As part of long-term agreement, SBI will leverage the latest version of First Data’s innovative VisionPLUS® software
NEW YORK, Jan 26 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Data (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, today announced an expanded partnership with SBI Card, a leading credit cards issuer in India with more than 5.6 million customers. Under the new, multi-year agreement, First Data will provide comprehensive card management solutions powered by its proprietary VisionPLUS® software. To support the partnership, First Data will operate a new data center facility in India. “We are thrilled to grow this partnership with SBI Card. As India continues its path towards demonetization, the country remains an important market for us, and we are uniquely positioned as a leader of both card issuance and acquiring solutions in India, driving innovation with mobile and digital solutions,” stated Ivo Distelbrink, Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific for First Data. “First Data is committed to investing in and expanding our business in India, responding to the increasing need for robust, secure and flexible solutions for cardholders, and enabling clients like SBI Card to maintain a competitive edge in the market,” Distelbrink added. “We are pleased to appoint First Data as our new partner to provide end-to-end processing services hosted in India. First Data will set up and manage new data center facilities in India to provide card management solutions,” Vijay Jasuja, Chief Executive Officer, SBI Card, said. “These services from First Data will enable us to get better economies of scale and enhance services levels. We will also leverage new digital capabilities from First Data in the future. We look forward to a long term association with First Data.” SBI Card will leverage First Data’s VisionPLUS system, which is a proven global software payment solution, offering service-oriented core architecture capabilities and open APIs for quicker application development and integration. VisionPLUS powers card processing for major issuers across the India market. “First Data offers comprehensive services to many of the major financial institutions around the world,” said Andrew Gelb, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Financial Solutions for First Data. “This agreement with a great partner, SBI Card, demonstrates the continued expansion of our global processing footprint, the scalability and flexibility of our world-class VisionPLUS platform and services, and our commitment to partnering with the world’s leading financial institutions.” In India, First Data serves top national and international banks, corporations, and small and mid-sized merchants. First Data powers a significant portion of all eCommerce transactions in India through the First Data payment gateway. The company was also the first to introduce multi-payment and digital self-service channels for merchants through mobile applications. To learn more about First Data’s VisionPLUS solution, visit here. About First Data First Data (NYSE: FDC) is a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, serving approximately six million business locations and 4,000 financial institutions in more than 100 countries around the world. The company’s 24,000 owner-associates are dedicated to helping companies, from start-ups to the world’s largest corporations, conduct commerce every day by securing and processing more than 2,800 transactions per second and $2.2 trillion per year. About SBI Card SBI Cards and Payment Services Private Limited (SBI Card) is an Indian financial services company to offer Indian consumers extensive access to a wide range of world-class, value-added payment products and services. Presently, the brand has a wide customer base of over 5.6 million. With a market share of 16%, SBI Card operates through over 100 locations in India. SBI Card is based on the value proposition of “Make Life Simple”. Contacts Liidia Liuksila First Data U.S. +1 212 515 0174 [email protected] or Vanessa Frida First Data APAC +65 6511 8729 [email protected] or Tripti Modi SBI Card +91 9599213959 [email protected] Source: First Data
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Ascom presents its Digistat suite at Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2018 (29 Jan – 1 Feb), a healthcare ICT solution with a wide range of applications for caregivers; Recent additions to the Digistat portfolio show its versatile use to increase the efficiency in patient care
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan 26 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ascom (SWX:ASCN.SW), the global solutions provider focused on healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions, will showcase the sophisticated Digistat suite of clinical data management modules at the Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2018. Digistat is a suite of software modules that can be configured into numerous solutions especially for ICUs, surgical and OR management, medical device integration, and the centralized display of patient data collected from multiple medical devices. Gianluca Testasecca, Head of Digistat International Sales at Ascom, who will be attending Arab Health Exhibition and Congress 2018, emphasizes that Ascom will focus on recent additions to the Digistat portfolio: “We are, for example, excited to demonstrate the new Ascom Digistat Vitals application. It’s a pioneering app that lets caregivers record vital parameters and perform guided scoring calculation at the bedside. This helps achieve faster, more accurate and more direct registration of vitals into Electronic Medical Records. Double documentation and paper-to-EMR registration are time-intensive and prone to errors and omissions—issues that are addressed by Ascom Digistat Vitals.” This is the fourth time Ascom participates in Arab Health. “The Middle East and Asian markets are increasingly important to Ascom,” comments Testasecca. “There is a growing demand for smart mission-critical solutions. And as healthcare infrastructures develop and mature, there is increasing awareness that our solutions can play a key part in maximizing investment returns while simultaneously contributing to patient safety and satisfaction.” The Ascom stand at Arab Health 2018 is S1. B50 Disclaimer: Availability of products are subject to regulatory clearance. Products may not be available in a particular country or region. Specifications and availability are subject to change without further notice. About Ascom Ascom is a global solutions provider focused on healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions. The vision of Ascom is to close digital information gaps allowing for the best possible decisions – anytime and anywhere. Ascom’s mission is to provide mission-critical, real-time solutions for highly mobile, ad hoc, and time-sensitive environments. Ascom uses its unique product and solutions portfolio and software architecture capabilities to devise integration and mobilization solutions that provide truly smooth, complete and efficient workflows for healthcare as well as for industry and retail sectors. Ascom is headquartered in Baar (Switzerland), has subsidiaries in 15 countries and employs around 1,300 people worldwide. Ascom registered shares (ASCN) are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich. This document does not constitute an offer or solicitation to subscribe for, purchase or sell any securities. This document is not being issued in the United States of America or the United Kingdom and should not be distributed in any jurisdiction in a manner where such distribution would not comply with regulatory requirements. In particular, this document may not be distributed into the United States, to United States persons or to publications with a general circulation in the United States. In addition, the securities of Ascom have not been and will not be registered in any jurisdiction outside Switzerland. The securities of Ascom may not be offered, sold or delivered and no solicitation to purchase such securities may be made within the United States or to U.S. persons absent an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the United States securities laws or within any other jurisdiction and in a manner where such offer, sale, delivery or solicitation might not be in compliance with regulatory requirements (including the United Kingdom). Contact: Adam Jaffe, Marketing Growth Markets, Ascom Phone: +61 411 830 568 Email: [email protected] SOURCE : Ascom Holding AG TORONTO, Jan 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Switzerland is the freest country in the world, having replaced Hong Kong atop the Human Freedom Index, released today by the Fraser Institute and a network of international public policy think-tanks.
The United States inched upwards six spots from 24th to 17th in the index, which uses 79 indicators of personal, civil and economic freedoms to rank 159 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. “The Human Freedom Index measures the degree to which people are free to enjoy civil liberties—freedom of speech, religion, women’s rights, association and assembly and economic freedom,” said Fred McMahon, Dr. Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom at the Fraser Institute and editor of the report. Other notable countries include: Canada (11), Germany (16), Japan (27), France (33), Mexico (73), India (102), Russia (126) and China (130). For the past two years, Hong Kong led the rankings as the freest jurisdiction in the world, largely as a result of the city’s score in economic freedom. “Hong Kong’s fall from the top of the Human Freedom Index this year could indicate China is encroaching on its one-country, two-system relationship and the people of Hong Kong are materially less free because of it,” McMahon said. Crucially, people in freer countries earn more money than those who live in less-free countries. For example, the average per capita income for the top-quartile countries on the index was US$38,871 compared to just US$10,346 for the least-free quartile in 2015, the most recent year of available comparable data in the freedom index. “The evidence is clear—when people are free, they have much greater opportunity to prosper,” McMahon added. The complete index, a joint project of the Fraser Institute, Germany’s Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and the Cato Institute in the U.S., is available as a free PDF download at www.fraserinstitute.org. It is prepared by Ian Vasquez of the Cato Institute and Tanja Porčnik of the Visio Institute in Slovenia. The 10 freest and the least-free countries in the index The 10 freest jurisdictions (from top) 1. Switzerland 2. Hong Kong 3. New Zealand 4. Ireland 5. Australia 6. Finland 7. Norway 8. Denmark 9. Netherlands 10. United Kingdom (tied) The 10 least-free countries 150. Burundi 151. Central African Republic 152. Democratic Republic of Congo 153. Algeria 154. Iran 155. Egypt 156. Yemen 157. Libya 158. Venezuela 159. Syria MEDIA CONTACT: Fred McMahon, Dr. Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom Fraser Institute To arrange media interviews or for more information, please contact: Bryn Weese, Media Relations Specialist, Fraser Institute (604) 688-0221 Ext. 589 [email protected] Follow the Fraser Institute on Twitter and Facebook The Fraser Institute is an independent Canadian public policy research and educational organization with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal and ties to a global network of think-tanks in 87 countries. Its mission is to improve the quality of life for Canadians, their families and future generations by studying, measuring and broadly communicating the effects of government policies, entrepreneurship and choice on their well-being. To protect the Institute’s independence, it does not accept grants from governments or contracts for research. Visit www.fraserinstitute.org SOURCE : Fraser Institute --BERNAMA AMERITAS INCREASES BUSINESS AGILITY AND IT SECURITY WITH CISCO APPLICATION CENTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE25/1/2018 Single-pane-of-glass management makes network operations easier and more scalable
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 25 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ameritas, a large insurance company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, has selected Cisco®computing, networking and security technology as the foundation for upgrading its data centers. The goal of the infrastructure upgrade was to improve agility and operational efficiency while increasing IT security. Supporting close to 1000 applications, the new technology infrastructure has reduced capex by 30 to 40 percent in switching devices alone and freed up 25 to 30 percent of the network operations team’s time, allowing them to focus on more strategic initiatives. Security balanced with agility Security and agility are often at odds in the data center, and yet both are paramount for modern enterprises—especially in the highly competitive insurance and financial services industry. Striving for technology-driven innovation and differentiation, the Ameritas IT department wanted the new data centers to provide an agile supportive environment for application developers to help bring new products and services to market quickly. “Cybersecurity has to be at the forefront of a company like ours,” said Matt Billmeier, a director in IT at Ameritas. “But it is also the source of perceived delays in completing new projects. In selecting our new infrastructure we looked to Cisco to provide both agility and the highest levels of security possible.” At the heart of the new Ameritas data centers are Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI), Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS®), Cisco FirePOWER® Next Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS), and the Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller. “We found Cisco ACI to be the industry’s most comprehensive and integrated solution, with support for physical, virtual, and cloud environments, single-pane-of-glass management and a common policy framework that spans both our data centers,” said Billmeier. “Network operations immediately became easier and more scalable because we could configure once and then deploy across the entire network fabric.” In addition, ACI’s integration with the Cisco FirePOWER NGIPS increases security by providing automated threat protection. Less human intervention and decision making means better protection and faster response times for Ameritas. ACI also improves security by facilitating microsegmentation at the application layer. “With our legacy environment, segmentation took a lot of time and thought,” said Billmeier. “But with Cisco ACI, it’s built in. Nothing can connect to anything else without explicit instruction, so there’s no chance of confusion or miscommunication.” Open Ecosystem The open Cisco ACI framework has 65 ecosystem members who can take advantage of the open Application Programming Interface (API) to integrate their solutions, allowing IT organizations to leverage a rich set of third-party appliances and solutions with ACI. Looking Ahead “We’ll set the parameters and then let the network make decisions on its own. Cisco ACI tells the entire infrastructure how to behave and respond,” said Billmeier. In the future, Billmeier and his team will be looking at Cisco Tetration Analytics™ as a solution to add more automation and additional intelligence through application monitoring and machine learning to make the network smarter and more adaptable. Additional Resources
Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the worldwide technology leader that has been making the Internet work since 1984. Our people, products, and partners help society securely connect and seize tomorrow's digital opportunity today. Discover more at thenetwork.cisco.com and follow us on Twitter at @Cisco. Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Cisco's trademarks can be found at www.cisco.com/go/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a partnership relationship between Cisco and any other company. Cisco ACI is not an affiliate of Ameritas or any of its affiliates. For more information about Ameritas, please visit ameritas.com. Press Relations Lee Davis Cisco 650-868-3036 [email protected] Analyst Relations Aimee Schoaf Cisco 602-778-2308 [email protected] Investor Relations Carol Villazon Cisco 408-527-6538 [email protected] Source : Cisco Systems, Inc. --BERNAMA DALLAS, Jan 24 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) -- SpotSee, a global internet of things (IoT) connectivity platform and parent company to leading logistics monitoring brands ShockWatch®, SpotBot, ShockLog® OpsWatch, ShockTrak and WarmMark®, orchestrated a raid of suspected ShockWatch product counterfeiters in Taiwan on October 26, 2017.
The goods seized, primarily ShockWatch counterfeit products, infringe on trademarks and patents and are considered fraudulent. Counterfeit and knock-off materials, which do not perform to SpotSee specifications, have been found to cause false activations and increased damage claims for customers. “We take the illegal use of our intellectual property very seriously, and we take swift action to stop the unauthorized use of our name, designs and trademarks,” said Tony Fonk, CEO, SpotSee. “It’s important we stop this fraud because it directly costs our customers money.” Both manufacturers and distributors of counterfeit SpotSee products will be held accountable as SpotSee actively works to put an end to all activities involving the illegal use of its brand. The penalties for counterfeiting can be up to five years of imprisonment and/or a fine of NT $2,000,000 (approximately USD $66,666). To further address the counterfeit issue, SpotSee has designed authentication methods such as serialization and QR codes into their newest line of indicators known as the ShockWatch ShockDot. “The ShockDot allows customers to validate that they purchased a genuine product in addition to other benefits such as 50 percent more indication area and 360-degree activation,” said Angela Kerr, vice president of product management, SpotSee. “We are taking a legal and an innovative, product-based approach to solving this problem.” ShockWatch indicators, manufactured by SpotSee, show when a product or asset has been mishandled in the supply chain. Incorrect activation can misrepresent that a package or shipment has been mishandled, when it may not have been. Alternatively, the counterfeit or knock-off indicators may not go off at all when mishandling actually occurs. SpotSee customers who are concerned they may be victims of counterfeit products should contact SpotSee at +1 214-736-4578. mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=31002 |
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