HAMBURG, Germany, August 7 /PRNewswire/ -- AVEVA (LSE:AVV), the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries today announced that Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems has extended its 25-year association with AVEVA by signing a new agreement that includes migration from the former Tribon system to the AVEVA Marine shipbuilding solution with all of its extended functional possibilities at the company shipyards in Kiel, Emden and Hamburg, Germany.

One of the TKMS companies, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), has been using Tribon (and its predecessor Steerbear) since 1983. The other German shipyards of the group first started using the software system in 1994.

LONDON, August 7 /PRNewswire/ --

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- Awards Private View 28 October 2008

September sees HEARD launch an 8 week showcase competition for young design graduates. The competition provides a great opportunity for new graduates to show the skills they have developed during their degree and for HEARD to champion their work in a commercial environment.

Six graduates will be selected every week to organise their own five-day showcase at Heard Gallery, London. A finalist will be chosen from each showcase and the winner will be announced at the Awards Private View on Thursday 28th October 2008.

DALLAS and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, August 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Mining division launches its full e-Procurement functionality with African suppliers

Anglo Base Metals launched its full e-Procurement functionality at a formal event on 1 August 2008, in partnership with Quadrem Africa, a subsidiary of Quadrem International Ltd, a supply chain solutions company with one of the world's largest electronically connected supplier networks for private and public sectors.

ABU DHABI, UAE, August 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- TAQA's Growth Strategy Delivers AED 8.6 Billion in Revenue for the First Six Months of 2008

- Basic Earnings per Share Grows 249% to 21 Fils for the Half

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, a publicly listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX: TAQA), today reported financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2008.

LONDON, August 7 /PRNewswire/ -- AmberFin today announces Benchmark Microsystems as the latest addition to its global partner program. The new partnership will enable AmberFin to strengthen its existing presence in the Indian market.

Benchmark will provide local sales and marketing, as well as a systems integration capability and after-sales support for AmberFin's industry-leading iCR software. AmberFin iCR maximizes the value of content by digitizing and transforming new and archived content across multiple delivery platforms.

MUMBAI, India, August 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global e-learning Provider, Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) Wins an APEX Award for its Web-based Training Program on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

The RFID on the Web(TM) program developed by Tata Interactive Systems (http://www.tatainteractive.com) for OTA Training (http://www.otatraining.com ), the global leader in hands-on, vendor-neutral RFID training, has won the 20th Annual APEX Award in the category "Campaigns, Programs & Plans - Education & Training Campaigns & Programs".