DALLAS - Thursday, February 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DonRiver, a global consulting and technology company announced today it has developed a mobile Operational Support System (OSS) integration platform to deliver OSS capabilities to mobile smart-tablets and devices. The platform, aimed at assisting Telco’s operate in a smarter and more efficient manner, was originally targeted to support field technicians complete work orders; however, client and industry feedback identified several other use cases – for example, asset and audit management, site surveying and direct access to key systems within the OSS ecosystem.

The platform, known as My Mobile OSS, provides a modern way to access and manipulate data from systems that are currently ill-suited to emerging mobile applications, for instance, network and resource inventory data. My Mobile OSS was built using the latest web and mobile technologies and supports read, write and ... Read more »

FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Thursday, February 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

New global service significantly reduces the complexity and cost to offer mobile financial services to unbanked consumers. Aircel and ICICI Bank in India among the first clients to offer a mobile money program hosted and managed by Visa.

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) today announced the launch of a new plug-and-play mobile money platform that will make it easy and cost-efficient for financial institutions and mobile operators to offer mobile financial services to consumers. The global platform is the world’s first bank-grade managed service for mobile money – meaning it allows Visa to host and fully manage all aspects of a mobile money program on behalf of the provider, from user interface design to consumer enrollment, transactions processing, authorization, clearing and settlement. The new service can enable domestic-only or globally interoperable mobile money services.

Unbanked consumers in ... Read more »

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. - Thursday, February 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI), a leading provider of wireless and mobility solutions, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012.

"Our fourth quarter revenues of $12.0 million were up 7.1% from the same period last year, and up 9.3% from the third quarter of 2012, primarily due to continued growth in our CommSuite solutions, which allow wireless carriers to capitalize on the convenience and stickiness of Visual Voicemail and Voice-to-Text applications,” said William W. Smith Jr., President and CEO of Smith Micro Software. "Our fourth quarter non-GAAP loss per share of $0.06 was cut in half from last year’s $0.12 loss per share due to higher revenues and on-going cost containment efforts. While we were disappointed in our total year revenue decline in 2012 versus 2011, we are encouraged by the year-over-year increase of $6.9 milli ... Read more »

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - Wednesday, February 13th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A global cybersecurity survey of more than 1,500 security professionals found that more than one in five said their enterprise has experienced an advanced persistent threat (APT) attack. According to the study by global IT association ISACA, 94 percent say APTs represent a credible threat to national security and economic stability, yet most enterprises are employing ineffective technologies to protect themselves.

APTs, an espionage tactic intended to steal intellectual property, have made headlines in recent years for breaching major enterprise and government networks worldwide. More than 60 percent of survey respondents say that it’s only a matter of time before their enterprise is targeted.

ISACA’s Advanced Persistent Threat Awareness: Study Results shows that 96 percent of respondents say they are at least somewhat familiar with APTs. While this is positive, 53 percent say the ... Read more »

--Pour le développement et l'application de scripteurs de masque LSI --

TOKYO - Jeudi 14 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) (TOKYO : 6502) et NuFlare Technology, Inc. (NFT) (JASDAQ : 6256) se sont vu décerner le 59e prix Okochi Memorial Grand Production pour leur codéveloppement et leur application pratique des scripteurs de masque à faisceaux d'électrons. La cérémonie de remise des prix se tiendra le 22 mars à Tokyo.

Les circuits LSI sont fabriqués en utilisant des outils de lithographie pour projeter et rétrécir les configurations de circuits maîtres sur des galettes. Les configurations de circuits maîtres sont d'abord écrites sur des masques par des scripteurs de masque EB. Précédemment, la plupart des scripteurs de masque EB utilisaient des faisceaux ponctuels pour écrire les configurations, et il fallait que ceux-ci devienne ... Read more »

LONDON - Thursday, February 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

    74% reported they had raised headcount during 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Despite the uncertain global economic environment and at a time of high levels of unemployment, many of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs continue to grow their business and are expanding their workforce. According to new research from Ernst & Young, Global jobs creation, more than half of the 600 plus major entrepreneurs across the world surveyed say they expect to increase their work force in 2013 – with the numbers showing remarkable similarity around the world (Americas; Asia-Pacific; and Europe, Middle East, India and Africa).

Nearly three quarters of the entrepreneurs, who are all former Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® winners and had a collective 18% revenue growth rate in the past two years as well as employing over 304,000 people in 51 countries, reported they had raised headcount in 2012. ... Read more »

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - Mercredi 13 Février 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Plus d'une personne sur cinq participant à une enquête mondiale sur la cybersécurité , réalisée auprès de plus de 1500 professionnels de la sécurité, déclare que son entreprise a subi une attaque APT (« advanced persistant threat »). D'après l'étude réalisée par l'association TI mondiale ISACA, 94 % déclarent que les APT constituent une menace crédible à la sécurité et à la stabilité économique nationales, et pourtant la plupart des entreprises emploient des technologies inefficaces pour se protéger.

Les APT, une tactique d'espionnage visant à voler la propriété intellectuelle, ont fait les gros titres au cours des dernières années pour avoir porté atteinte à des réseaux commerciaux et gouvernementaux majeurs dans le monde entier. Plus ... Read more »