MTS Allstream Employee Receives National Award for Achievement in Business Continuity Management

Award presented at World Conference on Disaster Management in Toronto

WINNIPEG , July 9, 2012 /CNW/ - MTS Allstream, one of Canada's leading national communications solutions providers, is proud to congratulate Vito Mangialardi, MTS Allstream's Director of Business Continuity Management, for receiving the National Award for Business Continuity Management from the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness. This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding achievement and contribution to business continuity management. Business continuity professionals identify potential threats that may impact an organization and provide a framework for implementing safeguards to protect the interests of the organization and its customers.

"For the past 15 years, Vito has been working in the field of business continuity management. He is the founding member of MTS Allstream's Business Continuity Management program," said Mike Strople , MTS Allstream's Chief Technology Officer. "In addition to leading the Business Continuity Program at MTS Allstream, Vito is active in the field as an executive member of the Canadian Telecom Emergency Preparedness Association. The association adopts measures to protect the telecommunications industry in the event of a major disaster. We are very fortunate to have Vito's dedication and expertise as a part of our Company."

This award follows MTS Allstream's 2009 Award of Excellence by the Disaster Recovery Institute of Canada (DRI Canada ) for the Company's excellence in business continuity management.

"Planning for and responding to emergencies is an integrated business practice and we are pleased to have one of our leaders recognized by the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness," added Mr. Strople . "Reliable telecommunication services are important to all of our customers. Our business continuity and emergency management program is one important element in ensuring the performance, reliability and recoverability of our services."

The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit organization that assists communities, governments and private business to prepare for, prevent, respond to and recover from man-made or natural disasters.

The award was given to Mr. Mangialardi recently at the World Conference on Disaster Management in Toronto . The conference gathers experts in the fields of emergency management and response, IT disaster recovery, business continuity, and risk management.

Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. (MTS Allstream)

MTS Allstream is one of Canada's leading national communication solutions companies, providing innovative communications for the way Canadians live and work today. The Company has more than 100 years of experience, with 5,500 employees across Canada . MTS Allstream's business is dynamic and consists of two operating divisions. In Manitoba, MTS is the leading full-service telecommunications provider for residential and business customers. MTS's suite of services include the latest in wireless technology, broadband services, IPTV, voice services, home security and an extensive range of business solutions. Across Canada , Allstream is a leader in IP communications and is the only national provider that focuses exclusively on the business telecommunications market. MTS Allstream has nearly two million customer connections spanning business customers across Canada and residential consumers throughout the province of Manitoba. The Company's extensive national fibre optic network spans more than 30,000 kilometres. MTS Allstream has spent 11 consecutive years on the Jantzi Social Index for leadership in social responsibility and is the recipient of the 2011 Governance Gavel Award from the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, recognizing clear and effective public disclosure and leading governance practices. MTS Allstream's common shares are listed on the TSX (trading symbol: MBT). Customers, stakeholders and investors who want to learn more about MTS Allstream are encouraged to visit: www.mtsallstream.com. For more information about MTS's products and services, please visit www.mts.ca. For more information about Allstream's products and services, please visit www.allstream.com.

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Rangam Consultants receives the Evolve Award for from The Council at Business Opportunity Expo 2012 - PR Inside

2012-06-19 13:45:23 - Rangam Consultant, a temporary staffing service provider, was acknowledged and awarded with the Evolve Award at the NY&NJ MSDC Expo 2012, in recognition for its contribution towards the evolution with the changing US economy and smart technology.

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Rangam Consultants receives 2012 Evolve Award for from The Council at Business Opportunity Expo 2012

Rangam Consultant a temporary staffing service provider, was acknowledged and awarded with Evolve Award recognition at the NY&NJ MSDC Expo 2012 luncheon, who has conveyed an evolution with the changing US economy and smart technology as a member SBE.

Rangam Consultants, Inc. awarded with Evolve Award recognition by the The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (The Council) at Business Opportunity Expo 2012 held at the New York Marriott Marquis. Rangam Consultants, Inc. (RCI) was recognized as a certified MBE patron who has conveyed an “evolution” to achieve the exponential growth with the changing US economy, cutting edge technology and globalization. Rangam Consultants, Inc. has managed to successfully grow in a challenging economy in US by increasing effectiveness of the recruiting process by introducing innovative technologies to deliver value to their customers nationwide.
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In year 2011, the staffing industry generated $109.8 billion in sales, where $98.3 billion was from temporary and contingent staffing. $11.5 billion was in search and permanent placement services.

As US’s work force is changing while the US economy is clearly struggling to recover from a recession, more and more corporations are looking for the flexibility that temporary workforce provides. Companies are tapping into the flexible labor market to keep themselves fully staffed during busy times.
According to the most current U.S. Economic Census data available, there are about 17,000 firms in the business for year or more during 2007. These companies operated approximately 35,000 offices and a playing key role in the improving economic conditions of US.

“In the challenging economic conditions, one of the many challenges faced by the small businesses is the competition with the large businesses where small businesses are providing same or some time better personalized services in the field of temporary staffing. Rangam has competed with large corporation from the staffing industry and ranked from top three to top ten suppliers on all Rangam’s client list. This clearly indicates Rangam’s commitment to its clients for the best quality at best price- says Hetal Parikh, Founder and President of Rangam Consultants, Inc.

The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (The Council), organization, identifies minority suppliers; certifies bona fide minority business enterprises; and facilitates procurement opportunities between Corporate America and Council-certified minority suppliers.

“In the past ten years, the Council has played a key role in the growth of Rangam by facilitating the procurement opportunity between it and prospective clients . Rangam thanks Council for all their support and couching provided to us to meet our growth expatiations says Hetal Parikh.

Rangam Consultants, Inc. and its sister company WebTeam Corporation also demonstrated their uniqueness by presenting the patent pending touch screen technology to deliver intervention to the individuals with Autism at the Business Opportunity Expo 2012 at the trade fair held at the New York’s most prestigious business hotel New York Marriott Marquis. The presented technology and Shanesh COLORS Program for Autistic children were well appreciated by the expo attendees and technology experts. WebTeam Corporation and Rangam Consultants, Inc has join hands to make a difference in the Autism community by spending almost five years in research and development of this unique method to deliver intervention. This method is based on the evidence based intervention method of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). The company has also launched over fourth apps to teach children with Autism for iPads and Android tablets.

For additional information, please contact:
K. J. Sharma, Rangam Consultants Inc.,
Phone: 908 704 8843 Ext. 103, E-mail: kjsharma@rangam.com

Story of Rangam Consultants, Inc.

The journey of Rangam started in 1995 by two young technocrats with innovation and quality services in mind after getting corporate experience with various fortune 500 companies, such as, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Johnson & Johnson, AT&T, Lucent, Telcordia, McKinsey, and Verizon. The goal was to serve information to technology industries with better cost-effective enterprise technological solutions and provide highly skilled resources for technology projects. In the beginning of the year Rangam was funded by consulting revenue from the founders of the development and marketing of the products developed by Rangam. Between 1997-2001, the IT industry was flourished by e-commerce boom, and Rangam developed B2B and B2C portals. With the Dot-com bubble burst in 2001-2002, Rangam would have almost lost the hope of success with the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars of investment in developed technology. Since in the field of Information Technology when the technology changes rapidly, in 2002 Rangam’s multi-million dollar intellectual property would be worth nothing.

However, with lot of failures and some successes, Rangam has grown to be a well-respected size staffing company with a sister innovative technology company WebTeam Corporation in the last 17 years. .In 2005, Rangam started its offshore subsidiary, Rangam InfoTech Pvt. Ltd is now serving Rangam with staff of over 65 highly professionals for its back office support and management. After the successful relationship with Life Science Company, Rangam added some large Telecom, Insurance, Energy sector client and more. In last 10 years, Rangam has successfully established a track record with all its client is as a top five performing vendor in almost all quarters. The success of Rangam is due to its innovative approach to manage the staffing life cycle process utilizing mobile technology, social network and web based recruiting model.

In the bad credit market, Rangam has managed almost 100% organic growth rate in last three years. Along with this growth, Rangam has participated and funded some of the most appreciated efforts in the area of Autism intervention with its sister company WebTeam Corporation. Recently in the Autism Awareness Month of April, 2012, Rangam and WebTeam Corporation have also received commendations and proclamations from the Governor Chris Christie and the Mayor of Franklin Township, Mr. Levine for their grand work done to serve the Autism Community. On Thursday, May 17, 2012 Shanesh COLORS program was featured in the Courier News emphasizing on its uniqueness and effectiveness and contribution to our society. Our Autism intervention app downloads has exceeded 50,000 downloads in last 6 months. We have successfully launched over 40 different apps in Google Play and iTunes for Autism intervention. During the month of April we had total over 20,000 plays of our apps where individuals from all over the world have learned something from using our apps.

Journey continues…

About The Council

The New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (The Council), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization, identifies minority suppliers; certifies bonafide minority business enterprises; and facilitates procurement opportunities between Corporate America and Council-certified minority suppliers. The Council strives to expand business opportunities for minority- owned suppliers by linking them with purchasers in the public and private sector. As an advocate for both its suppliers and corporate members, The Council fosters relationships between corporate decision makers and targeted minority suppliers.

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Ricoh Innovations President and CEO Dr. Nikhil Balram Honored With a 2012 Fellow Award by the Society for Information ...

MENLO PARK, CA--(Marketwire -06/04/12)- Ricoh Innovations, Inc. ("RII"), a Silicon Valley-based subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd., which develops innovative technologies and new business opportunities for Ricoh, today announced that its president and CEO Dr. Nikhil Balram will be recognized by the Society for Information Display (SID) with a 2012 Fellow Award for outstanding contributions to the display industry. Dr. Balram will receive the award at a banquet held this evening during Display Week, SID's annual International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition, running June 3-8, 2012 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

The SID Fellow Award honors individuals who have made a widely recognized and significant contribution in advancing display innovation. Dr. Balram is receiving the award for his pioneering contributions in the fields of video and image processing, integrating signal processing, visual perception and semiconductor architectures.

"Dr. Balram is the embodiment of excellence in both business and research, providing strong leadership in developing innovative technologies and new business opportunities for Ricoh Innovations," said Hiroshi Kobayashi, corporate executive vice president of Ricoh Company and chairman of the board of RII. "He brings to the table a unique set of skills and drive to help Ricoh make The Infinite Network a reality -- a seamlessly connected world of people, objects and information. We are proud of his most recent accomplishment in earning this distinguished award."

Dr. Balram has held key positions at several technology companies in his career spanning over 20 years. Prior to joining Ricoh Innovations, he was vice president and general manager of the digital entertainment business unit at Marvell Semiconductor, and chief technology officer of the displays group at National Semiconductor Corporation. Dr. Balram previously served as executive vice president and general manager of the consumer products group at Sage, and as vice president of advanced technology at Faroudja Laboratories.

Throughout his career, Dr. Balram has built international teams that developed award-winning technologies adopted by many leading consumer electronics companies around the world, and created well-known technology branding such as "DCDi by Faroudja" and "QDEO by Marvell."

"Dr. Balram has a deep and broad understanding of video signal processing," stated Professor Martin Banks, head of the Vision Science program and the Banks-Schor Lab at the University of California, Berkeley. "He also knows how to bring great products to market, and when and how to draw on the resources other people provide."

Dr. Balram is a visiting professor of vision science at the University of California, Berkeley, a guest professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Gandhinagar, India, and sits on the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) at the School of Engineering at Santa Clara University. He has written more than 30 technical publications, and has over 60 U.S. and foreign patents granted or pending.

"Dr. Balram is a highly respected figure in both academia and industry, and this award is a well-deserved recognition of his outstanding work in video and display technologies," stated Dr. Pradeep Khosla, Dean of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and Chancellor-designate of the University of California, San Diego. "Since graduating at the top of his electrical engineering class at Carnegie Mellon University, he has gone on to play an instrumental role in bringing excellent-quality video and images to the consumer. We applaud his cutting-edge innovations and congratulate him on this honor."

Dr. Balram received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, where he has also served on the Dean's Leadership Council, Silicon Valley Advisory Council, and Admissions Council.

About Ricoh Innovations
Based in California's Silicon Valley, Ricoh Innovations, Inc. ("RII") develops innovative technologies and new business opportunities for Ricoh Company, Ltd., RII was founded in 1997 as a subsidiary of Ricoh, growing out of the California Research Center established in 1989. RII is home to world-class technologists with a broad set of competencies in areas such as intelligent sensors, computational optics, mobile visual communication and cloud-based collaboration. Completing the team are experienced ethnographers with deep insights into user and customer experience, and creative designers with a fundamental understanding of user interfaces and industrial design. RII's focus is to realize The Infinite Network -- RII's vision of a seamlessly connected world of people, objects and information. To learn more about Ricoh Innovations, Inc., visit http://rii.ricoh.com.

About Ricoh
Ricoh is a global technology company specializing in office imaging equipment, production print solutions, document management systems and IT services. Headquartered in Tokyo, Ricoh Group operates in more than 200 countries and regions. In the financial year ending March 2012, Ricoh Group had worldwide sales of 1,903 billion yen (approx. 23 billion USD).

The majority of the company's revenue comes from products, solutions and services that improve the interaction between people and information. Ricoh also produces award-winning digital cameras and specialized industrial products. It is known for the quality of its technology, the exceptional standard of its customer service and sustainability initiatives.

Under its corporate tagline, "imagine. change." Ricoh helps companies transform the way they work and harness the collective imagination of their employees. For further information, please visit www.ricoh.com/about/

About SID
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Society for Information Display (SID) is the only professional organization focused on the display industry. By exclusively focusing on the advancement of electronic-display technology, SID provides a unique platform for industry collaboration, communication and training in all related technologies while showcasing the industry's best new products. With more than 6,000 members worldwide, the organization's members are professionals in the technical and business disciplines that relate to display research, design, manufacturing, applications, marketing and sales. To promote industry and academic technology development, while also educating consumers on the importance of displays, SID hosts more than 10 conferences a year, including Display Week, which brings industry and academia all under one roof to showcase technology that will shape the future. SID's global headquarters are located at 1475 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 114, Campbell, Calif. 95008. For more information, visit www.sid.org.

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Brocade Honors 2012 Channel Partner Summit Award Winners - msnbc.com

SAN JOSE, CA — Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) today announced the winners of its fifth annual Channel Partner Summit Awards. The 14 distributors and resellers were recognized for their exceptional performance in delivering Brocade® networking solutions and services in 2011. The award winners were honored at the 2012 Brocade Channel Partner Summit, an exclusive event for strategic channel partners, held from March 26 to 28 in Las Vegas.

Winners were selected based on a broad set of criteria, including technical certification and expertise, revenue growth, overall business performance and demonstration of "out-of-the-box- thinking" to drive high-impact programs that generate increased business opportunities, while capitalizing on current technology trends.

All winners are part of the Brocade Alliance Partner Network (APN) program in which partners are measured based upon technical certifications and expertise rather than on strict revenue requirements. Additionally, partners have access to a wide array of tools, resources and program initiatives that help them achieve profitability quickly with minimal up-front investment.

The 2012 Channel Partner Summit Award winners are:

North America and Federal Distribution Awards

Distributor of the Year -- AvnetFederal Distributor of the Year -- immixGroup

North America Value-added Reseller (VAR) Awards

Federal VAR Awards

Fast Start Federal Partner of the Year -- TVAR SolutionsTechnical Excellence Federal Partner of the Year -- ViONSAN Federal Partner of the Year -- ViONLAN Federal Partner of the Year -- PacStar

Latin America Awards

Mexico & Caribbean and Central America (CACE) Partner of the Year -- CLAdirectSpanish-Speaking Americas (SSA) & Brazil Partner of the Year -- Black IT

"The channel's proximity to the end customer makes them a natural fit as the 'first mile to the cloud,' which is why we've been keenly focused on delivering innovative technology solutions coupled with high-value channel programs that enable them to be successful in this era of transformation," said Laurie Potratz, senior director of North American Channel Sales at Brocade. "As the channel continues to evolve and experience change at a pace unlike any we've seen in recent years, our channel partners have shown an amazing ability to not only adapt, but to grow and embrace new business opportunities."

The fifth annual Brocade Channel Partner Summit brought together distributors and VARs to discuss best practices, share selling strategies, participate in meetings with Brocade executives, and network with peers. This year's Summit agenda also featured a keynote from New York Times Award Winning Author, Don Yaeger, as well as discussions highlighting the strategic value for the channel around Brocade's vision for "The Effortless Network™."

To learn more about the Brocade APN program, visit www.brocade.com/apn.

About Brocade
Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) networking solutions help the world's leading organizations transition smoothly to a world where applications and information reside anywhere. (www.brocade.com)

Brocade, Brocade Assurance, the B-wing symbol, DCX, Fabric OS, MLX, SAN Health, VCS, and VDX are registered trademarks, and AnyIO, Brocade One, CloudPlex, Effortless Networking, ICX, NET Health, OpenScript, and The Effortless Network are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. Other brands, products, or service names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners.

© 2012 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Care at home provider wins franchisee of the year award at Caremark annual conference

UK home care franchisee, Janis Anderson wins Franchisee of the Year Award from Caremark Limited.

This is the most prestigious award given by franchisor, Caremark Limited in recognition of the growth and development of the care franchise business, the standards of home care delivery, adherence to the Caremark process and system and also acknowledges the qualities of a franchise business leader.

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