FOSTER CITY, California, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Strategic Alliances Enable Customers to Achieve the Highest Business Value from their Master Data Management Deployments

Siperian, Inc. - developers of an industry leading master data management (MDM) platform - today announced it has further strengthened its Global Partner (http://www.siperian.com/index.cfm?page=L2crid=140) Alliance Programme, adding new partnerships and institutionalising a comprehensive partner enablement process. As a result of these efforts, the Company will increase its ability to drive new and risk mitigating Siperian-enabled solutions to markets across multiple industries. The Siperian partner organisation operates globally from locations in the US, Europe and India.

LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Canamens is pleased to announce the signing of a suite of agreements - including an Association Contract, a Petroleum Agreement and a Reconnaissance Contract, along with associated permits and a licence - to explore for oil in Morocco.

These agreements were signed in Rabat on 15th December 2008 between Canamens and Morocco's Office National Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM).

The first agreement is a Reconnaissance Contract in respect of the Essaouira Shallow Offshore area, located in shallow water (500 metres). Canamens will reprocess and acquire new 2D seismic and following evaluation prospectivity, decide whether to convert the license to an exploration permit, or elect not to proceed.

As early as 1890, people were beginning to think about harnessing the power of the ocean. During the twenty-year span between 1890 and 1910, there were wave power generation stations built all along the Southern California coast. The advent of cheap petroleum coming straight from the ground, however, has taken the focus off of energy generation solutions such as wave power for decades now, and as a result the only surviving wave motor from the large Southern California program is buried in the sand at the foot of the Manhattan Beach pier. Now, thanks to the huge push toward green energy sources and freeing the world from oil, wave power has seen a flurry of research and innovation in recent years.

NEW YORK, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Private Equity Firm with a 30-Year Legacy in Consumer Products, Supply Chain Management to Help Foster Mid-Market Growth Amid an Uncertain Economy -

Distribution Management Consolidators, LLC today announced the launch of DMC Capital Funding, LLC a private equity growth capital firm.

LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Companies Switch to NetSuite from Sage and salesforce.com to Increase Sales and Productivity

LONDON, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Group CEOs of 14 Leading Mobile Operators on the Board

The board of the GSMA, the global body for the mobile industry, has elected Alexander Izosimov, the Group Chief Executive Officer of VimpelCom, as its new Chairman for a two-year term. As Chairman, he will help oversee the strategic direction of the GSMA, which represents more than 750 mobile operators worldwide. Bill Hague, Executive Vice President of ATT, was elected as Deputy Chairman.

WATFORD, England, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Improving the Overall Customer Experience of Shopping at Halfords.com and Meeting the Needs of Customers Across Halfords' Multiple Shopping Channels

Salmon Limited (Salmon), a specialist in delivering eCommerce solutions, today announces the completion of a significant programme of work for Halfords Limited, where it has seamlessly integrated corporate data, corporate I.T. systems and third party software solutions to optimise the customer experience at Halfords.com and support the needs of its cross-channel customers.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, December 17 /PRNewswire/ --

Employees may be feeling more loyal to their own career goals instead of their employers, as more than a quarter of employees (26 percent) do not feel loyal to their current employer and 21 percent said they are likely to leave their current position to change jobs in a year or less. This is according to CareerBuilder.se's latest survey of workers and employers in Sweden.

In pursuing cleaner energy there is such a thing as being too green. Unicellular microalgae, for instance, can be considered too green.

In a paper in a special energy issue of Optics Express, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley describe a method for using microalgae for making biofuel. The researchers explain a way to genetically modify the tiny organisms, so as to minimize the number of chlorophyll molecules needed to harvest light without compromising the photosynthesis process in the cells. With this modification, instead of making more sugar molecules, the microalgae could be producing hydrogen or hydrocarbons.