DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.-Monday 11 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

    Selected from over 24,000 nurses from 184 countries, out of these 10 finalists, one nurse would win the grand award of $ 250,000
    The 10 finalists will now undergo a public voting process starting from 26th April, followed by final evaluation by the Grand Jury. The final winner would be announced at a gala event in Dubai on 12th May 2022 – International Nurses Day.

Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award has just announced its top 10 finalists hailing from across the world. These nurses have been selected from over 24,000 nurses who applied from over 184 countries, through a stringent review process run independently by Ernst & Young LLP, a Screening Jury and a Grand Jury. All applications were evaluated to create a shortlist of 181 which underwent further review to put forward 41 top applications. These 41 applications were then reviewed by the Grand Ju ... Read more »

PARIS LA DÉFENSE-Monday 11 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Thales selected by Globalgig, a leading Global Connectivity Service Provider, to offer the first smart IoT connectivity of this kind in the world, guaranteeing a service continuity for devices at rest or in movement.

Globalgig relies on Thales Adaptive Connect to allow remote IoT devices to automatically download a local mobile subscription - when they are first powered up - or reconnect during a network failure.

Leveraging the flexibility offered by the widely deployed eSIM based solutions will lead to  faster and more efficient roll-out of exciting IoT use cases such as smart metering.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Thales announces a new partnership with Globalgig, the Global Connectivity Service Provider, for the world’s first deployment of Thales Adaptive Connect, an innovative solution that supports the smart connection of massive fleets of IoT devices. Based on eSIM (embedded SIM) technology, ... Read more »

MIAMI-Monday 11 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Management Committee of I Squared Capital is pleased to announce the appointment of Andreas Moon as Partner, Chenhua Shen as Fund Partner, and Enrico Del Prete as Fund Partner, bringing the total number of partners at I Squared Capital to eleven. “In our tenth anniversary year, I am so proud to be part of this extraordinary group whose combined talents have contributed so much to the success of the firm,” said Sadek Wahba, Chairman and Managing Partner of I Squared Capital. “Our new partners have helped build I Squared Capital into a vibrant global platform with over $34 billion of assets under management and a diverse portfolio of infrastructure assets around the world. They have demonstrated the talent and innovation necessary to execute on our long-term strategy and help lead the firm on its next phase of growth.”

The firm continues to grow rapidly and, with the recent closing ... Read more »

EDMONTON, Alberta-Tuesday 29 March 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

TransPod achieves critical industry milestone, becomes first tube-transportation company to confirm finance for a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project

Broughton Capital Group, in cooperation with CERIECO, have issued terms to provide a combined US$550M finance and Master EPC arrangement which will include significant involvement from Canadian contractors, to accelerate development of a TransPod Line between Edmonton and Calgary and drive economic growth in the region.

TransPod aims to pursue this same project development model to connect the Gulf Region, and has incorporated a subsidiary in Dubai to execute that megaproject

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- TransPod, the startup building the TransPod Line – a new ultra-high-speed transportation system, to disrupt and redefine commercial transportation – today announced the next phase of the multibillion-dollar infrastructure project in Alberta, ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.-Monday 11 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

Model is most powerful one in Arabic language to date with 10 billion parameters
Features applications in automated summarization, chatbots, personalized marketing
Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a global research center and applied research pillar of Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Research Council, today announced the launch of NOOR, the world’s largest Arabic natural language processing (NLP) model to date.

TII’s team of advanced researchers and Artificial Intelligence (AI) specialists, has joined forces with LightOn, a technology company that unlocks extreme-scale machine intelligence for businesses, to transform the Arabic NLP model. The NOOR model has the capability to carry out tasks beyond the domain of language - offering end-to-end pipeline high quality data, including crawling, filtering, and curation at scale. The model facilitates extreme-scale distr ... Read more »

BONN, Germany-Thursday 7 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

    Release 002 of O-RAN Minimum Viable Plan focuses on enabling Open RAN Intelligence

    40 O-RAN specifications published since November 2021

    Two O-RAN Global PlugFests planned in 2022 to extend the testing and integration

    First O-RAN specification submitted to become ETSI Publicly Available Specification (PAS)

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- O-RAN ALLIANCE:

Release 002 of O-RAN Minimum Viable Plan

In 2021, O-RAN ALLIANCE introduced a new initiative describing how its specifications combine to form the first Release of O-RAN Minimum Viable Plan. This plan delivers the specifications needed by the open RAN ecosystem to create products that meet the highest priority needs of operators.

O-RAN Release 001 focused on creating Open Interfaces that include Open Fronthaul, transport, hardware and cloud.

The new O ... Read more »

GALESBURG, Mich.-Monday 11 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Power management company Eaton today announced Marco Martini has been named president, Vehicle Group, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Martini will be responsible for leading all business growth and operational activities in the EMEA region. He will continue to be located in Torino, Italy.

 “Marco’s diverse background and broad leadership experience make him an excellent fit to lead the Vehicle Group in EMEA,” said João Faria, president, Eaton’s Vehicle Group. “We believe Marco’s strong financial and operational proficiency will help our business thrive in the region.”

Martini joined Eaton as a manufacturing controller and was promoted to director, Finance, Vehicle Group, EMEA. Most recently, he served as director, Operations, Vehicle Group, EMEA. Prior to joining Eaton, he worked in the appliance industry for 15 years in various financ ... Read more »

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Monday 11 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (“GoTo Group'' or the “Company”), the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, today announced its listing on the Main Board of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), where its shares will trade under the stock code GOTO. The total amount raised from the Group’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) process is approximately USD1.1 billion (IDR15.8 trillion), comprising USD954.7 million (IDR13.7 trillion) in proceeds plus USD146.3 million (IDR2.1 trillion) from treasury shares for the purpose of over allotment, representing a market capitalisation of approximately USD28 billion (IDR400.3 trillion).

Based on the total funds raised, GoTo’s IPO is the third largest in Asia and fifth largest in the world this year.1 Around 300,000 investors have participated - the highest ever number to take part in an IPO on the IDX.

As part of the drive ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The purpose of the DM Lab will be to explore, test and validate business opportunities across the broad dental market, as DentalMonitoring expands its technological leadership as well as its geographical presence in strategic regions, including China and Japan.

The expertise of more than 400 employees around the world, paired with a company culture that champions innovation, allows DentalMonitoring to experiment and build new, impactful solutions transforming the dental industry.

As part of this evolution, Raphaël Pascaud has been appointed Senior Vice President and Executive Director, spearheading this newly created venture, as well as other critical initiatives.

Before joining DentalMonitoring, Pascaud worked for 9 years with Align Technology, where he held various senior leadership roles, his final role being Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategy.

Alexandra Van der Stap was named Chief Growth Officer of the ... Read more »

Glamhive founder Stephanie Sprangers with co-host celebrity stylist Nicole Chavez bring together industry leaders to discuss style and beauty in London

LOS ANGELES & SEATTLE-Tuesday 5 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- What started out as a way for the style community to come together has grown into one of the largest gatherings of the style community worldwide. Now, with travel back in full swing, Glamhive’s Spring Style and Beauty Summit is launching in London on April 23rd. Glamhive and Mary Kay Design Studio are launching this summit as a hybrid physical-digital experience with guests attending in-person and virtually, all from the ultra-chic Bulgari Hotel London. 100% of ticket sales will be donated to the International Rescue Committee for their efforts in Ukraine.

The Spring Summit will be the company’s eighth summit and will once again bring together industry leaders and top celebrity image makers to discuss style, cre ... Read more »

MUNICH & LONDON-Monday 11 April 2022 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- As well as extending the reach of our comprehensive contract quality management and auditing services for our clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, nutrition and healthcare industries and also for regulatory authorities and academia, we intend to consolidate and expand our UK auditor directory with experienced auditors in all the GxPs and CSV, as well as to offer further development training to those auditors building up their portfolios. We believe this will particularly aid our UK, USA and APAC sponsors. Our UK office will be a base for both in-house and contract auditors, similarly to our operations in Munich HQ (2011) and in Vienna (2021).

Dr. Barbara Heumann, owner of the GXP Engaged group of companies, spoke today at the office opening in London, about her delight at extending the group’s services: “We provide our clients with the support needed to gi ... Read more »