Sunday, August 31, 2008

City appreciative of provincial commitment to Centre for Innovation

Ottawa Start (press release) - Ottawa,ON,Canada =93I am pleased the Ontario government has recognized the important role the Centre for Innovation will play in the future growth and development of our city ...

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Launch of US--EU Match Network Enhances Transatlantic Innovation ...

MarketWatch - USA "By creating a network in the United States and linking it to the Enterprise Europe Network, we will significantly enhance transatlantic innovation and ...

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Innovation the key to success in fast-moving worldwide economy

Scotsman - United Kingdom By George Boag =93INNOVATION, innovation, innovation=94 has become the latest mantra for every organisation. But innovation has long been a feature in ...

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Saturday, August 30, 2008

Gore: 'We need to invest in American innovation'

Detroit Free Press - United States AP =95 August 28, 2008 DENVER =97 Former Vice President Al Gore is telling Democratic Party convention delegates that John McCain=92s election as president would ...

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IBM Breaks Performance Records Through Systems Innovation

MarketWatch - USA IBM has a decades-long proven track record in system innovation including the memory chip, the hard disk drive and the relational database. ...

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Impending Generic Competition Forces Innovation in Alzheimer's ...

MarketWatch - USA Meanwhile, several patents for Alzheimer's treatments are approaching expiration, and developers are working on innovations in anticipation of impending ...

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Internet Innovation Alliance to Host Internet Booth and Cyber ...

MarketWatch - USA Bruce Mehlman, Co-Chairman of the Internet Innovation Alliance will be on hand throughout the week to meet and speak with media and any others who request ...

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Innovation review delivered to Government

Australian IT - Australia A FEDERAL Government-backed review that details the state of innovation and research and development spend in Australia has finally been delivered to ...

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NASA and AARP Celebrate 50 Years of Inspiration, Innovation and ...

MarketWatch - USA In addition to the opening ceremony presentation, NASA will have a substantial presence at the Expo to showcase some of the Agency's various innovations and ...

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Around the Web 8.29.08: Comcast cap, Dell drop, innovation issues

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA CNet -- Military might: The key to Silicon Valley innovation has been military spending. Techdirt -- Blame game: But Silicon Valley faces an innovation ...

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Potential innovation: Talking replays

USA Today - USA By Michael Hiestand, USA TODAY Until, of course, you see something new and wonder why nobody thought of it before since it's just so darn obvious. ...

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Comcast=92s Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?

ZDNet - USA Innovation has prospered by the exponential growth in technologies such as chips, storage capacity and Internet speeds. Now, that very growth could face a ...

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New design shows innovation

Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA BY DANIEL GOLDBERG : The Herald-Sun CHAPEL HILL -- A month after being collectively underwhelmed by a rendering of the Innovation Center, UNC Trustees got ...

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Spigit Powers ThinkBalm(TM) Innovation Community

MarketWatch - USA PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug 28, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Spigit, the market leader in Enterprise Innovation and Idea Management software, today announced ...

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Apriso Earns 2008 Manufacturing Innovation Insight Award

MarketWatch - USA "The list of entries--and obviously the final list of winners--proved that the spirit of innovation is alive and well in the manufacturing and distribution ...

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Innovation & International Jury for the Second Edition of the ...

MarketWatch - USA PARIS, Aug 28, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- For the second consecutive year MIPIM Asia, the world's property market in Asia-Pacific, will host the MIPIM Asia ...

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2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series developers given recognition

Phones Review - Yateley,Hampshire,UK Nokia has extended recognition to the initial group of mobile application developers in Nokia=92s 2008 Forum Nokia Innovations Series program which has been ...

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Benefitfocus Launches Quarterly Engineering Summit to Promote and ...

IT News Online - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India CHARLESTON, SC, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Benefitfocus(R), the largest healthcare benefits software provider in the US, today began a new Engineering Summit ...

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Innovation in technology stimulates economic growth

BuaNews Online (press release) - Cape Town,South Africa By Bathandwa Mbola Johannesburg -Innovation in the world of science and technology is important in stimulating shared economic growth, says Deputy President ...

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Fiserv MyMoney Banking Application Built on Facebook Platform ...

MarketWatch - USA Now in its sixth year, The Banker Technology Awards seeks to identify and celebrate excellence and innovation in all areas of banking technology. ...

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Innovation Place gets green recognition

StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada Innovation Place is Canada's second-greenest workplace, says the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC). IPAC awarded Innovation Place second ...

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The Open Source Innovation Challenge

Cryptome.org - USA We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity in conjunction with the DNI Open Source Conference 2008: 'The Open Source Innovation Challenge. ...

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Avnet Names Greg Frazier to Lead Global Business Innovation

MarketWatch - USA In this new role, Frazier will be responsible for driving profitable growth through structured business innovation for both of Avnet's operating groups and ...

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

SPOT Satellite Messenger Receives 2008 Field & Stream Best of the ...

MarketWatch - USA Hundreds of products undergo rigorous field testing each year and are judged on criteria including significance of innovation, the quality of the design and ...

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Confusion reigns over IT services innovation

IT PRO - London,England,UK Companies using outsourced IT services have found that confusion reigns when it comes to innovation, according to research. By Miya Knights, 27 Aug 2008 at ...

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Novelis Appoints Tadeu Nardocci to Lead Global Innovation ...

FOXBusiness - USA Novelis Inc. today announced that Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci has been appointed to the newly created position of Senior Vice President -- Innovation, ...

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Innovation in Animal Telemetry Monitoring: Single Transmitter ...

MarketWatch - USA COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, Aug 27, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- ADInstruments Inc. and business partner Telemetry Research today introduced telemetry systems ...

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Novelis Appoints Tadeu Nardocci to Lead Global Innovation ...

MarketWatch - USA He will be particularly focused on achieving corporate goals in the areas of innovation, customer focus and productivity. "With his fine record as a ...

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ForeScout Joins McAfee Security Innovation Alliance

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK 27 -- ForeScout Technologies, a leader in access control and compliance solutions today announced that it has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance ...

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Australian Wool Innovation Unveils New Corporate Identity and ...

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is pleased to unveil its new corporate identity and brand portfolio marking a milestone in the ...

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PA Corrections Department Earns National Innovation Award

MarketWatch - USA HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug 26, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Council of State Governments recently awarded its Innovation Award to the Pennsylvania ...

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Green tech reward program: Intel will recognize innovation that ...

ZDNet - USA ... the Inspire Empower Challenge, which will reward technological innovation as applied to education, health care, economic development or the environment. ...

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CompTIA Hosts SME Innovation Seminar at 2008 APEC Ministerial in Peru

MarketWatch - USA The seminar, representing broad views on how to nurture and boost SME innovation through technology, aims to provide APECs 21 economies with a roadmap ...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Purdue Research Park OfficialsBreak Ground on Center to House ...

MarketWatch - USA Innovation Center, which is a partnership between the Purdue Research Foundation and South Bend-based Holladay properties, will provide 45000 square feet of ...

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In Jugaad land: We have an innate innovation streak worth nurturing

MyNews.in - Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India The good news is that we now believe we have an innate innovation streak and that it is something worth nurturing. The world over, businesses are obsessing ...

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Cyber-Ark Joins the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance

MarketWatch - USA "Cyber-Ark is excited to be a part of the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance program," said Udi Mokady, president and chief executive officer of Cyber-Ark ...

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Quadrem to Present Educational Sessions on Innovation and Risk ...

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK Participants will be among the first to hear Rio Tinto's Head of Innovation, John McGagh , present a groundbreaking plan to develop the mine of the future. ...

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Catbird Joins the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance

MarketWatch - USA "We are delighted to add Catbird to the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance," said Joe Gottlieb, vice president of corporate strategy and technology ...

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UDR's Commitment to Innovation Continues to Deliver Operational ...

MarketWatch - USA DENVER, Aug 25, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- UDR announced today that it continues to reap the benefits of ongoing innovations in technology, including new web, ...

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Index shows first-quarter jump in state's innovation activity

Crain's Detroit Business - Detroit,MI,USA By Chad Halcom Innovation and entrepreneurial spirit may be on a comeback in Michigan for 2008 after last year's turmoil in the local business climate, ...

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Research, innovation and business development...

Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom Building stronger outcomes from R&D, innovation and enterprise is easier to envisage than deliver: however, delivery is what is needed.

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Innovation and energy initiatives bring big gains

Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA The Hawaii Innovation Initiative is focused on building on the intellectual capacity of our workforce and students so that Hawaii is a place for innovative ...

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Couple's innovation a cost-saver

Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA By JILLIAN E. KESNER A Bunker Hill couple put their technology and engineering skills to work with the potential to save the Berkeley County school system ...

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Phase 2 Brings Innovation to the Software as a Service Market With ...

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK Made with Microsoft's Visual Studio this innovation allows for more effective code administration for businesses around the world. With the team foundation ...

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Thirst for oil feeds Oman innovation

Boston Globe - United States By Ellen Knickmeyer HARWEEL OIL FIELDS, Oman - Sirens and air monitors surround the more-than-$1 billion oil installation rising off the flat, rock-strewn ...

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Refinery uses innovation to drive energy conservation

Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya To drive the innovation goal, Bidco has established an energy management policy that ensures re-design and implementation of its energy efficiency ...

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America's challenge is to turn innovation into jobs here at home

Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA Innovation means introducing new products or improved methods of completing a task. It can be a stronger, lighter composite material for racing yachts, ...

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Innovation steamrolls old industry

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA The economist Joseph Schumpeter called all this "creative destruction" -- the way old industries and obsolete jobs get pushed aside by innovation. ...

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Innovation soars at air show

Albany Democrat Herald - Albany,OR,USA By Jennifer Moody Karen and Alan Dierksen of Lebanon used to fly all over in their Long EZ, an experimental aircraft they built themselves in 1984. ...

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Unmasking Microsoft's innovation scam

Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA Microsoft argues that integrating new features such as MediaPlayer into its operating system is innovation. That's untrue - and should be illegal. ...

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Toshiba's Strata CIX1200 Receives 'Outstanding Innovation' Award

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA (TMC) named Toshiba's Strata CIX1200 IP business communication system a 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner, presented by Internet Telephony magazine. ...

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Internet researcher warns innovation lagging

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA Estrin, an early Internet researcher who once served as chief technology officer for Cisco Systems, has written a book, "Closing the Innovation Gap," in ...

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Does regulation undermine financial innovation?

TPM - New York,NY,USA The suggestion is that banning certain financial products (perhaps just the ones that frequently result in foreclosure) stifles financial innovation in a ...

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YMI Receives Intel 1st place Server Innovation Award for 2008

PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA Yang Ming International Corporation announced today that it received a 1st place award in the server innovation category for its B410PT blade server and ...

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The Challenges of Innovation

BusinessWeek - USA by Irving Wladawsky-Berger In most companies, just about all the cards are stacked against the nurturing of innovation, especially the kinds of new ideas ...

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Innovation comes with collaboration

Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA We need more of a social, free-market way for American innovation and job creation. The founding of Google, Apple Computer and Microsoft by teams of people ...

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Award for mobile security innovation gets even more people talking ...

Emailwire - USA We are excited to receive recognition for our technological innovation in this area. As the demand for mobile devices continues to grow, ...

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Independent IT Industry Analysts Launch ThinkBalm=99 Innovation ...

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA ThinkBalm=99 today announced the immediate availability of a new online innovation community dedicated to advancement of the Immersive Internet. ...

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Rollins No. 1 for fourth straight year in college rankings

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA 7 in the new up-and-coming category, which recognizes colleges that create interest due to progress or innovation in academics, campus life or facilities. ...

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A tech lover's call for innovation

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA I hope that innovation, that simple premise that we see so little of today, will lead this industry forward and become the cornerstone of its development ...

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Sony=92s PCS-XG80 wins innovation award

AV Interactive - UK Sony Professional Solutions Europe is celebrating winning the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award for its PCS-XG80 HD videoconferencing system, ...

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Michigan Innovation Equipment Depot Launches Next Phase of ...

MarketWatch - USA ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug 21, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ann Arbor SPARK, the region's driving force of innovation and economic development, ...

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UCF Recognized for Innovation, Value in Best Colleges Ranking

University of Central Florida - Orlando,FL,USA 22, 2008 UCF ranks seventh in the new "Up-and-Coming" category for national universities that are "tops for innovation." US News & World Report has named ...

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Carnegie Mellon's Greg Ganger receives Innovation Research Award

EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA PITTSBURGH=97 Carnegie Mellon University was selected as one of 34 universities worldwide to receive the 2008 HP Innovation Research Award, which is designed ...

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Friday, August 22, 2008

ATRI & FHWA Receive ITE Award for Technology Research Innovation

MarketWatch - USA ARLINGTON, Va., Aug 20, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) ...

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Buenos Aires Media Summit Focuses on Technology and Social Innovation

MarketWatch - USA ... bloggers and social entrepreneurs will meet in Buenos Aires this fall for a regional summit focused on business and social innovation. ...

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Thunderbird challenges students to develop 'sustainable innovation'

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA The winning team will receive $20000 and the title of "Global Champions of Sustainable Innovation." Last year's teams -- which are made up of three to five ...

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Developing India in the field of innovation and technology

Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India Efforts are on to develop India as a strong international partner in the field of innovation and technology as well as entrepreneurship. ...

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Mullen Names Innovation Chief

Adweek - New York,NY,USA BOSTON Matt Fischvogt has joined Interpublic Group's Mullen in Wenham, Mass., in the new post of cd, innovation and integration. ...

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Indian banking System: Epitome of continuous innovation

Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India By Atul Subhash Hanamante The banking system in India has created a niche for itself in the current competitive global arena where adoption of new and ...

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The Natural Conference to Join Forces with Software AG's ...

MarketWatch - USA Formerly known as Integration World, Innovation World is Software AG's annual global conference for Adabas, Natural, CentraSite and webMethods users, ...

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Internet Innovation Alliance to Host Internet Booth and Cyber ...

MarketWatch - USA Larry Irving, Co-Chairman of the Internet Innovation Alliance, will be on hand throughout the week to meet and speak with media and interested parties who ...

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Innovation policy: not just a jumbo shrimp

Nature.com (subscription) - London,England,UK Innovation policy could be seen as an oxymoron. Like an 'open secret', or 'jumbo shrimp' =97 which the late comedian George Carlin compared to 'military ...

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Innovation falls as it halts acquisition

Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom By Rupert Neate Shares in Innovation group, which provides software solutions for the insurance industry, fell by more than 20pc after management warned ...

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Verizon Technology Chief Urges Sound Policy and Industry ...

MarketWatch - USA 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The information and communications sectors are experiencing one of the greatest periods of innovation in their history, as entrepreneurs ...

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Mixed fortunes hurt Innovation

Financial Times - London,England,UK By Rob Minto Shares in Innovation Group tumbled more than 20 per cent as the provider of software and outsourcing to the insurance industry issued a mixed ...

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Hurdles pile up for Innovation Group

Times Online - UK Shares in Innovation Group dived more than 20 per cent yesterday after the company said that annual profits would be =A32 million lower than forecast, ...

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Intel CEO kicks off IDF with call for social-minded innovation

Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA The ideas will be judged largely on innovation and sustainability. "It was a thoughtful piece, focusing on what technology can do rather than focusing on ...

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Kawasaki to Provide Secrets of Innovation to Online Lead Generators

MarketWatch - USA VIENNA, VA, Aug 20, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Visionary entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki will deliver the keynote speech on "The Art of Innovation," topping ...

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CosmoCom Honored for Contact Center Innovation

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA "CosmoCom prides itself on innovations with a purpose: to optimize communication between organizations and their customers," said Ari Sonesh, ...

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Discover a Breakthrough Venue of Innovation at ... Taipei INVENT 2008

MarketWatch - USA This event unfolds across the three theme zones: the Competition Pavilion, Technology Innovation Pavilion and Technomart, and the 2008 National Invention ...

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WBS Connect: Innovation is Key to Success in the IP Networking ...

TMCnet - USA As long as the battle continues, we all win, as the entire industry has to push the envelope on innovation. RT: What do you think the communications market ...

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Innovation economics: Fund new technology for more jobs

SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA The president of the nonprofit group Information Technology and Innovation Foundation calls on US leaders to implement innovation economics to create new ...

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Innovation Group cautions on FY as credit tightens

Reuters UK - UK Aug 19 (Reuters) -British software company Innovation Group Plc (TIG.L: Quote, Profile, Research) needs to close "a number of commercial arrangements" in ...

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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Noninvasive Medical Technologies for ...

MarketWatch - USA For the most part, patient monitoring is a mature market space that requires innovation in monitoring techniques in order to achieve growth. ...

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While the CIO was sleeping, enterprises look elsewhere for innovation

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA A stability-focused, risk-averse stance based upon big vendor dependence forces non-IT organizations to look elsewhere for innovation.

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Infineon's Bauer calls for innovation, cost control

EETimes.com - USA According to the Infineon CEO, innovation can be achieved best in close contact to customers in order to understand better the added value the chip vendor ...

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Innovation Group Falls Most Since 2002; Forecast Isn't Met Yet

Bloomberg - USA 19 (Bloomberg) -- Innovation Group Plc, a UK maker of software for insurers including Aviva Plc, plunged the most in almost six years in London trading ...

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Innovation shares crash on profit warning

Times Online - UK Shares in Innovation Group crashed by 23 per cent today after the company warned of a =A31 million cut in profit as a result of integration costs. ...

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Toshiba Awarded Internet Telephony=92s 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA The TMC Labs Innovation Awards are awarded to products that demonstrate groundbreaking contributions to the industry and honor products that display ...

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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Waters Corporation for Its Pioneering ...

MarketWatch - USA Clearly, SYNAPT HDMS is a breakthrough technology that makes innovation and discoveries possible. Waters' dedication to innovation is obvious through its ...

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Finland's Tekes to set up innovation centre in India

Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India Finland's state-run technology research and innovation funding agency Tekes is planning to open an innovation centre in India to tap the vast human resource ...

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Exact Software Named Winner in 2008 Manufacturing Business ...

StreetInsider.com (subscription) - Birmingham,MI,USA The awards celebrate IT-based innovations in manufacturing and the supply chain in two separate categories: Process and Product. ...

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

Working Knowledge - Cambridge,MA,USA HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, who developed the theory of disruptive innovation, joins colleagues Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson to advocate ...

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Packaging firms benefit as government invests =A320m in innovation

packagingnews.co.uk - UK Bangor University will lead the project with partners Ciba UK, the Co-operative Group, C-Tech Innovation, Farmcare, Imperial College London, ...

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Soffront Receives 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award

MarketWatch - USA "We are pleased to receive this prestigious award recognizing innovation," said Manu Das, Soffront president and founder. "Since 1992, we have continued to ...

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Nonprofit leader sees high-tech innovation as economic driver

Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA Rob Atkinson believes in =91innovation economics=92 and is trying to persuade policy-makers to support more funding and tax incentives for advanced technology, ...

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SunGard=92s Ambit and AvantGard Launch Innovation Awards for Banks ...

Creditman - UK London, UK =96 August 18th, 2008 =96 Nominations are now being accepted for the newly launched innovation awards which have been created to recognize banks and ...

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Finding true innovation by surprise

ZDNet Asia - Asia By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia newsmaker Innovation can often come unexpectedly, so researchers should be given the freedom and opportunity to explore new ideas ...

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Innovation is the key to improving your business

Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom In the current economic climate, innovation is more important than ever as it can result in significant efficiency gains as well as new markets and new ...

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Tackling the challenges of tech innovation

ZDNet UK - UK 'Innovation' has been thrown around so often in technology circles that to some, it's a four-letter word. At one tech company, innovation can mean bringing ...

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Innovation 2008: Is the Tide Turning?

Budapest Times - Hungary "Companies remain staunch believers in the importance of innovation,=94 said BCG Senior Partner James P. Andrew, lead author of the report. ...

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In China, Microsoft eyes innovation

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA Innovation can often come unexpectedly, so researchers should be given the freedom and opportunity to explore new ideas, says the head of Microsoft's ...

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Monday, August 18, 2008

GM marks 100 years of luxury, innovation, power

Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA By Scott Burgess From the time Billy Durant helped eliminate the crank starter to when the General helped the world clean up its act by installing catalytic ...

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Innovation is key to economic growth, analyst argues

Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA He calls this approach "innovation economics," and he's on a campaign to convert policymakers by showing them how new technologies can turbocharge growth. ...

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Highlands' July Unemployment Rate Jumps To 7.8 Percent

Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA TALLAHASSEE - Highlands County's unemployment rate jumped to 7.8 percent in July, according to the Agency For Workforce Innovation. ...

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Back on the sheep's back

The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia The following day, he suited up for a flash function on Sydney's waterfront to launch the new Australian Wool Innovation logo. ''It felt like about minus 10 ...

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Science Technology and Innovation : Trident Space & Defense ...

Prudent Press Agency (press release) - Den Haag,Netherlands (Prudent Press Agency)---TORRANCE, Calif.--Trident Space & Defense, (formerly a division of TRW) will be exhibiting its Triton Series of ruggedized Solid ...

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Innovation Prize for Reuse Design (DUH/Kisorsky)

The Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA That's why innovations and creativity in the glass container industry are important. We wish to acknowledge creativity in the field of reuseable designs, ...

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Finnish agencies mull innovation centre

Hindu - Chennai,India HELSINKI (FINLAND): Leading Finnish funding agencies and research organisations are planning to open an innovation centre in India that would focus on the ...

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Couple=92s innovation a cost-saver

Martinsburg Journal - Martinsburg,WV,USA By Jillian E. Kesner / Journal Staff Writer Sharon Dove, the school technologist at Hedgesville High School attended a Teacher Leadership Institute in ...

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Science, Technology and Innovation : Inforum 2008: Customers Will ...

SkyNewswire.com (press release) - Rotterdam,Netherlands Subsequent speakers will elaborate on Infor=92s specific development plans and provide a glimpse =93under the hood=94 of the innovations users can expect from ...

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Sunday, August 17, 2008

Bosch Salutes Heritage and Innovation of Automotive Industry

PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA Demonstrating its leadership and commitment to innovation, Bosch spends more than $4 billion a year globally for research and development, and applies for ...

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Shining a light on innovation

Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton,ON,Canada Loutfy, 64, is now director of the university's Xerox Centre for Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation, which oversees graduate students as they learn ...

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=46rom briquettes to Buicks, automotive pioneers spur innovation

San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA By LARRY PRINTZ Many great car companies started as the result of one man's determination. But just because these great men created automotive empires, ...

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How to Spark Innovation

BusinessWeek - USA Why is it so hard to stimulate innovation inside big corporations, while at the same time VCs are awash in innovative business plans and people? ...

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PM: Foreigners want our skilled workers and innovation

Malaysia Star - Malaysia SHAH ALAM: A big flow of foreign investments into Malaysia, especially in Penang and Johor, is seen as reflecting a growing interest among investors to use ...

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Rackable Systems Management Adjusts Key Roles

TMCnet - USA "These organizational appointments reflect our focus on core innovation and key industry relationships," said Mark J. Barrenechea, president and CEO of ...

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Florida unemployment rate rises South Florida Business Journal

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA ... have easy access to the wide variety of workforce services available,=94 said Monesia T. Brown, director of the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...

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Innovation: It's all in how you see it

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA Innovation" has been thrown around so often in technology circles that to some, it's a four-letter word. At one tech company, innovation can mean bringing a ...

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Innovation calling that old home phone

Chicago Tribune - United States By Wailin Wong | Chicago Tribune reporter Cable companies and wireless carriers are trying to reinvent residential phone service, pumping fresh life and new ...

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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Unions, industry reject Bracks review tariff cut call

ABC Online - Australia Minister for Industry and Innovation Senator Kim Carr says all the suggestions will be considered carefully. "The Government will respond to those ideas in ...

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Inflation spurs innovation

Malaysia Star - Malaysia BY DALJIT DHESI PETALING JAYA: Escalating inflation is prompting banks to aggressively roll out innovative promotions to strengthen their deposit base. ...

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Government invests =A320m in tech innovation

VNUNet.com - UK The TSB is a body established by the government to support innovation in technology. Chief executive of the Technology Strategy Board Iain Gray said, ...

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Bracks to deliver industry report

Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia The long-awaited review of Australia's car industry by former Victorian premier Steve Bracks will be released in Melbourne. Mr Bracks' report, which was ...

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Want a 'culture of innovation'? Fund our artists

Globe and Mail - Canada And so the Chr=E9tien Liberals resolved to create a "culture of innovation" through multibillion-dollar investments into the Canada Foundation for Innovation ...

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HP Selects 41 Professors for Innovation Research Awards

RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the 41 professors it has selected to receive its HP Labs Innovation Research Awards (http:// ...

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HP Labs' Latest Innovation Research Awards

San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA HP Labs has granted 41 awards to professors in universities around the world to work on what everybody hopes will be breakthrough technology. ...

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The future of IT: No big bangs, information everywhere

CNET News - San Francisco,CA,USA There's plenty of technological innovation headed to the enterprise in the coming years, but don't expect any new game changers on the order of Internet or ...

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Bill Gates' Speech @ Microsoft Research Asia 10th Anniversary ...

Cnet Asia - San Francisco,CA,USA Bill Gates visited Hong Kong in the past week and gave a speech and held discussions at the Microsoft Reasearch Asia 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum held ...

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Recognizing Excellence and Leadership in Innovation

mediacaster - Toronto,Canada Leading-edge innovators, entrepreneurs or companies in Ontario that symbolize the province's growing culture of innovation and entrepreneurship can receive ...

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Friday, August 15, 2008

Nokia Recognizes First 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series Developers

Your Communication News (press release) - Aberdeen,UK The first eight developers recognized in the 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series cleared multiple selection hurdles over the course of the past year as part ...

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HP Selects 41 Professors for Innovation Research Awards

MarketWatch - USA To stay competitive, the technology industry has to have internal and external innovation paths," said Henry Chesbrough, author of three books on open ...

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Ministers want advice on care service innovation

Caring Business - London,UK The Government is asking voluntary and community services, such as those running care homes, how they can boost innovation in this =91third sector=92. ...

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Manufacturing Business Technology Announces First Annual ...

MarketWatch - USA All of the Innovation Insight Awards recipients are spotlighted in feature stories in the July/August issue of Manufacturing Business Technology magazine, ...

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Innovation must drive car industry

Adelaidenow - Australia There are suggestions the application of the Green Car Innovation Fund will be extended. This is the sort of initiative to be applauded, provided it is not ...

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White Horse Studios Produces Audio for Nike's 'House of Innovation ...

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA White Horse Studios produced the audio segments for Nike's interactive tour "House of Innovation" at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. ...

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Scottish Government plan 10 million-funded innovation prize

PublicTechnology.net - UK The development of the largest Scottish Government innovation prize will reflect the views of a range of Scotland's energy experts, Jim Mather said ...

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Cyber Innovation Center backers: It's business as usual

Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA By Drew Pierson =95 dpierson@gannett.com =95 August 14, 2008 Officials with the Cyber Innovation Center, to be built in Bossier City, said Wednesday that news ...

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Kettering University Unveils New Minor in Innovation and ...

MarketWatch - USA "The new minor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship gives students a further 'leg up' as they develop key e-ship skills while an undergraduate. ...

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Manufacturers=92 association seeks award nominations

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA Company Prosperity awards will be given in the categories of =93Innovation,=94 =93Corporate Citizenship=94 and =93Advocacy.=94 Employee Prosperity awards will be given ...

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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Arvin Innovation On Track For Stock Listing With Nine Months

CNNMoney.com - USA -(Dow Jones)- Arvin Innovation Inc., the car-parts business being spun off from ArvinMeritor Inc. (ARM), is now operating as an independent unit and will ...

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Room For Innovation As Shipping Costs Soar

CBS News - New York,NY,USA A lot more money is going into shipping goods -- because it's costing a lot more to fill up fuel tanks. So some retailers are trying green technologies or ...

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Radware's SIP Director Awarded INTERNET TELEPHONY's 2008 TMC Labs ...

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK "We're proud to reward Radware's hard work with a TMC Labs Innovation Award this year." "Our product stems from 10 years of experience developing innovative ...

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Expert on innovation says Aust needs radical change

ABC Online - Australia ELEANOR HALL: A key international advisor on the Federal Government's national review of innovation is warning that Australia has only a small window of ...

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Peoplesafe in Housebuilding Innovation Awards

ITNews - Roma,Italy Rocksure Systems in association with leading housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious Housebuilding Innovation Awards ...

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Braintech Acquires SHAFI Companies in Stock-for-Stock Transaction ...

MarketWatch - USA has acquired 100 percent of the ownership of SHAFI Inc. and 80 percent of the ownership of SHAFI Innovation Inc. (together SHAFI). ...

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Nokia Recognizes First 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series Developers

MarketWatch - USA today extended recognition to the initial group of exceptional mobile application developers in its 2008 Forum Nokia Innovation Series program, ...

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Array of businesses want to demonstrate they show innovation

WalesOnline - United Kingdom STRONG interest has been reported for a new awards event which aims to showcase the best in innovation in the economy. The Wales Innovation Awards is being ...

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Gates: Privacy an 'interesting challenge'

ZDNet Asia - Asia But, it is a hardware innovation that will make mobiles more accessible for high-end functions. Amid developments in phone processors and mobile ...

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SSTI Appoints Four Distinguished Leaders to Board

MarketWatch - USA Representing government, higher education and industry sectors, the new appointees are: -- Catherine Renault, director, Office of Innovation in the Maine ...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

A Seven-Step Plan for =91Radical Innovation=92

Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA The US government has long supported a =93big firm=94 economy with the idea that large companies are the primary drivers of innovation. But that=92sa recipe for ...

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Coaches' Offensive Innovation Draws Mixed Reviews

Washington Post - United States Throughout football's history, offensive innovation has been based on misdirection and deception, from Knute Rockne's box shift at Notre Dame in the 1920s ...

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=95 Web hits data present opportunity for innovation, Google ...

MLive.com - MI,USA "That can be and should be a tremendous source of innovation," Lecinski said. "Because what people are looking at is what they're interested in. ...

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RENEW-18 plan pushes for more job training innovation

Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe,OH,USA By LOREN GENSON =95 Gazette Staff Writer =95 August 12, 2008 Developing tomorrow's workforce and more educational opportunities for rural Ohioans in the 18th ...

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DIA Innovation Forum to Highlight Latest Initiatives in Research ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA Participants will be briefed on the latest initiatives in Europe to support innovation in research and development and will be able to share the FDA ...

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UMT Consulting Group Nominated for Project & Portfolio Management ...

MarketWatch - USA The Project & Portfolio Management Innovation Awards are the only awards voted on solely by the attending IT Decision-Makers who directly influence their ...

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Event Innovation Appoints Frank Ganis VP Business Development, and ...

MarketWatch - USA Event Innovation, a Washington, DC based enterprise software company for sports arenas and performing arts theaters, today announced the appointments of ...

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Friedman: Denmark used innovation and taxes to break its oil addiction

Salt Lake Tribune - United States And did Danes suffer from their government shaping the market with energy taxes to stimulate innovations in clean power? In one word, said Connie Hedegaard, ...

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Australian Wool Innovation unveils new corporate identity

Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) unveiled its new corporate identity and brand stable marking a milestone in the innovation and marketing of Australian wool ...

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Ex-president for new HIV/AIDS innovation

AfricaNews - Netherlands Ex-president of Botswana, Festus Mogae has called for change in the approach to the HIV/AIDS pandemic as the African continent continues to suffer. ...

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Insurance Industry Needs an Injection of Innovation, Expert Argues

U.S. Insurance News - Lincoln,NE,USA A perfect storm is brewing in the insurance industry: the lack of overall organic growth mixed with the increasing pace of innovation. ...

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Innovation unveils security solutions that support IBM System z10

CTR - Los Angeles,CA,USA Innovation Data Processing Inc. announced last week the release of its non-disruptive business data protection, business continuance and storage resource ...

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GKN Driveline Receives Nissan's 2008 Global Innovation Award

istockAnalyst.com - Salem,OR,USA GKN Driveline Torque Technology in Japan has recently received the prestigious Nissan Global Innovation Award for its contribution to the independent ...

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Solving Sodium: Manufacturers Face Challenges and Innovation ...

Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA Innovations in the tools food manufacturers use to produce their product will be critical as the industry moves into an increasingly health-conscious time. ...

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Vic govt boosts spending on innovation

ABC Online - Australia "Innovation and biotechnology is another example. We punch above our weight internationally in sport, we punch above our weight in this area as well," he ...

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Survey: Innovation up in priority but down in spend

National Business Review - Auckland,New Zealand by Nevil Gibson Next to =93sustainability,=94 a word that virtually defies meaning, the most admired term in business is innovation. At least its definition is ...

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SecuTech Introduces New Innovation Time-Based Software Protection ...

Newswire Today (press release) - London,UK NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Brossard, Qu=E9bec, Canada, 08/11/2008 - SecuTech, the leader in software protection, video and flash protection solutions, ...

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Innovation helps schools' needs

Durham Herald Sun - Durham,NC,USA Parents and taxpayers, we've noted before, must feel whipsawed by the profusion of test results and other assessments of school performance. ...

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Creative workshops to help business boost innovation and profits

Process & Control Today - UK Bathysphere's artists include several graduates of DMU's unique Music, Technology and Innovation degree, who are also performing at this weekend's Summer ...

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Trigram America Joins the Center for Health Value Innovation ...

MarketWatch - USA Cyndy Nayer, president of the Center, says, "Trigram embodies the spirit of innovation and adds a new dimension to our membership roster. ...

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Monday, August 11, 2008

Conference on Saudi innovation

Saudi Gazette - Riyadh,Saudi Arabia LEEDS, United Kingdom =96 Saudis studying in the United Kingdom met with decision-maker businessmen and scholars at the second Saudi International Innovation ...

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Breakthrough Innovation Leadership: How Prepared Are You?

IndustryWeek - USA Innovation leadership is a much sought-after personal skill. Innovation is the practice of creating new, breakthrough value with minimum waste. ...

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Operator innovation with NDS

Broadband TV News - London,UK By Julian Clover | August 10, 2008 | 09:51 UK Visitors to the NDS stand can go on a world tour without even leaving Hall 1 of the RAI centre. ...

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Promo-art: Innovation in Invitations, Greetings, and Business Cards

Dexigner - USA Following the success of the previous titles in the Art series, Promo-Art features the best in international card design, from business cards designed ...

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Reform, Rudd-style

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia The second marker has been Rudd's early series of moves on innovation and industry policy. Not much has happened yet, but what's taken place so far has sent ...

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Hernan Marina Takes the Role of Sales Director for Organized Trade ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA Hernan Marina will take the role of PepsiCo Latin America Beverages Sales Director for Organized Trade & Innovation. In his new position Hernan will be ...

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Innovation, productivity will drive economy after recovery

Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA Villamil's prescription for the new Florida economy is development and expansion of current knowledge-based industry clusters, where innovation arises from ...

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Charting a course toward innovation

Boston Globe - United States By John Kao Global competition is fiercer than ever as countries race each other to be the innovation leader. The United States has long held this role, ...

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We need to crash through barriers

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia The evidence suggests the keys to encouraging innovation are not government assistance, but competitive markets that provide strong incentives for companies ...

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Rudd in hot seat over car tariffs

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia ... it as old-fashioned protectionism dressed up in a new frilly bib with the words innovation and environment emblazoned across it to give it dignity. ...

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Sunday, August 10, 2008

San Jose and Pune Celebrate Sister City Relationship With India ...

MarketWatch - USA =46rom its founding in 1777 as California's first city, San Jose has been a leader, driven by its spirit of innovation. Today, San Jose stands as the largest ...

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Gatsby Innovation Awards

Dexigner - USA Through its Ideas 4 Innovation programme, UK Sport's Research and Innovation team is seeking pioneering new ideas designed to give our best athletes the ...

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Nike =A1=B0House of Innovation

=D6=D0=B9=FA=B7=FE=D7=B0=D0=AC=C3=B1=CD=F8 - Quanzhou,Fujian,China Among the fledging district=A1=AFs different exhibits and displays was Nike=A1=AFs House of Innovation, a look into the sports brand=A1=AFs legacy of creating the latest ...

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INNOVATION ANNOUNCES NON-DISRUPTIVE DATA PROTECTION

Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA 07, 2008-- INNOVATION Data Processing, Inc. announced today that current releases of its non-disruptive business data protection, business continuance and ...

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Sabah Science, Technology And Innovation Week On Aug 14

Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia KOTA KINABALU, Aug 9 (Bernama) -- The Sabah Science, Technology and Innovation Week will be held at Borneo Hypermall here for four days starting Aug 14. ...

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A beautiful innovation - or a pain in the butt?

Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom Time was when women were barely tolerated on grouse moors on the grounds that they made too much noise and wore kit that frightened every bird off the hill. ...

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The Essential Advanced Guide on How to Set Innovation Metrics is ...

MarketWatch - USA Choose from over 30 metrics to track your innovation efforts. Setting metrics for your innovation program is perhaps one of the most critical decisions you ...

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Wells Fargo economist sees end of high-growth, high-innovation era

Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA The high growth and innovation that have been the hallmarks of the nation's economy for the past two decades are coming to an end, says Wells Fargo Senior ...

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Create innovation-driven economy

The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA A report from the National Governors Association called "Innovation America" illustrates how economic strategies have changed. In its summary of the report, ...

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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Georgia's Centers of Innovation Program Sponsors 2008 Southeast ...

MarketWatch - USA TIFTON, Ga., Aug 07, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Georgia continues its commitment to developing alternative energy with The Energy Innovation Center (EIC) and ...

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Tasmanian Businesses Show Strong Innovation

Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release) - Hobart,Tasmania,Australia Premier and Acting Minister for Economic Development and Tourism David Bartlett, today presented the findings from a three-year Innovation Census aimed at ...

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"Idea brokers" encourage innovation among business units

SmartBrief - Washington,DC,USA ... keep things organized, but it can prevent the type of cross-divisional collaboration that produces some of the most critical innovations and ideas. ...

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Verizon's Innovation Hit Parade Provides Customers With ...

Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA ... headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, ...

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Regions Pessimistic On Innovation Plan

The Moscow Times - Russia The findings come as the government has picked 5000 small and medium-sized businesses as candidates to receive government support to fund innovation. ...

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Olympic Innovation

BusinessWeek - USA Nothing spurs a brand's innovation like the promise of 4 billion TV viewers and potential gold-medal winners sporting your apparel and equipment in a host ...

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Innovation, entrepreneurs driving India; need for skills devp

Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India 7 Aug, 2008, 2054 hrs IST, PTI MUMBAI: The National Knowledge Commission, (NKC), an high-level advisory body today said that innovation and entrepreneurship ...

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GfK Expands Custom Research Network in the USA

MarketWatch - USA ASG, a leading strategic brand innovation consulting firm, will trade under the name of GfK Strategic Innovation in future. The takeover contributes to the ...

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Habib Koit=E9: Guitar style blends tradition, innovation

Seattle Times - United States By Andrew Gilbert Bonnie Raitt calls Mali's Habib Koit=E9 "the most amazing guitarist I've heard in years." 7:30 and 9:30 pm Thursday through Aug. ...

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Friday, August 8, 2008

AUB alumnus and co-founder of yamli.com talks about innovation and ...

Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan AUB alumnus Habib Haddad (CCE 2002) found inspiration in the 2006 July War even as it wreaked havoc in the country. Based in the United States and eager to ...

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Zinnov launches =91innovation council=92

Hindu - Chennai,India Zinnov has launched an `Innovation Council=92, a forum for senior managers in the technology R&D sector to evolve best practices.

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AeA and Orange County Innovation Prove That Global Sustainability ...

MarketWatch - USA AeA and Orange County Innovation (OCI), two local powerhouse non-profit organizations, are presenting the first annual Innovation and Globalization in Green ...

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Innovation key for Texas to compete for business

Marshall News Messenger - Marshall,TX,USA By Kate Alexander Innovation, education and efficiency are the keys for Texas to compete in the global marketplace, Gov. Rick Perry said in a speech ...

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Innovation Center Opening Its Doors to Start-Up Firms

Washington Post - United States The Germantown Innovation Center, on the upper county campus of Montgomery College, is to take in its first tenants in the coming weeks, ...

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Toshiba and Orange County Innovation Seek Entries for Green ...

MarketWatch - USA Held in conjunction with the 2008 Innovation and Globalization in Green conference, the Toshiba Green Innovation Award recognizes Orange County-based ...

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Green Mountain Coffee Builds in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation ...

FOXBusiness - USA The Innovation Valley site is the latest in a series of expansions for Green Mountain Coffee, which maintains its headquarters in Waterbury, Vermont. ...

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Falconer to conduct $700m Fast Forward innovation fund

New Zealand Herald - New Zealand The fund was aimed at boosting innovation in the pastoral and food industries and was expected to grow with interest to about $1 billion during a 10 to ...

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Safety innovation opens global market

MLive.com - MI,USA by Jake LaDuke | Business Review Western Michigan When it comes to safety solutions, HexArmor means business (see product demonstration). ...

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Beware the peddlers of innovation

The Australian - Sydney,Australia It takes what's left of the old import tariff, slugs the taxpayer for "innovation" support, and justifies the price tag as saving the planet. ...

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Thursday, August 7, 2008

SelectMinds Recognized by AlwaysOn as an AO Global 250 Winner

MarketWatch - USA SelectMinds was specially selected by the AlwaysOn editorial team and other industry experts spanning the globe, based on a set of five criteria: innovation ...

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Green Mountain Coffee Builds in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation ...

Earthtimes (press release) - London,UK 6 -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMCR), has chosen the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley of East Tennessee as the future home of its ...

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Plotting the Path of Innovation

=C1=B6=BC=B1=C0=CF=BA=B8(=BF=B5=B9=AE=C6=C7) - South Korea A transparent thin-film transistor technology developed jointly by a Korean university and corporate researchers is expected to help realize a dream-like ...

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Rising generation of Chinese architects thrives on innovation

Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... architects are carpetbaggers -- some more talented than others -- while the institutes are sclerotic bureaucracies, practically allergic to innovation. ...

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BorgWarner Receives Nissan 2008 Global Innovation Award for Its ...

MarketWatch - USA received a 2008 Global Innovation Award from Nissan in recognition of its innovative dual-clutch technology, used in the all-new 2008 Nissan GT-R. Launched ...

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Challenger Mobile Awarded Prestigious TMC Labs Innovation Award ...

MarketWatch - USA The TMC Labs Innovation Awards honor products that display highly innovative features and offer significant contributions toward improving communications ...

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Cicero Inc. Receives 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award

MarketWatch - USA a leading provider of desktop integration and automation solutions, today announced that Cicero has received a 2008 TMC Labs Innovation Award from ...

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Pragmatic Marketing and Enthiosys Partner to Create Agile Product ...

MarketWatch - USA Pragmatic Marketing and Tuned In are registered trademarks of Pragmatic Marketing, Inc. Enthiosys, and Innovation Games, are service marks, trademarks or ...

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Borland to Showcase Enterprise Transformation at Agile 2008 Conference

Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Borland Software Corporation (NASDAQ:BORL) www.borland.com, the global leader in Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), ...

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Zinnov launches 'R&D Innovation Council'

Sify - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India Bangalore: Zinnov Management Consulting, one of the leading management consultancy firms, today launched 'R&D Innovation Council' with an aim to bring ...

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

BCG Study Finds Frustration With Innovation Growing

MarketWatch - USA illuminates deepening executive frustration with innovation returns. It also reveals a worrying trend: an ongoing decline in the percentage of companies ...

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Valor Introduces Innovation Circle Program

PCB007 (press release) - Seaside,OR,USA For more information on Valor=92s Innovation Circle program, visit www.valor.com/InnovationCircle. Valor is a global provider of productivity improvement ...

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Sequenom Certifies McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation ...

MarketWatch - USA a leading provider of genetic analysis solutions, and Genome Quebec today announced that the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre has ...

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Innovation to give CIMB the push

Malaysia Star - Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR: CIMB Bank Bhd is focusing more on innovative products targeting specific segments of the market to achieve its deposit growth of 25% this year ...

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Study finds frustration with innovation efforts

Boston Globe - United States More company executives are frustrated with returns on innovation investments and fewer companies plan to raise their innovation spending, according to the ...

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Actuate Awards Customers for Excellence in Business Intelligence ...

MarketWatch - USA Customer Innovation Award: Presented to State Street for building a highly innovative information application based on Actuate. ...

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Leading Analyst Firm Rates Verizon Business as 'Strong Positive ...

FOXBusiness - USA (1) To be rated Strong Positive, companies must demonstrate their continued investments in innovation and facilities in multiple countries in the ...

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Innovation sends grown-ups back to the sandbox

Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA By Stephanie Simon - The Wall Street Journal A few years ago, Ed Mumm bought a piece of property in this stunning ski town and rented an excavator to clear ...

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Creative innovations from young university students

Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia Indonesia, represented by a team of students from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), won the Rural Innovation Achievement Award at the 2008 ...

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Sequenom Certifies McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation ...

FOXBusiness - USA Senior Director of Operations and Business Development of the McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre, Daniel Tessier, stated, ...

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Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Innovation key to success for Omagh company

Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom By Graham Bardgett An innovation agency is opening cross-border doors for an Omagh-based software company which announced today it is aiming to expand its ...

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LoPresti Announces "Innovation In Aviation" Award

AVweb - Greenwich,CT,USA By Mary Grady, Contributing editor LoPresti Aviation announced on Saturday at EAA AirVenture that they have established a new annual award for "Innovation ...

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Church must look to more innovation

Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom For many years now I have been a regular at my local Church of Ireland Parish Church in Lisburn. However in the last year or so my attendance has declined ...

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Innovation Management Software Firm's "User Groups" Become ...

PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA Yet innovation management and idea management software firm Imaginatik plc is finding that its Idea Central User Group meetings around the world are ...

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Are we seeing a disturbing trend in “blackmail” innovation…?

ZDNet - USA That’s not innovation, that’s more like blackmail. Innovation has to be disruptive therefore as an incumbent you can survive anything that threatens you, ...

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China R&D Operations Driving CDC Software's Development To Higher ...

MarketWatch - USA HONG KONG & ATLANTA, Aug 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- CDC Software, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CDC Corporation and a provider of industry-specific ...

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Emana, the textile innovation with therapeutic properties

Fibre2fashion.com - Ahmedabad,Gujarat,India Rhodia launches its latest innovation in the textile segment. Emana, a polyamide textile yarn, belongs to the line of smart products, which incorporates ...

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Innovation stars hit the world stage

EETimes.com - USA The China that greets the world next month for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games wasn't imaginable 40 years ago. The nation will set new records, raise the bar ...

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Bulgaria with "Economy of Innovation" in 31 Years

international.news.bg - Sofia,Bulgaria =E1fter thirty one years Bulgaria will start to develop an economy dominated by innovations. This means that business competes on the basis of new and unique ...

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Miss GEICO's Innovation Sets New Trends in a Salute to Racing ...

MarketWatch - USA LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, La., Aug 04, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Al Copeland, founder of Popeye's Famous Fried Chicken and Biscuits Restaurant chain, ...

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Monday, August 4, 2008

LoPresti Innovation in Aviation Award

SBWire (press release) - Green Bay,WI,USA (Not to mention NASA=92s Lunar Lander and of course the LoPresti FURY) =93SpeedMerchants=94, LoPresti=92s performance enhancement company, has a list of innovations ...

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Nano effect: Innovation and creative disruption rule

Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India Mr Kapur believes that innovation is contagious. India=92s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki=92s latest =91one component, one gram=92 drive seems to have taken a leaf ...

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Tradition intersects innovation

BlueRidgeNow.com - Hendersonville,NC,USA Tradition and innovation meet in the classroom. Oprean noted that, if a student plans to make a career in a computer technology field, she needs math ...

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Rethinking innovation

Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA With tectonic shifts occurring in the global economy, Americans need to think differently about innovation. Benchmarks used in the past to predict success ...

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The Next Step in Open Innovation from McKinsey

FastForward Blog - Boston,MA,USA I recently wrote about Cisco=92s I-Prize on this blog (see Mining the Web and the World for Innovation) that is a great example of co-creation that allows the ...

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Sunday, August 3, 2008

PathGuide Technologies Recognized for Innovation by Supply ...

TMCnet - USA The special focus of this year=EF=BF=BDs =EF=BF=BD100=EF=BF=BD was supply chain innovation. =EF=BF=BDWe=EF=BF=BDre delighted to receive this recognition from Supply & Demand Chain Executive ...

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Laptop City Hall: Mayors Innovation Project -- so far, so good

The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA Mayor Osterhaus mention that she really enjoyed the discussion emphasis of the meetings, something that the Mayors Innovation Project tries to highlight, ...

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Innovation key to transforming local economy

Fort Morgan Times - Fort Morgan,CO,USA Agriculture has carried the region so far, but what can sustain it in the future is entrepreneurial innovation, Drabenstott said. ...

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HCL Tech Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results

MarketWatch - USA HCL's four pronged Blue Ocean strategy covering service innovation, pricing innovation, creation of new markets and technology disruption continues to pay ...

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Balancing Disruptive Innovation

Forbes - NY,USA When there's no burning platform, it is easy to treat innovation as interesting but not essential. It is critical for companies to begin building new growth ...

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Research and Markets: Japanese Product Innovation Series Market ...

Manufacturing Business Technology - Oak Brook,IL,USA ... and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fa7e04/japanese_product_i) has announced the addition of the "Japanese Product Innovation Series ...

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Honoring Innovation

CPA Technology Advisor - Beltsville,MD,USA Programs focused on streamlining these and other public practice issues claimed the spotlight at this year=92s Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards, ...

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Different routes to innovation

Financial Times - London,England,UK By Sami Mahroum Innovation is the crucial element to our competitiveness and prosperity. Countries and cities that generate new ideas and new ways of doing ...

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3M Names Vice President of New Ventures

MarketWatch - USA In this role, he also led major areas of global technology scouting and acquisition as well as innovation research and management. ...

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A balanced approach needed over drugs innovation

Financial Times - London,England,UK As the studies on balancing exploratory and exploitative innovation suggest, once a pharma company cuts down on exploratory research, it may become ...

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Business Model Innovation: Best Buy, P&G and Apple Get it ...

BusinessWeek - USA An economic crisis can be a crucible that forges new innovations in business operations or they can lead companies to make dumb mistakes that destroy them ...

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AEI Publishes Special Tribute to GM's 100 Years of Innovation

MarketWatch - USA Copies of GM's Century of Innovation will be available at SAE International's booth during the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Mich., Aug. ...

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Blizzard: Execution Over Innovation

Kotaku.com - New York,NY,USA Innovation, we want innovation! That's the clarion call every year, isn't it? Reviewers often levy harsh criticisms on sequels and expansions that don't ...

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A balanced approach needed over drugs innovation

Financial Times - London,England,UK Sir, David Shaywitz and Nassim Taleb ("Drug research needs serendipity", July 30) see a match between agile innovators that provide cutting-edge research ...

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Innovation and ingenuity at The Food Show

New Zealand Herald - New Zealand By Eveline Jenkin Whenever we have steak in our household there's an argument about which condiment should accompany it. I'm a certified mustard fan but the ...

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Fair Isaac Innovation Will Restore Authorized User Accounts to ...

Financial News USA (press release) - La Puente,CA,USA City of Industry, CA --(www.FinancialNewsUSA.com)-- 08/01/2008 - Business Services industry news provided by Financial News USA (OTC: FNWU). ...

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Friday, August 1, 2008

Innovation review green paper delayed

The Australian - Sydney,Australia Innovation Minister Kim Carr has extended today=92s delivery deadline of the anxiously anticipated review to August 29. When the national innovation review ...

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Bringing Innovation to Insurance

Baseline - New York,NY,USA Insurance and innovation. They don=92t seem to go together, do they? Yet, one insurance company is making major investments in innovative programs and ...

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Kepner-Tregoe Celebrates 50 Years of Corporate Problem-Solving ...

MarketWatch - USA ... an international consulting and training services firm, is celebrating its 50th anniversary of bringing innovation to Fortune 1000 companies around the ...

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AFL coaching about 'innovation, not age'

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia Impending first-time grandfather Mick Malthouse is adamant innovation, not age, determines the use-by date of an AFL coach. The two-time premiership coach, ...

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Kerry's Small Business Innovation Research Bill Passes Senate ...

MarketWatch - USA Reauthorizes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs for 14 years, making the new sunset dates ...

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Considering a Windows Innovation Demo

ZDNet - USA In it Ms. Gohring, who no doubt felt a thrill going up her leg at the time, reports on a demonstration of new Windows Surface technologies given by ...

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Media Aspects of InterDyn AKA Awarded Microsoft Vertical ...

MarketWatch - USA NEW YORK, July 30, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Today, Media Aspects, a division of InterDyn AKA, announced it has been recognized with the Microsoft ...

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EU appoints governing board of European Institute of Innovation ...

Xinhua - China BRUSSELS, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The first governing board of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) was officially appointed on Wednesday, ...

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