Sharjah, United Arab Emirates-Sunday 14 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

Sharjah - from Omar Al Jarwan

Media Office of His Highness Ruler of Sharjah

Sharjah Government Media Bureau

Sheikh Salem bin Abdulrahman Al Qasimi, Chairman of the Sharjah Ruler’s Office, witnessed this morning the renaming ceremony of Al Zahra Hospital into NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah, which is one of the leading hospitals in medical care since its inception in 1981.

Sheikh Salem bin Abdulrahman Al Qasimi listened to a number of speeches delivered by the administrators of NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah about the hospital’s plans to continue providing the best health services for its patients, and future developments in all clinics, departments and facilities.

“NMC Royal Sharjah Hospital” includes 153 beds and is the first and largest private public hospital in the United Arab Emirates. The renaming reflects a new era of investment and m ... Read more »

Leveraging a foundation of software and API-led connectivity, deep AI/ML knowledge and virtualized network expertise critical for 5G AI use cases

RICHARDSON, Texas-Saturday 13 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir, the industry’s only end-to-end cloud-native Network Software Provider and a leader in accelerating software network transformation for communications service providers (CSPs), announced today its extended Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics portfolio to enable closed-loop automation and drive digital transformation.

AI and machine learning (ML) in mobile network infrastructure is expected to lower costs by automating functions that typically require human interaction and to speed new revenue generating service offerings, becoming increasingly important as edge, open radio access networks (Open RAN), and 5G cores get deployed.

Mavenir’s AI and Analytics portfolio includes solutions designed to analyze and der ... Read more »

LEIDEN, Netherlands-Saturday 13 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the IKEA Foundation announced its support for the United Nations' new "Only Together" campaign, which calls for fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world.

"Scientists believe vaccination offers the best hope for the world to emerge from this pandemic, but only if everyone, everywhere has vaccine access. Unequitable distribution of vaccines risks further widening the inequality gap and endangering millions of lives," said Per Heggenes, IKEA Foundation CEO.

"Only Together" asks governments, businesses and philanthropies to support a global vaccine rollout that prioritises healthcare workers and ensures the poorest countries don't get left behind.

The pandemic is wreaking havoc on the world's most vulnerable communities. Over 130 million people sank below the poverty line in 2020, many of them from marginalise ... Read more »

To Advance Environmental Resilience by “Deepening” Infrastructure Digital Twins!

EXTON, Pa.-Saturday 13 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Bentley Systems, Incorporated (Nasdaq: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with investors led by Accel-KKR to acquire Seequent—a leader in software for geological and geophysical modeling, geotechnical stability, and cloud services for geodata management, visibility, and collaboration—for $900 million in cash, subject to adjustment, plus 3,141,361 BSY Class B shares. The acquisition of Seequent is expected to initially add approximately 10% to each of Bentley Systems’ key financial metrics (ARR, annual revenue, and EBITDA) and is expected to be measurably accretive to Bentley’s organic growth rate. Most significantly, the combination will deepen the potential of infrastructure digital twins ... Read more »

Shopping center management company now benefits from an integrated approach to its SAP support from one trusted provider

LAS VEGAS & SÃO PAULO-Saturday 13 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced that Iguatemi, Brazil’s leading shopping center management company, has now extended its SAP support agreement with Rimini Street to include Application Management Services (AMS) for SAP and Rimini Street Watch for SAP. Since 2016, Rimini Street has supported the company’s heavily customized SAP ECC 6.0 and SAP Business Objects applications. Now with a single provider for both its SAP Application Management and Support Services, Iguatemi’s IT department is able to focus its available resources to meet the demands of other IT projects ... Read more »

TOKYO-Saturday 13 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Established in 2004, FROM JAPAN operates a proxy bidding and shopping service that connects thousands of shoppers from 196 different countries to Japanese e-commerce sites, with over 4.5 million transactions to date.

With their proxy bidding and shopping service, FROM JAPAN makes it possible for international shoppers to purchase Japanese products from their homes despite the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.

FROM JAPAN - Now in Ten Languages!

From March 2021, customers can enjoy FROM JAPAN in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, Thai, Indonesian, and Korean. Their team of customer service professionals give world-class support in all of the aforementioned languages, making it easy for customers to get their hands on Japanese products.

Borderless Shopping in Unprecedented Times

Despite Japan experiencing a huge decrease in incoming tou ... Read more »

~ Led by a set of world-class investors, Lineage’s latest equity raise is the largest funding round since its founding in 2008 and brings the total equity raised since January 2020 to $4.3 billion ~

~ Company also transforms its capital structure with a new $2.8 billion corporate credit facility ~

~ Lineage to use funds for global greenfield developments, facility expansions, M&A activity and technology innovations to turbocharge end-to-end supply chain efficiency for customers ~

~ BentallGreenOak Senior Managing Partner and Co-Founder John Carrafiell to join Lineage’s Board of Directors ~

NOVI, Mich.-Saturday 13 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lineage Logistics, LLC (“Lineage” or the “Company”), the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, today announced it has raised $1.9 billion in equity from new and existing strat ... Read more »

Asia remains a major growth region with Africa and Middle East seeing incremental increase

LONDON & NEW YORK-Saturday 13 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A second research study by Standard Chartered on the international growth strategies and challenges that CFOs and Treasurers in the US, the UK, Germany and France face indicate that, despite uncertainty caused by the global pandemic and its associated economic repercussions, overseas markets remain key to growth. The study also revealed incremental emphasis towards investing in digital technology, unlocking trapped cash and increased focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in relation to trade and supply chains.

Since the first study six months ago, respondents have indicated increased business confidence in growth across borders, where 42% (up from 37%) of companies see the best growth opportunities outside of their home markets.

Asia remains a major ... Read more »