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TrustTone Communications Appliances – BEST BUY for Email Encryption

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San Jose, CA, September 21, 2011 – TrustTone Communications, Inc., the leader in Email Encryption technology, today announced it has been rated Best Buy by SC Magazine. The Best Buy designation reflects the coveted Five Star rating for every aspect of the product – Features, Ease of Use, Performance, Documentation, Support and Value for Money. TrustTone continues to provide the most comprehensive feature set at the lowest cost.

“Simple, effective, secure. This is just what this doctor ordered.” notes SC Magazine.

“TrustTone is the perfect solution for email privacy compliance for organization large and small. The product offers depth of functionality and configuration flexibility with very low total cost of ownership,” said Hemant Thakkar, CEO of TrustTone Communications. “We are thrilled to earn the Best Buy designation by SC Magazinne. It validates our approach to creating value for our customers.”

About TrustTone Communications, Inc.
TrustTone Communications is a premier provider of highly secure, easy to use, email encryption appliances, email encryption servers, email encryption desktop products and hosted service for email encryption. The products are based on the foundation technology of Identity Based Encryption on PKI. TrustTone is privately-owned and headquartered in Silicon Valley, California.

For more information, visit www.trusttone.com.

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GuardTime Keyless Signatures Sign 98% of SEB Estonia Banking Transactions, Protecting against Fraud

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GuardTime, today announced that SEB Estonia, a member of the international SEB Group,has selected the Keyless Signature Service for assuring the integrity for all of their electronic banking transactions, providing customers with indisputable proof that the bank’s assets are protected against insider attacks, external breaches and fraud.

Mountainview, CA / Tallinn, Estonia – Tuesday – September 20, 2011 — GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ),creator of the patented Keyless Signature technology used to convert the trust relationship between business operations and data to one based on proof, today announced that SEB Estonia, a member of the international SEB Group, has selected the Keyless Signature Service for assuring the integrity for all of their electronic banking transactions, providing customers with indisputable proof that the bank’s assets are protected against insider attacks, external breaches and fraud.

Ninety-eight percent of all banking transactions at SEB Estonia are carried out electronically; at an ATM, online via the web, or through a mobile device. By signing their banking transaction logs using the GuardTime Keyless Signature Service, SEB Estonia can be assured that attacks against, and the misuse of, their systems and data becomes impossible to conceal.

“With GuardTime’s unique Keyless Signatures service, we are now able to independently prove the time, origin and content for all of our electronic banking transactions,” said Kaido Raiend, Head of IT Security Analysis for SEB Estonia. “As tampered data becomes mathematically-capable to detect, we have the legal proof necessary to confirm that the transactions were conducted and recorded at the times specified and that they remain intact and accurate” even if GuardTime ever ceased to exist.”

GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures ( http://www.guardtime.com ) are stored and archived with each and every SEB Estonia transaction log, providing SEB Estonia proof of time and integrity for the life of their data. As the signatures do not use any public/private encryption keys for long-term verification, the proof will never expire. The signatures are portable, thereby enabling SEBE stonia to electronically archive their signed logs without loss of legal strength; this substantially reduces the bank’s risk as well as their overall paper-based and digital archiving costs.

Around the globe, financial institutions, hardware manufacturers, Telco operators, cloud service providers, legal entities, and insurance companies are using the GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ) service to make the electronic world a safer place; a world based on proof rather than trust.

About SEB Estonia:
AS SEB Pank, a member of SEB Group, is an Estonian financial group that serves private individuals, companies and the public sector. The bank is a universal bank that offers its customers a wide range of financial services. The more than 820,000 customers of SEB Pank Group are served by 1300 employees. The customers are served through many different channels such as 38 branch offices, 226 on-line post offices, 350 ATMs, 6191 POS-terminals. There are more than 500 000 debit and credit cards in use. ¾ of customers are served over Internet bank. For more information, visit http://www.seb.ee.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Winner, GuardTime was founded with the goal of solving one of the biggest problems in computing: trust. GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures provide proof of data integrity, signing authority, and time. The verification of the signature can be done both online and offline and does not rely on keys, secrets, or the existence of a trusted third party. GuardTime’s mission is to change the world to one where 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 data.

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 978-594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

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LAN Systems Selected for Third Year as Best of Gwinnett in Best IT Service Category

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As a technology company and service provider, LAN Systems is committed to providing IT services and solutions that make sense for growing companies in the wider Atlanta and North Georgia area.

Norcross, GA, Tuesday – September 20, 2011 — Three years in a row, the readers and editors of Gwinnett Magazine have identified LAN Systems, a leading Atlanta Computer Support company, as Best of Gwinnett in the Best IT Service category. Each year the magazine opens the competition to selecting the Best in Gwinnett from over 30,000 Gwinnett County businesses. It is no small feat to be selected among the many nominations.

As a technology company and service provider, LAN Systems is committed to providing IT services and solutions that make sense for growing companies in the wider Atlanta and North Georgia area. Today, IT is required to maintain a competitive advantage in any industry and the more a company utilizes IT for its daily and strategic operations, the more benefit is received. Not long ago, companies struggled with implementing an IT infrastructure that would not consume more than it delivered, but now IT is an essential part of a thriving business. IT makes operations easy and contributes steadily to the bottom line.

“LAN Systems is honored to be selected as Best IT Service for the Best of Gwinnett for the third year,” said CEO Mary Hester. “Our dream is to provide IT service that always exceeds the expectations of our customers. We strive not only to make IT productive and problem free, but to serve the business goals of our customers. We are happy to know we are meeting that mark.”

Over the past few years, LAN Systems has been adapting its business and technology model to meet the growing demands of businesses. “Cloud Computing and online solutions are a large part of the modern IT infrastructure,” said Lauren Maxwell, VP Sales and Marketing. “Technological advances make Cloud and online solutions extremely affordable and robust.”

In order to provide the best in class IT service, support packages include onsite, remote and HelpDesk support bundled with monitoring options. This complete coverage is needed to address the needs of growing businesses and is recognized by LAN Systems as an essential part of today’s IT support.

About Gwinnett Magazine:
For more than a decade, Gwinnett Magazine has been the definitive source of business and lifestyle news from Gwinnett County. The magazine is published nine times per year, with six regular issues and three special issues – the annual Best of Gwinnett and People to Know issues plus the Wiki Guide to Gwinnett. It boasts a readership of nearly 100,000 local residents. For more information, visit: www.gwinnettmagazine.com

About LAN Systems:
LAN Systems is a leading Atlanta IT Consulting firm that provides people-focused IT solutions. As technology experts, LAN Systems helps companies make the most of their existing IT investment and choose the right solutions to fuel growth. LAN Systems is a leading provider of IT Solutions for growing businesses in the Metro Atlanta. For more information, visit: http://www.lansystems.com

Press & Media Contact:
Lauren Maxwell
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
LAN Systems
6015-D Atlantic Blvd
Norcross, GA 30071
770 662-0312
lauren@lansystems.com
http://www.lansystems.com

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Arkibiz Partners with GuardTime to Provide Auditable E-Documents and Records Management in the Cloud

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Truly paperless, fully auditable, all cloud.

Singapore/ Kuala Lumpur – Tuesday – September 20, 2011 — GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ), creator of the patented Keyless Signature technology used to provide indisputable proof of time, origin, and integrity for electronic information, today announced that its Keyless Signatures will be adopted by ARKIBIZ, a leader in cloud-based information management solutions aimed at providing proof of data and transaction integrity for e-documents and records management.

Up to 80% of today’s business information is created and managed in unstructured form; it is expected to rise to 90% or more in the coming years. According to recent IDC estimates, every 5.5 years ofdata managed by enterprises will grow by a factor of 10.According to collaborative research conducted by NetApp and marketing research firm ACNielsen, ERP, CRM, and corporate emails are the leading causes of this massive growth in data, where roughly 62% of the total enterprise data is affected.

Document and records management solutions have become an essential part of the everyday IT infrastructure. However, not all organizations can invest in enterprise-level solutions such as those from vendors like IBM, Oracle, and EMC. The Ebikko solution from ARKIBIZ is a cloud-based, full multi-tenant EDRMS solution with a highly-customizable workflow module. The rich functionalities of the EDRMS are accessed seamlessly through a web browser on the desktop without the user ever having to install any software.

GuardTime’s Keyless Signature technology is used by ARKIBIZ to sign the records and archived files managed by the ARKIBIZ EDRMS solution. This provides consumers with undeniable proof of authenticity and integrity of both the process and the data. Having audit-ready, independently-verifiable data that captures all transactions and documents solves a variety of compliance issues and a host of potentially business-damaging disputes otherwise left to trust. By converting trust to proof, companies can also reduce their dependency on paper-based transactions while improving overall productivity across their entire document workflow process.

“GuardTime’s innovative technology ( http://www.guardtime.com ) changes the game for the EDRMS market,” said Steve Kucia, Director of Global Sales and Marketing, ARKIBIZ. “With the integration of Keyless Signatures in our offering, our customers gain proof of authenticity for their data and surrounding workflow, regardless of the information being stored on their disks, crossing the wire, or hosted in the cloud.”

“Technologies brought to market prior to GuardTime’s patented Keyless Signatures have failed to deliver simple and lasting solutions for digital data integrity,” said Mike Gault, GuardTime CEO. “There has been an unacceptable amount of reliance on the various layers of security designed to ‘trust’ the data. This issue of trust is totally exposed in the cloud, where the data itself needs to carry with it the proof of time, integrity and origin. With GuardTime’s Keyless Signature Service ( http://www.guardtime.com ), an organization’s most valuable digital assets are assured with provable integrity regardless of where they are stored, who needs to verify them, and when.”

This announcement follows a string of similar partner integration deals that include such companies as Japan’s Brother Industries, web-hosting provider Joyent, whose customers include Twitter and LinkedIn, and cloud-based eDiscovery service provider, Cernam.

About ARKIBIZ:
ARKIBIZ assists companies in the management of their information according to their business lifecycles, enabling them to comply with local and international standards and regulations. ARKIBIZ provides cloud-based data management solutions for records, documents, business process information, and archives. ARKIBIZ Ebikko solution platform is sold by over 40 resellers in more than 10 countries.

About GuardTime:
A Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Winner, GuardTime was founded with the goal of solving one of the biggest problems in computing: trust. GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures provide proof of data integrity, signing authority, and time. The verification of the signature can be done offline without the reliance on keys, secrets, or the existence of a trusted third party. GuardTime’s mission is to change the world to one where 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 data.

GuardTime PR Contact
Victor Cruz, MediaPR
+1 978.594.4134
vcruz@mediapr.net

ARKIBIZ Contact
Steve Kucia, Director Global Sales and Marketing
+61 2 8005 7143
steve.kucia@arkibiz.com

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 978-594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

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MusiCHI Suite: The New Music Software Manager And Player Dedicated To Classical, Jazz Or Other More Demanding Genre Of Music Is Now Available

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MusiCHI Suite is the first integrated computer software application to manage your music files, completely dedicated to classical, jazz or other more demanding genre of music. It is the only digital music suite where the user can actually play and organize his music in an intelligent way, allowing him to change the order and number of columns on the screen and find his tracks in the most flexible manner. MusiCHI Suite includes 4 applications (Player, Ripper, Tagger, Library Manager), each optimized for their task, where newly introduced fields, such as Instruments, Composition, Period, Performers, Style, relevant to music classification can be utilized. Unlike other programs, in theMusiCHI Suite any field, any data, you see on screen is written inside the audio files , therefore, reducing the importance of the library, which becomes just the temporarily catalog of the files’ metadata, used only for fast and flexible searches. Bringing back the focus to the music files themselves and freeing you from any proprietary software library database.

Furthermore, we use a database engine that allows virtually unlimited size of libraries. MusiCHI Suite is a multi – library system , allowing for one more level of grouping, for example Classical, Jazz, World Music, etc. According to the library, the user interface, audio tracks data and tagging pick lists can change, since different styles of music have different logic and personalities: with classical music Composer/Composition is more valuable information than Artist/Album, for example.

The Suite is equipped with a complete reference database (MusiCHI Clean ©®) for classical music, where more than 5000 entries (composers, performers, orchestras, etc.) have been properly corrected and normalized with full respect of their local spelling (umlaut, accents etc.), i.e. the program is fully Unicode compliant. Furthermore, it has a composition engine search covering for the moment the integrated music collection of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Vivaldi. The composition engine search will soon be completed with the compositions of other famous composers.

MusiCHI Suite Version 2.1 comes with step by step tutorials and help files leading the user to learn the program and its powerful features quickly and easily. In Version 2.1, new capabilities have been added such as the possibility to play music files without them being part of a music library, the possibility to see the album/compositions covers in a graphical carousel view, the possibility to change the fonts sizes so that the user can play with the software remotely from his couch, the possibility to extract the content of the music library for printing via a spreadsheet. Furthermore, the player can read directly the CD booklet (in pdf format) with a single click, can browse any relevant internet pages linked to a track (Wikipedia etc.), potentially transforming the application to be a front-end to a music knowledge based system. Via the Windows clipboard, the Ripper can use, for its metadata, pretty much any source coming from the WEB or other documents. The playlists are now compatible with the m3u and m3u8 formats. In order to explore the numerous capabilities of the software, you can download from http://www.musichi.eu/index.php/en/downloaddemo, the free trial version (the full featured program with a limited activation time). We have also, included a demo librarywith prepared musical clips (courtesy of Hyperion Records), that can show how classical music can be tagged, “the MusiCHI way”. With these files you can experiment with the other tools of the Suite, especially our tag editor that is considered undoubtedly one of the best (if not the best) of its kind.

MusiCHI Suite Version 2.1 can play FLAC files up to 24 bits/ 385.2 KHZ, and offers additional support for MP3, MP4, APE, WMA and M4A. As we do not offer volume adjustment within the player, we do not add any digital distortion. MusiCHI Suite is ASIO Drivers compatible, including ASIO4ALL, allowing to by-pass the video sound mixer of Windows and achieving bit perfect digital output (we have passed bit transparency tests with a Weiss DAC202). MusiCHI Suite is designed to run on Microsoft Windows (XP, Vista or 7).

MusiCHI Suite is available in 3 versions: MusiCHI Studio (launching price 39 euros, approx. 54 US$) which includes the 4 applications (Player, Ripper, Tagger, Library Manager), MusiCHI Portable (launching price 19 euros, approx. 26 US$) a unique application that allows the user to transport and play all his digital music library on any other PC without any further configuration than plug a USB drive and MusiCHI Ultimo(launching price 49 euros, approx. 68 US$) which apart from the 4 applications, includes also the Portable Edition.

MusiCHI Suite is available through the website address: www.musichi.eu.

Contact details:
Myrto Skotida, T. +306974417252, m.skotida@musichi.eu

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SkyRecon’s StormShield: The Only Real Alternative for Cisco CSA Users

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Matrix Global Partners Releases CSA Comparison Whitepaper.

Indianapolis, IN, Tuesday – September 13, 2011 — Matrix Global Partners, Inc. (Matrix), the exclusive distributor in the Americas for the award-winning endpoint protection solution StormShield®, today announced the launch of their updated “CSA Replacement Program”. With Cisco’s timeline to stop providing updates, fixes, and patches for their critically acclaimed Cisco Security Agent (CSA) beginning December 10th of this year, CSA customers will soon find themselves limited to only phone support and facing the daunting task of finding an effective and up-to-date alternative to protecting their laptops, desktops and servers from targeted intrusions and zero-day attacks with true behavioral security.

There freshed CSA Replacement Program offered by Matrix ( http://www.MatrixGP.com ) includes competitive replacement pricing, exceptional terms and a comprehensive migration program designed to ensure both a smooth financial and operational transition.

“The many CSA users that we are working with have found that the Cisco CSA product currently meets or exceeds their extremely demanding requirements for protection; protection that is not dependent on signatures and/or reputation,” said Bob Foley, Managing Director for Matrix Global Partners. “As we engage with these existing CSA customers, we typically find them in one of two states: knowing that they must change but frustrated with no time nor budget to move off of the discontinued and unsupported CSA product; or “really” frustrated, having allocated significant resources to a replacement project, to only be disappointed by the shortcomings of the traditional top-tier vendors as they search for a viable CSA alternative.”

Cisco has consistently delivered powerful endpoint security protection with one of the strongest Host Intrusion Protection System (HIPS) offerings in the market. Organization shave come to rely on CSA’s behavioral-based capabilities for their protection. But, the window to make a move off the product to an equally effective alternative is closing quickly.

StormShield is unique in that it offers CSA users the highest level of protection available; essentially the same level of protection that they have come to depend on with CSA, along with some enhancements that have not been available from CSA. Industry analysts and CSA users who have reviewed the StormShield full range of HIPS and behavioral protections in depth believe that it truly stands alone, providing protections that both match and exceed the security and management granularity found in the CSA offering.

“Matrix has re-launched this program to help current CSA customers maintain the protection they require in a cost-effective manner with minimum transition challenges,” added Foley. “We believe that the majority of current CSA users will be changing to an alternative security solution to replace CSA between now and the end of 2012. This type of migration takes testing, planning, coordination and time in order to insure a smooth transition and the StormShield CSA Replacement Program assures CSA users that they will have continuous protection with minimal cost and IT support staff impact.”

To request more information about the StormShield CSA Replacement Program, to download the CSA Comparison Whitepaper or to request a 30-day product evaluation, please visit http://bit.ly/csa-replace.

About Matrix Global Partners, Inc.:
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana Matrix Global Partners, Inc. (Matrix) is a national leader in information security solutions, integration and professional and managed services. Matrix offers a complete line of security and SIEM technologies and, as the exclusive distributor in the Americas for the award-winning Storm Shield security products, Matrix is growing and managing a multi-tier sales and support organization. http://www.MatrixGP.com.

About SkyRecon Systems Inc.:
Founded in 2003, SkyRecon Systems is a visionary global provider of endpoint protection platforms. With its award-winning and analyst-recognized endpoint security solutions, organizations are able to ensure protection and enforce policy for endpoint systems, applications, data and users upon which their business relies. The company is a contributing member of the Secure IT Alliance, has received the prestigious Red Herring 100 Award, and has been named “Entrepreneurial Security Company of the Year” by Frost & Sullivan. Its StormShield Endpoint Security product received the SC Magazine “Best of 2009” award for Endpoint Security. http://www.SkyRecon.com

Press & Media Contact:
Robert Foley
Matrix Global Partners, Inc
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 514-2923
info@MatrixGP.com
http://www.MatrixGP.com

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Worldwide Roaming Information A Fraction Of The Usual Cost Thanks To Abroadband

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Abroadband have become one of the few operators who offer roaming broadband at extremely low rates when compared to well known providers. Users can gain access to the internet for only €0.59 per megabyte. This flat rate global data roaming service has attracted many travellers to change their sim card when abroad. Until worldwide regulation is introduced to force other providers to lower their prices, abroadband will march ahead and gain more custom.


The operator began life earlier this year and looks set to post a healthy profit come the end of 2011. Abroadband was launched by Austrian telecoms giant ‘Telekoms Austria’. The idea was in response to the many complaints by travellers fed up with high data charges when using the internet abroad – hence the name ‘abroadband’. From the get go the service has been designed to counter ever increasing charges on roaming rates imposed by many other operators.

A revealing article that was published by the online magazine ZDnet in March this year showed that the reasons behind high data charges are simply down to profit. As many operators tend to offer many deals and bolt-ons in the domestic markets, many tend to take advantage of the unregulated roaming sector to gain back money. The reaction to this has led to new regulations being introduced in Europe that impose a cap on the amount of data customers can use in a month when travelling. This only applies to countries throughout the EU and abroadband offer their flat rate outside of Europe. So far the service extends to over 50 countries world wide and there are plans to increase this to more by the end of 2011 and into 2012.

Negative reaction to roaming rates outside of Europe has led to calls for other continents and countries to impose caps on other operators to force them to reduce their data charges. Abroadband has already left the competition behind though. The flat rate service is not the only benefit they offer customers. Being aware of the different ways people access the internet, the operator has offered three simple options to meet all connection needs. A worldsim card, a micro sim card and a dongle are all available on initial subscription to the service. With business travel on the increase, dongles and micro sims are becoming more popular. The BBC recently published a report on their website illustrating the different ways people are using to avoid roaming headaches when travelling (source: BBC). Abroadband have taken these methods into consideration and have acted accordingly on their website allowing customers access to connection options to suit their needs.

The abroadband service has been positively reviewed by Mobile Industry Review and looks set to attract more attention before the year is out. According to Ewan MacLeod – the entrepreneur editor of the online magazine – abroadband’s mobile roaming solution is half the cost of the Vodafone roaming plans.

Contact Details: www.abroadband.com

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Horizontech, Inc. Releases Enhancements for Real-Time Reporting, Analytics and Tracking Associated with Undeliverable Mail

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Horizontech, Inc. (HTI), a Global information technology and document solutions company, today announced enhancements to its web-based Reporting platform for undeliverable mail.

Danville, VA, Friday – September 09, 2011 — Horizontech, Inc. (HTI), a Global information technology and document solutions company, today announced enhancements to its web-based Reporting platform for undeliverable mail.

HTI’s enhanced platform now gives customers the power of real-time reporting with performance metrics and analytics. The platform allows customers to manage automated as well ad-hoc reporting functions for undeliverable mail volume, revenue, asset balance, address management performance, nixie, COA data and other document lifecycle metrics. Reports contain transactional, batch and summary functionality.

Metrics and analytics are built into HTI’s secure web portal, which allows customers the flexibility of self-service combined with incredible knowledge to better manage the overall undeliverable mail issue.

“We continue to be at the forefront of technology for managing the collection, resolution and distribution of data for undeliverable mail”, stated David Zook, President. “We’ve built our own document management software, address management software and integrated hardware/data configurations to give companies automation, improved processes and better control.” Larger companies have complex compliance and data requirements, with varied document, distribution and business requirements. Automating a company’s support infrastructure, while decreasing costs and IT burden is becoming very appealing for companies that are searching out industry-best solutions for non-core business functions.

Risk Management ( http://www.horizontech.com ) and Audit departments desire accountability for each and every undeliverable mail piece. “If a company truly wants better control, security, automation and reporting for managing their undeliverable mail issue, HTI is a logical choice,” says Zook. “There are many industries that have very stringent regulatory requirements around managing their undeliverable mail and data, such as Health Care, Financial Services, Credit and Insurance. As example, we can manage a customer platform with 20 separate operating centers, hundreds of document types, separate document compliance and regulatory requirements, multiple host systems, all within a consolidated and tracked platform.”

Customers continue to provide praise for HTI’s market innovations in technology for managing the issue, as well as the control and audit aspect of the business. Undeliverable mail continues to be a financial and operational drain on US Businesses, averaging 1.4 Billion pieces per year for First Class mail. A key business issue where overall mail volumes are reduced through electronic delivery alternatives, while the percentage of undeliverable mail is increasing.

About Horizontech, Inc.:
Horizontech is a Global information technology and document solutions company, with web-based workflow systems and back-office support. Combining operating capabilities with multiple, proprietary technologies, Horizontech automates enterprise business functions including those that reduce and eliminate return mail, increase operational efficiencies, mitigate risks, and grow revenue. For more information, visit Horizontech at http://www.horizontech.com

Press & Media Contact:
Robert S. Hedstrom
Horizontech, Inc
417 Bridge Street
Danville, VA 24541-1403
847-651-0991
rhedstrom@horizontech.com

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GuardTime Selected as Top 10 Finalist for Innotribe Start-Up Challenge

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GuardTime, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a top 10 finalist in the Innotribe $100K Start-Up Challenge, honoring the company as one of the most promising financial technology and financial services start-ups.

Singapore, Thursday – September 08, 2011 — GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ), creator of the Keyless Signature technology providingin disputable proof of time, origin, and dataintegrity for electronic information, is pleased to announce that it has been selected as a top 10 finalist in the Innotribe $100K Start-Up Challenge, honoring the company as one of the most promising financial technology and financial services start-ups.

GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures allow for the creation of provable audit trails for all electronic data, making it ideal for financial services applications such as Internet banking, mobile payments, business-to-business and business-to-consumer communications, digital log forensics, and eDiscovery.

Early investors in GuardTime include Ambient Sound Investments,Horizons Ventures, and the Infocomm Development Agency (IDA) of Singapore.

The Innotribe Challenge was open to over 80 innovative technology start-ups and technology-enabled financial service companies from more than 15 countriesworking in areas such as payments, securities, trading, social media tools, big data/data analytics, security, identity, b2b or b2b2c mobile, and small business apps & services and/or IT infrastructure.

On September 21, 2011 at Sibos in Toronto, GuardTime ( http://www.guardtime.com ) and nine other finalists, selected by expert judges and community votes will present to an invitation-only audience of dozens of decision-makers from the world’s largest financial institutions, serial entrepreneurs, investors, and media. On September 22, two of these finalists will each be presented with a check for $50,000 in front of Sibos’ audience of 8,000 financial industry professionals.

GuardTime looks forward to the opportunity to accept two invitations to the post-competition networking dinner with investors and executives from institutions such as CITI,Credit Agricole, Deutsche, DNBNor, HSBC, JP Morgan, OCBC, and Standard Chartered.

More information can be found at: http://innotribestartup.myreviewroom.com/pages/details

About GuardTime
GuardTime captured the top spot in the public vote for the Innotribe Start-Up Challenge (http://bit.ly/oOLkxc).Also a Red Herring Global 100 Winner and Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award Winner, GuardTime was founded with the goal of solving one of the biggest problems in computing: trust. GuardTime’s Keyless Signatures provide proof of data integrity, signing authority, and 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 where 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.

GuardTime PR Contact:
Victor Cruz, MediaPR
vcruz@mediapr.net
+1 978.594.4134

Press & Media Contact:
Victor Cruz
MediaPR.net Inc
Singapore
+1 978-594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.guardtime.com

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Corero Protects Its Customers From ‘Apache Killer’ DoS Exploit

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Company’s Intrusion Prevention Systems Mitigate Threats to Apache Server, The World’s Most Widely Used Web Server.

Hudson, MA, Thursday – September 08, 2011 — Corero Network Security (CNS:LN), a leading global provider of Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Defense Systems, notified customers that it protects them from the ‘Apache Killer’ denial of service (DoS) exploit with its IPS 5500 products. ‘Apache Killer’ exploits a vulnerability found in the Apache Web Server software. Although hundreds of DoS vulnerabilities have been discovered in commercial and open-source software so far in 2011, this particular vulnerability is significant since Apache Server is the world’s most popular web server, with nearly 66 percent of the market or nearly 200 million web sites in use, according to Netcraft.

Corero’s IPS 5500 provides proactive protection for the Apache Killer exploit as a result of its two-tiered “PVM+DVM” Stateful Protocol Analysis (SPA) implementation. In this case, the IPS 5500 HTTP Protocol Validation Module (PVM) detects and blocks attempts to cause the denial of service condition on the Apache servers. No new signatures were required for this protection which was built in to Corero’s IPS solutions.

“Our IPS solution is unique in that it is purpose built to protect not only against traditional flood-based DDoS and new application layer attacks but also attacks like the Apache Killer. We safeguard our customers’web servers from Apache Killer denial of service exploits that can be caused by just a very small number of network transactions,” said Mike Paquette, chief strategy officer, Corero Network Security.

For more information on Corero’s IPS products, visit: http://www.corero.com .

About Corero’s IPS Solution:
The IPS 5500 EC-Series and ES-Series products are Corero’s most advanced generation family of Intrusion Prevention Systems. It is designed to deliver non-disruptive protection against constantly evolving threats. It provides maximum security for critical IT assets while allowing full access to legitimate users and applications.

The IPS 5500 EC/ES offers proactive protection against threats while patches are being tested and deployed. It provides:
* Improved security posture through acceptable application usage enforcement
* Regulatory compliance through protection of confidential data
* Protection against theft of intellectual property due to undesired access
* Reduction in IT hours devoted to fixing/remediating systems infected by viruses, botnet programs, and other malware
*Reduction of downtime from DDoS attacks and botnet threats.

About Corero Network Security:
Corero Network Security (CNS:LN), formerly Top Layer Security, is a leading global provider of Network Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Defense Solutions (DDS) that enable enterprise organizations to protect their critical on-line assets against risks associated with network-borne cyber threats.

Corero has been consistently recognized through the years for its product innovation and leadership by customers, media and industry analysts alike. Corero is headquartered in Massachusetts, U.S. with sales and services support worldwide. For more information please visit: http://www.corero.com .

Press & Media Contact:
Tiffany Darmetko or Brenna Hagy
Schwartz Communications, Inc
Hudson, MA
+1 781-684-0770
Corero@schwartzcomm.com

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