Riverbed SteelCentral helps ABB ensure peak performance of business critical applications
Riverbed provides visibility into a murky hybrid enterprise IT environment to slash troubleshooting time per week from 16 hours to one hour.
‘Indirect’ learning is crucial to growth
Concern about a “brain drain” of executives from developing countries who work in mature markets is misplaced because such “indirect” learning abroad is critical to their companies’ growth in developed markets, finds research co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Cambridge Dictionaries and Playlingo launch addictive English learning game
Cambridge Dictionaries and Playlingo have launched a free online game - ’Lingopolis’ - that turns learning English words into fast and addictive fun.
Marshall LaunchPad Scholarship opening event a huge success
The Marshall LaunchPad Scholarship Team would like to thank everybody who attended the programme's launch event last week.
Cambridge Online has a new offering for entrepreneurs
When it's time to scale up or when the big exit sign nears, "cloud-powered" small enterprises have everything in place to keep running the business in the new context. Or...maybe not?
Breakthrough and Cause4 partnership boosts social causes
Since the 2011 Breakthrough programme launch, Santander has proved its commitment time and again to supporting UK entrepreneurs with more than finance. This latest partnership with social enterprise Cause4 will promote social goals in UK entrepreneurship.
Your chance to study Scrum this spring
As well as a wide range of management development and soft skills courses, Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration offers high quality technical training, including, during March and April, courses devoted to Scrum, an agile framework for completing complex projects.
Winter woollies’ result in wonderful donation!
Stuart Kirbyshire of Intertek contacted us before Christmas to share news of a fundraiser they were holding on our behalf.
Nemesis Bioscience wins King’s College Entrepreneurship Award
Nemesis Bioscience Ltd (Cambridge, UK) announced today that it has been awarded an Entrepreneurship Award by King’s College, Cambridge. The King’s College judges, who include current members of the College as well as alumni Gerard Mizrahi, Hermann Hauser and Stuart Lyons, reached their decision after detailed presentations on the company’s business plan, technology and intellectual property.
Planning approved for one of the UK’s largest zero carbon developments
Cambridge City Council and Hill, the top 20 housebuilder, have gained planning permission for a £60 million zero carbon joint venture development in Cambridge. The 208 dwellings represent the next phase of Great Kneighton in the Cambridge Southern Fringe and will be one of the largest zero carbon developments in the country.
Imagine Cambridge in 2065: latest from the Network's CEO
Do you have a vision for the future of Cambridge? Cambridge Network's CEO Claire Ruskin has been considering what the city might be like in 2065...
EY hires new partner to support Cambridge Tax growth
EY has appointed Stuart Wilkinson as a partner in Cambridge to help lead the Business Tax Advisory (BTA) practice, as the professional services firm continues to expand its practice in the region.
Cambridge Index advances 4.0%
The Cambridge Index climbed 4% or 681.3 points to 17,594.9, as nine of the top ten index heavyweights posted weekly gains.
Dr Geraldine Rodgers, former head of Cambridge Enterprise Seed Funds, dies
Dr Geraldine Rodgers, an early, driving force of University investment support for spin-out companies, has died from lung cancer. She was 66.
ANSYS unveils release 16.0
From simulating the interactions between software and hardware that fuel the Internet of Things to better understanding the full spectrum of advanced structural materials, the newly released ANSYS® (NASDAQ: ANSS) 16.0 offers advanced functionality enabling engineers to rapidly innovate new products.
Marshall announces its first Fixed Base Operation (FBO) at Birmingham Airport
Marshall Aviation Services, the business aviation-focused arm of the Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, announced today it is widening its expertise into the FBO arena. It has secured the executive aviation handling facility (FBO) at Birmingham Airport and will formally open for business under the Marshall Aviation Services name within the next few months.
Study shows health impact of financial crisis in Greece
New research by an Anglia Ruskin economist, which surveyed over 21,000 citizens in Greece, shows the severe impact the financial crisis has had on people’s health and mental well-being.
Aerozone sets sights on inspiring the next generation
Stansted Airport’s new Aerozone can be a catalyst to inspire a generation and encourage children to consider a career at the airport when they leave full time education.
Deciding the duration of a facilities management contract
Contract duration is a central part of the sourcing decision process and it’s important to get this right, says Faithful+Gould.
ARM and Microsoft back IoT power play for agri-tech
The Cambridge-born Weightless standard – designed to accelerate the networking of sensors for IoT – is set to trigger increased productivity in agriculture through novel and widescale networking of smart sensing technology, reports Business Weekly.
Hewitsons announces dates for young professional events in 2015
Hewitsons law firm has announced dates for its 2015 Horizon networking events for young professionals in Cambridge.
Will oil price hit electric vehicle sales?
The oil price may stay low for many years due to oversupply. This will not affect the sales of electric road vehicles because their sales numbers decoupled from the oil price many years ago thanks to superior performance, subsidies and privileges such as no congestion charge, says Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx.
Storing food for demanding consumers – Michell’s humidity module helps keeps it fresh
A major manufacturer of climate-controlled food storage systems incorporates Michell’s I7000 humidity and temperature modules within their products to ensure reliable temperature and humidity control.
New editing suite arrives at WaveFX
Following on from the success of 2014 which saw over 150 editing and motion graphics projects completed, WaveFX has pushed ahead and installed a dedicated 4K editing and colour grading suite.
Rihanna and Topshop 'break it off'
Rihanna wins her battle in the Court of Appeal after getting "shirty" with Topshop over rights to her image. Woodfines Solicitors comments on the case.