Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., January 15, 2014 – (PressReleasePoint) – The most established and relevant pre-salt event celebrates its 3rd edition this year. The Pre-Salt Tech 2014 – 3rd Annual officially opens the pre-salt calendar in Brazil on April 3-4, reuniting key experts to share their practical knowledge on the most exciting play in the world.

With the gigantic oil reserves lying deep beneath the pre-salt fields, the industry’s eyes are anchored in Brazil’s new frontiers. But the decade’s most promising discovery of new sources is also the most technically challenging ultra-deepwater oil recovery venture.

Over two days of intensive learning and networking, senior industry practitioners from the key national and international operators will discuss the major technological and services challenges posed by the pre-salt exploration and production.

Key industry organisations are also represented, alongside the main R&D institutions and global suppliers of services and technologies engaged in the creation of the new technologies that will be at the sector’s forefront in the years to come.

Practical forum –Through a selection of practical case studies and presentations both strategic and technical, the Pre-Salt Tech 2014 – 3rd Annual will review the pre-salt journey so far, and dive deep into subjects such as ultra-deepwater drilling, subsea processing, corrosion, new materials, operational security and much more.

“The Pre-Salt Tech 2014 strives in getting together experienced practitioners for whom the pre-salt is already a reality”, highlights the event director, Vitor Munaier.

“We will continue to intentionally bypass speculation and nonsense that surrounds the subject to deliver a focused, practical and above all relevant learning and networking experience.”

Places are limited and registrations are closing. To guarantee your participation at Pre-Salt Tech 2014 – 3rd Annual, book your place now at the forum website: http://www.presalttech.com

Graff has more than 20 years of sales management experience in multinational information technology companies. Before joining FICO he was vice president of channels and alliances for Latin America and the Caribbean at CA Technologies. Prior to that he held sales management positions with Extreme Networks and Unisys.

“The demand for sophisticated analytics and decision management solutions is exploding across Latin America and the Caribbean,” said Graff. “Thanks to its innovative products and services, FICO is very favorably positioned to meet this demand and support the economic growth of this region. The key for us will be to continue to expand our partnerships with major players in the financial services ecosystem, and to drive our analytic approach into other industries.”

“Alexandre has deep knowledge about the ways Latin American businesses can use information technology to compete and grow,” said Mike Gordon, executive vice president of sales, services and marketing at FICO. “I’m confident that he’ll use his experience to bring the value and power of FICO analytic solutions to a range of new companies across the region.”

Graff holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica, another in Education from Centro Universitário Plinio Leite and a Master of Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, all in Rio de Janeiro. He will be based in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Marisa has selected a range of integrated Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization solutions including Assortment Planning, Merchandise Financial Planning, Item Planning, Demand Forecasting, Size Profile Optimization, Clearance Optimization Engine and Allocation to assist the company in targeting assortments based on market opportunities and customer preferences.

With more than 410 stores spread across all regions of Brazil, the fashion retailer will use Oracle Retail solutions to help collaborate effectively and efficiently across planning, merchandising and supply chain groups and to help improve margins.

Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization solutions will allow Marisa to obtain retail-specific, science-based decision support and use that information to tailor assortments to key market segments.

Oracle Retail solutions were selected, in part, because of the company’s depth of retail expertise and customer and partner ecosystem.

Marisa will also implement Oracle Database, Oracle WebCenter Portal and Oracle WebLogic Suite.

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“Oracle Retail has unsurpassed expertise in the retail market,” said Andre Brandalise, Divisional Manager, Marisa. “We were impressed by Oracle’s proven track record of helping leading global retailers improve overall processes to drive profitable growth. Proven retail solutions are vital to our roadmap and vision to build and refine Marisa’s operations going forward.”

“Given the intense competition in Brazilian retailing, many retailers are looking to technology projects to boost efficiency, reduce inventories and get higher margins,” said Mike Webster, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Retail. “We can offer Marisa a powerful platform that allows them to meet business objectives, stay attuned to customer needs and drive profitable growth.”

Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI), a global leader in entertainment discovery, today announced that LG Electronics has signed on to use Rovi video metadata in LG smart devices.  Rovi Data is a broad portfolio of data covering 55 countries, available in more than 15 languages and built on a standard format to help make it easier to launch video services and devices to local markets.

As LG launches new products worldwide, it has the ability to tap into Rovi Video, Rovi’s extensive global database of entertainment data on TV programs, movies, content reviews, cast and crew, and images, to support the user interface and applications on its devices.  Initially, LG plans to deploy smart products using Rovi Video in Brazil and Russia.

“We’ve continued to grow our metadata offering to help our customers expand their business and go after new markets,” said Chong-ho Choi, vice president of sales at Rovi.  “One of the key benefits of Rovi data for LG and their customers is that it can be applied to various types of devices, including mobile phones and tablets.  These devices are becoming an integral part of the home entertainment system and it will be essential to enable cross collaboration between these devices and the TV to create a more holistic entertainment environment.  The quality of Rovi data and its standard format can be the foundation for building this experience.”

Used in a broad array of devices, user interfaces and applications worldwide to help consumers find what to watch, Rovi Video is a comprehensive database of information on video content.  The database covers both international content and local TV programming information that is needed to be able to cater to the diverse variety of content that is available to TV viewers today.

Rovi Video encompasses data on over 5 million TV programs, half a million movies, a million celebrities, cast and crew bios, photos and content related imagery.  Rovi’s entertainment metadata is a part of and developed to work cohesively with Rovi’s Discovery solutions, a range of capabilities that span from the basic guide to advanced guidance technologies and intelligent search and recommendations services for TVs, set-top boxes, tablets and PCs.

At the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas this week, Rovi is hosting host private product demonstrations for key industry executives at Caesars Palace. VIP attendees can view Rovi services and technologies driving entertainment discovery and monetization and learn first-hand how Rovi works with leading brands like LG to help them deliver personalized experiences and unlock the full value of their entertainment offerings.
About Rovi Corporation

Rovi is leading the way to a more personalized entertainment experience. The company’s pioneering guides, data, and recommendations continue to drive program search and navigation on millions of devices on a global basis. With a new generation of cloud-based discovery capabilities and emerging solutions for interactive advertising and audience analytics, Rovi is enabling premier brands worldwide to increase their reach, drive consumer satisfaction and create a better entertainment experience across multiple screens. The company holds over 5,000 issued or pending patents worldwide and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Discover more about Rovi at Rovicorp.com.

TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has completed the acquisition of Vijai Electricals Ltd.’s power transmission and distribution businesses. The acquired assets include power transformer, distribution transformers and switchgear businesses.

A new Toshiba subsidiary, Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.(“TTDI”), will run the acquired businesses and provide them with Toshiba’s latest design, development and production capabilities in order to supply a wide range of T&D products globally as well as in India. TTDI will also deploy businesses in other areas, such as EHV and high voltage direct current power transmission, static var compensators for high voltage networks and railway power supply system, in India.

The acquisition allows Toshiba to make a full-scale entry into India’s T&D market, where the company aims to capture 20% share in five years. By 2015, Toshiba targets building a 700-billion yen global T&D and smart-grid business that will utilize TTDI and established T&D manufacturing facilities in Japan, Brazil, China, Russia, Malaysia and Vietnam, along with the global sales channels of Toshiba subsidiary and Landis + Gyr AG.

Overview of the new company

• Company Name: Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Chairman: Katsutoshi Toda
• Location of Office: Rudraram, Andhra Pradesh, Republic of India
• Date of Establishment: 27th Dec, 2013
• Number of Employees: Approx. 4,500
• Main Business: Engineering, Design, Procurement, Manufacturing, Delivery, Erection, Testing, Commissioning, Operation, Maintenance and other related activities for Transformer, Switchgear and other equipment for power, transmission and distribution systems.

“We are pleased to be expanding our transport platform by acquiring high quality port and rail assets in South America,” said Sam Pollock, CEO of Brookfield Infrastructure. “We expect volumes in this business to increase as the economy improves, as customers make use of our surplus capacity and as we pursue expansion opportunities, providing us with attractive future organic growth.”

The terms of Brookfield’s investment include a mechanism to ensure that a minimum return is achieved over a period of up to six years from closing, which is expected to occur in the first half of 2014.

VLI is one of the largest logistics operators in Brazil, providing transport of general cargo in Brazil through an integrated system of railroads, ports and inland terminals. Its rail consists of over 4,000 km under concession and is integrated with five inland terminals and three ports. The system covers eight states which represent approximately 60% of the country´s GDP.

This investment provides Brookfield Infrastructure with the opportunity to participate in the evolution and growth of the logistics and transportation industries in Brazil. VLI expects to deploy over R$6.0 billion to upgrade and expand operations over the next seven years, allowing it to capture volume growth from increased activity in the agriculture, steel and other industrial sectors in Brazil.

Amyris announced today an agreement to sell senior convertible promissory notes in a private placement for $28 million in cash proceeds.

Under the terms of the agreement, one of Amyris’s largest stockholders, Temasek, in conjunction with new investors affiliated with Wolverine Asset Management, agreed to purchase an aggregate $28 million of the notes. Temasek’s participation will complete its commitment to purchase notes under the Company’s previously announced two-stage convertible note placement. In addition, Total, Amyris’s largest stockholder, agreed to cancel approximately an additional $6.1 million of outstanding convertible promissory notes to take its pro rata portion of the financing. Amyris expects the closing of this placement to occur on or about January 15, 2014.

“This financing will provide Amyris with funding to help achieve our business plan for 2014 where, based on achievement of our sales and collaboration revenue targets, we would reach positive cash flow from operations during the year. The funding will also support our plans for a significant increase in renewable product sales and continued delivery of our partner collaboration activities,” said John Melo, Amyris President & CEO.

“Our existing and new investors continue to support our growth strategy. We have completed one year of successful operations at our first purpose-built, industrial-scale bio-refinery at Brotas, Brazil,” concluded Melo.

Lazard Capital Markets LLC acted as placement agent.

INVESTMENT TERMS

As the Company announced earlier this year, Amyris secured stockholder approval in September to offer up to $110 million in senior convertible promissory notes in two tranches. The initial tranche closed on October 16, 2013 and included Temasek, Total and affiliates of Fidelity as the investors, with a total issuance of approximately $51.8 million of first tranche notes, including approximately $9.7 million in notes issued to Total in exchange for cancellation by Total of the same amount of previously outstanding notes held by Total.

Following successful completion of certain milestones, Amyris elected to call $25 million in previously committed funding from Temasek in conjunction with the $3 million sale to new investors. The closing conditions Amyris met to access this second tranche included specified production metrics associated with Amyris’s production facility located in Brotas, Brazil, and completion of agreements related to Amyris’s fuels joint venture with Total.

Contact information

Name: Amyris Public Relations
Division: Amyris, Inc
Telephone: +1 (510) 597-5577
Fax: +1 (510) 225-2645
Email: info@amyris.com

Calculators help players earn credits that can be used to unlock bonus features of the game, including a new mini-application: Papai Noel (Father Christmas), with a holiday-theme. Tips and questions found in Papai Noel and all of the other mini-applications are designed to help consumers improve their knowledge of finance and credit.  The tips new to this edition will help consumers learn how to plan and budget for holiday spending, what credit can really cost if used to finance holiday purchases, how to evaluate store promotions and how to invest their “13th salary” holiday bonus wisely.

“Recent studies are showing that a very large part of the Brazilian population considers credit to be a means of payment and an extension of their monthly salary,” said Robert Duque-Ribeiro, vice president of Fair Isaac Advisors for FICO. “Holidays are the prime period of the year to push consumption, and exacerbate these mistaken beliefs. When consumers don’t budget properly in the holiday season, they struggle to meet their payments in the new year. We developed the Papai Noel edition to help consumers understand how to prepare a holiday budget responsibly, manage credit and finances better, and avoid the post-holiday financial hangover.”

Consumers can download FICO Missão: Positivo for free from Google Play and the Apple App Store. Both new and existing players will need to accrue credits to unlock the Papai Noel mini-app.  Consumers who sign on to the FICO Missão: Positivo landing page will be able to access insider tips and get advance notice of new releases and future updates. Players are encouraged to post their experiences with the game to both Facebook (FICO Missão: Positivo) and Twitter.

FICO Missão: Positivo was released on September 26 as a test approach to educate consumers. It reached 1,000 downloads within 10 days and it is the only financial education game ranked in the top 500 on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. FICO Missão: Positivo proved to be quite popular and FICO has decided to keep increasing and expanding its use among Brazilian consumers.

About FICO

FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading analytics software company, helping businesses in 80+ countries make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. The company’s groundbreaking use of Big Data and mathematical algorithms to predict consumer behavior has transformed entire industries. FICO provides analytics software and tools used across multiple industries to manage risk, fight fraud, build more profitable customer relationships, optimize operations and meet strict government regulations. Many of our products reach industry-wide adoption — such as the FICO™ Score, the standard measure of consumer credit risk in the United States. FICO solutions leverage open-source standards and cloud computing to maximize flexibility, speed deployment and reduce costs. The company also helps millions of people manage their personal credit health.

FICO: Make every decision count™. Learn more at www.fico.com.

For FICO news and media resources, visit www.fico.com/news.

FICO and “Make every decision count” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fair Isaac Corporation in the United States and in other countries.

Next-generation products, the Access Points are designed for businesses of all sizes and various segments like automation and retail, that seek to provide Wi-Fi quality and high security, improving the mobile device users` experience.

With the Access Points, switches and routers, Cisco now offers a complete Unified Access solution of products manufactured in Brazil, and also it is boosting the Internet of Everything (IoE).

The expansion through one of the Cisco® manufacturing partners with facilities in Sao Paulo state allows the company to better serve the needs of the Brazilian market, optimizing availability, which will result in prompt delivery and competitiveness of these products. The local manufacturing is in compliance with PPB (Processo Produtivo Básico – Basic Productive Process) and will generate about 150 jobs.

Access Points

• Cisco Aironet 1600 Access Point is ideal for migration of Wi-Fi networks to the 802.11n standard. It supports up to 300 Mbps connections.

• Cisco Aironet 2600 Access Point is a high-performance 802.11n product with advanced features for the enterprise market. It includes Cisco CleanAir technology to control interference, ensuring greater availability of the Wi-Fi network.

• Both Access Points operate in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands (dual band) allowing users balancing between the two bands, accommodating more users in broader channels and with less use.

• The products are available for operation in stand-alone mode or in conjunction with Cisco Wi-Fi controllers. They are available also for typical office deployments or for special projects with external antennas.

Switches

• One of the best-selling switches families, the Cisco Catalyst 2960, manufactured in Brazil since last September, offers highly secure data, availability and processing  capacity, with efficient and cost-effective network connectivity. The product is designed for small and midsize companies, and branch offices.

• The switches manufactured in Brazil are prepared for the Internet IPv6 standard and 802.1x security, besides the Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionality.

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Rodrigo Dienstmann, president of Cisco in Brazil

“We see an explosion of demand for mobility in the corporation, from small to large companies and governments. The local production of Wi-Fi Access Points will support this market trend. Additionally, the expansion of the local manufacturing with the Center of Innovation in Rio and other investments in Brazil reinforce our long-term commitment with the country. For customers, local manufacturing means advantages such as high availability of products at the most competitive prices”.

About Cisco

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. For ongoing news, please go to http://thenetwork.cisco.com.

As a result, the entire Petrogal Brasil installed base can carry out traditional and advanced structural and stratigraphic interpretation of the subsurface in search for hydrocarbon reservoirs. The deal with Petrogal culminates a year of rapid growth in Latin America for Paradigm. While the entire Paradigm product suite has seen broad acceptance in the region, customers like Petrogal have responded with particular interest in differentiated technologies around interpretation and modeling, including SeisEarth®, VoxelGeo® and SKUA®.

Petrogal Brasil began using Paradigm software in 2010 for exploration and production in the Santos, Sergipe-Alagoas and Potiguar Basins.

The results have been so successful that the company decided to expand its Paradigm interpretation and modeling portfolio to cover all of its exploration and development work.
“Using the Paradigm SeisEarth interpretation suite, which includes VoxelGeo, our exploration team has been able to obtain more accurate and reliable results in some of the challenging environments where we operate,” said Carlos Gonçalves, exploration manager at Petrogal Brasil. “Additionally, we have come to rely on the excellent subsurface modeling results from the Paradigm SKUA technology and the on-demand support from the Paradigm team, who partnered with us each step of the way.”

“We are delighted that Petrogal Brasil has chosen Paradigm as its sole interpretation and modeling software provider,” said Dayse Netto, Brazil country manager at Paradigm. “Paradigm interpretation and modeling solutions are designed to deliver more accurate results without compromising productivity, and are particularly suitable to the complex deep water plays characteristic of our region. Building on a foundation of business transparency and collaboration, our team will continue to work closely with Petrogal Brasil to ensure they obtain more information out of existing data, and more confidence in their understanding of their prospects and reservoirs in Brasil.”

For more information on Paradigm products and services, visit www.pdgm.com, or e-mail info@pdgm.com.

About Paradigm® Paradigm (www.pdgm.com) is the largest independent developer of software-enabled solutions to the global oil and gas industry. Paradigm easy-to-use technology and workflows provide customers with deeper insight into the subsurface by combining leading-edge science, high-performance desktop and cluster computing, and scalable data management, delivering highly accurate results and productivity without compromise. The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of Paradigm B.V. and/or its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “Paradigm”): Paradigm®, Paradigm logo and/or other Paradigm products referenced herein. All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners.

About Petrogal Brasil Petrogal Brasil, S.A. (www.galpenergia.com/) engages in research and exploration of oil and natural gas in Brasil in early 2000. The company, S.A. is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a joint venture between GALP Energia SA (70%) and Sinopec (30%).