SYDNEY--6 Jun--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
INDIAN AVIATION...
LAS VEGAS and SINGAPORE - Globalysis Ltd. issued a forecast
today of expected growth in India's aviation market, to be one
of the fastest growing in the world, for the years 2007/2008.
http://www.globalysis.com
VERISIGN INDIA...
BANGALORE and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - VeriSign, Inc., the
leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for
Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced the
opening of its new India headquarters in Bangalore, India.
http://www.verisign.com
NOTEBOOK INNOVATION...
TAIPEI - First International Computer and VIA Technologies,
Inc, and PC platform solutions, today unveiled the LM7WV model
notebook - The first FIC notebook to make use of the advanced
VIA C7(R)-M processor.
http://www.via.com.tw
http://www.fic.com.tw
SERVER PERFORMANCE...
SOMERSET, N.J. - Raritan - a leading provider of solutions
to simplify IT operations - today added two new models to its
Dominion Series KVM-over-IP product line and new software to
enhance remote server management performance.
http://www.raritan.com
http://www.NextStepInKVM.com
OVERSEAS ACQUISITION...
MELBOURNE - Australian Technology company Jumbuck
Entertainment Ltd announced that it has successfully completed
the acquisition of German competitor wap3 Technologies
community business, propelling it to the forefront of the
global market to become the world's largest mobile community
messaging provider.
http://www.jumbuck.com
http://corporate.jumbuck.com
CAMCORDER PHONE...
MENLO PARK, Calif. - Droplet Technology, Inc. announced the
demonstration of the industry's first all-software camcorder
phone and mobile video service solution to support VGA image
size at 30 frames per second running on Texas Instruments
Incorporated's OMAP processors.
http://www.droplet-tech.com
CANCER FINDING...
BASEL - A new study suggests that treatment with the
combination of the innovative cancer drugs Avastin
(bevacizumab) and Tarceva (erlotinib) or Avastin with
chemotherapy, improves progression-free survival in patients
with recurrent or refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
when compared with standard chemotherapy alone.
http://www.roche.com
CANCER STUDY...
BASEL, Switzerland - Results of the largest-ever phase III
study in advanced oesophagogastric cancer, the REAL 2 study,
reveal that Xeloda can replace 5-fluorouracil and oxaliplatin
can replace cisplatin for the first-line treatment of patients
with advanced oesophagogastric cancer.
http://www.roche.com
http://www.thenewsmarket.com
CONFERENCING SERVICES...
BASKING RIDGE - Verizon Business announced a variety of
advanced features for its net and audio conferencing services
that will make them easier to use, enhance collaboration and
strengthen information security.
http://www.verizon.com
http://www.verizonbusiness.com
ANIMATION AGREEMENT...
MONTREAL - Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc.
announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Pegs'n
Co, a privately held developer of 2D bitmap animation
technology.
VERIZON BUSINESS...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - Verizon Business, Microsoft Sponsor
International Study create first-of-its-kind collaboration
index to measure impact of communications culture and
technologies.
http://www.verizon.com
http://www.frost.com
http://www.verizonbusiness.com
http://newscenter.verizon.com/kit/collaboration/
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal
amount of 1 securities issue amounting to a total of US$25
million on June 15, 2006, at a redemption price equal to 100
per cent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued
interest.
http://www.fanniemae.com
OPERA HOUSE...
TORONTO - The Canadian Opera Company has built the country's
first true opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the
Performing Arts, and presents the country's first production of
Wagner's colossal tetralogy, the Ring Cycle.
http://www.ringcycle.ca
http://www.coc.ca
SUN RESULTS...
HONG KONG - Sun Innovation Holdings Limited, a Hong
Kong-based multinational corporation with entertainment media
content distribution as its core business, has announced its
annual results for the year ended 31 December 2005 in April
2006.
http://www.suninnovation.com
ATMEL CHIP...
SAN JOSE - Atmel Corporation, a global leader in the
development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor
solutions, announced the release of its AT35700 high-voltage
process technology with double-poly, high-density EEPROM for IC
foundry customers.
http://www.atmel.com/
BUSINESS ACQUISITION...
MELBOURNE - Vision Systems Limited subsidiary, Vision
BioSystems, effective from 2 June 2006 has acquired the
business and assets of privately held, USA based, ImmunoVision
Technologies Inc., in a cash transaction payable by instalments
over four years.
http://www.vsl.com.au
SERVICE PLATFORM...
CHICAGO - OpenClovis Inc. announced the OpenClovis
Application Service Platform and OpenClovis Integrated
Development Environment, the telecommunications industry's
first open source, carrier grade application service platform
and development environment.
http://www.openclovis.com
OPENCLOVIS APPLICATION...
CHICAGO - OpenClovis Inc. announced that Mercury Computer
Systems, Inc. has signed an agreement to license and resell its
OpenClovis Application Service Platform.
http://www.openclovis.com
http://www.mc.com/
IC DEVELOPMENT...
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Advanced Analogic Technologies
Incorporated, a developer of power management semiconductors
for mobile consumer electronic devices, announced the AAT2556,
the company's first multi-function SystemPower IC to combine a
battery charger and step-down converter in a single package.
http://www.analogictech.com
ZINC RECYCLING...
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Aleris International, Inc. announced that
it is constructing a zinc recycling facility in the Economic
Development Zone of Changshu, China, approximately 100
kilometers outside of Shanghai.
http://aleris.com
CANCER DRUG...
ATLANTA - AstraZeneca announced at the annual meeting of the
American Society of Clinical Oncology further results of two
key Phase II studies of the novel once-daily oral anti-cancer
drug ZD6474 (ZACTIMA), in locally advanced or metastatic
non-small cell lung cancer.
http://www.astrazeneca.com
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