BARCELONA, Spain-Monday, February 27th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical and imaging technology announces the mass production of a new 360° panomorph lens by Kolen, a global lens supplier, optimized for VR and 360° camera products. Designed by ImmerVision, this new 5mm, 187° FoV panomorph lens is to be integrated onto mobile consumer products and combined with 1/4 inch, 8 Mpx sensors. When combined with sensors from Sony, Samsung or OmniVision, this miniature powerhouse preserves the original image pixel density and allows for full quality across the image rendered. Moreover, its 187° field of view is optimal for back to back cameras with ImmerVision Enables 2.0 image processing technology allowing for perfect stitching with no ghosting. Product manufacturers looking for a consumer grade miniature 360° lens for back to back cameras, smartphones, tablets, IoT devices, cameras, ac ... Read more »

Leading Organizations Join Forces as Brightline™ Initiative to Transform How CXOs Manage Strategic Change BOSTON -Thursday, March 2nd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Agile Alliance, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Project Management Institute (PMI), today announced the formation of a coalition dedicated to becoming the leading authority on strategic initiative management with the aim of helping enterprises reduce the failure rate of large-scale strategic initiatives and avoiding the resulting loss of competitive advantage and destruction of value. As founding members of the Brightline™ Initiative, these three organizations are developing a platform that will offer CXOs insights and solutions to bridge today’s recurring and expensive gaps between strategy development and strategy implementation. A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit of more than 500 senior executives worldwide found that 61% admit their organizations struggle to deliver the expected results of str ... Read more »

Backed by 16 Operators Accounting for 2 Billion Connections in Over 100 Countries; Pilots Set to Launch in June 2017 in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Myanmar and Thailand BARCELONA, Spain-Tuesday, February 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today at Mobile World Congress, the GSMA launched the “Big Data for Social Good” initiative, which will leverage mobile operators’ big data capabilities to address humanitarian crises, including epidemics and natural disasters. The programme is being launched with 16 of the world’s leading mobile operators – Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Hutchison, KDDI, KT Corporation, Millicom, MTS, NTT DOCOMO, INC., Orange, SK Telecom, Telefónica, Telenor, Telia, Turkcell, Vodafone and Zain – which collectively account for over 2 billion connections across more than 100 countries. The United Nations Foundation is a supporting partner, providing coordination and integration with the broader ecosystem, including organisations such as Global Partnershi ... Read more »

Study Predicts More Than A Billion 5G Connections By 2025; GSMA Showcases 5G Future at Mobile World Congress BARCELONA, Spain-Tuesday, February 28th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- At Mobile World Congress today, the GSMA published a report outlining the mobile industry’s collective vision and expectations for the 5G era. The new study, ‘The 5G Era: Age of Boundless Connectivity and Intelligent Automation’, is based on an extensive survey of 750 operator CEOs and other industry stakeholders. The GSMA forecasts that commercial 5G networks will begin to be widely deployed at the start of the next decade and, by 2025, will provide coverage to a third of the world’s population. 5G connections are forecast to reach 1.1 billion by 2025, accounting for approximately one in eight mobile connections worldwide by this time. “The 5G era will usher in innovations that enable richer, smarter and more convenient living and working, making possible a huge array of new applications, everyth ... Read more »

BEIJING-Thursday, March 2nd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- cippe 2017 (the 17th China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition) will kick off on March 20, 2017 at New China International Exhibition Center in Beijing. The event will gather around 2,000 exhibitors from 65 countries and regions, including 50 Fortune Global 500 companies and 18 international pavilions. As an annual event, cippe has successfully held 16 sessions, with an expanding size and an increasing number of international participants and high-quality exhibitors. This year, there will be 18 international pavilions from countries and regions including US, Germany, Canada, Scotland, UK, France, Denmark, Italy, Russia, Korea and the Netherlands. International exhibitors will include Exxon Mobil, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, GE, Rosneft, Gazprom, Transneft, TMK, Total, Cameron, ABB, Schneider, Siemens, Caterpillar, NOV, Honeywell, Rockwell, Tyco, SEG, MiltonRoy, 3M, E+H, API, MT ... Read more »

Partnership will leverage and build upon existing efforts around use of data to achieve Sustainable Development Goals BARCELONA, Spain-Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The United Nations Foundation and the GSMA announced a partnership today at Mobile World Congress that leverages their shared objective to unlock the power of data for good, specifically to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Better use of the data generated from digital technology has the potential to accelerate work toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to save more lives, empower more women and create a more inclusive digital society,” said Kathy Calvin, President and CEO, UN Foundation. “The Foundation is heavily invested in the promise of data for progress, and working with the right partners who can make that vision a reality. The GSMA is an ideal partner as we work to support implementation of the SDGs.” The UN Foundation hosts several allian ... Read more »

AUSTIN, Texas-Jeudi 2 Mars 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--AquaFold, Inc. a sorti la version Aqua Data Studio 18, une mise à niveau importante de son logiciel universel de gestion et d’analyse de bases de données, qui offre la synchronisation des schémas ce qui permet aux utilisateurs de déployer sans difficultés des différences d’un schéma de base de données source à un schéma cible. Cette dernière version apporte des améliorations significatives au niveau des fonctions d’analytique visuelle pour fournir aux utilisateurs dans le domaine de la veille stratégique plus de moyens d’analyser rapidement et efficacement leurs volumes de données sans cesse croissants. Avec un nouvel outil de moniteur de connexion, des plans Explain (expliquer) pour Amazon Redshift et Teradata, la prise en charge SQL standard de Google BigQuery et un éditeur SQL amélioré, la version 18 est la version la plus riche en fonctionnalités à ce jour. « La possibilité de synchroniser des schémas de base de do ... Read more »

AUSTIN, Texas -Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- AquaFold, Inc. has released Aqua Data Studio 18, a major upgrade to its universal database management and analytics software, providing schema synchronization which enables users to seamlessly deploy differences from a source to a target database schema. The latest version adds significant enhancements in Visual Analytics to provide business intelligence users more ways to analyze their ever-growing data volumes quickly and efficiently. Along with a new connection monitor tool, explain plans for Amazon Redshift and Teradata, Google BigQuery Standard SQL support, and enhanced SQL editor, version 18 is the most feature-rich release to date. "The ability to synchronize database schemas has been one of our most frequently requested features," explains AquaFold's CEO Niels Gron. "We've added synchronization capabilities for the four major database vendors and will continue to add more in future releases." The newl ... Read more »

Mavenir Positioned to Lead Innovation in 5G Ready Network Solutions ● Mitel Mobile, Xura and Ranzure Networks have combined to form the "new" Mavenir ● Xura's CEO, Pardeep Kohli, formerly CEO of Mitel Mobile's predecessor (also named Mavenir Systems) will lead the new Mavenir ● The transaction underscores Mavenir's commitment to providing best-in-class, cloud-proven 5G and IoT ready network solutions to Communications Service Providers ("CSPs"), helping them drive service differentiation and industry innovation RICHARDSON, Texas-Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC (“Siris Capital” or “Siris”) and Xura, Inc. (“Xura”) announced the completion of the acquisition of Mitel Mobility, Inc. (“Mitel Mobile”), a division of Mitel Networks Corporation (“Mitel”, Nasdaq: MITL, TSX: MNW). This announcement follows the completion of Xura’s acquisition of Ranzure Networks, Inc. (“Ranzure”) on February 1, 2017, and the previously ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] Road traffic accidents #1 cause of death for children below 14 Education sector’s vital need to teach road safety School buses are ‘The Extended Classroom’ for real-life learning STS, the UAE’s biggest private school bus operator enters a strategic partnership with RoadSafetyUAE. According to official data, road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for children below the age of 14 years in the UAE. Currently, there is no mandatory road safety content in UAE’s school curricula. Young drivers account for a big share of traffic accidents (for example in Abu Dhabi 63% of all accidents). Colonel Augustine, Managing Director of STS states: “All parts of the education sector are challenged to educate and to protect our children, and we at STS are aware of our responsibility. We must make sure, that children know all the basics of road safety in order to protect themselves and to share their knowledge w ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland-Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of a recent study conducted on low-risk patients undergoing colorectal surgery, in which researchers assessed the utility of noninvasive and continuous Masimo PVi® (Pleth Variability Index) monitoring to guide fluid management, as compared to esophageal Doppler, an invasive method. The researchers found no significant difference between the two technologies in mean total fluid administered and concluded that “PVi offers an entirely noninvasive alternative for goal-directed therapy in this group of patients.”1 In the study, Dr. Warnakulasuriya and colleagues at York Teaching Hospital in York, United Kingdom, evaluated the performance of Masimo PVi monitoring in guiding fluid management, as compared to that of an established technology, esophageal Doppler. Forty low-risk patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery were enrolled in the study. The pati ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) today is recognized for the first time as a Global Top Employer. Since 2014, PMI has received regional and national certification as a Top Employer in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Canada, and today’s global status honors the company’s worldwide commitment to its teams. This year, certification from the Top Employer Institute was awarded to PMI teams in 34 countries, a testament to the company’s consistency and excellence in offering an enriching working environment and exceptional development opportunities for employees across the globe. “Our success as a company relies on the men and women who come to work every day with a passion to achieve, and a willingness to learn, grow, and take on new challenges,” said Charles Bendotti, PMI Senior Vice President, Human Resources. “At a time when our company is dedicated to a ... Read more »