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 | 4imprint 'glide(SM)' Reinvents Promotional Products Pricing: Customers Save as Exclusive Online Ordering Tool Matches Price to
Quantity
Promotional products retailer 4imprint is reinventing promotional products pricing with the introduction of glide(SM), an online tool that saves customers money by matching per-item prices with exact quantities ordered. 2008-05-06 |
 | SpectraRep Selected to Deploy Next-Generation Emergency Alert System by State of Missouri: AlertManager(TM) Will Provide Advanced Digital Upgrade to Manage
and Issue Alerts and Warnings of At-Risk Populations and Locations
SpectraRep, a provider of emergency management and first response data solutions, announced today that it has been awarded a project by the State of Missouri to deploy an advanced emergency alert system statewide. Under the award, SpectraRep will deploy its AlertManager(TM) system to provide Missouri with advanced public alert and warning capabilities for managing and issuing AMBER Alerts and to rapidly and reliably communicate Homeland Security and All Hazards warnings and instructions for at-risk populations and locations. 2008-05-06 |
 | Premier Social Network Technology Provider Wyndstorm Corporation Announces New Trading Symbol - WYND (OTCBB:WYND)
Wyndstorm Corporation, a leading social network technology provider company, announced today that it has been granted a new trading symbol - WYND (OTCBB:WYND). Wyndstorm became a publicly-traded company in February 2008 in a reverse merger into PacketPort.Com, Inc. 2008-05-06 |
New Blog Design Offerings and Free Blog Templates from Logoworks by HP
HP introduced through its Logoworks by HP unit a set of affordable and versatile blog design offerings and free blog templates to help businesses ride the Web 2.0 wave and start building customer interactivity. 2008-05-06
 | National Survey Reveals Tail-End Boomers Avoid Participating in Parents' Estate Planning: Survey by LegalZoom.com Finds that Younger Boomers Avoid their
Parents' Estate Planning, while Older Boomers are More Likely to
Discuss and Participate in the Process
A new national survey commissioned by LegalZoom.com, the leading online legal document and filing service, reveals that the creation of a last will or living trust is one of the most avoided topics between younger members of the Boomer generation and their parents. 2008-05-06 |
 | Realtors Get a Break with Flyers That Write Themselves
Green Tie Logic, INC., released online software, PropertyPageMaker.com, to allow agents to get professional real-estate flyers without writing a single sentence. 2008-05-06 |
 |  FNBO Direct Maximizes YouTube to Kick Off Pay Yourself First Challenge: Consumers Share Savings Stories on YouTube for a Chance to Have
Their Savings Matched and Win a Once in a Lifetime Getaway
First National Bank of Omaha, member FDIC, a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, Inc., the largest privately owned banking company in the United States, today announced its official Pay Yourself First Challenge on YouTube. The Challenge will follow five everyday people in their quest to save money and win by using the Pay Yourself First method. First National Bank's FNBO Direct Online Savings Account (OSA) will match, dollar-for-dollar (1), the amount each of the five finalists has saved at the end of the Challenge. The grand prize winner will also be whisked away to a luxurious spa destination to restore his or her personal balance (2). 2008-05-06 |
 | US Synthetic Signs Exclusive License Agreement with Los Alamos National Laboratory: Veteran Polycrystalline Diamond Company Adds Nanostructured
Thermally Stable Diamond Technology to Innovative Line of Products
US Synthetic, an operating company of the Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV) and the leading provider of polycrystalline diamond cutters (PDCs) for oil and gas exploration, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, N.M., a multidisciplinary research institution operated by Los Alamos National Security LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy, today announced an exclusive license agreement that will grant US Synthetic rights to nanostructured thermally stable diamond silicon carbide, originally developed at LANL. 2008-05-06 |
IBM Cognos Now! is MDS Pharma Services' Choice to Drive Greater Visibility into Sales Performance: Business intelligence solution provides better understanding of
customer data, enabling more informed decision making
Cognos, an IBM company and world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced that MDS Pharma Services has selected IBM Cognos Now! to track and analyze sales performance across its lines of business. 2008-05-06
 | SACHEM Launches Displacement Chromatography Services: SACHEM Responds to Customer Demand by Offering Onsite Expertise to
Support Scientists in Evaluating and Applying Displacement
Chromatography
In response to customer demand, SACHEM is now offering a new services program to help displacement chromatography users to quickly apply the technology in their laboratory and plant. The program uses SACHEM's extensive chemical expertise and broad experience with displacement chromatography. It offers scientists using SACHEM's Expell(TM), Isolis(TM), and Propell(TM) displacers assistance exploring, evaluating, and applying the technology in their applications. "Everyone's familiarity with displacement chromatography is different. This services program offers those new to the technique the ability to rapidly achieve the benefits of displacement chromatography, including lower research costs and increased product purity and throughput," commented Rosemary Hoffman, Director, Biotechnology Solutions Group at SACHEM. 2008-05-06 |
 | Strategy Companion Adds Business Intelligence Analytics to Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM 4.0: Seamless Integration and Easy-To-Use Business Intelligence Enables
Companies to Understand and Analyze their CRM Data
Strategy Companion Corporation announced today that its BI Analytics for Dynamics CRM(TM) solution is now available on the new Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM 4.0 platform, providing advanced Business Intelligence (BI) reporting and analytics seamlessly integrated within the Dynamics(TM) CRM (Customer Relationship Management) application. Managers and employees can now gain a deeper understanding of the marketing, sales, and service-related data residing in Dynamics(TM) CRM 4.0, leading to faster, more informed, and better business decisions. "With BI Analytics for Dynamics(TM) CRM, decision makers can use and create easily understood reports and dashboards with key information about their own part of the business," explains Bob Abernethy, Strategy Companion VP of Customer and Partner Solutions. "By integrating our BI Analytics solution with Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM, organizations will reap the benefits of a deeper understanding of their sales, marketing and service operations." 2008-05-06 |
 | Neocleus Unveils Virtualization Strategy that Redefines Endpoints for Distributed Enterprises: Industry Innovator Alters Perceptions of How Endpoints Such As
Desktops and Laptops Operate
Neocleus, a pioneer in virtualization that is fundamentally changing how endpoints operate, today announced the culmination of 18 months of extensive innovation and research by unveiling its strategy and approach for addressing the security, performance and IT manageability requirements of enterprise endpoints across a distributed network. The Neocleus strategy effectively provides businesses with a completely new paradigm for endpoints such as desktops and laptops that changes the way business is conducted and resources are secured, to allow IT departments to maintain unprecedented control of their distributed IT assets and to give end users the complete flexibility they need to do their work. 2008-05-06 |
 | Neocleus Redefines Endpoint Management and Security with Breakthrough Virtualization Platform: Industry Pioneer Extends Xen Server Hypervisor to Endpoints Such
as Desktops and Laptops and Fosters Ecosystem of Innovation via Open
Source Contributions
Neocleus, a pioneer in virtualization that is fundamentally changing how endpoints operate, today announced that it has completed more than 18 months of work to enhance the Xen hypervisor to work directly on endpoints such as desktops and laptops. Neocleus will contribute these enhancements to the open source community to accelerate the adoption and development of a new generation of enterprise endpoint solutions. 2008-05-06 |
 | AvMarkets, Inc. Introduces ''The World's Most Sophisticated Aviation Marketplace'': Company Offers Free 30-Day Trial of AvMarkets.com
AvMarkets, Inc., a privately held technology and aviation services company, today launched its new website AvMarkets.com. This new website offers its members a strategic place to buy and sell aircraft, engines, parts and supplies. The site also enables its members to solicit a bid to Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) facilities and Component Repair Shops, take part in monthly LEAN Six Sigma Virtual Coaching Webinars, cost-effective Website Services, request Aircraft Financing & Leasing, Appraisals, Inventory Consignments, Parts Listing and Search Technology & more. Members consist of airlines along with military facilities, banks, lessors, manufacturers, distributors, brokers from aviation & aerospace - related industries. 2008-05-06 |
 | Givenchy Launches Online Campaign to Create a Customized Makeup Compact with Brickfish(TM): User Generated Content Campaign Invites Beauty Mavens to Create a
Savvy Slogan for its Coveted Prisme Foundation Compact
Givenchy, the luxury fashion and beauty brand, and Brickfish(TM), the social media advertising platform, today announced the "Prisme Foundation" campaign located at www.brickfish.com/pr_givenchy. This campaign invites beauty enthusiasts to create a sassy slogan for Givenchy's iconic Prisme Foundation Compact, a bestseller from their luxurious Le Makeup collection. Created slogans will be imprinted in the powder online, giving a true-to-life look at what the finished product will look like. The grand prize winner, chosen by Givenchy's expert panel, will receive a production piece of his or her customized Prisme Foundation compact, ten extras to share with friends, and a year's supply of Givenchy products, worth $3,000, including early access to new collections. 2008-05-06 |
 | Business Wire Webinar Series Provides How-To Help on Press Releases: SEO Heroes and Those "Lost in MySpace" Get How-To Help From Press
Release Experts
Business Wire's popular webinar series continues in May with continuing education on how to optimize press releases for search engines as well as social media lessons for new media neophytes. 2008-05-06 |
 | Final Medicare Decision Provides Maximum Reimbursement to Hospitals for CardioWest temporary Total Artificial Heart: CMS Reverses 1986 National Non-Coverage Decision for the
Artificial Heart
On May 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its final National Coverage Decision (NCD) to reimburse the CardioWest(TM) temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) as part of FDA studies that meet CMS specifications. 2008-05-06 |
MegaPath Enhances Wireless Broadband Service: Addition of Wireless Back up and Quick Start Service Options
Deliver Increased Reliability and Flexibility
MegaPath Inc., the leading provider of managed IP data, voice and security services in North America, today announced the expansion of its MegaPath Wireless Broadband, providing customers with Wireless Back-up capabilities in the event of a network outage, as well as a Quick Start option that enables customers to leverage the wireless network while awaiting their physical broadband network to be provisioned. 2008-05-06
 | Sixth Annual Duke's Choice Awards Spotlights 2008's Most Innovative Java Technology Applications
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the winners of the sixth annual Duke's Choice Awards. The Duke's Choice Awards program recognizes the year's most influential Java(TM) technology-based applications submitted by developers and companies around the world. The winners are chosen by Vice President and Sun Fellow James Gosling, along with a panel of Java technology experts at Sun. For full details on the winning companies and their applications, please visit: http://www.java.com/en/dukeszone/dukeschoice.jsp. 2008-05-06 |
 | Sun Microsystems Rocks 2008 JavaOne Conference With JavaFX Rich Client Technology and New Consumer and Developer Technologies That Connect All Facets of Digital Life: Sun Features Stunning Demos and Java-Powered Consumer Technology
Innovations From Amazon and Sony Ericsson
Special Guest, Rock Legend Neil Young, Takes Center Stage to Demo
Java-Powered Blu-ray Disc Archive Project
In his opening keynote at the 13th annual JavaOne developer conference, Rich Green, executive vice president of Software at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA), will highlight the role Java(TM) technology plays in powering compelling content and rich end-user experiences across all the "screens of your life". Green will provide a new look at the dynamic content, sophisticated services and application mashups made possible by JavaFX(TM), a family of products for creating Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) with immersive media and content. For more information about Sun's announcements at the JavaOne conference visit: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/javaone2008/. 2008-05-06 |
 | PanGenex (PGXC) Welcomes Ronald P. Caputo, MD, FACC, FSCAI, to Its Board of Directors
PanGenex Corporation (Pink Sheets:PGXC) announces that Dr. Ronald P. Caputo, Director of Cardiology Research at St. Joseph's Hospital in New York has accepted an invitation to join the Company's Board of Directors. 2008-05-06 |
 | Early Study Results Show New Stem Cell Treatment Successfully Treats Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) Patients: First results of randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded
study of CLI; data presented at annual meeting of the German Society
of Cardiology
Harvest Technologies Corp. (www.harvesttech.com) announced today that Claas Ludermann, MD, a specialist in vascular medicine, presented preliminary data at the 74th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Cardiology from a clinical trial being conducted at the Berlin (Germany) Vascular Center of Franziskus Hospital under the direction of Berthold Amman, MD. The "BONe Marrow Outcome Trial-2" (BONMOT-2) is a randomized, controlled, double-blinded study treating patients with end-stage peripheral vascular disease (Critical Limb Ischemia, or CLI), using a cellular composition of autologous stem cells. This same treatment methodology has shown to be very promising in international clinical pilot studies, including a successful pilot study (BONMOT-1) of 60 patients recently completed under Dr. Amann's supervision at the Berlin Vascular Center. 2008-05-06 |
 | Purdue University Chooses Dell for Campus Supercomputer: Biggest High-Performance Computing Cluster on a Big 10(R) Campus
Built in Half a Day
The Purdue University Boilermakers celebrated another championship yesterday with the installation of a new high-performance computing cluster (HPCC) from Dell that is the largest on campus at any school in the Big 10 Conference(R) outside of national computing centers. 2008-05-06 |
 | Orth Brings Biochemistry/Biotech Experience in Crop Protection to Critical Path Services
Critical Path Services, LLC (CPS), continues to attract top talent with the addition of Dr. Ann Orth as Business Development Manager. Orth brings 24 years of experience and education in the regulated scientific industry to this growing contract research organization and plenty of enthusiasm for the company. 2008-05-06 |
 | Stone Bond Technologies' Cost-Effective Solution Integrates With Salesforce.com(R), to Reveal Key Business Performance Indicators on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Dashboards: Regardless of where the information resides, Stone Bond
Technologies makes access to business performance indicators (BPIs)
possible
The adoption of hosted Software Applications, or Software as a Service (SaaS) is forecasted to continue to grow at a fast pace, especially in areas like CRM. SaaS adoption in the enterprise does not come without its problems, notably the need to integrate SaaS application data with business back-office information. 2008-05-06 |
 | Free Seminar on Exception Processing (Returns & NOCs) Offered by ACH Direct and UMACHA to be Held May 13
The second in a series of free webinars on automated clearing house (ACH) topics, hosted by ACH Direct and the Upper Midwest ACH Association (UMACHA), is scheduled for Tuesday, May 13 on "Exception Processing." 2008-05-06 |
Global Link Logistics Boosts Productivity by 50% with Management Dynamics' Transportation Management Solution: Leading Ocean Freight Forwarder Optimizes Customer Service
Management Dynamics, a leading provider of global trade management solutions, today announced that Global Link Logistics, the leading provider of import logistics services to North American furniture industries, has implemented Management Dynamics' Transportation Management solution to provide its customers with flexible and competitive routing and rate options. This scalable web-based solution has enabled Global Link's sales team to deliver more customized proposals attributing to higher customer service levels and repeat business. 2008-05-06
 | Patient-Centered Care Institute Launched
The Patient-Centered Care Institute is dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of patient-centered care within healthcare. 2008-05-06 |
 | RestaurantBizSales.com, Inc. Launches Free Nationwide Restaurant for Sale Listings Site in Partnership with FRLA
RestaurantBizSales.com (www.RestaurantBizSales.com), a free website that offers restaurateurs and hoteliers a place for buyers and sellers to connect, has launched in partnership with Florida Restaurant & Lodging Association (FRLA) to provide a free listing forum for restaurant sales in the business opportunities section of www.frla.org. RestaurantBizSales.com users can list a restaurant for sale or hotel for sale, search for available properties, post future restaurant or hotel developments, and make industry connections. In addition to the link on the FRLA website, www.RestaurantBizSales.com can be accessed directly. 2008-05-06 |
 | AccuRev Makes Available Initial Release of its Maven-SCM Plug-in for m2eclipse: Joins m2eclipse Project Proposal Interested Parties List
Coincident with JavaOne 2008, AccuRev Inc. announced the release of its process-centric software configuration management (SCM) plug-in for m2eclipse, the popular Maven plug-in for the Eclipse development environment. Maven is a Java project management and build automation tool used for building and managing any Java-based project to make the day-to-day work of Java developers easier and provide build and project management for any Java-based project. 2008-05-06 |
 | The Nest Baby Announces the Arrival of the World's Largest Baby Registry Search Tool: -- Plus, What a Baby Wants (or the Parents, Anyway): The
Most-Coveted Baby Products of 2008 and What's Really Essential in a
Baby Registry --
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes the most-coveted baby carriage. That's right. For new parents, registering for super-stylish and extra-safe baby products is just as exciting as choosing their baby's name. In response to the nation's baby boom and increasing use of online shopping sites, The Nest Baby (www.thenestbaby.com), a website for hip first-time parents from The Knot Inc., announced today the launch of The Nest Baby Registry Service (www.thenestbaby.com/registry/home.aspx), the world's largest baby registry search tool. 2008-05-06 |
 | Consult2Comply To Help Global Organizations Respond To Increasing Compliance Concerns: Compliance Professionals Create New Service Organization to
Address Global Compliance Issues; Announce Key Services and Software
Products
Consult2Comply, world leaders in the compliance industry, today announced its official corporate launch to provide services aimed at helping businesses make sense of compliance issues. Consult2Comply also announced the availability of two key software products to support compliance-industry and risk-assessment professionals in achieving adherence to the many regulations, standards and best-practice requirements around the world today. 2008-05-06 |
 | RiseSmart Introduces Recruiter Concierge, Candidate Sourcing and Screening with a Personal Touch: New Service Saves Time and Money for Staffing Companies and
Corporate Recruiters, Offers Real-Time Interaction with Dedicated
Account Managers
RiseSmart, the online job search service featuring trained HR professionals who match job openings with $100K+ jobseekers, today unveiled Recruiter Concierge, a new offering providing high-touch candidate sourcing and screening services for staffing companies and corporate recruiters. 2008-05-06 |
 | Rock Legend Neil Young Joins Sun Microsystems at 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference to Announce Career Archive Blu-ray Disc Series: Upcoming Anthology Will Leverage Cutting-Edge Features of Blu-ray
and Java(TM) Technology To Produce One of the Most Innovative Releases
in Music History
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced a collaboration with Neil Young and Reprise/Warner Bros. Records for the release of the upcoming Neil Young Archive series on Blu-ray Disc, powered by Java(TM) technology. Young will join Sun CEO and president Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green, executive vice president for Software, on stage during the JavaOne conference opening keynote to announce this revolutionary new project and demonstrate some of the interactive features of his upcoming Blu-ray Disc box set. Visit: http://www.java.com or http://www.neilyoung.com for more information. 2008-05-06 |
 | Solar Technology Leader Breaks Ground on Largest Inverter Factory on Earth: 82,000-Square-Foot Facility Designed to Handle Increased Demand
for Solar Inverters
Global solar technology giant SMA Technologie AG, the parent company of SMA America, Inc., has broken ground on an 82,000-square-foot solar inverter manufacturing plant in Kassel, Germany. The largest of its kind on the planet, the new facility is designed to triple SMA's current production capacity to meet the global demand for its wildly popular solar inverters. It will support all manufacturing efforts for SMA America including production of the Sunny Boy 3000US/4000US and Sunny Boy 5000US/6000US/7000US inverters, created specifically for the American solar market. Construction is expected to wrap up in the fall. 2008-05-06 |
 | SalesForce4Hire(R) Expands Strategic Focus in Surgical Markets: Announcement Made at National Business Incubator Association
Meeting
SalesForce4Hire, LLC (www.salesforce4hire.com), based in Cary, NC, is expanding the role of Philip Rich by promoting him to the newly created position of Director of Sales, Surgical Markets. Rich brings nearly a decade of experience working with independent sales representatives and medical device manufacturers specializing in the surgical market. 2008-05-06 |
 | Pearson Education Launches New Titles at JavaOne 2008: Line-up Includes Much Anticipated 2nd Edition of Joshua Bloch's
Effective Java
Addison-Wesley Professional, Prentice Hall Professional and Sun Microsystems Press (www.sun.com/books), all imprints of Pearson Education (www.informit.com), today announced the release of new cutting-edge books for the Java community, including the second edition of Joshua Bloch's popular Effective Java. 2008-05-06 |
 | GarageTown USA Dominates Garage Condo Market in Arizona: "Buyer Trends Indicate Recession-Proof Business Model a Success"
GarageTown USA AZ is offering garage "condos" for sale at multiple locations in the Phoenix Valley and there's no shortage of investors. Director of Sales and Marketing Stefanie McDaniel notes, "We launched our first community in August at Chandler's Stellar Airpark and sold out immediately". Unlike traditional storage rentals, buyers purchase units with 16' ceilings and average 2,000 sq ft of interior space. Internet, air conditioning and more options are available. Tenants utilize space for RV's, boats and toys. Due to a high concentration of car enthusiasts in Arizona, 85% of the Chandler location houses classic cars and vintage race cars. 2008-05-06 |
 | Singer Announces Nationwide Sewing Classes: On May 10, 2008, Singer Will Host over 225 Sewing Classes across
America
Today, Singer Sewing Company announced that anyone interested in sewing can join together on May 10, 2008 at over 225 locations across America for an exclusive sewing class featuring a project designed to store children's art supplies. Martha Stewart demonstrated how to make the artist organizer project on "The Martha Stewart Show" on Thursday, April 24, 2008, using the new SINGER(R) CURVY(TM) sewing machine. The segment is available for viewing on http://www.marthastewart.com/article/artist-organizer?lnc=4ef2dc5bfca 40110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=showarchive_tv_show-archive.(Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) To find the sewing class closest to you, visit www.sewingideas.com/curvy. 2008-05-06 |
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