DEUTSCHE BANK
Deutsche Bank’s asset management division (DeAM) launched the world’s first scientifically valid, real-time carbon counter, a nearly 70-foot-tall digital billboard displaying the running total of long-lived greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The counter began operating in the heart of New York City at 33rd street and 7th avenue, outside Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. Kevin Parker, global head of DeAM and a member of Deutsche Bank’s Group executive committee, switched on the counter at a ceremony last week. The Carbon Counter and “Know the Number” campaign is part of a groundbreaking climate-change awareness and education initiative sponsored by DB Climate Change Advisors Group (DBCCA). Ronald Prinn, professor of atmospheric science, MIT, said: “The carbon counter is a bold new experiment in communicating climate science to the public.”
SAMSUNG
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has unveiled the latest in mobile handset innovation, Samsung Jet, at a series of global launch events in Dubai, London and Singapore. Samsung Jet enjoys the benefits of both advanced features of a smartphone and easy-to-use user interface of a conventional mobile phone. Samsung Jet is not simply another full touch mobile phone; it brings a brand new concept of mobile phone to today’s consumers. “Smarter than a smartphone,” Samsung Jet supports the latest smartphone features, which include multitask manager and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, bringing user-friendly menu navigations in a sleek and compact design. Samsung Jet boasts world firsts in both display technology and speed of performance. Its pioneering 16M WVGA AMOLED display (3.1”) offers the most vivid and colorful full touch mobile experience available; the WVGA AMOLED screen provides a resolution that is four times higher than a WQVGA screen.
BRIDGESTONE
Considered the perfect general-purpose tire due to its quality, cutting-edge engineering and specifications, B250 is Bridgestone’s “most technically advanced basic performance tire.” B250 services the global market and is designed to perform on a broad spectrum of road conditions. Ever durable, the B250 handles road types from frosty to tropical, and even operates admirably on uneven surfaces. Befitting the “new standard,” the B250’s design emphases are concentrated on tire basics: Running, turning, braking and, ultimately, providing a safe, comfortable ride with extended durability. Also known as Bridgestone’s brand of superior tire quality, B250 relies on unique expertise in R&D, materials, technology and production. Bridgestone standards remain uncompromised in every detail from material procurement, to product design, mass production and quality control. Bridgestone-owned and approved natural rubber sources ensure high quality of tire materials.
MOBILY
Mobile broadband is presenting an “astounding” mobile broadband subscriber growth in Saudi Arabia, according to figures released by Etihad Etisalat (Mobily). After 24 months of operations, Mobily said, it has 600,000 mobile broadband subscribers presenting 126 percent uptake on 2008 yearend results of 266,000 subscribers and 445 percent growth compared to 2008-second quarter results. Basically, mobile broadband subscribers are any Mobily customers who connect to the Internet using any of the three high-volume monthly bundles — 1 GB, 5 GB or unlimited bundle. For May alone, daily mobile data consumption reached 37 terabyte, and over one petabyte of traffic exchanged over the month, doubling consumption as compared to yearend 2008 daily performance of 18.5 terabytes a day, allowing Mobily to maintain its position of having the busiest mobile data network on the face of the planet.
CANON
Canon Middle East has announced a new addition to its popular i-SENSYS range of color laser printers: The i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn. Delivering high-quality A4 color and mono prints at up to 20 ppm, built-in networking capability allows small workgroups to share the i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn’s functionality: High quality color output, fast print speeds and automatic double-sided printing. “Combining impressive print speeds and color output in a compact design, the network-ready i-SENSYS LBP7200Cdn is an important addition to our range of i-SENSYS laser printers,” said Canon Middle East’s Product Manager Bittu Mattam. “With its introduction, we bring all the benefits of Canon’s market-leading laser technologies to even more small and medium-sized enterprises,” he added.
GIZA SYSTEMS
Giza Systems and the American University in Cairo (AUC) have signed an agreement for the establishment of Giza Systems School of Technology. The agreement was signed recently at Smart Village’s Conference Center in the presence of Egyptian Minister of Communication and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel. The school will provide training courses for fresh graduates from Egyptian universities and the courses will cover basic soft skills as well as specialized technical skills. Shehab El-Nawawi, CEO and MD of Giza Systems, and Dr. Mohsen El-Shamaa, director of the AUC Management Center, signed the contract. Kamel said: “The world of tomorrow is of strong competition, however, we have the qualifications to compete and our duty is to maximize the utilization of both physical and human resources, otherwise we would encounter great distress. Our responsibility is to support and educate the new generations with those elements.”