LUXEMBOURG - Mercredi 11 Mai 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Le gouvernement luxembourgeois a annoncé aujourd’hui l’arrivée de Simon “Pete” Worden (Brigadier Général de l’armée américaine à la retraite, doctorat), Président de la fondation Breakthrough Prize, au sein de son Comité consultatif pour l’initiative récemment annoncée spaceresources.lu. Cette initiative définit un cadre de travail pour l’exploration et l’exploitation commerciale de ressources d’objets géocroiseurs, tels que les astéroïdes. Avant de rejoindre la fondation Breakthrough Prize, Dr. Worden était Directeur du Centre de recherche Ames de la NASA, jusqu’à sa retraite le 31 mars 2015. Il a occupé plusieurs positions au sein de l’United States Air Force et était professeur de recherche en astronomie, en sciences optiques et en sciences planétaires à l’Université d’Arizona. Il est un expert reconnu des matières spatiales et scientifiques, tant civiles que militaires, et a été un chef de file pour la mise en place ... Read more »

INGELHEIM, Germany - Wednesday, May 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] First-of-its-kind survey investigated knowledge of stroke and perceptions about atrial fibrillation (AF) in over 900 AF patients1,2 Results show that patients actively seek information about treatments to reduce the risk of stroke associated with AF1,2 Many patients want to be involved in the decision-making process about which oral anticoagulant (OAC) to take1,2 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nine out of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) surveyed were concerned about the risk of a stroke.1 Oral anticoagulant (OAC) treatments are usually prescribed to reduce this risk3 and the vast majority of patients actively sought information about their treatment.1,2 Many patients even wanted to be involved in the choice of the oral anticoagulant.1,2 These, and further results from a first-of-its-kind international survey of over 900 AF patients, were presented at the 2nd European Stroke Organisation Conference, 10–12 May in Barcelona.1,2 ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Wednesday, May 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Luxembourg Government today announced that Simon “Pete”’ Worden (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret., PhD), Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, joins the government's Advisory Board of the recently announced spaceresources.lu initiative. The initiative defines a framework for the exploration and commercial utilization of resources from Near Earth Objects (NEOs), such as asteroids. Prior to joining the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, Dr. Worden was Director of NASA’s Ames Research Center until his retirement on March 31, 2015. He has held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research professor of Astronomy, Optical Sciences and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona. He is a recognized expert on space and science issues, both civil and military, and has been a leader in building partnerships between governments and the private sector. Simon P. Worden, Chairman of the Breakthrough Prize ... Read more »

Intel Teams Up with COMPUTEX to Explore the New Boundaries of Smart Computing TAIPEI, Taiwan - Thursday, May 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- e21FORUM, one of the most important forums of the world’s leading ICT trade show COMPUTEX TAIPEI, will take place in the 3rd floor Banquet Hall of the Taipei International Convention Center at 2:00pm on May 31, 2016! This year's theme is “Vision with Intelligence: Amazing New Era!”, where participants will receive the latest trends of innovation and explore world's future technologies together. Internet of Things has grown rapidly and created phenomenal impact throughout the world, along with huge advancements in interdisciplinary application technologies; to echo this trend, this year's COMPUTEX TAIPEI has reflected such vision by focusing on “IoT Applications”, “Innovation & Startups”, “Business Solutions”, and “Gaming”, in addition to setting up three brand new exhibition zones including SmarTEX (IoT Application), InnoVEX (Innovat ... Read more »

SES adds another channel to its Ultra HD line-up, with MTG’s pay-TV operator Viasat, who will launch the world’s first Ultra HD sports channel to be broadcast via satellite LUXEMBOURG - Friday, May 13th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that Viasat will use SES capacity to broadcast its first Ultra HD (High Definition) channel. The channel, called Viasat Ultra HD, will be launched after the summer in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland via SES-5 at 5 degrees East. Viasat customers equipped with Viasat’s new Ultra HD set top box (to be launched during the summer) and an Ultra HD screen will experience sports with more detail and life-like movements. The world’s first Ultra HD sports channel via satellite will broadcast a number of sport events, including selected live Champions League matches, and other content from MTG's portfolio, specially produced in Ultra HD. With the addition of Viasat Ultra HD, SES will broadcast a t ... Read more »

New anchor stations will link Denmark’s armed forces with backbone of the U.S. military's global satellite communications WGS LUXEMBOURG - Thursday, May 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) today announced it will provide two anchor stations for the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO). Under the agreement, SES Techcom Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, will provision and maintain two Wideband Global Satcom system (WGS) anchor stations – one in X-band and one in Ka-band. This will enable the Danish armed forces to communicate through the system, which provides flexible, high-capacity communications for defence operations through the associated satellite constellation and control systems. SES was awarded the contracts on the basis of its experience in providing satellite communication anchor stations, the associated WGS certification process and overall life-cycle cost criteria. The Danish forces will join ... Read more »

The BARC Planning Survey 16, with over 1,200 people polled worldwide, has revealed that BOARD International is the best choice in the peer group “global vendors” with regard to planning functionality. Thanks to its ease of use and high degree of customization, organizations using BOARD find their business needs fulfilled, 91% are recommending BOARD. CHIASSO, Switzerland - Wednesday, May 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- With 26 leading positions in the BARC Planning Survey 16, BOARD proved its strength in high importance categories for every planning project surveyed. Being top ranked or leading in the peer groups ”global vendors” and “development-oriented planning solutions” in terms of planning functionality, reporting/analysis functionality, flexibility, and self-service, BARC found BOARD to be the tool most often considered for purchase among the “performance management specialists”. One software unifies planning, analysis, reporting, analytics BOARD’s philosophy is to ... Read more »

Demonstrating Sustainable Innovation is a Powerful Engine for Growth and a Catalyst for Change BEAVERTON, Ore. - Wednesday, May 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE) today released its FY14/15 Sustainable Business Report, which details strong progress against the company’s environmental and social targets and sets a vision for a low-carbon, closed-loop future as part of the company’s growth strategy. “At Nike, we believe it is not enough to adapt to what the future may bring – we’re creating the future we want to see through sustainable innovation,” said NIKE, Inc. President and CEO, Mark Parker. “Today our teams are advancing ambitious new business models and partnerships that can scale unprecedented change across our business and the industry.” The report highlights how Nike has embedded sustainability across its business and signals Nike’s continued commitment to set aggressive sustainability targets and invest in disruptive innovation – all in service ... Read more »

BENGALURU, India - Thursday, May 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Virtuous Retail, which owns, develops and operates integrated lifestyle centers across India, are managing their entire retail real estate operation through Yardi Voyager® 7S, the mobile ready, cloud-based property management and accounting platform. The underlying idea was to manage the entire operations through a single solution that meets the evolving needs of the retail real estate sector. The company can manage multiple assets across India, from a single location, to enhance the process efficiency and easily add new assets to the platform as they come on line. “Our business philosophy combines creating high performance retail environments with technology led innovations & internationally benchmarked processes. Voyager will help us achieve this objective by providing an end-to-end integrated platform & standardizing the processes to drive visibility for our growing portfolio and thereby driving new effici ... Read more »

L’interopérabilité quasi universelle du SmartNode combiné à la solution de déploiement automatisé de Patton permet à Novum plus d’abonnés avec des coûts de déploiement plus faibles. BRISBANE, Australie - Jeudi 12 Mai 2016 [ME NewsWire] SmartNodeTM... Bien plus que parler ! (BUSINESS WIRE)--Novum Networks a entrepris le déploiement de son service NBN (réseau national à large bande) de remplacement RNIS de classe entreprise qui est basé sur la plateforme de téléphonie Broadsoft BroadWorks Hosted et doté des produits de VoIP SmartNode de Patton en tant qu’équipement d’abonné. L’installation pilote de Toowoomba, dans le Queensland, a déjà été achevée. Les services de téléphonie classiques intégrés (RNIS BRI et PRI) offerts avec les passerelles VoIP, les routeurs VoIP, et les contrôleurs de session en périphérie du SmartNode permettent aux entreprises de préserver le capital investissement en conservant leurs systèmes téléphoniques internes existants pendant la transition vers le servi ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan - Thursday, May 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) (TOKYO:4502) today announced the appointment of James Kehoe as Takeda’s new Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Officer, effective on June 15, 2016. Mr. Kehoe will be based in Tokyo and reports directly to Christophe Weber, President & CEO of Takeda. “James Kehoe’s passion for transforming large organizations to achieve higher performance will hold him in good stead as he leads the Global Finance team to further elevate the company’s business performance and help Takeda deliver its growth ambitions,” said Christophe Weber, President & CEO of Takeda. “We also believe that James's values are very much aligned with Takeda’s values and that his personal style will work well with the Takeda Executive Team and the Finance Leadership Team.” Mr. Kehoe is an accomplished finance executive from the Consumer Goods sector. He is a strong business leader, with a track record of ... Read more »

The nearly universal interoperability of SmartNode combined with Patton’s automated provisioning solution give Novum an expanded subscriber reach with lowered deployment costs. BRISBANE, Australia - Thursday, May 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire] SmartNodeTM VoIP... more than just talk! (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Novum Networks is rolling out its business-class ISDN replacement National Broadband Network (NBN) service that is based on the Broadsoft BroadWorks Hosted telephony platform and features Patton’s SmartNode VoIP products as Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). The pilot installation in Toowoomba, Queensland has already been completed. The integrated traditional telephony services (ISDN BRI and PRI) offered with SmartNode VoIP gateways, VoIP routers, and session border controllers allow businesses to preserve capital investment by keeping their existing in-house phone systems while transitioning to the government-mandated NBN service (which, by the way, is expected to boost Australia’s GDP by ... Read more »

LETTERKENNY, Ireland - Thursday, May 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zeus Industrial Products (Ireland), Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zeus, announced today it has been awarded ISO/TS16949 certification as a manufacturer and supplier to the automotive industry. Based on the ISO 9001 standard, the TS16949 is a technical specification that emphasizes a quality management system to provide continuous improvement and safety while focusing on defect prevention. The certification is just one of many steps taken by the polymer extrusion manufacturer to position itself for growth. It also holds ISO AS9100c, a similar certification for Aerospace, and recently completed an expansion of its Letterkenny facility that now totals more than 8300 sq. meters (90,000 sq. feet). Fluoropolymers and other engineered plastics, such as polyether ether ketone (PEEK), are quickly becoming the materials of choice for applications requiring high performance properties like hydraulic, wire coa ... Read more »

WILMINGTON, Delaware, et CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Mercredi 11 Mai 2016 [ME NewsWire] Incyte va accélérer l'expansion de son organisation européenne en vue d’optimiser le potentiel des futurs lancements de produits en Europe ARIAD recevra un paiement initial de 140 millions de dollars, plus des redevances échelonnées sur les ventes européennes d'Iclusig et lors des potentiels jalons pour les futures indications d'Iclusig (BUSINESS WIRE)--Incyte Corporation (Nasdaq : INCY) et ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq : ARIA) ont annoncé aujourd'hui la signature d'une entente définitive concernant le rachat par Incyte des opérations européennes d'ARIAD. À la clôture de la transaction, les sociétés s'engageront également dans un contrat de licence dans le cadre duquel Incyte obtiendra une licence exclusive pour développer et commercialiser Iclusig® (ponatinib) en Europe et dans certains autres pays. L'acquisition prévue d'une équipe paneuropéenne entièrement intégrée et bien établie comp ... Read more »

WILMINGTON, Del. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass - Wednesday, May 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Incyte to Accelerate the Expansion of its European Organization to Optimize the Potential of Future Product Launches in Europe ARIAD to Receive $140 Million Upfront Payment, Plus Tiered Royalties on European Sales of Iclusig and Potential Milestones on Future Indications for Iclusig (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Incyte Corporation (Nasdaq:INCY) and ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARIA) today announced the entry into a definitive agreement for Incyte to acquire ARIAD’s European operations. At the close of the transaction, the companies will also enter into a license agreement whereby Incyte will obtain an exclusive license to develop and commercialize Iclusig® (ponatinib) in Europe and other select countries. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160509005465/en/ The planned acquisition of a fully-integrated and established pan-European te ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Brigadier Ghaith Hassan Al Zaabi, Director General of the Traffic Coordination General Directorate at the Ministry of Interior, met Lieutenant Sheikh Nader bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, from the General Directorate of Traffic Services in the Kingdom of Bahrain and his accompanying delegation. During the meeting at Brigadier Al Zaabi’s office, both parties discussed a number of topics of mutual interest and ways to enhance the cooperation and coordination of traffic issues between the UAE and Kingdom of Bahrain Ministries of Interior. The meeting was attended by Colonel Nasser Ahmad Al Hosani, Chief of the Federal Traffic Section and Lt. Colonel Ali Saeed Al Shehhi, Chief of the Strategy and Performance Development Section at the Traffic Coordination Directorate General, of the Ministry of Interior. The Bahraini delegation reviewed the substantial progress in the traffic safety systems achieved by Abu Dhabi Police, as ... Read more »

MUNICH - Mercredi 11 Mai 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--ees Europe, le plus grand salon professionnel d’Europe des batteries et systèmes d’accumulation d’énergie, envoie un message encourageant au marché : deux mois avant l’ouverture, la surface d’exposition était déjà entièrement réservée par 200 exposants, un signe probant du développement du secteur mondial du stockage de l’énergie, moteur de la révolution énergétique mondiale. ees Europe se tiendra cette année encore à Munich, du 22 au 24 juin 2016, conjointement avec Intersolar Europe, le premier salon professionnel au monde de l’industrie solaire et ses partenaires. Entre les deux salons, les visiteurs pourront s’attendre à la participation de plus de 1 000 exposants, dont 380 présenteront des produits, services et solutions innovants pour les systèmes d’accumulation d’énergie. Sûr, propre et avant tout intelligent : c’est ce qui distinguera l’approvisionnement en énergie du futur. Les batteries d’accumulation seront les é ... Read more »

Le Prix reconnaît la croissance extraordinaire et la réussite exceptionnelle des clients en Europe, au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique LONDRES - Mercredi 11 Mai 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SapientNitro, un chef de file dans l’assistance des clients à reconcevoir leurs activités à l'âge de la clientèle, a annoncé qu'elle a été nommée «Adobe Marketing Cloud EMEA Growth Partner of the year» partenaire de croissance de l’année d’Adobe Marketing Cloud pour la région EMEA par Adobe, le leader des solutions multimédias et de marketing numérique. Le prix, décerné aujourd'hui au « Summit EMEA Partner Day » d'Adobe, reconnaît SapientNitro, qui fait partie de la plateforme de transformation digitale Publicis.Sapient, en tant que partenaire des plus performant et célèbre l’extraordinaire croissance de l'agence en Europe, au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique au cours de l'année dernière. « Au moment où les marques cherchent à attirer et desservir le consommateur récemment connecté, elles doivent d ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Monday, May 9th 2016 [ME NewsWire] Sajith Ansar, Founder and CEO of Idea Spice has debuted on Forbes “TOP 100 INDIAN LEADERS IN UAE” this year. The prestigious award was presented to Sajith at a glittering event held at Dubai’s Astoria Waldorf on Tuesday, 3rd May to commemorate Indian leaders who have been drive the business community within the region. The founder of the branding, design and marketing agency has nurtured and created an award winning boutique firm, that he refers to as a ’14-year old start up’, incorporating the enthusiasm and drive of a start up with the expertise and deep understanding of a mature business. Having created over 1,200 brands globally, Idea Spice has partnered with ambitious and visionary CEOs to define their brand identity. His clientele includes key accounts such as the upcoming Dubai Parks and Resorts, Dubai Tourism and SERCO besides a number of SMEs – giving them wings to compete with multinationals. Sajith’s belief ... Read more »

MUNICH - Wednesday, May 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- ees Europe, Europe's largest exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems, sends a positive signal to the market: The exhibition space was already booked up by 200 exhibitors two months before the start of the exhibition– a sure sign of the development in the worldwide energy storage market which is driving the global energy revolution. ees Europe will be held once again in Munich from 22 to 24 June 2016 together with Intersolar Europe the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners. Visitors can expect over 1,000 exhibitors all together at both events, 380 of which will be showing innovative products, services and solutions for energy storage systems. Safe, clean – and above all, smart: This is what the energy supply of the future will be all about. And storage batteries will be the key components, since: In smart grids, large storage systems decouple production from consumption, thereby ... Read more »

Award Recognises Extraordinary Growth and Outstanding Client Success in Europe, Middle East and Africa LONDON - Wednesday, May 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SapientNitro, a leader in helping clients reimagine their businesses in the age of the customer, announced that it has been named “Adobe Marketing Cloud EMEA Growth Partner of the Year” by leading digital marketing and media solutions provider Adobe. The award, presented today at Adobe’s Summit EMEA Partner Day, recognises SapientNitro, part of the Publicis.Sapient digital transformation platform, as a top-performing partner and celebrates the agency’s extraordinary growth in Europe, the Middle East and Africa over the past year. “As brands seek to attract and serve the newly connected consumer, they must first reimagine their business to compete in the digital era,” said Nigel Vaz, global chief strategy officer and EMEA senior vice president and managing director, SapientNitro. “In Adobe, we have found a true partn ... Read more »