LONDON - Tuesday, June 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDG Connect, the data publishing arm of the world’s largest technology publisher IDG, has launched a new website designed to cover the way countries all over the globe are being changed by ICT.

Available at www.idgconnect.com, the IDG Connect site will feature contributions from expert writers on the ground in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australasia and the Americas. It will emphasise ways in which new technology trends are transforming societies and economies in both established and developing countries and regions. It will also feature reports based on unique research conducted by polling a database of business and IT decision makers across 130 countries.

"Technology and communications are changing everything from trade to education and health,” said Martin Veitch, IDG Connect Editorial Director. "Lots of people talk about covering the global technology scene but we’re really doing it: finding out what’s g ... Read more »

HOUSTON - Tuesday, June 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Stallion Oilfield Holdings, Inc. (the "Company”) announces today that it is seeking commitments for a new senior secured term loan in an aggregate principal amount of up to $350,000,000 (the "Term Loan”) and an increase of commitments under its existing asset-backed loan facility ("ABL”) from $50 million to $65 million. The proceeds from the Term Loan are intended to be used to redeem the remaining $134 million of the Company’s senior secured notes due 2015, fund a portion of an approximately $217 million dividend to the Company’s stockholders, and fund transaction costs and for other corporate purposes.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Jefferies Finance LLC will act as joint lead arrangers and book managers for the Term Loan and Bank of America, N.A. will continue to act as administrative agent under the ABL.

The Term Loan will be guaranteed by all of the Company’s domestic ... Read more »

CipherONE® best-in-class protection is cost-effective, simple to deploy and manage, and supports broad network requirements

CONCORD, Mass - Tuesday, June 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Technical Communications Corporation (NasdaqCM: TCCO) launches its Cipher X® 7211 IP encryptor with KEYNET IP Manager, providing superior-grade security for data in transit, with a unique combination of scalability, performance, flexibility and ease of use for maximum cost efficiencies over broad network requirements, including multicast applications. Download photos, view video.

John Maher, director of Engineering and Product Development at TCC, said, "The innovative design of the Cipher X 7211 makes adding, managing and upgrading comprehensive communications security easy and cost-effective regardless of network topology and requirements, media or application. Securing data in transit is a critical component of a cybersecurity strategy.”

CipherONE Optimize ... Read more »

ANX621X Family Receiver Chips Allow Next Generation Notebooks and Mobile Device Users to Continue Connecting With Legacy Projectors and Displays


SANTA CLARA, Calif - Tuesday, June 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced the availability of its new ANX621X Family of discrete DisplayPort™ to video graphics array (VGA) converter chips, which allow PC and mobile phone makers to continue designing notebooks, tablets and phones that work with the millions of installed VGA-compatible projectors, monitors and TVs.

Microprocessor makers have increasingly been dropping integrated analog VGA transmitters from their devices to reduce costs and power consumption. Yet many enterprise and consumer users still require VGA connectivity to display their video output on existing projectors and other devices.

Analogix’s ANX621X Family line addresses the continued need for VGA connectivity with a selection of three DisplayPort r ... Read more »

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Tuesday, June 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Asia Pulp and Paper Group (APP) today announces that its commitment to end deforestation in its supply chain continues to protect Indonesian rainforest. The announcement comes as the company releases the third update to its Sustainability Roadmap ‘Vision 2020’.

APP’s Forest Conservation Policy (FCP), which ended natural forest clearance in the company’s supply chain, was announced on February 5 this year. Natural forest will be identified through High Conservation Value (HCV) and High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments currently underway across all APP land concessions in Indonesia. The assessments, which are set to be completed early next year, are being undertaken by The Forest Trust (TFT) and independent HCV assessors, to determine which parts of APP’s supplier concessions contain natural forest, all of which will be protected.

The company has today announced an absolute deadline of August 3 ... Read more »

AMSTERDAM - Tuesday, June 4th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News :

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is pleased to announce that its new strategic development plan and business objectives will be presented on September 5th, 2013.

The plan will be released after the closing of the Euronext Amsterdam market and the associated presentation will be made available on the investors section of Gemalto’s website at http://www.gemalto.com/investors .

An investor conference, held in New York City, will immediately follow the announcement and will be accessible through a live webcast. Detailed information about the conference will be made available on Gemalto’s website in the coming weeks.

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with 2012 annual revenues of €2.2 billion and more than 10,000 employees operating out of 83 offices and 13 Researc ... Read more »

COMPUTEX TAIPEI 2013 Booth: T101C

TOKYO - Monday, June 3rd 2013 [BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire]

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that it will start sample shipments of its enterprise SSD (eSSD) "PX02SM" series, including "PX02SMB160", which has a 1.6TB capacity, the largest-class [1] of storage capacity in the market, in July.

Targeted at applications requiring the highest levels of eSSD performance, the PX02SM series is Toshiba's first eSSD to utilize eMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) NAND technology, with capacities of 200, 400, 800GB[2] and 1.6TB[2], and is Toshiba's first offering with a dual-port 12Gb/sec SAS interface with a form-factor equivalent to industry-standard 2.5-inch HDDs. With 900MB/s of sequential read speed and a random read speed of 120kIOPS [3], the PX02SM SSD series can expand the data transfer capabilities of high-end servers and tiered high-end storage systems.

The PX02SM series features Toshiba's original QSBC[4] error ... Read more »

PARIS - Monday, June 3rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The Gores Group, a global investment firm, and France Telecom-Orange, a worldwide telecom operator, announced today that The Gores Group has completed the acquisition of Etrali, Orange Business Services – Trading Solutions, a subsidiary of France Telecom Orange. Following the acquisition the company will be rebranded as Etrali Trading Solutions.

Etrali Trading Solutions, a global company, headquartered in Paris, France, is a leading provider of voice and electronic trading infrastructure and services for the trading communities. These solutions bring additional value including regulatory compliance solutions incorporating fixed and mobile voice recording capabilities. Etrali Trading Solutions also owns and operates a global, state-of-the-art (MPLS) voice and data network dedicated to the trading industry.

"The Gores Group is very excited to be the new majority shareholder of Etrali Trading Solutions, alongside a talented ... Read more »

LUME-Lung 1 results represent the first advance in almost a decade in overall survival for patients where initial chemotherapy has failed

INGELHEIM, Germany - Monday, June 3rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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The LUME-Lung 1 Phase III clinical trial results showed that the novel investigational compound nintedanib*, an oral triple angiokinase inhibitor, extended life by 2.3 months for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) adenocarcinoma patients when added to docetaxel, versus placebo plus docetaxel.1 These results will be presented today at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago.

LUME-Lung 1 showed an overall survival benefit for a second-line treatment which is added on to chemotherapy, compared to chemotherapy alone. Overall survival was significantly prolonged in the group of adenocarcinoma patients with nintedanib* plus docetaxel versus placebo plus docetaxel (12.6 vs. 10.3 months ... Read more »

FotoFinder presents the first system for Automated Total Body Mapping (ATBM). It documents and analyses the entire skin surface in less than three minutes and detects skin changes for the doctor.

BAD BIRNBACH, Germany - Monday, June 3rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- High-risk patients are checked regularly for signs of skin cancer. Up to now, these examinations were time-consuming and tended to concentrate on single moles. But that’s all about to change: it is now possible to record images of the entire skin surface in less than three minutes and to monitor it continuously for changes. The new FotoFinder bodystudio ATBM system controls the entire imaging process automatically. This ground breaking procedure has been presented at the Congress of the German Dermatology Society in May 2013.

ATBM examinations involve taking patient photographs from four sides. Unlike conventional body photography, the ATBM features a fully automated camera positioning in order ... Read more »