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Media Companies Can Now Participate in Conversationally-Targeted Ad Campaigns

November 5, 2009 -- San Francisco – BuzzLogic, a conversational media company that allows advertisers to capitalize on influential peer-to-peer discussions, today announced BuzzLogic for Media Partners, a new initiative enabling media companies to participate in BuzzLogic campaigns and capture additional revenue from advertisers looking to reach audiences engaged in specific conversations.

Shipment Value Suffers

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., June 11, 2009 -- Worldwide PC shipments fell 6.8% in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), about 1.4% better than expected but still the largest decrease since the third quarter of 2001, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although volume declined less than expected thanks to some positive activity in the latter part of the quarter, the Commercial sector and key macroeconomics indicators remain weak.

Singapore and Hong Kong, June 10, 2009 -- IDC's latest study on the Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) software market revealed that notwithstanding the current economic climate, the Information and Data Management Software (IDMS) market continued to grow by 8.02% in 2008 over 2007 and was valued at an estimated US$2,107.99 million[1].

MILAN, Italy, FRAMINGHAM, Mass., and SINGAPORE, June 11, 2009 -- IDC recently launched a new initiative, called "IT for Better Government" that positions IDC Government Insights as a leader in the government sector when it comes to IT strategies. Through this initiative, IDC aims at supporting worldwide development of IT in governments to ensure policy enhancements able to help citizens as well as companies of any size to get more value from their governments and to achieve better results in these times of global economic uncertainty.

June 9, 2009 -- Macworld 2010, the premier event for the Apple products community, today issued a call for papers. Macworld is produced by IDG World Expo and is scheduled to take place February 9-13, 2010, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

This year’s conference program is designed around the following key topics for which relevant proposals are sought:

-- Deployment
-- Digital Photography
-- Digital Video (including broadcast & motion graphics)
-- Enterprise Computing
-- Gaming
-- Graphic Design
-- Higher Education
-- K-12 Education
-- Mac OS Skills Enhancement

More than 80 percent of security leaders surveyed say risks are being overlooked as cost and revenue pressure rises

BEDFORD, Mass., June 9, 2009 -- RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today released two new research studies that examine the far-reaching security implications of promising technologies such as cloud computing, virtualization, social networking and mobile communications, and explore the pivotal business risks and rewards they represent to organizations worldwide.