San Francisco, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 5, 2006 - Vendor and technology-neutral consortium, The Open Group, will hold its 11th Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, from January 29 - 31, 2007, at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley resort in San Diego, California.

Focused on open standards and global interoperability within and between enterprises, Open Group's event will feature special segments on service-oriented architecture (SOA), and will include case studies, practical sessions and in-depth panel discussions of proven models for leveraging this rapidly evolving architectural approach. The Open Group's Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conferences are globally recognized events created by and for enterprise architecture practitioners to examine a wide variety of topics which are impacting the profession.

The San Diego event will bring together enterprise architects, as well as CIOs, IT strategists, and other industry experts to share insights and experiences aimed at better understanding how SOA can be successfully leveraged for business advantage. The conference's comprehensive three-day, multi-track agenda will also explore complementary aspects of enterprise architecture such as governance, development, TOGAF, architecture tools, semantic interoperability, certification and professional development, and evolving the architecture discipline in line with business demands.

Allen Brown, President and CEO of The Open Group offered, ''The advent and rapid growth of SOA requires not only new skills and techniques for enterprise architecture practitioners, but also a new way of looking at business-IT alignment. By focusing on this evolving approach, The Open Group's upcoming Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference will examine SOA's impact on business and IT today, as well as explore the implications for the future.''

The Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference offers various sponsorship and exhibit opportunities.

The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, which drives the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow that endeavors to enable access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability. The Open Group works with customers, suppliers, consortia and other standard bodies. Its role is to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies and share best practices; to facilitate interoperability, develop consensus, and evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies; to offer a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia; and to operate the industry's premier certification service.

To learn more about the event, please visit: www.opengroup.org/sandiego2007.

For more information about The Open Group, please visit: www.opengroup.org.

Mountain View, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 5, 2006 - Consumer advocacy organization, the National Consumers League (NCL), has partnered with Goodmail Systems to increase public awareness about email authentication and certification.

Goodmail is the creator of CertifiedEmail, a class of email designed to help shield consumers from email fraud and phishing scams. Online identity thieves frequently use emails pretending to be from banks or other trusted sources to trick consumers into providing their account numbers and other personal information, a practice called "phishing." How's a consumer to know whether the "sender" of an email is really who they say they are? New information at http://www.phishinginfo.org, an educational site run by the NCL, explains how technology can help protect consumers from potentially dangerous email messages.

Susan Grant, Vice President for Public Policy at NCL explained, ''Email authentication technology confirms that the sender of an email really is who it claims to be. Internet Service Providers and mailbox providers that deliver emails to consumers can use this technology to make it easier for them to look for tell-tale signs of phishing. Suspicious messages can then be flagged with warnings, and those that are obviously phishing attempts can be kept from ever reaching consumers' inboxes.''

Richard Gingras, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder of Goodmail Systems added, ''Email certification goes one step further by verifying not only the source of the message, but that the sender is a legitimate business that has permission to be emailing you. In order to have their email messages certified, companies must be checked by an independent third party. Emails which are certified can be trusted by consumers as both authentic and legitimate -- that is, safe to read and respond to.''

Founded in 1899, the National Consumers League is the nation's oldest consumer advocacy organization. Our mission is to protect and promote social and economic justice for consumers and workers in the United States and abroad. The National Consumers League is a private, nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace and workplace issues.

According to Goodmail Systems, its CertifiedEmail service is the only system of its kind that assures delivery of opt-in email with all links and images automatically rendered intact. Developed to restore trust between volume senders and individuals, CertifiedEmail imprints messages with cryptographically secure tokens that vouchsafe email authenticity and legitimacy. Available only to senders meeting strict standards for best email practices and low complaint rates, CertifiedEmail messages are presented to users with a unique blue-ribbon icon, providing a measure of security against phishing. Recent case study data from the largest email marketers and financial senders show click-through rates as much as 32 percent higher and email business results (logins, sales) improved by up to 30 percent. CertifiedEmail is supported by leading mailbox providers such as AOL and Yahoo! as well as a wide network of industry leading email platforms, security solutions, and email service providers.

To learn more about phishing safety, please visit: www.phishinginfo.org.

For more information about Goodmail Systems, please visit: www.goodmailsystems.com.

Fairfax, Virginia - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 4, 2006 - Hosting services provider, TrafficLand, Inc., based in Fairfax, VA, will provide real-time traffic video from thousands of strategically located traffic cameras across the United States through its GSA Schedule, to federal and state government agencies.

TrafficLand's Video Distribution System (VDS) and Video Hosting Services were developed to meet the unique needs of law enforcement agencies, first responders, emergency operations centers, transportation and other public safety organizations for improved situational awareness and response. TrafficLand provides secure access to its services from Web-enabled computers.
Currently in use by dozens of federal, state and local agencies, TrafficLand VDS Service is available by subscription, and government customers can select among multiple coverage areas and service level options.

TrafficLand Video Hosting Services enables government Web sites to offer real-time video, fortified by a fully redundant infrastructure, able to meet rapid expansion in user demand. The service is based on TrafficLand’s proprietary, patent-pending Image Engine, which converts video imagery from multiple sources and formats into a standardized, digital form, for routing, on request, to its dedicated network equipment located in a state-of-the-art Tier 1 data center.

Lawrence Nelson, President of TrafficLand explained, ''Video hosting with TrafficLand allows our government clients to avoid the high cost of developing and maintaining the network and hosting infrastructure required to meet peak demand periods seen during emergency situations like hurricanes.''

TrafficLand is building the largest, highest quality traffic camera network in the United States, called the Transportation Video Information Sharing Network (TVISN). TVISN currently provides video from over 3,000 traffic cameras nationwide and is serving over half a billion frames of video each month to both public and private networks, including some of America's most secure law enforcement agencies. TrafficLand is a leading provider of live traffic video viewed by the public on web sites and mobile devices to avoid traffic congestion, and by first responders to aid emergency response and incident management.

To learn more, please visit: www.trafficland.com/gsa.

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New York, New York - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 4, 2006 - Online video solutions for content providers, advertisers and websites, ROO, has completed a private equity financing with gross proceeds of $15.5 million, in a common stock transaction.

All of the participants in the transaction are accredited institutional investors, including 033 Asset Management LLC, Ashford Capital Management, and Tudor Investment Corporation. ROO will use the net proceeds from the sale of common stock to fund ongoing operations and to make additional investments in sales and marketing.

Robert Petty, Chairman and CEO of ROO Group explained, ''This round of financing illustrates the growing traction and increased demand for our integrated online video and advertising product solutions. The Company is well-positioned to continue to expand its business and product offerings, while strategically aligning itself with key players within the growing online video industry.''

Websites powered by ROO include Verizon, The Sun (Thesun.co.uk), and Financial Times (FT.com). ROO provides websites with video content from partners including ABC News, the Associated Press, Reuters and Fashion TV.

ROO Group Inc. is a business-to- business Internet video specialist consistently ranked among the world's top 10 video broadcasters. According to ROO, it is the only company to offer its partners a complete online video strategy designed to enable publishers, advertisers and content producers to build their brands and generate revenue through the intelligent, targeted use of compelling online video content. ROO's core includes a market-proven, 6th generation Internet broadcasting platform that is providing thousands of partners around the globe in the fields of entertainment, content publishing, web publishing and advertising the sophisticated technology they need to quickly publish, manage and monetize IP video.

To learn more about ROO, please visit: www.roogroupinc.com.