June 6/PRNewswire-AsiaNet
NEW YORK: American Express, TIBCO Software, Infosys and Westbridge Capital will host a teleconference call to announce details of their proposed joint venture, delivering online business services to companies, according to news release distributed today.
BOSTON: Virtual private network company, Open Reach, will deliver its services over Asia Global Crossing's internet protocol system, as provided for by a strategic alliance announced by the two companies today.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK: Quintiles Transnational Corporation today jointly announced its endorsement of pharmaceutical company, Innapharma's, development of a drug treatment for central nervous system disorders, along with its decision to take equity in the company.
LOS ANGELES: The CEO of internet company, Pdom, today said that trends towards registering personal domain names on the Internet - growing by 40 per cent annually - would have profound social implications, suggesting parents would move towards easily distinguishable names for their children in order to preserve their identity.
NEW YORK: Sustainable development, social responsibility and ethics are not ordinarily prioritised on corporate agendas, but that custom will be challenged when global sustainability experts meet to discuss the bearing of these issues on corporate financial performance at the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce's 2001 Addressing Sustainability Conference later this month.
BUSINESS GETS NEW BABY...
SAN FRANCISCO: Workadia LLC is the name of the new offspring of American Express, TIBCO Software Inc, Infosys Technologies Ltd, and WestBridge Capital Partners, created to provide companies with customised business intranets, the j-v partners said today.
ANN ARBOR: MCE Technologies Inc today said they have expanded their manufacturing operations into Nanjing, China, and will magnify their regional sales activities as well.
RESTON: W Quinn Associates Inc will open a Malaysian office to tap into demand for storage resource management software in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said today.
ANN ARBOR: Genomic Solutions Inc today announced that the prestigious, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, has chosen its DNA library management system, GeneTAC G3 to organise, pick and grid gene colonies.
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