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Canadian Company Switches to ExaGrid to Increase Data Protection and Optimize Environment

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -Wednesday 20 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExaGrid®, a leading provider of intelligent hyperconverged storage for backup, today announced that Ahearn & Soper has optimized and further protected its backup environment by establishing offsite replication using ExaGrid hyperconverged backup with data deduplication, and has been able to match its data growth due to ExaGrid’s scalable architecture.

Ahearn & Soper Inc. provides barcode software and hardware solutions that improve accuracy, tracking, and efficiency within distribution, manufacturing, and healthcare operations. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and operates across North America from branch sales and service offices.

Ahearn & Soper decided to add disaster recovery (DR) to its backup environment and wanted a solution that provided o ... Read more »

•    Multi-Million Dollar Music Licensing Acquisition Creates Industry-First, Data-Driven Solution for Brands

•    Expands Music Licensing Opportunities for Artists and Brands Worldwide

SANTA MONICA, Calif. & LONDON-Thursday 21 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Songtradr, the largest music licensing platform in the world, today announced it has acquired Big Sync Music Ltd, the world’s leading full service, creative music licensing agency.

Headquartered in London, with an APAC-focused team in Singapore and a North/South America-focused team in New York, Big Sync is the largest global music buyer of its kind. Music is sourced for local, regional and worldwide advertising campaigns on behalf of well-known brands, from Dove, Knorr, Magnum and AXE to Johnnie Walker, Samsung, Amazon and Lipton. Songtradr is the only fully-automated, open music licensing marketplace in the world, with over 400,0 ... Read more »

COURBEVOIE, France-Sunday 24 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, is excited to offer an Urban Mobility solution on the back of its alliance with SIBS and Otlis, the consortium of 7 transport operators that manages the interoperability in Lisbon and the common system shared by 27 mobility operators.

In an increasingly connected world, electronic solutions are popping up everywhere and dual interface payment cards are now common in people’s wallets even if they are put to just one use – namely payments.

Meanwhile IDEMIA has developed a new payment card called Cosmo Fly that comes with new services including Urban Mobility, enabling cardholders to buy public transport tickets directly from their bank’s transport partner. The tickets are stored in their payment card and can be used immediately. This solution is very convenient for commuters as they pay and travel using just one card. ... Read more »

DENVER-Wednesday 20 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MPEG LA announced today that Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Huawei Device Co., Ltd and Huawei Device (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (“Huawei”) have become Licensees to MPEG LA’s AVC Patent Portfolio License (“AVC License”).

As a result of this agreement, all legal disputes related to patent enforcement actions brought by patent holders in MPEG LA’s AVC License against Huawei have been resolved. See https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/FINAL-Huawei-ZTE-Infringement-PrsRls-2018-11-16.pdf; and https://www.mpegla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/FINAL-PrsRls-2018-12-27.pdf.

MPEG LA, LLC

MPEG LA is the world’s leading provider of one-stop licenses for standards and other technology platforms. Starting in the 1990s, it pioneered the modern-day patent pool helping to produce the most widely used standards in consumer electronics history. MPEG LA has o ... Read more »

The new 5G SIM provides improved data privacy, enhanced protection against hacking and seamless 5G global roaming

AMSTERDAM-Sunday 24 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, announces the industry-first 5G SIM in order to meet operator requirements for the new generation of network deployments which will emerge in 2019. Compliant with the latest ETSI 3GPP1 specifications and SIMalliance2 recommendations, the 5G SIM is defined by them as the only solution capable of securing 5G network access. The Gemalto 5G SIM brings not only improved data privacy and seamless 5G global roaming imposed by the latest standards but is also the first to add enhanced protection against hacking to anticipate future requirements.

By 2024, 5G network coverage is expected to reach 40% of the global population, and will account for 1.5 billion subscriptions3. Leveraging the benefits of 5G, key use cases of the new ... Read more »