Woking, Surrey: 28th March 2014 – As it celebrates its 38th birthday, and with its financial year yet to close, Wick Hill announces a record breaking year for both the UK and DACH, with over 30% growth already achieved and the $100m sales barrier passed earlier in the yearWick Hill was founded in 1976 and is currently one of the longest established independent IT value added distributors in Europe. According to founder and chairman Ian Kilpatrick, one of the main reasons for the VAD’s longevity is its commitment to excellence, both in the products and the services it provides.”The emphasis…
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Centrix Software, workspace management solutions expert, has announced a partnership with leading UK reseller Softcat to jointly sell and market its WorkSpace iQ usage analytics engine as part of Softcat’s Software Asset Management (SAM) portfolio. Building on a successful 2013 when the company established itself as the leading Workspace Management provider, delivering a record breaking 400 per cent revenue growth, the announcement forms part of the company’s 2014 plan to further build strategic partnerships within the IT industry.According to Gartner, more than 25% of IT spending is already outside CIOs’ control and this figure is predicted to grow to 40%…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Royal Philips, the global leader in LED lighting, today reveals the world’s first 3D-printed smart luminaires, a design addition to the expanding Philips hue range. Fusing the worlds of light, art and technology, these luminaires allow limitless light effects, bringing a piece of art to your living room. The innovative Philips 3D-printed hue table & pendant luminaires were co-created with globally-renowned design teams WertelOberfell and Strand+Hvass. The luminaires will be on display at the Philips Forum at Light and Building show in Frankfurt from 31st March – 4th April 2014.Making the extraordinary possibleWith hue, a simple…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Royal Philips, the global leader in lighting, today announces a world’s first: hue tap, a clever little switch which makes controlling your favorite hue light scenes even easier. Being kinetic-powered no batteries are needed.Reinventing the light switchHue tap is as smart as the hue bulbs it controls, and just as easy to use. For moments when you prefer not to use your smart device to turn the lights on, such as when your phone is charging or the kids are playing with your tablet, simply tap! Also, you can extend your app into the physical world…
If credit card details are compromised, shoppers will not return to do businessSurrey, 27 March 2014 – New research commissioned by Semafone® has revealed that the overwhelming majority of people would not do business with a company that had failed to protect its customers’ card data. In the survey, conducted by OnePoll, 86.55% of 2,000 respondents stated that they were “not at all likely” or “not very likely” to do business with an organisation that had suffered a data breach involving credit or debit card details. The proportion of women expressing this view was 91.48%, which was markedly higher than…
[London, 27 March 2014] Independent software vendors (ISVs) face a wide-open market with great opportunities, but will need to focus to get the best rewards in the longer term. Discussions at the European ISV Convention staged in London this week recognised the rapid changes in the independent software business, but it was the nature of the change that most experts were concerned about. Rob Craft, senior director of enterprise cloud at Microsoft said that the transition to cloud was not so much a toggle as a slider. HP’s cloud portfolio director Hans Van Breda also said that it was an…
Customers expect to be able to choose how they communicate with contact centres now and are even switching between channels such as phone, email, text message, chat and social media to discuss a single requirement. Service advisors therefore need systems that allow them to see a customer’s messages across all these channels in one place, along with that person’s profile and history, in order to efficiently meet their requirements. The response has to be quick and informed, so that the customer feels listened to and doesn’t have to repeat themselves – because they are much more likely than ever before…
Houston, 27 March – Petrotechnics, the global leader in transforming frontline operational performance and lowering operational risk, will address process safety management leaders at the 10th Global Congress on Process Safety on how technology can be used to improve the management of operational risk.Held at the Hilton Hotel in New Orleans from 30th March- 2nd April, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) event, is one of the world’s largest gathering of process safety experts attracting over 1500 from across the world. Petrotechnics has been selected by the organizers to deliver four presentations at the event around Operational Risk Management.Petrotechnics’…
[London, 27th March 2014] IT Europa, the leading European IT publisher and market intelligence organisation, has announced the winners of the European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2014 – the pan-European awards event for ISVs, IT and Telecoms channels. The finalists were honoured last night at a celebration dinner at the London Lancaster Hotel. This year’s European IT Excellence Awards shows just how diverse the IT supply industry has become with solutions ranging from construction site management to healthcare systems and government document control, and from all parts of Europe. With strong, measurable returns, many of these IT projects prove…
Offers health care sector secure clinical authentication with No Click Access® within virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI).Reading, UK, 27 March 2014 – IGEL Technology is integrating Imprivata OneSign® ProveID Embedded into all its x86-based thin and zero clients with the recently released firmware updates 4.13.100 and 5.02.100. The solution offers users in the health care sector secure clinical authentication with No Click Access® within virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI). With the solution directly integrated into the firmware of the IGEL clients, Imprivata OneSign ProveID Embedded allows high-performance, pre-installed user authentication for rapid, secure access to clinical applications and critical patient information. In…