BERLIN, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- New results of the ADVANCE (Action in Diabetes and Vascular disease: PreterAx and DiamicroN-MR Controlled Evaluation) trial have been presented today at the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and show that the antihypertensive Preterax - a fixed combination of the ACE-inhibitor perindopril and the diuretic indapamide - reduces the likelihood of new or worsening nephropathy (kidney damage) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by up to 31% and in patients with existing kidney damage leads to nephropathy regression in about one-in-six.(1)

WAYNE, Pennsylvania and LONDON, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

SunGard has integrated its SunGard Transaction Network (STN) with Japan-based trading hub, MetaBit. This will help SunGard's buy-side and sell-side customers automate their trading connections with institutions in the Asia-Pacific region thereby helping improve integration, automation and connectivity of the international trade lifecycle.

Based in Tokyo, MetaBit is Japan's only provider of a pure local FIX trading hub providing bilateral order flow for cash equities, index futures, options, and commodity futures, giving buy-side institutions direct electronic access to 34 brokers and ten exchanges.

OXFORD, England, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Oxford Computer Group (OCG) proudly announced it has won the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year award for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Active Directory. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology.

"It is a great honour to receive this award which is a validation of our expertise and focus on identity and access solutions," said Neil Coughlan, Director, Oxford Computer Group. "We would like to thank our customers for great references and our people whose capability and professionalism sets us apart from the competition."

HONG KONG, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Extensive Experience Contributes to Strengthening Property Development Business in the PRC

HKC (Holdings) Limited ("HKC (HOLDINGS)" or the "Group") (SEHK: 190) has appointed Mr. CHAU Wing Hing ("Mr. CHAU") and Mr. SHI Jihua ("Mr. SHI") as Executive Directors of the Group, effective from 15 June 2008.

Mr. CHAU joined the Group since 2005 and has over 26 years of solid experience in property development and construction. He is mainly responsible for property development and management in the PRC. He graduated from the department of infrastructure of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (formerly named Liaoning University of Finance and Economics) and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics.

LAS VEGAS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tellabs accelerates optical transport networks

NXTcomm08 -- Service providers need networks without speed limits. They need unlimited bandwidth to deliver video, business and mobile services. Simpler and more scalable Carrier Ethernet capabilities on the Tellabs(R) 7100 optical transport system (OTS) surpass networks' current speed limits.

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BOSTON, Massachusetts and TEL AVIV, Israel, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Delivers Industry's Premier Solution for DR Monitoring and Management in EMC VMware Virtualization Environments

- Additional Enhancements in Host Configuration Gap Detection, Integration with Leading CMDBs and Ticket Management Systems, as well as Oracle Data Guard and HDS Platform Support

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SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Kenshoo and AdBrite Announce an Integration Between the KENSHOO SEARCH(TM) Automation Platform and AdBrite's Comprehensive Online ad Network.

Kenshoo LTD and AdBrite have announced a partnership to provide an integrated online marketing solution. The companies, both funded by Sequoia Capital, have integrated their best-of-breed solutions to allow search marketers to efficiently extend their campaigns to run in non-search inventory such as display ad units.

LAS VEGAS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Latest version adds voice and webconferencing capabilities; partners broaden solution with unified communications services and hosting automation tools.

REDMOND, Washington, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 provides a platform enabling original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to quickly build next-generation connected PNDs.

LAS VEGAS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Nortel delivers first integration with Microsoft's carrier-hosted HMC 4.5 unified communications solution.