Demandforce Announces Availability of Demandforce D3 Software in Canada.

CNW/ - Demandforce, Inc., a leader in demand generation for small business, announces the availability of its award winning marketing and communication software, Demandforce D3, to the Canadian automotive aftermarket. Canadian automotive repair facilities will now be able to automate business processes such as bringing back lost customers, generating more reviews and surveys, automating appointment reminders and newsletters, and driving social media strategy, all while decreasing the cost of doing business. This announcement marks a significant milestone for Demandforce as it continues to innovate and introduce its product into new international markets.

Demandforce helps auto repair facilities implement best practices to drive car count from both new and existing customers, increase average repair order values, and measure performance and customer satisfaction. Demandforce provides the tools to help auto shops build their online reputation, including sending up-to-date business information and certified customer reviews to major search engines and Internet directories. The Demandforce platform also provides an avenue for auto facility customers to request appointments through the online scheduling interface, 24/7.

"We rolled Demandforce out in all five of our locations because we saw the benefits it was bringing to other general repair facilities in the United States," said Gary's Automotive owner, Gary Calagoure. He continued by highlighting the value brought to his shop, "Demandforce helps me achieve three major objectives: bringing more customers into the shop more frequently, doing more general repair work, and better understanding what's working for my business." Similar to other auto repair facilities using the Demandforce system, Gary's has seen increased revenue, improved customer relationships, and increased shop efficiency.

"Our Canadian expansion highlights the needs of all repair facilities to better manage their existing customers, attract new business, and leverage technology to build a stronger bottom line," said Patrick Barry, Vice President Marketing at Demandforce. "As a company, we will continue to provide an industry leading product to our clients across the globe helping them to benefit from our innovative technology."

About DemandforceFounded in 2003, Demandforce helps small businesses thrive in the Internet economy. The Demandforce D3 software-as-a-service application is used by thousands of customers to grow revenue, keep clients coming back, and manage operations more effectively. Demandforce's flagship product, Demandforce D3, connects Demandforce clients to over 50 million consumers via email communications, text messaging and online services. Demandforce has achieved 22 quarters of over 80% year-over-year quarterly growth and is led by a management team with over a decade of experience developing and delivering web-based applications that drive real, tangible business value. Demandforce, Inc is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. To learn more visit www.demandforce.com.

Keywords: Advertising, Automobiles, Automotive, Marketing, Software, Technology, Transportation.

This article was prepared by Computer Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Computer Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.

eTycoon Ryan Moran Stuns The Online Business Community.

Tycoon Ryan Moran has stunned the online business world by releasing his very own method for creating multiple streams of income by purchasing and selling income producing virtual assets. The online business world has been enamoured by his tenacity, business guile and chutzpah at having released his very lucrative method for flipping websites.

The whole online business community had been waiting with baited breath for the release of eTycoon which is a multimedia led master class on flipping websites for profit. Ryan Moran himself has been very forthcoming in believing that "once people flip their own website for the first time using eTycoon, they will never want to build their own websites again."

According to Rylan Clayne, a renowned Internet Marketer who was given exclusive access to the entire eTycoon master class: "Ryan Moran is a young genius with a flair for online business. I particularly like his Flip Finder software which automatically finds the best websites to purchase for the lowest price possible. Ryan has over delivered with this course." Rylan Clayne has produced a full eTycoon Review which can be found at: http://www.rylanclayne.com/etycoon/etycoon-review

To celebrate the release of this seminal eTycoon course based on website flipping Rylan Clayne has also prepared what he calls "the ultimate eTycoon Bonus package that will only be available for the first 25 people."

To find his eTycoon Bonus package, visit: http://www.rylanclayne.com/etycoon/etycoon-bonus

Keywords: Internet, Multimedia, Online, Software.

This article was prepared by Computer Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2011, Computer Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.

New AppTitude Release with Application Intelligence Drives Business Decisions; AppTitude Integration with System Center, Active Directory Enables True Enterprise Business Decision Making, Saving Time, Cost and Risk.

M2 PRESSWIRE-April 19, 2011-: New AppTitude Release with Application Intelligence Drives Business Decisions; AppTitude Integration with System Center, Active Directory Enables True Enterprise Business Decision Making, Saving Time, Cost and Risk(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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LONDON, UK -- App-DNA, the global leader in application intelligence, today released a new version of the AppTitude application intelligence software that takes application compatibility automation to the next level by combining application insight with business detail. The new AppTitude version 5.0 uniquely integrates with Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager and Active Directory to combine information about users and end point devices with the AppTitude application testing and application remediation information. Now AppTitudeenables enterprise IT teams to test and remediate applications, integrate user and device information, model delivery options, and automate application preparation. The end result is better business decisions, saving time, cost and risk in managing application compatibility for Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Microsoft App-V, Citrix XenDesktop and VDI projects.

The pioneer in application testing and remediation, App-DNA takes a unique approach, exposing and storing over 68,000 unique datapoints per application, allowing a deep understanding of their characteristics without the need for repetitive testing. AppTitude helps enterprises determine the best forward path for each application based on user and delivery requirements.

AppTitude 5.0 introduces three key concepts to improve application management:

1) Integrate: Application Intelligence is the unique integration of application testing and remediation information with user and device information from System Center Configuration Manager and Active Directory to best determine the forward path for application delivery.

2) Model: Analyse different deployment scenarios and their impacts to make the right budget, staff, and delivery decisions.

3) Automate: Streamline and accelerate testing, remediation and packaging for target platforms, including end to end App-V package creation as well as integration with commercial packaging solutions.

The biggest obstacle to deploying a new platform is application compatibility. You may like what you see, but if the apps your business depends on dont work, then you cant migrate. Weve come a long way in the past half-decade Ive been doing app compat. Originally, we had a hard time just determining how much budget to request, and most of the work was manual. Now, not only is automation helping significantly, but if you look at the direction that App-DNA is moving towards, theyre starting to model complete desktop scenarios and incorporating critical data from existing systems like System Center and Active Directory. My customers dont have OS deployment projects they have desktop modernisation projects. Once you start to model complete scenarios and manage your entire software portfolio for business value, you unlock both platform and business agility. And thats where things start to get seriously awesome for our customers. IT becomes a partner and an enabler, not just a cost centre, said Chris Jackson (The App Compat Guy) a Principal Consultant at Microsoft.

When enterprises take on a desktop deployment initiative from Windows 7 migration to VDI project - they need to ensure the high-profile project is a success and delivers the expected business impact. App-DNA customers embracing the idea of forward path decision making are going beyond their expected results and seeing tremendous cost savings alongside end-user satisfaction, explained Paul Schnell, Chief Technology Officer for App-DNA.

This new integration with System Center Configuration Manager and Active Directory, essential in so many enterprises, clearly explains the impact of applications and their best delivery options.

About App-DNA

App-DNA is the pioneer of Application Intelligence, using insight about applications to guide decisions about application migration, management and business impacts.Clients include Exxon Mobil, Target and CSX, as well as top integrators and outsourcers including Dell, HP and IBM. App-DNA is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, a member of the Microsoft System Center Alliance, CitrixReady Partner, CitrixTechnology Partner and was named Best in Show at the Citrix Synergy conference.

Read more: View from the Fishbowl blog Twitter @appdna and visit http://www.app-dna.com

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Strong SafeNet(TM) Sales Result in Third Quarter Revenue Growth for IRE

BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Information Resource Engineering Inc. (Nasdaq: IREG), a leading provider of encryption-based Internet security systems, today reported that the Company had a 51% increase in revenues for the period ending September 30, 1997 compared to the same period in 1996. For the three months ended September 30, 1997, revenues were $4,039,359 compared to revenues of $2,673,524 for the same three months in 1996. The Company reported a net loss of $789,113 in the third quarter of 1997 compared to a loss of $1,586,207 for the same quarter in 1996. The loss per common share was $.14 in the third quarter as compared to a loss of $.29 per share in the third quarter of 1996. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 1997 were $10,926,088 compared to revenues of $11,069,759 for the same period in 1996, with losses of $3,131,261 and $2,735,396, respectively. The loss per common share for the first nine months of 1997 and 1996 was $.57 and $.52, respectively.

"Since the third quarter of 1996, IRE has increased sales without significantly increasing expenses," explained IRE Chairman Anthony Caputo. "As a result, both revenues and gross margins, now at 57%, are improving, driving IRE closer to profitability."

"The IRE SafeNet(TM) Internet security product family continues to save clients significant capital, allowing them to use the Internet for business," Mr. Caputo further commented. "The State of Maryland, Credit Management Solutions, Inc. and Interbanking S.A. in Argentina are using these products today to enable electronic business, saving them AND their clients time and money."

"In order to move IRE products to the broad market, we announced in October, the debut of the SafeNet Partner Program. An indirect sales channel, the SafeNet Partner Program gives the enterprise corporation a single source solution to shifting their business on-line. Major VARs, ISPs and Systems Integrators are tasked with selling the SafeNet product line and reducing sales expenses traditionally associated with a direct sales strategy."

"IRE is now an organization comprised of 3 primary areas -- product, OEM, and service sales. We are better equipped to respond to the growing network communications market. The addition of Crypt/IC to our SafeNet product line will further broaden the scope of our offering. Slated for availability in the first half of 1998, Crypt/IC is an ideal solution for major software, computer and communications manufacturers looking to offer hardware-strength security at software margins and prices."

"As we continue to integrate powerful security -- IRE security -- into products for the enterprise, we should see an expansion in using these products to create virtual private networks (VPNs). As organizations worldwide realize the Internet can, in fact, be a safe place to conduct business, IRE will be there to provide the critical component -- security."

About IRE

A leader in the network security industry since the Company's inception in 1983, IRE provides comprehensive network security systems worldwide for remote access, electronic commerce and distributed business communication applications. Using advanced encryption technology, IRE's broad product solutions protect sensitive data transmissions on computer networks, such as the Internet.

Organizations using IRE products include J.P. Morgan & Company, Chase Manhattan Bank, Bank of New York, and Banc One. IRE systems are installed at a number of major international organizations including Euroclear Operations Centre in Brussels, the Central Bank of Sweden, and the Post Office Savings Bank of Singapore. The United States Treasury Department, TRW and the Federal Bureau of Investigation also use IRE Secure Communications Systems to protect sensitive data. IRE has its U.S. headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland and its branch offices worldwide.

SafeNet is a trademark of Information Resource Engineering, Inc.

Statements in this release concerning IRE's future prospects are "forward- looking statements" under the Federal securities laws. There can be no assurance that future results will be achieved, and actual results could differ materially from forecasts, estimates, and summary information contained in this news release. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are included but are not limited to those listed in IRE's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                  Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended                                    September 30,           September 30,                                   1997       1996       1997        1996     Revenues               $4,039,359  $2,673,524  $10,926,088  $11,069,759     Net loss                 (789,113) (1,586,207)  (3,131,261)  (2,735,396)     Loss per common share        (.14)       (.29)        (.57)        (.52) 

Weighted average number of

common shares

      outstanding            5,462,528   5,434,616    5,461,239    5,254,455 

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/CONTACT: Roberta Thuman of Information Resource Engineering, 410-931-7583 or rthuman@ire.com/

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Alan G. Merten Elected to the Board of Directors of The Indus Group Inc.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1996--The Indus Group, Inc. (NASDAQ NM: IGRP), which recently emerged from the "quiet period" associated with its Initial Public Offering, announces that effective December 15, 1995, Dr. Alan G. Merten has joined its board of directors. Dr. Merten is the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean and Professor of Information Systems at the S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management of Cornell University, where he has been since 1989. Effective July 1, 1996, Dr. Merten will become the fifth President of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Dr. Merten was first introduced to The Indus Group, Inc. in 1991 by its President and CEO, and Cornell alumnus, Robert W. Felton. Mr. Felton was a founder and member of the Advisory Council of the Personal Enterprise and Entrepreneur Program and last year chaired the council of that program.

Dean Merten recollected, "From my earliest encounters with INDUS, I was impressed with the energy, vision, and culture that has propelled The Indus Group so quickly from start-up into the public forum. INDUS is a textbook case of a collection of creative individuals who put a plan in place and deliver on it. They have put into motion a corporate culture that both challenges and empowers individuals to grow professionally without the bureaucracy that customarily evolves as organizations grow so quickly," Dr. Merten said.

Responding to his recent acceptance of a seat on the INDUS board of directors, Dr. Merten continued, "I am proud of my association with The Indus Group while at Cornell University and personally look forward to using my experience to help forge business practices that fit the culture and assist the new public company as it continues to grow and expand."

At a recent board of directors meeting in Philadelphia, Mr. Felton added his comments welcoming Dr. Merten to the board. "We are delighted to add an external board member with global vision and an outside perspective in how technology can be used in solving today's business challenges. To boldly move forward on our charted course to become the industry leader of enterprise management software solutions to the process industry worldwide, INDUS needs visionaries like Dr. Alan Merten to share their experience, creative energy, and integrity."

Dr. Merten is recognized as one of the most respected educators in the nation. He serves on the Board of Directors of Comshare, Inc., Tompkins County Trust Company, Common Sense Trust, Washington Campus, and National Multi-Cultural Institute's Advisory Council, as well as numerous other professional memberships and associations.

The Indus Group, Inc. develops, markets, implements, and supports a proprietary line of enterprise management software and implementation services for process industry customers throughout the world. Taking advantage of the client/server model of networked computing, PASSPORT Software Solutions contain "best business practices" which serve as the catalyst for changing core business functions for: electric utilities, oil and gas, chemical refining, forest products, and steel producing industries. Implementation is expedited with ABACUS, a proprietary methodology designed to assist customers in achieving the benefits of rapidly deploying business process improvements across their enterprise. -0- Note to Editors: INDUS, PASSPORT Software Solutions, ABACUS, PORTAL/G, PORTAL/95 and VIEWPORT are trademarks of The Indus Group, Inc.

CONTACT: The Indus Group

Suzanne M. Bouldoukian, 415/904-5000

Fax 415/904-4040

sbouldoukian@internet.indusgroup.com

FRAN HEALY DOWNLOADS HIS LIFE; THE TRACKS OF MY YEARS.

Fran Healy joined Travis in 1991 while at Glasgow School of Art.

The band's first album broke into the top ten but the second, The Man Who, racked up sales of three million, paving the way for indie balladeers like Snow Patrol and Coldplay.

These days, Healy does much of his music listening via the net and iPods.

'I love to waste half a day surfing on my Apple MacBook,' he says.

'I recently discovered the internet radio station LastFM, which is great at turning you on to music you might never have considered before.' Travis's recent album The Boy With No Name is crammed with plenty more trademark ballads, but Healy is unapologetic. 'I'm captured by any music with soul.

When I hear a song I connect directly with it. It becomes my song, no one else's.' Travis are currently touring and their single, 'Selfish Jean', is out on July 9

SONG THAT REMINDS ME OF GROWING UP IN GLASGOW Prince Charmingby Adam And The Ants (1981) I loved the Ants so much I'd nick chalk at school and draw a stripe across my nose to look like them.

FIRST RECORD I BOUGHT Best Of The Carpenters by The Carpenters (1981) The first records I bought weren't for me, they were for my mum. I particularly remember giving her this 'best of' album, which I bought in the Barras in Glasgow.

I BECAME AN OASIS FAN BECAUSE OF Live Foreverby Oasis (1994) I wasn't initially blown away by Oasis but I heard this on the radio and realised what all the fuss was about. To become friends with Noel Gallagher is an honour.

SONG THAT MADE ME BUY A GUITAR (Oh) Pretty Womanby Roy Orbison (1964) I first saw him on Jonathan Ross's show The Last Resort and I was dumbstruck at the sight of this guy in black suit, black tie, black shirt and sunglasses.

Afterwards I asked my mum for a guitar and that was it.

THE SONG THAT MADE ME A SONGWRITER Blueby Joni Mitchell (1971) My art teacher once played me this amazing song. This is an incredibly raw, emotional song about her break-up with singer Graham Nash.

I GOT THROUGH A BAD TIME LISTENING TO Another Sleep Songby GrahamNash (1973) I had a rough time in 2002 and listened to this one song the whole year. I met Graham purely by chance not long afterwards and it led to him joining us on stage to play this.

SONG THAT REMINDS ME OF ART SCHOOL Driveby REM (1992) I can still recall sitting outside KelvingroveArt Gallery in my Mini on a rainy day during my second year at college with this playing on the car's rubbish tape player.

I THINK OF MY WEDDING WHEN I HEAR Horse With No Nameby America (1972) Nora and I were married in Marylebone Register Office and this was played as we came through the door. I can't really tell you why she likes it so much. Our last album title, The Boy With No Name, owes something to it.

SONG THAT REMINDS ME OF MY FIRST CRUSH Crazy ForYouby Madonna (1985) I'd fallen in love for the first time and I remember lying in my bedroom crying at the lyric, 'Touch me once and you'll know it's true'.

MY FAVOURITE BEATLES SONG IS Yesterdayby The Beatles (1965) I've met Paul McCartney several times now and he's such a cool guy. He tells the story about waking up one morning with Yesterday in his head but thinking it was someone else's song.

SHE SHOULDN'T TAKE LIE LYING DOWN.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: CAROLYN HAX Washington Post Writers Group

DEAR CAROLYN: My BF of 2.5 years told me last week that he had to entertain a friend's friend from out of town. The visiting gal is single, his age. My BF first said it was not a date, and that his guy friend just asked him to do a favor since she doesn't know anyone here. I said OK, but I was a little disappointed that he didn't even invite me. He said he thought about it, but that his friend said it would make the woman feel like a third wheel.

I pressed the issue a little further, and my BF finally admitted that his friend suggested he meet this gal because my BF has been wishy-washy about our relationship. He doesn't know if we're getting married, doesn't know what to do, etc.

I'm furious! He knows I'm mad, and he called me right after their dinner and repeatedly assured me there was no romantic element. Do I have a right to be mad and disappointed?

-- Very Mad DEAR MAD: No, you should be happy for him that he's dating again.

Of course you have a bloody right to be angry. And hurt, and confused, and stunned, and damned impressed with his chutzpah. I am.

I'm also a little freaked out by you. Do you have any discernible role in your own life? You're waiting for BF to marry you, you're waiting to be invited out, you're waiting at home while he dates -- after you busted him in a lie, you're asking permission to feel things. And you're inspiring waves of great wishy-washiness in your companion? Imagine.

Here's your new, unsolicited to-do list: Feel what you damn well please. Dig. Howl. Examine. Formulate a conviction. Run. Fall, hard. Tell a joke, blow the punch line and be the only one who laughs. Make an outrageous demand. Flirt. Donate. Wing it. Act. Register a convincing facsimile of a pulse. Watch your should-be-ex-BF go into shock.

CAROLYN: My fiance and I are having an ethical disagreement. What do you think about using the Internet to investigate a person you are just starting to date? We call it Googling. Specifically, I used Google and DejaNews to see what I could find about my fiance when we first started dating. While I didn't learn anything about him that I didn't already know, I did learn a few juicy details about his ex-girlfriend.

I feel that if you post information on the Internet, you do so knowing that the entire world has access to it. He feels there is some expectation of respectful privacy (i.e., she didn't post that information for me to see so I shouldn't go looking for it).

-- J.B. DEAR J.B.: Does the fact that I've trolled for data on myself, my husband, my dog (no hits), my parents, my siblings, most of my friends, some guy I was awful to in college and a high school ex-sort-of-boyfriend disqualify me from answering?

I'm siding with you, obviously, but not because your reasoning is any good. It works OK if you're talking about conscious decisions to post stuff, but what if someone uploads something chewy about you without your knowledge? Are you responsible because you let your life overlap with this other person's?

If it helps, your fiance's logic is worse. I'd like to see the system he proposes for determining which information was made public for whom.

Here's my brilliant argument: Search-engine snooping gets an ethical pass because I can't think of a good reason not to give it one.

Before there was an Internet, no one would have told a teenage girl she couldn't look some guy up in the phone book and take a late-night drive by his house, right? Part of all of our lives occurs in plain sight; people can and will take a gander, and daters probably should. The Internet just adds to their options.

With all of them, though, Golden Rule decency applies. Don't do any digging you wouldn't later admit to over dinner with the person, and don't give the Net the last word. Unless that last word is preceded by the words ``registered sex offender'' or ``self-published volume of poetry.''

CAROLYN: What responsibility do I have to this girl? We're friends, have hooked up a few times, have no official status for our ``relationship.'' We kiss (peck) on the lips and hug goodbye but rarely do more than that physically.

On St. Patty's Day, drunken debauchery in a bar with another random girl, nothing more than kissing. Do I owe it to the first girl to tell her or what?

-- Somewhere DEAR SOMEWHERE: Nope, you aren't ``official''; no need to report it. Honesty should serve a purpose, and I don't see one here.

But your guilt might prove useful. Could it be telling you that, amid all the unofficial hooking up, you've actually started to care?

Write to ``Tell Me About It,'' c/o The Washington Post, Style Plus, 1150 15th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20071 or e-mail: tellme@washpost.com. Chat online with Carolyn each Friday at noon and Monday at 3 p.m. at www.washingtonpost.com.