) September 17, 2008 --
A recent study of more than 1,000 people conducted by KRC Research and
iStockphoto, the world’s royalty-free
multimedia sales leader, revealed that 33 percent of Americans are using
downloaded digital content, but nearly 30 percent are unaware that
permission may be required for its use. This lack of awareness spikes to
38 percent among Americans in both the 18–24
and 65 and older age groups.

Two superstars recognized by their peers for outstanding design.

) May 6, 2009 -- In October of 2004, Jim DeLillo of Oakland, NJ uploaded his first photo "Reflections of a Balloonist" to the then fledgling company iStockphoto.com. The photo depicted a hot air balloon reflecting off the pond in perfect symmetry near a covered bridge in Queechee, Vermont. The image has sold 31 times since then, not his most popular, but the oldest. It is still available for sale today. Istockphoto clients have dowloaded his images a total of 10,000 times, securing his place at the Gold canister level.

) October 27, 2009 -- Biznik, the award-winning support community of entrepreneurs and small businesses, recently teamed with a professor from the University of Washington's Foster School of Business to determine the primary concerns and motivations of U.S. entrepreneurs. The survey of nearly 1,000 small business owners across the country showed that while entrepreneurs face a number of challenges ranging from sales challenges to lowered personal income to a sense of isolation to a lack of healthcare coverage, the overwhelming majority of them are satisfied with their decision to pursue their own businesses.

) January 22, 2009 -- iStockphoto has partnered with the World Photography Awards to become the offical Amateur Selection committee for the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA).

) March 9, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock image agency, announced today that as a benefit to stock video customers, it is extending all Shutterstock Footage® subscription terms from 30 days to a full year at no additional cost. Now creative professionals subscribing to Shutterstock Footage have the flexibility to download royalty-free clips anytime they need them over a one-year period.

) October 20, 2009 -- Jim DeLillo, a Gold Level contributor (10,000 downloads) has ended his exclusivity agreement with the microstock giant iStock. A New Jersey photographer, DeLillo is ranked 1267 worldwide by http://istockcharts.multimedia.de/ and is credited with over 11,000 downloads.

Red Beret by Jim DeLillo

) March 20, 2009 -- Jim DeLillo an exclusive photographer for iStockphoto has literally reached for the stars to add a new niche to his portfolio. A resident of Oakland, NJ, DeLillo uses remote telescopes located as far away as New Mexico and Australia to image the heavens.

Stunning Astrophotography

) September 10, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, announced a major milestone for the stock photo industry today: 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005, reinforcing the company's status as the top online resource for quality, royalty-free images at affordable prices.

Shutterstock announced 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005.

Jupiterimages, a part of Jupitermedia Corporation which is a leading provider of original images and information for creative, business and IT professionals, is all set to commence its India operations by April 2008. The India office will cater to the creative needs of South Asia and Dubai. For this, Jupiterimages has roped in Ramji Ravindran as Sales Director, South Asia and Dubai. He moves from Visage Media, which represents Getty Images in South Asia, where he was National Sales Head, South Asia. Ramji have overall more than 10 years experience in Advertising and Media.

) April 28, 2009 -- Snapixel (www.snapixel.com), a new photography site that combines elements of the photo sharing site Flickr and the popular stock photography site Istockphoto, announces Openstock(TM), an innovative system that provides photographers with an easy-to-market solution to sell photos.

"The Snapixel model extends selling power to all levels of photographers. While not every image belongs in a stock photography marketplace, our ultimate goal is to widen the creative spectrum of traditional stock photography, without decreasing the value." said Ivan Wong, COO and Co-founder of Snapixel.

) September 16, 2009 -- The release of Liveedit v4.0 is a major upgrade to the cloud sharing and collaborative workflow environment for imaging professionals, designers and illustrators - adding enhanced communication capabilities. A faster, easier user interface and multiple new features dramatically streamline the way imaging professionals stay ahead.

Designed by professional photographers, Liveedit provides an incomparable interface - dramatically improving the remote workflow between clients, art directors, agencies and photographers. With Liveedit, imaging professionals provide a better service to their clients, maximize revenues while saving time and cut costs across the entire process from shooting to retouching, distribution, review, approval, archiving and stock sales.

) October 20, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today that it will legally guarantee every file in its vast library by providing up to $10,000 to cover legal costs and direct damages for claims arising from the use of an image or footage clip licensed through Shutterstock.

Thanks to Shutterstock's thorough and selective review process, the agency has become a global leader in providing affordable, high quality images that comply with the highest legal and ethical standards in the industry.

) November 3, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, today announced the landmark addition of its 5 millionth image to the company's extensive collection of premium stock photos. Thanks to its popular subscription-based model, speedy review process, and consistent stream of quality submissions, Shutterstock continues to hit new industry growth milestones while maintaining high standards of image quality.

Shutterstock continues to thrive, adding over 70,000 high quality stock images per week.

) March 4, 2010 -- Bigstock, one of the world's leading online royalty-free stock image agencies, announced today the launch of its eagerly anticipated website overhaul, www.bigstock.com, built to provide the best online experience for buyers looking to purchase high quality stock images via affordable credit-based payment options.

Bigstock Logo

) November 20, 2008 -- Marketo, the fastest-growing marketing automation vendor, today announced new marketing asset management capabilities in its flagship product, Marketo Lead Management. These enhancements extend Marketo's powerful and easy-to-use marketing platform with additional tools to store and distribute content, collateral, and other marketing assets as well as track how and when prospects and customers use the content as part of their buying cycles.

) June 9, 2009 -- In an economic climate where graphic designers are often asked to produce more with fewer resources, a new survey by International Communications Research (ICR) shows that over 40 percent of designers are using more stock photography to lower costs in 2009 compared to last year.

Credit: 3d_kot/Shutterstock

) February 17, 2009 -- Moderandi Inc., creator of revenue generation software and tools for marketing consultants and business leaders, today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Ad Giants, LLC, a Dallas, Texas based online brand-management and marketing-services provider.

Marketing Tools for Consultants

) April 24, 2009 -- Severa Corporation, Scandinavia's leader in professional services automation and project management tools, today announced the launch of Severa 3 - a SaaS-based online application for managing customers, projects, time and billing for professional services.

Designed from the ground up and built upon customer feedback, Severa 3 targets professional services organizations in the fields of advertising, architecture, engineering, IT services, management consulting, legal and marketing/public relations.

Based on Web 2.0 technology, Severa 3 represents the next generation of project management applications delivered through cloud computing.

) February 26, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, just reached another milestone as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images. In less than four months, Shutterstock has added over one million images, reinforcing its status as the fastest growing site for high quality, royalty-free images.

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, reached another milestone today as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images.

) May 3, 2009 - Stock footage marketplace Pond5.com (http://www.pond5.com) announced today that it has marked a significant new milestone: it now offers video producers over 150,000 broadcast quality, HD and SD royalty-free stock video clips available for instant download. Its collection has been doubling in size every 6 months since opening for business in early 2006. The site is now the fastest growing collection of stock video footage on the web, with an enthusiastic global following at all production levels.

Fastest growing stock video collection on the web - doubling in size every 6 months.

) May 28, 2009 -- GoGrid, a leading Cloud Computing Infrastructure hosting provider, and Acumatica, a provider of web-based financial and business management software, today announced a partnership to deliver a cloud-based accounting, ERP, CRM, and CMS solution to business customers.

) February 2, 2009 -- Gregory S. Crosby, Founder and CEO of the NextGen Marketing Group today announced the national launch of several innovative programs designed to redefine how businesses can efficiently obtain critical marketing talent and services they need to drive success in the marketplace.

) October 20, 2009 -- Aquent's On Demand division is offering users of RoboHead, the company's Web-based marketing project management solution, a 55% discount off the total cost of its digital asset management tool MajorTom, further extending marketing organizations' operational efficiencies. The discount applies to all monthly services related to MajorTom now and in the future - configuration, upgrades, and maintenance.

) October 13, 2009 -- Enigmatec Corporation Limited, the leader in enterprise data center automation today announced that it has signed an agreement with Unisys (NYSE: UIS) for Unisys to use Enigmatec's run book automation software to power a key infrastructure component of the Unisys Secure Cloud Solution.

) July 1, 2009 -- MediaFocus.com, a supplier of high quality, royalty-free stock photography, just added "image credit packages" as a new option to license stock photos, making it one of the most versatile stock photography agencies on the market. At MediaFocus graphic designers, advertising professionals, and anybody in need of professional stock photography can license stock photography fitting their personal purchasing style and budget.

) February 16, 2010 -- Today Shutterstock® announced the addition of its 10 millionth image, a milestone that underscores the company’s rapid growth and commitment to high quality, crowdsourced visual media.

Credit: Matthew Jacques/Shutterstock

) November 12, 2008 -- As the result of an acquisition, microstock innovator Can Stock Photo Inc. is now an affiliate of stock photography pioneer Fotosearch. As part of the new relationship, Fotosearch will distribute Can Stock Photo imagery, allowing Can Stock Photo's contributors access to the robust worldwide distribution network Fotosearch has built over the past 10 years. Can Stock Photo contributors will be able to present their stock photos to millions of Fotosearch visitors every week.

) October 1, 2009 -- JAGENCY (www.jagency.net) the global marketing and communication agency established by Jocelyne Attal today announced new marketing services to help customers maintain momentum in times of marketing cuts. These new services are marketing outsourcing, and PR and digital media communication.

) October 6, 2009 -- SensorLogic, a pioneer in Cloud Computing technology today unveiled Cirrus™ 2.0, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) for the creation, deployment and management of hosted asset tracking and monitoring applications. Enterprises and Solution Providers use Cirrus to rapidly build customized applications that track and monitor mobile workers, commercial assets and also serve as a foundation for leading B2C tracking applications. Previously called XpressIQ, SensorLogic's platform was re-branded to reflect the company's role as a leader in Cloud Computing.

) October 13, 2008 -- Aprimo, Inc., today announced it has entered into an alliance with Kodak's Graphic Communications Group to create a combined product portfolio for seamless, digital process that more tightly integrates brand owners with marketing and service providers.

We welcome the chance to work with Kodak to build out our shared vision of fully digitized multi-channel marketing

) July 1, 2009 -- OpsWise Software, developers of Automation Center; announces full support for cloud computing infrastructures.

This new release enables enterprises to fully deploy OpsWise Automation Center in cloud-based infrastructures and integrate with existing operating systems and applications residing in their traditional data center or in the cloud.

Additionally, they will also be able to exploit virtualization by dynamically identifying newly provisioned servers and automatically assigning workload as these resources become available in the cloud.

) December 10, 2008 -- Seeking to capitalize on opportunities that arise despite a slowing economic environment, Box.net, a leading provider of content and collaboration tools that enable businesses to reduce costs and increase productivity, today announced a reseller program to offer a robust, cloud-based solution through a third-party distribution channel.

) July 29, 2009 -- OuterBox Solutions, a full service digital agency specializing in eCommerce website design, has launched their new marketing philosophy--OuterBox360--a plan set to grow businesses profitability through integrated marketing materials, online and offline. OuterBox360 bridges the gap between research and creative decision-making with a careful balance of intuition, creativity, and analysis of unimpeachable data.

) July 28, 2009 -- AudioMicro.com, a crowd-sourced marketplace for royalty-free music and sound effects licensing, announces that its users can now download more than 55,000 sound effects from The Hollywood Edge, the world's most widely used sound effects library. Consumers and professionals alike now have direct and immediate access to professional quality sound effects created by the Academy Award-winning sound studio Soundelux, whose credits include such films as Kill Bill, Braveheart and Fast and Furious.

) April 2, 2009 -- MetaCommunications, a leading software developer of collaborative workflow and productivity solutions, announced its next webinar series today.

"Find that File!" will be presented as part of the company's introduction to Workgroups 2009™. Ideal for prepress and high-volume production departments, creative agencies or any organization ready to streamline their production data management, files are automatically tagged with comprehensive metadata. This robust solution allows users to search text and graphics for quick file retrieval, even if the original file has been archived offline.

) August 24, 2009 -- This week Iflexion announced plans to expand its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) focus and offer the full cycle of services to its customers looking to move their applications into cloud. This way Iflexion plans to become a one-stop shop for those companies who strive to expand their products reach and cost-effectively grow their customer base.

Cloud computing is the today's buzz technology, with numerous reports stating that small and medium businesses aim their investment into SaaS as its integral part. With the economy in lingering recession and no money to waste it is not a bit surprising that SMBs are moving into cloud, which offers:
1. flexible subscription models,
2. lower monthly fees and total cost of ownership,
3. shifted risks,

) March 3, 2009 -- SlideRocket, the leader in online presentations, today announced three exciting new developments to the SlideRocket Marketplace: the launch of the SlideRocket Services Directory, new Marketplace content partners and an easy to use new portal interface - all designed to help SlideRocket users make great presentations.

Watch a SlideRocket Presentation About This Release.

) June 14, 2009 -- The video social network has come a long way since its inception and it has become a phenomenon that brands are beginning to realise is valuable.

In the current economic downturn, it is becoming more and more important for brands to reach out to their customers in new, distinguished ways. With a whole new world of marketing and communication evolving in the digital era, brands continuously have to do more to remain relevant to their consumers and dominant in their markets.

) October 21, 2009 -- MetaCommunications today announced the launch and immediate availability of the new Software for Students Program. Under the new program, any accredited educational organization interested in teaching real-world estimating, billing, scheduling, project collaboration, productivity techniques, and project management skills to their students can acquire and use the new Workgroups 2010 Suite for free.