LAS VEGAS, January 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Improves speed and economics of sophisticated analytics within large, data-intensive environments

Vertica Systems, Inc. announced today that MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, has certified MicroStrategy 8 to work with the Vertica(R) Analytic Database. Vertica can now offer MicroStrategy customers a fast, economical way to rapidly deploy teramarts that support new BI initiatives by extending information locked within enterprise data warehouses (EDWs) to more people so businesses can increase data-driven decision making at more levels and across more operational fronts.

FRANKLIN, Wisconsin, January 13 /PRNewswire/ --

VUANCE, Ltd. (Nasdaq: VUNC), a leading provider of innovative Radio Frequency Verification Solutions, including active RFID, electronic access control, credentialing, accountability and incident response management, today announced that it has been selected to monitor and control all activity in the Decker Lake Youth Complex, in West Valley City, Utah. This is a correctional facility designed for housing youth in a Medium/High security setting.

LONDON, January 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Unite, the largest trade union in the country, is suspending its industrial action over the imposed three-year NHS pay deal.

A joint meeting of Unite's Health Sector National Industrial Committee - attended by representatives from both the Amicus and TGWU sections - decided to defer industrial action on the pay campaign.

Unite now intends to concentrate on other aspects of the overall pay strategy, such as boosting the authority of the Staff Council, collating evidence for future pay claims, broadening the remit of the Pay Review Body (PRB), and specific employment issues, such as the recruitment and retention of pharmacists in the NHS.

MAIDENHEAD, England, January 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Prevenar Vaccine to Help Protect Children Against the Leading Vaccine-Preventable Cause of Death in Young Children Worldwide

Turkey has initiated a national immunization programme (NIP) against pneumococcal disease with Wyeth's Prevenar(TM) (Pneumococcal saccharide conjugated vaccine, Adsorbed) - a vaccine which helps protect infants and young children against the seven serotypes causing the majority of pneumococcal disease worldwide. There are now more than 30 countries that include Prevenar in their childhood NIP.

UPPSALA, Sweden, January 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Beactica AB, the Swedish fragment-based drug discovery company, today announced a new research collaboration agreement with GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, UK), the world leading provider of molecular interaction analysis tools, and Uppsala University (Sweden). The collaboration combines Beactica's unique approach to fragment-based drug discovery and GE Healthcare's Biacore(TM) technology with enzymology expertise from Uppsala University.

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LONDON, January 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Excelsior Professional Search, a leading niche Executive Search company for financial technology solution providers, celebrates its tenth year of operation in 2009. Excelsior specialises in searches for mid to senior level appointments for technology vendors, consultancies, information and service providers in the global banking and securities industry. With clear market focus and expertise, Excelsior offers a deep sector knowledge and capability that the more generalist search companies are unable to provide.

LEIDEN, The Netherlands, January 13 /PRNewswire/ --

- Commercial License to Accelerate Development of New Hemostasis Breakthrough Products

XMM-Newton has caught the fading glow of a tiny celestial object, revealing its rotation rate for the first time. The new information confirms this particular object as one of an extremely rare class of stellar zombie – each one the dead heart of a star that refuses to die.
 

A lot of time and money is spent thinking about special needs children, says Florida State University professor Steven I. Pfeiffer, while there is an assumption that no educational resources need to be provided for 'gifted' kids to help them thrive in school.

"There is a view occasionally expressed by those outside of the gifted field that we don't need programs devoted specifically to gifted students," Pfeiffer, member of the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems, said. "'Oh, they're smart, they'll do fine on their own' is what we often hear. And because of this anti-elitist attitude, it's often difficult to get funding for programs and services that help us to develop some of our brightest, most advanced kids -- America's most valuable resource."