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February 5, 1983Klaus Barbie, wanted as a Nazi war criminal, was imprisoned in Lyons, France, following extradition from Bolivia
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<P><!-- Today in History 02/05 Feed_1 --> <b>February 5, 1983</b><br>Klaus Barbie, wanted as a Nazi war criminal, was imprisoned in Lyons, France, following extradition from Bolivia. </p></P>
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arduousPronunciation: /AHR-joo-us/adj : difficult, laborious"World-class athletes undertake years of arduous training to achieve the high level of skill and conditioning required for the Olympics and other international competitions.
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<P><!-- Word of the Day 02/05 Feed_1 --> <b>arduous</b><br>Pronunciation: /AHR-joo-us/<br><I>adj</I> : difficult, laborious<br><font size="1"><b>"World-class athletes undertake years of arduous training to achieve the high level of skill and conditioning required for the Olympics and other international competitions."</b></font></p></P>
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Bush Plan Seeks Billions More for Iraq
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2007-02-05
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WASHINGTON - President Bush is sending Congress a $2.9 trillion budget that would provide billions of dollars for the war in Iraq, make his first-term tax cuts permanent and achieve a budget surplus three years after he leaves office.
They have made clear that they plan to push their own budget priorities after regaining control of the House and Senate for the first time in 12 years.
In his new spending blueprint, for the 2008 budget year that begins Oct. 1, Bush is pledging to balance the budget by 2012, make health care and higher education more affordable and promote energy security.
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2007-02-19 09:21:42
<P>By MARTIN CRUTSINGER </P> <P> WASHINGTON - President Bush is sending Congress a $2.9 trillion budget that would provide billions of dollars for the war in Iraq, make his first-term tax cuts permanent and achieve a budget surplus three years after he leaves office. </P> <P> The massive four-volume set of budget books, featuring two-tone green covers, was headed to Congress Monday, where the plan will receive a decidedly mixed reaction from Democrats. They have made clear that they plan to push their own budget priorities after regaining control of the House and Senate for the first time in 12 years. </P> <P> In his new spending blueprint, for the 2008 budget year that begins Oct. 1, Bush is pledging to balance the budget by 2012, make health care and higher education more affordable and promote energy security. </P> <P> Iraq is likely to dominate the debate with war opponents who are pushing nonbinding resolutions expressing disapproval of Bush's 21,500-troop buildup there. </P> <P> Faced with the competing goals of funding the war effort, preserving his first-term tax cuts and still achieving a balanced budget, the president stuck mostly with modest new initiatives. </P> <P> Democrats, however, contended that Bush was able to balance the budget only on paper by leaving out significant costs such as the money needed to make sure that the alternative minimum tax, initially targeted at the wealthy, does not ensnare more middle-income taxpayers. He includes a fix for 2008 but not for later years. </P> <P> Democrats argued that Bush's insistence on preserving his first-term tax cuts will cost more than $2 trillion in lost revenue in the seven years after 2010, when the tax cuts are due to expire. </P> <P> "The president wants to make the tax cuts permanent even though all the forecasts show that will explode the debt right at the time the baby boomers retire," Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D., said in an interview Sunday. "This budget is plunging us toward a cliff that will take us right into a chasm of debt." </P> <P> Bush's budget projects that the deficit, which hit an all-time high of $413 billion in 2004, will gradually decline until it becomes a surplus in 2012. </P> <P> To accomplish that goal, Bush would allow only modest growth in the government programs outside of defense and homeland security. He is proposing eliminations or sharp reductions in 141 government programs, for a savings over five years of $12 billion, although Congress has rejected many of the same proposals over the past two years. </P> <P> Bush also will seek to trim spending on farm subsidies by $18 billion over five years, mainly by reducing payments to wealthier farmers, an effort certain to spark resistance among farm state lawmakers. </P> <P> Bush would achieve nearly $100 billion in savings over five years by trimming increases in Medicare, the health insurance program for 43 million retirees and the disabled, and Medicaid, which provides health care to the poor. That effort is also likely to trigger heavy opposition in Congress, which rejected smaller Bush cuts last year. </P> <P> Most of the Medicare savings would come in slowing the growth of payments to hospitals and other health care providers, but $11.5 billion in savings would come from boosting insurance premiums paid by the wealthiest Medicare recipients. </P> <P> The president, appealing for Democratic support during an appearance at a House Democrats retreat Saturday, said the government must do something to restrain the soaring costs of entitlement spending on health care and Social Security before the looming retirement of 78 million baby boomers. </P> <P> Bush once listed overhauling Social Security as the No. 1 domestic priority of his second term. But his effort two years ago to accomplish the overhaul by diverting some Social Security taxes into private investment accounts went nowhere in Congress. </P> <P> The administration is asking for an additional $100 billion for Iraq and the global war on terrorism this year, on top of $70 billion already requested. That spending would drop to $145 billion in 2008 and fall to $50 billion in 2009, although administration officials conceded that future requests could go higher depending on the progress of the war. </P> <P> "It's tough to know what the military commanders are going to need on the ground," White House budget director Rob Portman said Sunday on CNN. </P> <P> The Pentagon is scheduled to get a hefty 11 percent increase in spending authority, pushing its 2008 budget to $481.4 billion. </P> <P> Bush's budget also includes an initiative to expand health care coverage to the uninsured through a complex proposal that would give every family a $15,000 tax deduction for purchasing health coverage but would make current employee-supplied health coverage taxable. </P> <P> Bush is also proposing to increase the maximum Pell grant, which goes to low-income students, from the current $4,050 to $4,600. Democrats are pushing for even larger increases. </P> <P> Bush's energy proposals would expand use of ethanol and other renewable fuels with a goal of cutting gasoline use by 20 percent over the next decade.</P>
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Bomb and Mortar Attacks in Iraq Kill 29
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Violence raked Baghdad Monday as an Iraqi general took charge of the security operation in the capital and Iraqi police and soldiers manned new roadblocks - initial steps indicating the start of the long-anticipated joint operation with American forces to curb sectarian bloodshed.
The violence showed the difficulty that as many as 90,000 American and Iraqi troops and police will face in a third attempt to calm the capital in nine months.
Two past security operations in the capital over the past nine months - Operations Together Forward I and II - have failed and the United States blamed Iraqi authorities for failing to produce the number of troops promised.
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<P>By SAMEER N. YACOUB </P> <P> BAGHDAD, Iraq - Violence raked Baghdad Monday as an Iraqi general took charge of the security operation in the capital and Iraqi police and soldiers manned new roadblocks - initial steps indicating the start of the long-anticipated joint operation with American forces to curb sectarian bloodshed. </P> <P> At least 29 people died in bomb and mortar attacks across the city Monday, 15 of them as they waited to refill propane cooking tanks when two car bombs blew up in quick succession in south Baghdad. </P> <P> The violence showed the difficulty that as many as 90,000 American and Iraqi troops and police will face in a third attempt to calm the capital in nine months. </P> <P> "It's going to be much more than this city has ever seen and it's going to be a rolling surge," Col. Douglass Heckman, the senior adviser to the 9th Iraqi Army Division, said Sunday. </P> <P> Two past security operations in the capital over the past nine months - Operations Together Forward I and II - have failed and the United States blamed Iraqi authorities for failing to produce the number of troops promised. </P> <P> Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week that Iraqi troops who arrived to augment the newly assembled Baghdad force were only at about half the number promised. </P> <P> A spokesman for the Sadr Movement, an important Shiite bloc in parliament, complained that the security crackdown had been too long in coming, especially given the series of bombings that have devastated mainly Shiite marketplaces over the past weeks. </P> <P> At least 132 people died in a truck bombing Saturday in the Sadriyah market, the deadliest single bomb attack since the war began. </P> <P> Falah Hassan, the Sadr bloc lawmaker and spokesman, said the delay "has negative consequences for the lives of the Iraqis." </P> <P> "We demand that the plan be executed as soon as possible because the terrorists are going too far in their vicious attacks," Hassan said on behalf of the lawmakers loyal to the renegade anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. </P> <P> The security sweep will be led by Lt. Gen. Abboud Gambar, who was named to the top position under pressure from the United States after it rejected Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's first choice - Lt. Gen. Mohan al-Freiji. </P> <P> Gambar will have two Iraqi deputies, one on each side of the Tigris River that splits Baghdad north to south. The city was to be divided into nine districts, and there were to be as many as 600 U.S. forces in each district to back up Iraqi troops who will take the lead in the security drive. </P> <P> The security drive, for which President Bush has dispatched 21,500 additional American forces, was seen by many as a last-chance effort to quell the sectarian violence ravaging the capital and surrounding regions. </P> <P> As the operation slowly began, suspected Shiite militiamen burned down three houses in the largely Sunni al-Amil district in southwest Baghdad. Casualties were not known because police had blockaded the area. </P> <P> The U.S. military reported the deaths of two American soldiers, both killed on Sunday. </P> <P> Outside Baghdad, two key members of radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's political and military organization were killed, a sign that top ranks of the organization continue to come under attack from both Sunni insurgents and U.S. and Iraqi forces. </P> <P> Ali Khazim, who ran al-Sadr's political organization in volatile Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, was killed Sunday by U.S. forces at his home in Howaider village, 12 miles east of Baqouba, Saleh al-Ageili, a spokesman for the Sadr Movement's parliamentary bloc, said on Monday. Provincial police confirmed al-Ageili's account. </P> <P> The spokesman said Khazim was stabbed with a bayonet. </P> <P> "What has happened to Khazim is part of the series of provocative acts by the occupation forces against the Sadr movement. The occupation forces know well who are the terrorists and their whereabouts, yet they are targeting our people," al-Ageili told The Associated Press. </P> <P> The U.S. military said in a statement that Iraqi troops backed by Americans had shot and killed the leader of a rogue Mahdi Army group in Howaider. It did not name Khazim as the victim. </P> <P> "The suspect is believed to have facilitated and directed numerous kidnappings, assassinations and other violence targeting Iraqi civilians and Iraqi Police. He is reportedly responsible for several attacks against Coalition and Iraqi Forces in the area," the military said. </P> <P> The second Sadr organization official, Khalil al-Maliki, a key figure in the Mahdi Army militia in Basra, was killed by three gunmen in a drive-by shooting on Sunday. He survived an assassination attempt in the city last year. </P> <P> As many as seven important members of the Sadr organization have been killed or captured in the past two months, at least three of them by U.S. forces, after the prime minister dropped his protection for the organization - a crucial backer in his rise to power. </P> <P> On Sunday, an Interior Ministry official said about 1,000 Iraqis - including civilians, security forces and gunmen - had been killed in the last week alone. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the figures. </P> <P> Figures tallied by The Associated Press from police and government statements put the death toll from Jan. 28 until Saturday at 911. That included the 137 people killed in Saturday's truck bombing.</P>
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29 Dead in Indonesia Flood; 340,000 Flee
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Horse-drawn carts rescued residents from flood-stricken districts in the Indonesian capital on Monday after flooding burst riverbanks, killing at least 29 people and forcing some 340,000 to flee their homes in recent days.
Clearer skies brought some relief on Monday, and witnesses said floodwaters were receding in several areas while levels at key rivers were dropping.
However, large areas remained submerged under waist-high waters and officials warned that rain to the south, which causes rivers that flow into Jakarta to swell, might result in more flooding later in the day.
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<P>By ZAKKI HAKIM </P> <P> JAKARTA, Indonesia - Horse-drawn carts rescued residents from flood-stricken districts in the Indonesian capital on Monday after flooding burst riverbanks, killing at least 29 people and forcing some 340,000 to flee their homes in recent days. </P> <P> Clearer skies brought some relief on Monday, and witnesses said floodwaters were receding in several areas while levels at key rivers were dropping. </P> <P> However, large areas remained submerged under waist-high waters and officials warned that rain to the south, which causes rivers that flow into Jakarta to swell, might result in more flooding later in the day. </P> <P> Authorities estimated that between 40 percent and 70 percent of the city, which spans an area of 412 square miles - about the size of San Antonio, Texas - had been inundated. </P> <P> "We expect residents to stay alert because water may rise again and very fast," said Sihar Simanjuntak, an official monitoring the many rivers that crisscross this city of 12 million people. </P> <P> People living in one upscale area hired carts and horses to pull them to safety. </P> <P> "The government is awful," said Augustina Rusli, who for five days was trapped on the second floor of her house with her 10-month old baby, expecting the floods to be short-lived. "We have a neighbor who is sick with cancer but no one has come to rescue her." </P> <P> Jakarta's heavily criticized governor said he could not be held responsible for the worst floods to hit the city in living memory, saying they were a "natural phenomenon" that occur every five years. </P> <P> "There is no point in throwing abuse around," Governor Sutiyoso, who goes by one name, told el-Shinta radio station. "I was up until 3 a.m. this morning trying to handle the refugees." </P> <P> Incessant rain that starting falling Thursday on Jakarta and the hills south of the city triggered the floods. Tens of thousands of homes, school and hospitals - in poor and wealthy districts alike - were inundated. </P> <P> Indonesia's meteorological agency has forecast rain for the next two weeks. </P> <P> The government has dispatched medical teams on rubber rafts into the worst-hit districts amid fears that disease may spread among residents living in squalid conditions with limited access to clean drinking water. </P> <P> As of Monday, 29 people had died, mostly by drowning or electrocution, officials said. </P> <P> "We have to be alert for diseases like typhoid, those transmitted by rats and respiratory infections. Hopefully, there will be no dysentery," said Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari. "We know it's hard for the residents (to keep clean) under the circumstances, but they have to." </P> <P> Dr. Rustam Pakaya, from the Health Ministry's crisis center, said nearly 340,000 people had been made homeless, many of whom were staying with friends or family or at mosques and government buildings. </P> <P> Jakarta regularly floods, though not on this scale. Dozens of slum areas near rivers are washed out each year. Residents either refuse or are too poor to vacate the districts. </P> <P> Seasonal downpours cause dozens of landslides and flash floods each year in Indonesia, a sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands, where millions live in mountainous areas or near fertile plains.</P>
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Bitter Cold Grips Northern States
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From Minnesota to New York, some schoolchildren are getting an extra long weekend because of the bitter chill that has spread over the eastern half of the country.
Wind chills are minus 25 degrees or lower and some high temperatures today aren't expected to climb above zero.
In Michigan, there could be insult added to injury with winter storm warnings for most of the eastern Upper Peninsula and the northwest Lower Peninsula.
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<P>By The Associated Press </P> <P> From Minnesota to New York, some schoolchildren are getting an extra long weekend because of the bitter chill that has spread over the eastern half of the country. </P> <P> Wind chills are minus 25 degrees or lower and some high temperatures today aren't expected to climb above zero. </P> <P> Experts say exposed skin can get frostbite and school officials didn't want kids outside waiting for buses. </P> <P> Maine is getting hammered with wind chills forecast as low as minus 45 by tonight in the western mountains. </P> <P> In Michigan, there could be insult added to injury with winter storm warnings for most of the eastern Upper Peninsula and the northwest Lower Peninsula. </P> <P> Amtrak shut down passenger train service in upstate New York west of Albany and numerous schools closed due to whiteouts from lake-effect snow and below zero wind chills.</P>
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Colts Tame Bears for Super Bowl Victory
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MIAMI - The Indianapolis Colts are celebrating their franchise's first Super Bowl title in 36 years after their overpowering performance in a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI last night.
Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning ran an effective ball-control offense featuring short passes mixed in with a strong running game.
Tony Dungy, the first black coach to win a Super Bowl, says now he has "to figure out a way to defend our Super Bowl.
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<P>By BARRY WILNER </P> <P> MIAMI - The Indianapolis Colts are celebrating their franchise's first Super Bowl title in 36 years after their overpowering performance in a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI last night. </P> <P> Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning ran an effective ball-control offense featuring short passes mixed in with a strong running game. It's the first title for the 30-year-old Manning, who completed 25 of 38 for 247 yards and one touchdown and one early interception. </P> <P> Running backs Joseph Addai and Dominic Rhodes were a great complement. Addai caught ten passes and ran 19 times for 77 yards. Rhodes finished it off by rushing 21 times for 113 yards and one TD. </P> <P> Tony Dungy, the first black coach to win a Super Bowl, says now he has "to figure out a way to defend our Super Bowl. That's number-one on our list." </P> <P> It's the first Super Bowl title for the Colts franchise since they won Super Bowl V in 1971 when the team was based in Baltimore. </P> <P> "Peyton is a tremendous player, a great leader," Dungy said. "He prepares, he works, does everything you can do to win games and lead your team. If people think he needed to win a Super Bowl, that is just wrong. This guy is a Hall of Fame player and one of the greatest ever to play." </P> <P> And now he is a champion. So is his coach. </P> <P> "It's hard to put into words," said Manning, who hit 25 of 38 passes for 247 yards with one touchdown and one interception. "I'm proud to be part of this team. We stuck together, won this game for our leader, Tony Dungy." </P> <P> Dungy became the first black coach to win the championship, beating good friend and protege Lovie Smith in a game that featured the first two black coaches in the Super Bowl. </P> <P> "It feels great. I thought about that as I was on the podium," Dungy said. "Being the first African-American coach to win it. I have to dedicate to some guys before me - great coaches I know could have done this if they had gotten the opportunity. Lovie and I were able to take advantage of it. We certainly weren't the most qualified." </P> <P> Dungy's ring wasn't the only first. It also was the first rainy Super Bowl and the first time an opening kickoff was run back for a touchdown, when sensational Bears rookie Devin Hester sped downfield for 92 yards. </P> <P> And not since the Buffalo Bills self-destructed with nine turnovers in losing to Dallas 14 years ago had there been so much messiness. The first half was marred by six turnovers, three for each team. Even football's most clutch kicker, Adam Vinatieri, missed a chip-shot field goal for the Colts, who botched an extra point attempt, too. </P> <P> When much-maligned Bears quarterback Rex Grossman's wobbly pass was picked off and returned 56 yards for a touchdown by Kelvin Hayden with 11:44 remaining in the fourth quarter, it was over. </P> <P> "I'm so proud of our guys," Dungy said. "We took the hit early with Devin Hester. We talked about it; it's going to be a storm. Sometimes you have to work for it. Our guys played so hard and I can't tell you how proud I am of our group, our organization and our city." </P> <P> Chicago (15-4), which led the league in takeaways this season, finished with five turnovers, including two interceptions by Grossman. </P> <P> "A frustrating loss," Grossman said. "There were definitely opportunities for us to take that game, and we didn't do it." </P> <P> The Colts (16-4) will take it. It's their first title since the 1970 season, when they played in Baltimore. </P> <P> It was confirmation of Manning's brilliance, even if he didn't need to be dynamic. The son of a quarterback who never got to the playoffs, Manning has been a star throughout his college career at Tennessee and his nine pro seasons with the Colts. </P> <P> It also was a validation of Dungy's leadership. He helped build Tampa Bay, one of the NFL's worst franchises, into a contender before being fired after the 2001 season. The next year, the Bucs won the Super Bowl under Jon Gruden. </P> <P> Sunday finally was Dungy's turn. As his players hoisted their coach on their shoulders, he switched his blue Colts cap for a white one that read "NFL champions." Dungy was carried from the sideline, then was lowered so he could share a long embrace and a handshake with Smith. </P> <P> "I just told Lovie how proud I was of the moment," Dungy said </P> <P> The Colts reached the pinnacle by winning four postseason games with a defense that made a complete turnaround in the playoffs. </P> <P> And with a running game that perfectly complemented Manning, thanks to Dominic Rhodes and Joseph Addai, who combined for 190 yards - 113 on 21 carries by Rhodes and 77 on 19 carries by Addai, who also caught 10 passes for 66 yards. </P> <P> Chicago was denied its first Super Bowl title since its powerhouse 1985 team. These Bears could have used Da Coach, Sweetness and their buddies. </P> <P> It rained from start to finish; there was even "Purple Rain" during halftime when Prince sang some of his signature songs. And though Vinatieri twice was a victim of the slop, he kicked three field goals. </P> <P> "We knew handling the ball would be tough," Dungy said. "We showed we could win many ways." </P> <P> Hester's spectacular return provided a stunning beginning - and a severe jolt to the Colts. The local product and only rookie All-Pro this season pumped his arms to excite the crowd before the kickoff, then lifted the fans from their seats with an electrifying run on which he never was touched. </P> <P> He barely touched the ball again as Indy went to squibbing kickoffs. </P> <P> Leading 16-14 at halftime, the Colts spent half the third quarter with a march to Vinatieri's 24-yard field goal. Twice on the drive, Manning fell to the ground while throwing. But he completed them. </P> <P> Grossman had it even worse on Chicago's initial possession of the second half, twice in a row slipping and getting sacked. Maybe he would have done better on icy turf. </P> <P> Thomas Jones, forced to carry the Bears' entire rushing load when Cedric Benson was hurt in the first half, was Chicago's best player. But with Grossman ineffective, even inept, all the Bears managed in the second half was Robbie Gould's 44-yard field goal late in the third period. </P> <P> After Hester's opening dagger, Manning tried to force a pass to Marvin Harrison in double coverage and was picked off by Chris Harris to spoil Indy's first possession, but the Colts struck back on their next series, converting three third-downs. The final one was the most important as Manning got everything on a long pass to the uncovered Reggie Wayne even though Tank Johnson had his hands on the quarterback. Wayne trotted into the end zone for a 47-yard score. </P> <P> Then the rain ruined three straight plays. </P> <P> Holder Hunter Smith dropped the snap on the extra point and Vinatieri couldn't get off a kick. Then Vinatieri, well aware of who was lurking deep, squibbed the kickoff to tight end Gabe Reid, who fumbled at his 35, with Tyjuan Hagler recovering for the Colts. </P> <P> But Manning and Addai botched the handoff on the next snap and Chicago's Mark Anderson recovered, the third turnover in the first 8 1/2 minutes. </P> <P> Couldn't anybody play this game? </P> <P> Jones certainly could. He used a sharp cutback to break a 52-yard run, the longest of his career, to the Colts' 5, and Grossman found Muhammad in the front of the end zone for a 14-6 lead. </P> <P> Jones finished with 112 yards rushing. </P> <P> A fourth giveaway in the opening quarter, by Benson on his first carry before injuring his knee, didn't damage Chicago. </P> <P> Vinatieri, who made two Super Bowl-winning kicks for New England, nailed a 29-yard field goal early in the second period, but was wide left from 32 yards at the end of the half. </P> <P> Vinatieri still set a record with 49 postseason points.</P>
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Edwards' Health Care Plan Includes Taxes
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WASHINGTON - Health care coverage would no longer be optional in the United States under a plan announced Monday by presidential candidate John Edwards that would require all businesses to provide insurance and all Americans to have it.
"The time has come for a universal health care reform that covers everyone, cuts costs, and provides better care," said the plan that Edwards posted Monday on his Web site.
The idea is clearly appealing to Democratic activists who cheered Edwards Friday when he called on them to stand up for the "silent victims of a health care system that's dysfunctional and getting worse every single day."
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<P>WASHINGTON - Health care coverage would no longer be optional in the United States under a plan announced Monday by presidential candidate John Edwards that would require all businesses to provide insurance and all Americans to have it. </P> <P> The 2004 vice presidential nominee said he would raise taxes to pay for the plan's cost of up to $120 billion a year. </P> <P> "The time has come for a universal health care reform that covers everyone, cuts costs, and provides better care," said the plan that Edwards posted Monday on his Web site. </P> <P> Edwards' plan is the first detailed health care plan to be offered by a Democrat seeking the White House in 2008. Several others are expected to offer competing ideas to help at least some of the 47 million people who are uninsured. </P> <P> The issue is new for Edwards, who proposed to cover children in his 2004 campaign but didn't have a broader planned for adult uninsured. The idea is clearly appealing to Democratic activists who cheered Edwards Friday when he called on them to stand up for the "silent victims of a health care system that's dysfunctional and getting worse every single day." </P> <P> "Can we finally say we stand, now and forever, for every single man, woman and child in America having health care, universal health care?" Edwards said before a speech at the Democratic National Committee. "We will leave no one behind. We will not allowed a single family or a single child in America to not have health care coverage and to not have the health care that they need and deserve." </P> <P> Edwards plan aims to have universal coverage by 2012. A Democratic rival, Barack Obama, also has said that is his goal, but the Illinois senator has yet to provide more specifics about how he would get there. </P> <P> Edwards plan would first require employers to cover their workers or help pay for their insurance. He would try to clamp down on rising costs with tax credits to help lower and middle income American pay for their plans, expanded government programs like Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and changes to insurance laws to require coverage for all regardless of pre-existing conditions or other factors. And he would create nonprofit regional purchasing pools so that consumers would have a way to buy an affordable and high quality plan. </P> <P> Finally, he would require every American to get coverage, unless they have financial or religious exemptions. </P> <P> Edwards said his plan will make it cheaper for families and businesses to have insurance coverage while providing health care to the uninsured. </P> <P> "The bottom line is we're asking everybody to share in the responsibility of making health care work in this country. Employers, those who are in the medical insurance business, employees, the American people - everyone will have to contribute in order to make this work," the former North Carolina senator said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." </P> <P> Edwards said he would free up money for health care coverage by abolishing President Bush's tax cuts for people who make more than $200,000 a year and by having the government collect more back taxes. </P> <P> "Yes, we'll have to raise taxes," Edwards said on NBC. "The only way you can pay for a health care plan that costs anywhere from $90 (billion) to $120 billion is there has to be a revenue source." </P> <P> Edwards said health care insurance premiums have risen 90 percent over the past decade. </P> <P> "We want to make sure everybody's covered. We want to help middle-class families with the costs. We want to try to create competition that doesn't exist today," he said. </P> <P> --- </P> <P> On the Net: </P> <P> http://johnedwards.com</P>
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Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Mac computer and iPod maker Apple said Monday it settled long-simmering trademark issues with The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. company about the use of the name "Apple" and apple logos.
In addition, Apple Inc. will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use.
This settlement ends the ongoing trademark lawsuit between the companies, with each paying its own legal costs, and Apple Inc. will continue using its name and logos on iTunes.
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<P>CUPERTINO, Calif. - Mac computer and iPod maker Apple said Monday it settled long-simmering trademark issues with The Beatles' Apple Corps Ltd. company about the use of the name "Apple" and apple logos. </P> <P> The new settlement replaces the companies' 1991 agreement, and gives Apple Inc. ownership of all the trademarks related to "Apple." In addition, Apple Inc. will license certain of those trademarks back to Apple Corps for their continued use. </P> <P> This settlement ends the ongoing trademark lawsuit between the companies, with each paying its own legal costs, and Apple Inc. will continue using its name and logos on iTunes. </P> <P> Further terms weren't disclosed. </P> <P> "We love the Beatles, and it has been painful being at odds with them over these trademarks," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "It feels great to resolve this in a positive manner, and in a way that should remove the potential of further disagreements in the future."</P>
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Philadelphia Could Get Rubber Sidewalks
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PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia official wants the city council to look at whether the city's sidewalks should be made of rubber.
City councilman Jim Kenney recently toured Chicago to see environmentally-friendly city projects there.
He came back with a number of ideas on which he plans to hold hearings.
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<P>PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia official wants the city council to look at whether the city's sidewalks should be made of rubber. </P> <P> City councilman Jim Kenney recently toured Chicago to see environmentally-friendly city projects there. He came back with a number of ideas on which he plans to hold hearings. </P> <P> One is using rubber for sidewalks. </P> <P> No, don't expect to see people bouncing down the street. Kenney says the rubber is very solid - probably harder than a running track. </P> <P> He says rubber sidewalks are made from recycled tires. They don't crack, and they last longer than concrete. </P> <P> Kenney says rubber sidewalks could also reduce the number of slip-and-fall accidents and the resulting lawsuits. </P> <P> --- </P> <P> Information from: Mike Dunn/KYW-AM, http://www.kyw1060.com</P>
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Gambler Gives Birth on N.J. Casino Floor
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Eight-months pregnant Nyree Thompson, 32, went into labor on the casino floor about 9:30 a.m.
Thompson said she mistook labor pains for gas at first, but after going to the restroom told a security guard that she might be giving birth.
Four security guards helped Thompson deliver the baby, wrapping the child in a jacket until paramedics arrived at about 9:40 a.m., said Steve Callender, vice president of operations at Resorts.
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<P>ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A woman playing the penny slots Saturday morning left the Resorts Atlantic City casino with her own little jackpot - a new baby boy. </P> <P> Eight-months pregnant Nyree Thompson, 32, went into labor on the casino floor about 9:30 a.m. </P> <P> Thompson said she mistook labor pains for gas at first, but after going to the restroom told a security guard that she might be giving birth. </P> <P> Thompson said the guard thought she was joking. Then her water broke. </P> <P> "A guard came over and said, 'Don't push,'" Thompson said. "I said, 'Forget you, this baby is coming right now!'" </P> <P> Minutes later, a boy weighing less than 5 pounds was born. Thompson named him Qualeem. </P> <P> Four security guards helped Thompson deliver the baby, wrapping the child in a jacket until paramedics arrived at about 9:40 a.m., said Steve Callender, vice president of operations at Resorts. </P> <P> Despite being premature, Qualeem was doing fine. </P> <P> Callender, who has worked at Resorts since it opened in 1978, said the birth was a first for the casino as far as he knew. "We've had people die here," he said, "but we've never had people born here."</P>
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Mexican Seeks World Chili-Eating Record
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MEXICO CITY - For most people, even the smallest bite of a raw chili pepper means a flushed face and a rush for a gulp of water.
But Manuel Quiroz can guzzle down dozens of Mexico's spiciest chilies, rub them on his skin and even squeeze their juice into his eyes without so much as blinking.
The 54-year-old Mexico City taxi driver said Saturday that he has made thousands of dollars with his talent and wants to become the world champion chili eater.
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<P>By IOAN GRILLO </P> <P> MEXICO CITY - For most people, even the smallest bite of a raw chili pepper means a flushed face and a rush for a gulp of water. But Manuel Quiroz can guzzle down dozens of Mexico's spiciest chilies, rub them on his skin and even squeeze their juice into his eyes without so much as blinking. </P> <P> The 54-year-old Mexico City taxi driver said Saturday that he has made thousands of dollars with his talent and wants to become the world champion chili eater. But first he needs to find an organization that can crown him with that title. </P> <P> "Chilies don't sting me. They don't affect me. It's just like eating fruit," Quiroz said at a market in the Mexican capital. Shoppers stared in amazement as he crunched on a habanero, the hottest chili pepper in a country that likes its food spicy. </P> <P> Quiroz said he discovered his talent when he was 7 and grew up betting people that he could eat more chilies than they could. He never lost. </P> <P> "I'm the best. No one can rival me," he said. </P> <P> His biggest windfall came when he entered a competition organized by a local television station and took home the $2,000 purse. </P> <P> Quiroz said he plans to try to get his abilities recognized by Guinness World Records. To his knowledge, no one in the world can swallow more chilies. </P> <P> "Chilies are the pride of Mexico," Quiroz said. "The world chili-eating champion has got to be here." </P> <P> Quiroz said he has never been examined by a doctor to find out if there is a medical explanation for his extraordinary endurance to the spice. </P> <P> "Why would I go and see a doctor?" he said. "There is nothing wrong with me. Eating chilies makes me feel great."</P>
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Oklahoma School Auctions Tuition on eBay
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BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - One student next term at Oklahoma Wesleyan University may have paid a lot less for tuition than his or her classmates.
The university on Saturday kicked off an eBay auction of a year of tuition, room and board at the private college.
Among the bidders will be current students at the school, which has an enrollment of about 1,030 students.
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<P>BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - One student next term at Oklahoma Wesleyan University may have paid a lot less for tuition than his or her classmates. </P> <P> The university on Saturday kicked off an eBay auction of a year of tuition, room and board at the private college. The bidding had reached $4,425 by 11 p.m. </P> <P> Bidders can buy the tuition for themselves or someone else. Among the bidders will be current students at the school, which has an enrollment of about 1,030 students. </P> <P> A year of tuition, room and board at Oklahoma Wesleyan costs about $23,000. The bidding will be open through Saturday. </P> <P> "I think it's a really neat idea," junior Emily Wright said. "I don't know why anybody wouldn't bid." </P> <P> Mike Colaw, the university's special assistant to the vice president, said the school is looking to "create a buzz" surrounding the auction. </P> <P> The tuition recipient must meet the university's admission requirements.</P>
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Wis. Men Win Snow Sculpting Championship
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2007-02-05
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LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - When people look at a mound of snow, they don't often think of vegetables.
Then again, they're not brothers David and Chris Andrews, or Scott Pauli, their cousin.
The three men took the gold medal over the weekend at the United States National Snow Sculpting Championships and the People's Choice Award, besting 14 other sculptures.
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<P>LAKE GENEVA, Wis. - When people look at a mound of snow, they don't often think of vegetables. Then again, they're not brothers David and Chris Andrews, or Scott Pauli, their cousin. </P> <P> The three men took the gold medal over the weekend at the United States National Snow Sculpting Championships and the People's Choice Award, besting 14 other sculptures. </P> <P> Their 10-foot sculpture, called "Veg-Head," had cherry tomato eyes, a peapod grin, bell pepper ears, a jalapeno nose, and a pumpkin-like top. </P> <P> "Veg-head" took 30 hours to carve, Chris Andrews said. </P> <P> David came up with idea, Pauli said. </P> <P> As the team tried to decide what to carve, Pauli said David wondered aloud that, "If you looked at it for a while, you might see a face in the vegetables." </P> <P> "That's basically how we came up with it," he said. </P> <P> Despite the subzero temperatures Saturday, the sculptors said they enjoyed the camaraderie and enthusiasm of the crowd. </P> <P> "I heard about last year," Chris Andrews said, referring to unseasonably warm temperatures in 2006 that caused some sculptures to disintegrate before the judging took place. "The freezing weather, this was perfect."</P>
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Victorian publications never dared show a bed in any of their advertisements.
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<!-- Fact of The Day 02/05 Feed_1 --> Victorian publications never dared show a bed in any of their advertisements. When illustrations of the bedroom were required, the bed itself was hidden by curtains. </p>
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Oklahoma School Auctions Tuition on eBay
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BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - One student next term at Oklahoma Wesleyan University may have paid a lot less for tuition than his or her classmates.
The university on Saturday kicked off an eBay auction of a year of tuition, room and board at the private college.
Among the bidders will be current students at the school, which has an enrollment of about 1,030 students.
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<P>BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - One student next term at Oklahoma Wesleyan University may have paid a lot less for tuition than his or her classmates. </P> <P> The university on Saturday kicked off an eBay auction of a year of tuition, room and board at the private college. The bidding had reached $4,425 by 11 p.m. </P> <P> Bidders can buy the tuition for themselves or someone else. Among the bidders will be current students at the school, which has an enrollment of about 1,030 students. </P> <P> A year of tuition, room and board at Oklahoma Wesleyan costs about $23,000. The bidding will be open through Saturday. </P> <P> "I think it's a really neat idea," junior Emily Wright said. "I don't know why anybody wouldn't bid." </P> <P> Mike Colaw, the university's special assistant to the vice president, said the school is looking to "create a buzz" surrounding the auction. </P> <P> The tuition recipient must meet the university's admission requirements.</P>
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India to Launch Moon Lander Mission
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2007-02-05
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Text of report by Indian news agency PTI
Bangalore, 5 February: India plans to undertake another mission to moon aided with a proper lander that would soft land on the lunar surface after its scheduled unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, early next year, India's space agency chief said.
Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization [ISRO], G Madhavan Nair said Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, will have a proper lander which would land on the lunar surface and would explore the surface in detail.
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<P>Text of report by Indian news agency PTI </P> <P> Bangalore, 5 February: India plans to undertake another mission to moon aided with a proper lander that would soft land on the lunar surface after its scheduled unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, early next year, India's space agency chief said. </P> <P> Chandrayaan-1 would be put into orbit using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The 525-kg satellite will be placed in 100 km polar orbit around the moon and it will have a life time of two years. </P> <P> Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization [ISRO], G Madhavan Nair said Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, will have a proper lander which would land on the lunar surface and would explore the surface in detail. </P> <P> Chandrayaan-1 is for mapping applications and this satellite is equipped with remote sensing cameras. </P> <P> "Chandrayaan-2 will have a lander which would touch down on the lunar surface and pick up samples," Nair told PTI here. </P> <P> Meanwhile, he said the government has given the go ahead to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to undertake detailed study and submit a firm project report on the manned mission to space. </P> <P> "Study project has been cleared," he said. "We are going into every detail regarding technologies involved...whatever precision needed...what type of human resources we need...all these will be sharply focused," he said. "By the end of the year, we will be submitting a firm project report to the government." </P> <P> About 80 scientists gathered at a meeting convened by ISRO in November last year were unanimous in suggesting that the time was appropriate for India to undertake a manned mission. </P> <P> The preliminary estimated cost for the manned space mission is 100bn rupees spread over a period of eight years, according to Bangalore-headquartered ISRO. </P> <P> Nair said ISRO is planning to launch another recoverable satellite next year. </P> <P> ISRO had last month successfully recovered a spacecraft -- Space Capsule Recovery Experiment-1 -- after manoeuvring it to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and descend over Bay of Bengal about 140 km east of Sriharikota. </P> <P> Later speaking at an international seminar here, Nair also unravelled the space agency's plans to have reusable launch vehicle. </P> <P> "It's in the concept stage and by 2020 we should be able to have such a system," he said. </P> <P> (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring South Asia. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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Less-Than-Large Bathrooms Need Jolt of Creativity
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2007-02-03
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Q: My mother-in-law just informed me that my bathroom was boring and needed to be decorated.
I agree that bathrooms should be as warm and inviting as any other room in your home.
The key to a great restroom is to make the space both striking and practical.
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<P>By Mary Carol Garrity </P> <P> Q: My mother-in-law just informed me that my bathroom was boring and needed to be decorated. I have to confess that I agree with her, but I have no clue how to decorate a bathroom. Any ideas? </P> <P> A: Don't you hate it when you mother-in-law is right? </P> <P> I agree that bathrooms should be as warm and inviting as any other room in your home. The key to a great restroom is to make the space both striking and practical. </P> <P> If your bathroom is petite, your goal is to make every inch beautiful and efficient. I've become a master at this, since the bathrooms in my historic home are about as big as postage stamps. </P> <P> Frankly, I like my little lavatories, and when we renovated our home, I decided to keep them small in order to preserve the character of the house. But I did freshen them up with white subway tile, creamy bead board and brown wall paint. </P> <P> Despite their diminutive size, small bathrooms can be as gorgeous and functional as huge ones. You just have to be creative. </P> <P> For instance, to add much needed storage space to my guest bath, I sandwiched a wonderful gothic bookshelf between the sink and the wall. On the bottom two shelves, I have snowy white towels rolled up, awaiting guests. I placed a reproduction of an old suitcase on the second shelf, then filled it with all the toiletry items guests might need during their stay. An assortment of magazines and books rests on top of the suitcase. </P> <P> I created a tableau that was both useful and beautiful on the bookcase's top shelf. A tall apothecary jar holds bright white washcloths. You'll find an assortment of fine soaps in a delicate compote next to the apothecary jar. Then, I filled in the remaining space on the shelf with treasures like framed snapshots, tip towels, a silver clock and an accent lamp. </P> <P> A wall-mounted shelf above the toilet holds more supplies, like cotton balls and Q-tips, stored in darling vintage jars. And because I can't stand to leave any surface bare, I created a striking montage on the back of the toilet with a dainty mirrored tray, a glass vase and a scented votive. </P> <P> If you have a huge bathroom suite, your challenge may be to make the space feel cozy, not cavernous. The best way to fill big spaces is with large pieces of furniture. Find a beautiful antique armoire or a large bookcase to cover a blank wall. Then, fill the shelves with bath essentials, like stacks of pristine white towels and baskets of supplies, such as toilet paper and bath products. </P> <P> Put mouthwash, perfume or bubble bath in crystal decanters, arrange them on an elegant silver tray and showcase it on a shelf. Then, add interest to your display by weaving in small pieces of artwork propped on easels. </P> <P> If you have lots of open floor space in your large master bath, add a bistro table and chairs so you can enjoy your morning coffee while you get ready for the day. Or, cover a slipper chair or round ottoman in a durable fabric and place it in the center of your dressing space. </P> <P> Mary Carol Garrity is the proprietor of three home furnishings stores in Atchison, Kan., and the author of several books on home decorating. Write to Mary Carol at nellhills@mail.lvnworth.com. </P> <P> (c) 2007 Cincinnati Post. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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India to Launch Moon Lander Mission
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2007-02-05
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Text of report by Indian news agency PTI
Bangalore, 5 February: India plans to undertake another mission to moon aided with a proper lander that would soft land on the lunar surface after its scheduled unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, early next year, India's space agency chief said.
Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization [ISRO], G Madhavan Nair said Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, will have a proper lander which would land on the lunar surface and would explore the surface in detail.
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<P>Text of report by Indian news agency PTI </P> <P> Bangalore, 5 February: India plans to undertake another mission to moon aided with a proper lander that would soft land on the lunar surface after its scheduled unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, early next year, India's space agency chief said. </P> <P> Chandrayaan-1 would be put into orbit using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The 525-kg satellite will be placed in 100 km polar orbit around the moon and it will have a life time of two years. </P> <P> Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization [ISRO], G Madhavan Nair said Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, will have a proper lander which would land on the lunar surface and would explore the surface in detail. </P> <P> Chandrayaan-1 is for mapping applications and this satellite is equipped with remote sensing cameras. </P> <P> "Chandrayaan-2 will have a lander which would touch down on the lunar surface and pick up samples," Nair told PTI here. </P> <P> Meanwhile, he said the government has given the go ahead to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to undertake detailed study and submit a firm project report on the manned mission to space. </P> <P> "Study project has been cleared," he said. "We are going into every detail regarding technologies involved...whatever precision needed...what type of human resources we need...all these will be sharply focused," he said. "By the end of the year, we will be submitting a firm project report to the government." </P> <P> About 80 scientists gathered at a meeting convened by ISRO in November last year were unanimous in suggesting that the time was appropriate for India to undertake a manned mission. </P> <P> The preliminary estimated cost for the manned space mission is 100bn rupees spread over a period of eight years, according to Bangalore-headquartered ISRO. </P> <P> Nair said ISRO is planning to launch another recoverable satellite next year. </P> <P> ISRO had last month successfully recovered a spacecraft -- Space Capsule Recovery Experiment-1 -- after manoeuvring it to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and descend over Bay of Bengal about 140 km east of Sriharikota. </P> <P> Later speaking at an international seminar here, Nair also unravelled the space agency's plans to have reusable launch vehicle. </P> <P> "It's in the concept stage and by 2020 we should be able to have such a system," he said. </P> <P> (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring South Asia. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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Less-Than-Large Bathrooms Need Jolt of Creativity
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Q: My mother-in-law just informed me that my bathroom was boring and needed to be decorated.
I agree that bathrooms should be as warm and inviting as any other room in your home.
The key to a great restroom is to make the space both striking and practical.
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<P>By Mary Carol Garrity </P> <P> Q: My mother-in-law just informed me that my bathroom was boring and needed to be decorated. I have to confess that I agree with her, but I have no clue how to decorate a bathroom. Any ideas? </P> <P> A: Don't you hate it when you mother-in-law is right? </P> <P> I agree that bathrooms should be as warm and inviting as any other room in your home. The key to a great restroom is to make the space both striking and practical. </P> <P> If your bathroom is petite, your goal is to make every inch beautiful and efficient. I've become a master at this, since the bathrooms in my historic home are about as big as postage stamps. </P> <P> Frankly, I like my little lavatories, and when we renovated our home, I decided to keep them small in order to preserve the character of the house. But I did freshen them up with white subway tile, creamy bead board and brown wall paint. </P> <P> Despite their diminutive size, small bathrooms can be as gorgeous and functional as huge ones. You just have to be creative. </P> <P> For instance, to add much needed storage space to my guest bath, I sandwiched a wonderful gothic bookshelf between the sink and the wall. On the bottom two shelves, I have snowy white towels rolled up, awaiting guests. I placed a reproduction of an old suitcase on the second shelf, then filled it with all the toiletry items guests might need during their stay. An assortment of magazines and books rests on top of the suitcase. </P> <P> I created a tableau that was both useful and beautiful on the bookcase's top shelf. A tall apothecary jar holds bright white washcloths. You'll find an assortment of fine soaps in a delicate compote next to the apothecary jar. Then, I filled in the remaining space on the shelf with treasures like framed snapshots, tip towels, a silver clock and an accent lamp. </P> <P> A wall-mounted shelf above the toilet holds more supplies, like cotton balls and Q-tips, stored in darling vintage jars. And because I can't stand to leave any surface bare, I created a striking montage on the back of the toilet with a dainty mirrored tray, a glass vase and a scented votive. </P> <P> If you have a huge bathroom suite, your challenge may be to make the space feel cozy, not cavernous. The best way to fill big spaces is with large pieces of furniture. Find a beautiful antique armoire or a large bookcase to cover a blank wall. Then, fill the shelves with bath essentials, like stacks of pristine white towels and baskets of supplies, such as toilet paper and bath products. </P> <P> Put mouthwash, perfume or bubble bath in crystal decanters, arrange them on an elegant silver tray and showcase it on a shelf. Then, add interest to your display by weaving in small pieces of artwork propped on easels. </P> <P> If you have lots of open floor space in your large master bath, add a bistro table and chairs so you can enjoy your morning coffee while you get ready for the day. Or, cover a slipper chair or round ottoman in a durable fabric and place it in the center of your dressing space. </P> <P> Mary Carol Garrity is the proprietor of three home furnishings stores in Atchison, Kan., and the author of several books on home decorating. Write to Mary Carol at nellhills@mail.lvnworth.com. </P> <P> (c) 2007 Cincinnati Post. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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India to Launch Moon Lander Mission
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2007-02-05
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Text of report by Indian news agency PTI
Bangalore, 5 February: India plans to undertake another mission to moon aided with a proper lander that would soft land on the lunar surface after its scheduled unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, early next year, India's space agency chief said.
Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization [ISRO], G Madhavan Nair said Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, will have a proper lander which would land on the lunar surface and would explore the surface in detail.
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<P>Text of report by Indian news agency PTI </P> <P> Bangalore, 5 February: India plans to undertake another mission to moon aided with a proper lander that would soft land on the lunar surface after its scheduled unmanned moon mission, Chandrayaan-1, early next year, India's space agency chief said. </P> <P> Chandrayaan-1 would be put into orbit using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The 525-kg satellite will be placed in 100 km polar orbit around the moon and it will have a life time of two years. </P> <P> Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization [ISRO], G Madhavan Nair said Chandrayaan-2, to be undertaken by 2010, will have a proper lander which would land on the lunar surface and would explore the surface in detail. </P> <P> Chandrayaan-1 is for mapping applications and this satellite is equipped with remote sensing cameras. </P> <P> "Chandrayaan-2 will have a lander which would touch down on the lunar surface and pick up samples," Nair told PTI here. </P> <P> Meanwhile, he said the government has given the go ahead to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to undertake detailed study and submit a firm project report on the manned mission to space. </P> <P> "Study project has been cleared," he said. "We are going into every detail regarding technologies involved...whatever precision needed...what type of human resources we need...all these will be sharply focused," he said. "By the end of the year, we will be submitting a firm project report to the government." </P> <P> About 80 scientists gathered at a meeting convened by ISRO in November last year were unanimous in suggesting that the time was appropriate for India to undertake a manned mission. </P> <P> The preliminary estimated cost for the manned space mission is 100bn rupees spread over a period of eight years, according to Bangalore-headquartered ISRO. </P> <P> Nair said ISRO is planning to launch another recoverable satellite next year. </P> <P> ISRO had last month successfully recovered a spacecraft -- Space Capsule Recovery Experiment-1 -- after manoeuvring it to re-enter the earth's atmosphere and descend over Bay of Bengal about 140 km east of Sriharikota. </P> <P> Later speaking at an international seminar here, Nair also unravelled the space agency's plans to have reusable launch vehicle. </P> <P> "It's in the concept stage and by 2020 we should be able to have such a system," he said. </P> <P> (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring South Asia. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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Less-Than-Large Bathrooms Need Jolt of Creativity
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Q: My mother-in-law just informed me that my bathroom was boring and needed to be decorated.
I agree that bathrooms should be as warm and inviting as any other room in your home.
The key to a great restroom is to make the space both striking and practical.
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<P>By Mary Carol Garrity </P> <P> Q: My mother-in-law just informed me that my bathroom was boring and needed to be decorated. I have to confess that I agree with her, but I have no clue how to decorate a bathroom. Any ideas? </P> <P> A: Don't you hate it when you mother-in-law is right? </P> <P> I agree that bathrooms should be as warm and inviting as any other room in your home. The key to a great restroom is to make the space both striking and practical. </P> <P> If your bathroom is petite, your goal is to make every inch beautiful and efficient. I've become a master at this, since the bathrooms in my historic home are about as big as postage stamps. </P> <P> Frankly, I like my little lavatories, and when we renovated our home, I decided to keep them small in order to preserve the character of the house. But I did freshen them up with white subway tile, creamy bead board and brown wall paint. </P> <P> Despite their diminutive size, small bathrooms can be as gorgeous and functional as huge ones. You just have to be creative. </P> <P> For instance, to add much needed storage space to my guest bath, I sandwiched a wonderful gothic bookshelf between the sink and the wall. On the bottom two shelves, I have snowy white towels rolled up, awaiting guests. I placed a reproduction of an old suitcase on the second shelf, then filled it with all the toiletry items guests might need during their stay. An assortment of magazines and books rests on top of the suitcase. </P> <P> I created a tableau that was both useful and beautiful on the bookcase's top shelf. A tall apothecary jar holds bright white washcloths. You'll find an assortment of fine soaps in a delicate compote next to the apothecary jar. Then, I filled in the remaining space on the shelf with treasures like framed snapshots, tip towels, a silver clock and an accent lamp. </P> <P> A wall-mounted shelf above the toilet holds more supplies, like cotton balls and Q-tips, stored in darling vintage jars. And because I can't stand to leave any surface bare, I created a striking montage on the back of the toilet with a dainty mirrored tray, a glass vase and a scented votive. </P> <P> If you have a huge bathroom suite, your challenge may be to make the space feel cozy, not cavernous. The best way to fill big spaces is with large pieces of furniture. Find a beautiful antique armoire or a large bookcase to cover a blank wall. Then, fill the shelves with bath essentials, like stacks of pristine white towels and baskets of supplies, such as toilet paper and bath products. </P> <P> Put mouthwash, perfume or bubble bath in crystal decanters, arrange them on an elegant silver tray and showcase it on a shelf. Then, add interest to your display by weaving in small pieces of artwork propped on easels. </P> <P> If you have lots of open floor space in your large master bath, add a bistro table and chairs so you can enjoy your morning coffee while you get ready for the day. Or, cover a slipper chair or round ottoman in a durable fabric and place it in the center of your dressing space. </P> <P> Mary Carol Garrity is the proprietor of three home furnishings stores in Atchison, Kan., and the author of several books on home decorating. Write to Mary Carol at nellhills@mail.lvnworth.com. </P> <P> (c) 2007 Cincinnati Post. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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WALES: Reap the Rewards of Living Healthily
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2007-02-05
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ISLANDERS are being urged to back a major healthy living initiative on Anglesey.
Health watchdogs want businesses and organisations to sign up for an ongoing special award project.
Health Challenge Anglesey is aimed at improving the health of staff and customers, targeting companies as well as schools and volunteers.
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<P>By DAVID GREENWOOD </P> <P> ISLANDERS are being urged to back a major healthy living initiative on Anglesey. </P> <P> Health watchdogs want businesses and organisations to sign up for an ongoing special award project. </P> <P> Health Challenge Anglesey is aimed at improving the health of staff and customers, targeting companies as well as schools and volunteers. </P> <P> Health promotion officer Luned Parry said: "We've already had a great response from companies and organisations. </P> <P> "The awards help draw attention to a healthy work-lifestyle balance and rewards winners for their commitment to staff and customers' well-being." </P> <P> The challenge has six key themes - smoking, obesity, accidents and injuries, infections, alcohol and other substance misuse and mental health and well-being. </P> <P> "Whoever meets the criteria and completes a declaration of support form will be included on the challenge website." </P> <P> Holyhead councillor John Chorlton, who has responsibility for health on Anglesey's executive, said: "Businesses and organisations can make a significant contribution to the health of staff and customers and I would like to see more bid for the challenge award." </P> <P> Details at www.anglesey .gov.uk/health or from Luned on 01248 752837. </P> <P> (c) 2007 Daily Post; Liverpool. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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Health Discovery Corporation Files for U.S. And Foreign Patent Protection of New Prostate Cancer Biomarker Discovery
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2007-02-05
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Health Discovery Corporation ("HDC") (OTCBB: HDVY) announced today that it has filed new patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in the U.S. Receiving Office for the Patent Cooperation Treaty for U.S. and foreign patent protection for a newly discovered Prostate Cancer Biomarker Expression Signature which is highly accurate for identifying prostate cancer. This new Prostate Cancer Biomarker Expression Signature was demonstrated to have a very high degree of accuracy as demonstrated by an area under the ROC curve of 94%.
Stephen D. Barnhill, M.D., Chairman & CEO of HDC, said, "I firmly believe that this new Prostate Cancer Biomarker Discovery provides a significant opportunity towards providing a more accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer and important new information for identifying new therapeutic targets in treating this potentially devastating type of cancer. This is especially important since The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that prostate cancer in men is expected to go up 40% worldwide in the next 25 years.
In addition, HDC has previously identified and reported additional Expression Signatures of biomarkers that are capable of distinguishing high-grade prostate cancers (Gleason Grade 4 and higher) from less malignant grades.
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<P>Health Discovery Corporation ("HDC") (OTCBB: HDVY) announced today that it has filed new patent applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in the U.S. Receiving Office for the Patent Cooperation Treaty for U.S. and foreign patent protection for a newly discovered Prostate Cancer Biomarker Expression Signature which is highly accurate for identifying prostate cancer. This new Prostate Cancer Biomarker Expression Signature was demonstrated to have a very high degree of accuracy as demonstrated by an area under the ROC curve of 94%. </P> <P> "This new and exciting biomarker discovery could play a significant role in a more accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer as well as providing important information for the development of new drug targets for the successful treatment of prostate cancer," commented Dr. Herbert A. Fritsche, Professor of Laboratory Medicine at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and Chairman of HDC's Science Team. "As medicine becomes increasingly personalized, discoveries of this nature could facilitate the development of new diagnostic tests and innovative treatments for prostate cancer." </P> <P> Stephen D. Barnhill, M.D., Chairman & CEO of HDC, said, "I firmly believe that this new Prostate Cancer Biomarker Discovery provides a significant opportunity towards providing a more accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer and important new information for identifying new therapeutic targets in treating this potentially devastating type of cancer. This is especially important since The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that prostate cancer in men is expected to go up 40% worldwide in the next 25 years. HDC is eager to work with both diagnostic and pharmaceutical partners on developing prospective commercial applications for this important new discovery." </P> <P> In addition, HDC has previously identified and reported additional Expression Signatures of biomarkers that are capable of distinguishing high-grade prostate cancers (Gleason Grade 4 and higher) from less malignant grades. More than 1 million men a year undergo biopsies of the prostate gland after the widely used cancer-screening test reveals moderately elevated levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in the blood. Only one in four of these biopsies find evidence of cancer, meaning that around 750,000 of those million plus biopsies were unnecessary. The ability to clearly distinguish between different cancer grades by accurately identifying biomarker expression signatures in tissue, blood, urine or semen, could reduce the number of unneeded biopsies while quickly identifying those men in urgent need of more aggressive treatment. </P> <P> According to a recent paper published in the Journal of Urology by Dr. Tom Stamey at Stanford University Medical Center, a world-renowned expert on prostate cancer, and a Member of the HDC Science Team "The Era of PSA is over" because of the low accuracy rate of Prostate Specific Antigen in identifying clinically significant prostate cancer. Dr. Stamey believes that a new more accurate test is needed to effectively detect this type of cancer. PSA sales are estimated at over $350 million annually and represent 40% of all annual cancer serum biomarker revenues. </P> <P> HDC has recently signed licensing agreements with Pfizer (NYSE: PFE), Epigenomics (Frankfurt, Prime Standard: ECX) and Bruker Daltonics (NASDAQ: BRKR). </P> <P> Savannah-based Health Discovery Corporation (OTCBB: HDVY) is uniquely positioned in the field of pattern recognition. Through its broad patent portfolio and the efforts of its recognized scientific team, HDC is focused on commercializing its intellectual property in genomic and proteomic biomarker discovery, medical imaging, diagnostics, and pharmaceutical advancements in personalized medicine. The company's patent-protected technology also has significant application in non-medical fields that require manipulation and analysis of large, complex datasets such as insurance, financial markets, Internet search & spam, and homeland security. </P> <P> This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27a of the Securities Acts of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove correct.</P>
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Health: Put Your Best Food Forward
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Are you eating your age?
So says nutrition expert Judith Wills, author of best-selling and newly revised book The Food Bible.
Ages 20-35 "The problem with people in their twenties is that they still think they are teenagers and can eat what they like," says Wills.
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<P>By Jessica Kiddle </P> <P> Are you eating your age? While most of us don't like to act it, we have different nutritional requirements at every stage of our lives and eating accordingly could help us stay looking, and feeling, healthy along the way. So says nutrition expert Judith Wills, author of best-selling and newly revised book The Food Bible. "Your body changes as you get older so your diet should too," she says. "Not only is this a way to control weight but it'll keep you in good health as well." So, to find out what you should be eating and when, read on. </P> <P> Ages 20-35 "The problem with people in their twenties is that they still think they are teenagers and can eat what they like," says Wills. "However, as we get older our metabolism slows so you should cut down on your daily calorie intake - not by much, just an average of 50 calories per decade, which works out at about four biscuits." </P> <P> For women, now's the time to build peak bone mass, so make sure you're getting lots of calcium. If you're planning a family, Wills advises taking lots of B vitamins, iron and zinc - which means eating green leafy veg and lean meat. </P> <P> Ages 35-45 "Those who fall into this age bracket should watch their calorie intake and take special care to eat superfoods such as blackcurrants and apricots which can protect you against the illnesses of old age," she says. As your career is taking off, Wills points out that a healthy diet can also give a boost to brain power. For example, a diet low in saturated fat encourages circulation of blood through the brain which, in turn, can aid concentration. </P> <P> Ages 45-65 For women, the middle years mean tackling the menopause, which Wills says can be made easier with diet. For example, some experts believe that soya-based foods such as tofu, which contains powerful phyto-oestrogens, can prevent hot flushes. Dry skin and limp hair can also be treated by eating foods rich in the antioxidant selenium, says Wills - so stock up on dairy products, avocados and pulses. </P> <P> The Food Bible: The Ultimate Reference Book for Food and Your Health by Judith Wills is published by Quadrille, priced GBP 10.99. </P> <P> (c) 2007 Scotsman, The. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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2007-02-05
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Highland herb skin boost
A Scottish shrub with an ancient pedigree as a herbal remedy has been made into a range of products for blemish-prone skin.
But researchers at Boots found that it has antibacterial and antioxidant properties, and is particularly effective against the bacteria associated with blemish- prone skin.
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<P>Highland herb skin boost </P> <P> A Scottish shrub with an ancient pedigree as a herbal remedy has been made into a range of products for blemish-prone skin. Sweet gale (or bog-myrtle), found in the Highlands, contains in its leaves an essential oil that has been used in the past as a natural insect repellent and as a flavouring for beer. But researchers at Boots found that it has antibacterial and antioxidant properties, and is particularly effective against the bacteria associated with blemish- prone skin. They have now incorporated it into a new range of skincare products in the Botanics Sensitive Skin range. </P> <P> The range also contains natural sugars from the marshmallow plant, which moisturise the skin. Marshmallow sweets were traditionally used to soothe sore throats. </P> <P> The Boots Botanics Sweet Gale range is launched this week, with products costing from GBP3.49 to GBP6.99. </P> <P> Ageing? It's not so bad </P> <P> Older people are able to take bad news in their stride better than their children or grandchildren - which can make them riskier gamblers as losses don't scare them, according to an American study. Research funded by the US National Institute of Ageing found that older adults process negative information differently from younger people and are less responsive to unpleasant information. </P> <P> Diabetes kidney-stone link The incidence of kidney stones appears to be increasing worldwide, and new research suggests diabetes could be a predisposing factor. </P> <P> A kidney stone is a solid mass of tiny crystals made of calcium, uric acid or other substances. Pain in the back, flank or abdomen is a common feature, along with bloody urine, excessive or painful urination, nausea and vomiting. A team at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota examined 3500 people diagnosed with kidney stones between 1980 and 1999. They were matched by age and gender with an equal number of people without kidney stones. The researchers also examined patients diagnosed with diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. After taking into account the effects of age, time of year, high blood pressure and obesity, diabetes was significantly associated with a diagnosis of kidney stones, the team has reported in the American Journal of Kidney Disease. </P> <P> (c) 2007 Herald, The; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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Arena Pharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment With 3,182 Patients in Lorcaserin Phase 3 BLOOM Trial for Obesity
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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it completed patient enrollment in the first of three planned Phase 3 pivotal trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of its lead drug candidate, lorcaserin hydrochloride, for the treatment of obesity.
Known as BLOOM (Behavioral modification and Lorcaserin for Overweight and Obesity Management), this double-blinded, randomized, and placebo-controlled trial enrolled 3,182 patients at approximately 100 centers in the United States.
"Completing the enrollment of more than 3,100 patients in the BLOOM trial in a little over four months reflects the significant need for additional options in the treatment of obesity," commented William Shanahan, M.D., Arena's Vice President and Chief Medical Officer.
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<P>SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that it completed patient enrollment in the first of three planned Phase 3 pivotal trials evaluating the efficacy and safety of its lead drug candidate, lorcaserin hydrochloride, for the treatment of obesity. Known as BLOOM (Behavioral modification and Lorcaserin for Overweight and Obesity Management), this double-blinded, randomized, and placebo-controlled trial enrolled 3,182 patients at approximately 100 centers in the United States. Arena continues to expect BLOOM's independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) to perform its month-six review of echocardiograms in the third quarter of 2007 and make a judgment as to whether it is appropriate to continue the trial. </P> <P> "Completing the enrollment of more than 3,100 patients in the BLOOM trial in a little over four months reflects the significant need for additional options in the treatment of obesity," commented William Shanahan, M.D., Arena's Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. "We are looking forward to the DSMB's review of the month-six echocardiographic data in the third quarter and the initiation of two additional one-year pivotal Phase 3 studies later this year." </P> <P> The BLOOM trial is evaluating a 20 mg daily dose (10 mg dosed twice daily) of lorcaserin versus placebo over a two-year treatment period in obese patients (BMI 30 to 45) with or without co-morbid conditions and overweight patients (BMI 27 to 30) with at least one co-morbid condition. The proportion of patients with a 5% or greater weight reduction from baseline at week 52 is the primary efficacy endpoint. All patients received echocardiograms at screening and will receive follow-up echocardiograms at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after starting the trial. Echocardiograms will be reviewed by an independent DSMB at 6 and 12 months. The DSMB will review echocardiographic data, and based upon predetermined criteria will make a judgment as to whether it is appropriate to continue the trial at the time of each review. </P> <P> The complete lorcaserin Phase 3 program is designed to enroll a total of approximately 6,000 overweight and obese patients in three pivotal trials. In addition to the BLOOM trial, two additional Phase 3 pivotal trials enrolling a total of approximately 3,000 patients will be initiated. In these additional pivotal trials Arena plans to evaluate the 20 mg and 10 mg daily doses versus placebo over a one-year treatment period, with one of the trials likely evaluating patients who also have type 2 diabetes. Diet and exercise will be part of each of the pivotal trials in accordance with the FDA guideline. In addition to the above planned pivotal trial program, several other small studies, such as drug interaction and abuse potential studies, will be conducted. </P> <P> "Keeping the BLOOM trial on track is a top priority, and we are pleased to have completed enrollment of Arena's first Phase 3 clinical trial on schedule," commented Jack Lief, Arena's President and Chief Executive Officer. </P> <P> About Lorcaserin </P> <P> Lorcaserin, Arena's orally administered, internally discovered drug candidate for the treatment of obesity, is in an ongoing Phase 3 program. The compound stimulates the 5-HT2C serotonin receptor, located in the hypothalamus, an area of the brain which helps regulate satiety and influences metabolic rate. Results from a Phase 2 study demonstrated that treatment with lorcaserin produced highly statistically significant, progressive and dose- dependent weight loss over a 12-week period. In the study, which excluded diet and exercise, patients taking a daily 20 mg dose of lorcaserin realized a mean weight loss of 7.9 pounds, while patients on placebo lost less than one pound. Lorcaserin was generally well tolerated at all doses and had no apparent effects on heart valves or pulmonary artery pressure. </P> <P> About Obesity </P> <P> Obesity affects tens of millions of adults and children in the United States and poses a serious long-term threat to their health and welfare. The number of overweight and obese people has substantially increased over the past several decades. Approximately two-thirds of all adults in the United States are obese or overweight, and medical and related costs of obesity were more than $117 billion in 2000. Being obese or overweight is associated with a number of conditions, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and osteoarthritis. Medical treatment options for obese and overweight people are currently limited. </P> <P> About Arena Pharmaceuticals </P> <P> Arena is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing oral drugs in four major therapeutic areas: cardiovascular, central nervous system, inflammatory, and metabolic diseases. Arena's most advanced product candidate, lorcaserin, is being investigated in a Phase 3 clinical trial program for the treatment of obesity. Arena's broad pipeline of novel compounds targeting G protein- coupled receptors, an important class of validated drug targets, includes compounds being evaluated independently and with its partners, Merck & Co., Inc. and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc. </P> <P> Arena Pharmaceuticals(R) and Arena(R) are registered service marks of the company. "APD" is an abbreviation for Arena Pharmaceuticals Development. </P> <P> Forward-Looking Statements </P> <P> Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include statements about the timing, protocol, design, scope and other aspects of the current and planned Phase 3 clinical trials and other studies of lorcaserin, the potential efficacy and tolerability of lorcaserin, the need for additional options in the treatment of obesity, the expected role and acts of the DSMB, the timing of DSMB reviews and other statements about Arena's strategy, preclinical and internal and partnered clinical programs, and ability to develop compounds and commercialize drugs. For such statements, Arena claims the protection of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual events or results may differ materially from Arena's expectations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Arena's planned clinical trials may not proceed at the time Arena expects or at all, the results of preclinical studies or clinical trials may not be predictive of future results, Arena's ability to partner lorcaserin, APD125 or other of its compounds or programs, the timing, success and cost of Arena's research, out-licensing endeavors and clinical trials, Arena's ability to obtain additional financing, Arena's ability to obtain and defend its patents, and the timing and receipt of payments and fees, if any, from Arena's collaborators. Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by Arena's forward-looking statements are disclosed in Arena's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent Arena's judgment as of the time of this release. Arena disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, other than as may be required under applicable law. </P> <P> <PRE> Contacts: Jack Lief President and CEO David Walsey Director, Corporate Communications Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 858.453.7200, ext. 1479 http://www.arenapharm.com/ E. Blair Schoeb WeissComm Partners Media Relations 760.365.1857 </PRE> </P> <P> Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Jack Lief, President and CEO, or David Walsey, Director,Corporate Communications, both of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc., +1-858-453-7200, ext. 1479; or Media Relations, E. Blair Schoeb of WeissComm Partners,+1-760-365-1857, for Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. </P> <P> Web site: http://www.arenapharm.com/</P>
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EPIX Pharmaceuticals Presents Data From Novel MRI Imaging Agent at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Meeting
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EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIX) today announced that preclinical data from a novel gadolinium-based collagen-specific contrast agent, EP-3533, was featured in a poster presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tenth Annual Scientific Meeting in Rome, Italy.
"We are pleased again to be presenting data on a first-in-class, molecular imaging agent for MRI," said Andrew Uprichard, M.D., president of EPIX Pharmaceuticals.
In this study, EP-3533 was given to mice 40 days following an MI. Following administration of EP-3533, strong enhancement of scar tissue began 10 minutes after the injection, with peak contrast between healthy and infarcted tissue observed 40 minutes after injection.
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<P>EPIX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: EPIX) today announced that preclinical data from a novel gadolinium-based collagen-specific contrast agent, EP-3533, was featured in a poster presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Tenth Annual Scientific Meeting in Rome, Italy. In a mouse model of myocardial infarction (heart attack), EP-3533-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was able to differentiate healthy, viable myocardium (heart muscle) from non-viable, infarcted myocardium. </P> <P> "We are pleased again to be presenting data on a first-in-class, molecular imaging agent for MRI," said Andrew Uprichard, M.D., president of EPIX Pharmaceuticals. "The current study demonstrates that EP-3533 can distinguish viable from non-viable myocardium, a potential large market opportunity in cardiovascular disease imaging. We intend to seek a partner or partners to continue to develop EP-3533 either individually or along with EP-2104R, a novel fibrin-binding thrombus (clot) imaging agent." </P> <P> Collagen-rich fibrotic scar tissue is created in the myocardium during the healing process after myocardial infarction (MI). In this study, EP-3533 was given to mice 40 days following an MI. Following administration of EP-3533, strong enhancement of scar tissue began 10 minutes after the injection, with peak contrast between healthy and infarcted tissue observed 40 minutes after injection. Image enhancement with EP-3533 lasted for at least one hour. The results of this study show that molecular imaging of collagen with EP-3533 clearly distinguished healthy heart muscle from infarcted heart muscle. </P> <P> "Fibrosis occurs in a number of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack and hypertrophy from high blood pressure," said Christopher M. Kramer, M.D., Professor of Radiology and Medicine, University of Virginia Health System and study investigator. "An agent that can effectively bind to collagen enabling clear images of scar tissue may have broad utility across a number of diseases and, as seen in these data, may provide physicians with a novel imaging tool to help manage cardiovascular disease. The next step in evaluating this agent will be to replicate these data in large animal models of myocardial infarction." </P> <P> About EP-3533 </P> <P> EP-3533 is a novel gadolinium-based collagen-specific magnetic resonance (MRI) imaging agent. </P> <P> About EPIX Pharmaceuticals </P> <P> EPIX Pharmaceuticals is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical products through the use of proprietary technology to better diagnose, treat and manage patients. The company has five internally-discovered therapeutic and imaging drug candidates currently in clinical trials targeting conditions such as depression, Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease and obesity. These drug candidates include PRX-08066 in Phase 2 clinical development for pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PRX-03140 which is in a Phase 2a clinical trial in Alzheimer's disease, PRX-00023 which is being developed to treat major depression, and PRX-07034, which is in Phase 1 clinical development for the treatment of obesity and cognitive impairment. The company also has a blood-pool imaging agent (Vasovist™) approved in 30 countries and marketed in Europe. EPIX also has collaborations with leading organizations, including GlaxoSmithKline, Amgen, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, and Bayer Schering Pharma, Germany. For more information about EPIX, please visit the company's website at www.epixpharma.com. </P> <P> This news release contains express or implied forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are based on current expectations of management. These statements relate to, among other things, our expectations regarding the progress and results of our clinical development program for EP-3533 and other drug candidates. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in these forward-looking statements. In particular, the risks and uncertainties include, among other things: risks that product candidates, including EP-3533, may fail in the clinic or may not be successfully marketed or manufactured; risks relating to the our ability to advance the development of product candidates currently in the pipeline or in clinical trials, any failure to comply with regulations relating to our products and product candidates, including FDA requirements; failure to obtain the financial resources to complete development of product candidates; the risk that the FDA may interpret the results of our studies differently than we have; competing products may be more successful; our inability to interest potential partners in our technologies and products; our inability to achieve commercial success for our products and technologies; the possibility of delays in the research and development necessary to select drug development candidates; the risk that we may be unable to successfully secure regulatory approval of and market our drug candidates; and risks of new, changing and competitive technologies and regulations in the U.S. and internationally. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise. For additional information regarding these and other risks that we face, see the disclosure contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.</P>
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'WHEN YOU'RE A DOCTOR YOU RENOUNCE THE RIGHT TO WALK AWAY' This Man Faces Hair-Raising Dangers to Save Lives in the World's Trouble Spots. Some Would Say Jonathan Kaplan is a Hero. He's Not so Sure
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Later Jonathan Kaplan will tell me about amputating black, frostbitten toes, removing a spear from a man's brain and locating splintered bullets among a tangled mass of bowel.
Studying Kaplan as he nonchalantly chews on a steak sandwich, between intermittent sips of peppermint tea, there are no outward signs of this extraordinary life.
Born in Durban, South Africa to parents who were both doctors - his father an orthopedic surgeon and his mother a pathologist - Kaplan, now 50, says he grew up with the expectation that he would serve.
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<P>By Words Susan Swarbrick </P> <P> Later Jonathan Kaplan will tell me about amputating black, frostbitten toes, removing a spear from a man's brain and locating splintered bullets among a tangled mass of bowel. </P> <P> Before all that, though, he's debating sandwich fillings in a tucked-away London pub. There's no sound of gunfire or helicopters hovering overhead. For Kaplan, a veteran war surgeon, life is quieter now. Although, as he himself would say, all doctors have their ghosts. </P> <P> Kaplan has experienced at first hand harrowing conditions where the air is ripe with disease and human suffering. He has improvised basic skin grafts in the Burmese mountains, performed an emergency Caesarean section in a refugee camp in Mozambique, and saved pummelled, bloodied limbs in war-stricken Kurdistan as shells fell around him and the constant rat-tat-tat of gunshots punctuated the silence of the night. </P> <P> He has also worked as a ship's medical officer in the South China Sea, dealing with a suspected typhoid outbreak among the passengers (and a growing syphilis epidemic among the crew). Then there was a stint as a flying doctor, overseeing the repatriation of the sick and injured from around the globe. Along the way he's battled debilitating bouts of malaria and dengue fever, narrowly escaped being blown up by landmines, and more than once evaded kidnap by rebel organisations. </P> <P> Studying Kaplan as he nonchalantly chews on a steak sandwich, between intermittent sips of peppermint tea, there are no outward signs of this extraordinary life. Nothing startling to distinguish him as someone who has deliberately forgone a potentially illustrious surgical career for a chaotic existence on the frontline of forgotten wars. Quiet and unassuming, he has a bookish appearance, passingly handsome yet wholly unremarkable save for his slender surgeon's fingers gracefully splayed on the table of front of him like those of a concert pianist poised to perform. </P> <P> Born in Durban, South Africa to parents who were both doctors - his father an orthopedic surgeon and his mother a pathologist - Kaplan, now 50, says he grew up with the expectation that he would serve. His father had worked as a combat surgeon in the Second World War and as a volunteer with the Israeli army in 1948 and 1973. These, however, were troubled times in South Africa. Faced with the growing racial tensions in his homeland, Kaplan skipped the draft, opting for exile over apartheid. He readily acknowledges that his tumultuous life path has - in part at least - been his way of compensating for this decision. </P> <P> "For me, the idea of serving in the South African army was morally untenable, " he says. </P> <P> "There was this great transforming struggle happening in South Africa and if you were white you tended to be very much on the wrong side of it. I left to avoid playing a part in that and perhaps, since then, I've felt the need to serve a cause." </P> <P> After leaving South Africa Kaplan moved to London, where he spent almost a decade diligently climbing the surgical career ladder in the UK. He laboriously pounded the corridors of NHS hospitals and even spent time in the United States pioneering a new angioplasty technique. Eventually, though, the call of Africa beckoned. In 1990, Kaplan travelled first to Namibia and Angola - where he narrowly avoided kidnap by Unita guerrillas - before making his way to Zululand, South Africa. There he took a job in a basic local hospital treating everything from intestinal parasites, TB and Aids to a patient who arrived in A&E with a spear clean through his brain (miraculously the man survived). </P> <P> On one occasion he received a call from a ward sister to say a patient "was gasping" (in local parlance this tended to mean someone was close to death). By the time Kaplan arrived, the patient had already passed away. </P> <P> Making his final checks before recording the date and time of death, he made a startling discovery: the patient's chest was covered with vast, fluid-filled blisters. Pondering a possible diagnosis he became aware of a senior physician standing beside him. "Bullous impetigo?" Kaplan enquired of his superior. "Nothing that rare, " came the reply. </P> <P> "The nurses are dashing around mid-morning changing bedding and they notice that a patient can't be roused, " said the senior physician. "When they look closer they realise she's passed on hours before, during the night. They were supposed to have checked everyone's pulse and temperature at 8am, but it's now 11, and the doctor they call to certify her death will notice she's already cold. So they run a hot bath and dump it in, to warm it up and reverse the signs of rigor mortis. They then put it back in bed and call us." </P> <P> While his time in Zululand undoubtedly helped shape his future, the decision that would irrevocably alter his life's path was yet to come. By March 1991, the Kurdish uprising was under way and tensions within northern Iraq were beginning to escalate. A friend of Kaplan's asked for his help in setting up an A&E unit in the region. "He told me, 'It's not dangerous. </P> <P> All you need to do is set up a treatment centre. </P> <P> It will only take two weeks, '" says Kaplan. "I quickly discovered these are two of the great lies of humanitarian work: that it will only be a couple of weeks and it won't be dangerous." </P> <P> After passage through Syria and Turkey to the border with northern Iraq, Kaplan arrived in the ridged mountain area where two million Kurdish refugees would eventually gather. </P> <P> They would flee northwards by any means possible: in buses, taxis, tractors and on foot as Iraqi helicopter gunships rained down fire. </P> <P> In his memoir, The Dressing Station, Kaplan describes the refugee camp as being "more terrible than I could have imagined". He writes: "The camp was a welter of churned-up mud, rotting entrails of slaughtered animals and rivulets of liquid s-. Exhausted families lay packed like sardines under shelters made of plastic sheet supported by bits of string and tree branch. There was no room for the men, who squatted outside in the mud with their heads on their knees, fast asleep amidst the constant din." </P> <P> Many refugees had developed dysentery or required minor amputations, which Kaplan describes as chiefly being "the removal of small, black, frostbitten toes from the feet of INTERVIEW children who had come over the mountains of Iraq in pathetic patent-leather loafers, bought in quieter times by proud town-dwelling Kurdish parents". He was the first doctor to enter the ravaged area, securing passage into Iraq itself on board a US Navy helicopter carrying out a food drop to isolated groups of refugees. His decision to hitch a lift, however, was one that would prove both blessing and burden when an overzealous cargo-kicker accidentally dispatched most of Kaplan's equipment - including a tent and packs of surgical instruments, anaesthetic and dressings - over the edge of the rear loading ramp. </P> <P> Strapped into his seat, Kaplan could only watch helplessly as the vital medical supplies plummeted earthwards, never to be seen again. </P> <P> Recounting the incident now, he conveys only mild annoyance. Did he thrive on having the odds stacked against him? He shakes his head. "When something like that happens you can't simply refuse to work any longer, " he explains. "When you become a doctor you renounce the right to simply walk away. You learn to adapt and get by without a particular piece of equipment. </P> <P> When you're dealing with wounds, the nature of which you've never seen before, the fact that you're trained as a general surgeon doesn't mean you won't have to operate on damaged eyes or perform an emergency Caesarean section. What do you do in that situation?" He pauses. </P> <P> "You simply do the best you can." </P> <P> Leading the first medical team into Iraq was a responsibility of daunting proportions. "Nobody really knew what was happening across the border, " says Kaplan. </P> <P> "All that was apparent was hundreds of thousands of people were coming the other way. Two million Kurds fled across the border. When I arrived the refugees were just starting to come across; the Kurdish uprising was in the midst of collapsing. When I'd been briefed in Paris, however, the expectation was I'd be working in liberated Kurdistan setting up a treatment centre. By the time I arrived, the border crossing point was no longer passable due to Iraqi shelling. I knew whatever the situation was across the border, it was going to be unlike anything I'd ever faced before." </P> <P> One of the first operations he performed was on the grenade- mangled hand of a peshmerga fighter. He saved the man's hand, but had to amputate two fingers. Afterwards, for want of any other means to dispose of the flesh, he recalls hurling the bloodied gauze over a nearby barbed-wire fence, from where there came a rustling sound and a snarl as it was carried off by feral dogs. Along with a lack of proper medical supplies and unsanitary conditions, fatigue was a hugely debilitating factor. "You learn ways of functioning in extreme exhaustion, " says Kaplan. "You deal with it by various tricks: by learning to sleep for 10 minutes or by only using up enough energy to deal with each problem - and hopefully knowing when you're so stupidly fatigued you're actually dangerous." </P> <P> He spent two and a half months in Kurdistan caring for the sick and injured, only returning home when he himself became too ill to work, felled by a chest infection and high fever. </P> <P> Kaplan left with such haste he swiftly found himself boarding a train to London still wearing boots stained with blood and mud. In one trouser pocket was a ration meal. His shirt pockets, meanwhile, contained a miscellany of items including ampoules of morphine, a handful of drip needles, a spoon and a tin opener. As he made his way through the crowds at Victoria station, he recalls his only overwhelming desire was to sleep. </P> <P> While on the front line of the humanitarian effort in Kurdistan, Kaplan suffered frequent, vivid dreams in which tens of thousands of refugees arrived at his clinic seeking help and he was unable to treat them all. On his return to London, however, the nightmares began in earnest. "Out there you seldom have nightmares because you're so tired, " he says. "It's when you return home - and the pressures are gone - that your brain starts doing all the worrying you didn't have time for." </P> <P> In his more lucid moments he wondered exactly what he'd achieved in Kurdistan. On his final helicopter flight home, he sat next to a Swedish water engineer who had helped build filtration plants to bring clean water to the refugee camps. Kaplan reflected that while the engineer's work had "preserved probably thousands from death", by comparison he'd "saved perhaps a handful of lives". </P> <P> When asked about such feelings of seeming inadequacy and helplessness, Kaplan is candid. "I don't think I've really made a significant difference, " he says evenly. "I've learned a lot and seen things I could never have imagined. I've been baffled, delighted and astonished by experiences I couldn't have ever comprehended. I've won some - and I've lost some. But it's a bit like the tree that falls in the forest and nobody sees it. In some of those places huge numbers of people are dying and nobody knows about it. Sometimes I do have that feeling. If I wasn't there it would still be happening. The only difference is nobody would be there to record it." </P> <P> Back home, Kaplan tried to readjust to normality but found the remnants of his previous life now jarred. He describes it as "an odd transition" and recalls finding the "discipline and stability" of regular hospital work "oppressive". His became a hermit-like existence as he tried to harness his emotions. </P> <P> This would become a common theme on his return from war-torn locations. "It's always relatively undramatic going, moving from here into a place of chaos, because you immediately have to solve problems and deal with the most elementary aspects of survival, " he says. </P> <P> "Coming back, however, is very difficult. </P> <P> That's the greatest disruption. When you suddenly find yourself in a place where all sorts of stresses you had taken for granted have disappeared and far worse ones such as unpaid bills, tax returns and mortgage payments become almost insurmountable." </P> <P> Later, returning in 2000 from Eritrea - where he worked during the country's David and Goliath conflict with neighbouring Ethiopia - Kaplan recalls a similarly prolonged period of readjustment. "I'd been working near the border with the Ethiopian Migs [warplanes] going over on bombing raids, " he says. "Back home my flat was underneath the flight path for London Heathrow and any time a plane flew over I'd try to dive under the sofa - quite a problem, given it was only three inches off the ground. I was always listening for the bombs which would follow. It took some time to recondition my reflexes." </P> <P> Despite his candid nature, Kaplan admits he always finds it difficult when asked to recount tales from his travels. "I'll go out to dinner with friends and they'll say, 'Tell us what it was like.' Something I quickly realised, however, is that there's no common vocabulary that makes it possible to explain what it was like. What you do is come up with little anecdotes that are simple: they have a beginning, a middle and a resolution - possibly some kind of moral point. </P> <P> The odd thing is, however, that as time passes it's quite easy to feel this is the true experience of what happened." </P> <P> Life. Such a fragile thing. One that Kaplan has seen both replenished and cruelly extinguished. He has witnessed it at its most eccentric, outlandish and extraordinary. </P> <P> "Among all the suffering you see such absurdities and extremes of the human condition, you'd need to have a heart of stone not to laugh out loud, " he says. Some patients claim greater prominence in the recesses of his mind than others: the woman in England who had a gallstone removed from her bowel and then promptly swallowed it, believing it to be a green tablet; the polite gentleman in Zululand with the chest wound who wandered away from A&E and was found the next morning dead under a nearby tree; and the teenage Kurdish boy with a gunshot wound to the groin whom Kaplan battled valiantly for days to save but who died anyway. </P> <P> "I can see all their faces, " he says. "It's odd because you form a relationship with someone even if you don't share a common language. </P> <P> They arrive in front of you and you have the responsibility of making them better. You might have the extraordinarily intimate experience of having your hands inside their belly - and it's hard to get closer to someone than that. Then, when they die, it's as though this incredibly intense relationship has been severed. You can never get that back or do anything with it." </P> <P> Kaplan's memoirs are filled with tales of heroism and seemingly unfaltering strength and courage, yet he looks incredulous at being described this way. The reality, he is keen to impress, was very different. "It was often terrifying, " he says. "When you're dealing with a possibly psychotic 12-year-old at a road block who has an automatic weapon and no idea how to use the safety catch, you have to hope there's some sort of connection you can make with him in order to save yourself. Likewise, when you're being shelled or bombed there's no right side of the wall to lie beside." Perhaps this brings a sense of peace, knowing a situation is out of your hands, I suggest. Kaplan laughs softly. "No, I've never reached that point of Zen detachment, " he says with a wisp of a smile. </P> <P> So why does he do it? Despite the nature of his chosen line of work, Kaplan abhors any suggestion he's drawn to the thrill of danger. </P> <P> "If I was an adrenaline junkie - as I've often been described - I'd tie a bit of elastic to my ankle and jump off a high bridge. For me, that's an absolutely terrifying prospect." Yet by the same token he describes the "intensity of existence" as being "comparable to the sort of rush heroin addicts describe". </P> <P> "Generally the human nervous system isn't very well constructed for experiencing the present, " he explains. "Most of the time we live somewhere between thinking about the past and anticipating the future. Truly being aware of the instant is very difficult. When I'm in these places, however, it's as though the past and the future don't really exist. All the trivial fears of life vanish and I live absolutely in the moment." </P> <P> For a long time, he says, the nomadic existence of his work proved a key lure. "I had accumulated nothing, " he writes in The Dressing Station. "No pension, no property, no life insurance, no lasting relationship. I was living from one assignment to the next, relishing the peculiar mixture of fulfilment and frustration they provided." With a grin he admits that, even now, his "material security genes are underdeveloped". These days he has put down tentative roots in Islington, north London, where he works part- time as a GP and NHS surgeon. He also has a "very long-suffering and patient" girlfriend, Laura, who is an architect. "Whenever I go away Laura will say, 'I may not still be here when you get back.' Then when I'm back she'll say, 'You are very lucky I'm still here, '" he smiles. </P> <P> Kaplan's last foray into a war zone was four years ago, when he flew to Baghdad to assist the humanitarian effort during the second Gulf War. "Although I was aware of the limitations of what we could achieve, I still had pure, romantic ideas about some sort of saving of humanity, " he says. "But the degree of optimism with which I went into that particular conflict is something I will never have again. The idea we'd be looked after by the people we were there to help was one which was soon squandered." </P> <P> Since then, he has been on stand-by on several occasions, including following the south-east Asian tsunami in 2004, the Pakistan earthquake and London terrorist bombings in 2005, and last year's conflict between Israel and Lebanon. "It hasn't been through idleness that I haven't done anything; it's simply been chance that the requirement for a surgeon changed and I was asked to stand down, " he says. While Kaplan concedes "at a certain point it will become inevitable I will stop", he has no intention of doing so just yet, although he alludes to considering a change of direction. </P> <P> "Surgery is a rather limited way of delivering care to people, " he says. "One surgeon can only make one person better and the more complex the operation the longer it takes. I'd eventually like to retire from surgery and perhaps work as an HIV doctor in Africa." </P> <P> Kaplan once said he believed all he needed to do "was to keep on travelling". I can't help but wonder if he has found the long- elusive absolution he's been searching for. He tilts his head to one side, deep in thought. "I suppose I did believe there was some great purpose that would make itself apparent to me somewhere, " he says. "That when I found it, the reason for my birth would become obvious. </P> <P> The further I've travelled, however, the clearer it has been to me that there's absolutely no overriding purpose to it at all. The only thing I've become convinced of is the absolute impossibility that there's a God or a higher power. The more human suffering I've seen it's become apparent that, if there is a God, it's such a malevolent, destructive and frankly untrustworthy entity it would be an insult to human intelligence to believe in him." </P> <P> For now, it seems, his journey remains destination unknown. "I envy people who see life in terms of simple moments of blinding illumination, " Kaplan says. "To me it's a puzzle. The more I see in life, well, that simply increases the possibility of working out what it all means." </P> <P> Jonathan Kaplan will be in discussion with Kate Adie at Aye Write! Bank of Scotland book festival at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow on February 18. </P> <P> Visit www. ayewrite. com or call 0871 230 9887. </P> <P> The Dressing Station is published by Picador, priced GBP6.99. Contact Wounds: A War Surgeon's Education is published in paperback by Picador on February 16, priced GBP6.99. </P> <P> (c) 2007 Herald, The; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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CIGNA Healthy Rewards Expands Health and Wellness Discounts for Members
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BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIGNA HealthCare has expanded its Healthy Rewards(R) health and wellness discount amenity program to include discounts of up to 60 percent on physical fitness centers, wellness and stress management programs and oral health products.
Healthy Rewards provides easy access to a variety of brand name health and wellness products and services at discounted prices to help members get healthy and stay healthy.
"The most recent expansion of the Healthy Rewards program is just one of many ways that CIGNA HealthCare is working to provide the education, motivation and support necessary to help members adopt healthy behaviors that maintain or improve their health," said Diana Wynne, program manager for CIGNA Healthy Rewards.
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<P>BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Feb. 5, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIGNA HealthCare has expanded its Healthy Rewards(R) health and wellness discount amenity program to include discounts of up to 60 percent on physical fitness centers, wellness and stress management programs and oral health products. Healthy Rewards provides easy access to a variety of brand name health and wellness products and services at discounted prices to help members get healthy and stay healthy. </P> <P> "The most recent expansion of the Healthy Rewards program is just one of many ways that CIGNA HealthCare is working to provide the education, motivation and support necessary to help members adopt healthy behaviors that maintain or improve their health," said Diana Wynne, program manager for CIGNA Healthy Rewards. "We've designed Healthy Rewards to not only help members learn new ways to improve their health, but also to provide incentives, such as these discounts, that can help make it easier to make progress. And we continue to add new programs that allow more consumers to engage in ways that are meaningful and valuable to them." </P> <P> Healthy Rewards, first launched nationally in 2001, has grown to become one of the nation's most robust amenity programs, offering discounts on a variety of health and wellness products and services, including but not limited to anti-cavity products, chiropractic care, eyewear, contact lenses, fitness club memberships, guided imagery and mind-body techniques, health and wellness products, hearing care, laser vision correction, magazine subscriptions, massage therapy, natural supplements, tobacco cessation and weight management. The program is available to CIGNA's medical, dental and behavioral members. </P> <P> The Healthy Rewards program most recently added a discount on Philips Sonicare(R) power toothbrushes. This new offering promotes the importance of proper oral care in an effort to help keep members healthy. And for every discounted Philips Sonicare toothbrush sold through the Healthy Rewards program, CIGNA Foundation will donate $3 to the March of Dimes(R), an organization devoted to the study of preventing pre-term birth. According to the Surgeon General, our mouths speak volumes about the state of our health(1). In fact, recent research has linked gum disease to complications for pre-term birth, diabetes, heart disease and stroke(2). </P> <P> Taking action toward living a healthier life can also mean incorporating exercise into daily living. To help members with their personal fitness challenges, Healthy Rewards also now offers a year-round Curves(R) discount. Curves is a fitness club chain geared to women, with over 10,000 locations in the U.S. Healthy Rewards program participants can receive a discounted membership fee when joining Curves. Physical activity is a key strategy in keeping weight in line and staying healthy. Even modest weight losses of 5 to 15 percent of body weight can help reduce the risk of obesity and associated illnesses, including diabetes, high blood pressure, health disease, some forms of cancer and gall bladder disease(3). </P> <P> Also as part of the recent Healthy Rewards expansion, members can relax and relieve stress with access to over 3,500 spas including day, destination, hotel, and medical spas, through SpaFinder.com. Members can visit the Web site and receive discounted gift certificates with free ground shipping for their personal use or for others. While different spas provide different services, including weight management support, fitness programs or pampering treatments, all spas have one thing in common - they specialize in wellness. </P> <P> In addition to the latest programs and services added to the program, Healthy Rewards members already receive discounts on products and services offered through these participating vendors: Drugstore.com(TM), Weight Watchers(R), Jenny Craig(R), Yoga Journal, Mayo Clinic books, Just Walk 10,000 Steps a Day(TM), Cooking Light, Health and Prevention magazines, and discounted eyewear and eye exams from LensCrafters(R), Pearle Vision(R), Target, Sears and JC Penney. Members may also get discounted service from networks of registered dieticians, acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, and LASIK eye surgeons. </P> <P> *Some of the features of the Healthy Rewards(R) program are not available in all states. </P> <P> <PRE> (1) U.S. Surgeon General's Report, 2000. (2) American Academy of Periodontology (3) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001 </PRE> </P> <P> The Healthy Rewards(R) discount program is offered at no additional cost to members, as a way to help enhance their benefit plans and meet the growing demand for complementary care services. It is provided as an advantage of plan participation and is not part of the benefit plan. Healthy Rewards(R) is not a covered benefit or an insurance program. Members do not need referrals, nor do they file claims to obtain discounts. They obtain discounts by presenting their member identification card. The program discounts cannot be applied to any co-payment or coinsurance for services covered under the member's benefit plan. Program participants schedule appointments directly with service providers and also pay them directly. </P> <P> CIGNA HealthCare, based in Bloomfield, CT, provides medical benefits plans, dental coverage, behavioral health coverage, pharmacy benefits and products and services that integrate and analyze information to support consumerism and health advocacy. "CIGNA HealthCare" refers to certain operations of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, which is an operating subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation . Products and services are provided by such operating subsidiaries, and not by CIGNA Corporation. For more information, visit http://www.cigna.com/. </P> <P> CIGNA HealthCare </P> <P> CONTACT: Nicole Blatcher, CIGNA HealthCare, +1-215-761-4756,nicole.blatcher@cigna.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.cigna.com/ </P> <P> Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/165050.html</P>
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FDA Approves New Dose for Wyeth Transplant Drug
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The FDA has approved new dosing recommendations for Wyeth's drug Rapamune for high immunologic risk renal transplant recipients.
In high immunologic risk patients, it is recommended that a Rapamune-based regimen be used in combination with cyclosporine (CsA) and corticosteroids for the first year following transplantation.
The new dosing recommendations also allow for use in combination with antibody induction therapy in this population.
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<P>The FDA has approved new dosing recommendations for Wyeth's drug Rapamune for high immunologic risk renal transplant recipients. </P> <P> Rapamune is the only kidney transplant therapeutic with dosing recommendations specifically for the treatment of high immunologic risk renal transplant recipients. In high immunologic risk patients, it is recommended that a Rapamune-based regimen be used in combination with cyclosporine (CsA) and corticosteroids for the first year following transplantation. The new dosing recommendations also allow for use in combination with antibody induction therapy in this population. </P> <P> High immunologic risk patients have a greater likelihood of developing acute rejection than low to moderate risk kidney transplant recipients. High immunologic risk patients are defined as transplant recipients who are black, repeat renal transplant recipients and patients with high-panel reactive antibodies (PRA). </P> <P> The new labeling was based on clinical data indicating that a Rapamune-based regimen, when initiated post-transplant in combination with CsA, is efficacious in preventing acute rejection in high immunologic risk renal transplant recipients.</P>
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Premium-Priced Agents From Novartis, Alizyme, and Astellas Will Drive the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Drug Market to Nearly Triple
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WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the emergence of premium-priced treatments, including agents from Novartis, Alizyme, and Astellas, will drive sales in the irritable bowel syndrome drug market to nearly triple by 2015.
The projected market growth is based on clinical trials of renzapride and ramosetron that have, to date, shown these agents to lack the increased incidence of serious side effects that has plagued similar drugs.
The report also finds that, while irritable bowel syndrome affects more than 73 million people in the world's major pharmaceutical markets (the United States, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom), diagnosis rates are 33% or lower for several reasons, including the tendency of many patients to opt for over-the-counter medication.
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<P>WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that the emergence of premium-priced treatments, including agents from Novartis, Alizyme, and Astellas, will drive sales in the irritable bowel syndrome drug market to nearly triple by 2015. </P> <P> The new Pharmacor report "Irritable Bowel Syndrome" finds that the uptake of Novartis' Zelmac/Zelnorm (tegaserod) and the launches of other high-priced agents in the 5-HT receptor modulator class, including Alizyme's renzapride and Astellas' ramosetron, will drive total market sales to more than $1.8 billion in 2015. The projected market growth is based on clinical trials of renzapride and ramosetron that have, to date, shown these agents to lack the increased incidence of serious side effects that has plagued similar drugs. </P> <P> The report also finds that, while irritable bowel syndrome affects more than 73 million people in the world's major pharmaceutical markets (the United States, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom), diagnosis rates are 33% or lower for several reasons, including the tendency of many patients to opt for over-the-counter medication. </P> <P> "Patients often use over-the-counter treatments to avoid the stigma of irritable bowel syndrome," said Decision Resources therapeutic area director Cindy Mundy, Ph.D. "Patients' reliance on non-prescription self-medication also stems from the fact that some physicians and insurers are unaware of the condition and its treatment options and that the condition is marginalized because it is not life-threatening. As a result, considerable commercial potential remains for companies that can develop and promote safe, effective therapies for this underserved market." </P> <P> About Decision Resources </P> <P> Decision Resources (http://www.decisionresources.com/) is a world leader in market research publications, advisory services, and consulting designed to help clients shape strategy, allocate resources, and master their chosen markets. </P> <P> All company, brand, or product names contained in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. </P> <P> <PRE> For more information, contact: Elizabeth Marshall Decision Resources, Inc. 781-296-2563 emarshall@dresources.com </PRE> </P> <P> Decision Resources, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Elizabeth Marshall of Decision Resources, Inc., +1-781-296-2563,or marshall@dresources.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.decisionresources.com/</P>
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In Good Company
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2007-02-04
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THE capital these days boasts several distinct little pockets of epicurean excellence.
More accurately, as one owner on the receiving end of a less than satisfactory report from this writer reminded me recently, there are several pockets of restaurants that I think are excellent.
To these hotspots, I can now add the top-value duo of the Outsider and Herbe, both of which are on George IV Bridge, in Edinburgh's Old Town.
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<P>By Richard Bath </P> <P> THE capital these days boasts several distinct little pockets of epicurean excellence. More accurately, as one owner on the receiving end of a less than satisfactory report from this writer reminded me recently, there are several pockets of restaurants that I think are excellent. </P> <P> The most obvious is the cluster of top-quality eateries in Leith, a gathering whose richness was underlined recently when Kitchin received a well-deserved Michelin star. When asked (and I often am) to recommend somewhere central but off the beaten track, I generally suggest visiting the Dalry Road duo of Le Partenope and First Coast, two restaurants that I could eat in every day of the week without getting bored. </P> <P> To these hotspots, I can now add the top-value duo of the Outsider and Herbe, both of which are on George IV Bridge, in Edinburgh's Old Town. The Outsider and its equally sensibly priced sister restaurant, the Apartment, are well-known Edinburgh fixtures, but Herbe remains something of a well-kept secret. But just why this should be is difficult to fathom. </P> <P> A recently received missive from a frothingly angry restaurateur reminded me that this reviewing business is a subjective process. Prices, service and the quality of the food can be objectively rated, but environment and atmosphere cannot, and sometimes a restaurant just grabs your attention - even if you are not sure why. </P> <P> Herbe is just such a place. The menu is interesting but not cutting-edge, the prices offer pretty good value but are not cheap, and the service is attentive without being cloying. Accessed via a discreet staircase down from the street-level deli, this cavernous restaurant is such a well-designed space that it gets away with being decorated from top to bottom in lime green. Somehow the whole thing just works; the full experience is an enjoyable, relaxing one. </P> <P> That was certainly the verdict of a group of four Morningside matrons eating at the table next to me. They were the only other people in the restaurant and I could hear their understated superlatives as they discussed the food and environment. This wasn't their first visit to Herbe - and it wasn't, they said, going to be their last. One asked whether they shouldn't try another restaurant next time, but was talked out of it. The place, you see, is somehow comfortable. </P> <P> Herbe also does the basics competently, sometimes well. The two starters, for instance - grilled black pudding served with bacon and poached egg, and scallops with vegetable tempura - were both well above average, with succulent scallops, crisp tempura and black pudding so grainy that you could almost imagine a horny-handed Stornoway butcher labouring over a huge pot in a darkened back room on Lewis. </P> <P> The main courses were more of a mixed bag. The tender medallions of beef fillet were nicely pink, but the puff pastry accompaniment looked like a weird frisbee - and, given the absence of sauce, was about as likely to be eaten as one. The seabass dish was flawed too, with the prawn-and-scallop bisque turning the whole thing into a moist gloop that didn't just fail to bring out the flavour of the fish, it actively obscured it. </P> <P> The puddings rounded off the meal in a similarly flawed but enjoyable vein. The brioche-and-butter pudding with Bailey's Irish Cream was decadently delicious, while the banana and toffee crumble was a bubbling, molten mass that set the teeth on edge when combined with the cold ice-cream. </P> <P> For all that, however, it was money well spent at a restaurant that managed to satisfy the only criteria by which you can judge a restaurant: would you go back. I would, even if, like my fellow diners, I'm not completely sure why. </P> <P> Vital statistics </P> <P> Herbe Bistro, 44 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh (0131 226 3269) </P> <P> out of pocket Starters GBP 3.50-GBP 6.95 Main courses GBP 8.50- GBP 15.50 </P> <P> Puddings GBP 3.75-GBP 5.50 Two-course lunch GBP 10 Two-course dinner GBP 13 </P> <P> tipping points Food 13/20 Service 13/20 Value 14/20 Setting 16/ 20 </P> <P> (c) 2007 Scotland on Sunday. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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SkinMedica(R) Presents Three Scientific Posters at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology: Data Support Use of New Desonate(TM) (Desonide) Gel 0.05% With Patented Hydrogel Technology for Treatment of Mild-to-Moderate Atopic Dermatitis
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Desonate was developed by SkinMedica and Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc., in a collaborative agreement.
Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2006, Desonate will be commercially available on February 12, 2007, and will be co-promoted by SkinMedica and Galderma Laboratories, L.P. SkinMedica will promote Desonate to the dermatology market, while Galderma will promote Desonate to pediatricians via its specialized pediatric sales force.
Desonate is the first and only atopic dermatitis treatment formulated with the patented Hydrogel Technology.
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<P>CARLSBAD, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SkinMedica, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, acquiring, and commercializing products that treat dermatologic conditions and diseases and improve the appearance of skin, announced today that three clinical posters supporting the benefits of Desonate(TM) (desonide) Gel 0.05% will be presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), to be held February 2-6, 2007, in Washington, D.C. </P> <P> Desonate was developed by SkinMedica and Dow Pharmaceutical Sciences, Inc., in a collaborative agreement. Desonate is a low-potency topical steroid (desonide) formulated in Dow's proprietary water-based Hydrogel Technology. Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2006, Desonate will be commercially available on February 12, 2007, and will be co-promoted by SkinMedica and Galderma Laboratories, L.P. SkinMedica will promote Desonate to the dermatology market, while Galderma will promote Desonate to pediatricians via its specialized pediatric sales force. </P> <P> Desonate, which has been approved by FDA for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in patients aged 3 months and older for up to four consecutive weeks, is an appropriate therapy for both pediatric and adult patients. Desonate is the first and only atopic dermatitis treatment formulated with the patented Hydrogel Technology. This versatile formulation can be used on hair-bearing and non-hair-bearing skin, and is free of alcohol, fragrance, or surfactants that can be irritating or drying to the skin. </P> <P> "We believe the depth and breadth of our clinical findings, as presented at this year's AAD meeting, demonstrate Desonate's Hydrogel advantage," said Rex Bright, President & CEO of SkinMedica. "The data illustrate that Desonate provides an effective new treatment option for physicians and their patients. Moreover, the patient preference study suggests that patients will embrace the attributes of the Hydrogel vehicle." </P> <P> <PRE> The scientific posters are summarized here: Safety and Efficacy of Desonide Hydrogel 0.05% in Pediatric Subjects With Atopic Dermatitis </PRE> </P> <P> A total of 425 subjects were treated with Desonate and 157 subjects were treated with the Hydrogel vehicle twice daily for 4 weeks. Desonate 0.05% was extremely well tolerated and provided statistically significant improvements in all primary (P < 0.001) and secondary (P < / = 0.006) efficacy endpoints. Subjects in the active group experienced significant clearing of disease, with a rapid reduction of body surface area affected as early as Week 2. At the end of treatment, 58% of Desonate-treated subjects had their disease assessed as clear or almost clear by Investigator's assessment. </P> <P> Atopic Dermatitis: Advantages of a Novel Hydrogel Vehicle </P> <P> In Phase III studies, signs and symptoms of atopic dermatitis were noticeably reduced in both the Desonate-treated group and the vehicle group. Results from a separate hydration and barrier study demonstrated the moisturizing potential of the Hydrogel vehicle, further reinforcing the non-drying effects of this aqueous gel. </P> <P> <PRE> Topical Vehicle Preferences in Atopic Dermatitis Patients -- Evaluating a Novel Hydrogel Vehicle </PRE> </P> <P> Results from this user preference study showed that the majority of subjects ( > / = 84%) found the Hydrogel vehicle easy to apply; suitable for use on multiple body areas, including hair-bearing skin; comfortable to have on their skin under clothing and make-up; non-greasy; absorbs quickly; and non-drying. Seventy-five percent (75%) of subjects rated this vehicle as superior to other gels they had used, and eighty-eight percent (88%) of subjects would be compliant with this vehicle as part of a treatment regimen. Ninety-four percent (94%) would be willing to use products formulated with this vehicle on their children. </P> <P> Posters will be presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in Washington, DC. </P> <P> <PRE> Hall C -- Washington Convention Center February 2-5, 2007 (Times vary by date.) About Atopic Dermatitis </PRE> </P> <P> Atopic dermatitis affects more than 15 million patients, resulting in rash, redness, swelling, crusting, and scaling of the skin. The disease affects nearly 20% of infants and young children, some of which continue to experience symptoms as adults. The exact cause is unknown; however, genetics and environmental factors are considered key factors. Topical corticosteroids are the "gold standard" of treatment for atopic dermatitis, with more than $1 billion in prescriptions written annually by U.S. physicians for inflammatory dermatoses. </P> <P> Additional Information About Desonate </P> <P> For information about Desonate, including its approved labeling, please visit http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cder/drugsatfda/index.cfm, or contact SkinMedica Customer Service at (866) 867-0110. </P> <P> About SkinMedica </P> <P> SkinMedica is a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company marketing both prescription and cosmeceutical dermatology products. SkinMedica's Desonate(TM) (desonide) Gel 0.05% is indicated for the treatment of mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis; EpiQuin(R) Micro (4% hydroquinone) cream is indicated for melasma and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation; VANIQA(R) (eflornithine hydrochloride) Cream, 13.9%, is the only FDA-approved prescription product for the treatment of unwanted facial hair in women; and NeoBenz(R) Micro Cream and NeoBenz(R) Micro SD (single dose) are the only benzoyl peroxide prescription products that contain a patented gradual-release formulation of benzoyl peroxide to treat acne. The company's full line of cosmeceutical products, which is sold through physicians, includes TNS Recovery Complex(R) with NouriCel-MD(R) to help improve the health and appearance of aging skin. SkinMedica is based in Carlsbad, California. For more information, visit http://www.skinmedica.com/. </P> <P> About Galderma Laboratories, L.P. </P> <P> Created in 1981 as a joint venture between Nestle and L'Oreal, Galderma Laboratories is the number-one dermatology company in the world, according to a recent IMS D-Class survey. With a worldwide presence in 65 countries, over 1000 sales representatives, and one of the largest research facilities dedicated to dermatology, Galderma provides innovative therapeutic skin care solutions to meet the needs of dermatology patients and physicians. The company is committed to improving the health of skin with an extensive line of products that treat a range of skin care conditions, including acne, rosacea, fungal nail infections, psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, hyperpigmentation disorders, non-melanoma skin cancer, and photodamage. With a new research lab in Sophia Antipolis, France, and the introduction of exciting technology and products on the horizon, Galderma is poised to continue making significant impact in dermatology treatment. For more information, visit http://www.galdermausa.com/. </P> <P> Desonate(TM) is a trademark of SkinMedica, Inc. </P> <P> SkinMedica(R), EpiQuin(R) Micro, NeoBenz(R) Micro, NouriCel-MD(R), TNS Recovery Complex(R), and VANIQA(R) are registered trademarks of SkinMedica, Inc. </P> <P> <PRE> CONTACT: Michelle Saunders Vice President, Pharmaceutical Marketing (760) 448-3673 msaunders@skinmedica.com </PRE> </P> <P> SkinMedica, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Michelle Saunders, Vice President, Pharmaceutical Marketing,SkinMedica, Inc., +1-760-448-3673, msaunders@skinmedica.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.galdermausa.com/ </P> <P> Web site: http://www.skinmedica.com/</P>
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Avicena Completes Dose-Escalation Portion of Chronic Toxicology Study of Parkinson's Disease Drug Candidate PD-02
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avicena Group, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: AVGO) , a biotechnology company focused on commercializing its proprietary cellular energy modulation technology, announced today the completion of the dose-escalating portion of a chronic toxicology study of PD- 02, its lead Parkinson's disease drug candidate.
Results, which demonstrated that PD-02 is safe and well-tolerated, will allow Avicena to proceed with patient enrollment in a Phase III Parkinson's disease study.
"We are encouraged by the results to date, and our next step is to initiate patient enrollment for the Phase III trial," stated Belinda Tsao- Nivaggioli, Avicena's chief executive officer.
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<P>PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avicena Group, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: AVGO) , a biotechnology company focused on commercializing its proprietary cellular energy modulation technology, announced today the completion of the dose-escalating portion of a chronic toxicology study of PD- 02, its lead Parkinson's disease drug candidate. Results, which demonstrated that PD-02 is safe and well-tolerated, will allow Avicena to proceed with patient enrollment in a Phase III Parkinson's disease study. </P> <P> "We are encouraged by the results to date, and our next step is to initiate patient enrollment for the Phase III trial," stated Belinda Tsao- Nivaggioli, Avicena's chief executive officer. "We are eager to pursue our clinical program to evaluate the potential of PD-02 as a treatment option for patients with Parkinson's disease." </P> <P> The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a Phase III study design for PD-02 in April 2006, and requested a dose-escalating chronic toxicology study of PD-02 prior to patient enrollment. This Phase III study is designed to evaluate PD-02's potential to slow the progression of Parkinson's disease and will be funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) of the National Institute of Health. The trial's lead investigators are Karl Kieburtz, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Rochester in New York, and Barbara C. Tilley, Ph.D., of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. </P> <P> ABOUT PD-02 </P> <P> PD-02 is Avicena's proprietary therapeutic that has demonstrated the potential to improve neurological function in patients with Parkinson's disease. In preclinical studies, PD-02 has demonstrated significant neuroprotective properties including protection of the dopaminergic cells which are affected in Parkinson's disease. </P> <P> ABOUT PARKINSON'S DISEASE </P> <P> Parkinson's disease is a progressive, neurodegenerative brain disorder that occurs when the neurons within the brain that are responsible for producing the chemical dopamine die. Primary symptoms of the disease include involuntary shaking of the arms or legs (tremors), difficulty with balance, slowness of movement, and stiffness. </P> <P> It is estimated that roughly 1.5 million Americans are affected by Parkinson's disease, making it the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. Approximately 60,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in the United States. There presently is no known cure for Parkinson's disease. </P> <P> ABOUT AVICENA </P> <P> Avicena Group, Inc. (OTCBB: AVGO) is a late stage biotechnology company focused on developing products based on its proprietary understanding of the regulation of cellular energy processes. The company's core technologies, supported by a robust IP portfolio, have broad applications in both pharmaceuticals and dermaceuticals. Avicena's pharmaceutical program centers on rare neurological disorders (orphan diseases). The company is currently analyzing data from its Phase IIb/ III trial in ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease). Near term, Avicena intends to initiate a Phase III trial in Huntington's disease, in addition to the Phase III trial in Parkinson's disease discussed in this press release. Avicena's science is well established and its products are safe and well tolerated. Unlike traditional biotechnology companies, Avicena's clinical programs are largely funded by government and non-profit organizations. Avicena presently derives revenue from the sale of proprietary ingredients to skin care manufacturers. </P> <P> SAFE HARBOR </P> <P> This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements reflect, among other things, management's current expectations, plans and strategies, and anticipated financial results, all of which are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Many of these risks are beyond our ability to control or predict. See "Risk Factors" under "Item 6. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation" from our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005, and other descriptions in the company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of such risks, including the company's need for additional funds, the company's dependence on a limited number of therapeutic compounds, the early stage of the products the company is developing, uncertainties relating to clinical trials and regulatory reviews, competition and dependence on collaborative partners, the company's ability to avoid infringement of the patent rights of others, and the company's ability to obtain adequate patent protection and to enforce these rights. Because of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Avicena does not undertake any obligation to update or review any such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. </P> <P> Avicena Group, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Investors: Sara Ephraim, +1-646-536-7002, orsephraim@theruthgroup.com, or John Quirk, +1-646-536-7029, orjquirk@theruthgroup.com; media: Janine McCargo, +1-646-536-7033, orjmccargo@theruthgroup.com, all of The Ruth Group, for Avicena Group, Inc.)</P>
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CEOs Take on Wellness As Corporate Strategy; Rising Costs of Chronic Diseases Hurting Corporate Profits and Productivity, Finds PricewaterhouseCoopers
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As work becomes more sedentary, the global workforce is becoming fatter, sicker and less productive due to chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, according to a new report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute in conjunction with the World Economic Forum.
Publicly released today, the report, entitled "Working Towards Wellness: Accelerating the Prevention of Chronic Disease," identified chronic disease as a growing and costly threat to corporations and their workers.
"Traditionally, it has been governments, not employers, that have been responsible for managing the major global health risks," said Jim Henry, global leader for Healthcare, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. "The focus and funding have long been on infectious diseases such as AIDS and malaria, as well as maternal deaths and diseases of the poor and malnourished.
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<P>WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- As work becomes more sedentary, the global workforce is becoming fatter, sicker and less productive due to chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes, according to a new report prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute in conjunction with the World Economic Forum. </P> <P> Publicly released today, the report, entitled "Working Towards Wellness: Accelerating the Prevention of Chronic Disease," identified chronic disease as a growing and costly threat to corporations and their workers. It calls on global CEOs to make wellness central to their corporate business strategy, suggesting that multinational employers have the greatest stake in and best opportunity to prevent chronic disease. For corporations adopting wellness programs, PwC provides a framework to ensure the effectiveness of those initiatives. </P> <P> According to PwC, too little attention is being paid to preventing chronic diseases, as only 3 percent of spending in industrialized nations goes toward prevention. </P> <P> "Traditionally, it has been governments, not employers, that have been responsible for managing the major global health risks," said Jim Henry, global leader for Healthcare, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. "The focus and funding have long been on infectious diseases such as AIDS and malaria, as well as maternal deaths and diseases of the poor and malnourished. But the prevention of chronic diseases has been chronically underfunded. As we get older, fatter and less active, the weight of the world is falling on the bottom lines of the world's largest companies in the form of reduced productivity, increased tax burdens and declining competitiveness." </P> <P> PwC's report, first presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of chronic disease: </P> <P> <PRE> * Chronic disease, including cardiovascular diseases (stroke and heart disease), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, caused 60 percent of deaths worldwide in 2005. * Deaths from chronic diseases will increase worldwide by 17 percent between 2005 and 2015. At the same time, deaths from infectious diseases, maternal and perinatal conditions and nutritional deficiencies combined are projected to decline by 3 percent. * The economic toll of chronic disease for developing and developed nations around the world is estimated at approximately 3 percent of gross domestic product, globally. * The world now has more people who are overweight than hungry. Preventable risk factors such as poor diet, lack of physical activity, stress and smoking are the biggest contributors to chronic disease. * According to the World Health Organization, the United States is the world's fattest nation, with over half of adults overweight or obese. But China and India are growing fatter at a faster pace. By 2015, the number of overweight and obese adults in China and India will grow by 66 percent and 44 percent, respectively. In India, the share of deaths from chronic disease is expected to increase from 40 percent in 1990 to 67 percent in 2020, and spending on cardiac-related treatments is expected to grow by 13 percent annually there. Employers Step in with Wellness Programs </PRE> </P> <P> In "Working Toward Wellness" PwC examines the challenges facing businesses as a consequence of the growing epidemic of chronic disease, and found that approximately 2 percent of capital spent on workforce is lost to disability, absenteeism and presenteeism (in other words, diminished productivity from ill employees who go to work but work below par) due to chronic disease. Combined, these indirect costs are more than the additional direct medical claim costs that some employers incur. In contrast, corporate wellness programs have been shown to provide a 3-to-1 return on investment. </P> <P> "There are quantifiable benefits from using wellness programs to attract and retain talented, healthy employees," said Simon Leary, partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the UK firm of PwC and Health Research Institute Leader for United Kingdom/Europe. "You can improve the health and well-being of your workers while also bolstering your bottom line. The economic case for prevention is overwhelming." </P> <P> As part of its research, PwC conducted a survey on wellness program among multi-national employers representing more than 3 million employees worldwide, and found a growing emphasis on health prevention in the workplace. The survey, conducted in conjunction with the Washington, DC-based National Business Group on Health, found that: </P> <P> <PRE> * More than half of multinational corporations surveyed expect to introduce or expand corporate wellness programs over the next five years. * One third (33 percent) are rolling out comprehensives wellness programs in multiple countries, while another 17 percent are rolling out a single wellness program in multiple countries. * The two leading reasons cited for promoting wellness were "reducing indirect costs associated with absenteeism, presenteeism, disability and workers' compensation" and "improving work performance, such as productivity and quality." "Reducing direct healthcare costs" was cited as the third most important reason, followed in order of importance by "the desire to improve the image of the company internally (for retention purposes)" and then to "improve the image of the company externally (for recruitment purposes)." </PRE> </P> <P> PricewaterhouseCoopers also found that of the 20 largest multi-national companies in the world, 75 percent published corporate responsibility reports online in 2006. Of those that published reports, 93 percent emphasized their commitment to improving the health of employees. </P> <P> The "Working Toward Wellness" report is a joint initiative of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the World Economic Forum. At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, the leaders of the world's largest, most influential companies were called upon to join the Forum's Working Toward Wellness initiative, an effort to stimulate greater business engagement in the fight against chronic disease through employee wellness programmes. The goals of this initiative are to engage CEOs and business leaders to commit to measurably improve employee health and wellness; help companies take practical steps to improve general employee health and facilitate collaboration between stakeholders in the battle against chronic disease. </P> <P> A full copy of the report can be downloaded from http://www.pwc.com/workwellness with online, free registration. </P> <P> About the PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute </P> <P> PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute provides new intelligence, perspective and analysis on trends affecting all health-related industries, including healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals, health and life sciences and payers. The Institute is part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' larger initiative for the health-related industries that brings together expertise and allows collaboration across all sectors in the health continuum. </P> <P> About PricewaterhouseCoopers </P> <P> PricewaterhouseCoopers (http://www.pwc.com/) provides industry-focused assurance, tax and advisory services to build public trust and enhance value for its clients and their stakeholders. More than 130,000 people in 148 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice. </P> <P> "PricewaterhouseCoopers" refers to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each of which is a separate and independent legal entity. </P> <P> PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </P> <P> CONTACT: Todd Hall, of PricewaterhouseCoopers, +1-617-530-4185,todd.w.hall@us.pwc.com; or Lisa Stearns, of The Hubbell Group, Inc.,+1-781-878-8882, lstearns@hubbellgroup.com, for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP </P> <P> Web site: http://www.pwc.com/http://www.pwc.com/workwellness</P>
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Volunteers Selected for Human Clinical Trial of Generex Biotechnology's Synthetic Avian Influenza Vaccine
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Generex Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ: GNBT) announced today that 50 volunteers have been selected and final preparations made for initiation of human clinical trials of the synthetic avian influenza vaccine under development by its wholly owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc. The Company previously entered into an agreement with the Lebanese-Canadian Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon to conduct the Phase I trial.
An additional 70 prospective volunteers are presently being screened by the Hospital.
Antigen Express has pioneered the development of a novel peptide vaccine technology for both therapeutic and prophylactic purposes.
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<P>Generex Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ: GNBT) announced today that 50 volunteers have been selected and final preparations made for initiation of human clinical trials of the synthetic avian influenza vaccine under development by its wholly owned subsidiary, Antigen Express, Inc. The Company previously entered into an agreement with the Lebanese-Canadian Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon to conduct the Phase I trial. An additional 70 prospective volunteers are presently being screened by the Hospital. An aggregate of 160 patients are expected to participate in the trial. </P> <P> Antigen Express has pioneered the development of a novel peptide vaccine technology for both therapeutic and prophylactic purposes. The technology has particular advantages for use against the potentially pandemic H5N1 avian influenza virus in that a peptide vaccine could be made in much larger amounts, more rapidly, and less expensively than the more traditional egg-based vaccine. Currently, it would be possible to vaccinate only a small fraction of the US population, let alone the world, using the traditional egg-based vaccine in the event of a pandemic. </P> <P> The technology being developed by Antigen Express entails modification of a small fragment of the hemagglutinin protein from the H5N1 virus to more potently stimulate CD4+ T helper cells. The antigen-specific stimulation of T helper cells has been shown to be crucial in establishing immunity to foreign agents. This type of T helper stimulation is expected to augment the activity, and hence number of people, that could be immunized with a traditional egg-based vaccine as well as to protect against the lethality of the H5N1 virus when used alone. </P> <P> Antigen Express-modified vaccine peptides have been developed for a variety of indications and shown good activity both in preclinical and clinical studies. The most advanced of these is a peptide designed to elicit an immunological response against the HER-2/neu oncoprotein which is expressed by breast cancer cells as well as by a variety other types of cancer cells. That peptide, in clinical trials since April of 2005, has been shown to be safe, well-tolerated and produced the desired antigen-specific stimulation of T helper cells in breast cancer patients. </P> <P> About Generex </P> <P> Generex is engaged in the research and development of drug delivery systems and technologies. Generex has developed a proprietary platform technology for the delivery of drugs into the human body through the oral cavity (with no deposit in the lungs). The Company's proprietary liquid formulations allow drugs typically administered by injection to be absorbed into the body by the lining of the inner mouth using the Company's proprietary RapidMist(TM) device. The Company's flagship product, oral insulin (Generex Oral-lyn(TM)), which is available for sale in Ecuador for the treatment of patients with Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes, is in various stages of clinical trials around the world. Antigen Express is a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex. The core platform technologies of Antigen Express comprise immunotherapeutics for the treatment of malignant, infectious, allergic, and autoimmune diseases. For more information, visit the Generex website at www.generex.com or the Antigen Express website at www.antigenexpress.com. </P> <P> Safe Harbor Statement: This release and oral statements made from time to time by Generex representatives concerning the same subject matter may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future results or events, and one should avoid placing undue reliance on such statements. Generex cannot be sure when or if it will be permitted by regulatory agencies to undertake additional clinical trials or to commence any particular phase of clinical trials. Because of this, statements regarding the expected timing of clinical trials cannot be regarded as actual predictions of when Generex will obtain regulatory approval for any "phase" of clinical trials. Generex claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements that is contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. </P> <P> <Pre> For more information, please contact: For Generex: Shayne Gilliatt Generex 800-391-6755 or 416-364-2551 Andrew Hellman CEOcast, Inc. 212-732-4300 Michael Smith Rubenstein Public Relations 212-843-1900 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=4E254BD4E15EE299 </Pre> </P> <P> SOURCE: Generex Biotechnology Corporation</P>
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TechniScan Medical Systems Receives $6.4MM From Private Investors
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TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS), Inc., a Salt Lake City-based developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, today announced the successful completion of its Series D Preferred financing of $6.4 million.
"Our investors have once again demonstrated their confidence in the quality of our company management team and the potential of our technology," noted TMS CEO and President David C. Robinson.
"TMS is rolling into its commercialization phase with significant funding from the private sector and important support from NCI/NIH, whose SBIR funding was awarded to fewer than one in nine companies in 2006."
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<P>TechniScan Medical Systems (TMS), Inc., a Salt Lake City-based developer of ultrasound technology for breast imaging, today announced the successful completion of its Series D Preferred financing of $6.4 million. The recent funding comes on top of a $2.8 MM Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded in late 2006. "Our investors have once again demonstrated their confidence in the quality of our company management team and the potential of our technology," noted TMS CEO and President David C. Robinson. "TMS is rolling into its commercialization phase with significant funding from the private sector and important support from NCI/NIH, whose SBIR funding was awarded to fewer than one in nine companies in 2006." </P> <P> TechniScan's revolutionary technology, UltraSound CT™ (USCT™), provides unique diagnostic information that could help radiologists distinguish between cancers and benign conditions. Additionally, the technology uses a breast cancer diagnostic exam that is not painful or uncomfortable. This new imaging system is intended to aid physicians in diagnosing breast cancer in conjunction with traditional mammography by providing detailed information about the anatomy and tissue properties of the breast in ways not previously possible. The goal of the USCT™ system is to characterize the ultrasound properties of normal, benign and malignant tissues in the breast which could enable physicians and radiologists to more easily recognize the presence of cancer and provide more effective management. </P> <P> TechniScan is a private company that grew out of the University of Utah's Department of Bioengineering. Support for commercializing the technology has been provided by the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) Centers for Excellence Program. "This process exemplifies the way the system should work," said David Robinson, TechniScan's CEO. "Without the support of institutions like GOED, University of Utah and NCI/NIH, promising technologies like ours would not be successfully commercialized. Their ongoing support is a tremendous validation of what we have accomplished and substantiates the real promise of our technology." </P> <P> About TechniScan Medical Systems, Inc. </P> <P> Founded in 1984, TMS (www.techniscanmedicalsystems.com) uses an ultrasound technology called inverse scattering, which makes use of the entire spectrum of information available from the ultrasound signal. The resulting diagnostic information includes ultrasound transmission tomography images in a format similar to that provided by MRI and CT imaging. In addition, UltraSound CT™ provides indices of speed and attenuation of sound, tissue properties that may provide physicians with valuable diagnostic information.</P>
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AT&T Adds New Monitoring and Reporting Features to Its Hosting Solutions Portfolio
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BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced new industry-leading global features for AT&T Enterprise Hosting Services that are designed to give customers more choices in the way they monitor and manage their hosting environments.
Additionally, AT&T announced an expansion of its supported certified library for products from the industry's leading hardware and software vendors, providing greater flexibility for client's applications requirements.
"The patent-pending visual monitoring tool gives AT&T's hosting customers greater visibility into their environments hosted by AT&T, ranging from managed infrastructure to fully managed applications environments," said Steve Caniano, AT&T vice president.
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<P>BEDMINSTER, N.J., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced new industry-leading global features for AT&T Enterprise Hosting Services that are designed to give customers more choices in the way they monitor and manage their hosting environments. </P> <P> Highlighting the new features is a patent-pending dashboard that gives network and applications managers a vibrant and holistic view of the current health of their hosted environments through advanced graphical monitoring capabilities. AT&T also introduced an enhanced report generator for producing reports on server use that provides a new level of dynamic business intelligence. Both features can be accessed through AT&T's award-winning BusinessDirect(R) customer portal. </P> <P> Additionally, AT&T announced an expansion of its supported certified library for products from the industry's leading hardware and software vendors, providing greater flexibility for client's applications requirements. </P> <P> "The patent-pending visual monitoring tool gives AT&T's hosting customers greater visibility into their environments hosted by AT&T, ranging from managed infrastructure to fully managed applications environments," said Steve Caniano, AT&T vice president. </P> <P> "The global demand for managed hosted services is fueled by businesses that see hosting as a way to realize higher efficiencies in their IT operations. AT&T is responding to that need by introducing a monitoring tool that lets users see with unparalleled clarity the relationships among servers, applications and other assets across their hosted environments," Caniano said. </P> <P> AT&T's new visual-monitoring tool gives managed hosting customers the ability to drill down deeper into the workings of their hosted environment and to collect highly detailed performance data. Network and applications managers can use the tool to view color-coded alarms and warnings superimposed over topology diagrams to easily locate root causes of applications and system failures, along with the ability to conveniently create trouble tickets. </P> <P> AT&T also enhanced its BusinessDirect customer portal with new capabilities for generating a wider selection of interactive reports across an infrastructure's network, server and Web component layers. Customers can use the reporting feature to obtain performance statistics on network and server components and easily compare information from multiple sources for better capacity planning choices. In addition to having access to more than a year of archived and near real-time reports on CPU utilization, free memory, and available disk space, clients can choose to subscribe to premium features that include the ability to create customized reports, integrate data from multiple sources in the same query and schedule email alerts. </P> <P> "Customers of managed services are looking for an enhanced user experience that delivers greater visibility into their key network, system and applications metrics," said Melanie Posey, research director of IDC's Web Hosting Services. "Management, monitoring and reporting capabilities, like those being offered by AT&T, help customers improve their profitability by giving them the tools to drill down deeper into their hosted environments and to get real-time status information on mission-critical business applications and systems. This, in turn, will enable them to make better data-driven decisions." </P> <P> AT&T continues to offer Hosting customers access to an extensive library of the latest hardware, operating systems, and application software from vendors such as IBM, Red Hat, Veritas, Microsoft, BEA, Sun, Dell and HP. Recently, AT&T added AIX to its certified library and upgraded its server virtualization platform to VMware 3.0. </P> <P> The added capabilities announced today come on the heels of AT&T's recent acquisition of applications service provider USinternetworking (USi). By acquiring USi, AT&T expands its portfolio of fully managed hosting services with capabilities that complement its existing managed services and paves the way for the company to drive more deeply into the applications management space with new offers for businesses of all sizes. These include the ability to remotely monitor or manage a customer's enterprise applications and server environment. AT&T services its hosting services customers out of 32 global Internet Data Centers. </P> <P> The enhancements also represent the latest effort by AT&T to maintain its leadership in the booming global hosting business. The research firm IDC predicted that the managed hosting services market in the U.S. would reach $8 billion in 2006 and top $3.7 billion (U.S.) in China. IDC also projected that the Western European managed hosting market would reach $4.7 billion (U.S.) during the same period. </P> <P> More information on AT&T hosting services is available by visiting http://www.business.att.com/hosting. </P> <P> Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. </P> <P> About AT&T </P> <P> AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company in the United States and around the world, with operating subsidiaries providing services under the AT&T brand. AT&T is the recognized world leader in providing IP-based communications services to businesses and the U.S. leader in providing wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising through its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding video entertainment offerings to include such next-generation television services as AT&T U-verse(SM) TV. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/. </P> <P> AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom. </P> <P> For more information and detailed disclaimer information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom. </P> <P> AT&T Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Michael Lordi, office, +1-908-234-6071, or mobile,+1-908-329-4854, or mlordi@attnews.us, or Janet Wyles, office,+1-908-234-6067, or mobile +1-732-331-6754, or wyles@att.com, both for AT&T </P> <P> Web site: http://www.att.com/newsroomhttp://www.business.att.com/hostinghttp://www.att.com/http://www.att.com/rss</P>
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Jon Peddie Research Reports Fourth-Quarter PC Graphics Shipments: Nvidia Maintaining Its Momentum While AMD Gears Up for Q1 Rollout
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Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2006.
Detailed fourth-quarter results are available in the Q4 2006 edition of Jon Peddie's First Look, the firm's quarterly graphics survey.
The companion report, Market Watch, provides an in-depth look at the PC graphics market and includes unit shipment and segment market share data, trend analysis, shipment forecasts, and profiles of major suppliers.
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<P>Jon Peddie Research (JPR), the industry's leading research and consulting firm for graphics and multimedia, today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the fourth calendar quarter of 2006. Detailed fourth-quarter results are available in the Q4 2006 edition of Jon Peddie's First Look, the firm's quarterly graphics survey. The companion report, Market Watch, provides an in-depth look at the PC graphics market and includes unit shipment and segment market share data, trend analysis, shipment forecasts, and profiles of major suppliers. </P> <P> Jon Peddie Research estimates that approximately 83.5 million PC graphics devices shipped from major suppliers in Q4 2006, a surprisingly small 0.9% increase from the prior quarter and a 5.1% increase over the same period the previous year. </P> <P> "Overall, we didn't see the big bang in Q4 this year everyone had hoped for," says Dr. Jon Peddie, President of Jon Peddie Research. "But, the mobile market is on fire, growing 13% this quarter and an astonishing 34% year-to-year. Nvidia is the big success story in that segment with the most growth, two quarters in a row." </P> <P> The desktop graphics segment saw shipments decline by 4.0% from Q3'06 to Q4'06 and shipments shrank 4.2% year-over-year. Desktop integrated graphics processor (IGP) shipments dropped 2.9% sequentially (the second consecutive quarter of decline) and decreased 1.5% annually. Discrete desktop dropped by 6.0% on a quarterly basis and 8.9% year-over-year. </P> <P> "Vista, ATI's new part (the R600), and several new add-in boards (AIBs) from Nvidia are expected to pump up the declining desktop discrete market," Peddie added. </P> <P> The mobile graphics segment saw quarterly shipments rise a dramatic 13.8% and grow 34.1% year-over-year. Mobile IGP shipments drove growth in the laptop market in the second quarter with 13.0% increase in shipments during the period, and discrete mobile shipments grew a stunning 16.2% during the quarter and jumped 24.2% compared to the same period the previous year. </P> <P> "The laptop market has moved to the large-screen, multimedia usage model," says Peddie. "Now the criterion for performance is being able to play a full-length movie on one battery charge." </P> <P> JPR estimates that a record 25.8 million mobile graphics devices shipped in Q4'06, 19.7 million of which were integrated chipsets (IGPs) for notebooks. Mobile IGPs claimed a commanding share of 76.3% in the mobile graphics market, up 13.0% from the prior quarter and up a dramatic 37.6% from the same period a year ago. Intel led the mobile graphics market with a 49.8% share (down from 51.4%), AMD dropped to a 23.4% share, and Nvidia jumped with a 22.9% market share gain for the quarter. SiS and VIA saw declines in market share. </P> <P> In the discrete mobile segment, AMD saw shipments decline on a quarterly basis while Nvidia saw shipments increase sequentially. Nvidia grew discrete mobile segment share from 53.0% in Q3'06 to 59.1% in Q4'06. AMD's segment share fell from 47.0% in Q3'06 to 40.9% in Q4'06. </P> <P> "Timing is everything in the mobile market," says Peddie, "and Nvidia had its mobile parts lined up and ready to ship with Intel's recent laptop rollout." </P> <P> JPR estimates that approximately 57.6 million desktop graphics devices shipped in Q4'06. Overall, Intel held at 31.8% of the desktop graphics market, AMD increased to 22.8%, while Nvidia declined to 31.0% market share. In the discrete desktop segment, Nvidia also declined, to 53.8% share, and AMD grew to a 46.2% share during the period. </P> <P> In the overall PC graphics market, Intel saw a flat quarter in graphics shipments in Q4'06, but was still the largest supplier of PC graphics devices worldwide. Nvidia remained the second largest supplier in Q4'06 but with a minor 0.3% sequential decline in shipments and decreased market share. AMD, the third largest reduced the gap with Nvidia with a 3.0% sequential increase in shipments and increased market share. The following table lists the ranking and relative market share, based on unit shipments in Q3'06 and Q4'06, of the major graphics suppliers to the PC industry. </P> <P> Rank </P> <P> Graphics Supplier </P> <P> Q3'06 </P> <P> Market Share </P> <P> Q4'06 </P> <P> Market Share </P> <P> 1 </P> <P> Intel </P> <P> 37.1% </P> <P> 37.4% </P> <P> 2 </P> <P> AMD </P> <P> 20.9% </P> <P> 23.0% </P> <P> 3 </P> <P> Nvidia </P> <P> 28.8% </P> <P> 28.5% </P> <P> 4 </P> <P> VIA Technologies </P> <P> 8.7% </P> <P> 6.7% </P> <P> 5 </P> <P> Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) </P> <P> 4.5% </P> <P> 4.5% </P> <P> 6 </P> <P> Others </P> <P> < 1% </P> <P> < 1% </P> <P> Pricing and Availability </P> <P> The Q4'06 edition of Jon Peddie's Market Watch will be available in February 2007 in both electronic and hard copy editions. A condensed version of Market Watch, entitled First Look, is available now. The annual subscription price for Jon Peddie's Market Watch is $3,000 and includes four quarterly issues. The annual subscription price for First Look is $1,500. Full subscribers to JPR services receive Tech Watch (the company's bi-weekly report) and a copy of Market Watch as a part of their subscription. For information about purchasing Market Watch, please call 415/435-9368 or visit the Jon Peddie Research website at www.jonpeddie.com. </P> <P> About Jon Peddie Research </P> <P> Dr. Jon Peddie has been active in the graphics and multimedia fields for more than 30 years. Jon Peddie Research is a technically oriented multimedia and graphics research and consulting firm. Based in Tiburon, California, JPR provides consulting, research, and other specialized services to technology companies, including graphics development, multimedia for professional applications and consumer electronics, high-end computing, and Internet-access product development. Jon Peddie's Market Watch and First Look are quarterly reports focused on the market activity of PC graphics controllers for mobile and desktop computing. </P> <P> EDITOR'S NOTE: Excerpts from Jon Peddie's First Look are available on request.</P>
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AT&T Signs Retransmission Consent Agreement With Hearst-Argyle Television for AT&T U-Verse TV
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SAN ANTONIO and NEW YORK, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Inc. and Hearst-Argyle Television today announced a long-term agreement providing retransmission consent for Hearst-Argyle television stations in six designated market areas (DMAs) as part of the AT&T U-verse(SM) TV channel lineup.
The agreement covers Hearst-Argyle stations in six DMAs where AT&T plans to offer AT&T U-verse TV. The stations will be made available as AT&T launches U-verse services in additional markets.
AT&T U-verse TV is delivered by Project Lightspeed, the company's initiative to expand the fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo!(R) High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and, in the future, Voice over IP services.
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<P>SAN ANTONIO and NEW YORK, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T Inc. and Hearst-Argyle Television today announced a long-term agreement providing retransmission consent for Hearst-Argyle television stations in six designated market areas (DMAs) as part of the AT&T U-verse(SM) TV channel lineup. </P> <P> The agreement covers Hearst-Argyle stations in six DMAs where AT&T plans to offer AT&T U-verse TV. The stations will be made available as AT&T launches U-verse services in additional markets. </P> <P> AT&T U-verse TV is delivered by Project Lightspeed, the company's initiative to expand the fiber-optics network deeper into neighborhoods to deliver U-verse TV, AT&T Yahoo!(R) High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled and, in the future, Voice over IP services. Through its subsidiaries, AT&T expects to reach nearly 19 million households by the end of 2008 as part of its initial deployment, using fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) technologies. </P> <P> <PRE> Financial and other terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Find More Information Online Related News: </PRE> </P> <P> -- AT&T U-verse TV to Include A&E Television Networks - http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23338 </P> <P> -- AT&T U-verse TV to Include Video-on-Demand Programming from TotalVid - http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23241 </P> <P> -- AT&T U-verse TV to Include HDNET and HDNET Movies - http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23231 </P> <P> -- AT&T U-verse TV to Include NBC Universal Content - http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=23209 </P> <P> <PRE> Related Media Kits: -- U-verse - http://www.att.com/uverse_news Web Site Links: -- AT&T U-verse Web Site - http://uverse.att.com/ </PRE> </P> <P> -- Hearst-Argyle Television Web Site - http://www.hearstargyle.com/index.html </P> <P> <PRE> Wikipedia Links: -- AT&T - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%26t -- AT&T U-verse - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Verse -- FTTX - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTTX -- IPTV - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTV -- Hearst-Argyle Television - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst-Argyle </PRE> </P> <P> Note: This AT&T release and other news announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss . </P> <P> About AT&T </P> <P> AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company in the United States and around the world, with operating subsidiaries providing services under the AT&T brand. AT&T is the recognized world leader in providing IP-based communications services to businesses and the U.S. leader in providing wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising through its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding video entertainment offerings to include such next-generation television services as AT&T U-verse(SM) TV. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/ . </P> <P> AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom . </P> <P> About Hearst-Argyle </P> <P> Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. owns 26 television stations, and manages an additional three television and two radio stations, in geographically diverse U.S. markets. The Company's television stations reach approximately 18% of U.S. TV households, making it one of America's largest television station groups. Hearst-Argyle owns 12 ABC-affiliated stations, and manages an additional ABC station owned by Hearst Corporation, and is the largest ABC affiliate group. The Company also owns 10 NBC affiliates, and is the second-largest NBC affiliate owner, and owns two CBS affiliates. Hearst-Argyle also is a leader in the convergence of local broadcast television and the Internet through its partnership with Internet Broadcasting, and in the application of digital broadcast spectrum for new local informational services through its Weather Plus partnership with NBC and various NBC affiliate groups. Hearst-Argyle Series A Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTV." HTV debt is rated investment grade by Moody's (Baa3), Standard & Poor's (BBB-) and Fitch (BBB-), each with a stable outlook. The Company's Web address is http://www.hearstargyle.com/ . </P> <P> AT&T Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Destiny Belknap of AT&T Inc., +1-214-665-1314, ordbelknap@attnews.us </P> <P> Web site: http://www.att.com/http://www.hearstargyle.com/</P>
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NetLogic Microsystems Showcases Industry-Leading Security Hardware Acceleration Solution in Conjunction With RSA(R) Conference 2007
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NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced that it is hosting a private hospitality suite in conjunction with the RSA® Conference 2007 in San Francisco, California from Feb. 5th through Feb. 7th.
The RSA conference is the industry's most respected and most highly attended information security event.
NetLogic Microsystems will showcase the industry's best-in-class hardware acceleration platform for real-time security inspection in network security appliances, networking and communications equipment and datacenter servers.
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<P>NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced that it is hosting a private hospitality suite in conjunction with the RSA® Conference 2007 in San Francisco, California from Feb. 5th through Feb. 7th. The RSA conference is the industry's most respected and most highly attended information security event. </P> <P> NetLogic Microsystems will showcase the industry's best-in-class hardware acceleration platform for real-time security inspection in network security appliances, networking and communications equipment and datacenter servers. The NETL7™ Layer 7 knowledge-based processor from NetLogic Microsystems will be exhibited in collaboration with industry-leading computing and network processing solutions from AMD and Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI). The NETL7 processor accelerates intensive deep-packet inspection and complex signature recognition functions on the host processors, and allows network managers to perform full content processing on every bit of data, voice and video traffic traversing the network at wire speeds. </P> <P> The highly optimized solution from NetLogic Microsystems is targeted at applications such as Unified Threat Management (UTM) systems, intrusion prevention and detection systems, malware and virus protection gateways, and Layer 7 switches and routers that provide network managers with application awareness and unified layers of defense to more effectively manage and protect their networks against an increasing variety of blended threats. </P> <P> Interested parties may contact NETL7@netlogicmicro.com for an invitation to the private hospitality suite. </P> <P> About NetLogic Microsystems </P> <P> NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), a fabless semiconductor company located in Mountain View, Calif., designs, develops and markets high performance knowledge-based processors for a variety of advanced Internet, corporate and other networking systems, such as routers, switches, network security appliances, network access equipment and networked storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors use an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. Knowledge-based processors from NetLogic Microsystems significantly enhance the ability of networking OEMs to supply network service providers with systems offering more advanced functionality for the Internet, such as application-based routing, voice transmission over the Internet, or VoIP, unified threat management (UTM) network security, virtual private networks, or VPNs, and streaming video and audio. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors are interoperable with industry-leading CPUs, NPUs and routing/switching processors. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call 650.961.6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com. </P> <P> NetLogic Microsystems, the NetLogic Microsystems logo and NETL7 are trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.</P>
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AppWorx to Demonstrate Unique Process Automation Technology for Solaris 10 OS Customers at Sun's Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2007
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AppWorx Corporation today announced that it has been invited to demonstrate its business process automation software at Sun Microsystems' Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2007.
AppWorx will showcase its integration with the Sun Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) feature, a powerful system-wide tracing framework introduced with the Solaris 10(TM) Operating System.
Developed in cooperation with Sun, the AppWorx solution brings system-level data into workload management, enabling more reliable automation of critical business processes and reducing costly, unplanned downtime.
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<P>AppWorx Corporation today announced that it has been invited to demonstrate its business process automation software at Sun Microsystems' Worldwide Education and Research Conference 2007. AppWorx will showcase its integration with the Sun Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) feature, a powerful system-wide tracing framework introduced with the Solaris 10(TM) Operating System. Developed in cooperation with Sun, the AppWorx solution brings system-level data into workload management, enabling more reliable automation of critical business processes and reducing costly, unplanned downtime. </P> <P> "With the measurements provided by AppWorx and DTrace in tandem, companies can ensure that resources are optimally distributed between business applications based on need and IT line-of-business requirements," said Amir Raz, market segment manager at Sun Microsystems. "By leveraging the resulting data, businesses could gain a new level of visibility and control over their enterprise and the ability to optimize the data center to align it with users' business needs." </P> <P> DTrace is a comprehensive, advanced tracing tool for troubleshooting systemic problems in real time. With DTrace, administrators, integrators, and developers can tune applications for performance and troubleshoot production systems. Used in conjunction with the open architecture and automation capabilities of AppWorx, users can quickly and easily build workload management policies that optimize processing by taking into account in-depth information on what resources are being used, as well as where and how they are being utilized. This solution is available for the Solaris 10 OS running on SPARC(R) as well as AMD x64 processors. </P> <P> "Optimal use of IT resources demands efficient workload balancing, superior application automation, and highly visible systems monitoring," said Brian Miller, vice president of technical services for AppWorx Corp. "AppWorx integrated with the Solaris DTrace framework is just one more way that our automation and integration software is delivering significant business value to the modern enterprise." </P> <P> The Worldwide Education and Research Conference is February 6-8, 2007 in downtown San Francisco. The event is expected to draw approximately 500 CIO-level members of Sun's higher education customer base. AppWorx counts more than 150 higher education institutions among its global customer base of over 700 organizations. For more information about the WWERC, please visit http://events-at-sun.com/erc07. </P> <P> About AppWorx Corporation </P> <P> AppWorx Corporation is a leading provider of application automation and scheduling products that ensure core business processes run faster, more accurately and without interruption. AppWorx fully automates business processes across multiple applications, allowing organizations to speed implementations, exceed IT service level agreements, lower application lifecycle costs and accelerate the delivery of information throughout the organization. AppWorx has successfully improved efficiency and reduced IT operating expenses for more than 700 organizations worldwide, including DoubleClick, Eastman Kodak, eBay, General Electric, Gymboree, Dress Barn, New York Stock Exchange, Panasonic, Esprit, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, Toshiba and Verizon. For more information, visit www.appworx.com or call 1-877-APPWORX. </P> <P> Trademarks </P> <P> Sun, Sun Microsystems and Solaris are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. AMD and AMD Opteron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC, International, Inc. in the US and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. </P> <P> <Pre> Media Contact: Ian Kramer PR Manager AppWorx Corporation 425-644-2121 x139 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=A43C4D56EB61F249 </Pre> </P> <P> SOURCE: AppWorx Corporation</P>
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Siemens HiPath Xpressions Delivers Open, Standards-Based Unified Messaging With Siemens HiPath 8000 SIP Softswitch
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Siemens Communications, Inc. (NYSE: SI) today announced the latest release of its award-winning HiPath® Xpressions® unified messaging solution.
As part of Siemens' range of industry-leading unified communications solutions, the new release includes native Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) integration with the high-performance Siemens HiPath 8000 IP-softswitch, supporting up to 100,000 users.
This demonstrates Siemens' commitment to open communication standards while offering new open capabilities such as the ability to emulate virtually any voicemail Telephony User Interface (TUI), and access to voice messages on-the-fly from any Web browser with no requirement for email client integration.
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<P>Siemens Communications, Inc. (NYSE: SI) today announced the latest release of its award-winning HiPath® Xpressions® unified messaging solution. As part of Siemens' range of industry-leading unified communications solutions, the new release includes native Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) integration with the high-performance Siemens HiPath 8000 IP-softswitch, supporting up to 100,000 users. This demonstrates Siemens' commitment to open communication standards while offering new open capabilities such as the ability to emulate virtually any voicemail Telephony User Interface (TUI), and access to voice messages on-the-fly from any Web browser with no requirement for email client integration. These enhancements introduce more flexibility and choices, meeting the needs of diverse clients while improving business process optimization and worker productivity. </P> <P> A key component of Siemens' Open Communications strategy, HiPath Xpressions V5.0 is a proven, enterprise-class unified messaging solution built on a standards-based and flexible architecture. The solution supports multiple Siemens and third-party communications platforms, using SIP, IP and ISDN, providing superior investment protection. In addition, it integrates with all industry leading groupware including Microsoft Exchange/Outlook, IBM Lotus Domino/Notes, Novell GroupWise, and Qualcomm Eudora, and supports simultaneous email systems on a single platform. </P> <P> HiPath Xpression's versatile architecture offers significant choices that lend greater flexibility to deployment and use of unified communications in the enterprise. For example, with HiPath Xpressions, enterprise users can access all of their communications -- such as voice messages, faxes, and email from a single unified inbox virtually anywhere via standard email clients and Web browsers. They can also gain this access using a variety of client devices, including telephones, mobile phones and soft clients running on PCs. In addition, users can access and manage Short Message Service (SMS) from a phone, standard email client or Web browser, send and receive SMS messages, and be notified of new messages arriving in their integrated inbox. This convenience, flexibility, and seamless integration of messaging services and data access capability is particularly useful for mobile employees who need to increase their accessibility, save time, and be very responsive to messages throughout the day. </P> <P> HiPath Xpressions users can now personalize their Telephony User Interface (TUI) to shorten prompts and to emulate prompts from another familiar voicemail system. This simplifies the end-user learning process and eases the transition to HiPath Xpressions. </P> <P> In addition, users who do not have email integration can now receive email notifications that link them directly to their voice messages, offering more convenience to users without the additional email integration efforts and costs. </P> <P> "Because it offers SIP connectivity to the HiPath 8000, HiPath Xpressions is the clear choice for enterprises seeking a cost-effective, easy to manage, standards-based unified messaging platform with a comprehensive feature set and scalable architecture," said Eve Aretakis, CEO, Siemens Communications, Inc. "Additionally, the solution provides a powerful tool for businesses with highly mobile workforces, multiple offices in dispersed geographical areas, and a large volume of time-critical projects. These enterprises benefit from the real-time, on-demand access to people and messages that HiPath Xpressions enables, improving interaction with and responsiveness to customers." </P> <P> Used by more than 5,000 customers worldwide, this continuing evolution of HiPath Xpressions offers further proof of Siemens' commitment to the ongoing development of standards-based solutions, designed to facilitate truly open unified communications for today's enterprises. </P> <P> About Siemens </P> <P> Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) is one of the largest global electronics and engineering companies with reported worldwide sales of $96 billion in fiscal 2005. Founded nearly 160 years ago, the company is a leader in the areas Medical, Power, Automation and Control, Transportation, Information and Communications, Lighting, Building Technologies, Water Technologies and Services and Home Appliances. With its U.S. corporate headquarters in New York City, Siemens in the USA has sales of $18.8 billion and employs approximately 70,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico. Eleven of Siemens' worldwide businesses are based in the United States. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens AG and its subsidiaries employ 460,000 people in 190 countries. For more information on Siemens in the United States: www.usa.siemens.com </P> <P> About Siemens Communications, Inc. </P> <P> Siemens Communications, Inc. is one of the world's leading vendors of Open Communications solutions for enterprises of all sizes, enabling business processes to be more productive, faster and more secure -- with any device, network or information technology infrastructure. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens AG with 16,000 employees globally and headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla. For more information, visit www.usa.siemens.com/communications </P> <P> Note: Siemens, HiPath and Xpressions are registered trademarks of Siemens AG or its subsidiaries and affiliates. All other company, brand, product and service names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. </P> <P> This release contains forward-looking statements based on beliefs of Siemens management. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "forecast," "expect," "intend," "plan," "should," and "project" are used to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause the actual results to be materially different, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions, changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates, introduction of competing products, lack of acceptance of new products or services and changes in business strategy. Actual results may vary materially from those projected here. Siemens does not intend or assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.</P>
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Mzima Builds Scalable and Resilient Transcontinental 10 Gigabit Ethernet Backbone With Force10 Networks TeraScale E-Series
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Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that Mzima Networks has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers to anchor its worldwide high performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone.
The high density and resiliency of the Force10 TeraScale E300 enables Mzima to peer with more than 350 networks in the U.S. and Europe and provides the long-term scalability to cost effectively add capacity as demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet services continues to increase.
"For our customers, performance and reliability is paramount, and with the Force10 TeraScale E-Series as the cornerstone of our Ethernet network, we know we have the flexibility to meet and exceed their expectations."
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<P>Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that Mzima Networks has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers to anchor its worldwide high performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone. The high density and resiliency of the Force10 TeraScale E300 enables Mzima to peer with more than 350 networks in the U.S. and Europe and provides the long-term scalability to cost effectively add capacity as demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet services continues to increase. </P> <P> "After working with MPLS, we determined that it was both inefficient and far too expensive to keep up with traffic that is roughly doubling every six to eight months," said Grant Kirkwood, CTO at Mzima Networks. "For our customers, performance and reliability is paramount, and with the Force10 TeraScale E-Series as the cornerstone of our Ethernet network, we know we have the flexibility to meet and exceed their expectations." </P> <P> Leveraging the robust BGP implementation of the Force10 TeraScale E-Series, Mzima has built a fully routed transcontinental network anchored by points of presence in 10 cities with roll outs planned in three additional cities. With the eight-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line cards, the TeraScale E300 delivers the high density Mzima needs to provide its customers with the 10 Gigabit Ethernet services they are demanding as well as to seamlessly expand the network as traffic continues to double. </P> <P> The rapidly growing demand for bandwidth coupled with static costs of owning and operating a network are squeezing service provider profits. For most of these service providers, more than 80 percent of the traffic on the network is best effort that requires no special handling and does not command a premium price. To drive down networking costs and improve the scalability of their networks, many service providers are now looking to Ethernet technology as a more cost-effective alternative. </P> <P> "Carriers like Mzima are under significant bandwidth pricing pressure and are increasingly looking to Ethernet as a more cost-effective and scalable alternative to SONET, particularly as the rapidly growing demand for bandwidth forces them to add capacity to their networks," said Mark Cooper, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Force10 Networks. "The TeraScale E-Series is unique in that it combines SONET-like resiliency, high 10 Gig density and robust routing in a single platform that allows Mzima to build a highly scalable Ethernet-based network to better serve the high bandwidth needs of its customers." </P> <P> Over the last several years, Ethernet has continued to improve upon its reliability and resiliency, bringing it into line with SONET/SDH. At the same time, Ethernet densities have increased at a faster rate than those of SONET/SDH, making Ethernet both a more cost-effective and more scalable technology that can deliver the same level of service. To ensure SONET/SDH-like resiliency, the Force10 TeraScale E-Series distributes switching, routing and management functionalities between three distinct processors, protecting against unplanned network downtime. </P> <P> The rapid growth of best effort traffic on service provider networks is being driven, in large part, by the emergence of Web 2.0 companies that allow users to fully interact with the Internet by uploading content to the sites. Increasingly, these companies are building out both 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks internally and acquiring 10 Gigabit Ethernet wide area network services. </P> <P> For additional information on the deployment, please visit the website at www.force10networks.com/applications/service-provider.asp. </P> <P> About Mzima Networks </P> <P> Mzima Networks, founded in 2002, is the premier high-performance network service provider. Mzima delivers Internet connectivity via its proprietary distributed metro NAP architecture and wide-area backbone network, and specializes in high-bandwidth applications by leveraging native 10 gigabit Ethernet technologies. By building metropolitan DWDM fiber networks connected to multiple Tier-1 backbone providers, and by having extensive private peering with numerous ISPs and content providers, Mzima Networks offers its customers the fastest, most reliable connectivity currently available. For more information please visit: www.mzima.net. </P> <P> About Force10 Networks </P> <P> Force10 Networks is the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks. Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10's TeraScale E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs. Today, many of the world's largest Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10 Networks. For additional information, please visit www.force10networks.com. </P> <P> Force10 Networks and E-Series are registered trademarks, and P-Series, S-Series, TeraScale and FTOS are trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. All other company names are trademarks of their respective holders.</P>
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Sun Re-Affirms Commitment to Elliptic Curve Cryptography, Helps Ensure Platform Interoperability
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SAN FRANCISCO, RSA Conference, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems , the creator of the Solaris(TM) operating system (Solaris OS), today announced that Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is now interoperable across multiple platforms, including Solaris OS, Windows and Linux.
Spearheaded by Sun Labs, Certicom, Microsoft and Red Hat under the ECC Interoperability Forum umbrella, completion of this large undertaking helps ensure that ECC products from these vendors will integrate seamlessly, providing end-to-end security for customers.
Leading security companies like RSA and VeriSign have joined the ECC Interoperability Forum, as have open source software projects like Mozilla and Apache.
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<P>SAN FRANCISCO, RSA Conference, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems , the creator of the Solaris(TM) operating system (Solaris OS), today announced that Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is now interoperable across multiple platforms, including Solaris OS, Windows and Linux. Spearheaded by Sun Labs, Certicom, Microsoft and Red Hat under the ECC Interoperability Forum umbrella, completion of this large undertaking helps ensure that ECC products from these vendors will integrate seamlessly, providing end-to-end security for customers. Leading security companies like RSA and VeriSign have joined the ECC Interoperability Forum, as have open source software projects like Mozilla and Apache. </P> <P> For years, RSA has been the industry standard for public-key cryptography. Today's 1024-bit RSA keys are expected to double by 2010, putting a very large load on both clients and servers, slowing secure on-line transactions, and greatly exceeding the computational and memory constraints for wireless, mobile devices. ECC offers the same level of security as RSA while using smaller keys. Smaller keys result in faster computations as well as memory, energy and bandwidth savings. The National Security Agency (NSA) has endorsed ECC as the public-key technology of choice for protecting sensitive U.S. Government information. Security sensitive organizations worldwide are expected to follow the NSA's lead and embrace ECC in a big way, especially in the wake of regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA. </P> <P> "Security is an industry-wide concern that affects nearly every IT company and customer. The full value of a new security technology can only be realized if that technology is deployed broadly and the deployed implementations inter-operate seamlessly," said Vipul Gupta, Distinguished Engineer, Sun Labs. "By teaming with Microsoft, Red Hat, Certicom and others, we were able to extend ECC interoperability to Solaris OS, Windows and Linux -- the world's most pervasive operating systems. With the interoperability hurdle cleared, our customers can immediately start taking advantage of the significant performance and security benefits offered by ECC." </P> <P> For more than five years, the Next-Generation Cryptography team at Sun Labs has been investigating ECC and exploring its potential. Sun Labs' numerous contributions to the development and industry adoption of ECC include: </P> <P> <PRE> *Open source code contributions of ECC functionality to OpenSSL/Apache and Firefox/Mozilla, Leading the effort to get ECC standardized within secure socket layer (SSL/TLS), the Internet's dominant security protocol. This open specification has now been published as IETF RFC 4492 and is implemented in security products from major technology vendors and open source projects, and *Building ECC into Sun Java Web Server(TM) 7.0, Java(TM) SE platform 6.0 and recently taped-out Niagara2 processors Sun and ECC at RSA Conference 2007 </PRE> </P> <P> ECC will be discussed at 4:10 p.m. on February 6th at RSA (Moscone Center, San Francisco) in a panel titled "ECC/Suite-B in TLS: Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead." Sun's Vipul Gupta will be joined by moderator Margaret Salter of the National Security Agency and fellow panelists Bill Lattin of Certicom, Ari Medvinsky of Microsoft, and Robert Lord of Red Hat. The panel will focus on the important new application of elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) in Transport Layer Security (TLS) and talk about the industry factors that have spurred this change toward adopting new cryptographic standards. </P> <P> Encryption expert Whitfield Diffie, Chief Security Officer at Sun, will participate in the Cryptographers Panel on Tuesday, February 6 at 10:45 a.m. Also speaking at RSA are Sun engineers Glenn Brunette, Eve Maler, Ramesh Nagappan, and Pat Patterson. </P> <P> About Sun Microsystems, Inc. </P> <P> A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun.com . Subscribe to Sun newswire at http://sun.com/news . </P> <P> NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo Solaris, Sun Java Web Server, Java, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. </P> <P> <PRE> CONTACT: Carolyn Rohrer Sun Microsystems, Inc. 415/294-5084 carolyn.rohrer@sun.com </PRE> </P> <P> Sun Microsystems, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Carolyn Rohrer of Sun Microsystems, Inc., +1-415-294-5084, orcarolyn.rohrer@sun.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.sun.com/</P>
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Synchronoss Technologies Selected By Time Warner Cable for Mobile Access Launch
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Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), the leading software provider of electronic order management solutions to the communications services marketplace, today announced that its ActivationNow® platform has been selected to provide order management, activation and provisioning for Time Warner Cable's Mobile Access product.
This announcement expands on the existing and recurrent services that Synchronoss provides to Time Warner Cable's Digital Phone business and is a testament to how the ActivationNow platform helps communication service providers (CSPs) keep pace with their needs to roll-out additional solutions and product bundles.
"As we introduce our recently launched Mobile Access product to additional divisions, Synchronoss will play an integral role by providing a streamlined order processing solution," said Mike Roudi, Vice President of Time Warner Cable's Wireless Division.
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<P>Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR), the leading software provider of electronic order management solutions to the communications services marketplace, today announced that its ActivationNow® platform has been selected to provide order management, activation and provisioning for Time Warner Cable's Mobile Access product. </P> <P> This announcement expands on the existing and recurrent services that Synchronoss provides to Time Warner Cable's Digital Phone business and is a testament to how the ActivationNow platform helps communication service providers (CSPs) keep pace with their needs to roll-out additional solutions and product bundles. </P> <P> "As we introduce our recently launched Mobile Access product to additional divisions, Synchronoss will play an integral role by providing a streamlined order processing solution," said Mike Roudi, Vice President of Time Warner Cable's Wireless Division. </P> <P> In 2006, Time Warner Cable launched Mobile Access in Austin, TX and Raleigh, NC. Mobile Access is a new service that integrates mobility into Time Warner Cable's core products of Video, Road Runner High Speed Online and Digital Phone with a Sprint wireless phone. Mobile Access is being offered as a result of Time Warner Cable's alliance with Sprint Nextel and other cable operators. </P> <P> "This is a clear example of Time Warner Cable's focused drive of launching innovative cross network services " said Omar Tellez, Executive Vice President of Marketing at Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. Tellez added, "This is significant for Synchronoss not only because it represents a step forward in our efforts to move our ActivationNow platform 'Up the Stack' into a cross network environment, but also places us in a unique position to ride the convergence wave." </P> <P> About Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. </P> <P> Synchronoss Technologies (Nasdaq: SNCR), is the premier provider of on-demand transaction management software to Tier One communications service providers. Synchronoss enables service providers to drive growth in new and existing markets while delivering an improved customer experience at lower costs. The company's flagship ActivationNow® software platform automates, synchronizes and simplifies electronic service creation and management of advanced wireline, wireless and IP services across existing networks. Tier One Synchronoss clients include AT&T, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Cingular Wireless, Comcast, Level 3 Communications, Time Warner Cable, Verizon Business Solutions, and Vonage. For more information, please visit www.synchronoss.com. </P> <P> About Time Warner Cable </P> <P> Time Warner Cable owns and manages cable systems serving 13.4 million subscribers in 33 states. Passing approximately 26 million homes, Time Warner Cable includes some of the most technologically advanced and best-clustered cable systems in the country, with nearly 85 percent of the Company's customers located in five geographic regions: New York, Texas, Ohio, the Carolinas and southern California. Leveraging its leadership in innovation and quality customer care, Time Warner Cable delivers advanced products and services such as video on demand, high definition television, digital video recorders, high-speed data and Digital Phone. Time Warner Cable is a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX).</P>
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Tektronix Introduces Ultimate Performance Oscilloscopes
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BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tektronix, Inc. , a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the introduction of the industry's first ultra-high performance oscilloscope with 20 GHz real-time bandwidth and 50 GS/s simultaneous sampling rate.
The DSA70000 Digital Serial Analyzer (DSA) oscilloscope family includes several new models -- 20 GHz DSA72004, 16 GHz DSA71604 and 12.5 GHz DSA71254.
The new Tektronix oscilloscopes are an integral part of the new high-speed serial data test bench (see "New Tektronix DSA70000 Oscilloscopes and P7500 Probes Form Nucleus of Next Generation High-Speed Serial Data Test Bench"), and will foster development of next generation products for the new digital world.
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<P>BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tektronix, Inc. , a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the introduction of the industry's first ultra-high performance oscilloscope with 20 GHz real-time bandwidth and 50 GS/s simultaneous sampling rate. The DSA70000 Digital Serial Analyzer (DSA) oscilloscope family includes several new models -- 20 GHz DSA72004, 16 GHz DSA71604 and 12.5 GHz DSA71254. These new products provide unmatched performance and analysis and extend the Real-Time DPO performance platform introduced last summer with 4GHz-8GHz DSA models. The DSA70000 series offers more four-channel performance than any alternative oscilloscopes and are ideal for the high-speed serial data applications of today and tomorrow. The new Tektronix oscilloscopes are an integral part of the new high-speed serial data test bench (see "New Tektronix DSA70000 Oscilloscopes and P7500 Probes Form Nucleus of Next Generation High-Speed Serial Data Test Bench"), and will foster development of next generation products for the new digital world. </P> <P> New generations of consumer, computing, communications, and video products and systems are emerging that use faster, wider information buses and interconnects -- often using serial data architectures -- within the underlying semiconductors and IC components. Ultra-high performance oscilloscopes are required to capture the frequency harmonics of high-speed serial signals to make accurate and repeatable measurements. The DSA70000 oscilloscopes provide support on all channels for ultra-high bandwidth, deep memory, fast sample rate, and fast waveform capture rate. This is especially valuable for high-speed multi-lane serial data architectures where multi-channel analysis is needed for lane skew timing violations. The models are ideal for design engineers developing and testing state-of-the-art serial data applications, including PCI-Express 2, SATA 3, FB-DIMM II, HDMI 1.3, and 10Gbit/s Ethernet. </P> <P> "The need for high-end test equipment continues to escalate in keeping with market demands driving greater performance," said Colin Shepard, Vice President, Performance Oscilloscopes, Tektronix. "Engineers need an oscilloscope that is free of compromises, that has leading specifications to keep pace with the performance curve, and that provides a complete, efficient and productive test solution. The new DSA70000 models are the best real-time oscilloscopes developed, delivering the performance our customers need for high-speed multi-lane serial data applications and processor buses. The new oscilloscopes provide the most extensive analysis and compliance measurements available and reinforce the Tektronix track record of innovation with the right technologies at the right time for the market." </P> <P> The new digital real-time (DRT) models provide the best combination of performance with 12.5 GHz, 16 GHz, and 20 GHz version, 50 GS/s maximum sample rate per channel, and up to 200M memory across all four channels. A FastAcq acquisition mode waveform capture rate greater than 300,000 per second -- about 1000 times faster than any competing alternative -- with the DPX(R) parallel architecture signal processor yields both critical insight into signal behavior and in-depth analysis. The unequaled combination of DRT and DPO ultra-high performance on four channels simultaneously provides engineers with the industry-leading attributes they need for the most demanding test challenges. </P> <P> Innovative Engineering and Technology Are at the Core </P> <P> Faster than any other, the new real-time oscilloscopes share a new generation scalable performance platform that makes broad use of IBM 7HP silicon germanium (SiGe) technology. The 7HP SiGe technology offers peak performance for applications requiring high speed transfer of data, low noise, high linearity and low power consumption. </P> <P> "The new DSA70000 oscilloscopes are the ultra-high performance products that Tektronix envisioned when work began several years ago with IBM on a 7HP silicon germanium implementation," said David Harame, director of enablement and IBM fellow, Systems and Technology Group, IBM. "The results of the collaboration are a test and measurement platform for the future, apparent in these transformational products. The new DSA70000 products provide industry leading multi-channel performance, a requirement for design engineers developing next generation products." </P> <P> This level of performance is necessary for emerging 2nd and 3rd generation serial data technologies. At 50 GS/s and 200M record length, an engineer can capture more than four ms of data, ensuring the best resolution at full performance compared to alternative products. The 20 GHz DSA72004 provides 3rd harmonic measurements for data rates up to 12 Gb/s and 5th harmonic measurements on signals running up to 8 Gb/s. This performance satisfies the signal integrity measurement and compliance requirements of the fastest chip-to-chip serial bus architectures. </P> <P> Digital Serial Analyzer Models Provide Advanced Serial Data Test Capabilities </P> <P> With the DSA70000, Tektronix provides the performance and functionality most needed by design and test engineers working with high-speed serial data buses including the best multi-layer analysis tools for the debug and validation of single and multi-lane signals. The DSA70000 series instruments include leading Serial Compliance, Jitter and Timing Analysis tools that provide patented software clock recovery, RT-Eye(R) Serial Compliance and Analysis Software, and a full battery of standard-specific parametric measurements. The DSA70000 also includes hardware serial pattern triggering up to 3.125Gbit/s. </P> <P> Engineers can add options for domain expertise that provide specific Pass/Fail waveform mask and measurement limit testing in conformance with industry-acknowledged standards. The DSA70000 models can be optioned with the industry's broadest range of automated software applications to speed pass/fail testing to industry standards. The analysis software provides jitter measurements for most key timing parameters required by high-speed serial data standards, and offers the greatest accuracy and lowest jitter noise measurements for the highest available bandwidth, four-channel real time oscilloscope on the market. </P> <P> Full Fidelity to the Probe Tip </P> <P> Many customer applications require connecting to signals through high bandwidth probes. Connecting these probes to the scope changes the overall response of the scope and probe system. The DSA70000 models offer user selectable DSP that compensates for connection of the P7313 Z-Active(TM) differential probe with the High Bandwidth Straight Flex Tip-Clip(TM) Assembly so that the full potential performance of the system is achieved with the probe attached. The same advantages of bandwidth enhancement -- flat signal response, linear phase response, and matched channels -- and noise reduction now extend all the way to the probe tip. With this new feature, any signal applied at the probe tip has the same fidelity as if it were connected directly to the scope input. Engineers now have the ability of connecting to their signals with the P7313, directly via high frequency cables, or a mix of both at the same time, and retain full system performance and fidelity. Full bandwidth to the tip support for more probes and tips, including the new P7513 and P7516 probes will be available within the next several months. </P> <P> New Models Transform Oscilloscope Portfolio </P> <P> With this announcement, there are now DSA70000 models ranging from the 4 GHz DSA70404 to the 20 GHz DSA72004 designed for serial data applications. These share the same basic platform with the DPO7000 and DPO70000 models designed for advanced digital test, beginning with 500 MHz DPO7054. Also now available are new DPO70000 models, also ranging from 12.5 GHz to 20 GHz. All together there are 16 new oscilloscope models introduced within the last year based upon this new generation architecture, a complete transformation of the mid-range and high-end Tektronix oscilloscopes. </P> <P> Pricing </P> <P> U.S. list prices for the 12.5 GHz DPO71254 begin at $88,500. DSA71254 Digital Serial Analyzer models begin at $99,500. Shipments of the new models are expected to begin in the first calendar quarter, 2007. </P> <P> About Tektronix </P> <P> Tektronix is a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products, solutions and services for the communications, computer, and semiconductor industries -- as well as military/aerospace, consumer electronics, education and a broad range of other industries worldwide. With 60 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks, advanced and pervasive technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is http://www.tektronix.com/. </P> <P> Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. </P> <P> Tektronix, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Amy Higgins of Tektronix, Inc., +1-503-627-6497,Amy.L.Higgins@tektronix.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.tektronix.com/</P>
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VidSoft Completes Its Acquisition of VidSoft GmbH
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VidSoft Inc., a global provider of IP-based multimedia-rich communication solutions, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of VidSoft GmbH.
VidSoft, Inc. was originally formed as the North American sales and marketing arm for Germany's VidSoft GmbH. With global reach, the newly combined company boasts a seasoned leadership team and a client list that includes some of the world's most well-known brands.
Mr. Sullivan will draw on many years of executive-level experience to successfully increase the Company's profitability and forge strategic partner alliances, while maintaining a high commitment to product innovation and development.
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<P>VidSoft Inc., a global provider of IP-based multimedia-rich communication solutions, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of VidSoft GmbH. </P> <P> VidSoft, Inc. was originally formed as the North American sales and marketing arm for Germany's VidSoft GmbH. With global reach, the newly combined company boasts a seasoned leadership team and a client list that includes some of the world's most well-known brands. </P> <P> Scott Sullivan, former COO of Meridio, has been named VidSoft's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sullivan will draw on many years of executive-level experience to successfully increase the Company's profitability and forge strategic partner alliances, while maintaining a high commitment to product innovation and development. </P> <P> Sascha Kuemmel, co-founder of VidSoft GmbH, will serve as CTO for VidSoft. Mr. Kuemmel and the other founders began developing VidSoft's intellectual property and technologies more than 10 years ago at the University of Dresden ("TU Dresden"). </P> <P> "VidSoft is more than a Video Conferencing and Collaboration solution. We provide much of the functionality companies need to achieve a Unified Communications Platform that combines voice, video and data interactions in one easy-to-use desktop interface," said Sullivan. "Analysts such as Gartner and Wainhouse Research agree that a radical movement is underway within this sector of the market. In preparation, we are committed to building a healthy business and strengthening our position in the market." </P> <P> About VidSoft </P> <P> Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, VidSoft develops media-rich communication solutions that seamlessly integrate audio, video, web conferencing and collaboration. VidSoft works over the Internet or corporate intranet -- right from the user's desktop. </P> <P> VidSoft software is deployed in more than 20 countries and used by some of the world's leading companies to streamline day-to-day business processes, reduce communication bottlenecks, achieve measurable cost savings and enhance their competitive edge. The "software only" solution was built, from the ground up with large, multinational companies in mind. It's secure, easy to deploy and maintain, and delivers best-in-class synchronized audio and video with minimal impact on bandwidth. Visit www.vidsoft.com for more information. </P> <P> <Pre> For more information, contact: Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=93B2C5FDF2A27831 781-439-1280 </Pre> </P> <P> SOURCE: VidSoft Inc.</P>
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Tarari Announces T10 Technology -- Breakthrough New Silicon Architecture
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RSA Conference -- Tarari Inc., the leader in deep content inspection silicon, today announced its new T10 Technology Silicon Platform that allows OEMs to create lower cost, higher performance security and networking platforms.
The new technology is being shown to OEM customers and partners at the Tarari booth at the RSA conference (# 2437) this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
The new Tarari T10 Technology completely eliminates the need to add expensive, exotic memories such as SRAM, RLDRAM or TCAM to store "inspection rules" which can result in a 50% cost reduction in overall silicon costs.
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<P>RSA Conference -- Tarari Inc., the leader in deep content inspection silicon, today announced its new T10 Technology Silicon Platform that allows OEMs to create lower cost, higher performance security and networking platforms. </P> <P> The new technology is being shown to OEM customers and partners at the Tarari booth at the RSA conference (# 2437) this week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. </P> <P> The new Tarari T10 Technology completely eliminates the need to add expensive, exotic memories such as SRAM, RLDRAM or TCAM to store "inspection rules" which can result in a 50% cost reduction in overall silicon costs. Instead, the new Tarari T10 silicon technology uses embedded or very low cost DRAM memory. This significantly reduces cost and power consumption and it also expands the number of rules that can be used from today's 50,000-100,000 rules to well over millions of rules. Since all rules are evaluated simultaneously, million rule systems running at 10Gbps can far exceed one trillion matches per second. </P> <P> A key capability of the new Tarari T10 Technology is its "cut-through" processing function, which reduces latency by 10 fold since data is transferred immediately to the content processor without intermediate buffering. Streaming applications such as Intrusion Prevention (IPS) and XML Threat Management (XTM) can now process for matches on the very first byte of a packet and need no longer wait for the whole packet to arrive. </P> <P> Tarari offers ASICs, production boards, and embedded software components that are designed to snap in to networking, appliance, blades, and server systems. </P> <P> "Tarari's new T10 Technology expands on their already comprehensive portfolio," said Bob Wheeler, senior analyst at The Linley Group. "Last year we completed an extensive study of Security and Content Processors that showed Tarari is well on its way to establishing the early leadership position for content-inspection products." </P> <P> Tarari T10 Technology features: </P> <P> <Pre> 1. Scaleable family from 1 to 10Gbps performance 2. No expensive SRAM, RLDRAM or TCAM 3. Cut-through Processing 4. Cross-Packet Inspection 5. HyperTransport & 1/4/8 lane PCI-Express interfaces </Pre> </P> <P> Tarari T10 Technology also supports new cores including RegEx, XML, Compression & Encryption (AES as well as DES/3DES) that can take advantage of higher throughputs and lower latencies. </P> <P> "With Deep Security inspection becoming ubiquitous, Tarari's T10 Technology serves to simultaneously drive performance up and system cost down," said Gary Smerdon, chief marketing officer of Tarari, Inc. "Tarari is the market leader in content inspection silicon and the momentum continues to build through our expanding relationships with top tier customers and partners." </P> <P> Tarari technology is already shipping in products from a number of Tier 1 customers that leverage Tarari's products to perform Deep Packet Inspection at wire speeds. Applications that benefit from Tarari's technology include: </P> <P> <Pre> -- content-based routing (CBR) and switching -- application firewalls and security gateways -- web and WAN acceleration -- application networking -- content filtering -- anti-virus -- regulatory compliance -- database acceleration </Pre> </P> <P> Tarari is committed to driving innovation and deliver on its promised roadmap by being the first vendor of a full 10Gbps, single chip content inspection solution that can handle both structured (e.g. XML) and unstructured data. New interconnects like PCI Express and HyperTransport allow Tarari's partners and customers to continue to deliver the lowest possible latency, highest bandwidth, solutions with the best performance scalability. </P> <P> Tarari T10 Technology is available now as an add-on to existing T9000 designs, and later in 2007 it will also be available in a new family of stand-alone ASICs. </P> <P> About Tarari, Inc. </P> <P> Tarari, the leader in deep content inspection silicon, is headquartered in San Diego, Calif., USA. Tarari designs and develops Content Processor silicon to allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to accelerate and offload compute-intensive, complex algorithms used in XML/Web Services, Network Security and Digital Media environments. A fabless semiconductor company whose product line primarily includes ASICs, Tarari also offers boards and software acceleration components designed for network equipment, appliance and server vendors, as well as independent software vendors. Tarari is a privately held company with venture backing from Crosspoint Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, XMLFund and Intel Capital. For more information, visit www.tarari.com, e-mail: info@tarari.com or call 858-385-5131. </P> <P> <Pre> Media Contact: Tim Helms Helms Communications Inc. 925-606-6936 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=588309572071B4EB Company Contact: John Bromhead Tarari, Inc. 858-642-2500 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=8D8EE825A1A9C823 </Pre> </P> <P> SOURCE: Tarari, Inc.</P>
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Amedia to Deliver First-Ever GPON Home Gateway With Built-In Home Networking and Media Library
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Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTC BB: AANI), a provider of next generation media gateways to distribute and manage ultra-broadband triple-play services in the home, today announced the development of the world's first GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) gateway with built-in home networking capabilities and a personal media library.
The HG-G1000 is being designed to provide the integrated functionality of an in-home Broadband Home Router (BHR), an outdoor Optical Network Terminal (ONT), and integrated battery backup.
"Service Providers are deploying fiber to the home in order to meet the ever increasing demands for next generation services, including IPTV, high definition television programming, video on demand, interactive gaming and VOIP.
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<P>Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTC BB: AANI), a provider of next generation media gateways to distribute and manage ultra-broadband triple-play services in the home, today announced the development of the world's first GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) gateway with built-in home networking capabilities and a personal media library. The HG-G1000 is being designed to provide the integrated functionality of an in-home Broadband Home Router (BHR), an outdoor Optical Network Terminal (ONT), and integrated battery backup. Simply put, telecommunications companies can offer the HG-G1000 as a single, "in-home" gateway appliance for subscribers -- with no required outdoor-hardened optical or electrical components. This significantly reduces installation costs, relative to the multiple equipment unit (ONT plus BHR plus battery backup) solution, by eliminating outdoor installation and media required to interconnect multiple products, while also providing means to utilize existing home television and telephone wiring within the connected home. </P> <P> According to a recent report by Infonetics Research, the worldwide PON Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) subscribers doubled from 2004 to 2005, and is projected to grow from 4.1 million in 2005 to 38 million in 2009. In aggregate, the firm predicts the Bells could spend $3 billion to $5 billion on GPON gear alone for U.S. deployments through 2010. </P> <P> "Service Providers are deploying fiber to the home in order to meet the ever increasing demands for next generation services, including IPTV, high definition television programming, video on demand, interactive gaming and VOIP. Adding to customer expectations is the increasing use of the Internet for video and music downloads. GPON will give service providers the flexibility to meet these demands," said Amedia President, CEO, and Director Frank Galuppo. "Our GPON gateway is being designed to make this transition as smooth as possible from the perspectives of both carriers and subscribers." </P> <P> The HG-G1000 offers carriers a versatile, cost-effective endpoint while also providing MoCA (Multimedia over Coax Alliance), Ethernet, and wireless capabilities. </P> <P> "The intelligence and versatility we have built into the HG-G1000 provides carriers with more revenue-generating service delivery options, and in-depth control over them," added Mr. Galuppo </P> <P> The HG-G1000 is coupled with Amedia's new Broadband Entertainment Center, which significantly enhances the capability of the HG-G1000 beyond a traditional gateway to a true multimedia control point within the home. It will have a built-in software API to support the development and delivery of proprietary or third-party software programs as well as networked applications to subscribers, such as web surfing, in-home messaging, remote home monitoring and control, a virtual family calendar, and other innovations. Utilizing a web browser interface from any television or monitor, users can browse the Internet as well as download, organize, store, or playback multimedia such as videos, digital pictures, music, voice messages, and much more. Additionally, the GPON BHR has four wired LAN interfaces with 10/100/1000 BASE T auto-negotiating, which supports GbE for client devices capable of communicating at that rate. </P> <P> GPON provides bandwidth almost 4 times that of the current BPON deployments, increasing bandwidth to 2.4 gigabits per second (gbps) downstream and 1.2 gbps upstream. This increase in speed over existing BPONs (Broadband Passive Optical Networks), which support 622mbps of downstream bandwidth and 155mbps upstream, will give telecom carriers the capacity to deliver IPTV and other HD television programming, as well as other new revenue-generating triple-play services to the home. </P> <P> Amedia plans to begin Beta testing of the new HG-G1000 with carrier customers by mid-2007. </P> <P> About Amedia Networks </P> <P> Amedia Networks, Inc. (OTC BB: AANI) provides next generation residential media gateways to distribute and manage high-quality voice, high-definition video, and high-speed data services throughout the networked home. The Amedia residential gateway offers a single, compact, configurable device with the collective functionality of a modem, wireless access point, router, VoIP adapter, and family firewall -- all in one. In addition, it features external media storage and a built-in operating system for carriers to continuously develop and deliver new, ultra-broadband applications to the home. The company is led by an executive team with a long and proven history in the voice, data, and telecom industries, and its core technologies have been co-developed by Lucent Technologies, Inc.'s renowned Bell Laboratories unit. For more information, visit www.amedia.com. </P> <P> All company names, brand names, and product names herein are trademarks of their respective holder(s). </P> <P> This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of factors could cause Amedia's actual results to differ from anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Such factors are addressed in Amedia's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov) and include, but are not limited to, the success and market acceptance of Amedia's triple play solution, the sufficiency of cash reserves to meet operating and other requirements, the relatively fast pace of obsolescence in the broadband communications equipment market, and the competitive environment in the economy generally and in the telecommunications specifically. Amedia assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.</P>
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Data Connection Enhances DC-Megaco/H.248 Solution
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Data Connection Limited (DCL), the world's leading independent provider of communications protocol software, has announced enhancements to its DC-Megaco/H.248 solution enabling compliance with the ITU's H.248.1v3 recommendation.
The H.248 protocol is also utilized in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environments.
Version 3 of H.248.1 adds new diagnostic capabilities, such as stream level statistics, which enhance the user's ability to monitor and troubleshoot H.248 sessions.
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<P>Data Connection Limited (DCL), the world's leading independent provider of communications protocol software, has announced enhancements to its DC-Megaco/H.248 solution enabling compliance with the ITU's H.248.1v3 recommendation. </P> <P> H.248 is an IETF/ITU standards-based signaling protocol that enables media gateway controllers to manage media gateways in establishing media paths in converged networks. It is an essential signaling protocol for gateways, call agents/softswitches, media controllers, media servers, and other voice/data platforms. The H.248 protocol is also utilized in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environments. </P> <P> Version 3 of H.248.1 adds new diagnostic capabilities, such as stream level statistics, which enhance the user's ability to monitor and troubleshoot H.248 sessions. A new message segmentation package is also available, which greatly simplifies the transmission of large packets over transports that do not support message segmentation such as the commonly used User Datagram Protocol (UDP). </P> <P> DC-Megaco/H.248 is a complete package of portable source code, reference and test applications, and customization tools. This package greatly reduces a system vendor's time to market, engineering cost and risk for developing multi-media components of wireline, wireless and IMS solutions. The DC-Megaco/H.248 solution is implemented as libraries and is pre-ported to all the leading operating systems, allowing easy and fast integration to any system architecture. </P> <P> Please contact dcmgcp@dataconnection.com for pricing and availability. </P> <P> About Data Connection </P> <P> Data Connection Limited (DCL) is the leading independent developer and supplier of Unicast and Multicast IP Routing, MPLS, SIP, MGCP/Megaco, SBC, ATM, and SNA portable products, as well as Web Conferencing, Voicemail, Unified Messaging, and Directory applications. The company's MetaSwitch division supplies industry-leading IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified communications services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. </P> <P> Customers include the world's largest software and hardware vendors, including Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft, and major telecommunications service providers such as AT&T, BT, France Telecom and Verizon. With over 370 employees, Data Connection is headquartered in London, UK with US offices in Alameda, CA, Boxborough, MA, Dallas, TX and Reston, VA. For more information, please see www.dataconnection.com and www.metaswitch.com.</P>
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Tektronix Enhances 3G Network Optimization Portfolio to Provide Complete Solution for UTRAN Performance
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BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tektronix, Inc. , a leading worldwide provider of communications network management and diagnostics solutions, announced the enhancement of its 3G network optimization portfolio with a unique software application that enables reduction of lost revenues through faster identification of service degradation and problem resolution.
TrendNavigate complements the Network and Service Analyzer (NSA) protocol analysis solution for UTRAN, part of Tektronix' first-to-market suite of applications which help network operators worldwide improve troubleshooting and optimize network performance.
With this announcement, Tektronix offers customers a market-leading network optimization portfolio, which is centered around the NSA with its comprehensive set of applications for monitoring, analyzing and optimizing networks.
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<P>BEAVERTON, Ore., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tektronix, Inc. , a leading worldwide provider of communications network management and diagnostics solutions, announced the enhancement of its 3G network optimization portfolio with a unique software application that enables reduction of lost revenues through faster identification of service degradation and problem resolution. TrendNavigate complements the Network and Service Analyzer (NSA) protocol analysis solution for UTRAN, part of Tektronix' first-to-market suite of applications which help network operators worldwide improve troubleshooting and optimize network performance. </P> <P> With this announcement, Tektronix offers customers a market-leading network optimization portfolio, which is centered around the NSA with its comprehensive set of applications for monitoring, analyzing and optimizing networks. The portfolio also includes the Unified Assurance network management suite for managing mobile networks and the RF Scout for RF interference hunting and coverage check. This robust key performance indicators-based portfolio enables network operators to efficiently address today's most critical challenge: keeping infrastructure and service delivery costs under control without compromising end-user quality of experience. </P> <P> The exponential data traffic increase in current and future networks dictated by 3G services requirements, the complexity of UTRAN, and high customer expectations in terms of quality of service are all driving a significant need for an end-to-end mobile network optimization solution. Mobile operators want to gain greater performance and value from their existing networks while accommodating subscriber growth and high quality service demands. At the same time, they are tasked with increasing staff and infrastructure efficiencies. As a result, operators need a powerful optimization solution that provides network quality and coverage as traffic loads increase, reduces time spent assessing network performance, minimizes capital and operational expenditures and allows timely identification of potential sources of revenue losses. </P> <P> "Optimizing 3G networks is critical to the business of today's network operators," said Arif Kareem, Vice President, Network Diagnostics, Tektronix. "This gives network operators a competitive edge in rolling out new services with quality and experience expected by their end users. TrendNavigate enhances our network optimization portfolio and is an extension of Tektronix' commitment to help customers get the most from their network investments. Tektronix' solution has the ability to seamlessly drill down to individual call levels. This ensures that service providers can improve their margins, while being focused on driving quality that is aligned with their own subscriber expectations and on deploying new technology without quality degradation." </P> <P> TrendNavigate: Increasing Efficiency by Increasing Visibility </P> <P> TrendNavigate is a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) trend analysis tool that features a customized dashboard, providing independent benchmarks on network performance. Operators can establish baseline values, compare benchmarks before and after network upgrades or optimization campaigns and recognize trends and changes. By analyzing trends over time, operators can identify even minor performance degradations. </P> <P> TrendNavigate allows optimization and troubleshooting engineers to assess network performance at a glance, enabling aggregation of data from multiple RNCs and sessions, over days, weeks and months. The tool also provides automatic reporting and alarming, as well as critical visibility reports, including top cell and cause value reports and cartography reports that indicate and visualize the top worst cells, areas or handsets. </P> <P> The tool allows seamless drill-down from user-definable dashboard KPIs to individual call analysis. This saves operators' significant time when troubleshooting potential network problems because root causes can be narrowed down to areas, cells, services, handsets and individual calls. </P> <P> About Tektronix' Network Optimization Portfolio </P> <P> Tektronix offers customers a market-leading network optimization portfolio, which is built around the Network and Service Analyzer NSA, the RF Scout and the Unified Assurance components. This portfolio's flexibility and the comprehensive scope of capabilities enables network operators to efficiently address today's most critical challenge: keeping infrastructure and service delivery costs under control without compromising end user quality of experience. It covers all use cases throughout the different lifecycles of a mobile network. </P> <P> The market-leading NSA provides fully automated instrument configuration for Iub, Iur, Iu-CS and Iu-PS interfaces, which greatly reduces the time required to obtain and analyze the data. Additionally, the application provides fully automated network topology discovery, enabling effective troubleshooting of live 3G networks. Supporting the industry's broadest set of KPIs, the solution provides the ability to relate breakdowns per service (e.g. voice, video, packet), per network element (e.g., cell, NodeB, RNC, SGSN, MSC), per call and per subscriber (e.g. IMSI, MSISDN) to communication protocol events in the network infrastructure. All use cases for monitoring, analyzing and optimizing a mobile radio network can be executed in a seamless drill down fashion, maximizing the efficiency of optimizing the business critical performance and cost parameters of the network. </P> <P> Tektronix' industry-leading Unified Assurance network management suite provides integrated, end-to-end performance monitoring solutions for customer, service and network assurance. UA's probing systems provide key performance indicators for managing mobile networks. UA includes active test products for VoIP, voice and video, providing active troubleshooting, provisioning and automated service quality monitoring that accurately reflects the subscriber experience. </P> <P> The RF Scout, the industry's first handheld, field-ready interference hunting tool, enables network performance planning and optimization teams to explore, discover, analyze and document in-channel and out-of-channel RF interference and coverage issues or other radio signal quality problems. The handheld form factor, performance and durability make measurements convenient, reliable and accurate whether inside a building or outdoors. </P> <P> About Tektronix </P> <P> Tektronix is a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products, solutions and services for the communications, computer, and semiconductor industries -- as well as military/aerospace, consumer electronics, education and a broad range of other industries worldwide. With 60 years of experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation global communications networks, advanced and pervasive technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix has operations in 19 countries worldwide. Tektronix' Web address is http://www.tektronix.com/. </P> <P> Tektronix provides network operators and equipment manufacturers a comprehensive and unparalleled suite of network diagnostics and management solutions for fixed, mobile, IP and converged multi-service networks. These solutions support such architectures and applications as fixed mobile convergence, IMS, broadband wireless access, WiMAX, VoIP and triple play, including IPTV. Learn more about Tektronix' communications test, measurement and network monitoring solutions by visiting http://www.tek.com/communications. </P> <P> NOTE: Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. </P> <P> Tektronix, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Carol DeMatteo, +1-469-330-4588, or carol.dematteo@tek.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.tektronix.com/</P>
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Capscan Web-Enables CRM Application With GO-Global From GraphOn
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GraphOn Corporation (OTCBB:GOJO), a leading developer of application publishing and Web-enabling solutions, today announced that UK-based Capscan Ltd has deployed the company's GO-Global server-based computing solution to instantly and cost-effectively Web-enable its use of the ACT!
Capscan is a leading supplier of international address management software solutions headquartered in London.
Instead, Capscan turned to GraphOn for a fast, simple, and affordable solution.
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<P>GraphOn Corporation (OTCBB:GOJO), a leading developer of application publishing and Web-enabling solutions, today announced that UK-based Capscan Ltd has deployed the company's GO-Global server-based computing solution to instantly and cost-effectively Web-enable its use of the ACT! customer relationship management (CRM) application. </P> <P> Capscan is a leading supplier of international address management software solutions headquartered in London. The company relies on ACT! from Sage Software to access contact and customer information, manage and prioritize activities, and track and improve business relationships. </P> <P> "With a satellite office in Manchester and sales personnel working away from the office on a regular basis, we needed to find a solution that would allow us to access our ACT! application without having to take along remote copies which inevitably are not synchronized regularly," said Capscan Operations Manager Ian Spring. "One option was to upgrade to a newer, Web-based version of ACT!, but such a move would have been cost-prohibitive and would have involved substantial downtime and re-training issues." </P> <P> Instead, Capscan turned to GraphOn for a fast, simple, and affordable solution. The GO-Global application delivery solution provides instant Web-enabled access to centrally-running Windows applications from any location, platform and operating system. It provides outstanding performance, even over dial-up lines and high-latency Internet connections. GO-Global eliminates the need to modify applications for the Web or deploy complex infrastructure such as Microsoft Windows Terminal Services or Citrix. </P> <P> "Capscan now runs ACT! on their central Windows 2003 Server along with the GO-Global server software," explained Mark Jenkin, GO-Global Channel Director at Global Software Distribution Services Ltd, one of GraphOn's EMEA distributors. "Local and remote users, which include sales account managers, administrative, marketing and technical staff, access ACT! from a variety of desktop and laptop computers running operating systems such as Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home, Windows 2000 -- and even a few running Windows 98 SE." </P> <P> To access the centralized application, each user simply runs a very small GO-Global thin client which is totally invisible. ACT! looks and feels exactly the same as if it were running locally. </P> <P> "Performance of ACT! has been significantly improved when used through GO-Global compared to a local client installation," continued Spring. "It is also a far more stable solution than having ACT! client installations." </P> <P> GO-Global utilizes GraphOn's patented RXP protocol which is much faster and offers vastly improved data compression than other solutions. By only publishing the application's GUI over the network, and not the entire desktop, RXP provides near LAN-like performance, even over low-bandwidth connections. </P> <P> "GraphOn has provided the best value for our company while requiring a minimal amount of disruption during implementation," concluded Spring. "GO-Global has allowed us to retain our existing CRM solution, meaning a savings in upgrade costs, downtime and retraining resources, all of which would have been critical issues had we upgraded to a Web-based CRM application." </P> <P> About Capscan </P> <P> Capscan Ltd is a leading supplier of international address management solutions and data integrity services. The company has more than 1,800 customers worldwide across a wide range of commercial and public sectors. In the UK alone, there are more than 140 different government departments, agencies and local authorities using Capscan products or services. Private sector customers include leading blue chip companies as well as small- to medium-sized businesses. For more information, visit www.capscan.com or call +44.20.7428.1255. </P> <P> About GraphOn </P> <P> For over a decade, GraphOn has been an innovator of cost-effective, advanced solutions that help customers access applications from anywhere. GraphOn's high-performance software provides fast remote access, cross-platform connectivity, and a centralized architecture delivering dramatically lower cost of ownership. The company's solutions run under Microsoft (MSFT) Windows, Linux, and UNIX, including Sun (SUNW) Solaris, IBM AIX, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) HP-UX, and more. For more information, call 1.800.GRAPHON in the USA, +44.1344.668534 in Europe, or visit www.graphon.com. </P> <P> This press release contains statements that are forward looking as that term is defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results will differ due to factors such as shifts in customer demand, product shipment schedules, product mix, competitive products and pricing, technological shifts, and other variables. Readers are referred to GraphOn's most recent periodic and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P> <P> GraphOn and GO-Global are registered trademarks of GraphOn. Other trademarks belong to their owners.</P>
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Wind River, Radisys and OpenClovis Join Forces To Deliver ATCA Standards-Based Solution for Networking Infrastructure Provider Airvana
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Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), RadiSys Corporation (NASDAQ:RSYS) and OpenClovis, Inc., today announced that Airvana, Inc., a leader in IP-based mobile broadband network infrastructure, has adopted a comprehensive, pre-integrated hardware and software solution, jointly developed by the three vendors, as the foundation for its Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA)-based networking applications.
A provider of powerful technology that enables global operators to deliver mobile broadband services worldwide, Airvana selected the integrated, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), 10G ATCA-based solution to significantly accelerate time-to-market and reduce development costs for its leading-edge network solutions.
A clear demonstration of the network equipment industry's commitment to the ATCA standard, this collaborative solution is comprised of Wind River® Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, the RadiSys Promentum family of ATCA hardware platforms and OpenClovis Application Service Platform (ASP).
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<P>Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), RadiSys Corporation (NASDAQ:RSYS) and OpenClovis, Inc., today announced that Airvana, Inc., a leader in IP-based mobile broadband network infrastructure, has adopted a comprehensive, pre-integrated hardware and software solution, jointly developed by the three vendors, as the foundation for its Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA)-based networking applications. A provider of powerful technology that enables global operators to deliver mobile broadband services worldwide, Airvana selected the integrated, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), 10G ATCA-based solution to significantly accelerate time-to-market and reduce development costs for its leading-edge network solutions. With this solution, Airvana is able to focus resources immediately on value-add application development rather than component integration. </P> <P> A clear demonstration of the network equipment industry's commitment to the ATCA standard, this collaborative solution is comprised of Wind River® Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, the RadiSys Promentum family of ATCA hardware platforms and OpenClovis Application Service Platform (ASP). </P> <P> "These COTS products underscore the industry's drive towards hardware and software standardization that will allow infrastructure providers like Airvana to focus its efforts on introducing innovative services to the market in the most timely and cost-effective manner possible," said Frank Chen, vice president of engineering strategy & architecture, Airvana. "We are thrilled to be working with three vendors who understand the challenges facing today's networking equipment providers and who are leading the ATCA movement. The strength of their partnership and the overall value proposition made this choice easy for Airvana." </P> <P> Airvana develops mobile broadband network infrastructure systems based on Internet Protocol (IP). Airvana's IP-based products deliver carrier-grade mobility, scalability and reliability and are optimized for mobile broadband multimedia service deployment. In today's competitive telecommunications environment Airvana, like other network equipment providers (NEPs) and telecommunications equipment manufacturers (TEMs), faces market pressures that allow little to no time for upgrading, implementing and integrating diverse, disparate technologies. Furthermore, managing teams that use different tools and processes also impacts schedules, complicating testing procedures and deterring overall productivity. Airvana chose to eliminate such challenges by deploying a complete, open-standards-based, carrier-grade COTS solution to better leverage existing IP and concentrate more productively on the application layer and on system-wide management and operational features that appeal to and satisfy network operators' needs for greater interoperability and affordability. </P> <P> "One of the significant trends we are seeing from network infrastructure providers is a widespread move to define equipment requirements that mandate industry standards, manageability and interoperability, and ensure faster time-to-market and reduced development costs," said Stephen Balacco, director of the embedded systems software practice at VDC. "The jointly developed ATCA-based solution from Wind River, RadiSys and OpenClovis, is an excellent example of the integration and interoperability benefits that can be achieved by a well-supported industry standard. As the industry ecosystem continues to embrace standards like ATCA, TEMs will benefit from pre-integrated, end-to-end solutions that enable an increased focus on developing differentiated products and services." </P> <P> Industry's First Complete Application-Ready Deployment Solution </P> <P> The pre-integrated solution developed by Wind River, RadiSys and OpenClovis, eliminates Airvana's need to allocate resources for developing basic protocols and platform management solutions. This ATCA-based hardware and software environment enables rapid development of Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) applications for TEMs and NEPs. </P> <P> Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition is the company's first platform that includes a complete Carrier Grade Linux operating system, a rich set of networking middleware and a comprehensive set of development tools, Wind River® Workbench. With Wind River's networking equipment platforms, telecommunications equipment manufacturers can develop and run the complete range of network equipment applications from core and enterprise to access and edge devices. </P> <P> The RadiSys Promentum SYS-6010 is the industry's first ATCA 10Gigabit managed platform. It's a fully integrated and validated managed platform designed to address high speed I/O and bandwidth intensive traffic-bearing applications implemented in a flexible and reliable architecture complete with comprehensive system management. </P> <P> The OpenClovis Application Service Platform (ASP) and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) help network equipment vendors quickly and cost-effectively build platform manageability and high availability into their next generation communication products. The OpenClovis ASP provides a complete off-the-shelf, standards aligned, manageability and high availability software solution. It is operating system-and platform-agnostic, and is pre-integrated with Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition. </P> <P> About Airvana </P> <P> Airvana is an innovative leader providing mobile broadband infrastructure based on 3G wireless packet data technology. Airvana is the first company to combine advanced CDMA2000 1xEV-DO broadband technology with an innovative IP-Radio Access Network architecture --providing carrier-class performance and reliability. Networks based on Airvana's technology service millions of consumer and business subscribers; and a wide range of mobile broadband information, communication and entertainment applications. Worldwide, Airvana's mobile broadband systems are deployed on six continents in 16 major networks by industry-leading service providers who demand high standards of carrier-class performance. In addition, Airvana builds solutions for other wireless markets including in-flight, air-to-ground communications; and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) for the integration of cellular and IP-based access technologies. Airvana is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, USA. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.airvana.com. </P> <P> About Wind River </P> <P> Wind River is the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO). Wind River enables companies to develop, run and manage device software faster, better, at lower cost and more reliably. Wind River platforms are pre-integrated, fully standardized, enterprise-wide development solutions. They reduce effort, cost and risk and optimize quality and reliability at all phases of the device software development process, from concept to deployed product. </P> <P> Founded in 1981, Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations worldwide. To learn more, visit Wind River at http://www.windriver.com or call 1-800-872-4977. </P> <P> About RadiSys </P> <P> RadiSys (Nasdaq:RSYS) is a leading provider of advanced solutions for the communications networking and commercial systems markets. Through intimate customer collaboration and combining innovative technologies and industry leading architecture, RadiSys helps OEMs, systems integrators and solution providers bring better products to market faster and more economically. RadiSys products include embedded boards, application enabling platforms and turn-key systems, which are used in today's complex computing, processing and network intensive applications. </P> <P> For more information, visit http://www.radisys.com, write to info@radisys.com, or call 800-950-0044 or 503-615-1100. Editors seeking more information may contact Lyn Pangares at RadiSys Corporation at 503-615-1220 or lyn.pangares@radisys.com. </P> <P> About OpenClovis </P> <P> OpenClovis provides the premier open source, commercial off-the-shelf high availability and system management software for the telecommunications industry. The company reduces the cost of developing telecommunications equipment and accelerates time to market by providing developers with a flexible, standards-based software platform available under both open source and commercial licenses. With OpenClovis, telecommunication and network equipment manufacturers can quickly and easily add a management and high availability platform on which to build their differentiated applications. OpenClovis has received investment backing from American River Ventures, AT&T, Intel, Sevin Rosen Funds and Walden International. The company has partnerships with industry leaders such as HP and IBM. </P> <P> For more information, visit http://www.openclovis.com. </P> <P> NOTE: The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River is a registered trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc. RadiSysis a registered trademark and Promentum™ is a trademark of RadiSys Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.</P>
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AudioCodes Adds Video Capabilities Into Its IPmedia(TM) IMS-Compliant Media Server Platforms
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LOD, Israel, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AudioCodes , a leading provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and Voice Network products, today announced the addition of video capabilities into its IPmedia(TM) family of IMS-compliant Media Servers (MRFP's in IMS terminology).
Given AudioCodes' strong media processing heritage, the IPmedia product line of media servers will support transcoding and transrating for many types of end devices over cellular, Wi-Fi, and fixed networks.
"AudioCodes has been a market leader in media servers for several years and our products are deployed in the central offices of many tier one service providers in North America, Europe and Asia," stated Ben Rabinowitz, Vice President & General Manager of Session Border Controllers and Media Server Business Lines.
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<P>LOD, Israel, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AudioCodes , a leading provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and Voice Network products, today announced the addition of video capabilities into its IPmedia(TM) family of IMS-compliant Media Servers (MRFP's in IMS terminology). The addition of this new offering to the existing voice capabilities, is designed to help service providers deploy and then monetize IP video applications in order to increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) and reduce customer churn. The unified voice and video platforms allow service providers to minimize footprint and save equipment and operational costs. </P> <P> The newly introduced video capabilities will enable service providers and network equipment providers (NEPs) the ability to provide integrated video and audio services such as video conferencing, video messaging over multimedia messaging service (MMS) and downloading of video clips and content. It will also allow offering person-to-person and service-to-person video streaming of content among other potential applications. Given AudioCodes' strong media processing heritage, the IPmedia product line of media servers will support transcoding and transrating for many types of end devices over cellular, Wi-Fi, and fixed networks. </P> <P> "AudioCodes has been a market leader in media servers for several years and our products are deployed in the central offices of many tier one service providers in North America, Europe and Asia," stated Ben Rabinowitz, Vice President & General Manager of Session Border Controllers and Media Server Business Lines. "We now enable video applications running on the same robust, carrier grade AudioCodes media servers. We intend to work closely with our NEP partners, value added application vendors and service providers in order to integrate video services with their service creation environments, and deploy video applications and grow revenue." </P> <P> AudioCodes' IPmedia is a leading media server that offers Audio/Video processing for the media resource function (MRF) component of the IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) architecture as well as non-IMS applications. The IPmedia Video is offered on AudioCodes' media server platforms -- IPmedia 3000, IPmedia 5000 and IPmedia 8000. The IPmedia Video supports transcoding, transrating/bit rate adaptation, video re-sizing and video mixing of industry standard video codecs including MPEG4/H.263. The IPmedia Server platforms are highly available and architected to support transcoding and streaming of hundreds of video ports per blade. </P> <P> About AudioCodes </P> <P> AudioCodes Ltd. , Your Gateway to VoIP, provides innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet (VOP) technology and Voice Network products to OEMs, Network Equipment Providers, Service Providers and System Integrators worldwide. AudioCodes provides a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway and media processing technologies (based on VoIPerfect(TM) -- AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed, core media gateway architecture) and Session Border Controllers (SBCs). The company is a market leader in product development, focused on VoIP Media Gateway, Media Server and SBC technologies and network products. AudioCodes has deployed tens of millions of media gateway and media server channels globally over the past few years and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for the emerging Voice over IP market. The Company is a VoIP technology leader focused on quality, having recently received a number one ranking from ETSI for outstanding voice quality in its media gateways and media servers. AudioCodes voice network products feature media gateway and media server platforms for packet-based applications in the converged, wireline, wireless, broadband access, enhanced voice services and video markets. AudioCodes enabling technology products include VoIP and CTI communication blades, VoIP media gateway processors and modules, and CPE devices. AudioCodes' headquarters and R&D facilities are located in Israel with an R&D extension in the U.S. Other AudioCodes' offices are located in Europe, the Far East, and Latin America. For further information on AudioCodes, visit http://www.audiocodes.com/. </P> <P> Statements concerning AudioCodes' business outlook or future economic performance; product introductions and plans and objectives related thereto; and statements concerning assumptions made or expectations as to any future events, conditions, performance or other matters, are "forward-looking statements'' as that term is defined under U.S. Federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors include, but are not limited to: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in AudioCodes' industry and target markets in particular; shifts in supply and demand; market acceptance of new products and continuing products' demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on AudioCodes' and its customers' products and markets; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; the integration of acquired companies' products and operations into AudioCodes' business; and other factors detailed in AudioCodes' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AudioCodes assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. </P> <P> AudioCodes </P> <P> CONTACT: Shirley Nakar, AudioCodes, +972-3-976-4000,Shirley@audiocodes.com; Chuck Tanowitz, Schwartz Communications,+1-781-684-0770, audiocodes@schwartz-pr.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.audiocodes.com/</P>
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QLogic Announces Industry's First iSCSI HBAs for VMware Infrastructure 3; SANblade 4050 Series HBAs Added to VMware Hardware Compatibility List
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ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), a leading supplier of iSCSI host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced that its SANblade(r) 4050 Series iSCSI HBAs are the first in the industry to support VMware Infrastructure 3.
Optimized for virtualized environments, QLogic SANblade 4050 Series iSCSI HBAs complement VMware Infrastructure 3 by enabling high performance IP SANs and simplifying SAN management with boot-from-SAN capabilities.
"With hardware based iSCSI and TCP-IP offload and boot-from-SAN capabilities, QLogic SANblade iSCSI HBAs offer the first HBA solution of this kind for VMware environments connected to IP based SANs."
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<P>ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC), a leading supplier of iSCSI host bus adapters (HBAs), today announced that its SANblade(r) 4050 Series iSCSI HBAs are the first in the industry to support VMware Infrastructure 3. VMware Infrastructure 3 allows customers to deploy virtual infrastructure pervasively with expanded support for iSCSI storage including iSCSI arrays from leading vendors. Optimized for virtualized environments, QLogic SANblade 4050 Series iSCSI HBAs complement VMware Infrastructure 3 by enabling high performance IP SANs and simplifying SAN management with boot-from-SAN capabilities. </P> <P> "VMware has quickly risen as a major force in driving virtual infrastructure," said Amit Vashi, senior director of marketing, QLogic Computer Systems Group. "With hardware based iSCSI and TCP-IP offload and boot-from-SAN capabilities, QLogic SANblade iSCSI HBAs offer the first HBA solution of this kind for VMware environments connected to IP based SANs." </P> <P> QLogic iSCSI Advantages </P> <P> QLogic SANblade QLA4050 iSCSI HBAs offer high performance, low CPU utilization, and server connectivity directly to iSCSI storage or to iSCSI storage through an Ethernet network. These 1Gbps iSCSI-to-PCI-X HBA solutions offer several key features and benefits including: </P> <P> <pre> * Offloading iSCSI + TCP/IP Processing -- SANblade iSCSI HBAs provide access to a high performance iSCSI SAN without sacrificing server performance. Interrupts, CPU utilization, memory bus utilization and host bus access associated with iSCSI and TCP/IP are significantly reduced by offloading the tasks onto the SANblade iSCSI adapter. With iSCSI offload engines, fewer servers are required to maintain application performance. Server CPU utilization testing with typical applications and current servers demonstrates that QLogic SANblade iSCSI HBAs can save 30 percent or more of the server CPU. This can be a 100 percent improvement over software initiator implementations. Recent testing by Network Computing's Storage Pipeline magazine shows less than three percent CPU utilization by QLogic iSCSI HBAs for large block tests. * Broad Platform Support -- Realizing the cost and ease-of-use benefits of iSCSI HBA standardization requires drivers for multiple operating systems. Drivers for popular operating systems are available for the QLogic iSCSI HBAs including Windows, Solaris, Linux and VMware ESX Server. * Boot from External Storage (SAN) -- Managing several operating system "boot images" is a complex and time-consuming task for system administrators. By consolidating operating systems on and booting servers from external storage, changing, adding and removing servers is easier and faster. The SANblade QLA4050 includes "boot-from-SAN" capability, enabling this cost and time saving strategy. </pre> </P> <P> About QLogic </P> <P> QLogic is a leading supplier of high-performance storage networking solutions, producing the controller chips, host bus adapters (HBAs) and fabric switches that are the backbone of storage networks for most Global 2000 corporations. The company delivers a broad and diverse portfolio of products that includes Fibre Channel HBAs, blade server embedded Fibre Channel switches, Fibre Channel stackable switches, iSCSI HBAs, iSCSI routers and storage services platforms for enabling advanced storage management applications. The company is also a leading supplier of InfiniBand switches and InfiniBand host channel adapters for the emerging High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC) market. QLogic products are delivered to small-to-medium businesses and large enterprises around the world via its channel partner community. QLogic products are also powering solutions from leading companies like Cisco, Dell, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, IBM, NEC, Network Appliance and Sun Microsystems. QLogic is a member of the S&P 500 Index. </P> <P> Note: All QLogic-issued press releases appear on the Company's website (www.qlogic.com). Any announcement that does not appear on the QLogic website has not been issued by QLogic. </P> <P> Disclaimer -- Forward Looking Statements </P> <P> This press release contains statements relating to future results of the Company (including certain beliefs and projections regarding business trends) that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or implied in the forward-looking statements. The Company advises readers that these potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: potential fluctuations in operating results; gross margins that may vary over time; revenues may be affected by changes in IT spending levels; the stock price of the Company may be volatile; the Company's dependence on the storage area network market; the ability to maintain and gain market or industry acceptance of the Company's products; the Company's dependence on a limited number of customers; seasonal fluctuations and uneven sales patterns in orders from customers; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; declining average unit sales prices of comparable products; a reduction in sales efforts by current distributors; dependence on sole source and limited source suppliers; the Company's dependence on relationships with certain silicon chip suppliers; the complexity of the Company's products; sales fluctuations arising from customer transitions to new products; the uncertainty associated with SOX 404 compliance; environmental compliance costs; terrorist activities and resulting military actions; international economic, regulatory, political and other risks; uncertain benefits from strategic business combinations; the ability to attract and retain key personnel; recognition of compensation expense related to employee stock options and the Company's employee stock purchase plan; the decreased effectiveness of equity compensation; difficulties in implementing smaller geometry process technologies; the ability to protect proprietary rights; the ability to satisfactorily resolve any infringement claims; reliance on third party licenses; the use of "open source" software in our products; changes in our tax provisions or adverse outcomes resulting from examination of our income tax returns; computer viruses and other tampering with the Company's computer systems; and facilities of the Company and its suppliers and customers are located in areas subject to natural disasters. </P> <P> More detailed information on these and additional factors which could affect the Company's operating and financial results are described in the Company's Forms 10-K, 10-Q and other reports filed, or to be filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company urges all interested parties to read these reports to gain a better understanding of the many business and other risks that the Company faces. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and the Company does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. </P> <P> QLogic and the QLogic logo are registered trademarks of QLogic Corporation. SANblade is a registered trademark in the United States. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of the companies with which they are associated. </P> <P> This news release was distributed by PrimeNewswire, www.primenewswire.com </P> <P> <pre> CONTACT: QLogic Corporation Editor's Contact: Frank Berry 949-389-6499 frank.berry@qlogic.com Investor's Contact: Tony Massetti 949-389-7533 tony.massetti@qlogic.com </pre></P>
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Ultimus Earns Microsoft's Solution Launch Partner Status
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Ultimus, the #1 provider of Business Process Management (BPM) and workflow software and solutions, with more than 1,600 customers worldwide, announced that it has been awarded Solution Launch Partner status for the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
As a member of this select community of Microsoft partners, Ultimus was recognized for its continuous support of the Microsoft Office System.
Microsoft awarded this elite status to Ultimus for taking the extra step to design and develop a leading BPM solution using the 2007 Microsoft Office System.
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<P>Ultimus, the #1 provider of Business Process Management (BPM) and workflow software and solutions, with more than 1,600 customers worldwide, announced that it has been awarded Solution Launch Partner status for the 2007 Microsoft Office System. As a member of this select community of Microsoft partners, Ultimus was recognized for its continuous support of the Microsoft Office System. </P> <P> Microsoft awarded this elite status to Ultimus for taking the extra step to design and develop a leading BPM solution using the 2007 Microsoft Office System. New technical capabilities in the 2007 Microsoft Office system include open XML formats, a user interface extensibility model, and new servers and services. </P> <P> Ultimus has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies time and again and has a proven ability to meet customers' needs. Ultimus helps companies automate thousands of processes, resulting in reduced cycle times, lower costs, improved productivity and higher customer satisfaction. Powered by Adaptive Discovery®, the Ultimus BPM Suite is the only BPM suite with "self-discovering processes." The patented Adaptive Discovery technology learns and adapts when changes require new rules to processes. </P> <P> The Microsoft Office system can help organizations automate internal and external business processes and better integrate the familiar user experience of Microsoft Office programs with data from key business systems. It builds directly on the content creation experience in core desktop programs such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. With Ultimus, organizations can take documents and worksheets and integrate them into business processes and workflows. </P> <P> Now in its seventh generation, the Ultimus BPM Suite is the most feature rich product on the market, with enhancements driven from real experience gained from working with more than 1600 organizations, 2.2 million active users, and tens of thousands of processes worldwide. </P> <P> "We have embraced Microsoft's vision of 'people-ready' software, and are excited to bring complementary, value-added products to our mutual customers," said Rashid Khan, CEO and co-founder of Ultimus. "The ability to extend the Microsoft Office System to optimize business processes will serve our customers well." </P> <P> About Ultimus </P> <P> Ultimus is the worldwide leader in human-centric Business Process Management (BPM) software, providing the industry's most complete and scalable platform for modeling, automating, managing and optimizing business processes. Powered by Adaptive Discovery, the Ultimus BPM Suite is the only BPM suite that enables automated business processes to be deployed without completely defined process maps. Its Microsoft-based platform is quick to deploy and easy to administer, and its integration capabilities provide seamless information transfer between applications and outside organizations. Long recognized as a BPM pioneer, Ultimus has automated more processes than any BPM vendor, resulting in reduced cycle times, lower costs, improved productivity and higher customer satisfaction for its clients. Ultimus' award-winning BPM Suite is available in 20 languages and is deployed by more than 1,600 customers across every industry, including 100 of the world's largest enterprises. Headquartered in Cary, NC, Ultimus has offices in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia and supports a network of 80 worldwide partners. For more information, visit www.ultimus.com.</P>
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Etnus' TotalView(R) Named Supercomputing Online's 2006 Product of the Year
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Etnus LLC, the world's leading provider of debugging solutions for Linux clusters and other high performance computing environments, announced today that its TotalView® debugger won Supercomputing Online's "2006 Product of the Year" award.
The world's most advanced debugger on Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X, TotalView enhances developer productivity by simplifying the process of debugging data-intensive, multi-process, multi-threaded, or network-distributed applications.
"Etnus' TotalView brings the power, simplicity and rich features it honed as the premier debugger for large-scale parallel computing applications to more mainstream desktop, enterprise and embedded applications," said Chris O'Neal, editor-in-chief of Supercomputing Online.
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<P>Etnus LLC, the world's leading provider of debugging solutions for Linux clusters and other high performance computing environments, announced today that its TotalView® debugger won Supercomputing Online's "2006 Product of the Year" award. </P> <P> TotalView was among the hundreds of products that were reviewed by Supercomputing Online's Labs during 2006. TotalView was selected as the winner based on six criteria: innovation, performance, value, ease of use and manageability, ease of integration into existing environments and functionality. </P> <P> The world's most advanced debugger on Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X, TotalView enhances developer productivity by simplifying the process of debugging data-intensive, multi-process, multi-threaded, or network-distributed applications. Its advanced product features, including parallel process acquisition and control, advanced breakpoints and watchpoints, flexible display capabilities, and ability to test fixes on the fly, enable programmers and developers to shorten the development cycle for getting multi-core applications to market. </P> <P> "Etnus' TotalView brings the power, simplicity and rich features it honed as the premier debugger for large-scale parallel computing applications to more mainstream desktop, enterprise and embedded applications," said Chris O'Neal, editor-in-chief of Supercomputing Online. "We believe that TotalView will play an important part in the growth of supercomputing by making it easier for developers in a variety of industry sectors to write applications that rely on clustered, multi-core technologies." </P> <P> "We are delighted that TotalView has been recognized by Supercomputing Online's judges as the best product of the year," said Rich Collier, CEO of Etnus. "Our mission has always been to deliver the most robust, scalable debugging technology to developers to help them complete projects on time and within budget, while fully leveraging the potential of their technology. This award affirms that our strategy is working." </P> <P> About Etnus </P> <P> Etnus is the world's leading provider of debugging and analysis solutions for the multicore age. Etnus products enable software developers to visualize, control and correct UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X applications running on development machines with single, dual core, multi-core, or multiple processors. </P> <P> The company's flagship product, TotalView, enhances software development productivity by eliminating much of the frustration, delays, and headaches involved in debugging data-intensive, multi-process, multi-threaded, or network-distributed applications. Recognized worldwide as the gold standard for debugging in high performance, distributed or cluster computing environments, the award-winning TotalView is used by some of the world's largest supercomputers. </P> <P> For more than two decades, Etnus products have been at work in research institutions, government laboratories, and technical computing centers, as well as commercial enterprises in the financial services, telecommunications, biotech, aerospace, weather prediction, film special effects and animation, oil and gas exploration, and computer-aided engineering markets. Etnus offers its expanding product line through direct salespeople and a worldwide network of resellers. For more information, visit www.etnus.com.</P>
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Migo Software Launches XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite
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Migo Software, Inc. (OTCBB:MIGO), a provider of award-winning PC mobility, synchronization and utility software products, today announced the release of XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite, a complete and highly flexible suite solution for the safe migration of data from a computer running Windows XP to a PC with the new Windows Vista™ operating system.
What's more, we added software that allows users to prep their old PC for new use after the migration to Windows Vista is complete."
XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite is designed for users who want to transfer the contents of a computer using Windows XP to a new PC running Windows Vista, or for those who simply want to change to Windows Vista on their existing computer.
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<P>Migo Software, Inc. (OTCBB:MIGO), a provider of award-winning PC mobility, synchronization and utility software products, today announced the release of XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite, a complete and highly flexible suite solution for the safe migration of data from a computer running Windows XP to a PC with the new Windows Vista™ operating system. </P> <P> The first product launched under Migo's newly acquired Stompsoft line of software utilities, XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite comes complete with three products designed to provide a dependable safety net for both novice and experienced users as they make the move to Windows Vista at home or at work. In addition to handling application and other computer settings, the suite is flexible enough to transfer all or just the few critical files you most want on your new Windows Vista-based system, including financial statements, business documents, email, irreplaceable family photos and video, expensive libraries of downloaded media and more. </P> <P> "The migration of computer data is a sensitive process that can be a complicated and risky activity," said Rob Halligan, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Migo Software. "We designed new XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite to be truly complete, with everything even novice users would need to easily and safely migrate their data to a new PC with Windows Vista. What's more, we added software that allows users to prep their old PC for new use after the migration to Windows Vista is complete." </P> <P> XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite is designed for users who want to transfer the contents of a computer using Windows XP to a new PC running Windows Vista, or for those who simply want to change to Windows Vista on their existing computer. It safely moves everything the user needs, including files, folders, application settings, email, browser history, bookmarks and settings for printers, network connections, displays and instant messaging applications. It supports the migration of many applications not handled by other solutions, for a more complete range of options. It also supports the conversion of email messages, account settings, address book and contacts from Microsoft Outlook®, Outlook Express®, Eudora® and others to new Windows Mail. </P> <P> Users are guided through the transition by an easy wizard interface, which includes an "undo" command in case they want to reverse the process. The software comes complete with a high-speed data transfer cable, and is bundled with Stompsoft by Migo's DriveWasher so users can protect themselves by permanently erasing everything on their old computer, or use it to help prepare the old PC as a second system. </P> <P> "Windows Vista clearly adds an exciting new dimension to computing," said Mike Hummell, Senior VP of Corporate Development for Migo Software. "The new fact of life is a mixed environment consisting of PCs running Windows Vista and older systems running Windows XP co-existing in homes and businesses. XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite is designed to be the tool for that market, because it enables the safe and easy transition to Windows Vista, and it cleans the old XP systems that will remain. People expect that kind of complete solution from Migo Software, and we're happy to once again provide them with the right tool at the right time." </P> <P> XP to Vista Easy-Sync Suite is now available for sale in major retail stores including Fry's Electronics, MicroCenter, CompUSA, Sam's Club and others, as well as available at www.migosoftware.com/xptovista.html at an estimated street price of $29.99. </P> <P> About Migo Software Inc. </P> <P> Migo Software, Inc. (OTCBB:MIGO) is a global provider of secure mobile computing software. The Company's award-winning Migo® synchronization and PC portability software increases business and personal computing portability, allowing users to take their Outlook® and Outlook Express® email on a portable storage device. </P> <P> Migo's StompSoft line of software utilities span a range of categories including backup, system utility and online security/privacy software and include popular brands, such as PC Backup, Registry Repair and Digital Vault/Portable Vault, and others. </P> <P> Migo Software's website, found at www.migosoftware.com, provides additional information on the full line of Migo mobile computing products and StompSoft line of software utilities. </P> <P> NOTE: Migo® is a registered trademark of Migo Software, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification purposes only. </P> <P> Forward Looking Statements: </P> <P> Under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, statements in this press release that are not historical facts, including those statements that refer to the expected performance and benefits of the use of Migo software and technology are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts and are only estimates or predictions. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of risks and uncertainties. Important risk factors affecting Migo's business generally may be found in its periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statements are based on information available to Migo Software today and Migo Software does not undertake any obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.</P>
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Ricoh Showcases Rights-Managed Document Scanning Solution With Adobe at RSA Conference 2007
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment announced today that it will showcase an integrated, secure document scanning solution at the RSA(R) Conference 2007 (Booth #1037) with Adobe Systems Incorporated in the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA.
Thwarting unauthorized access to confidential documents processed through Ricoh Aficio(R) multifunction products (MFPs), the solution combines Ricoh ScanRouter(TM) EX Professional software with Adobe(R) LiveCycle(R) Policy Server software to deliver a secured paper-to-digital document solution.
"Adobe and Ricoh are able to provide a comprehensive, secure document routing system that puts the authorized user in control," said Jeff Whatcott, vice president of product marketing, Enterprise and Developer Business Unit at Adobe.
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<P>SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment announced today that it will showcase an integrated, secure document scanning solution at the RSA(R) Conference 2007 (Booth #1037) with Adobe Systems Incorporated in the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. Thwarting unauthorized access to confidential documents processed through Ricoh Aficio(R) multifunction products (MFPs), the solution combines Ricoh ScanRouter(TM) EX Professional software with Adobe(R) LiveCycle(R) Policy Server software to deliver a secured paper-to-digital document solution. </P> <P> "Adobe and Ricoh are able to provide a comprehensive, secure document routing system that puts the authorized user in control," said Jeff Whatcott, vice president of product marketing, Enterprise and Developer Business Unit at Adobe. "Security has consistently been highlighted as one of Information Technology's most important priorities. Businesses can now put their minds at ease when confidential documents are shared across the enterprise, as well as with external third parties." </P> <P> Building upon its global alliance announced in May 2006, Ricoh and Adobe are offering users the ability to manage risk at the point-of-capture. Paper documents are scanned at the Ricoh MFP where the security policy is applied. To ensure the information remains safe, the security policy remains with the document through its lifetime, whether it is transferred inside or outside the corporate firewall. These secure documents are then delivered to internal user and third-party email inboxes, folders or FTP locations via Ricoh's ScanRouter EX Professional. </P> <P> Further benefits of the Ricoh-Adobe integrated solution are gained from the availability of the Adobe PDF Scan Library, which operates in conjunction with the LiveCycle Policy Server. Paired with Ricoh's ScanRouter EX Professional solution, the Adobe PDF Scan Library enables Ricoh's ScanRouter to generate searchable, more secure and compact PDF files from scanned paper documents. In essence, this integration of Adobe technologies with Ricoh solutions will allow users to create and manage intelligent documents with enterprise applications and various business processes. </P> <P> "Today's Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are tasked with protecting data and ensuring enterprise rights management (ERM) best practices," said Hede Nonaka, senior vice president, Document Solutions & Services Division (DSS), Ricoh Corporation. "Together, Ricoh and Adobe are helping CIOs better protect information and support the compliance of regulated content." </P> <P> For more information on these document management solutions, please visit http://www.ricoh-usa.com/ and http://www.adobe.com/security. </P> <P> About DSS </P> <P> The Document Solutions & Services Division (DSS) of Ricoh Corporation is leading the industry with a portfolio of solutions that transform paper documents into information that easily integrates into existing business workflows to measurably improve document workflow efficiencies. DSS is committed to creating new "document-centric" customer value that will revolutionize how individuals and businesses use digital and paper-based information. </P> <P> DSS offers a complete package of products, services and support programs to our all our channels, comprising of direct and indirect operations under the Ricoh, Savin, Gestetner and Lanier brands. </P> <P> Ricoh Corporation, founded in 1962, is headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., and is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 70-year old leading supplier of office automation equipment. </P> <P> About Ricoh Corporation </P> <P> Ricoh Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, a global leader in digital office solutions, with fiscal year 2005 sales of $16.4 billion. </P> <P> Ricoh Corporation is a leading provider of document solutions. Ricoh's fully integrated hardware and software products help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents. Ricoh's line of document management devices include, color and black & white digital imaging systems, facsimile products, printers, scanners, digital duplicators and wide format engineering systems. Additionally, Ricoh offers a wide variety of document and printing solutions directly and through strategic alliances enhancing office productivity and document workflow. Ricoh's document management software enhances workgroup collaboration and offers secure storage, retrieval and sharing of critical information. </P> <P> Ricoh Corporation directly or through its subsidiaries markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America. For fiscal year 2005, Ricoh Corporation sales exceeded $3 billion, an increase of 8.1 percent over the previous year. </P> <P> Information about Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at http://www.ricoh-usa.com/. </P> <P> All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective companies. </P> <P> <PRE> CONTACT: Russell Marchetta Jennifer Kuhl Ricoh Corporation Peppercom (973) 882-2075 (212) 931-6111 russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com jkuhl@peppercom.com </PRE> </P> <P> Ricoh Corporation </P> <P> CONTACT: Russell Marchetta of Ricoh Corporation, +1-973-882-2075,russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com; or Jennifer Kuhl of Peppercom,+1-212-931-6111, jkuhl@peppercom.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.ricoh-usa.com/</P>
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Texas Instruments Drives Converged Services With New Carrier Infrastructure Platform
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DALLAS, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the availability of its newest DSP-based carrier infrastructure processor with exceptional voice and video processing capabilities, setting the stage for converged multimedia services over both fixed line and mobile applications.
For more information on TI's newest carrier infrastructure processor, go to http://www.ti.com/vision .
"With its commitment to developing application- specific products for communications infrastructure, coupled with its voice and video leadership, TI is well-positioned to provide the best tools and technology to power this emerging and evolving market."
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<P>DALLAS, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the availability of its newest DSP-based carrier infrastructure processor with exceptional voice and video processing capabilities, setting the stage for converged multimedia services over both fixed line and mobile applications. TI's newest infrastructure platform offers unmatched features to carriers and OEMs, providing them a high-performance product at the lowest total cost of ownership while offering the best IP quality and network monitoring features. For more information on TI's newest carrier infrastructure processor, go to http://www.ti.com/vision . </P> <P> "As the industry migrates to all-IP networks, significant infrastructure changes must be implemented to support the new requirements of these high- performance networks, including embedded quality management features, and eventually video processing," said Tony Massimini, Chief of Technology at Semico Research Corporation. "With its commitment to developing application- specific products for communications infrastructure, coupled with its voice and video leadership, TI is well-positioned to provide the best tools and technology to power this emerging and evolving market." </P> <P> TI's newest infrastructure platform, the TMS320TNETV3020, incorporates a six-core DSP delivering over 3 GHz processing performance. Providing a high density solution for voice or video media gateway and transcoding applications, the TNETV3020 supports over 504 channels of G.711 or 204 channels of AMR. A multi-level memory architecture reduces chip count and bill-of-materials cost. </P> <P> An optimized software solution not only delivers TI's groundbreaking PIQUA(TM) technology, but also enables fixed mobile convergence (FMC), laying the groundwork for next generation systems. This flexible platform is based on TI's 20 years of field reliability in communications infrastructure solutions and provides voice processing needs for today, with video capabilities incorporated to meet future demands. </P> <P> "Our customers need a high-performance, integrated product that can process both voice and video while providing unmatched quality and features, without utilizing an excessive amount of power," said Jerold Givens, business manager for TI's communications infrastructure DSP group. "TI is the only company that has the capability to provide voice and video on a single device with the software flexibility to reduce total cost of ownership to OEM's, making converged network services a reality for end consumers. This product is only the first of many in our carrier infrastructure platform." </P> <P> Featuring Telogy(TM) software, the advanced processing capabilities of the TNETV3020 also provide carriers with the horsepower and flexibility to incorporate security features required in today's networks. TI's current line- up of robust products are currently in use at major carriers worldwide. This new platform extends TI's portfolio of solutions for high-density carrier infrastructure media processing, and maintains the flexibility to accommodate today's network requirements while striving to accommodate the applications of tomorrow's networks. </P> <P> Availability </P> <P> The TNETV3020 is sampling with full production expected in 2H 2007. For more information on this product and TI's complete line of communications infrastructure solutions, please visit http://www.ti.com/cis . </P> <P> About Texas Instruments </P> <P> Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company includes the Education Technology business. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. </P> <P> Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com/ . </P> <P> Trademarks </P> <P> All registered trademarks and other trademarks belong to their respective owners. </P> <P> Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010105/NEF016LOGOAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/PRN Photo Desk photodesk@prnewswire.com </P> <P> Texas Instruments Incorporated </P> <P> CONTACT: Marcia Barnett of Texas Instruments Incorporated,+1-214-480-2050, or mpickett@ti.com ; or Nisha Chhabra of GolinHarris,+1-713-513-9572, or nchhabra@golinharris.com , for Texas InstrumentsIncorporated. Please do not publish these numbers or e-mail addresses. </P> <P> Web site: http://www.ti.com/http://www.ti.com/visionhttp://www.ti.com/cis</P>
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BorderWare Delivers New Class of Session Border Control and VoIP Security for Service Providers, Enterprises and OEMs
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SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- BorderWare Technologies today announced a new approach to securing and servicing VoIP that is cost effective and highly scalable to meet the needs of today's service provider and enterprise markets.
As VoIP security evolves, service providers and enterprises are realizing the need to secure their converged applications including VoIP, Video and other real-time applications, to protect from attacks such as toll fraud, service disruptions and Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT).
BorderWare's SIPassure, SIP Security Gateway, is an evolution of the traditional SBC (session border controller), that leverages standard platforms to deliver superior security, flexible deployment options and seamless integration - all at a lower cost of ownership than current proprietary solutions on the market.
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<P>SAN FRANCISCO and TORONTO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- BorderWare Technologies today announced a new approach to securing and servicing VoIP that is cost effective and highly scalable to meet the needs of today's service provider and enterprise markets. As VoIP security evolves, service providers and enterprises are realizing the need to secure their converged applications including VoIP, Video and other real-time applications, to protect from attacks such as toll fraud, service disruptions and Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT). BorderWare's SIPassure, SIP Security Gateway, is an evolution of the traditional SBC (session border controller), that leverages standard platforms to deliver superior security, flexible deployment options and seamless integration - all at a lower cost of ownership than current proprietary solutions on the market. </P> <P> Traditional SBCs have been deployed in the carrier market for applications such as peering traffic between carrier networks and interoperating between different VoIP protocols. With the increased adoption of VoIP and SIP (session initiation protocol) applications, the requirements for security are increasing and SBCs are unable to meet certain requirements of the enterprise and OEM markets. Key requirements include flexibility, cost-effective scalability and the ability to fit within existing IP infrastructures. </P> <P> SIPassure is a software based, non-proprietary solution, combining features of an SBC with the security of a traditional firewall and the application awareness of an Application Layer Gateway (ALG). SIPassure is architected to run on standard operating systems such as Solaris and Linux, enabling enterprises and service providers to deploy using standard off-the-shelf hardware from vendors including Sun and HP instead of the proprietary purpose built platforms used by traditional SBC vendors. </P> <P> "I spent six months looking for a cost-effective and highly scalable solution to secure SIP-based messaging for our Virtual PBX(R) service," said Stephen Lange, CTO at VirtualPBX.com. "Existing solutions were both too proprietary and costly, or not sophisticated enough to meet our needs. The BorderWare SIPassure solution provided the right combination of features at a price that made sense for our business." </P> <P> "Our new approach to securing VoIP solves today's business enablement challenges without re-inventing the wheel," said Tim Leisman, CEO of BorderWare. "The software-based and flexible nature of SIPassure has driven the OEM market to rapidly adopt and integrate it as part of their platforms, providing further proof that adding security to the mix shouldn't require companies to implement an entirely new architecture and solution." </P> <P> BorderWare SIPassure has key partnerships with Sun Microsystems and Radware to provide high performance and a resilient architecture to meet the most demanding needs of service providers and enterprises. </P> <P> BorderWare SIPassure OEM partners include LignUp Corporation (see related news "LignUp and BorderWare Team to Secure VoIP-Enabled Applications"), Mitel Corporation, Marconi, now part of Ericsson and Natural Convergence. </P> <P> About BorderWare </P> <P> BorderWare Technologies makes Internet communications safe. The company's messaging security, privacy and compliance solutions enable customers to mitigate the risks and threats associated with Internet communications. Founded in 1994, BorderWare has developed partnerships and affiliations with some of the industry's most prominent companies including Mitel, Ericsson, Sun Microsystems, LignUp, Ubiquity, Natural Convergence, Radware, F5 Networks, Kaspersky Labs, McAfee, PostX, Research in Motion (RIM), RSA Security and Symantec. Thousands of customers around the world have selected BorderWare's solutions for their superior security, scalability, business continuity and lower total cost of ownership. For more information please visit http://www.borderware.com/ or call 1-877-814-7900. </P> <P> <PRE> (c) 2007 BorderWare Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. BorderWare, SIPassure and S-Core are trademarks of BorderWare Technologies Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. </PRE> </P> <P> BorderWare Technologies </P> <P> CONTACT: BorderWare Media Contacts: Jennifer Brooks, BorderWareTechnologies, (905) 804-1855 x301, cell: (416) 918-7174,jbrooks@borderware.com; Beth O'Connell, Lois Paul & Partners, (781) 782-5715,beth_oconnell@lpp.com</P>
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Texas Instruments Propels 3G Deployments With Single-Chip Base Station W-CDMA Baseband Processor
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DALLAS, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the industry's most highly integrated digital signal processor (DSP) targeted toward Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) base stations.
"This device addresses the needs of the burgeoning W-CDMA market and could help OEMs bring to market smarter and cost-effective base stations."
For example, in High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) applications, the TCI6488 can support 48 users per device in a macro base station system.
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<P>DALLAS, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the industry's most highly integrated digital signal processor (DSP) targeted toward Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) base stations. This new three-core DSP, running at 1GHz per core, supports all of the necessary baseband functions required for a macro base station -- on a single chip. Designed specifically to solve problems at a system level, this "baseband on a chip" eliminates the need for FPGAs, ASICs and other bridging devices, reducing the total bill of materials for OEMs by up to a factor of five, resulting in lowered equipment costs for service providers. For additional information, please visit: http://www.ti.com/civision . </P> <P> "Given the number of baseband processing requirements, many industry experts agree that W-CDMA is one of the more complex wireless air interfaces, especially considering the growing demand for High Speed Packet Access and advanced features such as interference cancellation and beam forming," said Jagdish Rebello, senior analyst with iSuppli Corporation. "This device addresses the needs of the burgeoning W-CDMA market and could help OEMs bring to market smarter and cost-effective base stations." </P> <P> Optimized to Meet Needs and Deliver Key Functions </P> <P> The 3GHz-performing TMS320TCI6488 is based on TI's industry leading TMS320C64x+(TM) platform. The processing power of the C64x+ DSP provides dynamic support of both voice and data transmission with extremely low latency, ensuring a quality experience for consumers and service providers alike. For example, in High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) applications, the TCI6488 can support 48 users per device in a macro base station system. </P> <P> Besides the Viterbi (VCP2) and Turbo (TCP2) Coprocessors, the TCI6488 also has the built-in capability designed to support W-CDMA intensive calculations. Specifically, the TCI6488 can handle search and rake receiver on chip, typically two of the most computationally intensive tasks in W-CDMA. </P> <P> With a highly efficient memory system and fast access to off-chip memory via a DDR-2 interface, the TCI6488 ensures system-level performance. The Serial RapidIO interface incorporated directly on the TCI6488 allows base station designers to easily move data across the system fabric, with little supervision or intervention required from the processor. Moreover, OEMs can scale their solutions across a variety of architectures and form factors, and ensure interface compatibility with several other devices. </P> <P> The TCI6488 includes both OBSAI and CPRI W-CDMA standardized antenna interfaces on chip. These high speed antenna interfaces support up to 48 antenna streams per base station, allowing for multi-sector, multi-antenna base stations that can support a high density of users over large coverage areas. </P> <P> The inclusion of the Gigabit Ethernet port on the TCI6488 for network interface, as well as analysis and debugging, brings together the last piece of the hardware puzzle in providing a single-chip end-to-end digital solution for base stations. </P> <P> From a software standpoint, the TCI6488 solution includes optimized libraries for W-CDMA. These libraries enable higher channel density as well as lower power per channel. Developed and tested within TI's carrier-class environment, this inclusion of this software allows base station manufacturers to focus on their own system-level software. TI's ability to provide a complete hardware and software product, lowers OEM investment costs and speeds their time to market. </P> <P> Designed with the Future in Mind </P> <P> With the transition to an all-IP network in progress, service providers are well aware of the challenges of delivering ubiquitous voice, video and data services. TI's TCI6488 keeps the future of the wireless world in mind. The advanced architecture, cutting-edge peripheral set and industry leading features of the TCI6488 enable a base station platform that will lower initial capital outlay and reduce operational expenditures, while reducing maintenance time with in-field software upgrades. Furthermore, the TCI6488 makes a solid investment for OEMs which are looking for a reliable, scalable solution that can support current and future base stations. </P> <P> "The system level demands of W-CDMA pose a challenge for solution developers trying to deliver a timely and reliable base station to service providers," said Jerold Givens, business manager for TI's communications infrastructure DSP group. "In addition, evolving system requirements and feature additions make deploying adaptable network equipment a requirement for wireless networks. Operating on TI's powerful DSP core, the performance, capability and efficiency of the TCI6488 make it the only comprehensive baseband solution for W-CDMA base stations on the market." </P> <P> TI's broad portfolio of analog products includes clocking solutions for the TCI6488. The OBSAI and CPRI compliant CDCL6010 jitter cleaning phase- locked loop (PLL) and CDLC1810 buffer are both designed to be fully compatible with the TCI6488. The CDCL6010 jitter cleaner and buffer has an integrated on- chip voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and PLL which reduce frequency jitter and maintain the signal integrity of the DSP. The CDCL1810 is a pin compatible clock buffer, interchangeable with the CDCL6010 for clock distribution that does not require jitter cleaning. Both devices reduce the bill of materials cost and footprint for OEMs, thereby increasing the overall efficiency of the TCI6488. </P> <P> The TCI6488 complements recently announced processors such as the TMS320TCI6487 and TMS320TCI6482, along with a variety of other high performance analog products from TI, and a suite of solutions that add to the most robust portfolio of multi-standard wireless and communications infrastructure technology in the industry. TI's end-to-end portfolio provides OEMs and operators the development tools they need to quickly trial new voice and data services, and efficiently integrate them into their network in a timely, cost efficient manner. </P> <P> Availability </P> <P> The TCI6488 is currently sampling with targeted customers. It will be on display at the 3GSM World Congress Conference in Barcelona in Hall 8, booth #8A84. </P> <P> About Texas Instruments </P> <P> Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company includes the Education Technology business. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. </P> <P> Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com/ . </P> <P> Safe Harbor Statement </P> <P> Statements contained in this news release regarding TI product availability and other statements of management's beliefs, goals and expectations may be considered forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. The following factors and the factors discussed in TI's most recent Form 10-K could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this news release: actual market demand for amplifier products and TI products specifically, and actual test results relating to TI products. TI disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this news release. </P> <P> Trademarks </P> <P> All trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. </P> <P> Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010105/NEF016LOGOAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/PRN Photo Desk photodesk@prnewswire.com </P> <P> Texas Instruments Incorporated </P> <P> CONTACT: Marcia Barnett of Texas Instruments Incorporated,+1-214-480-2050, or mpickett@ti.com ; or Nisha Chhabra of GolinHarris,+1-713-513-9572, or nchhabra@golinharris.com , for Texas InstrumentsIncorporated. Please do not publish these numbers or e-mail addresses. </P> <P> Web site: http://www.ti.com/http://www.ti.com/civision</P>
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WD's Newest 'My Book' Protects Consumers - and Their Data - From Technology Obsolescence With eSATA Connection
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LAKE FOREST, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As consumers increasingly rely on digital media to secure their important documents and valuable personal content, they often fear that changes in technology may render their data inaccessible.
Western Digital Corp. , the leading consumer external storage brand worldwide, today announced that its new My Book Premium ES Edition external hard drive incorporates eSATA (external Serial ATA) and USB 2.0.
eSATA is a new technology that transfers data between the external device and the computer at higher rates than ever before and USB 2.0 is today's most common method of connecting external devices to personal computers.
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<P>LAKE FOREST, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As consumers increasingly rely on digital media to secure their important documents and valuable personal content, they often fear that changes in technology may render their data inaccessible. Western Digital Corp. , the leading consumer external storage brand worldwide, today announced that its new My Book Premium ES Edition external hard drive incorporates eSATA (external Serial ATA) and USB 2.0. eSATA is a new technology that transfers data between the external device and the computer at higher rates than ever before and USB 2.0 is today's most common method of connecting external devices to personal computers. </P> <P> eSATA uses the same new interface technology that is becoming the standard inside PCs. It is designed to connect peripherals such as external hard drives with the same data transfer speed as internal components. Use of eSATA by the computing and consumer electronics industries is increasing with the expectation that its superior performance will drive it to be the next standard interconnect for external devices, offering an obsolescence prevention plan for consumers. </P> <P> Virtually all motherboards shipped today include the SATA interface for internal drives and many PCI cards are available to connect eSATA hard drives to PCs and Macs(R). An increasing number of motherboard manufacturers are incorporating support for eSATA connector ports. </P> <P> "Customers tell us that, while the digitization of photos, music and video greatly enhances their ability to collect, manage and share their personal content, they fear that the fast-moving evolution of technology could make it more difficult to access their content in years to come," said Jim Welsh, vice president and general manager of WD's Branded Products unit. "This content often is precious to consumers, and with USB 2.0 and eSATA, they can rest assured that their digital content today will be accessible using tomorrow's computers." </P> <P> An increasing portion of consumers' content stored on their computers and storage devices is video and music. eSATA offers consumers superior performance for multimedia applications such as streaming music or movies, or video editing. The eSATA interface on My Book Premium ES Edition can move data to and from a PC or Mac as fast as 300 megabytes (MB) per second -- much faster than USB 2.0, which has a standard transfer rate of about 60 MB/s (480 megabits per second). </P> <P> PC and Mac compatible, My Book Premium ES Edition includes EMC(R) Retrospect(R) Express HD 2.0 backup software, which provides users the tools needed to back up and restore a single file or an entire system in a few simple steps. </P> <P> As with the rest of the popular and growing My Book storage system family, the My Book Premium ES Edition is elegantly designed in a book shape, has a small footprint and offers simplification of its advanced features. There is no CD to install; the included software loads from the drive the first time it is plugged in. Its intelligent drive management system -- SmartPower(TM) -- automatically powers the device on and off with the computer; the Safe Shutdown(TM) feature ensures data is saved before shutting down; and LED activity lights, including a unique capacity gauge, make My Book Premium ES Edition easy to use. </P> <P> My Book Premium ES is now available at select retail stores and online retailers at an estimated price of $179 USD for 320 GB capacity and $229 USD for 500 GB capacity. </P> <P> About WD </P> <P> WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users' data close-at-hand and secure from loss. WD applies its storage expertise to consumer products for external, portable and shared storage products. </P> <P> WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's Web site (http://www.westerndigital.com/) to access a variety of financial and investor information. </P> <P> Western Digital, WD, and the WD logo are registered trademarks and My Book, Safe Shutdown and SmartPower is a trademark of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks herein are property of their respective owner. </P> <P> (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000711/WDCLOGO ) </P> <P> Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000711/WDCLOGOAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com </P> <P> Western Digital Corp. </P> <P> CONTACT: Bob Blair, Investor Relations, +1-949-672-7834,robert.blair@wdc.com, or Steve Shattuck, Public Relations, +1-949-672-7817,steve.shattuck@wdc.com, both of Western Digital Corp. </P> <P> Web site: http://www.westerndigital.com/</P>
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Atmel Joins MIPI Alliance
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ROUSSET, France, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation , a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has joined the MIPI(TM) (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) Alliance as an Adopter Member.
The MIPI Alliance is an association of electronics industry leaders whose objective is to simplify the design and implementation of hardware and software for mobile devices by driving consistency in processor and peripheral interfaces, thereby promoting reuse and compatibility.
Adopter Member status enables Atmel to use MIPI specifications to develop MIPI-compliant products.
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<P>ROUSSET, France, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation , a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today that it has joined the MIPI(TM) (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) Alliance as an Adopter Member. The MIPI Alliance is an association of electronics industry leaders whose objective is to simplify the design and implementation of hardware and software for mobile devices by driving consistency in processor and peripheral interfaces, thereby promoting reuse and compatibility. Adopter Member status enables Atmel to use MIPI specifications to develop MIPI-compliant products. </P> <P> "As a microcontroller supplier, Atmel is strongly committed to open standards like those promoted by the MIPI Alliance. For us, they simplify the task of designing inherently complex products and for our customers they simplify the task of using our devices in mobile applications," commented Alfredo Vadillo, Atmel's Product Director for 32-bit Microcontrollers. "Additionally, conformance to these standards will help to ensure the inter-operability in mobile applications of our analog companion chips for both power and battery management, and high-end audio and video." </P> <P> About The MIPI Alliance </P> <P> The Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Alliance is a collaboration of mobile industry leaders with the objective to define and promote open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors. Through these open standards, the MIPI Alliance intends to speed deployment of new services to mobile users by establishing specifications for standard hardware and software interfaces to mobile application processors and encouraging the adoption of those standards throughout the industry value chain. The MIPI Alliance is intended to complement existing standards bodies with a focus on microprocessors, peripherals and software interfaces. </P> <P> About Atmel </P> <P> Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions. Focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets, Atmel ICs can be found Everywhere You Are(R). </P> <P> NOTE: Atmel(R), logo and combinations thereof, Everywhere You Are(R) and others, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. MIPI(TM) and its logo are licensed trademarks of MIPI Inc., in the US and other jurisdictions. Other terms and product names may be trademarks of others. </P> <P> Information: </P> <P> More information about the MIPI Alliance can be obtained at: http://www.mipi.org/ . Atmel's microcontroller and analog companion product information may be retrieved at: http://www.atmel.com/products/product_selector.asp . </P> <P> <PRE> Press Contacts: Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset Phone: +33 (0) 4 42 53 61 50, Email: peter.bishop@rfo.atmel.com Helen Perlegos, Public Relations - USA and Asia Pacific Rim Phone: (+1) 408 487-2963, Email: hperlegos@atmel.com Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager - Europe Phone: +33 1 30 60 70 68, Fax: + 49 71 31 67 24 23 Email: veronique.sablereau@atmel.com </PRE> </P> <P> Atmel Corporation </P> <P> CONTACT: Peter Bishop, Communications Manager of Atmel Rousset,+33 (0) 4 42 53 61 50, or peter.bishop@rfo.atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos,Public Relations - USA and Asia Pacific Rim, +1-408 487-2963, orhperlegos@atmel.com, or Veronique Sablereau, Corporate Communications Manager- Europe, +33 1 30 60 70 68, or fax, + 49 71 31 67 24 23, orveronique.sablereau@atmel.com, all of Atmel </P> <P> Web site: http://www.atmel.com/http://www.mipi.org/</P>
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Oracle Delivers Key Communications Industry Milestone With Release of Carrier-Grade Oracle(R) Communication and Mobility Server
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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building on the company's proven track record for delivering business value to the communications industry, Oracle today announced a key product milestone in the Oracle(R) Service Delivery Platform (SDP) roadmap -- Oracle Communication and Mobility Server (OCMS).
A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, OCMS includes a third generation, programmable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Presence application server; proxy and registrar services; and a SIP-based VoIP soft phone client.
Extending the communications capabilities of Oracle Fusion Middleware, OCMS can readily interface with communications networks and existing Business Support Systems (BSS) and Operational Support Systems (OSS).
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<P>REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Building on the company's proven track record for delivering business value to the communications industry, Oracle today announced a key product milestone in the Oracle(R) Service Delivery Platform (SDP) roadmap -- Oracle Communication and Mobility Server (OCMS). A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, OCMS includes a third generation, programmable Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and Presence application server; proxy and registrar services; and a SIP-based VoIP soft phone client. OCMS combines carrier-grade scalability and reliability with the flexibility of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to enable rapid service development and cost-effective deployment. </P> <P> (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020718/ORCLLOGO ) </P> <P> Communications service providers (CSPs) today face mounting competitive pressures due to declining revenues from traditional telephony services and increased demand for new, innovative communications services. In response to these pressures, many CSPs are turning to established, standards-based enterprise IT techniques, such as Service Oriented-Architectures and the power of internet-speed development. Oracle Communication and Mobility Server provides CSPs with a carrier-grade infrastructure for building new revenue-generating services while delivering the benefits of a standards-based J2EE platform. Extending the communications capabilities of Oracle Fusion Middleware, OCMS can readily interface with communications networks and existing Business Support Systems (BSS) and Operational Support Systems (OSS). </P> <P> "Oracle has outlined the most comprehensive roadmap for the communications industry, and the availability of Oracle Communication and Mobility Server marks another milestone in our relentless execution to turn our vision into value for our customers," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president development, Oracle. "A key component of the Oracle SDP, OCMS is about fundamentally changing the economics of building and deploying converged communication services." </P> <P> "Communications Service Providers are placing increasing importance on employing Service-Oriented Architectures to rapidly create and deliver advanced services. This requires a Service Delivery Platform that can bring these services to market quickly without sacrificing the level of performance and reliability that customers demand," said Brian Partridge, senior analyst, Yankee Group. "The new additions to Oracle's SDP provide the platform from which CSPs can innovate and differentiate their service offerings while preserving existing investments." </P> <P> Oracle Communication and Mobility Server enables developers to easily build, deploy and manage complex, converged applications that combine SIP and Web capabilities on a single platform. OCMS provides several enhancements to the Oracle SDP. Key features of OCMS include: </P> <P> <PRE> * J2EE-based SIP application server -- IMS-ready, scalable, hardened development and deployment platform, implementing industry standard programming models including SIP Servlet API (JSR 116), EJB, JDBC, JMS and JNDI in a single execution environment; * Full-featured IMS Presence Server -- SIP/SIMPLE and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) presence enabler-compliant server, ready for deployment in IMS networks; * Embedded Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database -- Delivers proven, carrier-grade availability and real-time performance without database administration; * SIP-based soft phone client -- Customizable SIP-client enables CSPs to easily re-brand; supports integrated communications including instant messaging, VoIP and video calling; and interoperates with other standard SIP-based messaging clients; * Out-of-the-box capabilities -- Includes support for Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) through Radius and Diameter; registrar and proxy servers, which allow immediate creation of IMS and pre-IMS networks for VoIP; and, * Hot-pluggable -- Allows J2EE developers to build and integrate SIP-enabled applications into their existing J2EE platforms, without the need to replace their existing Web/J2EE infrastructure. </PRE> </P> <P> "As a leading provider of communications services in Korea, KTF prides itself on rapidly delivering innovative new services that make customers excited about doing business with us," said HyungSik Kim, Director, KTF. "To achieve our goals, we require great flexibility, scalability, and the ability to evolve our offerings quickly and with high quality. With the release of Oracle Communication and Mobility Server, Oracle's SDP provides these capabilities in a well crafted, standards-based platform." </P> <P> Coupled with Oracle's end-to-end solution for the communications industry, including Oracle's Siebel CRM; Oracle ERP, Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management; and Metasolv Provisioning, the Oracle SDP with Oracle Communication and Mobility Server provides CSPs the unique ability to automate business processes such as "concept to cash" or "trouble to resolve" that address the complete services lifecycle -- from creation to deployment, selling, provisioning, management, billing and trouble resolution. </P> <P> About Oracle Service Delivery Platform </P> <P> Oracle Service Delivery Platform brings together the flexibility and maturity of Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Database with strong communications industry functionality to enable service providers to quickly and efficiently deploy new data, voice and multi-media services. Oracle SDP provides the ideal platform to build new and exciting real-time, media-rich and voice-enabled applications. </P> <P> About Oracle Fusion Middleware </P> <P> The company's comprehensive, standards-based family of middleware products, Oracle Fusion Middleware enables customers to adopt and manage service-oriented architectures in heterogeneous computing environments. More than 31,000 customers now use Oracle Fusion Middleware and include leading organizations in the Financial Services, Communications, Manufacturing, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare and Public Sector industries. Oracle Fusion Middleware is also supported by 9,000 partners, including leading independent software vendors, value added resellers and system integrators. </P> <P> About Oracle </P> <P> Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. 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Xilinx Ships World's Highest Performance DSP Platform With New Virtex-5 SXT FPGAs
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading supplier of programmable solutions, today announced initial shipments of its 65nm Virtex(TM)-5 SXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) optimized for high-performance digital signal processing (DSP).
The SXT platform establishes an industry record for DSP performance delivering 352 GMACs at 550MHz, while consuming 35 percent less dynamic power as compared to previous 90nm generation devices, and is the first DSP-optimized FPGA family to integrate serial transceivers.
The Virtex-5 SXT platform expands the company's XtremeDSP(TM) portfolio with three new device options that meet the ultra-high DSP bandwidth and lower system cost requirements of next-generation wireless and video applications.
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<P>SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading supplier of programmable solutions, today announced initial shipments of its 65nm Virtex(TM)-5 SXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) optimized for high-performance digital signal processing (DSP). The SXT platform establishes an industry record for DSP performance delivering 352 GMACs at 550MHz, while consuming 35 percent less dynamic power as compared to previous 90nm generation devices, and is the first DSP-optimized FPGA family to integrate serial transceivers. </P> <P> <PRE> (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070205/SFM025 Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO ) </PRE> </P> <P> The Virtex-5 SXT platform expands the company's XtremeDSP(TM) portfolio with three new device options that meet the ultra-high DSP bandwidth and lower system cost requirements of next-generation wireless and video applications. With shipment of the SXT platform, the third of four Virtex-5 FPGA platforms, Xilinx brings the performance, power and cost benefits of the leading-edge 65- nm process node to system developers 12 months in advance of competing solutions. </P> <P> "The domain-optimized platform strategy pioneered by Xilinx sets the standard for performance, power consumption, cost, and flexibility, all of which are key drivers for helping our customers win in their high-performance DSP markets," stated Omid Tahernia, vice president and general manager of the Processing Solutions Group at Xilinx. "Our new Virtex-5 SXT platform effectively changes the industry's traditional view of DSP by providing higher algorithm performance, better power efficiency and lower system cost for a broader range of high-end applications." </P> <P> Highest DSP performance with enhanced DSP block and high-speed serial connectivity </P> <P> The Virtex-5 SXT platform delivers the highest ratio of DSP blocks-to- logic needed for high-performance digital signal processing applications in wireless, such as WIMAX and high-definition video, such as surveillance and broadcast. The enhanced DSP slice (DSP48E) includes a 25x18-bit multiplier, a 48-bit second stage for accumulation and arithmetic operations, and a 48-bit output that can be expanded to 96-bits. The wider data path and output enable increased dynamic range and higher precision as well as optimized support for single precision floating point operations using half the resources consumed by 90-nm FPGAs. </P> <P> The DSP48E slice also includes integrated cascade routing enabling parallel processing at full 550-MHz speed, delivering an industry-leading 352 GMACs of DSP performance using the 640 DSP48E blocks available in the largest Virtex-5 SXT device. Additional capabilities include an independent C register and an expanded second stage with support for SIMD operations and pattern detection for more efficient DSP implementation. </P> <P> The SXT platform meets the ever-increasing I/O bandwidth requirements of high-performance DSP applications with up to 16 low-power 3.2 Gbps RocketIO(TM) serial transceivers that support industry-standard protocols such as CPRI/OBSAI, HD/SDI, Serial RapidIO, PCI Express(R) and Gigabit Ethernet specifications among others. PCI Express and Gigabit Ethernet standards are supported with built-in protocol blocks and interfaces. </P> <P> With the industry's first 65-nm triple-oxide technology, the Virtex-5 SXT platform reduces overall dynamic power consumption by as much as 35 percent and maintains a low static power consumption, which makes it well-suited in defense and public safety applications that require longer battery life, such as handheld software defined radios.(1) Also, the enhanced DSP48E block consumes only 1.4mW/100MHz typical at 38 percent toggle rate, and the Virtex-5 RocketIO transceivers consume as little as 100mW typical at 3.2 Gbps, all of which combine to lower the overall system power and cost. </P> <P> The Virtex-5 SXT devices range in logic density from 35,000 to 95,000 logic cells and have 192 to 640 dedicated DSP48E slices, providing the highest level of system integration that enables developers to select the right mix of features to optimize overall system cost. These devices also offer the highest memory-to-logic ratio for efficiently implementing memory-intensive functions in video processing and medical imaging with up to 10.3MB of memory offering maximum aggregate bandwidth of 58 Tera-bits/sec. Detailed information on the Virtex-5 SXT family of devices is available at http://www.xilinx.com/virtex5. </P> <P> Pricing and Availability </P> <P> Virtex-5 SXT engineering samples are now shipping for the mid-range SX50T device, with smallest SX35T and largest SX95T devices to follow over the next four months. The SX50T device will list for US$299 in 1,000 unit volumes by the second half of 2008. For even further cost reductions, the Virtex-5 EasyPath(TM) program offers up to 80 percent cost reduction that will be available at time of volume production. </P> <P> Customers can immediately begin designing with full support today for Virtex-5 SXT devices in the ISE(TM) 9.1i design software and new releases of the Xilinx System Generator for DSP and AccelDSP(TM) tool suites to follow in late February 2007. Virtex-5 SXT devices are also supported through a comprehensive design ecosystem that includes MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, VHDL, and Verilog design methodologies; a library of optimized DSP algorithms for both basic and application-specific functions; and off-the-shelf design kits. </P> <P> About Xilinx </P> <P> Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/. #0719 </P> <P> (1) All performance, memory and power comparisons based on previous 90-nm FPGAs </P> <P> Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070205/SFM025http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGOAP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org/PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com </P> <P> Xilinx, Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Lisa Washington of Xilinx, Inc., +1-408-626-6272, orlisa.washington@xilinx.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.xilinx.com/</P>
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AT&T Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant in Latest Asia Pacific Network Service Provider Magic Quadrant
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HONG KONG, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers (NSPs) 2006" report.
Gopi Gopinath, vice president AT&T Asia Pacific said, "We are delighted to be positioned in the Leaders' Quadrant in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers 2006.
We believe this demonstrates that AT&T has become even stronger after consolidating our merger with SBC. We believe being positioned in the leaders' quadrant in Asia Pacific is a testament to our customer-oriented approach in bringing superior quality networking services to enterprises across the region through our extensive network."
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<P>HONG KONG, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced that it has been positioned by Gartner in the Leaders Quadrant in the "Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers (NSPs) 2006" report. The report evaluates Asia Pacific NSPs on the criteria of ability to execute and completeness of vision. </P> <P> According to the report, leaders are said to "demonstrate strong vision, especially in terms of defining future market needs. They back their vision by investing ahead of competitors, very often in new or unproven areas, and are generally well-positioned for the future. Significant differences exist between the lead players in terms of strategy and execution, and none excel in all areas. However, their long-term outcome is not clear, as continued challenges in the industry may yet derail their plans." </P> <P> Gopi Gopinath, vice president AT&T Asia Pacific said, "We are delighted to be positioned in the Leaders' Quadrant in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers 2006. We believe this demonstrates that AT&T has become even stronger after consolidating our merger with SBC. We believe being positioned in the leaders' quadrant in Asia Pacific is a testament to our customer-oriented approach in bringing superior quality networking services to enterprises across the region through our extensive network." </P> <P> To view Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Asia Pacific Network Service Providers, 2006" report, please visit http://www.corp.att.com/awards/analysts/gartner.html </P> <P> About the Magic Quadrant </P> <P> Magic Quadrant for Network Service Providers, Asia Pacific, 2006 by To Chee Eng is copyrighted Jan. 15, 2007 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. </P> <P> About AT&T </P> <P> AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company in the United States and around the world, with operating subsidiaries providing services under the AT&T brand. AT&T is the recognized world leader in providing IP-based communications services to businesses and the U.S. leader in providing wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising through its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding video entertainment offerings to include such next-generation television services as AT&T U-verse(SM) TV. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/ . </P> <P> AT&T is a registered trademark of AT&T Knowledge Ventures. Subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. provide products and services under the AT&T brand. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom . </P> <P> AT&T Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Greg Brutus, Regional PR Director, AT&T Inc., +852 2506 5046,greg.brutus@ap.att.com , or Patrick Yu of Fleishman-Hillard Hong Kong,+852 2530 2577, patrick.yu@fleishman.com </P> <P> Web site: http://www.att.com/http://www.corp.att.com/awards/analysts/gartner.html</P>
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AMI-Partners: In China, Small Businesses With No PCs Are a Whopping US $345 Million Opportunity
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A huge untapped market in China is poised to open up in 2007, as the many small businesses there with no PCs will seek to purchase one this year.
According to the latest survey by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners Inc, up to 30% of these non-PC small businesses (SBs) in China plan to buy a PC in the next 12 months.
The manufacturing sector makes up the largest share of the non-PC market with 73% of SBs not owning any PCs. About one-third of these SBs plan to buy a PC in the next 12 months.
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<P>A huge untapped market in China is poised to open up in 2007, as the many small businesses there with no PCs will seek to purchase one this year. Small businesses (with up to 99 employees) constitute a large proportion of the overall market in China, and comprise 93% of the China business universe. Yet, 67% of SBs in China do not own any computers. Representing a potential US $345 million opportunity for PC vendors, this market is huge. </P> <P> According to the latest survey by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners Inc, up to 30% of these non-PC small businesses (SBs) in China plan to buy a PC in the next 12 months. The manufacturing sector makes up the largest share of the non-PC market with 73% of SBs not owning any PCs. About one-third of these SBs plan to buy a PC in the next 12 months. </P> <P> "With desktop prices lower than those of laptops, 84% of non-PC SBs planning to buy PCs will buy desktop PCs for which they will pay an average of US$800," said Cindy Tan, Singapore-based analyst at AMI-Partners. "Comparatively the average price they are willing to pay for a laptop is US$1,150. Popular choices of desktops PC brands they intend to purchase include Lenovo, Samsung, HP and Dell." </P> <P> The top three drivers of PC adoption are automation of business processes and improved efficiency, increases in employee productivity and keeping pace with competitors. SBs want to use the Internet to build stronger relationships with customers and suppliers. China has set up a special fund from the Central Government's budget to support the development of SMBs to help them boost technology adoption. This makes it easier for SMBs to cooperate with large companies and improve their overall development environment. </P> <P> Price was cited as the most important factor in determining IT purchases. "SBs tend to estimate the total cost of operations before buying IT products and also factor in other costs such as IT support and maintenance services, training, software, and others," Ms Tan said. "PC vendors need to introduce more bundled promotions and financing/leasing options targeting China SBs. The bundles should include hardware, software, installation, maintenance and support." </P> <P> SBs that do not have any plans to buy PCs said they do not see the relevance of using computers in their line of business. A fax line and a phone are sufficient for them to conduct business. "Some SBs also have the perception that PCs are too complex to install and support," Ms Tan said. "It is thus necessary to educate SBs about the advantages of computers. They need to know how technology adoption can help them gain an advantage against their competitors." </P> <P> About the Study </P> <P> AMI's 2006-2007 China Small Business Market Overview and Comprehensive Market Opportunity Assessment study highlights these and other major trends in the context of current/planned IT, Internet and communications usage and spending. Products and services covered include established and emerging hardware, software, applications and business process solutions. Based on AMI's annual surveys of SBs across China, the study tracks a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to budgets, purchase behaviors, decision influencers, channel preferences, outsourcing, service and support. Also covered are detailed firmographics and critically important technology attitudes and strategic planning priorities. This data points to key opportunities and messaging hot buttons for vendors and service providers seeking to match their offerings to SB market requirements. </P> <P> For more information about this study, AMI-Partners, or our global SMB research, please call AMI-Partners at 212-944-5100, e-mail ask_ami@ami-partners.com, or visit the AMI Web site at www.ami-partners.com. </P> <P> About AMI-Partners </P> <P> AMI-Partners specializes in IT, Internet, telecommunications and business services strategy, venture capital, and actionable market intelligence -- focusing on global small and medium business (SMB) enterprises. The AMI-Partners mission is to empower clients for success with the highest quality data, business planning and "go-to-market" solutions. AMI was founded in 1996 under the name of Access Media International (USA), Inc. by Andy Bose, formerly group vice president at IDC. Since its inception, the firm has built a world-class management team, each with ten to fifteen years' experience in IT, telecom, online communications or multimedia. </P> <P> AMI-Partners has helped shape the go-to-market SMB strategies of more than 150 leading IT, Internet, telecommunications and business services companies over the last ten years. The firm is well known for its IT and Internet adoption-based segmentation of the SMB markets; its annual retainership services based on global SMB tracking surveys in more than 20 countries; and its proprietary database of SMBs and SMB channel partners in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The firm invests significantly in collecting survey-based information from several thousand SMBs annually, and is considered the premier source for global SMB trends and analysis.</P>
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DataDirect Networks Has Record Revenue Year
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DataDirect Networks, the 5th largest independent storage provider according to Gartner Dataquest Research's External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Worldwide 2002-2005 Market Share Report, has announced unprecedented revenue growth in 2006.
To continue this record setting growth, DataDirect Networks is planning to hire 100 additional employees in 2007 across all functional areas and geographies.
"The continued and ever-increasing market acceptance of our S2A (Silicon Storage Appliance) storage technology from the world's governments, corporate and academic institutions is a strong testament to our unique vision and our decade long commitment to providing the best-in-class scalable high performance and high capacity storage solutions," said Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks.
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<P>DataDirect Networks, the 5th largest independent storage provider according to Gartner Dataquest Research's External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Worldwide 2002-2005 Market Share Report, has announced unprecedented revenue growth in 2006. </P> <P> DataDirect Networks grew 53% in 2006 delivering 45% CAGR since 2003, and as a result, has moved to a much larger headquarters as well as establishing offices in Japan and China this year. To continue this record setting growth, DataDirect Networks is planning to hire 100 additional employees in 2007 across all functional areas and geographies. </P> <P> "The continued and ever-increasing market acceptance of our S2A (Silicon Storage Appliance) storage technology from the world's governments, corporate and academic institutions is a strong testament to our unique vision and our decade long commitment to providing the best-in-class scalable high performance and high capacity storage solutions," said Alex Bouzari, CEO of DataDirect Networks. </P> <P> The ranking from Gartner mirrors the recognition from the recently published 28th edition of the TOP500 list of the world's fastest clusters, asserting DataDirect's leadership position as the largest supplier of high performance storage to the world's top cluster sites, with 7 out of the world's top 10, 35 out of the world's top 100, and more than 52% of the top 100 clusters' aggregate bandwidth being powered by DataDirect. </P> <P> The same Gartner Dataquest Research's External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Worldwide 2002-2005 Market Share Report authored by Roger Cox also recognized DataDirect as the 3rd largest independent storage provider for "Block Midrange Enterprise Disk Array Vendor Raw Terabyte Shipped Market Share." </P> <P> "We will continue to drive customer-centric innovation while further establishing our technological leadership to develop enabling storage solutions in our market verticals to better serve our customers. These solutions include high performance, high capacity cluster storage, cluster NAS, active archive and nearline storage, petascale and InfiniBand storage as well as tiered storage and backup and recovery solutions," concluded Bouzari. </P> <P> About DataDirect Networks </P> <P> DataDirect Networks is the world's leading provider of high performance, high capacity network storage solutions. Focused on driving customer-centric innovation, DataDirect Networks has created the Silicon Storage Appliance as the essential building block for High Performance Computing, Cluster Computing, High Density Nearline Archives, Energy, Internet-based Services and Rich Media storage solutions. DataDirect Networks' award winning Silicon Storage Appliance enables the creation of differentiated high performance, high capacity NAS and SAN storage, parallel and shared file system storage, primary and nearline storage, and virtual tape library storage solutions. Each solution offers unsurpassed performance, high availability, cost effective scalability and simplified management delivering the industry's best price per performance and best per capacity per square foot solutions. </P> <P> Launched in 1998 and headquartered in California, DataDirect Networks has an established global presence with research and development, and operations in the United States, Europe and Asia. For more information, contact DataDirect Networks at (818) 700-7600 or visit www.datadirectnet.com. </P> <P> DataDirect Networks and Silicon Storage Appliance are trademarks of DataDirect Networks, Inc. All other names are property of their respective owners.</P>
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Afghan Editorial Urges NATO to Learn From Musa Qala "Failure"
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Text of editorial, in Dari, entitled "Once again Musa Qala" published by Afghan newspaper Daily Afghanistan on 4 February
The situation in Musa Qala District [in the southern province of Helmand] is critical.
In addition, NATO has expressed its readiness to cooperate with the government of Afghanistan.
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<P>Text of editorial, in Dari, entitled "Once again Musa Qala" published by Afghan newspaper Daily Afghanistan on 4 February </P> <P> The situation in Musa Qala District [in the southern province of Helmand] is critical. There is fear in the district and the people are leaving the district group by group. The government of Afghanistan has said that it will soon launch an operation to retake Musa Qala District. In addition, NATO has expressed its readiness to cooperate with the government of Afghanistan. </P> <P> The recapture of Musa Qala District by the Taleban is striking evidence, demonstrating the lack of security forces in the country and the fact that some other areas are under threat. However, the accord between the Taleban and some parts of the NATO forces was unsuccessful and gave the Taleban a chance to strengthen their fighters there. Therefore, the Taleban once again recaptured Musa Qala District. Maybe, NATO and the Afghan government will take control of the district again, but there is no guarantee that they will control it for a long time and it is possible that it will fall again. </P> <P> The repeat of this story again and again will give more courage to the Taleban to take such steps in other parts, which will demonstrate the failure of the security forces led by NATO. Therefore, it is important for the NATO forces to learn from the experience in Musa Qala District and ensure that they do not include such steps in their future policies. </P> <P> In view of this, it is important to further strengthen the security forces, both the domestic and foreign troops. The Afghan government and the world community have joint responsibility to attend to the security issue and security forces in this country. The step taken by the NATO member states in terms of assisting Afghanistan is effective and suitable. The US donation to the Afghan national army is a part of this assistance. The United States of America has pledged more than 10bn dollars to Afghanistan which will be spent in the fields of reconstruction and provision of equipment to the Afghan army and police force. The donation of 800 armoured vehicles and 1,200 light weapons to the National Defence Ministry of Afghanistan is a practical step taken by the US. It is an effective and important step to provide the national army with modern weaponry which can considerably enhance the capability and capacity of the army. The strengthening of the Afghan national army and police forces has great importance, because the strengthening of these forces directly affects the security of Afghanistan. The security in this country is being threatened by the terrorist groups and this country's border is attacked by the terrorists who enter Afghanistan with weaponry and other equipment and pose threats to the regions like Musa Qala District. </P> <P> It is reported that with an increase in the number of Afghan forces and provision of equipment to them, a group of the NATO forces will be deployed along the Pakistan border in order to prevent cross-border terrorism and ensure reliable security in the new solar year. </P> <P> The government of Afghanistan and NATO are responsible for taking steps in recapturing the Musa Qala District from the Taleban. If they fail to take effective steps in this regard, the Taleban will only take advantage of this. The government is directly responsible for any changes in this country and, therefore, it is necessary to react to any event. It should assume more responsibility in using the assistance being given to Afghanistan. </P> <P> The government of Afghanistan has not expressed much satisfaction about the security developments and international assistance and it has been criticized. Therefore, the government of Afghanistan, in this new stage of international assistance and security measures, should react to such events by adopting transparent and immediate policies in order to achieve more credibility at the national and international levels. </P> <P> (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring South Asia. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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Minister Slams Child Soldiers' Fate Ahead of Paris Conference
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An international conference on child soldiers opens in Paris today, chaired jointly by French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste- Blazy and Unicef head Ann Veneman, and attended by representatives of around 60 countries and many NGOs, with the aim of drafting new child protection and rehabilitation programmes.
Mr Douste-Blazy has condemned the use of child soldiers as "appalling" and told Europe 1 radio that "we must stop it".
"A real crime against humanity is taking place," the minister emphasized.
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<P>An international conference on child soldiers opens in Paris today, chaired jointly by French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste- Blazy and Unicef head Ann Veneman, and attended by representatives of around 60 countries and many NGOs, with the aim of drafting new child protection and rehabilitation programmes. </P> <P> Mr Douste-Blazy has condemned the use of child soldiers as "appalling" and told Europe 1 radio that "we must stop it". </P> <P> "A real crime against humanity is taking place," the minister emphasized. "Today 250,000 children are being sent by dictators to areas of land to find out whether there are mines there or not and to learn whether, if there are not any mines, their forces, their militias can pass through - and who do they send? Children. There are sex slaves in these armies. It is appalling. It is not just a crime against humanity, but above all a child of war is one that is lost in terms of peace, in terms of growth. So we must stop it." </P> <P> Asked for his view regarding the alleged dispatch of British under-18s to serve in Iraq, the minister said: </P> <P> "There is the big topic of the age of admittance into the big war academies and once again there is a battle, a battle which is not just a personal one - there are several of us in the world who believe that in the war academies, even in the big democracies, whether in the United States or in Britain, children should not be able to enter military academies before they reach the age of majority." </P> <P> Pressed to say whether he condemned Prime Minister Tony Blair over this question, Mr Douste-Blazy replied, "They did not go to the front. The question is whether or not one can be a soldier before attaining the majority. I believe it is absolutely impossible." </P> <P> (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring Newsfile. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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French Minister Mulls Child Soldiers, US Iraq Policy, Iran Question, Algeria
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2007-02-05
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Excerpt from report by French Europe 1 radio on 5 February; subheadings editorially inserted
[Announcer] This morning, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach [interviewer] your guest is Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, who is co- chair of the Unicef international conference [in Paris] on child soldiers.
[Jean-Pierre Elkabbach] [Passage omitted: background] What is your interest in this conference, of which you are co-chair, and what do you want to achieve?
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<P>Excerpt from report by French Europe 1 radio on 5 February; subheadings editorially inserted </P> <P> [Announcer] This morning, Jean-Pierre Elkabbach [interviewer] your guest is Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, who is co- chair of the Unicef international conference [in Paris] on child soldiers. </P> <P> [Jean-Pierre Elkabbach] [Passage omitted: background] What is your interest in this conference, of which you are co-chair, and what do you want to achieve? </P> <P> Paris conference on child soldiers </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] A real crime against humanity is taking place: today 250,000 children are being sent by dictators to areas of land to find out whether there are mines there or not and to learn whether, if there are not any mines, their forces, their militias can pass through - and who do they send? Children. There are sex slaves in these armies. It is appalling. </P> <P> It is not just a crime against humanity, but above all a child of war is one that is lost in terms of peace, in terms of growth. So we must stop it. We decided along with the head of Unicef to organize this first very big international day against [the use of] child soldiers. </P> <P> [Elkabbach] Aiming to achieve? </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] With the Paris principles. There is already a blacklist of 12 countries at the UN. Those who are doing this must know that they are not going to get through the net. </P> <P> British under-18 soldiers </P> <P> [Elkabbach] Are you also thinking about Britain? It is a different kind of thing, but there is controversy in Britain today. The Blair government is reported to have sent under-18s to fight for perhaps a fortnight, 20 days, a month in Iraq. </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] There is the big topic of the age of admittance into the big war academies and once again there is a battle, a battle which is not just a personal one - there are several of us in the world who believe that in the war academies, even in the big democracies, whether in the United States or in Britain, children should not be able to enter military academies before they reach their majority. </P> <P> [Elkabbach] So do you condemn what Tony Blair has done? </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] No. </P> <P> [Indistinct cross talk] </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy, continuing] No, it is a system. They did not go to the front. The question is whether or not one can be a soldier before attaining the majority. I believe it is absolutely impossible. </P> <P> America's Iraq strategy </P> <P> [Elkabbach] Attacks have taken place in Iraq again yesterday and today. Do you have doubts about the new strategy adopted by George [W.] Bush, who is preparing to send 22,000 soldiers to Iraq as reinforcements. How can he - George Bush - be prevented from persisting with such mistakes? </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] There cannot be a military solution in Iraq. There can only be a political process. This means a process that is inclusive, which enables all of the different branches of politics to be included, but also ethnic parties in Iraqi society and civil society. </P> <P> What must they be asked of them? That they share power along with Iraqi Prime Minister Mr Al-Maliki and also the natural resources. There is no reason why oil resources should go to some and not others. </P> <P> [Elkabbach] Meanwhile, the Americans stay and send reinforcements - or not. </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] Since the American election, George [W.] Bush, has decided to press ahead with exactly the same reasoning, because today we are seeing the same figures in terms of the numbers of American soldiers as in 2005. We believe there can be no solution to this and the only solution, as I will tell you once more, is a political one. </P> <P> French policy on Iranian nuclear question </P> <P> [Elkabbach] Mr Douste-Blazy, the Americans continue to believe that France accepts that Iran will one day have nuclear weapons and that deterrence would prevent it from using it. What is the truth of the matter? </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] Our position on Iran has never changed. We believe it is out of the question for Iran to be able to continue with sensitive nuclear activities for non-peaceful purposes. </P> <P> [Passage omitted: recalling adoption of sanctions at UN] </P> <P> France is between the Americans, who want slightly stronger sanctions, and the Russians and the Chinese - do not forget - who want slightly milder sanctions. So we have achieved unity among the international community. </P> <P> [Elkabbach] [Passage omitted: background] Under what circumstances would France accept military sanctions? </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] Because I believe in multilateralism it is Mr Al- Baradi'i, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Nobel peace prize-winner, who will tell us whether or not the checks by the inspectors he sent, who were refused by Iran three or four days ago, make it possible to say if this nuclear programme, this Iranian ballistic programme, is intended for peaceful purposes. So, there will be a report to the Security Council and acting according to our conscience we shall decide what to do. </P> <P> [Passage omitted: reiterating France's position on nuclear question and on Iran's denial of Holocaust, and in Africa, need to solve Darfur problem] </P> <P> Relations with Algeria </P> <P> [Elkabbach] In Algiers yesterday after an hour and a half of talks with President Bouteflika, [Socialist deputy and former Socialist minister] Jack Lang said he hoped France would recognize the crimes of the colonial era in Algeria from 1830 to 1962. There is a need for historic reparation with regard to Algeria, he said. </P> <P> [Douste-Blazy] We should beware of a permanent guilty conscience and [permanent] repentance. [Passage omitted: background] Let me say to Jack Lang and to [Socialist Party presidential candidate] Ms Royal, in this presidential campaign, let us look forwards: 74 per cent of Algerians are under 25. Now we have to turn the page and regard Algeria as an equal partner, neither inferior nor superior, because today I know Algerian officials so well - when I know that there are 95bn dollars in privatizations in the coming months and the three or four years ahead, you can understand very well that the Americans, the British, the Spanish and others are there [in the market] and the French are endlessly beating their breast. </P> <P> [Passage omitted: reviewing Douste-Blazy's book, extolling French values, paying tribute to Chirac, Sarkozy, criticizing Socialist election campaign] </P> <P> (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring European. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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Vice FM Yachi Says Japan Has Limits on Taking Part in Energy Aid to N Korea
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BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
2007-02-05
Feb 05, 07:05 AM
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Tokyo, Feb. 5 Kyodo - Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi said Monday he sees limits in terms of Japan taking part in energy assistance to North Korea in response to possible steps the country may take towards denuclearization in the upcoming six-party talks.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said separately that North Korea needs to take concrete steps towards denuclearization before receiving aid and indicated that Japan will not consider providing energy assistance unless there is progress on the abduction issue.
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<P>Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo </P> <P> Tokyo, Feb. 5 Kyodo - Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi said Monday he sees limits in terms of Japan taking part in energy assistance to North Korea in response to possible steps the country may take towards denuclearization in the upcoming six-party talks. </P> <P> Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said separately that North Korea needs to take concrete steps towards denuclearization before receiving aid and indicated that Japan will not consider providing energy assistance unless there is progress on the abduction issue. </P> <P> Yachi told a press conference, "What we can say at this point is that there are limits to our immediate participation in efforts such as energy assistance even if (North Korea) indicates in some way (that it has taken) the initial measures over the nuclear issue, at a time when there has been no progress on the abduction issue." </P> <P> He was responding to a question concerning North Korea's apparent intention to seek more than 500,000 tons of fuel oil and other benefits in exchange for taking initial steps to abandon its nuclear programme, such as halting a reactor in the Yongbyon nuclear complex and accepting safeguard inspections. </P> <P> North Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan, who leads his country's delegation to the six-party talks, and other senior officials told US experts who visited Pyongyang last week about their wish, one of the experts said Sunday in Tokyo on their way back to the United States. </P> <P> Shiozaki said, "The most important thing is what kind of concrete steps will be taken for denuclearization. Everything starts from there." </P> <P> Later on Monday, Shiozaki said Japan is "absolutely not considering giving energy aid with only (progress) on the nuclear issue," indicating the need for progress on the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals as well. </P> <P> The top government spokesman also reiterated that getting the North to take concrete steps towards denuclearization will be the biggest focus of the six-way talks, set to resume Thursday in Beijing. </P> <P> Meanwhile, Yachi said Japan hopes for "even a little" progress in the talks because otherwise there may be concerns raised by Japanese people about whether there is meaning in continuing the multilateral talks. </P> <P> The six nations - North and South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and the United States - failed to produce any progress in the previous session of talks held in December after a 13-month hiatus. </P> <P> Japanese government sources said over the weekend that Tokyo has judged it would be premature to offer benefits to Pyongyang unless Japan gets a clear guarantee that the abduction issue will be resolved. </P> <P> The government has repeatedly said it intends to reiterate and stress the importance of comprehensively resolving the nuclear, missile and abduction issues. </P> <P> But some other participants, such as South Korea, have indicated a positive stance on offering aid to the North in exchange for progress on the nuclear issue, thus raising the possibility that Japan could face criticism for undermining the efforts of the five parties to present a common front to Pyongyang. </P> <P> (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning. All rights Reserved.</P>
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New Ford SUVs Get Top Grades in Safety Tests: Edge, Lincoln MKX Ace Crash Ratings
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2007-02-05
Feb 05, 07:36 AM
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Feb. 5--WASHINGTON -- The Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX sport utility vehicles earned a "top safety pick" grade today from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which also raised its crash ratings on the Ford Fusion.
In a series of tests sponsored by Ford, the institute awarded both vehicles "good" scores in front- and side-impact crash tests, as well as "good" ratings for whiplash protection, a key concern of insurance companies.
The Edge and MKX are the first domestic vehicles to win the top rating under the institute's latest standards.
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<P>By Justin Hyde, Detroit Free Press </P> <P> Feb. 5--WASHINGTON -- The Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX sport utility vehicles earned a "top safety pick" grade today from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which also raised its crash ratings on the Ford Fusion. </P> <P> In a series of tests sponsored by Ford, the institute awarded both vehicles "good" scores in front- and side-impact crash tests, as well as "good" ratings for whiplash protection, a key concern of insurance companies. The insurance institute gives its top safety pick to vehicles that earn "good" ratings, its highest rating, in all three tests and come standard with electronic stability control. </P> <P> The Edge and MKX are the first domestic vehicles to win the top rating under the institute's latest standards. </P> <P> Ford's extensive efforts to win the top marks highlight the influence safety standards have on potential buyers. The insurance institute said its newest award standards apply only to vehicles built after January, when Ford made a change to headrests in the Edge and MKX to earn the whiplash protection score. </P> <P> For Ford's Fusion, the institute raised its front- and side-impact ratings to "good"; it had scored "acceptable" for frontal impact and "poor" for side impact in models lacking side air bags in tests released in September. To earn the new grades, the institute said Ford revised the Fusion, modifying the door trim and floor pan and making side air bags standard. </P> <P> The Fusion missed the top safety pick because it was rated "marginal" for whiplash protection and isn't sold with electronic stability control. The same ratings apply to Ford's Milan, which is mechanically identical to the Fusion. </P> <P> The Lincoln MKZ sedan received the improved frontal crash score but its side-impact grade stayed at "acceptable." </P> <P> The institute conducts front crash tests by ramming cars into a barrier on the driver's side at 40 m.p.h., and tests side impact by ramming vehicles with a truck-shaped barrier traveling at 31 m.p.h. Both are more severe than federal tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is considering updates to its test procedures. </P> <P> Contact JUSTIN HYDE at 202-906-8204 or jhyde@freepress.com. </P> <P> ----- </P> <P> Copyright (c) 2007, Detroit Free Press </P> <P> Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News. </P> <P> For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA.</P>
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JupiterResearch Reports That 22 Percent of Online Teens Watch Videos on the Internet Weekly or More Frequently
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2007-02-05
Feb 05, 09:24 AM
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JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, has found that 53 percent of online teens watch video on the Internet occasionally and 22 percent of them view video weekly or more frequently.
"Moreover, teen frequent video viewers tend to be both active online and socially influential.
To download a podcast of a detailed discussion about this new JupiterResearch report, please visit http://podcasts.jupiterresearch.com/index.html#TeensOnline.
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<P>JupiterResearch, a leading authority on the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on business, has found that 53 percent of online teens watch video on the Internet occasionally and 22 percent of them view video weekly or more frequently. A new report from JupiterResearch, "Teens and Online Video: Understand Young Viewers to Target Them Effectively," provides recommendations for programmers and marketers on how to effectively reach these young, frequent online video viewers. </P> <P> "Younger consumers tend to be extremely savvy about online media so it's not surprising that teens are making significant use of Internet video," said Joe Laszlo, Senior Analyst and Research Director with JupiterResearch. "Moreover, teen frequent video viewers tend to be both active online and socially influential. For example, 47 percent of them buy products and services online, compared with the 33 percent of online teens overall who make such purchases." </P> <P> Like their adult counterparts in the online video audience, teens rely on the recommendations of friends to help them find video on the Internet. Forty-four percent of teen online video viewers usually find the programs they watch based on friends' recommendations via online or off-line channels. Other popular means of discovering online video include personal blogs and social networking sites like MySpace, as well as search engines. </P> <P> "Teen-oriented online video services will prove lucrative, but firms offering them must proactively address parental and privacy concerns to be successful," said David Schatsky, President of JupiterKagan. "Marketers need to balance teens' propensity to share with the imperative to protect privacy, while offering content of interest to this young audience." </P> <P> To download a podcast of a detailed discussion about this new JupiterResearch report, please visit http://podcasts.jupiterresearch.com/index.html#TeensOnline. </P> <P> The complete findings of this report and recommendations for media programmers are immediately available to JupiterResearch clients online at www.jupiterresearch.com. For details on JupiterResearch's methodology, visit www.jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/methodology or email press@jupiterkagan.com to request a detailed methodology statement. For additional information on this report or JupiterResearch's Television and Filmed Entertainment research service, visit www.jupiterresearch.com or contact Kieran Kelly, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Client Service, at 1-800-481-1212 or researchsales@jupiterkagan.com. </P> <P> About JupiterResearch </P> <P> JupiterResearch provides unbiased research, analysis and advice, backed by proprietary data, to help companies profit from the impact of the Internet and emerging consumer technologies on their business. The company helps online businesses make critical decisions about technology selection, spending, staffing, and Web site effectiveness; advises consumer-facing companies with online advertising, marketing, and customer service strategies to understand, attract, convert and retain customers; and guides technology vendors and service providers on market opportunity, positioning, product definition, and pricing. JupiterResearch is headquartered in New York City and has offices throughout the US and Europe. For more information, visit www.jupiterresearch.com. JupiterResearch is a division of JupiterKagan, Inc.</P>
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Stream Receives Approval for USD 4.7 Million Bond
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2007-02-05
Feb 05, 09:21 AM
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WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stream Communications Network & Media Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCNWF; FSE: TPJ), the broadband cable company offering Cable TV, high-speed Internet and VoIP services in Poland, announced that a leading Polish commercial bank has agreed to underwrite a bond issue for the Company totaling PLN 14,000,000 (approximately US$4.7 million).
Mr. Jan Rynkiewicz, Stream's President and CEO, commented: "The decision to guarantee the entire bond issue by a leading Polish financial institution reflects this major lender's validation of Stream's business fundamentals and our strategy for growth.
While bond proceeds will be used for this important network upgrade the Company is also securing financing to execute its acquisition program."
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<P>WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stream Communications Network & Media Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCNWF; FSE: TPJ), the broadband cable company offering Cable TV, high-speed Internet and VoIP services in Poland, announced that a leading Polish commercial bank has agreed to underwrite a bond issue for the Company totaling PLN 14,000,000 (approximately US$4.7 million). </P> <P> Mr. Jan Rynkiewicz, Stream's President and CEO, commented: "The decision to guarantee the entire bond issue by a leading Polish financial institution reflects this major lender's validation of Stream's business fundamentals and our strategy for growth. Proceeds will be utilized to upgrade Stream's existing networks allowing for triple play delivery, introduction of new technologies such as Wi-Max, and reduction of headends. While bond proceeds will be used for this important network upgrade the Company is also securing financing to execute its acquisition program." </P> <P> The bonds will have a 5 year maturity and will pay an annual interest rate of WIBOR plus 2.3% p.a., currently equal to 6.5%. </P> <P> The Company is completing its plans and expects to be in position to use the proceeds to initiate its upgrade program in Spring 2007. </P> <P> About Stream Communications </P> <P> Stream is a broadband cable company and offers cable TV, high-speed Internet and VoIP services in Poland. Stream is the 7th largest cable TV operator in Poland, focusing on the densely populated markets of Southern Poland. </P> <P> Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statement </P> <P> Except for statements of historical fact, the information presented herein constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include general economic and business conditions, the ability to acquire and develop specific projects, the ability to fund operations and changes in consumer and business consumption habits and other factors over which Stream Communications Network and Media Inc. has little or no control. </P> <P> Stream Communications Network & Media Inc. </P> <P> CONTACT: Iwona Kozak of Stream Communications, +1-604-669-2826,+800-704-9649, iwona.kozak@streamcn.com; or Susan Borinelli of BreakstoneGroup for Stream Communications, +1-646-452-2333,sborinelli@breakstone-group.com</P>
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Trapeze Networks Outperforms Aruba and Meru Networks in WLAN Scalability and Performance Tests
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2007-02-05
Feb 05, 08:12 AM
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PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Trapeze Networks(TM) today announced that it has set the new industry standard for scalability and performance, and has surpassed previously reported Aruba and Meru Networks benchmark numbers for WLAN throughput and latency.
Trapeze set performance records in both tests, outperforming results reported by Network World's Clear Choice Lab Review, November 2006.
The Network World battery of tests were rerun at VeriWave's San Jose facility using the same VeriWave test bed and processes.
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<P>PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Trapeze Networks(TM) today announced that it has set the new industry standard for scalability and performance, and has surpassed previously reported Aruba and Meru Networks benchmark numbers for WLAN throughput and latency. Trapeze set performance records in both tests, outperforming results reported by Network World's Clear Choice Lab Review, November 2006. This data validates the Trapeze Smart Mobile(TM) intelligent switching architecture as being uniquely suited to support massively scalable enterprise deployments. </P> <P> Certified Results </P> <P> The Network World battery of tests were rerun at VeriWave's San Jose facility using the same VeriWave test bed and processes. This time, Trapeze Smart Mobile wireless LAN products were compared against Aruba and Meru. Trapeze Smart Mobile wireless LAN outperformed the competition and continued to increase its performance advantage as the test requirements increased to replicate larger scale deployments supporting hundreds of clients. </P> <P> VeriWave's unique lab environment is specifically equipped to stress-test real-world complex enterprise class WLAN scenarios and simulate large-scale Trapeze and other WLAN vendor's deployments. The platform is the first ever Wi-Fi test bed that allows organizations to test controllers and/or switches using real access points (APs) loaded by thousands of clients. This in turn, can expose performance issues that cannot be determined in small-scale tests. Using VeriWave benchmarks, customers can then detect and correct system flaws during development and prior to deployment. </P> <P> Unmatched Throughput </P> <P> VeriWave's multi AP throughput test determined that the Smart Mobile architecture provided the highest forwarding performance (throughput) without any loss of information when compared to Aruba and Meru. In the 25 AP test, designed to simulate 500 clients, Trapeze provided the highest performance and scalability, while Aruba's performance waned and Meru was unable to complete the test (see table below for results). This type of scalability is essential in real-world deployments as networks continue to grow and require mor