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Wednesday 14th October 15:46 BST (GMT -1)

Image Access, a leading manufacturer of scanning technologies, has entered into an agreement with Allied Images, a large format scanning and printing solutions distributor providing a high level of quality products and services throughout the UK. Allied Images will promote and distribute the complete range of Image Access wide format scanners for professional applications in the UK.

The WideTEK scanner family from Image Access includes sheet feed scanners for documents up to 48 inches in width, flatbed scanners for formats up to DIN A2 as well as wide format duplex scanners for double-sided printed documents up to 36 inches in width. Known as “the fastest scanners in the world” (Bertl), the WideTEK scanners process architectural and construction drawings, maps, newspapers and posters fast and efficiently. Even when the source document is transparent or fragile, WideTEK scanners deliver high-contrast output in optimized, accurate color. The uncompromising scanning speed and quality, simple operation and the network compatibility make the devices the ideal solution for various applications in a wide range of markets: cartography, topography, reprographics, architectural, engineering and construction offices, libraries, copy services as well as press clipping services.
More: www.allied-images.com

Tuesday 13th October 11:00 BST (GMT -1)

Origin Storage, a leading manufacturer and distributor of IT storage solutions, has today announced the launch of their 1TB and 750GB Data Locker. The new capacities will be in addition to the 320GB and 500GB which are already available. The Data Locker Secure Drive gives users peace of mind in the event that that their data storage device is lost or stolen. The data is secured by AES hardware encryption and a 6-18 digit PIN number which is entered directly on the device itself. The Data Locker will be demonstrated on stand 560 at Storage Expo from 14th – 15th October 2009 at Kensington Olympia, London.

Nick Alaway, Sales & Marketing Manager at VSPL, a reseller for Data Locker, comments, “As data grows within all industries, our customers have been looking for larger capacities to be able to move all their sensitive data around. The 1TeraByte fills this requirement at a price that is highly attractive. This is a great sales opportunity for us as this is exactly the solution our customers are looking for to enable them to move their data around securely”
More: www.storage-expo.com

Monday 12th October 15:33 BST (GMT -1)

Research conducted for the upcoming Storage Expo exhibition has revealed the need and desire to have an effective working relationship with their IT Director was further highlighted by the poll revealing that a massive 80% of storage professionals want to learn how to manage their IT Director.

Jon Collins, CEO and Managing Director of Freeform Dynamics and one of Storage Expo’s keynote speakers, said that many outsiders thought of an IT department as one entity with everyone working towards the same goal.

However, he said the reality is senior figures are getting pulled in multiple directions at once and there is a lot of fragmentation, such as silo-ed applications, independent SANs, separate management tools or new technologies deployed alongside the old.

He said: “It's a jungle in there, and the IT director has to take the role of chief plate spinner. A good part of anyone's job, therefore, is to work with them to ensure your own, ever-growing plates stay spinning.”

Mr Collins pointed out that the storage arena is all about four things: capacity, throughput, service levels and sourcing. The research of over 400 organisations revealed that 40% believe the most important key factor for measuring the effectiveness of their IT Director is capacity. For 33%, service levels were key, while 25% said throughput was most important and 2% cited sourcing.
More: www.storage-expo.com

Sunday 11th October 11:22 BST (GMT -1)

National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, the major annual awareness drive, began today, and this year, campaign partners from across the public-private sector divide have come together to warn Britain's businesses of the risk identity fraud poses to them, their employees, their customers and their suppliers.

Two sets of independent research commissioned by Fellowes and the National Fraud Authority exclusively for National Identity Fraud Prevention Week (NIDFPW) show that one third of small and medium-sized businesses have been impacted by fraud and that British consumers are experiencing a corresponding crisis in confidence, with only 3% feeling completely confident the organisations they deal with handle their personal data responsibly. The NIDFPW partners have therefore come together to publish a 28-page guide for businesses to launch a dedicated online resource centre, outlining the risks and offering tips on how to keep corporate data safe, and advice on how to overcome a breach should one occur. 
More: This invaluable resource is available free of charge from the campaign's website, www.stop-idfraud.co.uk or by calling 00800 1810 1810 International Freephone number.

Friday 9th October 13:26 BST (GMT -1)

Australian security software developer Tier-3 has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance™ (SIA). The alliance allows McAfee customers to enhance their investment in McAfee products by adding a range of interoperable and highly complementary capabilities offered by Tier-3’s HUNTSMAN.

‘We designed HUNTSMAN to provide higher security intelligence with improved threat visibility, greater context and superior protection for the entire IT environment,’ said Peter Woollacott, Tier-3’s CEO: ‘For McAfee to welcome us into SIA is gratifying for us and beneficial to our customers.’

As part of its participation in the SIA program, Tier-3 will integrate the HUNTSMAN suite with the McAfeeÒ ePolicy OrchestratorÒ (ePO™) platform to deliver data protection and integrated security management for environments not currently addressed by the ePO software. When this integration is completed, ePO software users will be able to extend monitoring and alerting capabilities to other proprietary environments, creating a true heterogeneous solution and eliminating the information silos which allow vulnerabilities to be exploited.
More: www.tier-3.com + http://www.mcafee.com

Thursday 8th October 09:03 BST (GMT -1)

The new Energy Savings Calculator from Riello UPS helps data centre managers, electrical contractors and consultants compare the green credentials of Riello uninterruptible power supplies to competitor systems and the European Code of Conduct for UPS Energy Efficiency.

According to a recent study by Datacenter Dynamics, Energy Efficiency, Power consumption and Total Cost of Ownership are all key areas of concern for Data Centre and IT managers*. With this in mind, Riello UPS have developed an online calculator to help these customers quickly see the range of savings that can be made by using Power Protection from Riello – even comparing the results against an average competitor model and the benchmarks set out by the European CoC (Code of Conduct) for UPS efficiency.

By simply selecting the size of UPS required, and setting the operating conditions, users can clearly see how Power Protection from Riello UPS performs in terms of:
· Difference in Power Consumption
· Annual Energy Savings in kWh
· Annual Cost Savings
· Pollutant emission reductions in KgCO2
More: www.riello-ups.co.uk

Wednesday 7th October 10:42 BST (GMT -1)

The EDM Group, one of the UK’s leading document management service providers, has started work on a major project with Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (PCT) to digitalise all inactive health care records. The project has been scoped to overcome a number of issues the PCT faced, including lack of storage for paper records as well as efficient retrieval of inactive records when needed by medical staff. 

The PCT also sees this project as a stepping stone to the introduction of Lorenzo as part of the National Programme for IT – as all records converted now will be easily migrated to Lorenzo in the future.

The initial project phases require the scanning of what is expected to be around 5 million images over a 2 year period and is followed with the hosting of the inactive healthcare records through EDM’s online hosted document management solution ‘EDM Online’. This will enable immediate, secure, auditable and easy retrieval of any records by front line staff at any point in time – something that is necessary if patients that have been inactive for a period of time require further medical treatment, or for medical records which need to be retrieved for statutory requests or litigation purposes. 
More: www.theedmgroup.com

Tuesday 6th October 16:44 BST (GMT -1)

Ipswitch, Inc. File Transfer division, developer of comprehensive secure and managed file transfer solutions WS_FTP and MOVEit, today announced the release of the new global Partner Program and web portal. This programme will help partners increase revenue, add a high-margin product to their portfolio, and reach a new and wider range of customers.

“We’ve always valued the importance of the channel. Now with WS_FTP Server offerings evolving and market opportunity growing, we see this as the perfect time to release this new programme and tools, providing our customers with added value,” said Loic Triger, vice president, Global Channel. “The new Partner Program offers the tools, resources and incentives to entice new resellers to join our programme and rewards them for their efforts in addition to enabling and rewarding the efforts of our existing partners,” said Triger.

With more than 40 million global customers, Ipswitch plans to support its rapid growth with enhanced partner benefits and incentives, including:
· Additional discounts for new WS_FTP license sales
· 24 x7 access to FT Partner Portal for all WS_FTP product collateral, marketing tools, sales tools, and programme information
· Sales certification programme to increase sales and support expertise
· Effective sales and marketing tools including hosted evaluation links for partners’ websites
· Complimentary not-for-resale software valued at $4,995 US for internal use on a 3-12 month period dependent on the partner’s level.
More: www.ipswitch.com

Monday 5th October 22:59 BST (GMT -1)

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced that it has acquired eCopy, a leading provider of solutions that integrate paper documents into business software applications. The acquisition of eCopy combines Nuance’s multifunction printer (MFP) desktop solutions and eCopy’s server offerings to deliver network scanning solutions that connect the widest range of MFPs to a broad set of business applications and content management systems.

eCopy’s network scanning solutions are offered by leading MFP vendors — including Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, Océ, Ricoh, Toshiba and Xerox — providing organizations with an intuitive touch-screen application that has a consistent user experience across devices. eCopy’s solutions support document connectivity to more than 100 enterprise applications, such as Microsoft SharePoint, EMC Documentum, Oracle and SAP, adding value to an organization’s existing investments in database, CRM, content management, legal, accounting and financial solutions.
More: www.nuance.com + www.ecopy.com 

Friday 2nd October
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Thursday 1st October 12:28 BST (GMT -1)

Exalead, a global provider of search-based business application (SBA) technology, has announced that its CloudView information access platform has received the “Designed for EMC® Documentum®” accreditation, a mark of quality and value that customers can depend on in enterprise applications. The “Designed for EMC Documentum” accreditation demonstrates that CloudView has successfully met a comprehensive set of criteria for solid design and quality integration.

Exalead CloudView provides indexing and searching services for Documentum databases. It extends the Documentum enterprise content management platform by automatically collecting, structuring, contextualising and delivering in real time, high volumes of data from any source, helping customers around the globe improve information search, discovery, management, security and storage.

“EMC’s position as the leader in enterprise content management is strengthened by the support of great partners such as Exalead,” said Shahram Moradpour, Director of Partner Development at EMC Corporation. “Partners like Exalead build solutions and applications on the Documentum platform because customers have demonstrated their trust in EMC to manage their most critical and strategic information. The accreditation process is another way EMC earns that trust while supporting innovative offerings like CloudView.”
More: www.storage-expo.com