Rolling Meadows, IL, USA (31 March 2011)—Due to overwhelming demand, ISACA, a nonprofit association of more than 95,000 IT professionals worldwide, has extended the grandfathering program for its new Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) designation until 30 June 2011. The grandfathering program permits those with appropriate experience to become certified without taking an exam. Since the grandfathering program opened in April 2010, more than 9,000 IT and business professionals have applied for the certification.

 “Managing risk is growing rapidly as a business issue. CRISC is already valued by employers because it helps them identify candidates who demonstrate an ability to effectively manage IT-related business risk,” said Urs Fischer, CISA, CRISC, chair of ISACA’s CRISC Certification Committee. “Earning CRISC or another globally recognized certification is also a great way to differentiate yourself in the market.”

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2011 - Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced Excalibur-Litho™, a complete fab analysis framework that supports the development and monitoring of advanced lithography solutions. Excalibur-Litho is the first system to efficiently integrate design and real-time data from the semiconductor manufacturing floor, including defectivity, metrology and tool history, enabling an unmatched level of data analysis, monitoring and process control. Excalibur-Litho optimizes yield ramps with built-in solutions for litho qualification through the proprietary coupling of design-based binning, electrical cross mapping, and fab-wide data correlation. This enables unprecedented defect isolation and root cause analysis.

 Trovus named Finalists in the ‘2011 Hot Companies’ and ‘Best New IT (Software) Company’ by US Network Products Guide and a Finalist for  UtalkMarketing Marketing Innovation ‘Best Innovation Technology 2011’ Award

30 March 2011 - London, UK - Trovus, a leading provider in specialist intelligence services based on its website technology that builds profiles of visiting organisations, today announced that Network Products Guide, the US-based technology research and advisory guide, has named Trovus as a finalist in two categories for the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. In a separate Award, Trovus has also been selected as a finalist by UTalkMarketing in their UK Marketing Innovations Awards for ‘Best Innovation Technology 2011’. 

 Basingstoke, 23rd March 2011 - IT users need to plan ahead for their storage needs for the rest of the year, says Origin Storage, as the prices of magnetic sub-strata and other essential components of hard drives, such as motors, are set to soar in the wake of the double tragedy that has hit Japan in recent weeks.

 That's the message from Origin Storage, the storage systems specialist, where managing director Andy Cordial has been watching the newswires as component shortages are predicted for the immediate future.

"We are already seeing major corporates advancing their storage purchases as they plan ahead for rising prices in the face of a possible hard drive shortage," he said.