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Tokyo, July 9, 2014 - (JCN Newswire) - Ymens, the leading Romanian cloud company, and NEC Corporation announced a partnership to develop government cloud services for Romania. Combining Ymens' in-depth expertise in providing cloud solutions and services in the local market and NEC's robust, secure and proven cloud platform technologies will result in the development of trustworthy cloud services for governmental institutions, which comply with the European Commission's Trusted Cloud Europe framework. Government cloud services have the potential to facilitate the procurement process for public sector buyers from both an IT and business perspective. Cloud computing provides flexibility through its subscription-based model, enabling services to be up-scaled or hibernated in line with staffing levels, demand from end-users or changes to the government's spending prioritie... (more)

Fujitsu Takes Self-checkout Point of Service to the Next Level

Tokyo, Feb 21, 2014 - (JCN Newswire) - - FUJITSU U-Scan Genesis Retail Solution improves customer experience by cutting transaction time and personalizing cross-channel shopping - Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) via productive use of resources, reduces support costs and energy consumption - myU-Scan Mobile Application further cuts transaction times and allows the shopping experience to be customized Fujitsu now enables retailers around the world to exceed customer expectations for fast self-checkout, while improving Point of Service (PoS) economics with the introduction of the ... (more)

Honda Racing Corporation Renews Contract with Dani Pedrosa until End of 2016

Tokyo, July 9, 2014 - (JCN Newswire) - Honda Racing Corporation is pleased to announce an agreement has been reached with Dani Pedrosa that will see the Spanish rider remain in the factory Honda team for a further two years, until the end of 2016. Dani PedrosazoomDani Pedrosa Dani, who currently lies third (level on points with second place Valentino Rossi) in the current FIM Road Racing World Championship season approaching the halfway point, will extend his contract with Honda, with whom he has raced since his debut in the World Championship in 2001. Dani, three-time World Cham... (more)

Hitachi to Acquire Italian Engineering Firm Valcom S.r.l.

Hitachi Bolsters and Expands its Business in Oil and Gas Industries Tokyo, Apr 7, 2014 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501/ "Hitachi") today announced that it will acquire Valcom S.r.l. ("Valcom"), an engineering firm in the Italian Republic, through its European subsidiary Hitachi Europe Ltd., and concluded an agreement to acquire all issued shares of Valcom. Based on this agreement, Hitachi will conduct procedures to complete the acquisition by the end of April. After the acquisition is complete, Valcom will be renamed in due course as Hitachi Engineering Europe S.r.l. ... (more)

Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum to Host "Children's Summer Science Festival" Together with Yokohama Port Museum

Wide-ranging Programs for Learning Enjoyably about our World, From the Deep Sea to Outer Space Tokyo, July 7, 2014 - (JCN Newswire) - From July 19 (Sat) through August 31 (Sun) the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum will host a "Children's Summer Science Festival." Through a variety of innovative programs, the festival - an annual event timed to coincide with the school summer holiday - aims to have children experience firsthand how fun science and technology can be and the enjoyment and pleasure they can derive from making things. Participants will also be able to take par... (more)