Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, October 4th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Participants at the Ministry of Interior’s Council, hosted by Saeed Mohammed Khalaf Al Rumaithi in his residence in Al Ain, under the title “The Culture of Civilized Driving”, called for enhancing traffic awareness of the various segments of society, and especially parents, about road ethics and rules. Participants also stressed the importance of abiding by traffic laws and legal speed limits. The council, which was moderated by media personality Abdul Rahman Al Shamiri, Director General and Editor-in-Chief of Al Watan Newspaper, is part of the awareness councils organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau, in cooperation with the Security Media Department in the Directorate General of Security Support at the General Secretariat of the Office of His Highness Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The participants stressed the importance of including traffic safety awareness topics into educational curri ... Read more »

Le réseau satellitaire à haut débit et à faible latence connaît une croissance sans précédent dans différentes industries et régions géographiques ST. HÉLIER, Jersey - Mercredi 7 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--O3b Networks a annoncé aujourd’hui qu’au cours de sa première année d’exploitation commerciale, le réseau satellitaire haut débit et à faible latence a enregistré la croissance la plus rapide dans l’histoire de l’industrie. O3b a fourni plus de capacité dans sa première année d’exploitation que tout autre opérateur de satellites, avec une implantation en Afrique, en Asie centrale du Sud, au Moyen-Orient, en Asie du Sud-Est, dans le Pacifique, en Amérique du Sud, en Amérique du Nord et en Europe. O3b fournit désormais une connectivité de type fibre optique pour les opérateurs de réseau mobile (ORM) pour l’expansion des services 3G et 4G/LTE aux populations rurales, aux FSI afin de fournir sur une vraie large bande dans les chaînes d’îles isolées, aux lignes de croi ... Read more »

Synchronoss va déployer une gamme complète de logiciels d’activation et de Cloud à destination de plus de 40 million d’abonnés BRIDGEWATER, New Jersey - Mercredi 7 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ : SNCR), le leader de l’innovation dans le domaine de la téléphonie mobile proposant des solutions Cloud et l’activation logicielle aux opérateurs de téléphonie mobile, revendeurs et équipementiers du monde entier, a annoncé aujourd’hui avoir été choisi par l’opérateur de téléphonie mobile vietnamien Mobifone pour déployer une large gamme de services et solutions Synchronoss pour une valeur contractuelle totale estimée de plus de 80 millions de dollars au cours des trois prochaines années, et qui procurera un retour sur investissement significatif aussi bien pour Mobifone que pour Synchronoss dans ce marché à la croissance rapide. Les produits et services Synchronoss incluront : La solution d’activation d’appareils et de transfert de cont ... Read more »

High throughput, low latency satellite network achieves unprecedented growth across industries and geographies ST. HELIER, Jersey - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- O3b Networks today announced that over its first year of commercial operation, the company’s high throughput, low latency satellite network has become the fastest growing in satellite history. O3b has contracted more capacity in the inaugural year of operation than any other satellite operator with a foothold in Africa, South Central Asia, the Middle East, South East Asia, the Pacific, South America, North America and Europe. O3b is now providing fiber-like connectivity to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to expand 3G and 4G/LTE services to rural populations, ISPs to provide true broadband on isolated island chains, cruise lines to bring guests and crew high-speed broadband and mobile connections, Oil and Gas companies to reduce costs and improve crew welfare and governments to add flexibility to ... Read more »

Synchronoss to deploy full suite of activation and cloud software to more than 40 million subscribers BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNCR), the mobile innovation leader that provides cloud solutions and software-based activation for mobile carriers, retailers and OEMs around the world, today announced that it has been chosen by Vietnamese mobile operator Mobifone to deploy a wide range of Synchronoss services and solutions with an estimated total contract value to exceed $80M over the next three years and will generate a significant return for both Mobifone and Synchronoss in this rapidly growing market. Synchronoss products and services will include: Synchronoss Mobile Content Transfer™ device activation and content transfer solution to easily provision subscribers with new smartphones containing the personal content from their old device Award-winning white label Synchronoss Personal Cloud™ s ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sunday, October 4th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Dr. Michael’s Dental Clinic, the leading and most advanced dental health care provider in the region, welcomes Dr. Ladan Sahirad to its team. She is an accomplished dentist with over 10 years of private practice in London, UK. “Dentistry is a career that provides plenty of rewards and challenges as well as an opportunity to help people and make communities healthier by restoring oral health and transforming the lives of the patients,” Dr. Ladan said. “Plus, it’s fairly independent and flexible and you can exercise creativity in your daily work.” She earned her Doctorate in Dentistry from Tehran Dental University in 2003 and pursued advanced trainings in GKT Dental Institute in London and Sheffield Dental School prior to gaining full UK Registration as a General Dentist in 2005. In 2012, she successfully completed a year-long Smile Makeover and Full Mouth Rehabilitation by the Advanced Dental Seminars, the UK’s most ... Read more »

Opening First Quarter 2016, New Facility Expands Company’s Global Reach and Capacity to Address Growing Market for Revenue Lifecycle Management SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- ServiceSource® (NASDAQ:SREV), the global leader in customer revenue growth and retention solutions, today announced it is expanding its global presence and accelerating its growth engine with a new service delivery center in the Philippines. The new facility, located in a region fast becoming a hub for global enterprise expansion, is scheduled to begin operations in the first quarter of 2016. As a result, ServiceSource will vastly increase its global competitiveness, expand its capacity to serve current and future customers, as well as accommodate the growth in demand for its Revenue Lifecycle Management (RLM) solutions around the world. This new Philippines center will increase ServiceSource’s capacity to deliver 24/7 operations, enabling the company to provide faste ... Read more »

Over 61% of research participants indicated that they are seeing ROI from end-user computing initiatives SYDNEY - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Large organisations are immature when it comes to planning end-user computing initiatives, preferring to measure feedback instead of acting strategically. That’s because they’re unsure of how to approach the concept of end-user computing as a cohesive strategy, and manage the proliferation of devices and their associated security risks. At the same time, organisations around the globe are considering a more user centric approach by introducing mobility concepts into their organisation. This is highlighted in the 2015 Mobile Workforce Report published today by Dimension Data. The company surveyed 730 organisations employing 1000 - or more – staff across five regions, 11 countries, and 14 industries. The research was undertaken to understand the challenges that CIOs are facing when it comes to adopting a user centr ... Read more »

Utility to provide capabilities to mutualize operations and technology costs LONDON. - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley today announced they have joined with SmartStream to create a new Reference Data Utility. The SmartStream Reference Data Utility, informally known as Securities Product Reference Data (SPReD), will provide services for instrument reference data normalization and validation across all asset classes. The founding banks will also become clients of the utility. The service will provide clients with a multi-tenanted, auditable environment for data collection, cleansing, and change management based on customized integration standards to generate a flexible, bespoke security master database. Leveraging common market processes, incorporating best practices and individual controls, consumers of instrument data across capital markets will benefit from savings and operations improvements as clients of t ... Read more »

HOUSTON - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Highlights: Solution enables high-quality, secure communications with extended bandwidth Delivery to nearly 100 sites around the world Supports critical applications including data logging, drilling, streaming video and telemedicine (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Harris CapRock Communications has transitioned 36 oil and gas customers to its Advanced Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) solution, providing on-demand bandwidth service to nearly 100 sites around the world. Harris CapRock’s Advanced VSAT is the first secure, cost-effective service that dynamically reassigns satellite capacity according to need and availability in real time to meet the growing communications requirements of offshore and deepwater operations. Harris CapRock’s dynamic bandwidth management architecture provides customers the required capacity for applications ranging from data logging or drilling at the critical part of a well to streaming a training video or treatin ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Mercredi 7 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Replicor annonce que le recrutement de patients est en cours pour son deuxième essai de phase II sur des patients de race blanche, qui vise à évaluer l'innocuité et l'efficacité antivirale de REP 2139-Mg ou de REP 2165-Mg en combinaison avec Viread® et Pegasys® ou Zadaxin® chez des patients souffrant d'une hépatite B chronique Ag HBe négative. La conception du protocole REP 401 (NCT02565719) s'appuie sur l'expérience de Replicor avec REP 2055 et REP 2139-Ca suite aux 4 essais de phase II qu'elle a précédemment menés sur des patients asiatiques et de race blanche atteints d'une hépatite B ou hépatite B / D. Cet essai comparatif randomisé introduira la formulation de nouvelle génération de REP 2139 (REP 2139-Mg) et un nouveau polymère à base d'acide nucléique, REP 2165 (sous la forme REP 2165-Mg). REP 2165 est une version de REP 2139 conçue pour être éliminée plus rapidement de l'organisme qui, dans le cadre d'évaluation ... Read more »

Créée pour les professionnels de la conformité, le nouveau portail offre une intégration Kroll sans précédent de conseil, de technologie, de données et de diligence raisonnable NEW YORK - Mercredi 7 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll, leader mondial en identification et en atténuation des risques, a annoncé aujourd'hui la sortie du Portail de conformité Kroll, spécialement conçu pour permettre aux professionnels juridiques et de la conformité de gérer les défis réglementaires et de conformité associés aux relations avec des tiers, d'automatiser les activités de conformité et d'accéder de manière transparente à l'expertise éprouvée et mondialement reconnue de Kroll. « Avec le lancement du Portail de conformité Kroll, nous proposons aux sociétés une solution extrêmement souple et efficace pour la gestion des risques liés aux tiers », a déclaré Lee Kirschbaum, président de la branche Conformité de Kroll. « Grâce à la combinaison de la solution technologique avec l'accès ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] Major General Dr. Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Emirates Animal Welfare Society, encouraged community members to engage in volunteer work that fosters positive behaviors towards animals. This recommendation stems from the belief in the positive environmental and biological role of animals, in addition to their vital importance for human survival, and maintaining ecological balance. The Emirates Animal Welfare Society had taken part in the campaign titled ‘Protect Me, I shall Protect You’at the Emirates Park Zoo in Al Bahia, Abu Dhabi. The campaign was organized in conjunction with World Rabies Day, and aims to spread awareness on animal care and welfare, maintaining animals’ hygiene, the importance of pet vaccinations on time, and regular veterinary checkups. In his speech on the occasion, Brigadier Mohammed Hamid bin Dalmouj Al Dhaheri, Emirates Animal Welfare Society Representative, asserted t ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Monday, October 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Replicor announces that the recruitment of patients is underway for its second Phase II trial in Caucasian patients that will assess the safety and antiviral efficacy of REP 2139-Mg or REP 2165-Mg in combination with Viread® and Pegasys® or Zadaxin® in patients with HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B infection. The design of the REP 401 protocol (NCT02565719) draws on Replicor’s experience with REP 2055 and REP 2139-Ca from its 4 previous Phase II trials in Asian and Caucasian patients with HBV or HBV / HDV infection. This randomized controlled trial will introduce the next generation formulation of REP 2139 (REP 2139-Mg) and a new NAP, REP 2165 (as REP 2165-Mg). REP 2165 is a version of REP 2139 designed to be more rapidly eliminated from the body which in pre-clinical evaluations showed similar antiviral activity with significantly reduced accumulation in the liver compared to REP 2139. The EU GCP compliant REP 40 ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japon - Mercredi 7 Octobre 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)--Panasonic Corporation a annoncé aujourd'hui avoir développé un matériau d'encapsulation des semi-conducteurs pour appareils électriques à la pointe de l'industrie*1 qui résiste à une chaleur (température de transition vitreuse) supérieure à 210 °C pendant un durée prolongée. Les premières livraisons de ces produits de la série CV8540 débuteront en octobre 2015. Les exigences n'ont cessé d'augmenter pour que les véhicules consomment moins d'énergie et que les appareils embarqués soient réduits et allégés. Pour répondre à ces attentes, l'industrie s'intéresse particulièrement aux appareils électriques à base de carbure de silicium (SiC) ou de nitrure de gallium (GaN). Toutefois, lorsqu'ils sont embarqués dans un véhicule, les appareils électriques doivent présenter un niveau supérieur de résistance aux températures et aux tensions élevées, ainsi qu'une fiabilité remarquable à long terme. Les dispositifs en silicium ... Read more »

Built for compliance professionals, new portal delivers unprecedented Kroll integration of advice, technology, data and due diligence NEW YORK - Monday, October 5th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kroll, the global leader in risk identification and mitigation, today announced the release of the Kroll Compliance Portal, specially designed to enable compliance and legal professionals to manage the regulatory and compliance challenges associated with third party relationships, automate compliance activities and seamlessly gain access to Kroll's time-tested and globally recognized expertise. “With the launch of the Kroll Compliance Portal, we are giving companies an extremely flexible and efficient way to manage the risks associated with their third parties,” said Lee Kirschbaum, President of Kroll’s Compliance business. “By combining a technology solution with access to experienced due diligence analysts and investigators, we enable organizations to prioritize their resources and ... Read more »

Region’s First Programmatic Moment Marketing Solution Enables Brands to Synchronise Campaigns with Real Time Events, Including Stock Prices, Weather Conditions and TV Ads DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, October 6th 2015 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Xaxis, the world’s largest programmatic media and technology platform, announced today the launch of its moment marketing solution, Xaxis Triggers, in the MENA region. The product is the Middle East’s first to allow advertisers to synchronise their digital campaigns with external events in real time. For example, a change in weather forecast can be used to trigger a complementary programmatic campaign across devices and at scale for relevant products. In addition to weather conditions, actionable triggers include stock prices and TV ads. With Xaxis Triggers, advertisers gain an always-on media activation tool that serves ads based upon both real time events and user interests. The product works by determining whether the user w ... Read more »