Siemens is the first DAX-listed company to align its company car policy for executives with the climate protection goals of the European Union. In this pioneering role, the company wants to ensure that its company car fleet, which comprises some 2,500 vehicles in Germany, achieves the EU reference value of 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer by 2015. Siemens plans to begin providing financial incentives for ecofriendly car selection on February 1, 2009. Alternatively, executives may receive a mobility allowance enabling them to dispense with company cars altogether and switch to ecofriendly public transportation.
“Not only do we aim to leverage our technologies to save energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions. We also want to be …

* Matches affordability with quality and reliability
* Backed by specially designed support services
* Fuels commitment to emerging economies
Dell today unveiled two new Vostro laptops and two desktops designed specifically to meet the needs of small businesses, governments and educational institutions operating on limited budgets in the world’s emerging economies.
The new Vostro laptops and desktops will be available through authorized channel partners, as well as direct from Dell in more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. More information is available at www.Dell.com/newvostropresskit.
“Within the world’s emerging economies millions of new businesses are demanding just the technology they need, at the prices they can afford, from a vendor they can trust. Today we answer …

New concept in multiple aimable LED landscape lighting increases output, flexibility, saves direct costs, installation and maintenance, at no sacrifice to extraordinary energy efficiency.
SL-29 Trio — three versatile, aimable LED optical systems contained in a single in-ground landscape luminaire, has been recognized by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) as one of a select group of products introduced in 2008 that have advanced the art and science of lighting. Judging was performed by an independent committee of lighting industry designers and other professionals unknown to Allscape. Typically many hundreds of new products are submitted each year, in categories, with relatively few products being included in the Progress Report.
SL-29 Trio represents the most innovative, …