Report Highlights Progress on Comprehensive 2020 Sustainability Goals with a Focus on Women, Water and Well-being

ATLANTA - Tuesday, September 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Coca-Cola Company today released its 11th annual Sustainability Report highlighting the progress the Coca-Cola system made in 2013 against the 2020 sustainability goals announced last year.

“Coca-Cola can only be as healthy, vibrant and resilient as the communities we proudly serve around the globe. That’s why we’re working together with our bottling partners across our system to build stronger, more active communities and advance environmental conservation,” said Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company. “Unlocking the collaborative power of the Golden Triangle of business, government and civil society organizations allows for a much greater collective impact than any one organization or even sector could hope to achieve alone.&rd ... Read more »

Few Respondents Plan to Migrate to Fusion Applications or Upgrade Current Releases; Majority of Respondents are Dissatisfied with the Cost of Oracle Annual Support

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, September 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Oracle OpenWorld 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for 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, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today revealed the top priorities and concerns of current Oracle application customers who took part in a global survey conducted by Rimini Street.

Rimini Street surveyed 139 IT and IT procurement professionals and executives representing diverse industries, roles and company sizes. Survey respondents spanned three global regions, including North America, Europe and Asia-Pac ... Read more »

License for High Efficiency Video Coding Standard with Patents from 23 Enterprises is MPEG LA’s Latest

DENVER - Tuesday, September 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- MPEG LA, LLC today announced the availability of the HEVC Patent Portfolio License (“HEVC License”). The joint license includes patents that are essential to the High Efficiency Video Coding standard (HEVC, also known as H.265 and MPEG-H Part 2) designed to improve video coding and transmission efficiency for the benefit of Internet, television, and mobile service providers and consumers with increased speed and capacity. HEVC is also expected to deliver next generation higher resolution HDTV video by broadcast, streaming, download, and 4K Blu-ray™ for 4K and 8K Ultra High Definition TV.

“The market is ready for an HEVC License,” said MPEG LA President and CEO Larry Horn, “and MPEG LA is proud to offer one. We applaud the cooperation and hard work ... Read more »

Artificial intelligence-based software company increases personnel to capitalize on the exponential capacity for growth within big data markets

HOUSTON - Tuesday, September 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Behavioral Recognition Systems, Inc. (BRS Labs), creator of AISight®, the artificial intelligence-based solution that teaches itself to recognize and alert on abnormal patterns within massive volumes of data, announced today that they have more than doubled their sales and marketing teams this year.

Recently, BRS Labs disclosed the company’s intent to go public in order to capitalize on their AISight platform’s big data potential. With the announcement today that the company has doubled their sales and marketing teams, BRS Labs has taken another step in that direction. Additions to the sales and marketing teams are a key part of the company’s strategy to explore groundbreaking new big data applications and to aggressively dev ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Tuesday, September 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- ZTE Corporation noted the Patent Re-examination Board of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China has granted the company’s application to invalidate the CN00812876.6 patent owned by Vringo Inc. and its subsidiaries.
The Patent Re-examination Board ruled that the patent asserted by Vringo lacked an inventive element, according to a notice of the decision received by ZTE today. The EP1212919 European patent and other patents equivalent to CN00812876.6, which relates to relocation in a communication system, have been asserted by Vringo in litigations against ZTE in the U.K., Germany and Brazil. ZTE is also challenging the equivalent patents in those countries.
“The decision by the Patent Re-examination Board in China is expected to serve as an important reference in other litigations that are based on equivalent patents in other markets,&r ... Read more »

NEW YORK - Tuesday, September 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has agreed to acquire the remaining outstanding shares of Copal Amba. Moody’s is currently a majority owner of Copal Amba, which was formed through the acquisitions of Copal Partners in 2011 and Amba Investment Services in 2013.

Copal Amba, a leader in the market for Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO), provides offshore research, analytics and business intelligence services to the financial and corporate sectors. Its clients range from global financial institutions and Fortune 100 corporations to boutique investment banks and asset managers.

“Copal Amba has had strong momentum since its formation and has expanded its penetration into the growing market for outsourced financial research, analytics and business intelligence services,” said Linda S. Huber, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ... Read more »

Rimini Street Q3 Results Have Already Exceeded Plan; Nearly Doubled Client Numbers and Global Contracts Demonstrate Strong Momentum

       
SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, September 30th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

Oracle OpenWorld 2014

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support for 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, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion and Oracle Retail software, today announced that combined revenue for its Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) and Oracle Database and Middleware (Oracle Technology) product lines surged more than three-fold in the trailing 12 months, growing by 248 percent, and the number of signed clients for these services nearly doubled during the same period, to over 180, indicating increased adoption of Rimini Stre ... Read more »