IFA 2014

OSAKA, Japan - Wednesday, August 27th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation announced that it will exhibit in Hall 5.2 a/b at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin 2014 (IFA), one of the largest consumer electronics fairs in the world, to be held at Messe Berlin, Germany, from September 5 to 10, 2014. Under the theme of "A Better Life, A Better World," the Panasonic booth will present new experiences and value-added products and services that make life better, from digital AV equipment and home appliances to solutions for businesses.

In addition, the online broadcast "Panasonic LIVE@IFA 2014" will bring the Panasonic IFA experience to people around the world. This includes Panasonic's press conference as well as the company's latest products, technologies and solutions on display and demonstrations from the Panasonic Booth.

What’s Panasonic LIVE@IFA 2014 http://youtu.be/M8P0knU_CXM?li ... Read more »

TOKYO - Wednesday, August 27th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba’s (TOKYO:6502) Logic LSI business solves the major problems custom LSIs face: development that takes over two years; costs that can become more expensive due to changes in application being developed or customer trends; and the expense of using cutting edge processes or devices. We propose FFSATM as a solution.

We have developed a solution for ApP Lite™ as a strategic product for controlling a series of movements of sensing, processing and uploading data to a cloud, and adding value to numerous data in the IOT, it’s market that has seen rapid growth in recent years. For example, we have launched products in such demand areas wearable devices that support healthy lifestyles and reduce risk of diseases, and set top box that receive video or audio services via the internet and wirelessly send them to PCs or smartphones.

We will provide solutions that help customers to o ... Read more »

BELFAST, Northern Ireland & NEWTOWN, Pa. - Wednesday, August 27th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- HeartSine® Technologies is pleased to announce the arrival of the samaritan® PAD 360P, a fully automatic AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) based on the company’s popular samaritan PAD 350P.

The HeartSine samaritan PAD 360P (SAM 360P) analyses the heart rhythm and delivers an electrical shock to a victim of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in order to restore the heart to normal rhythm. This user-friendly AED provides easy to follow visual and audio prompts, including CPR coaching which verbally guides the rescuer through the CPR process. Shock delivery, if required, is fully automatic which means there is no shock button to press.

The SAM 360P utilizes clinically advanced samaritan PAD technology, including proprietary electrode technology, advanced and stable firmware, and proprietary SCOPE™ (Self-Compensating Output Pulse Envelope) biphas ... Read more »

TELEHOUSE invests in expanding a further 20MW of high power density colocation space in Japan

TOKYO. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) KDDI (TOKYO:9433), the global telecommunications provider, announced today that it will invest 270 million dollars (28 billion yen) in building two new TELEHOUSE data centers, “TELEHOUSE OSAKA 2” and “TELEHOUSE TOKYO Tama 3”, scheduled to open in August 2015 and February 2016 respectively. These additional facilities will take the total amount of global TELEHOUSE data center space to 371,000 sqm provided by 46 sites across 13 countries/territories and 24 major cities.

Both facilities will offer high-density colocation services enabling the hosting of heavy load IT infrastructure. The data centers will meet the growing demand for housing private enterprise clouds along with public cloud service providers, online and media content companies. The facilities are designed to Tier 3+ d ... Read more »

TOKYO. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Toshiba (TOKYO:6502) aims for stable business expansion by providing discrete devices in growth markets.

The business environment is changing, and markets for smartphone, tablet PC, wireless base stations and data centers are expanding, automobile are becoming more intelligent, new energy sources, such as wind power, are expanding, primarily in emerging countries, and energy efficiency is emphasized more than ever in industry.

Small-signal device and OPTO device

Small-signal and OPTO devices, the foundation products of the business, have seen strong demand since last year. Every site, Toshiba Semiconductor (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (TST), which moved location after the Thai floods, is operating at full capacity. Our photo couplers, OPTO devices, have held the world No.1 share for four consecutive years. We aim for further productivity improvements from expanding TST, expanding the product lin ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has won a wireless project contract from COSMOTE Romania, the largest multinational mobile operator in the Balkans, to transform its existing 2G/3G network and build a new LTE network in southern Romania.

The deal is expected to require construction of more than 3,000 base stations, reinforcing ZTE's leading place in the European LTE market.

Based in Greece, COSMOTE Group has its major operations in South Eastern European countries, including Greece, Albania and Romania. Deutsche Telekom is the largest of its shareholders, holding 40 percent of shares in Greece’s OTE Group. In 2012, COSMOTE Romania won the auction for the 25M 1800M and 10M 2600M LTE spectrums and planned to l ... Read more »

Acquisition strengthens existing EMV, personalization and fulfillment capabilities, delivering comprehensive, secure customized payment solutions for the burgeoning payments industry

LITTLETON, Colo. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) CPI Card Group, a global leader in financial and EMV card production and related services, announced today that the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire EFT Source, a provider of turnkey card programs and personalization services for the financial payments industry.

With the acquisition of EFT Source, CPI will be poised to continue to meet the increasing demand for innovative payment solutions in its global markets. The acquisition provides extended capacity and expertise in card personalization and fulfillment to support the U.S. market migration to EMV for small, medium and large financial card issuers. In addition, EFT’s patented Instant Issuance Solution, Card@Once®, will now ... Read more »

SAN ANTONIO. - Tuesday, August 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Centaur Guernsey L.P. Inc. (Centaur) today announced that Robert Hureau, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Centaur and each of its operating subsidiaries Kinetic Concepts, Inc., LifeCell Corporation and Systagenix Wound Management, Limited, has notified the Company that he will be resigning to pursue another career opportunity. Mr. Hureau will continue in his current role until September 23, 2014. Following Mr. Hureau’s departure, Brian Busenlehner, Vice President, Corporate Controller, will serve as interim Chief Financial Officer, working closely with President and CEO Joe Woody and the company’s senior leadership team on all financial matters. Mr. Busenlehner has served as Vice President, Controller since 2007 and in that role has been responsible for global accounting, financial consolidation and external reporting in addition to providing leadership in support of th ... Read more »

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Monday, August 25th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Clearly stated quality vision and values, and unequivocal leadership are key components to a successful culture of quality that can help organizations drive results, according to new research from ASQ and Forbes Insights.

But only about 60 percent of all respondents say management unequivocally supports their organization’s quality vision and values, of which about 60 percent say are clearly stated. In Europe and Asia, about 50 percent of respondents say their organizations have clear quality visions and values, according to the research.

The research — “Culture of Quality: Accelerating Growth and Performance in the Enterprise” — explores organizations’ support of quality and the key components of a successful culture of quality. This study offers — from organizations like Samsung, FedEx, and Tata — actionable insight into how a quality-d ... Read more »

TOKYO - Monday, August 25th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The storage business is one of Toshiba’s (TOKYO:6502) strategic focus businesses, alongside energy and healthcare. Our data storage products, such as HDD and SSD, are the key components of the storage business, along with NAND Flash, and we will make our business more competitive and larger by supporting cloud and social network service businesses that are expected to see rapid expansion.

HDD responsible for storing large amount of data and SSD responsible for high speed processing are seen as co-existing, complementing each other's characteristics. While offering a wide line-up of storage products, our main focus will be the enterprise market and the following products and targets.

·         Near line HDD: Expand market share by increasing the capacity.

·         Enterprise SSD: Gain ... Read more »