SYDNEY, Aug. 3 -- AsiaNet MARKET LEADER... TAIPEI: BEA Systems, Inc. today announced that the companyremains the leader in the Linux-based Application ServerSoftware Platform market for the third year in a row, and thatit grew by 166% in 2003 over 2002, as measured by worldwidelicense and maintenance revenue, according to IDC's Worldwideand North American Application Server Software Platform 2003Vendor Analysis. www.bea.com INDUSTRY'S SMALLEST... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Global Locate Inc., a leading provider ofAssisted GPS products, today introduced Stingray, a singlepackage A-GPS system-in-package, according to a pressrelease. www.globallocate.com NEW NAME... LOWELL, Mass.: Lynntech Industries, Inc., a leadingdeveloper of innovative test solutions, yesterday announced ithas renamed the company to Fideris Inc., according to a pressrelease. www.fideris.com NEW ACQUISITION... GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.: Pentair, Inc., announced yesterdaythat effective July 31, 2004, it completed the acquisition ofWicor Industries, a unit of Wisconsin Energy Corporation,Milwaukee, a media statement said. www.pentair.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principalamount of one securities issue amounting to a total of US$150million on August 12 at a redemption price equal to 100 percentof the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. www.fanniemae.com COST-SAVING TECHNOLOGY... WASHINGTON: Radius - the global travel company unveiledyesterday a unique proprietary technology tool, The RadiusWheel, at the National Business Travel Association conventionin Orlando, Florida, according to a press release. www.radiustravel.com NETWORK EXPANSION... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwideleader in visual processing solutions, yesterday announced ithas signed agreements with six companies to sell and supportthe NVIDIA Gelato 1.0 GPU-accelerated final-frame renderer, amedia statement said. www.nvidia.com POWER SWITCHES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in Power,Connect and Protect IC solutions, yesterday launched theMIC94062 and MIC94063, two new soft-start, high side loadswitches featuring the compact, Teeny SC-70- packaging,according to a press release. www.micrel.com AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY... HEILBRONN: Atmel Corporation announced yesterday theavailability of a new voltage regulator system IC, the ATA6405,which is based on a fully integrated system voltage supplyconcept and consumes extremely low power, a media statementsaid. www.atmel.com IN-FLIGHT SMS... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: VeriSign, Inc., a leading provider ofintelligent infrastructure services that make the Internet andtelecommunications networks more reliable and secure, yesterdayannounced an agreement with Singapore International Airlines toenable customers to check-in to flights from their mobiledevices, using global, two-way Short Message Service, accordingto a press release. www.verisign.com JAPANESE PATENT... SOUTHAMPTON, Pa.: Environmental Tectonics Corporationyesterday announced that it has applied for a Japanese patenton the Gyrolab technology, which delivers high-quality SpatialDisorientation training to high-performance jet pilots and forentertainment applications, a media statement said. www.etcusa.com US ACCREDITATION... SYDNEY: SAI Global Limited yesterday announced theaccreditation of its certification services by the UnitedStates accreditation authority ANSI-RAB NAP to providemanagement systems certification worldwide, according to apress release. www.sai-global.com www.rabnet.com CHINESE LEATHERGOODS... HONG KONG: Global Sources yesterday released its MarketIntelligence Report - Leather Bags and Wallets: SupplierCapability in China, which indicates that 27 per cent ofmanufacturers surveyed are planning to increase export pricesby at least 10 percent in the next 12 months, a media statementsaid. www.globalsources.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--