Aberdeen, 06 February – Petrotechnics, the global leader in transforming frontline operational performance and lowering operational risk is pleased to announce its main sponsorship of Oil & Gas UK’s popular series of six Aberdeen Business Breakfasts that are run over the year. The sponsorship is part of Petrotechnics’ ongoing initiative to work with the UK’s most prominent industry associations to promote the sharing of ideas, lively debate and networking across the Aberdeen based Oil & Gas ecosystem. Oil & Gas UK’s Business Breakfast Series provides a key platform where professionals across the entire supply chain from contractors to technology vendors…
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New 4,500 m2 data centre in Madrid offers services from the ground to the cloud and across the continent via Europe’s largest fibre optic network.Madrid, 6 February 2014 – Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest cloud platform, today announced the opening of its new distributed data centre in Madrid, Spain. The data centre is built into Interoute’s vast pan-European network, adding a new physical location to Interoute’s unified ICT platform. The Interoute platform allows customers to build or buy as-a-service data centre architectures – be they physical, virtual or hybrid. These can be distributed and connected across countries and regions…
Launch of O365Connect gives significant operational and economic benefits to SMB ITBath, United Kingdom – 6th February 2014: Zynstra, the pioneer in hybrid cloud solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), today announces the launch of O365Connect. Developed in association with Microsoft and HP to provide SMBs with a managed Hybrid IT solution, it delivers all the comfort and control of on-premise IT but with the economics and service levels typically associated with public cloud services.Aimed at businesses with between 5 and 250 IT users, O365Connect provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Office 365, giving the end user complete control…
Appointment of Warren East to Advisory Board endorses market opportunity for human signs monitoring Oxehealth, the spin-out from the University of Oxford’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, today underlined its intention of delivering on the high growth potential of its non-contact vital signs technology with the appointment of a highly experienced technology innovator: Warren East.Recently announced CBE recipient, Warren is former ARM CEO, board member of Rolls Royce, De La Rue, Dyson and BT, and winner of Computer Weekly’s UKtech 50 ‘The most influential people in UK IT’. Warren joins the Oxehealth Advisory Board, bringing with him his knowledge of delivering…
Leading startups named enterprise tech champions in Tech Trailblazers Awards Second EditionLondon, UK – Wednesday 5th February 2014 – The global Tech Trailblazers Awards for enterprise IT startups today announced winners of this independent innovation award, now in its second year. Determined by votes from an independent judging panel and the public, these pioneering entrepreneurs are now crowned Tech Trailblazers in the categories of Big Data, Cloud, Emerging Markets, Mobile, Networking, Security, Sustainable IT, Storage and Virtualization – recognized as today’s front-runners in their chosen field. Winners of the Tech Trailblazers Awards Second EditionBig Data Trailblazers:Winner-Parstream (@Parstream), www.parstream.com – Cologne,…
Insights from 250 organisations across five continents, representing more than 2 million employees to help HR and L&D Managers make better decisionsMunich – Wednesday, 5th February 2014 – Speexx, the award-winning provider of online corporate language training, has released a new white paper for the talent management sector. “Championing business agility through better workforce communication” sets the agenda for HR and L&D professionals and shows how communication skills can be instrumental in improving workforce agility. The Speexx white paper explores the key HR factors driving business agility this year, as well as the barriers to improving workforce communication skills. It…
February 5, 2014 – Oncore IT, a Cloud and IT managed services provider, today announced that London & Capital, a leading firm of investment advisers and asset managers, has completed its transition to outsource its onsite legacy tape-based[1] data backup function to a cloud-based solution managed by its specialist team of technical experts and dedicated account managers. To meet Financial Conduct Authority [FCA] policies and recommendations, Oncore IT has provided a cost effective and scalable public Cloud-based solution – using Asigra technology – to maximise the level of data security, improve resilience and enhance London & Capital’s backup processes and…
OpenMarket is providing custom-built SMS donation system for Sport Relief’s 2014 campaignOpenMarket Mobile Engagement Platform receives and manages SMS donations for four month campaign Comic Relief is the latest major UK charity to choose OpenMarket to drive its mobile fundraisingLONDON, UK – February 5 2014 – Comic Relief, the UK charity that uses entertainment to raise money to help poor and disadvantaged people at home and overseas, has chosen leading mobile engagement company OpenMarket to drive SMS mobile donations for its 2014 Sport Relief fundraising campaign. This year’s Sport Relief campaign is using the OpenMarket Mobile Engagement Platform (MEP) to…
London, 05 February 2014 – PageOne, a leading critical messaging solutions provider, today announced Her Majesty’s Passport Office (HM Passport Office) has sent over one million confirmation messages to customers upon receipt of their passport application form using its Connect secure text messaging solution.A significant proportion of mobile telephone numbers are often supplied as the primary contact method on passport application forms. Using Connect, HM Passport Office can quickly and easily notify customers via text message that their passport applications have been received. Nigel Gray, Director of PageOne, said “We have worked closely with HM Passport Office to ensure the…
Launches PayGate Online and PayGate Bacs to enable business to create and submit batches of electronic payments to the Bacs and Faster Payments clearing systemsLoudwater, UK, 05 Feb 2014: Bacs payments are typically associated with significant ‘hidden’ overheads in terms of software and annual fees which inflate the costs of using Bacs in business. In response, Ultra Electronics AEP has today launched two user-friendly products for payments collection, payroll and accounts payable that feature transparent pricing and low fees in order to establish Bacs Direct Debit and Direct Credit as a viable alternative in business to cheques and outsourcing payments…