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SAN FRANCISCO-Tuesday 26 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

    New Visa Secure Access Module makes transitioning to tap to pay at transit turnstiles faster, easier and less expensive than ever before for public transit operators
    Metro Rio will be first transit operator to launch contactless payments using the Visa Secure Access Module in late April
    With more than 150 transit projects currently underway, Visa continues to deliver fast, easy and secure rider experiences as contactless payments rapidly shape the future of transit in major cities around the world

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Visa (NYSE: V) and Planeta Informatica announced the launch of new technology that enables public transit operators worldwide to implement contactless payments faster and easier than ever, and for a much lower cost. The Visa Secure Access Module (SAM) makes it easy for transit organizations and operators to begin offering riders the ability to ... Read more »

IDEMIA Changes Its Management Structure to Consolidate Its Augmented Identity Global Leadership and Appoints Pierre Barrial CEO of Its New Secure Enterprise Transactions Division

COURBEVOIE, France-Thursday 21 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IDEMIA today announced the appointment of Pierre Barrial as CEO of the newly created Secure Enterprise Transactions (SET) division.

IDEMIA Group CEO Yann Delabrière today announced that all existing Group transactions business units, i.e. Financial Institutions, Mobile Operators and Connected Objects will be brought together under one division. In addition, the IDEMIA Group is also considering the creation of a new Digital business unit within the SET division.

The new division will be led by Pierre Barrial, who previously managed IDEMIA’s Financial Institutions business unit.

IDEMIA’s cu ... Read more »

BARCELONA, Spain-Monday 25 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

microSD Express joins SD Express in integrating PCIe® and NVMe™ for up to 985 MB/sec transfer rate with backwards compatibility

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mobile World Congress Booth #CS120 — The SD Association announced today microSD Express, offering the popular PCI Express® and NVMe™ interfaces alongside the legacy microSD interface for backwards compatibility. Like SD Express, microSD Express uses the PCIe interface delivering a 985 megabytes per second (MB/s) maximum data transfer rate and the NVMe upper layer protocol enables advanced memory access mechanism, enabling a new world of opportunities for mobile devices.

microSD Express cards defined in the SD 7.1 specification will be offered in a variety of capacities such as microSDHC Express, microSDXC Express and microSDUC Express. An updated video provides an overview of microSD Express and SD Express.

“microSD Expr ... Read more »

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates-Monday 25 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah’s (AURAK), in collaboration with Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), organized “Hackathon 2.0 UAE” to develop innovative solutions and ideas to contribute to lifestyle development in UAE communities.

The UAE Hackathon is comprised of a number of hackathons, taking place in locations throughout the seven emirates, and reflects the efforts of TRA to disseminate the culture of digital transformation, providing an opportunity for different community members to use open data for finding solutions to specific challenges. The challenges center around trending technology, environment, sustainability data, security and safety, health,  employment, education, social development, justice, and enhancement of lifestyle and social relations in the UAE.

The AURAK Hackathon 2.0 UAE event lasted for three days. The event comme ... Read more »

Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates-Monday 25 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

The American University of Ras Al Khaimah’s (AURAK), in collaboration with Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), organized “Hackathon 2.0 UAE” to develop innovative solutions and ideas to contribute to lifestyle development in UAE communities.

The UAE Hackathon is comprised of a number of hackathons, taking place in locations throughout the seven emirates, and reflects the efforts of TRA to disseminate the culture of digital transformation, providing an opportunity for different community members to use open data for finding solutions to specific challenges. The challenges center around trending technology, environment, sustainability data, security and safety, health,  employment, education, social development, justice, and enhancement of lifestyle and social relations in the UAE.

The AURAK Hackathon 2.0 UAE event lasted for three days. The event comme ... Read more »

In an industry-first innovation, Trustonic Application Protection (TAP) is enabling app developers to utilize strong security across multiple Trusted Execution Environments. Partnership announcement with Huawei demonstrates first development platform to combine software TEE for iOS and Android with multi-vendor hardware TEE capability, democratizing access to the best security available for protecting apps, services and sensitive data.

CAMBRIDGE, England-Monday 25 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mobile cyber security leader Trustonic announced today that it will expand support to include Huawei’s Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) on its mobile application security platform, Trustonic Application Protection (TAP). Until now, TAP has enabled app developers to build apps secured by both strong application shielding for iOS and Android, and hardware-based protection for the 1.7 billion Android devices embedded with Trustonic’s TEE dur ... Read more »

•    Settlement will end infringement cases worldwide

SAN DIEGO & AUCKLAND, New Zealand-Thursday 21 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- ResMed (NYSE: RMD, ASX: RMD), and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (NZX: FPH, ASX: FPH) today announced an agreement to settle all outstanding patent infringement disputes between the companies in all venues around the world.

The settlement involves no payment or admission of liability by either side. Under the agreement, all ongoing infringement proceedings against named products will be dismissed, and each party will bear its own attorney fees and costs incurred in the global proceedings. All other terms remain confidential.

As a result of the settlement, there will be no further infringement proceedings against ResMed products, including AirSense flow generators, AirFit P10, Swift LT and Swift FX masks, and ClimateLine heated tubes; or against Fisher & Paykel Healthcare product ... Read more »

 ANX7451 guarantees high bandwidth data and video transport over long channels in smartphone system boards and external cable connections

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Monday 25 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. today announced the availability of its ANX7451, second generation 10 Gbps USB-C™ re-timer capable of supporting USB 3.2 Gen2 data rates and DisplayPort™ 1.4a at 8.1 Gbps for next generation 10G mobile devices which require re-timers to drive appreciable distances.

Designed for mobile applications, the ANX7451 uses a 3.3mm x 4.8mm LGA-34 package and it features an even lower power consumption, integrated clock source, and improved robustness of DisplayPort 1.4a. It is based on SRIS and BLR architectures and it complies with USB 3.2 Appendix E requirements, working seamlessly through the daisy chaining of multiple re-timers.

“As smartphones move to 10Gbps USB-C, the ANX7451 ... Read more »

Thomas Cook India Group Announces Its Acquisition Of Digiphoto Entertainment Imaging (DEI) - One of The World’s Leading Imaging Solutions and Services Providers

• Acquisition is PAT and free cash accretive from day one

• Marks Thomas Cook India Group’s entry into an adjacent sector, complementary to its travel & travel related services portfolio

Dubai, United Arab Emirates-Monday 25 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

Thomas Cook India Group, the leading integrated travel services group, has announced its acquisition of a 51% stake in Digiphoto Entertainment Imaging (DEI), one of the world’s leading imaging solutions and services providers at an enterprise value of US $40.6 Million (Rs 289 crores). The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

The acquisition marks the Thomas Cook India Group’s entry into an adjacent sector, compleme ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Monday 25 February 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Moody’s Analytics, a global provider of financial intelligence, has been named a Category Leader in Model Validation Solutions, 2019, a new Chartis Research report that assesses 10 leading vendors of model validation solutions.

Model Validation Solutions, 2019 evaluates vendors on a set of seven core capabilities that include data input, model analytics/pricing, and suitability. Moody’s Analytics was the only vendor to be recognized for offering “best in class capabilities” in all seven categories.

New regulatory conditions like the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) accounting standard in the US and the European Central Bank’s Targeted Review of Internal Models (TRIM) program highlight the growing importance of model governance. Our award-winning model validation solutions – complemented by our advisory services – help firms meet those and a host of ... Read more »