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Onset Technology, a developer of enterprise access software for wireless handheld devices, has entered into a partnership agreement with Aliant, Canada's third largest telecommunications company. Under the terms of the agreement, Aliant will offer Onset's METAmessage solutions to its customers that use the BlackBerry wireless platform from Research In Motion. METAmessage, used by over 1000 enterprise customers with over 120,000 users, is a complete, out-of-the-box solution for BlackBerry. Users can interact directly with a range of enterprise data systems including document management/time-and-billing programs, enterprise applications, and internally developed databases. According to Onset, the user simply opens a form on the handheld and either requests information from or adds information to the data source…

Veraz Networks, a provider of carrier-grade, next-generation VoIP solutions, has announced the appointment of Yogesh S. Bijlani as its Country Manager - Indian Subcontinent to lead the opening of its Veraz Networks Pvt. Ltd. office in New Delhi, India. The new New Delhi office will be the focal point for the company's Indian sales, marketing, and support of local partners, while its Pune location will continue to focus on R&D and customer support. According to the San Jose-based company, Veraz is one of the few next-generation network vendors to receive certification from the Indian government's Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC) for its highly scaleable soft-switch and media gateway solution…

DM Review Magazine has named NEC Solutions (America) Inc. of Rancho Cordova to its "2004 DM Review 100" - an annual listing of the top 100 companies in the business intelligence industry. Based on a yearly product survey measuring product usage and vendor rating, DM Review Magazine readers rank the top 100 vendors of business intelligence solutions, analytic applications and customer relationship management (CRM) products. NEC was ranked 58 in this year's listing. This year's survey, conducted by The Gantry Group, LLC, asked readers to critique the products used by their organizations and provide an overall satisfaction rating of the vendors based on expertise, service and support. The winners of the "DM Review 100" are chosen by a statistical analysis process based on the number of respondents reporting use of a particular vendor; the number of respondents assigning rank for a given vendor and product category; the rating scores for satisfaction based on expertise, service and support; and the number of categories in which the company's products appear; and…

A battery developed by Matsushita Electric Industrial that delivers 1.5 times the power of a regular alkaline battery is going on sale in the US and Europe next April. The new "Oxyride" battery, which went on sale in Japan earlier this year, reportedly lasts longer than regular batteries, allowing users to take about twice as many pictures on a digital camera, according to the Japanese manufacturer of the Panasonic brand. Oxyride batteries maintain higher voltage and output longer because the material inside that produces electricity is more concentrated. Oxyride uses oxy nickel hydroxide, an advanced battery substance, and finer grain graphite and manganese dioxide, allowing them to be packed more closely inside the cell. AA and AAA Oxyride batteries cost about 10% more than regular batteries. In the US, they will sell for about $3.99 for a pack of four, although prices will vary. The batteries already comprise about a third of Panasonic AA battery sales, or 7% of the overall AA battery market in Japan. Even achieving 1% market share is considered significant for products like batteries.

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