Festival To Be Held Alongside Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Expected to Attract 30,000-50,000 Consumer Attendees to SNIEC

LONDON. - Wednesday, May 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015

(BUSINESS WIRE) The GSMA today announced a partnership with the Shanghai International Information Consumption Festival in bringing mobile and ICT-focused exhibitions, events and activities to Shanghai. The GSMA Mobile World Congress Shanghai will be held 15-17 July, alongside the Shanghai International Information Consumption Festival at the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) and attendees will have access to a range of experiences across both shows. The Shanghai International Information Consumption Festival will also feature additional events, seminars and other activities held across the city during the week of 13 July.

“We are excited to form this collaboration with the Shanghai Government and the Ministry of Industry and In ... Read more »

MARINA BAY SANDS, Singapour - Jeudi 7 Mai 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) - Securiport, le leader mondial de la conception et de la mise en œuvre de logiciels de reconnaissance biométrique des passagers, du traitement de l’immigration, de la  gestion ingénierie  et des rapport d’informations, a annoncé des solutions innovantes comme étant le partenaire stratégique d'INTERPOL World lors de la conférence biennale inaugurale INTERPOL World 2015. INTERPOL World est un nouvel événement biennal sur la sécurité internationale, qui réunit les chefs de gouvernement en collaboration avec les organisations internationales et les chercheurs pour discuter des stratégies afin de développer des villes et des nations plus sécurisées. INTERPOL World 2015 vise à créer un partenariat public et privé afin d'identifier, développer et promouvoir les initiatives sécuritaires à travers le cyber sécurité, la gestion des frontières, les villes sécurisées, et la sécuri ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Jeudi 7 Mai 2015 [ME NewsWire]

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Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. publie son rapport mensuel visant sa valeur liquidative et sa performance pour avril 2015, annonce la téléconférence pour investisseurs du premier trimestre 2015 et publie sa présentation de la Conférence d’investissement Sohn 2015

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (symbole au téléscripteur : PSH : NA) a publié aujourd’hui le rapport mensuel suivant visant sa valeur liquidative (VL) et sa performance pour le mois d’avril 2015. Les informations ont été publiées sur le site de PSH, au www.pershingsquareholdings.com. La valeur liquidative et la performance mensuelles sont publiées à la fermeture des bureaux, le dernier jour ouvré du mois.

PSH animera sa téléconférence pour investisseurs trimestrielle le 18 mai 2015 à 15 h TMG. Pendant la téléconférence, Bill Ackman et les autres membres de l’équipe d’investissement de Pershing Square répo ... Read more »

 Nouvelle application optimisée pour fonctionner sur appareil mobile, tablette et PC

LONDRES - Jeudi 7 Mai 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viber (www.viber.com), plateforme pionnière des communications mobiles qui permet de bénéficier gratuitement d’une messagerie et d’appels téléphoniques et vidéo de qualité HD, a présenté aujourd’hui une nouvelle version de son application à l’occasion de la conférence Build de Microsoft qui se déroule à San Francisco. Cette nouvelle conception de Viber est entièrement optimisée pour fonctionner sur le système d’exploitation (SE) réactif de Windows 10, créant un produit bien intégré qui participe en souplesse à l’expérience de l’utilisateur de Windows 10.

La présentation liminaire de ce nouveau produit a indiqué comment les commandes vocales Cortana peuvent être utilisées pour envoyer des messages Viber et entreprendre rapidement une conversation avec ses contacts. Dans le ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM. - Tuesday, May 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. (ticker: PSH:NA) today released the following regular monthly Net Asset Value (NAV) and Performance Report for the month of April 2015. The information has also been posted to the PSH website, www.pershingsquareholdings.com. Monthly net asset value and performance are calculated at the close of business on the last business day of the month.

PSH will host its quarterly investor conference call on 18 May 2015 at 15:00 GMT. During the call, Bill Ackman and the other members of the Pershing Square investment team will address questions e-mailed by investors to ir@persq.com.

An audio webcast of the conference call will be available to the public on PSH's website at www.pershingsquareholdings.com. The conference call will also be available by phone. The dial-in details will be available at www.pershingsquareholdings.com.

Following ... Read more »

MARINA BAY SANDS, Singapore. - Tuesday, May 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Securiport, a global leader in the design and implementation of passenger biometric recognition, immigration processing, and intelligent management and reporting software systems, has announced innovative solutions as an INTERPOL World Strategic Partner at the inaugural INTERPOL World 2015 biennial conference. INTERPOL World is a new biennial international security event, which brings government leaders together with international organizations and researchers to discuss strategies to develop safer and more secure cities and nations. INTERPOL World 2015 aimed to create a public-private partnership to identify, develop and drive security initiatives across Cyber security, Border Management, Safe Cities, and Supply Chain Security.

Securiport’s Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Attila Freska, represented Securiport in the INTERPOL World Congress panel discussion and presented a Global ... Read more »

EMC’s first global partner to deploy ViPR as part of its own worldwide service delivery capability

LAS VEGAS - Tuesday, May 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dimension Data today announced that it would use EMC® ViPR® and ViPR SRM in the delivery of its own Managed Service for Storage, enabling intelligent storage management for clients globally.

The company has made ongoing investments in its managed services automation platform to automate service assurance, fulfillment, services catalogue and a self-service portal. The addition of EMC’s ViPR products enables 24/7 access to the tools and services required for effective and proactive storage provisioning, orchestration, management and reporting across multiple vendors’ storage technologies.

Steve Joubert, Group Executive, Data Centres at Dimension Data said, “Storage unit costs are declining, but costs rise as much as 35% due to growing application utilisation, ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 3rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Last Thursday, the participants of the Ministry of Interior’s council held under the slogan “The Impact of Drugs on Youth” recommended the need to strengthen the role of media in raising awareness about the dangers of drugs. Participants highlighted the prevalent role of social media and how it attracts the highest percentage of public from all ages and social segments. The council comes as a part of the awareness councils organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau at the MoI. Citizen Obaid Mohamed Al Kaabi hosted the council in his home in Al Ain and media figure Rashid Al Nuaimi from Al Khaleej Newspaper moderated the event. 

The participants called to promote the efforts of all the governmental bodies in the UAE to raise the awareness of the youth about the dangers of drugs and of the negative toll it takes on individuals and the society. They also hailed the leading role ... Read more »

 Le premier partenaire mondial d’EMC va déployer ViPR dans le cadre de sa propre capacité de prestation de services à l’échelle mondiale

PARIS - Jeudi 7 Mai 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dimension Data a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’elle utiliserait EMC® ViPR® et ViPR SRM dans le cadre de son propre service de stockage géré, permettant une gestion intelligente du stockage pour ses clients dans le monde entier.

La société a réalisé des investissements continus dans sa plateforme d’automatisation des services managés afin d’automatiser la garantie et l’exécution des services, et d’offrir un catalogue de services et un portail en self-service. L’ajout des produits ViPR d’EMC permet un accès 24h/24 et 7j/7 aux outils et services requis pour un provisionnement, une orchestration, une production de rapports et une gestion efficaces et proactifs du stockage au niveau des technologies de stockag ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Saturday, May 2nd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

TECOM Investments, a member of Dubai Holding and operator of Dubai’s leading industry-focused business communities, has announced 2014 as a record year for growth.

Over the year, TECOM Investments welcomed more than 800 new business partners and enabled 380 expansions across its 11 business communities. The positive performance brings the total number of businesses operating to more than 4,650, supporting a workforce of 74,000 across its six industry sectors of ICT, Media, Education, Science, Industry, and Design, Fashion, Art & Luxury.

Customer loyalty remains high with TECOM reporting high retention rates of 95 per cent across its business communities. Over 30 per cent of its business partners have been located within TECOM’s communities for a decade or more, and occupancy across Dubai Internet City (DIC), Dubai Media City (DMC) and Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) remains high ... Read more »

MANILA, The Philippines and MCLEAN, Va. - Tuesday, May 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Hilton HHonors, the loyalty program for Hilton Worldwide’s 12 distinct hotel brands, today announced a new partnership with Philippine Airlines, the national carrier of the Philippines. Through this partnership, members of both Mabuhay Miles loyalty program and Hilton HHonors can earn Mabuhay Miles and HHonors Points when they stay at any of the more than 4,350 hotels and timeshare properties within the Hilton Portfolio around the globe.

“Travelers out of the Philippines are one of the fastest growing spenders among emerging markets, their outbound expenditure grew 18 per cent in 2013, making them the second highest in the list of top travel spenders1," said Mark Weinstein, vice president, Commercial Services Strategy, Loyalty Programs & Partnerships, Hilton Worldwide. "Through this partnership, we are offering new ways to reward more Hilton HHonors ... Read more »

TOKYO - Tuesday, May 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Tec (TOKYO:6588), a leading provider of technology solutions announces it joined the MopriaTM Alliance, a non-profit membership organization that promotes wireless printing from smart phone, tablets and other mobile devices in September 2014, and now several Toshiba MFPs have received Mopria-certification. The aim of Mopria Alliance is to bring together the mobile, software and print industries with the goal of aligning to a standard that ensures universal printing compatibility from any mobile device to any printer anywhere.

The number of mobile users is expanding exponentially and the opportunity to print from those mobile devices is similarly increasing. While this trend is convenient for users, it entails more complexity as there are various mobile print applications and services. Toshiba Tec supports users by providing suitable products to facilitate easy and simple mobile printing environmen ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 3rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

In a recently held meeting, the newly established General Directorate of the Community Protection and Crime Prevention at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior discussed its organizational structure and vision in regards to future developmental roles and to enhancing security processes. The meeting was chaired by Colonel Mubarak Awadh Bin Muhairom, the Director General of the Directorate – of which was established following the strategic directions of the Ministry of Interior succeeding the Ministerial Decree No. 149 of 2015.

During the meeting, the concerned department heads reviewed the tasks and achievements of the Directorate during the past period. The participants additionally discussed the Directorate’s current and future visions in order to achieve the objectives of the General Directorate of the Community Protection and Crime ... Read more »

MANILLE, Philippines et MCLEAN, Virginie - Jeudi 7 Mai 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilton HHonors, le programme de fidélisation des 12 marques d’hôtels distinctes de Hilton Worldwide, a annoncé aujourd’hui un nouveau partenariat avec Philippine Airlines, la compagnie aérienne nationale des Philippines. Grâce à ce partenariat, les membres des programmes de fidélité Mabuhay Miles et Hilton HHonors peuvent gagner des Mabuhay Miles et HHonors Points lorsqu’ils séjournent dans l’un des plus de 4 350 hôtels et multipropriétés du portefeuille de Hilton dans le monde.

« Les voyageurs des Philippines figurent parmi ceux qui dépensent le plus à partir des marchés émergents, avec une croissance des dépenses à l’étranger de 18 pour cent en 2013 qui les a propulsés au deuxième rang des voyageurs les plus dépensiers1 », a affirmé Mark Weinstein, vice-président, Stratégie des services commerciaux, Programmes de fidélisation et parte ... Read more »

 Newly Designed App Optimized to Work Across Mobile, Tablet and PC

LONDON - Wednesday, May 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Viber (www.viber.com), the pioneering mobile communications platform offering free messaging, HD-quality phone and video calls, unveiled a new version of its app today at Microsoft Build in San Francisco. Viber’s new design is fully optimized for Windows 10’s responsive OS, creating a well-integrated product that blends seamlessly into the user experience of Windows 10.

During the keynote presentation, a demonstration showed how Cortana voice commands could be used to send Viber messages and to start chatting with contacts quickly. Attendees will also be shown deep integration of Viber contact card data within the platform, allowing users to send messages and make voice and video calls via Viber more easily.

The app will work smoothly across PC, tablet and mobile, resizing and adapting the on-screen conte ... Read more »

ORLANDO, Fla. - Tuesday, May 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Lack of Strong Business Case, Unclear ROI, Unproven Platform, Early Stage Product Cited as Top Reasons; Only Three Percent of Respondents Using Any HANA In Their Environments Today

(BUSINESS WIRE) SAPPHIRE NOW 2015 Conference – Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for SAP AG’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today revealed the key findings from a recent global survey conducted by Rimini Street to help SAP licensees benefit from peer insights on how other companies are responding to the many questions and challenges surrounding SAP’s newly announced S/4HANA product with mandatory re-platforming to HANA. As detailed in the full survey report, these key findings and re ... Read more »

MoveSouq.com and FlatReviews.com Issue Report for Q1 2015

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, May 3rd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

MoveSouq.com, a quote comparison site for home services, and FlatReviews.com, the UAE’s first and largest property review site, have issued a report that indicates the most in-demand areas in Dubai based on moving activity and residents’ ratings. The results are based on over 2000 Dubai resident reviews on FlatReviews.com, and over 1000 moving requests made on MoveSouq.com in Q1 of 2015.

The report found that the highest rated communities in Dubai are Motor City, The Greens, Sheikh Zayed Road, DIFC, Jumeirah, and Arabian Ranches. Motor City and The Greens share first place with a score of 4.1 out of 5, while SZR, DIFC, Jumeirah and Arabian Ranches all earned an average overall score of 4 out of 5. The overall scores are based on categories such as traffic, access to nearby facilities (e.g. schools and shops), and value for mon ... Read more »

Le leader en données et analyses sportives étend sa portée et complète ses solutions existantes avec de nouvelles fonctions de suivi des jeux et de suivi de la performance des joueurs

CHICAGO. - Jeudi 7 Mai 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) STATS LLC a annoncé aujourd'hui avoir complété l'acquisition de Prozone, un pionnier dans le suivi des athlètes et dans l'analyse des performances sportives. Avec l'acquisition de Prozone, STATS élargit sa portée géographique et sa couverture sportive tout en ajoutant des technologies complémentaires de pointe à sa suite de produits de suivi et d'analyse.

Avec une présence s'étendant sur quatre continents, Prozone suit et analyse la performance des athlètes pour fournir des tableaux fonctionnels qui permettent aux entraîneurs et au personnel de front-office de prendre des décisions plus intelligentes et d'obtenir un avantage concurrentiel. Prozone maintient une base de données de plus de 100 00 ... Read more »