Protus Names Michael Hollend as Chairman of the Board
Protus, the developer of software as a service business communications tools for small-to-medium-businesses and enterprise organizations, today announced that its board of directors has appointed Michael Hollend Chairman.

MetaCommunications Offers Free Classroom Software to Graphic Arts Educators
The new Software for Students Program provides colleges, technical institutes, and high schools with the software, support and training necessary to educate students on how to manage the workflow, productivity, and business aspects of a career in the graphic arts industry.

More School Districts Recognize Internet as Communications Tool
A recent report from eCommunications company Relatrix Corporation and the Colorado School Public Relations Association revealed school districts are increasingly recognizing the job of Webmaster as a communications role, not strictly IT. Findings in the report were based on a nationwide survey of school district administrators and showed almost one-half of districts had organizational structures where the district webmaster now reported to the communications department. This represented a 20 percent increase from the previous 2006 survey.

j2 Denied Rights to "efax" Trademark : Protus, provider of MyFax, the fastest growing Internet fax service, wins UK "efax" trademark opposition agai
Fast-growing Canadian technology company Protus today announced that it has successfully opposed a UK trademark application for the word ?efax? against j2 Global Communications. The UK Intellectual Property Office issued a decision upholding Protus? opposition to the registration of ?efax? as a trademark by j2. The Hearing Officer concluded the mark was clearly descriptive.

Harvard GSD Executive Education Announces a New Program, Communication for Designers: How to Engage Your Audience and Effectively Convey Your Work
Communication for Designers, a new executive education program from Harvard Graduate School of Design, is scheduled for May 6-7, 2010.

Colleges and Universities Adopt Social Media to Recruit and Research Potential Students; Outpace Corporate Adoption of New Communications Tools and Te
Society for New Communications Research Senior Fellow Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes and Eric Mattson Lead First Longitudinal Study of Social Media Adoption by the Higher Education Sector.

SnapComms help Freedom Healthcare to Reduce Internal Marketing Communications Costs
SnapComms help Freedom Healthcare to reduce internal marketing communications costs using; interactive screensavers, scrolling newsfeeds, employee discussion forums and staff magazines.

Spark! Ignites Team Concept Reviews
MetaCommunications releases Spark! -- the new browser-based collaborative tool for creative concept review, proofing and approval.