Press Release: Segway Inc. Expands Worldwide Market With New Technology Licensing Program

...WowWee Ltd. First to Integrate Segway® Smart Motion™ Technology Into Products...

Building on the success of its technologically innovative Segway® products, Segway Inc. has announced the license of its Segway® Smart Motion™ technology to third-party companies. WowWee Ltd., parent company of WowWee Robotics, is the first company to employ Segway Smart Motion technology with the unveiling of the P.E.A. BOT™– the company’s follow up to the extremely successful Robosapien™ – becoming the talk of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month.

Interviews, photography, review units and further information are available from SegwayEMEAPR@mccint.com.

Press Release: Tallygenicom Website A Breakthrough In Customer Service

TallyGenicom, a leading provider of focused responsive business printers, today announced the launch of its updated website, accessible throughout the globe and localised into ten languages. The new website includes specific industry solution pages for applications in markets such as logistics, retail, education, finance and healthcare. There are comprehensive sections on the company’s range of Impact printer, Mono Laser, Colour Laser, Line Printer and after sales solutions. In addition, the site lists the current availability of consumables and access to exclusive TallyGenicom promotions.

Interviews, photography and further information are all available from MCC International via tallygenicompr@mccint.com.

CAPSCAN TO DEMONSTRATE ON-DEMAND ADDRESSING FOR SALESFORCE.COM AT TFM 2006

...Stand A20, 7th – 8th February 2006, London Olympia...

Capscan, the leading supplier of international address management solutions and data integrity services today announced that the first unveiling of its on-demand address management application for Salesforce.com will take place on stand A20 at Technology for Marketing (TFM) 2006. The application provides Salesforce users with cost-effective access to addresses, business, lifestyle and geographic information within an on-demand environment.

For further information, interviews and images, please contact MCC International/capscanpr@mccint.com

Ipswitch is Picture Perfect for UPPA

...UPPA Chooses Ipswitch WS_FTP Server To Manage Image Database...

Ipswitch, the leading developer of network management, messaging and file transfer solutions, today announced that Universal Pictorial Press & Agency (UPPA) is now using Ipswitch WS_FTP Server to manage its extensive image database.
UPPA is the main trading division of Photoshot Holdings, which runs a photographic archive library, housing over three and a half million images, with a particular interest in entertainment, politics, the law, royalty, business, music and sport. A major part of UPPA’s service is to provide a daily supply of news pictures to UK national newspapers.

Pavilion Technologies And Tata Consultancy Services Establish Global Partnershop To Deliver Manufacturing Solutions

...Combination Addresses Unprecedented Worldwide Demand for Process Optimisation and Control...

Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading global technology services firm, today announced that they have formed a worldwide partnership to deliver Pavilion’s manufacturing solutions worldwide. The strategic partnership provides manufacturers across industries and geographies with best-in-class solutions to improve their manufacturing performance and profitability.

For further information, interviews or images, please contact MCC International/pavilionpr@mccint.com

EU Domain Names For UK Businesses Available From Datanet

...Award Winning Business ISP Given Contract To Supply Sought After Domain Name...

Datanet, the UK’s leading Business ISP, today announced that it is an official registrar for the much sought after .eu domain names. Datanet becomes one of only a handful of UK registrars recognised by EURid, the not-for-profit organisation selected by the European Commission to administer all .eu domain names.

For further information, comment or images please contact MCC International datanetpr@mccint.com

Press Release: Highest Recorded Light-Coupling Efficiency Demonstrated By Joint University Project With Fabrication By Innos

...Novel ‘Dual-Grating Assisted Directional Coupler’ Developed For Nanophotonics...

Innos, the UK’s leading research and development company for innovations in nanoscale technology, has announced results of collaborative research between the universities of Surrey, Southampton and the Politecnico di Bari in Italy. With fabrication by Innos the project has demonstrated the highest recorded coupling efficiency of 55%. The project – funded by EPSRC, Bookham Technology Plc and UniSdirect – has developed a novel method for coupling light from an optical fibre to 200nm thick silicon waveguides in optical communications.

Interviews, photography and further information is available from MCC International/innospr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Capscan Establishes Strategic Partnership With Salesforce.com To Supply Quality Addressing

...Hosted Address Management Application Available For Leading On-Demand Customer Relationship Management Solution...

Capscan, the leading supplier of international address management solutions and data integrity services, today announced that it has developed an on-demand address management application for Salesforce. The application enables complete verification and enhancement of business information within an on-demand environment, ensuring that only complete and accurate address and contact information is added to the Salesforce service.

Interviews, photography and further information is available from MCC International/capscanpr@mccint.com.

Press Release: WiredRed Gets Top Marks at Learning Technologies Show

...Company's Intuitive, Rich Media, Integrated Conferencing eLearning Solutions Tipped To Be Star Of The Show...

WiredRed, the leader in enterprise-scale real-time communication software, today announced that it will be demonstrating its economical eLearning solutions on stand 90 at the Learning Technologies show at Olympia 2, London from 25th to 26th January.

Stand interviews are available from MCC International/wiredredpr@mccint.com.

European PR Network

Here are members of MCC’s EMEA PR network in Barcelona last week, during a tour of the city by Segway HT.


L-R: Erik Fleming (Fresch Fische PR, Germany), Maddalena Pasquali (SCM PR, Italy), Ian Peel (MCC), Curro Rodriguez (Tin Can PR, Spain), Martin Brindley (MCC), Heather Sheldon (Segway USA), Morgan Smith (Segway USA), Hayley Roberts (MCC), Carla Vallone (Segway USA), Jan Eppers (Fresch Fische PR, Germany), Elena Casalini (SCM PR, Italy), Nicola Dallante (Segway Europe).

Press Release: Preferred Strengthens Senior Management Team

...Newly Appointed CEO, Stephen Agar-Hutty Creates A Winning Combination With The Appointment Of Three New Positions In Senior Management...

Preferred, a provider of benefit focused IT managed services, today announced the appointment of Gordon Watson as Chief Technology Officer, Samantha Hinton as Sales Director and Jeremy Miles as Operations Director. The new appointments to an already successful management team welcomes a period of rapid growth for Preferred, as it places itself in a stronger position to help enterprises manage their investment in ICT.

Interviews, photography and further information is available from MCC International/preferredms@mccint.com.

Press Release: DivX Announces Fantastic Four at CES

...Industry Giants Pioneer, JVC, Clarion and Zoran Join DivX Ultra Certified Program...

DivX, Inc. the digital entertainment company that created the popular DivX media format today started off the year with a bang at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with the announcement of four new partnerships with leading technology specialists. These reflected the positive uptake of DivX in a wide range of markets worldwide and signalled a prosperous start to 2006 for the company.

Review copies, additional interviews and photography are all available from MCC International/divxpr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Ethanol Producers Quickly Capitalise On Unprecedented Demand

Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, today announced that it has secured four additional customer commitments for its industry-leading ethanol APC Solution. Companies such as Adkins Energy, Badger State Ethanol and East Kansas Agri-Energy mark the latest group of ethanol manufacturers to deploy Pavilion’s control solution to increase overall productivity and efficiency. More than 14 leading ethanol manufacturers have elected Pavilion’s solutions to achieve emissions compliance, reduce energy costs, increase ethanol production, and enhance product yields.

Interviews, photography and further information are all available from MCC International/tallygenicompr@mccint.com.

News Feature

Belgium's Largest Bank, Fortis, Has Upgraded its Security Infrastructure with Digital Video Solutions from NICE Systems and Siemens Building Technologies

Together with Siemens Building Technologies NICE is providing critical security surveillance for Fortis Bank administration and cash-handling sites. Fortis will replace its current surveillance equipment with NICE's high-quality digital video solutions to achieve superior video quality for detection and decision making and gain Insight from Interactions.

For more information concerning NICE Systems, the latest NiceVision suite, and for photography and interviews with senior figures in the UK and EMEA, please contact MCC International/nicepr@mccint.com.

Press Release: TallyGenicom Appoints Peter Laplanche As New MD

TallyGenicom, a leading provider of focused, responsive business printers, today announced that it has appointed Peter Laplanche as its new UK and Northern Europe Managing Director. Following a restructure of the business this year with a centralisation of its Northern European business processes, Peter will operate from TallyGenicom’s Basingstoke Headquarters to further develop the company’s already impressive customer service operation.

Interviews, photography and further information are all available from MCC International/tallygenicompr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Exosect Reveals Results of Innovative Pest Control Trials in Macedonian Vineyards

...Use of Exosex Sexual Confusion Technique reduces Insecticide Sprays in Vineyard by over 75%...

Exosect, a leading technology provider of environmentally conscious insect pest control, today announced the results of a recent trial of its innovative pheromone based mating disruption system, Exosex GBM, in vineyards in the Republic of Macedonia to control the European Grape Berry Moth pest (Lobesia botrana). This pest affects grape wine production all over the world, with 3 million acres of crops destroyed by grape pests annually, the equivalent of 1.3 billion gallons of wine.

Further information on Exosect – including interviews, demonstrations, users stories and customer site visits – is available from MCC International/exosectpr@mccint.com

Press Release: Analyst Firm DMG Names NICE Systems #1 in Quality Management and Liability Recording

...DMG Consulting joins top analysts in unanimously ranking NICE marketshare leader...

Ra'anana, Israel, January 11, 2006 - - NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE), the global provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions(tm) to drive performance, today announced that a report by DMG Consulting LLC, a leading analyst firm, has named NICE as the market leader in the contact center quality management and liability recording. DMG cites NICE as the market leader with a 32.7% majority marketshare worldwide. Updated report follows on recent rankings by top industry analysts, including Datamonitor and Frost and Sullivan, each naming NICE as the marketshare leader globally overall and in each geography.

Press Release: Innos and the University of Southampton Complete First Eindhoven Fabrication Process

“Nano-patterning Towards The Development of Silicon Surfaces That Do Not Reflect Light”

Innos, the UK’s leading research and development company for innovations in nanoscale technology, and the Nanoscale Systems Integration Group (NSI), today revealed how it is possible to accurately pattern layers of resist using e-beam direct write, with accuracies of a few tens of nanometres. The Supergen consortium EPSRC funded project is the first fabrication process to be completed by Innos, since signing an agreement with Philips to have full access to its MiPlaza facility in Eindhoven, following the Southampton fire on 30th October 2005.

Interviews with Innos, photography and further information are available from MCC International, innospr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Pavilion Technologies and Thermo Electron Combine Technology and Expertise For Strategic Partnership in Pharmaceutical Industry

...Market Leaders Deliver High-value “Analyser-to-Control” Solution to Support PAT Programs...

Pavilion Technologies, a world leader in advanced process control (APC) and environmental compliance solutions, and Thermo Electron, a world leader in analytical instruments, today announced a worldwide strategic joint marketing agreement to deliver complete solutions of software, process analysers and consulting services to meet the pharmaceutical industry’s Process Analytical Technology (PAT) needs. Available immediately, the offering is intended to serve as a ‘one-stop shop’ for pharmaceutical customers seeking proven, best-of-breed technology solutions from analysers to multivariate data analysis to model-predictive control.

Interviews, photography and further information are available from MCC International, pavilionpr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Exosect And Dow Agrosciences Form Global Collaboration To Deliver New Range Of Pest Management Solutions

...Innovative Targeted Solutions To Manage Pests And Reduce Pesticide Burden On Environment...

Exosect, a leading technology provider of environmentally-conscious insect pest control, announced today it has entered into a two-year joint product development agreement with Dow AgroSciences LLC to produce a range of insect pest control applications for use on fruit, vine, nuts, and forestry crops as well as several non-crop sectors such as ants, termites and public health. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Further information on Exosect - including interviews, demonstrations, users stories and customer site visits - is available from MCC International, exosectpr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Entertainment Veteran Christopher Mcgurk Joins DivX Board of Directors

...Former MGM and Universal Executive Brings Valuable Strategic Experience to Leading Digital Entertainment Company...

DivX, Inc. the company that created the revolutionary, patent-pending DivX(r) video compression technology, today announced that Christopher McGurk has joined the company's board of directors. McGurk, who most recently served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, brings a wealth of high-level executive experience in the entertainment industry to DivX, Inc.

Review copies, additional interviews and photography are all available from MCC International, divxpr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Ipswitch Launches WhatsUp Professional 2006 For High- Performance, Easy-To-Use Network and Applications Management

...New Product Defined By SMEs Seeking A Sophisticated Solution In An Easy-To-Use, Low Total Cost Of Ownership Form...

Ipswitch, Inc., the leading developer of network management, messaging and file transfer solutions, today announced the availability of WhatsUp® Professional 2006 and WhatsUp® Professional 2006 Premium Edition. An innovative new solution in the company's long-established WhatsUp product family, WhatsUp Professional 2006 Premium Edition delivers application management as well as enhanced network management and monitoring features. In combination with the product's expanded reporting functions, additional standards compliance support and expanded notification options, these features elevate this offering above any competitive entry anywhere in today's marketplace.

Review copies, interviews, screen shots and information for all Ipswitch products are available from MCC International, Ipswitchpr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Exosex Mating Disruption Technique for Agricultural Pests Approved By US Organic Materials Review Institute

Exosect, a leading technology provider of environmentally-conscious insect pest control, today announced it has received organic verification from the US based Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI)- for five of its products.

The products in question represent the breakthrough process of mating disruption via sexual confusion for the following agricultural pests:

- Codling Moth (product: Exosex CM(tm))
- Grape Berry Moth (product: Exosex GMB(tm))
- Oriental Fruit Moth (product: Exosex OFM(tm))
- Peach Twig Borer (product: Exosex PTB(tm))
- Tomato Pin Worm (product: Exosex TPW(tm))

Further information on Exosect - including interviews, demonstrations, users stories and customer site visits - is available from MCC International via exosectpr@mccint.com.

Press Release: Ipswitch Reveals Spam was A Surprise Present In Over Half Of Emails Over the Christmas Period

Ipswitch, the leading developer of network management, messaging and
file transfer solutions, today announced that the percentage of all
email received that was spam over the Christmas period has fallen from
74% to 57% in the latest survey exclusively undertaken by the company.
Ipswitch last analysed the percentage of spam in August where the figure
was 17% higher. The survey shows a welcome relief for UK businesses from
the nuisance of spam, however points to the trend that spammers are now
moving to other arenas such as instant messaging and blogging.

Review copies, interviews, screen shots and information for all Ipswitch
products are available from MCC International via ipswitchpr@mccint.com.

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