Thursday 15th November, 2012 - Slow, poor-performing PCs are making Brits increasingly frustrated. According to research released today, the issue has become such a pain point that some Brits would much rather visit the dentist, queue for hours or be put on hold by a call centre for more than 10 minutes, than face a snail-paced computer.

Whether it’s a slow start-up or the loss of precious files and documents, the annoyance caused by PCs letting us down has sky rocketed.  Over a third of those surveyed find a slow PC just as aggravating as an airline losing their luggage and as infuriating as finding fraudulent charges on a credit card. For almost one in three Brits, the frustration is on par with losing a mobile phone.

To help ease the pains of computer annoyances, a ‘Frustration Zone’ has been set up to release pent-up stress and help users be friends with their PCs again. Fed up PC lovers can smash plates, hit out at punch bags and thump a boxer punch machine in a bid to tame tempers.

Gadget Expert, Suzi Perry, who officially launched the Frustration Zone, commented: “There’s nothing more frustrating than a slow PC. We’ve all suffered from sluggish computers at one point or another – we’ve missed deadlines, lost work and been driven to despair by machines grinding to a painful halt. Although it can be frustrating, the key is to resist the urge to smash something as there are lots of simple and effective ways to get your tech back up to speed. If you can’t resist the rage, the Frustration Zone is the perfect place to vent that pent up fury.”

The Frustration Zone has been set up by Be Friends with your PC, a campaign that encourages people to think about the performance (speed and stability) of their PCs.

For tips and tricks to speed up your computer, visit: Be Friends with your PC - http://bit.ly/TOKJQd

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15th November 2012: The spectrum frequencies awarded to Vodafone Ireland represents the best possible outcome for the company’s customers now and into the future. The spectrum allocation will further strengthen Vodafone’s position as Ireland’s leading mobile network, enabling the continued delivery of innovative market-leading products and services to Irish customers. To date, Vodafone has invested €900m in the network and will further invest more than half a billion over the next five years to ensure the best-in-class mobile experience in Ireland in line with current levels of expenditure.

Vodafone Ireland has secured the largest allocation of spectrum in the market, ensuring the fastest possible 4G rollout to deliver wider coverage and enhanced speeds to customers. 4G data services will enable customers to upload content faster than with existing fixed broadband and experience download speeds over 4 times better than 3G.

The acquisition by Vodafone of new and additional spectrum allows the company to increase its capacity to provide data in urban areas and enable Vodafone to deliver the widest mobile broadband coverage in rural areas from 2013.

Vodafone Ireland CEO, Jeroen Hoencamp said, “This is great news for our customers and demonstrates that, despite challenging economic conditions, we will not compromise on the superior quality of our network. We now have the best possible combination of available spectrum and work has already commenced on upgrading our network nationwide. Our customers have access currently to the fastest data network and from next year, they will experience the next generation of mobile technology, 4G.”

Vodafone Ireland’s Strategy Director, Paul Ryan commented, “In addition to having the fastest network for mobile data*, we now have the largest allocation of spectrum of any mobile operator in Ireland.  This will ensure that the company continues to lead the way on mobile data services. Vodafone is committed to future investment in order to introduce innovative mobile communications services that play a central role in the daily lives of Irish businesses and the broader community of consumers and public service providers throughout the country.”

For further information visit http://www.vodafone.ie/phones-plans/smartphones/4g/

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London, 15 November 2012 - ServerSpace today announced that it ranked number 10 in the 2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK. Rankings are based on percentage revenue growth over five years. ServerSpace grew 1597.9% per cent during this period.

ServerSpace’ managing director, Tim Pat Dufficy, comments: “This ranking marks a very successful few years for us. To be recognised in such a well-known and prestigious award programme just six years after setting up the company is a testament to all our hard work. We look forward to expanding our reach across the UK, and helping businesses to stay on top of their game with our high-quality, cost-effective hosting and connectivity services.

David Halstead, Partner leading the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, said: “The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 gives great profile to technology companies and is internationally recognised as being one of the most important business awards in the sector”

“The 2012 Deloitte Fast 50 shows that tremendous growth rates are still possible, with software sectors showing particular strength, they have had the greatest amount of entries in the past five years.”

“The Technology Fast 50 awards are an opportunity for businesses to gain recognition for their successes and achievements over the last five years. This year’s ranking highlights the importance of finding a niche product or service to beat the recession.”

“The awards are an opportunity for businesses to gain recognition for their successes and achievements. This year’s ranking highlights the importance of being innovative and finding a niche product or service, to beat the recession.”

Analysis for London based companies
This year’s Deloitte Technology Fast 50 highlights the dominance of London, with six of the top ten companies coming from the capital. Overall, technology companies from London make up 42% of the ranking and 79% of the revenue* for the winning 50 was generated by companies from London.

“The increased focus on the Silicon Roundabout area from the Government, the media and larger technology companies has helped to drive confidence in the area as a credible European hub for the industry.”

Redwood Shores, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012: iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS), the global Wi-Fi and enterprise mobility services leader, today published its quarterly Mobile Workforce Report, which found that more employees are using their own smartphones for work and they rank connectivity cost as the least important factor when choosing a mobile network ― creating the potential for a "bill shock" response by enterprises that don't have cost control policies as part of their BYOD plan.

“With more workers turning to their smartphones for work, data usage is growing rapidly across multiple devices. As this BYOD trend continues to explode, not just in the US but around the world, enterprises are seeing the effects both in rising productivity and in rising network costs. Employees are using more data with more devices to work longer hours, anytime and anywhere ―and this report shows they're willing to connect with little regard for cost," said Evan Kaplan, chief executive officer at iPass. "This lack of cost sensitivity has the potential to dramatically impact corporate budgets. In order to gain the business benefits of the proliferation of consumer-driven IT, enterprises must stay in front of the BYOD challenge by providing cost-effective connectivity for mobile workers wherever they roam."

Supporting surging growth in the BYOD trend, the report shows that the proportion of workers’ smartphones provisioned by employers has declined from 58 to 33 percent, while self-provisioning has risen to 46 percent; up from 42 percent last year. The report findings also indicate that the smartphone is at the center of the mobile workers' universe, ranking only behind wallets and keys in terms of the most important items in their lives, and their network of choice is Wi-Fi.

Kaplan continued, “The idea of a universal computing device that supplants other devices has been on the radar for decades. What’s interesting is that while the smartphone is ranked only behind the wallet and keys in importance, it’s not displacing mobile workers’ reliance on tablets or laptops. In fact, our data indicates that smartphone users also use more data on other devices, revealing an interesting phenomenon ―essentially, the more you use the more you use."

As employees have increasingly taken ownership over their own devices for work, the profile of the most popular smartphones in the enterprise has also changed. The iPhone remains in the top spot, with ownership among 53 percent of the mobile workforce; up from its 45 percent share in 2011. With 34 percent ownership (up from 21 percent in 2011), Android has taken over second place from BlackBerry, which is now the device of choice for just 26 percent of mobile workers (down from 32 percent in 2011). Despite the billions that Microsoft has invested in revamping and marketing its mobile OS, Windows Phone remains in the last place of the major operating systems, with just five percent of mobile workers currently using it. When asked about their other mobile devices, 59 percent of mobile workers said that they expect to rely on tablets more in the coming year, with the iPad remaining the dominant device as the preference for 54 percent.

The report also found that Wi-Fi is the network of choice for 52 percent of mobile workers, but poor connectivity is impacting their efficiency. One out of every two (50 percent) of mobile workers complained that finding simple access to Wi-Fi networks outside the office is a hindrance to their productivity, whereas in 2011, only 33 percent of mobile workers described this as a barrier to successful mobile working; indicating that there is a growing reliance on Wi-Fi connectivity among the workforce. The second largest barrier to mobile working was described as access to applications on the go. Thirty-four (34) percent of respondents named application access as a problem, up from 25 percent last year, indicating an ongoing need for mobile technologies that offer support for mobile employees.

For more statistics and findings from this quarter’s mobile workforce report, please visit: http://mobile-workforce-project.ipass.com

About the iPass Mobile Workforce Report
The iPass Mobile Workforce Report is published quarterly. This report was based on a survey of over nearly 1,700 mobile workers at 1,100 enterprises around the world between September 27, 2012 and October 19, 2012. The iPass Mobile Workforce Report can be found at http://mobile-workforce-project.ipass.com

About iPass Inc.
iPass helps enterprises and telecom service providers ensure their employees and subscribers stay well connected. Founded in 1996, iPass (NASDAQ: IPAS) delivers the world’s largest commercial-grade Wi-Fi network and trusted connectivity platform. With more than one million Wi-Fi hotspots across 113 countries and territories, iPass gives its customers always-on, frictionless connectivity for smartphones, tablets and laptops anywhere in the world – simply, securely and cost-effectively. Additional information is available at www.iPass.com or on Smarter Connections, the iPass blog.

iPass is a registered trademark of iPass Inc. Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks are owned by their respective owners.

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London, UK (November 2012)Eight out of 10 UK consumers who use a computer, tablet PC or smartphone for work activities feel their online privacy is threatened, but many persist with actions and attitudes that put their privacy and security at risk, according to a survey of 1,000 UK office workers by global non-profit IT association ISACA. ISACA also conducted a separate survey of more than 4,500 of its members from 83 countries, including 980 in Europe. The majority of respondents say that the risk of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) outweighs the benefits, yet year over year, but there has been a 22-point percentage drop in enterprises that prohibit BYOD.  With the increasingly blurry line between work and personal devices, behaviours that put privacy and security at risk have the potential to impact enterprises.

Sharing information online is riskier than ever, say one-quarter of the respondents. And only 12% say they do not think their online privacy is threatened. Yet despite these concerns, UK consumers reported engaging in the following risky behaviour:

• 10% have clicked on links in email from people they did not know
• 16% have used the same passwords for work and shopping sites
• 20% have clicked on links from social media sites
• 23% have used their work email address for online shopping
• 8% have lost their work or personal device they used for work

Employees’ online activities pose a special challenge to employers during the holiday season, since 69% of survey participants plan to shop online during the holiday season of November and December. Of those, 27% will spend five hours or more shopping on a work device and nearly 10% will spend 10 hours or more.  Additionally, 44% will spend five hours or more and 16% will spend 10 hours or more shopping on personal mobile devices also used for work—a practice called “bring your own device” (BYOD).

According to the UK consumer edition of ISACA’s 2012 IT Risk/Reward Barometer, employees who have a work-supplied or BYOD device reported:

• To save 50 percent off a £100item, 80% would be willing to reveal personal information; 59% would give up their email address, 20% would give up the name of the street they grew up on, 17% would provide their mother’s maiden name, and 7% would even be willing to share their current social media password.
• 22% are more concerned with protecting the security of their personal devices than their work-supplied devices.
• 12% would be just as inclined to use their personal device for work purposes even if they knew their online activity could be tracked by their employer.

"Using the same password for different sites will make it easier for criminals to hack into your accounts and compromise the data held by the organisation you work for. The more personal details you share about yourself online, the more likely you are to be a victim of social engineering attacks, especially with all of the data aggregators that combine seemingly innocent pieces of data into one comprehensive picture," said Ramsés Gallego, CISM, CGEIT, CISSP, SCPM, CCSK, security strategist and evangelist at Quest Software -now part of Dell - and ISACA international vice president.

While a quarter (25%) of respondents feel that sharing information online has become riskier over the past year, 87% reported engaging in a range of potentially risky actions:

• 80% do not verify the security settings of online shopping sites.
• 22% assume their IT department is ensuring that their work-supplied device has the most recent security patches.
• 13% are not concerned that their personal online activities at work may affect their organization's IT network.
• 11% have clicked on a link in an email before confirming its authenticity.
• 9% used a cloud service like Dropbox or Google Docs for work documents without their company’s knowledge.

 “The 2012 IT Risk/Reward Barometer shows that despite considerable concern about their online privacy and security, consumers are simply not willing to give up behaviour that is high-risk and could compromise their own and their employer’s cash, data and reputation,” said Marc Vael, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CRISC, an international vice president of ISACA. “The survey shows a sizable gap between what people believe they should do and how they actually act. Given that 23% of employees in the UK now use their own personal devices for work purposes—devices over which the enterprise has limited control—companies need to advocate an embrace-and-educate approach. Embrace the technology, but provide ongoing training about the personal and enterprise risks and how to avoid them.” 

£10,000 in lost productivity from employee holiday shopping online, predicts IT
ISACA also conducted a separate survey of more than 4,500 of its members from 83 countries, including 159 in the UK. The enterprise will lose £10K or more in lost productivity as a result of an employee shopping online during work hours in November and December, say 29% percent of those surveyed. Over a third believe that employee will spend on average more than a full work day shopping online during work hours using a personal computer or smartphone, and 27% estimate they will spend more than a full day shopping from a work-supplied device.

Several of the “unsafe” actions consumers admitted taking were among the most worrisome to ISACA members—for example, storing work passwords on personal devices (77% say it poses a high risk to the enterprise) and using online file-sharing services like Google Docs or Dropbox for work documents (75%) were top two actions rated as high risk.  In fact two-thirds of organisations prohibit using a file-sharing service for company documents and 40% prohibit using a personal mobile device for work purposes.  The majority (59%) of respondents say that the risk of BYOD outweighs the benefits, yet year over year  there has been a 22-point percentage drop in enterprises who prohibit BYOD (down from 66% to 44%).

About the 2012 IT Risk/Reward Barometer
The annual IT Risk/Reward Barometer helps gauge attitudes and organizational behaviours related to the risk and reward associated with the blurring boundaries between personal and work devices (BYOD), cloud computing, and increased enterprise risk related to online employee behaviour at peak seasonal times.

The study is based on September 2012 online polling of 4,512 ISACA members from 83 countries, including 159 members in the UK. A separate online survey was fielded among 1,000 UK consumers by OnePoll from 23-25 October 2012. To see the full results, visit www.isaca.org/risk-reward-barometer.

About ISACA
With more than 100,000 constituents in 180 countries, ISACA® (www.isaca.org) is a leading global provider of knowledge, certifications, community, advocacy and education on information systems (IS) assurance and security, enterprise governance and management of IT, and IT-related risk and compliance. Founded in 1969, the nonprofit, independent ISACA hosts international conferences, publishes the ISACA®Journal, and develops international IS auditing and control standards, which help its constituents ensure trust in, and value from, information systems. It also advances and attests IT skills and knowledge through the globally respected Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA®), Certified Information Security Manager® (CISM®), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT® (CGEIT®) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control™ (CRISC™) designations.

ISACA continually updates and expands the practical guidance and product family based on the COBIT® framework. COBIT helps IT professionals and enterprise leaders fulfill their IT governance and management responsibilities, particularly in the areas of assurance, security, risk and control, and deliver value to the business.

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Detroit--November 15, 2012--Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR), the technology performance company, today announced that it has published a new whitepaper titled: “The Hot Business of eCommerce.” The paper explores the correlation of poor application performance on eCommerce revenues, customer loyalty and brand image and how a new generation of application performance management (APM) will help eCommerce businesses deliver peak performance and the bottom line business benefits associated with it.

With the extreme competitiveness of today’s online retailer market, customers have very little patience for slow performing websites. Customer loyalty can be won or lost in a matter of a single second, causing a customer to switch to a competitor site, impacting revenue and brand image.

Studies have shown that a one second delay in response time reduces conversions by seven percent. For an eCommerce site that sells $100,000 of merchandise per day, a one second delay means $2.5 million in lost revenues annually. Online retail customers expect fast and efficient eCommerce applications. It’s vital in today’s online world that online retailers create best-in-class experiences to stay competitive and in business.

This whitepaper outlines:

• the cost of poor application performance and its impact on revenues, customer loyalty and satisfaction and brand image;
• the complexity of the eCommerce application delivery chain and its impact on performance; and
• how a new generation of APM can help eCommerce business maintain peak performance, drive a high-quality customer experience, and deliver better business results.

To download the whitepaper, click here.

Compuware APM® is the industry’s leading solution for optimizing the performance of web, non-web, mobile, streaming and cloud applications. Driven by end-user experience, Compuware APM provides the market’s only unified APM coverage across the entire application delivery chain—from the edge of the internet through the cloud to the datacenter. Compuware APM helps customers deliver proactive problem resolution for greater customer satisfaction, accelerate time-to-market for new application functionality and reduce application management costs through smarter analytics and advanced APM automation.

With more than 4,000 APM customers worldwide, Compuware is recognized as a leader in the “Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring” report. To read more about Compuware’s leadership in the APM market, click here.

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Acunetix, a market leader in web application security technology, and Imperva, Inc. (NYSE:  IMPV) a pioneer and leader a new category of business security solutions for critical applications for critical applications and high-value data in the data center, today announced that Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scan (WVS) results can now be imported into the SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) to automatically configure settings that will mitigate the discovered vulnerabilities.

When web application weaknesses such as SQL Injection or Cross Site Scripting are detected by Acunetix WVS, SecureSphere will transform the results into WAF security policies that offer immediate protection to companies needing the time to deal with and fix the security vulnerabilities and not be at risk in the meantime.

Using Acunetix WVS scan results to automate WAF configuration is designed to reduce workload and r error when compared to manually configuring a web application firewall such as SecureSphere.

“Many Imperva customers use Acunetix WVS to uncover Web vulnerabilities,” said Imperva CTO, Amichai Shulman. “We believe that the interoperability of the SecureSphere WAF with Acunetix WVS will allow our customers to mitigate those vulnerabilities quickly and reduce costly data breaches.”

“Acunetix sets a high standard when it comes to discovering web application vulnerabilities. We recommend using a web application firewall like SecureSphere to protect web applications until vulnerabilities can be dealt with directly,” said Nick Galea, Acunetix CEO.

Expected benefits of the interoperability of the SecureSphere WAF with Acunetix WVS are as follows:

• Reduced risk exposure – Vulnerabilities are mitigated before developers and testers can fix the web application’s code, thus shortening the Time-to-Fix.
• Accurate Protection – Virtual patching policies are created automatically, reducing the risk of configuration errors that can lead to false positive or negative alerts.
• Reduced Development Cost – Spend less development resources in emergency situations, fix code vulnerabilities during the normal release cycle.
• Compliance Reporting – Show auditors that vulnerabilities are virtually patched thanks to detailed WAF configuration reports.

About Imperva
Imperva is a pioneer and leader of a new category of business security solutions for critical applications and high-value data in the data center. Imperva’s award-winning solutions protect against data theft, insider abuse, and fraud while streamlining regulatory compliance by monitoring and controlling data usage and business transactions across the data center, from storage in a database or on a file server to consumption through applications. With over 2,000 end-user customers in more than 60 countries and thousands of organizations protected through cloud-based deployments, securing your business with Imperva puts you in the company of the world’s leading organizations. For more information, visit www.imperva.com, follow us on Twitter or visit our blog. We're hiring!  Help us protect the world's data:  http://www.imperva.com/go/jobs.

About Acunetix
Acunetix was founded in 2004 to combat the alarming rise in web attacks. Its flagship product, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS), is the result of several years of work by a team of highly experienced security developers. Leading International companies and organisations such as NASA, the US Air Force, The Pentagon, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Sony use Acunetix WVS to protect their websites and web applications. Acunetix WVS has won numerous awards including the WindowSecurity.com Web Application Security award for four times in succession. Acunetix is a privately held European company with offices in the UK, Cyprus and Malta. For more information on Acunetix and to download the trial, visit www.acunetix.com.

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This news release contains forward-looking statements, including without limitation those regarding the benefits of using SecureSphere Web Application Firewall with Acunetix WVS. These forward-looking statements are subject to material risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ substantially from expectations. You should consider important risk factors, which include: the risk that our products are not adopted at levels that we anticipate; the risk that our partnership between Imperva and Acunetix does not continue; the risk that competitors may be perceived by customers to be better positioned to help handle application security concerns; and other risks detailed under the caption “Risk Factors” in Imperva’s Form 10-Q  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on August 13, 2012 and Imperva’s other SEC filings. You can obtain copies of Imperva’s SEC filings on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. We undertake no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements contained herein after the date of this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

© 2012 Imperva, Inc. and Acunetix, Ltd. All rights reserved. Imperva, the Imperva logo and SecureSphere are trademarks of Imperva, Inc. Acunetix and the Acunetix logo are the trademarks of Acunetix, Ltd.

Powerline networking specialist devolo is working on intelligent solutions for energy networks in Europe, together with key partners in the technology and energy sectors. As a research company, devolo intends to utilise its expertise as a member of the OMS Group and EEBus organisation and together with other members, provide open standards that are relevant for real-world application.

The EEBus networking concept for the smart home and the smart grid
As a member of the EEBus e.V. organisation, devolo is joining one of the most important standardisation initiatives in the smart communication sector. Members of this committee are jointly developing a standardised networking concept for the smart grid and smart home. Through consistent real-world applications, the results of the field tests have had a direct influence on the EEBus software, with the organisation intending to achieve global interoperability between smart home components. For this reason, constant communication with international committees and standardisation organisations is needed. EEBus has set the goal of implementing its solution as an open standard on the German, European and global market.

The OMS Group defines standards for utility meters
In order to standardise utility meter communication within the smart home, key groups and companies have joined together in the Open Metering System (OMS) Group. Using the OMS Specification, the group has developed the European standard (EN 13757-x) for utility meters. With devolo already offering a product that guarantees a stable and secure transmission of meter data, the company decided to join the OMS Group. OMS is the only European standard that integrates all utilities including electricity, gas, heat and water into a central metering system. devolo, with its Powerline expertise, will develop and test additional solutions for a simple connection between utility meters and the infrastructure.

Heiko Harbers, CEO of devolo AG said: "As a research company, communication with other participants in the industry is key in order to be able to design the future of the intelligent energy network together. We are pleased to be able to bring our expertise to both the OMS Group committee and EEBus e.V., and in return we benefit from the expertise of our partners. Our objective is to create open standards for the energy networks of the future together."

Information on EEBus e.V. can be found at www.eebus.org. The website of the OMS Group is www.oms-group.org. 

Marlow, UK, 16 November 2012 – Last night Softcat made history by winning CRN’s prestigious ‘Reseller of the Year’ award for an unprecedented third consecutive year. The CRN Channel Awards are the channel’s premier awards evening, which recognise the ingenuity and exceptional achievements of the UK channel industry over the past twelve months.

After each shortlisted candidate presented their entries to the judges in person, the panel – made up of IT industry figures – concluded that Softcat should receive the ‘Reseller of the Year’ award for the third year in a row. Ed Byrne presented Softcat with the ceremony’s primary reseller award in front of over 1,750 guests at Battersea Park Events Arena in London. The ‘Reseller of the Year’ award recognises “excellence in the delivery of solutions, service and support to end-user customers”.

With a determined focus on employee motivation and customer satisfaction, Softcat has continued its rapid growth in the private and public sector, this year increasing its turnover to £307m and its headcount to 500.

Softcat’s managing director Martin Hellawell commented, “We are delighted to receive this prestigious award for the third year in a row. As always, we have our employees’ enthusiastic commitment to upholding the Softcat standard to thank for our success. We ensure that we recruit – and keep hold of – the very best people, and constantly strive for improvement and expansion in our product and service offerings. We’re continually trying to better our performance, and achieving the ‘Reseller of the Year’ award for the third year running really reflects this.”

The CRN Channel award is just the latest in a long line of other awards and accreditations Softcat has received over the past year. Earlier this week it won two Thames Valley Business awards: 'Business of the Year' and 'Business Management Team of the Year.' It was recently awarded the Canalys Channel partner of the Year award, and earlier this year received the prestigious Citrix Gold accreditation. It also made the finals in two categories of the National Business Awards and ranked in the Sunday Times’ top ten UK ‘Great Places to Work’ (medium category).

Marlow, UK, 16 November 2012 – In an unprecedented award-winning week for Softcat, the IT reseller has now collected the prestigious ‘Business of the Year’ accolade and the RBS ‘Business Management Team of the Year’ award at the Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards, marking the company out as the most successful and dynamic business in the Thames Valley, with a truly innovative and forward-thinking management team.

The awards were presented last night at an elegant black-tie dinner at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre at Reading’s Madejski Stadium. Martin Stanford of Sky News hosted the dinner, and Hilary Devey, of Dragons’ Den fame, presented the awards to Softcat.

Martin Hellawell, Softcat’s managing director, commented: “Having been nominated for two key Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards, we didn’t think this week could get any better, so we are thrilled to have won both. As a business we put a lot of energy into our social and charity commitments and I’m pleased that the Business of the Year award acknowledges those efforts. And obviously I’ll now be expecting an endless stream of innovative ideas from our ‘Business Management Team of the Year’ – they’ve got a lot to live up to!”

The Business of the Year award recognises the most successful businesses in the Thames Valley in terms of their profitability, innovation and employment. It also takes into account the contribution made to the local economic community, and the provision of support to culture and charities in the region. The Thames Valley is home to hundreds of the UK’s manufacturing companies and high technology industries, ensuring rigorous competition each year for each awards category.

The Business Management Team of the Year award is only given to the most outstanding management teams in the Thames Valley, and rewards those teams who have either helped to create a successful business, or who have managed or led a successful deal or venture.

The double win tops off a whirlwind week for Softcat, in which the company was a finalist for two National Business Awards, won ‘Large Supplier or Major VAR of the year’ at the UK IT Industry Awards and won the coveted Channel Awards ‘Reseller of the Year’ for an unprecedented third year in a row.

About Softcat
Softcat (www.softcat.com) is a leading provider of software licensing, hardware, security and related IT services. Softcat, founded in 1993 by Peter Kelly, remains privately owned and currently employs 500 people. It achieved a turnover in excess of £300 million in its last financial year and has been profitable since inception, resulting in a strong balance sheet and very firm financial foundations.

The company sells and supports products and solutions from all the world's leading IT companies. On all its portfolio products and solutions it offers a full range of services, including advice and guidance, technical design, product sourcing, implementation, support and project management. It enjoys a trading relationship with over 5,000 longstanding customers, predominantly from the UK corporate sector but also including large enterprises, small businesses and public sector organisations.

As an organisation Softcat cares passionately about two things – outstanding employee satisfaction and world-class customer service. It believes the former drives the latter.

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The Bank of England has, this week, released the quarterly Inflation Report signalling that output in the UK economy will remain lower than before the pre-financial crisis until late 2015. UK businesses need to ensure the efficiency of their operations to guarantee continued profitability and growth, says Siemens Enterprise Communications.

Sir Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, said: "Just as growth in Q2 was depressed by one-off factors and gave a misleadingly weak picture of the economy, so growth in Q3 has been boosted by one-off factors and gives an overly optimistic impression of the underlying trend. Continuing the recent zig-zag pattern, output growth is likely to fall back sharply in Q4 as the boost from the Olympics in the summer is reversed. Indeed, output may shrink a little this quarter."

With the UK destined to inhabit a “low growth” environment for the next few years, Siemens Enterprise Communications believes individual businesses must drive efficiencies to create operating savings and enable optimum employee productivity. With quantitative easing to boost demand unlikely to materialise in the foreseeable future, businesses will need to drive profitability from within.

Optimising assets to serve widely dispersed virtual teams cost-effectively is essential. Businesses must focus on the user-experience and create a workspace that encourages a mobile, flexible and agile workforce. Without a focus on a creating a work environment that unlocks the true potential of team performance, full productivity will not be achieved. 

Trevor Connell, Managing Director, Siemens Enterprise Communications, commented: “The desktop PC is in decline as people are not tied to their desks. As such, businesses now embrace employees’ wishes to work outside of the traditional office. Therefore, the workplace of today must embrace the technology virtual teams need to remain productive while sitting at or away from their traditional desk. The office must encourage flexibility and allow virtual teams to interact and collaborate.

“Too many organisations are relying on legacy communication tools and traditional management. The businesses that enable employees to work in inspiring environments while ensuring the necessary management and support of virtual teams will remain profitable, even under immense economic pressure.” 

Sunnyvale, CA – November 14, 2012 – Good Technology™, a pioneer in secure enterprise mobility, announced that it has filed two separate patent infringement lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against MobileIron Inc. and AirWatch LLC. The lawsuit against MobileIron also includes Lanham Act and related claims alleging MobileIron engaged in a marketing campaign based on falsehoods and misleading claims about Good and its product offerings. At the heart of these lawsuits is Good’s technology, which is vital to the utility, function, and safety of mobile data and devices.

King Lee, CEO of Good Technology said, “Smartphones and tablets have become the most important and ubiquitous piece of technology we use in our daily lives. Good has pioneered the technology and products critical to the backbone and safety of these mobile devices, and these lawsuits are about two blatant infringers of our technology – MobileIron and AirWatch. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars researching, developing, and marketing our solutions. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including half of the FORTUNE 100, trust us to safely, efficiently and reliably scale their mobile enterprises, and we intend to vigorously defend our intellectual property rights around the world.”

Founded in 1996, Good’s innovations in the area of mobile security and management have resulted in broad intellectual property protection for its innovations, including over 75 patents, a good number of which are early, highly-cited, foundational patents. The patents in the lawsuit cover core technology first developed in the late 1990s that enable users to securely access email and other business data while mobile.

The patents Good has asserted in these lawsuits include:

• United States Patent No. 6,151,606 issued for an invention entitled "System and Method for Using a Workspace Data Manager to Access, Manipulate and Synchronize Network Data."
• United States Patent No. 8,012,219 issued for an invention entitled “System and Method for Preventing Access to Data on a Compromised Remote Device.”
• United States Patent No. 7,970,386 issued for an invention entitled “System and Method for Monitoring and Maintaining a Wireless Device.”
• United States Patent No. 7,702,322 issued for an invention entitled “Method and System for Distributing and Updating Software in Wireless Devices.”

For more information about these lawsuits, visit http://www1.good.com/patent-litigation.

About Good Technology
Good Technology, the leader in secure enterprise mobility solutions, creates a world where employees can securely connect, communicate, and collaborate using their personal iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices. A world where IT can manage mobile apps, devices and enterprise data simply and safely to increase overall business productivity. A world where business information can travel wherever it needs to go, without putting sensitive enterprise or personal data at risk. Good Technology’s customers include more than 4,000 organizations worldwide, including FORTUNE 100TM leaders in financial services, healthcare, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, legal, and government. Learn more at www.good.com.

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London, UK, 16th November 2012 – It has been revealed that an EU intervention over use of state aid and the competition process has stalled any physical work from getting underway in the UK on the super-fast broadband initiative. EU officials have raised questions over whether there has been genuine competition for the £800m BDUK pot of money that the government has set aside to achieve set targets for super-fast broadband throughout the whole of the UK by 2015.

David Pinnington, Head of Government & Systems Integrators at MLL Telecom, explains: “At the moment there are only two companies that are eligible to carry out the work on super-fast broadband under the BDUK framework – BT and Fujitsu. The government needs to consider opening up the framework to more companies that can help deliver connectivity quicker and to consider delivering contracts in smaller lots to encourage competition, especially to those areas that currently have the poorest coverage. Regional councils should be encouraged to introduce their own competition to accelerate the process and not feel they have to strictly adhere to the BDUK commercial procurement framework.”

Meanwhile, the current delays mean it is unlikely that targets will be met in the timeframe set, and the general public will be left waiting until at least 2017, and possibly even longer, to reap the benefits of super-fast connectivity. Questions over targets had already been raised when a recent policy paper published by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) on rural broadband, revealed that 15 percent of the countryside is still unable to reach government minimum speeds.

With operators laying fibre to the cabinet in the most economically advantageous areas first, instead of concentrating on areas that have the poorest coverage, the gap between those that have good broadband and those that have none is widening – and they are now going to be waiting even longer.

“The problem lies in the way the targets have been set in the first place. At the moment, operators are rolling out fibre optic technology in big cities first to provide super-fast internet connections. Instead though, the government should be encouraging operators to focus their efforts on the 15 percent that can’t even get minimum speeds in order to really make a difference. By concentrating on these neglected areas first they would gain maximum benefit from the funding available early on in the project and use it to its best advantage – a much fairer system overall. The current delays should push the government and the regional councils to rethink their priorities and strategy,” continues Pinnington.

It’s not just about the strategy though, but also about the technology used. When helping bring broadband to remote areas, operators need to bear in mind that in around 5 percent of the cases a fibre to cabinet solution won’t make things any better. This is because in very rural areas they are likely to be too far from the cabinet in the first place. In those areas, operators need to make use of microwave backhaul and use radio multi point-to-point technology to accelerate deployment once it gets underway. MLL Telecom suggests that radio can play a big role in helping bring faster broadband to areas that are currently suffering.

Named an Innovator, Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator is the leading cloud management product and recognised as a great choice for service providers

London, UK - 16 November 2012 - Info-Tech Research Group evaluated nine competitors in the cloud management market and named Flexiant as the trendsetter for cloud management solutions and the leading cloud management product.

Rated by Info-Tech Research Group as exemplary, Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator achieved the highest available ratings in areas such as usability, affordability, architecture and strategy, Flexiant Cloud Orchestrator gained the highest product rating out of all other vendors in this report.

“Flexiant’s unique customisation and whitelabeling, integrated billing, and its ability to support multiple hypervisors, make it a standout solution that’s ahead of the curve in advanced features,” said Chris O’Connor, senior research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group. “Flexiant provides a great all-in-one solution for service providers.”

The “Vendor Landscape: Cloud Management Solutions” highlighted Flexiant’s strengths including standout dashboard customisability, flexible and integrated billing capabilities, quota and permission management, and alerts tied to resource utilisation and flexible deployment options with multi-hypervisor support.

Flexiant was recognised as a solution of choice for service providers or indeed anyone, such as hosting companies or telco, which wants to build a cloud services business quickly rather than build an internally focused enterprise cloud.

George Knox, CEO, Flexiant said, “Receiving ‘Innovator’ status and the Trendsetter Award is an acknowledgement of Flexiant’s ability to solve service providers’ cloud management problems today. For service providers, this means being able to differentiate in a competitive market, while also having a platform that can scale to meet demand.  No matter where you are in the world, the most innovative, exemplary and trendsetting cloud management solution is available to you. We will help you quickly build a cloud services business today that customers will love.”

Info-Tech Research Group collected information on nine major vendors including Abiquo, CA Technologies, Citrix, Eucalyptus, Nimbula, OpenStack, Virtustream and VMware. Products were evaluated based on features, usability, affordability and architecture.

The full independent vendor landscape for cloud management solutions is available for download at http://learning.flexiant.com/info-tech-vendor-landscape-report-cloud-management-solutions/.

16th November 2012 - London, UK: Mimecast®, the leading supplier of cloud-based email archiving, continuity andsecurity for Microsoft Exchange, Hosted Exchange and Office 365, has been named Security Vendor of the Year for a second successive year at the industry-leading 2012 CRN Channel Awards.

After winning the award for the first time last year, Mimecast continued to develop and improve its channel security offering to stay ahead of the competition. The CRN Security Vendor of the Year award recognises not just Mimecast’s product range and technological innovation, but its overall contribution to the channel, its service and support, and its extensive channel and marketing programmes.

Nessa Lynchehaun, UK Channel Director at Mimecast, commented: “To win CRN Security Vendor of the Year last year was a fantastic achievement for Mimecast, but to win for a second year running and retain our crown, which is always harder to do, is an even bigger achievement. It is well deserved recognition for the emphasis we have placed on continuing to develop our channel programme, and strengthen our partner community, our technology and our ability to add value for all our partners.

“At Mimecast, we’ve set the bar high and we are now looking forward to an exciting 2013, continuing to innovate to improve our channel programme and investing in our team, our products and our partners to help take the business on to the next level in the UK and across Europe.”

A number of Mimecast partners were also honoured on the night. Microsoft was named Software Vendor of the Year, Trustmarque picked up Services Provider of the Year, Bytes Software Services scooped Enterprise Reseller of the Year, and Softcat collected Reseller of the Year.

2012 has been a great year for awards for Mimecast. The CRN Security Vendor of the Year gong follows a 20th place ranking in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50, winning Computing Security’s Messaging Security Solution of the Year, being named Microsoft Innovative Customer Advocacy Partner of the Year, and picking up Messaging Product of the Year at the Network Computing awards. Mimecast’s Unified Email Management solution also won an MSExchange Gold award, Eliza Hedegaard was named Account Manager of the Year at the Knowlist Legal IT Awards, Gillian Crewdson received Best Vendor Marketing Manager at the CRN Sales & Marketing Awards, and Trevor Highley was honoured with Best Vendor Account Manager at the same event.

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NW Systems Group’s Remote Manager video solution was used by leading construction firm Simons Group to monitor and retain a visual record of the construction of Marks & Spencer 195,000 square foot Cheshire Oaks site, near Liverpool.

The groundbreaking store opened by Joanna Lumley and Marks & Spencer’s chief executive Marc Bolland on 29th August 2012, is the second largest Marks & Spencer store ever built and its most environmentally-friendly one to date.

Remote Manager was used to help Simons Group and its customer Marks & Spencer monitor progress of the flagship store’s internal build and fit-out. They used Remote Manager from November 2011 to June 2012 to monitor progress of this groundbreaking development, ensuring that environmental targets for recycling and use of green materials were being met and monitoring key building milestones including the fitting of multi-million pound escalators.

Remote Manager is a unique video monitoring service specifically designed for the construction and development industry. It is an all-in-one package offering system design, installation, wireless connectivity and full hosting of 24 by 7 time-lapse video recordings for the entire length of any construction project. A total of eight Mobotix 3 megapixel network cameras were fitted internally to provide HD resolution video on the Marks & Spencer site’s internal build and fit-out over a six month period.

Ed Dixon, Environmental Champion, Simons Group, said:
“Remote Manager gave us a very impressive user interface, diligent installation operatives, excellent customer support and personable account management from key staff.”

Frank Crouwel, managing director, NW Systems Group, said:
“We are very proud to have played a part in supporting such a groundbreaking green construction project as M&S Cheshire Oaks store. This is currently M&S’ flagship ‘Store for the Future’ and it is great that Remote Manager helped keep the project on track and on schedule.”

To view a time-lapse video movie of the fitting out of Marks & Spencer Cheshire Oaks please click on this linkhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flZA3jOJ6mY&feature=youtu.be

Dortmund, Germany-- Nov. 19, 2012 -- Tandberg Data, the global supplier of data protection and archiving solutions, today announced the availability of its new LTO-6 tape drives, tape automation and media products. The new Tandberg Data LTO-6 tape solutions provide increased capacity, performance and functionality for small and medium-sized businesses looking to better manage data growth and reduce storage costs.   Offering twice the cartridge capacity as the previous generation, the new Tandberg Data LTO-6 tape drive delivers up to 6.25TB of compressed cartridge capacity and speeds of up to 1.4TB per hour, simplifying data protection and archiving operations (based on a 2.5:1 compression ratio). With LTO-6, the Tandberg Data StorageLoader® is offering up to 50TB, the Tandberg Data StorageLibrary™ T24 up to 150TB and the StorageLibrary™ T40+ up to 250TB of compressed storage.

As with previous generations of LTO technology, the new LTO-6 tape products are backwards write/read compatible for one generation and backwards read compatible for two generations. All LTO-6 tape products will support 256-bit AES hardware encryption and WORM for regulatory compliance. LTO-6 tape drives will support LTFS technology with up to two partitions on a single data cartridge, allowing users to store different file types in different locations on tape to reduce access times. The Tandberg Data LTO-6 tape drive is available with a SAS or FC interface and is offered in standalone or automation configurations.

“LTO tape technology is the most cost-effective way to protect the deluge of digital data generated daily by most businesses,” said Graham Paterson, senior vice president of EMEA at Tandberg Data. “When storing data on a Tandberg Data LTO-6 tape drive or tape automation product, small and medium-sized businesses will reap significant cost benefits due to the high capacity, small footprint and low power and cooling requirements.”

LTO-6 Tape Automation Saves Time and Money

The Tandberg Data StorageLoader and StorageLibrary Series with LTO-6 allow customers to shorten backup windows, simplify storage management, advance data protection, improve compliance and significantly reduce storage costs through active archiving.  The Tandberg Data StorageLoader is a compact tape autoloader offering eight slots and up to 50TB of compressed storage. The Tandberg Data StorageLibrary T24 is a compact tape library offering 12 or 24 slots and up to 150TB of compressed storage.

The Tandberg Data StorageLibrary T40+ is a scalable tape library offering 24 or 40 slots and up to 250TB of compressed storage. The StorageLibrary T40+ Pass-Thru feature allows up to five StorageLibrary T40+ units to be stacked together, increasing the number of slots from 40 to 77, 114, 151 or 188 slots. The StorageLibrary T40+ Pass-Thru feature provides customers with capacity-on-demand and performance-on-demand. Customers can add additional drives and capacity when required, allowing StorageLibrary T40+ capacity to be increased up to 1.2PB and performance up to 28.8TB per hour.  Tandberg Data LTO-6 tape drives and tape automation products are fully compatible with all major operating systems and backup software.

Pricing and Availability

Tandberg Data LTO-6 HH tape drives, tape automation and media products will be available in December 2012 through Tandberg Data’s established channel of distributor and reseller partners. Tandberg Data LTO-6 tape drive pricing starts at an MSRP of $2,995; LTO-6 tape automation pricing starts at an MRSP of $4995; and LTO-6 media pricing starts at a MSRP of $110.  All Tandberg Data LTO tape drives ship with a 3-year warranty and advanced replacement service.  All Tandberg Data LTO tape automation products ship with a one-year next business day on-site-service warranty. Additional service upgrades and warranty extensions are available.

For further information please contact:

Susan Merriman

Global Corporate Marketing Manager

Tel.: (303) 417-7110

Email: smerriman@tandbergdata.com

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Account Director

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Tel.: (44) 7787 566382 

Email: smunday@kprglobal.com

About Tandberg Data

Tandberg Data is a global leader in data storage and protection solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s wide range of cost-effective storage products and services provides customers with best-in-class tape, disk, removable disk and software solutions for backup, archiving and disaster recovery. These solutions are marketed 100 percent through a global channel of qualified resellers, distributors and major server OEMs. An extensive service and support network supports all Tandberg Data products worldwide.

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READING, UK.– November 19th 2012 – DataCore Software, the storage hypervisor leader and premier provider of storage virtualisation software, today announced that the British Red Cross Society has deployed SANsymphony™-V Storage Hypervisor  to provide a significant performance acceleration on its new Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) system to dramatically decrease the response times and increase the reliability of the data extraction. This performance improvement was achieved by installing SANsymphony-V on an HP Proliant DL 370 server. This consistently has reduced the time window needed to perform the Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) operations from an average of 12 hours down to four, with the load spread across half the number of internal hard disk drives achieved through the efficiency of SANsymphony-V’s thin provisioning.

The British Red Cross Society is the United Kingdom registered charity arm of the worldwide impartial humanitarian organisation, the International Red Cross. Formed in 1870, the Red Cross has over 31,000 volunteers and 3,300 staff providing assistance and aid to all people in crisis, both in the UK and overseas, without discrimination, regardless of their ethnic origin, nationality or religion. Kevin Bush is the Technical Architect within the Charity’s MIS Enterprise Architecture Team located in the City of London data centre and head office. He explains:

“In order to sustain the Charity’s considerable ongoing work worldwide, the Red Cross needs to continually generate additional income from new and existing donors.  It’s our function in MIS to ensure the relevant departmental units have the appropriate infrastructure available to allow them to complete automated processes in time to fulfil marketing campaigns to drive further donations.”

To help facilitate ongoing fundraising, a new suite of hardware and business intelligence tools were deployed six months ago at the British Red Cross utilizing OLAP - an approach that swiftly answers multi-dimensional analytical queries through accurate Business Intelligence (BI) tools deployed on British Red Cross’ SQL Server database. BI data marts are created to track behavioral changes, creating campaign relevancy trends for business units. This level of data profiling, specifying individual campaigns with matched targets, entails significant I/O (Input/Output) processing demands and depends on a stable, optimized infrastructure. Working in conjunction with the MIS Enterprise Architecture Team, British Red Cross’ partner, Adapto, highlighted that deploying DataCore’s SANsymphony-V software could significantly decrease the I/O strain and dramatically increase performance in a very cost effective, non-invasive way. SANsymphony-V, otherwise known as the Storage Hypervisor, could dramatically improve performance levels by increasing the speed of read/write requests across the entire British Red Cross storage infrastructure using the storage server memory as the caching engine. This caching could dramatically accelerate application response times manifesting in a dramatic increase in speed of database query and extraction for the business units.

Critical to the effectiveness of the Extract/Transform and Load (ETL) from the database is achieving ongoing consistency that is contained within a predefined extraction window. Determining these two factors is the speed of I/O to process workloads; a slow I/O equates to a long and erratic extraction window. In practice, prior to the performance caching gains, each ETL was taking between nine-15 hours, being set to run overnight with the resultant data marts ready in time for the next working day.

Following Adapto’s suggestion, Kevin downloaded the easy to install SANsymphony-V test drive and right away ran a test ETL that displayed immediate benefits through DataCore’s mega caching ability, with the software recognizing I/O patterns to anticipate which blocks to read next into RAM from the back-end disks. Requests became fulfilled quickly from memory at electronic speeds hiding the delay associate with the physical disk I/O. The findings were impressive; the production-ready, easy to use GUI allowed the ETL to perform at blistering pace, similar to that achieved by SSD but without the associated overheads. This manifested in a four hour query extraction timeframe.

Kevin concludes:-

“From the point of evaluation onwards, we haven’t looked back with SANsymphony-V. It’s caching and performance acceleration has certainly addressed the consistency of extraction, whilst reducing the window to an acceptable level, so that as a Charity, we can concentrate on effective fundraising to help those most in need. We are so impressed that we are now looking at installing another node of SANsymphony-V for high availability and mirroring.”

About DataCore Software
DataCore Software develops storage virtualisation software leveraged in virtual and physical IT environments to obtain high availability, fast performance and maximum utilisation from storage.  DataCore's SANsymphony-V storage hypervisor is a comprehensive, yet hardware-independent solution which fundamentally changes the economics of provisioning, replicating and protecting storage for large enterprises and small to midsize businesses.  For additional information, visit the DataCore website at www.datacore.com or call (877) 780-5111.

DataCore, the DataCore logo and SANsymphony are trademarks or registered trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. Other DataCore product or service names or logos referenced herein are trademarks of DataCore Software Corporation. All other products, services and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Media Contacts:
Sharon Munday
DataCore Software
+44 (0) 7787 566382     
sharon.munday@datacore.com and publicrelations@datacore.com

Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK - Active Risk announced today that it has signed a Value Added Distributor (VAD) agreement with Naizak Global Engineering Systems. Naizak will distribute and implement Active Risk’s award-winning software Active Risk Manager(ARM) for project and enterprise risk management in the Middle East.

Loren Padelford, Executive Vice President and General Manager at Active Risk said, "Our strategic partnership with Naizak recognizes the strong demand for project and enterprise risk management we see in the GCC region and reinforces our positive vision for local growth. Naizak has a great reputation and a wealth of experience in the region, so they were the obvious choice to help show our ongoing commitment to the area.”

The partnership agreement enables Active Risk and Naizak to collaborate and provide local capabilities to customers across the Middle East. Together with Active Risk, Naizak will provide a range of value-adding services such as training programs, seminars, pre-sales advice, implementation and post-sales support related to the Active Risk Manager solution.  

Ramesh Pillai, Director – Plant IT Solutions & Services, Naizak said, "We see a huge demand for best-of-breed risk management solutions within the GCC, especially in the capital projects and infrastructure space. Our partnership with Active Risk helps us deliver complete solutions to our customers, and gives us world-class project and enterprise risk management capabilities. We see a perfect fit for Active Risk Manager within our brand portfolio."

Nick Scully, VP Sales for Active Risk said, "This distribution agreement with Naizak helps Active Risk deliver our globally leading ARM risk management system to customers in the GCC at a time when there is increasing demand for better project and enterprise risk management. I am very excited by the opportunities which this partnership opens up."

About Naizak
Naizak Global Engineering Systems is an engineering & IT conglomerate headquartered in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia with wide coverage in the Middle East region. Naizak, through the use of its distributed group of companies and business partnerships, has been able to establish a strong and respected standing in the IT Distribution and Vendor Representation space, which allowed Naizak to successfully expand its reach and experience to its business and channel partners.

Naizak's well-built reputation has attracted many vendors with a vision; to extend their global reach; and has been providing the means to professionally penetrate the Middle East market. 

About Active Risk
Active Risk is the first Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) solution provider to drive business performance by allowing organizations to manage risk more effectively. With Active Risk, executives have a truly comprehensive view of their organization’s risk and opportunities, enabling them to make better-informed decisions and create a competitive advantage. Active Risk makes risk management simple, valuable and personal.

Active Risk is the Enterprise Risk Management solution provider of choice for the world’s leading companies in aerospace and defense, engineering and construction, energy and mining, government, and other industries. Customers include Al Habtoor Group, Bechtel, ENEC, NASA, RTA, Rio Tinto and Saudi Aramco among others.

Active Risk has offices in the UK, USA and Australia, servicing customers worldwide directly and through a growing network of partners. Active Risk is listed in London.

For further information and a detailed view of Active Risk's products and services visit www.activerisk.com  or call +44 (0)1628 582500 (EMEA/Asia Pacific), +1 703 673 9580 (Americas) or +61 2 9037 0150 (Australia).

To discuss partnership opportunities with Active Risk contact Charles Longridge, Global Partner Manager charles.longridge@activerisk.com.

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Nottingham, 19 November 2012 – The Royal Borough of Greenwich is the latest London borough to have chosen MidlandHR’s iTrent as its single platform for talent management,workforce planning, HR and payroll.

The council has opted for a fully hosted solution and will be implementing a broad range of iTrent modules, including core HR, Payroll, Self-Service, Web Recruitment and E-payslips, to support its 15,000 staff.

MidlandHR’s managing director, Declan McGrath, comments: “By taking advantage of MidlandHR’s private cloud, Greenwich will be able to benefit from a risk-free, cost-effective outsourced solution which combines the benefits of our iTrent software with protection against the infrastructure issues that can impact on-premise IT services and information availability.

“By choosing iTrent to streamline its HR and payroll operations, improve the employee experience and drive enhanced workforce performance, The Royal Borough of Greenwich has become the 11th London Borough to partner with MidlandHR.”

The Royal Borough of Greenwich provides services to over 254,600 residents. Greenwich became a Royal Borough in February 2012 due in part to its historic links with the Royal Family and to its UNESCO world heritage site status as home of the Prime Meridian. It was also one of only six host boroughs for the 2012 London Olympics.

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About MidlandHR:

MidlandHR is a specialist supplier of HR, payroll, talent management and workforce planning solutions and outsourcing services. With a wealth of industry experience, MidlandHR's solutions support some of the largest and most successful organisations in the UK, from both public and private sectors.

Whether organisations require an in-house solution, HR and payroll outsourcing services or cloud-based SaaS, MidlandHR’s strengths lie in its cutting edge iTrent technology and a commitment to providing the highest quality service to meet the needs of every customer.  For more information about MidlandHR’s commitment to excellence, recognised through the CIPP Payroll Service Provider of the Year Award 2012 for the second year running, visit MidlandHR at www.midlandhr.com.

MidlandHR’s customers include: T.M.Lewin, Care UK, Severn Trent Water, Chesterfield NHS, QVC, Loughborough University, The Salvation Army, Brighton & Hove City Council, Oxford City Council, East Kent Shared Service, TJX Europe, Humberside Police, Law Officers Departments, Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and more.

PRESS ENQUIRIES TO:
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020 7240 6959
midlandhr@portfoliocomms.com

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