Cellwize has been testing and developing its NFV enabled SON solutions at Alcatel-Lucent’s CloudBand™ Innovation CenterSingapore – 19 June, 2014 – Cellwize, the innovative Self-Organizing Network (SON) solutions provider, today announced that it has joined Alcatel-Lucent’s CloudBand™ Ecosystem community to help champion Network Function Virtualization (NFV). Working closely with Alcatel Lucent’s NFV initiative, Cellwize’s centralized-Son product, elastic-SON™ manages and automates mobile operator networks.CloudBand Ecosystem Program was established in 2013 to aid NFV innovation, share knowledge and help service providers get it to NFV faster. Cellwize has been testing and developing its own NFV enabled Son solution on Alcatel-Lucent’s CloudBand distributed…
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ASSIA CEO also tells CommunicAsia that 1Gbps broadband access speeds are achievable without new hardware technologies or standardsSingapore and Redwood City, Calif. – June 19, 2014 – Profitable broadband that is fast and reliable is achievable for Asian operators across the region simply by the use of software-based management. That was a key point made today at CommunicAsia by ASSIA Chairman and CEO Dr. John M. Cioffi. Addressing the conference, Dr. Cioffi, widely acknowledged across the telecoms world as the father of DSL technology, also unveiled a vision of the future where 1Gbps performance is achieved with current technologies, hardware…
Partner recognised for delivering 60% YoY revenue growth during FY13 18th June 2014 – Computacenter, Europe’s preferred IT provider to enable users and their business, today announces that it has been presented with the Rising Star Award at the F5 Agility customer and partner conference. The award ceremony took place in Copenhagen on the 17th June and recognises organisations which have excelled in delivering F5 solutions to customers in the areas of mobility, security, cloud and SDN. “We’re delighted to be recognised for our commitment and contribution to our partner F5, but also for the success that our collaboration brings…
Searchmetrics research says Universal Search Integrations appear in 81% of all Google searchesSan Mateo – June 18, 2014 Google delivers blended or Universal Search results for around 81% of all searches according to a new study from pioneer and leading global, enterprise SEO platform provider, Searchmetrics. During 2013, Universal Search Integrations featuring Video results appeared for 65% of keyword searches, while the total count of Google Shopping Product Listing Ads (PLAs) appearing within Universal Search grew by nearly 200%. Searchmetrics studied search results for millions of keywords to analyze the type and frequency of Universal Search Integrations (Video, Images, News,…
SAN JOSE, Calif; June 18th, 2014 -Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) has further extended its worldwide technology leadership by promoting Curt Beckmann to the role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Previously Principal Architect, in this new role Beckmann will be responsible for leading the company’s technology strategy and product roadmap within the region, aligning technology initiatives and execution closely with customer needs. Beckmann, with almost two decades’ networking expertise, will also continue in his role as a leader in the Open Networking Foundation where he serves as chair of the Forwarding Abstractions Working Group. In…
Houston, 18 June 2014 – Petrotechnics, the global leader in transforming frontline operational performance and lowering operational risk, will be delivering a key presentation at the Asset Integrity Canada 2014 conference in Calgary on 24 June exploring how new software technology can help organizations change the safety productivity dynamic to better manage their asset integrity challenges. The Asset Integrity Canada 2014 conference will be held at the Calgary Marriott Downtown Hotel from 23rd – 25th June 2014. The focus of the event is how best practice with practical tools can maximize the technical and operational performance of assets. Petrotechnics will…
Company Contributes Major Enhancements to Open Source Jenkins CI Community Brussels, Belgium – June 18, 2014 – CloudBees, Inc., the Jenkins Enterprise company and continuous delivery leader, today announced Jenkins Workflow, a significant new facility for Jenkins. The new Workflow facility enables Jenkins to orchestrate development and deployment processes in continuous delivery environments. CloudBees led the development effort for the Jenkins Workflow project, initially defining requirements for it based on input from the Jenkins CI community. Jenkins Workflow is available for developer preview and is being developed in the Jenkins community as an open source plugin.Using Jenkins Workflow, users can…
London, 18 June 2014 – The Cloud World Series Awards recognised industry leaders from around the world last night (17 June), at an award ceremony which took place in London as part of the Cloud World Forum conference and exhibition. The Awards, which consist of six categories encompassing services from across the Cloud ecosystem, acknowledge and celebrate drive and innovation in the global Cloud computing industry.Ewa Campbell, Head of Marketing, Cloud World Series, said: “Rewarding the excellence of our winners by acknowledging their hard work and what it brings to the Cloud industry is hugely important. These companies are laying…
San Francisco, June 18, 2014 Scandit (www.scandit.com), developer of the leading software-based barcode scanning and data capture platform for smartphones, tablets and wearable computing devices, today announced that industry research firm Yankee Group has featured the company in a recent Impact Report. The report, “Company Impact: Scandit Targets, Retail, Manufacturing and Logistics With Mobile AIDC” (May 2014), positions Scandit as an emerging market leader in software-based barcode scanning for retail, manufacturing and logistics, effectively competing against traditional hardware vendors. The report is currently available for download via Scandit’s website.According to Yankee Group; “Mobile solutions are disintermediating existing hardware and software.…
London, 18 June 2014 – Telstra today announced new cloud infrastructure services in the United States (US), expanding on its offering already available in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia and strengthening its global virtual private cloud solution for multinational customers. Martin Bishop, Telstra Global Head of Network Applications and Services, said the US extension, which will be located on the East Coast, was an important milestone in Telstra’s on-going strategy to provide cloud infrastructure services to support business growth initiatives.”The new US node brings our total cloud presence up to seven distinct locations throughout the United States,…
Interoute Virtual Data Centre takes its IaaS cloud platform globalLondon, 18 June, 2014 – Interoute, owner operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, has today launched a new Interoute Virtual Data Centre (VDC) zone in New York in a move that will further expand its cloud services globally. With latency as little as 68ms[1] between Interoute’s London and New York VDC zones, users of Interoute’s IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) platform have the benefit of a low latency, globally distributed cloud at their fingertips. Interoute CTO, Matthew Finnie, commented, “European developers and businesses with their sights set on the US…
Martin Kuppinger, Principal for Analyst Firm KuppingerCole, to Lead Webinar on Risks Associated with Identities and Access on Wednesday June 25, 11:00 A.M. C.E.T.WESTBOROUGH, Mass, June 18, 2014 – Whether you call it Identity Analytics, Access Analytics or Identity and Access Intelligence, security watchdog organizations and industry experts are urging organizations to augment their traditional identity and access management solutions with analytic capabilities. This will enable them to find and reduce risks associated with such issues as orphan accounts, users with access rights beyond what is needed, or ungoverned privileged accounts lingering in the enterprise.On this note, Martin Kuppinger, Principal…
Innoverne to enter new markets by unlocking economic value in circular solutions READING, United Kingdom -18th June, 2014 – Innoverne Limited, an emerging technology innovator that delivers omni-channel solutions supporting business transformation towards a circular economy, today announced the appointment of Adrian Trickett as Vice President of Sales. At Innoverne, Trickett will help deliver Innoverne’s go-to-market strategy, focusing on developing and supporting Innoverne’s relationship with large enterprises. Trickett comes to Innoverne with over 13 years director-level experience working for some of the world’s most notable software, SaaS and technology brands. Trickett was Global Sales Director at NewVoiceMedia, the leader in…
Yorkshire Building Society Group (the Group) has chosen the tracSmart platform from Worksmart (www.worksmart.co.uk) to automate the Group’s training and competence (“T&C”) framework which embeds development and risk management within customer facing teams, providing consistency across brands, functions and channels. The three year deal will see the Worksmart system support the T&C framework for the society.Worksmart, the leading provider of T&C, Learning Management, Quality Assurance and Customer feedback solutions to the financial services sector, was chosen by the Group after an extensive review of the market. The Group required a solution that would automate and standardise the T&C controls and…
Dr Steven Murdoch of the University of Cambridge looks at the pros and cons of Internet privacy at next week’s AppSec Europe Conference and presents the latest developments of The Tor Project for anonymous communications17 June 2014: While it is extremely difficult to be completely anonymous on the Internet, new technology is making it possible to protect users’ privacy far better than it is done today, according to Dr Steven Murdoch, a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Security Group of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. At next week’s AppSec Europe Conference in Cambridge, Dr Murdoch will be…
June 17, 2014 – Oncore IT today announced that it has signed a three year contract with Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, to provide encrypted online backup support for its London office based on Asigra’s award winning cloud backup and recovery technology. With over 770 lawyers in nine offices across Europe, Canada and Africa, Fasken Martineau has particular expertise in mining, life sciences, banking and finance, energy and infrastructure and public-private partnerships. As a SRA[1] regulated business, Fasken Martineau has to have a thorough approach to backing up all its client data, applications, operating systems…
SANTA MONICA, Calif, June 17, 2014 – Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based talent management software solutions, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Talent Management Suites report[1]. Introduced in 2013, the report has placed Cornerstone in the Leaders quadrant for the second year in a row based on the company’s “completeness of vision” and “ability to execute.” As noted in the report, “talent management suites are an integrated set of applications, including workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance appraisal/assessment, goals management, career development, succession management, learning management and compensation…
In the past, laptop thin clients were very restricted on WiFi access but now with IGEL Café Wireless functionality users of laptop thin clients can log on to WLAN networks anywhereReading, UK. 17 June 2014 – IGEL Technology today introduced its IGEL Café Wireless functionality to give thin client users the same flexibility and mobility as PC users for connecting to WLAN networks. IGEL’s popular Universal Desktop Converter 2 (UDC2) solution easily converts PC’s and x86-compatible notebooks into mobile thin clients which offer the same impressive range of security and management benefits as the rest of the IGEL portfolio. With…
Cloud key to successful launch of business Conception to global operations achieved in just nine months Unparalleled flexibility and speed to market through cloud based technologies TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate), one of the world’s largest real estate investment management companies, has attributed next-generation cloud based technologies as key to the successful launch of the business, which went from conception to global operations in just nine months. Speaking today at Cloud World Forum in London, James Whyte, Acting Head of IT at TH Real Estate, told the packed conference hall that for businesses wanting unparalleled flexibility and speed…
Unabhängige Studie einer Beratungsfirma stellt Vorteile des Versionsmanagements von Perforce heraus: Schnellere Marktreife, geringere Administrations- und Wartungskosten sowie ein ROI von insgesamt 582 ProzentWokingham, UK, 17. Juni 2014 – Perforce Software hat die Ergebnisse einer „Total Economic Impact” (TEI)-Studie von Forrester Consulting vorgestellt. Darin wurde die Höhe der Kapitalrendite („Return on Investment”, ROI) untersucht, die Unternehmen bei der Migration von einem Altsystem für Versionsmanagement auf Perforce erwarten können. Die Studie vom Mai 2014, die Forrester Consulting im Auftrag von Perforce durchgeführt hat, prüft, wie sich die Verwendung von Perforce-Lösungen auf Kernelemente einer erfolgreichen Unternehmung auswirkt: die Produktivität der Entwickler, die…