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IBM and Metropolitan Community College of Omaha Collaborate on First Green
Data Center Degree

ARMONK, N.Y. and OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) today announced a collaboration with Metropolitan Community College (MCC)
in Omaha, Nebraska, to develop a first-of-its-kind green data center
management degree using IBM hardware, software and online skills training
resources. The two-year associates degree includes courses to help students
gain technical and business skills to prepare them for careers in the design
and management of energy efficient data centers.

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The new degree comes at a time when U.S. colleges and universities are
expected to lead the way in preparing the future workforce with innovative new
skills to help boost the economy. For example, in July, President Obama
launched the American Graduation Initiative, a 10-year, $12 billion plan to
provide community colleges nationwide with funding for new scholarships and
online classes for students, and to modernize aging facilities and
infrastructures.

As part of the new MCC degree, students have the opportunity to learn
virtualization and server consolidation, energy efficiency, business
resiliency, and security and compliance skills through a new, real-world
enterprise data center on campus. The center is built upon IBM Power Systems
servers running AIX, IBM i and Linux environments.

IBM technologies used in this program allow MCC to extend the degree to other
colleges through a virtual learning program. As a result, all courses in the
green data center management track will be offered online where remote
students can gain the same skills as those on campus including virtual access
to the physical data center itself.

MCC developed the curriculum with the help of the IBM Academic Initiative, an
innovative program that now provides nearly 4,000 colleges and universities
worldwide with no-charge access to online skills resources including tutorials
and courseware.

"IBM's Academic Initiative will further help ensure that MCC students are
developing technology skills that bring together computer science, engineering
and sustainability," said Tom Pensabene, Dean of Information Technology of
Metropolitan Community College. "We're seeing a dramatic increase in demand
here in Nebraska for specialists who understand how to help companies reduce
the costs associated with running an energy-intensive data center. Now, our
students are getting exposure to leading edge IBM technologies, increasing
their chances of being hired for jobs in this growing area."

Until now there has been no comprehensive, real-world learning environment for
students to get green data center skills at the undergraduate level.
Beginning December 2009, students can enroll in the new "Associate Degree in
Information Technology - Data Center Management" degree and take 36 credit
hours of courses including:

-- Hardware, Disaster Recovery, & Troubleshooting - Designed to teach
students how to identify and follow best practices when working with
hardware components and systems found in an enterprise environment.
Focus is on the hardware and software used to create a fault-tolerant,
redundant configuration that meets the requirements of a company's
Disaster Recovery (DRP) or Business Continuity Plan (BCP).


-- Introduction to Data Center Management - The student learns about data
center design, support, management, and maintenance while working in a
server environment. Topics also include daily operations of a data
center, such as monitoring power requirements and safety regulations.


-- Virtualization, Remote Access, & Monitoring - Introduces students to
both hardware and software methods used to implement virtualization
and
the server specifications required to implement it. Multiple vendor
solutions are explored.


-- Data Center Racks & Cabling - Introduces students to the basics of
rack and cabling infrastructure in a data center. Topics include
cabling
installation practices, management strategies, maintenance practices,
and certification.


-- Building a Secure Environment - Students explore methods to mitigate
vulnerabilities of Internet/Intranet applications while maintaining
web
servers and workstations based on installation. Discussion centers on
best practices and a variety of methods to build, test, and defend all
computers in the enterprise environment.


-- Applied Data Center Management - Students define project requirements,
researches issues, and designs a data center project that meets the
goals. Projects include all aspects of the Data Center such as
facilities, infrastructure, servers and security.


-- Networking Security - Provides students with the knowledge of network
security and the skills necessary to install, configure, manage,
monitor, and troubleshoot security services/servers on multiple
platforms in an enterprise environment. Security areas include DNS,
Web
servers, Encryption, IPSec, PKS, VPNs, and Network Address Translation
(NAT).


-- Data Center Internship - Provides students with the opportunity to
apply
his/her knowledge, learn new techniques, and get hands-on experience
managing a data center. Students work in the Information Technology
Data
Center on campus and access the data center remotely.



For the past 12 years, MCC has often ranked in the top 20 community colleges
nationwide for number of IT graduates, and the college's computer classes are
the mainstay of its offerings. One reason for their success is that Omaha is
one of only a few U.S. cities that sits at the intersection of both east-west
and north-south fiber optic networks -- attracting a large number of
communications and information services companies and putting IT-savvy
employees in high demand for data center jobs.

"IBM is proud to be a key partner in helping Metropolitan Community College of
Omaha develop the first program of its kind based on the transformational work
IBM is undertaking with clients and cities world-wide," said Jim Corgel,
General Manager of ISV and Developer Relations at IBM. "As companies look to
improve service, reduce cost and manage risk, students educated through MCC's
new program will be well-positioned for IT careers that help businesses
address these challenges."

MCC's data center is funded through a three year $1.8 million grant that MCC
received from the U.S. Department of Labor with the goal of increasing the
number of students in IT education.

For more information on the MCC data center management degree, visit:
http://staffshare.mccneb.edu/mccadc/.

For more information on IBM's Academic Initiative, visit:
http://www.ibm.com/academicinitiative.

Contact: Jennifer Clemente, IBM Software Group Media Relations, 919 418 6169,
jennic@us.ibm.com



SOURCE IBM

Trend Micro Deep Security allows server compliance across the historic NIST
800-53 recommended security controls.

CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro, in support of the
federal government's effort to build a unified information security framework
for both national and non-national security cyber systems, announced today
that the Trend Micro(TM) Deep Security(TM) solution helps comply with the
recently recommended security controls published by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST).

The recently updated document, NIST Special Publication 800-53, Recommended
Security Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations, outlines
best practices in information security from United States Department of
Defense, Intelligence Community, and Civil agencies, and provides a broad and
comprehensive set of safeguards and countermeasures for information technology
systems.

IT departments of government agencies can include Trend Micro Deep Security,
which is designed to help with compliance with the security controls
recommended in the NIST 800-53 report, as a key component of their security
strategy. Trend Micro Deep Security is an advanced, host-based intrusion
defense system that brings proven network security controls, including
firewall and intrusion detection and prevention, down to individual networked
computers and devices servers, including virtual machines.

Trend Micro Deep Security for server and application protection helps
government agencies to comply with the NIST recommended security controls in
the following areas:

-- Access control
-- Audit and Accountability
-- Certification accreditation
-- Identification and Authentication
-- Incident response
-- Risk Assessment
-- System and communications protection

-- System and information integrity



"Trend Micro Deep Security enables federal agencies to leverage cloud
computing with the assurance that comes from certification for Evaluation
Assurance Level 3 Augmented (EAL 3+). The security levels this brings for the
virtual environment -- including VMware(TM) VMsafe(TM) integration --
addresses a gaping hole in current Access Control and IA tools for the virtual
computing environment. This is the only NIAP/EAL 3+ certified solution for
that large segment of the federal infrastructure. This solution reiterates our
choice of Trend Micro since 1998 as the leading technology company in the
security/IA space for the federal government," said Robert Deitz, CEO of
Government Technology Solutions, a Trend Micro solution partner focusing on
government markets.

"With cybercrime on the rise and computer espionage becoming a dark reality,
the U.S. government is making some challenging decisions in defending its
computer networks," said Darren Blank vice president of North America, Trend
Micro. "Trend Micro Deep Security, in support of the NIST 800-53
recommendations, provides greater protection for government and non-government
agencies against cyber attacks."

For details on how Trend Micro Deep Security helps with compliance with NIST
800-53, please visit:
http://us.trendmicro.com/imperia/md/content/us/flv/enterprise/endpointsecurity/sp03_fisma_090828us.pdf

Or Government Technology Solutions at www.gvTechSolutions.com

About Trend Micro:
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in Internet content security,
focuses on securing the exchange of digital information for businesses and
consumers. A pioneer and industry vanguard, Trend Micro is advancing
integrated threat management technology to protect operational continuity,
personal information, and property from malware, spam, data leaks and the
newest Web threats. Visit TrendWatch at www.trendmicro.com/go/trendwatch to
learn more about the latest threats. Trend Micro's flexible solutions,
available in multiple form factors, are supported 24/7 by threat intelligence
experts around the globe. Many of these solutions are powered by the Trend
Micro Smart Protection Network, a next generation cloud-client content
security infrastructure designed to protect customers from Web threats. A
transnational company, with headquarters in Tokyo, Trend Micro's trusted
security solutions are sold through its business partners worldwide. Please
visit www.trendmicro.com.



SOURCE Trend Micro Incorporated

The Silicon Valley venture capital firm will finance early and mid-stage clean energy and information technology companies as well as high-risk 'science experiments.'
In a sign that green technology investing is bouncing back, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures said Tuesday that it had raised $1.1 billion to spur development of renewable energy and other clean technologies.

It is the biggest first-time fund in a decade and comes as venture capital investment in green technology is just beginning to recover from a precipitous fall prompted by the global economic collapse last fall.

In the first half of the year, investments in green tech plunged to $513 million from $2 billion in the first six months of 2008, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

But Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures in Menlo Park, Calif., and a leading green tech guru, has managed to raise an $800-million fund to invest in early and mid-stage clean energy and information technology companies as well as a $275-million fund to finance what he called high-risk "science experiments" that may exist only in a university laboratory.

"There's an opportunity basically where technology innovation changes economics," Khosla said. "In our business you can't get in and out when the markets are bad. In some sense, when most people aren't investing, it's a good time to invest."

Khosla has deep roots in funding tech companies. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. and a former partner at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

For his latest round, he won investments from the California Public Employees' Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund, which put $200 million into the bigger fund and $60 million into the high-risk fund. About two-thirds of the investments will be devoted to green tech, with the remainder invested in more traditional technology firms.

"We think it's a very significant milestone," said Sheeraz Haji of Cleantech Group, a San Francisco green tech research, events and advisory firm. "This is the first time Vinod has taken outside capital, and he is certainly one of the early adopters and visionaries. The fact that an investor like CalPERS is stepping up is a good sign."

Since 2004, Khosla and his partners have invested their own money in some three dozen green-tech companies, such as power developers, biofuels start-ups and firms involved in energy efficiency, water, plastics and building materials.

The firm's portfolio includes such companies as EcoMotors, a Troy, Mich., start-up that is developing a highly efficient internal combustion engine, and Soladigm, a Santa Rosa, Calif., company creating "next-generation green building solutions."

"I like to call it 'main tech,' not clean tech," Khosla said. "We're doing bioplastics, lighting, engines, water and air conditioning -- almost anything that can be made renewable, sustainable, more efficient and cheaper."

The chance to invest in a broad-based portfolio was attractive to CalPERS.

"Vinod Khosla's opportunity set is larger than anyone else in the business because it goes beyond alternative energy to materials, water and other areas," said CalPERS spokesman Clark McKinley. "There's high risk, but high return. Some companies won't pan out, but there could be great returns if he's able to create the next Exxon of the alternative energy field or the next great concrete company."

Tim Carey, leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers' U.S. clean tech practice, said the size of Khosla Ventures' new funds indicated that the definition of green tech was expanding beyond solar energy and biofuels.

"There's a lot of innovation out there and investors are looking for the next big wave: energy efficiency, carbon capture, the smart grid," he said.

CARROLLTON, Ga.--(Business Wire)--
Southwire, North America`s leading manufacturer of electrical wire and cable and
global leader in the supply of continuous cast copper and aluminum rod systems,
has launched a completely redesigned web site, www.southwire.com, that makes it
easier for customers, distributors, contractors, engineers and other industry
visitors to interact with the company.

Southwire has long been ranked among the nation`s most innovative users of
information technology by Information Week, which annually rates the top 500
companies using information technology in their business. In 2008, Southwire was
ranked 6th by the publication.

"The site is designed to make the user experience with Southwire more satisfying
and effective," explained Southwire President and CEO Stu Thorn in a video
introduction to the site. "We also wanted everyone to come away with a better
understanding of our culture of collaboration, our commitment to innovation, and
the many ways we are working to maintain the quality of life and the environment
for our employees, customers and the communities where we do business."

The evolution of the Southwire web site was guided by user responses to a needs
survey and managed by a cross-functional team representing all parts of the
company. Special attention was paid to making the site easier to navigate, more
interactive and faster for the user to accomplish a wide range of practical
tasks, from finding information about products and technical services to placing
orders.

Among the many enhanced features on the site are Q-Service, a web-based ordering
and self-service system, and SWIM, which incorporates EDI and Internet
technology to enable vendor-managed inventory.

The refreshed site also includes information about Southwire`s ongoing
sustainability efforts as well as an enhanced video library that features
product demonstrations, training and instruction, along with vignettes about the
company`s community outreach programs.

Southwire customers include electrical contractors, plant and facility
engineers, do-it-yourselfers, OEMs and utilities. The company was founded in
1950 and now serves wire and cable markets in the United States, Canada and
Latin America. Southwire also serves OEMs internationally and provides SCR
copper and aluminum rod systems around the world.

About Southwire Company

A technology leader, Southwire Company is a leading wire and cable manufacturer
in North America, manufacturing building wire and cable, metal-clad (MC) cable,
FlatWire Ready®products, cord products, utility cable products, industrial power
cable, copper and aluminum rod and continuous casting technology. Visit
Southwire`s website atwww.southwire.com.



Southwire Company
Gary Leftwich, 770-832-4884
www.southwire.com; gary_leftwich@southwire.com

Sixth Season of the Thrive Campaign Continues to Spread Health





OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente has launched its
sixth season of the Thrive advertising campaign, with television, radio, print
and online ads that reflect the health care organization's commitment to the
total health of its members and the communities it serves.

Two new ads -- "Emerald Cities" and "Connected" -- illustrate Kaiser
Permanente's leadership in leveraging health information technology. As the
nation seeks innovative solutions for reforming health care and reducing
costs, Kaiser Permanente is leading the way in making technology a core tool
for patients and providers with Kaiser Permanente HealthConnect(R), the
world's largest civilian electronic health record.

"These new messages are designed to communicate Kaiser Permanente's
longstanding and unparalleled commitment to preventive care and our members'
total health -- mind, body and spirit," says Debbie Cantu, vice president,
brand marketing and advertising. "They work together to communicate how we
help people to thrive -- that includes our members, the communities we serve,
the environment, and even the overall health of our nation."

The first ad, "Emerald Cities," is a 30-second spot that conveys how Kaiser
Permanente's use of advanced technology benefits Kaiser Permanente's health
care delivery system by saving lives, managing chronic conditions and making
medical breakthroughs. The ad also communicates Kaiser Permanente's focus on
sustainability -- by using electronic health records the amount of paper used
within the organization is drastically decreased -- saving thousands of trees
annually. To date, Kaiser Permanente members have completed 6 million doctor's
visits without using one gallon of gasoline. Simply put in the spot's opening
line, "By putting an end to paper medical records, we have ushered health into
the digital age."

The second ad, "Connected," features a demonstration of My Health Manager on
http://kp.org and shows how Kaiser Permanente members can stay connected to
their health and health care provider using My Health Manager on
http://kp.org. It highlights the convenience of securely e-mailing your
doctor, checking your medical records, reviewing test results and booking
appointments online. The 30-second spot also shows how Kaiser Permanente
clinicians are digitally connected to each other, which ultimately helps them
stay connected to Kaiser Permanente's members. The closing line of the ad
summarizes, "At Kaiser Permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power,
shared knowledge is even more powerful."

Also, in time for the new campaign, http://kp.org/thrive has been refreshed
with a new look, new feel, and new content for Kaiser Permanente members,
employees, physicians, and the general public. The new ads, as well as six new
topical sections, can be found on the Web site. The site is an interactive,
health and wellness destination containing tools, information and frequent
posts to help people live healthier lives.

The $50-million, multi-year Thrive Campaign was created in partnership with
Warren, Michigan-based advertising agency Campbell-Ewald, which has worked
with Kaiser Permanente since the rollout of the first Thrive ads in 2004. The
new television commercials will run in California, Oregon/Washington state,
Colorado, Georgia, parts of Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia,
and Hawaii.

About Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We
are recognized as one of America's leading health care providers and
not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, our mission is to provide
high-quality, affordable health care services to improve the health of our
members and the communities we serve. We currently serve 8.6 million members
in nine states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is
focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians,
specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are
empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for
health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the art care delivery and
world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care
innovations, clinical research, health education and the support of community
health. For more information, go to: www.kp.org/newscenter.



SOURCE Kaiser Permanente

Laura Dunn of Kaiser Permanente, +1-510-267-2818, laura.c.dunn@kp.org

PITTSFORD, N.Y.--(Business Wire)--
Infinite Group, Inc. (OTCBB:IMCI) today announced that the Mississippi
Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) has awarded the company a
three-year contract to deliver virtualization services to state agencies via
Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 3585. Commencing in the fall of 2009, the
agreement with Infinite Group, Inc. (IGI) is part of Mississippi`s larger
strategy to streamline government operations and to address issues of IT
modernization.

Under terms of the agreement, various Mississippi state agencies can engage
Infinite Group to virtualize servers and migrate applications into ITS` virtual
data center environments, housed in the State Data Center facilities in the
Jackson, Mississippi area. Infinite Group will manage and implement server
consolidations that will migrate physical servers to virtual machines, using
VMware vSphere technology - reducing the number of physical servers, with
resulting benefits in both physical footprint and energy savings.

"We are very pleased that the state of Mississippi has recognized IGI`s
expertise in the virtualization arena," said Jim Frost, IGI`s Chief Technology
Officer. "Our team of VMware Certified Professionals is looking forward to
engaging across a number of state agencies to deliver business benefits from
virtualization technology."

The Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS) is the first agency planned
for server virtualization services through Infinite Group, and more are expected
to follow as the benefits of virtualization become documented locally.
Mississippi state agencies will be the primary customer base served by IGI under
the agreement, but other public entities in the State will also be enabled to
procure virtualization services from IGI under the contract.

About Infinite Group, Inc.

Infinite Group, Inc., (IGI) is a world-class IT services and solutions provider
serving a range of government and commercial organizations. Headquartered in
Pittsford, New York with regional operations offices, IGI is focused on the
following, interconnected practice areas: IT Infrastructure Services,
Virtualization and Consolidation, Cloud Computing, Project and Program
Management, and Business and Technology Integration. IGI is dedicated to the
alignment of business and technology initiatives, and the delivery of superior
results. Infinite Group is publicly traded under the symbol IMCI.OB, and more
information about the company is available at www.IGIus.com.

This news release may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking
statements," including estimates of future business prospects or financial
results, as to which there is no assurance. Any forward-looking statements
herein are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. There are many factors that could cause actual
results of Infinite Group, Inc. (IGI) to differ materially from forward-looking
statements. Please refer to a discussion of these factors in the Company`s
Annual Reports on Form 10-KSB, Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-QSB and other
Securities and Exchange Commission filings, which are incorporated herein by
reference. IGI disclaims any intent or obligation to update publicly such
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.

NEW YORK — A $286.6 million computer and software system upgrade, described as the "cornerstone of a United Nations-wide effort to bring groundbreaking reform" to the management of the U.N. Secretariat, is already about three to four months behind schedule, and is headed to be tens of millions of dollars over budget, less than a year and a half after being approved.

Those tidings are contained in a 53-page draft report on the project obtained by FOX News, which was prepared on behalf of a steering committee of top U.N. bureaucrats overseeing the information technology overhaul. The head of the committee is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's Under Secretary General for Management, Angela Kane.

The technology system described in the report is intended to unify and coordinate — as well as redefine — jobs and functions across the global secretariat, including its fast-expanding peacekeeping efforts, which have grown in cost from $1 billion to $8 billion annually in just the last five or so years.

Yet despite the unappetizing revelations about the cost and timing of the technology project-named Umoja, or "unity" in Swahili — the bureaucrats in charge of the scheme remain relentlessly upbeat about the final outcome.