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The "Pan Africa Gaming Group" (PAGG) has been unveiled today, bringing 10 studios together under a single umbrella across Africa.

We are happy to inform you that Champion School, the only school team invited from the San Francisco Bay Area to compete in a worldwide Computer Science tournament in New Jersey, achieved a Fourth Place Finish in one of the most prestigious as well as one of the oldest global competition in Computer Science.

At the stroke of midnight tonight anyone hoping to cash in on the generous home-buyer tax credit will need to have a signed contract with a seller to qualify or you will have missed one of the best home buying programs in history.

MetricStream, Inc., the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) solutions

The YWCA Silicon Valley is calling on all individuals to join us in taking a bold Stand Against Racism on April 30 by partnering with the YWCA. Our goal is to unite our community in a bold demonstration that delivers a clear message that racism can no longer be ignored or tolerated.

Softerra today releases an open source SPML (Service Provisioning Markup Language) library that helps to enable SPML in applications and management platforms of any enterprise.

Monitis, the leading provider of all-in-one Cloud-based network and application monitoring suite, today announced a major new product launch: Java Application Monitoring.

Monitis, the leading provider of 100% Cloud-based network and systems monitoring solutions, today announced that it has been named to the 2010 OnDemand 100 – the leading index of the world’s most innovative SaaS/Cloud companies.

Riding on its impressive growth, Druva Software plans to expand its footprint in US & Europe. It has also announced that it has raised Series A funding from Sequoia Capital and the Indian Angel Network (IAN)

Kapoor will speak on defining and adopting an integrated Risk Governance infrastructure in financial services organizations

Nagarro, Inc., a high-end software development firm specializing in complex projects, saw increased demand for outsourced software product development in 2009, with nearly 40% growth of its overall customer base. Nagarro customers representing a wide variety of industries are showing strong signs of market confidence, renewing their focus on gaining competitive advantage through the use of custom software products.

The Boards of Directors of the YWCA Silicon Valley and the Support Network for Battered Women have each voted to merge the organizations in an effort to broaden services to those experiencing domestic violence throughout Santa Clara County. Sunnyvale based Support Network will become a division of San Jose based YWCA effective on April 1, 2010.

Vayama is launching a speedy way to book cheap student airfares, no expensive proprietary student ID required.

MetricStream solution to improve efficiencies of conducting rigorous independent inspections and audits that enable AIB’s worldwide foodservice clients to lower business risk and strengthen reputation

An interactive session on how to accommodate the new regulatory regime and achieve optimum business performance with David Koenig, CEO of The Governance Fund and Former Chair, BoD PRMIA and Philippa X. Girling, Of Counsel at Garrity and Graham and Former ORM Executive at Nomura and Morgan Stanley

MetricStream to Showcase its Market Leading Internal Audit Management Solution at IIA 2010 General Audit Management Conference

Company to discuss upgrading internal audit infrastructure at the IIA San Francisco & San Jose Chapters 2010 Spring Joint Conference

Non-profit Issues First Report on the Environmental and Social Performance Of Solar Panel Manufacturers

Solution to support critical business processes for quality management, operational performance, and continuous improvement

Monitis, the leading provider of 100% Cloud-based network and systems monitoring solutions, today announced a major overhaul and upgrade of its user interface designed to make the world’s most innovative suite of monitoring tools even more user-friendly.

Solution to support the Reliability Compliance Program for NERC and NPCC standards covering 300 power generators, traders, utilities and transmitters monitored and overseen by IESO in Ontario, Canada

Online seminar to cover best practices in policy management for articulating the culture of compliance and effective risk management.

International travel Web site Vayama is encouraging international travelers to see the world for less, one stopover at a time, with their ‘Don’t Fly Over, Make-a-Stopover’ discounted international airfares. Free stopover international airfares allow travelers on Vayama’s heavily discounted airfares (some exclusive to vayama.com) to not only get to their final destination for less, but to get off the plane for free along the way at the international hub. Some stopover cities now include free airport transfers, free hop on and off bus passes or free city tours, plus discounted hotel rates to encourage you to Not Flyover but Make-a-Stopover.

MetricStream, Inc.– Gaurav Kapoor, CFO and General Manager of MetricStream, the enterprise GRC market leader, will lead a panel discussion on ‘new perspectives on enterprise wide risk management’ at the OpRisk USA 12th Annual Conference, the premier event aimed at preparing risk managers to respond to future regulatory requirements and market challenges.

The completely customizable 24SevenCart online store solution is an affordable way towards successful online retailing.

An ecommerce cart for Microsoft RMS like 24SevenCart can provide manifolds security features to safeguard your online data and win the trust of online shoppers.

Blue jeans are worn by millions of Americans every day, but staff members and supporters of The YWCA of Silicon Valley’s Rape Crisis Center will wear their denim on April 21, 2010 for a special reason – to step forward and take a stand against rape. “Denim Day is an important opportunity to raise awareness and prevent sexual assault against women,” said Keri McLain, CEO of the YWCA of Silicon Valley. “We urge everyone in the community to join us in wearing jeans on Denim Day.”