RESTON, Virginia, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Releases Second of Six White Papers in Modular Application Development Series

CorasWorks Corporation, a leading provider of modular application development software for Microsoft's SharePoint platform, has announced the release of the second of six white papers in its modular application development series. The white paper titled "Modular Application Design Patterns for SharePoint" provides a thorough explanation of the modular development architecture of SharePoint and the use of design patterns in modular, web-based application development.

WELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Joseph F. Finn, Jr., C.P.A. ("Finn"), Assignee of the assets of Spherics, Inc. ("Spherics") for the benefit of creditors, announced today that all pharmaceutical intellectual property will be sold at a sealed bid auction on October 10, 2008.

LONDON, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Award-Winning Speaker Carol Woodbury to Offer Advice on Security Compliance Through Series of Workshops and Her Key Note Speech to Delegates at Australasia's Largest IBM User Groups Event

LONDON, August 20 /PRNewswire/ -- People affected by the debilitating neurological condition multiple sclerosis (MS) now have world-class information at their fingertips thanks to a UK first by the MS Society.

The charity, which is the largest of its kind supporting people affected by MS, has this week created an online library of the thousands of books, journals, papers and magazines that it has in its collection, searchable from anywhere with an internet connection.

The database opens up the library to the world and now anyone interested in any aspect of MS can see what's available, download documents and texts and request loans.

PLANO, Texas, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

EDS today announced that Ovum, an IT analyst and research organization, has awarded it top status in the 2008 Ovum Navigator(TM) for European Applications Outsourcing. This recognition places EDS among the top three vendors in Europe in applications outsourcing (i), acknowledging EDS' strength in execution and strategy. The Ovum Navigator report aims to give CIOs and their teams an independent perspective on vendors who provide applications outsourcing services in Europe, and to help them determine which vendors are the best fit for them. The report evaluated 11 vendors and looks to guide potential users of applications outsourcing services.

BRATSK, Russia, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that reconstruction of the last of four systems for gas cleaning at its Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant subsidiary is near completion.

PALO ALTO, California, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

- Socialtext adds to its wiki foundation with added benefits from Intel(R) Certified Solutions Program

Socialtext, the leading provider of enterprise wiki and social software solutions, today announced its collaboration with Intel and SpikeSource and its participation in the Intel(R) Certified Solutions Program. The Intel Certified Solutions Program, provided by SpikeSource, allows Socialtext to certify its solution for specific Intel technologies. The certification provides significant business value for Socialtext, as the company continues to be an innovator and leader in the business social software space.

FRANKFURT, Germany and CHICAGO, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

RTS Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a leading trading solutions provider, today announced that Raiffeisen Centrobank AG, a leading issuing bank in Austria, has recently expanded its services by offering Direct Market Access (DMA) to the Vienna Stock Exchange, enabling other RTS customers to access this Xetra electronic trading platform based exchange.

RTS' RTD Connect solution is easy to deploy between RTS customers, simply requiring a "plug 'n play interface" between two RTD servers. Until now, Raiffeisen Centrobank has been using the high-performance trading platform RTD Realtime Trading Desktop for its proprietary trading.

WARRINGTON, England, August 20 /PRNewswire/ -- United Utilities is investing a total of GBP30.3 million to provide a faster and more efficient service to customers. Part of this investment is in a state-of-the-art workforce management solution with IBM* (NYSE:IBM) and SAP.

Customer Services Director Brian Hurd said: "It is a highly sophisticated project with a simple objective - to ensure we get the right people to the right job at the right time.

"It has been designed to speed up our response to customers' problems, such as leaks or loss of supply, and is part of United Utilities' strategy to become a world class operator of utility infrastructure."

HONG KONG, August 20 /PRNewswire/ --

Globe7 HK Ltd. and New Straits Times Press Bhd. (NSTP), part of Malaysia's largest diversified media company, Media Prima, are launching a strategic partnership to offer casual gaming on the company's popular Malay-language Web site, http://www.hmetro.com.my .

(Logo: http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200808201730.jpg)

Under the agreement, Globe7 will host casual gaming, offering more than 100 free online games and adding to the site's lifestyle and entertainment content and appeal to young people. The site is operated by NSTP.