SAN JOSE, Calif. — Callidus Software Inc. (NASDAQ: CALD), the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM), announced it will host two breakout sessions and will present at Dreamforce, salesforce.com's user and developer conference in San Francisco Nov. 17-20. The breakout sessions, held in the Campground Theatre, focus on how companies leverage SPM applications on the Force.com platform to improve sales effectiveness. Callidus Software will also present on essential sales performance strategies for 2010.

Presentation Schedule:

* Wednesday, November 18, 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Moscone North room 124
Accelerate and Streamline Sales Incentive Rollout and Management on Force.com
* Thursday, November 19, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Moscone North room 124
Manage Commissions and Claims with Callidus Commissions Manager on Force.com
* Friday, November 20, 8:00 a.m. to 8:20 a.m., salesforce.com Campground Theatre
Learn the Top Sales Performance Strategies for 2010

The first breakout session, Accelerate and Streamline Sales Incentive Rollout and Management on Force.com, will be presented by Laura Provenza, worldwide sales compensation manager at Brocade and Leslie Stretch, president and CEO at Callidus Software. The presentation will be held Wednesday, November 18 from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Moscone North room 124. Attendees will learn how Brocade dramatically improved its incentive compensation programs, streamlined sales operations processes and enhanced collaboration with direct sales and other plan participants.

"It is extremely important to the success of the sales team to approve and deliver sales plans on time," said Laura Provenza. "Using Plan Communicator on the Force.com platform, we were able to deploy the solution quickly and easily. Plan Communicator streamlines our plan approval and distribution processes so plan rollout and sales execution are in sync and aligned with corporate objectives."

The second breakout session, Manage Commissions and Claims with Callidus Commissions Manager on Force.com, will be presented by Leslie Stretch, president and CEO at Callidus Software. The presentation will be Thursday, November 19 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Moscone North room 124. Attendees will learn how Commissions Manager helps companies simplify sales incentives by opening up a dialogue with the sales force. Deploying this solution on the Force.com platform, sales professionals can forecast their earnings in line with their deals, and track their earnings paid and pending, all as part of their day-to-day opportunity management.

"Commissions Manager allows sales reps to easily access up-to-date information on their performance. With this new solution, the sales force can manage their commissions as part of their daily routine. This increases transparency and confidence in the system, reduces shadow accounting and saves precious selling time," concluded Leslie Stretch.

Callidus Software will also present at the salesforce.com Campground Theatre. Vishrut Parikh, director of product marketing at Callidus Software, will present the topic Learn the Top Sales Performance Strategies for 2010, reviewing common pitfalls in effective sales force management, how to avoid them and best practices for optimizing selling performance in 2010. The presentation will be held Friday, November 20, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:20 a.m.

For more information about Callidus Software at Dreamforce, please visit: http://www2.callidussoftware.com/Dreamforce2009.html.

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About Callidus Software®

Callidus Software (www.callidussoftware.com, NASDAQ: CALD) is the market and technology leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM). Callidus' customers gain a competitive advantage by maximizing sales cost efficiencies and driving improvements in sales execution. Our award-winning Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications set the standard for performance management across the sales force. Over 2 million employees and channel partners have their performance managed by Callidus Software.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today introduced the Photoshop.com Mobile for Android™ software, extending Adobe® industry-leading digital imaging technology to users of the Google Mobile™ operating system. The release comes less than a month after the launch of Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, which quickly established itself as one of the 'Top Free' applications on the Apple mobile platform. The Android application equips consumers with quick and easy image-editing tools, color adjustments and instant photo-sharing capabilities. Photoshop.com Mobile optimizes the camera-phone experience by allowing users to browse for their photos online and on their phone, directly from the application. The application is free and available today at the Android Market.

'Adobe is excited to extend its digital imaging capabilities to Android phone users so they can take control of their growing collections of mobile photos,' said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. 'Photoshop.com Mobile is a great resource to edit, upload and share photos in a few short moments. It's the perfect complement to the mobile phone cameras found on Android devices.'

Mobile Photo Sharing and Editing Features
Photoshop.com Mobile for Android offers essential, user-friendly photo-editing tools like crop, rotate and flip. The Soft Focus filter can be used to create a subtle blur effect, and for performing color adjustments such as exposure, saturation, tint changes and classic black-and-white. Since all edits and changes can be undone, users can be confident that their original photo will be safe. After making edits on their Android device, users can upload photos from their phone to their Photoshop.com account to view and retrieve their images at a later time from any Internet-connected computer.

In addition, Photoshop.com Mobile for Android offers features only available on Android phones. Users can automatically upload pictures to Photoshop.com albums in the background, even when the Photshop.com Mobile application is not running. Photoshop.com accounts provide 2GB of free online photo storage, which equates to over 1,500 photos. Made possible by the Android API, the new tab-based user interface enables users to view local and online content. Also, the Android Photo Browser makes maneuvering through photos fast and convenient, bringing users' complete photo collections right to their pockets.

Adobe Photoshop Family
Adobe Photoshop® CS4 and Photoshop CS4 Extended are at the heart of the Photoshop family, joined by solutions for users at every level who want to bring out the best in their digital images. Photoshop Lightroom® addresses the workflow needs of professional and serious amateur photographers. Photoshop Elements provides exciting tools and sharing options for photo enthusiasts. Lastly, snap shooters can access Photoshop.com for free online photo editing to simply fix and enhance photos and quickly share those images on social-networking sites or through Photoshop.com online galleries.

Pricing and Availability
The Adobe Photoshop.com Mobile for Android application is available as a free download from the Android Market. More information on Photoshop.com Mobile for Android can be found at http://mobile.photoshop.com/android. The application is currently available in the U.S. and Canada only.

After the release, the Photoshop.com Mobile team will be available online for feedback, questions and the latest news via Facebook (www.facebook.com/photoshopdotcom) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/photoshopdotcom). To join the conversation, follow @photoshopdotcom on Twitter and use the hashtag #PSdroid.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime, anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

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CARY, NC - Leader in business analytics software and services, SAS announced the formation of two new regional hubs within Asia Pacific. The clustering of emerging markets under strong regional leadership will give SAS the ability to further its alignment with its customer-driven objectives while enhancing the speed of delivery of localised solutions and services directly to customers across Asia Pacific.

Mikael Hagström (Executive Vice President, EMEA and Asia Pacific) said , 'This structure further aligns the organization with our goal to increase our effectiveness within the selected countries. That way, we can maximize our top revenue while growing our customer-centric focus within the region to expand our 'trusted advisor' status with our customers. '

Sonny Halili, country manager for SAS Philippines, was named regional director of the Pacific Region. The Pacific region, which includes SAS offices in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei and Guam, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, French Polynesia, Tuvalu, Samoa and Micronesia. 'Sonny has multiplied revenues in the Philippines seven times since he took over six years ago,' said David Hughes SAS VP Asia Pacific 'We are looking to Sonny's leadership to establish Vietnam and Indonesia as rapidly growing countries.'

Under the leadership of Sudipta Sen, country manager of India is the newly formed South East Asia (SEA) region, which currently includes SAS offices in India and Thailand. 'Sudipta has built a strong team in India,' Hughes said. 'His presence in Thailand has greatly motivated and galvanized the team.'

SAS's global revenue contribution from Asia Pacific continues to grow. Both directors have been instrumental to the success of the region.

About SAS
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions delivered within an integrated framework, SAS helps customers at more than 45,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster. Since 1976 SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know® .

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As part of the settlement agreement, Joltid and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis will join the investor group, contributing Joltid software and making a significant capital investment in exchange for a 14 percent stake in Skype. As a result, Silver Lake and other investors including Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), will together hold 56 percent of Skype and eBay will retain 30 percent. As previously announced, eBay will receive approximately $1.9 billion in cash upon the completion of the sale and a note from the buyer in the principal amount of $125 million. The deal, which values Skype at $2.75 billion and is not subject to a financing condition, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2009.

'Skype will be well positioned to move forward under new owners with ownership and control over its core technology,' said eBay Inc. President and CEO John Donahoe. 'At the same time, eBay continues to retain a significant stake in Skype and will benefit from its continued growth. We look forward to closing the deal and focusing on growing our core ecommerce and payments businesses.'

Commenting on the agreement on behalf of the investor group, Silver Lake Managing Director Egon Durban said: 'We are very pleased to have the litigation resolved. We remain confident in a great future for Skype, and we look forward to working with Niklas, Janus and the other investors as partners to help the company achieve its full potential.'

The investor group will no longer include Index Ventures, which has withdrawn from participation. Commenting on its decision to withdraw, Danny Rimer of Index Ventures, said: 'We are pleased that Skype will now be able to put litigation behind it, and we wish Josh Silverman, his team and the Skype investors well in continuing to grow a great business. Although Skype has the potential to be a great investment, the deal terms changed for Index such that it no longer matches our investment criteria and thus we have decided not to participate in the transaction.'
About eBay Inc.

Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) connects hundreds of millions of people around the world every day, empowering them to explore new opportunities and innovate together. eBay does this by providing the Internet platforms of choice for global commerce, payments and communications. Since its inception, eBay has expanded to include some of the strongest brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, StubHub, Shopping.com, and others. eBay is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, please visit www.ebay.com.
About Skype

Skype is software that enables the world's conversations. Millions of individuals and businesses use Skype to make free video and voice calls, send instant messages and share files with other Skype users. Every day, people everywhere also use Skype to make low-cost calls to landlines and mobiles.
Forward Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements relating to eBay's future performance that are based on its current expectations, forecasts and assumptions. Those statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially from those discussed. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the receipt and timing of regulatory approval for the transaction; the possibility that the transaction may not close; the reaction of consumers and Skype's users and commercial partners to the transaction; the reaction of competitors to the transaction; the anticipated continuation of Skype's growth; and the potential longer-term value of Skype.

More information about factors that could affect eBay's operating results can be found in the company's most recent annual report on its Form 10-K and its subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (available at http://investor.ebayinc.com). All forward-looking statements are based on information available to eBay on the date hereof, and eBay assumes no obligation to update such statements.

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Bangalore, India - Infosys Technologies (Infosys), a world leader in Consulting and Information Technology Services, today announced that it has teamed up with Oracle through the 'BPO Powered by Oracle program', and is launching a comprehensive managed services platform for multi-function HR through its Infosys Business Platforms offering.

With this launch, Infosys moves into the next generation of multi-process HR transformational outsourcing. This platform is built on state-of-the-art technology and will enable process transformation, while also being cost-effective. This will help companies streamline their HR operations and reduce operational costs. The Infosys Business Platform for HR frees up significant capital expenditure locked into HR technology and process investments, allowing the HR function to be a strategic enabler of an organization's business objectives.

The Infosys Business Platform for HR is built on Oracle's industry-leading PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) Suite and offers the entire 'Hire-to-Retire' processes and operations such as HR Administration, Payroll and Talent Management functions like Recruitment, Performance Management, and Learning Management in a fully hosted and managed environment.

Clients can take advantage of the scalable IT infrastructure to achieve economies of scale, best practices and variable cost models. Offshore teams will provide integrated technology, process and language support from multiple offshore and near-shore delivery centers. The unique shared services business model helps clients realize transformational benefits by unlocking capital expenditure, streamlining business processes and enhancing operational performance metrics.

"We are excited to team up with Oracle and are already seeing early successes of this model in Australia and New Zealand. The launch will also extend to Asia, Europe and the Americas," said Anantha Radhakrishnan, Vice President, Infosys. "This unique bundling of HR technology, application services, HCM process consulting and BPO delivers transformational value using levers such as global sourcing, technology innovation, process optimization, scale and centralization.'

"The combination of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM Suite and Infosys' world-class IT and HR capabilities can help global organizations achieve HR process transformation and cost reduction using a 'pay-as-you-go' variable pricing model," said Tibor Beles, Vice President, Oracle Business Process Outsourcing. "We are impressed with Infosys' execution capabilities as demonstrated by winning their first customers on Infosys Business Platform for HR within the first few months of working together."
About Infosys Technologies Limited

Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) defines, designs and delivers IT-enabled business solutions that help Global 2000 companies win in a Flat World. These solutions focus on providing strategic differentiation and operational superiority to clients. With Infosys, clients are assured of a transparent business partner, world-class processes, speed of execution and the power to stretch their IT budget by leveraging the Global Delivery Model that Infosys pioneered. Infosys has over 105,000 employees in over 50 offices worldwide. Infosys is part of the NASDAQ-100 Index and The Global Dow. For more information, visit www.infosys.com.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Intergraph® has acquired the SIGRAPH® business unit from Technische Computer Systeme Sussen GmbH (TCS), a leading computer-aided engineering and document management system (CAE/DMS) vendor headquartered in Sussen, Germany. The acquisition includes SIGRAPH.CAE®, an innovative software application for electrical and process control engineering with a significant market presence in the global oil and gas, metals and power industries.

The strategic acquisition will further strengthen Intergraph's SmartPlant Enterprise suite through additional detailed electrical and control system design and deliverables capabilities. SmartPlant Enterprise is an integrated solution suite that provides full design, construction, materials and engineering data management capabilities needed for the creation, safe operation and maintenance of large-scale process, power, marine and offshore projects. The software's capital Project Life Cycle Management (cPLM) also enables a smoother data handover for EPCs to owner operators and for owner operators to more easily maintain, refurbish or modify their plants. Intergraph remains committed to providing the process, power and marine industry with the broadest suite of engineering solutions on the marketplace today to the benefit of both EPCs and owner operators.

SIGRAPH customers will benefit from Intergraph's large research, development and global support teams specializing in engineering solutions. SIGRAPH clients will also receive uninterrupted support, maintenance, and software upgrades as part of their maintenance agreement with Intergraph. Existing SmartPlant Enterprise clients will benefit from SIGRAPH's extended scope and additional functionality as Intergraph continually enhances integration and migration of the SIGRAPH solution into the SmartPlant Enterprise solution. The combination of SIGRAPH with SmartPlant Enterprise will lead to an improvement in the wiring, cabling and detailed design functions across the engineering and schematics solution.

Both EPCs and owner operators will benefit from having additional details on wiring schematics for trouble shooting and maintenance projects. The instrumentation and electrical deliverables are a key component of the plant operational document set, comprising approximately 50 percent of the documentation that owners use and maintain for operation of the plant.

'The SIGRAPH business unit acquisition advances our mission to provide electrical and schematics engineering software solutions to our customers and target markets around the world,' said R. Halsey Wise, Intergraph chairman, president and CEO. 'The SIGRAPH software suite provides our Process, Power & Marine division with complementary electrical engineering technologies and expertise that will allow Intergraph to better serve and provide additional value to our global customer base. We remain committed to the advancement of the SIGRAPH software and believe its customers will benefit from Intergraph's global product development and support capabilities. This transaction illustrates our continued commitment to invest in our product portfolio and the future growth of our company.'

For more information about the SIGRAPH acquisition, please visit www.intergraph.com/ppm/sigraph.aspx.

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About TCS
Since 1981, TCS Sussen GmbH has been focused on universal IT-CAE/DMS business solutions for the process and discrete industries. Headquartered in Süssen, Germany, TCS is a CAE/DMS technology company for Electrical Engineering Solutions (EES). With 100 employees located in Sussen and Kolkata, India (with its subsidiary company, AMB CIE Ltd.), TCS offers its solutions on an international basis with more than 3,000 software licenses in the market.

About Intergraph
Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph's industry-specific software to organize vast amounts of data into understandable visual representations and actionable intelligence. Intergraph's software and services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world.

Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I). Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for the design, construction and operation of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially-powered solutions to the defense and intelligence, public safety and security, government, transportation, photogrammetry, utilities, and communications industries. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com.

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SpywareQuake is the latest in a serious of rogue antispyware programs to flood the Internet and has been wreaking havoc on a number of systems by compromising their security and slowing their functioning. Similar to previous rogues of the past, SpywareQuake attaches to a system through the use of deceptive methods; typically via insecure downloads such as a seemingly beneficial audio or video codec.

Once SpywareQuake is attached to a system it will begin a campaign designed to intimidate the user through a series of false security warnings and sluggish performance. These tactics are designed to frighten the users into believing that purchasing the fraudulent commercial version of SpywareQuake software is the only way to restore normal functioning. Unfortunately, taking this step only further exacerbates the problem.

Manual removal of SpywareQuake is possible, but risky. Many who have attempted to manually remove the fraudulent antispyware have found the process to be a frustrating, time consuming and costly experience. In some cases, users have had to wipe their system clean in order to insure complete removal of SpywareQuake.

For this reason, most industry experts agree that the most effective way to rid a system of SpywareQuake is through the use of a high quality, reliable antispyware program like SpyZooka. A reputable antispyware program will scan the system, locate any spyware and remove it. When choosing an antispyware program look for one like SpyZooka which backs its promises with a 100% satisfaction guarantee and is recognized throughout the industry as an effective and reliable security application.

SpyZooka has been removing spyware like SpywareQuake since 2004. During that time SpyZooka has established itself as an industry leader and has won a number of awards including the prestigious Tucows 5 Cows and Wugnet's Shareware Hall of Fame. To learn more about how SpyZooka or to receive a complementary scan please go to http://bluepenguinsoftware.com/spyzooka/ today.

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Web CEO, LTD, a developer of the premium SEO software suite for search engine optimization and web promotion, announces discount prices on the best-featured editions of Web CEO: Web CEO SmallBiz Unleashed and Web CEO Professional Unleashed.

Web CEO is available at discounted prices from November 3 till November 21. During this time Web CEO SmallBiz Unleashed is 62% off the regular price and Web CEO Professional Unleashed is 52% off.
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Web CEO special prices allow anyone to take advantage of the Web CEO Unleashed editions at attractive prices. Learn more on the discount prices at http://www.webceo.com/pricing/index.htm#exclusive

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'Collaborating with the world's leading precise real-time location system provider will allow us to continue to develop innovative solutions for our customers who wish to significantly increase their productivity and quality in these tough economic times,' explains Anders Lindquist, President MVI Division at Atlas Copco Industrial Technique. 'We became aware of the potential of the Ubisense approach to real-time location at our mutual customer, BMW in Regensburg, Germany. Subsequent discussions with potential customers for this type of technology not only in the Motor Vehicles market but also in aerospace, mining and construction equipment as well as discrete manufacturing led us to the idea of pooling our knowledge and resources to create a new family of solutions for our customers.'

The Ubisense system is installed in the production facilities of companies such as BMW, Aston Martin, Caterpillar and Honda. The application at BMW called LIS/TAS involves tracking the industrial tools used on the final assembly line and loading the correct program into the tool automatically based on the specific vehicle being worked upon.

'The introduction of LIS/TAS has resulted in the elimination of the need to scan vehicles in order to identify them', comments Andreas Lehner, project manager at BMW in Regensburg. 'All the project objectives have been met on time and within the planned budget. From the standpoint of value creation, the project is a complete success'.

'This unique relationship allows Atlas Copco Industrial Technique and Ubisense to investigate the key innovations that will drive the next set of standards for use in manufacturing production and enable significant process improvements', comments Terry Phebey, VP Sales Ubisense.

Ubisense Media Contact:
Terry Phebey: EurAsia:
Terry.Phebey@ubisense.net
Tel: +49 231 99955 565

About Atlas Copco Industrial Technique

Atlas Copco's Industrial Technique business area develops, manufactures and markets industrial power tools, assembly systems, software and service. It innovates for superior productivity for applications in the automotive and aerospace industry, general industrial manufacturing and maintenance, and vehicle service worldwide. Principal product development and main manufacturing units are in Sweden and France.
More information on the company is available at www.atlascopco.com.

About Ubisense
Ubisense is the world leader in Precise Real Time Location Systems and Consulting Services, tracking people and assets with unmatched accuracy, and giving enterprises the power to bring visibility and control to previously intractable business processes. With over 400 customers worldwide, Ubisense is revolutionising industries today. Visit www.ubisense.net

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ROCHESTER, N.Y.— ITT (NYSE:ITT) announced today that Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan's largest satellite manufacturer, has selected ITT Space Systems to build the imaging systems for two geostationary satellites being built for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The two geostationary satellites, named Himawari-8 and Himawari-9, will provide round-the-clock weather forecasts and severe weather alerts for the eastern Asia and Oceania.

The Himawari payloads will be based on the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) that ITT is currently building for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R-series, or GOES-R, for NOAA's next-generation geostationary constellation. This improved imager has the capability to monitor three times the amount of atmospheric conditions than current generation payloads, creating superior imagery data for severe weather analysis and forecast every 30 seconds.

"This is a key win for ITT Space Systems Division. It's our largest international contract to date; and when combined with the Advanced Baseline Imager work we're doing for NASA, firmly establishes ITT as the worldwide leader for design and development of this class of meteorological instrument," said Rob Mitrevski, vice president for Commercial and Space Science. "We're very proud of the fact that ITT meteorological payloads will help save lives and protect property around the world for many years to come."

The Himawari (Japanese for "sunflower") satellites, formally known as the Japanese Geostationary Meteorological Satellite series, are part of the World Weather Watch project within the World Meteorological Organization. Himawari-8 is expected to launch in 2014, followed by Himawari-9 in 2016.

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ORLANDO, Flor. – Partner Engage 2009 .– Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today reinforced its commitment to help partners succeed in 2010 and beyond, unveiling a variety of new resources at its annual partner conference, Symantec Partner Engage 2009. These new enhancements are part of Symantec's commitment to helping partners increase their revenue and relevance with their customers and to improve their readiness to support customers' changing needs. New program elements include:

* SymDemo – An online tool that allows partners to demonstrate Symantec's products anywhere, anytime with a laptop and an Internet connection.
* Enhanced Enterprise Authorized Renewals Program – A revised enterprise renewals program to help protect partners' investment with increased margins and incumbent protection.
* Enterprise Security Specialization – Partners who earn this specialization will receive advanced tools and incentives for selling Symantec Enterprise Security Solutions.
* Partner Community on Symantec Connect – An online community that connects partners with Symantec and each other, enabling collaboration and information exchange.

'The technology market is highly competitive and constantly evolving, so Symantec is focused on helping our partners solve their customers' IT challenges, differentiate themselves and grow their businesses,' said Randy Cochran, vice president, North American channel sales, Symantec Corp. 'We're giving our partners even more opportunities to drive revenue and maintain relevance with their customers and helping them be prepared with the skills, solutions and resources necessary to meet the needs of today's challenging IT environment.'

SymDemo

Currently available to members of Symantec's PartnerDemo Pilot, SymDemo, a virtualized, web-based demo and training platform, empowers partners with tools to perform product demos anytime, anywhere with a laptop and Internet connection. SymDemo gives partners remote accessibility by enabling them to give demonstrations without the need for a dedicated VPN connection. Like SymBrain, an online sales tool that helps partners quickly and easily determine the best Symantec solution for customers' IT projects, SymDemo started as an internal Symantec resource and has been extended to partners.

Enterprise Authorized Renewals Program

Symantec has enhanced its Enterprise Authorized Renewals Program based on valuable feedback received from its partner advisory council and the partner community. Available now, the updated program is designed to help partners protect their investment in Symantec and create a more efficient renewal process. The program honors the incumbent partner's investment and enables greater margin retention; it also ensures consistency and improves overall customer experience within the renewal process.

The program is open to Gold and Platinum partners in the United States and Silver, Gold and Platinum partners in Canada who are enrolled in the Symantec Authorized products program in North America and have signed a Direct Reseller Addendum. It applies to enterprise renewals of NetBackup, Storage Foundation, Cluster Server and Enterprise Vault.

Enterprise Security Specialization for Partners

Symantec's newest specialization will give partners qualified to sell Symantec Enterprise Security solutions greater opportunity for improved profitability and differentiation. Partners who earn the Enterprise Security Specialization will have access to incentives, programs and specialized content, as well as recognition as a Specialized partner within Symantec's Partner Locator.

This Specialization requires that partners attain sales and technical accreditations in Symantec Protection Suite Enterprise Edition, which ensures partners are highly competent in selling and deploying Symantec Enterprise Security solutions. With the specialization, partners can more effectively deliver solutions that solve their customer's most critical security challenges. The Enterprise Security Specialization will be available in late 2009 to Symantec Channel GSP, Platinum, Gold, Silver and Registered partners in North America.

New Partner Community on Symantec Connect

Symantec has added a new partner component to Symantec Connect, the company's online community for customers and partners. Available now, this new partner community connects partners with Symantec and each other, enabling them to collaborate and utilize technical and business information within one online community. It provides a forum for partners to engage with other partners, ask questions and make suggestions to Symantec channel leadership via forums, blogs and idea exchange. Visit Symantec's Partner Community now for the latest news from Partner Engage 2009.

Partner Quotes:

'Symantec understands the importance of having the right resources and information readily available to better support our customers,' said Gavin Hood, vice president, Ontario, ESI Technologies. 'Through these new programs and tools provided by Symantec, we have access to more options for customers, which in turn enables us to deploy solutions faster and simplify the budgetary process.'

'Symantec's Partner Program provides ITS with the tools and training needed to further engage our customers at a higher contact level,' said Chuck Hegarty, vice president, Business Development, ITS Partners. 'Thanks to Symantec, our sales team knows what questions to ask and they have done their homework before engaging with a potential customer. These new enhancements to the program will help us drive even greater success in 2010.'

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REDMOND, Wash.— Building on the innovation described in the Dynamic Business vision recently discussed at Convergence 2009 Europe, Microsoft Corp. today introduced the November 2009 service update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, the third service update delivered in 18 months. The service update offers new features at no additional cost to customers, including free mobile access, enhanced data import, customizable views and simplified pricing. Microsoft also announced that customers that switch from Salesforce.com and Oracle CRM On Demand products can get Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online free for six months, in addition to their free 30-day trial.

'The new service update to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online demonstrates our commitment to simplify the customer experience, deliver rapid innovation and offer more value at a lower price,' said Brad Wilson, general manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. 'Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online enables businesses to begin driving productivity and results in a matter of minutes.'

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online service update brings the following:

* Fast online access. Organizations can get started with a trial or paid subscription to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online in less than five minutes. Customers are able to access the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online service through a Microsoft Outlook interface, via a Web browser or from a wide range of mobile devices — all at no additional charge.

* Simple contact management. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online provides a single, unified view of customer information that helps sales people manage accounts and drive revenue. A new Get Started Pane delivers guidance, training and access to communities, and Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, allowing users of all skill levels to maximize their productivity. In addition, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online makes it easy to import data from other CRM applications.

* Better sales performance. Sales managers benefit from strong sales forecasting and their sales teams benefit from workflow capabilities that ensure that customer engagements happen quickly and consistently. A new home page dashboard provides real-time views into key metrics that help prioritize daily activities.

* Better economics. Microsoft has simplified and reduced its Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online pricing for all customers. All Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online offerings are now available at $44 per user per month, and include offline support, 200 custom entities, 200 workflows and 5 GB of storage.

In addition to its free 30-day trial, Microsoft is offering six months of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online at no additional cost to existing customers of Salesforce.com and Oracle CRM On Demand. This reinforces Microsoft's focus on delivering more value at a lower cost than competing CRM vendors, whether through on-premises or on-demand CRM deployments. Eligibility requirements and other details of this offer can be found at http://offers.crmchoice.com/moreforless.

'Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is a perfect fit for our business,' said Laura Tantaros, sales operations specialist for Trion Group Inc. 'We were able to get started and train our employees very quickly, largely due to the Microsoft Outlook user interface, and adapt the service to our specific business needs easily.'

'We've built our business on Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and we've helped more than 75 companies adopt the service in the past year,' said Steve Bowles, chief executive officer of Pelagic Solutions Inc. 'In our experience Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online simply delivered a lot more capabilities and value than other software as a service (SaaS)-based CRM systems, at a lower price.'

The new November 2009 service update will be available to all Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online customers by Nov. 15, 2009. Businesses can get started today by signing up for a no-cost 30-day trial by subscribing at http://crm.dynamics.com.

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ORLANDO, Flor. – Partner Engage 2009 .– Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the 2009 North American Partner Award winners at Symantec Partner Engage 2009. The Symantec Partner Awards recognize partners who have invested in Symantec and successfully combined Symantec software with their own services to solve customers' most complex business challenges. The winners of the 2009 Symantec Partner Awards are Allen Informàtica, CDW, Forsythe Solutions Group, GTSI, Ingram Micro Canada, Lanworks, Inc., Precision Computer Service and SHI.

'Symantec's partners are vital to our success and we're focused on helping our partners continue to increase their revenue, grow their business and stay relevant with our joint customers,' said Randy Cochran, vice president, North American channel sales, Symantec. 'The 2009 Channel Partner Awards recognize the focus of our partners who have truly invested in themselves and Symantec to deliver solutions that help customers reduce costs and minimize risks to deliver a near-term return on investment.'

Partner Engage 2009 is being held at the JW Marriott in Orlando, FL from November 4-6, 2009. Symantec's annual partner conference addresses partners through various keynotes and breakout sessions on relevant topics including data protection, storage management and high availability, endpoint management and security, the Symantec partner program and sales and partnering strategies. For more information please visit the Partner Engage website.

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Today's announcement is building on an effort to encourage collaboration and drive innovation in the insurance industry. The adoption of standardized business processes and models will make it easier for insurers to work with agents, brokers and other data partners.

The overall contribution represents a significant contribution of intellectual property associated with IBM's insurance industry models. The donated models are from IBM's Insurance Application Architecture (IAA), the company's insurance business and IT architecture framework. IAA is continually developed by IBM in collaboration with 100 leading insurance companies around the world, and the IAA model has been licensed by more than 200 insurers worldwide. IAA Business Object/Data Model, coupled with the existing ACORD Information Model, will form the building blocks for the next version of the ACORD Information Model.

'Over the past year, ACORD with previous donations and member participation, created the initial Information Model in an effort to provide an industry-owned model. IBM's donation will allow ACORD to leverage IBM's 20 years of experience in building an insurance industry model to further develop the ACORD Information Model. The consolidation of the two models will be available to the industry participants for future innovation,' said John Kellington, Senior Vice President of ACORD.

IAA is part of IBM's Industry Models portfolio, a comprehensive family of data, process and service models that are widely used across industries. Going forward, IBM will continue to work closely with ACORD to align IBM's rich set of IAA models with ACORD's standards portfolio. In addition, implementation guides and supporting tools will be issued by ACORD to foster the adoption and expansion of the Framework.

'The synergy of IAA and ACORD working together to create full, robust, flexible insurance assets will aid the ACORD standards group to leverage an insurance industry blueprint with a full operational payload. In this case, both assets will be stronger for this collaboration," said Michael Daugherty, president of the independent IBM Industry Models User's Group (IMUG) and architect at Liberty Mutual Agency Markets Information Services. "IBM and ACORD show true thought leadership by combining the power of ACORD's existing Information Model and their insurance industry information exchange standards, with the depth, flexibility, and operational richness of the IAA Business Object/Data Model."

IBM's latest and largest IBM business-model donation will further enrich ACORD standards and help propel their use within the industry. The new models will accelerate the development and adoption of ACORD Framework, ACORD Messaging and ACORD eForms.

Leading insurers are on a journey to using information as a strategic asset. By creating an Information Agenda strategy and leveraging IAA and industry standards, they are setting the stage for enhanced business benefits. As a result, IBM and ACORD have worked closely together to promote industry standards and encourage collaborative, innovative solutions for insurers.

'The ACORD Framework models will give insurers a flexible set of industry developed assets to help accelerate the global adoption of key industry concepts,' said Mark Lewis, Global Insurance Industry General Manager at IBM. 'Collaboratively aligning market-leading products such as IBM's IAA with ACORD's Framework will increase the value IAA can deliver to the industry and is consistent with IBM's strategy of fostering open standards organizations to create growth and innovation.'

By aligning IAA with the ACORD Framework, IBM increases the ability to leverage ACORD and other open standards in IBM's WebSphere SOA Foundation and SOA insurance industry accelerators, offering insurers accelerated capabilities to implement ACORD standards and SOA. In addition, IBM Cognos BI, together with IBM DB2 pureXML, can further help companies extract key data from ACORD XML messages, integrate the information with existing relational data, and create compelling reports for business analysts and executives.

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SADA was one of the original Google Enterprise partners in Google Apps. Since becoming a Google Apps Enterprise Partner SADA has had the opportunity to assist in the implementation of Google Apps for both educational and enterprise organizations. SADA has become one of the nation's leading providers of Google Apps implementations since becoming a partner in 2006. Project requirements for several implementations required the creation of custom tools to meet the needs of the client. These custom tools included utilities for the provisioning of accounts, synchronization with a client's existing identity management solution, and others. SADA realized an opportunity was available to help VARs grow their Cloud-based practice, while reducing their costs.

"There are millions of Small or Mid-size Businesses (SMBs) in the country," says Tony Safoian, president and CEO of SADA Systems, Inc. He adds, "Our goal is to ensure that, for every SMB, there is a skilled VAR to help them deploy cloud-based solutions that save them money." SADA is accepting registrations from interested VARs now, and the CloudToolKit officially launches later this month. For more information, and to sign up visit www.cloudtoolkit.com

SADA Systems, Inc. is a privately held information technology consulting, outsourcing, and development firm founded in 2000. SADA works with its client base to develop innovative technology solutions to business challenges. SADA designs, delivers, deploys and supports a holistic, cutting-edge suite of best-of-breed technologies. This allows organizations to leverage Information Technology to achieve new levels of effectiveness, efficiency, and collaboration. SADA is headquartered in North Hollywood, CA, but participates in projects world-wide. For more information, visit http://www.sadasystems.com.

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Toronto, Canada (November 4, 2009) — An article entitled 'Computer-assisted methods for molecular structure elucidation: realizing a spectroscopist's dream' written by scientists at Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs), The Russian Academy of Sciences, and ChemZoo Inc., has become one of the Top 10 Most Accessed Articles on the Journal of Cheminformatics website. The article coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first published works dealing with the creation of algorithms for computer-assisted structure elucidation (CASE).

The article aims to illustrate that CASE systems are finally approaching the goal of fully automated structure elucidation—a spectroscopist's dream come true—and describes the main principles of CASE systems along with some of the challenges encountered in developing an effective system. The expert system, ACD/Structure Elucidator, using 2D NMR data is used to illustrate the principles of a modern CASE system.

CASE has traditionally attempted to employ a variety of types of analytical spectra to elucidate chemical structure including 1H and 13C NMR, IR, and UV, but without significant success. Only in the past two decades, with the increased availability and use of 2D NMR, has development of expert systems based on 2D NMR been possible.

The abstract and full article text is available on the Journal of Cheminformatics website. http://www.jcheminf.com/content/1/1/3

For more information about ACD/Structure Elucidator software, visit our website. http://www.acdlabs.com/se/.

About Advanced Chemistry Development

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) develops desktop and enterprise software solutions for chemical, biochemical, and pharmaceutical R&D. Our expertise lies in vendor-neutral spectroscopic data processing and prediction, physicochemical and ADMET property prediction, analytical knowledge management, interactive reporting, and integrating analytical data with chemical structures to help protect and leverage valuable research knowledge.
www.acdlabs.com.

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DENVER, CO .- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today launched the IBM Cloud Academy, a global forum for educators, researchers and information technology (IT) personnel from the education industry to pursue cloud computing initiatives, develop skills and share best practices for reducing operating costs while improving quality and access to education.

IBM announced at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference that 17 educational institutions worldwide are the first to participate in the Cloud Academy. United States-based institutions include George Mason University; Georgia State University; Gwinnett County Public Schools; Marist College; New York University; North Carolina State University; Pike County Schools; The Executive Leadership Foundation's Technology Transfer Project – a collaborative effort for Historically Black Colleges and Universities; and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. International institutions include Beijing University of Technology in China; Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), Qatar University (QU) and Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) in Qatar; Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon in France; Ozyegin University in Turkey; Nanyang Technical University in Singapore; and Victoria University in Australia.

"Cloud computing makes it easier for those in the education industry, including students, faculty and administrators, to gain immediate access to a wide range of new educational resources and research applications and tools," said Michael King, vice president, IBM Global Education Industry. "The IBM Cloud Academy will advance awareness and adoption of cloud computing, including best practices for education and research institutions.'

IBM Cloud Academy Advocates Collaboration and Innovation

The IBM Cloud Academy will enable these institutions and other participants to collaborate using an IBM-managed cloud, available via the Internet, lowering barriers to entry for the development and contribution of subject matter expertise. Through the Academy, members can create working groups on areas of interest to the education industry, 'jam' on new innovations for clouds in education-related areas with IBM developers, work jointly on technical projects across institutions, share research findings, and exchange new ideas for research. Participants are also encouraged to innovate to further advance cloud computing by preparing education-focused open source software for clouds, integrating cloud provisioning and de-provisioning services, validating content for compliance with accessibility standard, and leveraging IBM cloud offerings for teaching, learning, research and administration.

A vital aspect of the IBM Cloud Academy will be the development of new technologies and research methods. The IBM Cloud Academy gives participants the ability to work with elite researchers in IBM labs throughout the world, many of whom are working on cloud initiatives in education, to extend the boundaries of cloud computing in education.

IBM will also collaborate with participants of the IBM Cloud Academy on integrating cloud technologies into their campus and district infrastructures, including IBM's virtualized server and storage hardware, Tivoli Provisioning and Automation software for management of cloud environments, campus and student computer lab management with the Virtual Computing Laboratory project, and cloud integration services from IBM's global services organizations.

IBM's Cloud Academy leverages IBM's Academy of Technology, whose membership consists of IBM top technical leaders from around the world who are working in research, hardware and software development, manufacturing, and services.

Participants will have access to IBM's public cloud services, including LotusLive for administration collaboration, IBM Desktop Cloud Services, delivery services for Virtual Computing Labs, and Corporate Citizenship Education Projects, such as PowerUp, Forbidden City and TryScience.

One of the tools hosted by LotusLive is the online version of Innov8 2.0, IBM's flagship 'serious game,' which is integrated with BPM BlueWorks. Shown at EDUCAUSE, Innov8 2.0 is being used by more than 100 universities worldwide and features real-world business scenarios where the goals are to maximize profitability and customer satisfaction while minimizing carbon emissions. Challenges in the game include managing a supply chain, reducing congestion in a city, and optimizing call center queues.

IBM's Cloud Computing and Education Initiatives

The IBM Cloud Academy represents a continuation of the cloud computing projects that IBM has initiated over the past two years. These programs provide a forum for collaboration, research and innovation, as well as a showcase for the work and projects IBM has completed with the education industry. Some highlights include:

* In October of 2007, IBM and Google teamed up to help university students gain the skills needed to program cloud applications.
* The two companies have since joined forces with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to enable more students to participate in the IBM/Google Cloud Computing University Initiative through grants provided from NSF through its Cluster Exploratory (CLuE) program.
* IBM continues to work with universities and educational institutions worldwide, giving students access to cloud computing technologies to help them complete research projects that aid in the development of remote regions and socio-economic conditions all over the globe.

The charter members of the IBM Cloud Academy will work with IBM to define the final structure of the academy, which will open for general membership early in 2010.

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DULUTH, Ga. – NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR ) announced today that it has purchased the assets of Netkey, Inc., a market-leading provider of kiosk and digital signage software applications used by leading companies to deliver a growing range of multi-industry self-service applications such as gift registry, guided selling, endless aisle and human resources functions. Terms were not disclosed.

ABI Research predicts that companies will spend more than $1 billion globally on digital signage solutions next year, growing at an average of 20 percent per year for the next five years, while kiosk deployments will grow an average of 19 percent per year during the same period.

Netkey's enterprise software platform uses a proven scalable architecture that enables fast and flexible development of applications for kiosk and digital signage-based solutions. NCR will combine Netkey's software platform with its own technologies to provide a best-in-class enterprise solution, which includes software applications, one of the broadest hardware portfolios in the industry, and a suite of services. NCR will continue to provide multivendor hardware support with the Netkey solution.

Headquartered in East Haven, Conn., Netkey has over 75,000 kiosks and digital signs installed by more than 400 clients in the retail, finance, transportation, and government sectors. Many of these customers also use NCR 's kiosk, self-checkout or point-of-sale solutions.

'This acquisition makes perfect sense from a customer perspective,' said Jenny Hinsman, vice president of kiosk solutions for Pitney Bowes. 'We use Netkey's application on NCR 's hardware for our Mail & Go Shipping kiosk. We now have one point of contact and, more importantly, are dealing with one company that is now even better positioned to lead the advance and growth of the self-service industry.'

Netkey will provide NCR with a robust digital signage application that is built on the same platform as Netkey's kiosk applications, making NCR's solutions faster to deploy and easier to support.

'Consumers increasingly expect to interact with companies when and how they wish, and businesses are responding by offering their customers a seamless experience across the channel of their choice,' said Mike Webster, vice president and general manager for NCR 's retail line of business. 'This acquisition will enable NCR to help its customers across multiple industries with kiosk and digital signage solutions that deliver more effective transactions, promotions and information as part of a merged channel strategy.

'In doing so, NCR will take a best-in-class solution, combine it with best-in-class hardware and services, and deliver compelling competitive advantage, ultimately on a global basis. Our approach is an example of NCR executing its software-driven, hardware-enabled and services-led corporate strategy.'

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CHICAGO . – With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act underway, healthcare organizations face new challenges to maintain privacy and security of patient health data. However, data gathered from healthcare IT and security professionals indicate that many organizations may not be ready to meet some of the HITECH components of the ARRA legislation and other security challenges, according to the results of the 2009 HIMSS Security Survey, sponsored by Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC).

While healthcare organizations recognize that patient data must be protected, the survey results show that:

* Security budgets remain low
* Organizations often don't have a response plan for threats or a security breach
* A designated Chief Security Officer or Chief Information Security Officer is not in place

In addition, the survey reveals that healthcare organizations are not using the current security technologies available to keep patient data safe. Respondents to this survey widely use audit logs with data from firewalls, application logs and server logs as common information sources. Yet, when analyzing the log data, only 25 percent of respondents reported electronic analysis of that data. Respondents indicate they are using firewalls and user access controls, but are not implementing all available technologies to secure data. Only 67 percent of responding organizations use encryption to secure data in transmission, and fewer than half encrypt stored data.

'Healthcare organizations are continually looking for ways to save money,' said David Finn, health IT officer, Symantec Corp. 'One of the best ways to accomplish these goals is through investing in technologies that will automate and reduce the risks of a security incident and lower the chances of a compliance issue. Although awareness about these issues is high, many providers have not yet made significant moves to the address these concerns.'

Other key survey results include:

Security Budget: Approximately 60 percent of respondents reported that their organization spends three percent or less of their organization's IT budget on information security. This is consistent to the level of spending identified in the 2008 study.

Maturity of Environment: Respondents characterized their environment at a middle rate of maturity, with an average score of 4.27 on a scale of one to seven, where one is not at all mature and seven is a high level of maturity.

Formal Security Position: Fewer than half of respondents indicated that their organization has either a formally designated CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) or CSO (Chief Security Officer).

Patient Data Access: Surveyed organizations most widely implement user-based and role-based controls to secure electronic patient information. Approximately half of respondents reported that their organization allows patients/surrogates to access electronic patient information. Patients/surrogates are most likely to be granted access to high level clinical information, such as diagnosis or lab results.

Management of Security Environment: Nearly all respondents reported that their organization actively works to determine the cause/origin of security breaches. However, only half have a plan in place for responding to threats or incidents related to a security breach.

Security Controls: Most respondents reported that they use the information generated in their risk analysis to determine which security controls should be used at their organization. About 85 percent of respondents reported that they monitor the success of these controls and two-thirds of these respondents measure the success of these controls.

Risk Analysis: Three-quarters of surveyed organizations conduct a formal risk analysis (only half of these conduct this assessment on a yearly basis or more frequently), which has remained the same in the past year. Three-quarters of organizations that did conduct risk assessments found patient data at risk due to inadequate security controls, policies and processes. Conducting this analysis positions organizations to identify gaps in their security controls and/or policies and procedures.

Security in a Networked Environment: Nearly all respondents reported that their organizations share patient data in electronic format. Respondents are most likely to report that they share data with state government entities. Respondents also reported that the area in which they are most likely to share data in the future is with Health Information Exchanges (HIEs)/Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs). Approximately half of these organizations (41 percent) indicated that these sharing arrangements have resulted in the use of additional security controls beyond those that were already in place at their organization. This is consistent with the data reported in the 2008 survey.

Future Use of Security Technologies: E-mail encryption and single sign on and were most frequently identified by respondents as technologies that were not presently installed at their organization but were planned for future installation.

Medical Identity Theft: One-third of respondents reported that their organization has had at least one known case of medical identity theft at their organization. However, only a handful of these organizations experienced direct consequences from the breach.

'Healthcare organizations must approach all IT activities, including data security, with effective management and efficient use of their budgets, staff and technologies,' said Lisa Gallagher, HIMSS Senior Director, Privacy and Security. 'IT and security professionals must recognize the need for securing patient data by using available technologies and preparing for compliance with current ARRA laws and future regulations. This complex operating environment, as well as our national goals for health IT, demands such action to ensure quality, safety and improved healthcare delivery.'

Targeting Chief Information Officers and Chief Security Officers and other Information Technology (IT) executives, the 2009 HIMSS Security Survey focused on an assessment of 196 information technology (IT) and security professionals in the healthcare field of their own readiness for today's risks and security challenges.

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'The technology enhancement initiative supported by Teradata will enable HFG to invigorate its business and continue to solidify its reputation as a formidable player,' said Young Seok Seo, team leader, Hana Synergy Box Team, Hana Financial Group. 'The Teradata solution will help us to support better, faster decision making.'

'We are pleased that Hana Financial Group chose Teradata for their core FGDW project,' said Mr. Moon-Seok Yoon, president of Teradata Korea. 'We are committed to helping Hana Financial Group maximize its integrated data to achieve real business value.'

Data from across the institution has been integrated into the Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance establishing a centralized repository. The Teradata Data Warehouse Appliance is a key member of Teradata's purpose-built platform family that enables companies of all sizes to use analytics to take advantage of opportunities, outpace their competition and achieve business results.

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