In the UK, Cape employs 4,000 people and is the largest access and insulation employer in UK industrial services. It helps maintain over two-thirds of the UK's coal and oil-fired power generation facilities and 87 per cent of its nuclear capacity. As you would expect, IT plays a key role in its operations. When the company decided to relocate its UK headquarters, this was an opportunity to refresh and update the IT infrastructure: Cape's UK data centre was also located in its former Wakefield offices, from where the entire centralised infrastructure ran on 35 servers. "IT is critical to how we operate as a business," says Dave Jones, Head of IT - UK Region, responsible for a user population of 700 across 60 sites. "It's absolutely essential in areas like payroll: we have to pay 4,000 people every week and it's critical we get it right. We can't risk people walking of... (more)

Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly – Week of February 2, 2014

Welcome to Enterprise Mobility Asia News Weekly, an online newsletter that consists of the most interesting news and articles related to enterprise mobility in Asia.  Asia is predicted to be the fastest area of growth for enterprise mobility between now and 2016. Also read Field Mobility News Weekly Also read M2M News Weekly Also read Mobile Commerce News Weekly Also read Mobile Cyber Security News Weekly Also read Mobile Health News Weekly Also read Mobility News Weekly Looking for an enterprise mobility solution?  Read the Mobile Solution Directory Here! Hewlett-Packard launched two Android tablet devices in India on January 15.  The Slate6 VoiceTab and Slate7 VoiceTab were both designed in Asia, offer voice-calling capability and are powered by quad-core processors.  Read Original Content The second annual China Information Technology Expo, the largest IT and consumer ... (more)

In 2014 Big Data Investments Will Account for Nearly $30 Billion - Eventually Accounting for $76 Billion by 2020 End

DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Practice Fusion Announces Investment from Salesforce.com and Cloud Computing Initiative

Practice Fusion Inc., the leader in free, web-based physician practice applications, today announced an investment from salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the enterprise cloud computing company. The announcement includes an investment into Practice Fusion and the expected launch in late 2009 of the company’s patient health record (PHR) application on Force.com, salesforce.com’s cloud computing development platform. The companies did not disclose the investment details. “With this investment from salesforce.com, Practice Fusion is now backed by the enterprise cloud computing leader,” said Ryan Howard, CEO of Practice Fusion. “The technology, capital and leadership from this partnership will ensure that Practice Fusion continues to outpace our competitors who are sticking with expensive, legacy client/server software. This partnership positions Practice Fusion as the de-fact... (more)

Arista Links Physical, Virtual, and Cloud Networks with VMware vSphere™ 4

To address the growing need to manage hybrid virtual and physical infrastructures with multiple network operating systems Arista Networks today announced vEOS (virtualized Extensible Operating System), integrated networking software that peers with VMware vSphere™ 4 and manages the VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch to link physical and virtual machines to network policy and profiles. With vEOS, IT organizations can now move workloads from physical servers to virtual machines and to cloud infrastructures while maintaining segmentation, trust boundaries, and policy control. “With vEOS, Arista and VMware customers will now be able to more easily manage their growing converged networking infrastructure and enable easier mobility of virtual machines,” said Jayshree Ullal, president and CEO of Arista Networks. “Arista’s vEOS is fully compatible and capable of co-exist... (more)

Fordela Corporation to Announce the First Cloud-Computing URM(TM) Technology-Based Digital Asset Management Application Suite at KMWorld Tradeshow

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Fordela Corporation(TM) (http://www.fordela.com) develops and sells software that allows enterprise users to manage rich media assets at a lower cost, more efficiently than competitors. The new URM-2100(TM) patent-pending technology being introduced by Fordela is the expert Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution for managing rich media across the web at half the cost and with half the installation challenges. The company is currently supporting customers with rich-media libraries being distributed worldwide. The pricing and technology advantages of the Fordela URM platform includes: Low impact, seamless integration on any platform. Rapid learning curve.Best-of-breed delivery methods pre-built into Fordela architecture.Deep analytics & brand exclusivity not available on "free" services.No hardware or client software requirem... (more)

Last Day to Vote for the Best IR Program and Best IR Officer

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MZ Consult NY (www.mz-ir.com), a leading global investor relations and financial communications firm, announces that the voting period for the Investors' Choice award (POP+) has entered its final day. This is the last opportunity for all market participants to register their vote via the website: www.irglobalrankings.com. The 2010 IRGR, supported by KPMG, Arnold & Porter, The Bank of New York Mellon, Corporate Asia Network, Bloomberg, NEVIR and Sodali is a unique and independent external review of any company's communication process with the capital markets. For the 2010 edition, the Investors' Choice awards consist of Best IR Program and Best IR Officer. This is the only award determined by direct vote. The Investors' Choice ranking complements the IR Global Ranking's technical evaluations and constitutes clear and direct feedback... (more)

Datalink 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year End Operating Results Conference Call

Datalink Corporation (Nasdaq: DTLK), a leading independent information storage architect, announced today that it will issue a news release Wednesday, March 10, 2010 after the stock market closes to announce fourth quarter and year end operating results for 2009. Datalink will hold a conference call shortly afterward at 4:00 p.m. central time during which time Datalink’s president and chief executive officer, Paul Lidsky, and vice president of finance and chief financial officer, Greg Barnum, will discuss company results and provide a business overview. Participants can access the conference call by dialing (877) 277-9804. Participants will be asked to identify the Datalink conference call and provide the designated identification number (59383464). A live Webcast of the conference call can be heard via Datalink’s website at www.datalink.com. A virtual data center... (more)

Call for Participation: Event Processing Symposium 2010

OMG's Event Processing Community of Practice hosting event May 24-25, 2010 in Washington, D.C. NEEDHAM, Mass., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Event Processing Symposium 2010 program committee, in cooperation with OMG(TM), today issued a Call for Participation for Event Processing Symposium 2010: Profiting from Continuous Intelligence, to be held in Washington, DC, on May 24 and 25, 2010. Submissions are due by April 15, 2010. For more information visit http://www.omg.org/eps-pr. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090629/DC39325LOGO ) At the Event Processing Symposium 2010, attendees will: Learn how Event Processing enables agencies and corporations to profit from continuous intelligence at the Event Processing Symposium 2010, hosted by the new Event Processing Community of Practice.Hear from industry pioneers, leading vendors, and early adopters on Event... (more)

Prudential, Deloitte, CA, American Eagle Outfitters, Motorola and John Deere Discuss eDiscovery Project Management & Best Practices for Preserving and Producing ESI

Legal IQ and IQPC will hold the 9th eDiscovery conference April 26-28, 2010 at the Marriot Marquis in San Francisco, CA (www.ediscoveryevent.com/west). This 9th eDiscovery event brings together professionals involved in eDiscovery to share real-world practices to evaluate new and more efficient technologies, perform better keyword searches, pair-down processes, foster improved communication between counsel, litigation support and IT, and determine the impact of the latest key regulations and cases. “The costs of prevention are much lower than the costs of fixing problems once they arise, and one of the areas we have gotten very involved with is advising clients on good records management strategies prior to litigation and then having litigation readiness procedures in place,” says David Cohen, Partner, Co-Chair - eDiscovery Analysis & Technology (e-DAT) Group, K&L; G... (more)

Agilex Expands National Security Leadership

CHANTILLY, Va., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Agilex, a leading provider of mission and technology solutions to the national and homeland security, healthcare and public sectors, announced today the appointment of Marianne Meins as President of the company's Intel/Defense Sector business.  Ms. Meins brings over 25 years of business and technology leadership in the defense, intelligence and homeland security sectors to Agilex.  She will have overall responsibility for the company's business operations supporting the Defense and Intelligence Communities, including business growth, solution development, service delivery and customer satisfaction.  "Agilex has built a thriving national security practice.  It is based on our ability to rapidly deliver innovative solutions that often anticipate emerging requirements," said Agilex President John Gall.  "Marianne will play... (more)