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Aha eCommerce Service to Use GuardTime Keyless Signatures to Eliminate Fraud and Close the Trust Gap

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All coupons and agreements are recorded and maintained with lifelong non-repudiation.

Mountain View, CA / Reykjavík, Iceland, Tuesday – December 20, 2011 — Aha ( http://www.aha.is ), one of the largest eCommerce companies in Iceland with its main focus on daily deals, selling Internet coupons for everything from spa treatments to Go-Kart racing, has teamed up with data integrity service provider GuardTime in order to bring Aha merchants peace of mind. With the GuardTime Keyless Signature Service, Aha will be able to solidify its business agreements, conduct tamper-evident coupon transaction auditing for all its daily deals, and wipe out the question of trust that can linger around the authenticity of the data.

Selling “deal of the day” e-coupons to consumers is hugely popular, as evidenced by Groupon Inc.’s recent $700 million initial public offering, the largest IPO by a U.S. Internet company since Google’s 2004 IPO. There are plenty of other daily deals sites to reference as well, including U.S. and UK-based Living Social, which last week managed a national offer for McDonald’s, the fast food chain’s largest daily deal ever.

Yet with so much money at stake, fraud attempts are bound to follow. Aside from risks of coupon tampering, daily deals service providers typically have full control over their transaction-processing and data storage systems which can also raise doubt in merchants’ minds concerning the handling of the data. Without a verifiable auditing system in place, how is a service provider to prove authenticity on its end in the event that a dispute arises?

For example, this week Groupon was accused of altering previously-sent emails which capture the details of its agreements with its merchants. Filing a class action lawsuit, BidMyCrib.com sued Groupon in a Chicago federal court for allegedly violating the Stored Communications Act by altering sent emails “in electronic storage.”While GuardTime has no insight into either party’s position on the matter, this is a case that would be easy to prove either way – and could have even been avoided – if Keyless Signatures had been applied.

Aha’s daily deals service uses digital and printed coupons, allowing merchants to log any usage through QR codes and a secure merchant fulfillment web portal. The terms of service are also negotiated and agreed upon prior to merchant deals being offered to consumers. With the number of merchants, consumers, and transactions residing within the Aha service platform, it is critical to have proof of who is involved, what each party has agreed to, and what activities have taken place. All aspects of each agreement and every step of each transaction require a verifiable audit trail. This is where GuardTime Keyless Signatures ( http://www.guardtime.com ) come into play.

“The amount of activity on any one daily deals website creates a lot of traffic and a lot of noise that opens the opportunity for a tremendous amount of fraud, and even accidental mishandling of coupons by the merchants themselves,” says Mike Gault, GuardTime CEO. “By digitally signing all transactions through a third party, Aha can strengthen its relationships with its merchants, converting trust-based hand shakes into proof-based binding digital agreements.”

“As a company with a strong focus on eCommerce, we see tremendous value in using Keyless Signatures,” says Maron Kristófersson, CEO of Aha.”We currently sign 3-4 agreements with customers each day; with Keyless Signatures we envision a future in which all these agreements are finalized online, saving us paper, simplifying accounting, and saving a tremendous amount of time in our sales processes.”

In addition to increasing efficiency and turning the data that passes though Aha’s system into signed, tamper-evident data, the GuardTime Keyless Signature Service ( http://www.guardtime.com ) isal so the only solution to provide Aha with the ability to independently verify the signatures without reliance on GuardTime or any other third party.

“With GuardTime we have bank-grade, tamper-evident security and can produce a verifiable digital audit trail for every action, “added Kristófersson. “Merchants that use our system have practically eliminated the risk of processing false coupons as the success rate for coupon tampering is as likely as winning the lottery.”

In summary, by using the GuardTime Keyless Signature Service, Aha receives the following benefits:
* All business arrangements and associated agreements are recorded and maintained with lifelong non-repudiation.
* Merchants can prove electronic coupon authenticity prior to accepting and processing.
* All parties have proof of the status of electronic coupons.
* Trust is now backed by mathematics.

About Aha:
Aha.is, one of the largest eCommerce companies in Iceland, provides a daily deals service which enables multiple merchants to list online offers for goods and services that consumers can purchase at tough-to-beat prices. Aha’s e-coupon system makes it easy for merchants to increase sales and reach wider consumer audiences while also providing a hub for consumers to find terrific deals on just about anything.

About GuardTime:
GuardTime was founded with the goal of solving one of the biggest problems in computing: how to be sure electronic data is authentic. GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures provide proof of origin and that not a single bit has changed since a specific point in time. The verification of the signature can be done offline without reliance on keys, secrets, or the existence of a trusted third party. GuardTime’s mission is to change the world to one in which Keyless Signatures are ubiquitous and a natural part of the everyday data lifecycle, whether on disk, in transit, or in the Cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about using Keyless Signatures for signing your data.

All company names are trademarks of their respective owners.

GuardTime PR Contact:
Victor Cruz, MediaPR
vcruz@mediapr.net

Aha Contact:
Maron Kristófersson, CEO
maron@aha.is
+354 664 7311

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net Inc
Mountain View, CA – USA
+1 978-594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

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Copper Electric, Ohio & Kentucky’s Premium Electrical Contractor, Celebrate 65 Years in Business

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It all started 65 years ago, with one employee and a few clients. Now, over six decades later, Cincinnati-based Cooper Electric enjoys a healthy business, with service vans spanning two States.

The company are now seen as one of the country’s top service-based electrical contractors for the residential, commercial and industrial sectors – including their flagship Thermographic inspection service.

They still pride themselves on their core values – quality, value and service. Strict standards are maintained, including the answers on their phones twenty four hours a day, and a requirement for each of their experienced on-site staff to have completed a minimum 4-year apprentice program. So, if your Thermographer requires inspection, you can guarantee it will be attended to promptly.

As the company’s management team explain, the key to their success has been the value they base on every one of their clients:

“Using the highest ethical standards, we promise to provide the best electrical solutions for our customers through QUALITY, VALUE, and SERVICE. We strive to implement a long term relationship with our customers, based on safety, prompt service, and anticipating our customer’s needs. To guarantee our QUALITY, we will continually invest in training and education for our work force, and will never knowingly violate the standards of the National Electrical Code” they say.

The biggest pride-call for Cooper Electric is their client return rate, which currently sits at well over 70%.

“That in itself is a testament to the importance we place on everyone we serve. We’d like to thank everybody for a wonderful first 65 years in business, as we excitedly look forward to 65 more”.

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Online Survey on Spam and Phishing launched by Vircom Inc

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VircomInc, a leading provider of corporate mail security has launched an online survey on the topic of email spam.

Montreal, Canada, Friday – December 16, 2011 — VircomInc, a leading provider of corporate mail security has launched an online survey on the topic of email spam. The online survey is open to the public and targets by both corporate and personal users of email. The survey can be found at http://www.vircom.com/u/spamsurvey

“Spammers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in both their approach and techniques used to harness email addresses. Our goal is to research how consumers’ behaviour and attitude make them susceptible to spam,” said Damien Rame, head of Marketing at Vircom Inc. “To make matters worse, spammers are not just content in sending advertising emails, but also dangerous malware and phishing messages. These types of emails compromise the end-users computer and result in identity-theft.”

The survey specifically questions behavior in regards to the use of social networking sites that access address books, unencrypted Wi-Fi usage at public hotspots and familiarity with known phishing techniques. The survey also covers end-user attitudes towards spam once it manages toarrive in their inbox.

The entire survey can be found at http://www.vircom.com/u/spamsurvey. Participants to the survey are eligible to win regular prizes such as gift cards from BestBuy, Subway and iTunes, along with a grand prize of the new iPhone 4S. Results of the survey will be released in Q1 of 2012.

About Vircom:
Vircom Inc. is a software development and professional services company focused exclusively on email messaging security. Founded in 1994, Vircom is the only email security vendor to offer a wide range of deployment options, proprietary anti-spam technology, complete Windows™ infrastructure integration and premium customer service. Its award-winning products include modusMail™, modusGate™, modusGate™ VM and modusGate™ Appliance. Vircom technology is made available to several major security providers and businesses, and deployed through third-party vendors to customers in more than 100 countries. For additional information, please visit http://www.vircom.com or call 1-888-484-7266.

Press & Media Contact:
Damien Rame
Vircom Inc
460 Ste-Catherine West, Suite 600
Montréal, Québec H3B 1A7 – Canada
+ 1 (514) 845-1666
damien.rame@vircom.com

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ArivisWebView Allows 3D Image Viewing of Gigabyte Images in Web Browsers

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First of its kind, WebView3D can visualize volumetric data.

Seattle (USA) / Berlin (Germany), Wednesday – December 14, 2011 — Arivis ( http://www.arivis.com ), the leading provider of software for the visualization and analysis of high-dimensional image data of almost unlimited size, today announced beta version of WebView 3.0 with 3D rendering.

WebView3D is a new SaaS-based tool that allows users to view, manipulate, annotate and collaborate on multi-gigapixel images and render 3D image stacks using popular and common Internet browsers. WebView 3D is part of ArivisWebView, a modular framework for image visualization and annotation on the Internet.

In short, WebView3D visualizes volumetric data. For example, in a life sciences or medical application WebView3D could be used to show large computer tomography scans over the web.

“The idea behind WebView3D is to allow for the easy sharing and manipulation of volumetric data and large 3D images such as those generated by microscopical or X-ray computed tomography, or industrial CT scanning, for example,” says Arivis founder Christian Götze. “Size is never an issue. Our products incorporate, combine, manage, visualize, and analyze image data, independent from its origin, dimensionality and dimension.”

WebView3D ( http://webview3d.arivis.com/ ) takes advantage of the platform-independent WebGL interface based on OpenGL standards and freely available on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and the open source Opera browser. WebView3D support for Microsoft Explorer is forthcoming. (No plug-ins necessary.)

The ArivisWebView framework ( http://www.arivis.com ) also provides a layer of collaboration tools such as marking annotations directly on regions of interest, editorial tracking by author, time and date stamping, and archiving. For example, Boston doctors can share virtual pathological slides from a cancer patient and get a second opinion by specialists from Berlin without having to download or upload the massive file locally.

Although WebView3D can be used for sharing and viewing 3D images in life sciences, neuroscience, and biotechnology, its applications are not limited strictly to applied sciences.

Using the new WebGL technology, WebView3D can render interactive 3D data quickly and at high resolution quality in standard web browsers. Being a standard compliant solution, the 3D technology can be implemented in any web application and interact with existing systems or used in third-party applications.

WebView3D will be available as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, or sold as server software. The beta version can be demoed by visiting: http://webview3d.arivis.com/.

About Arivis:
With offices in Berlin, Germany and Seattle, Arivis products incorporate, combine, manage, visualize, and analyze image data, independent from its origin, dimensionality and dimension. Its software solutions are designed to give users fast and easy access on any pixel images from scientific sources as microscopes and computer tomographs (CT). The company provides modular software systems for scientific image processing and image analysis, finding solutions for a cost-effective and time-efficient processing of nearly indefinitely large, complex image data and in cases where conventional software fails because of excessively large image data. For further information, please visit http://www.arivis.com.

All company names are trademarks of their respective owners.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net Inc
Kröpeliner Straße 54
18055 Rostock – Germany
+1 978-594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.arivis.com

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Intuitive Business Intelligence Announces Reseller Partnership with Document Imaging Solutions Provider Allscan

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Manchester, England, 9 December 2011 – Intuitive Business Intelligence, (www.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com) the author of advanced business intelligence (BI) dashboard software, Intuitive Dashboards, announced today that it has signed a reseller agreement with Allscan, (www.allscan.co.za), a leading document imaging solutions provider in South Africa. The agreement has been formed in response to rapidly-growing demand for seamlessly-integrated business intelligence dashboard and document imaging functionality, which provides users with a holistic view of their business performance and the ability to drill-down to images of the documents.

Commenting on the reseller agreement, Roger Stocker, Director at Intuitive Business Intelligence said, “The addition of a South African reseller is another milestone for Intuitive Business Intelligence and underlines the growing international reputation of Intuitive Dashboards as the “dashboard solution of choice” for resellers worldwide. As a result of this partnership agreement with Allscan, organisations in South Africa and further afield will benefit from a fully-integrated solution that gives them the power to analyse, interpret and manage critical operational data so that they can make faster, more accurate business decisions.”

Chris Botha, Managing Director at South African-based Allscan, comments, “We are delighted to join the Intuitive Business Intelligence reseller community. We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity to help our clients reap the significant benefits offered by Intuitive Dashboards.”

Today’s reseller agreement marks the culmination of an outstanding and award-winning year for Intuitive Business Intelligence, who have recently won a swathe of clients across varying sectors, including education, technology and local government, as well as receiving the Gold Environment Award in the Science and Technology category at the 2011 Green Apple Awards.

Notes to Editor

About Intuitive Business Intelligence
Intuitive Business Intelligence Limited (www.intuitivebusinessintelligence.com) is a rapidly-growing technology innovator in the field of Business Intelligence (BI) software solutions. Their products enable organisations to save time and money by making faster, more accurate decisions based on the wide-ranging data sources and systems that already exist within their business.

Their flagship product, Intuitive Dashboards, empowers users with a single, consolidated, real-time view of critical business information, combined with proactive alerts to potential shortfalls in performance against the client’s most important metrics and KPIs.

About Allscan
Allscan (Pty) Ltd (www.allscan.co.za) specialises in the provision of document imaging, management and business intelligence (BI) hardware and software solutions to South African and sub-Saharan channel partners. As experts in the document imaging industry, Allscan assists with needs analysis, proof of concept requirements, sales training, sales and technical support and consulting.

For further information, contact:

Carrie Hamer
Intuitive Business Intelligence
e: carrie.hamer@intuitivebi.com
t: +44 (0)7554 881717

Chris Botha
Allscan
e: chris@allscan.co.za
t: + 278 2498 3333

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Build Your Enterprise IT 100% on the Web: It’s Pure Cloud

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It’s time to think Pure Cloud Solutions with your whole IT built 100% on the web.

San Jose, CA (USA), Friday – December 09, 2011 — Your Business Applications can either be built exclusively on the web using cloud platforms such as Google Apps, or they can be integrated into legacy systems, bridging the gap between old and new information systems. Netkiller, a leading global cloud IT integration firm, specializes in building applications on the Google Apps platform as well as Salesforce.com. Pure Cloud Solutions augments your systems by building on your existing IT structures.

Here are a few cases of Pure Cloud Solutions:

Workflow Management:
http://youtu.be/KzsLpnTTbhM (English Caption)
This shows pure Google Apps workflow management systems developed for companies such as MS-Autotech and PHC Valeo. These systems run 100% on the web utilizing a Google Apps document based workflow, which guarantees security and function through Google’s Service Level Agreement (SLA), which sports a 99.9% uptime guarantee (the best in the industry), and extends to any application or system developed purely on the Google cloud. Its content and function are both secure whenever, and where ever there is access to the web. TaeKyu Lee, CEO of MS-Autotech Co., said “Google Apps give innovative communication with great security; pure Google Apps solutions keep our security strong under Google’s SLA.”

NICER Emergency Response System:
Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps (FHVAC) utilizes a Pure Google Apps solution called NICER (Netkiller Internet Cloud Emergency Responder) designed and developed for storing and dispatching ambulance response in a timely and efficient manner. NICER is built entirely on the Google Apps Cloud platform, providing for secure connections (again, 99.9% up time guaranteed). Because NICER is built purely on this platform, it runs within Google Apps for Education accounts without the need for third party applications. Alan Wolfe, the President of Forest Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps, remarked, “Netkiller was able to design exactly what we needed to track our ambulance response. NICER is an easy, convenient and efficient tool that we can afford.” Because NICER is a cloud solution it can be accessed by multiple users from any Internet-enabled computer.

Custom Databases, Help Desks, and Inventory systems:
Specialized applications have been developed for organizations like NTI, which required secure SSO access to web applications for specified separate groups, a custom database that interfaces the mobile UI for data import to a mapping program for website displays, a flexible report generator for personnel, customers, and public safety, a custom online help desk, and applications integrating mail, messaging, and online access to files and collaborative materials as well as integration between customer and management applications. These web applications built by Netkiller, such as help desks and inventory systems, benefit from the security and reliability of cloud platforms like Google Apps. Localist, an organization dedicated to connecting students with events in an academic setting, is another organization that utilizes a help desk constructed on the web by Netkiller. The benefits of these systems moving onto the cloud is that they maintain top-of-the-line security, while also staying at the cutting edge of technology in terms of functionality and development.

These are only a few examples of pure cloud solutions that Netkiller has developed. The possibilities for application functionality are limitless. Beyond developing applications purely on cloud platforms, Netkiller can also work with existing ERP structures to integrate the newest technology into legacy systems. Organizations in any industry can benefit from the expertise of Netkiller’s specialists, whether an entirely new system is required, or a specific application must be integrated into existing systems.

Sungwook Jung, CEO of Netkiller said “Enterprise businesses need great security and stability as much as Google does. We help Enterprise customers to gain that security by going 100% Cloud with Netkiller’s Pure Google Apps based solutions. It’s the best way to protect a customer’s data against security risks.”

Netkiller is a Google Enterprise Solution Provider, Salesforce.com Partner, and Google Apps Authorized Reseller. Netkiller currently services over 20,000 company accounts worldwide and has provided enterprise cloud solutions for such diverse industries as health care, automotive technology, and education, as well as many others.

Press & Media Contact:
Harry Jung
Netkiller
2033 Gateway Place, Suite 500
San Jose, CA 95110 – USA
+1-408-573-6891
admin@netkiller.com

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How One Dollar Lights Up Africa – The success of the WakaWaka Solar Lamp

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In the beginning there was light for all – and a little later there was electric light for, well, only some of us: 1.5 billion people still live in darkness. Dutch startup Off-Grid Solutions makes an end to developing countries’ killing kerosene dependency. They want their high-tech, low-cost WakaWaka solar LED lamp to light up Africa ‘like a Christmas tree’.

Via Kickstarter.com, the general public is now enthusiastically pre-ordering WakaWaka´s for 35 dollars each. The minimal support to contribute to their mission is one dollar. Thanks to this innovative way of crowdfunding, WakaWaka grows at the speed of light .And with it, the dream of providing all Africans with a sustainable light solution becomes more real by the minute.

1.5 billion people live off-grid. They depend on kerosene fuel for their basic lighting needs. Annually millions of children suffer severe burns from accidents with kerosene lamps. The toxic fumes cause even more health problems. World Bank reports that each day 780 million women and children inhale the equivalent of two packs of cigarettes as a result of indoor air pollution.

Fuels for lighting take up to 20% of income of people who try to survive on less than $2 a day. This way, the poor stay poor. But there is light at the end of the tunnel: WakaWaka solar LED light.

The WakaWaka (‘Shine Bright’ in Swahili) solar lamp uses the latest in patented solar technology developed by Intivation, allowing for superior charging in any weather conditions.

Each day of free solar charging gives 16 hours of decent reading light. It has different light intensities and fits on a bottle, stimulating recycling and opening up opportunities for joint promotions. Innovative distribution methods will reach even the most remote rural areas. Various accessories (cell phone chargers, radios, etc.) are already in development, which will further enhance livelihood and help people get out of poverty.

Co-founder Camille van Gestel: ‘I genuinely believe that if you can make a difference, you must. I have never done anything with so much passion. The support and inquiries we are receiving for WakaWaka from all over the world are as stimulating as they are heartwarming. We are doing the right thing.’

Let’s hope this new bright light spreads fast, for all and everybody. LED there be light.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/229055906/wakawaka-is-the-coolest-solar-led-light

http://www.wakawakalight.com

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About Off-Grid Solutions
Founded in 2011 by 4 partners: sustainable entrepreneur, inspirator and guru Maurits Groen, hands-on change maker and entrepreneur Camille van Gestel, carbon emissions consultants Do-Inc, experts emerging markets and finally Paul Naastepad seasoned executive in clean tech industry.

 

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GeoSurf, the Premium Proxy Solution for Smartphones, Partners with Epic Direct, the Largest Performance-Based Network

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Epic’s 45,000+ publishers will now be able to monitor and validate geo-targeted advertising via the world’s fastest and most secure proxy network on iOS and Android devices.

New York, NY, December 06, 2011 – GeoSurf and Epic Direct Network announced this morning their partnership, which will enable 45,000 Epic publishers to keep control of their campaigns while on the go during the holidays and throughout the year.

GeoSurf enables users to Surf Locally . . . without being local by connecting to a worldwide network of fast, secured proxy servers in 80+ global locations, including 25 United States demographic market areas. Through the GeoSurf premium proxy solutions, users can experience the internet and interact with web content as local users do. For instance, a user in New York can view websites and localized advertising as a user does in Germany, Australia, China, or Chicago.

“Our publishers realize that geotargeting their ads is a sure-fire way to increase conversions,” says Audrey B. Breheney, Senior Director, Epic Advisor Division & Network Marketing. “GeoSurf enables publishers to ensure their ads are displayed properly in other areas of the world while being able to research and profile new advertisers and markets. As a whole, it could dramatically increase the number of campaigns run while positively impacting a publisher’s overall business results.”

“Epic’s publishers have been benefitting and profiting from our toolbar for a long time. We are happy to now welcome them with this special promotion the entire GeoSurf product suite, especially GeoSurf for Smartphones. We are sure that their use of these tools will further improve their performance and compliance.” says GeoSurf’s Oren Zafrir, VP, Sales & Business Development.

Epic Direct Network has partnered with GeoSurf to offer holiday promotions on the GeoSurf product suite to publishers who sign up through December 31, 2011. Details about signing up as an Epic publisher can be found on Epic’s company’s website, epicdirectnetwork.com. Details about the GeoSurf products can be found on GeoSurf’s site at geosurf.com.

About Epic Direct Network:
Epic Direct is a division of the Epic Media Group and is the company’s flagship performance-based ad network focused primarily on customer acquisition and pay-for-performance online advertising campaigns. With over 45,000 publishers, Epic Direct is the largest network of its kind worldwide resulting in an ability to drive the best performance for advertisers and publishers/affiliates. Epic Direct supports campaigns across all channels through search engine marketing, web/display, social media, email and more.

About GeoSurf:
GeoSurf™ is product suite that enables users to get the local perspective from more than 80 global locations. It is often used by online media professionals (agencies, buyers, campaign managers, sales, affiliates, QA, and compliance teams) to view geo-targeted ads and web content. This way, they can easily validate and monitor campaigns, see who is bidding on localized ad placements, generate new sources of business, and enhance current marketing activities. It is straight-forward and easy-to-use. The company’s commitment is to extraordinary customer service for its customers. The products: browser toolbars, VPN connection, Direct Connect by API, and a Smartphone Solution grant access to a broad worldwide network of servers that provide premium proxy service. All of the servers on the network are owned by the company, thereby making them fast, secure, and reliable.

Contact:
Lital Barkan
BIScience ltd.
11 HaAhim MiSlavuta
Tel Aviv 67010
Israel
+ 972-3-604-0622
Lital.barkan@geosurf.com
http://www.geosurf.com

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SEO-Peace.com Celebrates Christmas with $99 Link Building Packages

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Christmas is an expensive time, and the team at SEO-Peace play Santa, by giving the gift of savings back to their clients. The company have announced a host of very attractive Christmas offers, including link building packages for just $99.

Understanding the need for business to continue in the midst of an expensive upcoming Christmas season, Search Engine Optimization experts, SEO-Peace.com, have launched a very merry range of heavily discounted Christmas SEO packages.

Priced at just $99 a piece, there’s a range of useful services on offer to boost any business to the top of Google – with packages ranging from articles, blog posts and linkwheel – right through to high quality niche contextual posts.

To make the packages even more festive, each comes with a free link building gift – ranging from a free Squidoo to free articles and hubs. Of course, being priced so low, there’s more money left in the bank for any business owner to spend on Christmas.

Sunita Biddu, SEO-Peace’s CEO, explains why the company felt it was important to open such a generous offering:

“Christmas is an expensive time for even the most wealthy of business owners, and ironically it is also a time where business can be a little quiet- meaning less money is flowing into the bank” she says. Miss Biddu continues “So, we have created a series of SEO packages that are affordable, and heavily discounted. Our hope is that they will be gentle on the cash flow, and position businesses in a healthy ranking for the start of a busy 2012 season”.

SEO Peace is regarded around the world as experts in their field. The long-established company places a very special focus on fast-turnaround, value for money and unparalleled, solid customer service.

“We don’t want to be a company without a human face. Therefore, we choose to listen to each of our clients and treat them as friends. We find we can do better business this way, and provide a more useful service to them” adds Sunita.

The discounted link building services are sure to be popular, so ensure to book while spaces are still available.

More information about this offer and all of the company’s services can be found at http://www.seo-peace.com/currentspecialoffers.html.

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VisitMobileTM Launches Visit Cherry Creek North Mobile ConciergeTM

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Just in time for the holidays, new Mobile Concierge technology helps guests make the most of their visit

Boulder, Colorado, December 01, 2011 – VisitMobile is proud to announce the launch of the Visit Cherry Creek North Mobile Concierge. Mimicking a real destination concierge, the Visit Cherry Creek North app is more than just an online visitor’s guide or optimized mobile website. It delivers real-time shopping, dining and visitor advice with insider knowledge for guests when they need it most – during their visits to the District. The app includes GPS technology with localized expert content, multimedia to help guests find specific merchants, easy access to phone numbers for quick restaurant reservations, access to special offers and deals and much more.

“With the advancement and dependence on mobile technology, this app is a great addition for both our guests and our merchants,” said CCNBID President and CEO Julie Bender. “Cherry Creek North is a magical place to shop, dine and visit, and this resource will make the experience even more interactive, convenient and meaningful for consumers and businesses alike.”

In addition to customizing and fulfilling Cherry Creek North’s mobile strategy, VisitMobile’s Mobile Concierge platform will provide the BID with an ongoing revenue stream through in-app enhanced listings and numerous advertising opportunities. Mobile Concierge also allows Cherry Creek North to easily demonstrate the value they are delivering to their merchant partners and BID members through measurable metrics and detailed usage reports. VisitMobile’s innovative approach to destination mobile marketing is so revolutionary, it garnered the prestigious Platinum Adrian Award from the HSMAI (Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International) in January 2011, as well as a 2011 Platinum MarCom award from Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (AMCP) for Napa Valley’s Mobile Concierge.

Mobile Concierge is fundamentally different than simply creating a destination guide application or a mobile optimized version of an existing website. Visitors who are already in the BID need information in a completely different format than those who are planning a future visit. Mobile Concierge uses a powerful GPS Relevancy Engine loaded with expert local content and multimedia to help the in-market visitor find retail shops that match their needs, make restaurant reservations, access insider deals and decide what to do next.

With the recent surge of unofficial destination apps and mobile search engines, research shows that less than 20 percent of visitors return to the destination’s website for local information after they arrive. Mobile Concierge is a dream solution for BIDs, CVBs, resorts and even college campuses looking to take back control of the conversation.

“BIDs spend tens of thousands of dollars on mass media and websites to attract guests to their destination, but they lose control of the guest’s experience once they arrive,” explained VisitMobile CEO Jeff Kohn. “Mobile Concierge will offer Cherry Creek North a unique competitive advantage; the opportunity to continue interacting with their visitors in a way that benefits the guest and maximizes revenue for their merchant partners.”

Cherry Creek North is known nationally as a premier retail, dining, and mixed-use area located just 5 minutes from downtown Denver. More than 350 businesses that make up the neighborhood are independent to international brands, featuring a broad range of unique fashion, jewelry and home furnishing stores, spas/salons, art galleries and restaurants. In addition to retail businesses, the District is also a national and regional office center, home to two hotels, and has a growing number of residents. In combination with the Cherry Creek Shopping Center, CCN is the number one visitor destination in Colorado, according to the Longwoods Study conducted for Visit Denver Inc.

To download the free app, people can go to www.CherryCreekNorth.com or visit their phone’s app store and search for “Cherry Creek North.”

Even better than a stationary hotel concierge desk, the trusted Mobile Concierge is always on hand as the guest explores the BID, and is ready to answer their question, “I’m right here, now what should I do?” Mobile Concierge bridges GPS map-based navigation and time-based, hyper-local content to help both leisure and business visitors discover nearby and timely events, attractions, dining, shopping, special offers and more. Whether a visitor has an iPhone, Blackberry or Android device, Mobile Concierge is available for every platform.

Mobile Concierge is not just affordable; it’s incredibly easy to manage. With the added benefit of trackable metrics for merchants and opportunities to create offset advertising revenue for the BID, Mobile Concierge is a “win-win-win” for BIDs, merchants and visitors.

Destinations and clients already experiencing success with VisitMobile’s Mobile Concierge include Napa Valley, Steamboat Ski Resort, Keystone Colorado, Destination Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) and Flatiron Meal Plan, the student meal plan for University of Colorado, Boulder. Other VisitMobile clients that are in the process of deploying their custom Mobile Concierge are Visit Aurora (Colo.), Downtown Denver Partnership, Southern Idaho Tourism, Boulder Weekly (Colo.), and Rocky Mountain Meal Plan (Ft. Collins, Colo.).

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Amy Larson, CSG | PR
alarson@csg-pr.com
303.433.7020

About VisitMobile
VisitMobileTM (www.visitmobile.com) is the Mobile ConciergeTM smartphone app for tourism and shopping destinations. VisitMobile serves as an on-the-go trusted advisor helping visitors discover nearby attractions, businesses, and events through a patented GPS Relevancy EngineTM. Mimicking a real concierge, VisitMobile uses expert local content and multimedia to help visitors make instant reservations or ticket purchases, access insider deals, or see what’s around them to answer the question “what should I do next?” As the official Mobile Concierge of the destination, VisitMobile allows the destination marketing organization to maintain control of the conversation and in turn, maximize revenue for destination partners.

Contact:
Amy Larson
CSG | PR
3225 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
303.433.7020
alarson@csg-pr.com
http://www.visitmobile.com