Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 31 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one among the largest jewellery retailers globally with a strong retail network of over 220 retail outlets spread across nine countries has partnered with Capillary Technologies, which helps consumer businesses achieve digital transformation using its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Powered technology platform. Capillary Technologies will help Malabar Gold & Diamonds upscale its Omni-channel customer engagement initiatives. With big data gaining momentum, Malabar Gold & Diamonds has tapped a range of AI powered solutions by Capillary Technologies to analyze data resulting in better and seamless customer experience with personalization. Capillary will help the leading jewellery brand to capture Omni-channel consumer data (across stores and online), understand consumer behavior along with their interaction with the brand at various touch points. Commenting on the partnership, Shamlal Ahamed, Managin ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France-Tuesday 31 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oslo Airport has improved its passenger experience through the deployment of MorphoFace, IDEMIA’s facial capture solution for its new Automated Border Control gates, driven by IDEMIA’s MorphoWAY solution. Following the successful launch of the product at Changi Terminal 4 and integration into the Customs Gates in New Zealand, this is IDEMIA’s MorphoFace first deployment in Europe. The new system, launched in time before the summer peak, replaces an older infrastructure with the latest technology on the market and expands automated border control to Departures at Oslo Airport. IDEMIA’s technology captures the face on the move, using no moving parts or additional lighting. Thanks to its small form factor, MorphoFace provides an unobstructed view over all gates, enhancing both passenger experience and overall security. The tailor-made project was executed in close cooperation with Avinor, Norway Police and local pa ... Read more »

LONDON-Saturday 28 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Henley & Partners, the leading global investment migration firm, has welcomed the announcement by the Government of Montenegro that it will launch its long-awaited citizenship-by-investment program in October. It follows the decision a few weeks ago by another European nation, Moldova, to award Henley & Partners the mandate to design, implement, and promote its much-anticipated Moldova Citizenship-by-Investment (MCBI) program. Henley & Partners has accumulated over 20 years of experience working with governments in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia on the design, set-up, operation, and promotion of some of the world’s most successful residence and citizenship programs, raising more than USD 7 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI). The firm has been advising the Montenegro Government for more than eight years on the possible introduction of an investment migration program. Dr. Juerg Steffen, Chief Operati ... Read more »

PARIS-Monday 30 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- TRIGO has acquired 100% of the capital of Supply Chain Services International, otherwise known as SCSI. SCSI is headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, USA, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia. This acquisition supports TRIGO’s strategy to expand its service portfolio towards advanced supply chain services and to penetrate new market segments within the transportation industry. Co-founded in 2001 by Pierre Lewin and Patrick Peronnet to strengthen relationships between suppliers and OEMs by helping them meet demand, in spec and on time, avoiding line down situations, SCSI has developed a unique expertise in designing and delivering sophisticated supply chain and quality management solutions to the off-highway vehicles market. “The acquisition of SCSI strengthens our global market leadership by providing a unique portfolio of high performance quality management solutions to international manufacturing supply ... Read more »

Ninety percent of surveyed security professionals fear that Meltdown-Spectre attacks are becoming the norm STERLING, Va.-Friday 27 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Neustar®, Inc., a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services, today released two new cybersecurity reports, reconfirming the need to take action in the face of increasing cyber threats. Both reports, The International Cyber Benchmarks Index and The Changing Face of Cyber Attacks, highlight that IT security professionals are more than twice as worried about data breaches and cyber-attacks today than they were this time last year. The International Cyber Benchmarks Index is an initiative of the Neustar International Security Council (NISC), an elite group of select cyber security leaders across key industries, that assesses the international cybersecurity landscape from the vantage point of security professionals across the EMEA and U.S. regions. Other key findings from the most recent survey inc ... Read more »

IDEMIA, the world leader in Augmented Identity, supported locally by ETC (Electronic Toll Collection system), has successfully completed a proof-of-concept to enable contactless/NFC payment in Vietnam. COLOMBES, France-Tuesday 31 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Over the 3 month proof-of-concept with the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (“NAPAS”), IDEMIA and NAPAS together found that under laboratory conditions, the WISE (White label Independent Secure EMV) kernel was proven to produce an open platform that was compatible with various form factors, applets and NAPAS chip card specifications. IDEMIA’s WISE HCE (Host Card Emulation) SDK Mobile Payment Engine designed to bring about HCE mobile payments was also covered by the proof of concept. WISE is an EMV-compliant special feature that will pave the way for contactless payments. The feature is broadly supported, so it should be soon taken up by other parties involved in payment transaction security. WISE is ... Read more »