SYDNEY, Jan. 31--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ENFORTA EXPANDING... AMSTERDAM and MOSCOW: Enforta BV has announced that it willexpand its broadband services to another 12 regional Russiancities by the middle of 2006 and an additional 14 regionalcities by 2007. http://www.bvcp.ru http://www.sumitomocorp.co.jp/english http://www.enforta.com VIRTELA INTRODUCES... DENVER: Virtela, a global network solutions company, hasannounced the industry's first virtualized network-based SSLVirtual Private Network (VPN) service tightly coupled with aglobal MPLS network. http://www.virtela.net/ NZ SHOPPERS... AUCKLAND: More than 1.3 million New Zealanders "mini shop",or head to a store as often as three or more times a week topurchase a few items. www.ncr.com INFORMATION SECURITY... SYDNEY: SAI Global has gained accreditation to certifyorganizations and train professionals to the new InternationalStandard for information security management. www.xlp.com/information-security-auditor-training-course http://www.sai-global.com INVESTOR CONFERENCE... SAN JOSE: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independentsupplier of thin-film media for disk drives, announced that theCompany will participate in the following investorconference: Event: Thomas Weisel Partners Technology Conference Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2006 Time: 9:10 a.m. PST (12:10 p.m. EST) Location: San Francisco, California http://www.komag.com http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990816/KOMGLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org PROFESSOR KAPLAN... BOSTON: In the lead up to Professor Kaplans visit toSingapore at the end of March, we asked him for his comments onthe region and on his latest work. www.globalleadersevents.com BENITEC DELAYS... MOUNTAIN VIEW: Benitec Ltd., a leading developer of RNAinterference (RNAi)-based therapeutics, announced that theInvestigational New Drug (IND) filing with the US Food & DrugAdministration (FDA) for its HIV/AIDS therapeutic will bedelayed. The delay is due to one aberrant result in thereleasetests of the clinical materials, not the drug itself. http://www.benitec.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)