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Munich, Fujitsu today announces DeskView Advanced Migration, a new solution providing an easier and more cost-efficient way for enterprises to migrate to new hardware and the latest desktop operating systems such as Microsoft Windows 7.

ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Storwize, a privately held company based in Marlborough, MA. Storwize provides real-time data compression technology to help clients reduce physical storage requirements by up to 80% (1), which improves efficiency and lowers the cost of making data available for analytics and other applications. The acquisition is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2010, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

René van der Bruggen, the CEO Imtech: ‘Strategically, the Nordic region (Sweden, Norway and Finland) forms an important growth market for Imtech. For this reason, we recently acquired the Swedish company NEA (2,200 employees). In terms of size, YSP is a relatively modest firm, but it has nevertheless been a successful frontrunner in high-tech traffic solutions in Finland for twenty years. The acquisition of YSP and the intensification of the internal co-operation between various traffic companies within Imtech in Europe will lead to further growth, and represents a significant step forward in establishing a strong position in the traffic market in the Nordic region and the rest of Europe.’

Research by the Lloyd’s Emerging Risks team and the Climate Change Risk Management consultancy found rainy days of 25mm have become more frequent, increasing 33% since 1960. However, the change is most significant for days of extreme rainfall over 40mm, which recorded a 900% increase.

Findmypast.co.uk’s fully re-indexed birth records make finding ancestors much simpler and includes: search results in the form of a list of individual names; the ability to search the complete 1837-2006 set of birth records in one go or by one or more counties at a time; new high quality images; smart search features including variations of a name; records of children unnamed at registration; and searching by mother’s maiden name at the same time to help find the most elusive births.

“At DuPont, we continue to collaborate and investigate new ways to advance renewable energy,” said Steve Freilich, director – DuPont Materials Science and Engineering. “This program is an exciting opportunity to further advance in materials science and build on our membrane technology experience in fuel cells. These new batteries will be able to store and provide energy on demand – eventually eliminating fluctuations in our power systems.”

SHANGHAI — International PR agency Hill & Knowlton (China) and the Shanghai Public Relations Association (SPRA) jointly announced today the official launch of the Shanghai PR Association Hill & Knowlton Scholarship. With the rapid growth of China’s public relations industry, the new scholarship fund aims to help cultivate the next generation of public relations talents and contribute to the future growth and development of the local PR industry.

* Downstream earnings of $975 million increase $844 million on improved margins

The Magic Quadrant is a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner that offers visual snapshots of a market’s direction, maturity and participants, and evaluates companies on completeness of vision and ability to execute.

The new store has created six jobs locally and follows the recent opening of five chic and exotic Kuoni travel stores in Bristol, Milton Keynes, Bluewater, Solihull and Cheltenham.

29 July 2010 – PureCM, the software configuration management specialist, today announced a major new release of its core SCM solution, PureCM 2010-1 SQL Server. The move to support market-leading RDBMS systems brings proven scalability and database management capabilities to software development teams.

In a couple of years the majority of mobile phones sold will be smartphones, inducing significant changes in usage patterns of their owners. More and more versatile mobile phones and broadband Internet are increasingly popular and the "online lifestyle" becomes everyday routine especially among young subscribers. Using smartphones and mobile Internet - in addition to accessing the net at home and the workplace - full fledged, continuous web access becomes everyday practice. In addition to voice, SMS and MMS communication, holders of smartphones can use all other means of communication - e.g. email, web services, chat - that are available through a PC either at home or at work. Mobile terminals and portable Internet devices being always at hand, they will supplement - and in time partially replace - computer based communication and sharing the experiences.

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Chances to win Madonna-autographed tees at select Macy’s beginning at 10 AM

Receiving the 2010 Top Safety Pickfor the 2011 BMW 5 Series Sedan is one of numerous awards BMW has earned from the IIHS over the years. In fact, as a result of tests conducted in 2008, the 2009 BMW 3 Series Sedan as well as the X3 and X5 Sports Activity Vehicles® earned the IIHS Top Safety Pick.