Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, August 7th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Brigadier General Dr. Saif Bu Dhufaira Al Ameri, Director General of Security and Ports Affairs at Abu Dhabi Police, praised the mutual coordination and cooperation in training fields among police and security agencies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states. He also stressed the importance of the training process as it has the potential to enhance technical skills, develop performance levels, and exchange knowledge and expertise in different fields.

These remarks were made by Brigadier General Dr. Saif Bu Dhufaira Al Ameri, Director General of Security and Ports Affairs, at the graduation ceremony of the Forensic Experts course that was organized by the Training Department in coordination with the Crime Scene Department. The course objective was to foster the practical and scientific relationship processes between forensic and crime scene experts. Such relations would enhance onsite coord ... Read more »

VidyoWorks Powering Visual Communications in Internet of Things

ACKENSACK, N.J. & MUMBAI, India - Wednesday, August 6th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Vidyo, Inc., an innovator in visual communications, has been selected by IndusInd Bank, one of the fastest growing new-generation private sector banks in India, for Video Branch, a mobile and desktop-based banking service being deployed across the country. Video Branch, launched on June 2, 2014, has accumulated a user rating of 4.8 on scale of 5 on the Google Play Store.
“IndusInd Bank is committed to responsive innovation to create customers convenience and offering the most advanced services to our growing customer base,” said Romesh Sobti, Managing Director and CEO of IndusInd Bank. “Our Video Branch ‘face-to-face’ online banking customer service, powered by Vidyo, is the next frontier of banking and brings our branch managers and centralized banking services closer to our ... Read more »

New Implementation Extends Mobiveil’s NVMStorTM SSD Platform Targeting eASIC Devices

SANTA CLARA, Calif - Wednesday, August 6th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Flash Memory Summit 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) eASIC Corporation, a leading provider of Single Mask Adaptable ASIC™ devices and Mobiveil, Inc. a fast growing supplier of silicon intellectual property today announced support for Mobiveil’s NVMe platform implemented in eASIC devices. The platform includes PCI Express, NVM Express, DDR3 and NAND flash controllers IP that is optimized to take advantage of the unique eASIC Single Mask Adaptable ASIC technology. UNEX™, Mobiveil’s NVM Express IP, has passed 1.1 specification compliance and interoperability tests conducted by the University of New Hampshire (UNH).

“eASIC is enabling the rapid deployment of SSD technology at substantially lower cost and up to 70% lower power than alternative solutions.” said Jasbinder Bhoot, vice ... Read more »

LONDON - Wednesday, August 6th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A.M. Best has removed from under review with negative implications and downgraded the financial strength rating to B+ (Good) from B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “bbb-” from “bbb” of Trade Union Cooperative Insurance Company – A Saudi Joint Stock Company (TUCI) (Saudi Arabia). The outlook assigned to the ratings is negative. Concurrently, A.M. Best has withdrawn the ratings due to managements’ request to no longer participate in A.M. Best’s interactive rating process.

The rating actions reflect the deterioration in TUCI’s risk-adjusted capitalisation over the past year. During 2013, underwriting losses eroded TUCI’s capital base by 14%, while capital requirements increased significantly following growth of gross written premiums by approximately 50%. In the first six months of 2014, TUCI’s risk-adjusted capitalisation was placed u ... Read more »

Coca-Cola donne également plus d’ampleur à son initiative Reconstruction Afrique (Replenish Africa) pour que 6 millions de personnes sur le continent africain puissent avoir accès à de l’eau potable à l’horizon 2020

WASHINGTON. - Jeudi 7 Août 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) The Coca-Cola Company et ses partenaires africains de mise en bouteille ont annoncé aujourd’hui un nouvel investissement de 5 milliards de dollars durant le sommet des Leaders U.S.A.-Afrique qui s’est tenu ici. L’investissement, qui doit être réalisé au cours des six prochaines années, porte le total annoncé des investissements du groupe en Afrique à 17 milliards de dollars de 2010 à 2020. Le groupe et ses partenaires de mise en bouteille pensent que cet investissement financera de nouvelles lignes de production, des équipements de refroidissement et de distribution et la production, qu’il permettra de créer des emplois et générera des opportu ... Read more »