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By combining cognitive technologies, storytelling and in-context collaboration BOARD 10.1 augments business users’ capabilities to unleash new intelligence from data and instantly translate insights into action.

CHIASSO, Switzerland & BOSTON -Tuesday, March 14th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BOARD International, the world’s leading supplier of Decision Making software for enterprises, today announced availability of BOARD 10.1, the new release of its all-in-one platform for Business Intelligence, Enterprise Performance Management and Predictive Analytics.

BOARD 10.1 is the first step of a transformative journey that will progressively extend the reach of the BOARD platform to decision-making tasks traditionally performed by humans, creating disruptive business advantages for organizations.

“In BOARD 10.1 we are enhancing the platform with cognitive technologies that mimic human understanding and thought pr ... Read more »

LUXEMBOURG-Thursday, March 9th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Luxembourg Ministry of the Economy today announced that leading experts from China and South Korea join the international Advisory Board, which guides the Luxembourg Government in shaping and developing its SpaceResources.lu initiative which aims to promote commercial use of resources gathered from celestial bodies such as asteroids or from the Moon.

Prof. Wu Ji is chief scientist and project leader of the Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences where he has been a full Professor since 1996. In 2016, he was elected President of the Chinese Society on Space Research. Prof. Wu Ji also is Director General of the National Space Science Center, Vice-President of the Committee for Space Research and a full member of the International Astronautics Academy.

Prof. Seung Jo Kim is Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University, from which he retired in 2015 ... Read more »

 Spain’s second biggest bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., deploys Fenergo for efficient Client Lifecycle Management

DUBLIN -Tuesday, March 14th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fenergo, the leading provider of Client Lifecycle Management software solutions for investment, corporate and private banks, has announced its foray into Spain by providing its flagship software platform to a major European bank to ensure lifecycle compliance with a broad range of global and local regulatory obligations.

Fenergo’s Client Lifecycle Management platform will centralize all client and counterparty data and documentation and allow them to re-use these attributes for a number of different regulatory purposes, eliminating the need to repeatedly source this information from clients. Its Regulatory Rules Engine will ensure that all compliance obligations are identified, actioned and evidenced as quickly as possible. This greatly ... Read more »

For the eleventh year, honorees sharpen their focus on long term-ism as a sustainable business advantage and harness integrity to impact change.

NEW YORK -Tuesday, March 14th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, today announced 124 companies spanning five continents, 19 countries and 52 industry sectors as the 2017 World’s Most Ethical Companies® honorees.

Since 2007, Ethisphere has honored those companies who recognize their role in society to influence and drive positive change in the business community and societies around the world. These companies also consider the impact of their actions on their employees, investors, customers and other key stakeholders and leverage values and a culture of integrity as the underpinnings to the decisions they make each day.

“Over the last eleven years we have seen an impressive shift ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Tuesday, March 14th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

Dubai Airports has unleashed the world’s fastest free wi-fi connection at an airport to millions of passengers that travel through DXB each month. Aptly named WOW-Fi, the service provides internet connection up to a staggering 100mbps surpassing all other airports.

This follows Dubai Airports’ launch of an upgraded free unlimited high-speed Wi-Fi connection across Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC) in December last year.

Commenting on DXB’s latest offering, Michael Ibbitson, Executive Vice President of Technology and Infrastructure at Dubai Airports said, “As the biggest international airport in the world, we are at the heart of many journeys across the globe. To support these travellers, late last year we launched unlimited free high-speed Wi-Fi across our airports but our goal was to offer something they have never experienced at an airport bef ... Read more »

Company is recognized for developing a sustainable material used for cleaning aluminum interconnects

TEMPE, Ariz. -Monday, March 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Versum Materials, Inc. (NYSE: VSM), a leading materials supplier to the semiconductor industry, announced today it received the “Excellent Performance Award” by the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC). TSMC maintains a rigorous supply chain, and each year recognizes its most valuable suppliers who have made an outstanding contribution to the supply of advanced materials and equipment used in semiconductor manufacturing processes. On February 23, 2017, Versum Materials received the prestigious “Excellent Performance Award” from TSMC in the Taiwanese city of Hsinchu for its contributions to TSMC.

TSMC recognized Versum Materials for developing a new formulated post etch residue remover ... Read more »

LONDON -Monday, March 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Urgent action is required to limit the global fallout from rising obesity levels, according to a report published today by Aetna International, one of the world’s leading health insurance providers.

Aetna International combined data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations, governments and the global food industry to form a comprehensive analysis which presents a true picture of global obesity. The report, “Globesity: Tackling the world’s obesity pandemic”, calls upon governments, food producers, retailers, employers and insurance companies to combine their efforts to tackle the obesity crisis.

Richard di Benedetto, President of Aetna International, said: “The rise in obesity rates make it clear; there needs to be a shift in the narrative around diet and healthy living. We must work together to combine our knowledge and expertise in order to cur ... Read more »

Palm Springs, California -Monday, March 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

In recognition of its innovative efforts in stretching the boundaries of big data and location-based analytics, front-running IT solutions and services provider ITWORX, has been named the 2017 ESRI Partner of the Year for Big Data & Analytics.

ITWORX garnered the prestigious award at this year’s Esri Partner Conference, held recently in California-USA, crowning the Company’s successful implementation of its ‘InSite Suite’ a location-based behavioral analytics solution, in collaboration with Esri, for the Telco sector.

 "By bringing the power of Big Data to ESRI's geo-spatial platform, ITWORX ‘InSite Suite’ significantly improves the way Telco Operators draw insights from their data assets; enabling more relevant customer conversations, and faster and better-informed decision making." said Hafez Hamdy, ITWORX CEO.

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Company receives Stevie Awards in customer service category for sixth consecutive year; wins OnePlanet award for Most Customer Friendly Company

LAS VEGAS -Thursday, March 9th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc., the leading global independent provider of enterprise software support services for SAP SE’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite, BusinessObjects and HANA Database software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Oracle Database, Oracle Middleware, Hyperion, Oracle Retail, Oracle Agile PLM and Oracle ATG Web Commerce software, today announced that it has won three prominent awards recognizing the Company’s consistent outstanding service delivered to its Oracle and SAP clients worldwide. Rimini Street won two Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service including Customer Service Department of the Year and Customer Service Individual of the Year. This marks the sixth consecutive ye ... Read more »

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Sunday, March 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]

Receiving a prominent round of applause at last Wednesday night’s Dubai Lynx Awards ceremony (March 8), the Chairman and CEO of Choueiri Group - Pierre Choueiri - was called onto the ceremonial stage to accept the “Advertising Person of the Year” award.

The glittering ceremony (which closed the 4-day festival which ran from March 5-8) was held once again at its traditional Madinat Arena, Madinat Jumeirah venue. The award, deemed to be one of the evening’s most important ones, is selected by the organizers and honors an individual who has made significant contributions to advancing the reputation and profile of the communications industry in the MENA region.

“Choueiri Group are, and have been for almost 45 years, the largest media representation entity in the Middle East and Pierre has played an integral role in driving this growth,” said Ter ... Read more »