SYDNEY--19 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
STANDARDS LIBRARY...
RALEIGH, North Carolina: The HR-XML Consortium has announced
the release of the latest version of its standards library
featuring new content and enhancements driven by needs in the
Japanese, French, and Dutch staffing markets. HR-XML's Staffing
Industry Data Exchange Standards (SIDES) is a comprehensive
suite of data exchange standards offering streamlined
communications between staffing customers and suppliers.
www.hr-xml.org
http://ns.hr-xml.org/2_5
ENVIVIO SELECTED...
SINGAPORE: Envivio Inc., the leading technology provider of
IP video convergence solutions from mobile to HD, has announced
its 4Caster M2 encoders were selected by Dream Satellite TV, a
brand of Philippine Multimedia Systems Incorporated, for the
first commercial deployment of DVB-H mobile TV services in the
Philippines.
www.dream.com.ph
www.envivio.com
IDIRECT INSTALLS...
SINGAPORE: iDirect Technologies (iDirect), a global provider
of satellite-based broadband communications solutions and the
US satellite communications arm of Singapore Technologies
Electronics Limited, has announced that PetroChina's Bureau of
Geophysics Oil/Gas Exploration Group, a division of China
National Petroleum Group, has chosen iDirect's satellite
communications platform to handle a variety of IP-based
satellite broadband requirements. The deal represents iDirect's
first satellite hub installation in China.
www.idirect.net
www.vt-systems.com
www.stee.stengg.com
IDIRECT EXPANDS...
SINGAPORE: iDirect Technologies (iDirect) announced that it
has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region by signing
three new contracts for its multi-protocol, bandwidth efficient
satellite hub.
www.idirect.net
www.vt-systems.com
www.stee.stengg.com
CVRD OFFER...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announces
that it plans to offer in the global capital markets two series
(Series RIO and Series RIO P) of mandatorily convertible notes
due 2010 through its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary Vale
Capital Limited (Vale Capital).
www.sec.gov
www.cvrd.com.br
NORKOM NAMED...
SYDNEY: A survey of leading financial institutions across
North America, Europe and Asia, carried out by one of the
industry's most respected publications, OpRisk & Compliance,
has named Norkom as the world's number one provider of both
anti-money laundering and anti-fraud software solutions.
CERTIFIED PARTNER...
GENEVA: WISeKey announces the achievement of Microsoft Gold
Certified Partner status, reaching the highest level in the ISV
Software Solutions competency as a result of its success in
delivering solutions to customers.
SOPLUS ANNOUNCES...
GENEVA: Swiss-based manufacturer Soplus announced at the
2007 AAOS and EFORT the launch of its innovative power tool
system, the SO+ Universal.
www.soplus.ch
MUMBAI OFFICE...
MUMBAI: Options Group, a leading global executive search and
strategic consulting firm, announces the opening of its Mumbai
office to meet the growing demand for executive search and
strategic intelligence consulting services globally.
www.optionsgroup.com
PROXY TALK...
SAN FRANCISCO, California: Glass, Lewis & Co., a leading
independent research and proxy advisory firm, will host a Proxy
Talk conference call on Tuesday, June 19 at 12:00 p.m. (EDT)
with representatives of Pzena Investment Management, a 9%
shareholder in Lear Corporation. Glass Lewis will discuss with
Pzena representatives why they are urging shareholders to vote
against the proposed buyout of Lear by American Real Estate
Partners, a company affiliated with Carl Icahn.
www.glasslewis.com/learnmore
www.glasslewis.com
NEW AGREEMENT...
EL SEGUNDO, California: Computer Sciences Corporation has
issued the following statement regarding the ongoing management
of its contract with the UK National Health Service (NHS) and
new arrangements with its primary subcontractor iSOFT Group
plc: Further to CSC's and iSOFT's recent statements regarding
delivery of the NHS National Programme for IT and the proposed
change in ownership of iSOFT, an agreement has now been reached
to the mutual satisfaction of all parties.
www.csc.com
FOOD PRIZE...
WASHINGTON: Philip E. Nelson, president of the Institute of
Food Technologists in 2002 and food science professor at Purdue
University, has been recognized as the 2007 recipient of the
World Food Prize in an announcement here at the U.S. Department
of State.
www.worldfoodprize.org
www.ift.org
REVOLABS INTRODUCES...
MAYNARD, Massachusetts: Revolabs, Inc., dedicated to
enhancing communication through innovative wireless solutions,
is pleased to introduce the company's new xTag Microphone
System.
www.revolabs.com
KASENNA SELECTED...
CHICAGO: Kasenna, The IPTV Company announced that Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd. has selected Kasenna's PortalTV product
suite and its MediaBase XMP Video On-Demand server as the core
component of a fully integrated video-on-demand service to be
rolled out to cable customers initially in China and then
across the world.
www.kasenna.com
www.huawei.com
HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS...
MILAN: New data announced at the Annual European Society of
Hypertension show that measuring blood pressure in a doctor's
office alone does not provide an accurate picture of a
patient's blood pressure control.
www.boehringer-ingelheim.com
NEW STUDY...
MILAN: AMADEO, one of the first studies to compare the
protective potential of two angiotensin receptor blockers in
hypertensive patients with diabetic nephropathy, was presented
at the European Society of Hypertension, Milan. The results
from this study show that telmisartan reduces proteinuria to a
significantly greater extent than losartan.
www.boehringer-ingelheim.com
www.usrds.org/atlas.htm
RADWIN WINS...
TEL-AVIV, Israel: RADWIN, a leading provider of advanced
wireless broadband solutions, announced that it has won a US$2
Million follow-on order by a major carrier in India.
www.radwin.com
www.communicasia.com
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