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TransFirst® and Valutec® Form Strategic Alliance

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TransFirst(®), a leading provider of secure transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies, is pleased to announce that it has formed a strategic alliance with Valutec, a full-service provider of merchant gift and loyalty card programs.

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Through this alliance, Valutec will provide gift and loyalty card programs to TransFirst's merchants, including the setup and terms of the merchant's program, design of cards and 24/7 merchant support. A merchant's TransFirst business development representative will facilitate the initial contact between the merchant and Valutec, at which time Valutec will become the service provider to the merchant. TransFirst and Valutec will share the revenues that the card programs produce.

"It was very important to us to choose a collaborator for the gift and loyalty card program that has the same level of commitment to merchant support as TransFirst does," says Steve Cadden, TransFirst's president and COO. "We are confident that Valutec will provide the 24/7 service we promise to our merchants, and that their programs will help merchants take advantage of the emerging prepaid card market to add growth potential to their businesses, no matter what their size."

"At Valutec, an FIS(TM) company, we believe in the value of partnering with prominent companies in the payment processing industry," says Dan  Brames, group executive for merchant/gift cards at FIS Retail Payment Solutions, Valutec's parent company. "Together, we can provide merchants with gift and loyalty card programs that can add significant value to their businesses. We look forward to a mutually successful relationship with TransFirst." 

About TransFirst (http://www.transfirst.com)
A leading provider of secure transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies, TransFirst offers innovative products and services designed with financial institution, independent sales organization, healthcare, e-commerce, government and merchant customers' unique needs in mind. By collaborating with our customers and utilizing strong industry knowledge, we help them grow their businesses. Founded in 1995, TransFirst continues to attain significant market share and world-class expertise in growing and profitable industry segments. Built on a platform of personal service, customer commitment and flexible pricing, TransFirst is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, and has operations facilities in Aurora, Colorado; Broomfield, Colorado; Cypress, California; Overland Park, Kansas; Omaha, Nebraska; Franklin, Tennessee; and executive headquarters in Dallas, Texas. Company-wide, TransFirst currently processes approximately $36 billion in annual sales volume for more than 180,000 merchants and financial institution partners. For additional information, please call 800.745.2659 or visit http://www.TransFirst.com.

About Valutec (http://www.valutec.net)
Valutec Card Solutions is a full service gift and loyalty card solutions provider. For more than10 years, Valutec has served as an industry leader in pre-packaged and custom gift card programs and merchandising tools for merchants. The company focuses on maximizing the return on investment for each merchant program by providing the right tools for the job and the information needed to make every program a success. For additional information about Valutec, please call 800.509.0625 for visit http://www.valutec.net.

SOURCE  TransFirst

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TransFirst

CONTACT: Brooke Sacrider, TransFirst, +1-214-453-7711

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

Bettyvision Launches Allowing Women To Dream Out Loud

Social Media Platform Provides Tools To Turn Dreams Into Reality

LOS ANGELES, Feb 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching today, Bettyvision, http://www.bettyvision.com, is a free online vision board community providing women of all ages the tools and resources needed to identify, explore and, most important, be supported in the pursuit their dreams.

"I am overjoyed by the opportunity to give women the chance to dream big. I've always loved setting intentions and watching aspirations come to life - especially with the support of amazing girlfriends, said Julie Thorne Engels, Bettyvision Founder and CEO.

In response to the question, who is Betty? Thorne Engels responds, "Betty is a woman who believes in her own awesome abilities and those of others. She's smart, funny and perhaps a tad sassy. She's your mom, your daughter, your sister... Betty is every woman!"

If Facebook asks what are you doing right now, then Bettyvision asks women where do you want to be next year or five years from now. But, Bettyvision does not stop at simply identifying the dream. The platform allows a woman to set goals, reach milestones and even find a mentor.

On the platform, women can create a vision board for any passion or life event including applying to college, opening a new business, planning a wedding, or a dream vacation after retirement.

The seeds of Bettyvision were planted in January 1995, when Thorne Engels started hosting vision board workshops with a small group of women in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. Thorne Engels designed the workshops to be an extremely fun and personal real-world gathering of women to work together to awaken their inner dreamer.

Almost 20 years and many, many workshops later, Thorne Engels realized women of all ages need encouragement and support for their dreams and social media provides the ability to reach thousands of women allowing for the greatest potential for individual as well as social change.

The official launch party for Bettyvision is at the invite only event from Tuesdaynights, a collaborative community of female executives and entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. As a sponsor for the evening, Bettyvision will have the opportunity to share how women can connect, mentor and support each other's dreams in an online space.

"Tuesdaynights is focused on connecting women executives and entrepreneurs in Los Angeles through intimate invite-only events that encourage collaboration," Melinda Moore, SVP, Entertainment Media Ventures. "We are thrilled to be a part of Bettyvision's launch - and Bettyvision's platform to encourage and inspire women to achieve their dreams is a mission that speaks to our audience."

About Bettyvision

Bettyvision is a supportive community empowering women of all ages to visualize their dreams and make them come true. The online platform provides the tools and resources for community members to express and accelerate their dreams by creating vision boards with associated milestone lists. Through goal sharing, encouragement, mentorship and inspiration, women become accountable for their progress and results. Start dreaming today at http://www.bettyvision.com.

About Tuesdaynights

Tuesdaynights is a collaborative community of female executives and entrepreneurs who meet at bi-monthly invite-only intimate gatherings in Los Angeles. The dynamic community is about supporting women, and helping others through sharing ideas and forming lasting relationships. Started by Melinda Moore and Justine Lassoff, co-founders of LovingEco, a social commerce start-up that they successfully sold in 2012, all Tuesdaynights events will feature a host, a leader in their industry, and a nonprofit to provide attendees opportunities to make a difference. http://www.tuesdaynights.org

CONTACT:

Kirsten Holguin
kirstenholguin@gmail.com

Lindsey Heisser
lindsey@bettyvision.com
+1-925-895-2057

SOURCE  Bettyvision

Bettyvision

Web Site: http://www.tuesdaynights.org

Boise State University Expands Online Programs with Academic Partnerships

University to Offer Online MBA Program in Fall 2013

DALLAS, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boise State University (Boise State) has announced that it will be collaborating with Academic Partnerships (AP), one of the largest representatives of public universities' online learning in the United States, to add an MBA program to its online offering.  The online MBA program, which will be offered through Boise State's College of Business and Economics (COBE), will begin accepting applications this spring.

The new program will be offered in addition to Boise State's unique full-time MBA program for recent graduates, part-time evening MBA program for working professionals, and Executive MBA program.

"The online business program will provide high-quality graduate education for an entirely new segment of students," said Boise State Provost Martin Schimpf.  "We are truly committed to expanding access to our programs in order to better serve the needs of our students, and this new program is yet another example of that."

Randy Best, founder and chairman of Academic Partnerships, added, "We share Boise State's commitment to providing high-quality and engaging online programs to students near and far.  We are delighted to have been chosen to help Boise State deliver its MBA program online and look forward to helping the University increase its footprint in Idaho and beyond."   

Academic Partnerships was selected due to its successful track record of helping universities expand access and scale the delivery of their high quality online degree programs.  AP has assisted more than 750 professors convert more than 1,500 traditional courses into an electronic delivery format and recruited thousands of students into online degree programs for its U.S. and international partners.  The company will work closely with Boise State's faculty to ensure that the new online degree program maintains the highest educational standards.  AP will also use its integrated marketing and branding strategies to extend the University's reach, increasing the enrollment of highly qualified students.

As with Boise State's College of Business and Economics current business curriculum, the new online degree is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).  AACSB accreditation ensures students that they are receiving a top-quality education and ensures employers that business school graduates are ready to perform immediately upon graduation.

Boise State's new online business programs will be launched in the fall of 2013.  To learn more about the programs, please visit http://cobe.boisestate.edu/onlinemba/.

About Boise State University
A public metropolitan research university with more than 22,000 students, Boise State comprises seven academic colleges, serving undergraduate and graduate students in nearly 200 majors and programs. Located in Idaho's capital city, the university plays a crucial role in the region's knowledge economy and famed quality of life.  Learn more at http://www.BoiseState.edu.

About Academic Partnerships
Academic Partnerships (AP) helps universities convert their traditional degree programs into an online format, recruits qualified students and supports enrolled students through graduation.  Serving more than 40 public institutions, AP is one of the largest representatives of public universities' online learning in the United States.  The company was founded by social entrepreneur Randy Best, an 18-year veteran of developing innovative learning solutions to improve education.  AP is guided by the principle that the opportunities presented through distance learning make higher education more accessible and achievable for students in the U.S. and globally.  For more information, please visit http://www.academicpartnerships.com.

Contacts:

For Boise State
Sherry Squires
+1.208.426.1563
ssquires@boisestate.edu

For Academic Partnerships
Jaquelyn M. Scharnick
+1.214.438.4144
jaquelyn.scharnick@academicpartnerships.com

SOURCE  Academic Partnerships

Academic Partnerships

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

Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation Mobile App Wins National Competition

MARSHFIELD, Wis., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, a division of Marshfield Clinic, announced today that its first completed mobile app has won a national competition that challenged competitors to develop a program that will help improve heart health in the U.S.

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The app, Heart Health Mobile, was developed for the Million Hearts Risk Check Challenge, organized by the Department of Health and Human Services - Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in partnership with Million Hearts. The competition aimed to find an application, or app, that supports Million Hearts' initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes by 2017.

For winning the competition, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation will receive $100,000 that will support the app's development and future versions.

"Our goal with Heart Health Mobile was to develop an app that can help people live healthier lives," said Dr. Simon Lin, app project leader and director of the Biomedical Informatics Research Center at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation. "The app gives people a fun, interactive tool that lets them track key risk factors for heart attacks and strokes, while monitoring improvement."

With an easy-to-use design, Heart Health Mobile tracks users' heart disease and stroke risk factors. Users enter statistics such as height, weight, cholesterol levels and blood pressure. They then answer questions such as: "Do you smoke?" and "Do you have diabetes?"

Heart Health Mobile currently works on Apple iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices. The app is available in the Apple app store. Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation in early March will release a web-based (HTML5) version that works on other devices. The web-based and iOS versions, along with other Heart Health Mobile information, will be available at http://www.hearthealthmobile.com.

The app also offers educational information about heart disease and allows users to find nearby locations for cholesterol and blood-pressure screening in areas with participating pharmacies. A feature that tracks users' histories allows people to easily monitor progress.

To keep people interested in using the app, developers created a version that incorporates achievements and a mini-game designed to make tracking risk factors more entertaining for people as they work to improve their health. Heart Health Mobile also incorporates Facebook and Twitter.

The mini-game features characters who walk increasingly faster and faster across the screen. They each represent an unhealthy lifestyle habit - smoking, lack of exercise and poor eating habits. Users get points for dragging as many characters as possible into the correct buckets.

"With Heart Health Mobile, we were inspired to find a way to make the concept of a healthy lifestyle entertaining," said Bryan Weichelt, project manager for the app. "Just as we all need motivation to exercise and eat healthful food, we also need easy-to-use tools to track our health goals. That's what this app aims to provide."

More than two dozen people in 11 departments helped create Heart Health Mobile. The team included lead developer Yin Xu and graphic designer Shawn Williams. Xu said he was inspired by the opportunity to create an app that could potentially help people.

"Mobile apps increasingly are being used in health care, so our goal was to create an app that stood apart from others," Xu said. "By adding the game, we ensured that users get the important health information they need, but also enjoy the process."

Sponsors of the Million Hearts Risk Check Challenge include Surescripts, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Million Hearts initiative and Archimedes Inc.

Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (MCRF), a division of Marshfield Clinic, was founded in 1959. It's the largest private medical research institute in Wisconsin. MCRF consists of research centers in clinical research, agricultural health and safety, epidemiology, human genetics, and biomedical informatics. Marshfield Clinic investigators publish extensively in peer-reviewed medical and scientific journals addressing a wide range of diseases and other health issues, including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, eye disease, neurological disease, pediatrics, radiology, women's health, agricultural safety and genetics.

The Marshfield Clinic system provides patient care, research and education with more than 50 locations in northern, central and western Wisconsin, making it one of the largest comprehensive medical systems in the United States.

An electronic copy of this release can be found at http://marshfieldclinic.org/news

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Marshfield Clinic

CONTACT: Jake Miller, Media Relations Specialist, +1-715-387-5762, miller.jake@marshfieldclinic.org; Bob Mackle, Media Relations Manager, +1-715-387-5250, mackle.robert@marshfieldclinic.org

Flagstar Sells DocVelocity to Capsilon

DocVelocity Augments Capsilon's Sales and Support Capabilities; Capsilon to Assume Customer Relationships

TROY, Mich. and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: FBC) has agreed to sell the assets and operations of DocVelocity, its document imaging business for mortgage lenders, to Capsilon, a provider of cloud-based document sharing, imaging and collaboration solutions for mortgage lenders.

Capsilon developed much of the technology that DocVelocity has marketed and sold since 2007, and which Flagstar has used to provide paperless mortgage processing to its wholesale customers. Following the transaction, Flagstar will continue to use the DocVelocity service.

"DocVelocity has played an important part in establishing and solidifying Flagstar's position as a leader in paperless mortgage processing for our customers," said Jason Dufner, senior vice president, Change Management at Flagstar. "That's a differentiator in the marketplace that we intend to maintain."

The sale of DocVelocity will be seamless for Flagstar customers, as they will continue to benefit from the DocVelocity solution, staff and Flagstar's paperless processing. Customers will deal with the same people, call the same sales and support team, use the same application and get the same best-in-class paperless service.

For six years, Flagstar and Capsilon have worked closely together to replace inefficient paper-based processes in mortgage lending with an innovative technology solution. While Capsilon has focused to date mainly on developing and operating the technology, DocVelocity has marketed, sold and supported a complete solution for over 100 lenders. Flagstar has a long history as a leader in paperless mortgage processing.

Other lenders who are current DocVelocity customers will benefit from this sale, as they will now have a direct relationship with the company that develops and provides the technology.

"Flagstar has been a great partner for us," said Sanjeev Malaney, chief executive officer at Capsilon. "Their vision and leadership in the mortgage industry was key in driving adoption of our technology in the market. Our growth has allowed us now to integrate vertically, taking responsibility for everything from software development to sales and service. DocVelocity customers will benefit from our focus and additional capabilities." 

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is not expected to have a material financial impact on Flagstar.

About Flagstar

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: FBC) is the holding company for Flagstar Bank, a full-service financial institution offering a range of products and services to consumers, businesses and homeowners. With $14.1 billion in total assets at December 31, 2012, Flagstar is the largest bank headquartered in Michigan. Flagstar originates loans nationwide and is one of the leading originators of residential first mortgage loans. For more information, please visit flagstar.com.

About Capsilon

Since 2004, San Francisco-based Capsilon has been a provider of cloud-based document sharing, imaging and collaboration solutions, enabling companies to complete business-critical transactions within and across organizations in less time than they could with other alternatives. Capsilon serves numerous market innovators including two of the 10 largest residential mortgage lenders in the United States. For more information about Capsilon, visit http://www.capsilon.com. 

SOURCE  Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

CONTACT: Susan Bergesen, Flagstar Bank, +1-248-312-6237; or Kalyn Ballard, William Mills Agency, +1-678-781-7221

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

TheStreet Announces Strategic Alliance With Philly.com

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Street, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST), a leading digital financial media company, and Philly.com, the most popular news website in the Philadelphia region, announced entry today into a strategic alliance.  TheStreet will begin providing a selection of its award-winning personal finance coverage as integrated content for business news offered on Philly.com, which is the website owned and operated by The Philadelphia Inquirer's parent company, Interstate General Media.  In addition, TheStreet will also provide its content to business news that is featured in The Inquirer.     

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"I grew up reading The Philadelphia Inquirer and am pleased that The Street has entered into this digital partnership with Philly.com," said Jim Cramer, TheStreet's Founder and Chief Markets Commentator.

"We couldn't be happier to get Jim Cramer back home to Philadelphia and to welcome TheStreet to Philly.com," said Lexie Norcross, Director, Interstate General Media, parent company of Philly.com. "TheStreet distinguishes itself with its compelling take on the financial markets and the enormous flair that it uses to deliver the message."

Philly.com readers will also receive exclusive offers to purchase TheStreet's premium services, including Action Alerts PLUS, Options Profit and Real Money.

"TheStreet's objective is to offer actionable & trustworthy news to investors everywhere," said James R. Freiman, Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategy at TheStreet. "The Philly.com alliance brings us one step closer to fulfilling that mission while offering our advertising partners additional reach through another major U.S. market."

"We feel The Street is a perfect fit for Philly.com -- we love direct, no nonsense commentary and we know that our audience and advertisers have come to expect that experience, as they will find in reading TheStreet," said Steve Alessi, Vice President, Digital Advertising and General Manager of Philly.com. "Our 5 million unique readers will get the best business news coverage in the area by combining the trusted reporting of our journalists at Philly.com, the #1 media site in the region, with the well-known and respected reporting provided by TheStreet."

About Interstate General Media
Interstate General Media LLC is the parent company of Philadelphia Media Network (PMN), publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia SportsWeek and Philly.com. With its multiple brand platforms and integrated print and digital products, PMN is the region's largest media network and the industry's technological leader and innovator. Philadelphia Media Network publications reach an average weekly audience of 2.1 million adults - more than the combination of the three early evening television news shows or the combination of those radio stations ranked in the top five during morning drive-time programming.

About TheStreet
TheStreet, Inc. is a leading digital financial media company that distributes its content through online, social media, tablet and mobile channels. The Company's network of brands includes: TheStreet, RealMoney, RealMoney Pro, Stockpickr, Action Alerts PLUS, Options Profits, Chat on TheStreet, MainStreet and RateWatch. For more information on TheStreet's business, visit http://www.t.st. For financial and business news, actionable trading ideas, stock quotes and more, visit TheStreet.com, follow TheStreet on Facebook and Twitter, and access TheStreet through all major mobile and tablet platforms.  For more information on The Deal, visit http://www.thedeal.com.

Contacts:
Erin Corcoran
TheStreet, Inc.
212-321-5566
erin.corcoran@thestreet.com

Jonathan Tevis
Events and PR Representative, External Relations
Interstate General Media LLC
(o) 215/854-5790, (c) 609/313-5603
jtevis@phillynews.com

SOURCE  TheStreet, Inc.

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TheStreet, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.t.st

Wargaming Acquires Gas Powered Games

Veteran developer Chris Taylor and company to join Wargaming's global family

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wargaming, the leading free-to-play MMO developer and publisher, today announced its agreement to acquire Seattle-based developer Gas Powered Games©, the maker of memorable and critically acclaimed franchises such as Dungeon Siege, Supreme Commander and Demigod.

Wargaming will take full ownership of Gas Powered Games, bringing into its fold a contingent of veteran developers, including CEO and company founder Chris Taylor. The acquisition will further bolster Wargaming's push into multiplatform expansion, complementing additional recent Wargaming acquisitions of Chicago-based Day 1 Studios and MMO middleware provider Big World Pty Ltd.

"Gas Powered Games' heritage and development pedigree shows us just how valuable an addition Chris and his company will make to the Wargaming family," said Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming. "Gas Powered Games has a long track record of providing incredibly engaging AAA gaming experiences and we can't wait to start working with them."

"Wargaming growth in recent years has been tremendous, and we're looking forward to joining one of the fastest growing gaming companies in the world," added Chris Taylor, CEO of Gas Powered Games. "I'm sure our experience and expertise will help us contribute even more to Wargaming's global success."

About Gas Powered Games
Gas Powered Games was founded in May 1998 by acclaimed game designer and industry visionary, Chris Taylor. The founding principle for GPG was to create immersive AAA games that push the boundaries of interactive entertainment.

The company's first project, Dungeon Siege, was released in April 2002, and its sequel, Dungeon Siege II was released in August 2005. Both games were critical and commercial successes, selling in excess of 1.7 million copies. Other games in the Dungeon Siege franchise include Dungeon Siege: Throne of Agony for the PSP (developed cooperatively with SuperVillain Studios) and Dungeon Siege II: Deluxe Edition.

GPG followed the success of Dungeon Siege with Supreme Commander, a revolutionary RTS game that has been hailed by critics for its innovative gameplay, Strategic Zoom and streamlined Command & Control system. Supreme Commander received numerous Editors' Choice awards and went on to critical and commercial success.

Recent and current projects include Space Siege, Demigod, and Supreme Commander 2.

With its office in the Pacific Northwest, GPG is a short distance from Seattle, Washington, and currently employs some of the industry's best designers, programmers, writers and artists.

About Wargaming
Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped more than 15 titles and employs over 1400 people across such key regions as North America, Europe, Russia, Asia, and Australia.

Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to mid-20(th) century warfare that will include the company's flagship armored MMO World of Tanks, launched in April 2011 and currently boasting 50 million players worldwide, the flight combat World of Warplanes, named one of the most anticipated MMOs, and the naval World of Warships, both scheduled for release in 2013.

In June 2012, Wargaming announced the Wargaming.net Service, the epicenter of the online battle gaming universe that will gather the series under a single portal -- http://www.wargaming.net.

Official website:

    --  http://www.wargaming.com

SOURCE  Wargaming

Wargaming

CONTACT: Audrey Adair, +1-310-489-6839, Audrey.Adair@zenogroup.com

Web Site: http://wargaming.com

BlogFrog's Jennifer Beaupre To Discuss Influencer Marketing At Boulder International Film Festival's Digital Media Symposium

Beaupre will explore how brands can leverage social media influencers to reach consumers

BOULDER, Colo., Feb 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Who:   Jennifer Beaupre
           BlogFrog
           (http://www.theblogfrog.com)

            Beaupre is VP of marketing at BlogFrog, the industry leader for influencer marketing technology.
            She is responsible for marketing campaigns, social media, public relations, content, lead
            generation and branding. Prior to BlogFrog, she was vice president of global marketing at
            Acrolinx. An industry thought leader, Beaupre is a regular blogger, content contributor and
            speaker at industry events and conferences.

    What:  Why Influencer Marketing Matters

            A monumental shift is occurring in marketing expertise. While industry leaders and brands once
            held all the cards, consumers are rapidly coming up to speed. Brands are learning the
            intricacies of social media at the same pace as their targets. In this day and age, there are
            bloggers with bigger audiences than reality television shows and these bloggers are producing
            valuable content that consumers trust. How will brands catch up? How can they use this shift to
            their advantage? This session will answer these questions and discuss why influencer marketing
            matters and how brands can leverage the power of social media influencers to reach millions of
            consumers with compelling content online.

    Where: St Julien Hotel and Spa
           900 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80302
           (http://www.stjulien.com/)

    When:  Fri., Feb. 15, 2013 p.m. MST

    Share:  #BlogFrog @jenbeaupre to discuss #influencer #marketing, #socialmedia leverage at #dimeboulder
            http://dimeboulder.com/

    Info:  To buy a ticket for this event please follow this link:
           (http://www.bouldertheater.com/event/biff-digital-media-symposium-3)
            To arrange for an interview with Beaupre, or to speak with her about her presentation, please
            contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR:
           Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
           Mobile: 303-827-5164
           Email (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com)
           Twitter: @prhightech
SOURCE  BlogFrog

BlogFrog

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

EXFO Launches Revolutionary Test Module for 100G Field Deployment

The new FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer Multiservice Test Module addresses all
rates from 10M to 100G, providing carriers with a unique solution to
support current 100G mass deployments 

QUEBEC CITY, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX:
EXF) announced today the introduction of the FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer Multiservice Test Module to address 40G/100G field deployments
happening now. The unique FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer is the industry's
smallest field-testing solution supporting 10M-to-100G rates in a
single module. It covers a wide range of technologies including
SONET/SDH, OTN and Ethernet. Further, the FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer
addresses all 40G/100G field upgrades and lower-rate client service
turn-ups.

Today, carriers are facing multiple challenges. They need to support
both legacy and packet-based services up to 100G on the same network
and ensure service-level agreements for each of these services.
Carriers are pressured to reduce the cost per transported bit, and
minimize equipment costs, truck rolls and technician dispatches. What's
more, 40G/100G technology is complex: new pluggable optics (CFPs) are
still in their nascent stage, in short supply and are expensive. In
addition to all these challenges, carriers are still looking to reduce
time-to-service without compromising quality.

The FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer is uniquely optimized for field testing
with its proven, easy-to-use GUI. It delivers first-class flexibility:
remote management, battery operation and integrated optical tools.
Carriers can combine the FTB-88100NGE with EXFO's optical modules, such
as an optical spectrum analyzer, making it the perfect kit for field commissioning and turn-up.
Furthermore, the FTB-88100NGE is compatible with EXFO Connect, so users can benefit from EXFO's cloud-based services, including
centralized management of test units and data.

EXFO's FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer is future-proof. Carriers can have the
peace of mind that comes with knowing that the module can easily adapt
to future requirements up to 100G.  Yet immediately, they can leverage
its FLEX configuration to enable any testing capabilities to match
their current needs at an economical price. Additional rates and
interfaces can easily be enabled with a simple software key in the
field, providing maximum flexibility with minimum downtime and
eliminating the need for multiple test units.

The FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer is available now.

"Over the past few years, EXFO has been a leading provider of 40G/100G
testing solutions. Now, as the market is moving toward 40G/100G mass
deployments, we are excited and proud to launch the first truly
portable field multiservice 100G test instrument, at a time when
carriers are coping with emerging requirements," said Étienne Gagnon,
Vice-President of EXFO's Test and Measurement Division. "We realize the
pressure and challenges our customers are facing to deploy this very
complex technology in the field, and we are committed to offering them
broad, simple, scalable and cost-effective 10M-to-100G test solutions."

Please visit EXFO at OFC/NFOEC from March 19-21, 2013 in booth 2212 at
the Anaheim Convention Center for a demo of the new FTB-88100NGE Power
Blazer. For more information on the FTB-88100NGE Power Blazer and
IQS-88100NGE Power Blazer 10M-to-100G Multiservice Test Modules, please
visit http://www.EXFO.com.

About EXFO

Listed on the NASDAQ and TSX stock exchanges, EXFO is among the leading
providers of next-generation test and service assurance solutions for
wireline and wireless network operators and equipment manufacturers in
the global telecommunications industry. The company offers innovative
solutions for the development, installation, management and maintenance
of converged, IP fixed and mobile networks--from the core to the edge.
Key technologies supported include 3G, 4G/LTE, IMS, Ethernet, OTN,
FTTx, VDSL2, ADSL2+ and various optical technologies accounting for
more than 35% of the portable fiber-optic test market. EXFO has a staff
of approximately 1700 people in 25 countries, supporting more than 2000
customers worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.EXFO.com.

SOURCE  EXFO INC.

EXFO INC.

CONTACT:  Marie-Anne Grondin
Public Relations and Media Specialist
(418) 683-0913, Ext. 23417
marie-anne.grondin@EXFO.com
Vance Oliver
Manager, Investor Relations
(418) 683-0913, Ext. 23733
vance.oliver@EXFO.com

Vimeo Acquires Echograph iOS App And Appoints App Creator Nick Alt Head Of Mobile

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vimeo today announced the acquisition of Echograph, the popular iPhone and iPad app from Clear-Media. Echograph is a premium app that creates beautiful videos that look like animated GIFs. As part of this acquisition, Vimeo will offer the previously $2.99 app for free from the iTunes App Store. 

The Echograph team will report to Vimeo's President Dae Mellencamp.  App creator Nick Alt will transition from his role as Clear-Media's CEO to Vimeo's Vice President of Mobile, leading development across all platforms.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"We chose Echograph because it helps people easily create beautiful high quality video content," said Kerry Trainor, Vimeo CEO.  "That, with Nick's proven track record of building innovative video apps made it a perfect fit for Vimeo."

"Vimeo to me is the most innovative video platform that empowers its users to share quality content," said Echograph creator Nick Alt.  "I'm very excited for our teams to come together to take Echograph to the next level and develop a new fleet of amazing mobile video apps."

About Vimeo
Vimeo® is the high-quality video platform for creative people. Vimeo's mission is to empower and inspire people around the world to create, share and discover videos. As one of the world's largest creative networks, Vimeo has over 15M registered members and reaches a global audience of more than 93M each month. Founded in 2004 and based in New York City, Vimeo, LLC is a subsidiary of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI)

SOURCE  Vimeo

Vimeo

CONTACT: Deborah Szajngarten, +1-212-524-8776, or for U.S. inquires, Sean Hamel, +1-212-524-8791, or press@vimeo.com

VerticalResponse Launches Free InstaEmail Email Template Creation Tool

Small Businesses Can Now Design a Custom Email Newsletter Template in Seconds

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VerticalResponse, a leading provider of self-service marketing tools for small businesses and non-profits including email marketing software, social media marketing and online event marketing, today announced the release of its free email template creation tool, the InstaEmail Template Machine.

(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120815/SF57671LOGO)

With the new InstaEmail Template Machine, companies can create a professional-looking email template in seconds. Users simply type in their business website URL and the tool instantly detects the images and color scheme found on the company's website. The images and color options are then presented in an easy, two-step customization process:

    1. First, choose from six layout options, including various placements for
       the logo, header image, primary text and secondary text.
    2. Next, choose the background color, color for text links and an accent
       color - all based on the predominant color scheme found on the company's
       website.
The result is an email newsletter template that matches the company's brand. Users then have three options to start using the template:

    --  Push it directly to their VerticalResponse account, where the template
        will automatically appear in their account's email creation dashboard.
    --  Download as a ZIP file.
    --  Copy the HTML code, to paste into any email editor or program.
The template filler text includes helpful tips on how to create an engaging email newsletter, such as personalizing the greeting, techniques to connect with readers, and where to include links.

"Even though we offer more than 700 pre-designed email templates to our customers, some companies prefer their email newsletters to have a more custom look. But creating a template from the ground up can be a huge challenge, especially for small businesses that don't have the technical or HTML know-how," said Janine Popick, VerticalResponse CEO. "Our InstaEmail app significantly simplifies the process and enables small businesses to create a great-looking, custom template quickly and easily."

The InstaEmail Template Machine is free and there is no limit to how many templates can be generated using the tool. Users are not required to have a VerticalResponse account.

To try InstaEmail, visit http://vrlabs.verticalresponse.com/instaemail.

For more information and a how-to video, visit http://help.verticalresponse.com/how-to/tutorial/instaemail_template_machine_overview.

ABOUT VERTICALRESPONSE
VerticalResponse Inc. provides a full suite of self-service marketing solutions for small businesses including email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, online surveys and direct mail marketing. Its mission is to empower small businesses and non-profit organizations to easily and affordably create, manage and analyze their own marketing campaigns. Users can benefit from a wide variety of features via a single dashboard, including more than 700 free email marketing templates; social media management tools to create, schedule and publish content, and engage with followers; and robust reporting so that they can understand overall marketing success. VerticalResponse is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif. For more information visit http://www.verticalresponse.com, and connect on Twitter at @VR4SmallBiz and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/verticalresponse.

Media Contact:
Connie Sung Moyle

VerticalResponse Inc.

415-808-6781
cmoyle@verticalresponse.com

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SOURCE  VerticalResponse, Inc.

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VerticalResponse, Inc.

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

AVT Unveils New Website

CORONA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AVT, Inc. (OTC Markets: AVTC) (http://www.autoretail.com) has launched a newly designed website, that presents the company's capabilities, products and services in a clean, easy to navigate portal. 

Company CEO James Winsor commented, "AVT continues to lead the industry - with the world's most innovative and sophisticated automated retailing solutions, so we wanted our website to reflect our growth, creativity, and expertise," he said. "We are moving very quickly and expanding rapidly, and our new website is another tool we can use to educate retailers, business owners and entrepreneurs about our depth, versatility, and proficiencies."

The new AVT website has sections on the company's new Micro-Stores, their Custom Design Department, and Business Opportunities - including the popular Marley Coffee Automated Cafés.

According to a report by IBISWorld Inc., a Santa Monica, Calif.-based consumer research firm, the industry is projected to grow over the next five years to reach $8 billion.

"Machines improved functionality and appearance have added to the industry's reputation," IBISWorld reported. "Greater variety in the products available has also increased the number of potential machine locations."

A report by Frost and Sullivan reached similar conclusions when they stated, "Global shipments of intelligent vending machines are forecasted to grow at a 49 percent compound annual growth rate from 2010 to 2016."

AVT is leading the industry with sophisticated innovations, including cloud computing, transaction flexibility and target marketing capabilities built into machines. The company is also incorporating dynamic technology from world-class providers, including Intel® and Cisco Systems®, to design and develop new, customized automated retailing solutions for a variety of channels and market niches.

For more information on AVT, please call 800-240-5175 or visit the website at http://www.autoretail.com.

About AVT, Inc:

AVT, Inc. is a leading developer of automated and self-service retailing systems. AVT is able to work with any size company to design a custom automated retailing solution that drives traffic, increases sales, improves security, and lowers overhead. With an in-house design team, software developers, mechanical engineers and on-site manufacturing, AVT can take projects from concept to completion with speed, economy and ingenuity.

AVT's stock is traded through the OTC Markets, Ticker Symbol: AVTC

SOURCE  AVT, Inc.

AVT, Inc.

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

Vimeo Acquires Echograph iOS App And Appoints App Creator Nick Alt Head Of Mobile

NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vimeo today announced the acquisition of Echograph, the popular iPhone and iPad app from Clear-Media. Echograph is a premium app that creates beautiful videos that look like animated GIFs. As part of this acquisition, Vimeo will offer the previously £1.99 app for free from the iTunes App Store. 

The Echograph team will report to Vimeo's President Dae Mellencamp.  App creator Nick Alt will transition from his role as Clear-Media's CEO to Vimeo's Vice President of Mobile, leading development across all platforms.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

"We chose Echograph because it helps people easily create beautiful high quality video content," said Kerry Trainor, Vimeo CEO.  "That, with Nick's proven track record of building innovative video apps made it a perfect fit for Vimeo."

"Vimeo to me is the most innovative video platform that empowers its users to share quality content," said Echograph creator Nick Alt.  "I'm very excited for our teams to come together to take Echograph to the next level and develop a new fleet of amazing mobile video apps."

About Vimeo
Vimeo® is the high-quality video platform for creative people. Vimeo's mission is to empower and inspire people around the world to create, share and discover videos. As one of the world's largest creative networks, Vimeo has over 15M registered members and reaches a global audience of more than 93M each month. Founded in 2004 and based in New York City, Vimeo, LLC is a subsidiary of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI)

Vimeo

CONTACT: Deborah Szajngarten, +1-212-524-8776, or for U.S. inquires, Sean Hamel, +1-212-524-8791, or press@vimeo.com

A Step Ahead: MT2 Launches the First and Only XG-PON1 Analyzer and Emulator!

TOURNON, France, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    MT2 (http://www.mt2.fr), the worldwide leader in GPON testing and monitoring
solutions, is launching the XG-PON Platform, a FPGA based server which can work as either
an analyzer or an OLT emulator for XG-PON1 networks, with revamped and optimized versions
of its analyzer and OLT emulator client GUI software.

    "Our X-G.PON1 solution builds on the strengths of our NIVA series: with its powerful
client-server architecture, it is the only test tool which can analyze XG-PON1 bitstreams
- in real-time and continuously. Of course, it is neutral and non-intrusive, the pure FPGA
server (no specific chipset) is faster, more robust than ever, and the improved GUIs will
offer to our customers a more comprehensive view of the network with a unique comfort,"
says Christian Sellier, MT2's CEO.

    In partnership with LAN, the official BBF.247 ONU conformance certification
laboratory, MT2 has also updated its BBF.247 test-suite to support the new IR-247 issue 2
test-plan. MT2 is a proactive member of the Broadband Forum and is committed to the
success of the certification program.

    Herve Mary, LAN CEO said: "MT2's toolset was a key factor in the implementation of the
BBF.247 certification program and we are glad to pursue our partnership with MT2 to offer
an up-to-date, ever more accurate and comprehensive testing experience."

    This new OD-247 issue 2 test-suite is available immediately and will be included in
upgrades for testbeds under guarantee or maintenance contract.

    MT2's NIVA analyzers offer in-depth, comprehensive analysis and a most comfortable
user experience in the ADSL, GPON and now XG-PON1 domains.

    MT2 GPON and XG-PONs eOLT scriptable OLT emulators are a unique testing tool for ONUs,
offering great flexibility and native support for test automation.

    The MT2 BBF.247 testbed (NIVA Analyzer+eOLT+BBF.247 scripts) has been chosen by LAN,
the official BBF.247 ONU conformance certification laboratory.

    About MT2

    Innovating technologically, imagining services for tomorrow, confronting the product
being developed with the real world, these are the three guidelines of MT2's approach in
reaching its objective: To better meet the current and future expectations of our
customers. Since 1999, MT2 designs, develops and manufactures non-intrusive signal
analyzers for POTS domain, ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2Plus, GPON and X.GPON and XG-PON/GPON-OLT
emulators. Visit http://www.mt2.fr

       
        Contact:
        Christian Sellier
        Tel: +33-475-07-99-36
        Email: mt2@mt2.fr

MT2

United Planet Announces Smart Third Party Web App Builder for SAP NetWeaver Gateway Technology

LONDON, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    United Planet (http://www.unitedplanet.com), one of the leading developers of
enterprise portal software in Europe, has developed a generic development environment for
SAP NetWeaver Gateway Technology. The 'SAP Certified - Powered by SAP NetWeaver'
interface, Intrexx Business Adapter 1.0 (http://www.intrexx.com/sng), allows users to
quickly and easily integrate their SAP data into any compiled web application, using the
Open Data protocol (OData). Using the interface in conjunction with SAP NetWeaver Gateway
enables users to exploit the new licensing models offered by SAP specifically for SAP
NetWeaver Gateway.

    SAP NetWeaver Gateway makes use of the standardised web protocol OData and
considerably simplifies access to SAP data, particularly for those who are not SAP
developers. Thanks to the OData protocol, the user no longer needs to be familiar with SAP
interfaces or the relevant SAP system. Instead, OData enables the easy and simple
integration into, and processing of, data on the majority of technology platforms and
development environments. These properties are made available to the user via the new
functionality provided by the Intrexx Business Adapter 1.0.

    Intrexx is a platform-independent visual development environment which can be used to
create web-based applications as well as entire enterprise portals. The strength of the
United Planet software, currently in use by more than 4,000 users and organisations, lies
in the integration of all the data available within a company and the ability to use it in
new applications. The software's simplicity of use considerably reduces the time needed to
create and launch these application projects.

    With the new interface connecting Intrexx Business Adapter 1.0 and SAP NetWeaver
Gateway, any SAP service can be integrated into applications available via the OData
protocol, at the click of a mouse. The user benefits from a new and very cost-effective,
usage-dependent licensing model from SAP AG. The adapter was certified by SAP AG in
September 2012.

    United Planet's CEO, Axel Wessendorf, explains: "Previous solutions have always been
limited to a very precisely specified and implemented service, for example, business
partner addresses. With the Intrexx Adapter for SAP NetWeaver Gateway, we have taken a
different path. Thanks to the generic approach, every user is able to choose which
services or data they wish to include in their applications or portal. This provides
increased flexibility in a much more simplified way."

    Another advantage for the user is access to the "Mobile Assistant" which has been
integrated into Intrexx. This enables applications with SAP data to be conveniently
delivered to all mobile devices (e.g. iPhone, Android, BlackBerry) which enables users to
simply and easily access all the relevant information in their SAP backend systems via
Intrexx and SAP NetWeaver Gateway.

    About United Planet

    United Planet is one of the leading developers of enterprise portal software in
Europe. More than 500,000 users in 4,500 mid-size companies, public administrations and
organisations worldwide rely on its portal software Intrexx.

    Using the platform-independent standard software Intrexx, businesses can create
web-based applications through to complete intranet / enterprise portals with advanced
functionality much faster and more cost-effectively than with comparable programmes.
Intrexx facilitates the creation of productive workflows and the generation of mobile apps
for smartphones and tablet PCs of all vendors. Existing data from ERP systems, Microsoft
Exchange, Lotus Notes, and any JDBC and OData data sources can easily be integrated with
Intrexx. The SAP-certified interface for the SAP NetWeaver Gateway simplifies connection
to the SAP system in an unprecedented manner. Even Microsoft SharePoint can be enriched by
the business functionality enhancements of the OData interface. The data integration
capabilities of Intrexx are increasingly also being used as middleware to remove
unnecessary complexity from existing and heterogeneous software environments.

    With Intrexx Share, United Planet also offers a social business platform, which
actively encourages the exchange of knowledge and effective collaboration between
employees by integrating existing enterprise software into a new communication channel.
The Intrexx Application Store provides businesses with access to a hundreds of ready-made
applications and entire business portals for download.

    http://www.unitedplanet.com

       
        For further information, please contact:
        Mel Oxford
        E: melanieoxford@btinternet.com
        T: +44(0)7515-632065

United Planet

Huntkey Intros SZM Series of Power Strips with Surge Protection

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply provider, is introducing its new SZM Series of Power Strips with surge protection, in order to protect your electronic equipments even better.

The Huntkey SZM Series of power strips is composed of 4 models - SZM304, SZM404, SZM604 and SZM804, where the first digit stands for the number of sockets. The whole series are equipped with different levels of surge protection - 210 to 660 Joules, 2-lines / 3-lines surge protection, and the maximum spike current ranges from 6,500 to 19,500 AMPS. It adopts a one-piece copper bar structural design in order to avoid the defect resulted from the process of welding. The silver-nickel master switch features high conductivity, good rigidity and resistance to oxidation. The maximum power is 2500Watt. An overload protection is included so that the power strip will automatically turn off if overloaded for maximum safety, and the service life is over 10,000 times.

SZM804:

    --  Surge protection (L-N,L-PE,N-PE), 660 Joules
    --  Maximum spike current 19,500 AMPS
    --  One-piece copper bar structural design
    --  Overload protection
    --  Silver-nickel Master Switch
    --  8 Sockets
    --  MAX2500W-MAX10A,250V
(Image: http://www.huntkeydiy.com/UserFiles/uploadfiles/images/20130208152938968.JPG)

SZM604:

    --  Surge protection (L-N,L-PE,N-PE), 375 Joules
    --  Maximum spike current 13,500 AMPS
    --  One-piece copper bar structural design
    --  Overload protection
    --  Silver-nickel Master Switch
    --  6 Sockets
    --  MAX2500W-MAX10A,250V
(Image: http://www.huntkeydiy.com/UserFiles/uploadfiles/images/20130208153051984.JPG)

SZM404:

    --  Surge protection (L-N), 210 Joules
    --  Maximum spike current 6,500 AMPS
    --  One-piece copper bar structural design
    --  Overload protection
    --  Silver-nickel Master Switch
    --  4 Sockets
    --  MAX2500W-MAX10A,250V
(Image: http://www.huntkeydiy.com/UserFiles/uploadfiles/images/20130208153132484.JPG)

SZM304:

    --  Surge protection (L-N), 210 Joules
    --  Maximum spike current 6,500 AMPS
    --  One-piece copper bar structural design
    --  Overload protection
    --  Silver-nickel Master Switch
    --  3 Sockets
    --  MAX2500W-MAX10A,250V
(Image: http://www.huntkeydiy.com/UserFiles/uploadfiles/images/20130208153241515.JPG)

The Huntkey SZM Series of power strips will be available in PICO, Tran Anh, Hoanlong and Sang Tao in Vietnam, shop.ww.kz, Logycom shop and Pulser shop in Kazakhstan, Massmart in South Africa and other leading computer resellers all over the world.

About Huntkey

Huntkey Enterprise Group, founded in 1992, is a professional provider that specializes in the development, design, manufacturing and marketing of power supplies. Huntkey's products include power supplies (1W~250KW), power systems, computer cases, universal notebook adapters, power banks, chargers, power supply converters, power strips, LED lights, and more. The industrial parks of Huntkey in Shenzhen, Heyuan and Hefei, which cover a total area of over 750,000 square meters, are now the largest IT manufacturing base in mainland China. Huntkey, with over 8,000 employees, has set up its branch companies in Hong Kong and Japan. Its clients are found all over the world in more than 50 countries and regions, including Lenovo, Dell, Best Buy, Exper, Vestel, Positivo, Durama, Unicoba, DSG, HCL, Carrefour, FPT, Siragon, Olidata, and others.

For more information about Huntkey, please visit http://www.huntkeydiy.com.

SOURCE  Huntkey Enterprise Group

Huntkey Enterprise Group

CONTACT: Megan, +86-755-8960-6580, weiwei2@huntkey.net of Huntkey Enterprise Group

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

SDG SEO Offers a One-Stop Shop for SEO, Search Engine Marketing and Social Media Marketing

SINGAPORE, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SDG SEO is raising the bar for online marketing agencies, promising to subdue the unpredictable beast that is search engine ranking. While the company might be new in Singapore, the staff of dedicated professionals all cut their teeth in the US and Asia Pacific marketplace working on top-shelf search engine optimization (SEO) campaigns. The company offers the full complement of online marketing initiatives, along with an ironclad guarantee of success. Complete descriptions of all company services are available here: http://www.sdgseo.com/services.php.

SDG SEO has a four-step process that provides a rubric for meeting the needs of most, if not all clients. First, the company conducts a top-to-bottom needs assessment, taking into account the best sources of web traffic for each client. The next step involves keyword research and traffic analysis. In brief, traffic analysis creates a portrait of the average site visitor, quantifying where they come from and what they look at. These variables are instrumental in charting a path to sustained revenue growth and online visibility. Ignorance of customer habits, on the other hand, is a recipe for stagnation.

With a sound strategy in hand, SDG SEO works directly with client websites to implement both design and content renovations. These renovations leverage all available data to increase traffic and consequently boost sales. Meanwhile, link building and outreach marketing campaigns create new channels for potential customers to navigate to the site. SDG SEO manages both on-page and off-page SEO, something most competitors do not match.

"Businesses today rise or fall as a factor of their online visibility," said Muhammad Syed of SDG SEO. "Most web users are not going to look beyond the first page of search results, so ensuring good placement is absolutely critical to the bottom line. Not only that, a business must safeguard its reputation against negative impressions. At SDG SEO, we have worldwide experience in every aspect of digital branding and reputation management, along with the skills to move any company from the middle of the pack to the pole position."

SDG SEO has proven capable of working with businesses large and small. The company fosters a culture of innovation in which best practices never become stale. As such, among the company's core values is an openness to change, because the field of online marketing certainly never takes a rest. Recently, social signals, metrics and sophisticated analyses of "big data" have become the stock and trade of digital marketing gurus. SDG SEO has kept abreast of these developments, adapting those strategies that best serve the needs of the individual client. 

Ethics are also an integral part of company strategy: SDG SEO does not practice so-called "black hat" SEO strategies. All marketing initiatives comply with Google's Webmaster Guidelines.

About SDG SEO

SDG SEO is a Singapore-based search engine optimization agency that assists small, medium and large enterprises with everything needed to increase their online visibility. This is achieved primarily by improving a client's website rankings on search engine results pages. Through years of working side-by-side with the top SEO companies in the USA, SDG SEO has gained expertise and confidence with a wide variety of projects. Successful, profitable and efficient SEO strategies are at the core the company's business.

Contact:
Muhammad Syed
SDG STUDIOS PTE. LTD.
118, Joo Chiat Road, #04-03
Singapore 427407
(800) 852-3928
info@sdgseo.com

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SOURCE  SDG SEO

SDG SEO

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

KeenHire Inc. Merger with 7-Time Serial Start Up Entrepreneur and Big Data Technology Expert Scott Slinker Brings eHarmony-Like Platform to Create Career Bliss to Millions

SAN JOSE Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Two successful Silicon Valley companies have joined forces aligned in their vision to create career bliss for millions of job seekers and hiring managers worldwide.  The eHarmony-like technology platform with affordable DropBox pricing co-created by Talent Acquisition Expert Margaret Graziano and 7-Time Serial Start-up Entrepreneur and Big Data and Technology Expert Scott Slinker offers a conscious hiring workhorse of a different color under the KeenHire Inc. umbrella.

Their creation based in science and technology has the potential to change the hiring game forever and for good - especially for companies that rely on quality people to serve their most important customers.  With KeenHire, better hiring becomes easier and smarter for candidates and hiring managers while avoiding placement fees.   

"No more unemployment.  No more resumes.  No more placement fees. And a better, more conscious career marketplace built on collaboration, innovation, and acceleration can be a new marketplace reality with KeenHire," Graziano said.

"KeenHire's technology service platform offers the answer to this question:  If every job could talk, what would it say it needs?" Graziano explains. "Our system is to the recruiting industry what eHarmony is to the world of online dating.  Our proprietary matchmaking system automatically measures 204 points of compatibility to identify the candidates with the right competencies, values, and behaviors to naturally perform well on the job."   

CEO Scott Slinker's track record creating start-ups around big data lends powerful fuel to KeenHire's mission. In 1995, he co-founded Silicon Image and contributed to the creation of the High Definition Multi Media Interface that revolutionized consumer electronics.  With Fraud Sciences, Slinker's team created a reliable way to lower the risk and create better trust to invite online transactions between merchants, and eBay paid 200 times revenue for it.  Now, he and Graziano apply their talent to serve the job market.

Self-funded, Graziano and Slinker believe that KeenHire can grow to $10 million within 18 months.   "Most people have urgency to get a job because they need to make rent.  That is why our upside potential to serve and grow is twice that rate of adoption as eHarmony, which grew to 20 million subscribers quickly.  The speed, accuracy, and scalability of KeenHire can match millions of candidates with the right jobs fast.  We are making the world bigger for candidates and smaller for hiring managers, while saving everyone time, money, and career dissatisfaction."

With KeenHire, one click delivers an instant view of the top five matches for positions so decision makers can make faster and better choices.  Candidates who use KeenHire can create "career passports" to open doors to the right jobs while offering them greater control over their destinies. The biggest benefit is avoiding the time consuming and expensive consequences of making wrong hires.

Since 2008, Graziano's company has developed, refined, and employed her proprietary system of matchmaking to place thousands of candidates into the right positions in industries such as health care, financial services, hospitality, technology, and the non-profit sector.  Better than 85% of hires made met or exceeded their key performance indicators for success.  This system is now integrated into affordable software created with Slinker's technology savvy so companies everywhere can soon apply it to their advantage. 

"We've created a go-to and always ready solution to kick worries about making the wrong hires to the curb forever," Graziano said. 

KeenHire offers three options - Basic (free), Team, and Enterprise.  "Price need not be a barrier to finding the right people to engage, fit in, perform, and excel," Graziano says.

KeenHire has been put through its paces to deliver reliable, predictable, and satisfying results.  Companies serious about deploying KeenHire to their advantage can sign up for a test drive by applying to morgan@keenhire.com.

About KeenHire. Inc.

KeenHire Inc. provides proprietary matchmaking software, expert recruitment and hiring, organizational development management training, and workforce optimization strategies to help clients scale their companies for success.  Clients close-the-door on expensive hiring mistakes and unwanted employee turnover and ensure successful hiring that results in less waste and increased return on investment.  To book Margaret Graziano or Scott Slinker for media interviews and speaking engagements about hiring trends and new ways to meet them in the 21(st) Century, call 888-533-6447 or send email to morgan@keenhire.com. 

SOURCE  KeenHire Inc.

KeenHire Inc.

CONTACT: Nancy Juetten, nancy@authenticvisibility.com, +1-425-641-5214

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

Charlestown, MA's Aceso to Partner with Boston's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital to Create First Post-Acute Care Digital Media Solutions Model

New Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital is first post acute provider designed expressly to enable interactive digital media and signage systems

BOSTON, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- After more than 40 years of providing world renowned rehabilitation and therapeutic services at its current location in Boston's West End, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital will be relocating their main facility to the historic Charlestown Navy Yard later this spring. Spaulding's new facility incorporates the latest in inclusive design elements and has already been recognized with a LEED Silver certification. The new Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital will be the first post acute provider in the country to build and design a hospital from the ground up that includes an integrated digital media system with a mix of in-room systems and digital signage throughout the facility. Spaulding partnered with Charlestown-based Aceso Interactive to provide these innovative digital elements.

"Our goal is to create more adaptable and engaging experience for patients, families, visitors and staff," said John Campbell, Chief Information Officer, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network. "Spaulding's commitment is to be both innovative and adaptable in everything we do from the care we deliver to the technology we use.  It has been a very rewarding experience to find a partner like Aceso who is not only a leader in the field but also aligns with our mission of inclusion and accessibility. Together, we are building a new digital model for a hospital experience that engages patients, families and staff, and is accessible to all the communities we serve."

Aceso will be installing their proprietary UpCare(TM)/UpTech(TM) Interactive Patient Care, ("IPC"), platform throughout the 132 private patient rooms. Digital media wall displays will be installed on all eight floors, along with a network of common area TV's, broadcasting compelling wellness content to engage and inform patients and visitors. The installation will also feature Aceso's Hospital Television Network "HTV" product. Spaulding and Aceso will collaborate to create the first "Post-Acute Care TV Network" for patients, guests and staff, viewable on common area TV's.

As part of the development, Aceso worked with inter-disciplinary clinical teams at Spaulding to ensure that the technology and presentation will suit the variety of patient populations Spaulding serves, from pediatric populations to those recovering from stroke or brain injury. From eye tracking software to adaptive pillow speakers, the technology is designed to be utilized by people of all abilities. It is also expected to become an important therapy tool by hosting educational resources that can be used independently by the patient or in conjunction with therapists.

"We are thrilled to partner with such a prestigious medical leader as Spaulding and one of the top rehabilitation organizations in the country," said Aceso's President and Co-Founder, Geoff Fiedler. "Along with Spaulding's clinical and professional leadership team, we will be breaking new ground with a first-ever integrated multi-media patient engagement solution used throughout the entire continuum of care." 

About the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network

A member of Partners HealthCare, The Spaulding Rehabilitation Network includes Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital-Boston (main campus), a 196-bed facility, as well as Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod. Additional locations include the two long-term care facilities Spaulding Hospital Cambridge and Spaulding Hospital North Shore and two skilled nursing facilities, as well as twenty-three outpatient sites throughout the Greater Boston area. Spaulding is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School as well as the official rehabilitation hospital of the New England Patriots. Spaulding is the only rehabilitation hospital in New England continually ranked since 1995 by U.S. News and World Report in its Best Hospitals survey with a #5 ranking in 2012. For more information, please visit http://www.spauldingrehab.org.   

About Aceso

Aceso, (Uh-kesso) provides the nation's premier interactive patient care and digital media solutions. UpCare(TM) delivers patient-specific educational content, top entertainment and bedside assistance to enhance recovery, ease staff workload, improve outcomes and better coordinate education and patient care. Hospital Television Network, ("HTV"), Aceso's digital network of screens, enables patients and visitors to experience HTV's personally relevant and timely content in common, waiting and treatment areas. HTV's engaging and efficient audiovisual solution communicates a caring experience across the entire hospital enterprise to bring patients, visitors and staff closer together. The HTV approach to care connects the public with the provider and creates awareness and builds confidence in the provider's expertise and specialties.  Established in 2009 and headquartered in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Aceso advances patient care for some of the nation's leading hospital networks, from the bedside up. Please visit http://www.aceso.com for more information.

Spaulding Contact:   
Tim Sullivan, Communications and Media Relations 
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital   
(617) 573-2918 (O), (617) 501-5985 (C) 
tsullivan11@partners.org

Aceso Contact:

Marc Ryan, Vice President of Marketing
Aceso Interactive, Inc. 
(800) 552-6922 
marc.ryan@aceso.com

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SOURCE  Aceso

Aceso

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

Tipard Releases DVD Creator for Mac - Make a Personalized DVD Easily on Mac

BEIJING, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Tipard Studio, the top-ranking provider of professional DVD/video converters and transfers announces a newly updated DVD Creator for Mac. With this essential and stunning application, users can easily create DVD Disc/Folder/ISO files from various videos with different formats on Mac.

Tipard DVD Creator for Mac is designed for Mac users to burn videos to DVD Disc/Folder/ISO files, and it supports a wide range of video formats, including 3GP, AVI, DV Files, FLV, SWF, F4V, MOD, MKV, MPEG, MPEG4, MPV, MOV, RMVB, TOD, TS, WMV, HD TS, HD MTS, HD M2TS, HD TRP, HD TP, etc. This means that you can make your DVD with any video format you have.

Aside from DVD burning, this powerful DVD creator for Mac provides you with plenty of editing features to personalize your DVD. You can freely trim videos by setting the start and end times and crop the video screen size to discard needless screen by modifying the frame size. Also you can add text or a picture watermark to brand your output DVD, and adjust video effects like saturation, contrast, hue, etc.

In addition, this Mac DVD Creator offers more individualized features to the output. You can add a background picture and dub in background music to make menus of your own style. DVD burning elements like subtitle font size, color and so on can be changed according to your needs.

In a word, Tipard DVD Creator for Mac is especially designed for Mac users to make DVDs. It is available for only $35.  For more details and to get the free trial version, please visit: http://www.tipard.com/dvd-creator-for-mac/.

System Requirements for Mac products: 
Processor: Intel® processor 
OS Supported: Mac OS X 10.5 or above   
Hardware Requirements: 512MB RAM, Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit graphics card or higher 
Hint: PowerPC Processor is not supported, but if you need such an application for PowerPC, we can make one for you. Just contact us by email: marketing@tipard.com.

About Tipard Studio 
As a leading player in the multimedia software field, Tipard Studio always takes bringing multimedia users the best software as its responsibility and keeps being innovative and competitive. With advanced technologies and a first-class R&D team, it has constantly developed many excellent multimedia desktop applications, which are very popular among Windows and Mac users. For more details about Tipard Studio, please visit: http://www.tipard.com.

SOURCE  Harbour Software

Harbour Software

CONTACT: Eric Smith, Tel: +86-13260286758, pr@tipard.com, http://www.tipard.com

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

Blancco White Paper Offers Mobile Data Erasure Best Practices for IT Asset Disposal Specialists

JOENSUU, Finland, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    New document from global data erasure authority informs recycling market about secure,
efficient mass erasure of mobile devices

    Blancco [http://www.blancco.com ], the global leader in data erasure and computer
reuse solutions, is working with international industry leaders to inform the recycling
market and others about the importance of efficient and secure mass erasure of smartphones
and tablets. As part of that initiative, the company has developed a comprehensive white
paper [http://www.blancco.com/en/solution-for-ITADs ] on the topic for IT asset disposal
specialists (ITADs) and recyclers to help their customers stay in compliance with data
protection laws and regulations.

    In addition, Blancco will exhibit at the Mobile World Congress
[http://campaign.blancco.com/mwc ] (MWC) February 25-28 in Barcelona, an international
thought leadership gathering to explore the world impact of mobile technology, including
building awareness of the importance of secure data erasure from mobile devices. Blancco
will attend as a member of the Device Renewal Forum (DRF
[http://www.blancco.com/en/company-info/press-releases/2012/drf ]), an industry group
dedicated to expand the global growth of the device renewal market.

    "More than 1.68 billion wireless devices are produced yearly, but less than 10 percent
of them are recycled or renewed," said Kim Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder of Blancco. "Our
work with DRF, our involvement in MWC and our release of the mobile white paper for ITAD
specialists are all part of our strategy to inform the recycling market about how to
efficiently and effectively remove all data from mobile devices, and how the market can
benefit from Blancco Mobile [http://www.blancco.com/en/products/total-data-erasure/mobile
], our mobile data erasure solution."

    The new white paper [http://www.blancco.com/en/solution-for-ITADs ], "Managing and
Automating Data Erasure for Mobile Devices:

    Strategies for Recyclers and IT Asset Disposal Specialists," discusses the risks of
improper decommissioning, the advantages of advanced data erasure with detailed reporting
and audit trails, and methods with which ITADs can help their customers stay in compliance
with laws and regulations.

    "The ability of ITADs to erase data simultaneously from different types of smartphone
and tablet platforms is essential to productive operations," said Vaisanen. "For example,
a single operator can erase over 1,000 smartphones each day with our erasure units, which
also automatically send a detailed erasure report back to a central management console.
This report provides critical details for customer compliance and potential resale."

    Blancco's booth will be in Hall 5, Stand 5E90 at MWC where the company will showcase
its Blancco Mobile product, which has been nominated as a finalist in the Global Mobile
Awards Competition being held at MWC. To set up a meeting visit
http://campaign.blancco.com/mwc.

    About Blancco

    Blancco is the proven data erasure solution for millions of users around the globe. As
the global leader in data erasure and computer reuse solutions, Blancco offers the most
certified data erasure solutions within the industry. The company serves users across a
wide range of industries, including banking, finance, government and defense. The
company's products are highly valued by IT asset disposal professionals around the world.
Blancco operates from an extensive network of international offices and partners across
Europe, North America, the Middle East, Russia, Asia and Australasia. More information is
available at http://www.blancco.com.

    Media Contact: Monica Shaw, +1-770-367-9534, mshaw@carabinerpr.com

    Blancco Oy Ltd., Kim Vaisanen, CEO and Co-Founder, +358-50-585-2885,
kim.vaisanen@blancco.com

Blancco Oy Ltd.

Say I Love You the "Write" Way this Valentine's Day with Pilot Pen

#PilotLoveGuru crafting handwritten notes for loved ones across the country

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Need help saying the perfect thing to your sweetie on Valentine's Day? Let Pilot Pen write it for you. This Valentine's Day, Pilot will turn you into a #PilotLoveGuru, with a special promotion on its official Facebook (Pilot Pen), Twitter (@PilotPenUSA) and Instagram (@PilotPenUSA).Tell us the name of your secret crush or valentine and our Love Gurus will handwrite a special note and share it with your loved ones via Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Pilot is also giving away hourly prizes throughout the day to participants using #PilotLoveGuru.

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Ditch the Valentine's emails and impersonal text messages composed of emoticon hearts. Nothing else says "I love you" like the permanence and intimacy of a handwritten note to your special someone. In a recent study conducted by the Pilot Love Gurus, more than 60 percent of respondents consider a handwritten note more romantic than expensive dinners, creme-filled chocolates or baubles. However, nearly half of these romantics haven't received a love note in more than a year, making now the perfect time to send that note through #PilotLoveGuru!

If you want to take it up another notch, consider one of these perfect personalized suggestions that you can create by putting Pilot pen to paper:

    --  Message in a Bottle - Craft a romantic handwritten love letter in a
        decorative bottle or jar to show your Romeo or Juliet that you are
        destined to be together
    --  365 Reasons Why I Love You - Keep love alive all year round with a
        handwritten note for every day of the year
    --  Must Love Writing...and Chocolate - A Moleskine Chocolate colored
        Journal and pack of Pilot pens make a sweet surprise for your sweetheart
    --  Handwritten Letter Helper - These ready-to-go notes and Pilot pens are
        the perfect pair, making writing heartfelt love notes easier than ever
    --  Let Your Love Bloom - Show your honey how perfect you are together by
        turning their favorite Pilot writing instruments into a bouquet of pen
        flowers
Bring the intimacy of the written word back into your Valentine's Day messages, by saying the "write" thing with a little help from #PilotLoveGuru. When you visit Pilot's social media sites, you will also have a chance to win incredible prizes throughout the day at http://www.Facebook.com/PilotPen and @PilotPenUSA on Twitter and Instagram - something fantastic for you and your sweetie.

About Pilot Corporation of America

Pilot Pen offers superlative writing instruments renowned for quality, performance, cutting-edge technology and consumer satisfaction. Widely acknowledged as innovators, Pilot was first to introduce Americans to fine-point writing, currently maintaining the top share position in the gel and rolling ball pen categories. Pilot's line also includes the acclaimed Dr. Grip family of products featuring an ergonomic, wide comfort grip that reduces writing fatigue, as well as the notable Precise V5 and G2 lines. Pilot Pen manufactures and distributes from its state-of-the-art facility in Jacksonville, Florida; its parent company is the oldest and largest manufacturer of writing instruments in Japan. For more: http://www.pilotpen.us.

SOURCE  Pilot Pen Corporation of America

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Pilot Pen Corporation of America

CONTACT: Sarah Porter, Bright red, +1-850-668-6824, sporter@brightredtbwa.com; Ivette Faulkner, Bright red, +1-850-668-6824, ifaulkner@brightredtbwa.com

Web Site: http://www.pilotpen.us

Infosys Limited's American Depositary Shares Approved for Listing on NYSE Euronext Paris

BANGALORE, India, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Infosys, a global leader in consulting and technology, today announced that the French
Autorite des marches financiers (AMF) has approved the Company's prospectus for admission
of its American Depositary Shares for listing and trading on the Professional Segment of
NYSE Euronext Paris, and has granted visa number 13-029, dated February 13, 2013, on the
Prospectus. The listing is addressed to qualified investors. The attention of investors is
drawn to the risk factors described in the Prospectus.

    Infosys has also applied for admission to listing and trading on NYSE Euronext London.
On February 12, 2013, Euronext Paris S.A. approved Infosys' application for listing and
trading its American Depositary Shares on NYSE Euronext Paris, and LIFFE Administration
and Management approved its application for trading of its American Depositary Shares on
NYSE Euronext London. Infosys has made an application for admission of its American
Depositary Shares to the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (UKLA) and currently
expects that the UKLA will approve its listing application following a listing hearing,
which is currently expected to take place on February 18, 2013.

    Infosys' American Depositary Shares are scheduled to begin trading on the Euronext
exchanges and to be admitted to the Official List of the UKLA on February 20, 2013. The
Company's American Depositary Shares will trade under the symbol "INFY" and be denominated
in Euros on the Euronext exchanges. This listing will not alter Infosys' share count,
capital structure, or current stock listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), where
it also trades under the symbol "INFY".

    The Euronext listings are intended to attract investors based outside of India and the
United States, particularly in Europe, to provide greater access to Infosys' American
Depositary Shares among European fund managers who may be required to invest in Euro-zone
markets or currencies only, thereby promoting additional access for all investors and
broadening the trading window available for Infosys global investors. As an NYSE listed
company, Infosys Limited obtained its cross listing on the NYSE Euronext Paris
Professional Segment through the Fast Path program.

    Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained free of charge from Infosys Limited at
Electronics City, Hosur Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India 560 100, from its paying agent,
BNP Paribas Securities Services (Postal address: 3 rue d'Antin, 75002 Paris, France), and
on the websites of Infosys Limited (http://www.infosys.com) and the AMF
(http://www.amf-france.org). A copy of the Prospectus will also be submitted to the
UK's National Storage Mechanism. The website of the National Storage Mechanism is:
http://www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

    About Infosys

    Infosys partners with global enterprises to drive their innovation-led growth. That's
why Forbes ranked Infosys 19th among the top 100 most innovative companies. As a leading
provider of next-generation consulting, technology, and outsourcing solutions, Infosys
helps clients in more than 30 countries realize their goals.

    Visit http://www.infosys.com [http://www.infosys.com/Pages/index.aspx ] and see how
Infosys, with its 150,000+ people, is Building Tomorrow's Enterprise(R) today.

    Safe Harbor

    Certain statements in this release concerning our proposed listing on the Paris and
London exchanges of NYSE Euronext are forward-looking statements, which involve a number
of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these
statements include, but are not limited to, our ability to undertake the transactions and
receive the approvals necessary to list our ADS on the NYSE Euronext markets in Paris and
London. The company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may
be made from time to time by or on behalf of the company, except as required by law and
market rules.

Infosys

CONTACT: Investor Relations: Avishek Lath, India, +91 (80) 4116 7744, avishek_lath@infosys.com; Sandeep Mahindroo, US , +1 (646) 254 3133, sandeep_mahindroo@infosys.com ; Media Relations: Sarah Vanita Gideon, India, +91 (80) 4156 4998, Sarah_Gideon@infosys.com ; Paul De Lara, Europe, +44 207 516 2748, Paul_deLara@infosys.com

Veeva Systems Introduces Regulatory Compliant Email Solution for Global Life Sciences Companies

New cloud solution empowers pharmaceutical sales teams with integrated email to maximize productivity

PLEASANTON, California, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

    Veeva Systems' new Approved Email solution is set to radically increase the
productivity of life sciences sales teams by enabling users to email approved content to
customers directly from iRep and Veeva CRM. Veeva CRM Approved Email represents a
technology and business breakthrough in the industry as the first end-to-end solution to
enable regulatory compliant email communication between sales reps and healthcare
practitioners. The pharmaceutical industry can now increase the number and quality of
rep-to-customer interactions, reach more low-access and no-see healthcare practitioners
and deliver more relevant drug information to customers - without increasing the size of
the sales force.

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    "The pharmaceutical industry is one of the last to equip its sales teams with
non-personal promotion channels. In every other industry, reps communicate with their
customers via multiple channels, especially email. However, Pharma has been limited due to
the risk of non-compliance by making an unapproved claim or off-label communication.
Giving companies a controlled way to distribute content electronically will transform the
customer interaction," said Eric Newmark, program director for IDC Health Insights.

    Veeva's email solution comes at just the right time for the life sciences industry
since the ability to traverse multiple communication channels is now required. According
to an AccessMonitor(TM) report, the number of physicians willing to see reps has declined
20% in the last five years, making alternate forms of communication like email a must.
"Even among rep-accessible physicians, 94% of primary care providers do not see even their
best reps more than twice a month," the report stated.

    The key to Approved Email is the focus on both regulatory compliance and user
experience. The solution combines Vault PromoMats, a leading solution for the management
of promotional materials, with the market leading Veeva CRM and iRep solutions for
managing customer relationships. Together, Approved Email ensures only the right, approved
content is sent to customers every time, while storing the full history of every
interaction in Veeva CRM. Built-in controls - such as physician opt in/opt out management
and off-label restrictions - help to further ensure regulatory compliance. And, because
Approved Email is built into Veeva CRM and iRep, it's quick and easy for users to send
personalized and compliant email from any device.

    "Why is Veeva the first to solve this persistent problem?" questioned Paul Shawah,
Veeva Systems' Vice President of CRM Strategy. "Because it's a surprisingly complex
problem to solve. Many different elements need to come together, including the right
hardware, mobile connectivity and the right software solution - one that seamlessly
combines CRM, CLM and content management functionality. When Veeva's customers deploy this
new solution, I believe their overall rep productivity will increase by at least 20%."

    "Across the pharmaceutical landscape, companies are making it part of their corporate
strategy to improve sales productivity while becoming more customer centric," added Dana
Maiman, CEO and president at DraftFCB Healthcare, a global integrated marketing
communications agency focused on healthcare. "Approved Email supports both of these goals
by enabling reps to communicate more efficiently to more physicians through their
preferred channels."

    Veeva CRM Approved Email is planned for general availability in Summer 2013.

    About Veeva Systems

    Veeva Systems is a leader in cloud-based software for the global life sciences
industry. Committed to innovation, product excellence and customer success, Veeva has over
150 customers, ranging from the world's largest pharmaceutical companies to emerging
biotechs. Founded in 2007, Veeva is a privately held company headquartered in the San
Francisco Bay Area, with offices in Philadelphia, Barcelona, Budapest, London, Paris,
Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo. For more information, visit http://www.veevasystems.com.

    Copyright (c) 2013 Veeva Systems. All rights reserved. Veeva and the Veeva logo are
registered trademarks of Veeva Systems. Veeva Systems owns other registered and
unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

       
        Media Contacts
        Lisa Barbadora
        Veeva Systems, Inc.
        pr@veevasystems.com

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Veeva Systems

CONTACT: +1-610-420-3413

Top Regulator Says: "It's Time To Change The World"

Picks Marketcore's work as key to restoring RMBS Market

GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In an article published February 12, in The Regulator,  Eric Nordman, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' director of regulatory services and the director of the Center for Insurance Policy and Research, names the methods of Marketcore.com, Inc. and its inventor, Michael Erlanger, as a key process for reviving the moribund residential mortgage backed securities market (RMBS).  Mr. Nordman expands on the observations about the Marketcore methodology made by the noted risk management authority David M. Rowe, Ph.D.

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Mr. Nordman quotes Dr. Rowe's observation that Marketcore could resolve the RMBS aspect of the financial crisis "without the benefit of government guarantees...and should be made a national priority".  Mr. Nordman goes on to say "Mr. Erlanger has outlined all the business processes necessary to add transparency and restore RMBS for the benefit of insurers and other investors.  His company, Marketcore, should be included as part of the solution."

Mr. Nordman also discusses the elements of the Marketcore methods, particularly Transaction Credits(TM) (a flexible tool to power market liquidity and growth).  Nordman adds, "[Marketcore's] recommended processes go beyond the RMBS markets and potentially cover all of structured finance...the suggested business process can quantify and reduce risk to help restore financial markets to good health." 

Dr. Rowe contributed to a recent NAIC White Paper, "Financing Home Ownership", in which he first discussed the potential of Marketcore's invention to revitalize the RMBS market.  That White Paper has had a record number of downloads. 

About Marketcore®
Founded in 2000, Marketcore (http://www.marketcore.com) is a privately held company based in Connecticut. The Company focuses on creating tools that improve operating efficiencies, liquidity, value enhancement and risk assessment for the financial services industry.

SOURCE  Marketcore, Inc.

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Marketcore, Inc.

CONTACT: Constance Erlanger, +1-203-542-7211, cerlanger@marketcore.com, info@marketcore.com

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

Move, Inc. To Present At 2013 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE), the leader in online real estate, today announced that Chief Executive Officer Steve Berkowitz and Chief Financial Officer Rachel Glaser will be presenting at the 2013 Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in San Francisco, CA on Wednesday, February 27,  2013 at 4:50 p.m. Pacific Time.  A live webcast of the presentation will be available on Move's Investor Relations website at investor.move.com under the Events & Presentations page.

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ABOUT MOVE, INC.

Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) is the leader in online real estate and operator of REALTOR.com(®), the official website of the National Association of REALTORS(®); Move.com, a leading destination for new homes and rental listings, moving, home and garden, and home finance; ListHub(TM), the leading syndicator of real estate listings; Moving.com(TM); SeniorHousingNet; SocialBios; TigerLead(®;); and TOP PRODUCER(®) Systems. Move, Inc. is based in San Jose, California. SOURCE Move, Inc.

SOURCE  Move, Inc.

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Move, Inc.

CONTACT: Marta Nichols, +1-408-558-7149, Marta.nichols@move.com

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

SurDoc releases visual overview of insurance coverage families need

This Valentine's Day, make sure your loved ones are protected!

MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SurDoc today released a visual overview of the various types of insurance most Americans need. The infographic includes a brief explanation of the most common types of insurance such as health, dental, life, and vehicle, as well as lesser-known types of protection, such as disability and renter's insurance and online computer backup.

Hard-to-find overview of costs and coverage
Included in the overview are the average yearly costs of insurance for a family of 4 in the U.S., which ranges from as little as $300 a year for vision insurance, to as much as $19,882 per year for comprehensive health coverage without an employer-sponsored plan. It also lists the percentages of Americans who have each type of insurance.

'Digital insurance'
The infographic highlights online 'cloud' file backup as protection everyone needs.

"Online backup is like 'digital insurance'," says Alex Wang, CEO of SurDoc, a technology leader in online backup and cloud storage.

File loss is a common occurrence, and can result from viruses, electrical outages, user errors, hard drive crashes, or when the entire device itself is compromised through damage, theft or loss. Lost files can mean thousands of dollars of lost work hours and digital assets, as well as the loss of critical personal and business data. Many don't realize that hardware backups, such as external hard drives and USBs, can fail. Also, onsite backups offer no protection in the event of a burglary or natural disaster. Automatic, continuous online backup is the best defense against the loss of important files, expensive music collections, and priceless photos and videos. However, only 80% of Americans regularly back up their computers online.

The infographic can be viewed at https://www.SurDoc.com/insuranceinfographic

"This Valentine's Day while you're sharing chocolates with your loved ones, be sure to ask if they have all the plans they need. Don't let the people you care about go unprotected," advises Wang. "They'll love you even more when they need it."

Special offer
For a limited time, new SurDoc customers can get a 100GB account totally free for 1 year.

About SurDoc
SurDoc is the technology leader of secure, cloud-based storage and document technologies based on 100+ issued and pending patents. With its TruPrivacy(TM) technology, SurDoc is the only provider that can completely protect file confidentiality by ensuring that only the actual file owner has access to it.  Cloud Computing Magazine awarded SurDoc a 2013 Cloud Storage Excellence Award for TruPrivacy. SurDoc's cloud services combine ultra-secure file storage with crystal-clear document viewing via its unique VisiDoc(TM) technology and powerful signing/editing and sharing features.  With SurDoc, users can sync and access all of their files from any device, anywhere, while maintaining absolute confidentiality of their data.  SurDoc is backed by $4 million from IDG Ventures. For more information, go to: https://SurDoc.com or fan/follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mySurDoc and http://www.Twitter.com/SurDoc.

SurDoc is a registered trademark of SurDoc Corp. TruPrivacy is a trademark of SurDoc.  All other marks are property of their respective owners.

SOURCE  SurDoc Corp.

SurDoc Corp.

CONTACT: Amy Dolin, +1-650-275-2375, amy@surdocteam.com

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

Standard Bank and SAP Bring Mobile Banking to Over Half a Million "Flip-Phone" Customers in South Africa via SAP® Mobile Platform

Standard Bank's New Mobile AccessAccount Reaches Low Income Individuals, Allowing Them to Open Bank Account Through Their Phones

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) today announced that Standard Bank has been successful in introducing its new AccessBanking offering in South Africa, aimed at meeting the banking needs of the previously "unbanked." This includes the AccessAccount, a transactional banking account based on SAP® Mobile Platform. SAP Mobile Platform integrates SAP and third-party back-end systems, which allows users to create visually rich mobile apps to extend the information from enterprise systems straight onto mobile devices. Since its inception in March 2012, the model has attracted more than 550,000 new customers onto the AccessAccount.

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According to research, 22 million South Africans earn less than ZAR 3,000 a month and of that figure, 66 percent do not have bank accounts. With the app, sales agents -- or AccessAgents -- can sign-up via a portable mobile device and open a bank account for customers within a few minutes. This allows Standard Bank to bring services to communities in areas that have been traditionally underserved, such as townships and rural areas. The platform additionally supports multiple devices and has a strong security management component so that sensitive information, applications and devices are secure. Once customers have the AccessAccount, they are able to perform transactions such as person-to-person transfers and purchasing of electricity and airtime through their mobile phones at any time. Customers can also perform transactions such as cash-in, cash-out and money transfers at Standard Bank AccessPoints, which operate through partnerships with informal traders already running businesses in their communities. This removes the need for customers to travel to branches or ATMs to bank.

"This is a very exciting time for us at Standard Bank. We have built an entirely new IT system and platform that spans across all the bank's offerings in our 'Inclusive Banking' business," said Peter Wharton Hood, deputy chief executive, Standard Bank Group. "Mobile origination is not only far more accessible for customers, it is also 80 percent cheaper. Standard Bank is one of the first major banks in the world to run SAP Mobile Platform.This tremendous competitive advantage has significantly helped us grow our customer base. We are currently opening up to 7,000 new accounts a day via SMS technology, in less than six minutes per transaction. This incredible outcome far exceeded our expectations. "

"This innovative banking project is radically affecting the lives of thousands people for the better," said Pfungwa Serima, CEO, SAP Africa. "This is a truly innovative project that underpins SAP's vision to make the world run better and improve people's lives. We look forward to seeing the continued success of the implementation across the continent."

Standard Bank South Africa has been shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards 2013, for the category "Best Product, Initiative or Service in Emerging Markets." For more information, visit http://www.globalmobileawards.com/nominees-2013/.

To learn more about Standard Bank's initiative, watch the SAP TV video: "Banking the Unbanked." For more information, visit the SAP Newsroom.

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Retired NBA Player, Fred Jones, Talks About Life After Basketball & A New Tech Startup Fulfilling A Need

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 5 a.m. practices, constant full court sprints, and strenuous conditioning is something that professional basketball players spend much of their lives preparing for, and they happily oblige. It's the price they know they must pay in order to be great at what they do. It's what happens after their basketball careers that most usually have no preparation for.  For some, basketball has been their whole lives and transitioning to a retired player can be exceptionally difficult, but for retired NBA player, Fred Jones, this was fortunately not the case.

"Luckily, basketball wasn't my whole life. It was a very big part of life, and it helped steer me in certain directions, but faith and family has, by far, been the most important parts of my life," said Jones.

Jones also expressed that two of his biggest challenges have been restoring a sense of normalcy to his home life as being on the road frequently took him away from his family and missing the camaraderie of his teammates, who became like family when they were on the road.

"Basketball has been such a big part of my life for so long and now that it isn't top priority, adjusting has taken some time. But, retirement came at the right time for me because now I get to spend more time with my wife and raising my 3-year-old son. I'm putting as much energy and effort into my family as I did into basketball, and it is rewarding," said Jones.

Jones, however, is putting his energy into other things these days as well. He is the Founder and CEO of a virtual community for professional basketball players called Player Population. Built on the vision of what Fred calls the 3 C's (communication, commerce and competition), Player Population is an exclusive site where basketball players can feel comfortable instantly sharing information on businesses and charities as well as buy, sell or trade merchandise with fellow players.

"As players we are grouped in our own 'fraternity.' With the way social media is evolving, I thought creating Player Population would be an excellent way to build a platform for us to become and stay connected," expressed Jones.

Player Population is a win-win concept for everyone involved as active and retired basketball players get to continue and/or expand the camaraderie they developed on the court, and advertisers get to take advantage of an exclusive market with an endless amount of buying power.

When many athletes retire from a game that has essentially defined them for so long, they struggle to find a place where they can redirect their energy and passion.  Fortunately, for Fred Jones, he has finally found a way to merge his love for family and his love for basketball. For him, life after basketball has created a new set of challenges and endeavors that have been just as rewarding as taking that last second jump shot during a championship game.

For more information about Player Population or to schedule an interview with Fred Jones, please call 855.424.3222 or email info@playerpopulation.com. Fred and the Player Population team will be at the NBA All Star Weekend in Houston February 15-17, 2013 showcasing Player Population.com to players.

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Verizon Supports Bipartisan House Cybersecurity Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, introduced legislation on Wednesday (Feb. 13) similar to cybersecurity legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives last April.  The following statement should be attributed to Peter Davidson, Verizon senior vice president, federal government relations:

"Verizon supports legislation that boosts ongoing cybersecurity efforts and promotes the sharing of cyberthreat information among communications companies and federal agencies, provides appropriate liability protections and consumer privacy safeguards, and achieves greater cybersecurity without technology mandates or prescriptive rules.  It's important that communications infrastructure providers retain the flexibility to implement all measures available to them to secure their networks and protect their customers.   

"Verizon appreciates the leadership and dedication of the bill's principal authors, Reps. Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersberger, to build consensus around legislation on this important national security issue. Verizon will continue to work with key policymakers in Congress and the administration to achieve enactment of bipartisan, consensus cybersecurity legislation this year."

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