Regional Business Excellence RewardedBIRMINGHAM, England - - National Business Awards 2009 Regional Programme Sponsored by Orange Fine Food Supplier Cotswold Fayre Surprises Customers With a Mystery Shopper ExperienceHENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - This year the gourmet, organic and fine food distributor, Cotswold Fayre, is celebrating 10 successful years in business. To mark the occasion, the company is offering a free mystery shop to all their customers. United Utilities Scoops Top National AwardMANCHESTER, England - - With Photo United Utilities has scooped the top national award for responsible business practice. The organisation, which keeps the taps flowing and loos flushing for seven million customers in the North West as well as operating and maintaining electricity and gas networks, has won the coveted Business in the Community (BITC) Company of the Year Award. Dual Frost & Sullivan Accolade for Veolia Water Solutions & TechnologiesLONDON - Frost & Sullivan has conferred two prestigious awards on Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS). The “2008 Frost & Sullivan European Pharmaceutical Water & Wastewater Treatment Business Development Strategy Leadership Award,” lauds VWS for its successful strategies that have enabled it to consolidate its position as one of the leading process water and wastewater solution providers for the pharmaceutical industry in Europe. The “2008 Frost & Sullivan CEO of the Year Award in the Global Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology Market” is presented to Jean Michel Herrewyn for his stellar role in steering this growth. Audio Visual Machines Certified as Platinum Partner and Accredited Service Provider for TANDBERGSTAINES, England - TANDBERG (OSL:TAA), the leading global provider of telepresence, high-definition video conferencing and mobile video products and services, today announced that Audio Visual Machines (AVM), a leading provider of video and audio communications, has been certified as a TANDBERG Platinum Partner. The Platinum Partner status awarded by TANDBERG is the highest level of partnership that AVM can receive. Samsung Announces First TCO Certified Netbook - Mercury Free, Ultra Energy-efficient and Ergonomically DesignedSTOCKHOLM - The Samsung N120 ultralight netbook is today announced as the first in the world to achieve the leading environmental and usability standard, TCO Certified. Free from mercury and other hazardous materials, offering outstanding energy efficiency and ergonomically designed keyboard and display - the N120 now adds the worlds toughest environmental and usability certifications - TCO Certified - to its list of features. Frost & Sullivan Lauds Marigot Ltd. and GTC Nutrition for Their Innovative CalciLife(TM)LONDON - The 2008 Frost & Sullivan Global Food and Beverage Prebiotics Product Innovation Award is presented to Ireland-based Marigot Ltd. and U.S.-based GTC Nutrition for their unique partnership product concept - CalciLife(TM). This prebiotic-based mineral absorption-enhancer aims at simultaneously promoting bone, digestive and immune health. Emirates Group IT’s Vision of Becoming a Leading Global Business Technology and IT Solutions ProviderDUBAI, U.A.E - - IT Division (Mercator) Appraised at CMMI(R) Level 3 by QAI The Emirates Group’s (www.ekgroup.com) vision of being a global leading provider of Business Technology and IT Solutions, received a major boost when its IT division (Mercator) was assessed at CMMI(R) Level 3, the internationally recognized standard for assessing software development practices, by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) ( www.sei.cmu.edu) of the Carnegie Mellon University, USA and QAI (www.qaiglobal.com), SEI’s transition partners globally. IBM Award for Innovative Solution to Tackling World’s Most Critical Social and Environmental ProblemsLONDON - IBM (NYSE: IBM (www.ibm.com/investor)) was awarded the prestigious Coffey International Award for its application of technical expertise in innovative ways to address the greatest societal challenges of our time at the annual Business in the Community (BITC) Awards for Excellence yesterday. Microsoft Announces Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide WinnersCAIRO - - Students address the United Nations Millennium Development Goals with innovative technology. Safelayer Receives the Frost & Sullivan Marketing Strategy Leadership Award in Global PKI SystemsBARCELONA - - According to the Business Research & Consulting Firm Frost & Sullivan, Safelayer is Ideally Positioned for Growth in Europe and Latin America Misys Trade Portal and Misys Trade Innovation Plus Achieve “Powered by SAP NetWeaver(R)” CertificationLONDON - Misys plc (LSE: MSY), the global application software and services company, today announced that it has achieved “Powered by SAP NetWeaver(R)” certification for both Misys Trade Portal, its front-end trade finance portal, and Misys Trade Innovation Plus (TI Plus), its back-office trade finance processing engine. Mars Plays Key Role at Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Summer-Long Sustainability Exhibition in GermanyLINDAU, Germany - Mars will showcase its cocoa sustainability program as part of a summer-long sustainability exhibition on Mainau Island, one of Germany’s most popular tourist destinations. The exhibition, which opens today, follows on from the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany last week, in which Mars played a significant role. Marie Curie Tops Poll of the Most Inspirational Women in ScienceLONDON - - With Photo - Poll Highlights the Need for More Visible Female Role Models in Science - Results Coincide With the announcement of the Winners of the 2009 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science Fellowships, Which Celebrate the Achievement of exceptional female scientists in the UK and Ireland Frost & Sullivan European Gastroenterology Technology Implementation of the Year Award Bestowed on CrosponLONDON - The Frost & Sullivan “2009 European Gastroenterology Technology Implementation of the Year Award,” is presented to Ireland-based Crospon for successfully using the impedance planimetry technique in its novel EndoFLIP(R) (endoluminal functional lumen imaging probe) imaging system. Novarra Awarded ‘Most Innovative Carrier Infrastructure/VAS Platform’ by GSMA at the Mobile Innovation Grand Prix EMEA TournamentCHICAGO - - Industry experts choose Novarra Vision(TM) widget solution Novarra’s widget and mobile content delivery framework has been recognized by the GSMA as the “Most Innovative Value Added Service (VAS) Platform” in the EMEA leg of its 2010 Mobile Innovation Grand Prix competition. A panel of industry experts selected Novarra based upon market potential, cost efficiency and ease of integration for the solution. Koenig Solutions Honored as 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards Winner in CitizenshipNEW DELHI, India - Koenig Solutions proudly announced it has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards winner in Citizenship. The company was chosen out of an international field of top Microsoft partners as delivering market-leading customer solutions built on Microsoft technology. In a Step to Encourage Scientific Excellence and Part of its Social Responsibility Programs Al Rajhi Bank Recognizes 228 Achievers Across the KingdomRIYADH - Al Rajhi Bank represented by its Female Branches Department recently recognized 228 top female students who excelled scholastically across the Kingdom. comScore and the GSMA Win M.E.F. Award for Business Intelligence in Mobile MediaLONDON - - Award Winning Study in Partnership with the U.K. Mobile Operators Brings Greater Clarity to Mobile Media and Advertising Measurement 2009 Cannes Lions Official T-shirt Grand Prix Winner SelectedTOKYO - - UNIQLO decides to make and sell official T-shirts from 2010 onwards UNIQLO has been responsible for the creation and sale of official T-shirts for the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, one of the world’s top three advertising fests. Ten short-listed designs have been made into commercial products. And from among those entries, “KING” designed by Sho-san, an arts university student living in Tokyo, has been selected as the 2009 Grand Prix winner. The design perfectly matched the 2009 Grand Prix with an image of a crown-wearing lion, the symbol of the Cannes Lions. UNIQLO will continue to create and sell official T-shirts for the Cannes Lions Festival from 2010 onwards. The 2010 competition opened for entries from June 22. Quadrem Africa Receives Top Award at IPSA/CIPS Annual Pan Africa ConferenceJOHANNESBURG - Quadrem, a global provider of Supply Management Solutions, proudly announced that it received the top award for the Best Public Sector Procurement Project at the IPSA/CIPS annual Pan Africa Conference in Johannesburg. Catherine Hills, Client Services Director at Quadrem Africa (Pty) Ltd., received the award on behalf of Quadrem Africa. The Foundation for Research in Osteoporosis and Bone Disease (FROMO) Awards the 2009 Fellowship in Renal Physiology and PathophysiologyGENEVA - The Foundation for Research in Osteoporosis and Bone Disease (FROMO) announced the recipients of the 2009 Fellowship in Renal Physiology and Pathophysiology: Andreas Kistler, MD, PhD, Clinical Fellow at the Division of Nephrology of the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland and Sara Damiano, PhD student in Nephrological Sciences at the Second University of Naples, Italy. The biotechnology company Amgen offered this educational grant to FROMO which is a Foundation based in Geneva to support research and teaching in the field of bone disease, in particular renal osteodystrophy which affects patients with severe renal insufficiency. Bassam Jalgha from Lebanon Wins “Stars of Science”DOHA, Qatar - - Young Innovator Awarded 300,000 $ in Competition Final Lebanese contestant Bassam Jalgha was yesterday evening declared winner of the first series of “Stars of Science”, a new Pan-Arab innovation contest initiated by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development. Credit Crunch Cancelled!LONDON - - Win Your Wedding With the Daily Star Sunday Debt Buster Richard Fenton of Surviving The Credit Crunch.org.uk and the Holiday Inn AKQA Announces 2009 Future Lions WinnersCANNES, France - 4th annual global student competition demonstrates digital concepts reaching the real world 7global Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards in Hosting SolutionsLONDON - Today, 7global announced it has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards finalist in Hosting Solutions. Improved Networking for CILIP Carnegie & Greenaway ‘Shadowing’ Groups Thanks to ALCS SponsorshipLONDON - In the second year of their three-year sponsorship deal with CILIP, the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society’s (ALCS) support has enabled CILIP to introduce major developments to the Medals shadowing scheme website. These developments provide improved networking for shadowing groups who are now able to connect to each other with more room on the site to exchange news and views about what’s going on. JWT Awarded Cannes Lions Grand PrixNEW YORK - - “Kit Kat Mail” Campaign Takes Home Top International Advertising Honor JWT Tokyo has been awarded the Media Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the world’s premiere showcase for excellence in advertising. The prestigious honor recognizes JWT Tokyo for “Kit Kat Mail,” a campaign developed for the Nestle Kit Kat brand. Win 5,000 Holiday Euros With the European Smoke Free Awards 2009LONDON - Have you recently quit smoking and want to let everyone know about your achievement, or do you need an extra incentive to give up the cigarettes for good? Then why not enter the European Smoke Free Awards 2009? MetraTech Wins 2009 Best Overall at the World BSS AwardsBOSTON, Massachusetts and LONDON - MetraTech Corp. (www.metratech.com/), the innovative charging, billing, settlement and customer care product provider has won the Best Overall prize at the prestigious World BSS Awards. The award was presented to two companies, MetraTech and Oracle Corporation at a ceremony during IIR’s BSS Summit 2009 in Amsterdam from June 8-11, 2009. European AutoID Award 2009 Honors Object Security Surveillance SolutionZURICH - Silverstroke AG, an Ettlingen/Germany-based communications solution provider, won this year’s European AutoID Award in the category “RFID”. In doing so, the awarding committee acknowledged a groundbreaking object surveillance solution which uses RFID to protect an art collection. The winning project was realized by Silverstroke in collaboration with the GU and systems integrator, Siemens Building Technologies, as well as Albis Technologies. The application is based on active RFID transponders by Albis. Thereby reading devices in the exhibition rooms interconnect the RFID transponders with the application-software. This design ensures continuous surveillance of the exhibits. Ticketmaster Raises Money for Nordoff-Robbins Music TherapyLONDON - With Photo Ticketmaster, a Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:TKTM) company, is proud to announce that in the last seven months it has raised GBP11,000 for the charity Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland from donations from music fans. International School of Management Professor Honored With Teaching Excellence AwardPARIS - The International School of Management (ISM) is proud to congratulate Professor Michael Gordon who was recently honored by The Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), with their 2009 Teaching Excellence Award for ACBSP’s International Region 8. “There is no one more deserving than Professor Gordon,” commented Prof. Peter Horn, Chancellor of ISM. “We are extremely proud to have Professor Gordon, a distinguished scholar and respected educator, as a long-time member of our academic team. He is a conscientious and motivating educator and continually seeks to engage students on an individual level; leaving each one with meaningful and memorable information that they can apply to their particular business circumstances.” The New Economy Energy & Environmental Awards 2009LONDON - The New Economy is pleased to announce the winners of its 2009 Energy & Environmental Awards, recognising excellence in the winners’ respective fields, including innovative use of technology and achievement in other specific areas. The award winners were: Ketchum and Häagen-Dazs(R) Brand Win One of the First PR Lions Awards at the Cannes International Advertising FestivalNEW YORK and CANNES, France - Honey Bee Campaign Among the Industry’s Most Honoured The Cannes Lions (www.canneslions.com) International Advertising Festival, the largest and highly respected global awards program, honoured Ketchum and the Häagen-Dazs brand with a Cannes PR Lions award for their Häagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees(R) (www.helpthehoneybees.com/) campaign in the Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Issues category. It was one of only 18 PR Lions given from a field of 431 international entries in the very first year that public relations was featured at the festival. |
