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Bridgend
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Property
Software
Tech
Welsh software company helps High Street Estate Agents fight back against online-only giants
As the property market is being flooded with online-only start-ups, one Welsh property software company is helping high street agents compete. Both new and established estate agents will struggle unless they can capitalise on the UK’s enthusiasm for online estate agency services. 71% of all property searches are now online, and modern property portals like Zoopla […]
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Bridgend
News
Tech
Telecoms
Bridgend IT Support company nominated for Service Business of the Year
Bridgend IT Support company ITCS have been nominated for Bridgend Business Forum’s Service Business of the Year award, an award they previously won in 2015. In a statement, the multi-award-winning company said that they were ‘delighted’ to be nominated for the award again. Managing Director, Brian Stokes, said: “The whole team were delighted with the […]
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North Wales
St. Asaph
Tech
Touch Biometrix secures Welsh Government funding
Touch Biometrix, one of the world’s Top 20 fingerprint technology companies, has been awarded Technology and Commercial Feasibility (TCF) funding from the Welsh Governments £63.4m SMARTCymru programme. Backed by £27m of EU funds, SMARTCymru is helping businesses in Wales develop new products, processes and services by supporting increased investment in research, development and innovation. Touch […]
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Appointments
News
St. Asaph
Tech
Touch Biometrix Appoints Chief Technology Officer
Touch Biometrix, a disruptive fingerprint technology company headquartered in North Wales, has appointed a Chief Technology Officer. Eric Derckx has joined the St Asaph based company, recognised as one of the Top 20 global key players in a recent market report. Eric’s role will be to manage the development of the company’s first fingerprint sensor […]
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Education
News
Tech
£3.5m funding announced for tech innovation project in Wales
Welsh Economy Secretary, Ken Skates has announced £3.5m funding for a new project that will help Welsh businesses turn data science research and analytics into the products and processes of tomorrow. The new Data Innovation Accelerator (DIA) has been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Welsh Government who are joining forces […]
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News
St. Asaph
Tech
Welsh fingerprint tech specialist recognised as a global key player in Fingerprint Technology
Disruptive fingerprint technology company Touch Biometrix has been recognised as one of the Top 20 global key players in a new report. The Welsh company made it on to the newly published market forecast report for the fingerprint sensing industry alongside other leading players including Apple. The new research report predicts the fingerprint sensor market […]
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Bridgend
IT Support
News
Tech
Research shows UK leaders would 'rather pay a hacker's ransom than invest in IT Security'
Like most of Britain’s IT Leaders, Welsh IT Specialists ITCS are acutely aware of the importance of robust IT security systems and the threat posed by the growth in cyber-attacks and ransomware. However, research indicates that outside the IT department, business leaders are not giving adequate priority to the risks they face from IT security […]
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Bridgend
GDPR
IT Support
News
Tech
GDPR deadline arrives - and the first complaints are already filed
Long awaited GDPR legislation has finally come into force in the UK, and the first complaints (against Google, Facebook, What’s App and Instagram) have already been filed. Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems filed lawsuits seeking to fine Facebook 3.9 billion and Google 3.7 billion euro (roughly $8.8 billion in dollars). Welsh IT Support and Cloud […]
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Health
Latest research
Swansea
Tech
£13.5m Wales health innovation project already delivering 'ground breaking' results
A £13.5m Welsh Government, EU and Swansea University backed project to drive new, innovative developments in health and wellbeing has been celebrating success with a formal launch event at Swansea University. Led by Swansea University, the Agor IP project brings together NHS academics, clinicians and businesses to pioneer research into cutting-edge technologies to develop new […]
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Manufacturing
News
Tech
'World Password Day' flooded businesses with password advice - that fell on deaf ears!
With each weekday bringing another new ‘World Day for xxxx’ on social media, businesses can’t help but become a tad cynical. May 3rd was officially World Password Day – a rather odd thing to celebrate, but nonetheless social media was flooded with advice for businesses on what to do, most of which probably got overlooked […]
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