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Thomas Edison State College Delivers For UPS Flexible Programs Are Helping UPS Retain and Develop its Workforce

TRENTON, N.J., March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UPS is working with Thomas Edison State College to retain and develop its workforce across North America through online degree and certificate programs that can be delivered wherever an employee needs them.

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The company's unique relationship with the college, based in Trenton, N.J., focuses on providing a coordinated group of academic programs, starting with a customized six-course Operations Management certificate that fits into an associate degree and ultimately, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree at the school.

"Thomas Edison State College is the type of institution UPS wants from both a quality and a cost standpoint," said Patrick Myers, corporate compensation manager responsible for UPS Tuition Assistance Programs. "The college's role is to provide our people with broad-based educational services, while maintaining the capability to also craft programs unique to our specific business needs."

UPS is a company that takes its tuition programs seriously. Since 1997, the company has paid out more than 00 million in tuition assistance helping more than 140,000 employee students attend college.

Myers indicated that UPS expects to face challenges similar to those facing many other large corporations in relation to the ongoing retirement of the Baby Boom generation, the approximately 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964.

"As a major employer with 358,000 employees, our challenges concerning shifting workplace demographics are the same as any other organization in the U.S. today," he said. "This makes our recruitment and retention efforts that much more important."

According to Myers, Thomas Edison State College enables UPS to address several important company objectives simultaneously:

-- leveraging a significant investment in the UPS Earn and Learn(R) program, designed to recruit and retain qualified part-time package-handlers

-- continuing the ongoing effort to help adult learners who have some college credits from earlier periods in their lives

"We have an interest in professionalizing operational jobs at UPS, which are typically associated with hard work and challenging conditions," said Thomas Martin, corporate learning and development manager at UPS. "But the key to professional growth in our organization is in operations, so we wanted to focus first on this area and play to our core competency."

UPS is developing additional uses of the model used to develop the operations management curriculum and is looking to apply it to other areas of UPS, such as sales, engineering and supply chain management. The ultimate goal is to direct employees toward undergraduate degree completion.

"We are honored to be selected as an educational partner of UPS," said Dr.

George A. Pruitt, president of Thomas Edison State College. "Our goal is to provide UPS employees with programs that fit around their busy lives and to provide UPS with the programs it needs to develop and retain employees and become a stronger organization."

About Thomas Edison State College: http://www.tesc.edu/

About UPS: http://www.community.ups.com/ or http://www.ups.com/

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CONTACT: Joe Guzzardo of Thomas Edison State College, 1-609-777-3083,
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Web Site: http://www.tesc.edu/
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NetLine Corp Continues Strong Growth With Expansion of Its B2B Online Publishing Network Attributes Success to Innovation and Adaptability

LOS GATOS, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded in 1994 before the dot-com boom, and living on long after the technology bubble burst, Los Gatos-based NetLine Corporation has persevered through the oftentimes unpredictable tech world and inconsistent economy. The privately owned performance-based integrated marketing company has been steadily increasing its revenues for nearly 15 years and is poised for rapid growth by once again expanding its products and services.

NetLine Corporation initially made its mark with TradePub.com, the first online subscription service provider for B2B magazine publishers. Later email and database marketing products were added as a way to adapt and survive a rapidly changing post-bubble environment. Early this year, NetLine released, RevResponse.com, its latest promising innovation.

NetLine's RevResponse.com is a portal that provides online B2B publishers a cutting edge resource to generate new revenue streams and provide their users valuable free content. It provides an easy-to-use interface to access contextual widgets, branded content catalogues, newsletter templates, and XML feed options, while enabling seamless integration to their sites. RevResponse.com publishing partners are finding that it is a better alternative to Google AdSense and Yahoo! Partner Network. Initial partners report over a 200 percent increase in profits in comparison to typical ad networks, pointing to another NetLine success.

"Our approach is straightforward," said Robert Alvin, CEO and Founder of NetLine Corporation, "We keep innovating and developing new technology so that our products and services stay positioned correctly for today's market and ahead of our competition."

Over the last 4 years NetLine's headcount has grown from 15 to over 50 with revenues increasing over 300 percent. The key to this steady growth, Alvin says, is adaptability.

"We've re-positioned ourselves numerous times over the years and learned throughout the process," said Alvin. "We sell based on what we do best within the market opportunities available, and fortunately for us, online advertising is a continually growing market." In 2006, Internet advertising was a 7 billion industry, up 35 percent from the year previous, and lead generation alone was its fastest growing segment up 76 percent.

NetLine is ready to take on whatever economic conditions may come its way and Alvin is confident that NetLine's services will stay in high demand. "We've reached the point of having a global economy, which has opened the doors for infinite possibility," he said. "Our clients continue to focus on revenues, whether through increasing sales to emerging countries or to capitalize on the weak dollar. Our RevResponse.com network will enable them to pursue their objectives."

NetLine Corporation

CONTACT: Clay Doherty, 1-415-227-1150, ext. 13,
clay@hollenbeckassociates.com, for NetLine Corporation

Web site: http://www.revresponse.com/

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CDW Adopts eXalt's Solutions Selling Platform for Next Generation Sales Tool provides ability to automatically generate a complete Multi-Partner solution in Minutes Improving Quote Turnaround Times for Customers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- eXalt Solutions announced today that Vernon Hills, IL based CDW Corporation, a leading provider of technology products and services to business, government and education, has adopted eXalt's Solutions Selling Platform to improve quote turnaround times for its customers. CDW selected eXalt based on its unique capability to assemble multi-partner solutions in a fraction of the time of conventional configure, price and quote tools.

Using the site, CDW account managers are able to assemble and present a complete configuration with proper pricing while adhering to design rules for servers without having to consult a sales engineer. The initial deployment allows account managers to prepare a complete server solution without delay while attaching all relevant software, storage, support, memory and peripheral options.

"We custom develop solutions for our customers, from single servers to rack-based solutions with UPS, security and storage," said Firooz Ghanbarzadeh, director of technology services and solutions at CDW. "The eXalt platform helps us better serve customers by enabling account managers to quickly produce quotes and high-quality, recommended solutions that draw from our extensive network of top-name technology partners."

With eXalt Solutions, CDW account managers can attach additional products to a quote without delay and with the confidence that what they are presenting to the customer has been approved by CDW's engineers.

"As the market moves toward sales of solutions comprised of multiple brands, our account managers must consult numerous information sources including websites, partners and technical experts to ensure compatibility, a process that can add considerable time as complexity increases," added Ghanbarzadeh. "Our engineers have verified that eXalt's Solution Selling Platform produces accurate quotes with multiple considerations on different HP and IBM server models."

eXalt's Meta Data driven architecture enabled the implementation of new product types without having to reprogram software. eXalt allows any eXalt Powered Site to link-in to other eXalt sites automatically saving delays in updating content and configuration rules. As a result, eXalt Powered sites can be created for a fraction of the cost of traditional sites while eliminating months of delays in the deployment process.

"CDW is one of the most innovative and fastest growing technology providers in North America, and the company's adoption of eXalt represents a major accomplishment for eXalt Solutions," said Leslie Swanson, President/CEO of eXalt Solutions. "Since entering the Technology Distribution Market, eXalt is now in use at two of the top ten IT Distributors/DMRs." By providing strong results to market innovators like CDW we are confident eXalt Solutions will continue to increase its market share and streamline the technical sales process for suppliers and channel partners in the industry."

About eXalt Solutions

eXalt Solutions, Inc., is a market and technology leader in providing on-demand, Web-based services for solutions sales enabling suppliers of complex technical products and their channel partners to sell more product more profitably. The eXalt Powered Solutions Sales Platform (TM) incorporates a suite of modules tailored to the intricacies of the complex technical product sales/support process including Product Selection and Configuration, System Configuration, Design and Visualization, BOM Collaboration, Quote/Proposal Management and Product Support. More information about the company, its products and services is available at http://www.exaltsolutions.com/.

eXalt Solutions

CONTACT: Richard Korzeniewski, VP of Business Development of eXalt
Solutions, Inc., 1-978-561-1300, koz@exaltsolutions.com

Web site: http://www.exaltsolutions.com/

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Thomson Scientific Introduces Newport Horizon Premium and Newport Vision Premium Industry Leader in Generic Market Information Offers Two New Solutions to Boost Competitive Advantage

PHILADELPHIA and LONDON, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, today announced the release of Newport Horizon Premium and Newport Vision Premium, designed specifically for professionals working in product selection, business development, competitive intelligence and API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) sourcing. Their use by innovator, generic and OTC pharmaceutical companies and API manufacturers worldwide will enable them to find the most appropriate product development opportunities more quickly, and allow innovators to conduct deeper analysis on emerging generic competition.

Newport Horizon Premium and Newport Vision Premium combine sales, launch, patent, patent challenge, exclusivity, chemistry, prescribing and regulatory information for more than 10,000 molecules, 18,000 companies, 67 markets and 90 patent countries worldwide with unique, early API development and manufacturing intelligence. They build on the substantial success of Horizon Global and Vision CI by adding kilogram and IU (International Units) API consumption data from IMS Health to the data and capabilities already available. This data will now be available for thousands of drugs by region and by dose form for both the current and previous year and will allow customers to evaluate scale, consumption trends and prices for active ingredients, all of which can be difficult to estimate using sales data alone.

"As the industry authority on the global generics market, we recognize the need for authoritative generics market information that will give customers a clear competitive advantage over their competitors," said Claude Basset, vice president, PharmaChem Specialty Markets, Thomson Scientific. "We developed Newport Horizon Premium and Newport Vision Premium to help customers improve productivity, accelerate time to market, and gain that competitive edge in the generics marketplace."

Both new solutions, Newport Horizon Premium and Newport Vision Premium address the needs of large and small players in the pharmaceuticals market and feature powerful multi-criteria search functionalities. Newport Horizon Premium is aimed at helping generic, OTC and API companies in their constant struggle to build deals faster and accelerate time to market. Newport Vision Premium is focused on helping leading pharmaceutical companies evaluate the earliest signs of generic competition for their brands and identify back-up or alternative sources of API supply.

About The Thomson Corporation

The Thomson Corporation (http://www.thomson.com/) is a global leader in providing essential electronic workflow solutions to business and professional customers. With operational headquarters in Stamford, Conn., Thomson provides value-added information, software tools and applications to professionals in the fields of law, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare. The Corporation's common shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC).

Thomson Scientific is a business of The Thomson Corporation. Its information solutions assist professionals at every stage of research and development-from discovery to analysis to product development and distribution. Thomson Scientific information solutions can be found at scientific.thomson.com.

Thomson Scientific

CONTACT: Eoin Bedford, Thomson Scientific, 44 207 433 4691,
eoin.bedford@thomson.com

Web site: http://www.scientific.thomson.com/
http://www.thomson.com/