Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Wednesday 28 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

The second edition of ‘Aqdar World Summit’, launched in Abu Dhabi on November 26, concluded on Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre -ADNEC. Held under the title “Role of Human Empowerment in Developing Stable Societies”, the summit was organized by the Khalifa Empowerment Program, Aqdar, in cooperation with INDEX Conferences and Exhibitions, a member of INDEX Holding, the United Nations, the National Archives, the Ministry of Education, along with several local and international bodies and entities.

Participants praised the efforts of UAE under the leadership of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, to build on the vision of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founder of the UAE, to promote the culture of human empowerment. They also praised his unrelenting efforts, with the support of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashi ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, -Wednesday 28 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

Arzan Wealth (DIFC) Limited (‘Arzan Wealth’), a Dubai-based advisory firm regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority, is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised its clients on the sale of a third property (“The Property”) from the Single Tenant Portfolio in USA.  

The Single Tenant Portfolio was acquired in June 2017, consisting of 6 single-tenant net-leased buildings with a total of 760,533 sq ft, located in 6 states in the US, and sectorally diversified with healthcare, industrial, and office assets, and with tenants that enjoy strong credit ratings and reputations in their markets.

The sold property is an industrial building located in Aiken, South Carolina. Built in 2014, the 175,000 sf building was constructed to the highest institutional standards. Owens Corning occupies 100% of the space on a lease term set to expire on January 31, ... Read more »

• Sharjah’s children tell the world: ‘It is every child’s right to live in a safe place like us’

• 500-plus school children in attendance

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 27 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The children and youth in the emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, sent a message to the world, saying: “It is every child’s right to play, be happy, to learn, to be creative, it is every child’s right to live in a safe place like us. The children of Sharjah call on the entire world that every city becomes a child-friendly city.”

The call came during the First Sharjah Child and Youth Friendly Carnival, coinciding with Universal Children’s Day and celebrating Sharjah’s recent accolade of being named a UNICEF Child-Friendly City.

The carnival saw Sharjah’s streets come alive to the sound of music as street performers and 500-plus families ... Read more »

 Company seeks $12.8 million refund of costs paid to Oracle

LAS VEGAS -Tuesday 27 November 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, provided the following statement relating to Rimini Street v. Oracle, which is currently pending before the United States Supreme Court:

“The Solicitor General of the United States recently filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court case of Rimini Street v. Oracle. The Solicitor General’s brief endorses Rimini Street’s interpretation of the Copyright Act’s cost-shifting provision, concluding that ‘[Oracle’s] contrary reading … stretches [the statute] beyond what its text can bear.’ The brief further concludes that the U.S District Court award of $12.8 million in non-taxable litig ... Read more »

MUNICH & PFORZHEIM, Germany-Friday 23 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Political course corrections, coupled with the alarming reports on climate conservation, have led the organizers behind Power2Drive and other endorsers to initiate a manifesto. The aim is to deepen the close connection between e-mobility and renewable sources of energy and achieve a sustainable future. The smarter E Europe, the largest energy industry platform in Europe, will demonstrate the potential held by this combination of mobility and clean energy, and the pressing need to pay greater attention to sector coupling.

The organizers behind Power2Drive have formed a strong alliance committed to the idea of a successful transition to renewable sources of energy in the transportation sector. Some of the declaration’s first signatories include the German Federal Association for eMobility (BEM), the German Association of Energy Market Innovators (bne), the German Association ... Read more »

LONDON-Tuesday 27 November 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- ExaGrid, a Nutanix Elevate Partner, announced today that it will participate as a Gold sponsor at Nutanix’s annual .NEXT Europe conference on November 27-29. At the event, ExaGrid will present its “Nutanix-Ready” hyperconverged backup storage solution that supports the leading backup applications used with AHV, including solutions from HYCU, Veeam, Commvault, Veritas, and others. At the event, Graham Woods, Vice President of International Systems Engineering at ExaGrid, will lead a session on next-generation enterprise cloud and backup storage, and ExaGrid will be hosting Booth G05 in the Golden Village at ExCeL.

Customers attending .NEXT will learn how they benefit from a true end-to-end, seamless storage environment when combining Nutanix, their supported backup application, and ExaGrid. Nutanix pioneered the hyperconverged infrastructure space, which combines compute, storage and n ... Read more »