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Broadcast Pro
7 days ago
- Business
- Broadcast Pro
Bespin Global MEA launches Middle Easts AWS cloud advisory support
Bespin Global MEAs AWS PLS Ultra offering combines deep AWS expertise with local cultural and operational knowledge and acts as a strategic partner. Bespin Global MEA, the public cloud powerhouse of e& enterprise and a leader in cloud consultancy and managed services, has introduced the Middle Easts first advisory-driven AWS Partner-Led Support (PLS) Ultra programme. The offering combines global AWS support with local, bilingual, GCC engineering teams, providing strategic, region-specific support tailored to the business and technology goals of organisations across the Middle East. Unlike generic support offerings, Bespin Global MEAs PLS Ultra is a partner-led, high-touch support programme combining engineering depth with a strategic focus on FinOps, cloud optimisation, and continuous transformation all adapted to the evolving needs of organisations operating in the Gulf. This model allows Bespin to serve as a single point of contact for support, to accelerate time to resolution and elevate businesses' experiences on AWS for maximum benefit and long-term outcomes. Mouteih Chaghlil, CEO of Middle East and Africa, Bespin Global, an e& enterprise company, said: 'Nearly 70% of companies in the Middle East are planning to migrate the majority of their operations to the cloud by year-end, according to a recent survey amongst UAE and KSA business and technology leaders. In this climate of rapid transformation, agility and innovation are essential to unlocking the full potential of cloud computing across operational, financial, and customer-facing functions. As technologies like IoT, edge computing, 5G, and AI-powered analytics gain traction, cloud adoption in the GCC will only accelerate. 'Thus, Cloud support must evolve from reactive support to proactive partnership. With AWS PLS Ultra, were not just solving issues – were helping our clients accelerate innovation, optimise architecture, and unlock long-term value.' Bespin Global MEAs AWS PLS Ultra offering combines deep AWS expertise with local cultural and operational knowledge and acts as a strategic partner. The programme offers direct, enterprise-grade access to advisory resources, removing the need to raise tickets through AWS and accelerating the time to insight, innovation, and optimisation. It includes a tiered support model for Developers, Businesses, and Enterprises – scaling from startups to mission-critical, large-scale cloud operations. At its highest tier, PLS Ultra provides a designated Technical Account Manager (TAM) for ongoing consultation, proactive architectural guidance tailored to business goals, regular operations reviews and event management planning, well-architected reviews to ensure strategic alignment and technical efficiency and concierge-style billing and account support. Bespin Global MEA is an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and the recipient of the AWS MENA Consulting Partner of the Year 2024 – marking its fifth consecutive award in the region. The company has played a pivotal role in enabling over 700 organisations across diverse industries to modernise, secure, and scale their operations on the AWS Cloud. In October, e&, the global technology group serving over 175m subscribers across 34 countries, entered into a strategic partnership with AWS, the worlds leading cloud provider, to accelerate cloud and AI adoption across the region. As the public cloud powerhouse of e& enterprise, Bespin Global plays a central role in executing this vision – delivering end-to-end cloud consultancy, migration, and managed services that enable public and private sector organisations to modernise with confidence.
West Australian
11-06-2025
- Business
- West Australian
PLS boosts Pilgangoora's lithium mineral resource base by nearly a quarter amid supply glut
More lithium has been added to Pilgangoora's inventory as PLS pushes ahead with expansion plans at the Pilbara mine despite a torrid market. PLS, formerly known as Pilbara Minerals, has boosted the estimated lithium contained within Pilgangoora by 23 per cent to 446 million tonnes at 1.28 per cent lithium oxide (Li2O), which equates to 5.7 million tonnes of Li2O. The mineral resource upgrade followed a 104,672-metre drilling program comprising 364 holes drilled within the past two financial years. Shares in PLS spiked more than 10 per cent in early Wednesday trade, before paring back to a 3.5 per cent gain by 11.40am. 'The significant uplift in the mineral resources reaffirms our 100 per cent-owned Pilgangoora operation as one of the world's largest and highest-quality hard rock lithium assets,' PLS chief executive Dale Henderson said. 'This outcome is aligned with our strategy to optimise the operating base and unlock the full potential of this world-class asset, driving long-term value for our shareholders.' PLS wants Pilgangoora to pump out more spodumene concentrate, despite a prolonged market recession. Pilgangoora produces about 500,000 tonnes of the lithium product annually and is eyeing an increase to 850,000tpa — dubbed the P850 project. PLS has outlaid the capital required for P850. The benchmark price of the spodumene concentrate all of WA's lithium miners export is currently languishing between $US605 per tonne and $US630/t, down about a quarter this year to date and more than 80 per cent from a 2022 peak. All of the six lithium mines in Western Australia are believed to be losing money at current prices. A PLS spokesman on Friday indicated there are no plans to switch Pilgangoora off. 'The lithium market is moving through a phase of re-balancing. PLS is well positioned to navigate current conditions and capitalise on future recovery, underpinned by a multi-year strategy to scale the business, lower operating costs, and maintain a strong balance sheet,' the spokesman said. 'Combined with an embedded culture of continuous improvement to drive ongoing efficiency, this positions PLS strongly for the next phase of the cycle.' Mineral Resources and Ganfeng's Mt Marion lithium mine appears to edge out Liontown Resources' Kathleen Valley as the least profitable lithium mine in the State. But a MinRes spokesman told The West Australian on Thursday there were no near-term plans to put Mt Marion, or the company's other lithium mine Wodgina, into care and maintenance.
West Australian
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Bringing stories to life: Spinifex Hill Studio wraps up Remote Art Project with Strelley Community School
With a focus on play, experimentation and preservation of culture, Spinifex Hill Studio recently wrapped up its remote art school project in collaboration with Strelley Community School, located 60km east of Port Hedland. Art students were able to engage with practising artists in a cross-generational setting. Many of them were their community-based peers and family members. 'A majority of artists in the studio are aunties and uncles and nannas and pops of the students,' Spinifex Hill Studio arts coordinator Rekeshia Goodwin said. 'We showed them a few different creative ways of telling their stories. 'Then it jumped from that to a mural design. We gave them different types of mediums to use and they wanted to know a bit more so they can practise and potentially do their own murals at the school.' At the end of the project, the children worked together to paint a large canvas mural which they could take back and display at their school. The remote art school project was funded as part of Pilbara Minerals' (PLS) annual community grants program, which provides a one-off payment of up to $10,000 to initiatives in the priority communities of Port Hedland, Strelley and Yandeyarra, and to Pilbara-wide initiatives. 'Through the community grants program, we're empowering local organisations to drive the initiatives that matter most to their communities, whether that's enhancing educational opportunities, building community resilience, or supporting the energy transition,' PLS' chief sustainability officer Sandra McInnes said. Community organisations can apply for the next round of grants, which are open until June 30.
Business Standard
06-05-2025
- Business
- Business Standard
Premas Life Sciences and Sphere Bio Unite to Advance Single-Cell Research in South Asia
India PR Distribution New Delhi [India], May 6: Premas Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. (PLS), a pioneering enabler of life science innovations in India, has announced a strategic collaboration with Sphere Bio, a global leader in picodroplet-based microfluidic technologies for functional single-cell analysis. This partnership represents a significant leap in bringing transformative, next-generation platforms to scientists and researchers in India and Bangladesh. The collaboration is rooted in a shared vision: empowering biopharma, biotech, and academic communities with cutting-edge tools that accelerate discovery and drive impactful science. With this alliance, Premas will bring Sphere Bio's high-performance solutions - including their flagship Cyto-Mine® platform and a growing assay portfolio - closer to researchers in South Asia, supported by localized technical expertise and seamless implementation support. Sphere Bio, formerly known as Sphere Fluidics, is widely recognized for its innovations in single-cell and picodroplet microfluidics. Their technologies enable ultra-high-throughput analysis, sorting, and isolation of individual cells - critical for applications such as antibody discovery, cell line development, and advanced cell therapy research. These platforms are currently used by leading pharma companies and research institutions around the world to enhance the speed and accuracy of biologic development. For Premas Life Sciences, this partnership is a natural extension of its mission to democratize access to advanced life science tools. Over the last 18 years, PLS has built a strong legacy of introducing globally benchmarked technologies to India's scientific ecosystem - spanning genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and diagnostics. Their ability to not only introduce but also embed technologies through technical training, application support, and long-term scientific partnerships makes them uniquely positioned to amplify the impact of Sphere Bio's offerings. "India is entering a new era of biomedical innovation, with increased investments in biosimilars, vaccines, and cell and gene therapies. This collaboration with Sphere Bio allows us to deliver the kind of scientific capabilities that can transform how research is done in this region--faster, more precisely, and with greater reproducibility. With the government's strong push through initiatives like the Bio-E3 policy, PRIP scheme, and its vision for bio foundries, we believe technologies like Sphere Bio's Cyto-Mine® will play a crucial role in accelerating antibody discovery and cell line development, further strengthening the 'Made in India' biotech ecosystem. We're excited to co-create a future where access to such platforms is not a barrier but a baseline." said Praveen Gupta, Managing Director of Premas Life Sciences. Sphere Bio echoed this optimism. "We see South Asia as a region with enormous scientific potential. Our partnership with Premas is about more than market access - it's about long-term impact. Premas brings deep local understanding, technical know-how, and a genuine commitment to enabling discovery. Together, we aim to catalyse the next wave of breakthroughs in biologics and personalized medicine." said Dale Levitzke, CEO of Sphere Bio "Our partnership with Premas Life Sciences is a key milestone in our mission to make cutting-edge single-cell technologies more accessible across the APAC region. India and Bangladesh represent rapidly growing innovation hubs, and we see immense potential in empowering local researchers with tools that meet global standards. Premas brings deep market understanding, strong scientific engagement, and a track record of successful technology integration--making them an ideal partner to drive regional adoption and impact." said Jay Manikandan, VP Commercial (APAC), Sphere Bio This alliance comes at a pivotal time, as the biotech landscape in India and Bangladesh rapidly evolves with government backing, rising R & D investment, and a growing scientific workforce. As demand for next-gen therapeutics increases, so does the need for high-resolution, scalable tools--precisely what Sphere Bio delivers. Together, Premas and Sphere Bio are building a scientific bridge between global innovation and regional potential. Beyond product access, the partnership offers localized support, training, and tailored solutions aligned with international standards. It sets a new benchmark for how advanced technologies can be effectively introduced and scaled in emerging biotech markets.
Express Tribune
26-04-2025
- Business
- Express Tribune
With a collective licence, UK authors get a slice of the AI pie
In a major step toward protecting authors' rights in the digital age, UK licencing bodies have announced a "pioneering" new collective licence that will ensure writers are paid when their work is used to train generative AI systems. Created by the Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) in collaboration with the Publishers' Licensing Services (PLS) and the Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS), this first-of-its-kind licence is set to be available to AI developers by the end of 2025, reported The Guardian. The move has been described as a "significant development" by the organisations involved, offering a workable and fair alternative to the UK government's controversial proposal for a copyright exemption for text and data mining. That plan, currently under consultation, would allow AI developers to scrape and use copyrighted content unless rights holders opt out, a measure widely criticised by the creative industries. Instead, the collective licence will provide a clear legal route for AI developers to access copyrighted material while compensating the writers and publishers who created it. For authors who don't have the resources or leverage to negotiate directly with tech firms, the licence represents a major shift in power. "The pioneering licence for the use of text in generative AI, such as in the training and fine-tuning of an AI language model or use in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), will be the first of its kind in the UK," PLS and ALCS announced in a joint statement. "It offers a cost-effective and convenient solution to AI developers who are required to obtain permission to use content to innovate and develop models." Protecting creatives The licence builds on collective licensing principles already in place for commercial text and data mining, and for workplace use of content in AI prompts. The CLA is also set to roll out a commercial text and data mining licence on May 1. This broader infrastructure reflects a coordinated industry push to safeguard content creators as AI becomes increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous. Barbara Hayes, CEO of ALCS, emphasised the licence's importance amid growing pressure from members. "When we surveyed our members last year, they made it clear that they expect us to do something about their works being used to train AI," she said. "The government proposal to introduce a copyright exception would give very limited choice, wouldn't remunerate creators or provide any transparency about which works are being used. We're pleased to be working with our partners at PLS and CLA to develop a licence that delivers on these terms for writers." Indeed, according to the ALCS survey, 81 per cent of writers support the idea of a collective licence if it ensures compensation and transparency, something the opt-out model has failed to guarantee. This UK-based initiative stands in sharp contrast to the challenges faced across the Atlantic. In the US, major authors and publishers have filed lawsuits against companies like Meta and OpenAI for allegedly training models on copyrighted content without permission. Meta has argued that it's "economically unfeasible" to negotiate with individual rights holders, calling such a process "practically impossible" when millions of works are involved. The UK's collective licencing model cuts through that Gordian knot by offering a scalable, rights-respecting solution. "Our goal is to provide a clear, legal pathway for access to quality content," said CLA CEO Mat Pfleger. "One that empowers innovators to develop transformative generative AI technologies whilst respecting copyright and compensating rights holders." Tom West, CEO of PLS, added: "Following an initial consultation phase with publishers last year and significant groundwork over recent months, I am pleased to move forward with this important and much-needed initiative to support an equitable, transparent, and sustainable framework for content use in the age of AI." As the AI industry continues to reshape the creative landscape, this collective licence could offer a much-needed blueprint, ensuring the future of tech is built not on exploitation, but on fair collaboration.
