| 2007年05月30日 株式会社ニーズウェル（本社：東京都新宿区、代表取締役社長：佐藤一男）は、ソーシャル・ソフトウェアの一つであるブログ（blog）を企業のナレッジと融合した情報共有ツールとしての社内ブログパッケージ『Agenda.BLOG』を、2007年6月より提供を開始します。 ■製品紹介ページ ： http://www.needswell.jp/intrablog/ １．社内ブログパッケージ『Agenda.BLOG』について 『Agenda.BLOG』とは、高機能なオープンソースのブログエンジン「WordPress MU（マルチユーザ版）」をベースにして独自の機能を盛り込み、高い「拡張性」を持ち、「簡単に」かつ「ローコスト」で導入が可能な社内ブログ統合パッケージです。
（１）すぐに社内ブログを開始 （２）ユーザー数無制限 （３）簡単に情報収集ができるポータル画面 （４）複数のブログテーマ（デザイン）から選択 （５）容易な拡張性
『Agenda.BLOG』は、JPIX（商用のインターネットエクスチェンジ）に直結したホスティングサービス「 aether Hosting service 」に、社内ブログの環境構築及びアプリケーション設定した環境を提供します。（ホスティング・サービスプラン） ※ホスティング・サービスプラン提供価格（税抜）
【株式会社ニーズウェル 会社概要】 【株式会社HosterJPについて】
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| 2007年05月30日 ───────────────────────────────── ─ＩＮＤＥＸ──────────────────────────── 主人公、島耕作は、団塊の世代に属し、大手家電企業「初芝電器産業」に勤務するサラリーマンである。作品が掲載された当初（1983年頃）の島は、どちらかといえば小心で保身を考える平凡なサラリーマン像に描かれており、作品内容もオフィスラブなどの個人的な身辺事が主たるものであった。 1984年後半から毎回連載が始まると、作品は大企業内部の派閥抗争や企業戦略に基づく経営展開などのマクロな経済世界へと舞台の主軸を移していった。それに伴い島耕作は、揺れ続ける社内派閥の動向の中でも自身の信念のみに従って行動する人物として描かれていき、度重なる苦難に直面しても、前進する意思と（都合が良すぎる程の）幸運さですべて乗り切ってしまう。 苦難を乗り切る過程では、多くの場合、知人の探偵（木暮久作）を駆使したミステリ仕立ての冒険活劇が展開されるが、部下や女がいつの間にか全てを解決してくれることも多い。また、島の周囲には必ずと言って良いほど島と性的関係を結ぶ女性が常につきまとう。これらの複雑に絡み合う各要素（派閥抗争、経営戦略、ミステリ活劇、多彩な女性関係）が、多くのサラリーマン、とりわけ団塊の世代の男性の心を掴み、1990年頃には大人気漫画として社会現象を巻き起こした。 ※詳しくはhttp://zenkandokuha.com/?pid=3959116 -------------------------------------------------------------- 新しく登場した女性（但し美女に限る）はほぼ必ず島耕作とセックスする。 彼女たちはほぼ全員キーパーソンに対し絶大な影響力を持ち、その時まさに島が直面している問題を解決するために全面的に協力する。 ただし、取締役編以降は島の年齢もあってか、セックスの回数は極端に減っている。 ※詳しくはhttp://zenkandokuha.com/?pid=2162073 -------------------------------------------------------------- 一介のサラリーマンが政界に進出し、地元利益還元ではなく、日本、しいては世界から物事を考える政治家となるストーリー。 作中のテーマに「政治と金の問題」「地元利益還元体質問題」、「第一与党党首公選」、「PKO問題」、「北朝鮮問題」、「日本の国連常任理事国入り問題」、「フランス核実験」、「貿易自由化問題」、「日米ガイドライン」、「米軍基地と地元対策」、「北方領土問題」などが出てくる。 難関へ次々と挑む主人公を描いてみせる一方で、密室政治を厳しく批判する主人公が自ら密室政治を運んで首相を選ぶ場面。主人公が不倫している云訳なのか公平をもたらす為なのか、主人公の妻（いわゆる良妻賢母型の女性）も不倫している場面を用意する。等々と難解な作品である。 ※詳しくはhttp://zenkandokuha.com/?pid=3556724 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 全巻読破.comでは、お客様からの古本マンガの買取を行っております！ もう読み飽きたマンガや粗大ゴミと化しているマンガ、引っ越すのに邪魔になって しょうがないマンガ、ケースは様々ですが、とにかくいらないマンガがあったら、ドシドシ問い 合わせしてやってください★ 買い取りフォーム http://zenkandokuha.com/?mode=f6 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 今回の特集は多くのサラリーマンの希望の星「島耕作」シリーズをかいている弘兼憲史、特集！ 5月病に悩まされてる方が読めば会社に行くのも楽しくなるかも。。。 では次のメルマガをお楽しみに！もう6月ですね。 梅雨時期に漫画はもってこいですね。ではでは。 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ |
| 2007年05月30日 薬剤師の転職支援を行なう日本調剤ファルマスタッフ株式会社（本社：東京都中央区）の九州支店が移転しましたので、お知らせいたします。 新住所：〒810-0001
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| 2007年05月30日 株式会社サム・ヒューマンゲートウェイ（本社：三重県鈴鹿市，事業本部：東京都中央区、取締役社長：高野利幸）は、利用料、並びに情報掲載料をフリー（無料）とした一歩先行く就職・転職サイト「JOB@NET（ジョバットネット）」http://job-at.netを2007年5月30日にリリースしました。 景気回復も堅調な昨今の転職市場は、大手企業、中小企業ともに採用活動を活発化させています。また、求職者もキャリアアップやスキルアップを重視し、より自分の趣向に合う職場を求める傾向にあります。 「JOB@NET（ジョバットネット）」は、それら双方間のコミュニケーションの場として、求人企業・求職者双方に、それぞれの活動をバックアップする採用・求職支援サイトです。 また、より的確なマッチングを実現するため、Job Matchmaker（マッチング交渉代理システム）を導入し、リクルーティングパートナーという専属のコーディネーターが、企業が必要とする人材のヒアリングから求職者のスキルチェック並びにヒアリング、面接、そしてマッチングに至るまで、採用に関するトータルサポートを行う有料サービスも同時に開始します。 ■特 徴 １．フリー（サイト利用料，情報掲載料が無料）の転職サイトでは類を見ない情報提供量を実現し、求職者・求人企業双方間のコミュニケーションの場を提供します。 ２. ユーザーからの「リアルボイス」を取りまとめ、随時トピック企画を増殖していきます。ニーズにより変化していくユーザー参加型の就職・転職サイトであり、採用に関するマーケティングをも担います。つまり、利用者が増えれば増えるほど、情報提供量や情報の質が高まりサービスの質も向上していくという仕組みです。Web2.0の概念を積極的に取り入れていきます。 ３．Job Matchmaker（マッチング交渉代理システム）の導入により、リクルーティングパートナーと呼ばれる専属のコーディネーターが求人企業・求職者双方のニーズを的確に酌み取り、理想的なマッチングに貢献します。
２．採用活動に係る費用が高騰する中、すべての企業に同じ条件の下で人材と出会う機会を提供すべく、サイト利用料，並びに情報掲載料をフリー（無料）とし、最大５職種の採用情報を同時掲載、並びに掲載期間３ヶ月（継続更新可）を基本機能としています。 ３．登録後、早い段階で企業と人とが出会えるよう、直接メールでのアプローチ方法を採用。他の転職サイトよりも一足先行く採用活動ができ、時間のロスもありません。 ■メリット２＜求職者様向け＞ ２．職務経歴書を公開（個人を特定できる情報は非公開）すると、興味をもった企業から直接オファーメールが届き、応募前に企業とコミュニケーションをとることができます。 ３． 転職者自らが自分を自由にアピールできるスペースを設け、企業に対し自分の特色を全面に 出した積極アピールが可能です。 ４．Job Matchmaker(マッチング交渉代理システム)の導入により、リクルーティングパートナーと ■今後の取り組み＜慈善事業＞
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| 2007年05月30日 2007年春から流通業界で次世代EDIの実運用が始まり、今後の動向について注目が集まっている。 地区 日程 場所 時間は、13:30～17:00です。 |
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Compustat's Company Data Grows to 17,500 Firms, Adding 500
Businesses in India and 900 in Taiwan, Helping Clients Who
Need Indian and Taiwanese Company Information for Their
Financial Analysis
NEW YORK, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- In response to
growing customer demand for more fundamental information on
Asian companies, Standard & Poor's, the leading provider
of financial market intelligence, announced that
Compustat(R) has expanded significantly its company
coverage in Taiwan and India.
Compustat has added approximately 500 active Indian
companies, including between five and 10 years of company
history. Compustat has also entered an agreement with TX
Investment Consulting Company (TX), a data provider in
Beijing, to receive extensive fundamental data for an
additional 900 companies in Taiwan. The initial set of
Taiwanese data will provide two-to-three years of annual
history, including one year of semiannual history, and is
expected to grow to five years of history by this summer.
The addition of Taiwan-based companies brings Compustat's
overall market cap coverage for the Asian market to over
90%.
"Institutional money managers and analysts around
the world who use Compustat's vital company, index and
industry information to support their financial models and
analysis, will appreciate the additional company coverage
in Taiwan and India," said Chandra Muliadikara,
Compustat Product Manager. "Our partnerships with the
data providers of the Indian and Taiwanese company data
enable us to capitalize on their expertise and deliver a
more robust database to our clients."
For more information, visit
http://www.standardandpoors.com or call 800-523-4534.
About Compustat Data
Standard & Poor's Compustat(R) data is used by
institutional money managers and analysts around the world.
With fundamental and market data on 65,000 global
securities, Compustat provides vital company, index and
industry information that supports financial models and
proprietary company and industry analysis.
About Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies (NYSE: MHP), is the world's foremost provider of
financial market intelligence, including independent credit
ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research and
data. With approximately 8,500 employees, including wholly
owned affiliates, located in 21 countries, Standard &
Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial
infrastructure and has played a leading role for more than
140 years in providing investors with the independent
benchmarks they need to feel more confident about their
investment and financial decisions. For more information,
visit http://www.standardandpoors.com .
For more information, please contact:
Media Information:
Christopher Capot
KNB Communications
Tel: +1-212-505-2441
Email: ccapot@knbpr.com
Product Information:
Cristy Oberg
Standard & Poor's
Tel: +1-303-721-4340
Email: cristy_oberg@standardandpoors.com
LINKOPING, Sweden, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Sicon Semiconductor AB and Zoran Corporation announce
that the companies are cooperating on delivering improved
technologies for digital television products.
"We've evaluated Sicon's product offerings for the
digital television market and are quite impressed with their
performance, and low power consumption," says Steven
Brook, Senior Director, Marketing and Intellectual
property, Zoran Corporation. "We are pleased to be
able to recommend Sicon's cost-competitive products to our
DTV customers."
"The superior performance and ultra-low power
consumption of Sicon's products is achieved by using the
patented PSAR architecture of the Sicon A/Dvance family of
products. Optimized for video graphics applications,
Sicon's solution represents the best cost/performance in
the industry, while enhancing the picture quality of
digital televisions that utilize Zoran's leading HDTV
technology," adds Jan-Erik Lennefalk, Sicon's Vice
President Marketing.
About Sicon
Sicon Semiconductor, based in Linkoping, Sweden, is a
fabless innovation and product company with over 25 years
of experience in mixed signal and analog design. Sicon's
solutions are based on a patented technology, PSAR, in
Analog to Digital conversion, which enables
industry-leading solutions for video and graphics
multimedia interface. The performance and cost benefits
that Sicon provides allow both consumer and professional
applications to be realized. Sicon's A/D products are
designed using leading-edge standard CMOS processes.
Sicon's unique technology allows customers to benefit from
the scalable and portable technology that will secure
optimum cost/performance, while meeting customers'
stringent TTM needs. For more information about Sicon,
visit the company's web site at http://www.siconsemi.com .
About Zoran Corporation
Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a
leading provider of digital solutions in the growing digital
entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades
of expertise developing and delivering digital signal
processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered
high-performance digital audio and video, imaging
applications, and Connect Share Entertain technologies for
the digital home. Zoran's proficiency in integration
delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including
greater capabilities within each product generation,
reduced system costs, and shorter time to market.
Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile
phone, and multifunction printer products have received
recognition for excellence and are now in hundreds of
millions of homes and offices worldwide. Zoran has
headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China,
England, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan,
and may be contacted on the World Wide Web at
http://www.zoran.com or at +1-408-523-6500.
Zoran and the Zoran logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Zoran Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in
the United States and/or other countries. All other names
and brands may be claimed as property of others.
For more information about the cooperation, please
contact:
Jan-Erik Lennefalk, VP Marketing, Sicon Semiconductor
Tel: +46-13-23-42-20
Email: jan-erik.lennefalk@siconsemi.com
Roland Andersson, CEO, Sicon Semiconductor
Tel: +46-13-23-42-20
Email: roland.andersson@siconsemi.com
-- First Compound Based on Company's Proprietary
Fleximer(R) Polymer Platform Enters Clinical Trials
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Mersana
Therapeutics, a cancer therapeutics company, announced today
that it has initiated a Phase I open-label, dose-escalation
trial of its lead product candidate, XMT-1001, in patients
with solid tumors. XMT-1001 is a polymer-based prodrug of
camptothecin (CPT), a well-characterized topoisomerase I
inhibitor with potent anti-tumor activity.
The primary objectives of the study are to determine
the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetic profile of
XMT-1001. Patients also will be assessed for evidence of
anti-tumor activity. The study is being conducted at three
clinical sites: University of Maryland, Greenbaum Cancer
Center under the supervision of Dr. Edward Sausville; TGen
Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Heathcare's
Virginia G. Piper Center under the supervision of Stephen
P. Anthony, D.O. and Daniel Von Hoff, M.D.; and U.S.
Oncology in Albany, NY under the supervision of Lawrence
Garbo, M.D.
"Taking our first compound into the clinic in less
than eighteen months from financing for IND-enabling studies
is a major milestone for Mersana," said Julie Olson,
Ph.D., President and CEO of Mersana. "In addition to
XMT-1001, we have several other active programs in our
pipeline that take advantage of the unique features of our
Fleximer(R) platform and we look forward to advancing these
compounds into the clinic," she concluded.
Preclinical data from studies with XMT-1001 presented
at the recent American Association of Cancer Research
annual meeting showed that the agent was a potent and
efficacious agent against tumor xenografts of human colon
cancer and human ovarian cancer. Fleximer helps deliver up
to 75 times more active CPT (camptothecin) to cancer tumors
than with free CPT administration.
"Derivatives of the anticancer agent camptothecin,
such as Camptosar(R), have been successful but their true
clinical potential has been limited by safety issues,"
commented Robert J. Fram, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at
Mersana. "It is our hope that our Fleximer-based CPT
conjugate, XMT-1001, will significantly improve the safety
and therapeutic window of CPT and position the compound to
be effective in a broad range of solid tumors."
About XMT-1001
XMT-1001 is Mersana's most advanced Fleximer-based
product candidate. It utilizes a novel, dual release
mechanism to liberate a camptothecin prodrug, which is then
converted within cells into camptothecin, a DNA
topoisomerase I inhibitor. In pre-clinical studies,
XMT-1001 was better tolerated and more efficacious than
either camptothecin or irinotecan in models of human
cancer, showing extended plasma half-life and high
concentrations in tumor tissue.
About Fleximer Technology
Fleximer technology improves the therapeutic index of
cytotoxic compounds useful as anti-cancer agents by
uniquely combining biodegradability with "biological
stealth" properties, making Fleximer materials and
their conjugates long-circulating and non-immunotoxic.
Fleximer molecules are characterized by solubility in
water, stability in common manufacturing procedures and in
normal physiological conditions, and non-enzymatic
biodegradability upon uptake by cells.
About Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
Mersana, a privately held, venture-backed company, is
developing novel oncology agents based on clinically
validated compounds through the use of Fleximer(R), a
proprietary bio-degradable and bio-inert material that
enhances the pharmacokinetics, safety, and solubility of
drugs. Mersana has an exclusive license from the
Massachusetts General Hospital for its core technologies.
Mersana's pipeline includes compounds with activity against
multiple tumor types and human proof-of-concept that are
improved by its proprietary technologies. Mersana's
investors include Fidelity Biosciences, ProQuest
Investments, Rho Ventures, Harris & Harris Group and
PureTech Ventures.
Camptosar(R) is a registered trademark of Pfizer.
For more information, please contact:
Pete Leone
Chief Operating Officer
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.
Tel: +1-617-498-0020
Media:
Kathryn Morris, KMorrisPR
Tel: +1-845-635-9828
Email: kathryn@kmorrispr.com
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Otis
Elevator Company, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
(NYSE: UTX), won an $11 million order for Aqua, the latest
high-rise tower under construction as part of Chicago's
premier Lakeshore East community.
"We have selected Otis as our primary elevator
supplier, because of the quality of the Otis product and
the responsiveness of its people," said James
Loewenberg, co-chief executive officer, Magellan
Development Group, developer for the project. "Through
our longstanding relationship, we have worked together to
overcome any challenges that have arisen in the new
construction and service sides of the business."
When completed, the 28-acre, $4 billion Lakeshore East
will consist of 16 high-rise residential buildings, 4,900
residences, 2.2 million square feet of commercial space,
1,500 hotel rooms, a 6-acre public park and an elementary
school.
Otis has been selected for six of the seven towers that
have been completed or are under construction in the
development. In this latest award, Otis will provide
high-speed, gearless elevators for the 82-story Aqua, which
will be Chicago's first high-rise building designed to
combine condominiums, luxury rental apartments, hotel
suites and retail space.
"Lakeshore East is one of the most highly
acclaimed developments in Chicago this decade," said
Otis President Ari Bousbib. "Otis is proud that
Magellan Development Group LLC has selected Otis as the
elevator supplier of choice for this ambitious and
visionary mixed-use development."
Previously, Otis equipment was selected for the
62-story 340 On The Park residence tower; the Tides, a
51-story facility of apartments, garage and retail space;
the Chandler, a 35-story condominium containing 304
residences; the 46-story Shoreham, the first luxury
residential tower completed at Lakeshore East; and the
Regatta, a 44-story residential building.
Otis Elevator Company is the world's largest
manufacturer and maintainer of people-moving products
including elevators, escalators and moving walkways. With
headquarters in Farmington, Connecticut, Otis employs
61,000 people, offers products and services in more than
200 countries and territories and maintains 1.5 million
elevators and escalators worldwide. United Technologies
Corp., based in Hartford, Connecticut, is a diversified
company providing high-technology products and services to
the building and aerospace industries.
For more information, please contact:
Tizz Weber, Director
Communications, Otis Elevator Company
Tel: +1-860-676-6127
Email: Tizz.Weber@Otis.com
SHANGHAI, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Xinhua Finance Limited ("XFL"; TSE Mothers: 9399;
OTC ADRs: XHFNY) announced that it is undertaking a number
of initiatives to continue enhancing its corporate
governance policies and those of its subsidiary, Xinhua
Finance Media ("XFMedia"; Nasdaq: XFML), as part
of XFL's ongoing efforts to achieve best practices in
corporate governance in each of the markets in which the
company operates. These enhancements include:
-- Committing to having a majority of independent
directors on the Boards
of both XFL and XFMedia as soon as possible (even
though under the
relevant securities and exchange laws and rules,
neither company is
required to do so);
-- Committing to create a lead independent director
position on the Boards
of both XFL and XFMedia; and
-- Engaging Spencer Stuart, an internationally
recognized executive search
firm, to identify world-class independent director
candidates for the
XFL and XFMedia Boards.
(Logo: http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200702151700.gif )
XFL Chief Executive Officer Fredy Bush said, "Our
business continues to be strong. In a few short years we
have built in Xinhua Finance and XF Media companies which
have the knowledge, the assets and the long-term
relationships necessary to succeed in the China financial
information and media businesses. As our businesses have
become more global, we have evolved our governance
practices to meet the standards of the new markets we have
entered. XFL and XFMedia are currently fully compliant
with all applicable regulations in the jurisdictions where
we operate, but we recognize that there are ways in which
we can further improve our corporate governance.
"The world-class products and services that Xinhua
Finance provides -- which include ratings, indices, news,
advisory, investor relations and financial data -- are all
based on our track record of integrity and trust, and our
clients have made clear that they continue to value and
rely on the high quality work of our people. The important
steps we are announcing today will help us to continue
enhancing our corporate governance policies and practices
as we remain intensely focused on building world-class,
global businesses and creating value for our
shareholders."
The XFMedia Board of Directors also previously
announced that it has authorized XFMedia to repurchase up
to $50 million in shares of XFMedia's common stock, in a
sign of their confidence in the future of XFMedia's
business. XFMedia will buy its shares in the open market
and expects the purchases to be funded from existing and
future cash reserves. The Company advised that XFL is
constrained from buying back its stock at the present time
due to the covenants of its 2006 bond issue.
Ms. Bush also sent the following letter today to
shareholders of XFL:
May 30, 2007
Dear fellow shareholders,
As you probably know, Xinhua Finance Limited
("XFL") and its subsidiary, Xinhua Finance Media
("XFMedia"), have been on the receiving end of
some particularly nasty and misleading press stories
recently. I appreciate the support that so many of you
have expressed, and am writing to you today in order to:
-- Set the record straight with respect to some of the
unfair and
inaccurate reports that have been published about
us;
-- Let you know of some accelerated governance
improvements that we are
implementing to enhance our corporate structure and
governance;
-- Assure you that our business and competitive
position in China and the
U.S. remain as strong as ever, as evidenced by our
strong first quarter
results; and
At Xinhua Finance, we are strongly committed to
achieving best practices in corporate governance. It is
important to understand that XFL is a China company
organized under Cayman law that is listed on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange. Like our subsidiary Xinhua Finance Media
(which is listed on the NASDAQ Global Exchange in the
U.S.), XFL has to meet the regulatory requirements in
several jurisdictions. China has a uniquely complex legal
regime -- this is especially true for media assets and one
of the strengths of our company is that we have the
knowledge and long-term relationships necessary to succeed
in this business. Xinhua Finance Limited has grown from
$18 million in revenue in 2003 to $175 million in 2006.
During this time, we also have built, in XFMedia, a
pioneering media company and created substantial
opportunities that have never existed before in the China
market. Clearly, the skills across these companies speak
for themselves and the fundamentals of our business remain
strong.
As Xinhua Finance and its businesses have become more
global, we have structured our company to comply with
applicable laws in China, Japan, the U.S. and other
jurisdictions, always in consultation with highly-regarded
independent legal counsel. We also have evolved our
governance practices to meet the standards of the new
markets we have entered, and our recent listing of XFMedia
in the U.S. is no exception.
In keeping with our commitment to achieving best
practices in corporate governance, we recognize that there
are always ways in which governance can be further
improved. To that end, Xinhua Finance Limited and XFMedia
are accelerating a number of enhancements to our corporate
governance practices as follows:
-- We are committed to having a majority of independent
directors on the
Boards of both XFL and XFMedia as soon as possible
(even though under
the relevant rules neither company is required to do
so);
-- We are committed to creating a lead independent
director position on
the Boards of both XFL and XFMedia;
-- We have engaged Spencer Stuart, an internationally
recognized executive
search firm, to identify world-class independent
director candidates
for the XFL and XFMedia Boards; and
-- We have established a committee to explore other
ways in which we might
be able to enhance our corporate governance.
The high-quality products and services that Xinhua
Finance provides its clients -- which include ratings,
indices, news, advisory, investor relations and financial
data -- are all based on our track record of integrity and
trust. And we remain committed to our vision of building
world-class businesses in China and the U.S. and adhering
to and enhancing applicable standards of corporate
governance and transparency. As all thoughtful governance
experts acknowledge, this does not mean adhering to an
ideal "one-size-fits-all" standard, but doing
what is right and appropriate given the various
jurisdictions where we are listed and conduct business.
In the course of XFMedia's recent IPO, the most
important consideration (for the company and its first-tier
underwriters) was to ensure that the material details of
XFMedia's transactions and relationships were properly
described in the prospectus. XFMedia and its underwriters,
aided by world-class legal counsel, undertook an intensive
due diligence process. I am sure you will appreciate that,
because the misleading press reports have led to litigation,
even if we consider it baseless, we are somewhat constrained
in our ability to comment on every allegation and
insinuation in the press -- no matter how outrageous. But
we all believed and continue to believe that XFMedia's
prospectus includes all material information that was
required to be disclosed.
One last point I wish to touch on concerns recent
personnel changes at Glass Lewis. The recent media
onslaught was, after all, triggered by the vague and
sweeping disparaging remarks about Xinhua Finance and its
directors and officers made by a former reporter and Glass
Lewis employee, as he was leaving the firm, stating that he
was joining a Xinhua Finance competitor. This individual had
given two weeks' notice on May 2, "to pursue other
opportunities". On May 16, he sent his "amended
resignation letter" purporting to state further
reasons for leaving, which he promptly shared with
colleagues in the press. The Glass Lewis team, led by KT
Rabin, continues to be the most thoughtful and talented
group of corporate governance professionals, and clients
have made clear that they continue to value and rely on
their high quality work.
Despite the frustration of these misleading media
reports, we remain focused on running our business to
create shareholder value, which is why you invested in our
company, and on thoughtfully addressing the issues that
have come out of this heightened focus on the structure and
governance of Xinhua Finance Limited and XFMedia.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to
discuss anything regarding the company or current
developments. I would also welcome any suggestions you
would like us to consider as we continue building XFL and
XFMedia as premier global financial information and media
companies and enhancing their corporate governance. I
truly appreciate your ongoing support.
Sincerely,
Fredy Bush
CEO, Xinhua Finance Limited
About Xinhua Finance Limited
Xinhua Finance Limited is China's premier financial
information and media service provider and is listed on the
Mothers Board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (symbol: 9399)
(OTC ADRs: XHFNY). Bridging China's financial markets and
the world, Xinhua Finance serves financial institutions,
corporations and re-distributors through five focused and
complementary service lines: Indices, Ratings, Financial
News, Investor Relations, and Distribution. Founded in
November 1999, the Company is headquartered in Shanghai,
with offices and news bureaus spanning 14 countries
worldwide. For more information, please visit:
http://www.xinhuafinance.com .
About Xinhua Finance Media Limited
Xinhua Finance Media ("XFMedia"; Nasdaq:
XFML) is China's leading diversified financial and
entertainment media company targeting high net worth
individuals nationwide. The company reaches its target
audience via TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and other
distribution channels. Through its five synergistic
business groups, Advertising, Broadcast, Print, Production
and Research, XFMedia offers a total solution empowering
clients at every stage of the media process and keeping
people connected and entertained. Headquartered in
Beijing, the company has offices and affiliates in major
cities of China including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou,
Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Xinhua Finance Media Limited is a
subsidiary of Xinhua Finance Limited. For more
information, please visit http://www.xinhuafinancemedia.com
.
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strategies; our future business development, results of
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and retain customers; competition in the Chinese
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cost or expense items as a percentage of our revenues; the
outcome of ongoing, or any future, litigation or
arbitration; risks associated with recent adverse press
articles, the expected growth of the Chinese advertising
and media market; and Chinese governmental policies
relating to advertising and media. Further information
regarding these and other risks is included in our
registration statement on Form F-1, as amended, filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. XFMedia does not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement, except as required under applicable law.
For more information, please contact:
China
Joy Tsang
Tel: +86-136-2179-1577 / +852-9486-4364
Email: joy.tsang@xinhuafinance.com
United States
Eric Andrus
Tel: +1-646-805-2010
Email: EAndrus@rlmnet.com
HONG KONG, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Xinhua Far
East China Ratings today changed the rating outlook for
Chongqing Iron & Steel Co Ltd ("Chongqing
Steel" or "the Company", SH A 601005, HK
1053) from negative to stable. Its domestic currency issuer
credit rating remains unchanged at BBB.
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The outlook change was prompted by the company's
improved financial structure resulting from the completion
of A shares re-issue in the Shanghai market and following a
recovery in China's steel industry since February 2006. The
change also reflects our positive views about the company's
planned new projects which are expected to optimize its
manufacturing process and improve its profitability. Even
so, the cyclical nature of the industry and the company's
relatively small scale prevent it from obtaining a higher
rating at this time.
Since February 2006, China's steel industry has
undergone a recovery, with strong domestic demand and sharp
growth in exports. The price index for domestic steel
products rose from 77 on January 1, 2006, to 103 on May 17
this year. Our forecasts are that demand for steel will
grow on average by 13% a year between 2007 and 2010.
Despite recent cuts to export tax rebates, the domestic
steel industry should expand steadily over the period,
benefiting from growing domestic demand, rising exports and
controls on new capacity, without the risk of a serious
over-supply.
Following the completion of A shares re-issue in the
Shanghai market on February 28, in which RMB1 billion was
raised, the company's gross debt to total capital ratio
dropped from 42.4% in 2006 to 37.2% in the first quarter of
2007. The company plans to invest in new projects with total
forecast capital expenditure of RMB2 billion. These include:
an 800,000-ton hot-rolled steel coin project; phase II of a
500,000-ton cold-rolled thin plates project; and a
143,000-ton galvanization plates project.
In Xinhua Far East's opinion, these new projects will
optimize its manufacturing processes and improve its
profitability, without boosting its debt ratios
significantly. The company's core product is its
medium-gauge steel plating, which contributed to 43.7% of
total revenue and 86.2% of gross profit in 2006. The
addition of further products would diversify the company's
product concentration risks. Besides, as Chongqing is the
largest motorcycle manufacturing base and an important auto
manufacturing base, the Company's increased cold-rolled thin
plate capacity can be absorbed.
In December 2004, Chongqing Steel started operating
phase I of its cold-rolled thin plates project, reporting a
gross margin of -14% in 2006 due to the high cost of
outsourcing hot-rolled thin plates. The planned
construction of its 800,000-ton hot-rolled steel coin
project is expected to improve the company's
profitability.
However, the cyclical nature of the steel industry, the
company's relatively small scale of operation, uncertainties
surrounding the construction of new projects, and the
liquidity risks related to its higher proportion of
short-term debt, prevent it from obtaining a higher rating
at this time.
Chongqing Steel mainly produces steel plates, steel
sections and wire rods, with steel plates (mainly used for
shipbuilding, boilers and pressure vessel) the biggest
contributor to revenue and profit. In 2006, the company
produced 2.88 million tons of steel products, 58% of which
was sold in China's south-west.
For the rating report summary, please visit
http://www.xinhuafinance.com/creditrating .
Note to Editors:
About Xinhua Far East China Ratings
Xinhua Far East China Ratings (Xinhua Far East) is a
pioneering venture in China that aims to rank credit risks
among corporations in China. It is a strategic alliance
between Xinhua Finance (TSE Mothers: 9399), and Shanghai
Far East Credit Rating Co., Ltd. Shanghai Far East became a
Xinhua Finance partner company in 2003 and the first China
member of The Association of Credit Rating Agencies in Asia
in December 2003.
Capitalizing on the synergy between Xinhua Finance and
Shanghai Far East, Xinhua Far East's rating methodology and
process blend unique local market knowledge with
international rating standards. Xinhua Far East is
committed to provide investors with independent, objective,
timely and forward-looking credit opinions on Chinese
companies. It aims to help investors differentiate the
credit risks among the corporations in China, thereby,
cultivating their awareness and promoting information
disclosures and transparency in China market. For more
information, see http://www.xfn.com/creditrating .
About Xinhua Finance Limited
Xinhua Finance Limited is China's premier financial
information and media service provider and is listed on the
Mothers Board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (symbol: 9399)
(OTC ADRs: XHFNY). Bridging China's financial markets and
the world, Xinhua Finance serves financial institutions,
corporations and re-distributors through five focused and
complementary service lines: Indices, Ratings, Financial
News, Investor Relations, and Distribution. Founded in
November 1999, the Company is headquartered in Shanghai,
with offices and news bureaus spanning 14 countries
worldwide.
For more information, please visit
http://www.xinhuafinance.com .
About Shanghai Far East Credit Rating Co., Ltd
Shanghai Far East Credit Rating Co., Ltd. is the first
and leading professional credit rating company with
comprehensive business coverage in China. It is an
independent agency established by the Shanghai Academy of
Social Sciences with the mission to develop internationally
accepted standards for capital market in China. The company
is a pioneer in conducting bond-rating business in China.
For years, it has been authorized by the Shanghai branch of
the PBOC to undertake loan certificate credit rating.
Since establishment, it has rated over 1,000 corporate
long-term bonds and commercial papers, based on the
principles of objectivity, fairness and independence. The
company has also maintained over 50% market share in the
loan certificate-rating sector in Shanghai for three
consecutive years. With its strong local presence and
knowledge, it provides investors with unique and the most
insightful credit opinion. For more information, see
http://www.fareast-cr.com .
For more nnformation, please contact:
Hong Kong
Joy Tsang
Corporate & Investor Communications Director
Xinhua Finance
Tel: +852-3196-3983, +86-21-6113-5999,
+852-9486-4364
Email: joy.tsang@xinhuafinance.com
Scott Zhang
Tel: +86-21-6113-5996
Email: scott.zhang@xinhuafinance.com
US
Taylor Rafferty (IR/PR Contact in US)
Mr. John P. Dudzinsky
Tel: +1 212 889 4350
Email: xinhuafinance@taylor-rafferty.com
SHANGHAI, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Praxair (China)
Investment Co., Ltd has started up a new 400-tons-per-day
air separation plant for LianZhong (GZ) Stainless Steel
Corp (LianZhong) in Guangzhou, South China. LianZhong will
produce 800,000 tons per year of stainless steel to meet the
growing demands of the Chinese market.
The new Praxair plant, located in Guangzhou Economic and
Technology Development Zone, will supply high volumes of
high purity oxygen, nitrogen and argon to LianZhong via
pipeline. The facility will also provide a supply of
merchant liquid products to other customers in the region.
With five other large air separation plants already in
operation in Shaoguan and Huizhou, this sixth air
separation plant pushes Praxair's total investment in
Guangdong Province to over $100 million. Praxair further
strengthens its position as the largest industrial gases
supplier in the region with unparalleled resources for
reliable supply of industrial gases.
The supply to LianZhong also expands Praxair' customer
portfolio. It is the first supply to the stainless steel
sector and the 26th large-scale project Praxair has built
in China. Praxair is committed to serving China's fast
growing economy as its developing infrastructure demands
increased production from basic materials to electronics
components.
Commenting on the new plant, Mr. David Chow, Praxair
China president, said, "We have quickly and
successfully grown our business in southern China by
delivering fully integrated products and services to our
customers. The new plant broadens our already diversified
customer base and positions us for even further growth in
the region. This is a testimony to the capabilities of
Praxair and a practical demonstration of what we can
achieve with the support of our customers and local
authorities."
The new plant is a continuation of series of new
investments in China by Praxair. Other recent
announcements of a 3,000-tons-per day plant for a
gasification process and a new facility for a semiconductor
fab in Shanghai are some of the projects in Praxair's
current investment pipeline.
About LianZhong (Guangzhou) Stainless Steel
Corporation
Invested by Taiwan-based Yieh United Steel Corp, Lianzhong
(Guangzhou) Stainless Steel Corporation (LISCO) is a large
scale, modern integrated stainless steel production
enterprise approved by the State Council. Designed with
the world' s most advanced cutting edge technology, LISCO
will be the first and best-integrated stainless steel
manufacturer in the Southern China. The plant will have
melting shop, continuous slab caster, hot strip mill and
cold rolling mill. LISCO Project meets the strong demand
of economic growth in the area and will keep clean
production method to protect the environment. Its design
has been granted as one of the Key Engineering Projects of
Guangdong Province in 2005 and also been listed as the
Encouraging Projects of State.
About Yieh United Steel Corporation (YUSCO)
Yieh United Steel Corporation (YUSCO) was founded in
December 1988. With total investment exceeding 40 billion
N.T. Dollars, YUSCO is the largest integrated stainless
steel mill in Southeast Asia and the world seventh largest
stainless steel producer. The company is based in
Kaohsiung County, Southern Taiwan.
About Praxair China
Praxair China, a subsidiary of Praxair, Inc., is a
leading global industrial gases supplier in China, serving
a diverse group of industries through the production, sale,
distribution and value-added application of industrial
gases. With over 1000 employees across the country,
Praxair China, headquartered in Shanghai, operates 13
wholly owned companies and 11 joint ventures. More
information on Praxair China is available on the Internet
at http://www.praxair.com.cn .
About Praxair
With 27,000 employees and operations in more than 30
countries, Praxair, Inc. (NYSE: PX) is a global Fortune 500
company. Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in
North and South America, and one of the largest worldwide,
with 2006 sales of $8.3 billion. The company produces,
sells and distributes atmospheric and process gases and
high performance surface coatings. Praxair products,
services and technologies bring productivity and
environmental benefits to a wide variety of industries,
including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage,
electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and
others. More information on Praxair in available on the
internet at http://www.praxair.com .
For more information, please contact:
Li Zhenmin
Director, Product Management and Marketing
Praxair (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Tel: +86-21-2894-7000
Fax: +86-21-5888-2301
Email: zhengmin_li@praxair.com
WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 31 MAY 2007
BEIJING, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- World No Tobacco
Day 2007 is an urgent reminder that tobacco is a major
health challenge in China -- a country that has one third
of the world's smokers.
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The warning bells are ringing on China's tobacco
burden.
Nearly 350 million people smoke in China. 50 percent of
those who do not smoke are exposed to harmful smoke from
other people's cigarettes.
China is the world's biggest producer of tobacco with
one third of the world's tobacco leaf production and one
third of the world's cigarette manufacturing output.
Tobacco use in China is socially and economically
devastating.
Smoking contributes heavily to China's burden of
disease, costing over $5 billion annually.
The death toll from diseases associated with tobacco is
around one million Chinese annually, a figure that is
expected to increase to 2.2 million per year by 2020 if
smoking rates remain unchanged.
Tobacco is a driving force in the rising epidemic of
chronic diseases in China, placing increasing pressure on
China's health system.
The Chinese Government has declared itself ready to
take on the tobacco fight and has ratified the Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control - the international WHO
treaty that aims to wage war against smoking and
tobacco-related illnesses.
Now China needs to implement comprehensive measures
that will change people's behaviour and lead to fewer
people smoking.
Increasing tobacco taxes is a clear win-win situation
for China. Despite a fall in the number of people smoking,
higher taxes mean the Government's revenue will rise and
there will be a fall in smoking-related health costs,
diseases and deaths.
Raising tobacco taxes needs to be complemented by other
measures that further reduce the demand for tobacco - such
as banning cigarette advertising strong warnings on the
labels of tobacco products, and moving towards smoke-free
environments.
Ultimately, China needs to enact national laws that set
the standard for tobacco control for the entire country and
are clear, strong and enforceable.
The 2008 Olympics will be a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity to in China's tobacco fight. China has
committed to a smoke-free Olympics. Delivering on this will
send a powerful message and generate momentum for a
sustained long-term campaign.
Fighting tobacco is not easy, especially when there is
a state monopoly on tobacco production. There will always
be huge opposition to tobacco control in China. Political
commitment is needed across every element of the Chinese
Government.
WHO looks forward to supporting the Chinese government
in its ongoing tobacco fight.
More information about World No Tobacco Day is
available at
http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/events/wntd/2007/en
.
For more information, please contact:
Joanna Brent,
Communications Team Leader,
WHO China
Tel: +86-10-6532-7189 x681
Mobile: +86-1391-120-5176
New Software Strategy is First to Tackle Challenges of
Multi-Core Licensing, Enabling Broader Adoption of Grid,
Utility and On-Demand Computing
TOKYO, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- GRIDWORLD --
Altair Engineering unveiled today its new software business
model to enable the first on-demand computing software
environment that tackles the challenges of multi-core
processor licensing. In response to industry changes,
Altair's innovative and patented software licensing model
for PBS Professional(TM) allows users to only pay for what
they use, thus powering a pure on-demand computing
environment.
Over the past several years, designers of
microprocessors have begun building two or more processors
into a single package, introducing multi-core technology --
and a challenge to software companies worldwide. Software
vendors have continued to implement outdated and inflexible
licensing models, limiting customer value and the adoption
of grid and on-demand computing. In response to industry
and customer demands, Altair has developed its innovative
software licensing model that allows customers to enable
their entire enterprise infrastructure to be shared
globally while only paying for actual usage of software
licenses.
This industry changing licensing model is released in
conjunction with PBS Professional 9.0, a workload
management software platform essential in powering grid and
on-demand computing environments. PBS is the most widely
implemented software environment for grid, on-demand and
cluster computing worldwide.
"Multi-core technology like the forthcoming
Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor code-named 'Barcelona'
will deliver significant value to customers in the form of
superior performance-per-watt and virtualization
capabilities. But unfortunately some software vendors have
not yet optimized their applications for multi-core
processors and many struggle with how to license their
products," said David Rich, director, High Performance
Computing, AMD. "Altair's new licensing model allows
customers to immediately realize maximum value from their
AMD multi-core processors and plays a catalyst role in
moving the industry towards greater adoption of innovative
technologies like Grid-, utility- and on-demand-
computing."
The PBS Professional licensing system enables a single
on-demand computing environment that includes the following
key benefits:
1. Users only pay for what they use where customers can
enable
their entire infrastructure but only pay for
concurrent usage
of licenses;
2. Flexible software licenses that can dynamically
float across
enterprise computing resources, even geographically
separate
systems to meet changing needs of users;
3. A single on-demand computing environment that
intelligently
schedules applications onto multi-core based
infrastructures,
maximizing return on computing capital investments;
and
4. New simplified pricing offered at $13.50 per
concurrent
license (North American pricing), or about one
quarter the
cost of previous pricing, delivers significantly
greater value
to customers.
"Altair is excited to serve as an industry leader
in providing customers what they have been demanding, and
in enabling a true on-demand computing environment,"
said Altair President and CEO James R. Scapa. "This
is a preview to our vision of how PBS Professional will be
the key enabling technology for the future of on-demand
computing."
Altair partners and resellers will benefit from the new
licensing model by being able to deliver greater application
value to their customers. PBS Professional 9.0 is available
immediately with the new licensing model. For more
information, visit http://www.altair.com/pbs9 .
About Altair Engineering
Altair Engineering, Inc. powers on-demand computing and
innovation for customers worldwide. The company's products
and services strengthen client innovation and
decision-making through technology that optimizes the
analysis, management and visualization of business and
engineering information. Privately held with more than
1,200 employees, Altair has offices throughout North
America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a
20-year-plus track record for product design, advanced
engineering software and on-demand computing technologies,
Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to
customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more,
please visit http://www.altair.com .
For more information, please contact:
Brad Rutledge
Tel: +1-801-824-6218
Email: brad@rutledgeconsultinggroup.com
Andrea Bingham
Tel: +1-801-420-8812
Email: andrea@rutledgeconsultinggroup.com
JIANGSU, China, May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Canadian
Solar Inc. ("the Company", or "CSI")
(Nasdaq: CSIQ) today announced it has concluded a 2007
annual sales contract worth 45 million Euro with a leading
German customer. CSI has already started to deliver to this
contract in March, before official signing, due to immediate
demand for the products.
Concurrently CSI held a ground breaking ceremony for
the new 250 MW module manufacturing facility for its plant
in Changshu, China, located about 100 km west from
Shanghai. The first phase of the new facility is 20,000
square meter in area and is expected to be completed by
November of 2007. When finished, the first phase facility
will have a module production capacity of 250 MW.
Construction is expected to start in June after receiving
final building permits.
Dr. Shawn Qu, CEO of CSI, said, "We continue to
execute our business expanding strategy as planned in order
to support our customers' demands and forecasts. Our
insistence on quality products and services is paying off.
The strong demand we are seeing exemplifies CSI
management's strategies of branding CSI as Tier-One in
quality and to form long-term partnership with Tier-One
distributors in every geographic market. This annual
contract, with firm pricing and delivery schedules until
the end of year, serves as another example of such a
partnership which brings business security and visibility
to both CSI and its customers."
About Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ)
Founded in 2001, Canadian Solar Inc. (CSI) is a
vertically integrated manufacturer of solar cell, solar
module and custom-designed solar application products
serving worldwide customers. CSI is incorporated in Canada
and conducts all of its manufacturing operations in China.
Backed by years of experience and knowledge in the solar
power market and the silicon industry, CSI has become a
major global provider of solar power products for a wide
range of applications. For more information, please visit
http://www.csisolar.com .
Safe Harbor/Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release including
statements regarding expected future financial and industry
growth are forward-looking statements that involve a number
of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially. These statements are made under the
"Safe Harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases,
you can identify forward-looking statements by such terms
as "believes," "expects,"
"anticipates," "intends,"
"estimates," the negative of these terms, or
other comparable terminology. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ include general business and
economic conditions and the state of the solar industry;
governmental support for the deployment of solar power;
future shortage or availability of the supply of
high-purity silicon; demand for end-use products by
consumers and inventory levels of such products in the
supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers,
including customers of our silicon materials sales; changes
in demand from major markets such as Germany; changes in
customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity
utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and
declines in average selling price; delays in new product
introduction; continued success in technological
innovations and delivery of products with the features
customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or
capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange
rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described
in the Company's SEC filings, including its registration
statement on Form F-1 originally filed on October 23, 2006,
as amended. Although the Company believes that the
expectations reflected in the forward looking statements
are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, level
of activity, performance, or achievements. You should not
place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
All information provided in this press release is as of
today's date, unless otherwise stated, and CSI undertakes
no duty to update such information, except as required
under applicable law.
For more information, please contact:
In Jiangsu, P.R. China
Bing Zhu, Chief Financial Officer
Canadian Solar Inc.
Tel: +86-512-6269-6755
Email: ir@csisolar.com
In the U.S.
David Pasquale
The Ruth Group
Tel: +1-646-536-7006
Email: dpasquale@theruthgroup.com
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Montage Technology Group, a key supplier of critical
silicon solutions, and leading provider of digital TV and
memory interface logic solutions, today announced that Mr.
Desi Rhoden has joined the company as Executive Vice
President.
"Desi's long history of successes in semiconductor
technology and standards development, combined with his well
known tenacity for forward progress, will help take Montage
to the forefront of the semiconductor industry," said
Dr. Howard Yang, Chairman and CEO of Montage Technology.
"We are pleased to welcome Desi to our team, where he
will play a key role in establishing Montage as a market
leader."
Mr. Rhoden is a seasoned veteran in the semiconductor
industry with over 20 years experience in a broad range of
areas including memory and high performance systems. He is
Chairman of the JEDEC JC-42 Memory Committee and the past
Chairman of the Board for JEDEC, the world leader in
standards and technology development for the semiconductor
industry. Mr. Rhoden's involvement in JEDEC has continued
for over 20 years throughout his other positions in the
industry. Prior to joining Montage, Mr. Rhoden served as
Executive VP for Inphi Corporation concentrating on
business development, helping take the company from unknown
to a leadership position. Previously he was President/CEO
of Advanced Memory International Inc. (AMI2), where he
coordinated the industry wide infrastructure development
and promotion of standard memory technologies including
PC133, DDR, and DDR2. Methodologies developed in AMI2
continue as standard industry practice today. Before
leading AMI2, Mr. Rhoden was a Fellow at VLSI Technology
where he held several management positions as well, and
prior to joining VLSI, he was a Scientist at Hewlett
Packard. He continues to serve on the EIA (Electronic
Industries Alliance) Board of Governors where he represents
JEDEC and the semiconductor industry. Mr. Rhoden has
Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electrical Engineering
from Colorado State University.
About Montage Technology
Montage Technology is a leading fabless IC design
company with operations in both Shanghai and Silicon
Valley. By combining its expertise in advanced
mixed-signal, RF and DSP technologies, Montage develops and
delivers high-performance, low-power IC solutions that
enable new applications in digital enterprise and digital
home. Additional information about Montage Technology is
accessible at http://www.montage-tech.com .
For more information, please contact:
Lucia Luo
Montage Technology
Tel: +86-21-5169-6833 x839
Fax: +86-21-5426-3130
Email: lucia.luo@montage-tech.com
アルプス社、ルートビデオ共有サービス「ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ ｖｉｄｅｏ（アルプスラボビデオ）」（β版）を公開
アルプス社、ビデオ動画とルート情報を簡単に同期し、
作品を公開・共有できる『ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ ｖｉｄｅｏ』（β版）を公開
株式会社アルプス社（最高執行責任者：池上充宏、本社：愛知県名古屋市、以下アルプス社）は、地図とビデオ動画の融合をテーマにしたルートビデオ共有サービス、『ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ ｖｉｄｅｏ（アルプスラボビデオ）』を本日公開いたします。
「ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ（アルプスラボ）」は、ＷＥＢ上の地図を活用した新たな技術やサービス、仕組みを提案する、アルプス社の実験サイトです。
本日「ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ」において、公開を開始しました『ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ ｖｉｄｅｏ』は、ユーザー自身が撮影したビデオとルート情報を同期させて作成した動画を、ブログやＷＥＢページに貼り付けることができる新サービスです。車・鉄道などのビデオ動画とそのルートや、店舗や観光地などへの案内映像とそのルートなど、さまざまなコンテンツの作成、共有が可能となります。
『ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ ｖｉｄｅｏ』の特長は、以下の通りです。
１．ビデオ動画とルート地図を融合したルートビデオコンテンツの作成
２．ビデオ動画とルート情報を簡単に同期するツールを提供
３．ブログやＷＥＢページにルートビデオを貼り付け、公開が可能
４．ビデオ動画は「Ｙａｈｏｏ！ビデオキャスト」に対応
また、今後もユーザーの皆さまからのご要望・ご指摘などを反映し、『ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ ｖｉｄｅｏ』を応用したルート案内機能や、表現方法のさらなる工夫、対応ビデオサイトの拡張など、機能改善、拡張を行っていく予定です。
■『ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ ｖｉｄｅｏ』 http://video.alpslab.jp/
■『ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢ』 http://www.alpslab.jp/
■株式会社アルプス社 http://www.alpsmap.co.jp/
※詳細はオリジナルリリースを参照
※この文面に記載された固有名詞および製品名は、各社の商標または登録商標です。
※掲載した情報は発表日現在のものです。製品の仕様およびサービス等は予告なく変更または中止されることがあります。
※ＡＬＰＳＬＡＢはアルプス社の商標です。
● 関連リンク
アドベントネット、統合アプリケーション管理ツール「Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ」日本語版を発売
アドベントネット、統合アプリケーション管理ツールをエンハンス
－ 「ＭａｎａｇｅＥｎｇｉｎｅ Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ」 のＥｎｔｅｒｐｒｉｓｅ Ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎも日本語化 －
アドベントネット株式会社（代表取締役：山下 義人、本社：横浜市）は、統合アプリケーション管理ツール「ＡｄｖｅｎｔＮｅｔ ＭａｎａｇｅＥｎｇｉｎｅ Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ」の「Ｅｎｔｅｒｐｒｉｓｅ Ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎ」 も日本語化し、本日、出荷を開始します。
【製品概要】
ＡｄｖｅｎｔＮｅｔ ＭａｎａｇｅＥｎｇｉｎｅ Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ （以下、Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ ） は、Ｗｅｂ アプリケーション、Ｗｅｂ サーバ、アプリケーションサーバ、データベース、サービスなど、さまざまなビジネスアプリケーションをリモートから統合管理するツールです。企業のシステムやネットワークの管理者がアプリケーションシステムの状態を的確に把握し、予防保守や障害対応を適切に実施できるよう支援します。Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ には２つのＥｄｉｔｉｏｎがあり、大規模ネットワーク向けの「Ｅｎｔｅｒｐｒｉｓｅ Ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎ」では、これまで英語版のみの販売でした。今回、日本語化を完了し、すでに日本語化されている「Ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ Ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎ」とともに、「リリース７．３」 として出荷を開始します。Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ ７．３では、ＷｅｂＳｐｈｅｒｅ （日本語版ｖ６） 監視のサポート、フェイルオーバ機能 （Ｅｎｔｅｒｐｒｉｓｅ Ｅｄｉｔｉｏｎのみ） の追加などのエンハンスが行われ、サーバやアプリケーションの管理者にとって大変便利なツールになっています。
ＭａｎａｇｅＥｎｇｉｎｅ Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ ７．３ 情報
http://www.adventnet.co.jp/products/applications_manager/index.html
ＭａｎａｇｅＥｎｇｉｎｅ Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ ７．３ 評価版ダウンロード
http://www.adventnet.co.jp/products/applications_manager/download.html
【機能概要】
Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒは、ネットワークに接続されたアプリケーションシステムに対するリモート監視機能、ディスカバリ機能、可用性／状態／性能／障害管理機能、レポート機能などを装備しています。また、ユーザが開発したカスタムアプリケーションも管理可能です。障害管理機能では、アプリケーションで発生した障害を通知するアラートを生成し、管理者にいち早く通知します。アラートには、電子メールやショートメッセージによる通知、ＳＮＭＰトラップの送信、コマンド実行などのアクションを設定することができます。このような豊富な機能により、管理者のスキルに依存せず、一様かつ高度なレベルのビジネスアプリケーションの管理やＴＣＯ削減を実現することができます。主な監視対象は、関連資料のとおりです。
【主な新機能および改善項目】
Ａｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｓ Ｍａｎａｇｅｒ ７．３ の主な新機能は、次のとおりです。
・ Ｊａｖａ ランタイム監視 （ＪＤＫ１．５以上のＪａｖａアプリケーションの ＪＶＭ パフォーマンス監視）
・ ＷｅｂＬｏｇｉｃ Ｉｎｔｅｇｒａｔｉｏｎ 監視
・ ファイルシステム監視
・ フェイルオーバ機能 （Ｅｎｔｅｒｐｒｉｓｅ 版）
・ スクリプト監視の機能追加 － 出力ファイル中の表形式統計のサポート
・ Ｏｒａｃｌｅ監視の機能追加 － 監視項目追加 （セッション待ち、バッファ取得、ディスク読み込み）
・ ＷｅｂＳｐｈｅｒｅ （日本語版ｖ６） 監視
・ ＤＢ２（日本語版 ８．ｘ） 監視
・ ＩＩＳ監視の機能追加 － 監視項目追加 （Ｗｅｂサイト統計）
・ ＪＭＸ ／ ＳＮＭＰ 実装のカスタムアプリケーションの管理
・ アラート履歴レポート （ＰＤＦ出力） の追加
・ リアルタイムの可用性およびステータスのレポートの追加
・ Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ ２０００ でのＷｉｎｄｏｗｓ パフォーマンスカウンタの監視
・ ＪＳＯＮ Ｆｅｅｄのサポート（イントラネットで監視グループと監視ステータスの情報を取得および表示するため）
【動作環境】
ＯＳ： Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ ２０００ Ｓｅｒｖｅｒ、Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ Ｓｅｒｖｅｒ ２００３、Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ ２０００ Ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ、Ｗｉｎｄｏｗｓ ＸＰ
Ｌｉｎｕｘ （ Ｒｅｄｈａｔ Ｌｉｎｕｘ ８．０、９．０、ＡＳ ２．１ ／ ３ ／ ４、ＥＳ ２．１ ／ ３ ／ ４、またはＤｅｂｉａｎ）
【ライセンスと価格】
＊ 関連資料 参照
【会社情報】
米国ＡｄｖｅｎｔＮｅｔ， Ｉｎｃ．（本社：カリフォルニア州）は、ネットワーク管理を核にソフトウエア製品の開発・販売を行い、ノーテルネットワークス、シスコシステムズ、エリクソン、ルーセント・テクノロジーなど世界１，２００社以上の有力企業に採用され、ネットワーク管理のＯＥＭ市場で、デファクト・スタンダードとして認知されています。
また、今まで培ったＩＴ運用管理製品の開発ノウハウや経験を生かし、一般企業向けのＩＴ運用管理ツールのシリーズである「ＭａｎｅｇｅＥｎｇｉｎｅＴＭ」の開発・販売にも注力し、全世界で売り上げが急進中です。
最近では、Ｗｅｂ２．０時代のインターネットサービスとして注目されているオンライン・コラボレーションツール「Ｚｏｈｏ」の開発・普及にも努めています。
アドベントネット株式会社は、米国 ＡｄｖｅｎｔＮｅｔ， Ｉｎｃ．が開発・製造したネットワーク管理関連製品、企業向けＩＴ運用管理製品やソリューションパッケージの日本市場への導入とサポート、コンサルテーションなどを行っています。
■ お客様からのお問合せ先：
アドベントネット株式会社 営業部
japan-sales@adventnet.com ＴＥＬ： ０４５－４４４－３８８１
■ ＵＲＬ ：
http://www.adventnet.co.jp/
本資料に掲載されている製品名、会社名などの固有名詞は各社の商標または登録商標です。（Ｒ）マーク、ＴＭマークは省略しています。
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トマト銀行、夏のボーナスシーズンに合わせた「トマト・サマーキャンペーン」を実施
「トマト・サマーキャンペーン」実施のお知らせ
当社では、夏のボーナスシーズンに合わせ、定期預金、オープン外貨定期預金を期間中に新規または増額でお申し込み、または、投資信託・国債を購入いただいた個人のお客さまを対象とした「トマト・サマーキャンペーン」を実施することといたしましたので、お知らせいたします。
記
１．キャンペーン期間
平成１９年６月１日（金）～平成１９年８月３１日（金）
２．キャンペーン概要
総数３２，０００本の抽選券をご用意し、対象商品３０万円毎の預入（ご購入）につき、抽選券を１枚お渡しし、「当たり」が出るとその場でふるさと地元岡山にちなんだ「夏の逸品」を選んで申込みいただきプレゼントいたします。
「はずれ」が出てもダブルチャンスとして、後日抽選で「バッテリー」全６巻（原作者 あさのあつこ氏（岡山生まれ、在住）サイン入）をプレゼントいたします。
◆対象商品及び条件
対象商品：投資信託・国債
条 件：３０万円以上ご購入いただいたお客さま
対象商品：オープン外貨定期預金
条 件：新規または増額で３０万円以上預入いただいたお客さま
対象商品：個人定期性預金（注
条 件：新規または増額で３０万円以上預入いただいたお客さま
注）キャンペーン対象
個人定期性預金は、定期性預金（３か月以上）が対象となります。
やすらぎ定期は対象外とします。
抽選券の上限はお預け入れ金額等の１千万円分までとします。
３．プレゼントの内容
（１）「抽選券」によるプレゼント
対象者：抽選券３２，０００本のうち８００本を「当たり」としてプレゼント
（４０枚に１枚の当たりの確率となります）
プレゼント内容：地元岡山にちなんだ「夏の逸品」
※抽選券がなくなり次第、キャンペーンは終了とさせていただきます。
応募方法：店頭にご用意している当選プレゼント申込書へ住所、氏名の必要事項をご記入いただき、「夏の逸品」を１つ選んでいただきます。
（２）「ダブルチャンス」によるプレゼント
対象者：抽選券で「はずれ」となった方を再抽選し、合計３０名様にプレゼント
プレゼント内容：「バッテリー」全６巻（原作者 あさのあつこ氏 サイン入）
応募券：抽選券の番号が再抽選番号になりますので、当選発表日まで大切に保管してください。
応募方法：平成１９年９月１４日（金）に抽選を行い、店頭およびホームページで当選番号を掲示いたしますので、当選された方は９月１４日（金）以降１０月１５日（月）までの間に、店頭に抽選券をご提示いただき、店頭にご用意している当選プレゼント申込書へ住所、氏名の必要事項をご記入いただきます。
当選条件：該当の預金、オープン外貨定期預金が中途解約されていないこと。
※条件を満たさない場合は、失権となります。
以上
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シーライン東京、南仏プロファンスをテーマしたフランス料理など「夏のクルーズプラン」を発売
東京湾クルージング シンフォニー
［夏のクルーズプラン］発売
レストランクルーズ＜夏のラインナップ＞
爽やかにこの夏を・・・・満喫物語！
♪南仏プロヴァンスへの誘い
シンフォニーでは、夏の特別企画と致しまして、南仏プロファンスの自然のように裕で健康的な料理をテーマしたフランス料理を販売いたします。
◇フランス料理／Ｓセット・Ａセット・シェフおすすめセット １０，０００～２１，０００円（６／４～９／２まで）
さらに！最高峰の品質“佐賀牛”を食すプランも実施。
◇フランス料理／Ｓセッ・Ａセット １６，０００～２１，０００円（ディナー・サンセット限定６／４～９／２まで）
※佐賀牛を食すプランは、パーティー（団体）向けもご用意しております。
♪南国ハワイの満喫ブッフェ！
食べ放題が嬉しいバイキング。夏はハワイアン・グルメをテーマにした味巡り＜旬味紀航＞のハワイアン・ブッフェを開催。
◇クルージング・ブッフェ（バイキング料理） ５，０００～８，０００円（６／４～９／２まで）
♪夏限定☆ビアクルーズ
船上ラウンジで生ビールを楽しむ夏色の時間。オシャレな外国ビール「ベルビュークリーク」やフォションアップルなど女性好みのカクテルも飲み放題。
◇ビアクルーズ ４，０００・５，０００円（サンセット・ディナー限定７／２１～９／２まで）
♪夏のイベント－ラインナップ－
９００キロカロリー夏メニューとアルパの音楽、アロマ体験で過ごす「癒しの水曜日」 ◇シーリングクルーズ ９，０００円（６／２７、７／１８）
昼はハワイアン夜はジャズバンドと巡る船旅気分の３時間３０分クルーズ。
◇東京湾大パノラマクルーズ サンシャインコース ６，５００・８，０００円（８／２～３１月～金、８／１１、１２）
◇東京湾大パノラマクルーズ トワイライトコース １０，０００～１３，０００円（８／６～１５※除く８／１１）
真夏の夢物語“ピアノとソプラノのディナーライブ”と“水越けいこ船上ライブ”開催。
◇クルーズ＆ミュージック １２，０００円（８／１６、１７）
※各クルーズのご予約開始は指定日の同日２ヶ月前からとなります。
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ファミリーマート、オリジナルスイーツブランドから男性向けデザートを発売
ファミリーマートオリジナルスイーツブランド「スイーツプラスＳｗｅｅｔｓ＋」に「男のスイーツ」登場！
６月１日（金）発売！
株式会社ファミリーマート（本社：東京都豊島区）は、ファミリーマートオリジナルスイーツブランドから男性をターゲットにしたデザートを開発、６月１日（金）から全国のファミリーマート約７，０００店舗で販売いたします。
■ファミリーマートでのデザート購買層
ファミリーマートのチルドデザート購入客層は、男：女＝６：４と、男性の割合が高くなっています。これには、男性は手軽に買えるコンビニエンスストアで、本格スイーツを望む３０代を中心とする女性は専門店での購入頻度が高いという背景があります。
■男性をターゲットとしたスイーツ商品
「甘いものが好きな男性が増えている」、「男性向けのお菓子発売」など、今、男性をターゲットにしたスイーツ市場が話題となっています。
ファミリーマートは、さらなる売上拡大を狙い、いままでデザートを買ったことがない男性も手にとっていただけるようなデザートを開発し、発売いたします。
■男性が好む”なじみがある””ボリュームたっぷり”なデザート
男性が手にとるデザートは、味になじみがあり、ボリュームがあるが中心で、ファミリーマートにおいても、現在発売中の「ジャンボプリンアラモード（税込４５０円）」や「ジャンボモンブラン（税込２８０円）」などは、男性層を中心に、好調に売り上げております。
今回発売する商品は、男性が普段飲み慣れている”コーヒー”をベースに、素材を厳選し、ボュームたっぷりに仕上げました。
また、商品名に「男の…」が入り、わかりやすく商品訴求をしております。
■ファミリーマートのデザートの取り組み
ファミリーマートのオリジナルスイーツブランド”Ｓｗｅｅｔｓ＋”は、食後のデザートとしてだけでなく、”朝食や夜食等の食事にも（いつでも）”、”おいしさは勿論、「食感」・「食べ方」提案等、品揃えを豊富に（おいしさ）”、”ひとりでの楽しみ方は勿論、誰かと一緒に愉しめる工夫（誰かと一緒に）”をプラスしています。そして、これまでのコンビニエンスストアのデザート以上に「味」「見た目」「食感」「香り」等にこだわっています。
３０代を中心とした女性層の取り込みを狙った品揃えを中心としておりますが、その他にも、中高年層を狙った「和」素材を使用したデザートの発売や、今回の男性をターゲットとした商品開発など、新規顧客層の獲得も積極的に実施しております。
ファミリーマートは、お客様に『気軽にこころの豊かさ』を感じていただけるコンビニエンスストアになることを常に目指しております。今回今後も、お客様のこころに響くような商品開発を実施してまいります。
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添付資料：商品概要
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学研、ニンテンドーＤＳソフト「学研ＤＳ 新ＴＯＥＩＣ テスト完全攻略」を８月に発売
学研が出すニンテンドーＤＳ対応ソフト第２弾
「学研ＤＳ 新ＴＥＯＩＣ（Ｒ）テスト完全攻略」
２００７年８月３０日 発売予定
株式会社 学習研究社（東京・大田、遠藤洋一郎社長、以下 学研）では、人気のゲーム機「ニンテンドーＤＳ」対応ソフトの第２弾として、「学研ＤＳ 新ＴＯＥＩＣ（Ｒ）テスト完全攻略」を８月に発売いたします。
学研の書籍やソフトウェアで培った新ＴＯＥＩＣ対策のノウハウを生かし、どのレベルの学習者にも安心して利用していただけるよう工夫を凝らしました。
本ソフトは、学習者の目標スコアに最適な学習が展開される「スコア別レッスンモード」と２時間２００問の試験を再現した「模試モード」で「予想スコア」から学習到達度を確認することができます。もちろん「Ｐａｒｔ別トレーニング」や「重要単語・熟語レッスン」もあります。また、リスニング問題や長文読解問題を解くときに便利な「メモ」機能を搭載。ＤＳ１台あれば「いつでも、どこでも」学習することを可能にしました。
プロモーションは英語系のＷｅｂ媒体を中心に展開、また店頭ＰＯＰも工夫し長期間販売できるようにいたします。
☆想定ユーザー ：ＴＯＥＩＣテスト受験者
☆年間販売予定数：１００，０００本
発売元 ：株式会社 学習研究社
発売予定日：２００７年８月３０日
販売ルート ：主要ゲーム販売店
■製品名：『学研ＤＳ 新ＴＥＯＩＣ（Ｒ）テスト完全攻略』（税込標準価格 ３，９９０円）
【 商品概要 】
学研が学ぶ人の立場で作ったＴＯＥＩＣ対策ソフト。受験が初めての人から高得点を狙う人まで、自分が目指すスコアレベルに応じて学習できる「スコア別レッスンモード」や実際の試験ができる「模試モード」を搭載、さらに画面上にメモの記入を可能にし、「いつでも、どこでも、実戦的で効率的な学習」ができるようにしました。毎年延べ１５０万人以上が受験する一般向けとしては最大規模の試験の対策ソフトです。
【 商品内容 】
まずは、自分がどのくらいの実力なのかを「実力診断テスト」で確認。以下のトレーニングモードを選択して、学習スタートです。
●スコア別レッスンモード／目標スコアに応じて学習をするモードです。
●Ｐａｒｔ別トレーニングモード／ＴＯＥＩＣのＰａｒｔ別に学習するモードです。
●模試モード／２時間２００問の実際の試験が体験できるモード。予想スコアも算出します。
●単語力・熟語力強化レッスン／重要単語・熟語２２００を集中的に学びます。
また、トレーニングをサポートする以下の機能も搭載しています。
●メモ機能／リスニングや長文読解問題を解く際に便利な機能。もう、紙と鉛筆はいりません。
●カレンダー設定／試験日までの残り日数をお知らせします。
●ステータス画面／模試の予想スコアやＰａｒｔ別の正答率をなどの学習履歴を表示します。
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ヤマハ、コンピュータレコーディング用パッケージＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオなど４品を発売
■簡単な操作で音楽制作が楽しめるコンピュータレコーディング用パッケージ
ＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオ
『ＭＷ１２ＣＸ』『ＭＷ１２Ｃ』『ＭＷ８ＣＸ』『ＭＷ１０Ｃ』
・ＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオ 『ＭＷ１２ＣＸ』 オープンプライス
・ＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオ 『ＭＷ１２Ｃ』 オープンプライス
・ＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオ 『ＭＷ８ＣＸ』 オープンプライス
・ＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオ 『ＭＷ１０Ｃ』 オープンプライス
（※製品画像は添付資料を参照）
ヤマハ株式会社（静岡県浜松市中区中沢町１０－１、社長：伊藤修二）は、音楽制作機器の新製品として、ミキサータイプのＵＳＢオーディオインターフェースとレコーディングソフトウェアをパッケージングしたＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオ『ＭＷ１２ＣＸ』『ＭＷ１２Ｃ』『ＭＷ８ＣＸ』『ＭＷ１０Ｃ』の４品番を、２００７年６月２５日（月）から発売します。
＜価格と発売日＞
品名 ＵＳＢミキシング・スタジオ
品番 ＭＷ１２ＣＸ ／ ＭＷ１２Ｃ ／ ＭＷ８ＣＸ ／ ＭＷ１０Ｃ
希望小売価格 オープンプライス
発売日 ２００７年６月２５日
＜製品の概要＞
近年、音楽制作の分野においては、デジタルオーディオワークステーション（以下ＤＡＷ）ソフトウェアを使用するレコーディング・スタイルがプロやアマチュアを問わず幅広い層に定着し、手軽にデジタルレコーディングが楽しめるようになってきました。こうした市場環境の下、より簡単にコンピュータレコーディングを始められるツールへのニーズが高まっています。
当社はこの市場ニーズに対応し、２００６年２月に、「あなたのコンピュータをシンプルなホームレコーディングスタジオに」というコンセプトのもと、ミキサータイプのＵＳＢオーディオインターフェース≪ＭＷシリーズ≫『ＭＷ１２』『ＭＷ１０』の２品番を発売しました。スタインバーグ社製のＤＡＷソフトウェアを同梱したこのシリーズは、ＰＣのセットアップから実際の録音、ミックスダウンまでのプロセスを簡単に実現できるモデルとして、初心者をはじめ幅広いユーザー層からご好評を頂いています。
今回発売する≪Ｎｅｗ ＭＷシリーズ≫の４品番は、現行の≪ＭＷシリーズ≫の後継モデルとなります。１個のノブを回すだけで入力ソースに適した音楽的な設定が得られるアナログコンプレッサー＜１－ｋｎｏｂ Ｃｏｍｐｒｅｓｓｏｒ＞や、快適なモニタリング環境を実現する＜ＭＯＮＩＴＯＲ ＭＩＸ＞機能など、多彩な機能を新たに搭載。≪ＭＷシリーズ≫の数多くのユーザーから寄せられた要望などを反映するとともに、当社ならではの最新の開発ノウハウを積極的に投入することで、更なる高音質化・高機能化・高操作性を図りました。
また、≪Ｎｅｗ ＭＷシリーズ≫は、スタインバーグ社が当社の音楽制作機器用に特化して開発したＤＡＷソフトウェア『Ｃｕｂａｓｅ ＡＩ４』をバンドル。シンセサイザー≪ＭＯＴＩＦ ＸＳシリーズ≫にも同梱されている高機能な同ソフトを組み合わせて使うことで、簡単なセットアップにより、高品位なデジタルレコーディングが可能になり、コンピュータ上での音楽制作が手軽に実現できる＜ハードウェア＋ソフトウェアのパッケージング・モデル＞として、ミュージシャンやクリエイター、シンガー・ソングライター、エンジニア志向のユーザーなど、幅広い層の音楽制作活動を支援します。
≪Ｎｅｗ ＭＷシリーズ≫は、１２チャンネル入力の『ＭＷ１２ＣＸ』『ＭＷ１２Ｃ』、１０チャンネル入力の『ＭＷ１０Ｃ』、８チャンネル入力の『ＭＷ８ＣＸ』の４モデルをラインナップしています。さらに『ＭＷ１２ＣＸ』『ＭＷ８ＣＸ』の２モデルには、世界中で高い評価を得ている当社独自のデジタルマルチエフェクト＜ＳＰＸ＞を搭載。目的やニーズ、使用環境に応じてモデルを選ぶことができます。
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