UK, 30th April 2015. – SETsquared has teamed up with MathWorks, the leading developer of mathematical computing software, to offer start-ups within its incubation programme one year's free access to MATLAB and Simulink, worth up to £75k per year per start-up venture.

MathWorks is one of the latest organisations to offer Europe's best university business incubator preferential access to its software packages, joining household names such as Amazon Web Services, Rackspace, Autodesk, NeonDrum and Microsoft BizSpark.

Companies in the SETsquared network will receive access to MathWorks tools that will help start-ups save time and money, and accelerate their growth. The modelling, simulation and analysis capabilities within MATLAB and Simulink will allow engineers, researchers and scientists within the companies to speed the design and development processes.

Simon Bond, Innovation Director at SETsquared, said: "I'm delighted that MathWorks has come onboard to offer SETsquared-supported companies free access to its tools for a whole year. This is the exact type of support start-ups need to give them the competitive edge and bring products to market quicker."

Sham Ahmed, managing director at MathWorks UK, said: "Start-ups are under tremendous pressure to show performance early. We are pleased to team up with SETsquared in helping these fledgling companies to reduce technical risk and do more with limited resources. As well as SETsquared, we also support more than 100 startup accelerators, incubators, and competitions around the world with a similar access benefit.”

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About SETsquared:
SETsquared is a long-standing partnership between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which specialises in growing high-tech start-ups through its incubation programme and other business acceleration services. SETsquared provides mentoring, access to investors and corporate innovators and a wide range of industry experts through its network and training programmes.

Its business incubation programme is ranked by the University Business Incubator Index as the best in Europe and second in the world and over the last decade it has helped over 1,000 high-tech start-ups to develop and raise more than a £1bn of investment.

Independent research carried out by Warwick Economics estimates the economic impact of SETsquared member companies to be £3.8bn over this period, with the creation of 9,000 jobs and that these companies will go on to deliver a further £7.3bn of impact to the UK economy in the decade ahead.

About MathWorks:
MathWorks is the leading developer of mathematical computing software. MATLAB, the language of technical computing, is a programming environment for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization, and numeric computation. Simulink is a graphical environment for simulation and Model-Based Design of multidomain dynamic and embedded systems. Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on these product families to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development in automotive, aerospace, electronics, financial services, biotech-pharmaceutical, and other industries. MathWorks products are also fundamental teaching and research tools in the world’s universities and learning institutions. Founded in 1984, MathWorks employs more than 3000 people in 15 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. For additional information, visit mathworks.co.uk

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UK, 30th April 2015 – ReSound, the Danish hearing aid manufacturer, has launched the first app that allows hearing aid wearers to control their instrument from their new Apple Watch. This is the latest in Smart Hearing – with the most discrete control available anywhere.

This free app allows control of volume, treble and bass levels, pre-programmed settings for different places (local restaurant, café, sports stadium, office, home) and view of the setting selected – right from their wrist. The app is called ReSound Smart™ and is available now from the App Store.

This development in hearing aid technology, connectivity and control follows swiftly on from the launch last year by ReSound of the world’s first made for iPhone hearing aid – ReSound LiNX.

“ReSound will continue to introduce cutting edge technology for its latest range of digital hearing aids,” comments GN ReSound UK’s managing director David Nygren. “ReSound partners with leading innovators to bring the best in connectivity, control and functionality to its aid wearers. They are not known as the smartest hearing aids in the world for nothing.”

ReSound calls this combination of audiology, connectivity, design and apps ‘Smart Hearing’. It delivers hearing aid wearers the most advanced and natural hearing experience.

Consumers can get immediate access to the ReSound Smart app for Apple Watch by visiting the App Store and downloading the latest version of the ReSound Smart app (3.0.1). More information about ReSound’s portfolio of smart hearing aids can be accessed by visiting www.resound.com.

About ReSound:
ReSound is one of the top five hearing aid manufacturers and is based in Denmark. The company was founded in 1943 and has been producing top quality, well-designed hearing aids that have helped hearing impaired people rediscover sounds. The company’s mission is to reconnect people to the world with products that are invisible, rival natural sound and are intuitive to use. This work, often in collaboration with other leading technical innovators, is set to redefine the hearing aid for the 21st century.

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London, 30th April 2015 – Datacloud Europe Global Congress & Exhibition, June 3 - 4th 2015, Monaco (http://www.datacloudcongress.com/) will play host to the first ever public conversation of the executive leadership between four of the most influential datacentre players during a panel taking place at Europe’s leading IT Infrastructure event.

This unique panel discussion will be chaired by Steve Wallage, managing director, BroadGroup Consulting. The panel which includes John Hughes CBE, Executive Chairman, TelecityGroup, Masaaki Moribayashi, Managing Director, NTT Europe Ltd, Eric Schwartz, President EMEA, Equinix and William Stein, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Digital Realty will see the most influential industry players engage in an open and frank exchange of views on tough industry issues.

“Datacloud brings together the leadership of data centre businesses, this year is the first time such a distinguished panel of speakers has been assembled and I am looking forward to a lively session.” Commented Steve Wallage, managing director, BroadGroup Consulting. “The event not only provides an enterprise led programme with end user case studies, but it also offers a trading forum for buyers and sellers of services, products and even companies. Unparalleled anywhere in terms of the audience profile and mix, we also have the exceptional backdrop of Monaco as a place to do deals.”

Datacloud Europe is the region’s premier forum for IT and cloud Infrastructure executives. During a packed 2-day programme attended by 1.8k executives from more than 50 countries, the congress will focus on the radical impact of cloud on datacentres, the continuing evolution of new innovations in cooling and energy and the way in which enterprise services are delivered and sourced. Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities and datacentre investment also feature among many other topics in the content rich programme.

Steve Wallage, will also present the annual Global Datacentre Market Review - The Next 12 Months? Based on original research for the annual study by BroadGroup Consulting, (http://www.broad-group.com/consulting) the review assesses key issues impacting development of the data centre market. He explains the potential opportunities open today but also warns of risks in current and future markets, models and forecasts growth for the next 12 months and who will be the winners and losers.

Internationally the event will see significant attendance this year in particular from Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, CEE markets, in addition to traditional levels of attendance from France and the UK. Delegations will also be attending from Germany, China, South East Asia, the Middle East and North America.

The event is supported by sponsors including Schneider-Electric, Digital Realty, Data4, Monaco Telecom, Siemens, TeliaSonera, Eltek, Anixter, Commscope and the EBRD. The lead media partner is Datacentre News @datacentresnews

Advance standard tickets are currently available: (http://www.datacloudcongress.com/)


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UK, 15th April 2015 – SETsquared has shown its support to start-ups and innovation businesses in Europe at an event held at the United Nations in Geneva yesterday (Tuesday 14 April) by offering a free place to one of the region’s leading start-ups on its acclaimed Entrepreneurship Training programme.

Simon Bond, Innovation Director at SETsquared, the university business incubator, which is ranked best in Europe and number two in the world, joined the jury panel at UNECE’s (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe) first event for start-ups at Geneva’s Palais des Nations.

The event aimed to showcase how innovative entrepreneurial talent can contribute to address today’s social and environmental challenges, through new ground-breaking ideas that can become successful and sustainable businesses.

Following a call for ideas launched by UNECE, six finalists from Spain, Israel, Italy, Armenia and Moldova attended the event to pitch in front of a jury comprised of industry experts and hear from the panellists.

One of the leading finalists from the day has been offered a free place to come to the UK and take part in SETsquared’s acclaimed Entrepreneurship Training Programme. The winning start-up, AEInnova, a spin-out from Spain’s Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, has a compelling microelectronics solution for energy harvesting that turns industrial waste heat into electric power.

Simon Bond said: “It’s been an absolute honour to represent SETsquared at the UNECE and to be able to offer a place on our Entrepreneurship Training Programme. SETsquared is proud to support start-ups throughout Europe as well as those rooted in the UK, and the standard I’ve seen at UNECE’s event has been fantastic.

“The programme could be a springboard for AEInnova to realise the potential of its technology and raise the investment that will turn its plan into a substantial business. Furthermore, its energy harvesting solution requires sophisticated wireless electronics and advanced next generation mobile communication such as 5G, which SETsquared’s network is well-placed to assist with.

“But this is only the start, as we look forward to working with the UN this coming year to help support more European technology start-ups going forward.”

Places are available on SETsquared’s Entrepreneurship Training Programme. Visit http://www.setsquared.co.uk/start-support/entrepreneurship-training-programme for more information.

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Image: Simon Bond (centre), Innovation Director at SETsquared with the competitors and jury at the United Nations’ Start-up Showcase in Geneva

About SETsquared:
SETsquared is a long-standing partnership between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which specialises in growing high-tech start-ups through its incubation programme and other business acceleration services. SETsquared provides mentoring, access to investors and corporate innovators and a wide range of industry experts through its network and training programmes.

Its business incubation programme is ranked by the University Business Incubator Index as the best in Europe and second in the world and over the last decade it has helped over 1,000 high-tech start-ups to develop and raise more than a £1bn of investment.

Independent research carried out by Warwick Economics estimates the economic impact of SETsquared member companies to be £3.8bn over this period, with the creation of 9,000 jobs and that these companies will go on to deliver a further £7.3bn of impact to the UK economy in the decade ahead.

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London, UK, 9th April 2015 – BroadGroup’s premier European Datacentre and Cloud event will feature presentations from some of the industry’s most respected experts and business leaders from top international corporations. The conference which will play host to over 1,800 senior executives and decision makers from around the world is to be held in Monte Carlo 3-4 June 2015

Speakers from a diverse range of international organisations will come together to share their experiences and vision.

Speakers include:
• Yahoo! Christina Page, Global Director of Energy and Sustainability Strategy
• The White House: Robert N. Knake, Former Director of Cyber Security
• Google: Christophe Baroux, Head of Google Cloud Platform for South Europe and Middle East Africa
• Digital Realty: John Sarkis, General Manager, Colocation & Connectivity
• Ebay: Mike Lewis, Director Mission Critical Engineering
• Microsoft: Christian Belady, General Manager - Data Center Services
• First Data Corporation: Mike Manos, Chief Technology Officer
• Interxion: Lex Coors, VP, Group Data Centre Technology & Engineering
• McKinsey & Company: Abhijit Dubey, Principal (San Francisco)
• TeliaSonera: Mattias Fridström, Vice President, Technology
• VMWare: Joe Baguley, Chief Technology Officer, EMEA
• Orange: Patrice Slupowski, Vice-President, Digital Innovation

"Wall Street likes to see growth, but reliability and cost are key factors for us, commented Mike Lewis, Director Mission Critical Engineering, eBay Inc. “This is a fantastic industry where the landscape is changing in many ways since Datacentre operators seek to provide excellent service to their customers.”

“Datacloud is a leadership event,” commented Philip Low, managing director of BroadGroup. “As a place to meet, network and collaborate for every datacentre and cloud business owner, it is unparalleled in terms of the quality of executives attending, and who use the event as an annual platform to do deals.”

The conference programme is one of the most extensive so far, held across four theatres focused on issues that are fundamental to the datacenters and cloud industry.

Featured highlights include a cyber-security summit, a dark fibre workshop with results from BroadGroup’s latest research. Information and insight into new datacenter markets, Internet of Things and Germany’s innovative approach. There will also be presentations on an array of end user case studies, colocation panels, post-merger Europe, regulation, and a special government roundtable.

The two day event set against the prestigious backdrop of Monaco will deliver a rich and innovative programme of keynotes, panel sessions, labs, workshops and demonstrations offering a complete view of the market, its developments, new solutions, trends and innovations.

Advance standard tickets are currently available: (http://www.datacloudcongress.com/)

About BroadGroup:
BroadGroup is an Information Media Technology and Professional Services company. Established in 2002, BroadGroup achieved rapid recognition and growth through delivering quality research and insight in a number of niche and emerging areas of the telecommunications and technology sector. Since founding, the Datacentre and Cloud practice has been the main focus of the company. BroadGroup has now become the leading international research and consulting group in this area, through three business lines: consulting, market reports and events.
http://www.broad-group.com/

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Cologne, Germany, 9th April 2015 – Following a successful premiere in 2014, the second edition of PDF Days Europe is about to start. On the 8th and 9th of June 2015, participants will get to know a range of solutions and technologies related to PDF, the stable global standard that has become an indispensable part of the business world. The Maternushaus in Cologne will offer information and inspiration for IT managers, decision-makers, ECM strategists, developers and PDF experts looking to use PDF optimally. The inaugural PDF/A User Award also underscores just how user-focused this event intends to be. It will be awarded for the first time this year to mark the tenth anniversary of the PDF/A standard.

The PDF Days will begin with the Educational Day on June 8th, starting at 10am, which will allow participants to assemble their own personalized information package. It all starts with a look back on the last ten years of PDF/A, during which Olaf Drümmer, chairman of the PDF Association, and Thomas Zellmann, director of the PDF Association, will present the PDF/A User Award. This will recognize the best application on show during the PDF Days. The “7 Minutes” session will then present a series of rapid-fire real-world PDF applications focusing on problems, solutions and benefits.

There will then be three different programs to choose from. The first track will focus on users presenting their own knowledge and experiences; Alte Leipziger Versicherung, for example, will report on its own experiences converting PDFs. The second track is focused on the mobile world, including document capture and processing, as well as displaying PDFs on smartphones. There will also be a discussion on whether PDF is always the best format for small mobile devices, or if alternative methods of presentation such as HTML5 can be preferable. A timely series of discussions, now that mobile devices are everywhere – including, increasingly, in business applications and processes. The third track will be in English and will go in-depth on specific subjects. The day will be rounded off with a summary from each of the individual groups, followed by an evening event.

Solution Day on June 9th will concentrate on the practical implementation of PDF solutions. Starting at 9am, it will include reports from customer projects, best practices for users and developers, advice on protecting documents against unauthorized use and presentations on archiving and accessibility. The developers axaio, callas, levigo, LuraTech and WebSupergoo will present a range of PDF products and solutions, after which the program will again split into three tracks.

The first track, “PDF in Practice”, will consider forms and comments, as well as signing, printing and scanning PDFs. The “Output and ZUGFeRD” track will include print and publishing standards, as well as e-invoicing using the ZUGFeRD data model. ZUGFeRD enables automatic invoice processing using machine-readable data. SAP Services employees will clearly demonstrate how SAP users can implement ZUGFeRD for incoming and outgoing invoices to benefit from this data model. The third track will consist of English-language presentations, such as a critical evaluation of the bring-your-own-device culture in businesses and a roundtable discussion on “PDF in Business”. The conference will end with the ceremony for the PDF/A User Award.

Interested parties can visit http://www.amiando.com/PDF-Days-2015.html to register.
For further information, visit the PDF Association’s website at http://www.pdfa.org/event/pdf-days-europe-2015-2/.

About the PDF Association:
First established as the PDF/A Competence Center in 2006, today, the PDF Association is an international organization promoting awareness and adoption of open standards in digital document applications using PDF technology.
The association facilitates education, networking and communication, and the sharing of expertise and experience with interested parties worldwide. The current membership includes over 100 enterprises and numerous individual subject-matter experts from more than 20 countries.
The management board includes industry leaders from Adlib Information Systems Inc., Adobe Systems Inc., callas software GmbH, Datalogics Inc., intarsys consulting GmbH, levigo solutions GmbH, LuraTech Europe GmbH, Nitro Software Inc. and Satz-Rechen-Zentrum (SRZ). The association’s chairman is Olaf Drümmer, CEO of callas software GmbH. Peter Duff, President and CEO of Adlib Software, is the association’s vice-chairman.

For more information, please visit http://www.pdfa.org/

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New York, 27th March 2015 - Millennials are far more likely to read printed books than ebooks, according to new research by Publishing Technology.

The survey, which polled 2,000 consumers across the U.S. and U.K., aged between 18 and 34, found that in the last year, nearly twice as many respondents had read a print book (71 per cent), than an ebook on any device – the closest being a tablet (37 per cent). Showing no strong allegiance, young consumers also reported reading ebooks on dedicated ereaders (29 per cent), mobile phones (27 per cent) and personal computers (25 per cent).

The personal touch is still of vital importance for millennials who would rather acquire printed books from chain book shops (47 per cent) as opposed to online retailers (39 per cent). When purchasing ebooks, 51 per cent of millennials would favour an ereading app with 40 per cent acquiring ebooks directly from their ereading devices and 19 per cent using subscription services.

When it comes to discovering and sharing books, although online communities and social media play an important role in millennials’ lives, the research shows how essential offline communication is for this young demographic. Millennials mostly discover print and ebooks by word of mouth referrals (36 per cent), online browsing (26 per cent), and social media (24 per cent), while 23 per cent of those polled reported finding books browsing in brick-and-mortar book shops.

Millennial readers are not a generation of sharers. But they do recommend books and share opinions with their peers via word of mouth (40 per cent), social media (26 per cent), and online communities (16 per cent). This group could be persuaded to read more on electronic devices by price promotions (45 per cent), more ebook/print book bundling (26 per cent) and shorter content forms (10 per cent) or pay-per-chapter ebooks (9 per cent).

Michael Cairns, Publishing Technology CEO, said: “We undertook this research to better understand the reading habits and test our assumptions about a generation of young people born and raised in the digital era. We were quite surprised to discover that 18-34 year-olds are not as ‘online-only’ as we, in the publishing industry, often assume.”

He continued: “This rising cohort of book-buyers relies on peers for suggestions of what to read, often prefers cheaper, smaller bites that can be shared freely, and revels in the luxury of being able to read whenever and wherever it likes - regardless of format or platform. To engage with these readers now and cultivate them for tomorrow, publishers need to target multiple channels for their content and integrate with this generation’s social lives, both on and offline. And the physical book world and print-based publishing still plays a very active role in this.”

The survey How Millennials Consume Content was conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Publishing Technology. The full results can be accessed at www.publishingtechnology.com/research

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Publishing Technology plc:
Publishing Technology is the world-leading provider of content solutions that transform business. We cover the publishing process from end to end with content systems, audience development and content delivery software and services. Combining our unmatched publishing knowledge, global operations and perpetual support model with our advance enterprise system, ingentaconnect scholarly portal, pub2web custom hosting platform and PCG (Publishers Communication Group) sales and marketing consultancy, we offer the industry’s only full spectrum of solutions to help publishers move their content forward. Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, the company operates jointly from Europe (Oxford) and North America (Boston and New Jersey), with local offices in Brazil, India, China and Australia. Assisting 450 trade and scholarly publishers for nearly forty years, Publishing Technology solves the fundamental issues content providers face.

Visit publishingtechnology.com, follow @publishingtech on Twitter, or connect with us on LinkedIn.
 
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Cambridge, UK, 18th March 2015 – CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems), creator of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks, today announces that it won the Wireless Innovation Award at the 25th Anniversary Business Weekly Awards. The award was accepted by CCS CEO Steve Greaves at an all-star presentation dinner held last night at Queens’ College, Cambridge.

For more than two decades, Business Weekly has reported in print and online the key business, innovation and technology developments in Cambridge and the East of England – Europe’s innovation capital. CCS is already ranked in Business Weekly’s “Killer 50”, its list of the 50 hottest disruptive technology companies.

The Business Weekly Awards are open to companies of all sizes from the East of England, and from every conceivable business sector. To mark the 25th Anniversary, the awards categories this year were finessed to reflect the expansion of the region in the quarter-century since the awards began, with eight award categories up for grabs including Start-up of the Year, International Trade Champion and Killer Technology Champion.

Commenting on the award win, CEO and Co-Founder Steve Greaves said: “CCS is proud to have begun life in this exceptional region, which is home to some of the world’s most forward-thinking companies. We are grateful to Business Weekly for its recognition and support, and we look forward to contributing further to the extraordinary heritage and success story that continues to evolve here in Cambridge.”

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About CCS:
Cambridge, UK-based CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems) is the pioneer of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks.

CCS offers mobile network operators the only system that meets all key requirements for high capacity and low latency, reliability, rapid deployment and low-cost operation in a small, low-impact design. Self-organising, self-healing links automatically reconfigure themselves to optimise performance across a resilient, multipoint-to-multipoint topology. Easy to scale, with no radio planning or re-alignment required as nodes are added, CCS’ self-organising microwave-based system delivers the lowest TCO for any small cell backhaul technology.

CCS’ system enables mobile operators to deploy small cells in a flexible, organic way as additional capacity is required, maintaining a quality of service that meets customer expectations.
For more information, please visit http://www.ccsl.com

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Abingdon, UK, 17th March 2015 – Oxford Optronix, the leading provider of advanced research instrumentation for the clinical medicine and life science industries, today announces that it will be showcasing its full range of cancer research solutions at The Genes & Cancer Annual Meeting at Robinson College, Cambridge, UK, from 13 - 15 April 2015.

Oxford Optronix will be exhibiting throughout the two-day event, which is now in its 31st year and is the longest-running cancer research meeting in the UK. The Oxford Optronix team will demonstrate its full range of advanced instrumentation products, including the next-generation OxyLite™ dissolved oxygen (pO2) and temperature monitors, the GelCount™ colony counter platform for cancer biologists and its recently launched HypoxyLab™ hypoxia workstation.
The Genes & Cancer Annual Meeting has built a solid reputation for highlighting the very latest advances in cancer research. Key topics under discussion at this year’s gathering will include ‘cell growth and survival of the cancer cell’, ‘engagement of immune cells’, ‘cancer as a systemic disease’, ‘detection and imaging’ and ‘models and therapy’. In addition, and in line with a commitment to promote early career scientists, the programme will also feature 10 short talks, selected from submitted abstracts.

The Oxford Optronix team will be on hand during the show to demonstrate its products, answer any questions, and to learn first-hand about the key developments and potential breakthroughs in this vital area. Oxford Optronix’s bio-sensing solutions for tissue vitality, automated cell colony counting system, and new hypoxia workstation have all proved highly successful across a range of research disciplines, with particular application in oncology.

For more information about The Genes & Cancer Meeting, and to register, please visit: http://www.genesandcancer.org.uk/registration and follow the hashtag #GANDC2015 on Twitter.

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Founded and managed by academic scientists and with a focus on continuous research and development, Oxford Optronix is committed to making a positive contribution to both patient care and life science research through the design and development of innovative medical devices and scientific instruments for research professionals that set the gold-standard for quality.
Oxford Optronix’s product range includes opto-electronic bio-sensing devices for physiological and tissue vitality monitoring, intelligent imaging systems for automated cell colony counting and contamination-free hypoxia workstations for analysing cell metabolism and function.
With a track record of over 20 years’ success, Oxford Optronix’s team of highly experienced scientists, engineers and technicians design, develop and manufacture its entire product portfolio in-house, ensuring the very highest standards in quality and unparalleled customer support.

 
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Oxford, UK, 10th March 2015 – Egmont Publishing, a leading global children’s book, magazine and digital publisher, has launched a new global contracts and rights system running on Publishing Technology’s advance platform.

The system, which went live late last year at the publisher’s UK and Denmark-based Scandinavian offices, will enable the company to benefit from a single, centralised resource containing all of its global contract and rights information. Following the successful implementation, Egmont expects to roll advance out to further Egmont Publishing territories in the near future.

Designed to help track and manage the status of contracts at every stage of their lifecycle, from offer through to signature, advance will improve and simplify the way Egmont Publishing manages rights, sub-rights, fragments and permissions, while strengthening its existing processes.

Egmont Publishing’s business also benefits from:
• Enhanced visibility of the status of contracts throughout the business
• Complete visibility across the business of the commercial opportunities and liabilities relating to contracts and rights
• The ability to generate reports, data, legal templates relating to contracts
• The capacity to log background information relating to contracts, such as correspondence, royalty reports, marketing activity and other items

Henrik Højsholt Nielsen, CFO Egmont Publishing, commented: “Contracts and rights form an integral part of our business processes as a publisher. With that in mind it is fundamental that we have the appropriate systems in place that can empower our employees and stakeholders to effectively manage a diverse range of contract types across multiple content and product formats. Since signing the initial contract we have been working closely with Publishing Technology to migrate all of our historical and current contract data across to the system and have made very good progress. We look forward to continuing this relationship and potentially rolling out the platform globally so that Egmont Publishing employees all over the world can benefit.”

Jane Tappuni, EVP, Business Development, said: “One of the biggest challenges that large international publishers face is ensuring that employees, regardless of where they are in the world, can be fully informed regarding intellectual property rights and contract obligations that need to be executed. This is one of the main strengths of advance Contract, Rights and Royalties, which can pull contract and rights information from local markets and make it available internationally. We are delighted that the first phase implementation of this project has been a success and are confident that we will be launching advance across additional further Egmont Publishing territories in the near future.”

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Emily Taylor Gregory, Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +44 1865 397973
Email: emily.taylor.gregory[at]publishingtechnology[dot]com

Publishing Technology plc:
Publishing Technology is the world-leading provider of content solutions that transform business. We cover the publishing process from end to end with content systems, audience development and content delivery software and services. Combining our unmatched publishing knowledge, global operations and perpetual support model with our advance enterprise system, ingentaconnect scholarly portal, pub2web custom hosting platform and PCG (Publishers Communication Group) sales and marketing consultancy, we offer the industry’s only full spectrum of solutions to help publishers move their content forward. Listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, the company operates jointly from Europe (Oxford) and North America (Boston and New Jersey), with local offices in Brazil, India, China and Australia. Assisting 400 trade and scholarly publishers for over thirty years, Publishing Technology solves the fundamental issues content providers face.

About advance:
The advance system is a publishing operations software package supporting product and relationship management, contracts, rights, royalties, permissions, content monetization and fulfillment. Built on 35 years of industry expertise, advance is a strategic investment providing a flexible, modular solution that is product agnostic, cost-effective and optimized for digital publishing. With advance applications, publishers can manage processes from end to end, maximize all revenue streams, and transform from print to digital business models.

Visit publishingtechnology.com, follow @publishingtech on Twitter, or connect with us on LinkedIn.

About Egmont Publishing:
Egmont Publishing is part of the Egmont Group which was founded in 1878 and owned by the Egmont Foundation, a charitable trust dedicated to supporting children and young people. It is Scandinavia’s leading media group and Europe’s largest children’s publisher telling stories through books, magazines, film, TV, music, games and mobile in 30 countries throughout the world.

In the UK, Egmont is the leading specialist children’s publisher for babies to teens, inspiring children to read through more than 30 million award-winning books, magazines, ebooks and apps each year. We’re proud to be home to many of the world’s favourite stories and best-loved authors, illustrators and characters such as Michael Morpurgo (War Horse), Andy Stanton (Mr Gum), Enid Blyton, Julia Donaldson, Lemony Snicket, Michael Grant (Gone series and BZRK), Winnie-the-Pooh, Tintin, Mr. Men, Thomas & Friends, Ben 10, Fireman Sam, Angry Birds, Minecraft and Star Wars.

www.egmont.com @EgmontUK @EgmontMedia
 
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London, UK, 9th March 2015 – Miura Systems today announced that Creditcall, a leading provider of card acceptance through its award winning EMV-ready payment gateway and EMV migration solutions has certified Miura’s mPOS M010 devices for the acceptance of transactions with multiple acquirers including Worldpay, AIBMS and Elavon. A roadmap of future certifications will enable support throughout Europe including the Nordics. This partnership enables Miura to further increase its deployment of mPOS devices which is currently approaching 750,000 in over 25 countries.

This success has been achieved through a flourishing partnership between Miura Systems & Creditcall, which started in 2012. mPOS excellence is achieved through the combination of Creditcall’s mPOS SDK and Miura’s M010 mPOS device.

Miura’s M010 mPOS device evolves the retail experience allowing merchants to interact with customers wherever they go. The M010 can operate across the retail environment, enabling fully certified EMV contact and contactless transactions to be conducted in-store, in pop-up or roving locations.

Creditcall’s mPOS SDK comes with all the libraries, documentation and guides for iOS and Android operating systems, payment gateway, a real time reporting and management tool, Terminal Management System (TMS) and technical support. It works in conjunction with Miura’s full series of mPOS PINpads including the M010 device. Creditcall’s real time reporting and management tool enables merchants to monitor their transactions, measure performance, generate reports, refund, void and credit payments.

Miura’s M010 has been integrated with Creditcall’s proprietary TMS which allows a fleet of PINpads to be managed and updated remotely in a timely and efficient way. This ensures they continually have the latest software and the latest configuration.

Sian Bosley, Commercial Director, Creditcall: “Creditcall is delighted to take the relationship with Miura to the next level, ensuring that merchants have access to mPOS partners of excellence. Miura’s M010 device combined with Creditcall’s mPOS SDK for iOS and Android, payment gateway, TMS and real time reporting tool delivers a flexible solution ideally suited for today’s payment landscape.”

Ian Rutland, CEO, Miura Systems commented, “Miura are excited to be working with Creditcall to rollout solutions that offer merchants the widest possible choice of acquirer. This relationship endorses Miura’s policy of partnering and never competing to deliver the best solution to the market.”

Please visit us on stand 531 at RBTE 2015 to see how we can help implement your mPOS strategy.

About Miura:
Miura Systems Limited (Miura) is a leading provider of innovative secure electronic payment hardware. Miura’s core competency is the design, certification and manufacture of industry certified hardware. Miura partners with Independent Software Vendors and Systems Integrators to provide rich and flexible payment solutions for retail, hospitality, financial and transportation markets globally.

To learn more, visit us at www.miurasystems.com or engage with us on Twitter @miurasystems.

For more information, please contact:
Mark Roberts
SVP Sales & Marketing
Miurasystems
Tel: +44 (0)1494 682840
mroberts[at]miurasystems[dot]com
www.miurasystems.com

About Creditcall:
Creditcall makes card acceptance simple from any device, anywhere. Whether attended, unattended, online or mobile payments, our award-winning EMV-ready payment gateway and EMV Migration solutions have been tried and tested for over 15 years and are at the very heart of our clients’ businesses, ensuring payments flow – all day, every day. Founded in 1996, Creditcall is a global business with offices in North America and Europe.

To learn more, visit us at www.creditcall.com or engage with us on Twitter @Creditcall.

Creditcall – The Heart of Payments.

For more information, please contact:
Ingrid Anusic
Head of Marketing
Creditcall
ingrid.anusic[at]creditcall[dot]com
Tel: +44 (0)117 930 4455
 
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Barcelona, 2nd March 2015 –  Graphite Software, the company behind Secure Spaces for Android, has today announced version 3.0, providing users to store private apps, messages and accounts with the new Hidden Space feature. In addition, Secure Spaces 3.0 adds support for Android Lollipop, a range of integration options and many other important enhancements.

Not all information is meant to be shared or made public. The Hidden Space provides a secret, secure “device within a device” for the most important apps and data. A Hidden Space is for the device owner’s eyes only, and will only become visible when accessed from a special app in the Owner Space. API support enables developers to create their own access method, such as using gestures or integration with the launcher. Every Secure Spaces device includes the Hidden Space, whether used or not.

“The Hidden Space usage remains undetectable to anyone else using, or with access to, the device,” said Alec Main, CEO of Graphite Software. “Many countries allow warrantless search of smartphones and tablets, so people need strong encryption technology to protect their privacy.”

Secure Spaces 3.0 also delivers support for Android 5.0 and takes advantage of many of the new operating system enhancements. Secure Spaces 3.0 enables multiple integration options, including a “lite” integration version of Secure Spaces that provides many of the same Space management features while accelerating time to market.

Alec continues: “This update follows the launch of our Secure Spaces Cloud Management Service, providing users of Secure Spaces with even more options to enhance their mobile user experience with opt-in services from a variety of sources and to benefit from multiple separate spaces.”

Graphite Software's Secure Spaces for Android gives users choice in their mobile experience. Users can use any app and service they want without having to lose control of their personal information. For more information on Graphite Software, please visit http://www.graphitesoftware.com.

About Graphite Software’s Secure Spaces:
Secure Spaces for Android gives users choice of their mobile experience, enabling customization and new apps without losing control of their personal information. Supporting both user-defined and downloadable "Spaces" the potential use cases are limited only by the imagination of the device owner or a curator in the cloud. By enabling multiple Spaces on a single device Graphite Software has redefined the mobile user experience.
For more information on Secure Spaces, please visit http://www.securespaces.com
For more information on Graphite Software, please visit http://www.graphitesoftware.com

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Karlsbad, Germany, 26th February 2015 – Computer-aided translations with the help of translation memory technology deliver numerous advantages. Nevertheless, many enterprises have not yet or only partially come in touch with such systems. For this reason, they are often still unaware of the functions and actual savings potential. In a white paper, Across Systems, manufacturer of the Across Language Server, explains the basic modes of operation and central modules of translation management systems (TMS).

To begin with, the white paper shows the difference between machine translation and translation with the help of a TMS, as the two systems are often confused. For a machine translation system to work, it must first be filled with data for predefined language pairs. Subsequently, the actual translation takes place automatically, i.e. without any human interaction. The result can be post-edited by a reviewer or translator. However, the changes are not entered in the system directly, but are only entered after some time, if at all. By contrast, a translation system with translation memory technology can be used immediately for any language combination and supports human translators in their work. The data repository grows with every translation that is prepared with the help of the system. Accordingly, the learning effect of the system takes place at the same time as the translation. In the ideal case, the translator thus benefits from a previous translation right away when he starts with the next sentence.

Moreover, the white paper explains the typical components and functions of common translation management systems, such as the translation memory, the terminology database, project management, and quality assurance modules as well as their interaction in the overall translation process.

The white paper of Across Systems is designed to provide enterprises that have just started to examine the subject of computer-aided translation with easy-to-understand basic information. Anyone interested can download it free of charge from the software manufacturer's website.
http://www.across.net/en/knowledge-base/white-papers/

Across reader contact:
Tel: +49 7248 925-425
info[at]across[dot]net

About Across Systems:
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company's Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.

For further information please contact:
Across press contact:
Across Systems GmbH
Anja Bergemann
Tel: +49 7248 925-412
Fax: +49 7248 925-444
abergemann(at)across(dot)net
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Beijing and London, 26th February 2015 – AsiaInfo, China’s largest telecoms software and services company, today announced a revolutionary upgrade to its award-winning Veris™ BSS product suite which can help transform and streamline customer services and support for Communication Service Providers (CSPs).

Version 7 of Veris CRM, the latest release within AsiaInfo’s Veris product suite, is an enhanced Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool that will, for the first time, deliver a true ‘omni-channel’ architecture for telecoms, helping CSPs provide fully integrated seamless customer support across multiple channels and different enquiry points.

With Veris CRM, operators can now deliver consistent, accurate service to customers whether they enquire in-store, online, over the phone, via email, social media or an operator-branded self-help app. For the customer, Veris CRM enables true ‘omni-channel’ capability. The purchasing channels become transparent, so a transaction could begin online and be completed in-store as a continuous process.

Independent research, carried out by respected telecommunications industry specialists Northstream Consulting, has highlighted potential operating expenditure savings of between two and five percent annually for the mobile operator community from the adoption of this omni-channel approach.

Announcing the new integrated solution, Dr Andy Tiller, VP product marketing for AsiaInfo, said: “Business and personal consumers today interact with their service provider companies in many ways – phone calls and emails are being replaced by Twitter, Facebook, and self-care tools in operator apps. Too often though, these different channels for customer service are not joined up at all – the systems do not link a Twitter username to a customer name for example. As a result, one customer might have multiple, unconnected profiles on the system.

“The flexibility of the Veris suite enables operators to add new channels with the confidence that the existing customer data and business process logic will be seamlessly adopted.”

Veris CRM collates and integrates customer information to ensure that an up-to-date single consolidated view of the customer is always available to all channels. This means that a customer raising a query or placing an order online would also simply be able to visit an operator’s retail store to ask for an update or to change or collect their order, with all their details readily available through all access points.

“Veris CRM helps operators to make the connections and deliver proper, joined-up integrated customer service,” said Dr Tiller. “It allows an operator to build a single view of a customer, recognize their services and requirements, and to track customer interactions whenever, wherever and however they connect.”

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About AsiaInfo, Inc.:
AsiaInfo, Inc. is a leading provider of internet-based systems and software to the telecommunications industry. Headquartered in Beijing, we employ more than 15,000 professionals worldwide.
AsiaInfo provides a full suite of business and operations support systems and professional services to solve the business challenges of the future. Through our innovative BSS/OSS, Big Data, and security software products, AsiaInfo is driving the transformation of the telecoms industry into the new Business Internet era.
Our core Veris™ product suite includes billing and customer care systems that serve nearly a billion subscribers globally, plus business intelligence, network management, network security, and OTT and cross-vertical collaboration solutions. Veris is the cornerstone of our growing ecosystem to support the transformation to the Business Internet.
Our customers work with us to converge large scale pre-and post-paid mobile operations; improve time to market for new products and services; and develop cost-effective new business models. In China we have more than 50% market share in Billing, CRM and Business Intelligence through our longstanding partnerships with China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. We have deployed our BSS solutions with leading operators throughout Asia, and our expansion into Europe has already resulted in two major contracts with Telenor Group. For more information please visit www.asiainfo.com.

For further information please contact:
asiainfo[at]standingtallcomms[dot]com
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