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PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO), announced today that Sanan OptoElectronics of China has placed multiple tool orders for Veeco's TurboDisc(R) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems to expand their manufacturing capacity of high brightness light emitting diodes (HB-LEDs). Mr. Simon Lin, CEO of Sanan, commented, "The addition of Veeco's high productivity MOCVD systems to our manufacturing facilities in Xiamen and Tianjin, China ensures that we can continue to increase output of our market-leading HB-LEDs. We are seeing increased demand for LEDs in such applications ...

Despite the recent rally, last year's stock market collapse and massive underperformance by many respected portfolio managers are still fresh in the minds of investors. The question of whether markets - and risk - can be predicted and managed is particularly timely. Please join us when CFALA hosts presentations by two thought leaders and authors whose views and research are highly valued in the investment community. October 27 Method and Madness: Integrating Complexity,

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PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) announced today that Bridgelux, Inc., a U.S. lighting company and leading supplier of energy-saving light-emitting diode (LED)-based light sources, has placed a multi-unit order for Veeco's TurboDisc(R) K465(TM) gallium nitride (GaN) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) systems to support its production ramp. "Bridgelux is focused on enabling mass adoption of LED-based solid-state lighting by reducing the cost of light for the general lighting market," stated Mark Swoboda, Bridgelux Chief Executive Officer. "Bridgelux is committed to the advancement of our ...

-- Global survey shows application modernization and disaster recovery are top IT priorities -- Alignment of mainframe and distributed systems improving -- Expectations for MIPS growth remains high, driving focus in MIPs growth reduction efforts -- Shortage of skilled staff a growing concern HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mainframe computer users have been leveraging the economic slowdown to retool and innovate in advance of the return to growth that will come with economic recovery, according to the results of BMC Software's (NYSE: BMC) Annual Worldwide Survey of Mainframe Users. ...

Partnership empowers Asterisk users to add powerful speech-driven applications in a plug and play manner HUNTSVILLE, Ala. & ENCINITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Digium(R), Inc., the Asterisk(R) Company, and Incendonet, Inc., a leading provider of speech recognition solutions for the enterprise, today announced that companies using Asterisk for their IP-PBX communications needs can now add speech recognition-based solutions in a plug and play manner to improve customer service, reduce operating costs and increase mobile worker productivity with Incendonet's SpeechBridge(R). Digium is the ...