Syncsort Invited To Join Transaction Processing Performance Council

September 9th, 2009 BILLERICA, Massachusetts and WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey - - Operator of Leading OTC Securities Marketplace Sees Major Savings with World Record Solution Pink OTC Markets Inc., the company that operates the OTCQX and Pink Sheets over-the-counter equity marketplace, has slashed the time it takes to generate market reports from hours to seconds while also saving big on reduced hardware and programming costs, thanks to a business intelligence (BI) data warehouse solution built with the Vertica Analytic Database and Syncsort's DMExpress(TM) data integration software. As the third largest U.S.

September 9th, 2009 LEIDEN, The Netherlands - The Danish Council for Strategic Research is visiting the Dutch Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) on Thursday, September 10. The purpose of their visit is to learn about the unique Dutch approach on public-private cooperation and the concrete results that are being booked by this institute.

September 2nd, 2009 HONG KONG - Business leaders, NGO heads, politicians and members of the media are being urged to identify Asia's leading political communicator as part of a new awards programme launched across the region. As the relationships between governments and business come under increased focus, business figures and corporate communicators are being asked to nominate a political or campaigning figure who has achieved the "Gold Standard" in Political Communications.

September 1st, 2009 BOREHAMWOOD, England - TAAP has recently released its new card payment transaction feature for Windows Mobile devices. Called 'TAAP Transaction' the system allows card payments to be processed on devices without the need for magnetic-swipe card readers or chip and pin technology.

July 27th, 2009 WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey - - Executive Brings Deep Expertise and New Vision to Performance-Driven Data Management and Data Protection Software Company Syncsort, a global leader in high-performance data processing, data integration and data protection and recovery software, today announced that Flavio Santoni has joined as Chief Executive Officer. With more than 25 years of experience in the IT market, Santoni will lead the strategic direction and operations of Syncsort worldwide.

June 17th, 2009 LONDON - Ealing Council is proposing to give a one-off 'Value For Money Premium' cash handout to every home in the borough as part of a GBP6 million-plus package to fight the recession. Under plans, more than 122,000 council tax households in the borough will be given GBP50 cash back, costing the council more than GBP 6.1 million.

May 11th, 2009 LONDON - VocaLink, the international payment transaction specialist, today announced the appointment of Sir John Gieve as Chairman, effective 1 July 2009. He will lead the VocaLink board of directors as the company further develops and expands its business.

May 10th, 2009 OTTAWA - Arnold Van Ginkel is owed a debt of gratitude by the Canadian pork industry for putting the health of the industry first and the interests of his own farm second. Van Ginkel's herd was placed under a CFIA quarantine April 28, 2009 after he voluntarily reported influenza-like symptoms in his herd coupled with the fact that a worker in his barn had recently visited Mexico and had suffered flu-like symptoms.

April 20th, 2009 WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey - Joint Solution for Data Protection in Consolidated Virtual Environment Accelerates Time-to-Value for Customers Syncsort, a global leader in data protection software, today announced it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The VMware TAP program helps technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers.

March 16th, 2009 OTTAWA, Canada - Maude Barlow, senior advisor on water to the President of the United Nations General Assembly and Council of Canadians chairperson, says the Harper government's goal of a seat on the UN Security Council should be denied until Canada formally recognizes water as a human right. Ms. Barlow is currently in Istanbul for the week-long World Water Forum at which government ministers from 120 countries will discuss global water issues.

July 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) wants the government to set up a Rs.7,500-crore ($1.5-billion) corpus fund for the meat and fish processing industry. The fund could be used to infuse new technologies and skills into the food processing sector in order to increase the production of meat, fish and poultry by 25 percent in two years, the chamber said in a statement Wednesday.

June 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The food processing industry has the potential to become the engine growth of the economy and it may get a 10-year tax holiday to attract more investments, Minister for Food Processing Industries Subodh Kant Sahay said Monday. "The food processing sector can be the growth engine of the economy, and is eligible for a 10-year tax holiday," Sahay said here at a conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

April 17th, 2009 LONDON - It seems that media mogul Oprah Winfrey is determined to make Britain's Got Talent's unique finding Susan Boyle an American star, as she has invited the ultra-talented lady to her show. Boyle, 48, who left all dazed with her incredible performance on Britain Got Talent, has already become a worldwide phenomenon with her performance being viewed more than 12 million times on YouTube.

April 25th, 2009 LONDON - US President Barack Obama's step-grandmother in Kenya has found supporters in Muslims and Christians, who have fallen into a row with the former accusing the latter of trying to convert the 87-year-old to Christianity. Sarah Obama, who has been at the centre of spotlight in the country ever since her grandson bagged the top job, had been invited to attend an event at a Seventh Day Adventist Church.

March 13th, 2009 SHIMLA - Himachal Pradesh Governor Prabha Rau Thursday emphasised the need for setting up more agriculture and horticulture-based industries and processing units in the state for improving the status of small and marginal farmers. Speaking at the state-level national productivity award ceremony for micro, small and medium entrepreneurs here, Rau said potato chips processing units could be started in the Lahaul valley to help potato growers.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Economic Survey tabled in parliament Thursday has sought the integration of diamond processing sector with jewellery manufacturing so as to boost exports. "Forward integration of the diamond processing sector to jewellery manufacturing, where the value addition achieved is the highest, will help in boosting the export performance once the existing economic downturn passes by, the survey said.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The cabinet Friday sanctioned Rs.146.4 million (Rs.14.64 crore) for setting up an autonomous society over a period of three years to upgrade the meat and poultry processing industry. Headquartered in Delhi, the proposed Meat and Poultry Processing Board will initially be supported by the government, and subsequently managed by the industry.

May 17th, 2009 PATNA/NEW DELHI - UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi Sunday rang up RJD chief and Railways Minister Lalu Prasad asking him to attend a meeting of the outgoing cabinet Monday and invited him to join the new government, sources close to the minister said. Bhola Yadav, personal assistant of Lalu Prasad, told IANS from Patna minutes before the minister left for Delhi that: 'Sonia-ji called up and invited him (Lalu Prasad) to attend the meeting and also join the government.' 'Lalu-ji has already regretted that the RJD did not ally with the Congress in the elections,' he added.

August 18th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Kids are better at distinguishing other children's faces than adults, scientists have found. According to Tirta Susilo, of the psychology department at the Australian National University in Canberra, and his colleagues, kids had stronger holistic processing, which is how the brain recognises faces, for other kids than the adults did.

September 24th, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The 15 member United Nations Security Council today asked all non- Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) signatories to join the treaty. The UNSC summit chaired by US President Barack Obama approved the resolution 1887, calling on countries that have not signed the NPT to comply fully with all their obligations.