Munich, 2008 — amiando, the leading tool for online event organization in Europe, today announced plans to implement Facebook Connect to boost the power of amiando ViralTickets, its recently released social promotion system for events.

“Events are the most important social happening. Therefore we will use Facebook Connect to let event organizers and their guests enjoy, recommend and promote events within the social context of their real identity and friendships on Facebook®. ”, said Felix Haas, CEO of amiando.

The key feature of amiando’s implementation of Facebook Connect will focus on boosting the power of amiando ViralTickets, the recently released social promotion system for events. ViralTickets enables event organizers to leverage the internet’s viral effects for their event marketing. Using word-of-mouth marketing they can sell significantly more tickets with less marketing effort.

Facebook users will be able to easily recommend their favorite events to friends and colleagues. Using ViralTickets, they can offer an exclusive discount to their contacts and will also be rewarded with a referral bonus themselves. This makes recommending and promoting events fun, easy and highly rewarding for all sides – guests, friends and event organizers. Facebook gives everyone the power to share with the people they care about making the world more open and transparent. When Facebook users log in to amiando with Facebook Connect, they are able to publish their actions back on Facebook, which enables them to share more information with their friends than ever before.

About amiando amiando is the leading tool for online event organization in Europe and makes professional event organization easy. It offers online-based tools for invitation management, ticketing and community building for every kind of event. All tools are easy-to-use and have a convenient pay-as-you-go pricing.

amiando’s award-winning tools are being used throughout Europe, US and Asia for organizing more than 50,000 events. Thousands of organizers worldwide are choosing amiando to manage their events online. amiando, a Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 Winner, is backed by renowned venture capital company Wellington Partners.  http://www.amiando.com 

amiando – the simplest way of organizing events.

With more than 50,000 events per year amiando is the leading tool for online event organization in Europe. Invitation management, online promotion, participant registration with integrated invoicing and entrance control – with amiando organizers are able to manage all processes comfortably and independently at any time. Additional services for networking as well as an individual event micro site round of the offer of amiando.  Product  Within minutes event organizers are creating a free website for their event. With the integrated ticket shop the participants are able to comfortably register online for the event. amiando is taking over the handling of payments, invoicing and shipment of the individually designed tickets. In July 2008 amiando was introducing ViralTicketing, a world premiere in the field of online event organization: ViralTicketing is the first event promotion system that is combining the powerful principle of word-of-mouth advertising and recommendation management in the internet for every event organizer.

The easy system is usable for every organizer without extra charge: after ticket purchase the participants receive a code which they can distribute to friends and colleagues. This incentive is the main attraction: for every canvassed customer the agent is getting a bonus and the newly recruited customer is receiving a discount.

Organizers are able to manage all processes comfortably and independently at any time, however a toll free telephone number is provided in the language of your country. By now amiando is available in four different languages (English, Spanish, German, French) and supporting organizers worldwide with the planning of their events.

Moreover, for a simple entrance management amiando is providing a free software called EasyEntry with which organizers are able to check the validity of the tickets with a standard webcam.

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The Search Monitor, an online monitoring service that tracks competitive advertising activity on paid search, blogs, forums, news, and web sites, announces its release of geo-targeted monitoring. TSM now monitors 17 countries, 6 languages, and most major regions, states, and cities in each market.

Pittsburgh, PA September 9, 2008 – The Search Monitor (www.thesearchmonitor.com) (“TSM”), an online monitoring service that tracks competitive advertising activity on paid search, blogs, forums, news, and web sites, announces its release of geo-targeted monitoring. TSM now monitors 17 countries, 6 languages, and most major regions, states, and cities in each market.

Geo-targeted monitoring enables companies to watch their competition and affiliates, and to manage their reputation and brand use locally. With this launch, interactive agencies, marketers, affiliate managers, and compliance teams are able to monitor paid search, blogs, forums, news, and web sites around the world from a local point of view in countries including: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and many others. Monitoring can be conducted in English or in the language native to each country.

By gaining visibility into global search markets, companies will be able to overcome a key challenge in analyzing activity in their extended markets. Prior to the geo-targeting capabilities of TSM, an agency with clients worldwide could not effectively monitor locally targeted ads because its visibility was limited to its home base. TSM’s new capabilities provide the insights needed at the local level to protect brands and optimize search campaigns on locally.

The Search Monitor offers important information that can only be gained by careful 24×7 automated monitoring, and surfaces the information in 3 easy to use reporting sections:

1.    Competitor Monitor gives insights into competitive bidding strategies, competitor market share and visibility, ranking on sponsored search, ad copy strategies, and promotions like free shipping, trials, or sales.

2.    Trademark Monitor eases the tasks associated with reputation management by auto-detecting advertisers sponsoring branded keywords, use of trademarks and slogans in ad copy and display urls, and negative, positive, and neutral brand buzz on blogs, news, and web sites.

3.    Affiliate Monitor simplifies oversight of affiliate programs by auto-identification of affiliates using sponsored search to detect violations of rank requirements, keyword restrictions, ad copy requirements or restrictions, and landing page copy requirements or restrictions.

Search engine marketing has become a critical component for advertisers. According to the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO), North American advertisers spent $12.2 billion on SEM in 2007 and that figure is estimated to more than double to reach $25.2 billion by 2011. The Search Monitor was developed to provide the tools necessary to optimize the sizable investments being made in this medium and to protect brands from competitive threats.

“Monitoring both globally and locally is critical in benchmarking competitor advertising strategies and for watching affiliate activities online,” says Shaun Martinec, a TSM founder. “Many affiliates will carefully craft their campaigns at the local level in order to take advantage of better priced keywords or to avoid merchant detection when they are not in compliance with affiliate program terms. We find that major brand marketers are often outbid by competitors and affiliates on top terms at the local level.”

About The Search Monitor

The Search Monitor is comprised of a team of SEM enthusiasts who uncovered a need in the market for external automated monitoring of competitive activities on paid search, web sites, blogs, social media, and press coverage. Automated monitoring greatly reduces the number of hours and effort required to manage affiliates and competitors infringing on brands and misrepresenting products across the web. Further, automated monitoring reveals competitive marketing strategies that enable advertisers to benchmark their own performance, optimize ad budgets, detect successful ad copy combinations, and receive advance awareness of special offers like free shipping and sales dominating their verticals. The Search Monitor is offered as a web based subscription service. To learn more please visit www.thesearchmonitor.com .

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Sputtr (www.sputtr.com), the leading multi-search engine with thousands of users worldwide, today announced the release of a major new feature that gives its users the ability to actively participate in building the world’s largest and most comprehensive multi-search engine.

London, UK February 4, 2008 — Sputtr (www.sputtr.com), the leading multi-search engine with thousands of users worldwide, today announced the release of a major new feature that gives its users the ability to actively participate in building the world’s largest and most comprehensive multi-search engine.

Steffen Hilgemann, founder and CEO of Sputtr.com explains: “This new feature allows our users to upload and submit completely new search engines to Sputtr’s multi-search engine. By doing so, our users will actively contribute towards building the most comprehensive and user-friendly multi-search engine on the Internet today. Sputtr already includes industry leaders such as Google, Yahoo, Ask, and many more. But in the future we would like to extend our reach to the thousands of alternative or niche search engines that today’s internet users increasingly utilize to find relevant results in an ever more complex online world.”

Charles Knight, editor at influential blogs ReadWriteWeb (www.readwriteweb.com) and AltSearchEngines (www.altsearchengines.com) adds: “I have watched Sputtr’s progress for a long time, and this is the moment that I have been waiting for, the ability to select from the vast array of alternative search engines that we enjoy so much on AltSearchEngines. Congratulations, Sputtr! ”

Sputtr.com currently holds a database of nearly 100 search engines that its users can utilize to build their own customized multi-search engine on Sputtr’s homepage. Says Steffen: “With the help of our active user base we hope to grow the number of search engines on our site to 1,000 by the end of 2008. This would mark a significant improvement in our service for our users, and would increase the reach of the site by a factor of ten.”

Sharing Or Submitting New Search Engines:

Users, who would like to share their alternative search engines with others on Sputtr, can now do so by submitting them to the site for free. Every user can submit as many search engines as he or she wishes, and after anti-spam approval these will be added to the site to be available to and be used by the public. Please visit Sputtr.com if you wish to share an alternative search engine with the Sputtr community.

Search engine owners who wish to give Sputtr’s users the choice of utilizing their search engine as part of their custom search page are also encouraged to visit Sputtr.com to submit their site for free.

About Sputtr:

Sputtr is a one year old start-up multi-search engine that offers a fully customizable multi-search service that allows users to edit and personalize Sputtr’s homepage to create their very own search engine tool. With an emphasis on individualization and personal choice, Sputtr.com answers directly to a growing trend in Web 2.0 services. For more details, please visit www.sputtr.com.

Website: www.sputtr.com

Provided by gh consulting – gordian hense

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External connection for top-line data centers upgraded to 120 Gigabit/sec+ & bandwidth of European ring quadrupled. Cost benefits through switch to Ethernet technology and new peerings.

Philadelphia, PA January 21, 2008 — 1&1 Internet Inc., the world’s largest web host by known servers, today completed a comprehensive extension of its wide area network (WAN). An overall bandwidth of more than 120 Gigabit/second is now available for 1&1′s top-of-the-line data centers in Europe and the United States. For the first time, 1&1 is connected directly to a large Internet Exchange point outside of Europe at Equinix in Chicago. The development means that the external connectivity of the world’s largest web host has tripled over the past twelve months.

Andreas Gauger, chairman of the board, 1&1 Internet Inc., said, “With the upgrade of our Internet bandwidth, our millions of web hosting customers in Europe and the U.S. can be sure that their content will reach Internet users worldwide even faster and more reliably. As a result of multimedia applications like video streaming, the demand for bandwidth has grown enormously over the last few years.” The data volume transmitted from 1&1′s data centers has in fact nearly doubled over the past year to 3,500 Terabytes (3.5 million Gigabytes) in January 2007, from 6,500 Terabytes in December 2007.

“The continuous upgrade of 1&1′s data network shows that despite pessimistic forecasts from some, the boundaries of Internet growth have not yet been reached,” adds Gauger.

In November, U.S. research company, Nemertes, warned in a well known study that Internet infrastructure might no longer supply the growing demands of private and business users over the next 3 to 5 years. With its latest network upgrades and further measures planned for 2008, 1&1 feels well prepared for continuously growing demand.

Over the next year, 1&1 will focus on extending its U.S. network. In Chicago, at Equinix, 1&1 is for the first time connected to a large Internet Exchange point outside of Europe. In March, 1&1 will more than double the external connectivity of its Lenexa, Kansas data center. With more than 600,000 customers, 1&1 is presently the fifth-largest web host in the U.S. market.

Besides the upgrade of its wide area network, 1&1 has also made changes to its underlying technology. Instead of SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy), now Ethernet technology – well-known from corporate and home networks – is being utilized. “Ethernet can be handled more easily, and by switching to powerful routers from U.S. based manufacturer Foundry Networks, we can even save money,” comments Andreas Gauger. 1&1 benefits from an additional cost saving potential through the network extension, as data streams can be distributed optimally through new peerings and routing alternatives.

Founded in 1988, 1&1 pioneered the ‘one-stop-shop’ approach to web solutions. Due to 1&1′s scale and technical heritage, the company can deliver an unrivaled combination of value-added services and technological expertise. 1&1 currently manages more than 7 million customer contracts, 9 million registered domains, and 81 million email accounts.

For more information on 1&1 Internet Inc. visit the website at www.1and1.com

About 1&1 Internet Inc.:
1&1 Internet Inc. is a subsidiary of United Internet, a profitable public company with a market cap of $4 billion. 1&1 was founded in 1988 and hosts more than 9 million domain names, while more than 40,000 servers run on the company’s five state-of-the-art data centers. 1&1′s global community is over 7 million customer contracts strong. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Chesterbrook, PA. For more information, please contact the company at www.1and1.com or 1-877-461-2631.

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A new email SMTP service has been developed for travelers which fixes the widespread problem of not being able to send emails from laptops.

New Zealand August 1, 2007 — For many travelers, the need to be able to email people, make cheap phone calls, and connect to the Web, has meant that a laptop has become an essential item to take on any trip. However, many travelers have discovered there is a problem with using an email client, such as Outlook Express, on a laptop – they can still receive, but can no longer send email.

Charles Abrahamson, a former backpacker and computer science graduate from New Zealand, discovered this while vacationing in Argentina recently. “Within the first day, I discovered that none of the Internet cafes or hotels I tried connecting through would allow any of my emails to be sent.” A few days of research later, after discovering the problem was in fact worldwide, he decided to create an SMTP service designed specifically to get around the usual problems that travelers experience, called SMTP2Go.

“The main reason why travelers have such difficulty sending emails is in fact because the server they were given by their ISP to send emails (their SMTP server) is normally designed by their ISP to only work when they are actually connected to the Internet at home. This is actually done on purpose by ISPs in order to prevent spammers from taking advantage of the server.”

Another reason why sending emails is so difficult is the fact that increasing numbers of Internet cafes and hotels are banning the traditional port – port number 25 – that is used to send emails. “SMTP2Go was designed to be open on multiple ports, and to work from any location, while only allowing legitimate users and rejecting any attempts to send spam or unsolicited bulk email.”

Charles spent the next 4 months traveling through Chile, Costa Rica, and even Cuba, with no problems sending email: “SMTP2Go has been great, not only for me, but for hundreds of other travelers who are now using it from all 4 corners of the globe – we have travelers using it in Australia, South Africa, Canada, India, Norway, Switzerland and of course the UK and the USA.” In fact, most subscribers are from the USA, either traveling within their own country, or simply tired with the unreliability of their normal SMTP server.

SMTP2Go’s SMTP service is available at www.smtp2go.com at ‘backpacker’ rates ($2 per month for the most popular plan).

Website: www.smtp2go.com

Website owners can earn a top rate of 12% commission on Bollywood-inspired clothing, accessories, beauty products, books, music & DVDs in a new Bollywood Affiliate Program launched by TheRedHotShop.com.

London, UK June 15, 2007 — TheRedHotShop, dubbed as the ‘hottest ethnic shop on the net’, has launched a Bollywood Affiliate program offering website owners the chance to earn up to 12% commission on internet sales of Bollywood-inspired clothing, accessories, beauty products, books, music and DVDs. TheRedHotShop, the ecommerce arm of Redhotcurry.com — Britain’s leading South Asian Lifestyle portal which attracts over 40,000 unique users each month — already lists over 2800 products. The company sends goods from stock within 24-48 hours and ships worldwide. The new Bollywood affiliate program, which will be run through Paid on Results, a key affiliate network, will allow TheRedHotShop to reach new audiences and new markets.

Top Five Best Sellers

TheRedHotShop current top five bestsellers are Honey Kalaria’s ‘Bollywood Workout DVD, Sarina Jain’s ‘Masala Bhangra Workout’ DVD, Mark Anthony’s ‘Once A Week Workout’ DVD, ‘The Asian Bridal Look Book’ and ‘Naveeda’s Make-Up’ DVD. “Obviously keeping fit and looking good are common to all Asians so it hardly surprising that we sell these five products to the Indian subcontinent, Australia, South Africa, the Middle East, America as well the UK and Europe,” said Lopa Patel, founder of TheRedHotShop.

From Bollywood to Curry

Indian Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor is a bestseller in the cookbooks category with his ‘Khana Khazana’ range, although the vogue is for all celebrity chef cookbooks with Camellia Panjabi’s ’50 Great Curries’ and Keith Floyd’s ‘India’ also being bestsellers. Launched in 2005, TheRedHotShop started by selling the Indian spice box and hard-to-come-by curry cookbooks to feed the demand from British curryholics unable to buy these items elsewhere.

Since then, TheRedHotShop started stocking Asian beauty products like mehndi (henna) cones, body paint, tattoos and bindis and demand for more Bollywood ‘bling’ in the form of sequined shoes and bags, pashminas, jewellery and clothing quickly followed.

Patel hopes that the new Bollywood Affiliate Program will be doubly attractive to existing affiliates and niche website owners, stylists, designers, beauticians and fitness fanatics who can earn extra income without the hassle of having to run their own ecommerce operations. A range of visuals (banners, buttons and skyscrapers) are available to use with the program as is a full product feed. “That little bit of work signing up and integrating TheRedHotShop feed will pay handsome dividends because of our above average commission rates which start at 7% and rise to 12%” added Patel. “Affiliates also have the reassurance of being with a well established network that will arrange payments to them and generally manage the process.”

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

ABOUT THEREDHOTSHOP.COM
TheRedHotShop.com, dubbed as the ‘hottest ethnic shop on the net’, sells a broad range of products from hard-to-get Asian kitchen utensils, curry cookbooks, Indian beauty products and incense; fairly-traded, hand-crafted jewellery, clothes and accessories for ladies and children to the latest Bollywood DVDs and Urban Asian Music, which are all despatched from stock within 24-48 hours. TheRedHotShop.com is part of Redhotcurry.com, the UK’s favourite South Asian Lifestyle Portal that attracts 40,000 unique users each month, and offers a full online ordering service at www.theredhotshop.com.

ABOUT AFFILIATE MARKETING
Affiliate marketing is the mutually beneficial relationship between online Merchants and independent affiliates (publishers) who act as a virtual sales force for Merchants and receive a commission on sales achieved. The affiliate network is an intermediary responsible for management and administration of campaigns between merchants and affiliates. The UK market for affiliate marketing was worth approximately £2.16 billion in 2006* with UK online spend likely to grow to £30 billion in the same period. (* Information from the EConsultancy Affiliate Marketing Report, October 2006).

ABOUT PAID ON RESULTS
Paid On Results was formed in 2002 by two long-standing ‘super affiliates’ who had previously worked within the industry since 1997. Recognising that improvements could be made in many areas of the business they addressed this by starting their own company. Voted ‘Best Up and Coming Network’ in 2004 by the UK Affiliate community, Paid On Results continue to evolve and remain responsive and flexible in considering new ideas. Paid on Results currently has 120 merchants and over 11,000 affiliates signed up to its network.

Visit www.paidonresults.com for further information.

Website: www.theredhotshop.com

Customers purchasing Elfbox servers eligible for up to 50% off JaguarPC’s colocation service.

Houston, TX May 31, 2007 — JaguarPC, a leading provider of end-to-end web hosting solutions, today announced a new promotion in conjunction with ELF Technologies, makers of the Elfbox server. Until July 4, 2007, any customer purchasing an Elfbox server will receive up to 50% off JaguarPC’s colocation service. The promotion includes Elfbox tower and rack servers.

ELF Technologies has focused on providing individuals and businesses custom-built high-end computer systems at an affordable price. The new promotion offers customers the opportunity to experience the power of a dedicated box on a colocation plan backed by JaguarPC’s 24/7 support, free installation and setup.

“We’re pleased to partner with a web host that has the stellar reputation for uptime and support as JaguarPC,” said Eric Echter, president and chief executive officer for ELF Technologies. “Our customers expect only the best in quality and value, and this promotion will allow them to experience the great colocation services that JaguarPC has to offer.”

One Server
- 1u-4u or Tower
- 1 power port
- 1 network port
- 324 GB Bandwidth (1mbps)
- Normally $97/mo — after Elfbox partner discount only $47/mo

Full Rack
- 42 U
- 20 amps power
- 324 GB Bandwidth (1mbps)
- Normally $597/mo — after Elfbox partner discount only $397/mo

“Businesses looking for colocation services need a high degree of reliability and support,” said Greg Landis, president of JaguarPC. “This is a fantastic opportunity to get hardware built to their exact specifications that Elfbox is known for and pair it with the best offer for colocation in the industry today.”

Every JaguarPC plan includes:
- Full root access
- Free reboots
- Free moving assistance and data transfer for moves
- Free 5 IP addresses
- Free initial OS install
- Managed backups and services available
- Choice of control panels: cPanel, Interworx, DirectAdmin, Plesk

Interested customers can enter promotional code “ELFBOX” during JaguarPC’s ordering process to take advantage of the discounts.

To learn more, go to www.JaguarPC.com/services/elfbox.php.

About JaguarPC
JaguarPC, based in Houston, Texas, and owned by Jaguar Technologies LLC Hosting, provides high-quality Internet hosting solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, government agencies, prominent individuals and non-profit organizations worldwide. JaguarPC’s core portfolio comprises information technology and business hosting services, as well as programming services. JaguarPC’s complementary subsidiary businesses are dehe.com, a vps and dedicated provider specializing in the Windows platform, and Devpond software, a web software company.

Learn more at www.JaguarPC.com.

About Elfbox
ELF Technologies LLC is a privately owned manufacturer of custom-built computer systems for both personal and business use. We cater to individuals and businesses looking for a high-end solution at an affordable price without having to buy in bulk to receive a special offering. Whether you’re looking for a desktop solution at home/office or a rackmount solution for your business, you can expect a dependable, quality-built machine. Each machine built by us is protected by a 1 year extensive warranty.

Visit us at www.Elfbox.com.

Media Contact:
Edward Yang, Firecracker PR
(949) 500-6422

EtQ has announced the release of EtQ OnDemand, a unique web services program that provides a personalized application environment for businesses who are looking to host their Quality Management System, without the typical drawbacks of a hosted environment.

Farmingdale, NY May 27, 2007 — EtQ has announced the release of EtQ OnDemand, a unique web services program that provides a personalized application environment for businesses who are looking to host their Quality Management System, without the typical drawbacks of a hosted environment.

EtQ recognizes the dangers of hosting enterprise applications. Between shared server environments, watered-down versions of software solutions, security concerns, and performance issues, hosting a robust enterprise solution can be a perilous task. EtQ has pioneered a new concept that eliminates the dangers of a hosted environment, while keeping all the benefits – EtQ OnDemand.

EtQ Reliance OnDemand is designed to provide a personalized, secure environment whereby you can run your Quality Management System, without having to rely on IT for maintenance and upkeep. The web-browser based system allows you to access, configure, and use the full enterprise system as if it were located in your facility, but without the headaches associated with maintaining that system. With EtQ Reliance OnDemand, EtQ administers the system for you, making sure you are up and running when you need it the most. EtQ Reliance OnDemand enables you to manage you business, and not the hardware/software.

Users own the server. Users own the software. Users own the data. Users get a Quality Management solution, OnDemand.

Some key benefits of EtQ OnDemand include:
•Minimizes IT resources: EtQ performs all IT functions, freeing you and your staff to focus on your company’s core competencies.
•Security: EtQ Reliance OnDemand has the highest security since you have a dedicated server that is only accessed by your personnel.
•Financial: EtQ Reliance OnDemand allows you to own the solution. Application service provider plans are an ongoing cost with no end in sight.
•No “watered down” Versions: Other companies typically offer a “lite” version of their software, in a shared environment. With EtQ Reliance OnDemand, the system you purchase is the same robust, powerful Enterprise System used by the largest companies in the world.
•Worldwide Access: Extend your workplace using EtQ Reliance OnDemand – easy access to your system from anywhere in the world, simply by using your Web Browser.
•Secure Environment: All of our applications are delivered through managed firewalls via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and multiple data backbones. Our staff constantly monitor the firewalls and keep current on industry best practices, updating security policies as necessary.
•Performance: EtQ Reliance OnDemand has the best performance since only your employees will use system, compared to application service providers, which share a system across multiple companies.
•No “shared” Environments: EtQ Reliance OnDemand eliminates your risk of system crashes since only your administrators are making configurations to the system. Application Service Providers(ASPs) allow multiple administrators to make changes to the system, increasing the likelihood of system problems and down time for everyone on the system.
•Disaster Recovery: All of EtQ’s OnDemand hardware feature multiple redundant hard drives, and data is backed up frequently, to minimize data loss in the event of a disaster. Backup power generators ensure up time in the event of a power loss, and hardware is protected with an uninterruptible power supply.
•Scalable: Some customers prefer to start with EtQ Reliance OnDemand, and later take the system in-house. You own the hardware and software – the choice is yours.

EtQ’s OnDemand has been developed to provide small to mid-sized business with the opportunity to own a robust, Enterprise Quality Management Software system, without incurring extensive administration and IT costs. EtQ adds the OnDemand service to their already strong lineup of enterprise products, including EtQ for Medical Device, EtQ for Pharma/Bio, EtQ for Manufacturing, and EtQ for EH&S.

About EtQ
EtQ is the leading Enterprise Quality and Compliance Management Software for identifying, mitigating and preventing high-risk events through integration, automation and collaboration. EtQ uses best in class, integrated modules and enterprise application integration to manage and measure quality and compliance processes and execute organizational change. Key modules within the product include: Document Control, CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action), Audits, Complaint Handling, Risk Management, Change Management, Employee Training, Nonconforming Materials, Enterprise Reporting and more than 20 additional compliance-oriented modules. With its world class flexible workflow, collaborative platform EtQ has developed a unique niche to support enterprises involved in various compliance management initiatives such as; cGxP (FDA), ISO 13485, ISO 9000:2000, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 14001, AS 9001, TL 9000, OHSAS 18001, RoHS, Sarbanes-Oxley and similar standards for compliance and regulatory management. EtQ has been providing compliance solutions to a variety of markets for over fifteen years.

For more information or to schedule a virtual demo, contact EtQ Inc., at 800-354-4476 or 516-293-0949.

Website: www.etq.com/press/pressrelease_ondemand.shtml

IndexTools (Inc.), leading provider in the web analytics industry today announced its new Partner Alliance Program. The new program aims to strengthen current partnerships, and expand the number of agencies and entrepreneurs’ businesses that share IndexTools’ commitment and wish to benefit from a flexible, innovative and highly customizable web analytics solution.

New York, NY May 23, 2007 — IndexTools (Inc.) www.indextools.com, leading provider in the web analytics industry, today announced its new Partner Alliance Program. The new program aims to strengthen current partnerships, and expand the number of agencies and entrepreneurs businesses that share IndexTools’ commitment and wish to benefit from a flexible, innovative and highly customizable web analytics solution.

“Increasing partner share is vital to continuing our expansion worldwide,” said Dennis Mortensen, COO of IndexTools. “The Partner Alliance Program offers a material win-win for everyone – our partners, their accounts, and of course the growing community of IndexTools users around the world.”

The new Partner Alliance Program provides three different levels for agencies to work together with IndexTools:
• Strategic Alliance Partner – for companies with a stable client base and committed demand for analytics
• Key Alliance Partner – for businesses with an expanding client base and growing demand for analytics
• Authorized Partner – for entities new to analytics seeking to broaden their commitment to analytics

IndexTools’ current partners and newcomers alike will benefit directly from an array of new partner program features:
• Training and consultancy by in-house experts in Professional and Best Practice Services that will guide partners through business requirement analysis, deployment and performance optimization.
• Ready access to a full suite of marketing materials and sales tools developed specifically for Partners.
• Aggressive remuneration and lifetime commission structure.
• An open-door client management center where partners can monitor and manage their clients’ web analytics usage and access extensive product information to buoy client relationships.

“Web analytics has become a strategic factor in our approach of our clients and campaigns. We needed to provide our clients with an exceptionally customizable web analytics solution. This does not stop with a piece of software; it requires a partnership that exceeds the client-supplier level. IndexTools enables us to go beyond client expectations and as a Strategic Alliance Partner we benefit from IndexTools’ lead generation, marketing support and superb implementation services,” said Michiel van Gaalen, CEO of Leads2Business.

Charlie Holbech, Head of IndexTools Partner Division, sees tangible benefits rolling out the Partner Alliance Program, “What we have built over the past four years is a global matrix of more than 200 active partners in 25 countries. This incorporates major agencies and sector leaders, web design firms and online marketing companies covering every possible market vertical. With the Alliance Program our footprint can only continue to grow.”

More information about IndexTools Partner Alliance Program: at IndexTools Partner Program .

About IndexTools
IndexTools offers a highly customizable and scalable analytics platform for companies’ online marketing activity in each phase of the customer lifecycle. With IndexTools Web Analytics and Bid Management, businesses gain accurate, insightful and timely intelligence about the effectiveness of their online marketing.

IndexTools’ services have boosted the online performance of more than 3000 clients worldwide, including Tesco, Vodafone, PriceRunner, and Jamba.

IndexTools serves its worldwide client base directly and through a network of more than 200 local partners in over 25 countries around the globe. IndexTools was founded in 2000, operates from New York City, US and have an extensive Technology Development Center in Budapest, Hungary EU. IndexTools’ competitors include Webtrends, Visual Sciences (WebSideStory), Omniture and Coremetrics.

A new version of WebTest, a free open source tool for automated testing of web applications, is available. Download at webtest.canoo.com

Basel, Switzerland May 9, 2007 — The Canoo WebTest team is pleased to announce the release of version 2.5 of its open-source web application testing tool. This new version leverages the new AJAX testing capabilities of HtmlUnit 1.11 that Canoo WebTest is built on. Based on these capabilities, testing of dynamic web applications has been improved and works with popular AJAX frameworks like DWR, and Web 2.0 applications like Google Maps.

New testing steps are available such as verifying radio buttons, working with different web clients in parallel, and switching between windows. A feature of particular interest is the possibility to repeat steps with an XPath expression in order to loop over all elements that match this expression.

“Speaking about XPath, in WebTest you can define your own XPath function in Groovy and use it inside any XPath in your test specification. Groovy-1.0, the latest final version of Groovy, ships with WebTest. With Groovy you can extend and customize your WebTests in any possible way and enjoy the merits of dynamic scripting support when the situation calls for it,” said Dierk König, Senior Software Engineer at Canoo, WebTest developer and committer.

The test coverage of WebTest itself has been kept at a high level of 98.5%. The documentation now offers an extra sidebar for quick navigation. Test reporting – one of the distinctive strength of Canoo WebTest – has been improved even more and allows in-place viewing of server responses and browsing.

Webtest can be downloaded at the product website: webtest.canoo.com

About Canoo
Canoo (www.canoo.com) is a solution provider for Rich Internet Applications (RIA) based in Basel, Switzerland. It offers consulting services and end-to-end development of Enterprise Web applications. With 10 years of experience in Rich Internet Application (RIA) technology, Canoo is a leading expert in Web 2.0 applications, Java rich clients, and AJAX. Canoo’s RIA technology and web testing products are used in more than 60 countries worldwide.

Canoo @ JavaOne
Canoo is exhibiting at JavaOne, Moscone Center, in San Francisco from May 8 to May 11, 2007 at booth # 715.