Category: General

  • iOra speaks at the Maritime CIO Conference, Oslo

    iOra speaks at the Maritime CIO Conference, Oslo

    Oslo, UK – 3 June 2015: iOra’s Bob Legg is speaking at the Maritime CIO Conference in Oslo on 3 June 2015. Bob will be talking about the challenges of deploying collaboration and cloud software over satellite links that fail at sea as well as the technology that is being developed to solve this critical communications challenge. The one-day Maritime CIO Conference is part of Nor-Shipping, the world’s leading maritime event week, which is now celebrating its 50th anniversary. iOra is taking part for the first time and has become a Platinum Partner for the event.

    The conference will be addressing major challenges that the shipping industry is facing right now covering topics such as how to turn big data into big value, Collaborating Across Distributed Teams and Supply Chains, and how to future proof your IT infrastructure to name a few.

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

    “iOra attended the previous Nor-Shipping and the Maritime CIO Conference in 2013, as delegates, and we were most impressed at the size of the event and the calibre of the speakers; we realised that we needed to be part of this massively relevant event in future and that is why we are the Platinum Partner this year.”

    iOra’s presentation is focussed on collaboration across offshore supply chains and will be demonstrating how key companies in the industry have solved their communications issues despite poor or failing networks whilst maximising their satellite links.

    Bob Legg, iOra’s Business Manager for Offshore Markets added:

    “Maintaining consistent communications using collaboration and cloud solutions between ship and shore can prove challenging, yet is vitally important for maritime organisations to work effectively and improve ship communications.

    “iOra’s unique data replication solution enables operators to deliver content in the most cost-effective way enhancing sharing across the enterprise. As a result, they can implement more data-intensive systems on their ships and also significantly reduce the costs of transferring documents using satellite communications.”

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  • Delighted to welcome James Arbuthnot, MP

    Delighted to welcome James Arbuthnot, MP

    Exciting day in iOra on Friday when our local MP, James Arbuthnot, came to have a look around and officially open our new offices. A special plaque proudly displays the details of this event in our reception area. James Arbuthnot, in addition to his constituency duties, has sat on many Defence committees and therefore has a keen interest in companies supplying to the Defence industry. Following speeches by both James and our CEO, Philip Wye, the two men toured the office and met with a number of our staff in Customer Services, Sales and Development.

    James Arbuthnot was interested to learn how our replication and compression tool, Geo-Replicator, works by breaking down very large blocks of information across multiple documents and separating out any new updates from the existing information, then packaging, compressing and distributing it and finally reconstructing the revised and now up-to-date documents at the receiving end. iOra allows warfighters and HQ to have a single up-to-date view of operational  information – very important in military operations.

  • 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!