 Premier of Québec Philippe Couillard and First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones visit Canadian based CGI office in Bridgend
Following October’s announcement of 620 new jobs at Montreal based CGI in Bridgend, Premier of Québec, Philippe Couillard and First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones have visited the company to hear about their expansion.
CGI, the fifth largest independent information technology and business process services firm in the world, announced in October it was expanding its operation in Bridgend with £3.2m business finance from the Welsh Government.
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Cardiff becomes base of Alert Logic new Security Operations Centre
Economy Minister Edwina Hart has officially unveiled Alert Logic’s new state-of-the-art European HQ and Security Operations Centre in Cardiff. She said their investment would reinforce the region’s reputation as a prime location for the Trust and Security sector.
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Local firm wins big at Caerphilly Business Forum Awards 2014
Blackwood Embedded Solutions Ltd won this year’s Innovation Award - which recognises a new IT initiative which has delivered measurable benefit - for their ground-breaking work with the medical industry.
The Innovation Award recognizes an innovative new product, solution or service that has delivered measurable benefit for business users or customers in areas such as application development, e-commerce, hosting or web based services.
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Next Generation Data announces world first for energy efficiency
Next Generation Data (NGD) has announced its European mega data centre as the first data centre operator in the world to offer customers multiple rack data hall environments with contractual power usage effectiveness (PUE) ratios of just 1.0. This is the most energy efficient rating on the globally recognised scale prescribed by the Green Grid.
The PUE ratios will be available to customers at its NGD Europe mega data centre in South Wales from the first quarter of 2015 and will be achieved by harnessing the latest solar power and free cooling technologies combined with a 100% renewably sourced mains supply.
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Finnish company chooses Swansea as UK headquarters and software development centre
A leading Finnish user experience and service design agency has chosen Swansea as its new UK headquarters and software development centre where it will create 30 highly skilled jobs with Welsh Government support.
Leadin, which is headquartered in Tampere, looked at a number of locations for its new software centre to support its European growth plans before choosing Swansea where it has links with Swansea University. The investment is backed by £570,000 Welsh Government business finance to support thirty jobs with recuitment now underway.
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Digital Tuesday
Digital Tuesday is a networking community which meets on the first Tuesday of each month usually at the Celtic Manor, Newport - to exchange knowledge, debate and do business around the digital theme.
Over the coming months, the community will look at Welsh ICT and Digital companies trading internationally - and the issues surrounding the breaking of new markets; the importance of protecting Intellectual Property (IP), and highlighting the routes to funding for ICT and digital businesses in Wales.
Register your interest here.
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Advances Wales issue 74 out now.
The new edition of the science and technology magazine Advances Wales is out now.
Read about the diverse range of research, development and innovation in Wales; from an all-weather solid flammable biofuel for military ration cookers and used for waterless hand sanitisation, to the development of virtual underwater-world software for the launch of the new Samsung Gear VR mobile device.
View our online edition and subscribe for free on Expertise Wales.
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Inngot valuation tool unlocks IP gold
Swansea-based company Inngot helps companies reveal £200 million worth of ‘hidden’ assets using their IP valuation tool, Sollomon®.
Many companies would struggle to identify and quantify the value of their ‘intangible’ assets such as patents and trade marks, IT processes and solutions. In the last few weeks alone, Inngot has helped companies uncover their IP worth in sectors including software, digital media, education and the music industry.
This proves an invaluable tool for businesses which might have overlooked their true value and can help with marketing a specific company or when conducting licensing negotiations.
Sollomon® is the world’s first online IP valuation tool, built with specialist input from Grant Thornton UK LLP.
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Mobile World Congress, 28 February – 6 March 2015
Companies are invited to exhibit at or participate in a trade mission to Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. This Welsh Government supported mission offers an opportunity for Welsh businesses of all sizes to connect with international businesses in the Global ICT sector and to look at exporting to, or increasing its exports in this dynamic sector.
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