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DALLAS, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Affiliated computer Services, Inc. today announced a $4 million contract to provide electronic patient records capture for the City of New Orleans Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agency.
Under the terms of the five-year contract, ACS will equip all New Orleans’ ambulances with the state-of-the-art FIREHOUSE (FH) Mobile EMS software that allows local EMS personnel to record complete patient data in real-time, whether in the field at a patient’s side or in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
“We look forward to stepping into a new future with ACS through the adoption of electronic patient care records and electronic billing, which will allow us to provide our city with the highest level of pre-hospital emergency medicine to-date,” said Jullette Saussy, M.D., director of EMS for the City of New Orleans. “For 19 years, ACS has continued to work with us side-by-side to ensure that our needs as a revenue-generating EMS agency are met while also remaining patient-care focused throughout the process.”
Since 1989, ACS has supported the City of New Orleans EMS Department with a full range of professional services; computer operations and data center management; quality and production control; as well as auditing, accounting and customer service. In 2003, ACS provided handheld computers for use on the city’s ambulance units to help improve data collection procedures and ambulance response times.
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, ACS continued to serve as a full-service partner for the City of New Orleans despite the loss of key hardware which required ACS to temporarily return to a paper-based billing system until the company could ship new equipment into the city.
“This integration of FH Mobile EMS with ACS’ FIREHOUSE software will provide New Orleans paramedics with a state-of-the-art system that will give them the ability to reach the patient faster, and treat, transport and document the incident seamlessly and more efficiently than ever before,” said Louis Schiavone, ACS vice president of Public Safety and Justice Systems.
FH Mobile EMS is the first product that has been fully integrated into ACS’ award-winning FIREHOUSE software, the most widely used fire department records management system in the nation. FIREHOUSE software has been selected by more than 14,000 clients worldwide — 96 percent of whom say they would recommend the solution to others.
About ACS
ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with 63,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process outsourcing and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company’s Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ACS.” Learn more about ACS at .
Affiliated computer Services, Inc.

REDMOND, Wash., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — At the ninth annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit today, leaders from Microsoft Research outlined their vision for how Microsoft Corp. and academics can collaborate on research projects to develop technological breakthroughs that will define computing and scientific research in the years ahead.
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Speaking to more than 400 faculty members from leading research institutions worldwide, Tony Hey, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s External Research Division, emphasized the role his group plays not only in supporting specific collaborative research projects, but also in improving the process of research and its role in the innovation ecosystem, including developing and supporting efforts in open access, open tools, open technology and interoperability. Toward that end, Hey announced a set of free software tools aimed at allowing researchers to seamlessly publish, preserve and share data throughout the entire scholarly communication life cycle. He also discussed collaborative initiatives intended to unlock the potential of multicore computing.
In the area of scholarly communication, Hey said, “Collecting and analyzing data, authoring, publishing, and preserving information are all essential components of the everyday work of researchers — with collaboration and search and discovery at the heart of the entire process. We’re supporting that scholarly communication life cycle with free software tools to improve interoperability with existing tools used commonly by academics and scholars to better meet their research needs.”
Microsoft researchers partnered with academia throughout the development of these tools to obtain input on the application of technology to the needs of the academic community, while Microsoft product groups submitted feedback on how the company’s technology could optimally address the entire research process. The collective efforts resulted in the first wave of many tools designed to support academics across the scholarly communication life cycle.
The following tools are freely available now at
– Add-ins. The Article Authoring Add-in for Word 2007 enables metadata to be captured at the authoring stage to preserve document structure and semantic information throughout the publishing process, which is essential for enabling search, discovery and analysis in subsequent stages of the life cycle. The Creative Commons Add-in for Office 2007 allows authors to embed Creative Commons licenses directly into an Office document (Word, Excel or PowerPoint) by linking to the Creative Commons site via a Web service.
– The Microsoft e-Journal Service. This offering provides a hosted, full-service solution that facilitates easy self-publishing of online-only journals to facilitate the availability of conference proceedings and small and medium-sized journals.
– Research Output Repository Platform. This platform helps capture and leverage semantic relationships among academic objects — such as papers, lectures, presentations and video — to greatly facilitate access to these items in exciting new ways.
– The Research Information Centre. In close partnership with the British Library, this collaborative workspace will be hosted via Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and will allow researchers to collaborate throughout the entire research project workflow, from seeking research funding to searching and collecting information, as well as managing data, papers and other research objects throughout the research process.
“Technology that effectively addresses the increasing need to integrate the research life cycle and provide a holistic end-to-end perspective has the potential to revolutionize the way academics collect data, publish findings and preserve information,” said Daniel Pollock, vice president and lead analyst at Outsell Inc., a research and advisory firm specializing in the information and education industries. “Companies that work closely with academia can understand how their products might benefit the scholarly workflow and so inform their product development. Microsoft is engaged with the academic community and is releasing a series of tools aimed at streamlining the academic workflow.”
Microsoft External Research has a history of supporting groundbreaking research, supporting approximately 400 research projects worldwide last year alone. One area of particular focus has been parallel computing, as exemplified by the creation of a Joint Research Centre with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and two Universal Parallel Computing Research Centers in partnership with Intel Corporation, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the past year. Furthering Microsoft’s efforts to unlock the potential of multicore processing, Hey announced that his group will provide $1.5 million to seven academic research projects as part of the Safe and Scalable Multicore Computing Program, with the goal of stimulating impactful research in multicore software.
Under Hey’s leadership, the Microsoft External Research team, which complements the work pursued by more than 800 Microsoft researchers in the larger Microsoft Research organization, accelerates the company’s efforts to build lasting public-private partnerships with global scientific and engineering communities. In collaboration with scientists and researchers from industry, academia and government, the External Research team pursues advances in four important areas of research: computer science; earth, energy and environment; education and scholarly communications; and health and well-being.
More information about the annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit is available at .
About Microsoft Research
Founded in 1991, Microsoft Research is dedicated to conducting both basic and applied research in computer science and software engineering. Its goals are to enhance the user experience on computing devices, reduce the cost of writing and maintaining software, and invent novel computing technologies. Researchers focus on more than 55 areas of computing and collaborate with leading academic, government and industry researchers to advance the state of the art in such areas as graphics, speech recognition, user-interface research, natural language processing, programming tools and methodologies, operating systems and networking, and the mathematical sciences. Microsoft Research currently employs more than 800 people in six labs located in Redmond, Wash.; Cambridge, Mass.; Silicon Valley, Calif.; Cambridge, England; Beijing, China; and Bangalore, India. Microsoft Research collaborates openly with colleges and universities worldwide to enhance the teaching and learning experience, inspire technological innovation, and broadly advance the field of computer science. More information can be found at .
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Microsoft Corp.

CHELMSFORD, Mass., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Highly reliable data acquisition is critical to embedded radar and signals intelligence (SIGINT) applications, in which the origin or location of signals of interest must be identified in real time to enable rapid analysis and action. For these network-centric operations, sensors and communications modules are increasingly migrating to smaller, self-contained platforms, posing new challenges that position RF and mixed-signal receivers and transmitters to be as critical to the solution as computing.
The Echotek Series(R) RF and mixed-signal solutions from Mercury computer Systems () provide unsurpassed tuning speeds and best-in-class signal integrity, and enable a comprehensive range of narrowband, wideband, and ultra-wideband tuning and receiving capabilities for the most challenging communications intelligence (COMINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT), electronic warfare (EW), radar, and other sensor-based applications.
One of Mercury’s most powerful offerings is the Echotek Series ECV4 family of Two/Four-Channel FPGA-Based PMC/XMC/6U Digital Receivers, which implements a flexible FPGA-based architecture in a space-efficient PMC/XMC and 6U form factor. Each member of the ECV4 family provides unique I/O connectivity and functionality, high-speed A/D conversion, and resolution from 8 to 16 bits. Optimized for wideband or narrowband multi-channel data processing, these receivers provide multiple configurations and ruggedization levels for a variety of end-user missions, and are available in either air-cooled or conduction-cooled versions.
“We’ve leveraged the unparalleled tuning and receiving capabilities of our Echotek products into a growing number of embedded COTS-based, network-centric computing solutions for our customers,” said Randy Dean, Vice President of Integrated Solutions at Mercury computer Systems, Inc. “With Mercury’s supreme expertise in system engineering, we can offer customers the best possible signal processing performance using the best-suited COTS components from Mercury and third-party suppliers. For example, we implemented a highly integrated system, including a mix of FPGA and ASIC processors and VME and VPX backplanes, into a 6U chassis with the Mercury software environment and Echotek tuners and receivers. This system exceeded compute performance levels for our customer and is a prime example of Mercury’s unique value-add in the embedded computing industry.”
For more information on the Mercury Echotek Series RF and mixed-signal solutions, visit . For more information on Mercury’s system integration services, visit , or contact Mercury at or 866-627-6951.
Mercury computer Systems, Inc. — Where Challenges Drive Innovation(TM)
Mercury computer Systems provides specialized, high-performance computing systems and software designed for complex HPC and embedded applications in a range of industries that include aerospace and defense, telecommunications, medical imaging, semiconductor, EDA, and more. Our products blend unmatched expertise in algorithm optimization and silicon design with software application knowledge and industry-standard technologies.
Mercury’s comprehensive, purpose-built solutions capture, process, and present data for the world’s largest medical imaging companies, 8 of the 10 top defense prime contractors, and other leading Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in semiconductor, energy, telecommunications, and other industries. Our dedication to performance excellence and collaborative innovation continues a 25-year history in enabling customers to gain the competitive advantage they need to stay at the forefront of the markets they serve.
Mercury () is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. We are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market .
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This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to Echotek Series products or Mercury’s system integration services. You can identify these statements by our use of the words “may,”"will,”"should,”"plans,”"expects,”"anticipates,”"continue,”"estimate,”"project,”"intend,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in the Company’s markets, effects of continued geo-political unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued funding of defense programs, the timing of such funding, changes in the U.S. Government’s interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations, market acceptance of the Company’s products, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, and difficulties in retaining key customers. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company’s recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.
Echotek is a registered trademark and Challenges Drive Innovation is a trademark of Mercury computer Systems, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Echotek Administration
Mercury computer Systems, Inc./Echotek
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Randall W. Dean, Vice President of Integrated Solutions
Advanced Computing Solutions
Mercury computer Systems, Inc.
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Kathy Sniezek, Public Relations Manager
Mercury computer Systems, Inc.
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Mercury computer Systems, Inc.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 28 /PRNewswire/ — Kontiki, Inc., the leading provider of managed peer-assisted delivery for high-quality video and digital content, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Kontiki its fourth patent in the area of distributed content delivery across a computer network. This patent (USPTO #7,398,301 “Method and apparatus for facilitating distributed delivery of content across a computer network”) is a fundamental component in the company’s content delivery system, to enable distribution of high-quality video and digital content to enterprise customers and entertainment consumers.
As an early inventor and continued leader in the commercial peer-to-peer content delivery space, Kontiki remains focused on leveraging large distributed computer networks to more efficiently deliver high-quality video and digital content. Contrary to traditional delivery systems, which pull information from centralized servers, Kontiki utilizes the large number of distributed machines in a network to speed delivery. By accessing and receiving content from multiple client sources, Kontiki can deliver content faster, more efficiently and at lower costs. The newly awarded patent further validates Kontiki’s early pioneering release of its peer-assisted delivery technology.
“Kontiki’s deep understanding of network computing environments and peer-assisted technology has helped us achieve great success over the years, establishing us as a key player in the content delivery space,” said Eric Armstrong, president, Kontiki. “The acknowledgement from the US Patent and Trademark Office is recognition of our early leadership in the market and positions us favorably for technology development and innovation in the future.”
At the core of the company’s development is the Kontiki Delivery Management System (DMS), a patented peer-assisted content delivery technology that enables the distribution of high quality video and other rich media securely and efficiently at very large scale. Built on an award-winning peer-assisted content delivery and management platform, Kontiki is used by Fortune 500 enterprises and consumer media giants for its massive scalability and network efficiency.
About Kontiki
Kontiki’s secure, scalable, and legitimate P2P delivery platform powers the world’s largest media companies broadband video on-demand download services including the BBC iPlayer, Channel 4’s 4oD service and BSkyB’s Sky Anytime service, in the UK. Kontiki’s ISP-friendly protocol, fine network controls, security, edge throttling capabilities and client application flexibility are ideal for all constituents in the broadband video delivery value chain — Content Owners, Network Operators and Consumers.
Additionally, Kontiki provides complete content delivery solutions for large enterprises including corporate communications, training, customer support and software delivery. Kontiki’s patented peer-assisted delivery technology allows companies to securely deliver high quality video and software updates at a fraction of the cost of traditional delivery solutions. Some of the largest and most well known Enterprises rely on Kontiki for high quality video and large file delivery to all employees worldwide.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Stephanie Luttringhaus
Voce Communications, Inc.
415/848.2587

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ANAHEIM, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — BPO Management Services, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: BPOM) “BPOMS”, a full-service business process outsourcing company focused on serving middle-market enterprises, today signed a strategic relationship agreement with Tectura Corp., Redwood City, CA, a leading microsoft partner and global services company providing Microsoft-based technology solutions.
Under the terms of the agreement, BPOMS will make its human resources outsourcing solutions available to Tectura’s North American clients, which are mid-market companies as well as divisions of larger enterprises. BPOMS will offer its cutting-edge HRadvocate product, which delivers customizable human resources software solutions that can be deployed as a licensed web-based application, a desktop application or be delivered on demand as a hosted service, as well as its HR expertise.
BPOMS Chief Executive Officer Patrick Dolan said, “Working with Tectura, we are confident that we can supply its clients with a comprehensive human resources system that comes with HR experts to solve real-life human resources issues. We believe we can offer them the finest human resources outsourcing solutions and world-class service at competitive prices.”
Dynamics Practice Lead John McKeague of Tectura said, “Tectura is looking forward to a lasting relationship with BPO Management Services in resolving the human resources issues our clients face.”
About BPO Management Services, Inc.
BPO Management Services (BPOMS) is a business process outsourcing (BPO) service provider that offers a diversified range of on-demand services, including human resources, information technology, and enterprise content management solutions to support the back-office business functions of middle-market enterprises on an outsourced basis. BPOMS supports middle-market businesses new to the BPO market, established businesses that already outsource, and businesses seeking to maximize return-on-investment from their in-house workforce. For more information, please visit .
About Tectura Corporation
Tectura is a leading microsoft Dynamics(TM) partner and global services company providing Microsoft-based ERP, CRM, and technology solutions to mid-market companies, larger enterprises and their divisions. Tectura delivers exceptional and sustained value by providing software, consulting, and IT implementation services to clients in the distribution, manufacturing, healthcare, and service-based industries. Through these services, Tectura has delivered business process improvements, greater efficiency, and a clear competitive edge to more than 5,000 clients. Clients benefit from unmatched experience and a solid commitment from more than 1,850 dedicated Tectura employees in 60 offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. A microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Tectura has been recognized by microsoft for its outstanding customer service with such awards as microsoft Business Solutions Inner Circle Partner, Pioneer of the Year, Partner of the Year (multiple regions), Global Partner of the Year, Fastest Growing Partner of the Year, Excellence in Customer Care, and the Customer Loyalty Award. Learn more at: .
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PR/Media Relations Contact:
Richard Stern
Stern & Co.

Tel: 212-888-0044

Alison Simard
Stern & Co.

Tel: 323-650-7117

IR Contact:
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212-888-0044

Company Contact:
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Patrick Dolan, Chairman & CEO

BPO Management Services, Inc.

BURLINGTON, Mass., July 21 /PRNewswire/ — StreamFoundry, Inc. (SFI) broadens its focus on Service Management excellence for large enterprises with the introduction of CMS 3.0 now available using DB2 and z/OS. CMS is the only dedicated Service Management Solution for Problem, Incident, Change, Configuration, and Request Management that runs on the ibm Mainframe. CMS 3.0, using DB2, offers greater flexibility for process adaptation, integration with other applications, development and reporting. CMS can save large organizations up to a million dollars a minute.
As an example of CMS’ ease of integration, SFI will offer out-of-the-box integration with the ibm Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (TADDM) running on z/Linux. TADDM helps discover and map configuration item (CI) relationships and dependencies in real time and addresses compliance requirements.
IT Support is mission critical. CMS is a Service Management application suite that has the scalability to address the requirements of the world’s largest organizations. With the majority of mission critical operations provisioned and maintained on the ibm Mainframe, SFI offers the only ITIL-based, web-enabled Service Management Suite that operates exclusively on the host. The result is a Service Management solution that effectively aligns IT with the business.
CMS can be found at some of the world’s largest financial, automotive and government agencies. “Any large organization that runs Mission Critical operations on the ibm Mainframe will be interested in CMS,” according to StreamFoundry CEO R. Douglas Shute. CMS offers process discipline in sync with business operations for problem, incident, change, request, and configuration management, and it enables the customer to keep what works and add only what is needed.
“By running Service Management solutions on the Mainframe, enterprises will centralize management from the infrastructure level in support of the network, server and application layers,” Marc Heimlich, VP of Marketing and Sales, said. “The result is an improvement in Mean-Time-To-Repair, data integrity and Quality of Service.”
From a cost perspective, CMS provides great value by leveraging an organization’s existing infrastructure. Because CMS is a fixed-price suite, there are neither seat licenses to track nor MSUs to add. SFI can save large enterprises up to seven figures in the first year alone relative to other Service Management providers.
To take a look at CMS, please click on the following link (username: cms / password: cms):

CMS 3.0 boasts the following highlights:

— A Web 2.0 user interface
— A “Google-like” search capability
— A tight unification of problem, change and configuration driving impact
analysis
— Dynamic field relationships
— Customized reporting

Please contact SFI today at or 866.615.0040 to demonstrate how CMS can drive value in your environment.
About StreamFoundry, Inc. (SFI)
IBM Business Partner, StreamFoundry () is a five-year-old Service Management software provider based in Burlington, Ma. SFI enables On Demand and ITIL for large enterprises with a portfolio of web and mobile-based software and services that manage and optimize problem, change, incident, request, and configuration management, and reports using IBM’s System z(TM) and z/OS. The world’s largest bank calls StreamFoundry’s CMS the fastest, most reliable and scalable IT service management suite in the industry.
To learn more about any of the above solutions, please contact:
Dan St. Cyr
866.615.0040

StreamFoundry, Inc. — Managing process more efficiently

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NEW YORK, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Duff & Phelps Corporation , a leading provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services, today announced the continuing expansion of its Dispute and Legal Management Consulting Practice with the addition of two new Managing Directors, Peggy Daley and Erik Laykin. Daley and Laykin, who will be joining the Chicago and Los Angeles offices respectively, will lead Duff & Phelps’ electronic discovery, computer forensics and investigations initiatives.
Gerry Creagh, President of Duff & Phelps, said, “The volume of electronic data within the corporate environment has led the areas of computer forensics and electronic discovery to become increasingly important in corporate investigations. The addition of industry leaders such as Daley and Laykin demonstrates Duff & Phelps’ commitment to enhancing the depth of capabilities within our Legal Management Consulting practice in these areas.”
Daley joins Duff & Phelps from Navigant Consulting, Inc. where she was a Director in the Disputes and Investigations practice. She has over 20 years of experience in conducting and managing large-scale investigations for multinational corporations. She has conducted hundreds of investigations for Boards of Directors, Special Committees, senior executives and outside counsel in Latin America, Asia, Europe and North America. She advises companies regarding the design and implementation of enhanced internal controls and compliance policies, including litigation readiness programs and protocols for the preservation and production of electronically stored information.
Laykin also joins Duff & Phelps from Navigant Consulting, Inc. where he was a Director in the Disputes and Investigations practice. Laykin brings 15 years of experience to Duff & Phelps in high technology investigations, computer forensics and electronic discovery. Laykin is also an internationally recognized authority in reactive investigations and the analysis of information technology disputes. These include contemporary risks to the business community, such as the theft of electronic data; cyber-crime and terrorism; online trademark infringement and piracy; corporate espionage; and emerging international electronic discovery challenges. Laykin has commented extensively on these issues at international industry conferences as well as for the media, including CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS. Laykin has also served as an expert witness, Investigator and Special Master to the court in complex cases involving information technology disputes and significant electronic discovery issues.
Greg Higgins, leader of the firm’s Dispute and Legal Management Consulting practice, said, “Peggy and Erik bring years of experience working with leading law firms and Fortune 500 companies on comprehensive e-discovery programs from data collection and review to presentation and archiving. E-discovery and investigation services are natural extensions of the work we already perform to prepare our clients to face the challenges of an increasing litigious environment.”
About Duff & Phelps
Duff & Phelps Corporation is a leading provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services, supporting client needs principally in the areas of valuation, transactions, financial restructurings and disputes. With more than 1,100 employees serving clients worldwide through offices in North America, Europe and Asia, Duff & Phelps is committed to fulfilling its mission to protect, recover and maximize value for its clients. Investment banking services are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC. Duff & Phelps Securities, Ltd. is authorized and regulated by The Financial Services Authority.
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NORFOLK, Va., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GOCH) , a premier national provider of professional IT solutions to small business and residential customers through its national network of franchise and Company-owned locations under the trade names Geeks On Call(R) and 1-800-905-GEEK(TM), announced today the launch of its telephone and remote technical support center: CallTheGeeks.com.
CallTheGeeks.com (Call The Geeks) offers telephone and online remote technical support service in areas where the Company has no existing on-site operations.
Call The Geeks service consists of an initial free live online chat to clarify and categorize computer issues, after which customers may opt for thirty days of unlimited phone, live chat, and/or remote computer support for a reasonable flat fee.
According to Rich Artese, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, “The launch of our Call The Geeks service is but another critical step in our mission: To become the leading professional provider of rapid-response on-site IT solutions to the small business and residential markets in the United States. Call The Geeks allows Geeks On Call to provide telephone and remote support to customers in territories across the U.S. where we do not currently offer on-site service.”
Call The Geeks is staffed with trusted, certified technicians who must submit to a rigorous screening process — the same as for any on-site employee. Support is offered to small businesses, home offices, and residential customers. Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 8:00am to 12:00am, and Sunday 10:00am to 7:00pm, Eastern Time.
About Geeks On Call(R)
Geeks On Call is a wholly owned subsidiary of Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GOCH) . Founded in 1999, the Company is a pioneer in the mobile, rapid-response on-site IT service concept. Under the trade names Geeks On Call, 1-800-905-GEEK(TM), Call The Geeks(TM), and CallTheGeeks.com(TM), the Company’s certified IT professionals service small businesses and residential customers through its national network of franchise and Company-owned locations. They provide computer privacy and security solutions, hardware and network installations and troubleshooting, as well as repairs, upgrades and consulting. Geeks On Call also co-markets through endorsed vendor relationships with other Franchisors, who offer GOC services to their franchisees as a value-added benefit. Over 250 independently owned and operated franchises have been granted, with new franchise and Corporate locations opening regularly. For more information, including franchising and Endorsed Vendor Program opportunities, call 1-800-905-GEEK or visit . Send an email of inquiry to .
About Call The Geeks(TM)
Call The Geeks, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc., is a telephone and remote support service provider that operates through the online portal CallTheGeeks.com. The friendly, industry-certified professionals of Call The Geeks provide an initial free live chat to clarify and categorize computer issues, after which customers may opt for thirty days of unlimited phone, live chat, and/or remote computer support at reasonable flat-rate pricing. Call The Geeks trusted certified technicians are trained and tested using the rigorous screening process originally established for on-site employees. Hours of operation are Monday through Saturday, 8:00am to 12:00am, and Sunday 10:00am to 7:00pm, Eastern Time. For more information about the company, call 1-800-905-GEEK, visit or send an email of inquiry to .
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Contacts:

Investor Relations
Gerard Adams
President
Wall Street Grand LLC
(888) 925-8247

Jennifer Allesandro
Geeks On Call I/R
(757) 531-7410

Media Relations
Shana Keith
Porter Novelli
(404) 995-4557

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn., July 23 /PRNewswire/ — Pearson VUE, the leader in secure high-stakes testing, announced today that it is introducing several key enhancements to its Secure Testing Framework(TM), including the implementation of palm vein recognition technology, which will be piloted in its Pearson Professional Centers and Pearson VUE(R) Authorized Test Center Select sites next month.
Throughout its history, Pearson VUE has pioneered a number of security technologies now considered standard in the industry, beginning with its wholly-owned and -operated test center network, the Pearson Professional Centers, launched in 2002 to provide the highest levels of test center quality and security. Now, with the introduction of additional enhancements — like improved identity management and forensic capabilities — Pearson VUE is further extending its position as the leader in testing security.
“Security is integral to our business and permeates every aspect of our jobs,” said Mark Poole, director of test security for Pearson VUE. “It starts with our secure test center network — we established the Pearson Professional Centers as our flagship testing channel to control test center quality and the overall testing experience. Our global identity management capabilities also set us apart,” he explained. “Palm vein authentication will allow us to move toward one-to-many comparisons in the future at a speed that is conducive to a large-scale, global testing operation. Furthermore, we’re launching a host of new forensic services — from automated Web monitoring of brain-dump sites, to enacting real-time results holds in instances of suspicious behavior, to digital watermarking of exam data. These enhancements will help us identify security breaches and act upon them quickly.”
Pearson VUE engaged International Biometric Group (IBG), a leading independent designer and integrator of identification system and solutions, to customize and integrate Fujitsu’s vein recognition solution. IBG Partner Samir Nanavati explained, “Pearson needed to marry the need for a truly global identity management system with a non-intrusive, superior candidate experience.
This palm vein system provides a highly secure and cost-effective solution without the criminal connotations some (test takers) associate with fingerprint technology.”
Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace and is the creator of the PalmSecure(TM) device, which compares the pattern of veins in the palm of a person being authenticated with a pattern stored in a database. This is done by taking a scan of the palm of an individual’s hand using a safe, invisible light source. The scan is immediately converted into a template that is unique to each individual.
“Palm vein technology represents the very cutting edge of candidate authentication,” said Joel Hagberg, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Fujitsu. “Unlike fingerprinting, retina scanning, or other biometric offerings, Fujitsu’s next generation technology represents a virtually error-free identification system that is non-intrusive to the user. Our partnership with Pearson VUE represents the first time this technology will be used in a high-stakes testing environment. We think this will quickly become the standard for anyone who is serious about identity management. We’re honored Pearson VUE chose our device for this ground-breaking initiative.”
“Pearson VUE is committed to continually improving our security offerings, because exam scores — and the credentials they lead to — are only as valid as the security measures we use,” explained Robert Whelan, president of Pearson VUE. “When we introduced fingerprinting in our Pearson Professional Centers in 2002, it was the best option available to us — and it’s still a great way to verify a single individual,” he added. “However, to stay ahead of those who would cheat the system, we need to compare a biometric scan across an entire database of test takers very quickly and our move to palm vein recognition will help us accomplish that. As we implement these new security measures, more perpetrators of exam fraud will be exposed and prosecuted. Credentialing organizations, employers and others will all benefit from this technology. But the greatest beneficiary will be those who studied hard and gave their best effort, because those individuals can rest assured that they are competing on a level playing field.”
About Pearson VUE
Pearson VUE () is the global leader in electronic testing for regulatory and certification boards, providing a full suite of services from test development to test delivery to data management. Pearson VUE offers exams through the world’s largest network of test centers in 162 countries, providing testing services for information technology, academic, government and professional clients. Pearson VUE acquired the former Promissor in 2006, thereby extending its leadership in the certification market. The company’s innovative technology offers the highest levels of security and program control, while its commitment to service provides clients and individual test takers with an unmatched testing experience.
Pearson VUE is a business of Pearson , the international media company, whose businesses include the Financial Times Group, Pearson Education and the Penguin Group.
About IBG
As a vendor-independent, technology-neutral company, IBG designs and integrates identification solutions across multiple platforms in complex, mission-critical environments. IBG has 12 years of experience in biometric applications spanning network access, identification systems, surveillance, multimodal, and fusion systems. IBG conducts custom, next-generation R&D, supporting governments in to advance the state of the art in the deployment of large-scale systems. IBG is headquartered in New York City, with additional locations in London, UK; Washington, DC; Arlington, VA; Herndon, VA; and San Francisco, CA.
About Fujitsu computer Products of America, Inc.
Fujitsu computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in Sunnyvale, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu computer Products of America, Inc. currently offers products and services including scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, palm vein recognition technology and 10Gb Ethernet switches. Fujitsu computer Products of America, Inc. is located at 1255 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085. For more information about Fujitsu products and services,
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NEW YORK, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, today launched the “Security Clan” (), a specialized information resource for investigating the myriad internal and external threats to corporate resources and the Internet. The Security Clan is part of Internet Evolution (), TechWeb’s upstart Website focused on the future of the Internet.
The Security Clan’s readership will comprise senior IT security professionals and CIOs working within large enterprise organizations. Site users will receive access to exclusive, in-depth intelligence about the future of the Internet and its impact on the enterprise and their jobs.
The Security Clan also features an active social networking component with household names in IT and Internet technology bloggers who interact daily with readers via message boards on the site.
“Security consistently tops IT spending categories, and with good reason: The nature of the underlying threats is constantly changing,” says Terry Sweeney, Editor-in-Chief of Internet Evolution. “Our Security Clan’s bloggers collectively bring several decades of experience in virtually every aspect of security, from software to networks and personal security and beyond. That’s critical for IT departments, since the value of corporate data only continues to increase and has never been more vulnerable.”
Internet Evolution also announced new contributors to the Security Clan today:
Steven Batson — In addition to his CISSP, MCSE, TCP, and BSEE credentials, Batson is also CEO of N-Shield LLC, a security consultancy, and brings years of experience in enterprise security management.
Paul Doyle — Doyle is a security consultant who was most recently CEO of security startup Proofspace, which is focused on authentication and data integrity. Doyle is an active participant in the Sedona Group.
Rob Hansen — Hansen is a freelance hacker and self-described “dabbler in the black arts of information security.” He’s also a doctoral student at the University of Iowa’s Department of computer Science and is working on hacking of voting system technologies.
Greg Hughes — As an independent IT security consultant, Hughes brings experience as a chief security executive and as a former law enforcement officer. He focuses on forensic security in IT and software development projects.
Ira Winkler — Winkler is recognized as one of the world’s experts in Internet security, information warfare, and industrial espionage. He’s the founder and president of the Internet Security Advisors Group (ISAG) and also worked at the National Security Agency (NSA).
Topics covered on Security Clan include viruses, worms, and other malware; hacking; penetration testing; social engineering; authentication; access control; wireless security; data protection; spam; botnets; phishing; cross-site scripting (XSS); computer crime; security administration and management. The site also provides regular broadcast-quality broadband video technology tutorials on subjects like the best ways to thwart botnets.
The Security Clan is co-produced with Light Reading (), the world’s leading authority on telecommunications, and InformationWeek (), the largest, most influential community of IT buyers and providers in the world.
About Internet Evolution
Internet Evolution hosts more than 100 world-famous Internet experts — such as Kevin Mitnick, once the most-wanted computer hacker in the world; Dr. Lawrence Roberts, inventor of packet switching and one of the world’s foremost authorities on telecom network architectures; Jack Uldrich, futurist, scholar, and author; Craig Newmark, the founder of Craigslist.com; David Weinberger, technologist and co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto; Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity adviser; and Norman J. Ornstein, political scientist and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) — all of whom are addressing today’s critical socioeconomic issues within its ThinkerNet blogosphere. Internet Evolution also offers broadcast-quality broadband video documentaries and interviews; investigative reports; and user-generated content facilitated via the latest Web 2.0 technology.
About TechWeb ()
TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million(*) business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created around our global face-to-face events, Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat, and VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading, Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial Technology Network; and the market-leading, award-winning InformationWeek, TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, and Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.
(*)13.3 million business decision-makers: based on number of monthly connections
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