WOKING, United Kingdom & TOKYO, March 22 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- McLaren Formula 1 TEAM (McLaren), a pioneering leader in Formula 1 motor racing for more than 50 years, and NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (TOKYO:9432), announced today that McLaren will adopt SD-WAN (software-defined wide-area network) technology from NTT Com to connect the McLaren Technology Centre with racing circuits in 21 countries during the 2018 season. The decision follows a successful test deployment of the technology during the 2017 Japan Grand Prix, when McLaren was able to send 100GB of data during a race from Japan to the UK via NTT Com’s SD-WAN.
NTT Com’s SD-WAN uses software to control the WAN, providing McLaren with quick, secure, reliable and flexible management of data traffic flows. A variety of traffic can be sent via different connections, such as internet, mobile and MPLS, depending on time, priority and current network speed. This flexibility allows the priority routing of key data, such as telemetry and video, at critical points. Also, NTT Com’s service includes a dashboard screen to visualize data-traffic status during a race. McLaren can grasp network availability and required data bandwidth at a glance to optimize data transmission during a race, giving them an edge in the real-time formation, adjustment and deployment of in-race strategy. Dr. Shin Miyakawa, Vice President, IoT Office / McLaren Taskforce was particularly pleased with the genesis and evolution of the project. “One of our R&D engineers attended a pre-season practice in Barcelona in 2017 and noticed occasional video jitter on screens in a garage, which made him wonder about the data bottlenecks causing the problem. At his suggestion, we tested our SD-WAN during the Suzuka 2017 race and the results were very successful. We engineered a solution for the 2018 season that McLaren will now use across the team. I’m very pleased with the success of our technology partnership.” During a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress in February 2018, two-time F1 world champion Fernando Alonso spoke about the growing importance of data for both machine and driver performance: “Each car provides more data every single second than you can imagine. Every single movement we do in the car, every steering wheel input, every throttle input, every brake pressure input is transmitted immediately in real time to the engineers in the garage.” “Technology is such an important part of racing,” said Zak Brown, Executive Director of McLaren Technology Group. “SD-WAN is one of a number of marginal gains we are seeing from our technology partnership with NTT Communications. Because SD-WAN offers us more control over data flows during crucial moments, it gives us an edge. I also think it proves the willingness of our Technology Partners to deliver, to bring their expertise to the party, with the ultimate goal of driving the team faster.” For more about NTT Communications SD-WAN, or to contact us: ntt-sdwan.com Attachemnt1. Secure ICT Infrastructure Attachemnt2. Race Schedule for 2018 Season About McLaren Formula 1 TEAM New Zealand racing driver Bruce McLaren founded the McLaren racing team in 1963. Since 1966, when it entered its first Formula 1 race, McLaren has won 20 world championships and over 180 grands prix. It has also won the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Indy 500 the two biggest races in the world. Since those early days, the McLaren Technology Group has developed into one of international sport’s most successful competitors, become a globally renowned automotive manufacturer, and earned recognition as one of the most illustrious high-technology brands in the world. The McLaren team campaigns the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship with double-world champion Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne. They drive the McLaren-Renault MCL33. About NTT Communications Corporation NTT Communications provides consultancy, architecture, security and cloud services to optimize the information and communications technology (ICT) environments of enterprises. These offerings are backed by the company’s worldwide infrastructure, including the leading global tier-1 IP network, the Arcstar Universal One™ VPN network reaching over 190 countries/regions, and over 140 secure data centers worldwide. NTT Communications’ solutions leverage the global resources of NTT Group companies including Dimension Data, NTT DOCOMO and NTT DATA. www.ntt.com | Twitter@NTT Com | Facebook@NTT Com | LinkedIn@NTT Com View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180321006314/en/ Contact For more information McLaren Technology Group Mr. Tim Bampton Group Communications Director [email protected] or NTT Communications Corporation Mr. Ryu Kanishima Technology Development [email protected] Source : NTT Communications Corporation
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 (Bernama) -- Polyplastics Co. Ltd., a global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has unveiled a new series of low-dielectric liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) for next-generation communication devices.
Polyplastics, in a statement, said the new LCP series known as LAPEROS (R) E420P, is the first low-dielectric grades which also possess inherent high heat resistance, mechanical properties, chemical resistance, high flow and low warpage for films and connectors in cabling, antennas and circuit boards. As the demand increased, the company developed the new series to satisfy the needs of 5G telecommunications and V2X telecommunications for autonomous automobiles and materials applicable for high-speed and high-frequency transmission components. Using an optimum combination of filler and formulation technology, LAPEROS (R) E420P achieves a low-dielectric constant of less than 3.0 measured perpendicular to the flow direction for the 1-20 GHz frequency band. The material also fulfils downsizing requirements and increasingly complex designs in connector applications and can be used in surface-mount technology processes. Polyplastics plans to extend its product portfolio to include grades with enhanced low warpage, higher heat resistance, greater flow for compact and fine-pitched connectors. LAPEROS (R) is a registered trademark of Polyplastics Co. Ltd. in Japan and other countries. The company has the largest global market share of polyoxymethylene and LCPs. With more than 50 years of experience, Polyplastics is backed by a strong global network of research and development, and production and sales resources capable of creating advanced solutions for an ever-changing global marketplace. For more information, visit www.polyplastics.com/en/product/lines/lcp_e420p/index.vm. KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 (Bernama) -- The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) invited 30 'powerful influencers' (bloggers) from 20 foreign countries and regions to visit and promote the tourism attractions across Japan, in March.
Malaysia was one of the countries invited to join the project. The other countries and regions involved were South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, India, Australia, the United States, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Spain. The project promoted 'Instagrammable' (photogenic) spots and hands-on programmes in addition to tourist spots already highly recognised abroad. The project included six courses in Hokkaido/Tohoku, Kanto/Koshinetsu, Chubu/Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku/Shikoku and Kyushu/Hokkaido. All the courses were from March 5 to 9, 2018 except for the Kansai course which was held from Feb 26 to March 2, while the Kyushu/Hokkaido course was from March 12 to 17. The duration of each course was one week and involved different bloggers from various countries. The photographs and articles listed through the project contain #undiscoveredjapan, #enjoymyjapan, #visitjapanjp hashtags which can be found on the links, https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/undiscoveredjapan/ and https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/undiscoveredjapan?source=feed_text. SINGAPORE, March 23 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of New Zealand Medical Professionals Limited (NZMPL) (New Zealand). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
The ratings reflect NZMPL’s balance sheet strength, which A.M. Best categorizes as adequate, as well as its strong operating performance, limited business profile and marginal enterprise risk management. NZMPL’s balance sheet strength is supported by solid risk-adjusted capitalization, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR). However, the company’s capital size is small compared with similar insurers rated by A.M. Best and it has low earnings retention. NZMPL also maintains a thin buffer above the minimum local regulatory capital requirement. In addition, the company has limited financial flexibility with no access to capital markets. NZMPL has a track record of strong underwriting performance and stable investment income, with a five-year average operating ratio of 49%. This is driven mainly by its favorable claims experience due to the underlying product risk profile and low average claims size. The company also benefits from a competitive expense ratio by offering its products through an affiliation with the New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association. Prospectively, A.M. Best expects the company to continue delivering stable earnings, supported by steady revenue growth, favorable claims experience and a low expense ratio in the near term. NZMPL is a small-sized insurer in New Zealand that focuses on providing medical malpractice insurance to medical practitioners and health professionals. As a monoline insurer that operates in a niche market, the company has a limited market profile and generates a very small percentage of industry premiums. NZMPL has a low product risk profile with a small average claims size. The company’s claims consist largely of legal fees as most of the medical injuries are covered by the Accident Compensation Corporation. NZMPL has some exposure to operational risk. The company has outsourced most of its operations to third-party service providers due to its small scale. A lack of oversight and management controls creates the major risk associated with this outsourcing. Hence, the company’s risk management capabilities are not aligned with its risk profile. NZMPL is well-positioned for its current rating level. Negative rating actions may occur if there is significant deterioration in NZMPL’s operating results due to adverse claims experience or if capitalization erodes significantly below its target surplus capital due to factors such as higher-than-expected dividend payouts. Ratings are communicated to rated entities prior to publication. Unless stated otherwise, the ratings were not amended subsequent to that communication. This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on A.M. Best’s website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see A.M. Best’s Recent Rating Activity web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Understanding Best’s Credit Ratings. For information on the proper media use of Best’s Credit Ratings and A.M. Best press releases, please view Guide for Media - Proper Use of Best’s Credit Ratings and A.M. Best Rating Action Press Releases. A.M. Best is the world’s oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit www.ambest.com. Copyright © 2018 by A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180322005872/en/ Contact A.M. Best Sin Yee Chuah, +65 6303 5022 Associate Financial Analyst [email protected] or Jason Shum, +65 6303 5020 Associate Director, Analytics [email protected] or Christopher Sharkey, +1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159 Manager, Public Relations [email protected] or Jim Peavy, +1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644 Director, Public Relations [email protected] Source : A.M. Best KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- Toshiba Memory Corporation, a leader in memory solutions, today announced its latest line-up of NVM Express (NVMe) and SATA data center solid-state drives (SSDs) in multiple form factors.
Samples of the CD5 Series and XD5 Series of NVMe SSDs, and the HK6-DC Series of SATA SSDs will be available to limited customers in the second quarter of 2018. The new SSDs utilise the company's 64-layer 3-bit-per-cell triple-level cell (TLC) BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory, it said in a statement. In combination with controllers designed and developed in-house, the new SSDs deliver quality, reliability, and comprehensive customer support. The new SSDs offer cloud data centers robust performance and reliability, and deliver lower operating power for read-intensive applications such as NoSQL databases, big data analytics and streaming media. They will support infrastructure managers in addressing performance and meeting consistent workload demands in data. The three series are optimised for low latency and performance consistency in read-intensive workloads, for Open Compute Project (OCP) and hyper-scale/cloud applications. The new data center SSDs also feature power loss protection and cryptographic erase support, Sanitise Instant Erase (SIE), for secure data erasure. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (Bernama) -- Sabio, a customer experience solutions specialist, has acquired Bright UK Ltd, the customer service data and analysis experts to offer bespoke consultancy and SaaS data solutions.
The solutions deliver insights to contact centres, allowing them to operate more effectively through a unique combination of real-time customer feedback analysis, comparative benchmarking and employee surveys. The acquisition follows Lyceum Capital´s strategic investment in Sabio, and is part of an ongoing acquisition plan to broaden the company´s solution portfolio. Adding Bright complements Sabio´s March 2017 acquisition of Rapport, the SaaS software and analysis services vendor, and significantly strengthens Sabio´s insight services portfolio. This provides an unrivalled holistic approach to analyse customer and employee satisfaction, offering clients both a technological and a professional serviced approach to improving the service experience. "Sabio is focused on supporting our clients in delivering brilliant experiences across the entire customer journey, " said chief executive officer of Sabio Group, Andy Roberts. "And the addition of Bright´s solutions and services to our portfolio will support our customers in driving further operational and financial value from their CX programmes, " he added. Meanwhile, managing director of Bright UK, Mats Rennstam commented that joining Sabio was a smart move for Bright as it gave them the opportunity to not only combine with an innovative customer experience leader, but also to share their data insights with Sabio´s broader global client base. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 (Bernama) -- Samsung Electronics America, Inc. has announced that the new, award-winning Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones are now available for purchase at the United States (US) wireless network providers and retail stores.
In three colours, Midnight Black, Coral Blue, and the new Lilac Purple, the phones have been recognised by smartphone reviewers worldwide for their best-in-class display, design and camera. The Galaxy S9 has a suggested retail price of US$719.99, while the Galaxy S9+ is available for US$839.99. Both unlocked and carrier versions of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ are also available for purchase on Samsung.com. "The Galaxy S9 and S9+ are designed for the visual and social generation - the consumers who connect, communicate, and share their stories through pictures and video," said president and chief executive officer of Samsung Electronics North America, Tim Baxter. "Samsung leveraged its long history of innovation to reimagine the smartphone camera so that users can not only take the best pictures in any light and any environment, but also express themselves in their own unique way," he added. The phones feature Samsung's most advanced smartphone camera, and come with a dual aperture (F1.5 - F2.4) that works just like the human eye to adjust to different lighting conditions, with DxOMark awarding the Galaxy S9+ its highest-ever score for a mobile camera. With the Galaxy S9 and S9+, consumers also have a new way to engage with the world around them through Samsung's intelligence platform, Bixby. Built with deep-learning technology, Bixby adds numerous smart functions to the camera, including instant translation of text from one language to another, ability to recognise food and overlay approximate calorie count, and information about nearby landmarks and places. Owners who purchase the phones on Samsung.com are eligible for a free month of Samsung Premium Care, the only support program that comes to consumers at their home, office or favourite coffee shop. For more information on the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, visit news.samsung.com/us/galaxy-s9/. -- BERNAMA SINGAPORE, March 19 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” of Energas Insurance (L) Limited (Energas) (Malaysia). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
Energas is the sole captive insurer of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), Malaysia’s national oil and gas company. The ratings reflect Energas’ balance sheet strength, which A.M. Best categorizes as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. The ratings also incorporate Energas’ solid risk-adjusted capitalization, comprehensive reinsurance program and historically strong operating performance, evidenced by a five-year average combined ratio of approximately 53%. Partially offsetting these positive rating factors is a reduction in prospective earnings derived from smaller premium volumes as Petronas scales back on its upstream activities. Nonetheless, A.M. Best expects Energas’ active cycle management and efficient cost structure to buffer some of the negative pressure on its combined ratio and to aid in keeping overall earnings positive. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=31476 Adding quant-enabled wealth management capabilities to its digital platform
LONDON & SINGAPORE, March 20 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- Finantix, global provider of enterprise solutions in WealthTech, InsurTech and RegTech, is proud to announce its acquisition of smartfolios, the creators of quant-enabled investment tools that support the key stages of the digital advisory value chain. With this acquisition, Finantix is set to combine its enterprise-grade technology and its recently launched AI offering with smartfolios quantitative analysis solutions to deliver a peerless digital wealth management platform with a unique breadth of features and real-time thematic-style analytics. Finantix provides end-to-end digital wealth advisory services and hybrid robo-advisory solutions to wealth managers, top tier private banks and insurers in more than 40 markets. Together, Finantix and smartfolios will harness the power of quantitative analysis to provide an engine that covers the full range of investment processes including: strategy building, house view distribution, robo-personalised portfolios, advanced analytics and continuous portfolio fine tuning. The technology will support an extensive product taxonomy and provide real-time thematic-style analysis. Ralf Emmerich, Co-founder and Director of Finantix, said: “We are delighted to have smartfolios join the group. The addition of smartfolios will add a critical quantitative analysis element to our well-established digital wealth offering. This acquisition will extend our coverage and support for key actors like CIOs and Investment Strategists and provide a solid foundation for strategic robo-advisory initiatives that don’t follow a low-end formula.” For Finantix’ clients this acquisition means that they will be able to further tailor their customers’ experience and services and proactively anticipate their needs. In addition, they will be able to understand what’s happening in their book of business across multiple views including: performance, regulatory compliance, house view adherence, customer behaviour, key opportunities and events detection, next best action generation and proposal building, advice reasoning and research personalisation. Julien Le Noble, Co-founder and CEO of smartfolios, added: “By coming under the Finantix brand, and leveraging Finantix’ API-driven enterprise-grade architecture, we can fully realise our vision to build the market-leading quantitative investment advisory, insight and portfolio management platform.” - ends - About Finantix Finantix has a global customer base spanning over 45 countries, acquired over more than 15 years’ experience distilled into his flagship Finantix Components product and supported from eight offices across Europe, North America and Asia. Finantix Components are trusted by some of the world’s largest banks, insurers and wealth managers and offer a broad, solid and proven library of multi-country, multi-jurisdiction, multi-channel, omni-device reusable software modules, widgets, engines, connectors and APIs that help leading financial institutions digitise and transform key processes in the financial services industry. www.finantix.com About smartfolios Smartfolios is a quant enabled advisory and investment platform providing investors access to superior investment portfolios and strategies. The team combines over 40 years of markets and investment experience and with cross disciplinary expertise, deep industry knowledge and astute data science insights, they are able to both anticipate and capitalize on emerging technologies, regulatory developments and financial innovations. www.smartfolios.com View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180319005535/en/ Contact Finantix Sam Howard +44 (0)7817 106 155 [email protected] Source : Finantix CLOUDFLARE AND IBM COLLABORATE TO EXTEND SECURITY AND PERFORMANCE FROM THE CLOUD TO THE NETWORK EDGE19/3/2018 IBM customers using public, private, or hybrid cloud can address security and performance at the network edge
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cloudflare, the leading Internet performance and security company, today announced a collaboration with IBM that will provide IBM’s enterprise customers with the benefits of Cloudflare’s edge computing solutions. With this collaboration, IBM becomes an authorized reseller of Cloudflare’s suite of security and performance edge services. Cloudflare’s solutions can be deployed in IBM customer environments, including public, private, hybrid cloud, or on-premise. Through the collaboration, IBM plans to launch IBM Cloud Internet Services, a one-stop shop for enterprise network edge services. IBM Cloud Internet Services is designed to enable customers to more easily protect and accelerate their Internet properties—domains, applications, and APIs—through an integration of Cloudflare in the IBM Cloud console. Cyber security threats are increasing in scale and becoming more complex every day, but security should not be a barrier for enterprises entering the cloud. Enterprises crave a cloud and edge security strategy that provides state-of-the-art protection and performance. With IBM Cloud Internet Services, in just a few clicks, enterprises can obtain the benefits of Cloudflare’s massive global network and core DDoS, WAF, DNS, and web caching solutions, in one place, without having to rely on multiple vendors. “Now IBM enterprise customers can focus on innovating and spend less time worrying about performance issues or potential security incidents,” said Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. “We admire IBM’s broad and deep experience with some of the world’s most powerful enterprises, and we view this offering as a great first step in working together.” “The rate and sophistication of cyber threats is growing daily, but enterprises shouldn’t have to sacrifice performance in order to address the security of their Internet-facing applications,” said John Considine, General Manager, IBM Cloud Infrastructure. “IBM Cloud Internet Services combines IBM’s high value cloud capabilities and Cloudflare’s robust intelligent network to offer our customers an innovative solution.” mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=31458 |
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