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Barbara Rudolph
Rudolph & Company
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bjr@rudolphandcompany.com

WESTFORD MASS., July 29, 2054 - Ekaru, LLC, the strategic hands-on technology services company, today announced its certification by Boston-based Center for Women & Enterprise as a member of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) is the local arm of WBENC.

With the certification, Ekaru will be listed in a national database of certified Women Business Enterprises (WBEs) called WBENCLink (www.wbenclink.org), which is accessible to major corporations. In addition to inclusion in the internet database, WBENC also provides its corporate members and certified WBEs with benchmarking surveys, on-site training and educational materials. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on the WBENC certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs.

“WBENC is a well known and thoroughly professional organization,” said Ann Westerheim, CEO of Ekaru. “We are very happy to be a part of this prestigious group and look forward to an ongoing partnership of learning and knowledge sharing.”

WBENC's research projects and surveys, primarily of CEOs and corporate procurement decision-makers, help to identify impediments to doing business and suggest "best practices" to maximize WBE opportunities and expand and enhance supplier diversity programs. The "Balanced Scorecard for WBE Program Process Improvement" assists WBENC corporate members in self evaluating their WBE programs.

“On behalf of the Center for Women and Enterprise, we welcome Ekaru and look forward to its participation in the Council,” said Donna Mullen Good, CEO, CWE. “In particular the local Women’s Enterprise Leadership Forum offers the opportunity to collaborate with other women’s organizations to pool power and build a broader power base for positive change in the business community.”

About Ekaru, LLC
Headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, Ekaru, Inc. provides strategic, hands-on technology services for small business and mid-sized businesses. It has enabled a growing list of clients to transform their IT systems from reliable utilities into strategic business assets that can drive revenue growth. The company has the technical knowledge to keep business systems running smoothly and the business technology perspective to advise on IT growth planning as a business expands. Acting as an outsourced IT department, Ekaru’s staff of engineers and consultants can develop, maintain or trouble shoot network solutions, high speed internet access , security & back-up, data protection & recovery, web & email hosting, web site development and strategy & planning. Ekaru was established in 2001. For more information, visit the web site at www.ekaru.com or call 1-866 GO EKARU (463-5278).

About WBENC
The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), founded in 1997, is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs. For more information visit http://www.wbenc.org.

About CWE
Established in 1995, the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women start and grow their own businesses. CWE is a national leader among women’s business development agencies. CWE's mission is to empower women to become economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship. For more information visit www.cweboston.org.

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