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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.

MultiCell Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: MCET) has entered into a long-term agreement with Lundbeck Pharmaceuticals Italy S.p.A. for the supply of one of the active components of MCT-125, MultiCell's Phase IIb drug for the treatment of chronic fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which immune cells attack and destroy the myelin sheath protecting neurons in the brain and spinal cord. About two million people worldwide are afflicted with MS, and an estimated 10,000 new MS cases are diagnosed yearly in the USA. Over 75% of MS sufferers report chronic fatigue, and 50% to 60% report chronic fatigue as the worst symptom of their disease. Chronic fatigue severely affects an individual's quality of life. In approximately 30% of MS patients, chronic fatigue is the first symptom, and there is no FDA-approved tre...

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...

Guests from Symantec and Diskeeper Corporation will appear on radio talk show Let's Talk Computers. Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to enterprises, individuals and service providers. Diskeeper Corporation is the innovator in performance and reliability technologies, including their flagship product, Diskeeper, which maximizes system performance and reliability-automatically.

Marian Merritt, Internet Safety Advocate for Symantec, talks about the latest threats that consumers need to be wary of, especially in the upcoming 2007 tax season.

Jeremy Buck, Diskeeper Spokesperson, talks about how you can use Undelete 5 to recover deleted files and recover lost data as your protection from a computer attack.

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Fortinet® -- the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions -- today announced the top 10 most reported high-risk threats for March 2007. The report, compiled from all FortiGate™ multi-threat security systems in production worldwide, is a service of the Fortinet Global Threat Research Team.

March 2007's top 10 threats, as determined by the degree of prevalence are: The March top 10 list shows a wide-spread phishing attempt against a new financial institution, the return of 180Solutions Adware, and, an unusual entry into the top 10, the Everda rootkit. This rootkit is used to hide file and registry information by patching the kernel service descriptor table. As with any emerging rootkit technology, Everda can cause issues with host-based antivirus or antispyware software, since rootkits are harder to detect once installed.

Most notable this month, the Fortinet Global Security Research Team discovered a new instance of a MySpace "phisher...

Sitestar Corporation (OTCBB: SYTE), a provider of Internet access and value-added online and computer services, announced today that it achieved a tenth straight quarter of profitability and posted record earnings for the year ended December 31, 2006 including increases in revenue, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) and net income of more than 50 percent. The Company also significantly reduced debt by trimming notes payable by over 37 percent. In addition, Sitestar maximized operational efficiencies by negotiating more favorable contracts with telecommunication vendors, optimizing network capacity and implementing internal best-practices. Financial highlights for the year include: In fiscal year 2006, Sitestar acquired the Internet service customers from NetRover, Inc., Prolynx, Inc. and First USA, Inc., yielding approximately ...

PRODUCE SAFETY AND SECURITY INTERNATIONAL, INC. (PINKSHEETS: PDSC) ("PDSC"), a sanitation disinfectant process supplier to the food and medical industries, is pleased to announce the manufacturing of new generation Spherequat 8600 R-T-U for Global Avian Flu H5N1, A PROACTIVE, Ready-To-Use Disinfectant, Cleaner, Mildewstat, Fungicide, Virucide*, Deodorizer for Poultry/Turkey Farms and Federally Inspected Poultry Processing Plants, Approved 5-23-06.

Apply this 8600 R-T-U to walls, floors and other hard (inanimate) non-porous surfaces such as tables, chairs, countertops, sinks with a cloth, mop or mechanical spray so to thoroughly wet surfaces. Treated surfaces must remain wet for 10 minutes. Spray nozzle should be 6-8 inches from surface.

Clarence Karney, Chief Executive Officer of Produce Safety and Security International, Inc., states, "The Spherequat&...

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...

GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Twinrix® [Hepatitis A Vaccine (Inactivated) and Hepatitis B (Recombinant) Vaccine], for an accelerated dosing schedule that consists of three doses given within three weeks followed by a booster dose at 12 months. The approval means Twinrix, the only hepatitis A and hepatitis B combination vaccine available in the United States, is now available on a dosing schedule at 0, 7, 21-30 days, followed by a booster dose at 12 months. The vaccine was first approved for adults over age 18 years by the FDA in May 2001 on a 0, 1, 6-month dosing schedule.

"Hepatitis A and hepatitis B are serious liver diseases which can be prevented through vaccination," stated travel medicine specialist Bradley A. Connor, M.D., Past President, International Society of Travel Medi...