SYDNEY--22 Mar--AsiaNet /InfoQuest FEI CERTIFIED... HILLSBORO, Oregon - FEI Company will launch a Certified Tools program for the Chinese market during SEMICON China in Shanghai this week. http://www.feicompany.com VOIP SURVEY... SYDNEY - According to a recent global survey conducted by Integrated Research, 78 per cent of large companies are deploying IP telephony, and the mass conversion isnt always due to PABX systems coming to their end-of-life. http://info.prognosis.com/paper.cfm?p=p056WB www.prognosis.com BALLROOM DANCE... MIAMI, Fla. - Every few months, another research study comes out proving the benefits of ballroom dance. http://www.arthurmurray.com CUSTOM APPLICATION... DALLAS and NEW YORK - Corpus, Inc., a provider of custom application development and information technology services in the banking, financial services and telecommunications industries, announced that it has expanded its presence in the global capital markets sector with the acquisition of Lab49, Inc. http://www.corpus.com http://www.lab49.com STONEBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL... WASHINGTON - Stonebridge International, a leading international business advisory firm, has substantially expanded its India practice, adding four senior-level advisers in Washington and New Delhi. http://www.stonebridge-international.com PEPSICO'S WHITE New York - PepsiCo announced it has promoted Michael D. White, 54-years-old and a 16-year veteran of the nearly $33 billion convenient food and beverage company, to the position of Vice Chairman of the corporation, and named him to its Board of irectors. http://www.pepsico.com MISYS BANKING... LONDON - Misys Banking Systems is pleased to announce that Bank NISP, one of the largest Indonesian banks with assets of Rp. 20 trillion (S$3.4billion) as of 31st December 2005 (audited), has announced that it will be implementing Misys Banking Systems software to drive significant growth across its treasury and trade finance functions. http://www.misys.com PEROT SYSTEMS... PLANO, Texas - Perot Systems Corporation announced Fortune Magazine ranked Perot Systems second among information technology services firms in its annual list of "Most Admired" companies in America. http://www.perotsystems.com BHP BILLITON... PERTH - BHP Billiton Petroleum is improving its procure-to-pay process with Quadrem's new electronic invoicing solution for oil and gas upstream services, which is based on the American Petroleum Institute's (API) PIDX standards. http://www.PIDX.org http://www.quadrem.com NIKE REPORTS... BEAVERTON, Ore. - Nike, Inc. reported record results for the third quarter ended February 28, 2006. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990818/NIKELOGO www.NikeBiz.com/invest . AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND... SYDNEY - The Australian and New Zealand Governments met in Sydney recently and reaffirmed their commitment to an ongoing program of consultations with key stakeholders and interested parties leading up to the establishment of the newAustralia New Zealand Therapeutic Products Authority (ANZTPA). www.anztpa.org NAVERUS IMPLEMENTS... RENTON, Wash. - Naverus, Inc. announced that it designed and delivered a complete RNP RNAV approach, and helped customer Qantas Airways to receive operational approval, in a record 22 days for Runway 16R at Sydney's Kingsford Smith International Airport. http://www.naverus.com INDIA'S RAILTEL... NEW DELHI - RADWIN a leading provider of advanced wireless broadband solutions, officially announced that the RailTel Corporation of India Limited,a wholly owned subsidiary of the Indian Railways, is deploying the company's WinLink 1000 wireless broadband solutions to provide broadband voice and data services to towns and cities astride its intricate web of railway routes across India. www.radwin.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.