Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, August 22nd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

The management of the Air Wing Section at the Abu Dhabi Police, represented by the training department, organized a specialized session for 34 police officers. The session included simulated flying exercises on two kinds of aircraft and a three-stage training session that took place in Dubai, Sweden and Italy.

Lieutenant Colonel Pilot Salem Khalifa Al Suaidi, Head of the Training Department at the Air Wing Section, said that the session represents the Abu Dhabi Police General Headquarters’ (GHQ) strategy for developing police entity capabilities and informing officers about emerging developments in their respective career fields. He also mentioned that participants of the first group were distributed among four other groups in Sweden and each of them got a 14-hour training session on how to fly an aircraft.

Furthermore, he mentioned that the participants of the second stage were distributed ... Read more »

Company Benefits from Significant Savings and More Robust Service Model for SAP Since 2010

LAS VEGAS - Saturday, August 24th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading third-party maintenance and support provider for enterprise software, including SAP AG’s (NYSE: SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE: ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database and Hyperion software, today announced that Color Spot Nurseries, a leading wholesale producer and distributor of specialty horticulture, has continued to successfully expand its SAP footprint to meet growing and changing business needs while leveraging Rimini Street Support since 2010. When it switched from SAP vendor support to Rimini Street Support more than three years ago, Color Spot greatly improved the level of support it receives for its SAP system, and at the same time, was able to cut its annual maintenance and support costs ... Read more »

TOKYO - Friday, August 23rd 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today held a groundbreaking ceremony in readiness for the start of construction of Phase 2 of Fab 5, the company’s state-of-the-art fabrication facility (fab) at its Yokkaichi Operations memory production facility in Mie Prefecture.

Toshiba will expand Fab 5 to secure manufacturing space for NAND flash memories fabricated with next generation process technology and for 3D memories. Construction will be completed in summer next year, and decisions on equipment investments and production levels will reflect market trends.

Three fabs at Yokkaichi Operations currently mass produce NAND flash memories, including Fab 5 phase 1. Fab 5’s construction was planned around two phases, the first of which went into operation in July 2011. After giving careful consideration to the balance of product supply and demand, and noting a recovery driven by growing demand for smartphones, tabl ... Read more »