Neurala Vision AI software and FLIR Firefly DL machine vision cameras enable greater accessibility to deep learning on the production line

BOSTON-Thursday 25 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Today, Neurala, the leader in vision AI software, announced a collaboration with FLIR Systems Inc. to deliver a full software and hardware stack AI-based industrial imaging solution. Neurala’s vision AI software unlocks the power of deep learning with no-AI-expertise-required, and now supports the creation of neural networks that can be deployed directly onto FLIR Firefly DL cameras. As a leader in machine vision cameras, FLIR Firefly DL cameras are remarkably compact with built-in inference on the edge capabilities.

Through the collaboration, Neurala and FLIR are delivering a faster, more cost-effective entry point for customers looking to deploy deep learning on the production line. This comes at a time when manufacturers are focused on AI and automati ... Read more »

BEIJING-Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- As China's latest medium and long-term economic and social development plan was just approved at the country's top legislature, President Xi Jinping has left Beijing for his first inspection trip to east China's Fujian Province after the Two Sessions.

Xi's visits to an ecological tea garden and the Wuyishan National Park during the inspection show the importance he attaches to green, ecological development, which was also stressed in China's road map for development for the next five years and beyond.

Wuyi Mountain and ecological protection

Standing in the suburbs of Wuyishan City, Mount Wuyi entered UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in 1999. It covers an area of over 630 square kilometers and numerous types of tea are produced there.

Visiting mountains is usually arranged in Xi's inspection tours as construction of ecological civilization has alw ... Read more »

BEIJING-Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Forestry reform, reform of the medical and healthcare system, and rural revitalization were highlighted in Chinese President Xi Jinping's second day of his inspection tour in east China's Fujian Province on Tuesday.

Visiting the Shaxian District of Sanming City on Tuesday, Xi went to an assets and equity exchange to learn about local efforts to deepen reform of the forest tenure system and a hospital to learn about local reform of the medical and healthcare system.

He also went to a village to inspect work on promoting rural revitalization.

'Lush mountains and lucid waters are valuable assets'

In the past, Chinese farmers were excluded from collective forestry and shared few timber revenues. As a result, they lacked the incentives to protect forests, and timber theft was rampant.

To solve these problems, Fujian Province launched the reform to decentralize ... Read more »

• Strong R&D commitment to developing therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 virus

• Overall R&D investment up 7% to 3.7 billion EUR in 2020 (18.9% of net sales)

• Outlook 2021: slight year-on-year increase in net sales on a comparable basis

INGELHEIM, Germany-Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Boehringer Ingelheim stepped up its investments in R&D significantly in 2020 in pursuit of innovative medicines and therapies for diseases for which no satisfactory treatments are available. In particular, efforts to research potential COVID-19 related therapies were accelerated. The company spent 3.7 billion EUR on R&D, 7% more than in the previous year. This represents the highest annual investment in R&D in the 136-year history of the research-driven biopharmaceutical company.

“We started our R&D for potential COVID-19 therapies early in the first quarter of 2020, recognizing the urgent need,” said Hubertus von B ... Read more »

Secure Code Warrior report identifies application security is shifting from reaction to prevention as developers are held to account

BOSTON & SYDNEY & LONDON & BRUGES, Belgium & PORTLAND, Ore.-Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New research from Secure Code Warrior®, the global secure coding company, has revealed an attitudinal shift in the software development industry, with organisations bucking traditional practices for DevOps and Secure DevOps.

The global survey of professional developers and their managers found seven in 10 organisations (70%) recognise the importance of secure coding practices, with results indicating an industry-wide shift from reaction to prevention is underway.

Dr. Matias Madou, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Secure Code Warrior, said, “We are seeing a fundamental shift in mindsets across the world, as the industry slowly moves from reactive, band-aid solutions rolle ... Read more »

Top Observations Include Increased Coupling of Networking and Security Planning (SD-WAN and SASE) and Support for Hybrid Work Environments

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aryaka®, the leader in fully managed Cloud-First WAN solutions, today published its fifth annual 2021 State of the WAN report, the industry’s foremost survey into global SD-WAN and SASE planning. Key trends identified in this year’s report include:

Accelerating fusion of networking and security planning, with almost a third of enterprises stating that they are already deploying what they consider to be a secure access service edge (SASE) architecture
A hybrid work environment that will persist after the pandemic recedes, with over 80% stating that they expect over a quarter of workers to remain remote, and over two-thirds desiring flexibility between on-premises and remote deployments
Continued WAN and application growth, ... Read more »

Collaboration Will Enable Investors and Regulators to Analyze and Map Market Developments

 

REDLANDS, Calif.-Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that the Emirates Real Estate Solutions (ERES) land development and land market services and Khatib & Alami (K&A) will use Esri's ArcGIS system to geoenable ERES solutions and service offerings to the international land development and real estate market.

By incorporating Esri's capabilities for field collection, spatial analytics, and mapping into the ERES infrastructure and solutions, ERES can now provide real-time data like valuable locations, sales assessments, and rent indexes. This allows investors and regulators to establish equitable valuation and property taxation through embedded dashboards and maps that provide an instant view of the real estate development market from any device, anywhere, a ... Read more »

PARIS -Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

Thales and Veolia have joined forces to create the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic.
The use of recycled materials in a special industrial production process will eliminate the need for close to 5,000 metric tonnes of virgin plastic a year.
The Eco-SIM Card will help to meet the ambitious sustainable development objectives of the Thales Group and the mobile phone operators that use its products.
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With almost 4.5 billion SIM cards produced worldwide in 2020, Thales and Veolia have joined forces to help this market show its green credentials.

The polymer plastic found in high concentrations in waste electrical and electronic equipment is processed at Veolia's recycling plant in France. Thales engineers have worked with Veolia’s experts to develop a special process that uses this newly recycled material to manufacture SIM cards that meet the mobile industry's ... Read more »

Extended testing in Inuvik, Canada shows Kymeta u8 approaching speeds 10X faster than previous generations in extreme weather conditions and temperatures

REDMOND, Wash. & TORONTO -Wednesday 24 March 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kymeta (www.kymetacorp.com), the communications company making mobile global, and Kepler Communications (www.kepler.space) announced today the successful demonstration of the Kymeta u8 Terminal with LEO satellite acquisition, tracking and throughput measurements, during extreme cold weather temperatures. The collaboration with Kepler supports Kymeta’s goal to develop solutions that are future proof with a clear LEO upgrade path and compatible with growing mega constellations.

In 2020, Kepler was selected for an extended u8 beta trial to capture the extended Northern winter in Inuvik, Canada. Frequent revisit times from the Kepler LEO satellites combined with the local environment of unprotected cold weather, snow, an ... Read more »