Increased agility in times of disruption key to supply chain decisions

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Thursday 24 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aera Technology today announced the general availability of the Aera Cognitive Operating System™, the world's first cloud platform for Cognitive Automation. In extending availability beyond current customers and partners, including Merck, RB, and Unilever, Aera meets the growing need of companies whose operations have been impacted by changing or uncertain market conditions.

“We’ve worked with the world's largest organizations and complex supply chains to demonstrate the value of Cognitive Automation at scale. This tight collaboration has enabled us to build the Aera Cognitive Operating System™, which is now easy to implement and scale, and therefore available to an even wider range of companies,” said Frederic Laluyaux, CEO of Aera Technology.

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 An Entertainment Monitor with World’s First HDRiTechnology for Immersive Gaming Experience

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 24 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

Global leader in digital lifestyle devices, BenQ, recently unveiled their latest monitor for next-gen console gaming and graphics in the UAE. With intelligent optimization and audio, the 4K EW3280U has arrived in the Middle East to change the landscape of gaming monitors. The flagship 32-inch EW3280U includes proprietary eye-care for viewer comfort and protection, as well as HDRi intelligence and world-class speakers. BenQ’s EW3280U features proprietary HDRi intelligent technology that improves colour performance, detail contrast, and image clarity. A built-in sensor detects ambient light levels and simultaneously assesses and adjusts on-screen images. This instant refinement delivers an unrivalled experience. Additionally, HDR10 compatibility supports flawless high dynamic ra ... Read more »

LAGOS, Nigeria-Thursday 24 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, today announces the successful issuance of its inaugural CHF150 Million Reg S senior unsecured benchmark Green Bond (the “Bond”) under the Corporation’s US$5 Billion Global Medium-Term Note (“GMTN”) programme , maturing 2025 (“the CHF150 million Green Bond ” or “the bond issuance”).

The issuance is also the Corporation’s third CHF-denominated bond. The Bond has a tenor of five years, carries a coupon of 1.205% and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The Bond is rated A3 by Moody’s Investor Services, in line with AFC’s GMTN programme. It is also the first Green CHF-denominated issuance from a supranational organisation in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) r ... Read more »

Tribute Video Features a Reimagination of George Harrison’s “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)” Sung by Children in an Emotional and Celebratory Tribute to Nurses’ Courage on the Front Lines Around the World

CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Thursday 24 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Careismatic Brands, the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of medical apparel, today announced the launch of a global tribute and charitable fundraising campaign, “19 Days of Gratitude,” spotlighting the heroism of nurses as they continue to battle COVID-19 on the front lines. Launching in a year that the World Health Organization has deemed “The International Year of The Nurse and Midwife,” and timed to the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, the new campaign will celebrate nurses by revealing 19 stories that showcase frontline nurses from around the world over 19 consecutive days. The ... Read more »

 Isotropic Systems’ prototype multi-beam terminals to be trialed at SES teleport and U.S. Army base

READING, Pa. & RESTON, Va.-Thursday 24 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- SES Government Solutions (SES GS), a fully-owned affiliate of SES, and Isotropic Systems, a leading developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, today announced a two-phased antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, working in close collaboration with the U.S. Army Research Engineering Team, for tests of Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation to ultimately unleash next-gen connectivity across the battlefield.

It is the first customer contract between Isotropic Systems and SES Government Solutions and follows on from the significant developmental partnership currently ongoing between the two companies to produce scalable, cost-effective terminals c ... Read more »

 Combo Node supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G Subscribers

RICHARDSON, Texas-Thursday 24 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir, the industry’s only end-to-end cloud-native Network Software Provider, today announced a high performance 5G Core User Plane Function (UPF) accelerated by NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx SmartNICs. The UPF plays a key role in the 5G network to realize the transformative vision of low latency and high throughput.

Enabling cost-efficient network transformation to 5G, the Mavenir UPF provides a complete set of standalone 5G core user plane functions and combo node support, delivering a unique combination of high performance and capability to support 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G subscribers in a single integrated user plane network function.

Mavenir’s UPF delivers unique value through cloud-native design, container-based architecture, highly optimized packet processing with configurable hardware offlo ... Read more »

ST GALLEN, Switzerland -Thursday 24 September 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]

    The study narrowly missed statistical significance on the primary endpoint
    Pre-specified adjustment of COVID-19 impact, the study showed a statistically significant advantage
    The totality of evidence suggests that Ferinject® is clinically beneficial in high risk heart failure patients

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Vifor Pharma today announced topline data from its AFFIRM-AHF study evaluating the effect of Ferinject® (intravenous ferric carboxymaltose) on heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular mortality in iron-deficient patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (AHF), compared to placebo. The trial narrowly missed statistical significance on its composite primary endpoint of reducing the risk of total heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular death. A pre-specified sensitivity analysis consi ... Read more »