AKQA Announces 2009 Future Lions WinnersCANNES, France - 4th annual global student competition demonstrates digital concepts reaching the real world Positive CHMP Opinion for JAVLOR(R) in Metastatic Treatment of Bladder Cancer After Failure of a Prior Platinum-Containing RegimenCASTRES, France - Laboratoires Pierre Fabre announce today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific advisory committee of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), has issued a positive opinion supporting approval and is recommending to grant marketing authorisation for JAVLOR(R) as monotherapy in metastatic treatment of bladder cancer (advanced or metastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelial tract after failure of a prior platinum-containing regimen). Malaysia’s Mobile Broadband Demand Growing Faster Than Expected, says Pyramid ResearchCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Soaring demand for mobile broadband services in Malaysia, driven in part by intense competition, will result in higher-than-expected growth rates for telecom operators in that nation through 2014, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com), the telecom research arm of the Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com). One Network Introduces International Capabilities for Prioritizing Shipments and Connecting Shippers, Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Custom Brokers Across the WorldDALLAS - - Increase service levels, lower inventories, and connect International and Domestic Logistics Operations Frost & Sullivan: Economic Downturn Triggers Buoyancy in Conferencing Services Market in Western EuropeLONDON - The market for conferencing services in Europe remains a place of both opportunity and challenge with a complex picture emerging out of regional differences of legacy, new technology and media type adoption across the continent. Challenges such as decreased investment capital, the lack of seamless interoperability and a slowing trend of outsourcing conferencing services will likely be countered by a need to connect with people quickly, efficiently and on-demand, as well as the need to significantly reduce travel expenses. Capgemini Signs Turn-Key Datacentre(SM) Lease Agreement With Digital Realty TrustDUBLIN and PARIS - Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR), the world’s largest wholesale datacentre provider, has completed a Turn-Key Datacentre(SM) lease agreement with Capgemini (www.capgemini.com), one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services. Under this agreement, Capgemini will establish a new datacentre in a Digital Realty Trust property in France during the summer to support the growth of its datacentre infrastructure. TV5MONDE is Launching TIVI5MONDE PLUS, the First Worldwide Online TV Station for Children in French http://www.tivi5mondeplus.com.PARIS - Aimed at French-speaking children aged 3-12, TIVI5MONDE PLUS is the first entirely free, fun and educational Online TV station accessible in non-French-speaking Europe, Africa, Latin America, Asia and in the Arab world. Putting the Brakes on the Recession in Europe’s Automotive IndustryDUBLIN - - Eurofound Publishes Report on Recent Restructuring Trends and Policies in the Automotive Sector Broadband Services Remain a Top Spending Priority for Consumers Even in Tight Economic Times, Research ShowsPARIS - Consumers are unwilling to part with their broadband services at home even in the midst of the economic downturn, preferring to cut spending on things like dining out and leisure travel, according to a series of recent studies sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU). Blacklisted Airlines : New Line of Defence for Online Travellers Before Going on HolidaysLONDON - - Air Valid Recommends That Travellers Book Their Flights Through Travel Agencies Within Their Home Country Before Going on Holidays Adaptec Introduces Series 5Z RAID Controllers With First Maintenance Free, Flash-Based Cached Data Protection for On-Demand Cloud Computing Data CentersMILPITAS, California - - Innovative, High-Performance Adaptec Series 5Z Unified Serial(R) RAID Controllers Reduce Data Center Operating Costs, Enhance Data Protection, and Minimize Environmental Hazards Cognizant Helps National Health Insurance Company, Daman, Increase Market Share and Enhance Customer ExperienceABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, TEANECK, New Jersey and CHENNAI, India - - Builds the Middle East’s First Online Health Insurance Portal to Help Daman’s Customers Meet Their Health Insurance Needs Online World’s Largest Expat Survey Reveals Crunch Hits Expats HardLONDON - - US, Thailand and South Africa most affected expat locations - Almost half of expats in UK considering returning home - Emerging markets rank above established centres for expat finances - UK worst for saving behind Spain and France - Despite economic crisis, expats are wealthier and save more than in country of origin Business Opportunities in the Spanish Aerospace Sector up for DebateMADRID - - Invest in Spain is Organizing an Online Seminar to Analyze Business Opportunities in the Spanish Aerospace Sector. - To Participate in the Seminar (to be Held in English), You First Have to Register for Free Using the Following Link: www.xtalks.com/events/xto340spain2/index.html - It Will be Held on Tuesday the 30th of June From 9:00am to 10:30am (Eastern Day Time) and From 3:00pm to 4:30pm (Central European Time). AVL Employs PBS GridWorks for Powertrain Engineering and DevelopmentTROY, Michigan - Altair’s PBS Professional Chosen to Manage Compute Intensive Workloads for Engine Component Design Supermicro Displays Performance-Per-Watt Leadership at International SuperComputing (ISC) 2009HAMBURG, Germany - 2U Twin2 (”Twin Squared”), SuperBlade(R) and Other Innovative Servers Featuring Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5500 (Nehalem) Processors & Gold Level Power Supplies Supermicro Showcases World’s Densest and Greenest HPC Solutions at ISC ‘09HAMBURG - 1,440 Processor Cores per 42U Rack with 4-Way SuperBlade(R) Optimized for Six-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processors, QDR InfiniBand, Gold Level Power Efficiency Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking Standardizes on Centrify DirectControl to Optimize Cross-Platform Identity and Access ManagementSUNNYVALE, California - Centrify Corporation, a leading provider of Microsoft Active Directory-based auditing, access control and identity management solutions for non-Microsoft platforms, today announced that Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has successfully completed its pilot deployment of Centrify DirectControl and has commenced a global deployment to several thousand physical and virtual servers running UNIX and Linux operating systems. By using Centrify DirectControl, SG CIB is optimizing its IT management control by leveraging its existing, robust Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure to centrally administer user accounts and access controls for its UNIX and Linux server systems in addition to its Windows systems. 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.” Mobile Money Shows Great Economic and Social Momentum at the Annual Mobile Money Summit in BarcelonaBARCELONA, Spain - The GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile communications industry, today announced at the Second Annual Mobile Money Summit, that the first three applications to the Mobile Money for the Unbanked Fund have been approved. The first three projects are diverse and explore; the potential for mobile money in a market where no deployment currently exists; the viability of deploying a proven mobile money model in a marginal community which represents a completely new customer segment and the diversification of a distribution network to further extend the reach of an existing mobile money deployment. 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. Novellus’ Peter Wolters Division Develops 22nm Double-Sided Silicon Wafer Polish ProcessSAN JOSE, California - - MicroLine(R) Technology Produces Extremely Flat Wafers to Meet Chip Manufacturing Lithography Requirements at 22nm And Beyond United Nations and Marketing Industry Leaders Launch “Hopenhagen”CANNES, France - - Global Campaign to Harness Action around the UN Climate Change Conference World Finance ESG Awards 2009LONDON - The World Finance 2009 ESG Awards have been announced. The winners were: Best ESG Research House, Germany WestLB AG Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Netherlands Syntrus Achmea Asset Management Best ESG Asset Manager, France Groupama Asset Management Best ESG Wealth Manager, Netherlands ABN AMRO Best ESG Asset Manager, Italy Eurizon Capital SGR Best ESG Asset Manager, Sweden SEB Wealth Management Best ESG Asset Manager, Brazil Itaú Unibanco Banco Múltiplo SA Best ESG Research House, France Novethic Best ESG Microfinance Consultant, International Perfect Point Partners Best ESG Asset Manager, USA ClearBridge Advisors Best ESG Asset Manager, UK Threadneedle Investment Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Switzerland SAM Sustainable Asset Management Best ESG Institutional Asset Manager, Norway DnB NOR Asset Management Best ESG Research House, UK EIRIS Best ESG Research House, USA IW Financial Best ESG Asset Manager, Belgium Dexia Asset Management Best ESG Wealth Manager, Switzerland Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Group Best ESG Asset Manager, Spain BBVA Asset Management Best ESG Asset Manager, Denmark Nykredit Asset Management A/S More Britons Looking for Property AbroadLONDON - Searches for international property on Primelocation.com show that the British are still interested in buying abroad despite the economic slowdown. toptable, Europe’s No 1 Restaurant Reservation Service, Goes Global… http://www.toptable.comLONDON - toptable.com, Europe’s No 1 online restaurant reservation service, announces the launch of its French-language version, the newest phase of an ambitious global growth strategy. Major enhancements to the website mean its best-of-breed service will now be available in multiple languages. More translations will follow shortly. 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: NDC and MICEX Settlement House Begin Providing New Settlement ServiceMOSCOW - The National Depository Center (NDC), Russia’s only settlement depository servicing the full range of debt and equity securities of Russian issuers, announced today that starting 15 June 2009 NDC and MICEX Settlement House (MICEX SH) began offering a new service to settle transactions on a Delivery Versus Payment (DVP) basis using NDC and MICEX SH accounts with Euroclear Bank, the international central securities depository. As part of the new settlement arrangement, NDC is responsible for the securities record and MICEX SH controls the flow of funds. At this stage, settlements are conducted in a range of foreign currencies involving transactions with Russian Federation Eurobonds, ADRs and GDRs. Hertz Ensures its Customers Are NeverLost(R)LONDON - Hertz Upgrades Signature Satellite Navigation System Through New Partnership With Garmin Domainmonster.com(R) Gains Accreditation for New .cm Domain.NEW YORK - Domainmonster.com today announced their accreditation for the www.domainmonster.com/cm/domain-name/ prior to the public release of second level(1) registrations on 13th July 2009. Make Your own All-in-One-PC: Shuttle Presents the X50 BareboneELMSHORN, Germany - Memory and Hard Disk can be Chosen Individually Shuttle Inc., the market leader in the Mini-PC segment and manufacturer of Multi-Form-Factor solutions, is now shipping the All-in-One-PC X 5000TA that was shown at the Computex in Taipei as a barebone. Now users can decide for themselves which components should be installed in their All-in-One-PC. Supermicro and NVIDIA Smash 1U Server Performance Records at International SuperComputing (ISC) 2009HAMBURG, Germany - 2-Teraflop SuperServer 6016GT-TF-TM2 with Two Tesla GPUs plus a new 4U System that supports Four Tesla GPUs IFP and ENEL Sign a Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Post-Combustion CO2 CaptureRUEIL-MALMAISON, France - IFP and ENEL have just signed a memorandum of understanding to test the first-generation post-combustion capture process, developed by IFP, on a pilot unit to be built by ENEL at the coal-fired power station in Brindisi (Italy). CEM Wins Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Sprint Rapid Protein AnalyzerMATTHEWS, North Carolina - CEM Corporation has won a 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the Greener Reaction Conditions category for its Sprint(TM) Rapid Protein Analyzer. The company will accept the award this evening during a ceremony at the Carnegie Institute for Science (CIS) in Washington, DC. BRAHMS, Cezanne and Lumiphore Announce Partnership for Diagnostic TestsBERLIN, NIMES, France and RICHMOND, California - Diagnostics company BRAHMS Aktiengesellschaft, Cezanne and Lumiphore Inc., a biotechnology leader from California, announced that they have signed an agreement on incorporation of Lumiphore’s Lumi4(R)-Tb complexes in BRAHMS diagnostic tests. |
