Tollgrade Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of network service assurance products for the cable and telecom industries, announced today that Joseph Ferrara, a former Ericsson and Marconi executive, has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales.

Key appointment leads major reorganisation as Alaric strengthens sales and marketing functions to reflect growth plans

Japanese stocks rose for a fourth straight session Tuesday, led by technology and pharmaceutical shares. Investors were heartened by modest gains on Wall Street overnight and shrugged volatility in Chinese shares.

Yahoo Publisher Network's publishers today receive a notice informing about YPN's new feature called "Quality-Based-Pricing." Many online publishers started asking questions if this may be Yahoo's answer to the concept of "Smart Pricing"introduced by Google Adsense a while ago to make Adsense and Adword more optimal.

Anderson Analytics' GenX2Z releases New National Research Study: It's From Where? College Students Clueless on Where Favorite Brands Come From - Cell Phone Makers and Cars Manufacturers among the Most Misidentified

There is a new gadget in the sex toy industry called iGasm. Apple, the maker of iPod, is threatening to sue sex shop Ann Summers over the posters for the iGasm gadget - reports PC Advisor.

At a meeting on May 21st of the Competitiveness Council under the chairmanship of the German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, Mr. Michael Glos, considerable progress could be made to strengthen the internal market and to lay down the main features of the future economic policy.

It would seem that the topic of customer service has been beaten to death. I mean, everyone has great customer service, don't they. You'd think so with all that advertisements asking to choose a business because they have better customer service. The problem is that I don't think most companies, businesses, organizations or people in general really understand what good if not great customer service means.

World's tennis star from Russia Maria Sharapova has set to promote internationally Olympics candidate city of Sochi as key ambassador for Russia's bid.

Microsoft, the leader among software companies, is negotiates with online search company Yahoo in order to bye it. Due to the merging an Internet advertising powerhouse can be created which will become the biggest competitor of industry leader Google.

Joost already has hirty-two blue-chip advertisers on board for launch.

Intel Corporation today announced a new program that will help resellers worldwide market innovative Intel-based products in a more quick and cost-effective manner. The company has created a new virtual marketing storefront for its reseller channel and has also collaborated with Google to create an advertising program where resellers can place online ads.