To handle a rising tide of information stemming from various corporate systems, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service® sought a software solution that would quickly synthesize external information, including new tax law changes, the tax implications of new legislation, and the tax impact of a natural disaster for faster distribution to its franchisees and company-owned locations managers to help best serve clients.

As a result of quick and easy access to critical business information, employees will be able to improve client service more quickly and efficiently.

IBM business analytics technology will significantly cut programmer servicing time, especially during peak times of the year, and will allow Jackson Hewitt® franchisees to use a more self-sufficient model to independently review relevant business information at-a-glance to more effectively run their office operations and analyze business reports in real time. The new analytics solution will also help Jackson Hewitt enhance office and employee performance through such tools as real-time fee and discount tracking.

"We selected IBM's business analytics system after a rigorous bid process," said Danamichele Brennen, senior vice-president and chief technology officer, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. "With analytics technology we can effectively and expeditiously empower our franchisees, corporate partners and internal stakeholders with the right information at the right time. They'll get the relevant data and analytics insight they need to provide our customers with exceptional service."

"Smart midsize organizations like Jackson Hewitt are laying the foundation for 21st Century growth with business analytics that provide and enhance data-driven decision-making," said Mychelle Mollot, vice president of worldwide marketing, BI and Performance Management, IBM. "Business analytics helps all clients glean new intelligence from their data that can be effectively applied for smarter decision-making."

About Jackson Hewitt:

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc. (NYSE: JTX), with approximately 6,600 franchised and company-owned offices throughout the United States during the 2009 Tax Season, is an industry leader providing full service individual federal and state income tax return preparation. Most offices are independently owned and operated. Jackson Hewitt is based in Parsippany, New Jersey. More information may be obtained at www.jacksonhewitt.com.

About IBM:

For more information about IBM Smarter Planet, please visit www.ibm.com/press/smarterplanet

For more information about IBM Information Management, please visit http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/.

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SAN FRANCISCO. Cisco today announced the availability of Cisco® SIO To Go, an Apple iPhone application that puts the power of the Cisco Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) in users' hands, giving them real-time access to a wealth of actionable global security information no matter where they are. The Cisco SIO iPhone application enables users to personalize alerts to show only those security threats that could impact their network and provides added assurance that they are being protected by their Cisco security solution.

With its next-generation Borderless Networks Architecture, Cisco is helping individuals to reliably and seamlessly connect to the network from anywhere, using any device, with a high level of security. This freedom is changing the way information technology departments work, allowing for more automation and real-time data flow to ensure the integrity of the borderless network. The new Cisco SIO To Go iPhone application provides IT staff with an efficient way to receive alerts and respond to threats that can affect their operations.
Cisco SIO To Go iPhone Features

Powered by the Cisco Security IntelliShield Alert Manager Service, the Cisco SIO To Go iPhone application informs, protects and enables users to respond in real time to alerts and threats to the network. The application delivers early warning intelligence, threat vulnerability and proven Cisco mitigation solutions to users' iPhones as they occur. It also provides unique IP and URL address e-mail and Web reputation look-up powered by the Cisco IronPort® SenderBase Security Network and the Cisco SIO.

Alerts delivered include:

* Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) Alerts
* Cisco Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) Signatures
* Cisco Applied Mitigation Bulletins
* Cisco Threat Outbreak Alerts
* And many others

Links to the following Cisco security news and information:

* Cisco Security Blog
* Cisco Cyber Risk Report
* Cisco Press Releases
* Cisco Security Twitter Feed
* Cisco Security Podcasts

Supporting Quote:

* Marie Hattar, vice president, Network Systems Solutions Marketing, Cisco

"Enabling borderless networks is critical for today's business success. A key component of enabling individuals to connect to their business networks from anywhere is working to ensure that the network is protected regardless of the device used. Our new Cisco SIO To Go iPhone application is another important step in making this vision a reality. It improves the means by which IT departments are alerted to threats, and it provides added confidence and device flexibility as Cisco customers are shielded from these breaches."

About Cisco Security Intelligence Operations

* An advanced security infrastructure that provides threat identification, analysis and mitigation to continuously provide the highest level of security for Cisco customers. Cisco SIO comprises three components:
o Cisco SensorBase: The world's largest threat-monitoring network that captures global threat telemetry data from an exhaustive footprint of Cisco devices and services. Sources for SensorBase include more than 700,000 globally deployed Cisco security devices; Cisco IntelliShield, a historical-threat database of 40,000 vulnerabilities and 3,300 IPS signatures; and more than 600 third-party threat-intelligence sources, which track more than 500 third-party data feeds and 100 security news feeds around the clock.
o Cisco Threat Operations Center: A global team of more than 500 security analysts around the world dedicated to threat research every day, all day, and automated systems that extract actionable intelligence.
o Dynamic Updates: Real-time updates automatically delivered to security devices, along with best-practice recommendations and other content dedicated to helping customers track threats, analyze intelligence and ultimately improve their organization's overall security posture.

Pricing and Availability:

* The Cisco SIO iPhone application is free and will be available soon at the Apple iTunes Store.

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Joe Fabiani, Munio RMS Chairman and CEO, stated, 'We were in the process of building out our own software platform when we came across the services and products of deverus. We could see right away that they could bring us to market months ahead of time with significant cost savings. They have become our IT software department.' Fabiani added, 'We believe that vendor screening is an emerging best practice, and that our partnership with deverus puts this emerging best practice on the best platform in the industry.'

Tony Cordaro, Vice President Sales for deverus said, 'Meeting and working with Joe and his team has been a natural fit. Munio's needs included some customizations that were easily delivered by our internal development team. Coupling that fact with our extremely flexible Verocity 2009 software allowed us to get Munio to market several months ahead of schedule. And, with our cost-effective fee matrix, Munio will realize ongoing savings by not having constant IT outlay expenses.'

deverus' Verocity 2009 software continues to surpass the competition in its functionality and feel with its client module and other user-friendly tools. deverus has been developing software exclusively for the background screening industry for over ten years and continues to be the industry leader. deverus can accommodate various sized companies looking to grow their background screening services to their clients. They offer state-of-the-art technology with good old-fashioned service to meet clients' needs by exceeding their expectations.

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SAN DIEGO — Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the world's largest company solely focused on data warehousing and enterprise analytics, today announced that its Teradata Customer Education program has expanded and it now offers more that 200 courses for business and technical users.

Teradata customers worldwide can customize an education program and provide their employees with on-site training or select the cost-effective web-based training – for either a single class or a subscription for many classes. Classes, catalogs, and training are delivered globally by Teradata instructors in person and over the web - a reach not matched by other data warehouse providers.

'We designed a learning environment that is both flexible and affordable,' said Debi Hoefer, consulting partner, Teradata Customer Education Americas. 'The Teradata Database is the easiest database to use. As the data warehouse grows and becomes mission critical with additional users, applications and data volumes, it is important that users understand its power and potential. The Teradata Customer Education program enables businesses to leverage the performance and capability of the database, which helps them to out-maneuver their competitors.'

Based on the customer's experience level – from foundational knowledge to mastery, Teradata Customer Education training consultants provide personal assistance in developing the right training plan. Customers can create individual learning plans based on job roles and Teradata certification levels, resulting in a self-managed education plan which benefits individuals and their companies. Users may select live, online classes, or prerecorded web-cast classes. Customers who want to shorten their 'learning curve' can access Teradata classes when they are ready, anytime, anywhere using the web-based tools. In addition, instructors are available for in-classroom learning.

The Teradata Customer Education programs can serve as preparation for the Teradata Certified Professional Program, which trains and certifies individuals. Those who achieve this status have a robust knowledge of data warehousing technology.
About Teradata

Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) is the world's largest company solely focused on raising intelligence through data warehousing, data warehouse appliances, consulting services and enterprise analytics. Teradata is in more than 60 countries and on the web at www.teradata.com

Teradata is a trademark or registered trademark of Teradata Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) announced today the winners of its Norton Cyber Safe Challenge, a national contest spotlighting online safety. The $20,000 Grand Prize was awarded to Signal Hill Elementary in Voorhees, N.J. for securing the highest number of parents who agreed to take the Challenge and registered for Norton's free online safety service, OnlineFamily.Norton.

More than 500 schools across the country competed in the Norton Cyber Safe Challenge, which began on October 1, to coincide with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and ended on November 15. The Challenge encouraged parents to protect their kids from Internet dangers by signing up for OnlineFamily.Norton, a unique online family safety solution that fosters dialogue between parents and kids about their activities on the Internet.

Second and third place prizes of $10,000 and $5,000 were presented to the Academy for Science and Design in Merrimack, N.H. and the Academy Elementary in Westminster, Colo. for registering the highest percentage of parents relative to school size.

With everything from games to virtual worlds to homework assignments all online, kids are spending more time navigating the Internet and many parents are struggling to keep up. In fact, according to the 2009 Norton Online Living Report, almost half of online parents in the U.S. (47%) have reprimanded their child for doing something online they don't approve of.

'Parents need to take the necessary steps to protect their children from online threats,' said Marian Merritt, Norton's Internet Safety Advocate. 'We are proud of the parents at Signal Hill Elementary for making the effort to protect their kids online and help their school at the same time. We hope these schools are an inspiration to other parents.'

'All of this started with my efforts to protect my daughter form Internet dangers. I found OnlineFamily.Norton was exactly what I needed so I started telling other parents. Now, most of the children at our school are protected as well,' said Kim Stroemel, president of the Signal Hill Elementary Parent Faculty Association. 'As if that isn't enough, we'll now be able to give our children a new playground with the prize money. The kids will benefit both online and offline.'

OnlineFamily.Norton is a free product that parents can sign up for at http://onlinefamily.norton.com. Parents can also learn more about how to protect their kids online and get valuable tips by visiting the Norton Family Resource Center at www.norton.com/familyresource.

About Norton from Symantec

Symantec's Norton products protect consumers from cybercrime with antivirus, anti-spyware and phishing protection, as well as bots, drive-by downloads and identity theft-- while also being light on system resources. The company also provides services such as online backup and PC tuneup, and is a trusted source for family online safety. Friend us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/norton and follow @NortonOnline on Twitter.

About Symantec

Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world. Our software and services protect against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently, enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

Note to Editors: If you would like additional information on Symantec Corporation and its products, please visit the Symantec News Room at http://www.symantec.com/news. All prices noted are in U.S. dollars and are valid only in the United States.

Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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For more information about these products please go to: http://www.polycom.com/cisco

The Cisco Developer Network (www.cisco.com/go/cdn) unites Cisco with third-party developers of hardware and software to deliver tested interoperable solutions to joint customers. Members of the program share Cisco's strong commitment to customer service and satisfaction and are required to undergo interoperability testing based on criteria set forth by Cisco. With offerings such as Polycom's HDX series telepresence systems, customers can more quickly deploy a broad range of Cisco Compatible business applications, devices, or services that can enhance the capabilities, performance, and management of their Cisco network.

About Polycom
Polycom, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLCM) is a global leader in telepresence, video, and voice solutions and a visionary in communications that empower people to connect and collaborate everywhere. Visit www.polycom.com for more information and follow us on Twitter @AllAboutPolycom.

* Interoperability testing is designed to simulate typical customer configurations, and does not replace the need for on-site testing in conjunction with actual implementation.

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MEXICO CITY - Neology announced today that it will work with Cisco to develop and deliver solutions in support of Cisco's Smart+Connected Communities vision. Both companies will work on a joint go to market strategy.

Neology has a unique focus on providing technology solutions to governments and has been awarded several high-profile contracts, including Repuve (Registro Publico Vehicular), a government initiative to track vehicles and improve traffic flow and safety in Mexico.

The Mexican government is investing in the vehicle-tracking initiatives. Similar initiatives are being considered in other countries across Latin America and Asia.

For its part, Cisco will use its relationship with Neology to better understand and address the demand for these solutions in global markets.

Cisco's "Smart+Connected Communities" initiative envisages that successful communities of the future will run on information, leading to better urban management, a higher quality of life for citizens and sustained economic development.
Supporting quotes:

* Alejandro Burillo Azcárraga, chairman of the board of Grupo Pegaso, Neology´s main shareholder

"We are excited to work with Cisco to use Neology technologies to help build Smart+Connected Communities. Together we can develop and market solutions that will help us build safer and cleaner cities."

* Carlos Dominguez, senior vice president, office of the chairman and CEO, Cisco

"Working with Neology presents Cisco with a unique opportunity to learn from one of the most successful Mexican IT companies. Coupling Neology's market and technology expertise with Cisco's own technology expertise presents an opportunity to develop IT solutions that can really help make a difference for many governments and their citizens."

About Neology
Pioneer in the UHF technology and holder of some of the most important RFID Intellectual Property in the industry, Neology is the leading provider of RFID integrated solutions for the Public Safety, Health Care and Supply Chain Management, etc. Neology was recently awarded a RFID contract by the Mexican Government to implement a unique RFID platform as a "revenue generating model" with dramatic improvements in National Security. From its technology-based beginnings, Neology has matured to become the leading integrator for RFID solutions.
www.neology-rfid.com.

About Cisco Systems
Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Information about Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com. Cisco equipment in Emerging Markets is supplied by Cisco Systems International BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cisco, the Cisco logo, and Cisco Systems are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. This document is Cisco Public Information.

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SC09, PORTLAND, Ore., LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that Météo France, the French national weather forecasting agency, has upgraded the performance and efficiency of its supercomputers by implementing an SGI® InfiniteStorage 4600 storage solution based on the LSITM Engenio® 7900 HPC storage system.

Météo France collects and stores extraordinarily large volumes of meteorological data about Earth's oceans, atmosphere and snow cover, which are then processed by a range of supercomputing applications including weather, marine and pollution forecasting. Météo France needed a new storage solution that could handle both existing data volumes and support data growth of 15 percent per year. The storage solution also had to enable daily data transfers of more than 16 terabytes between disk and tape and allow users to quickly browse through nearly ten million small files.

"The faster the supercomputer is able to write results, the more time and money we save," said Alain Beuraud, head of HPC and Storage Department at Météo France. "We needed reliable, high performance storage that could handle the enormous data volumes while also providing us with the flexibility to store less active or older data on cheaper media."

The SGI InfiniteStorage 4600 solution, based on the LSI Engenio 7900 HPC system technology, currently contains more than 400 terabytes of data and enables data transfer rates of up to 4 GB/s. To meet Météo France's annual data growth rates, the system offers initial capacity of up to one petabyte through a combination of Fibre Channel and high-capacity SATA drive enclosures.

The system's high-density LSI Engenio DE6900 SATA drive enclosure can house 60 3.5-inch SATA drives in a 4U space. The enclosure allows Météo France to more efficiently utilize its limited IT space, enabling a 480TB system to reside within a standard 19-inch rack. The high density offered by the DE6900 enclosure can reduce power consumption by more than 30 percent and floor space by more than 65 percent.

"LSI Engenio storage systems are trusted by leading OEMs and end users to deliver the performance and reliability required by the world's most demanding applications," said Steve Hochberg, senior director, worldwide HPC segment, LSI. "The combination of the low-cost, high-density SATA drive enclosure with the 7900 HPC storage system provides Météo France with exceptional price-performance, high scalability and significant cost savings through reduced power consumption and floor space."

The Engenio 7900 HPC storage system is architected for complex and high-bandwidth application environments that store and utilize vast amounts of data. The system combines industry-leading performance with advanced availability and reliability features designed to provide continuous high-speed data accessibility and protection across a wide range of HPC environments. Together, the 7900 HPC system and DE6900 enclosures enable users to implement a tiered storage solution by using both high-performance Fibre Channel drives and low-cost, high-capacity SATA drives.

The LSI Engenio 7900 HPC storage system with the DE6900 drive enclosure is available today through select OEM partners, including SGI. More information on the 7900 system is available at www.lsi.com/7900hpc.

About LSI

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More information is available at www.lsi.com.

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The DTT Consumer Business study is based on discussions with information technology executives and information officers of global consumer business organizations, and includes perspectives and commentary from Deloitte member firm subject matter experts.

'Consumer business organizations are the 'front lines' when it comes to customer information because of the amount of personal and financial data with which they are entrusted,' says Adel Melek, DTT Global Security, Privacy & Resiliency Leader. 'Our study found that the industry needs to re-focus its information security efforts to best respond to increasingly sophisticated and innovative threats.'

The DTT study reveals that, in many areas, consumer business organizations are simply not focusing on the right areas to best respond to the threats that face them:

* Many organizations still consider information security primarily a technology infrastructure issue. Fifty one percent of respondents identify their top security initiative for 2009 as security infrastructure improvement.
* Respondents are placing a less prominent focus on security governance – 53 percent of organizations are operating without an approved security governance structure, despite the fact that security governance helps to ensure that proper security controls are in place.
* Managing insider threats receives a low ranking among top security initiatives for 2009 – only 10 percent of organizations interviewed identify it as their top priority, despite respondents acknowledging that people, including third parties, are their organizations' weakest link.

Additional findings include:

* Business continuity and disaster recovery have been neglected in the past but are getting more attention. Only 9 percent of responding organizations have an enterprise-wide business continuity plan that has been documented and approved for all critical functions. But this is not a state that respondents are satisfied with, since disaster recovery is the second most-mentioned security initiative for 2009.
* Consumer business organizations have a 'last one to adopt' approach when it comes to security technology. When asked which category best describes their organization's adoption of security technology, 52 percent of respondents state that they are 'late majority', meaning that they are content to use technology that is 'proven'. However, old hardware and out-of-date technology may put customer data at risk.

Methodology

The 2009 Consumer Business global security study reports on the outcome of focused discussions between Deloitte member firm Security, Privacy & Resiliency Services professionals and information technology executives of top global consumer business organizations. Discussions with representatives of these organizations were designed to identify, record, and present the state of the practice of information security in the consumer business industry with a particular emphasis on identifying levels of perceived risks, the types of risks with which consumer business organizations are concerned, and the resources being used to mitigate these risks. To fulfill this objective, senior members of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's Security, Privacy & Resiliency Group designed a questionnaire that probed various aspects of strategic and operational areas of security and privacy. Responses of participants were subsequently analyzed and consolidated and are presented in both qualitative and quantitative formats.
About Deloitte

Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, and its network of member firms, each of which is a legally separate and independent entity. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and its member firms.

Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services to public and private clients spanning multiple industries. With a globally connected network of member firms in more than140 countries, Deloitte brings world-class capabilities and deep local expertise to help clients succeed wherever they operate. Deloitte's approximately 169,000 professionals are committed to becoming the standard of excellence.

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Infineon is the only ARM partner to have an ARM architecture license specifically for security applications. Under this agreement, Infineon is able to integrate its innovative security measures into the heart of the CPU core implementation, while maintaining compatibility with the standard ARM processor instruction set. This approach enables code reuse and access to the wide ARM development ecosystem. Infineon aims to have the first products in volume production by the second half of 2011, initially targeting the Multimedia SIM cards market. In addition, Infineon will combine the ARM architecture and its 'Integrity Guard' hardware security technology, designed for use in highly demanding chip card-based and security applications, in future products for high-end security segments.

'With this strategic cooperation, Infineon consequently follows its strategy to base its security products on its own cores. We will create proprietary security cores which combine our state-of-the-art security features along with the specific benefits of the ARM architecture, offering high performance, low power and the ARM ecosystem,' said Dr. Helmut Gassel, President of the Chip Card & Security Division at Infineon Technologies. 'In the forefront of hardware-based security developments, Infineon will continue to drive innovation, resulting in superior security products for the benefit of our customers.'

'Our agreement with Infineon is a clear demonstration of collaborative differentiation further extending the applicability of the ARM architecture to the most demanding security applications,' said Mike Inglis, EVP and GM, Processor Division, ARM. 'We continue to enjoy considerable success in the smartcard market with our SecurCore™ processors and our collaboration with Infineon is an element of our ongoing strategy to enable developers in the embedded security market to be able to utilize the ARM architecture in their future designs.'

ARM and Infineon look back on almost a decade of cooperation, mainly in wireless communication applications.

Together with energy efficiency and communication, security is one of the three focus areas of Infineon. Infineon is the number one chip card semiconductor vendor, with 25.5 percent of the worldwide market valued at US$2.4 billion in 2008. The company is contributing its quarter-century of security expertise to the effort to increase the security of today's solutions in communications, payment and banking, reliable identification of persons and goods, access protection for data and networks, and digital home entertainment electronics.

About ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the over-the-counter market OTCQX International Premier (ticker symbol: IFNNY). Further information is available at www.infineon.com

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Commenting on the service, Andrew Marson, Head of Administration Consulting, JLT said, "All JLT clients using this service are benefiting from the improvements it brings. A number have saved significant sums of money as a result. Our relationship with Tracesmart is well established."

Tracesmart Corporate provide a broad spectrum of data intelligence services to the financial sector, including a multi-tiered consumer tracing solution utilised by a growing number of FTSE 100 companies. Tracesmart is also one of a small number of companies to receive a weekly feed of current UK Death Registration Information (DRI) from the General Register Office, crucial data which is employed to enhance the mortality screening functions of its anti-fraud services.

Established as the preferred choice within the pension industry for conducting existence checks, Tracesmart's Existence service can boast the vast share of the relevant market. The process utilises DRI, historical death indexes and commercially aggregated mortality data to flag any deaths in the UK, whilst also confirming residency and identifying gone aways. This is carried out on a continual basis, permitting appropriate action to be taken to mitigate risk at the earliest possible moment.

Remarking on Existence and his company's performance within the pension sector, Tracesmart's Managing Director, Mike Trezise remarked, "Tracesmart's combined existence checks and tracing services are industry leading. We are the principal player in this market now because we essentially understand the needs of the sector. As JLT has confirmed, our existence service delivers significant advantages. The process appreciably benefits all concerned, except that is, the fraudster."

About Tracesmart

Established in 1999, Tracesmart Ltd is a leading provider of consumer intelligence services. It specialises in the provision of data cleansing, consumer tracing and identity verification. Prominent in the pensions, legal, financial and retail sectors, their fraud prevention and anti-money laundering solutions are employed by a growing legion of businesses ranging from SME to FTSE 100 companies. Recently, the company's management has embarked on a rapid growth strategy, doubling staff numbers and office accommodation at its Cardiff Bay headquarters in addition to opening its City of London office to satisfy existing and anticipated future demands for its products and services.

Mike Trezise Trezise is the founder and Managing Director of Tracesmart. With over 25 years tracing and fraud analysis experience, his unrivalled knowledge provides the company with a distinct competitive advantage.

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With HP Data Protector Notebook Extension, businesses can back up and recover data outside the corporate network, even while working remotely and offline.

According to industry experts, 25 percent of the workforce is currently mobile (1) and, for the first time, shipments of notebooks have overtaken desktops (Q3 2008).(2) In addition, employees are increasingly saving vital company information outside of corporate networks, with more than 4,000 business files stored on the average PC.(3)

Organizations can face dramatic business risks if this critical data is lost through hard-drive failures or accidental file deletions. The cost of data loss can be potentially more than $400,000 annually for an average-size business with 5,000 users.(4)

HP Data Protector Notebook Extension addresses these challenges by expanding backup policies so local data is always protected, even when a user is working offline. Data is instantly captured and backed up automatically each time a user changes, creates or receives a file. Data is then stored temporarily in a local repository pending transfer to the network data vault for full backup and restore capabilities.

Businesses can reduce technology costs and increase employee productivity with the solution's continuous file protection, which provides nonstop, transparent and automated protection for information created locally. With single-click recovery, users can recover their own files without initiating help desks calls, thereby minimizing the burden on IT resources.

Businesses also can maximize bandwidth efficiency and better ensure security of information through HP Data Protector Notebook Extension's deduplication, data encryption and compression techniques. The user's storage footprint is reduced by deduplication of multiple copies of data. All of the user's data is then stored encrypted and compressed and the expired versions are cleaned up.

'Our most dynamic, cutting-edge business data is often stored on our employees' PCs and laptops,' said John Ferguson, network systems specialist at Roswell Park Cancer Institute of Buffalo, N.Y., America's first cancer center. 'We're managing data that relates to life-threatening diseases, such as data that could lead to a cure for cancer –¬¬ we can't afford to risk not using HP Data Protector Notebook Extension.'

HP also introduced HP Backup and Recovery Fast Track Services, a suite of scalable service engagements that help ensure a successful implementation of HP Data Protector and HP Data Protector Notebook Extension, improving the productivity of technical staff while allowing them to focus on core tasks and business priorities.

'Going to work no longer means going to an office – it may mean going to a coffee shop, an airport or a home office,' said Jonathan Martin, vice president and general manager, Information Management Software, HP. 'HP Data Protector Notebook Extension gives customers the peace of mind that they can always recover their data, offline, anywhere and at anytime.'

More information is available at www.hp.com/go/dpne.

About HP

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure to solve customer problems. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com/.

(1) BPM Forum.

(2) IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, Q2 2009, August 2009.

(3) HP internal data.

(4) David Smith and Michael Williams, Pepperdine University, 2007.

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ISLANDIA, N.Y. CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) today announced the availability of CA High Security Support, which provides added protection for sensitive customer information. This new value-add service available in the U.S. reduces the risk of unauthorized disclosure and helps customers safeguard sensitive data shared with CA Support.

'IT's Assessment of Support Services,' a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of CA, September 2009, indicated that over 90 percent of the respondents (personnel with direct responsibility for IT infrastructure management decisions at enterprises with revenues of $1 billion or more) believed their companies required assurance that the data they share with IT vendors is protected in order to comply with security regulations. Over 80 percent of survey respondents indicated high security to protect enterprise data shared with IT vendors during support interactions was important for the success of their IT management solution.

With CA High Security Support, case records and associated file attachments are transmitted via secure file transfer protocols, encrypted and stored in U.S. locations, and maintained in a separate U.S. based case management system which authorizes access only by CA personnel who are U.S. citizens.

'We have seen a strong demand for U.S. restricted support and secured management of issue data from customers in the public sector and private industries,' said Leo Annab, corporate senior vice president of Global CA Support. 'Recognizing this need, we are pleased to offer our customers CA High Security Support. This new offering provides management of customers' sensitive data within the U.S. by U.S. citizens in a secured and restricted environment for carefully monitored issue resolution.'

CA High Security Support includes:

* Safeguarding the electronic and physical support files submitted via separate CA Support queues and encryption processes.
* Isolated storage of support files in a U.S. location.
* Case analysis and resolution support within the U.S. by authorized CA Support Engineers who are U.S. citizens.
* 24 hours a day, 7 days a week support for Severity 1 issues within the U.S. by CA Support Engineers who are U.S. citizens.
* Two-way secure file transmission of data via secure file transfer protocols.

In addition, where personnel other than CA Support Engineers within the U.S. or are not U.S. citizens must be engaged to help resolve support cases, case reporting and email notifications to those personnel will exclude specified categories of confidential data and identifiers.

This service is available only to CA Business Critical Support customers. To review the list of products that CA High Security Support is offered for, please visit www.ca.com/us/products/collateral.aspx?cid=221115.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Service Oriented Storage Solutions, today announced the addition of the Hitachi Dynamic Replicator to its replication and data protection software portfolio. In partnership with InMage Systems, a leading independent software vendor of disk-based business application recovery solutions for heterogeneous environments, Hitachi Data Systems meets the operational and economic needs of midrange customers by offering simple, cost-effective disaster recovery solutions for heterogeneous data storage environments.

'Disaster recovery is a critical concern for organizations of all sizes as they strive to improve the data resilience of their operations. The typical midrange customer today is dealing with rapid data growth and requires simplified and cost-effective data protection and replication solutions for disaster planning and operational recovery,' said Sean Moser, vice president, Software Products, Hitachi Data Systems. 'The unique, hybrid recovery technology in Hitachi Dynamic Replicator translates into direct value for the customer – it accommodates heterogeneous storage and servers while providing recovery solutions that are tailored to specific application environments. Additionally, the flexible design helps preserve existing investments, allowing customers the benefits of disk-based recovery and maximum freedom for purchasing and deploying future products.'

Hitachi Dynamic Replicator Customer Benefits
For midrange storage customers struggling with business continuity problems in heterogeneous environments, Hitachi Dynamic Replicator solutions leverage the advantages of disk-based data protection to provide application-aware recovery that can meet remote and local requirements. Hitachi Dynamic Replicator enhances the operational efficiencies and resiliency of the Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family and Hitachi Storage Reclamation Service by providing midrange storage customers with simplified solutions for outstanding replication performance in heterogeneous environments.

Hitachi Dynamic Replicator brings a high degree of application integration, network optimization and automated management providing compelling recovery and availability benefits to customers struggling with business continuity issues in heterogeneous environments. By combining these capabilities with the key replication features of existing midrange storage systems, Hitachi Data Systems provides organizations with full featured replication based solutions at a price point they have come to expect.

Supporting Quotes

* IDC: 'Through a high degree of application integration, network optimization and automated management, Hitachi Dynamic Replicator provides compelling availability and recovery capabilities to midrange storage users. The flexible design of the software and simplified implementation allows users to improve recovery time and recovery point objectives across heterogeneous storage environments, leveraging existing hardware and software investments.' ~Steve Scully, research manager, Enterprise Storage Systems
* InMage Systems: 'InMage's robust recovery software, combined with the leading Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage family, provides mid-tier companies with heterogeneous replication, application availability and remote office backup capabilities that are second to none in the industry. With the Hitachi Dynamic Replicator, customers can successfully execute and simply manage data resilience initiatives within their organizations.' ~ John Ferraro, CEO
* LexisNexis: 'InMage has been a tremendous companion to our existing replication software from Hitachi Data Systems, providing a wide range of options in managing the heterogeneity within our existing infrastructure to meet our business goals. We expect tighter integration between Hitachi Data Systems and InMage technologies to further improve the value we're getting from the joint solutions today, which already provides significant flexibility in minimizing the impact of administrative tasks like disaster recovery, change management and data migration.' ~ Keith E. Moore, director, Technology Services, Applied Discovery, a subsidiary of LexisNexis

Web Resources

* Learn more about Hitachi Data Systems portfolio of replication and data protection software and storage solutions: http://tr.im/hitachidynamicreplicator
* Read what Hu Yoshida has to say about the new Hitachi Dynamic Replicator: http://blogs.hds.com/hu
* Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/HDScorp

About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation provides Services Oriented Storage Solutions that enable heterogeneous storage to be dynamically provisioned according to business needs and centrally managed via industry leading Hitachi storage virtualization software. With over 4,100 employees, and as an integral part of the Hitachi Storage Solutions Group, Hitachi Data Systems delivers storage infrastructure platforms, storage management software, and storage consulting services through direct and indirect channels in over 170 countries and regions. Its customers include nearly 60 percent of the top 100 companies on the Fortune 500®. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.hds.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 400,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2008 (ended March 31, 2009) consolidated revenues totaled 10,000 billion yen ($102.0 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials, logistics and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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Quick troubleshooting is a standard part of today's service spectrum, but in times of tougher competition and rising cost pressures customers demand total support with contractually assured system availability. Global remote maintenance of systems and machines, also referred to as remote services, meets these requirements and delivers significant savings for investment and maintenance costs, because customers pay only for the services they actually use. One major challenge with regard to remote services is making the communication infrastructure for software distribution via the CSRP scalable and secure enough to prevent non-authorized access or data misuse. The Windows Azure platform from Microsoft provides the necessary functionalities. It features basic services such as system links, permanent data storage and high processing capacity which are available on a pay-per-use basis. What makes Siemens's CRSP special: It exploits the Microsoft platform in order to benefit from its cost savings and its expandable links to customer networks.

"Reducing their IT costs continues to be a major challenge for our customers. Cloud-based solutions in connection with the Common Remote Service Platform can play a significant role in meeting this objective," says Jürgen Müller, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Siemens IT Solutions and Services.

Siemens IT Solutions and Services is an internationally leading provider of IT solutions and services. It covers the entire IT service chain from a single source, from consulting to system integration, right through to the management of IT infrastructures. In addition, Siemens IT Solutions and Services extends the range of offerings of the other Siemens Sectors to include IT solutions. With its comprehensive know-how and industry-specific knowledge, Siemens IT Solutions and Services provides measurable added value for its customers. Siemens IT Solutions and Services employs more than 41,000 people and posts annual sales of about 5.3 billion euros, of which over 70 percent are generated outside of the Siemens Sectors. More information at: www.siemens.com/it-solutions.

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The contract covers two Saab 340 AEW (Airborne Early Warning) systems, comprising of the Saab 340 aircraft equipped with the advanced Erieye radar system. The contract also includes ground equipment as well as logistics and support services.
A true multi-mission system

An Airborne Early Warning system is used to monitor a country's airspace, borders and territorial waters. Together with the associated ground equipment, the surveillance system provides a detailed situational picture that can be used in conjunction with, for example, border control and rescue operations.

"We've been conducting discussions with the UAE for several years concerning an airborne surveillance system," says Saab's CEO Åke Svensson. "This contract is an additional proof of our expertise and international competitiveness within the field of network-based solutions for defence and civil security."
Operational in several countries

Saab's Erieye surveillance system is a market success. The first Erieye surveillance system was delivered to the Swedish Air Force on a Saab 340 aircraft platform. The system also has been sold to Thailand with the Saab 340 as a platform, and this time the United Arab Emirates.

The surveillance system has also been installed on the Embraer-145 aircraft and is operational in Brazil, Mexico and Greece. The system will soon be delivered to Pakistan on Saab 2000 aircraft.

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MECHANICSBURG, Pa. - Nearly 80 percent of security products fail to perform as intended when first tested and generally require two or more cycles of testing before achieving certification, according to a new ICSA Labs report. The "ICSA Labs Product Assurance Report" - a first-of-its-kind study co-authored by the Verizon Business Data Breach Investigations Report research team - details lessons gleaned from testing thousands of security products over 20 years.

The report found that the No. 1 reason why a product fails during initial testing is that it does not adequately perform as intended. Across seven product categories, core product functionality accounted for 78 percent of initial test failures -- for example, an anti-virus product failing to prevent infection or an IPS (intrusion prevention system) product failing to filter malicious traffic.

(NOTE: To download high-resolution charts supporting this study, as well as the ICSA Labs certification seal, visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/verizonbusiness.)

The failure of a product to completely and accurately log data was the second most common reason security products do not perform as intended. Incomplete or inaccurate logging of who did what and when accounted for 58 percent of initial failures.

The report findings suggest that some vendors and enterprise users consider logging a nuisance and merely a "box to check." According to the report, logging is a particular challenge for firewalls. Almost every network firewall (97 percent) or Web application firewall (80 percent) tested experienced at least one logging problem.

The third most significant reason for product failure is the finding that 44 percent of security products had inherent security problems, including vulnerabilities that compromise the confidentiality or integrity of the system and random behavior that affects product availability.

Even though it can be a demanding process, certification with a trusted, established third party is critical to verifying product quality, states the report. Product categories studied were: anti-virus, network firewall, Web application firewall, network IPS, IPSec VPN, SSL VPN and custom testing.

"Our goal is to help vendors develop more secure products," said George Japak, managing director of ICSA Labs and a co-author of the report. "When a product fails, we encourage vendors to view that as an opportunity to improve the product before it goes to market. In addition to benefiting the security industry, this open exchange of information can greatly benefit enterprises by providing them more reliable and available information to make educated product purchasing and use decisions."

Only 4 percent of Products Pass First Round

The ICSA Labs testing and certification process is rigorous; only 4 percent of products tested attained certification during the first testing cycle. However, 82 percent of products resubmitted for testing eventually earn ICSA Labs certification. Once a vendor earns certification, products are required to undergo ongoing testing to maintain certification.

Japak said, "The question I ask vendors is: 'Who would you rather have find an issue in your product -- ICSA Labs in a safe testing environment or a criminal in the real world?'"

The study also identified several other issues with the security products tested including poor product documentation and problems involving patching -- a product's ability to accept updates correctly.

Vendors are urged to read the "ICSA Labs Product Assurance Report" in full, which contains aggregate data on problems and solutions identified through rigorous testing. In addition, the report contains common pitfalls to avoid, recurring deficiencies to be aware of, and, factors that contribute to testing success.

Recommendations for Enterprises

The report recommends steps companies should take before purchasing and using security products. Among the recommendations are:

* Demand quality. The market typically prefers feature-rich products over performance. If end-users demand quality, vendors will supply it.
* Be suspicious of performance claims and numbers. Vet them. Question them. Be an educated, cautious buyer.
* Choose more established products over new. New products have more problems; often times the kinks have not been worked out yet. Choose more established products when possible. If a new product is required, make sure the product is certified.
* Choose simplicity over complexity.
* Use certified products! This substantially reduces risk by ensuring that products meet objective, publicly vetted criteria. When shopping for a product, place certification at the top of the list. When using a certified product, keep up with whether the certification is current. Encourage vendors to maintain the certification after end-of-life if the product is still in use.
* Prefer vendors that certify their products, and that participate in industry and ICSA Labs consortia and other standards bodies. Working with consortia and industry organizations is a positive indicator for product quality. Technology held to an industry standard improves both features and reliability.

The complete "ICSA Labs Product Assurance Report" is available at www.icsalabs.com/whitepaper/report, along with full product testing reports at http://www.icsalabs.com/products.

About ICSA Labs
ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon Business, offers vendor-neutral testing and certification of security products. Many of the world's top security vendors submit their products for testing and certification at ICSA Labs. Businesses rely on ICSA Labs to authoritatively set and apply objective testing and certification criteria for measuring product compliance and reliability. For more information about ICSA Labs, please visit: http://www.icsalabs.com.

About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with one of the world's most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees - enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and governments - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions - rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business. Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.

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As the new 80-channel tunable DWDM 10G XFP modules have recently become available from component suppliers, Transmode has rapidly integrated these into both the TM-Series and TS-Series product families. These modules allow greater flexibility in planning, ordering, deployment and later network reconfiguration due to the ability of the modules to tune to any of the 80 DWDM wavelengths supported by the TM-Series or the 24 DWDM wavelengths supported by the TS-Series.

Additionally, these modules allow operators that hold inventory or spare part pools to keep a smaller number of modules as they no longer need to hold a large number of wavelength specific plug-in modules, therefore reducing cost.

Mohamad Ferej, Transmode's Vice President R&D commented, 'This rapid integration of tunable XFP technology into our portfolio reflects the good relationships that we have built up with our supplier partners over the years and Transmode's ability to respond quickly once a component technology reaches the right level of maturity and quality.'

'Transmode has been a long term supporter of pluggable optics and pushed hard for the initial Multi Source Agreement (MSA) standards to remove the need for wavelength specific versions of each type of line card. Our strong relationship with our suppliers has given us a head start over the competition in this important area of pluggable optics integration.'

Transmode's portfolio is an industry leader in terms of flexibility and pluggable optics integration with many industry firsts, including 2.5G CWDM/DWDM SFPs, 4G CWDM/DWDM SFPs, 10G CWDM/DWDM XFPs and recently 8G Fibre Channel XFPs for both CWDM and DWDM.

About Transmode

Transmode is a leading provider of optical networking solutions for transport of data, voice and video traffic, based on CWDM and DWDM technology (Coarse/Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing).

Transmode's unique Intelligent WDM (iWDM™) approach has lead to widespread deployment of over 10000 systems in a customer base consisting of more than 250 fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises and public institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Transmode's comprehensive product portfolio and strong global organization enable our customers to grow the capacity and to improve service level of their regional, metro and metro access networks, on a cost-efficient basis without compromising on functionality.

For additional information about Transmode, please visit www.transmode.com

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BT Global Services announced today its commitment to the new Avaya Connect accreditation programme. The business sees this as a critical component of its plans to expand its unified communications and contact centre solutions footprint for Avaya unified communications solutions, including Avaya AuraTM. This commitment will be supported by additional dedicated resources to support delivery and operations for global customers.

This builds upon BT and Avaya's long-standing 10-year relationship which was recently cemented by BT signing up to the new Avaya Connect channel programme.

Neil Sutton, Vice President Global Portfolio, BT Global Services, said: 'This extended partnership with Avaya not only enables us to significantly increase our Avaya contact centre and unified communications (UC) support capability in all key global markets but importantly with the Avaya Connect accreditation we are ensuring we are continually improving the service and delivery we provide to our customers. This means that our multi national customers with contact centres and operations around the globe can come to BT for one end to end Avaya based solution. This will remove the complexity and improve speed to market for contact centre and UC solutions. BT Global Services is now one of the few organisations that can deliver this around the world.'

Mark Mitchell, Head of Service Providers, Avaya EMEA, said: 'Choosing Avaya Aura solutions and signing up to the new Avaya Connect programme is a winning combination for BT. Not only will the company be able to deliver a richer suite of communications capabilities to its customers much faster and easier than before, the accreditation programme will really help them engage with their customers, providing better choices to move their businesses forward.'

BT's Avaya Aura solutions programme will be available from March 2010 when existing and new customers will be able to benefit from the optimised capital investment that this programme will bring. The Avaya Connect accreditation programme will be globally operational on February 1, 2010 and will allow existing partners to transition into the new programme during the course of the year.

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