Direct Marketing Management

Diane Alfano is a Member of the Board of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. When the appointment was announced in 2000, Ms. Alfano became the first woman to join the Board of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC. In addition, she is a Member of the Board of Institutional Investor, Inc. and also served as a Member of the Board of Information Management Network from the time of that company's acquisition in 2004 until February 2007. She is Managing Director of Institutional Investor Conferences and runs the division's membership and sponsored conferences businesses. In addition, since Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC acquired Metal Bulletin Plc in October 2006, Ms. Alfano has managed the MARHedge business. As Managing Director, Ms. Alfano oversees more than 90 employees in New York, London, and Hong Kong with responsibility for every aspect of the business, including sales and editorial content as well as the marketing, client services, and logistics functions.

VMware Upgrades ESX Hypervisor, Management Tools

VMware will upgrade its ESX Server hypervisor and its Virtual Infrastructure 3 management software before the end of the year, extending its popular VMotion tool's migration capability to storage as well as physical servers.

VMotion as it exists today is part of Virtual Infrastructure 3. It is capable of moving a running virtual machine from one physical server to another without disrupting end users. It's a leading feature of Virtual Infrastructure 3. The capability is a boon to the operations staff, since a physical server can be taken down for maintenance whenever managers decide it is appropriate rather than when end users are absent.

Now VMware is extending a similar capability to storage, where a virtual machine's underlying disk array may be shifted as well. The capability would allow old disks to be unplugged and new ones plugged in "and the end user knows nothing about it," said Bogomil Balkansky, senior director of product marketing in an interview.

Kimberly A Casiano

Ms. Casiano was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Casiano Communications, a publishing and direct marketing company, in 1994. From 1987 to 1994, she held a number of management positions within Casiano Communications in both the periodicals and magazines and the bilingual direct marketing and call center divisions of the company. Ms. Casiano is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hispanic College Fund, the Access America Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Directors of Mutual of America and the Board of Advisors of the Moffitt Cancer Center.

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With revenues doubling yearly, business has been off the hook

SYCAMORE TWP. - Tapping into the rapidly growing trend for individualized marketing to specific customers, OneCommand has experienced tremendous growth by leading the way in this new market for its primary set of clients, auto dealerships across the country.

For instance, car buyers can be reminded of oil changes, mileage check-ups and special promotions for their vehicles that are tailored to their specific model and year of purchase, said Leugers.

ReachForce lands $5M to expand development, sales

Austin-based ReachForce Inc. secured a $5 million Series B funding round to continue software development and hire sales and marketing staff.

ReachForce allows sales teams to target potential customers through Web-based software. Salespeople can define their targets by industry, company size and department.

Taxation specialist in Indian sub-continent appoints Europe PR ...

TaxAcademia of India has announced the appointment of UK-based Headline Promotions, Press & PR as its European marketing and public relations consultant.

Mr V.M.R.Vincent (pictured) is the proprietor of TaxAcademia offering professional management & advisory solutions in indirect taxation of India. Mr. Vincent has a statutory qualification as Authorized Representative to represent clients before the Departmental authorities and the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunals in the whole of India.

Mr Vincent, a leading indirect taxation expert in India, made the announcement in Bombay following discussions with John Hicks, Managing Director of Headline Promotions, Press & PR.

In view of the complicated taxation problems faced by the UK & European multi-nationals in respect of their operations in India on account of constant changes in Policy and Law, the firm has now decided to offer its expert management & advisory services to the global clients.

Boo Koo Holdings, Inc. Expands Management Team

ADDISON, Texas, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BOKO.OB - Boo Koo Holdings, Inc. (Boo Koo), a leading energy drink company, announced today it has added new executives to its management team, in connection with its transition to become a public company.

Boo Koo appointed Steven B. Solomon, an accomplished entrepreneur with extensive public company experience as Executive Chairman and David H. Hayes an accomplished sales executive, as President of Sales and Marketing and Chief Customer Officer. In addition, Boo Koo announced Dan Lee, its President and CEO, will be leaving the Company on December 31, 2007 for personal reasons. Mr. Solomon will fill the position vacated by Chuck Jarvie, who will relinquish his role as non-executive Chairman, but will remain as an independent director of the company.