NEWS RELEASE: EMC and IBM Extend Interoperability Licensing Agreement for IBM zEnterprise Mainframe System Storage Interfaces

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EMC and IBM Extend Interoperability Licensing Agreement for IBM
zEnterprise Mainframe System Storage Interfaces

HOPKINTON, Mass and ARMONK, N.Y. – February 28, 2011 – EMC
Corporation and IBM Corporation today announced the extension of a
technology licensing agreement that enables customers to install and
utilize EMC and IBM products in heterogeneous IBM zEnterprise mainframe
server environments.

The multi-year agreement facilitates interoperability of EMC(R)
Symmetrix(R) DMX and VMAX™ storage systems with IBM Peer-to-Peer Remote
Copy and Extended Remote Copy (XRC) functions. The licensing agreement
also covers additional IBM interfaces, including FlashCopy, Multiple
Allegiance, Parallel Access Volumes (PAV), Dynamic PAV, and HyperPAV,
which are supported on EMC Symmetrix systems.

As part of the agreement, IBM will provide EMC with technical
specifications that will continue to enable compatibility between EMC
Symmetrix DMX and VMAX storage systems and the IBM zEnterprise System
running the current and future versions of the IBM z operating systems.
Financial terms are not being disclosed.

Mark Anzani, IBM Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, System z
said, “This extension agreement underscores IBM's commitment to
industry interoperability, by sharing information about IBM innovations
that bring value to clients who choose to deploy technologies from
multiple sources. By enabling choices in storage infrastructure from
vendors such as IBM and EMC, clients can confidently grow applications
and data onto the system z platform.”

Peter Conway, EMC Vice President, Symmetrix and Virtualization Product
Group, added, “This extension of our relationship with IBM will assure
the continuation of access to the benefits of EMC’s information
infrastructure solutions by IBM zEnterprise customers. Through efforts
such as this, EMC is furthering its commitment to providing zEnterprise
customers with industry-leading storage systems, software and
services.”

This is the latest in a series of licensing agreements and extensions
between IBM and EMC covering various technologies from both companies.
In October 2003, EMC and IBM first announced a licensing agreement that
provided EMC with access to a range of mainframe storage interfaces and
functionality for other IBM systems lines and also a mutual exchange of
open-standards-based interfaces for improved manageability and
interoperability. This agreement was extended in June of 2007. In June
2005, the two companies extended a cooperative support agreement which
remains in place today. It facilitates mutual response to joint customer
issues across various IBM Systems lines.

About IBM

For additional information please visit
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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.

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from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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News from CeBIT: Windows Intune Available in Canada March 23rd

 

Hello Mary,

Today at CeBIT, Microsoft has announced that Windows Intune will be available for purchase or a free 30–day trial on March 23, 2011.

Windows Intune is a comprehensive PC management cloud solution designed to meet essential management needs for organizations of all types and sizes, from small and mid-sized businesses to large enterprises. Windows Intune also includes upgrade rights to Windows 7 Enterprise, so users can standardize on a single version of Windows, making management of their PC environment easier and more efficient.

For all the details on the launch of Windows Intune, please visit today’s post on the Windows Blog: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/business/archive/2011/02/28/news-from-cebit-windows-intune-coming-soon-to-a-pc-near-you.aspx

For more information on Windows Intune please visit: www.windowsintune.com.

On March 23, we invite you to tune in to www.windowsintune.com as we introduce the final version of Windows Intune.

Best,

Isabella

Isabella Mise

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PRESS RELEASE: Integrated Control Corporation's Recipe for an IT Overhaul Features Symantec Software


Good morning,

Today, Symantec Corp. announced that Integrated Control Corporation has significantly reduced the time and money it spends on information security and management after implementing Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and Symantec Endpoint Protection 11. Results include almost 100 percent successful backups and recoveries, file recovery in minutes instead of hours, and no significant disruption from malicious code.

 

Key highlights from this announcement:

·         The 55 employees at ICC design, manufacture, and install control devices that enable food service executives at restaurants, schools, and hospitals to monitor cooking and preparation time, temperature, cleanliness, and product management in their kitchens.

·         Julian Cooper, senior IT administrator, Integrated Control Corporation, chose to eliminate tape and uses Symantec Backup Exec 2010 to take snapshots of data that are stored on a Dell PowerVault MD1000 direct-attached storage array.

·         ICC also implemented Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 to establish centralized control and proper processes for securing information against malware and other security threats, which resulted in less time remediating security problems (from eight hours a week to 15-30 minutes/week).

 

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

 

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Integrated Control Corporation's Recipe for an IT Overhaul Features Symantec Software

 

ICC partners with Symantec to help its food service industry customers comply with strict regulations governing food safety and quality

TORONTO, ON – Feb. 28, 2011 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced  that Integrated Control Corporation has significantly reduced the time and money it spends on information security and management after implementing Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and Symantec Endpoint Protection 11. Results include almost 100 percent successful backups and recoveries, file recovery in minutes instead of hours, and no significant disruption from malicious code.

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Improving and Streamlining Backup and Recovery

The 55 employees at ICC design, manufacture, and install control devices that enable food service executives at restaurants, schools, and hospitals to monitor cooking and preparation time, temperature, cleanliness, and product management in their kitchens. ICC's devices help its customers deliver consistent quality, increase food safety and preservation, comply with regulations, boost productivity, and minimize food loss.

ICC's staff has tripled in size over the past three years, and IT personnel realized the outdated IT infrastructure that did not have centralized IT policies and processes needed to be overhauled.

"One area we focused on was improving the way company data was protected," said Julian Cooper, senior IT administrator, Integrated Control Corporation. "Data was being backed up to tape, but not effectively. Only 25 percent of backup jobs and 10 percent of recoveries were successful. We just needed the right centralized backup policies, and Symantec helped us put those in place."

Cooper chose to eliminate tape and uses Symantec Backup Exec 2010 to take snapshots of data that are stored on a Dell PowerVault MD1000 direct-attached storage array.

“Backup and recovery success rates are nearly 100 percent,” Cooper added. “Recover­ies happen in minutes from disk, instead of hours that we used to spend searching through tapes. The feature I like most is the reporting. I have the information I need to determine where I should make changes if I want to optimize backups. I can also see how the backup will change if I switch to a different storage area network or direct-attached storage unit, or if I add more memory.”

Cooper is testing the integrated deduplica­tion capability of Symantec Backup Exec 2010 and plans to deploy it in 2011 after realizing a minimum disk space reduction of 50 percent during his testing.  He expects deduplication will enable ICC to delay purchasing additional storage, which will translate to a savings of about $5,000 a year.

More Effective and Efficient Information Protection

ICC also implemented Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 to establish centralized control and proper processes for securing information against malware and other security threats.  The IT team has reduced the time it spends remediating security problems from eight hours a week to only devoting 15-30 minutes on security administration. The company has not experienced any significant disruption from malicious code, and  the centralized management dashboard has helped IT  reclaim the equivalent of one a day a week of time it can devote to more valuable projects.

“Every­thing I need is in the dashboard of Symantec Protection Center," said Cooper. "Reporting is strong, and if something goes wrong, I can see it right away. I get rich, useful information in the debugging log that helps me get to the bot­tom of any issue quickly.”

Cooper adds he now plans to deploy the device control and application control features of Symantec Endpoint Protection.

 

Related

·         Integrated Control Corp.

·         Customer Success Profile: Integrated Control Corp. (PDF)

·         Symantec Backup Exec 2010

·         Symantec Endpoint Protection 11

 

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About Security Solutions from Symantec

Symantec helps organizations secure and manage their information-driven world with security management, endpoint security, messaging security and application security solutions.

 

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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Nokia Siemens Networks wins award for its 1Gbit/s Next Generation Optical Access

    Nokia Siemens Network

 

Press Release

Milan

, Italy – February 28, 2011

 

 

Nokia Siemens Networks wins award for its 1Gbit/s Next Generation Optical Access

Technology innovation recognized at the 2011 Fiber to the Home Conference in Milan

 

The FTTH Council Europe has presented Nokia Siemens Networks with a Technology Innovation Award for its Next Generation Optical Access (NGOA) technology. The company’s approach, which was outlined in detail as part of its award submission, has been demonstrated in its research labs to a number of customers. Nokia Siemens Networks’ NGOA uses a single optical fiber to bring broadband to up to 1000 homes at speeds of 1 gigabit per second per household, for both uploading and downloading at distances of up to 100 km from the central exchange.

 

The FTTH Council Europe is an industry organization with a mission to accelerate the availability of fiber-based, ultra high-speed access networks to consumers and businesses. It consists of more than 140 member companies, including many world leaders in the telecommunications industry.

 

“Nokia Siemens Networks’ NGOA will allow operators to provision virtually, unlimited bandwidth in their connectivity networks,” said Alexander Niepel, head of NGOA business development at Nokia Siemens Networks. “It’s not about fiber-to-the-home applications alone. NGOA has the ability to transform business and enterprise connectivity. For example, NGOA in mobile backhaul applications would provide smart phone users with a unique broadband experience while minimizing an operator’s cost per bit simultaneously. This is possible due to the flat, simple architecture of NGOA, which reduces active equipment.”

 

NGOA is designed to co-exist with legacy Passive Optical Networks (PON) systems, allowing for a seamless upgrade path from current optical connectivity systems along with facilitating central office consolidation to further improve operational expenditure.

 

Nokia Siemens Networks is already developing a prototype while continuing its close co-operation with FSAN (Full Service Access Network), which is the relevant standards body looking into the future optical connectivity standards.

 

 

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

 

Talk about Nokia Siemens Networks’ news at http://blogs.nokiasiemensnetworks.com and find out if your country is exploiting the full potential of connectivity at www.connectivityscorecard.org

 

 

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Huawei issues open letter to US government

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Subject: Huawei issues open letter to US government
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Hi all,

 

I hope all is well. Since CRN/It in Canada follow Huawei, I know you’re all probably  aware of the recent news around the company’s acquisition of 3Leaf Systems. In light of this, I wanted to let you all know that yesterday, Huawei issued the following open letter, written by Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman of Huawei Technologies and Chairman of Huawei USA.  The purpose of this letter is to try and illustrate Huawei’s perspective on the matter. It’s an unprecedented move for them.

 

I realize this is a lengthy article, but wanted to be sure that you all saw it, especially since the letter provides more detail about the company and its founder, Mr. Ren Zhengfei.  If someone would like to speak with Huawei, I would be more than happy to arrange a phone interview with Bill Plummer, Vice President of External Affairs at Huawei. 

 

Thanks so much, and please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Best,

 

Kent

 

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NEWS RELEASE: Cisco Makes Video Easier to Create, Consume, Search and Share Across the Enterprise

Cisco Makes Video Easier to Create, Consume, Search and Share Across the
Enterprise

Cisco Extends the Reach of Video and Collaboration With New Endpoints
and Cisco TelePresence Recording and Analytics Capabilities

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 24, 2011 - As part of its strategy to enable
organizations to improve business collaboration and communication, Cisco
today unveiled a host of new offerings designed to make it easy for
anyone to be a video producer. Customers now have new ways to create and
consume video across the enterprise. With the new Cisco offerings, they
can:

* Record and share videos and content on the fly from Cisco
TelePresence® or other video endpoints, easily extending the usability
of live or stored video for events, training or organizational
communications.

* Enjoy exceptional search capabilities within videos themselves.
Instead of wasting time scrolling through hours of video to find the
right clip, with a few clicks of a mouse, users can now simply advance
to the right spot -- whether to a spoken word, phrase or desired
speaker.

Cisco also announced a variety of innovations designed to give
customers more ways to easily deploy video pervasively throughout their
organizations, from the desktop to the conference room. These
innovations continue to deliver on commitments made in November, when
Cisco announced that all new enterprise collaboration endpoints will be
video-enabled. Today, Cisco introduced:

* A new 47-inch Cisco TelePresence endpoint, optimally designed for
immersive communications in any office or small conference-room setting.


* A new user interface for Cisco TelePresence endpoints that combines
the best features of Cisco's one-button-to-push technology and a rich
touch-screen feature set.

* The first line of Cisco® Unified IP Phones that have cameras built in
to the devices, offering customers an easy, affordable way to readily
adopt and deploy video communications. These devices, which work with
the entire portfolio of Cisco video endpoints, from the desktop to
immersive Cisco TelePresence rooms, also contain a variety of
energy-saving features, helping companies support green initiatives.

These new offerings, endpoints and experiences, combined with Cisco's
previously announced medianet architecture advancements, can help
customers deploy video more pervasively and streamline video creation,
delivery and consumption.

Key Highlights

Everyone Can Be a Video Producer

* Cisco TelePresence Content Server 5.0

- With the introduction of Cisco's TelePresence Content Server 5.0,
customers have access to an end-to-end video recording and streaming
solution. Users can record a meeting in a Cisco TelePresence session in
premium resolution (1080p at 30 frames per second), or 720p at 60 frames
per second and immediately review, play back and share that recording
with others through integration with Cisco Show and Share®.

- Show and Share, Cisco's enterprise webcasting and video sharing
platform, is now available in French and Spanish as well as English.
Show and Share is also tightly integrated with Cisco Quad TM, Cisco's
enterprise social software platform.

- The Cisco TelePresence Content Server 5.0 is scheduled to be
available globally in March.

* Cisco MXE 3500 Media Experience Engine

The Cisco MXE 3500 (Media Experience Engine) is a powerful and flexible
network appliance that along with the Cisco MXE 5600 provides media
transformation services to discover, connect, record, enrich and deliver
video. New MXE 3500 features include:

- Integration of Cisco Pulse® analytics capabilities for video searches
that can remove the time-consuming process of having to watch hours of
videos just to find the right content. With Cisco Pulse analytics, the
Cisco MXE 3500 automatically tags words and speakers in videos so that
users can easily and quickly search videos and find the speaker and
content segments they need.

- A new browser-based
interface for quick and easy adaptation and
post-processing features. End users can now easily upload files; add a
bumper, trailer, watermark or customized graphic overlay; and select
targeted playback devices like Cisco Show and Share.

- New live-streaming capabilities for live-event support on Cisco
Digital Signage solutions.

* The Cisco MXE 3500 is a key part of the medianet architecture for
any-to-any media adaptation, allowing users to capture and share media
from any endpoint on any platform. The new interface, additional
live-streaming capabilities and Cisco Pulse analytics option will be
available in phases, scheduled to start in the second calendar quarter
of 2011.

* Cisco Digital Signs for Collaboration

- As announced at the recent Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, Cisco
has unveiled a solution for streaming live telepresence and other video
content to digital signs.

- Customers can use this offering to expand the delivery of important
messages to employees and students, make emergency announcements to
large audiences, and scale viewership for large corporate "all-hands"
meetings.

- This dynamic solution uses technology from the Cisco TelePresence
Content Server, Cisco Show and Share, Cisco's MXE offerings and Cisco's
Digital Signage.

Video Everywhere

* Cisco TelePresence System 1300 and New User Interface

- The new model in the Cisco TelePresence System 1300 Series has a
47-inch LCD and can be wall-mounted or free-standing, making it an ideal
solution for a variety of deployments where immersive collaboration is
optimal.

- This endpoint will support the Cisco TelePresence Touch 12-inch, a
new and intuitive touch-screen interface that provides one button to
push simplicity and sophisticated layout and sharing controls. The Cisco
TelePresence Touch 12-inch will also support a variety of other Cisco
TelePresence endpoints.

- The Touch user interface lets meeting participants easily access
meeting information, consult a directory and share content.

- Customers currently using Cisco's IP Phones will have the option to
upgrade their endpoints to the Touch 12-inch device, if they so desire.

- This endpoint is scheduled to be available globally summer 2011.

* Cisco Unified IP Phones 8941 and 8945

- Expanding on Cisco's commitment to provide video on all new
enterprise endpoints, Cisco's Unified IP Phones 8941 and 8945 ship with
a built-in video camera for high-quality (VGA) video communications, and
a 5-inch high-resolution display, helping users capture nonverbal
communications that are missed on audio-only calls.

- With the IP Phone 8941, Cisco is the industry's first provider of an
IEEE Power over Ethernet (PoE) Class 1 video phone. The phone is
recognized for having the lowest power draw, even during the workday.
Both the IP Phone 8941 and 8945 offer a "deep sleep" option, reducing
power in off-work hours.

- The phones are equipped with Bluetooth hands-free wireless
capabilities, adding freedom and convenience. The phones support a
variety of headsets, including the Jawbone ICON for Cisco Bluetooth
Headset.*

Quotes:

* Marthin De Beer, senior vice president, TelePresence, Emerging
Technologies & Consumer Business, Cisco:

"As the market transition to video takes place globally in the
enterprise, we believe it's critical that our customers have the ability
to easily work across the video workflow: from the creation and
production of video, to consumption and sharing capabilities. We also
believe that they should have access to devices and offerings that work
together in a seamless and intuitive way.  Cisco is committed to driving
ongoing innovation that delivers on our vision for the pervasive
deployment of video."

* Sarah Wardlaw Jones, IT manager of instructional technology,
University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy:

"The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy utilizes the Cisco
TelePresence Content Server in conjunction with Cisco video conferencing
endpoints to capture live lectures and pre-
record learning modules that
our PharmD students can access over the university's Learning Management
System, eLearning Commons. Our students and faculty have rapidly adopted
this form of content capture, which has resulted in hundreds of hours of
recorded educational content. Our integration of the Cisco TelePresence
Content Server with our existing video conferencing network has become a
critical service that our department provides to the College of Pharmacy
and is serving as a model on the University of Georgia's campus as one
method of what can be done with content capture in higher education."

* Bruce Callow, director, ICTS, Griffith University, Australia:

"We are a large multi-campus research and educational institution with
five regional locations and are participating in research in many global
areas. Communication between our students, faculty and staff is vitally
important to us to enhance our learning and teaching, research, and
administration. We are looking for Cisco's new IP Phone 8941 and 8945
endpoints to enable us to affordably deliver high-quality video
communications on every desk. Our faculty and staff can benefit by
receiving visual cues and body language that is integral to personalized
learning and research collaboration. We will also enjoy the
energy-saving features, Bluetooth capabilities for hands-free
conversation and interoperability with our previously deployed Cisco
room-based video endpoints."

Additional Resources:

* For information about the new products and Cisco's enterprise video
strategy, please visit www.cisco.com/go/pervasivevideo

* For information about Cisco's collaboration portfolio and strategy,
please visit www.cisco.com/go/collaboration

* For more information on Cisco initiatives regarding medianet
architectures, please visit: www.cisco.com/go/medianet

* For information on Cisco's business video solutions:
www.cisco.com/go/businessvideo

Video

* Cisco Unlocks the Power of Video

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About Cisco Collaboration

From award-winning IP communications to mobility, customer care, Web
conferencing, messaging, enterprise social software, and interoperable
telepresence experiences, Cisco brings together network-based,
integrated collaboration solutions based on open standards. These
solutions, as well as services from Cisco and our partners, are designed
to help promote business growth, innovation and productivity. They also
designed to help accelerate team performance, protect investments, and
simplify the process of finding the right people and information.

About Cisco

Cisco, (NASDAQ: CSCO), the worldwide leader in networking that
transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco Canada
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PRESS RELEASE: Symantec and Adgregate Bring Internet's No. 1 Trust Mark to Social Commerce Sites on Facebook

 

Good morning,

 

Symantec Corp. recently announced that it is partnering with Adgregate Markets, a leading provider of secure social commerce, to significantly broaden the trusted shopping experiences available on the popular social networking site, Facebook. Adgregate now is offering Symantec’s VeriSign® Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates and the VeriSign® Trust Seal to customers of ShopFans, a native Facebook Platform application for creating stores. With the enhanced security of VeriSign SSL and VeriSign Trust Seal protection, stores created with ShopFans can enable commercial transactions directly in Facebook without compromising security and privacy. In addition, those merchants can display Symantec’s “VeriSign Trusted” seal, the most recognized trust mark on the Internet.

 

Key highlights from this announcement:

·         VeriSign SSL and VeriSign Trust Seal protection has been shown to help sites of all kinds establish the level of trust necessary to drive traffic to online stores, convert shoppers into buyers, and build loyal, lasting customer relationships.

·         Unlike many existing social commerce solutions deployed on Facebook, ShopFans utilizes the world’s most secure social commerce technology, and was built entirely as a native Facebook Platform application, instead of a ‘store in a widget,’ which allows brands for the first time to tie directly into all of the social plumbing of Facebook, including News Feed stories promoting “Wish lists,” “Likes,” “Shares,” gift registries, private and flash sales, loyalty rewards, social badging, and more.

·         More than 100,000 websites display Symantec’s VeriSign seal by deploying VeriSign SSL or VeriSign Trust Seal solutions.

 

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

Best,
Elana

 

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Symantec and Adgregate Bring Internet’s No. 1 Trust Mark

to Social Commerce Sites on Facebook

 

For Merchants Who Use Adgregate’s ShopFans to Build Stores on Facebook,

VeriSign SSL and VeriSign Trust Seal Can Improve Efforts to Convert Conversations into Commerce

 

TORONTO, ON - February 25, 2011 – Every month, more than 500 million online consumers collectively spend 700 billion minutes on Facebook. As those Facebook members display a growing willingness to spend money as well as time, Adgregate Markets, a leading provider of secure social commerce, is joining with Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) to significantly broaden the trusted shopping experiences available on the popular social networking site.

 

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Adgregate now is offering Symantec’s  VeriSign® Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificates and the VeriSign® Trust Seal to customers of ShopFans, a native Facebook Platform application for creating stores. With the enhanced security of VeriSign SSL and VeriSign Trust Seal protection, stores created with ShopFans can enable commercial transactions directly in Facebook without compromising security and privacy. In addition, those merchants can display Symantec’s “VeriSign Trusted” seal, the most recognized trust mark on the Internet.

 

Adgregate’s ShopFans customers, a who’s who of leading top 500 retailers and fast growing brands, can now leverage the globally trusted Symantec brand to further harness the social commerce explosion:

·         Ninety two percent of chief marketing officers at leading retailers are focusing their marketing efforts on Facebook.  (Source: eMarketer)

·         Facebook is by far the most effective way to turn conversations into conversions. In a recent report, 71 percent of users said they are more likely to buy after “liking” the brand, 68 percent feel more loyal to the brand, and 63 percent recommend others to join. (Source: Universal McCann)

·         Morepace, a leading retail market research firm, reported that 41 percent of those who follow brands through Facebook recommend products they support, and 37 percent want to hear about deals.

 

VeriSign SSL and the VeriSign Trust Seal enable sites to display the “VeriSign Trusted” seal, which communicates that a site operator’s identity has been independently authenticated by Symantec. VeriSign Trusted sites are also scanned daily for malware by Symantec, and participating search engines display the seal next to their name within search results. VeriSign SSL and VeriSign Trust Seal protection has been shown to help sites of all kinds establish the level of trust necessary to drive traffic to online stores, convert shoppers into buyers, and build loyal, lasting customer relationships.

 

“Retailers and their Facebook fans deserve the most secure solution available — and that’s what they get from Symantec and Adgregate, two leaders in social commerce security,” said Henry Wong, CEO Adgregate.

 

“The attraction to Facebook as a platform for commerce is irresistible, but retailers must ensure that their Facebook presence is one that establishes the levels of trust necessary to convert fans into customers – and to keep them coming back,” said Fran Rosch, vice president of Trust Services at Symantec. “We’re delighted to work with an innovator like Adgregate, whose vision for social commerce is helping to take the Facebook experience in an entirely new direction. By displaying the VeriSign Trust seal, Facebook stores created with ShopFans will transform more browsers into buyers.”

 

Adgregate Markets’ ShopFans power the social commerce storefronts for retailers with combined total online annual sales of over $8.5 billion, and to their collective 20 million plus network of fans on Facebook.  Unlike many existing social commerce solutions deployed on Facebook, ShopFans utilizes the world’s most secure social commerce technology. Moreover, ShopFans was built entirely as a native Facebook Platform application, instead of a ‘store in a widget,’ which allows brands for the first time to tie directly into all of the social plumbing of Facebook, including News Feed stories promoting “Wish lists,” “Likes,” “Shares,” gift registries, private and flash sales, loyalty rewards, social badging, and more.

 

More than 100,000 websites display Symantec’s VeriSign seal by deploying VeriSign SSL or VeriSign Trust Seal solutions. As the most popular security mark in the world, the VeriSign seal is viewed by Internet users more than half a billion times in a single day. 

 

At eTail West 2011 in Palm Desert, Symantec and Adgregate Markets will host a roundtable networking event titled, “What You Need to Know about Secure Social Commerce.” This invitation-only, private lunch workshop is exclusively for heads of Marketing and e-commerce from retail organizations, and will take place on Wednesday, February 23rd at 1:20 p.m.

 

Connect with Symantec and VeriSign Authentication:

·         Visit VeriSign Authentication Blogs

·         Visit Symantec Connect Business Community

·         Follow VeriSign Authentication on Twitter

·         Follow Symantec on Twitter

·         Connect with VeriSign Authentication on Facebook

·         Connect with Symantec on Facebook

·         Subscribe to Symantec News RSS Feed

 

About Adgregate Markets

Adgregate Markets is the leading provider of secure advertising and social commerce solutions.  ShopFans™ securely turns social shopping on Facebook from conversations into conversions.  ShopAds™ guide prospective customers from the point of discovery to the point of purchase entirely within innovative online and mobile ads. SecureAds™ are the world's most secure ads for customer engagement. Adgregate is a privately held company based in the San Francisco Bay Area and is venture-backed by leading investors. Adgregate has received numerous industry awards for its innovative advertising technology, including ad:tech’s White Hot Company, Techcrunch50 Finalist, and AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 Winner, recognizing the top private companies in digital media and advertising. For additional information, please visit www.adgregate.comhttp://www.facebook.com/Adgregate   http://www.twitter.com/Adgregate 

 

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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Interested in a prebriefing? HP announcing new Converged Infrastructure solutions

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Hi IT in Canada team J,

 

I’d like to offer you the opportunity to speak to an HP executive about new offerings in wireless communications, utility storage and data management solutions that are designed for a Converged Infrastructure. The upcoming announcement includes:

 

·         The introduction of the industry’s first high-speed mobile access solution that improves wireless network performance by up to 50 percent. HP Networking’s new wireless access points are built on technology that delivers bandwidth comparable to wired solutions.

 

·         New solutions from HP StorageWorks that accelerate the deployment of utility storage in cloud computing environments, as well as data management offerings for data protection and virtualization.


HP executives will be available on Feb. 25 and Feb. 28 for embargoed pre-briefings to discuss these solutions, which will be available through channel. If you agree to an embargo of March 1 at 7:45 a.m. ET, I can provide you with additional information and schedule a time for you to speak with an HP executive regarding the news.

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Thanks,

 

Janine

 

 

Janine Smith

NATIONAL Public Relations

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Toronto ON Canada M5V 3B5

Direct 416-848-1709

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Fax 416-848-1719

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TWO NEWS RELEASES: EMC Recognized for Continued Innovation; EMC Placed in the Leaders Quadrant

Hello,

Please see below for two announcements regarding EMC Greenplum
development in the Data Warehouse industry.

(1) EMC Recognized for Continued Innovation in Data Warehouse Industry
(2) EMC Placed in the Leaders Quadrant in Newly Released Analysis of
Data Warehouse Database Management Systems

Thank you.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMC Recognized for Continued Innovation in Data Warehouse Industry

According to an independent research firm, “EMC Greenplum has risen
fast into the top tier of EDW platform providers through solid execution
and continued innovation”

HOPKINTON, Mass. – February 24, 2011 – EMC® Corporation (NYSE:
EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today
announced that Forrester Research Inc. has recognized EMC for “solid
execution and continued innovation” and “strong scale-out
parallelism, coupled with its steady innovation and strong cloud focus
(that) gives it a competitive advantage in the hypercompetitive EDW
segment.”

The February 2011 report, “The Forrester Wave(TM): Enterprise Data
Warehousing Platforms, Q1 2011,” states, “EMC Greenplum demonstrates
strong growth, geographic diversification, vertical momentum, and
partnerships in the EDW market.” The analysis goes on to say that by
establishing a new Data Computing Division soon after acquiring
Greenplum and by rapidly rolling out a new high-performance appliance,
EMC has demonstrated a “serious commitment” to this marketplace.

“Forrester provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to leading
global leaders in business and technology,” noted Bill Cook, General
Manager and Senior Vice President of EMC’s Data Computing Division.
“Their comprehensive analysis factors in customer adoption and
installed base, and thus we believe that this latest new Forrester
report validates the growing demand for and market-leading excellence of
EMC Greenplum technology.”

Forrester also reported that “business process and information
management professionals regularly make substantial investments in EDW
software, hardware, services, and personnel that consume millions of
dollars.”

EMC Greenplum is addressing these pressing enterprise needs with
purpose-built, highly scalable, parallel data warehousing solutions that
architecturally integrate database, compute, storage and networks into a
single, easy-to-manage enterprise-class system.

To obtain a free copy of the full Forrester Q1 2011 report on
Enterprise Data Warehousing, please visit
http://www.greenplum.com/wave.

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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMC Placed in the Leaders Quadrant in Newly Released Analysis of Data
Warehouse Database Management Systems

HOPKINTON, Mass. – February 24, 2011 – EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC),
the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today
announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders
Quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management
Systems.*

*Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management
Systems” by Donald Feinberg and Mark A. Beyer, January 31, 2011

“We believe this recognition from Gartner, positioning EMC in the
Leaders Quadrant, aligns with the growing acceptance that EMC’s data
computing solutions are achieving in the marketplace,” said Bill Cook,
General Manager and Senior Vice President of EMC’s Data Computing
Division. “EMC’s approach for data warehousing in the era of ‘big
data’ is striking a loud chord, and our delivery of solutions that
offer greater data insight, performance, flexibility and reliability are
gaining strong traction with important customers.”

The EMC® Greenplum® Data Computing Appliance is an integrated data
warehouse system with a breakthrough Greenplum massively parallel
processing (MPP) architecture, a key enabler of “big data” clouds
and self-service analytics that allow organizations to store, manage and
closely analyze terabytes of detailed data for faster business insight,
conclusions and revelations. The EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance
also enables organizations to make sense of massive amounts of data
generated from various sources such as always-on networks, the Web,
consumers, surveillance systems and sensors. With twice the data loading
speed of its nearest competitor and the industry's best performance,
this innovative new EMC appliance permits more data to be analyzed
faster and at lower cost.

Interested parties can request a complimentary copy of the Gartner
Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems report at
http://www.greenplum.com/magicquadrant/.

About the Gartner Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyright 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.

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: EMC VNX Unified Storage Shatters Benchmark Performance Records

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

EMC VNX Unified Storage Shatters Benchmark Performance Records

Industry Testing Shows New VNX is 49 per cent Faster Than HP, 23 per
cent Faster than IBM, and 160 per cent Faster Than NetApp Systems

HOPKINTON, Mass. – February 24, 2011 – EMC Corporation’s (NYSE:
EMC) recently introduced EMC® VNX™ series unified storage system is the
new industry performance leader based on new independent benchmark
testing. According to the latest Standard Performance Evaluation
Corporation (SPEC) SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3
(http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/sfs2008nfs.html) testing data
– measuring networked file performance and overall response times
– the EMC VNX series storage system shattered previous performance
records, further demonstrating EMC midrange storage leadership.

Benchmark Highlights

- The test
(http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/res2011q1/sfs2008-20110207-00177.html)
highlights that the EMC® VNX Series is 49 per cent faster than the
previous leader, an HP system (BL860c i2 4-node HA-NFS Cluster)*, 23 per
cent faster than an IBM system (IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage
16-node cluster, Version 1.2)**, and 160 per cent faster than the NetApp
FAS 6240 Series system***. The EMC VNX Series performed at 497,623
SPECsfs2008_nfs.v3 operations per second. Faster throughput enables a
storage system to support more virtual servers and intense workloads, a
key requirement in a cloud infrastructure and enterprise deployments.
-The EMC VNX Series also had the lowest overall response time (ORT) of
systems tested, taking the top spot with a response time of .96
milliseconds. Faster response times enable end-users to access
information quicker and more efficiently.
- The new performance records were achieved
() as a result of the EMC VNX
Series’ modular unified storage architecture optimized to exploit the
performance benefits of SSDs (Solid State Disks). EMC is the industry
leader in the use of SSDs, which store and transfer data at much faster
speeds than traditional disk drives.
- The EMC VNX Series also demonstrated unprecedented levels of storage
efficiency during the testing. Traditional storage systems typically
utilize 60 per cent of raw capacity while the EMC VNX Series was able to
utilize a remarkable 98 per cent of its raw capacity, which in a
real-world environment translates into significant cost savings.

*The HP test
(http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/res2010q2/sfs2008-20100427-00160.html)
results were published by SPEC in July 2010.
**The IBM test
(http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/res2011q1/sfs2008-20110204-00176.html)
results were published by SPEC in February 2011.
***The NTAP test
(http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/res2010q4/sfs2008-20101018-00172.html)
results were published by SPEC in November 2010.

The recently introduced
(http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2011/20110118-05.htm) EMC®
VNX(TM) family – designed for virtual data centres – converges the
award-winning EMC CLARiiON® storage area network (SAN) and EMC Celerra®
network attached storage (NAS) systems into a single, unified
(http://www.emc.com/products/technology/unified-storage.htm)family of
solutions. The VNX series
(http://www.emc.com/products/series/vnx-series.htm) delivers
leadership simplicity, efficiency, and performance for demanding virtual
application and enterprise environments.

With features such as the EMC FAST (Fully Automated Storage Tiering)
Suite, including FAST VP (Virtual Pools) and FAST Cache, the VNX Series
provides real-world customer environments with superior performance,
capacity optimization, and comprehensive storage management
functionality, while exploiting the benefits of Solid State Drives
(SSD).

“Midtier storage customers are at a crossroads, with heterogeneous IT
infrastructures that include both SAN and NAS storage. So deciding how
to best leverage and optimize information
 assets becomes tricky,” said
Charles King, Principal Analyst at Pund-IT, Inc. “EMC's VNX simply,
seamlessly and cost-effectively supports both SAN and NAS. It's
optimized for virtualized server environments and armed with FAST
technologies that balance and optimize data automatically and
efficiently. Plus, VNX’s highly scalable, modular components –
complete with Intel Xeon multi-core processors – make it a powerful
and flexible solution. Overall, the SPEC results for EMC's VNX
illustrate how the company’s dedication to innovation helps mid-tier
customers solve common storage problems.”

“VNX brings together all of the leading functionality, benefits and
the latest in processor and disk technologies into one comprehensive
storage system,” said, Rich Napolitano, President, Unified Storage
Division at EMC. “EMC’s strategy of helping customers accelerate
their journey to the cloud includes automated management to properly
tier data in virtualized environments. These benchmark results
illustrate how our unique and efficient use of SSDs can help customers
better manage and run mixed virtualized application and enterprise
workloads.”

About SPEC

SPEC is a non-profit organization that establishes, maintains and
endorses standardized benchmarks to evaluate performance for the newest
generation of computing systems. Its membership comprises more than 70
leading computer hardware and software vendors, educational
institutions, research organizations, and government agencies
worldwide.

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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of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. SPEC® is
registered trademark of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
Competitive benchmark results
(http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/sfs2008nfs.html) stated above
reflect results posted on February 23, 2011. The comparison presented
above is based on the VNX series from EMC and the best performing
storage systems currently shipping by HP, IBM and NetApp. Click
http://www.spec.org/sfs2008/results/sfs2008nfs.html for all
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