Centralized Control and Visibility for Increased Speed and Agility to Actionable Information

HAYWARD, Calif. - Wednesday, February 27th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Glimmerglass, the leader in fully integrated, Intelligent cyber solutions, today announced version 2.0 of CyberSweep™ Path Manager. Path Manager software provides a management environment for CyberSweep™, a fully integrated platform that provides Cyber Security customers with the most agile architecture for the extraction and analysis of actionable information from optical signals.

"Path Manager 2.0 responds to customer needs for full visibility and control of each element in the CyberSweep,” said Robert Lundy, CEO of Glimmerglass. "CyberSweep is the premier solution for countering cyber crime and cyber terrorism delivering near instant access to actionable information.”

In 2012, Glimmerglass delivered the world’s first agile optical layer for sweeping signals for analysis. CyberSweep Pat ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

RSA Conference 2013

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RSA Conference-- Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced its Protiva Cloud Confirm solutions are being used by Exostar to help secure applications connected to the company’s cloud-based Identity Hubs for aerospace and life sciences communities. Gemalto Protiva Cloud solutions include IDProve one-time password (OTP) tokens and the IDConfirm strong authentication server.

Exostar’s Identity Hubs offer a connect-once environment that allows companies and their suppliers, partners, and customers to conduct business securely, effectively, and seamlessly. In addition to its federated identity management services, Exostar delivers a single sign-on user experience and controlled access to applications, be they Exostar applications, customer applications/portals, or third-party applications. Today, Exostar’ ... Read more »

Gemalto's UpTeq NFC SIM To Secure The Unicom Merchants’ Bank Mobile Wallet

BARCELONA - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announced that its UpTeq NFC SIMcard has been selected by China Unicom to secure its mobile wallet program. China Unicom is the nation’s second-largest wireless operator, with more than 220 million subscribers in which over 60 million are on 3G. The Unicom Merchants’ Bank mobile wallet is the first NFC payment service being launched in China, in a joint collaboration between China Unicom and China Merchants Bank (CMB) for the mobile wallet itself.

China Unicom’s mobile wallet enables consumers to make purchases at food and beverage outlets, including retailers and merchants who accept China Union Pay’s QuickPass contactless cards. There are currently over 162,000 QuickPass point-of-sale terminals in Shanghai that are compatible with the mobile wal ... Read more »

LONDON - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Innovation performance is now significantly worse than three years ago, yet top innovators still regularly achieve up to 13% points more EBIT than average performers. These are key findings from management consultancy Arthur D. Little’s (ADL) 8th Global Innovation Excellence Study, a cross-industry survey of trends and best practice in innovation management.

Drawing on over 650 responses from CxOs, the study shows a strong relationship between using best practice management approaches (measured using ADL’s Innovation Excellence Model) and achieving higher innovation performance. Comparing top quartile performers against the rest of the sample, there is a significant gap of up to 13% points in terms of EBIT from recent product & service introduction and a 30% gap in terms of time-to-break even. However, "The range between the best and worst performers has narrowed since 2010, suggesting underperformer ... Read more »

Industry-Leading ZXMW NR8950 to Help LTE Operators on Large-Capacity Data Transmission

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SHENZHEN, China - Wednesday, February 27th 2013

Mobile World Congress 2013

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 launched a new full-outdoor microwave transmission system based on patented technology at the 2013 Mobile World Congress, offering substantial performance enhancements to meet the needs of today’s ultra-fast LTE networks.

Based on a new design architecture, the ZXMW NR8950 microwave system can be deployed for large-capacity transmission, helping operators roll out networks with dense coverage, and reduced installation footprint. The design advantages of ZXMW NR8950 enable operators to overcome the challenges of building high-density small-cell networks for large-capacity data t ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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BARCELONA - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that it is providing its Allynis Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution to KDDI, one of the leading mobile network operators in Japan, for the deployment of the world’s first commercial NFC airline boarding service. In addition, Gemalto has been delivering its UpTeq NFC high end SIM to KDDI since March 2012. Launched in October 2012, the service will enable quicker and more convenient flight boarding for more than 37 million passengers who fly with Japan Airlines (JAL) each year.

The project aims to boost usage of mobile boarding by providing increased speed and convenience to end users while reducing operational costs. Gemalto’s TSM allows KDDI to securely download the JAL application into the SIM, enabling passengers to just tap their mobile phone when required to present their boarding pass. The NFC solution that ... Read more »

FOSTER CITY, Calif. - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Visa and Samsung today announced a global alliance that combines Visa’s expertise in payments with Samsung’s leadership in mobile device technology – an alliance that has the potential to significantly accelerate the availability of mobile payments globally.

According to the agreement, financial institutions that are planning to launch mobile payment programs will be able to use the Visa Mobile Provisioning Service1 to securely download payment account information to NFC-enabled Samsung devices. In addition, Samsung has agreed to load the Visa payWave applet onto its mobile devices featuring NFC technology. Visa payWave is Visa’s mobile payment applet that enables consumers to make "wave and pay” contactless payments using mobile devices.

"Samsung devices enabled with Visa payment functionality will no doubt be a powerful product offering – especially ... Read more »

SALT LAKE CITY - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire]

USANA Health Sciences Inc. (NYSE: USNA), a global nutritional company, announced today that its China subsidiary BabyCare Ltd. received official government approval from the Ministry of Commerce People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) to expand direct selling activities in three additional provinces/municipalities within the People’s Republic of China. The provinces/municipalities include Jiangsu, Shanxi and Tianjin.

These three additional licenses granted to USANA’s wholly owned subsidiary, BabyCare Ltd., add to the company’s existing direct selling license in the municipality of Beijing. This announcement of MOFCOM granting three additional provincial/municipality direct sales licenses shows the good standing of USANA’s China operations doing business as BabyCare Ltd.

"We are excited to see continued progress in China as we expand the reach of our world-class products plus research and developm ... Read more »

Rise in BYOD presents opportunity for all credentials to be securely integrated in the mobile handset

BARCELONA, Spain - Tuesday, February 26th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013 Hall 5 Stand 5G120

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Mobile World Congress - Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is demonstrating innovative NFC applications at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain (Hall 5 Stand 5G120). This proof of concept for enterprise applications transform mobile phones into secure and convenient identification and authentication devices for the workplace. Utilizing the company’s proven UpTeq NFC SIM, Gemalto’s experimentation enables secure and fast entry to buildings as well as provide strong authentication on PCs, laptops, IT networks and other company services with nothing more than a tap of the phone.

With the user’s unique credentials protected by state-of-the-art smart card security, t ... Read more »