SYDNEY--14 Feb--AsiaNet/InfoQuest NCP RELEASES... NUREMBERG: NCP Engineering GmbH has released the new version of its SecureEntry Client, becoming the first manufacturer worldwide to offer an IPSec VPNclient for Windows XP in its 64 bit version. http://www.ncp-e.com NORKOM WEBINAR... SYDNEY: Norkom Technologies, leading provider of financial crime andcompliance software to the global financial services industry, has announcedthat it will hold a free webinar with guest speaker, Damien Shaw-Williams,senior analyst with Datamonitor, at 2pm EST on Thursday, 6th March 2008. http://www.norkom.com TITAN ACQUIRES... CHARLOTTE, N.C.: TITAN Technology Partners, a global provider of hosted andmanaged industry solutions, Wednesday announced it has acquired Singapore basedESP Consulting. http://www.s2v.com CAP CERTIFICATION... RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.: Quintiles Transnational Corp. Wednesdayannounced that its central laboratory in India has been certified by theCollege of American Pathologists (CAP). http://www.quintiles.com MOBILE AWARDS... BARCELONA: The 13th Annual GSMA Global Mobile Awards proved lucky for some,as the winners were announced last night at a glittering gala dinner inBarcelona, hosted by international comedian Graham Norton. ALTIMO INTERVIEW... BARCELONA: Russian investment company Altimo won't stand in the way ifmobile operator Megafon decides to launch an initial public offering in 2009,said Altimo Chief Executive Alexey Reznikovich in an interview with Dow JonesNewswires on Feb 12, 2008. http://www.altimo.org PROPERTY SALES... NEW YORK: Real Capital Analytics (RCA), an independent research firmfocusing on the capital markets for commercial real estate, Wednesday announcedthat worldwide acquisitions of commercial property surpassed the $1 trillionmark in 2007. http://www.rcanalytics.com MOBILE TV... STOCKHOLM: TietoEnator has introduced a complete Mobile TV and videosolution for telecom operators and media companies as a part of its DigitalMedia offering. http://www.tietoenator.com ELSEVIER GRANTS... NEW YORK: The Elsevier Foundation Wednesday announced that it has committeda total of US$594,000 in grants to thirteen institutions from around the worldin support of initiatives that promote the work of libraries and scholars inscience, technology and medicine. http://www.elsevierfoundation.org http://www.sciencedirect.com http://www.mdconsult.com http://www.info.scopus.com http://www.elsevier.com http://www.reedelsevier.com MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES... REDMOND, Wash.: Microsoft Corp. Wednesday announced the Microsoft AmalgaFamily of Health Enterprise Systems. The Amalga product lineup is a portfolioof enterprise-class health information system solutions spanning clinical,operational and financial functions. http://www.microsoft.com FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of eightsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$600 million on Feb 23, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com MYWAVES WINS... BARCELONA, and SUNNYVALE, Calif.: mywaves, the largest mobile videodestination, Wednesday announced that its free mobile video service wasselected as the best mobile video service by the GSMA Mobile World Congress. http://www.mywaves.com VISION MOBILE... BARCELONA: Novarra, the Internet Mobility company, Wednesday announcedcommercial availability of the latest version of its Vision mobile web andmulti-media platform. http://www.novarra.com NEW PLAYER... RESTON, Va.: The aviation services industry has a new player today --gategroup, an umbrella brand representing global airline catering provider GateGourmet and its recent acquisitions. http://www.gategroup.com http://www.gategourmet.com GSMA AWARD... BARCELONA: Mobile World Congress -- Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder, Chairmanand Group CEO of India's Bharti Enterprises has been presented with the GSMAChairman's Award, the Association's most prestigious honour. NEW PLATFORM... BARCELONA, and WESTFORD, Mass.: Sonus Networks, Inc., a leading supplier ofservice provider IP-voice infrastructure solutions, Wednesday announced thelatest release of its industry-leading software platform. http://www.sonusnet.com ANADIGICS UNVEILS... BARCELONA and WARREN, N.J.: ANADIGICS, Inc., a leading provider ofsemiconductor solutions in the broadband wireless and wireline communicationsmarkets, Wednesday announced its new AWE6174 quad-band Polar EDGE poweramplifier (PA) module for 3G wireless handsets and equipment. http://www.anadigics.com http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/homepage.htm BREAST CANCER... BASEL: Roche announced Wednesday that a phase III study in metastatic breastcancer investigating Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with docetaxelchemotherapy compared to docetaxel alone, met its primary endpoint of improvingthe time patients live without their disease advancing. http://www.thenewsmarket.com REAL ESTATE... MUMBAI, India: As part of the run-up to its Asia Summit in Mumbai nextmonth, CoreNet Global, in conjunction with Colliers International and JonesLang LaSalle, Wednesday issued an update on current market conditions and theoutlook for the region's corporate real estate industry. http://www.corenetglobal.org AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net forfull-text versions.