SYDNEY--17 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
HOSTED UC SERVICES...
SINGAPORE: Asian enterprises are expected to adopt a cautionary approach
towards IT investments in the next two years, preferring to spend on
applications that can shift capital costs to operational costs and solutions
that focus on growing top- and bottom-lines. This is likely to work in favour
of driving demand for hosted unified communications (UC) services which offer
OPEX (operational expenditure) or utility-based pricing models.
http://www.frost.com
TATA TECHNOLOGIES...
PUNE, LONDON and DETROIT: Boosted by a 29 per cent year-on-year growth in
non-domestic engineering revenues, Tata Technologies Limited (TTL) for the
second successive year, earned a top-3 ranking among engineering services
providers in the prestigious annual Dataquest survey of India's IT industry.
www.incat.com
CMPMEDICA SIGNS...
LONDON: CMPMedica, a global healthcare information provider that is a
division of United Business Media Limited, has signed a worldwide agreement to
supply ISOFT, one of the world's largest providers of healthcare IT solutions,
with comprehensive evidence-based drug information.
http://www.cmpmedica.com
INDIAN WRITERS...
DELHI: Mills & Boon, the global leader in series romance and one of the
world's leading publishers of women's fiction, announced Tuesday that it has
created the Passions short story writing contest exclusive to India to discover
the world's next big romance author.
www.millsandboonindia.com
RADEBERGER GROUP...
KAISERSLAUTERN: CAS AG, the leading global provider of demand side
management solutions for the consumer products industry, Tuesday announced that
the Radeberger Group, Germany's leading brewer with a market share of 15 per
cent, has extended its long-standing partnership with CAS.
www.casrealresults.com
UATP EXPANDS...
WASHINGTON: UATP continues its expansion in China, adding Shenzhen Airlines
as a merchant to the UATP Network. To meet customer demand and increase the
airlines' revenue, Shenzhen chose UATP as a form of payment.
www.shenzhenair.com
COREWORX SELECTED...
KITCHENER: Coreworx Inc., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy, Inc., Tuesday
confirmed Citic Pacific Minings use of Coreworx's software to help manage
workflow and project construction content for its US$3.5 billion Sino Iron
mining project in Australia.
www.citicpacificmining.com
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of three
securities issues amounting to a total of US$100 million on December 26, 2008
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal amount redeemed
plus accrued interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
REBIT SECURES...
LONGMONT: Rebit Inc., the company dedicated to relieving the burden of
backup for PC users, Tuesday announced that it has successfully closed its
Series B round of financing, for a total of $5.7 million.
www.Rebit.com
TATA POWER...
HOUSTON: Tata Power Trading Company Limited, part of the Tata Group of
companies, has selected Sungard's Zainet to help it streamline and automate its
power trading operation and support its plans for continued growth in India and
beyond.
www.sungard.com
AFH HOLDING...
BEVERLY HILLS: AFH HOlding & Advisory, LLC, an integrated financial advisory
and consulting firm serving U.S. and international clients who seek capital
formation, strategic counsel and sophisticated access to global capital
markets, Wednesday announced that AFH has been engaged by Asia Special
Situation Acquisition Corporation.
http://afhholdingandadvisory.com/
AVG 8.0 PROTECTS...
AMSTERDAM: Security software from AVG effectively blocks attempts by cyber
criminals seeking to capitalize on the recently discovered vulnerability in
Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser. The vulnerability enables
unauthorized third parties to take control of users' PCs by tricking them into
visiting poisoned web pages.
http://www.avg.com
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