GLOBAL SWITCH FIRST IN SINGAPORE TO ADOPT DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY METHODS FOR DATA CENTRE CONSTRUCTION

SINGAPORE, May 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global Switch, a leading owner and operator of large scale carrier and cloud neutral data centres in Europe and Asia-Pacific, announced that its Singapore Woodlands data centre, is the first project in the island state to adopt prefabricated mechanical and electrical and plumbing (MEP) modular techniques on a large scale. The data centre is due to launch later this year.

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Earlier this month, a delegation from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) led by Mr Neo Choon Keong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Industry Development),visited the development in order to view first-hand the advanced Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) methods being used to construct the project. Mr Neo commented, “Global Switch Singapore Woodlands is contributing to our initiative to raise construction productivity. Visiting the site was an eye opener and we believe this project will boost the industry’s confidence in adopting prefabricated MEP systems for higher productivity and quality, in line with Singapore’s construction industry transformation efforts.”

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ARKADIN COLLABORATES WITH DIMENSION DATA TO EXTEND VALUE OF ON PREMISES UC WITH WEBEX HYBRID SERVICES

Strength of NTT Group Companies offers Unbeatable Value Proposition in Enabling Greater Collaboration Capabilities

LONDON & ATLANTA, May 3 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Arkadin, a market leader in cloud Unified Communications services, announced today a joint go to market strategy with fellow NTT Group company Dimension Data, an $8 billion global technology integrator and managed services provider, to provide Cisco Webex Hybrid Services. These services enable organisations to easily connect their existing network resources and on-premises unified communications (UC) to the Webex Teams platform in the cloud for a better end-user experience and higher ROI on their UC investments.

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“As members of the NTT Group, Arkadin and Dimension Data are in a highly competitive position to deploy Webex Hybrid Services,” says Amy Lind, Research Manager, VoIP and UC, IDC. “The combined assets of the NTT Group, and their historically strong Cisco partnership, present a compelling value proposition for enterprises seeking meaningful business transformation.”

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South Korean film and culture festival on May 3 And 5

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 (Bernama) -- The 19th Jeonju International Film Festival and 22nd Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival will be held in Jeonju, South Korea on May 3 and 5 respectively.

Jeonju is a attractive traditional culture and tourism city in Korea that preserves a village of Korean traditional houses, Hanji and Korean traditional foods -- visited by over 10 million tourists annually, a statement said.

Under the slogan of 'Liberation Zone of Expression in Film', the 10-day film festival will open on May 3, screening worldwide independent, feature, short and alternative films at 19 cinema halls in five theaters around the cinema street in Jeonju.

246 films (202 feature and 44 short films) will be screened including the opening film 'Yakiniku Dragon' directed by Jeong Ui-sin and closing film 'Isle of Dogs' directed by Wes Anderson.

The films will also compete with each other in three categories; international film contest, Korean feature film and Korean short film, the statement added.

Meanwhile, the 22nd Jeonju Hanji Culture Festival will also be held for three days starting on May 5 at the Korea Traditional Culture Center under the slogan 'Rising for One Thousand Years, Succeeding for One Thousand Years'.

Hanji is the Korean traditional paper made from fibrous skin of the mulberry. The festival will feature a colorful fashion show of Hanji clothes, Hanji handicraft art exhibition and a variety of Hanji experiencing events.

The festival will be also publicise the unique of Jeonju Hanji and to expedite industrialisation and globalisation of Hanji.

Further information about the festivals, please visit http://eng.jiff.or.kr/ and http://jHanji.or.kr/.

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NEW MIPS I7200 PROCESSOR CORE DELIVERS UNMATCHED PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY FOR ADVANCED LTE/5G COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING IC DESIGNS

Highly efficient parallel processing, fast response to real-time events, and 50% performance gains position the I7200 as the core of choice for high performance embedded applications

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 2 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MIPS, provider of the widely used MIPS processor architecture and IP cores for licensing, today announced the I7200 multi-threaded multi-core processor, a new high performance licensable IP core in their midrange 32-bit product lineup. Class-leading efficiency is essential to power sensitive applications such as the high bandwidth modem subsystems in Advanced LTE Pro and upcoming 5G smartphone SoCs, as well as networking ICs, and other applications. The I7200 delivers 50% higher performance in less than 20% area increase than the previous generation from MIPS.

“MIPS CPUs are widely used in a range of LTE applications for mobile broadband,” said David Lau, MIPS’ Vice President of Engineering. “The performance gains across the board on the new I7200 deliver a leap forward in support of the transition to 5G systems, while providing a range of configurable features that enable the CPU core to be optimized for a specific application. For communications processing in LTE modems, where small size and power consumption are at a premium, and latency and deterministic responsiveness are critical to system performance, the I7200 can be tuned to optimize the characteristics for real-time embedded processing.”

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REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR 2ND SOLAR DECATHLON MIDDLE EAST IN 2020, WITH PRIZES TOTALLING OVER AED20 MILLION FOR THE TWO COMPETITIONS

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 30 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that registration is now open for the second Solar Decathlon Middle East (SDME). SDME was created through an agreement between Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, DEWA, and US Department of Energy. Dubai will host the first two rounds of SDME in November 2018, and in 2020. Prizes for the two rounds total over AED20 million (USD5.45 million).

The announcement was made at the Second International Workshop, which DEWA organised for the 21 teams from 36 universities in 15 countries participating in the first competition.

Shortlisted team for the first SDME include Team Spirit of the Union from Zayed University and the Petroleum Institute; Team Know-Howse from University of Sharjah, UAE and University of Ferrara, Italy; Team ORA from Heriot-Watt University in Dubai; Team NYUAD from New York University Abu Dhabi; Team Jeel from the American University in Dubai; Team Al Bayt Al Kamel from the American University of Ras Al Khaimah; Team UOW from University of Wollongong-Australia and University of Wollongong Dubai, and Team Aqua Green from Ajman University from the UAE. It also includes Team KSU from King Saud University in Saudi Arabia; Team SoLLite Salalah from Dhofar University in Oman; Team BaityKool from the University of Bordeaux, France, Amity University in the UAE, and An-Najah National University from Palestine; Team EFdeN from Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism, University Politehnica of Bucharest, and Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania and Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani Dubai Campus, UAE; Team FutureHAUS from Virginia Tech University in the USA; Team HAAB from University of Chieti-Pescara Gabriele D'Annunzio University of Pisa, and University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli in Italy; Team Sapienza from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy; Team VIRTUe from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands; Team TDIS from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan; Team MizanHome from Universiti Teknologi and Universiti Sains Islam in Malaysia; Team Twist Box from the University of Belgrade, Serbia; Team Jordan from the University of Jordan, and Team Bgreen from the National University of Sciences and Technology in Pakistan.

Teams can register on www.solardecathlonme.com


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STATEMENT REGARDING MALAYSIAN AIR AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 30 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VistaJet confirms the recent statements of the Malaysian Authorities that one of the Company’s aircraft had a normal course of operations technical issue before departure which at no point jeopardized safety. Another VistaJet aircraft was immediately made available to fulfil the customer's schedule.

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BLACK & VEATCH'S PRICO® TECHNOLOGY TO PLAY CRITICAL ROLE IN FLNG, ENABLING BP FIELD DEVELOPMENT WORK IN GREATER TORTUE/AHMEYIN

Golar Returns to Black & Veatch and Keppel Shipyard to convert third LNG vessel and develop FLNG in West Africa, expanding global reach

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 30 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Black & Veatch’s patented PRICO® technology and engineering and procurement capabilities are expected to play another major role in floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) technology, this time for BP’s field development in West Africa. Known for its competitive performance in FLNG developments, Black & Veatch is teaming with Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) to convert a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier, the Gimi, into a floating liquefaction facility.

This project continues the close partnership between Keppel Shipyard and Golar LNG (Golar). Black & Veatch has grown its relationship with Golar since 2011, going from concept to front-end design to design and delivery of FLNG vessel conversions. In 2014, Golar awarded the EPC contract to Keppel Shipyard and Black & Veatch to convert the Hilli Episeyo, a 125,000 cubic meter LNG carrier, to an FLNGV.

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