Thursday, 30 November 2017
1QBIT RAISES $45M SERIES B ROUND FROM FUJITSU, ACCENTURE, AND ALLIANZ TO ADVANCE INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM COMPUTING
Strategic investment and revenue contracts fund continued development of 1QBit’s hardware-agnostic software platform and applications for solving industry’s most demanding computational challenges.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --1QB Information Technologies Inc. (1QBit), a software company solving industry’s most demanding computational challenges using the most advanced quantum and classical hardware available, today announced the close of a C$45 million Series B round comprising equity and revenue contracts. This funding round is led by Fujitsu Limited, with additional strategic investment by Accenture, Allianz, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and CME Ventures.
1QBit has experienced significant growth over the last year, adding key science and business leaders to its team of experts, and plans to use this latest investment to continue to expand its research and software development teams.
“These strategic partners strengthen 1QBit’s position as a leader in applying classical and quantum computers to industry problems and expanding the breadth of our commercialization activities,” said Landon Downs, President of 1QBit.
Over the last four years, 1QBit has grown into a multidisciplinary team of over 50 researchers, software developers, and industry experts who specialize in developing algorithms and software for quantum and classical computing, focused on machine learning, optimization methods, and simulation. The company develops solutions for industry-leading organizations facing computationally intensive problems in domains that include, advanced materials, life sciences, energy, and finance. 1QBit works directly with Fortune 500 clients, such as DowDuPont and Biogen, across these sectors.
“This strategic investment and partnership will enable our customers to use 1QBit’s software platform and deep expertise in leveraging the most advanced hardware systems, including our digital annealer, to rapidly develop improved applications for solving sampling, optimization, and machine learning problems,” said Naoko Yoshizawa, SVP, Head of Fujitsu’s AI Platform Business Unit.
1QBit’s expertise in quantum computing and a variety of specialized fields, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, materials science, and operations research, enables the development of novel algorithms for application-oriented software solutions for industry. The company’s technology spans the full stack, from SDK to web API.
“The 1QBit platform accelerates our client’s ability to leverage the most advanced quantum and classical processors available to solve their most complex business challenges, and gives them a hardware-agnostic solution that enables them to stay ahead of the computational curve,” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s Chief Technology & Innovation Officer. 1QBit and Accenture announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance which will help Accenture expand its analytics capabilities using quantum computing, and build a new era of intelligence for businesses and organizations.
1QBit redefines intractable problems by reframing them using the most effective quantum and classical processors. The company takes a hardware-agnostic approach to assess a partner’s industry problem and develops an API that will produce the best available results today, while continually improving upon them through the ability to switch the underlying solvers as new software is released and hardware architectures are developed.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --1QB Information Technologies Inc. (1QBit), a software company solving industry’s most demanding computational challenges using the most advanced quantum and classical hardware available, today announced the close of a C$45 million Series B round comprising equity and revenue contracts. This funding round is led by Fujitsu Limited, with additional strategic investment by Accenture, Allianz, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and CME Ventures.
1QBit has experienced significant growth over the last year, adding key science and business leaders to its team of experts, and plans to use this latest investment to continue to expand its research and software development teams.
“These strategic partners strengthen 1QBit’s position as a leader in applying classical and quantum computers to industry problems and expanding the breadth of our commercialization activities,” said Landon Downs, President of 1QBit.
Over the last four years, 1QBit has grown into a multidisciplinary team of over 50 researchers, software developers, and industry experts who specialize in developing algorithms and software for quantum and classical computing, focused on machine learning, optimization methods, and simulation. The company develops solutions for industry-leading organizations facing computationally intensive problems in domains that include, advanced materials, life sciences, energy, and finance. 1QBit works directly with Fortune 500 clients, such as DowDuPont and Biogen, across these sectors.
“This strategic investment and partnership will enable our customers to use 1QBit’s software platform and deep expertise in leveraging the most advanced hardware systems, including our digital annealer, to rapidly develop improved applications for solving sampling, optimization, and machine learning problems,” said Naoko Yoshizawa, SVP, Head of Fujitsu’s AI Platform Business Unit.
1QBit’s expertise in quantum computing and a variety of specialized fields, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, materials science, and operations research, enables the development of novel algorithms for application-oriented software solutions for industry. The company’s technology spans the full stack, from SDK to web API.
“The 1QBit platform accelerates our client’s ability to leverage the most advanced quantum and classical processors available to solve their most complex business challenges, and gives them a hardware-agnostic solution that enables them to stay ahead of the computational curve,” said Paul Daugherty, Accenture’s Chief Technology & Innovation Officer. 1QBit and Accenture announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance which will help Accenture expand its analytics capabilities using quantum computing, and build a new era of intelligence for businesses and organizations.
1QBit redefines intractable problems by reframing them using the most effective quantum and classical processors. The company takes a hardware-agnostic approach to assess a partner’s industry problem and develops an API that will produce the best available results today, while continually improving upon them through the ability to switch the underlying solvers as new software is released and hardware architectures are developed.
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SOTERIX MEDICAL EXPANDS SOUTH EAST ASIA PRESENCE WITH CLINICAL APPROVAL IN SINGAPORE FOR DEPRESSION AND FIBROMYALGIA TREATMENT
NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Soterix Medical, Inc. (SMI) announces that it has received Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) approval for its non-invasive therapeutic medical device. This approval allows Soterix Medical to immediately market its products based on its proprietary transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) technology in Singapore. The therapy works by delivering a mild electrical current through electrodes placed on the head relieving the symptom of Major Depression using the Depression tDCS-LTE™treatment or Fibromyalgia using the PainX™ treatment. Patients who have not responded well to drug treatment are candidates for Depression tDCS-LTE or PainX treatment where typical adverse events are limited to mild itching and tingling. The therapy is available as a 20-30 minute in-office treatment.
“South East Asia is an important region for Soterix Medical,” according to Chief Product Manager Kamran Nazim. “HSA approval reflects our mission to deliver our treatment technologies worldwide and will build on our momentum and presence in these rapidly developing markets. This approval is a milestone toward securing approvals across Asia as a whole, including Japan, South Korea, China, and other countries to meet the rapidly escalating demand for advanced device-based therapies in the continent.”
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“South East Asia is an important region for Soterix Medical,” according to Chief Product Manager Kamran Nazim. “HSA approval reflects our mission to deliver our treatment technologies worldwide and will build on our momentum and presence in these rapidly developing markets. This approval is a milestone toward securing approvals across Asia as a whole, including Japan, South Korea, China, and other countries to meet the rapidly escalating demand for advanced device-based therapies in the continent.”
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Wednesday, 29 November 2017
TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION'S NEW SURVEILLANCE HARD DISK DRIVE SERIES DELIVERS UP TO 10TB CAPACITY
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| Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation: "MD06ACA-V Series" of 3.5-inch HDD for surveillance applications that deliver up to 10TB. (Photo: Business Wire) |
In order to improve security, today’s surveillance systems deploy more and higher definition cameras and store image data for longer periods. The latest systems offer live monitoring and streaming from networked cameras in remote locations. These image-heavy services require HDD offering higher capacities and higher performance.
MD06ACA-V Series air-based HDD meet performance requirements with an improved magnetic recording head and disk magnetic layer, and are available in 10TB, 8TB and 6TB capacities. They all deliver 7,200 rpm, a 256MiB[3] buffer memory, and the 10TB model’s data transfer rate[4] of 237 MiB/s is a 58%[5] increase over products in the previous MD04ABA-V Series.
The new drives offer 24/7 operation, incorporate rotational vibration (RV) sensors, and can support up to 64 high definition cameras[6]. With a rated annual workload[7] of 180TB transferred, MTTF[8] of 1,000,000 hours, and a wide case temperature range of 0 to 70 degrees[9], they are suited to use in diverse surveillance applications.
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Monday, 27 November 2017
PIKOM AND FUSIONEX INSPIRES NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS AT PIKOM LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 2017
A meeting of the minds as captains of industry come together and look to how technology will shape the future of business
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fusionex was invited to chair the PIKOM Leadership Summit 2017 which was held at the Connexion Conference & Event Centre (CCEC) @ Bangsar South recently.
The annual Summit by PIKOM is aimed to inspire a new generation of leaders in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. This year the theme that was adopted was ‘The Road to Success: Tales from Successful Leaders’. As a strong advocate for the adoption of technology as a means to improve businesses, modernize cities, and change lives for the better, Fusionex was invited to participate in the Summit, in line with its plans to drive digital transformation across the country and region.
The programme for the Summit included topics on the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship, and Investment. Other participants include Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), MAGIC, SME Association of Malaysia, Sime Darby, Rakuten Trade, iPay88, Cradle, MAVCAP, and a slew of exciting startups.
Fusionex Vice President for New Technologies Raju Chella delivered his keynote speech on ‘Why Our Future is ABC (Analytics, Big Data and Cloud)’. MDEC Vice President of Enterprise Development Gopi Ganesalingam and MAGIC CEO Ashran Dato’ Ghazi were among other keynote speakers.
Highlights for the event included the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Fusionex and PIKOM to accelerate the rate of BDA adoption in Malaysia. The MoU will see both parties working together to provide training in BDA and encouraging the building of data skillsets within the workforce, which is a crucial step towards Malaysia becoming a BDA hub in the ASEAN region.
This push to create, educate, and inspire a new generation of data professionals is in line with the MDEC’s aim to have 20,000 data professionals by the year 2020. Fusionex continues to do its part in this farsighted effort by contributing the services of its Fusionex BDA Academy, which include training courses in Data Analytics, Data Engineering, and Data Science.
Another highlight for the event was a donation being made to the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) for the Penang flood relief efforts, in an effort to foster the mindset of constantly giving back to society. Through a charity drive made up of several events, PIKOM raised RM20,000, where the amount was matched by Fusionex to raise an additional RM20,000, making it a total of RM40,000 donated to the MRCS.
“The world has gotten smaller, and is now much more interconnected. The people of today must have a global mindset. Innovation knows no boundaries. The revolution of the digital era will impact every corner of the earth,” said Fusionex CEO and Managing Director, Dato’ Seri Ivan Teh, Organizing Chairperson for this year’s Summit. “I hope this event managed to motivate and inspire everyone about the endless possibilities that this innovative industry of technology holds.”
The annual Summit by PIKOM is aimed to inspire a new generation of leaders in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. This year the theme that was adopted was ‘The Road to Success: Tales from Successful Leaders’. As a strong advocate for the adoption of technology as a means to improve businesses, modernize cities, and change lives for the better, Fusionex was invited to participate in the Summit, in line with its plans to drive digital transformation across the country and region.
The programme for the Summit included topics on the Industrial Revolution 4.0, Digital Transformation, Entrepreneurship, and Investment. Other participants include Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), MAGIC, SME Association of Malaysia, Sime Darby, Rakuten Trade, iPay88, Cradle, MAVCAP, and a slew of exciting startups.
Fusionex Vice President for New Technologies Raju Chella delivered his keynote speech on ‘Why Our Future is ABC (Analytics, Big Data and Cloud)’. MDEC Vice President of Enterprise Development Gopi Ganesalingam and MAGIC CEO Ashran Dato’ Ghazi were among other keynote speakers.
Highlights for the event included the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Fusionex and PIKOM to accelerate the rate of BDA adoption in Malaysia. The MoU will see both parties working together to provide training in BDA and encouraging the building of data skillsets within the workforce, which is a crucial step towards Malaysia becoming a BDA hub in the ASEAN region.
This push to create, educate, and inspire a new generation of data professionals is in line with the MDEC’s aim to have 20,000 data professionals by the year 2020. Fusionex continues to do its part in this farsighted effort by contributing the services of its Fusionex BDA Academy, which include training courses in Data Analytics, Data Engineering, and Data Science.
Another highlight for the event was a donation being made to the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) for the Penang flood relief efforts, in an effort to foster the mindset of constantly giving back to society. Through a charity drive made up of several events, PIKOM raised RM20,000, where the amount was matched by Fusionex to raise an additional RM20,000, making it a total of RM40,000 donated to the MRCS.
“The world has gotten smaller, and is now much more interconnected. The people of today must have a global mindset. Innovation knows no boundaries. The revolution of the digital era will impact every corner of the earth,” said Fusionex CEO and Managing Director, Dato’ Seri Ivan Teh, Organizing Chairperson for this year’s Summit. “I hope this event managed to motivate and inspire everyone about the endless possibilities that this innovative industry of technology holds.”
STARS OF SCIENCE CROWNS 25-YEAR-OLD FOUAD MAKSOUD BEST ARAB INNOVATOR
DOHA, Qatar, Nov 27 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fouad Maksoud was named the Arab world’s top innovator in a supercharged finale of Stars of Science. His journey on the ninth season of the Qatar Foundation (QF) hit TV show captivated audiences across the Middle East and beyond. While competition was fierce, Fouad and his Nano-shielding Textile Machine became the public and jury favorite, earning him the highest honor on the show.
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Omran Hamad Al Kuwari, Executive Director, CEO’s Office, QF, commented, saying: “Stars of Science serves as a platform to launch the careers of talented young Arab men and women who possess the potential to impact their local community and beyond. This year, we have seen a multitude of incredible inventions designed to address the needs of, and solve problems specific to, the Arab world. Congratulations to all this year’s contestants and to Fouad Maksoud for being named season nine’s top innovator.”
“We are delighted to host the Stars of Science finalists and alumni in Oman as part of our fruitful collaboration with Qatar Foundation. Through this partnership we seek to ensure the transfer of knowledge and experience to the next generation of young innovators,” said Yousuf Al-Harthy, Chief Executive Officer of the Oman Technology Fund.
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Omran Hamad Al Kuwari, Executive Director, CEO’s Office, QF, commented, saying: “Stars of Science serves as a platform to launch the careers of talented young Arab men and women who possess the potential to impact their local community and beyond. This year, we have seen a multitude of incredible inventions designed to address the needs of, and solve problems specific to, the Arab world. Congratulations to all this year’s contestants and to Fouad Maksoud for being named season nine’s top innovator.”
“We are delighted to host the Stars of Science finalists and alumni in Oman as part of our fruitful collaboration with Qatar Foundation. Through this partnership we seek to ensure the transfer of knowledge and experience to the next generation of young innovators,” said Yousuf Al-Harthy, Chief Executive Officer of the Oman Technology Fund.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30654
THE 16TH ASIAN MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS KICKED OFF IN CHINA'S DONGGUAN
DONGGUAN, China, Nov. 27, 2017 /Xinhua-AsiaNet/--
On November 26, the 16th Asian Marathon Championships & Dongguan International Marathon 2017 kicked off in Dongguan, China. The running feast drew 40 professional athletes and over 30,000 runners from 18 countries and regions. GOPI THONAKAL from India and KIM HYE GYONG from DPRK won the men's and women's marathons of the Championships respectively. By hosting the Championships, Dongguan has been given an opportunity to catch the world's attention as a dynamic and charming city.
At around 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 26, the competition began upon a starting shot by distinguished guests including Dr. Talib F Al-Sa, vice-president of Asian Athletes Association (AAA), Maurice R. Nicholas, secretary-general of AAA and Lv Yesheng, secretary of Dongguan Municipal Party Committee. It is known that the competition consists of four events, namely the full marathon (42.195 km), half-marathon (21.0975 km), mini-marathon (5.2 km) and Carnival Joy Run (2.6 km).
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On November 26, the 16th Asian Marathon Championships & Dongguan International Marathon 2017 kicked off in Dongguan, China. The running feast drew 40 professional athletes and over 30,000 runners from 18 countries and regions. GOPI THONAKAL from India and KIM HYE GYONG from DPRK won the men's and women's marathons of the Championships respectively. By hosting the Championships, Dongguan has been given an opportunity to catch the world's attention as a dynamic and charming city.
At around 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 26, the competition began upon a starting shot by distinguished guests including Dr. Talib F Al-Sa, vice-president of Asian Athletes Association (AAA), Maurice R. Nicholas, secretary-general of AAA and Lv Yesheng, secretary of Dongguan Municipal Party Committee. It is known that the competition consists of four events, namely the full marathon (42.195 km), half-marathon (21.0975 km), mini-marathon (5.2 km) and Carnival Joy Run (2.6 km).
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Friday, 24 November 2017
WITH OWLNEST BLOCKCHAIN HOTEL MANAGEMENT SERVICE, OWLTING TARGETS 30,000 HOSPITALITY CLIENTS BY 2019
NEW YORK, Nov 23 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global travel & tourism industry is a US$7.6 trillion market, roughly 10% of the world's GDP. Global brands and local hotel owners are facing fierce competition in the internet era. Over decades, hotels need to manage their own booking reservations from many channels and spend long hours sorting out the room availability and customer schedules. OwlTing, a Taiwanese technology company focusing on blockchain & e-commerce, is launching “OwlNest Blockchain Hotel Management Service,” an integrated lodging management platform to help hotels worldwide improve brand awareness and customer satisfaction.
Global Tourism Continues to Grow and Challenge the Hotel Booking Systems
With the rise of various online travel agencies (OTA), hotels must be able to strike a balance between pricing for visibility on major OTA channels and pricing for profitability on their own websites. Hotels also need to better understand their returning customers and adjust marketing strategy more proactively, which incumbent technology solutions cannot fulfill. OwlTing is answering this need by leveraging innovations in global blockchain communities. By subscribing to OwlNest, hotels can reduce operating costs and improve customer experience and profitabliy via a cloud-based, integrated platform.
Integrated Hotel Management System built on OwlNest Blockchain Service
OwlTing’s product suite covers mobile e-commerce, local travel experiences and blockchain services. “OwlTing’s deep engineering experiences enable us to provide innovative blockchain solutions for the global hospitality industry,” said Darren Wang, founder and CEO of OwlTing. “With the launch of OwlNest, our team, already working with hotels and hostels in the United States, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, will bring OwlNest to over 30,000 hotel by 2019. We expect the advanced blockchain technology behind OwlNest to create huge value for hotels and travelers by solving critical pain points. We are excited to offer the world a really awesome choice.”
OwlNest is the world’s first all-in-one Ethereum-based hotel management service with Booking Engine and Property Management System(PMS). Smart contracts in Ethereum allow flexible inventory management and efficient booking transactions, with enhanced customer privacy and transaction security, thanks to blockchain. Staffing costs can be greatly reduced by integrating hotel management systems (Booking Engine, PMS and Channel Manager) on a shared ledger, while consolidating orders from official hotel portals, OTAs or other distribution channels.
OwlNest blockchain services also allow hotels to design customized pricing packages, identify returning customers, collect customer preferences and automatically adjust promotion campaigns by seasonality and customer behavior more easily.
OwlNest’s scalable design also enables hotels to earn more revenue by adding on-premise services, local experiences and other travel partners to an integrated dashboard, providing an one-stop shopping experience on their own portals (Booking Engine). OwlNest also supports multiple payment gateways such as credit card, PayPal, WeChat, Alipay, Apple Pay, Bitcoin and other blockchain-based payment services in the future. Hotels and hoteliers will be able to take full advantage of the online PMS and Booking Engine just like the Amazon Web Services (AWS) for small businesses, anytime, anywhere.
Taiwan as an Innovation Island for the Global Blockchain Industry
“OwlTing is an important strategic investment in our investment portfolio,” said Thomas Hu, founder and CEO of Kyber Capital. “Builidng a sustainable business model by solving real problems is the central issue facing the global blockchain industry. OwlTing has set a new commercial benchmark to which all aspiring blockchain entrepreneurs should be measured. We are proud to say that once again, our portfolio company has demonstrated the strength and potential of Taiwan in the field of blockchain.”
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Global Tourism Continues to Grow and Challenge the Hotel Booking Systems
With the rise of various online travel agencies (OTA), hotels must be able to strike a balance between pricing for visibility on major OTA channels and pricing for profitability on their own websites. Hotels also need to better understand their returning customers and adjust marketing strategy more proactively, which incumbent technology solutions cannot fulfill. OwlTing is answering this need by leveraging innovations in global blockchain communities. By subscribing to OwlNest, hotels can reduce operating costs and improve customer experience and profitabliy via a cloud-based, integrated platform.
Integrated Hotel Management System built on OwlNest Blockchain Service
OwlTing’s product suite covers mobile e-commerce, local travel experiences and blockchain services. “OwlTing’s deep engineering experiences enable us to provide innovative blockchain solutions for the global hospitality industry,” said Darren Wang, founder and CEO of OwlTing. “With the launch of OwlNest, our team, already working with hotels and hostels in the United States, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, will bring OwlNest to over 30,000 hotel by 2019. We expect the advanced blockchain technology behind OwlNest to create huge value for hotels and travelers by solving critical pain points. We are excited to offer the world a really awesome choice.”
OwlNest is the world’s first all-in-one Ethereum-based hotel management service with Booking Engine and Property Management System(PMS). Smart contracts in Ethereum allow flexible inventory management and efficient booking transactions, with enhanced customer privacy and transaction security, thanks to blockchain. Staffing costs can be greatly reduced by integrating hotel management systems (Booking Engine, PMS and Channel Manager) on a shared ledger, while consolidating orders from official hotel portals, OTAs or other distribution channels.
OwlNest blockchain services also allow hotels to design customized pricing packages, identify returning customers, collect customer preferences and automatically adjust promotion campaigns by seasonality and customer behavior more easily.
OwlNest’s scalable design also enables hotels to earn more revenue by adding on-premise services, local experiences and other travel partners to an integrated dashboard, providing an one-stop shopping experience on their own portals (Booking Engine). OwlNest also supports multiple payment gateways such as credit card, PayPal, WeChat, Alipay, Apple Pay, Bitcoin and other blockchain-based payment services in the future. Hotels and hoteliers will be able to take full advantage of the online PMS and Booking Engine just like the Amazon Web Services (AWS) for small businesses, anytime, anywhere.
Taiwan as an Innovation Island for the Global Blockchain Industry
“OwlTing is an important strategic investment in our investment portfolio,” said Thomas Hu, founder and CEO of Kyber Capital. “Builidng a sustainable business model by solving real problems is the central issue facing the global blockchain industry. OwlTing has set a new commercial benchmark to which all aspiring blockchain entrepreneurs should be measured. We are proud to say that once again, our portfolio company has demonstrated the strength and potential of Taiwan in the field of blockchain.”
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30636
Thursday, 23 November 2017
SIGNAVIO HELPS CHINA LIFE (OVERSEAS) REACH TOP THREE IN HONG KONG INSURANCE AWARDS
BERLIN & HONG KONG, Nov 23 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Signavio would like to congratulate China Life (Overseas) for being named as a top-three finalist in the Outstanding InsurTech Innovation Award category of the Hong Kong Insurance Awards 2017, one of the most prestigious brand elections in the Hong Kong insurance industry.
China Life (Overseas) were selected as a finalist in recognition of their China Life Integrated Business Design and Knowledge Base Platform. In a first for the Hong Kong insurance industry, the platform uses the Signavio Process Manager to capture, connect, and communicate how work is done and where decisions are made within the organization.
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China Life (Overseas) were selected as a finalist in recognition of their China Life Integrated Business Design and Knowledge Base Platform. In a first for the Hong Kong insurance industry, the platform uses the Signavio Process Manager to capture, connect, and communicate how work is done and where decisions are made within the organization.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30635
Wednesday, 22 November 2017
TELSTRA AND SIGMA SYSTEMS TO PRESENT CATALOG-DRIVEN DYNAMIC OFFER CREATION AT TM FORUM LIVE! ASIA
TORONTO, Nov 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sigma Systems, the global leader in catalog-driven software, announced today that it will be presenting at TM Forum Live! Asia in partnership with Telstra, Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company.
Sigma’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Catherine Michel, will be on stage with Telstra's Chief Technology Officer (Customer), Dr. Fawad Nazir, to discuss why traditional service providers must adopt a “digital native” mindset and the corresponding operational agility to thrive in a digital economy. The ability to create and launch new offers in minutes, rather than months, and rapidly enable new business models is critical to an operator’s success.
“Sigma Catalog creates the ability to sell through and then orchestrate the fulfillment of an order from different channels into the full B/OSS stack and across various delivery networks. The product’s Offer Canvas capability allows businesses to ‘componentize’ whatever types of service capability it offers into entities that are immediately operational in their systems and networks,” says Catherine Michel, Sigma Systems CTO.
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Sigma’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Catherine Michel, will be on stage with Telstra's Chief Technology Officer (Customer), Dr. Fawad Nazir, to discuss why traditional service providers must adopt a “digital native” mindset and the corresponding operational agility to thrive in a digital economy. The ability to create and launch new offers in minutes, rather than months, and rapidly enable new business models is critical to an operator’s success.
“Sigma Catalog creates the ability to sell through and then orchestrate the fulfillment of an order from different channels into the full B/OSS stack and across various delivery networks. The product’s Offer Canvas capability allows businesses to ‘componentize’ whatever types of service capability it offers into entities that are immediately operational in their systems and networks,” says Catherine Michel, Sigma Systems CTO.
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NASDAQ TO DELIVER BLOCKCHAIN E-VOTING SOLUTION TO STRATE
South Africa’s central securities depository (CSD) will leverage the solution to improve voting efficiencies and increase shareholder participation in South Africa
STOCKHOLM, Sweden and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Strate (Pty) Ltd, the South African CSD, announced today an agreement for Nasdaq to deliver a new blockchain solution that would bring electronic voting to the South African capital markets. The solution will allow Strate, in conjunction with key stakeholders in the market, to provide general meeting services and give shareholders an easy, user-friendly and secure tool for voting remotely. The solution is based on the successful proof of concept (PoC) developed for Nasdaq’s Estonia market. In addition, Strate will contribute to the ongoing market development of e-Voting technology.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden and JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Strate (Pty) Ltd, the South African CSD, announced today an agreement for Nasdaq to deliver a new blockchain solution that would bring electronic voting to the South African capital markets. The solution will allow Strate, in conjunction with key stakeholders in the market, to provide general meeting services and give shareholders an easy, user-friendly and secure tool for voting remotely. The solution is based on the successful proof of concept (PoC) developed for Nasdaq’s Estonia market. In addition, Strate will contribute to the ongoing market development of e-Voting technology.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30631
Tuesday, 21 November 2017
FUSIONEX INKS DEAL WITH LEADING RIDE-HAILING COMPANY
Fusionex powering marketing intelligence and insights for leading ride-hailing company with Big Data Analytics
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fusionex, a multi award-winning, leading data technology company specializing in Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, has won a contract to provide a leading international ride-hailing company with a solution to ramp up their marketing intelligence, as well as provide insights and recommendations into the effectiveness of their efforts.
The client has and continues to tackle transportation challenges across multiple countries and provides commuting solutions to drivers and passengers. Their mobile app has millions of downloads, as well as millions of drivers recorded on their network.
Gathering all of the client’s information into one data pool has become highly imperative. Tracking their marketing activities in the past has also been challenging due to the scattered nature of the data which continues to increase and multiply as more people adopt and frequent their app. Operating across numerous locations, the client’s data is also stored in different formats and needs to be cleansed for proper analysis to be conducted.
Fusionex will provide data management and analytics capabilities for the client through their latest Big Data Analytics solution Fusionex GIANT 2017. Via GIANT, details such as budget and expenditure data can be consolidated. Within a central repository, the compiled data can easily be accessed without overt delay or latency.
The provision of a centralized data platform will allow the client to easily track marketing expenditure while maintaining a high level of security and control on their proprietary intelligence. Analyzing their data will allow the client to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and promotional efforts. The client will be able to focus on their return on investments and identify the areas (e.g. media channels, promotional activities or events) to focus their spending on, and whether the returns commensurate with their expenditure etc.
Fusionex is also collaborating with the client to analyze market sentiments about their organization and ride-hailing app. The collaborative roadmap will also see more types of data - such as sales, booking, and cancellation data - being captured along the road of this initiative, in order for the client to be better informed, providing them with the information to make better, more insightful, business decisions in the long run. The data platform is also powered by Natural Language Processing (NLP), allowing even non-technical personnel to perform data analysis simply by asking questions.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fusionex, a multi award-winning, leading data technology company specializing in Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, has won a contract to provide a leading international ride-hailing company with a solution to ramp up their marketing intelligence, as well as provide insights and recommendations into the effectiveness of their efforts.
The client has and continues to tackle transportation challenges across multiple countries and provides commuting solutions to drivers and passengers. Their mobile app has millions of downloads, as well as millions of drivers recorded on their network.
Gathering all of the client’s information into one data pool has become highly imperative. Tracking their marketing activities in the past has also been challenging due to the scattered nature of the data which continues to increase and multiply as more people adopt and frequent their app. Operating across numerous locations, the client’s data is also stored in different formats and needs to be cleansed for proper analysis to be conducted.
Fusionex will provide data management and analytics capabilities for the client through their latest Big Data Analytics solution Fusionex GIANT 2017. Via GIANT, details such as budget and expenditure data can be consolidated. Within a central repository, the compiled data can easily be accessed without overt delay or latency.
The provision of a centralized data platform will allow the client to easily track marketing expenditure while maintaining a high level of security and control on their proprietary intelligence. Analyzing their data will allow the client to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and promotional efforts. The client will be able to focus on their return on investments and identify the areas (e.g. media channels, promotional activities or events) to focus their spending on, and whether the returns commensurate with their expenditure etc.
Fusionex is also collaborating with the client to analyze market sentiments about their organization and ride-hailing app. The collaborative roadmap will also see more types of data - such as sales, booking, and cancellation data - being captured along the road of this initiative, in order for the client to be better informed, providing them with the information to make better, more insightful, business decisions in the long run. The data platform is also powered by Natural Language Processing (NLP), allowing even non-technical personnel to perform data analysis simply by asking questions.
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OCTAPHARMA DONATES 30.5 MILLION INTERNATIONAL UNITS OF ITS MEDICINE NUWIQ TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH HAEMOPHILIA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
LACHEN, Switzerland, Nov 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- 2017: Octapharma is pleased to announce the completion of a charitable donation of 30.5 million international units of its human cell-line derived recombinant factor VIII product, Nuwiq®, in collaboration with Project SHARE, North Andover, Massachusetts (USA).
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Up to 75% of the world's estimated 400,000 people with haemophilia have little or no access to treatment that resolves life- and limb-threatening bleeds, and enables surgery and rehabilitation. A humanitarian program, Project SHARE facilitates the donation of blood-clotting factor products for the treatment of people with haemophilia in need of factor replacement therapy in countries where these medicines are scarce or still unavailable.
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Up to 75% of the world's estimated 400,000 people with haemophilia have little or no access to treatment that resolves life- and limb-threatening bleeds, and enables surgery and rehabilitation. A humanitarian program, Project SHARE facilitates the donation of blood-clotting factor products for the treatment of people with haemophilia in need of factor replacement therapy in countries where these medicines are scarce or still unavailable.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30612
MADISON REALTY CAPITAL PROVIDES $64.0 MILLION CONSTRUCTION FINANCING FOR 200 KENT AVENUE DEVELOPMENT IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN
Experienced Local Developer Taps MRC for Construction Loan on Grocery-Anchored Mixed-Use Project Located on Full Block Site in One of New York’s Most Exciting Neighborhoods
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Madison Realty Capital (MRC) announced the closing of a $64.0 million construction loan for 200 Kent Avenue, a 117,326 square foot mixed-use development located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The retail portion of the property, which will include over 600 feet of frontage, will be anchored by a popular national grocery chain. Overall, the project will offer 50,101 square feet of retail space, 22,055 square feet of office and restaurant space, and 45,170 square feet of parking.
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NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Madison Realty Capital (MRC) announced the closing of a $64.0 million construction loan for 200 Kent Avenue, a 117,326 square foot mixed-use development located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The retail portion of the property, which will include over 600 feet of frontage, will be anchored by a popular national grocery chain. Overall, the project will offer 50,101 square feet of retail space, 22,055 square feet of office and restaurant space, and 45,170 square feet of parking.
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CANCER PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, SUPPORTERS AND CAREGIVERS UNDERTAKE UAE'S FIRST RELAY FOR LIFE
Organised by Friends of Cancer Patients
More than 2,000 ‘relayers’ take part in inaugural event held in United Arab Emirate
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Nov 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sharjah, the third largest of the United Arab Emirate’s seven emirates, was the host for the MENA region’s first ever ‘Global Relay for Life,’ (RFL) a 24-hour walkathon that is the biggest fundraising event for cancer in the world. Conducted in conjunction with the American Cancer Society, the event was organised by Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), a non-profit organisation that supports cancer patients and their families.
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More than 2,000 ‘relayers’ take part in inaugural event held in United Arab Emirate
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Nov 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sharjah, the third largest of the United Arab Emirate’s seven emirates, was the host for the MENA region’s first ever ‘Global Relay for Life,’ (RFL) a 24-hour walkathon that is the biggest fundraising event for cancer in the world. Conducted in conjunction with the American Cancer Society, the event was organised by Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), a non-profit organisation that supports cancer patients and their families.
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KAMORI KANKO AND NISADE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING HOKKAIDO DEVELOPMENT THE VALE RUSUTSU
RUSUTSU, Japan, Nov. 20/Medianet International-AsiaNet/--
Kamori Kanko, Hokkaido's leading private tourism company and once the USA's largest ski resort operator, has partnered with award-winning developers Niseko Alpine Developments [NISADE] of The Vale Niseko fame for the strategic development of flagship Rusutsu Resort.
The first phase of development is valued at circa USD 200 million and includes luxury hotel The Vale Rusutsu and a bespoke onsen and spa facility. Additional phases scheduled for release in 2018 will include new retail and entertainment developments and further hotel facilities, estimated at circa USD 500 million.
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Kamori Kanko, Hokkaido's leading private tourism company and once the USA's largest ski resort operator, has partnered with award-winning developers Niseko Alpine Developments [NISADE] of The Vale Niseko fame for the strategic development of flagship Rusutsu Resort.
The first phase of development is valued at circa USD 200 million and includes luxury hotel The Vale Rusutsu and a bespoke onsen and spa facility. Additional phases scheduled for release in 2018 will include new retail and entertainment developments and further hotel facilities, estimated at circa USD 500 million.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30598
Monday, 20 November 2017
CALVIN KLEIN, INC. ANNOUNCES HOLIDAY RETAIL EXPERIENCE WITH AMAZON FASHION
NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Calvin Klein, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of PVH Corp. [NYSE: PVH], and Amazon Fashion today announced the CALVIN KLEIN X Amazon Fashion holiday retail experience, available for customers to shop now through December 31st. The experience will include pop-up shops in New York City and Los Angeles, as well as an online brand store on Amazon.com/mycalvins.
The holiday retail experience is a first between Amazon Fashion and CALVIN KLEIN, and will include exclusive styles available only to Amazon customers at the pop-ups and the online brand store. The pop-ups will be located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood and in the city of Santa Monica in Los Angeles. Each location will sell CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR products, including men’s and women’s underwear and loungewear offerings, while the online CALVIN KLEIN brand store will offer an expanded selection of both CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR and CALVIN KLEIN JEANS product.
”We are proud to collaborate with Amazon Fashion on this exciting retail concept,” said Cheryl Abel-Hodges, head of Calvin Klein Underwear and President, The Underwear Group of PVH. “It is our goal to deliver an immersive and content-driven shopping environment to the consumer, and we are thrilled to introduce this experience to CALVIN KLEIN and Amazon shoppers, both online and offline, just in time for the holiday season.”
Visitors to the pop-up shops will be able to easily purchase by scanning a bar code in the Amazon App and having their items delivered to their home, or they can purchase in-store. Fitting rooms will contain Amazon Echo devices, which will allow shoppers to ask Alexa various questions about the CALVIN KLEIN product and experience, control lighting features, and play music of their choice.
Both pop-up shops will feature areas aimed to engage and entertain customers. Customization stations will allow shoppers to have their purchased CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR items personalized with special embroidery. Content creation spaces will encourage shoppers to create their own unique, sharable social media clips. Lounge areas will connect shoppers between the bi-coastal shops via video calling on the Amazon Echo Show, allowing them to interact and share exciting content in real time.
Throughout the holiday season, the shops will host special events with notable personalities, including supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and comedian and author Lilly Singh. Both Kloss and Singh are featured in the Amazon.com/mycalvins brand shop and prominently in store throughout the duration of the holiday retail experience.
“The holiday season is one of the most important shopping times for our customers, and we are delighted to team up with CALVIN KLEIN to provide a fun, interactive experience that connects our customers to product in an engaging way,” stated Michelle Rothman, Vice President at Amazon Fashion. “Customers will also be able to shop exclusive CALVIN KLEIN items on amazon.com/mycalvins.”
CALVIN KLEIN is a global lifestyle brand that exemplifies bold, progressive ideals and a seductive aesthetic. We seek to thrill and inspire our audience while using provocative imagery and striking designs to ignite the senses.
Founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein and his business partner Barry Schwartz, we have built our reputation as a leader in American fashion through our clean aesthetic and innovative designs. Global retail sales of CALVIN KLEIN brand products exceeded $8 billion in 2016 and were distributed in over 110 countries. CALVIN KLEIN employs over 10,000 associates globally. We were acquired by PVH Corp. in 2003.
With a history going back over 135 years, PVH has excelled at growing brands and businesses with rich American heritages, becoming one of the largest apparel companies in the world. We have over 35,000 associates operating in over 40 countries and over $8 billion in annual revenues. We own the iconic CALVIN KLEIN, TOMMY HILFIGER, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Speedo*, Warner’s and Olga brands, as well as the digital-centric True & Co. intimates brand, and market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands.
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The holiday retail experience is a first between Amazon Fashion and CALVIN KLEIN, and will include exclusive styles available only to Amazon customers at the pop-ups and the online brand store. The pop-ups will be located in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood and in the city of Santa Monica in Los Angeles. Each location will sell CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR products, including men’s and women’s underwear and loungewear offerings, while the online CALVIN KLEIN brand store will offer an expanded selection of both CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR and CALVIN KLEIN JEANS product.
”We are proud to collaborate with Amazon Fashion on this exciting retail concept,” said Cheryl Abel-Hodges, head of Calvin Klein Underwear and President, The Underwear Group of PVH. “It is our goal to deliver an immersive and content-driven shopping environment to the consumer, and we are thrilled to introduce this experience to CALVIN KLEIN and Amazon shoppers, both online and offline, just in time for the holiday season.”
Visitors to the pop-up shops will be able to easily purchase by scanning a bar code in the Amazon App and having their items delivered to their home, or they can purchase in-store. Fitting rooms will contain Amazon Echo devices, which will allow shoppers to ask Alexa various questions about the CALVIN KLEIN product and experience, control lighting features, and play music of their choice.
Both pop-up shops will feature areas aimed to engage and entertain customers. Customization stations will allow shoppers to have their purchased CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR items personalized with special embroidery. Content creation spaces will encourage shoppers to create their own unique, sharable social media clips. Lounge areas will connect shoppers between the bi-coastal shops via video calling on the Amazon Echo Show, allowing them to interact and share exciting content in real time.
Throughout the holiday season, the shops will host special events with notable personalities, including supermodel and entrepreneur Karlie Kloss and comedian and author Lilly Singh. Both Kloss and Singh are featured in the Amazon.com/mycalvins brand shop and prominently in store throughout the duration of the holiday retail experience.
“The holiday season is one of the most important shopping times for our customers, and we are delighted to team up with CALVIN KLEIN to provide a fun, interactive experience that connects our customers to product in an engaging way,” stated Michelle Rothman, Vice President at Amazon Fashion. “Customers will also be able to shop exclusive CALVIN KLEIN items on amazon.com/mycalvins.”
CALVIN KLEIN is a global lifestyle brand that exemplifies bold, progressive ideals and a seductive aesthetic. We seek to thrill and inspire our audience while using provocative imagery and striking designs to ignite the senses.
Founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein and his business partner Barry Schwartz, we have built our reputation as a leader in American fashion through our clean aesthetic and innovative designs. Global retail sales of CALVIN KLEIN brand products exceeded $8 billion in 2016 and were distributed in over 110 countries. CALVIN KLEIN employs over 10,000 associates globally. We were acquired by PVH Corp. in 2003.
With a history going back over 135 years, PVH has excelled at growing brands and businesses with rich American heritages, becoming one of the largest apparel companies in the world. We have over 35,000 associates operating in over 40 countries and over $8 billion in annual revenues. We own the iconic CALVIN KLEIN, TOMMY HILFIGER, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Speedo*, Warner’s and Olga brands, as well as the digital-centric True & Co. intimates brand, and market a variety of goods under these and other nationally and internationally known owned and licensed brands.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30586
Saturday, 18 November 2017
"MUSLIM-FRIENDLY TOHOKU" CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED AS PART OF GOVERNMENT'S "NEW TOHOKU" PROJECT AIMED TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN TOHOKU
TOKYO, Nov. 17, 2017 /Kyodo JBN/ --
- Campaign Seeks to Boost Introduction of "Muslim-Friendly" Hotels and Restaurants in Six Prefectures of Tohoku, and Provide "Omotenashi (Japanese-style Hospitality)" as Competitive as on Japan's "Golden Routes" -
The Reconstruction Agency is developing a "New Tohoku" Project to promote tourism in Tohoku. As part of the project, SUNNY SIDE UP Inc. started the "MUSLIM-FRIENDLY TOHOKU" campaign on November 1 and is operating the "MUSLIM-FRIENDLY TOHOKU" PR (public relations) Japan representative office.
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- Campaign Seeks to Boost Introduction of "Muslim-Friendly" Hotels and Restaurants in Six Prefectures of Tohoku, and Provide "Omotenashi (Japanese-style Hospitality)" as Competitive as on Japan's "Golden Routes" -
The Reconstruction Agency is developing a "New Tohoku" Project to promote tourism in Tohoku. As part of the project, SUNNY SIDE UP Inc. started the "MUSLIM-FRIENDLY TOHOKU" campaign on November 1 and is operating the "MUSLIM-FRIENDLY TOHOKU" PR (public relations) Japan representative office.
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GLOBAL SD-WAN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CALLTOWER AND ARYAKA TO DELIVER HIGH-PERFORMANCE CLOUD COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL ENTERPRISES
SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aryaka, the leading global SD-WAN provider, today announced a new partnership with CallTower, an industry-leading unified communications and collaboration company, to provide global enterprise customers with fast and reliable, high-quality cloud service connectivity.
CallTower's partnership with Aryaka will deliver improved performance of their unified communications solutions to global enterprise customers. CallTower has linked their data centers with the Aryaka global network to deliver secure, reliable connectivity with quality of service guarantees for mission critical real-time communication applications. CallTower Cisco and Microsoft unified communications solutions, including Cloud Contact Center customers will now be able to add Aryaka’s global SD-WAN service to further optimize, and enhance reliability over a secure network.
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CallTower's partnership with Aryaka will deliver improved performance of their unified communications solutions to global enterprise customers. CallTower has linked their data centers with the Aryaka global network to deliver secure, reliable connectivity with quality of service guarantees for mission critical real-time communication applications. CallTower Cisco and Microsoft unified communications solutions, including Cloud Contact Center customers will now be able to add Aryaka’s global SD-WAN service to further optimize, and enhance reliability over a secure network.
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Friday, 17 November 2017
BNP PARIBAS AND GTS ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC COLLABORATION
| BNP Paribas to Leverage GTS’ Trading Technology to further improve pricing to clients in the secondary market for U.S. Treasuries This Strategic Collaboration Marks a New Era for Banks and Electronic Market Makers NEW YORK, Nov 16 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BNP Paribas, a leading European provider of banking and financial services, and GTS, a New York-based global electronic market maker, today announced a strategic collaboration marking a new era for banks and electronic market makers. This collaboration will enable BNP Paribas to leverage GTS’ trading and technology capabilities with the goal of providing BNP Paribas’s clients with deeper liquidity, tighter spreads and further improved pricing in the US Treasuries secondary market. BNP Paribas, with its strong presence in corporate and institutional banking and its top-ranked position in a number of fixed income and equity markets, and GTS, with its technology and electronic market making capabilities, will leverage their respective strengths to continue to develop the collaboration. Under terms of the strategic collaboration, BNP Paribas will seek to improve the client experience by providing improved pricing in the secondary market for US Treasuries by the addition of GTS liquidity into its pricing framework. A dedicated team from both firms will leverage a mutually developed technology platform that seeks to provide BNP Paribas with access to greater liquidity, thereby enabling the bank to offer improved execution quality for clients as they trade directly with BNP Paribas. Olivier Osty, Executive Head of Global Markets at BNP Paribas, said: “The US is an important market for BNP Paribas, and we are fully committed to expanding our capital markets franchise by focusing on our clients and their demand for improved liquidity and better transparency. This innovative collaboration with GTS illustrates how we work with firms that are experts in financial technology to enhance our client offering across the Bank’s value chain. It is an important step in our ambition to become a leading digital capital markets house in the financial services industry.” http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30577 |
SUNDANCE ENERGY AUSTRALIA LIMITED SCHEDULES THIRD QUARTER 2017 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL
DENVER, Nov 17 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sundance
Energy Australia Limited (ASX:SEA) (NASDAQ:SNDE) (“Sundance” or the
“Company”), a U.S. onshore oil and gas exploration and production
company focused in the Eagle Ford in South Texas, announced it will host
a conference call to review third quarter results.
Date: Australia: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 – United States: Monday November 20, 2017
Time: Australia: 10:00 AM AEDT – United States: 4:00 PM MST
Australian participants Toll Free dial-in: 1 80 0005 989
Australian (Sydney) Local dial-in: 2 82 239 773
Hong Kong Participants Toll Free dial-in: 800 966 253
Hong Kong Local dial-in: 3011 4522
Singapore participants Toll Free dial-in: 800 852 6412
Singapore Local dial-in: 6622 1010
USA participants Toll Free dial-in: (844) 831 3022
Webcast Link: http://www.sundanceenergy.net/events.cfm
All participants will be asked for their full name and company when joining the conference call.
About Sundance Energy Australia Limited
Sundance Energy Australia Limited (“Sundance” or the “Company”) is an Australian-based, independent energy exploration company, with a wholly owned US subsidiary, Sundance Energy Inc., located in Denver, Colorado, USA.
The Company is focused on the acquisition and development of large, repeatable oil and natural gas resource plays in North America. Current activities are focused in the Eagle Ford. A comprehensive overview of the Company can be found on Sundance’s website at www.sundanceenergy.net.
For more information, please contact:
Date: Australia: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 – United States: Monday November 20, 2017
Time: Australia: 10:00 AM AEDT – United States: 4:00 PM MST
Australian participants Toll Free dial-in: 1 80 0005 989
Australian (Sydney) Local dial-in: 2 82 239 773
Hong Kong Participants Toll Free dial-in: 800 966 253
Hong Kong Local dial-in: 3011 4522
Singapore participants Toll Free dial-in: 800 852 6412
Singapore Local dial-in: 6622 1010
USA participants Toll Free dial-in: (844) 831 3022
Webcast Link: http://www.sundanceenergy.net/events.cfm
All participants will be asked for their full name and company when joining the conference call.
About Sundance Energy Australia Limited
Sundance Energy Australia Limited (“Sundance” or the “Company”) is an Australian-based, independent energy exploration company, with a wholly owned US subsidiary, Sundance Energy Inc., located in Denver, Colorado, USA.
The Company is focused on the acquisition and development of large, repeatable oil and natural gas resource plays in North America. Current activities are focused in the Eagle Ford. A comprehensive overview of the Company can be found on Sundance’s website at www.sundanceenergy.net.
For more information, please contact:
United States
Eric McCrady, Managing Director
Tel: +1 (303) 543 5703
Australia
Mike Hannell, Chairman
Tel: +61 8 8363 0388
SOURCE : Sundance Energy Australia Limited
Thursday, 16 November 2017
MARKLOGIC RECOGNIZED AS A CHALLENGER IN THE 2017 GARTNER MAGIC QUADRANT FOR OPERATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MarkLogic positioned highest for ability to execute and furthest to the right for completeness of vision in the Challengers quadrant
SAN CARLOS, Calif.,Nov 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- MarkLogic Corporation, the leading operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL database provider, today announced that the Gartner 2017 “Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems" positions MarkLogic as a Challenger, positioning it furthest to the right for completeness of vision and highest for ability to execute in the Challengers quadrant.
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SAN CARLOS, Calif.,Nov 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- MarkLogic Corporation, the leading operational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL database provider, today announced that the Gartner 2017 “Magic Quadrant for Operational Database Management Systems" positions MarkLogic as a Challenger, positioning it furthest to the right for completeness of vision and highest for ability to execute in the Challengers quadrant.
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ICELAND POST DEPLOYS DESCARTES ROUTE PLANNING SOLUTION FOR EXPANDING DELIVERY OPERATIONS
MALMÖ, Sweden and REYKJAVÍK, Iceland, Nov 15 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, and Iceland Post, the Icelandic national postal service, announced that Descartes’ route planning solution is being deployed to manage delivery operations for Iceland Post as the company shifts its primary focus from mail to parcel delivery in support of the country’s dramatic growth in ecommerce.
“Such a fundamental change to our business comes with various IT and logistics challenges, including the need to adapt delivery schedules to a growing number of last-minute parcel pickups,” said Einar Geir Jónsson, Head of Business Development at Iceland Post. “The Descartes solution provides the advanced capabilities we need to transform our logistics processes and, in doing so, improve the responsiveness of our delivery operations and reach higher standards of customer service. We have already successfully implemented part of the solution, and are confident the collaboration with Descartes will help us successfully transition to a parcel delivery–focused company.”
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“Such a fundamental change to our business comes with various IT and logistics challenges, including the need to adapt delivery schedules to a growing number of last-minute parcel pickups,” said Einar Geir Jónsson, Head of Business Development at Iceland Post. “The Descartes solution provides the advanced capabilities we need to transform our logistics processes and, in doing so, improve the responsiveness of our delivery operations and reach higher standards of customer service. We have already successfully implemented part of the solution, and are confident the collaboration with Descartes will help us successfully transition to a parcel delivery–focused company.”
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30556
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
RADWARE SURVEY FINDS NEARLY HALF OF COMPANIES HAVE SUFFERED A DATA BREACH IN THE PAST YEAR
Substantial Rise in Bot-Driven Internet Traffic Presents a Glaring Blind Spot for IT Security As 79% of Organizations Can’t Tell For Certain If Web Traffic Comes From Humans Or Bots
MAHWAH, N.J., Nov 15 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware® (NASDAQ:RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, released a new study today titled Radware Research: Web Application Security in a Digitally Connected World. The report takes an in-depth look into how organizations protect their web applications, and identifies clear gaps in security among common DevOps practices, highlights top attack types and vectors, as well as identifies key areas of risk and concern.
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MAHWAH, N.J., Nov 15 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware® (NASDAQ:RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, released a new study today titled Radware Research: Web Application Security in a Digitally Connected World. The report takes an in-depth look into how organizations protect their web applications, and identifies clear gaps in security among common DevOps practices, highlights top attack types and vectors, as well as identifies key areas of risk and concern.
http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=30558
OurCrowd Appoints Roland Wee as Managing Director to Lead Asia Expansion
Former Managing Director at HSBC brings 20 years of experience to further expand equity crowdfunding in Asia
SINGAPORE, Nov 14 -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform, today announced the appointment of Mr. Roland Wee as Managing Director of the company’s Asia operations. Roland will serve as a key addition to its senior leadership team to spearhead its continued growth and success in the region.
Prior to joining OurCrowd, Roland served as Managing Director at HSBC and CEO of HSBC Securities Singapore. He brings 20 years of experience in financial markets, with a broad background in various capacities – as an analyst in the technology sector, as a fund manager, and most recently in HSBC management roles over the past 12 years. In his latest capacity, Roland directed a team of sales people, traders, and dealers, while working closely with a research team based in Singapore. Together, they put forward investment ideas for institutional fund managers, executed the trades in the global equity markets and also arranged large IPOs and equity placements.
“Roland brings a unique combination of experience, insight, creative energy, and vision to our team,” said Denes Ban, Managing Partner, OurCrowd Asia. “While we are extremely proud of the rapid rate of growth we have achieved this past year in Singapore, ASEAN, and throughout the region, we also recognize the tremendous untapped opportunity across Asia and around the world for our unique model, synthesizing the best of venture capital with a broad-based platform for all accredited investors. I am confident that Roland is the ideal leader to help us realize this enormous potential in 2018 and beyond.”
Source: OurCrowd
Source: OurCrowd
LTI ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF SYNCORDIS S.A.
MUMBAI, India, Nov 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd. (NSE: LTI, BSE: 540005), a global technology consulting and digital solutions Company, today announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire Luxembourg based Syncordis S.A., a leading core banking implementation services provider, along with its identified subsidiaries in France, UK, Luxembourg and India.
Founded in 2004, Syncordis has an exclusive focus on Temenos Digital Suites that positions it as a leading independent pure play Temenos specialist. Syncordis has developed industry-leading accelerators that help with faster and consistent Temenos implementations and capture the fast-growing market opportunities for core banking product modernization services. Europe is a growth market for LTI and addition of these niche capabilities bring stronger synergies with Company’s deep expertise in Banking and Financial services segment.
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Founded in 2004, Syncordis has an exclusive focus on Temenos Digital Suites that positions it as a leading independent pure play Temenos specialist. Syncordis has developed industry-leading accelerators that help with faster and consistent Temenos implementations and capture the fast-growing market opportunities for core banking product modernization services. Europe is a growth market for LTI and addition of these niche capabilities bring stronger synergies with Company’s deep expertise in Banking and Financial services segment.
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PUBMATIC Q3 2017 QUARTERLY MOBILE INDEX REPORT SHOWS HEADER BIDDING GAINING WORLDWIDE ADOPTION
Advertisers leverage private marketplaces (PMP) to enhance quality of mobile investments
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- PubMatic, the publisher-focused sell-side platform (SSP) for an open digital media future, today announced findings from its Q3 2017 Quarterly Mobile Index (QMI). The report, which identifies trends in mobile advertising, found that header bidding continued to thrive worldwide as more publishers replace the old auction waterfall system with this solution. Mobile PMP impression volume in PubMatic’s platform rose 75 percent year-over-year (YOY) in Q3 2017, making it the seventh annual improvement in as many quarters. Desktop remained strong in the overall picture as app monetization still provided the largest mobile advertising opportunity. The volume split between app and mobile web environments normalized after six quarters of market rebalancing.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov 15 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- PubMatic, the publisher-focused sell-side platform (SSP) for an open digital media future, today announced findings from its Q3 2017 Quarterly Mobile Index (QMI). The report, which identifies trends in mobile advertising, found that header bidding continued to thrive worldwide as more publishers replace the old auction waterfall system with this solution. Mobile PMP impression volume in PubMatic’s platform rose 75 percent year-over-year (YOY) in Q3 2017, making it the seventh annual improvement in as many quarters. Desktop remained strong in the overall picture as app monetization still provided the largest mobile advertising opportunity. The volume split between app and mobile web environments normalized after six quarters of market rebalancing.
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TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATION RELEASES MEDIUM VOLTAGE, HIGH CAPACITY PHOTORELAY IN SMALL PACKAGE
Latest trench MOSFET process delivers replacement for mechanical relays
TOKYO, Nov 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation today announced the launch of “TLP3145,” a new photorelay in a small 2.54SOP4 package with an off-state output terminal voltage of 200V and an on-state current of 0.4A. Volume shipments start today.
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TOKYO, Nov 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation today announced the launch of “TLP3145,” a new photorelay in a small 2.54SOP4 package with an off-state output terminal voltage of 200V and an on-state current of 0.4A. Volume shipments start today.
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Tuesday, 14 November 2017
"DIALOGUE FOR QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE: BUILDING PROSPEROUS FUTURE IN INDONESIA" AT INDONESIA INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK 2017
JAKARTA, Indonesia, and TOKYO, Nov. 14, 2017 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/--
To realize Indonesia's sustainable economic growth, Japan's quality infrastructure is vital and essential. The Government of Japan hosted "Dialogue for Quality Infrastructure -- Building Asia's Future" at Jakarta Convention Center, the venue of Indonesia Infrastructure Week 2017, on Wednesday, November 8, 2017.
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To realize Indonesia's sustainable economic growth, Japan's quality infrastructure is vital and essential. The Government of Japan hosted "Dialogue for Quality Infrastructure -- Building Asia's Future" at Jakarta Convention Center, the venue of Indonesia Infrastructure Week 2017, on Wednesday, November 8, 2017.
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POLYPLASTICS OFFERS INDUSTRY'S BROADEST LINE OF LOW-VOC POLYACETAL GRADES FOR AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS
TOKYO, Nov. 14, 2017 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/--
Polyplastics Co., Ltd. offers the industry's most extensive range of polyoxymethylene (POM) resin grades with low-VOC emissions for the production of automotive interiors. These DURACON (R) low-VOC acetal grades are specifically designed to meet the latest regulations governing the concentration of VOCs in automotive interiors.
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Polyplastics Co., Ltd. offers the industry's most extensive range of polyoxymethylene (POM) resin grades with low-VOC emissions for the production of automotive interiors. These DURACON (R) low-VOC acetal grades are specifically designed to meet the latest regulations governing the concentration of VOCs in automotive interiors.
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NTT COMMUNICATIONS TO ACQUIRE SECURE-24, LEADING PROVIDER OF MANAGED SERVICES IN U.S.
TOKYO & SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TOKYO:9432), and Secure-24 Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (Secure-24), a U.S.-based leading provider of comprehensive managed services, announced today that their respective shareholders entered into a definitive agreement on November 13 (Japan Standard Time), pursuant to which NTT Com will wholly acquire Secure-24.
The demand for managed services is growing steadily worldwide and managed-IT services, one of Secure-24’s core businesses, are expected to see especially significant growth in the U.S. market.
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The demand for managed services is growing steadily worldwide and managed-IT services, one of Secure-24’s core businesses, are expected to see especially significant growth in the U.S. market.
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Monday, 13 November 2017
USSOCOM AWARDS VRICON FOREIGN COMPARATIVE TEST CONTRACT
Vricon to increase the resolution and accuracy of SOCOM’s 3D geospatial data
McLean, Virginia, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) awarded Vricon a contract for a Foreign Comparative Test for commercial data, software, and testing to increase the resolution and accuracy of the Command’s 3D geospatial data. Vricon also will work to automate workflows to reduce manual processes involved in producing enhanced geospatial data and 3D scene visualizations.
“This collaboration between SOCOM and Vricon should result in superior geospatial data, as well a reduction in time-consuming manual work to produce the data,” said Magnus Brege, Vricon CEO. “These results are increasingly important in a time when national security is dependent upon ever-shrinking timelines and precise information.”
The sole source award is based on USSOCOM’s assessment that Vricon “is the only vendor which currently has the highly specialized software algorithms to generate pre-processed 3D data capable of meeting the government’s requirements…” The contract is valued at approximately $1.3 million.
About Vricon
Vricon serves the global professional geospatial market with world-leading 3D geospatial and digital elevation data and 3D visualization solutions. Vricon is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. For further information, visit vricon.com.
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McLean, Virginia, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) awarded Vricon a contract for a Foreign Comparative Test for commercial data, software, and testing to increase the resolution and accuracy of the Command’s 3D geospatial data. Vricon also will work to automate workflows to reduce manual processes involved in producing enhanced geospatial data and 3D scene visualizations.
“This collaboration between SOCOM and Vricon should result in superior geospatial data, as well a reduction in time-consuming manual work to produce the data,” said Magnus Brege, Vricon CEO. “These results are increasingly important in a time when national security is dependent upon ever-shrinking timelines and precise information.”
The sole source award is based on USSOCOM’s assessment that Vricon “is the only vendor which currently has the highly specialized software algorithms to generate pre-processed 3D data capable of meeting the government’s requirements…” The contract is valued at approximately $1.3 million.
About Vricon
Vricon serves the global professional geospatial market with world-leading 3D geospatial and digital elevation data and 3D visualization solutions. Vricon is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. For further information, visit vricon.com.
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NATIONAL ENERGY SERVICES REUNITED CORP. TO ACQUIRE GULF ENERGY SAOC AND NATIONAL PETROLEUM SERVICES
- Creates regional oilfield services leader in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
- Provides platform to accelerate growth and bring new technology to the region
- Combines experienced management team with deep sector expertise and successful track record through cycles
- Brings together diverse and strategic group of large institutional investors
- Forms the first and only NASDAQ-listed national oilfield services company in MENA region
HOUSTON, Nov 13 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (“NESR”) (NASDAQ:NESR) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to combine with Gulf Energy SAOC (“GES”) and National Petroleum Services (“NPS”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion, or 5.4x the Company’s estimated 2018 EBITDA. GES and NPS (collectively the “business combination” or the “Company”) are leading regional oilfield services companies offering a mix of drilling, completion and production services and equipment in the MENA and Asia Pacific regions. Following closing, the Company’s primary operating locations will be in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Muscat, Oman and Dubai, UAE, with local headquarters in Houston, Texas. More than 3,000 people will be employed in more than a dozen countries across the region. Upon closing, the Company plans to retain the leadership of both GES and NPS in management, senior advisory roles or board positions.
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- Provides platform to accelerate growth and bring new technology to the region
- Combines experienced management team with deep sector expertise and successful track record through cycles
- Brings together diverse and strategic group of large institutional investors
- Forms the first and only NASDAQ-listed national oilfield services company in MENA region
HOUSTON, Nov 13 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- National Energy Services Reunited Corp. (“NESR”) (NASDAQ:NESR) announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to combine with Gulf Energy SAOC (“GES”) and National Petroleum Services (“NPS”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion, or 5.4x the Company’s estimated 2018 EBITDA. GES and NPS (collectively the “business combination” or the “Company”) are leading regional oilfield services companies offering a mix of drilling, completion and production services and equipment in the MENA and Asia Pacific regions. Following closing, the Company’s primary operating locations will be in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Muscat, Oman and Dubai, UAE, with local headquarters in Houston, Texas. More than 3,000 people will be employed in more than a dozen countries across the region. Upon closing, the Company plans to retain the leadership of both GES and NPS in management, senior advisory roles or board positions.
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Saturday, 11 November 2017
RedHill Biopharma Announces Last Patient Enrolled in the Phase III Study with RHB-104 for Crohn’s Disease
- Top-line results are expected to be announced in mid-2018
- The Phase III study evaluating RHB-104 for Crohn’s disease (MAP US study) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that is evaluating the safety and efficacy of RHB-104 in 331 subjects with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease
- Worldwide sales of Crohn’s disease therapies exceeded $7.6 billion in 2016
- A pivotal Phase III study with RHB-104 for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) infections, with Fast-Track development status, is planned to be initiated in H1/2018
TEL-AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, N.C., Nov 10 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a specialty biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on late clinical-stage development and commercialization of proprietary drugs for gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer, today announced that the last patient has been enrolled in the Phase III study with RHB-104 for Crohn’s disease (MAP US study). Top-line results are expected to be announced in mid-2018.
The MAP US study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled first Phase III study evaluating the safety and efficacy of RHB-104 in subjects with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease (defined as Crohn’s Disease Active Index (CDAI) between 220 and 450). The primary endpoint of the MAP US study is disease remission, defined as a reduction in CDAI to less than 150 at week 26. The study enrolled 331 patients across approximately 150 clinical sites in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
Source : RedHill Biopharma Ltd.
- The Phase III study evaluating RHB-104 for Crohn’s disease (MAP US study) is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that is evaluating the safety and efficacy of RHB-104 in 331 subjects with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease
- Worldwide sales of Crohn’s disease therapies exceeded $7.6 billion in 2016
- A pivotal Phase III study with RHB-104 for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) infections, with Fast-Track development status, is planned to be initiated in H1/2018
TEL-AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, N.C., Nov 10 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) (Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange:RDHL) (“RedHill” or the “Company”), a specialty biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on late clinical-stage development and commercialization of proprietary drugs for gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer, today announced that the last patient has been enrolled in the Phase III study with RHB-104 for Crohn’s disease (MAP US study). Top-line results are expected to be announced in mid-2018.
The MAP US study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled first Phase III study evaluating the safety and efficacy of RHB-104 in subjects with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease (defined as Crohn’s Disease Active Index (CDAI) between 220 and 450). The primary endpoint of the MAP US study is disease remission, defined as a reduction in CDAI to less than 150 at week 26. The study enrolled 331 patients across approximately 150 clinical sites in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia and New Zealand.
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AON NAMES COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL PLATINUM LEVEL BEST EMPLOYER IN CANADA
Firm earns prestigious recognition for excellence in employee engagement, leadership and performance culture
TORONTO, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aon has named Colliers International a Platinum Level Best Employer in Canada. Colliers earned a high employee engagement score, as well as placed in the top quartile for the survey’s leadership and performance culture indices, thus qualifying as a Platinum Level Best Employer – the highest ranking within the Aon Best Employer program. The distinction was earned based on the results of the 2018 Aon Best Employer survey that solicited the feedback of approximately 425,000 Canadian employees from some 200 organizations across the country.
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TORONTO, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aon has named Colliers International a Platinum Level Best Employer in Canada. Colliers earned a high employee engagement score, as well as placed in the top quartile for the survey’s leadership and performance culture indices, thus qualifying as a Platinum Level Best Employer – the highest ranking within the Aon Best Employer program. The distinction was earned based on the results of the 2018 Aon Best Employer survey that solicited the feedback of approximately 425,000 Canadian employees from some 200 organizations across the country.
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DISRUPTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY LEADER LUXCORE SIGNS MULTI-YEAR COLOCATION DEAL WITH INAP
Luxcore selects INAP to support their ground breaking second generation LambdaRouterTM --- the first full wavelength optical router.
INAP chosen for its global presence in strategic markets, carrier neutrality and signature Performance IPTM service.
ATLANTA, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Internap Corporation (NASDAQ:INAP), (“INAP” or the “Company”), a provider of high-performance internet infrastructure including colocation, cloud and network services, and Luxcore, pioneers of a revolutionary all-optical wavelength routing platform, today announced a multi-year agreement for colocation services in seven global locations.
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INAP chosen for its global presence in strategic markets, carrier neutrality and signature Performance IPTM service.
ATLANTA, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Internap Corporation (NASDAQ:INAP), (“INAP” or the “Company”), a provider of high-performance internet infrastructure including colocation, cloud and network services, and Luxcore, pioneers of a revolutionary all-optical wavelength routing platform, today announced a multi-year agreement for colocation services in seven global locations.
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Friday, 10 November 2017
NASDAQ WINS RISKTECH100® BEST OPERATIONAL RISK & GRC CATEGORY
Awarded by Chartis Research, the accolade spotlights the major players in risk technology
NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), one of the world's leading Governance, Risk management and Compliance (GRC) solution providers, has won the Best Operational Risk & GRC provider at the RiskTech100® 2018 awards.
Nasdaq’s four commercial offerings were considered for the award:
NEW YORK, Nov 10 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), one of the world's leading Governance, Risk management and Compliance (GRC) solution providers, has won the Best Operational Risk & GRC provider at the RiskTech100® 2018 awards.
Nasdaq’s four commercial offerings were considered for the award:
- BWise: Governance, Risk & Compliance software solutions
- SMARTS: Trade Surveillance and Market Surveillance solutions
- TradeGuard: Pre-Trade Risk Management technology
- Nasdaq Boardvantage: An online board portal, designed to increase collaboration and good governance
“We are thrilled to be named the winner of the Operational Risk and GRC category,” said Lars Ottersgård, EVP & Head of Market Technology, Nasdaq. “In today’s economy, access to capital can only be obtained when there is sufficient trust and transparency. Nasdaq provides the technology to help companies achieve their ambitions, build trust and be transparent, whether it’s driven by GRC, board & leadership communications or (pre-) trade risk management & surveillance efforts. This recognition by Chartis underscores our current and future commitment in this space.”
TELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES $50 MILLION OVERSUBSCRIBED INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
MELBOURNE, Australia, Nov 9 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (“Telix”, the “Company”), an Australian biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of diagnostic and therapeutic products based on targeted radiopharmaceuticals or “molecularly-targeted radiation” (MTR), has successfully raised $50 million following the close of its fully underwritten Initial Public Offering (IPO). The IPO was strongly supported by institutional investors internationally and domestically, as well as by retail investors in Australia.
Telix’s shares are due to begin trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on 15th November 2017 under the ticker code TLX. The IPO, with a total of 77.0 million shares issued at $0.65 per share, gives Telix a market capitalisation of $128 million. The IPO was fully underwritten by the Lead Managers, Taylor Collison Limited and Wilsons Corporate Finance Limited.
The IPO was also strongly supported by existing shareholders, which include both industry partners and domestic institutional investors such as Acorn Capital, CVC, Monash Investors, Viburnum Funds, Alium Capital Management and Allan Moss. Fidelity International is a cornerstone investor in the IPO and will hold approximately 10% of the issued capital of the Company upon completion of the IPO.
Telix Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Christian Behrenbruch said the company was delighted with the strong support from investors.
“We would like to thank both existing and new investors for their support of the IPO and look forward to sharing the next phase of our journey with our shareholders. With established clinical data and several well-defined value inflection points in the coming months, this financing will enable Telix to deliver significant clinical and commercial outcomes.”
Telix Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andreas Kluge noted, “We started the Telix journey over two years ago with the goal of creating momentum in a field of medicine that has great clinical potential but is only just starting to hit its commercial stride. We have built a company that we believe will have meaningful patient impact in disease areas with major unmet diagnostic and therapeutic need.”
Proceeds from the IPO will provide capital to fund the development and completion of clinical trials for Telix’s pipeline in renal (kidney), prostate and brain cancer (glioblastoma), and assist the Company to complete multiple clinical and product development milestones over the next 24 months.
Telix’s shares are due to begin trading on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on 15th November 2017 under the ticker code TLX. The IPO, with a total of 77.0 million shares issued at $0.65 per share, gives Telix a market capitalisation of $128 million. The IPO was fully underwritten by the Lead Managers, Taylor Collison Limited and Wilsons Corporate Finance Limited.
The IPO was also strongly supported by existing shareholders, which include both industry partners and domestic institutional investors such as Acorn Capital, CVC, Monash Investors, Viburnum Funds, Alium Capital Management and Allan Moss. Fidelity International is a cornerstone investor in the IPO and will hold approximately 10% of the issued capital of the Company upon completion of the IPO.
Telix Co-Founder and CEO Dr. Christian Behrenbruch said the company was delighted with the strong support from investors.
“We would like to thank both existing and new investors for their support of the IPO and look forward to sharing the next phase of our journey with our shareholders. With established clinical data and several well-defined value inflection points in the coming months, this financing will enable Telix to deliver significant clinical and commercial outcomes.”
Telix Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andreas Kluge noted, “We started the Telix journey over two years ago with the goal of creating momentum in a field of medicine that has great clinical potential but is only just starting to hit its commercial stride. We have built a company that we believe will have meaningful patient impact in disease areas with major unmet diagnostic and therapeutic need.”
Proceeds from the IPO will provide capital to fund the development and completion of clinical trials for Telix’s pipeline in renal (kidney), prostate and brain cancer (glioblastoma), and assist the Company to complete multiple clinical and product development milestones over the next 24 months.
CROWDSTRIKE EXPANDS ENDPOINT PROTECTION PLATFORM WITH NEW VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT MODULE
-Company adds vulnerability management to the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform to be accessible without requiring additional agents or management infrastructure-
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 9 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- CrowdStrike® Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced that it has expanded the capabilities of the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform by introducing a new vulnerability management module, CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight. CrowdStrike is the only next-generation vendor offering the full spectrum of endpoint security capabilities — next-generation AV, endpoint detection and response, managed threat hunting, IT hygiene, threat intelligence and now, vulnerability management — fully delivered via the cloud from a single lightweight agent.
With this Autumn platform release, CrowdStrike fundamentally changes how organizations conduct vulnerability management by delivering continuous, real-time visibility into software vulnerabilities in their environments. For the first time, these vulnerabilities are prioritized based on observed threat activity in the customer environment. Prioritization based on threat activity enables customers to immediately identify the systems that pose the greatest risk and remediate them before the security incident escalates into a breach. Consistent with CrowdStrike’s vision of a single agent for endpoint security, Falcon Spotlight adds a vulnerability management capability without requiring an additional agent on the endpoint and affords customers the opportunity to consolidate security tools and reclaim precious system resources on their endpoints.
Customers today are burdened by vulnerability management tools characterized by slow scans, blind spots, inaccurate reporting and an inability to provide protection against exploits on vulnerable systems. By combining vulnerability management with endpoint protection, CrowdStrike proactively protects against the risks posed by vulnerabilities while simultaneously enabling IT operations teams to patch and remediate systems in prioritized order. This ensures that organizations are protected from exploits and have true visibility into their exposure to new threats.
According to Gartner Inc., “The No. 1 issue in vulnerability management (and, arguably, IT security operations) is that organizations are not prioritizing their patching and mitigating controls, nor are they mitigating the exploitation of commonly targeted vulnerabilities. In short, organizations are struggling to figure out the delta between ‘what can I fix’ and ‘what will make the biggest difference, with the pragmatic reality of the time and resources that I actually have.’ The answer is a risk-based approach.”1
Falcon Spotlight also delivers innovation to the vulnerability management space by solving the “failed patch” problem, as many legacy vulnerability management tools say a system is patched when it really isn’t. Since most tools will only report patch information collected from checking the registry for listing of installed patches, any failures in the installation process such as delayed reboots may cause the scan to report incorrect patch status. Falcon Spotlight reports on applications and modules actually loaded in memory in real time and thus, always provides the most up-to-date information on the true vulnerability state of the enterprise.
“We continue to expand the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to provide customers with an end-to-end solution that addresses endpoint security holistically and enables organizations to stop breaches, while bolstering their security posture and operations,” said Dmitri Alperovitch, CrowdStrike co-founder and chief technology officer. “With this new module, we continue to reinforce the CrowdStrike Falcon platform as the market-leading solution that offers security teams control, visibility, and protection, all through one lightweight endpoint sensor, leveraging the power of the CrowdStrike cloud.”Falcon Spotlight stands out with the following key customer benefits:
Easy deployment — As part of the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform, Falcon Spotlight does not require the installation of additional agents or management consoles.
Elimination of vulnerability scanning — Falcon Spotlight is an endpoint security solution that continuously monitors the system and streams data to the cloud in real time, eliminating the need for scheduled scans while still providing complete visibility into vulnerabilities.
Accurate reporting — Vulnerability data is displayed in real time and is more accurate than legacy solutions because Falcon Spotlight can tell if a patch has merely been deployed or if it has been fully installed and is currently running on the system.
Prioritized remediation — Falcon Spotlight identifies vulnerable systems where exploitation attempts have occurred, enabling security teams to prioritize these systems for remediation and further optimize response efforts.
Enhancing existing vulnerability management solutions — Falcon Spotlight adds deeper visibility and provides threat context, enabling security teams to see both the presence of a vulnerability and evidence of exploitation attempts via an API or reporting.
Seamless, cloud-based protection — Leveraging CrowdStrike’s cloud-based architecture, CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight gives security teams the power to protect systems on-premises and across all cloud environments.
“CrowdStrike Falcon is a truly strategic component of our enterprise security suite, and we are excited to see the company continue to build out the capabilities of the platform to cover vulnerability management,” said Anton Bonifacio, chief information security officer at Globe Telecom. “Most vulnerability management tools offer the capability as an isolated scanner, which is ineffective, slow and burdensome to the SOC team. By contrast, CrowdStrike’s scan-free approach to operationalize and prioritize vulnerability management within a complete endpoint protection framework enables a stronger security posture and improves prevention, detection and response without further burdening the team with alerts.”
For more information about the Autumn platform release, read a blog from George Kurtz, CrowdStrike’s chief executive officer here.
1 Craig Lawson, “It's Time to Align Your Vulnerability Management Priorities With the Biggest Threats”. Published: 09 September 2016 ID: G00310155
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov 9 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- CrowdStrike® Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced that it has expanded the capabilities of the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform by introducing a new vulnerability management module, CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight. CrowdStrike is the only next-generation vendor offering the full spectrum of endpoint security capabilities — next-generation AV, endpoint detection and response, managed threat hunting, IT hygiene, threat intelligence and now, vulnerability management — fully delivered via the cloud from a single lightweight agent.
With this Autumn platform release, CrowdStrike fundamentally changes how organizations conduct vulnerability management by delivering continuous, real-time visibility into software vulnerabilities in their environments. For the first time, these vulnerabilities are prioritized based on observed threat activity in the customer environment. Prioritization based on threat activity enables customers to immediately identify the systems that pose the greatest risk and remediate them before the security incident escalates into a breach. Consistent with CrowdStrike’s vision of a single agent for endpoint security, Falcon Spotlight adds a vulnerability management capability without requiring an additional agent on the endpoint and affords customers the opportunity to consolidate security tools and reclaim precious system resources on their endpoints.
Customers today are burdened by vulnerability management tools characterized by slow scans, blind spots, inaccurate reporting and an inability to provide protection against exploits on vulnerable systems. By combining vulnerability management with endpoint protection, CrowdStrike proactively protects against the risks posed by vulnerabilities while simultaneously enabling IT operations teams to patch and remediate systems in prioritized order. This ensures that organizations are protected from exploits and have true visibility into their exposure to new threats.
According to Gartner Inc., “The No. 1 issue in vulnerability management (and, arguably, IT security operations) is that organizations are not prioritizing their patching and mitigating controls, nor are they mitigating the exploitation of commonly targeted vulnerabilities. In short, organizations are struggling to figure out the delta between ‘what can I fix’ and ‘what will make the biggest difference, with the pragmatic reality of the time and resources that I actually have.’ The answer is a risk-based approach.”1
Falcon Spotlight also delivers innovation to the vulnerability management space by solving the “failed patch” problem, as many legacy vulnerability management tools say a system is patched when it really isn’t. Since most tools will only report patch information collected from checking the registry for listing of installed patches, any failures in the installation process such as delayed reboots may cause the scan to report incorrect patch status. Falcon Spotlight reports on applications and modules actually loaded in memory in real time and thus, always provides the most up-to-date information on the true vulnerability state of the enterprise.
Easy deployment — As part of the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform, Falcon Spotlight does not require the installation of additional agents or management consoles.
Elimination of vulnerability scanning — Falcon Spotlight is an endpoint security solution that continuously monitors the system and streams data to the cloud in real time, eliminating the need for scheduled scans while still providing complete visibility into vulnerabilities.
Accurate reporting — Vulnerability data is displayed in real time and is more accurate than legacy solutions because Falcon Spotlight can tell if a patch has merely been deployed or if it has been fully installed and is currently running on the system.
Prioritized remediation — Falcon Spotlight identifies vulnerable systems where exploitation attempts have occurred, enabling security teams to prioritize these systems for remediation and further optimize response efforts.
Enhancing existing vulnerability management solutions — Falcon Spotlight adds deeper visibility and provides threat context, enabling security teams to see both the presence of a vulnerability and evidence of exploitation attempts via an API or reporting.
Seamless, cloud-based protection — Leveraging CrowdStrike’s cloud-based architecture, CrowdStrike Falcon Spotlight gives security teams the power to protect systems on-premises and across all cloud environments.
“CrowdStrike Falcon is a truly strategic component of our enterprise security suite, and we are excited to see the company continue to build out the capabilities of the platform to cover vulnerability management,” said Anton Bonifacio, chief information security officer at Globe Telecom. “Most vulnerability management tools offer the capability as an isolated scanner, which is ineffective, slow and burdensome to the SOC team. By contrast, CrowdStrike’s scan-free approach to operationalize and prioritize vulnerability management within a complete endpoint protection framework enables a stronger security posture and improves prevention, detection and response without further burdening the team with alerts.”
For more information about the Autumn platform release, read a blog from George Kurtz, CrowdStrike’s chief executive officer here.
1 Craig Lawson, “It's Time to Align Your Vulnerability Management Priorities With the Biggest Threats”. Published: 09 September 2016 ID: G00310155
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