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The center will combine the strengths of SAS, Teradata, and analytical consulting firm Elder Research Inc (ERI). It will incorporate thought leadership with a visionary lab for pilot programs, analytic workshops, and proofs of concept for prospective customers across several industries, including financial services, retail, government, health care and life sciences, and insurance. Darryl McDonald, chief marketing officer at Teradata, said: "SAS and Teradata have successfully helped customers determine how to best apply analytics within a scalable, in-database infrastructure. One leading grocery store chain estimated that its analytics strategy, developed with SAS and Teradata, would generate $200m in incremental sales. Through the Business Analytics Innovation Center, we can provide business analytics platform, software and service, and help customers drive innovation through analytic consulting." Earlier this month, Teradata and SAS partnered to expand in-database analytics options by introducing advantage program offering, Business Insight Advantage.

Agresso has said that the ERP suite will be a key tool helping King County Housing Authority (KCHA) respond to regulatory change and find solutions to improve options for low-income households. KCHA's evaluation process included solutions from Microsoft, JD Edwards and SunGard; Agresso was awarded the business based on its ability to manage ongoing change. Shelley Zapp, president of Agresso North America, said: "We see housing authorities as a great fit for Agresso. They experience unpredictable regulatory shifts and need to respond quickly and efficiently. Agresso has seen much success in this sector outside North America, and just recently signed an agreement with Sovereign Housing Group in the UK."

Leveraging wireless GPS location and existing cellular infrastructure, Grupo Hemas can offer its customers the SaviTrak intelligence service, which enables the company to improve cargo tracking, operational efficiency, inventory management and the immediate detection of possible security breaches, said Savi. SaviTrak also enables Grupo Hemas to monitor and take action on changes in the status and condition of temperature-sensitive cargo, hazardous materials and agricultural products, added Savi. Hector Mora, CEO of Grupo Hemas, said: "We have turned to Savi Networks because its industry-leading service provides complete location, security and environmental visibility of cargo anywhere and anytime. SaviTrak adds cost-effective intelligence to cargo entrusted to us by our diverse customer base."

Dassault Systemes (DS) said that after completion of the transaction and integration of the two companies' Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) operations, its PLM customers will benefit from engagement and support processes for its PLM product portfolio. The enhanced services agreement is expected to bring significant potential with extended IBM resources and expertise to help transform client PLM environments, using the DS V6 portfolio. Both companies are dedicated to strengthening and extending their cooperation in the areas of professional services, cloud computing, middleware, flexible financing, hardware, and sales and distribution, DS said. Bernard Charles, president and CEO of Dassault Systemes, said: "The adoption and integration of PLM and 3D collaboration by a growing number of enterprises require deep industry knowledge. The planned integration of the IBM sales force and related business operations represents the largest investment in our corporate history. "We are putting our customers and partners first, creating a globally efficient sales organization to bring the value of V6 PLM applications to every enterprise in every industry."

According to the company, the new facility is its fourth overseas R&D center. The new 200,000sqft facility is set up with an investment of $25 million and is expected to further accelerate local content development. The new facility is expected to serve as an important platform for the development of sub-compact cars in order to meet increasing demand. It will further facilitate the development of India as Hyundai's global hub for manufacturing and engineering of small cars. The new R&D center will reportedly support all back-end operations like computer aided engineering, computer aided design and help the R&D work taking place across Hyundai's car lineup. In addition, it will provide vehicle development including styling, engineering design and vehicle test and evaluation for cars manufactured in India. The center currently employs about 300 engineers and Hyundai plans to gradually increase this number, strengthening its operations.

Sony reported a smaller-than-expected 26.3 billion yen ($289 million) quarterly loss as cost cuts combined with healthy sales of PlayStation 3 game consoles and Michael Jackson hits helped it inch toward recovery. The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant has been battered by the global slowdown, sliding prices of gadgets and its failure to produce new blockbuster consumer products. But Tokyo-based Sony Corp. said Friday it now expects a smaller flow of red ink for the full fiscal year through March 2010. It's forecasting a 95 billion yen ($1 billion) loss compared with the initial projection for a 120 billion yen ($1.3 billion) loss. The new forecast is marginally better than the 98.9 billion yen loss it suffered the previous fiscal year.

Elsevier Business Intelligence and Windhover Conferences have announced their complete Top 10 Projects to Watch for the upcoming Therapeutic Area Partnerships event, Nov. 17-19 in Boston, MA. This year's list will offer a Top 10 in each of four therapeutic areas: cardiovascular/metabolic, oncology, neuroscience and inflammatory/autoimmune. Past Windhover top 10 candidates signed a total potential value of $17 billion US in acquisitions and alliances. Confirmed participating companies include Lundbeck, Astellas, Biovail, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Biogen Idec, Millennim, Merck, Novartis, Eli Lilly, Genzyme, Merck and Company, Wyeth, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck Serono, Daiichi Sankyo, and AstraZeneca. Complete details of all projects to date are available at http://www.tapartnerships.com?goto=content/tb_schedule.aspx. Each project has been hand-selected by Windhover's elite selection panel to ensure a high-quality slate of presenters. The projects have met rigorous criteria including: unmet medical need, market potential, diversity of indications, strong science, multi-level partnering opportunities (biotech and pharma), potential for new opportunities beyond initial indications, and corporate stability.

Cappella, Inc. is a medical device company, developing novel solutions for the treatment of complex Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and specifically bifurcation vascular disease. Cappella's initial product, the Sideguard® Coronary Sidebranch Stent & Delivery System offers interventional cardiologists a straightforward, effective solution that focuses on treating the sidebranch of diseased coronary arteries first, rather than the main vessel. More importantly, it allows the preferred stent of choice for the main vessel. An optimal stent design specific to the anatomy of the sidebranch, combined with the qualities of Nitinol now provide a dynamic solution for treating sidebranch disease. Cappella Medical Devices Ltd., Galway, Ireland is the R&D and manufacturing subsidiary of Cappella, Inc.

CLIFTON PARK, N.Y., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Magsoft Corporation announces the release of Motor-CAD Version 5.3. Co-developed with Motor Design Ltd. of Shropshire, UK, Motor-CAD offers the electric machine designer a unique way to prototype the thermal behavior of their devices. Motor-CAD delivers revolutionary insight into machine cooling when things start to heat up.

"The outlook for mobile handset markets continues to improve", says Jake Saunders, ABI Research's VP for Forecasting. "While 3Q-2009 showed a YoY 6.5% contraction in shipments to 291.1 million, 2009 should close out with only a 4%-5% contraction (to 1,138 million for the year)."

Latin American markets will not be largely impacted by the decision of French software provider Dassault Systemes (DS) to acquire IBM's (NYSE: IBM) sales and customer support operations related to DS PLM solutions, DS Latin American president, Marcelo Lemos, told BNamericas.

HOYT LAKES, MINNESOTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 28, 2009) - PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX:POM)(NYSE Amex:PLM) ("PolyMet" or the "Company") announced today that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have completed the PolyMet draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 28, 2009) - Attention: Business/Financial Editors: The Medipattern Corporation ("Medipattern") (TSX VENTURE:MKI), a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity, today announced its business highlights and audited financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009. "Our 2009 results reflect the change in business model we have adopted and as a result are significantly lower in the near term. However, the successful introduction of B-CAD-FOR-LIFE(TM), which was well received in the initial phase of release, now positions this program to make significant contributions to revenue in the coming quarters," said Jeff Collins, CEO of Medipattern. "We expect the national roll out of this product to begin in November of this year. With the affirmation of the B-CAD-FOR-LIFE(TM) model and our entry next year into the considerably larger vascular market with the introduction of Vascular iQ(TM), we anticipate Medipattern will generate significant revenue in fiscal 2010." Business Highlights of Fiscal 2009:

PharmaVitae Profile - Analyze the impact of Allergan's acquisition of Esprit Pharma in 2007 Dublin - Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e83948/allergan_inc_pha) has announced the addition of the "Allergan Inc.: PharmaVitae Profile" company profile to their offering. This analysis examines the historical and forecast performance for Allergan in the Rx pharmaceutical sector. The profile encompasses global company strategy, portfolio and pipeline analysis and assessment of financial performance, with 1-6 year sales forecasts for key drugs. An interactive forecasting and analysis tool provides continually updated quantitative and qualitative information.

Latin American markets will not be largely impacted by the decision of French software provider Dassault Systemes (DS) to acquire IBM's (NYSE: IBM) sales and customer support operations related to DS PLM solutions, DS Latin American president, Marcelo Lemos, told BNamericas.

Alex Grigorian, vice president of enterprise technology at IHG, said: "By implementing the Teradata data warehouse appliance, our data warehouse allows sales and marketing to track, capture and analyze millions of customer activities, both interactions and transactions, over a long period of time in record performance. "We will be able to use this information to drive our business forward through our new sophisticated customer relationship management platform."

The HigherMarkets Express is an e-procurement solution expected to meet the needs of mid-sized colleges, community colleges and universities. It provides SciQuest's flagship online shopping platform - that smaller purchasing departments need to automate the procurement process and bring spending under management, SciQuest said. SciQuest claims that an on-demand solution, HigherMarkets Express can be deployed and maintained with limited IT involvement and integrates with existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Wendy Williams, director of procurement and supply at the College of Charleston, said: "SciQuest is the undisputed leader in higher education eprocurement and understands the processes and challenges we face in effectively bringing spending under management. HigherMarkets Express offers an on-demand solution that we can easily deploy to automate our key procurement processes and, most importantly, the intuitive online shopping experience it provides will support the needs of our user community and drive adoption."

Under the contract, Tieto will provide hosting services for email, mobile email based on Lotus Notes, collaboration services as well as other business-critical servers for the needs of over 2 000 end-users inside and outside the Flakt Woods Group. The application is part of a project to centralize Flakt Woods' IT infrastructure services. Mikko Pulkkinen, vice president at Tieto Manufacturing Finland, said: "Tieto has maintained a trusted relationship with Flakt Woods for over 12 years during which we have provided Flakt Woods with applications maintenance services for their ERP system. Data center services was a natural extension of this partnership. Our standardized services have received an excellent reception amongst our customers. The cost-effective solution means that we can offer greater flexibility, according to business needs." The deal follows Tieto's contract from Nokia Siemens Networks to provide IT application management services for research and development related applications and customer care related applications globally. It also won an IT outsourcing contract from Germany's commercial real estate financer WestImmo to take care of the bank's IT services.

ABS-CBN Global has utilized the following NetSuite modules: accounting/enterprise resource planning (ERP), inventory and order management, customer support and customer relationship management (CRM), partner and reseller management, and sales and marketing report generation and analysis. NetSuite said that ABS-CBN Global has gained flexibility to expand to new regions and modify its product and marketing mix. The NetSuite OneWorld solution also reportedly makes it easy for ABS-CBN Global to report results to its parent company which makes use of SAP as its enterprise-wide financial application. In addition to reaching new customers and improving its sales processes, ABS-CBN Global is planning to expand the use of NetSuite as a sales management tool, NetSuite said. Genemar Simpao, chief information officer of ABS-CBN Global, said: "NetSuite enables us to evaluate our products and create new bundles of services for different customers. NetSuite provides the functionality and flexibility we need and a single version of the truth."

The center will combine the strengths of SAS, Teradata, and analytical consulting firm Elder Research Inc (ERI). It will incorporate thought leadership with a visionary lab for pilot programs, analytic workshops, and proofs of concept for prospective customers across several industries, including financial services, retail, government, health care and life sciences, and insurance. Darryl McDonald, chief marketing officer at Teradata, said: "SAS and Teradata have successfully helped customers determine how to best apply analytics within a scalable, in-database infrastructure. One leading grocery store chain estimated that its analytics strategy, developed with SAS and Teradata, would generate $200m in incremental sales. Through the Business Analytics Innovation Center, we can provide business analytics platform, software and service, and help customers drive innovation through analytic consulting." Earlier this month, Teradata and SAS partnered to expand in-database analytics options by introducing advantage program offering, Business Insight Advantage.