Cloud Expo Europe and Data Centre World 2016, hosted at ExCel London 12-13 April, were back in full force yesterday to open Day One with over 15,000 visitors and huge support from a world-class speaker line-up and exhibitor community.   Joining the co-located events for 2016, Cloud Security Expo and Smart IoT London both proved their place alongside the industry heavyweights, with bustling aisles, impressive conference streams and a cutting-edge showcase of products and services from across the burgeoning markets. Day One highlights included an opening keynote address from UK Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey, who argued the need to push for a ‘Gigabit Britain,’ inspiring businesses to embrace technological innovation and encouraging investment into research and development projects nationwide. The Navisite Cloud Keynote Theatre was also host to the first edition of organiser CloserStill’s Women in Technology Initiative, which saw a lively and inspiring panel of female leaders discuss their personal successes and the challenges faced during their illustrious careers. Panelist Alejandra Leon Moreno, IT architect and digital business at Inter IKEA Systems, shared her own experience of climbing from a 3D startup prize winner to an internationally renowned expert on digital transformation and enterprise architecture. The Oracle IoT Futures Forum theatre also featured a dynamic presentation delivered by R ‘Ray’ Wang, principal analyst and founder of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research, which opened the debate around IoT as a business model shift – “Businesses must move from gut to data driven decisions,” he said. Wang argued for a future built on insight, where businesses no longer compete against each other but battle for user experience and outcomes. Speaking at the end of Day One, CloserStill managing director of technology, Thomas Standley, commented: “Yet another roaring start to Cloud Expo Europe and Data Centre World, and what a welcome for Cloud Security Expo and Smart IoT London! The events have seen enormous growth over the years and yet again we’re hearing hugely positive feedback from our exhibitors across all industry vectors.” Even after the first day, Standley was overwhelmed by the visitor numbers and vendor enthusiasm for 2017: “We’re significantly up on delegates this year, and exhibitors are very happy. Our stand sales are already ahead of this point last year. We’ve sold over half of the floorplan for 2017 after the first day alone, with many more expected to book tomorrow.” Particularly happy with the first day of business, Colin Bridges, senior director, North Europe at Cloud Innovator Sponsor, Mellanox Technologies said: “We’ve been really busy. We’ve been coming here for two years, and it’s a good opportunity to bring our products to a new client base. It’s a good show for raising awareness and getting our brand out there. Three quarters of the people we’ve seen are end users so it’s been a really good first day for us.” Soojin Choi, marketing director at Penta Security and silver sponsors of Cloud Security Expo added: “We’re here from South Korea and this is our first UK event. It’s been the perfect opportunity to expose our brand. We’ve had lots of people visit the stand who want to learn about us – it’s been very successful.” Data Centre World visitor Hiren Joshi, director at Alternatum IT, added: “I would definitely recommend this event to all my team and clients too. I will be bringing them all along next year! I have attended in previous years, and have been very impressed with this year’s show. Data Centre World is really on their game this year!” Delegate Samuel Sigbehm, director at CompTTEC, said: “This is my third year of attending. It’s a really excellent event. I attend many talks and seminars, but this is the best. The speakers are very knowledgeable and interesting. I’ll definitely be coming back in 2017.” For real-time updates follow: @CloudExpoEurope #CEE16 @DataCentreWorld #DCW16 @CSE_London #CSE16 @Smart_IoT #SmartIoT16 Source link

Events The Working Well Together campaign runs 30– 40 events across England, Scotland and Wales every year. Most of the events are free to attend and we usually feed you too! See the list below to see what’s happening in your area. For more information for each event, click on the link to download the programme and booking form. Bookmark this page as we are adding new events all the time. 06 April 2016 Places Available Health and Well Being Event   Coleg Sir Gar, Ammanford campus, Dyffryn Road, Ammanford. SA10 3TA A free half day event to provide self employed builders and small construction companies with practical help and advice on how to protect their health. Topics covered to include – noise & vibration, dust, drugs and alcohol awareness, wellbeing.  The event will consist of talks and demonstrations with the opportunity to ask questions from those within the industry as well as HSE inspectors. This event is a must as the information given on the day will help you take action to protect your health in the future. To book a place at our Health and Well Being event, please complete the attached booking form. For any other enquiries contact Helen.taylor@hse.gsi.gov.uk Ammanford 2016 SHAD programme [557.46KB] 12 April 2016 Places Available Glasgow Refurbishment Event 12 April 2016 Cordia Learning Centre, 12 Edgefauld Drive, Glasgow, G21 4BB Free refurbishment, safety and health awareness event, Cordia Learning Centre, 12 Edgefauld Drive, Glasgow G21 4BB. If you have a construction or contracting company or are self employed and work in refurbishment then this event is a must. To book your place email Anne Chesney anne.chesney@hse.gsi.gov.uk or phone 0141 275 3064 Glasgow Refurbishment Event 12 April 2016 [835.61KB] 19 April 2016 Places Available Temporary Works in Construction 19th April 2016 – The Durham Centre, Belmont, Durham DH1 1TN Temporary Works (TW) are the parts of a construction project that are needed to enable the permanent works to be built, it is the link between design and construction. Usually the TW are removed after use, for example access scaffolds, props, shoring, excavation support, falsework and formwork, etc. TW may also include hoarding, signage, fencing and road plates. This half day event aims to promote awareness and knowledge of the importance of managing TW and to improve contractors’ management arrangements of TW. The target audience is supervisors, managers, directors and those responsible for TW. Temporary Works Flyer Booking Form [1.18MB] 26 April 2016 Places Available Good Health is Good Business – 26 April 2016 A FREE half day event at the Black Country Living Museum, Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4SQ A free half day event to provide self employed builders and small construction companies with practical help and advice on how to protect their health. Topics covered to include – manual handling, hand arm vibration syndrome, dust, noise and stress in construction.   For more information and instructions on how to book your place, please see the link below Good Health is Good Business 26 April 2016 [905.82KB] Source link