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TechWeb's Light Reading Communications Network Acquires The RCR Wireless Subscriber Database

TechWeb's Light Reading Communications Network Acquires The RCR Wireless Subscriber Database

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Addition of 60,000 Qualified Wireless Communications Decision Makers Will Fuel Growth Of Light Reading's Unstrung Website, Live Events, Webinars, and Research

TechWeb's Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com), the leading integrated publishing, events, and research company serving the global communications marketplace, today announced that it has acquired RCR Wireless' database of more than 60,000 qualified email addresses. The company plans to use the list to fuel growth for the Webinars, events and Website of Unstrung, Light Reading's authority on wireless communications technologies, and for research services from Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research.

Global Crossing Announces Close Of Excess Cash Offer

Global Crossing Announces Close Of Excess Cash Offer

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Global Crossing (UK) Finance Plc (GCUK Finance), a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), today announced that it has completed the annual excess cash offer for its 11.75 percent Sterling-denominated and 10.75 percent Dollar-denominated senior secured notes due in 2014.

Frontier Technology And Binary Tree Collaborate To Offer Weekend Express Migrations To Microsoft Online To The European Market

Frontier Technology And Binary Tree Collaborate To Offer Weekend Express Migrations To Microsoft Online To The European Market

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Now European Organizations that are Running Lotus Notes Can Migrate Up To 5,000 Users to Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS Standard) In as Little as One Weekend

Binary Tree announced today a collaborative partnership with Frontier Technology in the United Kingdom to offer Binary Tree's Weekend Express(TM) migration offering to the European market. Hosted at Frontier Technology's data center based in the UK, Weekend Express migrations will enable organizations in Europe that are running Lotus Notes to migrate up to 5,000 users to Microsoft Exchange Online and the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS Standard) in as little as one weekend.

Internet World And Technology For Marketing Advertising Develop Conference Looking At How Companies Are Turning Twitter 'Hype' Into Cash

Internet World And Technology For Marketing Advertising Develop Conference Looking At How Companies Are Turning Twitter 'Hype' Into Cash

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

With the Twitter population topping six million, a 600% increase in the last 12 months, Twitter is the hottest social media tool for individuals and companies alike. Internet World (IW) and Technology for Marketing Advertising (TFMA) have developed this unique conference to look beyond the hype of Twitter and provide practical guidance for all digital marketing, online sales and customer experience managers on how to deliver ROI on Twitter activity.

Twitter is already being actively used for competitive advantage in the US. A broad range of UK industries such as tourism, utilities, charities, media, music, retail and more are now starting to discover how they too can use this free-of-charge tool for optimum benefit.

Barix Audio Over IP Technology Adds Scalability, Flexibility And Control To Bosch PA And Voice Evacuation Systems

Barix Audio Over IP Technology Adds Scalability, Flexibility And Control To Bosch PA And Voice Evacuation Systems

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

ZURICH, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control and monitoring, today announced that Bosch Security Systems is now shipping an IP Audio Interface based on Barix technology for use with Bosch Praesideo and Plena Voice Alarm digital public address and voice evacuation systems. The Barix OEM device, labeled PRS-1AIP1, is used for distribution of supervised audio and control signals over standard IP networks according to the EN 60849 standard for voice evacuation in Europe and other regions.

Net neutrality and paying for usage

Net neutrality and paying for usage

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

I’ve written about network neutrality before. It’s a difficult topic because of its different aspects, and because there are vehement opinions on all sides of it. Before I left the Internet Architecture Board, I started the process of setting up a network neutrality talk as the technical topic of the plenary session at the upcoming Stockholm IETF meeting — my IAB colleague Marcelo Bagnulo has taken over the planning for that, and is getting a great program lined up.

Humac Sålt Till En Av Europas Största Apple återförsäljare

Humac Sålt Till En Av Europas Största Apple återförsäljare

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

STOCKHOLM, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Humac, som är känt för att vara den största och mest dedikerade Apple återförsäljaren I Norden, har blivit sålt till den ryskägda ECS gruppen. ECS gruppen var redan innan uppköpet av Humac, en av de största Apple Premium Resellers i Europa - med konceptbutiker i Ryssland, Tyskland och Kazakstan.

I och med övertagelsen av Humac blir ECS etablerat i Skandinavien och har skapat sig en plattform för vidare expansion i de Skandinaviska länderna. Tidigare ägaren Bjarni Akason:

Humac Overtatt Av En Av Europas Største Apple Forhandlere

Humac Overtatt Av En Av Europas Største Apple Forhandlere

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

OSLO, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Humac, som er kjent for å vaere den største Apple forhandler i Norden, har blitt solgt til den russisk eide virkshometen ECS Group. ECS gruppen var allerede før oppkjøpet av Humac en av de største Apple Premium Resellers i Europa - med konseptbutikker i Russland, Tyskland og Kasakhstan.

Elsevier's PharmaPendium(TM) Introduces The FDA Classic Collection

Elsevier's PharmaPendium(TM) Introduces The FDA Classic Collection

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Includes All FDA Drug Approval FOI Documents Through 1991

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

PharmaPendium (http://www.info.pharmapendium.com/), Elsevier's online resource for authoritative preclinical, clinical and post-marketing drug information, has significantly expanded its coverage of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval documents with the launch of the FDA Classic Collection. This collection contains all available historical FDA approval documents up to and including those issued in 1991 - all indexed and made searchable for the first time in history. With the addition of the FDA Classic Collection, PharmaPendium has become the only integrated, searchable source of all FDA drug approval documents.

Clinical Trial Results Of Pollogen's TriPollar(TM) Radio Frequency Technology Published In The Journal Of The European Academy Of Dermatology And Venereology

Clinical Trial Results Of Pollogen's TriPollar(TM) Radio Frequency Technology Published In The Journal Of The European Academy Of Dermatology And Venereology

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- TriPollar(TM) Technology Proven as an Effective Modality for Immediate and Long Term Body Contouring and Circumference Reduction

RTS Realtime Systems Group Hosts London Roundtable Featuring MTFs And Equity Exchanges

RTS Realtime Systems Group Hosts London Roundtable Featuring MTFs And Equity Exchanges

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON and CHICAGO, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

With MiFID now well into its second year, RTS Realtime Systems Group on June 10 is hosting the third and final event in a series of original roundtable discussions, The MTF Roundtable Series 2009, to evaluate the impact of the directive on the European cash equity markets. The first-of-its-kind series of roundtables feature discussion and debate about issues affecting the entire trading community with senior officials from all of the major Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTFs) as well as their counterparts at European equity exchanges, together on a panel for the first time.

Contex Introduces Two New Large Format Multi-Function Solutions

Contex Introduces Two New Large Format Multi-Function Solutions

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

ALLEROED, Denmark, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Affordable and Versatile Color Copiers for Office or Reprographics

Contex, the world-leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, introduces two new multi-function solutions - the SD4430 MFP and the HD3650 MFP. Both products are designed to be versatile and affordable for customers who want to optimize their on-demand scanning, copying and printing solution. Authorized Contex resellers can supply these two new solutions as add-ons to a customer's existing large format printer, or as a complete system, including a new printer.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090430/345466 )

ZigBee Alliance Certifies First Golden Units For ZigBee RF4CE

ZigBee Alliance Certifies First Golden Units For ZigBee RF4CE

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

SAN RAMON, California, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- ZigBee RF4CE standard for advanced remote controls now ready for adoption by manufacturers

The ZigBee(R) Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy management, commercial and consumer applications, today announced the availability of ZigBee Golden Unit platforms that implement the ZigBee RF4CE specification. ZigBee RF4CE was designed to replace infrared (IR) remote controls with radio frequency (RF) and thereby offer non-line-of-sight operation, longer range and battery life for consumer electronic (CE) devices like HDTV, home theater equipment, set-top boxes and other audio equipment.

Demand For User-friendly Healthcare IT Professional Services Increasing Across Europe, States Frost Sullivan

Demand For User-friendly Healthcare IT Professional Services Increasing Across Europe, States Frost Sullivan

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

The demand for more user-friendly healthcare IT professional services has been increasing across Europe. Companies that have delivered the right blend of 360 degree consulting, easier and shorter training sessions and exceptional operational services along with round-the-clock support and maintenance services have been displaying market leadership in terms of revenues and number of installed bases.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO)

ESobi Partners With Acer To Deliver Ultra Mobility In Global News Reading At Computex 2009

ESobi Partners With Acer To Deliver Ultra Mobility In Global News Reading At Computex 2009

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Acer Timeline CULV NB Series Let Users Always Updated With World News -

esobi Inc., an innovative Internet information navigator, announced alliance with Acer Inc., world's leading notebook brand that will deliver its Internet tool eSobi News Center with the CULV-based notebook Acer Timeline series. This alliance integrates Acer Timeline's incredible mobility and 8- hour battery life as well as eSobi News Center's intelligent news aggregation, so that users can always keep track of the latest happenings in the world conveniently at anywhere, anytime.

Tata Communications Launches Application Performance Visibility Service

Tata Communications Launches Application Performance Visibility Service

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

MUMBAI, India, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global Service Helps Customers Ensure Optimal IT Performance

Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced the launch of Application Performance Visibility Service, a suite of integrated, end-to-end, network and application performance monitoring service with three-tiered service options - Network Visibility, Application Visibility, and Voice over IP (VoIP) Visibility.

Ingenuity And Integromics Offer Integration For Comprehensive Genomics Analysis

Ingenuity And Integromics Offer Integration For Comprehensive Genomics Analysis

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

REDWOOD CITY, California, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Abbott BioGenex Extend The Technology Co-development And Distribution Agreement For Marketing The Xmatrx(R) Advanced Staining Platform For The Automation Of FISH, IHC And ISH Molecular Diagnostic Assays

Abbott BioGenex Extend The Technology Co-development And Distribution Agreement For Marketing The Xmatrx(R) Advanced Staining Platform For The Automation Of FISH, IHC And ISH Molecular Diagnostic Assays

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

SAN RAMON, California, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

BioGenex, a developer of innovative instruments and reagents for automated slide based staining systems for molecular diagnostics, announced today that Abbott has entered into a definitive agreement to extend the technology co-development and distribution agreement to market the Xmatrx(R) platform for the automation of Abbott's extensive FISH product line. Under the terms of the agreement Abbott customers will have the option to run IHC and ISH on the Xmatrx and BioGenex customers to run FISH on their system.

Video: Qualcomm MEMS Technologies And Foxlink Commence Operations At Dedicated Mirasol Display Fabrication Facility

Video: Qualcomm MEMS Technologies And Foxlink Commence Operations At Dedicated Mirasol Display Fabrication Facility

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

SAN DIEGO, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Nature-based, Reflective, Low Power Displays to be Manufactured at Generation 4.5 Fab

Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) today announced that a dedicated mirasol(R) display fabrication plant in the Longtan's Science Park in Taoyuan, Taiwan has commenced operations. The Qualcomm facility is the result of a strategic collaboration with Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co. Ltd., (Foxlink) (TSE: 2392), a leading developer and manufacturer of communications devices, computers and consumer electronics. Foxlink will play an integral role in the operation of the mirasol fabrication facility, which is dedicated to manufacturing mirasol displays on generation 4.5 glass.

Movetis Releases New Data That Support Prucalopride's Favourable And Differentiated Efficacy And Cardiovascular Safety Profile

Movetis Releases New Data That Support Prucalopride's Favourable And Differentiated Efficacy And Cardiovascular Safety Profile

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

CHICAGO, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from 7 prucalopride trials are being presented at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in Chicago. They confirm the consistent and predictable efficacy of prucalopride across different patient groups and add more evidence to its favourable cardiovascular and overall safety profile. The data also support the longer term efficacy of the drug in adults and elderly with chronic constipation (cc) and demonstrate a significant improvement in Quality of Life (QOL) across different trials. These data are part of the extensive prucalopride dataset (83 clinical trials) that is currently under review by the European health authorities.