agile Adoption and Success

Software and IT organizations can tap a range of training and experienced-based knowledge from ThoughtWorks' leaders in enterprise Agile application development

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ThoughtWorks Studios (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com), a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced ThoughtWorks Learning(TM), a comprehensive offering of private and public workshops, and rich resource materials that have been developed during the past decade by industry experts at ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios. As part of the offering, it also announced its first schedule of publicly available ThoughtWorks Learning Live!(TM) workshops that will be held during the month of May in the Dallas metro area, with additional workshops to be delivered in London, Paris, Manchester, Boston, Minneapolis, St. Paul, San Francisco and other selected cities slated throughout the year(to learn more please visit (http://bit.ly/twlearning1)).

"ThoughtWorks Learning combines all of the in-person training and content-based knowledge that ThoughtWorks has developed during the past decade to help organizations adopt and sustain success using Agile-based methodologies," said Adam Monago, vice president, client services at ThoughtWorks Studios. "I am very excited to offer our high-impact Agile Workshops via public registration and to have our first schedule of open enrollment roadshows scheduled in Dallas in May."

Software developers, managers, analysts, testers and executives now have a single resource to obtain a range of useful information and educational offerings that have been "road-tested" and tuned to help software organizations become more efficient and productive when adopting and scaling Agile-based development methods.

The offering includes:

    --  ThoughtWorks Learning Live!: Private and Public workshops - these
        workshops are recognized as the most useful, practical and original
        training sessions in the industry. Taught by ThoughtWorks' experts,
        ThoughtWorks Learning Live! is available through both private, on-site
        delivery or through public registration courses in select major cities
        throughout the year. All courses help development teams work more
        effectively by addressing the current stage of an organization's
        transition and the state of each area of a team's practice. Each course
        is highly interactive and infused with real-world experience using Agile
        in varying domains, roles and levels of expertise. The courses, ranging
        from introductory to advanced-level topics, are designed for software
        delivery teams, programmers, testers, engineers, project managers and
        business executives.
    --  ThoughtWorks Learning Resources: ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios
        continue to develop useful content for all levels of expertise and areas
        of interest in software development. Now, together with existing
        discussions and content from the ThoughtWorks Community site, a
        single-source of white papers, books, best practices such as games
        (Planning Poker and Facilitation Patterns) and educational resources
        such as graphic posters are available to help organizations of all sizes
        and types achieve Agile success. To review and download free expert
        content please visit:(http://bit.ly/twlearning1)

As stated, a month-long series of ThoughtWorks Learning Live workshops will be conducted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area throughout May. The workshops include: Agile Fundamentals, Agile Project Management, Agile Leadership, Agile Development Practices, Amazon Web Services, Agile Business Analytics, Automated Functional Testing and Continuous Delivery. To review the course calendar and abstracts, meet the instructors and register please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Learning

ThoughtWorks Learning focuses on sharing the fundamentals needed to overcome challenges, evolve and succeed with Agile development methodologies. It provides information and training related to software design, engineering, testing and release management that is based on real-world experience. The offerings help organizations extend the benefits of Agile beyond small teams, avoid common pitfalls, breakthrough "improvement plateaus" and continuously improve and modify methods that will best meet its needs. For more information please visit: (http://bit.ly/twlearning1).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM products and training. A division of ThoughtWorks, Inc.®, the pioneer in Agile development and best-practices, it offers the tools, coaching and experience to help companies realize the full potential of Agile development in the enterprise. Its products, Mingle® (Agile project management), Twist® (Agile test automation) and Go(TM) (Agile release management), help organizations manage all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management. The company's Agile Workshops provide in-depth training that covers all facets of Agile ALM best practices. Customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. ThoughtWorks Studios is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

Media Contact:Christie DennistonCatapult PR-IROffice: 303-581-7760, ext. 13Mobile: 303-827-5164cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

SOURCE  ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios

Web Site: http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com

Nefsis Debuts New FIPS Edition of Its Cloud-Based Video Conferencing Technology

FIPS compliant product designed for security conscious government installations

SAN DIEGO, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Online video conferencing innovator Nefsis® announced today the Nefsis FIPS Edition, designed for government agencies requiring FIPS 140-2 compliant web, VoIP and multipoint video conferencing services. Nefsis provides HD video conferencing to desktops and conference rooms, with a complete suite of live web collaboration tools. The new FIPS Edition provides government IT staff a viable option for providing desktop reach, more collaboration tools, and better support for remote locations that connect to headquarters offices securely via the Internet.

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Nefsis FIPS Edition provides on-premise, customer-controlled access point and virtual conference servers that provide the ability for an organization to build a private cloud. The new components support FIPS 140-2 required security certificate, authentication, strong cipher, and end-to-end encrypted TLS connections allowing federal employees spread out geographically to participate in video conferences regardless of whether they connect via private network or public route.

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) govern non-military U.S. government agencies and their contractors. FIPS 140 covers communications and cryptographic requirements and calls for the use of specific, secure protocols, methods, and configuration settings. These provide confidence through standardization and a higher level of security than non-compliant products and services.

"As part of our commitment to provide secure collaboration tools that allow Federal agencies to meet their mission objectives, we are pleased to introduce Nefsis FIPS Edition, adding secure desktop reach and more advanced collaboration tools to the government video conferencing market," said Steve Peltier, Nefsis Chief Executive Officer.

Nefsis FIPS Edition is available now. For additional information, contact Nefsis sales at http://www.Nefsis.com or call (858) 715-0970.

About Nefsis

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Nefsis is a technology specialist in video conferencing software and cloud computing online services. The Company's global cloud provides multipoint HD video and advanced collaboration tools to business, government and educational customers in more than 45 countries worldwide. Compared to previous generations of infrastructure hardware solutions, such as video routers, MCUs and gateways, the Nefsis cloud-based offering is less expensive, automatically maintained, and easier to expand.

For more information, please visit http://www.nefsis.com or call +1 (858) 715-0970.

MEDIA CONTACT
Xenia Moore
Public Relations Manager
Phone: (858) 715-0970
xmoore@nefsis.com

Nefsis is a registered trademark of Nefsis Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners.

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Nefsis

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

AT&T Expands Mobile Broadband Coverage for Tourist Areas in Wayne County

New Cell Site Activated as Part of Ongoing AT&T Investment in Local Wireless Network

BEECH FORT LAKE , W. Va., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continuing network investment to support growing demand for advanced mobile devices and applications, AT&T* today announced the activation of a new mobile broadband cell site in Wayne County. The new site will enhance coverage for area residents and businesses along Route 17 at Beech Fort Lake and at the Campgrounds and Lakeside Marina in East Lynn. With mobile broadband speeds, AT&T customers can surf the Web, download files faster, and enjoy the very latest interactive mobile applications.

The new cell sites are one part of AT&T's ongoing efforts to drive investment and innovation to deliver the nation's best, most advanced mobile broadband experience for customers. With the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T provides accelerated mobile data speeds and simultaneous voice and data capabilities.

"Delivering the fastest mobile broadband coverage for consumers and businesses who need to stay connected is our ultimate objective," said J. Michael Schweder, president, AT&T Mid Atlantic. "Our ongoing investments in West Virginia will help ensure that our customers have access to the mobile broadband services that help drive continued economic growth."

"Our goal is for our customers to have an extraordinary experience. As part of the community in Wayne County, we're always looking for new opportunities to provide enhanced coverage, and our investment in the local wireless network is just one way we're accomplishing that," said Erika K. Thompson-Kemp, vice president and general manager for AT&T in West Virginia and Virginia. "In addition, our recently announced agreement to acquire T-Mobile USA will strengthen and expand our network in Wayne County. If approved, this deal means that we'll be able to expand the next generation of mobile broadband - 4G LTE - from our current plan of 80 percent of the U.S. population to 95 percent."

AT&T's mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T has the broadest international coverage of any U.S. wireless provider, providing access to voice service in more than 220 countries and data service in more than 200 countries. AT&T also offers voice and data roaming coverage on more than 135 major cruise ships, as well as mobile broadband services in more than 130 countries.

AT&T also operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network** with more than 24,000 hotspots in the U.S. and provides access to more than 135,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans.

For more information about AT&T's coverage in West Virginia or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer. Using the online tool, AT&T customers can measure quality of coverage from a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.

For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit the AT&T network news page. 

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

** Largest based on company branded and operated hotspots. Access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic. A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See http://www.attwifi.com for details and locations.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T | DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising. 

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com. This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.

© 2011 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.

SOURCE  AT&T Inc.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Ellen Webner of AT&T, +1-973-775-1321, Ellen.webner@att.com

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

AT&T Brings Mobile Broadband Network to Bradford County

Local Wireless Network Upgrade Extends Access to Advanced Products, Services and Applications

ATHENS, Pa., April  27, 2011/PRNewswire/ --AT&T* today announced the availability of its mobile broadband network in Bradford County extending access for advanced mobile services, devices and feature-rich audio and video content to customers.

Areas of new coverage include Athens, Canton, Monroeton, Rummerfield, Sayre, Towanda, West Burlington, Wyalusing and Wysox. Customers can also access the network along Routes 6 and 220.

"I applaud AT&T for their commitment to expand mobile broadband in Bradford County. This is the type of private sector commitment we need to attract and retain businesses and jobs. Businesses in our region need technology infrastructure improvements to operate efficiently and effectively, and this investment will help our region grow and thrive," said Representative Tina Pickett.

AT&T is an industry leader in delivering the benefits of mobile broadband networks, devices and applications. With the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T provides accelerated mobile data speeds and simultaneous voice and data capabilities for an amazing wireless voice and data experience.

"Demand for wireless bandwidth is growing rapidly, and we want to meet that demand for our customers," said J. Michael Schweder, president of AT&T Pennsylvania. "We're excited to bring mobile broadband to Bradford County. Our recently announced agreement to acquire T-Mobile USA also represents a major commitment to strengthen and expand our network. In fact, this deal, if approved, means that we'll be able to expand the next generation of mobile broadband - 4G LTE - from our current plan of 80 percent of the U.S. population to 95 percent."

"Our goal is pretty simple: We want you to have an extraordinary experience when you make a call, check e-mail, download a song or video, surf the Internet or keep your business mobile on your AT&T device," said Robert Holliday, vice president and general manager, AT&T Upstate/Western New York and Northern Pennsylvania. "As part of the community in Bradford County, we're always looking for new opportunities to provide enhanced coverage to help drive local economic growth, and our investment in the local wireless network is just one way to accomplish this."

AT&T's mobile broadband network is based on the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) family of technologies that includes GSM and UMTS, the most widely used wireless network platforms in the world. AT&T has the broadest international coverage of any U.S. wireless provider, providing access to voice service in more than 220 countries and data service in more than 200 countries. AT&T also offers voice and data roaming coverage on more than 135 major cruise ships, as well as mobile broadband services in more than 130 countries.

AT&T also operates the nation's largest Wi-Fi network** with more than 24,000 hotspots in the U.S. and provides access to more than 135,000 hotspots globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly data plans.

For more information about AT&T's coverage in Pennsylvania or anywhere in the United States, consumers can visit the AT&T Coverage Viewer. Using the online tool, AT&T customers can measure coverage quality from a street address, intersection, ZIP code or even a landmark.

For updates on the AT&T wireless network, please visit the AT&T network news page.

*AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc.

** Largest based on company branded and operated hotspots. Access includes AT&T Wi-Fi Basic.  A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See http://www.attwifi.com for details and locations.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates - AT&T operating companies - are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. With a powerful array of network resources that includes the nation's fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet, voice and cloud-based services. A leader in mobile broadband and emerging 4G capabilities, AT&T also offers the best wireless coverage worldwide of any U.S. carrier, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries.  It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse® and AT&T |DIRECTV brands. The company's suite of IP-based business communications services is one of the most advanced in the world. In domestic markets, AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive are known for their leadership in local search and advertising. 

Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com.  This AT&T news release and other announcements are available at http://www.att.com/newsroom and as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. Or follow our news on Twitter at @ATT.

© 2011 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. Mobile broadband not available in all areas. AT&T, the AT&T logo and all other marks contained herein are trademarks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated companies.

Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Information set forth in this press release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results might differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update and revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.

SOURCE  AT&T Inc.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Ellen Webner, AT&T, +1-973-775-1321, Ellen.webner@att.com

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

Alaska Airlines Makes Online Travel Shopping Easier

Carrier simplifies ticket, hotel and car rental bookings at alaskaair.com

SEATTLE,April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Purchasing airfare, hotel rooms and car rentals on alaskaair.com is now easier for customers with the launch of Alaska Airlines' redesigned website.

"Customers will see a noticeable difference while shopping on the new alaskaair.com," said Curtis Kopf, Alaska Airlines' managing director of alaskaair.com and customer innovation. "Whether you are booking a flight, searching for a hotel or comparing rental car prices, your visit to our website will be easier to navigate."

New features of the redesigned alaskaair.com include:

    --  A simplified screen design and navigation makes shopping for travel
        faster.
    --  A shopping cart gives customers the flexibility to book air travel,
        hotel and car rental separately or all at once.
    --  A simplified way to shop for fare sales by departure or arrival city.

The redesign follows improvements the airline launched last fall that made it easier for customers to filter search results to find flights that are most relevant to their travel needs, such as seeing alternate nearby airports and fares within 30 days of their preferred date of travel.

The website redesign builds on Alaska Airlines' tradition of customer-friendly innovation, which includes being the first domestic airline to introduce online booking, Web check-in and an online virtual assistant. These and other innovations led to Alaska Airlines winning the 2011 Airline Technology Leadership Award by Air Transport World, the leading monthly magazine covering the global airline industry.

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, subsidiaries of Alaska Air Group (NYSE: ALK), together serve more than 90 cities through an expansive network in Alaska, the Lower 48, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico. Alaska Airlines ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Traditional Network Carriers" in the J.D. Power and Associates 2008, 2009 and 2010 North America Airline Satisfaction Studies (SM). For reservations, visit http://www.alaskaair.com. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines/Horizon Air Newsroom at http://www.alaskaair.com/newsroom.

SOURCE  Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines

CONTACT: Corporate Communications, +1-206-392-5101

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

NAVTEQ Launches its LocationPoint(TM) Mobile Ad Network in China

New service provides consumer-friendly location-targeted advertising on mobile devices; enables publishers and developers to monetize apps

BEIJING, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Mobile Internet Conference -- NAVTEQ, the leading global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, launched its location-based mobile ad network, NAVTEQ LocationPoint, in China today. NAVTEQ LocationPoint is a rich and interactive consumer-engagement experience that delivers hyperlocal ads to mobile consumers as they approach local businesses. Built-in features such as "click to map" can guide consumers to the doorstep of those advertisers.

NAVTEQ LocationPoint leverages NAVTEQ's location content and capabilities, which span mobile, automotive, web, and enterprise applications. Global users depend on the NAVTEQ map 100 million times a day.  For publishers and developers, LocationPoint enables monetization of high-value apps with location-based ads, special offers and coupons that studies show consumers value (MRSI 2009). 

Platform independent, NAVTEQ LocationPoint can be utilized with any connected portable navigation device or mobile phone application to deliver highly-targeted, relevant and interactive advertising to end users. LocationPoint advertising provides built-in calls to action such as "click to map"--where users can be guided step by step and turn by turn to local merchants.

Publishers can choose between two APIs to join the network; LocationPoint REST API provides deeper customization options, while the just-launched WebApp API enables delivery of ads via HTML5 to iOS and Android apps. Publishers can learn more and access APIs enabling network access via NAVTEQ Network for Developers at http://www.nn4d.com. 

"LocationPoint provides advertisers with a dynamic new medium to reach on-the-go consumers with more relevant, high-impact advertisements," said Chris Rothey, vice president, NAVTEQ.  "The platform enables publishers to explore new revenue streams for  their high-value content while adding value to the consumer experience."

NAVTEQ counts some of the world's largest providers of location-based services among its publishers. As providers of map and location content to major handset makers, mobile operators, mobile application developers and automotive companies, NAVTEQ provides an ad ecosystem which includes a patented geo-fencing ad platform, turnkey ad sales and creative services.

In its 2011 Mobile Trends study, Forrester Research predicts a surge in mobile ad spending in 2011. "Forrester expects marketers around the world to finally allocate dedicated resources to mobile. In the US, for example, Forrester forecasts that marketing spend on mobile display ads and search will pass $1 billion in 2011." (Mobile Trends 2011)

About NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is the leading global provider of location content in the form of maps, traffic and places data that enables navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world.  NAVTEQ supplies precise, comprehensive location content to power automotive navigation systems, portable and wireless devices, Internet-based mapping applications and government and business solutions.  The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 5,600 employees located in 213 offices in 50 countries.

For more information on NAVTEQ Media Solutions, please visit http://www.navteqmedia.com or follow us on Twitter at @NAVTEQMedia.

NAVTEQ and LocationPoint are trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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SOURCE  NAVTEQ

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CONTACT: Kim Isele of NAVTEQ, +1-312-894-7719, kim.isele@navteq.com; or Bob Richter, +1-212-802-8588, bob@richtermedia.com, for NAVTEQ

Web Site: http://www.nn4d.com

MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc. Launches New Online Shopping Mall Platform in US

BOCA RATON, Fla., April 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: MEDG), a global shopping and entertainment community, today announced it has launched its new shopping mall platform in the US.  The new shopping mall platform is based on proprietary search technology and allows the Company to take advantage of consumer behaviors and will enable additional targeting, demographic and data mining capabilities.  The shopping mall also has its own recommendation engine that captures and remembers where a consumer shops and their individual shopping preferences and recommends additional products and services from both the shopping mall and the Company's reverse auctions.

The new shopping mall platform is based on a price comparison model and uses sophisticated Business Intelligence to create a personal shopping experience based on historic and relevant results.  In conjunction with the new search-based functionality, customers may also shop by merchant and/or category.  The new US shopping mall provides access to over 30 million products and will be the platform used for the Company's Partner Program in the future.

Michael Hansen, President and Chief Executive Officer of MediaNet Group, stated, "The US shopping mall will allow us to demonstrate the strength of our technology platform with a wide and diverse base of merchant partners to further drive conversion rates.  Following the successful launch of the new shopping mall in Germany in February, we have made some additional upgrades to the platform based on user experiences.  These enhancements will allow us to drive greater revenue as well as replicate and introduce the model into new countries around the world at a more rapid pace.  We expect to continue the rollout of the new shopping mall platform into other key markets during our third fiscal quarter."

Mr. Hansen continued, "Combining the shopping mall concept with our DubLi Reverse Auctions and Entertainment provides consumers a one-stop-shop for all their shopping and entertainment needs.  The inherent tracking capability history and experience on each of our sites and platforms will enhance our efforts of capturing additional discretionary spending from our customers."

About MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc.:

MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc. has created a global online shopping community that includes its reverse auction concept, shopping mall platform and entertainment portal.  The Company's unique operating strategy combines online shopping with its distribution network to reach customers directly on a global scale.

The foundation of MediaNet Group is grounded in innovative technology, a global platform and an expertise in understanding and capitalizing on global economic trends and changing consumer behaviors.  The central hub of the MediaNet Group community is DubLi.com, from which all other components of the business model are derived.  Additional information about the Company is available in its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.

Except for historical matters contained herein, statements made in this press release are forward-looking.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "may," "will," "to," "plan," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "could," "would," "estimate," or "continue" or the negative other variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Investors and others are cautioned that a variety of factors, including certain risks, may affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.  These risk factors include, without limitation, the risk of (i) an inability to establish and/or maintain a large, growing base of business associates; (ii) an inability to develop and/or maintain brand awareness for our online auctions; (iii) a failure to maintain the competitive bidding environment for our online auctions; (iv) a failure to adapt to technological change; and (v) a failure to improve our internal controls.  The Company is also subject to the risks and uncertainties described in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2010.

Contacts:

MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc.:
Stefanie Kitzes
stefanie@medianetgroup.com
561-417-1500

Cameron Associates, Inc.:
Paul G. Henning
Phenning@cameronassoc.com
212-554-5462

SOURCE  MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc.

MediaNet Group Technologies, Inc.

CriticalBlue Announces Optimized Prism Support for NetLogic Microsystems' Multi-core Processor Portfolio

SAN JOSE and SANTA CLARA, California, April 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    - Strong Customer Demand Drives Release of Prism Platform Support
Packages for NetLogic Microsystems' XLP(R), XLR(R) and XLS(R) Multi-Core
Processor Families

    CriticalBlue, a pioneer in embedded multicore software analysis,
exploration and verification tools, announced today the immediate
availability of support for NetLogic Microsystems' industry-leading XLP(R),
XLR(R), and XLS(R) multi-core processor families within its Prism product.
Software developers can now analyze their existing software applications,
quickly evaluate NetLogic Microsystems' best-in-class multi-core processors,
and accelerate the selection and design using these multi-core processors.

    This announcement broadens CriticalBlue's Prism capabilities with leading
multi-core vendors such as NetLogic Microsystems. Further enhancements to the
end user experience using NetLogic Microsystems' multi-core processors will
continue to be made available throughout the year.

    NetLogic Microsystems' XLP processor family features the industry's first
and only quad-issue, quad-threaded communications processor architecture in
the advanced 40nm process with unparalleled processing performance and
scalability up to 128 NXCPUs(TM). Each NXCPU operates at up to 2.0 GHz and is
based on a best-in-class superscalar engine and out-of-order execution
capabilities for converged data plane and control plane processing. The
multi-core, multi-threaded processor offers a tri-level cache architecture
with over 50 Mbytes of fully coherent on-chip cache which delivers 40
Terabits/sec of extremely high-speed on-chip memory bandwidth. The integrated
high-speed Inter-chip Coherency Interface (ICI) offers full cache and memory
coherency across the 128 NXCPUs, enabling software applications to seamlessly
run in Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) or Asymmetric Multi Processing (AMP)
modes. The unique combination of superior processor cores with scalability to
128 NXCPUs and over 160 programmable processing engines deliver over 160Gbps
throughput and 240 million packets per second (Mpps) of intelligent
application processing performance, making it the industry's highest
performance multi-core communications processors for intelligent Layers 4-7
network, services and application processing.

    "NetLogic Microsystems is a leading player in the multi-core silicon
market and we have seen direct customer demand for support of their platforms
inside Prism for projects targeting base stations, packet transport and
packet core systems." said David Stewart, CEO, CriticalBlue. "The ongoing
development program with NetLogic Microsystems will take today's released
support and enhance it further so that Prism can even more accurately and
completely represent the behavior of end users' software running on NetLogic
Microsystems' multi-core processors."

    "Our XLP, XLR, and XLS multi-core processor families continue to lead the
industry in performance, functionality and power profile," said Chris
O'Reilly, vice president of marketing at NetLogic Microsystems. "Our
collaboration with CriticalBlue enables our customers to use Prism and get a
positive experience, as they migrate towards and adopt our multi-core
platforms."

    Prism is an award winning, EclipseTM-based embedded multi-core
programming system which allows software engineers to realize the full
potential of multi-core processors without significant changes to their
existing development flow. Prism analyzes the behavior of code running on
hardware development boards, virtual machines or simulators. It allows
engineers to take their existing sequential or multithreaded code and, before
making any changes, explore and analyze opportunities to introduce or add
further concurrency. Having identified the optimal parallelization strategies
in this way, developers code a parallel implementation, and then reuse Prism
to verify performance efficiency and thread-safe operations.

    In addition to partitioning software onto multicore hardware, results of
this development program enable developers to use Prism to quantify the
benefit of software migration onto NetLogic Microsystems' multi-core
processors. Developers can select the appropriate processor from the XLP, XLR
and XLS families and analyze the impact of the built-in hardware threading,
data cache misses, and instruction throughput on a thread, function or source
line level, resulting in an ability to see the impact of such core
architectural features on the overall concurrent schedule. This important
feedback to the software programmer would be extremely difficult to visualize
otherwise. Ultimately, Prism provides developers with an estimate of the
performance gain achievable by partitioning their program into multiple
threads while targeting one of NetLogic Microsystems' multi-core processors,
as well as providing a methodology and flow to implement, tune and verify
that multi-threaded software.

    The Core-level Platform Support Package (PSP) for Prism targeting XLP,
XLR, and XLS multi-core processors is offered at a price of $400 (USD) per
month with an annual subscription agreement. Download a 30-day evaluation
copy of Prism for NetLogic Microsystems' multi-core processor families at
http://www.criticalblue.com/prism/netlogic.

    Key Points:

    - This announcement enables faster development and improved optimization
of multicore software applications and hence accelerates time to market of
end products based on NetLogic Microsystems' multi-core processor families.

    - Integration with Prism allows NetLogic Microsystems' customers to
analyze their existing single threaded application code for use on multi-core
processors and follow a simple migration path through implementation,
performance tuning and verification.

    - Prism technology is an Eclipse plug-in and is based on dynamic tracing
of the users' software execution in a Linux target environment.

    - Developers work in a familiar Eclipse environment with CriticalBlue's
Prism development tools.

    About CriticalBlue

    CriticalBlue is a pioneer of flexible, automated system design solutions
that meet the increasing performance, power, and cost demands associated with
the delivery of advanced electronic products within today's demanding design
schedules. The increasing use of complex, multicore processor architectures
has accelerated demand for CriticalBlue's technology and expertise throughout
all electronic industry sectors. Headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland, with
offices in San Jose, California, and Tokyo, Japan, the company has delivered
multiple solutions for key aspects of embedded software design, including
Prism, a multicore embedded software design environment, and Cascade, a
software accelerator synthesis technology. The company is funded by European,
US Silicon Valley, Japanese venture capitalists and corporate investors. To
learn more, please visit http://www.criticalblue.com

    About NetLogic Microsystems

    NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL) is a worldwide leader in
high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions that are powering
next-generation Internet networks. NetLogic Microsystems' best-in-class
products perform highly differentiated tasks of accelerating complex network
traffic to significantly enhance the performance and functionality of
advanced 3G/4G mobile wireless infrastructure, data center, enterprise, metro
Ethernet, edge and core infrastructure networks. NetLogic Microsystems'
market-leading product portfolio includes high-performance multi-core
processors, knowledge-based processors, content processors, network search
engines, ultra low-power embedded processors and high-speed 10/40/100 Gigabit
Ethernet PHY solutions. These products are designed into high-performance
systems such as switches, routers, wireless base stations, security
appliances, networked storage appliances, service gateways and connected
media devices offered by leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
NetLogic Microsystems is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has
offices and design centers throughout North America, Asia and Europe. For
more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call
+1-408-454-3000 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at
http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

    NetLogic Microsystems, the NetLogic Microsystems logo and Putting
Intelligence in the Network, XLP, XLR, and XLS are trademarks or registered
trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are properties
of their respective owners. All product or service names mentioned herein are
the trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: CriticalBlue

CriticalBlue Media Contact: David Stewart, +1-408-573-3609,  david.stewart@criticalblue.com; NetLogic Microsystems Contact: Alex Pantelis, +1-408-454-3122, apantelis@netlogicmicro.com

Attunity to Host Webinar on Optimizing Business Intelligence (BI) and Master Data Management (MDM)

Thought-leadership event will discuss uses for real-time data integration and feature leading IDC analyst Carl Olofson

BURLINGTON, Mass., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Attunity Ltd. (OTC BB: ATTUF), a leading provider of real-time data integration and event capture software, announced today that it will host a free webinar entitled, "Optimizing BI and MDM Using Real-Time Data", on Thursday, May 5, 2011, from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern Time. The informational webinar will feature industry analyst and data management expert Carl Olofson of IDC.

"BI often depends on right-time MDM, and IDC research shows that end-user satisfaction with business intelligence (BI) solutions is high with right-time information availability," says Mr. Olofson, Research Vice President, Application Development and Deployment at IDC. "I will address this topic in the webinar and explain why teams charged with data management, integration, and quality processes need to make this right-time data challenge a top IT priority. The session will also include an overview of real-time data integration trends and market drivers, best practices, and review technologies that can enable real-time MDM and BI efficiently and with low cost."

This informative webinar will also include:

    --  Making right-time data available in support of MDM and the next phase of
        BI
    --  How to choose a low-latency data integration solution
    --  Benefits of using log-based change data capture (CDC) technology
    --  Plus, many more interesting MDM and BI insights, derived from exclusive
        IDC research

Olofson further explains, "Underlying both MDM and BI technologies is the need to keep data current and available in an environment where change is the norm. Organizations need to understand how to implement a solution that enables data to be updated as it changes, not on a fixed schedule, to reduce overhead and ensure information currency."

For more information and to register for the webinar, click HERE. The event will also be recorded and available for on-demand viewing post-presentation at http://www.attunity.com/webinars.

About the Presenter:

Carl Olofson isResearch VP, Application Development and Deployment, IDC. He focuses on research and analysis for IDC's Information Management and Data Integration Software service.  Mr. Olofson specializes in the information and data management (IDM) markets, database management systems (DBMS) markets, data movement and replication software, data management software, metadata management software, and vendors of related tools and software systems.

About Attunity

Attunity is a leading provider of real-time data integration and event capture software. Our offering include software solutions such asAttunity Stream®, a real-time and change-data-capture (CDC) software, our Operational Data Replication(ODR) solution andAttunity Connect®, our real-time connectivity software. Using Attunity's software solutions, our customers enjoy dramatic business benefits by enabling real time access to information where and when needed, across the maze of heterogeneous systems making up today's IT environment.

Attunity has supplied innovative software solutions to its enterprise-class customers for nearly 20 years and has successful deployments at thousands of organizations worldwide. Attunity provides software directly and indirectly through a number of partners such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and HP. Headquartered in Boston, Attunity serves its customers via offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific and through a network of local partners. For more information, visit http://www.attunity.com and join our community on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other Federal Securities laws. Statements preceded by, followed by, or that otherwise include the words "believes", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "plans", and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will", "should", "would", "may" and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ materially from Attunity's current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: the impact on revenues of economic and political uncertainties and weaknesses in various regions of the world, including the commencement or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism; our liquidity challenges and the need to raise additional capital in the future; any unforeseen developmental or technological difficulties with regard to Attunity's products; changes in the competitive landscape, including new competitors or the impact of competitive pricing and products; a shift in demand for products such as Attunity's; unknown factors affecting third parties with which Attunity has formed business alliances; timely availability and customer acceptance of Attunity's new and existing products; and other factors and risks on which Attunity may have little or no control. This list is intended to identify only certain of the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ. For a more detailed description of the risks and uncertainties affecting Attunity, reference is made to Attunity's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2010, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the other risk factors discussed from time to time by Attunity in reports filed or furnished to the SEC. Except as otherwise required by law, Attunity undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

© Attunity 2011. All Rights Reserved. Attunity is a registered trademark of Attunity Inc. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Press contact: Itamar Ankorion, Director of Marketing and Business Development, Attunityitamar.ankorion@attunity.com Tel. 781-730-4071

SOURCE  Attunity Ltd

Attunity Ltd

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

Synova Acquires Actimax in IT Sector Buy and Build

LONDON, April 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ --     Synova Capital ("Synova"), a UK private equity fund focused on
the lower mid-market, announces the acquisition of Actimax PLC ("Actimax" or
the "Group" or the "Business").

    Actimax is a leading UK supplier of IT and Telecoms
infrastructure services to the underserved SME market including the provision
of VOIP, systems maintenance, data services, mobile and hosting services.
With over 500 customers and high levels of recurring revenue, Actimax
represents a stable and fast growing platform for a buy and build in this
highly fragmented sector.

    Synova has supported the incumbent management team, led by CEO
John Massey, in a management buy-out from Foresight VCT PLC. Synova has also
appointed Charles Cameron as Non-executive Chairman. Charles brings with him
a wealth of operational and acquisition experience in the sector and is the
former CEO of managed services provider InTechnology Group plc, having
formerly been a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs's TMT Division in London.

    John Massey, CEO of Actimax commented: "We have been able grow
Actimax throughout the economic downturn by combining best quality systems
with best value pricing and market leading customer service standards. With
Synova's support we now have the capital available to make complimentary
acquisitions with the aim of building a Group with a truly unified and
nationwide proposition in IT and telecoms to the UK's SME customers."

    Philip Shapiro, a Managing Partner of Synova Capital added:
"We are delighted to be backing such a proven and successful management team
who have already managed to deliver strong growth throughout the downturn.
Actimax has considerable scope to add more products and services and is in an
excellent position to act as a platform for a buy and build in the fragmented
IT and telecom services market. We are already looking at some potential
additions to the Actimax Group and are excited at the prospect of supporting
the Group with more capital."

    Notes to Editors:

    1. Synova was advised by:

    a. Commercial Due Diligence - CIL led by Sebastian Chambers

    b. Financial Due Diligence - Ernst & Young led by Cary Wilson

    c. Legal - Travers Smith led by Edmund Reed.

    2. Synova has committed total funding of up to GBP15m to
Actimax for the buy and build. Further information is available from
http://www.synova-capital.com/portfolio/actimax

    3. Synova invests in UK lower mid-market growth opportunities
with a particular focus on companies valued at between GBP5m and GBP30m. Key
verticals include business and support services, financial services, consumer
and leisure and healthcare.

Source: Synova Capital

For further information: Synova Capital, Philip Shapiro, Managing Partner, Tel: +44(0)20-7491-5705, email: info@synova-capital.com; Actimax, John Massey, CEO, Tel: +44(0)1268-243-903

TrueAction Network, GSI Commerce's Marketing Services Agency, Partners With Kenshoo to Bolster Search Marketing Practice

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    - Kenshoo Enterprise(TM) Technology to Power TrueAction Network's
Industry Leading e-commerce & Digital Marketing Practice

    Kenshoo (http://www.kenshoo.com), a global leader in digital marketing
software, today announced that TrueAction Network(TM), (
http://www.trueaction.com/) a division of GSI Commerce (Nasdaq: GSIC) Global
Marketing Services, has partnered with Kenshoo to utilize the Kenshoo
Enterprise(TM) platform to deliver advanced search engine marketing (SEM)
solutions to its clients.

    Kenshoo is currently used by five of the 10 largest retailers in North
America as well as five of the top 10 largest global retailers. TrueAction
Network, GSI's full-service e-commerce and digital marketing agency, will
leverage Kenshoo's innovative feature-set for retailers, including RealTime
Campaigns(TM), to automatically update paid search campaigns based on dynamic
inventory and merchandising.

    Kenshoo's flexible bid algorithms and portfolio models factor in
seasonality and promotional calendars to deliver optimal performance lifts
across key metrics like sales revenue and return on investment (ROI).
Additionally, TrueAction Network's clients will benefit from Kenshoo's
integration with ClearSaleing, a GSI Global Marketing Services company, by
utilizing ClearSaleing's platform for holistic, cross-channel attribution and
campaign optimization.

    "Kenshoo has turned the complexities of the digital and retail industries
into competitive advantages," said Marc Fleishhacker, Managing Director of
North America for TrueAction Network. "By partnering with Kenshoo, we'll be
able to deliver greater ROI for our clients while creating efficiencies in
workflow that will enable us to dedicate time and resources to strategic
planning and insight generation."

    "TrueAction Network is a true leader in e-commerce and digital marketing
so we are quite pleased that they have chosen Kenshoo as their search
marketing platform," said Yoav Izhar-Prato, Kenshoo CEO. "We look forward to
providing TrueAction Network's leadership team with access to our engineering
core to help shape our roadmap and drive maximum results for TrueAction
Network clients."

    About TrueAction Network

    TrueAction Network(TM) is a full-service e-commerce and digital marketing
agency and one of the nation's leading Performance based marketing service
companies. As the full-service agency of GSI Commerce's Global Marketing
Services division, TrueAction Network provides innovative digital marketing
strategies, award-winning creative, a powerful advertising analytics and
attribution management platform, best-in-class services comprised of database
management, customer segmentation, along with powerful marketing distribution
channels.

    About GSI Commerce

    GSI Commerce(R) enables e-commerce, multichannel retailing and digital
marketing for global enterprises in the U.S. and internationally. GSI's
e-commerce services which include technology, order management, payment
processing, fulfillment and customer care, are available on a modular basis
or as part of an integrated solution. GSI's Global Marketing Services
division provides innovative digital marketing products and services
comprised of database management and segmentation, marketing distribution
channels, a global digital agency to drive strategic and creative direction
and an advanced advertising analytics and attribution management platform.
Additionally, GSI provides brands and retailers platforms to engage directly
with consumers through RueLaLa.com, an online private sale shopping
destination, and ShopRunner.com, a members-only shopping service that offers
unlimited free two-day shipping and free shipping on returns for a $79 annual
subscription.

    About Kenshoo

    Kenshoo is a digital marketing software (http://www.kenshoo.com/) company
that engineers technology solutions for search marketing and online
advertising. Kenshoo's global platform delivers the control, automation and
results needed to make better investments across search, social and display
campaigns. Advertisers, agencies and marketing providers use the Kenshoo
Enterprise(TM) and Kenshoo Local(TM) suites to direct more than $15 billion
in online sales revenue. Kenshoo powers eight of the ten largest ad agency
networks and five of the top ten retailers. With campaigns running in more
than 100 countries, Kenshoo customers include such brands as Barnes & Noble,
CareerBuilder, Facebook, Havas Digital, Hitwise, iREP, John Lewis,
LendingTree, Omnicom Media Group, Sears, Starcom MediaVest Group,
Travelocity, Walgreens, and Zappos. Kenshoo has ten international offices and
is backed by Sequoia Capital and Arts Alliance. Please visit
http://www.Kenshoo.com for more information.

Source: Kenshoo

Contacts: Kelly Henry, Sr. Director of Global Public Relations, GSI Commerce Inc., TrueAction Network, +1-610-491-7789, news@gsicommerce.com; Stacie Susens, Director of Corporate Marketing and PR, Kenshoo, +1-877-536-7462, Stacie.Susens@Kenshoo.com

TOUR WRIST® 360-Degree Panoramic Virtual Tour Hosting Company To Make Its TOUR WRIST® AmaTour® API Available in June 2011

SAN FRANCISCO, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TOUR WRIST®, a mobile and web-based virtual tour hosting company, will make its Application Programming Interface (API) available in June 2011.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110427/CL88758LOGO )

The powerful API will enable panoramic image apps, software, and even some hardware to upload and host images on the TOUR WRIST® platform, free of charge.

TOUR WRIST® - already the destination for 18,000 virtual tour images since the platform launched in September 2010 - will enable consumers to easily shoot, upload, host, search, view and share 360-degree virtual tours using third-party smartphone apps, desktop software, and panoramic cameras.

"We anticipate third-party panoramic photography developers will also leverage affordable smartphone accessories to allow 360-degree video uploads in the near future," says TOUR WRIST® CEO and Founder Charles Armstrong. "We're embracing developers and manufacturers that specialize in 360-degree imaging to offer consumers a seamless shoot and share virtual tour experience."

TOUR WRIST® will soon contact the growing list of 360-degree panoramic app developers and panoramic camera equipment manufacturers; a list that includes:

App Developers

1. 360 Panorama (Occipital)

2. bubbli (Bubbli Co)

3. AutoStitch Panorama       (Cloudburst Research)

4. Pano (Debacle Software)

5. PanoLab and PanoLab Pro (Originate Labs)

6. PanoMinute (Denis Martin)

7. Panorama (Airshed)

8. Panorama Free (Free the Apps!)

9. Panorama Mosaicker (Intpel)

10. Panoramatic 360 (Andrea Esposito)

11. Video to Panorama (Haiqun Deng)

Software Developers

12. AutoPano Pro (Kolor)

13. Hugin (Open Source)

14. Photosynth (Microsoft Corp.)

15. PTgui (New House Internet Services B.V.)

Hardware Manufacturers

16. Giroptic 360 Degree Camera (Giroptic) - 360-degree panoramic video camera

17. GoPano Micro (EyeSee360) - 360-degree iPhone 4 video accessory

18. Sony iSweep-Enabled Cameras (Sony) -- consumer cameras

"Developers and manufacturers will be able to focus on their core competencies; including image capture; stitching; and processing from computers; smartphones; and other devices," says Armstrong. "TOUR WRIST® will then pick up where they leave off, providing a seamless consumer experience that extends to uploading; hosting; searching; viewing; and sharing the resulting images through our best-in-class virtual tour platform.

"While TOUR WRIST's online Panoguide photographer online site has 5,700 registered  pros and semi-pros, releasing the TOUR WRIST® AmaTour® API will  truly democratize panoramic photography - enabling virtually anyone with a smartphone to create and share 360-degree images for free.

"Businesses - such as travel and tourism destinations (hotels, bed and breakfasts), restaurants, and real estate professionals - will embrace digital panoramic image solutions that enable them to shoot, share and promote their business at little or no cost. Until recently, shooting and sharing panoramic images often required $3,000 or more in camera gear and software, plus hosting - not to mention an expertise in using them all."

Plus, with its free-to-paid "freemium" pricing model, TOUR WRIST® will offer enhanced tour hosting with services that include:

1. Links to companies' branding/marketing documents

2. No watermarks

3. Turn-key micro-sites

4. Premium image tagging options

5. Premium geo-location options

6. No banner advertising

7. Featured in industry specific sales categories (e.g. Real Estate for Sale)

"For businesses that require professional virtual tour shoots, TOUR WRIST® offers a world-wide, professional 'pano' photographer community," says industry veteran and Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Handley.

"We anticipate great uses of the TOUR WRIST® AmaTour® API will be mashups that we haven't even imagined; just as developers built amazing apps for the Twitter API," says Armstrong. "Our vision is to create the very best virtual tour authoring experience by enabling pano developers and manufacturers to do what they do best while leveraging our robust hosting, searching and sharing infrastructure."

"By enabling consumers to have a seamless shoot and share experience from their choice of multiple apps, programs, and cameras, TOUR WRIST® will continue to be the new 'go to' critical mass repository for geo-searching, viewing and sharing virtual tours -- just as YouTube is for video," said Chief Strategy Officer Tony Miller. "Plus, when appropriate, tours will be syndicated to our other private label apps, supporting individual businesses such as real estate brokers." Notably, TOUR WRIST® is currently the only RE/MAX® Approved Supplier for virtual tours.

Developers and manufacturers who would like to be notified as soon as the free TOUR WRIST® AmaTour® API is available, can email their contact info to: API@TourWrist.com.

About TOUR WRIST

Spark Mobile, LLC has been doing business as TOUR WRIST® since September 2010. The free TOUR WRIST® viewing app (for iDevices) is available from the Apple iTunes App Store and has been downloaded over 150,000 times since its launch. The highly acclaimed TOUR WRIST® app allows user to control what they see. On iDevices, it appears as a window to each space. So, for example, pointing upward may reveal the ceiling within a room and looking down, the floor.

TOUR WRIST® was among the Apple Picks for Great Free Apps, Hot Apps, and New and Noteworthy for much of April 2011 in the iTunes App Store. Also in April, TOUR WRIST® was among the Top 10 Free Entertainment iPad apps in the App Store. The current version of the app is rated 4.5 stars from 275+ reviews; and four-stars among all versions of the app from 730+ reviewers. A mobile-optimized web app for Android devices is also being developed.

The TOUR WRIST® company (private) is headquartered in Tampa, FL with satellite offices around the country. TOUR WRIST® and AmaTour® are registered trademarks of Spark Mobile, LLC. For more information about TOUR WRIST®, please visit:

iTunes App Store:www.itunes.com/app/TourWrist
Web:  http://www.TourWrist.com
YouTube:www.YouTube.com/TourWrist
Twitter:  http://www.Twitter.com/TourWrist

Contact: Dan Smigrod, CEO & Chief Creative Officer, GREAT!, 404-303-7311, mobile, 404-635-6856, dan@GREATtv.com

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TOUR WRIST

CONTACT: Charles Armstrong, CEO & Founder, TOUR WRIST, +1-800-868-7660, Ext. 705, CharlesArmstrong@TourWrist.com

Web Site: http://www.Twitter.com/TourWrist

Qualcomm Announces Commercial Release of its Augmented Reality Platform

-- Platform Enables Android Developers to Create and Distribute Vision-based AR Applications --

SAN DIEGO, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced the immediate commercial availability of its Augmented Reality (AR) Platform for Android smartphones.  Offered through Qualcomm's online developer network, this 1.0 release marks the successful completion of the Company's beta program.  Developers can now build, market and commercially distribute applications based on the Qualcomm AR platform.

Qualcomm's award-winning AR platform will enable a broad range of experiences that entertain, engage and inform consumers with a new form of interactive media.  The platform's rich feature set enables developers to build high-performance, interactive 3D experiences on real world images, such as those used in print media (books, magazines, brochures, tickets, signs) and on product packaging.

The platform supports multiple development environments.  The Qualcomm AR Android SDK supports native Android development with the Android tool chain, including the Android SDK and NDK.  The Qualcomm AR Unity Extension supports rapid development with the Unity 3 game development tool.  A web application is also included for creating and managing image resources that can be used with either development environment. 

Industry-leading performance is achieved through Qualcomm's innovations in advanced computer vision algorithms and close integration of hardware and software.  The effect of this performance is a higher fidelity user experience in which graphics content appears more real against the real world background.  While applications built on the platform will run on all Android smartphones using Android 2.1 or greater, optimal performance will be exhibited on phones using Qualcomm's Snapdragon(TM) chipset.   

"Qualcomm has a long history of providing advanced technologies that drive innovation and opportunity for the mobile ecosystem," said Jay Wright, senior director of business development, Qualcomm.  "We continue the tradition by making leading AR technology widely available to developers for commercial use.  With more than 6,000 registered developers, we look forward to a new generation of AR applications available in the Android Market and other application stores."

Qualcomm and Big PlayAR recently collaborated with the Dallas Mavericks to introduce the first commercial application using Qualcomm's platform.  Mavs AR, a game developed by Big PlayAR, has enabled fans attending the Mavs playoff games at American Airlines Center to point their smartphone running the Mavs AR application at their ticket to play a virtual basketball game in the palm of their hands. 

"We are thrilled with Mavs AR - it has really added a new layer of fun and interaction to the Mavs fan experience," said Mavs owner Mark Cuban.  "Based on the game's success, we expect to use AR for future fan promotions, and Qualcomm's AR platform has demonstrated itself as a powerful platform for creating these types of 3D experiences."

The Qualcomm AR Platform is available immediately at developer.qualcomm.com/ar

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is the world leader in 3G and next-generation mobile technologies.  For more than 25 years, Qualcomm ideas and inventions have driven the evolution of wireless communications, connecting people more closely to information, entertainment and each other.  Today, Qualcomm technologies are powering the convergence of mobile communications and consumer electronics, making wireless devices and services more personal, affordable and accessible to people everywhere.  For more information, visit Qualcomm around the Web:

http://www.qualcomm.com
Corporate Blog: http://www.qualcomm.com/blog
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/qualcomm
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/qualcomm

Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.  Snapdragon is a trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Qualcomm Contacts:
Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate Communications
Phone:  1-858-845-5959
Email:  corpcomm@qualcomm.com

Warren Kneeshaw, Investor Relations
Phone:  1-858-658-4813
Email:  ir@qualcomm.com

SOURCE  Qualcomm Incorporated

Qualcomm Incorporated

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

"On The Music Path" iPad App Offers Users In-Depth, One-On-One Lessons Taught by Master Musicians Including Jackson Browne, Ravi Shankar, and Richard Thompson

APP GOES LIVE AT THE APPLE APP STORE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28

LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Imagine taking in-depth, one-on-one guitar lessons from Jackson Browne or Richard Thompson.  These are among the rarefied experiences offered by On The Music Path, a new iPad app designed to teach users to play real instruments with instruction from world-class musicians. Lessons are shot in high-definition video by award-winning cinematographer Alan Kozlowski, who developed the app with business partner Derek Penn.  On The Music Path offers insight and inspiration to students from beginners to advanced players, building an archive of wisdom from master practitioners passing down their art to future generations.

In addition to Browne and Thompson, world-renowned artists teaching On The Music Path master classes include: Marcia Ball, Roscoe Beck, Michael Chapdelaine, Luis Conte,Steve Ferrone, Steve Postell, Lee Ritenour, Vonda Shepard, Leland Sklar, Kenny Sultan, Scott Tennant,and even the legendary Ravi Shankar.  The range of lessons will continue to grow as the app's repertoire evolves.

"In an age when more people are learning to play virtual guitars than real guitars, On The Music Path is unabashedly 'old school and proud of it,'" says Penn. "There are no machine-generated jam tracks, game leaderboards, or polyphonic note-detection algorithms -- just lessons from extraordinary players, and technological teaching tools used in service of understanding how to play it."

Jackson Browne breaks down some of the essential elements of his distinctive style on "Fingerpicking and Alternate Tunings," for intermediate to advanced players.  Richard Thompson, a guitarist Rolling Stone has cited as one of the Top 20 of all time, teaches "Folk Rock Guitar."  Each of these two lessons features four of the artist's signature songs.  Also among the initial slate of lessons are "Fundamentals of the Guitar" from singer-songwriter StevePostell; "Intro to the Blues" from blues guitarist Kenny Sultan; and "Intro to the Classical Guitar" from Scott Tennant, member of the Grammy®-winning L.A. Guitar Quartet.

AlanKozlowski is On The Path's founder and creative director.  Derek Penn is co-founder and chief software architect.  "On The Music Path embodies our passion for great musicianship," says Kozlowski, "and for the tradition of apprenticeship between a student and teacher that goes back thousands of years, and that I have personally experienced through my mentor and teacher Ravi Shankar, who is the embodiment of this path."

On The Music Path's simple, elegant user interface leverages the intuitive nature of the iPad's touch-based operating system.  Features include a built-in metronome, the ability for users to record themselves, and the functionality for users to slow the video down to 1/4 of its original speed to practice at their own pace.  At each lesson's end, users have the opportunity to play along with the teacher.  Lessons range from 45 to 85 minutes, and are accompanied by complete musical notation and tablature synchronized to the teacher's playing.  The application can be downloaded for free from the Apple App Store beginning April 28, with lessons available from $2.99 to $19.99.  Students can try out the first chapters of any lesson at no charge before purchasing.

"Learning your instrument doesn't get any better than this," says Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra Records, a company whose artist-friendly model inspired Kozlowski and Penn in establishing On The Music Path.

On The Music Path - Love the Music You Make(TM)

For more information:  http://www.onthepath.com

SOURCE  On The Path LLC

On The Path LLC

CONTACT: Meghan Helsel, Meghan@jensencom.com, or Erin Cook, Erin@jensencom.com, +1-626-585-9575, for On The Path LLC

Web Site: http://onthepath.com

Oce Arizona Series UV Flatbed Printers Offer Greater Versatility and Productivity

New Oce Arizona 360 GT and Oce Arizona 360 XT models build on success of world's best selling UV flatbed platform

TRUMBULL, Conn., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Oce, a Canon Group Company and an international leader in digital document management and printing for professionals, today announced the new Oce Arizona® 360 GT and Oce Arizona 360 XT flatbed printer models with enhancements over previous models that enable its customers to increase productivity and application versatility and open doors to technical and industrial applications. The Oce Arizona 360 GT printer will be on display in the Oce booth #4258 at the International Sign Expo in Las Vegas, NV, April 28-30, 2011.

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The Oce Arizona 360 GT model features the standard table size of 49 by 98.4 inches while the Oce Arizona 360 XT model features an extra large table size of 98.4 by 120 inches. Both offer an Express Mode print speed of up to 377 square feet per hour, which is ideal for banner and outdoor work. A new High Definition print mode delivers incredibly fine feature reproduction including the ability to print text as small as two-point size, enabling print providers to offer higher-margin technical and industrial applications such as printing on lenticular lenses and membrane panels.

These new models include a UV curing system designed by Oce that provides more UV energy to support difficult-to-cure media while reducing heat at the media surface by 50%. This improves support for heat-sensitive media such as thin polystyrene or polyester films.

Both models also feature a new-style tabletop that allows very thin media to be printed directly on the table without mechanical distortion of the media into the vacuum holes. This enables users to print very thin, flexible materials on the flatbed table, if they do not have the Roll Media Option installed.

Oce VariaDot® imaging technology for high quality and cost savings

The Oce Arizona 360 GT and Oce Arizona 360 XT printers use UV curable inks and Oce VariaDot imaging technology to deliver near-photographic image quality for nearly any application. Printers equipped with Oce VariaDot technology can simultaneously jet smaller 6, 12, and 18 picoliter droplets for the production of sharp images with smooth gradients and quartertones. This technology also provides the ability to jet larger 30, 36 and 42 picoliter droplets for the production of dense, uniform solid colors. The result is near-photographic image quality with sharpness only before seen at resolutions of 1,440 dpi or higher. Print providers should never have to refuse a job because of their clients' expectations for high quality output, when using an Oce Arizona 360 GT or Oce Arizona 360 XT printer.

In addition to superior image quality, Oce VariaDot imaging technology requires only four-color inks to achieve the best image quality in the industry, based on the six DPI/SGIA Product of the Year Awards earned by the Oce Arizona Series of printers, more than any other UV flatbed printer on the market. The clever use of only four colors, jetted in variable-sized droplets, results in significantly lower ink consumption than printers that use fixed droplet inkjet technology or require six colors to achieve sufficient print quality. On average, all Oce Arizona Series printers consume less than 8 ml of ink per square meter, including all maintenance; less than any other flatbed printer Oce has tested to date.

Select the table size that fits the job

Designed as true flatbed systems, the Oce Arizona 360 GT and Oce Arizona 360 XT printers can print on a wide variety of rigid substrates up to 1.89 inches thick. Each uses a vacuum system to hold media stationary on a flat surface, assuring accurate registration even on multiple imaging passes. Full bleeds can be printed, saving time and labor costs in finishing.

The standard size table on the Oce Arizona 360 GT printer can accommodate a 49.2 by 98.4 inch rigid board, and is designed to handle the vast majority of display graphics jobs.

The extra large size of the Oce Arizona 360 XT printer enables printing of oversized sheets and objects up to 98.4 by 120 inches in size. Two independent vacuum systems in the Oce Arizona 360 XT model also enable the printer to be used in a continuous imaging mode for rigid media up to 49.2 by 98.4 inches (or a standard four- by eight-foot board). Two rigid boards can be placed on different areas of the flatbed table. While one board is being printed, the operator can change the other. Since the system never has to stop printing for a media change, no time is lost between prints and significantly higher net productivity can be achieved. Up to 87 four- by eight-foot boards can be produced in a single eight-hour shift on the Oce Arizona 360 XT printer using Express print mode, making it a great solution for typical sign and display work that would otherwise go to the screen press.

Available options for both models

A Roll Media Option is available, giving print providers the ability to print onto flexible media including vinyl, self-adhesive vinyl, scrim banner, paper and blue backed paper without compromising the rigid printing workflow.

A White Ink Option is also available that enables under-printing for non-white media or objects, over-printing for backlit applications on transparent media and/or printing white as a spot color. Because the White Ink Option enables users to take advantage of these high-value, high-margin application opportunities, more than 90% of Oce Arizona printer purchasers have selected this important option for their printer since its introduction in 2008.

The most honored flatbed printer series in the world

All Oce Arizona Series printers - including the new Oce Arizona 360 GT and Oce Arizona 360 XT models - share the same award-winning image quality and robust architecture, offering the Oce values of quality, reliability, productivity and user-friendliness. Since 2006, Oce Arizona Series UV flatbed printers have earned 25 industry awards to date - including six DPI/SGIA Product of the Year Awards - from organizations throughout the world. These awards validate the quality and innovation built into every Oce Arizona Series printer. With more than 2,500 systems sold to date, it is the best selling series of UV flatbed printers in history.

Oce Display Graphics Systems

Oce Display Graphics Systems is a leading provider of professional, wide format solutions for indoor and outdoor color display graphics applications. Oce solutions are specifically designed to enhance the revenue and profit opportunities for service providers by combining hardware with workflow software and the expertise to help companies expand into digital large format color. From extremely high-quality UV flatbed printers and roll-based printers to advanced finishing systems, Oce offers a total solution including hardware, software, imaging supplies, finishing systems, applications expertise, hardware support and financing. Customers benefit in working with a full-service partner they can count on to help their businesses grow.

About Oce

Oce is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Oce offering includes office printing and copying systems, high speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Oce is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Oce customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Oce is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. Total revenues in financial 2010 amounted to approximately euro 2.7 billion. Oce is listed on Euronext in Amsterdam. For more information visit http://www.oce.com.

Oce North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, IL and Boca Raton, FL. North America represents 34% of Oce's worldwide revenues, and employment is over 8,000. For more information about Oce North America, visit http://www.oceusa.com. Outside the U.S., consult http://global.oce.com.

Oce and Canon: Stronger together

In 2010 Oce joined the Canon Group of companies with headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, to create the global leader in the printing industry. Canon develops, manufactures and markets a growing line-up of copying machines, printers, cameras, optical and other products that meet a diverse range of customer needs. The Canon Group comprises over 197,000 people worldwide. Global net sales in 2010 were more than US $45 billion. For more information visit http://www.canon.com.

About Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE: CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranked fourth overall in the U.S. in 2010(*), with global revenues of more than US $45 billion and is listed as number five in the computer industry on Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies 2011 list. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Founded upon a corporate philosophy of Kyosei - "all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future" - Canon U.S.A. supports a number of social, youth, educational and other programs, including environmental and recycling initiatives. Additional information about these programs can be found at http://www.usa.canon.com/kyosei. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting http://www.usa.canon.com/rss.

All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners.

(*) Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.

SOURCE  Oce North America

Oce North America

CONTACT: Kelli Ramirez, Oce Display Graphics Systems, +1-530-346-2146, kelli.ramirez@oce.com

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

CenturyLink to Acquire Savvis for $40 Per Share in Cash and Stock Transaction

Creates a Premier Managed Hosting and Colocation Provider with Global Scale

Adds Global Next-Generation Capabilities and New Markets to CenturyLink's Network Footprint

MONROE, La. and ST. LOUIS, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) and Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS) today announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive agreement under which CenturyLink will acquire all outstanding shares of Savvis common stock in a cash and stock merger valued at $40 per share, or a total of approximately $2.5 billion, plus net debt of approximately $0.7 billion which will be assumed or refinanced at close.

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Under the terms of the transaction, Savvis stockholders will receive $30 per share in cash and $10 in shares of CenturyLink common stock, subject to adjustment as described below. The consideration represents an 11% premium over Savvis' closing stock price as of the close of trading on April 26, 2011 and a premium of 53% compared to Savvis' stock price at the beginning of the year.

With the addition of Savvis, CenturyLink will achieve global scale as a managed hosting and colocation provider and will accelerate its ability to deliver quality managed hosting and cloud capabilities to its business customers. The combination of CenturyLink's hosting and network assets with Savvis' proven solutions in colocation, managed hosting and cloud services substantially enhances CenturyLink's capabilities and provides the company with a solid platform for future growth.

"The transaction creates a premier managed hosting and colocation provider with global scale in a high growth sector, and is expected to be accretive to revenue growth and cash flow per share," said Glen F. Post, III, CenturyLink chief executive officer and president. "Today, businesses are shifting the way they manage their information technology services and infrastructure, and this transaction helps us meet these needs by offering Savvis' leading products and services coupled with CenturyLink's network. We look forward to working with the Savvis team to leverage CenturyLink's significant scale and scope to fully realize the potential of Savvis' capabilities for our combined customers, while also enhancing value for our shareholders and providing opportunities for our employees." 

"As migration to cloud-based services continues to accelerate rapidly, a strategic combination was a natural choice to create significant scale and become part of a large global network for the benefit of our customers, stockholders and employees," said James E. Ousley, chairman and chief executive officer of Savvis. "We believe that combining our proven capabilities in cloud infrastructure and managed hosting with CenturyLink's hosting assets and large base of business customers will create powerful opportunities to accelerate growth. We also look forward to making the full resources of a much larger network infrastructure available to our customers."

Together, CenturyLink and Savvis will operate 48 data centers located in North America, Europe, and Asia with more than 1.9 million square feet of gross floor space; a robust, national 207,000 route mile fiber network; a 190,000 mile global access network; and have a customer list that includes a majority of the Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies.

The acquisition of Savvis is expected to improve CenturyLink's revenue, EBITDA and free cash flow growth profile. CenturyLink expects to realize approximately $70 million in full run-rate annual operating cost and capital expenditure synergies. The transaction is expected to be accretive to CenturyLink's free cash flow per share, excluding integration costs, in the first full year following the close.

CenturyLink anticipates integrating its hosting business and Savvis' managed hosting and cloud services into a single CenturyLink business unit. This integrated hosting business will be based in St. Louis and led primarily by key members of the Savvis leadership team, including Savvis CEO James Ousley, who will head the unit. Following the closing of the transaction, CenturyLink will employ approximately 50,000 people based on the total number of CenturyLink and Savvis employees as of April 26, 2011.

Transaction Details

Under the terms of the merger, Savvis shareholders will receive in exchange for each Savvis share $30 in cash and $10 in CenturyLink shares, subject to adjustment as described below. The number of CenturyLink shares issued will be based upon the volume-weighted average price of CenturyLink stock during the thirty trading day period ending three trading days prior to the closing, provided that if this average price is less than or equal to $34.42, each Savvis share will receive $30 in cash and 0.2905 of a CenturyLink share. The transaction is subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, along with other customary closing conditions, including review by the Federal Communications Commission and international regulators. The transaction also is subject to the approval of Savvis stockholders. CenturyLink has entered into an agreement with Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe VIII, L.P. and certain related parties who collectively own approximately 23 percent of Savvis' outstanding stock to vote their shares in favor of the transaction. The transaction will be taxable to Savvis shareholders for federal income tax purposes. The companies anticipate closing the transaction in the second half of 2011. CenturyLink has received a commitment letter from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays Bank PLC for bridge debt facilities aggregating up to $2 billion to fund a portion of the acquisition and refinancing of Savvis' current debt.

Advisors

Barclays Capital and BofA Merrill Lynch acted as financial advisors and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre L.L.P. acted as legal advisors to CenturyLink. Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated acted as financial advisor and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation acted as legal advisor to Savvis.

Teleconference and Webcast

CenturyLink and Savvis will host a conference call with the financial community today, April 27, 2011, at 8:30a.m. EDT / 7:30a.m. CDT to discuss this morning's announcement. The conference call will be webcast live over CenturyLink's website at http://www.centurylink.com and over Savvis' website at http://www.savvis.com. Interested parties also can join the call by dialing (866) 847-7860 (international: (703) 639-1427) 15 minutes prior to the start of the call.  Additional information can also be found at http://www.CenturyLinkSavvis.TransactionAnnouncement.com.

Savvis will not be hosting its previously scheduled earnings conference call at 10:00a.m. EDT / 9:00a.m. CDT to discuss its first quarter 2011 financial results.

A digital recording of the call will be available as promptly as practicable and ending May 10, 2011 at 12:00a.m. EDT. The replay can be accessed by dialing (888) 266-2081 (international: (703) 925-2533) and referencing code 1523371.  A replay of the call will also be available on the investor relations sections of both companies' websites.

About CenturyLink

CenturyLink is the third largest telecommunications company in the United States. The company provides broadband, voice and wireless services to consumers and businesses across the country. It also offers advanced entertainment services under the CenturyLink(TM) Prism(TM) TV and DIRECTV brands. In addition, the company provides data, voice and managed services to business, government and wholesale customers in local, national and select international markets through its high-quality advanced fiber optic network and multiple data centers. CenturyLink is recognized as a leader in the network services market by key technology industry analyst firms. CenturyLink customers range from Fortune 500 companies in some of the country's largest cities to families living in rural America. Headquartered in Monroe, La., CenturyLink is an S&P 500 company and is included among the Fortune 500 list of America's largest corporations. For more information, visit http://www.CenturyLink.com.

About Savvis

Savvis (NASDAQ:SVVS) is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted IT solutions for enterprises. Nearly 2,500 unique clients, including 32 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500, use Savvis to reduce capital expense, improve service levels and harness the latest advances in cloud computing. For more information, please visit http://www.Savvis.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Except for the historical and factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release, including statements regarding the expected timing and benefits of the acquisition such as efficiencies, cost savings, accretion and growth potential, and the competitive ability and position of the combined company, and other statements identified by words such as "estimates," "expects," "projects," "plans," and similar expressions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond our control.  Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. Factors that could affect actual results include but are not limited to: the ability of the parties to timely and successfully receive the required approvals of regulatory agencies and Savvis' stockholders; the possibility that the anticipated benefits from the acquisition cannot be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of Savvis' operations into CenturyLink will be greater than expected; the ability of the combined company to retain and hire key personnel; the timing, success and overall effects of competition from a wide variety of competitive enterprises; the risks inherent in rapid technological change; the ability of the combined company to successfully introduce new product or service offerings on a timely and cost-effective basis; the effects on ongoing changes in the regulation of the communications industry; any adverse developments in customer relationships, commercial disputes or legal proceedings; and other risk factors and cautionary statements as detailed from time to time in each of CenturyLink's and Savvis' reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). There can be no assurance that the proposed acquisition will in fact be consummated.  You should be aware that new factors may emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to identify all such factors nor can we predict the impact of each such factor on the acquisition or the combined company. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Unless legally required, CenturyLink and Savvis undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise with the SEC, which contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. 

Additional Information and Where to Find It

In connection with the proposed transaction between CenturyLink and Savvis, CenturyLink plans to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include a prospectus of CenturyLink that will also constitute a proxy statement of Savvis. CenturyLink and Savvis also plan to file with the SEC other relevant documents in connection with the proposed merger. The registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus will contain important information about CenturyLink, Savvis, the proposed merger and related matters. Investors and security holders are urged to read the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus carefully when they are available. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the registration statement and the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by CenturyLink and Savvis through the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by CenturyLink on CenturyLink's website at http://www.CenturyLink.com or by contacting CenturyLink Investor Relations at (318) 340-5627.  Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Savvis on Savvis' website at http://www.Savvis.com or by contacting Savvis Investor Relations at (314) 628-7433.

Participants in the Acquisition of Savvis

CenturyLink and Savvis and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Savvis in respect of the proposed merger. Information regarding CenturyLink's directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the SEC by CenturyLink on April 6, 2011, and information regarding Savvis' directors and executive officers is available in its proxy statement filed with the SEC by Savvis on April 1, 2011. Other information regarding the persons who may, under the rules of the SEC, be considered participants in the solicitation of Savvis stockholders in connection with the proposed merger will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus described above when it is filed with the SEC. You can obtain free copies of these documents free of charge using the contact information above. This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

SOURCE  CenturyLink, Inc.

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CenturyLink, Inc.

CONTACT: Analysts and Investors, Tony Davis, +1-318-388-9525, tony.davis@centurylink.com, or Media, Debra Peterson, +1-913-323-4881, debra.d.peterson@centurylink.com, both for CenturyLink, Inc.; or Analysts and Investors, Greg Freiberg, +1-314-628-7433, greg.freiberg@savvis.com; or Media, Matt Benson, +1-415-618-8750, mbenson@sardverb.com, both for Savvis, Inc.

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

Homeowners Insurance Quotes Simple to Compare at InsuranceAgents.com With Their New Side-by-Side Insurance Quote System

With InsuranceAgents.com, consumers can easily compare homeowners insurance quotes from multiple top-rated companies. This is why the service can proclaim with confidence, "We do all the work for you."

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With InsuranceAgents.com, consumers can easily compare homeowners insurance quotes from multiple top-rated companies. This is why the service can proclaim with confidence, "We do all the work for you."

Insurance consumers report that shopping for homeowners insurance quotes, especially the first time, can be a difficult process as they struggle to find the right coverage at the right price that is represented by the right insurance agent.

Unfortunately, they may not discover they made the wrong decision until a future date when they have already experienced a financial loss and a claim is made to the insurer.

Some consumers settle for a single policy because they are confused or exhausted, when they could collect proposals and prices from several agents before making their decision. Other insureds never learn that they can negotiate rates with their homeowners insurance agents if they ask for ways to reduce their premium payments.

And finally, some just go along with annual rate increases without contacting other companies to see if they qualify for stable, or even lower, rates. Homeowners insurance rates can fluctuate substantially from year to year because of diverse factors that shape the equations.

InsuranceAgents.com is the solution to these challenges. The consumer simply fills out a brief online form before receiving homeowners insurance quotes from multiple companies. Then he or she considers the offers received with no obligation before accepting one policy that best meets his or her needs.

That's why InsuranceAgents.com claims that "we make it easy," says Lev Barinskiy, president of InsuranceAgents.com. It's easy to compare insurance quotes from top-rated carriers when technology short-cuts the once complex process of contacting insurance agents and assembling cost and policy data.

InsuranceAgents.com also assembles popular homeowners insurance articles conveniently on its website to bring consumers up to speed on these complex financial decisions. Articles in the site's Knowledge Center offer easy-to-understand highlights on such subjects as how to get low-cost homeowners insurance, optional coverages that homeowners should consider purchasing and how to file a claim.

About InsuranceAgents.com

InsuranceAgents.com helps consumers make informed homeowners-insurance decisions by facilitating the comparison of homeowners insurance rates and offering ready access to helpful expert articles. InsuranceAgents.com was ranked the 24th fastest-growing company in the U.S. by Inc Magazine in 2009. It serves thousands of agents nationwide.

Website: http://www.insuranceagents.com

This press release was issued through 24-7PressRelease.com. For further information, visit http://www.24-7pressrelease.com.

SOURCE  InsuranceAgents.com

InsuranceAgents.com

CONTACT: Seth Kravitz of InsuranceAgents.com, 1-877-225-3939, seth@insuranceagents.com

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

Monsoon Commerce Offers New and Used Video Games on Alibris.com and Other Marketplaces

Full support for sellers of entertainment products--DVDs, music, and video games--on Alibris and the Monsoon Commerce partner network

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsoon Commerce, Inc., the leading provider of online marketplace-based solutions for sellers and retailers, announced today that it now supports the sale of video games on Alibris.com. In addition, the company has stated that video game inventory will soon be sold on other marketplaces supported by Monsoon Commerce.

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"Broadening our catalog in this way is the perfect step toward offering our sellers and buyers full support of every media category out there," stated Brian Elliott, CEO of Monsoon Commerce. "The market for video games is large and growing rapidly, and we are thrilled to offer this kind of support to sellers and marketplace partners so that they can continue to grow their business."

To increase exposure, video games have a dedicated section on the Alibris.com retail site. In addition, the video game catalog supports the most common customer searches by criteria such as platform, title, and other keywords, ensuring that consumers are presented with the full breadth of offerings from the Monsoon Commerce base of sellers.

"This is a natural step for us in meeting our customer's needs," remarked Jeanie Bunker, general manager for Alibris Retail. "With this addition to our product selection, our consumers can find the full range of entertainment products on Alibris.com. We are excited to offer current and new sellers who have video game inventory a great way to grow their sales."

About Alibris and Monsoon Commerce

Alibris is the retail division of Monsoon Commerce. Alibris.com is the premier online marketplace for independent sellers of new and used books, textbooks, music, video games, and movies, as well as rare and out-of-print titles.

Monsoon Commerce helps online sellers and retailers grow their sales through online marketplaces. The company offers the industry's most advanced--and most successful--selling solutions and tools for retailers and merchants. Learn more at http://www.monsooncommerce.com.

SOURCE  Monsoon Commerce, Inc.

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Monsoon Commerce, Inc.

CONTACT: Monsoon Commerce, Inc., pr@monsooncommerce.com

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