SYDNEY, Aug. 11 -- AsiaNet LOST TEMPLES... BANGKOK: The ruins of Angkor in Cambodia, a collection of massive stone temples built between the 9th and 13th centuries, are now safe and accessible, said Bangkok's Circle of Asia travel agency General Manager, Chankit Yongpiyakul. http://www.circleofasia.com MAESTRO PLATFORM... TOKYO: Marubeni Solutions Corp. and Crescendo Networks Ltd. Wednesday unveiled the Maestro platform to address both front-end and back-end application delivery issues for today's evolving data center requirements. http://www.msol.co.jp http://www.crescendonetworks.com LATEST RELEASE... PEABODY, Mass.: LODESTAR Corporation Wednesday announced significant performance enhancements with the release of LODESTAR Customer Choice Suite Version 4.0. http://www.lodestarcorp.com R&D CENTER... CHENNAI: Brooks Automation, Inc., which develops and produces hardware, software and systems to enable manufacturing efficiencies for the semiconductor and other complex manufacturing industries, Wednesday announced that it has partnered with TopCoder to enhance recruitment efforts for its new software R&D center in Chennai, India. http://www.brooks.com NAME CHANGE... IRVINE, Calif.: Olympic Entertainment Group, Inc. has announced a name change to Exam USA, Inc. to reflect the company's strategy of providing EXciting AMusement to Pachinko players in Japan. INSURANCE PRODUCT... WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Wednesday introduced a new type of insurance policy that covers financing of exports of U.S. machinery and equipment to foreign dealers for resale to local buyers. http://www.exim.gov FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three securities issues amounting to a total of US$180 million on Aug 20, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com SERVER NODE... LOS ANGELES, Calif. & SIGGRAPH: NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, in conjunction with BOXX Technologies, a leading developer of award-winning digital content creation systems, Tuesday introduced the first server-based solution for GPU-accelerated final-frame rendering with Gelato(TM) graphics rendering software. http://www.nvidia.com GLOBAL PARTNER... DALLAS, Texas & VEVEY: Nestle, the largest food and beverage company in the world, has selected the Quadrem eMarketplace as the partner for its global eRequisitioning program, part of an enterprise-wide initiative Nestle is implementing to standardise and streamline e-procurement processes. http://www.quadrem.com http://www.nestle.com FIRST CUSTOMER... EDINBURGH: Axios Systems, the first IT Service Management software vendor to adopt the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) philosophy, has reinforced its credentials by winning its first customer in Minneapolis, the 'ITIL capital' of North America. http://www.axiossystems.com http://www.NetSourceAmerica.com http://www.smead.com INCREASED HIRING... SYDNEY: Management Recruiters International (MRI), the world's largest search and recruitment organisation, Tuesday announced the results of its 54th annual International Hiring Survey indicating that 54 percent of the Australian businesses polled plan to make new hires during the remainder of 2004. http://www.BrilliantPeople.com http://www.cdicorp.com NEW CMO... STOCKHOLM: Intentia International AB has appointed Allan Davies as the new CMO (chief marketing officer) of the company reporting to Bertrand Sciard, CEO, and becoming a member of the executive management team. http://www.intentia.com SECURE MICROCONTROLLER... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation Tuesday announced the introduction of its new AT90SC12872RCFT dual interface secure microcontroller specifically tailored to efficiently serve the electronic identity markets. http://www.atmel.com ASE REVENUES... TAIPEI: ASE Test Limited Monday announced that its unaudited consolidated July 2004 net revenues were US$54.8 million, an increase of 60% year-over-year. JULY REVENUES... TAIPEI: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. Monday announced its unaudited consolidated net revenues and the unaudited net revenues for its packaging operations in Kaohsiung for the month of July 2004. http://www.aseglobal.com SUPPLY AGREEMENT... BEIJING: Huaneng Power International, Inc. Monday signed a five-year coal supply agreement with China Coal Import & Export Company in Beijing. DISCOVERY PUBLISHED... ADELAIDE: Bionomics Limited Tuesday announced that research conducted by Bionomics and its collaborators at the Hanson Centre of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (IMVS) in Adelaide, Australia, relating to Bionomics proprietary angiogenesis drug target BNO69, has been published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). http://www.bionomics.com.au ING APPOINTS... TAIPEI: ING Bank Tuesday announced the appointment of Lawrance Liang as Head of Wholesale Relationship Management, Taiwan. CHOCOLATE MARKET... CARSON CITY, Nev.: Australian businessman John Taylor is aiming to take a giant bite out of the US's $13 billion per year consumer chocolate market. http://www.chocolategraphics.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)--InfoQuest (PP)--