LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Misys Summit FT Solution to be Deployed Throughout Front-to-Back Office as French State Agency Looks to Maximise its Support to France's SMEs

Misys (LSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announced that OSEO, the French state-backed company that provides financial support to small and medium sized businesses, has selected Misys to support its entire treasury business. Misys Summit FT has been chosen to deliver full front-to-back office cross asset coverage and deliver a robust risk management solution to the organisation.

Monday afternoon the space shuttle Atlantis blasted off into the Florida sky carrying with it the hopes and dreams of astronomers like me and people around the world.  Seven NASA astronauts have set out to repair the aging Hubble Space Telescope and upgrade it with new instruments.

The launch was picture-perfect from our vantage point at Space View Park in Titusville, Florida.  This may be the second shuttle launch I have seen in person, but it is the first I am old enough to remember.  (photo courtesy of David Radburn-Smith)

LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leading Independent Stockbroker to Perform Sanctions and PEP Screening in Compliance with 3rd EU Directive

FinScan, a leading international provider of sanctions, PEP and heightened risk entity screening solutions, today announced WH Ireland Ltd. have chosen the FinScan hosted solution to help reduce enterprise risk and enhance its compliance with the screening requirements of the 3rd EU Directive's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorist Financing (ATF) regulations. WH Ireland will screen new and existing customers against World-Check's data file of known heightened-risk individuals and entities, which is fully integrated with the FinScan solution.

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LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- mvision is partnering with Work Wise UK for their Work Wise Week initiative, led by the TUC, CBI and British Chamber of Commerce which promotes remote, mobile and home working. The week runs from May 12-18.

mvision has created a Video Conferencing Homeworker Package ideal for those that wish to remain in face-to-face contact with colleagues or clients.

Phil Flaxton, Work Wise UK's chief executive, said: Virtual meetings cut travel costs and employees' journey time, boosting productivity.

For further information, go to http://www.workwiseuk.org or email marketing@mvision.co.uk.

Doron Youngerwood, Marketing Manager, +44(0)20-7251-7624, dyoungerwood@mvision.co.uk

Ethernet Expo Europe, LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Creanord Ltd., a premier solutions enabler assisting Carriers and service providers in Ensuring Quality of Experience(TM) and Strengthening customer loyalty announced the availability of enhanced Traffic-Meter - a first solution for monitoring microburst and microloss events with range of Ethernet Access devices driven by Creanord EchoAgent(TM).

PARIS, May 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Innovacom Leads Funding to Fuel Growth of Streamezzo Rich Application Software Platform and Worldwide Expansion

Streamezzo SA., the leading provider of Rich Application Software platform for mobile, today announced it has raised EUR4 million in an investment round led by Innovacom, with participation by current investors Sofinnova Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, Qualcomm, NTEC and GET Valorisation.

LONDON, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- After nearly two decades of development, determination and sheer graft in the face of considerable scepticism, RockTron's pioneering new UK eco-mineral processing plant for fly ash near Widnes is now on line. Over and above the significant environmental benefits, RockTron can now offer the hard-pressed cementitious industry a range of superior cement components at half the price of CEM1 (Cement)! http://www.rktron.com

To study small RNA, snippets of RNA that act as switches to regulate gene expression in single-celled creatures, you need lab-cultured microorganisms but a new method of obtaining marine microbe samples while preserving the microbes' natural gene expression has shown the presence of many varieties of small RNAs.  

The discovery of its presence in a natural setting may make it possible finally to learn on a broad scale how microbial communities living at different ocean depths and regions respond to environmental stimuli.

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has begun its search for other Earth-like worlds. The mission, which launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on March 6, will spend the next three-and-a-half years staring at more than 100,000 stars for telltale signs of planets. Kepler has the unique ability to find planets as small as Earth that orbit sun-like stars at distances where temperatures are right for possible lakes and oceans. 

A bowl of whole-grain cereal is as good as a sports drink for recovery after exercise. Research published in BioMed Central’s open access Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition has shown that the readily available and relatively inexpensive breakfast food is as effective as popular, carbohydrate-based ‘sports drinks’.