Author: Lawrence Poynter

  • iOra Builds on UK MOD Success with £1.5m+ Contract

    iOra Builds on UK MOD Success with £1.5m+ Contract

    iOra is delighted to have been awarded a contract worth over £1.5m from the UK MOD that represents continuation of supply of our replication and compression solution.

    We provide British troops in remote or mobile locations around the world with mission critical data regardless of slow or intermittent network access. This new contract follows on from a previous, successfully-delivered contract to UK MOD.

    iOra Geo-Replicator provides a major benefit within the Defence industry where MOD consortia need to work closely by allowing the sharing of only required information using a web portal wherever and whenever 24/7, 365.

    Adele Keeble – Ministry of Defence – Software Asset Management says:

    “iOra continues to be an integral part of the Ministry of Defence, delivering essential software across the organisation. The working relationship between MOD and iOra means that we have been able to centralise the procurement route, taking in any future requirement, be it new licences or ongoing support and maintenance for iOra software delivering a one stop strategy, saving time, money and resources.”

  • iOra Builds on UK MOD Success with £1.5m+ Contract

    iOra Builds on UK MOD Success with £1.5m+ Contract

    iOra has been awarded a contract worth over £1.5m to continue to supply the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) with licences for fixed and deployed nodes of the iOra Geo-Replicator replication and compression solution. Geo-Replicator provides British troops in remote or mobile locations around the world with mission critical data regardless of slow or intermittent network access. This new contract follows on from a previous, successfully-delivered contract to UK MOD.

    MOD will utilise iOra’s SharePoint replication technology for UK global deployments across a multitude of different defence projects. iOra Geo-Replicator is used on many and varying collaboration and communication requirements from ensuring deployed troops have the latest critical information on hand through shared online portals to sharing information in a selective way between, and with, suppliers. iOra Geo-Replicator provides a major benefit within the Defence industry where MOD consortia need to work closely by allowing the sharing of only required information using a web portal. iOra’s Geo-Replicator customers are global operations that need to share information in disconnected environments where there are few or no high speed networks. At these locations, connectivity is delivered by wireless, either over satellite or land-based radio.

    iOra software significantly reduces the impact of bandwidth usage and the cost of delivery through its patented compression engine that compresses information in a vastly different way to other compression solutions currently on the market using delta differencing to send only changes to the documents. Using iOra the level of file transmission reduction can go from 10’s of megabits to 10’s of kilobits. The solution is proven to send files across networks as low as 2kbps.

    Philip Wye, iOra’s Chief Executive Officer, commented:

    “iOra continues to be delighted to support the MOD to ensure mission critical information is sent across unreliable networks in many different projects throughout the MOD. We work closely with our contacts in the MOD to ensure the most efficient usage of our patented technology to ensure communication and collaboration; not only saving money and time but also allowing peace of mind by ensuring essential information is in the right place and the right time and with the right people.

    Kevin Stilwell, iOra’s Director of Sales, added:

    “iOra solutions are at the heart of the MOD communications across numerous different projects for the best use of the existing technology for communications. Consortia members and suppliers are also able to share important data and information in a secure environment.”

    Adele Keeble – Ministry of Defence – Software Asset Management says:

    “iOra continues to be an integral part of the Ministry of Defence, delivering essential software across the organisation. The working relationship between MOD and iOra means that we have been able to centralise the procurement route, taking in any future requirement, be it new licences or ongoing support and maintenance for iOra software delivering a one stop strategy, saving time, money and resources.

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    About iOra: www.iora.com

    iOra’s patented technology enables organisations with users working outside of the corporate network in remote or mobile locations to have access to up-to-date business critical information.

    Its replication technologies are trusted by governments, military and global companies around the world. iOra’s products replicate data between Microsoft SharePoint servers, or by creating virtualised servers or web applications for mobile users using iOra’s patented compression technology.

    iOra enables all users, irrespective of location, to have the same experience when accessing enterprise content – thus ensuring information consistency, guaranteeing regulatory compliance and enabling organisation-wide collaboration. iOra’s technology has been deployed successfully on tens of thousands of machines by customers including the UK MoD, US Marine Corps, Shell and NATO. Geo-Replicator works on a SharePoint environment or can be used file-based.

    iOra’s technology has been successfully deployed on tens of thousands of machines by customers, delivering data replication over bandwidths as low as 2 kbps to disconnected users.

    For more information contact:

    Vicki Kirk, Marketing Manager at iOra: 00 44 (0)1256 382750

    Mary Ann Griffiths, Defence & Aerospace Public Relations: 00 44 7887 787935

  • iOra software supporting the Royal Marines at the C Group Dinner

    iOra software supporting the Royal Marines at the C Group Dinner

    The C Group inspires business to support Marines in Need. Similar to Help for Heroes, the charity supports Royal Marines whose military careers have ended prematurely due to injury. It also supports serving and former Royal Marines, their families and dependants who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.

    iOra is keen to support The Royal Marines with more than our replication and compression software services that we supply to enable collaboration across limited networks and has taken a Platinum Table at the C Group Awards Dinner tomorrow night.

    The 2014 London Dinner at London Hilton on Park Lane marks the 350th anniversary of The Royal Marines making it an especially auspicious evening. The Awards praise the individuals and companies that have shown immense support to Royal Marines. After the Awards is the Auction with great prizes donating by businesses and individuals.

    We’re looking forward to a great evening! Report to follow………….

  • Using IT to reduce risk and business exposure in the face of increasing regulations and penalties

    Using IT to reduce risk and business exposure in the face of increasing regulations and penalties

    Need to communicate with personnel in remote and hostile locations? Wherever and whenever? You need to read this article in issue 116 of European Oil & Gas. Doesn’t matter if your industry isn’t Oil & Gas! Take a look at Page 7 onwards.

    Happy reading!iOra in European Oil & Gas Magazine

     

  • Will your Emergency Response Plan work when needed?

    Will your Emergency Response Plan work when needed?

    When major incidents occur, the communications system is often the first casualty. With communications to the outside world cut off, vital decisions need to be taken by the field crew and having the Emergency Response Plan to hand is essential.

    Despite the spread of mobile technology across the globe, events such as natural disasters, acts of war and terrorist attacks can render all communications useless – leaving you instantly isolated and in the dark, literally and metaphorically.

    Recent disasters such as the Costa Concordia grounding, the Deepwater Horizon explosion and spill, and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station release all happened quickly with little to no warning and had devastating results. That’s what an emergency is all about of course.

    The question is what would you do in this situation?

    Download a complimentary WhitePaper that will show how you can ensure an always-on connection to the latest Emergency Response Plan and have the latest data at the fingertips of your key workers, or those of the First Responders in the remotest of locations – even when all comms are down. And how you can continue to communicate despite overloaded, poor or intermittent networks

  • Success at iOra means a move to UK’s Silicon Valley

    Success at iOra means a move to UK’s Silicon Valley

    iOra, the data replication and compression experts, has outgrown its current office space and, in order to continue to meet the needs of its current and growing customer base, iOra has relocated to Hook in Hampshire, UK. In addition to meeting its future growth plans and to attract the best staff to support its customers, iOra believes the company will also be better placed closer to the M4 corridor – England’s ‘Silicon Valley’ – to continue to work closely with its technical partners.

    iOra’s replication and compression technologies have been selected by organisations that operate in the most demanding environments. iOra’s software ensures information consistency, guarantees regulatory compliance and enables organisation-wide collaboration minute-by-minute particularly for locations where the network is unreliable or intermittent – proven to send data on networks as low as 2kbps.

    Philip Wye, iOra’s CEO says, “iOra is punching above its weight as a small UK company, particularly in the global defence market. Our success can be attributed to a high investment in the design of our patented technology, the development of our UK technicians, and a business team that understands how to deploy on an international scale.”

    He added: “There are considerable continued opportunities for iOra in the parts of the world where broadband connections are sporadic or non-existent – people just expect to be connected and have access to key data. They don’t always understand the logistics in making that happen; even parts of Western Europe and the United States, for example, suffer from interrupted supply.”

    See our Blog in March to see who opened our new office!