Overall Data Centre Company of the Year and Data Centre Design/Build of the Year nominations mark out the company’s expertise in large-scale data centre projects07 April 2014 – WhiteSpider, a leading specialist in enterprise architectures for IT, has added two further nominations to the growing roll-call of awards the company is winning this year as a leading provider of data centre professional services. The company has been recognised by DCS awards as a finalist in two categories – Data Centre Design/Build of the Year and the prestigious Data Centre Company of the Year. Voting for both awards opened last week…
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Public Cloud Storage Results Rival Traditional NAS with Avere FlashCloud PITTSBURGH- April 7, 2014- Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for cloud enabled data centers, today announced that it has posted the first ever SPECsfs2008 NFS.v.3 results using a public cloud storage service as persistent storage. The results prove that with an edge-core storage architecture, the cloud can replace traditional storage arrays as the repository for corporate data.Avere Systems FXT Edge filers with FlashCloud™ for Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) from Amazon Web Services (AWS) provided Cloud NAS storage that enabled the performance scalability via familiar NAS…
More than 130 VFX, compositing, motion graphics and grading plugins now available for the first time Norwich, 7 April 2014 – FXHOME has today announced that many of its VFX, compositing, motion graphics and grading effects will soon be available for the first time for After Effects, Vegas Pro, Final Cut Pro X, Premiere Pro and Motion. The versatile plugins collection from the software developer’s popular HitFilm video editing programme will be launched at the 2014 NAB Show on 7-10 April in Las Vegas.The plugins package takes the many effects present in HitFilm 2 Ultimate into multiple platforms, and ranges…
US household name is one of three recent ‘big-client’ winsBelfast, 7th April, 2014 – Leader in mobile and voice customer service, SpeechStorm (www.speechstorm.com), has signed a contract with its first US customer, a nationwide service provider and household name, which has selected SpeechStorm’s Secure Payments solution to capture customer credit card payments securely and efficiently in its contact centres. The value of the deal cannot be disclosed.SpeechStorm’s ‘Payment Application – Data Security Standard’ (PA-DSS) validated application was identified by the service provider as the most cost effective way for it to comply with strict Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards on…
Belfast, 7th April, 2014 – Leader in mobile and voice customer service, SpeechStorm (www.speechstorm.com), today announces three major contract wins in the European mobile communications and global logistics sectors, and with a major US service provider for its personalized call-handling, self-service and secure payment customer service solutions. The value of the deals cannot be disclosed.In the first contract win, SpeechStorm’s Personalized Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution will be used by a leading global mobile telecoms brand to provide improved self-service and call handling to its UK & Ireland customers. SpeechStorm Personalized IVR will enable the mobile operator to provide a…
Smaller footprint, faster to deploy, quicker to boot and easier to manage, says IT managerReading, UK. 7 April 2014 – Cwm Taf University Health Board has deployed 2,500 IGEL thin clients across its hospitals, clinics, GP surgeries and administration offices radically saving management time and cutting energy costs.”We had oscillated between buying new and second hand PCs to use as Citrix terminals but had never been entirely satisfied with this solution,” said John Probert, senior server manager. “In places like the hospital theatres, the PCs were just too bulky and we required a more integrated solution to match the flat…
Innovative solution enables rapid deployment for oil and gas companies across the regionPerth, Australia, April 7, 2014 – SpeedCast, one of the world’s major international satellite telecommunications service providers, will host the first product demo of its latest development – the ReadyCONNECT™TA12 solution at this year’s APPEA Conference and Exhibition. The demonstration will give IT professionals in the oil & gas industry a chance to learn about the benefits of using the market’s latest mobile satellite communications system, and discuss their specific connectivity challenges. ReadyCONNECT™TA12 is a mobile VSAT solution that combines portability and rapid deployment equipment, providing instant access…
SAN JOSE, CA – April 4, 2014 – Smartlogic’s co-founder and senior vice president, Toby Conrad will be a keynote speaker at MarkLogic World’s kickoff event in San Francisco on April 7. Conrad’s presentation will focus on how Semaphore, Smartlogic’s content intelligence software platform, adds a semantic layer to MarkLogic implementations. “Semaphore’s semantic capabilities lets users really leverage their content across platforms and applications,” Conrad said. “Rich metadata adds the ability to dig into text and find business insights buried within it.”Smartlogic is a platinum sponsor of MarkLogic World Tour 2014 and will have representatives at each event to talk…
Luxembourg, 4 April 2014 – Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I), the world’s leading provider of satellite services, along with partners BT Group Plc (NYSE: BT), Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Sony (NYSE: SNY) and Newtec, will demonstrate the next iteration of a true 4K Ultra High Definition Television (4K UHDTV), end-to-end video transmission over satellite to the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada during the 2014 NAB Show. The demos will take place at Intelsat’s booth located in the South Upper Hall, Booth SU 3110 and Ericsson’s Booth located at SU 721.At NAB, Intelsat and its partners will demonstrate ecosystem readiness…
Evaluation Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to ExecuteLondon, UK – April 4, 2014 – xMatters, inc., a global leader in enabling business processes with communications, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant of the 2014 “U.S. Emergency/Mass Notification Services” report.[1] Recognizing vendors focused on the activation and management of crisis communications and notifications, this report assesses a vendor’s completeness of vision and the ability to execute that vision. This is the first time xMatters has been included in this prestigious evaluation with its debut in the leaders quadrant.The Magic Quadrant for U.S.…