SYDNEY, March 3--AsiaNet/InfoQuest CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE... SEATTLE: Highlighting the importance of quality and industrystandards, GMI, a leading provider of integrated software andservice solutions for market research, today announced thelaunch of the Net-MR Certified Partner Program. For the firsttime, market research and data processing companies in Indiacan achieve certification that recognises them for meeting thehighest of business standards. http://www.gmi-mr.com INVESTOR CONFERENCES... SAN JOSE: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independentsupplier of thin-film media for disk drives, today announcedthat the Company's president and chief technical officer, Dr.Michael A. Russak will be presenting at two investorconferences. Live and archived webcasts for both events will be available on Komag's website at http://www.komag.com/investors/ir_webcasts_events.html http://www.komag.com ATRIUM ANNOUNCES... HUDSON: Atrium Medical Corporation announced today that ithas received CE approval for the HyperLite LX Rapid ExchangePTCA Catheter. The HyperLite LX PTCA Catheter is available indiameters ranging from 1.5mm to 4.0mm including popular quartersizes and lengths of 10, 15, 20 and 30mm. http://www.atriummed.com SEMICONDUCTOR PLATFORM... SAN JOSE: Atmel Corporation, a global leader in thedevelopment and fabrication of advanced semiconductorsolutions, and Ember Corporation, a leader in low-powerwireless semiconductor solutions announced their partnership onthe ultra-low power ZigBee semiconductor platform. http://www.ember.com http://www.atmel.com www.zigbee.org PREFERRED BIDDER... PLANO: EDS today confirmed its 'ATLAS Consortium' has beenselected as the preferred bidder for the first "increment" ofthe United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Defence InformationInfrastructure Future project. Increment one is estimated at2.3 billion pounds or approximately US$4 billion over 10 years.This represents EDS' single largest contract win since 2002. http://www.eds.com LINUX INDUSTRY... BEIJING: Sun Wah Linux Limited announces that the China OpenSource Software Week 2005, the first such event of the AsianOpen Source organization, began here in Beijing on February 28and will last through March 4, to tap the vast potentials ofOSS development in China. http://www.sw-linux.com FOOTBALL FANS... SINGAPORE: English Premier League viewers across Asia arebeing served more football than in England on Asia's number onesports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports. From ten matches a week, amajority of them live, to a variety of different magazine andnews shows it is clear that fans are getting far and above theusual football fix compared to fans in England. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)