Graduate community blossoms from Recruitment Gateway seed
As Cambridge Network's team continues its tour of the country's universities - promoting opportunities with the region's employers to talented graduates at a wide range of autumn careers fairs - those who have already chosen to live and work in the city are invited to join a new graduate community that is growing out of the Network's Recruitment Gateway.
Cambridge Regional College hosts Jobs Fair for employers and apprentices
Businesses could find their perfect employee at an Apprenticeships Jobs Fair taking place at Cambridge Regional College this week.
KISS helps Ely City Golf Club raise £8,500 for charity
Ely City Golf Club’s latest charity event to celebrate its Golden Jubilee has raised in excess of £8,500 for Arthur Rank Hospice and East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice (E.A.C.H.). The Captain’s Charity Day 2012, which took place on the 28th September, was supported by KISS Public Relations, who worked with the Club to raise the profile of the event and help to gain sponsors.
Web self-service for utility providers - free download
Synthetix is the leading supplier of knowledge-bases to Britain’s utility sector. Delivering knowledge is key to customer satisfaction, anticipating and directly answering customer queries before they are forced to escalate to channels such as e-mail and voice.
Synthetix rolls out knowledge-base across more than 300 Citizens Advice Bureaus
Synthetix, the customer service software company, provided a knowledge-base (knowledgeAgent) to the Energy Saving Trust (EST) with HGS UK in April 2012. It was initially for use in a new contact centre providing public advice on how to save energy in homes and businesses. However, following the huge success of the tool, access to the knowledge-base has now been extended to more than 300…
Alimentum is awarded its first Michelin Star
Cambridge restaurant Alimentum has been awarded its first Michelin star. Its Chef Patron Mark Poynton comments, “It’s an absolutely fantastic title to achieve."
Can printed electronics make energy harvesting ubiquitous?
Printed electronics is an enabling technology that helps make energy harvesting (EH) solutions ubiquitous. It will achieve this by offering an exciting toolkit for designing elegant networked EH solutions compatible with diverse operating environments.
Huppert welcomes 'city deal' bid to drive growth
MP Julian Huppert has welcomed the chance for Cambridge to bid for more government funding and radical new powers to boost economic growth.
From lab bench to backbench
A Cambridge academic has swapped her lab coat for legislation by pairing up with Department of Energy and Climate Change Civil Servant Chris Wickins for a week in Westminster and Whitehall, as part of a unique scheme run by the Royal Society – the UK’s national academy of science
Encounter Mozart with latest Humanitas Professor
The renowned pianist, conductor and musicologist, Robert Levin, arrives in Cambridge this week, where he will give a series of lectures and recitals that take us behind the scenes of performing Mozart.
Cambridge Index rises 3.1%
Mixed economic data and a flurry of downbeat earnings reports from a number of international companies continued to weigh on global equity markets. In sharp contrast to broader markets, the Cambridge Index rose 3.1% or 353 points to 11,813.
Charles Cotton gives a free talk on the Cambridge Phenomenon
Charles Cotton will talk about the Cambridge Phenomenon at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), Cambridge, this evening (Tuesday 30th October). This talk is free to attend and is open to the public. It is hosted by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
USD690 million opportunity for mobile operators in mobile device and application management
Sales of mobile device and application management (MDM/MAM) solutions through channel partners such as mobile operators, system integrators and resellers will grow from around USD210 million in 2012 to reach around USD690 million by 2017, according to a new report published by UK analyst house Innovation Observatory.
Get a free copy of Jonathan Wainwright's book to review
Jonathan Wainwright's book Make your business HOT! has just been published on Amazon - and now he's looking for comment and feedback.
Multiwavelength dynamic spatial illuminators for bio-photonics and optogenetics
AMS Technologies' Polygon400 multi-wavelength dynamic spatial illuminator (DSI) integrates state-of-the-art spatial light modulators and high-power LEDs, and uses a proprietary Etendue-preserving optical design to deliver high-intensity illumination patterns with diffraction-limited resolution.
torchV10lite: Free software transforms the way you see and draw molecules
Cresset, innovative provider of software and services, releases torchV10lite - a free 3D molecular viewer, sketcher and editor.
Phil O'Donovan CSR guru at HVM 10th Summit on success: 'Fertile soil, seeds grow'
Phil O'Donovan ranks among a super lineup of keynote speakers at #HVM10th - the 10th Anniversary High Value Manufacturing Summit Conference in Cambridge on 14 November. His talk will recall major successes in business from his own experiences and argue that the HVM model espoused at the event is a suitable model for UK business, one that works with or without government strategy.
Tame your computer - make downloads a doddle
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to download pictures automatically (Outlook 2003-2010)...
Celebrating the art of children’s picture books
The Cambridge Festival of Illustration returns next month with a bumper week of activities, following its successful debut in the city last year.
How risky is your breakfast?
Understanding how the numbers add up in relation to risk can help us deal with our own uncertainty, as David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge, explains.
Open Cambridge 2012 - a short film by Shooting Image Ltd
Open Cambridge 2012 is a five minute film about the annual (mostly free) Open Cambridge event organised by Cambridge University every September. Many colleges and other interesting and historically significant buildings are open to the public allowing a glimpse of some rare treasures.
Passivsystems active at iHEAT 2012 on M2M: bringing the home to life
The home is the next area of our lives that will undergo a consumer-led revolution powered by technology. The home energy ecosystem is going to become a source of value for homeowners, utilities and service providers. Passivsystems' Ian Rose is active at iHEAT 2012 on 13 November: bringing the home to life...
Team wins ‘Consultancy of the Year’
At yesterday’s British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs), held at the prestigious 8 Northumberland Avenue in London, Team beat off fierce competition from other UK-based consultancies to be crowned ‘Consultancy of the Year’.
Everything you need to know about middleware
Tier 2 writes We often get asked, particularly on training courses, what tools are available to monitor live systems. These range from JBoss tools such as the Operations Network, to commercial solutions much like Your Kit or JProfiler, to the many freely available tools such as JConsole and Java Visual VM. Our experience allows us to recommend the appropriate tools. We are also able to guide…
Radiation and risk
Although there are reports of fish caught near Fukushima being contaminated with radioactive material, in practice the risks have been greatly exaggerated.