LONDON, UK — 6 September, 2010 — Hitachi Consulting UK today announced that it has implemented a Cost Operations Shared Service Centre model on behalf of Swiss Re designed to provide consolidated expense processing and reporting for the company’s US and UK entities. Known internally as BOOST (BIS & Oracle Operations Standardisation), the project was based on Oracle ERP Financials, and designed to control overheads, increase efficiency and simplify data reporting associated with intercompany recharge process. The new system replaces multiple policies and procedures and simplifies complex processes that required streamlining, involved numerous resources and lacked cost transparency.

Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863, Swiss Re operates in more than 20 countries and provides its expertise and services to clients throughout the world.

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London, UK, Monday, 6th September 2010 – Publishing Technology, the largest provider of software and services for the publishing industry, is excited to unveil a dramatic facelift for ingentaconnect, its flagship collection of e-publications.

An established and essential online resource for the academic, professional and research communities, ingentconnect now has a distinct and vibrantly re-energised look and feel. The new design is the second phase of the platform’s regeneration, with further releases to follow delivering additional improvements and upgrades to include; a new Publisher Statistics package, integration with an award winning search engine, enhanced ahead of print functionality, plus additional content, amounting to 3600 new titles.

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September 3rd 2010 - Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: GUID) today announced that it has been recognized by the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) with a 2010 Distinguished Peer Award for outstanding achievements in the category for innovative vendor based on its EnCase(R) Portable product.

This was the inaugural year of the annual awards program, and ILTA was pleased with the number and diversity of nominees across several categories. ILTA's Distinguished Peer Award program recognizes premiership and provides a forum for peer-nominated, peer-judged innovations in technology. Guidance Software was one of five companies selected to a short list that was considered by ILTA's panel of judges for the Innovative Vendor award.

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London, UK, 2 September 2010 – TradeDoubler, the number one pan-European digital marketing company, today announced the appointment of Ricki Jones as Head of Client Direct Sales. Ricki is based in TradeDoubler’s expanding London office.

In his new role, Ricki will play a fundamental role in developing future sales growth, providing vision, direction and leadership of the UK sales team. Ricki’s proven sales management experience, together with a good record of achieving targets, enables him to successfully spearhead the team, providing further motivation while increasing market share in existing markets and maximising new business development opportunities.

From both an affiliate network and digital agency perspective, Ricki has worked on some of the UK’s largest and most progressive digital advertising campaigns, but also developed his experience and knowledge in parallel with the growth of performance advertising in the country.

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 New Designation Recognizes Experienced Risk and Control Professionals 

Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (1 September 2010)—Four months into its rigorous grandfathering program for the Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) designation, ISACA has issued the 1,000th certificate.

 

The grandfathering program enables highly experienced professionals to earn the CRISC credential without taking an exam. ISACA, a nonprofit association of more than 95,000 IT professionals worldwide, requires applicants to prove at least eight years of IT and business experience, with six of those in any of the CRISC (pronounced “see risk”) domain areas and three in the risk-related domains:

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