[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea Inc., (CKI, CEO YK Ha, www.citibank.co.kr) today reported net income of KRW 59.9 billion for the second quarter 2013 on revenues of KRW 379.5 billion. Net income 2Q13 was 18.1% higher year over year and 4.8% higher than the prior quarter while revenues were 2.2% lower than year over year and 4.3% lower than the prior quarter. CKI’s Basel II Capital Adequacy Ratio and Tier 1 Capital Ratio were 17.39% and 14.39% as of June 30, 2013, respectively, each under local regulatory guidelines. Non-interest revenues in 2Q13 rose KRW 34.4 billion to 46.7 billion from t
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]ISC8 Inc(“ISC8” or the “Company”), a provider of intelligent cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Lissome Systems (Int‘l) Pte Ltd. under which Lissome will distribute ISC8’s solutions to customers in Singapore and Indonesia. Lissome Systems, which is based in Singapore, provides business consulting services, value-added information communication technologies, integrated communications solutions and services for homeland security agencies in Southeast Asia. The agreement will expand the availability of ISC8's cybersecurity pla
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Limelight Networks (Nasdaq:LLNW), a leader in digital presence management, today announced that it is expanding its presence in India with a new point of presence in Mumbai. The company will also begin selling its Limelight OrchestrateTM (“Orchestrate”) Digital Presence Platform in the country. India continues to emerge as an important market for Limelight's services. According to a new report from the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), digital media consumption continues to grow as the country increasingly expands access to mobile devices and internet conn
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]China's leading online travel agency has successfully virtualized its data center operations following the deployment of an Ethernet fabric powered by the Brocade® (NASDAQ: BRCD) VDX® switch family. Ctrip.com International Ltd (NASDAQ: CTRP), which operates the Ctrip.com Web site and call center as well as conventional travel agency branches in 16 cities across China, is now running approximately 500 virtual machines (VMs) on 200 host servers at its Shanghai data center along with additional VMs running at its testing and development center in Nantong. Ctrip‘s virtualizat
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]BCS Global Network Limited, a leading worldwide provider of managed videoconferencing, telepresence, and visual collaboration services, announces a strategic partnership with Vidtel to provide Virtual Connect, a new cloud-based, any-to-any video conferencing service. When it comes to video conferencing, businesses struggle with the complexities around multi-vendor interoperability and the difficulty of communicating across different video conferencing systems. Often there is significant capital expenditure required in the installation of multiple video conferencing system
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Suttle, a wholly owned subsidiary of Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS), introduces FutureLink™, an umbrella brand encompassing next generation fiber and copper connectivity solutions. From the central office all the way into the premise, FutureLink™ brings flexibility, reliability and higher speeds to networks, while lowering total cost of ownership. “Successful service delivery requires reducing installation time and recurring costs, while future-proofing the network for diverse, bandwidth-hungry applications and services,” explained George Wakileh, Suttle Globa
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]e2v aerospace and defense, Inc.(http://www.e2v-us.com/) (e2v a&d), a leader in RF power, imaging, and hi-rel semiconductor solutions, recently launched a life extension program for selected memory devices of Micron Technology Inc. (Micron), one of the world's leading providers of advanced memory solutions. The program, which will encompass a large portfolio of Micron SDR and DDR memory products, will supplement Micron‘s Product Longevity Program (PLP) by enhancing it with e2v a&d’s industry-leading Semiconductor Lifecycle Management program (SLiM). e2v a&d has designed th
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Symetis Inc., a privately-owned Swiss company focused on transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) systems, announced that its ACURATE TA™ and ACURATE TF™ TAVI systems were used to successfully treat patients at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. These procedures were performed as part of a feasibility study being conducted under the leadership of Professor Yoshiki Sawa. The four patients were treated by Professor Toru Kuratani, with two patients receiving a transapical ACURATE TA™ valve and two patients rece