HotOTC.com Featured Company: Novori Inc. (NOVO.OB)

Novori Incorporated, an online high-end jeweler, is currently trading at $0.23 per share, which is close to its 52 week low of $0.15. HotOTC.com believes that Novori Inc. is the most undervalued play out of all online diamond and fine jewelry retailers. They foresee the industry going crazy in the future as more people look towards online sales for all types of goods. According to Forrester Research, online retail sales will nearly double within five years, from $172 billion in 2005 to $329 billion in 2010.

The CFO of Novori, Mark Neild, commented briefly after the release of Novori's newest product line, The Sareen Collection, saying, “Having online exclusivity is very important to us, and is a strategy that we will continue to vigorously pursue. The Sareen Collection is a very attractive and unique product offering of extremely high quality. We are committed to offer our customers exceptional quality such as this and it is doubly pleasing that this collection is also unavailable at any other website.”

After the late 2006 release of the movie "Blood Diamond", the diamond buying community has been very concerned with the origins of diamonds. Novori ensures that their diamonds are conflict-free diamonds. Another important note on the company is that it prides itself on the highest quality standards in the industry and provides consumers with unique online tools that allow them to explore, build and purchase their own custom-made diamond rings in a way not previously offered by traditional retailers.

Although the company's financials have yet to be filed with the SEC, on March 27th they announced that unaudited third quarter sales for 2008, compared to third quarter 2007, have increased 36.5%. Year-to-date sales from 2007 to 2008 are up 43.6%. With positive sales trends and increasing demand in the entire market, it may be hard to believe that the stock is only trading at $0.23 cents.

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Data Center Firm, Verizon Business, Debuts Managed Network Services

Basking Ridge, New Jersey - (The Hosting News) - April 4, 2008 - Web host and Internet solutions firm, Verizon Business, is offering large-business and government customers with remote locations or smaller networks, with a new managed services option.

With the immediate availability of the Juniper Networks J-series services routers, Verizon Business becomes the first U.S.-based service provider to deliver a managed serviceto enterprise customers for this class of routers. By offering management of the Juniper Networks J-series services routers, Verizon Business is helping enterprise customers take full advantage of the Juniper platform by reducing the day-to-day management burden so that the customer's technical staff can focus on critical business initiatives.

The Juniper Networks platform provides the foundation for real-time delivery of critical networking applications and is particularly well-suited to extended enterprises - dispersed organizations with branch and regional offices requiring secure and direct connections with suppliers, partners and customers.

Nancy Gofus, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon Business noted, ''Every customer has specific networking requirements, especially when it comes to connecting their extended network to corporate resources. Adding the Juniper Networks J-series services routers to our broad suite of managed options underscores our commitment to delivering choice and flexibility to large-business and government customers.''

Verizon Business plans to subsequently build on today's announcement by offering a powerful branch office services delivery platform based on the Juniper Networks J-series services routers and that integrates managed routing, security and other services, including Internet protocol (IP) telephony.

The Juniper Networks J-series services routers join Verizon Business' already extensive managed services portfolio, end-to-end network management resources and advanced monitoring systems. Leveraging Juniper Networks' modular JUNOS(TM) software, which provides a single-source operating system, the J-series services routers deliver advanced features and services, consistent implementation, and universal configuration and management tools. The managed Juniper Networks J-series services routers offer predictable high performance and flexibility, providing enterprises fast and secure delivery of business-critical applications across corporate networks, while helping ensure that information-technology initiatives deliver cost-effective and measurable business value.

The new managed service offering is available immediately to U.S.-based medium- and large-sized business and government customers. It has been certified with a variety of Verizon Business networking services, including company's flagship Private IP, a multi-protocol labeling, system-based virtual private network service, as well as the company's private line and frame relay services. Verizon Business offers three levels of service to support customers deploying the managed Juniper Networks J-series services router.

The company's multi-tiered approach to network management enables it to help enterprises reduce the complexity associated with an IP environment. Verizon Business' IMPACT management platform supports its industry-leading service level commitments and enables the company to offer customer with the fully managed service option an actual time-to-repair commitment as low as 3.5 hours in the U.S.; the majority of Verizon Business' competitors still offer a mean time-to-repair commitment.

Verizon Business manages 260,000-plus devices on more than 4,200 customer networks in 142 countries and territories, overseeing non-Verizon connections from more than 60 network providers around the world. Verizon Business' industry-leading service-level commitments and award-winning IMPACT management platform underscore its legacy of service and innovation. Verizon Business also offers a suite of professional network and security services to help customers successfully deploy and manage their IP networks.

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a provider of advanced communications and information technology (IT) hosting solutions to large-business and government customers worldwide. Combining global network reach with advanced communications, security and professional service capabilities, Verizon Business delivers seamless business solutions to customers around the world.

Verizon Business also serves virtually every federal agency. Verizon Business is one of the largest global providers of advanced data, Internet and voice communications services. Verizon Business offers local-to-global-to-local network capabilities coupled with a broad range of telecommunications products and services, including managed network services and systems integration, to all levels of government. With this broad portfolio of services, Verizon Business will make an effort to provide federal agencies with one-stop shopping for their communications or connectivity needs.

For more information about Verizon Business, please visit: www.verizonbusiness.com.

[ISN] DoT asks RIM to set up server in India

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/03/29/stories/2008032951860400.htm

By Thomas K Thomas
The Hindu Business Line
March 29, 2008

Goa, March 28 -- The Department of Telecom has asked Research In Motion
(RIM), the Canadian company which owns Blackberry services, to look at
the possibility of setting up a server in India in case they are not
willing to share the decryption code.

The DoT's request has been supported by Indian mobile operators who are
also putting pressure on RIM to amicably resolve the issue at the
earliest.


Meeting in Capital

At a meeting between DoT and RIM in the Capital on Friday, the
Government has asked the company to make necessary arrangements to allow
monitoring by security agencies. Officials from the Canadian High
Commission were also present during the meeting. RIM has sought more
time to respond to DoT.s request.

DoT officials told Business Line that the company has been told that
only Blackberry to Blackberry traffic needs to be monitored.

DoT has given a clean chit to data being sent from a Blackberry device
to another device or through the Internet as this can be decrypted by
the security agencies without getting the codes from RIM. Security
concerns

Blackberry services had run into rough weather after security agencies
expressed concern that they could not monitor the data being sent
through the device due to the high encryption codes.

According to Indian Internet services rules, operators are not allowed
to use more than 40 bit encryption code unless they submit a decryption
key to the Government.

RIM, which uses more than 128 bit encryption codes to make the
transmission secure, has refused to submit the decryption codes on the
grounds that it was proprietary.


Support for stand

We are also putting pressure on RIM to do whatever it takes to enable
monitoring by security agencies. We support the request to set up a
server in India,. said a GSM industry representative.

At present, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, BPL and Reliance Communications are
offering Blackberry services in the country to about 4 lakh subscribers.

Tata Teleservices also wants to offer the service but was stopped by DoT
after security agencies raised concerns about monitoring.

Locating a server in India will allow the security agencies to monitor
traffic at the gateway without having to break into the Blackberry.s
secure transmission codes. According to industry estimates, a server
would cost $500,000 at the most.

Earlier, DoT had said that the Government was not interested in banning
Blackberry in the country.


ISP's. request

The fallout of the RIM controversy will have a major ramification for
the Internet-based application service providers in the country at
large. Most of the service providers use 128 bit encryption codes and
not all of them have submitted their decryption codes to the Government.

Meanwhile, the Internet Service Providers have asked DoT to raise the
permitted encryption levels from 40 bits to 128 bit at least.


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