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Ideas International Launches New Public Website Design; also Releases New IT Infrastructure-Focused Blog

August 1, 2006 - Sydney, Australia

Leading global industry analyst firm Ideas International has today announced a major enhancement release of its public website, which also features the new IDEAS Insights blog – an informative new resource focused on expert analysis of the IT infrastructure market.

The new company website can be accessed at www.ideasinternational.com.

The new site features a number of powerful online information resources for both the buyers and sellers of IT infrastructure products and services. These include:

  • The IDEAS Insights blog – This new blog resource provides highly topical and relevant coverage by our expert analysts of key developments in the enterprise-class infrastructure market. The IDEAS Insights blog can be accessed through the ideasinternational.com home page, or viewed directly at www.ideasint.blogs.com. It can be received as an RSS feed by referencing http://ideasint.blogs.com/ideasinsights/index.rdf.

  • The Benchmark Gateway – This updated web page provides a unique and valuable reference source of the current leading performers in a range of server and storage performance benchmarks, including key tests published by TPC, SPC, SPEC, SAP, and Oracle.

  • Free research reports and audio downloads – A number of research reports and analyst audio files are available free of charge.

  • Dynamically updated listings of the latest additions to Competitive Profiles – A key part of the Ideas International research portfolio is the Competitive Profiles online database of comparative product, pricing, and performance data for servers, storage products, and related services. Users can now easily reference a list of the major new products added to Competitive Profiles.

  • The complimentary Tech Trends Monthly newsletter – Tech Trends Monthly provides a monthly overview of our cutting-edge research. Users can download the latest issue, browse past editions, or register for notification of future Tech Trends Monthly releases – all free of charge.

  • Presentation materials for Ideas International research products – The new site provides comprehensive details of all Ideas International research offerings, including screen shots and brochures for all online research services.

Commenting on the new website release, Ideas International CEO, Mr. Ian Birks said, “We are pleased to be able to showcase a fresh new presentation of our company website image that is married with easy access to many of our expert analyst insights. I believe that these changes will result in the new site becoming a high priority destination for any enterprise buyer or provider of server, storage, systems software, or services solutions.”

Birks added, “Ideas International intends to continue to enhance and develop its online presence by building on the company’s unique industry focus on comparative product assessments.”

About Ideas International

Ideas International (IDEAS), a publicly listed company, is the leading supplier of comparative enterprise infrastructure research data to the global IT industry. With regional offices in three countries (Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), IDEAS is a major mid-tier player in the global IT research market, offering a comprehensive top-to-bottom stack of research, advisory, consulting, and price/performance tracking and benchmarking capabilities for both the buy and sell sides of the IT industry.

For further information or interviews / photos, please contact:

Ian Birks
CEO
Ideas International Limited

Phone: + 61 (0) 2 9472 7702 (direct)
Mobile: + 61 (0) 408 64 11 22
E-mail: ianb@ideasinternational.com