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Chicago, April 23, 2010 (word count: 474)
Lumiscaphe has launched a new software tool, FrameIT, developed in collaboration with the company Astuce Productions. FrameIT is a decision tool in real-time 3-D presentation that allows marketing teams to choose the best way to photograph or shoot their products for use in marketing campaigns. Relying on Patchwork3D (P3D) digital models made by a design studio, advertising and communication services can determine the best ways to present their products before a final treatment by technical teams.

Communication managers select their views with FrameIt. The result is a set of preparatory images identified in a unique manner. Each frame consists of a low resolution image (72 dpi) and a digital fact sheet containing all the information needed to shoot (camera position, focus, perspective shooting, etc.). The information on shooting can provide technical data specific to the needs of 3-D computer graphics for generating final images and teams after the project (visualization of 3-D models, reflections and refraction models).

This easy-to-use tool is dedicated to product managers, marketing and communications teams, as well as decision makers who must determine the best angles and shots for the presentation of their product for communications campaigns.

About Lumiscaphe
Based in France with a subsidiary in Detroit, Lumiscaphe was founded in late 2001 after more than 10 years experience in the design of new software technologies tailor-made, particularly in the field of real-time 3-D photo-realistic rendering. This expertise has enabled Lumiscaphe to develop a new technology that combines photo-realism and interactivity with the 2004 release of a range of intuitive software with a complete chain for processing 3-D data recovery. Lumiscaphe counts the following among its major clients: Airbus, Bentley, Faurecia USA, Louis Vuitton, Peugeot-Citroen, Renault, TXS design. In order to develop its presence in the United States and Canada, Lumiscaphe has deployed a network of qualified value-added dealers.

About Patchwork3D
Patchwork3D fits easily into the digital channel and provides a set of simple tools to use to produce on demand, interactive models, films, and high-definition images. Concretely this software can bring to life the elements of a model in a real-time lighting, while retaining control and interaction with the manipulated object. Anima, the cinematic and animation module, enables, for example the rolling of a car, or opening doors — in general, to put in motion all the active components of a product.

About Astuce Productions
Founded in 1981, the company Astuce Productions specializes in publicity photo production. The constant search for efficiency in the production of material has led the company to establish a global production chain around teams, managing both the creation of visual processing and management of their distribution. More specialized in new technologies, service management information systems (ISD) is currently working for clients in the development of 3-D real-time and on the 3-D presentation technologies such as 3-D holographs or augmented reality.
For more information, please contact:

LUMISCAPHE
Pascal Cammas
P.O. Box 1341
Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1341
Tel.: (734) 761-3090
E-mail: pascal.cammas@lumiscaphe.com
Web: www.lumiscaphe.com

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Chicago, February 26, 2010 (word count: 427)
NINSIGHT, a specialist in software solutions aimed at the television, audiovisual and multimedia sectors, will be introducing its latest innovations at NABSHOW 2010 in Las Vegas from April 12 to 15: BB-TV, a Mac application for broadcasting digital videos and graphic compositions; NINSIGHT E-XS, a solution replacing sets of static and broadcast graphic-layering equipment as well as the graphics generators needed by broadcasting channels, and PROTITLE Live, a software solution for live subtitling in TV programs, conferences and symposiums intended for the hearing-impaired. The company will be exhiting on the French Pavilion at booth N1005.

NINSIGHT is revolutionizing broadcasting by providing all of the tools and techniques required to meet the demands of users like local channels, Web TV, digital film, museums, internal and remote broadcasts etc. BB-TV is an all-inclusive professional TV broadcast solution installed on a single Mac computer. With BB-TV, everyone can watch their media at their convenience before or after broadcast, or find what they want by searching through their own libraries. Users import their media into BB-TV, arrange them into categories and create media listings, broadcast listings, blocs, libraries, graphic templates. They can broadcast as they see fit, and this can be automated, done manually, looped or over several days. BB-TV handles SD or HD formats, adding appropriate signage, text or logos. The software alone retails for €499 (about $680 USD), which makes it the least expensive solution on the market.

With E-XS, the benefits and confidence provided by autonomous equipment are gathered into an all-inclusive solution. This new solution can process both SD and HD video signals. It makes creating sophisticated graphic layering simple and intuitive. E-XS allows real-time text, logo, animation, video and subtitle embedding. E-XS is an economical alternative to traditional equipment, since a single station can, for instance, favorably replace the following items for a TV channel: two logo generators, two synthesizers, one text generator fed by SMS or news, and subtitling equipment. All graphics processing is in real-time, and several software apps can be launched simultaneously, locally or via the network to meet user requirements. Its price is three to five times below that of existing solutions.

To meet new requirements in vocal recognition and speed-of-sound subtitling, NINSIGHT introduces PROTITLE LIVE, a comprehensive subtitling solution designed for live work, but which can be favorably used in production. Based on the latest in vocal recognition technology, PROTITLE LIVE is also used anywhere transcribing cannot be pre-recorded (symposiums, lectures etc). PROTITLE LIVE is available in a closed-caption version intended for countries broadcasting in NTSC.

For more information, please contact:

NINSIGHT
Jean-Marie Barthelemy
President
175 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
92130 Issy les Moulineaux
FRANCE
Tel.: + 33 (0) 1 73 19 00 00
E-mail: jm.barthelemy@ninsight.com
Web: www.ninsight.com

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Los Altos, CA – Alyuda Research, one of the world’s leading providers of trading and forecasting software, today announced the immediate availability of a new version of its professional trading software, Tradecision 4.7.

Leveraging on the many features built into the previous version, this latest release contains both improvements in functionality and new distinctive features:

• TD Ameritrade data feed is now supported
• Order types (market, stop, limit, stop-limit) can now be set for additional strategy stop rules
• Connection to Interactive Brokers can now be kept alive for some time if IB server goes down
• New functions for reversal patterns: VTop and WTopEx
• Multiple minor fixes in Tradecision and Data Manager
• Various speed and usability improvements

Tradecision is designed for thinking traders who understand the importance of using good trusted software in their decision-making process. With Tradecision, traders get proven technical analysis tools and artificial neural networks in a single package.

Tradecision is available in two different editions for different kinds of traders: Professional and Professional Real-Time. The software helps users to create and test their own winning trading systems to reduce the risk and maximize profits.

Tradecision 4.7 is expected to provide traders with full-featured software to perform outstanding-quality market analysis in the shortest time frame.

About Alyuda Research
Alyuda Research is an internationally recognized provider of technical analysis and neural network software for enterprises and individuals. Founded in 2001, Alyuda demonstrates its commitment to innovation and a dedication to its customers by developing high-end solutions with an exceptionally high quality service.

About the Tradecision Application
Tradecision is a professional trading software application for charting, technical analysis and creation of trading systems. With Tradecision, traders can successfully combine technical analysis with artificial intelligence in any market, in any time frame.

How to Make the Competition Look Like Chumps Without Spending a Mint  – by Craig Klein

Fast,effective response to your customers’ needs is crucial in today’s highly competitive and information based economy. Millions of small and medium sized businesses still rely on very basic customer information solutions for this mission critical function.

This is the second installment in a series of 4 articles each one focusing on a key reason that basic contact management systems like ACT! and Outlook are keeping your business from reaching the heights of success you’re striving for. In subsequent releases, we’ll focus on 2 additional reasons ACT! and Outlook are holding you back and provide simple and effective tips for breaking these barriers.

Reason #2 that ACT! or Outlook or whatever technology you’ve tried are not working for you:

You’re telling stories, not sharing facts.

When most companies start using a contact management system like ACT! or Outlook, they’re trying to minimize the disruption to the team so they simplify the requirements. Something like “Just keep the contact information up to date and put in a note about the calls and meetings you have.”

That sounds simple and easy. Why wouldn’t anyone play ball when the rules are so accommodating?

Because those same people don’t get anything truly useful back out of a system like that!

Think about it. If you get a call from a customer and they tell you that they spoke with your inside sales person yesterday and got a quote for this and that. If you lookup the customer in your contact management system and see a 3 paragraph note, entered by your inside sales person, describing what the customer asked about and what they were told, you can’t really use that information in real time. You’re not going to put the customer on hold so you can read the inside sales person’s notes. So, at that moment, you’re probably not feeling like this contact management system is the best thing since sliced bread. This doesn’t make you feel like that extra minute or two is worthwhile the next time you have some information to put into the contact management system. You know no one is really going to use it. Its too difficult to digest.

Tip #2 – make it easy to record information quickly, in the form of simple objective facts. Long tomes in the notes are the least valuable way to record information. They’re too hard to digest and use. You want someone else who has never spoken with that particular customer to be able to look at their information and in less than 30 seconds, know essentially everything there is to know about that customer.

You can do this with a little bit of thought and just about any kind of technology.

Tip #3 –figure out what you need to know about your customers before you start worrying about how you’re going to capture and organize it with technology. What you need is a list of simple questions with simple answers that you can ask any customer get short answers.

In every business there are 5 to 10 questions that you have to have answers to before you know if a prospect is “qualified”. Some of them are obvious:

• Am I talking to someone that can make the decision to spend money?

• Does this person have the money available?

• Is their need great enough to justify the expense?

• Which competitor are they using now?

Tip #4 – boil the potential answers down to simple facts. Envision a call sheet that your sales reps might bring with them on paper when meeting with prospects. Each question would be followed by the most common answers so that the rep can simply check off or circle those that apply.

That’s what we’re working toward in your contact management system! This is the only way we’re going to empower quick and easy input of information and rapid access and use of the information.

It only takes one or two experiences in which a sales rep looks up someone they haven’t spoken to recently and sees all this vital information staring them in the face in an easily understandable form. They’re hooked. Now they’re invested in making it work!

And best of all, adding these questions and answers to your contact management system in the form of simple fields with drop down lists is easy. If its not, you’ve spend too much money on your technology!

Tip #5 – start recording proposals, contracts, agreements, etc.in the contact management system so everyone can get to them immediately. This is pretty basic functionality for most systems. In fact, you don’t even need a real contact management system for this. All you need is some $25/month shared drive on the Internet. As above, you’ve just got to make it easy for everyone to do their job and get the information attached to the database.

To know more about SalesNexus online CRM, click here – http://www.salesnexus.com/

Chicago, September 29, 2009 (word count: 337)
Publishers of CAD software devoted to electricity, IGE+XAO Group is launching its SEE Electrical software on the US market. Intended for small and medium enterprises, SEE Electrical meets all user requirements among those who design and maintain the electrical part of any kind of installation. Intuitive and ergonomic, SEE Electrical software comes in three versions: “Basic,” “Standard” and “Advanced.”

The “Basic” level is suitable to all industries and provides a large number of basic CAD functionalities at a very attractive price of $1,190. The “Standard” level features several functionalities that help create and manage electrical diagrams with optimal productivity. Lastly, the “Advanced” level includes advanced functionalities (PLC input/output management, automatic plan generation, etc.) that facilitate complex project management.

Two trade-specific modules, “Cabinet Layout” and “House Installation,” complete the software suite. “Cabinet Layout” helps design electrical cabinets, while “House Installation” supports the layout of electrical equipment on floor plans. Having enjoyed commercial success for several years in a large number of countries, SEE Electrical has remained attractive to users due to its fast learning curve and intuitive functionalities. The software works on all existing Windows operating systems.

“Thanks to SEE Electrical, mid-sized companies will now be able to produce their electrical projects faster. In order to meet the budgetary constraints of small and medium enterprises, which are particularly critical at this time, IGE+XAO Group has set up “all-in-one” marketing offers,” says Alain Di Crescenzo, CEO of IGE+XAO Group.

About IGE+XAO Group:
For over 23 years, IGE+XAO Group has been designing, producing, marketing and maintaining a full range of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software suites. This CAD software was developed to help industrialists design and maintain the electrical part of any kind of installation. This kind of CAD is known as “Electrical CAD”. IGE+XAO has put together a range of software suites intended for all industrial sectors. IGE+XAO employs close to 350 people worldwide, across  22 sites and 16 countries. With over 59,000 licenses throughout the world, IGE+XAO is a key player in its field.

For more information, please contact:

IGE+XAO USA
David Kohek
Account Manager
545 E. John Carpenter Frwy, Suite 300
Irving, TX 75062-3958
Tel.: (972) 719-9083
Fax: (972) 719-9084
E-mail: dkohek@ige-xao.com
Web: www.ige-xao.us

IGE+XAO France
Christian Colin
Press Contact
E-mail: ccolin@ige-xao.com

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Oxford, UK 2009 – Grid-Tools Ltd, specialists in data generation, test data management and information lifecycle management, today announced a  partnership with Teradata Corporation, the world’s largest company solely focused on data wharehousing and enterprise analytics.  Grid-Tools’ test data management software, GT Datamaker, is in development for optimization to run on Teradata systems to provide solutions requiring database subsetting, data masking and data generation.

Grid-Tools Technical Director, Paul Blundell, commented with enthusiasm on the new partnership. “Teradata’s platform family delivers an innovative and economically attractive value proposition which continues to maintain the top spot in the industry,” said Blundell. “Grid-Tools is happy to build full integration for Teradata with the GT Datamaker suite.  We look forward to new partnership initiatives that will bring important benefits to our customers.”

In explaining the advantages of the integration to potential customers, Huw Price, Grid-Tools Managing Director, stated, “Our partnership and integration with Teradata offers Teradata customers help in managing data in their non-production environments; allowing them to build rich and compliant testing, development, training and QA databases.”

Grid-Tools’ primary solution, Datamaker, is designed to automatically create or generate data to aid in the testing and development of complex database applications.  The software also uses database subsetting techniques to create secure databases for non-production environments. Datamaker has a comprehensive database rules discovery tool, documenting database structures.  It can either create data with referential and application integrity or mask production data, cleansing it of personal and confidential information to ensure compliance with legislation such as the Data Protection Act and HIPAA.

Grid-Tools welcomes Teradata client companies as well as consultants interested in how they can provide support and partner on test and development data projects and programs.  For more information contact Grid-Tools at UK: +44 (0) 1865 884600, USA: 1-866-563-3120 www.grid-tools.com or sales@grid-tools.com.

About Grid-Tools Limited:
Grid-Tools are specialists in data generation, test data management and information lifecycle management.  Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for nearly 30 years.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data management including such innovative products as Datamaker, a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality synthetic test data with the referential integrity of production environments for non-production. Datamaker offers three methods for managing and generating data in testing and development inclusive of database subsetting, data obfuscation (data masking) and synthetic data generation, all of which are included in the Datamaker Professional Edition.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the “data-centric” approach to testing whereby, their focus is to ensure the quality of the test data you are using is of the right quality for successful testing.

Oxford, UK – Grid-Tools Limited, the premiere vendor of test data management, data generation, database subsetting and data obfuscation (data masking) software is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with Pentest, a leading IT security and penetration testing services provider in the UK. The two have joined in a strategic partnership to target test data compliance and data security measures in testing and development. For more information, please visit: www.grid-tools.com or call UK: +44 (0) 1865 884600, USA: 1-866-563-3120.  You can also visit www.pentest.co.uk or call UK: +44 (0) 1612 330100.

Data Security and Compliance Expertise Combined with Data Security and Compliance Solutions

Pentest, an accredited ISO consultancy, offer expert knowledge in database security and data compliance.

Recognized as leaders in the field of database security, Pentest offers a complete database security assessment service to businesses that rely on the security of the information held within their databases or have concerns relating to the security compliance of these databases.

The service delivers a documented, comprehensive, and in-depth analysis of the current security posture of existing relational databases providing its primary audience of security managers, auditors, compliance officers and senior managers with the information they need to ensure that company databases and their contents are adequately protected.

Grid-Tools Ltd offer data management solutions and alternatives to current practices in testing and development that are aligned with compliance measures and government standards like HIPAA, The PCI DSS, SOX and the UK Data Protection Act.  Grid-Tools offer three distinct ways to manage and create data for testing and development; database subsetting, data obfuscation (data masking) and test data generation.  The three methods can be used in isolation or conjunction offering versatility and flexibility depending on requirements.

The combined skills and expertise of Grid-Tools and Pentest now provides customers with assurance that the data within the database is secured throughout its full life-cycle from development and testing through to production.

Whether used as part of a compliance programme or to manage your company’s exposure to threats, the partnership provides customers with the assurance that database security is properly managed, that database security tools and techniques are being used properly and that the information within your corporate databases is secure as reported.

Huw Price, Grid-Tools Managing Director, stated, “Copying data from production databases and using it in testing and development is no longer considered an “acceptable” practice.  Grid-Tools offer the most powerful test data generator, with the ability to easily publish business intact data with similar characteristics to production data. The data generation method is one of the only ways to ensure that no production data is leaked into the public domain.  It is also the only way to ensure maximum code coverage.  Data generation combined with Grid-Tools other methods like database subsetting, data obfuscation and data masking provides customers with the armour to resolve compliance problems. Grid-Tools are the only tool vendor offering all three solutions”.

John Denneny, Pentest Managing Director, stated, “For almost all organizations, their corporate data is an absolutely crucial business asset.  Without access to the information in their corporate databases, most companies would be unable to conduct their day-to-day business.  While in recent years, most companies have invested heavily in trying to protect the availability of corporate data, there has been a glaring oversight within the industry to ensure that access to the production data is appropriate, controlled and audited.  While database performance and availability remain the key areas of concern for most DBAs, for compliance officers and security managers data confidentiality and integrity take precedence.  Thankfully, the industry is waking up to risks associated with poorly secured databases and the shift in approach to ensuring that corporate data is adequately protected against a wider range of threats including theft, destruction and modification is gaining momentum.”

About Pentest

Pentest Limited is an IT Security Company focussed on providing independent security consultancy services to major organisations across the UK, Europe and North America.  Pentest have a wealth of security expertise specialising in Strategic Security Consultancy, Database Security, Application Security, and the security of common technologies within popular business solutions.

About Grid-Tools Limited

Grid-Tools are specialists in data generation, test data management and information lifecycle management. Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for nearly 30 years.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data management including such innovative products as Datamaker, a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality test data with the referential integrity of production environments for testing and development. Datamaker offers three methods for managing and generating data in testing and development inclusive of database subsetting, data obfuscation (data masking and data compliance) and synthetic data generation.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the “data-centric” approach to testing whereby their focus is to ensure the quality of the test data you are using is of the right quality for successful testing and maintaining data compliance standards. For more information visit: www.grid-tools.com

Oxford, UK 2009 Grid-Tools Ltd (www.grid-tools.com) today announced their test data generation software, GT Datamaker, for advanced test data creation and generation techniques, is now integrated with the BenderRBT Test Case Design tool, the international leader in Requirements Based Testing.  The integration of the tools will offer a compelling proposition to potential customers looking for high quality test data throughout test and development cycles.  The ability to generate or create synthetic data across projects and integrate functional coverage techniques is highly innovative and unique in nature.

Grid-Tools Managing Director, Huw Price, commented with enthusiasm on the new integration stating, “We have had a long standing relationship with Bender RBT and Richard Bender and I look forward to working together and offering innovative and niche testing technologies and techniques for our customers.  By combining both technologies customers can now realistically create fantastically rich sets of test data that would have been impossible using manual techniques.”

Bender RBT Inc. President and founder, Richard Bender, seconded Mr. Price’s comments stating, “We have been very impressed by the quality of Grid-Tools solutions and the depth of knowledge and expertise of their staff.  The integration of our respective technologies is a major step in improving the effectiveness and efficiency in key areas of testing and test automation.”

The integration allows tests designed in the BenderRBT Test Design tool to be exported into Datamaker to automatically generate the test data bases.  It also supports enhancing the set of tests with information from the data model.  This can be used to support both functional and performance testing.

In explaining the advantages of the integration to potential customers, Mr. Price stated, “What this integration offers our end customers is help in managing, generating and creating data for their non-production environments; allowing them to build rich and compliant testing, development, training and QA databases”.

Bender RBT’s tool supports multiple approaches to functional test case design: Cause-Effect Graphing and Pair-Wise Testing, including both optimized pairs and orthogonal pairs.

Grid-Tools prime solution, Datamaker, is designed to automatically create or generate data to aid testing and development of complex database applications.  The software also uses database subsetting techniques to create secure databases for non-production environments. Datamaker has a comprehensive database rules discovery tool, documenting database structures.  It can either create data with referential and application integrity or mask production data, cleansing it of personal and confidential information to ensure compliance with legislation such as the PCI DSS, the Data Protection Act and HIPAA.

Datamaker’s integration with Bender RBT will be invaluable in the provisioning of high quality test and development environments and managing, editing and manipulating test data to integrate code coverage techniques.

The product is available on Grid-Tools website at: www.grid-tools.com/test-data-design.  For more information contact Grid-Tools at UK: +44 (0) 1865 884600, USA: 1-866-563-3120 www.grid-tools.com or sales@grid-tools.com.

About Grid-Tools Limited:
Grid-Tools are specialists in data generation, test data management and information lifecycle management.  Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for nearly 30 years.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data management including such innovative products as Datamaker, a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality synthetic test data with the referential integrity of production environments for non-production. Datamaker offers three methods for managing and generating data in testing and development inclusive of database subsetting, data obfuscation (data masking) and synthetic data generation, all of which are included in the Datamaker Professional Edition.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the “data-centric” approach to testing whereby, their focus is to ensure the quality of the test data you are using is of the right quality for successful testing.

About Bender RBT Inc.:

Bender RBT Inc., founded in 1977, is the world’s leading expert in Requirements Based Testing (RBT). The RBT process first ensures that the specifications are correct, complete, unambiguous, and logically consistent. Then a necessary and sufficient set of test cases, from a black box perspective, are created to ensure that the design and code fully meet those requirements. By integrating testing throughout the development lifecycle the focus shifts from mere defect detection to defect prevention. This results in higher quality, lower costs, and faster time to deliver. The RBT process can be applied to any application, written in any language, running on any technology including embedded systems, PC, client/server, web based, mainframe, and super-computer based applications.  More information about Bender RBT Inc. can be found at their web site: www.BenderRBT.com.

A software company CodeTwo has just released a free version of CodeTwo NetCalendars – a group calendar application that streamlines the management of appointments and workflow in companies.

- CodeTwo NetCalendars is part of the larger project called CodeTwo Public Folders – says Michal Bednarz, the owner of CodeTwo. – The latter enables sharing more data directly in Outlook such as mail folders, contacts, Office documents as well as appointments and tasks with other users in a company or home network. Once the users of CodeTwo NetCalendars learn the benefits of the application, they will surely be eager to test the capabilities of its more advanced counterpart.

CodeTwo NetCalendars enables multiple users to work on the same calendars located on different workstations in the local network – within one office – or in the Internet, between several branches of the same company spread across the country. Depending on the set rights of access, the virtual shared calendar can be viewed by only selected employees,  teams, one or several departments, or even the whole company. The changes introduced to calendar by one user are propagated in realtime for all other users using the application.

- NetCalendars is a useful tool for organizing the work of a department – says Michal Bednarz. – The application may be used by employees to store appointments and meetings, company events, as well as for managers to assign tasks, estimate billable hours, or book resources.

Users can tag the appointments with categories that have different colors to make them more distinct and noticeable. A glance is enough to single out the most urgent tasks and assess how much time it will take to complete them. The additional entries that can be added to the appointment include a short description, start and end date, as well as the name of a person responsible for a given event. A feature that is highly valued by users of CodeTwo NetCalendars is the reminder for upcoming events. At the time defined by the users a pop up window appears informing the person that a meeting, appointment or task is becoming due.

The program developed by CodeTwo is compatible with the calendar feature available in Microsoft Office Outlook. Each change made directly in the Outlook calendar is immediately and automatically copied to the shared calendar using CodeTwo NetCalendars. This is a time-saving feature as the employees do not need to clone the appointments between various calendars. Importantly, you do not need Exchange to connect CodeTwo NetCalendars with Microsoft Outlook.

- Outlook alone enables keeping a personal calendar only. It will not let users share data between multiple machines in the company – says Michal Bednarz. – Only by installing a costly Exchange Server can data be shared. None of the standard Office suites though will enable viewing the calendars of multiple users in one screen or printing several calendars. CodeTwo NetCalendars helps cope with this problem.

Features of CodeTwo NetCalendars:

• creating and saving views consisting of calendars of different users located on several machines in the local network or the Internet;
• compatible with calendars kept in Microsoft Outlook;
• managing access rights to appointments;
• work in calendars in online and offline mode;
• storing detailed notes on the task (title, description, persons involved, etc.);
• reminder for upcoming events;
• creating personal calendars not visible to other users;
• printing options to have multiple calendar in one page.

http://www.codetwo.com/freeware/netcalendars/

About the company:

CodeTwo, a software company located in Poland, develops highly-specialized software for Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook. CodeTwo offers solutions to facilitate groupwork in companies of all sizes as well as resource management procedures, mails and tasks.

The solutions brought by CodeTwo are currently used by over 3000 companies (700 in Poland and as many as 2500 worldwide, mainly the USA). The flagship applications released by CodeTwo include CodeTwo Public Folders – an application used to share Outlook data (calendars, contacts, tasks, and mail folders) by multiple users in the workplace or home, as well as CodeTwo Exchange Rules – a solution used to add company disclaimers or personalized signatures to email messages automatically without user’s instruction. The product list is completed by customized software solutions (e.g. system used to manage employees’ vacation/paid-leave forms, an application for creating data back-ups for Exchange, a solution for managing the standard paper company correspondence, and finally free add-ons to Microsoft Outlook.

Advanced integration with Active Directory, applying multiple disclaimer / signatures to one message, and support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Small Business Server 2008 are just some of the functionalities of the latest CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007 2.0. This version is now available for download from the manufacturer’s website – CodeTwo.

CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007 enables applying company disclaimers, legal notes, and signatures centrally at Exchange Server 2007. This frees the user from manual entering company data and logo to company emails. This is done automatically at the server according to the rules for processing messages configured by the administrator of Exchange. The application versioned 2.0 is characterized by tight integration with Active Directory (AD), which stores personal data of employees in the company. This data automatically fills out signature templates defined by the administrator.

- The latest version has an extended scope of parameters that can be used when composing signatures – says Michal Bednarz, the founder of CodeTwo and the only specialist in Poland to hold the title of Microsoft Outlook MVP. – These parameters include among others company branch, department where the message sender is employed, membership to a specified AD group or organizational unit. Footers can be defined based on AD attributes such as the phone number, email address of the sender. The application is now equipped with a highly functional HTML editor, enabling creation of HTML rich disclaimers without technical expertise of this programming language.

CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007 2.0 enables applying multiple mail rules to one message, which means you can add several footers to one message. – Our clients can now effortlessly add personal signatures right below the response text and a company disclaimer at the very bottom of the message – explains Michal Bednarz. – In yet another scenario a message can receive a detailed signature the first time it is sent and shortened signatures in subsequent replies.

The performance of the application has also been improved by adding Active Directory Cache, i.e. internal memory of the application that removes load from the server. Another overhead reducing feature is asynchronous message processing.
- A big novelty in 2.0 is support for the latest 64bit systems by Microsoft namely Windows Server 2008 and Small Business Server 2008 – says Michal Bednarz. – An improvement has also been made to the licensing module. Now the client does not need to send us the registration code to receive the activation code unlocking the trial.

CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007 2007 is a solution for those wanting to have a unified look of their company electronic correspondence. In the company where the application is used, emails will receive a consistent branding by a unified appearance of company disclaimer and signatures. – The application will help companies pursue coherent corporate identity also in their email messages – explains Michal Bednarz. – Moreover, the obligation to add company details to electronic mail is regulated by the law of companies.

New functionalities in CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007:

- Advanced integration with Active Directory (AD) and assigning different signatures / disclaimers to messages based on extended criteria
- New built-in HTML editor
- Applying multiple rules to one message
- Support for all world languages
- Support for 64bit systems Windows Server 2008 and Small Business Server 2008
- Improved mechanism for adding signatures below the most recent response
- Improved handling of RTF messages
- Rule Quick-Copying
- Archiving messages processed by Exchange
- Improved rule testing utility

More information can be found on the website of CodeTwo:

http://www.codetwo.com/exchange-rules-2007/

About the company:

CodeTwo, a software company located in Poland, develops highly-specialized software for Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Outlook. CodeTwo offers solutions to facilitate groupwork in companies of all sizes as well as resource management procedures, mails and tasks.

The solutions brought by CodeTwo are currently used by over 2600 companies (660 in Poland and as many as 2000 worldwide, mainly the USA). The flagship applications released by CodeTwo include CodeTwo Public Folders – an application used to share Outlook data (calendars, contacts, tasks, and mail folders) by multiple users in the workplace or home, as well as CodeTwo Exchange Rules – a solution used to add company disclaimers or personalized signatures to email messages automatically without user’s instruction. The product list is completed by customized software solutions (e.g. system used to manage employees’ vacation/paid-leave forms, an application for creating data back-ups for Exchange, a solution for managing the standard paper company correspondence, and finally free add-ons to Microsoft Outlook.

Chicago, June 9, 2009 (word count: 521)

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Lumiscaphe’s Patchwork3D™ software solution is a revolution in 3-D real-time realistic rendering of digital mockup. Dedicated to all product manufacturing industries, architecture and even communications and film industries, Patchwork3D enables the user to dress existing CAD models in just a few hours. Easily integrated into existing CAD programs, this fast-working software helps reduce design time and costs, while increasing design possibilities with options to add photo-quality lighting and materials to models.  Lumiscaphe will present Patchword3D and its other design software at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans from August 4 to 6 at booth 2135.

PRESSMART, a global leader in the interactive digital publishing solutions, today announced the availability of its eMag 3.0, a highly advanced digital publishing and delivery solution, to enable publishers world over offer a new, compelling and enriching experience to their users over the web.

The new version provides faster rendering engine and a striking new interface making Pressmart a very powerful-hosted print-to-online publishing service.

The feature rich eMag 3.0 offers 3D Thumbnails, Superior caching technology, Article text view and Multi-format XML based delivery that place the news back in a format that users can use on a multitude of devices including Mobile, RSS and Audio. It also enables management of Subscriptions, Ads, Analytics and Support in a single view.

“The eMag 3.0 offers deep analytics into the digital edition online traffic and user reading behavior, giving invaluable insight to the editorial and ad marketing teams of a publication.” said Sanjiv Gupta, Founder and Executive Chairman of Pressmart. “Customers can also launch their new media platform faster, far more efficiently and cost effectively”.

Readers demand for content that is more interactive, rich and ‘now’, scattered across different virtual channels is rapidly increasing. Traditional online sites do not carry the print brand online and lack the interactivity and richness of the eMag 3.0 interface.

With Pressmart’s on-demand digital platform Publishers can go digital on web, mobile, podcast and RSS in a matter of minutes even if they do not have technical knowledge. Additionally it offers access to state-of-art marketing, subscription and advertising tools using which Publishers can start monetizing from digital delivery from almost day one.

About Pressmart

Pressmart (www.pressmart.com) powers the digital editions of publications in 22 languages from 47 countries on Web, Mobile, RSS, Podcast, and other digital channels. Millions of users across the world access a digital edition powered by Pressmart. Publishers get Conversion, Hosting, Subscriptions, Ads and Analytics – packaged in a single easy-to-use service.

Oxford, UK 2009 Grid-Tools Ltd (www.grid-tools.com) have launched a new product into their test data management suite for data masking. Fast Data Masking (FDM) is specifically for Oracle databases and allows you to mask, reduce, compress and reorganize your test data in one operation. Using a powerful array of data masking and data obfuscation functions, seed tables and high performance techniques, the customer will quickly be able to create legally compliant databases for testing, development training and QA. Data can be extracted to flat files for use offsite or it can be masked, reorganized and compressed in situ using a combination of high performance techniques.

Systems analysts can choose from a rich array of standard functions and standard seed tables complemented by their own custom masking functions. Once the rules have been defined, a powerful set of scripts are generated to quickly extract the data or mask the data in situ. The scripts use standard database utilities and techniques to maximize performance. Visit the Grid-Tools website for examples of data masking performance runtimes at: http://www.grid-tools.com/Fast-Data-Masking.php

Data masking of structured data is the process of obfuscating (or masking) specific data from or within a database table or cell to ensure that data security is maintained, sensitive customer or employee information is not leaked outside of an authorized environment and the referential integrity of your original environment is maintained.

Grid-Tools will be offering the solution as part of their Datamaker Suite, which includes solutions for data masking, database subsetting and data generation for most database types. Although Fast Data Masking is only used for Oracle databases, data masking is available for most database types from Grid-Tools Ltd.

For more information contact Grid-Tools at UK: +44 (0) 1865 988542, USA: 1-866-563-3120 www.grid-tools.com or sales@grid-tools.com.

About Grid-Tools Limited:

Grid-Tools are specialists in data generation, test data management and information lifecycle management. Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for nearly 30 years.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data management including such innovative products as Datamaker, a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality synthetic test data with the referential integrity of production environments for non-production. Datamaker offers three methods for managing and generating data in testing and development inclusive of database subsetting, data obfuscation (data masking) and synthetic data generation, all of which are included in the Datamaker Professional Edition.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the “data-centric” approach to testing whereby, their focus is to ensure the quality of the test data you are using is of the right quality for successful testing.

Receive the most comprehensive market validated reports on how readers of your online publication are behaving. See what makes your readers tick. Simply add you Google analytics account ID into 3D Issue’s software and they do the rest.

3D Issue have released a new feature to their digital magazine production software that allows publishers to record each action of their digital readers and have those actions posted to the clients confidential free and market validated Google analytics account.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could get inside the head of every single one of your readers/clients/customers? When you print a publication, you distribute it to the shelves on the shop floors. Your next and final piece of concrete data that you receive is how many were sold and how many were returns…and let’s not forget the revenue generated by each sale.
We can pretty much assume that a reader is not going to read every single article with as much enthusiasm as they read their favorites and their regular pieces. And as you know every single reader is different as is every edition of your publication. Wouldn’t it be fantastic though if you could be a ‘fly on the wall’ when they were reading the publication and see exactly what they focused on. Knowing what makes your readers tick, makes your company tick. After all if you didn’t know this you wouldn’t be in business. How can you possibly acquire more information?

As far-fetched and perhaps forward as this may sound this is exactly what is available to you now through the introduction of Google’s Event Tracking, a feature 3D Issue has been able to incorporate into their digital magazine software…and it’s available to you now.
3D Issue provides a software solution to your online digital publication processes. Setting them ahead in the market by providing a one-time purchase software, 3D Issue allows you to publish all of your company’s publications under one license. Now with Event Tracking packaged along with their many other features, the sky seems to be the limit for publishers using their software. You are given the ability to be one-step ahead of your competitors and one-step ahead of your readers.
How is this possible?
Tying Google’s Event Tracking along with your online digital publication you are allowed to follow the actions of every single reader online. The market validated statistical reports are sent directly to your Google analytics account free of charge (see here how to set one up). All you have to do is enter your Google analytics account ID into 3D Issue’s software when prompted and that is it…sit back and wait for the stats to speak for themselves.
So you might ask what good is this to me, what would I be able to discover about my clients? Have a look at some of the information below that you can now easily record:
o Where your readers are logging in from
o How long they spend reading your magazines
o Total number of readers per issue
o Percentage of new readers per issue
o Percentage of repeat readers per issue
o How many times readers zoom in on each page
o Average number of pages read per visit
o Which pages the reader skipped to
o Which pages the reader zoomed in on
o Which audio files the reader played
o Which video files the reader played
o Which flash movies the reader played
o Which websites the reader visited
o What comments the reader forwarded
o What addresses the reader sent emails to
o What keywords the reader searched for
o How often the reader used thumbnail navigation
o How many readers used the exit button
o How many readers skipped to other editions
o How many readers altered the settings
o What pages the readers printed
o What articles in the contents menu the reader clicked on
o From which page the reader initiated the send to friend feature
o We have a video on the tutorials page that will demonstrate how this works.
In an industry that is so saturated with competition and substitutive products ’Event Tracking’ gives you the power to be one step ahead, be that ’fly on the wall’ and find out what your readers are interested in, see what makes them tick when they are reading your publication. This will provide you with knowledge and knowledge, they say, is power and this can be no more evident than in the publishing market.

I’m not a techie, how easy is it?
Very easy in fact! 3D Issue has designed their software to be used by anybody and everybody. Their extremely easy-to-use interface has transferred into the cooperation with Google Event Tracking as you can see below. If you have not already purchased 3D Issue’s software and want to try this out then you can download their fully functional trial version at the following URL:

http://www.3dissue.com/digital_magazine_trial.html

Try it for yourself

Chicago, May 19, 2009 (word count: 530) 

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ESI Group, a pioneer and world-leading supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, has announced the advent of its new logo along with a new tagline: “get it right™.”

ESI has a long history of delivering simulation solutions to the industry, from the company’s creation in France in 1973, to the development of its flagship product PAM-CRASH in 1985, to its IPO on the Paris Nouveau Marché stock market in 2000 allowing several acquisitions. Throughout the years, ESI was joined by experts from around the world and employs today more than 750 high-level specialists worldwide. It’s now the right time for ESI to refresh its image in support of what the company is today.

Along with a new, innovative logo, ESI has launched its new tagline, “get it right™” in alignment with its strategy to enable End-to-End Virtual Prototyping, essentially allowing customers to shorten their development cycle and reduce costs by using fewer physical prototypes. Designers and engineers test a product’s manufacturing feasibility and performance on the virtual prototype itself. Empowering customers to “build it right,” “test it right,” and “deliver it right,” ESI allows industry leaders to deliver the physical prototype, and ultimately the product, right the first time. 
  
“I’m very pleased to announce this latest step in ESI’s history,” said Alain de Rouvray, Chairman and CEO of ESI Group. “Our new branding is an opportunity to send a strong, positive message to the market: ESI is an innovative solution provider, daring and groundbreaking. We help our customers ‘get it right™’ by delivering solutions encompassing software and services for the end-to-end virtual prototype. Simulation can now start early in the design phase to validate step by step the performance of the complete digital model well before the first real prototype, allowing end-users and managers to make key decisions upstream,” he continued. “This provides significant gains in reliability, productivity and innovation, to get to a real prototype right the first time. ESI provides here to our customers a key competitive advantage.” 

With this new logo design, ESI has moved towards a simple, fresh look to embody modernity and dynamism. The color orange represents enthusiasm, creativity and determination, which adequately reflect ESI’s spirit of innovation, quality, and commitment to people.

ESI’s new logo supports a vision, a strategy, and an identity that are truly unique on the market. Please visit the website for a first feel of ESI’s new look: www.esi-group.com

About ESI Group:
ESI is a world-leading supplier and pioneer of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes that take into account the physics of materials. ESI has developed an extensive suite of coherent, industry-oriented applications to realistically simulate a product’s behavior during testing, to fine-tune manufacturing processes in accordance with desired product performance, and to evaluate the environment’s impact on product performance. ESI’s products represent a unique collaborative and open environment for Simulation-Based Design, enabling virtual prototypes to be improved in a continuous and collaborative manner while eliminating the need for physical prototypes during product development. The company employs over 750 high-level specialists worldwide covering more than 30 countries. ESI Group is listed in compartment C of NYSE Euronext Paris. For further information, visit www.esi-group.com.

For more information, please contact:

 Or:

 FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel.: (312) 327-5260
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr 

Chicago, May 8, 2009 (word count: 313) 

SCC creates simulation software applied to product transformation processes including mixing and extrusion for the plastics industry. The software share many common features. They are all dedicated to extrusion and mixing processes, and simulate the complete system. They also incorporate advanced physical phenomena models (reactive extrusion, dispersive/distributive mixing) as well as provide an inside understanding of raw material evolution. SCC will present two of its software solutions, Ludovic® and XimeX®, at the NPE 2009 Show, the International Plastics Showcase, from June 22 to 26 in Chicago, at the France Plastics booth W130038.

SCC’s Ludovic® software is dedicated to co-rotating twin screws extruder. It gives a full picture of the thermo-mechanical state of the equipment/product. Based on an intuitive graphical user interface, Ludovic® is the universal software to simulate all kinds of extruders. With its “less than one minute” computation time, the main benefits of using Ludovic are:
-shorten the iterative trial process
-decrease the time to market of new products
-secure the production line by identifying the best operating domain.
This software is useful for many areas such as R&D, production, and teaching and training issues.

As a 3-D Software, XimeX® analyses any kind of equipment: classic (such as single or twin screw, batch, planetary or static mixer, Buss kneader) as well as custom-built equipment. XimeX®’s unique features consist in providing meso-scale results correlated to the whole macro-mechanical state of the process. Its three-step approach assures fast setup time and easy use, underlined by a mesh-free innovative technology.
XimeX® handles an innovative particles model which quantifies mixing efficiency and residence time, and quantifies the particles’ properties evolution (size, shape, etc.).
This software is designed on a fully parallel numerical layer which guarantees a high level of scalability.

SCC software are scientific based software used for real trade applications. Ludovic® and XimeX® are developed in collaboration with the CEMEF (Center for Material Forming, France).

For more information, please contact: 

or:

 FRENCH TECHNOLOGY PRESS OFFICE
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3740
Chicago, IL 60601
Fax: (312) 327-5261
E-mail: contact.ftpo@ubifrance.fr

Oxford, UK 2009 Eviware software (www.eviware.com) and Grid-Tools Ltd (www.grid-tools.com) have engaged in a technical partnership to offer an integrated end to end data management and SOA testing solution with the launch of their new tool, soapUI Data Pro.

soapUI Data Pro offers the functionality of Eviware’s soapUI along with Grid-Tools (GT) Datamaker’s data management capabilities. The tool provides superior support for concurrent development and SOA testing of Web Service Projects and an integrated approach to managing the data that is fed into and returned from requests. Data pools of requested and stored responses are managed in a central repository, allowing the results to be quickly checked against expected results. The user is equipped with an enterprise-wide end to end SOA testing solution.

Grid-Tools will be offering the solution as part of their Datamaker Suite toolset and Eviware will be offering the solution as an upgrade to its open source solution, soapUI and its professional solution, soapUI Pro. Customers will be able to contact both companies to order the solution, which is selling for a low cost of $1,200 USD.

Data Management for Web Service Projects

Combining the two tools offers customers an end to end data driven testing solution for Web Services including comprehensive support for testing of RESTful Web Services, support for creating complete simulation of Web Services, recording of live communication and the creation of tests from recordings. Expected results can also be stored within the tool and actual results can quickly be checked. Data requests and results can also be compared over time to identify if anything has changed. SoapUI Data Pro can store data in the Datamaker repository allowing users to freeze the response data. This is very important when testing multiple SOA requests, a good example of this would be freezing Pricing information in a complex series of test cases.

soapUI Data Pro also offers the feature of “Test Refactoring” whereby, if a WSDL is changed, upgrading all of your tests from one version is a simple and easy task and global edits can easily be made across data pools. The automatic creation of input forms for Web Services, drag and drop test creation and one click load tests are also simple and easy processes within the tool.

A Compelling Partnership to Target Data Driven SOA Testing

In response to the new partnership and technical integration, Huw Price, Grid-Tools Managing Director said, “Grid-Tools have welcomed the chance to develop a closer working partnership with Eviware and launch our new tool together. Eviware have a great product with soapUI and an extremely progressive attitude. We had been looking for quite some time for a well structured SOA technology to help expand the Datamaker functionality”.

“One of the most powerful functions of our integrated tool is its ability to import and manage SOA definitions and then use them to run a wide range of tests needed to test the project extensively. This provides an incredibly valuable proposition to customers”. Grid-Tools commented how enthusiastic they are about the ability to offer the tool to customers and work with Eviware.

“As SOA has gained traction in enterprises, we have come across the issue of data management from our users; the need for support for complex and rich test data is a natural development for our toolset” says Ole Matzura of Eviware Software. “The quality of the testing is only as good as the data you use, but without proper support test data management can quickly become overwhelming. Partnering with Grid-Tools was a perfect fit; Datamaker is simply the best data management software out there and soapUI Data Pro will enable all companies to create rich and complete tests for their SOA’s. Grid Tools and Eviware have shared values of customer focus and nobody comes close in their knowledge in how information is used in the organisation and how it can be managed”.

For more information contact Grid-Tools at UK: +44 (0) 1865 988542, USA: 1-866-563-3120 or sales@grid-tools.com.

About Eviware Software:

Eviware Software are the Market Leaders in Web Service Testing. With more than 200,000 users and 2000 daily downloads their Open Source Web Service testing tool soapUI has become the market de facto standard for testing Web Services.

The commercial version, soapUI Pro, consists of productivity and quality enhancements to the popular Open Source tool, as well as world class support. soapUI Pro has been quickly adapted by enterprises as well as Governmental Organizations worldwide.

Eviware Software are producing testing software that is Fast and Fun, focusing on Agility, Cost Efficiency and pure testing Fun!

About Grid-Tools Limited:

Grid-Tools are specialists in data generation, test data management and information lifecycle management.  Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for nearly 30 years.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data management including such innovative products as Datamaker, a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality test data with the referential integrity of production environments for testing and development. Datamaker offers three methods for managing and generating data in testing and development inclusive of database subsetting, data obfuscation (data masking and data compliance) and synthetic data generation.

Within a short span of time, Grid-Tools have picked up an impressive list of well known and respected customers and strategic partners world-wide.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the “data-centric” approach to testing whereby, their focus is to ensure the quality of the test data you are using is of the right quality for successful testing.

Oxford, UK – Grid-Tools Limited, the premiere vendor of test data management, data generation, database subsetting and data obfuscation software is pleased to announce a closer working partnership with Quasus, Belgium’s leading testing and business consultancy provider. The mutual partnership will enable Quasus to sell the Grid-Tools toolset and Quasus consultants will be trained and certified in Grid-Tools solutions. For more information, please visit: www.grid-tools.com or call UK: +44 (0) 1865 988542, USA: 1-866-563-3120. You can also visit www.quasus.com or call Belgium: +32 (0)2 712 96 50, Netherlands + 31 (0)13-583 22 22.

Offering multiple methods for managing data

As accredited suppliers of Grid Tools’ highly acclaimed test data generation tool, Datamaker, Quasus will be able to offer its customers the ability to manage and generate data for testing and development in multiple ways. The Datamaker solution offers three ways to generate and manage data; database subsetting, data obfuscation and synthetic data generation. Companies can now look to Quasus to provide solutions to reduce storage costs, protect sensitive records whilst maintaining referential integrity, accurate test data, improving the quality of their IT tests and performance of their applications.

Grid-Tools Managing Director, Huw Price, commented on his confidence in the relationship saying, “The Grid-Tools Quasus partnership will complement the expertise each company has in providing quality test data and complete testing solutions like database subsetting, data masking and data obfuscation. This will also help Grid-Tools exposure in Belgium and The Netherlands”.

Quasus Delivery and Quality Director, Sebastiaan Passtoors, commented on the success of the partnership saying: “Given the years of experience Quasus has in testing and test automation, the partnership with Grid-Tools will allow Quasus to reach a new level of quality and service. As stated before, the complete testing solution can now be offered towards our customers.”

About Quasus

Quasus delivers flexible, tailored solutions to help prominent organisations optimise their quality and performance. The scope of specialised services ranges from treating small, isolated systems to complex, organisation-wide processes.

Quasus’s testing, compliance, process optimisation, strategic consultancy and training solutions can be developed for many business environments in virtually any sector. Whatever the task, Quasus optimises processes, the tools they need and the people that run them to systematically deliver success. For more information visit: www.quasus.com

About Grid-Tools Limited

Grid-Tools are specialists in data generation, test data management and information lifecycle management. Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for nearly 30 years.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data management including such innovative products as Datamaker, a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality test data with the referential integrity of production environments for testing and development. Datamaker offers three methods for managing and generating data in testing and development inclusive of database subsetting, data obfuscation (data masking and data compliance) and synthetic data generation.

Within a short span of time, Grid-Tools have picked up an impressive list of well known and respected customers and strategic partners world-wide with the most innovative test data management solutions.

The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the “data-centric” approach to testing whereby their focus is to ensure the quality of the test data you are using is of the right quality for successful testing and maintaining data compliance standards. For more information visit: www.grid-tools.com

Grid-Tools Contacts

Grid-Tools Limited

14 Hanborough Business Park

Long Hanborough

Oxfordshire, OX29 8LH

Phone Europe: 01865 988542

Phone USA: 1-866-563-3120

Web: www.grid-tools.com

Email: info@grid-tools.com

Quasus Contacts

Quasus Belgium

Excelsiorlaan 89

1930 Zaventem

Phone: +32 (0)2 712 96 50

Web: www.quasus.com

Email: info@quasus.com

Quasus Netherlands

Hart van Brabantlaan 12-14-16

5038 JL Tilburg

Phone: + 31 (0)13-583 22 22

Web: www.quasus.com

Email: info@quasus.com

Alyuda Research, one of the global vendors of trading and forecasting software, has announced the immediate availability of a major release of its leading product – Tradecision 4.6.

The new version contains both improvements in functionality and special anti-crisis features to survive the financial meltdown:

• Trailing Stop Rule is introduced
• Lability Reversal and Lability Retracement Functions are added
• Lability Reversal and Lability Retracement Indicators are added
• New functions to the “Special Techniques” group are added: “GetCurrentSymbol()” and “IsCurrentSymbol()”
• Various performance and usability improvements
• Several minor issues are fixed

Tradecision is offered in two different editions and gives traders the ability to select the version that best suits their needs: Professional Edition and Professional Real-Time Edition. The software enables users to be prepared for unexpected market changes and reduce the risk and maximize profits in the context of the world financial crisis.

Tradecision 4.6 is expected to provide traders with full-featured software to take the opportunity to profit from market volatility and remain unscathed by the current financial turmoil.

About Alyuda Research
Alyuda Research is an internationally recognized provider of technical analysis and neural network software for enterprises and individuals. Founded in 2001, Alyuda demonstrates its commitment to innovation and a dedication to its customers by developing high-end solutions with an exceptionally high quality service.

About the Tradecision Application
Tradecision is a professional trading software application for charting, technical analysis and creation of trading systems. With Tradecision, traders can successfully combine technical analysis with artificial intelligence in any market, in any time frame.

Grid-Tools announce they will be offering free test data for testing and development. Go to http://www.grid-tools.com/million.php to get a free list of one million people consisting of names, surnames, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, etc.

Oxford, UK – Grid-Tools Limited, a leading vendor of data creation, test data management and information lifecycle management software, is pleased to announce a new campaign, “Have a Million Free on Us!”, where it will be offering a download of free test data on their website. The free test data, which consists of one million names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, etc. was creating using the software company’s test data generation tool, Datamaker. Grid-Tools are offering the free test data to show potential customers just how easy it is to use and create test data from scratch. All of the data Datamaker creates is completely compliant and easy to use. For more information and to download the free test data please visit: http://www.grid-tools.com/million.php or call 01865 988542.

Grid-Tools are specialists in test data creation, test data management and information lifecycle management.  Their experienced personnel have been writing and developing solutions for large companies in both the private and public sectors for over 15 years.

The Grid-Tools Datamaker Suite includes a wide range of tools for test data management including such innovative products as Datamaker (a revolutionary tool that creates and publishes quality test data with the referential integrity of production environments for testing and development and places this data in a central repository), DataShrink (for subsetting and shrinking databases), Data Test Professional (for creating and managing the data feeding performance tools) and Data Archive (providing a different, more efficient approach to archiving). Voted “Most Innovative Test Tool 2008” by QA Guild, the Datamaker Suite continues to turn heads in the software industry.

Within a short span of time, Grid-Tools have picked up significant momentum and an impressive list of well known and respected customers and strategic partners world-wide. The Grid-Tools methodology consists of using the “data-centric” approach to testing whereby; the focus is to ensure the test data being used is of the right quality for successful testing.