Stratasys and HP Sign Definitive Agreement for Stratasys to Manufacture HP-Branded 3D Printers

Stratasys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSYS), the leading manufacturer of 3D printers and 3D production systems, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement with HP for Stratasys to manufacture an HP-branded 3D printer. Used by product designers and architects, Stratasys 3D printers create three-dimensional plastic models directly from 3D digital designs.

Under the terms of the agreement, Stratasys will develop and manufacture for HP an exclusive line of 3D printers based on Stratasys’ patented Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology. HP will begin a phased rollout of the 3D printers in the mechanical design (MCAD) market in selected countries later this year, with the right to extend distribution globally.

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Compass Group UK and Ireland Accelerates its Business Intelligence Strategy with Netezza

Compass Group UK & Ireland will use Netezza's Data Warehouse Appliance to manage increasing volumes of data and improve overall delivery performance

Windsor, Berkshire.  January 13, 2010--Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ), the global leader in data warehouse and analytic appliances, today announced that Compass Group UK & Ireland has successfully deployed the Netezza® data warehouse appliance as a critical part of a strategic project to renew its entire business intelligence infrastructure. With Netezza, Compass is able to process substantial amounts of data and run extremely complex reports in just minutes, instead of hours.

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OTI Wins Over $30 Million in Contracts for National eID Program

Advance Payment Received; Project is Cash Flow Positive

On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (Nasdaq:OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security & eID systems, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, announced today that it had signed contracts relating to a national eID program with total consideration that exceeds $30 million. Revenues from this Project in 2010 are expected to be over $20 million. An advance payment has been received to support the initial stages of the project which have already commenced.

The award of the project follows a successful completion by OTI of a pilot program and provides for the supply of new biometric-based electronic ID cards and other official documents (relating to birth, death, marriage, etc.), as well as the equipment required for the setup of the document issuing stations country-wide.

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Actuate and Xenos Announce Definitive Agreement for Actuate to Acquire Xenos Group Inc. for USD$35.5 Million (CAD$37.7 Million)

Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTU), the people behind BIRT™, and Xenos Group Inc. (TSX: XNS.TO), the market-leading provider of high-performance software solutions that deliver a superior Return on Information™, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") for Actuate to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Xenos by way of a take-over bid (the "Offer") at a price of CAD$3.50 per share in cash. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the Actuate and Xenos Boards of Directors, places Xenos at an enterprise value of approximately CAD$28.4 million (after taking account of Xenos’ cash balance of approximately CAD$9.3 million as of September 30, 2009).

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COLLAPSE! Now Available Across Multiple Platforms from GameHouse

Casual games online destination and publisher GameHouse®, a division of the digital entertainment company RealNetworks Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), today announced the cross-platform availability of COLLAPSE!®. The game is now available for play on PC, Mac, Facebook and a variety of mobile handsets including BlackBerry, iPhone and Android.

"This latest cross-platform installment of COLLAPSE! represents a major milestone for one of our most popular brands," said Matt Turetzky, vice president of content for RealGames, a division of RealNetworks. "In addition to extending the COLLAPSE! brand to the social platform and including cross-platform, unlockable add-ons for the first time, our design team has evolved the overall player experience with all-new challenges and personalization."

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