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AMSTERDAM - Tuesday, September 24th 2013

Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that it is working with Oracle and V2COM, a leading developer of Smart Grid systems, in delivering a flexible smart energy solution. This advanced Smart Grid Platform leveraging Gemalto’s Cinterion modules with Oracle Java ME Embedded and Oracle Java SE Embedded, will help to modernize electrical power delivery throughout Latin America. The unique combination of data security and modular, Java-based solutions will help enable leading-edge smart metering, along with "big data” integration and power network automation, to improve overall energy efficiency, as well as quality of service for utility companies.

V2COM’s innovative solution uses Gemalto’s Cinterion modules with Oracle Java ME Embedded to securely and reliably communicate energy usage data over wireless networks. These modules sea ... Read more »

PARIS - Tuesday, September 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Paris, June 23-24, 2014

WIN2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) WIN Consortium (www.winconsortium.org) announces today the scientific program of the upcoming WIN 2014 Symposium in Paris, June 23-24. The world’s leaders in tumor biology and precision cancer medicine will present keynote lectures in an exceptional event entirely dedicated to combination therapies for cancer under the title:

WINning combinations for precision cancer medicine: Breakthrough molecular investigations and combined therapeutic approaches

"This original theme is, for the first time, the subject of an international symposium," said Dr. Vladimir Lazar, Chief Operating Officer of the WIN Consortium.

"Most patients’ tumors are driven by multiple molecular aberrations that cannot be controlled by a single targeted agent. The challenge is to identify and test smart combinations of targeted agents capable of blocking pathways most effectively, ... Read more »

WOONSOCKET dans l’État du Rhode Island. - Mardi 24 Septembre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Hanna Instruments est heureuse d’annoncer le lancement de edge®, un appareil de mesure de laboratoire complet et abordable, doté d’une conception révolutionnaire.

«Le edge® est l’innovation de Hanna la plus avancée en science analytique à ce jour»

edge® permet de mesurer le pH, la conductivité et l’oxygène dissous et il est incroyablement compact et léger, avec une épaisseur de 1,27 cm et un poids de 255,15 g, alliant de par son design les avantages des instruments portatifs et ceux des instruments de laboratoire. Cette conception polyvalente permet aux utilisateurs d’utiliser edge® comme un appareil de paillasse, un appareil de mesure sur site ou encore comme un indicateur en le fixant au mur économisant ainsi de l’espace sur les paillasses de laboratoire.

En plus de son allure fine et l&eacu ... Read more »

La société lance le premier service de support spécifique au secteur pour que les titulaires de licences Retek bénéficient de l’option d’assistance à valeur ajoutée annuelle et du choix du vendeur

SAN FRANCISCO - Mardi 24 Septembre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Oracle OpenWorld 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oracle OpenWorld 2013 – Rimini Street, Inc., le premier fournisseur indépendant de services de support technique pour logiciels d’entreprise, y compris les logiciels Business Suite et BusinessObjects de SAP AG (NYSE : SAP) et les logiciels Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database et Hyperion d’Oracle Corporation (NYSE : ORCL), a annoncé aujourd’hui l’expansion de ses services de maintenance et de support, qui couvriront les produits Oracle Retail, l’offre commencera spécifiquement par le support destiné à plusieurs applications acquises de Retek. Entraînés par la forte demande de ... Read more »

Strong Momentum also Quadruples Number of Oracle Technology Clients and Nearly Triples Invoicing across All Oracle Product Lines during Same Period

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, September 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Oracle OpenWorld 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, including SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today announced significant year-over-year growth for its Rimini Street Support for Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Technology product lines. Annual revenue for the Oracle E-Business Suite product line increased by nearly 400 percent and the number of clients tripled since last year’s Oracle OpenWorld 2012 conference. Rimini Street also quadrupled the number of Oracle Technology clients, including Oracle Da ... Read more »

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - Tuesday, September 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Hanna Instruments is pleased to announce the release of edge®, a full featured, affordable laboratory meter with revolutionary design features.

edge® measures pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen: it is incredibly thin and lightweight, measuring only half an inch thick and weighing just 9 ounces; blending elements of portable meters and bench top meters into a seamless design. This versatile design allows customers to use edge® as a bench top meter, a portable meter, or even attached to a wall to free-up valuable bench space in a laboratory.

In addition to its thin, lightweight design, edge® features a large 5.5” LCD with a wide viewing angle, capacitive touch keypad, dual USB ports, cradle with swivel arm electrode holder and an included wall mount.

edge® works with digital smart electrodes. These electrodes are nearly as advanced as the meter itself: featurin ... Read more »

Company Launches First Industry-Specific Support Service to Help Retek Licensees Gain Value-Driven Annual Support Option and Vendor Choice

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, September 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Oracle OpenWorld 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oracle OpenWorld 2013 – Rimini Street, Inc., the leading third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, including SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database and Hyperion software, today announced the expansion of its maintenance and support services to cover Oracle’s Retail products, specifically starting with support for several of the acquired Retek applications. Driven by high demand from licensees for retail-specific software support, Rimini Street Support for Oracle Retail is available immediately and includes the same innovative, high-value services, such as 30-minute guaranteed r ... Read more »

Honored by Major General Al Nuaimi who urged them to redouble efforts

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, September 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The General Secretariat of the Office of His Highness Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior honored 25 entities from the Ministry of Interior and the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ that have been awarded the International Customer Service standard Certificate.

The ceremony, which was recently held at the Decision-Making Support Center at the Abu Dhabi Police Departments’ building, was attended by a number of officials including; Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior; Brigadier  Amir Mohammad Al Muhairi, Deputy Director General of Police Operations and General Supervisor of Strategic Priorities of Police Operations; and Brigadier Engineer Hussein Ahmed Al Harthi, Director of the Traffic and Patrols Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police. Al ... Read more »

Including 105 Emiratis and 259 Emirati families

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, September 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Faraj Fund pays debts and provides aid of AED 45 million

Donators praise fund’s humanitarian role in helping inmates and their families

Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and Chairman of Faraj Fund, announced that the Faraj Fund has contributed to the release of 2,085 prisoners, including 105 Emiratis. This figure is calculated from the fund’s foundation in 2009 to August 2013 (50 months). The fund has helped 264 inmate families, including 259 Emirati families during last year and the first eight months of 2013 (20 months).

Major General Al Nuaimi said: "The total financial aid offered by the charity fund to help insolvent inmates at the Punitive & Correctional Establishments at the Ministry of Interior was AED 45,482,229. A total of ... Read more »

VANCOUVER, Colombie-Britannique et NICOSIA, Chypre - Mardi 24 Septembre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) L’université de Chypre a lancé le Centre de compétences BPL (dans le cadre de son tout nouveau Centre de recherche pour l’énergie renouvelable) avec le soutien du leader technologique de l’industrie, Corinex Communications. Le Centre compte le dernier cri en technologie « BPL-to-the-meter » (BPL au compteur) de Corinex ainsi que des installations pour les essais et pour la validation de la performance en communications de BPL sur les lignes à BT et à MT. Viennent s’y ajouter des échantillons gratuits des principaux fournisseurs de compteurs.

Le Centre fait maintenant partie de l’école de génie de l’Université et comprend plus de 20 chercheurs dévoués. Le Centre est dirigé par George E. Georghiou, ancien Fellow de l’université de Cambridge et président du département de t ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Monday, September 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Business Wire today announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with VentureBeat  the web's leading news service focusing on the intersection of technology, people and money -- to provide innovative companies worldwide with direct access to the digital decision-makers, tech industry influencers and venture capital/private equity investors who collectively are transforming the global economy.

Business Wire members seeking high-profile visibility for their new product or service, or to generate possible investment interest, will have a unique opportunity to reach these key audiences via Business Wire's exclusive collaboration with VentureBeat. Business Wire releases will be promoted to VentureBeat's millions of readers, featured on its main editorial presentation channel, and archived permanently on the VentureBeat site for future reference.

Since 2006, VentureBeat has emerged as ... Read more »

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Monday, September 23rd 2013

Ascom (SWX:ASCN) has been granted approval to be entered in the Spanish government catalogue. The approval is important and means that central or local public administrations can buy a range of Ascom products directly, without a public tender.

All suppliers in the Spanish market strive to get listed in the government catalogue, since it gives easier access to the public sector business with reduced competition, better margins and a streamlined procurement process for the customer.

"We are very proud of this approval as it is crucial for an efficient way of working with our governmental customers and also partners in Spain which is an important market for growth”, said Dennis Andersson, Vice President Global Sales at Ascom Wireless Solutions.

"It also gives recognition to our portfolio and value propositions for our "critical communication” solutions to help our customers to ... Read more »

La carte de développement conviviale simplifie la conception des solutions M2M pour la communauté Java, permettant de réaliser des prototypes en quelques heures seulement

AMSTERDAM - Mardi 24 Septembre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), le leader mondial de la sécurité numérique, simplifie à nouveau la technologie machine-machine (M2M) et étend l'Internet des objets avec le lancement de la carte de concept Cinterion® destinée aux développeurs. L'Internet des objets donne aux objets physiques la capacité de transférer automatiquement des informations sur un réseau, ce qui crée une plate-forme pour des décisions intelligentes ainsi qu'une amélioration continue des processus et interactions. Avec l'intelligence omniprésente de l'Internet des objets, les gens peuvent être informés de l'emplacement de l'espace de stat ... Read more »

GENÈVE - Mardi 24 Septembre 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Les délégués de 191 pays se réunissent à Montréal la semaine prochaine pour la 38e assemblée de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI). Avant la réunion, les représentants de l'industrie du transport aérien mondial, comprenant les compagnies aériennes, les aéroports, les fournisseurs de services de navigation aérienne, les constructeurs aéronautiques et l'aviation d'affaires, ont lancé un appel fort aux gouvernements leur demandant de soutenir les efforts de l'industrie en vue de réduire l'impact climatique du secteur.

« L'Assemblée générale de l'OACI est une réelle occasion de faire état des progrès réalisés en vue de réduire les émissions de CO2 de l'industrie aéronautique », a déclaré Paul Steele, directeur exéc ... Read more »