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Wayne, Pa., has named Ben Jackson senior executive vice-president of its new energy and commodities business unit, based in Houston. He succeeds Matt Mandalicini, who was appointed president and chief custom officer of Sungard's higher education unit. Previously, Jackson was COO of Sungard's Kiodex unit. Prior to joining SunGard in 2006, Jackson held executive positions at The Bank of New York, James Martin & Co. (Headstrong), KeyBank, and Andersen (Accenture).

Sungard is the world's fifth largest software company. Its energy and commodities unit provides software for commodity trading, risk management, independent valuation, and market data for those firms that trade commodities financially; and straight-through processing, enterprise-wide risk management, scheduling, and logistics for those companies that transact business around physical energy and other commodities.

Schlumberger Ltd.,

Paris, has signed a joint cooperation agreement with the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) to build a key international research center on the university's campus. The agreement marks the first research and geosciences center to be located at UFRJ Technology Park. The Schlumberger Brazil Research & Geosciences Center will focus on research and development activities in the deepwater presalt environment, with emphasis on the development of geosciences software for the exploration and production sector, new technologies to meet reservoir challenges in presalt environments, and the creation of a geophysical processing and interpretation center of excellence covering time-lapse seismic and combined electromagnetic and seismic measurements.

Schlumberger is the world's largest supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions to the oil and gas industry.

CGGVeritas,

Paris, has signed a research and development agreement with the Western Australian Energy Research Alliance (WAERA), a prominent oil and gas research alliance within the Asia-Pacific region. WAERA comprises the University of Western Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, and Curtin University of Technology. The agreement defines a framework to support the rapid identification of opportunities for research, development, consultancy, education, and commercial application of advanced geophysical technologies in the search for, and optimum exploitation of, energy resources. The framework provides formal guidelines for planning, agreeing, and executing individual R&D projects once they have been identified.

CGGVeritas is a leading international pure-play geophysical company delivering a wide range of technologies, services, and equipment (through Sercel) to its broad base of customers mainly throughout the global oil and gas industry.

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