SYDNEY--19 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest STANDARDS LIBRARY... RALEIGH, North Carolina: The HR-XML Consortium has announcedthe release of the latest version of its standards libraryfeaturing new content and enhancements driven by needs in theJapanese, French, and Dutch staffing markets. HR-XML's StaffingIndustry Data Exchange Standards (SIDES) is a comprehensivesuite of data exchange standards offering streamlinedcommunications 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 ofIP video convergence solutions from mobile to HD, has announcedits 4Caster M2 encoders were selected by Dream Satellite TV, abrand of Philippine Multimedia Systems Incorporated, for thefirst commercial deployment of DVB-H mobile TV services in thePhilippines. www.dream.com.ph www.envivio.com IDIRECT INSTALLS... SINGAPORE: iDirect Technologies (iDirect), a global providerof satellite-based broadband communications solutions and theUS satellite communications arm of Singapore TechnologiesElectronics Limited, has announced that PetroChina's Bureau ofGeophysics Oil/Gas Exploration Group, a division of ChinaNational Petroleum Group, has chosen iDirect's satellitecommunications platform to handle a variety of IP-basedsatellite broadband requirements. The deal represents iDirect'sfirst satellite hub installation in China. www.idirect.net www.vt-systems.com www.stee.stengg.com IDIRECT EXPANDS... SINGAPORE: iDirect Technologies (iDirect) announced that ithas expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region by signingthree new contracts for its multi-protocol, bandwidth efficientsatellite hub. www.idirect.net www.vt-systems.com www.stee.stengg.com CVRD OFFER... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) announcesthat it plans to offer in the global capital markets two series(Series RIO and Series RIO P) of mandatorily convertible notesdue 2010 through its wholly-owned indirect subsidiary ValeCapital Limited (Vale Capital). www.sec.gov www.cvrd.com.br NORKOM NAMED... SYDNEY: A survey of leading financial institutions acrossNorth America, Europe and Asia, carried out by one of theindustry's most respected publications, OpRisk & Compliance,has named Norkom as the world's number one provider of bothanti-money laundering and anti-fraud software solutions. CERTIFIED PARTNER... GENEVA: WISeKey announces the achievement of Microsoft GoldCertified Partner status, reaching the highest level in the ISVSoftware Solutions competency as a result of its success indelivering solutions to customers. SOPLUS ANNOUNCES... GENEVA: Swiss-based manufacturer Soplus announced at the2007 AAOS and EFORT the launch of its innovative power toolsystem, the SO+ Universal. www.soplus.ch MUMBAI OFFICE... MUMBAI: Options Group, a leading global executive search andstrategic consulting firm, announces the opening of its Mumbaioffice to meet the growing demand for executive search andstrategic intelligence consulting services globally. www.optionsgroup.com PROXY TALK... SAN FRANCISCO, California: Glass, Lewis & Co., a leadingindependent research and proxy advisory firm, will host a ProxyTalk 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 withPzena representatives why they are urging shareholders to voteagainst the proposed buyout of Lear by American Real EstatePartners, a company affiliated with Carl Icahn. www.glasslewis.com/learnmore www.glasslewis.com NEW AGREEMENT... EL SEGUNDO, California: Computer Sciences Corporation hasissued the following statement regarding the ongoing managementof its contract with the UK National Health Service (NHS) andnew arrangements with its primary subcontractor iSOFT Groupplc: Further to CSC's and iSOFT's recent statements regardingdelivery of the NHS National Programme for IT and the proposedchange in ownership of iSOFT, an agreement has now been reachedto the mutual satisfaction of all parties. www.csc.com FOOD PRIZE... WASHINGTON: Philip E. Nelson, president of the Institute ofFood Technologists in 2002 and food science professor at PurdueUniversity, has been recognized as the 2007 recipient of theWorld Food Prize in an announcement here at the U.S. Departmentof State. www.worldfoodprize.org www.ift.org REVOLABS INTRODUCES... MAYNARD, Massachusetts: Revolabs, Inc., dedicated toenhancing communication through innovative wireless solutions,is pleased to introduce the company's new xTag MicrophoneSystem. www.revolabs.com KASENNA SELECTED... CHICAGO: Kasenna, The IPTV Company announced that HuaweiTechnologies Co., Ltd. has selected Kasenna's PortalTV productsuite and its MediaBase XMP Video On-Demand server as the corecomponent of a fully integrated video-on-demand service to berolled out to cable customers initially in China and thenacross the world. www.kasenna.com www.huawei.com HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS... MILAN: New data announced at the Annual European Society ofHypertension show that measuring blood pressure in a doctor'soffice alone does not provide an accurate picture of apatient's blood pressure control. www.boehringer-ingelheim.com NEW STUDY... MILAN: AMADEO, one of the first studies to compare theprotective potential of two angiotensin receptor blockers inhypertensive patients with diabetic nephropathy, was presentedat the European Society of Hypertension, Milan. The resultsfrom this study show that telmisartan reduces proteinuria to asignificantly greater extent than losartan. www.boehringer-ingelheim.com www.usrds.org/atlas.htm RADWIN WINS... TEL-AVIV, Israel: RADWIN, a leading provider of advancedwireless broadband solutions, announced that it has won a US$2Million follow-on order by a major carrier in India. www.radwin.com www.communicasia.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agenciesdistributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwideclients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.