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● PC and Smart Devices business maintained industry-leading profitability; PCSD average unit selling price up 7.8 percent year-over-year

● Data Center business introduced its most comprehensive new product portfolio ever including new ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile lines; revenue grew 14.2 percent quarter-to-quarter, up in both Europe and North America

● Mobile business introduced cutting-edge new phones including Z2 Force available on all major U.S. carriers; revenue up 2.4 percent year-over-year; pre-tax income margin improved 2.2 pts. 

● Revenue was US$10 billion, flat year-over-year; up 4.5 percent quarter-to-quarter

● Operating profit improved US$110 million quarter-to-quarter; net loss was US$72 million

● Basic loss-per-share of 0.66 US cents or 5.15 HK cents

HONG KONG-Friday, August 18th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

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Network traffic emulation from Spirent Landslide™ gives network providers confidence of good user experience ahead of new app launch

CRAWLEY, England-Friday, August 18th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), today announced its Landslide E10 network test platform has been used with O2 to validate the Wi-Fi network performance and capacity at the Coca-Cola London Eye, before the launch of a new smartphone application last month.

Merlin Entertainments plc, operator of the London Eye, wanted to measure its Wi-Fi network performance, to ensure its infrastructure could provide an excellent experience for users of the new app, which puts increased demands on the Wi-Fi network.

“The London Eye is a global attraction and the customer experience is a big reason for our success,” said Sunny Jouhal, Coca-Cola London Eye General Manager. “Innovation and technical prowess are a key part of our attractio ... Read more »

 Silicon Valley-based university continues to expand global program offerings with new partnership with De Beers Group

STANFORD, Calif.-Thursday, August 17th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford GSB) today announced a USD $3 million, three-year partnership with De Beers Group to empower young, budding entrepreneurs and owners of established businesses in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa through two new educational programs launching in 2018.

Stanford is expanding two of its successful programs to Southern Africa: the Seed Transformation Program of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, known as Stanford Seed, and the Stanford Go-to-Market program for accelerating business ventures to market.

The two programs are:

    Seed Transformation Program, a one-year program of intensive sessions on topics such as leadership, strategy, business e ... Read more »

DENVER-Thursday, August 17th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Professor Philip Diamond, Director General of the international Square Kilometer Array (SKA) project, will be the keynote speaker at SC17, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in Denver, Nov. 12-17.

SKA is an international collaboration to build the world’s largest radio telescope that will change our understanding of space as we know it.

Professor Diamond, accompanied by Dr. Rosie Bolton, SKA Regional Centre Project Scientist, will take SC17 attendees around the globe and out into the deepest reaches of the observable universe as they describe the SKA’s international partnership that will map and study the entire sky in greater detail than ever before.

When completed, the SKA telescope will be at the forefront of scientific research, from looking at how the very first stars and galaxies formed just after the big bang ... Read more »

 ISACA event helps tech professionals navigate digital transformation, culture

ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill.-Thursday, August 17th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Writer and podcast host Ryan Hogarth will set the pace in an opening keynote “We Are Not Robots” at ISACA’s 2017 Africa Computer Audit, Control and Security (CACS) Conference, to be held 11-12 September 2017, in Accra, Ghana.

Hogarth, author of “How to Win Influence and Friend People,” will cull from his work in digital and business transformation, and change and customer relationship management, to make a case for increased attention to human and team behaviors for business success.

“In addition to bringing research data and examples from organizations around the world, I look forward to engaging the ISACA audience--professionals across a spectrum of business-critical IT roles--and enriching their understanding about themselves; the peop ... Read more »

- Murex replaces enterprise legacy system across all asset class -

PARIS & BEIJING-Wednesday, August 16th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Murex, a global leader in trading, risk management and processing solutions, is pleased to announce the successful launch of the MX.3 platform at China Merchants Bank (CMB). As one of China’s largest commercial banks, CMB financial market department currently averages 8,000 trades per day with a portfolio of 320,000 live trades on MX.3.

CMB decided to launch the project to implement an enterprise-wide solution for their capital markets teams based in Shenzhen and Shanghai. This was done in order to improve control over their end-to-end trading cycle from front-to-back through risk, streamline and automate their operations, and enable new business. Murex’s MX.3 platform was selected as it provided the functional, geographical and product coverage that was required by the bank. Covering Front Office, Pro ... Read more »

NEW YORK-Thursday, August 10th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Bureau van Dijk, a global provider of business intelligence and company information. The acquisition strengthens Moody’s position as a leader in financial risk data and analytical insight.

Moody’s announced that it had agreed to acquire Bureau van Dijk on May 15, 2017 and, on July 28, 2017, that it had received clearance under the EU Merger Regulation from the European Commission.

Bureau van Dijk aggregates, standardizes and distributes one of the world’s most extensive private company datasets, with coverage exceeding 220 million companies. It has partnerships with more than 160 independent information providers, creating a platform that connects customers with data that addresses a wide range of business challenges. Bureau van Dijk’s solutions support the credit analysis, ... Read more »

Toshiba's High-Performance Multifunction Peripheral Outperforms Competition to Earn Top Honor

TOKYO-Tuesday, August 15th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Toshiba Tec Corporation (TOKYO: 6588) announces that its e-STUDIO4508A has earned Keypoint Intelligence - Buyers Lab's Summer 2017 Pick. Toshiba's latest monochrome product surpassed comparable multifunction peripherals (MFPs) in reliability, usability, security, value and features during six months of rigorous, side-by-side product testing.
Keypoint Intelligence-Buyers Lab presents its 'Pick' awards twice annually to acknowledge the best hardware and software offerings in specific product categories. Its unique and comprehensive testing assesses a wide range of features and performance factors that are most important for buyers.
“The Toshiba e-STUDIO4508A offers excellent reliability and a feature set that is designed to enhance end-user productivity,” said Keypoint In ... Read more »

SAN FRANCISCO -Wednesday, August 9th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Andersen Global announces a presence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by way of a Collaboration Agreement with Branco Consultores, a tax and legal firm. The addition of Branco Consultores demonstrates Andersen’s growing presence in Latin America. Andersen Global has an existing presence in São Paulo and Campinas through Andersen Tax in Brazil, a member firm that joined in August of 2015.

The Branco Consultores team is led by Rubens Branco, who founded the firm in 2001. “Our goal is to provide seamless solutions to our clients globally, and collaborating with Andersen Global will allow us to better meet their increasingly international and complex needs,” said Rubens. “In addition, for us, there is nothing more valuable than being a most trusted resource for our clients. We recognize that Andersen Global shares our same commitment to outstanding, best-in-class service.” ... Read more »

KWN Global Awards Ceremony was held in Tokyo as part of the KWN Global Summit 2017

OSAKA, Japan -Thursday, August 10th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Panasonic Corporation held the awards ceremony for the Kid Witness News (KWN) Global Contest 2017 on August 4 in Tokyo. This year the Grand Prix in the Primary Category was won by "One day of Beijing Kids," the video of Beijing Haidian Wanquan Primary School of China, while the Grand Prix in the Secondary Category was won by "Open.," the video of Fukushima Prefectural Iwaki Senior High School.

The 26 first-place works in each country for the global contest this year were particularly notable for the degree to which they depicted the diverse societies and real world that children live in, from their own perspective as children, dealing with themes such as school, family, persons wit ... Read more »