SVB Financial Group Appoints Head of UK, Europe and IsraelLONDON, HERZLIYA, Israel and SANTA CLARA, California - - With Photo - Company Continues Global Expansion Venere.com Announces new Senior Management HiresROME - Venere.com, the European online hotel reservations specialist, recently acquired by Expedia Inc., has today announced the appointment of Mirko Behnert to lead its Commercial department and Mark Brophy to lead its E-Commerce department. This announcement follows the recent important appointment of Arthur Hoffman as new Managing Director and Philippe Vimard as new Chief Technology Officer. Maxatec to Introduce New HH 8010 Mobile Computing Device to Complement its Current Mobile OfferingALTRINCHAM, England - Today Maxatec announces the availability of its new Microsoft Windows Mobile(R) 6.1 terminal, the Maxatec HH 8010, which is to complement its current range of mobile computing devices that operate predominantly on Microsoft Windows CE (R) 5.0. The new HH 8010 terminal will take advantage of Microsoft’s recent enhancements in Windows Mobile 6(R) for innovative applications. PI Worldwide Positioned for Long Term Growth with PI Europe Leadership TeamLONDON - - Robin Wood Names Soren Lonkvist to be President and CEO PI Worldwide(R), the premier global consulting company specializing in leadership and sales development, announces that Soren Lonkvist has been named president and CEO of PI Europe, a PI Worldwide member firm. Lonkvist will take over for Robin Wood, who will continue as the company’s chairman after 12 years as chief executive. Ponemon Institute and Imperva Survey Shows Companies Still Struggle to Protect Consumer Credit Card DataREDWOOD SHORES, California and TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan - - 71% of Companies do not Treat PCI as a Strategic Initiative - Yet 79% Have Experienced a Data Breach - 55% do not Secure Social Security Numbers, Driver’s License Numbers, and Bank Account Details; Consumers are More at Risk With Smaller Businesses - Data Security Leader Imperva Provides Recommendations to Consumers, Businesses and PCI DSS Council in Advance of the Oct 31st Deadline Student’s Union, University of Greenwich Brings Zipcar Car Sharing to CampusCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts and LONDON - - New program provides students and staff a convenient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly option to owning a car Introducing Kylie Inverse for MenLONDON - - With Photo Shot by Kylie’s friend William Baker, and featuring her gorgeous boyfriend Andres Valenscoso, Kylie’s new fragrance is set to get pulses racing! Donate Yourself to Charity for Two Months and Get PaidLONDON - - Vodafone Foundation Gives 500 People the Power to Make a Difference Today The World of Difference UK programme, delivered by the Vodafone Foundation, launches today to give 500 people the power to make a difference by putting something back into the community. The two month programme gives people the opportunity to take a paid placement with a UK charity of their choice. World of Difference UK is open to anyone over 18 in the UK who has the passion, drive and commitment to donate themselves to a charity. Taking part involves finding the right charity to suit interests, skills and experience and completing an online application form at www.vodafone.co.uk/worldofdifference by 3 November 2009. Frost & Sullivan: Electric Vehicles Voice of the Consumer - What do European Consumers Really Want From Electric Vehicles?LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Electric Vehicles, on Tuesday, 6 October 2009, at 2:00pm BST Small Business Management System Released Free-of-Charge - TeamWoxKAZAN, Russia - MetaQuotes Software Corp. announces the release of a free-of-charge version of the TeamWox Company Management System. The new version features full functionality and can be accessed by up to 10 users. Hozpitality.com Announces Launch of its Brand New Re-Designed Website www.hozpitality.comDUBAI, UAE - Dubai-based dedicated hospitality job board Hozpitality.com announced the relaunch of its newly designed job board, www.hozpitality.com, in Dubai. The new Hozpitality.com comes with many new features, like RSS feeds, jobs and CVs on email, privacy options, enhanced job search features, enhanced featured company and jobs listings, enhanced search engine optimization (SEO), a travel and booking section, latest hospitality news, and a lot more… SOMA Networks in Partnership With BSNL Launches Wireless Broadband in Goa IDCDELHI, India - - Target 4,000 Units in 19 Industrial Estates in the First Phase Service Rolled out in 5 Estates to Service 2000 Units Infosys Technologies’ Siebel Business Process Testing Solution is Named ‘Partner Solution Offering of the Year’ at HP Software Universe 2009BANGALORE, India - Infosys Technologies Limited (Nasdaq: INFY) today announced its Siebel Business Process Testing (BPT) solution was recognized by HP as the “Partner Solution Offering of the Year” at the recently concluded HP Software Universe 2009. The Siebel BPT Solution enables customers to maximize their investments in existing and planned Siebel functional testing environments. The solution is developed on HP Business Process Testing software and leverages Oracle Siebel Test Automation features. It contains pre-built test cases and industry best practices to automate Siebel functional testing for customers quickly and cost-effectively. Frost & Sullivan Launches Green Building Technologies Market Tracking ServiceLONDON - - Respondents to Ongoing Survey Include Decision Makers, Influencers for Commercial Buildings in Europe. OneDotOneLife.org - Saving the Lives of More Than 2 Million ChildrenPORTO, Portugal - As of today, 23 September 2009, the site will be online www.onedotonelife.org, an innovative project on the Internet which combines social solidarity and digital art. Capecitabine Added to Standard Treatment Given Before Surgery Helps to Eradicate Tumours in Patients With Early Breast CancerBERLIN - - The Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group Present Data Which Highlight Benefits of Adding capecitabine to epirubicin and docetaxel in the Neoadjuvant Setting Run Your Own Lifestyle Business, Buy a Franchise on http://www.FranchiseSales.comLONDON - As Britain slowly emerges from recession, people looking to get into business are now turning their attentions to franchise concepts that can be incorporated into family life. Unique and Diverse Business Opportunities are Available on http://www.BusinessOpportunities.comLONDON - - www.BusinessOppotunities.com has a Number of Prospects for Budding Entrepreneurs, Providing One-of-a-Kind Businesses you Wouldn’t Find Anywhere Else GoldenSource for Derivatives Wins Financial News ‘Best New Vendor Solution’ 2009 AwardNEW YORK - GoldenSource, a global software provider of enterprise data management (EDM) solutions, has won the ‘Best New Vendor Solution’ award at the Financial News Awards for Excellence in I.T. Trading & Technology Europe 2009, held in the City of London last night. GoldenSource was recognized for its GoldenSource for Derivatives solution and selected from a shortlist that included SunGard, Thomson Reuters and Interactive Data. Real-Time Solution Brings Convergence at All Levels, and Re-Defines Billing For Operators In High Growth MarketsTORONTO - Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, announced the general availability version of Real-Time Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) 8.1. Redknee is pleased to announce that six operators are already in the process of installing or upgrading to TCB 8.1, and will be benefiting from the ability to converge multiple services onto one billing platform - reducing overhead costs and providing them with the ability to launch flexible pricing plans and targeted service offerings to their subscriber base. Over 90% of Companies Rate Environmental Benefits as Key Motivation for Interest in Carbon OffsetsDUBLIN - EcoSecurities, a leading company in the business of sourcing, developing, and trading carbon credits from greenhouse gas emission reduction projects, has partnered with Baker & McKenzie LLP, a leading climate change law firm, and ClimateBiz, the resource for climate management, to launch the second edition of The Carbon Management and Offsetting Trends Survey Report 2009. Microsoft Kicks Off embeddedSPARK 2010 ChallengeBOSTON - - Windows Embedded re-brands successful Sparks will Fly developer competition to encourage creativity, innovation and ‘Fun and Games’ among embedded hobbyist and academic communities globally. Idobro.com : An Online Forum for NGOs and Green Producers to Connect With Consumers and CorporatesMUMBAI, India - Empaower, which was presented the “Most Inspiring Social Entrepreneurship Plan” award by eminent academic and strategist CK Prahlad and S Ramadorai of TCS at the Pan-IIT conference in 2008, is ready to roll! Idobro.com, a unique initiative of Empaower was launched at The Orchid, Mumbai on 9th September, 2009 for a marketplace ready for social change. “UK Corporates Underestimate Impact of Online Culture”LONDON - - The Internet is Redefining Media: Now Corporate Communications is Changing - Management Practices Also Need to Change Wipro to Provide Run SAP Based FlexDelivery Enterprise Application Support for Aquarion Water CompanyBANGALORE, India - - Expands its Utilities Footprint in North America BANGALORE, India, September 23 /PRNewswire/ – InspireMD Announces the Enrollment of the 1st Patient in the MGuard(TM) Israeli Registry. InspireMD Will Also Sponsor a Satellite Program Breakfast Meeting at the TCT Conference on September 24th 2009 in the Moscone Exhibition Center in San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO - InspireMD, developers of MGuard(TM), announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in the Israeli MGuard(TM) Registry. MGuard(TM) was successfully implanted in Natanya, Israel, at the Laniado Hospital Cath Lab, managed by Dr. Yitzhak Herz, the principal investigator for the Registry at this hospital. Buy a Franchise During a Recession - Franchisors Breaking the BarriersLONDON - - Turn an Uncertain Economic Climate to Your Advantage /www.FranchiseSales.com - the leading website for people interested in buying a franchise - reveals that many franchise opportunities are reducing their entry barriers to encourage cautious business seekers to take the plunge and open a franchise in this uncertain climate. ITS America, IBM, Spencer Trask & Partners Announce the Winner in Challenge for Traffic Congestion SolutionsSTOCKHOLM - - iCarpool.com Recognized as Best Traffic Solution in the Global Competition Legacy of the LEGO(R) House Lives on Through Annual Building EventWINDSOR, England - Today LEGOLAND(R) Windsor announced that the bricks used to build James May’s LEGO(R) House will be going on display at the Berkshire theme park as part of an exciting annual LEGO brick building event. Video: Empire State ReBuilding Transforms World’s Most Famous Office BuildingNEW YORK - - US$550 million capital improvements program contemporizes an international icon. Cotecna Thailand Laboratory Certified by GAFTA for Grain and Feeding Stuffs AnalysisGENEVA, Switzerland - Cotecna Inspection (Thailand) Co. Ltd, Bangkok, is now accredited by GAFTA (Grain and Feed Trade Association) to issue analysis certificates for grain and feeding stuffs at loading and discharging ports. /C O R R E C T I O N — Redknee Solutions Inc./TORONTO - In the news release, “Real-Time Solution Brings Convergence at All Levels, and Re-Defines Billing For Operators In High Growth Markets” issued on 23 Sep 2009 12:40 GMT, by Redknee Solutions Inc. LSE:RKN over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that the headline should have read: ‘Redknee Addresses the Needs of Multi-Service Operators With Converged Billing Solution Upgrade’ and the subheadline reads: ‘Real-Time Solution Brings Convergence at All Levels, and Re-Defines Billing For Operators In High Growth Markets’ as incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. Complete, corrected release follows: European CEO Foreign Exchange Awards, 2009LONDON - Many consider Foreign Exchange as one of the most important sectors within financial markets, and an unlikely benefactor of the global economic downturn. Remaining as one of the most liquid areas throughout the last few months, it has been interesting to see which companies took the opportunity to improve their services and reap the rewards of the newfound appeal of trading in currencies. European CEO heralds some of the top firms this year, all of whom continue to lead the way through a volatile period. Planetary Boundaries: A Safe Operating Space for HumanitySTOCKHOLM - New approaches are needed to help humanity deal with climate change and other global environmental threats that lie ahead in the 21st century. A group of 28 internationally renowned scientists propose that global biophysical boundaries, identified on the basis of the scientific understanding of the Earth System, can define a ’safe planetary operating space’ that will allow humanity to continue to develop and thrive for generations to come. This new approach to sustainable development is conveyed in the coming issue of the scientific journal Nature where the scientists have made a first attempt to identify and quantify a set of nine planetary boundaries. Nova Scotia Power and OpenHydro Unveil in-Stream Tidal Turbine - Final Preparations Underway for Deployment in Bay of FundyHALIFAX, Canada - - All Currencies are in Canadian dollars Nova Scotia Power and its technology partner OpenHydro have unveiled a 1-megawatt (MW) tidal turbine which they will deploy in the Bay of Fundy this fall as part of Nova Scotia’s tidal power test facility. The Open-Centre Turbine was manufactured in Ireland by OpenHydro. The turbine will rest directly on the ocean floor using a subsea gravity base fabricated in Dartmouth by Cherubini Metal Works. |
