Startingtoday, the company will begin featuring “Trainee Profiles,” whichshowcase the successes people obtain when they attend the TrainingProgram.The Profiles, published on the company’s website, will offer brief casestudies from students and graduates of Somatic Systems’ ProfessionalTraining Program, describing the ways in which the training program hasbenefited them. Several Profiles will highlight how much or how quicklystudents recouped their investment of tuition. The Professional TrainingProgram is Somatic Systems’ highest priced service, but is considered tobe of great value: At $12,000 per student, it offers a complete careerretraining (or can serve as a supplement to an existing healthcarepractice or other career) at a price much lower than most other similaror lesser opportunities — and it does so in the $90 billion per year andgrowing industry of pain management.”In today’s tough economic times, some are naturally hesitant to leap intoa new endeavor. However, it is exactly in these times that SomaticSystems’ Professional Training Program is a stronger value than ever,”stated CEO Steven Aronstein. Other students’ storieswill follow later this season.In addition to the relatively detailed Profiles, shorter testimonials fromstudents about their experience of the quality of Somatic Systems’Training Program can also be found on the company’s website at Somatic Systems, Inc.Somatic Systems is the worldwide center for Clinical Somatics(TM), thegroundbreaking drug-free, non-surgical approach to pain relief. Thisproprietary system uses natural, non-invasive movement techniques –conducted through one-hour hands-on sessions, therapeutic exercisesclasses, and home exercises lasting as little as 5 minutes a day — torelieve pain and limitation resulting from accident, trauma and repetitivestress, including back pain, knee pain, joint problems, carpal tunnelsyndrome, TMJ, scoliosis, bursitis, sciatica, headaches, tendonitis andmore. Clinical Somatics(TM) also provides performance gains and injuryprevention for casual and professional athletes.Somatic Systems is pursuing a 3-part growth strategy, consisting of anationwide rollout of pain management Somatics Clinics; increasedproduction and distribution of therapeutic videos, books, and other retailself-help Somatics Products; and expanded Somatics Training Programs tosupply Clinic practitioners serving medical and orthopedic professionalsand institutional and corporate programs.
The company operates a suite ofweb sites offering Somatics information, products, resources, andopportunities, at Harbor Act: This release includes forward-looking statements madepursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private SecuritiesLitigation Reform Act of 1995 that involves risks and uncertaintiesincluding, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products, theability to meet customer demand, the ability to manage growth,acquisitions of technology, equipment, or human resources, the effect ofeconomic business conditions, and the ability to attract and retainskilled personnel. The Company is not obligated to revise or update anyforward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstancesthat may arise after the date of this release.Contact:For more information visit http:// contact:Investor Relations1 877 586-2555Copyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. ANDOVER, MA, May 11 (MARKET WIRE) — Enterasys and Siemens Enterprise Communications today announced thatChattahoochee Technical College is leveraging the virtually seamlessinteroperability and management features of Enterasys and Siemens’ secureconvergence and open communications solutions to help support a pendingmerger with Appalachian Technical College and North Metro TechnicalCollege.The wired/wireless LAN solution delivered by Enterasys, the networkingdivision of Siemens Enterprise Communications, enables secure,cost-effective video and data collaboration applications across fiveseparate Chattahoochee Technical College campus locations, while Siemensdelivers digital and IP telephony services. Together, Enterasys andSiemens solutions prioritize and secure more than 3,000 devices used by6,200 students, 400 faculty and staff across 15 buildings, includingclassrooms, residence halls and educational centers. A network operationsstaff of only three employees manages the entire LAN/PBX/WLANcommunications infrastructure using integrated management software fromEnterasys. The Enterasys Network Management Suite (NMS) is designed todeliver pinpoint visibility and control to the centralized operationsteam through student/staff/guest role-based policies.Chattahoochee Technical College is recognized as the largest technicalcollege in Georgia and the fastest growing college of its size in thenation. In addition to its main campus in Marietta, the college offersfour campus locations in Cobb and Paulding counties, as well as DistanceEducation through the Internet and its own dedicated channel, ChattCollegeTV.
Because of the rapid growth of the student body and the college’sdedication to offering a state-of-the-art technology curriculum, it hasbeen selected by the Technical College System of Georgia for inclusion ina strategic merger with Appalachian Technical College and North MetroTechnical College — a transaction which will complete on July 1, 2009.”As we begin 2009, our top goal as an IT department is to ensure that thismerger runs smoothly in every aspect to address student population growth,while blending disparate network infrastructures at Appalachian,Chattahooche and North Metro, without additional funding as we faceGeorgia state revenue shortfalls,” explained Bruce Hopkins, director ofInformation Technology at Chattahoochee Technical College. “Since we arenot able to make any new infrastructure investments this year, Enterasys’open architecture interoperability gives us confidence as we integratethree existing LAN and PBX infrastructures to continue to support VoIP,video and wireless communications.”The Chattahoochee Technical College network is comprised of EnterasysN-Series switches in the core as well at the network edge, with EnterasysWireless switches supporting 802.11a/b/g connectivity for secure,high-bandwidth mobility. Hopkins and his team assist in stopping unwelcomeprotocols at the network edge by leveraging Enterasys Intrusion PreventionSystem (IPS), automatically locating and containing threats to removeattackers while automating responses to vulnerabilities. Identity-basedpolicies unified across the wired and wireless networks enable bandwidth,priority and security control of applications and users based on their jobfunction. A Siemens HiPath(R) 4000 converged communication solution servesas the college’s telephony platform, offering flexibility and scalabilityas well as all the next-gen phone features in demand by students andfaculty.”We receive great support and granular management for a much lower pricepoint than any of the other vendors we evaluated,” Hopkins said. “Ourpartnership with Enterasys and Siemens has assisted us to achieve fasterROI, lower TCO, and gives us personalized attention.
Because of this, ourstaff has more freedom and flexibility to focus beyond network issues –something that is more important than ever as we strive to complete thismerger.”About Enterasys NetworksEnterasys is the networking division of Siemens Enterprise CommunicationsGroup, a Gores Group company. Enterasys(R) network switching, routing andsecurity solutions are used by thousands of customers in more than 70countries worldwide to deliver business-oriented, identity-basedvisibility and control for voice, video, and data applications. Thecompany’s open-architecture solutions enable easy to deploy role-basedaccess controls and prioritization for wired and wireless environmentswith integrated management and security that deliver investmentprotection, operational efficiency, and significantly reduced total costof ownership. The Enterasys culture is centered on the principle “Thereis nothing more important than our customers” with industry-leadingtechnical support.
More information about Enterasys hardware, software,services and training is available at Siemens Enterprise Communications Group (SEN Group)The SEN Group is a premier provider of enterprise communicationssolutions. More than 14,000 employees in 80 countries carry on thetradition of voice and data excellence started more than 160 years agowith Werner von Siemens and the invention of the pointer telegraph. Todaythe company leads the market with its “Open Communications” approach thatenables teams working within any IT infrastructure to improveproductivity through a unified collaboration experience. SEN Group is ajoint venture between the private equity firm, The Gores Group, andSiemens AG and incorporates Siemens Enterprise Communications, EnterasysNetworks, SER Solutions, Cycos and iSEC.