SYDNEY--7 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
SUPPLY CHAIN...
IRVINE, Calif.: Resources Global Professionals, a leading multinational
provider of professional services, Tuesday announced that it received the award
for Best Supply Chain Consulting Partner from the Global Supply Chain Council
based in Shanghai, China.
http://www.resourcesglobal.com/cn
http://bit.ly/i2WJXe
FXDD MOVES...
NEW YORK: FXDD, a leading online forex broker, Tuesday announced that the
firm has completed its move to new offices totaling 40,000 square feet at 7
World Trade Center, located at 250 Greenwich Street in downtown Manhattan. FXDD
formerly occupied space at 75 Park Place.
http://www.global.fxdd.com
http://bit.ly/e9Dttc
TEAMQUEST SIMPLIFIES...
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa: TeamQuest Performance Software Release 10.3 builds on its
earlier capabilities for performance management of VMware vSphere by adding the
ability to automatically discover and analyze VMware clusters, hosts and
virtual machines.
http://bit.ly/fIG2dw
PIRATE ACTIVITY...
POOLE DORSET, England: Drum Cussac, one of the world's leading anti-piracy
and maritime security consultancy firms says that over the past three months
(September to November) piracy activity in the Gulf of Aden has dropped
dramatically, while activity in the Indian Ocean and along the east coast of
Africa have collectively increased nearly 60 percent - reaching an all-time
high.
www.drum-cussac.com
http://bit.ly/fiYeNd
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of eight
securities issues on Dec 16, 2010 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent
of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
http://bit.ly/eo5ygk
SAVVIS HOSTS...
ST. LOUIS: Savvis, Inc., a global leader in cloud infrastructure and hosted
IT solutions for enterprises, Monday announced it will host an investor day on
Wednesday, Dec. 8, at its corporate headquarters in St. Louis.
http://www.savvis.net
http://bit.ly/gSFlEt
STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS...
EXTON, Pa. and WEYBRIDGE, England:
ViroPharma Incorporated and Idis, the global leader in developing long-term
strategic solutions to therapeutic access, Monday announced that the two
companies have partnered to facilitate access to certain ViroPharma products
through a named patient program (NPP).
http://www.viropharmaNPP.com
http://www.viropharma.com
http://www.idispharma.com
http://bit.ly/hnOKPm
NEW VACCINE...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: Tachi Yamada, president of the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation's Global Health Program, issued the following statement to
mark the launch of MenAfriVac - a new vaccine against Meningitis Group A - in
Burkina Faso.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org
http://bit.ly/eR8IPD
CONSUMER TRENDS...
LONDON: One of the world's leading trend firms, trendwatching.com scans the
globe for emerging consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business
ideas.
http://www.trendwatching.com/briefing
http://bit.ly/g9QHuX
ASIAPAY NAMED...
HONG KONG: AsiaPay Limited, a leading electronic payment service, solution
and technology provider in Asia, is honoured to be named Asia's top 500 fastest
growing technology companies in the Asia Pacific region by Deloitte on Monday.
www.paydollar.com
www.asiapay.com
http://bit.ly/hN7nDy
BARCAMPAPACHE SYDNEY...
FOREST HILL, Md.: The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and the University of
Sydney Monday announced BarCampApache Sydney, the ASF's first event in the
Southern Hemisphere.
http://www.apache.org
http://bit.ly/hjzEHO
ONLINE VIDEO...
SYDNEY: comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, Monday
released its October 2010 rankings of the top video properties in Australia
based on data from its comScore Video Metrix service.
http://www.comscore.com/companyinfo
http://bit.ly/fxLp3Z
COTY ANNOUNCES...
NEW YORK: Coty Inc., a recognized leader in global beauty, and TJoy, a top
Chinese skin care company, Monday announced that the two companies have entered
into a share purchase agreement which calls for Coty to acquire a majority
stake in TJoy Holdings, Ltd, a Cayman Islands Company.
http://www.coty.com
http://bit.ly/hOtl95
CLOUD COMPUTING...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Cloud computing software made by EMS Cortex - part
of the Enprise Group - has become the number one interface for hosted Exchange,
cutting deployment times by 70% and allowing resellers to provision new clients
on the platform themselves in six clicks.
http://bit.ly/gdptKd
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