[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Forward-thinking healthcare professionals can maintain competence and expand knowledge of policies and practices related to patients seeking medical tourism opportunities by earning up to 11 Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits at the 6th World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress, Nov. 3-5, in Las Vegas, through a joint partnership -- the first such offered worldwide -- the Medical Tourism Association® and the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine announced today. “Globalization of healthcare has opened opportunities for patients to trave
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Meru Networks (NASDAQ: MERU) has appointed longtime technology market veteran Jeffery D. Sage as Vice President of Sales for the Asia Pacific region. Sage, who is based in Singapore, previously served in senior sales positions at IBM, Tata Technologies, and General Motors. “I am very enthusiastic about the opportunities that lie ahead for Meru,” said Sage, “and look forward to helping to drive the company's growth in this critical region.” At IBM, Sage was responsible for the Fiat/Chrysler global integrated account, headed the Application Management Services Line of Busin
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]LG Electronics (LG) today announced that its CURVED OLED TV has been certified energy efficient and designed with the environment in mind by three separate certification bodies: Intertek, the European Commission and the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). “Today’s definition of innovation is as much about how small a footprint a product leaves on nature as it is about technological advancement,” said Il-geun Kwon, Head of the LG Electronics Home Entertainment Company R&D Center. “Our latest OLED TV is proof of our unwavering commitment to designing a
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Building on the success of its campus LAN and core network upgrade, the Australian Capital Territory‘s Daramalan College has become the first high school in Australia to deploy Brocade’s Ethernet fabric to support its IT operations. The decision to move to the third phase of its network infrastructure upgrade with Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) has seen the college deploy Brocade® VDX® 6720 Switches and VCS® Fabric technology to replace its legacy server access infrastructure. The decision was driven by anticipated traffic growth from current applications, including real-time vid
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Biomedical device specialized company i-SENS(Representative Geun Sig Cha) has been selected as one of the ‘World Class 300’ companies, reported on May 9th. ‘World Class 300’ selects small and medium sized businesses with growth potential capabilities and the goal is to develop 300 worldwide companies by 2020. Starting from 30 companies in 2011 and 37 companies in 2012, additional of 33 companies were selected this year. Those selected companies will be receiving intensive support from various institutions. Through this selection, i-SENS will be receiving maximum of 75 bil
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Citibank Korea Inc.(CEO Yung-Ku Ha, www.citibank.co.kr) announced the launch of ‘Citi One World Avenue’, an exclusive service which gives customers unprecedented access to the latest in high fashion from the best brand names in the world at fantastic prices. ‘Citi One World Avenue’ is a one-of-a-kind partnership between Citi cards, Korea and One World Avenue which is an online shopping destination for fashion and luxury goods. This partnership will revolutionize global shopping by offering the Citi cards customer total price transparency, impeccable customer service and d
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Gaikindo(The Association of Indonesia Automotive Industry) is busy firming preparations for the Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2013, to be held for 11 days from 19 - 29 September, with a theme of “Smart Vehicle Mobility”. Collaborating with organizer Dyandra Promosindo, the Committee is engaged in carrying out a number of improvements for a better and more dynamic exhibition this year. “IIMS is the benchmark for the country's automotive industry. Therefore, Gaikindo hopes the exhibition can be organized to show the world how advanced our automotive industry is,
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MPIMG) in Berlin (Germany) have discovered a molecular network in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) that integrates cell communication signals to keep the cell in its stem cell state. These findings were reported in the June 2013 issue of Molecular Cell. Human embryonic stem cells have the remarkable property that they can form all human cell types. Scientists around the world study these cells to be able to use them for medical applications in the future. Many