HOB leverages F5's expertise to help joint customers implement highly efficient, security hardened, and easy-to-manage application access solutions without requiring client side installation or running into administration rights issues

CADOLZBURG, Germany - Wednesday, July 31st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HOB, a leading provider of secure remote access and business connectivity solutions today announced that it has joined F5 Networks’ Technology Alliance Program (TAP). By partnering with F5, HOB gains the scale and flexibility of F5’s BIG-IP® Access Policy Manager® as an enforcement and authentication proxy. This helps customers maximize the value and ease of deploying browser-based RDP access.

"HOB is focused on providing business connectivity solutions that provide secure remote access to company resources for all kinds of customers and industries – from small companies to large enterprises,” said Klaus Brandstätter, CEO of HOB. "Not all solutio ... Read more »

ST. HELIER, Jersey, Channel Islands. - Wednesday, July 31st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) O3b Networks today announced that its first 4 satellites have successfully cleared in-orbit testing (IOT) following their launch in June. The company has now taken over control and operation of the satellites from their manufacturer Thales Alenia Space.

The Ka-band satellites are in a unique medium earth orbit of 8062km above the earth, in order to minimize latency.

O3b is scheduled to launch its next 4 satellites on September 30. The company will formally launch its commercial service later in the year.

A third four-satellite launch is planned for 2014.

Jean Loic Galle, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, said: "We are very pleased to celebrate the in orbit acceptance of the first four O3b satellites. With the upcoming 4 additional satellites to be launched at the end of September, we wish great success to O3b Networks in the development of its business. This major ... Read more »

DANVERS, Mass - Wednesday, July 31st 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Cell Signaling Technology, Inc. (CST) of Danvers, MA, announced today that it has granted Cepheid, Inc., a worldwide non-exclusive license to CST patent rights relating to the detection of ALK gene rearrangements for the field of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) diagnostic testing. Cepheid will develop a test, which is intended to identify non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements.

Lung cancer is the world's leading cause of cancer death with more than 1.6 million new cases diagnosed each year. About 85 percent of lung cancer patients have the non-small cell type and are usually diagnosed with advanced disease and a very low survival rate. Preliminary epidemiology suggests that approximately 3–5 percent of NSCLC patients have tumors positive for the ALK fusion gene.

CST and one of its partners own dominant rights to the intellectual pro ... Read more »

NERVIANO, Italy & SURESNES, France - Tuesday, July 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nerviano Medical Sciences, the largest pharmaceutical R&D facility in Italy, one of the leading oncology-focused, integrated discovery and development companies in Europe, and Servier, a leading research-based European pharmaceutical company today announced a collaboration and worldwide license agreement to further develop and commercialize first-in-class Nerviano compounds inhibiting the protein kinase TTK/MPS1. A key regulator of mitosis TTK/MPS1 is aberrantly overexpressed in a wide range of tumours and represents a promising target in oncology.

Terms of the collaboration include an upfront fee of € 8 million and a potential for up to € 100 million in option fees, clinical and regulatory milestones in addition to royalties for the sale of licensed products.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nerviano will complete the preclinical development of the lead ... Read more »

SmartNode Branch eXchange (SNBX) from Patton offers trouble-free transition to all-IP communications for small-to-medium enterprises

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Tuesday, July 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

SmartNode™ VoIP... More than just talk!

(BUSINESS WIRE) Patton Electronics—U.S. manufacturer of SmartNodeTM VoIP equipment—is now taking orders for the SmartNode Branch eXchange (SNBX) for September shipment.

>>Join Patton’s education webinar about the SNBX tomorrow July 31, 2013 at 9:00 AM EDT.

The new SmartNode IP-PBX appliance for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) supports up to 500 SIP endpoints (phones) and up to 128 concurrent calls (64 with transcoding).

Featuring pre-installed Windows 7 and 3CX PBX software, Patton’s SNBX simplifies the transition to all-IP communications for small and mid-sized organizations—and the integrators and value-added resellers that serve them.

"It’s about as close to zero downtime as you could realistically ... Read more »

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Tuesday, July 30th 2013

Business Momentum Continues

    Deposit Balances up 4 Percent Companywide From Q2-12 to $1.1 Trillion
    First-lien Mortgage Production up 40 Percent From Q2-12 to $25 Billion
    Global Wealth and Investment Management Reports Record Revenue, Pretax Margin, Net Income, Asset Management Fees and Loan Balances
    Commercial Loan Balances up 20 Percent From Q2-12 to $381 Billion
    Global Investment Banking Fees up 36 Percent From Q2-12 to $1.6 Billion; Maintained No. 2 Ranking in Global Investment Banking Fees
    Total Noninterest Expense of $16 Billion, Down $1 Billion From Q2-12
    Credit Quality Continued to Improve With Net Credit Loss Rates Below 1 Percent for the First Time Since Second Quarter of 2006

Capital and Liquidity Remain Strong

  & ... Read more »

Bank of America Reports Second-QuarME Newswire / Business Wire

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Tuesday, July 30th 2013

Business Momentum Continues

    Deposit Balances up 4 Percent Companywide From Q2-12 to $1.1 Trillion
    First-lien Mortgage Production up 40 Percent From Q2-12 to $25 Billion
    Global Wealth and Investment Management Reports Record Revenue, Pretax Margin, Net Income, Asset Management Fees and Loan Balances
    Commercial Loan Balances up 20 Percent From Q2-12 to $381 Billion
    Global Investment Banking Fees up 36 Percent From Q2-12 to $1.6 Billion; Maintained No. 2 Ranking in Global Investment Banking Fees
    Total Noninterest Expense of $16 Billion, Down $1 Billion From Q2-12
    Credit Quality Continued to Improve With Net Credit Loss Rates Below 1 Percent for the First Time Since Second Quarter of 2006

Capital and Liquidity ... Read more »

Built-in Connectors Allow Another Google Device to Display High-Resolution Video, Presentations and Games on HDTVs, Monitors and Projectors


SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Tuesday, July 30th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Google’s new Nexus 7 tablet displays an array of new features, including a faster processor and a thinner, lighter profile than its predecessor. But one of its most powerful new features is the ability – thanks to its built-in SlimPort® interface – to connect with TVs, projectors and computer monitors to play home videos, give presentations or even function as a mobile gaming system controller.

Manufactured for Google by Taiwan’s ASUSTeK Computer Inc., the new Nexus 7 tablets use Analogix’s SlimPort solution, which allows users to connect and display content from their tablets on any size screen with full-HD theater-quality resolution, 3D graphics and audio. Consumers benefit from SlimPort immediately by:

    Connecting to ... Read more »

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LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, July 30th 2013

SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that the SES-6 satellite has successfully completed its extensive in-orbit testing and is now fully operational and in commercial service at the orbital position of 40.5 degrees West. The 53rd SES satellite was successfully launched on board an ILS Proton booster from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on June 4, 2013.

SES-6 was built by EADS Astrium in Toulouse, France, based on the highly reliable Eurostar E3000 platform. The satellite is equipped with 43 C-band and 48 Ku-band transponders. SES-6 had a launch mass of 6,100 kg, features a wingspan of 40m with its solar arrays deployed in orbit, and is designed for 13 kW of spacecraft power at the end of its 15-year design lifetime. The satellite has comprehensive coverage of North America, Latin America, Europe and the Atlantic Ocean.

SES-6 replaces SES' NSS-806 satellite at the prime orbital position ... Read more »