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A Competition For Sustainable Urban Development Launched In Helsinki

A Competition For Sustainable Urban Development Launched In Helsinki

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

HELSINKI, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, and the city of Helsinki are launching an international competition for building a sustainable and innovative block in the Western Harbor of Helsinki. This competition is a search for teams that can provide an architecture of solutions.

The project to build up a harbor area almost in the middle of Helsinki is very innovative in the sense that we are genuinely combining different aspects of urban, environmental, social, and business innovation. We aim to prove that national and international sustainability targets can be reached cost-effectively through high quality architectural solutions that are robust and reproduceable, says Marco Steinberg, Director of Strategic Design in Sitra.

WeatherBill Offers White Label Platform To Weather Insurance Weather Derivative Providers

WeatherBill Offers White Label Platform To Weather Insurance Weather Derivative Providers

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

WeatherBill (www.weatherbill.com), announced today the release of WeatherBill White Label, a complete technology solution that powers branded third party weather insurance and weather derivative programs with a turnkey white label platform. The platform automates weather coverage pricing, transaction processing, and risk management functions, and provides fully automated client, broker, and internal sales applications.

Morgan Stanley Deploys OpTier's CoreFirst For Business Transaction Management

Morgan Stanley Deploys OpTier's CoreFirst For Business Transaction Management

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

NEW YORK, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Financial Services Firm Improves Performance and Availability with End-to-End Visibility of Business Transactions

OpTier(R), the leader in Business Transaction Management(TM) (BTM) (http://www.optier.com/) for enterprise, today announced that Morgan Stanley (http://www.morganstanley.com/ )(NYSE: MS) has deployed OpTier's CoreFirst(R) technology on one of its institutional fixed income trading platforms.

Allot Launches NetEnforcer AC-10000(R): Next-Generation IP Service Optimization For Service Providers And Large Enterprises

Allot Launches NetEnforcer AC-10000(R): Next-Generation IP Service Optimization For Service Providers And Large Enterprises

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Reduce Need to Expand Bandwidth

- Increase ROI on Existing Network Infrastructure

- Reduce CapEx/OpEx

Allot Communications Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leader in IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), today announced the launch of the Allot NetEnforcer(R) AC-10000. Built for service provider and large enterprise networks, the AC-10000 will enable network managers to reduce CapEx and OpEx by maximizing network utilization and guarantee user/subscriber QoE through the improved management of bandwidth intensive applications.

TSMC Qualifies New 0.18-Micron Embedded Flash Family

TSMC Qualifies New 0.18-Micron Embedded Flash Family

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

HSIN-CHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Ideal for power sensitive, automotive and analog applications

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSE: 2330; NYSE: TSM) today announced that it has qualified its new 0.18-micron embedded flash (embFlash) process technology family that targets a wide range of applications. The new family includes a baseline 1.8 to 5 volt standard process, an ultra-low leakage process, and specific automotive-qualified embedded Flash IP.

Three Prize Winners Awarded In Elsevier's Article 2.0 Contest

Three Prize Winners Awarded In Elsevier's Article 2.0 Contest

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

AMSTERDAM, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Thinking Outside the Box Yields web 3.0, Nonlinear and Smartphone Applications

World Heart Federation, Daiichi Sankyo And Lilly Partner To Improve Cardiovascular Health

World Heart Federation, Daiichi Sankyo And Lilly Partner To Improve Cardiovascular Health

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

ORLANDO, Florida, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

The World Heart Federation, Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (TSE: 4568) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that they have partnered to improve cardiovascular health internationally. The organizations made the announcement at the 58th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida.

An estimated 17.5 million people died from cardiovascular disease in 2005, representing 30 percent of all global deaths, making it a significant public health concern.(1)

Start-up IC For DC/DC-Converter Starts From 0.3V Input Voltage

Start-up IC For DC/DC-Converter Starts From 0.3V Input Voltage

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

NEU-ISENBURG, Germany, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- S-882Z is the part number of a new Charge Pump IC, introduced by Seiko Instruments, which distinguishes itself by physical set-up from traditional integrated circuits. It is completely built in SOI (Silicon On Insulator) technology, guarantying its functionality from lowest input voltages.

Multi-Tech Announces M2M Cellular IP Modem For Remote Monitoring And Reporting

Multi-Tech Announces M2M Cellular IP Modem For Remote Monitoring And Reporting

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

MINNEAPOLIS, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- New MultiModem iCell Combines IP and GPIO capabilities for Mission Critical Applications

Hozelock Limited Selects Planalytics To Analyze Weather's Impact On Business

Hozelock Limited Selects Planalytics To Analyze Weather's Impact On Business

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

Planalytics Inc. announced today that Hozelock Limited, a market leading garden watering, spraying and aquatics manufacture, has licensed its Business Weather Intelligence(R) platform. Hozelock will use Planalytics weather-driven demand (WDD) analyses for its product categories to isolate, measure and plan for weather's affect on sales across the UK.

Customer Service is at the heart of the Hozelock business. The Planalytics solution will help us to understand how much the weather will affect our end consumers, and as a result we can better support our retail customers through the volatile British summer, commented Peter Rush, Managing Director for Hozelock.

About Hozelock Limited

Is The UK Really Ready For Telepresence?

Is The UK Really Ready For Telepresence?

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- There's been a lot of talk about Telepresence, the latest development in visual communications. Whilst video conferencing has been around for years, telepresence really comes into its own through its life size, fully HD, and specially-designed environment; creating an almost life-like meeting experience.

So far, however, telepresence has solely been aimed at C-level executives within multinational organisations. With a typical room costing in the region of GBP100,000-GBP200,000 and the significant impact it has on bandwidth, is telepresence really worth it? Isn't it a bit of an extravagance in this current economic downturn or is it a fundamental, cost-saving business tool?

Consistent Growth Leads To Expansion Of Atrion's Global Organization And Delivery Capacity

Consistent Growth Leads To Expansion Of Atrion's Global Organization And Delivery Capacity

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

MONTREAL, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Atrion International announces that it has augmented its product development, regulatory services and marketing staff by 20% during the first quarter of FY-09. This is as a result of a consistent double-digit growth rate of its enterprise and mid-market customer base. Atrion is accommodating a majority of this staff growth in its recently expanded Worldwide Headquarters with the addition of a second location at 4929 Place Olivia, Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec. The expansion will enable Atrion to support the increasing global demand for its Product Compliance Solutions. The new facilities will now house a portion of the Company's North American Marketing Sales departments as well as the Global Finance department.

Telnic Launches Multilingual Website

Telnic Launches Multilingual Website

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- .tel Information Now Available in 11 Languages

Telnic Limited (http://www.telnic.org), the registry operator for the new .tel top level domain, today announced the launch of its multilingual website, providing .tel related information in 11 languages including: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and Russian.

With over 145 registrars signed up to offer .tel domain names in 30 countries, we are pleased to provide a multilingual website to help people across the world better understand the power and innovation of .tel, says Benjamin Blumenthal, Telnic's Director of Marketing.

DediPower Selected By EN Consulting To Host Labsolve, A Web-Based Migration Process Validation Lab Service

DediPower Selected By EN Consulting To Host Labsolve, A Web-Based Migration Process Validation Lab Service

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

READING, England, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- DediPower, a leading UK provider of managed hosting and data centre solutions, has been selected by EN Consulting Services to deliver the managed hosting for their recently introduced online migration process validation service.

The primary focus of EN Consulting Services is on migration and transition practices in the Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory enterprise space. As part of their transition infrastructure offerings, EN Consulting Services have built an online laboratory which allows customers to carry out pre-production process validation on their infrastructure prior to going to live.

AmberFin Launches Global OEM Partner Program

AmberFin Launches Global OEM Partner Program

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Components of Multi-Award Winning iCR Software Available on OEM Basis

AmberFin today announced the launch of its global OEM partner program that makes a variety of individual components of its multi-award winning iCR software available to third party vendors.

The move provides vendors of products such as asset management, automation, video servers and editing systems with access to AmberFin's advanced technology for multi-format HD/SD ingest; automated Quality Control (QC); metadata management; MXF interoperability; and VANC and audio handling. By implementing AmberFin technology into their products, these vendors can focus on their core business, without having to dedicate scarce resources to these tasks.

Leading HIV Experts Convene To Tackle The Challenge Of Late Presentation In Europe

Leading HIV Experts Convene To Tackle The Challenge Of Late Presentation In Europe

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- A third of HIV-infected persons in UK do not present for screening and treatment until late in infection increasing morbidity and decreasing their quality of life.(1,2,3)

LTE Mobile Broadband To Generate $70bn In Revenues Within 5 Years According To Juniper Research

LTE Mobile Broadband To Generate $70bn In Revenues Within 5 Years According To Juniper Research

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

BASINGSTOKE, England, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- LTE next generation technology is set to revolutionise mobile broadband services with dramatically increased speeds for both businesses and consumers over the next five years, a new study from Juniper Research concluded.

The Juniper Research report found that revenues from LTE mobile broadband subscribers will exceed $70 billion globally by 2014.

Broadband Consumer Electronics Devices

Juniper Research found that this exciting technology will create a new connected era for devices such as portable games consoles and digital cameras, with vendors already eyeing the prospects. In this way, LTE will bridge the gap between the mobile and consumer electronics worlds.

Challenges Ahead

Cremerlin(R) A World Novelty For The Cosmetics Market

Cremerlin(R) A World Novelty For The Cosmetics Market

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

HAMBURG, Germany, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- Cremer Care Replaces Petrolatum With Vegetable Alternative

Vegetable based raw materials do play an increasing role in the cosmetics production process. The North German company Cremer Care, a leading producer of natural raw materials for the cosmetics industry, is a global manufacturer that succeeded in finding a natural, purely vegetable alternative to petrolatum - which has been used in the industry since 1859. Thus the motto of the Hamburg based company - 'Inspired By Nature' - is forcefully animated.

4D Launches Gay Network Mobile

4D Launches Gay Network Mobile

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

- UK Social Media Company Launches Mobile Website and Mobile Store for Leading Chat Brand

LONDON, March 31 /PRNewswire/ --

4D Interactive, the UK social media company, has today announced the launch of a new mobile web site for Gay Network, its interactive chat and dating TV service on Sky Channel 877.

Memphis Electronic: Spansion's Bankruptcy No Reason For Drastic Redesign

Memphis Electronic: Spansion's Bankruptcy No Reason For Drastic Redesign

Mar 31 2009 | comment(s)

BAD HOMBURG, Germany, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The bankruptcy of Flash Memory manufacturer Spansion is leaving OEMs wondering how they can continue production of designs which rely on Spansion components. The specialized Memory Distributor, Memphis Electronic is ready to recommend drop in replacements to facilitate seamless continuation of production.

In most cases we can offer drop in solutions from Amic, EON and other manufacturers already on our linecard. We are also urging these Flash Manufacturers to bring more Spansion alternatives to the market. Additionally, we are helping our customers with the procurement of remaining stock, by offering advice on design changes which will require the least effort, said Thorsten Wronksi, President, Memphis Electronic AG.