Activision Blizzard
$2.3 million collected for the Red Cross
In December 2012, Blizzard announced that 100% of the profits from all World of Warcraft Cinder Kitten pets sold by December 31, 2012 would be donated to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Thanks to the incredible generosity of players all over the world, Blizzard was able to donate over $2.3 million to the American Red Cross to finance relief efforts for the victims of this natural disaster. The WoW community showed great solidarity in providing its support for this worthy cause.
Universal Music Group
Pascal Nègre at the helm of New Business
Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced that Pascal Nègre, president of Universal’s operations in France, Italy, the Middle East and Africa, will also head up the group’s New Business department. He will be in charge of a number of strategic growth operations, such as partnerships with the brands and collaboration among the various UMG organizations, and will ensure that the group continues to explore, develop and take advantage of new opportunities that will present themselves in both digital and physical media. He will also be responsible for developing and implementing a global CRM strategy.
SFR
SFR’s cloud storage
SFR Business Team has expanded its cloud offering with a storage and synchronization solution for companies that want to store their data in France. This new solution was designed to meet such needs as multi-device access, collaboration and in-house information protection. The Cloud Storage Suite combines three business services that can be activated independently of each other or in combination. It offers businesses online storage space and the ability to comprehensively manage the synchronization of company information to set up controlled, secure access. By storing all the data in a protected area with automated recovery mechanisms that can be activated from the company or online, it also ensures the safeguarding of information assets.
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Maroc Telecom
Maroc Telecom joins the Global Compact
With this Global Compact membership, Maroc Telecom has committed to supporting and promoting the former’s founding principles in terms of human rights, labor rights, the environment and anti-corruption efforts. Each year, the company will report on the progress it has made. Maroc Telecom places social, societal and environmental issues at the heart of its innovation research and financial performance. Its sustainable development approach is applied to all its activities, with three main aspects: reducing the digital divide and making information and communication technologies accessible to all, contributing to the economic and social development of the country and the well-being of its people, and upholding its role as a responsible company with regard to its partners and socioeconomic environment.
Groupe Canal+
Le Vol des Cigognes (Flight of the Storks): an original new program from Canal+
On two upcoming Mondays (January 21 and 28), Canal+ will air the two 90-minute episodes of this new program in the early evening. Adapted from the eponymous first novel by Jean-Christophe Grangé and directed by Jan Kounen, this new project, designed as a standalone film, is as wide-ranging and ambitious as a cinema production. The thriller has a dynamism that allows Kounen’s talent (incredible long shots), unbridled humor and craziness to run wild. Get ready for a fantastic journey with Jonathan, a young researcher on the trail of blood-soaked trafficking along the storks’ migration route through Europe, the Middle East, Africa and beyond.
