GSMA Advocates Collaborative Approach to Closing The Gender Gap at CSW62 as Topic Chair of W20 Engagement Group

NEW YORK-Thursday, March 22nd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The GSMA is supporting the sixty-second meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this month1 as part of its commitment to the Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs), particularly SDG 5 (Gender Equality). The GSMA’s role at the event reflects its status as Topic Chair of the Digital Inclusion theme within the W20 (Women 20) group2, which will advise the G20 member states on issues around gender equality and the economic empowerment of women. At CSW62, the GSMA and its partners will be convening parallel events across a range of topics in this area, bringing together companies in the mobile ecosystem, governments, UN agencies and NGOs.

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The Foundation’s Advisory Council Includes Dr. Jacob Frenkel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the G30 and of JPMorgan Chase International, and Prof. Myron Scholes, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

ZUG, Switzerland -Thursday, March 22nd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Saga Foundation (saga.org) announces today its mission to create Saga (SGA), the first non-anonymous blockchain-based digital currency. The currency is designed with a tamed volatility mechanism. These characteristics can set the ground for the currency to become a store of value and a medium of exchange.

Saga is designed to address legitimate concerns expressed by policy makers, regulators and market participants regarding cryptocurrencies; mainly their anonymity, lack of underlying value and high volatility.

Saga holders must satisfy full KYC (Know Your Customer) qualification and AML (Anti Money Laundering) requirements under Swiss law. With such disclosu ... Read more »

The Foundation’s Advisory Council Includes Dr. Jacob Frenkel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the G30 and of JPMorgan Chase International, and Prof. Myron Scholes, Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences

ZUG, Switzerland -Thursday, March 22nd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Saga Foundation (saga.org) announces today its mission to create Saga (SGA), the first non-anonymous blockchain-based digital currency. The currency is designed with a tamed volatility mechanism. These characteristics can set the ground for the currency to become a store of value and a medium of exchange.

Saga is designed to address legitimate concerns expressed by policy makers, regulators and market participants regarding cryptocurrencies; mainly their anonymity, lack of underlying value and high volatility.

Saga holders must satisfy full KYC (Know Your Customer) qualification and AML (Anti Money Laundering) requirements under Swiss law. With such disclosu ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Thursday, March 22nd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

Emirates Hospital, a subsidiary of Emirates Healthcare, announced three ectopic pregnancy cases that occurred in 2018. In an effort to increase awareness about ectopic pregnancies, Dr Wael Sammur, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, discussed the cases.

The word "ectopic" means "out of place". An Ectopic pregnancy occurs when the embryo is attached outside the uterus. More than 95 per cent of ectopic pregnancies are located in the fallopian tube, but they can also occur on the cervix, ovaries, or within the abdomen.

 “In less than two months of 2018, we have already had three cases of ectopic pregnancies at Emirates Hospital Jumeirah,” said Dr Wael Sammur, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. “Two of them were cases that came in through the emergency room, while the third case was diagnosed during the mother’s antenatal visits.&r ... Read more »

BERLIN-Thursday, March 22nd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Renewables Academy AG (RENAC), based in Berlin (Germany), is very proud to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Since its founding in 2008, RENAC has become an important and innovative provider of international trainings and capacity building for renewable energy and energy efficiency all around the world. More than 10,000 participants from over 140 countries have joined RENAC programmes.

In 2008, Berthold Breid, RENAC’s founder and director, had the dream to support the international development of green energy markets through know-how transfer and exchange of expertise on renewable energy and energy efficiency. “Knowledge is one of the key factors for the sustainable development of clean and secure energy supplies”, said Mr. Breid. “Through our activities, we aim at satisfying the increasing demand for expertise throughout the public sector, private sector, finance sector, and ... Read more »

 Contributes Design of Industry’s First 400G Open Network Switch to Open Compute Project

SAN JOSE-Thursday, March 22nd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- OCP Summit – Edgecore Networks, the leader in open networking, today announced its contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP) of the design of a 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400G) data center switch, the industry’s first 400G open design, that will enable public and private network operators to increase dramatically the capacity of their infrastructures.

“Four years ago, Edgecore contributed the industry’s first OCP-ACCEPTED™ network product, a 10G top-of-rack switch,” said George Tchaparian, CEO, Edgecore Networks. “Since then, we have contributed over 15 network product designs as open networking technology and deployments grew to include 25G/100G data center fabrics, deep-buffer data center interconnect switches, service provider access ... Read more »