COLOMBES, France -Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, and Altran, the global leader in Engineering and R&D services (ER&D) are teaming up to develop a new user experience based on driverless vehicles interacting with the human environment and with different infrastructures called “Columbia”, a connected, autonomous, and multi-use vehicle integrating Artificial Intelligence.

IDEMIA technological innovations and solutions, combined with Altran experience and knowhow, aimed at creating two services in one:

    An assisted driving car for personal use based on a shared transport concept
    A transport solution for professional users, including dropping off and collecting items along the route

IDEMIA, with its mastery of leading edge biometric and facial recognition technologies, provides security and enhanced user convenience by cr ... Read more »

GENEVA-Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The global air transport sector supports 65.5 million jobs and $2.7 trillion in global economic activity, according to new research released today by the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG). The report, Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders, which can be downloaded at www.aviationbenefits.org, explores the fundamental role civil aviation plays for today’s society and addresses the economic, social and environmental impacts of this global industry.

Launching the report at the ATAG Global Sustainable Aviation Summit in Geneva, ATAG’s Executive Director, Michael Gill, said: “Let’s take a step back and think about how advances in air transport have changed the way people and businesses connect with each other – the reach we have today is extraordinary. More people in more parts of the world than ever before are taking advantage of safe, fast and efficient travel.”

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 Large scale live deployment of cloud native VNFs with several Tier 1 mobile operators enabling dramatically different economic and business models 

RICHARDSON, Texas-Wednesday 3 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mavenir, focused on transforming mobile network economics for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that CloudRange™, its industry leading Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and container management and orchestration (MANO) platform, has large scale live deployments with a number of Tier 1 mobile operators worldwide. Mavenir has deployed comprehensive Cloud Native Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs) such as vEPC, vSBC and vIMS, supporting VoLTE, RCS, and various IMS service applications for consumer and enterprise segments while delivering on the NFV promise of increased business agility, network elasticity and enabling new commercial opportunities.

CloudRange™ allows CSPs to realize addition ... Read more »

Photo exhibition by French artist duo Audic-Rizk and a variety of activities are taking place.

TOKYO-Wednesday 3 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Panasonic Corporation is holding "The Moment" from October 2 to December 2, 2018. This is a special exhibition authorized as a project to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and Japan at the Panasonic Center Tokyo (3-5-1 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo). This exhibition is the second round for FY2018 of the“Let's Build Tokyo Together”(*) interactive activity project.

It is a photographic exhibition with a primary focus on culture. The French duo Audic-Rizk, who has artistic roots in Tokyo, is expressing athletes' vitality to the max in photos and highlights their crowning moments with Panasonic's projector called Space Player. The event is also offering activities based on the theme "Sports X Photos."
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 Better alternatives to cigarettes are available now that can help hasten the end of smoking

LAUSANNE, Switzerland-Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM) is today publishing its position paper on its views surrounding the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP8) to the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC). With more than one billion people expected to be smoking in 2025, PMI is urging the WHO, the hundreds of delegates convening in Geneva this week, and the wider public health community to embrace the potential of innovative alternatives to cigarettes in order to achieve the UN’s sustainable development goals for non-communicable diseases as quickly as possible.

Available on PMI.com, the position paper acknowledges that smoking prevalence is in decline, but argues that the pace of that decline could be much faster.

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NEUCHATEL, Switzerland-Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of an abstract presented at the 2018 Congress of the French Society of Anesthesia and Resuscitation (SFAR) in Paris in which researchers at CHU Angers in France investigated the ability of Masimo ORi™ (Oxygen Reserve Index) to help clinicians reduce the number of days ICU patients experience hyperoxemia while on mechanical ventilation.1 ORi, available outside the U.S., is a noninvasive and continuous parameter intended as a relative indicator of a patient’s oxygen reserve during moderate hyperoxia (partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood [PaO2] in the range of 100 to 200 mmHg). ORi can be trended and has optional alarms to notify clinicians of changes in oxygenation.

Noting that hyperoxemia can lead to patient morbidity and mortality in ICU patients, and that oxygen saturation (SpO2) cannot detect hyperoxemia, Dr. Brochant ... Read more »

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- What if the designated driver of the future was a self-driving car? How would such technology solve the drunk driving epidemic? Velodyne LiDAR is proud to partner with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) to create an online educational destination with information on how autonomous vehicles can help prevent roadway collisions. The site explains the basics of autonomous driving in easy-to-understand language for all audiences. The September 30, 2018 site launch is the result of Velodyne LiDAR and MADD’s inaugural year of partnership.

Coinciding with the Walk Like MADD event in San Francisco, Velodyne will publish a webpage spotlighting a series of informational videos. “Both Velodyne and MADD see this as a crucial move in their crusade against further casualties of impaired driving. Velodyne is eager to share its confidence that fully autonomous vehicles will spark global health bene ... Read more »

Congressional inaction leads to nation’s continued fiscal deterioration in the 3rd quarter WASHINGTON-Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the Debt Default Clock Review Committee completed its second update of the Debt Default Clock. The Debt Default Clock estimates how much relative time remains before the Federal government’s fiscal policies lead to a fiscal crisis resulting in major disruption to the American economy and the treasury securities markets. The Review Committee has seen continued deterioration in the Federal government’s fiscal position since the initial assessment and has concluded that the clock now stands at four minutes to midnight. Baker Spring, Chairman of the Review Committee, said, “The Review Committee believes the large absolute amount of outstanding Federal government debt, and the burgeoning size of these obligations relative to the United States economy, along with the predominantly short-term maturity st ... Read more »

 Company recognized with thirteen awards from three prominent award organizations

LAS VEGAS-Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, today announced it has been honored with multiple award wins from three prestigious award groups for the Company’s unwavering dedication to providing outstanding service delivery to clients around the world. Rimini Street won a total of thirteen awards across three prominent award organizations – Stevie® International Business Awards, Globee® Awards and Customer Sales and Service (CSS) World Awards® – in categories for Customer Service Department of the Year, Customer Service Leadership of the Year, Customer Service Team of the Year, Customer Service Executive of the Year, and Company of the ... Read more »

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Massive Adoption Drives Enhanced Printing Experience for Android Users

SAN RAMON, Calif.-Wednesday 3 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Mopria® Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization providing universal standards and solutions for print and scan, is celebrating more than 1 billion installations of Mopria print technology after founders established the Alliance five years ago.

Widespread adoption of Mopria technology includes the Mopria Print Service app for Android devices and it is also pre-installed on select Amazon Fire, Huawei and ZTE devices. Additionally, Mopria technology is integrated in the Samsung Print Service for Samsung Galaxy phones, as well as the Android Default Print Service offered in Android 8 and Android 9.

“The strong continued growth of Mopria shows that printing is still in demand in the modern mobile age,” said Greg Kuziej, Chairman of the Board at the Mopria Alliance. &ldqu ... Read more »

COLOMBES, France-Tuesday 2 October 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, has been awarded “Innovation Partner of the Year” by Westpac, Australia’s market leader in point of sale consumer and commercial finance.

At Westpac’s supplier dinner in presence of its core suppliers from various industries, IDEMIA received an Innovation award, in recognition for the success that the PayWear product has achieved since it was launched in late 2017.

Locally designed and developed by IDEMIA in Australia in close collaboration with Westpac, the Westpac PayWear is part of a new generation of payment wearables, made for everyday life. The device is waterproof, does not require recharging and is durable enough to be worn every day.

The success of PayWear in the Australian market is in keeping with the immense popularity of contactless payments, with over 85% of payments occurring over contactless ... Read more »