CARDIFF, Wales, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Huge Broadband Performance Gap Across European Cities

Epitiro, the broadband communications authority, today published the 'European City Internet Performance Index 2008', a preliminary report based on the company's ongoing research into broadband services across the EU Member States.

The data, derived from testing broadband services from leading ISPs in Amsterdam, Dublin, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich, is part of a major customer experience research project by Epitiro to understand the actual broadband service levels delivered to EU consumers and businesses.

The early findings confirm the existence of a 'digital divide' amongst European cities:

PARIS, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- New customers, partners represent Jaspersoft's growth throughout Europe; company opens fifth European office in Paris

Jaspersoft Corporation, the market leader in open source business intelligence (BI) and the world's most widely deployed BI software, today announced a number of milestones representing its commercial success and increasing priority on the European market. Recent customer deployments include EnergySys Limited, INTECO and La SACEM, contributing to over 200 percent growth in subscriptions for Jaspersoft's Professional Edition products in Europe. Jaspersoft today serves more than 9,000 customers in 96 countries worldwide.

LONDON, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Security, Usability and Performance Remain Key for BullGuard

BullGuard (http://www.bullguard.com/), specialists in user-friendly PC and Mobile security solutions for consumers, today released BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, the latest version of its flagship product.

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BullGuard Internet Security 8.5 incorporates advanced Antivirus, Antispyware, Firewall, Spamfilter and Backup functionalities and provides home users with an understandable all-in-one security solution.

LONDON, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Misys (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, announces that Mizuho Corporate Bank, headquartered in Tokyo, has selected Misys Midas Plus with Global Processing to support its ambitious international growth strategy. The implementation of the first site in Europe has been completed with all other operations to move onto the central hub individually. The integrated core banking solution will help Mizuho to deliver improved efficiencies and more informed decision-making within its commercial and investment banking operations and ensure a consistent level of customer service across the bank's global network.

Scientists from Britain's University of York have discovered what they're calling a 'Chemical Equator' that separates the Southern and Northern Hemispheres. This band, which lies in the Western Pacific, is estimated to be 50 km wide and acts as a divider, keeping the pollutants of the northern hemisphere from contaminating that of the hemisphere below.

YOKNE'AM, Israel, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Surf's PCI Express Multimedia Processing Platform Provides High Density Voice and Video Processing for NEC's New Line of Platforms for Advanced Telecom Services

Surf Communication Solutions ("Surf"), a leading provider of multimedia embedded processing solutions, announced today that NEC Corporation ("NEC"), a multinational company providing information technology (IT) and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government, has selected Surf's SurfExpress/PCIeTM multimedia processing solution to provide simultaneous voice and video processing capabilities for their core network mobile and fixed service delivery platforms.

HILVERSUM, The Netherlands, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

- Next-Generation IP Communications Servers and Revolutionary Terminals To Shake up SMB and Enterprise Markets

NEC, a global leader in enterprise business communications, today announced the introduction of a host of new Unified Communications (UC) and infrastructure offerings for both SMB (Small & Medium Businesses) and Enterprises in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) region.

The new solutions build on NEC's UNIVERGE(R)360 approach, which puts people, rather than technology, at the centre of business communications. They include UNIVERGE SV8100 and 8300 communications servers and a family of IP and digital terminals, in combination with innovative UC applications such as Business ConneCT.

BERLIN, September 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year 30 million HD-ready (high definition) televisions are sold in the European Union (EU). The European HDTV market will be the focus of the trade fair "HD-TV across Europe" taking place October 14-15, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Invest in Germany, the country's inward investment promotion agency, will be present to outline the many benefits of Germany as both a manufacturing and service location.

As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional drag that slows the car and forces the engine to work harder. The same phenomenon affects airplanes, boats, submarines, and even your golf ball.

In work that could lead to ways of controlling the effect with potential impacts on fuel efficiency and more, MIT scientists and colleagues report new mathematical and experimental work for predicting where that aerodynamic separation will occur.

LONDON, September 24 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) postal automation subsidiary, Solystic, will display a wide range of its industry-leading mail processing technologies at Post Expo, the international postal technology exhibition and conference.

Post Expo takes place from 30 September to 2 October 2008 at ExCel, London and is the world's leading event focused on strategy, technology and services for the global postal sector. Solystic is a major sponsor of Post Expo.