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Facebook Puts Future China Travelers at Ease

BEIJING, March 2 -- Group tours continue to be popular on the Mainland as they are an economical and stress-free way to plan travel in China. There are plenty of choices available to travelers but knowing how to select the best tour and company is the difficult part. The China Guide ( http://www.thechinaguide.com/ ), a Beijing-based travel company, is offering unique group tours for 2010 and has a variety of ways for guests to learn about the company and its service. The China Guide wants to put future guests at ease, ensuring they have selected the best company for their trip of a lifetime.

Using The China Guide's homepage, guests can read about their unique service style and find a selection of client references, trip journals and newspaper articles about The China Guide's tours. However, the most useful tool for trip planners is the company's Facebook group where past clients have posted their personal experiences and photos of The China Guide's tours, http://www.thechinaguide.com/facebook .

"Using Facebook as a client reference tool is great for our guests who are in trip planning stages. It is a reference source that they can trust because they know the information is coming from real people who have used our services in the past -- we can't fake that," says Peter Danford, Managing Director of The China Guide. "Future clients can also directly contact those people who posted feedback of their tours. They will have the opportunity to get advice and make the best travel choices."

The China Guide's 2010 group tours include the unusual experience of an overnight stay on the Great Wall. This is a special highlight for guests and future travelers can find a large selection of comments and photos of this tour on the company Facebook group. Their new join-in group tours begin every Tuesday, with a shorter 5-day tour available in Beijing as well as a long 2-week China tour.

The China Guide's Facebook group is open for all guests to post feedback, comments, trip highlights or ask questions about future travel. The group also has a large selection of photos that have been uploaded by past clients, highlighting their tour in China.

For China Group Tour itineraries, visit: http://www.thechinaguide.com/sleeponthewall/BJ_Group_Sleep_on_Wall.pdfhttp://www.thechinaguide.com/sleeponthewall/BJ_Group_15day_Sleep_on_Wall.pdf

The China Guide

The China Guide, http://www.thechinaguide.com/ , is a Beijing based travel agency, American owned and operated. Specializing in western-style service and quality with hassle free web bookings, they work with clients to customize tours that match their travel style. Operating only in China, they have up to date knowledge and offer exciting experiences for travelers including their famous Sleep on the Great Wall tour. The China Guide avoids the common factory shopping stops that are not reflective of the true China.

Source: The China Guide
   

CONTACT: Peter Danford of The China Guide, +86-138-1151-2770, or
pr@thechinaguide.com

Web site: http://www.thechinaguide.com/

Note to Editors: Peter Danford Professional Photography offers a photo library of China images including 360 degree interactive video panoramas. See http://www.TheChinaGuide.com to select images. These can be run with this press release free of charge. Contact for details.

The Evolving E-Prescribing Landscape: Deloitte

What:

"The Evolving E-Prescribing Landscape: Challenges, Incentives and the Opportunities for Industry Stakeholders"

Who:

Russ Rudish, vice chairman and Deloitte's health care providers sector leader

  Dr. Mitchell Morris, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
  Tony Obey, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
  Todd Shores, senior manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

  When:
  Available immediately

  Where:
  http://www.deloitte.com/us/eprescribing

  Details:

As annual increases in health care costs continue to outpace inflation, private insurers, public programs and consumers are challenging health care providers to incorporate technology solutions, such as electronic health records (EHR), as part of their cost reduction strategy.

"One underutilized technology that has gained the attention of policy makers and was included as part of the 2009 stimulus package is e-prescribing," said Obey.  "The benefit opportunities of e-prescribing include the potential to reduce both prescription drug costs and adverse drug events."

  The white paper discusses the following:

  --  A history of e-prescription, including the effects of the 2009
      stimulus package and the HITECH provisions on the definition of
      e-prescription.
  --  The e-prescribing process and participants.
  --  The current e-prescribing landscape, including:
      --  Where e-prescription fits in the EHR landscape
      --  The regulatory environment
      --  Marketplace strategies and stakeholder incentives for hospitals
          and health systems, medical groups, pharmacies, payers and
          prescription aggregators
          --  Includes sample collaborative programs
      --  Critical e-prescribing challenges, including:
          --  Implementation
          --  Financing
          --  Messaging standards
          --  Regulatory environment
          --  Data privacy
  --  Successful e-prescribing implementation

"The benefit opportunities of implementing electronic health records and e-prescribing are clear to us," said Obey.  "These technologies could potentially save lives, prevent patient harm by providing access to a patient's entire medical history, and save billions of dollars in annual health care expenditures.  Yet the path to achieving this goal is less apparent and paved with a complexity of requirements."

To download a copy of the paper, please go to: http://www.deloitte.com/us/eprescribing

Please contact John Pappas at jpappas@deloitte.com or (212) 492-3922 to schedule an interview.

About Deloitte

As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte Consulting LLP and Deloitte Services LP, which are separate subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP.  Please see http://www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries.

CONTACT:  John Pappas, Public Relations, Deloitte, +1-212-492-3922, jpappas@deloitte.com

/PRNewswire -- March 2/

Source: Deloitte
   

Web Site:  http://www.deloitte.com/us/eprescribing

MutualAid eXchange Selects 4Sight Business Intelligence for Property & Casualty.

MutualAid eXchange selects the 4Sight business intelligence product for their organization.

AUSTIN, Texas, March 2 -- 4Sight Business Intelligence, Inc., a leading provider of off-the-shelf property & casualty specific business intelligence products, announced that MutualAid eXchange has chosen the 4Sight Business Intelligence for Property & Casualty solution for their United States and Canadian business.

"We liked the system as soon as we saw it.  With the what-if capabilities, ad-hoc reporting, and a slew of standard reports and dashboards, we can get off the ground in a short time," said Paul Heacock, CIO of MutualAid eXchange. "4Sight for P&C will help us monitor our business and help us look ahead in a time sensitive manner."

"MutualAid eXchange is moving to a new policy administration suite and this will allow them to transition without interfering with their reporting needs as it provides a single source for data and a clean transition path," explained Robert Clark, Development Director at 4Sight. " Due to standard based methodologies, we are able to implement our business intelligence solution to any size carrier at an extremely affordable price.  We typically have carriers looking at reports in less than 45 days."

Heacock said they are impressed by the knowledge and depth of experience that 4Sight brings to the implementation and the breadth of reports and dashboards with analytics that 4Sight for P&C has on day one.

4Sight for Property & Casualty  is a complete, affordable,  solution with over 50 preconfigured reports, dashboards and hundreds of analytics.  With "what-if" capabilities and ease-of-use, whether in underwriting, claims, Billing, management, reinsurance or other areas, you can find your answers.

  FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
  Michelle Spidale
  Chief Marketing Officer
  4Sight Business Intelligence, Inc.
  (512) 236-5130
  Info@4SightBI.com

  About 4Sight Business Intelligence, Inc.

4Sight Business Intelligence, Inc. provides business intelligence solutions designed specifically for Property & Casualty insurance industry.  Our focus is providing off-the-shelf, documented, solutions with ad-hoc reporting, what-if analysis, dashboards, scorecards, standard reports, data mining and pre-built ETL processes which allow for quick configuration and implementation of typically less than 45 days.  Our products are for carriers and MGAs of all sizes.  Some clients include AXA Re P&C, American Physicians, Hudson (Odyssey Re), Great American and the NC Farm Bureau, among many others. Our products support most platforms and your choice of database.  For more information call 888-PCBI-123,  visit http://www.4SightBI.com or email Info@4SightBI.com

About MutualAid eXchange

MutualAid eXchange is a reciprocal insurance provider owned by its membership and serves Anabaptist, Brethren, Quaker and other similar groups throughout the United States and Canada. MutualAid eXchange blends property and casualty insurance (home, farm, church and business) protection with care and support from a Mutual Aid Ministries program to "create and sustain wholeness" when physical, emotional or spiritual support is needed.  Mutual Aid Ministries extends its resources beyond the connection to an insurance policy and often collaborates with the local congregation, the larger church and church related agencies to positively affect people who are facing a crisis or burden. For more information, visit http://www.maxwholeness.com, email wholeness@maxwholenss.com or call 877-971-6300.

Source: 4Sight Business Intelligence, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Michelle Spidale, Chief Marketing Officer of 4Sight Business
Intelligence, Inc., +1-512-236-5130, Info@4SightBI.com

Web Site:  http://www.maxwholeness.com/
http://www.4sightbi.com/

ConvergEx Launches New IOI Trade Messenger Technology

Streamlined System Aggregates Natural, Ready-to-Trade Orders to Enhance Order Flow and Increase Matching Rates

NEW YORK, March 2 -- ConvergEx Group, a leading provider of investment technologies and execution solutions to institutional clients worldwide, today announced the successful launch of a new trade messenger system to aggregate the firm's high-touch order flow and boost real, relevant and natural indications of interest (IOIs).

"By streamlining and centralizing our internal processes, we have dramatically increased the number of high-quality IOIs we send and clients are seeing greatly increased matched rates against the firm's liquidity," said Carey S. Pack, chief executive officer of ConvergEx Execution Solutions.  "Having a wealth of natural IOIs gives ConvergEx and our clients a tremendous advantage sourcing liquidity in today's fragmented and complex markets."

Since going live with this technology, ConvergEx has seen a fourfold increase in the number of natural IOIs sent.

"Our new trade messenger technology provides tremendous efficiencies and gives a much more immediate view of ConvergEx's natural flow to cross against. This is especially valuable for clients who are dealing with illiquid names," said Anthony Conroy, head trader at ConvergEx. "This technology is yet another example of ConvergEx building and using innovative technology for the benefit of our clients."

The new system is monitored by ConvergEx's execution experts, backed by vast amounts of real-time market data and is highly customizable. The technology is respectful of clients' preferences and intelligent IOIs are specifically targeted based on client interests and watch lists. The orders are kept current by automatically checking the marketability and availability of the order.

About ConvergEx Group

BNY ConvergEx Group, LLC provides investment technologies and execution solutions to institutional clients worldwide.  The Company is comprised of the following businesses: BNY ConvergEx Execution Solutions LLC (member NYSE/FINRA/SIPC), LiquidPoint, LLC (member CBOE/SIPC); Eze Castle Transaction Services LLC (member FINRA/SIPC); Westminster Research Associates LLC (member FINRA/SIPC); G-Trade Services LLC (member FINRA/SIPC); NorthPoint Trading Partners, LLC (member FINRA/SIPC); Eze Castle Software LLC, and ConvergEx Research Solutions LLC, of which Jaywalk and Cogent Consulting are divisions.  Additional information is available at http://www.bnyconvergex.com.

  Contact:     Elizabeth Anderson
               EAnderson@bnyconvergex.com
               212.468.7713

Source: ConvergEx Group
   

CONTACT:  Elizabeth Anderson, EAnderson@bnyconvergex.com,
+1-212-468-7713

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

Talend and BonitaSoft Sign an OEM Partnership

Talend Integrates Bonita Open Solution in Talend MDM Enterprise Edition to help Businesses Manage and Automate Their Data Quality, MDM and Data Stewardship Processes

PARIS, March 2, 2010--     Talend, the recognized leader in open source data integration solutions,
announced today a strategic OEM partnership with BonitaSoft, the leading
vendor of open source business process management solutions (BPMS). As part
of this agreement, Talend will integrate Bonita Open Solution, the BonitaSoft
BPM solution, as OEM in its Talend MDM Enterprise Edition product.

    BonitaSoft, the leading vendor of open source business process management
solutions (BPMS), was created in 2009 by the founders of the Bonita open
source project. The company's goal is to democratize BPM, that is to make an
open source solution available to businesses of all sizes that is easy,
powerful and capable of integrating very easily in the information system,
regardless of the project's level of complexity or criticality. The software
has already been downloaded more than 225,000 times worldwide and has become,
with the official launch of Bonita Open Solution 5.0 in January 2010, the
leading open source solution comparable to the proprietary products on the
market such as Lombardi, IBM, Oracle, Tibco or Pega.

    By including Bonita Open Solution in Talend MDM Enterprise Edition,
Talend is today able to offer its clients complex workflow management
functions, allowing, for example, to manage a data validation process and
enhance or modify existing reference data.

    "MDM projects increasingly require efficient workflow and data validation
process management. The fact that a player like Talend, which has succeeded
in establishing itself as a leader in data integration in less than two
years, chose our product for its new MDM solution is further recognition of
the validity of our strategy," states Miguel Valdes Faura, co-founder and CEO
of BonitaSoft. "This partnership reinforces the ties that have connected our
two companies in the past. Since our inception, Talend has supported our
operations and today we are happy to provide Talend with an important
technology layer for its product. We share the same taste for innovation and
therefore we are going to work together in the future to further develop our
respective solutions."

    "Previously only accessible to large businesses, BPM is available through
BonitaSoft, which shares various similarities with Talend: open source model,
same technology foundation (Java, Eclipse), rupture strategy and desire to
simplify our clients' work," comments Bertrand Diard, co-founder and CEO of
Talend. "The data quality, MDM and data stewardship processes require this
process automation function and we have chosen to integrate the best open
source BPM solution to our MDM business solution. Bonita Open Solution allows
us to complete our technology product to meet our clients' needs."

    Note: Talend and BonitaSoft will present their solutions at the Solutions
Linux 2010 exhibition in Paris, France from March 16-18 at the C25 stand.

    About BonitaSoft:

    BonitaSoft is the first provider of open source business process
management (BPM) software. Created in 2009 by the founders of Bonita project,
BonitaSoft will democratize the use of BPM in companies of all sizes with an
intuitive and powerful solution with an optimum cost. The Bonita solution has
been downloaded more than 225,000 times to date by companies and
organizations worldwide. BonitaSoft is an active member of the OW2
consortium.

    More information at: http://www.bonitasoft.com

    About Talend:

    Talend is the recognised market leader in open source data integration.
More than 1,000 paying customers around the globe, including Yahoo!, Virgin
Mobile, Sony and Swiss Life, subscribe to Talend's solutions and services to
minimise the costs and maximise the value of data integration, ETL, data
quality and Master Data Management. With more than seven million lifetime
downloads and 1.5 million core product downloads, Talend's solutions are the
most widely used and deployed data integration solutions in the world. The
company has major offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and a global
network of technical and services partners.

    For more information, please visit http://www.talend.com.

Source: BonitaSoft

Press Contact: BonitaSoft, Jeremy Lipp, +33-6-64-84-00-18, Jeremy.lipp@bonitasoft.com

Data Age and Watch Certification Services of America Announce Integrated Services

LARGO, Fla., March 2 -- Data Age Business System, Inc. (Data Age) and Watch Certification Services of America (WCSA) announce the immediate availability of an integrated solution that enables pawnshop operators to verify the authenticity of watches and to identify fraudulent or stolen serial numbers from a central database. The new service is integrated within Data Age's PawnMaster pawn management software. PawnMaster is the most widely used system in the industry with over 1,800 customers throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Asia.

According to Victor Guzman, Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Data Age, "WCSA's Authenticator Pro web based software easily authenticates modern Rolex watches and empowers pawnbrokers with a knowledgebase that is continuously growing. In turn, this simplifies buying, selling and trading. WCSA's Counterfeit Busters database can result in substantial savings to pawnbrokers by preventing them from dealing in stolen or counterfeit items." Mr. Guzman goes on to explain how "the new integration offers pawnbrokers using PawnMaster access to an impressive database containing over 40,000 reported known counterfeit watches, 10,000 bits of factual Rolex data, over 36,000 watch values, and 4,000 images of Rolex watches amongst other watches within seconds.  With all systems designed to interface with little or no watch experience necessary."

Martin Bruno, Vice President of WCSA applauded Data Age, "With PawnMaster being the most widely used pawn management software in the industry, WCSA felt it strategically imperative to align ourselves with a product that has been consistently proven and accepted as top notch. In dealing with Data Age, we see why they have succeeded in building a highly sought after product. Data Age takes the initiative to bring value to its clients and they showed no trepidation in investing resources towards presenting the pawn industry with a service that is a must-have for any pawnbroker dealing with watches."

About Watch Certification Services of America

Watch Certification Services of America (WCSA) provides a robust line of services that assist pawnbrokers, jewelers, other retailers with risk mitigating solutions for dealing with luxury watches. WCSA is the manufacturer of Authenticator Pro for Rolex(TM) and Counterfeit Buster products that offer guidance for luxury watch buyers, tips on identifying fakes, a library of watch nomenclature, images, current retail pricing, live up-to-date watch values, tracking alerts on counterfeits, and interactive training for store staff.

About Data Age

Data Age Business Systems is a leading provider of Financial Transaction Software Solutions designed to help businesses improve profitability, comply with regulatory environments and to implement controls that facilitate decision making, diversification and growth. Data Age is the developer and marketer of PawnMaster®, CheckMaster®, AdvanceMaster®, LiquorTraks(TM), RetailTraks(TM), Buy/Sell Plus(TM) and Title Loan(TM) software. In addition, the company provides Credit Card Merchant Processing and Digi-Shield off-site Data Storage services.

For further information, contact Corporate Communications at 727-582-9100 x103, http://www.dataage.com.

Source: Data Age Business Systems, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Corporate Communications, +1-727-582-9100 x103

Web Site:  http://www.dataage.com/

NetSuite Takes Aim at On-Premise ERP VARs; Makes Offer That's Hard to Refuse

NetSuite Brings It All Together for Channel Businesses Eager to Grow Again: Leading Cloud Computing Business Suite, 100% Margin, Recurring Revenue, Sales and Technical Training, and Marketing Support

SAN MATEO, Calif., March 2 -- NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of cloud computing business management software suites, today announced an aggressive new channel sales program, including a 100% margin offer, designed to enable channel businesses to meet customer demand for modern cloud-based solutions while migrating their current business models painlessly. The NetSuite SP100 Program brings together all the ingredients solution providers need to reinvigorate their businesses, incorporating NetSuite's industry-leading cloud computing business management software suite with sales and technical training, ongoing marketing support and a limited-time offer of 100% margin on first-year license subscriptions.

The program should have particular appeal to channel businesses that are struggling to reverse steadily declining revenue streams due to sagging demand for old legacy on-premise systems such as those offered by Microsoft, SAP and Sage. For more information about the NetSuite SP100 Program, please visit http://www.netsuite.com/sp100.

The NetSuite SP100 Program breaks the mold of traditional on-premise revenue sharing. For qualified new customer transactions of 24 months or more, NetSuite SP100 partners realize the entire year-one software subscription revenue, enabling them to quickly recoup costs of sale and jump-start their first half of the 2010 revenue.  Under the NetSuite SP100 Program, partners also enjoy 10% margin on all renewals, establishing a recurring revenue stream that can be quite lucrative as the partners' NetSuite business grows.

"With this new program, NetSuite takes dead aim at the partner networks established by competitors including Microsoft, Sage, and SAP, who have been irresponsibly slow to innovate new applications that take advantage of cloud economics and productivity," said Zach Nelson, NetSuite CEO. "The market for cloud computing is surging, but the ERP dinosaurs have nothing to offer their loyal partners. NetSuite is here to protect their futures."

"NetSuite reinvigorated our business," said Simon Whittle, The AIS Group, longtime Microsoft Dynamics VAR and new NetSuite Solution Provider. "After a tough year, NetSuite has given us new drive and excitement and a really good kick in the pants. This year we expect NetSuite to account for 50% of our new customer wins. We are positively looking forward to this year and beyond."

The NetSuite SP100 Program includes many of the key advantages previously available to channel partners, including commissions paid on customer collections. Most NetSuite customers prepay for service anywhere from one to three years in advance, meaning the revenue split for the entire period is available to partners as soon as it is paid. And NetSuite remains the only top-tier cloud computing ERP suite provider who pays channel partners for customer renewals, not just new sales.

"If you ask many VARs how their business has changed over the last 10 years, most will say it's pretty much the same, just tougher. Yet buyer behavior has definitely changed with, most recently, a strong move towards cloud computing," said Brian Sommer, President, TechVentive, a leading industry analyst and advisory firm. "Programs like NetSuite's SP100 should serve as a wake-up call for VARs because it's not a question of IF they should add cloud computing solutions to their portfolio, it's WHEN."

Pioneering the Channel for Cloud Computing

With a ten-year lead over many traditional software companies only now beginning to understand the power, convenience, flexibility, and security of cloud computing solutions, NetSuite seeks to become the new gold standard for VARs and solution providers seeking sustainable growth and opportunities. NetSuite's aggressive new channel compensation plan is just the latest in a long line of milestones for the leader in cloud computing business management suites. Since establishing its first channel program in 2002, NetSuite was the first and is one of the few cloud software vendors today to offer the cloud-based channel program to pay its partners margin on renewals for the life of the customer relationship.

In addition to its leading cloud business management suite, NetSuite also offers partners the many benefits of the SuiteCloud Development Program and network of ISVs who are developing a new generation of vertically-focused cloud business applications that extend the value of NetSuite. The SuiteCloud platform and SuiteFlex and SuiteScript languages provide solution developers with standards-based conduits for customizations and new functionality. The NetSuite platform can be adapted to a host of new verticals, without committing to the upkeep and maintenance of a custom enterprise IT environment. NetSuite frees solution developers to focus on process improvements and customer-specific functionality, instead of database synchronization and middleware.

NetSuite Cracks Gartner Top 10 for ERP Vendors

Gartner Dataquest recently released figures showing that NetSuite has joined the ranks of North America's top ten ERP vendors by revenue. Strategic advisory service ISM Inc. recognized NetSuite and NetSuite CRM with a Top 15 CRM Small & Medium Business Software Award for 2009. Customer Interaction Solutions magazine named NetSuite CRM as a recipient of a 2009 CRM Excellence Award. Most recently, British businesses named NetSuite the top Enterprise Accounting Software vendor in Sift Media's Software Satisfaction Awards 2009. These awards validate and reinforce NetSuite's mounting importance to companies of all sizes looking for a powerful, integrated enterprise management solution.

For more information about NetSuite Inc., please visit http://www.netsuite.com

NOTE: NetSuite and the NetSuite logo are registered service marks of NetSuite Inc.

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Source: NetSuite Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Mei Li of NetSuite Inc., +1-650-627-1063, meili@netsuite.com

Web Site:  http://www.netsuite.com/

Hackensack University Medical Center Selects Risk-Based Authentication from RSA to Help Secure Patient Data

New Jersey's Leading Hospital Chooses RSA(R) Adaptive Authentication from EMC's Security Division to Enable Convenient and Secure Access to Electronic Medical Records

ATLANTA, March 2 -- HIMSS '10 -- RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE:EMC), today announced that Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey's largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services, has selected RSA® Adaptive Authentication to help prevent unauthorized access to sensitive patient data while providing convenience to its users and meet strategic organizational goals including regulatory compliance.

"Since physicians will be able to conveniently access patient data whenever and wherever they are, RSA Adaptive Authentication will enable us to provide even higher quality patient care," said Benjamin Bordonaro, Chief Technology Officer at Hackensack University Medical Center. "Meeting the specific needs of our pre-existing infrastructure, this authentication solution is efficient for our IT department to administer so the team can spend time on more strategic projects rather than day-to-day administrative tasks. It will also enable us to help meet guidelines for two-factor authentication set forth by HIPAA."

Hackensack University Medical Center works with 1,500 physicians, but only 300 are on staff. The remaining 1,200 individuals are independent consulting and referring physicians. All physicians need secure, remote access to patient electronic medical records, including lab results, x-rays, MRI scans, and cardiology and radiology results. HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) guidelines strongly recommend two-factor authentication so that data cannot be accessed inappropriately.

"Top referring physicians are in high demand in the New Jersey area," continued Mr. Bordonaro. "We must ensure it is as easy as possible for them and their office staff to access our systems."

RSA Adaptive Authentication is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and on-premise risk-based authentication and fraud detection platform currently used by more than 8,000 organizations across multiple industries to protect more than 250 million online identities. RSA Adaptive Authentication is designed to conveniently authenticate users based upon risk indicators powered by the RSA® Risk Engine, such as device identification, geo-location, behavioral profiling, and fraud data from the RSA eFraudNetwork(SM) community.

Risk-based authentication helps to ensure that the security of patients' electronic medical records cannot be compromised through password theft. RSA Adaptive Authentication makes it as convenient as possible to validate users - essential in the high-pressured hospital environment, often without them being aware of the behind-the-scenes authentication.  A unique risk score is assigned to each activity, and users are only challenged when an activity is identified as high-risk or an organizational policy is violated.

"We have worked closely with Hackensack University Medical Center for more than ten years, helping them to maintain secure physician access to patient records," said Tom Corn, Vice President of Product Marketing at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. "The deployment of RSA Adaptive Authentication is the next logical step forward in the evolution of Hackensack University Medical Center's security infrastructure that continues to meet their evolving organizational and user needs."

CDW, a partner of both RSA and Hackensack University Medical Center, has worked with RSA and SCE Consultants to build the solution which plans to go live in the first quarter of 2010.

Hackensack University Medical Center is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey. It is affiliated with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and was founded in 1888. Hackensack University Medical Center employs more than 7,500 people, including more than 1,500 physicians and dentists, and has a volunteer force of over 1,600 people.

About RSA

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, is the premier provider of security solutions for business acceleration, helping the world's leading organizations succeed by solving their most complex and sensitive security challenges. RSA's information-centric approach to security guards the integrity and confidentiality of information throughout its lifecycle - no matter where it moves, who accesses it or how it is used.  RSA offers industry-leading solutions in identity assurance & access control, data loss prevention & encryption, compliance & security information management and fraud protection. These solutions bring trust to millions of user identities, the transactions that they perform, and the data that is generated. For more information, please visit http://www.RSA.com and http://www.EMC.com.

RSA, eFraudNetwork and EMC are registered trademarks or service marks of EMC Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other products and/or services mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies.

Source: EMC Corporation
   

CONTACT:  Kerry Walker, Outcast Communications, +1-339-244-4089 ,
kerry@outcastpr.com, for EMC Corporation; David Seuss, RSA, The Security
Division of EMC, +1-781-515-6279, david.seuss@rsa.com

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

Accenture Joins AT&T Business Exchange

Extends Collaboration Capabilities to Clients, Suppliers, and Partners

NEW YORK, March 2 -- AT&T* is providing Accenture (NYSE:ACN) with a platform that allows it to collaborate with clients, suppliers and others by creating the experience of being in the same room, whether the participants are down the street or halfway around the world, the two companies said today.

Under terms of a non-exclusive agreement between the two companies, Accenture is gaining access to the AT&T Business Exchange, an inherent feature of the AT&T Telepresence Solution that allows multiple companies in different locations to connect to one another using Cisco TelePresence(TM), a sophisticated video conferencing technology.

Accenture already has 50 rooms around the world equipped with telepresence. The locations, which Accenture refers to as "telepresence rooms," are widely used to facilitate meetings between employees in remote locations. With access to the AT&T Business Exchange, employees are now also able to link with parties outside of Accenture for business-to-business video conferencing.

"Our telepresence rooms are already very popular with employees. Now that we're open for business on the AT&T Business Exchange, we expect usage to grow exponentially as employees seize the opportunity to communicate with clients, suppliers, partners, and other external constituencies," said Frank Modruson, chief information officer, Accenture. "We look forward to benefits, such as stronger relationships, quicker decision making, and improved supply chain."

Since rolling out its telepresence rooms less than two years ago as part of its 'Collaboration 2.0' program, Accenture has realized significant payback, saving millions in travel-related expenses, eliminating hours of tiring travel for its employees, and reducing carbon emissions. Accenture expects those benefits to be amplified now that the AT&T Business Exchange extends the program to outside constituents.

"Accenture has been widely recognized in the industry as one of the early adopters of telepresence, and we are proud to welcome them as an anchor tenant on the AT&T Business Exchange," said Joe Lueckenhoff, senior vice president, business product management, AT&T Business Solutions. "We look forward to continuing to provide Accenture with solutions that extend their global collaboration efforts."

The AT&T Business Exchange is integrated into the AT&T MPLS-enabled network, utilizing a high availability, fully redundant architecture. More than 50 companies are connecting with one another via hundreds of AT&T Telepresence Solution and Cisco TelePresence sites worldwide, via the AT&T Business Exchange. The exchange also allows Accenture to establish direct connections with more than 1,000 other Cisco TelePresence meeting endpoints deployed worldwide for either intra-company or inter-company meetings.

*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.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 176,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$21.58 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2009. Its home page is http://www.accenture.com.

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 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(SM) and AT&T | DIRECTV(SM) 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's Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies. 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/.

© 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 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.

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 @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.

Source: AT&T Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Ed Trapasso of Accenture, +1-917-452-3555,
ed.trapasso@accenture.com; or Michael Lordi of AT&T Corporate Communications,
+1-908-234-6071, mlordi@attnews.us

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

AT&T Wins Stevie(R) Award in 2010 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service

AT&T BusinessDirect(R) Premier Online Store Recognized in the Category of Online Team of the Year

DALLAS, March 2 -- AT&T* announced today that AT&T BusinessDirect® Premier Online Store received a Stevie® Award in the "Online or Telesales Team of the Year" category in the fourth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. The Premier Online Store is part of the AT&T BusinessDirect Portfolio of productivity-enhancing online tools that put business customers in control of their AT&T products and services, 24/7.

The awards are presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes several of the world's leading business awards shows including the prestigious American Business Awards. More than 500 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted to this year's competition.

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected Stevie Award winners from among the Finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging.

The AT&T BusinessDirect Portfolio enables business customers worldwide to perform a multitude of highly secure network management and administrative tasks quickly, anytime, anywhere. AT&T BusinessDirect helps hundreds of thousands of users in over 90 countries manage their network services online to improve productivity, increase the speed and accuracy of their network transactions and optimize network efficiency, all while reducing costs.

Each month, AT&T BusinessDirect handles almost 4 million customer transactions that include ordering services, maintenance requests and billing inquiries. Furthermore, the service offers mobility features enabling remote workers and employees on the go to stay connected with customers and co-workers so they can resolve problems even when they're not at their desk.

"This year's honorees demonstrate that even in challenging economic times, it's possible for organizations to continue to shine in sales and customer service, the two most important functions in business: acquiring and keeping customers," said Michael Gallagher, President of the Stevie Awards.

"AT&T BusinessDirect has been an industry leader in providing customers with effective and efficient online self service tools for the past 10 years," said Dan Walsh, Senior Vice President of Marketing Services for AT&T. "We're honored to be recognized with a Stevie Award for Sales & Customer Service. This further validates AT&T's continued commitment to providing business customers with the industry's best and most innovative services that enable them to connect, manage and monitor their network proactively 24/7 and 365 days a year."

For more information on AT&T BusinessDirect, go to http://www.corp.att.com/ebcc/. Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of honorees in all categories are available at http://www.stevieawards.com/sales.

*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.

About The Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.stevieawards.com.

Sponsors of the 4th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include official publications Sales & Marketing Management (SMM) and Training magazines, as well as the Sales Association, SalesLabs, and ValueSelling Associates.

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 3G network, AT&T is a leading provider of wireless, Wi-Fi, high speed Internet and voice services. AT&T offers the best wireless coverage worldwide, offering the most wireless phones that work in the most countries. It also offers advanced TV services under the AT&T U-verse(SM) and AT&T | DIRECTV(SM) 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's Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations are known for their leadership in directory publishing and advertising sales. In 2009, AT&T again ranked No. 1 in the telecommunications industry on FORTUNE® magazine's list of the World's Most Admired Companies.

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 @ATTNews. Find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/ATT to discover more about our consumer and wireless services or at http://www.facebook.com/ATTSmallBiz to discover more about our small business services.

© 2010 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved. 3G service 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.
   

CONTACT:  Janet Wyles of AT&T Corporate Communications, Office,
+1-908-234-6067, Mobile, +1-732-331-6754, wyles@att.com; or Juanita Mo,
Office, +1-212-453-2499, Mobile, +1-415-867-8833, jmo@attnews.us, for AT&T
Corporate Communications

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

Verizon Wireless' Mobile Healthcare Solutions Let Hospitals and Clinics Streamline Communications and Access Critical Data

From Healthcare Apps to Hospital-Grade MCAs, Healthcare Professionals Can Stay Connected to Provide Better Patient Care

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and ATLANTA, March 2 -- Healthcare organizations ranging from large city hospitals to rural community health clinics can count on Verizon Wireless to deliver customized wireless solutions that allow caregivers the ability to utilize resources that enhance the patient experience.  Representatives from Verizon Wireless, operator of the largest and most reliable wireless 3G network in the country, will speak with healthcare professionals attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference in Atlanta today about products and services that can help change the way healthcare organizations operate.

"To give patients the best care possible, healthcare organizations must run efficiently, and real-time wireless communication is a powerful tool for meeting that challenge," said John Maschenic, director of healthcare enterprise solutions for Verizon Wireless.  "Mobile technology puts health information -- whether it's lab results, X-rays, patient medical history or prescription drug information -- in the hands of clinicians when it's needed, and Verizon Wireless proudly provides the nation's most reliable 3G network to support access to this critical data."

Maschenic is presenting today at the HIMSS Conference at the "Telehealth and Mobility Solutions for Health Care" session at 3:15 p.m. EST in New Solutions Theater - Room 959.

Verizon Wireless offers customers in the healthcare industry an extensive portfolio of products and services that run on the company's reliable Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) network, including:

  --  PatientKeeper® - PatientKeeper's mobility products support all
      operations systems while connecting physicians to patient information
      across inpatient and ambulatory environments. With PatientKeeper,
      physicians save time, increase revenue and enhance patient care.
      PatientKeeper enables physicians to interactively manage patient
      information across multiple locations, view clinical results, enter
      charges, sign out patients, and enter and order prescriptions, all
      from their smartphones.
  --  EPOCRATES Rx for Android and Palm OS - Doctors, nurses and other
      healthcare professionals who use Verizon Wireless smartphones with the
      Android(TM) OS, such as DROID by Motorola or DROID ERIS(TM) by HTC, or
      devices that run on the Palm® webOS(TM) platform, including Palm®
      Pre(TM) Plus and Palm Pixi(TM) Plus, can leverage this mobile drug
      reference application to get prescription and safety information for
      thousands of brand name and generic drugs instantly.  The application
      also offers Pill ID, which helps identify a drug based on physical
      characteristics such as color, shape and imprint code; table and
      calculators; and drug interaction information.
  --  Medicine Central and Evidence Central - Unbound Medicine offers two
      applications for Verizon Wireless Android, BlackBerry®, Palm and
      Windows Mobile® devices.
      --  Medicine Central is a collection of disease, drug and test
          information with literature tracking for mobile devices.  The
          application features The 5-Minute Clinical Consult, A to Z Drug
          Facts, Drug Interaction Facts, Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests,
          and MEDLINE Journals.
      --  Evidence Central supports effective evidence-based medical
          practice by integrating analysis with the latest research.
          Clinicians can access Evidence-Based Medicine Guidelines, Cochrane
          Abstracts, EE+ POEMs (Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters from
          Essential Evidence Plus), and MEDLINE Journals anytime, anywhere.
  --  Motion Computing® C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) - Running on
      Windows® 7, the C5 is a hospital-grade device proven to enhance
      clinician satisfaction, improve point of care documentation, increase
      clinician productivity, and improve clinical documentation accuracy.
      The MCA is now available with embedded Verizon Wireless Mobile
      Broadband capability to stay connected to hospital information and the
      Internet.

  Nation's Most Reliable Wireless 3G Network

Verizon Wireless' 3G data network provides businesses in more locations than any other wireless carrier the ability to browse the Web, stay connected to critical information, and rapidly share files.  Verizon Wireless aggressively invests billions of dollars in its network every year; in 2009 alone, Verizon Wireless invested $7 billion in its network to increase coverage and capacity and to add new services.

The company plans to launch its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network in 25 to 30 markets later this year.  LTE will support the future of mobile healthcare technology by offering significantly greater network capacity and speed than today's most advanced 3G coverage and will support innovative solutions that will further enhance the quality of patient care and the efficiency of hospital business operations.

For more information about Verizon Wireless products for clinicians and healthcare organizations, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/healthcare or call 1-800-VZW-4BIZ to speak with a Business Sales Representative.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 91 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with  83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (Nasdaq and LSE: VOD).  For more information, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

Source: Verizon Wireless
   

CONTACT:  Brenda Boyd Raney, Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7518,
Brenda.Raney@verizonwireless.com

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

Company News On-Call:  http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/094251.html

Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement

CUPERTINO, Calif. March 2 -- Apple® today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware.

"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

Apple reinvented the mobile phone in 2007 with its revolutionary iPhone®, and did it again in 2008 with its pioneering App Store, which now offers more than 150,000 mobile applications in over 90 countries. Over 40 million iPhones have been sold worldwide.

© 2010 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh and iPhone are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Source: Apple
   

CONTACT:  Steve Dowling of Apple, +1-408-974-1896, dowling@apple.com

Web Site:  http://www.apple.com/

Experts Warn of ICT Labour Shortage and Loss of Competitive Edge in Europe by 2015

BRUSSELS, March 2, 2010--     Europe suffers from a chronic shortage of digital skills across all
sectors. A study released by empirica and IDC EMEA Government Insights
revealed that EU labour market may face an excess demand of 384,000 ICT
practitioners by 2015.

    The ICT sector currently represents 3% of European employment, 5% of
European GDP, and 26% of research and development expenditure. It is
therefore not surprising to understand the increased application of ICT
solutions to many societal challenges such as: e-health, e-government and
e-learning. Based on this trend, over the next five years it is estimated
Europe will require an estimated 5 million ICT practitioners.

    DIGITALEUROPE - the voice of Europe's digital industry in Brussels -
together with its partner BITKOM, the German ICT industry association, and in
cooperation with the social science research and consultancy empirica today
presented facts and figures at a press conference held at CeBIT.

    "The burning issue for Europe is to build an adequately e-skilled
workforce to drive its economy forward and maintain its leadership position
in the 21st Century," stated Bridget Cosgrave Director-General DIGITALEUROPE.
Successful economic recovery in Europe can be led through e-skills and
digital industry - a sector which has the capacity to create 400,000 jobs in
the next five years.

    By 2015, 90% of all jobs, across all sectors, will require the use of
ICT. "E-skills play a crucial role for those individuals seeking employment,
as well as for those already in professions," said Cosgrave.

    "It is of paramount importance to grow our e-skills and digital literacy
if Europe wants to move out of economic recession and reduce its
unemployment, particularly for young people," confirmed Werner B Korte,
Director and e-skills research project leader at empirica.

    "An adequately e-skilled workforce is necessary to drive Europe's economy
forward," explained Korte. "ICT practitioner jobs are highly resistant to the
crisis, with unemployment 40-50% lower than general rates.

    Data shows the e-skills gap will amount to between 1.7% and 13% of
unfilled vacancies by 2015 in Europe."

    "Germany is affected strongly by the e-skills gap", stated Bernhard
Rohleder, Director General of BITKOM. "Even at the height of the economic
crisis, there are 20,000 vacancies for ICT professionals in Germany. The
e-skills gap has turned from cyclical to structural. Without a
substantial increase in ICT professionals, Germany will be hampered in its
innovation capacity."

    For Europe to avoid losing its competitive edge and emerge stronger from
the global recession there is need for a continued trilateral commitment from
government, industry and education. It was suggested Europe is at a critical
cross road; needing to invest in a strategy and e-competencies framework to
highlight the attractiveness of ICT-related professions.

    The European e-Skills Week is a prime example of how industry and
education stakeholders can contribute to close the e-Skills gap. The
initiative is funded by the European Commission, DG Enterprise & Industry.
DIGITALEUROPE and European Schoolnet joined forces to manage the pan-European
campaign on the Commission's behalf.

    As part of the campaign BITKOM launched a national initiative "erlebe it"
to foster e-Skills at schools. "erlebe it" matches school requirements with
IT-Scouts from companies. Another partner initiative "IT Fitness" has issued
3 ICT user certificates, and provides e-learning for apprentices.

    "Industry faces a responsibility to cater for its own future
professionals," said Rohleder. "The European e-Skills Week is an excellent
means to underpin our national efforts for a competitive and innovative ICT
sector."

    "Europe could lose an important competitive advantage to emerging and
technically-savvy countries if we do not we fully capitalised on the ability
of the digital industry to drive growth and e-skills to fill jobs -both key
drivers for long term economic prosperity and continuity of the European
social model. Now is the time to invest,' said Cosgrave.

    DIGITALEUROPE is the pre-eminent advocacy group of the European digital
economy acting on behalf of the information technology, consumer electronics
and telecommunications sectors. We are dedicated to improving the business
environment, and to promoting industry's contribution to economic growth and
social progress in the European Union. DIGITALEUROPE's members include 58
leading corporations and 40 national trade associations from all the Member
States of EU; altogether 10,000 companies with 2 million employees and
EUR1,000 billion in revenues. You can learn more about our activities via
http://www.digitaleurope.org

    BITKOM is the voice of the information technology, telecommunications,
and new media industry in Germany. BITKOM represents more than 1,300
companies, with 950 direct members, including practically all global players
as well as 600 key midsize companies. BITKOM's membership generates a sales
volume of EUR135 billion annually, exporting EUR50 billion worth of high
technology each year.

    http://www.bitkom.org/

    empirica is an internationally active research and consulting firm
founded in 1988 and based in Bonn, Germany. It specializes in communication
and information technology related research and consultancy to clients in
both private and public sectors. Empirica helps bridge the widening gap
between new developments and innovations and their application in ways fully
meeting user needs. http://www.empirica.com/

    Media Enquiries:

    Natalia Kurop, DIGITALEUROPE, Director, Communication & Marketing,
T. +32-2-609-53-26, F. +32-2-609-53-39, M. +32-487-34-05-71,
E.natalia.kurop@digitaleurope.org

    Maurice Shahd, BITKOM, Press Spokesman Politics & Markets,
T. +49-30-27576-114, M. +49-151-148-248-30, m.shahd@bitkom.org

Source: DIGITALEUROPE

Media Enquiries: Natalia Kurop, DIGITALEUROPE, Director, Communication & Marketing, T. +32-2-609-53-26, F. +32-2-609-53-39, M. +32-487-34-05-71, E.natalia.kurop@digitaleurope.org; Maurice Shahd, BITKOM, Press Spokesman Politics & Markets, T. +49-30-27576-114, M. +49-151-148-248-30, m.shahd@bitkom.org

Enlightened Honored With the 2010 Outstanding Small Business Award of Excellence

Presented by Morehouse College and the Morehouse Entrepreneurship Center

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Enlightened, Inc. ("Enlightened"), a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) consulting services, announced today it has been awarded  the Innovative Creative Entrepreneur (ICE) Award for the 2010 Outstanding Small Business Award of Excellence from Morehouse College.

The ICE Award is sponsored by the Morehouse College Entrepreneurship Center as part of its annual Entrepreneurship Conference to recognize small business excellence, mentor-protege champions and visionary leadership.

This award is presented to an organization that has utilized the services of the Morehouse College Entrepreneurship Center and best represents the spirit of entrepreneurship and the power of small business.  An awards ceremony held during the Third Annual ICE Awards Luncheon on Friday, February 26, 2010 at the Morehouse College Executive Center in Atlanta, Georgia formally recognized Enlightened.

"Enlightened was founded on the entrepreneurial principles of innovation, creativity, and diligence," said Antwanye Ford, President of Enlightened.  "We are humbled to be recognized among our peers for our dedication to providing excellent results to our customers."

About Enlightened

Enlightened, Inc. is an information technology (IT) and management consulting firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.  Enlightened provides support to federal, state and local government agencies and commercial customers.  Enlightened holds GSA IT-70 and MOBIS schedule contracts, and is certified as Small Business by the Small Business Administration.

Source: Enlightened, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Ameena Layous, Marketing Specialist, Enlightened, Inc.,
+1-202-728-7190, news@enlightened.com

SEEBURGER Provides Data Transit Services for Importer Security Filings Upgrade to SAP(R) BusinessObjects(TM) Global Trade Services

Collaborates with SAP to Support New Enforcement Deadline for U.S. Customs Rule

ATLANTA, March 2 -- SEEBURGER Inc. announced today that it is providing data transit services associated with the recent upgrade of the SAP® BusinessObjects(TM) Global Trade Services application that added support for the Importer Security Filings (ISFs) required for import cargo arriving in the U.S. by vessel. The upgrade allows U.S. importers to meet the new U.S. Customs and Border Protection's deadline for enforcing the ISF rule designed to combat overseas shipments of terrorist weapons.

SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services utilizes SEEBURGER technology under an OEM license to enable automatic electronic exchange of ISF documentation with customs authorities. The license is part of a 15-year partnership that has led more than 1,800 SAP customers to use SEEBURGER solutions - including EDI, VAN and AS2 adapters for use with the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform as well as native integration with the SAP Business One, SAP Business All-in-One and SAP ERP applications - to integrate EDI operations with SAP business processes.

With the ISF enhancement included in SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services, users can now:

  --  Pre-populate standalone ISFs or unified ISFs/customs declarations in
      the required CATAIR (Customs and Trade Automated Interface
      Requirements) data format. The 10 mandated data elements - including
      manufacturer, seller, buyer, consolidator, ship-to name and address,
      importer of record number, container stuffing location, consignee
      number, country of origin and Commodity Harmonized Tariff Schedule
      (HTS) number - can be automatically extracted from advance shipping
      notifications and other documents already in SAP or a third-party
      system.
  --  Perform data validation to ensure that all fields are completed and
      all HTS codes are accurate.
  --  Automatically transmit the documents to the U.S. customs agency via
      the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) using SEEBURGER technology
      supplied with the upgrade. SAP is currently the only major software
      provider with a certified interface to the ABI electronic data
      interchange system.

These capabilities eliminate the need for importers to purchase a separate solution to comply with U.S. customs regulations requiring ISF receipt at least 24 hours before the cargo is loaded at a foreign port, expedite the process of generating ISFs, and help users avoid fines of up to $5,000 for each violation. In addition, SEEBURGER-based connectivity to ABI eliminates the need for importers to develop custom mappings for use with other B2B gateways.

"SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services enables enterprises to centralize all aspects of global trade management with a single solution across systems and geographic boundaries, including a central repository of global trade forms that can be used to file customs declarations electronically," said Kevin McCollom, vice president of GTS Solution Management, SAP Labs. "The addition of ISF support extends that benefit by helping U.S. importers meet the challenge of producing and sending Importer Security Filings quickly, efficiently and in a compliant fashion."

SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services helps organizations reduce the cost and risk of international trade by ensuring compliance with global regulations, accelerating trade activity, and minimizing duties and landed cost. The application streamlines complex import and export processes and compliance checks, ensures expedited customs clearance, and uses automation and e-filing to optimize trade for lowest risk and minimal cost.

More information on the ISF upgrade to SAP BusinessObjects Global Trade Services is available at http://www.sap.com/grc.

About SEEBURGER

SEEBURGER is a leading provider of global business integration solutions designed to optimize transactions throughout the extended enterprise by automating trading relationships with all partners regardless of their size and technical resources.  Launched in 1986 to provide integration solutions to the automotive industry in Germany, the company today is ranked among the top business-to-business gateway providers by leading industry analysts, and serves more than 7,800 customers in more than 50 countries and more than 15 industries through its flagship Business Integration Server and related products and services. SEEBURGER has global offices in Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, including a U.S. office that opened in 1998.  For more information, visit http://www.SEEBURGER.com.

SAP, SAP NetWeaver and all SAP logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries. Business Objects, BusinessObjects and the Business Objects logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Business Objects in the United States and/or other countries.  Business Objects is an SAP company. All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

SAP Forward-looking Statement

Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "predict," "should" and "will" and similar expressions as they relate to SAP are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. SAP undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations The factors that could affect SAP's future financial results are discussed more fully in SAP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including SAP's most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates.

  SEEBURGER CONTACT:
  Monisha Mills
  SEEBURGER Inc.
  678 638 4884
  m.mills@seeburger.com

Source: SEEBURGER Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Monisha Mills of SEEBURGER Inc., +1-678-638-4884,
m.mills@seeburger.com

Web Site:  http://www.seeburger.com/

Metalogix Offers Online Demonstration: How to Upgrade and Migrate Content to SharePoint 2010

March 3rd Online Presentation to Include Details on Granular and Partial Migrations and Re-Structuring of List, Libraries and Site Content

WALTHAM, Mass., March 2 -- Metalogix Software, a leading provider of solutions for Microsoft SharePoint migration, management, and archiving as well as Exchange® migration and archiving, will conduct an online presentation and comprehensive overview of migration and upgrade practices for SharePoint 2010 on Wednesday, March 3rd, at 11:30 a.m. eastern standard time.  The presentation addresses upgrade scenarios from WSSv2 / WSSv3 / SPS2003 / MOSS2007 to SharePoint 2010.

Rasool Rayani, co-founder and director of Metalogix, is the featured presenter during the one-hour overview, which will also cover migrating many services, including popular blogging systems Wordpress and Google Blogger, EMC Documentum eRoom, and Oracle Content Server (Stellent) content to SharePoint 2007 or SharePoint 2010.

"Companies are eager to increase user collaboration and productivity by standardizing enterprise content on SharePoint," said Rayani. "And, porting this content to SharePoint 2007 or 2010 is easier than many people think. This online presentation will provide Admins with an overview of what they need to know about porting content and how to address advanced scenarios like granular and partial migrations and how to restructure list, library and site content during a migration."

The presentation will also show how Metalogix SharePoint Site Migration Manager can enable organizations to take advantage of new site templates in SharePoint 2010.

Registration is open now for the online Metalogix SharePoint 2010 Demo.  To register now, please visit:  https://metalogix.webex.com/metalogix/onstage/g.php?d=667534912

Metalogix is the innovation leader in SharePoint migration and Exchange migration solutions, which empower organizations to securely and automatically migrate more enterprise content repositories than any other vendor into SharePoint 2007 or 2010. More than 2,500 customers have migrated to SharePoint using Metalogix products.

About Metalogix Software

Metalogix Software delivers award-winning content migration and archiving software that enables organizations to migrate, manage, archive and recover enterprise content to ensure availability, regulatory compliance, efficiency, and cost effectiveness. It supports its more than 5,000 customers worldwide from seven office locations; Boston and Dallas (US), Vancouver and Halifax (Canada) London (UK), Bratislava (Slovakia), and Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Originally founded in 2001, Metalogix of Canada merged with the archiving business of H & S Software in 2008. Profitable and privately held, Metalogix's investors include Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.  Metalogix is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner.

  For further information, please contact:
  Erin Jones
  E.S. Jones PR for Metalogix
  704.664.2170
  ejones@esjonespr.com

Source: Metalogix
   

CONTACT:  Erin Jones, E.S. Jones PR for Metalogix , +1-704-664-2170,
ejones@esjonespr.com

Web Site:  http://www.metalogix.net/

Black & Decker's Fastening and Assembly Systems Segment Acquires Fastener Innovation Technology, Inc.

Deal creates an integrated single-source company poised for significant growth in the global aerospace market

SHELTON, Conn., March 2 -- Emhart Teknologies, a Black & Decker Company (NYSE:BDK) and a global leader in fastening and assembly technologies, announced today the acquisition of Fastener Innovation Technology, Inc. (FIT), a designer and manufacturer of critical, highly-specialized aerospace fasteners based in Gardena, Calif. The transaction closed March 1, 2010.

"Combined with our Heli-Coil® initiatives and the 2008 purchase of Spiralock Corporation, bringing FIT under the Emhart brand enables us to integrate the finest aerospace fastener platforms into a single-source organization," said Emhart Teknologies President Michael A. Tyll. "This acquisition allows us to better serve the aerospace, military and commercial aircraft industries where FIT enjoys a strong reputation among the world's leading aerospace companies."

FIT has long-term customer relationships with Boeing, Honeywell, Bell, GE, Pratt & Whitney, Embraer and Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. based on its premium-quality products and appropriate certifications. The company consistently delivers innovative products through the application of new high-strength materials such as steel alloys, titanium and super alloys.

"Production forecasted for both new and replacement aircraft through 2020 reflects the projected growth in global air traffic. The purchase of FIT positions Emhart Teknologies to further support this industry growth," Tyll said.

Randy Aardema will lead FIT as General Manager.  Aardema recently joined Emhart from Acument Aerospace and was with Textron Fastening Systems prior to that.

About Fastener Innovation Technology, Inc.

Based in Gardena, Calif., Fastener Innovation Technology, Inc. (FIT) manufactures aerospace threaded fasteners including industry standard, customer-specific and proprietary designs for sophisticated applications. As an engineering-orientated fastener company, FIT has developed proprietary products in addition to special products for OEMs requiring unique fastening solutions. Please go to http://www.fitfastener.com for more information.

About Emhart Teknologies

Shelton, Conn.-based Emhart Teknologies is a global leader in the design and creation of unique assembly technologies from concept through installation. Emhart's technology-based assembly products and systems deliver innovative, integrated system solutions to virtually any manufacturing challenge anywhere in the world. From aerospace and automotive to construction, computers to appliances, Emhart products are sold in more than 100 countries. A Black & Decker Company, Emhart has 2,500 employees in 39 operating facilities worldwide.  Please go to http://www.emhart.com for more information.

Source: Emhart Teknologies
   

CONTACT:  Francis Onofrio, Mason, Inc., +1-203-393-1101, Ext. 169,
fonofrio@mason23.com

Web Site:  http://www.emhart.com/

DirectFED Payment Solutions Incorporates Intuit's National Check Network to Provide Combined Check Verification and Remote Deposit Solution

LOS ANGELES, March 2 -- DirectFED Payment Solutions today announced that the company has incorporated Intuit's National Check Deposit Network("NCN") check verification to provide one of the first integrations of Check21 remote deposit with a leading verification service. This new service allows other organizations, such as check cashers, to provide real-time authorization at the point of sale while incorporating Check21 services instead of paper checks or using the Fed's Automated Clearing House ("ACH").

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Intuit's National Check Deposit Network (NCN) is one of the premier check payment services in the nation offering one of the largest databases of check information. NCN is recognized as a leader in providing wholesale check management services and is continually building on its solid partnerships with retailers, grocers, ACH processors and financial institutions.

"Although the ACH has a proven place in electronic debit and Electronic Fund Transfer System (EFTS), space, Check21 continues to grow and we are working to provide the best possible, most streamlined solutions, now including Intuit's nationally-recognized National Check Deposit Network, for Check21 users," said Jeff Korbin, Executive Vice President of DirectFED Payment Solutions. "In addition, Check21 is considered to be superior to the ACH in terms of quality because the check writer still gets to see an image of the check while an ACH transaction is reduced to a single line with little transaction detail."

Having processed more than seven million checks totaling more than $6 billion in transactions, DirectFED Payment Solutions is already the global leader in client-focused Remote Deposit Capture.

Remote Deposit Capture allows a business user to scan a check at the office and transmit the scanned image to a bank for posting and clearing, rather than relying on a bank lockbox service or having to physically deliver the check to the bank.  This practice became legal in the United States in 2004 when the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (or Check 21 Act) took effect. The act made the digital image of a check legally acceptable for payment purposes, just as with a traditional paper check.

"Remote Deposit Capture is one of the fastest-growing trends in the banking industry because the process allows businesses to avoid the costly use of paper and allows check processing to be completed more quickly and efficiently," added Korbin. "By adding a verification service to our existing platform DirectFED Payment Solutions will now be able to offer our clients the ability to receive instant authorization and receive payments the same day with no middleman or broker."

DirectFED Payment Solutions' revolutionary remote deposit system was designed to improve company or organization's profitability by processing checks with unmatched speed and accuracy, delivering cash within 12 hours and reducing bank fees and handling expenses. The patented suite of products provides unique solutions for improving efficiency and profitability for businesses including multinationals, small enterprises, not-for-profits, municipalities and all types of financial service institutions.

About DirectFED Payment Solutions

DirectFED Payment Solutions was founded as Skyline's DirectFED in 2004. The company is the first business-centric processor performing Remote Deposit Capture for a wide range of companies and organizations. Skyline's DirectFED was created to take advantage of the benefits created by Congress passing The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act ("Check 21"). Skyline's DirectFED goals for our customers are to optimize float to their advantage, reduce bank fees, and provide significant back-office savings by using the new laws and technology to their advantage. Our patent-pending suite of products provide unique solutions for businesses that range from multinationals to small enterprises, not-for-profits, municipalities, and all types of financial institutions. For more information, visit http://www.directfed.com.

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CONTACT:  Laura Finlayson, Beckerman, lfinlayson@beckermanpr.com,
+1-201-465-8007

Web Site:  http://www.directfed.com/

Siemens Enterprise Communications Channel Partners Benefit from White Label Service Offerings as Companies Look to Reduce Costs and Transition to the Latest UC Technologies

UC leader's partners sign services contracts of more than euro 150 Million, giving customers the most options for leveraging existing assets & flexible deployment models for new technologies

MUNICH, March 2 -- Siemens Enterprise Communications, a premier provider of enterprise communications solutions, today announced that the company's channel partners are benefitting from its OpenScale service offerings, as more organizations are confronted with the challenge of managing and updating their current multi-vendor communications systems. Already, partners such as A. Telecom in Brazil and Shared Technologies in the United States are working to help their customers unify their communications systems with solutions and services from Siemens Enterprise Communications. Over the last year, the company's global partners have signed white labeled services contracts in excess of euro 150 million with support from Siemens Enterprise Communications' global services organization.

Channel partners increasingly need to expand their portfolios of offerings to address market consolidation and give their customers flexible options in achieving communications goals, making Siemens Enterprise Communications' flagship OpenScape software suite an attractive option. Not only does OpenScape act as an integration layer, unifying existing communications systems, but partners will benefit from OpenScale's services portfolio of Professional Services, Installation, Maintenance and Managed Services offerings, as well as the scale of Siemens Enterprise Communications' network of services professionals. Whether requiring the technical support while they grow their own skills, or added reach when working with multi-national organizations, Siemens Enterprise Communications can provide partners with complete off-the-shelf services they can re-sell, or complement their own skills sets.

"OpenScale services are aimed at enabling partners to quickly and easily deliver managed and professional Services, rapidly get up to speed on our products, and help them deliver tailored services and solutions for complex requirements," said Bertrand Humel, senior vice president, channel management for services for Siemens Enterprise Communications. "Based on a modular approach, these offerings complement a partner's existing capabilities, without additional operating costs."

Included in this modular approach are OpenScale Essential Plus Managed Services, which consist of six main components: service desk, remote services, on-site support, spare parts, monitoring and service level management. This allows partners to opt for one or more of the components and blend them with their own services offerings to meet customer requirements. OpenScale Professional Services and training services also benefit from this modular approach, which can help partners maximize revenue while minimizing their cost base.

Field Tested and Partner Approved

Shared Technologies, a new Siemens Enterprise Communications partner which specializes in the design, implementation and ongoing maintenance and support of communication solutions for enterprise customers across the United States, is using the services while they bring their own skill sets up to speed.

"We want to quickly provide our customers with the best communications technologies, giving them the most options and flexibility in meeting their business goals, while allowing them to leverage their existing investments," said Glenn Means, chief operating officer of Shared Technologies. "OpenScale Services help us to immediately offer our customers the benefit of an integrated OpenScape migration path, while we establish best practices and hands-on training working directly with the Siemens Enterprise Communications services organization."

A. Telecom, a Brazilian voice and data solutions partner, was able to meet the unique requirements of Azul, a new local airline. By working with SEN Group's services experts, A. Telecom developed a hosted communications solution based on OpenScape, with its industry SIP and SOA standards that offered Azul the flexibility they needed to integrate with other business applications. The end result was a tailored Communications as a Service (CaaS) solution that allows Azul to provide communications to employees regardless of location, increased mobility, and better visibility and control over telephony-related expenses.

"Working with Siemens Enterprise Communications we were able to address a really unique situation, giving Azul the flexibility and scalability they needed to ramp up their operations, without having to worry about having the right technical resources," said Ricardo Amaral, project engineer for A. Telecom. "The Siemens Enterprise Communications team took the time to really understand the needs of the customer, demonstrate how together we could deliver on those needs, and ensure that not only could we provide UC, but we could guarantee availability and security, as well as keeping Azul's TCO low."

"Our channel partners have great opportunities that reflect the current state of the UC market," said Denzil Samuels, senior vice president of global channels and alliances at Siemens Enterprise Communications. "Customers aren't looking to replace their existing communications systems, but rather integrate their entire communications environment which requires an expanded skill set. With our OpenScale portfolio, we continue to reinforce our commitment to the channel by enabling our partners to address their customers' business and communications goals quickly and cost-effectively."

About Siemens Enterprise Communications

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a premier provider of end-to-end enterprise communications, including voice, network infrastructure and security solutions that use open, standards-based architectures to unify communications and business applications for a seamless collaboration experience. This award-winning "Open Communications" approach enables organizations to improve productivity and reduce costs through easy-to-deploy solutions that work within existing IT environments, delivering operational efficiencies. It is the foundation for the company's OpenPath® commitment that enables customers to mitigate risk and cost-effectively adopt unified communications. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, Siemens Enterprise Communications companies include Siemens Enterprise Communications, Cycos, and Enterasys Networks.

For more information about Siemens Enterprise Communications or Enterasys please visit http://www.siemens-enterprise.com or http://www.enterasys.com

Note: Siemens Enterprise Communications & Co K.G. is a trademark licensee of Siemens AG. HiPath, OpenOffice, OpenScape and OpenStage, are registered trademarks of Siemens Enterprise Communications & Co K.G. or its affiliates. All other company, brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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

Source: Siemens Enterprise Communications
   

CONTACT:  Silvie Casanova, Corporate Communications, +1-978-848-4617,
silvie.casanova@siemens-enterprise.com

Web Site:  http://www.siemens-enterprise.com/

Tellabs Presentations at Jefferies Technology Conference, Raymond James Conference and CL King & Associates Conference to Be Webcast Live

NAPERVILLE, Ill., March 2 -- Robert W. Pullen, Tellabs president and chief executive officer, and Timothy J. Wiggins, Tellabs executive vice president and chief financial officer, will speak to the investment community at the following conferences during the month of March 2010:

  --  Robert W. Pullen will speak to the investment community at the
      Jefferies 4th Annual Technology Conference in New York City, on
      Tuesday, March 9, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Click here to
      access webcast.
  --  Timothy J. Wiggins will speak to the investment community at Raymond
      James Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando, Fla., on
      Wednesday, March 10, at 1:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Click here to
      access webcast.
  --  Timothy J. Wiggins will speak to the investment community at CL King &
      Associates Best Ideas Conference in San Francisco, Calif., on
      Thursday, March 18, at 11:45 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Click here to
      access webcast.

Interested investors can access live audio webcasts of the presentations at http://www.tellabs.com. On-demand replays of the webcasts will be available starting 24 hours after each presentation and will be archived for 30 days.

About Tellabs -- Tellabs helps customers succeed through innovation. That's why 43 of the top 50 global telecom service providers choose our mobile, optical and business solutions.  We help telecom service providers, independent operating companies, MSO/cable TV companies, enterprises and government agencies get ahead by adding revenue, reducing expenses and optimizing networks. With wireless and wireline networks in more than 90 countries, we enrich people's lives by innovating the way the world connects(TM). Tellabs (NASDAQ:TLAB) is part of the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Ocean Tomo 300(TM) Patent Index, the S&P 500 and several corporate responsibility indexes including Maplecroft Climate Innovation Index, FTSE4Good and eight FTSE KLD indexes. http://www.tellabs.com/

Tellabs® and Tellabs logo are trademarks of Tellabs or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. Any other company or product names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Source: Tellabs
   

CONTACT:  Media, Marta Kwiatek, +1-630-798-2524,
marta.kwiatek@tellabs.com, or Investors, Tom Scottino, +1-630-798-3602,
tom.scottino@tellabs.com, both of Tellabs

Web Site:  http://www.tellabs.com/

TechMedia Advertising, Inc. - Market Update

SINGAPORE, March 2 -- TechMedia Advertising, Inc.  (BULLETIN BOARD: TECM) , ("TechMedia" or the "Company") is pleased to announce in the first 19 days of January 2010, the joint venture between TechMedia Advertising Mauritius (a wholly-owned subsidiary of TechMedia Advertising, Inc.) and Peacock Media Ltd., has completed the installation of the new digital streaming platform on an additional 731 long-distance buses in the Tamil Nadu Province.

This brings the total number of long-distance buses with digital streaming platform to 4508, operating from bus depots from 6 regions, namely SETC, Vilippuram, Kumbakonam, Salem, Coimbatore and Madurai.

With the completion of these buses, on a daily basis, the number of passengers who will enjoy these new services including infotainment and advertisement messages increases from the previously mentioned 300,000 to more than 360,000 on average.

A detailed list of these completed buses and the routes they cover is available on http://www.techmediaadvertising.com.

About TechMedia Advertising, Inc.

TechMedia Advertising, Inc. plans to specialize in new outdoor media technology solutions designed to increase market presence and brand awareness for our potential clients. Going beyond the borders of traditional advertising media, we propose solutions to generate greater impact amidst the noise of the evolving market.

TechMedia Advertising, Inc. expects to sell prime advertising space both in high-traffic as well as previously unexplored areas. We plan to successfully carry our advertisers' message through the right channels and bring their point right to their chosen target consumers within the region. For more information, visit http://www.techmediaadvertising.com.

For further information please refer to the Company's filings with the SEC on EDGAR available at http://www.sec.gov.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS This news release may include 'forward-looking statements' regarding TechMedia Advertising, Inc., and its subsidiaries, business and project plans. Such forward looking statements are within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and section 21E of the United States Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections. Where TechMedia Advertising, Inc. expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is believed to have a reasonable basis. However, forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forward-looking statements. TechMedia Advertising, Inc. does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

  Contact:
  TechMedia Advertising, Inc.
  Investor Relations
  Tel: 1-480-366-5788
  Email: info@techmediaadvertising.com

Source: TechMedia Advertising, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Investor Relations of TechMedia Advertising, Inc.,
+1-480-366-5788, info@techmediaadvertising.com

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

LeCroy Announces New VPX Interposer for PCI Express(R) 2.0 Analysis

NUREMBURG, Germany, March 2 -- Embedded World -- LeCroy Corporation, a leading supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions, today announces a new PCI Express 2.0 VPX interposer for the Summit(TM) PCI Express Protocol Analyzer product line. This new VPX interposer provides a dedicated probe that makes it easier to analyze data traffic between a VPX host system and carrier board system.

The VPX specification also known as VITA 46, developed by VITA (VME International Trade Association), is a next generation VMEbus-based system that offers support for switched fabrics such as PCI Express over a new high speed connector. Defense and aerospace systems are the primary focus with a wide range of target applications including graphics, mass storage and switches.

"It's good to see the momentum building around VPX system development tools," said Ray Alderman, Executive Director of VITA.  "LeCroy has added PCI Express protocol analysis to help developers with hard-to-debug interfaces such as XMC connectors and VPX backplanes.  This will help this industry move forward at an accelerated pace."

The LeCroy VPX Interposer Card supports PCI Express data channels with lane widths up to x8 at data rates up to 5 GT/s. PCI Express protocol analyzers are tools for identifying, diagnosing and solving the interoperability issues typically encountered when system integrators verify VPX-based systems, including problems such as inconsistent board initialization, poor I/O performance, and power up issues. VPX developers can more easily identify protocol errors and performance issues that otherwise slow down development and testing of new or updated products.  The intuitive software views and built-in protocol translations aid engineers in rapid problem identification and solution, reducing time-to-market in development of VPX systems.

"The new VPX interposer from LeCroy is the first backplane probe that allows VPX based systems to be analyzed to help ensure reliable and dependable operation at high speeds," said John Wiedemeier, Product Marketing Manager, LeCroy.  "VPX system and XMC module developers now have a complete probing solution around their PCI Express protocol analyzer."

LeCroy protocol analyzers have been at the forefront of PCI Express development tools. All LeCroy protocol analyzers feature a hierarchical display, real-time statistics, protocol traffic summaries, detailed error reports, powerful scripting, and the ability to create user-defined test reports, which allow developers to troubleshoot intricate problems and finish their projects on time.

Availability

The VPX Interposer is now available to order.  For additional information, contact LeCroy at 1-800-5LeCroy (1-800-553-2769) or visit LeCroy's web site at http://www.lecroy.com

About LeCroy

LeCroy Corporation is a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions, creating advanced instruments that drive product innovation by quickly measuring, analyzing, and verifying complex electronic signals. The Company offers high-performance oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers, and global communications protocol test solutions used by design engineers in the computer and semiconductor, data storage device, automotive and industrial, and military and aerospace markets. LeCroy's 45-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its recognized leadership in "WaveShape Analysis" -- capturing, viewing, and measuring the high-speed signals that drive today's information and communications technologies. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Company information is available at http://www.lecroy.com.

  Specifications are subject to change without notice.

  Media Contact:              Peter Fletcher, TechniPubs  (408) 373-5601
  Editors' Technical Contact: John Wiedemeier,            (408) 486-7211
                              Product Marketing Manager
  Customer Contact:           LeCroy Customer Care Center (800) 553-2769
  Website:                    http://www.lecroy.com

Source: LeCroy Corporation
   

CONTACT:  Media: Peter Fletcher, TechniPubs, +1-408-373-5601; Editors'
Technical Contact:  John Wiedemeier, Product Marketing Manager,
+1-408-486-7211; Customer Contact:  LeCroy Customer Care Center,
1-800-553-2769

Web Site:  http://www.lecroy.com/

BillShrink Study Shows Americans Dumping Debt in 2010

Personal Credit Card Debt on the Decline in the New Decade Is Frugal Spending Prevailing?

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 2 -- BillShrink (http://www.billshrink.com), the independent, free online service that gives personalized savings recommendations on credit cards, reveals its latest survey showing that Americans are paying off more debt this year than last year. As the economy strengthens and the newly-enacted Credit CARD Act provides increased protections for consumer credit cards, Americans may feel emboldened to tackle their personal credit card debt.

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According to the Federal Reserve, Americans have dumped $101.2 billion in debt in the last 14 months, indicating a national movement toward personal debt reduction.

Consistent with this trend, BillShrink sampled more than 150,000 people looking for advice on credit cards over the last year to find that the amount of debt on personal credit cards is declining rapidly. In February 2009, just 46% of people noted that they paid off their credit card balance in full each month, compared with 59% this February.

"The recession of 2009 was a wake-up call for many Americans who were spending beyond their means," said Peter Pham, CEO of BillShrink. "Now we're seeing people spend wisely and monitor their expenses carefully so that they can begin building a rainy day fund."

People are taking advantage of free online services like BillShrink's credit card recommendation service, which makes it easy to find the right card and rewards for each individual. BillShrink has found potential savings of more than a million Americans an average of $1500 in credit card savings, valuable dollars as Americans continue to pinch pennies.

About BillShrink (http://www.billshrink.com)

BillShrink is the free online money-saving service designed to help people lower their bills. Every day, thousands of people come onto the site and find an average of $1500 in savings on their most common bills.

In an era when eight in 10 Americans overpay for expenses like credit cards and wireless bills, BillShrink empowers and inspires people to become savvy shoppers by simplifying all the complex pricing structures to show what true cost of ownership means for their wallets. The company has found $1 billion in potential savings for Americans.

BillShrink is a decision-oriented site that helps users discover and determine the best money-saving options. After answering a few simple questions about spending and savings behavior, BillShrink users see savings recommendations tailored to their unique needs. The company tracks more than 10 million cell phone plan combinations, 300 bank rates, 240 credit cards and 150,000 gas stations, to present the best money-saving options available.  BillShrink then keeps the savings coming by alerting users when a better deal comes along.

BillShrink was named one of the "Best Money Websites" by MONEY Magazine and "Best Web Sites" by Kiplinger's and has been featured The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Consumer Reports , The Today Show, and more. The company publishes the popular "Shrinkage is Good" blog, which features commentary on the latest economic news and savings tips.

The Silicon Valley-based company was founded in 2007 by Schwark Satyavolu and Samir Kothari. For more information, please visit http://www.BillShrink.com. Follow us on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/BillShrink) and become a BillShrink fan on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/BillShrink).

Editor's Note:  BillShrink surveyed 162,000 users from February 2009 - February 2010. By answering 'Yes' or 'No' to the question "Do you pay off your credit card balance each month?," users were directed to credit cards that offered the lowest interest rate or the highest reward (cash back, airline, etc.) advantages. The pay off rate of total card balances increased 13% between February 2009 and February 2010.

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Source: BillShrink
   

CONTACT:  Erica Annon, +1-917-338-4933, eannon@groupsjr.com, for
BillShrink

Web Site:  http://www.billshrink.com/

Royal Food Import Corp. Taps Savi Networks to Monitor Freshness of Food Products From Asia to the United States

SaviTrak(TM) -- Using GPS, Cellular and Sensors -- Provides Royal Food With Real-Time Intelligence on the Status, Security and Condition of Products In-Transit

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and BOSTON, March 2 -- Royal Food Import Corp., an export firm specializing in the food market, has selected Savi Networks for its automated wireless monitoring service to improve the end-to-end visibility, security and freshness of food products while in transit.  The initial phase of the three-year contract involves real-time tracking and security of fruit and vegetable products as they're transported in cargo containers by truck, rail and ocean vessel from production sources in Thailand and China to distribution centers in the United States.

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  For a longer version of this announcement, click here.

In recent months, Savi Networks has signed several agreements for its SaviTrak(TM) intelligence service with businesses engaged in the transportation and distribution of food and beverage products, including with Highland Spring, the maker of organic bottled water, and Transmed Foods, Inc., the U.S. distribution arm of the Crespo Group.

"Royal Food is committed to providing our retail and restaurant customers with top quality products at competitive prices, and we fully utilize state-of-the-art information systems such as SaviTrak to ensure product integrity from the field to the plate," said Collin Tuthill, president of Royal Food Import.  "The SaviTrak service embeds us with a competitive information advantage to help deliver fresh products when they're wanted at the right price even if they're shipped globally."

"We're pleased to provide Royal Food with a 21st century intelligence service that delivers visibility and control of global trade - wirelessly - virtually anywhere, anytime," said Neil Smith, chief executive officer of Savi Networks.  "With a single and shared view across the end-to-end supply chain, SaviTrak(TM) can dramatically improve performance, efficiency and product integrity."

About Savi Networks

Savi Networks, http://www.savinetworks.com,  a joint venture between Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Hutchison Port Holdngs, improves the efficiency and security of global trade.  SaviTrak(TM) is an intelligence service that utilizes reliable wireless shipment monitoring technology to provide shippers, logistics service providers, and terminal operators with easily accessible, precise and actionable information.

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Source: Savi Networks
   

CONTACT:  Mark Nelson of Savi Networks, +1-650-316-4872,
mnelson@SaviNetworks.com, http://www.twitter.com/savi360

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

MediaPost, Knowledge Networks Form Partnership to Define the 'Faces of Social Media'

Measures importance for marketing per product category

NEW YORK, March 2 -- The growth of social media use in the U.S. population is unquestionable, yet its marketing consequences have yet to be systematically evaluated. To fill this void, Knowledge Networks and MediaPost Communications Inc. have formed a partnership that delivers a consumer-centric view of social media involvement and its effect on purchase decisions for 30 product categories. The syndicated product, The Faces of Social Media(SM), will give CMOs the specific marketing consequences of social media use for each of five social media user segments -- from Evangelists to Active Users to Passive Users.  Parallels will be drawn from category-specific comparisons with non-users of social media to address the true incremental effect of social media (SM).

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Charter subscribers to the service, which includes biannual trends, are being solicited now.

  With this seminal information, for the first time marketers will know:

     1) What proportion of their category users are the highest-
        potential targets:
        -- SM brand evangelists or
        -- SM active users who are influenced by what they see in SM
           about brands
     2) The demographics of their target SM users
     3) How the influence of SM on a specific product category is
        developing

To ground the social media/category comparisons, overall media consumption for each social media segment will accompany the above data.  A Social Media Influence Score will be developed as a guidepost for marketers to use in their decision making.

"Joining our expertise with MediaPost's, we are helping CMOs and brand managers decide to what degree they should play in social media and how best to target specific audiences," said Simon Kooyman, CEO of Knowledge Networks.  "We are painting a more sophisticated picture of social media's influence, showing where and how category consideration and SM level of influence intersect."

"While there is a sea of data about social media, little of it speaks to the needs of marketers who are trying to make specific plans for their categories and brands," said Chuck Martin, Director of MediaPost's Center for Media Research.  "We are pleased to be working with KN to deliver accurate data that goes beyond audience sizing to define effects of social media on consumer attitudes.  The result should be smarter, more efficient use of social media to nourish specific categories, and even brands."

  The syndicated service also covers:
  --  Use of the major SM platforms, as well as social media features on
      non-SM sites
  --  General use of SM for purchasing and media decisions
  --  Frequency of passive and active SM use, as well as active SM use
      related to categories (posting, writing, uploading)
  --  Trust in SM information about categories
  --  Influence of friends versus non-friends on attitudes

This first release of The Faces of Social Media report, planned for April 2010, is based on interviews with roughly 2,000 members of KN's KnowledgePanel®, the only online panel based on a representative sample of the full U.S. population. The measurement will be updated twice a year, with data available for subscribers via user-friendly query software.

About MediaPost

MediaPost Communications is an integrated publishing and content company whose mission is to provide a complete array of resources for media, marketing and advertising professionals. Since 1996, Mediapost.com has been the largest and most influential site on the Internet for media executives, providing news, blogs and directories to help its community of more than 100,000 members better plan and buy both traditional and online advertising. MediaPost's Center for Media Research provides a dependable source of research material.

About Knowledge Networks

Knowledge Networks specializes in solving complex, high-impact problems, providing extraordinary quality and service to leaders in business, government and academia. We work closely with clients to create healthy consumer-brand connections, effective marketing and advertising, sound public policies, and accurate social science research. We have established respected practices in media, marketing, advertising, and government & academic studies. KN excels in study design, analytics, and custom panel creation; we deliver affordable, statistically valid online research through KnowledgePanel® - the only available probability selected, nationally representative Internet panel. For more information go to http://www.knowledgenetworks.com

  Contact
  Chuck Martin at chuck@mediapost.com or 603-750-3020
  Patricia Graham at pgraham@knowledgenetworks.com or 312-416-3660

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CONTACT:  Chuck Martin, +1-603-750-3020, chuck@mediapost.com, for
Knowledge Networks; or Patricia Graham of Knowledge Networks, +1-312-416-3660,
pgraham@knowledgenetworks.com

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

IBM Launches Initiative to Foster Cybersecurity Collaboration with Public and Private Sector Clients

ARMONK, N.Y., March 2 -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a company-wide cybersecurity initiative to apply its research, services, software and technology expertise to help government and other key clients improve the security and resiliency of their IT and business systems.

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Under this initiative, the company is establishing the IBM Institute for Advanced Security to help government and private sector clients, academics and business partners more easily understand, address and mitigate the issues associated with securing cyberspace.

Based in Washington, D.C., the Institute will provide a collaborative setting for public and private sector officials to tap IBM's vast security expertise so they can more efficiently and effectively secure and protect critical systems and information threatened by increasingly malicious and costly cyber threats.  IBM's approach will help public and private organizations avoid the trend of adding security on after the fact by providing them the education, expertise and resources  to design security into the foundation of their infrastructures.

IBM experts from across the company will come together within the Institute to help clients address existing and emerging cybersecurity challenges by using analytics and other advanced technologies, services and solutions to anticipate, prevent and mitigate the growing risk and potential economic impact of cyber attacks.

IBM's initiative will enable others to embrace a strategic approach to managing cybersecurity, building on the security rich systems and software that have earned the trust of IBM clients around the world for decades.  For instance, the U.S. Air Force recently selected IBM to design and demonstrate a highly secure cloud computing infrastructure that can support defense and intelligence networks.  The Institute also will provide a forum for clients to better understand how recent IBM Research advances, such as the fully homomorphic encryption breakthrough, can help them to operate in more intelligent ways, while protecting the privacy and security of critical information.

"There is no lack of security products and services available today, but adding security after a system is developed or implemented seldom works.  Moreover, today's rapidly-evolving threats make such 'bolt-on' approaches even less effective at a time when clients are wary of not realizing a return from their security investments," said Charles Palmer, director of the Institute for Advanced Security and chief technologist of Cybersecurity and Privacy for IBM Research. "IBM will engage with government clients and other constituents to help them comprehensively understand how to develop and integrate effective security protections into the fabric of their critical systems and services."

IBM, which holds more than 3,000 security and risk management patents and maintains one of the world's largest comprehensive threats and vulnerabilities databases, will use the IBM Institute for Advanced Security to apply the capabilities and experience of its more than 15,000 multidisciplinary global security experts to a broad range of cybersecurity and privacy challenges.

"IBM has a long history of dealing with the most critical security issues on a global perspective," said Alan Wade, former Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Intelligence Community.  "Their initiative to establish a collaborative environment to examine how current and future technologies could lead to a more secure planet will be well received in both the public and private sector."

The Institute also will enhance and support IBM's existing work with government and private sector leaders, and serve as a focal point for new clients, policymakers, and other key constituencies to access and collaborate with the company's cybersecurity experts and resources in the U.S. and around the world.  It also will engage in public-private collaboration and policy activities to drive innovation in next-generation security models and capabilities, which are essential for progress in the cybersecurity arena.

"To their credit, government leaders have realized that the isolated, piece-part approach to IT security is no longer an adequate solution," said Todd Ramsey, general manager, IBM Federal. "These leaders seek an end-to-end strategy for securing their critical business information, processes and systems.  IBM's long-term experience in managing security challenges with both government and private industry provides unique insights that will accelerate the ongoing innovation and that must occur in this field."

IBM views cybersecurity as achieving resilience and integrity across the critical information infrastructure of the smarter planet, which requires more secure government, cities, utilities, transportation systems, water supplies and telecommunications.  Government and private sector clients are beginning to utilize smarter systems and are seeking answers for how to secure and govern these systems.

To help clients find answers to their cybersecurity questions, IBM's Institute for Advanced Security will host the first in a series of planned workshops, entitled "A Smarter and Secure Planet," in Bethesda, Maryland on March 22-23.  The workshop will feature an exchange among technical and policy professionals, researchers, officials and practitioners on the requirements for secure, agile systems.

For more details and information about the IBM Institute for Advanced Security and related initiatives, visit http://www.ibm.com/federal/security.

  CONTACT:
  Chris Andrews
  914-945-1195
  candrews@us.ibm.com

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CONTACT:  Chris Andrews, +1-914-945-1195, candrews@us.ibm.com

Web Site:  http://www.ibm.com/federal/security

IEEE-Wiley eBooks Collection Added to IEEE Xplore(R) Digital Library

Subscription Offers IEEE Customers Instant Access to Hundreds of Technical Titles

PISCATAWAY, N.J., March 2 -- IEEE, the world's largest technical professional association, today announced that the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection is now available online as part of the IEEE Xplore® digital library. IEEE and John Wiley & Sons, Inc. have partnered to offer IEEE customers online access to the more than 400 eBooks that comprise the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, which spans numerous content areas including Bioengineering, Power and Energy, and Communication technologies, among other growing areas of research. The new IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is available as an add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as a stand-alone subscription.

"On the heels of a major upgrade to IEEE Xplore digital library, we're continuing to expand on our digital content offerings with the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection," said Karen Hawkins, director of product management at IEEE. "The Wiley-IEEE Press Imprint has now digitized more than 400 titles to offer users convenient online access to growing areas of research in addition to what is already readily available through IEEE Xplore, and our flexible subscription options mean our customers can choose the perfect content package to fit their specific needs."

The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library focuses on the content areas that lead today's cutting-edge technologies and help set the standards for future advancements. The collection of titles includes practical handbooks, introductory and advanced texts, reference works and professional books with an emphasis on leading areas of research. Features and benefits include:

  --  One-stop, 24/7 access to more than 400 titles, with approximately 40
      new titles to be introduced each year
  --  Various subscription options, including an annual subscription or
      perpetual access option
  --  More than 7,800 individual chapters available in PDF format
  --  Advanced search capabilities by subject or keyword to quickly find and
      download relevant chapters within larger eBooks
  --  eBook home pages include a content overview, bibliographic
      information, book abstracts, cover scan, and a table of contents with
      links to chapter PDFs
  --  Cutting-edge titles on emerging technologies authored by leaders in
      the field
  --  Backlist to 1974 with 70 percent of titles published since 2000

The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is available as an add-on to existing IEEE Xplore subscriptions or as a stand-alone subscription via the IEEE Xplore digital library:

  --  Annual Subscription Option - The annual subscription option provides
      users with leased access to all current year IEEE-Wiley eBook titles
      plus leased access to the complete backlist of more than 400 titles.
  --  Purchase Option with Perpetual Ownership - The purchase option with
      perpetual ownership provides users with permanent access to all
      current year IEEE-Wiley eBook titles plus permanent access to the
      complete backlist of more than 400 titles. Users will also have the
      option to expand their collection by purchasing new frontlist titles
      each year.

The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library is currently searchable via the Xplore platform by keyword or subject, which will return all titles and book chapters relevant to a user's query. Keyword or subject searching allows users to find the topic of interest easily and to view an eBook home page with table of contents linking to full-text chapters.

IEEE Press, the largest IEEE book-publishing division, publishes technical books in all the fields served by IEEE. Since 2001, IEEE Press has published its works jointly with John Wiley & Sons, bringing the work of IEEE authors to the worldwide technology community.

For more information or to sign up for a free trial of the IEEE-Wiley eBooks collection, please visit http://www.ieee.org/go/ebooks.

About IEEE

IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. Through its more than 375,000 members in 160 countries, IEEE is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. Dedicated to the advancement of technology, IEEE publishes 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering and computer science fields, and has developed nearly 900 active industry standards. The organization annually sponsors more than 850 conferences worldwide. Additional information about IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org/.

Source: IEEE
   

CONTACT:  Michael Beno of Ruder Finn, +1-312-329-3970,
benom@ruderfinn.com for IEEE; or Michael Spada of IEEE, +1-732-981-3430,
m.spada@ieee.org

Web Site:  http://www.ieee.org/

Blackboard Launches Teacher Communication Platform to Improve Parent Engagement, Student Success

Solution Overcomes Language & Other Barriers to Parent-Teacher Communication

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB) today introduced Blackboard Connect for Teachers(TM), a new feature of its leading mass notification platform that lets teachers communicate easily with students' families - in their preferred language - helping to improve parent involvement and student engagement in the classroom.

School district officials nationwide already use the Blackboard Connect(TM) platform for outreach around urgent situations and academic issues. Now teachers can harness that same capability to better involve parents in their child's classroom performance. Using the service, teachers can reach parents wherever they are with phone messages, and parents no longer have to wait for a quarterly report card to discover they need to intervene in their child's academic performance or behavior.

"Blackboard Connect for Teachers has been a tremendous tool for parental involvement in our district," said Blake Chism, IT Director at Orange Unified School District in California which has been working with Blackboard to test the system. "It's especially helpful for parents in our lower-income schools and those who don't have regular access to email during the workday. Now teachers can reach every parent through a phone call that is sure to reach them quickly."

Parental involvement can have a powerful impact for schools and for student achievement. A recent study by researchers at Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire found that if parents sometimes talk with their children about student activities, study habits and course selection - as opposed to never discussing these topics - districts could achieve student performance outcomes equivalent to an additional $1,000 in per pupil spending.

Teachers can play an important role in spurring those parental interventions, but the competing demands of lesson planning, teaching and grading make it hard to reach parents through traditional means. Handwritten notes or phone calls can take hours, time that teachers simply don't have. With Blackboard Connect for Teachers, instructors can choose from more than 100 commonly used messages or combine messages into a communication tailored to an individual student's needs.

"Teachers today are busy enough," said Ed Miller, President of Blackboard Connect. "By making communication with parents easier and more effective, we're helping them respond to the challenges of large class sizes, extended work hours and increased cultural diversity to engage parents and their children and improve overall student achievement."

Many parents want to be engaged but struggle to understand reports from teachers and schools because of language barriers. The U.S. Census Bureau's 2006-08 American Community Survey estimates that 19.6 percent of households speak a language other than English at home, and the percentage is far higher in a growing number of states and large districts. Blackboard Connect for Teachers automatically sends message translations in 22 languages, ensuring the message is received and understood.

During preliminary service testing, more than 2,700 teachers sent over 1.4 million messages to parents using Blackboard Connect for Teachers. Cecile Nedellec, a National Board Certified teacher and World Language Department Chair at Serra High School in the San Diego Unified School District, used the service to send more than 2,500 messages last year to families representing various cultures and languages.

"This is the first time in five years as a teacher that I've been able to reach all my students' families, regardless of the language spoken at home," said Nedellec. "If a student is falling behind in class, I can send a message and by the next day find that the student is on task, working harder in class and has completed the homework assignment. Parents regularly thank me for keeping them informed, and students appreciate the positive reports I relay back home."

While consistent communication is critical to parental engagement, over-communication can be detrimental. When messages are sent from more than one teacher to a student's home in one day, the Blackboard Connect for Teachers service will bundle the messages so that parents are not overwhelmed or inconvenienced.

For more information about Blackboard Connect for Teachers, visit http://www.blackboard.com/Solutions-by-Market/K-12/Blackboard-Connect-for-K12/ Connect-for-Teachers.aspx.

About Blackboard Inc.

Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB) is a global leader in enterprise technology and innovative solutions that improve the experience of millions of students and learners around the world every day. Blackboard's solutions allow thousands of higher education, K-12, professional, corporate, and government organizations to extend teaching and learning online, facilitate campus commerce and security, and communicate more effectively with their communities. Founded in 1997, Blackboard is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for Blackboard and other statements containing the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of our Form 10-K filed on February 17, 2010 with the SEC. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of March 2, 2010. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company's views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to March 2, 2010.

Source: Blackboard Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Travis Sowders of Blackboard Connect, +1-818-808-1462,
travis.sowders@blackboardconnect.com; or Candace Koehler of Edelman,
+1-916-320-4926, candace.koehler@edelman.com

Web Site:  http://www.blackboard.com/

Duane Reade Increases Store Management Floor Time With RedPrairie Site Manager

New York City drugstore chain rolls out enhanced Workforce Management user interface at over 250 stores

MILWAUKEE, March 2 -- RedPrairie Holding Inc., a productivity solutions provider, announced today that Duane Reade, a large drugstore chain in metropolitan New York, has rolled out RedPrairie's Site Manager - an enhanced user interface for RedPrairie's Workforce Management solution - at its more than 250 stores.

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On January 18, 2010 in New York City, Duane Reade sponsored an event with their entire store operations team - over 275 employees, from store managers to senior administrators - that included a short training session illustrating the solution's capabilities.

"When we first saw the new user interface at RedPrairie's user group meeting, we recognized it could provide immediate benefits to our managers, and be implemented very quickly," says Chuck Newsom, Duane Reade SVP Store Operations. "We asked RedPrairie's development and services teams to work with us to implement the new Site Manager as soon as possible. We feel the feedback and adoption from our managers and users has been excellent, with administration time reduced by as much as 50%."

Duane Reade has already realized significant benefits attributed to RedPrairie's Workforce Management solution, and wanted to find ways to improve productivity for all store-level users. The company felt the new interface's action-oriented navigation and extendible framework would improve efficiency in daily workforce management operations, enabling managers to spend more time with customers and associates.

"Store and hospitality managers usually think in terms of actions that have to be fixed or addressed - not necessarily about how to use a specific software application," says Jon Lawrence, RedPrairie VP Product Strategy. "We developed our new interface to simplify the user experience and help our customers find more time to spend with their customers. We're very pleased to have a partner like Duane Reade as the first to take advantage of our solution."

About RedPrairie

RedPrairie delivers productivity solutions to help companies around the world in three categories - workforce, inventory and transportation.  RedPrairie provides these solutions to manufacturers, distributors and retailers looking to support business strategies that increase revenue, reduce costs and create competitive advantage.

With over 20 global offices and solutions that are installed at more than 34,000 customer sites in over 40 countries, companies trust RedPrairie workforce, inventory and transportation solutions to deliver an increase in productivity - with the flexibility to adapt as business needs change.

At RedPrairie, we understand today's operational demands and we're committed to delivering solutions that work.  We're committed to delivering solutions for the real world.

  For additional information, call 1.877.733.7724, or visit RedPrairie.com.

  RedPrairie is a registered trademark of RedPrairie Corporation.

  E(squared)e is a trademark of RedPrairie Corporation.

  © 2009 RedPrairie Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Other product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Source: RedPrairie Holding Inc.
   

CONTACT:  RedPrairie.com, 1-877-733-7724, or +1-262-317-2000, or fax,
+1-262-317-2001, or North America, Kari Janavitz, +1-262-317-2526,
Kari.Janavitz@RedPrairie.com, or UK, Emma Easterbrook, +44-1435-873-080,
Emma@FieldworksMarketing.co.uk, or Nordics, MIDDLE EAST, AND AFRICA, Patrick
Qureshi, +45-3263-0021, Patrick.Qureshi@RedPrairie.com, or MAINLAND EUROPE,
Luc Zanders, +31-40-2302532, Luc.Zanders@RedPrairie.com, or ASIA PACIFIC,
Fauziah Osman, +65-6521-9554, Fauziah.Osman@RedPrairie.com, all for RedPrairie
Holding Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.redprairie.com/

LeCroy Announces SSD Decode Support in the PCI Express(R) Protocol Analyzer

SSD Decode Support Added

NUREMBURG, Germany, March 2 -- Embedded World -- LeCroy Corporation, a leading supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions, announced today a new feature added to its PCI Express (PCIe) protocol analyzer line of products that will support SSD application testing and debugging. LeCroy will support the new industry NVMHCI specification that is enabling the development of SSD devices for the storage industry with its Summit(TM) T2/T3 and PETracer(TM) ML protocol analyzers.

"Decode capabilities supporting the NVMHCI interface specification are important to expanding PCI Express to SSD devices," said Amber Huffman, Intel Storage Architect. "PCI Express tools with the added SSD decode analysis may help many companies to accelerate their SSD product development as could future extensions that support the Enterprise NVMHCI specification."

The storage industry is developing this technology for several reasons, including faster data access, increased longevity and reliability, less noise, non-volatile storage, and less maintenance of failing hard drives.

"Specialized protocol analysis and debug solutions are a key technology for deploying the next generation of PCI Express-based solid-state storage," said Kevin Silver, Vice President of Business Development for Denali Software. "The LeCroy analyzer has been valuable for Denali's PCIe Gen 3 solutions and NVMHCI hardware/firmware development efforts, and speeds integration and testing for our customers deploying PCIe-based SSD and cache products."

LeCroy's SSD Decode analysis package addresses potential problem hot spots with focused analysis views, statistics, and reports.

"Unlike the current generation of NAND Flash storage devices, which are limited by hard drive interface and protocol technology,  the use of NVMHCI and PCIe® has removed the bottleneck in I/O performance for this next generation of solid-state storage," said John Wiedemeier, Product Marketing Manager for the Interconnect Communications Group, LeCroy Corporation.   "The sophistication of development has increased for PCIe SSDs, and the need for better protocol bus debug tools is an important requirement to ensure quality and performance."

LeCroy protocol analyzers have been at the forefront of PCI Express development.  All LeCroy protocol analyzers feature a hierarchical display, real-time statistics, protocol traffic summaries, detailed error reports, powerful scripting, and the ability to create user-defined test reports which allow developers to troubleshoot intricate problems and finish their projects on time.

About LeCroy

LeCroy Corporation is a worldwide leader in serial data test solutions, creating advanced instruments that drive product innovation by quickly measuring, analyzing, and verifying complex electronic signals. The Company offers high-performance oscilloscopes, serial data analyzers, and global communications protocol test solutions used by design engineers in the computer and semiconductor, data storage device, automotive and industrial, and military and aerospace markets. LeCroy's 45-year heritage of technical innovation is the foundation for its recognized leadership in "WaveShape Analysis" -- capturing, viewing, and measuring the high-speed signals that drive today's information and communications technologies. LeCroy is headquartered in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Company information is available at http://www.lecroy.com.

  Specifications are subject to change without notice.

  Media Contact:              Peter Fletcher, TechniPubs  (408) 373-5601
  Editors' Technical Contact: John Wiedemeier,            (408) 486-7211
                              Product Marketing Manager
  Customer Contact:           LeCroy Customer Care Center (800) 553-2769
  Website:                    http://www.lecroy.com

Source: LeCroy Corporation
   

CONTACT:  Media, Peter Fletcher, TechniPubs, +1-408-373-5601, or Editors'
Technical Contact, John Wiedemeier, Product Marketing Manager,
+1-408-486-7211, or Customer Contact, LeCroy Customer Care Center,
800-553-2769

Web Site:  http://www.lecroy.com/