NEW YORK, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Investment Will Help Drive Telepresence Innovation and Market Leadership As Telepresence Deployments Continue to Grow

Teliris, the leading provider of telepresence solutions, announced today it has secured US$11 million in new equity capital from Fidelity Ventures, Columbia Capital and an additional strategic investor. This investment is in addition to the Fidelity Ventures and Columbia Capital initial US$40 million funding in 2007.

Teliris will use the additional funding to capitalize on increased demand for its current products and services, as well as fund research and development (RD) projects.

BOSTON, Massachusetts, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Enables Creation of new Services and Revenue Streams; Reduces Capex/Opex

BOSTON, Massachusetts, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

NUREMBERG, Germany, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Beta Users Called for 30-day Trial in UK and Europe

NCP engineering today announced that it has developed the first universal IPSec VPN client for Windows 7. Now available, the beta version of the NCP Secure Entry Client will provide users and IT administrators with a flexible, intuitive solution for secure remote network access. Beta users have full access to the Windows 7 client for 30 days, and are encouraged to provide feedback through the company's blog, VPN Haus.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania and DUBLIN, Ireland, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), announces that it has received Paragraph IV Notice letters from Barr Laboratories, Inc. (Barr) and Mylan, Inc. (Mylan) dated 2 and 4 February 2009 respectively, advising in each case of the filing of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a generic version of 500mg, 750mg and 1gm FOSRENOL(R), (lanthanum carbonate).

PHILADELPHIA and DUBLIN, Ireland, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, will announce full year 2008 earnings on Thursday 19 February 2009.

Results press release will be issued at: 12:00 GMT / 07:00 EST Investor meeting and conference call time: 14:00 GMT / 09:00 EST

Investor Analyst meeting and conference call:

Angus Russell, Chief Executive Officer, Graham Hetherington, Chief Financial Officer, Mike Cola, President, Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Sylvie Gregoire, President, Human Genetic Therapies will host the investor and analyst meeting and conference call at 14:00 GMT/9:00 EST.

PARIS, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- GDF SUEZ has successfully issued EUR 750 million in bonds placed on the Belgian and Luxembourg markets. The issue represents the largest offering to date to the Belgian and Luxembourg retail investors.

Originally announced for a minimum amount of EUR 150 million, the issue was oversubscribed four times and finally closed two weeks in advance of its initial closing date. The market reception confirms the quality of the creditworthiness of GDF SUEZ as an issuer and the confidence of both public and private investors in the Group's long-term prospects.

The issue's main terms and conditions are: - Term, 6 years - Coupon 5% - Issue price 102% - Maturity, February 23, 2015

YOKOHAMA, Japan, February 9 /PRNewswire/ -- AVEVA (LSE:AVV) and Shinsei Giken have signed a USD300,000 contract that sees AVEVA supplying more of their flagship product - AVEVA PDMS -- to the specialist plant design company.

Shinsei Giken first subscribed to AVEVA solutions in 1998 and is one of Japan's pioneer 3D plant design companies. The company, founded in 1987, has been involved in various new and brownfield projects in the nuclear, semiconductor, oil gas, chemicals and other plant-related industries. Shinsei Giken is noted in Japan's power industry for its use of photogrammetry and 3D laser scanning to capture as-built data and convert it into fully intelligent PDMS models for revamp and retrofit projects.

SAN JOSE, California, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Finjan's Secure Web Gateway v9.2 Provides a Unified web Security Solution Combining Multi-Layered web Security, DLP, Content Caching, Application Control, URL Filtering and Web 2.0 security, Enabling Lower TCO and Higher ROI

Finjan Inc., a leader in secure web gateway products, announced today the launch of its unified Secure Web Gateway (SWG) version 9.2. It combines multi-layered web security, productivity, compliance, liability and bandwidth control on one dedicated appliance.

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HONG KONG, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

NetDragon Websoft Inc., a leading game developer and operator in the PRC (NetDragon, with its subsidiaries collectively known as the Group; stock code: 777), announced that it has signed an agreement with Saigon Telecommunication Technologies Corporation (SaigonTel), a listed company in HOSE stock exchange in Vietnam (Symbol: SGT), to license Zero Online in Vietnam market.

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TEL AVIV, Israel, February 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Nexperience System Provides Access to Pre-launched Vodafone Devices via the web, for Pre-deployment Testing and Monitoring by Vodafone and its Premium Partners