Concur Open Booking is the corporate travel option that extends the innovations previously available through Concur's connection with TripIt, and addresses the existing problem of hotel and rental car program leakage. With Open Booking, business travelers can book hotels and rental cars outside Concur and the TMC, obtain their corporate negotiated rates and still bring all travel transaction data back into Concur for a complete itinerary and total visibility by the traveler, travel manager, and TMC. With Concur Open Booking and Concur Locate & Alert, companies can ensure that wherever travelers book travel, their locations are tracked and assistance can be provided if needed. New innovations to support Concur Open Booking include:

Carnegie Mellon University's H. John Heinz III College, in partnership with the CERT Program of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), today announced the launch of an education and certification program for information security executives. The Chief Information Security Officer Executive (CISO-Executive) Education and Certification Program will welcome its first class in September at the SEI office in Arlington, Va.

RewardsNOW (rewardsnow.com) has formed an alliance with Zavee (zavee.com) to create a new type of shopping rewards program offered through community financial institutions and affinity groups. With a focus on creating a "community rewards program," this partnership's combined offering is a fundamental advance over other available merchant-funded programs for community financial institutions and local merchants.