Monthly archives: December, 2017

Cloudera changes the game in cloud-based data warehouses with Cloudera Altus Analytic DB (beta)

    Announces first data warehouse cloud service to bring the warehouse to the data to deliver instant self-service BI and SQL analytics   New Delhi – December 4, 2017: Cloudera, Inc., (NYSE: CLDR), the modern platform for machine learning and analytics, optimized for the cloud, announced the upcoming beta release of Cloudera Altus Analytic DB. Cloudera Altus Analytic …

Canada’s Wilfrid Laurier University expands online offerings with 2 postgraduate programs and 5 graduate diplomas

WATERLOO, ONTARIO, CANADA (Dec. 04, 2017) — Wilfrid Laurier University is expanding its online program management partnership with Keypath Education to include new fully online postgraduate degree programs in Public Safety and Social Work. Graduate diplomas in Public Safety will also be introduced. The partnership with Keypath was first announced in June 2016 and included …

Omega Diagnostics and Burnet Institute announce VISITECT® CD4 CE-Marking

  Omega Diagnostics, the medical diagnostics company focused on allergy, food intolerance and infectious disease, has announced the CE-Marking of its VISITECT® CD4 point-of-care HIV test. The CE-Marking follows successful performance evaluations in India and the UK.   VISITECT® CD4, co-developed with Burnet Institute, is the world’s first instrument-free and affordable rapid test for determining …

Simon Thompson to succeed Jan du Plessis as chairman

Rio Tinto has appointed Simon Thompson as chairman. Mr Thompson, who joined the Rio Tinto board as a non-executive director in 2014, will become chairman on 5 March 2018. He succeeds Jan du Plessis who will step down as chairman and from the Rio Tinto board on the same date after serving almost nine years …

UNITED NATIONS LEADERS CALL ON THE SAUDI-LED COALITION TO FULLY LIFT BLOCKADE OF YEMENI RED SEA PORTS

Joint statement by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director David Beasley, IOM Director General William Lacy Swing, and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock. 2 December 2017 Geneva/Rome/New York   The partial lifting …

THE 4th EDITION OF FILMFARE GLAMOUR & STYLE AWARDS

~The awards night felicitated the most stylish personalities and enchanting films of the Indian Cinema~ ​December 01, 2017: The style icons of Indian Cinema, displayed the best of their artistic and chic persona yet again as they graced the 4th edition of the prestigious Filmfare Glamour & Style awards 2017. The event was held at the …

EUROFER welcomes deal at Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity

Brussels, 01 December 2017 – The Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity ministerial-level meeting has agreed on principles and recommendations whereby countries and regions should dismantle market-distorting subsidies and other government support measures and share data and information on the process of capacity reduction. “The framework is an expression of real political commitment to address …

AIDS Healthcare Foundation keeps the promise to fight against HIV/AIDS on this World AIDS Day

Launched ‘Keep the promise’ initiatives across the globe Several eminent personalities were present at the event including Arjun Rampal and Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil AIDS Healthcare Foundation celebrated 30 years of work in the field of HIV/AIDS and providing treatment to over 8,30,000 PLHIV   Mumbai, 1st December 2017: AIDS Healthcare Foundation observed the World …