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Appia Completes Network Upgrade Program
Investments keep Appia customers ahead of the curve with enhanced redundancy, network security, and sophisticated intrusion protection capabilities.
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – June 5, 2009 – Appia Communications, Inc., a leading provider of managed IT and telecom services, today announced that it has completed an extensive upgrade of its network equipment.
The upgrade included all of Appia’s network operations centers. “We know that the services we provide are essential to our…
DARTON ROSE JOINS AVISTA SOLUTIONS’ TEAM AS NORTHEAST REGION SENIOR ACCOUNT EXEC …
COLUMBIA, SC, JUNE 4, 2009 – Avista Solutions, a leading provider of web-based, end-to-end mortgage loan origination software, is pleased to announce that Darton Rose has been hired as the company’s Northeast Region Senior Account Executive. Rose, who has 17 years of experience in direct sales and sales management within the mortgage technology industry, will develop relationships with mortgage lenders in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode…
Stratinis & everis Announce Reseller Agreement for Stratinis Pricing Suite
London, United Kingdom – 4 June 2009 – Stratinis is pleased to announce that everis will offer price & discount management applications by reselling Stratinis Pricing Suite to their customers in manufacturing industries such as consumer goods, chemical, pharmaceutical and automotive.
The Stratinis and everis partnership is a witness to the growing focus on handling national and international pricing challenges in an increasingly more complex and informed business environment. The…
ChemLogix Expands BulkTainer Intermodal Operations
ChemLogix LLC has experienced a very successful year with its BulkTainer intermodal operations since acquiring the business from Union Pacific last April. To support its growing business, the chemical logistics services provider has expanded its intermodal operations through the recent acquisition of 20 new ISO tank containers. The intermodal tanks will be used for shipping bulk liquids long distances by integrating both truck and rail modes of…
ICICI Bank organises the First ever ‘Investment Summit on Agri, Food and Emergin …
To be held on June 12, 2009 in Mumbai
Mumbai: ICICI Bank in association with VCCircle is organising an Investment Summit on ‘Agri, Food and Emerging Sectors’ in
Mumbai on June 12, 2009 at the ITC Grand Maratha timings 9.00 a.m onwards. This is a first of its kind initiative in India which will bring together 200 plus leading private equity fund managers, venture capitalists, companies, entrepreneurs, bankers, advisors and…
eRevMax Group Acquires SimpleDistribution from Rate Reports
Today, eRevMax, owner of RateTiger – award-winning hotel internet channel management specialist – announces the acquisition of SimpleDistribution from Egyptian based Rate Reports, an online channel management company.
For the past three years the web-based application has been providing smaller hotels with benchmarking, channel management and booking engine functionalities primarily for the Asian and African markets. eRevMax now plans to expand the reach of the distribution management product - SimpleDistribution –…
Synomic Selected to Join Microsoft BizSpark Program
Global Program Fosters the Success of Innovative Startups Committed to Microsoft’s Platform Technologies
Walldorf, Germany — May 29, 2009 — Synomic GmbH, management consultants specializing in SAP Ecosystem and ISV strategy development consulting, announced that it has been selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark Program as a Network Partner.
The BizSpark Program is a new global program designed to accelerate the success of early stage Startups by connecting them to Network Partners:…
Univenture to Feature Eco-Friendly Packaging and Storage Products at Licensing I …
Award-Winning Company Offers Partnership Support for Brands and Licensees
Marysville, OH -- June 1, 2009 -- Univenture, Inc. designs and manufactures eco-friendly packaging for leading companies in the entertainment, software and publishing industries. It is an award-winning inventor and manufacturer of a dynamic variety of environmentally responsible packaging, document storage and high impact marketing mailers. The company will feature its innovative products in Booth 5464 at…
G2E Asia 2009 Conference Will Kick Off with Examination of Global Gaming Markets
Media Briefing to Feature G2E Asia Scholarship Announcement and Remarks on State of Global Gaming Industry
MACAU – The three-day conference at Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) 2009 begins tomorrow with industry experts offering their unique insights during G2E Asia’s Global Markets Forum. G2E Asia 2009, the premier gaming exhibition and conference event dedicated to the Asian markets, will be tomorrow, June 2, through Thursday, June 4, at the Cotai…
Normal Operations for GM India even as GM North America’s Reinvention Accelerate …
• GM India not included in U.S. filing for Chapter 11
• Dealers, warranty & customer support operations unaffected
New Delhi– GM India has announced that it continues all its normal operations and is not included in the court reinvention process of GM’s US operations.
GM announced a U.S. Court filing of the automaker under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The launch of New GM, which will have substantially…
Micralyne Presents Gold-Tin Solder Bonding Process for Wafer-Level Packaging
Micralyne Inc., a growing MEMS and microfluidics foundry, announced today that Project Engineer, Mr. Dean Spicer, will be speaking next week at The 2009 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC) on Tuesday, June 2.
The attendees of the twelfth IITC conference, located in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, will take in Mr. Spicer’s poster session from 1.30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at the Royton Sapporo Hotel, Royton Hall A/B.
Spicer will be presenting on…
Bob Coleman to Moderate and Speak at 2009 SIPA International Conference in Washi …
Small Business Administration industry expert Bob Coleman will be a featured speaker at the SIPA's 33rd Annual International Conference. SIPA is the international trade association dedicated to advancing the interests of for-profit subscription newsletter publishers and specialized-information services.
Bob Coleman, editor of the Coleman Report, will be moderating a roundtable session on how to "Use Twitter and Become an Industry Rock Star" on Sunday, May 31, 2009 and will be…
econique business masters “goes China”: M&A Masters Asia Pacific
International conference organiser econique business masters organises the first M&A Masters in Hongkong, China.
The M&A Masters offer best practice and transfer excellence to M&A executives with an emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region on October 5th/6th, 2009, in Hong Kong, China.
With the help of econique´s employees based in Mumbai, India, it will be possible to welcome experts, especially from Asian companies, at the conference.
The conference addresses the whole picture with…
New Managing Director for Filter Specialists International
Markus Gruettner appointed as new Managing Director for FSI Europe
Hofheim-Wallau / Germany, 28.05.2009 – Markus Gruettner (41), will be new Managing Director of FSI Europe, effective June 1, 2009. He succeeds Mark Crittenden, who will leave the company to take up a new challenge externally.
Markus Gruettner started his professional career at Filter Specialists International in 1995 as Project Engineer, followed by leadership positions, such as Sales Manager Europe and…
Twin Translations Announces Seminar at American Translators Association’s 50th A …
(Las Vegas, NV, May 27, 2009) This week, Twin Translations received notice from the American Translators Association (ATA) that co-owner Judy Jenner’s presentation for the annual conference has been accepted. Judy will give her popular interactive presentation “Lessons from Business School: The Entrepreneurial Linguist” on Saturday, October 31, 2009, at 11 a.m. in the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York City.
The hour-long presentation, which focuses exclusively on practice, not…
Univenture to Feature Eco-Friendly Safety-sleeve Disc Packaging and UniKeep Disc …
Green Choices Available for Book Publishing Industry Professionals
Marysville, OH -- May 27, 2009 -- Univenture, Inc. is an award winning inventor and manufacturer of a wide variety of eco-friendly packaging, document storage and marketing mailers. The company will showcase its innovative adhesive and bind-in sleeves and its disc wallets for book publishing professionals at BookExpo America (BEA) on May 29-31 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in…
Regency Expands Kansas City Sales Management Team
Appointment of Jason Fisher Continues Company Growth
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 27, 2009)—Regency Office Products (regencyofficeproducts.com), one of the nation's fastest growing, independently owned office products companies, announces today the appointment of Jason Fisher as sales manager of its Kansas City office. Fisher will lead the development of the sales staff, as well as support in the overall management of the market and new business development.
Fisher has been with Regency since…
Document Service Center and kurre.de announce a cooperation agreement
Co-operation in training for translation tools
Berlin, Mainberg, May 25, 2009 – In order to expand the range of seminars that it offers in Berlin, Document Service Center (DSC) has entered a partnership agreement with the certified Across trainer and consultant Klaus Kurre of kurre.de. From now on, numerous seminars will be held at the DSC training center, dealing with the Across Personal Edition (PE), the Across Language Server (LS) and…
Regency Office Products Expands Chicago Printing Department
Steve Friel Introduced as Print Specialist
CHICAGO (May 26, 2009)—Regency Office Products (regencyofficeproducts.com), one of the nation's fastest growing, independently owned office products companies, announces today that Steve Friel has been named print specialist at its Chicago office. In his new role, Friel will manage customer relations and new business development.
Since joining Regency in April 2008 as an outside sales representative, Friel has helped establish the Chicago branch as one…
Precise real time location solutions for Defense and Industrial markets
RFID Global Solution, Inc. and Ubisense launch integrated real time location system for Military Operations and asset tracking
Reston, VA, and Cambridge, UK, May 25, 2009 - RFID Global Solution, Inc., the leader in real-time asset visibility solutions, together with Ubisense, the global leader in precise real time location systems, announce a partnership and immediate availability of applications for the Defense and Industrial markets using Visi-Trac™ and Ubisense technology. Precise real-time…
Wood fiber costs fell in the US South and the US Northwest in the 1Q/09 as pulpm …
Wood fiber costs have diminished in all regions of the US this year as the decline in fiber demand by the pulp industry has been greater than the reduction of residual chips supply from the sawmilling sector. The past six months, pulpwood costs have fallen about 10% in the US South and 20% in the US Northwest, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review.
Seattle, US. April, 2009. Pulpmills and…
Sharply declining wood costs for pulpmills worldwide in the 1Q 2009, according t …
Wood costs, the largest cost component when producing wood pulp, have fallen substantially in all regions of the world the past nine months. The biggest reductions have occurred in western North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Nordic countries, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Seattle, USA. May, 2009. The global pulp and paper industry has continued to reduce production in 2009. The manufacturing of market pulp was 16…
2008 U.S. Sporting Goods Sales Reach $53.4 Billion
MOUNT PROSPECT, IL – In spite of a 16% surge in shooting sports equipment, retail sales of sporting goods (footwear, clothing and equipment), which reached a record $53.5 billion in 2007, fell 1% to $53.4 billion in 2008, according to the just released National Sporting Goods Association (NSGA) report “The Sporting Goods Market in 2009.” For 2009, sporting goods sales are forecast to slip another 1% to $52.3 billion.
“In spite…
Media Alert: Seattle Protest Event
"FREE YOUR WARDROBE" Seattle Protest
WHO:
Seattle Goodwill
WHERE:
Folklife Festival, Seattle WA
Seattle Center
Seattle, WA 98109
(Protesters will be surrounding entrance.)
WHEN:
Friday, May 22nd 5pm-8pm
Saturday & Sunday, May 23rd & 24th 12pm-7pm
Monday, May 25th 12pm-6pm
WHY:
Goodwill and GoMobile Advertising are staging a mock-protest during the famous Seattle Folklife Festival, May 22-25. "Protesters" wearing head-to-toe Goodwill outfits will encourage patrons to "Free Your Wardrobe", "Eliminate Waste, Save a Shirt" and "Fight to End Outfit Dumping" in support of…
Zeus Capital Advisers Attends Euromoney Conference 2009 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Fawad Butt, founder and managing partner of Zeus Capital Advisers, attended the prestigious Euromoney Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from May 19 to 20, 2009. The event served as a platform to connect financial experts, world business leaders and key members of the Saudi Arabian government, as well as share ideas and insights on the opportunities and challenges in the Kingdom amidst the current global economic slowdown.
“Saudi Arabia…
Invoicera Announces the release of its Pricing Plans
New Delhi, India: Anticipating the launch of the new Invoicera version next month, Vinove software and services has announced the release of the Invoicera pricing plans. This announcement comes as an exciting news for Invoicera users, which they have long awaited.
The inspiration behind Invoicera, both its legacy as well the upcoming version, is to make online invoicing not only simple but also save time and money. With the current…
New partner named at NSBN LLP, Russell Bedford Los Angeles member firm
Kurt Kilwein, CPA, CFP has been named partner at NSBN LLP (nsbn.com), the Russell Bedford member firm in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Kurt has nearly twenty years' experience in the public, private and governmental accounting fields. He concentrates his practice in tax planning and compliance, including corporate, fiduciary, individual, estate and gift, tax exempt and partnership tax issues.
His clients include high-net-worth individuals, closely held businesses, real…
iOffer.com Adds Bulk Editor and Shipping Profiles for Sellers
San Francisco, CA - The economy is declining; more people are turning to the internet for an added source of income. As more buyers and sellers are making new homes at online marketplaces, iOffer continues to help them settle down with new features like the bulk editor and shipping profiles.
The bulk editor let sellers easily edit multiple item listings to maintain their current inventory. Updating an item's price, quantity,…
Atrion First to Deliver Support for EU’s new Regulation on Classification, Label …
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 20, 2009— Atrion International announces the general availability of Intelligent Authoring’s (IA) Service Pack 2 (SP2) with support for the EU’s new Regulation on Classification, Labeling and Packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures.
The CLP Regulation—which came into force in January 2009—constitutes the European implementation of the UN’s Globally Harmonized System (GHS) on classification and labeling of chemicals. Atrion’s solution now provides Managed Regulatory Content…
Foodservice Market Experts increase European Business
CHD Expert Germany with new partners in oversea
Hamburg/Germany – May 20, 2009 - Full steam ahead – The international market research institute CHD Expert Germany enforces the expansion on the global Away-from-Home markets. Several new customers of international market research and data mining projects have been acquired in the last months in Europe and North America. In the meanwhile, CHD has been renamed as CHD Expert (Germany) GmbH.
Rolf W.…
Facility Management Is Concentrating Efforts
EFMC 2009 - THE European Facility Management Conference
16th and 17th June 2009, Okura Hotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Duesseldorf/Amsterdam, May 2009. The facility management (FM) industry can benefit from times of crisis, but has to be prepared. At the "European Facility Management Conference 2009" (EFMC) on 16th and 17th June in Amsterdam, more than 50 top speakers from Europe and abroad will allude to strategies, profitability and sustainability of FM (http://www.efmc2009.com).…
IFSB, IDB-IRTI and UKTI cooperate in organising a Conference on Emerging Financi …
Kuala Lumpur, May 20th, 2009 – The Islamic Financial Services Board, Islamic Development Bank and Islamic Research and Training Institute will be organising a Conference on Emerging Financial Stability Framework on 1st July in London, which the United Kingdom Trade and Investment is hosting.
The one-day Conference aims to highlight and discuss various regulatory and supervisory issues arising from emerging initiatives undertaken in establishing a framework for the financial stability…
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS EVOLVING LANDSCAPE OF ASIAN GAMING MARKET AT G2E ASI …
Dr. Stanley Ho to Be Honoured with G2E Asia Visionary Award at Opening Day Keynote Event
MACAU – Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E Asia) 2009 will bring together some of the top leaders and experts in the Asian gaming market during this year’s keynote sessions to discuss the current state and future outlook of the industry, and tackle issues such as how to remain competitive in the current economic environment and…
NEOS Consumer Driven Healthcare Upgrades its Self Service Account Administration
NEOS Consumer Driven Healthcare launches version 2.1 of its employer self service HSA Management Module. NEOS CDH self service enables employers to easily manage the entire process of employee health savings account setup, plan creation, funding, and reporting, at a fraction of the administrative costs.
Accounts and plan data are easily accessed online by HR, for plan administration functions, and by employees for inquiry and contribution updates, regardless of employer…
BioStrategis® extends network to broaden its coverage of international markets
Montreal, Canada, May 19, 2009 – BioStrategis, a strategic life sciences consortium dedicated to providing scientific and business services to the international life sciences industry, announces today that three new members have joined the consortium bringing additional depth to the existing team through their contacts and international market experience. Sabine Kerner and John Lawson are experts in international strategy, marketing and business development with established relationships throughout Europe…
Partnership between FERNBACH and the South Korean company KT FDS pays dividends …
Seoul & Luxembourg, 19 May 2009 – KT FDS, a South Korean company, part of the KT conglomerate and partner of FERNBACH, a supplier of leading IFRS solutions for the finance industry, have been working together successfully since early 2008. KT FDS’ task as reseller is to offer FERNBACH’s FlexFinance® IFRS to South Korean banks, to provide support and to carry out maintenance.
From 2010 South Korean banks will be…
Bigmouthmedia research reveals pressure on brands
Bigmouthmedia has published statistics revealing changes in search behaviour as users abandon brand name searches in favour of a more sophisticated approach to searching for goods and services online.
Despite online shoppers using the search box to access brand sites and browsers like Firefox and Chrome offering a single bar for both navigation and search, navigational keyword usage in Europe is down this year. Conducted by bigmouthmedia's international offices in Germany,…
Leading Virtual Accounting Department Provider, OSI, Attends Scaling New Heights …
POMPTON PLAINS, NJ - Outsourced accounting services company, OSI Business Services, recently announced it is attending the 'Scaling New Heights' conference on Intuit software in Atlanta, GA. The conference brings together some of the most experienced and knowledgeable Intuit instructors to teach a variety of subjects and takes place May 18-19, 2009.
Conference attendees can choose from one of four different tracks while at the Scaling New Heights conference. These tracks…
IFSB promulgates international prudential standards to address specificities of …
Point Aux Piments (Mauritius), May 19th, 2009 – "The Islamic Financial Services Board has promulgated standards which address issues related to Islamic capital markets, namely governance for Islamic collective investment schemes, conduct of business and Sharî`ah governance". Rifaat Ahmed Abdel Karim, Secretary-General of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) said in the Seminar on Islamic Capital Markets in Mauritius today. The Seminar is hosted by the Bank of Mauritius and…
Economic Recovery: NH Green Architects, Bonin Architects & Associates, Hires Int …
Jeremy Bonin, AIA NCARB LEED AP, Principal Architect at Bonin Architects & Associates, PLLC, has announced that Christopher Timberlake has joined the firm as an Intern Architect. In this position, Timberlake will draft designs, work directly with clients and engineering consultants on a variety of projects. Chris obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Studies and his Masters degree in Architecture from Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont.
Timberlake was an architectural…
Al Fardan Exchange - UAE announces the deal to acquire e-money solution from TPS
Al Fardan Exchange, one of the UAE’s leading money exchange and remittance house announced its selection of the e-money solution to provide wage payment and remittance service to companies and employees.
This is part of the continuous expansion plan of Al Fardan Exchange to provide state-of-art solutions to enhance the current salary payouts as well as remittances.
Al Fardan Exchange signed a deal with TPS which is one of the leading…
OF Eastern Signs Agreement with ADS Technology to Offer OFEConnect to Commodity …
OF Eastern announced today that they have signed an agreement with ADS Technology to offer their customers access to OFEConnect, the latest in innovative futures and futures options trading platforms. "We are pleased to be one of the first in the industry to offer this high-speed and feature rich order execution trading platform," explains Martin Shek, chief architect. "The latest major revision of ADS Technology represents the pinnacle of trading…
Becoming a savvy investor using social media
Questrade Inc. and Online Trading Academy (Canada) host panel discussion with industry leaders to explore latest trend in investing advice
Toronto, ON (May 19, 2009) – On Monday, May 25th, at 2 p.m. ET, a live webcast / panel discussion will explore the recent surge in usage of social networking tools for investment and trading advice.
The panel, I Invest Therefore I Tweet, is moderated by Michael Hainsworth, host of Market…
Appia Launches Free Live Video Conferencing Demos
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – May 15, 2009 – Appia Communications has launched free online demonstrations of its Appia Video Communicator (AVC) collaboration technology.
Designed to make high-quality video communication easy and affordable for small and midsize companies and organizations, AVC combines the flexibility and low cost of desktop offerings with the high-resolution capabilities of expensive conference room systems.
“There is an enormous gap between the low-end services and a multi-thousand dollar telepresence…
35 new leading hotel projects in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
CHD Expert Germany - Away-from-Home Market Facts & Figures – Snapshot May 2009
Tourism in South East Europe is booming. The holiday destinations Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey experience an increasing number of first class and luxury hotels – 35 new projects are under construction. In Turkey the number of new top hotels will rise by 19 (3,500 rooms). Today, about 3,570 hotels (all categories) exist in Turkey. In Bulgaria in the…
20th Heimtextil Trends special show
New Trendtable member from Sweden
- Heimtextil Trend Book and presentation now the responsibility of Carlin International
The Heimtextil Trends special show is the creative way to discover the most important and international trends at the beginning of every year, and a first-class orientation aid for product developers, furnishing specialists and designers.
“This year, for the 20th time running, we are inviting product and material designers to harmonise trends and tendencies…
Techtextil 2009: Messe Frankfurt organises International Natural Fibres Congress
The United Nations have declared 2009 to be the International Year of Natural Fibres. Therefore, Techtextil will also be spotlighting products such as cotton, flax and cellulose and drawing attention to their potential for use in technical applications. From 16 to 18 June, exhibitors at the International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Non-wovens will present the results of their research activities, and new products including, for example, a technology…
Techtextil targets exhibitor growth for 2009 too
First time and returning exhibitors confirm the trade fair's leading position worldwide
Range of congresses and symposiums expanded
From 16 to 18 June, Techtextil will be the foremost platform for users and developers of technical textiles in the fields of research, industry, architecture and other technical areas of application throughout the world. Over recent months, the indications have been pointing to further growth at Techtextil with the number of exhibitors at the…
Cyber Security a Business Priority
VANCOUVER - A business owner clicked on a link in a message in her email and three days later, her credit card is maxed-out. Getting to her office, she finds her IT manager waiting for her, pulling his hair out in frustration. The company has been hacked, and it’s got consequences for the owner, her company and anyone who has ever done business with them.
How do the hackers get away…
Univenture Sponsors National Postal Forum 2009 for Third Year
Company Provides Eco-friendly Snap Closed Binders for Tradeshow Attendees and Features EnvyPak Envelopes
Marysville, OH -- May 14, 2009 -- Univenture, Inc. is an award winning inventor and manufacturer of a wide variety of eco-friendly packaging, document storage and marketing mailers. The company will sponsor the show again this year, with recyclable UniKeep View Case Binders™ for all attendees. It will also showcase its award-winning, polypropylene and bio poly,…
