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Soave will lead the reintroduction of the Fiat Brand in North America, beginning with the Fiat 500. She holds full profit and loss responsibility for the Fiat product portfolio in North America.

Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a major update to the leading hosted cross-media publishing platform for e-commerce and multi-channel marketing companies.

Worldwide identity and access management (IAM) revenue will reach $9.9 billion in 2010, an 8 per cent increase from 2009 revenue of $9.2 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner said that compliance, audit and analytics requirements continue to be the main factors influencing investments in IAM, alongside operational efficiency and better integration across IAM solutions.

As previously announced, Woodrow Whitlow, Jr., the Glenn center director, has been named the associate administrator for Mission Support at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Ray Lugo, the deputy director at Glenn, has been named acting director.

IBM ( IBM) today announced that four of its leading technologists have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) — one of the highest professional distinctions that can be awarded to an engineer.  IBM engineers Irene Greif, Laura M. Haas, William P. Pulleyblank and Mark N. Wegman are among the academy's 68 new members which NAE President Charles M. Vest announced earlier this week.

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) today named Mr. Kenichiro Yamanishi as the company’s new president & CEO, and is scheduled to assume his new position on April 1, 2010. Mr. Yamanishi will be replacing Mr. Setsuhiro Shimomura, who will then be appointed to the new position of Chairman.

Today at a conference in New York, IBM ( IBM) announced it will make key parts of its software portfolio available in a cloud computing environment to more easily allow professors around the world to incorporate technology into their curricula.

ACS is the largest diversified business process outsourcing (BPO) firm in the world. Its expertise is in automating work processes and providing BPO and IT outsourcing services that range from processing over 1 million credit card applications and 12 million student loans each year to providing HR services for more than 4.4 million employees and retirees annually.

Roger, 64, joined Lotus in 1966, working on the Elan assembly line at Cheshunt, but his natural driving and engineering skills came to the attention of Lotus founder Colin Chapman and Roger was quickly moved to the vehicle development team where he worked directly with Mike Kimberley

A consolidated approach will provide O2 with a platform to deliver a range of next generation communications services to meet the needs of its customers with the reliability and quality required, as well as enable the company to reduce its capital expenditure.

Novell today announced the availability of a suite of new tools that significantly reduces the time and cost for independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprises to develop, deploy and manage software appliances.

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today announced that Torsten Mueller will join the company as its Chief Executive Officer. Mueller will assume the role at the end of March 2010 from Tom Purves, who will retire after 25 years service with the BMW Group.

RBC Global Asset Management (U.S.) Inc. (RBC GAM U.S.) today announced the launch of a new Infrastructure Investment Group (IIG) based in Boston, MA, that will focus exclusively on the infrastructure asset class.

Novell today announced the release of Novell® File Management Suite, an integrated file storage solution that provisions, moves, optimizes and reports on file storage based on user roles and customized business policies.

The business will be sold for a total consideration of ?84.7 million. Subject to regulatory approvals, the divestment is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2010.

Audi is making a lively start to 2010. The brand will launch eight new models in the course of the next twelve months. And Audi is also keeping its foot on the gas pedal in terms of investments.

Software AG, a global leader in business infrastructure software, today announced that Clal Insurance of Israel has chosen its webMethods Business Process management suite in a multi-million dollar deal. Clal Insurance will implement common business processes across its insurance, savings and pensions divisions, eliminating duplication of business logic, work practices and customer information.

Audi is making a lively start to 2010. The brand will launch eight new models in the course of the next twelve months. And Audi is also keeping its foot on the gas pedal in terms of investments.

CA Clarity PPM Recognized in First Report of its Kind to Separately Evaluate PPM for Business and IT-Driven Portfolios

Hyundai Motor Company Australia (HMCA) has made two new appointments as it consolidates on its successful results in 2009 to date.