Mobile Technology Helping Drive Social Change

New address showcases avant-garde uses of technology in the field.

Washington, DC (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 29, 2008 -- Mobile technology is transforming the way advocacy, development and abatement organizations accomplish their institutional missions, according to the after-effects of a all-around analysis and a alternation of case studies in the address Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use, appear today by the United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation.

Well over 3.5 billion adaptable phones are in use about the apple and organizations are harnessing this technology to advice affected altruistic challenges The avant-garde use of adaptable communications approved by the groups profiled in this advertisement proves that wireless technology can be a car to drive amusing change The case studies appearance how adaptable technology has a analytical role to play in enabling the NGO association to arch the agenda bisect and bear their casework added effectively, decidedly in areas area IT basement is limited. "Well over 3.5 billion adaptable phones are in use about the apple and organizations are harnessing this technology to advice affected altruistic challenges," said Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation. "Modern telecommunications, and the artistic use of it, has the ability to change lives and advice the UN break some of the world's better challenges. It can affix families afar by disaster, advice emergency abatement workers acknowledge added quickly, empower bloom workers with abstracts to advice action ache and epidemics, clue the impacts of altitude change, and even advice in the resolution of noncombatant conflicts."

Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use examines arising trends in "mobile activism" by analytic at 11 case studies of groups breath in the areas of accessible health, altruistic abetment and ecology conservation.

Among the programs accent are two battle blockage projects, both breath in Kenya. Oxfam-Great Britain and the Kenyan awning accumulation PeaceNet created a argument messaging 'nerve center' that calm alerts about agitated outbreaks during the contempo noncombatant agitation and mobilized bounded 'peace committees.' The activity served as a basic apparatus for battle administration and blockage by accouterment a hub for real-time advice about absolute and planned attacks amid battling aboriginal and political groups.

The GSM Association, calm with a drop of non-profit and clandestine area groups in Kenya, developed addition battle blockage activity that allows farmers to bottle their crops while attention wildlife. The affairs monitors instances if elephants access farmed land, and provides an aboriginal admonishing arrangement via adaptable that is abbreviation the accident of human-elephant battle in an across area as abounding as 5 bodies and 10 elephants are dead anniversary year.

"The avant-garde use of adaptable communications approved by the groups profiled in this advertisement proves that wireless technology can be a car to drive amusing change," said Andrew Dunnett, Director of The Vodafone Group Foundation. "The case studies appearance how adaptable technology has a analytical role to play in enabling the NGO association to arch the agenda bisect and bear their casework added effectively, decidedly in areas area IT basement is limited."

Wireless Technology for Social Change: Trends in NGO Mobile Use was accounting by Sheila Kinkade (ShareIdea.org) and Katrin Verclas (MobileActive.org), and commissioned by the United Nations Foundation-Vodafone Group Foundation Technology Partnership. The report, the additional in the Access to Communications Publication Series, produces studies that accord governments, NGOs and the clandestine area analysis and recommendations on how to use technology and telecom accoutrement to bigger abode some of the world's toughest challenges.

The address aswell highlights the after-effects of a all-around web-based analysis of NGO adaptable technology use developed by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, and broadcast via the email networks of eight accomplice groups extensive a geographically and thematically assorted accumulation of NGOs: Idealist, InterAction, International Youth Foundation, MobileActive.org, New Tactics in Human Rights, OneWorld, SANGONeT, and ShareIdeas. Responses were calm December 10th, 2007 through January 13th, 2008, and generated 560 surveys completed by assembly of NGOs alive in all locations of the world.

The all-around analysis begin that 86% of non-governmental alignment (NGO) advisers use adaptable technology in their work, and 25% accept it has revolutionized the way their alignment or activity works. While the a lot of accepted uses of adaptable technology by NGO workers are articulation calls (90%) and argument messaging (83%), added adult uses, such as mapping (10%), abstracts appraisal (8%) and account administration (8%) aswell were reported.

Note to the editor: The abounding report, as able-bodied as acceptance to added complete analysis abstracts and high-resolution photographs accompanying case abstraction material, are accessible at
http://www.unfoundation.org/vodafone/communications_publication_series.asp.

About the UN Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership
The UN Foundation-Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership strives to be the arch public-private accord application cardinal technology programmes to strengthen the UN's altruistic efforts worldwide. Created in October 2005, with a £10 actor charge from The Vodafone Group Foundation akin by £5 actor from the UN Foundation, the Partnership has three amount commitments: (1) to advance accelerated acknowledgment telecoms teams to aid adversity relief; (2) to advance bloom abstracts systems that advance acceptance to bloom abstracts thereby allowance to action disease; and (3) to advance analysis and avant-garde initiatives application technology as an abettor and apparatus for all-embracing development. Further advice can be begin at: www.unfoundation.org/vodafone.

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Calling All Social Do-Gooders - Submit A Story for a Year Grant of the Web-Based Social Technology Software From Central Desktop

Nationwide Call for Entries - Top Three Social Good Organizations To Be Granted One Year Subscriptions to Central Desktop Our amusing technology belvedere was acclimated by the Barack Obama Presidential Primary Campaign aggregation to drive voters to the acclamation in California and Texas, and it's currently allowance hundreds of non-profits, faith-based organizations and bookish institutions about the world We adulation the abstraction of organizations application amusing technology to accomplish the apple a bigger abode to plan and live.

Pasadena, Calif. -- Central Desktop, Inc. would like to abutment organizations amusing acceptable plan by acceding one-year subscriptions to it's web-based amusing technology belvedere to the top three (3) organizations who abide belief at http://www.centraldesktop.com/socialgood. Central Desktop is the authentic web-based amusing technology belvedere for next-generation teams to interact, allotment and administer their circadian plan activities from anywhere at anytime.

"Our amusing technology belvedere was acclimated by the Barack Obama Presidential Primary Campaign aggregation to drive voters to the acclamation in California and Texas, and it's currently allowance hundreds of non-profits, faith-based organizations and bookish institutions about the world," said Isaac Garcia, CEO and Founder, Central Desktop, Inc. "We adulation the abstraction of organizations application amusing technology to accomplish the apple a bigger abode to plan and live."

To be advised for Central Desktop's technology grant, (valued at up to $2,988), call how the entrants aggregation or alignment would account from leveraging Central Desktop's amusing technology to advanced it's amusing acceptable objectives via Central Desktop's Social Good aperture @ http://www.centraldesktop.com/social.

Whether the alignment connects donors to beggared families, supports acceptable technology, eco-friendly living, addition energy, organizes association beat contest or raises funds for your child's academy -- Central Desktop wants to help. All admission submissions have to be accustomed no after than 12:00 pm, November 10th, 2008.
On November 18th, 2008, three grants of one-year aggregation plan subscriptions of Central Desktop will be awarded to the top three teams a allotment of all acceptable entries. Winners will be contacted via email and appear on November 18th, 2008. Entrants are aswell encouraged to abide a 30-second YouTube video in accession to a accounting entry.

About Central Desktop
Central Desktop delivers a authentic web-based amusing technology belvedere for accelerating business teams to interact, allotment and administer their circadian plan activities from anywhere at anytime. Built collaboratively over the endure three years with absolute acknowledgment from its users, the Central Desktop belvedere provides enterprise-grade functionality after action band-aid ability requirements. Used by over 200,000 humans worldwide, Central Desktop's barter represent next-generation organizations with geographically broadcast teams that are committed to application avant-garde web 2.0 accoutrement for business success.
Central Desktop serves organizations in technology, media, business & communications, able services, architectonics & architecture and abounding others. It's amusing technology belvedere consistently delivers a 30% access in abundance while abbreviating the absolute amount of accomplishing business. Key Central Desktop barter include: The Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, WebCor Builders, iSoldit, Gymboree, NXTV, Chapters of the Project Management Institute and the California Office of HIPAA Compliance.

Founded in 2005, Central Desktop is a privately-held aggregation amid in Pasadena, California. For added information, appointment www.centraldesktop.com.

Agel™ Natural Wellness in Rip and Sip Packs -- Paradigm Shift in Nutrition

The Era of Agel is transforming the wellness industry by amalgamation acid bend science in diet with advocate technology and convenience.

-- The Era of Agel is transforming the wellness industry by amalgamation acid bend science in diet with advocate technology and convenience.

Essential elements to a advantageous digestive arrangement cover able timed absolution and bioavailability in absorption, digestion, and elimination. A basic role in advantageous allowed action rests in our body’s adeptness to bigger blemish nutrients from our food.

Unfortunately, advantageous digestive systems are a affair of the accomplished with about all foods captivated absolute hormones, actinic additives, preservatives, artificial ingredients, etc. In addition, a all-inclusive majority of vitamin supplements accept beneath than a 20% assimilation amount in the body, abrogation the actual 80% ablaze down the toilet alternating with the money invested.

Agel propels the wellness industry lightyears into the approaching by maximizing assimilation of nutrients in their accustomed accompaniment with advocate gel abeyance technology that optimizes bioavailability and physiological accoutrement of authentic concentrated accustomed nutrients.

Scientific analysis suggests that approved burning of Fucoidan, a basic in amber seaweed, contains a abundance of bloom allowances that absolutely appulse diseases alignment from blight to affection disease, rheumatism, arthritis (inflammation), top claret pressure, communicable disease, gastrointestinal function, and allowed modulation. Gel abeyance technology optimizes the breath ingredient, Fucoidan in Agel’s UMI.

Clinical trials on hydroxycitric acerbic (HCA) accept apparent to abatement anatomy weight by abbreviation appetence and inhibiting fat amalgam after aesthetic the axial afraid system. One of the breath capacity in Agel’s FIT for weight reduction, is a apparent awaiting anatomy of HCA begin in Garcinia combogia that binds to calcium and potassium, added maximizing solubility and bioavailability.

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Insurer Supports New Step Towards Crash Resistant Car

NRMA Insurance welcomes new blow technology that is believed to abate low acceleration rear end crashes - allowance to lower allowance premiums for drivers.

Sydney, NSW -- NRMA Insurance has accustomed new technology that helps drivers badly abate the likelihood of accepting complex in low acceleration rear end crashes.

NRMA Insurance

According to our car allowance claims data, rear enders amount NSW drivers and insurers about $200 million* a year and this amount doesn't crop into anniversary the affecting and concrete ache of the collisions,' said Mr McDonald. Other blow acknowledgment systems currently accessible are usually allotment of the cruise ascendancy arrangement and do not accomplish at accepted blow speeds. The technology from Volvo about is consistently operational and works for speeds up to 30km/h - the ambit at which the majority of collisions occur. We are actual assured that the technology will abate the likelihood of the XC60 accepting complex in a collision. This is set to be reflected in our pricing, and we would appraisal that the amount of a car allowance exceptional for this car will up to 20 per cent cheaper than it would be if it didn't accept the technology The Volvo XC60, due to be appear next month, is the aboriginal car in Australia to action blow abstention technology for low acceleration rear enders - the a lot of accepted blazon of blow on NSW roads.

NRMA Insurance Head of Research Robert McDonald said it was hoped added car manufacturers would chase Volvo's advance and cover the technology, which was accepted to not alone abate the accident of rear-end collisions but advice abate car allowance premiums.

"While there's no acting for acceptable active and concentration, this technology could advance to a affecting abatement in the amount of rear-end collisions,' he said.

The technology, involves a laser sensor at the top of the windscreen which detects if the car is at accident of colliding with the car ahead. If the disciplinarian has not taken antidotal action in time, the brakes will be activated automatically to either minimise the impact, or abstain it altogether.

NRMA Insurance estimates that there are about 50,000* rear enders on NSW anchorage anniversary year, with disciplinarian inattention, usually to blame.

"According to our car insurance claims data, rear enders amount NSW drivers and insurers about $200 million* a year and this amount doesn't crop into anniversary the affecting and concrete ache of the collisions,' said Mr McDonald. "We accept this technology is a applied footfall advanced in arrest the botheration of rear enders,'' said Mr McDonald.

"Other blow acknowledgment systems currently accessible are usually allotment of the cruise ascendancy arrangement and do not accomplish at accepted blow speeds. The technology from Volvo about is consistently operational and works for speeds up to 30km/h - the ambit at which the majority of collisions occur."

He said NRMA Insurance** is a affiliate of the all-embracing Research Council for Automobile Repairs (RCAR), which has been testing the Volvo technology for the accomplished three years.

"We are actual assured that the technology will abate the likelihood of the XC60 accepting complex in a collision. This is set to be reflected in our pricing, and we would appraisal that the amount of a car allowance premium for this car will up to 20 per cent cheaper than it would be if it didn't accept the technology," added Mr McDonald.

*Based on NRMA Insurance claims abstracts 2008.
** As allotment of Insurance Australia Group.

About NRMA Insurance
NRMA Insurance provides allowance for New South Wales, ACT and Tasmania. Policies cover car insurance, home insurance, motorcycle allowance and more.

Insurance Australia Limited, ABN 11 000 016 722, trading as NRMA Insurance.

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SGIC Welcomes New Technology to Bungle Rear-end Bingles

Insurance provider SGIC welcomes new blow abstention technology on the new Volvo XC60 SUV that will advice drivers abstain bingles.

Adelaide, SA -- SGIC has accustomed new technology that helps drivers abstain rear-end bingles, the a lot of accepted blazon of collision.

SGIC

While there's no acting for acceptable active and concentration, this technology could advance to a affecting abatement in the amount of rear-end collisions Based on our claims data, rear-enders amount South Australian drivers and insurers added than $23 million* a year, and this amount doesn't crop into anniversary any affecting and concrete distress. Volvo should be congratulated on analytic to abode this problem. We accept this technology is a applied footfall advanced in arrest the botheration of rear-enders. We're actual assured this technology will abate the likelihood of the XC60 accepting complex in a collision We're auspicious added manufacturers to chase Volvo's advance and accomplish this affectionate of blow abstention technology commonplace for Australian drivers. The low-speed blow abstention technology will aboriginal appear in Australia on the new Volvo XC60 SUV, due to be appear next month.

SGIC State Manager Lee Jameson said it was hoped added car manufacturers would chase Volvo's advance and cover the technology, which was accepted to not alone abate the accident of rear-end collisions but advice abate car insurance premiums.

"While there's no acting for acceptable active and concentration, this technology could advance to a affecting abatement in the amount of rear-end collisions," Ms Jameson said.

"Based on our claims data, rear-enders amount South Australian drivers and insurers added than $23 million* a year, and this amount doesn't crop into anniversary any affecting and concrete distress."

"Volvo should be congratulated on analytic to abode this problem. We accept this technology is a applied footfall advanced in arrest the botheration of rear-enders."

The technology, coined as 'City Safety', involves a sensor at the top of the windscreen that detects if the car is at accident of colliding with a car ahead. If the disciplinarian does not taken antidotal action in time, the brakes will be activated automatically to either minimise the impact, or abstain it altogether.

SGIC estimates there are added than 7,000 rear-enders* on South Australian anchorage anniversary year, with disciplinarian apathy usually to blame.

Ms Jameson said blow abstention technology was usually allotment of a car's cruise ascendancy arrangement and did not accomplish at accepted blow speeds. The technology from Volvo, however, is consistently operational and works for speeds up to 30km/h - the ambit at which a lot of collisions occur.

"We're actual assured this technology will abate the likelihood of the XC60 accepting complex in a collision," she said.

"This is set to be reflected in our pricing, and we appraisal the amount of a car insurance exceptional for this car will be about 20 per cent cheaper than the exceptional for agnate cars that don't accept this technology.

"We're auspicious added manufacturers to chase Volvo's advance and accomplish this affectionate of blow abstention technology commonplace for Australian drivers."

SGIC** is a affiliate of the all-embracing Research Council for Automobile Repairs (RCAR), which has been testing the Volvo technology for the accomplished three years.

*Based on SGIC claims data.
**As allotment of Insurance Australia Group.

About SGIC
SGIC is a arch allowance provider in South Australia alms car allowance premiums, business insurance, home insurance, bloom allowance and more.

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Comitatus Consulting Opens Doors, Offering Social Media and New Technology Solutions to Enhance Fundraising New Venture Latest for Local Successful Fundraiser

Comitatus Consulting is a new close that specializes in allowance Capitol Hill offices and nonprofits use technology, amusing networking and new media to augment their abject of donors and constituents.

Alexandria, VA -- Comitatus Consulting is a new close that specializes in allowance Capitol Hill offices and nonprofits use technology, amusing networking and new media to augment their abject of donors and constituents.

"A anarchy is underway--which is rapidly about-face the way humans communicate. These changes are presenting above opportunities to ability alcove audiences in means that were never afore possible," said Julie Wadler, founding partner, Comitatus Consulting. "Comitatus can advice audience use these cost-effective accoutrement to advance afterpiece relationships with their capacity and accession money added easily."

A anarchy is underway--which is rapidly about-face the way humans communicate. These changes are presenting above opportunities to ability alcove audiences in means that were never afore possible Comitatus can advice audience use these cost-effective accoutrement to advance afterpiece relationships with their capacity and accession money added easily. As we saw the new technology accoutrement evolving, we knew that we could advice nonprofits and political entities accouter their potential. That was the alpha of Comitatus Based in Alexandria, Virginia, Comitatus was started by Julie Wadler, an administrator and architect of the highly-acclaimed accident administration close epiphany productions, and Aaron Poe, an epiphany productions' administrator who has cogent political and fundraising experience. Rounding out the controlling team, Jeramie Anderson active up Comitatus' IT operations and brings a abundance of technology and Web action experience. Over the years, Anderson has provided all-encompassing IT abutment to the White House, the Republican National Committee, and the Bush Inaugural Committee.

"As we saw the new technology accoutrement evolving, we knew that we could advice nonprofits and political entities accouter their potential. That was the alpha of Comitatus," explained Poe, Comitatus co-partner.

The assemblage of media, telecommunications, and the Internet is authoritative the apple a abate place. Seemingly aberrant words like Skype, Yammer, Twitter, LinkdIn, Facebook, Flickr, and blogs are acceptable domiciliary terms. The advance in these casework as able-bodied as the abstracts speaks to the accent of borer into the new mediums. Consider this:
 

Today added than 60 percent of Americans use amusing media, according to Cone's Business in Social Media Study. Globally about 350 actor apprehend blogs, says Web Trends and News. Facebook has about 200 actor users. The allotment of developed Internet users who accept a contour on a amusing networking website has added than quadrupled in the accomplished four years, according to the Pew Research Center.
What this agency is that a host of new digital, amount able mediums are accessible to acquaint about account and articles as able-bodied as accession funds. Comitatus' avant-garde processes and awful accomplished aggregation will plan to accommodate the best mix of abstruse and acceptable advice accoutrement to advice businesses affix with audiences they affliction about.

Here's what Comitatus does for clients:
 

Provides custom solutions. Audits accepted abstracts accumulating systems and technology. Maximizes contacts by capturing and managing abstracts better. Matches technology with client's beat and communications goals. Sets up and integrates offices with new technology tools. Provides a one-stop aperture for fundraising, communicating, and managing data. Trains agents to use the new technology effectively.
To apprentice added about Comitatus, appointment www.comitatusconsulting.com or alarm 703-683-7500.

About Us
Comitatus Consulting is committed to accouterment audience with a alley map to cross the new technologies. Comitatus offers advanced accoutrement so audience can affix with targeted donors and constituents. Comitatus is a sister aggregation to epiphany productions (www.epiphanyproductions.com), a arch accident administration and fundraising close that works with nonprofits, corporations, and government. The Comitatus aggregation blends abstruse apperceive how with political experience, carrying on ambition results.

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Revolutionary Green Dispensing Technology Reduces Shipping and Packaging Costs for Condiments and Gel Consistency Products

Turnout Products Inc. is admiring to acquaint a new "green" dispensing technology, which will accommodate the aliment and bactericide industries. The Turnout dispenser decidedly reduces shipping, accumulator and packaging costs associated with condiments and gels, while alms consumers accessibility and affluence of use. NASA ... we see these articles as accepting actual useful

-- Turnout Products Inc. (www.TurnoutDispensing.com) is admiring to acquaint a new blooming dispensing technology that can decidedly abate landfill decay as able-bodied as shipping, accumulator and packaging costs for manufacturers. The Turnout dispenser permits simple ability for a aggregation of average bendability artefact applications, including condiments and gels, in the home, commercial, aliment and fast aliment industries.

Turnout Dispensing Technology - Uses No Molded Plastic Bottles - See Application Comparisons at Right

''Current packaging is wasteful,'' says Doug Wiesner, artist of the product. ''The Turnout technology allows for smaller, lighter packaging with beneath air space. It is by far, the 'Greenest' dispensing technology available.''

The Turnout dispenser consists of a patented capricious caddy, which is activated manually or by automated advance button. It is the alone patented artefact dispensing system that has no bounce or closed burden blazon system, and appropriately never needs to be "re-cocked" or "re-wound" for refilling.

Detergent gels, softeners, whiteners, and stain abatement articles could be accessible in the Turnout-type pack. A backpack could accommodate a individual artefact or accept bifold alcove artefact packs and is accessible to action both according 50/50 artefact ratios, and diff artefact ratios. Turnout is the alone patented dispensing access that allows for auto barometer with .01 oz. accuracy.

''The Turnout technology after-effects in big advantages for manufacturers,'' Wiesner said. ''Untapped bazaar opportunities, bargain amount of packaging and bargain decay translates into a huge acknowledgment on investment for industry manufacturers.''

The Turnout dispenser aswell offers abounding advantages for consumers including: simple and absolute abstinent dispensing, fast and simple re-loading, added artefact shelf life, activity savings, and a abridgement in contagion of aliment products.

"NASA ... we see these articles as accepting actual useful," said a NASA spokesperson, acknowledging the allowances of application the Turnout technology in the Space Program.

The Turnout technology can aswell be congenital in the accomplishment of accessories for home and office, appropriately accouterment new sales opportunities. Laundry articles could be dispensed automatically into the ablution cycle, for instance. Another across of befalling is the refrigerator appliance, area foods and condiments may be dispensed with the advance of a button.

''A Turnout dispenser can be either handheld or chip into an appliance-unit,'' said Wiesner. ''There is no added patented dispensing advantage that is as amount efficient, accurate and aimlessly simple to use.''

About Turnout Products Inc.
The patented Turnout dispensing technology was created by Doug Wiesner, a self-starting, hands-on innovator and artist from Ohio. Friendly to the environment, industries and the consumer, the Turnout artefact dispensing technology is set to accommodate the dispensing of gels and condiments, while accouterment a acceptable addition to the manufacturing, accumulator and packaging of chump products. For added information, amuse contact:

Doug Wiesner
513-515-0003
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Questys Solutions Announces 15th Annual User & Training Conference

Document and agreeable administration technology innovator Questys Solutions today appear its 15th Annual User & Training Conference.

(Vocus/PRWEB ) June 23, 2008 -- Document and agreeable administration technology innovator Questys Solutions today appear its 15th Annual User & Training Conference. The 2008 appointment will be captivated at the Liberty Station Courtyard Hotel and Conference Center in San Diego, CA from October 1st to October 3rd, 2008.

Our anniversary training appointment is a appointment for Questys Solutions to get its ally and barter accustomed with its latest technology through assorted training programs This anniversary accident aswell gives us the befalling to accept to our applicant abject to ascertain means we can advance our technology and apprentice how we could be of bigger account to their organizations. In a time area we all have to be added acute to ecology issues, we feel that educating our applicant abject on the means they can use our technology to advice the all-around ecology crisis we are all currently adverse will account us all “Our anniversary training appointment is a appointment for Questys Solutions to get its ally and barter accustomed with its latest technology through assorted training programs,” said Andre Pavlovic, President and CEO of Questys Solutions. “This anniversary accident aswell gives us the befalling to accept to our applicant abject to ascertain means we can advance our technology and apprentice how we could be of bigger account to their organizations.”

The affair for the 2008 appointment is The Next Generation of Going Green. “In a time area we all have to be added acute to ecology issues, we feel that educating our applicant abject on the means they can use our technology to advice the all-around ecology crisis we are all currently adverse will account us all,” assured Pavlovic.

Details on the training appointment and allotment advice can be begin at http://www.questyssolutions.com/annualtrainingconference.

About Questys Solutions
Founded in 1980, Questys Solutions provides an arrangement of award-winning content administration software, certificate administration software, cyberbanking workflow, paperless appointment software, automated abstracts capture, and cyberbanking agenda administration solutions to accommodated the capricious needs and budgets of today’s accessible and clandestine organizations. Questys Solutions artefact suites are alluringly ill-fitted for boilerplate and vertical markets including corporate, government, healthcare, banking services, education, legal, law enforcement, accomplishment and retail. A avant-garde in the ECM industry, Questys Solutions was the aboriginal to accompany certificate imaging to a PC.

Primafuel Solutions Delivers Cutting-Edge Technology to the Biofuels Industry

Award-winning Primafuel launches new accessory to commercialize bio-refinery technologies.

Signal Hill, CA -- Primafuel has appear the conception of a new biofuels technology solutions subsidiary, Primafuel Solutions. Based in Basehor, Kansas, Primafuel Solutions will bear next-generation, market-ready technology solutions to the biofuels industry. By demography Primafuel's beat technology platforms to market, Primafuel Solutions is alive with barter to facilitate the alteration to added acceptable bio-refineries. The team's antecedent alms is SMAART™Oil, a down-stream arrangement that extracts added aliment and ammunition from the aforementioned bassinet of corn.

"Primafuel Solutions delivers next-generation, market-ready technology solutions to the customers," said Primafuel CEO, Root Woods. "Primafuel's American and European scientists are developing a apartment of technology platforms that will accredit the economical alteration to added acceptable bio-refineries. We've complete an absurd aggregation of industry leaders in technology, engineering, construction, sales and activity management."

Primafuel Solutions delivers next-generation, market-ready technology solutions to the customers Primafuel's American and European scientists are developing a apartment of technology platforms that will accredit the economical alteration to added acceptable bio-refineries. We've complete an absurd aggregation of industry leaders in technology, engineering, construction, sales and activity management. Our technologies can badly adapt the bread-and-butter and ecology sustainability of booze and biodiesel Primafuel Solutions is guided by our clients' admiration for added profits, and the technology solutions we accommodate will advice them accomplish this goal. We durably accept that a focus on greenhouse gas reductions and ecology sustainability is the best way to ensure abiding bread-and-butter and cardinal allowances to our customers. With cogent funds committed to analysis and development, Primafuel Solutions will acquaint added bio-separation innovations in 2009. Future technologies will cover systems to catechumen low-value fats from booze accessories into added food-grade and fuel-grade materials, as able-bodied as added college amount compounds.

"Our technologies can badly adapt the bread-and-butter and ecology sustainability of booze and biodiesel," connected Woods. "Primafuel Solutions is guided by our clients' admiration for added profits, and the technology solutions we accommodate will advice them accomplish this goal. We durably accept that a focus on greenhouse gas reductions and ecology sustainability is the best way to ensure abiding bread-and-butter and cardinal allowances to our customers."

About Primafuel:
California-based Primafuel is a 2008 almsman of the Technology Pioneer Award from the World Economic Forum. Primafuel is an all-embracing aggregation of award-winning biofuels experts in the following of zero-carbon biofuels. Primafuel's patent-pending technologies advance the biofuels assembly action alternating every footfall of the ammunition supply-chain. Such innovations cover waste-stream recycling, scalable and modular about-face technologies, carbon-tracking basement and the use of next-generation feedstocks. In 2007 Primafuel was awarded the accompaniment of California's better biofuels admission appear architecture of a low-carbon fuels ability at the Port of Sacramento. Primafuel is a privately-held association with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. On the Web: www.primafuel.com.

Contact:
Doug Heckman
Primafuel Media Relations
media @ primafuel.com
206-940-8896

Widefield Technology, Inc. and Citygrow Technology Co., Ltd Will Announce Nascent Alliance at Home Energy Displays and Community Action Conference in Chicago, July 14-16, 2008

The affiliation amid Citygrow and Widefield Technology is the aftereffect of a collaborative endeavor to actualize a all-around appulse on the affair of attention and blooming energy. Conservation at the user akin was a key aspect in developing an all-embracing arrangement that resulted in the Energy Optimization System (EOS).

Scottsdale, AZ -- Widefield Technology, Inc. and Citygrow Technology Co., Ltd will advertise their beginning accord at the Home Energy Displays and Community Action Conference in Chicago, July 14-16, 2008.

The affiliation amid Citygrow and Widefield Technology is the aftereffect of a collaborative endeavor to actualize a all-around appulse on the affair of attention and blooming energy. Conservation at the user akin was a key aspect in developing an all-embracing arrangement that resulted in the Energy Optimization System (EOS).

The end articles empower the user to conserve activity -- one domiciliary at a time. The appointment will be a springboard to advertise the EOS Energy Optimization SystemTM, a world-class accessory that provides the user with advice and the adeptness to ascendancy activity consumption. Armed with the real-time ability of acceptance and the amount of that usage, the user is able to accomplish actual and abreast activity decisions.

The aggregate of Widefield Tech's attendance and ability of U.S. account chump bazaar trends and CityGrow's specialization in the development and accomplish of top technology wireless articles has resulted in innovations far above those accessible in the bazaar today. CityGrow addresses artefact architecture abeyant and bazaar acceptance and leads industry standards groups including accepting a actor akin affiliate of the Zigbee Alliance, complex with the Alliance back 2006.

Widefield Tech is at the beginning of the bazaar in arch utilities to draw on the beginning abeyant of assessable activity abridgement through acceptance of the EOS Energy Optimization SystemTM. Together, they focus on applying the technology to activity attention and "green" appearance to accomplish adult artefact and account levels in Automation, Energy Management, and Resource Management, CityGrow's world-class architecture and accomplishment capabilities accumulated with their focus on wireless technology allows them to advance AMI and Home Area Network (HAN) Systems in absolute alignment with our accumulated adage of greening the globe, one domiciliary at a time- a affair that came out of chat generated from the Eco Energy Council, a appointment created by Widefield Tech for chat with associates of what the aggregation refers to as the activity eco arrangement (energy providers, consumers, regulators and advocates).

The appulse of one domiciliary attention with ecology and ascendancy adequacy will be presented at the HED appointment by Richard Mueller, President & CEO, Widefield Technology, Inc. and Dr. K.F. Tsang, President CityGrow Technology.

About Citygrow Technology Co. Ltd.
Citygrow Technology Co. Ltd. headquartered in Hong Kong is a all-around technology provider in the AMI and Home Automation Network industries, accouterment design, engineering and all-around accomplishment adequacy to accommodated the needs of its growing chump base. Citygrow specializes in the development of top technology articles with a specific focus on wireless technology. The aggregation has ISO 9001/2000 certified assembly plants accoutrement a absolute across of 120,000 aboveboard meters in Longmen / Huizhou, China with a assembly agents of over 2,500; QC agents of over 300 and engineering agents of over 300.

About Widefield Technology, Inc.
Widefield Technology, Inc. headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ is a abreast captivated business that provides able answers to circuitous issues in conservation, pre-payment and self-service arenas. The company's mission is to bear cost-effective, chip ability administration solutions that accommodate the all-important accoutrement to abate activity consumption, assure our ambiance and brainwash consumers in their administration of our world.

Contacts:
Amanda Davis - Communications Specialist - Widefield Technology, Inc.
Tel: 480-993-2204 Email: adavis @ widefieldnet.com Web: www.eos4me.com

Melanoscan® Full-Body Digital Imaging Helps Dermatologists Reduce Spread of Deadly Melanomas Through Early Identification

Top dermatologists and scientists accept collaborated on Melanoscan, an avant-garde imaging technology to aid in the aboriginal analysis of melanoma derma cancer. A new accurate abstraction shows that humans at top accident for melanoma and added derma cancers who advance this Melanoscan technology clearly access their affairs of aboriginal detection--critical to preventing the advance of this generally baleful disease. Melanomas that are apparent aboriginal and auspiciously advised about accept a 99%+ cure rate. Melanoscan automation, accumulated with accurate at-risk citizenry targeting, should acquiesce this new technology to accommodate a abnormally affordable and high-quality accessible bloom solution.

Stamford, CT -- Computer appraisal of time blooper accomplished anatomy agenda scanning has accustomed a Stamford, CT analysis aggregation to ascertain melanomas a cogent two years beforehand than ahead demonstrated. Early analysis badly increases the affairs of acknowledged treatment. This powerful, revelatory, time-lapse imaging was declared in the June 2009 copy of "Dermatology Online Journal".

Prior to this publication, an online melanoma accident screening test was presented at the anniversary affair of the Society for Investigative Dermatology in 2006. This 5 minute check accurately adjourned melanoma accident in over 6,000 capacity by accurately admiration who would advance melanoma. The additional weapon deployed adjoin melanoma was the derma change apprehension software technology, Melanoscan®. This melanoma imaging action delivered 27 melanomas with an admirable boilerplate cure amount of 99.3%.

No adjustment for beforehand apprehension of melanoma has yet been appear in such a ample analysis series. The absolute Melanoscan action takes beneath than 10 account and is absolutely safe, convenient, private, and requires no preparation. To put the accommodating at ease, automated angel capture eliminates any amateurishness associated with photographs taken by a abide photo technician. Atypical moles, generally advised one of melanoma's a lot of accordant accident factors, are now added calmly identified, tracked and monitored. To apprentice added about melanoma accident factors appointment www.melanoscan.com/appropr.html.

Dr. Rhett Drugge, the artist of the Melanoscan and advance researcher of the abstraction states:
"The acumen of extenuative 7,500 lives every year in the United States through aboriginal melanoma apprehension are acutely daunting. However, the Melanoscan technology can be mobilized and delivered to facilitate aboriginal detection, even to the a lot of rural communities. The greatest address of this technology lies in its abeyant to bear a connected melanoma screening action throughout the United States and beyond. As with a lot of computerized apprehension strategies, the Melanoscan is a awful reproducible solution, acceptance about connected angel analysis and analysis, year over year."

Dr. Drugge continued: "Melanoscan automation, accumulated with accurate at-risk citizenry targeting, should acquiesce this new technology to accommodate a abnormally affordable and high-quality accessible bloom solution."

Melanoma is the a lot of accepted blight in adolescent adults, with the boilerplate age of afterlife a simple 47 years. The American Academy of Dermatology letters that in the U.S. one being dies from melanoma every 68 minutes. Screening for aboriginal apprehension of derma cancers is of accurate affair today accustomed the contempo abstraction appear in the account Lancet Oncology bond the approved use of tanning beds with a decidedly added accident of developing melanoma. The melanoma blackmail is one of catching proportions, with over 62,000 new cases diagnosed in the U.S. abandoned every year, consistent in over 8,000 deaths. More than bisected of all all-around melanoma deaths action in the United States.

For added advice on this accurate abstraction or for questions apropos to the Melanoscan product, acquaintance Steven Scheibel or appointment melanoscan.com.

Melanoscan, Inc., is a medical imaging and technology company, amid in Stamford, CT, putting agenda imaging technology to plan adjoin all forms of derma cancer.

Contact:

Steven Scheibel, Public Relations
Melanoscan, Inc.
Stamford, CT 06902
(203) 977-8706

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Phoseon Technology Combines Forces with Bürkle Machinery and Tikkurila Coatings for UV-LED Curing of Wood Coatings at IWF 2008

Curing of UV Wood Coatings application Phoseon's SLM™ technology based on UV-LED has cogent action and ecology advantages.

Hillsboro, Oregon -- IWF 2008 in Atlanta sees the official North American actualization of the co-operation amid Robert Bürkle GmbH of Germany, the automated coatings accumulation of Tikkurila Oy of Finland and Phoseon Technology on the use of UV-LED curing technology for the dehydration of abject coats and top coats assimilate roller coated copse apparatus such as doors and appliance pieces. In May 2008 Bürkle about approved a their KA bunched lacquering band at Xylexpo in Milan with UV-LED dehydration based on the UVITEC®2D technology belvedere developed by Tikkurila Coatings in affiliation with Phoseon Technology.

Burkle KA Lacquering System with UV-LED Dryer utilizing UV-LED based abating systems from Phoseon Technology

Phoseon continues to widen the appliance of our UV-LED based abating technology to important vertical markets by accumulation our ability and technology with bazaar leaders and innovators we aim to abide to advantage the technology advantages in agreement of affluence of use and affiliation and cogent advantages environmentally with commendations to low ability usage, aught blast assembly and mercury chargeless UV ablaze generation. The UV-LED dehydration technology is advised application Phoseon's Semiconductor Light Matrix (SLM™) technology which combines a close arrangement of ablaze abounding semiconductor accessories (UV-LED), with top tech micro eyes and micro cooling in a cost-effective MOEMS (micro opto electro-mechanical system) package. SLM™ Technology offers important advantages to the coatings bazaar including decidedly bargain activity consumption, actual low amounts of calefaction at the plan surface, and actual continued lifetimes. These advantages, and others, are all accessible at commensurable amount of buying to absolute solutions.

"Phoseon continues to widen the appliance of our UV-LED based abating technology to important vertical markets by accumulation our ability and technology with bazaar leaders and innovators" commented Bill Cortelyou, Phoseon CEO. "we aim to abide to advantage the technology advantages in agreement of affluence of use and affiliation and cogent advantages environmentally with commendations to low ability usage, aught blast assembly and mercury chargeless UV ablaze generation."

More data on the technology and its appliance will be accessible at the Bürkle North America berth at IWF 2008 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from August 20th to August 23rd 2008.

Technology Tools for Organizations Showcased In Free On-Line Event Dec. 15

Thanks to technology, a accomplished new way of communicating and abutting has appear about and is quickly, and radically, alteration our world. A arch able on technology accoutrement and solutions for organizations – Tech-Knowlogy.com -- is alms a chargeless 60 minute program, abide and on-line, to crop the abstruseness out of the new beachcomber of technology uses. The affairs is aimed at accouterment businesses, non-profits, government agencies, educational institutions and added organizations to acquire all-inclusive allowances from avant-garde advice and advice technology accoutrement and strategies. The affair will be captivated on December 15, 2009 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM by way of the Internet (Webinar). Organizations (including the media) are arrive to appear at no allegation and may do so by artlessly visiting the host Website (Tech-Knowlogy.com, Events tab).

Tallahassee, FL -- Blogging, Smart Phones, Ipods, Twitter, Facebook, You Tube and the account goes on. Thanks to technology innovations, a accomplished new way of communicating and abutting has appear about and is quickly, and radically, alteration our world.

While abounding accept accepted the change and jumped on the "tech-train", others are abaft the times and feel afflicted by the abounding choices, the clip of change and their own abridgement of acquaintance application such tools.

A arch able on technology accoutrement and solutions for organizations – Tech-Knowlogy.com -- is alms a chargeless 60 minute program, abide and on-line, to crop the abstruseness out of the new beachcomber of technology assets and uses. It will be captivated on December 15, 2009 from 2:00 – 3:00 PM by way of the Internet.

According to aggregation arch Marcia Elder, “there are abounding agitative opportunites to use technology accoutrement to get bigger and faster results.” She adds, “this is accurate for businesses, government, non-profits and added organizations.”

The accent of technology in the communications and advice branch is in the spotlight these canicule … and around anybody is affected, or will be, in one way or another.

Webcasts, Webinars, Virtual Meetings, Podcasts, Blogcasts, Social Media, Teleseminars, On-Line Surveys and abounding added tech-tools will be covered in this activating basic session.

Such accoutrement accommodate new and far extensive means to save time and money, affix with added people, abate travel, be added able and barrier ecology impacts, a allotment of added benefits. In today's economy, businesses and added organizations angle to acquire abundant rewards from borer technology solutions.

The December 15 affairs will spell out: what the key technology accoutrement are; why they’re so important for organizations; and how they can be put to plan in creating solutions and success. Creative strategies for application the accoutrement awfully aggrandize the allowances they offer.

Notes Elder: “Getting on top of it all can assume a alarming task. We accomplish it simple by bringing an arrangement of technology assets calm in a individual affairs and by presenting them -- and what can be done with them -- in simple to accept terms." "Our focus is on the things humans charge to apperceive about technology accoutrement that can accomplish all the aberration for their organizations.”

Elder adds, "We present the accoutrement in a menu-like anatomy area participants can see what anniversary is for and how to accept what will plan best for their specific needs." The program, like the tools, is advised to accompany about able results.

Technology is positioned to play an even greater role in the future. Now is the time to get abreast and to body technology into the infrastructure, operations and casework of organizations.

To annals for this chargeless program, go to: www.Tech-Knowlogy.com (Events tab). The accident will be presented as a Webinar and all that is bare to crop allotment is a computer with average to top acceleration Internet connection.

Creative Pursuits, Inc. is a baton in avant-garde technology assets as able-bodied as communications and added able services. The aggregation afresh acclaimed 25 years in business. Tech-Knowlogy.com is the company’s technology department.

EOS Exclusive Presenter of In-home Display Technology at Phoenix Green Summit

The 2008 Green Summit bliss off this anniversary at the Phoenix Convention Center area Widefield Technology Inc. will be an absolute presenter of in-home affectation technology with it's avant-garde new product, the Energy Optimization System™ (EOS).

Phoenix, AZ -- The 2008 Green Summit bliss off this anniversary at the Phoenix Convention Center area Widefield Technology Inc. will be an absolute presenter of in-home affectation technology with it's avant-garde new product, the Energy Optimization System™ (EOS).

EOS™ is a "greening" system…comprised of the EOS™ Energy Assistant, a self-installed, hand-held, wireless, home activity adviser and ascendancy accessory with a apartment of alternative "smart" accessories that accord consumers ascendancy of their electric spending and ecology impact. The EOS™ displays activity acceptance and the appulse of that acceptance on the ambiance while accouterment the accoutrement to breakdown home activity acceptance into added acquiescent segments; including appearance that acquiesce the chump to adviser and ascendancy alone accessories and lighting application "smart" switches, dimmers, and outlets. As important is the affluence of use and affluence of installation. The accessories are simple to install and attending like accepted off the cocky fixtures. As a system, it is commensurable to high-end home automation systems after the rewiring hassles. An added avant-garde basic of the arrangement is EEK, the Efficiency Evaluation Keeper advised by Widefield Tech's collaborative accomplice CityGrow Technology, Inc., which collects abstracts from the "smart" accessories to quantify the consumer's accepted usage, apprentice patterns of usage, accomplish recommendations to advance activity efficiency, and, a lot of importantly, assassinate those recommendations with the advance of a button or prescheduled thresholds.

EOS™ will be featured at the Green Innovations Expo, an absolute area of the bazaar featuring blooming articles and casework apery the latest in acceptable solutions. The Green Summit will play host to 10,000 additional attendees, alignment from the boilerplate chump to engineers and government admiral from above the Southwest, gluttonous avant-garde blooming solutions for a added acceptable world. To apprentice added about, or annals to appear the Green Summit, appointment www.greensummit.net.

About Green Summit
Green Summit (www.greensummit.net) is the abode to acquisition avant-garde solutions for a added acceptable world. Leaders in business, government, academia, and the accepted accessible will appear calm to activate change for the Southwest and beyond.

About Widefield Technology, Inc.
Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ is a abreast captivated business that provides able answers to circuitous issues in conservation, pre-payment and self-service arenas. The company's mission is to bear cost-effective, chip ability administration solutions that accommodate the all-important accoutrement to abate activity consumption, assure our environment, and brainwash consumers in their administration of our world.

About CityGrow Technology Co. Ltd.
Headquartered in Hong Kong is a all-around technology provider in the AMI and Home Automation Network industries, accouterment design, engineering and all-around accomplishment capability. CityGrow specializes in the development of top technology articles with a specific focus on wireless technology.

Contacts:
Amanda Davis - Communications Specialist - Widefield Technology, Inc.
Tel: 480-993-2204 Email: adavis @ widefieldnet.com Web: www.eos4me.com