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arcplan Excel Analytics® extends arcplan’s analytical power to the Microsoft Office desktop by providing a seamless integration of arcplan application content & functionality to Microsoft Excel. arcplan Excel Analytics extends the capabilities of arcplan Enterprise® deployments by providing ad-hoc analysis capabilities across multiple data sources in a familiar Microsoft Office environment.
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— July 29, 2004

Research and Markets announces the addition of this new report entitled “Using Business Intelligence to Gain a Competitive Edge” to its offerings.

This 200+ page timely report delivers new approaches for managing business intelligence successfully.

Get the latest strategies to maximize business intelligence investments and much more from this comprehensive report:

Strategies for using business intelligence to make better decisions about your customers, partners and operations

Methodologies to automate and integrate your business data to achieve a proactive environment and prepare for market challenge

Build an agile foundation based on proven methodologies, metrics and processes

Use analytics to deliver results, gauge success and measure project milestones

Address data structure, vendor selection and tool evaluation

Strategies for engineering best in class security into your wireless implementations

Monitor and manage your initiatives using corporate performance management

Plus, the report covers business activity monitoring, defining metrics, ensuring data quality, trends in information management, and corporate governance and compliance.

Report Contents:

1.0 Introduction and Executive Overview

2.0 Business Intelligence Trends and Technologies: The Quest for Insight

3.0 Effective Business Intelligence Approaches for TodayÂ’s Business World

4.0 Organizing for Business Intelligence

5.0 Best Practices for Defining Effective Business Metrics

6.0 Building an Agile Infrastructure for Strategic Business Intelligence

7.0 The Benefits of Effective Data Quality and Metadata Management

8.0 Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence: Managing Costs and Enhancing Value

9.0 Managing Corporate Performance

10.0 The Corporate Performance Management Road Map

11.0 Key Trends in Corporate Governance and Compliance Management

12.0 Using Business Activity Monitoring to Gain a Real-Time Edge

13.0 Getting the Most Out of ERP Through Business Intelligence

14.0 The Role of Analytics in Successful CRM Strategies

15.0 Web Analytics: From Software to Service Model

16.0 Driving Workplace Productivity With Portals and Enterprise Suites

17.0 Emerging Technologies and the Future of Information Management

Appendix A: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Case Studies

Appendix B: GartnerÂ’s 2H03 Business Intelligence Magic Quadrants

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Companies mentioned in this report include:

Accenture, Actuate, Alterian, Alterwind, Amazon.com, Analog, Apex Partners, Apple Computer, Applix, arcplan, Ascential Software, Atlas DMT, Bain Consulting, Bell Mobility, Blue Martini Software, Brio Software, BroadVision, BT, Business Objects,

Cartesis, Celequest, ClickTracks, CODA Group, Cognos, Computer Associates International, Comshare, CoreMetrics, CorVu, Crystal Decisions, Deloitte, DoubleClick, eBay, EMC, EnvoyWorldWide, E.piphany, Eudaptics Software, Fujitsu, Geac Computer,

Google, Group 1 Software, Hummingbird, Hyperion Solutions, IBM, Informatica, Information Builders, Intellitracker, Kana,

KiQ, KPMG, Lawson Software, Longview Solutions, Microsoft, MicroStrategy, Motorola, Nedstat, NetIQ, Netscape, Norkom Technologies, Omniture, Open Text, Oracle, OutlookSoft, PayPal, PeopleSoft, Plumtree, ProClarity, Quadstone, Red Eye,

RedSheriff, Sane Solutions, SAP, SAS Institute, Siebel Systems, SmartFOCUS, Sourceforge, Spotfire, SPSS, SRC Software,

SteelTorch, Sun Microsystems, Teradata, ThinkAnalytics, Tibco, Urchin Software, Verity, Vignette, Vitria, WebSideStory,

WhiteCross Systems

For a complete index of this report click on http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/220452

About Research and Markets Ltd.

Research and Markets Ltd. are Europe’s largest resource for market research. R&M distribute thousands of major research publications from the world’s leading publishers, consultants and market analysts. R&M provide you with the latest forecasts on international and regional markets, key industries, the top companies, new products and the latest market trends.

For additional information on ResearchandMarkets.com, their range of reports or their value-added services, visit their web site at http://www.researchandmarkets.com or mailto:press@researchandmarkets.com

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Austin, TX — April 21, 2008

FG SQUARED, a full-service, interactive agency with a fourteen year history of delivering bottom-line results for Fortune 500 clients is pleased to announce the appointment of David Valentino as its new Director of Sales. On the forefront of Web 2.0 and social media technologies, the firm is experiencing accelerated growth and a seasoned veteran like Valentino was selected to lead the team to the next plateau of achievement.

A valued past member of senior management teams for several software and technology solution companies, Valentino brings more than 25 years of direct marketing and sales experience to FG SQUARED.

“FG SQUARED is positioning the business for longevity and rapid return on investments by responding to dominant emerging trends in the way businesses leverage the Internet to communicate, collaborate, and succeed,” stated CEO Steve Golab. “We are excited to have David on board to make sure we continue to grow in the right direction.”

Most recently, Mr. Valentino was Vice President of Sales and Channels Americas for Arcplan, Inc., where he planned and executed the strategy and implementation of a new direct and indirect sales team for Fortune 500 enterprise accounts. Prior to joining Arcplan, Valentino also held sales executive and sales management positions in various high-end software and technology companies such as Novus Edge, Pervasive Software, Business Objects and Computer Associates.

“The solution approach and solid business relationships that FG SQUARED has maintained over the years with industry giants like Shell, Hitachi and Motorola convinced me that this was the management team that I wanted to support,” commented Valentino. “The interactive and social media expertise that FG SQUARED has for growing client’s digital presence to increase profitability and to maximize relationships with their key stakeholders is pivotal to corporate success these days. I look forward to the opportunities to serve this market and our customers.”

About FG SQUARED:

Founded in 1994, FG SQUARED is a full-service interactive marketing agency on the forefront of next generation web technologies that delivers bottom-line results to Fortune 500 clients such as Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Hitachi, Ltd., Shell Oil Co., Motorola, Premiere Global Services, and Canon. The FG SQUARED team applies interactive technologies and expertise in marketing to achieve creating a faster track to profitability™. The firm assists companies throughout all phases of interactive marketing development including high impact user experiences, social media design, search marketing, e-learning, consumer marketing, and ongoing refinement. From strategy to delivery, FG SQUARED provides true results that are on target, on time, and within budget.

For more information about FG SQUARED Interactive Marketing, please visit them online at www.fg2.com or call them at 512-481-8831.

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Exton, PA. — September 7, 2007

Scala, Inc., the global leader of end-to-end digital signage software, today announced the appointment of Robert Koolen to the position of President, reporting directly to Scala’s CEO, Gerard Bucas.

Robert Koolen was appointed President of Scala, Inc. after he conducted a four-month growth readiness assessment as an independent management consultant. As President, he will be overseeing and executing the company’s growth strategy as well as initially assuming direct operational responsibility for Corporate Marketing and US Operations.

Mr. Koolen brings a wealth of knowledge of global growth companies to Scala, having experienced and contributed to a number of high growth periods in operational and executive roles. He has lived in each of three continents for seven years or more.

Prior to being a management consultant, Mr. Koolen was President & CEO of arcplan, Inc., the American arm of global business software vendor arcplan, until the company was successfully sold. He also served on the arcplan, Inc. Board and was a member of arcplan’s global Executive Team and had previously served as arcplan’s Vice President of Marketing.

Before joining arcplan, Mr. Koolen was Vice-President of Global Marketing and Strategic Alliances for Knowledge Mechanics, a leading developer of eLearning software. There, Mr. Koolen was instrumental in creating the new market segment of Learning Content Management Systems and subsequently created a leading brand in this new segment. Prior to Knowledge Mechanics, he was a Marketing Director at Baan Company, a global ERP software company that during his tenure achieved a compounded annual growth of 75% per year for five years in a row. His track record with several successful growth companies in Europe, Africa and North America adds up to 21 years of international experience in competitive software solution markets. Mr. Koolen graduated from Hogere Economische School, Groningen, a business school in the Netherlands, with a degree in marketing.

“We are very excited that Robert has decided to join our team. He has already proven to be a major asset over the past few months and will play a major role in driving our growth strategy going forward,” commented Gerard Bucas, CEO of Scala. “With our consistent and strong year-on-year profitability for a number of years, a 60% revenue growth in 2006 and the first half of 2007 having shown a continuation of this strong growth, Robert’s experience in high growth companies will help us manage and further accelerate our already rapid worldwide growth during the next few years, ensuring that we continue to pull further and further ahead of our competitors.”

About Scala, Inc.

Scala, Inc., the world’s leading provider of software for digital signage used in retail, education, entertainment, government and other industries, is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2007. The Company’s cutting-edge multimedia software platform powers thousands of digital signs around the world including the digital signage networks of Rabobank, IKEA, Bloomberg, Burger King, T-Mobile, Virgin MegaStore, EuroDisney, Futuramedia, McDonalds, Warner Brothers, Shell, Esso, Ericsson, The Life Channel and many more. Since InfoChannel has field proven scalability, and is easy to manage, it is the platform of choice for many digital display networks ranging in size from 1 screen to thousands of screens with uses including advertising displays, touch screens, retail TV, LED billboards, lobby signage, digital menu boards, interactive kiosks, and more. Scala, Inc. pioneered the industry of digital signage in 1987, and is today headquartered near Philadelphia, PA with offices in California, the UK, France, Norway, The Netherlands, China and Japan. More information is available at www.scala.com.

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