ATLANTA – May 21, 2013 - HomecareCRM, LLC, the industry leader in customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for the home healthcare and long-term care industries announced that it has launched an integration with PointClickCare, the most widely used Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform for long-term care.

Through this integration, long-term providers now have a complete platform that provides both efficient management across the entire resident care lifecycle and the tools and data necessary to manage the growth and profitability of their business.

“The long-term care industry is expanding dramatically. Home and long-term care providers must meet both a growing demand for efficient services and manage competition,” said Karl Dumas, chief executive officer of HomecareCRM. “This integration with PointClickCare further enhances our LongTermCareCRM solution that is specifically designed for long-term care providers. The integration also demonstrates our focus on growth for both our customers and our business.”

One of example of this partnership is demonstrated through a jointly conducted webinar on to how motivate your staff with incentive strategies and programs. To learn more about how to select the best incentive compensation strategy that will motivate your sales team, watch the full webinar.

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About HomecareCRM LLC
HomecareCRM, LLC, is the homecare and long-term care industry’s leading customer relationship management solution provider, delivering the first and most robust solution specifically designed for home health care providers. Founded in 2003, the company’s innovative CRM solution was the first CRM offering integrated with referral, patient and provider data. Real-time access to the HomecareCRM platform is available to agency marketers using desktop, laptop or smart phones. Now in its 7th version, the solution has been implemented by agencies in 44 states. For more information about HomecareCRM, please visit www.HomecareCRM.com or call 1-888-611-0912.

About PointClickCare
PointClickCare is the most widely used Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform for the long-term care industry. The combination of PointClickCare’s intuitive web-based software and value-driven implementation model enables long-term care providers of all sizes, from single independent homes to the largest multi-facility providers, to deliver a higher standard of health care while experiencing superior financial performance. Over 9,000 long-term care providers throughout North America, including 9 of the top 10 largest US chains, have chosen to trust their business to PointClickCare. For more information on PointClickCare’s proven Software-as-a-Service EHR platform, visit www.pointclickcare.com.

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ATLANTA (May 21, 2013) – Cbeyond Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), the technology ally to small and mid-sized businesses, today announced the company’s senior vice president and general counsel, William H. Weber, will speak at LegalTech West Coast 2013, May 21-22 at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Cbeyond will also showcase its Certified Application Servers service which currently supports Abacus Law™ 2012, at booth #226. Abacus Law, an award-winning legal software application with over 250,000 users, provides case management, legal calendar software, calendaring, accounting and time/billing for lawyers.

Weber will present “The Cloud as a Competitive Weapon for Law Firms” on Wednesday, May 22 from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. PDT. The CLE-Eligible presentation will focus on why law firms use cloud applications and discuss perception versus reality related to security and compliance concerns, as well as best practices for beginning cloud implementation.

“Technology has become indispensable for lawyers,” said Weber. ”From security to compliance to dealing with an ever-evolving new media and communications landscape, Cloud applications and infrastructure offer a very real opportunity to reduce costs while improving attorney productivity and client responsiveness.”

In March, Cbeyond announced the availability of its Certified Application Servers™ (CAS) for the small and mid-sized business market, enabling users to securely access and run their most frequently used business productivity applications from anywhere, any time and on any device.

Weber joined Cbeyond in 2006 as the company's first in-house counsel and now serves as general counsel, leading the company's legal and regulatory departments. Before Cbeyond, Weber was vice president of Regulatory Affairs and Operations for Covad Communications where he led a nationwide team tasked with protecting the company’s interests in the administrative agencies and legislatures of 28 states. Weber taught law at the University of Georgia and practiced commercial litigation at a large Atlanta law firm before joining Covad. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and spent twelve years in the Marine Corps, first as a tank officer and later as a criminal defense attorney. Weber is a board member of the Georgia Innocence Project and chairs its Legal Advisory Committee.

For more information about the LegalTech West Coast 2013 and to register visit www.legaltechshow.com. To view a social media version of this release click here.

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.

ATLANTA – May 15, 2013 – The Network, Inc., a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, and BDO Consulting, a leading provider of litigation, investigation, restructuring and risk advisory services, today announced the fourth quarter 2012 findings in the Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index™, a comprehensive examination of fraud reporting activity from almost 15 million employees worldwide.

For the fourth quarter of 2012, the Fraud Reporting Percentage (FRP) decreased slightly from the previous quarter to 24.6 percent, following the record-high for fraud reporting set in the third quarter of the year, when the FRP stood at 25.0 percent. The FRP statistic measures fraud reporting in comparison to all compliance reporting activity from more than 1,400 organizations worldwide, including nearly half of the Fortune 500. The fourth quarter 2012 Corporate Fraud Index also includes the Fraud Related Incidents (FRI) statistic, which measures the volume of fraud-related calls.

Other key fourth quarter 2012 findings include the following:

• FRP increased 3.0 percentage points – from 21.6 to 24.6 percent – compared with the same quarter in 2011, representing a 13.9 percent rise
• FRP declined by a marginal 0.4 percent from the third quarter 2012
• FRI increased significantly – up 17.6 percent – compared to the same quarter in 2011
• FRI (fraud related reports) decreased 8.9 percent from the third quarter 2012

“Unfortunately, fraud and corporate malfeasance continue to threaten the workplace, in terms of revenue, reputation and employee morale,” said Luis Ramos, CEO of the Network. “While the upward trend in fraud reporting at first may seem alarming, it’s important to remember that organizations are working harder than ever to engage their employees to recognize bad behavior and to make them feel confident about their options to report this activity.”

Fourth quarter comparisons of FRP for the past eight years are as follows:

• 4Q 2005 = 11.6%
• 4Q 2006 = 13.3%
• 4Q 2007 = 13.0%
• 4Q 2008 = 18.9%
• 4Q 2009 = 20.2%
• 4Q 2010 = 19.6%
• 4Q 2011 = 21.6%
• 4Q 2012 = 24.6%

Fourth quarter comparisons of FRI for the past eight years are as follows:

• 4Q 2005 = 2822
• 4Q 2006 = 3937
• 4Q 2007 = 4478
• 4Q 2008 = 5392
• 4Q 2009 = 5804
• 4Q 2010 = 5915
• 4Q 2011 = 6816
• 4Q 2012 = 8018

“Despite incentives from regulators for employees and others to report malfeasance directly to regulators, the volume of internal reporting pertaining to fraud continues to rise,” said Glenn Pomerantz, partner at BDO Consulting and a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner.

The Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index is compiled from actual incidents reported by clients of The Network and is analyzed by The Network and BDO Consulting. Fraud-related incidents reflected in the Fraud Index include reports on corruption, theft, accounting and audit irregularities, misuse of assets, conflicts of interest, and violations of FCPA, UK anti-bribery and SEC legislation.

For more information regarding the Quarterly Corporate Fraud Index, visit www.tnwinc.com or email corporatefraudindex@tnwinc.com. To view a social media version of this release, visit http://pitch.pe/10nPQds.

About The Network, Inc.
The Network is a leading provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that allow organizations to create better workplaces and ethical cultures. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite, recognized as the “Apple of GRC” by GRC 20/20, is the first natively integrated enterprise GRC software platform in the compliance industry. The Suite was built to leverage the way employees retain and apply ethics and compliance information and helps companies prevent, detect and remediate non-compliance and unethical conduct. A SaaS-based technology solution, the Suite integrates policy management, training and communications, code of conduct, surveys and assessments and case management, all on a reporting and analytics platform. Originally established as the first whistleblower hotline provider in 1982, The Network serves thousands of organizations in every industry, including nearly half of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com.

About BDO Consulting
BDO Consulting provides litigation, investigation, business restructuring and risk advisory services to clients in the United States and internationally. Their highly experienced and well-credentialed professionals leverage the global industry and accounting knowledge of the BDO international network, providing rapid, strategic advice to assist their clients.

BDO Consulting is a division of BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and the U.S. member of BDO International Limited. BDO International Limited is a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms. www.bdoconsulting.com

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Atlanta, GA – May 7, 2013 – There is growing concern among Enterprise IT leaders over the unauthorized use of the public cloud by business units within the enterprise according to the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey of 234 North American corporate IT professionals.

Unauthorized cloud services of most concern to business IT processionals include the use of public cloud storage (70 percent), cloud synchronization (68 percent) and cloud-based collaboration applications (53 percent). The pattern of unauthorized usage of cloud services seems to be on the rise despite the fact that IT says the vast majority (89 percent) of employees understand the need for data security.

Today, 54 percent of corporate IT professionals surveyed say their organizations have a policy in place regarding the use of public cloud storage services. However, the plurality (43 percent) admit to being only “somewhat effective” in educating business users on the pitfalls of the public cloud. Twenty-eight percent of IT pros say they are not effective in educating business users on the downside of using public cloud solutions, 20 percent say they are effective and 10 percent are not sure how effective they are.

Complete findings from the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey, a blind survey of 234 North American corporate IT professionals conducted in March of 2013, are available at www.pmg.net/cloud2013.

The ever-growing use of public cloud services and apps by individuals or business units within a company, often without permission from IT, also known as cloud sprawl, is a trend most tech professionals see as negative. A majority of IT pros (52 percent) say cloud sprawl will have a significant or somewhat negative impact on operations and resources, and 34 percent say they don’t yet know how it will impact IT.

“Cloud services will continue to expand within companies, in fact this study found 38 percent of IT respondents turn to the cloud because it offers faster deployment,” said Joe LeCompte, principal at PMG. “Savvy IT departments are focusing on finding better ways to offer enterprise-grade cloud services to internal users as a way to stem cloud sprawl and safeguard corporate information.”

 
Top Cloud Concerns

Security tops the list of the biggest issues associated with unauthorized cloud sprawl. When asked, here is how corporate IT ranks the following concerns:

• 79 percent data security,
• 57 percent compliance,
• 55 percent network security,
• 51 percent loss of control,
• 48 percent unmanaged application.

Specific cloud services or applications IT has prevented or limited enterprise access to include social media sites (66 percent), Skype (61 percent), Dropbox (59 percent) and Google Drive (40 percent). Sixty-four percent of those surveyed say much of the increased usage of cloud solutions has been driven by the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend in today’s workplace.


Efforts To Make Cloud Procurement a Positive

When IT uncovers the deployment of public cloud solutions without IT’s assistance or knowledge, 65 percent say they evaluate the service and act accordingly (either approving or denying usage), only 15 percent immediately pull the plug and 11 percent say they don’t get involved in the deployment of department-level cloud solutions.

The strategies IT is using to better manage cloud sprawl within corporations are varied but include the following:

• 48 percent assign an IT resource to work with business units/departments seeking cloud solutions,
• 39 percent have developed internal cloud solutions for business units/departments to use,
• 33 percent have developed and enforce a corporate-wide cloud services IT policy.

The silver lining in the cloud sprawl conundrum is that 72 percent of IT leaders say employees are willing to use corporate installed cloud solutions. This is good because 82 percent of IT respondents are predicting the volume of cloud service procurement by business users over the next 24 months to be greater than it is today.

With 60 percent of those surveyed reporting big data is or will become vital in future enterprise cloud deployment, the ability to integrate data between cloud applications or cloud application and on-premise application is key. To date, 46 percent have had incompatibility issues when trying to integrate data between cloud and on-premise applications. Forty-six percent surveyed say this is because of the use of unsanctioned cloud applications.

“At the end of the day, IT is not going to paint all public cloud solutions as ‘bad’,” said LeCompte. “In fact, 69 percent of IT executives say a hybrid cloud strategy using both private and public cloud offerings is the wave of the future inside the enterprise. Containing cloud sprawl to protect corporate information and ensure security can be done by providing cloud services in a structured manner with a proper governance framework.”

 
Getting Personal with IT Professionals

On the strictly personal side, the survey found that most technology professionals had a split personality – when it comes to operating systems.

The vast majority (72 percent) prefer the Windows OS for personal computing (outside the work environment) compared to 25 percent that answered Apple and four percent that opt for Google. On the mobile side of things, a majority (53 percent) prefer the Apple mobile OS, 34 percent Android, 9 percent Windows and 4 percent BlackBerry.

When asked what fictional TV character most represents today’s IT professionals, the “wicked smart” Dr. Gregory House from House M.D. got 27 percent of the vote, followed by the “lovable geek” Sheldon Cooper, Ph. D. from The Big Bang Theory with 21 percent of the vote, and Sherlock Holmes from Elementary cited by 19 percent. The bottom of the list included Tony Soprano (8 percent), Homer Simpson (6 percent) and Elmo from Sesame Street (1 percent).

For in-depth survey findings from the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey visit www.pmg.net/cloud2013. To view a social media version of this press release visit http://pitch.pe/18NrYAI.



About the 2013 PMG Cloud Sprawl Survey
PMG commissioned a blind survey of North American IT professionals in March of 2013. Respondents to the online survey included a total of 234 IT leaders. Of that group, 54 percent were in IT management (managers, supervisors, directors, etc.) and 16 percent were Senior IT executives (CIO, CTO, vice president, etc.). Company size ranged from less than $200 million in revenue to more than $3 billion, with 51 percent having more than $500 million in annual sales, 37 percent having more than 5,001 employees, and 61 percent having IT departments with 51 or more employees. Industries represented included computer technology, consulting, healthcare, financial service, manufacturing, and retail.

About PMG
More than 20 percent of the Global 100 relies on PMG to deploy enterprise service catalog and business process automation software that streamlines operations, reduces costs and improves efficiency. Our solutions transcend traditional IT service management boundaries giving business and IT professionals a smarter way to automate business processes ranging from IT financial management to identity management, employee onboarding and cloud provisioning. As a result, our clients handle shared services requests faster with fewer manual processes and less reliance on staff intervention. For more information, please visit pmg.net.

ATLANTA – May 7, 2013 – Intradiem, the leading provider of intraday management solutions, announces successful program results from The General’s use of Intradiem’s intraday management technology.

The General, a national auto insurance provider with two contact centers and a customer base of 250,000, partnered with Intradiem to improve the efficiency in which they responded to unexpected business events within their high occupancy contact center environment. Like many companies operating call centers, The General faced the ongoing challenge of efficiently deploying critical information – such as compliance training, agent development activities and other work-related tasks – to agents while providing the highest quality service to its customers.

“Within the first 12 months of using Intradiem, our unproductive available time, new hire ramp-up and shrinkage have been dramatically reduced and operational efficiencies have improved by 20 percent,” said Wade Clark, director of customer service for The General. “Our agents are completing twice as many courses per month as they were prior to using intraday management technology. This also adds a level of transparency for our compliance initiatives and helps us better serve our customers.”

“The General used Intradiem to deliver on a few key initiatives while operating at a high occupancy level, allowing them to make improvements without sacrificing service levels,” said Matt McConnell, Intradiem CEO. “It’s a pleasure to work with an organization that is dedicated to making improvements to impact the customer experience and also employee satisfaction. When their agents said they wanted more training, The General listened and delivered on that request.”

The company recognized a net impact on operating costs at roughly three percent with the first year return on total investment at approximately 104 percent across the following categories:

• 53 percent improvement in agent productivity
• 22 percent increase in new hire ramp up training
• 20 percent enhancement of operational efficiencies
• Nine percent boost in CSR performance

Clark recently showcased the success of his contact center improvement program during the Annual Society for Workplace Planning Professionals (SWPP) event in Nashville, TN in early April.

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About Intradiem
Intradiem, formerly Knowlagent, is the leading provider of intraday management solutions for contact centers. Its technology increases agent productivity and performance by delivering off-phone activities during agent idle time. Intradiem’s solutions are on-demand, easy to use and require no capital expenditures. More than 450,000 agents and managers around the world use Intradiem’s solutions every day. For more information, call 888-566-9457 or visit us online at www.intradiem.com.

ATLANTA – May 1, 2013 – The Technology Association of Georgia, the state's leading association dedicated to the promotion and economic advancement of Georgia's technology industry, recently tapped Arketi Group to launch an innovative app-like website to showcase the findings of its annual State of the Industry Report.

Arketi was commissioned by TAG to redesign and launch the 2013 State of the Industry website to provide a more engaging user experience. Stepping way beyond its paper-based and web-based predecessors, the 2013 State of the Industry: Technology in Georgia Report has been met with rave reviews and is being pointed to as an innovative use of the MODX Revolution content management platform.

Designed to provide an interactive experience for visitors, the website features a customizable widget grid. Each widget is color-coded red, yellow or green as an at-a-glance indicator of Georgia’s performance in that category.

Visitors can expand the widget to see a top-line analysis or click through to the next page to read more in-depth data. Additionally, the site remembers the activity of each visitor and displays the customized widget grid on repeat visits.

“Arketi has always done an outstanding job in presenting the State of the Industry Report in years past, but for 2013 they have outdone themselves. This year’s website is a testament to the agency’s digital and creative excellence,” said Tino Mantella, president and CEO of TAG.

The State of the Industry Report contains information on the current state of Georgia’s technology industry as well as results from the TAG Technology Decision-Makers Survey. In addition, TAG’s “Where Georgia Leads” maps are presented, providing an interactive view of the state’s key technology clusters.

“The report is important to everyone interested in Georgia’s technology community. With that in mind, we developed a website that would encourage visitors to delve into the rich information,” said Rory Carlton, principal of Arketi Group. “By providing a personal and interactive experience, we have found that visitors stay on the site longer and return more frequently.”

The site has seen a huge traffic spike in the first month. During the first two weeks, the 2013 Technology Tweet Tournament promotion drove more than 2,000 unique visitors to the site.

To view a social media version of this news release, visit pitch.pe/1034pQi.

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.

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 Brickstream, Cbeyond, Extol, Intradiem, PMG and Xerox. For more information, call 404-929-0091 ext. 202 or visit www.arketi.com.

ATLANTA and BOSTON – April 30, 2013 – The Network, Inc., a leading provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions, announced today that it is sponsoring Compliance Week 2013, Compliance Week’s 8th annual conference and the most prestigious event designed for senior compliance, risk and audit executives at global corporations. Compliance Week 2013 offers deep, informative sessions, case studies, and analysis that equip attendees with actionable insights they can employ immediately.

Compliance Week 2013 (Twitter: #CW2013), which will run May 20 - May 22 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., features content-rich keynote sessions, lively concurrent panel discussions and presentations, along with small-room “Conversation” sessions, networking opportunities and more. Topics include ethics, internal control, compliance programs, IT risks, privacy, financial reporting, international regulations, investigations, audit committees and more.

The Network is sponsoring Compliance Week 2013 to help bring this informative content to more than 500 C-level executives, including chief privacy officers and chief compliance officers from leading public companies. Speakers at the 8th annual conference include ethics & compliance officers from corporations such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Monster.com, United Technologies Corp., and Altria; as well as representatives from nine regulatory agencies that oversee everything from securities filings to social media, bribery, banking, and more.

“The Compliance Week conference is a terrific opportunity to gather together compliance professionals from every business sector to share and discuss best practices,” said Luis Ramos, CEO of the Network. “We’re looking forward to participating as moderator for a breakout session where we’ll discuss codes of conduct and how to best integrate that code throughout the organization to engage your employee base and drive corporate performance through compliance and an ethical culture.”

Additional conference highlights will include an international track focusing on compliance risks in specific countries, and strategic networking with peers, colleagues and government officials to exchange insights and real-world lessons that will prepare attendees to handle compliance and regulatory changes that occur throughout the year.

“The level of our speakers, attendees and sponsors such as The Network, makes our annual conference the must-attend event for the compliance community. Our program is designed to address key issues that attendees need to know, as well as to drive thought leadership on compliance and the trends that senior compliance officers must address. Our sales and editorial teams are working closely with The Network to ensure our conference is as fruitful as possible for all parties,” said Matt Kelly, editor-in-chief of Compliance Week.

For more information or to register, please visit http://www.complianceweek.com/8th-annual...erence/section/2777/.



About The Network, Inc.
The Network is a leading provider of integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions that allow organizations to create better workplaces and ethical cultures. The Network’s Integrated GRC Suite, recognized as the “Apple of GRC” by GRC 20/20, is the first natively integrated enterprise GRC software platform in the compliance industry. The Suite was built to leverage the way employees retain and apply ethics and compliance information and helps companies prevent, detect and remediate non-compliance and unethical conduct. A SaaS-based technology solution, the Suite integrates policy management, eLearning, code of conduct, surveys and assessments and case management, all on a reporting and analytics platform. Originally established as the first whistleblower hotline provider in 1982, The Network serves thousands of organizations in every industry, including nearly half of the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.tnwinc.com.

About Compliance Week
Compliance Week, published by Haymarket Media, Inc., is an information service on corporate governance, risk and compliance that features weekly electronic newsletters, a monthly print magazine, proprietary databases, industry-leading events, and a variety of interactive features and forums. Follow Compliance Week on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Joy Harper Reddy
Arketi Group
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Margaret Bonilla
Birnbach Communications
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ATLANTA – April 30, 2013 – The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta will host the “Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Gala” to recognize the winner of the E. Milton Bevington Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at 6 p.m. EST.

This year the MIT Enterprise Forum is honoring Mr. Reggie Bradford, Senior VP at Oracle. Bradford is an Atlanta serial entrepreneur whose 2012 sale of Vitrue to Oracle for $330 million is one of the largest in Atlanta startup history. Under Bradford’s leadership as founder and CEO, Vitrue developed relationships with more than 500 brands across 47 countries.

Today, Bradford is Senior Vice President of Product Development for Oracle, primarily focused on Oracles’ social products and technologies.

“I had the pleasure of working with Reggie in the early days of Vitrue and I consider him to be in an elite class of significant contributors to the Atlanta technology community,” says MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta Chair Chris Stanley. “In addition to Vitrue, he also served as President and Board Member of Tandberg Television and President and CEO of N2Broadband. The MIT Enterprise Forum is honored to present this much-deserved E. Milton Bevington Distinguished Entrepreneur award to Reggie and we look forward to his next endeavor.”

The Award is named after successful entrepreneur E. Milton Bevington, who passed away in 2010. Bevington was most well-known for founding Servidyne, serving as worldwide president of the MIT Associated Alumni, serving on the MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta Chapter Board and was one of only two Lifetime Members of the Atlanta MIT Enterprise Forum chapter.

Past recipients of this Award include Glen Robinson, founder of Scientific-Atlanta; Cam Lanier, chairman of ITC Holding Company; Pete Petit, founder and former CEO of Healthdyne and Matria Healthcare; and Tripp Rackley, founder and former CEO of nFront and Firethorn, and Alana Shepherd, co-founder and board member, Shepherd Center.

The sponsors of this year’s Gala include the Pedowitz Group as the Gold Sponsor, and Georgia State – Robinson College of Business as the Silver Sponsor.

The ticketed event is open to the public and will begin with a wine reception and Money Museum Tours followed by dinner and the presentation. The gala will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; on Wednesday, May 15, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Register for the event by visiting www.mitefa.org. Tickets for MIT Enterprise Forum members are $95, non-members are $135.

Non-members wishing to join the MIT Enterprise Forum, visit http://www.mitforumatlanta.org/join_individ_membership.php.

About MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta is a volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide educational programs and services that promote and strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship at the intersection of business and technology in the Southeast.

ATLANTA – April 25, 2013 – Intradiem, the leading provider of intraday management solutions, announces its recognition as “Atlanta’s Most Caring Company” by local radio station, 104.7 “The Fish.”

The company was nominated by Dana Callihan, a success manager with Intradiem, who called the radio station morning show to submit the company as a candidate for the category.

“I heard the announcement and felt our company and CEO’s commitment to community service truly demonstrates the spirit of a ‘most caring company’ and wanted to share our story with the community,” said Callihan.

Intradiem’s formal community service program offers every employee five paid days to participate in any community service project they select. Matt McConnell, Intradiem’s CEO, implemented this company-wide benefit to allow employees to work on projects that are meaningful to them without having to use vacation days. The Fish radio host, Taylor Scott commented that she had “never heard of something this extraordinary.”

“Working together to serve our community is the heart of our company’s culture,” said McConnell. “Hearing that The Fish selected us as Atlanta’s most caring company makes me proud to lead such a great group of caring individuals. Because of the positive feedback we have received from our employees, I would challenge other leaders to develop a similar program for their employees. Not only will you be giving back to the community, you’ll create a rich corporate environment where employees thrive and work hard for your organization.”

The company regularly provides opportunities to work on organized community service projects by sponsoring Serve@Work projects through High Tech Ministries, a non-profit group that leads technology professionals in Atlanta into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. These projects take place twice a year and each project spans a three day period.

Recent service projects that Intradiem has sponsored and participated in include revamping and beautifying a home for Sheltering Grace and renovating a neighborhood thrift store, coffee shop, playground and surrounding grounds for FCS Ministries. Intradiem also partners with MUST Ministries to serve quarterly lunches to families in crisis and holds quarterly resume building workshops for the organization’s residents.

Intradiem’s next Serve@Work project will take place May 7-9, 2013 at FCS Ministries.

To view a social media version of this news release, visit pitch.pe/14c33cY.

About Intradiem
Intradiem, formerly Knowlagent, is the leading provider of intraday management solutions for contact centers. Its technology increases agent productivity and performance by delivering off-phone activities during agent idle time. Intradiem’s solutions are on-demand, easy to use and require no capital expenditures. More than 450,000 agents and managers around the world use Intradiem’s solutions every day. For more information, call 888-566-9457 or visit us online at www.intradiem.com.

ATLANTA – April 23, 2013 – Intradiem, the leading provider of intraday management solutions, announces its participation and speaking engagements at three conferences: Interactions 2013, organized by NICE, April 22-25; Optimizing Your Customer Care Workforce, part of the CCNG Optimize Series, May 2; and the ACCE Conference & Expo, organized by ICMI, May 13-16.

At the NICE Interactions 2013 in Orlando, FL, John Wolf, chief marketing officer of Intradiem, will give a presentation titled, “3 Contact Center Myths Under Assault.” This discussion will help organizations avoid the common mistakes smart contact centers leaders unknowingly make that prevent their contact centers from performing at their full potential. The presentation will take place April 24 at 11 a.m.

Wolf is also presenting, “Transforming Agent Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction” at the ICMI ACCE Conference & Expo in Seattle, May 14 at 11 a.m. This session discusses how technology has changed customer interactions and addresses the issues many organizations face in improving the customer experience. The discussion will focus on a practical approach to preparing agents to interact with customers and have a positive impact on the customer experience.

“Now more than ever, contact center professionals have the opportunity to improve the customer experience in a way that no other department can,” said Wolf. “I’m excited to share innovative approaches to intraday management and ignite a movement for driving operational and performance improvements, which are essential components for enhancing the customer experience.”

The company is also participating in CCNG’s Optimize Series in Arlington, TX, on May 2. Intradiem’s Solutions Consultant, Larry Edwards, will present, “Successfully Planning for the Unplanned.” Edwards will present the holistic approach to intraday management and share how companies can take planning to the next level and avoid the intraday shuffle.

To view a social media version of this news release, visit pitch.pe/Ziihth.

About Intradiem
Intradiem, formerly Knowlagent, is the leading provider of intraday management solutions for contact centers. Its technology increases agent productivity and performance by delivering off-phone activities during agent idle time. Intradiem’s solutions are on-demand, easy to use and require no capital expenditures. More than 450,000 agents and managers around the world use Intradiem’s solutions every day. For more information, call 888-566-9457 or visit us online at www.intradiem.com.

ATLANTA – April 18, 2013 – Arketi Group, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing agency, has again earned a place on BtoB magazine’s Top Agencies List. This marks the sixth consecutive year the firm has earned a spot on this list, which was published in the March issue of Crain’s BtoB magazine.

BtoB’s annual Top Agencies List spotlights the best BtoB firms in the business, recognizing those who deliver outstanding results for their clients. According to BtoB, the agencies honored are those that work with their clients to hone in on business objectives and align marketing and communications against those objectives.

Arketi Group’s 2012 successes that helped to ensure its listing for 2013 included:
• Aggressive client base expansion in key technology industry sectors including healthcare IT, cloud computing, mobile technology, and IT-enabled services
• National recognition from PR News, BtoB, Inc., Society for New Communications Research, International Academy of the Visual Arts, and American Business Awards
• Multiple speaking engagements at national conferences
• Expansion of two key digital practice areas – marketing automation-driven lead generation/nurturing and search marketing

Delivering an integrated range of offerings from messaging and positioning to digital marketing and public relations, Arketi works with some of today’s most prestigious BtoB technology brands including Brickstream, Cbeyond, Cortera, Intradiem and Travelport.

“Being named a top agency by Crain’s BtoB editorial team is a constant goal for us and having attained that for the last six years speaks to the results we deliver for clients,” said Mike Neumeier, APR, principal at Arketi Group. “This recognition is a reflection of our tight partnership with clients, and our joint commitment to create PR and digital marketing programs that deliver a bottom-line impact.”

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About Arketi Group
Arketi Group is a public relations and digital marketing firm that helps business-to-business 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 Brickstream, Cortera, PMG, PrimeRevenue, Semprius and Xerox. For more information, call 404-929-0091 ext. 202 or visit www.arketi.com.

ATLANTA – April 10, 2013 – The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) in partnership with Arketi Group crowned Ricky Steele (@rickysteele), chief development officer for Hunter Technical Resources and host of Booth 61 with Ricky Steele, the 2013 Technology Tweet Tournament Champion.

Steele beat Mercer University (@MercerYou) in the final round of the Technology Tweet Tournament, 200 to 181 retweets.

An executive with Hunter Technical Resources, one of Atlanta’s premier IT Staffing firms, Steele is also the host of Booth 61 with Ricky Steele, a weekly Internet radio show on Georgia’s technology landscape. For more than 30 years, Steele has been active in the Atlanta technology community – known as a fearless network builder and technology business catalyst. This made him a formidable competitor.

Sixteen of Georgia’s top technology tweeters squared off in head-to-head matches where each player had only one tweet per round. That tweet had to include #WhereGALeads and a link to the 2013 State of the Industry Report. Once the player tweeted, it was up to followers to retweet the original post. The player with the most retweets over the next 24 hours advanced to the next round in the Tournament.

The two week Tournament drove more than 3,000 tweets and retweets, directed more than 2,000 visitors to the 2013 State of the Industry Report website, and earned two of the top 20 trending Twitter topics for Atlanta on March 20.

“Through my participation in the Technology Tweet Tournament, I wanted to share all the great things happening in Georgia’s technology community,” said Steele. “A lot of time, energy, and funding were involved in creating the 2013 State of Georgia Technology Report, and it should be read by everyone interested in Georgia’s technology community. I want to thank TAG and my friends at Arketi for including me in the competition as well as those who supported me all the way to the final round.”

TAG and Arketi, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing firm, launched the Technology Tweet Tournament on March 20 to find the state’s top technology tweeter and spread the word about Georgia’s growing technology industry.

“We were thrilled with the enthusiasm showed in supporting the Tournament and the attention it brought to the 2013 State of the Industry Report” said Tino Mantella, president and CEO of TAG. “TAG’s goal is to help Georgia get recognized as one of the top five states for technology by 2015, and we believe that efforts such as this will help turn heads and get people across the globe interested in what is happening here in technology.”

“This year’s Tournament competitors represent the top technology companies and individuals in Georgia, and provided for some exciting games posting impressive number and down to the buzzer scoring,” said Mike Neumeier, APR, principal at Arketi. “Much like the 2013 NCAA championship game held here in Atlanta, our final was action packed and proved that master networker and Georgia technology executive Ricky Steele had what it took to earn the 2013 title. There is no doubt that @rickysteele deserves to be recognized as the state’s top technology tweeter”

To view all 16 competitors, the interactive tournament bracket, and the final Tournament results, visit www.techtweettournament.com.

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About Arketi Group
Arketi Group is a public relations and digital marketing firm that helps business-to-business 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 marketing include Brickstream, Cbeyond, Cortera, Intradiem, Semprius 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 18,500 members and hosting over 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. The association provides members with access to networking and educational programs; recognizes and promotes Georgia’s technology leaders and companies; and advocates for legislative action that enhances the state’s economic climate for technology. Additionally, the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG’s charitable arm) focuses on helping science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education initiatives thrive. For more information visit the TAG website at www.tagonline.org or TAG’s community website at www.TAGthink.com. To learn about the TAG-Ed Collaborative visit www.tagedonline.org/.

ATLANTA – April 2, 2013 – Emcien Corp., a pioneer in automatic pattern detection, is partnering with the Arketi Group, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing agency, to bring Big Data Week to Atlanta, which takes place April 22-28, 2013.

Big Data Week is a global effort dedicated to connecting a number of cities including Barcelona, Moscow and Shanghai through locally hosted meet-ups, events, networking functions, demos, debates, hackathons and more. This partnership ensures that Atlanta’s leadership in Big Data innovation receives the spotlight it deserves.

“We recognize the future of business relies heavily on how information is stored, collected, analyzed and – ultimately – leveraged for insight, profitability and operational intelligence,” said Sami Jajeh, principal at Arketi. “Because Atlanta is full of technology developers and corporate users that are at the forefront of the Big Data movement, it is appropriate for us to be one of the 18 international cities hosting Big Data Week. We are pleased to work with the Atlanta Big Data Week team in raising awareness for this weeklong exploration of ideas and innovation.”

Organizations in Atlanta are now officially able to become a part of Big Data Week. Ways to get involved include sponsoring local events, organizing independent events, blogging or tweeting about Big Data Week (#bdw13ATL) and presenting at local events. Please visit www.bigdataweek.com for the complete schedule and information on how to get involved or contact mstephens@emcien.com directly.

“The overwhelming response from Atlanta’s tech community really signifies how big of a deal Big Data is to businesses – it’s a cross-sector revolution,” said Radhika Subramanian, CEO, Emcien. “We’re excited to work with Arketi, a high-tech PR and digital marketing agency well-known for their achievements in tech PR and community development. With their team, we can shine a spotlight on Big Data initiatives in Atlanta and position our city as a global player in this rapidly emerging business and technology trend.”

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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 Cbeyond, Catavolt, Extol, Intradiem, PMG, PrimeRevenue, OutSystems and Xerox. For more information, call 404-929-0091 ext. 202 or visit www.arketi.com.

About Emcien Corp.

Emcien’s automatic pattern-detection engine converts data to actionable insight that organizations can use immediately. Emcien breaks through time, cost and scale barriers that limit the ability to operationalize the value of data for mission-critical applications. Our patented algorithms recognize what's important, defocus what's not, evaluate all possible combinations and deliver the optimal results automatically. Emcien's engine, fueled by several highly competitive NSF grants and years of research at Georgia Tech and MIT, is delivering unprecedented value to organizations across sectors that depend on immediate insight for success—banking, healthcare, insurance, retail, Intelligence and others. Visit emcien.com to learn more.

ATLANTA – March 27, 2013 – Arketi Group, a high-tech business-to-business public relations and digital marketing agency, announced the release of its 2013 CMO Roundtable white paper, The Outlook for Business-to-Business Technology Marketing in 2013.

The white paper combines opinions and insight from more than 50 high-tech PR and marketing executives who participated in the sixth annual Technology CMO Roundtable, held in the fall of 2012. The Roundtable consisted of executives from leading technology companies in the Southeast and examined the rapidly evolving BtoB marketing landscape.

The Outlook for Business-to-Business Technology Marketing in 2013 is available free at www.arketi.com/cmo2013outlook.

“The sixth annual Technology CMO Roundtable, presented by Arketi and our media partner PR News, buzzed with ideas, best practices, learnings, questions and – most importantly – actionable insights,” said Sami Jajeh, principal at Arketi Group. “The event brought together some of the brightest minds in PR and marketing, and the insights that emerged from this impressive peer group have been compiled into a must-read white paper for the BtoB technology marketer.”

With an optimistic outlook on the 2013 business environment, five consistent themes emerged from the Roundtable discussions:
1. Buyer-centric marketing is vital because the buy cycle and sales cycle are not the same;
2. Content is all about conversion;
3. Video is a powerful, relevant channel for reaching key audiences;
4. Partnership marketing is very relevant today and should not be underestimated; and
5. IT solutions are essential marketing tools.

Some of the Roundtable participants included executives from Brickstream, Brightree, Cbeyond, ControlScan, Cortera, Craneware, Datatrac, Digital Assent, Ebix Health, EnerSphere, GigaOM, HireIQ Solutions, Mariner, MedAssets, Meggitt Training Systems, OB10, PMG, Premier Logic, ShopVisible, Surgical Information Systems, Teradata, Travelport and Vendormate.

For more information about the Roundtable and to apply for an invitation to this year’s event, visit techcmoroundtable.com/.

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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 Brickstream, Extol, Intradiem, PMG and Xerox. For more information, call 404-929-0091 ext. 202 or visit www.arketi.com.