New offering enables improved performance of battery-electric vehicles

FRANKFURT, Germany -Thursday 12 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

    The Mobil EV™ offer helps battery electric vehicles to travel further between charges, extend equipment component life and promote safer operation
    The launch highlights close collaboration between ExxonMobil and original equipment manufacturers to meet consumers’ evolving mobility ambitions

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobil announced today the global launch of its Mobil EV™ offering at the 2019 IAA, which features a full suite of fluids and greases designed to meet the evolving drivetrain requirements of battery electric vehicles. In combination, plug-in hybrids, battery electric and fuel cell vehicles are predicted to exceed 20 percent of the world’s light-duty fleet by 20401.

 “Mobility is changing and electric vehicles are becomin ... Read more »

TYSONS, Va.-Thursday 12 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) today announced that the company’s Board of Directors has elected Mike Salvino as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective today.

Salvino succeeds Mike Lawrie, who has served as DXC’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer since the company’s formation in 2017. Lawrie has announced his retirement as President and CEO and will retire as DXC’s board chair on Dec. 31, 2019.

“Mike Salvino, who joined DXC’s board in May 2019, is a respected leader in the IT services industry with more than 30 years of experience and a strong track record of building profitable businesses that delivered value for clients and shareholders,” said Manoj P. Singh, Chair of the Board's Nominating Committee.

Lawrie and the DXC board began discussing succession and planned retirement about a year ago. With his support, th ... Read more »

 • Gemalto SafeNet Data Protection on Demand service rolled out across fintech payment chain

PARIS LA DÉFENSE-Thursday 12 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Thales today announced that Treezor, the leading banking-as-a-service platform in France, has deployed Gemalto SafeNet Data Protection on Demand solution to provide security across its entire payment chain, from tier one banks and neo-banks to crowdfunding organizations.

As an electronic money issuer, Treezor is bound by a variety of data privacy regulations and requirements, including requirements from the French Regulator (ACPR), the Mastercard network and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Treezor is required to implement strong data security controls to protect personal financial information and other sensitive data. After evaluating several providers, Treezor selected SafeNet Data Protection On Demand (DPoD) due to its ability to provi ... Read more »

 ***New ‘Simjacker’ vulnerability exploited by surveillance companies for espionage operation***

DUBLIN-Thursday 12 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Following extensive research, AdaptiveMobile Security, a world leader in cyber-telecoms security, today announced it has uncovered a new and previously undetected vulnerability. This vulnerability is currently being exploited and is being used for targeted surveillance of mobile phone users. The vulnerability and its associated attacks have been named, ‘Simjacker’ as it involves the hijacking of SIM cards and threatens mobile phone users across the globe.

Simjacker extracts the location information of mobile phone users from vulnerable operators, retrieved using malicious SMS messages. The location information of thousands of devices was obtained over time without the knowledge or consent of the targeted mobile phone users. Based on previous intelligence, it is likely ... Read more »

Offering a signature combination of “traditional luxury” and “contemporary luxury” the new hotel looks forward to welcoming guests from all over the world

TOKYO-Thursday 12 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In a much-anticipated event and to the delight of its many followers worldwide, The Okura Tokyo, the new flagship hotel of Hotel Okura Co., Ltd, today opened its doors to the public.

The original Hotel Okura Tokyo opened in 1962 as a first-class hotel that quickly became renowned worldwide for its blending of traditional Japanese beauty with the very best in accommodation, cuisine and service. It closed its doors in August 2015, and after four years of rebuilding work, it reopened today as The Okura Tokyo.

Masaharu Naruse, President and Representative Director, Hotel Okura Tokyo Co., Ltd., said, “I’m proud to present our new flagship property, The Okura Tokyo. Fully embodying one of Okura’s ke ... Read more »

EDINBURGH, Scotland-Thursday 12 September 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Market-leading ATM software company KAL is launching Kalignite Hypervisor, a game-changing new product for the retail banking industry that solves the long-standing, billion-dollar problem of enforced ATM hardware upgrades.

Kalignite Hypervisor uses Red Hat Virtualization to decouple the ATM PC core from the ATM operating system. This means software drivers that are unsupported under new Windows operating system versions can now be supported by the hypervisor’s software drivers instead.

The Kalignite Hypervisor breaks the straitjacket of unsupported hardware when migrating ATMs to Windows 10. It gives banks the freedom to upgrade software and hardware at a time that suits them. Better still, it is not only a solution for today. OS upgrades are set to happen more frequently in the future in the form of Windows LTSC and SAC packages ‒ which Microsoft plan to release regularly ... Read more »