BILLERICA, Massachusetts, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- US$5000 prize to develop best indexing system for main memory data

Vertica Systems announced today that it is sponsoring the first annual Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD) programming contest. Students at a degree-granting institution have until March 15, 2009, to submit a prototype for consideration as a finalist to participate in a bake-off at this year's Association for Computing Machinery's (ACM) SIGMOD conference in Providence, Rhode Island. Vertica, in conjunction with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and additional funding from Microsoft Corp., is sponsoring the contest to generate better ideas in transactional indexing systems for main memory data.

LONDON, February 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) invites you to attend the Traditional Herbal Medicines: opportunities and challenges in a changing regulatory environment conference, on Friday 6 March 2009.

Topics under the spotlight include:

- The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency strategy for effectively regulating herbal medicines - The quality of herbal medicines in the UK - Avoiding the pitfalls when registering a herbal product - The development of new traditional herbal medicinal products

The one-day conference will be held at the RPSGB's headquarters in London and opens at 9.30am.

The full conference programme can be found at http://www.rpsgb.org/pdfs/sciconf090306.pdf

WARSAW, Poland, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- New DKMS Poland Office Expands Coty-DKMS: Linked Against Leukemia Partnership

Coty Inc., a leader in the global beauty industry and the world's largest fragrance company, and DKMS, the world's largest non-profit bone marrow donor center, are pleased to announce the opening of DKMS Polska, the expansion of the Coty-DKMS: Linked Against Leukemia global initiative.

LONDON, February 25 /PRNewswire/ -- LastPost.com, the iconic UK remembrance website, announces a new email and letters service.

Users can send up to 10 free emails immediately after death and store letters for delivery many years later. Letters can be sent to coincide with anniversaries, birthdays, weddings, births, graduations, and other special days.

The World Health Organisation estimates that 1 person dies every 30 seconds in a car crash, says Andrew Campbell, the Founder and CEO of LastPost.com, not having an opportunity to say goodbye makes the loss of a loved one even harder to bear. Our service provides peace of mind for a sender and support and encouragement for recipients.

HONG KONG, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HKEx: 2332; NYSE: HTX) will publish its 2008 annual results on Wednesday, 4 March 2009. Chief Executive Officer Mr Dennis Lui and Chief Financial Officer Mr Christopher Foll will host an investor conference call on the day. Estimated upload time of information and details of the conference call are:

WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Architecture Delivers Unparalleled Performance, Instant Availability and Significant Reduction in Storage

LONDON, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- 'Unique to the Market,' FSR Delivers Greater Confidence in and Control of Annual Account Numbers, Automating a Manual Process

Clarity Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) today announced that its expanding Clarity FSR customer base now includes LV=, one of the United Kingdom's oldest and most prestigious mutual financial services groups. The firm's group finance department is now using Clarity FSR to prepare all of its 2008 annual accounts for March 2009 filing.

LONDON, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

SunGard's Ambit Risk Performance solution has been voted as the number one asset and liability management (ALM) solution for the second straight year in Risk magazine's annual technology rankings. SunGard's Ambit solution also scored highly in several other categories, including integrated market and credit risk management, credit risk management, and risk management -- Basel II and International Accounting Standards (IAS) compliance.

LONDON, February 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Misys plc (FTSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announces that more customers are benefiting from the advanced solutions from its Banking and Treasury Capital Markets businesses.

There were 174 customer go-lives during the first half of its financial year (ended 30 November 2008). There have been many more since then, for example the recently announced implementation at Bank of Hawaii, which is now getting value from Misys Trade Portal, the award-winning online trade services solution.

SAN JOSE, California, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --

- Atmel's RF transceiver and microcontrollers enable Wireless Personal Area Networks including 6LoWPAN in China, compliant to IEEE 802.15.4 and the respective P802.15.4c Draft Amendment