Sevelen (ots) - The damage resulting from counterfeit products worldwide is estimated at 200 to 300 billion euro*. It is no longer just a question of copies of good designs. Fakes and copies of technical products call the safety of these products into question and, consequently, product liability claims are increasing. At Techtextil in Frankfurt, the Swiss ...
Geneva / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ots) - WISeKey, one of the World Economic Forum founding members of the New Champions, announced today during their participation at the World Economic Forum in Rio the establishment of WISeKey Brasil. WISeKey has established a Joint Venture with Brasilinvest with the objective to ...
Zurich (ots) - Albis Technology will present its latest generation of Set-Top-Boxes at the most important IPTV event worldwide, the "IPTV World Forum" in London (25 - 27 March 2009). The Albis STBs feature unique performance and versatility. This gives operators seemingly endless possibilities for IPTV and TV broadcasting applications, as well as for on-demand and other interactive services. The highlight of the ...
Zurich (ots) - One of the attractions of this year's CeBIT show (March 3 - 8) comes from Albis Technologies, provider of groundbreaking RFID components and services, with its real-world look at the latest developments and potential applications of its "Active RFID" technology. Authentic live presentations will show visitors how, for example, inventory can be carried out without any manual counting. ...
Geneva (ots) - Every product made by a luxury goods manufacturer -a watch, handbag, piece of jewellery, etc.- would be accompanied and sold with a smart device, such as a SmartCard, containing the encrypted full details of the product, ie registration number, bar code, date and place of manufacture, etc. ...
Fribourg (ots) - The Wifag-Polytype Group now enters the digital printing market. As part of this strategy, the group has bought up the Digital Printing Department of the company Spühl/Leggett & Platt. The change of ownership will take effect from 1st November 2008, and includes the department's 30 staff in Switzerland and USA. This new department will be ...
St-Sulpice (ots) - More than 90% of the messages that reach enterprise mail servers are unwanted. This disquieting rate demands filtering solutions of increasing complexity-complex in terms of message processing, but simple in terms of daily use. Throughout the development cycle for Version 3 of MailCleaner, the focus was on ergonomics and the user experience. "We've made good use of the numerous suggestions ...
Toronto, Canada/Geneva (ots) - WISeKey and MyScreen today announced their partnership on integrating WISeKey electronic identity technologies with MyScreen's unique patent-pending mobile advertising technology platform, defining a new standard in the delivery of high-quality, personalized and secure advertisements, offers and transaction capability to mobile ...
Geneva (ots) - In 2007, WISeKey presented a project for the creation of a Euro-African Hub within the framework of Malaga Valley's activities (http://www1.wisekey.com/news/071022MalagaHub.aspx). This has now taken on a new dimension, focusing on the objectives laid out by President Zapatero at the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) recently organised by President ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
UEFA President Michel Platini is opening the IBC, the hub for the distribution of the TV signal to the billions of fans around the world Nyon (ots) - The International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Vienna will be officially opened on 3 June by UEFA President Michel Platini who will switch on the TV video feeds from all the Austrian and Swiss venues in the IBC Master ...
Geneva, Switzerland (ots) - Wisekey SA, Lead Partner for eID solutions delivery by Microsoft, today announced that its CertifyID TrustCenter 2008 is the first Enhanced Security Technology solution to earn Windows Server 2008 software certification. Wisekey's CertifyID TrustCenter 2008 Edition helps enterprises and governments achieve enhanced security by ...
Thalwil (ots) - u-blox, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, will perform live GALILEO satellite tracking demonstrations at the 2008 CeBIT trade show to be held in Hanover, Germany, on its revolutionary u-blox 5 A-GPS and GALILEO-ready chip. u-blox' commitment to stay at the forefront of GALILEO development has led it to participate in several EU-funded research projects, such as the GREAT ...
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
Geneva (ots) - A new International Standard from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) will help designers of audio-video and information technology equipment - such as laptops, mobile phones and TVs - to make the best decisions on energy efficiency and reducing environmental impact at the start of ...
Zurich (ots) - Founder Spring and Boxalino AG, respectively a Chinese Software Development & System Integrator company belonging to Founder Group and a Swiss high-technology company, announced today the signature of an important agreement to deliver Boxalino`s innovative intelligent search technology to the customers of Founder Spring in China. Boxalino's ...
Zurich (ots) - Financial institutions from 31 European nations, among them Switzerland, have already successfully processed the first customer payments in euro according to the new rules, which now apply throughout Europe. In the so-called Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), bank customers can transfer cashless ...
Geneva, Switzerland and San Jose, California (ots) - WISeKey, a global provider of digital identity authentication and access management solutions, and SPYRUS, Inc., an innovator in highly-advanced security products and digital rights management technologies, today announced a partnership to supply best of breed security solutions to the global Electronic Commerce ...
Transaction will Create the Largest and Most Comprehensive Set of Advanced Technology Solutions for Single Wafer Cleaning FREMONT, Calif., (ots) - Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ: LRCX) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the SEZ Holding AG (SWX: SEZN), the leading supplier of ...
UEFA - Union of European Football Associ
UEFA EURO 2008 Final Draw broadcast production and Broadcast Partner Workshop in Zurich completed Nyon (ots) - Host Broadcast operations of UEFA EURO 2008 kicked-off with the host broadcasting of the UEFA EURO 2008 Final Draw that took place on 2nd December in Lucerne, Switzerland. It was followed by the second UEFA EURO 2008 Broadcast Partner Workshop in Zurich, Switzerland. The UEFA EURO 2008 Final ...
Geneva/Switzerland and MONTEVIDEO/Uruguay (ots) - The global WISeKey affiliate network is now expanding to Mercosur. These affiliates will use the WISeKey Electronic Security Hub to interconnect and share common technology, products and services. Operation of these trust infrastructures will enable ...
Basel/Switzerland (ots) - The World Economic Forum today announced 39 visionary companies selected as Technology Pioneers 2008. Mondobiotech has been selected as one of these Technology Pioneers. The Technology Pioneers 2008 were nominated by the world's leading technology experts, including venture capitalists, technology companies, academics and media. The final ...
Luterbach (ots) - After five years as a member of the Schaffner Group Management, CFO Martin Zwyssig has decided to leave the company during the course of 2008 to take on a new challenge. Until the appointment of a successor, Martin Zwyssig will continue to play an active role in management of the Schaffner Group as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Robert Scherer, Chairman of the Audit ...
Thalwil (OTS) - u-blox AG, the leading Swiss provider of GPS chips, modules and services, today announced the launch of two GPS modules that set new benchmarks in terms of speed, sensitivity and ease of integration. The LEA-5 GPS module series is based on u-blox' fifth generation positioning engine, u-blox 5, which boasts an acquisition performance of less than one second. These versatile, stand-alone GPS receivers ...
Luterbach (ots) The Schaffner Group increased net sales in continuing operations in fiscal 2006/2007 by 23.6% to CHF 170.3 million (2005/2006: CHF 137.8 million). Adjusted for currency effects, this represents an increase of 20.3%. Order intake grew by 23.3% to CHF 174.3 million (CHF 141.4 million), corresponding ...
Malaga and Geneva (ots) - OISTE will help the government of Malaga become the new Euro-African Hub, with the aim of optimizing economic-social-cultural relations between Europe and Africa. This will be accomplished using the infrastructure of the Technology Park of Malaga and its unique geopolitical location. The ...
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
Geneva (ots) - The washing machine and the refrigerator are going to start "talking" to the television thanks to a new standard about to be published by the Geneva-based IEC. This new ability to network traditional household appliances with personal computers and audio-visual equipment will offer such possibilities as your television screen displaying the fact that the washing machine has finished washing your clothes ...
Zurich (ots) - Cognosense and Boxalino, two Swiss technology companies, have today announced plans to merge their operations as part of an agreement that will see the newly created corporation become a leading global software and professional services provider. The new corporation will retain the Boxalino ...
Geneva, Switzerland and Dalian, China (ots) - Selected by the World Economic Forum as one of the top 500 mould-breaking companies New Champions, WISeKey is present at the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian China and announces today that new WISeKey Affiliates are now in the process of being established in Argentina, Benelux, Brazil, Chile, ...
San Francisco (ots) - u-blox America Inc., a worldwide leader in GNSS technology, including GPS and Galileo chipsets for mobile, battery-powered products, today announced its participation at the Intel Developer Forum to be held in San Francisco from September 18th-20th. u-blox will be showcasing its latest and most advanced chipset, u-blox5. With -160 dBm ...
Thalwil, Switzerland, and Munich, Germany (ots) - u-blox, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, has improved its groundbreaking GPS dead reckoning system by integrating a gyroscope sensor from Epson Toyocom, a leader in the design and manufacture of crystal-based electronic products, into the reference design for the product. The reference ...
Thalwil/Berlin (ots) - Navilock, the German positioning products manufacturer, has chosen a GPS chip developed by u-blox, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, to power a high performance Bluetooth GPS mouse. Navilock's BT-451 mouse acts as an external GPS receiver with its own power source that wirelessly connects to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as PDAs, mobile phones and UMCPs. ...