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+ SAMSUNG Receives 12 CES Innovation Awards For 2007 + Samsung Electronics has won 12 International CES Innovations 2007 Design and Engineering Showcase Awards. Samsung's award-winners [...] the Samsung booth 11033 in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, as well as in the Innovations Pavilion. read more

+ IBM Previews a Powerful New BladeCenter HT System that Delivers Superior Performance and High-Speed Connectivity + IBM has previewed a powerful new BladeCenter HT system that delivers superior performance and high-speed connectivity for network [...] unleash next-generation applications for consumers based on the convergence of voice, data and video networks. read more

+ Epicor Announces Support for the 2007 Microsoft Office System and Windows Vista + Epicor Software has announced continued commitment to leverage the latest technology from Microsoft including the 2007 Microsoft ...

+ HP Announces Enhancements to Its Identity and Access Management Software Suite + HP has announced enhancements to its identity and access management software suite to help customers increase agility, reduce risk and [...] better automate changes to users' rights, their access to services and the enforcement of business policies. read more

+ Monash University Selects IBM Lotus Software + Monash University has selected IBM Lotus software to improve collaboration for its 60,000 staff, students and researchers around the [...] records and document management systems, and run across a variety of operating systems and supported mobile devices. read more

+ TCS - EducationWorld Teachers Awards to Promote Innovation Attracts 25000 Entries across the Nation + The second edition of the Tata Consultancy Services-EducationWorld Teachers Awards attracted an overwhelming response of 25,000 [...] award acknowledges excellence in teaching by recognizing teachers with exceptional attributes and teaching innovations. read more

+ Somerfield Signs 7-year, $65 Million Deal with Tata Consultancy Services to Reorganize its IT Services + Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a seven year agreement to provide a full range of managed IT services to Somerfield, a ...

+ SAMSUNG Opens 'Digital Gallery' at ASPIRE Building for Doha 2006 + Two days before the opening of the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006, Samsung, a Prestige Partner of the Games, officially opened the doors [...] all spectators of the Asian Games the opportunity to explore and experience Samsung's latest product offerings. read more

+ University of the East Enhances Campus Network with Nortel Ethernet Solution + The University of the East, one of the largest universities in the Philippines, is expanding online learning capabilities, enabling ...

+ HP Announces Dynamic Smart Cooling to Bridge the Gap between Facilities and IT + HP has announced a new energy management system and key initiatives to bridge the gap between facilities and IT to help customers [...] energy costs or allow additional equipment to be added to the data center while keeping net power costs constant. read more

+ HP Unveils Mercury Project and Portfolio Management Center 7.0 + HP has unveiled new project and portfolio management software that gives customers real-time visibility and control over the entire IT [...] demand and portfolio management as well as an integrated approach to managing projects across their lifecycles. read more

+ IBM Highlights The Science Behind The Latest Videogames + IBM highlighted the deep science behind the latest video games and encouraged middle school students to pursue careers in math and [...] manufacturing center, which produces the chips that power the latest systems from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. read more

+ Rhodia, IBM and ADP Sign Strategic Agreement + Rhodia, IBM and ADP have signed a 7-year strategic worldwide agreement to optimize Rhodia's Human Resources organization by [...] and development in fast growing regions. The agreement is expected to reduce costs of the related HR processes by 30%. read more

+ Microsoft and 10 Partners Empower Seattle to Get Net Safe + Microsoft's Get Net Safe tour, a 12-city initiative to help keep Internet users of all ages safe online, will visit Seattle for [...] For those who cannot attend a particular event, tips and techniques are provided at http://www.staysafe.org . read more

+ Wipro BPO Appoints Ramit Sethi as Senior Vice President + Wipro BPO, the BPO arm of Wipro Limited, announced the appointment of Ramit Sethi as Senior Vice President - Knowledge Services and ...

+ Novell Enhances Business Value of Working with Novell in PartnerNet 2007 + Novell has unveiled enhancements to its PartnerNet program designed to make it easier, more strategic, and more profitable for [...] and new partner tracks to ensure partners get the right attention from Novell for their specific business model. read more

+ TCS Unveils 'Science-To-Software' Transformation Program + Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a global IT services and consulting organization, unveiled its latest initiative to enlarge and [...] undertaken to draw graduates from disciplines other than engineering into the global technology services industry. read more

+ Microsoft Joins TCS China as Strategic Investor + Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and its Chinese partners, supported by the National Development and Reforms Commission (NDRC) [...] bases located in Beijing and Tianjin and nominees of the NDRC. Microsoft will hold a minority stake in TCS China. read more

+ HP Announces Technology Grant Opportunity for U.S. Colleges and Universities + HP has announced an initiative that will award grants totaling $2.8 million in cash and HP equipment to two- and four-year colleges [...] and engineering courses, with the ultimate goal of increasing the number of students graduating with high-tech degrees. read more

+ Iowa Health System Collaborates With IBM to Improve Access to Medical Data + Iowa Health System (IHS) has announced it will utilize IBM Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) to allow cardiology, radiology and [...] sites and securely stored for years to help improve patient care, advance research and reduce administrative costs. read more

+ IBM Signs Agreement to Open New Global Delivery Center in Chengdu to Service Global Clients + IBM has signed an agreement with the Chengdu High-Tech Zone, to establish a Global Delivery Center within the Chengdu Tianfu Software [...] and Chinese, and to the IBM Global Procurement Center, recently located to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. read more

+ ProCurve Networking by HP Climbs to No. 2 in Enterprise Networking Revenue and Ports + ProCurve Networking by HP is now the world's second largest global enterprise networking vendor in revenue, ports and Power over [...] shipments by 20.4 percent sequentially. Both figures are higher than industry growth rates for the respective areas. read more

+ New IP-based Telephone System from IBM Improves Parent-Teacher Communication + A new IP-based telephone system from IBM is improving parent-teacher communication in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District, while [...] and implemented the new Cisco telephone system at Pitt Meadows Secondary School in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia. read more

+ TIBCO Customer Takes First Place in 2006 Process Innovation Awards + TIBCO Software, a business integration and process management software company that enables real-time business, has announced that its [...] iProcess Suite, to drive greater efficiencies in clinical, business and financial processes across its organization. read more

+ DARPA Selects IBM for Supercomputing Grand Challenge + The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded IBM a four-year $244 million award to develop a machine that [...] leadership while opening up the complex world of supercomputing to a broader audience of scientists and businesses. read more

+ New IBM Service Products Address Technology Investment Challenges + IBM has introduced service products designed to help clients better align IT investments and infrastructure requirements with business [...] create a more innovative, manageable, adaptive and cost-effective IT infrastructure that enables business growth. read more

+ IBM and Pay By Touch Team to Deliver Secure, Convenient and Cost-Effective Payment Service for Supermarket Retailers + IBM has announced that Thriftway Supermarket in Seattle, Washington is the first retailer to install a new point-of-sale application [...] lanes in a matter of hours. It enables Thriftway to handle biometric payments faster, enhancing customer service. read more

+ IBM to Manage Key IT Application Development at HypoVereinsbank + HypoVereinsbank and IBM, have signed a 3-year agreement for IBM to take over key areas of the bank's IT application development. [...] of the bank's credit applications and will work with HVB on strategic projects, developing future-proof solutions. read more

+ IBM's Advanced Analytics to Tackle Property & Casualty Insurance Claim Fraud + IBM has announced that it is putting advanced analytics to work zeroing in on fraudulent and abusive claims in the property and [...] of data mining technology, data visualization techniques and a powerful scoring and anomaly discovery engine. read more

+ HP Introduces New Server And Workstation Systems + HP has introduced new server and workstation systems designed to maintain power efficiency while meeting the needs of high-throughput, [...] BladeSystem server blades and HP Workstations and can improve certain enterprise application performance by 48 percent. read more

+ Microsoft Files Suit Against Creators of Spyware-Bearing Celebrity Screen Saver + Microsoft has followed the Federal Trade Commissions's lead in fighting deceptive spyware operations by filing an action against [...] their installation practices violate the Washington Computer Spyware Act and the Washington Consumer Protection Act. read more

+ Internet Safety Effort Calls on Los Angeles to Get Net Safe + Microsoft has announced that the Get Net Safe tour, designed to help people learn how to become more safe and secure on the Internet, [...] owners and people over 50 the opportunity to participate in unique forums about how to be better protected online. read more

+ Microsoft Highlights Breadth of New Product Offerings Coming to Market at Annual Shareholder Meeting + Microsoft held its annual shareholder meeting, where Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer discussed the company's [...] the software advancements available in Windows Live services and the new Zune digital music player and online service. read more

+ HP Unveils Multi-core Workstation Computing with Intel at QuadFest + HP has introduced powerful, energy-efficient multi-core workstations featuring the industry's first volume quad-core processors [...] project cycle times and greater parallelism in their workflow in a stable, multi-threaded, multi-tasking environment. read more

+ Epson and Microsoft Announce a Cross-License of Their Patent Holdings + Seiko Epson (Epson) and Microsoft, have announced a cross-licensing agreement that allows increased mutual access to each [...] product offerings and deliver more comprehensive, cost-effective solutions. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. read more

+ IBM "Powers" to Victory on TOP500 Supercomputer List + A surge in the number of IBM Power technology-based supercomputers enabled IBM to seize the number one ranking on the just-released [...] systems accounted for 237 of the 500 most powerful supercomputers in the world and 49.6% the total processing power. read more

+ Statoil and IBM in $70 Million, 5 Year Services Agreement + Statoil, an integrated oil and gas company with substantial international activities, has signed a comprehensive services agreement [...] in Statoil's world wide operations. This Application Management Services initiative will begin immediately. read more

+ IBM Launches Major Services Initiative in China + Chairman, President and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano has launched a major initiative to bring IBM's global information technology [...] company and government innovation in support of the country's increased focus on developing its services industry. read more

+ RGA Expands Outsourcing Technology Base + RGA Outsourcing announced it has concluded agreements with 2 new technology partners. In just 6 months, RGA's access to [...] in the lead as overall project manager, providing the best of all possible situations for clients, says the company. read more

+ IBM Study Outlines Course of Action for a Sustainable Healthcare Industry + IBM has released a new study which indicates that many healthcare systems around the world will become unsustainable by 2015. The [...] delivered and evaluated in order to reduce costs, improve care and help nations remain competitive in a global economy. read more

+ HP Virtual Solution Eases Management of Desktop PC Environments + HP has introduced a solution that eases the management of desktop environments and lowers costs by reducing the need to over-provision [...] hardware and management software with services and partner components, such as VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. read more

+ HP to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Increase Energy Efficiency of Products + HP and World Wildlife Fund-US (WWF-US) have announced a joint initiative to reduce HP's greenhouse gas emissions from its ...

+ HP Awards Real Estate Pros Who Personalize Their Businesses with Technology + HP has announced the winners of the third annual HP Real Estate Technology contest, which recognizes real estate professionals using ...

+ Customer Reviews of HP Consumer Products Now Available at www.hpshopping.com + Customers can now rate and review HP consumer technology products online at the HP Home & Home Office Store ( www.hpshopping.com [...] consumers to make informed purchasing decisions and to select the products that best fit their personal preferences. read more

+ Cassatt to Deliver 'QuickStart' Services for Automating Management of Data Centers Running VMware + Cassatt has announced it will deliver a specific virtualization and automation 'QuickStart' professional services engagement [...] service levels. XVM will support VMware Infrastructure 3 in the next release of the product later this calendar year. read more

+ IBM Licenses Clipped Tag RFID Technology to Marnlen RFiD + IBM has announced it will license its acclaimed 'Clipped Tag' technology to Marnlen RFiD, who will begin production of the [...] ensuring consumer privacy while maintaining the benefits of the technology, such as product authentication or recalls. read more

+ NBC Universal Digital Studios to Produce New, Original Broadband Programming for MSN Video + MSN and NBC Universal Digital Studios, have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement announced by George Kliavkoff, chief digital [...] Big Life With Sissy Biggers' hosted by lifestyle personality Sissy Biggers ( http://originals.msn.com/abiglife ). read more

+ Microsoft Creates New Opportunities for ISVs Evaluating Software as a Service + Microsoft has announced the Microsoft SaaS On-Ramp Program, which provides independent software vendors (ISVs) with discounted ...

+ Microsoft Announces Kickoff to Imagine Cup 2007, World's Premier Student Technology Competition + More than 65,000 students from 100 countries competed in Microsoft's Imagine Cup 2006 competition, using their technology skills [...] students around the globe to imagine a better world empowered by technology and created by their talent and innovation. read more

+ Xbox 360 Teams With CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting, UFC and Warner Bros. + Microsoft has announced agreements with CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), Ultimate Fighting [...] standard and high-definition TV shows and movies via digital distribution over the Internet directly to the consumer. read more