SYDNEY--5 Aug--AsiaNet/InfoQuest EGL SELECTS... DALLAS: Essar Global Limited (EGL) knew single-factor authentication was nolonger strong enough to properly secure access to their enterprise environment.A $50 billion corporation based in Mumbai, India, EGL selected Entrust, Inc.and the Entrust IdentityGuard versatile authentication platform, a keycomponent of a layered security model. http://www.entrust.com HAI ANNOUNCES... NEW ORLEANS: HAI (Home Automation, Inc.), a leading manufacturer ofintegrated automation and security products since 1985, has announced"Automation Simplified" classes will be taught, for the first time, in threeSoutheast Asian cities: Singapore, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. http://www.homeauto.com TREMONT APPOINTS... RYE, N.Y.: Tremont Capital Management, a leading manager of fund of hedgefund portfolios, Tuesday announced that Scott R. Metchick has been appointedChief Investment Officer. http://www.tremont.com TRANSLATION SERVICE... TEL-AVIV: The international Internet company Babylon Ltd., a leadingprovider of online dictionary and translation solutions, has launched a newspecial translation solution for Chinese surfers, free of charge. http://www.babylonfree.cn OPTENET OPENS... SYDNEY: Optenet, a Spanish information security technology multinational,Tuesday announced the launch of operations in Australia with the opening of anew office in Sydney. http://www.optenet.com CUSTOMER CARE... DWIGHT, Canada: Axiom Audio, a world leader in quality loudspeakermanufacturing, has taken the art of customer care to an unprecedented level inthe past year through its customized fabrication program. http://www.axiomaudio.com ENERGY COMPANIES... NEW YORK: Platts, the world's leading energy information provider and adivision of The McGraw-Hill Companies, will announce its annual Platts Top 250Global Energy Companies in Singapore on October 20, 2008. http://www.platts.com http://www.mcgraw-hill.com Q2 EARNINGS... WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae Tuesday announced plans to report its 2008 secondquarter earnings on the morning of Friday, August 8, 2008, in connection withthe filing of its second quarter Form 10-Q. http://www.fanniemae.com SDW SHOW... LONDON: The most valuable business asset that you and your sports andleisure facility could own this year will cost you nothing more than your time.Because a ticket to Sports Development Week (SDW, 23-25 September, BirminghamNEC), the UK's primary annual event focused on participation, infrastructureand performance in sport, is completely free when you pre-register at www.sdwshow.co.uk (and avoid the 15 pounds Sterling entry fee when registeringat the show). http://www.sdwshow.co.uk EARNINGS RELEASE... SAO PAULO: Banco Bradesco on Monday released the main earnings figures forthe first half of 2008. http://www.bradesco.com.br FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of sixsecurities issues amounting to a total of US$800 million on Aug 14, 2008 at aredemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed plusaccrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com TOP SCHOOLS... MANHASSET, N.Y.: TechWeb's Advanced Trading, the premiere source forobjective industry-specific content for trading executives, Monday announcedthe Top Ten schools for quantitative analysts. http://www.advancedtrading.com http://www.techweb.com http://www.cmp.com AWARD WINNERS... FRAMINGHAM, Mass.: Everything Channel (formerly CMP Channel), the leader inaccelerating global technology sales channels, Monday announced that it willname the VARBusiness Annual Report Card (ARC) award winners at an event atXChange '08 on Monday, August 18 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and ConventionCenter in Dallas. http://www.channelweb.com http://www.varbusiness.com http://www.everythingchannel.com http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com PERSONAL TRANSPORTERS... BEDFORD, N.H.: This week 500,000 visitors and 10,500 athletes will descendon Beijing, China for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. While there, visitors willbenefit from the added security of officers and delegates using Segway PersonalTransporters (PTs) for crowd and event management and security. http://www.segway.com EVANGELIST SUES... WASHINGTON: On Thursday morning, July 31, 2008, Dr. K.A. Paul, an Americanresident born in India and the world's most popular Christian evangelist, fileda complaint in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against PresidentGeorge W. Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the President of theCongress Party, and the Indian Prime Minister and a host of U.S. governmentagencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and the FederalAviation Administration, and their heads, for civil rights and other illegalconduct designed to silence him and destroy his non-profit organization, GlobalPeace Initiative, Inc. (GPI). http://www.globalpeacenow.com ENERGY MISSION... MELBOURNE: Leading Australian-based wind energy company, Roaring 40s, Mondayannounced that it would be participating in a major Federal Government CleanEnergy Mission to China to be led by the Minister for Trade, The Hon SimonCrean. AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited,translated news releases for worldwide clients. 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