Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Large scale public pilot to gather and analyze traffic information using GPS-enabled mobile devices
Palo Alto and Berkeley, CA - Nokia today launched Mobile Millennium, a public pilot that will collect and study traffic data received from GPS-enabled mobile devices, such as the Nokia N96, Nokia N95 and Nokia E71. As part of its open innovation model, Nokia Research Center is collaborating with UC Berkeley's California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and NAVTEQ to design, execute and analyze the traffic system.

IBM and Sapa Expand Business Agreement

OSLO, NORWAY - 10 Nov 2008:
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Sapa have signed an extension to an existing seven year services contract.

Sapa is the largest provider of aluminium profiles in the world, and part of the Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla.

In terms of the new agreement, signed in October 2008, IBM will provide infrastructure services and application maintenance services for an additional 2,500 PC users in the Sapa system, double the number of users as stated in the original contract which was signed in 2007.

IBM Develops New Enterprise Integration Platform for MITAS

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - 10 Nov 2008:
IBM (NYSE: IBM) and MITAS, one of Europe's largest tire manufacturing companies, today announced an agreement under which IBM will create a new enterprise integration platform based on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for MITAS.

Sun Introduces World's First Unified Storage Appliances that Radically Simplify Storage Management and Problem Solving at Breakthrough Speed and Scale

Customers Report Dramatic Reduction in Installation Speed, Increased Performance and Up to 75% Cost Savings Versus Traditional Storage Systems

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. November 10, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the availability of its innovative Unified Storage Systems - the Sun Storage 7000 family, also known as "Amber Road." Based on industry standard components and Sun's robust software stack, this new storage family offers breakthrough diagnostics and troubleshooting capabilities, optimized performance, one-fourth the energy consumption, installation and configuration in under five minutes and up to 75% cost savings - all compared to competing storage systems. To learn more, go to www.sun.com/unifiedstorage