Leading Organizations Join Forces as Brightline™ Initiative to Transform How CXOs Manage Strategic Change

BOSTON -Thursday, March 2nd 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Agile Alliance, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Project Management Institute (PMI), today announced the formation of a coalition dedicated to becoming the leading authority on strategic initiative management with the aim of helping enterprises reduce the failure rate of large-scale strategic initiatives and avoiding the resulting loss of competitive advantage and destruction of value. As founding members of the Brightline™ Initiative, these three organizations are developing a platform that will offer CXOs insights and solutions to bridge today’s recurring and expensive gaps between strategy development and strategy implementation.
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit of more than 500 senior executives worldwide found that 61% admit their organizations struggle ... Read more »

Partnership will leverage and build upon existing efforts around use of data to achieve Sustainable Development Goals

BARCELONA, Spain-Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The United Nations Foundation and the GSMA announced a partnership today at Mobile World Congress that leverages their shared objective to unlock the power of data for good, specifically to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“Better use of the data generated from digital technology has the potential to accelerate work toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals to save more lives, empower more women and create a more inclusive digital society,” said Kathy Calvin, President and CEO, UN Foundation. “The Foundation is heavily invested in the promise of data for progress, and working with the right partners who can make that vision a reality. The GSMA is an ideal partner as we work to support implementation of the SDGs.&r ... Read more »

AUSTIN, Texas -Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AquaFold, Inc. has released Aqua Data Studio 18, a major upgrade to its universal database management and analytics software, providing schema synchronization which enables users to seamlessly deploy differences from a source to a target database schema. The latest version adds significant enhancements in Visual Analytics to provide business intelligence users more ways to analyze their ever-growing data volumes quickly and efficiently. Along with a new connection monitor tool, explain plans for Amazon Redshift and Teradata, Google BigQuery Standard SQL support, and enhanced SQL editor, version 18 is the most feature-rich release to date.

"The ability to synchronize database schemas has been one of our most frequently requested features," explains AquaFold's CEO Niels Gron. "We've added synchronization capabilities for the four major database vendors and will continue to ... Read more »

X12000 Combines Exclusive CinematicColor™ Technology and Philips ColorSpark™ HLD LED Technology for Digital Cinema Quality Colour in 8.3 Million Pixels

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Sunday, February 26th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

Global No.1 DLP projector brand BenQ introduces its latest 4K UHD digital home cinema projector – X12000 with razor-sharp true 8.3 million pixel detail.  This home cinema projector strikes a perfect balance of wide-gamut high brightness from Philips ColorSpark™ HLD LED technology and cinema-accurate colours from BenQ-exclusive CinematicColor™ Technology. Bringing life to cinema with its colour precision and high brightness for well-lit home cinema rooms, the X12000 delivers an ultra-wide DCI-P3 colour gamut to authentically capture the director’s original vision to rival the picture quality of a commercial digital cinema.

With 8.3 million distinct pixels to fully meet Consumer Technology Association ... Read more »

 Mavenir Positioned to Lead Innovation in 5G Ready Network Solutions

● Mitel Mobile, Xura and Ranzure Networks have combined to form the "new" Mavenir
● Xura's CEO, Pardeep Kohli, formerly CEO of Mitel Mobile's predecessor (also named Mavenir Systems) will lead the new Mavenir
● The transaction underscores Mavenir's commitment to providing best-in-class, cloud-proven 5G and IoT ready network solutions to Communications Service Providers ("CSPs"), helping them drive service differentiation and industry innovation

RICHARDSON, Texas-Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC (“Siris Capital” or “Siris”) and Xura, Inc. (“Xura”) announced the completion of the acquisition of Mitel Mobility, Inc. (“Mitel Mobile”), a division of Mitel Networks Corporation (“Mitel”, Nasdaq: MITL, TSX: ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland-Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of a recent study conducted on low-risk patients undergoing colorectal surgery, in which researchers assessed the utility of noninvasive and continuous Masimo PVi® (Pleth Variability Index) monitoring to guide fluid management, as compared to esophageal Doppler, an invasive method. The researchers found no significant difference between the two technologies in mean total fluid administered and concluded that “PVi offers an entirely noninvasive alternative for goal-directed therapy in this group of patients.”1

In the study, Dr. Warnakulasuriya and colleagues at York Teaching Hospital in York, United Kingdom, evaluated the performance of Masimo PVi monitoring in guiding fluid management, as compared to that of an established technology, esophageal Doppler. Forty low-risk patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery wer ... Read more »

LAUSANNE, Switzerland -Wednesday, March 1st 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) today is recognized for the first time as a Global Top Employer. Since 2014, PMI has received regional and national certification as a Top Employer in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Canada, and today’s global status honors the company’s worldwide commitment to its teams. This year, certification from the Top Employer Institute was awarded to PMI teams in 34 countries, a testament to the company’s consistency and excellence in offering an enriching working environment and exceptional development opportunities for employees across the globe.

“Our success as a company relies on the men and women who come to work every day with a passion to achieve, and a willingness to learn, grow, and take on new challenges,” said Charles Bendotti, PMI Senior Vice President, Human Resources. ... Read more »