Private Microsoft® Windows® users patching their operating systems more diligently – but the same cannot be said of Apple® QuickTime® and Oracle® Java® users.Maidenhead, UK – April 26, 2016. Flexera Software, the leading provider of next-generation software licensing, compliance, security and installation solutions for application producers and enterprises today has published Country Reports covering Q1 2016 for 14 countries. The reports, compiled by the Flexera Software’s Secunia Research team, provide status on vulnerable software products on private PCs in those countries, listing the vulnerable applications and ranking them by the extent to which they expose those PCs to hackers.Key findings…
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Both companies will leverage technology to proactively intervene and stop people entering game reserves illegally22 April 2016 – South Africa-headquartered technology company, Dimension Data, and worldwide leader in networking, Cisco, today announced an initiative aimed at dramatically reducing the number of rhinos being poached in South Africa. The two companies have deployed some of the world’s most sophisticated technology in an unnamed private game reserve adjacent to the world-renowned Kruger National Park to monitor and track individuals from the time they enter the reserve gates, until they exit.The goal is to proactively intervene and stop people entering the reserve illegally…
Run Capital leads £1m+ round to fund continued expansion of Rezatec’s global sales of satellite-driven data analytics to customers in the Utilities, Agribusiness and Energy sectors.Harwell, Oxfordshire, 22nd April 2016 – Rezatec, the leading provider of satellite-driven data analytics for users in the Utilities, Agribusiness and Energy sectors, announced today completion of a £1m+ seed financing round. Run Capital led the round with support from the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels and existing shareholders. Rezatec will use the capital secured to expand its sales and marketing teams worldwide as it continues to expand its global customer base. The financing follows…
Innovative Pro Series Graphic Arts printers including new Pro6410 NeonColor together with newly-acquired large format printers to be showcased at world’s largest graphic and industrial print trade showEgham, 21st April 2016 – OKI Europe Ltd will put the spotlight on its portfolio of Graphic Arts printers at drupa 2016, including the newly-launched Pro6410 NeonColor printer, OKI’s award-winning[1] white toner technology, multi-award-winning 5 colour technology[2] and the renowned ColorPainter large format printers including the H3-104s and M-64s.Held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from May 31 to June 10, drupa is the world’s largest show for the printing industry and the ideal opportunity for…
Organisations in the retail sector experienced almost three times as many attacks as those in the financial sector20 April 2016 – New research published today in the NTT 2016 Global Threat Intelligence Report reveals that cybercriminals have shifted their focus from traditional financial markets, to targeting the retail sector. Retail organisations experienced nearly three times as many cyberattacks as those in the finance sector which was top of the list of cyberattacks on organisations in the 2015 report. Cyberattacks on financial industry dropped significantly to fourteenth position.NTT’s annual Global Threat Intelligence Report contains security threats gathered during 2015 from 8,000…
Milan, April 19, 2016 – Italtel, a leading telecommunications company in Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), managed services and all IP communication, today announced it is renewing the communications network of Costa Cruises – Europe’s leading Italian shipping company – to implement a modern and integrated communication system, based on IP protocol and capable of delivering new services. Costa Cruises was previously equipped with a voice-based infrastructure on a different set of local exchanges directly connected to the traditional telephone network. Although these guaranteed basic telephone services, they did not allow the various systems used by different locations to be integrated…
FXT 5200 Edge Filer Creates Cloud Gateway Into Object Storage, Supports Remote Office Collaboration Through WAN Caching for Centralized Data AccessPITTSBURGH, Pa. – April 18, 2016 – Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for the hybrid cloud, today introduced the FXT 5200 Edge filer to its 5000 series product line. The FXT 5200 is an entry-level solution that cost-effectively delivers the same software functionality support as the existing 5000 series to customers running lower performance workloads. Providing 50 percent more storage capacity in half the space of the preceding model, the new 1U rack-mount filer delivers significantly lower…
London, UK – April 15, 2016 – eeGeo Limited announced that it has joined the Cisco® Solution Partner Program as a Solution Partner. The Internet of Everything (IoE) continues to bring together people, processes, data and things to enhance the relevancy of network connections. As a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program, eeGeo is able to quickly create and deploy solutions to enhance the capabilities, performance and management of the network to capture value in the IoE.“We have worked closely with Cisco to ensure our 3D mapping platform delivers visualization that enhances their Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX), Mobile Workspace…
[London, 15 April 2016] The European software sector is at a crossroads in 2016, with new models emerging and a driving pressure from customers anxious for changes in their competitiveness. The European Software and Solutions Summit 2016 ranged over issues as varied as cognitive computing, the emergence of ISVs from within enterprises to licensing and the timeframe for a successful software company buy-out. The scene was set with a view of the trends in the software industry by Frost & Sullivan’s Martin Hoff ter Heide. Among the various trends examined was the increasing monetisation of personal data on the part…
Battens Solicitors, recognised as one of the UK’s most progressive law firms, has chosen Electronic Document Bundling software from legal systems innovator Zylpha (www.zylpha.com). The practice, which has offices in Yeovil, Sherborne, Dorchester, Weymouth and London will use Zylpha to prepare, paginate and distribute Court bundles and other legal documents. It will also use the software to organise documents for commercial and residential property sales and auctions, which are published online. The system also incorporates an integration for the practice’s current Lawsoft CMS and the potential to integrate with other Case Management Systems that it upgrades to in the future.Zylpha’s…
Assured cloud services company on course to double its headcount in 2016 with a continued focus on technical development and customer service London – April 13, 2016 – Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave assured cloud services company, is continuing its aggressive recruitment drive to support the company’s delivery of cloud computing in the UK public sector. In terms of number of employees, Skyscape has grown more than ten-fold in four years, with expectations to double its headcount by the end of 2016. The company has achieved significant business success over…
If you are in a line in the coffee shop or during the break of a national game or in a busy club you want everything to go fast, especially transactions. Slow transactions means less revenue for the venue and less satisfied customers. Microsoft, HP and Shopbox are now taking a big step towards killing long lines.Copenhagen, Denmark – April 12, 2016. Danish startup Shopbox has developed what probably is the world’s fastest cloud based checkout counter, a Point-of-Sale (POS) system that makes it possible to provide faster transactions in the hospitality industry. Microsoft and partners have invested close to…
London, UK – 11 April 2016. Posiflex Technology, Inc., a global leading brand in the design and manufacture of POS solutions has been recognised by the internationally renowned Red Dot Award: Product Design 2016 for its latest compact, all-in-one EPOS system – model HS-3510W. Held annually since 1955, the Red Dot is considered the most valuable award for high quality design across different industries. Forty one international jury members evaluate submissions on product ergonomics, functionality and design quality, bestowing the sought-after seal of quality only to those products that stand out clearly from comparable entries thanks to their excellent design.…
The trading arm of Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas company, KazMunaiGas Trading AG (KMGT), is the latest organization to adopt the AspectCTRM trade and risk management solution from Aspect.The state-owned firm has deployed AspectCTRM for its international trading desk in Lugano, Switzerland. Including the migration from their old trading system, integration with the SAP accounting system, and two weeks of users training, the system was live and managing trades within 3.5 months of contract signing.Already a user of the AspectDSC market data and analytics portal, KMGT has upgraded to AspectCTRM Standard Edition (SE) for on-paper and physical trades of oil…
End users are now the most vulnerable point of entry into an organisation forcing them to shift away from fear-based to opportunity-based cybersecurityThe future of cybersecurity is an enabler of innovation, and organisations need to shift away from fear-based to opportunity-based cybersecurity. That’s the word from Matthew Gyde, Dimension Data’s Group Executive – Security, who says organisations are no longer simply reacting to cyber threats, but instead creating agile, adaptive IT infrastructures – and even entire enterprises so that cyber breaches are addressed before they happen. “Perimeter-based cybersecurity today won’t be sufficient to carry organisations into the future. In addition,…
Mobile operators are turning to Openwave Mobility to monetize their video offeringsREDWOOD CITY, Calif – April 7, 2016 – A growing number of European and Asian mobile operators have engaged Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize encrypted mobile data, to explore how they can utilize optimization technologies to introduce highly competitive video packages. This trend follows the recent launch of T-Mobile USA’s Binge On plan. A number of carriers are now looking for solutions that can go beyond simply streaming video. To help mobile operators realize the benefits of launching plans such as this and…
Breakthrough in Cable Innovation to Revolutionise NBN Delivery Milan, 6 April 2016 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, launched today an innovative new line of optical cables that will halve the cost of joining cables, as the NBN rollout continues across Australia. The Italian-designed Prysmian FlexTube® line will be produced in Australia for the first time at the company’s world-class telecommunications facility at Dee Why on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, which has the capacity to produce more than 600,000 fibre kilometres of the cabling each year, which is almost a third of the…
Ground-breaking technology opens new revenue opportunities Egham, 5 April 2016 – OKI Europe Ltd is taking printing to the next level for creative businesses and print houses with the launch of the new Pro6410 NeonColor printer and introduction of award-winning[1] white toner technology, to its Pro Series range of Graphic Arts printers.Enabling the printing of super-bright, eye-catching fluorescent designs on transfer media for use on almost anything, the Pro6410 NeonColor liberates graphic designs from the limits of the standard CMY colour spectrum. Print houses and graphic arts departments can employ its unique features to create fluorescent effects on either light…
London, UK., Monday 4th April, 2016: Digital Guardian, a next generation data protection platform purpose built to stop data theft, has been selected as a finalist in the Best Managed Security Service and Best Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) categories for the 2016 SC Awards Europe. Finalists are recognised for superior products and services that help customers address the most pressing cyber-security threats. “Data breaches that compromise people’s data and tarnish company reputations are causing mounting headlines across the globe,” said Tony Morbin, Editor in chief, SC Magazine UK. “This is why it is more important than ever to recognise Europe’s…
Cambridge, UK, March 31, 2016 – At the Microsoft Build Developer Conference 2016, Redgate is launching ReadyRoll, a key piece in the DevOps puzzle that addresses the pain often associated with managing database changes alongside the application.It fills a gap in the software development process which, over the last decade, has seen significant improvements in reducing the cycle time between an idea and useable software. DevOps and Agile practices play a key part in enabling organizations to deliver value to customers sooner by enabling teams to work more collaboratively and productively.Redgate ReadyRoll applies that same thinking to the database by…