AGIP selects S3 ID personnel safety solution based on Ubisense
Ubisense, a market leader in location based smart technology, today announces that S3 ID, its partner in the oil and gas industry has entered into an agreement with AGIP to deploy an integrated personnel security system at its facility in Kazakhstan. The solution, which uses unique technology from Ubisense, will play an important role in creating and maintaining the safety and security of…
GHX commends NHS recommendations for streamlined procurement
GHX, a leading global provider of healthcare supply chain technologies, announced its support and recommendations for the Department of Health’s NHS procurement guidance, which documents possible savings in excess of £1.2 billion across procurement in the healthcare sector. This suggests health providers can learn from the North American market to drive efficiency across the NHS.
'The Life Scientific'
Professor Dame Ann Dowling, who heads the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, was interviewed this week for BBC Radio 4's programme 'The Life Scientific'.
Ham Hill digs enhance picture of Iron Age life
A second season of excavations at Britain’s biggest Iron Age hill-fort has uncovered remains of Roman weaponry, and the site of the first “ham stone” house.
Stephen Hawking in Paralympics Opening Ceremony
A thought-provoking extravaganza marking the beginning of the Paralympic Games was kicked off on Wednesday evening by Professor Stephen Hawking.
Business video newsletter for August 2012 from VirtualStudio.TV
Simon Malone of VirtualStudio.TV writes: Like everyone else in the country, we spent the first part of the month watching the Olympics while we should have been working! We did however manage to get some work done this month and have been away filming in Scotland and also created over 45 videos in our studio in Cambridge.
Mentors sought for Peter Jones Enterprise Academy
Cambridge Regional College is looking for enthusiastic and knowledgeable mentors to help nurture its new cohort of students on the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy Business programme.
Collaborative research centre announced
The University of Cambridge and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, are pleased to announce the formation of a collaborative research centre based in Cambridge.
Lookout Call seeks to establish reseller network
Lookout Call, the UK’s leading lone worker safety system, is looking to establish a reseller network in the UK.
£30 million boost for biomedical engineering research
The Wellcome Trust and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have announced the launch of a joint £30 million initiative to find biomedical engineering solutions to challenging healthcare problems.
Startup business principle 1: Bootstrap with a sense of urgency
There is nothing as inspiring and motivating as starting your own business. Yet nothing is as frustrating and confusing as watching your business fail. If you’ve felt that sense of apprehension before turning your BIG idea into a successful small business, you know what Nkem Mpamah, Founder and CEO Cognition Global Concepts is referring to. In this two-part series, he shares his experiences…
Going for gold - Omobono looks to rival Team GB this awards season
In a year which has seen entries soar, Omobono has been named as a finalist for seven awards.
The Babraham Institute is pleased to announce: ‘A Question of Ageing’
The Babraham Institute’s next public engagement event tackles an issue that affects us all, the science of healthy ageing. Following an international conference on Ageing Research at Babraham next month, there will be an event for the public at the Guildhall on Saturday 22nd September that will enable people to engage with researchers to consider the scientific and clinical challenges as well as…
Babraham research reveals how tumours acquire resistance and identify a new target
Scientists at the Babraham Institute, working with collaborators at AstraZeneca, have made a breakthrough in understanding how a particular signalling pathway can promote aberrant cell growth and pinpointed a mutation that enables tumours to circumvent certain treatments.
IPPM helps blue chip organisations to manage change
IPPM director John Bridges has been busy recently, establishing and leading a major business transformation programme across Europe at Experian. He is now managing a portfolio of business change projects nationally at Atos Healthcare.
CogniDox 8.6 release provides workflow routing rules and online editing
CogniDox, the smart document management solution with integrated support for product lifecycles, has released version 8.6.0 to full production. The release,available for download by customers from the extranet site, provides a number of features, the most prominent of which are support for workflow “routing rules” and an integrated online rich text editor for XHTML files.
Going with the slow flow
A walking tour of historic swimming spots taking place during Open Cambridge (7-9 September) will celebrate Cambridge’s shifting relationship with the river that flows through it. The tour is fully booked but the places it explores are accessible to the public.
Solving problems with the University of Cambridge
Somersault Video Productions recently completed a project with the University of Cambridge Engineering department that helped students at local schools to focus on creative problem-solving.
A big thank you for epic community effort as Big Push for the Rosie hits £96,000
Fundraising for the Big Push for the Rosie Hospital Campaign has topped £96,000, thanks to the generosity of hundreds of local people who have donated, bought Rosie wristbands, run races, held events, baked cakes and much more to help give babies born in Cambridge the best possible start in life.
A free month of golf at Ely City Golf Club
A limited number of new memberships will be available at Ely Golf Club this year, but in a move designed to help reduce the burden of up-front costs, the club is allowing early bird applicants to split their one-off joining fee over a four year period and, in addition, pay no monthly membership subscriptions until October 1st 2012.
The new Linx 7900 - everything you'd expect from a CIJ printer, as standard
Coding and marking specialist Linx Printing Technologies has unveiled the latest evolution in continuous ink jet printers. The Linx 7900 offers a wealth of features at no extra cost, including state of the art Linx Insight® software. This remote web interface allows users to monitor and control their Linx 7900 printers through a web browser, either via a PC or a web enabled smartphone.
Nearly 3/4 of IT managers think their infrastructure complexity is high or out of control
Royce Murphy, CEO of Real Status, warns that the risk of business-critical outages increases with infrastructure complexity.
KISS PR to handle social media for The Muscle Help Foundation
East of England PR agency, KISS Public Relations has been appointed to handle the development of National Family charity The Muscle Help Foundation’s social media in preparation for the ‘Games Inspired Muscle Dreams’ charity programme at the 2012 Paralympic Games. It will deliver a once in a lifetime experience for 75 young people with Muscular Dystrophy (29 August – 9 September).
Cambridge Index falls 1.0%
Renewed concerns about the Greek economy and opposition by the Bundesbank to the purchase of bonds by the European Central Bank, weighed on global equity markets last week. The Cambridge Index fell 1.0% or 111.5 points to 11,004.4, with all but one of the top ten index heavyweight stocks ending lower.