OSLO, Aug. 27 2018 — NEXT Biometrics (Oslo Bors: NEXT), a global leader in fingerprint sensor technology, today announced it has purchased a source code license for the FingerCell algorithm from Neurotechnology, a developer of high-precision algorithms and software. The algorithm allows developers of solutions incorporating NEXT Biometrics fingerprint sensor technology to quickly customize their own products for superior performance and faster time-to-market.

                  “NEXT is very pleased to offer this outstanding software solution to support our customers in developing innovative biometrics systems and devices,” said Ritu Favre, CEO, NEXT Biometrics. “The software license from Neurotechnology helps customers quickly tailor their products for specific requirements. In doing this, we’re enabling our them to bring their biometric solutions to market faster and placing more of our advanced sensor technology directly at the fingertips of end-users.”

                  NEXT has purchased the full rights for the FingerCell algorithm for use with its sensors. Products, solutions and development kits incorporating NEXT’s advanced fingerprint sensor technology will now include the algorithm. As a result, the company is enhancing its product offerings with embedded modules and readers that can be seamlessly integrated into customer solutions in the smart card, government ID, access control and notebook market segments. By focusing on one broad software tool, the license from Neurotechnology allows NEXT to simplify its algorithm offerings and the development of end-products.

                  Both NEXT and Neurotechnology are committed to compliance with industry standards. Products using the FingerCell algorithm allow import and export of International Standards Organization (ISO) fingerprint templates and on-card comparison with mainstream secure elements and operating systems.

                   “Neurotechnology is proud to be selected as a strategic algorithm partner by NEXT Biometrics,” said Dr. Algimantas Malickas, Founder and Owner of Neurotechnology. “Our professional biometric algorithms have consistently received top rankings in the Minutiae Interoperability Exchange (MINEX) and other biometric technology evaluations. NEXT’s source-level license allows the company to offer its customers the ability to customize products more quickly.”

About NEXT Biometrics

NEXT provides advanced fingerprint sensor technology that delivers uncompromised security and accuracy for the best possible user experience in the smart card, government ID, access control and notebook markets. The company’s patented NEXT Active Thermal principle allows the development of large, high quality fingerprint sensors in both rigid and flexible formats. NEXT Biometrics Group ASA (www.nextbiometrics.com) is headquartered in Oslo, with sales, support and development operations in Seattle, Silicon Valley, Taipei, Prague, Bengaluru and Shanghai.

About Neurotechnology

Neurotechnology is a developer of high-precision algorithms and software based on deep neural network (DNN) and other AI-related technologies. The company offers a range of products for biometric fingerprint, face, iris, palmprint and voice identification as well as AI, computer vision, object recognition and robotics. Neurotechnology was founded in 1990 in Vilnius, Lithuania and released its first fingerprint identification system in 1991. Since that time the company has released more than 130 products and version upgrades. More than 3000 system integrators, security companies and hardware providers integrate Neurotechnology’s algorithms into their products, with millions of customer installations worldwide. Neurotechnology’s algorithms have achieved top results in independent technology evaluations, including NIST MINEX and IREX.

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New Delhi, August 21, 2018: Raksha Bandhan is one of the most sought-after festivals of the year. While sisters are busy choosing the most stylish, unique rakhi and Raksha Bandhan cards, brothers are planning on how they can make their sisters feel special. To celebrate their companionship, Detel has announced exciting combo-offers on its Mobiles and Accessories starting 24 August to 26 August 2018, exclusively available on Detel’s official website.

The company has announced enticing offers on the best of its feature phones – D1 Talkey, D1 Gold, D1 Boom and D1 Sleek. The ‘talking feature’ is a much-loved feature of the Detel D1 Talkey, while the D1 Gold and D1 Sleek are the company’s premium category feature phones. There are two combo offers for Rs. 899 each and another one for Rs. 1,947.

With these offers, Detel is making incessant efforts to make Raksha Bandhan celebration jovial and memorable for every brother and sister with its extensive and unmatched range of products. Boasting to a wide and speedy delivery network, the portal assures the delivery of such orders with next day delivery to the specified address in metro cities.

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Yogesh Bhatia, MD, Detel says, “There is no better time than Raksha Bandhan to let your siblings know how much you value them. This year, Detel enables customers to make it even more memorable with these amazing yet affordable combo gifting options. Detel’s phones are simple yet at the heart of innovation, enabling you to stay connected with your dear ones at all times.”

“You cannot always be with your sisters, but can be there for them. This Raksha Bandhan, live the true meaning of the festival by extending the gift of ‘safety’ to your sisters with Detel. All our feature phones are equipped with a panic button to ensure women’s safety on the go”, he further added.

About Detel:                                                                                                    

Established in 1991, with a CRISIL rating of SME 2, S.G. Corporate Mobility is the parent company of Detel, known for its key relationships with well-established brands in the space of mobiles, laptops, tablets, etc. DETEL believes that technology is no longer a luxury but a necessity. During the Indian Mobile Congress 2017, India’s first ever Mobile, Internet & Technology event, DETEL launched the world’s most economical feature phone in the Indian market- Detel D1 at the price tag of just Rs. 299.

The company is now committed to transforming the Television landscape in the country with its affordable 32-inch smart TV.

DETEL ensures the best quality for its product that trickles down from their extensive Research and Development to the Manufacturing, Testing, and Supply at economical pricing. Their products are making a mark in India in terms of Quality and Pricing.

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Thomson Reuters StockReports offers in-depth evaluation of stocks, new trading ideas and understanding of industry trends 

National, 20 July, 2018: Moneycontrol, India’s leading financial and business digital platform, has collaborated with Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters to offer StockReports on its platform. StockReports powered by Thomson Reuters, is updated every day to facilitate unbiased comprehensive analysis of stocks, unearth new insights and help investors make smart and informed decisions.

StockReports on Moneycontrol is a subscription-based offering that will help investors access wealth of information for over 1500 stocks and schedule reports for specified companies on daily, weekly or monthly basis. This is the first time a digital platform is offering a comprehensive service to the customers, further cementing Moneycontrol’s position as a leader in innovation.

Speaking on the development, Gautam Shelar, Business Head of Moneycontrol said, “Our efforts have been consistent towards delivering a comprehensive experience to our users, by bringing to them innovative, unique and productive tools that assist in making informed investment decisions. Expanding our repertoire of offerings, we have partnered with global leader Thomson Reuters to bring outstanding quality StockReports to our customers. StockReports enhances the process of investment selection for financial professionals by simplifying the process of evaluating stocks. It provides in-depth analysis of key trends in earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, price momentum and risk which will help investors make insightful decisions.”

Prashant Pillai, Head – Corporates, Thomson Reuters, South Asia said, “We are delighted to collaborate with Moneycontrol to offer Thomson Reuters StockReports to a large Indian investor base. StockReports leverages on our best-in-industry data capabilities to deliver customized corporate reports in a simplified and actionable format. Timely view of evolving insights and trends presented by these reports will give investors a definitive edge to make efficient and informed decisions.”

Key features of StockReports:

• Access to daily stock reports of over 1500 listed companies and option to receive customized recommended reports on the user dashboard
• In-depth analysis of key trends in earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, price momentum and risk
• Placing of current data into historical context for more accurate forecasting of a security’s performance

• Proprietary stock rating with underlying component level scoring
• Mean recommendations from analysts on stocks to ‘Buy,’ ‘Sell’ or ‘Hold’
• Peer analysis, peer performance, systematic generated ratings and recommendations along with a host of other options guiding professionals on a regular basis

Moneycontrol

Moneycontrol, which is part of Network18 group, has been India’s leading financial and business digital platform for 17 successive years. It offers comprehensive information, news and in- depth analysis across asset classes and pulls in a wide cross section of investors. As India’s leading businesses and finance platform, it offers investors the latest business news and market updates along with articles, independent analysis of investment options and financial planning. Currently, Moneycontrol attracts over 6.5 million unique visitors on web and 16.8 million unique visitors on Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). Its website has over 320 million-page views and over 260 million views on mobile.

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of news and information for professional markets. Our customers rely on us to deliver the intelligence, technology and expertise they need to find trusted answers. The business has operated in more than 100 countries for more than 100 years. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. For more information, visit www.thomsonreuters.com.

The Thomson Reuters Financial & Risk business will be known as Refinitiv following close of the strategic partnership transaction between Thomson Reuters and private equity funds managed by Blackstone.

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TE`s Industrial business unit works with Frankfurt agency SNOOK to implement new product packaging starting with the M12 connector

DARMSTADT, Germany – June 25, 2018 – TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, introduced new product packaging and product packaging designs that help customer clearly recognize the product and vendor. The packaging redesign is part of TE’s aim for stronger collaboration and brand building with its customers.

With TE, the SNOOK Frankfurt agency developed corporate packaging for various TE products starting with the M12 connector. In the past TE customers got their ordered products shipped in plain packing materials. Now with the bright, visible orange and white packages, customer will have a experience unpacking and interacting with TE products similar to the consumer experience of unpacking mobile phones.

The task for SNOOK Frankfurt was to develop a new packaging concept that is innovative, interactive and visually appealing for TE’s key customers and trade show visitors. The additional challenge was to design the packaging to be scalable for any future TE products that require the same B2B display.

”SNOOK is proud that our close work with TE’s Industrial product marketing team for the M12 connector allowed us to successfully launch the new packaging concept in just 3 months – including production and shipping of the first 1,000 packages for the M12 connector,” said Vanessa Naseem-Ahmed, M12 project team, SNOOK Frankfurt.

TE, TE Connectivity and the TE connectivity logo are trademarks of the TE Connectivity Ltd. family of companies. Other logos, product or company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY

TE Connectivity Ltd. is a $13 billion global technology and manufacturing leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. For more than 75 years, our connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest environments, have enabled advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. With 78,000 employees, including more than 7,000 engineers, working alongside customers in nearly 150 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat and Twitter.

ABOUT SNOOK

SNOOK Frankfurt GmbH is an owner-managed, full-service agency that combines the analytical, strategic expertise of a consultancy firm with the conceptual, goal-oriented creativity of a marketing agency and the profound know-how of international automotive and retail professionals. With 15 employees SNOOK Frankfurt offers real 360° solutions to every client’s request, including offline strategies and online/social media strategies equally. Learn more at www.snookfrankfurt.com and on Facebook and Instagram

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Industry leaders join forces to build secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud solution featuring Dell Edge Gateways, VMware Pulse IoT Center and Microsoft Azure IoT Edge

India – June 6, 2018

• Joint IoT solution helps simplify management, enhances security and help lowers cost of deployment at the edge
• Built on innovative analytics applications, management tools and edge gateways to enable network security from edge devices to the cloud
• Accelerates IoT adoption in industry verticals key to economic growth and development

Dell Technologies and Microsoft are collaborating to deliver a joint Internet of Things (IoT) solution designed to help vertical customers simplify deploying their end-to-end IoT solutions, from the edge to the cloud. The combination of Microsoft Azure IoT applications and services, VMware Pulse IoT Center and Dell Edge Gateways will offer customers streamlined management, centralized monitoring and security from devices to the cloud.

Businesses that are implementing IoT initiatives today have invested significant resources and manpower to research and integrate a multitude of hardware, software and cloud services across the fragmented IoT landscape to stand up a solution that meets their business needs and adheres to IT departments’ stringent standards. Those businesses want to harness advanced services such as artificial intelligence (AI) and real-time decision making while also making sure all deployment, asset management, security and compliance requirements are met. Together, Dell Technologies and Microsoft will make IoT easier for customers by delivering a secure solution that provides consistent infrastructure management from the edge to the cloud.

Delivering an integrated, secure solution to unlock the potential of IoT

The joint solution offers an underlying IoT infrastructure, management capabilities and security for customers looking to deploy IoT for scenarios like predictive maintenance, supply chain visibility and other use cases. The solution will deliver:

• Intelligence at the edge with Microsoft Azure IoT Edge: This application extends cloud intelligence to edge devices so that devices can act locally and leverage the cloud for global coordination and machine learning at scale
• Management and monitoring of edge devices with VMware Pulse IoT Center: This provides more secure, enterprise-grade management and monitoring of diverse, certified edge devices including gateways and connected IoT devices, bios and operating systems.  This ecosystem will be built over time involving deeper integration and certification to support customer requirements.
• High-performance, rugged Dell Edge Gateways: IoT devices with powerful dual-core Intel® Atom processors connect a variety of wired and wireless devices and systems to aggregate and analyze inputs and send relevant data to the cloud

An IoT solution that is greater than the sum of its parts

VMware Pulse IoT Center will serve as the management glue between the hardware (Dell Edge Gateways or other certified edge systems), connected sensors and devices and the Microsoft Azure IoT Edge. Initially, Pulse will help to deploy the Microsoft Azure IoT Edge to the requisite edge systems so that it can start collecting, analyzing and acting on data in real-time. While this joint solution is optimized for Dell Edge Gateways it can continuously manage, monitor and better secure certified combination of gateways/edge systems with the latest patches and updates on an ongoing basis as well as monitor the health of these connected devices. Customers relying on Microsoft Azure IoT Edge and VMware Pulse IoT Center for their IoT initiatives will be able to provision, deliver and more securely manage their Microsoft Azure IoT edge components.

Chris Wolff, head of OEM and IOT GTM, Dell EMC

“When we unveiled the Dell Technologies IoT division last fall, we committed to leaning on the Dell Technologies family of businesses to engineer the right solutions to meet customer needs in conjunction with our partner ecosystem. This collaboration will enable customers to implement IoT more seamlessly, for better and faster ROI.”

Ruston Panabaker, vice president IoT Solutions, Microsoft
“When businesses deploy secure intelligent edge to cloud solutions, they can take full advantage of the digital transformation opportunities IoT represents. By delivering this integrated edge to cloud solution, Microsoft and Dell technologies  are making it easier for customers to empower their employees, optimize operations and reimagine their products, services or even business models.”

Mimi Spier, vice president for IoT Business, VMware
“Teaming up with Microsoft on IoT and edge is a natural fit based on the complementary technologies we offer today. Microsoft and Dell technologies can help customers securely and more easily navigate their journey to IoT and edge with integrated and secure solutions that will help them to improve their businesses and deliver a better customer experience.”

About Dell Technologies World

Dell Technologies World 2018 brings together the power of seven technology leaders committed to making the digital transformation real. Join us April 30 – May 2 in Las Vegas, learn more at www.delltechnologiesworld.com or follow #DellTechWorld on Twitter.

About Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 98 percent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry’s most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.

About Microsoft

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

VMware, Pulse, and Pulse IoT Center are registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions.

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• A customer can even reload travel card of his/her family members instantly
• The card can be reloaded anytime, from anywhere in the world, without any charges

Mumbai: ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, has enabled its customers to reload foreign currency to ‘ICICI Bank Travel Card’ instantly, using the Bank’s internet banking platform and its mobile banking app, iMobile. This new service makes international travel more convenient as it allows customers to instantly reload their travel card with foreign currency for their international travel in a completely digital and paperless manner. A customer can also enjoy the improved convenience of reloading the travel cards of their close relatives including their parents, children or spouse after linking their travel cards to his/her own savings account.

In a bid to offer the enhanced convenience of managing a travel card seamlessly on-the-go to the customer, the Bank has also enabled an array of other services on its mobile app and internet banking platform. These services allow the customers to block/unblock travel card, view the mini statement, update email address and mobile number, thereby making their experience holistic and comfortable. Additionally, in an industry first move, the Bank recently enabled customers to refund the funds loaded on their travel card to the linked savings account using the Bank’s internet banking platform.

To make the ongoing travel season more delightful for customers, the Bank has introduced a promotional offer, wherein, one can get a 40 paise discount on foreign exchange rates while reloading travel card online. This is applicable when the card is reloaded with a minimum 1000 units of USD, AUD, SGD, CAD, CHF or 750 units of EUR and GBP. This offer is applicable till July 15, 2018.

Mr. Anup Bagchi, Executive Director, ICICI Bank said, “ICICI Bank has always believed that customer convenience is at the core of all its offerings. Over the last few years, we have seen an exponential growth in the number of Indians travelling abroad. Keeping this in mind, we have added a host of new features and benefits to the bank’s travel card. These aim at providing customers with a convenient and secure way of carrying foreign currency while travelling abroad. This also helps customers to manage their travel related expenses in a seamless manner from anywhere across the globe while they are in transit. We believe, innovative propositions like these reflect strongly on our commitment to offer our customers with an enhanced banking experience.”

Available currently on Android based smartphones, the customers can use the feature to easily manage their travel card from their internet banking account or iMobile, the bank’s mobile banking application, by linking it to their ICICI Bank savings account. It will also be available for iOS smartphones shortly.

Subsequent to linking their travel card, customers can place an instant reload request in four simple steps. To reload the travel cards of his/her close relatives, the customer needs to submit an accepted proof of relationship, whichever is applicable.

1. Login to internet banking / iMobile app
2. Go to ‘Forex & Travel Cards’ / ‘Cards, Loans & Forex’
3. Select the linked travel card you wish to reload and click on ‘Reload’
4. Enter the currency and amount details and click on Submit

The power-packed ICICI Bank Travel Card is a smart, cost effective, convenient and secure alternative to carry foreign currency while travelling abroad. It can be loaded with up to 15 currencies. Also, ICICI Bank is the only bank that offers customers a replacement card which can be activated instantly in case of loss/ theft/ damage of the primary card, without any additional charges.

ICICI Bank services its large customer base through a multi-channel delivery network of 4,867 branches, 14,367 ATMs, phone banking, internet banking (www.icicibank.com), mobile banking, banking on Facebook & Twitter and ‘PocketsbyICICIBank’ the country’s first digital bank on mobile. Numbers as at March 31, 2018.

About ICICI Bank: ‘ICICI Bank Ltd (NYSE:IBN) is India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets. The Bank’s consolidated total assets stood at US$ 172.5 billion at March 31, 2018. ICICI Bank’s subsidiaries include India’s leading private sector insurance, asset management and securities brokerage companies, and among the country’s largest private equity firms. It is present across 17 countries, including India.’

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[New Delhi, March 30, 2018] Huawei released its audited financial results for 2017, reporting solid business growth. The company’s total annual revenue was CNY603.6 billion (US$92.5 billion based on year-end exchange rates), an increase of 15.7% over 2016. Net profits were CNY47.5 billion (US$7.3 billion), an increase of 28.1% year-on-year. In 2017, Huawei’s annual investment in research and development reached CNY89.7 billion (US$13.8 billion), up 17.4% compared with 2016. The company’s total R&D spend over the past decade has exceeded CNY394 billion (US$60.4 billion).

“We’re on a new journey,” said Ken Hu, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman. “Opportunities and challenges are popping up faster than ever before, and nonstop open innovation is the only way we can keep ahead of the game. Over the next 10 years, Huawei will continue to increase investment in technological innovation, investing more than 10 billion dollars back into R&D every year. We will actively pursue open collaboration, attract and cultivate top talent, and step up efforts in exploratory research. We want to better enable all industries to go digital and intelligent.”

Hu added, “As we look to 2018, emerging technologies like the Internet of Things, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and 5G will soon see large-scale application. Throughout this process, Huawei will stay at the forefront of technological innovation and business transformation. More importantly, we will pay special attention to the practical challenges that our customers face as they go digital. Our job is to help them overcome these challenges and achieve business success. Ultimately, we aim to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world.”

In 2017, Huawei’s Carrier business group generated CNY297.8 billion (US$45.7 billion) in revenue, an increase of 2.5% year-on-year, focusing on helping global carriers maximize the potential of their existing network assets and seize new opportunities in video, IoT, and cloud markets.

Huawei’s Enterprise business group enhanced innovations in cloud, big data, campus networks, data centers, IoT, and other domains, and drove extensive application of its products and solutions for a range of vertical industries. In 2017, Huawei’s enterprise business generated CNY54.9 billion (US$8.4 billion) in annual revenue, an increase of 35.1% compared with 2016.

In Huawei’s consumer business, the Huawei and Honor brands ran full speed ahead, leading to rapid growth in their respective markets. Huawei shipped a total of 153 million smartphones (including Honor) in 2017, and reported CNY237.2 billion (US$36.4 billion) in annual revenue, up 31.9% year-on-year.

Huawei set up a Cloud Business Unit in 2017, which launched 99 cloud services across 14 major categories, and over 50 solutions. The company also unveiled the Enterprise Intelligence (EI) platform, and developed over 2,000 cloud service partners.

Financial statements in the 2017 Annual Report are independently audited by KPMG.

To download the 2017 Annual Report, visit www.huawei.com/en/about-huawei/annual-report/2017

Note 1: All CNY figures in the Annual Report were converted into USD using the closing rate on December 31, 2017: US$1.00 = CNY6.5222.

Note 2: Growth rates are calculated based on CNY figures.

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Our aim is to build a better connected world, acting as a responsible corporate citizen, innovative enabler for the information society, and collaborative contributor to the industry. Driven by customer-centric innovation and open partnerships, Huawei has established an end-to-end ICT solutions portfolio that gives customers competitive advantages in telecom and enterprise networks, devices and cloud computing. Huawei’s 180,000 employees worldwide are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers. Our innovative ICT solutions, products and services are used in more than 170 countries and regions, serving over one-third of the world’s population. Founded in 1987, Huawei is a private company fully owned by its employees.

For more information, please visit Huawei online at www.huawei.com

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Mumbai, March 07, 2018:- Haptik, a leading Indian artificial intelligence based chatbot platform, today announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading cloud provider, to offer cutting-edge chatbot solutions to customers in India. The tie-up aims to enable companies to leverage these conversational bots to automate some of their most critical processes across customer support, lead generation and sales funnel management. Chatbots allow for highly engaging, conversational experiences, through voice and text that can be customized and used on mobile devices, web browsers, and on popular chat platforms such as Facebook Messenger, or Slack.

With the advent of deep learning technologies such as text-to-speech, automatic speech recognition, and natural language processing, chatbots that simulate human conversation and dialogue can now be found in call centers and customer service workflows, DevOps management, and as personal assistants. As one of India’s first AI based bot platforms, Haptik has established a strong foothold in the market and will create these solutions on the AWS AI infrastructure. These new bots are designed to provide customers with tools and services, including chat level bot analytics, bot builder, and agent chat interface.

The extended collaboration aims to enable seamless integration between Haptik’s chatbots and AWS’s advanced AI service portfolio, and to provide omni-channel support to customers. For its core technology platform, Haptik utilizes several AWS tools and resources notably including Elastic Cloud Compute, RDS for data storage, CloudFront for scalability, Kinesis for data lake and Amazon Polly, a text-to-speech service that uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize speech that sounds like a human voice.

Haptik’s end-to-end development solutions include ideation, design, development and maintenance, which are designed to provide organisations with a ready to deploy bot. These solutions further help enterprises to reduce customer support cost, generate better quality leads, drive sales, and provide a superior experience to their users.

Additionally, Haptik is now a part of the global Amazon Partner Network program that helps companies build better products and take advantage of the business benefits AWS offers. This collaboration has led to a series of India meetups bringing together professionals from across sectors to discuss the chatbot space, and a report about Haptik’s AWS use cases.

“We are delighted to have Haptik’s chatbot platform built entirely on AWS. The rich functionality within the platform leverages Amazon Polly, a text-to-speech service that uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize speech that sounds like a human voice, and our powerful and scalable GPU instances. This helps Haptik to deliver greater functionality and richer choice to customers,” said Navdeep Manaktala, Head of Business Development – India, Amazon Internet Services Private Limited.

Commenting on the collaboration, Aakrit Vaish, Founder and CEO, Haptik said, “In cooperation with AWS, Haptik aims to rapidly expand in the Indian chatbot AI market. AWS is synonymous with providing the best-in-class products to build any type of software. AWS has invested deeply in AI for more than 20 years, and given we already work with many of their services, it was a natural next step for us to come together to offer an end-to-end solution.”

 About Haptik

Haptik is one of the world’s largest chatbot platforms, building applications for consumers, publishers, and enterprises. The company has been at the forefront of the paradigm shift from apps to bots, having worked across various chatbot use cases such as commerce, customer service, utility and lead generation. Haptik’s partners and clients in India include Coca-Cola, HDFC Life, Samsung, Sharekhan, Edelweiss Tokio, Goibibo, Amazon Pay among others.

In April 2016, Times Internet led a Series B round of investment in Haptik, making it one of the most well-funded independent chatbot companies in the world.

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43% Indian women did not have access to sanitary essentials at the beginning of periods, 36% felt uncomfortable in buying them with other customers around

everteen Period Box now gives you freedom from monthly menstrual agony by subscribing to the sanitary essentials of your choice at your doorstep

9 February 2018, New Delhi: everteen, a leading quality brand of premium feminine intimate hygiene products, has launched the everteen Period Box, a unique, customizable, subscription-based doorstep delivery service for the most complete range of monthly sanitary essentials in the Indian market. everteen offers India’s largest range of premium feminine hygiene products including feminine hygiene wash, intimate wipes, sanitary pads, tampons, daily pantyliners, bikini hair remover and vaginal tightening gel. It was also the first brand to have launched feminine hygiene wash in the OTC market in India. everteen products have been trusted by customers in over 150 countries including US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and several African countries.

Mr. Hariom Tyagi, CEO of Wet & Dry Personal Care, which owns the everteen brand, says, “It is great that offbeat movies such as PadMan are breaking taboos around menstruation. It is the need of the hour that various stakeholders join hands to create awareness about menstrual hygiene. The grim reality today is that one in three women hesitates in buying sanitary essentials at a store in the presence of other customers. With everteen Period Box, they can now avail convenient doorstep delivery of their chosen sanitary essentials before their period date without any last moment rush, as per their calendar. Besides offering complete sanitary hygiene in discreet packaging, the everteen Period Box also ensures that a woman never has to worry about timely access to these essentials when they need them the most, month after month.”

According to a survey conducted by Women Health Organization, at least 43% of women have experienced a situation where they did not have ready access to sanitary essentials at the beginning of their periods. As many as 67% women have had to borrow a sanitary essential from a friend, colleague or family member. Out of these, as many as 45% said that they have had to borrow it at least once or twice every year. More than 45% women felt that menstruation was still considered a taboo in the Indian society and 36% felt uncomfortable while buying sanitary essentials from a chemist shop in the presence of other customers. The survey was conducted in October 2017 and included women respondents from more than 35 cities all over India including Bengaluru, Chennai, Cuttack, Delhi, Indore, Jaipur, Kanpur, Kolkata, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Ranchi, Srinagar, Surat and Thiruvananthapuram.

Dr. Anubha Singh, MBBS, MRCOG (London), Medical Director of Shantah Fertility Centre, and a leading gynaecologist and IVF Specialist in New Delhi, says, “Provisioning sanitary essentials is a monthly agony for most women, irrespective of whether they are homemakers, working professionals or students. As many as 24% teenagers in India have to skip school every month due to period pains during menstruation. The social stigma attached to menstruation has a direct impact on a woman’s intimate hygiene. We also come across patients who have persistent infections because of not using the right sanitary products. Widespread public awareness and innovative solutions such as subscription-based home deliveries are a must to realize the dream of Swachh Bharat in the context of women and increase their productivity and contribution to nation building. By focusing on complete feminine hygiene, India can save a lot in healthcare costs through prevention.” According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16, only about 57.6% of the Indian women use sanitary napkins and 62% women in the age group 15-24 years still rely on cloth during periods.

Women can customize their everteen Period Box on the official website, www.everteen.in, by selecting sanitary products of their choice from a wide assortment of premium and essential sanitary napkins, tampons, pantyliners, feminine hygiene wash, feminine hygiene wipes, bikini hair removal cream and menstrual cup. The everteen Period Box subscription also lets women save money as compared to the separate cost of each individual product. The company is offering inaugural discounts of 10% on annual subscription, 7% on half-yearly subscription and 5% on quarterly subscription of everteen Period Box. The everteen Period Box will also help women living in remote and rural areas to avail of comprehensive feminine hygiene.

everteen products are also available on over 50 major online retailers in India including Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Purplle, Big Basket, HealthKart, Paytm, HomeShop18, Shopclues and eBay.

About Wet & Dry Group:

Established in 2013, Wet & Dry Personal Care is a privately-held fast growing healthcare and wellness company headquartered in New Delhi, India. The company is born out of a passion for creating innovative products and solutions for the evolving consumer needs. Backed by almost 50 years of cumulative experience of a highly qualified and professional team specializing in healthcare, research, beauty, fitness, wellness and communications, W&D believes that mankind has an enormous untapped potential that can be realized through optimum functionality of their self. W&D offers ethical, relevant, rational and scientific solutions that help elevate performance. W&D products are sold across India and internationally through leading online stores. All W&D products adhere to stringent safety and quality standards and are manufactured at government-approved facilities in India and USFDA and CE approved facilities abroad. For more information, please visit: http://www.w-d.co.in/

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Available via Eikon App Studio, financial institutions and corporations globally will get access to a universe of more than 1.8 million Indian private companies

Mumbai, January 23, 2018 – Thomson Reuters today announced the launch of ‘Wizcorp’ – a digital gateway to a universe of over 1.8 million Indian private companies, available via the App Studio on Eikon, Thomson Reuters flagship desktop product. Wizcorp will provide corporations and financial institutions including Corporate and Institutional Banking with a host of insights to accelerate growth and devise strategy while ensuring effective risk management and regulatory compliance. ‘Wizcorp’, developed in partnership with Bluevine Technologies, marks another milestone in the Thomson Reuters journey of leveraging Open Platforms to deliver and enhance the customer experience.

Through this unique platform, Thomson Reuters customers will get access to comprehensive information and deep insights on Indian private companies’ business information, profile, directors, financial intelligence including historical data, legal intelligence, credit worthiness, market cap and details of associated firms, which can bolster multiple workflows for their business. The data, which has been sourced from regulatory and other credible bodies, can also be updated on demand to reflect all changes on a real-time basis.

Pradeep Lankapalli, Managing Director, Thomson Reuters, South Asia said, “With increasing competitive pressures, and business models constantly changing, our customers need a wider perspective on market dynamics and businesses. With the Wizcorp app, we are providing them access to the full universe of private company data which will offer them a definitive competitive advantage and help them make informed decisions, and manage risk and grow their business.”

Nipam Shah, Director, Bluevine Technology said, “It has been a pleasure collaborating with Thomson Reuters to leverage the power of their Open Platform and create this application using our tech-enabled platform and one of the most comprehensive suites of Indian private company database access tools. As the Indian financial market continues to evolve, we look forward to partnering with Thomson Reuters to offer relevant solutions to their global customer base.”

Thomson Reuters Eikon is a powerful and intuitive next-generation open platform solution for consuming real-time and historical data, enabling financial markets transactions and connecting with the financial markets community. Its award-winning news, analytics and data visualization tools help its users make more efficient trading and investment decisions across asset classes and instruments including commodities, derivatives, equities, fixed income and foreign exchange. Eikon is a leading desktop and mobile solution that is open, connected, informed and intelligent.

App Studio, Eikon’s third party development suite, enables clients and vendors to embed their applications, content and work flows into Thomson Reuters Eikon, thus creating an integrated end-to-end solution. This open approach allows users to benefit from access to financial apps created by third party developers globally, built directly into Thomson Reuters Eikon.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading source of news and information for professional markets. Our customers rely on us to deliver the intelligence, technology and expertise they need to find trusted answers. The business has operated in more than 100 countries for more than 100 years. Thomson Reuters shares are listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges. For more information, visit www.thomsonreuters.com.

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