LITTLETON, USA & AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FRANCE: CPI Card Group and INSIDE Contactless have introduced a next-generation, MasterCard-approved payment tag that continues to pave the way for mobile commerce adoption by enabling any mobile device to be used to make payments anywhere using the worldwide contactless MasterCard PayPass standard.
Containing all the functionality of a traditional MasterCard PayPass credit, debit or prepaid debit card, the new sticker is based on INSIDE’s proven MicroPass 4003 contactless payment processor and manufactured and pre-personalized by CPI Card Group.
“CPI deployed more contactless payment cards last year than any other company in the market, and now we are firmly in the mobile payment arena with an enhanced sticker product that brings greater choice to card issuers,” said Tom Waters, vice president of sales and marketing at CPI Card Group. “With CPI’s efficient and highly scalable manufacturing and pre-personalization systems, we believe we can offer this product at very competitive price levels.”
CPI has already established a scalable operational process for producing these payment stickers using prelams delivered from INSIDE. The stickers will be delivered from CPI already pre-cut from ID1 card devices and pre-personalized to allow for personalization and fulfillment using traditional card processing equipment.
“We are very excited by today’s announcement, which represents the latest result of our partnership with CPI and demonstrates our commitment to the mobile payments market,” said Charles Walton, executive vice president for INSIDE Contactless.
“These stickers have the potential to transform the mobile payment market in the US by enabling anyone to make PayPass payments with their mobile phone, thus setting the stage to ultimately achieve fully integrated NFC payment and other applications.”
In addition to MasterCard type approval, the new mobile payment sticker offers enhanced performance when compared with other sticker products on the market. Extensive accredited laboratory testing with all major mobile handsets ensures a safe and satisfying user experience.
A new, advanced adhesive backing not only adheres to mobile phones better, but also allows the sticker to be removed and reapplied multiple times without losing its grip. An innovative shielding design improves performance by protecting the chip and antenna inside the sticker from interference that might be caused by a mobile phone’s signals and metallic materials. The sticker solution is highly scalable to millions of units per month since traditional card manufacturing and personalization systems are utilized.
“We are very pleased to be able to grant type approval for this new mobile sticker product,” said Cathleen Conforti, senior vice president, Global PayPass, MasterCard Worldwide. “Vendor solutions such as this tag are an essential part of MasterCard PayPass and play an important role in advancing mobile payments by providing consumers with Tap & Go convenience using the phones they already carry everywhere.”
Since it was first launched at CARTES in November 2005, the award-winning MicroPass intelligent payment platform has achieved its unprecedented success by continuing to deliver superior performance and flexibility, and is now the platform of choice for certified contactless bank card manufacturers around the world.
The new MasterCard-approved mobile payment stickers are available now from CPI.
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Hitachi GST launches Z-series family of ultra slim and light drives
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) has announced the industry’s broadest family of ultra slim and light 7mm z-height drives.
Whether customers need a slim 7mm drive that is the highest capacity, fastest or tuned precisely for A/V streaming, the new Hitachi Z-series family of Travelstar and CinemaStar drives delivers on the company’s proven strengths of reliability, low-power consumption, exceptional shock resistance and quiet acoustics.
With the entire family offered in capacities up to 320GB – the industry’s highest 7mm drive capacity in a one-disk design – Hitachi is at the forefront, leading the shift from 9.5mm 2.5-inch drives to 7mm 2.5-inch drives across a broad range of market segments.
From laptops and handhelds to PVRs and blade servers, Hitachi’s new 7mm Z-series family of Travelstar and CinemaStar drives are designed as a direct replacement for today’s standard 2.5-inch, 9.5mm hard drives. All Hitachi Z-series drives feature common connectors and common mounting points for simple integration into existing systems, and enable greater design flexibility to differentiate and meet market demands for new, thinner, lighter and more robust devices.
When combining cost per gigabyte and gigabyte per cubic millimeter (GB/mm3), Hitachi 7mm drives are the most cost-effective and space-efficient storage solutions when compared to solid state drives (SSD), 2.5-inch 9.5 mm and 1.8-inch hard drives, offering a compelling value proposition for OEMs and system integrators.
Whether customers need a slim 7mm drive that is the highest capacity, fastest or tuned precisely for A/V streaming, the new Hitachi Z-series family of Travelstar and CinemaStar drives delivers on the company’s proven strengths of reliability, low-power consumption, exceptional shock resistance and quiet acoustics.
With the entire family offered in capacities up to 320GB – the industry’s highest 7mm drive capacity in a one-disk design – Hitachi is at the forefront, leading the shift from 9.5mm 2.5-inch drives to 7mm 2.5-inch drives across a broad range of market segments.
From laptops and handhelds to PVRs and blade servers, Hitachi’s new 7mm Z-series family of Travelstar and CinemaStar drives are designed as a direct replacement for today’s standard 2.5-inch, 9.5mm hard drives. All Hitachi Z-series drives feature common connectors and common mounting points for simple integration into existing systems, and enable greater design flexibility to differentiate and meet market demands for new, thinner, lighter and more robust devices.
When combining cost per gigabyte and gigabyte per cubic millimeter (GB/mm3), Hitachi 7mm drives are the most cost-effective and space-efficient storage solutions when compared to solid state drives (SSD), 2.5-inch 9.5 mm and 1.8-inch hard drives, offering a compelling value proposition for OEMs and system integrators.
Voltaire, Platform Computing ally to deliver fabric optimization and automation to HPC and cloud computing
International Supercomputing Conference 2010, HAMBURG, GERMANY: Voltaire Ltd, a leading provider of scale-out data center fabrics, and Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today announced a partnership to deliver optimized and automated management of data center resources, in virtualized and cloud computing environments.
Through the integration of Voltaire Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) software and Platform LSF, intelligent workload scheduling and resource allocation extends from the application layer all the way down to the network fabric layer. The combined solution enables high performance computing, data center and cloud computing facilities to more easily support constantly changing resource requirements and workloads inherent in those environments.
“HPC is a promising early adopter market for cloud computing, with some substantial cloud initiatives under way, mostly on the private cloud side,” said Steve Conway, research vice president in IDC’s High Performance Computing group. “The partnership between Platform and Voltaire aims to provide organizations with the ability to optimize HPC data resources and manage intensive applications across virtualized and cloud computing environments.”
“The combination of Platform LSF and Voltaire UFM software over InfiniBand enables our mutual customers to experience new levels of performance and efficiency for managing HPC data center virtualization and cloud computing technologies,” said Tripp Purvis, vice president, business development, Platform Computing.
“The integration of Platform LSF with Voltaire UFM software extends Platform LSF’s ability to optimize the allocation of resources in the data center across the entire network for more efficient IT operations.”
“The ability to automate resources becomes increasingly critical in scale-out and cloud computing environments,” said Asaf Somekh, vice president of marketing, Voltaire. “Combining the intelligence of Voltaire’s UFM software with the dynamic provisioning capabilities of Platform LSF, enables customers to fully automate network configuration management and optimize the network. This meets the heavy needs of HPC data centers and cloud computing environments that may be running tens to hundreds of applications.”
Through the integration of Voltaire Unified Fabric Manager (UFM) software and Platform LSF, intelligent workload scheduling and resource allocation extends from the application layer all the way down to the network fabric layer. The combined solution enables high performance computing, data center and cloud computing facilities to more easily support constantly changing resource requirements and workloads inherent in those environments.
“HPC is a promising early adopter market for cloud computing, with some substantial cloud initiatives under way, mostly on the private cloud side,” said Steve Conway, research vice president in IDC’s High Performance Computing group. “The partnership between Platform and Voltaire aims to provide organizations with the ability to optimize HPC data resources and manage intensive applications across virtualized and cloud computing environments.”
“The combination of Platform LSF and Voltaire UFM software over InfiniBand enables our mutual customers to experience new levels of performance and efficiency for managing HPC data center virtualization and cloud computing technologies,” said Tripp Purvis, vice president, business development, Platform Computing.
“The integration of Platform LSF with Voltaire UFM software extends Platform LSF’s ability to optimize the allocation of resources in the data center across the entire network for more efficient IT operations.”
“The ability to automate resources becomes increasingly critical in scale-out and cloud computing environments,” said Asaf Somekh, vice president of marketing, Voltaire. “Combining the intelligence of Voltaire’s UFM software with the dynamic provisioning capabilities of Platform LSF, enables customers to fully automate network configuration management and optimize the network. This meets the heavy needs of HPC data centers and cloud computing environments that may be running tens to hundreds of applications.”
Flextronics to open new power facility in Ganzhou, China
SINGAPORE: Flextronics held a signing ceremony in Shenzhen, China, to formally announce plans to develop a Power manufacturing and service facility in Ganzhou, Jiangxi.
Distinguished members of the People's Government of Ganzhou, the Ganzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone Administration Committee and the Ganzhou Export and Processing Zone Administration Committee participated in today's signing ceremony.
In addition to providing telecom, computing and consumer OEMS with a range of power services from this location that will include standard chargers, magnetics and cables, Flextronics will develop this site for reverse logistics and repair activities specific to the power industry.
This highly synergized, vertically integrated power campus, which will be positioned in proximity to key customer markets, is expected to be completed by April 2011 in a two-phase build-out.
Flextronics selected the Jiangxi province to expand its Power operations based on the high level of executive support from the local government, the educated and talented personnel, the advantage of the multiple export processing zones and excellent logistics infrastructure.
Flextronics' Power business leverages a robust, end to end vertically integrated supply chain that ranges from complete charger assembly, plastics, and metal stamped parts to shipping, with plans to develop service capabilities based on demand and customer requirements.
"The Jiangxi Province of Ganzhou, which is the country's largest administrative district, is well known for its numerous universities and technical schools, making it an ideal recruiting location and attractive to Flextronics employees looking to further their experience and expertise," said Bob Roohparvar, president of Flextronics Power. "We are extremely pleased with today's ceremony and extend gratitude to the local government and distinguished guests for their continued support to Flextronics."
Distinguished members of the People's Government of Ganzhou, the Ganzhou Economic and Technology Development Zone Administration Committee and the Ganzhou Export and Processing Zone Administration Committee participated in today's signing ceremony.
In addition to providing telecom, computing and consumer OEMS with a range of power services from this location that will include standard chargers, magnetics and cables, Flextronics will develop this site for reverse logistics and repair activities specific to the power industry.
This highly synergized, vertically integrated power campus, which will be positioned in proximity to key customer markets, is expected to be completed by April 2011 in a two-phase build-out.
Flextronics selected the Jiangxi province to expand its Power operations based on the high level of executive support from the local government, the educated and talented personnel, the advantage of the multiple export processing zones and excellent logistics infrastructure.
Flextronics' Power business leverages a robust, end to end vertically integrated supply chain that ranges from complete charger assembly, plastics, and metal stamped parts to shipping, with plans to develop service capabilities based on demand and customer requirements.
"The Jiangxi Province of Ganzhou, which is the country's largest administrative district, is well known for its numerous universities and technical schools, making it an ideal recruiting location and attractive to Flextronics employees looking to further their experience and expertise," said Bob Roohparvar, president of Flextronics Power. "We are extremely pleased with today's ceremony and extend gratitude to the local government and distinguished guests for their continued support to Flextronics."
Apple sells 2 million iPads in less than 60 days
CUPERTINO, USA: Apple announced that iPad sales have topped 2 million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and additional countries later this year.
"Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone."
iPad allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad's revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface.
iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.
Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. iPad will run almost all of the more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone or iPod touch.
*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications.
Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.
"Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We appreciate their patience, and are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone."
iPad allows users to connect with their apps, content and the Internet in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad's revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface.
iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.
Developers have created over 5,000 exciting new apps for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. iPad will run almost all of the more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone or iPod touch.
*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications.
Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.
T-Platforms announces European expansion with Hannover office
International Supercomputing Conference 2010, HANNOVER, Germany & MOSCOW, RUSSIA: T-Platforms, a leading provider of HPC systems, services and solutions, announced the opening of a new Hannover office that marks their formal entry into Western Europe.
T-Platforms plans expansion in the UK, France, Italy and Spain over the next several years in order to better interface with and support the growing number of organizations looking for new levels of HPC solutions. T-Platforms is also collaborating with PRACE and STRATOS workgroups on initiatives to spur development for the entire HPC marketplace in the EU.
“T-Platforms chose to mark its Western European expansion in Germany for its strong economy, large HPC community, and availability of seasoned talent. The flexible and proactive position of the Niedersachsen government relative to technical companies made Hannover an ideal choice for our new location,” said Vsevolod Opanasenko, CEO of T-Platforms.
“We have also partnered with NGlobal(www.nglobal.de) – a key interface to international businesses in Niedersachsen - to ensure successful growth in the Western European region. T-Platforms is excited and honored to play a leadership role in the next wave of supercomputing in the EU.”
The Hannover office team will be performing sales, manufacturing (assembly and quality assurance, pre-installation, testing and fine-tuning of systems) marketing, and customer support functions.
T-Platforms established itself as the leading HPC company in Russia by offering a diverse portfolio of products and services with triple digit year over year growth. The number of systems supplied by T-Platforms exceeds 50% of the Top 50 list of supercomputers in Russia and the CIS. Recently, T-Platforms successfully delivered systems in Singapore and Germany in the initial expansion into the EMEA and Asia HPC markets.
According to Addison Snell, CEO of InterSect360 Research, “The EMEA market is going to grow with CAGR 7.5 percent from 4.6 billion in 2009 to 7 billion in 2013 and the Asia Pacific market with CAGR 7.4 percent from 2.9 billion in 2009 to 3.7 billion in 2013.”
“Our company has completed extensive research with end users throughout Europe to better understand the challenges faced by US HPC vendors trying to enter the EU market, and we are resolute in building proper business processes, especially within the service and support structure, to meet European HPC pre-requisites and requirements,” said Alexander Perfahl, Director of European Operations for T-Platforms.
“The Hannover office will be staffed in phases, with full service and support capabilities coming online later this year.” Additional multinational staff will be hired for the Hannover team.
T-Platforms plans expansion in the UK, France, Italy and Spain over the next several years in order to better interface with and support the growing number of organizations looking for new levels of HPC solutions. T-Platforms is also collaborating with PRACE and STRATOS workgroups on initiatives to spur development for the entire HPC marketplace in the EU.
“T-Platforms chose to mark its Western European expansion in Germany for its strong economy, large HPC community, and availability of seasoned talent. The flexible and proactive position of the Niedersachsen government relative to technical companies made Hannover an ideal choice for our new location,” said Vsevolod Opanasenko, CEO of T-Platforms.
“We have also partnered with NGlobal(www.nglobal.de) – a key interface to international businesses in Niedersachsen - to ensure successful growth in the Western European region. T-Platforms is excited and honored to play a leadership role in the next wave of supercomputing in the EU.”
The Hannover office team will be performing sales, manufacturing (assembly and quality assurance, pre-installation, testing and fine-tuning of systems) marketing, and customer support functions.
T-Platforms established itself as the leading HPC company in Russia by offering a diverse portfolio of products and services with triple digit year over year growth. The number of systems supplied by T-Platforms exceeds 50% of the Top 50 list of supercomputers in Russia and the CIS. Recently, T-Platforms successfully delivered systems in Singapore and Germany in the initial expansion into the EMEA and Asia HPC markets.
According to Addison Snell, CEO of InterSect360 Research, “The EMEA market is going to grow with CAGR 7.5 percent from 4.6 billion in 2009 to 7 billion in 2013 and the Asia Pacific market with CAGR 7.4 percent from 2.9 billion in 2009 to 3.7 billion in 2013.”
“Our company has completed extensive research with end users throughout Europe to better understand the challenges faced by US HPC vendors trying to enter the EU market, and we are resolute in building proper business processes, especially within the service and support structure, to meet European HPC pre-requisites and requirements,” said Alexander Perfahl, Director of European Operations for T-Platforms.
“The Hannover office will be staffed in phases, with full service and support capabilities coming online later this year.” Additional multinational staff will be hired for the Hannover team.
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