SYDNEY--22 Jan--AsiaNet/InfoQuest ENERGY PRIZE... ABU DHABI: The government of Abu Dhabi announced Tuesday the establishmentof the Zayed Future Energy Prize, awarding $US2.2 million annually to honourindividuals and organizations for their excellence in the innovation,development and implementation of sustainable energy solutions. http://www.wfes08.com CLASSIC MENU... HAIKOU: Addintools Tuesday announced the immediate availability of thenewest bug-free version of its award-winning Classic Menu for Office 2007. http://www.addintools.com DVH CHOOSES... UTRECHT and COPENHAGEN: The cash-in-transit company Dansk VaerdihandteringA/S (DVH) has decided to implement the Transtrack tracking & tracing system. http://www.dvh.as http://www.transtrack.nl http://www.secquens.com SWEDBANK STRENGTHENS... SYDNEY: Leading Northern European bank, Swedbank, on Tuesday said it is tostrengthen its defences against financial crime and enhance its compliance withanti-money laundering regulation by choosing market-leading software fromNorkom Technologies. http://www.norkom.com FARO RELEASES... LAKE MARY, Fla.: FARO Technologies, Inc., the world leader in portablecomputer-aided measurement hardware and software, Monday announced it willrelease its all-new metrology software: CAM2 Q. RINNAI SIGNS... ATLANTA, GA.: Rinnai Corporation, the world's leading gas appliancemanufacturer, recently reached agreement with Hall of Fame baseball legend CalRipken, Jr. on a multi-year endorsement agreement to promote the benefits ofRinnai's tankless water heating products. http://www.foreverhotwater.com VALE ANALYZING... RIO DE JANEIRO: Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (VALE) on Monday said it isconstantly analyzing options for organic growth and/or acquisitions of assetsand companies as part of its continuous search for shareholder value creation. http://www.cvrd.com.br QUINTIQ OPENS... KUALA LUMPUR: Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning andScheduling (APS) solutions, Monday announced the opening of its regional headoffice for Southeast Asia. http://www.quintiq.com AWARDS NOMINATIONS... LONDON: The nominations for the 13th Annual Global Mobile Awards wereannounced Monday by the GSMA in London. The winners will be presented at thegala awards dinner on Tuesday 12th February, during the world's biggestcommunications industry event, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (11-14thFebruary 2008). http://www.globalmobileawards.com http://www.mobileworldcongress.com http://www.globalmobileawards.com/judges/bios.shtml ALTERNATIVE ENERGY... ABU DHABI: In the opening ceremony of the World Future Energy Summit hereMonday, Abu Dhabi announced the most ambitious sustainability program everlaunched by a government -- an initial investment of US$15 billion in projectstargeting solar, wind and hydrogen power; carbon reduction and management;sustainable development; education; manufacturing; and research and development. http://www.masdaruae.com http://www.wfes08.com HOUSEWARES FAIR... BANGKOK: Bangkok International Gift Fair and Bangkok International HousewareFair (BIG&BIH) will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on April 17-22, 2008. http://www.bigandbih.com ADVERTISING AGE... NEW YORK: Advertising Age Monday announced that it has named Tribal DDBWorldwide as its Global Agency Network of the Year. http://www.tribalddb.com JETSTAR CEO... MELBOURNE: Jetstar Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce will address delegatesat the 5th Annual Asia Pacific Low Cost Airline Congress at 9.30 am onWednesday, 23 January 2008 at Suntec in Singapore. TRAINING LAB... SINGAPORE: Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of the leadingglobal distributor of electronic components, Avnet, Inc., together with Xilinx,Inc., the world's leading supplier of programmable logic solutions areinvesting in Singapore education by providing hands-on experience forengineering students at Singapore's Republic Polytechnic via a speciallydesigned training lab. http://www.xilinx.com http://www.em.avnet.com AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.