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SYDNEY, March 31 /AsiaNet/ –

COGNOS APPOINTMENT…
OTTAWA and BURLINGTON, Mass. - Cognos, the world leader in
business intelligence and corporate performance management,
today announced the appointment of Janet Perna to the company’s
board of directors.
http://www.cognos.com
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IBM CONTRACT…
SEOUL - In the largest deal of its kind for the financial
services industry in Korea, KYOBO Life Insurance (KYOBO) has
contracted IBM to operate and manage its IT infrastructure.
http://www.ibm.com/services

Q4 RESULTS…
OTTAWA and BURLINGTON, Mass. - Cognos Incorporated, the
world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance
management solutions, today announced financial results for its
fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2006, ended February 28,
2006.
http://www.cognos.com
http://www.prnewswire.com

LOGISTICS CONFERENCE…
LONDON - Continuing on the success of last year’s
conference, the 3rd Automotive Logistics Asia conference will
once again take place at The Westin Hotel, Shanghai, China,
between 15 - 16 May 2006.
http://www.automotivelogisticsasia.com

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS…
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Techwell, Inc., a designer of mixed
signal video semiconductor solutions for the consumer, security
surveillance, and automotive markets, introduced three
additions to its line of integrated circuits for security
surveillance applications.
http://www.techwellinc.com

DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT…
LONDON - Identum, developer of the Private Post email
encryption range, has signed a distribution agreement with
WhiteGold, Australia’s premier IT security distributor.
http://www.privatepost.com
http://www.whitegold.com.au

QUALITY AWARDS…
PARIS - Valeo announced that it has received two Superior
Awards for Quality from Toyota Motor Europe, the highest
recognition that Toyota can offer to a supplier.

GOT JUNK?…
SYDNEY - After months of unprecedented growth for junk
removal service 1800-GOT-JUNK?, the company announced today
official plans to franchise into some of Australia’s fastest
growing metros.
http://www.1800gotjunk.com.au

EDICTIONARY MARKET…
BURLINGTON, N.J. - Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., a
world leader in handheld information, announced that Youngbo
Trading Co., Inc. will distribute Franklin’s first new product
for the burgeoning South Korean eDictionary market.
http://www.franklin.com

ING THAILAND…
BANGKOK - ING Wholesale Banking announced that it has opened
a representative branch in Thailand, as part of its plans to
broaden its South East Asia franchise.
http://www.ingwholesale.com/welcome.php

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