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The companies will explore advanced techniques for reconciling geophysical and reservoir engineering field data. As a result of applying improved algorithms, analytics and accelerated simulations, Shell can reduce the educated guesswork and extract natural resources with more certainty and efficiency, thereby optimizing the recovery of oil and gas.

At a smarter transportation-focused event today in Washington, D.C., IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a new research initiative to build personalized travel routes for commuters to avoid traffic gridlock.

During formal qualification testing in December, the Wideband Networking Waveform demonstrated its capability to transform how warfighters communicate and share information, and the legacy waveforms demonstrated the ability of GMR to maintain interoperability with current-force communications while simultaneously enabling transformation to mobile, ad hoc networking for joint warfighters,” said U.S. Navy Capt. Jeff Hoyle, JTRS Network Enterprise Domain program manager.

FTTH Council Europe (Lisbon), Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that it has significantly enhanced its portfolio of gigabit passive optical network (GPON)-based optical network terminals (ONTs).

Cisco announced the expansion of the Cisco® Digital Media Creative Services offering to make it easier for customers to develop and display captivating visual content for digital signage.

With increasing demand for sleep disorder tests, sleep centers, physicians and technicians need tools and services that offer improved scoring consistency and efficiency; enabling them to focus on those parts of the sleep study and other activities that require their professional expertise,“ said Don Spence, CEO of Philips Home Healthcare Solutions.

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it is expanding its signature education initiative, AMD Changing the Game, beyond North America, by co-sponsoring a digital game development and design workshop at the Malaysian Cybergames Festival.

According to a February 2010 report from independent analyst firm Forrester Research, Oracle is a leader in predictive analytics and data mining (PA/DM).

NASA has presented its Quality and Safety Achievement Recognition, or QASAR, award for 2009 to John Michael Rollins of Houston.

HP Labs Singapore will serve as a hub for open innovation in the Asia Pacific region and represents another investment the company is making to drive its Everything as a Service vision.

Japanese mobile users are among the most advanced in the world when it comes to consuming digital content over mobile networks. They enjoy not only video and music on the move, but also e-mail, banking, shopping, health and security services - and even manga comics.

Siemens introduces LaboStar and LaboStar TWF compact deionization water purification systems for producing ASTM Type I water. The LaboStar system purifies water from a pre-purified water source and the LaboStar TWF system purifies water from a tap feed source.

Compelling combination of high-efficiency signal processing and industry-leading MCU technology targets rapidly-growing hybrid DSC market

Imaging leader introduces breakthrough enhancements for KODAK Picture Kiosk, APEX, professional output and film solutions

The WiMAX Forum® today revealed that WiMAX service providers now offer networks covering more than 620 million people (or POPS) in approximately 147 countries and are on pace to surpass the already forecasted 800 million POPs by end of 2010.

The 2010 NAB Show will debut Destination Broadband, a dynamic new exhibit area focusing on advances and applications for broadband technology, April 12 – 15 in Las Vegas.

Vodafone announces that it is bringing M-PESA, one of the world’s most successful mobile money transfer services, to South Africa, to be deployed by its subsidiary, Vodacom South Africa and its South African banking partner.

Integrated Dual APIX® High-Speed Serial Interface Makes the Fujitsu MB86R02 “Jade-D” Ideal for Full Range of Modular Automotive Display Designs

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) and Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) today announced a collaboration that expands choice for customers through increased virtualization interoperability and new assessment tools to help pinpoint the economically most advantageous approach to virtualization.

Siemens technologies took first place in two categories of the first Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment awarded by Germany’s Federal Environment Ministry and the Federation of German Industries (BDI). German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen and BDI Director General Werner Schnappauf presented the awards – totaling €125,000 – to winners in five categories in Berlin on Thursday.