Microsoft Corp. today kicked off the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 with the announcement of a new pricing and partner model for Microsoft Online Services, a key component of its software plus services initiative. Additional announcements focused on its overall investment in delivering innovation and creating partner opportunities.

to improve automated customer self-service for enterprise customers. This partnership will make it simple for SpeechCycle to build and deploy voice-driven phone self-service applications for enterprises that allow callers to simply say what they need and quickly get the right information or access to services that fulfill their service request, ultimately increasing the adoption of customer self-service initiatives.

Associates of Cape Cod, Inc. (ACC) and MDS Analytical Technologies are pleased to announce the launch of ACC's Chromogenic LAL Endotoxin assay kits utilizing MDS Analytical Technologies' SpectraMax(R) instrument platform and SoftMax(R) Pro GxP software.

A new campaign to advance the use of desktop videoconferencing and collaboration tools to reduce the need for business travel has been launched by Avistar Communications Corporation , a leading videoconferencing technology vendor. The initiative is called "Green Workday" and aims to educate organizations with staff that regularly commute or undertake work-related travel about the reductions in cost, travel time and carbon footprint achievable through widely deployed video communications. The campaign's mission is for every individual and organization that joins Green Workday to reduce their carbon emissions by 20% as part of the Green Workday initiative by substituting business related travel with "video-commuting" 1 day per week.

The McClatchy Company today reported that it has sold its 15.0% interest in ShopLocal, LLC (ShopLocal) to Gannett Company, Inc. (Gannett) for $7.875 million and has used the proceeds to pay down bank debt.

HUGHES Telematics, a leader in developing the next generation of telematics solutions and services, announced today its exclusive partnership with Intrado Inc., of Longmont, Colorado. Intrado provides the core of North America's 9-1-1 infrastructure and has been instrumental in the evolution of the nation's emergency communications network for the past thirty years.

Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R)), , the leader in hosted services for email encryption and e-prescribing, today offered a corporate update by its chief executive officer, Rick Spurr.

The 2008 "Big City Wireless Use Study," commissioned by Verizon Wireless, reveals that there is exponential growth in text messaging in North Carolina and across the South. The study showed an increase in text messaging among the company's North Carolina customers by more than 600 percent in 24 months (April 2006 to April 2008), making the Tarheel state among the most text-savvy states in the South.

Varolii Corporation today announced general availability of Progressive Engagement(TM), the healthcare industry's first complete automated communications suite. Progressive Engagement enables Managed Care Organizations (MCO), Payers, Disease Management, Wellness Companies, Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies to deliver automated communications to patients and members over the phone, through text messages, fax or email. It is a fully managed, on-demand outbound communications service that provides a cost-effective way to enroll more patients in disease management and wellness programs and promote member health. Early adopters of Progressive Engagement have already seen significant improvements over traditional mail-based and nurse telephone outreach.

Adap.tv, creators of OneSource, the first platform to help publishers fully monetize their online video content, today announced the expansion of their executive management team with the appointment of Dakota Sullivan to the newly created role of Vice President, Marketing and Product. Sullivan, will oversee the development and execution of Adap.tv's global marketing communications and product strategies.

Attendees of Intersolar North America 2008 will have the opportunity to learn about both existing and new capabilities available from Fat Spaniel Technologies, the market leader in monitoring and reporting services for distributed renewable energy systems. At the event, the company will showcase its growing suite of services delivering energy intelligence to integrators, PPA service providers, utilities, OEMs and energy end-users at more than 1,500 sites worldwide.

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. ("Global Med" or "the Company") (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced the immediate release in the United States of EdgeCell(TM), a proven cellular therapy software solution for tissue banks, stem cell laboratories and cord blood banks. EdgeCell, with an installed base in Europe, will provide U.S. customers with an established Cellular Therapy product that has been meeting the needs of a variety of European customers.

comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced that it was rated as the preferred audience measurement service by 54 percent of respondents to William Blair & Company's 5th semiannual survey of the members of the Chicago Interactive Marketing Association (CIMA). The results for comScore represented a 7-percentage point gain from the last survey, extending its lead versus its nearest competitor to 20 share points. William Blair also noted that "comScore is unusually well positioned to benefit from the healthy industry environment highlighted throughout this report .... As the company's penetration among industry leaders continues to grow, the value of comScore's data and services increases, which we believe will reinforce the company's products as the key currency for online measurement."

QSGI Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: QSGI) , the only provider of a full suite of information technology services to help corporations better manage IT assets, data center maintenance expenses, and ensure best practices for data security and regulatory compliance, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Contemporary Computer Services, Inc. (CCSI) for $10.6 million plus an additional stock earn out based on CCSI achieving certain performance milestones. The purchase price for CCSI was financed primarily through a combination of both senior bank and seller financing as well as 3.5 million shares of common stock. In connection with the transaction, the company issued warrants to the seller to purchase 12 million shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.30 per share. CCSI generated approximately $13.7 million in revenue in 2007, up from $11.0 million in 2006. CCSI generated EBITDA of approximately $2.1 million in 2007.

WhiteHat Security today announced the general availability of an integrated solution with F5 Networks, the global leader in Application Delivery Networking. The new offering allows enterprises to attain expert-level Web application security and mitigate the Web application software flaws that leave corporate and customer data at risk. With the announcement of their partnership in March, the companies committed to providing integration between WhiteHat Sentinel, the industry-leading SaaS-based (Software-as-a-Service) website vulnerability management solution, and the award-winning F5(R) BIG-IP(R) Application Security Manager(TM) (ASM(TM)) Web Application Firewall.

Synopsys, Inc. , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced that Euphonic Technologies has achieved first-pass silicon success for its high-performance EGC601 Embedded Graphics Controller system-on-chip (SoC) utilizing Synopsys' DesignWare(R) IP for PCI Express. Euphonic selected Synopsys' silicon-proven DesignWare IP because it offered the most comprehensive suite of digital controllers and mixed-signal PHY that met their power, feature and performance requirements. Furthermore, Euphonic benefitted from obtaining all the PCI Express IP from a single vendor and had convenient access to an experienced local technical support team, which enabled them to lower integration risk and speed time to market.

VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a subsidiary of VT Systems Inc. (VT Systems), and Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic), the world's leading supplier of in-flight entertainment (IFE) and communication systems, today announced a major technology licensing agreement. Panasonic will license iDirect's satellite IP router technology as a core component of the Panasonic eXConnect in-flight satellite transmission platform. Panasonic eXConnect provides two-way broadband connectivity for a broad range of passenger and crew applications, including Internet access as well as live video programming, telemedicine and the ability to monitor and report critical flight information in real time. iDirect is a world leader in satellite-based IP communications technology.

Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) (Pink Sheets: CSVI) announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.17 per share, a 6.3% increase from the previous cash dividend of $0.16 per share. The increased dividend amount represents an indicated annual dividend rate of $0.68 per share. The cash dividend is payable on September 25, 2008, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 2, 2008. The Board of Directors also authorized an additional $5 million in the share repurchase program.

Wolters Kluwer Health, a division of Wolters Kluwer, a leading provider of information and business intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry, announced today the appointment of Susan Driscoll as Executive Vice President & General Manager of the Books division of its Professional & Education business unit.

Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008, Microsoft Corp. announced that private-label distributors Smarthost Sweden AB and groupSPARK Inc., the 2008 Microsoft Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year, are deploying new Microsoft-based services, enabling the reseller channel to expand their portfolio of hosted services and providing greater choices for resellers as they go to market with software plus services. Microsoft is also showcasing its Communications Sector Partner Community and Hosting Solutions Competency to further support its global partner network.

Valeo gibt heute bekannt, dass das Unternehmen mit PSA Peugeot Citroën einen Vertrag für die Ausrüstung von über einer Million Fahrzeuge mit der Stop-Start-Technologie bis 2011 unterzeichnet hat

enVista, a leader in enterprise cost management solutions, announced today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference that it has hired three leading enterprise solution experts to manage its newly launched enVista enterprise solutions business unit. Eric Shuss, Mark Robertson and Nigel Cox bring more than 50 years of combined enterprise solutions experience and will leverage the robust capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics AX to deliver tailored, adaptable business solutions to the market.

DataPipe, a global provider of managed IT services, announced today that it has secured $75 million dollars in combined credit and equity financing led by Goldman Sachs.

Cemtrex Inc. announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with RAE Company for Environmental Service division of Development Works Co., located in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for cooperatively addressing the short- and long-term needs for environmental control technologies and equipment within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Both parties agree to work cooperatively to identify, develop and execute environmental control projects across jurisdictional boundaries in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The specific project activities shall start in September 2008.

Spike TV is teaming up with GameTrailers.com to present "E3 Invasion," providing viewers with around the clock comprehensive coverage of the year's biggest videogame convention, the 2008 E3 Media and Business Summit. From July 11 through July 18, "E3 Invasion" is an unprecedented week of high-definition programming across both on-air and online channels, anchored by blockbuster world exclusives that will air before E3 even opens to the media.

Telect recently launched a line of modular outdoor enclosures engineered to bring unmatched flexibility and versatility to outside plant applications.

Aria Systems, the leading provider of on-demand billing and customer lifecycle management solutions, announced today the appointment of James D'Arcangelo as vice president of marketing.

Healthcare consumers can take several steps to prevent the theft of their medical identity and follow a "checklist" of recovery steps even if they are victimized by medical identity theft, according to a new practice brief, "Mitigating Medical Identity Theft," published in the July issue of the Journal of AHIMA.

eQuest, the global leader in job posting and Internet recruitment management services today announced it has expanded its OFCCP compliance reach through its new partnership with Hire A Hero. Hire A Hero is a non-profit initiative founded by the Armed Forces Support Foundation. It is an online community for veterans with a variety of backgrounds established to locate and secure meaningful employment.

A10 Networks(R) today announced that its AX Series next-generation server load balancers have been selected as the video distribution platform for "Hikari-TV," a video-to-television distribution service provided by NTT Plala Inc. Consolidating "OCN Theater," "OnDemand TV" and "4th MEDIA," which were previously operated by the NTT group as its three main video distribution service brands for TV, NTT Plala's "Hikari-TV" provides services to deliver various video content for home TV. "Hikari-TV's" services include those for video-on-demand and multi-channel broadcasting via NTT East and West's "B FLET'S," NGN commercial service "FLET'S Hikari Next," and NTT West's "FLET'S Hikari Premium."

Centrify Corporation, a leading provider of Microsoft Active Directory-based auditing, access control and identity management solutions for non-Microsoft platforms, today announced that Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has selected Centrify DirectControl for a pilot deployment to optimize the efficiency and manageability of its UNIX- and Linux-based computing systems. Using Centrify DirectControl, SG CIB will be able to further optimize its IT management control by leveraging its existing, robust Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure to centrally administer user accounts and access controls for its UNIX and Linux server systems in addition to its Windows systems.

The Team GOES-R partnership led by Raytheon Company has submitted its proposal to develop the ground segment for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's next- generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite series known as GOES-R.

SchemaLogic (http://www.schemalogic.com/), leading provider of Metadata Management software for unstructured content, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in ISV/Software Solutions recognizing SchemaLogic's expertise and impact in the information management technology marketplace. As a Gold Certified Partner, SchemaLogic has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers' needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the channel.

EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order for $3.7 million from the California Highway Patrol. The order calls for the company to provide its Project 25 compliant radios and accessories.

CityVoter.com, the leading social media platform for the insider's scoop, today announced an extension of its partnership with Hearst-Argyle Television. Already working with KCRA Sacramento, WPBF West Palm Beach, WESH Orlando, WISN Milwaukee, and WAPT Jackson, CityVoter.com will provide KETV Omaha, KMBC Kansas City, and WLKY Louisville with the CityVoter social platform, allowing insiders who know a city best to share their insight with information, ratings, and reviews on the everyday decisions that affect people's daily lives. Omaha launched June 16, 2008. Kansas City and Louisville will launch in August 2008.

Ricoh Americas Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced the availability of the EFI Fiery(R) E-7100 Print Controller for the Ricoh Aficio(R) MP C6000 and MP C7500 Series.