SYDNEY, March 9 -- AsiaNet
QANTAS AUTOMATION...
SYDNEY: Qantas Airlines has gone live with Release 10 of Sabre AirFlite Schedule Manager and Profit Manager, providing automation of the flight scheduling and route evaluation processes, Sabre Airline Solutions announced in a press release.
PUBLIC RELATIONS...
NEW YORK: PR Newswire is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary and its role in introducing the modern age of public relations with a US$25,000 Contribution to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a media statement said.
REUTERS AUSTRALIA...
SYDNEY: Reuters, the global information company and Barra, a global leader in risk management technology for investment professionals, have announced that fund managers in Australia will be offered Barra risk analytics within the Reuters information systems, a media statement said.
www.about.reuters.com
VIDEO EDITS...
TAIPEI: CyberLink, a leading developer of digital video software and training solutions, has introduced its Precise-Cut technology that can ensure more accurate trimming of unwanted video by allowing users to magnify a section on the trim bar, a media statement said.
www.gocyberlink.com
HOLLYWOOD A-LISTERS...
TORONTO: Oscar winning and nominated stars Christopher Walken and Naomi Watts, along with Brenda Bleythyn, Alfred Molina, Lee Evans and Robert Pugh, recently starred in Plots With A View, an Indian film in the English language, a press release said.
DIODE MODULATOR...
MILPITAS, Calif: Sipex Corporation, a leading provider of high performance, analog integrated circuits, has unveiled its first laser diode modulator, the SP8110, which is specifically engineered for DVD video players, and features two output channels, a 400MHz on-chip adjustable oscillator and an extended temperature range of -40C to +85C degrees, according to a press release.
www.sipex.com
VIRGIN PARTNERSHIP...
LONDON: Virgin Digital has entered into a partnership with MusicNet, in a new offering that will bring together Virgin's unique media assets to develop a full service entertainment destination for consumers who want to access their music anytime, anywhere, Virgin Group announced in a press release.
www.radiofreevirgin.com
CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT...
MALVERN, Pa. & SYDNEY: UBS Wealth Management Australia, the Australian private client division of one of the world's leading financial firms, has gone live with Sanchez Portfolio, a comprehensive portfolio and customer relationship management system, Sanchez Computer Associates announced in a press release.
www.sanchez.com
STORAGE SERVER...
FREMONT, Calif: 3PAR, the leading provider of Utility Storage, announced today in a press release the shipment of its new InServ X-Series Storage Server.
www.3pardata.com
QUIKDROP AUSTRALIA...
CARSON CITY, Nev: QuikDrop International - the first retail company to offer customers a quick, easy, convenient way to sell items on eBay - is about to enter the Australian market, with the first location in Sydney set to open in the second quarter, a media statement said.
www.quikdrop.com
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES...
SAN JOSE, Calif: Phoenix Technologies has extended its multi-year licensing agreement with Samsung to incorporate Phoenix Core Managed Environment FirstBIOS Notebook and Phoenix cME FirstBIOS Desktop into all Samsung desktops and notebooks shipped worldwide, a media statement said.
www.phoenix.com
GLOBAL SOURCES...
SHENZHEN: Global Sources opened the last leg of the 9th International IC-China Conference & Exhibition and 4th Annual Embedded Systems Conferences-China in Shenzhen yesterday, a press release said.
www.iicexpo.com
INDUSTRY GONGS...
TAIPEI: BEA Systems, the world's leading application infrastructure software company, has been recognized in sixteen categories of the 2004 Java Developer's Journal and 2004 Web Services Journal Readers' Choice Awards, a media statement said.
www.bea.com
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