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LONDON-Wednesday 11 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZephyrTel, a new ESW software company, dedicated to serving the global Telecommunications and Cellular industry, is pleased to announce it has acquired three new companies into its portfolio – VoltDelta, PeerApp and Mobilology, effective immediately.

ZephyrTel is building a world class Telco Practice, which provides a multi-solution and services proposition to the global Telco industry.

The firm’s objective is to offer Software and SaaS solutions across a Telco company’s IT estate; from infrastructure right across to customer experience. This, coupled with its high level of industry domain expertise, will enable ZephyrTel to offer consultancy on both business strategy, and technology execution.

Having already acquired several Telecom software companies, ZephyrTel is currently adding to its portfolio, at pace. Its newly acquired products will be marketed by their valued, f ... Read more »

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Wednesday 11 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Email validation company ZeroBounce announces the release of ZeroBounce A.I., an innovative artificial intelligence email address scoring system. The software provides customers with enhanced feedback on email list quality and accelerates email marketing efforts.

ZeroBounce A.I. combines a vast selection of data with proven statistical analysis to empirically rate the quality level of an email address. The software identifies positive and negative patterns of a unique email address and returns a score that users can integrate into a robust email hygiene process. The methodology of ZeroBounce A.I. periodically adjusts as web trends evolve.

“What is truly revolutionary about the ZeroBounce A.I. platform is that the predictive and self-optimizing analytics within the system compute and assign a real-time score to every email address. The broad spectrum of the ZeroBounce A.I. score giv ... Read more »

• Awarded phase 2 of the Dangjin Biomass Complex in South Korea 

• Utilizes SFW’s advanced circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) technology with carbon neutral fuel

ESPOO, Finland-Wednesday 11 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) announces today that it has been awarded a contract by GS Engineering and Construction for design and supply of the Dangjin Biomass No. 2 Power Plant Project Boiler Island. The new boiler island will be located next to the Dangjin Biomass No. 1 Power Plant which was delivered by SFW in 2014. Commercial operation of the new plant is scheduled for 2021.

SFW will design and supply the 100 MWe CFB steam generator and auxiliary equipment for the boiler island, including a cold end SCR and baghouse for flue gas cleaning. The steam generator will be designed to burn wood pellets, wood chips and palm kernel shells, while meeting applicable environmental regulatory requirements.

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TORONTO & MENLO PARK, N.J. & ST. GALLEN, Switzerland-Tuesday 10 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sportradar, the global leader in analysing and leveraging the power of sports data, today announced two new strategic partners: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Silicon Valley-based growth equity firm TCV.

CPPIB, through its wholly owned subsidiary, CPP Investment Board Europe S.à r.l., and TCV will together acquire a stake in Sportradar at an enterprise value of EUR 2.1Bn (~USD 2.4Bn) from private equity firm EQT and certain minority shareholders. Carsten Koerl, Founder and CEO, will retain his entire ownership position in Sportradar and will continue to drive its future development and growth. EQT will also reinvest a portion of its sale proceeds into Sportradar. Additional existing shareholders include Revolution Growth, Ted Leonsis, Michael Jordan, and Mark Cuban.

“CPPIB and TCV are both known for extensive global tech ... Read more »

•    65% of organizations can’t analyze or categorize all the consumer data they store

•    68% of IT professionals believe their organizations are failing to carry out all procedures in line with data protection laws

•    Only 54% of companies know where all of their sensitive data is stored

AMSTERDAM-Tuesday 10 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- With pressure to ensure consumer data is protected mounting, Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today released the results of a global study which reveals that two in three companies (65%) are unable to analyze all the data they collect and only half (54%) of companies know where all of their sensitive data is stored. Compounding this uncertainty, more than two thirds of organizations (68%) admit they don’t carry out all the procedures in line with data protection laws such as GDPR.

These are just some of the ... Read more »

OSAKA, Japan-Tuesday 10 July 2018 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited:

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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) announces that it has received unconditional clearance from the United States Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) for the proposed acquisition of Shire plc announced on May 8, 2018 (the “Acquisition”).

The FTC’s unconditional clearance of the Acquisition is another significant milestone in the transaction process.

The Acquisition remains subject to a number of conditions, including receipt of other regulatory clearances and approval by the shareholders of both companies.

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