Enhanced Connectivity available with Multi-Platform Web Printing Solution, Star WebPRNT™ 9 December 2014 – International POS printer manufacturer Star Micronics announces today that it provides enhanced connectivity with its platform agnostic WebPRNT™ solution. Offering a low cost and versatile solution to cloud/web based printing issues, WebPRNT enables simple platform agnostic receipt printing direct from web based applications using Star’s new WebPRNT Browser for a Star mobile printer or a ‘plug-in’ upgrade option for desktop POS printers.With the largest choice of HTML and JavaScript Internet printers allowing easy, low cost installation for receipt, label and ticket printing, this low cost hardware…
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Zebra and ARM to collaborate on LWM2M StandardsLincolnshire, Ill ‒ Dec 9, 2014 ‒ Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global leader in products and solutions that provide real-time visibility into organizations’ assets, people and transactions, today announced that it now commercially supports the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Lightweight Machine to Machine (LWM2M) Standard within Zatar, Zebra’s Internet of Things (IoT) platform. Zatar is a cloud-based, multi-sensor integration IoT platform for connecting legacy and smart devices to the Internet and enabling third-party applications to easily work with the devices over an open source API. Zebra has licensed ARM® mbed™ technologies…
As demand for Aspect’s commodity trade and risk Cloud solutions surges, the company following its best quarter on record, has won its second award in the past two months – the “Excellence In CTRM Software Award” By Commodity Business Awards. This past September, Aspect was recognized as “Top Technology House” by Energy Risk Asia. See announcement here (www.aspectenterprise.com/resources/news/article_09_25_14.php). The coveted global award was announced at a black tie affair Thursday night before a host of commodity experts and dignitaries at London’s Savoy Hotel presented by British comedian Alun Cochrane. “The “CTRM Software Excellence” category is one of the most heavily…
The surge in mobile photography fuels appetite to learn more skills64% of Brits now use smartphones or tablets to take photosPeople rely on the law of averages rather than good composition to capture a decent image92% want to make their photos look better but three quarters don’t have the skillsOver a quarter avoid selfiesLondon 05 December 2014 – Research into photo habits, released today by online learning company lynda.com, reveals that understanding how to take a better photograph is second to learning a new language on the list of skills Brits want to learn. The lynda.com study also highlighted that…
39% increase in Cyber Monday delivery volumes, plus 82% rise in weekend shipments London, UK, 2nd December 2014 – MetaPack, the leading provider of eCommerce technology for delivery services, today released its data on how retailers delivered over Black Friday Weekend and into Cyber Monday. The company confirmed that the UK Christmas shopping started on a high this year with MetaPack systems coordinating demand for 2.5 million parcels, or a thousand parcels a minute. Commenting on how UK retailers and carriers performed over Black Friday Weekend, Patrick Wall, founder and CEO, MetaPack said: “This year’s introduction of Sunday services has…
10% of those questioned revealed they have worked from home nakedAlmost half admit skiving off work whilst at home with many taking baths35% continue to work in their underwearThe pros and cons of ‘Working from Home’ (WFH) are hotly debated, and a new study released today by Altodigital, the UK’s leading independent supplier of office technology solutions, is set to add fuel to the fire, with slacking off, naked conference calls and napping all common-place from workers up and down the country.The study, which questioned 1,000 UK employees, was commissioned to help Altodigital better understand the technological and operational challenges…
ElasticHosts attributes its 3787% revenue growth to cutting-edge technical innovation and a focus on customer service. London, 1st December 2014 – Cloud server provider, ElasticHosts, today announced that it ranked 9th in the Internet sector and 34th overall in the 2014 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, the prestigious ranking of the 500 fastest-growing EMEA technology companies. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over the last five years. ElasticHosts grew 3787% during this period.Richard Davies, CEO of ElasticHosts says “In 2008 ElasticHosts was one of the pioneers of cloud computing in Europe and this award recognises our history of strong…
Patented image enhancement technology transforms TV viewing for colour-blind peopleCambridge, 1 December 2014, Spectral Edge (www.spectraledge.co.uk) today announces that its Eyeteq image enhancement technology is now available for integration into consumer set top boxes (STBs). By adding Eyeteq as an option in the Accessibility menu, consumer electronics manufacturers and service providers will be able to offer a dramatically improved TV viewing experience to the estimated 4% of the world’s population that suffers from colour blindness. Eyeteq allows colour-blind viewers to better differentiate between red and green when watching programmes, allowing them to see details they previously could not. It does…
Sophia Antipolis, 28 November 2014: oneM2M, the global standards initiative for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the full agenda of world-class specialists and industry leaders for its showcase event on Tuesday 9th December 2014, in Sophia Antipolis, France. Representatives from a cross section of market sectors will be in attendance: telecoms operators and technology vendors, M2M service providers and end-user markets. Demonstrations will be conducted by leading technology companies and organizations, including China United Network Communications Group, Convida Wireless, Eluon, Ericsson, ESMIG, Fraunhofer FOKUS, GridPocket, Huawei Technologies, InterDigital, Kamstrup, KETI, LAAS-CNRS, Lamprey Networks, LG Electronics,…
Enhancement to Automic ONE Platform with Request and Approval ManagementVienna/London – Automic, www.automic.com, a leader in business automation, today announced it has completed the acquisition of request and approval management system specialist levatis Software Solutions GmbH (levatis).levatis solutions have been an important part of the Automic offering since 2012, complementing the Automic ONE platform with request and approval management capabilities. Many of Automic’s customers, including Bosch, Merck, RWE and E+H, have actively been using and benefitting from levatis solutions. They have repeatedly endorsed levatis for its innovative approach. With the acquisition, these solutions will be incorporated into Automic’s latest Application…
Accredited Analyst Firm Ranks ExaGrid Systems in the Top Positions in Under $50K and Under $100K Buyer’s Guide ReportsKey Report Findings:ExaGrid ‘Recommended’ solution provides a unique landing zone and scale-out architecture, delivering significant backup and restore performance and unsurpassed scalability.ExaGrid products offer a unique combination of management and hardware features that scale to a full backup size of more than 400TB.London, November 25, 2014 – Dominating two of the most recent buyer’s guides from independent analyst firm DCIG, ExaGrid Systems, Inc. earned the top 6 of the top 10 positions in the DCIG 2014-15 Deduplicating Backup Appliance Under $50K Buyer’s…
Employers report tablet user productivity increases 44%BRACKNELL, UK 25th NOVEMBER 2014Tablet use in UK business is sparking a productivity revolution with 70% of employers reporting substantial productivity improvements from employees using tablets. On average, employers estimated that productivity amongst tablet using employees had risen by a staggering 44%.Interestingly, UK tablet users themselves were less certain but still 40% believed that working with a tablet had increased their productivity and estimated their productivity improvement at 32% on average.The findings resulted from one of the most comprehensive studies to date of tablet use in European business, undertaken by research company Dynamic Markets…
Guildford, UK: 24 November 2014 – Cloud-based customer experience analytics and service monitoring specialist, SpatialBuzz has been shortlisted for the 4th BT Infinity Labs programme, held in conjunction with TechHub, for its work with Telefónica UK and Germany. The programme recognises innovative solutions that help businesses meet the evolving needs of tomorrow’s customer service.SpatialBuzz is an innovative cloud-based customer experience analytics and service monitoring platform for network operators that directly engages customers about technical and network based issues across multiple touch-point self help. The platform derives critical operational insights by continuously monitoring activity across all client network touch-points, giving a…
– UK colocation provider LDeX Group recognised for achieving 897% revenue growth over the last five years -London, United Kingdom – 21st November 2014: LDeX Group has today announced that it has been named as the 31st fastest growing technology company in the United Kingdom at this year’s Deloitte Fast 50 awards, which took place yesterday evening at the Montcalm Hotel in London. The prestigious accolade was awarded to the independent datacentre and network connectivity provider having achieved an exponential revenue growth of 897% over the last five years. The award highlights the growing success of LDeX as a national…
Global leader in the elevator and escalator industry increases online conversion rates by 20 percent with SDL Customer Experience Cloud Wakefield, MA and Maidenhead, UK – November 20, 2014 – SDL (LSE: SDL) today announced that KONE, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, has streamlined its localisation processes and has optimised its website for mobile delivery and faster site performance with SDL Customer Experience Cloud (CXC). In addition to its corporate site, KONE runs over 50 regional websites in more than 30 languages around the world. While the site structure is the same across regions, the content…
EPSOM – 19 November 2014 – Kroll Ontrack, the leading provider of data recovery and ediscovery products and services, today announced its 12th annual list of the top 10 data disasters from 2014. For the last 12 years, Kroll Ontrack has been collecting and publishing a list of the toughest physical and logical failures from its offices around the globe. “Kroll Ontrack is proud to be able to ‘save the day’ when the unexpected happens,” said Paul Le Messurier, Programme and Operations Manager at Kroll Ontrack. “As the global leader in data recovery, Kroll Ontrack applies its state-of-the-art data recovery…
Created with the key retail principles of flexibility, reliability and customer service in mind; the modular Panasonic JS-970 All In OneBRACKNELL, UK. 19 NOVEMBER 2014Panasonic today announced its innovative modular Point of Sales workstation, the JS-970 All In One. Designed for flexible use and built to withstand harsh environments, the JS-970 All In One is ideal for the quick service restaurant, retail and hospitality sectors and replaces the mid-range, benchmark-setting Panasonic JS-925. Drawing on Panasonic’s 35 years of retail experience and technology leadership, the new JS-970 has been created with the key retail principles of flexibility, reliability and customer service…
Rail Passengers to benefit from advances in IT, cloud and smart media18 NOV 2014 – LONDON – UK IT Services firm Smart421 announces today a new contract win to help deliver the next generation smart ticketing system for the Rail industry. The contract for a Transaction Management System (TMS) for South East Flexible Ticketing (SEFT) is awarded to Smart421 by the Rail Settlement Plan Limited, the commercial arm of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) and comes after a rigorous competitive tender process. The SEFT programme will deliver ITSO smart ticketing to the rail network in South East England,…
SKO certifies Conviva global intelligence and analytics for Dutch audience reporting SAN MATEO, Calif., November 18th, 2014 – Conviva, the leader in real-time big data, viewer-centric video optimization, today announced its collaboration with SKO, the television audience measurement service in the Netherlands. Conviva’s Intelligent Control Platform received official SKO certification and will be used to arm Dutch broadcasters, advertisers and content delivery network providers with the most comprehensive, real-time quality and audience metrics available for SKO’s Internet audience census data. The Conviva Control Platform processes billions of streams every month across billions of devices worldwide to gather global performance intelligence.…
Free Tools Improve Performance of Microsoft Active Directory, IIS, Exchange and SQL Server Technology Lexington, MA – November 14, 2014 – Ipswitch™ is providing systems administrators and IT teams with free tools to monitor application availability and performance for Microsoft™ Active Directory, Exchange, IIS and SQL Server applications. “Systems administrators thrive in an open source world. We are thrilled to expand our suite of free tools with new offerings for managing four of Microsoft’s most popular products. These free tools are powerful, yet designed to be as easy to download and use as apps from the Apple or Google app…