TMT Q3 2018

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Experts in e-Commerce Having been selected as TMT News’ 2018 CEO of the Year, Dr. Andy Khawaja of Allied Wallet goes into great detail about the company’s extraordinary global online services and how they ensure they meet their clients’ expectations and eliminate fraud.

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TMT News Magazine is dedicated to providing you with all the latest information from across these three key sectors, exploring every aspect: from legislation changes to the latest deals, new product launches to appointments and everything in between.

Gracing the cover of the Q3 issue, is TMT News’ CEO of the Year, Dr. Andy Khawaja of Allied Wallet who goes into great detail about the company’s extraordinary global online services and how they ensure they meet their client’s expectations.

In this month’s edition, we discover more about Ruin, a fullservice digital agency, that specialises in web development and design. Recently, we spoke to Tim Hill, Technical Director at Ruin, to find out more about the firm and their mission providing creative end-to-end solutions and services maintaining a cultural relevance within the digital climate.

Elsewhere in this issue, Codevate is a software development consultancy that creates value for SMBs with IoT-integrated web and mobile apps. When we sat down with the Codevate’s Sam Jones, he provided us with a greater insight into the outstanding achievements of the company.

Also in the Q3 edition of TMT News, Jonas Construction Software is an industry-leading, fully integrated construction and service management software solution. We invited Oren Falkovitz to tell us about the company and describe what attributes have contributed to the company being selected as TMT Magazine’s Leaders in Computer Software in Kentucky.

Here at TMT News Magazine, we hope that you thoroughly enjoy reading this edition!

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Contents

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10. Connecting Your World 14. Providing Software for Life 16. From Concept to the Cloud 18. Tempest: Combining Technical Expertise with Human Ingenuity 20. Delivering Innovative Solutions That Exceed Expectations 22. ‘Peak faith’ in the cloud only 12-18 months away with slump to follow 26. Digital healthcare: how the Channel can embrace a new era 28. Modern Art: Experts in Digital Design 30. One Step Ahead 32. Investing in the Digital-First Age 34. Presenting the Future of Digital Security and Online Payment Processing 36. A Pioneering Med-Tech Startup for Early-Life Prosthetics 39. Winners Listing

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NEWS

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Capitalising on the Future Demand for Internet of Things and 5G Intel looks to capitalise on future demand for Internet of Things and 5G, says GlobalData.

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, Intel has been an integral part of telco networks seemingly since the beginning of time. However, changes in how networks are being built are creating new vulnerabilities for the American multinational tech giant as it looks to capitalise on future demand for Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G services, says leading data and analytics company GlobalData.

The underlying Intel ‘x86’ architecture was robust, increasing in capacity and processing speeds in lock step with continual generations of cellular network technology.

As a result, Intel processors played a crucial role in enabling fast mobile networks and supporting multiple generations of smartphones.

Of late, the scenario has changed. Network operators and handset vendors are looking for newer and more scalable solutions. Competitive chip designer ARM has a renewed focus on the telco space.

Meanwhile, Apple plans to abandon Intel in favour of its own designs for future iPhone iterations.

Glen Hunt, Technology Analyst at GlobalData, says: “Intel processors now sit at the core of many next-generation networks.

The introduction of network virtualisation and softwaredefined networks and the increasing requirement to offer ‘intelligence at the network edge’ are resulting in an inflection point in which the focus is increasingly turning to a new generation of high-performance chips.

“This, in turn, has attracted the attention of other processor designers like ARM, which

builds chip technology targeted to address the market needs of mobile and consumer, networking and servers, automotive and robotics, and IoT to name just a few.”

ARM sells its processing technology to semiconductor companies for use cases requiring high-performance processing and believes it can potentially tap in to a total addressable market over $200 billion by 2026. ARM is also emulating Intel’s approach by working closely with telcos and aligning with key technology partners in order to win more telco business.

However, everything is not over for Intel yet. Intel reported $63 billion in revenue in FY 2017, compared to less than $2 billion for ARM. But ARM has the resources of Japanese parent company SoftBank to invest in the R&D required to bring more chipsets to the telco market in the next few years.

Meanwhile, Apple is reported to be abandoning Intel processors from both Mac computers and iPhones with its own chips beginning in 2020. Intel reportedly hopes to get another ‘bite at the Apple’ for later generations.

Hunt concludes: “With multiple competitors in low-cost centres, the never-ending price competition may make it difficult for Intel to retain the current ‘supplier of choice’ position for a long time. Intel is taking these threats seriously and is gearing up to make targeted acquisitions to stay ahead of industry trends, like the acquisition of eASIC, announced on July 12, 2018, to make sure it doesn’t get left behind in the IoT.”

InfiNet Wireless Launches Educational Platform for Enhanced Wireless Communication The InfiNet Wireless Academy will be a onestop-shop for courses, webinars, and video screencasts.

InfiNet Wireless, global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, has announced the launch of its own educational platform, the InfiNet Wireless Academy. InfiNet Wireless Academy is an information and training platform for customers and partners who use InfiNet solutions and is a one-stop expertise centre for high-speed wireless communication. The new platform is part of the InfiNet Wireless Ecosystem, a set of services and tools designed to support InfiNet users at all stages of wireless access network operations.

The Academy offers various courses for studying the key characteristics of InfiNet Wireless equipment, the technologies it offers, the application areas of the solutions, installation and commissioning of the products.

The educational platform provides access to numerous tools and functions, such as webinars, video screencasts, and full-time education courses.

Additionally, the Academy offers specially dedicated online courses for those who wish to study individually.

Dmitry Okorokov, CEO at InfiNet Wireless said: “The InfiNet team goes beyond manufacturing carrier-grade equipment for wireless access. It aims to deploy a fully-fledged knowledge ecosystem that enhances the efficient use of our products.

The field of wireless technology is developing extremely fast and the most convenient way to catch up with it is to learn.

InfiNet Wireless Academy ensures that industry specialists obtain professional training, thus increasing their chances of quick and efficient adaptation to the changes in this industry.”

When logging into the Academy portal, a calendar of events is displayed, and includes a wide offering of learning tools, from training courses to webinars.

The platform also allows users to benefit from tracking their learning history. Clear interface and search functions also provide instant access to any resources needed on the portal.

There are many advantages to the educational platform, including the convenience of the training format itself which allows 24-hour, always-on access to all of the educational materials.

This means users at any time can obtain all the necessary information to solve the most complex tasks associated with the establishment and operation of wireless networks.

The materials presented on the InfiNet Wireless Academy are the result of extensive collaboration between in-house experts and the customers who use the manufacturer’s solutions.

Training courses and documents are constantly updated by the employees who are directly involved in the development of our wireless systems.

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Experts in e-Commerce Having been selected as TMT News’ 2018 CEO of the Year, Dr. Andy Khawaja of Allied Wallet goes into great detail about the company’s extraordinary global online services and how they ensure they meet their clients’ expectations and eliminate fraud.

Please could you give us a brief overview of Allied wallet, your clients and the services that you offer?

Allied Wallet is renowned for provides payment processing services in 164 currencies, 196 countries, and almost every payment method taken globally. Also, we specialise in e-commerce, vigilant transactions, cyber-security and fraud preventions for online activities where the card is no present.

What differentiates your firm from your competitors and marks you out as the best possible option for your clients?

Put it this way, we are 20 years ahead of anybody else, that nobody else in the market has today. It would take anybody else many years to build an artificial intelligence system close to ours. That is what you call the most advanced technology in the world today, which thinks like a human but is 300 billion times faster than Einstein himself. It detects any legal transactions, so if you buy something on a website, the system adds all the figures together and makes sure that they match. That is what you call state-of-the art cyber security, integrating innovation

and efficiency into every aspect of our work.

Could you please tell us more about the specific expertise that Allied Wallet has when it comes to investments?

The best investment we do, is to give the opportunity for a business to launch. Even if you have a brilliant idea today and start a business from scratch, the biggest problem it to have a financial institution who will allow you to start trading. Many banks expect you to have financial backing behind you, but those who have just graduated from university do now have this behind them.

If you want to provide credit card processing and services, but the bank would want to know how much business the entrepreneur would be doing in six months and what the chargeback could be within that period. The bank therefore expect security from the budding merchant, but with Allied Wallet, we provide these services based on the business study and we don’t take money upfront. If we like the business, we ask to invest in it if we like it.

Congratulations on being selected as TMT News’ CEO of the Year? How does it feel to have received this honour?

To have been selected as the CEO of the Year is a truly great

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honour. This win, I believe, is true testimony which is very much based upon my hard work and skills, and so, I am extremely thrilled and happy to receive this accolade for TMT Magazine.

As a successful CEO, what do you believe are the most essential qualities for any CEO who is looking to achieve a similar level of success as your own?

All CEO’s have a duty to do the job that every CEO in the world does, which is to be hands-on, communicate with your staff and be much more engaged with every department. In addition to this, you need to know what errors they have made and how you can fix those by working alongside them. You cannot hire a team and expect them to work miracles if you do not lead them well. As such, a CEO must be a leader who steers the team towards the right direction, to ensure that they are a better and more suitable candidate for the task in hand.

Also, what role does innovation play in your work as a CEO? Innovation plays a massive role in my work as a CEO since it represents about 70% of my company. Everything at Allied Wallet is based on technology and coding, indeed we have

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Company: Allied Wallet Web: www.alliedwallet.com

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Microsoft certified coders working in house on cyber security, e-commerce, fraud prevention and data encryption. A large portion of my time is spent with our developers, because I need to understand the infrastructure, and along with my project managers, I ensure that the product that we are building is tested before it goes live.

Going back to Allied Waller, please could you tell me a bit more about how your firm invests in people – such as your talented team and your clients?

We work with our clients to teach them what’s good and what isn’t, and advise them not to just sell a product, but to look at what the consumer needs to maximise profit. My team members work hand in hand with every merchant and consumer, indeed we are dedicated to providing outstanding services to them.

We want to educate them and what could be potentially bad or good and we look at businesses for which we have processes in place for and we understand how businesses grow. Therefore, we can give any business advice based on our existing experience.

As for your team, how does it feel to have such a tremendous impact on your employees, their families and all the merchants you serve?

It feels wonderful. I was in London one day, and I heard

my name being called out. I saw this young entrepreneur who was around 25 years old, and he could not believe it was me.

He said he had read a lot about me and that I was his mentor in life, as well as his idol. He asked to talk with me and I said yes you can. I spent 10 minutes explaining to him which areas he needs to focus on, including how he can move beyond money collecting to service provision and then consider membership options.

He had a tear in his eye and said I had saved him a lot of work, indeed it helped him to build up his company. I provided the missing part in the puzzle for him.

He also asked for a photo with me, and I gave him hope and many individuals such as this are following in my footsteps without a bank loan in place. I give these young entrepreneurs hope to grow and build an empire, and the chance for them to be something in this world. I always want to be the one walking in that dark tunnel with the torch in my hand and say, “follow me to success, and I will lead you.”

Lastly, is there anything else that you would like to add?

Fight your way and I promise you I will meet you at the top. In life, there are ups and downs. Sometimes, there will be turbulence in our career, but despite this I would say do not give up because it’s just a smooth ride down the road.

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Connecting Your World

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Connecting Your World Connect Labs is a RedstoneConnect Plc company, listed on the AIM London Stock Exchange who are experts in delivering connected workplaces and smart office software solutions. We invited Colin White, Head of Product Marketing to tell us more about the company, its qualities and the innovative solutions that the team strive to deliver to clients.

Connect Labs is a company that serves a multitude of sectors delivering digital solutions that connect people with the assets and real estate surrounding them.

From commercial office space to shopping centres, airports, sports and stadia and even parking, their digital solutions are behind some of the many experiences as consumers, employees and sports fans we’ve come to rely on in our everyday lives.

Colin starts off the discussion by highlighting Connect Labs heritage.

“Over the last 15 years, our business has grown significantly, providing innovative client solutions. Today, we deliver unique software on our Connect Platform for many well-known brands such as UBM, GSK, Westfield, Miami International Airport and many more.”

“Our flagship solution, OneSpace helps thousands of people work smarter worldwide every day.

OneSpace, is a Workplace Management Platform for tenants, owner occupiers and landlords of commercial real estate. OneSpace delivers a return on investment in the form of space optimisation, employee

productivity and wellbeing through a suite of point solutions such as Desk Management, Meeting Room Management and Visitor Management, which support a flexible working strategy. The corresponding analytics deliver business intelligence on how to improve productive environments, whilst optimising the space required to do so.”

“We have a vision to make every workplace better by connecting employees to their working environment in a more collaborative and productive manner. As an ambitious company, the team has aspirations on becoming the market leader in scalable, smart workspace software technologies.”

Enabling the company to attract the best business, the team at Connect Labs have worked incredibly hard to make its solutions and software differ from other firms within the sector.

Colin alludes to the recognition by others of the company’s work as a key factor in the firm’s higher standing, as well as the team’s striking ability to overcome any challenges which have presented themselves.

“When you have your flagship product highlighted by Smart Building research analysts Memoori as one of the top

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six Workplace Management Platforms globally, you know you are doing something right.

One of the main differentiators for OneSpace, has been the emphasis we’ve placed on employee engagement and functions that enhance the working life of employees.

“One of the biggest hurdles associated with any mass corporate deployment, is the required behaviour change and subsequent adoption to ensure the company realises the financial benefits of implementation. With a stunning mobile app interface and incredibly useful features, such as find my colleague, point-to-point wayfinding maps and easy accessibility to the OneSpace desk and room booking features, our solution provides quality services accessible to both remote and fixed office employees alike.

This inclusive culture promotes collaboration and subsequently businesses see the bottom line results emerge faster.”

Colin provided us with his thoughts on some of the drivers in the market, before explaining what impact GDPR may have on the market.

“In Europe, our home market, we see legislation as both an opportunity and a risk. The

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Company: RedstoneConnect Labs Contact: Colin White, Head of Product Marketing Address: Unit A21, Basepoint Innovation Centre, 110 Butterfields, Great Marlings, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8DL, UK Phone: +44 845 0945 686 Website: www.redstoneconnectplc.com/labs

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regulations on energy efficiency for example are driving new requirements from tenants and owners in the commercial real estate sector to become more energy efficient. As a result, the need for a smart and flexible working environment, is driving technology adoption and change.

OneSpace enables space, asset and utility optimisation, removing the need for the traditional office set up, allowing space to be maximised and utilised more effectively.

“Separately, we have seen uncertainty over the new GDPR legislation within retail, calling into question each business’ own internal practices. Our technology solutions can add further value to support business change in market sectors such as retail where the need for better data collection and ownership is needed in the future.”

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Colin mentions what developments he foresees arising within the industry which will have an impact on Connect Labs in the future.

“Moving forward, our solutions are adopted across multiple sectors, where we encounter different drivers. With OneSpace, we are seeing our clients understand the digital layer associated with operating commercial real estate. Tenants know that the workforce is becoming more demanding when it comes to their working environment, expecting immediate access to key resources, including colleague collaboration. This access improves satisfaction, staff retention, and productivity.

These types of deployment can pay for themselves many times over through space optimisation, long-term savings and employee satisfaction with their working environment and tools.

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“In the retail real estate sectors, destinations such as shopping centres have endured several difficult years with the rise of e-commerce and as such have needed to digitise their physical environment in order to create a more engaging experience to attract new customers.

From wayfinding to customer communications and loyalty, businesses that digitise, benefit from our consultancy and deployed services protecting rents and attracting consumers.

“Retail continues to be a very dynamic sector as consumer trends constantly change. New concepts appear, and sectors such as airports continue their retailification as their business models change in the era of budget travel and how consumers look towards experiential retail rather than transaction retail alone.

Ultimately, change is good.”

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Providing Software for Life Jonas Construction Software is an industry-leading, fully integrated construction and service management software solution. We invited Yana Tcharnaia to tell us about the company, and describe what attributes have contributed to the company being selected as TMT Magazine’s Leaders in Computer Software in Kentucky.

Founded in 1990, Jonas has been operating for over 25 years, providing all of the tools needed to increase productivity and improve the bottom line. Jonas is designed specifically for the construction and service industries, and is ideal for General and Specialty Contractors including Mechanical, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical and more. The users of the firm’s exceptional software typically include managers, owners, presidents, controllers, field technicians and personnel as well as general office and field staff members.

Yana started off the discussion by telling us what the team believes differentiates them from their competitors within the technology industry, citing Jonas’ ability to deliver excellent results on a consistent basis alongside unrivalled customer service as key in this regard.

“Jonas provides the ideal balance between project management and service management, with a solid accounting core. The fully integrated nature of our software provides unparalleled functionality that is unmatched within the industry. With all aspects of our software developed in-house, we ensure that Jonas is completely functional throughout the system and operates optimally at all times.”

Crucial to the company’s outstanding achievements, has been the team’s ability to work with clients to gain an understanding of their requirements. Yana explains the process that the team goes through when taking on a new client, which helps them to ensure that the desired outcome of the project is reach.

Operating as an industry-leading, fully integrated construction and service management software solution, the team have found solutions which enable them to be a leader within the technology sector. Yana commented on what techniques the company employs which enables it to stay ahead of the developments, which are arising on a daily basis.

“Throughout the company, we believe in supporting the success of our customers. To ensure our clients receive the best possible implementation, we offer them a business process review, data migration, test company, process training and go-live support. The business process review ensures we understand the client’s company inside and out, including current processes and goals. Once we have this information, we create a test company that the client is able to test out and practice with, which includes data from the previous software system (we have an in-house data migration team that is in charge of transferring the data). Afterwards, we begin process training, and when the company is ready to go live, we upload opening balances and set them live. Once this happens, we dedicate a highly experienced support member to their business for three months to ensure the transition is seamless.”

“With one eye on the future, we continually invest in research and development to ensure our product is always on the cutting-edge of technology. We make sure that as a company we participate in numerous construction and service conferences across North America, and are always aware of the latest changes in the industry. In addition, we listen to our clients, as our development is client driven. We offer a client-specific portal that our customers can access to provide suggestions and ideas as to what they would like to see included in the software. Our clients can then vote on the top 50 ideas, which is then incorporated into the future development of our software.”

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Constantly looking to improve its services, the team at Jonas are all working towards achieving the same mission of providing clients with ‘Software for Life’, a vision which was set when the company was first established.

“Embedded in the company culture is our commitment to never phase out any of our products and to continue to invest in improving them, meaning our clients will never need to implement a new system. We are so committed to this that we continually invest in research and development to ensure our software is the most complete, construction-specific solution on the market. Our goal is to be the best, not the biggest, so we make sure the clients we take on are always a good fit for us. Crucially, our modules evolve with the industry and with new technology so that our clients’ business needs will always be supported.”

Ultimately, regarding what the future holds for Jonas Construction, the company will be releasing a cloud project management solution, allowing project managers to complete time entry, purchase orders, change orders, RFI’s, and submittals directly from the field.

Additionally, in 2019, Jonas will be releasing a drawing management system, as well as new enhancements to document management, which will include Optical Character Recognition.

Yana and the team are very optimistic about what the future holds for Jonas, and cannot wait to see where new technology takes the firm.

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Company: Jonas Construction Contact: Yana Tcharnaia Address: 8133 Warden Avenue, Suite 400, Markham, Ontario, L6G 1B3, Canada Phone: 1 905 470 4600 Website: www.jonasconstruction.com

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From Concept to the Cloud Codevate is a software development consultancy that creates value for SMBs with IoTintegrated web and mobile apps. We spoke to Sam Jones as we looked to gain an insight into the achievements of the company.

Founded in 2013, Codevate is a Birmingham-based software development consultancy and app development specialist known for its technical expertise, commercial mindset and creativity. The firm’s consultative approach and step-by-step model enables the company to close the tech gap for SMBs. The team works closely with its clients’ key stakeholders, building custom software for web and mobile devices, with a focus on digital systems integration. Sam starts off the discussion by telling us about the experience that the team at Codevate has built, and how this benefits the company moving forwards.

“Since being founded, Codevate has built software for a range of industries, including telecoms and construction, social discovery and dating, transport and traffic modelling, personal safety, healthcare, and more. Our wide range of experience ensures we exceed expectations when working with new clients in any industry.”

Working in the technology industry, it is not only important that the company delivers unrivalled results, but must be able to produce those results alongside excellent customer service. Sam explains what methods the team undertakes to ensure that the client receives the best possible outcome.

“When working with a new client, our process begins with an introductory phone call, followed by a free initial consultation. We often host discovery sessions to uncover the finer project details before putting together a comprehensive proposal. We offer a range of consultancy services that promote innovation, including spec validation, scope refinement, and feasibility investigations. We build software methodically, creating evolutionary prototypes or building proof-of-concepts before refining features, ensuring project resources are invested wisely and value creation is continuous.

“As we deliver our projects in stages, each functional deliverable presents an opportunity for our clients to provide feedback, inspiring creative ideas for additions and refinements.

Our project proposals focus on generating a return, and outline future development opportunities appropriate to the client’s business. We aim to make every project sustainable as soon as possible, favouring a long-term client relationship and continuous innovation.”

In order to attract the best business, the firm must have some standout features, and Sam notes that Codevate has two unique selling points, enabling the team to produce the best possible result and exceed client expectations.

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“Our two main USPs are our consultative approach and step-by-step methodology. Our multidisciplinary team has been established for almost five years now and boasts a 100% project completion rate.

“As part of our project discovery phase, we explore and outline key pains and gains for our clients and their customers, allowing us to forecast a reasonable timeline for a return on investment. This process gives our clients control over which features to prioritise, promoting sustainability and continuous innovation. Our project management methodology closely follows Lean and Agile principles, enabling us to flexibly respond to positive change and take advantage of quick wins and value-adds as and when they are discovered.”

Internally, the entire Codevate is enthusiastic about their work, and each team member possesses a real desire to produce and create the best technology possible.

Sam talks about the internal culture within the firm, stating that having an open platform for everyone on the team to share ideas means that staff can maximise their potential.

“The entire Codevate team is enthusiastic and curious about technology, with each of us spending a great deal of time reading around and ensuring that we’re up-to-date on the

technologies, platforms, and designs that we use. We often undertake problem solving/ whiteboarding sessions when the team comes across a unique challenge. This ensures that we explore all options available to us and that we’re putting our best foot forward.

“Each project undergoes a quality assurance review by one or more team members to ensure that we deliver quality. This process means that new techniques and technologies travel around our team as quickly as possible, keeping everyone up-to-date and on the same page.”

In his concluding comments, Sam predicts what the future holds for the technology industry, as he explains what techniques Codevate will employ in order to adapt to the advances which are arising on a daily basis.

“Cross-platform mobile development has become extremely viable when leveraging technologies like React Native, making mobile app development more affordable than ever.

“Part of Codevate’s mission is to lower the barrier-to-entry for small to medium businesses, making it easier for them to close the tech gap, and as such we’ll always stay on top of new open source technology that can improve the quality and affordability of our services.

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“Excitingly, Birmingham is one of the UK’s major digital hubs with a vibrant tech ecosystem and regular tech events, meaning we’re always hearing about the latest developments and opportunities.”

Company: Codevate Contact: Samuel Jones Address: Faraday Wharf, Innovation Birmingham Campus, Holt Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4BB, UK Phone: 0121 573 0089 Website: www.codevate.com

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Tempest: Combining Technical Expertise with Human Ingenuity Tempest Security Intelligence, the leader in the LATAM cybersecurity market is breaking in to the UK market. With a mission to make business viable, by partnering with clients to secure their cyber domain, as information security becomes an increasingly global challenge. We profiled the firm as we looked to gain further insight into how they are breaking into the UK Market and what they have to offer.

Tempest specialises in understanding digital environments and how they work, carrying out projects that assess and test infrastructure and online activity through threat detection and interpretation, as well as various types of attack simulation, brought together to inform security strategy. Putting security at the heart of business is the mission that guides the company.

The firms approach is based on the commitment to taking clients’ complex problems and making them their own problems to solve. Tempest’s approach brings together technical knowledge with pragmatism and drive to get to

the root of the problem, coupled with a sense of duty permeates company culture. This is reflected in the earnest and relatable approach that brings customer experience to life; Tempest’s clients span a range of sectors and industries, with different environments and need, which means all solutions are tailored to specific threat environments and require a large degree of contextual and expert knowledge.

With 18-years’ experience and one of the most sophisticated ethical hacking teams; Tempest are experts in finding answers and solving complex problems by approaching them in a different way than most. Tempest’s extensive experience in LATAM,

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where the threat terrain is considerably more dangerous and where crime and fraud are more common, sets them apart in terms of the UK market. As such, Tempest has a heightened understanding of an industry’s and clients threat horizon as well as their adversaries, using their diverse background and inquisitive mindset the team tackles each and every challenge in a thorough and agile way to provide the most value for their clients.

As a partner to their clients, it is really important for the team to take the time to listen to client’s problems, fears and understanding their environment as the first critical step in taking on a new project. Tempest is truly human-centric. Pulling off successful project work is directly translated to their client engagement; it is really important to the team that their clients get what they need – regardless of how difficult this might be.

Which is why Tempest makes it a priority to ensure that they build a strong relationship where their clients understand the firm and the firm understanding them. Tempest are a restless group and work hard towards supporting their clients with tailored services and innovative products that complement their

environments. The combination of their technical expertise with the human ingenuity of their analysts, really gives them a heightened contextual understanding of their clients and their adversaries.

Tempest is rooted in the successful collaboration of its people; with a strong internal culture where everyone is driven by the same goal and values. The team is diverse and multi-disciplined, there is no one specific character or type of individual that makes Tempest successful. Whether someone is a specialist in the field or has a more general skill-set or are interested in securing the Cyber domain, Tempesters identify as individuals who are brought together by a desire to do what is right, who share the same ideals in solving problems collaboratively and with purpose.

Whilst they’re an established company in Brazil, in the UK, Tempest retains a start-up mentality as they grow the team and define themselves for the UK Market. With an expanding list of high-profile clients and unique approach paired with an exceptionally driven and collaborative team, Tempest is geared to success in the UK cybersecurity market.

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Contact: Leonora Wall Address: Second Home, 68 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL, UK Telephone: +44 203 818 3248 Web Address: www.tempestsi.com External Email: contact-tsi@tempestsi.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/tempest-security-intelligence

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Delivering Innovative Solutions That Exceed Expectations Tricentis provides a Continuous Testing platform that accelerates testing to keep pace with Agile and DevOps. With the industry’s most innovative functional testing technologies, Tricentis breaks through the barriers experienced with conventional software testing tools— achieving test automation rates of over 90 percent. Recently we sat down with Noel Wurst who provided us with a greater insight into the innovative firm.

Tricentis Tosca, an integrated software testing solution, consists of a script less, model-based approach to Test Automation and Test Case Design, encompassing risk-based testing, test data management and provisioning, service virtualisation, and more.

Tricentis is an established and reliable enterprise partner, and their 800+ customers include the most technically advanced leaders among the Global 2000.

Firstly, what is your firm’s overall mission and what steps do you take to achieve this?

Our mission is to make Continuous Testing a reality for enterprise DevOps. Agile and DevOps have made Continuous Testing essential for meeting accelerated business demands and avoiding disruption.

Yet, software testing is still dominated by legacy tools and outdated processes that prevent enterprises from reaching the software delivery speed and quality that DevOps makes possible.

To achieve this mission, we’ve built the industry’s most trusted, comprehensive Continuous Testing platform, Tricentis Tosca. Thanks to our scriptless, model-based approach to test automation, each of our industry’s leading analyst firms— Gartner, Forrester, and IDC— placed Tricentis in the leaders quadrant of their annual reports in 2017. With each new release, Tricentis Tosca has further established itself as the key to unlocking untapped revenue and opportunities for increased innovation in software testing.

And so, when undertaking a new project or working with a new client, what steps does your firm take to ensure the clients receives the best possible outcome?

To ensure that our customers are able to deliver continuous innovation at the speed which today’s business demands, we recently launched a Customer Success Services team. We understand that that digital transformation, Continuous Testing, DevOps, and Agile initiatives aren’t completed

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overnight, and that a shared journey is required for our customers success.

The Tricentis Customer Success Services team leverages insights and best practices, as well as delivering a customised customer success roadmap and metrics that charts the path to each organisation’s unique objectives.

We’re enabling the world’s leading enterprises to eliminate the roadblocks around software testing, in addition to converting testing practices into a true business asset and catalyst for innovation.”

What differentiates your firm from your competitors and marks you out as the best possible option for your clients?

With the industry’s most innovative functional testing technologies, Tricentis Tosca breaks through the barriers experienced with conventional software testing tools. Along with providing an unmatched ease of adoption, eliminating the need for coding/scripting expertise reduces regression testing from

Thomas Hadorn and Dominik Weissboeck, Managing Directors for Tricentis APAC

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weeks to minutes, maximizes reuse and maintainability, and enables our customers to achieve automation rates of up to 90%.

transforms software testing from a cost center and bottleneck to a catalyst for real innovation as expectations and dependencies on software grow.

Furthermore, Tricentis Tosca is the only Continuous Testing platform that offers risk-based, end-to-end support for the following testing capabilities: API, cross-browser, mobile, SAP, exploratory, BI/data warehouse, test case design, test data management, and service virtualisation.

Working within your industry, what techniques do you employ to stay ahead of emerging developments?

With the speed at which new requirements and technologies develop, it’s mandatory for our organisation to keep a close eye on the continuous shifts in our industry. We accomplish this in a number of ways. Along with a heavy investment in innovative R&D, we also highly value the feedback we receive from our Customer Advisory Board. This group meets throughout the year to share their feedback on our product roadmap, and to learn how their peers are tackling tough challenges around speed, agility, quality, and user experience.

Please give me a brief overview of your industry in your region currently. Are there any specific challenges or outside influences affecting it?

CIOs in any industry, and in any region, are facing similar challenges around implementing digital transformation initiatives.

The “80/20 rule” in the software world states that, on average, only 20% of an organisation’s budget is allotted for innovation as a result of 80% being required to maintain systems of record and other legacy hardware and software. CIOs, especially those at established enterprises with heavy investments in legacy solutions, are constantly looking for opportunities to move more money over into that 20%, and Tricentis Tosca provides that chance in a big way.

Software testing has been a roadblock to accelerated innovation, due to both manual testing, and the inability of legacy testing technologies and processes to deliver on their promise of increased speed and quality. Tricentis Tosca

Last year, we also launched the Tricentis Growth Advisory Board - a group of more than 30 current and former CIOs from some of the largest enterprises around the globe. This group gives us incredible insight into the initiatives that matter most to c-level executives, and what challenges they face around digital transformation.

What is the internal culture in your firm? How do you ensure that all of your staff are equipped to provide the best possible service to your clients?

Tricentis has strong group of corporate values that this entire organisation is proud to

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align our work around. These values are: Customer Success, Innovation, Open Communication, Togetherness, and Trust and Responsibility. By adhering to this foundation, our employees have built a culture that’s not only great to be a part of from a personal and professional standpoint, it influences our work every day.

These values ensure that we’ll always deliver products that impact our customers in a big way.

With this in mind, what is your approach to hiring staff? How do you attract the very best talent in the industry to your company?

Software and technology is likely the single most competitive industry in the world from a hiring/HR standpoint. And while any organisation that is growing quickly will likely always have new jobs to fill - hiring the best talent for these roles is critical. Offering candidates the opportunity to help design, develop, test, market, and sell products that are so globally recognised as leading solutions is one way we attract top talent.

But, we also get so much out of the word-of-mouth and referrals of our employees to their own peer networks. Tricentis is a great place to work, each of our teams offer all sorts of ways to share everything from new ideas, to unique projects they’ve contributed to or even led. It’s so important to feel valued and respected by the others on your team—and outside of it—and our “Togetherness” value mentioned above plays a big part here.

What does the future hold for your firm? Do you have any future plans or projects you would like to share with us?

Tricentis is fully-dedicated to ensuring that we are always recognised not just by analysts, but more importantly, by our customers, as the leading solution for their test automation and Continuous Testing needs.

The software industry has never changed as rapidly as it is evolving today, and the only guarantee is that the in the future it will evolve even faster. Our customers are being asked to deliver high-quality software at

unprecedented rates, and this requires a constant assessment of their needs, and supporting them in every way we can. Our future will involve delivering innovative solutions that exceed expectations, so our customers can do the same.

With regards to your industry, what developments do you foresee and how will you adapt around these?

As previously mentioned, the software industry is full of new developments not just year after year, but within every new release from the smallest, disruptive startups, to headline-dominating tech giants. There are still completely disruptive, transformative new developments in cloud technology, containerization, globally distributed development, testing, and operations teams, and, of course, AI and machine learning technologies. We will ensure that our solutions support whatever infrastructures, architectures, and processes our customers are invested in—as no two organisations do things the exact same way.

Finally, is there anything you would like to add?

This was touched on earlier, but one of the things that truly makes Tricentis unique is the way we’re enabling teams to contribute to their success of their organisation in ways they’ve never been able to in the past.

For years, testing has been, at best, overlooked, or more often, blamed for being a bottleneck, roadblock, cost center, etc.

But, thanks to the technology behind Tricentis Tosca, and the monumental challenges our platform solves, CIOs are looking at testing in a new light. Testing is now being recognised as a key enabler for accelerating— not slowing down—innovation.

Protecting and delivering the best user experience is no longer optional, and Continuous Testing is how you achieve this in every software release. Tricentis Tosca has become the most trusted Continuous Testing platform on the market today, and we’re proud to serve such a rapidly expanding customer base.

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Peak faith’ in the cloud only 12-18 months away with slump to follow “Digital transformation” to collapse into “digital disillusion” before later recovery warns 6point6 Cloud Gateway.

Independent technology consultancy 6point6 Cloud Gateway has warned of faith in “the cloud” peaking in 2019 before collapsing in 2020, then recovering from 2022 with better business analysis, more realistic expectations and a greater appreciation of hybrid cloud environments.

Justin Day, managing director of Cloud Gateway, said: “Essentially, what we’re witnessing – and I see evidence of it every day – is something like Gartner’s Hype Cycle in action, for the cloud. We’re in the middle of a headlong rush to ‘full cloud’ infrastructures, driven by digital evangelists who convince their leaders that it will all result in amazing business transformation and lower costs. Their faith is absolute: we hear all too frequently that ‘everything must be in the cloud’, but – equally frequently – we see insufficient objective assessment of what the actual business requirement is.

“I’m expecting that within 12-18 months CEOs will start to feel the heat from their boards, having bet the farm on digital transformations that have then failed to deliver on the promise.

CFOs will be reporting that the cost savings they were expecting have failed to materialise – or, worse, that costs are higher because of the unexpected and to some extent uncontrollable costs. And, at some point between now and peak cloud, there will be a monstrous data loss of such epic proportions that it will force CISOs to concede that full cloud environments provide insufficient security, governance and control. There will be an overwhelming, crushing weight of doubt at senior levels.

“The result will be a collapse in faith in the cloud as an amazing business panacea, which might last for two or three years. But eventually, digital moderates will be able to persuade their CEOs, CFOs and CISOs that, actually, better business analysis and hybrid cloud environments can and will give them the outcomes that they originally expected.”

Day stressed that any collapse in faith will not mean that organisations will return to pre-cloud environments, only that they will rein in sharply and take stock before adjusting their infrastructures and applications to meet better-analysed needs. “It’ll be an awkward and uncomfortable trough for those

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who advocated ‘full cloud’,” he said. “But, because every organisation will then adjust on its own timescale, it will constitute an opportunity for the likes of 6point6, which can help them to recover. Meantime, we’re focused on giving our customers the right, sometimes tough advice now, ensuring they take a steady approach to the cloud with proper analysis and execution.”

Since 2017, 6point6 has offered a portfolio of solutions that turn into reality the much talked about but rarely delivered agile network. It provides a secure gateway that is entirely vendor- and technology-neutral, connecting organisations to any cloud service provider or legacy infrastructure using any carrier medium, enabling transformation at the pace of change that suits the customer. Already prized by two major public sector entities, its solutions put organisations back in control of their IT, their data assets and their business, enabling agile transformation without contractual lock-in.

The Hype Cycle™ is a branded graphical presentation, developed and used by research, advisory and information technology firm Gartner, for representing the maturity, adoption and social

application of specific technologies.

The hype cycle provides a graphical and conceptual presentation of the maturity of emerging technologies through five phases: technology trigger, peak of inflated expectations, trough of disillusionment, slope of enlightenment, and the plateau of productivity.

Hype Cycle is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. All other company, product or service names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Digital healthcare: how the Channel can embrace a new era The healthcare industry is facing a data explosion. A recent IBM study, Healthcare’s Data Dilemma, states that medical data, which currently doubles every three years, will by 2020 be doing so every 73 days. For a healthcare sector that is already struggling to keep pace, this huge proliferation of data is cause for concern – and a source of remarkable opportunities.

Healthcare organisations are now quickly waking up to the vital role digital transformation will play in ensuring the longterm success of their operations.

They are increasingly teaming up with partners to speed up the data analysis process, which is becoming business-critical in everything from diagnostics to developing new innovations, drugs and treatments. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in particular will be pivotal. Wearable consumer devices such as Fitbits, for example, are already transforming the relationship between doctors and patients by creating invaluable data that can be used for informed analysis and diagnosis.

Communication within the sector is also being disrupted. Healthcare apps such as Babylon’s ‘GP at Hand’ service allows patients to directly communicate with doctors through their smartphones, with doctors able to make an AIsupported diagnosis and, if need be, patients able to then talk to the doctor via a 24-hour live video uplink. This is a service that is seeing considerable uptake by NHS GPs across the country and has the potential to completely change the nature of diagnostic medicine and the doctor/patient relationship.

The question for Channel companies is what role they play in this new digitally-driven healthcare landscape, and how to make sure they remain relevant when both the technologies being used in healthcare and their routes to market are becoming increasingly complex, diverse and unpredictable.

Embracing a digital future Industry experts have long been talking about technology’s potential to revolutionise healthcare, but we’re still seeing a relatively slow pace of change when it comes to hardware – stalled by heavy regulation, technical issues, outdated attitudes or all of the above.

The real advance in digital health is in greater connectivity between health companies and their supply chain thanks to technology, and the possibilities for innovation that this collaboration brings.

We have seen healthcare organisations finally embracing the opportunities offered by the cloud – in doing so unlocking opportunities for partnerships and knowledge sharing that is driving innovation forward at a pace never before seen.

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companies, with on-premises private cloud used for core functions and patient data, while non-core services can be hosted via a third party public cloud. This significantly reduces the risk of a breach of highly sensitive data, while still enabling healthcare organisations to enjoy the benefits of cloud deployment – primarily, the ability to privately exchange data with key parts of their supply chain.

This interconnection is what’s driving innovation in the health sector, with companies now collaborating in a way that simply wasn’t happening before.

As is the case in other sectors, Channel companies serving the healthcare industry need to understand and embrace this trend, because it’s only going one way. They must demonstrate how they can help healthcare organisations take advantage of cloud-based services and drive towards greater interconnection with their partners and supply chain.

Going it alone A few years ago we started to see some of the larger healthcare companies investing in becoming data centre operators themselves – primarily to take advantage of cloud-based systems and applications, but

while maintaining direct control over their digital infrastructure.

It was an understandable move, but it’s quickly proved itself not to be a cost-effective or scalable option, and the pendulum has swung back again.

More recently Equinix has seen a big influx of healthcare companies deploying with us so they can connect to cloud, channel partners and SaaS providers via the Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric (ECX Fabric).

And it’s a trend that continues to accelerate, because as more healthcare companies and partners begin to interconnect via Equinix, the greater opportunities there are for others who follow in future. Indeed the interconnection between healthcare companies on Platform Equinix has proven pivotal in enabling a developing genomic analysis – a data intensive field that identifies, enables and measures features in DNA and is increasingly dependent on the cloud.

Secure and sustainable future With GDPR recently coming into effect, healthcare organisations have come under increasing pressure to not only just protect their data but gain a clearer understanding of the nature of their digital footprint.

Digital healthcare: how the Channel can embrace a new era

Data security is one of the core tenets of Platform Equinix and the reason why so many companies – in healthcare and across all sectors – are embracing interconnection as central to their digital strategy. It is also why it’s so essential that Channel players understand the demands of the Interconnected Era, and clearly define their role and offering to customers.

Channel businesses operating in the health sector need to work with partners that can connect them to broad ecosystems of vendors, cloud service providers and network service providers.

No longer can they afford to turn down bids which include some element of cloud provision. The health sector is migrating to the cloud and there is no turning back – and the Channel must respond accordingly.

There’s no doubt that the channel partners which continue to focus solely on supplying the networks, hardware and software that support a traditional, highly-centralised, on-premise model of IT will struggle to stay in business. But those that enable healthcare companies to become truly interconnected organisations will not just survive but thrive. With the right partners around them, the future is bright for the Channel in this brave new world of digital healthcare.

Tim Carter is an expert in Health Innovation Technology at global interconnection and data centre company Equinix.

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Modern Art: Experts in Digital Design Ruin is a full-service digital agency, that specialises in web development and design. In June, TMT Magazine named Ruin among the winners of our inaugural ‘2018 Leaders in 3D Design and Visualisation’ with the exclusive title of Most Innovative Digital Design & Development Agency in London. We spoke to Tim Hill, Technical Director at Ruin, to find out more about the firm.

In this digital age, few companies hold as much importance in the business world than those that understand the growing role that technology has in growing a brand image and as a tool to boost growth. Ruin Studios, based in London, is one such firm – a firm that specialises in all aspects of brand image and digital media development. In this day and age, Ruin, and their contemporaries, are becoming crucial in existing in a world driven by search engine optimisation, ‘likes’ and instantaneous community interactions.

To put it more simply, in Tim’s words, Ruin’s mission is “to provide creative end-to-

end solutions and services maintaining a cultural relevance in the digital climate”. From social media management to a complete website makeover, Ruin revitalizes and reenergizes their clients’ brands from the ground up. They describe themselves as “atypical digital” – a thinkingoutside-the-box creative hub – the sort of company who delights in “creating a bespoke product to answer a unique problem”. When it comes to creating that product, Tim explains the importance of understanding the client’s individual needs, and what they are expecting upon completion; “we start with an initial meeting to determine an understanding of the company and its needs. The next step is to discuss business objectives and how they will be met with timescales and budgets in mind”.

Naturally, as more and more companies begin to subscribe to the need to update their digital image, competition in the sector is starting to reach fever pitch. Tim explains how they stand out from the crowd, “Our CGI services are excellent and we’re really proud to have received recognition for that.

As a company, we stand out by having a keen eye for design as well as a diverse range of experience and interest

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across the team, allowing us to approach problems from a range of angles. This means we ensure the best possible outcome for each client.”

Perhaps more so than in any other sector, the importance of capitalising on emerging technology is key to staying one step ahead of the competition.

Augmented and virtual reality, far from being something segmented exclusively to the entertainment and gaming industry, is seeing increased use in digital media.

Fundamentally, AR and VR are technologies which aid immersion, and create novel experiences for the potential customer. Needless to say, this is a crucial tool for digital designers.

Tim agrees, building on the importance of the technology and what it means for the future of the firm, “the demand for Augmented and Virtual Reality is growing and that’s definitely had an impact on CGI. As the interest in AR and VR increases, as are the supporting technologies; for example, the AR kit for iOS and the announcement of AR kit 2 at WWDC. We will continue to research new capabilities and find new ways to implement them into our creative services.”

Further, Tim credits the diverse, young team when it comes

to staying ahead of sector developments, “Strong diversity within our team means that we’re always one step ahead. We’re eager to learn new technologies and discover fresh ways to implement them into our services.

Also, we’re a young forwardthinking business, open to being experimental and all in all, lucky to have a range of clients who are interested”. The natural next question is how Ruin differs when it comes to recruitment; how do they attract the best talent? Tim explains, “We operate a fairly open hiring policy and have been really lucky to attract the people we’ve got now. Everyone takes on their own responsibilities and it just seem to work. Our job advertisements are never too stuffy and our branding is strong in order to draw in the best young talent.”

Ruin is, at its core, the product of a fully-realised vision of modern digital design. As the winners of the Most Innovative Digital Design & Development Agency, they have showcased that they approach their craft differently, utilising outstanding CGI design to elevate their projects to outstanding heights. In just two years, they have fortified themselves as one of the very best design agencies working in the UK, and indeed, beyond.

Modern Art: Experts in Digital Design

Company: Ruin Studio Address: 1E Mentmore Terrace, London, E8 3DQ Website: weruinit.com Telephone: 020 3745 8404

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One Step Ahead RWCSL provides quality assured consultancy and training solutions to public and private sector clients within the UK resilience community. Recently we profiled the awardwinning firm to discover more about their innovative ways and the diverse range of business that they work with.

Established in 2011, Controlled Events supports a wide range of businesses, public sector organisations and large Consultancy firms who choose the firm to provide them with business continuity and crisis management consultancy, training and readiness activity.

Controlled Events sets themselves apart from both larger organisations and freelancers by offering clients with tailored services with the additional benefit of knowledge development accumulated from over ten years in the resilience business. as well as from experience in supporting some of the UK’s largest resilience projects and development of a small network of Subject Matter Experts, who provide the firm with the strength in depth for particular areas of a client’s project.

Since their inception in 2011, the team at Controlled Events have worked with clients in the UK, Europe and Middle East.

In addition to this, the team are able to quickly and seamlessly integrate into a clients’ plan for a resilience project, exercise

or training programme to design, produce, delivery to the standards and good practice relating to their respected sector.

Having grown rapidly within the first seven years of being a business, Controlled Events have built an extensive network of trusted suppliers and specialists.

The firm work closely with leading specialist partners and suppliers in niche areas where the team at Controlled Events need technical expertise and subject matter knowledge on areas that they are unable to cover.

Looking ahead to what the future holds for the firm, the team at Controlled Events will continue to support a wide range of major and minor festivals, openair, mass participation, fixed venue and stadia events with event control and management expertise, Wi-Fi, robust radio hire, as well as their own innovative and award-winning log and notification platform: ECR Manager.

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One Step Ahead

Company: Controlled Events Telephone: +44 (0)20 3286 6392 Web Address: www.rwcsl.com

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Investing in the Digital-First Age Payme0 is an innovative technology start-up with a simple idea – make money through investing in websites. For their originality, and exceptional client testimonials, Payme0 was named in TMT Magazine’s Ones to Watch for 2018. Following this recognition, we profiled the firm to see how they have a built a robust foundation on which to build in the coming years.

Today’s world seems to be undergoing quite a dramatic paradigm shift.

As old technology fades, and the last bastions of the 20th century try hard to adapt to the changing needs and demands of their clients, new technology has seized the day.

Automation, artificial intelligence, cloud technology and virtual reality look set to take up the mantle of the fax machine, CRT screens, and the CD as the new must-have technology. Naturally, this trend extends far beyond consumer goods, and into human behaviour.

Not content with ‘old-school’ investment options, potential investors are looking for new opportunities to adopt the ‘next

big thing’ earlier than anyone else. Last year, bitcoin was the word on everyone’s lips, as investors drove up the price to levels believed to be impossible almost a decade before. By all regards, there is an eager appetite in the new, the novel, and the different. Payme0 has all the markings of a revolutionary idea, taking something that many of us are familiar with – advertising revenue from websites- and creating a means to achieve ROI, with minimal risk.

Fully automated, potential investors can take a back seat, and watch as their website churns out returns at a steady pace. Additionally, with their three package options, Payme0 offers a diversified portfolio - at least, in so far as websites can be

diversified – and 0% risk. Failing sites are replaced with new ones on a regular basis, protecting your investment and ensuring that you never lose money.

Naturally, Payme0 are aware that competitors eager to capitalise on this idea will arrive eventually.

To help combat this, they pride themselves on their after-service guarantee – realising that investors need post-investment support. The automation process allows Payme0 to carefully monitor each investment to make sure that client expectations are being met and exceeded.

Additionally, as experts in website development, Payme0 also offer supplementary services in keyword search, SE optimisation, and domain name registrations, to name a few.

For those wanting a lowrisk investment option with a guaranteed ROI, Payme0 offers a viable alternative to traditional investment options. For this reason, and for daring to enter the highly-competitive investment field with an original idea, TMT Magazine named Payme0 as a ‘Tech Startup to Watch’ this year.

Watch this space. We are sure Payme0 has a promising future ahead.

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Investing in the Digital-First Age

Company: Payme0 Address: 408 Hamilton Ave, 94301 Palo Alto, California, USA Website: www.payme0.com Telephone: 001 702 508 4486

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Presenting the Future of Digital Security and Online Payment Processing Established in 2012, VST Enterprises has revolutionised the financial landscape with their unique approach to securing online financial transactions. For their extraordinary work driving the future of the sector, TMT Magazine recognised VST in the esteemed 2018 Global Excellence Awards, with the Award for Excellence in Mobile Payments. Following this much-deserved win, we profiled the firm to see how they have transformed the industry.

One of the trending topics that has dominated the headlines in recent years is cyber security. As consumers, we are in the habit of putting what we value online. Whether that be a means of communicating with relatives or our credit card information. Many of our most important interactions, and indeed, more and more of human behaviour, is now happening in the digital world rather than the physical one.

For this new age, we need certain guarantees of security, and safety. In response to this need, VST Enterprises has developed a technology that allows ease-of-use and cuttingedge protection. Their VCode® technology can be utilised to protect online transactions against fraud, document verification and end-to-end supply chain management – indeed, almost any process that

requires the movement of money from one place to another.

The cornerstone of this technology is in its authentication systems. Where one-step authentication was once considered secure, two-step procedures too can be subject to failure. VCode’s closed loop security means that only VST Enterprise servers can generate a valid VCode, and -in turn – only the VCode app can successfully decrypt the code. By navigating around the need for a third-party system, VST has created a oneof-a-kind product that cannot be beaten in terms of security.

More importantly, perhaps, than all of that, VCode is agile – the very definition of versatile. It can be used to enable any interaction, whether that be peer to peer, B2C or B2B. This seamless flexibility is a remarkable advantage in a world that delights in swift developments and change.

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VST Enterprises has created the perfect accompaniment to VCode in VPlatform® – which offers a flawless user experience, and clear, concise data analysis.

Alongside the platform’s integrated artificial intelligence, that tackles counterfeiting, fraud and theft in real time, VPlatform represents the next generation in digital security. The days of passwords, codes and PINs are coming to an end.

All in all, VST Enterprises represents the very future of online security, creating aheadof-their-time products that are at the cutting edge of the industry.

TMT Magazine’s recognition is just the latest in a long-line of recent accolades, with plenty more sure to come.

Presenting the Future of Digital Security and Online Payment Processing

Company: VST Enterprises Ltd Address: WeWork No.1 Spinningfields, Quay St, Manchester, M3 3JE, UK Website: vstenterprises.com Telephone: 0161 504 0649

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A Pioneering Med-Tech Startup for Early-Life Prosthetics Ambionics is a revolutionary prosthetics company based out of Anglesey, North Wales. With a speciality in children’s prosthetics, they regularly change young people’s lives for the better, allowing them to live happier, more mobile lives. Earlier this year, TMT Magazine named Ambionics among the winners of the Global TMT Awards, with the titles of “Best Children’s Prosthetic Company” and “Most Innovative Bionics Company” in the United Kingdom. Following this success, TMT wanted to take a look behind the scenes and see how Ambionics has fuelled their extraordinary drive to succeed and make a difference.

Ambionics is an award-winning medtech startup that focuses on prosthetic intervention for infants. Led by a self-taught engineer, Ben Ryan, the company has come a long way in a very short period of time.

As an ardent advocate for the benefits of early prosthetic adoption in children, Ambionics has pioneered a device that exponentially increases the likelihood of a positive response to a full prosthetic in later life.

The prevailing statistic reveals a problem that few people are aware of: around 70% of infants who receive prosthetics reject them before the age of three. This is due, in part, to a child’s neural plasticity – the ability for the brain to form new connections, and adapt. Over

the first few years of life, an aggressive synaptic pruning occurs where unnecessary or redundant neurons are removed from the brain. A vital connection developed in childhood, say the area of the brain that is associated with the left hand, would be destroyed if not in use.

Adults that suddenly require a need for a prosthetic have established, reinforced connections in the brain associated with the affected region. They have ‘learned’ to use the area as a part of their everyday lives. There would be no muscle atrophy, and minimal risk to adopting a prosthetic.

There are no such guarantees in young children.

Utilising biomimetics – the imitation of the models, systems and elements of nature – Ryan

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was inspired by the way spiders use fluid pressure to move their legs. Taking this observation and applying it to prosthetics, he built a prototype using 3D scanning and printing technology that is powered by hydraulics.

Moreover, Ryan had created a cost-effective alternative to the expensive, uncomfortable products available prior to his invention.

Perhaps more importantly, he has created a viable prosthetic for young children, fulfilling a very real need in the field.

Ambionics is an extraordinary startup with a growing reputation in the field. In recognition of Ben Ryan’s innovative spark, creativity, and drive to succeed, TMT Magazine recognised Ambionics in the Global TMT Awards. It is, by all regards, welldeserved.

A Pioneering Med-Tech Startup for Early-Life Prosthetics

Company: Ambionics Address: The Cambria, Cambria Road, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, North Wales, UK Website: www.ambionics.co.uk Telephone: 07763989276

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