SYDNEY, Feb. 27--AsiaNet/InfoQuest TECHNOLOGY AWARD... MOUNTAIN VIEW - GO Networks today announced that it recentlywon a Technology Innovation Award from the China Center forInformation Industry Development (CCID) publication"Communications Weekly." http://www.GoNetworks.com http://www.ccidcom.com MANAGEMENT APPLIANCE... TOKYO - Building on Raritan's initiative to helporganizations simplify IT operations, the company todayintroduced CommandCenter NOC (CC-NOC), a management appliancethat monitors, notifies and reports on key aspects of anorganization's IT health. http://www.raritan.com/about_ccnoc INTEGRATED CIRCUIT... SAN DIEGO - Vativ Technologies, a world leader in DSP-basedwired communications announced today the emergence of theirnewest integrated circuit (IC). http://www.vativ.com/hdmi.html COBALT SUPPLY... OTTAWA - MDS Nordion, the world's largest supplier ofmedical isotopes, is pleased to announce it has extended anexclusive agreement with Bruce Power to provide a reliablesupply of cobalt until 2019. http://www.mdsinc.com http://www.mds.nordion.com BENITEC APPOINTMENT... MOUNTAIN VIEW - Benitec Ltd., a leading developer of RNAinterference (RNAi)-based therapeutics, announced today thatRay Iacono has been appointed Company Secretary. http://www.benitec.com BENITEC APPOINTMENT... MOUNTAIN VIEW - Benitec Ltd., a leading developer of RNAinterference (RNAi)-based therapeutics, is pleased to announcetoday the appointment of Peter Francis as Non-ExecutiveChairman of its Board of Directors, replacing Raymond Whittenwho has resigned as Director, Executive Chairman, and CompanySecretary. http://www.benitec.com CONSULTING NETWORK... CHICAGO - The Leading Edge Alliance, the U.S. basedassociation of premier independently-owned accounting andconsulting firms, is proud to announce the launch of thenetwork's worldwide expansion initiatives. http://www.leadingedgealliance.com PR AWARD... TOKYO - Dentsu Public Relations, Inc. has won its first everGrand Prix Award for excellence in public relations from theInternational Public Relations Association (IPRA), the foremostassociation for international public relations professionals. http://www.dentsu-pr.com http://www.ipra.org INVESTMENT PROGRAMME... LONDON - Xchanging, the global business processing servicescompany, has announced a 3-year, GBP7.5 million investmentprogramme and a partnership with Microsoft, in the continuingdevelopment of Genius, the pre-eminent general insurancebusiness processing solution. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)