Lenovo Connects Digital Home Enthusiasts with New All-in-One Desktop

Lenovo Connects Digital Home Enthusiasts with New All-in-One Desktop

 The C325 Boasts Affordable, Entertainment-Focused Computing Infused with Family-Friendly Features

 

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – October24, 2011: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced a new addition to its All-In-One (AIO) desktop PC lineup for consumers - the Lenovo C325. This sleek device is designed to give consumers the space-savings and affordability that families want, along with the multimedia capabilities that make the PC the hub of digital family life.

“We create technology tools so users can do more. Our latest all-in-one desktop gives consumers just that, by combining strong performance in a compact and affordable PC,” said Nick Reynolds, executive director, Product Group Marketing, Lenovo. “We’ve infused the C325 AIO desktop with leading technology, resulting in brilliant images, rocking sound and touch screen technology for a great entertainment experience.” 

Lenovo C325 AIO Celebrates Entertainment
The C325 AIO helps celebrate entertainment and the digital life in a big way, starting with a large 20-inch LED-backlit display with optional multitouch touchscreen support. Users can watch DVDs using the AIOs’ DVD player/optional burner or stream movies through the WiFi connection. For an even bigger screen experience to watch video, consumers can hook up a HDTV or monitor via the PC’s HDMI port. When it comes to rich, impressive sound, look no further than this device’s integrated stereo speakers supporting SRS® Premium Sound. Social media hounds will enjoy instant video calls with friends using the AIOs’ High Sensitivity webcam, which boasts advanced software for facial tracking and fun image effects.

Loaded with Family-Friendly Features
For dynamic touchscreen1 computing, Lenovo loaded the C325 AIO with IdeaTouch, a package of touch-optimized multimedia applications that allows consumers to easily tap and flick through photos, music and more. Neat family-features like Lenovo’s Eye-Distance System and Dynamic Brightness System alert users when they’re too close to the desktop screen, and automatically adjust screen brightness to the ambient light conditions in the room respectively.

Technology Designed for a Perfect Fit
The AIO includes high-speed memory, optional USB 3.0 port, large storage and expansion capabilities, and Lenovo’s Rescue System which helps to combat data mishaps by restoring lost or corrupt data files. Powered with AMD E450 processors, the Lenovo C325 delivers mainstream performance matched with affordability for the digital home.  

Pricing and Availability2 

The Lenovo C325 All-In-One desktop is available now on www.lenovo.com starting at $699.

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ABOUT LENOVO

Lenovo (HKSE:992) 9ADR:LNVGY) is a $US21 billion personal technology company – and the second largest PC company in the world, serving customers in more than 160 countries. Dedicated to building exceptionally engineered PCs and mobile internet devices, Lenovo’s business is built on product innovation, a highly-efficient global supply chain and strong strategic execution. Formed by Lenovo Group’s acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services. Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, see www.lenovo.com.

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Majority of Canadians Want a Green Workplace

Majority of Canadians Want a Green Workplace


WWF Launches a New Employee Engagement Program that Will Help Companies Help the Planet


TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 24, 2011) - To help companies find greener ways of doing business, WWF is launching the Living Planet @ Work Program, championed by HP.

According to a recent poll done by Ipsos Reid on behalf of WWF, 86 per cent of Canadians want to work for an environmentally responsible company. The Living Planet @ Work Program addresses that desire by providing employees with the tools they need to create a more sustainable workplace.

Although a majority of Canadians identify that working for a sustainable company is important, poll results show that the majority of managers (56%) identify significant challenges to greening their business. The most significant challenges managers identified include lack of funds (17%), difficulty engaging employees (16%) and trouble gaining organizational support for change (14%). The Living Planet @ Work program will help address those challenges, making it easier for companies to engage employees and decision-makers in sustainability initiatives in the workplace.

After a two-year pilot, this employee engagement program launches today in full format with new and improved features. The Living Planet @ Work program is targeted to both front-line employees who want to take on an environmental leadership role and managers who want to instigate change. To preview the program and resources, hear from companies that have started the program or make the Living Planet @ Work commitment, visit http://atwork.wwf.ca.

Quotes

"WWF's vision is a world in which the long-term success of corporations is also good for the long-term sustainability of the planet. To make that possible, with the support of HP, we've created the Living Planet @ Work, a program that will provide the strategic guidance, tools and support, that companies need, to find greener ways of doing business and engaging their employees."

- Hadley Archer, VP of Strategic Partnerships, WWF

"We need change on a global scale and business is an ideal tool to take sustainability to the next level, We are championing the Living Planet @ Work program because it empowers Canadians to make a difference by providing them with effective tools to encourage employees, be successful and protect the environment at the same time."

- Frances Edmonds, Director of Environmental Programs, HP Canada

Facts

  • Companies that have made the Living Planet @ Work commitment: Accenture, Hydro One, LoyaltyOne, Ontario Lottery and Gaming, Ontario Power Authority, Procter & Gamble, Research in Motion, Sears Canada
  • More than 16 million people make up the Canadian workforce, collectively making over a billion decisions at work every day
  • Finding a more sustainable way to commute to work could lower the average Canadian's carbon footprint by as much as 60%
  • One small office can produce 3 – 5 tonnes of CO2 a year – the equivalent of driving a car more than halfway around the planet

About Living Planet @ Work

Living Planet @ work provides the strategic guidance; tools and support that companies need to find greener ways of doing business and show employees they care. HP is proud to be the champion of Living Planet @ Work, providing the funding and helping to build the capacity to bring this program to you.

About the Ipsos Reid Survey

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted between October 11 to 17, 2011. A sample of 1,019 working Canadians, and an addition 656 working managers and executives from Ipsos' Canadian online panel was interviewed online. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics and political composition to ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. A survey with an unweighted probability sample of this size and a 100% response rate would have an estimated margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what the results would have been had the entire population of adults in Canada been polled. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.

About WWF

WWF is creating solutions to the most serious conservation challenges facing our planet, helping people and nature thrive. www.wwf.ca.

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.

Additionally, for more information about HP's environmental initiatives visit the Live Green section on HP Canada's Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/HPCanada.




 


 



 



 


 



 

 




 

 




 

 




 

 







 

 







 







 

 







 

 












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Citrix Announcements from Summit and Synergy Barcelona

 


Citrix Launches New SMB Business for Desktop Virtualization

Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5 Anchors Strategy Spanning New Channel Specialization, Strong Partner Ecosystem and New Solution for the SMB Market

Barcelona, Spain » 10/24/2011 » Today, at Citrix Summit™, the premier Citrix partner training event, Citrix announced a broad new set of products, solutions and programs designed to help small and medium businesses move from the PC Era to the Cloud Era by capitalizing on the benefits of desktop virtualization. Central to the company’s new SMB initiative is the release of an all-new version of Citrix VDI-in-a-Box™, the easy, affordable, all-in-one virtual desktop solution designed specifically for small and medium businesses. VDI-in-a-Box 5 is the first Citrix release of this market-leading desktop virtualization product following the acquisition of Kaviza in May 2011 (see announcement). In addition, Citrix announced a new solution combining Citrix VDI-in-a-Box and the Citrix GoToManage® cloud-based support offering, making it easy for managed service providers and IT staff to remotely monitor and support virtual desktop deployments at multiple sites or customer locations.

To help drive further penetration in this fast-growing market segment, Citrix also announced a new channel partner specialization for the Citrix Solution Advisor Program, called SMB Specialist. SMB Specialists, which Citrix will begin certifying in January, will have access to an extensive set of sales tools, free online training and pre-sales support focused specifically on helping them successfully engage and service SMB customers.

The new Citrix SMB initiative also includes support for thousands of Citrix Ready® products from leading technology partners like Dell and Wyse that will offer validated hardware and software solutions easily consumed by small and midsize business. The combination of Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5, Citrix GoToManage, the support of a strong Citrix Ready ecosystem, and a new SMB Specialists channel program, all help extend the benefits of “going virtual” at the desktop to 10s of 1000s of small and medium businesses worldwide.

Desktop Virtualization: One Size Does Not Fit All

As the industry moves from the PC Era to the Cloud Era, desktop virtualization is rapidly being adopted by cloud providers and large enterprises to centrally-manage and deliver virtual desktops and apps as a service to any user, on any device, in any location. Small and medium businesses want to adopt desktop virtualization for the same reasons large enterprises do – to reduce desktop management costs, improve security and increase business agility, but they often find enterprise-class solutions overkill for smaller environments. Citrix acquired Kaviza in May 2011 because it shared the vision with Kaviza founders that the SMB market has unique IT challenges that cannot be addressed by the one-size-fits-all approach of other vendor solutions. Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5 is purpose-built for SMB customers. Its simple all-in-one architecture eliminates over 60 percent of VDI costs without compromising features like user experience, security and high availability that are needed by customers of all sizes.  

Solutions and Engagement Model Tailored for the SMB Market
Citrix is already the clear market leader in desktop virtualization for enterprise customers and cloud providers with Citrix XenDesktop®. With the addition of VDI-in-a-Box 5, Citrix now offers the best virtual desktop solution for SMB customers as well, along with tailored solutions, channel programs and technology partnerships to ensure success for customers of all sizes. The new Citrix SMB initiative includes:

  • Simple, Affordable Virtual Desktops – Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5 is the easy, affordable, all-in-one virtual desktop solution for SMBs. It deploys on a single server, and includes everything Windows® administrators need to rapidly deliver centrally-managed virtual desktops to any user, anytime, on any device  – for less than the cost of new PCs. VDI-in-a-Box 5 delivers a high-definition user experience with Citrix HDX™ technology, supports more than one billion business and consumer devices through the Citrix Receiver™ software client, and ensures high availability. Its dramatically simplified design eliminates over 60 percent of traditional enterprise VDI infrastructure – including management servers and shared storage (SANs) – by creating a grid of off-the-shelf servers with direct-attached storage perfect for SMB environments.

The latest release adds new features aimed at radically simplifying virtual desktops – new wizards to further simplify and speed virtual desktop management for Windows® administrators, an expanded open architecture to include support for the three major hypervisors – Microsoft Hyper-V®, Citrix XenServer® and VMware vSphere™, ESX and ESXi – and is delivered as a fully integrated Citrix solution backed by the worldwide expertise and support of the market leader in desktop virtualization. (See detailed blog)

  • Remote Management and Support – To help channel partners, managed service providers and IT administrators support SMB customers, Citrix GoToManage has new dashboards and alerts that make it easy to remotely monitor and support Citrix VDI-in-a-Box servers and virtual desktop deployments anytime, from anywhere. GoToManage continually tracks key health and performance metrics on the physical and virtual infrastructure helping to keep end users productive. Alerts can be configured to provide an “early-warning-system” – giving IT pros time to troubleshoot problems and make configuration changes before users are impacted. With the GoToManage Remote Support module, it is easy to set up and securely access (over the Internet) all VDI-in-a-Box servers from a PC, Mac, or iPad.
  • SMB-focused Channel Enablement – Citrix invites partners to join the Citrix Solution Advisor program as an SMB Specialist to help SMB customers to realize all the benefits of desktop virtualization. Training is fast, online and free. SMB Specialists can quickly get an evaluation up and running for customers utilizing the free trial, as well as leverage customer videos and testimonials, key-play marketing resources and online forums with tips and best practices.
  • Partner Ecosystem to Ease Virtual Desktop Deployments  – A key component to the Citrix strategy for SMBs is working with a partner ecosystem to develop validated end-to-end solutions that can be easily purchased and consumed by customers. The Dell and Citrix VDI-in-a-Box solution, available today from Dell, combines Dell validated server configurations and Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software into easy-to-use reference architectures, helping SMBs adopt desktop virtualization, while addressing implementation complexity and eliminating capital cost barriers. Wyse is offering the industry’s only zero-framework clients for VDI-in-a-Box with special partner promotions (see related announcement).

Quotes
Krishna Subramanian, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, SMB Solutions, Citrix
“There is pent-up demand among small and medium organizations who want to realize the benefits of desktop virtualization but have been underserved by existing solutions. Together with our partners, Citrix is breaking down the barriers for smaller organizations wanting to realize the business agility and efficiency of virtual desktops but face tight budget and resource constraints”

Tom Flink, Vice President, WW Channels and Market Development, Citrix
“VDI-in-a-Box represents a significant new revenue opportunity for the channel. Based on feedback from our partners we created a specialization with the tools and incentives to enable the partner community to take full advantage of the growing demand in the market. We also eliminated complex program requirements that create barriers for SMB-focused partners to engage with us.”

James Preston, IT Technician, Fitzharrys School, Abingdon, UK
“We were looking for something that would extend the lifespan of our classroom PCs, while keeping us at the leading edge of technology. Within an hour of first hearing about VDI-in-a-Box we had it up and running on a spare PC. Nothing else we had tried could even match this ease and speed of free trial download to a full production deployment. The best thing about VDI-in-a-Box is that you can scale from 20 clients to 100 just by adding another server – no extra configuration needed.”

Rafael Colorado, Director, Desktop Virtual Solutions, Dell
“Small and mid-sized organizations are increasingly acknowledging the need to streamline their desktop management with VDI, but they are often faced with significant deployment challenges.  By combining validated Dell PowerEdge server configurations with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software, Dell is offering a unique solution in the market for addressing implementation complexity and eliminating capital cost barriers. The combination of Citrix software with Dell hardware makes IT more agile so SMBs can drive strategic initiatives for their organizations.”  

Param Desai, Senior Director, Product Management at Wyse Technology
“Coupled with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box, Wyse thin clients deliver the best-in-class, most affordable VDI solution for SMBs. To support the wide adoption of VDI-in-a-Box, Wyse will offer a special promo price of US $249 for the C10LE zero-framework client through common Wyse and Citrix distributors. Wyse is excited to deliver a flexible, secure, multiprotocol supported, no management required, SMB virtual desktop solution with VDI-in-a-Box.”

Joining as a Citrix Solution Advisor Program SMB Specialist
There are no minimum requirements to join as an SMB Specialist. Partners that complete free online training will be eligible for leads and can earn up to 10 percent rewards from the Citrix Advisor Rewards program. New partners don’t have to wait for this specialization to be available, they can join the Citrix Solution Advisor program today at www.citrix.com/csa.   


Product Availability
Citrix VDI-in-a-Box 5 will be released this quarter. A free technology preview trial is available at www.citrix.com/vdi-in-a-box/try-it. Learn more by attending a TechTalk and product overview webinar, sign up at www.citrix.com/vdi-in-a-box.

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Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is a leading provider of virtual computing solutions that help people work and play from anywhere on any device.  More than 230,000 enterprises rely on Citrix to create better ways for people, IT and business to work through virtual meetings, desktops and datacenters.  Citrix virtualization, networking and cloud solutions deliver over 100 million corporate desktops and touch 75 percent of Internet users each day.  Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2010 was $1.87 billion.

 

 

 

BUFFALO UPDATES THE AWARD-WINNING CLOUDSTOR FAMILY

BUFFALO UPDATES THE AWARD-WINNING CLOUDSTOR FAMILY

AUSTIN, TX – October 18, 2011 - Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, today announced the addition of the low cost, single-drive CloudStor Solo to its award-winning CloudStor family of personal cloud accessible storage along with a set of new robust features, available as a free update for existing CloudStor users. The Phase II CloudStor system adds a host of new features such as USB backups, multi-user support and private shares, as well as an all-new user-friendly UI. Free to all existing users, Phase II is pushed automatically to all online CloudStor units as an update, adding unparalleled functionality that goes beyond simple storage for an enhanced portal to freely access and share photos, videos, music and much more with anyone, anywhere through the cloud.

“The over-whelming popularity and success of CloudStor demonstrates that the flourishing consumption of digital content continues to move beyond traditional channels and that simplifying data mobility and accessibility remains a primary focus for consumers,” said Brian Verenkoff, director of product marketing at Buffalo Technology. “With the launch of CloudStor Solo and the Phase II updates, Buffalo has again raised the bar on how consumers manage and share their content.”

Along with a new multi-language user-interface, the expanded CloudStor family now features multi-user access with the ability to set and modify local area network permissions, USB hard drive support for additional capacity or backup on equipped models, significantly improved media features and media playback functionality, as well as Time Machine® support for Mac OS® Lion. Additionally, Phase II includes a redesigned UI for greater ease of use and increased efficiency, system status notifications when errors are detected and RSS support for BitTorrent.

At the core of every CloudStor remains the Pogoplug® cloud service. The popular service connects users to their storage and allows them to freely access and share their storage anywhere in the world. Files can be shared securely between people with no need for user setup; simply choose what to share and email a link to your family and friends. Consumers’ digital content always resides on the CloudStor and the online service is only used to connect users and guests to specified files on the device. And unlike online storage services, CloudStor has no capacity or service fees. Just plug it in, turn it on and create your free account at mycloudstor.com.

In addition, CloudStor family of storage solutions offers many traditional consumer network attached storage features including private share support for LAN based network sharing and pairing with the popular uTorrent BitTorrent client which now includes RSS support, allowing users to offload the task of downloading torrent files from computers to CloudStor. Buffalo CloudStor can also stream to popular media devices, including Sony PlayStation® 3 and Xbox 360®. 

Pricing and Availability

The Buffalo CloudStor family is backed by a limited one-year warranty that includes toll-free 24/7 US based technical support.

  • CloudStor Solo will be available at the end of October at the estimated street price of $119.99 for the 1 TB (CS-X1.0) and $169.99 for the 2 TB (CS-X2.0).
  • CloudStor is available now at an estimated street price of $129.99 for the 1 TB (CS-WX1.0/1D), $179.99 for the 2 TB (CS-WX2.0/1D).
  • CloudStor Pro is available now at an estimated street price of $249.99 for the 2 TB (CS-WV2.0/1D).
Buffalo products can be purchased through distribution, online resellers and Buffalo’s ecommerce website.  For more information about Buffalo Technology and its products, please visit the company’s website at www.buffalotech.com and www.buffalocloudstor.com

About Cloud Engines

Cloud Engines, Inc. is the producer of Pogoplug, the award winning personal cloud solution. The Pogoplug service provides private and secure online storage, with no fees or limits, which can be accessed and shared from any computer or mobile device on the Internet. The service is free with the purchase of a Pogoplug-powered device, a small appliance that safely hosts storage from the privacy of a user’s home or office.  Cloud Engines was founded in 2007 by experienced entrepreneurs from the digital media and security industries who have a mission to change the way personal content is stored and distributed over the Internet.  The company is located in San Francisco, California with development offices in Israel.  For more information, please visit www.cloudengines.com.

WatchGuard Extends Business Security with Virtualization

WatchGuard Extends Business Security with Virtualization

New WatchGuard XTMv Series Denotes New Line of Virtualized Firewalls

SEATTLE – October 18, 2011. WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in business security solutions, today announced that it is extending its award-winning line of unified threat management (UTM) appliances to the virtual world. Designed for a VMware hypervisor environment, the new WatchGuard XTMv series of virtual firewalls provides unparalleled network security, and advanced protection of applications and data.

"Businesses are quickly adopting virtualization as part of their strategy to stretch IT resources and budgets," said Roger Klorese, Director of Product Management at WatchGuard Technologies. "For this reason, WatchGuard has developed virtualized versions of its XTM family so that businesses can consolidate technologies and reduce costs and complexities, while strengthening their overall security posture."

WatchGuard XTMv
Four editions of XTMv will be available later this quarter to meet the needs of small, midsize and large-scale distributed environments. These virtual versions provide the same type of high security offered by WatchGuard XTM series hardware appliances, including Application Control, Reputation Enabled Defense, intrusion prevention, gateway anti-virus, web blocking traffic shaping, and more.

Because multiple instances of XTMv can run on a single vSphere hypervisor, the WatchGuard virtual appliance is ideal for managed security services providers (MSSPs), hosting providers, and larger IT organizations who wish to run separate logical firewalls on the same host system.

Furthermore, because the WatchGuard XTMv series can manage traffic passing within the virtual infrastructure, and even across internal networks between virtual machines in the same cluster or on the same server, XTMv is well suited to implement security policies between applications, user communities or tenants. Even in small offices with a single server running consolidated workloads, an instance of XTMv can be run on the same server to protect the full server consolidation environment.

WatchGuard XTMv will be initially supported on VMware vSphere versions 4.1 and 5.0. Pricing and availability are not being announced at this time, however a limited beta will be offered in Q4, 2011. Parties interested in participating in the XTMv beta should contact WatchGuard directly.

Klorese concludes, "Because XTMv is deployed as a virtual appliance without requiring specialized hardware, IT organizations can implement unified deployment processes in which the virtual machines constituting an application group and the security solution protecting those virtual machines—XTMv—can be set up in a single automated process."

About WatchGuard Technologies, Inc.
Since 1996, WatchGuard® Technologies, Inc. has been the advanced technology leader of business security solutions, providing mission-critical protection to hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide. The WatchGuard family of wired and wireless unified threat management appliances, messaging, content security and SSL VPN remote access solutions provide extensible network, application and data protection, as well as unparalleled network visibility, management and control. WatchGuard products are backed by WatchGuard LiveSecurity® Service, an innovative support, maintenance, and education program. WatchGuard is headquartered in Seattle and has offices serving North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit www.watchguard.com.

Analyst Firm Positions Xerox in "Visionaries" Quadrant in 2011 ECM Report


Analyst Firm Positions Xerox in "Visionaries" Quadrant in 2011 ECM Report

TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2011 /CNW/ - Gartner, Inc. has placed Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) in the "Visionaries" Quadrant of its 2011 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management (ECM).

The Magic Quadrant, a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner, offers visual snapshots of a market's direction, maturity and participants, and evaluates companies on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Organizations can easily organize, classify and manage documents and data with Xerox content management offerings - ranging from Xerox DocuShare® ECM suite to Online Document Management (ODM) from Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS), A Xerox Company.

Recently, Xerox introduced DocuShare 6.6 to help organizations of all sizes better manage documents and reduce costs by automating the entire lifecycle of documents, images and forms. New features and add-ons include improved document workflow, eForms enhancements, document capture options and SharePoint integration.

"Xerox offers a broad content management portfolio that helps organizations of any size manage the massive influx of information that consumes today's workplaces," said Stephen Cronin, President, Global Document Outsourcing, Xerox Corporation. "We believe our position in the 'Visionary' quadrant by Gartner reflects the innovative ways we're reducing the frustrations of information overload by simplifying how work gets done."

"Our content management business is growing fast in Canada. Being placed on Gartner's 'Visionary' quadrant mirrors what the marketplace has been telling us here," said Jim Muzyka, Vice President, Services, Xerox Canada.

Additional Xerox ECM offerings include:

  • BlitzDocs® and BlitzDocs eXtended Edition (XE) - paperless solutions that speed up the mortgage loan process for lenders and borrowers by providing secure functionality to electronically sign, store, access and manage the lifecycle of legally-binding records while meeting technical and legal requirements.
  • CategoriX - a proprietary hosted review platform from Xerox Litigation Services with powerful search and analytical capabilities to increase the speed and quality of document review.
  • Online Document Management - a large-scale, Web-based electronic data management system used to automate accounting and mailroom services.
  • MIDAS+ Healthcare Suite - an integrated suite of software applications that provides strategic solutions for health care reform, including patient care management, risk management, performance improvement, benchmark comparison data and regulatory reporting.

About Xerox DocuShare
Xerox DocuShare is an enterprise content management platform developed by Xerox Corporation. DocuShare's capabilities range from basic content services to more robust business process automation and paper-to-digital solutions. It offers a number of partner solutions for vertical and cross-industry business processes. For more information about Xerox DocuShare, visit www.docushare.com or call 1-800-735-7749 in North America.

About Xerox
Xerox Corporation is a $22 billion leading global enterprise for business process and document management. Through its broad portfolio of technology and services, Xerox provides the essential back-office support that clears the way for clients to focus on what they do best: their real business. Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Xerox provides leading-edge document technology, services, software and genuine Xerox supplies for graphic communication and office printing environments of any size. Through ACS, A Xerox Company, which Xerox acquired in February 2010, Xerox also offers extensive business process outsourcing and IT outsourcing services, including data processing, HR benefits management, finance support, and customer relationship management services for commercial and government organizations worldwide. The 134,000 people of Xerox serve clients in more than 160 countries.

For more information on Xerox Corporation visit www.xerox.com, www.news.xerox.com, www.realbusiness.com or www.acs-inc.com. For investor information, visit www.xerox.com/investor.

For information about Xerox Canada visit www.xerox.ca.

About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2011 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Note: To receive RSS news feeds, visit http://news.xerox.com/pr/xerox/rss.aspx. For open commentary, industry perspectives and views from events visit http://twitter.com/xeroxcorp, http://twitter.com/xeroxoffice, http://twitter.com/xeroxproduction, http://twitter.com/servicesatxeroxhttp://twitter.com/xeroxevents, http://www.xerox.com/blogs, http://www.xerox.com/podcasts.

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Prices, features, specifications, capabilities, appearance and availability of Xerox products and services are subject to change without notice.

For further information:

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Briana D'Archi, Environics, 416 969 2671bdarchi@environicspr.com

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Survey Results Predict Global Internet Service Providers' IPv6 Adoption to Increase in 2012

Survey Results Predict Global Internet Service Providers' IPv6 Adoption to Increase in 2012

70 per cent of global Internet Service Providers (ISPs) surveyed plan to adopt IPv6 by the end of next year

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. 20, 2011 /CNW/ - The Global IPv6 Deployment Monitoring Survey 2011 results, initially previewed at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi, Kenya, in September, demonstrate healthy growth in awareness, planning and actual deployment of IPv6. The survey was prepared by GNKS Consult, an independent organization that conducts strategic and policy research and evaluation, and supported by the Number Resource Organization (NRO), the body made up of the world's five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs).

The findings from the third annual survey measuring IPv6 deployment draw on data supplied by around 1,600 international respondents, over half of which are Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The data indicates that more than 70% of respondents plan to deploy IPv6 on their networks by the end of 2012.

The survey results also indicate that respondents' concerns about IPv6 have diminished. Key concerns about costs, knowledge, business case and vendor support are all down from 2010. Only security concerns have grown, suggesting a need for continuing discussion of IPv6 and its security implications in technical forums.

"Information such as this is a valuable tool in gauging the progress made by the Internet community in adopting IPv6," states Raul Echeberria, Chair of the NRO. He further added, "It is fantastic to see a rapidly growing number of the world's ISPs committing to IPv6 adoption. In many respects, ISPs are a key driver of IPv6 success, as they are responsible for services delivered over IPv6. It's encouraging to see so many positive responses from the survey participants, and all Internet stakeholders should take this as a call to action to deploy IPv6 across their networks."

For more information please visit:

http://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ipv6_deployment_survey.pdf

The five RIRs are:

AfriNIC, http://www.afrinic.net - Africa

APNIC, http://www.apnic.net - Asia Pacific

ARIN, http://www.arin.net - Canada, many Caribbean and North Atlantic islands, and the United States

LACNIC, http://www.lacnic.net - Latin America and the Caribbean

RIPE NCC, http://www.ripe.net - Europe, Middle East, and Parts of Central Asia.

For further information:

Lucie Smith/ Alex Bishop at Racepoint Group UK Tel: +44(0)20-8752-3200, Email: ripencc@racepointgroup.com. Number Resource Organization Email: media@nro.net. At Lewis PR Tel: +1-202-349-3795, Email: arin@lewispr.com.


OnCall Wireless Brings Broadband Internet to Cherry Creek & Savona

OnCall Wireless Brings Broadband Internet to Cherry Creek & Savona

KAMLOOPS, BC, Oct. 20, 2011 /CNW/ - OnCall Wireless Inc. "OnCall" announced that, in November 2011, it will deploy a new state-of-the-art wireless Broadband Internet solution to serve the communities of Cherry Creek and Savona, located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District "TNRD".

"Broadband Internet access is a critical element in developing a vibrant rural community," states John Warta, Chairman of OnCall's parent company, Navigata Communications, "With the help of a grant from Industry Canada's Broadband Canada program, we are very excited to connect these previously underserved communities."

Once the network is in place, residents can subscribe to the new Broadband services by phone or in person at OnCall's new downtown Kamloops office at 158 Victoria Street.  The service is delivered to an individual's house or business with the use of a small wireless modem and antenna which connects them to the Navigata network.

"I'm so appreciative of OnCall Wireless bringing this vital communication service to Cherry Creek and Savona, " raves Ronaye Elliott, Director of  Area 'J' of the TNRD. "It's exciting to see that residents will finally benefit from the years we spent surveying and encouraging investment in broadband in Cherry Creek."

About OnCall Wireless

OnCall Wireless is a Kamloops-based Internet Service provider with a history of delivering locally-supported, high-speed Internet and web hosting services to businesses and residents in Kamloops and surrounding communities. OnCall uses Wireless and ADSL technologies to deliver and extend access to the Internet in areas previously underserved by the traditional telecom providers. OnCall Wireless is a subsidiary of Navigata Communications 2009, Inc. Visit www.oncallwireless.ca for more information.

About Industry Canada's Broadband Canada Program

Announced in the 2009 federal budget, the Broadband Canada: Connecting Rural Canadians program has announced funding for more than 85 projects that will make broadband Internet accessible to approximately 214,500 households. Thanks to this and other initiatives by provincial and territorial and regional governments, fewer than 2% of Canadians will be without access to broadband Internet services (at least 1.5 Megabits per second) by 2012. For more about Broadband Canada, please visit www.ic.gc.ca/broadband.

For further information:

Lori Jetha
Manager, Marketing Communications
Navigata Communications

Phone:  604.990.5926
Email:  lori.jetha@navigata.ca


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New Agile ALM Connect Conference Scheduled for March 26-29 Connects Tools, Methodologies and People


New Agile ALM Connect Conference Scheduled for March 26-29 Connects Tools, Methodologies and People

Conference Call for Papers is Now Open; Deadline for submissions is November 11

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct. 20, 2011 /CNW/ -- The Eclipse Foundation (http://eclipse.org/) is pleased to announce a new technical conference focused on connecting the latest software development tools, Agile methods and people across the entire application lifecycle. This new conference, called Agile ALM Connect, will be held March 26-29 in Reston, VA and will be co-located with EclipseCon 2012.

Agile ALM Connect will include technical sessions to educate practitioners on tools and strategies for modernizing and evolving the application development lifecycle. It will explore:

-- The interaction between development and DevOps -- Foundations and methodologies for continuous delivery and continuous integration -- Integration between Test Management, Quality Management, Release Management, Build Management -- Agile task management -- Task-focused collaboration -- ALM and Platform as a Service (PaaS) / Cloud Computing -- Mobile Development Lifecycle -- Deploying and scaling Agile methods, such as Scrum and Kanban, with tools -- Leveraging open source technologies such as Maven, Git, Hudson/Jenkins, Puppet, Mylyn plus many more

"Agile methods, open-source lifecycle tools and new deployment destinations such as mobile and cloud are transforming the way that we build software," explains Mik Kersten, Agile ALM Connect Program Chair and CEO of Tasktop Technologies. "In the last few years we have witnessed an explosion of new tools and processes that make building and deploying software easier. But as teams and organizations attempt to modernize their ALM stack, they are hitting against major challenges introduced by the rate of change and the heterogeneity of these new tools and practices. Agile ALM Connect will educate attendees on the new landscape for integrating tools and connecting people to enable a new level of software lifecycle and collaboration."

The Eclipse Foundation is a well-respected open source community that provides open source development tools used by millions of developers. Best known for the Eclipse Java IDE, the Eclipse community also produces key Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions: including Hudson for continuous integration, Mylyn for task management, EGit and JGit for distributed source code repositories and integration with Maven. Agile ALM Connect will be co-located with the annual EclipseCon conference.

The Call for Papers (http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/agilealm/cfp) is now open for Agile ALM Connect. Industry leaders and technical experts are invited to submit speaking proposal for the conference. Especially desired are case studies and real world experience with Agile and ALM. The deadline for submissions is November 11, 2011. The program will be selected by a program committee that includes the following experts:

-- Mik Kersten, Program Chair and CEO of Tasktop Technologies -- Luke Kanies, CEO of PuppetLabs -- Michael Huettermann, Author of Agile ALM -- Jason Van Zyl, CTO of Sonatype -- Dave West, Research Director at Forrester Research

Sponsorship opportunities are also available for Agile ALM Connect and EclipseCon. For more information please visit: (http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/prospectus).

About the Eclipse Foundation

Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle. A large, vibrant ecosystem of major technology vendors, innovative start-ups, universities and research institutions and individuals extend, complement and support the Eclipse Platform.

The Eclipse Foundation is a not-for-profit, member supported corporation that hosts the Eclipse projects. Full details of Eclipse and the Eclipse Foundation are available at www.eclipse.org

News Release Contact Information:Ian SkerrettEclipse Foundation613-224-9461ian.skerrett@eclipse.org

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Bell Pulls Back Online Restrictions On Eve of Open Internet Anniversary

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Bell Pulls Back Online Restrictions On Eve of Open Internet Anniversary


October 19, 2011—According to a recent email obtained by OpenMedia.ca, Bell has decided to start pulling back the discriminatory restrictions it has been imposing on online services for the last several years:

“Effective November 2011, new links implemented by Bell to augment our DSL network may not be subject to Technical Internet Traffic Management Practices (ITMP). [...]While congestion still exists, the impact of Peer-to-Peer file sharing applications on congestion has reduced.”

The restrictions imposed on the open Internet were never justified in the first place, and OpenMedia.ca is glad to see Bell moving away from the practice of throttling access to online services, despite this applying to only the wholesale market. The move draws further into question why Rogers and other big Internet service providers continue to employ the anti-competitive tactic.

Rogers has been in the center of a drawn-out controversy after it was caught slowing access to online games like the World of Warcraft. In a letter earlier this year, Rogers “recommend[ed] turning off the peer-to-peer setting in the World of Warcraft game and ensuring that no peer-to-peer applications are running on any connected computer."

Over the last few years, many Canadian ISPs have attempted to justify Internet openness violations by claiming that certain types of traffic, predominantly peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing traffic, are overwhelming their networks. Bell’s move today demonstrates clearly that this is not the case.

The move also reinforces findings from a report OpenMedia.ca released earlier this year. Entitled Casting An Open Net, the report demonstrates that restricting access online services—especially P2P services—is unjust and unnecessary.

OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson said today, “This announcement is further evidence that Rogers and other ISPs are breaking Internet openness rules when they restrict access to online services like peer-to-peer file-sharing. I’m not sure what more the CRTC needs to see in order to finally decide it’s necessary to audit ISPs to make sure they comply with Internet openness rules. Canadians have had enough of this.”

This week also marks the two-year anniversary of the CRTC’s decision to put forward traffic management rules (Internet openness rules) involving Internet openness. Backed by non-profit organizations, businesses, and Canadians across the country, OpenMedia.ca made the case for Internet openness at the 2009 hearings and declared victory when the CRTC made its decision.

Canadians can learn more about Internet openness, and sign a petition calling for an open Internet at http://openmedia.ca/saveournet.

About OpenMedia.ca

OpenMedia.ca is a national, non-partisan, non-profit public engagement organization working to advance and support an open and innovative communications system in Canada. Our primary goal is to increase public awareness and informed participation in Canadian media, cultural, information, and telecommunications policy formation.

OpenMedia.ca is best known for coordinating the Stop The Meter campaign earlier this year. The Stop The Meter campaign is widely considered the biggest online citizens’ campaign in Canadian history, involving nearly half-a-million Canadians.