Award Further Recognizes OpenPages as a "Pacesetter" in the Region

Waltham, Mass. - April 30, 2007 - Boston Business Journal announced that OpenPages has ranked #2 in their annual survey of the Fastest Growing Private Companies which recognizes the region's "Pacesetters" for consistent year-over-year company growth.

Capping off a strong start to the year, the Boston Business Journal award comes on the heels of OpenPages being named a finalist to the Red Herring 100 list which recognizes the 100 most promising companies in the nation who are driving the future of technology.

OpenPages' President and CEO, Michael J. Duffy, attributes much of the company's success at the outset to recognizing a need and being the first to market with technology solutions that address an organization's governance, risk and compliance management challenges. Since launching the company in 2002, OpenPages has expanded its technology offering to include a Governance Platform that enables a company to manage risk throughout their enterprise as well as across a multitude of compliance regulations. In doing so, OpenPages has carved out a leadership position in the GRC market, landing global 2000 customers such as: Kodak, Duke Energy, Viacom, Bristol-Myers Squibb, T-Mobile and Barclays Capital.

"Being ranked second by the Boston Business Journal in a region with so many strong and unique technology companies is a true testament to our employees and to the value that our software solutions provide to our customers," said Michael J. Duffy, President and CEO of OpenPages. "Ranking second on the fastest growing company list is an amazing accomplishment for our team and one that the entire company can take pride in."

About OpenPages

OpenPages is the leading provider of Governance, Compliance and Risk Management solutions for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, General Compliance Management, Operational Risk Management and IT Governance. The company's solutions provide the visibility, decision support and control to improve accountability, better manage risk, achieve compliance with numerous regulations, improve operational performance and align strategies to ensure better results.

Market-leading corporations in financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, media/entertainment, retail/consumer, energy, high technology, health services and life sciences rely on OpenPages to help them achieve sustainable governance, risk and compliance management -- enabling them to become well-governed businesses. Founded in 1996, the company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with international offices in Hong Kong, Japan, France and the United Kingdom, and regional offices throughout North America.
For more information on OpenPages' suite of business governance software solutions or to register for an online demonstration, please call 781-693-5999 or visit http://www.openpages.com/.

Research Shows Online Travelers Value Brand Participation in the Social Web

BOSTON - April 30, 2007 - Compete, Inc. today announced findings from its latest study, "Consumer Generated Content in Travel", which finds that a majority of consumers support a brand responding to consumer generated reviews. Travelers are increasingly turning to their peers as a valued research source and encourage travel marketers to join them in this dialogue. Compete examined consumer generated initiatives from Sheraton Hotels, TripAdvisor and Southwest Airlines to help travel marketers understand how to balance creating exposure with maintaining control of the conversation.

Compete estimates that consumer generated content (CGC) influences over $10 billion a year in online travel. With consumers finding CGC more credible than they do professional reviews or information from travel companies, CGC has emerged as a critical source of travel information.

Additional key findings include:

Sheraton Hotels - Integration into eCommerce Platform: In late 2006, Sheraton transformed its website into a social platform, a "Global Neighborhood" for travelers. Compete's analysis revealed:

Value to Consumers: 50% of Sheraton shoppers who remember seeing the social functionality reported it as being valuable to their experience

Increased Conversion: Integration of CGC tools is tied to eCommerce performance, with 57% reporting it having a positive influence on likelihood to book

Southwest Airlines - Mini sites, Events & Promotions: The Southwest "Wanna Get Away Sweepstakes" micro-site used consumer generated videos to create a viral buzz and engage consumers in its marketing campaign. Compete found:

Strong Awareness: 20% of Southwest.com visitors claimed recall/awareness of the "Wanna Get Away" promotion

Enhanced Image: Southwest shoppers give the company high marks for an innovative marketing approach and encourage these types of marketing efforts

TripAdvisor - Brand management on third party sites: As the leading destination for consumer-generated travel reviews, TripAdvisor illustrates the opportunity for brands to respond directly to consumers. The study showed:

Importance of Peers in Research: Peer opinions are highly valued, 82% prefer consumer reviews over a hotel's description of itself

Acceptance of Brand Involvement: 58% say a supplier responding on TripAdvisor would put them in a favorable light

"Consumers want brands to have a role in their conversation," said Gregory Saks, director of Compete's Travel Practice. "If brands remain genuine and transparent in their CGC strategies, travel marketers can become a powerful voice in the conversation and engage with consumers in an entirely new way."

Compete's research is based on its panel of 2 million consumers and behaviorally targeted surveys to precise consumer segments. Sign up to receive Compete's monthly TravelTrends newsletter automatically at: http://www.competeinc.com/contactUs/

To view an earlier report, "Embracing Consumer Buzz Creates Measurement Challenges for Marketers", visit http://www.competeinc.com/research/spark/

About Compete, Inc.

Compete, Inc. is the only online market research firm that creates value for both consumers and marketers. Compete's research is powered by millions of people who share their online behavior to create a more trusted, transparent, and valuable Internet. Consumers use Compete to stay safe when they surf, save when they buy, and discover the best new websites. Leading companies turn to Compete to understand how these consumers consider, buy and engage with their own and rival brands. Carlson Hotels Worldwide, Esurance, Hyundai Motor America, Upromise, DaimlerChrysler, Verizon Wireless and other innovative companies rely on Compete's real-time insights to improve the return on their marketing investments.

Compete is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with offices throughout the US. For more information, please visit http://www.competeinc.com.

April 26, 2007 (Moorestown, New Jersey) - PAI Group, Inc. today announced the hiring of Robert Digby as the President of PayChoice, the payroll processing unit of PAI Group. Mr. Digby comes to PayChoice with over 20 years of payroll, HR, and benefits industry expertise. Mr. Digby is the former President of RSM McGladrey Employer Services, the payroll and benefit services company of RSM McGladrey / H&R Block. Mr. Digby also held roles at Ceridian, including President of its Powerpay internet payroll business, SVP of Marketing and SVP of Sales / Client Services for Ceridian Corporation.

"We are truly excited to have Robert join the team and take PayChoice to the next level," said Bill Scott, CEO of the Moorestown, New Jersey based firm, a leader in the payroll industry.

"Our growth has been nothing short of dramatic. Consequently, the skills and expertise needed to run a service bureau team of this size requires Robert’s talent. We look forward to his insight and knowledge."

Designed as a resource for small to midsized businesses, PayChoice eliminates the payroll and tax filing headaches for the small business owner, while also delivering employee benefits and tools often only available to large companies.

PAI Group, Inc. is comprised of two business units:

Payroll Associates, LLC (www.encorepayroll.com) provides integrated payroll, HR, tax filing and time & attendance products for nearly 300 payroll, PEO and accounting organizations and 100,000 employers nationwide.

PAI Services, LLC, operating as PayChoice, (www.paychoice.com) delivers payroll, tax-filing, benefits and HR services directly to 10,000 small and mid-sized businesses.

AT&T plans to market the iPhone to business users in addition to consumers, but analysts aren't so sure it's a good idea.

AT&T Inc. plans to market the iPhone to business users in addition to consumers but analysts aren't recommending that enterprises supply workers with the phones.

Cingular, which was acquired by AT&T, recently decided that the iPhone will appeal to business users and the operator is now working hard to ensure that its backend enterprise billing and support systems will accommodate the device when it ships, said a source familiar with the company's plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

An AT&T spokesman said he couldn't comment on the iPhone beyond when it will become available and its price. The phone is expected to become available in June. It will cost US$499 or $599 depending on the memory size. Initially, AT&T will be the exclusive provider of the iPhone, although other service providers are expected to eventually start selling it as well.

The idea of marketing the iPhone as an enterprise product baffles some analysts.

If AT&T announces that it will be marketing the phone to enterprise customers, "we'd be against it," said Ken Dulaney, an analyst with Gartner, who said he hasn't heard of such a plan from the operator. "We'd immediately tell our customers that'd be a very serious mistake."

No matter what kind of reputation a vendor has, if it's making its first phone, Dulaney would be unlikely to recommend it. "Building a phone is one of the most difficult things to do," he said.

Also, the iPhone is expected to have a number of shortcomings for business users, he said. For example, it doesn't have a removable battery. "You'd be crazy to buy without that," Dulaney said. The phone has multiple processors, which consumes more battery life than single processors, he said.

It also comes with a touch screen and no buttons, making it difficult for users to dial while driving, he noted.

He suspects that enterprises will likely decide against the iPhone for similar reasons that many decide not to standardize on Mac computers. Even if the iPhone is attractive, like the Mac, they'll choose BlackBerry or Windows Mobile devices because those have more software application options, he said.

That's one reason that Avi Greengart, principal analyst for mobile devices at Current Analysis, also thinks the iPhone won't be a good option for enterprise customers. Apple has said that the iPhone will run on an OS X-based operating system and told Greengart that enterprises won't be able to write applications for the phone, he said. "Companies like to extend corporate apps to the mobile space and in order to do that you need an open OS," he said. Mobile operating system developers like Windows, Symbian and BlackBerry enable third parties to write applications based on their software.

Since the iPhone isn't available yet, there's a chance that it could launch with applications that might appeal to business users, such as support for corporate e-mail, but Greengart said he'd be surprised if it did.

Without such corporate applications, enterprises would be buying their employees a device with plenty of storage for their digital music collections. "Could a company deploy this? They could but they'd be paying for storage and for something intended for use as a consumer device," Greengart said.

- Leading overlay manager experiences increased productivity -

New York, April 3, 2007 - FIX Flyer, a leader in Financial Information Exchange (FIX) trading solutions, announced today that Placemark Investments, the investment industry's largest independent provider of active overlay portfolio management services, has begun using FIX Flyer's online service for trading and allocation management.

Flyer technology is an advanced application of the FIX protocol, the globally recognized messaging standard for real-time electronic securities transactions.

FIX Flyer enables Placemark to use its own file formats simplifying trade integration into Placemark's proprietary investment management and accounting systems. Traders at Placemark stage and submit lists of orders by choosing an execution destination. Fills are allocated into potentially thousands of accounts using Flyer's powerful web application designed to minimize keystrokes and processing on the trader's desktop. Allocations are sent to the broker via FIX or custom formats and then translated back into Placemark's native processes.

"With FIX Flyer we've been able to significantly reduce our daily process time each day," said Richard Dion, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Placemark Investments, which has offices in Dallas and Wellesley, MA. "FIX Flyer provides us with an automated, high speed, scalable trading solution."

One of the benefits to Placemark is that the new platform requires no software to be installed. FIX Flyer was able to create the hosted web allocations platform in four weeks. Replacing older client-server based technology, FIX Flyer enables Placemark to allocate accounts in a fraction of the time.

"We are very excited to deliver such productivity gains to Placemark," said Brian Ross, CEO of New York-based FIX Flyer. "Saving traders this much time allows them to pursue new opportunities and provide outstanding service to clients."

In addition to web application and integration, Flyer manages, certifies, and monitors FIX connectivity to Placemark's growing list of partners.

About FIX Flyer

Based in Tribeca, New York City, FIX Flyer was founded in 2003 by George Kledaras and Randy Prager, pioneers in developing advanced technology for managing high-volume, multi-asset institutional securities trading using the FIX Protocol. FIX Flyer provides zero-install and fully hosted web applications to manage algorithmic trading and fund allocations for new breed portfolio managers. The Flyer Engine is the first FIX server designed to manage high volume, ultra-low latency trading networks and ECNs for scaling to thousands of connections. Visit www.fixflyer.com for company information and to download Flyer for free. FIX Flyer is a member of the FIX Protocol LTD, the industry led standards organization.

Expanded focus helps marketers navigate convergence, consolidation and connected consumers

Boston, MA - April 2, 2007 - Compete Inc., the leading online consumer market research firm, today announced the expansion of its wireless practice and the promotion of Adam Guy to general manager. Drawing upon its market-leading position working with carriers, MVNOs and handset manufacturers, Compete will extend its offerings to help a broader set of companies in the telecommunications and media industries. As consumer demand and usage for more personalized content and services continue to increase, Compete is well-positioned to partner with telecommunications and media companies to help them win, keep and grow customers more effectively.

According to data from Compete, consumers want "anytime, anywhere" communications and entertainment - the ability to connect with content and people independent of technology or location. This surge in interest for on-demand content and streamlined services has created a lucrative, yet intensely competitive market for telecommunications and media marketers. Competition is heightening as AT&T consolidates the Cingular brand, and as Comcast and Verizon battle for sole ownership of a household's voice, wireless, data, internet and entertainment spending.

Because of these dynamics, major telecommunications and media companies such as EMBARQ and Microsoft are turning to Compete's data and expertise to help plan and measure the impact of their marketing campaigns, use the online channel to acquire and upsell customers, defend their customer base from competitive encroachment, and design and launch new products to meet consumers' evolving needs.

"We are leveraging Compete's insight into consumer behavior to better understand how to acquire and service our customers," said Doug Freeman, director of eCommerce at EMBARQ. "We expect Compete's deep domain expertise will help EMBARQ achieve our business objectives in 2007 and we are excited about this partnership."

"As consumers go beyond traditional access channels for their digital communications and media, it will be critical for providers to understand how they are considering all of these services," said Adam Guy, general manager of Compete's Telecommunications and Media practice. "Compete's ability to analyze the entire purchase cycle will empower our clients to grow and optimize their consumer share of mind."

Adam Guy brings deep domain experience and high visibility in the telecommunications industry to his position as general manager of the telecommunications and media practice. In this new role, Adam leads a team of sales, product marketing and client services professionals to create and deliver new products based on comprehensive consumer and competitive intelligence. Prior to this new role, Adam served as managing director of Compete's industry-leading wireless practice. In addition, Adam has worked at InfoTek Research, The Strategis Group, GTE and at the Yankee Group where he focused on wireless carriers and their approaches to distribution, pricing, market segmentation and enabling technology platforms.

Read more about the telecommunications and media practice

About Compete

Compete, Inc. is the only online market research firm that creates value for both consumers and marketers. Compete's research is powered by millions of people who share their online behavior to create a more trusted, transparent, and valuable Internet. Leading companies turn to Compete to understand how these consumers consider, buy and engage with their own and rival brands. Carlson Hotels Worldwide, Hyundai Motor America, Upromise, Verizon Wireless, DaimlerChrysler and other innovative companies rely on Compete's real-time insights to improve the return on their marketing investments.