[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Digital payments experts Consult Hyperion, in conjunction with the GSMA, today published a guide to help banks and mobile operators understand the Host Card Emulation (HCE) and SIM Secure Element approaches for NFC payments. The guide, “HCE and SIM Secure Element: It’s not Black and White”, follows the recent introduction of HCE into Android 4.4 (KitKat) and concludes that the SIM Secure Element and HCE approaches to NFC payments each offer important benefits for financial institutions. Further, they should not be viewed as mutually exclusive and a combination of the appr
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Amobee(http://www.amobee.com/), the company defining digital advertising, today announced that it has signed agreements to acquire Adconion Direct North America and Adconion Australia (together, Adconion) as well as Kontera Technologies, Inc. (Kontera). The acquisitions will strengthen Amobee's position as the leading provider of mobile-led digital marketing technology and solutions across all channels and screens for global brands. With the combined capabilities, Amobee is positioned to better capitalize on the fast growing global digital advertising market. Adconion wil
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Today, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. released the first episode of the highly anticipated “Galaxy 11: The Match” video after months of fan speculation and excitement around the outcome of the “winner takes the Earth” match. In addition to the video being available to fans around the world to enhance their excitement for football this summer through the latest smart phone technology, fans in Brazil can enjoy the complete Galaxy 11 experience in person at the Galaxy 11 World Tour Studio in Sao Paulo. Beginning last fall, fans worldwide have been captivated by the story of G
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Gigaphoton Inc., a major lithography light source manufacturer, announced today that major semiconductor manufacturers highly value its leading-edge “Green Innovations” environmental technologies, introduced to Gigaphoton’s flagship “GT Series” of ArF immersion lasers. Since its establishment in 2000, Gigaphoton has consistently focused on achieving the highest levels of output power, performance, and stability in the industry, as well as implementing technologies and design principles that deliver the higher efficiency required for environmentally conscious “green fab.”
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Moody’s Analytics, a unit of Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO), announced today that it has agreed to acquire WebEquity Solutions, LLC. (“WebEquity”), a leading provider of cloud-based loan origination solutions for financial institutions. The acquisition strengthens Moody’s Analytics’ position as a leader in loan origination software and bolsters its suite of award-winning risk management products for banks, insurance companies and corporations. “WebEquity is a trusted provider of solutions that enable banks to improve the efficiency of their loan origination process while
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]China is the global leader in the adoption of M2M technology with over 50 million connections or more than one quarter of the total M2M market in 2013, according to “How China is Set for Global M2M Leadership”, a new report issued today by the GSMA. Close collaboration between the country’s leading mobile operators China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom, state-owned enterprises and the government has enabled the market to grow dramatically in a relatively short period of time, laying the foundations for further expansion and the development of the Internet of Things
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The GSMA today issued the latest report in its Mobile Economy series, which reveals that the Asia Pacific region now accounts for half of the world’s mobile subscribers and will remain one of the world’s fastest growing mobile markets through 2020 and beyond. According to the “Mobile Economy Asia Pacific 2014” report, there were 1.7 billion unique mobile subscribers in the Asia Pacific region at the end of 2013, accounting for half of the 3.4 billion global subscriber base. The number of Asia Pacific subscribers is expected to grow by 5.5 per cent a year (CAGR) until 2020
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Kurion, Inc., an innovator in nuclear and hazardous waste management, announced it has been awarded a contract by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to deliver a first-of-a-kind, at-tank mobile system to remove strontium from tank water at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Kurion has already delivered the first set of equipment to the plant’s staging area for inspection, and plans to ship the balance of equipment in the coming weeks. Kurion expects that the system will be operational this summer. This represents another significant Kurion project in
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Lapmaster Group Holdings LLC, a leading supplier of high-precision equipment and services for lapping, polishing, grinding, and honing, announced today that it has acquired Peter Wolters GmbH, a provider of machine tools and systems for high-precision surface processing. Headwaters MB, a middle market investment banking firm, advised Lapmaster on the transaction. “This merger of complementary market leaders will create an even stronger global player with unparalleled technical capabilities in the industry,” said Brian Nelson, President and CEO of Lapmaster. “The team of 6
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Quintiles, the world’s largest biopharmaceutical services provider, has been named to the 2014 CIO 100. Each year, CIO magazine identifies and honors 100 organizations that have distinguished themselves by creating business value through the effective and innovative use of IT. Quintiles was named to the CIO 100 because of its transformational Quintiles Infosario® Safety solution, a drug safety technology platform which is fully integrated with relevant regulatory agencies and future-proofed through a community development model. “We are honored to be included in the CIO 1