SYDNEY, May 24--AsiaNet/InfoQuest OEM PARTNERSHIP... OSLO: Fast Search & Transfer, a developer of enterprisesearch and real-time alerting technologies, has announced anOEM partnership with EMC Corporation, a provider of enterprisecontent management (ECM) solutions. http://www.fastsearch.com GAMING STANDARDS... LAS VEGAS, Nev: In a move that makes industrystandardization a reality, the Gaming Standards Association(GSA) has announced its protocol standards are immediatelyavailable to the industry for free on its public website athttp://www.gamingstandards.com. I-FLEX SOLUTIONS... NEW YORK: i-flex solutions, a provider of technologysolutions to the global financial services industry, hasentered into a strategic alliance with Castek Software Inc., aToronto based provider of insurance systems for the globalProperty & Casualty (P&C) insurance industry. www.iflexsolutions.com SYNOPSYS INC... MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif: Synopsys, Inc. has introduced thelatest innovation in RTL synthesis by announcing DesignCompiler 2005 release, eliminating synthesis dependency onwireload models. www.synopsys.com ITALIAN JOB... PARIS: Netcentrex, an enabler of converged voice-video-datanetworks and next-generation services, has been chosen byParla.it for deployment of voice over IP services for theItalian residential DSL market. www.netcentrex.net VALEO CHINA... PARIS: Valeo announced the start of operations of a newproduction facility in Wuxi (100 per cent Valeo owned), in linewith its strategy to bring all of its product lines andtechnologies to the Chinese market. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C: Fannie Mae is to issue 5-year benchmarknotes worth US$3.0 billion on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.The pricing date will be May 26, settlement date on May 27, andmaturity date on May 15, 2010. www.fanniemae.com AXIOS SYSTEMS... EDINBURGH: Axios Systems has this week announced the launchof its next generation mobile companion client to its coresolution, assyst. www.axiossystems.com ETRALI LAUNCHES... SINGAPORE: Etrali will unveil TDM/IP Mach 3D, a new tradingturret, Vision, a turret on your PC with IP connectivity andintegration of financial applications, and JADE, a state of theart system manager to run both Mach 3D and Vision. www.etrali.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)