Sonasoft Appoints Netswitch Technology Management as Exclusive Distributor in Asia-Pacific, Australia & New Zealand

Sonasoft Corp., developer of SonaSafe Integrated Backup/Recovery & Replication software partners with Netswitch Technology Management to provide a strategic distribution channel in the Asia Pacific, Australia & New Zealand region. Netswitch has offices in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Bangkok, and is expanding its Thailand office to become the first support center in Asia Pacific region for Sonasoft product. The support center is scheduled to be fully operational in June, 2006.

Sonasoft provides a high-availability solution, protecting data from hardware/software failures and human errors. Sonasoft’s software is the focused solution for Microsoft servers incorporating the latest design for disk-to-disk backup; it is the most efficient and effective integrated solution available in Backup and Replication. In addition, the product features an intuitive “Point -Click and Recovery®” function, which cannot be found in most of the competitive products. The SonaSafe Replication / Hot-Standby feature is one of the most cost effective solutions in the market; clients are able to realize tightly integrated Backup/Recovery and Replication capabilities in a single attractively-priced product.

“Sonasoft needed a partner to penetrate the Asia Pacific market and a company who understands the global/local market culture and has the ability to deliver the high service levels Sonasoft expects. After several months of discussion, Netswitch Technology Management was chosen for its excellent customer service record and well developed channels in the Asia Pacific region.
We’re confident that this partnership will be mutually beneficial to both the companies and to our customers,” noted Andy Khanna, President & CEO at Sonasoft.
“We have been looking for a unique product like SonaSafe for distribution in Asia-Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and we are delighted that we found Sonasoft,” said Stanley Li, CEO of Netswitch. “Sonasoft brings tremendous knowledge in backup/recovery and replication for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows Servers. Our Netswitch team is really excited about this partnership and we are glad that we will be offering a unique solution to the marketplace”.

About Netswitch
Netswitch Technology Management specializes in strategic IT management and engineering services for companies conducting business between the United States and Asia. Netswitch has successfully assisted companies such as Vodafone Americas, Inc. and Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Limited (aka The Peninsula Hotels) with strategic planning and engineering solutions. Netswitch Technology Management is headquartered in San Francisco, California with satellite offices in Bangkok ,Thailand, and Hong Kong SAR -China. For more information, please visit www.netswitch.net.

About Sonasoft®
Sonasoft Corp. automates the disk-to-disk backup and recovery process for Microsoft Exchange, SQL and Windows Servers with its groundbreaking SonaSafe® Point-Click Recovery® solutions. Designed to simplify and eliminate human error in the backup and recovery process, SonaSafe solutions also centralize the management of multiple servers and provide a cost-effective turnkey disaster recovery strategy for companies of all sizes.
For more information, please visit www.sonasoft.com.

BEST Electronics and Components Hires Peter Hancock Semiconductor ATE Veteran

BEST Electronics & Components Company, Inc., the leading contract test services provider for analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced today that Peter G. Hancock has joined the company as world wide Chief Operating Officer for both BEST Electronics & Components Company, Inc. (BECCI) and its affiliate company, U.S. Export Authority (USEA). Mr. Hancock will assume full responsibility for the company’s semiconductor testing and chip-scale packaging operations in the Philippines and for worldwide sales and marketing activities.

Mr. Hancock has over 25 years of experience in the analog, digital, RF, and mixed-signal semiconductor test equipment industry. He previously held positions in sales, marketing and general management with Eagle Test, Credence Systems, TMT, and Schlumberger ATE’s locations in the U.S., Germany, Singapore, and the U.K.

“We are delighted to welcome Peter to BEST,” says Fred Kinder, President and Founder of BEST Electronics & Components Company, Inc. “His strong background in business development and experience with semiconductor test equipment will play a crucial role in our plans for rapid growth of BECCI”

About U.S. Export Authority and Best Electronics
Established in 1992, BEST Electronics & Components Company, Inc. offers total parametric and functional test solutions for analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits. BEST is specifically configured for low cost, high volume, wafer-sort, chip-scale packaging, tape & reel, and final electrical testing of both packaged and die-level semiconductor devices. These services allow customers to have additional capital available for the design of new products or as reserve.

For more information please visit http://www.usea.com

Remoba Releases RemoMail

Remoba, Inc., developer of software solutions for mobile phones, today announced the release of “RemoMail”, a software application that provides access to email on everyday mobile phones.

RemoMail helps keep users connected to their family, friends, and business contacts. Users can connect to up to five of their personal and company email accounts without the need to carry around complex, expensive, and bulky devices such as PDA’s and Smart Phones.

Developed for QUALCOMM’s BREW? solution platform, RemoMail developers believe that at such an affordable price, RemoMail will become a mass market application.

The Key Features of RemoMail:

• Read, reply, forward, write, and delete emails from up to five different accounts. Supports POP and IMAP mail servers as well as web access to Exchange and Lotus Notes servers or free web-mail accounts such as Yahoo, Google, and Hotmail.
• Highly secure. No email is stored on the phone and there is no routing of email through third-party servers. Supports corporate firewall, reverse proxy and SSL configurations, and adapts easily to additional layers of security.
• Simple to set-up and user-friendly. It’s easy to send professional emails and keep organized on-the-go with features such as folder and subfolder management of your email accounts, personalized signatures on outgoing messages, and ability to create and store custom “Quick Messages” for faster response times.

Made for low-end to high-end mobile phones, users download the RemoMail program to their mobile phones just like a ring-tone or game. For business applications, mobile users can enter IMAP and SMTP addresses and choose to activate SSL security.

“With a monthly fee about what most people pay for a gourmet cup of coffee, RemoMail is an easy and affordable way to stay connected”, says Guru Thalapaneni, president & CEO of Remoba. “It operates like any other email service and turns even a low-end mobile phone into a powerful internet mailing device. Accessing your personal and office email directly on your cell phone with RemoMail means there is no need for complex, expensive, and bulky PDA’s or smart-phone devices.”

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About QUALCOMM, BREW solution
The BREW solution enhances the wireless experience for consumers and creates new services and revenue streams for the mobile marketplace. BREW customers can benefit from these offerings which include: uiOne™ for rich, integrated, and dynamic user experiences on wireless devices; deliveryOne™ for differentiated and tightly integrated in-network support and delivery of advanced wireless data content and services; and marketOne™ for a quick-to-market, hosted, scalable content delivery service that includes rich media titles, flexible management and monetization, content provider settlement and business intelligence services. QUALCOMM offers this comprehensive set of BREW offerings to meet the distinct needs of companies delivering mobile services around the world.

About Remoba, Inc.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Remoba develops affordable software solutions for mobile phones that provide secure access to critical information. Remoba’s goal is to provide simple-to-use software solutions for busy, mobile professionals whose lifestyle demands constant connectivity to email, electronic calendars, and contacts without cost-prohibitive proprietary devices. For more information, please visit http://www.remoba.com.

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ServerPlex Encourages Use of Wireless Networking, Offers Free Setup

a California based on-site Information Technology solutions firm, announced today that it will offer free wireless network installation and configuration for up to 500 customers in the San Francisco bay area, on a first-come first-serve basis.

The offer includes a wireless router and security configuration with setup on up to 2 personal computers. Businesses are not included in the promotion but will receive a discounted rate.

ServerPlex is encouraging the use of secure wireless networking for homes and businesses due to the myriad advantages they offer as well as the general industry shift toward advanced wireless communications.

“Setting up wireless networks can be a very difficult and confusing task for anybody; especially home users,” said Robert Marhamat, ServerPlex Onsite Business Development Manager. “Most people do not know how to effectively secure their networks –a major cause of identity theft. I am confident that this offer will be widely embraced by the community; especially as we move toward a wireless society.”

All technicians performing the installations are either MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) or CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certified.

About ServerPlex Onsite
Located in Milpitas, California, ServerPlex Onsite (http://www.serverplexonsite.com) provides on-site computer and network support for homes and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company is owned and operated by parent company ServerPlex Networks, who has been serving the information technology needs of small-to-medium-sized businesses for over 5 years.

Locking Cylinder for Increased Safety

SMC Corporation of America, the world’s largest manufacturer of pneumatic automation products offers many styles of locking cylinders, including the CNA series locking cylinder. This series is available in 5 bore sizes (40mm to 100mm) and uses an integral, compact lock unit that is unaffected by the quality of the supply air. Also, a manual override lock release is available as a standard feature. Typical applications include intermediate stops, emergency stops, and drop prevention.
The lock unit design utilizes a tapered wedge and two rows of precision steel balls to evenly distribute the locking force to the cylinder piston rod. By isolating the locking components from the supply air pressure, poor air quality (contaminants and moisture) will not affect the performance of the lock mechanism. Also, a standard manual override allows the lock to be released in the absence of supply pressure. The lock can be applied either during cylinder extension and retraction.
In addition to the tie-rod style CNA series, SMC also offers intermediate-stroke locking cylinders in compact, round body, guided, and rodless cylinder designs. Cylinders with integrated end-lock mechanisms are also available.
SMC Corporation manufactures high quality actuators and valves, airline and air preparation equipment, high-purity products, vacuum components, instrumentation, and a host of fittings and accessories applicable to the pneumatic automation industry. SMC has a total of 14 production facilities, 3 of which are in North America –Indiana, California, and Ontario, Canada. SMC’s global presence enables it to provide quality customer service in any part of the world.

Apex Embedded Systems Introduces the Stratus X-ND PC/104 Card for High-Speed Data Acquisition for Extreme Temperatures

Apex Embedded Systems, has announced the release of the Stratus-X-ND PC/104 card which enables high-speed data acquisition without interrupts. Designed for extreme duty operation (from -40C to +85C), the card is suitable for use by OEMs in medical, military, aerospace, scientific and communications applications where Commercial-Off-The-shelf (COTs) solutions are necessary.

The card provides a large one mega-sample buffer to eliminate interrupt latency issues and enable embedded high-speed transient data recording for Linux and Windows applications. In addition, multi-card software legacy compatibility modes are provided for existing third party software driver support. The Stratus-X-ND is a 16-channel analog input card with 16-bit resolution and a large one mega-sample buffer. The one mega-sample buffer offers continuous high-speed sampling without loss of data. Maximum data sampling rate is 200,000 samples per second. Dual 16-bit analog outputs are optionally available.

The Stratus-X-ND analog inputs are low-noise, low-drift and provide wide programmable input voltage ranges. A hardware moving average filter is provided for additional noise reduction with no software overhead. The Stratus-X-ND provides multi-card software legacy compatibility modes, thus offering a drop-in solution for existing developed software and/or drivers.

About Apex Embedded Systems
Apex Embedded Systems, with corporate headquarters located in Monona, Wisconsin, and founded in 1997, is a manufacture of robust PC/104 boards. Complementary engineering services enable product customization to solve unique application challenges. All products are designed and manufactured in the United States, and are built to meet or exceed operating temperatures of –40 to +85C.

Aubrey Group Announces ISO 13485 Certification

IRVINE, Calif., – Aubrey Group, Inc., a developer of medical equipment and a contract manufacturer, announced today that it is a UL Registered Firm and has been certified as meeting ISO 13485 (medical device) and ISO 9001 standards by Underwriters Laboratories. This registration complements the existing FDA registration and license by the California Food and Drug Branch for design and manufacturing of medical devices.

“This completes the second stage of our strategic plan to grow our business by adding contract manufacturing,” said Vytas Pazemenas, the President and Founder of Aubrey Group. “We are now able to self-certify Class I devices for CE compliance, and complete Class II and III certification with final inspection by our Notified Body.” Since many original equipment manufacturers launch their products in Europe, CE mark is essential.

In addition to medical product development, Aubrey Group will now offer product-focused contract manufacturing that complies with FDA Regulations and the ISO 13485 standard.

The company develops and manufactures complex electronic and electromechanical medical instruments for start-up and established companies and specializes in cardiovascular, blood processing, core temperature control, and patient monitoring applications. It is located in Irvine, Orange County, California.

For more information please visit www.aubreygroup.com

Higher Energy Prices, and Increased Carbon Emission, Inspires Green Revolution

The second Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference Series, “Big Solar,” will bring together key policy makers, industry leaders and members of academia to raise awareness, and bring about solutions, to environmentally sound living.

This conference is made possible by student support from the UC Berkeley Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation, the Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative (BERC), and Stanford University Energy Crossroads.

“Big Solar” Clean Tech Conference will feature a keynote address by Mr. Roy Kuga, Vice President of PG&E’s Energy Supply Division. Mr. Kuga is responsible for all commercial gas, and electricity, procurement in California??. The event will also feature panel discussions on California’s leadership in matters such as: solar policy challenges and technological innovations. Panels will be comprised of leaders from solar industry groups, including: utilities specialists, law firms and business representatives. The conference will include networking opportunities through out the day, and will conclude with a networking reception.

Keynote speakers and moderators will include:

Bob Cart –Greenvolts – Founder & CEO
Marc Gottschalk – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati – Managing Partner
Arno Harris –Recurrent Energy – Founder & CEO
Sue Kateley – CAL SEIA- Executive Director
Joseph Kastner – MMA Renewable Ventures -Vice President Solar Implementation & Operations
Roy Kuga – PG&E – Vice President Energy Supply Division
Rob Lamkin – Cool Earth Solar – CEO
Hal La Flash – PG&E – Director of Integrated Resource Planning & Policy
Kristina Peterson –SunTech America -Director Structured Finance
Ed Smeloff – SunPower Corporation -Senior Manager Utility Project Sales

The Berkeley-Stanford Clean Technology Conference was founded in 2007 as a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions for global warming. The conference also fosters collaboration between policy makers, industry leaders and academia. Student support from UC Berkeley Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation, the Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative (BERC), and Stanford University Energy Crossroads has made this event possible.

BERC, an interdisciplinary, student-run, organization at UC Berkeley was founded, in 2005, to enhance interdepartmental collaboration on energy issues; serving as a bridge between the university and the private sector.

Recurrent Energy CEO, Arno Harris, to Speak at Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference, “Big Solar,” on May 7, in Menlo Park, California.

Mr. Arno Harris, CEO of Recurrent Energy, will be speaking at the Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference, “Big Solar,” on the innovation of clean energy generation.

Mr. Harris, a solar industry veteran, and successful entrepreneur, will bring his personal knowledge of the solar industry to the conference to enlighten the discourse on clean energy pursuit.
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“We are extremely pleased to have Arno Harris speak at our conference,” states Bhavik Joshi, co-founder of the Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference Series.

Prior to joining Recurrent Energy, Mr. Arno Harris was General Manager of EI Solutions, which serves large-scale commercial, and governmental, solar customers. EI Solutions was formed when Arno Harris sold his pioneering solar business, Prevalent Power, to Energy Innovations in 2005. Mr. Harris career features a number of solar industry milestones, including the sale of the largest US corporate solar generating system at the time. Mr. Harris also writes about solar and renewable energy on his blog “Clean Energy Future.”

”Big Solar” conference will include panel discussions on future solar opportunities and innovations, by bringing leaders from the solar industry together to discuss matters such as: current business opportunities, technological advancement and policy challenges in the area of clean energy production. The conference will become a platform from which a framework of innovation will produce next generation utility scale solar power technology. The continued integration, and cross-exchange, of students from University of California Berkeley, and Stanford University, business and engineering schools, promotes a forum for joint intellectual pursuits, and an environment of idea projectionts and ideas.

The Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference, “Big Solar,” will be held from noon to 7 pm on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at the SRI Auditorium, (International Bldg – Room T) 333 Ravenwood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA.

Increase in Energy Cost, and Carbon Emissions, Inspire Green Revolution

UC Berkeley and Stanford University will again join hands to launch a second tech conference on clean solar power entitled “Big Solar.” The symposium will bring together key solar energy policy makers, industry leaders, and academia to raise awareness, and solutions, to environmentally sound living.

Mr. Roy Kuga, Vice President of PG&E’s Energy Supply Division, will be the featured key note speaker at the Big Solar Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference. Mr. Kuga is responsible for all commercial gas and electricity procurement.

Symposium panels will include professionals from energy industry groups, utility specialists, legal firms, and independent business owners, featuring discussions on California’s leadership in matters of energy policy, and technological innovation. Big solar conference will conclude with a reception which will provide a forum for networking opportunities in the field of clean solar energy.

The second annual “Big Solar” tech conference wishes to integrate ideas, cross-cultivate projects, and shape the future of energy development between the Business and Engineering schools at University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University by bringing together leaders in the field of solar energy to discuss current business, technology and policy challenges, and opportunities in California. Moreover, the conference hopes to establish a framework from which innovation will produce next generation utility scale power technology.

This conference has been made possible by student support from the UC Berkeley Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation, the Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative (BERC) and Stanford University Energy Crossroads.

Keynote speakers and moderators include:

Bob Cart –Greenvolts – Founder & CEO
Marc Gottschalk – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati – Managing Partner
Arno Harris –Recurrent Energy – Founder & CEO
Sue Kateley – CAL SEIA- Executive Director
Joseph Kastner – MMA Renewable Ventures -Vice President Solar Implementation & Operations
Roy Kuga – PG&E – Vice President Energy Supply Division
Rob Lamkin – Cool Earth Solar – CEO
Hal La Flash – PG&E – Director of Integrated Resource Planning & Policy
Kristina Peterson –SunTech America -Director Structured Finance
Ed Smeloff – SunPower Corporation -Senior Manager Utility Project Sales

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Noon to 7pm
SRI Auditorium
International Building – Room T,
333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA

The Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference was founded in 2007 as a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions for global warming. The conference also fosters collaboration between policy makers, industry leaders and academia. Student support from UC Berkeley Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation, the Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative (BERC), and Stanford University Energy Crossroads has made this event possible.

BERC, an interdisciplinary, student-run, organization at UC Berkeley was founded, in 2005, to enhance interdepartmental collaboration on energy issues; serving as a bridge between the university and the private sector.

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