Backed by Matrix Partners India and invested in by eBay Inc., Quikr will now be present in 18 cities in India with the newly added 6 cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Kochi, Mysore & Pune.

Jiby Thomas, Co-Founder & VP-Marketing, Quikr.com, said, "Within few months of the launch of Quikr.com, we have received tremendous support and positive feedback from our community. This helped us extend the Quikr proposition to new cities and make the lives of our community members across India better in whatever small way we can help them.”

Quikr users have seen success in addressing various important personal needs ranging from starting or promoting a small business within a city, buying or selling a used car, buying or renting property, finding hobby and dance classes, selling old furniture or mobiles and much more. Quikr not only helps people avail this local service free of cost but is also encouraging the entrepreneurial desire amongst thousands of women and young people across India.

Along with expanding its online presence in the key cities in India, Quikr also plans to enhance its user experience based on consumer feedback and insights.

So If you want an apartment to live in, sell your old car , mobile or laptop, promote a small business or event, post an Ad for something you Want and cannot find, join a salsa class, trade any item and make new friends while doing all of the above. Quikr.com lets you do all of this at one place by addressing all such needs and much more free of cost by connecting people in an easy and simple way.

So log on to www.quikr.com today to find and complete your localized city specific needs.

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About Quikr India:

Quikr India is backed by Matrix Partners Indiaand invested in by eBay Inc. Quikr is a free, city based, community classifieds website which enables people in the same city to meet, trade, share ideas, and help each other out in areas such as household goods, cars & bikes, services, real estate, jobs, matrimonials and more.
Quikr as the name suggests , captures the simplicity of use and features the website is built on. Quikr is currently available in 18 cities across India to address different needs of the local community in these cities by connecting people in a simple and convenient way.

The personal information once stored in albums, boxes and filing cabinets—such as financial records, personal documents, family photos and videos, portfolios of professional work, and correspondence—comprises each person’s digital echo. This information is increasingly scattered across different computers, digital devices and web sites. The quantity of personal digital information produced every year around the world is now measured in the hundreds of billions of gigabytes and is expected to continue to grow annually by almost 60 percent, according to analysts. Moreover, the lifespan of this information is beginning to be measured in decades, and it is ever more valuable and often irreplaceable.

The shift of personal information from physical to digital has not yet been accompanied by a parallel shift in the way this information is organized and preserved in digital form. Decho will help individuals take full control of their digital echo through a set of cloud-based services that will enable easy and full utilization, organization and enrichment of important personal information.

“There is an immense, untapped business opportunity as personal information management inevitably migrates into the cloud,” said David Goulden, EMC Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. “By bringing Mozy and Pi together to form Decho as a new subsidiary, we are creating a focused organization that can deliver on the promise of cloud-based personal information management and can help individuals everywhere preserve, manage and enrich the information most important to them.”

Decho’s initial service offering is the Mozy online backup service, the leading online backup service for both consumers and businesses. With over 900,000 users and over 25,000 business customers, Mozy safeguards over 10 petabytes (over ten million gigabytes) of customer information at its datacenters around the world. Mozy online back up offers the most comprehensive online backup solution on the market, and offers simple, automatic and secure online backup for both consumers and businesses, with support for laptops, desktops and servers running either Mac OS X or Windows.

Decho is wholly owned by EMC, which acquired Mozy, Inc. in October 2007 and Pi Corp. in February 2008. Pi was originally founded by Paul Maritz, who was named CEO of VMware earlier this year. The new company will maintain and grow its development and operations centers in Bangalore, Montreal, Seattle and Utah. The company will be headquartered in Seattle.

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About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

Mozy is a trademark of Decho Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Decho

Decho is dedicated to helping people protect, manage and enrich their “digital echo” – the valuable and ever-growing body of personal, digital information that reverberates through their lives. Mozy, the company’s flagship offering, is the leading online backup service for both consumers and businesses, and Decho is actively developing other services. Decho is headquartered in Seattle and is an EMC company. For more information, please go to www.decho.com.

About EMC

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world’s leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC’s products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.

Mozy is a trademark of Decho Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Founded in 2002, Pegasys is a leading provider of On-demand Services & Business Solutions, servicing customers such as Sanofi Aventis, Wellness Care, SEW Constructions, Stalworth Properties, ING Direct with a team of experts who have varied experience on CRM Services, Office Productivity Suite, Business Process Management, E-commerce & Business Applications using best of the breed technologies.

"Wolf Frameworks was a natural choice as a PaaS (Platform as a Service) provider, given the intuitive capability of developing cross platform business applications without writing code, ease of designing using the high level business rules interface, flexible business model & emerged as a natural choice for Pegasys for the On-Demand Platform. We have started working for SMB customers, delivering powerful ready-to-use SaaS applications in India & also developing custom software services rapidly at very reasonable pricing." said Mr. Ramesh Bhandari, Managing Director for Pegasys Systems and Technologies, Inc.

"Wolf brings the rare combination of delivering powerful interoperable Business Applications and Analytics over the cloud using the high level technology platform & also offers data portability, English language based Business Rules (no scripting language) which can consume or expose Web services & architecture to create Service layer abstraction & mashups for Enterprises. This opens up a world of possibilities to deliver innovative software as services for a variety of customers & work with leading SaaS solutions partners currently constrained by complex technology." says, Mr. Sunny Ghosh, CEO of Wolf Frameworks.

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About Wolf Frameworks

Founded in 2006, Wolf Platform-as-a-Service is a direct wholly owned product/service venture with full development-distribution-Intellectual Property rights held by Wolf Frameworks India Pvt. Ltd. Privately held, developed by a team of industry experts & passionate entrepreneurs, targeted to extend the power of designing business software services to business managers, tapping into large market opportunities, Wolf PaaS plans to bring many partner driven customer centric Interoperable SaaS applications to the market. The company also offers the online business applications solutions gallery – where partners can showcase their Wolf based business applications and customers can click & install demo versions, review and select applications for their own use at a per user/monthly fee. For more information please visit: http://www.wolfframeworks.com @ Call +91 80 2572 1700

About Pegasys Systems and Technologies, Inc

Pegasys is a leading provider of On-demand Services & Solutions for customers around the World. Founded in 2002, it has offices in the US and India. Pegasys helps customers run their businesses more efficiently, helping them to gain greater insight into their business activities and providing them with lasting benefits by offering easy to use, quick to deploy, powerful, and cost effective business solutions based upon collective experience, domain knowledge, global infrastructure, using world class technology platforms. For more information please visit: http://www.pegasyssoft.com/ @ Call USA: +1 (248) 341 3783 or India: +91 99631 00991

Mr. Robert Miller is planning to be in India for the launch of Miller Heiman’s alliance with Talent Craft, and is really excited with opportunity of spending a day with Senior business leaders at the upcoming Indiatimes Strategy Summits, being held in Mumbai (14 Nov 08), New Delhi (18 Nov 08) and Bangalore (21 Nov 08)

Mr. Miller has conducted hundreds of executive level seminars worldwide for such organizations as Ernst & Young, ARAMARK, Hewlett-Packard, Rolls Royce, Coca-Cola, General Electric, and Wells Fargo Bank. Additionally, he has lectured at the European Management Symposium in Davos, Switzerland and at the U.S. Air War College in Montgomery, AL.

Witnessing the current economic scenario Mr. Miller states, “Cutting back in a down turn economy is the worst thing a sales organization can do. Instead when prices rise, factory orders drop, unemployment surges and other economic indicators signal rough times sales organizations should redouble their efforts. A slow economy is an excellent opportunity to improve the quality and size of your sales force, double up your efforts to get people on the street and capitalize on the strength of your executive team.”

To learn more about how to leverage the downturn, the craftsmanship of selling and debunking selling myths from Mr. Robert Miller, please register your participation at www.TalentCraft.in.

Mr. Michael Light, Regional Director Asia-Pacific, Miller Heiman would also be speaking at these seminars, conceived & managed by Talent Craft, Miller Heiman’s exclusive partner in India, in association with Indiatimes Mindscape.

Talent Craft is the Assessment & Training business vertical of Times Business Solutions Limited (TBSL) a limited company, wholly owned by Bennett Coleman Company Limited (The Times Group).

Talent Craft is a pioneer in bringing in the next level of corporate empowerment, providing people development solutions within organisations, right from their induction, through performance & promotion systems, to succession planning for leadership.

Miller Heiman Inc. co-founded by Robert B Miller has worked with Blue Chip companies across the globe to establish sales processes since the seventies. Their concept of Strategic Selling in the complex sales environment keeps the customer at the core and works towards Joint Venture Selling and introduces a paradigm shift by injecting science into the art of selling by exploring the founding principles of sales and debunking various traditional myths. To learn more from the author of “Strategic Selling” log on to www.TalentCraft.in

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Kirk Communications was chosen for its proven ability to develop an integrated business and marketing website that is clear and concise and can help CBE Technologies grow its business on the web. Kirk Communications offers an innovative suite of public relations and integrated marketing solutions and specializes in working with fast-growth companies across a broad range of industries.

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About CBE Technologies

CBE Technologies is the leader in providing small and medium businesses with OneSource IT services that allow you to reduce your costs of IT, increase your systems uptime, and focus on your business. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, we offer a comprehensive suite of “OneStop, OneView, OnePrice” managed IT and telephony solutions that include system planning and design, integration, support, remote monitoring, and proactive system maintenance. These managed solutions provide always-on reliability, 24x7 support, and predictability through our OnePrice model that fixes the cost of technology support at a price small and medium sized organizations can afford. For more information, please visit us on the web at www.cbetech.com.

About Kirk Communications

With over 2 billion people in the world identifying English, Chinese or Spanish as their first language, Moka is leading the way to provide mobile language translation and learning solutions in support of both the consumer and business markets for an increasingly borderless world. Having recently partnered with China Mobile to bring its mobile language translation service to the Chinese market, Moka is now expanding its reach across new markets and communication platforms with Moka Chat for Skype. Using Moka Chat, English-speaking Skype users can now easily send translated text messages to Chinese or Spanish Skype buddies, enhancing their Skype experience while at the same time improving their language skills. In addition, Moka Chat for Skype enables users to send translated SMS text messages using Skype’s built-in text messaging service.

Moka Chat for Skype is now available for free during the beta period and can be downloaded from http://www.moka.com. After downloading and installing the Moka Chat for Skype application and selecting a language pair, users can easily enable real-time language translation for any text messaging conversation with anyone on their Skype buddy list. Because it allows the user to see both the original and translated text every time a message is sent, Moka Chat is also a powerful language learning tool. Moka’s learning-while-chatting feature makes language learning fun and interactive for all Skype users.

“Skype is one of the most popular and effective services in the world today for global communications, and we are excited to be adding a high-value multilingual communication capability for Skype users. Moka Chat for Skype is the ideal translation solution for a community with such a vast multilingual user base”, said Diego Winegardner, President and Co-founder of Moka.

Pioneering Language Translation

Moka is a pioneer in the field of translation technology. With its proprietary artificial intelligence system, the company’s goal is to provide the most accurate mobile and online translation service in the world. Moka’s state of the art translation technology is perpetually learning, and the more Moka is used, the more accurate it becomes. As a result, Moka is perfectly suited for large multilingual communities such as Skype where the viral nature of its service can be leveraged to enhance the communication experience for everyone.

Michael Donahue, CEO and Co-founder of Moka adds, “With over 700 million people learning English in Asia today and over half of the 45 million Latino-Americans in the US seeking to improve their English fluency, we are in a position to breakdown language barriers and at the same time provide a completely new paradigm for multilingual communications and language learning.”

In addition to Moka Chat for Skype, Moka provides Moka Chat for SMS, Moka Translator for SMS and other language learning products. Information on all Moka products can be found at our web site at http://www.moka.com.

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About Moka, LLC

Headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida and Beijing, China, Moka is a privately held company, which is removing language barriers by providing the most accurate and accessible real-time language translation service available in the world today. Moka has created a global translator, which allows users the ability to chat with friends, or business associates in different languages using text messaging on their cell phones (SMS) or Skype. Moka also enables language learning on the go with real-time contextual language study via a mobile phone or Skype. Moka’s advanced translation technology is able to adapt to text-messaging slang terms and local expressions in order to provide the most accurate machine translation possible. Moka’s products are currently available in three languages, English, Spanish and Chinese, focusing on the most widely spoken languages in the world today. Visit http://www.moka.com to find more information about Moka’s mobile and online language translation and language learning products.

For PR inquiries in the US please contact Diego Winegardner at +1.203.987.5806

For PR inquiries in China please contact Vivian Fang at +86.138.0110.4796

This innovative application is sure to provide users with a unique emailing experience. With adequate storage space, one can store up years of ‘Happy Birthday’ or ‘Anniversary’ emails. Future Mail will boost user popularity amongst relatives, friends and business associates alike by assisting you in sending proactive reminders about events, sales or the like

All that’s required is a cool, short and sweet IN.com id, with which one receives 10 GB of storage for emails, files & photos, which can be shared with one’s IN.com network.The Future Mail option is displayed prominently on the left hand corner of the inbox. Once the button is hit, one can compose the vital mail and schedule it for the perfect date and time on which it’s to be sent. Hereon, leave it up to Future Mail to take complete control of your well timed communication.

Commenting on the initiative, Rishi Khiani, COO, Web18, says, “At IN.com we try to provide our users the best web experience and Future Mail is another step towards this. The Web18 group, believes that India has the potential to offer the finest in web technology, conceptualized right here on our shores. With applications such as these, we aim to continue to make our mark on the global scenario. And with Future Mail, IN.com users can stay ahead in their individual communities at work and play”.

According to ComScore Report September 2008, In.com has been ranked No.2 among Indian Portals. Alexa as of October 31st, 2008, ranks In.com 5th amongst the top India based sites. Registrations have crossed the 2 million mark as of 31st Oct , 9:30 pm. In.com’s tremendous success has propelled Web18 among the top Indian Internet groups and positioned Network 18 (Web18) group as No.2 by ComScore, September, 2008.

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About Web18

Web 18 is the Internet and Mobile arm of Network 18, India’s leading Media conglomerate. It has a variety of leading information and transactional services based on the Internet. Other offerings include; MoneyControl.com, Cricketnext.com, CommoditiesControl.com, PowerYourTrade.com, Tech2.com, Biztech2.com.IBNLive.com, Compareindia.com, Storeguru.com, Indiaearnings.com, JobStreet.com, Indiwo.com, Buzz18.com, Josh18.com

Now available on Yahoo! Shopping, the VeriSign Verified™ Seal for Comparison Shopping identifies merchants who secure their site with a VeriSign® Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate. Because they've deployed VeriSign SSL protection, these merchants can choose to have a VeriSign Verified Seal appear in connection with their listings on Yahoo! Shopping, the most popular online comparison shopping engine (comScore, September 2008). The seal helps merchants indicate to consumers that VeriSign has verified the identity of the merchant and that the merchant owns or has a right to use the website to do business, and that the Web site is secured with a VeriSign SSL certificate. As 85 percent of online shoppers will turn to online tools to find bargains this holiday season(1), the VeriSign Verified Seal for Comparison Shopping is another tool to help merchants help customers feel confident when they shop online.

"The driving focus of Yahoo! Shopping is to provide people with an efficient way of finding the best products at the best prices online," said Greg Hintz, General Manager, Yahoo! Shopping. "By displaying the VeriSign Verified Seal for Comparison Shopping, we want to make sure our users have everything they need to make an informed purchase. This new feature delivers a valuable service to our merchants and online shoppers alike, as we all prepare for another busy season of online holiday shopping."

For merchants looking to maximize sales this holiday season, VeriSign is offering a 90-day free trial of the new VeriSign Verified Seal for Comparison Shopping service to Yahoo! Shopping merchants who own a VeriSign SSL Certificate.

More than 15 online businesses large and small and across a wide range industries have already adopted the VeriSign Verified Seal for Comparison Shopping. Companies include rookstone.com, Ghirardelli.com, GreenMountainCoffee.com, Wakeside.com and agranceX.com.

"The VeriSign brand is one of the most trusted brands on the Internet, and I like to think of it as my virtual hand shake to let potential customers know it's safe to shop with me," said John Lucey, Internet Marketing Manager for Brookstone.com. "With the new VeriSign Verified Seal for Comparison Shopping, I can attract perusers not only looking for a good deal, but also looking to buy from someone they can trust."

According to TNS research, 65 percent of consumers shop only at sites they know and trust, and 65 percent of online shoppers have abandoned a shopping cart because they did not "trust" the transaction. With the VeriSign Verified Seal, merchants can stand out to customers as a more trustworthy site at the point when they are choosing between multiple vendors. Within the Yahoo! Shopping search results, merchants can help show potential customers that their business is legitimate and that customers can trust that their transactions will be secure. With the VeriSign Verified Seal, merchants can stand out to customers as a trustworthy site at the point when they are choosing between multiple vendors.

"It's getting increasingly difficult for retailers to stake out some kind of differentiation online, particularly when they first appear to shoppers as one of several merchants in a list," said Michael Lin, vice president of SSL product management at VeriSign. "That makes the VeriSign Verified Seal such an important tool for Yahoo! Shopping merchants. Now merchants who protect their sites with VeriSign SSL Certificates don't have to wait for shoppers to click through to their site to learn they are secure. From the moment a merchant's name appears in a search, they can reassure users of a trusted shopping experience."

VeriSign is the most respected and trusted SSL authority on the Web. More than 95 percent of the Fortune 500 -- and the world's 40 largest banks -- rely on SSL Certificates sold by VeriSign (including VeriSign's subsidiaries, affiliates and resellers) to meet their security needs. For more information on VeriSign SSL protection, visit: http://www.verisign.com/ssl/index.html

(1) October 7,2008; Internet Retailer. "Wary of the economy, holiday shoppers will go online for deals, study says"

http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=28039

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About VeriSign

VeriSign is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. Billions of times each day, VeriSign helps companies and consumers all over the world engagein communications and commerce with confidence. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.in

Statements in this announcement other than historical data and information constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause VeriSign's actual results to differ materially from those stated or implied by such forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, the uncertainty of future revenue and profitability and potential fluctuations in quarterly operating results due to such factors as the inability of VeriSign to successfully develop and market new products and services and customer acceptance of any new products or services, including VeriSign Identity Protection services; the possibility that VeriSign’s announced new services may not result in additional customers, profits or revenues; and increased competition and pricing pressures. More information about potential factors that could affect the company's business and financial results is included in VeriSign's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. VeriSign undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this press release.

©2008 VeriSign, Inc. All rights reserved. VeriSign, the VeriSign logo, the checkmark circle, and other trademarks, service marks, and designs are registered or unregistered trademarks of VeriSign, Inc., and its subsidiaries in the United States and in foreign countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Verdurez.com provides a platform for members to network, make friends, find partners, meet like-minded people and search for resources. The website, which is two months old, has over 250 members from places like Delhi, Gurgaon, Vizag, Hyderabad and Atlanta (USA).

The website is divided into two sections: Community and Articles. The Community pages include member listing, chaupal, blogs, groups and agony column. These pages are for registered members only; membership is free. The Articles section is open to all visitors and covers relevant topics in the areas of technology, relationship, wellness, hobby, money, travel and citizen’s initiative.

The website has also got a Job Board which is still in its infancy. The company hopes to attract prospective employers who are actively seeking older employees. Additionally, for its members, the promoters have formed alliances with a couple of health and travel companies and will be adding to the list in the coming months.

The name Verdurez has been chosen from the noun verdure which means greenness, especially of fresh, flourishing vegetation, freshness in general; flourishing condition; vigour. It is based on the promoters’ belief that life doesn’t stop when one reaches a certain age, if anything, a new phase in life begins; it, too, can flourish with vigour and freshness.

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About Verdurez

The NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge invites developers to build and submit original, pre-commercialized applications using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps. The Global LBS Challenge is the premier event in the LBS industry, shining a spotlight on the industry’s most creative location-aware solutions for wireless devices. Semifinalists have benefited greatly from the resulting industry exposure and networking opportunities, with approximately 30% receiving funding or commercial contracts following their participation in the competition.

This year’s competition features sponsors representing an array of leading companies in the LBS space, contributing to a generous prize pool including cash, map and tool licenses, devices and/or developmental support to participants. Global Sponsors include deCarta, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. Directions Media and GPS Business News are Media Sponsors.

Developers can choose to develop for one of the following official devices in the competition:

§ Nokia E71 – using S60 for Symbian OS™, S60 for the Java™ ME Platform or Python for S60

§ Samsung INNOV8 (i8510) – using S60 for Symbian OS. Samsung SDK Extensions for S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2, are available, including the two Samsung custom application programming interfaces (APIs) for G-Sensor and Optical Joystick;

§ Sony Ericsson C702 and C905 Cyber-shot™ phones – using the Java™ ME Platform or the new Project Capuchin technology, a Java API which defines a bridge between Flash Lite and Java ME.

In addition, deCarta provides all Global LBS Challenge participants with access to their Drill Down Server® geospatial software platform and web services. A beta release of their deCarta Mobile™ platform is available, a client/server architecture with a Java ME client API.

Last year marked the debut of the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge for the APAC region and resulted in the more registrations than the other two regions, Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) and The Americas.

“We are excited to continue expanding our presence with partners and developers in the Asia-Pacific region,” commented Marc Naddell, vice president, partner and developer programs, NAVTEQ. “The APAC region has proven to be rich with talented developers and entrepreneurs making it an ideal setting for the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge, and led in developer participation in 2008. We expect the APAC region to be a source of commercial-grade innovation and robust growth in location-based services in the years to come.”

Registration for the APAC region is open until Friday, February 13, 2009. The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony in Singapore during CommunicAsia on June 17, 2009. For more information on entries, eligibility, timelines and the official contest rules, please go to www.LBSChallenge.com.

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About the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge

First launched in 2003, the NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge is a developer competition daring application developers around the world to build innovative location-based services (LBS) for mobile phones using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ® maps. The Global LBS Challenge has become the premier event in the LBS industry and a global symbol of LBS innovation and opportunity. From wireless business applications to sports, travel and security, integrating the accuracy and richness of NAVTEQ digital map data facilitates the timely evolution of the next wave of LBS. For more information or to register for this year’s competition, go to www.LBSChallenge.com.

About NAVTEQ Network for Developers

NAVTEQ Network for Developers (NN4D) is a dynamic online web portal and community that provides developers and business partners with the technical and business support needed to build, showcase and launch the most innovative location-enabled solutions. Connect with the people, tools and resources you need to grow your business by visiting www.NN4D.com.

About NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has more than 3,800 employees located in 194 offices and in 42 countries.

NAVTEQ, NAVTEQ Network for Developers and Global LBS Challenge are trademarks in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved.

Nearhop (http://www.nearhop.com) has developed an application to search the city bus and local train routes for Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bilaspur, Chennai, Coimbatore,Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Udaipur and Visakhapatnam. Given an origin, destination and city, Nearhop tells the details of the bus/ train routes to reach the destination from the origin in the city. The details include the route number, frequency of the service, map, timings of the first and last services. If a direct bus/ train is not found, Nearhop tells the routes with 1 changeover.

Nearhop also offers the routes for downloading into the mobile. Currently the downloads are offered for the routes of Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. The mobile does not need an internet connection for the application to work. All the services mentioned above and the downloads are offered for FREE.

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Nearhop Internet Technologies Pvt Ltd is a Hyderabad based startup founded by young entrepreneurs with solid academic and industrial track record. The founders are IITians.

Nearhop has designed and developed an India Travel Search Engine. Its objective is to make the portal a one-stop destination for any kind of travel.

It also has plans to include hotels in the Travel Search and provide search services on mobiles.

The Participating companies spread across various sectors Including Education, ITES, IT, Construction, BFSI and others.

Commenting on the event, Mr. Abhishek Srivastav, Head - HR, Canadoil Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., said, “The TimesJobs.com Mumbai Jumbo Job Fair was very productive for us. The management of the event was very good and the TimesJobs.com team was not only courteous, punctual and met all our requirements but was also hospitable with the candidates. The space for our stall was adequate and the venue of the fair was well thought of. The publicity which we received through the fair added to the advantage of being connected to such a reputed company.”

An enthused, Mr. R. K. Mehta, Manager - HR, Apparel Group LLC, added, “The TimesJobs.com Mumbai Jumbo Job Fair was a good experience for us. Media management, the candidate walk-in and the venue were all perfectly managed. We have participated in TimesJobs.com fairs in past as well and our experience has always been satisfactory. We look forward to the upcoming fairs organised by TimesJobs.com.”

Job seekers at the event were equally elated with the fair, one of them, Vipin Yadav remarked, “The TimesJobs.com Mumbai Jumbo Job Fair was an extremely fruitful experience for me as I succeeded in seizing a job with one of the biggest IT Companies in India. I really liked the team management of candidates and the interview procedure in the TimesJobs.com job fair.”

The companies that partnered with TimesJobs.com in the Mumbai Jumbo Job fair included reputed names like Microsoft Learning, Wcities Content Solutions (I) Ltd, WNS, Equations Placements, Synygy, ICFAI, Mastek, Shipping Association, Sterling Construction Systems, Cinemax, Adventity, Kohinoor Group, Denave India Pvt. Ltd., Rustomjee, Wellingkar Institute of Management, Stream Global Services, UNIDUS, Firstsource, Right Match, DY Patil Institute, SMS Connexions, Orbit corporation, B- Link, Canadoil Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., Page Point Services I Pvt.Ltd, Wipro, Apparel Group LLC, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts, Omnia BPO Services Ltd, IIHT, Auto Vista, ICICI prudential, ING Vysya, Shivo Hum India, and Silgate Solutions amongst others.

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SatGuide Logger can enable any USP Port to be GPS enabled and is aimed in increasing the efficiency and profitability of the Management. Features like built-in battery and antenna ensures that the SatGuide Logger captures all the location data required, in microseconds.

The gadget is priced at an attractive amount of Rs. 6,990 making it a priority eye-catcher for all the Fleet & Logistics Management Companies in the country. The device can be easily installed in vehicles and can be enabled for recording complete trip information (route followed, stoppages, speed of vehicle, etc) thus providing offline or passive tracking solution.

Right from the beginning of the journey, the device tracks all the movements of the vehicle and stores it as data in its memory. On finishing the whole course of the journey and returning to its final destination, the logger can be plugged into any USP Port and the management can retrieve and view the routes and pit-stops made by the vehicle during the course of the day. A massive number of data points (Latitude, and Longitude values) as many as 130,000 can be recorded by the device at a given time. The device also re-traces all the routes covered by the vehicles during the trip with the help of SatGuide maps which ensures that the vehicle is not misused by the operator for personal use.

On logging onto the data, all users can view details like distance covered by the vehicle, average speed of the vehicle, duration of each pit stop etc. Unique details like over speeding, major detours etc are also captured by the device and can be monitored by the Management.

This device is to provide a wholesome solution to the various obstacles faces by Logistics Management for a token MRP and has configurable data logging settings. Agencies eagerly waiting for this kind of a quick fix solution do not have to wait beyond this point as this device is here in the market to steal all the limelight.

SPECIFICATIONS

Technical Features

Chipset : SiRF Star III

General

Frequency : L1, 1573 MHz

Channels : 20 channel all-in-view tracking

DGPS Source : Default : None

Programmable : SBAS/WAAS/EGNOS

System Back Up : Built-in 1100 mAh Li-Ion rechargeable battery

Antenna Type : Built-in

Accuracy

DPGS : 1-2 meters

Position : 1-5 meters CEP, without SA

Velocity : 0.1 meters/second, without SA

Time : 1 microsecond synchronized to GPS time

Datum : WGS-84 (or by demand)

Size

GPS : 72(L) x 21(W) x 13.2(H) mm

Battery bank : 78.6(L) x 55.5(W) x 27(H) mm

Interface

Connection : Communicate with Host Platform via Bluetooth (Class 2) Serial Profile & USB

Protocol Default : NMEA-0183 (v3.1.1) - GGA (1), GSA(1), GVS(5), RMC(1), VTG(1)

Programmable : Additional NMEA -VTG, GLL/SiRF Binary

Power Charging : 5V DC input charging circuit

Consumption : 73 mA, continuous tracking mode

Operation Time : 10 hours

SatGuide Logger utilizes the SiRF Star III chip set for high performance and low power consumption. The rechargeable 1,100 mAh lithium battery ensures a minimum of 13 hours continuous use. Usable as either a USB or Bluetooth GPS, it provides the quality you want in a data logger with the versatility you need.

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Incorporated on January 9, 2004, SatNav Technologies is an IT Products company that is a pioneer in Navigation, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Business Infrastructure Management Solution (BIMS) related products. SatNav’s products include an immensely popular GPS Navigation Product SatGuide available at hundreds of stores all over the country including leading retailers like Croma, EZone, Reliance, ABRL, Staples among others - that is helping customers “Never Get Lost!” , variants include Navigation solutions for dedication navigation devices, PDAs, Phones, Laptops, Desktops among others. Also in SatNav portfolio are unique products; a Business Infrastructure Management System, a-mantra; and an online directions portal Roadsofindia.com, among others.

A panel of senior Indian business executives and leading India-based knowledge management/intellectual capital experts found MindTree excelling in the area of Knowledge Management. In the MAKE study performance dimensions, MindTree was the top-ranked company in India in the following five performance dimensions:

- creating a corporate knowledge-driven culture

- developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership

- delivering knowledge-based products/solutions

- maximizing enterprise intellectual capital

- creating an environment for collaborative knowledge sharing

“We are delighted to be the Indian MAKE Award winner for the third consecutive year. We are particularly honored to be the top ranked in 5 out of 8 performance dimensions. The award underscores our strategic vision in building a strong knowledge-based environment that nurtures innovation and optimizes the value of intellectual capital,” said MindTree Chairman & Managing Director Ashok Soota.

MindTree’s Knowledge Management Function allows the firm to harness the knowledge and ideas of its people towards innovation, better service delivery, and organizational learning. MindTree’s approach to Knowledge Management is holistic and focused on building a knowledge ecosystem, which MindTree defines as four ‘spaces’ within which people interact to create value: physical space, virtual space, social space, and mind space. The key thrust areas of Knowledge Management in MindTree are innovation, collaboration and reuse. All these have been realized by deploying multiple platforms that impact people’s behavior, creativity and productivity

“Our knowledge strategy is differentiated in the industry by its completeness of vision and scope,” said MindTree Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer Raj Datta. “In addition to deploying feature-rich technical platforms, we are differentiated by our focus on softer enablers like social networking, culture-building and creative thinking.”

This Award comes on the heels of MindTree winning the Asian MAKE Award 2008. MindTree was also given the NASSCOM Innovation Award 2007 for its knowledge ecosystem earlier in the year.

Teleos, an independent knowledge management and intellectual capital research firm, administers the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) program. The KNOW Network is a Web-based global community of organizations dedicated to achieving superior performance through benchmarking, networking and best practice knowledge sharing.

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About MindTree Limited

MindTree Limited is a global IT and R&D Services Company co-headquartered in the U.S. and India.With a passion for customer satisfaction, MindTree partners with its clients to create a transparent, value-based relationship.Our domain experts deliver business-enabling solutions by leveraging a consulting led, framework-based and IP-driven approach.MindTree’s IT Services business provides a range of services to CIOs across a variety of industry segments.Our R&D Services business works with Technology companies to help build innovative products by providing Product Realization services. MindTree has acquired an 80% equity stake in Aztecsoft Ltd., a global leader in outsourced product development and independent testing. The Company intends to complete the merger by April 2009.

MindTree was named among the Top 30 offshore service providers by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals and Fortune Magazine. Widely known for its focus on human capital development, MindTree has been consistently rated among the most admired employers by several industry surveys, including Hewitt Associates and Mercer/TNS, and is also the winner of the MAKE Award for knowledge management. MindTree has been selected as one of the Top 25 companies for good Corporate Governance practices.MindTree is publicly listed in India. Please visit us at www.mindtree.com.

Safe Harbor

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.

The Travel Search Engine computes and displays all the possible paths to reach from the source to the destination on a specific date.It lists the paths up to 3-change overs. It also gives the details of departure time, departure date, arrival time, arrival date, duration, fare and map of your journey. It also facilitates the user to the book the tickets.

Currently the Travel Search Engine covers the schedules of some of major RTCs in India (APSRTC, Haryana Roadways,GSRTC, HRTC, KSRTC, MSRTC, Punjab Roadways, RSRTC and UPSRTC), all flights, all trains and buses from all major private travel operators in India. It covers around 2000 flights, 2000 trains, 57000 buses and the number of buses are growing every week.

Nearhop has plans to cover all the RTCs in the country and expand its database. It also has plans to provide similar type of services on mobile.

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Nearhop Internet Technologies Pvt Ltd is a Hyderabad based startup founded by young entrepreneurs with solid academic and industrial track record. The founders are IITians.

Nearhop has designed and developed an India Travel Search Engine. Its objective is to make the portal a one-stop destination for any kind of travel.

It also has plans to include hotels in the Travel Search and provide search services on mobiles.

Commenting on the event , Ms. Rashmi Rajendra, HR Staffing Team, IBM said, “The TimesJobs.com Bangalore ITeS Job Fair was a very pleasurable experience for us. The management of the event was very good and the TimesJobs.com team was very courteous, punctual and met all our requirements. We would like to be a part of all the fairs that are organised by TimesJobs.com in the future.”

An enthused, Mr. Ashok Menon, HR, HSBC added, “The TimesJobs.com Bangalore ITeS Job Fair was a wonderful experience for us. TimesJobs.com events in the past have been a good experience for us as well. The services provided by the TimesJobs.com team were truly laudable.”

Job seekers at the event were equally elated with the fair, one of them, Debraj Ghosh remarked, “The TimesJobs.com Bangalore ITeS Job Fair was an extremely fruitful experience for me as I succeeded in seizing a job with one of the biggest ITeS Companies in India. I am very thankful to TimesJobs.com for organizing events like these and giving job opportunities to thousands of job seekers like me to acquire their dream jobs.”

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“Even for a company like ours that has been operating in India for many years, expanding and establishing new development centers remains a resource-demanding process,” said Jonathan Koves, CEO of Koves Technologies. “We have been working hard to acquire an intricate understanding of the country's competencies, laws and business culture."

Mr. Koves has traveled to India on multiple occasions this past year, primarily to hire new staff and conduct meetings for operational enhancements and future business development. In support of building an India-based team of core executives, Koves Technologies Private Ltd. has expanded its in-house staff to include a Senior Project Manager, Senior Developer, Marketing Manager and Business Development Manager.

“We are proud of our achievements, although we are not content just yet, for our vision is to be known as the top-ranking Web design and development firm in the world,” said Sudhandra Ranganathan, Co-Director of Koves Technologies Private Ltd. “We are committed to fast-paced growth not only in India, but also on a global-scale.” Ms. Ranganathan added. As an important milestone in its growth, the company will be obtaining ISO 9000 certification by the 1st quarter 2009, which certifies that formalized business processes are being followed throughout a project’s lifecycle.

"The relocation, expansion and certification of our development center in India marks our presence in one of the most important technology hubs in the world,” Mr. Koves remarked. “India was chosen for its qualified technical competencies and its compatibility in regards to American culture. For our clients, this translates into a reduction of risks, superior quality and savings on their technology solutions.”

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Koves Technologies is a full-service Web design and software development firm that specializes in uniting innovative features and groundbreaking designs with superior customer service and meticulous attention to detail. With a client list spanning nearly all industries, Koves Technologies’ Web site and database solutions have benefited customers of many different sizes, from non-profit organizations to Fortune 500 companies. Koves Technologies has a rich palette of offerings and implementations, from inspired Flash animations and branding to custom Content Management Systems to FDA, HIPAA and HL7-compliant medical databases and tissue management systems. The firm, which opened in 2000, is headquartered in Richmond, VA, and has offices in Beverly Hills, CA and Gurgoan, India. Visit www.koves.com for more details.

This Diwali call your near and dear ones back home using Vyke.com for free and get lucky to win a dinner and photo shoot with cricket legend Sourav Ganguly. Also lots of other signed cricket memorabilia to be won and in store is $50 worth Vyke.com credit (10 hours of free talk time, PC to phone or mobile VoIP on Vyke.com) for the 20 lucky people in 3 quick, simple and easy steps.

1) Sign up for a free Vyke account on www.vyke.com

2) Using your Vyke account send a mail to sourav.ganguly@vyke.com stating in not more than 50 words, why you should be the winner.

3) Although no purchases are required to enter the competition, every Vyke dollar purchased between Oct 1-28th, entitles you to an additional competition entry. Eg $10=10 extra chances to a win.

A lucky draw on Diwali will determine the winner, who walks away with a return ticket to Kolkata and a dinner date with cricket legend Sourav Ganguly.

20 lucky winners walk away with $50 worth Vyke.com credit.

50 runners-up walk away with a cap or other cricket gear signed by Sourav Ganguly.

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Vyke Communications plc is a leading Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") service provider with a focus on mobile applications.
Vyke's key competitive edge is based on the following technology and expertise:

• VoIP based communication systems
• Mobile handset technology
• Wholesale carrier network management

The Vyke suite of IP-enabled services combines this key technology and expertise to provide innovative, low cost and high quality consumer services that build on the foundation provided by Vyke's vertically integrated VoIP communications network.

Vyke's aim is to become one of the world's largest independent mobile VoIP service providers.

"It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Clickindia.com has been selected as Red Herring 100 Asia Finalist company. The nomination shows that our hard work has been noticed and appreciated by the industry", said Pankaj Agarwal, co founder of Clickindia.com. "This is an ideal start for clickindia.com as we look forward to achieving more milestones in the future. We believe this nomination will open up avenues for further growth of the company", he added.

The Red Herring 100 Asia Awards 2008 finalist list consists of companies based in 16 countries including China, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Vietnam. The winners will be named in an award ceremony to be held in Hong Kong on 2nd and 3rd December, 2008

"The 200 finalists we selected from across 16 countries and regions are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptional companies who thrive on innovation and strongly define the important role of technology in Asia's economy and throughout the world."

Clickindia.com is a free classifieds website from India which has grown over 400% in past 6 months in terms of daily impressions. Its recent launch of city based events has been received well by users. Clickindia.com now allows users to post free classifieds and events happening anywhere in India.

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Clickindia.com is a free online classifieds portal where users across the globe can find deals and offers, products and serivices, suppliers and buyers anywhere in India.

iXiGO aims to expand its reach beyond the internet-savvy early-adopters to mobile-savvy travelers by tapping India’s 60 million GPRS enabled phones out of the 300 million Indian mobile subscribers. “The potential for iXiGO Mobile is immense”, said Aloke Bajpai, Founder-CEO of iXiGO, “Our mobile users wanted the ability to search across airline sites without having to call up a travel portal, since portals charge additional booking fees. Specially for hotel bookings, this is a great feature-rich product for last-minute booking decisions while you are on the way to your destination – easy to use while you are in a train or an airport lounge”.

iXiGO Mobile searches across flights and hotels in India and features a click-to-call booking mechanism enabling people to speak directly with the call centres of respective airlines and hotel booking providers, saving them time, effort and money. Commenting on future plans, Bajpai said, “Next, we will be actively signing up distribution partners for this service – operators, mobile VAS providers and mobile media companies. They will benefit from a great mobile travel product and quality content, and we will expand our pan-India reach”.

Stressing on the unique features of the product, Rajnish Kumar, co-Founder and CTO, added, “iXiGO Mobile is compatible with all major handsets with a GPRS-enabled subscription. It adapts well to the phone form factors while retaining richness of features found in our Internet version, including photos, maps, and filters. We have also optimized the pages for slower GPRS connections.”

In an environment where airlines are reducing dependance on travel agencies nullifying commissions, iXiGO’s direct-booking model by-passes online travel agents and allows users to save booking fees charged by them. It also provides a more comprehensive and unbiased display of travel options.

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iXiGO.com ® is India’s leading online and mobile travel search engine based out of Gurgaon. iXiGO searches across multiple airlines, hotels, and bus booking sites and finds the best travel deals in India. Launched in June 2007 by an entrepreneurial team of young IITians and INSEAD MBAs, iXiGO.com has been recognized by NASSCOM as India’s Top-100 Innovator; BusinessToday and WSJ-Mint have named it among India’s hottest startups for its unique market approach, product usability, and passionate management team. iXiGO is backed by BAF Spectrum, a Singapore-based seed-investment fund. For more information about iXiGO, visit www.ixigo.com.

To augment a broadened product portfolio that now includes inline deployment of its Web security and data security solutions for real time malware protection, including Websense Web Security Gateway deployments, Websense is offering Mission Critical Support for organizations that require superior technical response. With Websense Mission Critical Support, customers receive a dedicated technical support manager who provides one-on-one strategic support planning, security architecture review, migration planning assistance, training recommendations and periodic account reviews to ensure customers get the maximum benefits from Websense solutions.

“Along with broadening our portfolio of solutions to span the Web, email and data security, this year Websense has significantly invested in customer technical support,” said Pankaj Bhardwaj, vice president of technical support for Websense. “We recognize that the last year following the acquisition of SurfControl was a period of rapid growth and change for Websense and with our new Websense Global Technical Support Program we want our customers to experience superior support no matter the size of their organization or where they are located in the world. Our goal is to get our customer questions and technical issues resolved as quickly and easily as possible.”

Additionally, Websense has bolstered its support organization by expanding the dedicated tech support team globally, launching free resources to all Websense customers including a support portal with knowledge base, training guides, archived support Webinars and a community forum.

Websense now offers three levels of support tailored to the needs of customers:

• Websense Standard Support – included with every Websense subscription. Websense Standard Support provides unlimited access to the Websense knowledge base of resources and the secure Web portal MyWebsense, as well as phone and email access to technical support engineers during business hours.
• Websense Premium Support – offers all of the benefits of Websense Standard Support plus around-the-clock support, 365 days a year, and priority access to technical support managers, a toll-free support number and priority email address.
• Websense Mission Critical Support – designed for organizations that require one-on-one strategic support assistance with a single account manager and direct access to assigned technical specialists.

“Our Mission Critical Support offering helps our customers maximize their investment in Websense solutions, including the new inline deployments of Websense Web and data security solutions by helping them through any technical questions proactively through architecture reviews and by acting as a trusted advisor,” added Bhardwaj.

Based on extensive customer input, Websense has completely integrated its support infrastructure systems, revamped the online knowledge base, and made resources easier to find and use. Customers at all levels have access to hundreds of free resources and benefits including:

§ Online knowledge base – Technical support tools and training – Online knowledge base section on the Websense Support Portal includes hundreds of new tools in an easily searchable repository of hot topics, articles, tutorials and FAQs.

§ Monthly support Webinars – Websense is hosting monthly support webinars to showcase product features, help customers troubleshoot issues, and maximize their investment with Websense. Webinars are archived for easy access and review on the Websense Support Portal.

§ Enhanced focus on customer satisfaction – Websense has invested in several new initiatives designed to help customers solve technical issues quickly and easily, including:

• • The ability to log and track tickets online through the self service portal
  • A live operator available around the clock 365 days a year for support, even on weekends and holidays for Websense Premium and Mission Critical Support customers
  • Weekly global customer surveys to continue to improve Websense solutions and the customer support experience.

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Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in integrated Web, messaging and data protection technologies, provides Essential Information Protection™ for more than 42 million employees at more than 50,000 organizations worldwide. Distributed through its global network of channel partners, Websense software and hosted security solutions helporganizations block malicious code, prevent the loss of confidential information and enforce Internet use and security policies. For more information, visit www.websense.com.

Benefits for Visa Premium cardholders include free flight tickets for companions, complimentary airport drops and discounts on travel bookings. Cardholders can also indulge their passion for travel in India through packages that can be designed to suit their own taste.

“Through our collaboration with Travelocity, we are continuing to provide extra value for our cardholders through new benefits and services. With up to 95 percent of Indian respondents in our 2007 Travel Intentions Survey indicating they were likely to take a holiday in Asia in the next two years, this partnership will help to give Visa cardholders more when they take their next trip,” said Santanu Mukherjee, Country Manager, South Asia, Visa.

Himanshu Singh, Managing Director, Travelocity India said, “We always look forward to bringing our customers more value-additions and are delighted to partner with Visa in India. Travelocity India has designed a range of exciting travel benefits for Visa cardholders and look forward to making their travel planning a more convenient and exciting experience. We are sure that they will find booking online Travelocity India comfortable, secure and will greatly benefit from the range of choices and competitive pricing that we offer.”For more information about the promotions and benefits for Visa Premium cardholders and the applicable terms and conditions, please go to www.travelocity.co.in.

Visa Travel Exclusives on Travelocity India

Build your own domestic “Fly & Stay package” and your companion can fly for free: Visa Signature cardholders can book and enjoy their own customized “Fly & Stay package” choosing amongst selected domestic flights and hotels and get their companion flight ticket free.

Visa Platinum and Visa Gold cardholders will get a 50 percent and 25 percent discount respectively on their companion’s ticket.*

Complimentary Airport Drop: Visa Signature cardholders can enjoy a complimentary airport drop for any domestic and international flight booking.*

Ten percent discount for all air tickets booked using a Visa Premium card: All Visa Signature and Platinum cardholders get a 10 percent discount across all domestic and international flights and hotels booked and paid for through Travelocity India and Visa. Visa Gold cardholders get a 10 percent discount across domestic flights and hotels booked through Travelocity India.* In addition to the partnership with Travelocity in India, Visa works with Zuji.com to provide Visa cardholders with promotions and benefits when they book and pay for their travel with their Visa cards.

*Terms and conditions apply. Please visit www.travelocity.co.in for details

[1] Visa Premium cardholders are those who own a Visa Signature Credit card, Visa Platinum Credit card, Visa Platinum Debit card, Visa Gold Credit card or Visa Gold Debit card.

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Notes to Editors:

About Visa Inc.: Visa Inc. operates the world’s largest retail electronic payments network providing processing services and payment product platforms. This includes consumer credit, debit, prepaid and commercial payments, which are offered under the Visa, Visa Electron, Interlink and PLUS brands. Visa enjoys unsurpassed acceptance around the world and Visa/PLUS is one of the world’s largest global ATM networks, offering cash access in local currency in more than 170 countries. For more information, visit www.corporate.visa.com.

About Travelocity

Travelocity® is one of the largest travel companies in the world with gross bookings of more than U.S. $10 billion in 2007. Travelocity also owns and operates: Travelocity Business® for corporate travel; igougo.com, a leading online travel community; lastminute.com, a leader in European online travel; and ZUJI, a leader in Asia-Pacific online travel. Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation, a world leader in travel marketing and distribution.

Travelocity India was created in 2007 (www.travelocity.co.in) and offers a full suite of online travel choices, including package travel, giving Indian consumers control over their travel planning, and the convenience of online bookings and secure payment.

Mr. R. Sundar, CEO, Times Business Solutions Limited remarked, “In our endeavour to showcase Indian talent to the world, Times Business Solutions Limited has sponsored not one, but two teams for the Indian Cricket League (ICL), that has been formed to spot and encourage cricketing talent in the country.”

TimesJobs.com has always been closely associated with Cricket, and this time the brand is sponsoring the TimesJobs.com Chennai Superstars team, that is coached by the legendary Michael Bevan of Australia. The squad of TimesJobs.com Chennai Superstars team consists of 19 players including five foreign players besides local talent. Chennai Superstars is in good condition as they have eight all-rounders which is a big advantage.

In addition, MagicBricks.com is sponsoring the MagicBricks.com Mumbai Champs team, coached by the illustrious Sandip Patil. The batting department for the MagicBricks.com Mumbai Champs has been very successful with some high scores in both the inaugural ICL 20s championship & the ICL 50s.

The ICL matches are being played in Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Gurgaon and Panchkula. The TimesJobs.com Chennai Superstars inaugural match was on Saturday in Hyderabad against the Dhaka Warriors, and the MagicBricks.com Mumbai Champs inaugural match in Hyderabad is against the Chandigarh Lions is on today. With a head to head match between both two teams on Sunday 02 November.

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We have all seen the explosive growth of social networking and experienced ways in which it touches and changes our everyday lives. It has indeed changed the complete paradigm of collaboration and interaction.

Now enterprises are looking to benefit from these web 2.0 collaboration models and introducing concepts of wiki, blogs, networks etc in the workplace to increase productivity and add to the bottomline. Will this change the rules of corporate management or just turn out to be fad.

According to Sanjay Wadge, President SIPA “I am really excited about this year’s theme and panels are designed to be extremely focused and thought provoking.”

Be there to listen to industry experts on these exciting trends. Keynotes and panelists include investors in Facebook, CxOs from Mobile enterprises, communication industry and leading Market research organizations.

Agenda & location

Nov 08th, 2008. 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM.

HP Auditorium, 3000 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA – 94304

Morning & afternoon Keynotes

Panels:

• Generation Mobile: Social, Media & Advertising
• Management Consulting career for high tech professionals.
• Web 2.0 Collaboration Models for the Enterprise

This is a highly popular event and expected to be sold out, register early to avail the early bird discounts. Register at http://www.sipa.org

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About SIPA

To protect organizations from the growing threat of data loss, Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), announced the availability of the Websense® Data Security Suite version 7 and the new Websense Data Security Endpoint. The new software extends the company’s leading network-based data loss prevention (DLP) capabilities to the endpoint, preventing data loss on remote laptops and removable media devices. Version 7 also delivers the industry’s first integrated DLP and Web security functionality in a single Web gateway.

The new software is the latest addition to the company’s award-winning DLP portfolio and accelerates Websense technology leadership in a market that research firm Frost & Sullivan projects will grow to US$2.1 billion with a compound annual growth rate of 41.1 percent. Websense DLP technology is considered a market leader by analyst firms and in less than two years, Websense has delivered three major product releases of Websense Data Security Suite and tripled the install base.

“We need to protect our sensitive information, improve our productivity and business processes, and protect ourselves from content-based threats,” said Björn Sigurðarson, Information Security Officer, Landsbanki. “The combination of the Websense version 7 Data Security Suite and version 7 Web Security Gateway provides us with a set of tightly integrated solutions for full, deep content security and control. This addresses our Web 2.0 and data loss concerns while consolidating our solution infrastructure and management.”

Integration with the New Websense Web Security Gateway

Websense data security solutions are the only DLP offerings in the industry that integrate with a Web security solution, giving customers unique visibility and control over where confidential data can be sent. For customers that want to have a single Web gateway control point for their Web and data security, the Websense Data Security Suite is available together with the new Websense Web Security Gateway on a single multi-function gateway delivered and supported by Websense. Using the solutions together provides integrated functionality and includes a single Web gateway control point with SSL decryption, granular geographic location visibility, real-time user identification and policy enforcement, and Web destination awareness and control.

New Websense Data Security Endpoint

Websense Data Security Endpoint solves the challenges of protecting data in an increasingly mobile workforce. The new endpoint extends market-leading DLP to the endpoint, whether the user is on or off the network. Unlike other endpoint data security technologies, the Websense Data Security Endpoint focuses on the data itself, and protects that data regardless of the device or application in use. Websense applies content-aware data protection across the broadest array of communication channels in the industry, such as the Web, instant messaging, peer-2-peer, removable media, print, FTP, CD/DVD burning and more.

“As a distributor we see a lot of requests from channel partners for endpoint security solutions that allow employees to work safely both inside and outside the corporate network, and protect essential information. Websense Data Security Suite is one of our most requested solutions and the new version 7 Websense Data Security Endpoint is well awaited,” said Anton Shubnyakov, Director, Associates Distribution.

Accurate discovery and protection of data at the endpoint is critical. While other endpoint solutions rely on less accurate methods like keywords and regular expressions or lack endpoint data discovery capabilities altogether, Websense applies the industry’s most accurate local discovery and fingerprinting technology PreciseID™ at the endpoint. This ensures that organizations can precisely scan and discover confidential data on any endpoint and then protect that data.

Additionally, Websense Data Security Endpoint is the only solution that allows application control around specific data at the endpoint. While other vendors offer rigid application control, such as never allowing printing, Websense enables organizations to set granular policies around specific data. For example, organizations need to allow remote workers such as their sales team to access and use customer relationship management (CRM) systems, but they also need to protect that sensitive customer data. With Websense, an organization can set policies that prevent specific sensitive customer information from being copied and pasted or printed while allowing the same sales person to print, copy and paste information that is not deemed sensitive. This flexibility enables business productivity while eliminating the risk of data loss.

“Today’s workforce is more mobile and global than ever before, with employees using and accessing essential data, such as customer information, design documents or financials, from multiple devices, anytime and anywhere around the world,” said John McCormack, senior vice president, product development at Websense. “Locking things down is not only unrealistic, it hinders business growth. That’s why we are delivering the new Websense Data Security Endpoint. With this new addition to our data security solutions, our customers can safely “say yes” to employees using and accessing sensitive information, whether on a laptop or USB device, while protecting that data from misuse or loss.”

Product Availability

The Websense Data Security Suite with new Websense Data Security Endpoint and the Websense Web Security Gateway are generally available today. To evaluate the solutions visit: http://www.websense.com/evaluations/. To purchase the solutions visit: http://www.websense.com/global/en/Partners/Channel/FindPartner/.

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About Websense, Inc.

Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN), a global leader in integrated Web, email and data security solutions, provides Essential Information Protection™ for more than 42 million employees at more than 50,000 organizations worldwide. Distributed through its global network of channel partners, Websense software and hosted security solutions helporganizations block malicious code, prevent the loss of confidential information and enforce Internet use and security policies. For more information, visit www.websense.com.

The path-breaking deal will expand EBS Worldwide’s industry leading, integrated cross-media direct marketing solutions bouquet with the addition of EON’s unique capabilities focused on Analog and Digital pre-media production space. These solutions include:

• Print Media production:

ü Pre-Press & Artwork Production

ü Image Management (Scanning, Pathing/Masking, Color Correction, Signage & Silos)

ü Lay-out & Artwork Production (Magazines, Brochures & Annual Reports)

ü Book Publishing & Page Composition

ü Functional Design & Adaptations (POS material, multi-format magazines, packaging)

• Digital Media production:

ü Online community collaboration tools (Wikis, Blogs etc.)

ü Rich Interactive Media services (for Kiosks, Web, CD etc.)

ü Audio/Video Editing

EON is promoted by Mr. Suveen Sahib, ex-CEO of Himalayan Water (now part of the TATA Group), Mr. Ranjan Kapur, Country Head WPP Group (The world’s largest advertising & communications group), Mr. Sunil Alagh, ex-CEO of Britannia Industries (One of India’s largest food & consumer goods companies) and Mr. Karan Puri, Head Media Publishing HCL Technologies.

As part of the deal, Mr. Sahib, Mr. Kapur & Mr. Alagh will join the EBS board, with Mr. Sahib assuming the role of ‘Group COO’ at EBS, reporting to Mr. Chris George.

The addition of EON brings with it a stellar management team, established capabilities and marquee clients in Europe & the US.

This is EBS Worldwide’s second deal since the acquisition of the US based Interactive Marketing Group, Inc. (www.imgusa.com) in March 2006 and is an effort to further its endeavor of building a global ‘Marketing Technology & Services’ company that helps clients, ‘Create, Manage & Deliver’ effective marketing initiatives across the Analog, Digital & Production Services practice areas.

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EBS Worldwide is an execution-oriented Below-the-Line (BTL) marketing services provider that helps create, manage and deliver targeted marketing initiatives across media, using technology, processes and a global delivery model.

EBS provides the following services:

- Analog Marketing: Covering principally the 'analog' domains of print, telephone, feet-on-street and event, EBS provides tailored solutions that include Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Loyalty Program Management, Print Direct Mail and Fulfillment (Marketing Collateral & Merchandise).

- Digital Marketing: Spanningemerging digital media like the web and wireless, EBS provides integrated, cross-media services including Web Development, Digital Research and Brand Consulting, Media Buying Services, and Search Engine and Mobile Marketing. This also includes a Marketing Resource management ‘Software-as-a-Service’ (SaaS solution set that helps organizations effectively manage multi-format content delivery and the critical phases & processes of marketing lifecycle.

- Production Services: These services enable rapid, accurate and cost-competitive rollout of Digital & Analog marketing materials. The primary services include graphics design, artwork/layout production, packaging pre media, website and micro-sites production, and other rich media applications

Headquartered out of Mumbai, India, EBS consists of 300 professionalsworking out of offices in Mumbai, Delhi and the US, serving clients in the US, European and the Indian markets.

Key clients include HSBC, Kingfisher, ICICI Prudential, Reliance ADA Group, Bridgestone in India, Sony, IBM, Panasonic, Konica Minolta, W.L. Gore, McGraw Hill in the US and Publicis, Johnson & Johnson in Europe.

According to Trend Micro, an electronic message is spam if: (1) the recipient's personal identity and context are irrelevant because the message is equally applicable to many other potential recipients; and, (2) the recipient has not verifiably granted deliberate, explicit, and still-revocable permission for it to be sent; and (3) the transmission and reception of the message appears to the recipient to give a disproportionate benefit to the sender.

Says Niraj Kaushik, Country Manager – India & SAARC, Trend Micro, “In simple terms, spam is the unwanted e-mail messages dropping into your mail box. Since 2003, the volumes of spam have been growing steadily, now reaching in excess of 80% of all Internet traffic. The rapid growth of broadband connections and the use of virus distribution by spam have created large collections of ‘Zombie’ machines on broadband networks sitting ready to serve the needs of the spammer (creating large volumes of spam mail from previously unknown systems). The amount of spam globally today has reached a whopping 66, 470, 097.” He further adds, “Most spam today is to advertize ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes and similar dubious products. Starting off being a small irritant that most enterprises used to ignore, spam has today has taken the shape of a huge calamity. Enterprises not having a policy to curb spam will eventually see their profitability and productivity being affected.”

Globally, the Russian Federation heads the list of spammers accounting for more than 11% of total spam, followed by the United States of America at 9.36%. Trend Micro reports that the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia India and China) together account for around 20% of all spam. Experts at Trend Micro further indicate that spam from emerging markets will continue to grow till the proper Internet infrastructure is in place. The world’s top 10 spam relaying countries account for about 57.4% of the global spam volumes.

Elaborating on how to effectively fight spam, Mr. Kaushik says, “The most effective solutions against spam combine a strong reputation system with a comprehensive filtering system that includes heuristics, statistical analysis, signature filters, and multi-lingual detection. We must also note that newer types of spam and other malware attacks have become so rampant that the traditional batch-mode updates of signatures are unable to keep pace with them, leaving user systems vulnerable to the latest threats. The key lies in security solutions that keep user systems updated in real-time. For example, Trend Micro’s Worry-Free™ Security Solutions provides multi-layer spam protection by blocking spam ‘in-the-cloud’ itself before it reaches corporate networks.”

The top 10 spam relaying countries are as follows:

Rank

Country

% of worldwide spam

1. Russian Federation 11.92

2. United States 9.36

3. Brazil7.48

4. Turkey 5.43

5. Columbia5.34

6. Argentina4.96

7. India4.26

8. China 3.39

9. Spain2.69

10. Republic of Korea2.57

Source: Press release distribution via India PRwire

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