DENVER, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

FARO, the world's leading provider of portable measurement and imaging systems, has announced that delivery of a new generation of 3D laser scanners will begin in the second quarter of 2009. Two new models, the FARO Laser Scanner Photon 120 and 20, both feature measuring rates of up to 960,000 points-per-second. The 120 also offers an unprecedented operating range of up to 153 meters (503ft.) making it the longest-range phase-shift laser scanner in the world. The Photon 20, in comparison, has been designed for scanning objects within a range of 20 meters. The recent innovation provides an eightfold increase in speed and a double unambiguity interval compared to the previous generation FARO offerings.

SHENZHEN, China, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Network Provides High-Speed Wireless Download Rate of up to 21Mbps

ZTE Corporation (ZTE) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, together with Hong Kong's number one mobile operator CSL Limited, today announced the availability of the world's first SDR-based HSPA+ All IP commercial network. Jointly developed by the two companies, the new HSPA+ network will provide CSL subscribers with high-speed wireless download of up to 21Mbps, considered the world's fastest 3G commercial network ever developed. CSL invested hundreds of millions of dollars to establish the network.

CHICAGO, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Latest UniKix release is the foundation for affordable BPM, SOA, and Web Services initiatives

Clerity Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of mainframe migration and modernization solutions, has introduced UniKix 11.0, the cornerstone of its growing portfolio of legacy optimization solutions. The latest release of Clerity's rehosting software offers greater choice in deployment platforms, advanced security options, and numerous innovations that make migrating online and batch application environments to cost-effective open systems servers even easier, thus shortening payback periods and increasing return on investment.

HAIFA, Israel, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

There are four caffeine-induced psychiatric disorders recognized by the DSM-IV, the diagnosis manual of the American Psychiatric Association: caffeine intoxication, caffeine-induced anxiety disorder, caffeine-induced sleep disorder, and caffeine-related disorder not otherwise specified.

And, as you know if you have ever had to walk low-Starbucks-density wastelands, withdrawal can result in nausea, lethargy and depression. But what of the classic, washed-up-child-star-style overdose?

CAMBRIDGE, England, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- AVEVA today announced the acquisition of iDesignOffice Pty Ltd, a technology company based in Melbourne, Australia. This acquisition brings best-in-class instrumentation engineering technology to AVEVA's portfolio, extending and strengthening it in a key area to consolidate AVEVA's leading position in plant engineering software for both EPC contractors and Owner Operators.

Instrumentation Design Office (IDO), the software now owned by AVEVA, is a suite of integrated applications for creating and maintaining instrumentation engineering data for process plants. IDO will be renamed AVEVA Instrumentation and will be available standalone or as part of an integrated suite with other AVEVA products.

CTIA Wireless, LAS VEGAS, March 30 /PRNewswire/ --

- Supports Alcatel-Lucent's Application Enablement Strategy

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced its Rich Communications Manager, delivering the next generation of unified rich messaging through a single web portal to provide enhanced messaging and communications to fixed, mobile, and IP devices.

LONDON, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Misys plc (LSE: MSY.L), the global application software and services company, today announces that the Retail Banking Division of Societe Generale has selected Misys Almonde to reinforce its risk, margin simulation and monitoring capability.

Societe Generale chose the Misys Almonde Asset Liability Management (ALM) and Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) solution to establish an integrated system that is able to both run simulations and report on FTP, internal margin and Risk Management.

PARIS and TALLINN, March 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- EFM Enabled Multiservice Router for Business Market

OneAccess Networks, a leader in multi service access routers, today announced that Elion, the largest Telecommunication and IT Provider in Estonia, has selected OneAccess as their CPE supplier for all new business customers on its SHDSL services. OneAccess will supply Elion with the ONE20D, its carrier grade SHDSLbis enabled multiservice access router.

The ONE20D features SHDSL.bis EFM technology with advanced router functionality. The simultaneous support for ATM and EFM based access networks allows for the smooth and non-disruptive migration from traditional ATM-based access networks to EFM.

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Hult International Business School (http://www.hult.edu/)announced today that it is seeing a massive increase in demand for its MBA programs (http://www.hult.edu/mba-program/index), particularly among international students. Year to date applications have increased 102% as students look to strengthen their resumes in order to better position themselves in the downturn. Over 2,500 applications arrived from September 2008 to February 2009.

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All regions are driving the increase in demand; however, applications have more than tripled from the Americas and Western Europe. Applications from Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe are up over 50%.