Symantec Announces March 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report: Global spam drops by a third as Rustock botnet is dismantled

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Symantec Announces March 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report:

 

 

Global spam drops by a third as Rustock botnet is dismantled;

Bagle becomes most active spam-sending botnet

 

 

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – March 29, 2011– Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the publication of its March 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis reveals that in March, prior to its takedown, the Rustock botnet had been sending as many as 13.82 billion spam emails daily, accounting for an average of 28.5% of global spam sent from all botnets in March. When the botnet ceased sending spam this month, global spam volumes fell by one-third. Since the notable Rustock takedown, other botnets have stepped up their activities to take advantage of the gap in the market. Bagle has now taken over from Rustock as the most active spam-sending botnet in 2011.

 

MessageLabs Intelligence identified that global spam volumes fell by 33.6% between March 15 and 17 following legal action against command and control hosts used by the Rustock botnet. In the days following the takedown of Rustock, spam accounted for approximately 33 billion emails per day, compared with an average of 52 billion per day in the previous week.

 

“It remains to be seen whether the criminals behind Rustock will be able to recover from this coordinated effort against what has become one of the most technically sophisticated botnets in recent years,” said MessageLabs Intelligence Senior Analyst, Symantec.cloud, Paul Wood. “Rustock has been a significant part of the botnet and malware landscape since January 2006, much longer than many of its contemporaries.”

 

Notably, Bagle did not appear in the top ten spam-sending botnets at the end of 2010 as reported in the MessageLabs Intelligence 2010 Annual Security Report. By the end of 2010, Rustock had been responsible for as much as 47.5% of all spam, sending approximately 44.1 billion e-mails per day.

 

Also in March, MessageLabs Intelligence analyzed the spam traffic from the top ten major spam sending botnets. Since the end of 2010, the more-active Bagle botnet has sent approximately 8.31 billion spam emails each day, the majority linking back to pharmaceutical products. Bagle does not have as many bots under its control, or spikes of traffic as large and dominating as Rustock, but its output has been more consistent.

 

In March 83.1% of global spam was sent from botnets, an increase of 6.1 percentage points compared with the 77% at the end of 2010. During 2010, botnets sent an average of 88.2% of global spam.

 

“Botnets have been and remain a destructive resource  for cyber criminals and through the years have become the spammers’ air-supply, without which it would be very difficult for them to operate. Botnets are also used for other purposes such as launching distributed denial of service attacks, hosting illegal web site content on infected computers (known as bots), harvesting personal data from them and installing spyware to track the activities of their users,” Wood said.

 

 

Other report highlights:

 

Spam: In March 2011, the global ratio of spam in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources decreased by 2 percent (1 in 1.26 emails).

 

Viruses: The global ratio of email-borne viruses in email traffic from new and previously unknown bad sources was one in 208.9 emails (0.479 percent) in March, an increase of .134 percentage points since February. In March, 63.4 percent of email-borne malware contained links to malicious websites, a decrease of .1 percentage points since February.

 

Endpoint Threats: The endpoint is often the last line of defense and analysis. The threats found here can shed light on the wider nature of threats confronting businesses, especially from blended attacks. Attacks reaching the endpoint are likely to have already circumvented other layers of protection that may already be deployed, such as gateway filtering.

 

Threats against endpoint devices such as laptops, PCs and servers may penetrate an organization in a number of ways, including drive-by attacks from compromised websites, Trojan horses and worms that spread by copying themselves to removable drives. Analysis of the most frequently blocked malware for the last month revealed that the Sality.AE virus was once again the most prevalent. Sality.AE spreads by infecting executable files and attempts to download potentially malicious files from the Internet.

 

MessageLabs deployed techniques such as heuristic analysis and generic detection, to correctly identify and block several variants of the same malware families, as well as identify new forms of malicious code that seek to exploit certain vulnerabilities that can be identified generically. Approximately 15.7 percent of the most frequently blocked malware last month was identified and blocked in this way, using endpoint security protection.

 

Phishing: In March, phishing activity was 1 in 252.5 emails (0.396 percent), a decrease of 0.065 percentage points since February.

 

Web security: Analysis of web security activity shows that an average of 2,973 websites each day were harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs including spyware and adware, a decrease of 27.5% since February. 37 percent of malicious domains blocked were new in March, a decrease of 1.9 percentage points since February. Additionally, 24.5 percent of all web-based malware blocked was new in March, a decrease of 4.2 percentage points since last month.

 

 

Geographical Trends:

 

·       Oman became the most spammed in March with a spam rate of 87.9 percent.

 

·       In the US 79.6 percent of email was spam and 79.4 percent in Canada. The spam level in the UK was 79.1 percent.

 

·       In The Netherlands, spam accounted for 80.2 percent of email traffic, while spam levels reached 80 percent in Germany, 78.9 percent in Denmark and 78.8 percent in Australia.  

 

·       Spam levels in Hong Kong reached 80.6 percent and 77.7 percent in Singapore. Spam levels in Japan were 76.4 percent.

 

·       In South Africa, spam accounted for 79.5 percent of email traffic.

 

·       Luxembourg became the most targeted by email-borne malware with 1 in 26.2 emails blocked as malicious in March. The sharp increase was a result of a large number of variants of Bredolab, Zeus and SpyEye malware, which was observed in a number of other countries, including South Africa.

 

·       In the UK, 1 in 98.8 emails contained malware. In the US virus levels were 1 in 507.9 and 1 in 160.1 for Canada. In Germany, virus levels reached 1 in 352.7, 1 in 916.8 in Denmark and 1 in 467.1 for The Netherlands.

 

·       In Australia, 1 in 261.0 emails were malicious and, 1 in 357.3 for Hong Kong, for Japan it was 1 in 1,015 compared with 1 in 823.8 for Singapore.

 

·       In South Africa 1 in 76.9 emails contained malicious content. 

 

 

Vertical Trends:

 

·      In March, the most spammed industry sector with a spam rate of 82.3 percent continued to be the Automotive sector.

 

·      Spam levels for the Education sector were 81 percent, 79.6 percent for the Chemical & Pharmaceutical sector, 79.8 percent for IT Services, 78.8 percent for Retail, 78.1 percent for Public Sector and 78 percent for Finance.

 

·      In March, Government/Public Sector remained the most targeted industry for malware with 1 in 27 emails being blocked as malicious. 

 

·       Virus levels for the Chemical & Pharmaceutical sector were 1 in 302.2, 1 in 326.5 for the IT Services sector, 1 in 397 for Retail, 1 in 109.6 for Education and 1 in 318.9 for Finance.

 

The March 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report provides greater detail on all of the trends and figures noted above, as well as more detailed geographical and vertical trends. The full report is available at http://www.messagelabs.com/intelligence.aspx.

 

Symantec’s MessageLabs Intelligence is a respected source of data and analysis for messaging security issues, trends and statistics. MessageLabs Intelligence provides a range of information on global security threats based on live data feeds from our control towers around the world scanning billions of messages each week.

 

About Symantec

 

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

 

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News Release: McAfee and SAIC Study Shows Corporate Intellectual Capital is the Newest Cybercrime Currency

Good morning,

Today McAfee released the findings of a study on the security of
information economies. Titled "Undeground Economies," the report found
that, among other conclusions, only three in 10 organizations surveyed
report all data breaches and that 62 per cent still perceive securing
mobile devices as a challenge.

If you would like to speak with McAfee Canada about this report, or to
receive a full copy, please contact Jennifer Rideout
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416-961-5595.  Thank you.

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For Immediate Release

McAfee and SAIC Study Shows Corporate Intellectual Capital is the
Newest Cybercrime Currency

Companies are Spending US$1 Million a Week to Secure Sensitive
Information

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and McLean, VA - March 28, 2011 - McAfee and
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE:SAI] today
announced findings from a global study on the security of information
economies. In the study, “Underground Economies: Intellectual Capital
and Sensitive Corporate Data Now the Latest Cybercrime Currency,”
security experts and senior IT decision makers illustrate how
cybercriminals have made the shift from stealing personal information to
targeting the corporate intellectual capital of some of the most
well-known global organizations. Cybercriminals understand there is
greater value in selling a corporation’s proprietary information and
trade secrets, which have little to no protection, and are making
intellectual capital their new currency of choice.

The cyber underground economy is making its money on the theft of
corporate intellectual capital which includes trade secrets, marketing
plans, research and development findings and even source code. McAfee
and SAIC collaborated with Vanson Bourne to survey more than 1,000
senior IT decision makers in the U.S., U.K., Japan, China, India, Brazil
and the Middle East. The study is a follow up to a report released in
2008 called “Unsecured Economies.” The new study reveals the changes
in attitudes and perceptions of intellectual property protection in the
last two years. The findings revealed which countries were perceived as
the least safe to store corporate data, the rate at which organizations
are experiencing breaches and the response rate to prevent or remediate
data breaches.

“Cybercriminals have shifted their focus from physical assets to data
driven properties, such as trade secrets or product planning
documents,” said Simon Hunt, vice president and chief technology
officer, endpoint security at McAfee. “We’ve seen significant
attacks targeting this type of information. Sophisticated attacks, such
as Operation Aurora, and even unsophisticated attacks like Night Dragon,
have infiltrated some of the largest, and seemingly most protected
corporations in the world. Criminals are targeting corporate
intellectual capital and they are often succeeding.”

“The distinction between insiders and outsiders is blurring,” said
Scott Aken, vice president for cyber operations at SAIC.
“Sophisticated attackers infiltrate a network, steal valid
credentials on the network, and operate freely - just as an insider
would. Having defensive strategies against these blended insider threats
is essential, and organizations need insider threat tools that can
predict attacks based on human behaviour.”

Key findings from this year’s report include the following:

●       Impact of Data Breaches - A quarter of organizations have had a
merger/acquisition or a new product/solution roll-out stopped or slowed
by a data breach, or the credible threat of a data breach. If an
organization experienced a data breach, only half of those organizations
took steps to remediate and protect systems from future breaches.

●       Organizations Are Looking to Store Intellectual Property Abroad
- The economic downturn has resulted in an increase of organizations
re
assessing the risks of processing data outside their home country in
search of cheaper options, with approximately half of organizations
surveyed responding they would do so, an overall increase since 2008.
Approximately one third of organizations are looking to increase the
amount of sensitive information they store abroad, up from one fifth two
years ago.

●       Cost of securing data abroad - In China, Japan, the U.K. and the
U.S., organizations are spending more than US$1 million a day on their
IT. In the U.S., China, and India, organizations are spending more than
US$1 million per week on securing sensitive information abroad.

●       Geographic Threat Perceptions to Intellectual Property - China,
Russia and Pakistan are perceived to be the least safe for data storage,
and the U.K., Germany and the U.S. are perceived to be the most safe. Of
the global organizations surveyed however, a large number are not
conducting frequent risk assessments, with more than a quarter of
organizations assessing the threats or risks posed to their data only
twice a year or less.

●       Organizations Keeping Quiet about Data Breaches - Only three in
10 organizations report all data breaches suffered and six in 10
organizations currently “pick and choose” the breaches they report.
The report also shows that organizations may seek out countries with
more lenient disclosure laws, with eight in 10 organizations that store
sensitive information abroad influenced by privacy laws requiring
notification of data breaches to customers.

●       Device Management a Current Challenge - One of the greatest
challenges organizations face when managing information security is the
proliferation of devices, such as iPads, iPhones and Androids. Securing
mobile devices continues to be a pain point for most organizations, with
62 per cent of respondents identifying this as a challenge.
Concurrently, the report shows the most significant threat reported by
organizations when protecting sensitive information is data leaks.

To download “Underground Economies: Intellectual Capital and
Sensitive Corporate Data Now the Latest Cybercrime Currency,” please
visit
http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/reports/rp-underground-economies.pdf.

About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC),
is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee
delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure
systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users
to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more
securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, McAfee
creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the
public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance
with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify
vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security.
McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep
our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com

McAfee Canada is headquartered in Markham, Ontario, with regional
offices across Canada. The company's Consumer Software Research and
Development facility in based in Waterloo, Ontario.

About SAIC
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applications company that uses its deep domain knowledge to solve
problems of vital importance to the nation and the world, in national
security, energy and the environment, critical infrastructure, and
health. The company's approximately 43,000 employees serve customers in
the U.S. Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security, other U.S. Government civil agencies
and selected commercial markets. Headquartered in McLean, Va., SAIC had
annual revenues of $10.8 billion for its fiscal year ended January 31,
2010. For more information, visit http://www.saic.com/. SAIC: From
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NEWS RELEASE: EMC Delivers Breakthrough Document Capture

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EMC Delivers Breakthrough Document Capture Performance and
Intelligence

New EMC Captiva Version Offers Up to 90 per cent Quicker
Time-to-Deployment; Can Process more than 10 Million Pages a Day

WASHINGTON D.C. (AIIM International Conference and Expo @ Info360)
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March 22, 2011 - EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), the world leader in
information infrastructure solutions, today announced the newest
version of its EMC® Captiva® intelligent enterprise capture solution
that transforms paper documents, faxes and other content into digital
data used by enterprise applications. Its breakthrough levels of
performance and intelligence include the new Production Auto Learning
capability, which enables the system to learn document properties
while processing, allowing organizations to realize the benefits of
document capture faster than ever before. In addition, the new
version´s superior performance enhancements and additional language
support further transform paper-based information from a potential
liability into application-ready digital data.

Captiva with Production Auto Learning: Intelligence, Speed and
Efficiency

Captiva´s new Production Auto Learning feature enables the system to
automatically classify and extract important business information from
documents as they are being rapidly scanned, dramatically accelerating
the capture processes for invoices, loan documents, policy claims, and
many other document types. With Production Auto Learning, Captiva
leapfrogs competitive solutions that often rely on project
administrators to create templates up front or human operators to
perform time-consuming extra steps during validation in order to
indicate documents properties. By automating template creation,
Captiva now shortens project setup from days or weeks to a matter of
hours, reducing configuration time up to 90 per cent.

Enterprise Performance Highlights of Captiva 6.5

Internal benchmark testing shows a single Captiva server can now
process more than 10 million images per day, meeting the requirements
of the largest enterprises. To help customers maximize their
performance, EMC includes a performance and tuning guide that details
benchmark testing performed and provides guidelines to help size a
Captiva capture system. Captiva also features new customization and
integration options that simplify deployment using drag-and-drop
processes, providing organizations with the ability to easily deploy
capture solutions of any size in the shortest amount of time.

In addition, this new version further helps companies with global
operations with additional localized user interfaces in French,
Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Simplified
Chinese and Korean. Captiva now includes support for more than 100
single- and double-byte language recognitions, including Simplified
Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Head-to-Head: Captiva Wins

In a recent side-by-side lab-based benchmarking study, assessing the
ability to meet the enterprise requirements of today's business and IT
environments, EMC Captiva proved its competitive superiority in
performance, scalability and manageability when compared to the
competition. For complete results, a free copy of the benchmark study
is available at: www.emc.com/whycaptiva.

Customer, Partner and Analyst Quotes

Erica C. Boudreau, Archivist for the John F. Kennedy Presidential
Library in Boston, said, "This new version of Captiva enables us to
compress our scanned images using a lossless method, saving storage
space and costs while maintaining high quality images for the
historical documents that the JFK Library is capturing. The ability to
quickly manipulate images and to process them using Captiva´s latest
optical character recognition (OCR) engine produces more accurate
results and saves our staff significant time."

John Middleton, Managing Partner of BRT, an EMC partner, said,
"Having the
 ability to learn documents while in production
significantly reduces the amount of effort to design document
templates and shortens the time to get into production. Based on our
experience participating in the Captiva Design Partner Program, we
expect Production Auto Learning to greatly reduce the time and costs
for many of our customers."

Melissa Webster, Program Vice President for Content & Digital Media
Technologies at IDC, said, "IDC continues to see strong interest in
document capture solutions - especially solutions that help
organizations automate their paper-based business processes. And in
this regard, enterprises have two key requirements. First, the
solution must offer very high performance. Second, it must be
self-learning, to reduce implementation time and cost, as well as
ongoing application maintenance costs."

Paul O´Brien, Vice President of Information Access Products and
Solutions for EMC´s Intelligent Information Group, said, "Captiva
brings new energy to the capture market by delivering big features
sure to delight global enterprise customers. In offering Production
Auto Learning, EMC delivers on the promise of greater automation to
the capture process. As proven by the recent benchmark study,
Captiva´s best-in-class performance places it at the forefront of
the capture space. We´re delighted to bring this high-quality
solution to market."

About EMC Captiva

EMC Captiva intelligent enterprise capture solutions enable
organizations to transform paper from a liability into business
advantage by converting documents into application-ready information.
Captiva consists of: Captiva InputAccel®, a highly configurable
enterprise capture solution that captures documents from scanners and
other sources, transforms these documents into business information,
and delivers the images and information to line-of-business and
content management systems. Captiva InputAccel for Invoices turns
paper invoices into digital images, automatically capturing invoice
data, validating it, and delivering it into workflow processes and
content management and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
Captiva DispatcherTM provides intelligent document recognition
technology that automatically identifies incoming documents, routes
them based on pre-defined business rules, and extracts business data
from a wide variety of document types. Captiva eInputTM provides a
Web-based, thin-client environment for scanning, importing, and
indexing images and electronic files, enabling ad hoc and distributed
scanning throughout - and beyond - the enterprise.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world´s leading developer and
provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that
enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete
and create value from their information. Information about EMC´s
products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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NEWS RELEASE: Iomega Announces Next Generation of Screen

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Iomega Announces Next Generation of Screenplay Media Player Products

New ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player Lineup Brings the Internet and More
to Your TV: * Access Netflix, Pandora and other popular Internet
Entertainment Sites * Enjoy Videos, Movies, Photos and Music on the
Internet * DLNA-Certified for Streaming Content From Your Home Network
* WiFi Connectivity and QWERTY keyboard * Freedom of Choice: Models
With and Without Onboard Storage

SAN DIEGO - March 22, 2011 - Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC)
and a leading innovator in digital storage and content management
solutions, today announced the worldwide launch of the exciting new
Iomega® ScreenPlay® DX HD Media Player line, a family of easy-to-use
multimedia devices that changes the way you experience digital
entertainment in your home. With the Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media
Player, you can access and enjoy videos, movies, photos and music on
the Internet as well as content you own - all on your own TV in full
1080p high definition.

The new lineup of Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player products is
compatible with the most popular formats, including H.264, WMV and
RMVB, as well as being DLNA certified for easy streaming with
compatible devices on your home network. Other notable features
include DivX® PlusTM HD certification for stunning playback of MKV
movies, WiFi capability right out of the box thanks to the included
802.11n adaptor, and a user-friendly remote control featuring a full
QWERTY keyboard for fast and easy text entry of online links, websites
and more.

The ScreenPlay DX product family includes 1TB* and 2TB** models for
consolidating your digital entertainment collection in one place, and
the Iomega® ScreenPlay® TV Link DX HD Media Player, which has no
onboard storage but the same large screen TV experience with Internet
content as well as your own digital entertainment collection stored on
your network, or USB-based storage devices connected to the ScreenPlay
TV Link DX model.

"With previous generations of our ScreenPlay products, Iomega has
become a world leader in sales of high definition media players,"
said Jonathan Huberman, President of Iomega. "The new DX products
represent our best ScreenPlay line yet, making it even easier to enjoy
your favorite web-based content as well as everything on your home
network right from your HD TV. Forget about hunching over the laptop
or desktop to enjoy the Web or your own videos, photos and music. The
ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player allows you to effortlessly immerse
yourself in the Web from the comfort of your couch and your TV. Once
you try one of Iomega´s new ScreenPlay DX products, you´ll never
go back to the computer for your digital entertainment."

Features of the New Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player

The new ScreenPlay DX product family provides non-stop entertainment,
including your favourite videos in your personal collection as well as
all sorts of content on the Internet, including Netflix, Pandora and
more.*** Users can relax in front of their TV, interacting with the
Web as well as everything on their home network thanks to an
easy-to-use QWERTY remote control. Practically everything you own on
your home network and popular content from the Internet is now
accessible on your TV with the new Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD product
family.

The new Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player line incorporates a web
browser giving users the freedom to view content from pre-selected
sites and to visit other sites of their choice.****

Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player models easily connect to a
television by HDMI or composite video and optical audio outputs. Users
can also connect all of the computers on their home network, making it
easy to store, access and share videos, photos and music across the
home network or store all the files in one convenient location.

Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player Products -
With or Without
Storage

Iomega is launching the new Iomega ScreenPlay DX family in three
different versions: the ScreenPlay TV Link DX, which has no onboard
hard drive, and the Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player with either a
1TB or 2TB onboard hard drive for conveniently storing your digital
entertainment collection in one place.

All three versions of the Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player are
compatible with DLNA devices on your home network, as well as Wi-Fi
ready (802.11n) for flexibility in placing the unit next to your TV.
Each model features two USB ports for additional storage, making the
Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player a networked media centre as well
as a centralized storage solution for the home.

With full 1080p high definition playback, the Iomega ScreenPlay DX HD
Media Player supports virtually all of today´s popular CODECs and
file types, including H.264, WMV, MKV, DivX® and plenty of others.

Supporting Retail Quote

B&H Photo, Video and Pro Audio, a leader in photo, video, pro audio
and digital imaging products for consumers and professionals, will be
selling Iomega´s new ScreenPlay DX HD Media Player products online
(www.bhphotovideo.com) as well as at its New York Superstore in
Manhattan.

"Multimedia HD player products like the new Iomega ScreenPlay DX
line are at the beginning of their popularity as computer users and
others discover the advantages and pleasures of moving from the
computer to the television to enjoy content from the web as well as
all their own movies, photos and music on their home network," said
Mendy Levitin, B&H Computer Specialist, B&H Photo, Video and Pro
Audio. "We believe the multimedia HD player category is ready to
take off, which is why we´re excited to bring our customers
Iomega´s new ScreenPlay DX product line."

Availability and Warranty

The new Iomega® ScreenPlay® DX HD Media Player is now available
worldwide. The product is available in two capacities: the 1TB model
is US$229.99, and the 2TB model is US$299.99 (currently available in
international markets only). The Iomega® ScreenPlay® TV Link DX HD
Media Player is also available worldwide for US$149.99. (All pricing
is U.S. suggested retail.).

Iomega ScreenPlay DX products include a 3-year limited warranty (with
registration).

To learn more about the new Iomega ScreenPlay DX product family,
please go to www.iomega.com.

About Iomega

Iomega Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation
headquartered in San Diego, is a worldwide leader in innovative
storage solutions for small businesses, home offices, consumers and
others. The Company has sold more than 425 million digital storage
drives and disks since its inception in 1980. Today, Iomega´s
product portfolio includes industry leading network attached storage
products for the home and small business; one of the industry´s
broadest selections of direct-attached portable and desktop external
hard drives; and the ScreenPlay® family of multimedia drives that
makes it easy to move video, pictures and other files from the
computer room to the livingroom. To learn about all of Iomega´s
digital storage products and network storage solutions, please go to
the Web at www.iomega.com. Resellers can visit Iomega at
www.iomega.com/ipartner.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world´s leading developer and
provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that
enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete
and create value from their information. Information about EMC´s
products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices
from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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*1 TB = 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
** 2TB Iomega® ScreenPlay® DX HD Media
 Player model will be available
in international markets only.
*** Iomega will distribute licensed software only. Licensor´s
standard end user software license agreement or on terms and
conditions that are at least as protective of Licensor´s rights and
intellectual property and contains disclaimers at least as broad as
Licensor´s then-current standard end user agreement. Some of the
other suppliers, like Pandora, may also have additional agreements.
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Nokia Siemens Networks provides 7,000 LTE base stations to Telecom Italia

 
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Press Release

Milan

, Italy – March 28, 2011

 

 

Nokia Siemens Networks provides 7,000 LTE base stations to Telecom Italia

 

Nokia Siemens Networks will modernize Telecom Italia’s mobile infrastructure in several Italian regions with 7,000 base stations (BTS) able to offer 4G (LTE) mobile services. The Long Term Evolution (LTE)* technology has already been tested** by the two companies in some Turin city areas.

 

“This network modernization will enable exceptional voice quality and data speeds in addition to optimizing the performance and supporting the strong increase of smartphones,” said Massimo Mazzocchini, head of Telecom Italia customer team at Nokia Siemens Networks. “This technology will be able to offer a throughput of more than 140 megabits per second (Mbps) per cell with a latency of only 10 milliseconds, demonstrating the true value of a modern network for driving the growth of Italy’s economy.”

 

Nokia Siemens Networks will undertake the radio network modernization in some Italian regions in the 900-1800 and 2100 MHz frequency bands, supplying its future-proof single Radio Access Network*** Flexi Multiradio Base Stations. These base stations allow smooth implementation of LTE in the 2.6 GHz and 800 MHz bands.

 

With this implementation, subscribers of Telecom Italia will be able to enjoy advanced mobile broadband services including high-quality video calls, High Definition (HD) streaming and mobile gaming.

 

The radio network modernization will be implemented in some of the most developed, industrialized and economically vital Italian regions, including Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia Romagna, Marche and Umbria to further contribute to the country’s economy.

 

 

About Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of telecommunications services. With its focus on innovation and sustainability, the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and converged network technology, as well as professional services including consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed services. It is one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and professional services companies in the world. Operating in 150 countries, its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

 

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Notes to editors

* Nokia Siemens Networks is leading the commercialization of Long Term Evolution (LTE) in terms of commercial references and live network performance according to a third party consultancy firm. LTE is the next-generation mobile broadband technology and the evolutionary step from GSM, WCDMA/HSPA/HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, CDMA and WiMAX networks. It delivers the best broadband user experience and smart device services in an efficient way due to increased data rates, reduced latency and scalable flat all-IP network architecture. Nokia Siemens Networks has shipped its LTE ready Flexi Multiradio Base Station to over 200 operators. In addition, it was the first to make an LTE call using commercial hardware and standards-compliant software in 2009.

 

Nokia Siemens Networks is leading the commercialization of LTE in terms of commercial references and live network performance verified by an independent company, GSA.com. The independent company in its latest report on the global status of LTE operator commitments (dated January 12, 2011), states that 17 commercial LTE Networks have already been launched so far.

 

Among the Nokia Siemens Networks’ 31 commercial LTE deals are Agri-Valley Communications in the USA (radio, EPC); Deutsche Telekom in Germany (radio); Elisa Finland and Elisa Estonia (radio, EPC); LG U+ in South Korea (radio); LightSquared (national LTE network incl. 40,000 base stations) in the USA (radio, EPC); Mobily (Etisalat) in Saudi Arabia (radio, EPC); Mosaic Telecom in the USA (radio, EPC); NTT DOCOMO in Japan (radio, EPC); SK Telecom in South Korea (radio); Tele2 in Sweden (EPC); Telecom Italia (radio); Telefonica O2 in Germany (radio); Telenor Denmark (radio);Telia in Sweden, TeliaSonera in Denmark and Finland and EMT (TeliaSonera) in Estonia (radio); and Zain Bahrain (radio, EPC). We were also selected by Verizon Wireless in the USA to supply IMS for LTE.

 

Nokia Siemens Networks is conducting LTE trials with 25+ customers around the world including Aircel in India, China Mobile in China, Chunghwa in Taiwan, KPN in the Netherlands, M1 in Singapore, MegaFon in Russia, Optus in Australia, SFR in France, Telefónica O2 in the Czech Republic and Spain, Telstra in Australia, TMN in Portugal, Vodacom in South Africa and Vodafone in Italy.

 

An LTE performance drive test by Signals Research Group on a Swedish commercial live LTE network confirmed that the overall results achieved in the Gothenburg network (supplied by Nokia Siemens Networks) were better than those achieved in the Stockholm network (supplied by another vendor). For more information about the performance of Nokia Siemens Networks’ LTE offering, please refer to an independent report from Signals Research called ’Signals Ahead LTE Drive Test Revisited - Part 1’, which is available here or on the Nokia Siemens Networks internet page.

 

Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN including the Flexi Multiradio Base Station provides a future-proof, easy and cost-efficient path to LTE in both FDD and TDD spectrum bands via a simple software upgrade. Besides the Single RAN that supports GSM, 3G, FDD-LTE and TD-LTE, the company’s LTE telecom infrastructure offering also features the Evolved Packet Core, including Flexi NS (Network Server) and Flexi NG (Network Gateway), transport solutions, network management system, Self Organizing Networks (SON), the award-winning Voice over LTE (VoLTE), provisioning and charging solutions and a range of professional services to plan, install, maintain and operate networks. For more information, please click here.

 

** Click here to read more on: Telecom Italia and Nokia Siemens Networks trial LTE in Turin (Italy)

 

*** Nokia Siemens Networks’ Single RAN including the Flexi Multiradio Base Station provides a future-proof, easy and cost-efficient path to LTE in both FDD and TDD spectrum bands via a simple software upgrade. Besides the Single RAN that supports GSM, 3G, FDD-LTE and TD-LTE, the company’s LTE telecom infrastructure offering also features the Evolved Packet Core, including Flexi NS (Network Server) and Flexi NG (Network Gateway), transport solutions, network management system, Self Organizing Networks (SON), the award-winning Voice over LTE (VoLTE), provisioning and charging solutions and a range of professional services to plan, install, maintain and operate networks. For more information, please click here.

 

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Nokia Siemens Networks to participate in large scale China TD-LTE trial

 
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Beijing, China – March 25, 2011
 
 
Nokia Siemens Networks to participate in large scale China TD-LTE trial
Provides TD-LTE network, OSS, services for large-scale field trial in Hangzhou
 
With the approval of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT), Nokia Siemens Networks has become one of the first telecommunications equipment vendors to participate in the large-scale TD-LTE trial with China Mobile. Nokia Siemens Networks will offer its commercial
2.3GHz/2.6GHz TD-LTE equipment, professional services and management software to conduct the major field trial in Hangzhou.
 
Nokia Siemens Networks has already completed both 2.3 and 2.6GHz outdoor, and 2.3GHz indoor, single-system testing with TD-LTE. The company is one of the first global vendors to be selected for the large-scale TD-LTE field trials with China Mobile. In addition, Nokia Siemens Networks has conducted interoperability tests of its TD-LTE equipment with a number of TD-LTE devices of major suppliers. As stated by MIIT, Nokia Siemens Networks will cooperate with China Mobile to accelerate network construction, equipment installation, and network optimization according to the overall requirements and plan of the large-scale TD-LTE trial in Hangzou.
 
“Nokia Siemens Networks has built a complete TD-LTE business in China, integrating procurement, production, testing and maintenance with its Hangzhou R&D Center at the center of this value chain,” said Markus Borchert, head of Greater China customer operations at Nokia Siemens Networks. “The approval by MIIT confirms our long-term support for TD-LTE and our leadership driving the global ecosystem for unpaired frequency bands.”
 
In addition to its market-leading Single RAN Advanced radio equipment, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide network planning and network optimization services to ensure sustained network quality and performance. Configuration, monitoring and optimization for this project will be based on the company’s Network Management System, NetAct.
 

About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. Nokia Siemens Networks is one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies with operations in 150 countries. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.
 
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*Nokia Siemens Networks has been committed towards promoting healthy development of the TD-LTE industry chain as well as the internationalization of TD-LTE for long. It has also displayed remarkable performance in several 2.3GHz/2.6GHz lab and field trials organized by MIIT:
·           Early 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks supported the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan to build the region’s first TD-LTE trial network.
·            In April 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks inaugurated a TD-LTE Open Lab at its Hangzhou R&D facility,providing smart phone and terminal testing facility to accelerate TD-LTE ecosystem.
·            In May 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks successfully completed the TD-LTE field trial using the award-winning commercial Flexi Multiradio Base Station that has been shipped to more than 200 operators till date.
·           During Shanghai Expo, Nokia Siemens Networks facilitated a high resolution live video call between China Mobile’s pre-commercial TD-LTE network in Shanghai and National Chiao Tung University’s (NCTU) TD-LTE trial network in Taipei, set up by Nokia Siemens Networks.
·            In June 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks paved the way for a seamless evolution to TD-LTE by demonstrating the world’s first concurrent TD-SCDMA and TD-LTE demo.
·            During July 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks became the first vendor to pass TD-LTE X2/ S1 interface conformity test and successfully complete all testing tasks.
·            In August 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks met full TD-LTE test specifications defined by MIIT and conducted the world’s first high-definition TD-LTE video call including handover with a Samsung TD-LTE device.
·            In October 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks became the first company to successfully demonstrate TD-LTE using broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in India.
·           By the end of 2010, Nokia Siemens Networks had set up comprehensive operations in China with the entire industry chain including R&D, production, trial, etc. Hangzhou R&D Center was upgraded to become the global R&D base for TD-LTE with world-class researcher groups dedicated to this future telecom technology.
·            During Mobile World Congress 2011, Nokia Siemens Networks partnered China Mobile to showcase LTE FDD/TDD Forum and successfully demonstrate beamforming TD-LTE on commercial devices. Meanwhile, Nokia Siemens Networks has also become the main equipment provider supporting the first LTE FDD/TD LTE concurrent network.
 
** Nokia Siemens Networks was also at the forefront of LTE commercialization right from the start. In 2009, the company conducted the world’s first LTE call with commercial hardware and standard software. At present, Nokia Siemens Networks is working with more than 25 service providers in LTE trial and has won 31 commercial contracts in LTE. TeliaSonera and Deutsche Telecom are the customers, who chose Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy the world’s first commercial LTE networks.
 
Nokia Siemens Networks also enables rapid time-to-market of new services for operators through professional services capabilities developed around LTE. With experience in deploying, planning and optimizing LTE networks, Nokia Siemens Networks is strongly positioned to support operators in rolling out their LTE networks while they focus on launching superior mobile voice and date services to their customers.
 
 
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PRESS RELEASE: Symantec Commands Over 70 Percent of SSL Certificates on World's Top 1,000 Domains

 

Good morning,

 

Today, Symantec Corp. announced that its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates are found on more than 70 percent of the Internet’s top 1,000 SSL-using websites while its closest competitor sits with just 4 percent. As the most popular and recognized security mark in the world, the VeriSign seal is viewed by Internet users up to 650 million times in a single day. The Alexa Netcraft Index is a monthly snapshot of SSL Certificate use among the Internet’s most frequently visited sites. Symantec’s family of dominant SSL brands includes VeriSign, GeoTrust, Thawte, RapidSSL and TC Trust Center. 

 

Key highlights from this announcement:

·         Catapult Data Services creates the monthly Alexa Netcraft SSL Index by cross-referencing the Netcraft SSL Survey of public-facing certificates with the Alexa Top Sites list, which ranks the 1 million most visited sites by popularity.

·         Having acquired the first CA to provide SSL Certificates, Symantec continues its strong position in the market by offering customers more value-added services than the competition.

·         VeriSign® SSL Certificates enable customers to rest assured that they are protecting their online transactions and communications with the industry’s strongest encryption.

 

For more information about this announcement or to speak with a Symantec spokesperson, please feel free to contact me.

 

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Symantec Commands Over 70 Percent of SSL Certificates on World’s Top 1,000 Domains

 

March 2011 Alexa Netcraft Index shows Symantec also leads the world’s top 10,000 and 100,000 domains with 59 and  54 percent respectively

TORONTO, ON. – March 25, 2011 –   Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates are found on more than 70 percent of the Internet’s top 1,000 SSL-using websites while its closest competitor sits with just 4 percent. The Alexa Netcraft Index is a monthly snapshot of SSL Certificate use among the Internet’s most frequently visited sites. Symantec’s family of dominant SSL brands includes VeriSign, GeoTrust, Thawte, RapidSSL and TC Trust Center. 

 

This month’s report comes amid high profile discussions – from the social networks to the halls of power in Washington, D.C. – on the necessity for greater SSL implementation across the Internet’s Web properties. Concerns over rogue hotspots and related man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks have given rise to an extension of SSL protection to Web sessions beyond login and transactional pages.

 

As organizations more fully appreciate the variety and severity of online threats, the need for SSL-secured web sessions, at more touch points across the Internet, will become more and more apparent," said Fran Rosch, vice president of Trust Services at Symantec. "Online leaders seeking to maintain trust in their brands will continue to work with Symantec on the strength of its brands' reputations for strong encryption, innovative services and world-class technical support. When it comes to building trust online, online business with continue to come to Symantec."

 

Catapult Data Services creates the monthly Alexa Netcraft SSL Index by cross-referencing the Netcraft SSL Survey of public-facing certificates with the Alexa Top Sites list, which ranks the 1 million most visited sites by popularity. As a result, the Alexa Netcraft SSL Index obtains an accurate picture of SSL Certificate usage across the websites that matter most. 

 

Having acquired the first CA to provide SSL Certificates, Symantec continues its strong position in the market by offering customers more value-added services than the competition. For instance, VeriSign® SSL Certificates enable customers to rest assured that they are protecting their online transactions and communications with the industry’s strongest encryption. VeriSign SSL customers also receive daily malware scans and Seal-in-Search™, which enable the VeriSign seal to be displayed within search engine results to boost traffic to their sites.

 

Symantec is the leading provider of SSL and EV SSL protection worldwide, with nearly 70 percent of the EV SSL market. More than 100,000 websites display the VeriSign seal by deploying VeriSign SSL, VeriSign EV SSL, or VeriSign Trust Seal solutions. As the most popular and recognized security mark in the world, the VeriSign seal is viewed by Internet users up to 650 million times in a single day.

 

About Symantec

Symantec’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver.  For more information on Symantec products or current promotions, access Symantec’s Canadian Web site at www.symantec.ca. Symantec is an active member of the Business Software Alliance (BSA).

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

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FreeBalance to Attend IDB IIC Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors in Calgary, Canada


FreeBalance to leverage its Canadian Public Financial Management Expertise and Latin America & Caribbean Customer Experience

Ottawa, Canada (March 24, 2011) – FreeBalance, a global Government Resource Planning (GRP) software company, announced that it is attending the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the 26th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC). The meeting will be held in Calgary, Canada, from March 25 to 28, 2011 and brings together Ministers of Finance, Presidents of Central Banks, and other high-level authorities of member countries. Participation at the Annual Meeting is by invitation only. The Inaugural Session including the seminars, sessions, and meetings will be held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre. The meeting is expected to attract 3,000 delegates.

Seminar topics at the IDB 2011 Annual Meeting includes: Innovative Business Models in Haiti: Linking profit, sustainability and social investment; Can you afford not to invest in Latin America and the Caribbean; Financing large infrastructure projects, accelerating the development of Latin America and the Caribbean; Private Sector Investments and Socially Responsible Development of Natural Resources; The Future of Oil in a Carbon Conscious World; Global Imbalances and Latin America; Sustainable Cities: The Challenges of Growing with Quality; and, Development Connections: Connecting the Unconnected.

The IDB supports efforts by Latin America and the Caribbean countries to reduce poverty and inequality. It aims to bring about development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. Established in 1959, the IDB is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, with a strong commitment to achieve measurable results, increased integrity, transparency and accountability.

"FreeBalance is pleased to have the opportunity to participate in the IDB IIC Annual Meeting in Canada," said Matthew Olivier, Director, Global Marketing & Alliances at FreeBalance. "FreeBalance is a Canadian company that is active in Latin American and the Caribbean. Our mission is to help countries leverage technology to support economic growth and aid development through transparent and accountable financial systems."

FreeBalance Accountability Suite Version 7 offers a pure web-based platform that has been optimized for rapid government deployment, operational effectiveness. It is ideal for needs and requirements of Latin America and Caribbean governments. FreeBalance offers flexible deployment options, service oriented architecture facilitating integration with government information systems. The FreeBalance Government Resource Planning solution covers the entire budget cycle including financial and human resources transparency to improve governance and trust.

FreeBalance customers span the globe and the user community includes public financial management professionals in 19 countries, including Antigua & Barbuda, Panama, Canada, Iraq, Kosovo, Liberia, Mongolia, Namibia, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Southern Sudan, Timor-Leste, and Uganda among others. FreeBalance operates in 15 customer time zones. FreeBalance has more than 60,000 users around the world. FreeBalance software manages a global civil service workforce of 1,500,000, and also manages a quarter trillion ($US) annual budgets worldwide.

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FreeBalance helps governments around the world leverage robust Government Resource Planning (GRP) technology to accelerate country growth. FreeBalance software solutions for public financial and human resource management support reform and modernization to improve governance, transparency and accountability. Good governance is required to improve development results.For more information, visit www.freebalance.com.

 

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Tony Clement Keynote Upcoming at Canada 3.0 2011 May 2-4

 

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Spotlight Will be on ICT at Canada 3.0 2011 Digital Media Forum in Stratford May 2-4

 

Industry Minister Tony Clement slated to provide a keynote on Canada’s digital economy at Canada 3.0

 

Stratford, ON (March 24, 2011) – Canada’s premier national digital media event – the annual Canada 3.0 digital media forum – will have a strong focus on industry, including an address by Canada’s Industry Minister Tony Clement, when the event is staged here May 2-4. Minister Clement will speak to Canada’s place in the global digital economy on May 3.

 

"Our government has a clear vision of how Canada can successfully engage in the digital economy," said Minister Clement. "Canada 3.0 brings together everyone from grassroots entrepreneurs, to industry leaders, academia, and government. It is the ideal platform to be talking about how best to position Canada for success in the digital future."

 

The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) organizing Canada 3.0 2011 says the forum will examine how ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) can advance Canada’s productivity.

 

“Our ‘Moonshot’ goal for Canada – that anyone can do anything online in Canada by 2017 -- is what drives the discussion and action items resulting from the event,” said Kevin Tuer, Managing Director of the CDMN.

 

In addition to the industry focus, Canada 3.0 also spans government and education, with the speaker roster including:

-        Anthony D. Williams, co-author of ‘MacroWikinomics’, ‘Rebooting Business and the World’, and ‘Wikinomics’;

-        Jeremy Gutsche, innovation expert, author of Exploiting Chaos, and host of Trend Hunter TV;

-        Dr. Michael Wesch, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University and winner of the Wired Magazine Rave Award;

-        Kunal Gupta, CEO of Polar Mobile, and a market leader in launching innovative mobile applications;

-        Soniya Monga, Community Manager at Techvibes.com and co-host of Perpetual Radio’s Social Media Show;

-        Paul Lepage, Sr. VP Telus Health and Financial Solutions in the Telus Health Solutions division.

 

Eight sector tracks will include more than 100 speakers and expert panelists, plus interactive discussions regarding the latest in digital media-driven productivity gains in education, health, media & entertainment, telecommunications & distribution, natural resources, public sector, research, and human resources.

 

In addition to the ‘main tent’ presentations and sector tracks, the forum also features an Interactive Showcase area which this year comprises more than 60 exhibitors spanning industry and academia. Tuer emphasizes that the connections between participants in the forum are a key benefit of the event.

 

”Every year the conversation is renewed and revitalized with connections that make for lasting relationships amongst digital startups and established companies, across sectors and up and down the influence chain,” said Tuer.

 

Canada 3.0 2011 is enabled by Platinum sponsors: OpenText, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Research In Motion (RIM), and supported by The City of Stratford and University of Waterloo Stratford Campus.

 

For further information and details on registration, go to www.canada30.ca 

The site includes information on how to enter the ‘Canada: A Digital Nation 2017’ video contest.

 

About Canada 3.0 2011

Canada 3.0 2011 is a forum organized by the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) www.cdmn.ca intended to advance Canada’s strength in digital media. CDMN encourages job creation and increases global competitiveness by linking Canada’s leading digital media centres with industry, government and academia.

 

 

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Media Contact

Shelley Grandy, Sr. PR Advisor, Canada 3.0 2011, shelley@cdmn.ca