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Washington, D.C. - (The Hosting News) - March 31, 2009 - Search engine, Google, after accepting an invitation by PICTI and PITA and working with the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership (UPP), Case Foundation and USAID, hosted a GPals day in Ramallah, providing cutting edge skills to over 300 software developers and entrepreneurs.

Jean Case, UPP co-chair and Case Foundation CEO remarked, ''Entrepreneurs and NGO leaders in the Palestinian Territories are young, well educated and tenacious. Every day they overcome challenges that seem insurmountable. Working with Google's team and sharing their expertise gives these leaders an opportunity to engage in new ideas, which will hopefully serve to spur economic development and local innovation.''

The GPals day was spread across two days. The first day focused on pushing the boundaries of web applications using Google developer technologies. The day was also about bringing brilliant developers together to share their own ideas. Day two was focused on a full review of Google product demonstrations for small or medium sized businesses to help spur innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. This included a discussion on how to create Arabic content using online tools and how to use free Google applications (such as Google Docs) to better manage businesses.

Supporting the developer community around the world is vital for the future of the internet: an active developer community means constant innovation and growth of the web. Google is committed long-term to providing tools and platforms that make web development easier and more powerful.

Google has been providing similar trainings with local partners around the world. In addition to its acclaimed search engine, Google provides numerous free online applications that allow organization of online groups, shared spreadsheets, presentations and documents and application development. Google has created specialized portals that organize and promote its tools specifically for small businesses, non-profits and governments. And, it provides Google Ad Words grants to non-profits and training on how to advertise online successfully.

The collaboration with Google is the latest in the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership's efforts to bring investment and opportunity to the West Bank. Since its founding in December of 2007, the Partnership has secured private sector contributions in the West Bank from leading companies and organizations such as Google, Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Boys and Girls Clubs of America and National Geographic. Through the support of youth centers, job creation, tourism and business delegations, UPP is working to create the economic conditions for peace and demonstrating that the West Bank is open for business.

Launched by the President of United States, Secretary of State and U.S. business leaders following the Annapolis peace talks in December 2007, the Partnership promotes economic and educational opportunities for the Palestinian people. UPP is a critical component in facilitating progress toward a two-state solution, wherein Israel and Palestine can live side by side, in peace, security and prosperity.

The Case Foundation, created by Steve and Jean Case in 1997, invests in people and ideas that can change the world. The Foundation champions initiatives that connect people, increase giving, and catalyze civic action.

With the largest index of websites available on the World Wide Web and the industry's most advanced search technology, Google Inc. delivers the fastest and easiest way to find relevant information on the Internet. Google's technological innovations have earned the company numerous industry awards and citations, including two Webby Awards; two WIRED magazine Readers Raves Awards; Best Internet Innovation and Technical Excellence Award from PC Magazine; Best Search Engine on the Internet from Yahoo! Internet Life; Top Ten Best Cybertech from TIME magazine; and Editor's Pick from CNET. A growing number of companies worldwide, including Yahoo! and its international properties, Sony Corporation and its global affiliates, AOL/Netscape, and Cisco Systems, rely on Google to power search on their websites. A privately held company based in Mountain View, Calif., Google's investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Sequoia Capital.

For more information about The Case Foundation, please visit: www.casefoundation.org.

To learn more about the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership, please visit: www.uspalestinianpartnership.org.

For more information Google, please visit: www.google.com.

Santa Clara, California - (The Hosting News) - March 31, 2009 - Change management, user provisioning and access control software provider, Ensim Corporation, along with Infotronics Software Pty Ltd, have entered into a master?distribution partnership.

Under the terms of the agreement, Infotronics will sell and support Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition?across Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim. As a VAD specializing in best-of-breed products for virtualization, storage, disaster recovery, security, and email management, Infotronics will sell and support Ensim Unify to organizations of all sizes and across vertical markets, both directly and through its extensive network of resellers.

Sara Williams, marketing manager at Infotronics remarked, ''Given our present economy, Infotronics is particularly focused on providing products that enable organizations to maintain service levels while saving money in the face of frozen or shrinking IT budgets. Ensim Unify is one of our key products for 2009 and will be a valuable asset to supporting that focus. We are confident that entering into this distribution agreement with Enism will enable us to best meet our clients' IT needs, while still delivering the high quality that they have come to expect from Infotronics.''

?The latest edition of Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition installs quickly, requires no AD schema changes, and delivers instant savings by reducing the number of help desk calls as much as forty percent, allowing enterprises to streamline Active Directory management challenges that include user provisioning, password management, and role management in a secure framework. In addition, Ensim Unify eliminates repetitive administrative tasks, helping improve workforce effectiveness and enabling IT departments in medium and large-sized organizations to focus on more strategic tasks.

Scott Young, vice president of marketing and product management at Ensim Corporation added, ''Infotronics provides us with an influential channel to expand our reach in APAC through a strong network of highly-qualified, regional VARs. Through this partnership, we'll be able to put Unify into the hands of even more organizations to relieve some of the burden placed on IT through improved efficiency and help in streamlining challenging IT administration tasks.''

Infotronics will sell and support the complete Ensim Unify Enterprise Suite, as well as its individual modules, including:

Microsoft Active Directory Manager: Provides role-based delegated administration that offers greater control over Active Directory and facilitates the administration of complex tasks, while reducing the number of privileged accounts and preventing unauthorized changes.

Microsoft Exchange Manager: Prevents mis-configuration of MS Exchange, increases uptime and automates key tasks such as provisioning. Includes policy-based end-user self service for distribution group management, mailbox rights delegation, and many more.??

Mobility Manager: Enables easy configuration and remote lock/wipe of smart phones Over The Air including Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices.

Password Manager: Allows employees to reset their own passwords via a web-based portal.

Infotronics Software Pty Ltd is recognized as a leading distributor in the Australasian IT landscape through its integrity, enthusiasm and capacity to deliver.? Infotronics is renowned for its policy to select the best products which empower its reseller partners to add significant value to solutions for their customers.

Founded in 1998, Ensim Corporation is the leading provider of user provisioning and access management software. Ensim products are used by service providers and enterprises worldwide to accelerate and enable deployment of integrated solutions, simplify and automate secure management of complex environments, and increase user and IT productivity. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified.

For more information on Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition, visit: www.ensim.com/products/ensim_unify/unify_enterprise_edition/download.html.

To learn more information about Ensim's Partner Program, please visit: www.ensim.com/partners/index.html.

For more information about Ensim, please visit: www.ensim.com.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands - (The Hosting News) - March 31, 2009 - Data Center provider, EvoSwitch, has appointed a new Commercial Director. Eric Boonstra, in his former job, worked as Branche Director with Alfa Delta Compendium. Before that, he headed Siemens Procurement and Logistics.

Mr. Boonstra started his job in the beginning of March and will be responsible for the further international expansion of the EvoSwitch client base. His goal amongst others is to show more companies in the Corporate arena, with Top-500 companies and public organizations in it, what a high tech and 'green' data center environment like EvoSwitch can bring them in terms of energy savings, safety and environmental responsibility.

Mr. Boonstra remarked, ''EvoSwitch represents a next generation of data centers which have been constructed in a very efficient, safe and above all a very energy efficient way. The German Federal Environment Ministry has published a report with 'best-practices' in the area of green data-center initiatives in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, a report that is based on research by the Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability. Among the eleven energy-efficient data centers worldwide described in the report is EvoSwitch. I know that Corporate organizations are in need of such facilities with good connections to house their equipment.''

The data center branche is a completely new business environment for Mr. Boonstra, although he sees important overlap with former jobs. Mr. Boonstra added, ''With Siemens I also worked in a very technical oriented culture, whereas with Alpha Delta Compendium I had the management over a business unit that endorses and advises organizations on their procurement also when it comes to procurement of ICT and facility services. I am experienced with procurement for banks, insurers, IT companies and others, with clients such as KLM, Transavia, Schiphol Group, ProRail, Essent and Rabobank. With EvoSwitch I am just on the other side of the procurement spectrum. In this case I deliver the services for companies to outsource their data center activities.''

Mr. Boonstra continued, ''I have lots of experience with procurement and the management of procurement, but sales and marketing and the management of those processes is were my heart goes. The last 4 years I was co-responsible for initiating the CPO-day in The Netherlands, which has become a well known yearly recurring event for procurement professionals. I like a network approach like this, where congenial people are gathered in one platform. With EvoSwitch I will try to maintain this approach and transfer it somehow to the data center experience.''

EvoSwitch is a carrier and a climate-neutral datacenter in the Amsterdam region. The company provides space for organisations that are looking for a professional, reliable and safe environment for outsourcing IT infrastructure and limits its energy consumption to ensure full compensation for CO2 emissions.

To learn more, please visit: www.evoswitch.com.

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