Monthly Archives: July 2009

Google maps is now part of FieldLogix, the leading smart workforce management solution. While FieldLogix was previously known as a GPS fleet tracking solution, recent enhancements such as the integration with Google maps and Garmin navigation devices have allowed it to evolve into a solution that does much more than just track vehicles.

The integration with Google Maps now gives users more viewing capabilities than ever before. Google maps display fleet vehicles’ current locations, speeds, and headings. They also provide live traffic flow information and incident icons that display current accidents and other road hazards. Users can use this information to re-route drivers away from congested areas to reduce time spent on the road. This helps companies increase revenues by allowing them to bill out more hours each day.

The Google maps platform has a reputation for being highly reliable and accurate.
“We are proud to continue the process of working with best-in-class technologies. Rather than offering a one dimensional GPS vehicle tracking solution, our goal with FieldLogix is to make it a solution that automates many processes for mobile employees. Our desire is to provide a valuable service to companies that want a solution that makes many aspects of their operation more efficient”, says Yukon Palmer of Field Technologies.

FieldLogix is a best-in-class smart workforce management system used by thousands of companies throughout the US. It utilizes technologies developed by industry leaders such as Microsoft, Motorola, AT&T, Garmin, and now Google maps.

To learn more about FieldLogix, visit http://www.fieldtechnologies.com

OSSCube, one of the leading Global Open Source Enterprise For Open Source Solutions, today announced a partnership agreement with SugarCRM, the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, to provide customized CRM product and training solutions to customers worldwide.

Under the agreement OSSCube is now the first SugarCRM Gold Partner and SugarCRM Authorized Learning Partner (ALP) in India. As a part of this new alliance, OSSCube will enjoy access to SugarCRM partner program benefits, which include resell and implementation rights to SugarCRM commercial versions as well as educational, sales and marketing tools. OSSCube specializes in SugarCRM implementation, support, customization and its integration with other enterprise applications. OSSCube has 10+ years experience in CRM development, has 100+ successful enterprise CRM rollouts and 100+ SugarCRM, MySQL & Zend certified professionals on staff. They are also key contributors in the open source community offering cost-effective quality solutions for companies across many domains.

As an Authorized Learning Partner, OSSCube will deliver certified SugarCRM training courses to its customers so that they can take full advantage of the features and capabilities of SugarCRM. The SugarCRM Authorized Learning Program provides a structured methodology for SugarCRM experts to deliver the educational services that drive CRM adoption and success.

“OSSCube has vast experience in SugarCRM implementation, customization, training and understanding and has provided a tailored approach to customers to help them meet their business needs”, says Jeff Campbell, Vice President – Channel Sales at SugarCRM. “We are very pleased to be working together with OSSCube to provide high-quality training and deliver the benefits of SugarCRM’s commercial solutions to businesses, which will in-turn exhibit SugarCRM’s global outreach as a provider of business applications”.

“OSSCube is committed to understanding and improving business processes and providing the highest quality business solutions to our clients”, says Lavanya Rastogi, President at OSSCube. “We are proud of our partnership with SugarCRM and we are now pleased to provide the competitive advantage of SugarCRM’s open source business model to our customers which will drive their business by providing a high value through the CRM solution”.

About OSSCube
OSSCube is A Global Open Source Enterprise For Open Source Solutions with expertise in outsourced product development. OSSCube is dedicated to providing solutions to businesses by leveraging the power of open source software, solutions and technologies. OSSCube has partnered with leading technology development companies such as Zend, MySQL, Ingres, Moodlerooms and Continuent, to provide most innovative and effective solutions.

OSSCube has served 50+ industry leaders such as Intel, Google, Yahoo, Trend Micro, LinkedIn, Bigadda.com across four continents. Some of the solutions developed by them include Enterprise Products, Web 2.0 applications, Social Networking sites, Ecommerce applications, and Widgets, Games and Mobile applications. Depending on the needs, OSSCube offers flexible working models of Onsite, Offsite, Full time, Timeshare and Dedicated Offshore Delivery Centre.

OSSCube specializes in SugarCRM implementation, support, customization and its integration with other enterprise applications. OSSCube is also an authorized learning partner of SugarCRM and provides SugarCRM training courses. OSSCube has 10+ years experience in CRM development, has 100+ successful enterprise CRM rollouts and 100+ SugarCRM, MySQL & Zend certified professionals. They are also key contributors in the open source community offering cost-effective quality solutions for companies across many domains. For more information visit http://osscube.com/solutions/sugarcrm

About SugarCRM
SugarCRM is the world’s leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software. Founded as an open source project in 2004, SugarCRM applications have been downloaded over five million times and currently serve over 500,000 users in 75 languages. Over 5,000 customers have chosen SugarCRM’s On-Site and Cloud Computing services over lock-in based, proprietary alternatives. In the last year, SugarCRM has been recognized for its customer success and product innovation by CRM Magazine, InfoWorld, Customer Interaction Solutions and Intelligent Enterprise. For more information visit http://www.sugarcrm.com

Hi-media, the online media group, (Code ISIN FR0000075988 – HIM, HIM.FR) announced the signature, on the 5th July 2009 of an agreement protocol with respect to the acquisition of AdLINK Media, the display advertising network of AdLINK Internet Media AG. The acquisition will make Hi-media the European leader in Internet audience monetization.

Cyril Zimmermann, founder and CEO of the group said: “With the acquisition of AdLINK Media, Hi-media becomes one of the major players in the European online advertising network market. For several years, we have been developing a unique model, building strong synergies between our advertising network and our micropayment platform, Allopass, whose deployment in Europe will be accelerated thanks to the acquisition. By generating new synergies, our consolidated position will benefit all of our ad network sites, those we publish as well as those of our clients. Through this opportunity, we welcome a new major shareholder along with IDI and BV capital, AdLINK Internet Media AG with c.11% of our capital, whose competences will be a further asset in pursuing our strategy and in achieving of our goals in terms of growth and profitability in the coming years.”

Stephane Cordier, CEO of AdLINK Internet Media AG, said: “By combining AdLINK Media, our display marketing business, into Hi-media, and becoming a major shareholder of the combined Hi-media Group, we are contributing to the consolidation of the market. We will, in addition, benefit from the significant synergies being created from economies of scale as well from cross-selling.”

About Hi-media Group :

Hi-media, the online media group, is one of the top Internet publisher in the world with more than 50 million unique visitors per month on its proprietary websites. Hi-media is also a leading European player in online advertising and electronic payment. Its business model relies thus on two different sources of revenues: online advertising via its dedicated ad network Hi-media Network and online content monetization via its micropayment platform Allopass. The group which operates in 6 European countries, China, USA and Brazil employs more than 370 people and posted in 2008 135 million euros in sales. Independent since its creation in 1996, the company is listed since 2000 on the Euronext Eurolist Paris (Eurolist C) and is included in the SBF 250, CAC IT and CAC Small 90. ISIN code: FR0000075988. Hi-media qualifies for FCPI as it received the OSEO label of “innovating company”.

Site : www.hi-media.com

Easy to use automated marketing technology VyRUSH is a technology which, using the KNOVIAL platform, finally makes it possible for CMS, CRM and marketing to be fully integrated into a single platform, making it possible for automated marketing and intelligent marketing decisions easy for any small business, no matter their experience or comfort in using previous versions of automated marketing technologies. In today’s world, where small businesses need to be responsible for so much of their own marketing and where the economic market means a huge percentage of new small businesses fail, VyRUSH allows your business to increase its marketing profile without putting a significant drain on your resources and time.

Update social media sites
One of the newest Marketing tools out there is social media profiles on a variety of platforms and websites. New social media websites pop up regularly, and it can be a full-time position for an employee to maintain a company’s profiles, twitter accounts, Facebook pages, and more with current and independently generated content. By using VyRUSH, we make it easy to push multiple social media platform profile updates, enabling your company to cut the time spent on updates and social media marketing while still reaping the benefits of these new and innovative platforms.

Create a social media community on your site
Constantly updating your social media platform profiles with new information serves a number of purposes, all of which are vital to the successful execution of your social marketing strategies. For a start, without new information, your site visitors will read the information present on your site and leave. By updating the information on a regular basis, you give those people who come to your site a reason to keep returning again and again, rather than simply coming once then moving on to more frequently updated social profiles.

Spread your word socially
By ensuring your website has a constant stream of interested readers via your social marketing profiles, you can spread the word about your products and services via the internet’s new great way of using marketing techniques: viral, word of mouth processes. This has become the fastest way of spreading news, as evidenced by both successful viral marketing campaigns (Old Navy’s $1 sandal sale) and world events (Iran’s revolution). Use the power of social marketing platforms to convert customers to your product in the same way!

Execute your marketing today and easily schedule the rest for later
VyRUSH saves your time and enables the filtering of relevant and irrelevant pieces of information, which you can use to focus your company’s time and energy on making your business even more efficient. VyRUSH automates marketing, making sure that you no longer need worry that marketing initiatives won’t take place in a timely manner.

Not just social, schedule traditional marketing as well
With VyRUSH (operating on KNOVIAL CMS platform), you can schedule email, print, video and status updates to be released on your schedule, in a manner which will suit your business’ needs and the schedule you put in place for your products and services. Better yet, we have additional tracking and performance options on their way, and will be able to add these services to your existing subscription as they become available. We have fully integrated our KNOVIAL CMS for tracking on form submissions as well as ecommerce orders, which allows your company the best service possible in advertising and social marketing initiatives.

We help you push your message, everywhere
VyRUSH and KNOVIAL are effective products which enable your company to make multiple updates across social media platforms without requiring that your staff spend inordinate amounts of time making individual updates on each individual page or social media website. Those who are in business for themselves must create their own marketing strategies – not only that, but also execute the strategies you think will be most effective. With VyRUSH, you can take the complications out of this process, and schedule, execute, and track all your small or medium company’s marketing needs without complication.

Copyright InterScape, Inc 2009. All rights reserved.
For more information on InterScape or VyRUSH.com, please contact Matt Francis at [email protected] or visit us online at www.vyrush.com

InterScape is a software firm that has build a platform called knovial that combines CMS, eCommerce, CRM, SFA, and automated marketing.

Today marks the launch of Vyoom, a new social network for people who want access to advanced social capabilities and true real-time data streaming in both a public and a private network all in one easy-to-use platform. With the added incentive of earning points for everyday social activity that can be redeemed in its online Reward Store and other first-to-market features that cannot be found elsewhere online, Vyoom is the ideal site for the next generation of social network enthusiasts.

Vyoom delivers real-time social communication between users and their friends, family, co-workers and the rest of the Internet. Because Vyoom is both an open and a closed network, users can voice their opinions on trends, news and issues and follow others’ activities and interests via the public data stream and, at the same time, engage in more personal, direct communication with their friends and family in the private stream. With its advanced labeling and filtering systems, Vyoom users can organize their social content and pull in only the updates they want to see, across both the public and private networks, at any given time, creating a truly personalized, intuitive social networking experience.

Vyoom awards points for social activity and through its friend referral program, offering an extra incentive for its members to interact with the site and grow their personal network. The Vyoom Reward store has over 300 items to choose from, including HD and plasma TVs, digital cameras and camcorders, iPods and iPhones, game systems, computers, GPS devices and more to be redeemed with points.

Other advanced features include:

— The RPilot – A tabbed, in-system browser that can be opened on any
page within Vyoom, allowing users to perform multiple social activities at
once and offering uninterrupted access to real-time data streaming.
— Multi-Friend Messaging – Via the RPilot, Vyoom users can open multiple
friend profiles and post to their boards simultaneously, eliminating the
need to navigate between friends’ pages.
— Hotspot Locator and Reviews – Vyoom users can create mini-listings for
their favorite restaurants, bars, salons, attractions, events and more, and
share their reviews with those in their private network. Via a Google map
view, they can also find other hotspots in their area that have been
identified by their friends.
— Friend Locator – Users can share their current location and/or their
plans for later on Vyoom on a permission-only basis via their computer or
their cell phone, allowing those in their private network to find them on a
Google map and meet up.
— Social Search – Vyoom offers real-time social search capabilities,
allowing users to search by timestamp or keyword across the entire Vyoom
membership network (public stream) or just their friends (private stream).

To learn more about Vyoom and create an account, visit: www.vyoom.com.

Tracesmart’s new Names Directory has seen a dramatic increase in users, predominantly within social network site Facebook where the directory is accessed via the “My Name” application. The facility, which was launched in December, enables users to discover statistical and geographical information relating to their name. The database contains 1.5 billion names from the electoral roll 2000-2009 and the application is free to use within Facebook or via the Tracesmart website.

Tracesmart are extremely pleased with the response to their new online search tool, We have been very encouraged by the feedback from individuals who have used the Names Directory, says Owen Roberts, Communications Manager for Tracesmart. We believe a third of our consumer traffic is directly attributed to this new search function, it’s great that the application has become such a popular tool.

The United Kingdom has a wide range of different and unusual names from all over the world, and these will inevitably appear on the lectoral roll. An increase in the popularity of genealogy has resulted in many new researchers getting familiarised with the diverse spelling of similar sounding names. Commenting on this, Sarah Lawrence – Tracesmart’s Customer Service Manager noted, “This new database seems to fascinate many people. It offers help for those trying to find relatives and friends as it can assist with the spelling of names essential to get the spelling right when conducting a people search”. Tracesmart’s Names Directory also lists alternative spellings, helping researchers with often difficult names.

However, the most common reason for using the Names Directory is to explore how popular an individual’s name is. The database ranks the names in order of popularity; it will also predict how many other people in the UK have the same name and display their possible location.

Tracesmart is currently developing additional systems that will improve the visitor experience, and increase the profile of family research to a wider audience.

www.tracesmart.co.uk

Many small businesses are putting their brand reputation at risk by treating social networks as “places to hang out with friends”, according to reputation specialist Judith Germain managing director of management training firm Dynamic Transitions.

Firms are forgetting that social networking sites are places where reputation and credibility is established, maintained and developed, says Germain.

“Many business owners take a relaxed and whimsical approach to how they network on places like Facebook, which can be quite detrimental to them,” she says. “Others join business networks and then remain invisible.”

While there are some outstanding creative examples of brands using social networking, many small firms don’t know what to do on sites such as Twitter and Facebook, says Laura Jordan Bambach, executive creative director at agency LBi in London and expert contributor to Marketing Donut, the new website for small firms.

“Many brands are failing in social spaces,” says Jordan Bambach. “Businesses are promoting themselves via so many touchpoints — social media, advertising, direct marketing and so on, but the consumer just sees the brand. It’s important to have a unified voice.”

At the same time, not all social networks are the same, so businesses must focus on who they are targeting, she says. “Twitter has a much more mature audience than Facebook for example. Bebo has another audience again. So you do need to talk to people in different ways.”

Social networks are about relationships and conversation, continues Jordan Bambach. “The human element is paramount, so firms have to find ways to engage with people and have something interesting to say,” she says. “Sometimes that means widening what you talk about away from what you offer and into areas that you are passionate about that fit with your brand.”

The other key issue is to protect your brand by getting on networks before someone else does — using your name. “If businesses are not on Facebook or Twitter they run the risk of having other people setting up in their name,” adds Jordan Bambach.

According to Germain, in this difficult economic climate, brand reputation is more important than ever. “A good, strong and credible reputation is the one thing which can provide you with the superior and sustainable leverage you need to survive the credit crunch, whilst others around you fall by the wayside,” she says.

Further information:
Become a Marketing Donut expert by visiting the BHP Information Solutions website www.bhpinfosolutions.co.uk/Who-we-are/Experts.aspx
Register for Marketing Donut here www.marketingdonut.co.uk/user/register?destination=node%2F27
Find out more about LBi here www.lbi.com/en/London/

As the popularity of collaboration and social networking technologies has grown, it has attracted a great deal of attention in the enterprise realm. Many business organizations are aggressively embracing Enterprise 2.0 by using social networks for business development. However, many executives in the B2B world still view open collaboration and social networking as all flash and little value—not real business. Futurists have been describing such collaboration in B2B technology markets for years with little real progress. That is, until now.

While the consumer world is still wrestling with how to turn Twitter and Facebook into a profitable enterprise, we’re beginning to see businesses turn to social networks in order to interact with their customers on an unprecedented level. Companies like P&G and Peugeot are drawing customers directly into their product and service definition and development processes. Even heavy equipment manufacturers such as ABB are finding these new tools more than just useful methods for communication between and among employees and customers. New forms of mass collaboration suggest that companies are making real headway with a more self-organized approach to teaming and collaboration.

Meanwhile, intelligent device networking, sometimes referred to as “Pervasive Computing” or the “The Internet of Things” is upon us. But beyond machine-to-machine communication, however, lies the real revolution. The next phase of connectivity and integration of content will be one of placing communities of humans in context with objects and devices and visa versa. Devices need to be better able to understand where they are and the role they play, and adjust themselves accordingly based on human needs and desires.

Enter Collaborative Device Communities (CDC’S).

What are CDC’s? Collaborative device communities connects devices to a social networking system. In a collaborative device community, devices themselves can blog, send & receive messages, report status, share files and interact on a peer-to-peer basis along with humans.

An example device integration package for such a community includes the ability to “chat” with the device to request status and execute commands, the ability to share files, the ability for the device to “blog” to its community home page or send updates to a feed, and the ability to establish a direct peer-to-peer (P2P) connection to a device for remote desktop or more specialized diagnostics.

This collaboration can come in many forms, from an end user and call center operator working together to solve a problem with a piece of equipment, to a service engineer devising shortcuts to streamline repetitive tasks, or a customer working with a service or product design engineer to design a new and improved piece of equipment. These collaborative efforts often lead to new innovative solutions that create long-term value for the OEM, the user and all the value adders involved in its use. Relational capital, that which grows from customer intimacy and collaboration will define new rules of competition.

Even Google, with its recent announcement of Google Wave, shows a keen understanding of how the network services “cloud” changes how we work together and how this next generation of platforms will “seep and creep” into the lives of workers.

Harbor Research’s latest white paper, “Shared Destinies” elaborates on the enormous value that will be created by Collaborative Device Communities. It was inspired by by a recently introduced platform from Palantiri Systems which points to the fact that next generation systems are not light years away. Companies must understand the implication of social networks on their products or services or else will risk being surpassed by the competition.

Sony Music Entertainment has launched their biggest digital marketing campaign of the year for rock legends AC/DC.

Though they may be not be digital natives having proudly resisted the call of the itunes download chart – they are certainly on their game about engaging their fans in an online environment.

The campaign developed by Bluecube Interactive, is a comprehensive digital initiative that fits with the fun-loving play hard ethos of the group. Developed to promote their live tour and generate ongoing buzz around Black Ice, their first album released in eight years the campaign targets radio DJ’s and fans recruited via forums, blogs and music sites using a mix of online PR, PPC activity and display media and radio.

In this campaign AC/DC have thrown down the gauntlet for their fans to see who can create the longest rock and roll train of Angus look-a-likes ever. The big five radio stations in the country and their superstar DJ’s are mobilizing their listeners to battle for the grand prize of a signed Gibson Guitar and their entire ACDC back catalogue.

‘’It’s the old good versus evil paradigm with the battle taking place online and on air – real fans versus radio stations. Who has the most influence? Whoever wins old and new generations of AC/DC fans will find this an exciting and innovative way to engage with the world’s most electrifying rock and roll band!’’ Heather Kennedy deputy Managing Director of Bluecube Interactive.

“AC/DC’s back catalog is magnificent and fans nationwide have been filling chatrooms and bulletin boards for years speculating about the digital release of their albums. Sadly this still hasn’t happened but we are proud that the fans can get to take part in the AC/DC experience online’’ Eithne Mooney, Head of Press & Promotions Sony Music.

Formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, AC/DC released its first album, “High Voltage,” in 1975. The group has gone on to sell more than 150 million albums worldwide, making AC/DC one of the five best-selling bands in music history.
Visit ADCDrocknrolltrain.com

AOL Canada today announced the launch of its new homepage, http://www.aol.ca, which lets consumers access multiple e-mail accounts and social networking services from a single online destination. The new AOL.ca homepage will also be opened to third-party services and content, providing consumers with new customization options while offering advertisers new opportunities to tap into an increasingly engaged audience.

The improved homepage is part of the ongoing strategy from AOL’s publishing division to expand globally, including the launches in Canada of women’s lifestyle site That’s Fit (http://www.thatsfit.ca), which focuses on improving body, mind and relationships, and AOL Music blog Spinner Canada (http://www.spinner.ca), which showcases exclusive content on the Canadian music scene.

The new homepage’s design and features have already proven a success in the U.S., with the relaunch of the AOL.com homepage in September 2008 growing 23% in unique visitors, 34% in total page views and 61% in total minutes consumed year over year,* and the AOL.ca page builds on the success of the recent UK beta launch of the AOL.co.uk homepage. Today’s launch in Canada will feature the same new tools as in the U.S. and UK, allowing users to further personalize and control their online experience, from display and design to navigation, news feed options and social media.

“With today’s Internet ever-expanding and consumers engaging in multiple social networking platforms, it is essential that their experience on the Web is both personalized and integrated,” said Edward Kwan, Senior Director of AOL Canada. “The launch of the new AOL Canada portal follows the tremendous successes we’ve experienced in both the U.S. and the UK, enabling exciting new opportunities for the Canadian market. In terms of advertising, Platform-A Canada will now have the capability to expand its reach across more relevant and media-rich content and channels.”

Some of the innovative features added include AOL Canada users being able to check their Google Mail, Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, in addition to their AOL Mail e-mail accounts, as well as staying in touch with their online buddies via AOL’s AIM service. From the AOL.ca homepage, users will also be able to post status updates to multiple social networks, and access profile activity information, including new friend requests and mail notifications, from services such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, AIM, Bebo and other third-party sites in the future.

AOL Canada’s new homepage offers advertisers ad formats and capabilities including rich media options and content integration opportunities.

In support of the new launch, Pepsi is the primary sponsor of a homepage takeover on June 29 and 30, promoting their Project Breathtaking campaign. This includes 100% ownership of the new 300×600 and 408×80 ad placements.

Other new AOL.ca homepage features include:

* Customized backgrounds with multiple new designs from which to choose;
* Ability to add any customized links to the homepage so users can more easily access their most frequently visited sites;
* Users can drag and drop to reorder channel navigation to suit personal preferences;
* Users can add RSS feeds and personalized categories to get content from their preferred external sites.

The new AOL.ca homepage advances AOL Canada’s strategy of connecting people with their passion points by opening up to third-party content and services, providing consumers with new customization options and creating new opportunities for advertisers to tap into an increasingly engaged audience. For more advertising information, go to http://www.platform-a.ca.

* comScore Media Metrix, May, 2009.

Peopleclick, Inc., the leading global provider of talent acquisition and workforce compliance and diversity solutions, announced today at the Society of Human Resource Management Annual Conference and Exposition in New Orleans, LA, the unveiling of Peopleclick Reach. A comprehensive social networking integration package that helps HR professionals leverage Web 2.0 technologies, Peopleclick Reach gives organizations the necessary tools to expand their referral network and extend their company brand.

With new channels of communication continuously being introduced into the market, Peopleclick Reach helps HR professional embrace Web 2.0 technologies such as Facebook®, LinkedIn® and Twitter to find qualified candidates through social and professional networking sites. Peopleclick Reach includes integrations with these sites, and provides comprehensive training that will help organizations increase employee referrals and brand awareness.

The key capabilities of Peopleclick Reach include the following:

Extends an Organization’s Referral Network – With Peopleclick Reach, a job posting listed on an organization’s career site can be forwarded to a network of friends with just a few clicks, making it easy for employees and others to refer their friends to an organization. A majority of organizations are finding new hires by employee referrals, and these are almost always from connections made through online networks.
Extends an Organization’s Employer Brand – By having a corporate presence on networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, an organization will be reaching potential candidates where they are spending much of their time. Peopleclick Reach offers clients training and a best-practice approach to creating their own company profile on their chosen social networking sites. When a company’s networking site is interesting and valuable, visitors are more likely to share the page with their friends, which easily extends the reach of an organization’s employer brand.
Training and Consultation – Since there are many ways to integrate social networking into an organization’s sourcing strategy, it helps tremendously to have training and consultation included. Peopleclick Reach includes training and consulting to help educate and assist an organization with employee adoption, while teaching team members how to measure their success using social networking technologies.
“Today, it is no surprise that social networking sites are significantly changing an organization’s recruitment strategy,” said Ginny Gomez, SVP of Product Management and Marketing at Peopleclick. “By embracing these technologies, an organization will be able to not only increase their sourcing strategy, but also deliver an engaging, positive brand experience and maximize their web presence. With guidance from the Peopleclick Research Institute (“PRI”), Peopleclick Reach provides comprehensive consultation services so that organizations can add social networking to their talent acquisition plan in a compliant manner.”

To learn more about Peopleclick and its products and services, or to follow Peopleclick on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, visit www.peopleclick.com.

About Peopleclick

Peopleclick provides software and services that empower companies around the world to find, attract and hire quality people–in less time, with less risk. Peopleclick’s technology, consulting expertise and support give companies the vision and flexibility to strategically manage all of their talent resources–whether they are salaried, hourly or contingent. Founded in 1997, the privately-held company currently serves over 2,000 clients in 214 countries and territories, including 54 of the Fortune 100. Peopleclick products support users in organizations ranging in size from large, multi-national corporations to small and medium-sized businesses. For more information about Peopleclick, visit www.peopleclick.com.

Quickoffice, Inc., the leading global provider of mobile office productivity software, today announced the implementation of live Webinars and new communities on Facebook and Twitter for better interaction with end-users. The Webinars will provide exclusive demonstrations of new feature enhancements and discuss key benefits to mobile professionals using Quickoffice’s line of productivity software. Quickoffice is offered across iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Symbian platforms. Each video Podcast will be archived and available on the company’s Web site and Apple’s iTunes store.
Quickoffice’s products enable customers to access, view, edit and share Microsoft Office documents. The newest product, Quickoffice for iPhone, is the first integrated Office suite to bring Word and Excel editing to the platform. The company also offers each component of the suite as separate applications, for those consumers wishing to purchase just Word or Excel editing, Quickword and Quicksheet, respectively. Quickoffice Files is the file-sharing separate application. To help support the launch of its social media initiatives, Quickoffice is offering its iPhone products at a discounted price. Quickoffice Suite is $12.99 for the first 10,000 buyers, Quicksheet and Quickword are $4.99 and Quickoffice Files is $.99, each for the first 1,000 buyers.

Quickoffice Premier 6.0 is the world’s leading mobile Office suite, shipping on tens of millions of Symbian devices worldwide. Quickoffice for Android, available in the Android Market and embedded on upcoming phones, allows users to manage Word and Excel files. In addition, eOffice for BlackBerry enables native Office viewing and editing, and is compatible with all BlackBerry devices.

Quickoffice also launched a Facebook Fan page, located at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quickoffice/80930822730. Engaging with consumers on this popular social networking site, the page will include corporate news, product images, video demos, archived video Podcasts, user contests, reviews, a discussion board and other notes frequently updated by Quickoffice executives.

“We are committed to being transparent and open in our communications to customers regarding our upcoming products, partners and overall company direction,” said Alan Masarek, CEO of Quickoffice. “As we bring our product to leading mobile platforms, we are seeing our customers wanting to communicate with us across a multitude of new channels. Quickoffice’s new social media initiatives will ensure we consistently delight our customers with top-notch product updates, provide an open forum for bi-directional communications and provide highly-responsive customer care.”

Customers can also follow the company on Twitter.com/quickoffice. Currently, Quickoffice is hosting a weekly contest, awarding one user a $250 iTunes gift card for tweeting how Quickoffice’s applications have proven useful.

To sign up for the Webinar series, please visit http://www.quickoffice.com/webinars/