Almost half of people surveyed experience problems at least once a day9 April 2014 Nearly 50 per cent of people experience problems with their Internet at least once a day, new research has revealed. The figure paints a worrying picture of the UK’s rural broadband provision. In total, the Government has already invested £530million in to fibre broadband and former Culture Secretary Maria Miller has been reported as wanting the UK’s Internet to be among the best in the world.According to the research which asked 142 people about their broadband the most common problems include slow Internet and a dropped…
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Businesses can now offer customers more than 200 alternative payment methods through mobile e-commerce purchasing platformLondon, 9th April 2014 – WorldPay, a global leader in payment processing, risk and alternative payments, and ZNAP™, the mobile business platform, have agreed a global partnership which will enable multi-channel commerce for new and existing businesses. The joint offering has already been deployed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) at Twickenham Stadium.ZNAP is a mobile app that allows customers to shop, pay, and receive special offers and loyalty rewards through their smart device. Businesses can deliver a new sales channel to potential customers and…
Mobile phones, PCs, Tablets rely on Bluetooth for wireless connectivity, set the stage for in-home automation hubsSan Jose, California – April 8, 2014 – From Bluetooth World 2014, the flagship connectivity conference from the Bluetooth SIG, IHS released details of its latest forecasts for the IHS Technology Connectivity in Consumer, Mobile and IT Market Tracker. The report puts Bluetooth penetration at 90 percent in 2014 for all mobile phones (not just smartphones), growing to 96 percent by 2018. Mobile phones serve as the hub for the Internet of My Things – the connectivity of the devices all around you -…
Enlogic launches EnPowered PDU to deliver scalability and convergence 8 April 2014 – Worcester, UK – In a world first, BT IT Systems is future-proofing its data centre assets with the industry’s first upgradeable PDU, the Enlogic EnPowered PDU. Recognising the current market split between the need for either intelligent or basic PDUs, alongside the barriers to technology procurement, Enlogic has developed and delivered the EnPowered PDU to give customers the best of both worlds – a highly engineered basic PDU with multiple benefits, which also allows customers to purchase a network management card (NMC) at a later date, to…
Luxembourg, 8th April 2014 – SES Broadband Services today announced it has signed an agreement with German Internet Service Provider ORBITCOM to market its Astra Connect service. Provided via Ka-band capacity on the recently launched SES’s satellite ASTRA 2E, Astra Connect delivers high-speed broadband across Europe. ORBITCOM will provide the service to households in under-served areas in Germany where current broadband speeds are 2Mbit/s or less. Six different options of Astra Connect service packages will be available to ORBITCOM customers, with prices depending on data volume. The additional night option allows browsing without limit and without volume billing and is…
London, 8 April 2014 – PageOne Communications, a leading provider of critical messaging solutions to the public and private sectors, today announced that Dorset Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS) has selected its Trio lone worker device to help ensure the safety and security of their field-based staff. Implementing the Trio device is helping DFRS protect staff working alone who may potentially be at risk, whilst also adhering to vital health and safety requirements.”We have approximately 14,500 fire hydrants spread throughout the county and it is the responsibility of our lone worker Fire Hydrant Technicians to carry out inspections, test and…
The Cloud is unquestionably the future for energy and commodities trade and risk management (E/CTRM) solutions. The pace with which it is getting there is accelerating. And even very large trading firms are now embracing the Cloud as earlier concerns over security are allayed. These are the headline findings from a new industry round table conducted by analyst and research firm Commodity Technology Advisory (ComTech) and revealed today by vendor Aspect Enterprise Solutions. The round table results reinforce those of a major research project and report by ComTech which concluded that the Cloud was increasingly replacing the on-premises software model…
Egham, 8th April 2014 – OKI Europe Ltd has enhanced the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) functionality across its range of multifunction printers with Recognition Server from leading document capture company ABBYY available as a low cost add-on.OCR is powerful functionality that enables SMBs and workgroups to streamline their end-to-end document workflows and drive operational cost efficiencies through the conversion of paper documents or document images that organisations deal with on a daily basis.Recognition Server from ABBYY offers enterprise-scale OCR and document conversion providing highly accurate conversion of images into MS Office formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) or searchable PDF and PDF/A…
Industry-Leading Storage Providers Partner to Address Need for High Performance, Scalable Storage SolutionsCHICAGO and PITTSBURGH, Apr 8, 2014 – Cleversafe, Inc., the industry leading object-based storage provider, and Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for cloud enabled data centers, today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership, enabling the delivery of data storage solutions with scalable performance. The combined solution is designed to accelerate access to data and applications in cloud environments for enterprise customers in industries ranging from oil and gas to media and entertainment. The volume, variety and velocity of information that exists today is…
Industry experts lead the charge for a frontline view of customer and employee experience London, UK and Oslo, Norway and New York, NY: 8 April 2014: The most successful organisations know that positive change is driven by the front-line customer experience, employee experience and Market Research experts. At Confirmit Community Conference (CCC) 2014 on May 8-9 in Orlando at the Ritz-Carlton, Grande Lakes, industry experts who lead these endeavours will join forces to discuss the challenges they face every day. This year’s theme – Be a Hero – will focus on the heroic achievements earned on the road to success.…