ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Friday, April 22nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The myriad of activities held as a part of the week-long safety awareness exhibition with the theme “We Care about Your Safety”, witnessed significant turnout and interaction from the public.  The Exhibition was organized by Saaed Society to Reduce Traffic Accidents, in line with the unified programs of the Arab Traffic Week, in cooperation with the Traffic and Patrols Directorate of Abu Dhabi Police.

According to Colonel Jamal Salem Al Ameri, Executive Director of the Saaed Society to Reduce Traffic Accidents, the exhibition managed to achieve the coveted objective; to reinforce the positive role of drivers; urge them to abide by traffic laws; and support the efforts made to reduce traffic accidents and preserve lives and property.

Colonel Al Ameri commended the public’s positive interaction with the activities of the Arab Traffic Week ... Read more »

In Cooperation with Umm Al Arab Elementary School

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, April 21st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

The Community Police Section at the Khalifa Police Station in the Abu Dhabi Police Peripheral Regions Directorate participated in a campaign at Yas Mall under the theme “Don’t Use Your Mobile Phone While Driving”. This campaign is implemented by Umm Al Arab Elementary School in Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Traffic and Patrols Branch at the station.

As a part of the campaign, a number of school students distributed awareness brochures to the public. The brochures include advice to motorists, calling upon them to refrain from this objectionable behavior that can lead to unwanted consequences and serious traffic accidents; because using the mobile phone while driving is a dangerous distraction that draws drivers' attention away from the road.

Captain Salem Suhail Al Ameri, Head of the Community Police Sec ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan - Saturday, April 23rd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation announced today that it has developed the “PA-N Relay”, and will launch the product in April 2016. The new product has been developed to comply with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards and is certified to the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Inc.’s standards for programmable logic controllers used to control production facilities at factories. The product achieves a high breakdown voltage of 3,000V, as well as showing excellent shock resistance and low power consumption. It is expected to assist PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers) manufacturers to develop products that are compatible with the new standards.

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Saturday, April 23rd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Offers step-change improvement in steel lightweighting capability

Produced in collaboration with launch partner AK Steel Corporation

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NanoSteel®, a leader in nanostructured steel materials, today announced the delivery of its first advanced high strength steel (AHSS) to General Motors for initial testing. Designed to provide automakers with a new standard in material performance, the sheet steel is poised to accelerate vehicle lightweighting initiatives focused on affordably meeting rising global fuel-economy regulations. Production of the material, targeted to the $100 billion-plus automotive steel market, is the result of a multi-year joint development program between NanoSteel and AK Steel Corporation—an industry-leading innovator in steel product development.

NanoSteel’s commercially produced automotive sheet steel overcomes the historical tradeoff between ... Read more »

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Monday, April 18th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

Participants in the Ministry of Interior’s Council hosted by UAE national Bakhit Mohammed Al Ketbi at his residence in Al Ain under the theme “The Civil Defense Sector and Public Safety” recommended providing maximum security and safety requirements in buildings and critical installations. Moreover, they stressed that security and safety is a shared responsibility and a common goal amongst all segments of the community.

The council is one of the awareness councils organized by the Law Respect Culture Bureau, in cooperation with the Security Media Department at the General Directorate for Security Support at the General Secretariat of the Office of H.H Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. The council was moderated by media personality Rashid Mohammed Al Nuaimi, Head of the Al Khaleej Newspaper Office in Al Ain.

The council stressed the importance of raising com ... Read more »

SES partners with CURE International to provide enhanced health services at children’s hospital

NIAMEY, Niger - Friday, April 22nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), one of the world’s leading satellite operators, announced today the deployment of SATMED, a satellite-based e-health platform, at the CURE Hospital for Children in Niger, to enhance healthcare in rural and remote regions in Niger.

The SATMED e-health platform was conceived by SES Techcom Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of SES, and is funded by the Luxembourg Government and the Ministry for Cooperation and Humanitarian Action. The satellite-based communication solution aims to improve public health in developing countries by enabling multiple medical applications and tools to operate collectively on a single platform.

SATMED will enable CURE Niger to establish communications with national and international doctors to receive medical ... Read more »

NEUCHÂTEL, Switzerland - Thursday, April 21st 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today that Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Limoges, in Limoges, France has installed Masimo’s Radical-7®, including noninvasive, continuous hemoglobin (SpHb®), Pleth Variability Index (PVI®), and SET® pulse oximetry technology, to monitor surgical patients and critical patients in the post-anesthesia care unit and intensive care unit.

“For three years, we tested SpHb and PVI on every surgical patient in our facility and then compared this data to the previous period without this technology,” said Professor Nathalie Nathan, Head of the Department of Anesthesiology at CHU Limoges. “In this retrospective review of before and after periods across the entire hospital, in different clinical settings and with many different practitioners, we found that there was a notable reduction in mortality in surgeries last ... Read more »

Both companies will leverage technology to proactively intervene and stop people entering game reserves illegally

JOHANNESBURG & SAN JOSE, Calif. - Friday, April 22nd 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- South Africa-headquartered technology company, Dimension Data, and worldwide leader in networking, Cisco, today announced an initiative aimed at dramatically reducing the number of rhinos being poached in South Africa. The two companies have deployed some of the world’s most sophisticated technology in an unnamed private game reserve adjacent to the world-renowned Kruger National Park to monitor and track individuals from the time they enter the reserve gates, until they exit.

The goal is to proactively intervene and stop people entering the reserve illegally - whether it’s cutting fences, being dropped onto the ground by helicopters, or simply driving in through the entrance gates.

Over time, the technology will be replicated in other ... Read more »

Organisations in the retail sector experienced almost three times as many attacks as those in the financial sector

JOHANNESBURG - Wednesday, April 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- New research published today in the NTT 2016 Global Threat Intelligence Report reveals that cybercriminals have shifted their focus from traditional financial markets, to targeting the retail sector. Retail organisations experienced nearly three times as many cyberattacks as those in the finance sector which was top of the list of cyberattacks on organisations in the 2015 report. Cyberattacks on financial industry dropped significantly to fourteenth position

NTT’s annual Global Threat Intelligence Report contains security threats gathered during 2015 from 8,000 clients of NTT Group security companies including Dimension Data, Solutionary, NTT Com Security, NTT R&D, and NTT Innovation Institute (NTTi3). This year’s data is based on 3.5 trillion security logs ... Read more »

Francisco Costa and Italo Zucchelli to Leave the Company as Creative Directors of Calvin Klein Collection 

NEW YORK. - Wednesday, April 20th 2016 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Calvin Klein, Inc. today announced a new global creative strategy for the company, which will unify all Calvin Klein brands under one creative vision. Francisco Costa, Women’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection, and Italo Zucchelli, Men’s Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection, will be leaving the company.

The strategy comes as part of a global evolution in the direction of the Calvin Klein brand, which began with the reacquisition of its jeans and underwear businesses in 2013. As the company continues to build itself into a $10 billion global retail sales business, this undertaking will further solidify the brand’s positioning worldwide and pave the way for future long-term global growth. The new brand direction will ultimately follow one creative v ... Read more »