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When American Public Radio's "Marketplace" looked at the impact social media is having on the practice of public relations, they asked Norman Birnbach for insight for its story, "Social media change the way PR firms do business" (March 31, 2011)

CRN ranked Avistar ranked in its "2011 Need To Know: UC & VoIP Vendors" (Feb. 21, 2011)

What does eWeek say about the Avistar C3 Business Pro Edition: "Avistar provides a high-definition video conferencing solution to businesses looking to maximize their video conferencing abilities. Businesses have been promised affordable, reliable and easy-to-use video conferencing for years. Most solutions on the market, however, turn out to be more hassle than they are worth. Avistar has been able to deliver where others have not with Avistar C3, a family of products that brings high-definition, multiparty video conferencing to most any business desktop." (Nov. 22, 2010)

What does GigaOm think about Zebek, which uses geo-location, collaborative filtering, social relevance, and sentiment analysis to help target users? "Zebek focuses on mobile with a platform that works easily over SMS or a mobile browser? Another point in Zebek's favor is it's mindful of privacy concerns. The company said it makes user data anonymous and doesn't share any of it with third parties. After the brouhaha over Internet information aggregator Rapleaf, which Om has diligently followed, it's going to be important for all personalization companies to be up front about how they're gathering data on you and how they're using it. Personalization is only going to be a bigger trend in coming years." (Nov. 18, 2010)

What does TechGage say about Acronis True Home Image 2011? "Of all the things we can do with our PCs, an often ignored task is keeping our personal data safe. Past that, there's also a general lack of planning of what to do in the event of an OS crash. Acronis' True Image Home 2011 tackles both of these scenarios plus many more, and as we've found out, it shouldn't be overlooked." (Oct. 29, 2010)

How does TMCNet describe Avistar?: "Avistar delivers a cost-effective, high-quality, single-click desktop videoconferencing and collaboration experience that make it easy for users to communicate with people in other offices, from the road or from home. Avistar C3 allows customers to take full advantage of videoconferencing without experiencing degradation of service. The solution’s dynamic bandwidth management enables thousands of users to access desktop videoconferencing, VoIP and streaming media." (Oct. 19, 2010)

How does eWeek sum up the latest corporate product from Acronis?: "Acronis announces the next generation of disaster recovery products aimed at cost-conscious businesses, the Backup & Recovery 10 line of software products."

Selected Media Coverage

• Financial Times Deutschland: "Many startups do research for years to gasoline from algae. Corporations such as Dow Chemical are already investing, also aboard the German gases group Linde wants. Which technology will win out but do not know even the participants" (March 12, 2012)
• Entrepreneur Magazine: "Is there proper etiquette for videoconferencing?" (Nov. 2011)
• Wall St. Journal: "GE's Big Bet On Small Firms; Company's investments in energy ventures may benefit some of its own businesses" (Sept. 12, 2011)
• New York Times: "Commercial LED Lighting Provider Lumenpulse Raises $16M" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• CNN/Fortune: "Term Sheet: Venture capital deals: Lumenpulse raised $16M" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• Bloomberg: "Lumenpulse Gets $16 Million to Expand LED Lighting Manufacturing" (Aug. 9, 2011)
• PE Hub: "Lumenpulse Seals $16M Equity-and-Debt Round" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• Boston.com: "Lumenpulse completes $16m round" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• Mass High Tech: "LED lighting company Lumenpulse draws $16M Series A round" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal: "Silicon Valley Bank provides credit line to LED firm Lumenpulse" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• Vator.TV: "Lumenpulse raises $16M for LED lighting solutions" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• Xconomy: "Lumenpulse Shines with $16M" (Aug. 8, 2011)
• Marketplace: "Social media change the way PR firms do business" (March 31, 2011)
• Marketplace: "Social media change the way PR firms do business" (March 31, 2011)
• Anerican Public Media: "Social media change the way PR firms do business" (March 31, 2011)
• CastRoller: "Marketplace: Social media change the way PR firms do business: "March 31, 2011)
• StreetIQ: "Social media change the way PR firms do business" (March 31, 2011)
• AshleyMilneTyte Radio Reporter: "PR industry evolves" (March 31, 2011)
• eWeek: "Avistar's Video Conferencing Means Business: Avistar provides a high-definition video conferencing solution to businesses looking to maximize their video conferencing abilities" (Nov. 22, 2010)
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek: "Zebek Jumps into the Personalization Race The Lexington (Mass.) startup uses geo-location, collaborative filtering, social relevance, and sentiment analysis to help target users"
• GigaOm: "Zebek Jumps Into the Personalization Race" (Nov. 18, 2010)
• New York Times: "Staying Professional in Virtual Meetings" (Sept. 26, 2010)
• AARP.com: "Career Couch: Staying Professional in Virtual Meetings" (Sept. 26, 2010)
• TechLand on Time.com: "The Case of the Stolen Laptop: How to Encrypt, and Why" (Aug. 6, 2010)
• Family Circle: "Easy Ways to Back Up Data; Digital photos, videos, music files, and financial records can disappear in a split second. Back up your files and preserve your data while you still can" (May 2010)
• New York Times: "Setbacks in the Air Add to Lure of Virtual Meetings" (April 27, 2010)
• Wall St. Journal: "The $100 Million Revenue Club: Acronis" (March 10, 2010)
• TheStreet.com: "Avistar Takes Video Calling a Step Further" (March 1, 2010)
• USAToday.com: "Avistar Takes Video Calling a Step Further" (March 1, 2010)
• Fidelity.com: "Avistar Takes Video Calling a Step Further; Avistar's C3 Desktop makes video conferencing more affordable for small businesses" (March 1, 2010)
• US News & World Report: "Professors' Guide: 10 Technology Must-Haves for College" (Nov. 11, 2009)
• PCWorld: "Acronis True Image Home 2010: This latest version of the venerable image-backup software has a vastly improved interface and compelling new features" (Oct. 7, 2009)
• Boston.com: "Chat with Laurie Bender on elderly issues" (Sept. 18, 2009)
• Quincy (MA) Patriot Ledger: "It takes a village to help seniors transition to 'carless' life" (Sept. 17, 2009)
• AllBusiness.com: "Driving Rights" (Sept. 17, 2009)
• ZDNet: "The Windows 7 upgrade survival guide" (Sept. 14, 2009)
• Fall River (MA) Herald News: "Help seniors know when to hang up the keys" (Sept. 7, 2009)
• Waltham (MA) Daily News Tribune: "When to take the keys" (Sept. 6, 2009)
• Milford (MA) Daily News: "When to take the keys" (Sept. 6, 2009)
• MetroWest Daily News: "When to take the keys" (Sept. 6, 2009)
• Boston Herald: "CORI’s been corrupted" (Aug. 22, 2009)
• Bloomberg Boot Camp: "Big Time Video Conferencing at a Smaller Price" (Aug. 20, 2009)
• Boston Globe Sunday Magazine: "Older & Wiser Talking Tips: The '40/70' Rule" (July 26, 2009)
• ComputerAmerica: "Backup Thursday" (July 16, 2009)
• eWeek: "Acronis Unveils Free Online Storage ROI Calculator" (July 15, 2009)
• eWeek: "Acronis Introduces Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Solution" (July 14, 2009)
• eWeek: "eWeek Labs Tests Interoperability of Video Conferencing Systems" (July 13, 2009)
• San Jose Mercury News: "How to survive a hard disk drive crash" (July 10, 2009)
• eWeek: "Acronis Adds Deduplication to its Backup Software" (July 10, 2009)
• eWeek: "Acronis Debuts Backup and Recovery 10 Product Line" (July 9, 2009)
• SC Magazine: "Acronis introduces data deduplication in latest version of its backup and recovery platform" (July 8, 2009)
• Searchstorage.com: "Logical Units - New products from Acronis and Adaptec, plus new support for SNAP products" (July 8, 2009)
• PCMag@Work: "Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Offers Deduplication Option" (July 7, 2009)
• Mass High Tech: "Acronis combines storage products to target large biz" (July 7, 2009)
• Internetnews.com: "Acronis Updates Backup With Dedupe Backup and recovery product supports virtualization environments and adds deduplication support for the first time" (July 7, 2009)
• Investor's Business Daily: "Cisco Touts A Killer App: Online Video" (June 16, 2009)
• Yahoo!: "Cisco Touts a Killer App: Online Video" (June 16, 2009)
• Network World: "IP Video Conferencing: No guts, no glory" (June 5, 2009)
• CNet: "3 great ways to back up your Windows hard drive" (June 3, 2009)
• Computer America: "Robert Thaler & How to Protect Your Hard Drive" (June 2, 2009)
• Computer America: "Show Notes" (June 2, 2009)
• eWeek: "eWEEK Labs Tests Interoperability of Video Conferencing Systems" (June 2, 2009)
• Small Business Computing: "How to Create an Image Backup, Part 2" (June 2, 2009)
• Computer Technology Review: "Bandwidth Management: Critical Factor for Enterprise Videoconferencing" (June 1, 2009)
• Baseline: "Collaboration—California Style" (May 27, 2009)
• Small Business Computing: "How to Create an Image Backup, Part 1" (May 27, 2009)
• Bulldog Reporter's Daily Dog: "Acronis Selects Birnbach Communications" (May 27, 2009)
• Bulldog Reporter's Daily Dog: "Birnbach Communications Launches Twitter Lab Training" (May 26, 2009)
• CNet: "Inside CNET Labs 44: Get yourself a boombox and pull up your pants" (May 25, 2009)
• Marblehead Reporter: "Marblehead company launches ‘Twitter Lab Training’" (May 24, 2009)
• ComputerAmerica: "Interview with Simon Moss, CEO, Avistar on Deskop Videoconferencing, Part II" (May 22, 2009)
• ComputerAmerica: "Interview with Simon Moss, CEO, Avistar on Deskop Videoconferencing, Part I" (May 21, 2009)
• ComputerAmerica: "Show Notes" (May 21, 2009)
• CNet: "Acronis revises survey results about backup habits" (May 21, 2009)
• Scripp News: "Compute: Always use backup devices to save sanity" (May 19, 2009)
• Datamonitor: "Avistar forms partnership with ESCO Audio Visual" (May 5, 2009)
• TMCnet blog Talking Video: "Can Telepresence Replace Face-to-Face Meetings?" (May 5, 2009)
• Weymouth News: "Daughters’ gift to mother is help to remain safely at home" (May 4, 2009)
• bMighty: "Videoconferencing Seeks Its Moment In The Sun" (May 1, 2009)
• OnPhilanthropy: "Corporate Professionals Transitioning Into the Nonprofit Sector: Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side?" (May 1, 2009)
• Cool Computing: "Acronis Mother's Day Promotion Offers Discounted True Image Home 2009" (April 30, 2009)
• TechPulse360: "Downturn Stokes Fires For Desktop Video Conferencing But Telepresences Seems To Suffer" (April 27, 2009)
• Green Social Tech: "ESCO to Distribute Avistar C3 Desktop Videoconferencing Solution in Asia" (April 25, 2009)
• Philanthropy Journal: "Nonprofits work to avoid layoffs" (April 20, 2009)
• Wainhouse Research Brief: "Avistar Communications announced that AVI-SPL will offer the Avistar C3 Desktop videoconferencing solution to AVI-SPL’s clients" (April 15, 2009)
• BusinessWeek Exchange: "The Face Value" (April 10, 2009)
• Odeo: "Norman Birnbach: Media Trends In 2009" (April 1, 2009)

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