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Viwawa Expands Partnership with Disney Online in Hong Kong

June 23rd, 2009

World-class partner is one of the fastest growing regions…cheers,

Matthew Roszak

The Frenzy for Disney’s Branded Apparel in the Virtual World Leads Viwawa to Launch a Creative Avatar Tool in Hong Kong and Hold Disney’s First Ever Best Dressed Avatar Contest.

HONG KONG–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Viwawa, Southeast Asia’s fastest growing casual gaming community, and Disney Online today announced that Viwawa’s Disney avatar creation engine will be launched in Hong Kong with a celebratory contest for the best dressed Disney avatar. Viwawa’s Hong Kong gamers can now join thousands of other Southeast Asians in customizing their avatar, affectionately called a “Wawa,” with over 1,000 Disney-inspired virtual items. To celebrate the launch of the Disney avatar creation engine in Hong Kong, Viwawa will hold the “Disney’s Best Dressed Wawa” contest from July 1-31.

The Best Dressed Disney Wawa contest comes after Viwawa subscribers purchased thousands of virtual Disney items since the launch of the custom avatar creator in December 2008. The best designed Wawa adorned with Disney virtual attire, such as High School Musical hats, Winnie the Pooh shirts or the infamous Mickey Mouse ears, will be judged by Viwawa subscribers on originality, style and fun. Contestants will have the chance to win Viwawa merchandise, gaming gold, and several Disney MP3 Players.

“By engaging Hong Kong subscribers with the Disney avatar creation engine we expect to further expand Viwawa’s market in Southeast Asia and to solidify Viwawa as the hottest online casual gaming site,” stated Chris Low, President of Viwawa. “The expanded partnership with Disney Online brings a new level of appeal to Viwawa and will have Hong Kong gamers playing into the wee hours of the night.”

About Viwawa

Viwawa, Southeast Asia’s fastest growing casual gaming community, offers imaginative online games that challenge the mind and encourage playful competition. Intense battles ensue where strategy and skill prevail in fighting games such as Wahlords and Numeroid, while players stay enthralled on the memory battlefields of Wahjong, with trickery and plain luck being paramount. Trash talk may start in the forums but the in-game live chat encourages duels that last all night. Visit www.viwawa.com for the hottest free games and visit www.pendulab.com to learn more about the Viwawa creators.

About SilkRoad Equity

SilkRoad Equity is a private investment firm founded by Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski and Matthew Roszak. SilkRoad Equity targets investments in the areas of technology, life sciences, media and entertainment and real estate, and is comprised of a portfolio of companies that includes: Barefoot Landing, Cryo-Cell International, InterAct911, Legendary Auctions, MissionMode Solutions, Onramp Branding, Pendulab, Primo Water, Rakote, SilkRoad Technology, SolidSpace, TrueSystems and Viwawa. For more information, visit www.silkroadequity.com.

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SilkRoad Technology Selected as 2009 Tech 50 Winner

June 22nd, 2009

Great stuff !

Cheers, Matthew Roszak

http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2009/6/prweb2556704.htm

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Wolfram|Alpha…wow…

June 2nd, 2009

This just made me fall in love again and again with the web, processing massive amounts of data, information architecture…very powerful…

Matthew Roszak

http://www.wolframalpha.com/screencast/introducingwolframalpha.html

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SilkRoad technology Presents at Kaufman Bros. 2009 Cloud Computing Conference

May 28th, 2009

NYC investor community seems to be feeling bullish again…hopefully GM will not wipe that optimism out of the water…

Matthew Roszak

Winston-Salem, N.C. (PRWEB) May 27, 2009 — SilkRoad technology, inc., a leading provider of talent management solutions, announced Chairman and CEO Andrew J. “Flip” Filipowski and EVP of Corporate Development Matthew Roszak, will present at the Kaufman Bros. 2009 Cloud Computing Conference today at the W Hotel in New York.
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The conference will feature presentations by senior executives from leading software as a service (SaaS) technology companies and provide a forum for discussion between premier growth companies and institutional investors.

For more information about this conference, please visit: www.kbro.com.

About Kaufman Bros., L.P.
Kaufman Bros., L.P. was founded in 1995 as a full-service, emerging growth investment bank and broker/dealer serving the technology, media and telecom industries.

About SilkRoad technology, inc.
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 1000 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad’s Life Suite™, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life Suite includes OpenHire™ for recruiting management, RedCarpet™ for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan™ for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight™ for learning management, and Eprise™ for employee intranets and content management.

SilkRoad technology is headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC with offices in Bedford, MA; Chicago, IL; West Long Branch, NJ; Jacksonville, FL; Edmonton, Canada; Singapore; Sydney, Australia; and Hamburg, Germany. More information is available on the Web at www.silkroad.com or by phone: U.S. toll free at 866-329-3363 or internationally at +1-336-201-5100.

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Viwawa Expands Partnership with Disney Online in Hong Kong

SilkRoad Technology Selected as 2009 Tech 50 Winner

Wolfram|Alpha…wow…

SilkRoad technology Presents at Kaufman Bros. 2009 Cloud Computing Conference