Infracapital reached agreement to buy 50% stake in SSE Enterprise Telecoms

Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of M&G Prudential, has reached an agreement with SSE plc to buy a 50 per cent stake in SSE Enterprise Telecoms for a total consideration of up to £380m. The consideration comprises:£215m to be paid on completion of the transaction which is expected by the end of June 2019; andup to £165m to be paid in a series of instalments, subject to future performance SSE Enterprise Telecoms is one... Source: RealWire

Natural Power appoints Director of HSEQ

Leading renewable energy and infrastructure consultancy, Natural Power, has appointed David Armour to the new role Director of HSEQ. Reporting to Managing Director, Stephen Trotter, David will have functional responsibility for health, safety, environment and quality as well as for the resource both within the central HSEQ function and the safety advisors and managers throughout the business units. Stephen Trotter, Managing Director at Natural Power, said: “This promotion not only recognises the contribution David has... Source: RealWire

Finastra announces Eric Duffaut as President and Global Head of Field Operations

Duffaut will drive company’s continued growth as it moves towards a platform and subscription-based businessLondon, UK – December 20, 2018, Finastra has appointed Eric Duffaut as President and Global Head of Field Operations. Based at Finastra’s London Headquarters, Duffaut will take responsibility for the company’s entire go-to-market organization including global sales, services and consultancy, as well as overseeing the Finastra partner ecosystem. “Eric will play a key role in accelerating market adoption of our leading... Source: RealWire

Veea Systems and Angel Trains Work Together to Showcase the Potential of Edge Computing in Rail at HackTrain 5.0

Development teams built innovative edge computing-based Internet of Things, messaging and entertainment projects at annual rail hackathonBath, UK December 20th 2018 – Today Veea Systems, the company delivering business-ready solutions at the network edge, has detailed its contribution at the HackTrain 5.0 event. Working in partnership with Angel Trains, one of Britain’s leading train leasing companies, Veea Systems demonstrated the potential of innovative edge computing solutions using the SmartRail VeeaHub platform. Held in October this... Source: RealWire

NewVoiceMedia wins Best in Biz Award for Most Innovative Product Feature

LONDON, 20 December, 2018 – NewVoiceMedia, a Vonage Company (NYSE:VG) and leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales solutions, has been named a silver winner in the Most Innovative Product Feature of the Year – Enterprise/SMB category of Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America.NewVoiceMedia’s global cloud telephony platform is an intelligent, multi-tenant contact centre... Source: RealWire

USU Knowledge Center now available on Salesforce AppExchange, the world’s leading business app marketplace

New USU app offers a powerful knowledge base with graphical decision treesMöglingen, December 19, 2018. USU is announcing the publication of Knowledge Center on Salesforce AppExchange. As a result, companies have a whole new way of connecting with their customers, partners and employees. The active knowledge base Knowledge Center supports all aspects of digital communication with customers. All service employees have fast access to up-to-date, quality-assured knowledge they need – over all communication channels. USU’s... Source: RealWire

Wishlist: What PR professionals want from journalists

Fairness in collaboration, greater care in investigative reporting and reliability with respect to agreements are German PR professionals' three most important wishes from journalists. dpa subsidiary news aktuell and Faktenkontor have surveyed professionals and managers on what they would like from journalists. Almost 990 communications professionals participated in the PR-Trendmonitor. It found that fair play between communicators and journalists was at the top of the wishlist: Almost half of those surveyed said that fair collaboration... Source: RealWire

A new Marketplace for simulation, modelling and data analytics helps European companies be more competitive.

Edinburgh, December 19th, 2018: The Fortissimo Marketplace (https://ift.tt/2EFUBuE) is free to register, offers fast, on-demand and pay-per-use access to High Performance Computing (HPC) services. It matches service providers to users` requirements, handling set up, project management and billing. Such services remove the need to invest in HPC hardware and software leading to decreased costs and faster time to market particularly for small companies who would otherwise not be able to use HPC solutions. Whilst HPC... Source: RealWire

The 2018 Tech Trailblazers Awards Finalists Announced

Global awards for enterprise IT startups announce shortlist: Voting is now openLondon, UK – 19th December 2018 – The Tech Trailblazers Awards, the first annual awards program for enterprise information technology startups, has announced a shortlist of the most innovative entrants and concepts in enterprise technology. The shortlist, judged by a panel of IT industry heavyweights, is now open to public vote.Now in its seventh year, the scheme continues to focus around the ethos of... Source: RealWire

Project Lodestar Models A Pathway To Recycle 'All Plastic' Waste In An Advanced Plastics Reprocessing Facility

UK Government allocating funding to Tay Cities to invest up to £5.2m in an advanced plastic reprocessing facility Swindon, UK. Wednesday 19th December 2018 – Recycling Technologies, on behalf of the project’s partners, today announces the publication of the results of Project Lodestar. This case study shows the potential for waste site operators to recycle ‘all plastics’ by combining state-of-the-art mechanical and feedstock recycling in an advanced Plastics Reprocessing Facility.Lodestar is a Pioneer Project initiated... Source: RealWire

Ascertus Achieves 100% Business Growth in 2018

iManage Work cloud deployments alongside legal spend management implementations key growth drivers London, U.K. – 19 December 2018 – Ascertus Limited has achieved over 100% business growth in 2018, including head count and revenue. This growth has come equally from existing client retention and new business, which has been driven primarily by increasing interest in iManage Work cloud deployments as well as BusyLamp legal spend management implementations. Ascertus provides information and document lifecycle management solutions... Source: RealWire

Virtustream Launches Industry-Leading Cloud Automation and Security Capabilities for Enterprise Customers

Virtustream Enterprise Cloud enhancements accelerate time-to-value for enterprises moving mission critical apps to the cloud LONDON, UK – Tuesday 18th December 2018 – Virtustream, an enterprise-class cloud company and a Dell Technologies business, today announced a major upgrade to Virtustream Enterprise Cloud that includes significant cloud automation and security enhancements, which enable enterprises the unprecedented ability to automate key tasks while maintaining security levels – a multi-part process that previously required manual oversight. This technology... Source: RealWire

IFCO donates food to Münchner Tafel

IFCO’s CEO Wolfgang Orgeldinger personally hands over donations to food bankPULLACH, GERMANY, 18. December 2018: As part of its ongoing support of food banks worldwide and a more sustainable world, IFCO SYSTEMS, the leading global provider of reusable packaging solutions, yesterday donated food items to Münchner Tafel e.V.. The donations were handed over by IFCO employees and CEO Wolfgang Orgeldinger. In total, IFCO donated 2,880 food items like canned goods, milk, and pasta. Münchner Tafel... Source: RealWire

Harrison Memorial Hospital creates an Enterprise patient record with BridgeHead Software

Data from six acquired EHRs consolidated into a single, accessible repository and made part of the longitudinal patient record Woburn, MA – 18 December 2018 – Harrison Memorial Hospital (HMH), a provider of health and care services in Kentucky, recently completed a significant project to consolidate patient data from six acquired primary physician practices by implementing BridgeHead Software’s Independent Clinical Archive (ICA), HealthStore™.As part of its ambitious plans to expand its facility to a regional... Source: RealWire

A10 Networks' Cloud-Native Application Delivery Solution Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Theale, UK. – 18th December, 2018 – A10 Networks, a leading provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced the availability of its cloud-native Application Delivery solution including the Harmony Controller, vThunder ADC and Lightning ADC in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Microsoft Azure. A10’s customers can now take advantage of the scalability, high availability, and security of Azure, with streamlined deployment and management. A10... Source: RealWire

US-Based Enterprise Security Magazine Rates Secucloud in Top Ten Cyber Security Providers for 2018

German security specialist makes enterprise-grade protection available to a wide user baseHamburg, Germany. 18 December 2018 – The trend for IT platforms continues unabated, including in the security industry. Instead of delivering individual products with specific functions, security providers are now countering the plethora of cyber-threats by bundling a wide range of technologies and approaches into a comprehensive, centralized protection solution from a single source. That makes it more important than ever for users to... Source: RealWire

Now bring us some figgy pudding! Brits think dads, husbands and boyfriends eat the most on Christmas Day

London (18 December 2018) – Apart from opening presents, an integral part of the British Christmas Day is eating, and new research has found that Brits think certain family members eat more than others on the day. Give as you Live surveyed 2,000 British consumers about their grocery and eating habits during the festive season and found that more than a quarter of Brits think their husband or boyfriend (27%) is the biggest Christmas eater,... Source: RealWire

AID teams up with Luminar for advanced LiDAR sensing technology

AID’s goal of bringing autonomous driving to urban mobility services by 2021 is being supported by an ambitious strategic Partnership Program.München, Germany – December 18, 2018. AID-Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of AUDI AG and the ‘center of excellence’ for urban autonomous driving in the Volkswagen Group, announced today a partnership with Luminar Technologies Inc. to deploy its LiDAR technology.Since launching in March 2017, AID has been scouting the best complementary LiDAR... Source: RealWire

creditshelf launches first digital securitisation of SME loans together with CrossLend

Digital securitisation of credit claims that have originated on the creditshelf platform by new partner CrossLendSecuritisation via CrossLend leads to further diversification and broadening of investor poolMonthly investment of a mid-single-digit million euro amount in the new business of creditshelf by an institutional investorFrankfurt, 18 December 2018 – creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft, a pioneer in the field of digital SME financing in Germany, is launching a partnership with the credit marketplace CrossLend to offer the first digital... Source: RealWire

Concentra Analytics announces new senior hires and expansion into Asia Pacific

Concentra continues to invest for growth following a £41 million equity investment in May 2018.London, 18 December 2018 – Concentra Analytics, the creator of Software as a Service (SaaS) data solutions used to visualise, model and track business operations, is pleased to announce several new hires to the Executive Team in recent months, all of whom will be contributing significantly to this exciting stage in Concentra’s journey. Dominic Ely has taken up the post of... Source: RealWire

Cornerstone Experiences Growth Surge in Europe

LONDON – 18 December 2018 - Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD), a global leader in cloud-based learning and human capital management software, today announced that the EMEA region gained a near record-breaking number of new clients during the third quarter of 2018 (July, August, September).The Cornerstone Recruiting Suite, in particular, experienced an increased adoption over the past 12 months through 30 September 2018, with 30 percent growth in the number of EMEA recruiting clients year-on-year. There... Source: RealWire

British Columbia Oil and Gas Research and Innovation Society confirms successful completion of forest regrowth mapping project with Rezatec

Vancouver, Canada, 18th December 2018 - Since March 2018, Rezatec has worked with British Columbia Oil and Gas Research and Innovation Society (BC OGRIS) to map vegetation regrowth across a significant area of 80,000 km2 in NE British Columbia, Canada to support Caribou habitat restoration efforts. Working with local partner Forsite, Rezatec has successfully demonstrated its geospatial data analytics in use as a cost-effective solution method to support the assessment of vegetation regrowth along manmade... Source: RealWire

Bunce wins its very first Council Tender in Nottingham, United Kingdom, for electric road sweepers

Nottingham/Swindon – December 18, 2018 – Bunce, the exclusive supplier of Boschung products in the United Kingdom, wins its very first Council tender in the United Kingdom for electric road sweepers. Bunce championed the Boschung full electric ‘Urban-Sweeper S2.0’ against all other major competitors after two days of demonstrations in the Nottingham area.As part of Nottingham City Councils ongoing efforts to lower CO2 emissions in the city centre, the council invited several manufacturers of electric... Source: RealWire

KBZ Bank selects Finastra to capture upcoming growth opportunity in Myanmar's expanding treasury market

Treasury management solution helps KBZ Bank automate systems, manage risk and increase operational efficienciesMyanmar, December 18 2018 – Kanbawza (KBZ) Bank, Myanmar’s largest privately-owned bank, has selected Finastra and its treasury management solution, Fusion Treasury, to enable straight-through-processing (STP). The partnership supports KBZ Bank’s move away from manual treasury processing operations as part of its strategy to ensure faster, more efficient services. The solution will not only help the bank grow both transaction volumes and... Source: RealWire

Curvature Names Global IT Executive Don Grantham Chairman of its Board of Directors

C-Level Exec with Fortune 100 Tech Companies Brings Decades of Demonstrated Business Acumen and Proven Operational Excellence to Global Leader of Third-Party Maintenance ServicesRICHMOND, UK. – December 17, 2018 – Curvature, the world’s largest provider of third-party maintenance and multi-vendor network and data centre IT lifecycle services, has named Don Grantham as chairman of its Board of Directors. Grantham brings an impressive track record of strategic and sustainable business success to Curvature, following years as... Source: RealWire

Internet Exchange Operators LINX and STC Establish Strategic Partnership

London Internet Exchange (LINX) and Saudi Telecom Company (STC), on December 7th 2018 marked the start of JED-IX driven by LINX, an Internet exchange in Jeddah (JED-IX), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).John Souter, CEO of LINX, said: "JED-IX driven by LINX is a real step forward for the Internet community in Saudi and the GCC as a whole. The exchange will allow networks to stop 'tromboning' traffic to London and back again, and will help... Source: RealWire

Veea launches VeeaHub Smart Store™ designed for retail applications and solutions

New Hub Expands Internet Connectivity through a Single DeviceNEW YORK, NY & BATH, UK – December 17, 2018 Veea Inc., a leading edge company in smart products and applications, announced today the availability of VeeaHub Smart Store. The VeeaHub Smart Store is a complete hardware and software solution, replacing existing WiFi access points and other on-premise point solutions, through a single convergence device. The VeeaHub Smart Store is part of a series of edge connecting... Source: RealWire

Technology-Driven Law Firm Zeidler Opens Mumbai Technology Hub

LONDON, FRANKFURT, DUBLIN -- Zeidler Legal Services, a technology-driven law firm serving the asset management sector, announced the opening of a software development office in Mumbai. Based in Bandra Kurla Complex (renown financial centre), the team of developers will be working together with the firm’s EU-based developers and lawyers to create new products to alleviate the complexity of international regulation and compliance for fund managers. Most recently, Zeidler launched its Global Knowledge Hub, a high-tech... Source: RealWire

Travelex and Warwick Business School ‘Accelerate’ Future Leaders

Travelex, the category leading foreign exchange specialist is pleased to announce their partnership with Warwick Business School, in delivering the first module of their leadership development programme, Accelerate.The collaboration is the first of its kind, having particular focus on building leaders for the future and embedding cultural change, as the company optimises and leverages its traditional core business, pivoting into the next generation digital payments space. The Accelerate programme is designed to challenge the participants... Source: RealWire

Bringing Asia that bit Closer: Japan IX and LINX celebrate new Partnership

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Japan Internet Exchange (JPIX), as they join LINX’s IXP Reseller Partner Programme. LINX launched their IXP Reseller Programme back in 2017 when they welcomed Italian IX NaMeX to the LINX partner programme. The idea of the programme is to work collaboratively with fellow exchanges, which in turn, strengthens LINX’s overall ethos of ‘Working for the Good of the Internet’. LINX has... Source: RealWire

myrtle.ai selected to provide artificial intelligence benchmark code for internationally recognised competition

myrtle.ai, a Cambridge UK based deep learning company with expertise in producing low power inference circuits has been selected to develop a Speech Recognition benchmark for MLPerf, a new Machine Learning (ML) benchmarking competition backed by Google, Baidu, Intel and AMD.MLPerf, a collaboration of tech giants and researchers from numerous universities including Harvard, Stanford and the University of California Berkeley, is aspiring to drive progress in ML by developing a suite of fair and reliable... Source: RealWire

Beta Version of LEI Search Tool 2.0 from GLEIF Provides Enhanced Options to Easily Access Open, Standardized and High Quality LEI Data

All stakeholders are invited to comment on the beta version of the new LEI search tool by June 30th 2019December 2018 – Basel – The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has published the beta version of its new Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) search tool 2.0. Using the tool, market participants can easily explore information on more than 1.3 million organizations contained within the public LEI data pool. Version 2.0 of the search tool provides... Source: RealWire

Qubit Data and Consumer Survey Reveal US Holiday Shopping Peak Periods are Getting Longer Each Year

Research also shows nearly 68 percent of consumers are comfortable sharing preferences with brands to receive a more personalized experience [LONDON and New York – December 13, 2018] -- Qubit, a leader in marketing personalization technology, today announced findings from its platform data on consumer holiday shopping behavior, along with a new consumer survey. Qubit analyzed internal data from 10 days prior to Black Friday through Cyber Monday over the past three years. The 2018... Source: RealWire

Macro 4’s mainframe modernization solutions will support IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, V5.5 at launch

New release delivers technical innovation and improved business valueCrawley, UK, December 13, 2018 – Macro 4, a division of UNICOM® Global, has announced that its mainframe performance, fault analysis and modernization solutions, including Eclipse and web interfaces, will support the new IBM® CICS® Transaction Server (CICS TS) for z/OS®, V5.5 when it is released on December 14, 2018."CICS TS V5.5 promises customers technical innovation and improved business value and includes a significant number of enhancements... Source: RealWire

2019 predictions from Openwave Mobility: OTT outstrips Pay TV, Mickey Mouse starts streaming and 5G gives operators a headache

REDWOOD CITY, California – December 2018 – Openwave Mobility, the market leader in mobile data traffic management solutions, today released its predictions for 2019. These predictions are based on some of the findings from the Mobile Video Industry Council - which includes Tier 1 mobile operators: Deutsche Telekom, EE, KPN, MTS, Orange, Telefonica, Telus and Vodafone along with key industry analysts ABI Research, Analysys Mason and Strategy Analytics. • OTT subscribers surpass traditional PAY TV... Source: RealWire

Barracuda Networks and macmon secure provide a high level of network security with automated threat response for the endpoint

Interoperability between Barracuda Networks CloudGen Firewalls and macmon NAC security solutions automates network management and security enforcementBerlin, Germany - 13 December 2018 – macmon secure, today announced a new technology alliance with Barracuda Networks in an aim to jointly detect and prevent Ransomware and Advanced Persistent Threats spreading inside the corporate network. The Barracuda CloudGen Firewall and the macmon NAC solution actively share information on availability and security posture for all endpoints in the network.... Source: RealWire

Halian wins major contracts and plans record growth in 2019

International challenger IT services player secures growth through major contracts with key customers and new partnerships with Microsoft, NTT and Dell-EMCLondon, Luxembourg, Dubai, 13th December 2018 - International IT services company Halian today reported significant new wins across its UK, BeLux and Middle East regions, the latest successes adding a significant boost to its 19% CAGR growth over the past five years. With investments in new Microsoft Cloud and Cybersecurity practices, Halian is predicting revenue... Source: RealWire

Banking and Financial Services Sectors Set to Face Yet More Regulation in 2019

Need to understand and control the entire IT estate including End User supported applications will grow in importance for regulatory compliance against a backdrop of Brexit uncertaintyHenry Umney, CEO of ClusterSeven, offers his views on the regulatory and risk management trends in the banking and financial services industry for 2019:Brexit will confound banks in 2019, whatever the outcomeThe UK’s departure from the EU at the end of March will continue to have a significant impact... Source: RealWire

SquareTrade mobile device protection boosts revenue and customer satisfaction for MediaMarkt in Spain and Portugal

Holistic mobile device care broadens offering as retailer looks to drive differentiation during forthcoming busy sales periodLONDON – December 13, 2018 - SquareTrade, the global insurtech provider, today announced the significant value its mobile device protection service has delivered to major European retailer, MediaMarkt. Since April 2018, SquareTrade-powered device protection services have allowed MediaMarkt to broaden its offering to consumers in Spain and Portugal substantially – with increased policy flexibility, next day replacement services, and... Source: RealWire

Sterlite Tech strengthens technology leadership with two crucial appointments

Ayush Sharma joins as Head of Programmable Networking and IntelligenceRajesh Gangadhar joins as Head of Wireless Broadband Converged Platforms Pune, India – December 12, 2018: Sterlite Tech [BSE: 532374, NSE: STRTECH], a global data network solutions company, has on-boarded two industry technology leaders as it continues to design, build and manage smarter programmable networks.The Company’s software-enabled programmable solutions will enable Communication Service Providers (CSPs), enterprises and citizen networks to realise the full potential of web-scale... Source: RealWire

Friend MTS Appoints Brad Parobek as Senior Vice President Sales Americas

New appointment will drive company’s growth and strategy in Americas regionLondon, UK – 12 December 2018 – The Emmy™ Award winning content and revenue protection specialist, Friend MTS has appointed Brad Parobek as its new Senior Vice President (SVP) Sales Americas. The role will see Parobek head-up current operations within North and South America to drive overall strategy and regional growth.With over 31 years of experience working within complex environments such as Cable and IT... Source: RealWire

CLUEDO Comes To Nintendo Switch

Marmalade Game Studio brings the classic board game to console(London, UK) December 12th, 2018 - Colonel Mustard on the bus with the Joy-Cons, or Professor Plum on the sofa with the Pro Controller? Players can now decide themselves as Marmalade Game Studio released the CLUEDO game for Nintendo Switch on November 30th, 2018. “We believe the Switch is going to be the new home of digital games, so we’ve worked hard to bring CLUEDO to... Source: RealWire

Oxford Direct Services secures two-year extension of University recycling and waste management contract

December 12, 2018 - Oxford Direct Services (ODS) has secured a two-year extension, worth up to £400,000, to its recycling and waste management contract with Oxford Brookes University. The contract extension comes after an initial three-year period where ODS worked hand-in-hand with the university to raise recycling rates from just under 58% to the current recycling rate of 71%. Oxford Brookes University has the ambitious goal of recycling 75% of its waste by 2020.The Oxford... Source: RealWire

Brigadier General Christopher Eubank, Signals and Signal School Commandant, US Army to deliver briefing at Mobile Deployable Communications conference

SMi Group Reports: The 12th annual Mobile Deployable Communications Conference will return to Warsaw, Poland on the 31st January and 1st February 2019SMi Group is delighted to announce that Brigadier General Christopher Eubank, 39th Chief of Signals and Signal School Commandant, US Army has confirmed his participation at the 12th annual Mobile Deployable Communications Conference and will return to Warsaw, Poland on the 31st January and 1st February 2019.Brigadier General Eubank will be briefing on:... Source: RealWire

On the dot appoints International Director to drive global expansion plans

Former Amazon Director to lead company’s global go-to-market strategy, starting with the United StatesLONDON, 12th December 2018: On the dot, the machine learning-driven last mile delivery start-up, and part of the CitySprint Group, has announced it has appointed Thorsten Runge as its International Director. Thorsten will drive the company’s global strategy to help retailers expand and compete on an international scale, starting with the US market. Thorsten brings years of experience having led Amazon and... Source: RealWire

Macro 4 enterprise content management software adds blockchain integration and document redaction for data privacy and compliance

Columbus DW 8.4 increases safeguards for sensitive personal dataCrawley, UK, December 11, 2018 – Macro 4, a division of UNICOM® Global, has released a new version of its Columbus DW enterprise content management software that helps organizations to strengthen data protection and regulatory compliance. A new document redaction feature restricts access to sensitive personal information by automatically obscuring selected words or images on documents held in the Columbus DW system. To support compliance with regulations... Source: RealWire

IFCO donates environmentally friendly RPCs worldwide

IFCO SYSTEMS supports food banks worldwide by provisioning free RPCs and co-financing refrigerated vans PULLACH, GERMANY, 11. December 2018: Since the beginning of its initiative for the support of food banks in 2009, IFCO SYSTEMS, the leading global provider of reusable packaging solutions, has donated more than 280,000 RPCs (Reusable Plastic Containers) to food banks. In addition, the company supports food banks with voluntary work and by co-financing refrigerated vans.“A better supply chain serves us... Source: RealWire

A10 Networks Introduces Multi-Cloud Secure Service Mesh Solution for Applications Deployed in Kubernetes

Integrated security, analytics and elastic load balancing is now available for traffic to and between microservicesTheale, UK – 11th December 2018 – A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), a provider of intelligent and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced availability of the A10 Secure Service Mesh solution for applications deployed in open-source Kubernetes container environments. The solution provides teams deploying microservices applications with an easy, automated way to integrate enterprise-grade security and load-balancing with comprehensive application visibility and... Source: RealWire

Leonardo announced as gold sponsor, and Raytheon, ICEYE and Aerodata AG announced as newly confirmed sponsor exhibitors for SMi’s Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference 2019

SMi reports: Four new sponsors confirmed to join line-up at 2019’s Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conferenceSMi is delighted to announce that four brand new sponsors; [GOLD] Leonardo, Raytheon, ICEYE and Aerodata AG, have joined the line-up for Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference 2019. Read on to find out how these industry leading solution providers can help solve the potential challenges navies face in the sea and air. Gold Sponsor, Leonardo is a global... Source: RealWire

Databarracks announces partnership with Rubrik to bring modern data protection to the UK

Business continuity and IT disaster recovery specialist provider, Databarracks, has partnered with Rubrik.Rubrik is the market leader in Cloud Data Management, the world's first platform to orchestrate data for hybrid cloud enterprises anytime, anywhere. Rubrik blends future-proof architecture with consumer-grade simplicity to pioneer a fresh approach to an old problem.Databarracks managing director Peter Groucutt commented: “Rubrik is an incredibly impressive company. The way the team has taken it to market and seen such incredible growth... Source: RealWire

Nexans & Emtelle Join Forces to Supply Optical Fibre Solutions for Swedish Government Rail Projects

Trafikverket, the Swedish Government’s Transport Administration, has awarded Nexans with a contract to supply optical fibre cable solutions as Sweden upgrades optical fibre systems of the rail network. In the framework of the project, Emtelle will supply microducts and microduct bundles.Paris La Défense, France and Hawick, Scotland, December 11, 2018 – Nexans, a global leader in advanced cabling and connectivity solutions, has been awarded a 65-million-euro contract for the supply of optical fibre solutions by... Source: RealWire

Mac Malware Appears on the WatchGuard Top Ten Malware List for First Time

WatchGuard Internet Security Report for Q3 2018 also finds that 6.8 percent of major websites still use an insecure SSL protocol11 December 2018 – Mac-based malware has appeared on the list of the top ten most common types of malware for the first time in WatchGuard’s quarterly Internet Security Report. The Mac scareware appeared in sixth place in WatchGuard’s latest Q3 2018 report and is primarily delivered by email to trick victims into installing fake... Source: RealWire

Halian Attains Microsoft Software Asset Management Managed Service Program Accreditation in the Gulf Region

Halian becomes a regional go-to partner for customers needing software asset management supportDubai, 11/12/2018 - International IT services company Halian today announced that they have been approved by Microsoft as one of a select group of partners to provide services through the Microsoft SAM Managed Service Program in the Gulf Region; the first such accreditation in the region.The Managed SAM program is designed to provide a continual, governance-based, outsourced service, via accredited providers, to help... Source: RealWire

D4t4 Solutions plc Continues Global Expansion with New US Leadership

Analytics Industry Expert Bill Bruno Announced as VP, North AmericaTuesday 11th December 2018, Sunbury-on-Thames, UK: D4t4 Solutions plc has announced new US leadership to drive continued growth in one of its key global markets. Bill Bruno, an experienced executive in the media and analytics industries, has joined the company to accelerate the opportunity that exists in the US for D4t4’s unique range of solutions for customer data capture and enterprise managed services.Bruno joins D4t4 from... Source: RealWire

DHR International moves to Invenias to extend its global leadership position

Top retained executive search firm implements progressive platformDecember 11, 2018, New York - Invenias, the leading cloud-based platform for executive search, has announced today that DHR International has selected the Invenias platform as it seeks to extend its global leadership position in a highly competitive market. Established in 1989, DHR is one of the largest retained executive search firms in the world, with more than 50 wholly-owned offices around the globe. It has built on... Source: RealWire

Walker Morris Invests in Lexis Visualfiles to Deliver Efficiencies and Create Market Differentiation

LONDON, U.K., 11 December 2018 – Top 100 UK multi-disciplinary law firm Walker Morris is investing in Lexis® Visualfiles™ to deliver the stringent technology, efficiency and risk management requirements of customers and effectively compete with other high calibre law firms in its market segment. Initially the solution will be deployed to the firm’s mortgage repossession department, with a subsequent implementation to 100 users in the Collections & Recoveries and Banking & Finance Litigation departments.Rob Aberdein,... Source: RealWire

NewVoiceMedia wins 2018 Contact Center Technology Award from CUSTOMER Magazine

NVM Platform honored for improving customer service technology and customer experience LONDON, 11 December, 2018 – NewVoiceMedia, a Vonage Company (NYSE:VG) and leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales solutions, announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named NVM Platform as a 2018 Contact Center Technology Award winner, presented by CUSTOMER magazine. “We are delighted to have won the 2018 Contact Center Technology Award from CUSTOMER Magazine for our... Source: RealWire

License Dashboard Partners with Binadox to Prevent Out-of-Control SaaS Subscription Costs

• Gain insights on both on-premise and SaaS software in one place• End the over-provisioning of SaaS and discover all instances of Shadow ITYork, 11th December 2018; License Dashboard, the UK based Software Asset Management technology vendor, has today announced a partnership with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) licensing management provider Binadox. This new partnership will enable License Dashboard’s clients to track and manage SaaS applications from within their License Dashboard application, helping to reduce software budgets even... Source: RealWire

Aqua Container Security Platform Awarded CIS Benchmark Certification

Industry’s first commercial solution to be certified for the CIS Kubernetes BenchmarkSeattle, WA – 10 Dec. 2018 - KubeCon/CloudNativeCon – Aqua Security announced today that its Aqua Container Security Platform (CSP) has been certified by CIS Benchmarks™ to compare the configuration status of Kubernetes clusters against the consensus-based best practice standards contained in the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark. Organizations that leverage Aqua CSP can now ensure that the configurations of their critical assets align with the... Source: RealWire

Cybera Recognised in Gartner’s Critical Capabilities Report

Receives Highest Ranking for Small Footprint Retail WAN Use CaseSLOUGH, BERKSHIRE - 10th December 2018 -- Cybera, an innovative cloud-based networking company that is fundamentally changing the way distributed businesses use technology, today announced that Gartner Inc. has given the company its highest Product Score for its Small Footprint Retail WAN Use Case, scoring a 4.01 out of 5 in the recent Critical Capabilities in WAN Edge Infrastructure report.Key findings in the report include “routing... Source: RealWire

Continued growth at OnePlace signals appointment of Chief Technology Officer

SINGAPORE – 10 December 2018 - The hire of Jason Key into the CTO role at OnePlace further prioritizes OnePlace’s robust development infrastructure - in support of continued, aggressive, innovation and growth. Key will lead and scale the software engineering, solution development and product delivery teams at OnePlace. A strong track record of leading process and digital transformation across a variety of verticals, but with a focus on business enablement, makes Key a brilliant fit.... Source: RealWire

telent becomes trusted gold partner of Mitel

Warwick, 10th December: telent Technology Services Ltd (telent), the UK’s leading mission-critical network solutions provider, today announced it has become a Mitel gold partner after demonstrating its commitment to delivering industry-leading solutions and services. The new partner status with the unified communications solutions provider recognises telent’s ability to professionally and effectively deliver Mitel solutions. The opportunity also demonstrates that telent is now trusted to manage and integrate the entire Mitel portfolio for customers.“telent prides itself... Source: RealWire

Cybersecurity M&A Driven To New Highs As Businesses Wage War Against Cyberattacks

Identity and access management, anti-malware software, network and mobile security, IT security services and financial transaction security all driving sector growthLondon, UK – 10 December 2018. The Cybersecurity M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisors, Hampleton Partners, outlines how high profile hacks, the global digitisation of business and new regulations are driving record transaction volumes and valuations, with 141 completed transactions by October this year, surpassing 2016 and 2017 levels. 2018 has... Source: RealWire

Credo selects Moortec’s In-Chip Monitoring IP to optimise performance and reliability in their latest generation of SerDes chips

Plymouth, UK, 10th December 2018 - Moortec, provider of complete In-Chip Monitoring PVT Subsystems announced today that Credo has utilised Moortec’s Temperature Sensor and Voltage Monitor IP to optimise performance and increase reliability in their latest generation of SerDes chips.Credo offers high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductor solutions including advanced serializer-deserializer (SerDes) IP and interconnect solutions. The company’s products are used to scale bandwidth and deliver end-to-end signal integrity in next-generation platforms requiring single-lane rate 25G, 50G, and... Source: RealWire

US Armed Forces confirmed to speak at Defence Logistics Central and Eastern Europe

SMi reports: Just 1 week left to register & save £200 for Defence Logistics Central and Eastern EuropeThe US Armed Forces are confirmed to present at SMi’s 4th annual Defence Logistics Central and Eastern Europe conference, taking place in Prague, Czech Republic on the 5th and 6th March 2019. The 2019 conference will bring together the key military logisticians from across the Central and Eastern European region and beyond, to discuss new trends and crucial... Source: RealWire

NewVoiceMedia announces winners of The CONVO Awards 2018

LONDON, 7 December, 2018 – NewVoiceMedia, a Vonage Company (NYSE:VG) and leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales solutions, has announced the winners of its CONVO Awards for 2018.The company launched the awards to showcase the great conversations its customers are having and recognise the notable work they do every day. Judged by a panel of industry experts including Yiannis Maos, UK CXPA Ambassador and Helena Boulton, Senior Manager, Strategy and Change... Source: RealWire

Improper document management inhibits employee productivity: 83 per cent of workers are forced to recreate existing documents

M-Files 2019 Intelligent Information Management Benchmark Report further reveals 96 per cent of employees face difficulty finding most recent versions of documentsNew research has revealed the persistent challenges global organisations face managing information assets after 83 per cent of office workers admit to recreating documents which already exist, because they have been unable to find them on their corporate network. This follows a global research study commissioned by M-Files, the intelligent information management company. The... Source: RealWire

Searchmetrics founder Marcus Tober moves to new leadership position

Searchmetrics' CTO will become the new Chief Innovation Officer (CIO) of the Searchmetrics Market Innovation Lab as of January 2019San Mateo, December 06, 2018 ‒ Since its founding in 2005, Searchmetrics and its innovative suite of Search and Content solutions have been driven by its founder and CTO, Marcus Tober. In January 2019 Marcus will take on a new position in the company: leading the newly-founded Searchmetrics Market Innovation Lab as Chief Innovation Officer (CIO),... Source: RealWire

CIVIS Media Prize 2019 - Competition opened

Closing-date for entries is 21 January 201906.12.2018 – Cologne (ots) Once again, the CIVIS Media Prize for Integration and Cultural Diversity in Europe will honour radio, film, television, as well as internet programme contributions, which promote peaceful coexistence of people of different geographical and cultural backgrounds. We are looking for the best European programmes, web-videos and websites on the topic of migration, integration and cultural diversity. Closing-date for entries is 21 January 2019. The competition... Source: RealWire

New research reveals 75 percent of customers still favour live agent support for customer service vs 25 percent self-service and chatbots

The research underscores the need to be purposeful when using chat bots; notes sharing sensitive information, lack of understanding and inability to solve issues among top concerns when using chat bots for service interactionsLONDON, 6 December, 2018 – New research from NewVoiceMedia, a Vonage Company (NYSE:VG) and leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales solutions, reveals that three-quarters of consumers prefer to have their customer service inquiries handled by a live agent... Source: RealWire

Updated brochure released ahead of Border Security 2019 Conference

New speakers sign up to the 12th Annual Border Security Conference, including: SITA, Cellebrite, Estonian Police and Border Guard Administration, ICMPD, Delhi International Airport Limited.Taking place on the 12th and 13th February 2019 at the Crowne Plaza St Peter's Hotel & Spa, Rome, Italy, the 12th annual Border Security conference and exhibition will open its doors to more than 100 senior security experts, law enforcement officers and industry representatives from around the world, as they... Source: RealWire

Centrica Equips Its Engineers With 7500 Panasonic Rugged Tablets

Providing its service and repair engineers with improved ways of working and communication to enhance customer serviceBRACKNELL, UK. 6th December 2018 - Centrica, the leading energy and services company operating brands such as British Gas and Dyno, has rolled out 7,500 Panasonic FZ-G1 rugged tablets to its team of UK engineers to improve working methods and ultimately to enhance its customer service. For the past eight years the company’s engineers have been using the Panasonic... Source: RealWire

Brits to spend seven times their weekly grocery budget on festive food

LONDON – 6 December 2018 – Brits will splash out on festive indulgences this year, spending an average of £166 per person on their Christmas groceries. The research from shopping and fundraising platform, Give as you Live , has found that the amount is seven times more per person than the average weekly spend on household food and drinks*. Britain’s biggest festive food spenders City Average spend per person London £199 Bristol £188 Southampton £187... Source: RealWire

Survey Finds 70% of Tax Professionals Stalling on Making Tax Digital For VAT

Thomson Reuters survey finds business progress slow on Making Tax Digital (MTD), despite opportunity to embrace digital tax compliance London, UK, December 6, 2018 – A recent Thomson Reuters® survey of UK tax professionals’ attitudes and readiness for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT has revealed companies are still unsure how to prepare for the deadlines. MTD for VAT is the latest step in HMRC’s aim to move towards a digital relationship with customers and... Source: RealWire

thinkmoney Powers Ambitious Digital Banking Transformation with Low-Code Leader OutSystems

London – 5th December, 2018 - thinkmoney is using the OutSystems low-code platform to deliver its strategic program for digital transformation and growth, with the intention of bringing application development fully in-house and achieving a six-fold productivity increase compared to traditional coding.thinkmoney is the innovative current account that offers customers budgeting and money management coaching and OutSystems provides the number one platform for low-code rapid application development. Adopting the OutSystems platform as its digital factory... Source: RealWire

Cellwize Announces Investment from DTCP to Fuel Global Growth

Singapore – December 5, 2018 — Cellwize, a global leader in mobile network automation and orchestration, today announced an equity funding investment from DTCP (Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), an investment management group with c. $1.6 billion assets under management and advisory from Deutsche Telekom and other institutional investors. The investment will support Cellwize’s evolution toward enabling the immense growth of the industry with the advent of 5G. As mobile network operators (MNOs) prepare to roll... Source: RealWire

Curtiss-Wright Introduces Electronic Twist Throttle

Leveraging historic know-how into modern solutionsChristchurch, U.K. – Wednesday 5 December, 2018 – Curtiss-Wright’s Industrial division has today announced the launch of the WM-D10, an electronic twist throttle solution that is ideal for motorcycle applications.In 1904, Curtiss-Wright’s maverick founder, Glenn H. Curtiss, devised what is possibly the first handlebar throttle control, twist throttle, for use on his motorcycles. This throttle helped him win multiple endurance races and set ten World Speed Records over the following... Source: RealWire

Intelex partners with Quality & SPC Leader InfinityQS to deliver the most comprehensive cloud Quality Management System

New partnership set to bring industry leaders in EHSQ and SPC together to transform quality management through real-time quality data collection, reporting, and analysis.Intelex Technologies, a leading global provider of cloud-based Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality (EHSQ) management software, today announced the new partnership with leading Quality Intelligence and SPC (Statistical Process Control) provider, InfinityQS.InfinityQS® International, Inc. (InfinityQS), is the global authority on data-driven manufacturing quality. InfinityQS Enact is a Quality Intelligence platform that speeds... Source: RealWire

Searchmetrics Google Shopping Study Reveals “Fake” Competition for Ads

Following a record EU penalty, Google had to revamp its Shopping service and create more competition. Now, 32 percent of ads come from external Comparison Shopping Services (CSS). However, traditional product and price comparison portals only provide 9 per cent of the total ads. With marketing agencies occupying 23 per cent of the market, this calls into question the kind of competition that exists for ads appearing within Google Shopping.San Mateo, December 05, 2018 ‒... Source: RealWire

Registration opens for the Defence Aviation Safety Conference, Supported by the DSA

The Defence Aviation Safety Conference will convene in London on the 29-30 April 2019 Conference organisers, SMi Group are delighted to announce that registration has officially opened for the Defence Aviation Safety Conference, the leading event dedicated to aviation safety in the defence and military environment.Supported by the Defence Safety Authority (DSA), UK MoD, this highly anticipated two-day event will bring together senior military leaders with responsibility for safety in the aviation domain as well... Source: RealWire

Fly on a Wednesday Morning to have the Best Airport Experience this Christmas

Data collected by Avius from over 8.2 million customers provides key airport hack London, 5th December, 2018: Avius (avius.com), the UK technology company that provides survey and customer experience management software, has announced that according to data they have collected, 8.00am on a Wednesday is the best time to travel if you want the most satisfying customer experience at the airport this Christmas.Based on 8.2 million pieces of customer feedback data, Avius can reveal that... Source: RealWire

SCF Calls for Industry to Adopt Open RAN Interfaces to Prevent 5G Fragmentation

Cellular industry must avoid pitfalls of proprietary solutions as it seeks to define the open RANLondon, UK & Santa Clara, CA - 5th December 2018 Small Cell Forum (SCF) has today called for the cellular industry to adopt open air interface and networking standards to avoid fragmentation and ensure interoperability of equipment from different vendors. In particular, the Technology & 5G Working Group of SCF (led by Chair Prabhakar Chitrapu of AT&T – USA, with... Source: RealWire

JASK & Exclusive Group team up for global roll out of AI-powered ASOC platform

London, December 5th 2018 — Exclusive Group, the global value-added services and technologies (VAST) group, has been appointed by JASK, the provider of the industry’s only Autonomous Security Operations Center (ASOC) platform, to accelerate the market penetration of its disruptive and innovative technologies around the world.Global cybersecurity and cloud transformation specialist Exclusive Group will manage the distribution of JASK’s ASOC Platform as part of a worldwide agreement, with the first wave of territories onboarding in... Source: RealWire

Tendring District Council meets changing local government needs with Sunrise Software

Essex-based council successfully brings technical services in-house and supports IT transformation with Sunrise ITSMChessington, Surrey, 4 December 2018 - Sunrise Software, a leading supplier of IT service management (ITSM) software, today announced that Tendring District Council in Essex is using Sunrise ITSM to support its staff and underpin IT transformation. The council provides a full range of services to 145,000 residents in the north east of Essex. Covering rural districts, the holiday resorts of Clacton,... Source: RealWire

Niddal Salah-Eldin to take over as dpa's deputy editor-in-chief and head of innovation and product

The 33 year-old incoming head of innovation is joining from “Welt” - “Perfect for the job” Berlin. Niddal Salah-Eldin will take over as deputy editor-in-chief and head of innovation and product at the German Press Agency (dpa) in Berlin starting May 1st 2019. In this role her primary task will be to drive the digital transformation of the agency. The 33-year old journalist is joining from “Welt,” where she currently holds the position of Director... Source: RealWire

Finastra’s Hour of Code program connects more than 1,000 kids to the world of coding

Finastra to support Computer Science Education Week December 3-9London, UK – December 4, 2018 - Since the end of September, Finastra has hosted more than 1,000 children at its offices around the world for programming that introduces young people to coding and computer science education. The initiative is part of Finastra’s long-term commitment to delivering computer science skills to school children and young people, as well as the company’s support for and collaboration with Code.org’s... Source: RealWire

Technology Buyers Favour Spreading the Cost of Mobile Workforce Computing

78% interested in a hardware subscription-based solution to equip mobile workforcesBRACKNELL, UK. 4th DECEMBER 2018 - Technology buyers are in favour of spreading the cost of equipping their mobile workforces with notebooks, tablets and handheld devices, the latest research reveals. 78% of UK technology buyers said they would be interested in a subscription-based solution to equip mobile workforces. Currently buyers say their top considerations when purchasing mobile devices for their workforce are cost (72%) and... Source: RealWire

Nuvias Appointed as a UK Distributor for One Identity

Nuvias Cybersecurity Practice strengthens identity access management solution range, to meet today’s demanding network environment London, UK: 4/12/18: Nuvias the fast-growing value-added distributor, has signed an agreement with One Identity to distribute its solutions in the UK. One Identity is a proven leader in helping organisations get identity and access management (IAM) right. For organisations of all sizes, from SMB to enterprise, One Identity solutions provide automation as a key element of identity protection, eliminating... Source: RealWire

Small Cell Forum Research Shows Ease of Deployment a Key Factor in Densification Essential for 5G Networks

Operator small cell deployments set to surge with 92% annual growth in North America and 74% in South-East Asia as restrictions ease following SCF and partner effortsLondon, UK & Santa Clara, CA - 4th December 2018 Small Cell Forum (SCF), the telecoms organization driving universal cellular coverage, today announced the results of its latest in-depth survey of more than 60 mobile operators from around the world. The research shows that the small cells are currently... Source: RealWire

Travelex research reveals an "immovable 24%" of consumers that refuse to go cashless

Study of consumers across the UK, Australia, Brazil, and South Africa uncovers an “immovable 24%” of the population who are happy with their cash usageSurprisingly, where cash is less common, there is far less desire to go 100% cashlessGetting rid of cash is most popular with those aged 36-45, rather than younger millennials London, UK, 4th December 2018—Travelex, the leading global foreign exchange and money transfer specialist, today released its study into attitudes towards cash... Source: RealWire

Shifting sands in the Robotic Process Automation market in 2019

By Chris Huff, CSO, KofaxDecember 3rd, 2018 - The Robotic Process Automation (RPA) market will continue to undergo dramatic and rapid maturation in 2019, but RPA companies are finding themselves at a tipping point: They will either grow into their lofty market valuations or we will start to hear the hissing of a deflating bubble and warning signs of a “hype cycle” crash. Over the last five years, RPA companies have focused on the “demand”... Source: RealWire

Perforce and Methodics Deliver Fully Integrated Solution For Highly Scalable Semiconductor Design and Embedded Systems Development

Perforce and Methodics are used by four of the top five semiconductor companies globally.MINNEAPOLIS, December 3, 2018 – Perforce Software, a global provider of enterprise-grade DevOps-focused software solutions, announced a more advanced integration and strategic partnership with Methodics Inc, the leading provider of enterprise-wide IP Lifecycle Management (IPLM) solutions for semiconductor and software design. Experts from Methodics will be demonstrating this advanced IP management solution at IQPC’s semiconductor focused ISO26262 conference in Munich, Germany December... Source: RealWire

Carbon Black Delivers MITRE ATT&CK™ Coverage with Zero Delayed Detections & Zero Tainted Detections

ATT&CK assessment from the MITRE Corporation measured Cb Response’s effectiveness in detecting a range of adversary tactics and techniquesCarbon Black also adds MITRE ATT&CK threat intelligence feeds to Cb Response and Cb ThreatHunter to advance behaviour-based threat hunting across endpointsREADING, UK - 3rd December, 2018 - Carbon Black (NASDAQ: CBLK), a leader in next-generation endpoint security delivered via the cloud, today announced that it delivered zero delayed detections and zero tainted detections in the MITRE... Source: RealWire