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Sabrix Announces Immediate Support of Back-to-School Tax Breaks

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

SAN RAMON, CA – July 23, 2009 – Sabrix, Inc., a leading provider of transaction tax management for companies of all sizes, today announced support of the latest back-to-school tax breaks, which were created to offer consumers and retailers much needed relief from the continuing economic downturn.

Researched by Sabrix’s multi-disciplinary professionals in tax law, accounting, and audit, the back-to-school tax breaks will be automatically integrated into Sabrix’s entire product line ensuring that retail clients continue to achieve compliance with confidence. As other jurisdictions update their respective tax rates in response to the weak economy, Sabrix’s SAS 70 Type II Certified tax research proactively identifies legislative changes to ensure Sabrix customers will continue to seamlessly stay compliant without the hassle of researching and keying in the new tax breaks.

“For affected retailers, achieving compliance with the back-to-school tax breaks will require considerable effort,” said Carla Yrjanson, Sabrix’sVice President of Tax Research. “Our clients can be confident in the fact that we are monitoring the tax holidays and including them into our entire product line so that they can remain in compliance without the operational hassles.”

The news comes on the heels of the National Retail Federation’s 2009 Back to School Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch, which revealed that the average family with students in grades Kindergarten through 12 is expected to spend $548.72 on school merchandise, a decline of 7.7 percent from $594.24 in 2008. The survey also revealed that spending in most back-to-school categories is expected to decrease, with one bright spot: electronics, which is expected to increase 11 percent.

“The economy will likely create a difficult back-to-school season for retailers,” added Yrjanson. “We are pleased to help our retail clients focus on managing their businesses and maximizing sales while we manage the cumbersome tax holiday rules.”

States differ on the variety of items that are exempt and the threshold amount. Most states will exempt clothing and footwear, while others will also exempt school supplies and computers as well. Listed below are the different states offering tax holidays, the dates of the tax break and what items qualify.

Bariatric Surgeons Explore Info-Surge Online Patient Education at ASMBS Meeting

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

PRLog (Press Release)Jul 28, 2009 – Bariatric surgeons, medical office staff and practice managers explored Info-Surge’s web-based patient education platform at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Grapevine, Texas, June 23-25.

It is Info-Surge’s fifth showing at the ASMBS event. Booth location played a significant role in this year’s successful exhibit. Many of the professionals who visited the booth said they knew of Info-Surge from previous shows and Surgical Review Corporation’s Value for Excellence program.

When asked what features of Info-Surge’s online patient education system they liked most, the bariatric professionals listed the following: ease of use, user friendly interface, the multimedia courses with 3D images, the option to customize the educational modules, the savings in time the product offered, the risk management benefit and others.

“Although this year’s meeting attendance was a little lower than previous years, probably due to the economic recession, the reaction to our product was very good. We were very happy to learn that so many visitors to our booth had already heard about Info-Surge and its products, and wanted to find out more. Our entire team would like to thank the organizers of the ASMBS Meeting 2009 for making it another winning event for us.” said Eran Kabakov, CEO of Info-Surge.

About Info-Surge

Info-Surge is the first company to offer physicians and hospitals a comprehensive and fully customizable web-based system for patient education. Driven by the need to fulfill a void in clinical practice, Info-Surge improves patients’ access to accurate information by harnessing the convenience and broadcast power of the Internet. For more information, please visit www.info-surge.com or call 1-888-203-0465

Intelestream Announces the Release of intelecrm™ 2.0, Delivering Enhanced Enterprise Reporting

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Open Source Experts, Intelestream Inc., Unveil Landmark intelecrm™ 2.0 Version

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) — Intelestream, Inc. today announced the release of intelecrm™ 2.0. This exciting new version is equipped with advanced reporting and a host of new CRM features. Since its initial launch in 2008, intelecrm™, has rapidly become a top Open Source CRM application enjoying incredible global success. Customers include Fortune 500 companies as well as small to medium sized businesses. The rapid growth of this offering rivals the customer set of some of the most popular proprietary products in the CRM industry.

intelecrm™ was created on the simple principle of real world users utilizing a real world CRM application. “Executing thousands of CRM implementations gave us the base understanding of what functionality needed to be at the core of the application. Unfortunately, most CRM products focus on the feature set and not the central use cases that the organization needs. intelecrm™ is the result of executing countless CRM projects and implementing the recurring use cases that consistently surfaced during 90% of all consulting and development engagements. We are excited to see the overwhelming acceptance of the product in the marketplace and will continue to develop rapidly in order to keep steadily ahead of the CRM industry,” comments Ray Stoeckicht, Vice President of Consulting Services.

Advanced Reporting

One of the main features for the 2.0 release was the introduction of ireports, a new reporting and analytics engine that provides intelecrm™ users with the ability to write comprehensive and complex reporting sets, matrix reports, and run-time filters. Customizable reports and dashboards give users greater visibility and improved insight into sales effectiveness and customer behavior. With an expanded number of pre-defined and dynamic reports, ireports allows users to merge data sets from different intelecrm™ modules. This reporting capability makes it possible to filter customer data in hundreds of ways to gain new insights and information that can help drive sales.

A key benefit of the new reporting engine is for increased analysis and greater administrative control to manage the information flow across an organization while allowing users to tailor intelecrm™ to meet the unique requirements of their individual role. With cross-module reporting, ireports allows users to quickly design and display custom reports from any intelecrm™ module in a variety of formats, including line, bar, pie graphs, and many more. With over 70 visualization options, ireports is comparable to the most sophisticated reporting engines amongst other Enterprise CRM applications. “The development of ireports was a major endeavor and the final result was a masterpiece. I have been a part of the development efforts of other Open Source reporting tools and ireports surpasses anything I have ever seen by an indefinite amount. This puts intelecrm™ at the top of Open Sourcing CRM reporting engines,” comments Jason Green, CEO.

Additional Features:

intelecrm™ 2.0 introduces innovative features that enhance the end user experience. Key functionality enhancements include:

Tag Cloud Browsing: Manage tagging within a hierarchy structure and empower users with an additional method to query data.

Star Rater: Rate contacts and leads 1-5 using the rating system. Allows for searches based on rating criteria and enhances internal grading of leads, accounts, and contacts.

Document Search: Search for keywords within documents attached to the system. Allows PDF, word, PowerPoint, and excel files to become searchable when archived to a specific record. Enhances the ability to retrieve documents based on keywords selected.

Zip Code Radius Search: Search for Contacts or Accounts within a certain number of miles of an entered zip code. Improves advanced search capabilities and generates locale-centric results based on specified geographic location.

Service and Availability

intelecrm™ 2.0 is available under a hosted on-demand service agreement in a variety of different packages starting at $20/month for unlimited users. The Software as a Service (SaaS) model eliminates in-house software installation and manual updates, while providing a more fluid application deployment. The unlimited user model is unprecedented within the traditional CRM licensing model and makes for a very economical price point. For more information, call the Intelestream sales line at (800) 391-4055, email sales at intelestream dot net, or visit http://www.intelestream.net/en/mainmenu-home-products-34/intelecrm-sublevel-mainmenu-140/product-features

About Intelestream, Inc.

Intelestream Inc. is a Chicago based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) product development and consulting firm that offers solutions related to business processes and CRM technology. Intelestream is the creator of the esteemed intelecrm™ application and specializes in the deployment of custom tailored CRM solutions for individual organizations, the development of industry specific software verticals, and value added enhancements to open source CRM software applications. With Intelestream’s diverse team of experts in both business and technology, the company is made up by many of the brightest minds in the CRM industry.

For further information about Intelestream, please visit the company’s website: http://www.intelestream.net, or call (800) 391-4055.

Intelestream and GrinMark Partner to Provide Microsoft Office Addin for Open Source CRM Customers

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

The Partnership will allow Intelestream to provide enhanced CRM functionality to the North American Open Source CRM market.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 23, 2009 — Intelestream, Inc. (www.intelestream.net), the leader in Open Source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consulting, today announced the company has formed a strategic partnership with GrinMark to provide North American customers with the Microsoft Office Addin for SugarCRM, intelecrm™, and info@hand applications. Intelestream will also offer other Grinmark software solutions including the Activities Monitor, Travel Calendar, and GrinMark Machine Parks.

“We recommend GrinMark’s Microsoft Office Addin because it is affordable and integrates the entire suite of MS Office applications with the open source products we support,” states Intelestream’s CEO Jason Green. “Up until recently, this market has been dominated by cost-prohibitive applications with limited functionality. GrinMark finally changes that with a richer functioning product for half the price.”

“A GrinMark / Intelestream partnership makes a lot of sense. We have developed a great product and now Intelestream can help us by expanding it deeper into the Open Source CRM arena, where Intelestream is well respected as a leading player,” states GrinMark CEO Alexey Grinevich.

Functionality: Microsoft Office Addin for SugarCRM, intelecrm™, and info@hand

Intelestream recommends the addin as an affordable solution for users that depend heavily on both MS Office and Open Source CRM applications when doing business. The solution, which seamlessly integrates the two environments, has a rich functionality that includes the following:

Outlook Integration

  • Contact Synchronization

  • Email Archiving to multiple objects within the CRM

  • CRM Lead Creation from within Outlook

Archiving Microsoft Office files to multiple Objects within the CRM:

  • Supported file types include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, and Visio

Advanced GrinMark Activity Monitor:

  • Central portal for monitoring all Calls, Meetings, Tasks, and Reminders

  • Allows multiple users to observe activities

Create Mail Merge documents with MS Word adding data automatically from the CRM:

  • MS Word templates stored centrally in the CRM Documents module

  • Finished documents sent to recipients with Outlook, archiving a copy to the CRM

Integration with Windows Explorer “Send To” menu

  • PDF documents, images and other files could be archived to the CRM directly from Desktop or other folder window

Service and Availability of The GrinMark Microsoft Office Addin:

The GrinMark MS Office Addin is available for purchase through Intelestream as part of a CRM implementation package or as a stand-alone product. The floating software license allows a single user to log on at home, at work, or on the road.

The application can be customized by Intelestream to meet the needs of virtually any use case.

Additionally, The GrinMark MS Office Addin is available for Intelestream’s affordable and remotely hosted intelecrm™ (http://www.intelestream.net/en/mainmenu-home-products-34/intelecrm-sublevel-mainmenu-140) product. More information, including the scheduling of a free demo, can be obtained by visiting www.intelestream.net or by calling the company directly at (800)391-4055.

About Intelestream Inc.

Intelestream Inc. is a Chicago based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) product development and consulting firm that offers solutions related to business processes and CRM technology. Intelestream is the creator of the esteemed intelecrm™ application and specializes in the deployment of custom tailored CRM solutions for individual organizations, the development of industry specific software verticals, and value added enhancements to open source CRM software applications. With Intelestream’s diverse team of experts in both business and technology, the company is made up by many of the brightest minds in the CRM industry.

Further information about the premier provider open source CRM consulting services and products, please visit the company’s website: http://www.intelestream.net, or call (800)391-4055. To request a quote for Intelestream Professional Services and products, click this link (http://www.intelestream.net/en/contact-us).

GreenCert™ GHG Measurement Solution Complies With EU Requirements When Adequately Customized – Says Third Party Verifier DNV

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

DENVER – July 20, 2009Evergreen Energy Inc. (NYSE Arca: EEE) announced today that Norway-based DNV (Det Norske Veritas) released review findings that show, when properly customized for a specific and approved monitoring plan, C-Lock Technology, Inc.’s GreenCert™ greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and management protocol for coal-fired electric power plants is in compliance with the European Union Emissions Trading System’s (EU ETS) GHG Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines (MRG).

“The EU’s standards for monitoring and reporting CO2 emissions from large power plants are the world’s most stringent, and DNV’s review shows that a customized GreenCert solution can comply with the world’s most rigorous standards,” said Miles Mahoney, president and general manager of C-Lock®, a subsidiary of Evergreen Energy. “In addition to compliance with the standards when customized properly, GreenCert provides functionality beyond the scope of the MRG that provides value-added economic and environmental benefits.”

DNV is one of Europe’s leading independent verifiers of greenhouse gas emissions credits and technologies, and is a market leader in third party certification and assessment services. It is accredited by the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change as a Designated Operating Entity under the Clean Development Mechanism and is an approved certifier under the California Climate Action Registry and the Chicago Climate Exchange.

“This independent review by DNV means GreenCert customers in the EU power generation sector will realize the financial and precision GHG reporting benefits of a properly customized GreenCert carbon information management solution while in compliance with EU ETS monitoring and reporting requirements,” added Mahoney.

GreenCert provides utility companies, industry and agriculture with a scientifically accurate, scalable method to measure greenhouse gases and generate verifiable emissions credits. Built on IBM’s Service-Oriented Architecture, GreenCert is the only enterprise-wide emission information management system that is completely transparent and can be fully audited to meet the increasingly complex compliance standards of the green energy economy. IBM’s Beacon Awards Program recently recognized GreenCert as an “Outstanding Energy and Environment (Green) Solution.”

Improved Knowledge – Manage and Predict Allowances and Offsets

DNV’s assessment of the GreenCert protocol was conducted within the parameters of GreenCert’s ability to help electric power generation facility operators to:

  • Improve their knowledge about their CO2 emissions
  • Provide real-time diagnostics of their operating and monitoring systems, and
  • Manage and predict their potential need for emissions allowances and offsets.

Following its review, DNV concluded that “The EU ETS monitoring and reporting aspects treated in the (GreenCert) Protocol are in compliance with the EU ETS Directive and the MRG” for emissions monitoring and reporting under the terms that GreenCert will be customized to harmonize with the requirements of a power plant’s existing GHG monitoring plan. All coal burning facilities under the EU ETS already have an approved monitoring plan, so DNV’s review shows that when properly customized for a specific monitoring plan, GreenCert can adapt to existing EU monitoring and reporting requirements.

EU Directives and Requirements

The GreenCert Energy Protocol as submitted to DNV included direct CO2 emissions from coal-fired electric power plants, power plants co-fired with coal and biomass, and co-generation of heat and power. The protocol describes how GreenCert will be used for quantifying CO2 emissions as required by EU Directive 2003/87/EC and EU Commission Decision 2007/589/EC, more commonly known as “Monitoring and Reporting Guidelines 2007” or MRG.

Investor Update Call:

Management wishes to further discuss this and other information in its investor update conference call scheduled for Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. EDT. To access the call, please dial 866-383-8003 and the participant pass code is 68769582. International callers should dial 617-597-5330.  This call may also be accessed via the web at:

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-eventDetails&c=80446&eventID=2329178

A replay of the conference call will be available starting July 21st at 7:00 p.m. EDT and will run through July 28th at 11:59 p.m. EDT. It will be available at 888-286-8010 or, for international callers, 617-801-6888. The replay pass code is 24965940.

About C-Lock Technology

C-Lock Technology Inc. is a subsidiary of Evergreen Energy Inc. (NYSE Arca: EEE). Evergreen Energy delivers proven, transformative green energy solutions for cleaner coal production and precise, scientific carbon measurement. www.evgenergy.com

Market Leaders Xchanging and Alexander Mann Solutions Form HR Excellence Alliance

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Alliance between market leaders in BPO and recruitment process outsourcing will allow organizations to benefit from a portfolio of robust, cost effective HR Services

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090729005198/en

CHICAGO—July 29, 2009 — Xchanging plc, the global business processor, and Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS), the market leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), have today announced they will be forming a strategic alliance for the delivery of end-to-end HR services. The innovative partnership will enable organizations to access a broad portfolio of separate or “bundled” HR services. These services will be competitively priced, allowing organizations to drive efficiencies and lower operational costs, while benefitting from a high degree of expertise, flexibility and choice.

“This is an interesting development for the HR outsourcing marketplace, offering customers a single point of contact for a broader range of HR services. This is proving to be a key sourcing consideration for some organizations given the current economic circumstances as buyers look to reduce operating costs and internal management overheads by consolidating HRO supply,” said Helen Neale, Head of HRO practice at NelsonHall, the BPO experts.

The alliance will deliver a suite of solutions spanning the full HR lifecycle to clients globally. The solutions will include the global HR spend management expertise and learning and development, HR advice and administration, payroll and data reporting, immigration and reward services of Xchanging, combined with the comprehensive recruitment process outsourcing offerings from Alexander Mann Solutions. These cover outsourced permanent, contingent and graduate recruitment solutions and a range of high-value professional services, such as employer branding, business intelligence and technology consulting.

The partnership will leverage the network of high performance service centers of both organizations, and the combination of expertise, infrastructure and resources from both companies will offer clients new efficiencies in systems, processes, speed and quality of services.

“Without doubt, organizations across the world today are looking for greater cost efficiencies in their HR operations, and the ability to remove fixed costs from within their businesses,” commented AMS’s CEO Rosaleen Blair. “However, they continue to seek excellence and want to realize even greater value from investments they do make. Through bringing together the expertise of Xchanging and AMS, we can make sure they achieve both these aims. I believe the partnership is a real reflection of our commitment to provide the best people, processes and technology to meet current and future needs of our clients.”

David Andrews, Xchanging CEO said: “This is a winning combination. Alexander Mann Solutions brings rich experience and breadth of RPO solutions and Xchanging, an established track record as a HR business processor. This makes it a compelling proposition to maximize the value and services we provide to our respective customers globally. Xchanging is aggressively pursuing the vision to be the global business processor of choice for customers globally. This alliance represents a further step forward in our progress towards that goal.”

About Xchanging

Xchanging is a fast growing, pure play global business processor with blue chip customers. We provide complex industry specific processing services to the banking and insurance industries as well as procurement, finance and accounting, and human resources services across industries.

www.xchanging.com

About AMS

Founded in 1996 by Rosaleen Blair, the Veuve Clicquot 2007 Business Woman of the Year, Alexander Mann Solutions is a global leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). A December 2007 management buyout was backed by Graphite Capital, and in February 2008, the company acquired Capital Consulting, a leading RPO player operating in Europe and Asia Pacific.

AMS builds world-class talent functions for its clients that cover permanent, contingent, internal mobility, graduate and talent resourcing programmes. The company acts as a trusted advisor to its clients, building partnerships that usually span between five and ten years. AMS has over 1,000 professionals working across more than 60 countries, and its people are based in the company’s global network of client services centres or work alongside client teams, embedded in their organisations and working under their brands.

In 2008, the company recruited over 50,000 permanent hires and made 205,000 contingent transactions on behalf of its clients. In addition to pure play RPO solutions, AMS also offers a range of high-value Professional Services in areas such as employer branding, assessment and selection and recruitment technology consultancy. It also offers an instant RPO solution, AMS OnDemand, designed for organisations that want the advantages of a world-class recruitment function but don’t have the resources or recruitment volumes.

www.alexandermannsolutions.com

Perpetual Sourcing Version 2.0 Offers More to HR Sourcing

Monday, July 20th, 2009

The application enhances talent acquisition and candidate management by following a proven CRM workflow. Perpetual Sourcing 2.0 added features include search integration with major social and business network sites, automated OFCCP compliance, and a system wide global search.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) September 3, 2008 — Intelestream today announced the company has released version 2.0 of the popular web based HR sourcing (http://www.intelestream.net) application Perpetual Sourcing. Industry veterans Todd Davis and Shally Steckerl worked closely with Intelestream to design the application according to advanced talent acquisition methods proven to greatly enhance sourcing results at Fortune 100 companies.

The application is based around a proven Customer Relationship Management (CRM) workflow that allows HR recruiters to manage talent acquisition similarly to how a sales force manages its leads.

New features added to Perpetual Sourcing 2.0 include the following:

-Automates internet sourcing tactics by integrating with social and business network sites including Linked-in, Spoke, Hoovers, Jigsaw, and Zoom Info.

-Automatically ensures compliance with OFCCP (Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs) regulations by documenting sourcing data, search strings, etc.

-Global keyword search simplifies record searching by trolling through all modules and archives including Resumes stored as Microsoft Office documents, PDFs, and Excel Spreadsheets.

Additionally, version 2.0 continues to offer users the following key features that have always been included as a part of Perpetual Sourcing software:

- On demand reporting metrics show return on investment, recruiter productivity, recruitment conference results, and breakdown of talent pipeline that includes companies, regions, areas of expertise, and more

- Customizable phone screen templates attached to talent records flesh out a talent profile and ensure more targeted talent searches

- Sophisticated direct email campaign capabilities and Outlook synchronization

- Private teams option protects sensitive recruiting efforts

- Built in warehousing of documents, resumes, bios, profiles

- Data migration possible from several formats

- Web based solution is accessible anywhere, including PDAs

- Stable performance with little to no downtime

Perpetual Sourcing is appropriate for any organization that has embraced modern sourcing strategies. Intelestream has implemented the application for Fortune 100 companies and small businesses requiring a passive candidate pipeline that assists in finding the best talent in the marketplace.

Intelestream’s Sales Director Ray Stoeckicht comments, “Our customers are implementing Perpetual Sourcing because it truly automates a cutting edge sourcing workflow. It is unlike any solution on the market. Version 2.0 brings more to the table and has been a big success already.”

Intelestream’s Director of Marketing Stafford McKay states, “This product is especially unique due to the level of industry expertise found at its core. As a senior recruiter with companies such as Microsoft, Google, Starbucks, and Yahoo, Todd Davis offered his knowledge to help us create his ‘dream solution’. Shally Steckerl, founder of JobMachine consulting has also played an intricate role in collaborating on this project. It’s great to be right in line with the best practices taught by the experts.”

The solution is immediately available through Intelestream. Pricing information can be obtained by contacting the company directly.

About Intelestream, Inc.

Intelestream Inc. is a Chicago based consulting firm that delivers solutions to clients seeking enhanced sales, marketing, and customer support related business processes. The company specializes in enterprise resource planning (ERP) and all customer relationship management (CRM) related workflows. Intelestream’s development team builds custom tailored solutions for organizations, industry verticals, and plugins for open source software applications. The company’s team of consultants delivers an unparalleled quality of service and support. Intelestream’s leaders previously held executive positions at Fortune 500 companies, founded successful technology firms as entrepreneurs, and have expertise developing strategic customer focused business processes. If your company is evaluating a new enterprise application, looking to replace an expensive legacy system with a more affordable enhanced solution, or considering developing a new web based internal application, contact Intelestream.

For more information visit www.intelestream.net, or call (800) 391-4055.

Sabrix Announces Availability of Spring 2009 Version of Sabrix Managed Tax Service™

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

Outsourced sales and use tax solution offers greater control and visibility, and expanded integration options enable companies to easily achieve compliance with confidence

SAN RAMON, CA – May 27, 2009 – Sabrix, Inc., a leading provider of transaction tax management for companies of all sizes,today announced the availability of the Spring 2009 version of Sabrix Managed Tax Service (MTS).  Combining an on-demand version of the same trusted tax platform that powers over $1.7 trillion in transaction taxes for companies worldwide, service from a multidisciplinary team of tax experts and SAS 70 certified processes, the latest version of Sabrix MTS™ is focused on helping companies achieve compliance with confidence without sacrificing visibility or control.  As a software as a service offering, Sabrix MTS Spring 2009 is automatically available to existing clients at no additional fee.

“Being able to easily adapt to a dynamic market — whether we add another business line, need to integrate with a new technology or have to comply with a tax law change — is critical to the success of our growing business,” said Christine Vetrano, CFO of Metro Door.  “Regardless of the changes we encounter, we know that Sabrix MTS will enable us to achieve compliance with confidence without the operational hassles of maintaining the tax function in-house.”

Sabrix MTS Spring 2009 feature highlights include:

  • Upgrades to the tax technology platform including a new easy-to-use interface and enhanced reporting capabilities that enables clients to:
    • Easily modify tax policy such as adding a product line or customer across business systems from a central location.
    • More closely monitor and track exemption status.
    • Tie the general ledger to the returns process for even better audit trails.
  • Additional integration options:
    • MTS Connect supports customers with a flexible, near real-time option for getting accurate tax calculations when and where they need it.
    • Pre-built, certified, real-time integrations with common ERP systems from leading companies such as SAP, Oracle and Microsoft.
    • Both Java and Microsoft .Net Software Developer Kits to support real-time integration with e-commerce and custom applications.
  • Expanded tax services including:
    • Taxcasts – weekly state-by-state audio casts to educate companies on the latest tax changes.
    • Nexus studies - Sabrix’s team of sales tax experts review your business activities, interpret state laws and deliver a complete sales tax nexus report with analysis.
    • Sales and use tax blog – Regular access to insights and analysis from Sabrix tax experts on common legislative and related tax news.
    • Tax rate changes – Ongoing updates on new authorities and rate changes broken down by state, with 360 through May 2009 alone.

“While outsourcing in general is not a new concept, outsourcing the tax function is just starting to become common practice,” said Pam Kostka, Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing of Sabrix.  “Similar to outsourced payroll services, Sabrix MTS operates as a trusted extension of a company’s finance team enabling companies to achieve compliance with confidence, while maintaining visibility and control.”

Pricing and Availability

Sabrix MTS is available now.  Pricing is on a subscription basis and is based off a company’s transaction tax complexity.  For more information, visit http://www.sabrix.com/managedtaxservice.

About Sabrix

Sabrix, Inc. is a leading provider of transaction tax management for companies of all sizes, enabling finance, tax, and IT professionals to achieve accurate, timely, and cost-effective compliance for sales tax, use tax, Value Added Tax (VAT), excise tax and industry-specific taxes and fees. The Sabrix Application Suite serves global enterprises such as Amazon.com, BASF, Cisco, DTE Energy, IBM, and York International.  The Sabrix Application Suite seamlessly connects to all financial applications requiring the determination, calculation, and recording of transaction taxes.  The company also offers the Sabrix Managed Tax Service™ (MTS), an outsourced transaction tax compliance service that helps finance departments of small-and-medium-sized businesses eliminate the hassle, control their audit exposure, and reduce the total cost of sales tax, use tax, and VAT compliance. Sabrix MTS seamlessly integrates with a company’s existing accounting and e-commerce systems, and, similar to outsourced payroll services, operates as a trusted extension of a company’s finance department to address tax compliance from start to finish: address validation, tax rate maintenance, tax determination and calculation, returns preparation and filing as well as audit research and documentation. For more information, please visit www.sabrix.com.

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Atiam Technologies Announces New Company Name: InsPro Technologies

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Recent Advisory Board appointment of Klaus P. Besier and redesigned website reflect technology innovation and momentum in life & health insurance market

Key Facts:

  • Atiam Technologies is now InsPro Technologies
  • New company name aligns with flagship solution and highlights 20+ years dedication to carriers and administrators
  • Recently appointed Strategic Advisory Board member, Klaus Besier, brings decades of CEO experience with leading technology companies
  • Redesigned corporate website is live at www.inspro.com

Eddystone, PA (USA) – May 18, 2009 – Atiam Technologies, a leading provider of life & health insurance management solutions, today announced the official re-branding of the company name to InsPro Technologies. Changing the company name to align with InsPro Enterprise, its flagship solution, will simplify customer identification of the company and underline decades of experience and commitment to the insurance industry.

“Our new name and tagline — Insurance Dedication. Inspired Innovation. — truly reflect our customer commitment and value that InsPro delivers to insurers and administrators across North America,” said Robert Oakes, President and CEO of InsPro Technologies. “The name InsPro embodies not only our market-leading policy management platform, but also over 20 years of insurance experience, specifically in life and health.”

In a single insurance policy administration platform, InsPro Enterprise offers unparalleled accuracy and visibility for improved business performance, faster product launches and lower IT costs. InsPro reaches the entire enterprise from marketing to operations, spans the entire product and policy lifecycle from development to claim, and offers integrated support for all channels, all policies and all users.

The recent appointment of Klaus P. Besier as the first member of InsPro Technologies’ Strategic Advisory Board better positions the company for market expansion and strategic growth. Besier brings decades of experience in creating and guiding technology market leaders, ranging from tenures as President & CEO of SAP Americas and Neoware to his current role as Executive Chairman of Pramata Corporation.

“Klaus’ deep expertise in business leadership, in conjunction with his exceptional track record in the technology industry, makes him an ideal advisor to the InsPro team as we expand our reach,” said Oakes. “We are already benefiting from his contribution to InsPro’s success.”

“InsPro has demonstrated all of the critical success factors necessary to become the industry standard for life & health insurance software, and I’m thrilled to take part in its momentum,” said Besier. “As the company enters its next growth phase, its balance of technology innovation and a strong customer focus will pave the road to market leadership.”

InsPro today also launched a new corporate website at www.inspro.com. The redesigned site features expanded content and a fresh design to provide visitors with a more streamlined and appealing online experience.

Editors’ note: InsPro Technologies will be participating in the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, from May 17-19 (booth 610).

About InsPro Technologies
InsPro Technologies offers the most comprehensive, flexible and innovative insurance management solutions in the industry. Designed specifically for Life & Health insurers, our flagship solution, InsPro Enterprise, manages the entire product and policy lifecycle in a single integrated platform. Using InsPro, companies can launch new products in half the time, lower IT support costs by up to 50%, increase customer retention and improve operational performance. Built on a proven and scalable web-based architecture and an insurance-fluent configuration engine, InsPro can be deployed in weeks for the industry’s fastest-time-to value. InsPro Technologies also offers hosting and application maintenance for complete support. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in suburban Philadelphia. For more information, please visit www.inspro.com.

Navigator Utilities

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Welcome to the home of Navigator Utilities - the essential navigation tool for all MS Excel power users. Navigator Utilities is an add-in for MS Excel and has been tested with Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel XP, Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 running on Windows. Navigator Utilities will save you heaps of time and frustration in finding your way around and auditing large (and small) Excel workbooks.

Navigator Utilities for Excel

Navigator Utilities has been born out of 10 years of research and development and a combined industry experience of over 50 years including a model audit partner, geologist, mining investment manager, infrastructure modeller, equities modeller, VBA programmer, actuary and Microsoft Office professional.

Navigator Utilities has been developed to solve real life problems arising from working as a financial modeller in Excel.

Navigator Utilities is an essential Excel tool for all financial modellers. It is a powerful tool you can use to understand and manage existing and create new spreadsheets. It will ensure that you are able to analyse spreadsheets quickly and identify errors easily.

Create Better Spreadsheets

  • Manage Excel Names and Links like a pro
  • Find Hidden sheets and Unprotect sheets that you did not know existed
  • Manage comments and other difficult Objects is a breeze
  • Improve Spreadsheet Analysis

  • Identify errors quickly
  • Understand existing difficult spreadsheets easily and quickly
  • Understand existing complex formulas in a second
  • Understand the Input – Calculation – Output flow of the model instantly Navigator Utilities comes with a comprehensive help catalogue for every feature and full 24/7 support: support@NavigatorUtilities.com.  We are currently developing demonstrations, worked examples and tutorials. It is compatible with Excel 97, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007. In Excel 2007, Navigator Utilities has its own ribbon tab.

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    Why use Navigator Utilities

    All features in Navigator Utilities have been developed to solve problems arising from using MS Excel in a work environment. It does not contain lots of functions that you’ll never use. It only includes useful utilities that are used in everyday work.

    If you are an Excel power user, or even if you just use Excel every now and then, you will find Navigator Utilities an indispensable add-in to MS Excel.

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