VIENNA, Austria, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft renews commitment to SWIFT and achieves SWIFTReady Financial EAI Label for 2008.

Microsoft Corp. today announced at Sibos 2008 that it is signing a global partnership agreement with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Transactions (SWIFT). The announcement signifies a new, higher level of close cooperation between the organizations, under which they will work together to deliver deep industry value and simplify SWIFTNet implementation for customers using Microsoft technology. It is a mutual, commercially based agreement between the organizations and will open further opportunities for financial service providers and midsize to large corporations to quickly and easily connect to SWIFT.

NEW YORK, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Support for C# code generation from Volante data models now enables SWIFT data movement in and out of Microsoft business solutions

Powering finance with data management innovations, Volante today released its new .NET implementation of SWIFT messaging to provide built-in compatibility with models, applications and development activities based on Microsoft .Net Framework and BizTalk solutions. The core of this offering is the C# code generator, a platform option offered with Volante Composer.

SWIFT implementation on .NET, as well as the full range of Volante integration capabilities for SWIFT messaging, is being demonstrated this week at the Volante Stand B203 at SWIFT's Sibos conference in Vienna.

VEENENDAAL, Netherlands, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Oncentra(R) RT Viewer* Officially to Launch at ESTRO 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden, September 14-18 and ASTRO 2008, Boston, USA, September 21-24

VEENENDAAL, Netherlands, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Nucletron, a knowledge-based leader in radiation oncology today announced the market release of Oncentra RT Viewer. This unique innovation in treatment planning solutions from Nucletron allows clinicians to review radiotherapy plans that are generated with a wide variety of DICOM-compliant treatment planning systems, in a Windows PC-based environment.

BOSTON, NEW YORK and LONDON, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Omgeo Continues to Build Upon Track Record of Innovation and Standard Setting

Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency, today announced that it has acquired Allustra, a London-based provider of collateral management solutions. Allustra offers a suite of products that provide customers the ability to consolidate trade positions across asset classes, including OTC derivatives, and to manage the collateral process that mitigates the associated counterparty risk. Mark James, managing director of Allustra, joins Omgeo's executive committee as managing director.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Chip PC new, Expandable Linux-based Platforms Feature Domain Authentication and Active-Directory Management in a Linux-based OS, Tight Security, Local Browser and a Truly Rich Multimedia Experience

SINGAPORE, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

Singapore-based NanoMaterials Technology Pte Ltd ("NMT"), announced today that it has appointed Dr Frank U. Floether to its Scientific Advisory Board ("SAB").

VIENNA, Austria, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft BizTalk Server to help reduce risk and time for securities workflow between ING and its settlement counterparty.

SINGAPORE, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Carbon Trading and Green Initiatives Revving Up in MENA Region

Eight months after world leaders met in Bali to chart the course to a low-carbon world, green initiative like carbon trading are gaining ground in a region long associated with Big Oil. The World Carbon Emission Reduction Summit in Abu Dhabi, unthinkable until recently, now attracts international heavyweights such as the World Bank, UNFCCC and UNEP FI CCWG.

"The level of interest we are currently witnessing is very encouraging," says Bjorn Tore Urdal, Senior Equity Analyst (Energy) at Sustainable Asset Management. He predicts, "Undoubtedly, the Middle East will develop itself as a main hub for capital allocation into the low carbon economy."

DALLAS, September 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Entrust and Slovenia to demonstrate interoperability during ePassports EAC Conformity & Interoperability Tests in Prague

After successful deployment of their first-generation ePassport solution in 2006, Slovenia again has selected Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) to facilitate their government's migration to a second-generation ePassport solution based on the Extended Access Control (EAC) standard. With this, Slovenia becomes one of the first countries in the world to announce its migration to second-generation ePassports.