MUNICH, Germany, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- IBS to Re-Engineer OAG's Air Freight Rates Application

OAG Cargo Solutions (http://www.oagcargo.com), a leading data and online information services business for the global airfreight industry and part of UBM Aviation, announced today it has signed an agreement with IBS Software Services (http://www.ibsplc.com) to develop its next generation Air Freight Rates application, AFRA-2. IBS, a specialist in the aviation technology domain, will deliver a completely new application that will significantly enhance the way airlines, GSA's and freight forwarders interact on the distribution, management and selection of real-time airfreight rates.

HOUSTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

WATER STANDARD, a global vessel-based water desalination company, was honored with the Desalination Deal of the Year award at Global Water Intelligence's Global Water Awards Ceremony held Monday, April 27, 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland.

The award recognizes WATER STANDARD's contribution to redefining an industry and acknowledges WATER STANDARD's achievement in securing commitments of up to US$250 million in funding towards the development and construction of the first in its fleet of Seawater Desalination Vessels (SDV), an unprecedented achievement in the desalination sector.

DUSSELDORF, Germany, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The rating agency Standard Poor's has today confirmed the current rating of BB+ for the Gerresheimer Group and continues to categorize the outlook as stable. The focus of the MDAX company on the pharma life science industry is therefore assessed as positive and sustainable by the rating agency.

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DRESDEN, Germany, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In coming years Saxony will develop technologies on a large scale that will significantly reduce energy consumption of microchips and information technology. In September 2008 a jury of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research selected a group of companies and research institutes in micro- and nanoelectronics, as well as information and communication technology for a top level research project. Today the group, called the 'Cool-Silicon-Cluster', which is located in the Dresden area, officially starts its project financed by both the Federal and the State governments. The setup of the cluster organization as well as the identification of all projects only took several months.

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- For the First Time, Hospitals Using MEDITECH and Other HIT Solutions can use CPMRC's Interdisciplinary Clinical Content Through TSG's Integrated Portal Solutions

CPM Resource Center (CPMRC) and The Shams Group (TSG) have partnered to provide small- and medium-sized hospitals with next-generation nursing and interdisciplinary documentation that integrates with their current health information systems.

JENA, Germany, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Occlutech, the leading European developer of septum occluders, today announced that it has obtained CE mark approval for its new generation ASD and PFO occluders, the Figulla Flex.

The Figulla Flex ASD and PFO occluders encompass a new innovative delivery system, making the use of a threaded hub unnecessary. The implantation of the occluder is facilitated by the ability of the delivery system to allow a 45 degree angle before release.

The Occlutech Figulla Flex will be exhibited and demonstrated at the PCR vascular intervention meeting in Barcelona from May 19th to May 22nd.

LONDON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Winners to be announced at Ethernet Expo Europe 2009

Details were announced today of the finalists for Light Reading's prestigious Ethernet Expo Europe awards, which will be judged by a panel of Carrier Ethernet industry experts and presented at Ethernet Expo: Europe 2009, on Thursday, May 14, at the ExCel Conference Centre in London.

Service providers and equipment vendors are making significant investments in the development of Ethernet services and products as enterprises become increasingly aware of the numerous advantages - including provisioning, scalability, and management - that are associated with a migration to Carrier Ethernet from the legacy WAN alternatives.

HOUSTON, May 12 /PRNewswire/ --

- Developers benefit from lower cost per channel, system savings and simplified hardware design for NVRs, DVSs and DVRs

BOLTON, England, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- sQuidcard, the eMoney operator and the University of Bolton, today announces the launch of sQuid eMoney across the University campus.

sQuidcard provides contactless eMoney services for campus and retail locations, on an available-to-all pre-paid smart card. sQuid is free to use, and has been specifically designed to deliver cashless catering solutions, such as those in the coffee bars, deli and bistro run by Catering Academy across the University campus.

sQuid's managing director, Adam Smith, said: Extending our eMoney service into the University is part of our programme to deliver services to the Bolton community and in due course across the North West.