IBM to Acquire Unica Corporation

Accelerates IBM initiatives to help organizations better understand their customers and transform marketing campaign execution

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Unica Corporation (Nasdaq:UNCA - News) today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Unica in a cash transaction at a price of $21 per share, or at a net price of approximately $480 million, after adjusting for cash.  A publicly held company in Waltham, Mass., Unica will expand IBM's ability to help organizations analyze and predict customer preferences and develop more targeted marketing campaigns.

The acquisition, which is subject to Unica shareholder approval, applicable regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010.

 REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., August 6, 2010— Imperva, the leader in data security, announced today it has partnered with ActiveBase, a pioneer in Dynamic Data Masking, to provide the broadest protection for sensitive data available today. Imperva and ActiveBase will jointly sell and implement the full solution.

“Having ActiveBase dynamically mask sensitive data presented within application screens and development tools across production environments with no changes to applications or databases, combined with Imperva’s database activity monitoring enables us to proactively prevent data leakage and comply with ever growing privacy regulations quickly and transparently,” said Alon Ofek, CISO of Pelephone Communications, a leader in cellular communications.

Ebix Records 51% YOY Growth with Diluted EPS of 36 Cents

Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, today reported record financial results for the second quarter of 2010. The results marked the highest revenue, net income, operating cash flow and diluted EPS that the company has reported in any one-quarter, in its thirty-four year history.

Ebix delivered the following results for its second quarter, fiscal year 2010:

Revenues: Total Q2 2010 revenue was $32.2 million, an increase of 44% on a year-over-year basis, as compared to Q2 2009 revenue of $22.4 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2010 revenue increased $20.7 million or 48%, to $63.8 million compared to $43.1 million during the same period in 2009.

Hauppauge Introduces High Definition Video Recorder Support for Windows Media Center

Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAUP), the world's leading developer and manufacturer of analog and digital TV receiver products for personal computers, has announced that the HD PVR is now supported as a TV video recorder in Windows Media Center. With a free software update from Hauppauge, Windows Media Center can now use the HD PVR to record high definition TV programs from a cable TV or satellite set top box. HD PVR can record HD TV from any cable TV or satellite set top box which has a component video output. In addition to high definition video, HD PVR can record 5.1 channel audio through its optical audio connections.