Attendance Increases 29 Per Cent Over the 2013 Event

LONDON - Monday, June 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile Asia Expo 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today reported that more than 26,000* unique visitors from 93 countries and territories attended the 2014 Mobile Asia Expo, held 11-13 June in Shanghai. The three-day conference and exhibition attracted executives from the industry’s largest and most influential mobile operators, device makers, equipment providers, software companies and Internet companies, as well as technology-savvy consumers. The conference programme drew more than 3,000 attendees, with more than 55 per cent of delegates holding C-level positions, including over 150 CEOs.

“Our third Mobile Asia Expo was a resounding success and was our largest-ever mobile industry event in Asia,” said John Hoffman, CEO, GSMA Ltd. “The significant increase in attendees illustrates the continued and growing interest in mobile techn ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, June 13th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Abu Dhabi Police organized a specialized training course on persuasion and influence skills for 17 participants from the Al Ain Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Section. The course aims to enhance the quality of police and security work, as per the best international and advanced standards.

The Al Ain Vehicles and Drivers Licensing Section hosted a graduation ceremony on Thursday at City Seasons Hotel Al Ain to honor the graduates. The ceremony was attended by Lieutenant Colonel Ali Salem Al Dir’e, Chief of Al Ain Vehicle Licensing Section and sponsor of the event. In his speech on the occasion, Lieutenant Colonel Al Dir’e explained that the trainees learned about the various aspects of the course’s program, which aims at enhancing their knowledge and skills to achieve the work goals with high competency and efficiency and improve their practical abilities to advance their work.

La combinaison contrôleur XpressRICH3 PCIe de PLDA/PHY PCIe de GUC offre une solution intégrée hautement performante, qui optimise les délais de mise sur le marché

SAN JOSE dans l'État de Californie - Lundi 16 Juin 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--PLDA, le leader des solutions de propriété intellectuelle (PI) de PCI Express® dans l'industrie, et GUC, le Flexible ASIC LeaderTM, ont annoncé aujourd'hui une solution de combinaison de PI de contrôleur PCIe de 3e génération et de PI de PHY, optimisée pour les besoins du marché du stockage. La solution combinée contrôleur PCIe 3.0/PHY est une production initiale qui a été incorporée dans une carte de démonstration.

Au sein du marché du stockage et des disques SSD en croissance rapide, les clients se concentrent sur la réduction de la consommation d'énergie et le maintien de l'intégrité des données tout en augmentant les performances. La solution combinée de PLDA et de GUC fournit u ... Read more »

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Monday, June 16th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

PLDA XpressRICH3 PCIe controller and GUC PCIe PHY combo delivers a high performance, integrated solution, optimizing time-to-market

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PLDA, the industry leader in PCI Express® IP solutions and GUC, the Flexible ASIC LeaderTM , today announced a combined PCIe Gen 3 Controller IP and PHY IP solution, optimized for the needs of the storage market. The combined PCIe 3.0 Controller/PHY solution is in initial production and has been incorporated into a demo board.

Within the rapidly growing storage and SSD market, customers are focused on reducing power consumption and maintaining data integrity while increasing performance. The combined PLDA and GUC solution provides a fully integrated and silicon-proven solution for PCIe Gen3 with all the key features required for storage applications including support for features like enhanced end to end data protection (with LCRC, ECRC, ECC, Parity and ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Under the patronage of Sheikh Khalid Bin Essam Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), the Ports Security Institute at the Ports and Airports Security Department, affiliated to the Directorate General of Ports and Airports Affairs at Abu Dhabi Police, celebrated the graduation of batches of security inspection staff working at Sharjah, RAK, and Al Fujairah Airports. The security staff graduated after meeting the required conditions to receive the accredited aviation security screening certifications, according to the conditions and specifications stipulated by the Aviation Security Screening Systems Certification’s national program set by the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority.

The specialized accredited training program was carried out by the Ports Security Institute at the Ports and Airports Security Department, at Abu Dhabi Police.

Durin ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

The Directorate General of the Security and Ports Affairs at Abu Dhabi Police celebrated the graduation of a specialized security course. A total of 15 members from different Weapons and Explosives sections across the country and participants from the GCC countries, completed the course that falls under the training cooperation among the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, represented by the Training Department; the Ministry of Interior; and the GCC countries.

In his speech on the occasion, Colonel Hamid Al Afrit, Head of the Weapons and Explosives Department at Abu Dhabi Police, said: “The Abu Dhabi Police GHQ constantly exerts significant efforts to achieve the strategic goals; to increase the efficiency of police staff members and allow them to take up their security responsibilities in a professional manner to protect security and national gains.”

He added: “These strategic visio ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, June 15th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, attended today, Sunday, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UAE Armed Forces General Command and the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The MoU aims to promote cooperation on raising awareness among students of schools and universities on the importance of the National and Reserve Service Project.

Present at the ceremony which took place at the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters, were Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior; Staff Major General Eng. Essa Saif Mohammed Al Mazrouei, Deputy Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces; and  Major General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Director General of  Central Operations.

The MoU was signed by Major-General Pilot Sheikh Ahmad bin Tahnoun bin Mohamm ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, June 12th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Dubai-based Jafza, the Premier Free Zone in the Middle East has recently conducted a highly-successful roadshow comprising workshops and business seminars in Shanghai, Hangzhou and Beijing, where companies showed great interest in using the Free Zone as their launch-point to the world markets.

The Jafza team, led by Khalid Al Marzooqi, the Senior Manager for Jafza Sales in the Asia-Pacific region, met a number of high-profile Chinese companies which are looking to set up their Middle East base of operations in Jebel Ali Free Zone.

“We place a very high value on the level of expertise, commitment and global scale of the China-based companies operating out of Jebel Ali Free Zone,” Al Marzooqi said.

“For Chinese companies looking for a global reach, the Jebel Ali Free Zone is a world class location, with an unsurpassed logistics infrastructure. It offers access to a ma ... Read more »