"When customers deploy Pragma's SSH or Telnet technology, they are reassured that the software is built to the highest specifications and achieved all necessary Windows certifications," said Beth Redd, Product Manager of Pragma Systems. "Pragma values Microsoft certifications as it gives our customers peace of mind when deploying our technology across their infrastructure and systems. It also reinforces our message of offering the most robust and dependable remote access software for Windows."

Pragma Fortress SSH Server is an enterprise-grade SSH, SFTP and SCP server for the Windows Server operating system. Pragma Fortress SSH ClientSuite provides SSH, SFTP, SCP, Telnet clients for Windows. Pragma Telnet Server is the most popular and widely used Telnet Server for Windows. Pragma's software has been lab-tested to have the fastest file transfer speed in the industry using clients in Windows 7 and servers in Windows Server 2008 R2. Pragma's software runs in Windows Server 2008R2/2008/2003/2000 and Windows 7/Vista/XP. Three binary versions are offered: 32-bit, 64-bit or Itanium IA64. The software also works seamlessly with Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization server and Windows PowerShell.

About Pragma Systems, Inc.

Pragma Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise-class remote access and managed file transfer software for Microsoft Windows & Windows Mobile platforms and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Pragma is an industry leader for Secure Shell and Telnet technology on Windows. Pragma PocketVT offers industrial-grade SSH clients for mobile devices. The company's end-to-end solutions comprising servers, desktop-clients and mobile-clients allows data-centers and enterprises to build highly secure infrastructure to access corporate supply chain, CRM, distribution and warehouse applications over wired or wireless networks. Pragma's software is deployed in the majority of Fortune 500 companies in the USA and over 3,500 companies worldwide with millions of licensed nodes in 65 countries. For more information contact Pragma Systems, Inc., 512-219-7270; email: pragma@pragmasys.com; visit our website at http://www.pragmasys.com.

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Program Framework has established its own EPM implementation method, known as ProFIM, that integrates processes, people and organisation with technology. Program Framework's methodology deploys technology in an evolutionary manner, matched to the maturity level of the customer's organisation and its ability to absorb change. EPM is implemented in stages, activating additional functionality and increasing the user community over time.

Major continued, "We are delighted to be working with Strategic Thought - it is perfect partnership. As a well-established Microsoft Gold Certified partner, specialising in the deployment of EPM, we are well positioned to help organisations build on the existing web and Microsoft Project capabilities of Active Risk Manager. By the end of 2009 ARM will be able to interface directly to the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 solution. By bringing together two already widely used solutions this will provide customers with a logical step forward in the management of risk, projects and programmes right across an organisation."

Karl Pringle, Global Alliances Director at STG commented, "Partnering with Program Framework will add real value and options to our customer base in how they manage and report upon programmatic and portfolio risk. We feel this partnership is perfectly timed with the launch of our Microsoft EPM integration module. At the same time, we can help Program Framework's customers to improve their maturity of enterprise program management by offering them a new but critical dimension in today's world - that of robust dynamic risk management."

STG launched Active Risk Manager (ARM) in 2001 as the first web-based enterprise risk management system to support multi-departmental processes from different areas such as corporate, audit and projects by consolidating data to record, manage and mitigate risk. Many of the world's leading organisations including Lockheed Martin, NASA, UKMOD, Rio Tinto and Alstom are using Active Risk Manager.

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About Program Framework

Program Framework is a leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the deployment of Enterprise Project Management (EPM) and Portfolio, Programme & Project (PPM) control solutions powered by Microsoft technologies. It is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and has established partnerships with other consultancies, including Microsoft's Consulting Services, where Program Framework supplements these partners' capabilities with its specific skill sets.

For more information, please visit: www.programframework.com

About Strategic Thought Group plc:

Strategic Thought Group plc (AIM:STR) addresses enterprise risk management (ERM) with pioneering software and services that can be implemented across organisations and stand alone projects in all industry sectors. STG's principal product, Active Risk Manager (ARM), is the world's most widely deployed and the only truly comprehensive web-based ERM solution available today. ARM enables the identification, registration, communication, analysis and management of risks and opportunities available in both quantitative and qualitative formats. It covers project and portfolio risk, supply chain risk management, business continuity, reputational risk, health and safety, governance, compliance risks and more.

ARM can add value to any organisation, providing a competitive advantage in customers' bid and tender phases to help win more profitable business. ARM enables time programme delivery, and can minimise programme losses and cost overruns, leading to increased margins, optimised free cash flow and capital creation. ARM meets customer, regulatory and partner demands for increased transparency at both programme and corporate levels, which can lead to improved credit ratings and reduced insurance premiums.

ARM is used by major organisations around the globe including USAF, EADS, British Nuclear Group, Rio Tinto, Lockheed Martin, Nestle, NASA, London Underground, Raytheon and SABIC.

Strategic Thought Group, founded in 1987, is headquartered in the UKand its USoperation Strategic Thought Inc, is based in WashingtonDC.

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-- F5 Application Ready Solution Support for Microsoft DirectAccess

Microsoft DirectAccess provides easier remote access to corporate resources with comprehensive management capabilities and integrated security enforcement, which allows IT departments to manage remote access at a lower cost. The F5 solution for DirectAccess enables enterprise customers to scale their deployments and enjoy the same benefits of other ADC-optimized applications. BIG-IP(R) Local Traffic Manager(TM) can proxy DirectAccess connections to ensure that users have quick access to the best-performing server resources, improving the performance and scalability of DirectAccess across multiple servers.

In addition, F5's customizable iRules(TM) commands enable IT organizations to ensure that specific client requests will be routed through the appropriate DirectAccess server. The specific iRule enabling this functionality is freely available in a recent DirectAccess-focused post on F5's user community site, DevCentral(SM). The post includes a description of how the iRule is used, what it does, and how to configure it. With iRules, IT organizations retain DirectAccess functionality in large deployments with multiple DirectAccess servers without compromising functionality or security.

-- F5 Application Ready Solution Support for Microsoft BranchCache

Branch office users are traditionally challenged by low bandwidth connections to the files and web content they need to accomplish their daily tasks. Low bandwidth results in long file download times and lost productivity. As a part of the Application Ready Solution for Windows Server 2008 R2, F5's support for BranchCache increases server capacity by offloading intensive computations used to alias web content requests from Windows 7 clients at branch locations.

This solution also functions as a transition technology to bring the benefits of BranchCache to all Windows 7 client users where web servers have not yet been upgraded to Windows Server 2008 R2. For servers not yet running Windows 2008 R2, the F5 solution provides the infrastructure visibility and intelligence necessary for those servers to participate in a BranchCache solution where Windows 7 clients are deployed, significantly reducing bandwidth consumption.

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"Microsoft's DirectAccess and BranchCache technologies highlight the business value of Windows 7 client and Windows Server 2008 R2 working together to provide new, transformational features that increase user productivity," said Mike Schutz, Director, Windows Server Marketing at Microsoft. "Mobile workers will realize tremendous productivity increases through anytime access, and businesses will lower their cost of delivering this access in a secure, manageable way using DirectAccess and BranchCache. F5's Application Ready Solutions amplify this value for end-users and corporate IT departments by providing tested, validated solutions to streamline application deployments."

"Application delivery and optimization for remote users is becoming a more common concern for IT departments," said Calvin Rowland, VP of Application Partner Programs at F5. "In order to ensure the productivity and connection of these employees, companies need to deploy applications and technologies to enable remote access just as they enable onsite access. F5 has worked closely with Microsoft to increase our solution base for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. F5 Application Ready Solutions provide customers with increased worker productivity, greater ROI for IT departments, increased confidence of solution interoperability, and enhanced scalability for faster, easier technology deployments."

Learn more about F5 and Microsoft solutions working together at www.f5.com/solutions/applications/microsoft.

About F5 Networks

F5 Networks is the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), focused on ensuring the secure, reliable, and fast delivery of applications. F5's flexible architectural framework enables community-driven innovation that helps organizations enhance IT agility and dynamically deliver services that generate true business value. F5's vision of unified application and data delivery offers customers an unprecedented level of choice in how they deploy ADN solutions. It redefines the management of application, server, storage, and network resources, streamlining application delivery and reducing costs. Global enterprise organizations, service and cloud providers, and Web 2.0 content providers trust F5 to keep their business moving forward. For more information, go to www.f5.com.

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The new contract is an industry first, with CSC being the first Microsoft partner to lead and win a cloud computing services agreement of this scale. Under terms of the contract, CSC will provide Royal Mail Group's 30,000 employees with access to new IT services using Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), part of Microsoft Online Services. CSC will also provide first line helpdesk support.

CSC's cloud services are designed to help businesses easily and securely adopt cloud computing solutions, allowing them to reduce the costs of managing and maintaining business systems while giving them access to the latest Microsoft Online Services including Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Communications Online and Microsoft Office Live Meeting.

Royal Mail Group's Head of Technology Service Delivery, Carol Olney, said: "This deal forms part of Royal Mail's drive to invest in new technology to improve efficiency and customer service."

"The Microsoft suite will give people across Royal Mail Group the tools they need to do their jobs more effectively, enabling our business units to collaborate with each other, partners and other external organisations more freely, easily and securely while securing cost savings."

"We are pleased to expand our relationship with Royal Mail Group and deliver the benefits of cloud services," said Kevin Brown, vice president and chief operating officer of CSC in the UK. "Working collaboratively with Microsoft, we look forward to helping Royal Mail Group lower operational costs and providing more flexibility in the management of its IT systems."

"Public and private sector organizations, such as Royal Mail Group, are moving their critical applications to Microsoft Online Services in increasing numbers," said Ron Markezich, corporate vice president at Microsoft. "Partners like CSC are important in helping our customers take full advantage of the enterprise-grade capabilities and flexibility Microsoft's cloud applications deliver."

For more information about CSC's cloud services, please visit www.csc.com/cloud.

About Royal Mail Group

Royal Mail Group is unique in reaching everyone in the UK through its mails, Post Office and parcels businesses - which directly employ over 176,000 people in the UK. Every working day Royal Mail processes and delivers over 75 million items to 28 million addresses for prices that are amongst the lowest in Europe; each week over 24 million customers are served through its network of around 12,000 Post Office branches and each year its domestic and European parcels businesses - General Logistics Systems and Parcelforce Worldwide - handle some 404 million parcels.

About CSC

CSC is a global leader in providing technology-enabled solutions and services through three primary lines of business. These include Business Solutions and Services, the Managed Services Sector and the North American Public Sector. CSC's advanced capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business process outsourcing, applications software development, Web and application hosting, mission support and management consulting. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., CSC has approximately 92,000 employees and reported revenue of $16.0 billion for the 12 months ended October 2, 2009. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.csc.com.

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