Discussing the Public’s Proposals to Reduce Traffic Accidents

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 [ME NewsWire]

During a visit to the Police Departments’ Complex on Tuesday, Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, reviewed the key objectives advocated by the MoI’s ‘Innovation Lab’, which was recently launched by the ministry, in line with the wise leadership’s announcement of 2015 as the year of innovation in the UAE.    

His Highness insisted on following-up on a number of ‘Innovation Lab’ workshops, which are organized by the Directorate General of Strategy and Performance Development at the Ministry of Interior, in order to develop innovative solutions to the different challenges facing the UAE society that are closely related to the ministry’s tasks.

Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, ... Read more »

Dubaï, Émirats Arabes Unis - Mercredi 2 Septembre 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Pacific Controls (PCS), société basée aux  EAU et chef de file mondial dans la fourniture des solutions de l'Internet des Objets (IdO) et des Services de Cloud Computing, a annoncé aujourd'hui qu'elle a terminé l'acquisition de 33,33 pour cent de la prise de participation au capital dans Inframon Limited, société de transformation de Cloud Computing basée au Royaume-Uni. L'accord positionnera PCS comme un chef de file mondial dans les services de cloud computing.

Pacific Controls est un pionnier dans la convergence de cloud computing, les services administrés et la gestion à grande échelle des données avec une intelligence des machines en temps réel et est le moteur de l'intégration des mondes physiques et virtuels. Inframon est bien réputé pour son expertise dans la fourniture d’aide durant la transition des grandes organisations à des technologies de cloud comput ... Read more »

Being the first in the market, WisePOS is the most innovative, advanced, comprehensive and convenient mPOS solution combining an Android smartphone with magstripe, EMV chip & pin and NFC reading compatibility in a single device. It has the ability to accept Apple Pay, MasterCard PayPass, VISA payWave, loyalty cads and others. Q3 2015 market debut provides a significant head start for WisePOS over the competition.

HONG KONG - Tuesday, September 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--BBPOS, the global company credited with inventing mobile point-of-sale (mPOS), is set to unveil its new WisePOS, an Android smartphone cum mPOS device in just a few weeks. Achieving flexibility and seamless integration into back-end systems, WisePOS demonstrates its uniqueness by combing a smartphone and mPOS features. It provides superior flexibility for merchants to use the Android platform to develop custom applications and services to reduce complexity and optimize their business. ... Read more »

ORLANDO, Floride - Mercredi 2 Septembre 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Multimedia, Inc. (www.multimediausa.com), le principal représentant des médias internationaux basé aux États-Unis, a commencé aujourd'hui la prise en charge exclusive de la représentation publicitaire internationale de Modern Mídia et de l'ensemble de son portefeuille médiatique, lequel comprend notamment l'aéroport international de São Paulo Guarulhos. Modern Mídia, détenue en majorité par le réseau de télévision Bandeirantes, exploite certaines des meilleures installations OOH (hors domicile) au Brésil. São Paulo Guarulhos, connu sous le nom d'aéroport GRU, est le plus grand aéroport international de l'Amérique latine.

Des projets d'expansion majeurs sont actuellement en cours au niveau de l'aéroport GRU, notamment la construction de pistes d'atterrissage supplémentaires, en vue des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques de Rio 2016. En plus du nouveau Terminal 3 q ... Read more »

ORLANDO, Fla - Tuesday, September 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Multimedia, Inc. (www.multimediausa.com), the leading U.S. based international media representative, started today the exclusive international advertising representation of Modern Mídia and all of its media portfolio, including Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport. Modern Mídia, majority owned by Bandeirantes TV Network, operates some of the best OOH facilities in Brazil. Sao Paulo Guarulhos, known as GRU Airport, is the largest international airport in Latin America.

Major expansion projects in GRU Airport, such as the construction of additional runways, are ongoing ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games. In addition to the new Terminal 3 opened last year, the airport is retrofitting its Terminals 1 and 2 to offer the best services for its 100,000+ daily passengers. Terminal 3, which is comparable to the best airports in the world, relies on modern technology to facilitate pa ... Read more »

– Kanuma is the First Approved Treatment for Patients Suffering from LAL-D, a Life-threatening Ultra-rare Metabolic Disorder –

CHESHIRE, Conn - Tuesday, September 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALXN) announced today that the European Commission (EC) has approved Kanuma™ (sebelipase alfa) for long-term enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in patients of all ages with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D). Kanuma, an innovative ERT, is the first approved treatment in the European Union for patients with LAL-D, a genetic and progressive ultra-rare metabolic disease in which patients suffer multi-organ damage and premature death. Alexion expects to begin serving patients in Germany in October and is now commencing reimbursement processes with healthcare authorities in each of the major European countries.

“Today’s approval is a crucial milestone for patients with LAL-D, a grave conditio ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Friday, August 28th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

An Asian “camel keeper” died Friday evening after being struck by lightning, in Ghashabah area in Al Ain, while using the phone.

Colonel Mohammed Al Ameri, Head of the Emergency and Public Safety Department at the Abu Dhabi Police stated that the department received a report about a person who was struck by lightning. The ambulance and first responder vehicles were mobilized immediately. The victim was announced dead on site. The lightning also caused the death of 6 camels which were with the deceased.

Al Ameri advised the public to take maximum measures of protection against lightning. He urged them to follow up the weather forecast, and watch the weather to be able to spot any indications of storms; such as the gathering of dark clouds, hearing distant thunder, or seeing lightning in the distance.

He said in case of a thunderstorm, if a person is near the house or t ... Read more »

KDDI sélectionne les logiciels hautement fiables et sécurisés de Cleversafe pour gérer sa nouvelle plateforme KDDI de services dématérialisés, qui offre aux entreprises japonaises un volume de stockage atteignant le pétaoctet.

CHICAGO. - Mercredi 2 Septembre 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cleversafe, Inc., le leader en termes de parts de marché dans le domaine du stockage Web, a annoncé aujourd'hui que KDDI Corporate avait sélectionné la plateforme de stockage Web de Cleversafe pour son nouveau service de stockage d'objets au sein de sa plateforme de services dématérialisés, baptisée KDDI Cloud Platform Service (KCPS). Le service offre aux entreprises une solution de stockage Web hautement évolutive et fiable, conçue pour répondre aux besoins liés aux volumes exponentiels de données générées par la croissance rapide des données non structurées.

À l'heure où les entreprises s'efforcent de gérer et de stocker le déluge des données créées pa ... Read more »

Calling for deepening the concept of student safety

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 31st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

The Ministry of Interior renewed its call for parents to use the HEMAYATI  (meaning ‘my protection’) smartphone application with the start of the new school year in order to protect and enhance the safety of children. The application allows parents to communicate with their children around-the-clock, and includes a built-in feature that enables children to send distress calls to their parents when they feel threatened. It also provides the ability to forward the signal to Operation Rooms with a single click in the form of a “Smart SOS”, which will be given priority with a response time of only four minutes.

The HEMAYATI Application is available at the Apple Store for iOS compatible iPhones and iPads, and at Google Play for Android compatible smartphones. The smart application embodies the directives and effo ... Read more »

 Les deux sociétés s’unissent pour offrir aux clients les « Rappels de courses » Uber et un guide « Scène locale » des lieux à la mode via l’appli HHonors

MCLEAN, Virginie - Mercredi 2 Septembre 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilton Worldwide (NYSE : HLT) a annoncé aujourd’hui la conclusion d'un partenariat avec Uber, la plateforme technologique qui révolutionne la manière dont les personnes interagissent avec les villes, en vue d’offrir des fonctionnalités numériques étendues qui simplifieront et rationnaliseront l’expérience de voyage des clients Hilton.

Grâce à ce partenariat, les clients Hilton dans le monde entier peuvent définir des « Rappels de courses » Uber, des notifications automatiques pour commander des courses Uber à partir de leur hôtel et vers leur hôtel. De plus, ce partenariat procure des avantages supplémentaires aux membres Hilton HHonors. Grâce à l’appli ... Read more »

KDDI selects Cleversafe’s highly reliable and secure software platform for its new offering within the KDDI Cloud Platform Service, bringing petabyte-scale data storage to Japanese companies

CHICAGO - Tuesday, September 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cleversafe, Inc., the web-scale storage market share leader, today announced that KDDI Corporate has selected Cleversafe’s web-scale data storage platform for its new object storage service within the KDDI Cloud Platform Service (KCPS). The service provides enterprises with a highly scalable and reliable cloud storage solution designed to address explosive data demands generated by the rapid growth of unstructured data.

As today’s enterprises struggle to manage and store the data deluge created by user-, application- and machine-generated information, interest in scalable public and private cloud storage solutions has skyrocketed. Addressing this demand, KDDI’s object storage ser ... Read more »

Upon the conclusion of their participation and skilled professionalism

 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, August 31st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Dave Moss, Chief of Operations at the London Metropolitan Police, expressed his admiration for the Abu Dhabi Police Security Support members’ skills in fighting crime and uncovering the mysteries associated with crimes in record time.

In his address during the ceremony held to honor the Security Support Department’s delegation, Moss hailed the professionalism of the personnel alongside their levels of sophistication in carrying out difficult and dangerous tasks. He also expressed his admiration for their expertise, physical fitness, and their intellect; placing them amongst the most effective security members worldwide.

Meanwhile, Detective Lee Spittlehouse, Training Manager at the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre (MPSTC) of London Police, expressed his admiration for the visiti ... Read more »

Companies Team Up to Offer Guests Uber ‘Ride Reminders’ and Guide of Trending ‘Local Scene’ Venues Through the HHonors App

MCLEAN, Va - Tuesday, September 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hilton Worldwide (NYSE:HLT) today announced a partnership with Uber, the technology platform that is revolutionizing the way people connect with cities, to offer expanded digital features that will further simplify and streamline the travel experience for Hilton guests.

Through the partnership, Hilton guests around the world can set Uber ‘Ride Reminders,’ automated notifications to request Uber rides to and from the hotel. Additionally, the partnership is creating added benefits for Hilton HHonors members. Through the HHonors app, HHonors members can already book a stay, check-in, select their room, pre-order amenities and use their smartphone to enter their hotel room door with Digital Key. Later this month, HHonors members will a ... Read more »

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Tuesday, September 1st 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OPPLE Lighting and Al Manara recently concluded OPPLE’s latest seminar for the Riyadh project lighting community. The event was attended by over two hundred engineers and ministry officials, who were very much impressed by OPPLE’s quality products and its viability as a full service provider.

DP Smedema, General Manager Middle East of OPPLE Lighting stated in his opening speech, “With the current upheaval in the global lighting market, we are ready to take the vacancy as the new global A-brand, both within the region and globally. We welcome you to join us and watch us as we continue our expansion within the Saudi Arabian market with our partner Al Manara.” Mr. Shahid, Executive Director of Al Manara, who was also present, mirrored this confidence in the brand, “OPPLE has grown to be one of the strongest brands in our portfolio due to an emphasis on consis ... Read more »