REDMOND, Washington, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- New reference architectures from Bull, Dell and HP make it faster, easier and more affordable for companies to deploy enterprise-class data warehousing projects.

LONDON, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Aid Charity Implements Autonomous Web-Based SMS Solution to Communicate With Staff and Volunteers Quickly and Effectively

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Vertica Analytic Database running on VMware helps data centers consolidate tera-mart and data warehouse deployments in virtualized private cloud environments

Will virtualization of data centers spell the end of specialized hardware-based data warehouse appliances? If Vertica has anything to say about it, the answer is yes.

Vertica today unveiled a new version of its Vertica Analytic Database packaged as a virtualized appliance to run in VMware environments. The new Vertica Virtualized Analytic Database is a simple-to-deploy, self-contained software package that runs its own operating system and copy of Vertica, on any VMware-supported hardware as if it were a physical computer.

ARNHEM, The Netherlands, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Scheduled for Monday, March 2, 2009

- 09:00 AM (Eastern Time) 15:00 (CET)

ARCADIS (Euronext: ARCAD) intends to release its fourth quarter-year end 2008 results on Monday, March 2, 2009 before the opening of the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam exchange. On the same day, ARCADIS will hold an analyst meeting / conference call starting at 09.00 AM Eastern time. The event will be broadcast live via webcast. During these events, CEO Harrie Noy and CFO Ben van der Klift will provide insight into the results.

BRIGHTON, England, February 23 /PRNewswire/ -- 2008 was another outstanding year for the Planon group. Total sales volume grew 20% to EUR 29.7 million, while software sales increased by 35%. This positive result more than doubled compared to 2007.

The organisation has grown between 15% and 25% annually since 1994. The continued success over the last few years led to the company's emergence as the European leader in the field of Integrated Workplace Management Software (IWMS) with this year's results again firmly establishing this position. Planon celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2008.

WATERLOO, Canada, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Unique Masters Course Now Accepting Applications

Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), in partnership with the University of Waterloo, has launched Perimeter Scholars International (PSI), a concentrated Masters level course for exceptional students who wish to become researchers in theoretical physics. Full details are available at http://www.perimeterscholars.org.

BOZEN, Italy, February 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Robotics and Can-Med today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement whereby Can-Med has acquired the exclusive distribution rights to Health Robotics' i.v.STATION robot in Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. i.v.STATION is the world's first and only automated, point-of-care-distributed, and fail-safe robotic system for the sterile and accurate preparation of non-hazardous intravenous medications. In consideration for the acquisition of i.v.STATION five years' exclusive distribution rights, Can-Med has issued Health Robotics with purchase orders for an additional 129 i.v.STATION robots.

HORSHAM, Pennsylvania, February 23 /PRNewswire/ -- - Inspired Gaming Group plans to take full advantage of robust capabilities in Astea's latest software release.

Astea International Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEA), the leader in service lifecycle management and mobility solutions announces that Inspired Gaming Group Plc (INGG), a leading supplier of Open Server-Based Gaming (Open SBG(TM)) technology, is planning to upgrade and deploy Astea Alliance version 8.

With Astea's latest release, Inspired Gaming Group is looking to streamline and enhance business processes which they believe will result in more effective customer service and reduced maintenance costs. Astea Alliance will be deployed in both the Remote Fix and Field Service groups.

RESTON, Virginia, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has teamed with C4 Advanced Solutions to pursue government and commercial training opportunities in the United Arab Emirates and the Middle East.

We are working with C4 Advanced Solutions (C4AS) because of its expertise as a systems integrator, information and communication technology solution provider, and knowledge solutions expert, said Stephen Teel, a Raytheon Technical Services Company (TS) LLC vice president of Global Training Solutions. Since the major focus of C4AS is on service provision to military, educational, and governmental institutions in the Middle East, this will provide both parties access to a large customer base. C4AS is headquartered in Abu Dhabi.

ROUSSET and RENNES, France, February 23 /PRNewswire/ --

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and TazTag(TM), announced today that the two companies are collaborating to bring to market all-in-one contactless solutions to store and protect personal data. As a first step in their collaboration, TazTag is using the Atmel AT98SC016CU turnkey security module in TazCard(TM), the first NFC electronic wallet.

The choice of an Atmel's security module became obvious when we decided to secure our nomad contactless smart object, said Eric Fouchard, CEO of TazTag. The cooperation between a fingerprint sensor and the AT98SC016CU safely protects the access to personal data and the applications in the TazCard.