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- … U-Store-It to Maintain Performance Levels While Moving From…
- … for Caregivers No Longer a Struggle at Denver-Based…
- ETFs for Clean Energy Fans
- Carbonite Upgrades Its Online Storage Service

… U-Store-It to Maintain Performance Levels While Moving From…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 27, 2007
(Nasdaq:RVBD), the performance leader in wide-area data services (WDS), announced today that U-Store-It (NYSE:YSI), one of the largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the United States, has deployed Riverbed’s Steelhead[R] WDS appliances to maintain service levels for all employees as the company migrated from a single centralized office to six regional management locations, while keeping IT centralized. With Riverbed’s Steelhead appliances, U-Store-It was able to transparently migrate its servers from its Cleveland headquarters to a new centralized IT center in Wayne, Pennsylvania, provide disaster recovery between the two sites, ensure VoIP service at all six office locations – all while maintaining a LAN-like experience for employees. U-Store-It is a self-administered and self-managed real estate company focused on the ownership, operation, acquisition and development of self-storage facilities. As a national owner and operator, U-Store-It aims to continually enhance its business by applying management expertise and best practices throughout its facilities.

… for Caregivers No Longer a Struggle at Denver-Based…
Free with registration – PR Newswire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 27, 2007
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| PR Newswire (August, 2007). , a Denver-based transportation company with affiliates.

ETFs for Clean Energy Fans
BusinessWeek – Aug 27, 2007
Dozens of publicly held companies engage in all sorts of ventures from geothermal power plants to hydrogen fuel cells, yet buying their shares means betting on a single company’s approach—highly risky even for those with a strong understanding of the company’s technology and competitive position. While there are numerous mutual funds that are marketed as "socially responsible investments," they usually don’t target alternative energy per se and often own shares of larger companies that have nothing to do with alternative energy. A Host of New IndexesRecognizing the problem, Wall Street is moving to satisfy investor cravings for a way to play the alternative energy story. The launch of new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) gives investors exposure to alternative energy companies in a straightforward, cost-effective way, yet without the risk of investing in any one of them individually. Several such ETFs were unveiled this year, and more are in development. (Standard & Poor’s Index Services, an entity that operates independently of S&P Equity Research Services, launched the S&P Global Alternative Energy index on Aug…
(Standard & Poor’s Index Services, an entity that operates independently of S&P Equity Research Services, launched the S&P Global Alternative Energy index on Aug. )As of mid-2007 there were at least five ETFs focused heavily on alternative energy, and a host of new indexes that let investors track the performance of the industry as a whole, as well as sub-segments like energy generation or foreign storage companies. On May 9, Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (. The fund, owned by Van Eck, tracks the Ardour Global index (Extra Liquid), which is comprised of stocks in 30 publicly traded companies engaged in alternative energy production.

Carbonite Upgrades Its Online Storage Service
eWeek – Aug 28, 2007
Online storage provider Carbonite Aug. 28 launched a major upgrade to its PC backup service and announced plans for a Mac version. Carbonite Release 3. 0 offers unlimited online backup space for consumers and small businesses for a flat price of $49. 95 per year per personal computer…
Other online storage vendors, such as Berkeley Data Systems Mozy, Verizon and LiveVault offer various incentives to join that include a limited amount of free space. “The cost of free-forever limited-space accounts must eventually be borne by paying customers, and Carbonite is committed to providing the best price and value for paying subscribers,” Friend, a self-described “serial entrepreneur” said at the company headquarters in Boston. “Also, the company eschews the complexity of multi-function products that offer photo-sharing, remote access, archiving, etc. , believing that such features are widely available in many other online products (most of which are free) and create unacceptable security risks for users. 0 features a new interface that incorporates many refinements suggested by users, Friend said. In addition, Carbonite 3.