KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 (Bernama) -- The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman has named Jerry Inzerillo as first chief executive officer (CEO) of Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA).
The Crown Prince who is also chairman of DGDA appointed Inzerillo to restore Diriyah by developing a number of major new historical and tourism assets in a 7.1 million square meter development on the west side of Riyadh. Inzerillo was the former CEO of Forbes Travel Guide -- a global standard for the verification of service excellence in hospitality which operates in more than 100 countries, a statement said. The new historical and tourism assets includes museums, academic institutions and edutainment´ facilities, resorts, restaurants, wellness facilities and high-end retail. The initiative is the Crown Prince´s 2030 Vision to modernise the Saudi state, engage Saudi citizens and welcome guests from all over the world. Diriyah -- a UNESCO registered site, holds a historical depth of more than 590 years -- is also the birthplace of the first, second and current Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as well as the root of the Saudi nation. Much of the original site was built in adobe brick in the traditional architecture of the greater Najd region which will be authentically restored with new tourism attractions and facilities. -- BERNAMA
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 (Bernama) -- Forbes Travel Guide - a global authority on luxury travel -- planned to expand its luxury hospitality in 60 countries to 100 countries by end of 2019 with several key appointments and executive promotions.
The new leadership structure include appointment of Jerry Inzerillo as vice-chairman, Filip Boyen as chief executive officer (CEO) and Tony Hounshell as executive vice-president of finance, a statement said. Chairman of the Forbes Travel Guide board of directors (BOD), Jeff Arnold said the company is delighted that Inzerillo remains on the board and help guide their governance and strategic direction in the new era of expansion. Inzerillo who previously served as the company´s CEO since 2014 was also appointed by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Salman as CEO of the Diriyah Gate Development Authority. The company´s new CEO, Filip -- a veteran luxury hospitality leader for 30 years -- will help to continue company´s growth while remaining true to its commitment of unbiased excellence at this dynamic time of globalisation in the luxury market. The company´s veteran executives including Peter Kressaty, Tom Flournoy, Amanda Frasier, Mica Hill and Marilyn Karstaedt have also been promoted to executive vice-presidents. More information at www.forbestravelguide.com. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 (Bernama) -- Hitachi Vantara Corp -- a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, intends to acquire REAN Cloud LLC -- a global cloud systems integrator, managed services provider and solutions developer of cloud-native applications.
Hitachi Vantara combines technology, intellectual property and industry knowledge to deliver data-managing solutions to help enterprises improve their customers' experiences, develop new revenue streams and lower the costs of business. The company in a statement said the acquisition will extend Hitachi Vantara's cloud portfolio and managed services capabilities to accelerate digital transformations across public, private and hybrid cloud environments. Hitachi Vantara will also strengthen its ability to manage and operate traditional applications as well as emerging workloads in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Hitachi Vantara shares Rean Cloud's passion for creating leading-edge solutions and will leverage Rean Cloud's expertise to speed delivery of transformative digital solutions for its combined customers and partners. Chief executive officer of Hitachi Vantara, Brian Householder said: "Modernized infrastructure running both on and off premises and intelligent data governance and analytics are the foundational pillars of digital transformations. Rean Cloud powerfully extends Hitachi Ltd.'s existing portfolio for customers and partners in these areas." Once the acquisition closes, Rean Cloud's founders will continue to lead and grow the business as an integral part of Hitachi Vantara's Solutions and Services organization, led by chief solutions and services officer of Hitachi Vantara, Bobby Soni. The transaction is expected to close later this year, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. Financial terms of the deal are not disclosed. More information about the acquisition on https://www.hitachivantara.com/blog/a-clear-view-of-the-clouds. KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 (Bernama) -- Kincannon & Reed -- a retained executive search firm exclusively serving clients across the food value chain -- has added Phillip Osborne as managing partner based in Sydney, Australia.
Chairman and chief executive officer, Greg Duerksen said Osborne's commitment to build strong client relationships and provides superior advice, counsel, search execution and team development leadership to their clients is inspiring. Osborne currently heads Kincannon & Reed's Asia-Pacific activities in the fast-moving-consumer-goods, beverage, food and food ingredients and agribusiness sectors, a statement said. He joined the firm in 2015 after more than 25 years of C-level experience in public and private businesses. He is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Kincannon & Reed was founded in 1981. The firm serve clients throughout the world from locations in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. More information at www.krsearch.com. KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 (Bernama) -- Toshiba Memory Corporation -- the world leader in memory solutions -- has launched the industry's first SSDs utilizing 96-layer, 3D flash memory with limited quantities of sample shipments to OEM customers beginning today.
Combining Toshiba Memory Corporation's fourth generation BiCS FLASH memory technology and SLC cache, the new XG6 series delivers industry-leading sequential write performance of up to 2960 MB/s in client SSDs, a statement said. The new series also delivers performance of up to 3180 MB/s sequential read and 365,000 random write IOPS. It also superior to the previous generation XG5 series in efficiency. The power consumption of the new series is maximum 4.7W in active mode and 3mW during stand-by in the lowest power mode which makes it suitable for power-sensitive mobile PCs. The new SSDs will be available in three capacities including 256GB, 512GB and 1024GB. It is highly suited to a wide range of applications including ultra-mobile PCs that prioritise performance and server-boot storage in datacenter and enterprise environments. Toshiba Memory Corporation will gradually increase shipments of the new series from the fourth quarter of 2018 and it will be exhibited at the Flash Memory Summit 2018 from August 7 to 9 in Santa Clara, California, USA. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 (Bernama) -- OAG partners Plug and Play -- the world´s largest startup accelerator and innovation centre -- to enable OAG - the leading provider of digital flight information to collaborate with disruptive startups and technology leaders to create smarter and more innovative solutions for the travel ecosystem.
"We´re committed to helping startups accelerate growth and product development by offering fast and easy access to our data solutions and APIs, " said OAG´s chief product officer, Vipul Nakum. OAG´s schedules and flight status database has become the number one choice for developers and tech innovators as many technology companies and startups are already powering their critical applications and products with OAG´s easy-to-use APIs and market-leading air travel data. Currently, OAG´s customer network includes three of the four largest online travel agents (OTAs) in the world, the largest booking engine in Europe and the top travel, technology and eCommerce leaders across China, India, Indonesia, Latin America and North America. Meanwhile, Plug and Play´s Travel and Hospitality Innovation Platform focuses on discovering, supporting and scaling disruptive technologies that are defining the future of travel, a statement said. In Asia, Plug and Play has a footprint in Tokyo, Singapore and Jakarta covering various industries and verticals with a further eight offices in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xi'an in collaboration with partners like Philips, Daimler, Audi, and Cisco. More information at www.oag.com or https://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com/travel. KUALA LUMPUR, July 24 (Bernama) -- Regulatory DataCorp Inc (RDC) -- the global leader in compliance screening -- has appointed Tom Walsh as its new chief executive officer (CEO) who takes over from Thomas M. Obermaier, effective this week.
RDC offers compelling and innovative solutions to combat financial crime within the governance, risk and compliance sector and is well-positioned with its talent and technology resources to capitalise on the growth of the sector, a statement said. Vista Principal and Co-head of Vista Foundation Fund, Rob Rogers said Walsh has shown a unique ability to engage with customers, putting their experience first and using their input to help bring about innovations that improve products, strengthen customer relations and grow businesses. Prior to joining RDC, Walsh served as CEO of the Software Division at Kaufman Hall & Associates. He established the enterprise software business that doubled in revenue growth during his tenure. RDC is a portfolio company of Vista Equity Partners (Vista) -- a U.S. based private equity firm that specialises in enterprise software. It acquired RDC in 2016. RDC prevents criminal infiltration of the world´s financial systems by delivering automated, intelligent customer screening and decision-ready intelligence. More information at www.rdc.com.
Cushman & Wakefield already has a 20% stake in the Irish commercial property business which operated as its exclusive affiliate in the Republic – rebranding two years ago as Cushman & Wakefield Ireland. The firm, which has more than 100 commercial property professionals and offices in Dublin, Limerick and Galway, will now be fully integrated into Cushman & Wakefield, one of the world’s largest real estate services firms with 48,000 employees in approximately 400 offices and 70 countries. Managing Director Aidan Gavin becomes Cushman & Wakefield’s Head of Ireland and will also sit on the firm’s UK & Ireland Executive Committee. Cushman & Wakefield will maintain its close affiliate relationship with the wider Sherry FitzGerald Group, which has a further 97 offices across the Republic. Colin Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, EMEA, Cushman & Wakefield, said: “This is an exciting next step in an exceptional relationship which first began 20 years ago and reflects the significant increase in cross-border projects on which our teams have been collaborating. We expect further growth as the Irish economy continues to strengthen and we integrate fully as a single firm with a truly seamless operation between Ireland and the UK. We are committed to profitably growing the scale and performance of our substantial EMEA business to deliver outstanding results for our clients.” Aidan Gavin, Head of Ireland at Cushman & Wakefield, said: “Our business has gone from strength to strength since adopting the Cushman & Wakefield brand and we have real momentum in the marketplace. We now have the opportunity to move to the next stage by leveraging the resources of our global network to shape the future of Irish property.” mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=32299 KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (Bernama) -- Utimaco - manufacturer of Hardware Security Module (HSM) technology - partnered with ThothTrust in Singapore to protect digital wallets and cryptocurrency assets with Utimaco HSMs and the CryptoScript Software Development Kit (SDK).
"Optimised for encryption and crypto applications, the Utimaco HSM minimises the risk of cryptocurrency assets being stolen from the digital wallets," said chief executive officer of Utimaco, Malte Pollmann. The Customisable Secure Cryptography (CSC) product offers different security levels and customisation options to create a secure environment while a Wallet Security Module (WSM) for digital wallets ensures cryptocurrency asset security based on a Utimaco HSM as its hardware root of trust, a statement said. The Utimaco HSM equipped with the WSM module generates secure digital wallets, able to store up to 255 pieces of 256-bit ECDSA key pairs for cryptocurrency and token transactions including Bitcoin, Ethereum and many other flavours of Bitcoin. Authentication to the WSM-backed wallets relies on public key challenge-response using ECDSA signatures via an ECC key pair created by the endpoint device and secured using the endpoint's secure keystore. The keystore usually requires a password or biometric authentication from the user to access the device key pair for authorising the user's requested actions such as creating digital signatures for cryptocurrency transactions or managing the wallet. Utimaco keep cryptographic keys and digital identities safe to protect critical digital infrastructures and high value data assets. More information at https://hsm.utimaco.com. -- BERNAMA KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (Bernama) -- Uganda National Airlines Company has signed a firm order for four new CRJ900 regional jets costing US$190 million or RM 771.4 million. (1US$ = RM 4.06), Canada's Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced.
Uganda Airlines is confident the aircraft will help the company to succeed with its proven track record in Africa and other regions of the word. The company will operate the CRJ900 in dual-class configuration with 76 seats, including 12 first class seats, a statement said. Chief executive officer of Uganda National Airlines, Ephraim Bagenda said the company look forward to provide the most modern passenger experience in regional aviation to the people of Uganda and across Africa. Vice-president, Sales, Middle-East and Africa at Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, Jean-Paul Boutibou said the aircraft enabled airlines worldwide to serve communities with better connectivity and they are supporting the development of Uganda´s regional air travel with these aircraft. There are currently 21 operators flying 58 CRJ Series in Africa. Bombardier, headquartered in Montreal, Canada has recorded firm orders for 1957 CRJ Series regional jets. More information at www.bombardier.com. -- BERNAMA |
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