With Intel Inside®, Android Jelly Bean and best-in-class camera, ZTE’s new flagship smartphone promises instant performance

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MONACO – May 15, 2013 - ZTE today introduced the ZTE Grand X2 In smartphone with Intel Inside® at the MedPi conference in Monaco. Featuring the Intel® Atom™ Processor Z2580 with up to 2GHz, Android Jelly Bean OS, an advanced 8MP camera and 1080p movie and video play back, the ZTE Grand X2 In provides high quality experience for the demanding and value conscious user.

The ZTE Grand X2 In provides instant performance with its advanced dual core Intel® Atom™ Processor Z2580 with hyper-threading running on the Android Jelly Bean operating system. Users can enjoy faster webpage loads, application launch times and content download times, as well as amazing graphics capabilities and responsive multitasking.

ZTE’s new flagship smartphone also boa ... Read more »

LONDON - Wednesday, May 15th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SmartStream Technologies, the financial Transaction Lifecycle Management specialist, today announced the global roll-out of its TLM Accounts Receivable solution to help banks deliver a holistic receivables management solution to their corporate clients.

TLM Accounts Receivable was originally developed in conjunction with a major financial institution in Asia to meet a growing market need. Seeing that transaction banking could provide revenue generating opportunities, the bank was looking to diversify the menu of services offered to its corporate clients, thus increasing customer loyalty and share of wallet. Due to the multiple payment channels available, many corporates face the challenge of visibility of payments to invoices, tracking these payments and reporting on Daily Sales Outstanding (DSO). Therefore the bank wanted to be able to provide an intelligent receivables solution that would encapsulate midd ... Read more »

VERSAILLES, France - Wednesday, May 15th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Trusted Labs, a leading expert in security consulting and evaluation services today announced that it has provided know-how, formal assurances and Common Criteria expertise to complete the first EAL7 certification – the utmost level of security – for embedded software on a smart card.

This evaluation provides Gemalto’s Sealys ID Motion multi-issuer eID secure document with mathematically proven assurances on its Virtual Machine in charge of the secure isolation between the hosted applications.

Trusted Labs once again accomplishes a successful high-level evaluation, confirming EAL7’s applicability on an industry scale. This project also demonstrates the benefits of fulfilling high-level security requirements on development and testing – with the product and specifications being reinforced - in order to increase trust in product security.

The French Certification Body ANSSI (1) issue ... Read more »

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BARCELONA - Tuesday, May 14th 2013

Generator has this week officially opened the doors of its first venture in Spain. The new Barcelona property brings the brand’s range of urban design hostels to eight across Europe, with significant further growth planned.

The latest opening signals a period of expansive growth for the industry’s largest freehold hostel group, which is backed by Patron Capital. As the only design-led hostel company with multiple locations, Generator also plans to extend its portfolio beyond its current European reach.

Josh Wyatt, Investment Director at Patron Capital responsible for the Generator brand, said: "In 2007 we set out to create an original hostel concept: the marriage of superb locations, unique buildings, cutting-edge design and an energy-driven public space fostering local culture and social engagement. We felt the market, specifically budget-conscious travellers from the core youth market as well ... Read more »

HOUSTON - Tuesday, May 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As PanAtlantic celebrates its one year anniversary, several key events are being announced today:

    Construction of the new office facility downtown Houston, Texas is complete. The Company now occupies over 50,000 square feet in the prestigious Fulbright Tower at 1301 McKinney.
    In Brasil, PanAtlantic has submitted relinquishment documents for blocks BM-S-71, BM-S-72 and BM-S-63 due to the failure to find commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. Additionally, the Company elected not to participate in Bid Round 11 resulting in the cancellation of submittals to ANP.
    PanAtlantic is pleased to announce the ratification of entry into two blocks in Equatorial Guinea:
        Entering Block W with Murphy Exploration as Operator, a 3D seismic acquisition program will begin late 2013. Murphy has a working interest of 45%, ... Read more »

Gemalto First and Only Company in the World to Receive Eal7 Certification for Smart Card Embedded Software

AMSTERDAM - Tuesday, May 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653), the world leader in digital security, today announced that its Sealys ID Motion smart card software dedicated to national government programs has received "Common Criteria EAL7 certification”. EAL7, or Evaluation Assurance Level 7, represents the highest level of security assurance within the international security evaluation scheme, also known as Common Criteria.

By achieving this independent and government-recognized security certification, Gemalto has set a new landmark for government smart card security. It is the first time a smart card embedded software provides such a level of assurance. With Sealys ID Motion, clients will also benefit from a portfolio of applications, built from Gemalto’s experience in over 80 governm ... Read more »

Acquisition enables Guidewire to better serve Property/Casualty insurers’ data management and business intelligence needs

FOSTER CITY, Calif - Tuesday, May 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE), a provider of software products for Property/Casualty (P/C) insurers, today announced it has acquired Millbrook, Inc., a provider of data management and business intelligence (BI) solutions for P/C insurers. The addition of Millbrook’s technology will enable Guidewire customers to accelerate replacement of their legacy core systems and to improve management of operational data in their policy, billing, and claims functions.

Guidewire provides a proven software suite enabling P/C insurers to replace legacy core system environments that constrain their business ambitions. A modern data management infrastructure can enhance the benefits while reducing the cost, risk, and duration of legacy system replacement initiatives. To this end, ... Read more »

MONTREAL - Tuesday, May 14th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announced today that Genetec’s unified security platform, Security Center is certified ImmerVision Enables, the leading 360-degree video standard.

"With this ImmerVision Enables certification, our customers can now have all-encompassing panomorph views of their security environment, with good image clarity and zero blind spots,” said Francis Lachance Associate Director of Product Management at Genetec. "This becomes yet another feature that helps them improve situational awareness to make quicker, more informed decisions.”

Genetec Security Center unifies video surveillance, access control and license plate recognition systems under a single platform, while also offering an amazingly intuitive user experience. Now by complementing their existing installation with their choice of panomorph c ... Read more »