Alteryx Launches European Presence with UK Hub Office and Key Partners to Address Increased Demand for its Data Blending and Advanced Analytics Software Platform

London UK – April 30, 2014 – Alteryx, the leader in data blending and advanced analytics, today announced that the company is launching its UK presence and European expansion to help European organisations embrace the analytics power shift that is driving increased demand for its analytics software product.  With this shift, new analytics strategies are putting the line of business (LOB), not IT, in control of analytics and creating demand for easy-to-use tools like Alteryx that allow LOB data analysts to deliver deeper business insights in hours, not weeks.

Alteryx also announced its UK launch event, Analytics Power Shift, along with partners Tableau Software, Revolution Analytics, and The Information Lab, which will take place tomorrow, the first of May, in central London. The event focuses on enabling departmental data analysts and business users to take advantage of this new category of powerful yet easy-to-use analytics tools that has emerged to address this power shift.  With its intuitive workflow for data blending and advanced analytics, Alteryx Analytics empowers data analysts to tap into new sources of data (including Big Data sources and Social Media streams), perform R-based predictive analytics and deep spatial analysis, and thus capitalize on new opportunities for data-driven decisions.

“This is an exciting time in the analytics space and companies need to move quickly to realize the full benefits of this massive analytics power shift,” said Stuart Wilson, regional vice president, Alteryx UK.  “Alteryx and our key partners are at the forefront of this shift, beating out legacy analytics providers that require programmers, scientists and specialists.  The shifting market dynamics and new requirements have created a spike in European demand, so with our Analytics Power Shift event, Alteryx is officially launching our UK and European presence to address these needs.”

Alteryx already has a strong presence in the UK via its key partners, with over 100 current customers that include leaders in retail and grocery, property, banking, consumer goods, energy, media and marketing services – two of which, Experian and Unilever, are speaking at the Analytics Power Shift event.  Partners such as Experian, Javelin, The Information Lab, BIPB, and Interworks are already driving the adoption of Alteryx Analytics in the UK.   The new Alteryx UK team will work with these partners to help meet increasing demand for its analytics product and drive additional growth. Alteryx has also established new European channel and service partnerships outside the UK including Concentra, Geo Strategies, InfoTopics, InsightOne, Perception, and Sirius Insight and recently announced a technology partnership with Qlik, which has a large customer base in Europe.

Alteryx recently announced the Alteryx Analytics 9.0 platform that allows the easy access and blending of multiple sources of customer insight – from social sources to marketing automation to emerging customer data stores, as well as greater scalability, and the ability to leverage SAS and SPSS data connectors to unchain data from these legacy platforms. Alteryx Analytics 9.0 will be demonstrated at the event, but customers can download it today and a 14-day trial is available at www.alteryx.com/download.  With this launch, Alteryx has released a new “UK District” of analytic applications on its Analytics Gallery (gallery.alteryx.com), which now includes UK market data such as demographics, spatial and weather data. 

Aberdeen, 30 April– Petrotechnics announced today that GDF Suez E&P UK has selected its Proscient Operational Performance and Predictive Risk platform.  GDF Suez will deploy Proscient for their Cygnus gas field operations. Cygnus represents the UK Southern North Sea’s largest gas discovery in the last 25 years.

Driven by their continued growth in the UK Market and in the North Sea,  GDF Suez were looking for a software solution to support implementation of their work management business processes and facilitate a systematized control of work to improve operational efficiency, safety and compliance.  After a competitive tender, Proscient was selected as the software solution that best met GDF Suez’s current needs.  The tender process further reinforced by Petrotechnics’ 25 year proven track record in the North Sea, provided GDF Suez the confidence of Petrotechnics’ deep domain expertise and ability to deliver.

“We are delighted to be able to support GDF Suez E&P UK in delivering this strategically important development. GDF chose Proscient to do far more than just an electronic permit to work system. They wanted a powerful foundation to really transform how they manage risk, optimise frontline efficiencies, ensure compliance and set a consistent standard going forward” said David Bleackley, Petrotechnics’ VP of Sales. 

“While everyone understands simplicity, Petrotechnics has the deep domain expertise, the proven track record of actual delivery and the richness and breadth of the Proscient platform to simplify the complexities of control of work for customers.  The Proscient platform provides forward looking organsations the ability to have a more holistic understanding of overall risk and their impact on each other as their requirements evolve from control of work. By intelligently capturing risk data and deploying the tools to proactively manage workload against risk, individuals and senior leaders are empowered to make better decisions around their operations,” added Bleackley.

Petrotechnics has been working with customers in hazardous industries for over 25 years, providing practical solutions to transform and improve frontline performance. Proscient is Petrotechnics’ Operational Performance and Predictive risk software platform which simplifies the complexities of frontline operations.  It transforms how companies manage workload against operational risk in the context of dynamic operations. It allows you to get more of the right work done safely and efficiently to improve asset integrity and keep people safe. To find out more, please visithttp://www.petrotechnics.com/products/proscient

London and Oslo, 30 April 2014, QuestBack today launched Leadership Compass, a next generation 360° feedback platform that makes it easy and fast to increase understanding and drive leadership development by involving individuals, their managers, peers and even customers in the review process.

Engaging and retaining the best staff is key to winning the war on talent and building successful, high performing organisations. 360° feedback is critical to enable managers to learn through experience and become more engaged and effective. However traditional 360° feedback software does not cover every scenario and is , time-consuming, expensive and difficult to use. This means that 360° feedback exercises have previously been confined to a narrow group of senior managers and carried out infrequently.

QuestBack Leadership Compass is different – it combines the strength of the 360° review process with self-service and mobile capabilities, enabling faster, automated and more efficient access, increasing survey adoption and depth. Surveys can be run at any point of the year, rather than on annual basis, and through its web-based model 360° feedback can be extended to all managers. Additionally, QuestBack Leadership Compass collects and measures context dependent feedback, helping organisations understand which leaders work best within a given situation and adapting questions to individual requirements.

QuestBack Leadership Compass makes it simple to run powerful anytime, anywhere surveys. Examples include: 

• A manager initiating an ad-hoc survey to measure their success in a new role or at the end of a specific project.
• The executive board looking for feedback on senior management performance across the globe, aligned against specific KPIs.
• HR departments mapping customer satisfaction against managerial performance, identifying gaps in leadership by surveying executives, their line managers and customers.

“Leadership development is consistently rated as the number one priority by CEOs across the globe,” said Michael Courtier, Senior Project Manager, QuestBack. “360° surveys are recognised as the perfect way for leaders to grow though comprehensive, actionable feedback. However in the past these surveys have been time-consuming and complex to deploy – confining their use to annual reviews of top tier management. QuestBack Leadership Compass breaks down the barriers to using 360° feedback, with its intuitive user interface and mobile-first design making it fast and straightforward to create surveys, collect feedback and turn it into actionable insight.”

QuestBack Leadership Compass is accessed and used via a central Feedback Centre console that provides everything a new user needs to get started. . Powerful, customisable reporting and dashboards make it simple and fast to understand feedback as it happens, and take appropriate action. Employee data is held securely at all times and anonymity of responses is guaranteed, ensuring feedback is completely objective.

Fully compatible with mobile devices and with built-in support for multiple languages, it comes complete with comprehensive content, including a bespoke library of questions based on models such as Scouller’s Three Levels of Leadership and Collins’ Level 5 Leadership.

It integrates easily with QuestBack’s innovative, flexible, Enterprise Feedback Suite (EFS). This makes it simple to create a complete corporate feedback strategy and bring in information from other surveys, such as annual employee engagement exercises to deepen insight.

About QuestBack
QuestBack online surveys and managed feedback solutions empower companies to make smarter decisions, transform customer and employee experience and get ahead of the market. Founded in 2000, QuestBack is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and privately held with 19 offices worldwide. More than 4,000 global customers rely on QuestBack – including Volvo, Ernst & Young, Coca-Cola and General Mills.

Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX), a leader in network connectivity, monitoring and management, today announced the results of a study of 150 IT professionals which reveals the attitudes of 150 IT professionals from various industries on the impact that complex and growing networks have on network visibility and monitoring, network and application performance, security, and compliance.

The study, conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), confirms that the complexity of modern enterprise networks is increasing due to data centre consolidation, server virtualisation/private cloud, compute layer virtualisation, new application architectures, and the shift to dense 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) or higher network speeds, and that these factors necessitate deeper levels of network visibility to aid in the management and troubleshooting of these networks. Of particular note, more than two-thirds (69%) of respondents stated that they expect the number of requests to capture network data (including metadata and packet-level data) to increase dramatically, driven by the needs of a variety of IT groups including network architecture, security, compliance, applications, and IT audit teams.

The 150 IT professionals who participated in the study represent multiple industries (including financial, business services, manufacturing, and retail) and are responsible for evaluating, purchasing and managing network infrastructure technologies, as well as using network-based monitoring or management tools. All respondents were from enterprise organisations with 1,000 or more employees.

Key findings from the survey include:

• Network performance challenges are increasing, and result from the size, complexity and mobility of modern network environments. The number one indicated network performance challenge (43%) that respondents face is monitoring/managing network performance between groups of web, application, and database servers in the data centre. The second most cited challenge by respondents is maintaining end-to-end network performance to endpoint devices connecting either via public networks (42%) or wide area networks (WAN) (35%). These challenges reflect a rapidly changing environment marked by centralised data centres and an increasingly mobile workforce, which requires extending the boundary of end-to-end management to mobile devices. Other challenges include tuning the network (33%), providing Quality of Service (QoS) based on traffic or application (27%), and understanding network latency (27%).
• Security challenges are increased when there is a lack of proper network visibility for incident detection and resolution. The most often cited challenges from respondents include the struggle to capture network behaviour for incident detection (38%), monitoring network flows for anomalous behaviour (35%), the ability to capture and analyse logs from network and security devices (29%), and the ability to establish a baseline of normal network behaviour (27%).
• Organisations struggle with multiple network monitoring tools to capture network traffic and only see that number increasing in 2014. More than two-thirds (69%) of respondents stated that they expect the number of requests to capture network data (including metadata and packet-level data) to increase dramatically. Requests to capture network data are also now being initiated by the network architecture, security, compliance, and IT audit and application teams.
• More than half of organisations’ monitoring tools cannot cope with increased 10GbE network throughput. 54% of organisations find that they either sometimes or frequently cannot cope with the increased throughput or are dropping packets due to the increased throughput.

“The results of this survey point to exactly why enterprises need the ability to collect and monitor all network traffic - to improve network performance, security, and availability and to maintain regulatory compliance,” said Mike Riley, senior vice president and general manager, Endace division of Emulex. “The impact on the enterprise bottom line of network outages and security events is very large, and will only continue to grow. By implementing comprehensive network visibility architectures, organisations will be better prepared to ensure network performance, security, and compliance, and to dramatically reduce the time to find and fix critical problems.”

“Despite the challenges faced by organisations with rapidly growing and complex network environments, the ability to capture network data has never been more important. Network outages have proven to be disastrous from the cost of downtime alone – which can be millions of dollars per hour - not to mention the amount of dedicated resources it takes to identify root cause of these outages,” said Bob Laliberte, senior analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. “Organisations need to ensure they have effective monitoring solutions in place that will enable them to maintain network availability in the face of increasing data centre complexity.”

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Simply Dynamics, a Dublin headquartered provider of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, has won six new deals with customers based in Northern Ireland. Simply Dynamics will provide tailored Microsoft Dynamics Nav systems plus specialist add-ons to each of these new customers. The combined value of the new deals for Simply Dynamics is in excess of €500,000.

Simply Dynamics works in consultation with its customers to plan and implement successful ERP projects. Its Microsoft Dynamics Nav systems provide businesses with greater visibility and control over their financial and operational functions, helping to increase efficiency across the organisation.

The new customers include W.H. Scott Lifting which is headquartered in Newtonabbey, Co. Antrim and is the leading lifting equipment provider in Ireland and the UK. Its core business includes the supply, installation and certification of customised lifting equipment to numerous industries such as the construction sector, hauliers and shipping companies. Other customers also include Devenish Nutrition based in Belfast, and Clearhill, Ireland’s premier leisure vending company, based in Banbridge.

Simply Dynamics has experienced strong growth of 25% per annum in Northern Ireland and currently, 20% of its overall business comes from this market. It expects to grow this further, to 30%, in 2014.

Increased traction in the Northern Ireland market is being driven by customers seeking the flexibility and accessibility of Simply Dynamics hosted Microsoft Dynamics Nav offering. Being able to access the ERP solution from anywhere and any device ensures they can offer the highest quality of service and most accurate information to customers at any time.

In addition, the solid roadmap behind Microsoft Dynamics Nav coupled with Simply Dynamics expertise across multiple sectors is providing strong credibility for this offering.

Willie Fitzgerald, sales manager, Simply Dynamics said, “Local business in Northern Ireland is being backed by excellent supports from Invest NI and we have been experiencing a lot of interest in the market over the last year. The demand has been spread across a wide range of industries including the food sector, fuel distributors, retail, transport and manufacturing.

“The decision to invest in an ERP system is a very strategic one and businesses want a partner that not only provides the right system but can get to the core of the business and understand its customers, processes, multiple divisions and functions. Focusing on one solution has enabled us to build a strong team of ERP experts that can provide the highest levels of advice and support to business of all sizes.”

V1, an award winning provider of business automation software, today announces that it has signed a strategic partnership with Advanced Business Solutions’ market leading accounting and finance provider, Exchequer.

The new partnership means that Exchequer’s customers will now be able to benefit from V1’s best of breed document management portfolio, which will be integrated with Exchequer’s finance system and branded as Exchequer Document Manager.

Exchequer Document Manager will enable users to electronically create, deliver, authorise, store, manage and process their business documents, such as invoices and purchase orders, eliminating the time-consuming and costly paper-based processing of business documents.

Users will also be able to reduce the time-consuming manual data entry of purchase invoices by implementing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to automatically capture data from scanned purchase invoices.

Janette Martin, Managing Director at V1, said: “This partnership is excellent news for V1 and Exchequer. It represents a great growth opportunity for both businesses, and means Exchequer customers will now have access to two best of breed solutions.

“Our document management software offers real value-adding functionality capable of delivering significant cost and efficiency savings.”

Greg Ford, Managing Director of Exchequer, added: “Our new partnership with V1, a recognised global leader of document management technology, is an exciting development for all our customers.

“V1 has a long history of successful global partnerships and we are delighted to be partnering with them.”

Exchequer’s award-winning, fully integrated accounting and business software helps organisations improve the way they manage and operate their business, delivering significant time and cost savings by automating everyday tasks.

Exchequer is part of Advanced Business Solutions, an Advanced Computer Software company.

About V1 Ltd
V1 Ltd (“V1”) is a global provider of business automation software that enables both public and private sector organisations to streamline their business processes.

V1’s award-winning document management solution integrates into all major accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, enabling the automated delivery, storage, management and processing of documents. 

Thousands of organisations worldwide are using V1’s document management software to automate their business processes, cut costs, free-up administration time and reduce paper consumption while enjoying a typical payback of just six months.

V1’s recently expanded product suite includes: facilities management, document management, professional services automation, project accounting, and learning & training management software.

V1 prides itself on its innovative solutions, personal and straightforward approach and dependable service.

V1 Ltd is an Advanced Computer Software Group plc company.

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About Exchequer www.exchequer.com
Exchequer’s multi-award-winning, fully integrated accounting and business software helps organisations improve the way they manage and operate their business, delivering significant time and cost savings by automating everyday tasks.

Flexible and easy to use, with powerful functionality built-in throughout, Exchequer supports all aspects of your organisation providing unrivalled analysis, exceptional management reporting and productivity enhancing tools. Exchequer improves customers’ productivity by 47%.

Award successes include ‘Financial Software Provider of the Year’ in the Real Finance/CBI FDs’ Excellence Awards, winning more times than any other software provider, ‘Best rated accounting product catering for businesses in the medium range’ in an authoritative survey by the ICAEW, and 100% user recommendation by Charity Finance for three years running.

Exchequer is part of Advanced Business Solutions, a division of Advanced Computer Software Group plc. 

Exchequer
0844 815 5600
exchequer@advancedcomputersoftware.com
www.exchequer.com

Unify, formerly Siemens Enterprise Communications, today announced that it has appointed Liliana Solomon as the company’s global Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1. 

“As we continue the transformation of Unify into a true software and services leader, strong and experienced financial stewardship of the company will be critical to our success,” said Dean Douglas, CEO of Unify. “I’m excited to welcome Liliana to Unify, as her demonstrated financial leadership at some of the telecommunications industry’s top companies combined with her experience working in businesses undergoing transformation makes her ideally suited to join the Unify leadership team.” 

Solomon most recently served as European CFO at the Vodafone Group, and previously as CEO of the company’s operations in Romania.   She also served in financial controlling and CFO roles over her 20 year career at leading brands including Cable & Wireless, Deutsche Telekom, and O.Tel.O Germany.   

“I’m very pleased to be joining Unify, as the company continues its transformation to achieve its ambition as a software and services market leader,” said Solomon.  “From my industry experience, I know that Unify’s customers value their trusted partnership with us, and I look forward to contributing to the company’s success.”

Solomon will replace Ray Leclercq of The Gores Group who has been serving in that role in an interim capacity since mid-2013.  "I would like to thank Ray for all of his support and effort to guide us through these last several months as our CFO.  His insight has also provided a smooth transition for all of us that are new to Unify,” said Douglas.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will showcase at Offshore Technology Conference 2014 in Houston, TX (USA) from May 5th to 8th (booth 5447). The Group will present its comprehensive product portfolio specifically designed for the Oil and Gas industry.

OTC 2014 comes at very important time for the Group, which is currently launching a new organization aimed at accelerating expansion in the business of Subsea Umbilicals, Risers and Flowlines (SURF). Prysmian has established new Headquarters in Houston, TX under the responsibility of Bob Conners – who has recently joined the Group – to develop a new business strategy by expanding the global growth of the Business Unit and by improving market penetration for niche products in the Oil & Gas industry.

In addition to Headquarters in Houston and production in Brazil and North America, the new organization will include new commercial offices in Europe, Asean, China and the Middle East. “Brazil and the long-standing partnership with Petrobras will still be within Prysmian’s focus” said Bob Conners “at the same time we are targeting a more global expansion also by leveraging our comprehensive offer of products and services for the Oil & Gas industry.”

Over the past years Prysmian has been investing in the development of umbilicals - both Steel Tube and Thermoplastic - and flexible pipes with production in its state-of-the-art plants in Vila Velha. Thanks to the merger between Prysmian and Draka in 2010, now, the Group can rely also on two plants in North America, thus broadening the available range of products technology to special Down Hole Technology (DHT) systems (manufactured in Massachusetts and New Jersey) and creating interesting cross-selling opportunities.

Important results have been obtained in order to achieve finalization of the on-going qualification process for 6” flexible pipes and strong engagement is currently dedicated to develop products and technologies for the harsher pre-salt layer. On the occasion of OTC 2014, the Group will be presenting a technical paper regarding qualification and testing protocols on May 6 from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm in Room 610 Session “Advances in Flexible Pipe Technology”.

Recently the Group has been awarded by Petrobras new major contracts related to renewals and extensions of frame agreements for Umbilicals (worth approximately $ 260 Million) and flexible pipes (worth a total of $ 95 Million) for the Macabu, Junarte and Marlim Leste fields.

To complement the available range on display for offshore and on-shore applications, exclusive specialties such as Drylam™ and Airguard™ Cable Systems; innovative solutions such as Bostrig™; enhanced service loops for top drives; tailor made cable assemblies and accessories; DHT technologies and a comprehensive range of SURF products.

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30 April 2014 - Mead & Co today introduced the ScriptX Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner Program. Created to support and extend channel deployments of ScriptX, the world’s favourite add-on for controlling the printing of browser-hosted content, the program benefits ISVs through a combination of powerful technology, personalised support and tailored pricing.

ScriptX is the de facto global standard for providing total control when printing html and PDF documents, labels or bar codes from client and server computers running Microsoft Windows. It ensures that printed formatting and appearance is consistent, whatever the actual browser settings on the individual computer. Over 2 million licensed users print more than 2 billion documents that use the advanced features of ScriptX every year. Millions more use the basic free version.

ScriptX has already been deployed by thousands of developers and ISVs across the globe, and the new program formalises the benefits that ISVs receive, enabling them to easily deliver the power of ScriptX to their customers and grow their revenues. It includes full email-based support, ongoing maintenance, direct access to the development team, early view of new versions and options, as well as generous margins, whether integrating ScriptX with the ISV’s own software or managing licenses on behalf of customers.

"We rely on ScriptX as part of our market-leading healthcare applications. Through our Independent Software Vendor per-customer deal we can easily buy and manage client-side licenses for our end customers, giving us complete flexibility. This is combined with the peace of mind that comes from ScriptX's comprehensive support and future-proofed development roadmap. Joining the ScriptX ISV Partner Program is delivering real benefits to our business moving forward," said Ian Hodges, Development Lead - Clinical Products, Ideagen PLC.

The partner program is dedicated to two main channels. The Independent Software Vendor ISV-class license is aimed at ISVs that want to directly incorporate ScriptX into their web application products and distribute to customers through a single, company wide authorization. This enables ISVs to redistribute ScriptX within their software without restriction or the need for end customers to purchase their own ScriptX licenses.

Alternatively, the ISV per-customer license is aimed at ISVs who want to acquire and manage individual ScriptX licenses on behalf of their customers, providing a flexible and cost-effective solution to managing browser-based printing. Through the ISV per-customer license, developers benefit from joined-up support and a tailored discount program.

“ScriptX is the market leader when it comes to controlling browser-based printing, with a global installed base already in the millions,” said Jerry Mead, CEO, Mead & Co. “Whether it is ensuring consistent printing of intranet content, within mission-critical applications such as producing patient labels or creating logistics documentation, ScriptX is the de facto standard. Our new ScriptX ISV Partner Program delivers significant benefits to developers, making it simple and cost-effective to control printing within their applications and consequently boosting their revenues.”

About ScriptX
Launched in 1998, ScriptX is the world’s favourite add-on for total control when printing html and PDF documents, labels or bar codes from client and server computers running Microsoft Windows XP or later. It ensures that printed formatting and appearance is consistent, whatever the actual browser settings on the individual computer.

ScriptX is now installed on many millions of Windows computers around the world and is at the heart of thousands of web-based applications. Hundreds of thousands of business critical documents are printed using ScriptX every day, including labels, patient IDs and prescriptions, the content of corporate intranets, information flow for the shipping and warehousing industries and other browser-hosted content. Users include FTSE100/Fortune 500 companies, central and local government, healthcare providers, the military, financial services companies, logistics businesses and many other companies and institutions.  

ScriptX is available on a cost-effective annual subscription basis which includes unlimited support and automatic access to product updates via the ScriptX website. A free version enabling a basic subset of ScriptX printing functionality is also available from the ScriptX download page and can be freely distributed.

ScriptX supports all versions of Internet Explorer from IE 4.01 SP1 to IE 11 on Microsoft operating systems from Windows 95 to Windows 8.1. The ScriptXtra option extends this to all browsers that implement the Netscape Plugin API (including both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox).

About Mead & Co
Mead & Co specialises in scripting and web application construction tools. The company's portfolio of products includes: ScriptX, the de facto printing control tool for the web; Neptune, a Netscape-compatible plug-in which hosts the Microsoft web browser control in Mozilla Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and other ‘non-IE’ browsers on Windows; and the Zeepe rich client framework for Windows. 

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Accrington & Rossendale College has streamlined its entire financial operation after recently going live with market leading financial management system OpenAccounts, workflow solution eBIS, and document management software (powered by V1), from leading software provider, Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced).

The second phase of the project, which includes extending the roll out of the software to senior staff, is due to be implemented in September. Since implementing the software, finance department employees have been able to free up time to focus more on strategic activity.

The college opted for a full upgrade from its previous finance system, which it had been using for several years, involving the complete migration of all data to OpenAccounts.

The college, which has around 5,500 full and part time students, selected OpenAccounts after evaluating a number of alternative systems. OpenAccounts was chosen because of its superior functionality and the sophisticated reporting it provides. Manually intensive reporting will be replaced by automated working processes.

Claire Jarvis, Financial Director at the college, said: “The new solution is all about faster and more flexible working. OpenAccounts will enable the automation of mundane tasks which will allow the whole finance team to be much more proactive.

“Senior accounts department staff will be able to take on greater responsibility for managing college finances. For instance, they will be involved in training curriculum staff and will be able to dedicate more time to controlling spend and managing the overall budget.

“The production of information will take less time, enabling other members of the finance team to do more valuable work in place of report production and inputting data from Excel.

“Using staff resources this way will save the college thousands of pounds. This is very important within the further education sector which, like all publicly funded organisations, needs to make economies. Funding is falling year-on-year, so all savings are highly important. This solution is about investing resources more wisely to get the best return.”

The eBis solution will integrate with OpenAccounts and allow users to create and circulate electronic documents internally organisation-wide, and offers high levels of visibility for audit purposes.

Says Jarvis: “eBis will help us engage with staff across the college, and it will make their interaction with the finance department easier and more efficient. There will be opportunities for non-business support and curriculum staff to practise self-service reporting and for purchase orders to be processed electronically.”

The college will also benefit from electronic document management technology (powered by V1), which it will use to manage around 6,000 invoices a year.

Added Jarvis: “Previously we stored our documents in batches, so every time we wanted to see an invoice somebody had to go on the system to find the batch number, then physically locate the invoice, and if necessary, photocopy it. This new technology will save a great deal of time and means we can access invoices at the click of a mouse.

“The software also fits in well with our carbon management policy. We have already reduced our carbon footprint by introducing a virtual learning environment for students and utilising e-portfolios instead of paper. We are committed to reducing the use of paper wherever we can, and this software will help us to achieve our goal.”

About Advanced Business Solutions www.advancedcomputersoftware.com/abs
Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced) provides leading integrated business applications and services that enable public, private and third sector organisations to retain control, improve visibility and gain efficiencies whilst continually improving corporate performance. Advanced prides itself on getting close to its customers by understanding their businesses and responding to their evolving needs.

Advanced’s software systems comprise core accounting/financial management, procurement, supply chain management, human resource and payroll systems, integrated with a range of collaborative, document management and business intelligence solutions to extend the value and effectiveness of the finance, human resource and payroll departments.

Management information systems for school and academies are also provided through Advanced’s subsidiary, Advanced Learning. Advanced also provides specialist vertical solutions for the not-for-profit and legal markets. All solutions can be delivered as a managed or bureau service.

Customers are from both the public and private sectors and include Companies House, Newcastle City Council, NHSScotland, Norfolk Constabulary, Edge Hill University, WH Smith, Royal Bank of Scotland, Aer Lingus, National Express Group, DFS and RSPB.

Advanced Business Solutions is a division of Advanced Computer Software Group plc, a leading supplier of software and IT services to the health, care and business services sectors.

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April 30, 2014 - Oncore IT today announced that it has renewed a three year contract with NYK Group Europe Ltd to provide comprehensive managed IT services in London, working with NYK Business Systems Europe, the company’s in-house IT company.

Under the terms of the agreement, Oncore IT will deliver a range of IT services including help desk support, all end-user device, storage and server management, 24/7 remote monitoring, and maintenance. Furthermore, it will continue to support the technology on board 13 vessels which transport liquefied natural gas. A technical team of four - an IT manager and three engineers - will be based at NYK’s London office, in addition to those staff located at Oncore IT’s network operations centre.

Leo van der Werf, NYK Business Systems Europe’s deputy branch manager, says, “IT support used to be managed by an in-house team, but we moved away from this to work with a third party specialist who are able to support the business with services backed by solid SLAs to guarantee performance.”

New figures released by *HMRC reveal that organisations which use OpenPeople payroll software from Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced), are recording success rates for Real Time Information (RTI) submissions  ahead of the national average.

HMRC first proposed RTI in 2010 as a means to deliver a more efficient tax system that was also less prone to error. RTI was implemented in April 2013, when UK employers became legally obliged to notify HMRC each time they paid an employee. Employers notify HMRC by submitting details of payments and deductions via the Government Gateway- the online entry point to government services.

Data from Q3 2013 (October 6 to January 5) saw Advanced customers who were using the company’s OpenPeople payroll software record a 99.9% success rate for their Employer Payment Summary submission figures. By contrast, the national success rate stood at 96.9%.

A similar pattern was identified for National Insurance Number Verification Request (NVR) submissions, with OpenPeople customers seeing a success rate of 84% compared to the overall RTI figures of 79.63%. For Full Payment Submissions (FPS) customers had a success rate of 99.83%, versus a national figure of 99.59%.

The legislation, which represents the biggest change to the PAYE system since its introduction in 1944, forced many organisations to adopt new payroll software capable of complying with the requirements of RTI.

Simon Fowler, Managing Director Advanced Business Solutions, said: “The statistics show that RTI adoption has not been as onerous as many were predicting prior to the go-live on April 2013.

“They also show that our payroll software has played a key role in helping businesses to cope with this challenging change to the PAYE system. The majority of users are experiencing success with their RTI submissions; a testament to the software’s rich functionality which has been closely mapped to HMRC’s electronic filing processes.”

Despite concerns when RTI was launched, research by HMRC last autumn showed the vast majority of businesses had found the migration straightforward. Seven in 10 employers said RTI had been either ‘very’ (27%) or ‘fairly’ (43%) easy to deal with overall. Only nine per cent said it had been ‘difficult’. The same research also revealed RTI had resulted in the mean average time spent working on PAYE going down from 2.6 hours to 1.6 hours a week.

Added Fowler: “Our own user figures, combined with this HMRC research, suggest that RTI has not been the major issue for businesses that many commentators were predicting. In fact, with the right payroll software in place, research shows actual time taken to process payroll is faster under RTI.”

Advanced’s payroll system is fully RTI compliant, and allows employers to take charge of compliance simply and conveniently through their payroll department. The software also includes a full assessment of employees, postponement, refund calculations, standard National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) extracts, letter generation and document management options.

OpenPeople additionally creates a pension auto-enrolment mail merge schedule, which highlights specific letters that are required to be sent to employees to ensure routine compliance is achieved. 

* http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/research/report304.pdf

About Advanced Business Solutions www.advancedcomputersoftware.com/abs
Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced) provides leading integrated business applications and services that enable public, private and third sector organisations to retain control, improve visibility and gain efficiencies whilst continually improving corporate performance. Advanced prides itself on getting close to its customers by understanding their businesses and responding to their evolving needs. 

Advanced’s software systems comprise core accounting/financial management, procurement, supply chain management, human resource and payroll systems, integrated with a range of collaborative, document management and business intelligence solutions to extend the value and effectiveness of the finance, human resource and payroll departments.

Management information systems for school and academies are also provided through Advanced’s subsidiary, Advanced Learning. Advanced also provides specialist vertical solutions for the not-for-profit and legal markets. All solutions can be delivered as a managed or bureau service.

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30 April 2014 - Mead & Co today introduced the ScriptX Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner Program. Created to support and extend channel deployments of ScriptX, the world's favourite add-on for controlling the printing of browser-hosted content, the program benefits ISVs through a combination of powerful technology, personalised support and tailored pricing.

ScriptX is the de facto global standard for providing total control when printing html and PDF documents, labels or bar codes from client and server computers running Microsoft Windows. It ensures that printed formatting and appearance is consistent, whatever the actual browser settings on the individual computer. Over 2 million licensed users print more than 2 billion documents that use the advanced features of ScriptX every year. Millions more use the basic free version.

ScriptX has already been deployed by thousands of developers and ISVs across the globe, and the new program formalises the benefits that ISVs receive, enabling them to easily deliver the power of ScriptX to their customers and grow their revenues. It includes full email-based support, ongoing maintenance, direct access to the development team, early view of new versions and options, as well as generous margins, whether integrating ScriptX with the ISV's own software or managing licenses on behalf of customers.

"We rely on ScriptX as part of our market-leading healthcare applications. Through our Independent Software Vendor per-customer deal we can easily buy and manage client-side licenses for our end customers, giving us complete flexibility. This is combined with the peace of mind that comes from ScriptX's comprehensive support and future-proofed development roadmap. Joining the ScriptX ISV Partner Program is delivering real benefits to our business moving forward," said Ian Hodges, Development Lead - Clinical Products, Ideagen PLC.

The partner program is dedicated to two main channels. The Independent Software Vendor ISV-class license is aimed at ISVs that want to directly incorporate ScriptX into their web application products and distribute to customers through a single, company wide authorization. This enables ISVs to redistribute ScriptX within their software without restriction or the need for end customers to purchase their own ScriptX licenses.

Alternatively, the ISV per-customer license is aimed at ISVs who want to acquire and manage individual ScriptX licenses on behalf of their customers, providing a flexible and cost-effective solution to managing browser-based printing. Through the ISV per-customer license, developers benefit from joined-up support and a tailored discount program.

"ScriptX is the market leader when it comes to controlling browser-based printing, with a global installed base already in the millions," said Jerry Mead, CEO, Mead & Co. "Whether it is ensuring consistent printing of intranet content, within mission-critical applications such as producing patient labels or creating logistics documentation, ScriptX is the de facto standard. Our new ScriptX ISV Partner Program delivers significant benefits to developers, making it simple and cost-effective to control printing within their applications and consequently boosting their revenues."

London, 1 May 2014 – Following the partnership agreement last July between Balfour Beatty and Fujitsu to undertake a UK IT transformation project, Balfour Beatty has now selected Fujitsu to implement a collaborative messaging platform across its UK businesses.

The plan is to implement a single collaborative messaging platform to support 14,000 UK users, across approximately 900 sites. Fujitsu will support the implementation of the messaging platform using Microsoft Exchange 2013 to replace 14 existing email platforms and enable the use of Microsoft Lync as a real-time communication tool.

“When we decided to invest in improving and streamlining our messaging platforms, we looked to Fujitsu to partner us.” said Danny Reeves, CIO of Balfour Beatty’s Services Division. “Implementing this collaborative messaging platform will help our employees better engage with each other and our customers.”

Helen Lamb, Executive Director for Managed Infrastructure Services at Fujitsu UK & Ireland, commented: “As a global company, Fujitsu realises the importance of collaboration and communication. The objective for this project is to create an easier to manage and much more collaborative environment for Balfour Beatty’s employees. We believe that implementing the messaging platform will provide Balfour Beatty with the efficiency and enhanced productivity it desires. The continuation of the partnership is also a testament to our relationship with Balfour Beatty.”

Planning is currently underway for implementation to be carried out over the next six to twelve months.

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About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Approximately 162,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.8 trillion yen (US$46 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014. For more information, please see http://www.fujitsu.com.

Fujitsu UK & Ireland
Fujitsu UK & Ireland is a leading IT systems, services and products company employing over 10,100 people with an annual revenue of £1.6 billion. Additionally, Fujitsu’s other operations in the UK bring its total employee numbers to over 14,000 and its total revenues to £1.8 billion. Its business is in enabling its customers to realise their objectives by exploiting information technology through its integrated product and service portfolio. This includes consulting, applications, systems integration, managed services and product for customers in the private and public sectors including retail, financial services, telecoms, government, defence and consumer sectors. For more information, please see

http://uk.fujitsu.com

About Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty (www.balfourbeatty.com) is an international infrastructure group that delivers world class services essential to the development, creation and care of infrastructure assets; from finance and development, through design and project management to construction and maintenance.

Our businesses draw on more than 100 years of experience to deliver the highest levels of quality, safety and technical expertise to our clients principally in the UK and the USA, with developing businesses in Australia, Canada, the Middle East, South Africa and South East Asia.

With proven expertise in delivering infrastructure critical to support communities and society today and in the future, our key market sectors focus on infrastructure - transportation (roads, rail and aviation), power and energy, water, and complex buildings (both commercial and social).

Balfour Beatty employs 40,000 people around the world. 

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has today signed a five-year contract with Virgin Media Business that will see it join the Yorkshire and Humber Public Services Network (PSN).

The installation, which will take place over the next twelve months, will support the council in building a more resilient and flexible network across its sites.

Due to the rural nature of East Riding, the council’s IT network currently covers a large geographical area. This deal comes after a recent commitment from the council to upgrade IT services, reducing costs and improving the reliability of the network.

Yorkshire and Humber PSN, which is underpinned by Virgin Media Business, was one of the first networks delivered through the Government’s PSN framework.

In partnering with YHPSN, services across East Riding will now have the tools to be more collaborative, sharing information securely and staying better connected. The new framework will help public sector organisations in enabling staff to work more flexibly whilst delivering more reliable services that benefit residents. 

Councillor Stephen Parnaby OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “A reliable, secure and resilient IT network is vitally important for both public and private sector organisations in the modern world and investing in its infrastructure is important for the delivery of day-to-day services that our residents rely on.

“The Yorkshire and Humber PSN contributes to delivery of improved services to the public by facilitating efficient and effective collaboration between partners, whilst reducing the barriers that can often impede the public’s access to services.

“Importantly it will assist the council in its agile working approaches that play a key role in the authority’s transformation programme, which aims to improve service delivery whilst reducing costs.

“The proposal provides a like-for-like replacement of the current network, adjusted where appropriate, plus additional resilience at County Hall, Beverley, Goole and Bridlington and a backup internet connection to the Goole offices.”

 John Skidmore, interim director of corporate strategy and commissioning at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “The council’s current network infrastructure consists of more than 250 sites, many of them having onward links to other buildings.

“The new setup will be a cloud-based system, allowing one-to-one connection between council buildings and the core network. This will ensure a more reliable service, increased security and remove any barriers that would prevent the authority from accessing increased bandwidths in the future.”

Mario Di Mascio, executive sales director at Virgin Media Business, said:  “Across the public sector, organisations are increasingly having to reduce spending and still deliver the very best services. PSNs provide a great way for them to do this; improving people’s lives while saving time and money that can be invested in enhancing the services that benefit us all.”

Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today introduced the second generation of the InRow RC as the latest addition to the InRow product line, expanding Schneider Electric’s vast cooling portfolio to meet the evolving cooling needs of an ever-changing data centre environment.

This second generation release introduces two new models that significantly improve cooling efficiency by reducing power consumption while also increasing capacity. The high temperature model, designed for optimal heat removal, leverages warmer water temperatures and outdoor ambient air temperatures to increase chiller efficiency, thus maximizing the hours of economisation.

“With the second generation of the InRow RC, we have taken another step in the evolution of our cooling offerings,” said Lubos Vaclavek, Business Development Manager, Schneider Electric. “This product provides superior efficiency to help customers drive down ever-increasing operating costs.”

Part of the Schneider Electric InfraStruxure suite of solutions and created for high density applications, InRow RC reduces the distance between the heat source and heat removal, eliminating the mixture of hot and cold air streams, therefore improving overall cooling predictability. The solution also features variable speed fans that reduce energy consumption during off-peak cooling periods or when the data centre is partially loaded. This decreases data centre energy consumption to match the demand of the heat load, significantly impacting the overall operating costs of the data centre.

With a user-friendly design, the InRow RC features an intuitive, 4.3-inch color touch screen display to provide fast, easy access to data. Additional key features include:

• Increased Cooling Capacity: Up to 40 kW (136,000 BTUH) and 1510 lps (3200 CFM) max airflow with conditions at 7.2°C (45°F) EWT, 49°C (120°F) RAT, 6.6°C (12°F) dT for the ACRC301S (Standard Temp). Up to 60 kW (205,000 BTUH) and 1982 lps (4200 CFM) max airflow with conditions at 12.8°C (55°F) EWT, 49°C (120°F) RAT, 6.6°C (12°F) dT for the ACRC301H (High Temp).
• Improved Energy Efficiency: 1.0 kW at maximum operating condition for ACRC301S (Standard Temp) and 1.9 kW at maximum operating condition for the ACRC301H (High Temp).
• Condensate Management System: Ensures coil temperatures remain above the dew point by preventing condensation, a process achieved by recirculating coil water; compatible with the ACRC301H unit.
• Intelligent Controls: Monitors and actively adjusts cooling capacity to ensure proper server inlet temperatures. The microprocessor controller provides visibility into the operation and status of the unit.
• Compatibility: The InRow RC is compatible with EcoAisle™ and Active Flow Controller.

The InRow RC ACRC301S and ACRC301H models are now available for purchase. For more information on Schneider Electric’s InRow product line, please visit the Schneider Electric website.

==Ends==

About Schneider Electric

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructure, Industries & Machines Manufacturers, Non-residential Building, Data Centres & Networks and in Residential. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group's 150,000 plus employees achieved sales of 24 billion euros in 2013, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations make the most of their energy.

http://www.schneider-electric.com/gb

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Claritas, previously housed at Bowcliffe Hall, Bramham, has shaken itself down and started a new life at state of the art offices in the Carrwood Park complex, Garforth, East Leeds.

The IT Solutions operation has taken space in the Brookfield Court area within the complex which allows for planned expansion, and for the 6 Apprentices due to join shortly under the Government scheme through Leeds City College.

In addition the forward looking company has appointed its first in house Financial Director.  Kirsty Sutton joined as a Consultant in October, but has now been promoted to take on this vital role.  She has a joint honours degree in Mathematics and Accountancy from Newcastle University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003.

Glenn Scaife, Managing Director, Claritas Solutions Ltd: “This move has refreshed the team, and with the expectation of Apprentices joining us soon, we are fired up to give top quality, secure hosting, solutions and support for our ever growing national client list.”

Specialist growth capital investor, Oxford Capital, has led a £4.75m investment in London-based software company, Intent HQ.

Intent HQ's software helps its customers, who include major publishers and consumer brands, generate more revenue from their websites. The software creates a 'fingerprint' of each website visitor's interests and preferences, based on deep analysis of their social media data and online behaviour. Onscreen content, including advertising, is then automatically tailored so that users spend longer on the site, visit more pages and share more content with their friends. The end result is a significant increase in sales conversions rates, and a dramatic improvement in the impact and value of onscreen advertising.

Oxford Capital joins existing investor, Edge Performance VCT, which has backed the business from an early stage. The investment will enable Intent HQ to further enhance its platform and accelerate its global marketing and sales activity.

Colin Watts, Partner at Oxford Capital, said:
“A detailed knowledge of an audience and its social content is the next critical element in the competition for consumer engagement and advertising budget. We are delighted to have partnered with Intent HQ in this exciting market.

“Intent HQ has already attracted commercial relationships with leading media publishers, such as The Telegraph, Sky Italia, Food Network and IDG UK. Its ‘Software as a Service’ (SaaS) business model also provides a reliable and growing revenue stream and low cost integration with the customer’s infrastructure. The company’s management team has an outstanding track record and we believe it has the vision and skill to ‘win the market’ for audience intelligence and deep personalisation.”

Jonathan Lakin, Chief Executive Officer, Intent HQ said:

“Throughout the investment process, Oxford Capital helped us gain new insights into our business and refined our strategy. They really understand our space and are a great partner for our next phase of international growth.

“This funding round allows us to accelerate our global distribution and marketing and marks an important step forward in our commercial development. We are very excited about the prospects for further rapid growth in demand for audience intelligence, where our platform gives our clients an amazing opportunity to identify, access and action unique consumer intelligence.”

About Oxford Capital (www.oxcp.com)
Founded in 1999 Oxford Capital is a specialist investment manager working on behalf of institutional and private investors.

The firm is a leading UK growth capital and infrastructure capital investor. It manages a range of investment strategies designed for institutions, family offices, and sophisticated private investors.

Oxford Capital has offices in the UK, Switzerland and Hong Kong. It manages an international network of partners and advisers to support the development of its portfolio companies.

About Intent HQ
Intent HQ is a UK based technology company that uses social data to build an ‘interest fingerprint’ of each user, understanding affinities between interests and intents in a human-like way. This allows for greater understanding, targeting and activation of online experiences. Clients include Sports Revolution, Telegraph Media, The Food Network, Zequs, IDG and Sky Italia.

Dassault Systèmes today announced availability of Global Visibility for Food & Beverage (F&B) manufacturers, a DELMIA Apriso solution for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) manufacturers to improve operational excellence. Increased focus on traceability, packaging and safety improvement programs has created enormous pressure and complexity to simultaneously elevate performance and efficiency. This new Apriso solution helps to improve visibility across dynamic manufacturing and supply chain operations occurring on a global scale, leading to better traceability effectiveness and packaging accuracy in alignment with strategic business objectives.

The Apriso Global Visibility solution for Food & Beverage manufacturers enables near real-time visibility into contextualized manufacturing intelligence. Access to this knowledge can be used to accelerate decision support, helping to address compliance, traceability, cost, and packaging complexity at a level of efficiency not seen before. This Apriso solution ensures data can be collected and seen faster, and more accurately, helping to drive greater operational excellence on a global scale.

“Globalization has had a tremendous impact on Food and Beverage manufacturing in terms of maintaining product quality, improving time-to-market for complex product introductions, and effectively synchronizing processes across a diverse supply chain,” said Rick Gallisa, DELMIA Apriso industry director at Dassault Systèmes. “Apriso Global Visibility solutions deliver near real-time visibility to better contain quality and compliance issues before they become major problems.”

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, serves 190,000 customers across 140 countries, providing virtual universes for sustainable innovation. Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA brand offers products that connect the virtual and real worlds. As part of DELMIA, the Apriso product portfolio – including its suite of manufacturing operations management applications – helps manufacturers transform their global operations to achieve and sustain operational excellence. Learn more at apriso.com, visit our blog at apriso.com/blog, or follow us on Twitter at @Apriso.

Telecoms leader Top Connect (www.topconnect.com) today announces that it will again exhibit at the annual International Telecoms Week (ITW) Expo in Chicago (May 12-15, 2014) at booth # 1516, Purple Level at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.

ITW is a must-attend event for decision makers in the telecom industry, particularly tier 1, 2 and 3 network carriers. It provides a platform for Top Connect’s management to discuss wholesale roaming rates with its network of 200 GSM providers with a view to ensuring quality of service for its pre-paid TravelSim (www.travelsim.com) product as well as unbeatable international calling rates.

Top Connect is an agile telecoms firm and its TravelSim brand is the world’s leading international roaming card service with a user base of over 4 million. Over 80,000 new subscribers sign up for the service each month.

With the goal of growing the user base to 5 million be end 2014, Top Connect recently embarked upon a “Think Global, Act Local” business strategy and is progressively rolling out local numbers for the most popular countries visited by businessmen and holidaymakers.

TravelSim USA with #1 and TravelSim UK with #44 numbers are already available. Incoming calls to these local numbers are free from 66 countries, as are incoming SMS messages. Outgoing calls and data have the same unbeatable price plans as the regular TravelSim service.

TravelSim local cards are offered through Top Connect's distributors worldwide.

Earlier this year, Top Connect announced that the TravelSim service had saved its user base a collective $200 million in roaming charges in 2013. The firm expects to increase this increase to $300 million by end 2014 and supplying “local” numbers from power up is seen by Top Connect’s management as a key driver.

The figure compares TravelSim’s service with costs that would have been amassed if its user base had paid standard roaming charges from their local providers when travelling abroad.

Thanks to its agreements with tier one GSM providers around the globe, TravelSim provides a high quality, low cost service that can save customers up to 85% on making calls while abroad. It also offers free incoming calls in 140 countries and free worldwide SMS. The TravelSim product can be used in 190 countries.

About TravelSim
TravelSim is a product of Top Connect focused on both the business and leisure traveller. It is the world leader in international prepaid roaming solutions and is proven to save 85% on international roaming charges as well as offering very competitive data rates. Unlike local mobile operator cards, TravelSim is made for use around the world in over 190 countries. With exceptionally low rates on outgoing calls and free incoming calls in over 140 countries, TravelSim is the answer to the question “how to call cheaply from abroad.” TravelSim currently has over 4 million users worldwide. For more information visit www.travelsim.com

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