Blackboard Acquires Terriblyclever to Support Mobile Education

WASHINGTON – July 23, 2009 – Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ: BBBB), a global leader in education technology, today announced a major step forward in its efforts to support students’ mobile lifestyle with the acquisition of Terriblyclever Design, LLC, makers of MobilEdu™, the category defining suite of iPhone™ and mobile web applications for education.

MobilEdu allows education institutions to deliver a rich set of campus life services and content to mobile devices, uniquely branded for each institution, to better connect current students, parents, faculty, prospective students and alumni to the campus experience in a way that wasn’t possible before.

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NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group Wins New $20 Million Notebook Contract

NIVS IntelliMedia Technology Group, Inc., (NYSE Amex: NIV) ("NIVS" or "the Company"), an integrated consumer electronics company that designs, manufactures, markets and sells intelligent audio and video products, today announced it has won a contract worth approximately US$20 million to supply OEM notebooks to a Hong Kong-based distributor (the "Distributor").

Under the terms of the contract, NIVS will manufacture and assemble 30,000 notebook units for the Distributor from now until the end of 2009. The Distributor will then sell the OEM notebooks to end customers in overseas markets. The contract will be reviewed at the end of the year. This is the first contract for the production of notebooks that the Company has received to date.

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Neptuny Joins the Red Hat Partner Program in Italy

Milan, Italy – 6 July, 2009 – Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Neptuny, one of Italy’s leading Performance Optimization and Capacity Planning solutions provider, has joined the Red Hat Partner Program.

The Red Hat Partner Program is designed to enable independent software vendors (ISVs), systems integrators, developers and consultants to work collaboratively together to effectively meet customer needs and to deliver superior solutions.

Neptuny has extensive experience in developing its technologies on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. In particular, Neptuny recommends Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for CaplanTM, Neptuny’s flagship product, which enables an industrialized approach to Capacity Planning.

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LogMeIn Announces Pricing of Its Initial Public Offering

LogMeIn (Nasdaq:LOGM), a provider of on-demand, remote-connectivity solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, IT services providers and consumers, today announced the initial public offering of 6,666,667 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $16.00 per share. Of the 6,666,667 shares being offered to the public, 5,000,000 shares are being offered by LogMeIn and 1,666,667 shares are being offered by selling stockholders. In addition, the underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,000,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any. LogMeIn's common stock is expected to begin trading on The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "LOGM" on July 1, 2009.

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Increased Cash Offer For Borland Software Corporation

The Board of Micro Focus International plc ("Micro Focus" or the "Company")(LSE:MCRO) has increased its fully funded cash offer to US$1.50 for each outstanding share of Borland Software Corporation ("Borland"). This values the acquisition of Borland's equity, on a fully diluted basis, at approximately US$113 million.

The terms of the revised offer have been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of both Micro Focus and Borland. The Board of Micro Focus believes that the Company is uniquely placed to deliver value from this transaction and the proposed price continues to meet Micro Focus' strict financial acquisition criteria while also delivering enhanced value to Borland shareholders.

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