MUMBAI, India, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Managed Global Connectivity Backed by Service Availability SLA and 24x7 Customer Support

Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of communications, announced today the launch of a new Global VPN Extended Access Service (EAS). This new cost-effective solution extends VPN access to customer sites that do not require dedicated links as well as those located in hard-to-reach geographies. EAS complements Tata Communications Global VPN Service to provide an integrated solution that addresses the full range of customers' communications needs.

LONDON, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- AboveNet Communications UK Ltd., a leading provider of fibre optic connectivity solutions for business and carriers and a subsidiary of AboveNet Inc., today announced the appointment of Trevor Price as vice president of finance. With more than 15 years experience in the technology & telecom sectors, Trevor joins AboveNet to manage all UK finance related functions and will be responsible for its commercial strategy moving forward.

LONDON, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Geophysicists Enjoy Faster Results and Improved IT Center Manageability

Panasas, Inc., the global leader in parallel storage solutions, today announced that, through the deployment of a Panasas AS3000 parallel storage solution, Geofizyka Krakow is completing seismic processing jobs up to six times faster. This performance boost positively impacts its geophysicists' productivity by providing faster results and the opportunity to run more job iterations for improved imaging results. Ultimately the deployment of Panasas parallel storage also benefits Geofizyka Krakow's Oil and Gas customers' exploration efforts by providing faster project turnaround with high-quality results that will help them locate energy reserves faster.

LA SORBONNE, France, September 11 /PRNewswire/ -- On the occasion of the one-day conference organised by Medical Enterprises (Les Entreprises du Médicament) and IMS-Health, on the Challenges facing Health Europe, Ms Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Health and Mr. Christian Lajoux, Chairman of Medecine Enterprises (Entreprises du Médicament) gave an introduction to the Conference.

The Commissioner gave a summary of some of the main areas for which she is responsible:

Defining Directives on care without frontiers, helping Member States to deal with the risks of pandemics, educating young people on their own health risks (alcohol, drugs, obesity...)

HATBORO, Pennsylvania, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

The Sports Network and Contec Innovations Inc. (TSXV: BUZ), a global mobile services provider, have announced that Justel, a leading service provider to China Unicom, has recently launched the English Premier League soccer services as a subscription service powered by BUZmob(TM).

Authoritative, live, mobile sports content is in high demand in China, and represents the next generation of services, which complement the ring tones, games and social community features already available to mobile subscribers.

INGELHEIM, Germany, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- For Non-US Healthcare Media

- Global QUEST Study Reveals Dogs With Congestive Heart Failure Have Significantly Improved Survival Outcomes With Vetmedin(R) (pimobendan)

Veterinarians and dog owners are today welcoming new research that delivers the promise of an extended happy life together for millions of dog owners and their pets. The three-year study demonstrates that dogs suffering from the most common type of heart failure live on average 91% (267 days vs. 140 days) longer when treated with the product Vetmedin(R) (pimobendan) compared with another common treatment option(1).

To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/boehringeringelheim/34774/

LONDON, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Software Includes Enhanced Compatibility and Repurposing Features

AmberFin today announces the launch of the latest version of its iCR software, an open-standards platform with four-time Emmy award winning technology that can digitise and transform new and archived content.

AmberFin iCR 4.0 includes reliable SD/HD ingest, optimised for open storage servers, with integrated review and quality control. Its repurposing module has been enhanced to enable it to reduce the equivalent quality file size by as much as 25% alongside cut-and-splice versioning tools, network rendering capabilities and best-in-class video processing and conversion.

NEW YORK, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- With its technology, the iCrete System produces a stronger, more cost effective, environmentally safe concrete for the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center in New York City.

(With permission from the pages of Concrete Today magazine, September 2008) -- One of the problems concrete contractors were faced with in a pour the magnitude of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center was controlling the heat generated in the core of the concrete, along with the changes in temperature, which, during hydration and consolidation, can cause cracks due to stress. The answer to this dilemma within New York's most important structure came from an unlikely source, a California company called iCrete(R).

ATLANTA and MOSCOW, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading provider of electronic transaction processing solutions, announced today it has agreed to acquire ZAO United Card Service ("UCS") from ZAO United Investments in a stock purchase transaction. The transaction is subject to regulatory and noteholders' approval and customary closing conditions.

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TORONTO, Canada, September 11 /PRNewswire/ --

- Redline's RedMAX(TM) Family of WiMAX Forum Certified(R) Products Will Provide IDNet Customers With Advanced Data and Internet Services

Redline Communications Group Inc. ("Redline") (TSX and AIM: RDL), a leading provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless infrastructure products, and IDNet, a leading Costa Rican wireless broadband services operator, today announced that IDNet has deployed Redline's award-winning RedMAX(TM) family of WiMAX Forum Certified(R) products, to provide enterprise and residential customers with advanced internet and data services. The project represents the first live private WiMAX network operating in the 3.3 GHz licensed spectrum in Costa Rica.