A new consulting offering from IDS Scheer AG, a Software AG company, helps businesses transition quickly to agile supply chain management (SCM). This enables them to react rapidly to changes in the market and increase their liquidity without endangering production or delivery capabilities. The solution is based on a four-step method that determines the best alignment of disposition parameters. Customers receive proposals for improving their supply chain within three weeks.

In this new offering, IDS Scheer combines its process knowledge in the area of supply chain management with its data analysis expertise. The method starts with an in-depth quantitative and qualitative analysis of relevant SCM data and processes, the identification of forecasting and disposition parameters that impact a company's inventory levels, and determining the optimal parameter values and processes.

Based on that information, IDS Scheer then prepares proposals for improving the key SCM performance indicators and their accompanying processes. Potential areas for optimization and measures are then discussed with the customer's various departments and captured in an implementation plan that ensures the measures are actually executed.

In the final step, IDS Scheer collaborates with the business to introduce a monitoring system that enables the company to compare the defined parameters and their alignment with real-world conditions. Should the economic framework data change, the company can quickly adjust its supply chain by realigning any relevant SCM parameters to suit the new situation.

(BUSINESS WIRE/ Me NewsWire)-- Due to poor wireline services and innovative branding and packaging from mobile operators, the future growth of broadband in Africa and the Middle East will be driven by mobile broadband, with the subscriber total increasing at a CAGR of 34 percent to reach around 38 million by 2014, slightly faster than the global average, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com).

3G and WiMax to Drive Broadband Services Growth Through 2014 examines the current and forecast broadband landscape in AME in terms of subscribers and revenue, and the report then looks more closely at the technologies that will enable this evolution on the mobile and fixed sides. Finally, we look at three key markets in more detail: the UAE, which exemplifies the most-developed parts of AME; Nigeria, which illustrates the underdeveloped, sub-Saharan region; and Turkey, which represents the region’s middle-income markets.

Easily downloaded application extends office desk phone capabilities to iPhones and laptops

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced the availability of a comprehensive, integrated, unified communication and collaboration (UCC) solution designed specifically for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that extends robust office communication and information capabilities to employees wherever they are.

Customers who have an Alcatel-Lucent Office Communication Solution, consisting of the Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Office and the Alcatel-Lucent Extended Communication Server (ECS), will benefit greatly from this free-of-charge extension, the Alcatel-Lucent Multimodal Communication Companion application. This application extends Web 2.0 communications including multiple voice and data communication capabilities of a desk phone to an Apple® iPhone®, making it a fully featured unified communication client. There is a companion application designed for Apple Macs and PCs that brings this same functionality to users’ laptops. Additional versions will be made available for other smart devices in the future.

In a quest to offer more flexibility to Twitter users, du today launched the first-of-its-kind Twitter SMS service in the UAE, which will provide mobile customers with the opportunity to Tweet on-the-go via SMS. With this new service, du mobile customers can follow their friends and receive direct messages from followers using SMS at any time, within the UAE and abroad. Moreover, Twitter users will receive notifications totally free of charge and will only be charged for outgoing SMS at regular rates.

“Twitter is becoming a vital platform for individuals as well as companies to communicate with friends, families and customers, and thus we are introducing this new service to enhance customers’ experiences by adding mobility to this growing social network. Customers now can follow their friends and send and receive messages conveniently at any time, while on-the-go” said Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer, du.

Service will be offered free of charge to all du TV subscribers for a limited period

Confirming its position as a premier provider of home entertainment services in the UAE, du today announced the launch of the first of its kind Unlimited Video on Demand (UVoD) service. This latest TV offering gives customers unlimited access to an exciting selection of movies, TV series, dramas, documentaries, music, lifestyle, Kid’s shows and religious programming, whenever they want, at the touch of a button.

“At du we work hard to provide our customers with the most user-friendly entertainment solutions. TV customers globally like to choose what and when they watch. We are very excited to announce the launch of our Unlimited Video on Demand service with premium TV programmes, giving customers to choose to watch what they want, all with a simple click on the remote control from the comfort of their home,” commented Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer, du.

The new Thuraya XT incorporates the most advanced technology to ensure the highest audio quality during phone calls. Backed by a superior network with blanket coverage in 140 countries, this refined call clarity is most important in remote areas or in emergency situations where clear communication is vital.

“The Codec rate of Thuraya XT is the highest within its category which contributes to the superior audio quality customers experience when making or receiving calls. No matter the location, be it the highest mountain summit or in the remotest area users will always find that the clarity of calls is unprecedented,” said Thuraya’s Vice President Corporate Communications, Mr. Ebrahim Khalil Ebrahim.