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SAN FRANCISCO, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce.com [NYSE: CRM], the enterprise cloud computing (http://www.salesforce.com/cloudcomputing/) company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Buddy Media, the world's leading social media marketing platform, for approximately $689 million payable in cash and salesforce.com equity. The transaction is expected to be completed during salesforce.com's fiscal third quarter ending October 31, 2012, and is subject to customary closing conditions.

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Buddy Media The World's Leading Social Media Marketing Platform

Founded in 2007, Buddy Media started as an idea to empower chief marketing officers (CMOs) and agencies to organize their teams and optimize their social media marketing programs. The Buddy Media platform allows customers to publish content, place and optimize social advertising and measure the effectiveness of social media marketing programs. As a result, customers can determine which content is driving the most engagement, test different strategies and understand which campaigns are delivering the greatest return on investment. Leveraging Buddy Media's award-winning social media marketing platform, companies can connect and engage with more than a billion customers across Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and more.

With 8 of the top 10 advertisers as clients, Buddy Media is the clear leader in social media marketing. The company currently has nearly 1,000 customers, including major global brands like Ford, Hewlett Packard, L'Oreal, Mattel and the world's largest marketing agency groups such as IPG (Interpublic Group), Omnicom, Publicis and WPP. Buddy Mediais the only company to be named a charter Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer, Google Engagement Solutions partner and LinkedIn Certified Developer.

The Salesforce Marketing Cloud Transforming Marketing for the Social Era

The marketing industry is undergoing the biggest transformation it's seen in 60 years, and it's all being driven by the unprecedented growth of social networks. Today's leading brands are looking to completely transform their traditional marketing strategies for the social era. Industry analysts predict that CMOs will surpass CIOs in spend on technology within the next five years(1) and that social advertising will be the largest growth area of online advertising by 2013(2).

By combining Buddy Media, the world's leading social media marketing platform, with Salesforce Radian6, the world's leading social media listening platform, salesforce.com will deliver the first comprehensive Marketing Cloud that will allow customers to listen, engage, gain insight, publish, advertise and measure social marketing programs. With the Salesforce Marketing Cloud, CMOs will be empowered to manage the entire social marketing lifecycle.

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Imation Corp. (IMN), a global scalable storage and data security company, today announced the availability of Imation RDX Media Secure with CyberSafe Pro Security Technology, the first RDX media with built-in encryption and cryptographic erase capability. RDX Media Secure is an ideal solution for backup and recovery, data archiving and data shuttling. Activated through a one-time software driver installation, all data written to the RDX media is automatically encrypted. Businesses that use Imation RDX Media Secure can easily manage data security and safely restore content, and are assured that data stored on RDX media is protected at rest and while the cartridge is being transported, which is often part of the cloud seeding process.

Data security is an ongoing concern of small business and mid-sized enterprise as many organizations experience data breaches, which according to The Ponemon Institute cost companies $214 per compromised record on average in 2010. Balancing data security and compliance with productivity and cost-effective data storage proves challenging. Imation RDX Media Secure with CyberSafe Pro Technology provides enterprise-class certified encryption and strong authentication, delivering the benefits of hard disk storage paired with security features that are critical for any company with sensitive, regulated data.

The growth of digital content in companies is exploding and the SMBs modernization of IT is helping to fuel this boom. However, they need a way to manage data securely, ensure regulatory compliance and protect data in case of disaster recovery all at a reasonable cost. They are also looking for practical ways to capitalize on the benefits of cloud computing but concerned about the barriers to adoption, said Deni Connor, founding analyst, Storage Strategies NOW. Imations RDX Media Secure with CyberSafe Pro Security Technology combines a reliable, high capacity hard disk storage with built-in security features to help eliminate some of these barriers including time requirements and security concerns of transfer and recovery.

Combining Security and Ease of Use

RDX Media Secure with CyberSafe Pro Security Technology delivers an unprecedented combination of security and convenience.

For years, companies have been using RDX media as an affordable, easy to use and durable solution, said Bill Schilling, director of marketing, Scalable Storage, Imation. The launch of Imation RDX Media Secure with CyberSafe Pro Technology represents an important evolution of both RDX removable hard drives and multi-tiered storage by weaving vital data security features into RDX storage solutions.

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Leveraging removable storage media (such as RDX media for data transfer) significantly reduces the time required to share data between environments or to initially seed a cloud storage solution. With Imation RDX Media Secure with CyberSafe Pro Technology, companies are assured of safe delivery of data to remote offices, customer sites or other offsite locations and are protected from malicious or unintentional data loss. Further, rugged, shock-resistant RDX cartridges help protect against damage that can occur during transport.

Imation RDX Media Secure is available through Imations network of channel partners in three capacities 1TB, 500GB, 320GB and is expected to be priced at $50 more than traditional RDX media at each capacity.

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In a SEC filing yesterday, JohnMalone'sLiberty Media laid out its plan to eventually take control of SiriusXM as the satcaster's majority shareholder. According to Bloomberg, Liberty said in its documents that it plans to convert almosthalf of its preferred shares of SiriusXM into common stock and nominate a number of its own candidates to the company's Board of Directors. Liberty says that following this stock conversion, it will have a total of a46 percent stake in SiriusXM. It plans to then continue to buy shares of the satcaster on the open market, which could eventually lead to the ability to replace the current Board and take over.

Liberty also said in itsSEC documentsthat it has re-filed a petition with the FCC asking the Commission to reconsider its request to be awarded "de facto control" of SiriusXM within 30 days. The FCC dismissed this request in May.

Some feel that this may eventually lead to Malone spinning off his share of the satcaster. "Liberty will probably execute a so-called Reverse Morris Trust, which involves splitting off its Sirius stake as a separate entity and giving its stockholders the option to hold or sell their Sirius shares," Barclays Capital Analyst James Ratcliffe told Bloomberg. Of course, Liberty would need the approval of the SiriusXM Board for such a maneuver.

Just last week, SiriusXM CEO Mel Karmazin told the company's stockholders he did not want to have to report to Malone, saying, "I want to be held accountable. I don't want to be responsible for someone else making a decision."

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02-06-2012 12:50 Pentagon Armies of Paid Trolls You are What you Eat, I don't eat any meat, fish or dairy. Hemp is way better food with more protein and nutrients. I wish I could grow my own Cannabis (hemp) without being bullied and put in jail for trying to grow my own food and be self sufficient. Processed food is not as healthy as real raw food like the full hemp seed. I am sick of paying high prices for processed hemp seeds that are dehulled (because then people can't grow their own food) Think of all the Starbucks, cannabis is safer than coffee. As the worlds most superior resource is outlawed there is massive propaganda about economic collapse distracting people from Energy Independence. The elite control the flow of information, even though the alternative media, media is one of their most important assets to influence the world. Elitism has infiltrated the media where people think they are too good or too important to have to deal with cannabis truth, not to mention all the censorship I have gotten from the mainstream and alternative media they don't want the laws to be repealed and cannabis prohibition to end. David Icke banned me for sharing truth and proving disinfo wrong. Media are making too much money they don't care to end prohibition, there is Proof Cannabis Prohibition could have ended Decades ago Governments are preventing a Free Market while people suffer and die. The government is fixing the price of food, energy, fuel, fiber, medicine ...

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01-06-2012 13:08 In episode three of the Smells Like Human Spirit podcast, Guy Evans and James Wilson ask whether it is possible to live a truly self-sufficient life, and explore to what extent people will go to in their quest for independence. From here, the discussion delves into media control, government lies, and more. Enjoy! For more visit: For an example of a self-sufficient lifestyle check out

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