Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, October 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Capital Police Directorate at Abu Dhabi Police organized a blood drive at Al Shabia Police Station, which witnessed a significant turnout from officers, constables, employees and workers at the station, along with a number of customers. This step embodies the directives of the police leadership to promote social partnership and support humanitarian efforts for the service of society.

Lieutenant Colonel Rashid Khalaf Al Dhaheri, Director of Al Shabia Police Station, hailed the blood drive; noting that blood donation blood is a noble gesture, which helps to achieve the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters’ strategy of community service.

He added that organizing the campaign at Al Shabia Police Station conveniently located on Al Saadah Street has increased the public’s participation, which indicates their firm belief in such humanitarian efforts, aimed at supporting the ... Read more »

PETALUMA, Californie - Jeudi 9 Octobre 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Les nouveaux éléments adaptateurs permettent à Blue Planet d’automatiser, de gérer et de fournir des services Ethernet sur les plateformes Cisco ASR 901, ASR 903, ASR 9000 et ME 3600 et Juniper MX960, MX480 et MX2010

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cyan (NYSE : CYNI), un important fournisseur de solutions SDN, NFV et de paquets optiques pour les opérateurs réseaux, a annoncé aujourd’hui le soutien des plateformes Cisco ASR 901, ASR 903, ASR 9000 et ME 3600 et Juniper MX960, MX480 et MX2010 à partir de la plateforme Blue Planet SDN de Cyan. La nouvelle fonctionnalité Blue Planet permet aux clients d’automatiser, de gérer, d’inventorier et de fournir des services Ethernet sur des réseaux basés sur ces appareils.

« Blue Planet SDN et la plateforme NFV de Cyan sont utilisés par les clients depuis plus de deux ans dans des environnements vendeurs multiples », explique Michael Howard, ... Read more »

Less than a month to the biggest CSR event in the Arab World- register today!

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, - Wednesday, October 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates; October 8, 2014: The Arabia CSR Network is organizing the Arabia CSR Awards Forum and Ceremony 2014 for the 7th consecutive year.

Individuals and organisations who have made the most significant contribution to the region’s sustainable future will be honoured at The Arabia CSR Forum and Awards 2014 on October 28th in Dubai. The Arabia CSR Awards is globally perceived as the most rigorous CSR and Sustainability award system and has received over 735 registered applications from 13 Arab countries across 25 sectors.

The Awards Forum is the most anticipated CSR and Sustainability event in the Arab world gathering a galaxy of CSR think-tanks and professionals, high-ranking government officials as well as the most prominent local and international CSR players. The Arabia CSR ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, October 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

GITEX 2014, Dubai, October 12-16, Booth B3-6/ HALL 3

GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Posiflex Technology Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of POS touch screen terminals and peripherals, will launch a new revolutionary mobile POS together with its first Middle East & North Africa (MENA) office in Dubai to coincide with the Taiwan-based company’s participation in GITEX Technology Week 2014.

At GITEX, a major annual trade fair which will be held this year from October 12-16 in Dubai, Posiflex will debut the MT-4008W, a mobile POS specifically created for both the retail and hospitality sectors. It is an 8” tablet that supports MSR attachment, and can be integrated with the choice of a detachable pistol grip or a hand strap depending on the application. An optional dock station allows the device to function as an all-in-one POS.

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New element adapters allow Blue Planet to automate, manage, and provision Ethernet services across Cisco ASR 901, ASR 903, ASR 9000, and ME 3600 platforms as well as Juniper MX960, MX480, and MX2010 platforms

PETALUMA, Calif - Wednesday, October 8th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cyan (NYSE:CYNI), a leading provider of SDN, NFV, and packet-optical solutions for network operators, today announced support for Cisco ASR 901, ASR 903, ASR 9000 and ME 3600 platforms, as well as the Juniper MX960, MX480, and MX2010 platforms in Cyan’s Blue Planet SDN Platform. The new Blue Planet functionality allows customers to automate, manage, inventory, and provision Ethernet services across networks built with these devices.

“Cyan’s Blue Planet SDN and NFV Platform has been used by customers for more than two years in multi-vendor environments,” said Michael Howard, principal, Infonetics Research. “A big goal of service providers for SDN a ... Read more »

Inventors of blue light-emitting diode honored for advancing the lighting industry

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CLEVELAND - Wednesday, October 8th 2014

"GE Lighting is thrilled to offer our congratulations to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for their outstanding contributions to science, which are being recognized with the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics,” said Maryrose Sylvester, GE Lighting President and CEO. "It is fitting that the Nobel committee chose to honor the groundbreaking work of these three scientists, who created blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Their successful efforts, when combined with the previous discoveries of red and green LEDs, has fundamentally changed the way we see the world in the 21st century. Their visionary work has helped to transform the lighting industry, and is also instrumental in the television and smartphone industries."

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Les inventeurs de la diode bleue électroluminescente sont honorés pour leur contribution à l'industrie de l'éclairage

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CLEVELAND - Jeudi 9 Octobre 2014

GE Lighting est absolument ravie de présenter ses félicitations à Isamu Akasaki, à Hiroshi Amano et à Shuji Nakamura pour leurs contributions exceptionnelles à la science, qui sont reconnus avec le prix Nobel 2014 de physique », a déclaré Maryrose Sylvester, présidente et directrice générale de GE Lighting. « C'est à juste titre que le Comité Nobel a choisi d'honorer le travail révolutionnaire de ces trois scientifiques, qui ont créé des diodes bleues électroluminescentes (DEL). Leurs efforts probants, associés aux découvertes antérieures des DEL rouge et verte, ont fondamentalement changé notre perception du monde au 21e siècle. Leur travail visionnaire a permis de transformer l'industrie de l'éclairage et il est aussi essentiel pour les industries ... Read more »

CAMBRIDGE, Angleterre - Jeudi 9 Octobre 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Les véhicules électriques ont le vent en poupe, les prévisions faisant état d’un marché mondial pour les véhicules tout-hybride et entièrement électriques qui devrait dépasser les 533 milliards de dollars en 2025. Ce sont les dernières conclusions tirées par des analystes d’IDTechEx dans leur rapport récemment publié intitulé « Electric Vehicle Forecasts, Trends and Opportunities 2015-2025 » (Prévisions pour les véhicules électriques, tendances et opportunités pour la période 2015-2025).

Les ventes des voitures entièrement électriques BMW i3 et Tesla Model S sont en augmentation rapide, Tesla freinant même la demande car n’étant pas en mesure de produire suffisamment depuis au moins un an. Ce sont des voitures au prix élevé. Le problème majeur des voitures entièrement électriques grand public est leur prix. Cependant, Foxconn, l'assembleur de composants éle ... Read more »