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			<title><![CDATA[Rackspace Ranked as Top IT Services Employer for Third Year Running in The Sunday Tim]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rackspace Ranked as Top IT Services Employer for Third Year Running in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards 2010

Future prospects and passionate employees helps Rackspace achieve top 30 award ranking

LONDON, 9th March, 2009 - Rackspace (http://www.rackspace.co.uk), the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry today announces that it has been voted as the 30th best place to work and once again the highest ranking IT Services company, in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Companies Awards.&nbsp;&nbsp;Commended for its continued focus on employee engagement, Rackspace has ranked as one of the top ten companies for people, who love what they do, believe in the company and its future and deliver a great service.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Rackspace has, for the third year running, been featured in the top tier of the Sunday Times Best Employer Awards. The Awards, which are based on employee interviews, indicate that Rackspace has created a fun and caring environment that helps nurture and grow individual talent.

The Sunday Times notes that 89 percent of Rackspace employees that responded to the survey are excited about where the company is going, with 79 percent saying their work is great for their personal growth and 95 per cent stating that they are proud to work for the organisation.

Brian Thomson, EMEA Managing Director at Rackspace, comments: “We are very proud of all the progress we have made in our business over the last year and what is truly pleasing is that as the company has grown our ‘Rackers’ continue to feel valued in their roles.

“We are thrilled to see that our employees love what they do and are excited at where the business is going. Our continued success is without doubt because of our Racker’s tireless dedication to Fanatical Support and the passion they show every single day.”

Rackspace is one of the UK’s most successful and fastest growing providers of IT hosting services. It has consistently been recognised for its excellence as an IT employer, with a number of accolades, most recently being one of only14 companies to receive a Laureate award from the Financial Times for being one of the best places to work in the UK and Europe 2009.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Rackspace Ranked as Top IT Services Employer for Third Year Running in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards 2010

Future prospects and passionate employees helps Rackspace achieve top 30 award ranking

LONDON, 9th March, 2009 - Rackspace (http://www.rackspace.co.uk), the world’s leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry today announces that it has been voted as the 30th best place to work and once again the highest ranking IT Services company, in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Companies Awards.&nbsp;&nbsp;Commended for its continued focus on employee engagement, Rackspace has ranked as one of the top ten companies for people, who love what they do, believe in the company and its future and deliver a great service.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Rackspace has, for the third year running, been featured in the top tier of the Sunday Times Best Employer Awards. The Awards, which are based on employee interviews, indicate that Rackspace has created a fun and caring environment that helps nurture and grow individual talent.

The Sunday Times notes that 89 percent of Rackspace employees that responded to the survey are excited about where the company is going, with 79 percent saying their work is great for their personal growth and 95 per cent stating that they are proud to work for the organisation.

Brian Thomson, EMEA Managing Director at Rackspace, comments: “We are very proud of all the progress we have made in our business over the last year and what is truly pleasing is that as the company has grown our ‘Rackers’ continue to feel valued in their roles.

“We are thrilled to see that our employees love what they do and are excited at where the business is going. Our continued success is without doubt because of our Racker’s tireless dedication to Fanatical Support and the passion they show every single day.”

Rackspace is one of the UK’s most successful and fastest growing providers of IT hosting services. It has consistently been recognised for its excellence as an IT employer, with a number of accolades, most recently being one of only14 companies to receive a Laureate award from the Financial Times for being one of the best places to work in the UK and Europe 2009.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[EuroCloud Brings Together UK’s Top SaaS and Cloud Vendors to Share Industry Best Prac]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23023</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[EuroCloud Brings Together UK’s Top SaaS and Cloud Vendors to Share Industry Best Practice 

SAP Hosts Next EuroCloud UK Meeting, March 18th 

Fast-growing EuroCloud industry forum invites ISVs to learn about the ‘Four Pillars of SaaS Success’ and share experience, knowledge and insight from the UK’s leading SaaS and Cloud providers.

London, UK, March 9, 2010 – EuroCloud UK, the fast growing industry body for SaaS and Cloud vendors is holding its third meeting on Thursday, March 18th at SAP UK headquarters near Heathrow Airport. Through its regular monthly meetings, EuroCloud UK brings together leading players to network and exchange best practice advice.&nbsp;&nbsp; 

The theme of this half day meeting is “How ISVs Make the Transition to SaaS” and it will feature expert speakers and open panel discussions.

The keynote speaker will be Chrysoula Christopoulou, Senior Director from the SAP Business ByDesign team, which is the vendor's flagship SaaS product for SMEs.

The meeting will look at SaaS partner strategy, pricing and packaging insights, as-a-service infrastructure choices and maintaining and improving customer relationships. The speakers will talk openly about their experiences in transitioning to the SaaS platform and there will be an open panel session and plenty of opportunity to network with industry peers and influencers.

The other speakers will be Ian Smith, Xceliant; John Cheney, Workbooks.com; James Elkington, Esker UK; Matt Deacon, Microsoft developer & platform group; Aidan Finn, C Infinity; Chris Purrington, CohesiveFT; Phil Wainewright, Procullux Ventures and Ian McDonald, Symbian Foundation.

This event, which runs from 12.00 noon until 6.00pm,&nbsp;&nbsp;is free to EuroCloud members and a warm welcome will be extended to potential new members, who will be able to offset the non- member meeting registration fee if they decide to join. You can register for the event at the EuroCloud events webpage.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[EuroCloud Brings Together UK’s Top SaaS and Cloud Vendors to Share Industry Best Practice 

SAP Hosts Next EuroCloud UK Meeting, March 18th 

Fast-growing EuroCloud industry forum invites ISVs to learn about the ‘Four Pillars of SaaS Success’ and share experience, knowledge and insight from the UK’s leading SaaS and Cloud providers.

London, UK, March 9, 2010 – EuroCloud UK, the fast growing industry body for SaaS and Cloud vendors is holding its third meeting on Thursday, March 18th at SAP UK headquarters near Heathrow Airport. Through its regular monthly meetings, EuroCloud UK brings together leading players to network and exchange best practice advice.&nbsp;&nbsp; 

The theme of this half day meeting is “How ISVs Make the Transition to SaaS” and it will feature expert speakers and open panel discussions.

The keynote speaker will be Chrysoula Christopoulou, Senior Director from the SAP Business ByDesign team, which is the vendor's flagship SaaS product for SMEs.

The meeting will look at SaaS partner strategy, pricing and packaging insights, as-a-service infrastructure choices and maintaining and improving customer relationships. The speakers will talk openly about their experiences in transitioning to the SaaS platform and there will be an open panel session and plenty of opportunity to network with industry peers and influencers.

The other speakers will be Ian Smith, Xceliant; John Cheney, Workbooks.com; James Elkington, Esker UK; Matt Deacon, Microsoft developer & platform group; Aidan Finn, C Infinity; Chris Purrington, CohesiveFT; Phil Wainewright, Procullux Ventures and Ian McDonald, Symbian Foundation.

This event, which runs from 12.00 noon until 6.00pm,&nbsp;&nbsp;is free to EuroCloud members and a warm welcome will be extended to potential new members, who will be able to offset the non- member meeting registration fee if they decide to join. You can register for the event at the EuroCloud events webpage.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[New TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Software Is Better Than BI, Smarter Than Spreadsheets]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23022</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Latest release delivers a complete platform for predictive analytics to any business, technical, or scientific user

Somerville, Mass., March 9, 2010 – TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today launched TIBCO Spotfire® 3.1, the latest version of its in-memory analytics platform making predictive analytics accessible within Spotfire’s visual user experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;Spotfire® 3.1 responds faster than BI and more flexibly than spreadsheets, equipping everyone in the enterprise – whether in business, technical, or scientific roles – to easily analyse complex data, customise their discovery experience, and share their story through mashups, portals, or interactive dashboards.&nbsp;&nbsp;With this release, TIBCO makes predictive analytics a mainstream feature of any business application, allowing any enterprise decision-maker to perform “what-if” scenarios on demand and find new insights in complex data instantly.

“The TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform continues to evolve, putting more power into the hands of our analytics team and allowing us to cut time to decision, while guiding our users to more strategic insights,” said Ramona Hovey, senior vice president, Products and Services for DrillingInfo Inc., an information and data analysis service for the oil and gas industry whose clients include major oil companies and large and small independents that produce over 90% of all U.S. oil and gas.&nbsp;&nbsp;“By exploiting innovative Spotfire technologies, such as Web-based business analytics, we are looking to build highly responsive, real-time business models to provide our internal and external clients with accelerated business innovation, growth, and collaboration.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

“If empowering business users to make better decisions is the end game of BI and analytics technology, then organisations – and vendors – must provide functionality that goes beyond basic information access,” said Dan Vesset, vice president of business analytics at IDC.&nbsp;&nbsp;“Support for scenario evaluation, predictive analytics, collaboration, and guided analytics of tools such as TIBCO Spotfire enables business decision makers at any level to discover new and actionable insights while proactively detecting and responding to events.&nbsp;&nbsp;This ability not only improves productivity, but also minimizes IT investment.”

Superior Data Exploration & Analysis
With an extensive track record of providing users with innovative visualisation capabilities that speed decision-making, Spotfire 3.1 extends Spotfire’s dominant position as the industry’s leading visual data exploration and analysis solution.&nbsp;&nbsp;Users now have more tools to explore, interact with, and present their data, while giving them more flexibility and speed to analyse their data.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&nbsp;
Unlike traditional BI or static spreadsheets, Spotfire 3.1 also includes conditional coloring and lasso and axis marking that allow for better data analysis of patterns, clusters and correlations among sets of variables.&nbsp;&nbsp;Its multiple scale bar charts and combination bar and line plots also allow for enhanced analysis of unstructured, ‘free-dimensional’ data to identify key outliers and trends amongst the data.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Fully Integrated Advanced Analytics Supporting S+ & R
With Spotfire 3.1, TIBCO continues to advance the industry’s most flexible platform for deploying statistically-rigorous, predictive analytic applications to a wide range of professionals across the enterprise.&nbsp;&nbsp;Spotfire 3.1 enables organisations to easily integrate S+® or R statistical scripts and models into a remarkably intuitive and fully interactive interface.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is accomplished through the new TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services layer, which allows for the central deployment and execution of both S+ and R-based models which can then be accessed and run from a Spotfire client.&nbsp;&nbsp;End users without statistical expertise can now leverage the power of predictive models to add confidence to their decisions.&nbsp;&nbsp;By fully integrating predictive analytics to the TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform, Spotfire 3.1 transforms the way business and technical professionals interact with data – whether data at rest or data in motion – to make decisions that impact operations on a moment-to-moment basis.

Spotfire 3.1 also allows the user to bring the power of the widely-adopted R language to the Spotfire platform to perform advanced what-if analysis and sophisticated analytics.&nbsp;&nbsp;This opens up access to a huge array of freely-available statistical methods, and makes them accessible and relevant for business professionals.&nbsp;&nbsp;By linking R analytics into the TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform, customers can take advantage of investments they’ve already made with R and make them available to the rest of the organisation.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“The rapid adoption of R demonstrates the high demand for statistically supported decision-making, but its usage has been limited to expert users” said Bill Ladd, Chief Analytic Officer of RecordedFuture and long-time R user.&nbsp;&nbsp;“This Spotfire Analytics release will make it easy for organisations to put the power of R and S+ into the hands of many more users.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not only will that leverage the investments organisations have made in developing algorithms and models, but it will help end users without statistical expertise make more analytically-powered decisions.”

Comprehensive Platform for Building Analytic Applications 
Spotfire 3.1 empowers non-IT, non-programmers to easily build powerful visual, interactive, event- and statistically-driven Spotfire® Analytic Applications, enabling more pervasive and flexible use of sophisticated analysis for decision-making by everyday business users.&nbsp;&nbsp;New parameter-driven applications – offered through new user interface controls – put the power of creating sophisticated applications right in the hands of a Spotfire user.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Working in tandem with TIBCO Spotfire® Application Data Services, Spotfire 3.1 also makes it possible to analyse data from various enterprise data sources, including SAP NetWeaver BI, SAP ERP, Salesforce.com, Siebel eBusiness Applications, and the Oracle E-Business Suite.&nbsp;&nbsp;This simplified integration – coupled with new Web mashup application programming interfaces (APIs) – enables richer and pervasive analytic application development. By bringing the power of analytics to mission-critical functions such as Sales and Marketing, Finance, Research & Development, and Supply Chain, Spotfire 3.1 allows IT to continually respond more quickly to growing business needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;With Spotfire, the limitations that had often led IT to adopt multiple applications in order to satisfy the information needs of different user groups no longer apply.&nbsp;&nbsp; 

“Spotfire 3.1 brings easy-to-create – yet exceptionally powerful analytic applications to the enterprise – uniquely filling the ‘analysis gap’ that has forced business and technical professionals to resort to spreadsheets for their analytic needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;It sets a new standard for what a software product needs to provide in order to be truly considered ‘analytics’,” said Lars Bauerle, vice president product strategy for Spotfire, TIBCO Software Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;“No other vendor combines five key elements – clarity of visualisation, freedom of spreadsheets, relevance of applications, confidence of statistics, and reach of reports – in a single user experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;We challenge any other vendor boasting ‘analytics’ to prove they meet this full set of requirements for analytics.”

TIBCO Spotfire 3.1 is available now.&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information visit: http://spotfire.tibco.com/ContentCenter/...-3-1.aspx.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Latest release delivers a complete platform for predictive analytics to any business, technical, or scientific user

Somerville, Mass., March 9, 2010 – TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX) today launched TIBCO Spotfire® 3.1, the latest version of its in-memory analytics platform making predictive analytics accessible within Spotfire’s visual user experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;Spotfire® 3.1 responds faster than BI and more flexibly than spreadsheets, equipping everyone in the enterprise – whether in business, technical, or scientific roles – to easily analyse complex data, customise their discovery experience, and share their story through mashups, portals, or interactive dashboards.&nbsp;&nbsp;With this release, TIBCO makes predictive analytics a mainstream feature of any business application, allowing any enterprise decision-maker to perform “what-if” scenarios on demand and find new insights in complex data instantly.

“The TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform continues to evolve, putting more power into the hands of our analytics team and allowing us to cut time to decision, while guiding our users to more strategic insights,” said Ramona Hovey, senior vice president, Products and Services for DrillingInfo Inc., an information and data analysis service for the oil and gas industry whose clients include major oil companies and large and small independents that produce over 90% of all U.S. oil and gas.&nbsp;&nbsp;“By exploiting innovative Spotfire technologies, such as Web-based business analytics, we are looking to build highly responsive, real-time business models to provide our internal and external clients with accelerated business innovation, growth, and collaboration.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

“If empowering business users to make better decisions is the end game of BI and analytics technology, then organisations – and vendors – must provide functionality that goes beyond basic information access,” said Dan Vesset, vice president of business analytics at IDC.&nbsp;&nbsp;“Support for scenario evaluation, predictive analytics, collaboration, and guided analytics of tools such as TIBCO Spotfire enables business decision makers at any level to discover new and actionable insights while proactively detecting and responding to events.&nbsp;&nbsp;This ability not only improves productivity, but also minimizes IT investment.”

Superior Data Exploration & Analysis
With an extensive track record of providing users with innovative visualisation capabilities that speed decision-making, Spotfire 3.1 extends Spotfire’s dominant position as the industry’s leading visual data exploration and analysis solution.&nbsp;&nbsp;Users now have more tools to explore, interact with, and present their data, while giving them more flexibility and speed to analyse their data.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
&nbsp;&nbsp;
Unlike traditional BI or static spreadsheets, Spotfire 3.1 also includes conditional coloring and lasso and axis marking that allow for better data analysis of patterns, clusters and correlations among sets of variables.&nbsp;&nbsp;Its multiple scale bar charts and combination bar and line plots also allow for enhanced analysis of unstructured, ‘free-dimensional’ data to identify key outliers and trends amongst the data.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Fully Integrated Advanced Analytics Supporting S+ & R
With Spotfire 3.1, TIBCO continues to advance the industry’s most flexible platform for deploying statistically-rigorous, predictive analytic applications to a wide range of professionals across the enterprise.&nbsp;&nbsp;Spotfire 3.1 enables organisations to easily integrate S+® or R statistical scripts and models into a remarkably intuitive and fully interactive interface.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is accomplished through the new TIBCO Spotfire Statistics Services layer, which allows for the central deployment and execution of both S+ and R-based models which can then be accessed and run from a Spotfire client.&nbsp;&nbsp;End users without statistical expertise can now leverage the power of predictive models to add confidence to their decisions.&nbsp;&nbsp;By fully integrating predictive analytics to the TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform, Spotfire 3.1 transforms the way business and technical professionals interact with data – whether data at rest or data in motion – to make decisions that impact operations on a moment-to-moment basis.

Spotfire 3.1 also allows the user to bring the power of the widely-adopted R language to the Spotfire platform to perform advanced what-if analysis and sophisticated analytics.&nbsp;&nbsp;This opens up access to a huge array of freely-available statistical methods, and makes them accessible and relevant for business professionals.&nbsp;&nbsp;By linking R analytics into the TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform, customers can take advantage of investments they’ve already made with R and make them available to the rest of the organisation.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“The rapid adoption of R demonstrates the high demand for statistically supported decision-making, but its usage has been limited to expert users” said Bill Ladd, Chief Analytic Officer of RecordedFuture and long-time R user.&nbsp;&nbsp;“This Spotfire Analytics release will make it easy for organisations to put the power of R and S+ into the hands of many more users.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not only will that leverage the investments organisations have made in developing algorithms and models, but it will help end users without statistical expertise make more analytically-powered decisions.”

Comprehensive Platform for Building Analytic Applications 
Spotfire 3.1 empowers non-IT, non-programmers to easily build powerful visual, interactive, event- and statistically-driven Spotfire® Analytic Applications, enabling more pervasive and flexible use of sophisticated analysis for decision-making by everyday business users.&nbsp;&nbsp;New parameter-driven applications – offered through new user interface controls – put the power of creating sophisticated applications right in the hands of a Spotfire user.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Working in tandem with TIBCO Spotfire® Application Data Services, Spotfire 3.1 also makes it possible to analyse data from various enterprise data sources, including SAP NetWeaver BI, SAP ERP, Salesforce.com, Siebel eBusiness Applications, and the Oracle E-Business Suite.&nbsp;&nbsp;This simplified integration – coupled with new Web mashup application programming interfaces (APIs) – enables richer and pervasive analytic application development. By bringing the power of analytics to mission-critical functions such as Sales and Marketing, Finance, Research & Development, and Supply Chain, Spotfire 3.1 allows IT to continually respond more quickly to growing business needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;With Spotfire, the limitations that had often led IT to adopt multiple applications in order to satisfy the information needs of different user groups no longer apply.&nbsp;&nbsp; 

“Spotfire 3.1 brings easy-to-create – yet exceptionally powerful analytic applications to the enterprise – uniquely filling the ‘analysis gap’ that has forced business and technical professionals to resort to spreadsheets for their analytic needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;It sets a new standard for what a software product needs to provide in order to be truly considered ‘analytics’,” said Lars Bauerle, vice president product strategy for Spotfire, TIBCO Software Inc.&nbsp;&nbsp;“No other vendor combines five key elements – clarity of visualisation, freedom of spreadsheets, relevance of applications, confidence of statistics, and reach of reports – in a single user experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;We challenge any other vendor boasting ‘analytics’ to prove they meet this full set of requirements for analytics.”

TIBCO Spotfire 3.1 is available now.&nbsp;&nbsp;For more information visit: http://spotfire.tibco.com/ContentCenter/...-3-1.aspx.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Passlogix Announces Industry’s First Universal Strong Authentication Solution for Log]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23021</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Works with Any Authentication Device; Lowers Costs of Strong Authentication 

Passlogix®, Inc., has announced v-GO Universal Authentication Manager (v-GO UAM), the first strong authentication solution that will enable Microsoft Windows to accept any identification device for logon – including door access (RFID) badges, government-issued citizen identity cards, standalone or built-in laptop biometrics, one time passwords via mobile phones, and question and answer sequences. The solution provides fast and secure network access for users and lowers the cost of back-end strong authentication infrastructure in corporate networks from more than &#36;100 to just &#36;15 per user.

According to Phil Schacter, Vice President and Service Director for Burton Group Security and Risk Management Strategies, “Many organizations require the flexibility to maintain a mix of password and stronger authentication credentials, depending on the risk profile associated with each use case and its community of users.”

v-GO UAM delivers major savings for strong authentication deployments by eliminating the need to maintain a separate infrastructure with proprietary authentication servers. Instead, Microsoft Active Directory is used for data storage and administration. Organizations that are already using authentication devices such as proximity badges for door access can achieve additional savings by using those same devices for Windows logon, removing the need for additional device investment to secure network access.

v-GO UAM also keeps the user logon process simple. Users who have door access badges, for example, simply tap their badge on a badge reader attached to their computer and enter a PIN code. They tap their badge again to lock their computer or log out. Users with smart cards, such as government-issued identity cards, insert and remove their card from the smart card reader in the computer.

“Until now, organizations that wanted to use strong authentication for Windows logon had to pay more than &#36;100 per user for the supporting software and servers. They were also usually limited to one type of authentication device, had costly changes of the back-end infrastructure if they wanted to switch authenticators, and had to impose a confusing logon process on their end-users,” said Stephane Fymat, Vice President of Strategy and Product Management for Passlogix. “By solving these problems with a universal device strategy, simple interface and affordable non-proprietary back-end, v-GO UAM finally makes it possible to deploy strong authentication enterprise-wide.”

Advantages of v-GO UAM include:

•	An open architecture that supports any type of device from any manufacturer, rather than locking organizations into a single method that is typically proprietary. This open approach enables organizations to leverage their physical access control infrastructure for network logon if desired, buy new authentication credentials from any vendor, switch authenticators without changing their infrastructure, and support multiple authentication methods that may be required by different end users from a single administrative interface.
•	Faster and more secure logon to Windows than passwords, particularly for organizations that are subject to data protection regulations such as HIPAA, PCI DSS and FISMA. It also eliminates forgotten Windows passwords.
•	An intuitive user interface that usually eliminates the need for end-user training.
•	No need for dedicated servers, eliminating deployment and administrative complexity, scalability barriers, and central points of failure associated with strong authentication in large organizations.
•	Roaming capabilities, allowing users to sign on to the network from any enterprise workstation.
•	Low total cost of ownership, at just &#36;15 per user, that cost-justifies enterprise-wide strong authentication deployments.
•	Optional deployment with v-GO Single Sign-On, the market-leading enterprise single sign-on solution. While v-GO UAM can be deployed on a standalone basis, v-GO UAM and v-GO SSO work together to enable users to be re-authorized to sensitive applications with the same identification device they used to logon to Windows.

Pricing and Availability 
v-GO UAM is available both on a standalone basis at &#36;15 per user and as part of Passlogix’s v-GO Access Accelerator Suite. Volume discounts are also available. The first release will support a broad range of cards including smart cards, door access cards and government-issued identification cards. Support for biometrics, question and answer validation (challenge & response) and other methods will be available shortly thereafter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Works with Any Authentication Device; Lowers Costs of Strong Authentication 

Passlogix®, Inc., has announced v-GO Universal Authentication Manager (v-GO UAM), the first strong authentication solution that will enable Microsoft Windows to accept any identification device for logon – including door access (RFID) badges, government-issued citizen identity cards, standalone or built-in laptop biometrics, one time passwords via mobile phones, and question and answer sequences. The solution provides fast and secure network access for users and lowers the cost of back-end strong authentication infrastructure in corporate networks from more than &#36;100 to just &#36;15 per user.

According to Phil Schacter, Vice President and Service Director for Burton Group Security and Risk Management Strategies, “Many organizations require the flexibility to maintain a mix of password and stronger authentication credentials, depending on the risk profile associated with each use case and its community of users.”

v-GO UAM delivers major savings for strong authentication deployments by eliminating the need to maintain a separate infrastructure with proprietary authentication servers. Instead, Microsoft Active Directory is used for data storage and administration. Organizations that are already using authentication devices such as proximity badges for door access can achieve additional savings by using those same devices for Windows logon, removing the need for additional device investment to secure network access.

v-GO UAM also keeps the user logon process simple. Users who have door access badges, for example, simply tap their badge on a badge reader attached to their computer and enter a PIN code. They tap their badge again to lock their computer or log out. Users with smart cards, such as government-issued identity cards, insert and remove their card from the smart card reader in the computer.

“Until now, organizations that wanted to use strong authentication for Windows logon had to pay more than &#36;100 per user for the supporting software and servers. They were also usually limited to one type of authentication device, had costly changes of the back-end infrastructure if they wanted to switch authenticators, and had to impose a confusing logon process on their end-users,” said Stephane Fymat, Vice President of Strategy and Product Management for Passlogix. “By solving these problems with a universal device strategy, simple interface and affordable non-proprietary back-end, v-GO UAM finally makes it possible to deploy strong authentication enterprise-wide.”

Advantages of v-GO UAM include:

•	An open architecture that supports any type of device from any manufacturer, rather than locking organizations into a single method that is typically proprietary. This open approach enables organizations to leverage their physical access control infrastructure for network logon if desired, buy new authentication credentials from any vendor, switch authenticators without changing their infrastructure, and support multiple authentication methods that may be required by different end users from a single administrative interface.
•	Faster and more secure logon to Windows than passwords, particularly for organizations that are subject to data protection regulations such as HIPAA, PCI DSS and FISMA. It also eliminates forgotten Windows passwords.
•	An intuitive user interface that usually eliminates the need for end-user training.
•	No need for dedicated servers, eliminating deployment and administrative complexity, scalability barriers, and central points of failure associated with strong authentication in large organizations.
•	Roaming capabilities, allowing users to sign on to the network from any enterprise workstation.
•	Low total cost of ownership, at just &#36;15 per user, that cost-justifies enterprise-wide strong authentication deployments.
•	Optional deployment with v-GO Single Sign-On, the market-leading enterprise single sign-on solution. While v-GO UAM can be deployed on a standalone basis, v-GO UAM and v-GO SSO work together to enable users to be re-authorized to sensitive applications with the same identification device they used to logon to Windows.

Pricing and Availability 
v-GO UAM is available both on a standalone basis at &#36;15 per user and as part of Passlogix’s v-GO Access Accelerator Suite. Volume discounts are also available. The first release will support a broad range of cards including smart cards, door access cards and government-issued identification cards. Support for biometrics, question and answer validation (challenge & response) and other methods will be available shortly thereafter.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Confirmit Extends its Horizons with the Latest Release of its Multi-channel Feedback]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23020</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Confirmit Extends its Horizons with the Latest Release of its Multi-channel Feedback Platform 

New York, NY and Oslo, Norway – March 9th, 2010: Confirmit has announced the launch of Confirmit Horizons Version 15, the new release of its on-demand, multi-channel platform for customer feedback, employee feedback, and Market Research applications.

Confirmit Horizons Version 15 builds on the success of the Horizons platform that was launched in 2009. It introduces a range of enhanced functionality, including:

Confirmit Flex, a toolkit that allows third parties to develop extensions to Confirmit, turning it into a platform for application development.

A powerful new PowerPoint Add-In that integrates directly with Confirmit Reportal—allowing users to create presentation-ready PowerPoint exports quickly and easily.

Improvements to the authoring process to make survey design faster, easier, and more productive.

This latest release also brings extensive usability and productivity improvements that streamline many day-to-day survey processes and offer more intuitive ways of working. 

Pat Molloy, Chief Strategy Officer at Confirmit, says: “Confirmit Flex builds on the robust, stable Confirmit Horizons platform by allowing us and our customers to develop applications far more quickly than would be possible in a standard software release cycle.

“Flex gives our Market Research customers the ability to further differentiate their services to clients by building their own applications. For our Enterprise clients, Flex will offer the opportunity to incorporate third-party applications to suit individual needs, as they become available.”

In addition to the benefits of Flex, Confirmit Horizons Version 15 increases the productivity of survey and feedback programs by automating repetitive tasks, creating smoother design processes, and increasing flexibility in the way users collect, analyze, and share survey data.

Molloy continues: “After a year of Horizons in production, we have listened carefully to the feedback from our customers. In addition to opening up our platform, we have made over one thousand enhancements that make Confirmit more productive, and even easier and more intuitive to use.”

Confirmit Horizons is the world’s first fully on-demand, multi-channel platform of its kind. Since its launch, it has helped Enterprises and Market Research businesses to conduct multi-channel feedback programs both on and offline, using the Web, telephone, paper, IVR, and face-to-face methods.

Molloy concludes: “We are confident that Version 15 of the Horizons platform will bring measurable benefits to all of our customers in terms of productivity increases, cost and time savings, and increased ease in delivery of reporting and analytics to those in the business who need to see it quickly. 

“Of course, all of these benefits come with the added assurance of the highest levels of security, reliability, and availability that are synonymous with the Confirmit On-Demand infrastructure.”]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Confirmit Extends its Horizons with the Latest Release of its Multi-channel Feedback Platform 

New York, NY and Oslo, Norway – March 9th, 2010: Confirmit has announced the launch of Confirmit Horizons Version 15, the new release of its on-demand, multi-channel platform for customer feedback, employee feedback, and Market Research applications.

Confirmit Horizons Version 15 builds on the success of the Horizons platform that was launched in 2009. It introduces a range of enhanced functionality, including:

Confirmit Flex, a toolkit that allows third parties to develop extensions to Confirmit, turning it into a platform for application development.

A powerful new PowerPoint Add-In that integrates directly with Confirmit Reportal—allowing users to create presentation-ready PowerPoint exports quickly and easily.

Improvements to the authoring process to make survey design faster, easier, and more productive.

This latest release also brings extensive usability and productivity improvements that streamline many day-to-day survey processes and offer more intuitive ways of working. 

Pat Molloy, Chief Strategy Officer at Confirmit, says: “Confirmit Flex builds on the robust, stable Confirmit Horizons platform by allowing us and our customers to develop applications far more quickly than would be possible in a standard software release cycle.

“Flex gives our Market Research customers the ability to further differentiate their services to clients by building their own applications. For our Enterprise clients, Flex will offer the opportunity to incorporate third-party applications to suit individual needs, as they become available.”

In addition to the benefits of Flex, Confirmit Horizons Version 15 increases the productivity of survey and feedback programs by automating repetitive tasks, creating smoother design processes, and increasing flexibility in the way users collect, analyze, and share survey data.

Molloy continues: “After a year of Horizons in production, we have listened carefully to the feedback from our customers. In addition to opening up our platform, we have made over one thousand enhancements that make Confirmit more productive, and even easier and more intuitive to use.”

Confirmit Horizons is the world’s first fully on-demand, multi-channel platform of its kind. Since its launch, it has helped Enterprises and Market Research businesses to conduct multi-channel feedback programs both on and offline, using the Web, telephone, paper, IVR, and face-to-face methods.

Molloy concludes: “We are confident that Version 15 of the Horizons platform will bring measurable benefits to all of our customers in terms of productivity increases, cost and time savings, and increased ease in delivery of reporting and analytics to those in the business who need to see it quickly. 

“Of course, all of these benefits come with the added assurance of the highest levels of security, reliability, and availability that are synonymous with the Confirmit On-Demand infrastructure.”]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Netgem outlines its vision of the future of TV At IPTV World Forum 2010]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Paris, France, March 9th, 2010: At this month’s IPTV World Forum 2010, Netgem (http://www.netgem.com), a leading provider of pure-play next-generation TV experiences, will deliver its comprehensive vision of the future of IP-delivered television services and present its full range of innovative hybrid broadcast / broadband IPTV solutions.

Addressing the needs of both incumbent telcos and alternative operators running bandwidth-constrained or unmanaged IP networks, Netgem will launch during the Forum, next generation smart phone remote control applications and over the top content services to its already feature-rich hybrid NetgemTV IPTV technology that has been shortlisted for “Best IPTV Service Delivery Platform” at the IPTV World Series Awards 2010.&nbsp;&nbsp;The company also plans to announce new customer engagements.

Commenting on the company’s participation in IPTV World Forum 2010 Netgem’s Managing Director Christophe Aulnette said: “Operators are increasingly under pressure from the combined threat posed by internet content available direct through PCs, video game consoles and Internet connected television sets. Provisioning value-added services which combine the best of broadcast with the best of Internet and the user’s own content will be a key differentiator in this battlefield. It is by taking the lead now with such integrated services that operators will reduce churn and drive new customer acquisitions. IPTV World Forum is the ideal opportunity for our industry to demonstrate state-of-the-art solutions that support the delivery of such services.” 

Christophe Aulnette will also be contributing to the debate by taking part in the IPTV World Forum conference, in a panel session on “Delivering Hybrid IPTV Solutions” which will focus on where hybrid solutions fit into the timeline for pure IPTV roll-out and what these offer to operators. This session takes place at 2.55pm on Tuesday 23rd March, the first day of the show. 

Netgem technology is employed in over 2.5 million homes globally and the company is among the Top 10 most deployed IPTV solutions worldwide. Netgem's customers include leading telecom operators such as SFR in France, Telstra of Australia, Monaco Telecom, Elisa in Finland, Monaco Telecom, Algeria Telecom, FetchTV in the UK and others within the rapidly emerging IPTV markets of Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.

This year’s IPTV World Forum – which brings together operators, technology partners and content providers to define the IPTV evolution – takes place at London Olympia between 23rd and 25th March, 2010. For more information about Netgem’s hybrid broadcast / broadband IPTV solutions, please visit Stand #36 at IPTV World Forum 2010 or go to: http://www.netgem.com/index.php.

The Netgem team will be on hand to explain how operators can future proof their services to ensure the set top box stays at the centre of the connected home.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Paris, France, March 9th, 2010: At this month’s IPTV World Forum 2010, Netgem (http://www.netgem.com), a leading provider of pure-play next-generation TV experiences, will deliver its comprehensive vision of the future of IP-delivered television services and present its full range of innovative hybrid broadcast / broadband IPTV solutions.

Addressing the needs of both incumbent telcos and alternative operators running bandwidth-constrained or unmanaged IP networks, Netgem will launch during the Forum, next generation smart phone remote control applications and over the top content services to its already feature-rich hybrid NetgemTV IPTV technology that has been shortlisted for “Best IPTV Service Delivery Platform” at the IPTV World Series Awards 2010.&nbsp;&nbsp;The company also plans to announce new customer engagements.

Commenting on the company’s participation in IPTV World Forum 2010 Netgem’s Managing Director Christophe Aulnette said: “Operators are increasingly under pressure from the combined threat posed by internet content available direct through PCs, video game consoles and Internet connected television sets. Provisioning value-added services which combine the best of broadcast with the best of Internet and the user’s own content will be a key differentiator in this battlefield. It is by taking the lead now with such integrated services that operators will reduce churn and drive new customer acquisitions. IPTV World Forum is the ideal opportunity for our industry to demonstrate state-of-the-art solutions that support the delivery of such services.” 

Christophe Aulnette will also be contributing to the debate by taking part in the IPTV World Forum conference, in a panel session on “Delivering Hybrid IPTV Solutions” which will focus on where hybrid solutions fit into the timeline for pure IPTV roll-out and what these offer to operators. This session takes place at 2.55pm on Tuesday 23rd March, the first day of the show. 

Netgem technology is employed in over 2.5 million homes globally and the company is among the Top 10 most deployed IPTV solutions worldwide. Netgem's customers include leading telecom operators such as SFR in France, Telstra of Australia, Monaco Telecom, Elisa in Finland, Monaco Telecom, Algeria Telecom, FetchTV in the UK and others within the rapidly emerging IPTV markets of Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia.

This year’s IPTV World Forum – which brings together operators, technology partners and content providers to define the IPTV evolution – takes place at London Olympia between 23rd and 25th March, 2010. For more information about Netgem’s hybrid broadcast / broadband IPTV solutions, please visit Stand #36 at IPTV World Forum 2010 or go to: http://www.netgem.com/index.php.

The Netgem team will be on hand to explain how operators can future proof their services to ensure the set top box stays at the centre of the connected home.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA['Online Payforit’ Provides Payment Solution for Multiple Services]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23018</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ImpulsePay provides alternative to Premium SMS or credit card payment

London, 9th March: ImpulsePay (http://www.impulsepay.com) has launched a range of ideas to highlight the different content, applications and services that would benefit from the new payments service based on Payforit. ImpulsePay provides a simple way for content owners to generate revenue, by directly billing users’ mobile phones, offering a simple and easy-to-use alternative to Premium SMS or credit card payments.

Previously known as GoPayforit, the recently launched service successfully provides a payment service for many mobile application developers, blogs, WAP sites and websites who have been using ImpulsePay to charge for content, membership, physical goods – or anything they wish to sell.

“What we wanted to do was make it clear that it’s not just about online content,” said Chris Newell, CEO of ImpulsePay. “Given the nature of the service we can be used to pay for mobile applications, donations, or even services that require payment verification – such as car parking. As we can offer age-verification as well, ImpulsePay could even be used for adult or gambling services.”

ImpulsePay’s service is based on Payforit – the payment service supported by all licensed UK mobile operators. Using Payforit, ImpulsePay collects payment directly from the user’s mobile phone bill, or available credit if on PAYG, meaning anyone with a mobile phone can now buy content, make a donation or pay for a mobile application on their phone or online.

The Payforit service works on any handset in the UK and across all networks. When accessed on mobile websites, users make a purchase in just one click, with no additional information that needs to be entered. Payforit allows simple hyperlinks to the payments page and once the transaction is complete, it returns the user to the relevant page to receive their content. 

One of the advantages of ImpulsePay for content owners is how simple the service is to set up and use. Previously, online payments could only be completed using credit cards, Premium SMS or a dedicated service such as PayPal. However, these methods often proved to be complicated to set up and cumbersome for many potential customers. 

Another key advantage is that the mobile websites which use Payforit find that the revenue split is similar to the 70:30 model offered by Apple’s iPhone App Store, but works on both mobile and standard web sites.

Content owners that use ImpulsePay do so to avoid the complexity of setting up a credit card payment system. For many sites still testing the business model for payment, the time and effort to set up a credit card payment system isn’t worth the effort. On top of that, many potential customers don’t have a credit card, or are not signed up to the specific payment service the website wants to use. 

Whereas the issues with Premium SMS can be about the quality of the service. Sometime there can be difficulties with the delivery of the final content, especially when the user is in an area with poor mobile coverage as the messages can fail to be delivered. For any service that requires verification of payment this can be problematic.

As the UK’s fastest growing Payforit provider, ImpulsePay provides content owners, application developers, charities or even adult and gambling sites a simple and easy to use process to establish a payment service – they can be set up and running within minutes using the easy integration option. Alternatively, comprehensive developer coding options are available for those wanting to do a more integrated setup or use custom branding.

ImpulsePay offers the widest range of tariffs, meaning that everyone can find the right price point to match the content. On top of that, ten day payment terms are offered as standard, providing better cashflow for content owners.

To join the growing number of content owners who are using the service and to get started with the quick online signup process and no monthly contracts or set up fees visit http://www.impulsepay.com. 

Or, for more information please email office AT impulsepay.com]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ImpulsePay provides alternative to Premium SMS or credit card payment

London, 9th March: ImpulsePay (http://www.impulsepay.com) has launched a range of ideas to highlight the different content, applications and services that would benefit from the new payments service based on Payforit. ImpulsePay provides a simple way for content owners to generate revenue, by directly billing users’ mobile phones, offering a simple and easy-to-use alternative to Premium SMS or credit card payments.

Previously known as GoPayforit, the recently launched service successfully provides a payment service for many mobile application developers, blogs, WAP sites and websites who have been using ImpulsePay to charge for content, membership, physical goods – or anything they wish to sell.

“What we wanted to do was make it clear that it’s not just about online content,” said Chris Newell, CEO of ImpulsePay. “Given the nature of the service we can be used to pay for mobile applications, donations, or even services that require payment verification – such as car parking. As we can offer age-verification as well, ImpulsePay could even be used for adult or gambling services.”

ImpulsePay’s service is based on Payforit – the payment service supported by all licensed UK mobile operators. Using Payforit, ImpulsePay collects payment directly from the user’s mobile phone bill, or available credit if on PAYG, meaning anyone with a mobile phone can now buy content, make a donation or pay for a mobile application on their phone or online.

The Payforit service works on any handset in the UK and across all networks. When accessed on mobile websites, users make a purchase in just one click, with no additional information that needs to be entered. Payforit allows simple hyperlinks to the payments page and once the transaction is complete, it returns the user to the relevant page to receive their content. 

One of the advantages of ImpulsePay for content owners is how simple the service is to set up and use. Previously, online payments could only be completed using credit cards, Premium SMS or a dedicated service such as PayPal. However, these methods often proved to be complicated to set up and cumbersome for many potential customers. 

Another key advantage is that the mobile websites which use Payforit find that the revenue split is similar to the 70:30 model offered by Apple’s iPhone App Store, but works on both mobile and standard web sites.

Content owners that use ImpulsePay do so to avoid the complexity of setting up a credit card payment system. For many sites still testing the business model for payment, the time and effort to set up a credit card payment system isn’t worth the effort. On top of that, many potential customers don’t have a credit card, or are not signed up to the specific payment service the website wants to use. 

Whereas the issues with Premium SMS can be about the quality of the service. Sometime there can be difficulties with the delivery of the final content, especially when the user is in an area with poor mobile coverage as the messages can fail to be delivered. For any service that requires verification of payment this can be problematic.

As the UK’s fastest growing Payforit provider, ImpulsePay provides content owners, application developers, charities or even adult and gambling sites a simple and easy to use process to establish a payment service – they can be set up and running within minutes using the easy integration option. Alternatively, comprehensive developer coding options are available for those wanting to do a more integrated setup or use custom branding.

ImpulsePay offers the widest range of tariffs, meaning that everyone can find the right price point to match the content. On top of that, ten day payment terms are offered as standard, providing better cashflow for content owners.

To join the growing number of content owners who are using the service and to get started with the quick online signup process and no monthly contracts or set up fees visit http://www.impulsepay.com. 

Or, for more information please email office AT impulsepay.com]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Derdack wins Network Computing award for enterprise notification project]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23017</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Implementation of message master® Enterprise Alert at Boehringer Ingelheim recognised in Private Sector Project of the Year category

Potsdam, Germany, 9 March, 2010: Derdack (http://www.derdack.com), provider of mobile messaging platforms and enterprise notification software today announced that its customer implementation at Boehringer Ingelheim Netherlands had won a prestigious award from Network Computing.&nbsp;&nbsp;message master® Enterprise Alert helped the pharmaceutical firm save &#36;0.5m in lost staff productivity and this achievement was recognised in the Private Sector Project of the Year category.

The Network Computing Awards were launched to recognise the products and services that have most impressed the readers of the UK’s longest established networking publication.&nbsp;&nbsp;Project of the Year awards are specifically judged by the Network Computing editor.

message master® Enterprise Alert has been embedded into Boehringer Ingelheim’s IT infrastructure where it interfaces with an internal system that monitors the status of servers and an uninterruptible power supply.&nbsp;&nbsp;If an event occurs, an alert is sent via SMS to a member of the on-call support team.&nbsp;&nbsp;Automated workflows ensure the alert is escalated to the next person in the chain if message delivery fails or an acknowledgement is not received.

The software has enabled the manufacturer to gain the ability to rectify any system faults such as problems with Windows Servers quickly and before they can impact on company-wide staff productivity. message master® Enterprise Alert has also been credited with helping Boehringer Ingelheim increase systems uptime by 1%.

Matthes Derdack, Managing Director of Derdack who was presented with the award said, “I am thrilled that the message master® Enterprise Alert project at Boehringer Ingelheim has won this distinguished award. This implementation highlights the financial impact that can be achieved by minimising systems downtime through automated and reliable alert notifications. It validates the business model behind our enterprise notification software, demonstrates clearly that a rapid return on investment can be achieved and is applicable to a wide range of industries.”

It was a dual night of success for Derdack with its customer implementation at HIS-IZZ Hospitals also named a finalist in the Public Sector Project of the Year category.&nbsp;&nbsp;message master® Enterprise Alert communicates critical events such as alarms from the fire monitoring systems to the relevant member of staff via SMS. Providing precise ownership assignment and details on the location of a critical event the resulting notification solution ensures the hospital can react quickly to any alerts and thus prevent interruption of critical patient services.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Implementation of message master® Enterprise Alert at Boehringer Ingelheim recognised in Private Sector Project of the Year category

Potsdam, Germany, 9 March, 2010: Derdack (http://www.derdack.com), provider of mobile messaging platforms and enterprise notification software today announced that its customer implementation at Boehringer Ingelheim Netherlands had won a prestigious award from Network Computing.&nbsp;&nbsp;message master® Enterprise Alert helped the pharmaceutical firm save &#36;0.5m in lost staff productivity and this achievement was recognised in the Private Sector Project of the Year category.

The Network Computing Awards were launched to recognise the products and services that have most impressed the readers of the UK’s longest established networking publication.&nbsp;&nbsp;Project of the Year awards are specifically judged by the Network Computing editor.

message master® Enterprise Alert has been embedded into Boehringer Ingelheim’s IT infrastructure where it interfaces with an internal system that monitors the status of servers and an uninterruptible power supply.&nbsp;&nbsp;If an event occurs, an alert is sent via SMS to a member of the on-call support team.&nbsp;&nbsp;Automated workflows ensure the alert is escalated to the next person in the chain if message delivery fails or an acknowledgement is not received.

The software has enabled the manufacturer to gain the ability to rectify any system faults such as problems with Windows Servers quickly and before they can impact on company-wide staff productivity. message master® Enterprise Alert has also been credited with helping Boehringer Ingelheim increase systems uptime by 1%.

Matthes Derdack, Managing Director of Derdack who was presented with the award said, “I am thrilled that the message master® Enterprise Alert project at Boehringer Ingelheim has won this distinguished award. This implementation highlights the financial impact that can be achieved by minimising systems downtime through automated and reliable alert notifications. It validates the business model behind our enterprise notification software, demonstrates clearly that a rapid return on investment can be achieved and is applicable to a wide range of industries.”

It was a dual night of success for Derdack with its customer implementation at HIS-IZZ Hospitals also named a finalist in the Public Sector Project of the Year category.&nbsp;&nbsp;message master® Enterprise Alert communicates critical events such as alarms from the fire monitoring systems to the relevant member of staff via SMS. Providing precise ownership assignment and details on the location of a critical event the resulting notification solution ensures the hospital can react quickly to any alerts and thus prevent interruption of critical patient services.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Avaya and Polycom to Jointly Develop and Market Video and Voice Communications System]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Avaya and Polycom to Jointly Develop and Market Video and Voice Communications Systems

Agreement reflects companies’ shared commitment to open, standards-based unified communications

LONDON/GUILDFORD/SLOUGH, UK -- Avaya and Polycom, Inc. [Nasdaq: PLCM], are expanding their existing relationship and will jointly develop and market integrated video, voice and collaboration solutions. The companies plan to deliver fully integrated, end-to-end unified communications (UC) solutions that use the Avaya Aura™ Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based platform and the Polycom Open Collaboration Network strategy. 

The planned joint solutions will provide Polycom’s full range of voice and video systems integrated with Avaya Aura delivering real-time collaboration to customers. Avaya Aura will enable companies to administer, schedule and manage the joint solutions in a single, consistent manner, and control bandwidth to support a superior user experience and optimal deployment of network resources. 

The expanded partnership supports Avaya Aura as a fundamental control point for managing and delivering communications across organisations.

“Companies are the real winners in the unified communications market because UC can save time, money and other valuable resources,” said Roopam Jain, principal analyst, Frost & Sullivan. “As more and more companies flesh out and execute on their UC strategies, interoperability and standards such as SIP are critical.”

Jain added, “Because every UC deployment has unique requirements, standards-based solutions are key. It’s encouraging to see Avaya and Polycom team to enable this type of open collaboration and feature-rich, purpose-built solutions.”

“The Avaya Aura platform enables our customers to integrate, manage and use communications in new ways to improve business performance,” said Alan Baratz, senior vice president and president, Global Communications Solutions, Avaya.&nbsp;&nbsp;“By adopting the Avaya Aura platform, Polycom products will benefit from the seamless interoperability it offers. Together we’ll offer customers a choice of collaboration solutions with the flexibility and functionality they require.”

“We continue to deliver on the Polycom Open Collaboration Network strategy, and Avaya is leading the charge in adopting open standards as the core for its business communications platform,” said Andy Miller, Polycom executive vice president of Global Field Operations. “Avaya is a significant global presence across multiple industries. These existing relationships give us an excellent opportunity to introduce customers to our new UC solutions.”

The Avaya Aura platform simplifies existing voice and video communica­tions architectures, including the ability to integrate communications across multi-vendor networks, to deliver business communi­cations with more capabilities, fewer costs and less complexity. The combined Avaya and Polycom offers will support customers who want to maintain their existing communications investments as they adopt new capabilities and solutions.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Avaya and Polycom to Jointly Develop and Market Video and Voice Communications Systems

Agreement reflects companies’ shared commitment to open, standards-based unified communications

LONDON/GUILDFORD/SLOUGH, UK -- Avaya and Polycom, Inc. [Nasdaq: PLCM], are expanding their existing relationship and will jointly develop and market integrated video, voice and collaboration solutions. The companies plan to deliver fully integrated, end-to-end unified communications (UC) solutions that use the Avaya Aura™ Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based platform and the Polycom Open Collaboration Network strategy. 

The planned joint solutions will provide Polycom’s full range of voice and video systems integrated with Avaya Aura delivering real-time collaboration to customers. Avaya Aura will enable companies to administer, schedule and manage the joint solutions in a single, consistent manner, and control bandwidth to support a superior user experience and optimal deployment of network resources. 

The expanded partnership supports Avaya Aura as a fundamental control point for managing and delivering communications across organisations.

“Companies are the real winners in the unified communications market because UC can save time, money and other valuable resources,” said Roopam Jain, principal analyst, Frost & Sullivan. “As more and more companies flesh out and execute on their UC strategies, interoperability and standards such as SIP are critical.”

Jain added, “Because every UC deployment has unique requirements, standards-based solutions are key. It’s encouraging to see Avaya and Polycom team to enable this type of open collaboration and feature-rich, purpose-built solutions.”

“The Avaya Aura platform enables our customers to integrate, manage and use communications in new ways to improve business performance,” said Alan Baratz, senior vice president and president, Global Communications Solutions, Avaya.&nbsp;&nbsp;“By adopting the Avaya Aura platform, Polycom products will benefit from the seamless interoperability it offers. Together we’ll offer customers a choice of collaboration solutions with the flexibility and functionality they require.”

“We continue to deliver on the Polycom Open Collaboration Network strategy, and Avaya is leading the charge in adopting open standards as the core for its business communications platform,” said Andy Miller, Polycom executive vice president of Global Field Operations. “Avaya is a significant global presence across multiple industries. These existing relationships give us an excellent opportunity to introduce customers to our new UC solutions.”

The Avaya Aura platform simplifies existing voice and video communica­tions architectures, including the ability to integrate communications across multi-vendor networks, to deliver business communi­cations with more capabilities, fewer costs and less complexity. The combined Avaya and Polycom offers will support customers who want to maintain their existing communications investments as they adopt new capabilities and solutions.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[British Museum to Present at MarketingSherpa’s 2nd Annual Germany Email Marketing Sum]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23015</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[British Museum to Present at MarketingSherpa’s 2nd Annual Germany Email Marketing Summit 2010 

James Meers to present British Museum’s Customer-Centric Approach to Online Marketing

LONDON, U.K. – March 8, 2010 – Lyris, the online marketing expert, today announced customer James Meers, Business Development Manager for British Museum, will present at MarketingSherpa’s 2nd Annual Germany Email Marketing Summit 2010, one of Europe’s leading conferences covering email marketing tactics and strategies for B2B and consumer marketing. In a session entitled ‘British Museum’s Customer-Centric Approach to Online Marketing’, Meers will discuss best practices in customer-centric online marketing by showcasing the company’s work with Lyris. 

WHAT:	Marketing Sherpa’s 2nd Annual Germany Email Marketing Summit 2010, the annual conference and exhibition for email marketing strategies

WHEN:	March 8-9, 2010 

WHERE:	Munich, Germany

British Museum’s session, taking place at 12 noon on Tuesday 9th March, will discuss how taking a customer-centric not campaign-centric approach to online marketing delivers advanced customer intelligence, better targeted outreach and greater ROI.

Those unable to attend the email marketing summit can join the conversation with Lyris executives via Twitter.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additionally, connect with Lyris on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube and find a vast repository of marketing commentary and best-practice guides on LyrisHQ.com.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[British Museum to Present at MarketingSherpa’s 2nd Annual Germany Email Marketing Summit 2010 

James Meers to present British Museum’s Customer-Centric Approach to Online Marketing

LONDON, U.K. – March 8, 2010 – Lyris, the online marketing expert, today announced customer James Meers, Business Development Manager for British Museum, will present at MarketingSherpa’s 2nd Annual Germany Email Marketing Summit 2010, one of Europe’s leading conferences covering email marketing tactics and strategies for B2B and consumer marketing. In a session entitled ‘British Museum’s Customer-Centric Approach to Online Marketing’, Meers will discuss best practices in customer-centric online marketing by showcasing the company’s work with Lyris. 

WHAT:	Marketing Sherpa’s 2nd Annual Germany Email Marketing Summit 2010, the annual conference and exhibition for email marketing strategies

WHEN:	March 8-9, 2010 

WHERE:	Munich, Germany

British Museum’s session, taking place at 12 noon on Tuesday 9th March, will discuss how taking a customer-centric not campaign-centric approach to online marketing delivers advanced customer intelligence, better targeted outreach and greater ROI.

Those unable to attend the email marketing summit can join the conversation with Lyris executives via Twitter.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additionally, connect with Lyris on Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube and find a vast repository of marketing commentary and best-practice guides on LyrisHQ.com.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[VSO Co-ordinates International Charity Volunteers with Video Conferencing from mvisio]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23014</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Development charity enhances international collaboration and volunteer placement across 42 countries with video conferencing-as-a-service

London, UK – 8th March 2010 –mvision today announced that international development charity, VSO is using its managed video conferencing service to improve collaboration between international teams. New TANDBERG-based systems in Kenya, the Netherlands, Philippines and UK not only allow VSO to better co-ordinate the recruitment and placement of volunteers in some of the world’s poorest communities, but provide a superior platform for training and human resources.

Uzma Kazmi, Systems Manager at VSO explained, “Having face-to-face communication is proving increasingly important. There was an example recently where one of our medical teams was delivering training by video and was able to interpret facial expressions to know that one of the country teams had not fully understood it,” she continued. “Without that visual detail, they would not have immediately addressed the issue and overcome the language and cultural challenge.” 

Terry Dwyer, Managing Director at mvision added, “VSO has over 1600 international volunteers working in 42 countries around the world, so effective team collaboration and communication are vital. User feedback to date is that the new systems which run on the dedicated mvision network are quicker and easier to use than their audio and web conferencing systems that quite often involved a connection delay of 10-15 minutes per meeting.” 

Kazmi concluded, “Now we can do more frequent but shorter meetings that get us to our desired outcomes much quicker. The motivational gains we are experiencing with video conferencing have completely changed the way that we engage with each other that simply is not possible by phone. It will help to unify us as an organisation, but made us feel truly international and one global VSO at the same time.”&nbsp;&nbsp; 

VSO selected a managed video conferencing service from mvision to avoid an increase in specialist IT headcount or resource to install and maintain the system. It was also well equipped to interface with the different end-points at VSO including TANDBERG, Polycom and Aethra. The specialists at mvision were quickly able to set up the whole system; configuring the bridge, integrating it with VSO’s network and data switch port speeds.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Development charity enhances international collaboration and volunteer placement across 42 countries with video conferencing-as-a-service

London, UK – 8th March 2010 –mvision today announced that international development charity, VSO is using its managed video conferencing service to improve collaboration between international teams. New TANDBERG-based systems in Kenya, the Netherlands, Philippines and UK not only allow VSO to better co-ordinate the recruitment and placement of volunteers in some of the world’s poorest communities, but provide a superior platform for training and human resources.

Uzma Kazmi, Systems Manager at VSO explained, “Having face-to-face communication is proving increasingly important. There was an example recently where one of our medical teams was delivering training by video and was able to interpret facial expressions to know that one of the country teams had not fully understood it,” she continued. “Without that visual detail, they would not have immediately addressed the issue and overcome the language and cultural challenge.” 

Terry Dwyer, Managing Director at mvision added, “VSO has over 1600 international volunteers working in 42 countries around the world, so effective team collaboration and communication are vital. User feedback to date is that the new systems which run on the dedicated mvision network are quicker and easier to use than their audio and web conferencing systems that quite often involved a connection delay of 10-15 minutes per meeting.” 

Kazmi concluded, “Now we can do more frequent but shorter meetings that get us to our desired outcomes much quicker. The motivational gains we are experiencing with video conferencing have completely changed the way that we engage with each other that simply is not possible by phone. It will help to unify us as an organisation, but made us feel truly international and one global VSO at the same time.”&nbsp;&nbsp; 

VSO selected a managed video conferencing service from mvision to avoid an increase in specialist IT headcount or resource to install and maintain the system. It was also well equipped to interface with the different end-points at VSO including TANDBERG, Polycom and Aethra. The specialists at mvision were quickly able to set up the whole system; configuring the bridge, integrating it with VSO’s network and data switch port speeds.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Data Centre Leaders to Set Agenda on Green Technologies at Annual European Conference]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23013</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[London – 8 March 2010 – Major industry leaders in the European data centre sector will meet at the sixth annual conference taking place April 22-23 at Sophia Antipolis near Nice, France. The high level content and debate will set the agenda on exploiting Green technologies over the coming year (http://www.datacentres.com/dce). 

A high calibre line up of top speakers and experts includes data centre gurus, Christian Belady, Director of Hardware Architecture – Partner Extreme Computing Group, Microsoft Research, Michael Manos, Vice President, Service Operations, Nokia, Roy Zeighami, UCS Power and Cooling TME, Cisco and Laurent Vernerey, President & CEO IT Business, Schneider Electric; Europe’s data centre leaders, Anthony Foy, Managing Director, Interxion, Michael Tobin, CEO, TelecityGroup, Eric Schwartz, President, Equinix Europe, and Bernard Geoghegan, Senior Vice President of International Operations, Digital Realty Trust and Guy Willner, Chairman, Data Gardens Russia.

Special presentations will be made by Paul-François Cattier, Vice President France, Benelux & French speaking Africa, APC by Schneider Electric, on the results of a new study by the Data Centre Group in France, and Marion Howard Healy, Associate Consultant, BroadGroup on a new study of Private Cloud.

In addition the expert speaker academy includes Dr. Paolo Bertoldi, Principal Administrator, European Commission Directorate General Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ellen Brigham, Director of Product Marketing - Juniper Networks, Candi Carrera, Director Client Service Operations, eBRC, Pieter Duijves, Managing Director, Parthenon Data Centres BV, Charlie Forte, Vice President, Global Operations and Infrastructure, BP, J. Clifford Gauntlett, Managing Partner, Solent Media Group, Peter Hannaford, Vice President, Datacenters & Alliances EMEA/LAM, APC by Schneider Electric, Andrew Harrington, Partner, AHV Associates LLP, Andrew Jay, Senior Director, CB Richard Ellis, Apostolos Kakkos, CEO, Lamda Hellix Data Centers, Andreas König, Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, NetApp Deutschland GmbH, Chad Lamb PhD, Director of Engineering, XKL, Bernard Lecanu, President, BLIC Consultants, Catalina McGregor, United Nations Agency ITU-T Liaison Officer to OECD and EC/EU, Rocco Panetta, Partner Panetta & Associati, Rome and Member of the Italian Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Commission, Alex Rabbetts, Managing Director, Migration Solutions, and Steve Wallage, Managing Director, BroadGroup Consulting. 

The 2-day international meeting includes the content-led conference, annual prestigious Awards dinner which this year includes the European Green Initiative Awards which has been endorsed and will be presented by the Green Grid, an industry exhibition, and special workshops. 

Sponsors and Partners include APC by Schneider Electric, Interxion, TelecityGroup, XKL, H2O Networks, Euclyde, Digital Realty Trust, eBRC, Migration Solutions, BL International Consultants, Equinix, Cadwin FM, Lamda Hellix Data Centers, ARUP, Scottish Development International, APL, Surf Telecoms, Stulz, Conteg, Microsoft, CBRE, Noodlesoft Technologies, The Colocation Exchange, Gimélec, Data Centres News Search, IX Consulting, IT One, Econference and Global Security Magazine.

(Savings of more than £200 are on offer for bookings for 6th Data Centre Europe 2010 on or before 12 March. http://www.datacentres.com/dce/register/)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[London – 8 March 2010 – Major industry leaders in the European data centre sector will meet at the sixth annual conference taking place April 22-23 at Sophia Antipolis near Nice, France. The high level content and debate will set the agenda on exploiting Green technologies over the coming year (http://www.datacentres.com/dce). 

A high calibre line up of top speakers and experts includes data centre gurus, Christian Belady, Director of Hardware Architecture – Partner Extreme Computing Group, Microsoft Research, Michael Manos, Vice President, Service Operations, Nokia, Roy Zeighami, UCS Power and Cooling TME, Cisco and Laurent Vernerey, President & CEO IT Business, Schneider Electric; Europe’s data centre leaders, Anthony Foy, Managing Director, Interxion, Michael Tobin, CEO, TelecityGroup, Eric Schwartz, President, Equinix Europe, and Bernard Geoghegan, Senior Vice President of International Operations, Digital Realty Trust and Guy Willner, Chairman, Data Gardens Russia.

Special presentations will be made by Paul-François Cattier, Vice President France, Benelux & French speaking Africa, APC by Schneider Electric, on the results of a new study by the Data Centre Group in France, and Marion Howard Healy, Associate Consultant, BroadGroup on a new study of Private Cloud.

In addition the expert speaker academy includes Dr. Paolo Bertoldi, Principal Administrator, European Commission Directorate General Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ellen Brigham, Director of Product Marketing - Juniper Networks, Candi Carrera, Director Client Service Operations, eBRC, Pieter Duijves, Managing Director, Parthenon Data Centres BV, Charlie Forte, Vice President, Global Operations and Infrastructure, BP, J. Clifford Gauntlett, Managing Partner, Solent Media Group, Peter Hannaford, Vice President, Datacenters & Alliances EMEA/LAM, APC by Schneider Electric, Andrew Harrington, Partner, AHV Associates LLP, Andrew Jay, Senior Director, CB Richard Ellis, Apostolos Kakkos, CEO, Lamda Hellix Data Centers, Andreas König, Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, NetApp Deutschland GmbH, Chad Lamb PhD, Director of Engineering, XKL, Bernard Lecanu, President, BLIC Consultants, Catalina McGregor, United Nations Agency ITU-T Liaison Officer to OECD and EC/EU, Rocco Panetta, Partner Panetta & Associati, Rome and Member of the Italian Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Commission, Alex Rabbetts, Managing Director, Migration Solutions, and Steve Wallage, Managing Director, BroadGroup Consulting. 

The 2-day international meeting includes the content-led conference, annual prestigious Awards dinner which this year includes the European Green Initiative Awards which has been endorsed and will be presented by the Green Grid, an industry exhibition, and special workshops. 

Sponsors and Partners include APC by Schneider Electric, Interxion, TelecityGroup, XKL, H2O Networks, Euclyde, Digital Realty Trust, eBRC, Migration Solutions, BL International Consultants, Equinix, Cadwin FM, Lamda Hellix Data Centers, ARUP, Scottish Development International, APL, Surf Telecoms, Stulz, Conteg, Microsoft, CBRE, Noodlesoft Technologies, The Colocation Exchange, Gimélec, Data Centres News Search, IX Consulting, IT One, Econference and Global Security Magazine.

(Savings of more than £200 are on offer for bookings for 6th Data Centre Europe 2010 on or before 12 March. http://www.datacentres.com/dce/register/)]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Awards Bonanza for Wick Hill and its Suppliers ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23012</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Woking, Surrey: 8th March, 2010 - Against strong competition, market-making, value-added distributor Wick Hill has won Channel Partner of the Year for the fourth year running at the Network Computing awards. The company was also a finalist in the Company of the Year category. 

Wick Hill vendors, too, were winners with WatchGuard taking Hardware Product of the Year for its SSL 100 appliance and CRYPTOCard becoming Managed Service Provider of the Year.

Other Wick Hill suppliers, including Check Point, Barracuda Networks, LogLogic, M86 Security and Upsite Technologies, were finalists in a number of categories.

Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group, commented: “There was intense competition for both the Channel Partner of the Year award and the Company of the Year award, so we are proud and delighted that our channel partners have voted for us and we would like to thank them for their support. 

“The Channel Partner of the Year award recognises the great efforts we have made as a team to help our partners grow during what has been a very difficult recession, offering them a variety of services such as marketing programmes, flexible credit, technical and sales consultancy support, an innovative lead management system and free training. 

“It is also, of course, a reflection of the considerable success that many of our channel partners have achieved themselves in growing their businesses, despite the serious downturn. Our own considerable sales growth reflects our partners’ achievements.

“Seen alongside the CRN and Microscope Security Distributor of the Year awards won recently, and the awards we have won from our vendors this year, the Network Computing award shows we are succeeding in our goal of delivering excellence to both our vendor and reseller partners. We remain totally committed to providing the solutions, services and support that our resellers want.

“The multiple finalist nominations for our focussed portfolio of suppliers, alongside the victories of WatchGuard and CRYPTOCard, also reflect the outstanding quality of our vendors, who are continuing to grow at well above industry-average rates.”]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Woking, Surrey: 8th March, 2010 - Against strong competition, market-making, value-added distributor Wick Hill has won Channel Partner of the Year for the fourth year running at the Network Computing awards. The company was also a finalist in the Company of the Year category. 

Wick Hill vendors, too, were winners with WatchGuard taking Hardware Product of the Year for its SSL 100 appliance and CRYPTOCard becoming Managed Service Provider of the Year.

Other Wick Hill suppliers, including Check Point, Barracuda Networks, LogLogic, M86 Security and Upsite Technologies, were finalists in a number of categories.

Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group, commented: “There was intense competition for both the Channel Partner of the Year award and the Company of the Year award, so we are proud and delighted that our channel partners have voted for us and we would like to thank them for their support. 

“The Channel Partner of the Year award recognises the great efforts we have made as a team to help our partners grow during what has been a very difficult recession, offering them a variety of services such as marketing programmes, flexible credit, technical and sales consultancy support, an innovative lead management system and free training. 

“It is also, of course, a reflection of the considerable success that many of our channel partners have achieved themselves in growing their businesses, despite the serious downturn. Our own considerable sales growth reflects our partners’ achievements.

“Seen alongside the CRN and Microscope Security Distributor of the Year awards won recently, and the awards we have won from our vendors this year, the Network Computing award shows we are succeeding in our goal of delivering excellence to both our vendor and reseller partners. We remain totally committed to providing the solutions, services and support that our resellers want.

“The multiple finalist nominations for our focussed portfolio of suppliers, alongside the victories of WatchGuard and CRYPTOCard, also reflect the outstanding quality of our vendors, who are continuing to grow at well above industry-average rates.”]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[IT Distributor Teams Up With Charity to Bring Customers a More Cost Effective, Reward]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23011</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[IT Distributor Teams Up With Charity to Bring Customers a More Cost Effective, Rewarding and Unique Incentive

British owned IT Distributor Westcoast Limited have partnered with Microsoft to bring customers a unique World Cup incentive campaign that will be supporting local African charity Kick4Life.

Westcoast and Microsoft have used their marketing funds to make a donation to African Children’s charity, Kick4Life in exchange for a World Cup 2010 package and a unique experience where winning customers will be able to engage with the deprived children of Lesotho and see the charity in action.

Westcoast Marketing Director, Alex Tatham said ‘Kick4Life are providing us with a package greater than those on offer from the events specialists and all the profits are going back to the charity to support their excellent work. The Passion campaign is a great vehicle to communicate our core company values”.

This World Cup 2010 customer incentive is one element of the Westcoast and Microsoft Passion Campaign (http://www.westcoast.co.uk/passion) that encourages customer behaviour as well as incremental sales for Westcoast and Microsoft. 

Westcoast will be taking 10 winning customers to South Africa for a 6 day trip that includes:

A Sightseeing tour of Johannesburg
A World Cup group game at Soccer City in Johannesburg. 
A 5* luxury safari tour at Springbok Lodge 
Finished with a Westcoast sponsored event through Kick 4 Life, educating the children of one of the World's heaviest affected HIV countries on how to avoid HIV infection. The event finishes with critical life skills education in a football environment.

Microsoft Account Manager, Guy Harvey said “It is great to see Microsoft and Westcoast marketing funding spent in such a way. We are still offering our reseller partners an unforgettable experience. Football, Safari, History and the chance to see and make a difference to children that have suffered terrible loss through HIV.&nbsp;&nbsp;The opportunity to provide a World Cup trip with a significant donation to such a worthy charity was unmissable and already our customer reaction to this offer has been unprecedented”. 

Westcoast’s marketing team are heavily promoting the Westcoast and Microsoft Passion Campaign to gain maximum coverage for Kick4Life. Other vehicles of the campaign include the creation of an AllAboutPassion twitter page, print and digital advertising and an all encompassing micro site.
The incentive will run till the end of April and a live draw will be streamed on the internet on the 3rd of May 2010.

Westcoast customers can join the campaign and show their support at http://www.Westcoast.co.uk/passion]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[IT Distributor Teams Up With Charity to Bring Customers a More Cost Effective, Rewarding and Unique Incentive

British owned IT Distributor Westcoast Limited have partnered with Microsoft to bring customers a unique World Cup incentive campaign that will be supporting local African charity Kick4Life.

Westcoast and Microsoft have used their marketing funds to make a donation to African Children’s charity, Kick4Life in exchange for a World Cup 2010 package and a unique experience where winning customers will be able to engage with the deprived children of Lesotho and see the charity in action.

Westcoast Marketing Director, Alex Tatham said ‘Kick4Life are providing us with a package greater than those on offer from the events specialists and all the profits are going back to the charity to support their excellent work. The Passion campaign is a great vehicle to communicate our core company values”.

This World Cup 2010 customer incentive is one element of the Westcoast and Microsoft Passion Campaign (http://www.westcoast.co.uk/passion) that encourages customer behaviour as well as incremental sales for Westcoast and Microsoft. 

Westcoast will be taking 10 winning customers to South Africa for a 6 day trip that includes:

A Sightseeing tour of Johannesburg
A World Cup group game at Soccer City in Johannesburg. 
A 5* luxury safari tour at Springbok Lodge 
Finished with a Westcoast sponsored event through Kick 4 Life, educating the children of one of the World's heaviest affected HIV countries on how to avoid HIV infection. The event finishes with critical life skills education in a football environment.

Microsoft Account Manager, Guy Harvey said “It is great to see Microsoft and Westcoast marketing funding spent in such a way. We are still offering our reseller partners an unforgettable experience. Football, Safari, History and the chance to see and make a difference to children that have suffered terrible loss through HIV.&nbsp;&nbsp;The opportunity to provide a World Cup trip with a significant donation to such a worthy charity was unmissable and already our customer reaction to this offer has been unprecedented”. 

Westcoast’s marketing team are heavily promoting the Westcoast and Microsoft Passion Campaign to gain maximum coverage for Kick4Life. Other vehicles of the campaign include the creation of an AllAboutPassion twitter page, print and digital advertising and an all encompassing micro site.
The incentive will run till the end of April and a live draw will be streamed on the internet on the 3rd of May 2010.

Westcoast customers can join the campaign and show their support at http://www.Westcoast.co.uk/passion]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jackpots - Making Fast Money Online]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23010</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Making cash online is not as boring as it used to be. There are businesses making huge profits with ideas no one had thought of. Selling butterflies, creating a Facebook game or playing online slots are just a taste of what’s out there. 

There is money just waiting to be made online and there are many non-conventional ways to get your hands on a piece of it. Millions of people all over the world are making money playing games online or selling products such as dog goggles or live butterflies on the net. Money is waiting to be made and is just a mouse click away. 

Online jackpots are another great way to make money online. At Casino.com, the Beach Life jackpot is currently holding over &#36;4 million and the Gold Rally jackpot is up to &#36;1 million already! Jeff Turner, Marketing Director at Casino.com, commented, “Our new jackpots page makes it easier for players to see when a jackpot is ready to explode. We are always excited to see who the next big winner will be. There is no better way to make money than to win it playing online.” Take on a new adventure and you too can start making money online. 

About Casino.com: Casino.com offers traditional card and table games, as well as slots, video poker and progressive bonus jackpot games. The games are currently available in Adobe Flash or to download, and can be played for real money or for fun in Spanish, Italian, German, French, Swedish, Dutch, Danish and Russian. Introduced in 2009, Casino.com runs a reward scheme called Loyalty Lounge. Casino.com is owned by Mansion Limited which is licensed and operated in Gibraltar.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Making cash online is not as boring as it used to be. There are businesses making huge profits with ideas no one had thought of. Selling butterflies, creating a Facebook game or playing online slots are just a taste of what’s out there. 

There is money just waiting to be made online and there are many non-conventional ways to get your hands on a piece of it. Millions of people all over the world are making money playing games online or selling products such as dog goggles or live butterflies on the net. Money is waiting to be made and is just a mouse click away. 

Online jackpots are another great way to make money online. At Casino.com, the Beach Life jackpot is currently holding over &#36;4 million and the Gold Rally jackpot is up to &#36;1 million already! Jeff Turner, Marketing Director at Casino.com, commented, “Our new jackpots page makes it easier for players to see when a jackpot is ready to explode. We are always excited to see who the next big winner will be. There is no better way to make money than to win it playing online.” Take on a new adventure and you too can start making money online. 

About Casino.com: Casino.com offers traditional card and table games, as well as slots, video poker and progressive bonus jackpot games. The games are currently available in Adobe Flash or to download, and can be played for real money or for fun in Spanish, Italian, German, French, Swedish, Dutch, Danish and Russian. Introduced in 2009, Casino.com runs a reward scheme called Loyalty Lounge. Casino.com is owned by Mansion Limited which is licensed and operated in Gibraltar.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hitachi Consulting UK and easyJet Collaborate on New Website]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23009</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[London – 8 March 2010 – Hitachi Consulting United Kingdom today announced that it has completed the redevelopment of easyJet’s new web site, working in close collaboration with easyJet’s internal technical team. The new web site, which accounts for 98 percent of the low-fares airline’s revenue bookings, was redeveloped using Microsoft’s .NET architecture and Web 2.0 technology to deliver a robust, extensible framework, increasing ease of use and visibility for customers, enabling greater integration with its retail partners, such as insurance providers, car hire and hotels, reducing third-party maintenance and support costs, and providing a platform for future service-based delivery. 

easyJet pioneered the use of the Internet for travel and now serves more than 46 million passengers through 500 routes. The company has 182 aircraft in 29 countries and employs more than 6,500 people. As the main booking funnel for the company’s revenue, the easyJet web site is one of the top 10 web sites in the UK.

Hitachi Consulting UK and Microsoft worked collaboratively with easyJet’s technical team, moving the web site from a Classic ASP architecture to a services-based .NET architecture. Initial development work was completed in February 2009 with easyJet gradually moving customers over to the new site throughout the year. At the end of November 2009, 100 percent of all traffic has been channeled through the new web site. 

“We are heavily driven by IT as a company and are continually trying to upgrade our systems,” said Colin Rees, Head of Software Delivery for easyJet. “I had worked with Hitachi Consulting previously and was impressed by how much intellectual property they have in our industry, particularly with regards to working practices and procedures. They also have a deep technical understanding of Microsoft technologies and worked with our team on a collaborative basis. This project is the first of many step changes in our online offerings, and the .NET architecture gives us greater scope to develop more functionality moving forward.”

David Kilpatrick, Managing Vice President at Hitachi Consulting UK, commented, “As a company with a business model based so heavily on technology, easyJet’s implementation is a great example of how Microsoft’s .NET architecture and Web 2.0 technology can transform business performance. We look forward to supporting easyJet in its future projects.”

“This significant technology implementation reaffirms the exceptionally strong relationship we have with both easyJet and Hitachi Consulting as one of our Solution System Integration partners,” says Alex Cresswell, Business Manager for Travel & Transport at Microsoft UK. “We are proud to form such a fundamental part of easyJet’s business plan and strategy and we are pleased to have been able to support them in offering an improved customer experience to the 50 million customers worldwide who will fly with the airline in the coming year.”

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About Hitachi Consulting Corporation
As Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE: HIT) global consulting company, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia, Hitachi Consulting is a recognized leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to Global 2000 companies across many industries. With a balanced view of strategy, people, process and technology, we work with companies to understand their unique business needs, and to develop and implement practical business strategies and technology solutions. From business strategy development through application deployment, our consultants are committed to helping clients quickly realize measurable business value and achieve sustainable ROI. Hitachi Consulting's client base includes 25 percent of the Global 100 as well as many leading mid-market companies. We offer a client-focused, collaborative approach and transfer knowledge throughout each engagement. 
For more information, call 1.877.664.0010 or visit http://www.hitachiconsulting.com. 

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) is a leading global technological and industrial company with total revenues of ¥10,000 billion (&#36;102.0 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2009. Hitachi’s business is highly diversified, encompassing operations in the following seven segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems; Electronic Devices; Power & Industrial Systems; Digital Media & Consumer Products; High Functional Materials & Components; Logistics, Services & Others; and Financial Services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit Hitachi's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
** Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Hitachiuk ** 

For further information, please contact:
Kim Lynch
Devonshire Marketing
kim[at]devonshiremarketing[dot]com
Tel: 0870 7000 166

Distributed on behalf of Hitachi Consulting UK by NeonDrum (http://www.neondrum.com)
Nicky Denovan
Tel: +44 7747 017654
nicky[at]neondrum[dot]com]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[London – 8 March 2010 – Hitachi Consulting United Kingdom today announced that it has completed the redevelopment of easyJet’s new web site, working in close collaboration with easyJet’s internal technical team. The new web site, which accounts for 98 percent of the low-fares airline’s revenue bookings, was redeveloped using Microsoft’s .NET architecture and Web 2.0 technology to deliver a robust, extensible framework, increasing ease of use and visibility for customers, enabling greater integration with its retail partners, such as insurance providers, car hire and hotels, reducing third-party maintenance and support costs, and providing a platform for future service-based delivery. 

easyJet pioneered the use of the Internet for travel and now serves more than 46 million passengers through 500 routes. The company has 182 aircraft in 29 countries and employs more than 6,500 people. As the main booking funnel for the company’s revenue, the easyJet web site is one of the top 10 web sites in the UK.

Hitachi Consulting UK and Microsoft worked collaboratively with easyJet’s technical team, moving the web site from a Classic ASP architecture to a services-based .NET architecture. Initial development work was completed in February 2009 with easyJet gradually moving customers over to the new site throughout the year. At the end of November 2009, 100 percent of all traffic has been channeled through the new web site. 

“We are heavily driven by IT as a company and are continually trying to upgrade our systems,” said Colin Rees, Head of Software Delivery for easyJet. “I had worked with Hitachi Consulting previously and was impressed by how much intellectual property they have in our industry, particularly with regards to working practices and procedures. They also have a deep technical understanding of Microsoft technologies and worked with our team on a collaborative basis. This project is the first of many step changes in our online offerings, and the .NET architecture gives us greater scope to develop more functionality moving forward.”

David Kilpatrick, Managing Vice President at Hitachi Consulting UK, commented, “As a company with a business model based so heavily on technology, easyJet’s implementation is a great example of how Microsoft’s .NET architecture and Web 2.0 technology can transform business performance. We look forward to supporting easyJet in its future projects.”

“This significant technology implementation reaffirms the exceptionally strong relationship we have with both easyJet and Hitachi Consulting as one of our Solution System Integration partners,” says Alex Cresswell, Business Manager for Travel & Transport at Microsoft UK. “We are proud to form such a fundamental part of easyJet’s business plan and strategy and we are pleased to have been able to support them in offering an improved customer experience to the 50 million customers worldwide who will fly with the airline in the coming year.”

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About Hitachi Consulting Corporation
As Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE: HIT) global consulting company, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia, Hitachi Consulting is a recognized leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to Global 2000 companies across many industries. With a balanced view of strategy, people, process and technology, we work with companies to understand their unique business needs, and to develop and implement practical business strategies and technology solutions. From business strategy development through application deployment, our consultants are committed to helping clients quickly realize measurable business value and achieve sustainable ROI. Hitachi Consulting's client base includes 25 percent of the Global 100 as well as many leading mid-market companies. We offer a client-focused, collaborative approach and transfer knowledge throughout each engagement. 
For more information, call 1.877.664.0010 or visit http://www.hitachiconsulting.com. 

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) is a leading global technological and industrial company with total revenues of ¥10,000 billion (&#36;102.0 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2009. Hitachi’s business is highly diversified, encompassing operations in the following seven segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems; Electronic Devices; Power & Industrial Systems; Digital Media & Consumer Products; High Functional Materials & Components; Logistics, Services & Others; and Financial Services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit Hitachi's website at http://www.hitachi.com.
** Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Hitachiuk ** 

For further information, please contact:
Kim Lynch
Devonshire Marketing
kim[at]devonshiremarketing[dot]com
Tel: 0870 7000 166

Distributed on behalf of Hitachi Consulting UK by NeonDrum (http://www.neondrum.com)
Nicky Denovan
Tel: +44 7747 017654
nicky[at]neondrum[dot]com]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[It’s a Wrap! Playfish Announce Winners of Pet Society Movie Awards]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23005</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[The BAFTAs are behind us, the Oscars are in front of us, and in the middle, filling the film season void, is the Pet Society Movie Awards. Playfish, the organisers of this glittering new entry onto the awards circuit, are pleased to today unveil the lucky award winners. 
The Pet Society Movie Awards was launched on February 15th and challenged players of popular online social game, Pet Society, to get in the director's chair and recreate famous movie scenes using their virtual pets. The Pet Society community rose to the challenge and made film stars out of their fully customisable virtual pets by using the various items that are available for sale in the game, including clothes, furniture, food, toys, gadgets and other items. 

In just two weeks the competition received over 20,000 entries, with more than 136,000 people becoming fans of the Facebook page. The level of creativity and effort that the Pet Society community put into their entries was absolutely staggering, and it was hard to pick winners amongst the thousands of great images and videos submitted. Thirteen entries rose to the top though, so without further ado, we give you the winners.!

Best Comedy
Back to the Future (video)

Best Action
King Kong (image)

Best Science Fiction
E.T. (image) 

Best Drama
American Beauty (image)

Best Romance
Breakfast at Tiffany's (image)

Best Horror
Silent Hill (image)

Best Musical
Singing in the Rain (image) 

Best Picture 
Casablanca (image) 

Best Thriller
The Shining (video)

Gangster City Award for Best Gangster Movie
The Usual Suspects (image)

Best Miscellaneous
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (video)

Best Fantasy
Cinderella (video)
Lord of the Rings (image)

Overall Best Movie&nbsp;&nbsp;
Titanic (video) 

Each of the 11 category winners will receive 500 Playfish Cash and a Golden Mayor Award (named after the Pet Society town mayor). In addition, winner of the Best Movie award will win 1000 Playfish Cash, as well a Golden Mayor Award. Congratulations! 

What is Pet Society?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Pet Society is made by leading social games company, Playfish, for friends to play together on social networks such as Facebook, Myspace and Bebo. Over 21 million people are playing Pet Society each month on Facebook alone (equivalent to the population of Australia). Pet Society lets users create and look after their own virtual pet; they can decorate the house they live in, play with them and buy them a wide variety of virtual goods. The pet lives in a town populated by other pets owned by the user's social network friends, so they can always pop round to visit!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The BAFTAs are behind us, the Oscars are in front of us, and in the middle, filling the film season void, is the Pet Society Movie Awards. Playfish, the organisers of this glittering new entry onto the awards circuit, are pleased to today unveil the lucky award winners. 
The Pet Society Movie Awards was launched on February 15th and challenged players of popular online social game, Pet Society, to get in the director's chair and recreate famous movie scenes using their virtual pets. The Pet Society community rose to the challenge and made film stars out of their fully customisable virtual pets by using the various items that are available for sale in the game, including clothes, furniture, food, toys, gadgets and other items. 

In just two weeks the competition received over 20,000 entries, with more than 136,000 people becoming fans of the Facebook page. The level of creativity and effort that the Pet Society community put into their entries was absolutely staggering, and it was hard to pick winners amongst the thousands of great images and videos submitted. Thirteen entries rose to the top though, so without further ado, we give you the winners.!

Best Comedy
Back to the Future (video)

Best Action
King Kong (image)

Best Science Fiction
E.T. (image) 

Best Drama
American Beauty (image)

Best Romance
Breakfast at Tiffany's (image)

Best Horror
Silent Hill (image)

Best Musical
Singing in the Rain (image) 

Best Picture 
Casablanca (image) 

Best Thriller
The Shining (video)

Gangster City Award for Best Gangster Movie
The Usual Suspects (image)

Best Miscellaneous
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (video)

Best Fantasy
Cinderella (video)
Lord of the Rings (image)

Overall Best Movie&nbsp;&nbsp;
Titanic (video) 

Each of the 11 category winners will receive 500 Playfish Cash and a Golden Mayor Award (named after the Pet Society town mayor). In addition, winner of the Best Movie award will win 1000 Playfish Cash, as well a Golden Mayor Award. Congratulations! 

What is Pet Society?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Pet Society is made by leading social games company, Playfish, for friends to play together on social networks such as Facebook, Myspace and Bebo. Over 21 million people are playing Pet Society each month on Facebook alone (equivalent to the population of Australia). Pet Society lets users create and look after their own virtual pet; they can decorate the house they live in, play with them and buy them a wide variety of virtual goods. The pet lives in a town populated by other pets owned by the user's social network friends, so they can always pop round to visit!]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Global Satellite Players Aiming For Bigger Slice Of Asian Pie At CommunicAsia2010 and]]></title>
			<link>http://www.webberscorner.com/showthread.php?tid=23004</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Asia’s largest ICT and media industry event returns in June 2010 to offer global satellite service providers bigger push into Asia’s growing markets 

Singapore, 5 March 2010 - Many of the world’s biggest satellite companies will congregate at CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia when the events return from 15 to 18 June 2010 to the Singapore Expo. These global players are eyeing the events as the choice business platform in Asia to help ramp up their presence and reach out to the region’s resilient satellite markets.

Growth Opportunities in the Asian Satellite Industry 
Satellite services have evolved from just providing bandwidth and enabling broadcasting, to now include data and video delivery solutions that encompass broadband Internet, VoIP, mobile communications, and broadcasting. The exponential rise in mobile adoption in Asia, which now accounts for one-third of the four billion mobile subscribers in the world(1), is the key catalyst that is fuelling Asia’s demand for satellite services.&nbsp;&nbsp;

While rapidly urbanised cities represent a large proportion of the growth of emerging markets in Asia, connecting rural communities beyond the reach of telecommunications infrastructure with cellular backhaul services has become an important untapped growing market eyed by major satellite players.&nbsp;&nbsp;Satellite’s critical role in enabling safe and effective communications in disaster recovery, military operations and offshore setups also continue to be growth areas for the sector in the Asia Pacific region.

"Asia Pacific has always been a very important market for us," said Mr. John Warehand, PR Manager of Inmarsat. "For some of our services, such as our new mobile broadband BGAN X-Stream service, it is the fastest growing market. Our regular presence at CommunicAsia has been a consistently valuable part of our marketing activity. It has been the platform from which we have launched a number of different services and initiatives into the region.”

Warehand added, "This year, CommunicAsia will play a central role in the worldwide launch of our first global handheld service, the IsatPhone Pro. Our decision to debut the new service at CommunicAsia2010 is a reflection of the importance of the Asia Pacific market, and our belief in the show's ability to reach key regional audiences and beyond." 

The recent trend of rising capacity demand for video services, in particular DTH (direct-to-home) TV broadcasting, propelled the growth of satellite operators. The popularity of television as an economical form of entertainment, especially during challenging economic times, has helped Pay TV operators maintain revenue streams and fuelled widespread of TV channels across Asia.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Asian countries exhibiting relatively low Pay TV penetration rates, including India, Indonesia and the Philippines, reflect promising prospects for global satellite players, and many of them made the move to enter and explore business opportunities in these developing markets. India’s Pay TV subscribers in 2009 numbered 19 million subscribers across six platforms and occupy about 14 per cent of the global Pay TV market of 131 million subscribers(2).
 
“The fast growing demand from Asian TV platform operators for content, in particular HD content would be a driver for growth in the Asian satellite industry in the next few years,” said Ms. Sabrina Cubbon, General Manager of Marketing at AsiaSat. “Opportunities are enormous in markets such as India for DTH service and digital cable service; Asia is driving the economic growth in the world and our focus will be on all the markets in this region.”.

Cubbon added, “BroadcastAsia provides an excellent platform where we can meet our customers and service partners, and market our capabilities of coverage and access to the Asian media and broadcast community.&nbsp;&nbsp;We also update our knowledge on the latest product development and service offerings on television broadcasting, content creation and distribution solutions showcased at the show.” 

Combined with mobile Internet access, the GPS/LBS service applications are seen in the industry as valuable forms of revenue streams. Most handset manufacturers have launched GPS/LBS enabled handsets in the market, and revenues are projected to surpass US&#36;14 billion by 2014. 

“Satellite communications is an important sector to us,” said Mr. Victor Wong, Project Director of Communications Events from Singapore Exhibition Services, organiser of CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia. “Satellite exhibitors are gathered at a dedicated area in the exhibition to encourage closer business networking and knowledge sourcing activities. Our Asian buyers, presented with a comprehensive and convenient marketplace, are able to seek the latest products and, services, industry trends and insights offered by the world’s leading satellite players.”

Global Sellers Meet Asian Buyers at CommunicAsia2010 and BroadcastAsia2010
The event this year, projected to feature 10 per cent more exhibitors compared to last year, will see the return of many of the world’s leading satellite companies, including ABE, Alphatron Asia, AsiaSat, Asia Broadcast Satellite, C2Sat Communications, China Satcom, Comtech Telecommunications, Elber, Eutelsat, GlobeCast, iDirect, Inmarsat, Intelsat, MEASAT, Mircowave Radio Communication, Rover Broadcast & Instruments, SES WORLD SKIES, SpeedCast, SoftNi, ST Electronics, ST Teleport, TELEVES, Thaicom, and Vislink. 

These companies, hailing from across the globe, regard CommunicAsia2010 and BroadcastAsia2010 as important platforms for them to network with key decision makers from the Asian business community, grow their business through forming key partnerships, and showcase their technologies and applications to the Asian marketplace. 

Satellite services have played a predominant role in revolutionising the way we communicate today. By bridging the wide spectrum of satellite technologies and applications to present operators new and innovative ways to deliver data, video and voice content, CommunicAsia2010, together with BroadcastAsia2010, is well placed to play a vital role in accelerating the growth of Asia’s satellite industry.

***

(1)Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), “Asia on the rise: MMA predicts ten trends for mobile telecommunications in Asia that will dominate in 2010”, 5 January 2010
(2)Euroconsult; “Satellite TV Platforms, World Survey & Prospects to 2019, Growth through the Crisis”, 4th edition, January 2010

Shows at a glance: 
CommunicAsia2010/EnterpriseIT2010:
Date: 15 - 18 June 2010
Venue: Singapore Expo, Halls 3 - 6
Opening Hours: 15 - 17 June: 10.30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
18 June: 10.30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission: Business and trade professionals only 
Registration: http://www.communicasia.com 

BroadcastAsia2010/InteractiveDME:
Date: 15 - 18 June 2010
Venue: Singapore Expo, Halls 7 & 8
Opening Hours: 15 - 17 June: 10.30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
18 June: 10.30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission: Business and trade professionals only 
Registration: http://www.broadcast-asia.com/ 

About CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia

CommunicAsia is a global event where the business of technology comes to life, showcasing the latest digital technologies across mobile networks and applications, network infrastructure and satellite communications. http://www.CommunicAsia.com

BroadcastAsia, themed “Digital: The Journey Forward”, offers the latest in digital multimedia and entertainment technologies, addressing the value chain of content creation, management, and distribution. http://www.Broadcast-Asia.com

About Singapore Exhibition Services

Set up in 1976, Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) has established itself as one of the most innovative and respected exhibition and conference organisers in Asia. A pioneer in the Singapore exhibition industry, SES events have served as important platforms for companies aiming to forge new business contacts in Asia. With a portfolio of international tradeshows already serving the Communications, Engineering, Machinery and Lifestyle industries, SES continues to develop new events to meet market needs. SES events consistently attract a high level of overseas participation with foreign exhibitors accounting for almost 80% of the show floor. SES is a member of Allworld Exhibitions Alliance, a global network with over 50 offices worldwide. http://www.sesallworld.com.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Asia’s largest ICT and media industry event returns in June 2010 to offer global satellite service providers bigger push into Asia’s growing markets 

Singapore, 5 March 2010 - Many of the world’s biggest satellite companies will congregate at CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia when the events return from 15 to 18 June 2010 to the Singapore Expo. These global players are eyeing the events as the choice business platform in Asia to help ramp up their presence and reach out to the region’s resilient satellite markets.

Growth Opportunities in the Asian Satellite Industry 
Satellite services have evolved from just providing bandwidth and enabling broadcasting, to now include data and video delivery solutions that encompass broadband Internet, VoIP, mobile communications, and broadcasting. The exponential rise in mobile adoption in Asia, which now accounts for one-third of the four billion mobile subscribers in the world(1), is the key catalyst that is fuelling Asia’s demand for satellite services.&nbsp;&nbsp;

While rapidly urbanised cities represent a large proportion of the growth of emerging markets in Asia, connecting rural communities beyond the reach of telecommunications infrastructure with cellular backhaul services has become an important untapped growing market eyed by major satellite players.&nbsp;&nbsp;Satellite’s critical role in enabling safe and effective communications in disaster recovery, military operations and offshore setups also continue to be growth areas for the sector in the Asia Pacific region.

"Asia Pacific has always been a very important market for us," said Mr. John Warehand, PR Manager of Inmarsat. "For some of our services, such as our new mobile broadband BGAN X-Stream service, it is the fastest growing market. Our regular presence at CommunicAsia has been a consistently valuable part of our marketing activity. It has been the platform from which we have launched a number of different services and initiatives into the region.”

Warehand added, "This year, CommunicAsia will play a central role in the worldwide launch of our first global handheld service, the IsatPhone Pro. Our decision to debut the new service at CommunicAsia2010 is a reflection of the importance of the Asia Pacific market, and our belief in the show's ability to reach key regional audiences and beyond." 

The recent trend of rising capacity demand for video services, in particular DTH (direct-to-home) TV broadcasting, propelled the growth of satellite operators. The popularity of television as an economical form of entertainment, especially during challenging economic times, has helped Pay TV operators maintain revenue streams and fuelled widespread of TV channels across Asia.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Asian countries exhibiting relatively low Pay TV penetration rates, including India, Indonesia and the Philippines, reflect promising prospects for global satellite players, and many of them made the move to enter and explore business opportunities in these developing markets. India’s Pay TV subscribers in 2009 numbered 19 million subscribers across six platforms and occupy about 14 per cent of the global Pay TV market of 131 million subscribers(2).
 
“The fast growing demand from Asian TV platform operators for content, in particular HD content would be a driver for growth in the Asian satellite industry in the next few years,” said Ms. Sabrina Cubbon, General Manager of Marketing at AsiaSat. “Opportunities are enormous in markets such as India for DTH service and digital cable service; Asia is driving the economic growth in the world and our focus will be on all the markets in this region.”.

Cubbon added, “BroadcastAsia provides an excellent platform where we can meet our customers and service partners, and market our capabilities of coverage and access to the Asian media and broadcast community.&nbsp;&nbsp;We also update our knowledge on the latest product development and service offerings on television broadcasting, content creation and distribution solutions showcased at the show.” 

Combined with mobile Internet access, the GPS/LBS service applications are seen in the industry as valuable forms of revenue streams. Most handset manufacturers have launched GPS/LBS enabled handsets in the market, and revenues are projected to surpass US&#36;14 billion by 2014. 

“Satellite communications is an important sector to us,” said Mr. Victor Wong, Project Director of Communications Events from Singapore Exhibition Services, organiser of CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia. “Satellite exhibitors are gathered at a dedicated area in the exhibition to encourage closer business networking and knowledge sourcing activities. Our Asian buyers, presented with a comprehensive and convenient marketplace, are able to seek the latest products and, services, industry trends and insights offered by the world’s leading satellite players.”

Global Sellers Meet Asian Buyers at CommunicAsia2010 and BroadcastAsia2010
The event this year, projected to feature 10 per cent more exhibitors compared to last year, will see the return of many of the world’s leading satellite companies, including ABE, Alphatron Asia, AsiaSat, Asia Broadcast Satellite, C2Sat Communications, China Satcom, Comtech Telecommunications, Elber, Eutelsat, GlobeCast, iDirect, Inmarsat, Intelsat, MEASAT, Mircowave Radio Communication, Rover Broadcast & Instruments, SES WORLD SKIES, SpeedCast, SoftNi, ST Electronics, ST Teleport, TELEVES, Thaicom, and Vislink. 

These companies, hailing from across the globe, regard CommunicAsia2010 and BroadcastAsia2010 as important platforms for them to network with key decision makers from the Asian business community, grow their business through forming key partnerships, and showcase their technologies and applications to the Asian marketplace. 

Satellite services have played a predominant role in revolutionising the way we communicate today. By bridging the wide spectrum of satellite technologies and applications to present operators new and innovative ways to deliver data, video and voice content, CommunicAsia2010, together with BroadcastAsia2010, is well placed to play a vital role in accelerating the growth of Asia’s satellite industry.

***

(1)Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), “Asia on the rise: MMA predicts ten trends for mobile telecommunications in Asia that will dominate in 2010”, 5 January 2010
(2)Euroconsult; “Satellite TV Platforms, World Survey & Prospects to 2019, Growth through the Crisis”, 4th edition, January 2010

Shows at a glance: 
CommunicAsia2010/EnterpriseIT2010:
Date: 15 - 18 June 2010
Venue: Singapore Expo, Halls 3 - 6
Opening Hours: 15 - 17 June: 10.30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
18 June: 10.30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission: Business and trade professionals only 
Registration: http://www.communicasia.com 

BroadcastAsia2010/InteractiveDME:
Date: 15 - 18 June 2010
Venue: Singapore Expo, Halls 7 & 8
Opening Hours: 15 - 17 June: 10.30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
18 June: 10.30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Admission: Business and trade professionals only 
Registration: http://www.broadcast-asia.com/ 

About CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia

CommunicAsia is a global event where the business of technology comes to life, showcasing the latest digital technologies across mobile networks and applications, network infrastructure and satellite communications. http://www.CommunicAsia.com

BroadcastAsia, themed “Digital: The Journey Forward”, offers the latest in digital multimedia and entertainment technologies, addressing the value chain of content creation, management, and distribution. http://www.Broadcast-Asia.com

About Singapore Exhibition Services

Set up in 1976, Singapore Exhibition Services (SES) has established itself as one of the most innovative and respected exhibition and conference organisers in Asia. A pioneer in the Singapore exhibition industry, SES events have served as important platforms for companies aiming to forge new business contacts in Asia. With a portfolio of international tradeshows already serving the Communications, Engineering, Machinery and Lifestyle industries, SES continues to develop new events to meet market needs. SES events consistently attract a high level of overseas participation with foreign exhibitors accounting for almost 80% of the show floor. SES is a member of Allworld Exhibitions Alliance, a global network with over 50 offices worldwide. http://www.sesallworld.com.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Translations Broaden Reach of Palisade Software]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Marketing-Leading Analytics Package DecisionTools Suite from Palisade Now Available in Five New Languages

5 March 2010: Ithaca, NY. In a major step forward for decision-making and risk analysis in international businesses, Palisade Corporation has released its popular DecisonTools Suite software in five foreign languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Japanese. Having just celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary as a leader in decision support and risk analytics, Palisade is the only developer to offer comprehensively translated software tools for quantitative analysis in these important languages. The suite of add-in software for Microsoft Excel has been growing in popularity in response to the economic crisis of the past two years. The DecisionTools Suite is currently used by professionals for forecasting, strategic planning, and managing operations in industries that range from energy to finance to manufacturing.

Palisade’s new release of the DecisionTools Suite, version 5.5.1, makes its seven quantitative analysis tools accessible to businesses on a worldwide basis, those operating globally as well as nationally. The tools – @RISK, PrecisionTree, TopRank, NeuralTools, StatTools, Evolver and RISKOptimizer - have been translated in all their features and functions throughout.

DecisionTools Suite 5.5.1 is the result of an extensive corporate effort to respond to its rapidly growing customer bases in countries where English is not the native language. “We have customers from literally all over the world waiting for this release,” said Palisade’s vice president for marketing, Randy Heffernan, “and the people who have previewed the translations are very excited about being able to create analyses and do simulations in their own languages.” 

In addition to translations, the new version of the DecisionTools Suite offers a new feature that allows users to launch any of the tools from within a tool that’s up and running. 

New Tools with New Features
Each of the DecisionTools offers new features and functionality to make it faster and easier to use. For details on these see “What’s New in DecisionTools 5.5.1.” For general descriptions of the tools and how to use them, go to the Palisade Corporation website: http://www.palisade.com.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Marketing-Leading Analytics Package DecisionTools Suite from Palisade Now Available in Five New Languages

5 March 2010: Ithaca, NY. In a major step forward for decision-making and risk analysis in international businesses, Palisade Corporation has released its popular DecisonTools Suite software in five foreign languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, and Japanese. Having just celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary as a leader in decision support and risk analytics, Palisade is the only developer to offer comprehensively translated software tools for quantitative analysis in these important languages. The suite of add-in software for Microsoft Excel has been growing in popularity in response to the economic crisis of the past two years. The DecisionTools Suite is currently used by professionals for forecasting, strategic planning, and managing operations in industries that range from energy to finance to manufacturing.

Palisade’s new release of the DecisionTools Suite, version 5.5.1, makes its seven quantitative analysis tools accessible to businesses on a worldwide basis, those operating globally as well as nationally. The tools – @RISK, PrecisionTree, TopRank, NeuralTools, StatTools, Evolver and RISKOptimizer - have been translated in all their features and functions throughout.

DecisionTools Suite 5.5.1 is the result of an extensive corporate effort to respond to its rapidly growing customer bases in countries where English is not the native language. “We have customers from literally all over the world waiting for this release,” said Palisade’s vice president for marketing, Randy Heffernan, “and the people who have previewed the translations are very excited about being able to create analyses and do simulations in their own languages.” 

In addition to translations, the new version of the DecisionTools Suite offers a new feature that allows users to launch any of the tools from within a tool that’s up and running. 

New Tools with New Features
Each of the DecisionTools offers new features and functionality to make it faster and easier to use. For details on these see “What’s New in DecisionTools 5.5.1.” For general descriptions of the tools and how to use them, go to the Palisade Corporation website: http://www.palisade.com.]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[GALA 2010 Focuses on the Future of Global Content Delivery]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[10 – 12 May conference brings translation and localisation leaders, researchers and buyers together

Seattle, Washington, USA (5 March 2010) – GALA 2010, the Globalization and Localization Association’s second Language of Business conference, will bring developers of content together with translation and localisation sellers to discuss and debate the future of global content delivery. 

Presenters at GALA 2010: The language of business. The business of language.” (10 – 12 May 2010 at the Intercontinental Praha in Prague) includes localisation and translation buyers from such leaders as Hewlett Packard and VMware, researchers from Forrester Research and Common Sense Advisory, and a number of leaders from language service and technology providers. The program for the conference is available at the GALA 2010 website.

Early registration discounts for GALA 2010 are available through 12 March. 

The GALA 2010 theme, The Global Community: Capturing Customers Worldwide, reflects the work shared by GALA members and their customers in communicating global content locally. In addition to the program of speakers, the conference will include ever-popular speed networking with translation buyers and sellers. 

“In developing the programme for GALA 2010, we searched for lively presenters with deep knowledge in their areas of expertise who could interact directly with our attendees,” said Kim Harris, a GALA board member and chair of the programming committee. “Strong presenters with provocative topics, coupled with GALA’s very popular speed networking sessions, all in a beautiful setting that encourages collaboration—that is what GALA’s conferences are all about.” 

Feedback from GALA’s initial Language of Business conference in 2009 was overwhelmingly positive. Xavier Marchand, a director of production at one of our member companies, commented that, “I had more existing clients and more contacts at GALA 2009 than at any of the shows I have been to before.” 

Silvia Avary-Silveiro of VeriSign remarked, “The 2009 GALA conference in Cancun was the best conference I went to last year. It was three days of sharing ideas and work experience with bright people in the localization industry and excellent presentations. All that and the added bonus of being in a wonderful location!” GALA 2010 will continue to push the envelope and introduce some new networking concepts.

For more information and to register for “GALA 2010: The language of business. The business of language”, please visit http://www.language-of-business.org. 

About GALA
GALA is an international non-profit association that promotes translation services, language technology and language management solutions. The member companies worldwide include translation companies, localization service providers, globalization consultants, internationalization specialists and technology developers. GALA companies share a commitment to quality, service, and innovation in helping clients reach global markets. For more information about GALA visit http://www.gala-global.org. 

Contact: Andrea Burton 
01985 850320]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[10 – 12 May conference brings translation and localisation leaders, researchers and buyers together

Seattle, Washington, USA (5 March 2010) – GALA 2010, the Globalization and Localization Association’s second Language of Business conference, will bring developers of content together with translation and localisation sellers to discuss and debate the future of global content delivery. 

Presenters at GALA 2010: The language of business. The business of language.” (10 – 12 May 2010 at the Intercontinental Praha in Prague) includes localisation and translation buyers from such leaders as Hewlett Packard and VMware, researchers from Forrester Research and Common Sense Advisory, and a number of leaders from language service and technology providers. The program for the conference is available at the GALA 2010 website.

Early registration discounts for GALA 2010 are available through 12 March. 

The GALA 2010 theme, The Global Community: Capturing Customers Worldwide, reflects the work shared by GALA members and their customers in communicating global content locally. In addition to the program of speakers, the conference will include ever-popular speed networking with translation buyers and sellers. 

“In developing the programme for GALA 2010, we searched for lively presenters with deep knowledge in their areas of expertise who could interact directly with our attendees,” said Kim Harris, a GALA board member and chair of the programming committee. “Strong presenters with provocative topics, coupled with GALA’s very popular speed networking sessions, all in a beautiful setting that encourages collaboration—that is what GALA’s conferences are all about.” 

Feedback from GALA’s initial Language of Business conference in 2009 was overwhelmingly positive. Xavier Marchand, a director of production at one of our member companies, commented that, “I had more existing clients and more contacts at GALA 2009 than at any of the shows I have been to before.” 

Silvia Avary-Silveiro of VeriSign remarked, “The 2009 GALA conference in Cancun was the best conference I went to last year. It was three days of sharing ideas and work experience with bright people in the localization industry and excellent presentations. All that and the added bonus of being in a wonderful location!” GALA 2010 will continue to push the envelope and introduce some new networking concepts.

For more information and to register for “GALA 2010: The language of business. The business of language”, please visit http://www.language-of-business.org. 

About GALA
GALA is an international non-profit association that promotes translation services, language technology and language management solutions. The member companies worldwide include translation companies, localization service providers, globalization consultants, internationalization specialists and technology developers. GALA companies share a commitment to quality, service, and innovation in helping clients reach global markets. For more information about GALA visit http://www.gala-global.org. 

Contact: Andrea Burton 
01985 850320]]></content:encoded>
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