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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Nissan-Renault and Mitsubishi will expand Association

Nissan-Renault and Mitsubishi will expand Association
Many months ago, when he has not been sure that if Mitsubishi Motors is still in business. But that's mostly a phenomenon by what has been happening in the US market, since in Asia and Europe, Mitsubishi is a bit more viable. And apparently the company has the technology is worthwhile because the Nissan-Renault alliance has advanced into an agreement with the Japanese automaker to bring more technology to market.
According to a press release: "Between Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, it is expected that the joint venture company existing NMKV be expanded to co-develop a new small car segment that includes a specific electric version that can be sold worldwide. the basis of this product will be a platform developed jointly popular type in the Japanese domestic market. More details of all products, markets and manufacturing will be announced in the future.
Mitsubishi sells the electric car i-MiEV. Nissan sells the Nissan Leaf, and has a clearly set to dominate the market eléctricos.Basado vehicles in the current direction of the discussions between Renault and Mitsubishi Motors global strategy, is expected to first, two new sedan models would be launched under the Mitsubishi brand vehicles based on Renault portfolio.
The first sedan to compete in the markets of D full-sized segment of the United States and Canada, is manufactured at the Renault-Samsung plant in Busan, South Korea. The second model sedan could compete in the global C segment. The location of manufacture of this product is under discussion.

North Korea denies cyber attacks against South Korean officials

North Korea denies cyber attacks against South Korean officials
North Korea denied Sunday that carried out cyber attacks against South Korean officials who are his rivals. Spy agency of South Korea told lawmakers Friday that North Korea had recently intensified efforts cyber attack against them which succeeded in hacking a mobile of at least 40 national security officials, according to members of parliament of that country.
South Korea claims cyber attack North Korea which could be used for their own political purposes.South Korea was accused of making such claim of cyber attack in order to justify a controversial new law "anti-terrorist".
Earlier this week, the National Intelligence Service of South Korea also said North Korea had tried to hack into email accounts of railway workers in South Korea in an attempt to attack the control system of the transport system, although he said he had interrupted the attempted destruction of railway workers and closed their email accounts.
South Korea has been on high alert against the threat of cyber attacks from North Korea after it conducted a nuclear test in January and the launch of a long-range rocket last month.
North Korea has denounced the exercises as "nuclear war maneuvers" and threatened to respond with a full - fledged offensive. At the same time he denied previous accusations of South Korea. The
United States accused North Korea of a cyber attack against Sony Pictures in 2014 that led to the cancellation of a comedy based on the fictional assassination of leader Kim Jong Un.

Barclays shares cuts for senior executives

Barclays shares cuts for senior executives
Barclays almost half the value of shares could be delivered to its top executives this year due to a drop in stock price, delivery shares worth 8.7 million pounds (12 million dollars) compared to 16.4 million pounds the previous year.
The new Barclays CEO Jes Staley was the largest payment with shares worth just under 1.8 million pounds, consisting of its allocation which is based on roles and payments of purchase of shares forfeited to employers above.
Day annual payment in Barclays, announced Tuesday, includes various role-based plans, including allowances in the first quarter of incentives, vesting of shares delivered the last three years and the bonuses paid this year in shares.
The shares were above nine executives of the bank, compared with 11 who received shares in 2015 following the exits. Much of the decrease in the total value of shares granted is due to stock price sinking bank in the past year. The shares delivered to senior executives were worth 1.65 pounds each, according to the bank, below 2.53 lbs a year ago.
Barclays said on March 1 that it would sell its business in Africa as part of a plan to simplify the structure of the bank and seek higher returns for shareholders, after reporting a drop in profits of 2 percent to cut its dividend.

Wells Fargo & Co. reaches agreement with the United States Department of Justice

Wells Fargo & Co. reaches agreement with the United States Department of Justice
Wells Fargo & Co has formally reached an agreement for more than $ 1.2 billion to end a demand by the United States Department of Justice which accuses Wells Fargo to cheat the federal government to ensure thousands of mortgages they were at risk.
The agreement was filed Friday in federal court in Manhattan. I also resolved claims against Kurt Lofrano, former vice president of Wells Fargo.

US banks work with fresh technology

US banks work with fresh technology
Large US banks after spending large amounts of money and time with their old systems, are now trying to sell the technology to other companies have developed internally.
US banks like Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co are spinning out or selling a range of tools that relate to data security, mobile applications and systems in a flattening process of old technology.
Banks are not making much money from these efforts, especially compared to what they have had to spend on technology in recent years. Among the software and hardware upgrades, creating new applications and strengthen cybersecurity defenses, technology is becoming one of the biggest expenses of industry.
US banks together spent $ 62.2 billion on technology last year alone, according to a major investigation. Sale of foreign technology recovers only a small fraction of that amount. But the transfer of technology expense line to line revenue is a major change for big banks, which are on the hunt for new growth areas
Banks are looking for other ways to generate profits by Jonathan Lehr, managing director of venture capital firm Workbench that invests in technology startups business. Goldman has undoubtedly been the most aggressive promoter and seller of its own technology to outside companies, which has been doing since the 1990s.
The bank is working with the software company Synchronoss Technologies Inc (SNCR.O) to spin out a business that secures data on mobile phones, in part, through a software called loophole that allows employees to access job applications in their own mobile phones, and partly through an email service called Orbit.

The average payment of Goldman Sachs fell 15 percent

The average payment of Goldman Sachs fell 15 percent
The average payment of Goldman Sachs fell 15 percent year over year as turbulent markets discourage companies from the list of markets, hitting hard underwriting business bank. Goldman Sachs International (GSI) reported a total payroll of $ 2.45 billion, up 6.4 percent, although staff increased by 10 percent.
Each employee received about $ 400,000 in wages on average, below about $ 470,000 in 2014, according to estimates. Subscription revenue GSI has decreased by almost 27 percent as the fall in oil prices, uncertainty about the actions and concerns about global economic growth.
This uncertainty has led to Goldman Sachs and other big banks to try to reduce costs to offset low interest rates and stricter regulations. Chief executive Lloyd Blankfein said last month that the market turmoil, declining oil prices and concerns about profitability across the banking sector meant many costs.
"We can do quite a lot more on the cost side, if we have to, especially now, when you have to deliver a return"
Rival Morgan Stanley said in January it plans to cut $ 1 billion in costs by 2017, while JPMorgan Chase is in the midst of a cost reduction program of $ 2.8 billion.

The Japanese company NTT Data buy several divisions of the company DELL

The Japanese company NTT Data buy several divisions of the company DELL
The Japanese company NTT Data Corp. said this day that has agreed to buy technology consulting division of Dell Inc. for more than three billion dollars to expand in North America and strengthening its services business.
The measure will allow the computer manufacturer Dell in US to cut some of the $ 43 billion owed to its pending acquisition in cash and social of your storage vendor EMC Data Corp., a deal worth about $ 60 billion.
The Japanese company said it would pay about $ 3.05 billion, an amount which excludes debt and advisory fees unspecified.
The sale will also offer NTT Data, one of the largest service companies technology in the world, bigger in the United States, which seeks to expand in healthcare technology, consulting, insurance and financial services toehold.
Dell has also made progress in syndication of $ 10 billion in its financing package for the acquisition of EMC supported on loan A. This is expected to go increased size of $ 500 million to $ 750 million due to strong demand with the extra money is used to reduce the size of some of the most expensive stretches of the remaining $ 33 billion in financing, the people added.
However, Dell has parted with some of the operations of the integrated unit and some others, which is not included in the sale. Some of the capabilities of the unit were seen by Dell as redundant as a result of the acquisition of EMC.

United States Department of Justice Iphone unlock achievement San Bernardino attack

United States Department of Justice Iphone unlock achievement San Bernardino attack
The United States Department of Justice said Monday it had managed to unlock an iPhone which had been used by one of the shooters in the attack in San Bernardino and dropped her legal case against Apple, ending a legal battle high risk but leaving the broader struggle over the encryption unresolved.
The abrupt case ends a standoff that had paralyzed the technology industry which was a victory for Apple, which strongly opposed a court order obtained by the Justice Department that would have required to write new software to enter the iPhone.
"From the beginning, we opposed the FBI demand for Apple to build a backdoor on the iPhone because we believed it was a mistake and would set a dangerous precedent," Apple said in a statement Monday. "As a result of the dismissal of the government, none of them happened. This lawsuit never should have been brought. "
But the struggle for wider law enforcement access to encrypted information is in no way is over. The technology industry is convinced that anything that helps the authorities ignore the security features of high-tech products undermine security for all.
The case was an iPhone used by Rizwan Farook, one of the shooters at the December riot in San Bernardino, California, in which 14 people died and 22 were injured. The couple died in a shootout with police after the attack.
In one of the two-page court filing Monday, the Justice Department said the government had managed to access the data stored on the iPhone and therefore Farook and Apple support is required. a federal judge in Riverside, California was asked to withdraw the order forcing Apple to help.
"We will continue to help the police with their investigations, as we have done from the beginning, and we will continue to increase the safety of our products as threats and attacks on our data more frequent and more sophisticated are made," he said Apple in his statement.
Industry-leading technology as Google, Facebook and Microsoft and other companies filed legal briefs in support of Apple. The Department of Justice received the support of the groups responsible for law and six relatives of the victims of San Bernardino comply.

Monday, April 25, 2016

MICROSOFT: Details subscriber growth in the Cloud

MICROSOFT: Details subscriber growth in the Cloud
Microsoft Azure platform cloud computing (cloud computing) is adding at least 120,000 new customers per month; which are business customers and developers said a company executive said Thursday.
More than four million developers are also registered for use developer tools Microsoft said Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of Cloud in a group of developers conference in San Francisco. In January, Microsoft said it had 3.8 million registered developers.
Microsoft focuses on business services and service platform in the Azure cloud which is a major competitor Amazon.com AWS. Both companies have huge banks of servers running services and software for customers seeking greater flexibility, lower costs and reliability.

Microsoft Windows 10 reaches 270 + million users

Microsoft Windows 10 reaches 270 + million users
The latest version of the Windows operating system Microsoft has 270 million active users eight months after its launch, the company world's largest software said Wednesday.
The number announced by the executive Terry Myerson at an annual meeting of Microsoft for developers in San Francisco, represents a solid start for Windows 10 after the lukewarm reaction of its predecessor, Windows 8. Obtaining a Windows strategy with proposed plans from Microsoft to stay relevant in a mobile world centered on rivals such as Amazon.com, Apple and Google, which have more influence with many consumers and developers.
One reason for the rapid adoption is that Windows 10, released in July, is free for individual consumers who download during its first year. Enterprise customers must pay for Windows 10. An update anniversary will be released this summer will also be free for users already running Windows 10, Myerson said Wednesday.
The gift is an admission by Microsoft that some individuals are willing to pay for the software, and represents a shift to a strategy adopted by most new technology companies attract as many users as possible.
Myerson said before launch that was targeting 1 billion devices with Windows 10 within a few years.

Hyundai Motor will partner with Cisco Systems to develop technology in cars

Hyundai Motor will partner with Cisco Systems to develop technology in cars
Hyundai Motor said this day that will partner with Cisco Systems technology to develop Internet-connected cars, part of the initiative is by the automaker to develop high-performance computers on wheels.
Auto companies are joining technology increasingly to form alliances in order to expand services established on cars with the Internet, especially to develop self-driving vehicles.
Vice President Chung Eui Hyundai sun met with Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins in Seoul and agreed on the joint development of network technology in the vehicle for high-speed transfer of large amounts of data.
The cooperation is part of the wider strategy of Hyundai Motor to establish a platform connected to the network drive to be a leader in the industry through collaboration with leading technology partners.
Other alliances include the expansion of Toyota Motor Corp. this month for a five-year partnership with Microsoft Corp to develop new services for Internet-connected vehicle owners and operators.