--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 09/08/2008 - Internet Information Provider industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. HouseValues, Inc. (NASDAQGS:SOLD) recently announced that longtime real estate industry executive Bob Bill has joined the company as vice president and general manager of broker services. Bill will also serve on the company's executive management team. Bill, who brings more than 25 years of proven leadership experience in all aspects of real estate, mortgage, and relocation, most recently served as Senior Vice President, National Accounts at First American/MarketLinx. While there, he helped real estate brokerage companies increase their businesses by successfully developing and deploying technology solutions. Prior to that, Bill managed Baird & Warner Real Estate, one of the nation's largest real estate brokerage companies. As the SVP, General Sales Manager, Bill managed the company's 31 offices and 2,000 agents throughout the Chicago area. He has also served in executive positions at Cendant and Coldwell Banker.

CTG (Nasdaq: CTGX), an international information technology (IT) solutions and services company, recently announced it has signed a series of contracts with the State of Alaska's Department of Administration to provide information security services within the State's Task Order System. CTG, which has a long-time relationship with the State of Alaska in other areas of IT support, will help the State with federal and state mandates to upgrade IT security modification of its legacy IT systems. The initial contract is for nine months with a maximum value of $3 million with four renewal options and a total potential value of $15 million over five years. "This win adds to our relationship with the State of Alaska and represents a great opportunity for CTG Alaska to employ our expertise and best practices in the IT Security arena to support the state agencies served by Alaska's Department of Administration's Task Order System," CTG Alaska Managing Director Tom Boyle said. "CTG's Information Security Solutions team holds multiple security and industry certifications and works closely with our clients to foster communication and knowledge-sharing throughout the life of the project."

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