Archive for April 29th, 2013
UK’s Largest Zoo Chooses Fluke Networks’ OptiView XG to Help Identify and Fix Network and Application Issues Fast
EVERETT, Wash., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Chester Zoo, the largest zoo in the UK and home to more than 11,000 animals, has selected Fluke Networks’ OptiView™ XG Network Analysis Tablet to gain visibility that helps quickly troubleshoot problems with its network and applications. With more than 175 PCs, 300 IP phones, 100 PC-based electronic point-of-sales cash registers (or EPoS tills) and 50 printers, the 400 person staff relies heavily on the zoo’s network to meet the needs of the more than 1.4 million visitors a year. The OptiView XG allows the IT department to proactively monitor performance, and when problems emerge, immediately isolate and take issues by the horns before they impact productivity and operations.
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“Prior to the OptiView XG, when an application crashed or the network went down, more often than not, we were notified by actual users in the field. At this point, the damage was already done and we had to hoof it to fix it as fast as possible,” said Martin King, IT manager at Chester Zoo. “Since most of our tools were complex and required significant training, engineers would spend days hunting down a problem and would have to manually correlate mountains of data to find a root cause. We just couldn’t fix problems fast enough.”
The zoo IT department also struggled to proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the network. Using a mixed bag of outdated tools, King and his team constantly burrowed into key network and application devices daily to verify performance. This took a tremendous amount of time, sometimes more than two hours a day.
“The solutions we had in place gave us some really basic ‘up or down’ insight into key technologies we had deployed, but we were blind as bats to real granular readings that gave us foresight into problems that might be building,” King said. “We needed a solution to automate and streamline this process. The OptiView XG was it. Not only does it give us visibility into performance in just minutes, but also when a problem does rear its ugly head, we can instantly use it to isolate that problem, from a remote location, and then send an engineer to the exact location to perform a fix.”
The OptiView XG has already paid for itself many times over at Chester Zoo and continues to save IT staff significant amounts of time and money. “It gives us proactive insight into information that previously we could only see by reacting with complex tools. Its built-in intelligence and graphical format helps us fix the problems fast, we can dig into packet level details, and the mobility of the tablet means we can quickly head into the field and get more detailed information from the source, if need be,” King said. “I’m so impressed with its ease-of-use and the depth of information it provides – it’s now our go-to networking guru.”
For more information on the OptiView XG or to arrange a demo, visit the website.
About Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo is a registered conservation charity located in Cheshire and welcomes more than 1.4 million visitors a year. It was established in 1931 and is the largest zoo in the UK. It is home to more than 11,000 animals and 500 different species, many of which are endangered. For more information, please visit the website.
About Fluke Networks
Fluke Networks is the world-leading provider of network test and monitoring solutions to speed the deployment and improve the performance of networks and applications. Leading enterprises and service providers trust Fluke Networks’ products and expertise to help solve today’s toughest issues and emerging challenges in WLAN security, mobility, unified communications and data centers. Based in Everett, Wash., the company distributes products in more than 50 countries. For more information, visit http://www.FlukeNetworks.com or call +1-425-446-4519.
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Source: Fluke Networks
“Smart Business” Seminar Was Successfully Held in Singapore
SINGAPORE, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — On the 19th April 2013, together with Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC ), Yonyou held a successful half-day “Smart Business Seminar” at Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
(Source: Yonyou Singapore Pte Ltd)
The seminar was titled “Smart Business”. There were around 80 participants from over 60 enterprises in Singapore such as CNQC; Ha Li Fa; Hong Leong Asia; CGNPC SOLAR-BIOFUEL Power; China Sonangol International and etc.
Mr. Calvin Hu, President of Yonyou Overseas Business Unit and Mr. Bowen Guo, General Manager of Yonyou Singapore, gave an introduction about the Yonyou valuation and economic trends in southeast Asia .This was followed by a presentation “Challenges of financial control and strategies management in MNCs with corresponding solutions” by Ms. Fu Jian Hua, Financial Expert at Yonyou Group; “HR Group Control Solution” by Mr. Sunny Lau, Project Director of Oversea Business Unit of Yonyou Group; “Supply Chain Cost Management” by Bill Zhao, Senior Manager at PwC Singapore;
In this seminar, Yonyou shared the best practices and main issues that often happened in business operations in different regions. This event received good feedbacks. All attendees showed very positive reactions towards the speakers.
About Yonyou:
Yonyou (Formerly known as “UFIDA”), is the largest local management software vendor in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, there are over 1.5 millions enterprise in Asia-Pacific with an annual increase of more than 80 thousand enterprises and 60% out of top 500 enterprises in China running Yonyou software. Over 5 million users are operating on the Yonyou software products every day. It enables enterprises to be more efficient in their operations, more rapid in response, and more remarkable in their benefits.
Yonyou offers a wide- range of management software products for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources Management(HRM), Business Intelligence (BI), Office Automation (OA), Mobile ERP as well as on-line services which are implemented in a SaaS (Software as a Service) mode and aim to provide small enterprises with cost efficient, easy to use and integrated business operation and management; It also develops solutions for organizations from different segment industries. Yonyou, which is certified with CMM Level 5 and ISO9002 certifications, provides software-related services such as software outsourcing for customers worldwide.
Taiwan’s Biggest, Most International Jewellery Fair
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TAIPEI, April 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Taiwan serves as an ideal jumping board for access to the high-end consumer goods markets of Mainland China and the rest of Asia. For this reason, UBM Asia is organising the Taiwan Jewellery & Gem Fair from 15 – 18 November 2013 at the Taipei World Trade Centre to provide a perfect opportunity for the world’s jewellery companies to expand into Taiwan and Asia market.
Chii Lih Coral – Deep Sea Precious Red Coral Tree
Chen’s Collection – Engraved Gold, Ruby, Diamond Bracelet
Chia Ta Jewellery – Precious Jadite diamond necklace imposing elegance, abundant with artistic culture, winning the collector’s heart.
CHEERS – Kunzite 148.45ct Integrated with rare big sized, perfect color, superior brightness and clarity precious stone.
More than 160 companies from 14 countries and regions have already signed up for the Taiwan Jewellery & Gem Fair. They include Australia, Austria, Mainland China, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the USA. With UBM’s unparalleled experience in organising jewellery exhibitions in Asia, the Taiwan Jewellery & Gem Fair is guaranteed to become Taiwan’s most professional and international jewellery and gem buying event.Visitors to the fair will have lots to explore. Taiwan is famous for its coral and the fair will feature a rich line-up of companies dealing in coral, including Chii Lih Coral, the world’s biggest coral supplier, which will be showcasing an extensive collection ranging from delicately engraved corals to enormous coral trees.
Jade is another product that Taiwan is famous for. Chia Ta Jewellery & Gems is one of Taiwan’s leading superior jade and gem companies that specialises in Oriental Jadeite. It has earned the high respect of collectors around the world and will be exhibiting in the fair.
Chen’s Collection is Taiwan’s leading handwork gem creation firm. Its products are deemed as work of art by many enthusiastic jewellery lovers, and are also highly popular among celebrities in Taiwan.
Taiwan jewellery company CHEERS will be inviting guests to its unique fine jewellery palace to experience the beauty of their superior jewels collection.
Palais Royal Paris offers the biggest collection of royal antique jewellery, featuring pieces from Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Hermes, Boucheron and Bvlgari. The items in the company’s collection date from the 19th century to 1970, and include boutique jewellery, watches, cosmetic cases and antique collections. Palais Royal Paris will present its rare collections that are seldom seen in the market.
Ms. Wang Yue Yo, director of the Taiwan Creative Jewellery Designer Association, along with her elite designers Julia Peng, Daphne Tseng and Ling Wen Kang, will jointly showcase the genuine beauty of Oriental Jewellery at the Fair.
For further information about the Taiwan Jewellery & Gem Fair, please refer to the official website:
www.taiwanjewelleryfair.com
Or contact Ms. Rita Hung
UBM Asia, Taiwan Branch
Tel: +886-2-2738-3898
email: info-tw@ubm.com
Martial Arts TV and Spondo to Deliver Knockout Content Live from Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia /PRNewswire/ — Epicentre.tv, an online portal for all things related to Ultimate Fighting, will bring UFC and boxing fans an exciting program of live content this weekend. The events will also be syndicated using the Spondo platform on martialartstv.com.au, kapow.tv, imartialarts.tv and martialartsaustralia.com.au and in the US on martialarts-showbiztv-usa.com and zainokahanatv.com
Martial Arts TV, an online video channel dedicated to martial arts, was launched in February to help connect fans of martial arts and Ultimate Fighting with promoters, athletes and the owners of fight-related content. Spondo provides a unique syndication platform that allows anyone with a website, blog or Facebook page to become a broadcaster.
The first event of this weekend’s fight card will be the Sydney premier of the “Combat8” match style. “Combat8” fights pit fighters of different disciplines against each other in a ring known as “The Cube” — a specially-created square cage meant to encourage more robust exchanges between different fighting styles. Well-known fighters such as Peter Graham, Ben Edwards, Tai Tuivasa and Wes Capper will participate in the event, which kicks off on Saturday April 27th at 19:30 AEST. A contest between UFC fighter and reality television personality Richie Vas and American fighter Charlie Alaniz will be the evening’s marquee event.
On Sunday April 28th at 14:00 AEST, former Heavyweight Champion James Toney — who co-starred in 2001’s critically acclaimed film Ali — will face off against Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne in an afternoon of boxing from the Melbourne Convention Centre that is sure to be one for the ages.
Additionally, May will see a slew of martial arts-related events take place throughout Australia. On May 9th, the 5th Annual Martial Arts games will be broadcast on Martial Arts TV from Sydney while May 10th will feature an Epicentre.tv-syndicated broadcast of the Australian Fighting Championship, Australia’s version of the wildly popular UFC.
All of the aforementioned events will be viewable through Spondo’s proprietary streaming service which allows anyone with a website, blog or Facebook page to broadcast and profit from content.
Chris Adams, Spondo Global CEO & Director described the events as, “A fantastic series of matches that will allow us to further demonstrate the strength and appeal of our business model in a truly global fashion. By helping to connect passionate followers of UFC, AFC and boxing with match promoters and event producers, Spondo is changing the way people seek and consume content online, one round at a time.”
1. About Spondo
Spondo provides a social broadcasting platform for anyone with an online presence to capitalize on his or her existing audience and grow revenues by syndicating streaming video, audio or other digital content on his or her website, Facebook page or blog.
Based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Spondo seeks to connect content owners with affiliates and their communities through an innovative business model of revenue sharing, turn-key technology solutions and marketing tools that make it easy to make money from content worldwide. Spondo is owned by holding company RivusTV Limited.
http://www.spondo.com
2. For more information:
For more information, please contact Mia Peng.
Mia Peng
Marketing Manager
Tel: +86-10-6561-5818 Ext. 866
E-mail: mia.peng@digitaljungle.com.cn
3. Interviews:
To arrange interviews with Chris Adams, please contact Mia Peng.
Mia Peng
Marketing Manager
Tel: +86-10-6561-5818 Ext. 866
E-mail: mia.peng@digitaljungle.com.cn
Source: Spondo
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