Market Wire - Computers and Software

IBM: Food Distributor Nicholas & Company Increases Data Center Energy Efficiency With Help From IBM and Vision Solutions - June 17, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (MARKET WIRE) Nicholas & Company is building a model data center that delivers significantly more computing power per watt. The Salt Lake City-based, 500 employee, food distributor has increased its computing capabilities while holding energy costs level by virtualizing applications, and consolidating its servers and storage on IBM systems.
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ControlScan: TriSource Solutions Announces Strategic Partnership With ControlScan - June 17, 2008

DAVENPORT, IA and ATLANTA, GA (MARKET WIRE) TriSource Solutions (www.TriSourceSolutions.com), a full-service merchant processing company for Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs), Independent Sales Agents (Agents), Merchant Level Salespeople (MLS) and Agent Banks, has joined with ControlScan (www.controlscan.com), an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) certified by the Payment Card Industry, to help its customers manage PCI Compliance programs for retail and e-commerce merchants.
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Avaya Inc.: Avaya Appoints Bob Lyons to Lead Contact Center Division - June 17, 2008

BASKING RIDGE, NJ (MARKET WIRE) Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, today announced it has appointed Bob Lyons to lead the company's global contact center organization. As general manager and vice president of Avaya's customer service applications division, Lyons will oversee a business that plays a central role in driving customer service for thousands of companies around the world.
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Avaya Inc.: Avaya Names Jeremy Butt to Lead Avaya Worldwide Channels - June 17, 2008

BASKING RIDGE, NJ (MARKET WIRE) Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, today announced that Jeremy Butt has joined the company as vice president of Worldwide Channels. Butt will lead the company's channel sales organization developing strategies and programs for more than 3400 system integrators, service providers, distributors, value-added resellers and solutions providers.
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Abaca Technology Corporation: Foothill-De Anza Community College District Chooses Abaca to Provide District-Wide Email Protection - June 17, 2008

SAN JOSE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Abaca Technology Corporation, an innovator in email protection and messaging security, announced today that after rigorous testing, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District has chosen the new Abaca(R) Email Protection Gateway(TM) EPG 3000 and ReceiverNet(TM) Premium Service to provide email security for faculty, staff and service personnel at its two colleges and district offices.
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Solid Data Systems, Inc.: Solid Data Announces 30% Price Reduction on DRAM-Based Solid-State Disks (SSDs) for the Data Center - June 17, 2008

SANTA CLARA, CA (MARKET WIRE) Solid Data Systems, Inc., the leading global provider of DRAM-based enterprise and carrier-class solid-state disk (SSD) storage systems, today announced reduced pricing of up to 30% on its fibre-based family of trusted solid-state disk systems in response to the continuing decreasing cost of memory. Solid Data remains committed to helping enterprise IT organizations adopt SSDs to improve application performance, reduce management overhead, and lower costs.
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Netuitive: Fannie Mae CIO Joins Netuitive Board of Directors - June 17, 2008

RESTON, VA (MARKET WIRE) Netuitive, Inc., the leading provider of self-learning performance management software, today announced that Rahul Merchant, CIO and executive vice president of Fannie Mae, will join Netuitive's Board of Directors.
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Truston: Truston Receives 2008 Product Innovation Award From Network Products Guide - June 17, 2008

SANTA BARBARA, CA (MARKET WIRE) Truston(R), a provider of award-winning online services for identity theft protection, announced today that Network Products Guide has named its myTruston(R) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform a winner of the 2008 Product Innovation Award. This annual award recognizes and honors vendors from all over the world with ground-breaking products in all areas of information technology.
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Soapstone Networks, Inc.: Soapstone Networks Makes Carrier Ethernet Resources Service Ready Through Its PNC Framework - June 17, 2008

LAS VEGAS, NV (MARKET WIRE) Soapstone Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOAP) today announced that it is showcasing the PNC(TM) (Provider Network Controller), its multi-vendor resource and service control plane software framework, at NXTcomm in Las Vegas. Soapstone will be showcasing its PNC framework making Carrier Ethernet resources service-ready in the largest multi-vendor Carrier Ethernet demonstration at NXTcomm demonstrating standards based integration from OSS to network equipment.
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Accelrys: Accelrys Releases New Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Tools in Materials Studio(R) 4.3 - June 17, 2008

SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Accelrys, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACCL) today announced the release of Materials Studio(R) 4.3, the newest version of its materials modeling and simulation platform. Materials Studio 4.3 enables multiscale modeling by introducing new functionality in the areas of quantum mechanics and mesoscale modeling. Accelrys continues its partnership with Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) by enhancing computational predictions with experimental results to create decision...
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