Cisco and Citrix Systems are working together to deliver a new combined desktop virtualisation solution that will make it easier and more cost effective for businesses to deploy high-definition virtual desktops and applications to all users across the enterprise.

Flying, it is claimed, will be a lot safer and more efficient thanks to collision avoidance, emergency landing and separation management technologies being developed at a new joint Queensland University of Technology and CSIRO aerospace research centre.

Emerson has completed its acquisition of the Chloride Group, which now joins global product brands within Emerson Network Power.

Imec and its project partners have launched the European Seventh Framework Project Miracle that aims to develop an operational lab-on-chip for isolating and detecting circulating and disseminated tumour cells (CTC and DTCs) in blood.

The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) has welcomed Stephen Griffiths as the new national president. Griffiths was elected by NECA members for the 2010/2011 year and replaces former president John Robinson, who held the position for two years.

Symantec has released the findings of its 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey, which highlights that a majority of enterprises are not following their own advice when it comes to information management.

Intercad has joined forces with Triple Eight Race Engineering and Racetech Steel to champion the electric superbike project, a community-based initiative which brings together budding and experienced designers, engineers and manufacturers to create and build a unique motorbike.

RF Industries has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Defence Material and Science, Greg Combet, that the company will receive funding through the Capability and Technology Demonstrator program, managed by the Defence Science and Technology Organisation.

Belden has been granted full membership by the Association of the European Rail Industry UNIFE (formerly Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes), which represents over 90 manufacturers of trains, control technology, safety equipment and infrastructure.

Shipments of small and medium displays continued to climb in Q2 10, with US$5.4 billion in revenue, up 31% Y/Y. According to the latest Quarterly Small/Medium Shipment and Forecast Report, this segment is forecast to experience continued growth, reaching US$6.7 billion in Q3 10.

NetApp has integrated its unified storage systems with Symantec's Thin Reclamation API to help SAN users automatically reclaim storage space and improve overall storage efficiency.

Harting has opened its new centre of innovation in Rahden, Germany. The seventh plant in east Westphalia will go into operation with a workforce of some 120, about one and a half years after the building on the Rahden industrial estate was originally acquired.

A new material is poised to make the frequency inverters used with large electric motors more efficient and powerful. Together with several partners, researchers from Siemens Corporate Technology and experts for large electrical drives at Siemens Industry Drive Technologies are studying how the semiconductor silicon carbide can be used as a diode material in place of pure silicon.

EVS International, a company involved in solder recovery, has appointed Upton Australia as its distributor in Australia. Upton serves a national user base from its headquarters in Bayswater, Victoria, and is a supplier of PCB manufacturing, rework and repair equipment and services, serving a broad range of industries including communications, computer, industrial, motor vehicles, avionics and military.

International Rectifier has available an online insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) selection tool that enables design optimisation in a wide range of applications including motor drives, uninterruptible power supplies, solar inverters and welding.