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ATLANTA, GA – June 19, 2013 – Intradiem, the leading provider of intraday management solutions, welcomes Nita Pennardt as the Director of Customer Success. In this role, Nita will manage and develop Intradiem’s Success Managers to ensure they are well-trained and equipped to support Intradiem’s customer requests and product adoption.

“Nita has the perfect mix of experience and knowledge that we are looking for with this position. The Director of Customer Success is a critical role for Intradiem and Nita’s leadership will help strengthen our commitment to our customers,” said Matt McConnell, Intradiem CEO. “We partner with our customers to help them improve their productivity and performance. We want the best team possible supporting their use and adoption of our solution to further their business and improve the overall customer experience.”

Nita has extensive leadership experience in a diverse range of disciplines, ranging from sales and customer service operations to financial and operational risk management. Her previous work includes 22 years with Coca-Cola Enterprises where she filled various roles within the company including establishing a profitable sales and service center with a highly engaged agent culture.

“Fundamentally, Intradiem is a company that helps organizations identify opportunities to improve efficiencies and run their businesses in a more streamlined manner. That is also what I’ve focused on over the years in my various roles throughout my professional career,” said Pennardt. “Working with Intradiem in this capacity is a natural progression for me, and I’m excited for the new opportunities my role presents.”

Prior to joining Intradiem, Nita spent 22 years with Coca-Cola Enterprises and served as managing consultant at RedHead Consulting, a company she founded and owns. Nita also has experience in the savings and loan and public accounting industries.

Nita graduated from the Rollins College with a degree in accounting.

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About Intradiem
Intradiem, formerly Knowlagent, is the leader in intraday management solutions for contact centers. Intradiem equips our customers with business reflexes that immediately and consistently respond to unpredictable events and conditions. Reflexes such as intraday task management, intraday staffing, queue management, and real-time alerts improve business performance by over 20 percent. More than 450,000 contact center, field service, retail, bank branch, and back office employees around the world use Intradiem’s solution every day. For more information, call 888-566-9457 or visit www.intradiem.com.

ATLANTA (June 17, 2013) — On May 9, the American Business Awards named Cbeyond Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), the technology ally to small and mid-sized businesses, a Finalist in the Best New Product or Service of the Year - Software category in the 2013 American Business Awards. Cbeyond will ultimately be a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie® Award winner in the program.

The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

The American Business Awards will be presented at two awards events: the ABA's traditional banquet on Monday, June 17 – in Chicago for the first time, after 10 years in New York; and the new product & technology awards event on Monday, September 16 in San Francisco.

More than 3,200 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Most Innovative Company of the Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, and Executive of the Year, among others. Cbeyond is nominated in the Best New Product or Service of the Year - Software category for Cloud Application/Service.

Launched in October 2012, Cbeyond’s TotalCloud™ Data Center service enables small and medium-sized businesses to customize cloud services without having to purchase, configure, install and manage servers. Specifically, TotalCloud Data Center allows businesses to adjust storage, security and processing power quickly and efficiently to reflect changing business and operating requirements.

TotalCloud Data Center combines enterprise-class networking, storage and security to handle demanding, real-time business application workloads. Available in both public and private formats based on security needs, the service includes managed and monitored security features, backup services and round-the-clock infrastructure monitoring and support.

“Cbeyond is thrilled to see the achievements of our technical and product marketing teams recognized in the shape of this award. They did an excellent job in developing and deploying this commercially successful cloud platform specifically designed for small and mid-sized business,” said Chris Gatch, executive vice president and CTO, Cbeyond.

Finalists were chosen by more than 140 business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April and May. More than 150 members of nine specialized judging committees determined Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging May 13-24.

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About Cbeyond
Cbeyond, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBEY), a cloud and communications services provider, is the technology ally for small and mid-sized business. Our private, proactively-managed IP network connects customers to voice, data and enterprise applications hosted in our award-winning cloud data centers. Since 1999, Cbeyond has served the unmet needs of businesses through technology and service innovation. We were the first company to build an all-IP network specifically for small businesses and among the few to offer consultative sales and service professionals onsite. Today, our expanded portfolio helps customers reduce the burden of outlaying capital and manpower to manage infrastructure. Creating an exceptional customer experience is in our DNA. It's why more than a third of our approximately 60,000 customers come from referrals. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.com and follow Cbeyond on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cbeyond.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. A fifth program, the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, will debut this year. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.

Sponsors and partners of The 2013 American Business Awards include the Business TalkRadio Network, Callidus Software, Citrix Online, Dynamic Research Corporation, Experian Consumer Services, John Hancock Funds, LifeLock, PetRays, and SoftPro.



All products, company names, brand names, trademarks and logos mentioned or described in this release are the property of their respective owners.

Atlanta, GA – June 17, 2013 – Easy Solutions, the Total Fraud Protection® company, today appointed Alberto Arango as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, helping the company to capitalize on rapidly increasing demand for its fraud protection offerings. Arango is an accomplished sales executive with a strong history of building world-class teams that deliver record revenue growth across markets for industry-leading companies. His hire comes on the heels of Easy Solutions’ recent $11M in venture funding, which the company will utilize to expand its presence globally, and the company’s positioning as a ‘Visionary’ in Gartner’s 2013 “Magic Quadrant for Web Fraud Detection.” .

“Easy Solutions is clearly the hottest company in the high-growth fraud protection market, and the breadth of their solutions for stopping cross-channel fraud is unparalleled,” said Arango. “I am delighted to be joining the team at such a crucial time, and capitalizing on the market adoption to date, to continue to accelerate our growth and success.”

Before joining Easy Solutions, Arango was Vice President of Sales for the Southern US for British Telecom, leading his team to win the Operation of the Year award in North America. This achievement capped off four years of consistently leading sales projections while directing an industrious sales force with an outstanding customer satisfaction rate.

Prior to BT, Arango was Director of Sales for Latin America at IBM Internet Security Systems, where he opened new markets for ISS in Latin America, and consistently returned double-digit annual growth. Arango started in the industry with MCI Telecommunications, where he later honed in his sales leadership in Mexico with MCI’s JV Avantel, overseeing a strong team that broke global sales records, reaching 10 percent market share in just one year.

“The daily headlines of criminals conducting ever more creative fraud schemes, both online and through traditional channels, make it easy to see why CSOs and Fraud Prevention Officers are increasingly turning to Easy Solutions,” said Ricardo Villadiego, Founder & CEO of Easy Solutions. “We are thrilled to have a sales leader of Alberto’s caliber joining our team to keep up with rapidly increasing demand for our offerings, and lead us into this next phase of growth.”

Arango holds a B.S. in Marketing from Louisiana State University and a Masters of Business Administration in International Business from Mercer University.

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PointClear CEO Honored as Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencer by Top Sales Associates (TSA) for Second Consecutive Year

2013 Honorees Represent World’s Brightest and Most Charismatic

ATLANTA, GA (June 14, 2013) – Top Sales Associates (TSA) names Dan McDade, president and CEO of PointClear, among the Top 50 Most Influential in Sales and Marketing – An international online organization dedicated to advancing the sales profession, TSA published the list in the June issue of Top Sales magazine (130K circ) View complete list HERE: topsalesworld.com/topsalesinfluencers/

The Top 50 Influencer list identifies the real movers and shakers in sales and marketing, the gurus, commentators, authors and spokespeople, those who genuinely impact the way people think, sell and market companies/products/solutions.

“The sales and marketing business is wildly competitive, with a plethora of talented and prolific people. To be recognized again by Top Sales Associates as a Top Influencer, among notables like Marc Benioff, Guy Kawasaki and Seth Godin is rewarding both personally and professionally,” notes McDade.

To determine this year’s winners, TSA engaged a small team of professional researchers who rigorously examined the credentials of 150 possible candidates to arrive at the top 50. They also asked editors of several popular sales resources to provide their opinions.

Benchmark criteria to determine an individual’s impact within the sales space included:

• Social media presence – Twitter/ Facebook/ Klout score/LinkedIn authority.
• Quality, regularity & popularity of written works: books, blogs, articles, etc.
• Active engagement with recognized resource sites.
• Commitment to continually advance selling and marketing practices.




Why is this annual exercise important? “The reality is that the sales space is awash with so called sales experts, mostly self-appointed,” said Dr. Jonathan Farrington, founder and CEO of Top Sales World. “We want to provide a sign-post for all front-line sales and marketing professionals to follow, in order to find the very best advice, commentary and genuine guidance. I am 100% confident this year’s To 50 represents the best of the best.”


About Dan McDade

Dan is a board member and immediate past-chairman of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Education Collaborative, an organization promoting STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in Georgia’s middle and high schools. The Sales Lead Management Association named Dan one of the 50 most influential people in sales lead management in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and 2012. He was named a Top Sales Expert by Top Sales World in 2012 and a Top Influencer in Sales & Marketing in 2012 and 2013. Dan is the author of ViewPoint | The Truth About Lead Generation, a blog exploring issues related to B2B sales, marketing and lead generation. He also hosts PowerViews, a series of Q&A video interviews with marketing and sales thought leaders.

About PointClear www.pointclear.com

PointClear is the B2B prospect development partner, providing the strategy, analytics and execution services needed to optimize sales and marketing processes, and drive revenue. Companies that achieve Optimized Prospect Development™ are assured virtually 100% of leads delivered by marketing to sales are sales-qualified … and up to 5 times more deals are closed. Founded in 1997, PointClear instills the cross-functional collaboration and operational excellence C-level execs need to increase sales and marketing effectiveness, decrease costs—and achieve optimum results. PointClear’s president Dan McDade has authored a book, The Truth About Leads, available on Amazon and other online sources: www.amazon.com/The-Truth-About-Leads-McDade/dp/098302670X


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ATLANTA and HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., June 13, 2013 - As mobile commerce activity increases within the U.S. marketplace and payment processing advances alongside it, ISOs, acquirers and other merchant service providers must reposition themselves to meet the immediate and future needs of the businesses they serve. A newly released research report from ControlScan and TransFirst promises to help meet this objective, sharing important insights into small merchants’ progress and struggles in implementing various mobile payment technologies.

Responses from more than 1650 merchants were collected from March 18 to April 18 of this year via the ControlScan/TransFirst 2013 Mobile Payment Acceptance Survey. The survey was sent to those businesses classified by credit card brands as “Level 4,” which are merchants that process fewer than 20,000 ecommerce or 1 million physical card transactions annually. These typically small to mid-sized businesses represent service areas such as retail and consumer goods, healthcare and human services, personal and professional services, and restaurant and hospitality. Three-quarters of survey respondents’ businesses have 10 or fewer employees.

Key data points from the survey include:

• 82% of ecommerce merchants don’t know whether a purchase on their website comes from a mobile device or a PC, yet data from those who do indicates that mobile site visitors are representing a significantly increasing portion of online sales;

• 49% of ecommerce merchants know their websites are not currently optimized for mobile devices and an additional 17% say they don’t know or are unsure about their site’s current status, revealing that as many as two-thirds of these merchants may be putting up roadblocks to the growing number of mobile consumers; and

• 10% of respondents to last year’s benchmark Mobile Payment Acceptance Survey said they were using a smartphone or tablet to accept face-to-face credit card payments. In less than one year’s time, that number has almost doubled to 17%.

“The mobile payment survey findings show that small merchants have a real business need to effectively adapt to mobile technology trends,” said Dave Abouchar, Sr. Director of Product Management for payment security and compliance solution provider ControlScan. “Now is the time for ISOs and acquirers to embrace these trends with innovative offerings that guide their merchants toward business growth and increased revenue.”

“The mobile consumer is knocking at the small merchant’s door,” agreed Craig Tieken, Director of Product at TransFirst, a leading provider of transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies. “Business owners who aren’t already up to speed with mobile payment acceptance need to have a viable plan of action to get there.”

The free ControlScan/TransFirst 2013 Mobile Payment Acceptance Survey research report is available now at www.controlscan.com/whitepapers/mobile_study_2013.php.

About the Survey
The ControlScan/TransFirst 2013 Mobile Payment Acceptance Survey was sent to the recipients of the companies’ 2012 benchmarking survey as well as other randomly selected Level 4 merchants listed in the ControlScan and TransFirst databases. A total of 1652 responses were collected from March 18 through April 18, 2013.

About ControlScan
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, ControlScan delivers payment security and compliance solutions to a global network of payment service providers and the merchants they serve. The company’s innovative approach to secure hosted payment and PCI compliance solutions leverages technology, education and services to provide flexible options for its customers. Known for its thought leadership, ControlScan gives its customers a clear view of marketplace issues and trends so they can remain competitive. For more information, please visit www.controlscan.com or call 1-800-825-3301.
 
About TransFirst
A leading provider of secure transaction processing services and payment enabling technologies, TransFirst offers innovative products and services designed with financial institution, independent sales organization, healthcare, e-commerce, government and merchant customers’ unique needs in mind. By collaborating with our customers and utilizing strong industry knowledge, we help them grow their businesses. Founded in 1995, TransFirst continues to attain significant market share and world-class expertise in growing and profitable industry segments. Built on a platform of personal service, customer commitment and flexible pricing, TransFirst currently processes approximately $37 billion in annual sales volume for more than 190,000 merchants and financial institution partners. For additional information, please call 1-800-745-2659 or visit www.transfirst.com.

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ATLANTA – June 13, 2013 – Arketi Group, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing agency, and The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) were named a 2013 PR Daily Awards finalist in the “Best Use of Twitter” category.

Arketi partnered with TAG, the state’s leading association dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of Georgia’s technology industry, and created the Technology Tweet Tournament – a social media campaign that pitted 16 of Georgia’s top technology tweeters in a bracket-style competition to raise awareness of Georgia’s technology community.

The two-week Tournament drove more than 2,500 tweets and retweets, sparked more than 2,000 unique video views, landed 900 mentions of the hashtag #whereGAleads, and earned four of the top 20 trending Twitter topics in Atlanta for most of April 2 and 3.

PR Daily is an industry website published by Lawrence Ragan Communications, Inc. – the leading publisher of corporate communications, public relations, and leadership development newsletters. With nearly 800,000 readers monthly, Ragan news sites are read by communication professionals around the world, including 600,000 in North America alone.

“Social media competitions such as the Technology Tweet Tournament are effective in driving awareness, engaging the community, and generating an online dialogue between like-minded peers,” said Mike Neumeier, APR, principal at Arketi. “This was a highly creative and ambitious effort that TAG and Arketi developed, and to receive recognition for this campaign supports our core belief that well-executed marketing generates real business results.”

Ragan's award competitions are the most prestigious in the PR and corporate communications industry. More than 350 entries for the 2013 PR Daily Awards were submitted from companies, agencies and nonprofits varying in size and industry. The winners of each category will be announced late June in a special edition of PRDaily.com. A complete list of finalists can be viewed here.

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About Arketi Group
Arketi Group is a public relations (PR) and digital marketing firm that helps business-to-business (BtoB) technology organizations accelerate growth through intelligent strategy, public relations, messaging, branding and demand generation. Consistently recognized by BtoB magazine as one of the nation's “Top BtoB Agencies,” Arketi helps its clients use marketing to generate revenue. Companies benefiting from this approach to BtoB marketing include Cbeyond, CorFire, Real Capital Analytics, Semprius, Stonesoft and Xerox. For more information, call 404-929-0091 ext. 202 or visit www.arketi.com.

About The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG)
The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) is the leading technology industry association in the state, serving more than 19,000 members and hosting more than 200 events each year. TAG serves as an umbrella organization for 32 industry societies, each of which provides rich content for TAG constituents. TAG’s mission is to educate, promote, influence and unite Georgia’s technology community to foster an innovative and connected marketplace that stimulates and enhances a tech-based economy. For more information visit the TAG website at www.tagonline.org.

ATLANTA, GA (June 12, 2013) – Intradiem, the leading provider of intraday management solutions, announces its inclusion in ICMI Call Centre’s #CustomerService100 list for representing the “best of the best” customer service thought leadership tweets on Twitter.

Intradiem (@intradiem) ranked at 82 and made its debut on the prestigious list recognizing thought leaders. Several members of Intradiem’s Productivity Plus panel were recognized as well: Flavio Martins (@flavmartins) ranked second; Greg Levin (@greg_levin) came in third; Jeanne Bliss (@jeannebliss), 8; Michael Pace (@mpace101), 40; and Melissa Kovacevic (@mkcallconsult), 42.

"I would have been grateful just to have made it anywhere on this list of contact center and customer service stars,” said Greg Levin, founder of Off Center. “To have landed in the top three is truly an honor and something I'll cherish for a long time."

“We’re so excited to be involved with such an important conversation. Helping customers and the industry drive improvements to customer service is the core of our business,” said Matt McConnell, Intradiem’s chief executive officer. “By sharing best practices from our Productivity Plus panelists through social media, we hope to ignite the change needed to enhance the customer experience.”

A recent Intradiem blog post by Productivity Plus panelist and #CustomerService100 finalist, Flavio Martins discusses the importance of moving beyond the passive attitude of customer service coaching and provides tips for taking an active approach. Click to read more about “Coaching the Customer Service Agent.”

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About Intradiem
Intradiem, formerly Knowlagent, is the leader in intraday management solutions for contact centers. Intradiem equips our customers with business reflexes that immediately and consistently respond to unpredictable events and conditions. Reflexes such as intraday task management, intraday staffing, queue management, and real-time alerts improve business performance by over 20 percent. More than 450,000 contact center, field service, retail, bank branch, and back office employees around the world use Intradiem’s solution every day. For more information, call 888-566-9457 or visit www.intradiem.com.

InterDev Recognized by Atlanta Business Chronicle with 2013 Pacesetter Award

Named One of the Fastest Growing Companies in Atlanta

ATLANTA,GA -- (June 11, 203)InterDev, an Atlanta-area provider of information technology and security services, today announced it was named a 2013 Pacesetter by The Atlanta Business Chronicle. The designation was awarded to the 100 fastest growing privately held companies in Atlanta.

“This award serves as great recognition of the work our staff has done in growing both our public and our private sector businesses,” said InterDev CEO Gary Nichols. “Our new Public-Private Partnerships with the cities of Sandy Springs, Dunwoody and Brookhaven have been a key driver of our public sector growth while our private sector business has remained steady as we continue to be recognized as the top reseller in the southeast of Barracuda Network’s leading messaging, web and Internet security appliances.”

In order to qualify for the Pacesetter Award, companies must have at least a 50 percent growth in sales for the past two years with revenues between $1 million and $300 million in 2012. Companies were selected using a growth index formula that measured growth in revenues and number of employees. Winners were announced at a sold out breakfast at the Cobb Galleria on Friday, April 26, 2013.

About InterDev
For more than 30 years, InterDev has provided professional Information Technology (IT), support and security services for emerging organizations, government entities and municipalities across the Southeastern U.S. In addition to managing and hosting IT operations for its valued clients, InterDev also provides Geographic Information Services (GIS), custom application development services using Microsoft .NET and SharePoint as well as telecommunications consulting including VoIP phone systems, and voice and data circuits. InterDev is a proud Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Barracuda Networks Certified Diamond Partner. InterDev serves customers from offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Jacksonville, Florida. For more information, visit www.InterDev.com.

ORASI SOFTWARE NAMED “US SOLUTION PARTNER OF THE YEAR” BY HP

KENNESAW, GA – June 12, 2013-- Orasi Software announced that it has been named HP Software US Solution Partner of the Year for 2013. The award recognizes Orasi’s focus on delivering client solutions that reduce cost, minimize risk and increase innovation for their clients’ strategic initiatives.

"We are honored to once again receive recognition with a HP Partner of the Year award as it supports our focus on helping our customers achieve strong business results,” said Nick Kavadellas, president and CEO, Orasi. "Working with HP for over 11 years, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions with the knowledge and experience needed to positively impact our customers’ business outcomes. It takes our entire team to achieve this kind of success and I thank them; this award is for all of us.”

Orasi, an HP Specialist Enhanced Partner, resells and offers certified consulting services for HP Software. In addition, Orasi is an HP Software Technology Partner and an authorized Support partner offering both new and renewal support contracts for HP Software testing products sold by Orasi.

About Orasi
Orasi is an Atlanta-based software reseller and professional services company focused on enterprise software quality testing and management. Orasi is an HP Specialist Enhanced Partner and authorized Support partner. Orasi resells HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions, is a leading provider of software testing services, and offers mobile testing, security, and cloud-based performance testing and monitoring solutions. Orasi also provides standard software support, acting as the customer's single point of contact and coordinating the efforts of local support teams and HP Support. For more information, visit Orasi’s web site at www.orasi.com.

Orasi is a trademark of Orasi Software, Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

ATLANTA – June 11, 2013 – Arketi Group, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing agency, released its seventh Arketi Insights, titled An Online Marketing Road Map.

Tackling the subject of paid and organic search optimization, the latest Arketi Insights continues the series of publications that examines top and emerging BtoB marketing topics, and what they mean for high-tech BtoB marketers. An Online Marketing Road Map is available for free download at www.arketi.com/2013onlinemarketinginsights.

This issue of Arketi Insights provides a comprehensive overview for developing an effective online marketing strategy. Key takeaways from this publication include how to:
• Start your online marketing efforts with paid search (PPC)
• Test for the most effective keywords, ad and landing page copy
• Use PPC campaigns to guide organic search initiatives
• Coordinate an integrated PPC and SEO strategy

“Pay-Per-Click advertising and Search Engine Optimization are distinct activities that are often viewed as opposites, said Amy Leefe, Arketi digital marketing consultant and author of An Online Marketing Road Map. “At Arketi, we think of them as complementary – not one versus the other, but one before the other. In our experience, online marketing is best considered in phases, with an overall goal in mind.”

Arketi Insights is a regular component of the agency’s ongoing Stop Selling. Start Listening. movement designed to help re-introduce BtoB marketers to a way of thinking that places buyers and their needs at the center of marketing priorities. The campaign also includes webinars and the seventh annual Technology CMO Roundtable to be held Sept. 26, 2013.

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About Arketi Group
Arketi Group is a public relations (PR) and digital marketing firm that helps business-to-business (B2B) technology organizations accelerate growth through intelligent strategy, public relations, messaging, branding and demand generation. Consistently recognized by BtoB magazine as one of the nation's “Top BtoB Agencies,” Arketi helps its clients use marketing to generate revenue. Companies benefiting from this approach to B2B marketing include CorFire, Extol, Jacada, Knowlagent, Stonesoft and Xerox. For more information, call 404-929-0091 ext. 202 or visit www.arketi.com.

AUGUSTA, GA – June 7, 2013 – EDTS, a full-service technology consulting firm specializing in networking, security and managed services support solutions for Southeastern businesses, announced today it has received the CompTIA Verified Security Trustmark™ for its use of industry-accepted IT security best practices.

The CompTIA Verified Security Trustmark demonstrates that EDTS utilizes the security processes identified by the IT industry as generally accepted best practices, and has been evaluated by an independent third-party assessor as meeting the CompTIA Security Trustmark’s rigorous criteria.

“The CompTIA Security Trustmark signifies that EDTS adheres to the industry’s highest standards for security practices and business processes in critical areas including data protection, personnel security and access management,” said Nancy Hammervik, senior vice president, industry relations, CompTIA. “Earning the Verified level demonstrates a true commitment to address the challenges of security compliance facing industry today.”

Independent assessment of EDTS security policies, capabilities, practices, and processes included evaluation of:

• Security technologies, including firewalls, anti-Virus/ malware/ spyware and intrusion detection
• Vulnerability assessment detection
• Data encryption
• Technical employee knowledge/expertise
• Security clearances and background checks
• Physical and hardware security

CompTIA is the recognized voice of the world’s information technology industry. As a non-profit trade association advancing the global interests of IT professionals and companies, CompTIA is a recognized authority for IT education and credentials and primary advocate for IT businesses and workers.

In announcing the recognition, John Tippett, chief operating officer of EDTS, noted: "All of us at EDTS are proud to have obtained this credential, which assures clients that EDTS is capable of providing them with the highest level of security services. It’s also proof that EDTS is committed to keeping our customers’ organizations running at the highest levels of performance and efficiency.”

Visit www.comptia.org/businesscred/securitytrustmark.aspx to learn more about the CompTIA Verified Security Trustmark.

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ABOUT EDTS
Founded in 1999, EDTS has over 50 professionals serving clients 24/7/365 across the Southeast from offices in Augusta, GA and Columbia and Greenville, SC. A full service technology consulting firm, EDTS specializes in networking, security and managed IT services for business. The firm helps customers increase productivity and reduce cost associated with information technology. EDTS was recently named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for the third consecutive year, and honored as the seventh fastest-growing small company in South Carolina on the 2012 Roaring Twenties list. Visit them at www.edtsolutions.com.

Growing Software Development Firm
Will Create 100-200 New Jobs

Atlanta, Ga. – May 2, 2013 – PointClear Solutions, a leading healthcare software development firm, today announced it is relocating its corporate headquarters to Atlanta, the nation’s health IT capital. This move supports the company’s focus on leading edge healthcare software design and development. Georgia leads the nation with more than 250 companies and nearly 30,000 jobs in the health IT sector.

PointClear designs and develops customized and intuitive healthcare technologies for hospitals, health systems and physician practices by partnering with health IT vendors investing in innovation. Collaborating closely with clients, PointClear increases clients’ ability to work smarter and faster in getting successful products to market. The company projects it will accelerate the growth it has experienced over the past 3 years by adding 100 and 200 technology employees to its Atlanta staff over the next three years. With a nationwide customer base, PointClear also aims to expand offices outside the Southeast in the coming years.

“Healthcare IT is an industry that has grown in global importance even as Georgia has become a dominant presence in that sector,” said Nathan Deal, governor of Georgia. “Our technology infrastructure, accessibility and deep talent pool continue to attract the business of top-flight HIT companies such as PointClear Solutions.”

Georgia serves as a powerhouse for the rapidly growing health IT and bioscience industries. Seven top Atlanta-based health IT companies report nearly $4 billion in annual revenue while the state’s bioscience industry supports more than 94,000 jobs and delivers an annual economic impact of $20 billion. In terms of the technology industry overall, Atlanta is among the fastest growing high tech metro areas in the nation with 13,000 technology companies employing more than 260,000 people.

“We made the decision to move our corporate headquarters to Atlanta due to the large footprint of health IT companies and the breadth of academic and technology resources it offers,” said David Karabinos, CEO of PointClear. “We look forward to further adding to the city’s strong résumé in the health IT industry through our user-centric approach to software design and development.”

“We are truly excited that PointClear Solutions has chosen Atlanta for its corporate headquarters,” said David Hartnett, Vice President of Bioscience & Health IT Development, Metro Atlanta Chamber. “The company’s presence here is a huge asset for our booming health IT sector and their decision is another example of how Atlanta has become the right landing spot for health IT companies who are on a strong growth trajectory and need the right ecosystem to tap into in order to expand and accelerate. This move brings new jobs to our region and adds new strength to one of Georgia’s most important industries.”

“This announcement is another example of an IT company locating its headquarters in Dunwoody and Metro Atlanta for better access to the high quality workforce that drives its business,” said Michael Starling, Director of Economic Development for the City of Dunwoody. “We appreciate the continued support from the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce in strengthening our city’s economy.”

To learn more about PointClear Solutions, please visit www.pointclearsolutions.com.

About PointClear Solutions
PointClear Solutions focuses on transforming healthcare delivery through technology innovation that improves user experience. PointClear’s competencies lie at the intersection of solution strategy, technology and user experience. A user-centered approach to software development drives user adoption, promotes human-centered delivery of professional healthcare, and creates business value for clients. PointClear serves provider, payer, pharmaceutical, public health organizations and the supporting technology markets providing innovative healthcare technology products and solutions. For more information, visit www.pointclearsolutions.com or call 800.286.7611.