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Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC) and Akamai Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM) announce today a exclusive strategic alliance focused on bringing to market mobile cloud acceleration solutions aimed at improving end-user Internet experiences such as mobile ecommerce, enterprise applications and Internet content.

The companies will jointly develop solutions for the fast-growing market of content and applications delivered to mobile devices. As leaders in their respective fields, Ericsson and Akamai bring together the power of mobile networks and the cloud to open new business opportunities for both operators and content providers by creating a new business model built around quality of experience and premium services.

Ireland’s Marine Institute and the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) have announced a new strategic alliance.

The alliance will further develop marine research capabilities, undergraduate and postgraduate marine science programmes and staff training and development initiatives in the two institutes.

The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding as a basis for the collaboration and sharing of expertise. The agreement allows for reciprocal adjunct appointments between the two organisations.

GMIT and the Marine Institute have been involved in collaborative activities at undergraduate and postgraduate levels for many years, through training on Marine Institute vessels, joint research projects and sharing of equipment and facilities.

DTx Inc. and RTEmd announce the formation of a strategic alliance to complement their capabilities as market leaders and innovators. The companies have joined forces to provide a fully integrated embedded computing solution for medical equipment manufacturers. This relationship will provide clients the best tailored solutions to improve their time to market with compliant hardware and application software solutions.

Reducing Project Risk and Lowering Cost

The alliance partners leverage past project experience and proven methods to provide quick, well-tested solutions at competitive prices. DTx and RTEmd combine many years of experience meeting the exacting requirements of the medical equipment industry. Their ISO 9001 and ISO 13485 certified quality systems ensure the work product includes comprehensive documentation to achieve regulatory compliance. The alliance provides OEMs with a single point of contact to deliver fully integrated hardware and software solutions that are tested and documented.

Collaboration is Key

DTx and RTEmd have forged a strong relationship at all levels of their organizations including design and new product development, verification and validation, sustaining engineering and supply chain management. This collaboration enhances their delivery capability, and includes creating centers of excellence as well as developing joint solutions. They continually explore new trends and emerging technologies in order to create the next wave of cutting-edge information management technologies and solutions.

The Daily Breeze and the other publications in the Los Angeles Newspaper Group have formed a strategic alliance with Monster.com, the online recruitment advertising giant.

The arrangement, which starts today, will allow Daily Breeze readers to access the Monster.com website through dailybreeze.com. Daily Breeze jobs ads will appear on Monster.com.

Furthermore, people and businesses will be able to place ads on Monster.com through the Daily Breeze sales staff.

The Daily Breeze will provide special discounts for clients who purchase an ad on Monster.com as well as a print ad in the local newspaper.

Ahead of its Strategy and Financial Briefing in London, Nokia has shared some details on what it plans to announce at the event. As expected, the company is aligning its strategy with Microsoft.

By now, you’ve probably seen the ‘burning platform’ memo penned by the fresh CEO of the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop (the existence of the brutally honest memo was first reported by TechCrunch Europe and later published in full by Engadget).

All State Properties Holdings, Inc.’s (OTC: ATPT) EnergyOne Technologies (www.energyonetech.com) is pleased to announce that it has initiated a strategic alliance with Shorebreak Energy Developers, LLC (www.shorebreakenergy.com).

Shorebreak is a California-based renewable energy developer and full service provider of Solar Integration, Electrical Contracting, and Energy Management solutions including a team of solar installation crews responsible for installing some of the largest and most complex commercial solar systems in California.

Under the arrangement, Shorebreak Energy will provide engineering, construction, and power contract support services for various solar projects that EnergyOne will own and operate.  Likewise, EnergyOne will perform engineering and construction support services for Shorebreak Energy projects requiring utility distribution and energy storage infrastructure.

HighTower, the first open-source, advisor-owned financial services company, is pleased to announce an agreement with Guggenheim Partners, a global diversified financial services firm.  The alliance provides HighTower advisors with exclusive access to a comprehensive suite of investment solutions via Guggenheim Investment Advisory Solutions, an open-architecture platform dedicated to serving sophisticated financial intermediaries.

TCGRx (TCG), one of North America’s leading providers of pharmacy workflow solutions, and Medical Packaging Inc. (MPI), a leading manufacturer of pharmacy tabletop packaging solutions, are proud to announce their strategic alliance. MPI’s unit dose liquid packaging systems are now paired with TCG’s fully automated packaging systems to provide pharmacies a complete packaging solution for oral solids and liquids.

“Customers will benefit from this as they look for ways to respond to changes in Med A Reimbursement that CMS is proposing”

This collaborative relationship is designed to provide customized solutions to meet the packaging needs of any pharmacy for oral solid and liquid packaging. Pharmacies can now scale from entry level, tabletop unit dose or fluid dose packager to fully automated unit dose packager and multi-dose packager.

Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) announced the appointment of Choo-Siang Lee to the key position of Dell Alliance Director, Asia Pacific. The recruitment of Lee, who has extensive vendor alliance leadership experience, signals the company’s determination to expand its business with Dell aggressively across the region in 2011 and beyond.

Leading Cerner Millennium® service providers, Apira and TCM Solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to provide complete, end-to-end deployment and support services for trusts implementing Cerner Millennium®.

Healthcare IT deployment, health management, and informatics specialist, Apira, will collaborate with support services provider TCM Solutions, to enable a joined-up approach to Cerner Millennium® implementations for trusts of any size and scale. Both organisations, which have three decades of combined experience in delivering healthcare IT solutions, have worked extensively with Cerner Millennium®.