Analog Devices' High Performance Output Drivers Increase Efficiency of Industrial and Process Control Systems : ADI's new output drivers offer best-in-class performance with industry's highest level of accuracy and diagnostic capability.   Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a world leader in semiconductors for signal processing applications, today introduced two analog output drivers that significantly improve the efficiency and reliability of process control applications, including those operating with high compliance voltages and temperatures. Using technological advancements enabled by ADI’s iCMOS™ industrial process technology, the AD5750 and AD5751 output drivers achieve a three-fold improvement in accuracy over competing solutions, providing an accuracy level of 0.1 percent TUE (total unadjusted error) under all operating conditions. The devices condition the output of a low-voltage, single-supply DAC (digital-to-analog converter) to provide high performance voltage- and current-output-drive capability, enabling system design engineers to deliver more reliable, cost-efficient industrial equipment while using less board space. 2008-05-12

Sensory Brings Improved Usability to the Bluetooth Headset Masses Via Speech Technology : Sensory's BlueGenie Lite™ offered as low cost, small footprint, low power solution   Sensory, Inc., the leader in speech technologies for consumer products, today announced the availability of BlueGenie Lite™, a speech output solution for Bluetooth devices running on the industry’s most popular chipsets, CSR’s BlueCore 3 and BlueCore 5. Following the release of the complete BlueGenie Voice Interface last fall, this cost-effective solution tailors the software capabilities to focus on voice output only, enabling voice menu’s and prompts to improve usability and reduce user confusion for a wider range of Bluetooth headsets and hands-free car kits. 2008-05-12

Cognos Taps Partner Community to Accelerate Industry Growth : – Vibrant Partner Program Extends IBM Cognos Offerings to Deliver Greater Value for Global Industry Customers –
Cognos, an IBM company, and the world leader in business intelligence and performance management solutions, today announced it is aggressively pursuing industry alliances to fuel business growth. Building on the domain expertise offered by its expanding community of partners, Cognos has set its sights on emerging opportunities across all major industry areas, including financial services, public sector, retail and life sciences. 2008-05-12

In Tough Economic Times Small Investments Can Deliver Big Career Gains : Drop the $600 Blue Pinstripe Suit and Add the $16 Quilted Leather Journal Suggests M by Staples™ Survey   In today’s economic climate, U.S. workers believe that small-ticket items, including stylish notebooks and file folders, are the secret to increased productivity, recognition and success - more so than dressing in flashy business attire. According to the M by Staples™ national survey, more than half (55 percent) of workers reported that having stylish office supplies gets them noticed in the workplace. In addition, 81 percent of respondents indicated an increase in productivity when they are more organized and carry business tools that allow them to showcase their personality and make a statement (53 percent). Further, more than one-third of respondents believe having stylish office supplies is likely to lead to promotions and opportunities for advancement. 2008-05-12

Financial Engines Issues National 401(k) Evaluation: How Well Are Americans Handling Their 401(k)s? -- Study of Nearly One Million 401(k) Portfolios Shows Lower Paid, Older Employees Making the Most Costly Mistakes
Financial Engines, a leading provider of independent investment advice and managed accounts, today released The Financial Engines National 401(k) Evaluation, a new report that assesses nearly one million 401(k) participant portfolios (964,118) to determine how well Americans are handling their 401(k) plans. The report also estimates the costs associated with common investing mistakes. According to the National 401(k) Evaluation, 69 percent of participants in the study have 401(k) portfolios with inappropriate risk and/or diversification, 36 percent hold high concentrations of company stock, and 33 percent fail to contribute enough to receive the full company match. While groups of participants are taking full advantage of their 401(k) plans, participants with lower salaries, lower plan balances, and those closer to retirement tend to make the most costly mistakes. 2008-05-12

OpSource Connect Named Most Innovative Software in the SoftwareCEO/CompTIA Awards : OpSource Accelerates Software as a Service Application Development and Market Acceptance by Removing SaaS Integration Barriers
OpSource™ announced today that OpSource Connect™, the SaaS solution for Web services, has been named the “Most Innovative Software for the Software Industry” in the second annual SoftwareCEO/CompTIA Awards. The awards honor technological and business model breakthroughs that deliver innovations in software and content delivery. This is OpSource’s second SoftwareCEO/CompTIA award; it won the “Most Innovative Service/Business Model” in the inaugural SoftwareCEO/CompTIA Awards last year. 2008-05-12

RevolutionHealth.com Online Women's Health Expo Spotlights Women's Unique Health Needs : Ten National Nonprofit Organizations Urge Women to Focus on Own Health
This National Women’s Health Week (May 11-17), Revolution Health is joining 10 leading national nonprofits to kick off its online Women’s Health Expo, hosted on RevolutionHealth.com. The organizations have come together to focus attention on women’s health and to encourage women everywhere to take action to start living healthier lives. 2008-05-12

Nanomedicine company Nanobiotix elects former Aventis vice chairman and CFO Patrick Langlois as its chairman : Podcast available at www.medtechmatters.com   Nanobiotix, an emerging nanomedicine company focused on cancer therapy, announced today that it has elected Patrick Langlois as chairman of its non-executive board, effective immediately. 2008-05-12

SeaChange Opens New Era in Personal Television : World's Top VOD Platform Axiom On Demand Extends Personalization of Television Viewing Experience   SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) today announced Axiom On Demand 5.0, the only open VOD content delivery platform to bring social networking, time-shifting, advanced advertising and gaming to television. Shaped by billions of on-demand streams delivered for cable and IPTV television operators, Axiom 5.0 will be demonstrated for the first time at the Cable Show in New Orleans. Breakthroughs including Affinity, ReStart TV, and Game Now Lite are just three of the new add-on applications that best embody Axiom On Demand’s innovation, and its ability to ensure viewer loyalty and new revenue streams. 2008-05-12

SeaChange Personalizes Video-On-Demand Television Experience with Affinity : Affinity Increases Use of All VOD Titles and Ensures Subscriber Satisfaction through Web Search Convenience and Social Networking   On-demand television leader SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC) today unveiled SeaChange Affinity™ to help television operators optimize every title in their on-demand libraries and ensure subscriber satisfaction in spite of increasingly overwhelming content choices. One of several TV personalization applications that run exclusively on the Axiom On Demand open content delivery platform, Affinity breaks through rising content challenges with socially-networked television search capabilities that empower subscribers to program their own on-demand viewing experience. Affinity will debut at the Cable Show in New Orleans, and will be available to operators later this year. 2008-05-12

Civil Service Employees Insurance Group's Financial Strength Rating Upgraded by A.M. Best : Best Report Cites CSE's Significantly Improved Operating Earnings During Past Five Years   Civil Service Employees Insurance Group (“CSE”) today announced that A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating of CSE and its members to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good). 2008-05-12

ShotPak, Inc. (NV) Announces Technology Deal Has Turned Out to Be a Winner for the Company   ShotPak, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SHTP) today announces session results of a Q&A discussion with Charles Murray, CEO of the Beverage Pouch Group of Sarasota, Florida. BPG is a vertically integrated pouch company that manufactures the machines used to make, fill and seal pouches, including the patented StandUp pouch used for the re-launch of ShotPak cocktails and STR8UP spirits. 2008-05-12

Renovations Nearing Completion on Impulsive Group's Broadway Hotel & Hostel : New 'Boutique' Hostel Concept Introduced to New York City   Hotel and real estate development company the Impulsive Group is nearing completion on the renovation of its Broadway Hotel & Hostel located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. When construction wraps up in June, the 37,000 square foot property at 101st and Broadway will offer guests a boutique “designer” hostel experience, providing upscale hotel amenities and services within a fashionable, contemporary setting, with beds starting at as low as $18 per night. 2008-05-12

Interim clinical results from 'OPEN I' study of the Stentys bifurcated stent to be reported at this week's 'EuroPCR 2008' international cardiovascular meeting   Medical device pioneer Stentys announced today that clinical results from the ‘OPEN I’ clinical study using its bifurcated stent will be presented at this week’s ‘EuroPCR 2008’ international medical meeting on cardiovascular intervention. The data, to be presented by Eberhard Grube, M.D., Chief of Cardiology and Angiology at HELIOS Heart Center (Germany) and Principal Investigator of the OPEN I study, will look at safety results after 30 days post-implantation of the Stentys bifurcated stent in the first 13 patients. 2008-05-12

Elmo and Friends Bring Fun and Learning to Meal Time : Solo Cup and Sesame Workshop Create Sesame Street® Product Line, in Stores this June   Elmo and friends will soon be adding more fun to your next picnic, family meal or snack time. Solo Cup Company has partnered with Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, to create an exciting line of vibrant paper plates, bowls and cups. Learning and fun are encouraged through a special series of designs that feature 123’s, ABC’s, colors and shapes. The friendly face of Elmo, everyone’s favorite furry red friend, appears throughout the product line along with Big Bird, Cookie Monster and others. 2008-05-12

Baird Hosts 29th Annual Growth Stock Conference : Senior Research Analyst Christopher Raymond Discusses Potential Growth Opportunities for Biotechnology Sector   Baird, an employee-owned, international capital markets, private equity, wealth and asset management firm, will host its 29th annual Growth Stock Conference at the Four Seasons in Chicago, May 13-15. This year’s conference will feature executives from more than 160 of the fastest-growing companies across the following sectors: Business Services, Communications, Consumer/Retail, Distribution, Education, Financial Institutions, Health Care/Life Sciences, Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Technology and Transportation/Logistics. Several hundred institutional and private equity investors will attend. 2008-05-12

Compliance with Massachusetts Healthcare Reform Simplified by New Software from Benefit Corporation of America : Meets Challenging Demands of Massachusetts Healthcare Reform Compliance Including HIRD Form Management   Benefit Corporation of America, a leading provider of technology-enabled services for the Health and Welfare employee benefit markets, today announced the launch of ComplyPRO eXpress™, a new web-based compliance management solution focused on Massachusetts healthcare reform. ComplyPRO eXpress™ offers unprecedented efficiency, ease and control, enabling companies to focus on their own business rather than on state mandated healthcare compliance activities. 2008-05-12

BusinessWeek.com Expands Its Web Offerings with First of Several New Online Video Courses : Nine video lessons on how to invest in the stock market now available at BusinessWeek.com   BusinessWeek.com, the market-leading business Web site, has unveiled its first online video course via BusinessWeek.com's investing channel. “Seven Commandments of Stock Investing” features investing star, Gene Marcial, and is the first in a series of online courses. The course includes nine video lessons on how to invest in the stock market based on lessons from Gene's experience as a leading financial journalist for more than 30 years. 2008-05-12

Waterfront Media Names Pioneering Industry Veteran Doug McCormick as Chairman of the Board   Waterfront Media, the largest privately held online health company and the operator of Everyday Health, announced that Doug McCormick has been named Chairman of the Board. Mr. McCormick, who currently serves as a Company director, brings more than 20 years of experience in media and the Internet, having served as Chairman and CEO of iVillage and President and CEO of Lifetime Television Networks. He assumes the role of Chairman of the Board from Bo Peabody, co-founder and Managing General Partner of Village Ventures, who also remains on the board. Peabody served as chairman starting in 2003, a year and half after the company was founded by CEO Ben Wolin and President Mike Keriakos. 2008-05-12

AccuRev Selected by PacketVideo to Enhance its Geographically Distributed Development Process : AccuRev Proves Strongest SCM Solution Based on Side-by-Side Performance Tests   AccuRev Inc. today announced that PacketVideo (PV), the software innovator powering the world’s leading mobile multimedia services, has standardized on AccuRev for process-centric software configuration management (SCM) to enhance the efficiency and collaboration of its worldwide development organization. 2008-05-12

Surfline.com Teams up with BrickfishTM to Put Words in Kelly Slater's Mouth : User-Generated Content Campaign Seeks Photo Captions for Surfing's Hottest Star   Brickfish™, the social media advertising platform, and Surfline.com, the online surfing authority, today announced the “Slater Sez” Photo Caption Challenge located at www.surfline.com/slatersez. The campaign invites surf fans to come up with creative captions to describe what pro surfer Kelly Slater is doing or thinking in a photo provided. The entrant with the most amusing caption will win a new surfboard and wetsuit from SurferSurplus.com. 2008-05-12

Rothschild Investment Corporation Offers Employers Free 401k and Retirement Plan Analysis   The Pension Protection Act of 2006 brought with it significant changes to the way organizations are to run their 401k and retirement plans. To help employers ensure that their retirement plans reflect the sweeping new mandates, Rothschild Investment Corporation (www.rothschildinv.com) is pleased to announce a new program to offer complimentary 401k and retirement plan evaluations. 2008-05-12

RadiSys Ranked #1 Media Server Vendor for Fourth Consecutive Year : Market Research Firms Infonetics and iLocus Confirm Continued Leadership by RadiSys in IP Media Server Market   RadiSys™ Corporation (NASDAQ:RSYS) today announced that its family of Convedia™ media server products was again named the market leader by two premier research and consulting firms tracking the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) equipment markets. Infonetics, in their Service Provider VoIP and IMS Equipment and Subscriber update for fourth quarter 2007 and calendar year 2007, reported that RadiSys was the market leader in the IP media server market segment Q407. In a separate study, iLocus in their Carrier VoIP Equipment 4Q07 Update also reported RadiSys as the leading vendor in the independent IP media server market. This is the fourth consecutive year that both Infonetics and iLocus have reported RadiSys as the leader in the growing IP media server market segment. 2008-05-12

Rain Bird Gives Homeowners the Chance to Transform Their Backyard into an Outdoor Oasis with the Why is It Always Greener Sweepstakes : Homeowners and Do-It-Yourselfers Have the Opportunity to Make Their Neighbors Green with Envy as They Turn Their Backyards into Beautiful Water–Efficient Living Spaces with a Grand Prize $10,000 Shopping Spree   Rain Bird, the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, is giving weekend yard warriors and do-it-yourselfers the chance to spend less time dragging hoses around the yard and more time enjoying their beautiful, water-efficient lawn and garden with the Why Is It Always Greener sweepstakes (enter to win at http://www.whyisitalwaysgreener.com). Celebrating the time, water and money that homeowners can save as a properly designed water-efficient automatic sprinkler system keeps their lawns and gardens looking beautiful all year long, Rain Bird’s Why Is It Always Greener sweepstakes will award one lucky winner with a $10,000 shopping spree to be used towards transforming their yard into the ultimate outdoor living space. 2008-05-12