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comScore Appoints Wolf Allisat as Executive Vice President for International Markets

By Guest PostSeptember 15, 2010Technologyadobe systems, audiencescience, Comscore, digimine, Germany, magid abraham, omniture, university of saarland, web analytics, wolf allisat

*Proven Digital Measurement Veteran to Lead comScore’s Expansion Efforts*

RESTON, VA, September 15, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world today announced that Wolf Allisat is joining the comScore management team as Executive Vice President for international markets. Mr. Allisat will be responsible for overseeing comScore’s international expansion strategy in the European, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific regions.

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New Kindle Exclusive: David Morrell, New York Times Bestselling Author, Makes Electronic Editions of 10 Books, Including a New Thriller, “The Naked Edge,” and the Classic “First Blood”Available Exclusively in the Kindle Store

By Guest PostSeptember 14, 2010Technologyamazon.com, bestseller, david morel, kindle, kindle editions, russ grandinetti, the naked edge

*Kindle and Kindle app customers can now download and start reading 10 books — 6 of them previously out of print–including one new novel, in less than 60 seconds*

SEATTLE, Sep 14, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that internationally bestselling author David Morrell is releasing a new, never-before-published, full-length thriller, “The Naked Edge,” along with nine of his previously published books, in electronic book format exclusively in the Kindle Store.

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European Smartphone Market Grows 41 Percent in Past Year

By Guest PostSeptember 14, 2010Technologyandroid, apple os, Comscore, digital world, eu5, european smartphone market, Google, jeremy copp, nokia, ovi store, smartphone, symbian 3, symbian platform, western european

*Nokia Continues to Lead Smartphone Market But Apple and Android Devices are Gaining Fast*

LONDON, U.K., September 14, 2010 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released a study of smartphone use showing that the Symbian platform holds 54.4 percent of the Western European market. Despite Symbian’s continued growth in number of smartphone subscribers, its market share has fallen as growth in the Apple OS and Android (Google) platforms has surged in the past year.

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Millions Reaching for Most Ambitious Halo Game Yet

By Guest PostSeptember 14, 20101 commentTechnologycia-levels, Entertainment, frank o’connor, halo, halo at midnight, halo bible, halo franchise, halo reach, halo-themed mountain dew, Microsoft, microsoft game studios, mike stout, noble team, sci-fi video, star wars, taylor smith, times square, xbox, xbox 360 sci-fi saga

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 14, 2010 — Millions of fans worldwide are celebrating today’s release of “Halo: Reach,” the newest installment in the Xbox 360 sci-fi saga.

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IBM Launches New Data Security Software

By Guest PostSeptember 13, 2010Technologydata security software, ibm cognos, ibm infosphere guardium, ibm research

Delivers Industry’s Broadest Platform Support for Data Security and Compliance Including Support for the Mainframe

ARMONK, N.Y., – 13 Sep 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new software that helps businesses protect customer data and other sensitive information from security breaches. The new software automatically monitors structured data and application usage across the enterprise and immediately alerts management to unusual activity. (more…)

Skandinavisk Data Center Greatly Reduces Costs by Migrating Core Banking Systems to Microsoft Platform

By Guest PostSeptember 13, 2010Technologycore banking systems, db2 database, erik jakobsen, faroe islands, karen cone, microsoft platform, mitigates risk, reamond, scandinavisk data center, skandinavisk data center

*Scandinavian IT center expects to save $20 million annually by replacing its mainframe technology with Windows platform.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 13, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Skandinavisk Data Center (SDC) is expected to save $20 million annually by moving its core banking system from its mainframe platform to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008. SDC was formed in 1963 and is owned by 150 financial institutions in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the Faroe Islands, and is responsible for providing core banking services to these banks across Scandinavia.

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IBM and Thought Equity Motion Collaborate on Film Archive Digitization and Preservation Project for EYE Film Institute Netherlands

By Guest PostSeptember 10, 20101 commentTechnologydigital picture exchange, dpx files, dutch cinema, emjay rechsteiner, eye film institute netherlands, film digitization, ibm, kevin schaff, lot-5, ltfs, monetizing, steve canepa, thought equity motion, video content

AMSTERDAM – 10 Sep 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Thought Equity Motion, Inc., a leading provider of video platform and rights development services, announced today that they are collaborating on a major film digitization and preservation project for the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. The project involves scanning and storing more than 150 million discrete DPX files. (Digital Picture Exchange is the worldwide standard for transferring film images to a digital medium with no loss of quality.)

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comScore Reports Top 10 U.K. Ad Networks

By Guest PostSeptember 10, 20102 commentsTechnology24/7 real media, adconion, aol advertising, Comscore, digital world, google ad network, mike read, network, top 10 ad networks, tribal fusion, u k internet users, valueclick media, Yahoo

*24/7 Real Media Growth Outpaces all Other Networks, Doubling Reach in Past Year*

London, U.K. – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, reported on Sept. 9, the top 10 ad networks based on their reach among U.K. internet users in July 2010. The ranking showed that Google Ad Network remains on top, with a reach of 38.3 million internet users, or 93 percent of the total U.K. internet audience, followed by AOL Advertising (33.2 million) and Yahoo! Network (33 million).

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