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BellaDati is the first business intelligence in the UK to be provided as SaaS even for small and medium enterprises. Its Czech producer, the Trgiman company, officially launched its version 2.3 today. It not only analyzes enterprise data but also creates reports from marketing, sales, production and finance. All the user needs is a web browser.

After registration, the user is provided with complete business intelligence including data storage within 3 minutes. There is no need to install anything. The business user obtains, with an ease that is not typical for BI, analyses in interactive graphs and tables from various agendas of the enterprise including stock turnover ability, receivables or sales representatives’ success rates. All you have to do is choose the data sources that BellaDati should connect to from a menu. The selection includes Excel, economic systems  as well as Dynamics CRM or the robust SAP system or Oracle databases and web services including Google Docs. BellaDati automatically inserts the data to the OLAP data storage using ETL tools. The analyst is provided with sophisticated formulas for filtering data. Reports can be shared on line on dashboards across the company and provided with comments using methods known from social networks. Trgiman also offers the customer an optional analytical service. It can advise on which KPI (Key Performance Indicators) to monitor and create the necessary reports with graphs and views of enterprise data.

Martin Trgiňa, Trgiman CEO (photo), says: “We want to provide small and medium enterprises with a BI they could not afford before. Now even a small company can make its decisions based on clear indicators. A large enterprise, on the other hand, can make investments in KPI analyses instead of integration problems. We have removed the complexity burdening the existing BI and enclosed simplicity and services of analysts. In BellaDati, you get easy to understand visualizations from a stack of spreadsheet data.”

Compared to other BI solutions, BellaDati can even process out of enterprise data thanks to its market intelligence function. Thus you can analyze data regarding your competitors or economic data taken from Erste Bank’s internet banking, for example. Individual graphs and tables can be inserted into blogs, websites or directly into iGoogle without programming. Graphs or entire dashboards can be exported to PowerPoint, Excel and other formats by clicking a button. IT specialists will appreciate public API for connecting their own applications or the on line Bella Script, which allows the clearing of data in more complex cases.

BellaDati is currently used by large companies such as New World Resources. The proportion of small and medium companies, e. g. in the field of office accessories retail or insurance, is also growing rapidly. There are commercial tariffs that can be ordered and paid for on line and easily upgraded or downgraded according to the economic situation on the market. Universities and individuals can use the Personal tariff for non commercial purposes. BellaDati enables anyone to drag not only enterprise data from the dark to the light.

With the acquisition of 360 Scheduling , IFS strengthens its offering to customers in the service and maintenance sector with deeper functionality for scheduling and optimizing mobile workforces. IFS has a long experience of providing ERP solutions to industries focused on service and maintenance and has large customers serving a wide variety of dispersed assets, for example telecom networks, petrol pumps, alarm systems, recycling machines, air traffic control systems and power distribution networks.

Raghu Raghuram

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Oct. 12, 2010 — Today at VMworld 2010 Europe,  VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, continued to expand its strategy for modern IT infrastructures, announcing new and enhanced products and programs to help enterprises and service providers achieve the benefits of cloud computing while maintaining the control and freedom of choice they require.

Introduced at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, IT as a Service is the transformation of IT to a more business-centric approach, focusing on outcomes such as operational efficiency, competitiveness and rapid response.  This means IT will shift from producing IT services to optimizing production and consumption of those services in ways consistent with business requirements.  This will change the role of IT from a cost center to a center of strategic value. 

“The transformation of IT infrastructure to a hybrid cloud model has begun,” said Raghu Raghuram, senior vice president and general manager, Virtualization and Cloud Platforms, VMware. “VMware continues to drive this next generation of IT forward with solutions for enterprises and service providers that promise to redefine IT’s relationship with its business partners and enable IT services to be consumed when and how they best serve the goals of the business.”

The VMware cloud infrastructure and management vision is an evolutionary model of IT infrastructure based on virtualization that unifies hybrid, private and public cloud resource pools with consistent security, compliance, management and quality of service. Building on the VMware vSphere™ foundation, the cloud infrastructure products and services VMware announced in August at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco – VMware vCloud™ Director, the VMware vShield™ product family and VMware vCloud Datacenter Services – introduced  a hybrid cloud model that seamlessly bridges private and public clouds.  Today, VMware continues to build on this model, introducing:

• Enhanced governance and control for hybrid clouds
  VMware today announced VMware vCloud Request Manager, further streamlining the production and consumption of infrastructure services by adding sophisticated, automated approval workflows to the VMware vCloud Director provisioning process.  VMware vCloud Director will change the way IT delivers infrastructure services and the way users access and consume them by extending the resource pooling capabilities of VMware vSphere, enabling IT to create “virtual data centers” (VDCs) and offer them to users through fully automated self-service access. Once a user selects infrastructure services from the VMware vCloud Director service catalog, vCloud Request Manager initiates pre-defined workflows to coordinate approvals, track software license inventories and ensure standardization of cloud partitions according to policy “blueprints.”
  Learn more about VMware vCloud Request Manager

• Advanced storage analytics and visualization purpose-built to manage the capacity of dynamic virtual and cloud environments
  The dynamic nature of modern infrastructures and cloud environments requires a new management paradigm that incorporates real-time analytics and visualization to enable a higher level of automation and the ability to identify the root cause of performance problems. Today, VMware announced VMware vCenter™ CapacityIQ™ 1.5, introducing
  new storage analytics capabilities that will provide enhanced visibility for storage forecasting, and the ability to more accurately pinpoint capacity bottlenecks related to storage. VMware vCenter CapacityIQ 1.5 includes new resource optimization capabilities that improve capacity trending and scenarios in dynamic virtual and cloud environments. With easy-to-understand reports for analysis and trending, VMware vCenter CapacityIQ 1.5 will provide customers with the most critical information related to capacity planning and management of their dynamic virtual and cloud infrastructures.

• New VMware vCloud customers, partners and VSPP enhancements drive hybrid cloud services momentum
  COLT, a leading European provider of business communications and the first VMware vCloud Datacenter Services provider in Europe, today announced that Fidelity Investment Managers and Carphone Warehouse will be its first customers to trial innovative IT initiatives as part of the Colt VMware vCloud Datacenter Services “pilot environment.” Introduced in August at VMworld 2010 in San Francisco, VMware vCloud Datacenter Services are enterprise-class public clouds certified by VMware that will be delivered by leading service providers including BlueLock, COLT, SingTel, Terremark and Verizon.  In addition, VMware announced Elisa Oy, a leading Nordics ICT solutions provider, as its newest VMware vCloud Express partner.

VMware is also expanding its VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), more than doubling the number of products available to participants and introducing new, simpler pay-for-use bundles and licensing. The addition of VMware vCloud Director, the Zimbra™ Collaboration Suite, the VMware vShield product family, VMware vCenter CapacityIQ, and several other VMware products will allow VSPP service providers to expand their offerings beyond infrastructure services to include platform as a service, desktop as a service, email hosting and many other incremental cloud services.

A cornerstone of the VMware vCloud Initiative, the VSPP provides pay-for-use licensing, market development funding, access to software and other programs to help service providers grow their businesses. Since its launch in 2008, the VSPP has experienced rapid growth with more than 2,900 service providers in the program today and 145 percent growth in the last 12 months.  
Learn more about how VMware is expanding VSPP

• VMware Go™ Pro beta brings cloud management paradigm to small and midsized businesses
  VMware today announced VMware Go™ Pro beta, a comprehensive cloud service that will make it easy for SMBs to consolidate servers, control assets and secure their IT infrastructure. VMware Go Pro, developed in partnership with Shavlik Technologies, will guide customers through the server virtualization process, streamlining patch management and software asset management – all done in the cloud. VMware Go Pro will provide a single pane of glass to manage both virtual and physical infrastructures.
  Learn more about VMware GoPro

Vladislav Nemec

TrustPort is launching its new product line of security software for personal computers. While the existing portfolio included two alternative products, the new product range comprises three security products, each offering a different level of protection. The products are named TrustPort Antivirus 2011, TrustPort Internet Security 2011, and TrustPort Total Protection 2011. At the same time, TrustPort is introducing new product bundles for securing of entire computer networks, under the umbrella title TrustPort Security Elements.

TrustPort has adapted to an established model, where manufacturers offer three alternative security solutions, side by side. In the context of this model, TrustPort Antivirus offers reliable basic antivirus protection; TrustPort Internet Security adds internet protection, personal firewall and parental lock; TrustPort Total Protection includes all of the above plus encryption and data shredding. The new product line features a brand new user interface, resident and internet protection acceleration, optimized update methods, and a number of other enhancements.

TrustPort portfolio for corporate customers underwent a fundamental change, too. Vast majority of companies use a variety of information technologies, merged into a single computer network. TrustPort Security Elements are the solution, tailored to this starting point. The customer can choose a variant of the solution according to the scale and composition of their computer network. TrustPort Security Elements have four levels, ranging from traditional protection of endpoint computers, right up to advanced network protection at both the entry point and end point.

TrustPort Security Elements Basic protects individual endpoint computers, while allowing them to be remotely managed and updated. TrustPort Security Elements Advanced protects not only endpoint computers, but also file servers, where important company data is stored. TrustPort Security Elements Premium extends the previous level of security to include advanced antivirus and antispam protection at the entry point. TrustPort Security Elements Ultimate offers all of the above plus web filtering and data encryption. 

“The new product range meets the requirements of our customers and partners,” explains Vladislav Němec, Chief Executive Officer at TrustPort. “The choice of three different antivirus products with different scales of security coverage represents nowadays a known and expected standard. In addition, our customers can better compare our and competing products.” TrustPort Antivirus 2011, TrustPort Internet Security 2011, and TrustPort Total Protection 2011 will be soon joined by TrustPort USB Antivirus 2011, designed for the protection of portable media, which will enter the market in the following weeks. 

Users of TrustPort Antivirus 2010 and TrustPort PC Security 2010 need not be afraid about losing their license. Their product will continue to be updated and supported until their license expiration. “Customers who purchased older products during August and September of this year, will be entitled to a free upgrade to the new version,” added Marcela Parolková, Sales Director at TrustPort. “They can simply contact our sales department and their existing serial number will be exchanged for a new activation code.”

Brno, April 8, 2010 – Today marked the release of a new security product called TrustPort eSign Pro. It is compact software which can be used for signing, encrypting and time stamping of electronic documents. Advantages of this product can be appreciated by customers in both the corporate and home segments. Its ease of use is combined with high security, secured by symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. TrustPort is introducing the product to the market at very favorable price conditions, which makes it the number one alternative for credible and discreet exchange of electronic documents.

During normal internet communication the document recipient has no guarantee that the document really comes from that sender and that along the way it has not been altered by anyone. To solve this problem, electronic signature technology was developed. Although electronic signature is not a new technology, its implementation has not yet been widespread. Complexity and cost of available existing software solutions that enable electronic signing is the possible cause of this condition. TrustPort eSign Pro comes as a product, which is ideal for typical users who require reliable, convenient, and an economical solution.

This new solution has not been developed out of nowhere. “This new product is built on proven technology that we have been developing for many years”, said Petr Vaněk, head of development department at TrustPort. “It gives users a number of functions, which are available literally after a few mouse clicks. Signing or encrypting an electronic document can be done by anyone, regardless of the user experience.” The documents can be processed individually or collectively simply by highlighting them in the operating system and choosing the corresponding command from the contextual menu.

Quick and simple operation with documents is enabled by the signing and encryption wizard. This useful tool allows users to choose which particular operation they wish to do with the selected files. On offer are signing of documents, encryption of documents, time stamping of documents, and simultaneous signing and encryption. In the case of a received document, it takes care of its decryption and signature verification. Among other interesting options there is also the possibility multiple document signing by several users, or the creation of a signature separate from the document.

“Our new solution is suitable for communication with government authorities, for business correspondence, and even for private communication,” states Marcela Parolková (photo), head of sales department at TrustPort. “It guarantees the authenticity of the documents sent in terms of their authorship, and ensures their confidentiality from unwanted readers. Generally speaking, it enables secure communications in a risky environment, which the internet undoubtedly is. Therefore we believe that it will find many satisfied customers.”

Electronic signing is subject to owning a digital certificate. Here it depends on the specific customer needs which certificate to choose. For example, for communication with government authorities, one needs to choose a certificate issued by a state recognized certification authority. In contrast, for internal communication, a certificate issued by a company certification authority is sufficient. TrustPort eSign Pro generates a request for a user certificate, which then just needs to be sent to the selected certificate authority. After the issuance and acceptation of the certificate, it can be imported into a protected storage of TrustPort eSign Pro, which excludes the possibility of its theft and misuse.

Unique capabilities of TrustPort eSign are signing, encryption and time stamping of PDF documents, without the need to use expensive original software for editing of PDF. In addition, the recipient of the PDF document, signed and encrypted in this way, does not need any other software for its decryption and signature verification, other than the widespread free application available for reading PDF documents.

Prague, December 9, 2009 – Another major change is coming in Asseco Central Europe and Asseco Solutions in the near future. At the beginning of 2010 the product Fenix, which was part of the product portfolio of Asseco Czech Republic, will be moved to its subsidiary Asseco Solutions.

The reason for this change is the consolidation of the commercial portfolio in the Asseco Central Europe group. In fact part of the company will be transferred – this means that the whole Municipality division, comprising a team of product Fenix and product eObec (eMunicipality), including development, sales and customer service, enters Asseco Solutions.

“We believe that this change is opening up new development opportunities for the product Fenix, which will be beneficial for its users,” says Stanislav Sýkora, president of the board of directors Asseco Solutions, adding: “Our systems Helios and Datalock are known for their user-friendliness and technological maturity. We are therefore confident that the development of Fenix will continue this trend.”

“The only difference our customers will feel is administrative – from the new header on the invoices to the supplier’s address and phone numbers. They will stay in touch with the same people with whom they are accustomed to work today,” says Jan Přerovský, Country Manager, Asseco Czech Republic.

“In the move of Fenix and eObec I see lots of possibilities and synergies that will benefit virtually everyone involved – the customers, as well as developers of the systems,” says Alan Karlach, manager of Municipality division.

After implementing this change Asseco Solutions will have nearly 500 employees, of which more than 150 in development.

“Thanks to that we can shorten our product development cycle to one and a half years and will be able to create next-generation products much faster,” said Stanislav Sýkora.

Transfer of a part of a company is legally complex and time-consuming process. Customers will therefore be informed about the actual date of the transfer by the two interested companies.

Fenix

System focused on the budgetary and subsidized organizations, namely the towns and municipalities and their subordinate subjects. It includes modules conform to the standard ERP, as well as modules and functionality custom made for these organizations.

eObec (eMunicipality)

A new type of specialized information system, which allows simplifying the communication between citizens and authorities to a maximum extent.

On the photo from left: Jan Přerovský, Stanislav Sýkora and Alan Karlach.

Prague, November 4, 2009 – HP announced today the launch of the new products, solutions and services that offer companies greater flexibility during irregular market fluctuations. The introductions allow faster innovation and change of company size, depending on the current business needs and market situation.

In recent years, economic cycles were more predictable and companies could adapt their business plans and investments in technologies more easily. Simply put, companies planned either growth or reduction. Today these simple rules do not apply anymore.

The new research conducted by HP shows that more than 90% of managers in competence of business decisions at the highest level think that business cycles are going to be unpredictable also in the next few years. As a result of these assumptions, 80% of them believe that companies must be much more flexible in approach to commercial activities and technologies.

Due to rapid market changes and contradictory measures that are now the market standard, companies success depends especially on effective use of technology. Eighty-four percent of senior managers are convinced that the key criterion for success of companies is innovation, and 71% would adopt more investments in technologies, if they could see that these investments meet their requirements in terms of time needed for the market introduction and the use of the business opportunities.

“Strategic investments in technological facilities are crucial for the emergence of the innovations needed for the further development of companies,” said Jan Kamenicek (photo), CEO of HP Czech Republic. “Relying on the portfolio of products, services and solutions from HP companies can build a modern technological environment, which not only meets all of their current requirements, but it will also provide added value to the future.”

News from HP enable enterprises to thrive even in volatile market conditions, thanks to strategic development of the technological environment that provides improvements in:
• View angle – improving competitiveness and reducing the risk of market decline through the control of business data, information control, and business analysis.
• Innovation – speeding up the time needed to obtain the proceeds from the sale of new goods and services while reducing the cost of time spent inefficiently, opportunities and effort. This can be achieved through the use of appropriate technologies that can solve very specific problems of customers.
• Flexibility – Return to the “top of market shape” after the reduction or expansion of the company, which is quickly achieved by using the converged infrastructure.

Angle
HP Neoview Advantage, a newest version of the data warehouse platform HP Neoview enterprise, provides customers with reliable control of their business activities in real time and enables them to quickly respond to specific contracts and processes. The new version of HP Neoview Advantage offers a dramatic improvement in the performance of the data warehouse, its capacity, optimizing claims for warehouse space and enhanced manageability. HP Neoview Advantage also reduces cost of ownership of the components meeting the industry standards and is delivered in the pre-debugged configuration optimized for the specific storage conditions.

Innovation
HP helps it’s customers with innovation and creating the new business opportunities. These are objectives for instance of Nissan North America, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Telstra, which recently entered into several contracts with HP Enterprise Services division. HP shall establish a flexible and scalable environment that will bring more innovation, business opportunities and facilitate the implementation of the business plan.

Flexibility
HP also introduced architecture HP Converged Infrastructure architecture – technology environment that is much faster than before adapting to dynamically changing business processes and needs.

“HP’s Converged Infrastructure solves a fundamental problem of the current IT, where companies spend the largest part of IT expenditure in the maintenance of the existing systems instead of investment leading to the innovation,” said Pavel Klimuskin (photo), director of HP Enterprise Storage, Server and Networking division (HP ESSN). “The new model of converged infrastructure from HP effectively combines various data storage, servers and network elements into customized functional unit with a single administration, which saves time, energy, space and other costs.”

HP Converged Infrastructure enables:
• Deploy a new application environment during normal operation by the organized management of shared services.
• Reduce the costs of network elements and the complexity of the system through a flexible network infrastructure.
• Optimize the use of the system using shared virtual resources.
• Significantly more effective use of electrical energy in the data centers with the intelligent data centers network technology (data center smart grid technology).

Consultancy services for the converged infrastructure (HP Converged Infrastructure Consulting Services) in addition help customers quickly and smoothly move from an “isolated” technologies tied to a specific product to a highly flexible converged infrastructure. The new range of services, built on the extensive experience of HP’s shared services, use of the cloud computing and data center transformation projects, allows customers to assemble, test and implement their own highly scalable infrastructures.

HP Enterprise Services division also provides a number of external IT services for those customers who would like to use the HP’s converged infrastructure, but do not want to build it themselves. Companies can outsource the entire infrastructure or a part depending on their current business needs. HP collaborates with an extensive network of partners, which has currently expanded by a number of independent software vendors, thus the customers can find providers of business applications based on the converged infrastructure in each region, which HP officially operates.

If customers choose to deploy a converged infrastructure, HP can also take advantage of flexible financing solutions through HP Financial Services Division, a subsidiary of HP, dealing with leasing and asset management. HP Financial Services makes it easy to deploy technologies to customers, leading to meet their rapidly changing business requirements.