SYDNEY--26 Apr--AsiaNet/InfoQuest DATACRAFT INTRODUCES... BANGKOK: In response to organisations' needs to contain costs, increase organisational agility and maximise existingtechnology infrastructures, Datacraft has introduced itsmanaged service for Internet Protocol telephony. www.datacraft-asia.com NOVAGALI PHARMA... EVRY: Novagali Pharma, an emerging ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, has announced the appointment of Philippe Garcia as Chief Financial Officer. www.novagali.com QUALCOMM ANNOUNCES... SAN DIEGO, California: QUALCOMM Incorporated has announced record results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2007 ended April 1, 2007. www.qualcomm.com KOMAG REPORTS... SAN JOSE, California: Komag, Incorporated, a leading independent supplier of thin-film media for disk drives, hasannounced revenue of US$264.7 million and diluted earnings per share of US$0.99 for the first quarter of 2007. www.komag.com PANCREATIC CANCER... BASEL: New results published by the Journal of Clinical Oncology show that adding Tarceva (erlotinib) to gemcitabinechemotherapy significantly improves survival by 22 per cent in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. www.roche.com www.gene.com www.health-kiosk.ch www.cancerhelp.org.uk NZ ONLINE... LONDON: comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released a study from its World Metrix database analyzingthe behaviour of New Zealand's online population. www.comscore.com GLOBAL WARMING... TORONTO: Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group of Companies, and Ontario Environment Minister Laurel Broten,appeared in Toronto to announce the launch of FLICK OFF - a cross-country initiative designed to educate Canadians aboutthe devastating effects of global warming and motivate people to do something about it. www.flickoff.org www.muchmusic.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of MTN securities issues amounting to a total of US$25million on May 4, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. www.fanniemae.com PEPSICO REPORTS... PURCHASE, New York: PepsiCo has reported a 17 per cent increase in first-quarter earnings per share to US$0.65, fueledby a 9 per cent increase in net revenue, with each of the company's operating divisions contributing to top-line growth. www.pepsico.com ZIGBEE ALLIANCE... SAN RAMON, California: The ZigBee Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use inenergy, residential, commercial and industrial applications,has announced its expansion into the telecom market with a new initiative extending mobile telephone networks while providing new capabilities for mobile phone users. www.zigbee.org www.zigbee.org/join AVNET WINS... HONG KONG: Avnet Technology Solutions, Asia, an operating group of Avnet, Inc., has announced that its ComputingComponents business unit was recently recognized as AMD's top-performing global distributor for 2006. www.avnet.com ISUPPLI ENTERS... EL SEGUNDO, California: iSuppli Corp., a global leader in technology value-chain market intelligence, is pleased toannounce it has entered into a marketing and investment agreement with Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s Hudson Street Services, aplatform that gives clients access to providers of unique tools and services. www.isuppli.com AVNET X-FEST... PHOENIX and SAN JOSE, California: There was standing room only at the launch of Avnet Electronics Marketing's X-Festglobal seminar and training series in Beijing on 3 April - the first in a 90-city worldwide program jointly sponsored by Avnet, Xilin and industry leaders together in a collaborative effort to provide system level solutions for customers to meet with design challenges. www.avnet.com www.em.avnet.com http://em.avnet.com/xfest07 www.xilinx.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.