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6th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit to feature former U.S. President Bill Clinton, and UK Secretary of Health, Jeremy Hunt

IRVINE, Calif.-Saturday, February 3rd 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Global leaders, patient safety experts, hospital and medical technology CEOs and patient advocates will gather to address the challenges that cause medical errors and preventable deaths in hospitals worldwide at the 6th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit in London on February 23-25, 2018. And now, they’ll be joined by the leading voice in global health, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who will deliver keynote remarks at the Summit.

“WHO's work is about promoting health, keeping the world safe and serving the vulnerable,” Dr. Tedros said. “We are fighting to ensure the health of people as a basic human right. Medic ... Read more »

Clients can benefit from lower administrative costs through improved efficiencies

PLANO, Texas-Monday, February 5th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT DATA Services, a recognized leader in global technology services and a Platinum Cloud Standard member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced a new end-to-end solution in collaboration with Oracle Insurance designed to improve operational efficiencies for government payers and health plans.

The new payment and benefits solution will manage all aspects of health insurance membership, claims payment and benefits operations. The flexibility and scalability it affords will help to lower administrative costs and streamline processes for both government payers and health plans.

“Oracle is a long-term partner of ours and their end-to-end technology is a preferred platform for health insurance plans in the international market,” said Dan Allison, president, healthcare and life scienc ... Read more »

Doha, Qatar-Wednesday, February 7th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, announced the successful closing of the syndication for its USD 3.5 billion three year senior unsecured term loan facility. The syndication was well supported by 21 International Banks and the facility was upsized due to strong demand from the market. The new loan Facility will be used for general corporate purposes.

The syndication was fully underwritten by 9 Underwriters, including Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited (BAML), The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Intesa Sanpaolo S.P.A., QFC Branch, Mizuho Bank Ltd. (Mizuho), Standard Chartered Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and United Overseas Bank Limited. BAML was mandated as the Documentation Co-ordinator while Mizuho was mandated as the Syndication Co-ordinator and Facility Agent.

The Group also ... Read more »

Big Data Analytics and Advanced Machine Learning Platform provides Enhanced Insights and Protection for Mobile Devices and IoT

RICHARDSON, Texas-Tuesday, February 6th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mavenir, focused on transforming mobile network economics for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced it has acquired Argyle Data, the first big data and machine learning security platform that delivers real-time anomaly detection and predictive analytics for mobile service providers and IoT networks. Engineered for the most challenging mobile environments, its supervised and unsupervised Machine Learning algorithms enable superior network traffic insights and comprehensive fraud detection on mobile voice and data planes.

Machine learning analytics is increasingly viewed as a key tool to improve the efficiency and profitability of mobile carrier networks1. With the introduction of 5G technology and the growth in new communication pat ... Read more »

TOKYO-Wednesday, February 7th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sakura Hotel Co., headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, opened the Sakura Hotel Nippori near the historic Yanaka Ginza shopping street in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward, the fifth hotel in the Sakura Hotel and Hostel chain, last year. All five hotels are open 24/7 and boast multilingual staff, as 85 percent of guests are international visitors.

Staff at Sakura Hotel offer an unusual level of service not often seen in other establishments. All staff members are trained to accommodate any diverse requests guests may have. In most hotels, there are clear divisions of responsibility. For example, if a guest were to ask housekeeping staff in a typical hotel for a ramen shop recommendation, they would be politely directed to the concierge, regardless of whether or not the staff member had a restaurant in mind. However, at a Sakura Hotel, all of the associates are well accustomed to quickly resolving questions, reg ... Read more »

Enables bank to overcome multiple system integration challenges to achieve Digital Transformation

SINGAPORE-Wednesday, February 7th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fiorano Software announced today that Banco Postal, Angola has successfully implemented the Fiorano Platform to tackle integration challenges in its digital transformation journey. Banco Postal opted for Fiorano for its native integration with T24, the Core Banking System from Temenos.

Marcelo Barreto, Head of IT, Banco Postal said, “Banco Postal is built on a strong commitment for financial inclusion in Angola. Having such an innovative approach to banking, the technical challenges were one of the biggest constraints to the success of such implementation. Fiorano enabled us to swiftly tackle these restrictions, removing the complexity of multiple systems integration and allowing us to focus on the business and to better serve our customers. Because of the collaborative environm ... Read more »

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates-Wednesday, February 7th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

The Abu Dhabi Investment Group, KBBO with a substantial stake in NMC Healthcare, is the largest healthcare provider in the region and fifth in the world. The Group currently operates in the UAE and across the Middle East with interests in Health Care, Education, Retail, and Venture Capital as part of its growth strategy.  With the appointment of Mr. Ziad Kanaan as the CIO, a new post within the group, KBBO has demonstrated its ambitious plans to expand into new sectors within the healthcare and education markets.

According to KBBO Group’s CEO, Mr. Yazen Abu Gulal, “We are delighted to have Mr. Kanaan as a member of our management team as we enter this new era of Group’s rapid expansion of services, facilities, and outreach. We recently acquired 800 hospital beds in Egypt, opened two hospitals in Dubai, each with a 100 bed capacity, and we have allocated 500 million dirh ... Read more »

Nine-year USAF contract is the latest long-term engine contract awarded to CTS

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-Tuesday, February 6th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- CTS Engines, LLC, the global leader for mature jet engine maintenance, today announced that it had completed the United States Air Force’s Depot Readiness Review for the USAF’s KC-10 engine program. With this completion, CTS can immediately commence providing MRO services on the CF6-50C2 engine fleet powering the U.S. Air Force’s KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft under the previously awarded KC-10 engine maintenance contract. The nine-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract was awarded in 2017 to CTS and its partner, Lockheed Martin Commercial Engine Services, Inc.

“We are pleased today to announce the commencement of the KC-10 engine maintenance contract,” said Brian Neff, Founder and CEO of CTS Engines. “This milestone further cements C ... Read more »

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Tuesday, February 6th 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Anpac Bio-Medical Science Company (Anpac Bio), and its internationally-acclaimed medical research partners and hospitals, are celebrating “World Cancer Day” (#WorldCancerDay) and “National Cancer Prevention Month” (#NationalCancerPreventionMonth) by surpassing a new, global milestone: processing over 60,000, independently-corroborated cases of Anpac Bio’s proprietary, “Cancer Differentiation Analysis” (CDA) liquid biopsy tests worldwide.

World-renowned, Second Military Medical University and its affiliated Changhai Hospital (CH) in Shanghai, China, have conducted 4,000+ CDA liquid biopsy tests since 2014. Submitting Lung, Esophageal Cancer, and cancer-free control group blood samples, “blinded” to Anpac Bio, CH concluded CDA is a remarkably accurate, non-invasive test, supporting both early diagnosis, and monitoring treatment effective ... Read more »