Category: Media Advisory

InfoVista Announces Schedule for Fourth Quarter Results & FY 11 Objectives

Paris, France - InfoVista (Euronext: IFV, ISIN: FR0004031649), the leading provider of Service Performance Assurance solutions, today announced its upcoming schedule for the publication of its fourth quarter results and upcoming FY11 business objectives.

* Fourth quarter earnings announcement - InfoVista will report its FY10 Fourth Quarter Results on Thursday July 29, 2010. The press release will be available from 7:00am Paris time on the website www.infovista.com.

* Conference call on FY11 business objectives – InfoVista's management will host a call to discuss the FY11 business objectives on Thursday September 9, 2010 at 3.00pm Paris / 2.00pm London / 09.00am NY. The conference call dial-in details will be made available in early September.

About:
InfoVista enables managed service providers, mobile operators, broadband operators and enterprise IT organizations to ensure the availability and quality of the services they deliver at the lowest possible cost, empowering these organizations to successfully make the transformation from infrastructure providers to service providers. Our customers rely on InfoVista's proven solutions for service and infrastructure performance management to successfully launch new and high performance services, foresee potential service issues before they impact end users, reduce customer churn, and invest appropriately. Sample customers include Bell Canada, Bharti, BNP Paribas, Cable & Wireless, Citigroup, Deutsche Telekom, KPN International, Microsoft, SFR, T-Mobile, Telefonica, and Telstra, Wells Fargo. InfoVista is traded on the Euronext Paris (FR0004031649) and can be found online at www.infovista.com.

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Former Razorfish Creative Director, Holly Brousseau, Joins Leading Mobile Agency skyrockit as Senior Vice-President of Production and Client Services

(San Francisco, CA) July 1, 2010- Today, mobile entertainment agency skyrockit announced the addition of Holly Brousseau to the team as Senior Vice President of Production and Client Services. In her new position, Brousseau will be responsible for the company's client services, creative production and product development departments, where she will oversee the full product development cycle.

Brousseau has over thirteen years of experience delivering world-class marketing and advertising products at a variety of agencies, such as Razorfish, Ogilvy Interactive, EVB and EDS. Her client list includes Intel, Visa, Saab, Cisco, Lucas Arts and LeapFrog.

Brousseau was most recently at Razorfish where she held various roles in the organization. For key client, Intel, she was responsible for managing client relationships, project delivery and digital strategy for Intel's Software Services Group. As Director, Creative Services, she was responsible for creating internal tools and processes, developing recruiting and staffing approaches, collaborating among disciplines, leading strategic growth, and fostering creative leadership.

Previously, she was at Ogilvy Interactive in Melbourne, Australia where she was a Group Account Director responsible for providing account direction, client management and digital strategy direction to such clients as the Australian Coal Association and Curtis Stone. She was a contributing member of the leadership team and a key new business contributor. Brousseau holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Advertising and Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Stephen F. Austin State University.

'Skyrockit is an innovator in branded digital content, touching everything from mobile phone apps to TV content and beyond. Skyrockit brings an agency mindset to this ever-evolving space, offering clients not just engineering services, but skilled production management, client services and creative/strategic thought. I look forward to guiding our production and client services teams to meet the demands of this ever-changing landscape,' said Brousseau.

Perkins will be working closely with the company's current management including CEO, Jon Vlassopulos, and will be based at skyrockit's headquarters in San Francisco, California.

"Over the past year we have successfully grown the company beyond mobile content to become the leading mobile entertainment agency in the US. As we are now bringing in Fortune 100 brand clients we need to also bring in top talent to help service them. I am delighted to welcome Holly, who joins us from an executive position at Razorfish, to the management team. We are looking forward to her contributions as the need for top quality mobile strategy and creative executions continues to grow,' said Jon Vlassopulos, CEO of skyrockit.

Founded in 2001 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese firm, Faith Inc., skyrockit is the first true mobile entertainment agency. The company is known best for helping major brands innovate with new digital experiences through popular branded mobile applications, including the wildly successful Virtual Zippo Lighter app and Romplr: Remix platform. The company has come to dominate the market in on-deck mobile content creation and aggregation.

About skyrockit, a Bellrock Media Company:

skyrockit is an award-winning full-service mobile entertainment agency connecting brands with consumers through engaging experiences. skyrockit draws upon its relationships with Hollywood, Madison Avenue and Silicon Valley to spawn massively popular initiatives for major brands, record labels, and studios. These initiatives have resulted in over 100 million pieces of content enjoyed worldwide. The agency is a subsidiary of Japan's leading branded entertainment shop, Bellrock Media, with backing from Yoshimoto Kogyo, the agency that dominates talent management and production in Japan. skyrockit is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Add skyrockit to your next launch and defy gravity.

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Media Alert: New Sony VAIO PCs Double As World’s First Mobile Multiple Hotspots

WHAT: The VAIO Z and Y Series PCs are the world's first out-of-the box laptops that act as a personal hotspot. Select models of these series feature the exclusive new Sony embedded wireless technology called Share My Connection™ (SMC). With SMC you can turn your laptop into a mobile wireless access point that can connect up to five other PCs or networked devices, such as smartphones, mp3 players, and cameras. A subscription is required.

WHO: A perfect built-in network solution for business travelers, those on-the-go or anyone looking to save some money by sharing a single network connection, Share My Connection is secure and lets you extend your connectivity with coworkers, friends, and family members.

The Z model offers premium portability and serious power. A breeze to carry at about 3.0 lbs, this PC features a durable carbon fiber and aluminum casing and delivers up to seven hours of battery life for true mobile freedom. It incorporates a 13.1-inch high-resolution LED backlit widescreen display, delivering a bright picture with 100 percent color saturation. The extremely thin unit also comes with an optical drive (Blu-ray optical drive optional).

Just in time for back-to-school season, the Y Series laptops comes in five new exciting colors including purple violet, fuchsia pink, pear green, teal blue and black. With a thin 1.2-inch profile and 13.3-inch LED backlit widescreen display, the sleek Y model offers lower power consumption for improved battery life for that active student lifestyle.

WHEN: Available now for pre-sale at www.sony.com/SMC and at select retailers around the country for about $770 for the VAIO Y Series and $1950 for the VAIO Z Series. To find the closest Sony Style store, please visit www.sonystyle.com.

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Tieto, Nokia and Nordea host Mobey Forum event in Helsinki

Tieto, together with Nokia and Nordea, will host Mobey Forum's 10th anniversary member meeting in Helsinki on 17 - 18 June. At the meeting, 120 international Mobey Forum delegates from leading organizations within the mobile financial services market will discuss the future of mobile payments.

Mobey Forum is the global leader in defining a sustainable and prosperous mobile financial services ecosystem. Established in 2000, it brings together leading financial institutions, mobile network operators, mobile handset manufacturers, payment processors and vendors, committed to accelerating the mass-market deployment of user-friendly mobile financial services by promoting open and secure technology standards.

At the Mobey Forum meeting, Tieto's key spokespeople will present and lead discussion on the latest developments in a number of areas:

* The natural payment monopoly for banks is over! Banks are being challenged to adjust to the new digital economy. As money and payments are digital - changing consumer behavior will drive new payment business models and innovations centered around real-time digital payments. New players are entering the payment ecosystem - media houses open their own micropayment services and the power of social media and crowd funding will be studied by Business Advisor Johan Löfmark.
* The future of payments: From payments to extended payments in Real Time Economy, halving enterprise administrative costs and mobile devices as omnipresent multipurpose tools, presented by Head of Executive Advisors Bo Harald.
* Public transportation goes mobile: Future payment methods in mass transportation; new mobile services in public transportation, including the Finnish case study, presented by Vice President Jukka Mannermaa.


Tieto's Director, Offering Development Ville Sointu was one of the key contributors to the Mobey Forum "Mobile Remote Payments White Paper" which will be released during the Helsinki meeting. The white paper clarifies industry guidelines and best practices for mobile remote payment services and suggests that the mobile phone number rather than any other specific code or identifier, should be used to identify payer and payee in mobile remote payment transactions. The Mobey Forum believes that using the mobile phone number will provide user convenience, ensure privacy and security of payments information and facilitate interoperability across stakeholders.

Tieto is an IT service company providing IT, R&D and consulting services. With approximately 17 000 experts, we are among the leading IT service companies in Northern Europe and the global leader in selected segments. We specialize in areas where we have the deepest understanding of our customers' businesses and needs. Our superior customer centricity and expertise in digital services set us apart from our competitors. www.tieto.com

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RIM to Announce First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results on June 24, 2010

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) will be reporting results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 on June 24, 2010 after the close of the market. A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 5 pm ET, which can be accessed by dialing 800-814-4859 or by logging on at www.rim.com/investors/events/index.shtml. A replay of the conference call will also be available at approximately 7 pm ET by dialing 416-640-1917 and entering passcode 4310298#. This replay will be available until midnight ET July 8, 2010.

About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld™ product line, software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.

Research In Motion, RIM and BlackBerry are trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. Research In Motion and RIM are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. All other brands, products and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Dots Gloves Debuts Fall 2010 Collection at Macworld 2010

REQUEST FOR COVERAGE/BOOTH APPOINTMENTS:

DOTS Gloves Previews Brand-New 2010 Line at Macworld 2010;
New Line Features Extrafine Italian Merino Wool Gloves Made in the USA.

WHAT: Dots Gloves, the revolutionary gloves that let touch-screen device users—including iPhone®, iPod® Touch and even the new iPad® users—pinch, scroll, type and swim—with gloves on. Dots Gloves unveils their brand-new fall 2010 line at MacWorld 2010 in San Francisco. The new line features extremely sophisticated, seamless construction and Extrafine Merino wool from Italy. The gloves are made right here in the USA and all feature InTouch technology to keep users in touch in cold weather.

WHO: Company co-CEO's Larry Lairson and Christopher Harrison.

WHEN:Tuesday February 9 through Saturday February 13. Check www.macworldexpo.com/home for daily hours.

WHERE: Booth 1554 at Macworld 2010. Moscone Center 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

WHY: As the Great Recession began, childhood friends Larry Lairson and Chris Harrison harnessed their entrepreneurial skills and began handcrafting specialized gloves to survive the challenging state of economy as well as Jack Frost. As a former university copywriter in Iowa City, Iowa, where temperatures regularly dipped to minus 20F, Harrison "saw a lot of people around town taking their gloves off with their teeth to answer their touch screen phones and knew there had to be a better way.'

Since then, Dots have become a hit with consumers from Seattle to Sweden with three stylish models that were sold out through much of the holidays. With DOTS Gloves all-weather, gloves-on operation of the iPhone and touch screen devices a cold snap, and a snap in the cold.

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Digi International to Webcast Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on January 25, 2010 at 3:30 PM CST

Minneapolis, MN - Digi International® Inc. (Nasdaq: DGII) will webcast its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Monday, January 25, 2010, at 3:30 PM CST at the Minneapolis Marriott Southwest, 5801 Opus Parkway, Minnetonka, Minnesota.

Digi invites all those interested in hearing management's discussion to access a live webcast of the meeting through the investor relations section of Digi's website, www.digi.com.

In addition to a replay of the audio webcast, Digi will post the shareholder meeting presentation and supplemental material, if any, under the heading Supporting Materials at the same web page noted above. The webcast, shareholder presentation and supplemental material will be archived for 90 days following the date of the meeting.

For more news and information on Digi International® Inc., please visit www.IRGnews.com/coi/DGII where you can find the CEO's video, a fact sheet on the company, investor presentations, and more.

About Digi International
Digi International is making wireless M2M easy by developing reliable products and solutions to connect and securely manage local or remote electronic devices over the network or via the Web. Digi offers the highest levels of performance, flexibility and quality, and markets its products through a global network of distributors and resellers, systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For more information, visit Digi's Web site at www.digi.com, or call 877-912-3444.

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