Olivier Delerm, Certain Software Chief Marketing Officer, Set to Present at the Events and Exhibiting Show in London

LONDON, Jul 14 (MARKET WIRE) —
Certain Software, the leading provider of event and meeting management
solutions announced today that Olivier Delerm, Chief Marketing Officer at
Certain Software, will be presenting at the Events and Exhibiting Show
2010. The session will take place on Thursday July 15th at the Business
Design Centre in London, UK.

As a veteran of the CRM industry who has spent over 15 years in or near
Silicon Valley and now focuses on the Events and Meetings industry,
Olivier will explore parallels between the CRM (Customer Relationship
Management) and ERM (Event Relationship Management) markets, and shed
light on how organizations could benefit from current and future event
relationship solutions.

Olivier Delerm joined Certain Software in 2009 and is responsible for
Certain’s global marketing strategy and execution. At Siebel Systems
(acquired by Oracle), a $1.5B vendor of CRM solutions, Olivier was
responsible for launching several major product lines that established
the company as the leader in eBusiness solutions, including Field
Service, Order Management, and Web Services. Earlier in his career, he
was senior director of engineering at Scopus Technology, where he created
and successfully launched CRM suites for financial services,
telecommunications, and high technology. His early experience also
includes design and development projects at CERN, the largest nuclear
laboratory in the world. Olivier received his Master in Economics and
Finance from IEP and his Master in Engineering from ENSAM, both in Paris,
France.

The presentation will explore how technology could transform the Events
and Meetings industry like it changed the way companies manage their
customer relationships. It’s all about relationships: with customers,
prospects, event participants, exhibitors, sponsors, speakers, etc. CRM
became a multi-billion-dollar market in just a few years because of
perfect alignment between technology and business results. Is the events
and meeting industry ready for such alignment? Will we see a new age of
Event Relationship Management solutions that will focus on the
relationship between event constituents? Join the session to hear his
perspective.

About Certain Software:

Certain Software(R) is the leading provider of event management software
for the global meetings and events industry. Certain’s innovative
solutions deliver to meeting and event professionals streamlined
processes, reduced expenses, greater return on investments, and improved
overall value of meetings and events. Please visit www.certain.com.

Louise Miller
pr@certain.com

Copyright 2010, Market Wire, All rights reserved.

The Perfect End to the July 4th Holiday Weekend: A Free Junior Deluxe Sandwich From Arby’s

Arby’s® Restaurants Nationwide Offer Sneak Preview of New Value Menu Item

PR Newswire

ATLANTA, July 5

ATLANTA, July 5 /PRNewswire/ — Now that the July 4th weekend is winding down, it’s time to get some relief…for your wallet! Arby’s is offering its new Junior Deluxe sandwich free, with any drink purchase, today, Monday, July 5.

The latest addition to Arby’s Value Menu, the Junior Deluxe features oven-roasted, thinly sliced roast beef, topped with crisp, fresh lettuce, ripe tomato and mayo on a toasted sesame seed bun. The Value Menu, which launched in April, features Arby’s signature offerings starting at $1.

“We’re thrilled about adding the Junior Deluxe to the Arby’s Value Menu,” says Steve Davis, chief marketing officer, Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. “The July 4th fireworks are over, but this sandwich helps people close out the weekend with another kind of explosion – a little ‘kaboom’ for their buck. Think of Arby’s as the home of the free and the delicious.”

The free Junior Deluxe Sandwich offer will be available during normal business hours today, Monday, July 5, with any drink purchase, excluding Value drinks and coffee, at participating Arby’s locations nationwide. This offer is limited to one per person while supplies last. Consumers will need to ask for their free Junior Deluxe with drink purchase to receive the offer.

For more information about Arby’s Junior Deluxe giveaway, please visit http://www.facebook.com/arbys or follow Arby’s on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Arbys.

About Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc.

Known in the fast food industry for creating unique, premium sandwiches, Arby’s has been in the roast beef business since 1964 when the Raffel Brothers first opened an Arby’s restaurant under a glowing neon cowboy hat in Boardman, Ohio. Today, headquartered in Atlanta, Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. is the second largest quick-service sandwich chain in the U.S. with nearly 3,700 restaurants system wide. In addition to its classic, slow-roasted, freshly sliced roast beef and Beef ‘n Cheddar sandwiches, Arby’s one-of-a-kind menu also includes a deli-style Market Fresh® line of sandwiches, toasted subs and salads, Curly Fries, Jamocha shakes and the 2010 introduction of a national Value Menu, starting at only $1. Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. is a subsidiary of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. (NYSE: WEN). To learn more about Arby’s, please visit www.arbys.com.

SOURCE Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc.

Telnic Hires Former Yell.com Head of Marketing Ian Bowen-Morris as Chief Marketing Officer

LONDON, July 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Telnic Limited (http://telnic.tel), the Registry Operator for the communications-focused .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that it has hired former Yell.com Head of Marketing Ian Bowen-Morris as Chief Marketing Officer.

“We’re delighted that Ian has joined Telnic at the stage when the benefits and services that a .tel can deliver to individual professionals and small businesses are really coming into their own,” said Khashayar Mahdavi, CEO at Telnic Limited. “Ian’s experience of and participation in the directory services industry will help Telnic strengthen its relationship with this important emerging channel.”

“With the challenges being faced by classified directories, the speed of change that new social and local search offerings are delivering and the acceleration of the mobile internet, .tel represents an excellent opportunity for directory service providers to augment their existing customer value propositions,” said Ian Bowen-Morris. “The integration of .tel can be used to boost customer acquisition and retention, as well as expanding reach to generate more contact opportunities and sales leads for customers. I’m looking forward to the opportunity to increase the adoption and usage of .tel with new and engaged organisations and for them to realise the real business benefit that this simple yet powerful solution brings to the market.”

Ian is the former Head of Marketing and Senior Vice President of Yell.com, Yell’s flagship UK new media division, a position he held from August 2000 to October 2008. He led the commercial marketing team and was responsible for the development of Yell.com’s advertiser propositions and usage growth. Since October 2008, Ian has been the Managing Director of Bowen-Morris Limited, consulting to investors, directory publishers seeking accelerated new media growth and local search businesses, such as TouchLocal.com. Ian has been a Committee member of the European Association of Directory Publishers (EADP) since 2001.

Ian holds an MBA from Henley Business School, a CIM Marketing Diploma and studied Business and Finance at the University of Glamorgan in Wales.

About Telnic Limited – see http://about.telnic.tel

SOURCE Telnic Limited

Telstra announces executive reshuffle

Telstra has announced changes to its executive team, which the telco says is to better align the company’s leadership structure and strategic priorities.

Former Hewlett Packard executive Gordon Ballantyne has been appointed as the new group managing director of consumer and channels.

Mr Ballantyne takes over from acting consumer boss, Glenice Maclellan, who resigned due to personal reasons.

Kate McKenzie will move from strategic marketing, to the newly-created position of chief marketing officer and Robert Nason will become manager of customer experience.

In a letter to the Australian Securities Exchange, Telstra chief executive David Thodey said the changes consolidate the company’s top executives into the four main groups of customer sales and support; product and marketing innovation; operations; and corporate support.

“Telstra’s core objectives are to provide our customers with innovative products and services, and to serve our customers better than anybody else,” he said.

“This reorganisation is designed to get the right people and processes in place.

It will enable us to better deliver Australians the services and products they want and to profitably grow our business domestically and internationally.”

Mr Thodey also announced the resignation of BigPond chief, Justin Milne, effective from the start of June.

It is Telstra’s second executive reshuffle since last November, and comes as the telco continues negotiations with the Federal Government over its involvement in the National Broadband Network.

Telstra’s shares have risen since the news was announced, at 11:05 am (AEDT) they were at $3.09.

World’s first video advert appears on magazine page

London, Sept 18 (ANI): American magazine Entertainment Weekly has become the first to publish a video advertisement in its print edition.

A small piece of cardboard inserted in a page holds a mini screen and has adverts for Pepsi Max and the American TV network, CBS.

In-built speakers have also been provided to make the advert audible. small chip containing the footage gets activated and displays the video when the page is turned to. Each chip can store up to 40 minutes of clippings.

The slim screens are as good as cell phone displays and work on rechargeable battery.

The BBC quoted Pepsi’s chief marketing officer, Frank Cooper, as saying: “This is an extraordinary way to refresh how we interact with consumers.”

Copies of the magazine video advert containing mag will be sold in Los Angeles and New York. (ANI)

Airtel launches new service “My Airtel My Offer”

The largest cellular service provider in India, Bharti Airtel has launched its new service called “My Airtel My Offer” for its prepaid subscribers. The service lets the subscribers know various new schemes and offers by launched Airtel, without receiving any calls or SMSs on their mobile phones.

“My Airtel My Offer” service has specifically been launched for the customers who do not like to be disturbed by unnecessary text messages. The company has launched the service to please the subscribers who believe in “Do Not Disturb” policy. The service lets subscribers to pick the offers suiting to them, from the range of offers provided by Airtel, without any unnecessary disturbances.

According to Airtel, the prepaid customers can simply dial toll free number 12131 to get the information about personalized offers, such as the best value tariff recharges or validity vouchers or new value added service information. The personalized offers are based on the prepaid users’ past usage, current recharge behavior and VAS preferences. On the toll free number 12131, the prepaid customers can listen to offer of the day in three languages including Marathi, Hindi and English.

Commenting on the new service, the CEO, Mobility, Bharti Airtel Ltd Maharashtra and Goa, Manu Talwar said, “My Airtel My Offer is a unique segmented offer empowering our customers to receive offers suiting their individual needs instead of being disturbed with all kinds of SMSs. ‘My Airtel My Offer’ is exclusive and special, giving customers access to latest and value enhancing offers suiting their specific needs.”

Raghunath Mandava, chief marketing officer, mobile services, Airtel, said, “At Airtel, we believe that every customer of ours is unique and valuable. We also understand that our customers have their own preferences and usage needs. With My Airtel My Offer, we firmly believe that we are taking a major step towards empowering and transforming the user experience of all Airtel customers.”

Buy More and Save at Fresh and Easy

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 15 /PRNewswire/ — With customers looking for ways
to stretch their budgets, Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market today launched a
new multi-buy discount on a variety of products that will rotate every few
weeks. The more customers buy, the more they can save, allowing customers to
buy larger quantities for less.

“Customers are telling us they are increasingly looking for ways to stretch
their budgets because times are tight,” said Simon Uwins, chief marketing
officer at Fresh and Easy. “Fresh and Easy’s new multi-buy promotion will help
customers save when they buy more, so they can feed their families for less
money.”

A few of the products that launched Fresh and Easy’s new multi-buy promotion(1)
include:

— fresh and easy Tea Bags, all varieties (20 Count) – Any 2 for $3
— fresh and easy Marinades, all flavors (12.25 fl oz) – Buy 2 Save
50-cents
— fresh and easy Sliced Bacon (12 – 16 oz) – Any 2 for $6
— fresh and easy Sliced Bread (24 oz) – 2 for $5
— fresh and easy 4 Count Apples (Fuji, Red Delicious, Granny Smith and
Gala) – Buy 2 for $3
— fresh and easy non-fat and low-fat yogurt, all flavors (8 oz) – Any 6
for $3
— Pampers Dry Big Packs (Sizes 3 – 5) – Any 2 for $40

— Cesar Dog Food – Buy 5 Save 50-cents

Customers now can also save 20% when they buy three or more fresh and easy
prepared meals labeled with a “Buy More and Save” sticker. Fresh and Easy’s
prepared meals are made fresh daily in the company’s kitchen, and are
developed by a team headed by Fresh and Easy’s Chef Mike Ainslie. Like all
Fresh and Easy brand products, these meals contain no artificial colors or
flavors, no added trans fats and only use preservatives when absolutely
necessary.

Earlier this year, following increased customer interest, Fresh and Easy added
bigger packs to stores including diapers, laundry detergent, produce, and
cereals. The company also introduced larger-sized freshly prepared meals that
feed four people for only $8.
More information regarding Fresh and Easy Neighborhood Market can be found at
www.freshandeasy.com. Photos available upon request.

(1) Customers must purchase multiples as indicated to receive the discount.
Single items purchased at the everyday low price.

SOURCE Fresh and Easy

Brendan Wonnacott of Fresh and Easy, +1-916-554-3466, Cell, +1-310-384-3833

HTC, IDEA Cellular Join Hands To Launch ‘GenNext’ Telephony Experience In India

HTC, IDEA Cellular Join Hands To Launch ‘GenNext’ Telephony Experience In India HTC Corp, a worldwide leader in mobile phone innovation and design, and IDEA Cellular, a top telecom service provider in India, have made announcement about the availability of the HTC Touch Pro (T7276) and the HTC Touch Viva (T2223) in the India market.

With cutting-edge innovation, design and entertainment capabilities, the HTC Touch Pro and Touch Viva offer users with two strong choices, which can fulfill their different requirements.

Jack Tong, Vice President, HTC Asia, stated, “HTC Touch Pro and Touch Viva perfectly embody our commitment to build a family of touch phones that are powerful, stylish and offer something for everyone. We are proud to be working together with a mobile leader like Idea Cellular who shares a similar vision for bringing mobile solutions to India.”

Mr. Pradeep Shrivastava, Chief Marketing Officer, IDEA Cellular Limited. Said, “Innovation and customer delight have been at the forefront of IDEA Cellular’s service delivery to its customers, and this alliance with HTC – a global leader, is a reaffirmation of this commitment to our customers.”

“Together with HTC, we are pleased to be bringing our customers a complete suite of IDEA communications, browsing, content and Internet services across our network,” Mr. Pradeep added.

“HTC Touch Pro and the Touch Viva are significant touch-based milestones for Windows Mobile. I am delighted that Indian consumers will be offered these revolutionary devices that are based on the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform,” said Sumeet Gugnani, Director Mobile Communications Business, Microsoft India.

The HTC Touch Pro presents a stylish and classy touch screen experience for intuitive navigation and a full-featured QWERTY keyboard for text entry.

The Touch Pro features 3D optimized touch experience, five-row QWERTY keyboard layout, which makes typing-intensive tasks including composing email or working on Microsoft Office® documents speedy.

On the other hand, the HTC Touch Viva consists of the best elements of the touch screen experience in a device that’s designed to put this newest, innate mobile phone technology in the hands of everyone with a passion for communication.

Besides its compact design with a sharp 2.8 screen, the Touch Viva also features touch screen for navigation through contacts, media and web pages with HTC’s touch optimized TouchFLO™ user interface. Users can flip through their album artwork, pictures and videos as if they were picture cards in the palm of their hands.