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LONDON (MARKET WIRE) Invensys Process systems (IPS), a global technology, software and consulting firm, today announced that it has signed a $6 million contract with Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni and one of the largest turnkey contractors in the oil and gas industry.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT and SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Parvus will be previewing the new DuraCOR(R) 810-Duo mission computer and DuraNET(R) 1268 Gigabit Ethernet switch Nov. 17-19 at MILCOM 2008 in the San Diego Convention Center Booth 1109. These new rugged subsystems target Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) military and homeland defense applications for enhancing situational awareness and onboard computing capabilities of unmanned aircraft and tactical wheeled/tracked vehicles.

SUNNYVALE, CA (MARKET WIRE) Supertex, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUPX), a recognized leader in high voltage analog and mixed signal integrated circuits (ICs), today introduced the TC6215, a high-speed, complementary pair of enhancement mode MOSFETs that features low on-resistance and is well suited for applications including high voltage pulsers, amplifiers, and buffers.

BEAVERTON, OR (MARKET WIRE) Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced the new MSO2000 Mixed Signal and DPO2000 Digital Phosphor oscilloscopes. The new series provide powerful tools to simplify the debug of mixed signal designs including Wave Inspector(R) search and navigation tools, automatic decoding of serial data busses, unique FilterVu(TM) variable low pass filters to reduce unwanted noise from signals, all in a portable, affordable package. With bandwidths up to 200MHz, the new series complement the existing MSO4000, DPO4000, and DPO3000

MT. LAUREL, NJ (MARKET WIRE) TimeSight(TM) systems, the industry leader in Video Lifecycle management (VLM), today announced that Stevens Creek Auto Group has successfully implemented its TimeSight VLM video surveillance solution. The leading West Coast auto dealership based in San Jose can now take advantage of high resolution megapixel video surveillance images with the coverage and protection they provide, without suffering the storage costs or limited retention times associated with such systems.

FORT WORTH, TX (MARKET WIRE) AMREL announces the release of another INDUSTRY FIRST at AeroTest America -- AMREL's eLoad line of Programmable Electronic Loads has expanded its LPL Series to include up to 800W in a 1U Height package.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA (MARKET WIRE) Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, storage, wireless and security applications, today announced that it ranked number 99 on Deloitte's 2008 technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth over five years, from 2003-2007. Cavium Networks grew 2100 percent during this period.

OMAHA, NE (MARKET WIRE) iSECUREtrac Corp. (OTCBB: ISEC), an industry leader in electronic monitoring solutions, announced today that the Seminole County (FL) Sheriff's office has signed a contract for iSECUREtrac's system and services which will be used in a broad array of applications including work-release, pre-trial, juvenile and domestic violence cases.

HUNTSVILLE, AL (MARKET WIRE) Synapse(R), the technical leader of easy-to-use, intelligent, wireless control and monitoring mesh networks, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with CEL to collaborate on IEEE802.15.4 wireless mesh network technology. This technology will help expand CEL's product offering for low-cost, high-performance components that can instantly form a wireless mesh network. Applications will include a broad range of design solutions for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in markets such as communications, home and building automation, medical and industrial controls.

LINCOLN, NE (MARKET WIRE) Axis Technologies Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: AXTG), a green technology company that designs, manufactures and markets a proprietary line of energy saving and daylight harvesting electronic dimming ballasts for the commercial lighting industry, has received firm purchase orders in november 2008 valued in excess of $700,000 for the Axis ballast from Energy Innovation Group (EIG) www.energyinnovation.net to cover the indicated purchases of ballast needs for customers during 2009 in the City of Pasadena. Energy Innovation Group is one of the major product distribution partners of Axis Technologies