EY analysis: Opportunities and Risks of Big Data Hanover, March 10th, 2014 – Companies face a double dilemma when it comes to Big Data, i.e. the analysis of large volumes of data: They see the business opportunities, but the ideas on how the subject can be specifically tackled are lacking. Many of the users don’t even think twice about revealing their data. These are the findings of a recent analysis by EY (formerly Ernst & Young). EY is a partner of CODE_n, the innovation platform at CeBIT that offers space to start-ups with innovative business models relating to Big Data…
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Showcases award winning vSpace and N-Series solutions for extending affordable, powerful and flexible computing to widest range of SMEs, public sector and education organisationsHemel Hempstead, UK – 7th March, 2014 NComputing, the leader in accelerating the adoption of desktop virtualisation, today announced its participation in CeBIT, Germany alongside channel partner Sysob IT-Distribution. NComputing will be exhibiting on Sysob’s Stand C73 in Hall 12 and showcasing its unique vSpace end-to-end desktop virtualisation solutions for smaller enterprises and educational institutions and its high performance, enterprise-class N-Series thin client solutions for Citrix environments. CeBIT, 10th – 14th March, is the largest and most…
Cloud Email Company New Entrant at 43rd in The Sunday Times SurveyLondon, UK – March 7th, 2014 – Mimecast, the leading cloud email security, archiving and continuity service has been included in this year’s prestigious employee survey: ‘100 Best Companies to Work For 2014’. The annual list compiled by The Sunday Times and Best Companies has placed Mimecast at number 43 in the mid-sized company category.The methodology behind the Best Companies ranking, BCI Measure, is recognized as an academically rigorous and accurate measure of engagement in the workplace. Over 1.5 million employees are surveyed each year from across the UK…
London – March 07, 2014 – Attenda Limited, the Business Critical IT company, today announced its congratulations to UCAS for winning the Best Cloud Project Public Sector category award in the coveted UK Cloud Awards 2014.The award recognises UCAS as a real success story relating to the adoption of cloud services and the transformational impact that was achieved. Attenda Consulting and Professional Services (CaPS) played a pivotal role in the project; helping UCAS to deliver a successful Confirmation & Clearing period for 2013. Commenting on the award, Mark Fowle, CEO, Attenda, says, “We extend our warm congratulations to the UCAS…
THE GROUP PRESENTS ITS FULL RANGE OF PRODUCTS FOR THE WIND POWER INDUSTRY, INCLUDING PRYCAM FOR WIRELESS MONITORING AND DIAGNOSTICS OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.PRYSMIAN TO HOLD TECHNICAL SEMINAR ABOUT INNOVATIVE P-LASER TECHNOLOGY FOR POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION CABLES WITH SPECIFIC APPLICATION IN THE RENEWABLE SECTOR.Milan, 7 March, 2014 – Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, will showcase its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2014 annual edition of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) event, that will take place in Barcelona (Spain) from March 10 to 13, hall…
Accra, Ghana, 7 March 2014: The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) will hold the world’s largest conference on wireless spectrum sharing in Accra, Ghana on 13-14 May 2014. This comes at a time when new laws and regulations are needed in order to release spectrum for vital radio, TV, broadband and other wireless applications, including broadband access and Machine-to-Machine (M2M).Leading policymakers, regulators, academics, technologists and businesspeople will gather at the second annual Global Summit to discuss the future offered by new dynamic spectrum access technologies. The Summit will bring together experts with first-hand experience to demonstrate how dynamic spectrum access can…
Manufacturers Give Themselves Half Marks in Inspired to Make It Study Sponsored by EpicorEpicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today announced that UK manufacturing success is being held back by an Inspiration Gap, according to its new study of businesses in the sector – Inspired to Make It.Over 300 senior UK manufacturing executives put their company’s Inspiration Rating at 5.7 out of 10 in the study – a measure of how encouraged they feel about their business and industry’s future prospects. Most recognize that dramatic change in the sector…
Organisations save £150,000 over five years as employees fund IT purchasesLondon, UK 6th March 2014: LANDESK, the global leader in delivering User-Oriented IT solutions solving systems, assets, security, mobility and IT service management challenges, today announces research which highlights that UK workers are spending more than double[1] on IT devices than they are on tea and coffee each year. With 83% of organisations permitting BYOD and 39% of employees purchasing their own device for work purposes, BYOD is helping to save the average company* £150,265 over five years. “BYOD is very mature today and extremely popular amongst consumers,” says Nigel…
As pressure to deliver crucial IT implementations increases, the speed of data centre decision making is slowing downLondon, 6th March 2014The pace of data strategy decision making is slowing down, with potentially significant business consequences, states new independent research commissioned by Colt, the information delivery platform. Whilst technology deployment is getting easier, the results show that European CIOs find it harder to devise data centre strategy than they did 12 months ago. The findings show longer planning cycles for strategic and tactical information delivery and data capacity uncertainty amongst European IT Directors. 503 online interviews were conducted among IT infrastructure…
Core Facts Azoi, a technology company dedicated to helping people improve their lives, today announced Wello – an innovative health monitoring device uniquely embedded within a mobile phone case.With just a few powerful sensors, Wello fits onto a smartphone and measures a number of key vitals including blood pressure, electrocardiography (ECG), heart rate, blood oxygen, temperature, lung functions and more, with a high level of accuracy.By simply holding it for a few moments, hidden sensors take measurements and pass on gathered information to the Wello app. Not only does it bring instantaneous results and data on your key vitals, over…
New rental scheme offered by Satellite Internet gives customers the chance to rent equipment from only £12.50 per month6 March 2014 A British Internet Service Provider, Satellite Internet, has launched a new low-cost equipment rental scheme, offering new customers a chance to connect to satellite broadband in an affordable way. The rental scheme, which comes on a two-year minimum contract at only £12.50 a month, removes any upfront equipment charges, meaning it has never been easier for customers to get connected via satellite.Satellite Internet is a specialist satellite ISP serving homes and businesses in rural and hard-to-reach areas all over…
Royal Television Society recognises disruptive technology start-up for ‘Excellence in Innovation’ at Annual AwardsThursday 6th March 2014, Gateshead, UK – ZeroLight, part of the Eutechnyx Group, announced today that it has won a top prize in The Royal Television Society awards, for innovation in the Professional Excellence category.The awards ceremony held Saturday night brought together some of the country’s best media innovations, hand selected by the judges panel to depict best-in-class examples of creativity and innovation in the area of audience engagement via use of new technologies.Senior marketing manager, Jason Collins said. “I’m extremely proud to accept this award on…
Bracknell, UK 6th March, 2014: Google Software-as-a-Service specialist, Appogee, has announced the launch of its global Appogee Partner Program to coincide with Google Global Partner Summit in Mountain View.The Appogee Partner Program will help existing Google Apps resellers build sustainable and profitable business through the sales of Appogee products.Appogee currently offers three application subscription services which integrate with Google Apps for Business:Appogee Leave is the number 1 absence management solution for Google Apps, and helps your employees, managers and HR professionals keep track of and manage personal time off, holiday and sickness requests and approvals from any device at any…
London – March 06, 2014 – Attenda Limited, the Business Critical IT company, today announced that it is one of the UK service provider partners in the Equinix EMEA Cloud Ecosystem, providing its clients with direct access to an extended range of cloud services. Platform Equinix enables Equinix to offer to its customers, and service providers like Attenda, who provide services delivered from within Equinix data centres, a range of connectivity options to deliver direct access to public cloud services, bypassing the Internet, to ensure increased performance, lower latency, increased security and higher availability.Commenting on the announcement, Mark Fowle, CEO,…
Innovation requires risk-taking and strong leadershipLondon, 6th March 2014 – Gone are the days when large, decades-old corporations alone changed the world – now, the companies changing the way we do business are just as likely to have been started five years ago from a spare room.New research from automation specialist Automic reveals what it is that helps young start-ups succeed – and what others can learn from them.Automic surveyed start-up companies in the UK, US and Germany to find out their recipe for success: how do they innovate so quickly, what can large organizations learn from the way they…
– Imago Techmedia’s communication and collaboration technology expo unifies the business community -London, Wednesday 05 March: Connected Business Expo has lived up to its reputation of being Europe’s leading communication and collaboration event featuring over 100 seminars from some of today’s leading business and technology influencers and attracting a record number of exhibitors to the show. The event took place on 4-5 March and has grown significantly since last year with a 26% rise in floor space and a 20% rise in exhibitor numbers. “The aim of Connected Business Expo is to help organisations understand how they gain business advantage…
New Edge Filer Delivers 60% More Capacity, 40% More PerformancePITTSBURGH – March 5, 2014 – Avere Systems, a leading provider of enterprise storage for cloud enabled data centers, today announced the release of their FXT 4800 Edge Filer, the newest solution to Avere’s FXT Series. Key features of the FXT 4800 include: higher density SSDs to bring the total capacity for the FXT 4800 up to 4.8TB and faster hex-core CPUs to increase performance. “The new FXT 4800 Edge Filer is the next logical extension of our Avere 4000 series,” said Jeff Tabor, senior director of product marketing at Avere.…
Verizon Ventures Leads the RoundBrussels, Belgium – March 5, 2014 – CloudBees, Inc., the Enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS) innovation leader, today announced it has closed an $11.2 million Series C financing round. The round was led by Verizon Ventures, the investment arm of Verizon Communications Inc. The round also included existing investors Matrix Partners and LightSpeed Venture Partners, as well as new investor Blue Cloud Ventures.Founded in 2010, CloudBees is a recognised leader in Platform as a Service technology and in its enterprise support and features for Jenkins continuous integration and delivery. The Series C funding brings the…
Avaya survey reveals 80% percent of companies lose revenue when the network goes down; on average, companies lost $140,00 USD as a result of network outages1 in 5 companies fired an IT employee as a result of network downtimeGuildford, UK – March 5, 2014 – As today’s business environment requires greater levels of business continuity than ever before, a new survey commissioned by Avaya demonstrates that traditional network vulnerabilities are causing more business impacts that most realize, resulting in revenue and job loss. The survey of mid-to-large companies in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom found that 82% of…
[London, 5 March 2014] With fundamental shifts currently impacting the marketplace, many Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are reviewing their position in the market and the optimum strategies for future development. On March 26 in London they will get a unique opportunity to glimpse the future, hear some outstanding presenters and discuss new ideas on markets and the dramatic changes affecting their industry. IT Europa’s seventh European ISV Convention is a pan-European event that brings together the leading independent software vendors with leading hardware and software platform providers, service providers, systems integrators and solution providers.Among the confirmed speakers is Lauri Saft,…