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ClearStar.net to provide access to the Vincera Intelligent Protection™ service for retail screening firms to protect personally identifiable information (PII). Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 20, 2006 -- Vincera, Inc., the business process improvement company whose software yields predictive analytics, behavioral monitoring, and information distribution technology to enable their clients to track and manage access to all content and products they provide over the Internet, today announced its partnership with ClearStar.net. ClearStar.net is the first 100% Internet based application service provider (ASP) of the retail screening industry, providing strategy, services, and technology infrastructure to retail screening firms. To fulfill the partnership, ClearStar.net will offer Vincera's VAM! Intelligent Protection service to their retail screening customers, enabling them to protect, monitor and manage their e-distributed content containing personally identifiable information (PII). Stated Robert Vale, CEO of ClearStar.net, "ClearStar.net's customers require ready access to services that engender the smooth operation of their retail screening business, and we've been vigilant to include only the highest-caliber services for each business need. Increasingly, we find that retail screeners are aware of their obligations to protect the integrity of the personally identifiable information they distribute; they are asking ClearStar.net to point the way to their distribution and data integrity solution. We are pleased to meet this need by endorsing and providing access to Vincera's Intelligent Protection service." VAM! Intelligent Protection (VIP) is an information distribution technology that greatly reduces the risk of inappropriate access inherent in the e-distribution and storage of sensitive data by enabling consumer reporting agencies (CRA) to set business-driven rules to secure, track and manage the distribution of content that contains PII. With VIP, the CRA can easily customize distribution according to the desired business rules of their customers. For instance, a CRA or an HR department may decide to track that the documents containing sensitive information are being distributed, and track the number of machines that the document is being accessed by (potentially identifying a “breached” document); or, with the click of a button, the VIP customer can protect sensitive information from being indefinitely available by setting expiration rules thereby ensuring document destruction meets legislative requirements and simultaneously preventing the further distribution of such data. Concluded Dave Malmstedt, CEO of Vincera, "The e-channels so necessary for the distribution of personally identifiable information are also the likely nexus of PII alteration, theft, and illicit distribution. Background screeners are increasingly aware of their legal responsibilities for the prevention of these negative outcomes. We are excited to be at the forefront in offering CRA's in the retail space an easy to use and affordable way to protect and control access to documents containing personally identifiable information, and we are delighted to announce ClearStar.net as our Premium VIP ASP Partner as they offer our VAM! Intelligent Protection service to their clients." About Vincera, Inc. Vincera, Inc. is the business process improvement company, whose software monitors businesses' end-user web-based behavior, subsequently delivering predictive analytics that enable businesses to retain and upsell existing customers. Vincera's software also allows their clients to track and manage the distribution of intellectual property and content that contains personally identifiable information in a process Vincera labels "business friendly distribution," because businesses are in charge of how they use the resulting information. Based in Austin since its launch in 1999, Vincera's core team emerges from the information technology industry with extensive go-to-market expertise and has delivered a solution with more than 75 staff-years of development investment. Consequent to their expertise, Vincera combines three vital business process improvement services-- behavioral monitoring, predictive analytics, and information distribution technology--in one software tool. Vincera's clients include research publications, background screeners, healthcare industries, and other businesses that use web-based technology. Vincera's clients share a need to track and predict how their own customers are using their licensed software products or other intellectual property, as a revenue-generating sales tool for acquiring, retaining, and upselling customers; and/or to guard intellectual property and personally identifiable information. Vincera is a member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners. For more information, please visit: www.Vincera.com About ClearStar.net ClearStar.net is the retail screening industry’s first 100% Internet based system and serves as the worldwide leader in providing strategy, services, and technology infrastructure to retail screening firms. ClearStar.net empowers public record companies with the ability to gather information from sources of their choosing either manually or through the Internet. Each company can specify if a source is to have an account on their system. Ordered information is automatically routed to the desired source that can enter results directly, with the option for a quality control review prior to making the information available to your customers. With offices just outside of Atlanta, ClearStar.net has provided service to some of the premier retail screening companies around the world since 1995. ClearStar.net is a founding member of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS). For more information, please visit: www.ClearStar.net Safe Harbor Statement Matters discussed in this press release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future events or future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those indicated by any forward-looking statements. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those contemplated, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein. These forward-looking statements are based largely on the expectations of the Company and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Some of the things that could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with the impact of economic, competitive and other factors affecting the Company and its operations, markets, product, and channel performance, the impact on the national and local economies resulting from terrorist actions, and U.S. actions subsequently; and the Company's ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and other factors detailed in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). All of the forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the risk factors discussed in the Company's SEC filings. These risk factors may not be exhaustive. The company operates in a continually changing business environment, and new risk factors emerge from time to time. Management cannot predict such new risk factors, nor can it assess the impact, if any, of such new risk factors on the company's business or events described in any forward-looking statements. The company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date of this report to conform them to actual results. ###

Knowledge Infusion consulting experts leverage deep expertise in the HCM industry to deliver sessions at the Oracle® Human Capital Management Users Group spring conference.

Las Vegas (PRWEB) April 19, 2006 -- Leveraging its deep expertise in the human capital management industry, Knowledge Infusion today announced its consulting experts will deliver several presentations to PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM customers at the Oracle® Human Capital Management Users Group (OHUG) spring conference kicking off today in Las Vegas.

Taking place from April 19-21, the conference will feature 64 sessions delivered exclusively for PeopleSoft customers, three of which will be lead by Knowledge Infusion experts. In addition to leading a session featuring Capital One, Knowledge Infusion CEO Jason Averbook will moderate a thought leader panel that will address the numerous surveys surrounding the human capital management industry today.

What: Knowledge Infusion CEO, Jason Averbook; Vice President of Strategic HCM Services, Stavros Liakakos and Principal Consultant, Betsey Snopel will participate in conference sessions as part of the PeopleSoft exclusive track. Averbook, Liakakos and Snopel’s scheduled sessions include:

• Transforming HR Through Technology at Capitol One -- Presented by Capital One and OHUG conference co-chair, Jason Averbook
• Thought Leaders Panel – Moderated by Jason Averbook
• Leverage PeopleSoft HelpDesk for Human Resources to Optimize Your Workforce Service Delivery -- Presented by Betsey Snopel
• The HR Transformation Equation -- Presented by Stavros Liakakos

For more information on Knowledge Infusion’s presence at the spring OHUG, please visit: http://www.knowledge-infusion.com/press/view/?id=6&" title="http://www.knowledge-infusion.com/press/view/?id=6&" target="_blank"http://www.knowledge-infusion...;type=event

Who: Jason Averbook, CEO of Knowledge Infusion, co-founded the HCM consultancy to help organizations realize “the other side of the equation”™ -- the true strategic value that can drive an enterprise by leveraging HR and talent management technologies. With more than 15 years of experience in the HR and technology industry including nine years at PeopleSoft, Averbook has worked with industry leading companies around the world to help them transform their HR organizations into strategic partners.

Betsey Snopel, Principal Consultant for Knowledge Infusion, brings more than 12 years of experience in the HR and technology industry. In her current role, Snopel is focused on helping Knowledge Infusion customers develop and execute their talent management and workforce service delivery strategies.

Stavros Liakakos, Vice President of Knowledge Infusion Strategic HCM consulting service, has more than 15 years of experience in the HR and technology industry with a significant focus on workforce performance and organizational development. Liakakos leverages his intimate knowledge of how HRIS technologies, products, and HCM strategies can deliver true strategic value to work closely with customers to help them ensure they have effective strategies in place in order to drive true business results.

Why: Knowledge Infusion experts will leverage their deep domain expertise in PeopleSoft solutions to present sessions as part of the PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM track along with other customers and vendors delivering presentations on topics such as core HRMS, Payroll, Benefits Administration, Performance Management, Enterprise Learning Management, Recruiting Solutions and more. Focusing on Oracle E-Business suite (EBS) customers as well as PeopleSoft Enterprise HCM customers, OHUG attendees will have the opportunity to hear more than 120 sessions ranging from strategic to technical in nature. This event will mark the first time the PeopleSoft and Oracle HCM customer communities have been brought together in one location since the PeopleSoft acquisition was completed last year. Sponsored by a collection of OHUG members and vendors, the OHUG has two events per year for Oracle and PeopleSoft users. The spring OHUG will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to interact and communicate directly with Oracle Development and Support. For more information on the OHUG, please visit http://www.ohug.org" title="http://www.ohug.org" target="_blank"http://www.ohug.org

Where: The conference will be held at the Aladdin Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. For Knowledge Infusion session locations, please visit http://www.ohug.org/meetings/AgendaPeople SoftTrack.pdf" title="http://www.ohug.org/meetings/AgendaPeople SoftTrack.pdf" target="_blank"http://www.ohug.org/meetings/...

When: The spring OHUG event is taking place from April 19-21, 2006. There will also be pre-conference vertical sessions for Retail, Education and Compensation and Benefits taking place on Tuesday, April 18th. Knowledge Infusion session times are as follows:

Transforming HR Through Technology at Capitol One
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Thought Leaders Panel
Wednesday, April 19, 2006 from 4:15 – 5:15 p.m.

Leverage PeopleSoft HelpDesk for Human Resources to Optimize Your Workforce Service Delivery
Thursday, April 20, 2006 from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

The HR Transformation Equation
Thursday, April 20, 2006 from 2:45 - 3:45 p.m.

About Knowledge Infusion
Knowledge Infusion is the consulting authority on Human Capital Management (HCM) technology. Formed in 2005 to meet a growing market need, the firm provides strategic management consulting services to help organizations drive true business value from HCM technology via its integrated Strategy-Plan-Action methodology. Working collaboratively with clients, Knowledge Infusion assists in forming and executing decisions that allow organizations to maximize the value of current and future technology assets in supporting human resource and talent management strategy. The Knowledge Infusion consulting team is composed of industry leaders from product vendor, market analyst and consulting firm backgrounds, respected for their trusted advisor approach to assisting clients. Additionally, Knowledge Infusion thought leadership and concentrated focus on HCM technology enables access and close coordination with industry analysts and HCM product vendors that provides further capability in supporting clients. For more information, please visit: www.knowledge-infusion.com

Knowledge Infusion and the Knowledge Infusion logo are registered trademarks of Knowledge Infusion, LLC. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Hubbard created a management technology that has been used to improve thousands of businesses.

From WISE: 

Recognizing that what all too often passes for life in the modern workplace is endless drudgery, inefficiency, insecurity and bureaucratic entanglements, individuals began to utilize the same administrative principles L. Ron Hubbard developed for use in Scientology churches to improve their own businesses, organizations, groups and even their personal lives.

Their reasoning was simple: As Mr. Hubbard’s administrative policies are based on natural laws of life and living, they certainly could be applied to bring sanity, stability and expansion to any organization outside of a church. Why, for example, must any individual suffer sleepless nights worrying about the future of his business or favorite club or other organization when Mr. Hubbard has so plainly outlined practical means of survival in group endeavors?

Why, too, must anyone—employee, executive or volunteer—suffer from continual infighting, backbiting and day-to-day duress when Mr. Hubbard so precisely lays out rules for group harmony? Moreover, many had long been utilizing principles from such books as The Problems of Work to help resolve problems in group and work situations. Some even compiled their own manuals using some of Mr. Hubbard’s material for use in training their employees, while others used what they knew to assist colleagues.

With such knowledge so readily available, it was only natural that businesspeople and professionals would begin implementing these discoveries to better relationships within their fields of practice and with their friends and families. Today, this technology is utilized by tens of thousands of individuals, groups and organizations, many of whom have reported excellent results. There are many reports that its use has resulted in assisting these groups to flourish and prosper.

WISE members share a keen interest in L. Ron Hubbard’s administrative technology, and through WISE they are able to reach others who share that interest and discuss projects and matters of mutual concern.

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NaturalGasStocks.com and OilandGasStockNews.com Expand Content Offering News and Article Submission for Public and Private Companies Point Roberts, WA, Delta, BC

(PRWEB) April 13, 2006 -- www.OilandGasStockNews.com (OGSN) and www.NaturalGasStocks.com (NGS), global investor Web sites providing content for the natural gas, energy and oil industries, announce a new service for public and private companies to submit press releases to visitors following the energy sector.

In addition, www.OilandGasStockNews.com (OGSN) and www.NaturalGasStocks.com (NGS) have added a new feature for freelance journalists and industry experts to contribute articles. The additional content will build upon the portal articles, audio interviews, stock directories, audio conferences RSS feeds and links. With rising energy costs, and interest in alternative energy, the portals are also addressing energy portfolios in the upcoming April 26th Online Energy Conference - “Opportunities in Renewable and Clean Energy, Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal”.

The online audio conference will provide a comprehensive overview of industry trends for interested investors and industry researchers. Upcoming Online Energy Conference - “Opportunities in Renewable and Clean Energy, Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal” Public Companies and Industry Experts provide a comprehensive energy sector overview as they discuss renewable and clean energy, oil, natural gas and coal. Investors and media can gain insight into market movement and opportunities within the diverse and rapidly growing energy sector as we move towards a diversified energy portfolio. Format: Audio Presentations and Power Point Presentations, April 26th, 2006

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Public relations is often underused and misused. You need to know how to use public relations to boost your company's image and to promote your company. Here is a great article about public relations: "Public relations is marketing's most misunderstood child. It isn't having your corporate name on Little League uniforms or putting a brave face in front of cameras when lawsuits or disasters hit." Read more at: Jon von Gunten - the importance of public relations