Local Exporters to Expand Trade via the Vast Network of Hutchison Ports RAS AL KHAIMAH, United Arab Emirates & HONG KONG -Monday, November 6th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Hutchison Ports is pleased to announce the official commencement of its terminal operation at Saqr Port in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), located in the northern United Arab Emirates (UAE). Under the new concession agreement, concluded under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, Hutchison Ports will operate the facility for a period of 25 years. The terminal will operate under the name Hutchison Ports RAK. Presiding over the commemorative ceremony attended by over 150 guests, H.H. Sheikh Saud and Hutchison Ports Group Managing Director Eric Ip expressed their confidence the port facility will provide positive support for local trade and economic development. In his address, His Highness Sheikh Saud commented on the ... Read more »

SAN DIEGO-Wednesday, November 8th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Progenity Inc., a private biotechnology company, announced today the completion of a privately placed $125 million Series B financing comprising equity and debt. The financing was led by a fund managed by an existing investor, Athyrium Capital Management. “We are grateful for the continued support of our existing investors, and we welcome the new investors to the Progenity team,” said Harry Stylli, Executive Chairman and Founder, Progenity Inc. “The net proceeds from this financing will be used to accelerate development of our transformative gastrointestinal (GI) platform targeting diagnostics and therapeutics for the GI tract, including precision molecular diagnostics tools, precision therapeutics, microbiome analytics, and consumer health nutrition. In addition, the proceeds will be used to enhance our menu and service offerings to our physician clients in the Prenatal and broader Women’s Health market on a nati ... Read more »

BANGALORE, India -Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Microland, India’s leading Hybrid IT infrastructure service provider, today announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) Wysocki, as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Based out of Atlanta, US, Bob will guide the company's technology and services strategy as it embarks on the next phase of growth. “Bob will provide Microland the technology leadership and be responsible for enhancing our IT infrastructure services in the areas of Cloud, Digital Transformation and Software Defined Networks. As CTO of Microland, he will steer our technology direction, drive innovation and incubate emerging technologies. Bob’s deep understanding of the end-user organizations will enable us to bring innovative solutions and services for global customers," says Pradeep Kar Founder, Chairman and Managing Director, Microland Limited. Commenting on his appointment as CTO, Bob said, “Microland is well positioned with core capabilities acro ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--IDEMIA, the global leader in trusted identities for an increasingly digital world, provides remote activation service for IoT devices such as wearables from SoftBank, a leading mobile network operator in Japan. With the explosion in the number of smartphones around the world, the progressive roll-out of mobile broadband and the arrival of 5G, as well as the growth in the Internet of Things, mobile network operators have more than ever a key role to play in the mobility ecosystem. They must now be able to offer exemplary levels of network availability and quality, in order to guarantee perfect continuity of the user experience, while ensuring the optimum security of all data exchanged. To achieve this, IDEMIA (formerly known as OT-Morpho) is ready at all times to deliver high-quality and smoothly-integrated solutions and services to ensure this network availability and the continuity of all incoming and outgo ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA, the global leader in trusted identities for an increasingly digital world, today announces its partnership with JCB, the leading international payment network in Japan, to introduce the future of biometric payments to Japanese customers. With F-Code, the new generation biometric payment card which replaces your PIN code with your fingerprint, a new chapter opens up for biometric payments in Japan and within regional JCB core markets. F-Code reinforces the user’s security and privacy by ensuring a unique and universal identification. It also helps retailers speed up the check-out process as well as enabling banks and governments to reduce illegitimate access to services and prevent identity fraud and theft. After JCB’s successful introduction of the JCB Tokenization Platform (JTP) in collaboration with IDEMIA in 2016, a strong partnership has been established between IDEMIA (formerly known as OT-Morp ... Read more »

LUCKNOW, India-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji today unveiled HCL Foundation’s biggest corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative called ‘Samuday’- a rural development initiative to create model villages, which has touched lives of around six lac people in the state. HCL Foundation, the CSR arm of HCL Technologies, launched Samuday in 2015. Currently the project is being implemented in three blocks of Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. Since its launch, Samuday has impacted around six lac people in 90,000 households across 720 villages through interventions in fields of education, agriculture, livelihood, health, infrastructure, water & sanitation. Speaking on the occasion, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji, said, “I congratulate HCL for launching ‘Samuday’ in Uttar Pradesh. It makes me proud that HCL, which started its journey from Uttar Pradesh and is now ... Read more »

MEF-certified Ethernet services from SES Networks provide customers with standardised service options that are easily and seamlessly integrated into current operations LUXEMBOURG-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)--SES Networks has achieved the rigorous MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification, making it the first and only global managed data service provider capable of delivering ubiquitous, high-performance, carrier-class Ethernet networks and services worldwide over satellite. The MEF CE 2.0 certification is recognition that SES Networks now has the capability to deliver today's most advanced, high-performance and secure Ethernet services across its global footprint. Achieving MEF certification is the first of SES Networks’ many initiatives to transform the role of satellite-enabled services as a pillar of mainstream global connectivity. The MEF association and its members drive standards for Ethernet services within a framework of agile, assured ... Read more »