BARCELONA, Spain and DALLAS, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- More than just for CRM Applications, On-demand IT Service Platforms such as NTRsupport and NTRadmin Are Among Emerging Class of Solutions Slated for Significant Growth in 2009

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is often narrowly thought about as a way of delivering point solutions such as customer relationship management (CRM) and a few other business applications.

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Obviously, scientificblogging.com is all about science writing (it's not just a clever name, as Wayne Campbell would say). Blogging, as Atlantic senior editor Andrew Sullivan said in the November issue, "is, in many ways, writing out loud." But what about that dying breed of the enterprising newspaper science journalist?

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Demonstrates Vertica Analytic Database's enterprise-class scale and support of storage area networks

Vertica is participating in the new EMC(R) Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence/Analytics Competency Center to provide customers with a unique one stop shopping experience for determining the appropriate solution to meet their data warehouse/business intelligence needs. The Competency Center is designed to help organizations achieve cost efficiencies and reduce time-to-value in data warehouse deployments.

BEIJING, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Application Period Ends January 4, 2009

- METP, the Official EU-China Managers Exchange and Training Programme, Offers Executives the Possibility to Train as China Experts

Executives from EU-based companies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have the opportunity to apply for a fully-funded training scheme that will qualify them as China experts in 2009. Applications for the EU-China Managers Exchange and Training Programme (METP) can be submitted until January 4, 2009.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- In simple terms, behind the glass on the front of a plasma screen you'll find a whole lot of tiny cells that are filled with one of the 'noble' gases, generally neon or xenon. Each of these cells represents a single point - a pixel. If a voltage is applied to the gas, then it converts into what is known as a plasma - and the pixel begins to glow. In entertaining episodes our Chemical Reporter answers questions of our Podcast listeners on Chemistry in our everyday life.

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BERLIN, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Painting Formerly in the Collection of German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer Unveiled

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- http://mediarelations.concordia.ca/

More than 70 years after Düsseldorf art dealer, Max Stern, was forced to liquidate his art collection as a result of Nazi persecution, two more of his paintings were finally recovered by his heirs. The Max Stern Estate benefits three major universities (Concordia, McGill University/Montreal, and Hebrew University/Jerusalem) who are committed to recovering Stern's approximately 400 lost artworks. An event marking their return took place on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at the Berlin offices of the University of Toronto.

LONDON and SAN MATEO, California, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- With NetSuite OneWorld, Leading International Electronics Distributor Runs European Operations in Multiple Subsidiaries with One Consolidated Sales View

DUBLIN, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Software Addresses Important Unmet Need in Clinical Trials Using Echocardiography

ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today announced that its Medical Imaging division has launched a new cardiac echocardiography analysis software solution. The software, MIRA-ECHO, enables cardiac echocardiography (ECHO) images to be viewed, measured and interpreted in clinical trials and is the latest addition to ICON Medical Imaging's proprietary MIRA(TM) (Medical Imaging Review and Analysis) platform.

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- LifeVibes(TM) BlueVoice Software Delivers Crystal-Clear Voice Quality While Allowing Maximum Design Flexibility for State-of-the-art Headsets

NXP Software's LifeVibes(TM) BlueVoice has been incorporated in Sony Ericsson's latest HBH-IS800 headphones. With its extremely small footprint, BlueVoice enables manufacturers to combine highly innovative design with outstanding voice quality and added voice capabilities.

LONDON, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Eighth Straight Year of Growth Yields GBP1.1 Million Profit for UK Market Leader

- AIM Listing Mooted for 2009

BIW Technologies, one of the world's leading providers of online construction project control software, increased its turnover by 27% per cent to GBP7.3 million in the year to 30 September 2008, with profits more than doubling to GBP1.1 million.