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.

LISBON, Portugal, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Event brings together more than 250 defence leaders from around the world to discuss technology benefits for peacekeeping, disaster response and public safety.

HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A sustainability report made from recycled waste and embedded with wildflower seeds has won one of the world's most prestigious marketing prizes. Multinational Marketing Communications agency ElcaMedia (http://www.elcamedia.com) received 'Best of Category: Green Marketing' for its 'Green Book' - developed for one of their clients (Desso) - at the Marketing Effectiveness Awards 2008 of Summit International (SIA) (http://www.summitawards.com/content/blogcategory/72/309/).

CAMBRIDGE, England, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Velocix Metro provides quantum shift in quality of service cost of delivery for video

Velocix(TM) (http://www.velocix.com), provider of a leading worldwide Digital Asset Delivery Network, today announced Velocix Metro, a next-generation Web video delivery solution that offers radical improvements in quality of service and a dramatic reduction in cost of delivery. Velocix Metro is a new deployment alternative for the Velocix Digital Asset Delivery Network, adapted and optimized specifically for operation within Internet Service Provider (ISP) access networks.

PARIS, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Verizon Business' Professional Services Will Enable Certification of Monext's Processing System

Monext France (formerly Experian), a pioneer of e-commerce transactions, has entrusted Verizon Business Security Solutions to help the company's online bank-payment processing system meet industry standards for protecting confidential data.

Verizon Business provides professional services support and expertise to obtain Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification for Monext's processing system, Payline.

SKILLMAN, New Jersey, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Free Support Magazine Helps Individuals and Families Embrace Life to the Fullest

ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, announced today the launch of ConTact(TM), the new global lifestyle magazine for people with an ostomy. The free magazine is filled with practical advice and feature articles on living a healthy and active life after ostomy surgery.

In response to reader feedback, ConTact(TM), formerly known as Health Vitality, now features expanded content, including personal profiles from people around the world who are living the life they want, tips from contributing experts and readers, as well as a new look and feel.

A portable test being developed by biodetection expert Stratophase could soon enable farmers and vets to accurately detect highly contagious diseases such as bovine TB and foot and mouth in the field, reducing false alarms and containment time and enabling remedial action to be taken more quickly.

A total of 2,030 cases of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) were confirmed in Great Britain between February and September 2001.* Millions of cows were slaughtered during the eradication programme and large swathes of the British countryside fenced off and declared out of bounds to the public for fear of further spread of the infection.

Stratophase is working with other British experts to develop a new detector system using immunoassay diagnosis - a biochemical test that detects

CAMBRIDGE, England, December 10 /PRNewswire/ --

- Velocix Metro corrects Internet Economy 'fault-lines' that currently exist between traditional Content Delivery Network (CDN) providers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and On-Line Video Broadcasters

Velocix(TM) (http://www.velocix.com), provider of a leading worldwide Digital Asset Delivery Network, today announced a next generation video delivery solution that corrects fault-lines that currently exist within the Internet economy. The introduction of Velocix Metro makes the Video Web of the future possible today with radical improvements in quality of service and a dramatic reduction in cost of delivery.