SAN DIEGO-Wednesday, November 8th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Progenity Inc., a private biotechnology company, announced today the completion of a privately placed $125 million Series B financing comprising equity and debt. The financing was led by a fund managed by an existing investor, Athyrium Capital Management.

“We are grateful for the continued support of our existing investors, and we welcome the new investors to the Progenity team,” said Harry Stylli, Executive Chairman and Founder, Progenity Inc. “The net proceeds from this financing will be used to accelerate development of our transformative gastrointestinal (GI) platform targeting diagnostics and therapeutics for the GI tract, including precision molecular diagnostics tools, precision therapeutics, microbiome analytics, and consumer health nutrition. In addition, the proceeds will be used to enhance our menu and service offerings to our physician clients in the Pr ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--IDEMIA, the global leader in trusted identities for an increasingly digital world, provides remote activation service for IoT devices such as wearables from SoftBank, a leading mobile network operator in Japan.

With the explosion in the number of smartphones around the world, the progressive roll-out of mobile broadband and the arrival of 5G, as well as the growth in the Internet of Things, mobile network operators have more than ever a key role to play in the mobility ecosystem. They must now be able to offer exemplary levels of network availability and quality, in order to guarantee perfect continuity of the user experience, while ensuring the optimum security of all data exchanged.

To achieve this, IDEMIA (formerly known as OT-Morpho) is ready at all times to deliver high-quality and smoothly-integrated solutions and services to ensure this network availability and the continuity o ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA, the global leader in trusted identities for an increasingly digital world, today announces its partnership with JCB, the leading international payment network in Japan, to introduce the future of biometric payments to Japanese customers.

With F-Code, the new generation biometric payment card which replaces your PIN code with your fingerprint, a new chapter opens up for biometric payments in Japan and within regional JCB core markets. F-Code reinforces the user’s security and privacy by ensuring a unique and universal identification. It also helps retailers speed up the check-out process as well as enabling banks and governments to reduce illegitimate access to services and prevent identity fraud and theft.

After JCB’s successful introduction of the JCB Tokenization Platform (JTP) in collaboration with IDEMIA in 2016, a strong partnership has been es ... Read more »

LUCKNOW, India-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji today unveiled HCL Foundation’s biggest corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative called ‘Samuday’- a rural development initiative to create model villages, which has touched lives of around six lac people in the state.

HCL Foundation, the CSR arm of HCL Technologies, launched Samuday in 2015. Currently the project is being implemented in three blocks of Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh. Since its launch, Samuday has impacted around six lac people in 90,000 households across 720 villages through interventions in fields of education, agriculture, livelihood, health, infrastructure, water & sanitation.

Speaking on the occasion, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath Ji, said, “I congratulate HCL for launching ‘Samuday’ in Uttar Pradesh. It makes ... Read more »

 MEF-certified Ethernet services from SES Networks provide customers with standardised service options that are easily and seamlessly integrated into current operations

LUXEMBOURG-Tuesday, November 7th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES Networks has achieved the rigorous MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification, making it the first and only global managed data service provider capable of delivering ubiquitous, high-performance, carrier-class Ethernet networks and services worldwide over satellite.

The MEF CE 2.0 certification is recognition that SES Networks now has the capability to deliver today's most advanced, high-performance and secure Ethernet services across its global footprint. Achieving MEF certification is the first of SES Networks’ many initiatives to transform the role of satellite-enabled services as a pillar of mainstream global connectivity.

The MEF association and its members drive standards ... Read more »