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FreeWave Continues to Invest in Employees and Future with Semi-Annual Bonus Payout

Company's first employee, Jack Howell, receives his 30th consecutive bonus check

BOULDER, Colo., March 1 -- If you ask Boulder resident Jack Howell if he thought he'd still be working at the same place he joined 15 years ago, the answer would probably be a resounding "yes." That's because as the first employee at FreeWave Technologies, (http://www.freewave.com/), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, Howell knew he would be able to be challenged, grow and thrive - and be well-compensated for it. In fact, he has received FreeWave's semi-annual bonus payout consistently since joining the company in January 1995.

Howell had the chance to work closely with one of FreeWave's original founders, Jonathan Sawyer, before being offered the first official employee position at FreeWave back in January 1995. Even then, Sawyer and co-founder Steve Wulchin were determined to run FreeWave differently than most other businesses. They knew that finding and retaining top talent was a key factor to their future success. And they put their money where their mouths were. From the outset, they created a bonus compensation plan that rewards full-time, permanent employees with a stake in the business's success. Based on meeting aggressive yearly company goals and achieving individual performance objectives, employees (including Howell), are eligible to receive a semi-annual bonus that often can range in the thousands of dollars (depending on tenure and performance).

Despite continuing economic challenges, FreeWave continues to invest in its employees and its future growth. Its number one goal is to achieve "110 percent customer satisfaction." Every single employee at FreeWave is dedicated toward achieving this objective. By rewarding employees for their role in helping the company achieve this goal, Wulchin and Sawyer believe they all can be collectively more successful. This philosophy is a key reason why FreeWave boasts 10 consecutive years on Deloitte LLP's Fast 50 list of top growing companies in Colorado.

"We invest in our employees because without them, we could not be successful," Wulchin says. "We place a lot of value on hiring the best and the brightest talent. And we want to do what we can to ensure their longevity with FreeWave."

Just a few weeks ago, Howell received his 30th consecutive bonus payout from the company. Even though he has received the bonus each time the company has paid it out, it is something he doesn't take lightly or for granted. "It makes me feel like I make a difference in the company's success," he explained. "It motivates me to come in each day and do something valuable for the company and our customers."

And monetarily, the bonuses have made a big difference to him personally. "They have enabled me to do things I never would have been able to do otherwise," Howell said. "It gives me a cushion that I know is there in case I need it - which in this day and age - means a lot."

For Howell, his sights are set on the future too. "I have no intention of ever leaving FreeWave. There's no where else I care to work." He says the first person just retired from FreeWave recently.

  "I plan to be the second."

  About FreeWave Technologies

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

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Source: FreeWave Technologies
   

CONTACT:  Christin Jeffers of Catapult PR-IR, +1-303-581-7760, ext. 14,
cjeffers@catapultpr-ir.com, for FreeWave Technologies

Web Site:  http://www.freewave.com/

ThoughtWorks Studios' New Twist 2.0 Provides Collaborative Agile Test Management

Latest update to Adaptive ALM(TM) suite drives productivity of QA, developers and business analysts, reduces development rework while keeping pace with rapid Agile releases

SAN FRANCISCO and BANGALORE, India, March 1 -- ThoughtWorks Studios, (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com) a global leader in Agile ALM and training, today announced the latest version of its Agile test automation solutions, Twist® 2.0. Designed to manage the rapid pace of software testing within Agile environments, Twist 2.0 helps testers, developers and business analysts work together to ensure testing is highly efficient and collaborative, resulting in faster release cycles of quality applications.

"It's very common for people involved in software testing to spend more time trying to keep their automated tests in synch with development rather than actually testing applications," said Cyndi Mitchell, managing director, for ThoughtWorks Studios. "Twist provides a framework for test automation and test-driven development that allows all stakeholders to build test suites and scenarios using plain English, thereby mitigating the complexity of traditional test automation."

Twist offers simplicity and an intuitive user experience to create highly robust and reusable test automation frameworks for both manual and functional automated tests. An integral part of ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM solution, Twist provides continuous visibility into testing activities across distributed projects and teams.

Unlike traditional test tools, Twist uses Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Domain Specific Language (DSL) to allow test automation specialists, developers and business analysts to work collaboratively as a means of ensuring testing efforts match the exact, intended functionality of new applications. This unique approach of using the English language to build test scripts expands the testing process to the "business side" of software development, reducing development re-work and faulty software that does not meet strategic business goals. Twist allows teams to adjust and/or react to change effectively through an open and flexible framework conducive to testing within short sprints or iterations. Ultimately, it allows the testing effort to keep pace with the increasingly rapid rate of application delivery.

  New features in Twist 2.0 include:
  --  Hybrid Test Execution - allows for manual and automated test steps
      within the same scenario. This improves collaboration and execution
      efficiency of both automated and manual testing efforts.
  --  Improved Workflow Reuse - provides high level test scenarios and steps
      (manual and automated) that can be reused and shared within and across
      multiple projects.
  --  Groovy Scripting - supports the Groovy dynamic Agile language for
      Java. It makes modern programming features available to Twist users
      with almost zero learning curve.
  --  Additional Web Driver support for Sahi - testers have the option of
      using Sahi or Selenium for Web testing. The benefit of using Sahi is
      that it abstracts out most difficulties that testers face while
      automating Web applications.
  --  SWTBOT support - allows Twist users to test Java SWT-based
      applications.
  --  Data Driven Scenarios - build data-driven tests on the fly for
      increased test coverage.

ThoughtWorks Studios is the products division of the industry leading Agile consultancy ThoughtWorks®. Its Adaptive ALM(TM) solution includes Mingle® (project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management), to manage all aspects of the software development and delivery lifecycle - from requirements definition and portfolio management to test automation, quality assurance and release management.

Twist supports Agile ALM by combining requirements and test specification management and creation, and by providing manual and test automation to ensure quality throughout the application lifecycle. It plays a significant role in ThoughtWorks Studios' Adaptive ALM by providing a robust, reusable, multi-platform testing capability that ensures testing keeps pace with application development. Twist increases visibility and awareness of Agile testing activities by providing test results for processes managed by Mingle and Cruise. Together with Mingle, it connects directly to Mingle repositories and links story cards directly to Twist test scenarios. This provides full traceability of test and requirements coverage. When integrated with Cruise, Twist can export all of the necessary libraries to run test scenarios and suites. This allows tests to be run as part of a build (with reports of test results).

For more information on ThoughtWorks Studios' new Twist 2.0 please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/agile-test-automation. Users can also access a free, 30-day download by visiting: (http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com/user/register&destination=forms/form/twis t/download).

About ThoughtWorks Studios

ThoughtWorks Studios is a global leader in Agile ALM tools and training. Its products and services are used by organizations as a foundation for sustainable Agile adoption, where project management, automation and engineering best practices are required. The company's Adaptive ALM solution provides a platform for managing all aspects of the software development lifecycle - from requirements definition and project management to test automation, quality assurance and release management.  The three products that make up Adaptive ALM(TM), Mingle® (project management), Twist® (test automation) and Cruise® (release management), are available as an integrated solution or as stand-alone products. The company also provides in-depth training courses that cover all aspects of Agile ALM through its Agile Workshops series. Backed as an independent division of ThoughtWorks®, the pioneering leader in Agile development and best-practices, ThoughtWorks Studios' customers include 3M, Barclays, BBC, eBay, Honeywell, McGraw-Hill, Rackspace and Vodafone. It is headquartered in San Francisco and Bangalore, with offices in London and select cities in Europe, Asia and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.thoughtworks-studios.com.

  Media Contact:
  Christie Denniston
  Catapult PR-IR
  Office: 303-581-7760
  Mobile: 303-827-5164
  cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

Source: ThoughtWorks Studios
   

CONTACT:  Christie Denniston of Catapult PR-IR, +1-303-581-7760, or
Mobile, +1-303-827-5164, cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com

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

Jeremiah Grossman of WhiteHat Security Recognized as a 2010 Security Superstar by Everything Channel's CRN

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1 -- WhiteHat Security, the leading provider of website risk management solutions, today announced that Jeremiah Grossman, founder and chief technology officer, WhiteHat Security, has been named a 2010 Security Superstar by the Everything Channel's CRN.  The comprehensive list created by Everything Channel editorial includes the leading thinkers, researchers and executives in the information security industry.

As a well-known Web security expert and founder of the Web Application Security Consortium (WASC), Grossman is an influential blogger, speaker and author who regularly offers insight on the latest hacker methods, website attacks and vulnerability developments.  Due to a wealth of knowledge of the website security landscape and always being abreast of the latest trends, Grossman was chosen by Everything Channel's CRN as a security leader alongside other high-profile security experts.

"Solution providers are making security a top priority as organizations seek the technologies and resources they need to combat evolving threats," said Grossman.  Being on the 2010 CRN Security Superstars list with other major security players is an honor.  My WhiteHat colleagues and I am happy to serve as a resource for organizations seeking to boost their website security posture."

"According to the 2010 CRN State of the Market survey, security was the number one technology that solution providers were expected to add this year to grow their bottom line," said Kelley Damore, vice president, editorial director, Everything Channel.  "Protecting networks and data is an important business challenge for companies large and small and a huge opportunity for the solution provider community.  Our list has been created as the definitive security guide for the solution provider community.  We congratulate all of the individuals included on the list."

For additional information on the CRN Security Superstars list, visit http://www.channelweb.com.  The Channel Chief list was published in the February 22, 2010 issue.

About Everything Channel (http://www.everythingchannel.com, http://www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company.  Through its "Complete Technology Channel Solution," Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales.  From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database.  Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited

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

About WhiteHat Security

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, WhiteHat Security is the leading provider of website risk management solutions that protect critical data, ensure compliance and narrow the window of risk.  WhiteHat Sentinel, the company's flagship product family, is the most accurate, complete and cost-effective website vulnerability management solution available.  It delivers the flexibility, simplicity and manageability that organizations need to take control of website security and prevent Web attacks.  Furthermore, WhiteHat Sentinel enables automated mitigation of website vulnerabilities via integration with Web application firewalls and Snort-based intrusion prevention systems.  To learn more about WhiteHat Security, please visit our website at http://www.whitehatsec.com.

Source: WhiteHat Security
   

CONTACT:  Dawn van Hoegaerden of WhiteHat Security, +1-919-929-8525, or
dawn@whitehatsec.com; Rachel Miller of SHIFT Communications, +1-617-779-1856,
or whitehat@shiftcomm.com, for WhiteHat Security

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

Oclaro to Present at the Jefferies Global Technology Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 1 -- Oclaro, Inc., (NASDAQ: OCLR), a leading supplier of optical components and modules for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced that management will present at the Jefferies 4th Annual Global Technology Conference on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time.

  Event:         Jefferies 4th Annual Global Technology Conference
  Date:          Tuesday, March 9, 2010
  Time:          3:15 p.m. Eastern Time
  Location:      Mandarin Oriental Hotel - New York
  Webcast:       Investor section of the Company's website at http://www.oclaro.com

  About Oclaro

Oclaro, Inc., with headquarters in San Jose, Calif., is a tier-one provider of high-performance optical components, modules and subsystems to the telecommunications market, and is one of the largest providers to metro and long-haul network applications. The company, formed on April 27, 2009 following the combination of Bookham, Inc. and Avanex Corporation, leverages proprietary core technologies and vertically integrated product development to provide its customers with cost-effective and innovative optical devices, modules and subsystems.  Oclaro serves a broad customer base, combining in-house and outsourced manufacturing to maximize flexibility and drive improved gross margin.  Its photonic technologies also serve selected high-growth markets, including industrial, defense, life sciences, medical and scientific, with diversification providing both significant revenue streams and strategic technological advantage.  The company also provides a complete family of wavelength selective switches (WSS) capable of powering reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) applications over the entire optical network, from the edge to the core.

Oclaro is a global company, with cutting-edge chip fabrication facilities in the U.K., Switzerland and Italy, and in Tucson, Ariz. during the transition of related activities to Europe, and manufacturing sites in the U.S., Thailand and China.

Source: Oclaro, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Jim Fanucchi  of Summit IR Group Inc., +1-408-404-5400,
ir@oclaro.com, for Oclaro, Inc.

Web Site:  http://www.oclaro.com/

Zeta Interactive Launches Brand New Digital Coupon and Insert Solution Through Its Digital Publishing Platform

Leading interactive marketing agency provides marketers digital alternatives to improve overall effectiveness and efficiency of legacy coupons and circulars

NEW YORK, March 1 -- Zeta Interactive, a leading full-service digital marketing agency, today announced that it will be launching an Electronic Free Standing Insert (EFSI) product initiative through its highly acclaimed digital publishing and email marketing platform, Zeta Next Page. The program enables retailers and CPG manufacturers to transform their legacy print coupon offers, newspaper inserts and circulars into dynamic digital units distributed directly to consumers by email, saving significant printing and distribution costs, extending reach to new audiences, and providing unparalleled insight into customer behavior and response activity.

Consumer buying habits have changed drastically, with over 20 percent of the American population now using online coupons in their purchase process, according to CouponsInc.com. Additionally, requests for online coupons on search engines such as Google have increased by nearly 180 percent last year alone. As a result, traditional print promotional strategies have been severely impacted, and the effectiveness of direct mail promotions and print media inserts for marketers continues to decline dramatically, while the importance of a strong digital promotional strategy is at an all-time high.

As such, Zeta Interactive's new EFSI solution enables marketers to drastically cut production costs and improve the effectiveness of their promotional insert campaigns by transforming this collateral into highly targeted, dynamic interactive content. Zeta Interactive will then design and implement a customized strategy for each marketer that assures the most relevant offer will reach the inbox of our clients target market.  Leveraging reader engagement metrics will allow marketers to tailor the e-coupons based on each customer's interests, and then analyze the engagement level and purchase behavior of that customer after the insert is delivered.  This robust suite of reader engagement reporting will provide marketers with the data required to continue to provide relevant, timely subsequent offers - and essentially further justify advertiser ROI.

Among the features Zeta Interactive will include in its EFSI solution are as follows:

  --  Design and development: Zeta Interactive can design, produce and
      develop content customized to each marketer's promotional initiative.
  --  Customizable audience targeting: Zeta Interactive's EFSI solution
      enables marketers to compile specific customer lists and target their
      audience on an inbox-by-inbox basis, based on customer interests,
      demographic information, purchasing behavior, and geo targets.
  --  Delivery assurance guarantee: Through effective targeting, Zeta
      Interactive's EFSI solution will focus on reaching 100% deliverability
      into the inboxes of each marketer's target customers.
  --  Customer analytics platform: with its new EFSI solution, Zeta
      Interactive will provide marketers with unparalleled customer
      engagement metrics, allowing them to fully understand and analyze the
      actions taken by each customer as a result of the promotional
      initiative.  Such data and insights is critical in refining the
      relevance of subsequent messaging and offers.
  --  Flexible emailing options: Marketers can leverage the new Zeta
      Interactive EFSI in as targeted or as broad a manner as their
      promotional campaign calls for; including, seasonal inserts which will
      be delivered to broad US household lists, customized regional coupons
      delivered to a very targeted demographic and/or location, and several
      others.

"As consumer adoption continues to shift away from print and into the digital age, it is essential for promotional marketers to readjust their strategies to focus on the online mediums that their customers are now using to make purchasing decisions," said Al DiGuido, CEO of Zeta Interactive. "There no longer is room in marketing budgets for high production costs and insertion fees.  We created the new EFSI solution to help marketers make their promotional campaigns and inserts more effective than ever before, at every step - from customized content creation to fully-accurate delivery and distribution to analysis and customer engagement reporting."

The Zeta Interactive EFSI solution is integrated into the company's Zeta Next Page platform, which was launched in 2009. Zeta Next Page is the first and only single-source technology, delivery platform and marketing solution that enables marketers to easily transform print collateral--magazines, newspapers, catalogs, marketing materials and more--into robust, interactive, and targeted digital publications, then market them through email and other digital channels for greater results.

The Zeta Interactive EFSI program is part of a series of new initiatives and product releases scheduled over the next several months aimed at shaping the new face of full-service digital marketing.

The company has enjoyed steady growth in the past year, expanding its client roster by more than 50 clients, bringing its customer list to over 200 Fortune 1000 customers, including Century 21, Sony and LiveNation.  Additionally, Zeta Interactive has increased its staff to more than 300 employees, and named more than a dozen industry veterans to lead its executive management team.  The company also achieved the prestigious recognition from Forrester Research as a leader in the email marketing sector.

For more information on Zeta Interactive, including a full listing of company locations, clients and executives, please visit: http://www.zetainteractive.com.

About Zeta Interactive

Zeta Interactive is a full-service digital marketing agency offering a wide range of services--from email and search marketing, to Web site development, creative services, social media marketing and mining, and more.  The company has been named among the Top 50 digital agencies in the U.S. and 25th among U.S. Search Agencies by Advertising Age.

A leading provider of integrated, interactive services, Zeta Interactive helps marketers realize the full potential of the Internet to build brands, increase sales, improve processes, and reduce costs.  The company's specialty is in crafting strategies and programs for marketers that help them acquire, retain, up-sell, cross-sell and win back their customers--cost effectively and efficiently--by leveraging customer data and insight from individual marketing initiatives to drive even more relevant and rewarding exchanges across all media and channels.  The company does so by providing superior proprietary technology and a marketing approach that is focused on accountability, measurability and ROI metrics.

Headquartered in New York City, Zeta Interactive has more than 300 employees worldwide located in California, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, New Jersey, Texas, Rhode Island and India. The company serves more than 200 clients currently, including such world-class companies as Live Nation and Sony Electronics Inc.  For more information please visit: http://www.zetainteractive.com.

Source: Zeta Interactive
   

CONTACT:  Matt Rizzetta, North 6th Agency, +1-718-744-7138,
mrizzetta@north6thagency.com, for Zeta Interactive

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

ID Experts and InGuardians Present 'Devious Developer' Talk at RSA Conference 2010

'Devious Developer: Lessons and Responses to a Real-World Hybrid Attack' Session on March 4 at 1:00 p.m.

BEAVERTON, Ore., March 1 -- Data breach conventional wisdom is that attacks originate as an insider or from a malicious outsider.  What happens when the compromise is a hybrid of these incidents, where attackers possess intricate knowledge of the systems they are exploiting?  Hear from ID Experts and InGuardians as they present "Devious Developer: Lessons and Responses to a Real-World Hybrid Attack" on Thursday, March 4, at 1:00 p.m. PT at RSA Conference 2010.  They will outline lessons learned from mistakes in handling a real-world hybrid attack, exposing innumerable networks, with advice on the scoping, response, costs and the restoration of the target's operations and affected population.

WHO: Attendees of RSA Conference 2010 who would like to learn best practices in the incident response process.  Learn to identify the mechanisms for proper scoping, response, and restoration of a breach.

WHAT: "Devious Developer: Lessons and Response to a Real-World Hybrid Attack," Data Security Track, Session Code DAS-304.  Presenters:

  --  Rick Kam, president and co-founder of ID Experts
  --  Bob Hillery, co-founder and senior security analyst, InGuardians, Inc.
  --  Joshua Wright, senior security analyst, senior instructor, InGuardians
      SANS Technology Institute.

  WHEN: RSA Conference 2010, Thursday, March 4, 2010, 1:00 p.m. PT

  WHERE: Orange Room 304, San Francisco, Moscone Center

ID Experts is the leader in comprehensive data breach solutions that deliver the most positive outcomes. The company has managed hundreds of data breach incidents, protecting millions of affected individuals, for leading healthcare organizations, corporations, financial institutions, universities and government agencies. In healthcare, the company contributes to relevant legislation and rules including HITECH and is a corporate member of HIMSS. ID Experts is active with organizations that advocate for privacy for Americans including ANSI/Identity Theft Prevention, Identity Management Standards Panel and the International Association of Privacy Professionals. For more information, visit http://www.idexpertscorp.com/.

Source: ID Experts
   

CONTACT:  Kelly Stremel of MacKenzie Marketing Group, +1-503-225-0725,
kellys@mackenzie-marketing.com, for ID Experts

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

Synaptics A Finalist in EDN's 20th Annual Innovation Awards Competition

Synaptics Technology Strategist, Andrew Hsu, Recognized as Best Contributed Manuscript Finalist

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1 -- Synaptics Inc. (NASDAQ:SYNA), a leading developer of capacitive interface solutions for mobile computing, communications, and entertainment devices, has been selected to be a finalist for this year's EDN Innovation Awards. Instituted in 1990, the Innovation Awards honor the people, products, and technologies that have shaped the semiconductor industry over the past year.

Selection Criteria: Nominees must have demonstrated innovation that resulted in a significant advance in technology and/or product development during the past 12 months. Nominees within the Innovations of the Year (product/technology) categories must have shipped in volume in the 2009 calendar year. Nominees in the Best Contributed Article category are selected by EDN's technical editors based on technical depth, relevance, and journalistic quality.

"We received an impressive number of submissions for our 2009 Innovation Awards program, indicating that innovation is alive and well despite the economically challenging year," said Rick Nelson, EDN editor-in-chief. "Despite our editors' best efforts to narrow the field, more than 120 products qualified as finalists, and our editors worked diligently to group them into 30 very competitive categories, representing components, integrated circuits, test systems, EDA tools, design and test software, subsystems, and systems. In the Best Contributed Manuscript category, Synaptics technology strategist, Andrew Hsu, wrote 'Choosing a Touch Technology for Handheld-System Applications,' which is one of the outstanding submissions chosen by the EDN editors."

During the months of February and March, EDN's worldwide audience of electronic engineers and engineering managers will use an online ballot to select the ultimate winners from among the finalists. EDN's editorial staff also takes part in determining the final winners.  Synaptics encourages visitors to vote at http://www.EDN.com/innovation20. Winners will be announced at a reception and awards ceremony on April 26, 2010, in San Jose, CA.

This year's list of finalists features 32 categories: Innovator of the Year; Accelerometers; Analog: Converters; Analog: Front-End ICs; Analog: Signal Path; Components; DC and Low-Frequency Test; Design, Debug, and Production Test, Yield Analysis; Design Frameworks; EDA: Back-End Tools; EDA: Front-End Analysis and Synthesis Tools; EDA: Front-End Simulation and Database Tools; Embedded-System Technologies; FPGAs; Microcontrollers; Microprocessors; Multimedia SOCs; Multiprocessing; Networking; Network, Timing, and BER Test; Oscilloscopes, Digitizers, and Data Acquisition; PCs and Peripherals; Power: Converters; Power: Lighting; Power: Special; Power Supplies/Systems; RFICs; RF/Microwave Test; Sensors; Silicon Intellectual Property; Software/Embedded Tools; and Best Contributed Manuscript.

About Synaptics

Synaptics (NASDAQ:SYNA) is a leading developer of human interface solutions for the mobile computing, communications, and entertainment industries.  The company creates interface solutions for a variety of devices including notebook PCs, PC peripherals, digital music players, and mobile phones.  The TouchPad(TM), Synaptics' flagship product, is integrated into a majority of today's notebook computers.  Consumer electronics and computing manufacturers use Synaptics' solutions to enrich the interaction between humans and intelligent devices through improved usability, functionality, and industrial design.  The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. http://www.synaptics.com

About EDN and EDN.com

EDN serves the vital information needs of design engineers and engineering managers worldwide.  EDN.com delivers a three-dimensional view of the electronic industry via news coverage, strategic business information, and in-depth technical content. EDN (http://www.edn.com) is published by Reed Business Information (http://www.reedbusiness.com/us), the largest business-to-business publisher in the United States and a member of the Reed Elsevier Group Plc (NYSE:RUK)(NYSE:and)(NYSE:ENL) - a world-leading publisher and information provider.

Synaptics, TouchPad, and the Synaptics logo are trademarks of Synaptics in the United States and/or other countries.

  All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

  For further information, please contact:

  Mark Vena              Tara Yingst
  Synaptics              Edelman
  408-454-5100           650-762-2942
  mvena@synaptics.comtara.yingst@edelman.com

Source: Synaptics Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Mark Vena of Synaptics, +1-408-454-5100, mvena@synaptics.com;
or Tara Yingst of Edelman, +1-650-762-2942, tara.yingst@edelman.com, for
Synaptics

Web Site:  http://www.synaptics.com/
http://www.edn.com/

Omnyx Licenses Olympus Digital Pathology Patents

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., March 1 -- Olympus America Inc. has signed a nonexclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Omnyx, LLC, a joint venture of GE Healthcare and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, allowing Omnyx to access an extensive portfolio of Olympus America patents in the field of virtual microscopy and digital pathology, to help develop solutions in the digital pathology field. The agreement helps clear the path for future imaging and data handling technologies that may one day facilitate the way doctors review and manage millions of biopsy slides and other pathology specimens now handled using glass slides and traditional optical microscopes.

The patents involved in the licensing agreement cover software and technology related to creating, storing and delivering virtual microscopy images. Virtual microscope slides enable professionals to review biopsies and other pathology images without handling traditional glass slides, and allow doctors to share high-resolution digital microscope images over the Internet for remote pathology consultation.

"Making these patented technologies and approaches available is very important to us," said F. Mark Gumz, President and CEO of Olympus Corporation of the Americas, the parent company of Olympus America Inc.  "Allowing Omnyx to license these patents will help advance the field of pathology and may ultimately contribute to better healthcare for people around the world."

"Omnyx is pleased with the licensing of the Olympus patents," said Gene Cartwright, CEO of Omnyx.  "This license will provide confidence to future Omnyx customers who want to know their investments in digital pathology are stable and secure."

According to a 2010 report published by Laboratory Economics, $13.2 billion was spent in anatomic pathology testing in the U.S. during 2008. The patented technologies can help deliver valuable images to doctors, streamline the review process, improve speed of reporting, save substantial expense, and enhance patient care.  Virtual microscope slide technology also has the potential to aid hospitals in moving to comprehensive patient Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems - a transition that is already beginning in some areas of the world.

The specific terms and conditions of the agreement are not being made public by the two companies.

About Olympus Scientific Equipment Group

Olympus America Scientific Equipment Group provides innovative microscope imaging solutions for researchers, doctors, clinicians and educators.  Olympus microscope systems offer unsurpassed optics, superior construction and system versatility to meet the ever-changing needs of microscopists, paving the way for future advances in life science.

About Olympus

Olympus is a precision technology leader, designing and delivering innovative solutions in its core business areas: Medical and Surgical Products, Life Science Imaging Systems, Industrial Testing Instruments and Cameras and Audio Products.

Olympus works collaboratively with its customers and affiliates worldwide to leverage R&D investment in precision technology and manufacturing processes across diverse business lines.  These include:

  --  Gastrointestinal endoscopes, accessories, and minimally invasive
      surgical products;
  --  Advanced research, clinical and educational microscopes and clinical
      digital imaging systems;
  --  Industrial research, engineering, test, inspection and measuring
      instruments; and
  --  Digital cameras and voice recorders.

Olympus serves the healthcare field with integrated product solutions and financial, educational and consulting services that help customers to efficiently, reliably and more easily achieve exceptional results.  Olympus develops breakthrough technologies with revolutionary product design and functionality for the consumer and professional photography markets, and also is the leader in gastrointestinal endoscopy and clinical and educational microscopes.  For more information, visit http://www.olympusamerica.com.

About Omnyx

Omnyx is a joint venture of GE Healthcare and The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The company is developing an enterprise platform to transform the scope of pathology to an all-digital workflow. The company will sell their digital pathology platform to clinical labs and offer an enterprise software platform for image management, workflow automation, image analysis algorithms and system integration along with its high speed whole-slide scanners. Close collaboration with pathologists at UPMC and other institutions along with their relationship with GE Healthcare allows Omnyx to focus its innovation on the needs of anatomic pathologists worldwide. Omnyx digital pathology products are currently in development and have not been cleared by the FDA.

Source: Olympus America Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Ilene K. Semiatin, Edge Communications Inc., +1-914-684-0959,
ilene@edge-comm.net

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

Rosum Corporation and Siano Take GPS Indoors Using TV Signals

Rosum Corporation and Siano launch ALLOY(TM) chip for Femtocells, Trackers and Mobile TV devices - extending location-based services beyond the limitations of traditional GPS

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 1 -- Rosum Corporation announced today the launch of ALLOY(TM), a revolutionary location and synchronization solution for indoor and urban environments.  The ALLOY(TM) chip, which was developed in partnership with Siano, the leading supplier of Mobile Digital TV receiver chips for handsets, laptops, PNDs, and other mobile devices, utilizes broadcast TV signals to provide precise frequency, timing and location information.  The breakthrough chip opens up a multitude of new commercial opportunities by enabling femtocell synchronization and location, tracking of people and assets, and localized advertising over mobile TV devices in deep indoor locations such as shopping malls, hotels, campuses and factories with seamless delivery leveraging broadcast TV signals.

Until today, there was no single location solution that worked across all environments.  Traditional positioning systems are satellite-based, designed for outdoor applications and have limitations both indoors and in urban environments. The ALLOY(TM)  client combines the ALLOY(TM) chip with a high-sensitivity A-GPS chip into a tightly-coupled hybrid TV-GPS solution which works across all types of environments: rural, suburban, urban, and indoor.  Broadcast TV signals enjoy a 100,000x power margin advantage over GPS, and this extends location and synchronization capabilities deep into buildings and urban environments.

According to Dominique Bonte, Practice Director, Telematics and Navigation, for ABI Research, the market for wireless location-based applications is expected to reach $14.5 Billion in 2014. "The success of these applications will depend on the pervasive availability of the location technologies that enable them.  Alternative positioning technologies such as ALLOY(TM) are critical (in addressing the limitations of GPS)."

"Femtozone location based applications provide an enhanced value proposition in addition to the voice and data services which are being currently rolled out. By 2014, ABI Research expects 40 million unit shipments for femtocells. This presents an exciting market opportunity for innovative solutions like those from Rosum that solve problems of indoor positioning and synchronization, which are critical for mass-market femtocell deployment," says Aditya Kaul, Practice Director, Mobile Networks for ABI Research.

Applications of ALLOY(TM) include femtocell synchronization and location, indoor and urban tracking of people and assets, and location-based services and advertising for mobile TV devices. Specific examples include:

  --  Femtocells require accurate timing, frequency and location for quick
      start-up, interference management, and E911 location.  Competing
      solutions can require 60-90 minutes or more to start-up and require
      placement by the window.  ALLOY(TM) reduces this time dramatically
      (typically three minutes) and extends coverage deep indoors, where
      femtocells are most valuable.
  --  Tracking service providers require continuous tracking across all
      environments - outdoor, indoor, and urban.  High-value assets and
      people tend to be indoors or in urban areas where GPS signals are
      often unavailable, but TV signals are abundant.  ALLOY(TM) keeps
      assets and people under monitoring in areas where GPS-based solutions
      fail.
  --  Mobile services and advertisements are worth more when they are based
      on the precise location of the customer's handset even when indoors,
      such as inside malls, campuses, etc.  Location-enabled TV provides a
      platform for new and expanded revenue streams for broadcasters and
      carriers.

"Rosum's technology opens a new era in location-based applications and services," said Alon Ironi, CEO of Siano. "Our cooperation with Rosum will enable every user of a handheld device to not only watch TV everywhere, but also benefit from an abundance of location-based services everywhere, even where the line-of-sight to the global positioning satellites is blocked."

"Siano's high-performance, low-power Mobile DTV solution is the ideal platform for effective deployment of Rosum TV-location technology," said Todd Young, VP Business Development of Rosum.  "Partnering with Siano puts our robust location technology in an easy-to-integrate form factor for device makers worldwide."

Rosum is accepting orders for ALLOY(TM) evaluation kits and for ALLOY(TM) chips.  For information, contact Todd Young, VP Business Development, tyoung@rosum.com.

About Rosum

Rosum is the leader in the use of broadcast TV signals to power location and timing solutions.  Rosum technology turns TV tuners into location devices, and Rosum is the first to combine TV and GPS signals for truly robust hybrid positioning and timing in all types of environments.  Rosum's founding team includes the original architects of the GPS constellation.  Rosum partners include Siano Mobile Silicon, TruePosition, and ST-Ericsson.  More information is available at http://www.rosum.com.

About Siano Mobile Silicon

Siano Mobile Silicon is the leading mobile digital TV chip maker in the world.  Pioneers of the multi-standard approach, Siano's highly integrated silicon receiver chips enable high-performance, fast time-to-market mobile TV solutions for handheld device makers. Siano offers a complete family of MDTV receiver chips for the key emerging mobile TV markets in Europe, South America and China and works closely with global tier-1 PC and mobile handset manufacturers as well as leading GPS companies Garmin, Mitac ("Mio") and others.  Siano is a global company with offices in North America, China, Taiwan, Korea and EMEA (Israel). For more information on Siano Mobile Silicon's solutions, please visit: http://www.siano-ms.com.

Source: Rosum Corporation
   

CONTACT:  Mary Placido of GolinHarris, +1-415-274-7902,
mplacido@golinharris.com, for Rosum Corporation; or Caroline Cohen,
+972-54-535-9955, carolinec@siano-ms.com, or Jason Silberman,
+972-54-535-9955, jason_s@koteret.com, both of Koteret Public Relations for
Siano Mobile Silicon

Web Site:  http://www.rosum.com/
http://www.siano-ms.com/

CA Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring

ISLANDIA, N.Y., March 1 -- CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) today announced that it has been positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant in Gartner's 'Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring' report.* After evaluating 19 qualifying application performance management (APM) providers, Gartner positioned CA in the "Leaders" quadrant.

"CA Wily, on the strength of both its Introscope technology and its tight integration between Introscope and CEM (the packet-capture-based end-user experience monitoring system), is recognized as a market leader and, therefore, appears on most large-enterprise shortlists for general APM solutions," wrote Will Cappelli, vice president at Gartner and the report's author. "CA's byte code instrumentation-based Introscope technology remains the most effective technology available for deep-dive monitoring application server software and other middleware..."

The CA Wily APM solution allows the user to proactively detect, triage and diagnose performance problems in complex, composite and Web application environments, while providing end-to-end visibility to online transactions.

"We believe the findings in this Gartner report speak to what more than 1,200 customers already know -- that CA Wily APM is a trusted market leader with proven functionality and ease of use," said Cliff Meltzer, corporate senior vice president and general manager, CA Service Assurance business unit. "We are focused on providing the business insight necessary for our customers to deliver an optimal end-user experience that will drive increased satisfaction and revenue growth."

For a copy of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring," please click here (http://www.ca.com/us/analysts/reports/collateral.aspx?CID=229528).

* Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring" by Will Cappelli. February 18, 2010.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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  About CA

CA (NASDAQ:CA), the world's leading independent IT management software company, helps customers optimize IT for better business results. CA's Enterprise IT Management solutions for mainframe and distributed computing enable Lean IT -- empowering organizations to more effectively govern, manage and secure their IT operations. For more information, visit http://www.ca.com.

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Copyright © 2010 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. CA does not provide legal advice. No software product referenced herein serves as a substitute for your compliance with any laws (including but not limited to any act, statute, regulation, rule, directive, standard, policy, administrative order, executive order, and so on (collectively, "Laws") referenced herein or any contract obligations with any third parties. You should consult with competent legal counsel regarding any such Laws or contract obligations.

  Press Contact

  Michael Zeglin
  CA, Inc.
  (650) 298-3117
  Michael.Zeglin@ca.com

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Source: CA
   

CONTACT:  Michael Zeglin, CA, Inc., +1-650-298-3117,
Michael.Zeglin@ca.com

Web Site:  http://ca.com/

Dice Holdings, Inc. to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences

NEW YORK, March 1 -- Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHX) today announced that the Company will be presenting at two upcoming investor conferences.

Michael Durney, Senior Vice President, Finance & CFO will present at Credit Suisse's 2010 Global Media and Communications Convergence Conference held in Florida on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 3:45 p.m. Eastern time.

On Monday, March 15, 2010, Scot Melland, Chairman, President & CEO and Mr. Durney will present at the Roth 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference held in California.  The presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time/3:30 p.m. Pacific time.

The presentations will be webcast live on the investor relations section of the Company's website at http://www.diceholdingsinc.com.

About Dice Holdings, Inc.

Dice Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHX) is a leading provider of specialized career websites for professional communities, including technology and engineering, financial services, accounting and finance, healthcare, and security clearance. Our mission is to help our customers source and hire the most qualified professionals in select and highly skilled occupations, and to help those professionals find the best job opportunities in their respective fields and further their careers. For more than 19 years, we have built our company by providing our customers with quick and easy access to high-quality, unique professional communities and offering those communities access to highly relevant career opportunities and information. Today, we serve multiple markets primarily in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Source: Dice Holdings, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Jennifer Bewley, Director, Investor Relations & Corporate
Communications, Dice Holdings, Inc., +1-212-448-8288, ir@dice.com

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

Exit41 Announces New Reseller Distribution Channel; Gains Significant Momentum with the Largest MICROS Exclusive Dealer

New York Metro Area Restaurants including Blockheads Burritos and Fig & Olive Leverage POS-Integrated Online, Mobile and Call Center Ordering Solutions

ANDOVER, Mass., March 1 -- Exit41, a global market leader of online, mobile and call center ordering solutions for restaurants, today announced the expansion of its Reseller Partner Program, with the addition of MICROS Retail Systems, the largest exclusive MICROS point of sale (POS) dealer, to resell the Exit41 Enterprise Suite of ordering applications and provide local support to restaurants in the New York metro area.

"We are continually looking for ways to broaden our portfolio of innovative ordering solutions to help restaurants improve profitability," said Lubodar Olesnycky, President, MICROS Retail Systems. "Our partnership with Exit41 enables our restaurant customers to seamlessly serve guests outside the restaurant with takeout, delivery and catering sales."

Exit41's online, mobile and call center applications leverage Exit41's enterprise-class ordering platform which features an advanced, two-way integration approach with the MICROS 3700 Restaurant Enterprise Series.  At the heart of the product is a comprehensive Administrative toolset that makes it easy for restaurants to customize, implement and maintain the system across all connected restaurants, a differentiator in the marketplace.

MICROS Retail Systems and Exit41 already have a fast growing, diverse base of restaurant customers in the New York metro area including:

  --  Blockheads Burritos, a fast casual Mexican chain that is leveraging
      Exit41's centralized Call Center Services and call center application
      to handle the high volume of phone orders for its takeout and delivery
      business
  --  Fig & Olive, an upscale, fine dining chain of Mediterranean-style
      restaurants now offering guests the convenience of ordering their food
      online for pickup or delivery
  --  CulinArt, Inc., the largest privately held onsite foodservice
      management company in the Northeast, enabling online ordering for its
      newest corporate cafeteria where employees can pick up their order or
      have it delivered right to them in their office or conference room

"Our strategy of leveraging a national and international distribution channel with world- class partners like MICROS Retail Systems is enabling us to extend our reach and support to more and more restaurant customers," said Rick Lamy, vice president, sales and chief customer officer, Exit41. "We are gaining tremendous traction with independent restaurants validating the market need for tightly integrated, locally supported online, mobile and call center solutions."

Exit41 will be joining MICROS Retail Systems at the International Restaurant and Foodservice Show of New York, February 28th through March 2nd at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, booth # 2011.

About MICROS Retail Systems

Micros Retail Systems, Inc. is the preeminent hospitality technology vendor in the metro New York/New Jersey area. With more than 2,200 installations, Micros Retail Systems is the largest independent and exclusive dealer of MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS). The company serves table service and quick service restaurants with complete information management solutions including software, hardware, enterprise systems integration, consulting and support. Micros Retail Systems is the only hospitality technology vendor in the metro New York/New Jersey area with a true 24 hour/365 in-house call center, never an outside answering service. For more information visit http://www.microsnyc.com/

About Exit41, Inc.

Exit41 is a global market leader for integrated online, mobile, and call center ordering solutions for restaurants. Many of the world's leading restaurant brands throughout North America, South America, Canada and the Middle East depend on Exit41 to capitalize on the growing market opportunity for catering, takeout and delivery and provide their customers with faster, easier, more convenient ways to order from them. Headquartered in Massachusetts, Exit41 is backed by blue-chip investors including Fidelity Investments. http://www.exit41.com, http://twitter.com/Exit41

Source: Exit41, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Kate Mosteller, Director, Marketing of Exit41, +1-978-749-9021,
kmosteller@exit41.com

Web Site:  http://www.exit41.com/
http://www.microsnyc.com/

Lumetra PSO Joins Forces With iSOFT Solutions

Delivering expertise with incident management software and healthcare quality and safety services to help reduce costs and risks.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 1 -- The Lumetra Patient Safety Organization (LPSO), a federally listed component PSO, announced today a strategic partnership with Australia's iSOFT Group Limited (iSOFT), a world leader in health information technology, including incident management software. Under the agreement, Lumetra PSO will use, distribute and support iSOFT's AIMS incident management software to provide comprehensive solutions for healthcare providers and Patient Safety Organizations who want to reduce the complexity and cost of their patient safety and risk management programs.

In making the announcement, the CEO of Lumetra Healthcare Solutions, Linda M. Sawyer, Ph.D., RN, stated, "With our software and services approach to improving patient safety, Lumetra PSO offers reporting of data, analysis of issues and the formulation of corrective action plans that meet the needs of healthcare organizations and their providers in reducing costs incurred by adverse events. The combination of our world-class service with iSOFT's AIMS software will provide unparalleled solutions for organizations committed to improving their patient safety efforts."

Michael Dahlweid, iSOFT's Chief Medical Officer, said, "AIMS is web-based, secure, sophisticated, easy-to-use, and highly efficient. It uses the latest knowledge engineering methods to construct a high performance classification system. Its automated 'alert' and workflow functionality assures healthcare managers are notified about serious events, while providing follow-up notices to staff. Built-in Business Intelligence enables analysts to extract meaningful information from a myriad of data points."

The AIMS software provides an integrated electronic solution for collecting, tracking, reporting, and managing all patient safety activity. An incident and risk management software program, it provides specific and detailed reporting information needed to devise interventions and solutions to patient safety problems. The AIMS incident management software is based on 20 years of research and has been employed at more than 1,000 organizations worldwide, including government healthcare agencies, hospitals, and nursing homes.

To meet the clinical, analytical, and technological patient safety needs for healthcare delivery systems, Lumetra PSO supplies software and services that include:

  For healthcare organizations
  --  Common Formats seamlessly integrated with AIMS massive ontology
      (24,000 available concepts) developed by the Agency for Healthcare
      Research and Quality (AHRQ).
  --  Immediate analysis and alerts allowing local management of incidents
      and risk
  --  Comprehensive analytics for strategic reporting and benchmarking
  --  Root cause analysis
  --  Collaborative learning forums
  --  TeamSTEPPS(TM) Master Trainers and targeted interventions

  For PSOs
  --  AIMS world-class, highly intuitive, Web-based software
  --  Regulatory compliance programs
  --  PSO member management services
  --  Scalable solutions for reporting and data analytics to meet a variety
      of needs beyond Common Formats

The Lumetra PSO provides several levels of comprehensive, confidential, and privileged services plus additional value-added consulting for healthcare providers seeking to understand and minimize their safety risks delivering patient care. The PSO's expertise lies in analyzing the care delivered during patient safety events, including the identification, analysis, prevention, and reduction or elimination of the risks and hazards, as well as root cause analyses (RCA) and action plans for improvement. The collection and reporting of patient safety events in healthcare facilities is facilitated by the use of common definitions and reporting formats (Common Formats) developed by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

About Lumetra PSO

The Lumetra PSO (LPSO) is a component PSO and an independent division of Lumetra Healthcare Solutions, a nonprofit healthcare consulting organization that solves healthcare business problems with an integrated clinical, analytical, and technological solution. LPSO is officially designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a federal Patient Safety Organization (PSO) under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (PSQIO). The PSQIO is administered by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The Lumetra PSO, an independent division of Lumetra, works with providers nationwide to reduce the incidence of events that adversely affect patients. For more information, please visit http://www.lumetrasolutions.com/PSO.

About iSOFT Solutions (International) Pty Ltd

iSOFT Group Limited is the largest health information technology company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, and among the world's biggest providers of advanced application solutions in modern healthcare economies.

iSOFT works with healthcare professionals to design and build software applications that answer all of the difficult questions posed by today's healthcare delivery challenges. Our solutions act as a catalyst for change, supporting free exchange of critical information across diverse care settings and participating organizations.

Today, more than 13,000 provider organizations in about 40 countries use iSOFT's solutions to manage patient information and drive improvements in their core processes. The group's sustainable development is delivered through careful planning, in-depth analysis of the market, and anticipation of our clients' evolving requirements. Our business is driven by the collective talent, experience and commitment of more than 4,700 specialists, including more than 2,700 technology and development professionals.

A global network of iSOFT subsidiaries, supported by an extensive partner network, provides substantial experience of national healthcare markets. As a result, we offer our clients comprehensive knowledge of local market requirements in terms of culture, language, working practices, regulation and organizational structure.

iSOFT's AIMS incident management software provides an integrated electronic solution for collecting, tracking, reporting, and managing patient safety activity. The software captures adverse event and near miss information across acute care, community care, disability care, mental health, and residential aged care. Used by more than 400 Australian hospitals, as well as at sites in South Africa, New Zealand, and the United States, AIMS includes a standardised classification (taxonomy) that is recognized by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Institute of Medicine.

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

Source: Lumetra Healthcare Solutions
   

CONTACT:  Ruth M. Grossman of Lumetra, +1-415-677-8406,
rgrossman@lumetrasolutions.com

Web Site:  http://www.lumetra.com/
http://www.isofthealth.com/

SeeUnity Brings Together Microsoft FAST and Autonomy Worksite

SeeUnity Announces WorkSite Repository Connector, Transforming Autonomy iManage WorkSite into a Searchable Data Source for Microsoft FAST

DENVER, March 1 -- SeeUnity, the market-leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration products, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of an Autonomy Interwoven WorkSite (Worksite) connector for its Enterprise Integration for Microsoft FAST (EIF).  For organizations looking to make their WorkSite repositories more accessible and searchable, or otherwise leverage the search performance of Microsoft FAST ESP, SeeUnity bridges the two applications with Enterprise Integration for FAST.  Through a FAST search results page, users can securely retrieve and view documents directly from Worksite - without custom coding.

Highlights at a Glance

Enterprise Integration for FAST offers a number of important technical features, including:

  --  Easy Deployment with out-of-the-box tools
  --  Graphical User Interface for easily setting up Worksite crawls
  --  Support for metadata, content, and security crawling
  --  Scheduled full and incremental crawling
  --  Built-in Throttling to optimize crawl performance
  --  Security Mapping enables WorkSite existing security to be passed to
      FAST's SAM
  --  EIS enables WorkSite's existing security to be passed to FAST ESP
      ensuring result lists are secured based on WorkSite ACLs
  --  Expanding access to remote WorkSite users through FAST's web-based
      search interface
  --  Maximum search performance through index-based crawling with
      incremental caching

  How to Obtain the WorkSite Connector

For more information, or to obtain access to SeeUnity Enterprise Integration for FAST (EIF), please contact sales@seeunity.com.

About SeeUnity

SeeUnity is a leading provider of Enterprise Content Integration and Migration solutions. Our products enable short and long-term content coexistence strategies that increase the value of your Microsoft SharePoint and ECM investments. For more information about SeeUnity, visit http://www.seeunity.com.

SeeUnity and the SeeUnity logo are trademarks of SeeUnity, Inc. Autonomy, iManage and WorkSite are trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. FAST is a registered trademark of Microsoft. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact: Brant Henne 970-232-3332 info@seeunity.com

Source: SeeUnity
   

CONTACT:  Brant Henne of SeeUnity, +1-970-232-3332, info@seeunity.com

Web Site:  http://www.seeunity.com/

MetroPCS, Mister Cartoon Team Up Again with New Custom Designed Mobile Phone

Limited Edition MOTO(TM) VE440 Handset with Designs by Renowned Artist Packed with Pre-loaded Wallpapers and Ringtones, plus Exclusive Snoop Dogg Tracks

DALLAS, March 1 -- MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS), in partnership with SA Studios Global, today announced the launch of its second Sanctioned by Mister Cartoon mobile phone, the MOTO(TM) VE440.  Available this week in select stores and online, the limited edition handset features artwork and pre-loaded digital content designed by legendary tattoo and graphic artist Mister Cartoon, along with two exclusive tracks from legendary hip hop personality, Snoop Dogg.

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Exclusive to MetroPCS, VE440 featuring the Mister Cartoon design comes in a black and chrome color combination and offers something for everyone with two interchangeable back covers featuring Mister Cartoon's distinctive, custom artwork. In addition to the unique exterior, consumers will receive a 1GB MicroSD memory card featuring two previously unreleased full-length tracks by multi-platinum, award winning recording artist, Snoop Dogg.  Pre-loaded phone content includes exclusive wallpapers and ringtones from Mister Cartoon and Snoop Dogg.

Mister Cartoon is a renowned tattoo artist, car customizer, illustrator and designer and has worked with numerous entertainment icons including Eminem, Beyonce and film producer Brian Grazer. Mister Cartoon most recently worked with television star George Lopez to help create the branding and identity for Lopez's new talk show, "Lopez Tonight."

"It's great to collaborate with MetroPCS again, and we are very excited about the opportunity to work with Motorola on this handset," said Mister Cartoon, creative director of SA Studios Global. "The mobile phone has become so much more than just a communication device; it's a way for people to express themselves. The design I created, along with the cool features and music that Snoop Dogg added will allow fans to show people who they are and what they're passionate about."

The handset will be available exclusively at select MetroPCS locations and online at http://www.metropcs.com/sanctioned.  A portion of the revenue generated from the handset sales will go directly to funding community art centers, outreach programs for at-risk youth and art supplies for schools in many of the MetroPCS markets.

"Our customers want their mobile phones to express their personality, and our partnership with Mister Cartoon allows us to meet that desire with a unique, graphically intense mobile device that speaks volumes about its owners," said Phil Terry, senior vice president of corporate marketing for MetroPCS. "After the success of the first Mister Cartoon offering last year, we are excited to continue our partnership with him and SA Studios and fully expect this device to echo the success of the previous device."

MetroPCS recently introduced its Wireless for All(SM) family of tax and regulatory-fee inclusive service plans. Starting at $40, the plans provide consumers with unlimited talk, text and Web service and feature additional plans with added services in the $45 to $60 price range. MetroPCS' growing handset portfolio includes touch screen and smartphone devices which provide customers with the greatest choice of handsets to meet their needs. Consumers can visit MetroPCS locations or visit the MetroPCS Web site at http://www.metropcs.com for more information about handsets, service plans and coverage areas.

Editor's Note: High-resolution pictures of the VE440 and video content featuring Mister Cartoon and Snoop Dogg are available. Contact Drew Crowell, GolinHarris, dcrowell@golinharris.com, 972-341-2581.

  For More Information:  http://www.twitter.com/MetroPCS, http://www.sanctionedmobile.com

  About MetroPCS Communications, Inc.

Dallas-based MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS) is a provider of unlimited wireless communications service for a flat rate with no signed contract. MetroPCS is the fifth largest facilities-based wireless carrier in the United States based on number of subscribers served and has access to licenses covering a population of approximately 144 million people in many of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. As of December 31, 2009, MetroPCS had over 6.6 million subscribers. For more information, please visit http://www.metropcs.com/.

About Mister Cartoon

Mister Cartoon was born and raised in Los Angeles. He began his career as a graffiti artist in the 1980s and quickly gained notoriety for his unique tattoos, custom low-rider car work, album cover designs, logos, exclusive advertisements, and collectible limited edition products. His richly detailed, hand-rendered designs adorn the bodies of countless celebrities, have been featured in exhibitions around the globe, and have been commissioned by a myriad of companies including Harley Davidson, Xbox, Casio and Imagine Entertainment. Mister Cartoon continues to build a diverse, devoted and loyal global fan base.  This is his second limited edition mobile device release with MetroPCS.

About SA Studios Global

SA Studios Global is a full service agency that specializes in strategic positioning and content creation for select brands, products and feature films looking to dominate the multicultural marketplace. The agency has unparalleled credibility, authenticity and reach amongst core influencers, that ensures the pinpoint positioning of its projects; clients include Microsoft, Universal Pictures, Nike and other leading brands. Sanctioned is SA Studios Global private label brand, reserved for select alliances and partnerships. Sanctioned merges distinctive and relevant content and products with multiple touch-point marketing experiences. A portion of proceeds from all Sanctioned projects is dedicated to charity. SA Studios Global is headquartered in Los Angeles.

About Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg is an iconic Hip Hop recording artist and movie star. He has released 10 studio albums and currently heads up Priority Records as Creative Chairman. His newest album and DVD titled, More Malice, will be released on March 23, 2010. For more information, please visit http://www.snoopdogg.com

Wireless for All is a registered service mark of MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.  All rights reserved.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. The Bluetooth trademarks are owned by their proprietor and used by Motorola, Inc. under license. All other trademark and product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2010. All rights reserved.

  Media Contact:
  Drew Crowell
  GolinHarris for MetroPCS
  E-mail: dcrowell@golinharris.com
  Phone: 972.341.2581

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Source: MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Drew Crowell of GolinHarris, +1-972-341-2581,
dcrowell@golinharris.com, for MetroPCS

Web Site:  http://www.metropcs.com/
http://www.sanctionedmobile.com/
http://www.snoopdogg.com/

Three-Tuner Moxi(R) HD DVR Now Available for Standalone Purchase

Moxi HD DVR and Moxi Mate Bundles Still Available for Premiere Whole-Home Entertainment Experience

SUWANEE, Ga., March 1 -- ARRIS (NASDAQ:ARRS) today announced that the three-tuner version of the Moxi HD DVR, which allows recording of three channels simultaneously while watching a fourth recorded program, is now available for standalone purchase. Special offer, discounted bundles including the Moxi HD DVR and Moxi Mate multi-room players are also still available for consumers who want the premiere whole-home, multi-room entertainment experience only Moxi provides.

The award-winning Moxi product line is now available in the following configurations and price-points:

  --  Three-tuner Moxi HD DVR:  $599
  --  Three-tuner Moxi HD DVR + 1 Moxi Mate: $799
  --  Three-tuner Moxi HD DVR + 2 Moxi Mate: $999
  --  Moxi Mate multi-room player: $299
  --  Two-tuner Moxi HD DVR: $499

"Consumer electronics companies talk about multi-room convenience, but only the Moxi DVRs and Moxi Mates allow consumers to own the finest HD navigation, Internet entertainment and HD multi-room viewing experience available," said Richard Doherty, research director of the Envisioneering Group. "With its new triple and dual tuner pricing packages, ARRIS is giving consumers more price-performance choice than any other DVR supplier."

The Moxi HD DVR is designed to appeal to the most demanding digital cable entertainment enthusiasts.  Some of its key attributes include:

  --  A native HD interface and Emmy® award-winning Moxi Menu
  --  Up to 75 hours of HD recording space or up to 300 hours at standard
      definition, and expandable to 6.5 Terabytes for up to 1000 hours of HD
      recording with an external eSATA drive
  --  Access to many Internet services consumers already use, such as
      Rhapsody®, Flickr® and online video from Netflix®, Hulu(TM), and
      YouTube(TM) via DLNA server software such as PlayOn(TM) (currently
      provided with purchase of a Moxi HD DVR at no charge) running on their
      PC
  --  Multi-room viewing with the Moxi Mate and the ability to record three
      channels simultaneously while watching a fourth recorded program on
      the three-tuner version of the Moxi HD DVR
  --  Remote and mobile browser scheduling to set recordings while away from
      home
  --  No monthly or lifetime DVR service fees, significantly reducing its
      total cost of ownership
  --  No in-menu advertisements
  --  MoxiNet for full-screen web browsing and Superticker(TM) --a Moxi
      proprietary ticker widget that provides information, such as weather,
      sports scores and news along the bottom of the screen

The Moxi HD DVR makes it easy for consumers to discover, experience and share high definition media from their digital cable provider, PCs on the home network, and the Internet.

For more details, technical specifications and screen images of the Moxi HD DVR and Moxi Mate, please visit: http://www.moxi.com. You can also follow Moxi on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/moxi_hd or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/moxi.hd.

About ARRIS

ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple- and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver, reliable telephony, demand driven video, next-generation advertising and high-speed data services. ARRIS products expand and help grow network capacity with access and outside plant construction equipment, reliably deliver voice, video and data services and assure optimal service delivery for end customers. Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Suwanee; Chicago, IL; Beaverton OR, Kirkland, WA; State College, PA;  Wallingford CT; Waltham, MA; Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at http://www.arrisi.com.

ARRIS, Moxi, and their respective logos are the trademarks of ARRIS. Emmy is the trademark of ATAS/NATA. Flickr and the Flickr logo are the trademarks of Yahoo! Inc.  Rhapsody is the trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. Recording capacity times can vary depending on content type and bit rates utilized by the provider. Stated recording capacities are calculated in typical usage scenarios. Certain future services may be offered at additional cost.

Source: ARRIS
   

CONTACT:  Amanda Chang, Bite Communications, amanda.chang@bitepr.com, or
Erica Beyer, ARRIS, erica.beyer@arrisi.com

Web Site:  http://www.arrisi.com/

A-Evangelista S.A. Expands Use of Intergraph(R) SmartPlant(R) Enterprise Solutions

Argentine EPC adds advanced information management solution for consistent data quality and global worksharing

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 1 -- A-Evangelista S.A. (AESA), a  leading Argentine oil, gas and petrochemicals engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, has expanded its use of Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise software and standardized on the SmartPlant Foundation engineering document and data management solution to electronically manage and globally share project and plant engineering information to accelerate projects and decrease costs.

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AESA, which had previously implemented SmartPlant Enterprise design solutions including SmartPlant 3D, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation and SmartPlant Electrical, recently successfully utilized SmartPlant Foundation on an oil refinery project in Uruguay.

The project, which included refinery expansion and sulfur elimination at gasoline and diesel plants, as well as logistic and auxiliary services, provided two milestones: it was the largest lump sum project in AESA's history and was the first implementation of SmartPlant Foundation in Argentina.

Alas Ingenieria, Intergraph's local distributor for Argentina and Uruguay, provided support for AESA during their implementation, helping it to be completed in just three months.

With SmartPlant Foundation, AESA and its subcontractors in Uruguay, Argentina and Venezuela are now integrated on a network system sharing a single database  allowing AESA to integrate and manage all project and plant engineering data, including physical asset, work processes and regulatory and safety imperatives. Through this networking environment, SmartPlant Foundation also facilitates enhanced global decision support and worksharing capabilities permitting approvals, rejections or comments to be made more easily and efficiently.

SmartPlant Foundation's life cycle data management capability also enables a smoother handover for EPCs to owner operators and for owner operators to more easily maintain, refurbish or modify their plants. AESA chose SmartPlant Foundation after a competitive benchmark, not only for its technical capabilities, but also for the vendors' company history, research and development investments, and local support capability in Argentina.

"Intergraph's SmartPlant information management solution provides us with the resources to address our challenges with confidence," said Rodolfo Tolcach, engineering manager, AESA. "Our initial use of SmartPlant Foundation has proved successful, and we are eager to expand use of it and the other integrated SmartPlant Enterprise solutions to further increase our productivity."

Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power and Marine president, said, "AESA's selection of SmartPlant Foundation is testament to the technology and capabilities of the industry's leading information management solution, being in use by more than 300 EPC companies and owner /operators worldwide. We look forward to helping AESA to further increase its productivity and synergies, e.g.  by using  global worksharing on future projects, which in turn will allow the company and its subcontractors to become even more competitive."

SmartPlant Foundation is the information management solution at the heart of the SmartPlant Enterprise. It orchestrates the document control and management, data and application integration, workflow, visualization and navigation, change management and configuration control required for creation, safe operation and maintenance of large-scale process, power, marine and offshore capital assets. As an Engineering Document Management System (EDMS) and Engineering Data Warehouse (EDW) it supports many de-facto and industry standards for neutral format content persistence and information exchange, such as ISO15926, and forms a pivotal part of many EPC's and OO's capital Project Lifecycle Management (cPLM) strategies.

The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph the No. 1 overall engineering design 3D software and process engineering tools (PET) provider worldwide according to its PET Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast through 2013.

About AESAAESA is a company owned by YPF SA Argentina dedicated to engineering, construction and services that integrates the activities of engineering, manufacturing, construction, operation and maintenance of plants and sites, mainly directed to the sectors of oil, gas and petrochemicals.

AESA is a leader in its field with 60 years of experience in the energy industry, working for major companies in the region to develop all its operations under the Integrated Management System according to its Quality Policy, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health and under the guidelines of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001. For more information visit: http://www.aesa.com.ar

About Alas Ingenieria

Alas Ingenieria is the Intergraph distributor in Argentina and Uruguay. Founded in 1991 in Bahia Blanca, Alas pioneered its business model in its country. The company focuses its business on providing advanced solutions adapted to the reality of each customer ensuring optimum resource efficiency of businesses, while working with a staff of highly trained professionals in various disciplines. For more information please visit: http://www.alasingenieria.com.

About Intergraph

Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph's industry-specific software to organize vast amounts of data into understandable visual representations and actionable intelligence. Intergraph's software and services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world.

Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I).  Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for the design, construction and operation of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially-powered solutions to the defense and intelligence, public safety and security, government, transportation, photogrammetry, utilities, and communications industries. For more information, visit http://www.intergraph.com.

© 2010 Intergraph Corp. All rights reserved. Intergraph and the Intergraph logo are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

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CONTACT:  David Joffrion, Manager, Corporate Communications of
Intergraph, +1-256-730-2315, David.Joffrion@Intergraph.com

Web Site:  http://www.intergraph.com/

Ingenious Med's Application for BlackBerry Smartphones Announced at HiMSS10

ATLANTA, March 1 -- Today at HiMSS10, Ingenious Med announces a new application for BlackBerry® smartphones. IM Practice Manager for BlackBerry smartphones will further enable Ingenious Med's 6,000 users to access the charge and data capture application virtually anywhere.

"BlackBerry smartphones are quickly becoming one of the most widely-used mobile devices in hospitals' today," said Hart Williford, CEO of Ingenious Med. "We're excited to be developing this application for BlackBerry smartphones, which will create the most usable and physician-friendly offering for charge and data capture on the market."

Located at Booth 8939 in the Georgia World Congress Center March 1-4, Ingenious Med will be showcasing its application for BlackBerry smartphones, in addition to its other new features on the Ingenious Med Web application. Look for Ingenious Med in the BlackBerry product theatre, Booth 2007, March 2 at 3:30 p.m. for an exclusive demonstration of the application.

"By combining the mobility and security of the BlackBerry platform with IM Practice Manager, physicians will be able to capture charges, document and report and communicate digitally at the bedside in order to  help improve the quality of patient care and increase physician productivity," said Tyler Lessard, VP Global Alliances & Developer Relations, Research In Motion.

Winners of the 2009 MobileVillage®  Mobile Star awards in healthcare practice management, Ingenious Med is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with an application that can be used across multiple Web-based outlets, including hospital work stations, computer labs, tablet PCs, home computers and mobile devices.

"If you are already a BlackBerry user, this application just makes sense," said Williford. "With less than five minutes of training, you can be capturing charges in 15 seconds or less."

Initial release of this is available for a variety of BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry® Storm(TM), BlackBerry® Tour(TM), BlackBerry® Bold(TM) and BlackBerry® Curve(TM) series smartphones.

About Ingenious Med, Inc.

Founded in 1999 by a group of practicing physicians, Ingenious Med is an award-winning mobile platform that automates the activities of physicians when they are away from their office, whether they are rounding at a hospital, an outpatient clinic, a nursing home or even at home. Ingenious Med automates the revenue and charge capture processes for over 6,000 users in more than 500 healthcare facilities across the United States.

Ingenious Med's all-inclusive software solution, IM Practice Manager, is a handheld and Internet-based application that enables physicians to capture charges, enhance documentation, coding and compliance, improve quality of care, increase revenue and communicate digitally. In addition, the program aggregates management data separately from the hospital information system, so individual physician and total department performance can be accurately evaluated. For more information, visit http://www.ingeniousmed.com or call 404.815.0826

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.  RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

Source: Ingenious Med, Inc.
   

CONTACT:  Laura Murray of Ingenious Med, Inc., +1-404-786-2340,
laura.murray@ingeniousmed.com

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

Elsevier Launches Global Online Community of Research Administrators and Managers

Academic Publishing Leader Tapping Community's Insights to Uncover Industry Challenges and Inform Product Innovation and Co-Creation

BOSTON, March 1 -- Communispace, a pioneer of online customer insight communities for some of the world's leading brands, and its client Elsevier, a leading publisher of scientific and technical products and services, today announced the creation of a brand new online community of 150 research administrators and managers from all over the world. The community will provide an open forum for members to connect with fellow research administrators and managers from across the globe, discuss the latest trends in scientific research and exchange ideas to help shape new Elsevier concepts and products. Through online discussions and collaborative projects, Elsevier will solicit feedback from this core group of its customers on SciVal, its product suite designed to help researchers explore grant opportunities, obtain funding and share ideas across disciplines.

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"Today's ever-changing technology landscape has had a significant impact on the research field and made the industry increasingly electronic," said Juliette Goetzee, head of marketing relations, A&G products at Elsevier. "Compounding this development is the fact that global collaboration and cross-disciplinary research teams are becoming more prevalent, resulting in a variety of challenges for research administrators and managers. By interacting directly with this group in our community, we can better understand the unique circumstances  they're facing and ensure that our solutions address their most pressing needs--both now and as they evolve in the future."

The research administrator community is the third international community Elsevier has launched with Communispace. In 2008, the companies partnered to create a community of librarians and another comprised of scientists and researchers to test prototypes, understand how to address the unmet needs of these groups and engage community members in the product development process. When Elsevier introduced its SciVal product suite to address the increasingly complex responsibilities of research administrators and managers, the company wanted to obtain similar feedback to ensure that the solution is as relevant and useful as possible.

Through a variety of community discussions and facilitated activities, Elsevier will use the community to ensure the SciVal solutions help institutions and individuals alike evaluate, establish and execute upon their research strategies efficiently and easily. The benefits of the community extend beyond tangible business results for Elsevier. By uniting this geographically disparate group of academics, Elsevier is providing them with a forum to discuss issues, exchange ideas and suggestions and share knowledge that could benefit the larger research community on a global scale. International collaboration and cross-discipline research are increasingly preferred by grant committees, and the diverse make-up of Elsevier's research administrator community makes it ideally suited to address these trends. Additional benefits of community participation include:

  --  The opportunity to discuss issues affecting the academic industry
      overall and how they impact the research administrator and manager
      role specifically
  --  The chance to learn about regulatory and policy issues affecting
      research in different countries
  --  A forum to share best practices with colleagues from developed and
      developing countries
  --  The ability to help Elsevier shape concepts and develop products to
      better suit the industry's needs

"Elsevier has always been known for its commitment to excellence in academia and its world-class reputation is largely due to its continued innovation," said Maria Rapp, managing director, Europe at Communispace. "By using online communities to unite its global customer base, Elsevier is extracting unprecedented insights that can not only improve its own products, but also inform developments that will benefit the research industry as a whole."

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet and Cell, and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include ScienceDirect, Scopus,  Reaxys, MD Consult and Nursing Consult, which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

About Communispace

The world's most admired brands turn to Communispace Corporation, the leader in generating game-changing insights via private online customer communities. Founded in 1999, the company has created more than 350 customer communities for industry leaders such as Kraft, Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab, Hallmark, Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline, and Hilton Hotels Corporation. Headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts, the company has offices in Atlanta, Chicago, London, New York, San Francisco, as well as San Remo, Italy and Sydney, Australia. For more information, please visit: http://www.communispace.com.

  Liz Shulof
  Greenough Communications
  617.275.6522
  lshulof@greenoughcom.com

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CONTACT:  Liz Shulof of Greenough Communications for Communispace
Corporation, +1-617-275-6522, lshulof@greenoughcom.com

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

Banks Shift From Overdraft Fees to Payday Loan Type Products: Will it Work Out?

LOS ANGELES, March 1 -- Pay1Day.com. The implementation of the Card Act of 2009 and the Overdraft Fee Legislation marks an increasingly shifted focus from traditional loan products to payday loan type services by big banks, observes a Bloomberg article and Solomon Finance.  Although the new reforms have made it difficult to sustain profitability from credit card and overdraft fees, two of banks' most profitable products, questions arise whether the recent push for short term small cash loans, more commonly called checking advance products, will be successful for national banks while competing with direct payday loan lenders.

Checking advance products are cash loans usually ranging from $100 - $500 with annual interest rates at about 120% if paid within 30 days.  These products are not new to big banks: Wells Fargo has had these loans as part of their offerings since 1994, and then in 2008, Fifth Third Bank had also provided these types of loans.  Checking advances are similar to payday loans with comparable interest rates and repayment time frames, usually occurring on the borrower's next pay period with the added convenience of automatic payment withdrawals due to the issuance of the borrower's account by the corresponding bank.

By getting into the small cash lending business, big banks face two major issues: competition from established payday lenders with years and even decades of experience, and the real-life ability to profit from $500 loans with existing big-bank overhead, questioning whether they can be successful long term during the payday loan growth.

Established payday lenders, whether it be online payday lenders or brick-and-mortar paycheck cashing stores, have gotten quick cash loans down to a science where loans can be approved within seconds and cash can be delivered to the customer within hours. With an online payday loan lender, the entire process can be done from the customer's computer at practically any place in the world with an internet connection. In addition, the flexibility and added convenience such as faster customer support via multiple methods such as email, phone, fax, and the ability to customize loan features that stem from the smaller scale nature of payday loan lenders, presents a niche-barrier that may be difficult for national banks to overcome.

Replicating the payday loans business model while searching to fulfill the overdraft and credit card gap caused by the Overdraft Fee Legislation and Card Act of 2009 will be an obstacle for traditional banks; interesting to follow throughout the rest of 2010.

Source: Solomon Finance
   

CONTACT:  Mia Nguyen of Solomon Finance, +1-714-787-8880

China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc. Subsidiary Signs Virtualization Agreement with China Unicom's Zibo and Linyi Branches

Successful Marketing Results in Major Telecom Industry Project

JINAN, China, March 1 -- Jinan Yinquan Technology Co., Ltd. (Yinquan), one of the wholly-owned subsidiaries of China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc.  (BULLETIN BOARD: CVDT) , today announced that it has signed virtualization agreements with China Unicom's Zibo and Linyi branches ("the customers"). Yinquan will work separately with the Zibo and Linyi branches to launch its integrated datacenter virtualization solution. This is the first time that China VoIP & Digital Telecom has acquired new customers in the telecom industry.

China Unicom, a large telecom carrier in China, was established on January 6, 2009 on the basis of the former China Unicom and China Netcom, which played important roles in China's telecom market with their own respective advantages in different professional areas. At the end of 2008, it served subscribers in 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in Mainland China. It obtained a 3G license in early 2009.

Yinquan will provide customers with world-leading comprehensive datacenter solution technologies. This will help customers reduce investment and operating expenses, lowering the total cost of business ownership. It will also help customers enhance their datacenter security and reduce the required number of servers, resulting in higher energy-savings, lower emissions and more environmentally friendly effects.

"We designed the integrated virtualization datacenter solution based on the telecom carrier's current and future needs. We are pleased to see our solution is proving to be profitable and useful in the telecom industry," said Mr. Kunwu Li, President and CEO of China VoIP & Digital Telecom. "They are our first customers in the telecom industry, and the project offers us a successful showcase to introduce our integrated virtualization solutions to other telecom carriers."

The customers also selected Yinquan to provide after-sale services during virtualization system operations. This service contract is expected to bring stable and long-term recurring revenue to Yinquan.

About China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc.

China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc. offers virtualization technology application in the People's Republic of China through its wholly owned subsidiary Jinan Yinquan Technology Co., Ltd and Beijing PowerUnique Technologies, Co., Ltd. Through the two subsidiaries, China VoIP & Digital Telecom is well positioned to take full advantage of the tremendous economic growth currently being experienced in China. The Company is currently marketing its integral virtualization solutions and services in China and at this time is in the testing stages of other Information Technology products. More information can be found at http://www.chinavoip-telecom.com/ .

About Virtualization Technology

Virtualization is a proven software technology that is rapidly transforming the IT landscape and fundamentally changing the way people compute.

Today's powerful x86 computer hardware was originally designed to run only a single operating system and a single application, but virtualization breaks that boundary, making it possible to run multiple operating systems and multiple applications on the same computer at the same time, increasing the utilization and flexibility of hardware.

Virtualization is a technology that can benefit anyone who uses a computer, from IT professionals and Mac enthusiasts to commercial businesses and government organizations. Join the millions of people around the world who use virtualization to save time, money and energy while achieving more with the computer hardware they already own.

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  For more information please contact

  CVDT Investor Contacts:
   Michelle Wong
   Phone: +86-531-5558-5742
   Email: michellewong@chinavoip-telecom.com

  Great Wall Research LLC
   Sheena Shen
   Phone: +1-203-252-7266
   Email: sshen@greatwallresearch.com

Source: China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc.
   

CONTACT: Investors, Michelle Wong of China VoIP & Digital Telecom Inc.,
+86-531-5558-5742, michellewong@chinavoip-telecom.com; or Sheena Shen of Great
Wall Research LLC, +1-203-252-7266, sshen@greatwallresearch.com

Web site: http://www.chinavoip-telecom.com/

SAP Gains 3M as New Customer

SAP(R) Business Suite Applications to Replace Legacy Business Software at 3M Operations Around the World; SAP Enables Global Business Process Transformation at Innovation-Driven Company

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 1 -- One of the world's largest brands has selected SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) as its enterprise standard software provider to unify its global business processes. 3M is rolling out SAP® Business Suite 7 software as it phases out some of its legacy applications at sites around the world.

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Along with its growing portfolio of acquired companies offering innovative products from healthcare and highway safety to office products and abrasives and adhesives, 3M has inherited these companies' business software installations, which currently run distinct processes from the shop floor, to the supply chain, to sales and reporting. The company is now unifying its IT landscape on SAP Business Suite to orchestrate business processes in an integrated operating model and gain clearer insight across its global operations.

"Providing innovative solutions to our customers around the world is our top priority, so we undertook a thorough evaluation to determine the best-suited business software that could further improve customer intimacy, service delivery and power each of our divisions and regions of operations with industry best practices," said Ernie Park, vice president and chief information officer, 3M. "SAP business solutions will play an important enabling role in unifying core processes globally and supporting our ongoing strategy of meeting customer needs wherever they are. We expect the SAP deployment to provide significant value to 3M in the coming years."

To help ensure business continuity, 3M is taking a phased approach to its deployment of SAP Business Suite 7. The company is taking an economical approach, shaping its long-term IT plans over time as its needs and the needs of its customers evolve. First implementations are already under way in Europe and Asia Pacific. In Europe, 3M is in the process of implementing a new demand forecasting and supply planning system leveraging the SAP® Advanced Planning & Optimization component. In the Asia-Pacific region, the company is planning to replace most of its legacy applications with SAP® ERP over the next several years. Once the proof of concept is successfully validated, additional rollouts will ensue to other geographies.

Business intelligence (BI) software from SAP will play a key role in the global deployment, enabling 3M's management to access accurate and timely data on business performance across its divisions to support informed decision making. The SAP software agreement enables 3M to integrate the best practices it has gained with its existing BI deployments from the SAP® BusinessObjects(TM) portfolio in the United States and in other regions into the global rollout template.

With its lines of business operating in diverse industries, 3M aims to benefit from the industry innovation and the integrated applications delivered by SAP Business Suite 7. As new features to SAP Business Suite applications are added on via enhancement packages, 3M can continually adapt processes already adopted in the global process template without the business disruption typically associated with complete system upgrades.

"SAP and 3M share a commitment to innovation, not only in terms of our technologies but also in the way our businesses evolve to better serve customer needs," said Robert Enslin, president, SAP North America. "The agreement with 3M underlines our ability to welcome new global companies to our installed base as they are look to address their current business issues and long-term objectives."

About SAP Business Suite

SAP® Business Suite software enables enterprises to execute and optimize their business and IT strategies. SAP Business Suite gives organizations the unique ability to perform their essential industry-specific and business support processes with modular software that is designed to work with other SAP and non-SAP software. Organizations and departments in all industries can deploy SAP Business Suite software in a step-wise manner to address specific business challenges on their own timelines and without costly upgrades. SAP Business Suite provides better insight and visibility across organizations, improves operational efficiency and effectiveness, and increases the flexibility to address business change.

About SAP

SAP is the world's leading provider of business software(*), offering applications and services that enable companies of all sizes and in more than 25 industries to become best-run businesses. With more than 95,000 customers in over 120 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE, under the symbol "SAP." For more information, visit http://www.sap.com.

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+1-610-661-3200, EST, press@sap.com, all of SAP AG; or Jacqueline Berry of 3M,
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IPC and Internet Solutions Partner to Deliver Direct Trading Connectivity Between Global Financial Centers

Strategic Partnership Delivers Instantaneous and Resilient Trader Communications across South Africa, Europe, United States and Asia Pacific

JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 1 -- IPC Systems, a leading provider of indispensable trading communications solutions to the world's leading financial services firms and global enterprises, today announced that it has expanded its global network coverage through a partnership with Internet Solutions (IS), a division of Dimension Data, based in South Africa.  This partnership dramatically reduces the installation time to connect with trading venues across Europe and Africa, whilst assuring optimal service levels required to complete international trading transactions. Today's news follows IPC's recent announcement of the expansion of its services in Asia Pacific and demonstrates commitment to partnering with best-of-breed companies to deliver access to IPC's global network.

IPC partnered with IS, a leading converged communications service provider offering an innovative portfolio of voice and data services within South Africa. The partnership enables IPC's customers to take advantage of its network reach supported by the expertise of IS to deliver its services effectively and reliably to financial services firms based in Africa.

South Africa is primed for connection to major international capital markets due to the strength of its bond market. This enables IPC's On-Net community, comprising nearly 4,000 locations, to connect more rapidly to trading partners in Cape Town and Johannesburg, across a resilient and diverse network dedicated to traders. The presence in South Africa and the relationship with IS increases IPC's global network reach and provides direct connectivity to a rapidly developing financial center.

"IPC continually invests in its global network to provide access to new pools of liquidity. This ensures that we are able to connect our customers to more markets quickly, securely and reliably," said Mathew Whitmore, program manager, Network Services, IPC Systems. "Our partnership with Internet Solutions is another important step in supporting global financial services firms to compete effectively in the modern marketplace."

The connectivity in South Africa provides an ultra-resilient secure global financial network supported by IPC's unmatched, always-on, proactive service management to facilitate high performance trading on a global scale.

"Internet Solutions is proud to have been chosen for the provision, management and uptime support for IPC's South African footprint," said Wayne Speechly, general manager, Voice Solutions, Internet Solutions. "Driven by our experience and in-depth knowledge of the local market both from a technical and regulatory perspective, our services enforce IPC's network capabilities securely and reliably within this region."

About IPC

IPC is a leading provider of indispensable financial trading communications solutions to the world's leading financial services firms and global enterprises. With 35 years of expertise and innovation, IPC provides its customers with global systems and solutions, as well as a suite of products and enhanced services that includes advanced Voice-over-IP technology and integrated network and 24x7x365 management services in more than 60 countries. Based in Jersey City, N.J., IPC has approximately 900 employees throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. For more information, visit http://www.ipc.com.

About Internet Solutions

Internet Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data.  The company is Southern Africa's most established and experienced Internet Service Provider. Since 1993 Internet Solutions has been providing end-to-end connectivity solutions and related services across the African continent. Internet Solutions is now also able to self provision, having received an ECNS license in 2009. This is enabling the company to deliver fully aggregated telecommunications services to the South African market.

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Health Robotics' i.v.STATION Robot Proven to be Almost Four Times Faster Than Intelligent Hospital Systems' RIVA

BOZEN, SUD-TIROL, Italy, March 1, 2010--     Health Robotics today announced the public evaluation of video speed
tests between i.v.STATION and RIVA sterile compounding robots, based on each
companies' public video testimonials at their respective web sites of an
identical powder reconstitution (80 ml) and size/dose of syringe (10cc).
Founded on this side-by-side comparison and other publicly available
information, it is now evident that i.v.STATION is 3.8 times faster than
RIVA. When additionally factoring in RIVA's fiveA times higher price,
i.v.STATION is 20 times less expensive than RIVA on a per-dose basis.

    "While we still have room for improvement, I'm happy with i.v. STATION's
throughput results in Europe and now in America, especially considering
RIVA's 15+ year head-start. Although i.v.STATION's revolutionary design
received accolades globally, there was some skepticism about its throughput
due to IHS' speculative claims about i.v.STATION's alleged slow speed,
attributing it to its low cost and small size. There is now incontrovertible
evidence that larger and more expensive is not faster, quite the contrary.
Even at less than 20% of the cost and footprint of RIVA, i.v.STATION is
almost 4 times faster, proven by its 2.5 minute filling of an identical I.V.
Admixture stated by IHS to take RIVA 9.5 minutes to fill. IHS' baseless
claims about i.v.STATION are now proven to be as much hype as their own
decades-oldB statements about RIVA being able to compound chemotherapy: many
sales announcements with nameless chemo customers, but not a single hospital
pharmacy in the world actually using RIVA for chemo", stated Werner Rainer,
Health Robotics' CEO.

    The difference in throughput is not due to the speed of the robotic arms,
as these settings are mostly irrelevant. The 7 minutes' speed gap between the
2 robots is due to IHS' old engineering design choices that make the RIVA
robot move back and forth performing a myriad of unnecessary tasks to
multiple locations, for instance not needed on i.v.STATION due to its smart
carrousels with integrated bar-code and digital imaging features. The only
differences in the use of IV consumables in these otherwise matching video
testimonials are: a) that RIVA spends time throwing away (wasting) a
half-full diluent's IV bag and a wasted 60cc syringe [in contrast, no waste
with i.v.STATION], and b) that i.v.STATION automatically caps the syringe
with a tamper-evident cap [for security and safety reasons] while RIVA
utilizes a plain Kendall cap that is easily subject to tampering. For this
and other comparisons please visit:
http://www.health-robotics.com/en/compare-products/

    "Even though we still have a lot of work ahead of us in expanding to 40+
planned 2010 installations of i.v.STATION, we are now confident that we: a)
have the right design, cost, and R.O.I./value proposition; b) possess the
ability to expand the design concept, the ROI, and benefits to TPNs; and c)
have changed the paradigm by asking hospital pharmacists why should they pay
$1+ million for a RIVA robot that is 4 times slower, 5 times larger, 9 times
heavier, and 5 times more expensive than i.v.STATION", concluded Mr. Rainer.

    For the official IHS' testimonial of RIVA's 9.5 minutes powder
reconstitution performance, please visit:
http://www.intelligenthospitals.com/media/recon/recon.htm. In the event that
IHS withdraws or changes the above web link based on these grossly
unfavorable results shared through this press release, please email us at:
info@health-robotics.com, and we should be able to direct you to an alternate
web link so you can witness the video testimonial as originally and publicly
released by IHS. To view i.v.STATION's 2.5 minutes performance, please visit:
http://www.health-robotics.com/en/solutions/i-v-station/

    About Health Robotics:

    Health Robotics is the undisputed global leading supplier of
life-critical intra-venous medication robots, providing healthcare facilities
in 5 continents with robotics technology and software automation solutions.
Its world-leading solutions CytoCare(TM) [hazardous IVs], i.v.STATION(TM)
[non-hazardous IVs], i.v.SOFT(TM) [workflow engine for manual compounding,
powered by MEDarchiver], and TPNstation(TM) [totally-automated parenteral
nutrition] have and will greatly contribute to ease hospitals' growing
pressures to improve patient safety, increase throughput and contain costs.
Through the effective and efficient production of sterile, accurate,
tamper-evident and ready-to-administer IVs, Health Robotics' solutions help
hospitals eliminate life-threatening drug-exchange errors, decrease other
therapy oversights and sterility risks, work more efficiently, reduce waste
and controlled substances' diversion, and diminish the gap between rising
patient volume/acuity and scarce nursing and pharmacy staff. For more
information, please visit http://www.health-robotics.com

    A Winnipeg TV Interview with IHS' CEO stating 11 installs of RIVA in 2008
and 30 installs in 2009 (RIVA's real cumulative total achieved by 2010= 3
units) and $1M price.

    B Am J Hosp Pharm 46(11): 2286-93 1989

   
    For additional information, please contact:
    Health Robotics S.r.l.
    Gaspar G. DeViedma,
    Executive V.P., General Counsel, and Member of the Board of Directors
    Italy: +39-346-963-4934
    USA: +1-609-980-7976
    Canada: +1-289-470-1456
    Malaysia: +60-321-848-223
    gaspar.deviedma@health-robotics.com

Source: Health Robotics

For additional information, please contact: Health Robotics S.r.l., Gaspar G. DeViedma, Executive V.P., General Counsel, and Member of the Board of Directors, Italy: +39-346-963-4934, USA: +1-609-980-7976, Canada: +1-289-470-1456, Malaysia: +60-321-848-223, gaspar.deviedma@health-robotics.com

Miele Selects C2C's ArchiveOne(R) Email Archiving Solution for Lotus Domino

Miele, the world's largest family-owned appliance company, uses C2C's ArchiveOne for effective search and retrieval and a reduction of email size

WESTBOROUGH, Mass., March 1 -- C2C, a leading provider of email, file and messaging management solutions, today announced that it has implemented ArchiveOne for Domino to support and manage Miele's 400 mailboxes, held on a Lotus Domino Cluster for all users in the UK.

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As the global premium domestic brand, Miele's motto is 'Forever Better' - underlying the companies principles of providing products that boast longevity combined with future innovation. The same principles underlie Miele's IT and email management philosophy. Like most businesses, Miele was experiencing rapid data expansion with email volumes and growth of attachments. Miele's IT department is led by Paul Aram, IT Infrastructure Manager, who has adopted a forward-thinking approach to email management within the Lotus Domino environment.

"At Miele, we have used ArchiveOne to archive off email automatically, so there is less demand on our servers with regards to indexing, updating of views, and consistency checks. The ability to easily search for emails based upon business requirements is above and beyond what can be natively delivered from IBM. ArchiveOne's flexible approach to repositories means we have options on where to store the Archived data, thus allowing us to utilize production servers to their maximum capability," Aram commented.

All emails are archived from Lotus Domino via the use of journaling - a system whereby every copy of an email is made. This is compressed and archived via ArchiveOne every night onto a separate storage environment, which is currently a SAN file repository outside of the Lotus Domino environment.

Since the installation began earlier this year, Miele has archived approx 170Gb of email which is split across two repositories. This represents a significant decrease in the size of the overall database usage of almost 70Gb.

Dave Hunt, CEO, C2C expands further, "ArchiveOne provides Miele with critical Information Retention Management that allows them to meet regulatory obligations, provide eDiscovery across the organization and avoid having too much data residing on their Domino servers. Easy installation and use has been enabled via an intuitive and familiar Notes & Domino interface."

As a result of the archiving project, Miele has seen significant time savings locating important emails as requested by various departments across the company, from HR to purchasing. Expensive primary disk usage has also decreased as ArchiveOne compresses the data held within the repositories. There are also notable improvements in terms of the performance for the user and for the IT overall, with fewer resources required to manage and support Lotus Notes Domino. Later this year, the company is planning to move from Lotus Domino 7.0.3 to Lotus Domino 8.5 and ArchiveOne helps overcomes the problem of email data migration.

Paul sums up the ArchiveOne experience: "Prior to ArchiveOne, locating a single email was time and resource intensive. Now with ArchiveOne, we can identify a single email using search criteria such as subject/date or content and the retrieval of tagged searches can be performed in seconds."

Looking towards the future, Paul can see that the automation of archiving using pre-assigned policies within ArchiveOne can be rolled out to individual mailboxes.

About Miele

Miele is a German manufacturer of high quality domestic appliances and commercial equipment. It was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann and has always been a family-owned, family-run company. Since the beginning, the Miele motto has been "Immer Besser" or "Forever Better" and this philosophy is still reflected in the legendary quality and longevity of the products. Please visit http://www.miele.co.uk for more information.

About C2C

C2C Systems has earned the trust of its four million software users since 1992 by consistently delivering high-value, dependable core messaging system enhancements. Microsoft® Exchange, SharePoint®, and Windows® File Server together with IBM® Lotus® Domino® form the heart of our commercial and governmental customers' businesses worldwide. C2C's ArchiveOne® product family is the trusted choice for their email and file archiving, e-discovery, compliance management, legal forensics and storage management tools to enhance these platforms. For more information about the company, visit http://www.c2c.com.

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Web Site:  http://www.c2c.com/
http://www.miele.co.uk/

Bayer Introduces CONTOUR(R) USB - Innovative Plug and Play Technology That Puts People With Diabetes in the Driving Seat

NEWBURY, England, March 1, 2010--     Today Bayer Diabetes Care launch their new CONTOUR(R) USB
blood glucose meter in the UK and Ireland. Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB is the
first blood glucose meter with cutting edge 'plug and play' technology and a
built-in USB that inserts directly into a computer. This innovative meter
provides users with instant access to their blood glucose test results whilst
'on-the-go', helping them to manage their condition more effectively and in a
way that suits their modern lifestyle. Specialist Glucofacts(TM) DELUXE
software translates up to 2,000 individual blood glucose readings into
meaningful trends and patterns, giving users an unprecedented level of access
to their own unique diabetic profiles and empowering them to become 'experts'
in their diabetes.

    "This technology has the potential to transform the way people
manage their diabetes; instead of seeing a single blood glucose level, they
can now simply see & review the whole picture", said Dr. Iain Cranston,
Consultant Physician, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. "Up until now
visualisation of this data has been difficult and people with diabetes have
often just been reacting to their one-off blood glucose levels on a real-time
basis, but CONTOUR(R) USB gives them a much bigger overview, enabling them to
spot regular patterns and potential problems emerging and allowing them to
take a more proactive role in their condition."

    Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB can also help people with diabetes to
make better, more informed decisions that are based upon genuine insight.
Users can not only download their blood glucose results for their own
information, but they can now send them directly to their healthcare
professionals at the touch of a button.

    "With the CONTOUR(R) USB meter, patients are able to share
their results with their healthcare professional during a clinic appointment,
over the phone, or via email, giving them the opportunity to make treatment
adjustments, such as taking action to reduce their HbA1c levels, if
necessary. One of the main differences is that now this is a two-way
conversation and patients are better able to understand the logic behind such
treatment adjustments, incorporating them into their daily routine with
greater ease." said Dr. David Simmons, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Bayer
Diabetes Care.

    Low levels of HbA1c in the bloodstream are one of the best
indicators that diabetes is under control. Use of Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB with
its specialist diabetes management software has been shown to significantly
lower HbA1c(1) and a sustained HbA1c reduction is important for consistent
diabetes management. In fact, even a one-percent reduction in HbA1c reduces
the risk of serious diabetes related complications by 40 percent(2).

    Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB meter also features:

   
    - A bright colour display, visible in any light that shows
      average, high and low readings with customisable features such as
      intuitive pre- and post-meal marking

    - 500MB extra memory for storage of personal diabetes
      information

    - Rechargeable battery that can charge from any USB port or
      via the optional CONTOUR(R) USB wall charger

    - Glucofacts(TM) DELUXE diabetes management software

    Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB meter uses CONTOUR(R) blood glucose
test strips currently available on prescription.

    Nick Jonas of The Jonas Brothers, who has diabetes and is an
ambassador for Bayer Diabetes Care said, "I have been using Bayer's
CONTOUR(R) USB meter and really like it. The technology has made monitoring
my blood sugar, logging the results, and sharing information with my
healthcare professional an easier process for me, especially with my busy
schedule. This new meter has totally simplified my diabetes management
experience."

    Nick has custom designed a Dog Tag, available for people with
diabetes and those who want to show their support for diabetes. Launching in
the UK at the same time as Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB meter, the Dog Tags are
GBP6 and Bayer will make a donation to the Jonas Brothers' Change for the
Children Foundation as well as donating GBP1 to the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation for every dog tag sold. The Dog Tags are available at
http://www.NicksSimpleWins.co.uk.

    Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB meter will be available soon for sale
in the United Kingdom and Ireland. If based in the United Kingdom, people
should visit http://www.bayercontourusb.co.uk to find out more and to purchase
Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB meter. If they make their purchase before the 30th of
June 2010, they can save GBP5 by typing USBPR5 in the promotional code box.

    Alternatively if they are based in Ireland, they should go to
http://www.bayercontourusb.ie. If they make their purchase before the 30th of
June 2010, they can save EUR6 by typing USBPR6 in the promotional code box.

    Notes to Editors

    Dog Tags

    A dog tag is the informal name for the identification tags
originally worn by military personnel, but which are now popular in wider
fashion circles.

    When dog tags are worn as jewellery they are often fashioned
out of precious metals and they may be inscribed with the owner's details
including information relating to their health.

    About Diabetes

    Diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or
properly use insulin.(3) Approximately 2.6 million children and adults in the
UK or 4% of the population, have diabetes,(4) which puts them at risk of
developing serious health complications over time, such as heart disease,
kidney disease, blindness, and stroke.(5) Type 1 diabetes, also called
juvenile diabetes, is usually diagnosed in children and young adults. In
people with type 1 diabetes, the body makes little or no insulin, which may
result in many complications if glucose levels are not controlled.(6) Type 2
diabetes is usually diagnosed in adults, although increasingly, children are
being diagnosed with this disease. Type 2 is associated with obesity, family
history of diabetes, history of gestational diabetes, impaired glucose
metabolism, physical inactivity and race/ethnicity.(7)

    About Bayer Diabetes Care

    Bayer Diabetes Care supports customers in 100 countries and stands in a
Long tradition of leading the way in diabetes care product innovation since
the introduction of CLINITEST reagent tablets in 1941. The face of diabetes
care was changed in 1969 when the first portable blood glucose meter and test
strips were introduced. Bayer HealthCare further innovated diabetes
management by being the first company to introduce a suite of blood glucose
monitors with No Coding(TM) technology. The BREEZE(R) 2 and CONTOUR(R) blood
glucose monitoring systems offer people with diabetes an unparalleled choice
in diabetes management systems. Bayer Diabetes Care global headquarters is
located in Tarrytown, New York, in the United States and operates as part of
Bayer HealthCare LLC, a member of the worldwide Bayer HealthCare group. The
Headquarters for the region Europe-MERA is located in Basel as part of Bayer
Con­sumer Care AG.

    About Bayer HealthCare

    The Bayer Group is a global enterprise with core competencies in the
fields of healthcare, nutrition and high-tech materials. Bayer HealthCare, a
subsidiary of Bayer AG, is one of the world's leading, innovative companies
in the healthcare and medical products industry and is based in Leverkusen,
Germany. The company combines the global activities of the Animal Health,
Bayer Schering Pharma, Consumer Care and Medical Care divisions. Bayer
HealthCare's aim is to discover and manufacture products that will improve
human and animal health worldwide. Find more information at
http://www.bayerhealthcare.com.

   
    Collateral available:

    - Spokespeople:
      - Case study - a patient with diabetes who is the first person
        in the UK to trial this blood glucose meter
      - Bayer - Dr. David Simmons, MD, Chief Medical Officer for
        Bayer Diabetes Care
      - KOL- Dr. Iain Cranston, Consultant Physician, Queen Alexandra
        Hospital, Portsmouth
    - Photos: Bayer's CONTOUR(R) USB blood glucose meter
    - Backgrounders:
      - Bayer Diabetes Care 40 Year History
      - Diabetes Fact Sheet
      - Bayer Innovations in Diabetes Management Timeline

    1 Janssen M. Portalalin M, Wallace J, et al.: Ascensia WinGLUCOFACTS(TM)
Professional Software Improves Diabetes Health Outcomes. J Diabetes Sci
Technol 2007: 1:47-53.

    2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National diabetes fact
sheet: general information and national
estimates on diabetes in the United States, 2003.
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2003.pdf. Last
accessed May 11, 2009

    3 CDC Diabetes Program: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faq/basics.htm

    4 Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) 2009:

    England:
http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/supporting-information/audits-andperformance/the-quality-and-outcomes-framework/qof-2008/09/data-tables/prevalence-data-tables

    (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste
this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the
space if one exists.)

    5 CDC Diabetes Program: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/faq/basics.htm

    6 http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/search.pdf. Last accessed May 4,
2009

    7 http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/general.htm Last accessed May 4, 2009

   
    Media Contact(s):

    Rachel Owen
    Bayer Diabetes Care
    Corporate Media & Public Relations
    Manager
    T: +44-1635-563410
    M: +44-7836-509-262

    Joanna Tubbs
    MS&L Group
    Senior Account Executive
    T: +44-(0)207-878-3107
    M: +44-(0)7946880649

Source: Bayer Diabetes Care

Media Contact(s): Rachel Owen, Bayer Diabetes Care, Corporate Media & Public Relations, Manager, T: +44-1635-563410, M: +44-7836-509-262. Joanna Tubbs, MS&L Group, Senior Account Executive, T: +44-(0)207-878-3107, M: +44-(0)7946880649

NETGEAR Extends Leadership in SMB Storage With Two High-Performance ReadyNAS Solutions for Virtualized Environments

SMB Storage Leader Delivers Sub-$5K, High-Performance Solution and Enterprise-Class Platform with Affordable 10 Gigabit Ethernet Connectivity

HANNOVER, Germany, March 1 -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced the addition of two high-performance network storage platforms optimized for storage virtualization applications to its award-winning family of ReadyNAS® products. NETGEAR is the worldwide leader in storage for Small- and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs), see http://www.netgear.com/About/PressReleases/en-US/2009/20090608.aspx.

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With support for up to 500 users, the powerful but cost-effective ReadyNAS 3100 and ReadyNAS 4200 are ideal as primary storage solutions for mid-range enterprises and high-performance secondary solutions for larger businesses. ReadyNAS provides reliable high-performance data storage along with integrated replication and backup options in virtualized IT infrastructures, enabling businesses to reduce costs and increase flexibility. This week, NETGEAR will display its new ReadyNAS products in Bell Microproducts' booth (Hall 14, Stand K35) at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, March 2-6. Related CeBIT announcements can be found here (http://www.netgear.com/About/PressReleases.aspx).

"The introduction of the ReadyNAS 3100 and ReadyNAS 4200 further solidify NETGEAR as the leader of network storage in the SMB market segment," said Paul Tien, vice president and general manager of NETGEAR's Network Storage Business Unit. "From enterprise branch office to mid-range datacenter, NETGEAR provides powerful but affordable storage solutions that support advanced applications and virtualized server environments. Combined with advanced switching, wireless and security product lines, NETGEAR provides more complete solutions for channel partners than any other vendor in the market."

The ReadyNAS 3100 is a 1U 4-bay rack-mountable storage platform that provides up to 8 terabytes (TB) of storage capacity in a single system. The ReadyNAS 4200 is a 2U 12-bay rack-mountable storage platform that provides up to 24TB and two redundant drives in a single system. Both are VMware®-ready and are unified storage systems powered by the Linux®-based ReadyNAS RAIDiator(TM) operating system.

The ReadyNAS 3100 and 4200 deliver high-end, enterprise-class features in addition to the field-proven, award-wining ReadyNAS architecture. Most notably, the ReadyNAS 3100, with 4 SATA channels, is the first sub-$5K 1U rack-mount storage system with redundant power supply for improved reliability and business continuity. Additionally, the ReadyNAS 4200, with 12 SATA channels, is the first ReadyNAS to support the 10 Gigabit Ethernet network infrastructure. This offers customers greatly improved throughput, response time, reliability and efficiency, making the solution ideal for server virtualization, database and other business-critical applications for SMBs.

  ReadyNAS 3100 and 4200 features:
  --  Unified architecture support for both NAS and iSCSI SAN applications
      -- cross platform file sharing, secure replication, easy remote
      access, cloud backup, disaster recovery and server virtualization;
  --  Powerful platforms for performance-demanding applications -- powered
      by an Intel® Quad Core processor, the ReadyNAS 4200 with 10 Gigabit
      Ethernet network connectivity delivers over three times higher
      performance compared to the existing top-of-the-line ReadyNAS
      platform;
  --  The most reliable ReadyNAS product design for business-critical
      applications -- hot swappable enterprise SATA drives, redundant system
      cooling, redundant network ports, Error-Correcting Code (ECC) memory
      and redundant power supply.

"IT departments are looking for cost-effective yet reliable and high performance storage systems to support the foundation of the IT infrastructure. As such, organizations have begun adopting virtualization solutions as they cut costs and increase operational flexibility and environmental friendliness," said Benjamin Woo, vice president of IDC's Enterprise Storage Systems research group. "NETGEAR's new storage systems exemplify the kind of affordable yet powerful platforms that IT needs in their virtualized environments."

The 1U rack-mount ReadyNAS 3100 can come equipped with 4TB or 8TB of storage capacity at an estimated U.S. streetprice starting at $3,800. The 2U ReadyNAS 4200 can come equipped with 12TB or 24TB of storage capacity at an estimated U.S. streetprice starting at $10,000. Both solutions can be purchased worldwide from NETGEAR PowerShift Partners as of late April. ReadyNAS Vault(TM) is included as a 30-day trial of pre-paid and annual capacity plans. ReadyNAS systems come with full 24/7 technical support and an industry-leading five-year warranty with spare parts support and extended service options. More information for the entire ReadyNAS product line can be viewed here (http://www.readynas.com/).

About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) designs innovative, branded technology solutions that address the specific networking, storage, and security needs of Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) and home users. The company offers an end-to-end networking product portfolio to enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, multimedia content, and applications among multiple computers and other Internet-enabled devices. Products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in over 28,000 retail locations around the globe, and via more than 39,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.netgear.com/ or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at http://twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/netgear.

©2010 NETGEAR, Inc.  NETGEAR, the NETGEAR logo, ReadyNAS, RAIDiator and ReadyNAS Vault are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.  Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.

Note: Actual data throughput will vary from maximum signal rates stipulated. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate.

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Atmel Updates Fourth Quarter Income Tax Expense With Filing of Annual Form 10-K

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 1 -- Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced revised fourth quarter income tax expense in conjunction with filing its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.   The company recorded out-of-period adjustments totaling $8.7 million to income tax expense associated with certain foreign intercompany loans and alternative minimum tax, which related to fiscal years 2003 to 2008.   The company also recorded out-of-period adjustments of $1.3 million to income tax expense related to the prior interim quarters of 2009.  As a result, total out-of-period adjustments to income tax expense for the fourth quarter of 2009 totaled $10.0 million.  As a result of the additional out-of-period adjustments noted above, income tax expense for the fourth quarter of 2009 totaled $10.5 million, compared to income tax expense of $4.2 million reported in our press release dated February 8, 2010.

Management has assessed the impact of these errors on prior period financial statements in accordance with the SEC's Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99 ("SAB 99") and concluded that these amounts are not material to any prior period financial statements, nor is the correction of these errors material to the 2009 financial statements.  As a result, the company has not restated any prior period amounts.

As a result of the income tax expense correction, net loss for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2009 has been revised to $83.3 million and $109.5 million, respectively, or a loss of $0.18 and $0.24 per share.   In the press release dated February 8, 2010, the company had previously reported net loss for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2009 of $76.9 million and $103.2 million, respectively, or a loss of $0.17 and $0.23 per share.

Further information on Atmel's results for 2009 and prior years is available in our Form 10-K filed today for the year ended December 31, 2009.   This document can be accessed at our company website at:  http://atml.client.shareholder.com/sec.cfm

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of capacitive touch solutions, microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.

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Aprima Launches Revenue Cycle Management Solution for Ambulatory Medical Practices

New service will maximize physician practice revenues, build clinicians' financial security in era of payment delays and reimbursement declines

DALLAS, March 1 -- Aprima Medical Software, a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR) and practice management (PM) systems for medical practices, today announced the addition of a revenue cycle management (RCM) offering to its suite. Providers can learn about Aprima's RCM solution at Booths #4915 and #4921 during the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), March 1-3, in Atlanta.

"When patients can't cover their charges and payer claims are denied or delayed, cash flow to a practice stops, sometimes precipitating a financial crisis, eroding office staff morale and compromising patient care quality," said Michael Nissenbaum, Aprima's president and CEO. "Aprima's revenue cycle management solution uses proven methodologies so that practices can achieve peak financial performance. Practices will experience enhanced efficiencies, streamlined workflows and speedier reimbursement."

Aprima's revenue cycle management solution takes advantage of the fact that the EHR and PM share a common database, a meaningful differentiator in the industry. For example, billing and payment information in the PM plus coding data from the EHR can be accessed and reviewed without having to switch applications. As a result, reports can be easily and quickly produced that enable Aprima's new RCM service to tackle accounting and finance functions, including billing and coding reconciliation, financial reporting to monitor performance, communications with payers and automation of collections.

Increased demand from physicians, practice managers and office staff for a proven RCM service sparked Aprima's decision to offer RCM. It is a fee-based service calculated on the basis of a percentage of a practice's collection. By leveraging seasoned revenue cycle experts across multiple practices, Aprima is able to deliver the service at a lower cost than practices would otherwise pay for their own staff. Moreover, all processing is done in the United States.

"We've gotten into this offering based on market demand. Previously, medical practices had to check out multiple vendors to identify a quality RCM service," said Richards. "With this offering, Aprima becomes a one-stop-shop for them. It was a small leap for us to apply resources to maximize a practice's collections and help them forecast their cash flow since we were already experts in how their data was structured."

"With a fee based on a percentage of collections, we are aligned with the providers to maximize a medical practice's revenue. While our RCM solution can be purchased as a standalone solution, the fee-based approach allows Aprima to offer alternative financing and pricing options for practices interested in our EHR and PM solutions," added Richards.

For more information about Aprima, please visit http://www.aprima.com or visit Booths #4915 and #4921 in Hall B2 at HIMSS 2010 in Atlanta, March 1-3.

About Aprima Medical Software, Inc.

Aprima Medical Software, Inc. develops innovative electronic health record, practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices. Reach Aprima at 866-960-6890, salesinfo@aprima.com or aprima.com.

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NETGEAR Supercharges Home Theater Experience With New Class of WiFi Products to Support Internet-Enabled Set-top Boxes, TVs, Blu-ray Players and Gaming Consoles

High-Performance HD Home Theater Kit (WNHDB3004) Wirelessly Streams Multiple HD Videos Flawlessly Throughout the Home; Industry-First Compact USB-powered Universal WiFi Internet Adapter(WNCE2001) Wirelessly Connects Ethernet-enabled Consumer Electronics to the Internet

HANNOVER, Germany, March 1 -- NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), a worldwide provider of technologically innovative, branded networking solutions, today announced two new networking accessories for home theaters. The High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit (WNHDB3004) is a carrier-grade, tested and proven solution for wirelessly playing multiple jitter-free 1080p HD video and audio streams to every room in the house flawlessly, and at double the performance and range of solutions in the market today. The Universal WiFi Internet Adapter for Home Theater Devices and Gaming Consoles (WNCE2001)delivers Wireless-N performance of up to 300 Mbps through the Ethernet port of consumer electronic (CE) devices such as Internet TVs, game consoles, Blu-ray(TM) players and more.

NETGEAR will display these new products at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, March 2-6, 2010, in the Wick Hill booth (Hall 11, Stand D03)of the Hannover Exhibition Hall. Related CeBIT announcements can be found here(http://www.netgear.com/About/PressReleases.aspx).

A growing number of multimedia devices in the home theater are enabled with network connectivity, but oftentimes there is not a wired network connection available in the living room. While many of the available wireless solutions, either embedded or external, offer basic connectivity to the home network to play rich media to the HDTV, no other wireless solutions provide the reliability required for playing multiple, simultaneous, Blu-ray quality HD streams across multiple walls in a large home.

"Our High-Performance HD Home Theater Kit provides wired-equivalent connectivity and whole-home coverage using wireless," said Som Pal Choudhury, NETGEAR director of product marketing for Core Networking Products. "The technology is way ahead of the competition. With its groundbreaking speed, range and reliability, it is like WiFi on steroids."

High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit (WNHDB3004)

With performance doubling that of competing products, the NETGEAR carrier-grade High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit (WNHDB3004) delivers multiple, simultaneous, jitter-free 1080p HD video streams wirelessly throughout the home. It is the only solution that has been tested to provide sustained throughput of HD streams in excess of 40 Mbps 99.9 percent of the time, through multiple walls, throughout an above-average single family home.

The kit consists of a pair of two High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Adapters (WNHD3004). The set-up is truly plug and play -- consumers simply plug the first adapter into the existing router or gateway, and the second adapter into any home theater device with an Ethernet port. The kit is pre-configured with security, so a single touch of a push-button securely connects additional adapters. IPTV customers and video enthusiasts can now wirelessly stream multiple 1080p HD streams with wired-equivalent reliability from the network, Internet or IPTV service provider to their home theater devices, including IPTV set-top boxes, Xbox®360, PlayStation®3, Wii(TM), Blu-ray players, Internet-enabled TVs, Apple® TV, NETGEAR Digital Entertainer products and more. The NETGEAR High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit supports point-to-multipoint HD video streaming and the multicast streaming protocol that IPTV service providers demand.

The High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit eliminates the need for expensive structured wiring or messy Ethernet cables. It is also designed to overcome the common problems -- wireless signal strength, quality and reliability --associated with interference, frequently changing WiFi environments, and areas of the home that are notoriously difficult to reach. The kit combines 4x4 multiple-input, multiple-out (MIMO) antenna signal processing, real-time spectrum analysis and dynamic digital beamforming with the industry's highest performance IEEE 802.11a/n 5GHz wireless LAN chipset, providing an unprecedented level of reliability and wireless performance in terms of data rates and range.

"With the rising demand among consumers for HD-quality video, IPTV service providers are increasingly looking for carrier-grade solutions to wirelessly connect IPTV set-top boxes to the home network," said Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at The NPD Group, a leading market research company. "Likewise, VARs, resellers and system integrators specializing in home audio and video automation are looking for ways to cut costs in expensive cabling to connect their customers' whole home entertainment systems. Wireless devices that are capable of reliably playing multiple HD audio and video streams, like those of NETGEAR, are an ideal solution for the customers, as well as the service providers."

The Universal WiFi Internet Adapter (WNCE2001) for Home Theater Devices and Gaming Consoles

NETGEAR is also introducing the industry's first compact USB-powered Universal WiFi Internet Adapter(WNCE2001)that works with Internet TVs, game consoles and Blu-ray players. The first of its kind, the adapter is the only affordable solution in a small form factor that delivers optimal Wireless-N performance and works universally with any Ethernet-enabled CE device. This saves consumers from the confusion and expense of purchasing separate WiFi USB adapters for each CE device in their home theater.

The Universal WiFi Internet Adapter is powered by the USB port, avoiding the need for a long wire to the power outlet and making it more visually pleasing in the already congested home theater environment. With NETGEAR Push 'N' Connect technology and CD-less set-up, it is truly a plug and play experience.

Pricing and Availability

Backed by a one-year warranty and 24/7 technical support, the new NETGEAR products are available worldwide through leading retailers, direct marketers, e-commerce sites and value-added resellers. The Universal WiFi Internet Adapter for Home Theater Devices and Gaming Consoles (WNCE2001) will be available in May at an MSRP in the U.S. of $79. The High-Performance Wireless-N HD Home Theater Kit (WNHDB3004) will be available in Q3 of 2010, with pricing for the kit and for single adapters to be announced at the time of market availability.

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  About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) designs innovative, branded technology solutions that address the specific networking, storage, and security needs of Small- to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) and home users. The company offers an end-to-end networking product portfolio to enable users to share Internet access, peripherals, files, multimedia content, and applications among multiple computers and other Internet-enabled devices. Products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in over 28,000 retail locations around the globe, and via more than 39,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. NETGEAR is an ENERGY STAR® partner. More information is available at http://www.netgear.com/ or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR at http://twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/netgear.

©2010 NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR and the NETGEAR logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NETGEAR, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information is subject to change without notice. All rights reserved.

Note: Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802.11 specifications. Actual data throughput will vary from maximum signal rates stipulated. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of network traffic, building materials and construction, and network overhead, lower actual data throughput rate.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning NETGEAR's business and the expected performance characteristics, specifications, reliability, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR's products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers; product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions; failure of products may under certain circumstances cause permanent loss of end user data; new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR's products; the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology; the impact and pricing of competing products; and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Part II - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 36 through 50, in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal third quarter ended September 27, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2009. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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