• Integration of Thales Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) with Microsoft Double Key Encryption allows companies to protect customers’ data in Microsoft 365 applications while maintaining control of their encryption keys

• This collaboration with Microsoft protects sensitive data in the cloud and meets major data privacy regulations and requirements for companies and organizations using Microsoft 365 applications

 

PARIS LA DÉFENSE-Tuesday 23 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Thales announces a new data protection capability for Microsoft customers to benefit from the power of the full range of Microsoft 365 applications while protecting sensitive data in the cloud and meeting major data privacy regulations and requirements.

Designed for companies that operate in highly-regulated sectors such as financial services and healthcare, they can now leverage Thales Luna Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) with Double Key En ... Read more »

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates-Thursday 18 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

In celebration of International Women’s Day, the Pearl Initiative, a leading Gulf business-led non-profit organisation promoting a corporate culture of accountability and transparency, in collaboration with NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA), hosted a webinar recently to discuss the role of women in the workplace, and examine how organisations can increase diversity representation and create an enabling environment to support women, which is a key pillar of the Gulf region’s long term vision.

Her Excellency Reem BinKaram, Director of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA), keynote speech by was followed by a discussion between Ms. Rana Zumai, Head of Corporate Communications for Nesma Holding based in Saudi Arabia, and Ms. Maryam Zaman, Partner and Head of Governance Services at KPMG Lower Gulf, and moderated by the Pearl Initiative’s Executive Director, Ms. Ranya Saadawi.
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Spot Wave allows organizations to focus on developing data applications, by providing a serverless infrastructure for running Apache Spark applications on Kubernetes

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Thursday 18 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global cloud-led, data-centric software company, NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP), today announced the launch of Spot Wave by NetApp, and Spot Ocean’s support of Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service. Together, these products provide customers with leading solutions for simple, scalable and efficient infrastructure for cloud-native applications.

Wave automates the provisioning, deployment, autoscaling and optimization for running Apache Spark big data applications on Kubernetes in the cloud and helps to reduce cloud waste and costs by up to 90%. Using Wave as a turnkey product, organizations can deploy Spark environments faster and more easily, and focus on putting their data to work knowing that Wave is ensuring their infrastructu ... Read more »

COURBEVOIE, France-Thursday 18 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, today announced the launch of GREENCONNECT by IDEMIA, an environmentally-friendly offer to support mobile operators’ switch to sustainable practices.

As the planet demands real-world action to reduce the impact of people’s activities on the environment, mobile operators are coming up with ever more pledges and strategies to usher in more sustainable operations. Such strategies are mirrored in steps taken by consumers and international and national governmental bodies. They are more and more sensitive in terms of sustainability.

That’s why IDEMIA has developed GREENCONNECT by IDEMIA that comes with end-to-end solutions including:

Reduced card sizes, alternative card body materials & green packaging solutions

Greener card wrapping, box and pallet loading solutions

Use of eco-friendly prin ... Read more »

Partnership with Neogen Diagnostik expands sales to Turkey

SYDNEY, Australia-Thursday 18 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- SpeeDx have announced signing a new distribution partner, further extending customer access to market-leading SpeeDx ResistancePlus® and PlexPCR® tests. Neogen Diagnostik Sağlık Hizmetleri Ltd Şti will distribute all SpeeDx tests throughout Turkey.

“We continue to see demand for our key tests and technology around the world,” says Warwick Need, SpeeDx Director of Sales. “Neogen Diagnostik are a great fit for SpeeDx products and we are looking forward to working with them to give Turkish laboratories the opportunity to provide ResistancePlus tests and support the use of Resistance Guided Therapy with their clinician partners.”

In addition to ResistancePlus GC* - combining Neisseria gonorrhoeae (GC) detection with markers for ciprofloxacin susceptibility, and ResistancePlus MG* - simultaneously detecting ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland-Monday 22 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) today announced the results of a prospective study published in the Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health in which researchers in Colombo, Sri Lanka evaluated the efficacy of a pulse oximetry-based critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) newborn screening strategy using Masimo SET® pulse oximetry.1 The authors concluded that pulse oximetry is a “simple, noninvasive, cost-effective, feasible, and reliable test,” and found that it had higher CCHD screening sensitivity than physical exam. Combining the two methods led to detection of all cases of CCHD in the study cohort, and they recommended that, “Pulse oximetry screening as a combined strategy with newborn physical exam should be implemented as a basic routine at discharge for every newborn in maternity units island-wide.” As they note, their work is the first published CCHD study of this nature in Sri Lanka.

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PARIS -Monday 22 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

In 2017 the European Union adopted a new directive for the deployment of a biometric entry and exit registration system (EES) for Member States in order to strengthen the security of the Schengen Area and modernize border crossings.
In less than one minute, third-country nationals will thus be pre-registered and have their identity verified at Thales kiosks deployed at French airports, train stations and ports.
The expertise of Thales in the field of identity document verification and biometrics will deliver a secure solution while offering optimal user experience.
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In 2022 Member States of the Schengen Area will be required to have a biometric entry and exit system to register non-European citizens crossing an EU external border. Thales has been selected by the French Ministry of the Interior to deliver several hundred pre-registration kiosks at various border crossing points. Therefore, Fran ... Read more »

Selected companies to receive $100,000 cash investment and year-long accelerator experience

HOUSTON-Monday 22 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Halliburton Labs today announced that it has opened the application process for early stage clean energy companies interested in joining its accelerator program. The application deadline is April 23, 2021.

“We’re excited to identify technology entrepreneurs with ready-to-scale solutions in energy generation, storage, distribution, conservation, and the circular economy,” said Dale Winger, managing director, Halliburton Labs. “Our program provides critical resources, including technical and operational expertise across numerous hardware disciplines and a global business network, to help participants advance their products, prepare for further scale and position for additional financing.”

Halliburton Labs will invite selected applicants to pitch for a spot in the program o ... Read more »