Project Expected to Help Alleviate Current Electricity Problems in Iraq

HOUSTON - Thursday, December 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded the Mansuriya Full Field Development contract to perform front end engineering and design (FEED) studies and Quality Control Support Services (QCSS) for the Turkish Petroleum Overseas Company (TPOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), in Diyala Province, Republic of Iraq. The Mansuriya project is expected to help alleviate current problems with intermittent electricity experienced in Iraq by supplying fuel to power stations and feedstock for industrial plants.

KBR will perform FEED studies and QCSS during the EPC phase for the field’s production and export systems, which systems extend from immediately downstream of the well up to and including the road-loading gantries at the liquefied petroleum gas storage and loading facility and sulph ... Read more »

IT security specialist presents innovation – now callers can make encrypted calls even to people not using secure telephones

MUNICH - Thursday, December 6th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SecurStar (www.securstar.com) is a pioneer in encrypted voice communication. The big advantage of its brand new PhoneCrypt Universal is that secure voice communication is now possible even with parties who do not use an encryption device. This has not previously been possible, as both parties needed to have a special phone to establish an encrypted connection. The SecurStar office telephone for secure communication in real time encodes data with military-grade encryption and is easy to use.

Conventional mobile and landline phone networks are not secure. Protection of data and privacy should be the basis for secure business and private communication.

More convenience with encrypted voice communication

For this purpose, IT security specialist SecurStar developed ... Read more »

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SAN ANTONIO - Thursday, December 6th 2012

The Board of Directors of the parent company of Kinetic Concepts, Inc.and LifeCell Corporationis pleased to announce that Timothy E. Guertin has agreed with the parent company’s financial sponsors to join the Board of Directors.

Mr. Guertin has been involved in the healthcare industry for over 35 years. He is the former president and chief executive officer of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. During his career at Varian Medical Systems, Mr. Guertin served in several key management positions, including as Chief Operating Officer from October 2004 to February 2006 and as Corporate Executive Vice President from October 2002 to August 2006. Prior to that time, he was President of Varian’s Oncology Systems business unit from 1992 to January 2005 and a Corporate Vice President from 1992 to 2002. Mr. Guertin is also a member of the board of directors of Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and Teradyne, Inc. In add ... Read more »

PRIME platform helps leading African client drive payments innovation

COLUMBUS, Ga. & NAIROBI, Kenya - Wednesday, December 5th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today announced the celebration of its 15-year partnership with Kenya’s Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA), one of East Africa’s leading banks.

CBA became a TSYS client in 1997 when it began using the PRIME card management solution to manage issuing, acquiring, co ... Read more »

RALEIGH, N.C - Thursday, December 6th 2012

(BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire)-- Red Hat Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, will discuss results of its third quarter fiscal year 2013 on Thursday, December 20, 2012, beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET.

A live webcast can be accessed on Red Hat's Investor Relations Web page http://investors.redhat.comand a replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after the conclusion of the live events.

About Red Hat, Inc.

Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth ... Read more »

ANKARA, Turkey & LUXEMBOURG - Wednesday, December 5th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that Turkish public broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), has selected SES to reach audiences in sub-Saharan Africa. TRT will use capacity on SES-5 located at 5 degrees East to broadcast its free-to-air digital channel TRT Turk and its radio channel Turkiyenin Sesi Radyosu (TRS) to the region using the satellite’s unique Ka-band uplink capabilities, allowing for flexible operations between Europe and Africa.

With a line-up of almost 500 TV channels and access to nearly 25 million homes across Europe and Africa, SES’ 5 degrees East orbital position provides growth opportunities for broadcasters and offers a wider choice of TV programmes for viewers. SES-5 was launched in July 2012 and complements SES' successful ASTRA 4A satellite at this orbital position providing additional and extended coverage over South Africa, No ... Read more »

TOKYO - Wednesday, December 5th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has created and is distributing an application that simplifies and enhances wireless data transfers between smartphones and "FlashAir™", the SDHC memory card with embedded wireless LAN functionality. The app, "FlashAir", is currently available free of charge for Android devices through Google Play™ and an iOS version is scheduled for launch in spring next year.

The app makes wireless connections between Android devices and the Card easier and quicker to execute. A list of files and folders stored on the card are displayed and they can be downloaded selectively or as a batch.

About "FlashAir™"

"FlashAir™" is an SDHC Memory Card that incorporates a wireless LAN chip set plus antenna for wireless communications. The Card supports wireless sharing and transfers of photos from digital cameras to smartphones and tablets. "FlashAir™" was launched in Japan in March ... Read more »

ATLANTA - Wednesday, December 5th 2012 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SIPCO, LLC is pleased to announce that Digi International, Inc., a worldwide leader in energy management technology, has become a member of the Essential Wireless Mesh™ ("EWM”) Patent Portfolio by taking a license to SIPCO’s patents in the EWM Patent Portfolio.

About SIPCO, LLC

SIPCO is a leading innovator of mesh networking and related technology based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded by renowned inventor T. David Petite, SIPCO developed technologies enabling robust self-organizing wireless networking and related technologies known as Wireless Mesh in conjunction with IntusIQ. Wireless Mesh is used in protocols such as ZigBee, Z-Wave, IEEE 802.15.4, WirelessHART and proprietary mesh network and in other wireless applications such as SmartGrid, building automation, industrial controls, network backhaul, smart vehicles, home appliances, home automation and entertainment, sensor monitoring, healthcare ... Read more »