Fraud-Prevention Products From 3M and Graphic Security Systems Are Compatibile

3M and Graphic Security Systems Announce Compatibility Between Fraud-Prevention Products

 

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2006 - Pair Brings Enhanced Security to Passports and Travel Documents -

 

3M and Graphic Security Systems Corp. (GSSC) today announced technical compatibility between 3M travel document readers and Scrambled Indicia technology from Graphic Security Systems. This proven interoperability brings enhanced image security to ePassports and travel documents, and gives document authenticators additional verification capabilities.

 

GSSC's VIPhoto software, a Scrambled Indicia technology, is a covert digital security feature that provides enhanced counterfeit resistance by encoding personal data into an ePassport holder's identification photo. Travel and identification documents are afforded greater security because personal information is strongly linked to the photograph. Any photo or data tampering can be easily detected using 3M travel document readers and authentication systems. The technology can be used to protect both the photo on the data page, as well as the photo stored on an ePassport's microchip.

 

3M ePassport Readers give border control inspectors advanced authentication solutions to easily check the validity of travel documents. 3M readers capture data and images of passports to confirm authenticity of paper, inks, logos, formatting and other security features such as ultraviolet images on the paper. Scrambled Indicia features are decoded from the passport and may be displayed on-screen next to the original image. A decoded image that reveals accurate personal hidden text is authentic. The absence of hidden text indicates counterfeiting, alteration, and photo or data tampering.

 

"3M's readers offer the distortion-free images needed to work effectively with Graphic Security Systems' technology," said Todd Kealey, marketing development manager, 3M Security Systems Division. "Our interoperability with GSSC places even stronger tools in the hands of authorities fighting identity document fraud."

 

"We're happy to pair with 3M in the fight against the falsification of identification documents," said Lars Gabel, sales director, Graphic Security Systems. "This technology protects against all forms of document fraud - counterfeiting, alterations, photo substitution and cannibalization. We've been successfully protecting passports, visas, national IDs and driver licenses with this unique technology for more than 25 years."

 

3M brings more than 30 years of experience, a global presence, technical innovation and a strong customer focus to the secure document marketplace. 3M solutions cover a broad spectrum of enhanced travel and border security, including document issuance and border management.

 

About GSSC

 

Graphic Security Systems Corp. has provided its patented security technology to government-authorized security printers and major corporations for more than 25 years. Its graphics-based image solutions protect numerous travel documents, State ID documents and corporate brands around the world. The company is headquartered in Lake Worth, Fla. For more information please visit www.graphicsecurity.com.

 

About 3M - A Global, Diversified Technology Company

 

Every day, 3M people find new ways to make amazing things happen. Wherever they are, whatever they do, the company's customers know they can rely on 3M to help make their lives better. 3M's brands include Scotch, Post-it, Scotchgard, Thinsulate, Scotch-Brite, Filtrete, Command and Vikuiti. Serving customers in more than 200 countries around the world, the people of 3M use their expertise, technologies and global strength to lead in major markets including consumer and office; display and graphics; electronics and telecommunications; safety, security and protection services; health care; industrial and transportation. For more information, including the latest product and technology news, visit www.3M.com.

 

3M, ePassport Readers, Scotch, Post-it, Scotchgard, Thinsulate, Scotch-Brite, Filtrete, Command and Vikuiti are trademarks of 3M.

 

Other trademarks or names may be the property of their owners.

 

Contacts
3M Security Systems Division
Joan M. Olseen, 651-736-1163
or
Graphic Security Systems Corp.
Lars Gabel, 847-328-9343
or
3M Public Relations
Connie S. Thompson, 651-733-8914
http://www.3m.com/PressContact

Directory Offers New Audio And Video Media Services

 

Free Business National Directory, Off site Data Storage, Sex Offender Listings

Searching has never been easier. Clicksus.com offers audio and video media services, anyone can place a 30 second to a 10-minute video clip about their business to clicksus. Clicksus.com offers on line encrypted data storage.

(PRWEB) April 20, 2006 -- Searching has never been easier. No typing necessary. Just point and click on a state, then county. Select what category of business to search for and click again. Clicksus.com provides free basic publication listing to most businesses.

Clicksus.com was designed keeping the end user in mind for simpler direct searching. Question? How many pages of garbage have to be searched through to locate the correct target? It takes valuable time to locate the correct Web site. With clicksus.com just click on the state, then click on the county, and then click on the business category. Clicksus.com invites all businesses within the Untied States to list their business for free.

At this time, most school districts, County / State police agencies and hospitals within the United States are published in the clicksus directory. In addition, clicksus went beyond the call of duty and listed all sex offenders within the U.S. This service has been linked to every law enforcement agency that provides up to date information of those offenders. Clicksus.com provides valuable information and is structured to draw the attention of the consumer in many different areas. Clicksus.com offers educational facts of each County & State. Search neighborhoods for sex offenders. Even more intriguing, clicksus.com offers precise easier searching.

In addition, Clicksus.com offers an audio and video media service, anyone can place a 30 second to a 10-minute video clip about their business to clicksus.com. By placing an existing video clip or commercial to clicksus media platform, the video can be seen from just about anyone at anytime. By creating an audio video clip about a business, it will provide a strong visual presence to an audience.

Some businesses may want to provide a demonstration of their products or even give a presentation. Demonstrate a new piece of equipment. Provide a video installation or trouble shooting guide about their products. Eliminate user guides or unnecessary phone calls. The possibilities are endless. A hyper link can be issued. This link can be applied to an out going e-mail or a Web site. This link will be directed back to the video clip at Clicksus.com when activated. End users are able to review video at normal DSL & Cable speeds with out interruption to Internet services.
    
Off site data storage:
On a daily basis valuable personal data is either stolen or loss due to hardware failure. Clicksus.com offers on line encrypted data storage. Your data can be stored to Clicksus on line servers for easy access anytime anywhere. Never worry again about loss or stolen files.
Clicksus.com is constantly reviewing new ideas to make the experience with the Internet simpler.    

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Kim Diemer

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SAS To Get SAP To Support And Secure Search

SAS and Google to Deliver Expanded Search Capabilities for Business Intelligence; New Technology from SAS and Google Will Enable Organizations to Improve Search Results by Providing Relevant Context around Everyday Business Queries

 

CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2006--SAS, the leader in business intelligence, today announced new technology with Google that will allow joint clients to perform contextually relevant searches through the popular Google search interface to surface information, analysis and reports from SAS(R) business intelligence (BI) software beginning this summer. The combination of the Google Search Appliance with the SAS(R) Enterprise Intelligence Platform will give users more information than what ordinary keyword searches would return from an initial query, enabling them to think and act more strategically on their business intelligence knowledge.

 

Google OneBox for Enterprise uses the same technology that provides information on stock tickers or weather information on Google.com. In the same way that SAS has expanded access to BI information by creating targeted user interfaces for its software that match the skill levels of individual users, SAS and Google will provide joint customers who activate the OneBox for Enterprise feature of the new Google Search Appliance - announced by Google today - with a familiar, secure way to search for real-time information delivered by SAS BI software.

 

Google OneBox for Enterprise combined with SAS enterprise business intelligence delivers relevant search results for business users in the same way it does for any visitor to the Google website looking for information about local news, weather or restaurants. For example, when a SAS customer types a phrase such as "fourth quarter 2005 sales" into a Google-powered intranet search engine, it will return a snapshot of relevant information including reports, data, and analysis along with links to other results that could consist of the top selling products, top salespersons or top 10 customers for that time period. In this way, the powerful combination of Google search technology and the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform now understands more than just what the user means and returns more than what they expect, making it easier and more accurate to make effective management decisions. All search results are filtered through existing enterprise security protocols, delivering intelligence tailored to each user's individual access rights.

 

"Google is excited to work with SAS to deliver business intelligence information and help employees spot trends right from their Google search box," said Dave Girouard, Vice President and General Manager of Google Enterprise. "We're aiming to make enterprise search as comprehensive and useful as web search and our partnership with SAS is a big step forward in that direction."

 

"SAS is committed to delivering the best business intelligence in the industry by enabling organizations to get access to relevant information when they need it," said Keith Collins, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of SAS. "The combination of SAS' business intelligence and Google's search expertise allows customers to quickly access and understand critical information by exposing associated data, analysis and reports to even more business users, broadening the value and impact of business intelligence and helping companies improve their own enterprise BI strategies."

 

This is the first of many technology initiatives that SAS and Google will spearhead to help organizations eliminate information silos by sharing relevant knowledge across business units. For more information, please visit www.sas.com/google.

 

About SAS
SAS is the leader in business intelligence software and services. Customers at 40,000 sites use SAS software to manage and gain insights from vast amounts of data, resulting in faster, more accurate business decisions, more profitable relationships with customers and suppliers, compliance with governmental regulations, research breakthroughs and better products. Only SAS offers leading data integration, intelligence storage, advanced analytics and traditional business intelligence applications within a comprehensive enterprise intelligence platform. Since 1976, SAS has been giving customers around the world The Power to Know(R).

 

SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. (R) indicates USA registration. Other brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.

 

Contacts
SAS
Bob Chase, 919-531-4327; bob.chase@sas.com

 

SAS
Source: via Business Wire
Updated  04/10/2006  by company 
Headquarters: Cary, NC
Website: http://www.sas.com
CEO: Dr. James(Jim) Goodnight
Employees: 10,000
Organization: Private
Revenues: $1.68 billion (2005)

G-8 Scientists Led to Summit on Bio-Security

 

International Council for Life Scientists Leads G-8 Scientists to Summit on Bio-Security

Terence Taylor, the Director of the International Council for the Life Sciences (ICLS), is leading a team of scientists and government officials from the G-7 countries plus Sweden to attend Enhancing Biosafety and Biosecurity: An Agenda for Global Action on 18-19 April in Moscow, Russia.

April 19, 2006 -- Terence Taylor, the Director of the International Council for the Life Sciences (ICLS), is leading a team of scientists and government officials from the G-7 countries plus Sweden to attend Enhancing Biosafety and Biosecurity: An Agenda for Global Action on 18-19 April in Moscow, Russia. Experts from the G-8 countries and the WHO will come together for a focused discussion on biological risks, global standards and international cooperation ahead of the 2006 G-8 Summit in St. Petersburg in July. NP TEMPO, a non-commercial partnership of 17 Russian organizations representing the leading scientific centers in the field of microbiology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, molecular biology and immunology, and diagnostics, is organizing the Russian participation for the day and a half meeting. The first day of the seminar is an invitation only workshop and the second day is open to a wider audience.

The ICLS is a non-governmental organization that helps enhance global biological security and safety through promoting international standards and the sharing of best practices. For more information please see our website at www.iclscharter.org or contact the ICLS Assistant Director Jennifer Runyon at +1 (202) 659-8058. From 16-21 April media inquiries about the Seminar can be directed to +1 (917) 449-8692.


Press Contact: James Tunkey
Company Name: INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES
Phone: 19174498692
Website: www.iclscharter.org

Crime Not Virtual On The Web

Just An Online Minute... Web Crime Continues To Climb

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 by Wendy Davis
 
Even after all this time, the so-called "Nigerian letter" scam last year managed to bilk the marks who fell for it to the tune of $5,000, on average, according to a new report from the Internet Crime Complaint Center.

 

Of course, it shouldn't be surprising that people continue to fall for fraud schemes. After all, spammers wouldn't continue unless they were turning profits, despite all the well-publicized warnings that e-mails from Nigeria promising money to those who pay an "advance fee" are not legitimate.

 

Overall, complaints about online crime were up last year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center received more than 231,000 complaints last year--up 12 percent from 2004. The center referred almost half--around 97,000--to law enforcement authorities; almost all of the referrals concerned fraud.

 

The report also found that the cost of fraud appears to be rising. Last year, the total reached over $183 million--almost triple 2004's $68 million in losses.

 

The most commonly reported fraud stemmed from Web auctions, which accounted for 63 percent of complaints. Non-delivered merchandise and/or payment represented 16 percent of complaints, while credit card and debit card fraud accounted for 7 percent.

 

The Internet Crime Complaint Center also reported that most perpetrators--75 percent--and victims--64 percent--were men. Additionally, men lost far more money than women ($1.86 dollars lost by men for every $1 dollar lost by women).

 

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Publishers, Start Your Media!

Welcome To The Next Seller's Market

 

by Mike May, Thursday, April 6, 2006
THERE WERE A TON OF lessons to come out of OMMA Hollywood last week. As the person who programmed the show, monitored each of 40 sessions, solicited feedback on over 100 speakers, and generally took the pulse of the audience on the show's content, no lessons were more salient to me than this: we're officially in a seller's market.

 

Here's the evidence for this trend I saw at the show:

 

The fullest rooms and the liveliest post-session discussions featured publishers and, in particular, new inventory options from publishers--and, even more specifically, new video inventory options from publishers. That's except for when behavioral targeting sessions ran concurrently. I made the mistake of programming "On Their Best Behavioral" at the same time as "Video in the Media Mix," and saw many attendees streaming between them, nearly colliding like packets on a congested network.

 

The first day's Keynote Panel featured executives from AOL, Yahoo!, FoxSports.com, Disney and MSNBC. It positively crackled, as an audience of hundreds of media buyers and planners hung on these publishers' words. It wasn't long ago that a panel of publishers was read by many on the agenda as a 'networking break.' Now it's must-attend content.

 

Even the second day's Keynote Panel, which was comprised entirely of client-side marketers, was hijacked by a publisher perspective. Shawn Gold, senior vice president of marketing at MySpace.com was on the panel, and the audience's interest in Hilton and ConAgra and Universal Pictures and Unilever was overshadowed by their preoccupation with turning teens on Shawn's site into brand ambassadors.

 

There was far more circling back during track sessions and even in hallway conversations to the impact of social networks on media planning, than there was to the formation of Denuo and other issues of agency organization.

 

Talent is being poached by brand marketers from publishers (like Doug Neil at Universal Pictures, via AOL) instead of the other way around (remember Yahoo's coup three years ago in luring Cammie Dunaway away from Frito Lay?).

 

Only a few years ago, the entire industry hitched its wagon to comments by people like Larry Light at McDonald's, or research by Rex Briggs at Marketing Evolution. At that point I would have taken Coca-Cola's Webmaster as a conference keynote, and allowed him to spend 45 minutes talking about meta tags and referrers. A few weeks before OMMA Hollywood, by contrast, I spent 30 minutes on the phone with the director of media and communication at Coca-Cola about his proposed role at the show. He noted that he was looking forward to telling the Coke story on stage. "We're doing amazing work with wireless and gaming in Europe and Asia, and it's time we get some credit for it, instead of it all going to Yahoo," he said. One of the world's biggest advertisers chomping at the bit to steal an online publisher's thunder? Times have changed.

 

There are a thousand reasons for this shift in the market equilibrium, and while identifying, vetting and ranking them would be an entertaining and self-congratulatory debate, I'll leave it to someone else. At some point in the past year, online had its Chuck Fruit moment. It had a thousand Chuck Fruit moments. So here we are-- now what do we do to smooth out the valley that will inevitably follow this peak?

 

So far it looks like we're doing what we did last time:

 

Google is raising another couple billion dollars, and joining a VC firm is suddenly fashionable again.

 

The press release wars have been joined again (and the battle has expanded into the blogosphere).

 

Start-ups (particularly in social media) are leading with their exit strategy once more, aiming more at getting acquired than building a sustainable business.

 

We're scheduling, programming, promoting, sponsoring and attending industry events with a fervor not seen since 2000.

 

None of this is bad, of course (particularly the last bit about events). But as we go down this road again, we have to be mindful--vigilant, even--about remembering previous missteps. Now would be a good time to reread business plans or strategy powerpoints from 2000--not for resurrectible ideas, but retrospective wisdom. They may be the closest things we have to a diary, like this one that I found excerpted on a blog just today.

 

An 11-year-old boy began this diary in 1946, and revisited his entries almost four years later. "I found this diary and read it. I sure must have been girl crazy," he reflects. I hope we can be as wise about our future as a 15-year-old was about his past.

 

Mike May, principal of The Acorn Group, blogs on interactive media events at www.e-venting.net.

 

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Internet Watch Foundation And Mydeo To Fight Illegal Net Content

 

Mydeo Joins Forces With Internet Watch Foundation to Fight Illegal Net Content

Mydeo.com, the UK consumer video streaming company, has reinforced its commitment to “fostering trust and confidence in the internet” by joining the BBC, Tiscali, MSN, Lycos, Wanadoo, Three, O2, Cable and Wireless in becoming a Member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

London, UK (PRWEB) April 11, 2006 -- Mydeo.com, the UK consumer video streaming company, has reinforced its commitment to “fostering trust and confidence in the internet” by joining the BBC, Tiscali, MSN, Lycos, Wanadoo, Three, O2, Cable and Wireless in becoming a Member of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF).

The IWF provides the UK’s only authorized internet hotline, allowing the public to report instances of illegal content online. Mydeo is happy to demonstrate its zero tolerance of illegal internet content by joining those companies who partner the IWF in combating the availability of illegal material, such as child abuse images.

Cary Marsh, Mydeo’s Co-Founder and Managing Director comments, “We are committed to helping all our customers enjoy and benefit from sharing their videos securely and safely. Working closely with partners such as the Internet Watch Foundation is an essential ingredient in building trust and confidence amongst our customers”

Peter Robbins, CEO at IWF, adds, “IWF’s partnerships with key players in the industry reflect the support from a diverse range of organisations which are all keen to play their part in combating potentially illegal online material. We embrace our new partnership with Mydeo and look forward to working with the company to help protect their services and ensure a safer online environment for their customers. Without the financial support of our members the IWF’s work could not continue and develop and Mydeo are a very welcome addition.”

With help from its partners, the IWF has reduced the amount of illegal content hosted in the UK from 18 per cent in 1997 to 0.4 per cent in 2005. Its ‘Hotline’ reporting system provides a facility for members of the public to report their exposure to illegal content online. The IWF alerts ISPs whose services are being used to host this content and passes on relevant details to Law Enforcement Agencies.

About Mydeo

Founded in 2004 by Cary Marsh and Iain Millar, Mydeo won the Research & Development Grant for Technical Innovation from the UK Department of Trade and Industry. Mydeo provides quality global streaming video hosting for home and business users. The site provides simple online tools that help users upload, pay for, and distribute videos to friends, family, customers and prospects, as well as live statistics to track how popular videos have been.

Real Business Magazine, who highlighted Mydeo as a ‘Start-up to watch in 2006’, has draw parallels with the huge success of Flickr, suggesting Mydeo is poised to do for video what Flickr has done for images.

About the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)

The IWF is the only authorized organisation in the UK which provides an internet 'hotline' for the public to report their inadvertent exposure to illegal content online. The IWF aims to minimize the availability of potentially illegal internet content, specifically; child abuse images hosted anywhere in the world, criminally obscene content hosted in the UK, criminally racist content hosted in the UK. For more information or to report a suspect website, visit www.iwf.org.uk.

The IWF works in partnership with UK Government Departments such as the Home Office and the Department of Trade and Industry to influence initiatives and programmes developed to combat online abuse.

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Mydeo uses the Limelight Networks for global storage and delivery together with secure streaming to guarantee security for Mydeo users’ content. This means that the humble home video maker can enjoy the quality and reliability of a world-leading streaming network, something they would never have been able to purchase as an individual.

Mydeo Ltd
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www.mydeo.com

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Nationwide Launch of Unified eMail Partner Program

 

Unified eMail Nationwide Launch of Partner Program

By establishing a strategic partnership with Unified eMail, integrators now have options they can present to their customers that don’t require expensive/complex hardware or software to implement.

Gaithersburg, MD. (PRWEB) April 11, 2006 -- Unified eMail announced today the launching of its Partner Program. System integration companies need to provide a low cost and effective solution to their customers that can reduce/eliminate eMail spam, block viruses and protect their customers during system outages.

By establishing a strategic partnership with Unified eMail, integrators now have options they can present to their customers that don’t require expensive/complex hardware or software to implement.

For more information about Unified eMail’s Partner Program, please visit www.UnifiedeMail.net/Partner or by calling 1-888-663-0064.

Unified eMail is an eMail security company that has been protecting customers against eMail threats since 1999. Our “eMail Protection Service” (ePS) provides gateway threat protection using advanced spam filtering techniques, anti-phishing, anti-virus and DHA/DOS safeguards before threats can reach our customer’s network.

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Press Contact: Ann Hsu
Company Name: UNIFIED EMAIL, LLC.
Email: email protected from spam bots
Phone: 1-888-663-0064
Website: http://www.Unifiedemail.net/Partner

PRI To Expand, Tighten Grip On Media

New PRI(R) Leadership and Vision Propel Expanded Reach, Reorganization; Network Intensifies Focus on Strategic Marketing, Digital Distribution, Talent Cultivation

 

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2006--Public Radio International (PRI) announces the expansion of its precedent-setting role in public media. Under the leadership of newly appointed President and CEO Alisa Miller, the network plans to use its leadership position in digital technologies to build and strengthen cross-platform capacity on behalf of its stations, producers, partners and listeners. Meeting the strategic and operational demands of this ambitious new direction has required realigning key functions in the organization, a restructuring that is well underway with PRI management enhancements. In the new structure, PRI's mission -- to serve audiences with distinctive programming that provides information, insights and cultural experiences essential to understanding a diverse, interdependent world -- remains unchanged, as does its commitment to traditional broadcast media. What will be enhanced is PRI's focus on developing cross-platform opportunities for its affiliate stations, producers and partners to fully serve the public at the myriad intersections where consumers and content now meet.

 

"These are exciting times at PRI," says Miller. "We've always been very successful at taking risks and leading the industry in new directions; our agility and forward-looking approach have served us well. Today, given the dramatic changes that are taking place in the way people access and consume content, it's more important than ever that we stay ahead of the game. Our new direction and focus will help ensure that public media continue to grow as vibrant, essential resources for our users and that PRI's considerable assets in technology are fully leveraged."

 

Two new staff appointments will help guide the new direction. Cindy Shuman, formerly CFO of PRI subsidiary Public Interactive(R), public broadcasting's leading Web services provider, is now senior vice president of PRI Distribution and Business Development. In this role, Shuman will focus on cross platform station services and sales, new media partnerships and identifying opportunities to bring PRI's distribution and programming scale to benefit its partners. This new position capitalizes on Shuman's considerable station management and operations expertise from her tenure at Vermont Public Radio and her consulting experience at Public Radio Capitol, as well as her understanding of the strategic use of online and on-demand technology in relation to broadcast success.

 

Julia Mears, formerly director of PRI Brand Strategies and Sponsor Alliances, is now vice president of PRI Brand Management and Marketing Strategy. In this capacity, Mears will create novel, content-driven branding strategies and will manage corporate marketing activity, including marketing communications, public relations and advertising. She will also lead important strategic marketing initiatives on behalf of PRI's programming and services portfolio. She will continue to lead PRI's corporate sponsorship team with a focus on broadcast, online and new media packages, all driven by PRI's partnership-based approach to corporate underwriting and the company's abilities to leverage new technologies to benefit public media.

 

Melinda Ward is now senior vice president of PRI Content, the department that supports the work of all PRI producers.

 

Ward, Mears and Shuman assumed their new responsibilities in early April. Two additional senior management positions have been created, a controller and an executive vice president, and interviews are in progress. The reorganization will be complete in July.

 

About Public Radio International(R)
PRI is public radio's leading source for innovative programming and audio content. The Minneapolis-based network provides over 400 hours of programming each week, content that is broadcast and streamed online by its 748 public radio station affiliates nationwide, which reach 32 million listeners each week. PRI owns Public Interactive LLC, public broadcasting's leading Web services company. PRI is also the managing partner of the satellite radio company American Public Radio LLC, established with Chicago Public Radio(R), WGBH Radio Boston and WNYC, New York Public Radio(R). PRI's cultural programming is available via XM Public Radio. Its news and information programming is available via Sirius Satellite Radio.

 

PRI is known for driving innovation in public radio through partnerships with stations, independent producers, and other organizations, and for working collaboratively to pool resources and share risk, cultivate new talent and bring diverse voices and perspectives to the public airwaves. Its best known offerings include The Tavis Smiley Show, produced by Smiley Radio Properties Inc.; Open Source from PRI, produced by Open Source Media; This American Life, produced by Chicago Public Radio(R); PRI's The World, a co-production of BBC World Service, PRI, and WGBH Radio Boston; Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?(R), produced by Wisconsin Public Radio; and PRI's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, produced by PRI and WNYC, New York Public Radio(R); as well as 24-hour program services -- Classical 24(R), produced by American Public Media(TM); and BBC World Service, produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation. For more information on PRI and its programs, visit the PRI website, pri.org.

 

Contacts
PRI, Minneapolis
Dan Jensen, 612-330-9212
djensen@pri.orgAt A Glance
Public Radio International
Source: via Business Wire
Updated  01/03/2006  by company 
Headquarters: Minneapolis, MN
Website: http://www.pri.org
CEO: Alisa Miller
Employees: 60
Organization: Non-profit

New Version of Content Syndication Tools for Webmasters and Bloggers

 

Business Corp. Launched a New Version of StepWebZ.com, the Online Premier Provider of Content Syndication Tools for Webmasters and Bloggers

StepWebz provide Webmasters and Bloggers with a full range of fully-customizable, easy-to-use but yet professional Web tools (The StepTools) that let them improve their website and blog content, interactivity and stickiness in just a few minutes.

(PRWEB) April 10, 2006 -- Coldbrook Business Corp. launched a new version of StepWebZ.com, the online premier provider of content syndication tools for webmasters and bloggers.

StepWebz provide Webmasters and Bloggers with a full range of fully-customizable, easy-to-use but yet professional Web tools (The StepTools) that let them improve their website and blog content, interactivity and stickiness in just a few minutes.

The new version of StepWebZ.com can be summed up in four words: Get more for less.

“Our aim has not changed. We still want to provide professional, user-friendly and innovative Web tools that Webmasters and Bloggers can use to bring their site or blog to life and improve the online experience of their audience but we have changed our approach and added a crucial element: Webmasters and Bloggers can now earn money using our tools.” say StepWebZ directors.

Webmasters and Bloggers can now monetize their traffic thanks to StepWebZ sophisticated contextual advertising solution: the Orange LinkZ. The latter display dynamic advertising inside the StepWebZ tools by combining information from content news sources with advertisements from Google and Amazon. Visit http://www.stepwebz.com/orange_linkz.asp for more information on the Orange Linkz.

StepWebZ visitors can now read real-time aggregated content from thousands of the most reliable news sources directly on the StepWebZ site and then syndicate news, blogs, fun stuff, and shopping guides on their own site or blog using a wide array of fully customizable tools including news tickers, news boxes, news links and news patches. Other tools such as forums, rating boxes, polls, surveys and RSS tools are also available.

StepWebZ also allows Web publishers to monetize their content. Content providers can distribute and monetize their content with StepWebZ white label content syndication solutions. Blogging platforms and site builders can propose StepWebZ tools to their members and earn high commissions. Bloggers can use StepWebZ buttons to syndicate and monetize their RSS feeds. Visit http://www.stepwebz.com/solutions.asp for more information about our solutions.    

Check out http://www.stepwebz.com to find out more about the new StepWebZ site and the Orange LinkZ.

Nicolas Bussard, Ph.D.
www.stepwebz.com
(646) 736-7331

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About.com's Expert Videos Move To Consumer Video On-Demand Network

 

EXPO TV and ABOUT.COM Announce Expert Video Content Agreement

About.com’s expert 'how-to' videos to be featured in more than 12 million homes on Expo TV’s consumer video on-demand network.

(PRWEB) April 10, 2006 -- Expo TV ( http://www.expotv.com ) and About.com announced today that they are entering into an agreement to feature About.com video on Expo TV’s consumer television and broadband network. About.com’s informational consumer videos, previously only available online through streaming video, will be made available to all twelve million television homes served by Expo TV’s video-on-demand network, as well as be integrated online at expotv.com.

“Providing About.com’s expert Video Hosts to Expo TV’s on-demand audience is an exciting step forward for consumerism on television,” said Daphne Kwon, chief executive officer of Expo Communications. “Expo TV’s mission of providing a smart, trusted environment for viewers to learn about and purchase the best products in a particular category will be supported by About.com’s engaging, informational, how-to video content.”    

“About.com and Expo TV believe in the power of video to inform and entertain consumers in a new way,” said Scott Meyer, president and CEO of About.com. “Our agreement with Expo TV will extend the About.com brand, bringing our practical information to both the new on-demand television platform and to Expo TV’s consumer viewers.”

About.com, a Top 10 Web site with 31.3 million unique visitors in February 2006 (Nielsen/NetRatings), will contribute videos as part of Expo TV’s “expert buying guide” content. Expo TV will incorporate About.com’s high-quality informational videos on topics, such as “Shopping for a Digital Camera,” and “Choosing a Cell Phone” into their programming. The About.com videos will be included in Expo TV’s VOD marketplace in product categories, such as “House and Home,” “Beauty and Health,” “Travel” and other heavily-researched buying categories. The agreement also includes additional marketing and cross-promotion opportunities for both companies.

“Expo TV viewers online and on TV are looking to watch informative and credible product information. Offering our commerce audience this type of relevant, high quality information from such a trusted brand is exactly how Expo TV continues to build value for our consumer viewers,” said Kwon. About.com programming is expected to be available to Expo TV viewers later this month.

About Expo Communications

Expo Communications is the first video commerce destination built for an on-demand world. Featuring the best product demonstration and consumer information on video, the network is available in over 12 million television homes through partnerships with top cable providers and other multi-channel distributors, as well as on broadband at www.expotv.com. Expo provides a smart, trusted environment for viewers, offers advertisers an accountable, interactive opportunity to connect with a highly targeted consumer, and provides a turn-key multi-platform commerce destination for distributors. The company was founded and managed by a team of industry leaders, and backed by an advisory board of notable programming, advertising and financial executives. More information about the company can be found online at http://www.expotv.com.

About About.com

Founded in 1996, About.com is the leading online source for original consumer information and advice and was acquired in March 2005 by The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2005 revenues of $3.4 billion, which includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 15 other daily newspapers, nine network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and 35 Web sites, including NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. The Company’s core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.

Expo Communications Contacts:
Thi Luu, 212-905-8951

PK Network Communications Inc.
Joe Boyle, (212) 888-4700

About.com Contacts:
Stanton Crenshaw Communications
Charlotte Lederman, 646-502-3544
                   
The New York Times Company
Toby Usnik, 212-556-4425

This press release was sent on behalf of ExpoTV ( http://www.expotv.com ) by Yooter InterActive Marketing ( http://www.yooter.com )

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Hot Banana Puzzled Why Email Marketing Efforts Not Effective

 

Hot Banana Adds Landing Page Manager, A/B Testing, Thumbnail Image Viewer, Advanced Group Workflow, and Salesforce.com Integration

New marketing functionality gives marketing departments a single technology platform for all their Web site and eMarketing needs.

Barrie, ON (PRWEB) April 6, 2006 -- Hot Banana Software Inc., a leader in Web Content Management software for marketing, today announced the availability of Hot Banana Version 5.4. The upgrade is focused on new and advanced Web Content Management functionality and the further integration of multiple eMarketing modules to help give marketing users a single, easy-to-use platform from which to manage their Web site content and eMarketing campaigns. All the marketing enhancements in this release are designed to better standardize and improve the efficiency and performance of the marketing campaign process and to implement best practices for setting up, tracking and measuring campaigns, to maximize the ROI.

“Hot Banana Version 5.4 is focused on delivering high-value and integrated Web Content Management and eMarketing solutions to marketing departments,” says Krista Lariviere, CEO, Hot Banana Software Inc. “Marketing is a rapidly changing discipline and eMarketing is becoming much more important, as Web sites are at the hub of all eMarketing activities. Hot Banana is now able to provide our clients with a world class Web Content Management solution, focused on Web site management and optimization best practices, and an Active Marketing solution, that contains everything needed for marketing professionals -- including affiliate tracking, Web analytics, CRM integration, A/B split testing, PR, email marketing and event management, to name a few.“

Web Content Management with Integrated eMarketing
Hot Banana V5.4 is helping to overcome marketers' challenges by consolidating many of the tasks and functions that are related to the Web site and eMarketing. By integrating both of these functions, Web Content Management software can become a core platform technology, and can play a significant role in providing an organization with a consistent interface, work environment, process and metrics framework. The clear benefit to this approach is the improved customer Web site experience, better executed and tracked eMarketing campaigns, best practices and a consistent view of ROI across the entire Web site.

Hot Banana’s Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite offers a complete solution to meet all the needs of an eMarketer. The following are the major features and benefits of the Hot Banana V5.4 upgrade. Dozens of smaller improvements have been made and added to improve overall Web site performance, functionality, security and workflow.

Hot Banana Web Content Management Upgrades

Advanced Group Workflow -- Administrators can now assign and manage tasks to groups of users to specific sections of the Web site, and the workflow can now be configured and managed more closely to the organizations’ business processes.
    
Design Template Integration -- Agencies and organizations managing multiple Web sites are able to apply and manage multiple design templates across multiple Web properties.

Thumbnail Image Viewer -- The Digital Asset Manager can be opened in either a file or thumbnail viewer, this combined with enhanced file folder and sub-directory management of digital assets now offers a robust and more simplistic Digital Asset Management process for non-technical users. Additionally, multiple assets can be mass uploaded and advanced search can be conducted on all assets.

Hot Banana Active Marketing Upgrades

Landing Page Manager -- All aspects of Landing Page creation and management is looked after by Hot Banana. Landing Pages have built-in lead tracking from multiple lead sources (search engines, affiliates, email campaigns etc.), A/B testing with click and conversion stats, multi-step form builder for conversion best practices, Web analytics, scenarios, report integration, and design template management.

Salesforce.com Form Integration -- eMarketing campaigns can now be taken to the next level by capturing Landing Page form data and passing it directly into salesforce.com.

Web Page Personalization -- data from multiple sources can be passed directly to a Web page to auto-populate and personalize Landing Page forms so personal information can be delivered to unique Web page visitors.

Event Management -- Hot Banana now has a complete end-to-end event registration process available. The event management process includes, custom event landing page, multi-step registration form builder, email confirmation, registrant database, attendee name labels, email event reminders, billing, invoicing, and management reporting.

Flash Video Management -- Flash media can be easily stored in .FLV format in the Digital Asset Manager and added to a Web page as a container and played directly by the Web page visitor.

“One of the most exciting things about Hot Banana V5.4 is that many of the new features are now adding considerable value and cross-functionality to other existing Hot Banana modules, making the overall Web Content Management and eMarketing capabilities of Hot Banana even more powerful and compelling than before.” added Krista. “For example, our Hot Banana email engine and Communicator are now linked to the Landing Page Manager, our affiliate tracking and search engine conversion tools can now be linked to any Web site page. And now, top quality Micro Marketing Sites can be built using Flash, containing streaming Flash videos and using Hot Banana Web Content Management and Landing Page technologies. Additionally by integrating more cross-functional eMarketing technologies, Hot Banana V5.4 has also added value to our partner relationships with WebTrends, ExactTarget and PRWeb.”

Availability

Hot Banana Version 5.4 is available immediately as licensed software, or, as an On Demand Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.

About Hot Banana Software, Inc.

Founded in 1999, Hot Banana Software powers Corporate Web sites, Intranets, Extranets, Micro Marketing Sites and Landing Pages for more than 200 companies worldwide in more than 16 languages. Designed for non-technical users, Hot Banana’s core technology is an easy-to-use, fully-loaded Web Content Management Suite designed to manage a Web site's content creation, publishing and optimization process.

Hot Banana’s Active Marketing Solution is an ideal eMarketing platform for corporate communications, branding, sales lead generation, lead conversion, email and retention programs. Hot Banana For Agencies, is the company’s latest initiative to help marketing agencies manage and publish Forms, Landing Pages and Micro Marketing Sites.

Hot Banana is available directly, or from 20 Channel Partners Worldwide, either On-Demand (SaaS), or Licensed. Clients include: InsureMe, Hondros College, General Board of Global Ministries -- UMC, Algoma Steel, Bell Industries, Parents Action for Children, Archdiocese of New York, Ansell Healthcare Europe, World Vision, Beaver Machine, Los Alamos School Board (New Mexico), Law Society of Upper Canada, Expertech, and The County of Simcoe. Hot Banana Software Inc. is profitable and privately held. For more information, visit www.HotBanana.com, or call 866-296-1803.

Hot Banana, Active Marketing and Active Marketing Web Content Management Suite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Hot Banana Software Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Media Contact for Hot Banana

David Terry,
VP Sales and Marketing,
Hot Banana Software Inc.
705-792-3880 ext. 222

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Target Wants to Drop Shorts

 

Target Brands Attempts to Drop 'Ultimate Boxer's' Shorts

Target is attempting to knock out the trademark of a Maryland boxer shorts manufacturer.

BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB) April 6, 2006 --When a small start-up company selling boxer shorts is contacted by a major department store with 1,400 stores in 47 states, the possibilities can be very exciting.

That's not the case for Ultimate Boxer, a small company located in Baltimore that manufactures and sells it patented men's boxer shorts under the federally-trademarked brand, Ultimate Boxer®.

Target Brands, a division of Target Corporation, has filed a petition to cancel (#92044899) against Ultimate Boxer. According to the petition, Target Brands states that it has used the term “Ultimate” in connection with clothing goods including “Ultimate Polo,” “Ultimate Tee,” and “Ultimate Khaki” in advertising distributed on or about February 2005.

"I submitted the trademark ‘Ultimate Boxer’ with the United States Trademark and Patent Office in 2002 and received the rights to the trademark the following year," said Max Hernandez, owner of Ultimate Boxer. "I was completely shocked to receive a document in the mail stating that Target Brands was trying to get rid of my trademark."

Attempting to cancel a trademark registration is “a way for the big guy to push the little guy with previous use out,” said Mike Oliver, a member of the Maryland Intellectual Property Law firm of Bowie and Jensen LLC. “It’s a ‘super aggressive’ way to try to overwhelm a smaller company with court fees and paperwork in hopes they will abandon the trademark or run out of money.”

Mr. Hernandez stated he will continue to defend his rights against Target.

About Ultimate Boxer:
Ultimate Boxer is a boxer shorts manufacturer located in Baltimore. The company sells its innovative “gap-proof” patented boxer shorts under the brands Ultimate Boxer and How Ya Hangin?

Contact:
Max Hernandez, owner
Ultimate Boxer
410-832-5889
http://www.ultimateboxer.com
http://www.howyahangin.com

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Website: http://www.ultimateboxer.com

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 [ Editor's comments: Those can compete, do. Those that can't, sue. (hris ]

 

Robotic Security System Guards ISC West

MobileRobots Inc's 2nd Generation PatrolBot(TM) Robotic Security System Guards ISC West

 

LAS VEGAS, April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- While Hitachi recently unveiled research leading to an autonomous security robot in a few years, American competitor MobileRobots Inc today debuts its second-generation PatrolBot, which autonomously guards the aisles of ISC West Expo in Las Vegas.

 

Prior to PatrolBot, self-guided robots followed pre-planned paths or radio beacons installed throughout buildings. MobileRobots began four years ago developing its ARCSinside(TM) robot control system that tracks PatrolBot's position, navigates obstacles and finds alternative routes if a corridor is blocked -- all without pre-planning or radios.

 

MobileRobot's first iteration PatrolBot, released last year, only provided remote surveillance.  The new second-generation robot adds automated camera zooms, snapshots, improved audio, pop-up alarms, and tools for integrators to add even more security capabilities.  Other Asian and European companies have announced plans for security robots, but only in the research phase, with finished products years away.

 

PatrolBot dealer Anthony Diodato, of Cypress Computer Systems LLC, comments, "PatrolBot technology is years ahead of its competition.  This is the only autonomous navigation robot ready to patrol, fetch, and guard, and it is available today."  Cypress Computer Systems private-labels PatrolBots, adding lock-boxes, access controls, and other accessories.

 

Diodato adds, "MobileRobots' ARCSinside(TM) robot control system enables PatrolBot to pinpoint its location on the map it created and immediately plan a route."

 

PatrolBot can detect moving objects, record security data, provide emergency access control, question intruders, detect heat and hazardous gases, and head automatically to investigate an intrusion alarm.  New behaviors under development include finding and following people, detecting open doors, and detecting theft of objects.

 

About MobileRobots Inc:
MobileRobots Inc, is a global leader in design and manufacture of intelligent mobile robots, sensing, and controls. Established in 1995, the company has sold thousands of robots to organizations including Intel, Amgen, Carnegie Mellon, John Deere, Microsoft, NASA, US Army, and the US Navy. MobileRobots R&D, production, and business offices are based in Amherst, NH.
http://www.MobileRobots.com .

 

About Cypress Computer Systems:
Cypress Computer Systems, founded in 1983, designs and manufactures access control and security products.  Based in Lapeer, MI, Cypress Computer Systems is a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of electronic security products and technologies.  http://www.cypressworld.com .

 

Contact:
Katherine Sandoz
+ 1 603-881-7960 ext. 108
ksandoz@mobilerobots.com

 

SOURCE MobileRobots Inc
Web Site: http://www.MobileRobots.com http://www.cypressworld.com

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Saddam Hussein Sued For Copyright Infringement

Kim Jong-il sues Saddam Hussein for copyright infringement
 
Press Release by: PriorMart AG 

 

(openPR) - PriorMart - 2006-04-01 - Kim Jong-il, "the dear leader" of impoverished North Korea, seems to have discovered a new option for improving the national income. While North Korea must defend itself against charges of producing counterfeit notes, the dictator strikes back.

 

On the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), the international court of the World Trade Organization in Geneva/Switzerland, the dictators attorney, French star lawyer Jacques Vergés, placed charges for the infringements of copyrights in accordance with TRIPS, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights from 1994, in more than 200 cases. Kim Jong-il consideres several national campaigns, that Hussein run between 1997 and 2001 for the improvement of optimism of the 26 million Iraqi, as its intellectual property. Further he claims, Husseins strategy of gaining international attention by presenting himself as the No. 1 enemy of the U.S. was a product of the PR-advisors of his father, Kim Il Sung. Also the planned development of weapons of mass-destruction has been prepared already in the 80's in a strategic paper of his father, his lawyer declared. He considers it as a proof that North Korea was far ahead in the development by the year 2001.

 

Kim Jong-il appoints numerous former Iraqi government officials, who confirm that Hussein plagiarized from his dictator colleague. He demands a 250 billion US dollar penalty and expects the State of Iraq to be liable as the successor of the fortune and the debts of Saddam Hussein. Proceedings were instituted on March 31st 2006. Hussein has not commented.

 

About
PriorMart AG with offices in Potsdam and Brandenburg a.d.H., both Germany, is a technology company and a supplier of services simplifying proof in copyright protection. The company was founded in May 2005 and is privately held.

 

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Software"Watermarks Protect Text Content

 

SECRETLY PROTECT WEBSITE TEXT WITH HIDDEN WATERMARKS

Melbourne, Australia – October 18, 2005 - DataMystic announces Web Copyrighter 1.0, its first-of-a-kind application for invisibly watermarking web text.

Digital watermarking for IMAGES has been around for some time, but until now, no solution had been available for TEXT.

Web Copyrighter embeds hidden information into any web page, Blog, RSS feed, XML file or Unicode text. The hidden text can only be revealed using the software, and is invaluable in proving the rightful owner of any published work, including magazines, newspapers, company reports, case studies and more.

Every minute of every day, web site authors, journalists and publishing houses risk losing attribution and compensation for their online work, as automated bots scan the web for popular content and copy it to new sites. The reason? Google AdWords revenue.

"Online Copyright theft is on the rise." says Simon Carter, CEO of DataMystic. "Popular sites like MarketingSherpa.com have to battle constantly to protect the intellectual property their sites are based on. With Web Copyrighter, an author can quickly prove their ownership of copyrighted material and take action against the offender."

Web Copyrighter provides encoding tools, a reveal tool, and a wizard to apply the codes to your website.

About DataMystic

Founded in 1990, DataMystic has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia, and has over 2000 customers in 62 countries. Its charter is to provide IT professionals with time saving data analysis tools. In addition to TextPipe, DataMystic offers:

• DataPipe, a utility that makes it easy to search and replace information in live databases;
• ResumePipe; a utility that saves Human Resources professionals time and money while processing applicants' resumes;
• WordPipe, an application that lets you search and replace data across multiple Word documents in a single operation;
• DetachPipe, a program to detach and delete attachments from large email accounts;
• DirSize, a program that helps you identify the programs that are using an inordinate amount of disk space;
• and other productivity software for Windows.

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Online University Thinks Their Training Is Important

In Information Security Profession, Education and Training Are Key, Says Capella University's Dr. Steven A. Brown

 

Expert from online university emphasizes importance of degrees, certifications and training from quality learning institutions   

 

InfoSec World Conference & Expo 2006
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2006-- Today's information-security professionals face big challenges. They must fend off data breaches or potentially face personal liability. Given the brisk pace of offshoring business processes, they must take due diligence to protect their enterprise's valuable intellectual property and other assets both here and thousands of miles away, said Capella University's Dr. Steven A. Brown, CISSP, at InfoSec World Conference & Expo 2006. And they must keep up with the field's rapid change, including the rise of biometric security, which uses fingerprints, facial and eye features, voice and other uniquely individual characteristics to authenticate individuals.

 

Education and training play a key role in today's information security environment. "Information security professionals need deep knowledge of emerging threats and solutions," said Dr. Brown, who is responsible for the information assurance program at the School of Business and Technology for Capella University, an accredited(a) online university. "Seek out higher education from a reputable, quality learning institution. Keep up with training and industry developments, and, when given the opportunity, take advantage of obtaining the leading industry certifications."

 

After all, even promising information security technology poses risk, said Dr. Brown. "People worry about protecting their Social Security and credit card numbers, but what if their biometric identity falls into the wrong hands?"

 

The author of three books and several papers, Dr. Brown has extensive technical and business experience in the U.S. and globally in telecommunications, data networks, strategic communications, electronic commerce, business management, and security.

 

Capella University Earns CNSS Certification
The Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) has validated that Capella's information security curriculum meets the CNSS requirements and system standards 4011 and 4013.

 

About Capella University
Founded in 1993, Capella University is an accredited(a) online university that offers graduate degree programs in business, information technology, education, human services and psychology, as well as a Bachelor of Science online degree program with 11 specializations in business and information technology. The online university currently serves more than 14,500 enrolled learners from all 50 states and 63 countries. Capella is a national leader in online education, committed to providing high-caliber academic excellence and pursuing balanced business growth. Capella University is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Capella Education Company, headquartered in Minneapolis. For more information, please visit http://www.capella.edu or call 1-888-CAPELLA (227-3552).

 

(a) Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, located at 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, (312) 263-0456, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org.

 

Contacts
Capella University
Media Contact:
Irene Silber, 612-977-4132
Irene.Silber@capella.edu