Important Press Releases

The National Business Awards now open to entries

Orange — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:33:48 -0500

For the past nine years, the National Business Awards has uncovered hundreds of examples of business leaders and entrepreneurs who have taken a unique approach to overcome major challenges and achieve success, whilst maintaining the respect of their peers, co-workers and employees.

SAS in ‘The Dozen’ Most Influential Companies For Intelligent Enterprises

SAS — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:10:45 -0500

Noel-Levitz and Dow improve business decisions with SAS® predictive analytics

BenQ Expands LED Display Lineup with 12 New V Series Models that Lead Competition in Slimness, DCR, Energy Efficiency

BenQ — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:41:22 -0500

Oracle Named a Leader in Project Portfolio Management by Independent Research Firm

Oracle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:55:20 -0500

Redwood Shores, Calif. – February 2, 2010 -- News Facts -- Oracle has been named a Leader in the December 2009 report, “The Forrester Wave™: Project Portfolio Management, Q4 2009.” The report covered 89 criteria among 14 providers, and evaluated IT and business related scenarios. Oracle is a Leader in both scenarios.

Zend Framework Adds Support for Microsoft Windows Azure and Deutsche Telekom Developer Garden

Zend — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:24:02 -0500

CUPERTINO, California, January 28, 2010 – Zend Technologies Inc., the PHP Company, announces the availability of Zend Framework 1.10, the new release of its open source PHP web application framework. Zend Framework 1.10 includes support for Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and the Deutsche Telekom Developer Garden platform.

Seminole Hard Rock selects SAS® data mining to boost gaming revenue

SAS — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:01:26 -0500

CARY, NC – Using SAS® Enterprise Miner™ software from the leader in business analytics, Seminole Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos are surfacing customer gems once hidden among millions of database records. Data mining is critically important to successful database marketing.

New Sustainability Analytics From SAP Help EHS and Product Managers Reduce Risk and Costs

SAP — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:54:39 -0500

SAP NEWSBYTE - January 18, 2010 - To help companies ensure product safety, comply with environmental regulations and better protect their employees, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) has released SAP® Best Practices packages for sustainability, including the SAP Best Practices for Analytics in Health and Safety, SAP Best Practices for Analytics in Product Safety and Stewardship and SAP Best Practices for A

NETGEAR Re-Invents Wireless Networking for Growing Businesses

NETGEAR — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:38:54 -0500

First-of-its-Kind Wireless Management Suite Sets New Bar for Price/Performance for Businesses with Up to 1,500 Users

Black Duck Software and Koders.com identify 2009's most popular computer language keywords

Black Duck — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:05:43 -0500

“12 Days of Code Search” based on hundreds of thousands of searches performed on Koders.com

VeriFone Makes Major Drive into Payment-Enabled Media

VeriFone Holdings — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:56:08 -0500

VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced a major strategic initiative aimed at leveraging its current and future payment assets into the fast growing payment-enabled media marketplace.

Oracle® Buys Silver Creek Systems, Inc

Oracle — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:22:14 -0500

Adds Leading Product Data Quality Capabilities to Oracle Data Integration Offering Redwood Shores, CA – Jan 4, 2010 -- News Facts -- Oracle has acquired Silver Creek Systems, Inc. (“Silver Creek”), a leading provider of product data quality solutions.

Greenpeace Climate Heroes imprisoned over Christmas and New Year

GreenPeace — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:37:42 -0500

23 December 2009

Meebo Makes the Meebo Bar Available to All, Bringing Innovative Content Sharing, On-Site Instant Messaging and Analytics to Any

meebo — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:58:11 -0500

December 21, 2009 - Mountain View, CA

Wind: AREVA commissions first offshore project in Germany

AREVA — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:53:30 -0500

The group is creating a reference in the offshore wind industry with its 5 MW turbines specially designed for offshore conditions. This major achievement demonstrates the technical feasibility of AREVA’s M5000 turbine design and confirms the relevance of the associated installation and servicing activities carried out by the group.

Novell Selected by SAP for Virtualization and Workload Management Advancements

Novell — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:05:50 -0500

WALTHAM, Mass., 16 Dec 2009 -- Novell today announced advancements in the joint development agreement between Novell and SAP AG. As part of the ongoing initiative, SAP has integrated PlateSpin Orchestrate, part of the virtualization and workload management suite from Novell, with the SAP NetWeaver® Adaptive Computing Controller tool within the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.

Oracle’s Demantra 7.3 Now Available

Oracle — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:34:32 -0500

Redwood Shores, Calif. – Dec. 16, 2009 News Facts Expanding on its industry leading planning capabilities, Oracle is unveiling Oracle’s Demantra 7.3 versions for Demand Management, Advanced Forecasting and Demand Modeling, Real-Time Sales and Operations Planning and Predictive Trade Planning.

Nokia joins forces with New Alliance to establish mobile services joint venture in China

Nokia — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:17:05 -0500

The joint venture company will be called Nokia Alliance Internet Services Company Limited.

SAP Becomes a Global Technology Partner of the DHL Innovation Center

SAP — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:02:38 -0500

"For us, affirming the strategic alliance with SAP into a Global Technology Partnership represents a significant expansion of our joint research efforts aimed at achieving rapid market success for innovation activities," explained Keith Ulrich, head of Technology & Innovation Management at Deutsche Post DHL.

Independent Research Firm Recognizes Oracle as a Leader in Enterprise Content Management

Oracle — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:36:12 -0500

About Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite A component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite is a manageable, usable and hot-pluggable enterprise content management solution on a single platform that includes:

Analyst Report Positions Open Text as a Leader in Enterprise Content Management

Open Text — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:05:42 -0500

Waterloo, ON - 2009-11-19 - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), announced today that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of its 2009 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Content Management,* based on an evaluation of the company's completeness of vision and ability to execute.

Sonera wins 4G frequencies in the Finnish auction

TeliaSonera — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:01:46 -0500

In the Finnish 4G frequency auction, Sonera was awarded frequencies with which it can build a next generation super-fast mobile broadband network in Finland.

CA Rolls Out Internet Security Suite 2010 “At No Additional Charge for a Year” Promotion on Select Purchases of New Computers, S

CA — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:25:04 -0500

Credit Card Activation Program Delivers No-Hassle Value for Consumers and Retailers

The Nokia N900 is now available to US consumers

Nokia — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:19:17 -0500

A computer in your pocket - The Nokia N900 is here!

NETGEAR Launches the First Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Access Point for Growing Businesses with Up to 15 Times the Speed a

NETGEAR — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:47:27 -0500

High-Performance Wireless-N Access Point Delivers the Performance and Features to Support VoIP, Cloud-based Apps and Video-Conferencing over a Wireless LAN

Review Period Expires for Xerox Acquisition of ACS

Xerox — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:03:21 -0500

NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 17, 2009 -- Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced today that the Hart-Scott-Rodino review period for its acquisition ofAffiliated Computer Services, Inc.(NYSE: ACS) has expired.

Xerox announced on Sept.

CA Joins Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Technology Alliance

CA — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:03:35 -0500

CA’s Cyber Security Solutions Featured in New NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center ISLANDIA, N.Y., November 12, 2009 – CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) today announced that it has joined Lockheed Martin’s Cyber Security Technology Alliance. Additionally, CA cyber security solutions are now featured in Lockheed Martin’s NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Center, which opens today.

Rihanna set to launch new album, Rated R, through ground-breaking global listening event with Nokia

Nokia — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:13:07 -0500

Rihanna fans worldwide will join the superstar for an exclusive live, streamed performance from London on November 16th 2009

Lovells advises on US$200 million landmark private equity buyout in China

Lovells — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:04:55 -0500

Lovells acted on the sale of 92.7% of shares of Beijing Leader & Harvest Electric Technologies Co., Ltd. to private equity fund Affinity Equity Partners for US$200 million. This transaction represents China's largest ever buyout where the acquirer is a single overseas private equity fund.

Fujitsu to Exhibit at SC09 Supercomputing Conference

Fujitsu — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:52:43 -0500

Prototype of petascale supercomputer on exhibition for the first time - Tokyo, November 12, 2009 — Fujitsu will be exhibiting at the SC09 international conference for high-performance computing, to be held November 14-20 in Portland, Oregon.

Oracle® Berkeley DB Java Edition 4.0 Now Available

Oracle — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:50:06 -0500

Major New Release Provides High Availability, Enhanced Scalability and High Performance Redwood Shores, Calif. – November 9, 2009 News Facts

Zend and Varien Partner to Deliver an All-In-One PHP and eCommerce Solution

Zend — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:48:17 -0500

Varien’s Popular Open Source Magento eCommerce Software to Ship with Zend Server Community Edition PHP Stack

East North East Homes Leeds Builds Spend Management Program with Ariba

Ariba — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:46:57 -0500

UK property management organization taps Ariba's SaaS offerings and immediately saves £60,000 of taxpayer money

Introducing Royale/CMS - Rebrandable Flash CMS/XML Editor for Agencies and Freelancers

actionscript org — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:53 -0500

Built by industry experts, Royale/CMS is the ultimate answer to the needs of all Flash professionals. Sydney based Interactive agency - Design Royale announces the public launch of its flagship product - Royale/CMS. The Flash CMS that was designed specifically to manage dynamic Flash websites, campaign minisites and web applications.

LG CEO Addresses Audience at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

LG — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:56:32 -0500

Red Hat Rolls Out Virtualization Platform for Heterogeneous Servers and Clouds

Red Hat — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:33:48 -0500

Available today, the virtualization platform features comprehensive management tools for server deployments, from small business to the cloud

SAS earns NCSEA 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award

SAS — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:43:04 -0400

SAS earns NCSEA 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award Company commitment includes solar programs, green building projects, sustainable energy

Sage Launches Financial Professional Certification Program for Nonprofits

Sagecrmsolutions — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:32:52 -0400

Sage MIP Fund Accounting Customers Can Attain Certification in Any of 10 High-Demand Disciplines

Hartela renews IT infrastructure collaboration with Fujitsu

Fujitsu — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:16:24 -0400

Helsinki, Finland, October 27, 2009 — The Hartela Group has signed an agreement on Patja managed IT infrastructure services with the ICT service and hardware supplier Fujitsu Services Oy. This agreement marks an extension to the ICT collaboration that has continued since 2003.

Orange introduces up to 20 meg broadband as standard

Orange — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:18:58 -0400

Up to 20 Meg download speeds for all customers in Orange’s home broadband network areas
Four new price plans unveiled offering 20 Meg home broadband from as little as only £6.50 a month
New marketing campaign to promote the offers to feature in the run up to Christmas

Version One Launches Clean and Green Project

Version One — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:17:43 -0400

Document management software author, Version One, today announces the launch of its latest environmental initiative – The Clean and Green Project.