[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), an international specifications setting body, confirms the deployment of its device management (DM) mobile service enablers in 1.4 billion mobile phones and connected devices worldwide. The one billion deployment milestone was first predicted by industry analyst firm Ovum, stating in a 2010 report that OMA DM would achieve one billion deployments by the end of 2011. This new number, verified through OMA member company deployments, far exceeds the original prediction. This achievement demonstrates the role of OMA DM standards in the ease and
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]The Z-Wave Alliance, the consortium behind the world's largest ecosystem of interoperable wireless control solutions, today announced that it has certified its 600th product. This major milestone solidifies its position as the leading consortium dedicated to Home Control and Smart Energy development. The 600th Z-Wave product is a Whole House Energy Meter designed to provide timely and accurate consumption data. When installed, this meter can monitor accumulated energy usage and instantaneous demand data kWh/kW for single-phase and two phase circuit installations. This info
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSNC), a global provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Thomson Reuters PORTIA business, an industry leading middle-to-back office investment operations platform, for $170 million. The transaction is scheduled to close in the second quarter of 2012, subject to regulatory approval and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. PORTIA provides a broad set of middle-to-back office capabilities that allow investment managers to track
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Intel Corporation (Nasdaq:INTC) and Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:MU), today announced that the companies have entered into agreements to expand their NAND Flash memory joint venture relationship. The agreements, which are designed to improve the flexibility and efficiency of the joint venture, include a NAND Flash supply agreement for Micron to supply NAND products to Intel and agreements for certain joint venture assets to be sold to Micron. Under terms of the agreement, Intel is selling its stake in two wafer factories in exchange for approximately $600 million—
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]GM Korea has launched the Chevrolet Spark Tattoo Edition and Spark Stripe Edition, which go on sale tomorrow. “The two special edition models were specially designed for female car buyers who want to appeal to their feminine side and young customers who wish to express their sporty, dynamic style through their car,” said Jennifer Lee, GM Korea Managing Director of Marketing. “These colorful and stylish models will bring a fresh breeze to the Korean car market, where monotonous colors – mostly black, silver and white – dominate.” The Spark Tattoo Edition was ins
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]With 30 days left the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit Secretariat is placing its best effort on the preparations for a successful summit. Promoting the Nuclear Security Summit's main purpose of keeping the world safe and peaceful, free from nuclear terrorism is a ongoing activity. The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit is expected to have 58 summit-level participants, consisting of 53 state leaders and four international organization heads, making this the largest summit in the history of Korea.Paticipants will include the 47 countries and three international organizations (
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Following in the footsteps of last year’s glasses-free 3D smartphone, LG Electronics will publicly unveil the Optimus 3D Max at the 2012 Mobile World Congress (MWC). With powerful 3D technology and sleeker design, the Optimus 3D Max provides a complete 3D entertainment platform and marks a big leap forward in the ever-expanding 3D ecosystem. “The Optimus 3D Max was born from LG’s constant efforts to bring user entertainment experience to a higher level,” said Dr. Jong-seok Park, President and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “The introduction of the Opt
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. (EDI), a global leader in advanced, high-efficiency HEV, PHEV, and CVT solutions, today announced that EDI and Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota) have resolved a dispute regarding a portfolio of patents owned by the University of California (UC), which originates from the work of Dr. Andrew A. Frank, Ph. D., at the University of California-Davis (the Frank/UC Portfolio). Dr. Frank is a co-founder of EDI, the exclusive licensee to the Frank/UC Portfolio. On July 20, 2011, Toyota filed a federal declaratory judgment action against EDI in San Jose, Califo
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Poly Plant Project, Inc. (PPP), worldwide provider of advanced polysilicon production process technology and polysilicon production equipment systems used to produce high-purity polysilicon for the solar industry and semiconductor industry, announced today that it has filed suit against Dan Huber and RMT International, in federal district court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleges that, after reaching agreement for PPP to purchase RMT, and paying RMT a half million dollars in furtherance of that agreement, and introducing Huber and RMT to PPP‘s clients and prospective clien
[By NBC-1TV E. H Kim]Objectivity, Inc. announced today the additions of a new Plugin Framework, integrated Visualizer, and support for Tinkerpop Blueprints in their graph database InfiniteGraph. These advanced features are designed to allow application developers to get started quicker, make queries reusable, and receive query results interactively. With InfiniteGraph, Objectivity brings to market commercially proven Big Data Analytics that complement existing infrastructure. “Of the numerous varieties of NoSQL databases, graph databases have the potential to significantly alter the analytics