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Taking Care of Business to Business Iron Mountain announced a new release of its CloudRecovery® solu- tion for Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM). With Iron Mountain's CloudRecovery solution, Microsoft DPM customers can automatically protect business data with Iron Mountain's secure cloud. This release includes support for DPM 2010, multi-terabyte scal- ability and new options for additional data protection. EarPeace protected hearing for thousands at this year's SXSW with its high-fidelity, low pro- file and comfortable hearing protection. Solid State Logic announced the release of the Soundscape V6 DAW, which provides reliable performance, benchmark audio quality and a fea- ture set designed for professional audio production environments. Gendai Games announces GameSalad's support of iPad pub- lishing. Currently the fastest growing iPhone publishing tool, GameSalad's developers look to extend this free development tool to yet another platform. BMI has expanded its tracking of live music and will now pay performance royalties on the top 300 concert tours, events and festivals in America, as determined by Pollstar research. Sylvia Wehrle, Sandy Fershee and Ami Moore staged a fundraiser for charity: water called SXSWater. Equipped with Square's mobile pay- ment app, they raised funds at several SXSW Interactive parties including the Razorfish Happy Hour. MPress Records launched Rachael Sage's album Delancey Street at MPressFest SXSW 2010. The record dropped digitally April 20 and is in stores on May 18. Ain't In It For My Health, a documentary about Levon Helm, BMI's Those Darlins at the Girls Rock Camp showcase Animoto recently released its first Style Collection, Elements. Animoto Style Collections will give users new ways to customize the videos created from their images, video clips and music. premiered to a sold-out crowd during SXSW Film, receiving rave reviews, including its writeup in Ain't It Cool News, where Josh Olson hailed it as "one of the most interesting and compelling portraits of a musician I've seen in a long time." Audio Network's tracks have become an integral part of Sony's PS3 latest hit game, Heavy Rain, which debuted at the top of the UK All Formats chart on release. Sneaky Games announced the beta versions of its first two Facebook games: Strife of Sevens and Fantasy Kingdoms, at ScreenBurn at SXSW! These FREE games are now officially available to the public. 4 LiveU team members Ken Zamkow and Avi Cohen Recently, The Village has hosted Leon Russell, The Swell Season, Leona Lewis, Jakob Dylan and Dramarama in its Los Angeles stu- dios. The studio also has been busy with the soundtrack to Iron Man 2. To help prepare communities for natural and other disasters, during 2010 National Volunteer Week, the American Red Cross and Cisco Systems announced the creation of the largest corporate volunteer pro- gram in the Red Cross' history. With "Cisco's Ready," modeled after the Red Cross' "Ready When the Time Comes" training program for cor- porate personnel, Cisco employees around the world are undertaking Red Cross emergency response training. Armed Forces Entertainment congratulates Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers for being named our 2009 Entertainers of the Year. The band received this distinction after being voted on by troops around the globe. Venus Zine previewed its relaunched brand at SXSW with the new Spring 2010 issue. Cover sub- ject, Melissa Auf der Maur, signed autographs at Venus Zine's booth and was interviewed by Venus at Studio SX. Endless Beauty celebrates the offi- cial launch of endlessbeauty.com and the Beauty Calls iPhone application. The company also is raising money for breast cancer, the #1 health con- cern voiced by EndlessBeauty.com users. In The City International Music Conference will be held from October 13 - 15, 2010 in Manchester, England. The global gathering incor- porates panels on topics affecting the music industry and showcases some of the best unsigned and newly signed bands. Gowalla recently teamed up with the NBA to release a set of custom team stamps for the playoffs. Each of the 16 playoff teams had a custom stamp derived from its official team logo, which has been featured at each team's home games throughout the playoffs. The Art Department (TAD) and Massive Black award full, half and quarter scholarships to students based on current portfolio work and talent. There is still $1.5 million in scholarships available for students. Apply now at theartdepartment.org. LiveU, which offers a backpack that can broadcast high-quality live video from anywhere using cellular net- works, announced support for artists who wish to add live video to their websites. Melody Management announced 85% direct pay to artists for digital download sales during its business launch at SXSW 2010. Melody Management business launch at SXSW Since SXSW 2010, Fantasy Studios has launched the Fantasy Studios Network, where recording industry professionals can share knowledge. Magic Leap Studios launched its first singles from Sparkydog & Friends, "People Of The World" and "Red Light," and created awareness for its feature film project, The Hour Blue. "The best part of SXSW was having GWAR at the Magic Leap Studios stand at the Music Trade Show GWAR in our booth! Awesome." MailChimp recently announced the availability of ChimpBot for Android, following on the heels of ChimpKit for iPhone developers. After reaching the finals of the SXSWi BizSpark Accelerator, BandCentral has just launched a full-featured upgrade to its band management system and will soon bring an iPhone version to market. In honor of the U.S. Marine Corps and its dedicated troops, Stiffy Tee has added a custom compressed t-shirt in the shape of the U.S. Marine Corps logo! SXSW ORLD / M A Y -J UNE 2010

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