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Produced by the Group’s indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Zip Cinema, #ALIVE was released on 1,663 screens and grossed US$1.1 million in box office revenue as of the first day of its wide release on 24 June 2020 #ALIVE continues to dominate Korea’s advance ticket reservations with a market share of more than 60% Distributed by Lotte Entertainment, #ALIVE headlines Spackman Media Group’s Yoo Ah-in of DEFAULT (2018) & […]

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – EQS Newswire – 24 June 2020 – As African oil and gas countries struggle with Covid-19’s devastating impact on demand, two international groups seem to be celebrating it. Earlier this month, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) described the low oil prices caused by the pandemic as a “golden opportunity” for governments to phase-out fossil fuel […]

Produced by the Group’s indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Zip Cinema, #ALIVE achieved #1 in advance ticket bookings with a dominant market share of 57.7% two days ahead of its release on 24 June 2020 In comparison, the Group’s most recent film, CRAZY ROMANCE, which resulted in commercial success, attained a market share of 12.3% two days prior to its opening day Distributed by Lotte Entertainment, #ALIVE headlines Spackman […]

By Lucky La Riccia Digital technologies are transforming industries worldwide. With 5G being deployed across the region, service providers increasingly recognize the new business opportunities that digital transformation of the enterprise market will bring. However, to successfully address these opportunities and accelerate longer-term growth, they need to extend their focus from traditional revenue streams to center on digitalizing targeted industries. While leading service providers in the region […]

Arabian Post Staff ENOC Group, the wholly-owned Dubai government entity, has reported a significant surge in the demand of storage capacity across its terminals in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Morocco and Djibouti.   The increased demand for bulk liquid storage at its facilities is a result of the upward price trajectory, as customers seek storage provision due to the weakening demand for oil in the wake of the […]

Public Services Company Serco Middle East has appointed Wallace Weatherill as its new Managing Director, a role in which he will spearhead the operations of the largest automated transport system in the region the Dubai Metro as well as the Dubai Tram in collaboration with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). Serco Middle East operates and maintains the Dubai Metro and operates the Dubai Tram on behalf […]

By James M. Dorsey Fraught with multiple powder kegs that could blow up at any moment, Turkish-Russian relations constitute a study in the management of a new world order’s seemingly fragile alliances. Much like relations between Russia and China, Russia and Iran, Turkey and Iran, and Turkey and China, Turkish-Russian ties are fragile despite the fact that they, contrary to Western perceptions, are not just opportunistic and […]

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Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA) gear up for another year to empower young, budding designers of Asia Pacific   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 19 June 2020 – Organised by Nippon Paint, the Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA), will see its 13th year of empowering young, budding designers to be agents of change by creating a positive impact, through design, within their communities. Held annually, student participants go through […]

Industry experts and customers to tackle post-pandemic supply chain structures, share best practices: June 23-24   SINGAPORE | Sydney, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – June 19, 2020 – Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced the Infor APAC Supply Chain Virtual Summit 2020 will take place online June 23-24 with a central theme of how to run a next-generation supply chain.   The two half-day summit […]

New Platform Uses AI and Automation to Convert Data into Actionable Insights; Supports Business Continuity and Recovery to Address Rapidly Evolving Organizational Needs   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 18 June 2020 – Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company (NYSE: HPE), today introduced Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), the industry’s first AI-powered, cloud-native platform that predicts and resolves problems at the network edge before they happen. Built on […]

 Newcomer food delivery app Grub has entered the UAE’s food delivery marketplace, launching its services across Dubai. Offering a flexible and easy to manage system, the platform offers simple flat-rate mobile food delivery for local restaurants and wholesalers. The mobile app is offering venues 0% commission for the first six months if they sign up in the launch month as the new app is intended to help […]

Accelerates efficiency while enhancing security, document management and remote working capabilities   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 16 June 2020 – Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific today announced the launch of 19 new models from its digital multifunction/printer ApeosPort and DocuPrint series (Refer to Table A). The latest products, together with Fuji Xerox’s solutions, will allow businesses to overcome new challenges on intensifying security risk, demand for greater efficiency, burgeoning operational […]

JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach – 16 June 2020 – Leading global logistics provider, GEODIS has announced the appointment of Tomy Sofhian as the Managing Director of Indonesia from May 2020.   Tomy reports to Rene Bach-Larsen, Sub-Regional Managing Director ASEAN, who commented: “Tomy Sofhian joins GEODIS with a wealth of experience in the supply chain industry and at a key time during our expansion of operations in Indonesia.  We continue […]

By Andrew Brinded In 1991, the renowned technology journalist Stewart Alsop made a famously wrong forecast. “I predict that the last mainframe will be unplugged on March 15, 1996,” he wrote. But 23 years later, the mainframe is still going strong. For me, this underlines why it’s a myth that IT is a fast-moving sector in which revolutionary changes occur at lightning speed. The R&D side of […]

DP World, with a global network of 123 business units in 54 countries, has announced the completion of its acquisition of a 51% stake in TIS Container Terminal in the Port of Yuzhny, Ukraine. This follows satisfaction of specific conditions including confirmation of regulatory approval from the relevant government authorities. This project will be DP World’s second partnership with TIS shareholders, the first being our very successful […]

Two companies team to deliver integration capabilities to simplify OT/IT integration for the most critical OT data sources to bring the Connected Enterprise to life for customers   MILWAUKEE, U.S. – Media OutReach – 11 June 2020 – Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) and PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced strategic enhancements to industry leading FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, to serve the needs of a very fast growing, dynamic […]

Accelerates Digital Transformation by Simplifying Business Processes Through Unifying Organization Data   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – Fuji Xerox Asia Pacific announced today its partnership with M-Files, a global leader in Intelligent Information Management (IIM), unveiling a new digital business solution for companies in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region that features automated workflows together with intuitive information management and compliance support that is deployable in the cloud, […]

Atradius Payment Practices Barometer highlights importance of risk management to Asian businesses   HONG KONG, CHINA – Media OutReach – 10 June 2020 – As global recession looms, Asian businesses tighten their credit management processes in a bid to minimise bad debt risks.   COVID-19 containment measures around the world have impacted both national and international supply chains and trade. Responses to the 2020 Atradius Payment Practices Barometer (PPB) survey […]

Arabian Post Staff Group 42 (G42), a leading AI and Cloud Computing company based in the United Arab Emirates, and Oxford Nanopore Technologies, an advanced sequencing technology company based in the United Kingdom, announced today they have developed an unprecedented population-scale technology that rapidly and accurately detects SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The end-to-end solution will be officially launched within weeks. With ultra-high parallel processing capacity, […]

Infor recognized for completeness of vision and ability to execute   BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach – 9 June 2020 – Infor, a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced that Gartner Inc. has positioned Infor as a Leader, for the second consecutive time, in its Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Infor was positioned in the Leaders quadrant for its ability to execute and its completeness […]

Rhenus opens a new mega warehouse in India, bringing its total warehousing space across the country to 1.9 million square feet.   SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 8 June 2020 – Leading global logistics service provider Rhenus Logistics has opened a new Mega Warehouse at Gurugram, near the Delhi NCR region in North India. The 350,000 square feet state-of-the-art facility will enable Rhenus to provide more scalable storage options and […]

Arabian Post Staff The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that demand for air services is beginning to recover after hitting bottom in April. Passenger demand in April (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs), plunged 94.3% compared to April 2019, as the COVID-19-related travel restrictions virtually shut down domestic and international air travel. This is a rate of decline never seen in the history of IATA’s traffic series, […]

Emirates Airline reported a 21 percent jump in profit to US$288 million (Dh1.1 billion) in 2019-2020 financial year ending March 31, 2020, compared to $245 million (Dh900 million) reported in 2018-19 financial year, despite the effects of Covid-19 that grounded its fleet in the 12th month of the reporting period. The airline reported strong profit growth despite a 6 percent decline in revenue to $25.1 billion (Dh92 billion), […]

By Christian Schuhmacher In line with the Dubai Health Authority’s (DHA) efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19, most elective and non-emergency surgical procedures were postponed. The main purpose for this postponement was to facilitate efficient utilization of healthcare resources and allow for prompt healthcare access for COVID-19 patients. A second reason is the lack of blood donation and hence the need to preserve the available blood […]

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