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Braintree Payment Solutions joins PCI Security Standards Council as newest Participating Organization: Braintree to participate in key standards setting body protecting payment cardholder data
Braintree Payment Solutions, an end to end provider of payment processing services, announced today that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new participating organization. As a Participating Organization, Braintree Payment Solutions will work with the Council to evolve the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) and other payment card data protection standards. 2007-11-13

CompUSA Announces Great Deals and Pumpkin Pie on Thanksgiving Evening, Early Black Friday Hours and Expanded Plans for Cyber Monday: New CompUSA TechPro and Personalized Gift Cards Make Shopping Easy and Fun CompUSA Tech Toyland Profiles the Best Gifts for Six Different Personality Types
CompUSA today announced its holiday plans that include additional store hours, new ways to shop and send gifts and gift giving ideas based on personality profiles to ensure everyone from the Game Zombie to the Tech Know-It-All get their holiday wish. 2007-11-13

AnswersMedia Launches Cross-Platform, High-Definition Lifestyle Network, AnswersTV: AnswersTV provides high-quality, original health, food and lifestyle know-how programming at AnswersTV.com
AnswersMedia today launched AnswersTV, the first cross-platform HD interactive television network, which enables consumers to view and interact with entertaining and informative video content in an entirely new way. AnswersTV features original television series on its flagship Health, Food and Magic channels with additional channels including Garden, Wine, Pet, College and Jewelry in development. AnswersTV programming is available for free directly from http://www.answerstv.com. In the coming months, AnswersTV will also be available via multiple syndication channels including cable video-on-demand, newspaper, radio and broadband partners. 2007-11-13

EFD(R) Introduces Optimum(TM) Dispensing Cartridges: Engineered Fluid Dispensing Systems increase throughput, improve yields, and reduce production costs   EFD, Inc., a subsidiary of Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN), introduces the new Optimum Cartridge System, the new addition to their Optimum family of dispensing components. 2007-11-13

New Cognos Consolidation and Reporting Solution Provides Best Practices for Finance Departments Worldwide: Group Consolidation and Corporate Reporting Blueprint from Cognos combines proven strength in enterprise business intelligence and financial consolidation
Cognos(R) (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today extended its financial performance management leadership by introducing a new performance blueprint, the Group Consolidation and Corporate Reporting (GCCR) Blueprint, designed to help finance departments renew and improve the close, consolidate and report process through industry best-practices. 2007-11-13

Symmetricom and Sagem Communications Collaborate to Drive End-to-End Monitoring for IPTV Quality of Experience: Symmetricom to Pre-Integrate V-Factor(R) into Sagem Communications IPTV Set-Top Boxes in Beta Trial to Monitor Video Quality as Experienced by Consumers
Symmetricom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced it is partnering with Sagem Communications (SAFRAN Group), a worldwide leader of IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) with 2 million units shipped before year-end, to trial Symmetricom's V-Factor(R) solution into SAGEM IPTV STBs to gain visibility into the quality of experience of IPTV customers. By embedding V-Factor, an industry leading solution that correlates network and content metrics to accurately monitor the quality of consumers' video experience, service providers gain insight into IPTV and other real time multimedia services directly from homes that utilize SAGEM STBs. The joint solution will initially launch with beta trials at a service provider in France. 2007-11-13

Toshiba's Portege R400 Wins Popular Science Magazine's Best of What's New Award: Toshiba's Innovative Tablet PC Regarded as One of the Top 100 Tech Innovations in 2007
Toshiba's Portege(R) R400 Tablet PC won a Popular Science magazine 2007 Best of What's New Award in the Computing Category, Toshiba's Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced. 2007-11-13

Daptiv Picks Cognos as BI Solution of Choice for SaaS Customers: - Daptiv enhances its Collaboration and Project Management Solution with Cognos-enabled analysis and reporting capabilities; implements major BI deployment with over 50,000 initial users --
Cognos(R) (NASDAQ: COGN) (TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that Daptiv, Inc. (previously known as eProject), an on-demand leader in collaborative business software, is standardizing on Cognos technology as the business intelligence framework for its new Daptiv PPM (Project and Portfolio Management) offering. 2007-11-13

Seamless Medical Records Retrieval Bundled with TrialWorks Case Management Software: Streamlines Digitized Medical Record Management; Saves Time for Law Firms
MediConnect Global, Inc. today announced it has renewed its strategic partnership with Lawex Corporation, Miami, to provide automated medical records request and retrieval within TrialWorks(TM) Case Management Software. www.mediconnect.net, www.trialworks.com. 2007-11-13

OpSource Adopts Oracle SaaS Platform to Deliver OpSource On-Demand: High Performance and High Reliability of Oracle Database now Available to OpSource On-Demand Customers as Standard Option
OpSource(TM), the SaaS delivery experts, today announced that it has adopted the Oracle Software as a Service (SaaS) Platform to add support for Oracle Database as a standard component of OpSource's award-winning Web application delivery platform, OpSource On-Demand(TM). OpSource is a Certified Advantage Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork and is adopting the Oracle SaaS Platform to make Oracle Database available to companies that wish to use it for their Web applications. 2007-11-13

Kalido Helps Unilever Improve On Shelf Availability: Consumer goods giant leverages Kalido's Active Information Management software in global brand availability program
Kalido, the active information management company, announced today that Unilever has successfully implemented an On Shelf Availability (OSA) project using Kalido software. By leveraging Kalido's Active Information Management solutions, Unilever is building on its capabilities to improve on shelf availability in a few initial markets and expects to see the benefits flow as they refine processes and add new markets to the program. 2007-11-13

Global Unichip Selects Vivante Graphics Solutions for Mobile System On Chip
Vivante Corporation and Global Unichip Corp. (GUC; TW:3443), a leading SoC design foundry, today announced that GUC has selected Vivante's silicon proven scalable 2D and 3D graphics solutions for GUC's system-on-chip (SoC) designs. The agreement gives GUC access to Vivante's Mobile Visual Reality(TM) solutions for customer SoC designs targeting mobile handsets, low power computing, personal media and navigation, and other consumer applications, on which the user's visual experience makes the difference. 2007-11-13

Stinson Morrison Hecker Advises Clients In Corporate Finance Deals Totaling More Than $1 Billion In One Week: Firm Announces Success after Advising Clients on More Than $25 Billion in Mergers and Acquisitions and Other Corporate Finance Transactions in 10 Months
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP today announced the firm has advised clients on more than $25 billion in corporate finance transactions during the past 10 months, with more than $1 billion during the third week of October. Eight of these transactions were public offerings where the firm served as issuer's counsel. 2007-11-13

King Size Bows Makes Every Occasion Special: Our Big Red Bows Decorate Really-Big Gifts So You Can Have a Bow-dacious Holiday!
Wrap your holiday gifts with big red bows and make your Christmas cheerful and joyous. KING SIZE BOWS sells giant 30-inch, fire-engine red bows to wrap up your Really Big Gifts. 2007-11-13

Consumer Electronics Association Recognizes the Power of the ``Human Touch,'' and Names the Human Touch(TM) HT-7450 Zero-Gravity Massage Chair One of 2007's Best New Consumer Electronics: World's Most Advanced Zero-Gravity Massage Chair Selected As A 2008 Consumer Electronic Show Innovations Award Honoree For Its Innovative Acupoint(TM) "Back Scanning" Technology Designed To Relieve Soreness, Tension And Fatigue Caused By Gravity
Human Touch(TM), the leading brand of high-technology, design-oriented massage chairs for today's modern and traditional living spaces, announced today that its revolutionary HT-7450 Zero-Gravity massage chair has been selected as an Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award honoree in the Furniture product category by The Consumer Electronics Association. Recognized for its multi-patented massage technology, such as its Acupoint(TM) Detection System that scans the entire length of the user's back creating a map of key pressure points to target during the massage, the HT-7450 Zero-Gravity massage chair received the award today at the Consumer Electronic Show's (CES) New York Press Preview, the Consumer Electronics Association's annual sneak peek of the hottest new products and upcoming 2008 International CES technology trends. 2007-11-13

Seastone Dresses Up Restaurant Gift Cards: Company Helps Restaurant Industry Capitalize on Growing Popularity of Gift Cards
Seastone, the market leader in specialty gift card packages and gift card promotional programs, today announced an extensive offering of gift card packages and programs for the restaurant industry. Restaurants who have recently partnered with Seastone to promote their gift card programs include Subway, Dunkin' Donuts, Cracker Barrel, Bob Evans Farms, Panera Bread, and several others. 2007-11-13

IPS-Sendero Leverages IT to Drive Sales and Innovation through Ensynch Managed IT Services Solution: Financial Services Software Provider Dramatically Reduces Unplanned Downtime via Managed IT Services
Financial services software producer IPS-Sendero, a division of Fiserv, was rapidly growing to meet the needs of their expanding customer base. The company wanted to increase the security of their network while improving their ability to collaborate across the company. IPS-Sendero's small IT team was stretched thin in efforts to handle the international company's technology requirements. By turning to Ensynch, the Southwest's leading provider of IT infrastructure services, IT staffing and data center solutions, IPS-Sendero increased their operational efficiency and reallocated resources to innovation and high value activities. 2007-11-13

Sun Microsystems Strengthens Market-Leading Identity Management Portfolio with Intent to Acquire Vaau
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA)(1) and Vaau, Inc. today announced that the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Sun will acquire Vaau, a premier provider of Enterprise Role Management (ERM) and identity compliance solutions. 2007-11-13

Infusion Software Announces Record-breaking Email Deliverability, Email Volume for Small Business Customers: CRM Software Provider Delivers Nearly 60 Million Emails Sent by Its Small Business Customers in Month of October
Infusion Software, providers of Infusion CRM, the best-selling customer relationship management (CRM) software for small businesses today announced that the company has reached the highest levels in email deliverability and email volume in the company's history. In the month of October, small business customers utilized Infusion CRM to send 59.9 million emails to prospects and customers as part of one-off and multi-step event-triggered marketing campaigns. Monthly deliverability reached an all-time high with 93 percent of emails sent in less than 60 seconds; 96 percent of double opt-in emails were delivered to each recipient's inbox; and 85 percent of single opt-in emails reached recipients' inboxes. Industry averages show that typically only 50 percent of emails ever make it to the intended recipient's inbox. 2007-11-13

BlackBook2 Now Offers Its Members and the 43 Million Uninsured Americans Access to Affordable Healthcare Solutions and Services in All 50 States by Accessing the Leading Healthcare Providers via Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc.
Empyrean Benefit Solutions, Inc., an emerging leader in the benefit solution market, and National Merchant Services of Irvine, California, today announced a partnership with www.BlackBook2.com, LLC, a privately held company that specializes in delivering an array of mixed media content to its members via its cutting-edge proprietary Video technology. Poised to deliver a leading social networking site targeted to the over-25 age group, www.BlackBook2.com will actively promote its free social networking portal to this 78 million demographic that controls 70% of America's purchasing decisions. 2007-11-13

Grant Life Sciences in-licenses HPV DNA-based test from Alphagenics: "This agreement now makes us exclusive licensee of the Alphagenics HPV DNA-based test in China, a country in which there is a very high incidence, unfortunately, of cervical cancer." Hun-Chi Lin, Ph.D., President and Chief Scientist, Grant Life Sciences
Grant Life Sciences Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GLIF) announced today that it has signed a final agreement with Alphagenics Diaco Biotechnologies S.r.l. (Italy) to exclusively in-license the manufacturing and marketing rights to Alphagenics' molecular diagnostic test for human papillomaviruses (HPVs) in China and the United States and non-exclusively in all other countries. 2007-11-13

FirstLight Financial Corporation Serves as Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent for $45MM in Senior Credit Facilities to Purchase California Products Corporation
FirstLight Financial Corporation ("FirstLight") announced today that it served as lead arranger and administrative agent of a $45 million senior credit facility for California Products Corporation ("CPC"). 2007-11-13

vAuto Pricing Tool Gives Tasca Automotive Group a Competitive Edge: vAuto system helps third-generation automotive dealer simplify operations and compete more effectively.
Bob Tasca III, an owner of Tasca Automotive Group, contributes to his family's more than 50-year history of accomplishments in the automotive industry with a long list of his own. Running three successful New England dealerships along with his family, professionally racing an NHRA Top Alcohol Funny Car, and building an automotive consulting business are just a few of Tasca's current pursuits. 2007-11-13

ETS and Certiport Announce Collaboration Plans for Comprehensive Digital Skills Solution: Combining Certiport IC3 and ETS' ICT Literacy Workforce Assessment Offers Solution to Produce Workers Equipped for 21st Century Careers
Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Certiport today announced an agreement to create a solution leveraging their assessment and certification programs around digital literacy and critical thinking with regard to information and communications technologies (ICTs). The two industry leaders expect the combined solution will help a wide variety of organizations hone the skills of current and prospective employees, creating a more capable and productive workforce. 2007-11-13

AzoogleAds Announces Search Engine Marketing 'Agency of Record' Service for Blockbuster, Inc.
Azoogle.com, Inc. (www.AzoogleAds.com), the New York-based online marketing solutions provider, officially announced that Blockbuster, Inc. named AzoogleAds as its Search Engine Marketing "Agency of Record." The account is managed under Bazaar Advertising, a division of AzoogleAds. 2007-11-13