[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced a new strategic collaboration to deliver global capacity for 14 nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. For the first time, the industry’s most advanced 14nm FinFET technology will be available at both Samsung and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, giving customers the assurance of supply that can only come from true design compatibility at multiple sources across the globe. The new collaboration will leverage the companies’ worldwide leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing capabilities, with volume production at Samsung’
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]CyberAgent Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo, CEO: Susumu Fujita, Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers listing: code 4751) and the consolidated subsidiary CyberZ Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo, CEO: Takahiro Yamauchi) collaborated with Seed Planning Co., Ltd (headquarters: Bunkyo, Tokyo, CEO: Yoshio Umeda) in launching a survey of the market trends of smartphone games with the Japan Online Society (headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo, CEO: Shuuhei Ueda, Kenichi Takano). The survey, in which the smartphone games were categorized as “native apps” and “browser games” (*1), p
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook] Bharat Light & Power (BLP), a leading renewable energy producer in India, today announced the full deployment of its state-of-the-art remote monitoring platform, powered by the OSIsoft PI System™. The platform, which is currently implemented across all existing wind farms throughout the country with a combined capacity of 200 megawatts, is already improving the operating productivity of BLP’s wind power projects, and over the next 10 years, will support the development of new, reliable, clean energy capacity across the country. OSIsoft, LLC and BLP launched a strategic e
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Nlyte Software, the world's leading software company focused on the management and optimization of data centers, today has expanded its management of the virtualized data center with the introduction of connectors for Microsoft’s Hyper-V and Citrix’s XenServer virtualization platforms. In addition to its popular Nlyte Virtualization Connector for VMware vCenter Server, the family of connectors now completes Nlyte’s ability to interact with all major virtualization deployments found worldwide. These out-of-the-box connectors allow Nlyte customers to coordinate their visibi
[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