With the proliferation of smartphones and other devices, current networks cannot keep pace with the demand. The need exists for a new generation of easily installed, reliable and environmentally sensitive fiber optic networking technology that can meet the demands of today's users and anticipate those of the evolving mobile era.

'The wireless needs of the modern organization – be they a large enterprise, an educational institution, or a hotel and convention center – are changing faster than traditional technology approaches can manage,' said Mike O'Day, vice president, Wireless Networks with Corning. 'The ONE Wireless Platform combines all of these distinct connectivity needs into a single, unified infrastructure. The platform not only meets the demands of today, but also includes a modular design that provides the scalability required to support future services and applications.'

Station Casinos, a premier gaming, hotel, and entertainment company operating in and around the Las Vegas area, turned to Corning and its new ONE Wireless Platform to provide the best possible wireless service to staff and guests.

As the owner and operator of nine major hotel/casinos, including premier venues like Red Rock Resort and Green Valley Ranch Resort, Stations' technicians understand the challenge of providing mass-demand cellular and Wi-Fi coverage. But they needed more. CIO Abe Hong called on Corning and the distribution channel, Anixter, for a leg up in the hyper-competitive gaming and hospitality market.

"The Corning ONE™ Wireless Platform offers virtually unlimited bandwidth on which to deliver cellular and Wi-Fi right to the access point.' Hong said. 'The converged, modular, and all-optical infrastructure will give us the capabilities we need today with the flexibility to expand in the future. Moreover, my team saw significant savings on equipment, space, and cabling when we extended our Wi-Fi upgrade over the platform. We are excited to be rolling out this new platform to Red Rock and other properties to provide our guests and staff unparalleled wireless services.'

With the launch of the Corning ONE Wireless Platform, Corning's distributed antenna system portfolio expands beyond traditional DAS, supporting nearly every connectivity need from lower power, cost-effective deployments inherent in small office buildings to the massive bandwidth and coverage needs of public venues such as convention centers and stadiums. The Corning ONE Wireless Platform meets the demands of today and the future by providing optical bandwidth to the edge of the network.

Visit Corning's exhibit (booth #2455) at CTIA 2013™ to learn more about the Corning ONE Wireless Platform and the complete portfolio of flexible wireless solutions designed to address the ever-growing demand for wireless coverage and capacity.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains 'forward-looking statements' (within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), which are based on current expectations and assumptions about Corning's financial results and business operations, that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include: the effect of global political, economic and business conditions; conditions in the financial and credit markets; currency fluctuations; tax rates; product demand and industry capacity; competition; reliance on a concentrated customer base; manufacturing efficiencies; cost reductions; availability of critical components and materials; new product commercialization; pricing fluctuations and changes in the mix of sales between premium and non-premium products; new plant start-up or restructuring costs; possible disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist activity, armed conflict, political or financial instability, natural disasters, adverse weather conditions, or major health concerns; adequacy of insurance; equity company activities; acquisition and divestiture activities; the level of excess or obsolete inventory; the rate of technology change; the ability to enforce patents; product and components performance issues; retention of key personnel; stock price fluctuations; and adverse litigation or regulatory developments. These and other risk factors are detailed in Corning's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation to update them in light of new information or future events.

About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy, and metrology.

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Haifa, Israel - As water increasingly becomes one of the world's most precious resources, IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists are working with Arad Group, a world leader in reliable water meter systems, to help water companies and utilities around the globe provide more effective and efficient management of drinking water through the use of Big Data and advanced analytics technology.

Water use has increased at more than twice the rate of population growth in the last century.[1] This means cities, water companies and utilities are facing new challenges in providing a high quality supply of drinking water while keeping costs and energy use to a minimum. Many areas have already implemented automated meter infrastructures (AMI) to measure water consumption, providing highly accurate readings. However, employing advanced analytics on the collected data can provide an additional layer of insight, helping both customers and water utilities gain control of the water network and manage valuable water resources more effectively.

Big Data and analytics technology helps clients harness the explosion of data coming from a growing number of resources -- including data collected from utility meter readings and sensors. Arad Group is working with IBM to integrate the latest analytics algorithms into Arad's Dailog3G and City-Mind software.

This means utilities and water companies can benefit from early indications of abnormal consumption, reliable fault detection to determine when there is a leak or water waste, and optimized customer interactions. The IBM algorithms are based on machine learning, data mining, and statistical analysis techniques. For example, these advanced features allow Arad's City-Mind software to learn whether the usage is a pattern that occurred before, if it is appropriate for the current seasonal demand, and whether it coincides with what neighboring families are consuming.

Established more than 70 years ago, Arad Group processes water consumption data for hundreds of millions of records each day, based on tens of millions of meters in over 50 countries across the globe. That is an estimated 5 billion gallons of water measured each day – enough to fill more than 50,000 swimming pools. The Big Data solutions available from IBM were an ideal fit to boost the data management capabilities in the company's field-proven automated meter systems.

"Highly specialized analytics from IBM provide an additional layer of insight into our technology, allowing us to provide utilities and water companies worldwide with the most advanced solutions and services to reduce water costs, improve customer service, and provide higher efficiency of water usage," said Gabi Yankovitz, CEO of Arad Group.

Developed by IBM scientists in Israel, Big Data analytics identify problems and patterns and differentiate between issues such as leaks and excessive use of water that could result in the waste of millions of gallons of water. It also provides water utilities with insight and helps identify when low or no water use signals a problem.

Reducing the number of false alerts helps technicians know when meters need replacement or repair. For example, when a utility company observes water consumption that is zero or almost zero over a long period of time, a technician is often sent to examine the situation. While this could indicate a broken or faulty meter, it could also be the result of something as common as a family vacation—in which case sending a technician is a waste of time and money.

The IBM analytics tool increases the confidence of differentiating between meters that are truly faulty and false alarms. Field tests have already shown a potential reduction of 50 percent in the number of technician visits, saving valuable time and human resources to address conservation and water management.

"These insights have the potential to revolutionize data management for utilities and help them develop transform their business," said Oded Cohn, director of IBM Research in Haifa, Israel, where the smart water analytics were developed. "Analyzing customer data that is collected for billing purposes can serve as a crucial factor in saving valuable resources and improving service in many industries."

In the future, IBM expects predictive algorithms to help utilities better plan for demand and as a result better manage resources, such as tank levels, pressure, and pump scheduling.

Arad has embedded IBM analytics into their Dailog3G and CityMind Meter Data Management software to give their customers the benefits of higher quality water analysis services.

• Operational benefits – By reducing the number of false alerts, utilities will dramatically cut down the amount of unnecessary technician visits.
• Financial benefits – New reductions in non-revenue water and water loss will help water companies save money and yield proven return on investment.
• Customer care benefits – The advanced features can be extended to provide customers with email or SMS alerts when a leak is detected, and enable consumers to immediately view their consumption via mobile devices. With access to knowledge and useful metrics, consumers are better informed and require fewer calls to customer service.
• Environmental benefits – Faster detection of leaks means better conservation of water and reduced waste.

IBM has established the world's deepest portfolio of Big Data technologies and solutions, spanning services, software, research and hardware. IBM has committed more than $100 million in R&D on new Big Data technologies and garnered more than 500 analytics-related patents.

For more information on IBM Research, visit: http://www.research.ibm.com/

For more information on IBM Smarter Water, visit www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/water

The Arad Group is an international leader in water metering technologies, with centers in Israel, the US (Master Meter), China, and Spain (Contazara). For more information, visit www.arad.co.il

[1] Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UN-Water

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High-speed fibre broadband is now available to the first homes and businesses in Forfar, BT announced today.

More than 7,400 local households and firms will be able to join the high-speed revolution as engineers complete the local investment in the coming weeks.

It's the latest place in Angus to have access to fibre broadband. Arbroath and Montrose already have the technology and Kirriemuir, Brechin and Carnoustie are also due to be upgraded.

By the end of Spring 2014 more than 35,000 homes and businesses across Angus will be able to benefit as a result of BT's £2.5 billion fibre roll-out programme.
BT is also seeking to work in partnership with the public sector to reach parts of the area that lie outside its commercial footprint.

Brendan Dick, BT Scotland director, said: 'This is great news for Forfar as BT's fibre network brings a boost for local economies wherever it goes. Research suggests that within 15 years fibre broadband could bolster the economy of a typical town by £143 million and create 225 new jobs, 140 new start-up businesses and 1,000 more homeworkers1.

'As 1.5 million UK households and businesses have now discovered, fibre broadband opens up a whole new world to internet users. Whatever you're doing online, you can do it better and faster with fibre. It's great for education, shopping, entertainment, the social networking we now carry out routinely online and it also offers huge benefits for businesses and public services.

'The arrival of fibre in Forfar can really help local firms in these economically challenging times, opening up new ways of working and speeding up vital operations, such as file and data transfers, conferencing and computer back-up, which may also help cut costs.'

Mike Weir, MP for Angus, said: 'The arrival of fibre broadband in Forfar is a major step forward and I look forward to further upgrades in Angus in due course. The internet has become an integral part of daily life for many of my constituents and it's great that local people now have the option of connecting to this exciting technology.

'To ensure our town's future success we need the right building blocks in place, and one of these is digital technology to support our people and economy. With access to fibre broadband, local firms can explore new ways of working and speed up vital operations, boosting their ability to compete.'

Nigel Don, MSP for Angus North and Mearns, said: 'I welcome the fact that Forfar is to have access to superfast broadband. It is important that businesses and residents in rural communities have broadband provision which matches what is available in our large cities, so I trust that the engineering work will be swift and that the service provided will be affordable.

'Undoubtedly the expansion of BT's network will make it easier for next generation technologies to reach the more rural parts of my constituency; I hope this will be achieved very soon as internet access is increasingly becoming a necessity rather than a luxury to conduct business in Scotland.'

BT's fibre footprint currently passes more than 15 million UK homes and businesses. It is expanding all the time and is now due to pass two-thirds of UK premises – around 19 million premises – during Spring 2014, at least 18 months ahead of the original timetable. 2

Brendan Dick added: 'Our ambition doesn't stop with our commercial roll-out. We're keen to work with the public sector to extend fibre broadband to the remaining parts of Scotland that are harder to reach, as we are in the Highlands and Islands. Reaching two-thirds of the UK early will mean we're well positioned to place an even greater focus on the challenge of the final third.'

Openreach, BT's local network business, is primarily deploying fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) technology, where the fibre runs from the exchange to a local roadside cabinet. FTTC offers download speeds of up to 80Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20Mbps3 and could deliver even faster speeds in the future.

From Spring 2013 Openreach aims to start to make fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) technology, where the fibre runs all the way to the home or business, commercially available on demand4 in areas where fibre broadband has been deployed. FTTP-on-demand will offer the top current download speed of 330Mbps3.
According to the regulator Ofcom, the current average UK residential broadband download speed is 12Mbps.

At home, fibre broadband enables a family to simultaneously download a movie, watch a TV replay service, surf the internet and play games online all at the same time. A whole album can be downloaded in less than 30 seconds and a feature length HD movie in less than 10 minutes, whilst high-resolution photos can be uploaded to Facebook in seconds.

Unlike other companies, Openreach offers fibre broadband access to all service providers on an open, wholesale basis, underpinning a competitive market. For further information on Openreach's fibre broadband programme visit www.superfast-openreach.co.uk

Notes to editors
1 Research taken from Social Study 2012 – The Economic Impact of BT across the UK by Regeneris Consulting – see www.btsocialstudy.co.uk for more information.
2 BT's deployment plans are subject to an acceptable environment for investment.
3 These are the top wholesale speeds available from Openreach to all service providers; speeds offered by service providers may vary.
4 Openreach will levy an installation charge for FTTP on demand. It will be up to service providers to decide whether they pass that on to businesses or consumers wishing to use the product.
Due to the current network topography, and the economics of deployment, it is likely that some premises within selected exchange areas will not initially be able to access fibre-based broadband. Openreach is considering alternative solutions for these locations.

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Attendees participated in several in-depth sessions discussing how to create more intelligent data center environments, current market trends and the value of DCiM through robust reporting and toolsets. In addition, Geist provided a sneak preview of its new Asset Management module and the coming release of Environet 4.0.

'We built our symposium on bringing data center leaders together to delve into the challenges, current trends and potential innovations of DCiM. This event gives leading data center professionals the opportunity to come together to share their experiences and learn from each other,' says Geist DCiM President, Matt Lane.

Along with a host of DCiM presentations, data center professionals participated on roundtable discussions highlighting common challenges and pitfalls of DCiM and how to overcome them.  Industry experts also presented three DCiM case studies that covered challenges and success stories from their own experiences.

'Geist has always been committed to adapting our offering to meet the specific needs of our clients. The symposium gives us the unique opportunity to talk to our clients about their challenges and listen to their ideas for future DCiM toolsets.' says Matt Lane.

Details on the 2014 Geist DCiM Symposium will be available starting this fall on Geist's website, www.geistglobal.com.

ENDS

Geist

Geist designs and manufactures industry leading technology and software for powering, cooling and managing critical data center infrastructure. We produce affordable, quality products while providing our clients with superior service. Whether it's enhancing customer care services or implementing new technologies, Geist promotes innovation, quality, and satisfaction in all aspects of business. Data center infrastructure management solutions from Geist is a big part of what we do at Geist, alongside data center monitoring. 

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Kuwait City, Kuwait – -Zain Kuwait has deployed Nokia Siemens Networks' Customer Experience Management (CEM), ensuring a superior service experience for its mobile broadband customers. Nokia Siemens Networks' CEM helps Zain Kuwait proactively and cost-efficiently improve its service quality, provide tailor-made services, roll out new services faster, and carry out targeted campaigns in order to further satisfy its customers.

'We believe 'the customer is king' and strive to constantly and proactively address aspects related to customer satisfaction in order to ensure a superior service experience for our customers,' said Hani ElKukhun, Chief Operation Officer, Zain Kuwait. 'We worked with our long-standing partner, Nokia Siemens Networks, to develop the best approach to CEM for our specific needs. Once the approach was evolved, Nokia Siemens Networks designed and implemented CEM software cost-efficiently, making all our customers, including high-value customers and international inbound roamers, more empowered with a superior service experience.'

'For operators such as Zain Kuwait, understanding customer experience parameters across the entire network and having a unified technical and customer-centric business view are crucial to ensuring a superior customer experience,' said Lassaad Essafi, head of Customer Insight and Experience at Nokia Siemens Networks. 'Understanding exactly what Zain Kuwait required, we optimized its network and enriched mobile broadband experience for its subscribers. In addition, we are committed to constantly improving customer experience at Zain Kuwait by working with its team to further evolve our CEM on Demand offering.'

Nokia Siemens Networks developed and deployed a new Geo Information System (GIS) for Zain Kuwait, displaying network performance related Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for its customer base geographically located all over Kuwait – with the possibility to drill down to district level, block level and even cell IDlevel. The company also integrated important commercial KPIs into this GIS, which gives Zain Kuwait the unique capability to display and compare network performance KPIs with commercial KPIs within the same CEM solution. As a result, GIS has become a primary input tool for Zain Kuwait's strategic decisions.

Nokia Siemens Networks also implemented its three CEM on Demand content packs: High Value Customer Insight (HVCI), Customer Experience Index (CEI), and Roaming Insight (RI). The real-time insights help Zain Kuwait instantly resolve quality issues, and allow various departments to prioritize their respective actions and investments accordingly. Zain Kuwait plans to extend the CEI pack to include KPIs of customer care experiences and additional 'soft facts' that will give Zain an even better understanding of their customers' experience.

Serve atOnce Traffica was also part of the deployment in order to monitor Zain Kuwait's network performance, service quality, and service use in real-time to proactively improve the service quality. The company's Serve atOnce Intelligence (SAI) provides customer insights to help tailor Zain Kuwait's customer acquisition strategy and marketing campaigns. Its Serve atOnce Device Manager (SADM) enables the operator to make the right marketing and business development decisions as well as target the most appropriate customer groups when introducing new services.

Nokia Siemens Networks also provided its full technical and business consultancy as well as implementation services to Zain Kuwait.

For more information on Nokia Siemens Networks' offering for customer experience management, follow this link. To share your thoughts on the topic, join the @NokiaSiemensNet discussion on Twitter using #CSPCX or join the industry discussion on Customer Experience Management in LinkedIn CSPCX-Group.
About Zain Group

Zain is a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and North Africa providing mobile voice and data services to over 44.1 million active customers as of 31 March, 2013. With a commercial presence in 8 countries, Zain operates in: Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and South Sudan. In Lebanon, the Group manages 'touch' on behalf of the government. In Morocco, Zain has a 15.5% stake in Wana Telecom, now branded 'INWI', through a joint venture. Zain is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (stock ticker: ZAIN).

For more, please email info@zain.com or visit:

www.zain.com

About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is the world's specialist in mobile broadband. From the first ever call on GSM, to the first call on LTE, we operate at the forefront of each generation of mobile technology. Our global experts invent the new capabilities our customers need in their networks. We provide the world's most efficient mobile networks, the intelligence to maximize the value of those networks, and the services to make it all work seamlessly.

With headquarters in Espoo, Finland, we operate in over 120 countries and had net sales of approximately 13.4 billion euros in 2012. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

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ROSELAND, N.J. – – ADP®, a leading provider of human capital management services, today announced the addition of two new capabilities to ADP Tax Credits, including SECURE Document Submission and Voice Signature. These new capabilities provide employers more choices in their efforts to improve the security, efficiency and ease of screening, verification and document submission required for the federal Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), accelerating the process to capture credits.

SECURE Document Submission and Voice Signature are the latest additions to an already comprehensive suite of ADP WOTC screening and delivery solutions that offer superior flexibility, including Web-in (with electronic signature), Call-in and IVR (with voice signature, fax and email form delivery) and Mail-in programs. These services help enable companies to take full advantage of available tax credits and incentives to help reduce a company's overall tax liability.

ADP's new SECURE Document Submission and Voice Signature solutions offer additional methods to help companies of all sizes improve the efficiency of their WOTC administration:

-SECURE Document Submission allows companies to upload WOTC required forms to ADP's dedicated secure online portal to significantly help enhance the security of their WOTC documentation process. Whereas previously employers provided forms and documentation via mail, fax or email, companies can now upload those forms and supporting documentation directly to ADP's secure, dedicated tax credit online portal.
-Voice Signature allows employees to 'sign' forms over the phone, streamlining the WOTC call-in screening and verification process by reducing the need to capture physical signatures on forms and mail, fax or email documents. This new capability provides additional flexibility for the employer and employee, allowing form completion in a single phone call. Voice Signature adds to the current signature options, which include internet-based electronic signature, 'wet signature' with fax/email forms delivery or hard copy mailing.

'The WOTC employee administration process can be complicated and labor intensive, particularly when done manually or using traditional methods. The level of detail and documentation required can make it difficult for companies to submit the necessary documents within the 28-day window required by the IRS,' Jim Brown, Senior Division Vice President and General Manager, ADP Tax Credits. 'By streamlining the entire process, these new capabilities make it easy for companies to efficiently capture and realize the WOTC credits they're eligible for – all while helping to maintain compliance with new and changing regulations.'

ADP Tax Credits is one component of the recently released ADP SmartComplianceSM platform. A cloud-based unified platform of outsourced services, ADP SmartCompliance helps medium and large businesses better manage employment-related tax and payment compliance. The platform helps companies save time and money by bringing together and streamlining compliance management for employment tax, tax credits, wage payments, wage garnishments, employment verification, unemployment claims and W2 management.

For more information about ADP Tax Credits, visit www.adp.com/taxcredits.

About ADP®
ADP® (NASDAQ: ADP), with more than $10 billion in revenues and approximately 600,000 clients, is one of the world's largest providers of business outsourcing and human capital management solutions. Leveraging over 60 years of experience and a global footprint spanning more than 40 countries, ADP offers a wide range of human resource, payroll, talent management, tax and benefits administration solutions from a single source, and helps clients comply with regulatory and legislative changes, such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). ADP's easy-to-use solutions for employers provide superior value to companies of all types and sizes. ADP is also a leading provider of integrated computing solutions to auto, truck, motorcycle, marine, recreational vehicle, and heavy equipment dealers throughout the world. For more information about ADP SmartComplianceSM or to contact a local ADP sales office, reach us at 1.855.237.4236 or visit the company's Web site at www.adp.com/SmartCompliance.

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New York (NYSE) & Mumbai (NSE & BSE) - Tata Communications a leading provider of A New World of Communications, today announces the launch of Voice Business Apps, a new suite of hosted tools and managed services designed to help service providers more efficiently and profitably run their international voice business offerings.

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Voice Business Apps includes Tata Communications' Virtual Point of Presence (PoP) capability, which enables carriers to send traffic using Tata Communications' next generation IP infrastructure while remaining in control of their own routing, as well as an array of hosted tools and managed services, which together offer the industry's broadest suite of solutions to help providers tackle the challenges of today's international voice market. International voice providers, facing slow market growth and intensifying competition, can struggle to build a business case to update legacy tools and systems to increase efficiency and quality to stay competitive.

Tata Communications' Voice Business Apps provides market-leading capabilities and covers all the critical aspects of the international voice business. The solution addresses the underlying network which carries calls from originating to terminating provider. The Best Value RoutingTM engine identifies the optimal balance of cost and quality for each call, and the back office tools - including rate, billing invoice, provisioning and reporting tools - making it easy to track efficiency and costs.

"With slow growth and strong margin pressure, many voice providers are finding it harder than ever to run a profitable international voice business," says Michel Guyot, President of Global Voice Solutions at Tata Communications. "Our Voice Business Apps offering can reduce operating expenses and increase efficiency while improving service quality, without upfront investment."

Tata Communications' Voice Business Apps will help customers reduce capital expenditure and risk by addressing common business challenges, including network standardisation, migration to IP, fraud management and supplier management. The "apps" include services, tools and systems that Tata Communications can provide on demand or manage on behalf of a carrier. Efficiency increases also include improved network utilisation, and enhanced ability to automate routine tasks.

David James, Practice Leader, Wholesale, Ovum, says, "This development demonstrates Tata Communications' ability to build on its extensive experience, global reach and economies of scale in the international voice market to offer innovative services and flexible partnering options to suit service providers' changing needs."

Voice Business Apps provides Tata Communications' customers more efficient networks, tools and systems that can exist in-house, to help better manage and automate the complexity of routing and pricing. It is based on the strength of tools and systems that Tata Communications has offered customers previously, and in many cases, are the same ones the company uses to run the world's largest international wholesale voice business. The new offering further cements the company's lead as the partner of choice in the international voice space.

About Tata Communications

Tata Communications Limited along with its subsidiaries (Tata Communications) is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.

The Tata Communications global network includes one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks and a Tier-1 IP network with connectivity to more than 200 countries and territories across 400 PoPs, as well as nearly 1 million square feet of data centre and collocation space worldwide.

Tata Communications' depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in global international voice, and strategic investments in South Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited) and Nepal (United Telecom Limited). Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TCL).

www.tatacommunications.com

Forward-looking and cautionary statements

Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including those relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications' operations, and the general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to develop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on certain of the company's communications services; failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata Communications' various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements.

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced Logicworks, a cloud computing and managed hosting provider based in New York, is using VMware network virtualization to accelerate business velocity. VMware network virtualization simplifies customer onboarding for Logicworks, enabling the cloud service provider to bring on more customers in less time while lowering both operational and capital expenses.

'Our clients' businesses are driven by the availability and functionality of their applications. We are using cutting-edge network virtualization technology from VMware to improve service agility, efficiency and scale,' said Kenneth Ziegler, CEO, Logicworks. 'Network virtualization is providing us with a new operational model which reduces our provisioning times and enables our customers to come to market with new applications and services more quickly. In the future, it will also enable frictionless workload migration, automated network provisioning and ultimately, network self-service for our clients.'

Logicworks specializes in private, public and hybrid cloud solutions for a broad array of industries, including a cloud offering focused specifically on the emerging healthcare market. In healthcare, each application requires a different and unique infrastructure. VMware network virtualization enables Logicworks to be flexible in meeting app-specific infrastructure requirements in a fraction of the time it would take to deploy applications using traditional, physical infrastructure. VMware network virtualization enables Logicworks to dynamically create virtual networks that are completely decoupled and independent from the physical network hardware. This provides Logicworks with operational simplicity to support new and existing applications in a non-disruptive way, without modification to the underlying network hardware.

'In the cloud era, speed is the new currency. It drives customer adoption and increased revenues for fast-moving businesses such as Logicworks,' said Hatem Naguib, vice president ,Cloud Networking and Security, VMware. 'Network virtualization, powered by a new generation of software and networking silicon, will lead the transformation of the underlying network architecture that helps customers keep pace with the speed of business.'

About VMware
VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Customers rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Technology resources in a manner that is evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2012 revenues of $4.61 billion, VMware has more than 500,000 customers and 55,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.

VMware is registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective organizations. The use of the word 'partner' or 'partnership' does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.

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Managed Services
Newly restructured Managed Services from Threat and Log Management to Infrastructure Monitoring are now available to fulfill infrastructure needs of all sizes.  NetWorks Group is also introducing repackaged critical Key Infrastructure services, providing around-the-clock support for infrastructure stability on all devices, software, and systems utilized to keep organizations up and running. 

By bringing a customer-first approach into a managed security service provider platform, NetWorks Group is unparalleled by any other provider in terms of flexibility, cost, and quality.  Management of infrastructure with security in mind is a necessity, and building a trusted partnership with a managed services provider allows for continuous expansion, improvements, savings on excess cost, and most importantly, a secure environment that fits the needs of an organization.

Ethical Hacking
With over 92% of breaches being perpetrated by outsiders (Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report) Ethical Hacking services are more important than ever.  By utilizing Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessments, organizations are able to not only meet compliance standards but also stay ahead of malicious parties and reduce attack surfaces.  The new Security Architecture Review service provides a complete view of infrastructure security issues within an organization in a format that makes sense.  Every Ethical Hacking service offering provides an accurate point-in-time picture of your existing security issues with clear guidance for remediation.

Compliance
From PCI to HIPAA, and even EI3PA, NetWorks Group is able to bring organizations into compliance no matter the severity of issues.  Meeting new and maintaining existing compliance standards can finally be simple by utilizing detailed documentation of understandable results built by experienced CISA auditors.  Having best practices and policies to follow is important when enforcing consistent security guidelines, NetWorks Group can help organizations develop COBIT Frameworks, additional Policies and Procedures, as well as Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning to help ensure comprehensive coverage on all fronts. 

Have 24/7/365 security and networking professionals available without taking on the costs associated with additional personnel.  NetWorks Group works intimately with organizations to provide the best services possible that evolve with the organization.  To learn more about what NetWorks Group does to make information security effortless for IT teams, visit http://www.networksgroup.com.  For further information, contact Steve Fuller at (888) 798-1012. 

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Black Hills Corporation, a leading North American Energy Company has selected Ubisense and strategic partner, we-do-IT, to provide network asset realignment services for its operations in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.

The Ubisense solution will align Black Hills Corporation's electric and gas utility assets with up-to-date basemaps to provide their operations with accurate network data to facilitate and support planning, design, customer service, maintenance and support across a wide area of coverage. The Project entails adjusting areas of approximately 2,430,493 nodes with accurate parcel information.

Richard Green, CEO of Ubisense said: 'We are delighted to have been selected by Black Hills Corporation for this important project. Our innovative network alignment solution provides the fundamental building blocks of an accurate utility network. This will provide the foundation upon which other activities, such as service restoration, can be provided with a high degree of certainty of the integrity of the network.'
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About Ubisense

Ubisense is a market leader of location-based smart technology which enables companies to optimise their business processes. By keeping track of key assets, Ubisense solutions bring clarity to complex operations in industries while also improving quality and reliability. Ubisense uses a unique combination of advanced industry knowledge and an experienced team to deliver effective and superior solutions that offer unprecedented visibility, control and accuracy, delivering time and cost savings. Ubisense solutions are easy to implement and flexible to a particular business' needs, no matter which area of the globe they operate in.

Ubisense offers two location-oriented products; RTLS (Real-time Location Solutions) and Geospatial Systems and operates in a number of industries ranging from manufacturing and utilities to transportation and is used by a number of blue chip customers across the world, such as BMW, Airbus, Aston Martin, Caterpillar and Deutsche Telekom.

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Nokia Siemens Networks is making it easier than ever for operators to deploy network automation. New capabilities for Nokia Siemens Networks intelligent Self Organizing Networks (iSON) manage every aspect of self-configuration, self-optimization and self-healing to save time and costs and improve network quality. Tools for automating these processes, all available from a single interface, guide the operator from start to finish, verifying the successful completion of each step. They also help operators meet high subscriber expectations for quality, which are clear from the results of the 2013 Acquisition & Retention Study Report*, and take advantage of their willingness to pay more for it.

In the area of self-configuration, Nokia Siemens Networks is adding the Automated WCDMA Site Creation content pack to iSON solution, extending the LTE version launched in February 2013. This is an important capability to ensure that 3G capacity and coverage offer the best possible data quality for subscribers before the majority of mobile broadband traffic moves from 3G to LTE in the next few years.

The content pack gives operators full visibility of the automated configuration of 3G sites, with regular status updates for engineering personnel. The time needed for base station configuration can be reduced from hours to minutes.

Security for LTE networks is another area where automation helps speed up network deployment and reduce costs. Security certificates are factory installed in the base station and configuration of the authenticated base stations in the operator network is fully automatic as part of the SON auto-connection and auto-configuration process.

The new Mobility Management for LTE content pack provides support for seamless configuration and follow-up of SON operations related to LTE mobility management through a single interface. The new content pack reduces the set-up time for SON operational processes from 30 minutes to 5 minutes, and also provides full control and visibility of the automated process.

To enable easy deployment of self-healing, Nokia Siemens Networks is launching its Element Outage Resolution content pack to control the automatic resolution of network failures in LTE, WCDMA and GSM networks. The self-healing capability detects base station outages and dormant cells and triggers common resolutions, such as restarting an element to re-establish connections.

Nokia Siemens Networks has designed a full set of professional services, ranging from customization to full outsourcing from our global delivery centers, to integrate iSON capabilities and the related content packs in operator networks.

'Automation is important to simplify network operations, and these extended functions now make the deployment and use of automation easier than ever. The enhancements give operators visibility on the impact of automated processes on network performance – and provide clear evidence that all network changes are working as expected,' said Peter Patomella, head of the operations support systems (OSS) business, Nokia Siemens Networks.

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About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is the world's specialist in mobile broadband. From the first ever call on GSM, to the first call on LTE, we operate at the forefront of each generation of mobile technology. Our global experts invent the new capabilities our customers need in their networks. We provide the world's most efficient mobile networks, the intelligence to maximize the value of those networks, and the services to make it all work seamlessly.

With headquarters in Espoo, Finland, we operate in over 120 countries and had net sales of approximately 13.4 billion euros in 2012. http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

Notes:
*The 2013 Acquisition & Retention Study Report from Nokia Siemens Networks is based on the results of 8,700 interviews of customers in mature markets (Denmark, South Korea, Japan, UK and US), in-transition markets (Brazil, Colombia and Russia) and emerging markets (India) during the second half of 2012.

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For a limited time, A2 Hosting is offering 34% off their Dedicated SSD Hosting service. Users can also try the solution risk-free thanks to their hassle-free 30-day money back guarantee.

Users interested in A2 Hosting's Dedicated SSD Server Hosting get the added benefit of choosing from two distinct management levels. A2 Hosting's Managed Dedicated SSDs features comprehensive HostGuard Server Management by their 24/7 Guru Crew Support staff. This service is ideal for users looking for a Web Hosting or Managed VPS upgrade. A2 Hosting also offers their self-managed server solution, perfect for developers comfortable in a VPS environment, looking for full configuration control and fast performance

.Regardless of the desired management level, each SSD server features A2 Hosting's exclusive Flex Server technology. Key benefits of their Flex Servers include 30-minute server deployment and A2 Hosting's Notification Center; their system that automatically notifies customers during specific server events such as high load or if a file system is full.

"Our Flex Dedicated Hosting is the service for anyone who has a site that can't go down," commented A2 Hosting's Marketing Manager Brad Litwin. "Now in addition to our ultra-reliable service, our customers get the additional advantage of up to 300% faster page load times when they choose one of our Dedicated SSD Servers."

About A2 Hosting

A2 Hosting, Inc. is a Linux based web hosting company located in Ann Arbor, MI. A2 Hosting provides their customers with ultra-reliable solutions and 24/7/365 US-based support from their Guru Crew team. Since 2003, A2 Hosting has offered innovative, affordable and developer friendly website hosting for personal homepages up to full service solutions for businesses of all sizes. Each A2 Hosting service is hosted on their high-performance SwiftServer Hosting platform. Customers seeking an additional speed boost can host on A2 Hosting's solid state drives featuring page load speeds up to 300% faster than standard hard drives.

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The startup, which recently received $4.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Canaan Partners, is also announcing that it plans to double its headcount by the end of the year as part of its nationwide expansion, seeking talented new hires in all areas from real estate technology to engineering and marketing.

After gathering 99 percent of all lease comps signed in Manhattan in the past year, CompStak recently launched a database for the San Francisco Bay Area. The startup has already compiled 90 percent of lease comps for the city of San Francisco, and membership in the overall Bay Area has doubled in just two months. 

CompStak has already collected a substantial number of lease comps for both Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The startup is now providing data to the biggest names in commercial real estate, including Tishman Speyer, the owners of the Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Building; Malkin Properties, owners of the Empire State Building; Beacon Capital, which is responsible for over $17 billion worth of assets; and bank Wells Fargo.

'We're really excited to be growing so rapidly—both geographically and in company headcount,' said CompStak CEO Michael Mandel. 'Los Angeles and D.C. are natural next markets for us, with over three billion combined square feet of commercial inventory in these regions. No one has ever offered such quick access to information about CRE deals, and we're thrilled to bring efficiency and transparency to the L.A. and D.C. markets.'

Using a unique crowdsourcing model, CompStak offers a free service to CRE professionals. When brokers submit information about commercial real estate deals, they get credit, similar to virtual currency, which they can use to access details of other transactions. The process of digging up lease comps used to be a murky and painstaking one, with brokers and other CRE professionals calling each other individually and tracking down data over the phone or via email.

With its upcoming launches in the greater Los Angeles and D.C. regions—including the city of Los Angeles and Orange and Riverside Counties, as well as the city of D.C. and Northern Virginia and Eastern Maryland—CompStak is seeking early broker partners in these areas. Brokers that team up with CompStak and submit lease comps before the official launch dates will receive double credit—giving them unparalleled access to information about commercial real estate deals in L.A. and D.C. 

"Los Angeles is one of the hottest commercial real estate markets in the country right now, especially with demand for properties in the exploding tech sector on the Westside and in Hollywood,' said CompStak investor Zachary Aarons of Millennium Partners, developers of the Millennium Hollywood project. 'CompStak is bringing a level of transparency to the market that will be welcomed by the entire real estate community."

'Berman Enterprises has been in the commercial real estate business in D.C. for several generations now, and CompStak's launch here will finally provide our market the transparency necessary to close more deals, more efficiently,' said Casey Berman, managing director of Berman Enterprises' venture capital fund and investor in CompStak. 'Now I won't have to spend time guessing who has the comp I need, only to find they don't have it. For our analysts at Berman—which handles over 6.5 million square feet of commercial properties—CompStak will make their jobs less frustrating and let them use their time more productively.' 

Commercial real estate brokers, appraisers and other CRE professionals can join CompStak at: http://www.CompStak.com/   
 
CompStak is hiring for the best and brightest in real estate technology, engineering, and more:  https://compstak.recruiterbox.com/
 
About CompStak:
 
CompStak is the world's first comprehensive database of commercial lease information. CompStak gathers its information through a proprietary crowd-sourced model, which offers virtual currency for real estate professionals that provide information to CompStak and allows them to use this currency to acquire the data they need. By properly incentivizing the holders of this valuable information to provide it to CompStak's database, CompStak enables a marketplace that makes the commercial real estate market more efficient for all participants. This model, combined with analyst review, results in an incredibly comprehensive and accurate database of lease information.
 
The company's investors include Canaan Partners, 500 Startups, Founder Collective and Expansion VC. Learn more @compstak and  www.compstak.com .

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Matthew Finnie, CTO of Interoute, commented: 'Interoute and more recently the Interoute Virtual Data Centre have a long history of providing ICT services to the European government and science community. Our ability to combine networking with computing, gives customers 100% UK data residency assurance, combined with complete control through real time automation. New customers have the option to trial the service for free, giving them the opportunity to see the performance advantage this innovative service delivers, before making any commitment to buy. We have been on board with the G-Cloud procurement revolution since the start so are excited to continue our participation especially as we now move to IL2 and IL3 accreditation'.

Interoute Virtual Data Centre is built into the fabric of Interoute's pan-European network, enabling organisations to deploy virtual computing and storage infrastructure for their enterprise applications in a matter of minutes. The service brings simplicity and security to the cloud to ensure that, instead of having to choose between the convenience and flexibility of the public cloud or the security of a private cloud, public sector organisations can have both.

Interoute's Virtual Data Centre provides flexible, cost efficient and secure computing and storage on demand, online. With the benefit of a free trial period, government organisations can test the service before a purchase.

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