ENISA Clears the Fog on Cloud Computing Security

BRUSSELS and HERAKLION, Greece, November 20 - How can businesses and governments get the obvious benefits of cloud
computing without putting their organisation at risk? The EU's 'cyber
security' agency, ENISA (the European Network and Information Security
Agency) answers this question in a comprehensive, new report on "Cloud
Computing: Benefits, risks and recommendations for information security". It
covers the technical, policy and legal implications and most importantly,
makes concrete recommendations for how to address the risks and maximise the
benefits for users.

Avaya's Proposed Acquisition of Nortel Enterprise Solutions Receives Clearance from European Commission

BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, November 20 - Avaya today announced it received clearance from the European Commission
for its proposed acquisition of Nortel's enterprise solutions business.

Official Statement by Telnic Limited on Digital Economy Bill Section 5.2.3

LONDON, November 20 - Telnic Limited (telnic.tel) is the UK-based Registry
Operator and Sponsoring Organisation for the global communications-focused
Top Level Domain (TLD) .tel. It operates as the Registry for all domain names
ending in .tel, acting under the aegis of ICANN, the body tasked with
governing the security, naming and numbering on the Internet globally. The UK
government has direct influence on ICANN, as it is a member of ICANN's
Government Advisory Council.

Adconion Extends Global Footprint

Exclusive Partnership With Goldbach Media Group Extends Reach in Europe

LONDON, November 20 - Adconion Media Group (.adconion.com), the largest
independent global audience and content network, announced today that it has
entered into an exclusive partnership with Goldbach Media Group, the leading
marketer for private electronic, interactive and mobile media in Switzerland
and Austria to extend its footprint across Europe.

GLOBAL Defense Technology Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering of Its Common Stock

MCLEAN, Virginia, November 20 - Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. (GLOBAL Defense Technology,
Nasdaq: GTEC), a leading provider of defense technologies to the national
security community, announced today that it has priced its initial public
offering of 4.6 million shares of common stock at US$13.00 per share, of
which 3.0 million shares are being sold by the Company and 1.6 million shares
are being sold by certain selling stockholders. The underwriters have a
30-day option to purchase up to an additional 690,000 shares of common stock
from one of the selling stockholders at the initial public offering price.
The offering is expected to close on or about November 25, 2009.

Frost & Sullivan Bestows European Enabling Technology Award in Real-Time 3D Imaging on PMDTechnologies GmbH

LONDON, November 20 - The Frost & Sullivan '2009 European Real-Time 3D Imaging Enabling
Technology Innovation Award' is presented to PMDTechnologies GmbH (PMDTec).

Cyberbullying: Providing Parents Greater Messaging Control of Their Children's Mobile Phone

93% of Parents Would Like to Have More 'Parental Control' Over the Mobile Messaging Behaviour of Their Children.

Oyster Hotel Reviews - Oyster's Professional Hotel Reviewers Anonymously Visit Hotels and Examine Them Top to Bottom; Discovers That Some Hotels Purposefully Mislead Customers via Their Websites

New Hotel Review Site's Photo Fakeouts Reveal How Some Hotels Mislead Customers with Manipulated Photos

Contact Centre Services to Take Off in Nigeria by 2015, Finds Frost & Sullivan

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, November 19 - Despite industry challenges, the rising consumer demand from developing
industry sectors will drive exponential growth in the Nigerian contact centre
market. The outsourced contact centre segment, email and SMS services and the
health and medical organisation (HMO) and the public sectors are expected to
become key areas of market growth from 2009 to 2015.

Six Characteristics of China Hi-Tech Fair 2009 Highlighted

SHENZHEN, China, November 19 - The China Hi-Tech Fair (CHTF) 2009 raised its curtain in Shenzhen at
9:30am on November 16. Zhou Tienong, Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing
Committee attended the ceremony and announced its opening, while Bai Lichen,
Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, delivered an opening speech. The fair was chaired
by Wang Rong, Director of the CHTF Organizing Committee, member of the
Standing Committee of Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and acting Mayor
of Shenzhen.

Frost & Sullivan: Rising Demand for Secure Identity Management and Automated Emergency Procedures to Boost Convergence of Physical and Logical Security

LONDON, November 19 - In Europe, the security credential convergence market is driven by the
use of smart cards for both physical and logical access, video content
analysis for the automation of emergency procedures, and by the integration
of building management systems with security systems.

Oxatis Gearing Up to Help Small Businesses at the Business Startup Exhibition in London this November

PARIS, November 19 - Oxatis, leading European E-Commerce solution, to participate at the
Business Startup show in London on November 26-27. Intent on delivering the
message that small businesses can create an online shop quickly and easily
without any technical skills, Oxatis will be holding a seminar entitled
"Virtual Shops: Start Profiting in 24 Hours!".

Breakthrough in Text to Speech Technology

GDYNIA, Poland, November 19 - The IVO Software company, in cooperation with Royal National
Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the largest British charity organization,
is introducing two English speaking voices, based on revolutionary IVONA
Text-to-Speech technology. They will be set up in products and services
provided by RNIB to more than two million visually impaired persons.

Savvis Completes Examination in Conformity with Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70), Service Organizations

ST. LOUIS, November 19 - Savvis, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in outsourced Internet
infrastructure services for the enterprise, today announced that it has
recently completed its sixth consecutive examination in conformity with
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70), Service Organizations for
the period October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2009 that was performed by
Ernst & Young LLP.

Business Leaders Warn Against Demise of Internet Governance Forum

CAIRO, November 19 - Business leaders have issued a stark warning that the demise of the
UN-linked Internet Governance Forum (IGF) could impede the ability of the
Internet to drive economic growth and improve societal benefits.

The Impossible Quiz(TM) for the iPhone(TM) and iPod Touch(TM) Soars Into the Top 10 of All Apps on the iTunes Store!

The original quiz game that launched a thousand clones becomes another hit for inXile's Sparkworkz(TM)!

Infocrossing, a Wipro Company, Announces Five-Year Agreement With Cliffs Natural Resources

LEONIA, New Jersey and BANGALORE, India, November 19 - Infocrossing, a Wipro (NYSE: WIT) Company, today announced that it has
entered into a multi-year agreement to provide infrastructure services for
Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. Cliffs is an international mining and natural
resources company. It is North America's largest producer of iron ore
pellets, a major supplier of direct-shipping lump and fines iron ore out of
Australia and a significant producer of metallurgical coal.

Manthan Systems Secures Series B Financing From Fidelity International, IDG Ventures and DFJ ePlanet Ventures

Manthan Plans to Use Funding to Target Leadership Position in Retail Business Intelligence & Analytics

WinBuyer and Overstock Enter Strategic Partnership Agreement

Overstock consumers to benefit from enhanced shopping experience.

SALT LAKE CITY, November 19 - Overstock.com, the leading online retailer with specialty in surplus
inventory, has entered into a strategic partnership with WinBuyer, an
eCommerce technology provider offering an Onsite Comparative Pricing (OCP)
application. Overstock customers will now be able to compare prices without
leaving Overstock's site via WinBuyer's onsite comparative pricing
application.

AdSafe Announces Commercial Launch of the World's First Brand Protection Firewall for Advertisers

AdSafe Technology Enables Brands & Agencies To Proactively Control Online Content Adjacencies

GameStreamer Inc. to Unveil Non-Linear Predictive Streaming Technology at Streaming Media West 2009

Enables Digital Distribution Publishers and Partners to Provide the Only 'Instantaneous Gaming(TM)' Console-Like User Experience to Consumers

iTunes to be Forced to Drop Prices to Compete With TunesPro

NEW YORK, November 19 - Music is the voice of the soul, or so it is said. But the distribution of
our spiritual voice has become increasingly complex in recent years with the
growth of the online market. The medium that once relied on physical media
like Vinyl and CDs has crossed the border, beyond the need for a physical
storage device and into the digital era.

Alcatel-Lucent Completes the World's First Data Call on a Live LTE Network in the 800 MHz "European Digital Dividend" Spectrum Band

PARIS, November 19 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) successfully
completed the worldwide first long term evolution (LTE) data call on the 800
MHz "European Digital Dividend" (EDD) spectrum band in a live network. The
call was completed in October at Alcatel-Lucent's 4G/LTE end-to-end solutions
center in Stuttgart, Germany, involved transmitting high-definition video
streaming over the air using Alcatel-Lucent's commercial infrastructure
platforms and prototype mobile devices.

Australia to Join JES & Co.'s Achievement Standards Network

WASHINGTON, November 19 - At the annual National Science Distributed Learning conference sponsored
by the National Science Foundation (NSF), participants learned how JES &
Co.'s Achievement Standards Network (ASN) framework is being used by
Australia's Curriculum Corporation in an effort to link educational resource
data globally. Representing Australia's nationally funded Le@rning Federation
Initiative was Jillian Dellit, for 9 years Director of The Le@rning
Federation Secretariat. Diny Golder, the executive director of JES & Co., the
home of the ASN, has been working with Ms. Dellit for over 10 years in an
effort to launch an international exchange of learning resources,
discoverable by learning objective or achievement standards. Stuart Sutton,
the lead scientist for the ASN project, has worked closely with Curriculum
Corporation's Steve Sunter and Les Kneebone to align Australia's rich
educational vocabularies to existing ASN properties.

Light Reading's Policy Control & Deep Packet Inspection Virtual Tradeshow Exceeds Registration & Attendee Goals

Light Reading's Policy Control & DPI Virtual Tradeshow debuted on Tuesday with the industry's leading policy control experts, more than 600 attendees, and 9 sponsors

Fans Favourite Stacey on Course for X Factor Success

Stacey Solomon Tops X Factor Survey By 888ladies.com

GIBRALTAR, England, November 19 - Dagenham's Stacey Solomon has emerged as the front runner to
follow in the footsteps of Leona Lewis and Alexandra Burke by winning ITV1's
X Factor.

Airservices Australia Selects Quintiq for Rostering

MELBOURNE, Australia, November 19 - Australia's air navigation services provider, Airservices Australia, has
selected Quintiq as its new workforce planning solution.

Bucking Industry Trend, TelcoTV09 Qualified Attendance Jumps 30 Percent

Rebookings Up for 2010 Event, Nokia Siemens Networks, Motorola, Occam Networks, Adtran and others Take Leadership Positions and/or Increase Space for Next Year's Show in Vegas

Give the Gift of Security This Holiday Season

Easy Energy Introduces YoGen

WASHINGTON, November 19 - While it may not be possible to put "peace on Earth" on holiday lists
this season, thanks to YoGen(R), an innovative product from Easy Energy (OTC
Bulletin Board: ESYE), one can still give the gift of "peace of mind!"

MediaTek and Qualcomm Enter Into Patent Arrangement

SAN DIEGO and HSINCHU, Taiwan, November 19 - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator
of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and MediaTek, Inc.,
(TPE: 2454), a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless
communications and digital multimedia solutions, today announced that they
have entered into a broad patent arrangement under each company's patent
portfolios, including CDMA and WCDMA essential patents, with respect to all
integrated circuit products, including CDMA and WCDMA products.

Join UNICEF Ambassadors and World Renowned Photographers to Make a Photo-Pledge for Children's Rights

Sony World Photography Awards and UNICEF Mark the 20th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

ICE Announces Introduction of Cleared Iron Ore Swap

SINGAPORE, November 20 - IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading operator of global
regulated futures exchanges, clearing houses and over-the-counter (OTC)
markets, today announced the introduction of an ICE OTC cleared iron ore
contract based on the well-regarded Platts Iron Ore Index. The ICE Platts
Iron Ore Swap 62% Fe (metallic iron) contract will be available for clearing
on ICE Clear U.S. beginning December 2, 2009.

GSMA Launches Green Manifesto for the Mobile Industry

Outlines how the Mobile Industry can Lower Emissions in Other Sectors by Over 4.5 Times Mobile's own Footprint

GSMA and International Finance Corporation Partner to Support Investment in the Renewable Energy Base Station Market

HONG KONG, November 18 - The GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile
communications industry, today announced that its Green Power for Mobile
(GPM) programme is working with the International Finance Corporation (IFC),
the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, to support mobile operators
in exploring the use of renewable energy base stations as a means of
optimizing capital and operating expenditures. Through this collaboration,
mobile operators in developing markets can benefit from technical assistance
programmes, market research, and knowledge sharing programmes to help them
implement large scale renewable energy powered networks.

eFileCabinet and Aries Filing Systems Partner to Deliver Electronic Document Management Systems in Key European Markets

eFileCabinet Continues International Expansion Through Reseller Partnership with Leading Belgian Document Solutions Provider

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