Company Joins Climate Savers Program to Broaden Collaboration on Climate Efforts

CINCINNATI - Thursday, September 17th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced today a new goal to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions from its facilities by 30% by 2020. The goal was developed in partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This new goal is based on the best available science and represents an important step forward in the Company’s continued efforts to minimize its greenhouse gas emissions that impact climate change.

In addition, the Company is joining the Climate Savers Program, a program sponsored by WWF to enable leadership companies to collaborate and accelerate their efforts to address climate change.

P&G selected a stretching target of 30% after considering the latest science presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A 30% reduction will ensure that P&G is supporting g ... Read more »

SAP veteran to lead “Phase III” market expansion efforts as Oracle and SAP customers increasingly consider independent maintenance

LAS VEGAS - Wednesday, September 16th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support services for SAP SE’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 Yorio Wakisaka has been appointed country manager of Japan, effective September 15th. In this role, Wakisaka is responsible for leading the next phase (Phase III) of growth for Nihon Rimini Street, including strengthening Rimini Street’s presence outside of Tokyo, building out the service delivery engineering team and expansion of operations to support the Company’s fast-paced growth in Japan. ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG & PARIS. - Wednesday, September 16th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announced today that it has been awarded "Operator of the Year" by Euroconsult (the leading global consulting firm, specialising in space markets) at the 19th edition of the World Satellite Business Week in Paris.

Winners are chosen by a panel of industry experts from Euroconsult, SpaceNews and Satellite Finance who assess candidates using qualitative and quantitative criteria.

The "global satellite operator of the year" award recognises the best achievements in terms of revenue, EBITDA margin and growth, as well as subscriber growth.

"On behalf of my colleagues and SES, I am honoured to be awarded "Operator of the Year" by Euroconsult. At SES, my colleagues and myself are relentlessly working towards our vision to be the foremost worldwide provider of satellite enabled communication service ... Read more »

HEIDELBERG, Germany - Wednesday, September 16th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Heidelberg University Hospital announced today that Joe Kiani, Founder of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation will deliver the keynote address at the first annual Heidelberg Interdisciplinary Patient Safety Symposium, to be held September 25 and 26, 2015, at the Print Media Academy in Heidelberg, Germany.

“We are honored to have the Founder of the world Patient Safety Movement at this year’s Heidelberg Interdisciplinary Patient Safety Symposium,” said Christopher Neuhaus, co-founder of the Symposium. “We created this Symposium because many of the patient safety meetings we attended seemed to be centered on political or theoretical discussions instead of easily implemented solutions. Our goal is to not only promote awareness about the patient safety issues in Germany but to empower clinicians that attend with the tools they need to improve patient safety ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Monday, September 14th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior continued to visit and offer condolences to the families of the Emirati martyrs and armed forces heroes who died in the line of duty while participating in the Arab Coalition's 'Operation Restoring Hope' in Yemen.

His Highness visited and offered his condolences yesterday, Sunday, at the mourning majlis of the following martyrs: Issa Ibrahim Al Badaoui in Hatta area in Dubai; Saud Mohammed Al Saadi in Defta area in Fujairah; Saif Issa Al Naqbi in Khorfakkan area, Rashid Nasser Al Zaabi, Hassan Mohammed Al Tunaiji and Rashid Mohammed Al Balushi in Kalba area in Sharjah.

His Highness also visited today, Monday, the condolences majlis of martyrs Fahed Al Blushi in Ajman, Khalifa Badr Suleiman Abdullah in Al Muwafjah area, Jamal Majed Al Muhairi in Al Nouf area in Sharjah, Saeed Ahma ... Read more »

 Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding between the Telecommunications Institute of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, China Mobile Research Institute and ZTE to cover in-depth cooperation on TDD/FDD data roaming and VoLTE

SHENZHEN, China - Friday, September 18th 2015 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, announced the signing of a cooperation agreement on TD-LTE technology with China Mobile Research Institute and South Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP).

The tripartite Memorandum of Understanding will cover in-depth cooperation on technologies including TDD/FDD data roaming and VoLTE, addressing possible interconnection and interoperability issues as TD-LTE networks are constructed in South Korea. The agreement will further promote the convergence of TDD ... Read more »