BARCELONA, Spain, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft technologies help secure the role of IT through business innovation and cost savings.

The global economic climate presents new challenges and opportunities for information technology organisations, Brad Anderson, general manager of the Management and Services Division at Microsoft Corp, told approximately 5,000 attendees gathered at Tech*Ed EMEA 2008, Microsoft's leading technology show in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for IT professionals.

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NEW YORK, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

- Industry Veteran Brings A Wealth Of Experience And Innovative Thinking To Brand Asset Digital Following The Launch Of P2Pwords(TM)

Brand Asset Digital, the distributed technologies company with a focus on P2P search marketing and efficient LIVE streaming technology, announced today that Jim Caparro, founder and former CEO of EDC, Chairman/CEO of Island DefJam and Warner Music Group's WEA, has joined the company's Board of Advisors. Caparro is renowned as one of the entertainment industry's foremost distribution visionaries with a keen focus on technological evolution and consumer behavior.

LONDON, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Lewis Hamilton is now the youngest ever Formula 1 World Champion, and to prepare for his triumph in Brazil, Hamilton spent time last week lapping the Interlagos circuit in a racing simulator 6,000 miles away in Woking. His McLaren team have invested over GBP60million into the software, using technology pioneered by the military, giving him the equivalent of years of Formula 1 experience in just a few weeks. In the similar high-adrenaline high-performance world of financial trading, successful traders are copying this secret weapon using simulator software from Tradernomics, a UK-based trader education company.

SUNNYVALE, California, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Stretton Scientific Limited, a privately held distributor of scientific diagnostic, measuring and monitoring equipment based in Stretton, England. Stretton Scientific currently distributes Cepheid's SmartCycler(R) System, among other diagnostic and life science products, to a broad group of medical customers including the National Health Service (NHS), medical universities and commercial customers.

PHILADELPHIA, November 3 /PRNewswire/ --

Electronic Ink, the leading design consultancy dedicated to improving the way people interact with technology, their environments, and one another, recently launched a complete redesign of The Philadelphia Orchestra's website http://www.philorch.org.

RISHON LEZION, Israel, November 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Runcom Technologies Ltd. was announced today as the fastest-growing high-tech company in Israel for the year 2008. The announcement was made by Deloitte, the global accounting firm, in its annual Technology Fast 50 program in Israel. Runcom is the world's pioneer of OFDMA and a market leader of OFDMA solutions complying with the IEEE802.16e-2005 standard for WiMAX applications.