Tech news roundup

German database solutions provider Software AG has appointed Tomás Figueroa as country manager for its Chilean unit, the company said in a statement. The executive is a building services and environmental engineer from Arizona university as well as specializing in strategic administration at Mexico's Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. Figueroa has worked in several IT companies such as StarMedia Networks, Informix Software, Hitachi Data Systems and NCR Chile. *** US enterprise infrastructure and wireless systems software provider Sybase (NYSE: SY) hailed Venezuelan systems integrator Corporación Sybven as a "top" sales performer and winner of its "best" marketing programs awards, Sybven said in a statement. Sybase gave these awards during its last Latin American distributors meeting, where the company gathered resellers from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Central America, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. *** US software developer Aranda Software has certified more than 30 engineers through its 2006 training and certification program for Latin American partners, Infochannel reported. The participants received training in Aranda's new solutions including asset management, help desk, Aranda Patch Management, Aranda Support Center and Aranda Network Monitor. *** US memory manufacturer Kingston Technology has opened a new office in Mexico, in the city of Santa Fe, eSemanal reported. *** Californian software developer BEA Systems (NASDAQ: BEAS) plans to host on May 4 its Dev2Dev seminar in Mexico City, oriented to software developers, InfoChannel reported. During the conference, BEA will provide know how and best practices about the latest technologies in business optimization, the main focus being on integration of BEA open source solutions with commercial applications. *** Brazil's tax office estimates it received 98.2% of this year's income tax declarations electronically, reported newspapers. The agency received 21.6 million declarations out of 22 million by internet or diskette by April 28. This year's 21.6 million is 5.36% more than the 20.5 million declarations sent by electronic means last year.