Singapore selects Nitto to provide RO membranes for its water desalination plant

 

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- Singapore has selected Nitto Denko Corporation (Nitto) to provide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to its first dual-mode desalination plant - Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP).

Currently, Singapore\'s water supply is coming from four sources including imported water from Malaysia, water from local catchments, wastewater reclamation (NEWater) and seawater desalination.

KMEDP enable treatment of both seawater and freshwater to produce up to 137,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day. Shipping of the membranes is slated to begin this 2018 fiscal year to meet requirements for the plant's operational scheduled in 2020, a statement said.

The plant will be constructed near the city center and its water treatment equipment will be located underground, topped off by a gently sloping green lawn as its roof.

Nitto provides membrane technologies for water treatment and contributed to the establishment of the country's water supply infrastructure in collaboration with PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency.

The company has developed a new product, ?ESPA2-LD MAX' to enable both energy efficiency and high water production by maximizing an RO element's membrane with aims to add more RO product to accommodate customers' needs. More at https://www.nitto.com/jp/en.

-- BERNAMA

BRANDSAFWAY™ FORMS NEW INNOVATION COUNCIL

Kennesaw, Georgia, June 28 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BrandSafway, a leading provider of work access and specialized services to the global industrial, commercial and infrastructure markets, has formed an innovation council to identify, develop and launch new, forward-thinking ideas.

“We take our role as the industry’s leader in safety, engineering and innovation seriously,” said Bill Hayes, president and CEO of BrandSafway “The BrandSafway Innovation Council will focus on harnessing internal creativity in the development of new processes and tools.”

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PROFICIO'S NEW PROVIEW PLUS™ PORTAL PROVIDES CLIENTS WITH THREATINSIGHT™ RISK SCORE

Cybersecurity Services Provider is First to Offer Advanced Risk Scoring Intelligence Dashboard CARLSBAD, Calif., June 27 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Proficio, an award-winning managed security services provider (MSSP) delivering managed detection and response (MDR), announced today the unveiling of their enhanced customer portal, ProView Plus™, complete with new ThreatInsight™ risk scoring and executive dashboards. The ThreatInsight Scoring Dashboard is an industry first, offering customers total visibility into the gaps in their security controls and automatically providing recommendations on how to maximize current investments and minimize risks. The unique ThreatInsight Scoring Dashboard leverages advanced analytics to reveal blind spots in an organization’s security controls, and then identifies and scores those threats based on the steps of the Cyber Kill Chain. The ThreatInsight score is calculated based on Proficio’s proprietary technology and provides customers with intelligent recommendations on how to improve their security posture; it also allows customers to see how their score compares to Proficio’s complete customer base and their specific industry vertical. “An alarmingly high percentage of threats go undetected by in-house security teams because there has never been a way for them to easily identify blind spots in their security controls that were putting them at risk,” stated Ken Adamson, VP of Product Development at Proficio. “We chose to address this issue head-on by creating the ThreatInsight Scoring Dashboard. With this state-of-the-art technology we’re providing our customers with a single pane of glass that gives them complete visibility into their security gaps and provides them with the necessary intelligence needed to improve their overall security posture and give them the peace-of-mind they deserve.” Along with the ThreatInsight Scoring Dashboard, the ProView Plus portal also has executive dashboards that provide customers with a high-level overview of their security posture, the ability to investigate security alerts, review device behavior, search security log sources, create boardroom-ready reports, and handle case management and escalations. Each executive dashboard is interactive and customizable with investigative workflows that provide in-depth security insight into each customer’s network all in one location. “At Proficio, our focus has always been on providing our customers with the most innovative and advanced security solutions, and the ProView Plus portal with new executive dashboards delivers on that commitment,” said Brad Taylor, CEO of Proficio. With these latest portal enhancements, our customers have complete transparency into their security control performance and are provided with a clear  roadmap on how to reduce overall risk in real-time. ProView Plus allows us to better support our customers’ objectives by arming them with the necessary tools and critical information they need to justify security spending to their board and to keep their organization safe.”  http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=32181

NTT COMMUNICATIONS WINS BEST NFV/SDN IMPLEMENTATION AND MOST INNOVATIVE IOT PROJECT AT TELECOM ASIA AWARDS 2018

TOKYO, June 27 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the information and communications technology (ICT) solutions business within the NTT (TOKYO:9432), announced today that it has won Best NFV/SDN Implementation and Most Innovative IoT Project in the Telecom Asia Awards 2018, during a gala ceremony in Singapore on June 26.

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NTT Com was named Best NFV/SDN Implementation, an award that recognizes a provider demonstrated a high-quality network utilizing NFV and SDN. NTT Com offers unrivaled performance and connectivity in over 190 countries/regions through its SD-WAN Service Portfolio. These services transform the way networks are designed and built by leveraging the industry’s leading global SD-WAN platform to deliver a next generation WAN solution with application-awareness, optimized MPLS, Internet, or hybrid connectivity networking, fully integrated security and application acceleration services to optimize the user experience.

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THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS SELECTS CISCO AS AN INNOVATION PARTNER OF THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS STUDIOLAB

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 27 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cisco today announced that it has been selected by The Walt Disney Studios as a founding member and Innovation Partner of The Walt Disney Studios StudioLAB. StudioLAB will be based on The Walt Disney Studios Lot in Burbank, California.

The announcement was made on stage at the first annual “XR On the Bay” Conference hosted by the Advanced Imaging Society at Cisco corporate campus in San Jose, California.

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New mobile app towards smart security for cloud

 

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- MobileIron has launched new MobileIron Authenticator, a new mobile application that works toward simple and smart security for modern work.

MobileIron is an American cloud and endpoint security solution provider.

The software company in a statement said with the addition of MobileIron Authenticator, the MobileIron Access solution now brings multi-factor authentication policies into a rich security workflow.

The MobileIron Authenticator allows organizations to verify a user´s identity using MobileIron-secured smartphones as a second factor of authentication.

According to the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, compromised credentials are the top cause of reported data breaches.

MobileIron already does solution with seamless single sign-on for trusted devices and apps.

The application uses one-touch activation and user login can be confirmed within seconds using push notifications.

MobileIron Authenticator is now available for Android devices, with iOS planned. More information on www.mobileiron.com/access.

--BERNAMA

NRI ADDS NEW FUNCTION TO I-STAR/CORE TO RESPOND TO FLEXIBLE OPTIONS

New options trading model functionality available to all I-STAR/CORE users


TOKYO & NEW YORK, June 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Nomura Research Institute (NRI, TOKYO:4307), a leading provider of consulting services and system solutions, today announced that I-STAR/CORE has added a new function to respond to a new listed options trading method, Flexible Options. The new method was recently introduced by Osaka Exchange, Inc. (OSE) on June 25^th, 2018.

With Flexible Options trading, contract terms are negotiated and customized, registered with the exchange and then delivered to financial institutions twice a day. I-STAR/CORE, which was recently revamped with enriched real-time processing, reliability and expandability, has now added functionality that can automatically upload the security information as it’s delivered twice a day.
 

As a result, all I-STAR/CORE users can now process the following post-trade processing on the same day:
			(1)		Manage limitation of positions and deposits
			(2)		Engage in market syndication, reconciliation and accounting
			(3)		Create regulatory reports for external institutions that are compliant with market standards and ongoing mandates

More information about Flexible Options trading models may be found here: http://www.jpx.co.jp/news/2040/nlsgeu000002p22h-att/nlsgeu000002p266.pdf

ABOUT NRI

NRI (Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.), founded in 1965, delivers innovative solutions to your problems by providing insight-driven research, consulting and managed services. Leveraging our expertise, NRI caters to a wide range of operational needs of the international financial services community to establish new industry standard service. NRI empowers clients with a team of 13,000 skilled professionals in more than 50 offices globally.

For more information, visit https://www.nri.com/fit

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PRESERVING FUTURE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTIBIOTICS VIA SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY

Workshop on sustainable pharmaceutical production held recently in Malaysia, jointly hosted by DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (DSP) and the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals (DSP), a global leader in sustainable production of antibiotics, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi hosted a Sustainability Through Excellence in Manufacturing (STEM) workshop on advanced, clean, sustainable manufacturing and quality techniques to share best practices with participants from leading pharmaceutical companies in Malaysia. The training and education session was attended by approximately 50 participants across the Manufacturing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Control/Assurance and Purchasing sectors.

Factors that commonly contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) include misuse and overuse of antibiotics, as well as rising industrial pollution, particularly pharmaceutical waste. The discharge of pharmaceutical waste into the environment containing antimicrobial activity can contribute to the growth of AMR, even during the production of these life-saving medicines, endangering their future efficacy. DSP recently organized similar awareness workshops on these issues with industry stakeholders in India, UAE, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

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HIGHER LEARNING INSTITUTION LEVERAGING FUSIONEX DATA TECHNOLOGY

Pinpointing demand by analyzing customer and market data
 

SINGAPORE, June 28 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fusionex, a multi-award-winning data technology provider specializing in Big Data Analytics (BDA), the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Deep Learning has rolled out a data analytics solution for an institute of higher learning of high repute in Asia to elevate its market intelligence by accurately determining market demand.
 
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An institution of higher learning that has educated students for over 30 years, the client currently has a student enrollment of more than 11,000 strong and offers courses in Accounting, Communications, Computer Science, Early Childhood Education, Economics, Engineering, Hospitality and Tourism, Law, and Psychology.
 
The data management solution involves capturing information from online interactions on the client’s web portal and other domains for analysis to accurately discern student interest, course relevance, potential roadblocks against enrolment, and other such acumen.
 
Fusionex revamped the client’s web portal, transforming it into an intelligent data gathering platform capable of tracking user data. Specifically the web portal could measure how each user uniquely interacts with it and produces insights from this data to form a true 360-degree view of each customer. It can also determine which pages failed to capture user interest, causing them to drop off from the web portal. Such insights paint a more comprehensive and precise picture regarding the fluctuating levels of interest throughout a customer’s journey as they browse through the client’s web portal.
 
By leveraging on such comprehensive data collection and cognitive computing capabilities, the client could also monitor patterns of visit to their web portal via social media platforms such as Facebook as well as from online ads, giving the client a better understanding of their sales conversion rates and return on advertising investment.
 
Furthermore, the data management solution allows for the monitoring of popular online job portals and peer web portals, granting a holistic overview of the market; enlightening the client concerning popular jobs, courses peer web portals are offering, and the shifting tides of supply and demand in the industry. Such insights can play a vital role in cluing the client as to what strategies and plans to adopt to attract prospective students.
 
Fusionex will be advancing the client’s online visibility and presence via Search Engine Optimization, Machine Learning, AI, and Search Engine Marketing techniques while simultaneously running the client’s solution on Fusionex Cloud, leveraging the storage flexibility and cost savings it provides.
 
Ivan Teh, Fusionex Founder & Group CEO, commented: “We are delighted to deploy this robust data management solution as we look forward to it generating powerful insights for the client. This will enable the client to create relevant targeted offerings for prospective students and for students to find the most suitable courses that match with their individual talents and interests.”
 
About Fusionex
 
Fusionex is an established multi-award winning data technology provider specializing in Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Its offerings are focused on helping clients unlock the value and derive insights from data. Fusionex is the largest Big Data Analytics company and market leader in ASEAN, bringing state-of-the-art, innovative and breakthrough data-driven solutions to its stable of clientele (including Fortune 500, FTSE companies, large conglomerates as well as a wide array of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)) that spans across the United States, Europe as well as Asia Pacific.

Fusionex has entered into a strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud to drive digital transformation across the region.
 
To learn more about Fusionex, visit www.fusionex-international.com

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OPENX CONTINUES APAC EXPANSION; OPENS SOUTHEAST ASIA HUB IN SINGAPORE AND ANNOUNCES FURTHER EXPANSION INTO AUSTRALIA

LOS ANGELES & SINGAPORE, June 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- OpenX, the world’s leading independent advertising technology provider, today announced the company is expanding its Asia Pacific presence to Southeast Asia with the opening of a Singapore office which will serve as a regional hub for the company as its business continues to experience strong international growth. OpenX Co-Founder Jason Fairchild made the announcement from ATS Singapore during a presentation on the need to bring greater quality and innovation to the digital advertising market globally.

Expansion to Southeast Asia will supplement OpenX’s already strong presence in other Asian markets, most notably Japan, where the company ranks as the second largest digital advertising exchange behind Google.

Digital advertising in Southeast Asia surpassed $2 billion in 2017, growing 20 percent year-over-year, according to a recent eMarketer report. Mobile and in app engagement dominate in the region and OpenX’s leadership position as one of the world’s largest mobile exchanges will further accelerate the company’s growth in markets such as Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam, where mobile will comprise the majority of all digital ad spend by 2021.

OpenX’s investment in APAC will continue throughout 2018 with increased headcount and expansion into additional markets, including Australia. This move comes after OpenX experienced recent momentum in Japan, including 52 percent year-over-year growth in revenue, the hiring of a new senior business leader and the doubling of publisher partnerships in the region.

“Digital media, and in particular mobile advertising, has created a massive opportunity for advertisers, publishers and technology companies in Southeast Asia and the growth of programmatic technology is opening up even greater possibilities to drive consumer engagement at scale,” said Jason Fairchild, co-founder of OpenX.

Fairchild continued, “Marketers and publishers alike are seeking technology partners that have made real and measurable investments in quality while at the same time have invested in innovative mobile app and video ad formats that drive meaningful engagement for consumers. We look forward to supporting the leading content creators and app developers throughout the region to grow their businesses with the highest quality, innovative advertising technology solutions we have been known for more than a decade.”

About OpenX

OpenX powers highly relevant advertising at global scale, delivering quality and value to brands, publishers and consumers across every type of connected screen and ad format. The company’s leading technology aggregates, curates and values consumer interest in real time on one of the world’s largest and highest quality ad exchanges to ensure marketers reach exactly the audience they want. OpenX serves more than 30,000 of the world’s most recognized brands, more than 1,200 publishers and more than 2,000 premium mobile apps.


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--BERNAMA

Employees believe technology can improve working environment -- a study

KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 (Bernama) -- Singaporean employees sees the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) to improve the working environment in the next five years, a new study from Unisys Corporation reported.

Consulting Practice Lead, Unisys Asia Pacific, Leon Sayers said AI benefits sectors with clear decision protocols such as credit card application assessments while IoT benefits industries that rely on workers to monitor situations in the field such as social workers or police.

Employees should not fear these emerging technologies as organisations who modernise their technology and business processes in the right way will be best positioned to lead and the combination of human and machines will enhance the productivity.

The study - The New Digital Workplace Divide: Why a Technology-Enabled Workplace is Critical to Business Success - explores the importance of deploying current and future digital capabilities in the workplace, a statement from Unisys Australia said.

The research underscores how the digital workplace encompasses a wide ecosystem of people, culture, technology and processes. It suggested that employers must take a holistic approach to organisational change in order to achieve successful in digital transformation.

It also reveal the correlation between technology, productivity and the bottom line as employers should know unhappy employees can cause high cost to them as employers who invest in employees have 4.2 times the average profit compares to employers who do not.

Sayers added the cost of not engaging employees in the workplace has real consequences as personal productivity is a key motivator that not only impacts employee´s efficiency but also includes how engaged and committed the employee to their employer.

Employers should designing and implementing an effective digital workplace to ensure employees have the right technology to do their jobs and comfortable using it as 40 per cent of employees said the technology used at work makes them feel frustrated with their employer.

Among the highlighted results includes that devices are the biggest pain point for workers at technology laggard organisations, security needs to be a priority in Singapore and technology laggards produced employee frustration and attrition.

Unisys is a global information technology company that builds high-performance, security-centric solutions for businesses and governments. It surveyed 1,003 adults in Singapore on April 2018 for the research. More information at www.unisys.com.sg.

China's cosmetics producer promotes World Cup water masks

 

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (Bernama) -- Jala Group Co -- a Chinese leading cosmetics producer -- has promoted its Chando's World Cup fan glacier water masks for customers facial care in Taiwan, Singapore and Australia recently.

The water mask made with Himalayan glacier water and natural ingredients featured signature patterns of eight national teams including Brazil, France, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, England, Germany and Portugal, a statement from China Economic Information Service said.

The company also introduced an AR magic mirror that allows customer experience virtual makeup to find personalised beauty products as well as makeup style at the pop-up stores has successfully attracted crowds of customers.

Jala Group has collaborated with Alibaba's Tmall.com to promote its national beauty brand, Chando and high-end brand, Maysu at pop-up stores in Taiwan, Singapore and Australia.

The company hopes to bring the brands to more customers in these countries as the AR Technology and World Cup special masks receives good acceptance from the customers.

-- BERNAMA

CONSTELLATION DISTRIBUTES DAG TOKEN & LAUNCHES FLAGSHIP PRODUCT, ORION, TO MOBILIZE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY

Portal launch comes after Constellation raised $33.7 million USD in its private pre-sale

San Francisco, CA, June 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Constellation Labs (Constellation), the horizontally-scalable blockchain for consumer-grade applications, announced the launch of its flagship product, Orion. Orion, a membership portal to the Constellation ecosystem, will serve as a platform where the Constellation team, developers, and community members can communicate, share resources, and contribute to the network within a token compensation model. Constellation token holders will be able to stake tokens to gain access to the incentivized community or developer tier of membership, with a free tier available to view the portal’s various channels and message boards. The portal became fully active on June 18, when Constellation's DAG tokens were also distributed. Constellation's permissioned testnet launches at the beginning of August, at which time token holders will need to stake DAG tokens to run a node and validate test transactions. Nodes will earn validator rewards (ERC-20 DAG) based on their transaction throughput and reputation score, with rewards paid proportionally to testnet participants. At full functionality, this system will be the world's first ever incentivized cross-chain testnet (Constellation DAG to ERC-20).

Orion will allow developers and community members to earn tokens for contributing to the network across a range of activities, from bug reporting to correcting whitepaper mistranslations, in addition to providing general support to the community. The basic reward structure — a point-based system, awarded on productive activity — will create an organic hierarchy and encourage positive community behavior. Once tokens are staked, they will be locked for the duration of the six-month membership period. Over the next six months, Constellation will be running monthly airdrops and giving away two tiers of DAG totals that are locked and open membership to the Orion portal.

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NITTO'S RO MEMBRANES TO BE USED FOR SINGAPORE'S FIRST DUAL-MODE DESALINATION PLANT

OSAKA, Japan, June 27 (Bernama) -- 
 

Nitto Denko Corporation (hereinafter "Nitto") won a bid to provide reverse osmosis (RO) membranes to the "Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (also known as KMEDP)" in Singapore. The plant is designed to enable treatment of both seawater and freshwater to produce up to 137,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day. Shipping of the membranes is slated to begin this 2018 fiscal year to meet requirements for the plant's operational start scheduled in 2020. Singapore's water supply is coming from four sources: water from local catchments, imported water from its neighboring country, Malaysia, wastewater reclamation (NEWater) and seawater desalination. With limited land to collect and store rainwater, Singapore has been securing water resource by increasing its use of water from NEWater and seawater desalination. KMEDP is the country's first dual-mode desalination plant, capable of treating both seawater and freshwater. The plant will be constructed near the city center, and its water treatment equipment will be located underground, topped off by a gently sloping green lawn as its roof. Since the year 2000, Nitto has been a key partner in Singapore's water reclamation initiative, NEWater, providing its membrane technologies for water treatment. The company contributed to the establishment of the country's water supply infrastructure in collaboration with PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency. One of the main challenges is power reduction. Nitto developed a new product, "ESPA2-LD MAX," which enables both energy efficiency and high water production by maximizing an RO element's membrane area. And these features were the keys that led to the selection Nitto's RO elements. Going forward, Nitto aims to add more to its RO product line in order to accommodate the needs of more customers and to further expand its market share. Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant http://www.keppelseghers.com/en/content.aspx?sid=3027 Under the slogan of "Innovation for Customers," Nitto will be centering its efforts and contributions around the business domains of Green (Environment), Clean (New Energy), and Fine (Life Sciences). And the company is pleased to be given opportunities to contribute to the "Green" domain through its membrane technologies. Through these technologies, Nitto is determined to become a key contributor in helping Singapore ensure water sustainability. Nitto's website: https://www.nitto.com/jp/en/ * NEWater: Recycled water that is produced using advanced membrane and ultraviolet disinfection technologies, and meets drinking water standards. Source: Nitto Denko Corporation --BERNAMA

MASH NAMED AS ONE OF THE FINTECH 50

FINLAND, June 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At an event held on Wednesday June 20th at the Silicon Valley Bank in London, UK, Mash was selected from over 1800 companies to the FinTech50 2018 list, joining FinTech giants like N26, Monzo, Raisin and Revolut on the list of Europe’s hottest FinTech companies.

James Hickson, Group CEO of Mash commented, “This has been a transformational year for Mash and our momentum continues.  The FinTech50 is the Oscars of our industry and as such, the competition for a place was incredibly high -   only 14 new companies made it to the list with Mash being selected from over 1800 nominations. To be recognized as one of Europe’s leading Fintech companies is an incredible honor and a reflection of our dedicated team and our go forward ambition to be a major player in Europe. We extend an enormous thank you to the award committee for their support and our team for their incredible efforts”.


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Simex launches Epay platform as forerunner for Asian markets

 

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 (Bernama) -- SIMEX Inc, a public corporation in Nevada, USA has launched Epay for its users as the next step towards Asian markets.

SIMEX is a digital assets exchange for both accredited and non-accredited investors. It will use Epay as an additional method of managing funds for all platform users.

Epay is a globally leading online payment platform with decades of global payment experience and rich resources, a statement said.

It provides convenient and flexible electronic payment services such as instant money transfer, global bank wires and e-currency exchange.

Member of the Board of Directors, Vice President of Marketing of SIMEX, Denis Kurilchik said SIMEX users will gain access to all benefits of Epay.

Epay Marketing Manager, Angus said: "Epay is one of the best payment platforms for digital assets exchange, which could help exchange provide 5 fiat money for deposit and withdraw."

Established in March 2014 in Hong Kong, Epay is focused on blockchain financial industry with a mission to make digital assets trading more easier and convenient.

-- BERNAMA

​SHYFT UNVEILS BOARD OF ADVISORS COMPRISED OF TOP CRYPTO, INDUSTRY, AND REGULATORY LEADERS UNITED TO REDEFINE IDENTITY, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE AND PRIVACY FOR ALL

St. Michael, Barbados, June 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shyft, a leading blockchain-based solution that is building a trusted ecosystem to enable secure and private data transfers, has announced its high profile Board of Advisors. Shyft’s inaugural group of advisors bring deep industry knowledge from international business and finance, blockchain, economics, and Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) compliance. The Board of Advisors will play a critical role in providing strategic guidance across multiple dimensions in Shyft’s mission to make the global economy more efficient and effectively regulated.

Shyft International Chairman Joseph Weinberg says: “At Shyft, we are ambitiously working to redefine the broken way our world uses and thinks about data, the same data that today defines our identity. Our group of advisors understand the dire need for a new system that allows attested data to not only be shared securely and privately, but also a system that can help build reputational identity from this data that can be used globally across borders. This type of identity based on trustworthiness and credibility helps build a global economy that empowers the 3.5 billion people that are currently ‘underidentified’ and ‘unbanked,’ meaning that they are unable to participate in regulatory economies. Our caliber of advisors is second to none in the industry, which a testament to the enormity of the problem and to Shyft as the solution.”

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GMAC LAUNCHES 'STUDY IN CHINA' INITIATIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 11 LEADING BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN CHINA

BEIJING and HONG KONG, June 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On June 22, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) joins hands with 11 leading business schools in China to launch the “Study in China” initiative. This partnership marks the opening of an interactive platform for international students across 20 Belt and Road (B&R) regions to explore opportunities in China and to pursue higher education in business-related fields. The “Study in China” initiative aims to meet rapidly growing international student demand and to champion China as a world-class study destination and emerging global hub for business education.

The “Study in China” online portal (www.studyinchinamba.com) officially launched today allows students to discover more about studying and living in China. The newly designed English-language website connects prospective students with partner business schools and offers access to an abundance of information to help find the perfect fit for their China education experience. GMAC’s gateway guides international applicants from these Belt and Road regions in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe through the necessary steps to begin a new learning chapter in one of the most dynamic economies in the world. It offers in-depth information and insider advice on the schools and programs available, including international program structure, syllabus overview, admission requirements, application times, campus facilities, scholarships and financial aid. Students can also opt-in to conveniently contact the schools for further detail via GMAC’s one-stop portal.

To offer a glimpse into the great opportunities available, GMAC is organizing a “Study in China” contest from June 22 to August 31. Participants submit short essays about why they want to study in China to win a round-trip to China. Three selected winners will be awarded return economy flights and campus accommodation to visit preferred business schools and enjoy a first-hand experience of the school and campus life.

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MBA HIRING IS STRONG, WITH 4 IN 5 COMPANIES PLANNING TO HIRE GRADUATES IN 2018

MBA Graduates Commanding Salary Premiums

RESTON, Va., June 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) has released its 17th annual survey report, the GMAC 2018 Corporate Recruiters Survey report, and findings indicate that MBA hiring remains strong. Overall, 81 percent of responding companies plan to hire MBA graduates in 2018.

Among all respondents globally, 52 percent of companies plan to increase MBA starting base salaries this year. Around the world, MBA graduates continue to command a salary premium relative to direct-from-industry hires and bachelor’s degree hires. The projected median base starting salary for recent MBA graduates in the United States in 2018 is US$105,000, compared with US$85,000 for direct-from-industry new hires and US$65,000 for bachelor’s degree new hires.

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​FIRST WESTINGHOUSE AP1000® NUCLEAR PLANT SANMEN 1 COMPLETES INITIAL CRITICALITY

SANMEN, China, June 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Westinghouse Electric Company, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) announced today that the world’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China has successfully completed initial criticality.


“Today we completed the final major milestone before commercial operation for Westinghouse’s AP1000 nuclear power plant technology,” said José Emeterio Gutiérrez, Westinghouse president and chief executive officer. “We are one step closer to delivering the world’s first AP1000 plant to our customer and the world – with our customers, we will provide our customers in China with safe, reliable and clean energy from Sanmen 1.”

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CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD FILES REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR PROPOSED INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

CHICAGO, June 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cushman & Wakefield today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its ordinary shares. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined.

Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and UBS Investment Bank will serve as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. will also serve as joint book-running managers for the offering.

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AT-SUNRICE GLOBALCHEF ACADEMY ANNOUNCES SPEAKING EVENTS FOR PROFESSOR HERVÉ THIS

World renowned chemist and innovator will visit Singapore as part of At-Sunrice’s 2018 Distinguished Speaker Series

SINGAPORE, June 21 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy, the National University of Singapore and Science Centre Singapore announced today that Professor Hervé THIS, the internationally renowned chemist and pioneering founder of the cutting edge field of Molecular Gastronomy, will be holding a series of events and speaking engagements the week of 24 June in Singapore.

“At-Sunrice is honoured to bring Professor THIS to Singapore for our 2018 Distinguished Speaker Series and introduce an entirely new audience to his revolutionary and inspiring approach to the culinary sciences,” said Dr. Kwan Lui, founder of At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy. “We encourage our At-Sunrice students to go beyond the craft and art of culinary education into the five domains incorporating Craft, Art, Science, Gastronomy and the Business of Food. Professor THIS uses chemistry, physics and biology to challenge traditional ideas of cooking and eating – and his discoveries will intrigue chefs, gourmets, famers, supply chain and scientists on all levels.”

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CIENA ADDS LEADERSHIP AND EXPERTISE IN ASIA PACIFIC

New executive appointments strengthen company’s influence and presence across fast-growing region

HANOVER, Md., June 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) recently appointed Dion Leung as Regional Managing Director of Asia, where he leads the company’s strategy and execution in the region’s emerging markets. Based in Singapore, Dion reports directly to Rick Seeto, Ciena’s Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ).

Dion joined Ciena from Coriant, where he was Vice President of Business Development in Asia and responsible for identifying and cultivating opportunities in the region for the company’s connectivity solutions. Prior to that, he led sales and development of Tellabs’ optical business in Asia and the U.S. Dion holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta.

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ExtraHop releases new network traffic analytics for security operations

 

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- ExtraHop has released -- Reveal(x) Summer 2018 -- a new bar for Network Traffic Analytics at enterprise scale with new capabilities to modernise enterprise security operations.

Reveal(x) Summer 2018 is available with critical asset behavior analysis that instantly surfaces the highest-risk threats, even those hiding within encrypted traffic where security operations teams can investigate critical threat patterns and root cause faster, a statement said.

"With Reveal(x) Summer 2018, we've applied that deep domain expertise to security operations, closing the visibility gap and surfacing the accurate, targeted information that allows SecOps teams to act quickly and with confidence," said CTO and co-founder of ExtraHop, Jesse Rothstein.

The network traffic analytics reduces dwell time by highlighting late stage attack activities, shining light on the 'darkspace' in the enterprise ? the hard-to-reach areas of the network along the East-West corridor.

It also delivers real-time visibility and high-fidelity insight into threats to the critical assets throughout the hybrid enterprise. The new 'headlines' dashboard prioritises speed and accuracy, eliminating the fake news fire drills from other tools by highlighting the highest-risk detections.

Additional new features include out-of-band decryption at up to 100Gbps, rights for threat hunters and forensic investigators to look inside suspicious packets, helps SecOps collaborate with IT teams to control endpoints or data centers and more.

ExtraHop is the leader in analytics and investigation for the hybrid enterprise. More information on Reveal(x) or ExtraHop at www.extrahop.com.

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NETSPEED UNVEILS ORION AI - DELIVERING EXTREME PERFORMANCE AND ULTIMATE EFFICIENCY FOR NEXT-GEN AI SOCS

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 22 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NetSpeed Systems today announced the release of Orion AI, the industry’s first SoC interconnect solution targeted specifically for AI-enable SoC applications. It includes advanced features such as multicast and broadcast to improve performance and efficiency in AI-enable SoCs and accelerator ASICs used for datacenters, autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, and advanced video analytics. Orion AI builds on NetSpeed’s silicon-proven Orion IP which has been licensed to pioneering AI companies including Horizon Robotics, Cambricon, Baidu and Esperanto.
 
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its way into many applications including vision, speech,  forecasting, robotics and diagnostics. These emerging applications require a whole new level of processing capability and are driving sweeping changes in computational architectures and a dramatic shift in SOC design. 
 
“Inside these new SOCs there is a new data flow,” said Sundari Mitra, CEO of NetSpeed. “Typically, there are a large number of compute elements which need to perform peer to peer data exchange rapidly and efficiently. Previous architectures operated differently, with processing units using a central memory as an interchange system. AI systems need ‘any-to-any’ data exchanges that benefit from wide interfaces and need to support long bursts. One of the key advantages that Orion AI brings is the ability to support many multicast requests and to support non-blocking transfers.”
 
Orion AI was designed to provide extreme performance—terabits of on-chip bandwidth—and has an underlying architecture that can support thousands of compute engines. It provides super-wide data paths with interfaces of up to 1024 bits, higher for internal structures, and can support long bursts of up to 4K Bytes.
 
Orion AI is powered by NetSpeed’s Turing machine learning engine which uses supervised learning to explore and optimize SoC design and architecture. This is an AI-inside approach that Linley Gwennap, principal analyst at the Linley Group described, “is like having a guru architect on call to provide design advice. Processor architects can take Turing’s advice and then devote their time to solving the other hard problems in their SoC design."
 
About NetSpeed Systems
                                                                                                         
NetSpeed is at the heart of next-gen system-on-chip (SoC) applications that are transforming the way we interact with each other and how we connect with the world. Whether you are a hardware architect looking for cache coherency solutions to realize your ideas into silicon or a SoC designer looking for a high performance and efficient interconnect or a safety manager looking for solutions to build resilient, fault-tolerant systems—NetSpeed has a solution for you. Learn about how NetSpeed is bringing the power of artificial intelligence to SoC design and architecture at www.netspeedsystems.com.

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KEIO PLAZA HOTEL TOKYO HOSTS "PRINCESS MERMAID SWEETS BUFFET"

Commemorating the Fairy Tale Written by Hans Christian Andersen
 
TOKYO, June 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo (KPH), one of Japan’s most prestigious international hotels located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, will host the “Princess Mermaid Sweets Buffet” in commemoration of the fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen at our All Day Dining Restaurant “Jurin” from July 1 (Sunday) to September 30 (Sunday), 2018. This year’s buffet will offer a wide range of colorful desserts based on the “deep blue color of the cornflower” and other various flowers specially prepared by our patissiers and patterned after various sea creatures reminiscent of characters portrayed in the Little Mermaid fairy tale. Some of delectable desserts include clams made of chocolate and “deep sea mousse” made in a colorful blue using passion fruit and pineapple flavorings.
 
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The wide variety of delicious desserts prepared by our hotel patissiers will be served at our All Day Dining Restaurant “Jurin”, which is known for its special seasonal meals based upon various fairy tales including “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, “Beauty and The Beast” and others. These events are especially popular amongst female guests in their 20s to 30s for the highly photogenic desserts which can be used in posts on various social media. This time marks the third year that this dessert buffet based upon the theme of “The Little Mermaid” is held, and our patissiers have created new desserts for the entertainment of our guests. In addition, the Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo will also offer a special guest plan entitled “Temptation of the Little Mermaid” until September 17 (Monday) that includes use of our Sky Pool.
 
About the Keio Plaza Hotel
 
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo, located in Shinjuku at the very heart of the nation’s capital Tokyo, is one of Japan’s leading international hotels. Our hotel boasts of over 20 restaurants and bars, and we host a wide range of local and international guests who visit us for our welcoming facilities, warm hospitality and unique services that allow them to experience Japanese culture, including our Hello Kitty themed rooms and Japanese cultural experience programs. For more information about our facilities and services, please visit our website, YouTube, Facebook or Instagram.

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Contact
Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo
Keiko Kawashima, +81-3-5322-8010
Public Relations Manager
keiko-kawashima@keioplaza.co.jp
 
Source : Keio Plaza Hotel Tokyo
 
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P&G commitment to increase portrayals of women in media

 

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) advanced its commitment to gender equality through a series of new actions, commitments and partnerships to increase portrayals of women in advertising and media.

"As the world´s greatest creative minds gather to celebrate creativity, we are committed to do our part with meaningful actions to advance gender equality in advertising, media and the creative pipeline in the next five years, " said chief brand officer, Procter & Gamble, Marc Pritchard.

P&G is leading a comprehensive set of actions to do its part to build, fuel and connect a pipeline of diverse female talent to advertising, media and content opportunities as a systemic solution, a statement said.

P&G is working with the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) #SeeHer movement and other industry initiatives to invite other advertisers, agencies and content developers to drive change across the commercial ecosystem.

It has partnered with industry leaders driving equal representation and positive portrayals of women in media including partnership with Oscar nominee, Queen Latifah by creating distribution for films produced by diverse female directors.

The company also partnered with the award-winning journalist, Katie Couric Media to collaborate on content that reflects their mutual values and commitment to important issues including digital series, documentaries, scripted projects, podcasts and live programing.

Global Citizen and P&G will partner and co-host the first #SheIsEqual Summit on September 28, 2018 in New York during UN General Assembly Week to share perspectives on gender equality, women´s economic empowerment, girls´ education and advocacy through the lens of representation of women in the media, marketing, technology and entertainment.

P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Ambi Pur, Downy, Febreze, Gillette and more. More information at http://www.pg.com.

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