Independent Consulting Firm Study Highlights Benefits of Perforce Version Management, Including Faster Time to Market, Lower Admin and Maintenance Costs, and an overall ROI of 582% ALAMEDA, Calif. (June 17, 2014) – Perforce Software today announced the results of a Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study examining the return on investment (ROI) companies can expect when they migrate from legacy version management systems to Perforce. The May 2014 study, conducted by Forrester Consulting and commissioned by Perforce, examines the impact of using Perforce on key elements of a successful business—developer productivity, operating costs and delivery of products/services. The subjects…
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64% of UK companies experiencing a tech gap; Simplification cited as the preferred route to ensure IT can meet the future needs of businessesLondon, 17th June 2014: A research report commissioned by Colt Technology Services has identified a tech deficit, which affects almost three quarters (72%) of European businesses. This tech deficit leads to a gap between what businesses need to achieve and what their infrastructure can support. When compared with their European counterparts, UK companies are amongst the most prepared with 64% citing they face a moderate or significant tech deficit. According to the research findings, the best prepared…
London, UK, 17June 2014 – GTT, a global cloud networking provider for multinational enterprises, today revealed the top five key factors CIOs need to consider today to future-proof the network and the cloud for tomorrow. Giving the opening day keynote address in the Transforming Cloud Theatre at the Cloud World Forum, GTT Managing Director, Andy Johnson said the role of the CIO has changed dramatically with the advent of major game changers, namely big data, virtualisation, collaboration and cloud computing destinations. With such dramatic changes underway, the role of the CIO is evolving quickly and dramatically, elevating them to the…
Awards that recognise internal achievements BUT deliver external competitive advantages Fresh, edgy, focused and inclusive categories allow the entire UK & Ireland to enterPart of proceeds donated to charity that entrants can influence Judged by leading industry figures including Engage For Success & HRZone.comAwards Ceremony hosted by George Lamb and held at The BreweryLondon – June 17, 2014 – The Employee Engagement Awards (www.eeawards.co.uk) are officially launched today across the UK & Ireland. The awards will be in North America and the rest of Europe by 2015. The Employee Engagement Awards (EE Awards) represents the game changers, the forward thinking…
17 June 2014, SINGAPORE: Businesses should consider multiple strategies and adopt the “Fail Fast” principle to ensure investments are not wasted, warned Nathan Bell, Telstra Global Director of Marketing, Portfolio and Pricing, at CommunicAsia today.Describing Asia as the “engine room of the global economy”, Bell spoke of the growing possibilities the region is producing for new markets and subsequently, new growth for businesses. He advised companies not to make the mistake of investing entirely in only one or two markets, as the unpredictability of certain countries could mean strategies fail due to internal challenges outside an organisation’s control.”The only constant…
– Best of breed absence management solution Appogee Leave extends to Microsoft, Lotus and beyond -Bracknell, UK. 17 June 2014: Software-as-a-Service specialist, Appogee, has announced it is extending the availability of its flagship online absence management solution, Appogee Leave to all organisations whichever calendaring application they use. Appogee Leave empowers managers and employees to manage requests and approvals of all types of absence, including holiday and sickness through a SaaS application and mobile client.Launched in 2011, and initially designed to integrate with Google Apps, the Appogee Leave user base has grown to over 20,000 users across 400 customers and in…
ExaGrid named ‘Disk-Based Product of the Year: Small/Midrange’ and nominated in several other categories at annual awards ceremony London, June 16, 2014 – ExaGrid Systems, Inc. announced today that it has been named ‘Disk-Based Product of the Year: Small/Midrange’ at the Annual Storage Awards 2014 ceremony on June 12, 2014 in London, confirming its leadership position for disk-based backup with deduplication. Winners were determined by a public vote, further validating that the industry recognises the superior performance and scalability of ExaGrid’s solution. This award follows ExaGrid’s strong momentum over the past year, with the leader in disk-based backup solutions: Launching…
Wick Hill creates new Professional Services Manager role to facilitate growth Woking, Surrey: 16th June 2014 – Barry Davies, an experienced IT and Education Manager, has been appointed at value added distributor (VAD) Wick Hill to the new post of Professional Services Manager. His job will be to help maximise and grow Wick Hill’s training and professional services offerings. The role has been created due to increasing demand from Wick Hill resellers for training courses and professional services, following a period of strong growth at the VAD, with sales en route to exceed US$150 million annually.Davies will be in charge…
For the fifth time in a row, corporate language training specialist Speexx is recognised as an innovative learning provider by the Worlddidac Association. Munich – Monday, 16th June 2014 – Speexx, the leading global provider of online language training, has been awarded with the prestigious Worlddidac Award. The Worlddidac Association’s international judging panel found Speexx to be a highly innovative learning solution. The official award ceremony is to take place on 28th October 2014, on the eve of the Worlddidac Basel event in Switzerland.With more than 50 entries, coming from as far as the United States, Sierra Leone and China,…
Zurich, Switzerland, 16th June, 2014: SandSIV, a Swiss based expert in the field of Customer Experience Management (CXM), and developer of the VoC Hub, an end-to-end platform for capturing, analyzing and visualizing the Voice of the Customer (VoC), has just updated its in-house developed CXM Framework.SandSIV AG is a company that specializes in helping its clients become more customer centric. This is done via a combination of SaaS based Voice of the Customer (VoC) applications, and expert Customer Experience Management (CXM) consultancy. Combined, this provides a platform for empowering businesses to begin acting upon the real needs and wants of…
78% increase in Q1 2014 year on year European sales Channel expansion key objective to support further European growthTarget markets are banking, retail & transportationLONDON, UK, 13 June 2014 — March Networks®, a global provider of intelligent IP video solutions, today announced its continued expansion in the European market with sales figures for Q1 2014 that are 78% year on year higher than 2013. Realising the huge potential of Europe to help increase its global sales and growth, March Networks is now focused on expanding its business in key verticals in this region such as banking, retail and transportation segments,…
mBond™ – “licence to thrill” IPTV service providers Coventry, UK – 13 June 2014 – Genesis Technical Systems to showcase solutions to tackle the rising demand for IPTV at CommunicAsia 2014 following operator sign off on mBond trial to deliver IPTV services over copper.Communications Service Providers looking for a new and exciting backhaul infrastructure solution – needed urgently to cope with rising demand for IPTV across Asia – have a unique new option thanks to UK based Genesis Technical Systems. Genesis, through its unique bonded copper solution, mBond™ is now able to support the strains placed on bandwidth allowance by…
Seven months after launching its groundbreaking cloud-based meeting management solution “MeetingBooster” — and achieving the near-impossible goal of transforming meeting dread into meeting delight — global software house MatchWare announced today that it has released an updated version 2.0, which empowers organizations with new and better ways to improve all aspects of the meeting cycle. Integrating fully with MS-Outlook, future-proofed for large-scale deployment, and leveraging a secure platform for communication and data storage, MeetingBooster 2.0 offers an array of powerful new features, including: Meeting Series, My Agenda Templates, Enhanced Task Management System, Active Directory Synchronization, Single Sign-on, Customizable Permission System,…
London, UK – AKG announces a new addition to their headphones collection, the AKG Y-Series. The series introduces a stand-out modern look alongside the professional heritage of the AKG brand. The new range, designed to inspire music lovers, provides listeners with an escape to channel their innovation. Michael Mauser, President, Lifestyle Division, HARMAN, says: “AKG has unrivalled history in producing award-winning headphones with studio sound quality expected from professionals. With the Y-Series, we’ve combined our classic signature sound with a sleek new design to allow users to express themselves creatively while enjoying their favourite music.” AKG Y50 The AKG Y50…
London – 12th June 2014 – Skyscape Cloud Services Limited, the easy to adopt, easy to use and easy to leave cloud services company, today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a not-for-profit organisation which aims to develop and promote best practice for providing security assurance within cloud computing, and to provide education on the uses of cloud computing to help secure all other forms of computing.Skyscape’s full range of assured cloud services have been specifically designed to meet the needs of the public sector market and have achieved the highest possible Pan Government Accreditation (PGA)…
Call for presentations open for (ISC)² Security Congress EMEA 2014, a unique international platform for information security professionals London, UK, 12 June 2014: International information security professionals have a unique opportunity to meet, learn, and get ahead of industry developments with the announcement of the inaugural (ISC)² Security Congress EMEA. Organised in partnership with MIS Training Institute, (ISC)² Security Congress EMEA 2014 is the first multi-day conference within the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region to be hosted by (ISC)²® (ISC-squared), the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information and software security professionals with over 100,000 members worldwide. Submissions…
Zylpha (www.zylpha.com), the UK’s leading legal systems innovator has launched a new module that automates the online property registration process for conveyancers using the Electronic Document Registration System (e-DRS) for the Land Registry Business Gateway. The e-DRS enables conveyancing practices to communicate securely with the Land Registry’s systems via the internet. By using the Business Gateway conveyancers can reduce the cost of registration fees payable to the Land Registry.Zylpha’s automation of the registration process for Visualfiles & SolCase case management users enables them to reap the full benefits of e-DRS. The automated process greatly speeds up registration and reduces the…
New ES94X5 MFP series offers organisations the exceptional combination of performance, flexibility and finishing Egham, 11th June 2014 – OKI Europe Ltd has launched the ES9455 MFP, ES9465 MFP and ES9475 MFP, an advanced range of A3 colour multi-function printers (MFPs) based on OKI’s pioneering digital LED technology. These smart MFPs are aimed at schools, businesses with large departments and companies where there is a need for high-volume printing, copying and scanning.The ES9455 MFP, ES9465 MFP and ES9475 MFP have a large colour touch screen providing easy access to all functions of the device, while sXP, an open platform architecture…
London, 11 June 2014 – Big Data is the future of business consumer relationships as businesses, governments, researchers and organizations across all industries attempt to harness burgeoning masses of complex data to advance applications and services. This year’s Cloud World Forum, co-located with Big Data World Congress, looks at how organizations are analysing their Big Data, to make more intelligent personalized choices about their customers and also at the risks Big Data poses.Venturebeat[1] recently reported how Big Data analytics has the capability to prevent systems crashing like HBO GO, which recently failed on the first episode of the new Game…
New Training Centre and new Professional Services Manager role at Wick Hill, as the VAD provides the framework for more growth Woking, Surrey: 11/6/2014 – VAD Wick Hill is undertaking major reorganisation in the UK and Germany to build on recent growth, with annual turnover now en route to exceed US$ 150 million. Changes in the UK include growth of the technical, professional services and sales teams, with new staff hiringsextensive office refurbishments to accommodate a significant expansion of the sales area a brand new, custom training centrethe appointment of a UK professional services manager to help maximise and grow…