New OneStop Self-Service Check in at Hartford Complements Airline's Innovative
Telephone and Curbside Check-in Services
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ --
American Airlines today announced the availability of OneStop Self-Service check in at Bradley International Airport. A fast and efficient check-in alternative, OneStop Self-Service provides the ease and convenience of completing all necessary check-in transactions at the touch of a button.
Passengers with electronic tickets traveling domestically on American from Hartford are now able to check in, select a seat and obtain a boarding pass with a quick swipe of a major credit card or an AAdvantage Executive Platinum(R), AAdvantage Platinum(R) or AAdvantage Gold(R) card and a few fingertip motions on easy-to-use touch screens.
Even passengers with bags can enjoy OneStop Self-Service convenience. The kiosks located along American's check-in counters offer passengers the option of checking their luggage. Baggage tags print behind the counter where American's customer service employees are available to tag and check the luggage quickly. Passengers take their boarding pass from the kiosk and head straight to the gate.
In addition to the check-in counter locations, OneStop Self-Service check- in kiosks are available at gate 5 for passengers not wishing to check any bags.
"American Airlines is committed to providing our customers with the fastest, most convenient travel experience possible," said Dan Garton, American's executive vice president - customer service. "Our customers tell us that they want options available to them during their airport experience. OneStop Self-Service allows travelers to help themselves and check in quickly, while at the same time giving our agents more opportunities to assist passengers who may require or desire more personal assistance."
The installation of OneStop Self-Service check in complements another popular timesaver American rolled out earlier in Hartford. With American's innovative OneStop Curbside check in, domestic passengers holding paper or electronic tickets can check their bags and receive a boarding pass from skycaps in one convenient stop before they even enter the airport.
Also available to the airline's most frequent travelers in Hartford is its innovative Telephone Check-in service. AAdvantage Executive Platinum, AAdvantage Platinum and AAdvantage Gold members can now check in for domestic itineraries right over the phone. The easy-to-use process starts with a single phone call to the elite AAdvantage(R) hotline within three hours but not less than 30 minutes before departure. Members then select the Telephone Check-in option and complete a series of voice prompts. Once that's done, members can proceed to the airport and directly to their gate, hand the boarding agent their AAdvantage card which is processed through an electronic gate reader and then head directly onboard the aircraft.
In addition to Hartford, OneStop Self-Service check in is currently available in Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas Love Field, Dallas/Fort Worth International's Terminal B, Detroit, Houston Intercontinental, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Nashville, Raleigh/Durham, San Antonio, San Jose, Calif. and Seattle. OneStop Self-Service check in will be available at more than 30 airports within a few months.
OneStop Curbside check in is available at 80 airports around the country and Telephone Check-In is available nationwide.
The world's largest airline, American currently serves Hartford with a total of 105 weekly nonstop flights to Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami and San Juan with convenient connections around the globe. Regional affiliate American Eagle serves Hartford with three nonstop flights a day to New York's JFK International Airport.
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Today on RadioWallStreet.com, John Blough will be discussing JP Morgan (NYSE:JPM) and Chase Manhattan Bank (NYSE:CMB).
He will be discussing Chase Manhattan's recent purchase of JP Morgan for $33.2 billion. You can listen to this interview on-demand beginning at September 13, 2000, 10:45AM Eastern.
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--New Angry Birds Game, Same Price, Smaller Size
Roku has moved from out of the shadows into the limelight for Internet-enabled TV devices at a very quick pace.
Despite launching its last STB revamp less than a year ago, Roku has rolled out three new boxes under the name Roku 2.
The Roku 2 lineup is smaller than its predecessors but keeps the same price structure of $59 (Roku HD), $79 (XD) and $99 (XS)--it seems $100 is still the magic price point for these devices.
For the new lineup, the extra and new features for the devices include:
--Rovio's Angry Birds, games and a remote that contains a gyroscope and accelerometer for only the top line of device, the Roku 2 XS.
--All new boxes support the remote, but only the XS comes with it. Eventually users with the other two models will be available to buy the game remote as part of a bundle that includes a 2GB MicroSD card for $30.
--The XS supports MicroSD cards.
--At least 60 games are in the works since Roku offers an additional MicroSD card that expands the Roku support "from 4 games to 60," according to the company's site.
--New content apps like AOL HD, Epix, Facebook, Major League Soccer and Fox News.
--1080p video out on the XD and XS.
"Roku is the best-selling streaming player on the market because of its simplicity, breadth of content and value. Now we're setting the bar even higher with Roku 2--a more powerful platform with new features including casual gaming," said Roku CEO Anthony Wood. "We've worked closely with Rovio to bring the first full version of Angry Birds to the TV--and best of all, we're including it for free with the top-of-the-line XS model."
The new devices will be available at Roku's Web site, Amazon, Best Buy, Fry's Electronics and RadioShack.
Roku is betting it all on casual gaming and OTT, with at least the latter being a proven strategy for it. The devices will be a great move for both Roku and Angry Birds, as long as the device can compete. If it turns out to function well, even Nintendo may have something to fear in all of this.
Jul 07, 2011 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian web portals sector may be the next segment of the sharemarket to attract the attention of bargain hunters. Seek, REA Group, Webjet and Carsales.com are among the well-known portal stocks to have recorded falls in their share price in recent months. The valuations of Seek and Carsales.com look particularly attractive, while a possible property market slowdown could offer both positives and negatives for REA Group. More agents could move their advertising from paper to the internet, but the number of agents in the marketplace could decline.
Publication Date: 7 July 2011
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Company to Bring Leading Technologies, Unrivaled Industry Expertise and Access to Serve Burgeoning Market
BEIJING, June 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sybase, Inc., an SAP company (NYSE: SAP) and industry leader in enterprise and mobile software, and China Communications Services Corporation Limited (CCS or China Comservice, HKG: 0552)- China's largest integrated services provider for the telecommunications sector-today announced the signing of an agreement to form a joint venture to address opportunities in the burgeoning China market. The new company, combining the leading technologies, unrivaled industry expertise and vast market access from both parties, will provide telecom operators, enterprises and government agencies first-class data management and analytics offerings, mobile device management and applications, mobile commerce and mobile Internet value-added services.
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"To be successful in the China IT market, a company must have both the best-in-breed technology offerings and the broadest industry expertise and market access," said Li Ping, Chairman of CCS. "This joint venture will leverage the rich industry expertise, broad market access and strong local support of CCS to bring Sybase's leading software solutions to customers in the country."
China, with a population of 1.3 billion, has the world's biggest number of fixed-line and mobile subscribers, as well as the largest fiber optic and mobile network capacities. By April 2011, mobile users in China reached 900 million, among whom 67 million were 3G subscribers. In this vibrant market, CCS is the largest provider of telecom infrastructure services, business process outsourcing, and application and content development.
"For the past two decades, Sybase has been committed to accelerating China's IT infrastructure growth, with a focus on the telecommunications industry globally and especially in China," said John Chen, Chairman and CEO of Sybase. "Together with CCS, we are well positioned to bring to market the full set of Sybase's leading enterprise-class technologies, including Sybase ASE, Sybase IQ, Sybase Unwired Platform and Sybase mobile commerce services."
According to the IT Application Market 2010-2011 annual report by CCID Consulting, China's leading IT research institute, Sybase claims 25.1 percent database market share in China's telecommunications sector, ranking No. 2 among all software vendors.
The joint venture will start operations after receiving Chinese government approval, expected later this year.
About Sybase Sybase, an SAP company, is the industry leader in delivering enterprise and mobile software to manage, analyze and mobilize information. We are recognized globally as a performance leader, proven in the most data-intensive industries and across all major systems, networks and devices. Our information management, analytics and enterprise mobility solutions have powered the world's most mission-critical systems in financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing and government. For more information, visit www.sybase.com. Read Sybase blogs: http://blogs.sybase.com. Join the conversation on Twitter at @Sybase and @MobileWork.
About China Comservice
China Comservice is a leading service provider in the People's Republic of China, in commitment of "building word-class networks for the informatization services," providing integrated support services in the informatization sector, including telecommunications infrastructure services, business process outsourcing services and applications, content and other services. All the major telecommunications operators in the PRC, namely, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom are our customers and also our shareholders. We also provide services to government agencies, telecommunications equipment manufacturers, corporate customers and public customers. Our service coverage is spread across the nation and we have also extended our business to over 50 countries and regions globally. For more information, visit http:www.chinaccs.com.cn.
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ACTOR WILL Smith last night became the latest celebrity to not fall to his death near the Kauri Cliffs resort in Northland.
Stories flooded the internet yesterday stating the Men In Black star had died while filming in New Zealand.
The false report comes in the week Outrageous Fortune actress Robyn Malcolm didn't plummet from the same cliffs, near Matauri Bay.
Internet hoaxes have plagued the five-star resort, located 17km north of Kerikeri.
In 2006, Tom Hanks didn't die there, while two years later, Tom Cruise didn't meet a similar fate.
The fictitious curse also ensnared Jeff Goldblum and Orlando Bloom.
The first fake story was later traced to fakeawish.com, a site that serves as a fake news generator and allows users to plug a celebrity's name into made-up stories.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 10, 2011
The ISA International Sign Expo is an event visual communications professionals look forward to each year to discuss and celebrate the sign industry. At the ISA International Sign Expo, LED sign and other digital imaging products business owners have the opportunity to showcase a wide array of sign industry products while also having the chance to share educational programs and networking opportunities with each other. As a proud distributor of LED signs, Mega LED Technology proudly participated in this year's ISA International Sign Expo held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada last April 28-30, 2011. The online manufacturer was stationed at Booth #1641 and offered discounts on selected LED signs that were displayed during the event.
Mega LED Technology, an online manufacturer of LED signs, prides itself in providing a vast collection of digital signage for various businesses and establishments without burning a hole in clients' pockets. Assembled, tested, and shipped from Mega LED Technology's own factory, customers are assured of the high quality from which LED sign displays are manufactured. Backed by knowledgeable customer service representatives, all interested clients will be assisted from the setup to advanced LED sign programming. A final testament to the quality of LED sign products from Mega LED Technology is its membership on the Better Business Bureau, committing to uphold the highest BBB accreditation standards.
Mega LED's wide arrays of visual solutions include commercial boards, community boards, and price boards. Clients are not limited to business establishments as Mega LED also offers LED signs for government/military institutions as well as places of worship. Additionally, customers can also choose to have LED signs customized. Mega LED Technology carries monochrome, tri-color, and full-color LED message displays in various sizes, ranging from small to large, ensuring that products will fit any client's needs, falling within the budget.
To receive regular updates, join the company's mailing list for exclusive deals or visit Mega LED's official blog for the latest LED technology industry news.
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Mega LED Technology is a LED Programmable Sign manufacturer in Los Angeles, CA. Mega LED Technology strives to provide the best quality LED signs and customer services nationwide. The LED display sign company is a leading expert in LED visual solutions - manufacturing LED sign displays that are guaranteed to be the future in new media display. Mega LED Technology offers indoor LED sign displays, outdoor LED sign displays, front serviceable LEDs, and gas prices LED signs. All products come with a three year limited warranty. Press release produced by Cybertegic, Inc. - an Internet marketing services agency that specializes in search engine optimized press release marketing (SEO marketing).
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Eka Technologies, Inc., announced FotoSpot and FotoMapr geo-tagging digital camera peripherals.
The Company said FotoSpot and FotoMapr add GPS photo location, shot direction and even user notes to images created with Nikon, Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Ricoh and Other Popular Digital Cameras. Both FotoSpot and FotoMapr, are available in Wi-Fi wireless, Bluetooth wireless and cabled-connected models. Wi-Fi versions enable geo-tagging with virtually any digital camera that supports an SDHC memory card; while Bluetooth and cable-connected versions are designed for use with select Nikon and Ricoh DSLR cameras.
"Personal photos are more than just images," said Arun Madhav, Chief Executive Officer, Eka Technologies, Inc. "They're memories. Memories that becomes more important over time, while the details surrounding the taking of the shots fade. Our new FotoSpot Wi-Fi model provides consumers with an easy-to-use, inexpensive way to add the photo location and shot direction to images created with virtually any digital camera. Photos geo-tagged with FotoSpot can then be uploaded via USB interface and used with any of today's popular PC, Mac and Internet photo mapping software."
"For the advanced photographer or GIS professional, the FotoMapr series is a cost-effective way to professionally geo-tag and notate images for use in their mapping platforms," added Madhav. "Without compromising DSLR image quality and performance, field professionals using Nikon, Ricoh and other DSLR cameras, can now geo-tag and notate every image with precise GPS and user data."
According to a release, FotoSpot is Eka's consumer geo-tagging camera peripheral. FotoSpot's patent pending technology uses Wi-Fi wireless to embed shot location and direction data directly into the digital images as they are taken; ready to be sorted, viewed and uploaded to photo sharing sites like Picasa using mySnapMap--a software utility provided free to FotoSpot users. Bluetooth wireless (B-100) and cabled (C-100) versions are available for use with select Nikon and Ricoh cameras.
FotoMapr, Eka's professional-grade geo-tagging camera peripheral, is designed for GIS (geographic information system) professionals for use in Geo-Photo workflow applications. Embedding shot location and direction data, FotoMapr also enables user notation of digital images.
The Company noted that FotoMapr's Wi-Fi model (W-100) is designed for use with DSLR cameras supporting SDHC data card storage. Bluetooth wireless (B-100) and cable-connected (C-100) models are also available for use with specific NIKON and Ricoh camera models. Photos geo-tagged with FotoMapr can be uploaded to the industry's leading photo-mapping software including PhotoLink, WindImage, PhotoMapper and can be viewed and mapped using Google Maps and ESRI's ArcGIS GPS data integration systems.
FotoSpot & FotoMapr features, as described by the Company, include:
-Geo-tag digital photos with shot location and direction information
-Adds user notations to digital images (FotoMapr only)
-Camera connection:
-W100 Wi-Fi wireless models - for all digital cameras supporting a SDHC data storage card slot.
-B100 Bluetooth wireless models - for select Nikon and Ricoh cameras.
-C100 corded-connection models - for use with select Nikon cameras.
-Compatible with PhotoLink, WindImage, FoxView and mySnapMap photo software.
-Supports a GPS Tracklog.
-Displays GPS in multiple co-ordinate systems such as MGRS, UTM, Geodetic in decimal or degrees, using magnetic or true north coordinates (FotoMapr).
EKA Technologies, Inc. headquartered in Thousand Oaks, CA, enables workflow for the digital world: providing consumer, professional and OEM products and technologies that integrate geo-positioning data into digital images.
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Summary: BASRA, Iraq: Old pictures hanging on the walls of restaurants show canals flowing through the handsome streets of the southern city of Basra, which Iraqis used to call "The Venice of the Middle East." The present has little resemblance to that colorful past. Now, Basra's crisis-crossed canals are filthy pools of stagnant water filled with heaps of rubbish. Roads are
Aref Mohammed
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BASRA, Iraq: Old pictures hanging on the walls of restaurants show canals flowing through the handsome streets of the southern city of Basra, which Iraqis used to call "The Venice of the Middle East."
The present has little resemblance to that colorful past.
Now, Basra's crisis-crossed canals are filthy pools of stagnant water filled with heaps of rubbish. Roads are damaged and only a few hours of electricity are provided every day to a city where summer temperatures top 50 degrees Celsius (122 F).
Most of Iraq's oil exports come from the fields around Basra, but residents complain they have seen little benefit.
A recent series of huge oil deals that Baghdad struck with global firms to develop its vast reserves has generated much hype as oil and service companies build bases in Iraq's desert.
Basra is struggling to accommodate the tide of activity the deals unleashed. And like the rest of Iraq, it has a long way to go until the anticipated spike in revenue has a noticeable effect on the economy and on people's daily lives.
"When we heard that foreign companies will come to work in Basra, I said to myself, now I will have the chance to prove myself and have a decent job. But later I discovered I was wrong," said 25-year-old Muntadhar Mohammad, a university graduate who holds a bachelors' degree in computer science.
"Iraqi officials know that we dream of having a better life after toppling Saddam, so they started to sell those dreams to us," said Mohammad, who runs an internet cafe in Basra. "But all their promises of having a better life are only a mirage."
More than seven years after the ouster of dictator Saddam Hussein, many Iraqis were betting on the wealth those oil deals could bring to shake off a legacy of violence and poverty after years of sectarian slaughter and economic decline.
To fulfill the promise, Iraq needs to boost its output and export levels to generate the cash needed to rebuild.
"You would need to have first the revenue and second you would need to have the institutional framework to channel the revenue to the proper sectors and to the rest of the population," said Leila Benali, Middle East and Africa director for IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
"And that is something which a lot of exporting countries have struggled with," she said.
Recent protests against crippling power shortages in Basra and other cities, mainly in the deprived Shiite south, highlighted Iraqis' frustrations and the government's failure to provide basic services despite the anticipated oil wealth.
Basra is weary after years of conflict. It was the front line in the war with Iran in the 1980s and more recently was in the grip of feuding Shiite militias, pushed out by US and British-backed Iraqi government troops in 2008.
"Basra is going to have some serious growing pains over the next few years. The infrastructure is not there yet. The process for bringing equipment from Kuwait is opaque and bureaucratic," said Kyle McEneaney, who heads the Middle East practice at Ergo, an emerging markets consultancy.
"Basra is Iraq's second city and commercial link with the world -- still, there aren't a great many places to stay in town."
Despite its dilapidated power and water infrastructure and scarcity of flights in and out of the city, Basra is buzzing, with investors, oil executives, contractors and consultants flooding its few hotels.
The oil deals Baghdad signed with global firms aim to boost crude output capacity to 12 million barrels per day (bpd) from 2.5 million bpd. That could put Iraq at par with oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia and shake the balance of power in the region.
The workload for oil and service companies is unprecedented. Iraq's ability to handle the work, with fragile security, widespread corruption and entrenched bureaucracy, is doubtful.
"There are thousands of tons of iron and cement needed for these contracts. There will be an influx of equipment into the country," said an executive who attended a recent meeting of the oil ministry and foreign companies in Baghdad.
"I don't think they know what they will be dealing with: it's huge."
Iraq has grand plans to rebuild but lacks the funds and would need foreign investment if it wants to meet its ambitious production targets.
Old equipment and decaying pipelines can be seen at the southern fields of Rumaila and Zubair, among those included in the development contracts awarded to global firms such as BP, Royal Dutch Shell, China's CNPC and Italy's Eni.
Oil officials and engineers are trying to stitch together decades-old facilities and pipes while grappling with declining production rates and technical problems at the fields.
Foreign oil firms have a long list of complaints: insecurity; corruption; inconsistent customs procedures and bureaucratic hurdles from getting visas to setting up offices.
A two-day meeting in Baghdad between oil firms and government officials last month produced no clear steps to clear the bottlenecks, executives said.
Complaints about a lack of dock space at Basra's Umm Qasr port prompted Iraq to seek a deal with neighboring Kuwait to open a border crossing to ease the inflow of equipment.
"Iraq is aware of its limitations, and is taking steps to address them, for example, in contracting to upgrade and augment its offshore export terminals," McEneaney said. "But the country certainly has a lot on its plate."
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M2 PRESSWIRE-7 August 2009-Verizon: Kids From Two Queens Groups Have a Date With Mets Players at Citi Field; Verizon to Host Clinic With Players and Coach as Part of Verizon Promo Day at Citi Field News Release(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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NEW YORK -- Thirty lucky youngsters from two Queens organizations will take the field along with two New York Mets players and a coach as part of the Verizon Promo Day at Citi Field on Aug. 15.
The kids, 7 to 12 years old, are from the South Queens Boys and Girls Club in Richmond Hill, and the Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, based in Corona.
Accompanied by their parents or guardians, the kids will receive tips and instructions on hitting, fielding, throwing and base running from two Mets players and a coach; they'll get refreshments after the clinic; and they'll have their pictures taken with the Mets players. After the morning clinic and other activities, they'll attend the Mets game that afternoon against the San Francisco Giants.
"Our students can't wait," said Carol Simon, executive director of the South Queens Boys and Girls Club. "A chance to be on the field at Citi Field with two Mets players is a dream come true for our kids. And we thank Verizon for making it happen."
Said Victoria Williams, executive director of Elmcor: "These kinds of events mean so much to our summer-camp kids. We expect it to be a learning experience and a fun event at the same time. This is a prime example of Verizon giving back to the community."
As part of the Verizon Promo Day, Verizon will hand out magnetic picture frames to the first 25,000 people through the gates for the game.
In addition to the kids' clinic and the giveaways, the winner of the New York Mets - Verizon Summer Sweepstakes will enjoy the game, along with 15 friends, from a luxury box and throw out the first pitch. Through Aug. 5, fans were able to sign up for the sweepstakes at www.mets.com/summersweepstakes .
At every Mets game at Citi Field, fans can visit the Verizon Studio where they can experience the superior picture quality of Verizon's FiOS TV and the speed of FiOS Internet, the only television and Internet services delivered over an all-fiber-optic network straight to customers' homes. At the studio, people can also watch the game on a super-sized 108-inch HD TV and get exclusive ringtones, wallpaper and game highlights delivered directly to their Verizon Wireless phone. The Verizon Studio is located on the field concourse level, adjacent to the right-field bridge.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving more than 87 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations provide converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. Wireline also includes Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of more than 235,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of more than $97 billion.
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MARLBORO, Mass. -- Evergreen Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESLR), a manufacturer of String Ribbon[TM] solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost wafer technology, today announced that it will release its third-quarter 2008 financial results after the market closes on Thursday, October 16, 2008.
Management will conduct a conference call at 5:00 p.m. (ET) that evening. The call will be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by logging on to the "Investors" section of Evergreen Solar's website, www.evergreensolar.com prior to the event.
The call also can be accessed by dialing (888) 221-3915 or (913) 312-0413 (International) prior to the start of the call. For those unable to join the live conference call, a replay will be available from 8:00 p.m. (ET) on October 16 through 8:00 p.m. (ET) on October 23. To access the replay, dial (888) 203-1112 or (719) 457-0820 and refer to confirmation code 5710490.
About Evergreen Solar, Inc.
Evergreen Solar, Inc. develops, manufactures and markets STRING RIBBON[TM] solar power products using its proprietary, low-cost wafer technology. The company's patented wafer manufacturing technology uses significantly less polysilicon than conventional processes. Evergreen Solar's products provide reliable and environmentally clean electric power for residential and commercial applications globally. For more information about the company, please visit www.evergreensolar.com.
Evergreen Solar[R] is a registered trademark and String Ribbon[TM] is a trademark of Evergreen Solar, Inc.
OVH, an Internet-hosting network in France, has selected a Digital Optical Network from Infinera for the network linking its datacenters in Paris and Roubaix, in order to provide its customers scalable and reliable optical capacity.
OVH is known for its reliable network and innovation, including video-over-IP, and quality services at attractive prices, suitable for small and large Web domains. Today, OVH hosts more than 160,000 customers, 600,000 Web sites, and 600,000 domain names, with more than 24,000 servers located in its datacenters.
OVH chose Infinera for the benefits enabled by the technology in the Infinera platform, including Infinera's use of large-scale photonic integrated circuits. The Infinera technology is designed to enable optical networks such as OVH's to deliver more-flexible services and more capacity faster and more efficiently than traditional DWDM systems. The Infinera Digital Optical Network is designed to permit more-rapid network deployment by eliminating the majority of the tedious optical fine-tuning required by traditional analog DWDM systems.
Web 2.0 applications, including video, Internet radio, and the new wave of mobile services, are contributing to growth of the Web-hosting market in France. OVH targeted a solution that would enable it to deploy bandwidth and new services more rapidly. Infinera's "Jus-tin-TAM" program, in which Infinera is committed to delivering client-side modules within 10 days of receipt of order, will enable OVH to add capacity to its network by lighting additional wavelengths and offering services very rapidly.
"We are pleased to bring the benefits of Digital Optical Networking to the French market," said Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh. "OVH is a leader and innovator in delivering innovative web services to French enterprises and consumers, and the Infinera solution is a great fit for Internet content companies, who are dealing with dramatic and unpredictable growth in network traffic. The Infinera solution is designed to offer the flexibility and intelligence to manage that growth quickly and effectively."
Byline: By TOM LATCHEM
A GAY internet millionaire took drugs before somersaulting to his death from a tower block, an inquest was told yesterday.
Gary Frisch, 38 - who founded Gaydar - the world's biggest gay online dating agency - gave a "celebratory" whoop as he leapt from the eighth-floor balcony of his flat.
He had binged all night on horse tranquilliser ketamine and whisky.
His body was found on the pavement outside the luxury pounds 700,000 flats in Battersea, South London, in February.
Darren Morris told Westminster coroner's court how he watched his friend take the Class C drug.
He said: "He started acting strange. As I came into the living room I saw him standing on the balcony.
"He had his hands on the rails and then somersaulted over the top."
Consultant pathologist Dr Peter Wilkins said Gary had "higher than normal" levels of ketamine in his liver and blood.
He said it would "have similar effects to LSD, causing "confusion" and "hallucination".
Coroner Dr Paul Knapman said: "What a terrible tragedy. Here was a man who had not yet reached 40.
He was very successful, very popular but has died as a result of the consequences of drug use."
Verdict: Misadventure
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Students From Anne Arundel, Harford and Howard Counties See 3-D Images; Howard County Council Member Guy Guzzone Will Offer Opening Remarks
LAUREL, Md., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, Discovery Networks and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (APL) are giving more than 100 middle school students from Old Mill Middle School North in Millersville, Havre de Grace Middle School in Havre de Grace, Edgewood Middle School in Edgewood, and Patuxent Valley Middle School in Jessup the chance to discover how and why scientists will take the first-ever three-dimensional images of the sun when they meet with engineers at APL during "Space Academy: STEREO Mission." This Space Academy will take place Friday, April 7, 2006, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at APL, located at 11100 Johns Hopkins Road in Laurel.
Students will learn how the nearly identical STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) observatories will provide the first-ever, 3-D "stereo" images of the sun that scientists will use to study powerful solar eruptions called coronal mass ejections - a major source of magnetic disruptions on Earth and a key component of space weather.
The event also includes a student press conference with space scientists, lunchtime discussions with space engineers, and hands-on science demonstrations. Students will also tour APL's space facilities where the twin observatories were built and tested.
Comcast, Discovery Networks and APL sponsor the "Space Academy" series to take students behind the scenes of actual space missions and introduce them to engineers and scientists who carry out some of NASA's projects. The hands-on, minds-on experience is designed to inspire both students and teachers.
APL, a division of the Johns Hopkins University, manages several NASA missions and has built and launched 62 spacecraft over the past four decades. The Space Academy series was created in 2000 and is sponsored by Comcast, Discovery Networks and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. This is the eleventh such event in the partnership.
About Comcast
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corporation, the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.4 million cable customers, 8.5 million high-speed Internet customers and 1.3 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content.
Comcast's Eastern Division currently serves more than 5.6 million customers along the New York to DC corridor, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia, along with parts of California and Texas. The Eastern Division also founded and manages CN8, The Comcast Network, one of the nation's largest and most honored regional 24-hour diversified television networks, seen by more than seven million homes on the East Coast. The division is based in Oaks, Pennsylvania.
About Discovery Communications
Discovery Communications, Inc. is the leading global real-world media company. Discovery has grown from its core property, the Discovery Channel, first launched in the United States in 1985, to current global operations in 170 countries and territories with nearly 1.4 billion cumulative subscribers. DCI's over 100 networks of distinctive programming represent 27 network entertainment brands, including TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery Kids, Discovery Times Channel, The Science Channel, Military Channel, Discovery Home Channel, Discovery en Espanol, Discovery Kids en Espanol, Discovery HD Theater, FitTV, Discovery Travel & Living (Viajar y Vivir), Discovery Home & Health and Discovery Real Time. DCI's other properties consist of Discovery Education and Discovery Commerce, which operates more than 100 Discovery Channel Stores in the U.S. DCI also distributes BBC America in the United States. DCI's ownership consists of four shareholders: Discovery Holding Company ; Cox Communications, Inc.; Advance/Newhouse Communications; and John S. Hendricks, the Company's Founder and Chairman.
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