iTest solution ensures world championship motorsports team’s real-time race systems monitoring is as fast as the action on track 

LONDON-Wednesday 12 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the world leader in test, measurement, assurance, and analytics solutions for next-generation devices and networks, today announced that Aston Martin Racing (AMR) is using its Test as a Service (TaaS) platform, iTest, to assist the iconic automotive brand’s bid for FIA World Endurance Championship GTE category success.

Aston Martin Racing deploys a high-speed local area network (LAN) trackside to connect team drivers and cars with the pit crew, engineers and managers on pit lane, to carry radio communications, telemetry and video data. The FIAWEC Super Season includes some of the world’s most grueling tests of driver and car – including the famous Le Mans 24 Hours – hence flawless networ ... Read more »

Emirates Rehabilitation & Homecare is now the region’s only healthcare provider with CARF International accreditations for post-acute inpatient, outpatient and home health services

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, -Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

CARF International announced that Emirates Rehabilitation & Homecare Services (ERHC) has been accredited for three years for its Home and Community-Based Rehabilitation program (Adults, Children & Adolescents).  This accreditation decision represents the highest level of accreditation that can be given to an organisation and shows ERHC’s substantial conformance to the CARF standards. With this latest accreditation, Emirates Rehabilitation and Homecare Services is now the region’s only healthcare provider with CARF accreditation for its post-acute inpatient, outpatient and home healthcare programs.

An Emirates Healthcare Company, ERHC is operated and managed by NMC ProVita Intern ... Read more »

Energy Management: Future of FM

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

On the back of rapidly evolving technologies and digital revolution across multiple industries, Facilities Management (FM) companies are now starting to go through a significant transformation to catch up with the new demands in the marketplace. Competing in the industry and maintaining significance without following industry megatrends is no longer an option for FM providers with traditional service portfolios. Now, more than ever, it is essential for FM companies to advance towards integrating Workplace Management, Smart Technologies and Energy Management (EM) services into their offerings.

Energy Management is one of the fastest growing trends that is significantly disrupting the FM industry. Energy Management, a recent white paper from Frost & Sullivan’s Energy & Environment practice discusses the growing trends in EM, increasin ... Read more »

Energy Management: Future of FM

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

On the back of rapidly evolving technologies and digital revolution across multiple industries, Facilities Management (FM) companies are now starting to go through a significant transformation to catch up with the new demands in the marketplace. Competing in the industry and maintaining significance without following industry megatrends is no longer an option for FM providers with traditional service portfolios. Now, more than ever, it is essential for FM companies to advance towards integrating Workplace Management, Smart Technologies and Energy Management (EM) services into their offerings.

Energy Management is one of the fastest growing trends that is significantly disrupting the FM industry. Energy Management, a recent white paper from Frost & Sullivan’s Energy & Environment practice discusses the growing trends in EM, increasin ... Read more »

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

Sharjah Finance Department signed yesterday on Monday, an agreement with Sharjah Islamic Bank to cooperate in banking services to be provided to clients of both sides, in the context of Making the payment service easer to the clients and enabling them to pay service charges and Government transactions easy and safe way.

The signing ceremony at the headquarters of the central finance Department between HE Waleed Al Sayegh, General Director of the central finance Department, HE Mohammed Abdullah, CEO of Sharjah Islamic Bank, in the presence of a number of officials and senior officials from both sides.

The Convention covers the continued cooperation between the Department and the Bank to ensure the regularity of service operations in all banking channels, including telephone and Internet services available and ATMs and smart applications, charging the account through cheques and direct paymen ... Read more »

Strategic Partnership Delivers Best-in-Class Campus Commerce and Credential Solutions

ATLANTA -Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN), a leading worldwide provider of payment technology and software solutions is pleased to announce that its TouchNet business was named “Partner of the Year” by Ellucian, a provider of software and services that power higher education, at its Partner Forum reception during the annual EDUCAUSE Conference this year in Denver, CO.

TouchNet was recognized for its collaborative efforts to deliver streamlined engaging, cloud-based, student commerce and credential solutions. This honor further demonstrates the depth and breadth of the TouchNet platform and its dedication to delivering software-driven and technology-enabled strategies to institutions of higher education.

“TouchNet’s commitment to delivering maximum value enables Ellucian to consistently ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

Grundfos, the award-winning world leader in advanced pump and water application systems, took part in the Retrofit Seminar, a two-day leading event organized by the Danish Embassy on the 5th and 6th November 2018 at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, Dubai.

Green at heart and at the forefront of sustainability, Grundfos was in alliance with the Danish embassy for this event, alongside a number of renowned Danish companies, Danfoss, AVK, Kamstrup, Hempel, Rockwool, Epiito and Jskoncept A/S.

The seminar, which was conveniently hosted in the very first passive autonomous house in the UAE, was attended by Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin, Ambassador of Denmark to the UAE; Ali Al Jassim, Ceo of Etihad ESCO, SEWA's Eng. Afra Alowais and other associates from SEWA. It brought together Danish suppliers and experts and a significant turnout of more than 90 visitors each day; in a bid to enhance dia ... Read more »

Mr. Bode is the former General Manager of the Pratt & Whitney Columbus Engine Center

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CTS Engines, the global leader for mature engine maintenance within the Aerospace & Defense industry, announced today that it had hired Tom Bode as its Senior Vice President, Operations. In his new role, Mr. Bode will be responsible for all operations, quality, and engineering functions, and will report to Vesa Paukkeri, CTS Engines’s President and COO. Since 2008, Mr. Bode has been the General Manager of the Columbus Engine Center for Pratt & Whitney, a company he joined in 2000. Prior to 2000, Mr. Bode worked at GE Aviation, where he was a quality and engineering leader.

“As the General Manager of CEC, Tom managed over 700 employees across multiple engine production lines and reduced overhaul turnaround times through the promotion of Lean manufacturing principles,” s ... Read more »

Informa Exhibitions, Saudi looking to grow regional and global portfolio in KSA

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

Informa Exhibitions, Saudi, a newly opened country branch of Informa Exhibitions is looking to grow Saudi Arabia’s non-oil sector with its events in 2019. The expansion into KSA this year comes at a pivotal time as the country prepares for its Saudi Vision 2030 goals, a blueprint for economic diversification to usher the country into a post-oil era.

The Saudi branch will look at bringing world-class events into the Kingdom next year as well as establish their footprint in the exhibitions’ industry with their list of regional and global events. Among the events billed for 2019 is the 8th edition of Cityscape Jeddah, expected to be Jeddah’s largest real estate exhibition, taking place from the 5-7 April at the Center for Forums and Events.

Part of the Cityscape portfolio, Cityscape Jeddah will bri ... Read more »

CHANGSHU, China-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- On October 25, 2018, the 13th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands declared that Changshu was put on the list of the first “International Wetland Cities” in the world, in recognition of its success in the protection of wetland ecology. The award is arguably the most influential on a global scale—supreme and unchallenged. It was against this backdrop that the project of Changshu Shanghu International Health Demonstration Zone was commenced.

Covering an area of about 40 million square meters, Changshu Shanghu, a national wetland park, is slap bang in the middle of the city, including 800-hectare ecological lake, four parks and ten places of interest. In compliance with the strategy for Healthy China 2030, the characteristic “Modern Healthy Lifestyle and Five Healthy Systems” will improve the quality of China&rsquo ... Read more »

IWATA, Japan-Tuesday 11 December 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7272) announced today that it has formulated its long-term vision until 2030, and a New Medium-term Management Plan for the three-year period starting in 2019.

For its long-term vision, Yamaha Motor has created the slogan “ART for Human Possibilities” and devised a growth strategy heading for 2030. For increasingly diversifying people's values and the environment around societies, the Company will implement its growth strategies while promoting solutions to social issues based on its own historical values.

While maintaining the earning power from existing businesses, the new medium-term management plan will allocate resources to strategic growth areas such as new business, and work toward achieving consolidated net sales of 2-trillion yen and a consolidated operating income of 180 billion yen.

This press release features multimedia. Vi ... Read more »