Six ways senior tech gurus can help your organisation prosper
As more and more organisations are relying heavily on technology, Pure Resourcing Solutions thinks it’s great that increasing numbers of IT professionals are climbing the ladder to senior jobs. Pure says: "Let’s face it – we all need these masters of tech to make sure our workplaces tick over nicely!
Abcodia receives Horizon 2020 grant to advance its pancreatic cancer early diagnosis test
Abcodia today announced that it has secured a grant from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme to validate an algorithm-based test for the screening of individuals at high risk of pancreatic cancer. The test will be one of the first examples of a personalised screening diagnostic and aims to improve survival rates in this devastating disease.
Time to solve the Scottish innovation problem
A lack of innovation is starting to put Scotland’s economic prosperity – in or out of the union – at risk. Cambridge University's Professor Paul Tracey argues it’s time for entrepreneurs to step up to the plate.
Gene variant dramatically reduces ‘bad’ lipids
Research using data collected from around 4,000 healthy people in the UK has enabled scientists to identify a rare genetic variant that dramatically reduces levels of certain types of lipids in the blood. The study is the first to emerge from the UK10K Project’s cohort of samples from the general public and demonstrates the power of whole genome sequencing at scale.
Smart metering in Europe: the challenges are greater
Smart metering will provide the foundation for the development of the smart grid to meet the challenges that Europe’s energy sector faces.
Santander Masterclass delegate story: Oneserve
Delegates to the latest Santander Breakthrough Masterclass hosted by the McLaren Group find a compelling business story when they attend, as Rob Austin, Commercial Director of cloud-computing company Oneserve explains.
Curating Cambridge: Kettle's Yard autumn season
This autumn, Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge hosts four varied and inspiring exhibitions.
Citrix accelerates innovation for enterprise mobility
Advances in app development and test virtualisation increase security, scalability, testability and manageability of mobile apps.
University key worker family housing designs approved for North West Cambridge
Architectural proposals for key worker and market housing on the North West Cambridge Development have been approved by the local planning authorities.
Riverbed protects WAMGROUP from business disaster in seismic zone
Riverbed SteelFusion creates resilient, converged branch office IT that removes physical server, storage and data protection infrastructure from high-risk location.
How 'overcompensation' can backfire
Suppose a total stranger bumps into you carelessly and knocks your tablet computer to the ground, causing £100 damage, but offers to provide you £1,000 for your loss and troubles? A nice gesture, one might say, something that could build the victim’s admiration and trust for the perpetrator.
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire to present JDR with 2014 Queen’s Award
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, will receive its 2014 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade from the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire on Thursday 18 September. The Lord Lieutenant will tour JDR’s facility in Littleport; from engineering design to the onsite factory before presenting the award and reading JDR’s Queen’s Award…
New portal leads the way in bioinformatics training
Rapid technological advances have led to an influx of biomedical data in recent years, prompting development of new methods for data analysis and interpretation for life scientists.
Art student delighted with £20k Woon award
Anglia Ruskin University art student Ramona Zoladek won the biggest student art prize in the UK at a ceremony in Newcastle last night (Tuesday).
New course gives graduates two years hard-won work skills in six months
Anglia Ruskin University has developed a pioneering new course for graduates working in growing businesses, which involves attending sessions led by experienced trainers, business experts and guest speakers. Independent project work between sessions is developed around real challenges and is aimed at increasing the participants’ exposure to the different roles and responsibilities required in the…
FDA approves MOVANTIK™ (naloxegol) tablets C-II
AstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved MOVANTIK™ (naloxegol) tablets C-II as the first once-daily oral peripherally-acting mu-opioid receptor antagonist (PAMORA) medication for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation (OIC), in adult patients with chronic, non-cancer pain.
Larry Wall appointed new CEO of Eurotech Inc. in the USA
Larry Wall will lead the main American subsidiary of the Eurotech Group with a stronger drive on the M2M/IoT business.
More convenient journeys as contactless payments launch across London Transport
Millions of customers will have easier and more convenient journeys as Transport for London (TfL) yesterday (Tuesday) introduced contactless payments on Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground and National Rail services that accept Oyster.
Industrial Internet of Things offers significant opportunity for growth of digital services
The Industrial Internet of Things represents a tremendous opportunity for innovative companies looking to unlock new revenue sources by packaging their products with new digital services, says Accenture in its new report, “Driving Unconventional Growth through the Industrial Internet of Things.”
Rwanda born Hertfordshire engineer achieves Chartered status
A Hertfordshire engineer born in Rwanda has been awarded membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). Fredrick Bbosa from Great Ashby near Stevenage has passed the ICE’s Chartered Professional Review. He is now entitled to add the letters MICE to his name and adopt the Institution’s own protected title of ‘Chartered Civil Engineer’.
Cambridge Conversation Café event launches ‘Be The Change Cambridge’ project
As one of the two title sponsors, Cambridge Ahead was proud to support a ground-breaking event last weekend which served as a pre-cursor to a larger event - ‘Be The Change Cambridge’ - to take place in early 2015.
Abcodia to collaborate with OncoCyte Corporation on breast cancer diagnostic development
OncoCyte Corporation, a subsidiary of BioTime, Inc. (NYSE MKT: BTX), and Abcodia Ltd., a UK-based company focusing on the early detection of cancer, have announced their collaboration focused on the development of OncoCyte’s blood-based I>PanC-Dx™ test for early detection of breast cancer.
Tradition meets innovation - video helps Domino UK’s customers to tell their stories
Domino Printing, the UK Channel of a leading global printing technology business, is using video to document their successful work with clients.
Cyan technology is part of new pilot with Indian state-owned utility
Cyan, the integrated system and software design company delivering mesh based flexible wireless solutions for utility metering and lighting control, announces that a bidding consortium of five companies including Cyan, has deployed a proof of concept pilot of 60 meters to demonstrate Cyan’s CyLec Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) technology with the Indian state-owned utility, Uttar Gujarat…
UK’s fastest broadband comes to Cambridgeshire village
Residents of the Cambridgeshire village of Papworth are trialling an innovative new way of rolling-out superfast broadband. Virgin Media is bringing superfast 1Gb broadband to the village and using a new method which could reduce the cost of any network roll-out by 33%.