NEW YORK - Tuesday, July 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Oliver Wyman today released its annual Automotive Manager report which focuses on key issues facing the automotive industry today. The entire report can be viewed by clicking here.
“This is a time of major unparalleled change for the auto industry with digitization disrupting the industry’s entire value chain,” said August Joas, partner in Oliver Wyman’s Global Automotive and Manufacturing Practice. “The latest issue of the Automotive Manager examines how automotive companies can not only survive but also thrive in this challenging environment. To do so, automakers and suppliers need to think more about what it means to be digitally connected and provide an experience to customers, who are searching for ways to extend their digital lives into their vehicles.”
Articles in this year’s Automotive Manager include:
Will Digital Spark a
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100 days to go until global energy leaders come together to shape the future of the energy landscape
ISTANBUL - Tuesday, July 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
Congress will take place under the auspices of His Excellency (H.E) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the President of the Republic of Turkey
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With just 100 days to go until the 23rd World Energy Congress takes place in Istanbul, the 250th world class speaker has been confirmed. In addition, leading business network CNBC has been announced as the official business media partner for what is regarded as the most influential and inclusive gathering of senior leaders from all segments of the energy community.
The latest speakers to be confirmed are from two of the major geographies in world energy, Russia and China: Sergey Kirienko, Chief Operating Officer of Russia’s Rosatom and Jinhang Chen, Chairman of the China Datang Corporation. This underlines the importance of this
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For the first time, mobile users can capture full text cursive handwritten notes and turn them into digital content for search and retrieval, at any time, from anywhere.
PARIS & NEW YORK - Tuesday, July 12th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A2iA (@A2iA, @A2iAEurope), a world leading developer of handwritten and machine printed text recognition, information extraction and intelligent document classification toolkits, announced the availability of a2ia mNote™, a new software toolkit that turns cursive handwritten notes into searchable, digital text by simply taking a photo of the paper document with a smartphone or tablet.
“For more than 25 years, A2iA’s research teams have been dedicated to data extraction and workflow automation, addressing a changing global market and new user requirements,” said Jean-Louis Fages, A2iA President & Chairman of the Board. “With the reliance on mobile devices in all facets of our lives,
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COLOMBES, France - Monday, July 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OT (Oberthur Technologies), a leading global provider of embedded security software products and services, today announced its partnership with AFSCM (Association Française du Sans Contact Mobile) to roll out NFC Services in France with the 3 major mobile operators, Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR.
11.5 million French users have an NFC compatible device (in June 2016), with a growth of 47.1% compared to last year. In this market context, AFSCM together with the three leading French mobile operators have decided to build a common hub to enable the massive launch of NFC services in France. OT is the sole provider for the deployment and management of this hub.
Smartphones are an integral part of our daily lives. Thanks to this new initiative, French end-users will benefit from secured digital cards in their smartphones that will become an all-in-one tool to transit, as local and national
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Jumpstart Pitch Platform Participants Selected
LONDON - Monday, July 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The GSMA today announced additional speakers participating in the 2016 Mobile 360 Series – Africa conference, which will take place 26 – 28 July at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. In addition, the GSMA confirmed the start-up companies that will be presenting as part of Jumpstart programme on Tuesday, 26 July.
“Mobile 360 – Africa is now only two weeks away and we are looking forward to convening players from across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries to discuss the unprecedented opportunity that mobile provides to improve and enhance social and economic development in the region,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA.
At Mobile 360 – Africa, CEOs and senior executives from leading mobile companies and from players acros
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Tour de France riders climbed 9,000 metres in the Pyrenees which is higher than Mount Everest
PARIS - Monday, July 11th 2016 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dimension Data, the global ICT organisation processing and analysing the data coming from the next-generation tracking devices under the Tour de France rider’s saddles has released a summary of the data the company processed and analysed for the first nine stages.
In the first nine stages, Dimension Data’s technical team in the mobile big data truck travelling at Le Tour have processed data of 59.70 million records, and have rolled out 5,400 metres of cabling to date.
During the first nine stages there were four sprint finishes. While Mark Cavendish of Team Dimension Data won three of them, that didn’t make him the fastest man on the road. Marcel Kittel (EQS) recorded the high speed of 74.27 km/h on stage 6.
The longest time that the riders were in the saddle was 05h 59&r
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