The addition of data centers in Singapore, the United States and Europe makes service available worldwide

NEW YORK - Wednesday, February 20th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

First Enterprise Cloud with SDN Built-In

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Group (NYSE: NTT), today announced the global availability of the NTT Communications Enterprise Cloud, its virtualized Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering, with the availability of data centers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia Pacific. NTT Com launched its groundbreaking Software-Defined Networking (SDN)-based Enterprise Cloud via data centers in Japan and Hong Kong in June 2012. The addition of data centers in Singapore, Virginia and California in the US, and England makes the Enterprise Cloud available on a global basis. NTT Com anticipates opening three more data centers in Australia, Malaysia and Thailand in March 2013, to further enhance global c ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Tuesday, February 19th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc.’s (PMI) (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) issued the following statement today regarding the New Zealand government’s announcement that it will wait to implement standardized or "plain” packaging for tobacco products until the international legal challenges pending regarding Australia’s law are decided:

"In her official statement earlier today announcing New Zealand’s plans regarding standardized packaging, Health Minister Tariana Turia said, ‘the Government will wait and see what happens with Australia’s legal cases, making it a possibility that if necessary, enactment of New Zealand legislation and/or regulations could be delayed pending those outcomes.’

This announcement demonstrates that the New Zealand government recognizes the significant international trade issues with standardized packaging and will not implement it until the pending international le ... Read more »