SYDNEY--26 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest RECORD PRODUCTION... ADELAIDE: Santos today reported its highest ever quarterly production of16.6 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe), placing the company on track toachieve its annual production guidance of a record 60 to 61 mmboe for the fullyear. INFORMATION SECURITY... HONG KONG: The International Information Systems Security CertificationConsortium [(ISC)2], the non-profit global leader in educating and certifyinginformation security professionals throughout their careers, Thursday announcedthe results of the third annual Global Information Security Workforce Study,conducted by global analyst firm IDC and sponsored by (ISC)2. www.isc2.org KOMAG RESULTS... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier ofthin-film media for disk drives, Wednesday announced record revenue of $239.6million and diluted earnings per share of $1.04, for the third quarter of 2006. http://www.komag.com VERISILICON LICENSES... SANTA CLARA, Calif.: VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd., a leading world classASIC design foundry and semiconductor IP provider, Wednesday announced thatYamaha Corporation, a world leading provider of semiconductor solutions forprofessional and consumer multimedia products, has renewed its commitment tothe ZSP architecture by licensing VeriSilicon ZSP500 DSP for use in itsnext-generation, high-end audio/video products. http://www.global.yamaha.com http://www.verisilicon.com COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTION... ATLANTA, GA.: eOn Communications Corporation(TM) (Nasdaq: EONC), a leadingprovider of telecommunications solutions, today announced that it has partneredwith HengSys Data Net Inc. to supply an emergency response managementcommunications solution platform for the government of Dong Ying City, locatedin the Shan Dong province of the Peoples Republic of China. http://www.eoncc.com COMPANY REPUTATION... NEW YORK: Global business executives view public CEO apologies lesseffective than other strategies to repair tarnished company reputations (59percent), according to a new 11-country survey by global public relations firmWeber Shandwick and KRC Research. http://www.webershandwick.com http://www.krcresearch.com EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES... LOS ANGELES, CA.: Nearly half (46 percent) of recently-promoted executivessaid that their responsibilities have remained roughly the same despite theirnew titles, according to the latest Executive Quiz from Korn/FerryInternational (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider of talent managementsolutions. http://www.kornferry.com MERGER DISCUSSIONS... NEW YORK: Dewey Ballantine LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, twoleading global law firms, Wednesday announced that the firms' respectiveManagement and Executive Committees have made initial recommendations to theirpartners about combining into a new firm named Dewey Orrick LLP that willretain Orrick's well-known "O" brand. http://www.deweyballantine.com http://www.orrick.com LAXATIVE STUDY... BERLIN: Results of a new large-scale global survey, announced Wednesday,show that many people wrongly fear that laxatives are addictive and that theiruse for long periods of time actually causes constipation. http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com http://www.uegw2006.de ISLANET LAUNCHES... SAN JUAN and RICHARDSON, Texas: Islanet, Inc., the dominant provider ofcommercial wireless Internet and data services in Puerto Rico, has successfullylaunched Volare, a pre-mobile 802.16e WiMAX residential service on itscountrywide network infrastructure and licensed 2.5GHz EBS channels. http://www.navini.com http://www.volare.pr PCCW SELECTS... LOS GATOS, Calif. and HONG KONG: ICTV, creator of on-demand solutions thatseamlessly blend the choice and control of broadband video with the quality andresponsiveness of television, and PCCW Limited, the leading communicationsprovider in Hong Kong, Wednesday announced that the ICTV ActiveVideoDistribution Network (AVDN) has been selected to enable interactive channelsvia television to subscribers of PCCWs now TV service. http://www.ictv.com TOP HONOURS... BOSTON, MA.: Karen Davis, president of The Commonwealth Fund and Planetree,the Connecticut-based organisation that has pioneered personalizing thehealthcare experience for patients and their families, have been awarded tophonours in the 2006 Annual Picker Institute Awards for Excellence in PatientCentered Care. http://www.pickerinstitute.org NEW BOOK... LONDON and NEW YORK: Rowland Hayler, Vice President of InternationalOperations at Pivotal Resources and Michael Nichols of Nichols QualityAssociates and formerly Director of Six Sigma Design at American Express, todayannounced the release of their new book "Six Sigma for Financial Services: HowLeading Companies are Driving Results Using Lean, Six Sigma, and ProcessManagement" -- published by McGraw Hill. http://www.pivotalresources.com QUALIFIED PARTNER... HELSINKI: Comptel Corporation, a leading OSS software vendor for convergentmediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, Wednesday announcedthat it has been selected by next generation network solutions supplier HuaweiTechnologies Co., Ltd, as a qualified partner. http://www.HUAWEI.com http://www.comptel.com FOOD REGULATION... CANBERRA: The ninth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food RegulationMinisterial Council was held in Sydney Wednesday, chaired by Christopher Pyne,Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Government Minister for Health andAgeing. INFO LEAKS... TOKYO: NTT Communications and Intelligent Wave Inc. Wednesday announced thata packaged security service to help enterprises prevent leaks of internalinformation will be made available in 14 countries from November 1, 2006. (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.)