PARIS - Wednesday, August 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Murex, the leading provider of integrated trading, risk management and processing solutions, announces that IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG has gone live with an upgrade to the latest release of its MX.3 platform for its capital markets business. The new version gives the bank more advanced modelling capabilities and provides the flexibility and data quality for compliance with emerging regulations. IKB, which specialises in financial services for medium-sized enterprises and private equity funds in Germany and Europe, has implemented MX.3 as a single integrated capital markets platform as part of a restructuring and cost reduction strategy. The platform supports all front office, risk management, back office and collateral management activities, as well as producing relevant accounting information. The upgrade to the latest release of MX.3 provides the bank with more advanced analytics for modelling challenging econo ... Read more »

Broader geographic coverage and remote support capabilities will help growers minimize downtime and increase productivity DULUTH, Ga. - Wednesday, August 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- AGCO Corporation (NYSE:AGCO), a world-leading manufacturer and distributor of agricultural equipment, announces feature upgrades for its AgCommand®telemetry product and Fuse® Connected Services offering. The new features will allow growers to optimize their farming operations through broader connectivity and improved support and diagnostics. First available to customers in 2010, AGCO’s best-in-class telemetry technology, AgCommand, was redesigned in 2015 to power the newly launched Fuse Connected Services. Fuse Connected Services enables customers and dealers to better manage farm fleets through remote monitoring and streamlined service and maintenance management. Machine data remotely viewed and analyzed through AgCommand can be used to develop insights and help identify operator training ... Read more »

GSMA Mobility Live to Deliver World-Class Conference Programme in Atlanta LONDON - Wednesday, August 31st 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA and the Metro Atlanta Chamber today announced that more than 30 speakers are confirmed for the ‘GSMA Mobility Live! – North America’ conference being held in Atlanta, 1-2 November 2016. The conference programme will bring together leading executives from the mobile industry and beyond, including representatives from AT&T, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Facebook, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Intel, Intercontinental Hotels, Syniverse, Vodafone, VMware and Worldpay. The event is a collaboration between the GSMA and the Metro Atlanta Chamber, merging the previously separate ‘Mobile 360 – North America’ and ‘Mobility LIVE!’ events. The combined event will provide a dynamic forum to explore the trends and issues shaping the mobile world both in the greater Atlanta area and across North America. The two-day conference will address topi ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France - Tuesday, August 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, strengthens its leading position in the payment field by introducing its “Flybuy” range of new innovative wearable options for seamless payment on the go. According to IHS Technology, the number of wearable devices used for payments is projected to increase from 10 million units in 2015 to over 150 million units in 2020. As a pioneer in this market with the first payment sticker and keyrings, OT has been very active working with banks, processors and partners to propose a comprehensive range of wearable options: · Flybuy Mini Fob is a very small (SIM-size 15x25mm) contactless card including a boosted antenna that can be inserted into a silicone or leather wristband, a key chain or special pieces added to fitness trackers or watches. FlyBuy Mini Fob makes it possible to add contactless payment functionalit ... Read more »

SYNERGY MOON Team Member Interorbital Systems to Serve as Launch Provider LOS ANGELES - Tuesday, August 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, XPRIZE officially verified Team SYNERGY MOON’s launch agreement as part of the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE, a global competition for privately funded teams to land an unmanned spacecraft on the surface of the moon by December 31, 2017. The SYNERGY MOON mission will use a NEPTUNE 8 rocket, built and launched by Interorbital Systems, to carry a lunar lander and at least one rover to the surface of the moon, launching from an open-ocean location off the California coast during the second half of 2017. Team SYNERGY MOON is one of three Google Lunar XPRIZE teams now set to compete in 2017, joining SpaceIL and Moon Express. The remaining 13 teams have until December 31, 2016, for their launch agreements to be verified by XPRIZE in order to proceed in the competition. “SYNERGY MOON’s launch agreement is a hallmark achievement that we are very p ... Read more »

PD98X, a new member of the already versatile DMR portfolio of Hytera, brings exceptional audio experience with enhanced features and innovations SHENZHEN, China - Tuesday, August 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hytera, a world leading solution provider of Professional Mobile Radio communications, has launched its latest DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) handheld PD98X, adding another strong member to its top-notch DMR portfolio. PD98X offers an exceptional audio experience through noise cancellation technology, while boasting new features including full duplex calls, recording capability via Micro SD, Bluetooth 4.0 for audio or data and single frequency repeater mode to increase coverage. “We are proud to announce the launch of PD98X,” said G.S. Kok, Senior Vice President of Hytera. “A series of cutting-edge innovations and designs have been added into this new model to make it a full-featured radio to satisfy customers' increasing demand for functionality and user experience." ... Read more »

Un déploiement simple, intelligent et éprouvé au niveau entreprise sur n'importe quelle infrastructure matérielle via n'importe quel cloud et à n'importe quelle échelle SANTA CLARA, Californie et LAS VEGAS - Mardi 30 Août 2016 [ME NewsWire] Les nouveaux NexentaStor 5.0 et NexentaFusion 1.0 innovent avec un portefeuille d'architectures de référence All-Flash leader du secteur et une intégration aux solutions VMware (BUSINESS WIRE)--Nexenta (@Nexenta), leader mondial en stockage défini par logiciel open source (OpenSDS), a annoncé aujourd'hui la disponibilité générale (DG) des éditions d'entreprise et communautaires de NexentaFusion 1.0, la gestion et l'analyse simplifiées du stockage, et de la toute nouvelle version de NexentaStor 5.0, la solution OpenSDS phare de la société. « Le centre de données est en cours de transformation à l'heure où l'entreprise adopte les technologies définies par logiciel et all-flash », a déclaré Eric Burgener, directeur de recherche pour le stockage che ... Read more »

Joint Initiative, “Safe Anaesthesia – ASAP,” Is to Improve Anesthesia Care in Low Resource Countries IRVINE, Calif. & HONG KONG - Tuesday, August 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced Sunday at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) in Hong Kong that it has become the first Global Impact Partner of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA). The four-year partnership, “Safe Anaesthesia – ASAP” (Anesthesia Safety Action Plan), will initially identify one country with poor access to safe anesthesia, and will work toward implementing programs and training designed to improve anesthesia care and safe surgery outcomes. In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery reported that approximately 5 billion people – the majority of the world’s population – do not have access to safe, affordable anesthesia and surgical care, and estimated that 16.9 million die annually as a result.1 These deaths are attributable to a lack of inf ... Read more »

Bahrain’s Largest Independent Producer of Power and Water Addresses Operator Situation Awareness HOUSTON, TEXAS - Tuesday, August 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- PAS Inc., the leading solution provider of process safety, cyber security, and asset reliability for the energy, power, and process industries today announced Al-Dur Power and Water Company (ADPWC) has chosen PAS PlantState Suite™ (PSS) to optimize operator situation awareness and improve plant safety. ADPWC is majority-owned by ENGIE and Gulf Investment Corporation. Having commenced commercial operations in February 2012, ADPWC produces one third of the electric power and water consumed in the Kingdom of Bahrain. PAS will provide alarm and event analytics, documentation, and rationalization software and services that enable plant operators to respond to alarms more effectively and mitigate abnormal situations. “Our operators evaluate and manage thousands of alarms per day, which ultimately impacts their effective ... Read more »

Latest data on dabigatran etexilate safety and effectiveness profile show low rates of bleeding and stroke in NVAF patients in routine clinical care INGELHEIM, Germany - Tuesday, August 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] First results from GLORIA™-AF Registry Program: Low incidences of stroke, major and life-threatening bleeding seen in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) patients taking dabigatran etexilate1 GLORIA™-AF is one of the largest ongoing global registry programs examining the use of oral antithrombotics in real-world clinical practice2 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- First outcome results from the GLORIA™-AF Registry show that treatment with dabigatran etexilate was associated with low incidences of stroke, major bleeding and life-threatening bleeding. The results from approximately 3,000 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) were presented in a late breaking science registry session at the ESC Congress 2016 in Rome, Italy.1 These data from GLORIA™-AF add to the extensive b ... Read more »

Simple, Intelligent and Enterprise-Proven Deployment, Management and Operation on Any Hardware Infrastructure via Any Cloud at Any Scale SANTA CLARA, Calif. & LAS VEGAS - Tuesday, August 30th 2016 [ME NewsWire] New NexentaStor 5.0 and NexentaFusion 1.0 Break New Ground with Industry-Leading Portfolio of All-Flash Reference Architectures and Integration with VMware Solutions (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nexenta (@Nexenta), the global leader in Open Source-driven Software-Defined Storage (OpenSDS), today announced the general availability (GA) of the enterprise and community editions of NexentaFusion 1.0, simplified storage management and analytics, and the newest version of NexentaStor 5.0, the company’s flagship OpenSDS solution. “The data center is in a state of transformation as the enterprise embraces software-defined and all-flash technologies,” said Eric Burgener, Research Director, Storage at IDC. “The introduction of solutions like NexentaStor 5.0 and NexentaFusion 1.0 is accelerating ... Read more »