Doyle R. Simons of Temple-Inland Wins RISI’s North American CEO of the Year AwardBOSTON - RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry, today announced that Temple-Inland Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Doyle R. Simons has been selected as this year’s RISI North American CEO of the Year for the forest products industry. Independent Research Firm Names Infosys Technologies as a Leader In SAP ImplementationBANGALORE, India - - Investments and Vision for Market, Strong Implementation Practice and Very Strong Client References Contribute to Placement Vocalzone Applaud ‘Road to V’ WinnersPOOLE, England - - With Photo TV talent show, The ‘Road to V’ has led unsigned Welsh rockers, The Last Republic all the way to the ultimate destination. They beat off competition from thousands of other bands to win the show by public vote. Their reward is to open the V-festival on the main stage later this month. Misys Gains Hat-Trick of 2009 SWIFTReady Accreditations for its Transaction Banking SolutionsLONDON - - Misys Message Manager Wins the Financial EAI Label - Misys TI Plus Obtains the Trade Finance Label Australian Architectural Triumph at Aquarium at the Dubai MallMELBOURNE, Australia - - Aquarium viewing area to enter Guinness books of records Australian architects are behind the creation of the world’s largest acrylic viewing panel at the Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre. blinkx AdHoc Named Best Search Engine Ad Platform Finalist for 2009 Search Engine Watch AwardsSAN FRANCISCO - - blinkx’s unique contextual advertising platform for online video recognized for innovation and excellence Frost & Sullivan Lauds Organic Spintronics’ Active R&D Efforts that Have Placed it at the Forefront of Spintronics-Based Innovation for Sensing ApplicationsLONDON - Based on its recent analysis of the spintronics markets for sensor applications, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Organic Spintronics with the 2008 European Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award for its discovery of organic spintronics by combining organic semiconductors with ferromagnetic materials. 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services Voted VirtualizationAdmin.com Readers’ Choice Award WinnerLONDON - Leading Virtualization resource site, VirtualizationAdmin.com, announced today that the 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services was selected as the winner in the Application Server category of the VirtualizationAdmin.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Volante Earns 2009 SWIFT Label for SWIFTReady Messaging Data ServicesNEW YORK - - Volante Designer for SWIFT once again meets all requirements for SWIFT’s most challenging message transformation certification RISI Power List 2009 Reveals Top 50 Influential People in the Pulp & Paper IndustryBOSTON - RISI announced today that two-time RISI Latin American CEO of the Year, Jose Luciano Penido of Votorantim Celulose e Papel (VCP) tops the list of the most influential people in the pulp & paper industry. RISI published the industry’s second annual Power List in the July issue of Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Magazine. Le Gruyere Premier Cru Wins Another International AwardDUDINGEN, Switzerland - At the International Cheese Awards 2009 in Nantwich (Cheshire, England) July 28/29th Von Muhlenen’s “Le Gruyere Premier Cru” was awarded “The Supreme Champion Overseas”, as previously won in 2006, from an array of entries from 24 different countries. Also, “Le Gruyere Premier Cru” won Gold in the Single Specialty Cheese Class and was awarded the LTS Litman Trophy. The cheese was then short-listed for the overall award of Nantwich Show Champion 2009; narrowly coming 2nd from a total of 2,761 entrants. Le Gruyere Premier Cru was also given the title of Reserve Champion to a British Stilton Cheese. Von Muhlenen won the following prizes: Tom Cooper Scoops Scotland’s Unsung Hero AwardGLASGOW - - Call Centre Hero Awards Honours Bellshill Man As part of the UK Call Centre Week celebrations, Kwik Fit Insurance employee Tom Cooper, from Bellshill, has been named Scotland’s Unsung Hero at the inaugural 2009 Call Centre Hero Awards in London. RISI Announces Finalists for the 2009 Pulp & Paper International (PPI) AwardsBRUSSELS - RISI today announced the finalists for the 2009 Pulp & Paper International (PPI) Awards program. The PPI Awards will honor leadership, vision, innovation and strategic accomplishments of companies, mills and individuals within the global pulp and paper industry. BT Financial Group Honoured in 2009’s CIO 100 AwardsSYDNEY, LONDON and CHICAGO - ThoughtWorks is delighted to announce that Australian BT Financial Group’s ‘BT Super for Life’ superannuation product (www.btsuperforlife.com.au), which was developed through a BT and ThoughtWorks’ partnership, has been honoured in the global CIO 100 Awards this year. Berlin Capital Investments, the International Branch of Zabel Immobilien KG, Have Been Awarded Two of the Most Important Awards of the Real Estate BusinessBERLIN - - “European Property Award” for Best Real Estate Office and Best Real Estate Agent Website Goes to Berlin Capital Investments; Call for Entries for TelcoTV Vision AwardsIRVINE, California - - High-profile promotion opportunity at industry’s premier converged entertainment show WorkWorld Media Awards 2009: Call for EntriesLONDON - Entries are now invited for the 2009 WorkWorld Media Awards. The prestigious WorkWorlds seek to recognise outstanding written and broadcast journalism covering the fields of work, management, business and economics. This year marks the 23rd year of the independent and peer-reviewed awards. Sify Technologies Wins Award for “Best Telecom Data Center” at INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Awards 2009CHENNAI, India - - Recognizes Excellence of Sify’s Next-Generation Data Center at Mumbai Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq National market: SIFY), a leader in enterprise data telecom services and consumer Internet with global delivery capabilities, won the award for the ‘Best Telecom Data Center’ at the INFOCOM CMAI National Telecom Awards 2009 function in New Delhi on Friday 24th July 09 for its next-generation data center at Airoli, Mumbai. Invitation to the International Press Conference With Jermaine Jackson Presentation of the SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS 2009VIENNA, Austria - - Andie MacDowell and Carl Lewis Will Attend - Press Conference on July 24 at 11 p.m. at the Palais Niederosterreich in Vienna ATERAS Receives Product Innovation Award for Legacy Conversion ToolDALLAS - - eavRPM(TM) Simplifies The Modernization Process for COBOL and Natural Applications Redknee Recognized as a Stratecast Top 10 to Watch in OSS/BSSTORONTO, Canada - - Global Award Recognizes Redknee for Emerging as Competitor to the Established OSS/BSS Elite Teliris Receives ‘Positive’ Rating in Leading Analyst Firm’s Telepresence MarketScopeNEW YORK - Teliris (www.teliris.com), the leading global provider of agile telepresence and collaboration, today announced that it received a “Positive” rating in Gartner’s “MarketScope for Video Telepresence Systems” by Robert Mason and Scott Morrison. Diageo Reserve Brands Raises The Bar and Awards Title of World Class Bartender of The Year 2009LONDON - The title of Diageo Reserve Brands World Class Bartender of the Year 2009 was decided in London yesterday. After a year long global competition which saw 6000 bartenders from 24 countries shake, stir and pour their way through national heats, just 18 remained to go head to head in three days of World Class challenges this week. Aristotelis Papadopoulos of Banquet in Thessaloniki, Greece claimed the overall title after impressing the most recognised names in the business - Dale DeGroff, Salvatore Calabrese, Simon Difford, Peter Dorelli, Gary Regan, Hidetsugu Ueno - with his exceptional mastery of cocktail craft. Albis Technologies Achieves MEF-18 CertificationZURICH - Albis Technologies, the leading provider of circuit emulation solutions, has been awarded the MEF-18 certification for Circuit Emulation Services over Ethernet. Sennheiser Communications Launch a Global Online Talent Contest, With Their ‘Artist of the Month’ Web Competition, Judged by Famous Producer Mousse T.COPENHAGEN - - Looking for New Music - Call for Entries As more and more people listen to music on their MP3 mobile phones and iPhones, the music quality of the headset becomes more and more important. So to promote their new range of high-quality music headsets and their Mobile Music Microsite www.sennheiser.com/mobilemusic, Sennheiser Communications have decided to foster and publicise new music, with a global online talent contest. Jermaine Jackson at the 2009 SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS on July 24 in AustriaVIENNA, Austria - - Television Show From the Nuclear Power Plant Zwentendorf in Lower Austria With the Motto “HEAL THE WORLD” Finacle From Infosys Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Magic Quadrant for International Retail Core Banking 2009BANGALORE, NEW YORK and LONDON - Infosys today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned Finacle(TM) core banking solution in the Leaders Quadrant of the recently released ‘Magic Quadrant for International Retail Core Banking (IRCB)’ report. (1) Rio Tinto Alcan and Procter & Gamble a Winning Team at the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging InnovationMONTREAL - Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, and Procter & Gamble (P&G) were honoured with a top prize for their Prilosec OTC(R) Pack at the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, the industry’s first sustainable packaging virtual event. GoldenSource for Derivatives Shortlisted for Financial News ‘Best New Vendor Solution’ AwardNEW YORK - GoldenSource, the leading provider of data management solutions, has been shortlisted in the ‘Best New Vendor Solution’ category for this year’s Financial News Awards for Excellence in IT with its GoldenSource for Derivatives solution. Launched in March 2009, GoldenSource for Derivatives is the only data management solution developed specifically to handle the unique complexity, volume and lifecycle of derivatives data. AFRA Completes Environmental Best Practice Accreditation of Evergreen TradingORLANDO, Florida - The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) is delighted to announce that Evergreen Trade Inc. is the latest company to receive its prestigious Best Management Practice (BMP) audited accreditation for its aircraft disassembly and parts and materials recycling operations. Watermeadow Medical Wins Medical Education Consultancy of the Year AwardOXFORD, England - International medical communications company, Watermeadow Medical was named Medical Education Consultancy of the Year at the Communique Awards in London on Thursday night. This highly contested award is judged by an independent panel of communications experts, who assess excellence and innovation in the delivery of medical education for healthcare clients, along with business strategy, client retention, client satisfaction, financial performance, and staff development. Misys Voted Best Technology Provider for its Trade Services SolutionsLONDON - Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announces that it has been voted Best Technology Provider in the annual awards organised by the international publication, Trade & Forfaiting Review, beating all the other vendors in the trade finance market. No Distance is Too Far: Top Manager at RapidShare Personally Presents 50,000 Euro Prize in IndiaCHAM, Switzerland - Cross reference: Picture is distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: www.presseportal.de/pm/64910?keygroup=bild Benson Group Triumphs at The Sunday Times Profit Track 100 Awards DinnerBARDON, England - Following its inclusion in The Sunday Times “Profit Track 100″ listing back in April of this year, carton packaging manufacturer Benson Group celebrated again this week when the Bardon, Leicestershire company was named the Customer Service Company of the Year at the Profit Track 100 awards night. Good News for the Movie “Bad Guys”EINDHOVEN, Netherlands - MMA promoters-turned-movie-producers Frederico Lapenda and Bas Boon have scored big and gone theatrical with a rumored seven-figure deal for their award winning crime drama “Bad Guys.” |
