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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

  • Posted at 3:00 AM
    DSL Extreme, a leading provider of high-speed Internet access and business communications services, announced today the addition of new high-speed Business Ethernet services, in partnership with Covad Communications. These high bandwidth services will be available in two flavors across the US, with a heavy focus initially on the greater Los Angeles market. DSL Extreme's Business Ethernet services are attractively priced and highly reliable, with a 99.9% uptime guarantee and a dedicated in-house 24x7 business customer support team. ... read more
  • Posted at 3:00 AM
    IC Manage, Inc. today announced the availability of its second annual "Global IC Design Data Management Report" covering the results of a 426 respondent survey of IC design professionals. IC Manage's Global Design Management report can be read at: http://icmanage.com/global-design-data-management-whitepaper-commercial-open-source-revision-control.html The report covers the following findings from an industry-wide global survey run during April and May of 2010: 1. Commercial Design Management Implementation Plans in 2010 2. Design Management Impact on Project Deadlines and Tapeouts ... read more
  • Zayo Group to Acquire American Fiber Systems --- LOUISVILLE, Colo., June 30
    Posted at 3:00 AM
    Zayo Group, a provider of bandwidth infrastructure and network-neutral colocation services, announced today that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Rochester, NY, based American Fiber Systems Holding Corporation (AFS), a leading provider of metropolitan fiber network and telecom services. The acquisition will both augment and expand Zayo's fiber network presence in nine tier 1 and tier 2 metropolitan markets across the U.S. "The addition of AFS's markets significantly increases the geographic scope of the bandwidth infrastructure services ... read more
  • Posted at 3:00 AM
    Valley Forge Composite Technologies, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: VLYF), manufacturer and marketer of breakthrough cargo/baggage and people screening technologies and momentum wheel products, reported $1,600,000 in orders for its momentum wheel product line effective June 29, 2010. These orders came from an established customer with a strong purchase history with Valley Forge. "This continues our strong sales in this product line, as well as builds upon a strong history of delivery with this customer. The addition of these sales in ... read more
  • Posted at 3:00 AM
    A new survey shows a majority of new and expectant moms have not discussed preterm birth with their healthcare providers, despite the fact that early prenatal care, including discussion about lifestyle habits and medical history, may give babies a better chance of a healthy, full-term birth. This new survey, titled SPEAKing (Survey on Perceptions, Experiences, Assessment and Knowledge) About Preterm Birth, was conducted among moms and healthcare providers including obstetricians/gynecologists and maternal fetal medicine specialists, by the March of Dimes ... read more
  • Posted at 3:00 AM
    After years of neglect, high-voltage electricity transmission systems all over the world are getting much-needed attention. Driven by population and economic growth, policy initiatives, and a renewed industry focus, significant capital investments are being made to expand and extend transmission infrastructure. Thousands of miles ... read more
  • Posted at 2:59 AM
    TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced it has signed an agreement with its lender, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, part of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), to extend its credit lines from September 2011 to September 2014. Under the agreement, the four-year lines totaling $45 ... read more
  • Posted at 2:30 AM
    Radware (Nasdaq: RDWR), a leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC®) NGN Magazine, the industry's most informative resource dedicated to the next generation of communications technologies, has named SIP Director®, Radware's intelligent SIP-aware Application Delivery Controller (ADC) a winner of the 2010 NGN Leadership Award for Network Technology for the second year in a row. The second annual NGN Leadership Awards recognized the growth and evolution, and distinction between the ... read more
  • Posted at 2:00 AM
    Bestofmedia Group, a leading online technology publisher, announces that it has named Felicia Aronov as the Group Vice President, Sales, USA, reporting to Antoine Boulin, the CEO of Bestofmedia LLC. In her new role, Aronov will be responsible for leading a nationwide organization of sales professionals, creating global online product offerings, forming strategic partnerships, and driving overall sales growth strategy. She will be based in New York City with a focus on expanding relations with business computing advertisers and leading ... read more
  • Posted at 2:00 AM
    The daily commute in some of the world's most economically important international cities is longer and more grueling than before imagined, reflecting the failure of transportation infrastructure to keep pace with economic activity, according to IBM's (NYSE: IBM) first global Commuter Pain study released today. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090416/IBMLOGO ) IBM surveyed 8,192 motorists in 20 cities on six continents, the majority of whom say that traffic has gotten worse in the past three years. The congestion in many of today's developing ... read more
  • Posted at 2:00 AM
    Pangea3 LLC, the pre-eminent provider of legal outsourcing solutions to the world's most respected corporations and the law firms that represent them, announced today the expansion of its discount to Corporate Executive Board's General Counsel Roundtable (GCR) members under GCR's Vendor Preferred Pricing Program. Pangea3's new offer will provide GCR members with an exclusive annual discount on the company's legal outsourcing services in the areas of litigation, intellectual property, corporate, and risk management and compliance. In 2008, Pangea3 ... read more
  • Posted at 2:00 AM
    Aricent®, a global innovation, technology and service company focused exclusively on communications, today announced a new release of its widely deployed Intelligent Switching Solution (ISS) specifically tailored for building Data Center Ethernet equipment. Aricent's ISS is a licensable, pre-packaged software framework that jumpstarts the development and integration of advanced switching products, and has been selected by more than 60 networking and telecom equipment manufacturers worldwide. The new ISS release includes functions essential to delivering Ethernet in the Data Center including Priority ... read more
  • Posted at 1:01 AM
    MHL, LLC the entity responsible for administering the MHL Consortium, today announced the availability of the MHL™ (Mobile High-Definition Link) specification version 1.0 and Adopter Agreement. The MHL standard defines a new mobile interface to directly connect mobile phones and other portable consumer electronics devices to ... read more
  • Posted at 1:01 AM
    STM Group, Inc. (STM) announced today that its subsidiary in Madrid, Spain, has entered into a long term contract for supply of its VSAT products and services to NEO-SKY (IBERDROLA’s telecom operator) for IBERDROLA’s network, the world's top wind power producer and one of the largest ... read more
  • Posted at 1:00 AM
    Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5912cc/thailand_telecommu) has announced the addition of the "Thailand Telecommunications Report Q3 2010" report to their offering. Thailand Telecommunications Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, telecommunication associations, government departments and ... read more
  • Posted at 12:00 AM
    After ten years of success as Rocket Mobile, one of the leading mobile development teams in the U.S. the company was renamed today as B!Labs to reflect its position within the global Buongiorno family. Rocket Mobile was founded in 2000 by a team of engineering professionals who heard that a new ecosystem being developed by Qualcomm called BREW was going to be the next big thing. At the time, they had no idea that this little company in Silicon Valley ... read more
  • Posted at 12:00 AM
    MBA Focus has launched Executive Select (www.ExecSelect.com), a new service that provides corporate recruiters direct access to an exclusive pool of unique business talent. Every candidate in ExecSelect.com has been qualified by one of the best predictors of leadership success: They are all alumni of the world's top-ranked MBA programs, and they average 10 years of work experience with many of the world's leading employers. Executive Select was launched based on the unmet needs employers have to quickly and cost ... read more
  • Posted at 12:00 AM
    Global Sources Ltd. (Nasdaq: GSOL) (http://www.globalsources.com ) commences today its cash tender offer for up to 11,121,000 shares of its common shares at $9.00 per share, or up to $100,089,000, as previously announced on June 25, 2010. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030303/LNM011LOGO-b ) As of April 30, 2010, there were 44,649,759 shares of the company's common shares outstanding. The maximum total number of shares that the company is offering to purchase represents approximately 24.9% of the ... read more

Tuesday, June 29, 2010