Adveq Management Upgrades IT and Supports Rapid Growth with M5's Hosted VoIP Solution

Adveq Management Upgrades IT and Supports Rapid Growth with M5's Hosted VoIP Solution

M5 Networks, market leader in business phone systems utilizing VoIP technology, announces Adveq Management, a leading independent private equity fund of funds investment manager, selected M5's hosted VoIP phone system for their US branch.

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 12, 2009 -- M5 Networks (http://www.m5net.com/), market leader in business phone systems utilizing VoIP technology, announces today Adveq Management, a leading independent private equity fund of funds investment manager, selected M5's hosted VoIP phone system for their US branch. The company currently manages approximately USD 4 billion of assets for its clients with offices in Beijing, New York, Frankfurt and Zurich. These clients consist almost entirely of international institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, family offices and other financial services providers, that are located primarily in Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States.

The US branch of Adveq Management expanded this past year and needed a larger office space to accommodate the growing staff. Client experience is important at Adveq, and a reliable VoIP solution helps guarantee automatic distribution of calls and ensures callers reach their point of contact and clients and staff are never out of touch.

Adveq is committed to a disciplined and process driven approach to business. A communications upgrade ensures their processes and systems are on the cutting edge of the market while still allowing staff to focus on their core competencies. Valuable IT bandwidth is freed from phone system management, and their system is always up and running, allowing seamless communication to occur regardless of where staff members work.

Managing Director at Adveq Management Lee Gardella commented on the benefits of the M5 system, "M5 Networks' solution took us to the next level in terms of technology and put client support and experience at the forefront."

About M5 Networks

M5 Networks (http://www.m5net.com/) provides business-strength Voice-over-IP phone systems, delivered as a disaster-proof, Internet-based hosted service. M5's delivery model facilitates the rapid deployment of advanced phone system functionality and drives a consistent voice experience as businesses become increasingly dispersed, malleable and 24/7. M5's simple pricing model offers companies a low cost-of-entry to a feature set that has traditionally required large capital expenditure and dedicated IT resources. Customers offload phone system support and maintenance hassles to M5's experts. As an Internet-based application, M5's voice platform frees all voice-related data and commands to mash with other applications, driving business intelligence, improving customer service, and enhancing enterprise application effectiveness. M5 has over 900 customers, numerous industry awards and recognitions, and is headquartered in New York City. To learn more about M5, please visit www.m5net.com.

About Adveq Management

Adveq Management is the leading independent private equity fund of funds investment manager in Europe. Founded in 1997, Adveq currently manages approximately USD 4 billion of assets for its clients. Clients consist mostly of international institutional investors including pension funds, insurance companies, family offices and other financial services providers, that are located primarily in Europe, Asia, Australia and the United States.

M5 Contact:

Ashley McNeff

(646)576-5523

amcneff(at)m5net.com

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Contact Information Ashley McNeff

M5 Networks

http://www.m5net.com

646-576-5523

RateItAll Releases Free Social Media Promotion Tool

RateItAll Releases Free Social Media Promotion Tool

Leading Consumer Review Network RateItAll Helps any Business, Website, Product, or Brand Get Exposure with RateItAll.com/Promote

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 11, 2009 -- RateItAll (http://www.rateitall.com), a consumer review network and web service that allows people to find and share reviews on any topic, today launched RateItAll.com/Promote (http://www.rateitall.com/promote) - a free tool designed to help any business, website, blog, brand, or product gain exposure and receive feedback from real consumers.

"Consumer reviews are a powerful vote of confidence for a business," said Wil Crossley, owner of The Finer Details (http://www.thefinerdetails.com), a chain of car detailing shops based in Houston. "We've seen many instances of new customers finding reviews on RateItAll about our business and seeking us out. From our perspective, it's better than a paid marketing campaign."

The new RateItAll.com/Promote tool is not just for local businesses. It is available to anyone with something to promote - bloggers, website owners, brand marketers, PR agencies, search marketing agencies and more. Each listing created via RateItAll.com/Promote is tightly integrated with sharing tools for Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, and other social media sites to enable maximum exposure, and features a link back to the appropriate website.

There are numerous examples of companies, products, and brands who have enjoyed wide exposure via a free listing on RateItAll.

Zicam, a popular cold remedy, has enjoyed tremendous success on RateItAll. More than 80% of the consumers rating the product have had a positive experience, and the page's high rank on Google has provided an extension of Zicam's marketing campaign.

"Your customers are your best sales people. RateitAll makes it easy for users of our products to share their experiences in a trusted community atmosphere," said Tim Connors, vice president of marketing at Matrixx Initiatives, Inc., makers of Zicam® Cold Remedy. "We believe that encouraging the online discussion of our brand is a significant part of engaging our consumers."

Todd Malicoat is a leading search marketer and hosts a popular search marketing blog at Stuntdubl.com (http://www.stuntdubl.com) where he discusses search engine and social media optimization.

"It's been a lot of fun seeing what my readers and clients have to say about my blog," says Todd. "I'm a big believer in opening up as many communication channels as possible with my clients - RateItAll is perfect for that."

Nioxin is a popular anti-thinning hair treatment that enjoys very high consumer ratings on RateItAll where an overwhelming majority of consumers have a favorable impression of the product.

"We believe that if you have a good product, it makes sense to give your consumers the tools to help spread your marketing message," said Jim Grannan, VP Corporate Communications for Nioxin.

RateItAll.com/Promote opens up this sort of free promotion and distribution opportunities to anyone with a marketing message in need of an audience. Marketers wishing to tap consumer reviews for viral distribution of their marketing message should visit RateItAll.com/Promote (http://www.rateitall.com/promote) and set up a free listing.

"From the mightiest brand to the smallest of niche blogs, we think that there are a lot of folks who can benefit from increased distribution and increased conversation about their product, brand, or business," said RateItAll CEO, Lawrence Coburn. "Our goal is to make RateItAll.com/Promote the first check box in any marketing plan."

About RateItAll

Based in San Francisco, RateItAll (www.rateitall.com) is a consumer review network where visitors can find and share reviews on virtually any topic. All of the site's content is available for syndication via widgets and an API (api.rateitall.com), and RateItAll members share in the advertising revenue associated with their reviews. RateItAll's mission is to help people help others by sharing trusted reviews of whatever inspires them.

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Contact Information LAWRENCE COBURN

RateItAll, Inc.

http://www.rateitall.com/promote

415 235 5609

GDI Joins With Eidos To Offer Tomb Raider: Legend Free To Play For One Month On AWOMO And Reveals Double Speed Gains

GDI Joins With Eidos To Offer Tomb Raider: Legend Free To Play For One Month On AWOMO And Reveals Double Speed Gains

GDI today unveils the second game to feature in the Public Beta test of new, super-fast digital distribution platform AWOMO™ - Tomb Raider: Legend™ from Eidos™ - and demonstrates a download 11x the speed of conventional games download services, an improvement of double the speed of initial tests.

Windsor, UK (PRWEB) February 11, 2009 -- GDI Game Domain International Plc (GDI) today announced a second milestone in the Public Beta of its revolutionary games download platform AWOMO™ with the launch of Tomb Raider: Legend™ from Eidos™, originally released in 2006. The game will be free of charge to play via http://www.awomo.com for a period of one month from today, for consumers to continue stress testing GDI's new platform that allows PC games to be downloaded in minutes rather than hours.

The much anticipated Public Beta of the AWOMO digital delivery platform features new technology that delivers even the largest 'AAA' PC games in minutes rather than hours compared with 'conventional' download services, directly from a web browser. It enables consumers to start playing a game while it is downloading without interruption to the game play.

"Tomb Raider: Legend™ is the perfect title both to showcase our unique super-fast download technology, and continue our stress trials," explained Roger Walkden, Chief Executive of GDI. "We have already proved in our first test that via AWOMO, players can be playing a game 5x faster than conventional download services. With Tomb Raider: Legend™, a 7.2GB game, we can demonstrate that players on an 8 Megabit line can be playing the game within 11 minutes, a staggering 11x the speed of competing services and twice as fast as our previous Beta test game."

"We're pleased to support the AWOMO Public Beta with Tomb Raider: Legend™," added Simon Protheroe, Online Publishing Director of Eidos™. "We're extremely impressed with the speed advantages of the platform and the overall quality of the consumer experience."

Further information for both consumers and editors is available from http://www.awomo.com.

Contact:

Tim Ponting

Communications Director

+44 (0) 1753 839 463

Rob Donald

Communications Manager

+44 (0) 1753 839 466

About Eidos:

Eidos, creator of some of the world's leading videogame properties, consists of several development studios including Crystal Dynamics, IO Interactive, Beautiful Game Studios and Eidos Montreal, plus sales and distribution offices in Europe and the US. The Group has a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: Tomb Raider, Hitman, Deus Ex, Championship Manager and Just Cause.

Tomb Raider: Legend © Eidos Interactive Limited 2006. Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider: Legend, Eidos, and the Eidos logo are trademarks of Eidos Interactive Limited.

About GDI:

GDI Game Domain International plc (GDI) was founded in 2006 and owns the exclusive rights to a proprietary technology that enables consumers to download full games directly from their Internet browser in minutes rather than hours using standard broadband connections by allowing the gamer to start playing when a fraction of the game data has been downloaded. GDI is developing its own service known as AWOMO™ and is supplying 'white label' games download services to third parties branded 'Powered by AWOMO™'. For more information visit Awomo.com.

© 2008 GDI Game Domain International plc. AWOMO and its associated logos are subject to trademark protection and are the property of GDI Game Domain International plc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners. For further information, please visit www.awomo.com.

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Contact Information Timothy Ponting

GDI Game Domain International plc

http://www.awomo.com

+44 (0) 1753 839463

Rob Donald

GDI Game Domain International plc

http://www.awomo.com

+44 (0) 1753 839466

Lowering Health Insurance Member Disenrollment Can Generate Up To $100 Million In Incremental Revenue For Health Plans

Lowering Health Insurance Member Disenrollment Can Generate Up To $100 Million In Incremental Revenue For Health Plans

New Research Demonstrates That Small Gains in Member Retention Yield Substantial Financial Return

Orlando, FL (Vocus) February 11, 2009 -- Market research conducted on behalf of ConnextionsHealth has demonstrated that health insurance plans can significantly improve revenue generation by establishing initiatives that specifically address member disenrollment. A host of economic factors are currently driving unprecedented membership losses at most health insurance plans.

Results of a proprietary study conducted by a leading management consulting firm show that a "typical" health plan with 50,000 individual plan members and $600 - $650 million in annual revenue can generate approximately $100 million in incremental revenue, as a result of lowering disenrollment rates. These results were achieved by lowering their disenrollment rate of existing members by only 5%, and of new members by only 10% over a two-year period.

In the research study, health plans that achieved those levels of improvement in their disenrollment rates all applied differentiated member retention initiatives with similar characteristics, including:

* analysis of issues that arise during different stages of a member's tenure,

* tailored response to specific member segments, by geography, product, age, etc.,

* identification of issues likely to generate a disenrollment event,

* incorporation of individual member preferences, with respect to method, frequency and choice, and

* ongoing collection of key member data as the foundation of pro-active and re-active tactics designed to address disenrollment.

Details on this new research, as well as other valuable market insight on the subject of member retention will be presented at the World Congress Leadership Summit on Member Retention for Health Plans, scheduled for March 18-19 at Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando.

Co-sponsored by ConnextionsHealth, the agenda for this first-of-its-kind forum will feature presentations from leading consulting and research firms, including McKinsey, Gartner and Forrester. The distinguished faculty for the Summit includes several health plan executives who will share insights and best practices on member retention, including Steve Nelson, VP of Consumerism and Retail Marketing at Highmark; Ingrid Lindberg, Chief Experience Officer at CIGNA; John Cheng, VP of Strategic Marketing at Aetna; Nickolas Stam, former SVP at BlueCross BlueShield of Florida; and Steve Auerbach, who recently left his EVP role at UnitedHealth Group to serve as President of Connextions Inc.

Through interactive workshops, best practices showcases, keynotes from recognized authorities and panel discussions, attendees will learn how to build, apply and measure member retention strategies designed to yield results similar to those in the new research on the impact of disenrollment programs. For additional information, visit www.worldcongress.com/retention.

About Connextions Inc.:

Founded in 1992, Connextions and its ConnextionsHealth unit provide technology, people and industry expertise that enables its clients to grow, retain and serve customers. Connextions client list includes America's best-known corporate and healthcare organizations, including Kaiser-Permanente, Caremark, FedEx and Sprint. For information, see www.connextions.com.

About World Health Care Congress Leadership Summits:

The World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit Series addresses the most cutting edge issues for health care executives across a wide range of industry sectors. Designed to expand on topics discussed at invitation-only summits during the World Health Care Congress, this series offers new perspectives on established methodologies, and details solutions to foster innovation and change. For more information, please visit www.worldcongress.com.

For additional information:

Gordon G. Andrew

Senior Vice President

Connextions, Inc.

(407) 563-4440

Cell: (609) 987-0200

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Contact Information Gordon Andrew

Connextions

http://www.connextions.com

407-563-4440

Web Host Industry Review Hosts San Francisco Networking Event

Web Host Industry Review Hosts San Francisco Networking Event

Hosting industry's leading publication continues success of Toronto event with ongoing series of eight North American events planned for 2009.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 9, 2009 -- The Web Host Industry Review (www.thewhir.com), the publication of record for the hosting business is excited to follow up the success of its January WHIR Networking Event in Toronto with its second event in San Francisco.

On January 29, 2009, the WHIR kicked off the event series with a networking evening in its home town of Toronto, Ontario. The San Francisco event will take place Wednesday, February 11, 2009, continuing the series of events with the second of eight, and the first held within the United States.

That series of events will continue throughout 2009, stopping in Dallas, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington DC.

"We think we're off to a great start, after our Toronto Event," says Stephen Mayhew, publisher of the WHIR. "We had a great turnout. And we've had a great response following the event, from both attendees and sponsors. There were lots of opportunities for both, and a lot of fun was had by everyone."

WHIR Networking Events are designed as opportunities for hosting professionals to meet and mingle with individuals in related businesses - to foster new business relationships and to help create a sense of local community in a business with a significant feeling of fraternity.

"We've been sponsoring networking lounges at industry events for a few years," says Mayhew, "and we've come to realize that people value that face-to-face interaction as much as any other aspect of the big hosting conferences. We wanted to find a way to provide our community of readers with a way to experience that without having to spend the time and money traveling to a major event."

WHIR Networking Events bring together web hosting company executives, hosting resellers, IT consultants and suppliers of hosting-related services to generate business and partnership opportunities, and to help develop local connections in a mostly-online business community. The events are a celebration of, and a vehicle for, the continued growth of the web hosting industry, which Tier 1 Research estimates the value of at $22.3 billion in 2008, $27.5 in 2009 and $33.7 billion in 2010.

Because the WHIR Networking Events are supported by the efforts of sponsors GigaPark and OpenSRS, they are free to attend, and food and drinks will be provided to attendees for free. The San Francisco event will be catered by Whole Foods, which will provide a selection of appetizers including lobster corndogs, Caprese salad skewers and salmon crostini.

The February 11 event will take place at stylish lounge Icon Ultra Club, designed by world renowned nightclub designer Charles Doell, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The WHIR editorial marketing staff will be on hand, and representatives from many prominent hosting companies have already registered to attend.

More information about the San Francisco event, the venue and other WHIR networking events is available at the WHIR's events website, http://www.whirevents.com. Registration is available online, and anyone interested in attending should RSVP as soon as possible, as space is limited.

Companies interested in information about sponsoring upcoming events can also find information at the www.whirevents.com site.

About Web Host Industry Review

Since 2000, The Web Host Industry Review (http://www.thewhir.com) has made a name for itself as the foremost authority of the Web host industry providing reliable, insightful and comprehensive news, reviews and resources to the hosting community. TheWHIR Blogs (thewhir.com/blogs) provides a community of expert industry perspectives. The Web Host Industry Review Magazine (thewhir.com/magazine) also offers a business-minded, issue-driven perspective of interest to executives and decision-makers at both large and small hosting companies as well as suppliers, resellers and web hosting customers. WHIR TV (thewhir.com/tv) offers on demand web hosting video interviews and web hosting video features of the key persons and events of the web hosting industry.

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Contact Information Candice Rodriguez

Web Host Industry Review, Inc.

http://www.whirevents.com

305-677-0676

MO Group International and Clay Tablet Partner to Combine Localization Services and Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Strategies with Integration Software

MO Group International and Clay Tablet Partner to Combine Localization Services and Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Strategies with Integration Software

Translation and localization service provider, MO Group International, partners with Clay Tablet Technologies, a company highly skilled in online integration techniques. The partnership is an investment in innovative solutions that will strengthen the service offerings of each company.

Brussels, Belgium (PRWEB) February 9, 2009 -- MO Group International ("MOGI") today announced their intention to form a strategic partnership with Clay Tablet Technologies. The partnership is designed to benefit both companies through extending service offerings and improving client service. The agreement will impact translation and localization services, multilingual search engine optimization strategies and online integration techniques.

An experienced translation and localization service provider with significant experience in online marketing techniques, MOGI approached Clay Tablet Technologies to add increased value and efficiency to their multilingual business solutions. MO Group International owner and co-founder, Orad Elkayam, stated that "the partnership is part of a continued effort to invest in innovative solutions that will improve our ability to provide our clients with the tools they need for international business success."

Clay Tablet Technologies, based in Toronto, Canada and developers of Clay Tablet 2.0, the industry's leading, connectivity platform, will provide software and technical integration support to MO Group International, creating more efficient translation processes for their clients and staff. Clay Tablet 2.0 will connect any client content system to the translation technologies in use at MO Group International, reducing content handling effort for all involved. Further, Clay Tablet will seek out marketing opportunities for MO Group International's unique capabilities.

"Multilingual SEO, in particular, is a very challenging and complicated discipline - and we've been impressed with MO Group International's excellent results in this rarefied field," commented Clay Tablet CEO and founder, Robinson Kelly. "Clients look to Clay Tablet for guidance on how to solve their translation challenges, and through this partnership, important service offerings have been added to the mix for both firms."

The partnership strengthens MOGI's position in the industry and reinforces the company as a reliable choice for localization and multilingual search engine strategies. The combination of multilingual resources and seamless integration technologies brings optimal business solutions to clients in the international market.

"MOGI clients will now have access to the significant integration tools provided by Clay Tablet Technologies," said Orad Elkayam. "We are very pleased that Clay Tablet Technologies will be providing insight into their unique solutions, adding to the depth of our services at MO Group International."

About MO Group International

MO Group International is a search engine optimization (SEO) firm dedicated to translation, localization and multilingual SEO strategies. Translation and localization services include websites, technical documentation, medical software, and multimedia applications. Leading people from around the world manage this complementary range of solutions and provide first-class customer service. MO Group International remains the first multilingual SEO company to enter the localization industry and offer the combined benefits of SEO and localization. More information about MO Group International is available at www.mogi.eu.com.

About Clay Tablet Technologies

Clay Tablet Technologies' unique translation integration software, Clay Tablet 2.0, easily connects any number of content management systems to any translation system or provider. Clients immediately benefit from Clay Tablet 2.0 with improved translation process efficiency, making it significantly faster and easier to set-up, manage, send and retrieve translation projects. Based in Toronto, Canada, Clay Tablet works exclusively with a global channel partner network of technology vendors, translation service providers and system integrators. For more information, visit www.clay-tablet.com.

For more information, contact:

MO Group International

Orad Elkayam, Owner and Co-Founder

Telephone: +32 (0)2.771.19.12

Email: orad.elkayam(at)mogi.eu.com

Clay Tablet Technologies

Robinson Kelly, CEO and Founder

Telephone: +1-416-363-0888

Email: rkelly(at)clay-tablet.com

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Contact Information Orad Elkayam

MO Group International

http://www.mogi.eu.com

+32 (0)2.771.19.12

Robinson Kelly

Clay Tablet Technologies

http://www.clay-tablet.com

+1-416-363-0888

Appistry Continues Dramatic Revenue and Customer Growth in 2008

Appistry Continues Dramatic Revenue and Customer Growth in 2008

Increased Adoption of Cloud Computing Fuels Strong Growth Momentum.

St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) February 4, 2009 -- Appistry (http://www.appistry.com), a cloud application platform pioneer, today announced strong overall growth in 2008, including the attainment of both record revenues and solid new customer growth. The company grew annual revenues by over 200 percent based on increased demand by organizations seeking to harness the power of cloud computing to achieve high levels of application scalability and agility while significantly reducing development and operating costs.

With a client roster already including leading global corporations, including several Fortune 100 companies and large government agencies, Appistry added an array of new customers in 2008 including General Electric, Iris Wireless, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, and Open Span, among others. Appistry is helping these companies and others across a variety of industries take advantage of enterprise cloud computing to achieve dramatic reductions in the cost, time-to-market and complexity associated with delivering and managing their application portfolios.

Appistry's cloud computing platform, Appistry Enterprise Application Fabric (EAF), is a feature-rich application platform that enables organizations to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver highly-scalable applications and easily deploy and manage them in public- and private-cloud environments. Appistry EAF (http://www.appistry.com/products/eaf/index.html) saw significant improvements and updates over the course of 2008. Major enhancements included:

•    The launch of Appistry EAF Community Edition, which provides FREE product access to organizations of all sizes on up to five servers or ten CPU cores

•    Expanded support for the Spring Framework and Java Enterprise, including the ability to easily deploy and run Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) and Spring Beans in the cloud without modification, and transparent Spring-based remoting that allows developers to remotely call methods on load-balanced Java objects deployed to the cloud

•    Expanded support for Microsoft .NET, including the ability to support Plain Old .NET Objects (PONOs) on the cloud without modification, and transparent .NET remoting which allows developers to remotely call methods on load-balanced .NET objects deployed to the cloud

•    An extended the security model allowing declarative, fine-grained access control from the application level down to individual method calls

"Despite the global economic challenges of the past year, we're encouraged by our continued growth and momentum heading into 2009. This growth coupled with our constantly expanding client, partner and Peer2Peer communities, as well the continual improvement of our flagship Appistry EAF product, leave us very confident in our ability to further our success in the year ahead," said Kevin Haar, CEO, Appistry. "With most signs pointing to continued financial strain in the year ahead, enterprises will be looking to cloud computing to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering applications and IT services. Appistry EAF goes beyond simply saving companies' money; EAF provides the extra muscle needed to allow enterprises to easily scale their applications for larger, more demanding audiences."

In 2008, Appistry continued to expand its partner program (http://www.appistry.com/partners/index.html) and launched its Peer2Peer Developer Community (http://www.appistry.com/developers/). Appistry is committed to partnering with leading professional services firms, resellers, and technology vendors to enable the next generation of enterprise applications and in the past year added a wealth of new partners to its roster, including Agile Path, Amazon, Apptis, Dell, GoGrid, Skytap and several others. Additionally, Appistry launched its Peer2Peer Developer Community in March 2008. The hub of the Community is a comprehensive Web portal for users delivering cloud solutions with Appistry products. Peer2Peer community members have access to a variety of resources including product downloads, a documentation wiki and community forums. Community members can also engage with Appistry product specialists, share code samples and examples, subscribe to RSS Feeds, and take advantage of other portal-based services.

About Appistry:

Appistry simplifies cloud computing for the enterprise, opening the door to a more agile and scalable IT environment. Appistry's application platform addresses the complex challenges of building, deploying and managing a wide variety of applications and services for both public and private clouds. Appistry's products are designed specifically for cloud environments, delivering transparent scalability, application-level fault tolerance, and automated management to new and existing applications. Appistry customers include FedEx, GeoEye, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. For more information about Appistry, please visit www.appistry.com.

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Contact Information Mike Maney

Zer0 to 5ive for Appistry

http://www.appistry.com

215-589-5443

Sam Charrington

Appistry

http://www.appistry.com

314-336-2846