LONDON-Wednesday 3 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Outbrain, the world's leading discovery and native advertising platform on the open web, announced the completion of the acquisition of Ligatus, a leading European native advertising platform currently working with many of Europe’s premium publishers such as RTL, Le Monde and Stern.

This acquisition marks a further step towards Outbrain's goal of developing its Discovery platform into a comprehensive premium native solution for both advertisers and publishers and continues Outbrain’s strategy of strengthening the group's capabilities in digital media.

This combination of two leading native platforms allows Outbrain and Ligatus to combine technology, data and expertise to drive innovation and best in class leadership in the fast-growing native market. Part of this strategy includes a strong European leadership team, bringing together seasoned industry leaders to drive the Ou ... Read more »

ZephyrTel also joins AWS Partner Network, ramps up cloud development

LONDON -Wednesday 3 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZephyrTel, a division of ESW Capital dedicated to serving global telecommunications operators, is pleased to announce that it has today signed a telecom-focused Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS).

This agreement comes less than a year after ZephyrTel’s formation and is testament to the company’s growth strategy and focus on cloud leadership in the Telco market. The strategic collaboration agreement will initially be focused on a joint go-to market approach based on ZephyrTel’s industry leading Customer Experience Management platform, ResponseTek for Telco, which was the first ZephyrTel solution to be migrated to AWS.

Work is already underway to migrate other ZephyrTel solutions to AWS, including Mobilogy, OASIS Cloud Contact Centre, Volt Delta 360 Directory Assistance, Peer ... Read more »

Velodyne Alpha Puck™ Recognized for Providing Rich Computer Perception Data in Mobile Mapping Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wednesday 3 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has been named as a finalist in the Vision/Camera Systems & Components category of the XCELLENCE Awards by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI). Velodyne was selected from a pool of accomplished applicants as one of several finalists. Winners will be announced during the awards ceremony at AUVSI XPONENTIAL on Tuesday, Apr. 30 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. CDT at McCormick Place in Chicago.

XCELLENCE awards finalist Velodyne Alpha Puck™ delivers a high-resolution surround-view image to accurately measure and analyze any environment for mobile mapping, as well as real-time inspection, detection, and monitoring applications. The performance, range, and compact form factor of Velodyne sensors enable developers to design ... Read more »

Velodyne’s Support of Competition Accelerates Autonomous Vehicle Development

SAN JOSE, Calif. -Wednesday 3 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Velodyne Lidar, Inc. participated as a gold sponsor in the recent Japan Automotive AI Challenge. The university student competition, organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, brought together student teams to compete for artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm accuracy during autonomous driving on test roads.

The challenge, which took place at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan on March 23-24, 2019, supports education of AI engineers in autonomous vehicle (AV) development. AI algorithms developed by the teams were installed in self-driving motorized karts and used in a test-track competition. Each of the autonomous karts was equipped with Velodyne Puck™ lidar sensors to provide the rich perception data needed for autonomous driving. The team from the University of Tokyo emerged ... Read more »

TAIPEI-Wednesday 3 April 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) announced today that the 2019 COMPUTEX International Press Conference will be held with a Keynote by AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. The 2019 COMPUTEX International Press Conference & CEO Keynote is scheduled for Monday, May 27 at 10:00 AM in Room 201 of the Taipei International Convention Center (TICC) in Taipei, Taiwan with the keynote topic “The Next Generation of High-Performance Computing”.

"COMPUTEX, as one of the global leading technology tradeshows, has continued to advance with the times for more than 30 years. This year, for the first time, a keynote speech will be held at the pre-show international press conference,” said Mr. Walter Yeh, President & CEO, TAITRA, “Dr. Lisa Su received a special invitation to share insights about the next generation of high-performance computing. We look forward to her part ... Read more »