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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today a radical new way for its small and medium business clients to adopt and manage their IT infrastructure. Small and medium business clients will now be able to purchase a complete, "all-in-one" system for their business on a per-user basis, enabling clients to grow technology resources at pace with business needs.

This scalable pricing model is being launched in conjunction with the new System i Express solution designed for 5 to 40 users as well as a second system optimized for the mid-market, both featuring IBM's leading POWER5+ processor.

"Every small and medium business has one thing in common -- the need to serve their customers and be ready for growth," said Mark Shearer, general manager for IBM System i. "Today, IBM is providing these clients simplified access to a complete system that is easy-to-manage, easy-to-secure an...

Tripwire, the recognized leader of configuration audit and control solutions, today announced that Tripwire Enterprise® has received the Gold Medal Award -- the highest honor -- in the Risk Policy Management Category of Information Security™ Magazine and SearchSecurity.com™ 2007 Readers' Choice Awards. A total of 1,595 information security executives and managers evaluated 340 products in 15 product categories being deployed within their organizations to determine award winners. Symantec Corp. and Altiris, Inc. received the silver and bronze awards, respectively.

"Being singled out as an "A-listed" product corroborates what we've been told by our customers all along -- that our product truly addresses the problems that they are concerned about today. Additionally, being favored by readers over Symantec and Altiris further validates our position as a leader among the largest enterprises competing around the world," said Jim Johnson, CEO and president of Tripwire.

LiveOffice Corporation's Managed Messaging Services, the leading provider of on-demand messaging security, archiving and compliance solutions, today introduced its Sentinel portal, a web-based administration console that gives organizations fingertip-access to search and retrieve (eDiscovery) archived messages, while providing real-time dashboard views of inbound threats, email volumes and storage utilization. The company also unveiled an aggressive channel strategy that positions LiveOffice for rapid growth during the next 36 months.

"We are the leading message archiving service in the financial services industry -- which today represents most of our revenue. With our enhanced email management solutions now available to all businesses, we anticipate that by 2010 more than 50 perc...

StrikeForce Technologies (OTCBB: SKFT) announced the world's first free download of GuardedID® (www.guardedid.com). GuardedID's revolutionary instant encryption technology process with CryptoColor, secures a PC user's typed keystrokes in a visible color of their choice. CryptoColor is a visual verification technology that helps solve the huge global problem of identity theft.

GuardedID's new patent pending keystroke encryption process encrypts all online keystrokes instantly as a user types. GuardedID then delivers those encrypted keystrokes via its own protected pathway, securing such things as usernames, passwords, social security numbers, credit card info, personal & banking information, email, online application personal information, or any other private / corporate information you type when online.

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Reflex Security (www.reflexsecurity.com) pioneer and innovator in intrusion prevention systems (IPS), today announced that it has joined the SecureIT Alliance formed by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). The SecureIT Alliance unites and expands security partnerships to enhance future product interoperability and refine best practices for product deployments.

Customers and partners of both Reflex Security and Microsoft will benefit by having access to the SecureIT community website (www.secureitalliance.org), which features up-to-date information on security solutions, and provides a forum for interactive dialogue. The SecureIT Alliance website also offers current and new customers a searchable membership product & solutions area where IT professionals can access se...

eEye Digital Security® is rolling out the most complete Internet security protection available to consumers at any price -- for free. The leading provider of system security software and the foremost contributor to security research and innovation, eEye today announced the release of its latest version of Blink® Personal Internet Security with Anti-virus. For a limited time, eEye is making Blink Personal available as a free 1-year subscription for personal or home office use in North America.

While many vendors have offered free trial versions of their security products to address single security pain points, such as anti-virus or anti-spyware, Blink Personal is the only free integrated Internet security solution to protect users' systems and personal information with: Blink Personal is the first Internet security solution to expose system and application flaws that currently go undetected and unpatched, even when using Microsoft Windows Update. Blink Personal is also th...

Arbor Networks, a provider of core-to-core network security and operational performance for global business networks, today announced a new version of its enterprise solution, Arbor Peakflow X 3.7, that includes new functionality designed to improve time to resolution for enterprise network, security and operations staff.

Peakflow X 3.7 includes integration of data gathered by Arbor's Active Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS), the world's first globally scoped threat analysis network, dramatically reducing the manual collection and analysis of new vulnerabilities, exploits, botnets and malware. Peakflow X 3.7 also includes an extended audit trail for compliance reporting; enhanced Flow support for IPFIX; a web services Application Programming Interface (API) that allows users to perform data queries and to integrate Peakflow X data with existing internal systems or customer portals; and finally, enhancements to the User Interface that result in more intuitive, efficient workflow...

Cloudmark, Inc., the proven leader in carrier-grade messaging security, today announced the appointment of Michael Williams as chief financial officer. A seasoned financial executive with over twenty-five years of experience in senior financial positions, including a Big 4 CPA public accounting firm pedigree in both the UK and US, international experience with listed companies, and a strong background in entrepreneurial businesses, Williams will help support Cloudmark's growth in the United States and worldwide.

Williams has a proven track record across a variety of industries. Prior to Cloudmark, he worked in professional sports as Controller of the Oakland Raiders NFL football team, in the entertainment industry where Williams was promoted from Controller to Chief Operating Officer of Steady Systems, and in the consumer products industry as Finance Director of Corgi Toys in the UK. While at Corgi Toys, Williams played a leading role in the company's successful integration with Ma...

Gary A. Shawkey, one of the top five Internet marketing experts in the world and President of American Technologies, Inc. has teamed up with Michael A. Knox, the creator of the original John Madden football videogames and Co-Founder of V2P Communications, Inc. to form a new strategic business alliance that serves retail and Internet businesses desiring an increased online exposure and boosted sales gains over the Internet World Wide Web.

By the end of October, we will be able to show that we have played 200 million Internet voice messages and have 350,000 official members. Voice2Page™ is growing at an alarming rate. We are watching the rapid growth and excitement that surrounds the Record-by-Phone Internet Audio phenomena, an Internet Audio explosion. Bottom line, we will no doubt be the YouTube of Internet audio!

Michael and Gary reveal how visitors interact with your personal or business website through a flexible architectu...

Targeted Genetics Corporation (NASDAQ: TGEN) today announced the issuance of an additional patent related to its adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technology that describes delivery of genes or delivery of small therapeutic genetic constructs or small therapeutic genetic constructs including therapeutic RNA molecules such as RNAi. U.S. patent #7,125,717 entitled "Metabolically Activated Recombinant Viral Vectors and Methods for Their Preparation and Use" describes the use of AAV vectors that are more efficient for expression of therapeutic genetic constructs.

Single stranded Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) vectors like AAV require conversion to a double-stranded DNA form in order for the therapeutic gene of interest to be expressed. The AAV virus DNA is about 4.7 Kb in size. However, a significant number of either genes used in gene therapy as well as genetic co...