Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, November 14th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

Human resources and industry experts debated the state of vocational education and its merits vis-à-vis qualifications obtained at university at Dubai Knowledge Village’s  Breakfast Club event.

The panel also discussed the need for a common strategy for the development of the workforce, calling on the public and private sectors to work together to formalise the UAE’s approach towards vocational education.

Craig Sherrin, Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Driving Company, said: "The UAE needs to create its own vocational education system.  It cannot simply import and implement the practices of another country, but needs to look around the world for inspiration in order to create its system.”

Tony Palladino, Principal Consultant at Univex Consultancy, added: "The difference between professional qualifications and vocational education is contextual.  That is to say that the ... Read more »

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Wednesday, November 14th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MiX Telematics(JSE:MIX), a global provider of driver safety, vehicle tracking and fleet management solutions, continues to grow its business around the world as evidenced by strong performance in the first half of its 2012/13 financial year as announced yesterday. Due to the extension of existing enterprise contracts as well as the addition of new mega fleets across various industries in various countries, MiX Telematics increased its revenue by 20.3% (to R564 million) and its operating profit by an impressive 60.8% (to R76 million) in comparison to the same period a year ago.

Through an SaaS delivery model and value added services, MiX Telematics helps customers worldwide to reduce their operating costs and risks, improve driver and passenger safety as well as customer service, and lower their carbon emissions.

"Our strategy for years now has been to leverage our profitable, ca ... Read more »

Testing Provides Significant Value for Surgical Patients on Antiplatelet Therapies

SAN DIEGO - Wednesday, November 14th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Accumetrics, Inc., developer of the market-leading VerifyNow® System, the first rapid and easy-to-use point-of-care system for measuring platelet reactivity to antiplatelet agents, today announced the release of the 2012 Update to the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Guideline on Use of Antiplatelet Drugs in Patients Having Cardiac and Noncardiac Operations. Published online in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the updated guidelines reflect increased emphasis on using platelet reactivity testing to better manage patients’ response to antiplatelet medications. This update includes a Class IIa recommendation for patients who require urgent surgery and are on antiplatelet medications. Antiplatelet therapies, such as clopidogrel, prasugrel and ticagrelor, are among some of the most widely prescribed medications in th ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, Chine - Mercredi 14 Novembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--En octobre 2012, Renice a lancé le premier contrôleur SSD portable à port USB 3.0 d'origine sur le marché mondial, ainsi que des disques portables SSD à port USB 3.0 de 32 Go à 512 Go, à des prix jamais supérieurs aux autres produits SSD sur le marché.

Ces SSD, commandés par un contrôleur U3127-IT conçu exclusivement par Renice, comportent des fonctionnalités uniques comme l'AES 256 bits, la protection contre les pannes de courant et la protection d'écriture, entre autres, et possèdent une vitesse de lecture-écriture d'une capacité maximale de 430 Mo/sec-320 Mo/sec.

Cet outil de stockage efficace est même plus petit qu'une carte de visite. C'est aussi un dispositif obligatoire pour les utilisateurs Mac, car Apple a muni ses tout nouveaux Macbook d'un port USB 3.0, et ils peuvent facilement exécuter Win 8 sur le SSD portabl ... Read more »

CAPE TOWN - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

AfricaCom 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Inmarsat(LSE:ISAT.L), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, will preview some of the revolutionary services enabled by new satellites to be launched from next year on stand E17e at AfricaCom. Inmarsat will also showcase its recently expanded portfolio of offerings for African businesses, government and individuals.

Inmarsat will redefine mobile satellite services with higher streaming speeds and two satellite launches in 2013. Its upcoming Alphasat I-XL satellite launch will enhance L-band service capabilities across Africa, providing even faster streaming performance. This will be followed by the highly anticipated rollout of its new Global Xpress®network, which will deliver global superfast broadband.

The only satellite provider to be making such a huge investment in new technologies, Inmarsat is delivering an array of new services ... Read more »

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

ADAC equipped to offer United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) largest free public Wi-Fi hotspot covering airport facilities

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN), today announced its collaboration with Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) to provide the largest free public and private airport-wide Wi-Fi service in the country for Abu Dhabi International Airport. In line with ADAC’s plans for growth, the partnership with Aruba Networks enables ADAC to provide reliable Wi-Fi access for corporate, business and guest use, including hotspots for passengers, digital barcode scanning in the cargo buildings, voice services and multi-tenant services.

The alliance also adds another of the region’s most innovative companies to Aruba’s growing portfolio of customers across the Middl ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In October 2012, Renice released the world’s first native USB 3.0 SSD controller, as well as portable USB 3.0 SSDs ranging from 32GB to 512GB, at prices no higher than any SSD products in the market.

These SSDs, using Renice’s self-developed U3127-IT controller, have some unique features like AES-256 bit, power failure protection and write protection, etc, with a read/write speed up to 430MB/320MB/S.

This efficient storage tool comes with a size even smaller than a business card. It is also a gospel for Mac users, for Apple has included USB 3.0 port into their newly released Macbooks, Mac users can easily run Win 8 on Renice USB 3.0 SSD through the Windows To Go function, eliminating the trouble to install OS through the complex Boot Camp. Renice’s native USB 3.0 SSD is the best solution for Macbook and Windows To Go.

What is more, Renice also provides the life monitoring tool and ... Read more »

La solution LinqUs Cloud Backup de Gemalto est compatible avec tous les appareils

AMSTERDAM - Mardi 13 Novembre 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), le chef de file mondial de la sécurité numérique, annonce que Orange Jordanie a déployé sa solutionLinqUs Cloud Backup de sauvegarde de contenus mobiles désormais accessible pour ses trois millions d'abonnés. Cette solution, qui est compatible avec l'intégralité de la gamme d’appareils actuellement disponibles, est la première en son genre dans le pays.

Les abonnés d'Orange peuvent sauvegarder et restaurer les données de leur appareil mobile, telles que les contacts de leur répertoire « dans les nuages » en cas de perte, de changement ou d'endommagement de leur appareil, qu’ils aient enregistré les données sur leur carte SIM ou directement sur l'appareil mobile. Cette fonction est à la s ... Read more »

Gemalto LinqUs Cloud Backup solution works with 100% of the handsets

AMSTERDAM - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that Orange Jordan has rolled out its LinqUs Cloud Backup solution to offer mobile content back-up to all of its three million subscribers. The solution, compliant with the entire handset base, is a first-of-its-kind in the country.

Orange subscribers can save and restore their mobile data like the phonebook contacts ‘in the cloud’ in case of handset loss, change or damage, no matter if the data is stored on the SIM card or directly in the mobile handset. This feature is unique to the Gemalto solution. The service access is easy, with a welcome message triggering an automatic configuration in just one click at first network connection. The solution also offers a simple way to aggregate and organize other mobile content such as pictures, video, ... Read more »

ROAD TOWN, Tortola - Tuesday, November 13th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forex trading platform and financial service provider iFOREX has recently added the Euro STOXX 50 CFD to its list of tradable indices. Traders can now conveniently trade the Euro STOXX 50 CFD along with other tradable products such as Forex and commodities from one trading platform. This new service is offered to clients around the world in a variety of languages, including Arabic which can be found at http://www.iforex.ae

The Euro STOXX is the latest index to be added to iFOREX’s online trading platform and is expected to be very popular. The index was established to record the share prices of the top 50 blue chip companies in the Eurozone. The index is comprised of the leading European Banks, petroleum companies, telecommunications and electronics companies, automakers and more. It is the largest recognized blue chip stock market benchmark in the Eurozone and it captures 60% of the total ‘fr ... Read more »