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