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BERLIN, February 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- German satellite TV provider Sky Germany AG are to open a new customer service center on the outskirts of Berlin today, the latest high-profile international company showing a willingness to keep business services and processes at home. That includes outsourced processes. Sky Germany is working with UK company Serco, who will reap the benefits of having a location within Germany as a result. Vietnamese company FPT Corporation...

MADRID, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The fifth annual BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Contemporary Music category goes to Pierre Boulez, in recognition that "he is not only an eminent composer, with a determinedly forward vision, but also a key figure engaging in every aspect of musical reflection and transmission," in the words of the award citation. "The sum of his activities," the jury concludes, "evidences an acute awareness of the artist's...

CULVER CITY, Calif., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wende Museum's archive of 100,000 artifacts and artworks from the Cold War era--the largest and most diverse collection of its kind in the world--will open summer 2014 in a new permanent home at the former National Guard Armory building in Culver City, California. The Wende's 75-year lease of the Culver City-owned Armory--a 1950 Cold War modernist structure--will be renovated in three phases, including a future addition of...

BERLIN and SAN FRANCISCO, February 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With ongoing investments, a growing presence in San Francisco and a repeated place in Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Network Access Control (NAC) 2012"[1], German software vendor AUCONET has made the next decisive steps within the US market. The renowned research and consulting company Gartner Inc. reviewed AUCONET and its newest NAC solutions, which are already being used successfully by clients with well over...

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The 614 Group, a global digital management consultancy, today announced that it has named veteran interactive industry leaders Julia Smith and Eric Urdahl as Partners, collaboratively leading the New York-headquartered company's European operations. Based respectively in London and Berlin, Smith and Urdahl will help expand the firm's network in the European marketplace, applying their skills and expertise to align The 614 Group's mission and...

Award-winning desktop phones and IP PBXs combine to provide resellers and end users with an affordable, feature-rich, complete telephony solution BERLIN, WOBURN, Mass. and PLANO, Texas (PRWEB) January 15, 2013 snom technology AG, a leading developer of IP desktop phones and communications solutions, announced today that the snom 7xx series of desktop IP phones are now interoperable with Epygi Technologies’ full line of Quadro IP PBX products. The snom 710, 720 and 760 endpoints can now...

snom 7xx Series of IP Phones Recognized for Innovation Berlin and Woburn, Mass. (PRWEB) December 17, 2012 snom technology AG announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named the snom 7xx series of IP phones as a recipient of the 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award. The new snom 7xx series phones, now qualified for Microsoft Lync, offer businesses three models of affordable, full-featured IP phones: the executive level and snom 760 desktop phone,...

Carfrogger.de marks the occasion of launching Germany’s first online platform and configurator for customised car wraps with an international design contest. Berlin/Munich, Germany (PRWEB) December 13, 2012 Carfrogger is an online platform that enables creative customers to individualise their vehicles according to their needs and tastes by the means of an online configurator. Car wrapping design means not only being able to select the colour of your choice but also to embellish with...

A recent Caltech study finds that consumers are more likely to choose the product with the most visual impact over their actual personal preference when distracted or in a rush, and when confronted with a similar range of choices. Berlin-based neuroscience-meets-marketing startup EyeQuant is helping companies to optimize the visual effectiveness of their websites so that users can find what they are looking for in an increasingly hectic environment. Berlin, Germany (PRWEB) December 13,...

BERLIN, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC praised Germany's Parliament for approving a law, by a vote of 434 to 100, with 46 abstentions, to allow circumcision for religious reasons. "The Bundestag action is a welcome affirmation of Germany's commitment to religious freedom," said Deidre Berger, director of AJC's Berlin Office. AJC is the global Jewish advocacy organization. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "Circumcision is critical to Jewish...