SYDNEY--16 May--AsiaNet/InfoQuestPROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION... HONG KONG: (ISC)2, the non-profit global leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers, Wednesday announced its board of directors has approved new professional experience and endorsement requirements for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification. http://www.isc2.org HKDA AWARDS... HONG KONG: The HKDA Awards 07, Asia Pacific Design Biennale and one of the most prestigious awards in the profession, now calls for top-notch entries from the region. http://www.hongkongda.com/awards07 ANOTHER MYTH... WASHINGTON: ThaiMyths.com (http://www.thaimyths.com), a project of USA For Innovation, unveiled Myth #7 Wednesday to draw attention to the deceit in Thailand's decision to steal American and European innovation. http://www.thaimyths.com ROGER FEDERER... BERN: swissinfo has produced a Roger Federer special, a unique multimedia dossier packed with exciting galleries and videos, unusual facts and exclusive interviews. http://www.swissinfo.org SOLAR POWER... SEOUL: SunPower Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based manufacturer of high-efficiency, commercially available solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, Tuesday announced that its subsidiary, PowerLight Corp., has completed construction of Mungyeong SP Solar Mountain, a 2.2-megawatt solar electric power plant in Mungyeong, Korea. http://www.sunpowercorp.com SHAREHOLDERS MEETING... HAMILTON: W.P. Stewart & Co., Ltd. today held its Annual General Meeting of shareholders in Hamilton, Bermuda. http://www.wpstewart.com MERGER AGREEMENT... BOSTON: Keane, Inc., a leading business process and IT services firm, announced that at a special meeting of shareholders Tuesday Keane shareholders voted to adopt the merger agreement pursuant to which Caritor, Inc., a global provider of IT services, would acquire Keane. http://www.keane.com EUROFIGHTER SIGNS.... OSLO and HALLBERGMOOS: The Eurofighter partnership consolidates the close ties to Norway by signature of a further agreement on technological cooperation between the Eurofighter consortium of Alenia Aeronautica (Italy), BAE Systems (United Kingdom), EADS CASA (Spain), EADS Germany and Norway. http://www.eurofighter.com/medialibrary BEST PARTNERSHIP... PLANO, Texas: Perot Systems Corporation and Old Mutual Financial Network (OMFN) were recently named by Outsourcing Center the "Best Partnership" among the top outsourcing relationships across all industries, in the distinguished 2007 Outsourcing Excellence Awards. http://www.perotsystems.com http://www.outsourcing-center.com http://www.outsourcing-awards.com http://www.outsourcing-journal.com LICENSE AGREEMENT... NEW YORK: Steinway & Sons, renowned for creating the world's finest pianos, and Peter Lyngdorf, Europe's preeminent developer and manufacturer of high performance digital sound systems, have forged a collaboration, under the auspices of Steinway Lyngdorf, and have entered into a multi-year international license agreement to produce the finest, high performance audio visual products and systems for distribution throughout the world. http://www.steinway.com http://www.steinwaylyngdorf.com WINBOND INTRODUCES... LOS ANGELES, Calif.: Winbond Electronics Corporation Tuesday introduced its continuous support of the Windows SideShow feature of Windows Vista, at the WinHEC show here in Los Angeles. http://www.winbond.com KONE DELIVERS... SINGAPORE: KONE has won an order for the supply and installation of all the elevators in a prestige condominium development in Bangkok, Thailand, called the MET. http://www.kone.com http://www.met-bangkok.com http://www.hotelprop.com VISA CHAIRMAN/CEO... SAN FRANCISCO: Visa announced Tuesday that Joseph (Joe) W. Saunders has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. http://www.corporate.visa.com 'WOW' FACTOR... SANTA ANA, Calif.: SRS Labs, Inc., a leading provider of surround sound, audio and voice technologies, Tuesday announced that Arima Communications, an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) based in Taiwan, has licensed SRS WOW HD audio and bass enhancement technology for a variety of new high end Windows Mobile phones, starting with the O2 Xda Flame which is branded and distributed by O2 Asia Pacific & Middle East. http://www.arimacomm.com.tw FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$275 million on May 25, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com ATMEL RELEASES... SAN JOSE, Calif.: Atmel Corporation Tuesday announced the release of the AT88SC-DK1 development kit for its CryptoMemory, an advanced cryptographic family of memory products. http://www.atmel.com POWER AMPLIFIER... WARREN, N.J.: ANADIGICS, Inc. Tuesday announced that it is shipping production volumes of ANADIGICS AWT6277 HELP WCDMA power amplifier (PA) module for the innovative Samsung F500 3G UMTS phone. http://www.anadigics.com http://www.samsung.com OTIS WINS... FARMINGTON, Conn.: Otis Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp., won a $5 million contract to supply and install its environmentally friendly and energy-efficient Gen2(R) elevators for Citi Field, the new world-class home of the New York Mets, scheduled to open in 2009. http://www.otis.com LOGICOM 3.0... PARAMUS, NJ.: SAI Global Tuesday launched LOGICOM 3.0, a comprehensive parts & logistics database, set to transform the way that engineers and contractors negotiate the technical minefield of US Government Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS) data, Naval Allowance Parts List/Approved Equipage List (APL/AEL), and Procurement History. www.saiglobal.com TALK2HK LAUNCHED... HONG KONG: New World Telecommunications Limited (NWT), a pioneering next generation IP and telecom service provider in Hong Kong, Tuesday celebrated the worldwide launch of "talk2hk", a new-generation VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service. www.talk2hk.com XML MASTERS... TOKYO: The XML Technology Certification Committee Tuesday released the results of a Web-based survey of "XML Master Basic" professionals. http://www.xmlmaster.org/en SCIENTIFIC PAPERS... PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: Thomson Scientific, part of The Thomson Corporation and leading provider of information solutions to the worldwide research and business communities, Tuesday announced the results of an in-depth study of which nations have produced the largest number of elite papers over the last decade. http://www.scientific.thomson.com http://www.thomson.com THAI MYTH... WASHINGTON: ThaiMyths.com (http://www.thaimyths.com), a project of USA For Innovation, Monday unveiled Myth #6 to draw attention to the deceit in Thailand's decision to steal American and European innovation. http://www.thaimyths.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.