Saturday, June 29, 2019

NEW BLOCKCHAIN MESSENGER, NESTREE: THE GAME CHANGER APPEARED

Nestree successfully launched its dApp and users are now joining the communities in the messenger

SINGAPORE, June 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- New interactive communities in messengers are exploding in popularity across the world. Group chats are extremely accessible and easy to create, allowing participants to communicate in real time. Facebook Messenger has more than 2.5 million new group conversations every day, and Telegram Messenger has millions of group conversations with more than 30,000 people.

However, attracting new members and maintaining a group chat is difficult for community admins because of the passive nature of participants. Moreover, the business model of currently existing messengers is traditional. Advertisers must be sought out externally and community members do not get any rewards for their participations.

An advanced community messenger, Nestree, was developed to solve the above problems. By utilizing blockchain technology, the new decentralized application (dApp) offers new types of interactive and rewarding activities between users, admins, and advertisers.

The main feature, ‘Invitation Rewards’, is to provide rewards to the members who invite others to the community. It resulted in a rapid increase in members of communities. Within 24 hours of the application launching, Nestree gathered around 3,000 initial users and thousands of users are now voluntarily inviting other friends to join various communities.

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Friday, June 28, 2019

Virgin Hyperloop One targets Washington, presents transit technology

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- Virgin Hyperloop One (VHO) is currently showcasing its industry-leading technology at the ‘Hyperloop On The Hill’ event in Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. to members of Congress and federal stakeholders.

The world’s only hyperloop company to successfully test its technology at scale, continues to broaden support of revolutionary transportation technology globally.

The company’s demonstration focuses on a new mode of transportation that will change the movement of passengers and cargo in a safe, sustainable and efficient way.

Virgin Group founder, Richard Branson said: “We are seeing growing interest and excitement in the hyperloop vision from across the United States (US), Europe and India at both local and federal level.”

This summer, VHO will travel across the US to showcase its XP-1 vehicle, connect with communities and educate local and state governments on the tangible benefits of hyperloop.

VHO’s technology would transport passengers and goods three times as fast as high-speed rail and enable regional cities to connect just as local city subways connect neighbourhoods.

-- BERNAMA

CRRC GROUP, E-GLE CONCLUDE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT TO PRODUCE IN-WHEEL MOTORS FOR EVS

KAWASAKI, Japan, June 27, 2019 /Kyodo JBN- AsiaNet/ --

Shanghai e-Gle New Energy Automotive Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of e-Gle Co., Ltd., and Xiangyang CRRC Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. announced on June 21, 2019, in ZhuZhou, Hunan Province, China, that they concluded a partnership agreement with the aim of driving the new-energy automobile industry forward as global leaders by providing advanced power solutions. Initially, the companies will begin with the project of producing and selling in-wheel motors to automakers.

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Xiangyang CRRC Electric Machinery Co., Ltd., CRRC Group Corporation's subsidiary specializing in electric motors, decided to partner with e-Gle, known in the world as a pioneer with advanced technical capabilities in the development of electric vehicles (EVs), as it intends to quickly acquire a top market share by taking advantage of CRRC Group's overwhelming name recognition, creditworthiness and supply chain. The in-wheel motor system is based on the technology to equip each driving wheel with a motor inside and directly control the body of a vehicle, and e-Gle has state-of-the-art technology for the system.

The companies will aim to start producing in-wheel motors in 2020 and go into full operation in 2021. China has already become the world's largest EV market as it has been actively promoting EVs with subsidies for carmakers and consumers, among other policy measures.

About Xiangyang CRRC Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.:
It is the world's largest railway car manufacturer CRRC Group's subsidiary specializing in the production of electric motors. It is based in ZhuZhou, Hunan Province, China.

About Shanghai e-Gle New Energy Automotive Co., Ltd.:
It is a subsidiary of e-Gle Co., Ltd. (based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; headed by President Hiroshi Shimizu), which is engaged in the development of EVs.

Source: e-Gle Co., Ltd.

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​LINIO COLOMBIA AND INGENICO EPAYMENTS PARTNER UP TO OFFER THE BEST ONLINE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE

AMSTERDAM, June 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ingenico ePayments, the ecommerce division of Ingenico Group (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), announced that it will provide Linio Colombia with advanced payments services, offering its customers an enhanced shopping experience. Linio is a leading online marketplace in Latin America where customers demand smooth and intuitive payment. Ingenico will lead this effort by providing optimized payment solutions to Lino’s customers.

Linio and its shoppers will benefit from Ingenico's extensive experience working for leading ecommerce companies and global partners in more than 170 countries. Ingenico’s solution offers the latest payment methods, security and smooth checkout, boosting conversion rates and customer loyalty.

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S BLOCK IN SOUTHEAST ASIA:EXPLORE VIETNAM, EXPLORING DANANG; DISCOVER BLOCKCHAIN, DISCOVERING S BLOCK

BERN, Switzerland, June 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Digital Economy Application Summit by S BLOCK was successfully held on 26 June 2019 in Danang, Vietnam. This particular summit was hosted by S BLOCK Vietnam Community, co-organized by Magic Kingdom Club in collaboration with Top Market Group Finance and Black Hole Finance media.

Recently, due to the emergence of high-quality projects such as S BLOCK, Vietnam has once again set off a blockchain boom, and Vietnam has reached its highest point in market attention! Recently, according to the reliable source, S BLOCK Vietnam Community held an important economic summit in Vietnam at the end of June. More than 100 industry leaders, 500 well-known economic and blockchain media, over 2,000 industry elites across the world attended the event. The main purpose of the summit is to promote the industry development, to boost Vietnam tourism, and to collaborate and learn more about the blockchain industry. According to relevant news, thanks to the emergence of high-quality projects such as S BLOCK, Vietnam once again took the blockchain boom!

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

​SECURE-24, AN NTT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, TO ACQUIRE SYMMETRY, LEADING SAP MANAGED SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE U.S.

TOKYO, June 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TOKYO:9432), and Symmetry Holding Inc. (Symmetry), a U.S.-based leading provider of SAP managed services, announced today that Secure-24 Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (Secure-24), wholly owned subsidiary of NTT Com, entered into a definitive agreement on June 26 (Japan Standard Time), pursuant to which Secure-24 will wholly acquire Symmetry.

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Managed services are one of the key capabilities NTT Com is strengthening to support its clients’ digital transformations as a DX Enabler™. Secure-24 has been playing key roles for delivering such capabilities especially in the U.S. market. Symmetry possesses extensive expertise in SAP managed services, which it delivers to large enterprise clients in diverse industries including consumer products, life sciences, manufacturing and high-tech in the U.S., the world’s largest market for managed services. Symmetry also offers migration and operations services for SAP S/4 HANA, a flexible, high-speed platform, which is expected to be widely deployed.

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Metronome unveils cross-blockchain token transfer capability

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- Metronome, a wholly autonomous cryptocurrency has initiated the first-of-its-kind transfer of MET tokens from one blockchain to another – Ethereum ($ETH) to Ethereum Classic ($ETC).

The chainhop feature advances the vision of a built-to-last cryptocurrency which is available to all Metronome users, representing a significant step in how the financial and technology industries could approach cryptocurrencies as an enduring asset class.

The cryptocurrency-to-native-blockchain relationship potentially jeopardises the safety of one’s digital assets as it is wholly dependent on the stability of the community that maintains the currency and its blockchain, according to a statement.

With the introduction of Metronome’s chainhop capability, the Metronome team shows it is possible to maintain user’s holdings in a cryptocurrency and choose the blockchain ledger that most suits one’s requirements for stability and governance.

The cross-chain capability is available via the Metronome desktop wallet (Windows, MacOS, and Linux), as well as the mobile wallets for iOS and Android, while for developers, all components are available on GitHub.

For more information, contact https://metronome.io.

-- BERNAMA

KOINWORKS, INDONESIA'S LARGEST P2P LENDING PLATFORM, RAISES AN OVERSUBSCRIBED S$16.5 MILLION SERIES B

JAKARTA, Indonesia, June 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KoinWorks, Indonesia’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform registered and supervised by OJK, today announced its Series B fundraise of S$16.5 million (IDR 170 billion). The oversubscribed round was co-led by EV Growth and Quona Capital, with participation from existing investors. The new funding will be used to expand the KoinWorks team and partnerships, and further develop systems and technology to provide financial inclusion throughout Indonesia with its popular one platform.

KoinWorks was established in 2016 by co-founders Benedicto Haryono and Willy Arifin. The company brings together borrowers and lenders online through a single platform that provides access to financial services for SMEs who have historically been un- or underbanked by traditional financial institutions. Leveraging machine learning, KoinWorks enables borrowers to access low interest loans while funders receive better returns. Available products include business financing and invoice financing.

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Wednesday, June 26, 2019

HYTERA EMPHASISES ITSELF AS PROFESSIONAL AND PRIVATE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTION SUPPLIER AT CCW 2019

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 25 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- After connecting with vertical customers for over 20 years worldwide, Hytera Communications Corporation Limited realized that only turnkey solutions could satisfy them rather than any single device.

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The company has now emphasised itself as a global provider of professional and private wireless communications solutions to meet global customers’ demands by enriching product portfolios by leveraging narrowband technologies across multiple standards, broadband and new technologies like big data, AI and Internet of Things (IoT), and expanding its global partnership with business stakeholders to consolidate a promising ecosystem.

SIX SINGAPOREAN CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS FELLOWSHIPS

SYDNEY, June 24, 2019 /Medianet International-AsiaNet/--

Six Singaporean Chartered Accountants have tonight received Fellowships, the highest recognition in the accounting profession.

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand President Stephen Walker presented the awards tonight at the annual President's Dinner in Singapore as eighteen Chartered Accountants were recognised for their achievements.

Chartered Accountant Fellowships are peer awarded for outstanding career achievements and contributions to the profession through business and community endeavors.

The Singaporean Fellowship recipients are:

Martin Aitchison
Ong Chao Choon
Soh Kok Leong
Alywin Teh
Brahma Sharma
Samantha Chan

Recipient Ong Chao Choon said there have been many changes in the accounting profession over the past thirty years.

"Businesses have become a lot larger, global and complex. What was once predominantly audit-tax-insolvency accountancy firms are now multi-competency professional services firms in order to attract talent and deal with the complexity.

"Accounting is the language of business, mastering this language has allowed me to understand businesses intimately, and transit between various advisory roles with ease," Mr Ong said.

Mr Walker said the Chartered Accountants' designation is internationally recognised for its commitment to building long-term prosperity for clients and communities, while maintaining the highest ethical standards.

"A core foundation that will help navigate us through the changing business landscape worldwide is ethical leadership. It is important that ethics are at the centre of everything we do as accountants," Mr Walker said.


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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

AxiomSL, Refinitiv partner for global shareholding disclosure data enrichment

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) -- AxiomSL, a regulatory reporting and risk management solutions provider, has partnered with Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial market data and infrastructure.

The partnership combines AxiomSL’s robust Global Shareholding Disclosures solution with Refinitiv’s reference data enabling financial institutions to automatically enrich client positions while managing regulatory obligations across multiple jurisdictions.

The combination also enables market participants to understand data and report issues to successfully comply with shareholding disclosure requirements globally.

In addition, the collaborative approach reduces the burden on clients to source and integrate market data while enhancing the automation of the entire end-to-end monitoring process.

AxiomSL (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) general manager, Ed Royan said the partnership would address the challenges of data transparency requirements set out by global regulatory authorities when rules differed.

“This partnership unlocks many benefits from streamlining and automating complex rules to seamlessly ingesting and aggregating disparate data resulting in a rapid go-live process.”

-- BERNAMA

Cloudflare-Tencent Cloud partnership expands Bandwidth Alliance with zero data transfer fees

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) -- Cloudflare, a leading Internet performance company, has partnered Tencent Cloud to expand the Bandwidth Alliance with zero data transfer fees for all traffic between customers networks outside of China.

Last September, Cloudflare announced the Bandwidth Alliance, a group of forward-thinking cloud and networking companies committed to discounting or waiving data transfer fees (also known as bandwidth fees) for shared customers.

The Bandwidth Alliance was launched with 10 partners to provide the most performant and cost-efficient experience for mutual customers, and currently has nearly doubled to 18 partners.

“In working with Tencent, and other partners, we are better positioned to address the numerous challenges that are faced by enterprises as they expand internationally, to help users everywhere experience the best Internet possible,” said Cloudflare co-founder and chief executive officer, Matthew Prince.

Tencent Cloud’s global presence and decades of experience in delivering digital engagement to its massive user base make it an ideal addition to the Bandwidth Alliance, according to a statement.

It offers powerful and robust cloud solutions that are used extensively across the gaming and media industries in key regions such as Silicon Valley, Frankfurt, Singapore and Bangkok, in addition to extensive presence in China.

For more information, contact https://www.cloudflare.com.

-- BERNAMA

Monday, June 24, 2019

Osaka Gas Co Ltd setting up natural gas supply company in Vietnam




KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 (Bernama) -- Osaka Gas Singapore Pte Ltd, together with Sojitz Corporation and Sojitz Vietnam, are set to form a joint venture company, Sojitz Osaka Gas Energy Company Ltd, aimed at supplying natural gas in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

According to a statement, Osaka Gas Singapore Pte Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Osaka Gas Co Ltd and Daigas Group company, a new group brand launched by Osaka Gas Co Ltd last year.

The new company plans to implement natural gas supplies to Phu My 3 Specialized Industrial Park in the southern Vietnamese province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, as well as compressed natural gas supply business via trucking for industrial customers within Vietnam.

The project marks the fourth country for Daigas Group as it expands the business in Southeast Asia, after Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, marking the third country, following on Singapore, and Thailand for their engagement in natural gas supply work overseas.

Under the project, the new company will promote the efficient use of cleaner natural gas and actively propose natural gas as an alternative option of fuel to coal, heavy oil and LPG. It will also contribute to energy savings and decrease the environmental impact in Vietnam.

The promotion of this project is expected to record sales worth 15 billion yen by fiscal year 2030. There are also future plans under discussion to grow energy services, as well as support for new infrastructure using various financial strategies. (100 JPY = RM3.86)

-- BERNAMA

Teijin eats into BARLEYmax´s Asian exclusive sales rights

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 (Bernama) -- Teijin Limited has reached an agreement with The Healthy Grain Pty. Limited, an Australian venture company, to acquire the exclusive sales rights in Asia to BARLEYmax.

BARLEYmax is a non-genetically modified barley rich in resistant starch and water-soluble dietary fibre, such as β-glucan and fructan. It is developed by Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.

Teijin has started sales where market expansion is expected, based on its judgment that further global business expansion is essential, according to a statement.

The agreement grants Teijin exclusive marketing rights in Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore. It initially focuses on these markets, targeting the prompt launch of products in cooperation with local companies and exporting processed foods from Japan.

Having entered into an exclusive agreement with Healthy Grain to jointly develop BARLEYmax in Japan in 2015, Teijin has expanded domestic sales, conducted clinical trials, developed products by leveraging the special characteristics of various ingredients and implemented marketing to improve recognition.

Teijin is a technology-driven global group offering advanced solutions in the areas of environmental value. For more information, contact https://www.teijin.com.

-- BERNAMA

Seaborn Networks offers diverse Ethernet, IP Service solutions




KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Seaborn Networks (Seaborn), a leading developer-owner-operator of subsea fibre optic cable systems, will deliver new IP Service offerings comprising diverse Ethernet Service and IP Service solutions.

The new offerings address the market’s demand for rapidly deployed and highly stable global Ethernet and IP based needs between North and South America.

By combining rapid service deployment within days with the operational control of fully owned Seabras-1 subsea system, only Seaborn is able to directly control aspects and layers of the network, ensuring unbeatable quality of service.

Seabras-1 offers the only direct POP to POP route between São Paulo, Brazil and New York in the United States, and will shortly launch an end-to-end orchestration platform that will enable services to be delivered in real time via industry-leading SDN technology.

Seaborn chief executive officer, Larry Schwartz said: “We ensure that our customers have the necessary, cost effective and secure high-bandwidth solutions to compete in today’s connected world. Seaborn’s high availability and customisable Ethernet and IP services provide the perfect solution for those needs.”

More details at www.seabornnetworks.com

-- BERNAMA

Thursday, June 20, 2019

SALIHIN SHARIAH ADVISORY SIGNED MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION WITH INTERNATIONAL SHARI'AH RESEARCH ACADEMY FOR ISLAMIC FINANCE (ISRA) AND ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE INSTITUTE MALAYSIA (IBFIM)

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- SALIHIN Shariah Advisory (SSA), a Shariah advisory firm registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) that provides advisory and consultancy works on all Shariah-based products and services regulated by SC, fintech solutions, training and education, research, development and publication.  SSA is also a member firm under SALIHIN Consulting Group, an established bumiputera accounting firm, is honoured to conclude and sign two (2) memorandum of cooperation (MOC), each with ISRA and IBFIM during its Syawal@SALIHIN 2019 celebration at Sime Darby Convention Centre Bukit Kiara on 18 June 2019.
 
The MOC is established for both parties to promote and market Islamic Finance publications locally and internationally.  In this collaboration, SSA has been appointed as the distribution partner for the books published by ISRA and IBFIM.  As the distribution partner to a globally recognized research academy and banking industry training institution respectively, SSA is pleased to contribute to the marketing effort in elevating the presence of the publications to its branch networks in Malaysia, Middle East and Africa region as well via its online bookstore.  This collaboration also exhibited commitment and support by ISRA to promote the books published by SSA in I-FIKR portal.  This mutual cooperation among the parties demonstrated the practise of Islamic finance in the commercial business transactions which is not only focus on the personal interest of one organization but, to promote mutual assistance for the benefit of the ummah as a whole and to achieve maqasid al-shariah.  It is hope that this small effort could further contribute to the development of Islamic finance through quality publications and various circulation platforms for everyone to acquire the right knowledge on the subject matter.      

SOURCE: SALIHIN SHARIAH ADVISORY

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Sophie Riottot is Tinubu Square's newly-minted group sales director

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Tinubu Square, a credit insurance, surety and trade finance solutions provider, has named Sophie Riottot as group sales director.

In a statement, Tinubu Square said the appointment was a strategic engagement for the company to restructure sales approach to reinforce rapid global growth.

As a Tinubu Square executive committee member, Riottot is responsible for spearheading the company’s expansion into international markets beyond Europe, where fast growth offers significant potential.

She will explore fresh approaches to partnerships and evangelise the role of Tinubu and its software solution to ensure smooth digital transformation processes for customers.

Tinubu Square will rely on her expertise as it restructures with a focus on attracting new businesses in markets, recruiting talent and introducing its solutions to an ever-increasing pool of customers.

Riottot joins Tinubu Square from Dhatim, a French start-up specialising in AI-powered invoice services, where she was responsible for sales strategy and partnership development.

Prior to this, she was with Microsoft for over 17 years, in a variety of prominent sales and management positions, including head of finance in the Services Division.

-- BERNAMA

China´s Nanning project approval service system saves time, steps

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- China’s National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area has implemented a ‘housekeeper-style’ service system for project approval, beginning April this year.

The service system aims to optimise and simplify the approval of industrial project construction, accurately and effectively serving enterprises, as well as continuously stimulate market vitality and social creativity.

According to a statement from the National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area Management Committee, the system has reduced a total number of application documents for construction project approval and optimised the processing steps required.

The Administrative Approval Bureau of National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area has provided ‘General Housekeeper’ and ‘Professional Butler’ for all industrial project and guide enterprises to shorten the time for construction project approval.

The ‘one-stop acceptance, one-stop training, one-stop guidance, one-stop processing’ management model provides government services for enterprise project approval with ‘unconditional acceptance for review, barrier-free coordination, whole-process follow-up, and seamless communication’.

National Nanning Economic & Technological Development Area will further streamline and optimise approval process and extend the service system from industrial enterprises to other areas.

-- BERNAMA

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

​SINGAPORE'S CONVERSANT LEVERAGES VERIMATRIX SECURE CLOUD FOR MULTI-DRM SECURITY

SINGAPORE, June 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- 

Regulatory News:

BroadcastAsia 2019 – Verimatrix (Paris:INSD), the leader in redefining the standard for connected devices and services with an innovative combination of security and data analytics, today announced that Singapore-based digital media cloud service provider Conversant is now hosting its Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS™) in the Verimatrix Secure Cloud™. The agile cloud environment enables a flexible software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to more efficiently support harmonized rights management for multi-DRM video services.

Conversant provides innovative digital media and video solutions for telecoms service providers, content providers, media broadcasters and enterprises in an aim to connect the digital world. Integrated with Conversant's own CDN and CMS, the VCAS multi-DRM solution provides flexible, end-to-end security for its B2B business models. It enables its customers to provide a transparent consumption experience using cross-DRM domain management while comprehensively protecting premium OTT content.

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Blockchain trends, innovations set for discussion in Singapore next week

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (Bernama) -- The World Blockchain Forum Singapore & World Blockchain Award Asia will be held on June 22 and 23 at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore to discuss industry trends and innovations.

The conference will bring together more than 4,000 global elites from governments, associations, regulatory agencies, investment institutions, blockchain project parties, financial technology and media to promote the blockchain industry.

Co-hosted by S BLOCK, a digital asset management platform, the event will aggregate top institutions like EY, PwC, R3, Lenovo, Huawei, Dubai Blockchain Centre and more, to share their opinions and projects for the general public.

Trending topics such as RegTech, Compliance and Emerging Technologies will also be discussed in detail, whereby speakers will share exclusive insights on multinational policies and benefits of blockchain, sharing the latest trends and predicting the future of blockchain.

Numerous celebrities and industry experts will gather to discuss the latest industry trends, introduce innovative projects, research industry prospects and complete global distribution on the encrypted world economic map.

For more information, contact https://www.sblock.com.

-- BERNAMA

SignalFx raises US$75 million to fuel product development

KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) -- SignalFx has raised US$75 million in Series E funding, led by Tiger Global Management with participation from existing investors. (US$1 = RM4.16)

The primary equity financing raises total funding to US$179 million and will accelerate product development and the company’s rapid global expansion.

SignalFx chief executive officer, Karthik Rau said: “SignalFx is at an inflection point in its growth as organisations are investing aggressively in their cloud and digital transformation initiatives and re-evaluating their systems management and monitoring strategies.

“The additional capital from this financing allows us to invest even more in our industry-leading products while also extending our go-to-market reach to more organisations around the world.”

SignalFx’s growth comes as organisations have increasingly turned to cloud-native technologies such as micro-services, containers, Kubernetes and serverless functions to speed their rate of innovation.

SignalFx’s annual revenues have increased by a compound annual growth rate of 170 per cent since sales began in 2015, as traditional monitoring tools have failed to keep pace with new requirements for speed, scale and automation.

-- BERNAMA

​WARNERMEDIA INNOVATION LAB CONTINUES TO LEAN INTO FUTURE TECH WITH SEVERAL KEY ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW YORK, June 17 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- The WarnerMedia Innovation Lab made several key announcements today, deepening its commitment to cutting edge technology and the incubation of new consumer facing products, services and experiences. These announcements include the location of its physical space in New York City which will be powered by AT&T’s 5G network, making it one of AT&T’s first permanent 5G experience centers. The Lab also announced further details on its partnerships with WarnerMedia Ad Sales and with Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising and analytics company. Finally, the Lab announced the appointment of an architecture firm to lead design of the physical space.

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The WarnerMedia Innovation Lab will be a new construction 20,000 square foot facility located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, featuring an immersive zone for showcasing consumer-ready experiences visible to the public, flexible indoor and outdoor event spaces, dedicated R&D environments and an open and collaborative modern work space.

MASAMI KURUMADA COLLABORATES ON MOBILE MASTERPIECE WITH YOOZOO GAMES AND TENCENT

SHANGHAI, June 14 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Leading game developer and publisher YOOZOO Games worked on Saint Seiya: Awakening alongside developer Tencent and renowned Japanese manga artist and writer Masami Kurumada. Mostly known for his work on fighting manga; featuring Bishonen and magical boy, Masami Kurumada is the founder of the manga studio Kurumada Productions.

Check out the Saint Seya: Awakening trailer <here>. Find the game on the <official website>, on <Google Play> or <iOS>. Get the latest news and updates on the Facebook page.

Saint Seiya: Awakening looks to recreate the classic Japanese comic featuring mystical warriors known as ‘Saints’ — empowered by a curious energy force called ‘Cosmo’. Combining beautiful high definition 3D graphics with some very cool combat effects and boasting a fantastic line-up of top Japanese character voice-artists from Jun Fukuyama (voice of Lelouch in Code Geass) to Yuki Kaji (Eren Yeager in Attack on Titan), Saint Seiya: Awakening is set to offer mobile gamers a unique audio-visual experience.

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CORRECTING AND REPLACING ZINIER TO SHOWCASE ITS AI-DRIVEN FIELD SERVICE AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS AT COMMUNICASIA 2019

CORRECTING AND REPLACING ZINIER TO SHOWCASE ITS AI-DRIVEN FIELD SERVICE AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS AT COMMUNICASIA 2019

Monday, June 17, 2019

OKEX NATIVE TOKEN OKB AND OKLINK STABLECOIN USDK LISTED ON BITFINEX

VALLETTA, Malta, June 13 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- OKEx, a world-leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced the listing of its native token, OKB, on another leading cryptocurrency exchange, Bitfinex. Bitfinex will also list USDK, which is a stablecoin co-developed by OKLink, a blockchain technology company, and Prime Trust, a registered Trust Company based in Nevada, US (Read more). The nine new trading pairs will officially open on Bitfinex from 10am, June 13, 2019 (UTC), including USDK/USD, BTC/USDK, ETH/USDK, USDT/USDK, EOS/USDK, OKB/USD, OKB/BTC, OKB/ETH and OKB/USDT.

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Empowering OKEx’s ecosystem, OKB allows OKEx users to perform various tasks such as setting up an OKEx partner exchange, settling trading fees, and subscribing for new tokens on the token sale platform OK Jumpstart.With multiple use-cases, OKB has been capturing more market share over the months, according to the data revealed on CoinMarketCap.

Friday, June 14, 2019

Toshiba image recognition processor key component in Toyota vehicle systems




KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (Toshiba) has announced its Visconti(™)4 image recognition processor was a key component in the driver assistance systems of Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) vehicles.

Toyota has recorded industry-leading scores in the 2018 Japan New Car Assessment Program (JNCAP), the Japanese Government programme that assesses the road safety of new vehicles.

Toshiba is contributing to a future of safe vehicles by channelling its know-how in deep neural networks and sensor, and imaging technologies into the Visconti(™) series of image processor LSIs for advanced driver assistance systems.

The LSI’s ability to process luminance differences between objects and their backgrounds, realises better detection of pedestrians at night and in low light conditions.

This has helped the Toyota vehicles win high scores in assessment of collision avoidance braking for pedestrians.

The Alphard/Vellfire integrating the system received a high score of 126 points and took the Grand Prix Award for preventive safety performance assessment, and all of the Toyota models integrating Visconti(™)4 were evaluated as Advanced Safety Vehicle (ASV)+++.

Toshiba is now developing Visconti(™)5, which will deliver advanced Deep Neural Network IP and expects to start sample shipments in September this year.

-- BERNAMA

Teledyne e2v’s Emerald 67M, Ultra-high Resolution Image Sensor Now Available

GRENOBLE, France and MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, June 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies [NYSE: TDY] company and global innovator of imaging solutions, and TowerJazz [Nasdaq: TSEM], the global specialty foundry leader, announce that Teledyne e2v’s Emerald™ 67M image sensor, designed for ultra-high resolution electronics inspection, high-end surveillance and microscopy is now available. 

The sensor is a member of Teledyne e2v’s Emerald family and features TowerJazz’s smallest in the world 2.5µm low-noise global shutter pixel, on TowerJazz’s 65nm platform, in its Uozu, 300mm Japanese manufacturing facility.  The pixel is integrated with a unique light pipe technology, offering superb angular response, more than 80dB shutter efficiency, in a significantly small size, and extremely low noise (one electron).  This unique pixel architecture provides cutting edge performance that enables improved manufacturing yields, through detection of smaller defects.



Source: Teledyne e2v

Orbital Insight opens second Asia office in Singapore

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) -- Orbital Insight has opened its seventh office in Singapore, led by its sales director (South Asia) and general manager (Singapore), Laura Ryan.

The newly-opened office is the second dedicated sales office in Asia after Tokyo, as the company seeks to further strategic expansion in the Asian markets.

In addition, the opening also aims to capitalise on last month’s launch of its commercial geospatial analytics product, GO.

From its Singapore office, Orbital Insight will expand its business to key markets in Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia to locally serve a wide range of financial investors, corporates and governments.

Orbital Insight’s Asia Pacific customers are already using the company’s leading geospatial data and analytics services, including for use in the commercial and catastrophe insurance sector and commodities monitoring for oil, palm oil, steel and coal to drive better, more timely business and policy decisions.

"This strategic office opening in Singapore is the result of the strong positive reception Orbital Insight has received in the APAC (Asia Pacific) market," said Orbital Insight chief revenue officer, AJ DeRosa.

"We are excited to meet the growing demand for geospatial analytics in South Asia from some of the world's leading investors and institutions."

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

​TOSHIBA LAUNCHES NEW FAMILY OF LOW VOLTAGE DRIVEN PHOTORELAYS

TOKYO, June 11 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation (“Toshiba”), the industry leader in the miniaturization of cutting-edge photorelays, has introduced a family of five new photorelays housed in the industry’s smallest[1] package, the S-VSONR4 (2.0mm x 1.45mm). The new devices are suited for use in automatic test equipment, memory testers, SoC/LSI testers and probe cards. Shipments have already started.

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Both the TLP34xxSRL series (two devices) and TLP34xxSRH series (three devices) have input voltage driven characteristics. TLP3406SRL and TLP3407SRL support a DC voltage range of 1.8V (typ.) to 3.3V (typ.), while TLP3406SRH, TLP3407SRH and TLP3412SRH support a DC voltage range of 3.3V (typ.) to 5V (typ.), characteristics that enhance compatibility with today’s low voltage FPGAs.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

​WSO2 AND PING IDENTITY PARTNER TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE, AI-POWERED CYBER-ATTACK PROTECTION FOR APIS

New open source extension integrates the AI-powered cybersecurity of PingIntelligence for APIs with the robust, policy-based security controls in WSO2 API Manager

Mountain View, CA and Denver, CO, June 11 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

The proliferation of APIs catalyzed by digital transformation initiatives is viewed as a virtual goldmine by hackers, who are hijacking tokens, cookies and keys, as well as targeting weaknesses in individual APIs. And all too often, static security controls fail to stop these attacks. Now, WSO2 and Ping Identity have partnered to protect APIs against cyber-attacks by combining the artificial intelligence (AI) powered API cybersecurity of PingIntelligence for APIs with the robust policy-based controls in the open source WSO2 API Manager.

Through the partnership, WSO2 has developed an open source extension to communicate with the PingIntelligence API Security Enforcer (ASE) module, which can be deployed in the WSO2 API Gateway. As a result, WSO2 API Manager users can apply AI-based security analysis and threat blocking to their APIs along with static policy-based security controls.

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​PVH CORP. NAMES CHERYL ABEL-HODGES CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF CALVIN KLEIN, INC.

NEW YORK, June 10 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- PVH Corp. [NYSE:PVH], one of the world’s largest apparel companies and owner of iconic brands, including CALVIN KLEIN, TOMMY HILFIGERVan Heusen, Speedo, and IZOD, announced today that Cheryl Abel-Hodges is the new Chief Executive Officer of Calvin Klein.

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Abel-Hodges previously had served as Group President, Calvin Klein North America and The Underwear Group. In her new role, she reports to Stefan Larsson, PVH President.

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

​EMVCO PUBLISHES EMV® SECURE REMOTE COMMERCE (SRC) SPECIFICATION V1.0 AND PAYMENT ICON

LONDON, June 7 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- EMVCo has released EMV® Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) Specification v1.0, which is available for free public download from the EMVCo website. The specification provides a foundation that will enable the processing of e-commerce transactions in a consistent, streamlined fashion across a variety of digital channels and devices, including smartphones, tablets, PCs and other connected devices.

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The publication of EMV SRC v1.0 follows a public consultation period on the draft specification in Q4 2018, which allowed as many payment industry participants as possible, including merchants, card issuers and payment networks, the opportunity to review and contribute.

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Friday, June 7, 2019

VRICON AND CESIUM PARTNER TO BRING USERS STREAMING 3D GEODATA

McLean, Virginia, June 7 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vricon, a producer of geospatial 3D solutions, and Cesium—a complete platform for building time-dynamic, 3D geospatial applications—are disrupting the geospatial industry by providing accurate 3D geodata in the cloud and making it accessible for free until 24 June.

Announced at this year’s GEOINT 2019 Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, Vricon and Cesium are providing 3D digital surface models through Cesium ion, starting with highly detailed datasets for six cities. 

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​COAST AUTONOMOUS OPTIMIZES SELF DRIVING VEHICLE SAFETY WITH LEDDARTECH'S COCOON LIDAR

QUEBEC CITY, June 4 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeddarTech®, an industry leader in automotive and mobility LiDAR technology, is pleased to announce that COAST Autonomous has selected LeddarTech for its autonomous shuttles. COAST Autonomous, founded by veterans of the self-driving industry, chose LeddarTech’s technology because of its ability to deliver enhanced safety for COAST Autonomous’ vehicles. The robustness and reliability of LeddarTech’s solid-state technology meet today’s demanding mobility conditions and makes it the technology of choice toward preventing collisions in stop-and-go applications by eliminating dead zones left by other sensing technologies.

COAST Autonomous has developed self-driving vehicles that integrate several detection technologies, including LiDAR, RADAR, and camera. LeddarTech’s LiDAR provides full coverage with no dead zones within the entire perimeter of the vehicle, also referred to as the cocoon. This protects vulnerable road users such as pedestrians who may approach the vehicle in stop-and-go situations.  LeddarTech’s cocoon LiDAR provides a unique solution enabling safe, fully autonomous vehicles. “With the intent of providing the safest rides to our passengers, our selection of detection technologies takes into consideration the maturity of the partners we work with and their ability to consistently deliver on their promises,” stated Pierre Lefevre, Chief Technology Officer at COAST Autonomous. “With more than a decade of experience building LiDAR sensors, LeddarTech is the perfect partner for us and has consistently shown it could exceed our expectations.”

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TACONIC BIOSCIENCES IS FIRST AND ONLY ANIMAL VENDOR TO ANNOUNCE ALL COMMERCIAL MOUSE COLONIES FREE OF NEW PATHOGEN

RENSSELAER, N.Y., June 4 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces that all commercial mouse colonies and contract mouse breeding barriers are free of a newly discovered pathogen.  Taconic is the first and only commercial animal vendor to exclude mouse kidney parvovirus from its animals at all health standards.

In an October 2019 Cell paper, an Australian and American research consortium announced the discovery of a novel mouse parvovirus, named mouse kidney parvovirus or MKPV (https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(18)31029-8).  The report states this highly infectious pathogen causes inclusion body nephropathy and eventual renal failure and death in immunodeficient mice.  

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​MARY KAY AWARDS DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARDS AT 2019 ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The AMS Mary Kay Doctoral Dissertation Awards provide doctoral students with funding needed to complete their educational journeys

DALLAS, June 4 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mary Kay, an international leader in corporate and social responsibility, today announced winners of the Mary Kay Doctoral Dissertation and Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Awards at the 2019 Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference in Toronto. The awards, which have been provided annually by the iconic beauty company for more than 25 years, celebrate doctoral candidates in marketing based on the quality of their dissertation research and their final presentations at the AMS Annual Conference.

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Doctoral students from programs at any recognized university, college of higher learning, business school or management school worldwide were eligible for the AMS Mary Kay Doctoral Dissertation Awards. This year’s winners were:

​TRAX AND LENZTECH JOIN FORCES TO DIGITIZE THE PHYSICAL WORLD OF RETAIL AT SCALE AND SPEED OF CHINA

BEIJING & SINGAPORE, June 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Trax, the world’s leading provider of computer vision and analytics solutions for the retail industry, and LenzTech, China’s leading retail AI and Big Data service platform, are joining forces to provide Chinese Consumer Packaged Goods companies (CPGs) with greater visibility into store conditions for better in-store execution, promotion optimization and merchandising strategies. The merger combines Trax’s best-in-class technologies with LenzTech’s in-market expertise in AI and crowdsourcing to ‘digitize’ China’s physical world of retail.

Trax provides in-store execution solutions, market measurement and consulting services for CPG brands and retailers by leveraging its cutting-edge computer vision, machine learning and IOT platform – which turns photos of retail shelves into granular, actionable shelf and store-level insights. Top brands and retailers leverage Trax in over 50 countries, to drive execution excellence and increase sales and market share.

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Monday, June 3, 2019

​INFOGAIN WINS DEAL TO PROVIDE ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION TO JAPANESE MULTI-NATIONAL CONSUMER PRODUCTS COMPANY

SINGAPORE, May 29 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Infogain, a leading provider of technology solutions, is pleased to announce a deal with one of the world’s leading consumer products companies. The new client is an established brewing, distilling and retailing company in Japan, with annual revenues exceeding $19.2 billion and over 37,000 employees worldwide.

Infogain will establish a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Center of Excellence and automate certain business processes. Infogain’s solution will implement automation processes in its subsidiaries located across Asia including, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries.

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Sunday, June 2, 2019

MBA SALARIES IN THE US HIGHEST ON RECORD

MBA Graduates Continue to Realize Salary Premiums Across Hiring Markets

RESTON, Va., May 29 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), a global association of leading graduate business schools, in partnership with MBA Career Services & Employer Alliance and European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), has released its Business School Hiring Report based on findings from the annual Corporate Recruiters Survey, with over 1,200 employers in 45 countries providing insight into current market and hiring trends among MBA and business master’s graduates.   

Recent graduates with an advanced business degree, particularly in the US, are procuring substantial starting salaries.  The median annual base starting salary US employers plan to offer new MBA hires in 2019 is US$115,000, more than double the median for new bachelor’s degree hires (US$55,000) and the highest ever recorded in the US when adjusted for inflation.  By industry among US employers, median MBA starting salaries are highest in the consulting (US$135,000) and finance/accounting (US$125,000) industries.

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