MOORESTOWN, N.J. - Thursday, 01. December 2022

(BUSINESS WIRE)--OPEX® Corporation, a global leader in Next Generation Automation for almost 50 years, received top honors at the Document Manager Magazine DM Awards for its innovative Gemini™ scanning technology. An independent panel of industry judges named the OPEX Gemini scanner “Imaging Product of the Year: High-Volume” over a competitive field of nine other finalists.

Gemini’s “Right-Speed” scanning technology was introduced in April 2022 to complement OPEX’s portfolio of document and mail automation solutions.

The DM Awards, now in its 16th year, were established to showcase, recognize, and reward industry pioneers in technology products and service. More than 200 people attended this year’s awards ceremony held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in central London November 17, 2022.

“This award recognizes our continued drive to offer automation inn ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Thursday, 01. December 2022

SES-21 will enable SES to continue delivering C-band broadcast services to millions of American homes and provide critical network communications services

(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES announced today that the new SES-21 satellite became operational today at the orbital position of 131 degrees West, after launching on October 4, 2022. Upon reaching its final fixed position and completing testing, SES will begin transitioning customers to the new satellite. SES-21 will enable SES to continue delivering C-band broadcast and radio services to millions of American homes, as well as provide other critical network communications services to the United States.

SES-21 was successfully launched by United Launch Alliance (ULA) in tandem with SES-20 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. SES-20 and SES-21 are highly efficient all-electric 702SP satellites manufactured and assembled in Los Angeles by Boeing.

SES is launching five sat ... Read more »

SYDNEY & NEW YORK & SAN FRANCISCO - Wednesday, 30. November 2022

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Xpansiv, the premier market-infrastructure platform for environmental commodities, today announced the launch of CBL Auctions. As the world’s largest carbon-offset exchange, Xpansiv market CBL offers real-time insight into voluntary carbon, including quotes, portfolio tracking, charting, OTC trading, and now an electronic auction service that helps project developers earn top dollar for their carbon credits.

“CBL is the world’s first trading platform to integrate with 24 registries and provide more than 200 environmental spot commodities on a single screen,” said Russell Karas, Xpansiv Head of Carbon Market Development. “Now with CBL Auctions, participants can choose from a variety of auction types, leveraging CBL’s infrastructure for credits and payment transfers. We make it easy to customize your delivery terms and products, or you can use ... Read more »

WASHINGTON - Wednesday, 30. November 2022 AETOSWire Print 

Economic experts found strong connections between alcohol tax, consumer affordability, and illicit market size.

Research suggests that improved tax systems, industry coordination, and holistic enforcement help combat illicit alcohol and its major threat to public health and finances.

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- The International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC) released new research on illicit alcohol revealing that high tax rates on alcoholic beverages can divert consumers to the illicit alcohol market, which poses a major threat to public health and finances. Experts examined illicit alcohol in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Malaysia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom to uncover the largest drivers of these illicit markets, which are bad for consumers, communities, and businesses due to their negative social and economic impacts.

In alignment with the OECD’s Illicit Trade in High-Ris ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE)--ExaGrid®, the industry’s only Tiered Backup Storage solution, today announced that the company was honored with two awards at the 13th annual SDC Awards ceremony, Angel Business Communications’ premier IT awards – the Storage, Digitalisation + Cloud Awards, held in London on November 24, 2022. ExaGrid won “Storage Company of the Year” and “Vendor Channel Program of the Year,” making it the third year in a row for each. These new award wins add to ExaGrid’s previous four wins this past fall, totaling six industry awards in 2022.

ExaGrid’s Reseller Partner Program won “Vendor Channel Program of the Year.” ExaGrid offers one of the best deal registration programs in the industry to drive high margins along with deal SPIFFs and meeting maker bonuses. In addition, ExaGrid offers an optional Solutions Architects certification at no charge to become an ExaGrid Certified Solutions Architect. ExaGr ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Illumination (HQ: Santa Monica, CA, USA; Founder and CEO: Chris Meledandri) and Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto, Minami-ku, Japan; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa, “Nintendo” hereafter) today announced the second trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the new animated film based on the world of Super Mario Bros. during the Nintendo Direct which was streamed today.

In addition, the two companies announced the Japanese voice actors for the characters Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, Bowser, and Toad.

Japanese voice cast

Mario                        Mamoru Miyano

Princess Peach          Arisa Shida

Luigi                        Tasuku Hatanaka

Bowser                    Kenta Miyake

Toad &nb ... Read more »

FRANKFURT, Germany - Wednesday, 30. November 2022

New cloud-based platform will bring greater efficiency, scalability, and security

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regnology, a software provider with an exclusive focus on regulatory reporting solutions, today announces its partnership with Google Cloud to bolster Regnology’s regulatory reporting offering with fully-fledged cloud deployment and service capabilities.

Dubbed Rcloud, the platform will leverage Google Cloud’s infrastructure to enhance Regnology’s regulatory reporting offering across its complete set of cloud-native solutions and managed services.

This partnership started two years ago and marks a stepping stone in Regnology’s ambition to help address the data and infrastructure challenges facing the regulatory reporting industry, by offering vertical and horizontal scaling for increased performance and efficiency.

Going beyond the standard cloud framewor ... Read more »

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Wednesday, 30. November 2022 AETOSWire Print 

Following over 41,000+ registrations received from over 200+ Countries, the deadline has been extended for nurses to complete their submissions effectively

Nurses from around the world can submit their nominations via www.asterguardians.com.
Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award 2023 will be held in London, UK on 12th May, 2023.
 

Aster Guardians Global Nursing Award, an initiative by leading healthcare provider Aster DM Healthcare to recognize the contribution of nurses to the community, has announced an extension of deadline for nurses to submit their entries effectively owing to overwhelming response. The earlier deadline of November 30, 2022 has been extended to December 12, 2022, giving applicants a few more days to register and submit their application. The application system is completely online via www.asterguardians.com, where a nurse can submit her/his o ... Read more »

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- AGIC Capital ("AGIC"), a growth-oriented private equity firm with $2.2 billion of assets under management, today announced that it had acquired a majority stake in ATEC Pharmatechnik GmbH ("ATEC" or "the Company"). The sellers, ATEC’s founder & CEO, Hans-Werner Mumm, and family-backed Mittelstand investor HANNOVER Finanz Group, will remain invested in the Company, and Hans-Werner Mumm will continue to act as its CEO.

ATEC is a leading manufacturer of aseptic processing solutions, primarily used in pharmaceutical manufacturing and bioprocessing applications, with a customer base that includes the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies. ATEC's products include stopper and cap processing systems used for aseptic filling, RTP transfer ports and ancillary single-use transfer bag solutions. These mission-critical technologies enable ATEC's customers to establish safe and reliable manufacturing process environments. ... Read more »

DALLAS
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mary Kay Inc., a global advocate for corporate sustainability and stewardship and signatory to the UN Global Compact Sustainable Ocean Principles, continues to support global efforts to increase ocean awareness and highlight the important role the ocean plays in efforts to combat climate change.

This week at the Economist Impact’s World Ocean Summit Asia Pacific in Singapore, a Mary Kay-supported project focused on women and conservation was featured in the panel “Innovation and adaptation—coastal solutions to climate change.” The panel covered the effect climate change is having on Asia-Pacific’s coastal ecosystems as well as on the global ocean and featured case studies on how the region is preparing for and adapting to climate change.

Mangroves are vital to coastal ecosystems yet are one of the most threatened ecosystems on the planet. To create long-term solutions for mangroves in Papua New Guinea, Man ... Read more »

CHICAGO - Wednesday, 30. November 2022

Acquisition to expand Hyatt's unique lifestyle hotel offerings with a quickly growing brand portfolio focused on vibrant dining and nightlife experiences

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) and Dream Hotel Group announced an agreement for a Hyatt affiliate to acquire Dream Hotel Group’s lifestyle hotel brand and management platform including the Dream Hotels, The Chatwal Hotels and Unscripted Hotels brands, with properties in some of the world’s most prominent hotel markets across the Americas, Europe and Asia.

This asset-light acquisition will include a portfolio of 12 managed or franchised lifestyle hotels, with another 24 signed long-term management agreements for hotels expected to open in the future. Upon closing, this expansion will add over 1,700 rooms to Hyatt’s lifestyle portfolio and increase Hyatt’s room count in New York City by more than 30%. This acquisition con ... Read more »

LAGOS, Nigeria - Wednesday, 30. November 2022

Second location in West Africa will provide Internet Service Providers and other enterprises with additional cost-effective and high-speed connectivity options

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hurricane Electric, the world’s largest IPv6-native Internet backbone, announced today that they have deployed a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Rack Centre’s Lagos data center. The new PoP is located at Plot 18 Jagal Close, Lagos (Ikeja), Nigeria.

Rack Centre’s Lagos data center is host to the leading IXP on the African continent, the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), and provides users with access to all five undersea cables (ACE, GLO1, Main One, SAT-3, WACS), and over 45 carriers and ISPs.

The data center is located in the largest metropolitan area on the continent, and a principal port of Nigeria, serving the petroleum, agriculture, mining, and tourism industries. Rack Centre offers 1,200 m2 of data cen ... Read more »