BIRMINGHAM, England, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Companies Benchmarked on Their Sustainable Business Practices

Semplice Energy Limited, leading provider of enterprise CleanTech energy solutions and part of British Gas, a Centrica company, today announced the launch of the Sustainability Challenge Scorecard survey at Sustainability live! 2009, at the NEC, Birmingham. The survey forms the basis of research into how successfully businesses are addressing energy and carbon reduction, and what needs to be done to help organisations set and achieve aggressive carbon reduction targets.

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- WCC Smart Search Match, the leading provider of high-performance search and match software, today announced that it has reached a significant milestone in the support of public employment services worldwide. With the recent launch of services in France and Sweden that are based on WCC's flagship product, ELISE, over 60% of the registered unemployed people in Europe are assisted by an ELISE-backed system, according to data derived from Eurostat statistics. WCC's commitment to helping public employment services connect jobs with job seekers spans over thirteen years and has involved implementations throughout Europe and the US.

DULLES, Virginia, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Cigital, the largest consulting firm specializing in software security and quality, announced today that it has acquired the European consulting, assessment and training operations of Security Innovation. This acquisition will broaden Cigital's reach and expand its capability to support trans-Atlantic clients more completely.

LIDKÖPING, Sweden, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Handheld Today Announced the Nautiz eTicket(TM), a New Version of the Versatile Rugged Mobile Computer Nautiz X5(TM), Designed Especially for Transactions and Ticket Validations in the Public Transport Sector.

The Handheld Group introduced today the new Nautiz eTicket(TM) rugged PDA with an integrated smart card reader. The Nautiz eTicket joins the Handheld Nautiz product line with RFID capabilities plus a host of other advanced features. A built in smart card reader supports various ISO14443 type A/B, and ISO 15693 RFID devices, including MIFARE and ICODE. The contactless electronic link between the card and the reader allows for the fast transaction needed in transportation security and payment systems.

BRISBANE, Australia, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Australia's fastest growing action sports label, Unit Clothing is teetering on the edge of controversy once more following the launch of a campaign to promote its 'Age of Panic' theme.

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Unit has released its own range of face masks and respirators in an effort to combat the global threat of swine flu.

Retaining its renowned edge, Unit has photographed its models demonstrating the products in a dimly-lit cold storage facility, surrounded by the hanging carcasses of freshly-slaughtered pigs.

LONDON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- AboveNet's Fibre-Optic Network in London to be Used for In-Depth Validation Trials

AboveNet, a leading provider of fibre optic and IP connectivity solutions for business and carriers, and QinetiQ, the defence, security and technology company, have announced a strategic partnership that will exploit an advanced cryptography solution to provide strong network security for communications. This solution aims to make quantum cryptography a reality across optical networks.

DUBLIN, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Completed Series B Total Stands at EUR21.3 m

DUBLIN, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Opsona Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on novel therapeutic and preventative approaches to autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, today announced that Roche Venture Fund and Enterprise Ireland have committed an additional EUR3.3 million to the Series B financing announced in February this year, bringing the total round to EUR21.3 million. The new investors join Novartis Venture Fund, Fountain Healthcare Partners, Inventages Venture Capital and Seroba-Kernel in completing the round, which will enable Opsona to further expand its clinical development pipeline.

BEIJING and TOKYO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

iSoftStone Holdings Limited (iSoftStone), a global provider of consulting, IT outsourcing, and business process outsourcing services, announced its strengthened commitment to its Japan- and Korea-based clients, to continue to help them meet their needs for business technology solutions delivered from China. As part of that commitment, iSoftStone has asked that Juro Nakauchi, previously a corporate advisor to iSoftStone, to assume the role of Chairman for the Japan Korea Business Group. Mr. Nakauchi will report to Chairman CEO TW Liu, and will focus principally on strategic business development and management.

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LONDON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

- Jackpot Reward - Match 3 Numbers to Win a Million

LONDON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

Tipp24.com has come up trumps with two generous lotto promotions this month. Incentive number one, the jackpot reward, enables customers to earn one million Euros if their friends or family members win the jackpot. Incentive number two gives customers the chance to win one million Euros by matching just 3 numbers.

Jackpot reward of one million

SAN RAMON, California, May 19 /PRNewswire/ --

eQuest, the global leader in job posting and Internet recruitment management services, today announced that beginning June 1, 2009 it will release a complete French version of its job posting user interface application.

eQuest provides job delivery services to more than half of the Fortune 100 including multi-national companies doing business in France as well as around the world.

While eQuest has long-served the French market, this release is the first to include a French version of our patented job delivery software, said John Malone, President and CEO of eQuest. We look forward to better serving the French market with this release.

The French release will work with all eQuest ATS and ERP partners.