Mr. Perritaz joined Zurich in 1996 and in the following years held several roles in the global corporate business in Europe. From 2005 to 2007 he was Chief Operating Officer, Global Corporate, of Zurich Insurance plc (ZIP) in Ireland, leading the set-up of Zurich’s European ZIP branch network for the global corporate business. Since 2008 he has been Group Operations Manager at Zurich’s Corporate Center.

Under the terms of the agreement, the companies will work together using Cellzome’s EpisphereTM technology platform, to identify selective small-molecule drug candidates against targets from four different epigenetic target classes. The companies will share operational responsibility for the programs until identification of drug candidates, at which stage GSK will assume responsibility for any further preclinical and clinical development and commercialisation.

BT has announced today that the BT Foundation has developed an innovative corporate Volunteer programme, which under the name “ICT Volunteering”, aims to promote BT Spain’s employees’ charitable actions and favour the integration and development of underprivileged communities, through the use of information and communications technologies.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - FileMaker and Bracket Science have teamed up to deliver an exciting bracket resource titled "Bracket Science Slam Dunk Charts by FileMaker Pro 11" The Facebook page gives college basketball fans a competitive edge in creating their championship tournament brackets thanks to FileMaker Pro 11, the best-selling easy-to-use database software, which now features integrated charting.

“This year’s Xplor 2010 Global Conference and Vendor Forum provides an excellent opportunity for attendees to capitalize on the wealth of knowledge within the Xplor vendor community,” said McGrew, Data-Driven Communications Segment Evangelist, Kodak. “We’re thrilled to emphasize the power of data-driven applications that use TransPromo and color variable data methods. We want attendees to learn how Kodak’s digital printing solutions combined with their existing data can help them create communications materials that drive higher response rates.”

Bucharest -- Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), today announced an expanded distribution agreement with VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the data center and to the cloud, to include support for value-added reseller partners in Romania. Avnet is an existing distributor of VMware in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. By working with Avnet and VMware, channel partners can develop and deliver complete virtualization solutions that significantly improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their end customers’ IT operations.

SAN RAMON, Calif. – Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), today announced that it has commenced operations on the Discoverer Inspiration, an ultra-deepwater drillship, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The vessel has the capability to drill wells in 12,000 feet (3,650 meters) of water to a total depth of 40,000 feet (12,200 meters).

In a broad-ranging deal, BP will pay Devon Energy $7.0 billion in cash for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the US deepwater Gulf of Mexico. These include interests in ten exploration blocks in Brazil, including seven in the prolific Campos basin; a major portfolio of deepwater exploration acreage and prospects in the US Gulf of Mexico; and an interest in the BP-operated Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) development in the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan.

Washington Crossing, PA – With employee productivity at its highest level since 2002, more companies are using team-based business games to sustain employees’ high output and increase their retention of knowledge, according to The Learning Key, developer of team-based business games and simulations.

SAN FRANCISCO –March 10, 2010-- skyrockit, the first true mobile entertainment agency, and Break Media, the Internet’s premier entertainment community for men, have teamed up to give iPhone users a chance to rate Break.com’s popular Girl of the Day and Girl of the Month features.

Traditional paradigms pointed to the kitchen and bathroom as the best rooms to remodel to increase home value. However, Jeff Hill of Hill Custom Homes has discovered that those choices may not be the best choices to increase home value. It is possible that another area of the home may be in more urgent need of a facelift.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - HDI, the world’s largest IT service and support membership association and the industry’s certification and training body, has once again awarded the Intergraph® IT Solutions Center with its HDI Support Center Certification. This is the fourth consecutive HDI Certification awarded to the Intergraph Solutions Center.

REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is offering midsize businesses looking to benefit from advanced functionality, easy interoperability with other line-of-business applications, and strong business intelligence reporting options a new incentive to switch from NetSuite to Microsoft Dynamics ERP. Companies in the U.S. can receive a credit of up to $850 for every NetSuite user that switches to either Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV or Microsoft Dynamics SL. The new promotion is available until June 25, 2010. Businesses interested in learning more about the benefits and capabilities of Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions can attend a free educational Web seminar on March 30 by registering at https://www.eventbuilder.com/event_desc.asp?z=g9q82p&p_event=2d5b0f03. They can also visit http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/rightstep.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets, today announced it was named a finalist in TechInsights’ EE Times Sixth Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards (www.eetimes-ace.com) for Design Team of the Year. MIPS Technologies’ design team for its AndroidTM on MIPS® initiative was selected due to its innovation, efficiency and creativity. The group of engineers within MIPS Technologies initiated the important effort to make Android a viable platform for a wide range of consumer electronics devices.

FREMONT, Calif. - SGI (NASDAQ: SGI), a global leader in HPC and data center solutions, today announced that Dr. Eng Lim Goh, senior vice president and chief technology officer at SGI, will present the keynote address to high performance computing (HPC) industry leaders at the 24th Annual High Performance Computing and Communications HPCC Conference in Newport, RI, taking place on March 16-18, 2010. The event is a single-track conference designed for exchanging information, discussing technology trends and transferring knowledge within the HPCC technical community.