Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced it has extended its market education series to include audio and video content for iPod, iTunes, and YouTube users. Metastorm has always been very active in providing market education on BPM, BPA, and EA through on- demand webcasts, live webinars, video webcasts, worldwide seminars, and other activities designed to promote thought leadership and educate organizations on the Metastorm software, customer success stories, and best practices for delivering business process improvement.

ABBYY USA, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced that two of its products, ABBYY FineReader 9.0 and FlexiCapture 8.0, have been recognized with 2008 BERTL's Best Awards. Covering the entire digital imaging and document management area, BERTL's Best Awards are determined on an annual basis by BERTL analysts who review hundreds of digital imaging devices, software and management utilities in the world-wide marketplace. Awards are determined by how well products perform within a real-world setting in terms of feature set, functionality and performance.

Kyriba, leader des solutions de gestion de trésorerie en SaaS (Software as a Service), a annoncé aujourd'hui avoir signé 40 nouveaux clients depuis le début 2008. Kyriba compte désormais plus de 170 groupes clients qui bénéficient de l'expérience et des fonctionnalités offertes par la solution Kyriba.

Brabeion Software, a leader in IT Governance, Risk and Compliance (IT GRC) Management, today announced that the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) has selected Brabeion as its IT GRC tool to aid in the development and coordination of the Common Security Framework (CSF). HITRUST will use key components of Brabeion's acclaimed IT risk and compliance software and knowledgebase to assist in mapping the HITRUST CSF to regulations and industry control frameworks. Additionally, Brabeion will aid in providing assistance in format design of the CSF.

ShoreTel(R), Inc. , a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions, today reported the successful implementation of a ShoreTel Unified Communications (UC) solution at Community Bank & Trust in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. With ShoreTel, the bank has reduced monthly toll charges using the system's least-cost routing feature and is now able to manage the system in-house, further reducing costs. Customer service and employee productivity have also been enhanced with the robust feature set of the ShoreTel UC system.

While gas prices are continuing to set record highs and the price of food is at a steady rise, US consumers are feverishly seeking alternative ways to save extra cash and get the most out of their summers. From backyard vacations to carpooling to summer clearance sales, shoppers are becoming more and more adept at hunting down values this season. As a result, online couponing has seen significant growth in comparison to the same time last year. According to online-measurement firm Hitwise, visits to online coupon sites have increased 56 percent between the week of June 6, 2008 and the same week in 2007.

Today marks the day that doctors have finally embraced the technology age with the official launch of TalktoaDoc.org. This new site allows patients to talk to doctors online using text (keyboard), voice (microphone), and/or video (webcam). This gives patients a more convenient and interactive way to communicate with doctors from a computer. TalktoaDoc.org is unique in that all conversations are done live, not through message boards.

In the same way that technology has changed the way parents perform everyday activities from exercising to networking, technology has also crossed over to influence the way children play and learn. In a recent, annual survey by ConsumerQuest for LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. , conducted with more than 1,000 parents of children from birth to eleven years old, 66% of parents of three- to 11-year-olds agreed that they feel playing with educational video games gives their child an educational advantage.

CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released its article on China's consumer IC market development trends.

Accuri Cytometers Inc., a life sciences company developing revolutionary bench-top flow cytometer systems, today announced the completion of a $13 million Series C financing led by Fidelity Biosciences and Flagship Ventures. Current investors including Baird Venture Partners and Arboretum Ventures also participated in the financing. Accuri will use the proceeds from the Series C financing primarily to expand its commercialization activities for the Accuri C6 Flow Cytometer(R) System. Bahaa Fam, Venture Partner, Fidelity Biosciences and Harry Wilcox, Partner, Flagship Ventures, will join the company's Board of Directors.

Elephant Talk Communications, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ETAK) , an international telecom and multimedia content distributor, announced today that the company has received subscriptions for $7 million in equity financing, $3.3 million of which has been funded. The company intends to use the capital for expansion of its proprietary global telecom network and infrastructure and is pursuing an acquisitions program to position itself as the preferred provider of telecom services and systems integration for global mobile virtual network operators.

DropToMe.com (http://www.droptome.com/) is a new website that utilizes a fun and easy drag and drop interface to allow users to create lists of the things they like and share their lists with their friends all while receiving personalized recommendations of products they'll love. The site was built around the idea that people like to ask their friends what they like. They ask to make a connection, to try something new, or to avoid a bad experience. DropToMe.com is designed to bring those meaningful connections online and help users establish new friendships with people who share their tastes.

Triumfant(R), the industry leader in continuous monitoring and control software, today announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland has purchased Triumfant Resolution Manager(TM). Resolution Manager automatically identifies and fixes problems in desktops, laptops and servers before the problems become service desk calls and adversely impact user productivity.

Teneros (http://www.teneros.com/) today announced that the San Diego Convention Center has joined the ranks of Teneros customers by selecting the Teneros Application Continuity Appliances(TM) for high availability and disaster recovery of Microsoft(R) Exchange. The appliances assure 24x7 email communications with clients and vendors in the event of a technology failure or a natural/man-made disaster.

* As further recognition for Oracle's "Applications Unlimited" Program, Oracle today announced that Forrester Research, a leading independent research firm, has recognized both the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite Release 12 and Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Release 9 as a "Leader" in the June 2008 Forrester Wave: Accounts Payables-Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment (AP-EIPP), Q2 2008.

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS today announced an effort to raise money that will help support Habitat for Humanity affiliates in areas affected by the Midwest floods by creating an online ticket auction for their summer tour. The band has offered up front row and other premium seats in each tour city for the remainder of the tour to be auctioned off for Habitat for Humanity. All proceeds from the auction, including face value of the tickets and any associated fees, will be donated to Habitat. The auctions will require an opening bid of $1000 for a pair of tickets. Fans can learn more at http://www.tompetty.com/ or place bids at http://www.ticketmaster.com/tompetty andtheheartbreakers. All money raised will go to Habitat for Humanity, an organization dedicated to helping low-income families obtain simple, decent and affordable housing.

AltiGen(R) Communications, Inc. , a leading provider of VoIP business telephone systems and unified communications solutions for small-to-medium businesses (SMBs), including companies with multiple distributed locations, announces the new software based MAX Communications Server 6.0 VoIP softswitch with native Microsoft Exchange 2007 Unified Messaging integration at the 2008 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Texas.

RS) services in China, today announced that its newly signed contracts in the second quarter of 2008 is valued at $25.34 million, an increase of over 50% compared to the first quarter of 2008.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of telecom software solutions and IT security products and services in China, today announced that it will report its second quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, July 23, 2008.

Metastorm, a leading provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Business Process Analysis (BPA), and Enterprise Architecture (EA) software for aligning strategy with execution, today announced the launch of Season 4 of its Metastorm Customers Speak Out video testimonial series.

BugLab LLC, has introduced the BugEye 200 Noninvasive Biomass Monitor, a novel biomass measurement system with the widest linear range of any such device currently available. It performs automated, continuous, real-time optical density (OD) measurements of biomass for fermentation and cell culture applications. The BugEye 200 is designed for use in both research laboratory and industrial environments and has a sensor that is easily secured to the outside of a variety of different fermentor types, from small glass vessels to large stainless steel vessels with glass viewing ports. Since no immersion port is required, it avoids fouling and contamination and the need for sensor sterilization is also eliminated. Due to its simple implementation, the BugEye 200 has the lowest total cost of ownership of any biomass monitor currently available.

ARAnet, Inc., a leading provider of copyright-free feature articles to newspapers across the country, has reached an agreement with TownNews.com to distribute its content through the TownNews.com network of interactive newspaper Web sites, announced Scott Severson, president of the Hopkins, Minn.-based ARAnet.

Square Enix, Inc., the publisher of Square Enix(TM) interactive entertainment products in North America, announced that FINAL FANTASY(R) FABLES: Chocobo's Dungeon(R), has shipped to retailers across North America today.

Longtop Financial Technologies Limited ("Longtop") , a leading software developer and solutions provider targeting the financial services industry in China, today announced that it has signed a contract with a leading Joint Stock bank in China for a customized Business Intelligence (BI) solution.

ClearOne , the leading global provider of high performance audio conferencing solutions, today announced it has named a new vice president of worldwide sales. Mark Allen Fletcher will fill the post and report directly to Zee Hakimoglu, ClearOne's president, chief executive and chairman.

Odyssey Software, Inc., a leading provider of advanced mobile device management solutions, today announced that it has received the 2008 Windows Embedded Partner Excellence Award from Microsoft in the category of Windows Embedded for Point of Service Partner.

Autodesk, Inc. today announced it will be working with the city of Salzburg, Austria, as the first pilot city in Autodesk's new Digital Cities initiative. The announcement was made with the Mayor of Salzburg at the AGIT 2008 conference in Salzburg.

CACI International Inc announced today that its President and Chief Executive Officer, Paul Cofoni, has been named Chairman of the Board of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International. As Chairman, Mr. Cofoni will lead the Association's Executive Committee and Compensation Committee and participate on the AFCEA Educational Foundation Board of Directors. AFCEA is a non-profit association serving the military, government, industry, and academia as an ethical forum for advancing professional knowledge and relationships in the fields of communications, information technology, intelligence, and global security. Mr. Cofoni has been a long-time member of AFCEA and has served over five years on the Association's executive committee and board.

Vetafab Software announces the U.S. release of lexiCan 2.0 (http://www.lexican.net/), a Wikipedia-like knowledge management system for organizing content including text, Outlook mails, images, tables, web links, PDFs, PowerPoint content and more. lexiCan is easy to learn, and organizes content in an A-Z index that doesn't nest and hide file names like the Windows Explorer file browser.

For the fourth consecutive year, Paylocity has been designated one of "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for" by The National Association for Business Resources (NABR). Paylocity is America's largest independent provider of online payroll and HR solutions.

Zilog, Inc. , a leading supplier of embedded system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for consumer and industrial applications, and an industry leader in remote control and universal IR database solutions, today announced a new paradigm in the rapidly growing home control market that provides the consumer with a complete and easy intelligent home control solution. The new Crimzon Connects(TM) platform represents the first comprehensive digital home/office control and monitoring solution in the marketplace. Based on Zilog's industry leading remote control capability, Crimzon Connects(TM) provides consumers and small business owners a new level of command and control over their homes and offices. With its built-in wireless and wired connectivity interfaces, Crimzon Connects(TM) makes it easy to remotely access and control your home or office electronic devices from any WiFi enabled device, such as a laptop, smart phone or intelligent connected remote control.

Teneros (http://www.teneros.com/) announced today that the company is collaborating with Hewlett-Packard to deliver Teneros' award-winning email continuity appliances on HP ProLiant DL380 G5 servers. The new appliance platform is targeted for businesses worldwide that need a simple, cost-effective way to end email downtime in their organizations. Teneros selected the HP ProLiant DL380 as the hardware platform for its appliances based on HP's high standards of quality and performance, its servers' ease of installation, and the company's worldwide support services.

Top advertiser campaigns are garnering radically improved results using AdShuffle's revolutionary next-generation, real-time automatic optimization. AdShuffle, an online ad serving and marketing technology company, formally launched as the first-ever Diamond Sponsor at ad:tech San Francisco. Using AdShuffle's integrated creative and landing page optimization, advertisers and publishers are seeing significant boosts to their ROI, and customers as diverse as online direct marketers and ad networks are using AdShuffle to enhance their operations and grow revenue.

Mpathix announced today that Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TSTT) has selected Mpathix to provide voicemail and advanced messaging features for its fixed line network.

Card Activation Technologies (OTC Bulltin Board: CDVT), owners of a patented point-of-sale technology for the activation and processing of transactions related to debit styled cards, which include gift cards, phone cards and other stored value cards, today said that the Company is continuing to press forward on its lawsuits against six major retail chains.

A new service offering free downloadable summaries of the most popular books on health and green living has just been launched by two well-established health information publishers: Mike Adams and Kevin Gianni. PDF summaries of three top health books are available right now for downloading at http://www.healthbooksummaries.com/

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AnalogicTech) , a developer of power management semiconductors for mobile consumer electronic devices, announced today the AAT2603, a new highly integrated power management IC targeted at mobile GPS devices, Portable Media Players (PMPs) and other handheld mobile systems operating off a single lithium-ion battery. Offering maximum design flexibility, the new device integrates six power functions, including two step-down converters and four LDOs, each with its own independent enable pin, in a small 4x4-mm TDFN package.

enVista, a leader in enterprise cost management solutions, announced today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference a Service Provider Agreement with Microsoft, whereby enVista will resell Microsoft Dynamics AX enterprise solutions. The agreement enables enVista to extend its cost management capabilities and supply chain expertise across the entire enterprise, providing clients enterprise excellence from source to consumption.

Repligen Corporation announced today that it is the first company in North America to receive certification to BS25999, the new standard for business continuity management. Business continuity management systems are designed to build resiliency within an organization and to ensure continued operations in the event of a business disruption, whether due to a major disaster or a minor incident. Repligen developed and implemented a business continuity management system to ensure an uninterrupted supply of its recombinant Protein A products, a key consumable used by the biopharmaceutical industry to manufacture drugs called monoclonal antibodies. Certification of Repligen's business continuity management system to BS25999 demonstrates that our program meets globally accepted best practices for business continuity.