All Points Bulletin (APB) will go on sale in North America on 29 June, 1 July in mainland Europe and 2 July in the UK.

The game is being released in partnership with Electronic Arts, the New York-listed games giant behind the Fifa and Command & Conquer titles.

David Jones – who developed classic games including Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings, and is now creative director of Realtime Worlds – told The Scotsman in 2008 that APB could ultimately generate “hundreds of millions of pounds” for the company, which has a current turnover of about £5 million.

The new game is the company’s first big online title, with customers buying 50 hours of game-play when they purchase the software for about £34.99 and then buying an additional 20 hours for about £5.59, or longer blocks of 30, 90 or 180 days’ unlimited play.

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The star of the Tomb Raider franchise was originally devised by a computer game developer based in the city.

More than 27,000 people took part in the vote to name the Osmaston Road to Burton Road stretch of the new route, with 89% opting for Lara Croft Way.

A separate stretch of road will be called Mercian Way as a tribute to local soldiers.

Created in Derby

Other options for the road’s name were legendary Derby County footballer Steve Bloomer, the astronomer John Flamsteed and the engineer George Sorocold.

Other roads in the city have been named after notable people connected with the county. There is a Sir Frank Whittle Way, Brian Clough Way, Nightingale Road (after Florence) and a Joseph Wright Terrace, named after the artist.

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London, England (PRWeb UK) November 12, 2009 — Europe’s leading free conference call provider, Powwownow is taking on the big boys by launching a press campaign hitting back at claims by the aviation industry that meetings are better Face to Face.

The campaign created by Base One B2B marketing agency, mimics the recent FlyBe ‘Business is better face to face’ campaign. Powwownow have created a ‘vandalised’ version of the advert to run in the national press. The campaign will outline the weaknesses of the claims that business owners will lose out on prospective business opportunities purely by doing business via a conference call rather than seeing potential clients in person.

The telephone conference brand will roll out the activity across London this week to promote their free conference calling service which is a great way for businesses to save money and the environment to avoid meeting face to face.

In August 2009 Powwownow published figures outlining the substantial savings their free conference call service made. Within their first 5 years of trading, the company helped 101,597 SMEs save in overall £21 million in conference calling costs alone by using their free service instead.

Andy Pearce, CEO of Powwownow said, “As as one of the little guys we wanted to create a tongue in cheek response to the aviation industries insistence that we all fly to meetings. In my mind conference calls allow you to reach the same decision at faction of the cost and SMEs should not be bullied into taking loads of unnecessary flights.”

About Powwownow:
Powwownow was founded in 2004, offering customers low-cost conference calling facilities with the ethos of no booking, no billing, no fuss. (The customer does not need to book a conference room and never receives a bill from Powwownow, just the cost of a 0844 call added to their bill). Turnover for 2009 is expected to reach £7m. The company operates in 15 countries including the US and major European markets.

Powwownow employs 32 people and is based in Richmond, London.

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Dorchester, Dorset (PRWEB) October 28, 2009 — Internet telephony service provider InfoTel, Serbia a division of Informatika A.D., deploy Squire Technologies’ cost effective SS7 interconnect solution for connection to primary incumbent Telekom Srbija.

Regulated by RATEL, Serbia’s telecommunications market requires all service providers to comply with the regulatory body for connection to the PSTN, and international standards of ITU and ETSI. Seeking to extend its market share and to capitalize on the increased demand with the opening up of the Balkans telecoms sector, InfoTel like many other telecoms providers were legally required to have an SS7 interconnect.

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Squire Technologies’ software-only SS7 Media Gateway Controller solution, allowed InfoTel to use their existing Regulatory approved Cisco Media Gateways to enable the SS7 interconnect.

“A swift webex demonstration of the product and an explanation of the media and signaling flow, confirmed the suitability with our existing Cisco media gateways and softswitch, furthermore Squire Technologies’ excellent support and deployment team quickly established our physical SS7 connection with Telekom Srbija,” Stanko Radovanovic, VoIP Development Manager - InfoTel, Informatika A.D., Serbia.

“We were able to leverage our previous worldwide experience with regulatory SS7 approvals to insure the SS7 interconnect to Telekom Srbija was provided quickly and without issue. We look forward to working with InfoTel in the future,” Andrew Cooper, Managing Director, Squire Technologies.

Squire Technologies offer a ‘Pay As You Go‘ plan available on the SoftSwitch and Media Gateway Controller products. This allows clients to spread the product payments over 6 to 12 months reducing the upfront investment costs and allowing the spread of payments to match the delivery of the clients service.

For a complete list of features and specifications as well as solutions for ISPs, carriers and service providers contact the SS7 VoIP experts.

t: +44 1305 757314
w: http://www.squire-technologies.co.uk

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London, UK (PRWEB) October 28, 2009 — Coms has been selected to supply HelpAge International with a Hosted VoIP telephone system that is saving this leading charity in excess of 25% of its monthly telecommunications budget. HelpAge International, which operates through partners in over 75 countries, sought proposals from traditional and Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone system providers, to ensure that the system it purchased would deliver both short term and long term benefits.

Key features and benefits sought by HelpAge included:
• Cost savings on UK and International calls
• To include 23 international offices within their “office” network
• To provide an Integrated conferencing service
• To provide Personal Direct Dial numbers
• To enable Hot Desking flexibility
• Voice mail to Email

Coms delivered these benefits. Its system includes 60 Handsets in the London office and handsets in 22 offices abroad. All UK users have direct dial numbers, which can be forwarded to any of the office handsets or other VoIP or traditional numbers should they be working off-site or at home.

HelpAge International’s IT Manager Stephen Teal commented:”Deciding to switch from a traditional installed phone system was not an easy step to take, but once we appreciated the cost savings and benefits associated with Coms’ Hosted VoIP, it was a very easy decision. In addition, because Hosted VoIP is a managed service, we now have 24/7 support.”

David Cargill, CTO Coms & ITSPA Council Member, stated: “Once we understood the nature of HelpAge International’s telecommunication requirements, and the fact that they have 22 overseas offices, we were convinced that Hosted VoIP was the way forward because it includes all users within the same network, wherever they are, enabling a consistent company-wide phone directory, free on-net calls and centralised billing for calls made from foreign offices.”

Further information is available from the Company website, www.coms.com“>www.coms.com.

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(PRWeb UK) September 30, 2009 — iomart Hosting, one of the few UK data hosting companies to own its entire data centre infrastructure, has developed two platforms which will allow customers to make use of the ‘cloud’ - an on-demand, remote IT infrastructure that enables companies to access and manage scaleable computing resources without the need for capital investment. This allows cloud users increased efficiency, as well as lower costs.

iomart Hosting’s five UK data centres enable it to offer two new Cloud Service offerings

- CloudXtra: allows access to iomart Hosting’s cloud infrastructure on demand, where customers pay only for what they use, when they use it. This option is ideal for test, development and short-term or seasonal high-capacity requirements.

- CloudSure: utilising iomart Hosting’s UK data centre network, CloudSure offers a bespoke and full-customisable cloud service. It enables integration of networking, server, storage, and application infrastructure into a single, virtual cloud-based architecture

Angus MacSween, chief executive of iomart Hosting, said: “The benefits of cloud computing are hugely exciting but as yet are relatively untapped.

“We took a strategic decision to ensure we owned our data centre infrastructure and that strategy continues to prove its worth now with the advent of virtually-hosted cloud based data networks. With our two cloud hosting offerings, we are meeting the needs of two distinct markets. We are catering for both the company that needs to expand its current IT infrastructure on a short-term basis and also, for example, the company that requires high availability for disaster recovery purposes. Many cloud providers offer resilience within one single data centre, with our network we can offer the ‘cloud holy grail’ of multi site redundancy.

“We believe we’re the first in the UK to offer genuine cloud services. The beauty of our infrastructure set up is that we can adapt and develop that service across our data centres to ensure that, regardless of where our customers are, they can benefit from our cloud network.”

He added: “Our cloud hosting solutions are all backed by a genuine 100% business uptime guarantee, are fully supported by our technical teams 24/7, and we have invested heavily in engineering our network to avoid any single point of failure. That’s what we offer with our cloud hosting solutions - peace of mind.”

About iomart Hosting cloud services specifications

CloudXtra :

On Demand Computing
Pay As You Go
High Performance
Guaranteed 100% Service Level Agreements
ISO 27001
24 x 7 Support

CloudSure :

High Availability
Virtual Private Cloud
Xen Platform
Fully Flexible & Configurable
Dynamic infrastructure on demand
Insurance/Total Peace of Mind
ISO 27001
Guaranteed 100% Service Level Agreements

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(PRWeb UK) September 24, 2009 — Snowsports and Music festival, London FREEZE has launched an innovative online communications hub at London FREEZE via social networking handsets - your friends and family will be able to experience the buzz of the event, as though they were right there beside you!” comments Jeremy Newing, head of marketing, LG Mobile UK & Ireland.

FREEZE Connect activities will operate up to and throughout the Freesports on 4 FREEZE sponsored by LG, taking place from 30th October to 1st November 2009, where London’s Battersea Power Station will once again be transformed into an international competition standard snowboarding and freeski venue, featuring a 32m high ski jump and over 500 tonnes of snow against a backdrop of world-class music acts.

FREEZE Connect launches with a film introducing Ben, Tim and Jools and what’s in store for the online community over the coming weeks. Watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3s8s71VhhA&

Notes to Editors

Media invitation
Media are invited to attend the event, meet the professional skiers and boarders, and experience the hospitality in the VIP lounge. To confirm your attendance please contact Jimmy at KAOS on 0207 226 8787 or jimmy@kaoseurope.com.

Request for interviews prior to the event are welcome and should be directed to Jimmy, as above.

Venue details
Battersea Power Station
Kirtling Street
London SW8 5BP
The main gate entrance will be on Kirtling Street, off of Battersea Park Road.
The event Box Office and entrance will be clearly visible.

Getting there
By Underground and bus
Take a District or Circle Line train to Sloane Square, then take bus number 137 south to Queenstown Road. OR
Take a Victoria Line train to Vauxhall, then bus number 44 or 344 west to Battersea Park Road.

By train
Take the train from London Victoria to Battersea Park Station, then a two minute walk. OR
Take the train from London Waterloo to Queenstown Road Station, then a five minute walk.

Tickets
Tickets to the Freesports on 4 FREEZE, sponsored by LG are priced at £35 for a day pass, £85 for a season pass (3 days), with a child’s day ticket at £15 and a child’s season ticket at £35. Tickets can be purchased online at www.londonfreeze.com or by calling Ticketmaster on 0844 847 2358.

Photography
Professional photographers will be attending the FSO4 London FREEZE, sponsored by LG. Photos from the event will be available to download free of charge at www.londonFREEZE.com/lg
Media photographers are also welcome to attend the event.

LG Snowboard FIS World Cup
LG are also title global sponsors of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup carried out in around 20 cities, 15 countries and broadcast in 80 countries. In Vancouver 2010, six Olympic titles will be awarded in snowboarding events. LG will be on hand at the event to show off some of their latest handsets, which incorporate stylish design and smart technology - including the new GW520, with full 2.8″ touch screen and QWERTY keypad, and dedicated built-in social networking applications.

About LG Electronics Inc.
LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 066570.KS) is a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances, employing more than 84,000 people working in 115 operations including 84 subsidiaries around the world. With 2008 global sales of $44.7 billion, LG comprises of five business units - Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliance, Air Conditioning and Business Solutions. LG is one of the world’s leading producers of flat panel TVs, audio and video products, mobile handsets, air conditioners and washing machines. LG has signed a long-term agreement to become both A Global Partner of Formula 1™ and A Technology Partner of Formula 1™. As part of this top-level association, LG acquires exclusive designations and marketing rights as the official consumer electronics, mobile phone and data processor of this global sporting event.

The LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company is a leading global mobile communications and information company. With its cutting-edge technology and innovative design capabilities, LG creates handsets that provide an optimized mobile experience to customers around the world. LG is pursuing convergence technology and mobile computing products, while continuing its leadership role in mobile communication with stylish designs and smart technology. For more information, please visit www.lge.com.

Further Information
Jimmy Goodrich, KAOS - Tel. 0207 226 8787 or email: jimmy (at) kaoseurope (dot) com

Sarah Brambley, LG Electronics - Tel. +44 (0) 1753 491 628 /+44 (0) 7793 795 990 or email:
sbrambley (at) lge (dot) com

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St Helier, Jersey; Lanciano, Italy (PRWEB) September 17, 2009 — GraphicMail.com, a leading brand in the hosted email marketing market globally, today announced the availability of GraphicMail in Italian.

Quattro Ltd / GraphicMail.com has partnered with ADV Media, an Italian company that specializes in online applications, web marketing, and E-business consulting to create the Italian language version as the latest franchise to join GraphicMail’s seven other languages.

Italian franchise joins GraphicMail’s European support offices in Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, which are all owned by entrepreneurial small business owners who have recognized the opportunity in working with GraphicMail.

The Italian connection is owned and managed by Nicolo Capone of ADVMedia. Nicolo understands that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. “I chose to partner with GraphicMail because it’s easy to use, yet has powerful tools for the more proficient email marketer. ADVMedia is proud to be part of this international group and proud to represent GraphicMail in Italy; to promote a new, easy and dynamic way to communicate. GraphicMail allows companies such as us to open up new markets, while providing new services and new solutions to its existing clients.”

GraphicMail Italy is committed to helping individuals, small business owners, associations and organizations with their communication needs - by providing low cost, easy to use mobile and email marketing applications.

“We are pleased to have ADVMedia represent GraphicMail in Italy. It’s fantastic to partner with professionals who don’t only sport a sophisticated personal style, but are highly knowledgeable in internet marketing. Italy is as much about IT as it is about great fashion!” said Paul Honig, CEO of GraphicMail. “With the launch of our Italian franchise, we’re about to become an even more recognized email marketing company in the European market. France is about to go live soon, too, and our next move globally is a Chinese joint venture.”

Besides sales to SMME users, GraphicMail Italy’s unique reseller program, optionally combined with the GraphicMail API, provides essentially a white label email-marketing platform that allows its resellers to sell value-added services to 2nd tier clients, while reports and statistics, technology and ISP relationships are provided by GraphicMail.com.

About GraphicMail
Quattro’s GraphicMail hosted email marketing tool is used by customers such as Motorola, Europcar and Harvard University since 2002. It is available in seven languages and is represented by over 15 offices globally.

About ADVMedia
As a leading Italian web Marketing SEO | SEM and E-Business Consulting agency, ADVMedia services customers such as Camera di Commercio di Chieti and Megagen Italia. ADV is the franchise holder for the Italian language edition of GraphicMail.

GraphicMail is a registered trademark of Quattro Internet Limited.

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) July 16, 2009 — Reality Digital, the leading provider of web community software for enterprises, has predicted that social networks are set to become the primary hub of online activity, with other movement focused around it, as brands continue to push their marketing efforts into the digital world.

With social media having risen in popularity over the last few years, many brands are opting to utilise this for the purpose of marketing their products, using social networks as a great crowd sourcing mechanism. The internet population is a vast one, and it has become a vital factor in the marketing success of brands all over the world.

Rob Proctor, Head of EMEA for Reality Digital, commented: “The rise of the social network over the last few years is one that has been well documented, and Reality Digital has always been at the forefront of developments in the social media industry. Brands that show the initiative to adapt to the latest innovations in social media technology will undoubtedly be the ones to benefit as social media evolves, as it is constantly doing at present.

“Software as a service is of a huge benefit to businesses that are suffering in the recession, as they can implement a white label social network without the risk of unexpected costs. As social media continues to change, there will be an increasing number of avenues to success that open up in the future. One of these developments is that a social network will become the focal point of a brands marketing activity, a central point of interaction between the brand and its audiences.”

Reality Digital’s Opus social networking platform allows brands to implement a social network that is tailored to their brand, through the use of a fully customisable interface and management console. The community has the power to upload their own video, audio or images, further enhancing the consumer’s experience of the brand within its network.

For more information on Reality Digital, please visit RealityDigital.com, or call 0203 1785 883.

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(PRWEB) April 23, 2009 — This complimentary research, taken from the extensive portfolio of just-drinks research covers Northern and Southern Hemisphere wine reviews, global market reviews of vodka, brandy and Cognac along with 25 management briefings. All of this research has been provided on an easy- to-use CD.

The CD - which has always been known as the Little Yellow Book - also contains extracts from The IWSR’s 2008 global wine handbook, a 12-month news headlines round-up, just-drinks feature articles, wine and spirit company factsheets, interviews with industry executives and the hotly anticipated 2009 UK wine market survey.

This survey, which was sent to over 50 wine and spirit decision makers and thought leaders, provides an insight into the inner workings of the industry and how the respondents see sectors fairing in the future.

Many visitors to the three-day exhibition, which starts on 12th May in London Docklands ExCel centre, ensure that the just-drinks stand (G18) is their first port of call to pick up a copy of the Little Yellow Book.

Another reason visitors drop by the just-drinks stand is the complimentary internet access, where busy executives can check their emails, browse the latest drinks industry news and register for a free trial of just-drinks. This year, visitors will also be able to keep track of all the latest wine and spirits news, read sample copies of the latest wine and spirits research, meet with the editorial team and discuss the benefit of online advertising within the drinks industry.

And, as 2009 is the tenth anniversary of just-drinks, visitors will be able to join in the celebrations. Drop by the stand and the just-drinks team will welcome you to discuss industry news and research, listen to any feedback you have and provide you with a copy of the Little Yellow Book.

About just-drinks
Since 1999, www.just-drinks.com is the leading and most respected drinks industry trade site globally. The site’s unique news and research content is produced and sourced via a dedicated editorial team, worldwide network of correspondents and content partnerships. In addition, the www.just-drinks.com research store provides instant access to over 4,000 market research reports.

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