SYDNEY--22 Oct--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
PEPSICO CREATES...
PURCHASE: PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) Thursday announced the Chairman's Circle of
Champions program that recognizes the company's outstanding Operations
associates -- the "makers and movers" -- from all over the world who
demonstrate outstanding performance in the areas of safety, quality, service,
cost, sustainability and people skills.
www.pepsico.com
ASR ANNOUNCES...
VENICE BEACH, Calif. and RAGLAN: Amalgamate Solutions and Research (ASR),
the world leader in the design and construction of multi-purpose artificial
reefs, announced Thursday that it has completed Europe's first multi-purpose
reef on the Boscombe shoreline, just outside of southern England's coastal town
of Bournemouth.
www.asrltd.com
BCPC CONGRESS...
LONDON: With the curtain about to rise on this year's BCPC Congress, the
finalised conference programme is guaranteed to offer something for everyone.
www.bcpccongress.com
www.unitedbusinessmedia.com
SCHOOLONE, ETECH GROUP...
CLEVELAND: SchoolOne, provider of web-based student information systems,
Wednesday announced a new strategic reseller agreement with the Australia-based
Etech Group, makers of the Studywiz range of learning platform products.
www.studywiz.com
www.schoolone.com
SIGNING CEREMONY...
ST. PETERSBURG: The signing ceremony took place during the plenary session
of Russia-Saudi Business Forum, held during the forum exhibition.
http://forumspb.com/eng/
MOFILM ANNOUNCES...
LONDON: MOFILM, a pioneer of user generated video competitions for major
brands, Thursday announced the grand prize winner of the MOFILM 'make an ad'
competition at The Times 53rd London Film Festival.
www.mofilm.com
DIABETES CONVERSATION...
MONTREAL: This October marks the one-year anniversary of the international
launch of the ground-breaking diabetes Conversation Map education tools.
www.diabetes.healthyi.com
OVERSEE.NET OFFERS...
LOS ANGELES: Oversee.net, the leader in Internet Real Estate, announced
Thursday that it has been selected by Neustar, Inc., the global registry
operator for the .BIZ Internet domain, to exclusively offer previously
unreleased one and two-character .BIZ domain names at its Moniker.com live
auction to be held at the 2009 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference.
www.oversee.net
www.neustar.biz
www.neustarregistry.biz
PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES...
MILPITAS: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC), the leader in PC 3.0(TM)
products, services and embedded technologies, Wednesday announced a strategic
agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd to bring to market notebooks and
netbooks that are instant on/off, more user-friendly, fun, automated and
secure, with extended battery life.
http://www.phoenix.com
www.hyperspace.com
ECA Membership Now Available at Target.com Online Retail Stores
Retail Giant Offers Membership to Non-Profit Advocacy Group for Gamers
The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA), the non-profit membership
organization that represents gamers, today announced a new partnership with
Target Corporation. www.theECA.com
Europe's Operators Need More Revenue from Multiplay Offers
The policy of discounting multiplays in Europe in order to drive adoption
and subscriber additions will prove unsustainable as subscriber growth slows,
according to a new report by Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom
research arm of Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com).
BIOWA AND NKTT...
PRINCETON, N.J. and WALTHAM, Mass.: BioWa, Inc. (BioWa) and NKT
Therapeutics, Inc. (NKTT), announced Wednesday that they have entered into an
agreement which provides NKTT with access to BioWa's patented POTELLIGENT
Technology platform for the development of antibody-dependent cellular
cytotoxicity (ADCC) enhanced antibodies.
http://www.biowa.com
http://www.nktrx.com
DAY4 ENERGY...
BURNABY: Day4 Energy Inc. (TSX: DFE), a leading manufacturer of high
performance, cost-effective solar electric modules, Wednesday announced that
the Australian Patent Office has approved the application to award the company
a patent for its core Day4 Electrode solar technology.
www.day4energy.com
LEADING HANDSET...
ROTTERDAM: The Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) Wednesday announces that leading
handset manufacturers LG Electronics (LG), Research In Motion (RIM), Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) and Sharp Corporation (Sharp) will support the
JIL widget specification in future mobile handsets from Q1 2010.
http://www.chinamobile.com
http://www.softbank.co.jp
www.verizonwireless.com
http://www.vodafone.com
SAVI NETWORKS'...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and BALTIMORE: Transmed Foods, Inc., the U.S.
distribution arm of Crespo Foods, has selected Savi Networks to provide
automated wireless monitoring to improve shipment visibility and security while
reducing the supply chain costs of sourcing and transporting perishable food
products from North Africa to distribution centers throughout the United States.
www.SaviNetworks.com
SYSTIME AWARDS...
MUMBAI: SYSTIME a 100 per cent subsidiary of the CMS group and the largest
Oracle JD Edwards practice globally, was awarded the Growth (Applications)
Partner of the Year 2009 by Oracle India.
http://www.systime.net
PACNET ANNOUNCES...
SINGAPORE: Pacnet Wednesday announced plans to accelerate upgrades on its
wholly-owned subsea cable network EAC-C2C, adding an additional 3,600 Gbps of
capacity across Asia to meet the region's growing demand for bandwidth.
http://www.pacnet.com
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