SYDNEY--10 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
CHINA LOGISTICS...
BEIJING: China's car companies are set to turn to a Western outsourced model of
logistics to cope with booming volumes and more demanding consumers.
http://www.ultimamedia.com
MOBILE CLIENT...
LONDON: Formicary, provider of premier Systems Integration and software
solutions, today announces the launch of the world's first secure real-time
enterprise mobile client designed to specifically extend and complement the
powerful features of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Group Chat.
http://www.formicary.net
POSITIVE RATING...
TORONTO: Varicent Software, an innovator and global leader in providing
Incentive Compensation and Sales Performance Management solutions, today
announced that it received a Positive rating in Gartner's report entitled
"MarketScope for Sales Incentive Compensation Management Software(1)."
http://www.varicent.com
SECURITIES REDEMPTION...
WASHINGTON: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) will redeem the principal amounts indicated
for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at
a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus
accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:
AD SERVING...
MANILA, Philippines and REDWOOD CITY, Calif: Amobee Media Systems
(http://www.amobee.com/), the world leader in advertising solutions for mobile
operators, today announces it has been chosen by Philippines' leading
telecommunications company, Globe Telecom, to deliver ad serving and mediation
for both of its Internet and mobile channels.
http://www.globe.com.ph/
PLATINUM COLLABORATOR...
TORONTO: CloudSlam'10(TM) - a virtual conference, taking place via the internet
March 23rd -- 25th 2010, is pleased to confirm that Wipro have been selected as
Exclusive Platinum Collaborator for the CloudSlam'10(TM) initiative.
http://www.CloudSlam10.com
TURING AWARD...
NEW YORK: ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery today named Charles P.
Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his pioneering design
and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer, and the
prototype for networked personal computers.
http://www.acm.org
DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE...
SAN FRANCISCO: The Game Developers Conference(R) 2010 (GDC10) commences today
at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco through Saturday, March 13.
GDC10 offers game development professionals from all over the world a venue to
share information and insights, uncover opportunities and meet and network with
other professionals who share the same dedication to the craft of game
development.
www.gdconf.com
ONLINE PAYMENT...
MANILA: AsiaPay, the leading electronic payment gateway provider, has launched
PesoPay online payment service with Globe GCASH.
http://www.asiapay.com
TAIWAN DISTRIBUTOR...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif: Ingenuity Systems, the leading provider of information
solutions for life science researchers, today announced Molecule Scientific
Co., Ltd. as the exclusive distributor of IPA(R) in Taiwan.
http://www.ingenuity.com
ASIA PRESENCE...
BINDLACH, Germany: The textile discounter NKD is further expanding its presence
in Asia. The NKD subsidiary Sun Fortune Ltd. is to take over the office of the
trade agency Goalmax as of January 1st 2010 in Suzhou near Shanghai.
FOOD EXTRAVAGANZA...
BANGKOK: The countdown is on, once again, for Thailand's grandest food
extravaganza of the year, the THAIFEX — World of food ASIA 2010.
www.thaitradefair.com,
www.worldoffoodasia.com
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION...
PHILADELPHIA and LONDON: A study from Thomson Reuters released today shows
broadening international collaboration in the research of Australia and, to a
lesser degree, New Zealand, over the past 10 years.
http://researchanalytics.thomsonreuters.com/grr/
PALMOIL FUTURES...
CHICAGO and KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: CME Group, the world's leading and most
diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced the launch of a
dollar-denominated, cash-settled crude palm oil futures contract scheduled to
begin trading on May 23, 2010, for trade date May 24.
www.CMEGroup.com/palmoil
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