Market Rates Insight Launches New Webinar Series for Banks to Improve Deposit Pricing Strategies

New Three-part Webinar Series to Address Deposit Pricing, Products, and Tools & Process to Reveal Where Banks and Credit Unions are Leaving Profits Behind.

SAN ANSELMO, Calif. (October 31, 2011) -- Market Rates Insight, Inc. (http://www.marketratesinsight.com), a leading pricing intelligence research firm that tracks rate and banking products for financial institutions, is launching a series of 15-minute webinars to reveal how banks and credit unions can improve their profits with new tactics such as deposit pricing, new product terms, and new tools and processes. The first of these free webinars on building profits with better deposit pricing will be presented twice on Thursday, November 3, at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ET. Webinars on new products and tools and processes will be presented November 17 and December 8.

In the November 3 presentation, Pat Townsley, Market Rates Insight’s Vice President of Business Development, will demonstrate how smaller financial institutions use static comparative rate data to contrast and compare competitive pricing for their deposit products in a fluid pricing market. To compete with larger banks that retire and replace unprofitable products, smaller financial institutions can identify new ways to apply fluid reporting that follows market trends to stay ahead of their competitors.

The webinar series is free to any banking executive interested in competitive deposit rate research. For more information about the series and to register for the event, contact Pat Townsley at pat.townsley@marketratesinsight.com.

About Market Rates Insight

For more than two decades, Market Rates Insight (MRI) has been helping subscribers price with precision by providing banks, thrifts, credit unions, and other financial institutions with accurate market intelligence on deposits, loans, and fees. MRI uses deposit surveys, mortgage and consumer loan surveys, fee and feature studies, scanned ads, new product alerts, and market share and money fund reports to give subscribers the intelligence they need to profitably react to emerging trends. MRI’s products include customized, web-enabled market research tools that report on rates, as well as online searchable databases, gauges, alerts, and dashboards that aggregate key client data to provide real-time views on how they stack up against market competitors.

Market Rates Insight is located in San Anselmo, California. For more information, see http://www.marketratesinsight.com.

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For additional information contact:

Tom Woolf

Market Rates Insight, Inc.

(415) 259-5638

tom.woolf@marketratesinsight.com

ESCATEC signs strategic agreement with GMMI Texchem to offer one stop design and manufacturing service for medical device and system OEMs

Exhibiting at booth M25 in Hall 8b at COMPAMED, 16-18 November, Dusseldorf.

Heerbrugg, Switzerland - October 31, 2011 -- ESCATEC, the EMS innovator, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with GMMI Texchem, a leading manufacturer of complete single-use medical devices including moulded or extruded plastic components for medical use -- typically disposable items such as catheters, sensors, probes, etc. The combined skill set creates a one stop shop for the design and manufacture of medical electronic devices from the initial research and design through to volume production along with the disposable parts that gather the data from patients.

ESCATEC is one of the few contract design and manufacturing companies in the world to be certified to Class 2 and Class 3 for the manufacture of medical devices, the ISO13485 quality management standards. The company has already manufactured many different types of medical products for customers, some of which were designed from scratch by ESCATEC’s R&D department and involved the invention and patenting of new solutions. GMMI Texchem, also has a strong R&D department that specialises in medical materials research to find the appropriate plastic or polymer for a given application and is also certified to ISO13485. Its state of the art manufacturing facilities in Malaysia can handle very high volume production as they include 63 plastic injection moulding machines.

“Medical device manufacture is a key growth area for ESCATEC and this partnership with GMMI Texchem enables us to provide customers with a complete, integrated solution to their design and manufacturing needs,” said Gerhard Klauser, General Manager at ESCATEC Switzerland. “Both companies share a common philosophy of providing products designed and manufactured to the highest international quality standards.”

Dr. Frank Kubik, COO at GMMI Texchem, added, “Both companies are very excited about the new opportunities that this joint agreement opens up. The two sales teams will be able to sell the others’ capabilities so, effectively, we both have an increased sales force with an enlarged database of prospective customers.”

The two companies are joining forces for the first time on a shared booth (8bM25) at COMPAMED (16-18 November, 2011) in Dusseldorf, Germany. (http://www.compamed-tradefair.com)

For further information about ESCATEC, one of Europe’s leading providers of contract design and manufacturing services: http://www.escatec.com / enquiries@escatec.com

For further information on GMMI Texchem, a company offering complete manufacturing solutions for the medical device industry, please visit: http://www.gmmi-texchem.com or contact us: info@gmmi-texchem.com

For press information, contact: Nigel Robson, Vortex PR, Tel: +44 (0) 1481 233080, E-Mail: nigel@vortexpr.com

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Movea Executive Vice President to Moderate the MEMS Technology Showcase at the MEMS Executive Congress 2011

The Congress is an annual executive forum promoting the commercialisation of MEMS, and it will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of November in the Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, California.

Grenoble, France - October 31st, 2011 -- Bryan Hoadley, Executive Vice President of Movea, the pioneer in motion-sensing and motion-control technologies, will be moderating the first “MEMS Technology Showcase”, a panel discussion where companies present a variety of the most unique and compelling MEMS-enabled applications in the marketplace. The panel will take place at MEMS Executive Congress which is organised by MEMS Industry Group (MIG). The Congress is an annual executive forum promoting the commercialisation of MEMS, and it will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of November in the Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, California.

After an extended open submissions period, seven companies were selected as finalists to showcase products that demonstrate how MEMS can enable valuable new product capabilities and enhance the user experience:

- Intel’s Red Ridge: a new tablet form-factor reference design enabling OEM customers and developers to design and manufacture products using the “Medfield” platform.

- Microvision's ShowWX+: a high-brightness, handheld pico projector that lets users project images, presentations and video as large as 100 inches across from an iPhone®, iPad® or laptop-onto any available surface.

- Proteus Biomedical’s Raisin System: combining pharmaceuticals, medical devices, telecommunications and social networking in a seamless solution.

- Recon Instruments’ MOD Live: an interactive display for the world's first GPS-enabled goggles that offer real-time feedback, including speed, jump analytics, latitude/longitude, altitude, vertical distance travelled, total distance travelled, chrono/stopwatch mode, a run-counter, temperature and time.

- R0R3 Devices’ MEMS-based heart-rate monitor: offering accurate heart-rate measurement for wearers engaging in periodic motion for sports and medical applications

- Sunrex's Air Mini Keyboard: an in-air remote control with integrated keyboard used by the PayTV industry for interactive TV applications and media control.

- Syride's Sys-Evo: A light and compact electronic module for surfboards.

The panel will be fast paced and product focussed. Each finalist gets five minutes to introduce their product and do a demonstration, and a winner will be selected by the audience via SMS voting.

“This showcase will provide an excellent overview of some of the incredibly innovative ways in which MEMS are now being used to deliver enhanced user experiences,” Bryan Hoadley, explained. “Movea is excited to be working with MEMS Industry Group to host the panel where these groundbreaking new products will be presented. I look forward to seeing how these seven companies have risen to the challenges of delivering such creative solutions.”

“We are excited to showcase the power of MEMS technologies in a wide range of consumer products and are delighted to have Movea’s Hoadley moderate our first Technology Showcase,” said Karen Lightman, Managing Director at MEMS Industry Group. “Our diverse group of panelists will capture the imagination by demonstrating some very unique applications of MEMS in consumer electronics and biomedical devices. This panel truly demonstrates the MEMS inside the Machine.”

Further information about Movea can be found at http://www.movea.com. E-Mail: sales@movea.com

SmartMotion by Movea

Movea is a leading provider of motion processing software, firmware, and IP for the Consumer Electronics industry. Movea's unique motion processing capabilities enable customers and partners to quickly add motion intelligence to their products, meaning reduced risk, cost, and Time-to-Market for delivering compelling new motion-based features that create more end-user value. Movea has a global reach with headquarters in Grenoble, France, a U.S. subsidiary in Silicon Valley, California, as well as technology partners, manufacturing partners and distributors around the world.

Movea contact: Nigel Robson, Vortex PR, Tel: +44 (0) 1481 233080, E-Mail: nigel@vortexpr.com

About MEMS Executive Congress

Now in its seventh year, MEMS Executive Congress is an annual event that brings together business leaders from a broad spectrum of industries: automotive, consumer goods, energy/environmental, industrial, medical and telecom. It is a unique professional forum at which executives from companies designing and manufacturing MEMS technology sit side-by-side with their end-user customers in panel discussions and networking events to exchange ideas and information about the use of MEMS in commercial applications.

MEMS industry Group contact: Karen Lightman / klightman@memsindustrygroup.org

SmartMotion is a trademark of Movea SA.

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BusinessVibes hosts Webinar for Paper and Packaging Professionals

BusinessVibes, the B2B networking platform, hosted a webinar for its members in the paper and packaging industry on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. The webinar archive is available on BusinessVibes.

London, UK, October 31, 2011 -- BusinessVibes, the B2B networking platform, hosted a webinar for its members in the paper and packaging industry on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. The webinar archive is available on BusinessVibes. (brief registration required)

The webinar featured presentations from the Lithuanian Packaging Association and FIPAGO, each discussing their respective market from an industry perspective. The speakers, Jaunius Ramoska, from LPA and Toon Schrijver, from FIPAGO, discussed issues relevant to potential investors and companies looking to enter or purchase from the markets, including:

- Policy and regulatory overviews of Dutch market

- Lithuanian Packaging industry overview

- Dutch Gummed Paper industry overview

Attendees were able to submit questions to the speakers over a live chat, and also communicate with each other about business opportunities. BusinessVibes’ mission is to make it simple for businesses to find international buyers, suppliers, joint venture partners and more. There are over 500,000 members worldwide, interacting via profiles, messaging, and participation in live and virtual events.

BusinessVibes also works with event planners, providing a platform for promotion, registration, and payment for industry conferences, trade shows, and webinars. The event management features complement the online connections possible on the service, by encouraging members to interact in person, in real time.

More webinars are planned for 2011. BusinessVibes has also hosted webinars covering the Gems & Jewellery, the Textiles, the Renewable Energy and Rubber & Plastics industries, and it plans to cover Textiles, Renewable Energy, IT and more in the coming months.

If you are interested in participating in our webinars or if you want to learn more, visit http://www.businessvibes.com.

Contact:

Marta Munia

Marketing Executive - Europe

Infiniti Research Limited

8 Wimpole Street

London W1G 9SP

Tel: +44 20 7291 0883

Email: marta@businessvibes.com

Web: http://www.businessvibes.com

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Micro Servers Enabling Better Network Management

TechNavio, a market research leader in the area of Data Centers recently published its report on the Global Micro Server Market 2010-2014.

London, UK, October 31, 2011 -- TechNavio, a market research leader in the area of Data Centers recently published its report on the Global Micro Server Market 2010-2014. The report discusses significant trends in the Micro Servers market for the Large Enterprises, SMEs, and Government sectors.

TechNavio’s report highlights that organizations across the globe are looking for better ways to manage complex network infrastructure. Organizational infrastructure is becoming far more complex and difficult to manage. Thus, organizations are compelled to implement newer networking equipment to reduce the overall complexity of network infrastructure. With the growing end-user need to reduce the overall network infrastructure and maintenance cost, many organizations are adopting micro servers.

Commenting on the report, an analyst from TechNavio’s Data Center team said, “The increased application of virtualization technology on servers is still reducing the need for additional micro servers in organizational infrastructure. Also, the advanced features and capabilities of the micro servers is leading to an increasing demand for a workforce with specialized skills to manage the server infrastructure.”

Key findings from the report:

- Need to Reduce the Cost of Network Infrastructure and Maintenance

- Emerging Need to Reduce Server Space

- Increased Features and Capabilities of Micro Servers

The contents of this report are based on research conducted on an objective combination of primary and secondary sources, including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key players.

TechNavio, the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd, publishes periodic reports on niche and emerging technologies. For further information, please visit http://www.technavio.com/content/global-micro-server-market-2010-2014. Follow us on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/#!/Technavio

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Technavio

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Fax: 0044 845 280 2825

ludmila@technavio.com

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Need for Accurate Diagnosis Encouraging Growth of Medical Device Connectivity

TechNavio, a market research leader in the area of Healthcare, recently published its report on the Global Medical Device Connectivity Market 2010-2014.

London, UK, October 31, 2011 -- TechNavio, a market research leader in the area of Healthcare, recently published its report on the Global Medical Device Connectivity Market 2010-2014. The report discusses significant trends in the Medical Device Connectivity market for the Healthcare Professionals and Patients segments.

TechNavio’s report highlights that most of the companies in the Global Medical Device Connectivity market are searching for more advanced integrated solutions that can enable faster and more accurate diagnosis as well as EMR generation. Moreover, medical device providers are developing embedded systems with connectivity features and in-built servers.

Commenting on the report, an analyst from TechNavio’s Healthcare team said, “Widespread use of proprietary technology by medical device solutions and software vendors has become one of the major challenges facing medical equipment manufacturers. Moreover, the growth of wireless medical device connectivity is still in a nascent stage in most of the developing countries in the APAC region. Further, the security of wireless medical device connectivity systems need to be improved. All these factors are hindering the growth of the Global Medical Device Connectivity market.”

Key findings from the report:

- Usage of Proprietary Technology Restricting Market Growth

- Security Issues in Wireless Medical Device Connectivity

- Strategic Alliances and Partnerships

- Increased Awareness of Patient Safety

The contents of this report are based on research conducted on an objective combination of primary and secondary sources, including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key players.

TechNavio, the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd, publishes periodic reports on niche and emerging technologies. For further information, please visit http://www.technavio.com/content/global-medical-device-connectivity-market-2010-2014. Follow us on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/#!/Technavio

Media Contact:

Ludmila Berkesova

Program Manager

Technavio

8 Wimpole Street

W1G 9SP London UK

Tel: 0044 207 637 2456

Fax: 0044 845 280 2825

ludmila@technavio.com

http://www.technavio.com