More than 100 customers of SunGard?s trust accounting solutions are now actively using SunGard?s Class Action Claims Service, which leverages Chicago Clearing Corporation?s (CCC) securities claim filing service, to help meet their fiduciary responsibilities more effectively and efficiently. The Class Action Claims Service provides integration between SunGard?s trust accounting systems ? AddVantage, Charlotte and Global Plus ? and CCC to help custodians outsource the process of accurately identifying, qualifying and filing class action claims on all securities they hold on behalf of their clients. High Point Bank & Trust, Merchants Bank, and Legacy Trust Company are among the SunGard customers who use the service.

When securities class actions cases are introduced, SunGard customers face a complex, time-intensive and costly claim filing process that typically spans 18 months. Outsourcing the securities claim filing to CCC through SunGard?s trust accounting systems helps reduce these challenges. SunGard?s trust accounting systems provide a comprehensive picture of transaction data and transmit the trade data to CCC. CCC then manages the entire process, from filings through distribution, and sends all proceeds back to the SunGard customer.

Susan Tronti, operations manager at Legacy Trust Company, said, ?We spent countless hours on class action claims before we started using SunGard?s Class Action Claims Service. The service has helped to eliminate many tedious hours of research, paperwork and mailings. With the automatic transmission of data from Charlotte to CCC, which monitors and processes our claims, the task is seamless. It also helps prevent missing a claim filing deadline. As a result, our staff can focus on core responsibilities.?

James Tharin, chief executive officer at Chicago Clearing Corporation, said, ?The next wave of securities class action filings will result in many large settlements emanating from many sources, especially financial firms hard hit by the stock market meltdown from 2007 to 2009. These cases are ramping up quickly and will define the next five-year cycle of class action claims. Settlements will be more complex and include multiple asset types, like mutual funds and corporate bonds. SunGard customers have an opportunity to stay ahead of this wave, meet their fiduciary responsibility to file and help maximize proceeds for their clients.?

Eileen Van Scoy, executive vice president of SunGard?s wealth management business, said, ?With increasing class action activity, accurate and efficient claims processing is needed now more than ever by institutions that trade securities. SunGard and Chicago Clearing Corporation provide a simple solution for this growing problem. SunGard customers have a unique opportunity to help reduce the expense and risk of processing claims on their own, while improving service and building trust with their clients. SunGard and CCC give customers the ability to manage multiple claims at multiple administrators, all through a single source, helping staff focus on their core job ? servicing clients.?

About Chicago Clearing Corporation

Founded in 1993, CCC is the claims filing specialist in securities class action settlements. CCC?s 646 clients ? and more each day – manage over $ 300 billion in assets. Since December of 2008, CCC has recovered over $ 58 million for its clients. CCC serves a wide range of investors, such as bank trust departments, investment advisors, money managers, mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds, brokerage firms, family offices, high net worth individuals, market makers, specialists, proprietary trading firms and professional traders. No matter the type of investor, CCC has the knowledge and the expertise to maximize client recovery.

About SunGard?s Solutions for Wealth Management

SunGard provides wealth management solutions that help banks, trust companies, brokerage firms, insurance firms, benefit administrators and independent advisors acquire, service and grow their client relationships. We provide solutions for client acquisition, transaction management, trust accounting and recordkeeping that can be deployed as stand-alone products, or as part of an integrated wealth management platform. For more information, visit http://www.sungard.com/thechangingfaceofwealth.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the world?s leading software and technology services companies. SunGard has more than 20,000 employees and serves over 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue of about $ 5 billion, SunGard is ranked 434 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and IT services company. Look for us wherever the mission is critical. For more information, visit http://www.sungard.com.

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According to a financial news article at Yahoo financial news, the world economy is still struggling. In the article it is stated that, ?In the United States, the improving economic picture has clouded somewhat after a mixed batch of economic data and downward revision to third-quarter growth to 2.0 percent doused some of the optimism for a strong fourth quarter. Consumer spending slowed in October and business investment weakened, showing a recovery that remains weak and vulnerable to shocks.? Meanwhile, USAPaydayForever.com has announced that interest in payday loans at their website has risen. They say it is likely related to the sour economy, which they think is causing people to need help with more financial crises.

Regarding the news about the economy and their benchmark with application for payday loans, USAPaydayForever.com has released a statement. In their statement they said, ?Lately, we?ve noticed an influx of people signing up for our payday loans. We take that as a sign that more people are experiencing financial crises probably due the economical struggles being experienced around the world, as well as slow growth here in the United States. While we hope for the situation to improve, we are glad to be here to help people get the payday loans they need for their expenses.?

USAPaydayForever.com has also stated that they think another reason they are getting more applications from consumers for payday loans is because of their recent online marketing campaign. Recently, they have given out several announcements concerning this campaign to promote payday loans. This campaign includes their hiring of an SEO marketer, website copy writer, and adding social bookmarks to their website. They hope that their further education of consumers will continue to help them with their payday loans.

About USAPaydayForever.com ? USAPaydayForever.com is an online company that helps consumers to find and obtain payday loans. For more information about USAPaydayForever.com, please visit their website at http://www.usapaydayforever.com.

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ScImage, Inc. (booth 6022) will be presenting a new paradigm in image-centric health IT, employing a blend of Enterprise PACS with Cloud PACS, together as a managed service. Beyond basic off-site storage, ScImage offers a complete cloud based PACS service for radiology, cardiology, orthopedics or other clinical specialties, including anywhere reporting.

ScImage?s PicomCloud PACS is available in a managed-service model or as a self service, web-vendible image management system. ScImage?s flagship PicomEnterprise can be used in synchrony with PicomCloud, or as an independent, web-enabled enterprise PACS.

The company?s ?PICOM? trademark denotes Patient Information and Communication in Medicine, which expands on the DICOM concept of Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine.

About ScImage

Founded in 1993, ScImage, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Los Altos, California. ScImage is a global leader in the development of advanced medical imaging and workflow solutions for radiology, cardiology, orthopedics, obstetrics and electronic medical record content management. As a true enterprise PACS company, ScImage’s mission is to provide a shared infrastructure solution for all imaging intensive departments throughout the healthcare enterprise. At the center of ScImage’s technology is PICOM, a web service technology that works independent of data types, modalities and departments to seamlessly deliver multi-modality image and information management, multi-PACS archiving, Cloud PACS services, offsite disaster recovery and telemedicine functionality. For more information about ScImage and the PICOM family of products, visit their website at http://www.scimage.com or call 1-866-SCIMAGE.

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Follow us on LinkedIn – Adoption of IT is not new to hospital industry with several IT tools already proving their worth in billing and administrative functions. Use of IT in clinical environment however has been restricted over the years, given the sensitive nature of patient information, medical procedures and treatment regimes, all of which can be vulnerable against data losses, or misuse. However, with growing realization of benefits, and rapid developments in technology, IT is slowly making its way even into the clinical set up, especially for capturing and storing patient records, and managing imaging, testing and surgical room procedures.

The need among healthcare providers to transform their legacy systems into advanced information systems by integrating their clinical, business, and technical assets for achieving profitability and offering services targeting fast changing consumer demands, while still maintaining high degree of service quality and efficiency is also driving hospitals to invest considerably in healthcare IT. Information technology allows critical information to be captured and stored electronically, streamlines clinical workflows, facilitates decision making, and monitors public health and therefore regarded as a highly efficient tool for healthcare industry. Several IT systems have therefore found its way into the hospital industry, Hospital Information Systems (HIS) being one among them.

The healthcare industry although resilient to a degree is not immune from the developments in macro-economic environment. Tighter credit market conditions across the world have resulted in increased difficulty in securing finances necessary for capital purchases. Worldwide hospitals and healthcare providers were fraught with reimbursement pressures, lowered direct government spending due to constricted budgets, reduced demand and consumer spending on pharmaceuticals, and healthcare services (as a result of increased loss of corporate health coverage). Tight budgets, lack of credit and finances for capital purchases, declines in philanthropic donations, pushed hospitals and healthcare facilities into curtailing their expenses on the purchase of new equipment and upgradation of information infrastructure. Hospitals remained wary of their IT investments thereby squeezing opportunities for the global Hospital Information Systems market during the 2007-2009 recession period. Despite several benefits stacked in its favor and notwithstanding its sturdy value proposition from a technology standpoint, HIS implementations weakened due to the aforementioned macro economic factors including the general strategy of ?doing more with less? among hospitals. Difficulty in accessing capital from tax-exempt bonds made it difficult for hospitals to sustain profitability during the period, thereby affecting the ability to fund new IT infrastructure and upgrade existing infrastructure, thus throwing deployment of HIS onto the backburner until signs of an economic thaw. As a result, growth in the market hit a trough in the year 2009.

The global HIS market staged a healthy recovery in the year 2010. The resurgence in market was primarily led by various stimulus packages offered by the government to infuse vigor into healthcare segment. The financial incentives given by Governments for adopting technology based innovations and improvements in healthcare also encouraged hospitals, healthcare professionals and other participants to start reinvesting in HIS, thereby driving market growth. Fast paced developments in healthcare sector in developing markets especially China and India will additionally infuse growth in the global HIS market in the short to medium term period. The large underserved market also presents tremendous opportunities for HIS market to tap. For instance, small private practices with about 4-5 doctors are relatively underserved by IT as they often fall short or resources to implement efficient tools for addressing critical data management and therefore presents a perfect opportunity for HIS providers to tap.

The market over the next few years will also benefit from healthcare industry?s focus on addressing huge demand for affordable-yet-quality healthcare services. Increasing costs have left the healthcare service patrons searching for affordable-yet-quality healthcare services. This trend created an urgent need for hospitals and other healthcare providers to re-visit their operational strategies, in order to be effective in catering to changing demands of consumers. With the desire to keep pace with the fast changing consumer demand, hospitals and healthcare providers are fast leaning towards adoption of Hospital Information Systems, which in turn is resulting in an increased number of HIS implementations.

As stated by the new market research report on Hospital Information Systems, Europe continues to remain the largest regional market for HIS. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market with revenue from the region waxing at a CAGR of about 11% over the analysis period. Growth in the Asia-Pacific HIS market will be especially driven by growing income levels, improving spending power and the ability to afford quality healthcare services among people, and robust developments in healthcare IT especially in developing markets such as China and India. Clinical Information Systems represents the fastest growing market segment.

Major players in the marketplace include Agfa-Gevaert bv, Akhil Systems Pvt. Ltd., Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc., AxSys Technology Ltd., Brunie-Software GmbH, Cerner Corporation, GE Healthcare, Healthland, iSOFT Group Limited, Integrated Medical Systems Pty Ltd., Keane, McKesson Corporation, Medical Information Technology, Inc., MEDISTAR Praxiscomputer GmbH, Philips Medical Systems Nederland B.V, QuadraMed Corporation, Siemens Healthcare, Softlink International Pvt Ltd., Sysmex Corporation, among others.

The research report titled “Hospital Information Systems (HIS): A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of trends, issues, strategic industry activities, and profiles of major companies worldwide. The report provides market estimates and projections (US$ Million) for product segments Non-Clinical Information Systems; and Clinical Information Systems, across geographic markets such as the US, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, and Rest of Europe), Asia Pacific (Australia, China, South Korea and Rest of Asia-Pacific), and Rest of World.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit ? http://www.strategyr.com/Hospital_Information_Systems_HIS_Market_Report.asp

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Riverview Software Solutions provides a software application named “Disaster Resource Navigator” to provide diaster preparedness and assist during disaster recovery efforts.

The Disaster Resource Navigator software application provides an organized method of keeping track of important information and provides quick navigation of local resources offering critical services and supplies such as food, water, ice, shelters, generators and fuel. With the Disaster Resource Navigator, this information is just a mouse click away saving valuable time for the broadcast staff, listeners and viewers.

The Disaster Resource Navigator eliminates having piles of notes to sort through or lose during a natural disaster or emergency.

The Disaster Resource Navigator application is intuitive for radio and TV broadcasters of all levels of experience. Minimal typing is required with only 3 data fields. All data is automatically saved – no buttons to click, just enter the data ?on the fly? and it will be saved automatically.

The Disaster Resource Navigator user interface provides a simple and intuitive interface for the user. Users can click on a category and the Resource List is instantly populated with all resources providing that particular service. Hot buttons are provided for immediate access to the most critical information.

The application includes a U.S. state, county and city database which can be setup for specific defaults and favorites – minimizing the number of items on the drop-down selection lists. Built in category lists are provided and new categories can be added as needed. The software also includes an activity logger to easily comply with FCC reporting requirements.

The software design is based on a “Real Life” scenario. In April 2011, tornadoes devastated many areas in Alabama with a record breaking 53 in one day throughout the state. Riverview Software Solutions is located in the northeastern section of the state where nine of the 53 caused severe damage.

A local FM station operated under FCC emergency broadcast rules for many days and fielded numerous phone calls from the general public, local businesses and other local service agencies. The FM station became a crucial communications hub that helped citizens find much needed supplies and provided the location of resources throughout the area.

Riverview Software Solution?s design team monitored this activity and discovered that after days of taking notes and relaying information, the station staff had so many notes and occasionally, finding the desired information for callers was starting to take a considerable amount of time. There had to be a better way so the Riverview team set out to develop this software application.

Should a natural disaster strike a community in the future, having the Disaster Resource Navigator will be an essential tool for quickly providing information to the public.

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Follow us on LinkedIn – The remarkable growth of computer networks since introduction of the Internet and the subsequent development of new technologies to enhance network functionality have triggered off demand for network test equipment worldwide. Designed to monitor and troubleshoot network related issues, LAN/WAN test equipment has become a major part of network operations, and gained wide acceptance among private enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Demand for network test equipment has increased with private enterprises need to continuously monitor network integrity, and service providers? requirement for optimal network performance. LAN/WAN test equipment checks network reliability, throughput, and quality of service, and also ensure network stability needed by both service providers and private enterprises.

Demand for LAN/WAN test equipment in the recent years is highly supported by the latest developments in communication technologies, including VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), 10GbE (Ten Gigabit Ethernet), VPN (Virtual Private Network), and PON (Passive Optical Network). Further, the demand is influenced by the initiation of 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GbE) deployments, wireless networks, Gigabit PON (GPON), and triple play services, including video, voice, and data. Development of FTTH (Fiber-To-The-Home), and enhancing bandwidth needs are further expected to support the growth of network test equipment market in the next few years.

The recent global economic meltdown, which sent ripples of unrest in most business sectors during 2008 and 2009, not surprisingly left the worldwide LAN/WAN Test Equipment market hurting. With the financial crisis led economic slowdown negatively impacting every company?s IT structure, world market for LAN/WAN Test equipment stood significantly weakened during the period. Budgetary constraints, lack of capital for investments in IT assets and the general strategy of ?doing more with less? took its toll on LAN/WAN test equipment as spending on network infrastructure witnessed a significant fall. With several companies throwing plans to deploy expensive wireless network infrastructure and endpoints for regional offices onto the backburner until signs of an economic recovery, new orders for LAN/WAN test equipment took a severe blow during 2009. Lack of strong budgets to fund equipment replacements also forced companies to focus on optimally utilizing their existing test equipment rather than investing in replacements or upgradation, thereby dragging down growth further in the market.

Another major factor that squeezed revenues for the market during the recession was the rise in demand for pre-owned as well as rental LAN/WAN test equipment. Affordable and available with same warranty and product support as in newer equipment, these products have been safe bet for end-users during weak economy. Cost wary end-users, especially those keen on surviving the crisis, mostly preferred rental or pre-owned equipment, thus squeezing revenues for LAN/WAN test equipment manufacturers.

Following drastic slowdown in revenue growth during 2009, the global market for LAN/WAN testing equipment staged a healthy comeback in the year 2010, primarily driven by resurgence in growth fundamentals such as improvement in global economy, and subsequent improvement in spending power among end-users and resurgence in network infrastructure investments. Going further, growth in the LAN/WAN test equipment market will be primarily driven by mass proliferation of advanced technologies and applications such as WiMax, and 3G/3.5G, especially in relatively large untapped markets in Asia Pacific such as Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Korea and Singapore. Increase in global number of wireless subscribers and cell site constructions, addition of new global as well as regional frequency bands, such as WiMax bands of 2700MHz and 2500 MHz internationally and AWS in Canada and the US, and the increasing shift towards all-IP networks, particularly the use of IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) technology will boost market prospects for LAN/WAN Test equipment over the next few years.

With enterprises fast migrating their valuable data from traditional TDM based networks to advanced IP based LAN/WAN networks, its opportunities galore for LAN/WAN Test equipment. The need for business continuity and increasing deployment of Wireless Networks in enterprises will also create tremendous market opportunities for advanced LAN/WAN test equipment in the enterprise segment. The market will also be driven by continued advancements in telecom sector. Heavy investments being made by telecom carriers on new IP technology, wireless infrastructure and fiber for providing state-of-the-art video, voice, and data services will create significant demand for LAN/WAN test equipment in the telecom industry. The ever-increasing proliferation of triple play services and complexity of networks demand high bandwidth speeds, fostering the demand for technologically advanced testing solutions.

As stated by the new market research report on LAN/WAN Test Equipment, the US continues to remain the largest regional market worldwide. Asia-Pacific represents the fastest growing regional market displaying a CAGR of about 6.5% over the analysis period. Performance Analyzers & Stress Testers represents the fastest growing market segment, by product type. Growth in this segment will be especially driven by technology developments and introduction of products with advanced features such as those capable of checking entire OSI (Open Systems Interconnection) layers into one system.

Major players in the marketplace include Agilent Technologies Inc., Anritsu Corporation, AOIP SAS, Digital Lightwave Inc., EXFO Inc., Fluke Networks, Harris Corporation, Ixia, JDS Uniphase Corporation, LeCroy Corporation, Network Instruments LLC, RADCOM Equipment Inc., Spirent Communications Plc., Sunrise Telecom Inc., Tektronix Inc., Wilcom Inc., and Yokogawa Electric Corporation.

The research report titled “LAN/WAN Test Equipment: A Global Strategic Business Report” announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of trends, issues, strategic industry activities, and profiles of major companies worldwide. The report provides market estimates and projections (US$ Million) for product segments Protocol Analyzers; Performance Analyzers & Stress Testers; and Conformance & Interoperability Test Systems, across all major geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World. The report also analyzes market by application type Research & Development, Production Process, and Installation & Maintenance.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit ? http://www.strategyr.com/LAN_WAN_Test_Equipment_Market_Report.asp

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Origins Recovery Centers, a nationally-recognized provider of longer-term inpatient addiction and co-occurring disorder treatment, announced that it has opened ?Hannah?s House by Origins?, a highly-specialized women?s addiction treatment program located on tropical South Padre Island, Texas. The waterfront property is separate from Origins? flagship men?s campus and caters exclusively to the unique needs of women suffering from substance abuse and related issues. The program places particular emphasis on trauma resolution and the treatment of co-occurring pathology that makes the road to recovery particularly difficult when left untreated.

?We?re delighted to offer the treatment intensity that Origins is known for with sophisticated addiction medicine and clinical care tailored specifically to a woman?s needs. Referring professionals who rely on Origins as a treatment resource have been asking us to open a gender-separate women?s program for years; we leveraged our team of specialized clinical and medical talent to design this distinctive program,? said Ben Levenson, Chief Executive Officer. ?Women are notoriously underserved and under-resourced. Origins is proud to provide an extremely high-quality, trauma-informed, longer-term women?s treatment program in the Texas market ? Hannah?s House is desperately needed,? he said.

Origins began renovating and feminizing the quaint bay-side property over six months ago. The Company licensed an additional 4,000 square feet of clinical services space for the partial hospitalization program which includes therapist offices, elaborate group rooms, a psychological testing lab, additional nursing station and physician?s office. The boutique treatment program is limited to only sixteen adult female clients in order to ensure an extremely high level of clinical attention and patient care. The expert treatment team for Hannah?s House boasts an entirely female staff of addiction professionals. Each Case Manager is an experienced, masters-level therapist trained in treating addiction, sexual and physical trauma, co-occurring eating disorders, self-harm, body-image issues and other challenges commonly facing addicted women. Hannah?s House utilizes the Origins organization?s existing medical and clinical resources including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, an Internist, nurses, a dietician, personal trainer, 12 Step experts, ministerial support personnel and others. In addition to individualized intensive clinical attention, clients of Hannah?s House will enjoy encounters with Origins? physicians and nurses every day.

The Origins model of addiction treatment harmonizes the latest advances in addiction medicine and evidence-based therapeutic interventions with an immersion in the ageless Twelve Step experience. Hannah?s House by Origins is designed for the relapsing woman with unresolved trauma and outstanding co-occurring disorders. Through effective therapies like EMDR, motivational interviewing, psychodrama, cognitive and dialectical behavioural therapy, adventure and arts therapy, Origins? therapists are able to help clients heal long-standing wounds while learning to live on a spiritual basis of life through the Twelve Steps.

?The data is very clear in this regard. Chemically dependent women are much more likely than their male counterparts to have been the victims of serious abuse. In fact, high instances of women who find their way into treatment report trauma and abuse histories. That?s why the integrated treatment of trauma and substance abuse is a key feature of treatment at Hannah?s House,? said Rich Whitman, the Origins President and Executive Director. ?Treatment at Hannah?s is complete with dignity, passion, clinical sophistication and love.?

?I never expected that I would be living on South Padre Island,? said Michele Kliewer, LPC, a newly hired therapist at Hannah?s House, ?however, the enthusiasm for recovery in Origins? culture is quite literally infectious. After meeting the current staff, learning more about their clinical vision and seeing how gorgeous the new facilities are, I knew I had to become part of this wonderful organization. I?m home,? she said.

To learn more about Hannah?s House by Origins, visit the Company?s website at http://www.originsrecovery.com or contact an admissions specialist today at (866) U-GET-WELL. Hannah?s accepts most major health insurance and Origins also has some partial scholarship and financing resources available to qualified candidates.

Exigent Technologies, a New Jersey Managed IT Services company, today announced it has been selected as the ?Official IT Services Provider for Carlo?s Bakery.?

Carlo?s Bakery is a famous family-owned and operated bakery that started out in Hoboken, NJ, and recently expanded into a 30,000 square foot, state-of-the art location at ?Lackawanna Center? in Jersey City, NJ. For more than 100 years the bakery used pen and paper to run the operations, but with its explosive growth and national success, the need to introduce technology into the business to help build and manage the Valastro empire became a priority.

?We were definitely ?old school? with the day-to-day back-office operations,? says Bartolo Jr. ?Buddy? Valastro, Carlo?s Bakery master baker and national reality show celebrity. ?But that?s all about to change thanks to the expertise of the Exigent Technologies team.?

As part of the new engagement with Exigent Technologies, Carlo?s Bakery is undergoing a complete technology makeover at both locations. This includes a state-of-the-art virtualized network infrastructure equipped with PCs, Macs, laptops, printers, security software, servers, and a storage area network (SAN).

To keep the Valastro family?s focus on what they do best, Carlo?s Bakery is leveraging Exigent?s fixed-fee ASSURANCE? managed IT service plans and PREVENT? managed backup and disaster recovery for small business. These comprehensive, outsourced IT services include 24/7 remote monitoring and management of Carlo?s Bakery?s entire IT infrastructure, as well as business continuity services that ensure that all data is safe, secure and readily recoverable in case of an emergency or natural disaster.

?Investing in IT and selecting a local IT service provider wasn?t a decision we took lightly,? said Leo Minervini, vice president, technology, Carlo?s Bakery. ?Exigent Technologies earned our business every step of the way. From the very first call, the team at Exigent Technologies was clearly a cut above the rest and possessed the genuine enthusiasm, values and proven technology expertise we were looking for in an IT services provider.?

While many travelers seek the pleasures of one exotic destination, Dubai offers globetrotters a variety that is quite unmatched. From 7 start hotels like the Burj Al Arab to the hideaway Al Maha Resort in the middle of a desert ? Dubai?s hotel variety is amazingly diverse.

This variety has contributed to a surge in visitors to Dubai and increased occupancy. Recent data from TRI Hospitality Consulting shows that the occupancy rate in Dubai rose to 78.6% in September compared to 71.8% in the same month one year ago. The strong recovery in occupancy prompted hoteliers to increase room rates by 10.9% for the month, resulting in a 21.5% growth in RevPAR (revenue per available room) compared to the same period a year ago, TRI found.

As James Peter a frequent traveler to Dubai shared, ?I was inspired by a book on Dubai to visit this desert city. To my surprise, the city is home to some of the finest hotels in the world, from the famed Burj Al Arab to the Emirates Towers by the Jumeriah Group.?

?The best part is?, James continues, ?you can also find budget hotels that offer clean rooms and great service for a few hundred dollars. During our trip, we tried different grades of hotels and we were delightfully surprised that most of the [hotels offer top class service.?

?One of our biggest discoveries was the Al Maha Reort?, James explained. ?It lies bang in the middle of the desert. The Al Maha Desert Resort resembles an ancient Bedouin encampment and is a secluded, internationally-awarded hideaway resort that offers personal and seductive experiences of the region’s history and hospitality, in absolute comfort.?

Follow us on LinkedIn – Given the high strung sensitivity of truck bedliners market on sales of pick up trucks in the region, the 2007-2009 world economic recession, which sent the automotive manufacturing industry reeling, not surprisingly squeezed market opportunities for truck bedliners market during the period. Tight budgetary conditions and low purchasing power led to a significant drop in sales of pickup trucks during the period, thereby affecting the number of pick up trucks plying on the road. High fuel prices during the period also led to significant fall in number of on-road trucks. This considerable drop in number of on-road pick up trucks and subsequent reduction in wear and tear of existing bedliners squeezed opportunities for market in the aftermarket segment.

The North American Truck Bedliners market staged a recovery in the year 2010 in line with the improvement in the economic scenario. The market over the next few years will be driven by technology advancements, especially those associated with new proprietary coatings and application techniques. For instance, manufacturers are focusing on using the coating characteristics of bedliners to address the needs of military, industrial, and other commercial applications. Unique solutions introduced in the market have a wide range of applications and options in terms of flexibility, durability, appearance, and protection. Technological advancements also allow distributors to better differentiate their products and gain competitive advantage.

Aggressive promotional strategies being adopted by leading manufacturers will also drive market opportunities over the next few years. Leading manufacturers of spray-on and drop-in bedliner products are undertaking aggressive advertising and marketing initiatives to attract new opportunities and strengthen their positions in the market. Manufacturers are focusing on various media at national and regional level, including television, print, and radio to reach out to the potential customer, thus driving significant opportunities. The growing demand for high-cost spray-on bedliners also augurs well for the market, as the expensive nature of the product category inflates revenue for the overall market.

As stated by the new market research report on Truck Bedliners in North America, the Spray-On Bedliners is the fastest growing product segment with dollar sales waxing at a CAGR of about 17.3% over the analysis period. Drop-In Bedliners is the largest product segment in terms of volume sales. In the next few years, lower prices of drop-in bedliners are expected to sustain demand for drop-in liners, although the market continues to face stiff challenge from the spray-on segment.

Major players in the marketplace include Homestead Products, Inc., Industrial Polymers Corporation, Line-X Corp., Panda Corporation, Rhino Linings Corporation, STK LLC, Ultimate Linings Ltd., Rugged Liner, Inc., International Liner Co., among others.

The research report titled ?Truck Bedliners: A North American Market Report? announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a review of market trends, competitive scenario, and recent industry activity. The study analyzes market data and analytics in terms of value and volume sales across two segments ? Drop-in Bedliners, and Spray-On Bedliners.

For more details about this comprehensive market research report, please visit ? http://www.strategyr.com/Truck_Bedliners_Market_Report.asp

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