[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Global registry services provider Afilias (www.afilias.info) today announced April 17, 2014, as the general availability launch date of the .KIM generic top-level domain (gTLD). While Internet addresses have previously marked you as commercial or informational, you’ve never been able to say, “We’re all part of the same family.” That’s why .KIM is unique. A .KIM domain lets you proclaim your membership in the first family of the Internet: the KIM family! “Kim” is an ancient Korean surname, meaning “gold,” and is the most common Korean last name: more than 10 million indivi
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The GSMA today announced the schedule and locations for the 2014 GSMA Mobile 360 Series, a regional thought leadership conference series for executives in the mobile industry, as well as key regulatory and government representatives. Building on the success of the inaugural Mobile 360 Series in 2013, this year the GSMA has expanded the number of Mobile 360 Series events from two to six: Mobile 360 Series-Africa, Mobile 360 Series-Europe, Mobile 360 Series-Israel, Mobile 360 Series-Middle East, Mobile 360 Series-North America and Mobile 360 Series-South Korea. “We are exci
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Brocade today announced the appointment of Matt Kolon to the role of chief technology officer (CTO) for Asia Pacific (APAC). In this new role, Kolon will be responsible for leading the company's technology strategy and product roadmap within APAC. He will also help align technology initiatives and execution closely with customer needs across the region, particularly in the areas of network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN). Kolon will be based in Beijing, China, and report directly to Brocade vice president for APAC, Adam Judd. With more
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Beyond the Mine (http://sustainabilityreport.newmont.com). The report reflects Newmont’s reporting obligations as a founding member of the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) as well as its commitments under the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR), the United Nations Global Compact and the Global Sullivan Principles. Finally, the report complies with the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) international standard for sustainability reporting. “Our commitment to transparency in reporting our environmental and social performance is central
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The BioInitiative Working Group says evidence for health risk from wireless tech is growing stronger and warrants immediate action. The Group released a mid-year update covering new science studies from 2012 to 2014. New studies intensify medical concerns about malignant brain tumors from cell phone use. “There is a consistent pattern of increased risk for glioma (a malignant brain tumor) and acoustic neuroma with use of mobile and cordless phones,” says Lennart Hardell, MD, PhD at Orebro University, Sweden, according to studies released in 2012 and 2013. “Epidemiological
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Established Internet Service Provider (ISP), EscapeNet® is preparing to maximize opportunities from Australia‘s National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout by deploying new Brocade® (NASDAQ: BRCD) routers and switches at its new point of presence (PoP). The ISP currently offers national ADSL2+ broadband services, and it plans to leverage NBN opportunities and expand its network with an additional PoP in New South Wales. With the NBN’s fibre access network connecting customers at much higher speeds than conventional broadband, the quality of an ISP's PoP infrastructure become
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Jefferies today announced that it is entering into a cooperation agreement with JB Securities (Pvt) Limited to distribute JB Securities equity research on companies in Sri Lanka on a co-branded basis to Jefferies’ global institutional client base. JB Securities provides comprehensive equities research and stock brokering services in Sri Lanka. The firm is a member of the Colombo Stock Exchange and is part of the Jafferjee Brothers Group. Over the last year, Jefferies has formed similar alliances in South Korea, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand to broaden Jeffer
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Heating and hot water header Corea Electronics Co., Ltd. (CEC, CEO Yeonjoo Park) said on the 18th that the company has acquired the high-efficiency energy material certification for the automatic proportional control valve High-efficiency energy material certification is given by the Korea Energy Management Corporation to the products that meet the quality and energy efficiency criteria notified by the government. CEC’ automatic proportional control valve that received the certification cuts off unnecessary heating water flowing into ondol to reduce heating expense. Once
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Webzilla, part of XBT Holding, announces its participation in the 8th annual Russian Internet Technologies Conference (ritconf.ru(http://ritconf.ru/)), held in Moscow on the 14th and 15th of April, 2014. Webzilla will join in as a silver sponsor and its representative, Igor Myzgin, will give a speech on “Webzilla's experience in the functioning of high-load websites and new services resulting in a 99,999% uptime.” RIT++ is an IT technology event, “from developers to developers”, that covers the whole gamut of web development topics, from system administration and project
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TIBX, http://www.marketwired.com/news_room/stock?ticker=...) today announced TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ 6.0, the next generation of TIBCO's flagship product and leading integration solution. ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ 6.0 offers a productive design environment that enables organizations to act in real time by making data available, reliable, and actionable. The extensive connectivity and openness of ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.0 lets users create their own functions and connectors, speeding up and reducing the complexity of integratio