Baidu Realigns 4 Main Business Functions.

Baidu, a Chinese language Internet search provider, announced the realignment of four main business functions: Sales, Commercial Operations, User Products and Technologies, and Commercial Products and Technologies.

Baidu will implement an executive rotational program.

"With the development and rising complexity of Baidu's business, promoting organizational innovation and personnel training have become important tasks," said Robin Li, Baidu's chairman and chief executive officer. "Over the past decade, we have constantly upgraded and improved our operations to deliver excellent results. With the realignment of Baidu's four main business functions, I'm confident that we will spur exciting new developments in technologies and products, create greater efficiencies in our sales operations, and enhance synergies in our management structure."

The Company said vice president Zhan Wang has been named as head of Sales, which will unify Baidu's direct sales, channel sales, key accounts sales and search engine marketing functions. Wang joined Baidu in July 2000 and has served as the Company's vice president since January 2010. He previously was in charge of Baidu's commercial products and mobile Internet business.

Vice president Hailong Xiang has been appointed to oversee the Commercial Operations functions, which will incorporate commercial product applications, service management, sales operations, Baidu Union, and commercial product development functions. Xiang joined Baidu in February 2005 and has served as vice president of sales since April 2007. He previously oversaw direct sales for Baidu's search marketing business nationally.

According to a release, vice president Mengqiu Wang has been assigned to head the User Products and Technologies functions, bringing together the client-side software and user R&D functions. Wang joined Baidu in November 2002, and was promoted to vice president in January 2011. She currently oversees search technology R&D and other related activities, and will retain these responsibilities in her new role.

Vice president Jing Wang has been named as head of the Commercial Products and Technologies (including Cloud Computing and Mobile) functions, which will incorporate Baidu's commercial products and technologies, mobile and IT infrastructure functions. Wang joined the Baidu team in April 2010 as vice president of engineering. He previously oversaw the research and development of Baidu's commercial products as well as the company's IT infrastructure.

Baidu also announced that senior vice president Haoyu Shen is resigning from the Company for personal reasons and will leave at the end of this month.

"We are grateful for Haoyu's contribution to the company's development over the last few years and we wish him every success in the future," Li added.

Separately, the Company noted that Victor Liang, senior director of Baidu's legal department, has been promoted to vice president. In his new role, Liang will oversee the legal department, online systems management, policy research, intellectual property and patent-related matters. He will report to Jennifer Li, Baidu's chief financial officer.

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HOT's 2010 net income up 34.7 percent.(ISRAEL)

Israeli cableco HOT Telecommunication Systems has revealed a 34.7 percent year-on-year increase in net profit for the 12 months ending December 31, 2010.

The telco saw net income climb to ILS106 million (US$29.66 million), up from ILS85 million a year earlier, on revenues that increased 4 percent against the previous year to ILS3.13 billion.

Cable television services remained the company's largest revenue generator, while turnover from fixed-line voice and broadband Internet services was ILS1.03 billion. In operational terms HOT's fixed voice subscriber base increased from 521,000 to 610,000, while broadband customer numbers rose from 701,000 to 752,000.

Commenting on the results HOT CEO Herzl Ozer said, "The 2010 business results were very good, reflecting the strong and steady improvement in performance during the year. We intend to continue to focus on strategic areas, including improving service, development and upgrading of infrastructures, and promoting triple-play services."

American Airlines Adds Sabre to Federal Antitrust Lawsuit.

American Airlines also Cooperating with U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Probe into Global Distribution Systems Monopoly Behavior

FORT WORTH, Texas, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines today added Sabre Holdings Corp., (Sabre) to the federal antitrust lawsuit originally filed in April 2011 against Travelport, LLC. The amended lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, seeks to stop exclusionary, anti-consumer and anti-competitive business practices of the defendants and recover monetary damages that American has incurred as a result of these harmful actions.

Both the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Transportation have, in the past, recognized that GDSs exercise significant market power over airlines. In addition, American recently received a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) from the U.S. Department of Justice, which is investigating certain practices by global distribution systems (GDSs), such as Sabre and Travelport, and American intends to cooperate with that investigation.

American Airlines lawsuit claims that Sabre and Travelport, which combined control over 90 percent of bookings made by U.S. based travel agencies and dominate an essential link to travel agents and many consumers, continue to engage in anti-competitive conduct to protect their market position from new competition by alternative technologies that are both less expensive and more capable, including aggressively suppressing the ability of travel agents to seek alternative methods to book tickets directly with airlines using direct connections with airlines.

The illegal actions of Sabre and Travelport have harmed consumers and travel agents alike in a number of ways, including suppressing innovation that would enable travel agents to better serve their customers. The suit also alleges GDS actions have hurt airline passengers by forcing airlines to seek to charge higher fares to recoup the high, supracompetitive GDS fees. In addition to requesting injunctive relief from the defendants' actions, American is seeking recovery of unspecified monetary damages.

American's decision to include Sabre to the antitrust lawsuit comes after American attempted for several months to resolve disputes over distribution of the airline's fares and schedules, as American sought commercially reasonable terms for distribution through the Sabre GDS, but Sabre has been unresponsive to those requests. American intends to honor its existing contractual obligations with Sabre, and separately with Travelport, throughout the proceedings of this action and expects it will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

More information about American's intent to improve distribution, as well as a copy of the modified complaint, is available at www.DistributionUpdate.com.

Current AMR Corp.(NYSE: AMR) releases can be accessed on the Internet.

The address is http://www.aa.com

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Research and Markets: Medical Industry Conference Calendar 2011.(Conference news)(Calendar)

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 13, 2011-: Research and Markets: Medical Industry Conference Calendar 2011(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/62f7af/medical_industry_c) has announced the addition of the "Medical Industry Conference Calendar" report to their offering.

"At-A-Glance View" - Easily locate medical meetings & programs in USA, Europe & international markets

Great desktop resource tool for networking, sales & new business development

The directory includes e-mail and internet website addresses from most of the 2,000 events to be held in more than 35 countries worldwide

The all-new 2011 edition of Medical Industry Conference Calendar. This product, in an easy to use MS-Excel 'view' file, has hundreds of newly-created conferences and medical events listed, the publisher announced today. For users who often attend trade shows or others wanting one handy document, easily locate any meeting or medical industry event from among over 2,000 upcoming meetings or programs listed, including annual conferences, trade shows, CME courses and other upcoming programs. You don't have to sort through hundreds of websites to find a program or to see what medical events are happening in a city at any given time.

Keep this resource on your desktop for easy reference and 'look-up functionality' for any program topic, location or event date for any program or location. The file is also editable so you can add other meetings as they become available or filter out only those events you need. The calendar listings are arranged chronologically (by date), and can be easily searched and sorted by city, country or subject matter.

Over 2,000 Important Medical Meetings, Conferences, Seminars, Trade Shows and Exhibitions Listed! You had one source on medical events taking place in your area, the USA, internationally, or other city at any given time?

Medical meetings are a terrific way to network, find new suppliers/partners, generate sales leads and other activities

Over 2,000 important medical meetings, conferences, seminars, trade shows and exhibitions included

Covers calendar year 2009 with supplemental listings for 2010

INCLUDES:

- Events in the US and in several countries worldwide as well as FDA/Regulatory seminars/conferences

- Locate from among 2,000 key medical meetings, trade exhibitions, seminars, symposiums and CME course

- Locate by date, meeting name, city, country or topic matter

- Find trade shows that you could never find on your own -- all in one comprehensive document

- Arranged chronologically (by date), with basic contact information including contact name, phone, fax, website and email

- Events are listed in MS-Excel spreadsheet format for easy use or export/import of the data

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TeamLab Mobile: Track and Join Team Activities from iPhone and Android.

(PRWEB) April 27, 2011

Ascensio System SIA, the developer of IT solutions for corporate use, announces the availability of the TeamLab Mobile version, optimized for iOS and Android platforms. This way mobile device holders obtain a consistent look for business and an alternative contact to colleagues regardless of PC location.

Anthony Smirnov, Product Development Head, states: "Today we witness the emerging popularity of mobile applications due to their undoubted benefits like freedom and flexibility in access. Whereas project managers, entrepreneurs and businessmen that form the TeamLab key audience evaluate and require the mentioned qualities like nobody else. We could not ignore these needs and took a decision to introduce the mobile version of each toolset as they are ready- one-by-one- so that our users can already enjoy all the advantages instead of waiting for a single final release."

The present mobile version contains the Community features and allows TeamLab users to track and participate in team collaboration activities: read, comment and browse blogs, forums, events, bookmarks as well as view and search through employees lists, retrieving the particular item if necessary.

The remaining functionality will subsequently appear in the near future - the Project Management toolset is planned to come next. Users will be able to add, edit and close tasks, take part in "Discussions", view "My team" information, keep up-to-date with "My projects" newsfeed and send email messages to colleagues.

In order to relieve users from burdensome downloads and systematic upgrades, the TeamLab Community Mobile version has been developed as a web application. The work scheme is merely easy- go to a corporate portal using a mobile device and authorize, the content is updated automatically. The application delivers a simplified interface that enables convenient navigation and prevents slow performance and frequent failure because of insufficient Internet connection.

With the Community Mobile version released and constantly enhanced, TeamLab represents a fully-featured business service providing vast opportunities to control project development progress, manage teamwork and leverage collaboration efficiently.

About TeamLab

TeamLab is a free project management and business collaboration platform. TeamLab integrates a number of online tools which help employees to organize business tasks, exchange news, manage corporate documents and communicate in real time. TeamLab is offered in 3 solutions: a free cloud-based SaaS application, an open-source software and an image for Amazon EC2 service (TeamLab AMI).

About Ascensio System SIA

Ascensio System SIA is a fast growing IT company developing collaboration solutions for businesses. All Ascensio System SIA solutions can be found at: http://www.ascensiosystem.com.

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Olga Sorokina, PR Manager, Ascensio System SIA

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STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HIGHLIGHTING MUSEUM COLLECTION ONLINE.

PIERRE, SD -- The following information was released by the South Dakota state government:

The museum of the South Dakota State Historical Society at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre is bringing its collection to life on the Internet.

Collection Spotlight is a new museum series hosted by Curator of Collections Dan Brosz. The series launched on the museum's YouTube page in late September. Collection Spotlight offers online visitors a behind-the-scenes look and in-depth history of artifacts from the museum collection.

YouTube is a popular online video sharing website. Visit www.youtube.com/user/SDSHSMuseum to view Collection Spotlight.

In honor of Halloween, the museum is focusing on artifacts with a dark history. Recent episodes include a Bible from a former murder suspect and an artifact linked to notorious South Dakota gangster Verne Miller.

"Social Media is such a dynamic way for the museum to engage with our online visitors to share more broadly what we do," said Helen B Louise, museum director.

Collection Spotlight airs via the museum's YouTube and Facebook pages. Curious browsers can find the museum online at www.history.sd.gov/museum. From there, you will find links to the museum's Facebook, Flickr and YouTube pages.

The museum is located northeast of the State Capitol at 900 Governors Drive . The hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CDT Monday-Saturday, and 1-4:30 p.m. Sundays and most holidays. There is a small admission fee for those ages 18-and-older. For more information, visit www.history.sd.gov or call (605) 773-3458.

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The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Depart me nt of Tourism and State Development and strives to help the state meet the goals of the 2010 Initiative by enhancing history as a tool for economic development and cultural tourism. The society is headquartered at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre . The center houses the society's world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/develop me nt offices. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit www.history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City ; call (605) 394-1936 for more information.

Verizon Business SMB Solutions Team Offers Managed Router Solution for Internet Access.

Fast, dependable and secure Internet access has become the lifeblood for businesses of all sizes. But as small and medium-sized businesses see their requirements change, they're sometimes put off by the cost and complexity of enterprise-class Internet access solutions. Verizon Business now offers SMB customers a cost-effective solution that gives them the secure Verizon Internet access they need coupled with 24 x 7 proactive router monitoring and management.

The new Verizon Managed Router Solution provides SMBs with a complete and secure turnkey Internet access solution that combines Verizon Business access with customer premises equipment from Cisco , a market leader in routing technology. Immediately available in the U.S., the solution provides secure dedicated Internet access at speeds ranging from 1.5-megabits-per-second T1 to 50-megabits-per-second Ethernet coupled with proactive monitoring and premium maintenance and installation services. The new bundle enables Verizon Business to offer SMBs a comprehensive managed router solution at a previously unavailable price point.

The Verizon Managed Router Solution enables SMB customers -- many of which do not have trained IT resources on staff -- to take advantage of leading Internet access technology that is backed and supported by Verizon Business networking experts.

"Fast and dependable, always-on Internet access is becoming as crucial for SMBs as it is for large enterprises, but many don't have the expertise or staff to ensure reliable connectivity," said Carrie Gray, executive director, SMB marketing for Verizon Business. "With our new managed router solution, small and mid-size customers can concentrate on running their businesses without having to worry about the technical details."

In addition to premises equipment, which includes the Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers, Cisco 500 Series Secure Routers and Cisco 800 Series Routers, the new solution features configuration and onsite installation; 24 x 7 monitoring and management; Cisco maintenance and software support; built-in managed firewall; intrusion prevention; and next-day repair.

Verizon Business SMB Solutions

Verizon Business gives SMB customers the best of both worlds -- enterprise-grade capabilities used by top global companies combined with tailored solutions and local accountability. In today's economy, it's vital that companies of every size harness technology to help them work more productively and efficiently. Verizon Business marries integrated solutions with a focus on reliability, simplicity and value to enable growing, entrepreneurial organizations to connect, communicate and collaborate. For more information, visit http://verizon.com/businesspower.

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This article was prepared by Network Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Network Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.

Ensure a trouble-free installation.(Brief article)

Byline: Paul Monckton

Ensure a trouble-free installation

In this first release of Windows Home Server, there are a few issues to be ironed out. Here's a brief list of some of the most common pitfalls to ease installation.

acents WHS supports only XP or Vista client PCs. Other operating systems won't be able to take advantage of most of its features, but will still be able to access shares using standard Windows networking.

acents There is currently no 64-bit version of the Windows Home Server Connector, although there is a trick that will allow a partial installation - see the tips box on page 46.

acents WHS can only back up NTFS volumes. Fat or Fat32 partitions will need to be converted to NTFS first.

acents WHS will format all internal drives and partitions during installation, so make sure you have no important data on these drives.

acents The system is always installed onto the first hard drive in your server, as determined by the Bios. Make sure your chosen drive is configured as the primary.

acents WHS is designed to be installed on an existing network. It doesn't support running as a gateway or sharing its own internet connection.

acents WHS supports Windows Media Connect 2.0, not 3.0 or 4.0, so the types of media that can be shared by the media server are limited. There's no H.264 support for example.