Amazon has gained a clear lead as the preferred environment for software developers looking to use the cloud for building applications. A global study, conducted by Forrester Research, polling developers with experience of using cloud ...
Tags: Amazon, cloud for building applications, environment for software
Broadband speeds in the UK have more than doubled over the past four years as a result of the roll-out of superfast networks. A report published by Ofcom today (15 August 2012) claimed the average download speed reached 9Mbps in May 2012, ...
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South Africa - The Jesus Culture Conference came to South Africa from the 2 - 9 March 2012, visiting Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. The focus of this conference is "to encounter Jesus through worship, equip a generation ...
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Volkswagen dealer Parkway Motor Group is using software to enable it to keep in contact with its customers through web chat. Parkway Motor Group, with support from its communications supplier Node4, is reacting to changing demands of ...
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Supplier of monolayer, coextruded, and barrier films for flexible packaging NEX Performance Films has merged with Charter Films, a provider of polyethylene film for food packaging, tag & label, surface protection, have agreed to merge their ...
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Polycom has signed an agreement with Ireland’s department of environment, community and local government to provide a unified communications solution to its staff. The department is under pressure to cut costs during difficult ...
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The double-dip recession is offsetting some of the concerns associated with cloud-based services as the global cloud industry is set to be worth an extra $2.2bn before the end of the year, according to KPMG. Concerns around security, ...
Tags: cloud-based services, medium-sized enterprise, cloud computing
Even before Apple sent invitations for the Tuesday launch event where it will likely unveil a smaller iPad, consumers were unloading their old tablets in increasing numbers so they can trade up to Apple's latest, according to gadget ...
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Canada-based Lambton Conveyor is set to receive a funding from the government for the expansion of its grain handling and storage equipment manufacturing operations. Under the FedDev Ontario's Prosperity Initiative, the government will ...
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New York-based pre-owned equipment dealer Wohl Associates has added used fillers-form-fill-seal equipment to its portfolio on their website. The form fill and seal machines are all-in-one fillers, which can create/form the pouch, fill, ...
Tags: seal equipment, fill machines, seal machines, plastic packaging
The European Union (EU) today agreed to allow the UK’s top operators to work together on mobile payment solutions. Vodafone, O2 and Everything Everywhere announced the plan to create a joint venture in March this year, hoping to ...
Microsoft is hardening security certificates as part of this month's Patch Tuesday update, which includes nine fixes. In the Microsoft TechNet security blog, Yunsun Wee, director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing wrote: "Today we are ...
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The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) in the UK is holding a webinar entitled 'Business Trends and Opportunities in the Global Packaging Market' on 15 January 2013, for new market entrants. To be demonstrated by World Packaging ...
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Croatia - This past March Zagreb played host to an exhibit entitled Bruketa&Žinic om: Exhibit held in the central Barrel Gallery of the hall of the Croatian Associations of Artists. European advertising agency Bruketa&Žinic OM ...
Tags: Croatia, OM, Barco company, LMT
New Zealand-based Scott Technology has collaborated with farmers to form Scott Milktech, a joint venture to commercialize a robotic system that could be employed in dairy farms. With the help of an arm, the six-axis robot lifts cups on a ...
Tags: diary robotic system, robotic system, dairy farms, dairy