LONDON, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- DST Global Solutions, a leading technology solutions provider to the investment management industry, is set to establish a centre of excellence for risk management. DST Global Solutions announced last month that it is investing more RD into solutions such as Askari, its risk management offering. This is the next stage following the company's re-launch and its new management structure. The centre of excellence will be run by Jill Douglas, Global Head of Risk, who will lead the team at a crucial time in risk management.

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, and JERUSALEM, Israel, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) and the Gamida Cell - Teva Joint Venture announced today that the Institute has joined an elite group of cancer centers in Europe, the United States and Israel that are now enrolling patients to participate in the ExCell research study.

HOOGVLIET, The Netherlands, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, investment company Lenstar signed a contract at Verwater Group Headquarters in Hoogvliet, for the build of a new tank farm in Kedah, Malaysia. Shiv Grewal, Chairman of the UK based Lenstar Investment Ltd and Managing Director of Lenstar Mohammad Munir Malik, both put their signature to the 220 million euro agreement. The project will take less than 36 months to complete.

GUILDFORD, England and KARLSRUHE, Germany, June 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- Now for Free for Private Users: Web Conferences Facilitate Remote Control and Rapid Assistance for Computer Problems

Netviewer AG, Europe's leading manufacturer of Web conferencing solutions, now offers its support solution to private users at no charge. With this software, colleagues, customers, and friends can help each other over the Internet when they have computer problems. The tool may be used to control remote computers, install programs, and update software, even through firewalls. Commercial customers can try Netviewer Support for free. A monthly charge of EUR29.90 each for 10 licenses is required for commercial use.

WATERLOO, Ontario, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- For 10 exciting days this October, Canada's Perimeter Institute's 10th anniversary science celebration Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future will take a global audience from the strange subatomic world to the outer frontiers of the universe.

Events will take place from October 15 to 25, 2009, commemorating the 10th anniversary of Perimeter Institute's creation and contributing to Canada's National Science Technology Week.

LONDON, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Renaissance Learning, together with its AlphaSmart division, is proud to launch the 'STARS for Africa' fundraising event that is aiming to help pupils of all abilities in both the UK and Africa.

READING, England, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Opsera Limited, the UK's leading provider of Open Source software and services, today announces the release of OpsMailmanager version 1.5.

OpsMailmanager automates the filing of email messages and attachments into Alfresco's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software. Using the IMAP standard to work with all major email clients - including MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, Thunderbird and Novell Groupwise - OpsMailmanager improves your organisational efficiency, reduces information duplication and saves expensive storage space.

By storing emails alongside other documents, you can share, search and secure all your organisations' information in one place, and boost collaboration.

LONDON, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Sir Paul McCartney, with his daughters Mary and Stella, is launching a new food campaign - MEAT FREE MONDAY - on Monday 15th June, which encourages people to help slow climate change by having one meat free day a week.

The campaign has already gathered an impressive list of supporters from the worlds of entertainment, politics and the environmental sciences including Chris Martin, Jeff Koons, Alec Baldwin, Woody Harrelson, Doris Day, Sheryl Crow, Kevin Spacey, Kelly Osbourne, Zac Goldsmith, Gillian Anderson, Jake and Dinos Chapman, David de Rothschild, Monty Don, Sam Taylor Wood, Sharleen Spiteri, John Frieda and Ricky Gervais.

UTRECHT, Netherlands, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The largest worldwide investigation into connection, carried out in 14 countries among 10,000 respondents, indicates that strongly connected people have more enjoyment in their life and work. They are not only happier, but also more successful. Strongly connected people know better what they want in life, and also how they can achieve it. The investigation, carried out by intoconnection, proves that connection has an enormous positive influence on people's lives. intoconnection is therefore starting a worldwide campaign on 21 June to inspire people to connect themselves with others.

Great Britain trails behind on connection

ALTRINCHAM, England, June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxatec has signed an agreement with SAMMI Information Systems Co Ltd, Korea to distribute its range of SmarTerminal Computers in the UK.

Andrea Percival, director of Maxa Technologies (Maxatec) said: We are delighted to be working with SAMMI. This really is a strategic move for us as we have been looking to extend our range of mobile computing devices for a while and by signing up with SAMMI we can deliver a much broader offering to our network of resellers in the mobile market. We can link our 35 years of experience in the printer field to SAMMI's 30+ years in the computer and mobile communications industry.