UMEA, Sweden, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Konftel AB, Europe's leading conference phones manufacturer, announced today that it will start delivering IP conference phones to the German company snom technology AG.

This order has a certain prestige - snom is a market leader in IP telephony, comments Peter Renkel, CEO at Konftel.

On the CeBIT Show a week ago, snom launched its snom MeetingPoint - a SIP-based conference phone as the first result of the partnership which began in July 2008.

LONDON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ --

While insulin syringes are the oldest delivery method available, they are currently experiencing a decline in use in Europe. Several factors have contributed to this trend, the most important being the high acceptance and popularity of insulin pens.

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New analysis from Frost Sullivan (http://www.medicaldevices.frost.com), European Insulin Delivery Devices Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $1,112.8 million in 2007 and estimates this to reach $1,895.0 million in 2014.

LONDON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Slovenian Client Expands Ventyx Leadership in Global Nuclear Market

Ventyx(R), the world's largest private software provider to the energy and utility industry, today announced that Nuklearna elektrarna Krsko d.o.o. (NEK) has selected the Ventyx Shift Operations Management System (eSOMS) software solution to enhance the efficiency, productivity and safety of the utility's operation and maintenance activities at its Krsko Nuclear Power Plant. The new license with NEK marks the continuing expansion of Ventyx's customer base in the nuclear industry, where the company owns unparalleled market share and deep domain expertise unmatched in the enterprise software market.

MARSEILLE, France, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind energy can replace a large proportion of the polluting and finite fuels we currently rely on, explained Andris Piebalgs, EU Energy Commissioner, at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) this morning. It makes good sense to invest in indigenous sources of power which hedge against unpredictable fossil fuel prices and in which Europe has a real competitive advantage.

BERLIN, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In October 2009, the European College of Liberal Arts - in Berlin, Germany - will launch the first Bachelor of Arts in Value Studies worldwide, an interdisciplinary programme that represents a new form of liberal education.

MILPITAS, California, March 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Recognition Underscores Adaptec Channel Leadership in Unified Serial(R) (SATA/SAS) RAID Solutions

Adaptec, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADPT), a global leader in storage solutions, today announced that it was named one of the Top 20 Strategic Storage Vendors by ChannelWeb, the industry leader in technology sales information, and that it has been named Best Channel Vendor in the storage category by Business Solutions, a leading technology magazine focused on growth strategies for the IT channel. Adaptec was the only RAID controller vendor to earn either of these awards.

DUBAI, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- After the 2002 surge in oil prices, most oil-exporting countries started setting up dedicated investment funds exclusively for the oil surplus they had earned. They were further encouraged when in 2006, the price of oil increased from an average of $28 per barrel to $80 per barrel.

Consequently, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the petro-states increased manifold and created substantial liquidity and large-scale opportunities for overseas investments. In fact, the funds of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) alone accounted for more than half the assets held by Sovereign Wealth Funds globally.

LONDON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikma Pharmaceuticals today announced strong revenue growth and stable net profits despite a loss at the company's US Generics business. The weakness in the US was offset by a strong performance from the multinational Pharma company's Injectable and Branded businesses. CEO, Said Darwazah, said The US operations, in 2007, reported operating profit of about $30m and in 2008 we had a loss there so in spite of this $30m plus loss the other divisions, the Branded and the Injectables, performed so well, grew so much that they were able to offset that.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ --

blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that its senior vice president of Business Development, Federico Grosso, will be speaking at the 2009 Media Summit Conference at the McGraw-Hill Building in New York City at 2:15 p.m. E.T. on March 18th. Grosso will be presenting on a panel titled, Video Advertising: How New Consumer Habits are Driving the Advertising Community to Innovate, and the Challenges with Scale.

LUCCA, Italy and LONDON, March 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Local Agreement Signed for a Global Business Intelligence, Performance Management and Financial Governance Solution

Tagetik, a global provider of Corporate Performance Management and Financial Governance software solutions, today announced its integration with Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft's Business Intelligence Platform. The announcement follows a comprehensive review of Microsoft's Business Intelligence roadmap, aiming to provide companies with well-known application tools such as SharePoint technologies, SQL Server and Office 2007 to support their decision making.

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