SYDNEY, June 21--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
BPO OPERATIONS...
CHENNAI, India and PLANO, Texas: Perot Systems Tuesday announced that its
business process solutions centers in Chennai, India received the prestigious
BS 7799-2:2002 IT Security Certification on May 17.
http://www.perotsystems.com
http://www.perotsystems.com/processes
BANKING SECURITY...
MIAMI and MUMBAI, India: WorldCompliance, a leading provider of due
diligence services to financial institutions for screening against money
laundering, terrorism, corruption, and other criminal activities, has accepted
an invitation from the Indian Banks Association (IBA) to address its premier
Banking Security Conference, June 22, 2005 in Mumbai, India.
http://www.worldcompliance.com
http://www.newsmarkpr.com
WORLDWIDE LICENSE...
MOUNTAIN VIEW and DUARTE, Calif.: Benitec Ltd. (ASX: BLT) and Calando
Pharmaceuticals Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrowhead Research
Corporation, Tuesday announced that Calando has granted an exclusive worldwide
license to Benitec for use of its polymeric nucleic acid delivery technology.
http://www.benitec.com
http://www.calandopharma.com
OMA TEST...
MUNICH: Together with other major industry players, fg microtec participated
last week in the latest Open Mobile Alliance's (OMA) Test Fest event, where for
the first time the OMA Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC) enabler has been tested.
http://www.fgmicrotec.com
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION...
ST. LOUIS: Energizer Holdings, Inc. Monday announced that Judge Janet C.
Hall of the United States District Court, District of Connecticut, granted
Schick a preliminary injunction against false advertising claims by Gillette
for its M3Power razor.
http://www.energizer.com
NEW CLIENT...
PERTH: Ebook Library (EBL) Monday announced that Brown University will join
North Carolina State University, The University of California at Merced, Curtin
University of Technology (Australia), and University of Queensland (Australia)
as one of the newest members of EBL's growing family of library clients.
http://www.eblib.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three
securities issues amounting to a total of US$983 million on June 30, 2005 at a
redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus
accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
SERVICE AGREEMENT...
KOBE: Carna Biosciences, Inc. and CrystalGenomics, Inc. Monday jointly
announced the signing of a service agreement with Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
in the field of structure based drug design.
http://www.crystalgenomics.com
http://www.carnabio.com
OFFSHORE MOVE...
EDINBURGH, Scotland: When staff of leading international business process
outsourcing company Xansa have an IT problem, help is immediately at hand --
often from more than 6,400 kilometers away.
http://www.axiossystems.com
FIRMWARE SOLUTION...
SAN JOSE, Calif.: Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth
and Ethernet IC solutions, Monday announced the immediate availability of
MicrelNet, a free firmware stack to be used in conjunction with the MICRF505
and MICRF506 RadioWire transceivers to create a wireless networking solution
for telemetry, building and residential home control.
http://www.micrel.com
DISNEY CHANNELS...
SINGAPORE: Walt Disney Television International (South East Asia/Korea), a
subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, Monday announced the launch of Disney
Channel and Playhouse Disney Channel into Cambodia, making it the fourth Asian
market within six months to have launched Disney channels.
http://www.disneychannel-asia.com
SUPPLY AGREEMENT...
SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel), Asia's leading
communications group, and WilTel Communications, a leading provider of
customised communications solutions in the United States, Monday announced that
they have entered into a supply-agreement to enhance their existing Internet
Protocol-Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN) suite of service offerings.
http://www.singtel.com
http://www.wiltel.com
VIDEO SCREENS...
SINGAPORE: For the first time at this year's International Pro-Audio and
Lighting Symposium 2005 (iPALs '05), Lighthouse Technologies will be co-hosting
its stand with rental partner, AV Promotions Limited, to showcase its
revolutionary range of large scale, full color video screens developed to meet
specialized industry needs.
http://www.lighthouse-tech.com
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