Day: 16 November 2023

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Motorola Solutions Sharpens Focus on Safety and Security

Company building safety and security ecosystem to connect public safety agencies and enterprises to help protect people, property and places

NEW YORK, USA – EQS Newswire – 16 November 2023 – Motorola Solutions (www.MotorolaSolutions.com) proudly rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, celebrating its continued, purposeful transformation centered on safety and security. Yesterday, the company announced its new brand narrative, ‘Solving for safer,’ which highlights its sharpened focus on solving for safer communities, safer schools and safer businesses. 

“From our storied history, today we bridge to an even stronger future. Everyone is entitled to feel safe in their community, school and workplace, but that often isn’t the reality,” said Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions. “How Motorola Solutions is helping keep people, property and places safe is far more comprehensive than ever. While we recognize technology is not the only way to a safer future, it does play a vital role, and it’s our purpose to make that technology the best it can be.”

Motorola Solutions, traditionally known for public safety communications, has invested about $12B in organic R&D and acquisitions over the past nine years to create a robust technology portfolio spanning mission-critical communications, video security & access control and command center solutions powered by artificial intelligence. These solutions enable more powerful collaboration between public safety agencies and enterprises, connecting those in need with those who can help. For example, a school teacher can press a panic button on a phone during an emergency which can automatically notify law enforcement, trigger a lockdown, share live video feeds with first responders and send mass notifications. 

Motorola Solutions’ transformation focusing on public safety and enterprise security has led to a sizable increase in its total addressable market which is expected to be $66 billion next year. In addition, its growth in video security, access control, command center and services is significant and now accounts for approximately 50% of company revenue.  To learn more about Motorola Solutions’ safety and security ecosystem, please visit: https://apo-opa.co/3sDpg6x. 

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Motorola Solutions.

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Media contact:
Elvan Lindberg
Motorola Solutions
Mobiltelefon: +46 707 448893
E-post: elvan.lindberg@motorolasolutions.com

About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions is solving for safer. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions enable the collaboration between public safety agencies and enterprises that’s critical for a proactive approach to safety and security. Learn more about how we’re solving for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses – safer everywhere – at www.MotorolaSolutions.com.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable federal securities law. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and generally include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimates” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are statements other than statements of historical fact and may include, among other things, statements in relation to the company’s current expectations regarding its 2024 total addressable market. All information set forth in this release is as of the date hereof. The company does not intend, and undertakes no duty, to update this information to reflect future events or circumstances. Actual results are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from the current expectations and beliefs discussed in this press release. Certain potential factors, risks and uncertainties that could affect the company’s business and financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements include those under the heading “Risk Factors” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2023, each of which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and available at the SEC’s website at www.SEC.gov.

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Duck Creek Pioneers the Next Era of Cloud-Based Technology for P&C Insurers Through Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service

Incorporating Azure OpenAI Service and using Duck Creek’s low-code platform empowers insurers to modernize responsibly

BOSTON, Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duck Creek Technologies, the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, announces a breakthrough initiative in collaboration with Microsoft. This collaboration is poised to empower insurers to reimagine their businesses by facilitating smoother implementation processes and faster speed to market through the aid of generative artificial intelligence (AI)—a transformative technology that enables the creation of innovative applications and low-code solutions.

Duck Creek’s comprehensive platform is built on Microsoft Azure, the preferred technology for harnessing the power of Azure OpenAI Service, as large language models (LLMs) continue to redefine and shape the technology landscape. This represents a significant leap forward in the insurance sector, fostering innovation and efficiency that promises to influence how insurers conduct their business and engage with customers. By merging Duck Creek’s expertise in insurance solutions with the cutting-edge capabilities of Microsoft, this collaboration aims to create a brighter and more agile future for the entire insurance industry.

“Generative AI is a truly transformative technology, and our valued customers will benefit immensely from its powerful capabilities as we continue to drive the modernization of the insurance industry. Our objective is to empower insurers to innovate products faster and assist employees with AI tools,” said Mike Jackowski, Chief Executive Officer, Duck Creek Technologies. “This marks the next chapter in the evolution of our longstanding partnership, where we are pioneering in the space by uniting the exceptional talent of Microsoft and Duck Creek to develop cutting-edge technology solutions for the P&C and general insurance industries. In doing so, we are committed to spearheading the insurance industry’s embrace of generative AI and solving the innovation challenges insurers face—all while upholding the highest standards of regulatory compliance and ethical responsibility.”

Duck Creek is harnessing this emerging technology to curate innovative solutions for insurers, helping them embrace the future of technology with:

  • Copilot solutions powered by near-real-time data, which empowers insurers to make informed decisions and respond to changing market conditions swiftly and effectively.
  • Enhanced productivity tools that improve efficiency and productivity throughout the insurance ecosystem, designed to benefit consumers, agents, underwriters, and claim adjusters.
  • The next era of low-code configurator tools that simplify the development and adoption of insurance products, enabling insurers to expedite their time-to-market for both new and ongoing configurations.

“Duck Creek will continue advancing how it brings responsible AI to the insurance industry and enables a rapid business transformation toward humanized experiences,” said Jess Keeney, Chief Product & Technology Officer, Duck Creek Technologies. “We are consistently assessing how our solutions can more seamlessly integrate into our customers’ operational landscapes, and we are dedicated to delivering meaningful outcomes and addressing significant business challenges. Both Duck Creek and Microsoft share a common dedication to enhancing the customer journey across the entire insurance lifecycle. This marks a significant evolution in how underwriters leverage consumer data and conduct risk analysis, the efficiency of claims handling, fraud detection, and the industry’s ability to meet customer needs and adapt to feedback promptly.”

“Innovative insurers want to move quickly to use the power of generative AI to drive demonstrable business value,” said Bill Borden, CVP for Worldwide Financial Services at Microsoft. “We’re excited to deepen our collaboration with Duck Creek to deliver new generative AI-powered capabilities to help our joint insurance customers drive marked improvements in employee productivity, reinvent customer engagement, and bend the curve on innovation – both securely and responsibly.”

About Duck Creek Technologies

Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. Visit www.duckcreek.com to learn more. Follow Duck Creek on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter.

Media Contacts:
Carley Bunch
carley.bunch@duckcreek.com

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Pacific Green Acquires Five Battery Energy Storage Developments in Italy Totaling 500MW / 2,800MWh

Dover, DE, Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Pacific Green Battery Energy Park (Italia) Srl, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Green Technologies, Inc. (the “Company” or “Pacific Green”, (OTCQB: PGTK)) announces that it has acquired 51% of the shares in five Italian projects (the “Projects”) from Sphera Energy Srl. The remaining 49% of the shares of each Project will be acquired on achievement of certain development milestones.

The first 100MW battery energy storage system (“BESS”) project in Campania has been submitted to The Ministry of Environment and Energy Security for permitting and the remaining four will be finalized in the coming months. Final permitting for all five projects is anticipated in Q4 2024, with design and construction to be managed by Pacific Green. The projects will begin their 35 year operating life in late 2025.

Mahael Fedele, Sphera Energy’s Partner & CEO, said: “Following our launch 12 months ago as one of Italy’s first fully dedicated battery storage development platforms, we are thrilled to enter into this partnership with Pacific Green to deliver high quality projects in the rapidly growing Italian energy storage market”

Scott Poulter, Pacific Green’s Chief Executive, added: “Building upon our success with the development and sale of Pacific Green’s 100MWh Richborough Energy Park and the development of the 375MWh Sheaf Energy in the UK, Italy represents the next step in Pacific Green’s European expansion into other markets where battery assets will be key in enabling National and EU Net-Zero targets. In Italy, where market conditions favor longer duration projects, we expect this portfolio to have an energy capacity of between two to three gigawatt hours.

About Pacific Green Technologies, Inc.:

Pacific Green is focused on addressing the world’s need for cleaner and more sustainable energy. It offers grid-scale battery energy storage systems, renewable and environmental technologies.

For more information, visit Pacific Green’s website:
www.pacificgreen.com

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This news release contains “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined in Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Statements in this news release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements and include any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions regarding the future. Such forward-looking statements include, among other things, the continued development of the Project, any potential business developments and future interest in Pacific Green’s battery, solar and environmental technologies.

Actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors. Such factors include, among others, the continuation of the development of the Project, general economic and political conditions, and the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and Pacific Green assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Although Pacific Green believes that the beliefs, plans, expectations and intentions contained in this news release are reasonable, there can be no assurance that such beliefs, plans, expectations or intentions will prove to be accurate. Investors should consult all the information set forth herein and should also refer to the risk factors disclosure outlined in Pacific Green’s annual report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year, Pacific Green’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other periodic reports filed from time-to-time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Scott Poulter, Chairman & CEO
Pacific Green Technologies, Inc.
T: +1 (302) 601-4659
info@pacificgreen.com

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Israel bombs Gaza’s only operating wheat mill- UN report


A recent report issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated the As-Salam Mill in Deir Al Balah was reportedly hit and destroyed. This was the last functioning mill in Gaza.

The report said its destruction means that locally produced flour will not be available in Gaza in the foreseeable future.

Israeli forces have reportedly been arresting some internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing through the “corridor” designated for them by the occupation, the report indicated, adding that there are anecdotal and eyewitness reports of some displaced persons being beaten and stripped of their clothing.

On Tuesday, the Israeli army established an unstaffed checkpoint and ordered the displaced to show their IDs and undergo what appears to be a facial recognition scan.

Over 1.5 million people in Gaza are estimated to be internally displaced, including about 813,000 IDPs who are staying in at least 154 UNRWA shelters.

UNRWA shelters are accommodating far more people
than their intended capacity. Overcrowding is leading to the spread of disease, including acute respiratory illness and diarrhea, raising environmental and health concerns.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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House committee condemns Israel’s bombing near Jordanian hospital in Gaza


Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee denounced Israeli occupation’s bombing near Jordanian field hospital in Gaza.

In a statement Thursday, the committee said this bombing will not stop the field hospital staff’s operations towards people in the Gaza Strip, calling for necessity of holding Israeli war criminals accountable.

Additionally, the committee demanded the international community to take a “clear and frank” stance to condemn and halt Israeli war crimes.

The Israeli occupation forces bombed vicinity of the Jordanian field hospital, which injured seven medical staff while attempting to treat Palestinians wounded in an Israeli airstrike.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Death toll in Gaza reaches 11,470 – health ministry


The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Thursday that at least 11,470 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes since October 7.

Some 2,913 children, 1,709 women and 668 elderly are among the dead, while 29,000 were injured, the ministry added.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Abul Samen checks on progress in Amman-Zarqa BRT Project


Minister of Public Works and Housing, Maher Abul Samen, Thursday checked on progress in implementing Amman-Zarqa Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project, which is about 93% complete so far.

According to a ministry statement, Abul Samen stressed need to complete the project’s main works ahead of the end of 2023, in preparation for handing it over to the operator to begin trial operations by linking services with BRT infrastructure inside Amman.

During a field tour, he directed the ministry’s concerned administrations to follow up on the work daily to submit “detailed” progress reports and address obstacles facing operations “immediately,” which would contribute to completing construction within the time frame.

The minister noted the project’s importance and its “positive” impact in improving Jordan’s public transportation system, which would reflect “positively” on the services provided to citizens.

Additionally, he said the project establishes a “new” experience and concept in transportation connecting the Kingd
om’s cities, as the government hopes to launch similar enterprises in the coming years.

The project’s cost amounts to about JD140 million, funded by the Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF) and is divided into 4 phases with a total length of 20 km, the statement said.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Israel arrested 2,735 Palestinians in West Bank since ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’


2,735 Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, since start of “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs (CDA) and Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) announced.

In a joint statement on Thursday, CDA and PPC said the Israeli occupation forces arrested at least 85 Palestinians last night in the West Bank cities.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Imams instructed to perform ‘prayers for the absent’ for Gaza, Palestine martyrs


Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites on Thursday called on imams and preachers of Jordan’s mosques to hold ‘prayers for the absent’ tomorrow after congregational Friday prayers for martyrs, who lost their lives in Gaza Strip and occupied Palestine.

The minister’s call came in a circular distributed to all Awqaf directors across the Kingdom, an Awqaf Ministry statement said.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Senate president denounces int’l silence over war of genocide against Palestinians


President of the Senate Faisal Fayez condemned the international silence over the war of genocide against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to a statement on Thursday.

Delivering a speech at the 14th Bosphorus Summit in Istanbul, entitled “The Road to the Next Century: Challenges and Promises,” Fayez said that the region today faces great challenges as the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people continues.

The two-day summit includes specialized topics and working sessions on challenges facing the international community, especially political issues, security, development challenges, knowledge, transformations and global challenges, and brings together a large number of different countries of the world and representatives of many Arab and foreign countries.

The region, Fayez noted, has been deprived of stability and peace for eight decades, due to the failure of the international community to act responsibly towards resolving the Palestinian issue and deal
with the Israeli occupation firmly to force it to implement dozens of United Nations resolutions that Israel ignores.

He stressed that “peace cannot be built in light of an injustice, the main source of which is the Israeli occupation and its oppressive and aggressive practices against the Palestinian people,” noting that His Majesty King Abdullah II has repeatedly warned of the danger that is now unfolding and threatens the region and the entire international community.

He pointed out that the convening of the conference comes as the world is experiencing conflicts, political crises, and civil wars that have led to the killing and displacement of hundreds of thousands, the spread of poverty and unemployment, the decline in economic growth and lack of development, the spread of the forces of terrorism and extremism, the boom in drug trafficking, and the widening of the gap between the countries of the North and South. These challenges include the Coronavirus pandemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war, its effects
on energy and commodity prices, and the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, he added.

Fayez pointed to a number of challenges facing the world, including the spread of arms trade at the expense of development issues in various countries of the world, which has led to more global conflicts, pointing out that the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute revealed that the total arms sales to the largest arms producers in the world reached 592 billion US dollars in 2021

He indicated that “if these amounts were used for development issues and addressing global warming and climate change, today’s world would be different and free of hunger, poverty and conflicts.”

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Ajarmeh values JHCO’s efforts in supporting Gaza


Lower House Palestine Committee hailed efforts made by Jordanian Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO) in providing and delivering relief and humanitarian aid to people in Gaza Strip.

During the committee’s visit on Thursday to JHCO headquarters, its head, MP Firas Ajarmeh, said Jordan, under His Majesty King Abdullah II’s leadership, supports Palestinian people, who are facing brutal aggression that snubs human values, standards, and covenants contained in international treaties.

Ajarmeh noted Jordan led an international movement to stop aggression against Gaza Strip and facilitate delivery of relief and medical aid to the coastal enclave.

Additionally, he said the House’s presidency is leading “tremendous” efforts through parliamentary diplomacy, by addressing international parliaments to expose the inhumane Israeli practices in Gaza and the entire Palestinian territories.

The committee also condemned the Israeli occupation’s attack on Jordanian field hospital crews in Gaza, valuing their efforts.

During the visit, the committee also praised the JHCO’s role, which reflects humanitarian values in supporting the Palestinian people, who suffer the worst types of aggression.

For his part, JHCO Director General, Hussein Shibli, said the organization sent emergency medical and relief aid to support people in Gaza, stressing that it is working round the clock to prepare and dispatch medical, relief and food assistance to Gaza people.

JHCO, he announced, sent a new medical aid plane carrying about 45 tonnes of medical materials to support health sector in Gaza.

Source: Jordan News Agency

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Foreign Affairs committee condemns Israeli targeting of Jordanian field hospital


The Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee denounced the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza.

The committee stressed in a press statement issued on Thursday that the bombing will not stop the field staff from carrying out their role towards Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The committee called for holding war criminals in the Israeli authority accountable, calling on the government to take a clear stance on this attack.

It also underscored the need for the international community to take a clear stance condemning Israeli war crimes and stopping them.

Earlier, the Israeli occupation forces bombed the vicinity of the Jordanian field hospital, wounding seven hospital staffs during their attempt to treat Palestinian citizens who were injured during an Israeli bombing.

Source: Jordan News Agency