SYDNEY--31 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest COGNOS APPOINTMENT... OTTAWA and BURLINGTON, Mass. - Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management,today announced the appointment of Janet Perna to the company's board of directors. http://www.cognos.com http://www.prnewswire.com IBM CONTRACT... SEOUL - In the largest deal of its kind for the financial services industry in Korea, KYOBO Life Insurance (KYOBO) hascontracted IBM to operate and manage its IT infrastructure. http://www.ibm.com/services Q4 RESULTS... OTTAWA and BURLINGTON, Mass. - Cognos Incorporated, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management solutions, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2006, ended February 28, 2006. http://www.cognos.com http://www.prnewswire.com LOGISTICS CONFERENCE... LONDON - Continuing on the success of last year's conference, the 3rd Automotive Logistics Asia conference willonce again take place at The Westin Hotel, Shanghai, China, between 15 - 16 May 2006. http://www.automotivelogisticsasia.com INTEGRATED CIRCUITS... SAN JOSE, Calif. - Techwell, Inc., a designer of mixed signal video semiconductor solutions for the consumer, securitysurveillance, and automotive markets, introduced three additions to its line of integrated circuits for security surveillance applications. http://www.techwellinc.com DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT... LONDON - Identum, developer of the Private Post email encryption range, has signed a distribution agreement withWhiteGold, Australia's premier IT security distributor. http://www.privatepost.com http://www.whitegold.com.au QUALITY AWARDS... PARIS - Valeo announced that it has received two Superior Awards for Quality from Toyota Motor Europe, the highestrecognition that Toyota can offer to a supplier. GOT JUNK?... SYDNEY - After months of unprecedented growth for junk removal service 1800-GOT-JUNK?, the company announced todayofficial plans to franchise into some of Australia's fastest growing metros. http://www.1800gotjunk.com.au EDICTIONARY MARKET... BURLINGTON, N.J. - Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., a world leader in handheld information, announced that YoungboTrading Co., Inc. will distribute Franklin's first new product for the burgeoning South Korean eDictionary market. http://www.franklin.com ING THAILAND... BANGKOK - ING Wholesale Banking announced that it has opened a representative branch in Thailand, as part of its plans tobroaden its South East Asia franchise. http://www.ingwholesale.com/welcome.php AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.