SYDNEY, March 31--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
EQUINIX EXPANSION...
SINGAPORE - Equinix, Inc., the leading provider of
network-neutral data centres and Internet exchange services,
today announced the expansion of Equinix Command Center (ECC),
a suite of managed services for the management and monitoring
of enterprise-level information systems and network
infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific market.
MCI MERGER...
ASHBURN, Va. - MCI, Inc. today said that it received revised
proposals from Verizon and Qwest. After a review of both
proposals MCI's Board of Directors accepted Verizon's revised
offer. MCI and Verizon have amended their February 14, 2005
merger agreement accordingly.
GRISOFT DISTRIBUTION...
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. - Grisoft, a world leader in the development
of anti-virus solutions, today announced that it has expanded
its global presence by announcing that Avalanche Technology
Group will distribute the company's AVG product line in
Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.grisoft.com
http://www.avalanche.com.au
GOODRICH ASSEMBLY...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Goodrich Corporation has announced that
its Sydney, Australia-based Customer Services site will perform
the assembly and test of fore and aft uplocks (part of the
aircraft's weapons bay door drive system) for all versions of
the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter during the system development and
demonstration phase of the program.
http://www.goodrich.com
LENOVO AGREEMENT...
HONG KONG - Lenovo Group Limited has announced an agreement
with three of the world's leading private equity firms, Texas
Pacific Group, General Atlantic LLC and Newbridge Capital LLC,
to provide Lenovo with a US$350 million strategic investment
for its acquisition of IBM's PC business.
http://www.lenovo.com
GIZMONDO STOCKISTS...
LONDON - Gizmondo Europe Ltd has confirmed that major retail
groups, John Lewis Partnership, The Carphone Warehouse and
GameStation will be stocking the Gizmondo from this weekend,
following the successful launch of its own Regent Street
flagship store on 19th March.
http://www.gizmondo.com
http://www.tigertelematics.com
http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/entertainment
http://www.johnlewis.com
FUEL CELLS...
MILAN and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Nuvera Fuel Cells, Inc. has
announced it will begin accepting orders for its new 5 kW
PowerFlow hydrogen fuel cell system at the 2005 Hannover Fair
taking place in Hannover, Germany from April 11-15.
http://www.nuvera.com
EXECUTIVE POLL...
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Nearly half (44 per cent) of almost
2,000 global executives surveyed plan to continue working past
the age of 64, with 15 percent planning to work past 70,
according to the latest Executive Quiz from Korn/Ferry
International, the premier provider of executive search,
outsourced recruiting and leadership development solutions.
http://www.ekornferry.com
http://www.futurestep.com
http://www.kornferry.com
PEPSICO APPOINTMENTS...
PURCHASE, N.Y. - PepsiCo has announced the promotion of two
of its senior most executives to lead its North American
beverage and food operations, effective immediately and
reporting directly to Chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund.
http://www.pepsico.com
MICREL MULTIPLEXERS...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Micrel, Inc., an industry leader in
analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC
solutions, has launched a family of precision, low-jitter
LVPECL buffers and multiplexers that provide a superior
alternative to the industry standard 100EL and 100EPxxx logic
devices.
http://www.micrel.com
TVIA BOARD...
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Yves Faroudja, whose inventions
related to video image quality pervade the television world
from the studio to the VCR to the TV display, has joined the
board of directors of Tvia, Inc.
http://www.tvia.com
RAPTOR SHIPMENT...
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Raptor Networks Technology, Inc.,
announced the initial shipment of production ER-1010 switches
to Mentor Technologies Pty Ltd. in Sydney, Australia.
http://www.raptor-networks.com
SEARCH APPLICATION...
TORONTO and OSLO, Norway - ACIS Consulting Inc, a leading
Canadian reseller and systems integrator of powerful search
solutions from Fast Search & Transfer, has announced the
release of RapidAnswer, the first partner-designed and
developed Search Derivative Application for Self Service.
http://hugin.info/134564/R/986737/147425.pdf
http://www.fastsearch.com
http://www.acisconsulting.com
CLSA APPOINTMENT...
HONG KONG - Rob Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of CLSA
today announced the appointment of Philip Crotty as Head of
Investment Banking at CLSA.
http://www.clsa.com
GUAM CONFERENCE...
TUMON - Hundreds of U.S. and foreign business leaders
converged at the Marriott Hotel in Guam for a two-day
conference to join a wide range of initiatives furthering the
economic diversification of this westernmost U.S. Territory.
http://www.santangelogroup.com
PLAYSTATION 2...
LONDON - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced
an exclusive licence deal with Twentieth Century Fox to bring
the acclaimed show '24' onto PlayStation 2.
http://www.playstation.com
http://www.scee.com
QUALCOMM SUBSIDIARY...
TAIPEI - QUALCOMM Incorporated, pioneer and world leader of
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless
technology, announced the appointment of an executive
management team for the newly formed QUALCOMM MEMS Technologies
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM.
http://www.qualcomm.com
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