HOUSTON, TX (MMD Newswire) March 23, 2012 — The Greensheet, Texas’ premier source for local ad postings and cornerstone of Houston business, turns 42 years old this month.

“This landmark is a great moment in the history of our business and a real testament to our position as a community mainstay,” said Greensheet President Kathy Douglass. “Over the last four decades, The Greensheet has brought buyers and sellers together in local Texas communities. We are proud of our track record as a successful business and look forward to continual progress for all of the services we offer.”

Rich History

The Greensheet is taking this anniversary as an opportunity to commemorate the organization’s history as well as its progress as a business. One of the largest and most successful print classified publications in Texas, The Greensheet reaches communities across the state, helping buyers and sellers successfully exchange goods and services in their neighborhoods.

Since opening in Houston in 1970, The Greensheet has extended distribution throughout Texas, including areas in Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin. As one of the top performing businesses in the state, The Greensheet has become first in the mind for local classifieds.

National Women’s Month

The Greensheet’s celebration of its own longevity takes place concurrently with National Women’s Month. The Greensheet is female-founded and is one of the longest-lasting and most successful female-headed businesses in the state of Texas. Helen Gordon, The Greensheet’s founding entrepreneur, is known as one of the most powerful female entrepreneurs in Houston’s history. The Greensheet’s President, Kathy Douglass, was voted #9 in Houston’s Top 10 Women-Owned Businesses by the Houston Business Journal.

“We are proud that we were created by a woman and happy to be a part of National Women’s Month. The Greensheet encourages everyone to celebrate the professional advancement of women, as well as women’s overall positive impact on the world, on Thursday, March 8th,” Douglass added.

Looking Toward the Future

The Greensheet continues to move forward with new initiatives for the future, including advanced sales strategies, increased community involvement through the outreach afforded by both its 20 print publications and its website. Focusing on a new two-tiered approach to bringing buyers and sellers together, The Greensheet is forever refining its message and technological platform to benefit its customers.

About The Greensheet

As a free classifieds publication, The Greensheet offers an unsurpassed mean of connecting local buyers and sellers. The paper’s neighborhood focus makes it easy to target specific communities andcreate business opportunities for local companies. Combining effective business and community activity has made The Greensheet a smart, practical

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March 21, 2012 (MMD Newswire) — Seavus® announced that it has been named a nominee in TM Forum’s Excellence Awards 2012 in the Solution Excellence category with the solution Crystal Qube™. TM Forum’s Excellence Awards are an annual awards program that recognizes global leaders in communications and acknowledges contributions that take the industry in new and innovative directions.

Crystal Qube™ is a platform for managing customer experience, closely connected with a smart deployment of business intelligence that will improve the customer understanding. It is a cost – effective, easy to use solution that provides complete profile view of Telco’s customers. As it gives deep insight on the customers’ past and current behavior, telecom operators will know what to offer next, or how to improve the existing services.

“The nomination comes at the right moment. Crystal Qube™ is a newly released product by Seavus®. We launched it at the Mobile World Congress 2012 and it immediately started generating interest and prospects. Being nominated in the Solution Excellence category proves that Crystal Qube™ is on the right track of serving the telecom industry in an excellent way” says Ms. Liljana Trajkova, Product Manager of Crystal Qube™.

TM Forum’s Excellence Awards 2012 attract nominations from leading communications service providers, suppliers and systems integrators from around the world. An annual awards program in its sixth year, the Excellence Awards highlight companies that demonstrate commitment to the evolution of the industry through support, adoption and advances in the critical standards that TM Forum delivers through their Collaboration Community. Finalists will be announced in early April.

“TM Forum would like to congratulate all of the official nominees for this year’s Excellence Awards,” said Nik Willetts, Senior Vice President, Communications, TM Forum. “This year’s submissions increased 24% over last year with service providers topping the list of those competing for this prestigious award.” ends Willetts.

About Seavus®: Seavus® Group is a software development and consulting company with a proven track-record in providing successful enterprise-wide business solutions. Founded in 1999 in Malmoe, Sweden, Seavus successfully covers the European and US market from several branches and offices in the world. Their expanding portfolio covers: core BSS/OSS solutions, Customer Experience and Relationship Management solutions, BI solutions, as well as embedded programming, tailored mobile and Android solutions, managed services, consultancy and resourcing. Seavus portfolio includes over 2,000 customers, among which leading worldwide telecoms and handset manufacturers, as well as organizations from banking and finance industry, consumer electronics, technology, education, government, health and more. More: www.seavus.com.

About TM Forum: TM Forum is a global, non-profit industry association focused on

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