Pre- Market News Review: Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO), VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Aramark (NYSE:ARMK)

Pre- Market News Review: Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO), VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW), Aramark (NYSE:ARMK)

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On Wednesday, Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO)’s shares inclined 2.94% to $18.88.

Statoil ASA (ADR) (STO) has hit gas in the Gymir prospect in the Aasta Hansteen area together with its PL602 partners.

With the latest discovery, the company has struck a hat trick in the Aasta Hansteen area and has assisted in unlocking the full potential of the area.

The three discoveries – Snefrid Nord, Roald Rygg and Gymir – combined are estimated to hold total volumes of 75–120 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. This corresponds to around 1/3 of the recoverable volumes at Aasta Hansteen.

In order to enhance utilization of the infrastructure and extend the production plateau, the discoveries will now be further appraised for future ties in the Aasta Hansteen facilities.

Drilled by the Transocean Spitsbergen rig in the Gymir prospect, the well 6706/11-2, established a gross 70-meter gas column in the Nise Formation with good reservoir qualities.

Statoil ASA, an energy company, engages in the exploration, production, transportation, refining, and marketing of petroleum and petroleum-derived products in Norway and internationally. The company operates through Development and Production Norway; Development and Production International; Marketing, Processing and Renewable Energy; and Other segments.

VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW)’s shares gained 3.16% to $90.72.

AirWatch by VMware, Inc. (VMW) declared that Gartner, Inc. has positioned AirWatch as a “Leader” in the annual Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Mobility Administration. AirWatch has been named a Leader since the inception of the report in 2011, and Gartner placed AirWatch highest on the ability to execute axis for the third successive year.

Breaking away from the pack with innovations, partnerships and customers

  • In January 2015, VMware stated AirWatch capped the previous year with $200 million in bookings and 2,000 employees. Recently, AirWatch has more than 16,000 customers. This makes AirWatch the largest EMM vendor in terms of customers, bookings and employees.
  • In February 2015, AirWatch declared AirWatch 8, the most noteworthy platform update since the $1.54 billion acquisition by VMware. AirWatch 8 features radically simplified end user experience, reduces strain on IT, enhances unified endpoint administration features and enables next generation applications in the enterprise.
  • In March 2015, AirWatch declared ACE (App Configuration for Enterprise) alongside industry leaders such as Cisco. AirWatch spearheaded the formation of ACE, a free, open and vendor-neutral approach to standardizing application development in the enterprise.

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VMware, Inc. provides virtualization infrastructure solutions in the United States and internationally. The company’s virtualization infrastructure solutions comprise a suite of products designed to deliver a software-defined data center (SDDC), run on industry-standard desktop computers and servers, and support a range of operating system and application environments, in addition to networking and storage infrastructures.

At the end of Wednesday’s trade, Aramark (NYSE:ARMK)‘s shares dipped -0.80% to $31.09.

Aramark (ARMK) declared that four of its lodging facilities have been inducted into TripAdvisor’s inaugural Certificate of Excellence Hall of Fame. In total, seventeen Aramark-managed properties received the 2015 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site.

TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence celebrates hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments that inconsistent achieve outstanding traveler reviews on the website. The new ‘Hall of Fame’ was created to honor businesses that have achieved TripAdvisor’s Certificate of Excellence for five successive years.

Aramark-managed locations joining the Hall of Fame are Lake Crescent Lodge and Lake Quinault Lodge, two historic lodges on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula; Togwotee Mountain Lodge just outside Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and Zephyr Cove Resort on Lake Tahoe.

While these four Aramark properties were granted Hall of Fame status, 17 total Aramark-managed lodges, restaurants and attractions received the 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award.

Aramark provides food, facilities, and uniform services to education, healthcare, business and industry, sports, leisure, and corrections clients primarily in North America. The company offers managed services, counting dining, catering, food service administration, convenience-oriented retail operations, grounds and facilities maintenance, custodial, energy and construction administration, and capital project administration.

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