PHILADELPHIA, September 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Joint solution provides rapid test configuration and root cause analysis of application defects without physical access to hardware or far reaching branch offices.

Shunra Software (www.shunra.com), the world's leading provider of network emulation and application performance testing solutions, and VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program member, today announced it has released Shunra VE for VMware Infrastructure 3. VMware provides TAP program members with tools to develop products that are complementary to VMware virtualization software and help deliver high-value solutions to our joint customers.

KEIGHLEY, England, September 30 /PRNewswire/ -- IDT Finance, issuer of the Prime Card, has introduced a cashback reward site for all registered cardholders.

It's the 56th site of its kind developed by Cashback Partners (http://www.cashbackpartners.com/) in eight months, for UK companies looking for ways to keep customers during tough economic times.

On PrimeCashback.com (http://www.primecashback.com/) shoppers get their usual online purchases at exactly the same price, but are rewarded with cashback. This is a large proportion of the fee paid by the retailer.

I am obsessed with CSI (excluding CSI Miami, David Caruso is just too smarmy). I simply can’t help it. I will watch an episode of CSI that I have already seen twice, just for the thrill of seeing the cases unfold. I even downloaded the entire first season of CSI and watched every single episode, back to back, without sleeping. I know that I am not alone. Shows like CSI have swept the nation due partly to its drama, but also to its science. The fact that a single hair, nail or swath of skin could yield a lead on a case is captivating. It is also true.

Granted shows like CSI sensationalize the lab work and results yielded by forensic science, but its basis is accurate. DNA profiling is one of the most valuable tools used by law enforcement and in fact does help to solve cases.

People come to this web site for well written, interesting columns on science. To some degree it must be questioned as to whether economics is a science. That being said, the current financial crisis is worthy of some commentary here as it will affect all of us to some degree. As a futurist, I see this crisis as part of a bigger transition from one Age to another. The Information Age began in the 1970s and is now giving way to the Shift Age. All year, in speeches given around the country, I have stated that the economic downturn we are going through must be looked at from a new perspective. The ‘is it a recession or not’ and ‘is it a bear stock market or not’ is a far too narrow focus for insightful discussion. There is something much larger that we are beginning to move through.

NEW YORK, September 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Asset Control, a world-wide leader in financial data management solutions, today announced that Germany's largest retail bank Postbank has chosen Asset Control's AC Plus financial and reference data management software.

Postbank will use Asset Control to provide quality controlled pricing data to the bank's risk control department and support its Internal VaR (Value at Risk) Model for market risk. Postbank required a solution that could be implemented to meet its time-to-market objectives, while requiring only minimum IT resources in the day-to-day management of the system.

SAN RAMON, California, September 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Achievo(R) Corporation, a software outsourcing and information technology services provider, today announced plans to make available its broad expertise across multiple technology platforms in deploying software solutions in support of data center migration for the Banking, Insurance and Financial Services (BIFS) sectors in the Middle East. Achievo offers its clients local account management and project delivery capabilities through its regional offices in Japan, North America, Europe and Greater China that are integrated with and supported by its offshore delivery centers in China and its headquarters in the United States.

MENLO PARK, California, September 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- EVEREST Becomes First Trial of its Kind to Achieve Enrollment Milestone

Evalve, Inc., the leader in the development of devices for the percutaneous repair of cardiac valves, announced today the completion of randomized enrollment in the Endovascular Valve Edge-to-Edge REpair STudy (EVEREST), which is evaluating the MitraClip(R) system as a non-surgical repair option for patients suffering from mitral regurgitation (MR). MR is the most common type of heart valve insufficiency in the United States, affecting millions of people worldwide.

OSLO, September 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Norway's capital was the clear winner in a new survey of knowledge-based economies in Europe performed by Eurostat, the EU statistics agency.

The survey measures the percentage of human resources in science and technology (HRST) among the total workforce, and is seen as an indicator of the development of the knowledge-based economy in the EU. According to Eurostat, "the core group of this population - known as HRSTC - can be considered as active stakeholders in the development of knowledge and technological innovation." By definition, HRSTC are persons who have successfully completed tertiary education and work in an S&T occupation as professionals or technicians. The Oslo region led the survey by nearly 5 % over no. 2 Stockholm.

NEW YORK, September 30 /PRNewswire/ --

IGA Worldwide (IGA), the leading independent in-game advertising network, today announced a multi-year agreement with Activision Publishing, Inc. to deliver dynamic in-game advertising into multiple video game titles on Sony Computer Entertainment's PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3). The first game to feature IGA integrated ads will be Guitar Hero(R) World Tour, the next installment in the best-selling franchise. To date, the Guitar Hero franchise has sold in excess of 22 million units worldwide, according to The NPD Group, Charttrack and GfK.

This landmark agreement, which also includes future Activision Publishing titles, is the second publisher deal announced by IGA since the PS3 opened its platform for in-game advertisements.

STOCKHOLM, September 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- In an ABSOLUT World Alles Gleich Schwer By Helmut Lang

ABSOLUT vodka is proud to launch a radical medium to view and experience art, as a new online virtual "gallery" goes live, showcasing Helmut Lang's "Alles Gleich Schwer". This, a bold new exhibition of artworks, will be brought to a global audience as part of the artist's vision of an ABSOLUT WORLD, eradicating traditional barriers between viewer and art, consumer and gallery - accessible to all for a three month period through http://www.absolut.com/helmutlang.

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