Everbridge has announced Safety Connection™, a new solution that enables organizations to locate and communicate with staff during critical events and help determine if they are safe or need assistance. Whether individuals are traveling, in a specific office building or operating in the field, the solution can aggregate near real-time location data from multiple sources, including building access controls, travel management systems and mobile app check-ins, to enable organizations to send and receive alerts based on the last known locations of employees, contractors, visitors or residents. "Physical security has principally focused on securing buildings, but the real goal is to secure the people within the buildings," said Jaime Ellertson, CEO of Everbridge. "With so many employees traveling and working remotely, chief security officers have informed us they need a b... (more)

ValueLabs Partners with Hootsuite | @CloudExpo @ValueLabs #Cloud

Enterprise consulting and system integration services provider ValueLabs has said it would work with Hootsuite to deliver solutions for managing social media campaigns, marketing and advertising. Hootsuite is a widely used platform for managing social media, according to a ValueLabs statement. ValueLabs would focus on multiple social media solutions to address major business and technology challenges, it said. The key solutions that would be employed to overcome these challenges include, content creation, publishing and moderation; collaboration, workflow and approval management... (more)

Panzura's CAD Report | @CloudExpo @PanzuraStorage #DataCenter #Storage

Panzura has announced the results of its "State of Manufacturing Cross Site-CAD Collaboration" survey conducted at SOLIDWORKS World 2016. The survey details the top challenges that manufacturing professionals face when working within Computer Aided Design (CAD)/Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and design applications across sites. More than 5,000 manufacturing professionals attended SOLIDWORKS World 2016, with a significant portion participating in the "State of Manufacturing Cross-Site CAD Collaboration" survey. The survey revealed that many organizations struggle collaborati... (more)

Blockchain: Why It’s So Much More than Bitcoin By @EFeatherston | @ThingsExpo #IoT

(Note: This is the first in a series of posts dedicated to the topic of blockchain technology.) There's a new kid on the block of disruptive technology. Blockchain. A day doesn't go by that you can't find numerous articles about it. Topics range from how JP Morgan is making significant investments in exploring the technology, to the Republican GOP using blockchain to allow online voting in the recent Utah caucus. It's definitely a hot topic of discussion. At times it sounds like blockchain is replacing cloud in discussions as the technology panacea that will solve all problems.... (more)

Your Bimodal Digital Future By @Interoute | @CloudExpo #DigitalTransformation

What Five Things You Need to Know When Building Your Bimodal Digital Future, and How to Do Them Without Starting Again Traditional IT, great for stable systems of record, is struggling to cope with newer, agile systems of engagement requirements coming straight from the business. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, William Morrish, General Manager of Product Sales at Interoute, will outline ways of exploiting new architectures to enable both systems and building them to support your existing platforms, with an eye for the future. Technologies such as Docker and the hyper-conver... (more)

Four Questions to Ask Before Adopting the Internet of Things By @AppDynamics | @ThingsExpo #IoT

Four Questions to Ask Before Adopting the Internet of Things By Saba Anees Stop me if you've heard this one before: there's another side to the Internet that isn't just about connecting people. The Internet of Things (IoT) is about connecting virtually any "thing" or machine. They could range from personal wearables to smart homes, smart cities' infrastructure, utilities, transportation, and manufacturing. You've probably heard by now; the IoT is far bigger than the Internet of people, and it's growing fast. Gartner says the IoT will grow 30 percent in 2016, reaching 6.4 billion d... (more)