HP and NetSfere work together to further the digitization of healthcare communication, streamline staff communications and stop the use of risky consumer-grade messaging apps
CHICAGO, Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NetSfere, a global provider of next-generation secure and compliant messaging and mobility solutions, has been named an authorized HP Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Program Partner to further the digitization of healthcare communication, streamline patient care and workflows, and curb the use of risky, non-compliant consumer-grade messaging apps.
“There is a critical need for secure, efficient communication in healthcare, especially as the pandemic has strained the time and resources of hospitals and medical staff,” said Harsh Mamgain, NetSfere’s VP of Product. “The vital work clinicians perform requires secure, compliant, and flexible messaging options that eliminate the need to turn to risky consumer-grade apps. By working with HP, NetSfere can now deliver the necessary secure and compliant collaboration solutions the industry needs to HP Healthcare’s portfolio of clients as they digitize to streamline communications and continue to provide life-saving care to patients.”
The pandemic accelerated the need for compliant, instantaneous communication tools to optimize clinical workflows, streamline staff communication, and make vital information readily accessible to authorized personnel across the healthcare industry. Replacing consumer-grade apps that pose crucial privacy and compliance risks and data-limited pagers, NetSfere Enterprise offers a HIPAA-compliant messaging platform that allows staff to safely communicate in real-time via a user-friendly web interface or mobile messaging app.
NetSfere’s industry-leading secure messaging platform provides all preferred means of communication – text, video, and voice – in addition to emergency alert capabilities to present the most holistic, compliant, all-in-one communication solution for healthcare providers on the market. Created with end-to-end encryption and full IT control, the platform is compliant with global regulations and provides medical professionals with a private, highly secure and reliable, centrally managed and controlled, cloud-based messaging service.
The additional capabilities of NetSfere Lifeline allow personnel to send high priority, critical messaging to targeted teams or an entire organization to disperse emergency information in an attention-grabbing manner. Messages can include text, images, or locations, ensuring that all essential information is quickly shared in critical situations.
“HP Healthcare solutions are designed to help ensure safety, boost efficiency, and protect against security risks, making NetSfere’s HIPAA-compliant platform an ideal fit as an ISV partner,” said Cory McElroy, Vice President of Retail, and Industry Solutions at HP. “Healthcare is transforming rapidly, and this collaboration with NetSfere will fill a gap for providers as they implement other technology on HP Solutions.”
For more information on NetSfere’s portfolio of products, visit www.netsfere.com.
About NetSfere
NetSfere is a secure enterprise messaging service and platform from Infinite Convergence Solutions, Inc. NetSfere provides industry-leading security and message delivery capabilities, including global cloud-based service availability, device-to-device encryption, location-based features, and administrative controls. The service is also offered in partnership with Deutsche Telekom GmbH, one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, and with NTT Ltd., a global information communications & technology service provider, to jointly offer NetSfere to its worldwide customers. The service leverages Infinite Convergence’s experience in delivering mobility solutions to tier 1 mobile operators globally and technology that supports more than 500 million subscribers and over a trillion messages annually. NetSfere is also compliant with global regulatory requirements, including GDPR, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO 27001, and others. Infinite Convergence Solutions has offices in the United States, Germany, India and Singapore. For more information, visit www.netsfere.com.
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Rueil-Malmaison (France), February 28, 2022 – Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its work with the World Woman Foundation to promote the role of women in the energy sector.
To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, women leaders from the world of energy will share their stories to inspire young women and girls to persevere with their personal and professional aspirations. The World Woman Hour online event premiers on Facebook Watch and LinkedIn Live on March 8 at 1 PM EST and will then be available on demand.
The five female energy leaders featured include:
Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy;
Sophie Borgne, Senior Vice President Digital Power at Schneider Electric;
Bhavani Amirthalingam, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer at U.S. energy company Ameren;
Zanélle Dalglish, Sustainable Development and Training Academy Director for Schneider Electric in Southern Africa;
Angie Redondo Herrera, Digital Marketing Specialist at Schneider Electric and recent winner of Schneider’s annual GoGreen student competition.
“Women are underrepresented in STEM fields, so with the World Woman Foundation, we aim to shine a light on the positive contribution women are making in the world of energy today,” said Charise Le, Chief Human Resources Officer at Schneider Electric. “We continue to challenge gender stereotypes and inequality to foster a gender-balanced workplace and #BreakTheBias.”
The World Woman Foundation is a global community of 15,000 members committed to scaling and accelerating the impact of women and girls through long-term investments to expand skills, connections, capacity, and visibility. Over the last five years, it has built a network of 300 change-makers and 55,000 Global Mentorship Program graduates in 20 countries.
Working with the World Woman Foundation is just one of the actions taken by Schneider Electric as part of its commitment to gender equality. Schneider’s wider 2025 sustainability goals include working towards targets to boost female representation across different levels of the workforce. In 2021, Schneider passed a gender-diversity milestone as women now make up 44% of its Executive Committee.
Schneider’s inclusive work policies support gender equity by helping employees to better manage their work and personal lives – for example, through flexible work or providing family, care and bereavement paid leave. Schneider also seeks to ensure equal pay across comparable groups of employees and reduce the pay gap between women and men to less than 1% by 2025.
For more information about Schneider’s commitment to women’s empowerment and diversity, equity and inclusion, click here.
About Schneider Electric
Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On.
Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency.
We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.
We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.
In a letter last week to the U.S. Department of Defense, seventeen retired generals, admirals and officers across four U.S. military branches warned that decades of failure to address domestic critical mineral reserves and processing capacity leave the U.S. extremely vulnerable to supply chain shocks, and called upon the DoD to consider the responsible development of the vast polymetallic nodule resource in the CCZ
As part of his government’s Vision 2030 investment plan, French President Emmanuel Macron has committed over €300 million for deep-sea mineral exploration to understand environmental impacts and potential to secure mineral independence, while the Indian Government under President Modi has allocated $600 million for its ‘Deep Ocean Mission’, including investments to undertake the necessary resource definition work on its polymetallic nodule contract area in the Indian Ocean
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), a thought leader on energy and critical minerals issues in the U.S. Senate, urged Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in a letter to focus on securing access to battery raw materials and explore the potential of polymetallic nodules in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ)
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) (the “Company” or “TMC”), an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, today commended Western political and military leaders for their growing acknowledgement of the potential for seafloor polymetallic nodules to bolster domestic critical mineral supply chains for the clean energy transition.
Seventeen high-ranking U.S. military officers including former Director of National Intelligence Admiral Dennis Blair said in a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Defense, “The national security imperative of creating sufficient mineral supplies to build future EVs, energy infrastructure from turbines to transmission, and modern aerospace and defense systems must include a robust and secure supply chain within U.S. control.”
In the letter, attached to a LinkedIn post by Former Commander Kirk Lippold, the Officers wrote: “Given the known lack of domestic supply and processing of critical lithium-ion battery cathode materials including cobalt, nickel, and manganese, the U.S. should consider responsible development of polymetallic nodules found on the seafloor in U.S. territorial and international waters off the U.S. coast as a potential game-changer for U.S. critical mineral supply lines and domestic processing opportunities.”
In a letter to the U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm earlier this month, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) wrote, “New and abundant sources of supply, such as polymetallic nodules, offer a pathway to mineral security for the United States.”
Senator Murkowski added in the letter: “In addition to focusing on conventional mining strategies, in the past I have also sought to direct funding for the federal government to assess seafloor mineral resources as a potential mechanism to enhance the security and sustainability of supplies available to the United States. It is my understanding that polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion Clipperton Zone, which sit unattached atop the seafloor, can be collected to provide enough nickel, copper, cobalt, and manganese to electrify the world’s vehicle fleet several times over.”
Gerard Barron, Chairman and CEO of The Metals Company, said, “Today, China dominates nickel processing and Russia is the largest miner of Class 1 nickel, which has risen in price nearly 30% in the last two months. This doesn’t have to be a sign of what is to come for the clean energy transition. It is heartening to hear a growing international chorus of support for polymetallic nodules from political thought leaders and the military community who recognize the potential for seafloor minerals to re-shore supply chains and re-industrialize economies while reducing the social and environmental impacts of land-based mining.”
Meanwhile as part of its Vision 2030 investment plan, the French Government is investing over 300 million euros to support deep-sea exploration for polymetallic nodules. During the One Ocean Summit last week, France’s Secretary General for the Sea, Denis Robin, reaffirmed the country’s commitment and said that recent calls for a moratorium on such activities would mean maintaining a “veil of ignorance” on what happens deep below the ocean’s surface, adding: “There is nothing that justifies stopping us gathering this information.” Last October, French President Emmanuel Macron said deep-sea exploration was an essential part of understanding life in these remote regions, which could also provide “access to certain rare metals”.
France holds two seafloor minerals exploration contracts with the International Seabed Authority: a polymetallic nodule contract in the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean and a polymetallic sulphides contract in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. France’s commitment to invest in deep-sea exploration echoes similar investments by a number of other sovereign states. Last July, the Indian Government under President Modi allocated $600 million over the next five years for its ‘Deep Ocean Mission’, including investments to undertake the necessary resource definition work on its polymetallic nodule contract area in the Central Indian Ocean Basin (CIOB) and to develop an integrated nodule collection system. Investment in deep-sea exploration is also a national priority in China, which holds three polymetallic nodule contracts in the CCZ, more than any other country. Other countries that directly hold exploration contracts or sponsor private company contracts in the CCZ include the United Kingdom, Belgium, Jamaica, the Republic of Korea, and Russia, as well as TMC’s sponsoring states, the Republics of Nauru and Kiribati, and the Kingdom of Tonga.
These latest interventions follow the White House’s earlier 100-day supply chain review, published last year, which elevated battery-grade nickel to ‘critical’ status and singled out the establishment of domestic nickel refining capacity as its highest priority, given the absence of domestic production and refining. The review also noted the potential for seafloor nodules to “provide a significant future source of strategic and critical materials” like nickel and cobalt. Once uplifted from the seafloor, polymetallic nodules can be shipped anywhere in the world for processing and, as the world’s largest nickel development project — according to Mining.com— The Metals Company’s NORI-D polymetallic nodule project could help re-shore critical mineral supply chains for the clean energy transition.
About The Metals Company
TMC the metals company Inc. (The Metals Company) is an explorer of lower-impact battery metals from seafloor polymetallic nodules, on a dual mission: (1) supply metals for the clean energy transition with the least possible negative environmental and social impact and (2) accelerate the transition to a circular metal economy. The company through its subsidiaries holds exploration rights to three polymetallic nodule contract areas in the Clarion Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean regulated by the International Seabed Authority and sponsored by the governments of Nauru, Kiribati and the Kingdom of Tonga. More information is available at www.metals.co.
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Five Chinese historians have published an open letter condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in a move that breaks ranks with the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s ban on criticism of the move by Putin.
“As a country that was once also ravaged by war … we sympathize with the suffering of the Ukrainian people,” the letter, signed by history professors at five top Chinese universities, said. “The ruins of buildings, the sound of artillery fire, and the wounds of refugees in Ukraine have injured us deeply.”
Calling the invasion a “war that began in the dark,” Nanjing University professor Sun Jiang, Peking University professor Wang Lixin, Hong Kong University professor Xu Guoqi, Tsinghua historian Zhong Weimin and Fudan University’s Chen Yan call for an immediate end to the fighting.
“We emphatically call on the Russian government and President Putin to stop the war and resolve any dispute through negotiations,” it said.
It warned that the conflict could spark a “massive, global war.”
“In the midst of all the noise, we felt the need to make our voices heard,” the letter said. “We are concerned that Russian military action will lead to turmoil in Europe and the entire world, and trigger wider humanitarian disaster.”
A senior Chinese journalist who gave only the surname Gao said many in China were taken by surprised at the strength of the Ukrainian resistance.
“The capability and determination of the Ukrainians really surprised us, and we really admire it,” Gao said. “We think … Russia will likely be removed from its seat as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.”
Independent political commentator Wu Qiang said China’s current position of tacit support for the Kremlin is currently something of a marriage of convenience, however.
“They have uses for each other, but this alliance is very unstable, because they lack a common ideology or set of values,” Wu told RFA. “China can appreciate the insistence that Russia and Ukraine are part of a single entity, which we saw in Putin’s speech.”
“But the way Russia has reconstructed its Orthodox Christian traditions from an anti-communist perspective actually runs counter to the CCP’s current ideology,” he said.
Journalist Li Ming said Beijing had likely expected the military operation to be over within 24 hours.
“They didn’t expect Ukraine to fight back from day one, and now they’re thinking maybe Russia’s military offensive isn’t as intense as they thought it would be, three or four days in,” Li said. “Europe and the U.S. are now fighting back [with arms supplies and sanctions].”
“So now China is panicking, and it wants to shift the tide of public opinion [away from support for Russia], [because] most countries in the world think Russia is in the wrong,” he said.
A former international news editor surnamed Li said around 90 percent of Chinese citizens had supported the Kremlin until now.
“The CCP was created by the former Soviet Union, which had a decades-long relationship with China until the collapse of the Soviet era,” Li said. “So it’s the result of brainwashing.”
“There is also another factor involved here, which is the tendency of the Chinese public to support the stronger party,” he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photograph during their meeting in Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022. AFP
Keeping a low profile
State news agency Xinhua reported on Friday that CCP leader Xi Jinping spoke with Putin by phone on Friday, during which he advised against “a Cold-War mentality,” and called for dialogue to resolve the situation.
Ye Yaoyuan, chair of the department of international studies and contemporary linguistics at the University of St. Thomas, said Chinese leaders are learning to keep a low profile when faced with complex geopolitical issues.
“China really can’t say much about this war, otherwise it looks like the ‘big bad guy’ to the rest of the world,” Ye told RFA. “It’s hard to justify supporting a country that is trampling over the sovereignty of another country.”
Historian Miles Yu, a former China adviser to the Trump administration, said Xi has been wrong-footed by the comprehensive cooperation pact he signed with Putin ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
“China is an opportunistic country, and has made a pact with Putin … an unbreakable strategic partnership,” Yu told RFA. “But they knew they couldn’t deliver even then, because China and Ukraine have also signed several treaties including nuclear protection treaties and other commitments.”
“The CCP knows that it has a very bad reputation now … but even worse, it is sitting on the fence, and doesn’t know which way to jump,” he said. “China’s international strategy … has basically been limited to condemnation or praise, with no more flexible options in between.”
“That’s why the CCP has very few real friends in the world … they signed so many treaties with Ukraine, and when the critical moment came, it was as if they never existed,” Yu said.
‘Today Ukraine, tomorrow Taiwan’
International affairs commentator Wang Hao said Beijing likely sees parallels with Putin’s claim on Ukraine and its own threats to invade the democratic island of Taiwan, which has never been ruled by the CCP, nor formed part of the People’s Republic of China.
“Putin’s entire playbook for Ukraine was, firstly, to say that Ukraine is a part of Russia, and to incite a group of pro-Russian Ukrainians in Ukraine to engage in separatism in Ukraine,” Wang said.
“Then they used it as an excuse to send in the troops, to invade and overthrow the legitimate government of Ukraine and engage in a full-scale military occupation,” he said.
“It’s very similar to what Xi Jinping wants to do in Taiwan … so the slogan ‘today Ukraine, tomorrow Taiwan’ makes a lot of sense,” he said.
U.S. President Joe Biden is to send a delegation of former senior defense and security officials to Taiwan on Monday in a sign of support for the island claimed by China after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported.
Taiwan has stepped up its alert level, wary of China taking advantage of the global focus on Ukraine.
Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen used the anniversary of a bloody crackdown by Kuomintang troops on the islands residents in 1947 under the authoritarian rule of Chiang Kai-shek to reaffirm her government’s support for Ukraine.
“They are determined to defend their national sovereignty, freedom and democracy,” Tsai said. “Only a united country can deal with change, and overcome challenges.”
“As president, it’s my responsibility to unite Taiwan and defend democracy,” she said, recalling Taiwan’s authoritarian past, and warning people not to take its current freedoms and democratic way of life for granted.
HOUSTON, Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Petróleos Internacionales del Caribe (“PIC”) and its operating division in Mexico, Petróleos Internacionales del Caribe Inc., Sucursal México (“PICMEX”) and SeaOne Holdings, LLC (“SeaOne”™) jointly announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) for an exclusive license agreement for PIC to commercialize SeaOne’s patented Compressed Gas Liquids (CGL™) technology, systems and designs in the Americas’ 300 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (“EEZ”).
The SeaOne intellectual property covered by the license is supported by 9 core U.S. patents with supporting engineering and designs. The core CGL patents are the basis of 84 international patents, and 72 global trademarks that cover the composition delivery of CGL (natural gas and natural gas liquids in a solvated solution) and methods for producing, storage, loading, handling and unloading cargo containment systems in CGL Carriers (CGLCs), and associated onshore and offshore production and receiving terminals. The patents, designs and systems also include various transportation solutions that have been developed by SeaOne.
The MOU and partnership between PIC and SeaOne represents a significant milestone in the commercialization of CGL as it signals the commencement of a project specific pre-FEED (Front End Engineering Design) studies by SeaOne. These studies will cover the design of the production and export terminals and plants, receiving terminals and plants, and the CGLC Fleet that will be built to transport CGL and deliver fuel to PIC’s markets in Mexico. Following completion of the pre-FEED studies and Final Investment Decision (FID) by PIC, SeaOne will undertake the FEED for final design and construction for the projects in Mexico that PIC has positioned.
“We are very enthusiastic about partnering with PIC,” SeaOne’s Chairman and CEO, Forrest Hoglund, said. “CGL increases access to affordable, lower emission fuels. These projects will provide Mexico, and other countries in Central and South America, and the Americas with affordable fuels and power, as well as significant carbon emissions reductions, a key component in achieving sustainability and balanced ESG goals.”
“We are excited to take this important step with SeaOne,“ said Michael Hood, CEO of PIC. “Through this partnership, PIC and SeaOne will accelerate commercialization of CGL to help meet the fuel supply and electricity needs of PIC’s customers in Mexico and throughout the Americas while substituting higher-emission fuels to continue driving down emissions towards a greener brighter future.”
About Petroleós Internacionales del Caribe and Petroleós Internacionales del Caribe Inc., Sucursal México
Petroleós Internacionales del Caribe (“PIC”) is a global company based in the USA. The company develops and operates a variety strategic related operations with its key partnerships. Petróleos Internacionales del Caribe Inc., Sucursal México (“PICMEX”) is an affiliate of PIC and is headquartered in Mexico. For more information, please visit www.pic-sas.com. About SeaOne Holdings, LLC
Houston-based SeaOne Holdings, LLC (“SeaOne™”) is a midstream infrastructure and logistics company that delivers and stores natural gas and natural gas liquids, from wellhead to market, as a liquid gas cargo using through its patented Compressed Gas Liquid (“CGL”) system. SeaOne has developed and secured worldwide patents on a system which transforms the way natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) are processed, stored, and delivered globally to markets. The technology enables the delivery of clean fuels to regional markets at a significant discount to the current cost of fuel in the Caribbean, Central and South America. SeaOne aims to remake the energy cost and supply picture for the entire region, catalyzing new opportunities for economic growth and vitality and improving the lives of millions. For more information, please visit www.seaone.com.
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