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The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Innovation Roadshow has been hailed a success by North West businesses.
The event was designed to give small and medium enterprises guidance on various aspects of intellectual property. There were presentations on a range of topics including trademarks, patents, sources of finance and responsibilities of directors. Those who attended also got the chance to meet the presenters and get expert advice in one to one sessions.
Tracy Barlow, Marketing & Finance Director at 24/7 Uptime Ltd, said: “It was a very interesting event and the speakers were extremely helpful. As recommended, I have requested and received confirmation from our website designer and printer that we own the design/artwork rights of our website and logos.
“I have also started incorporation proceedings for a new company name and did it online as suggested. It was straightforward and cost just £18 as they said. When I telephoned for advice I spoke to experts who gave me the information I needed in simple terms, which was very reassuring.
“I did all this the same day I attended the roadshow. It was all done and dusted by just gone 1pm and I only left the roadshow at around 11.30am!”
Innovation Roadshows were held at the University of Manchester Innovation Centre and Chester Riverside Innovation Centre.
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) offers support and information to businesses across Europe to help them make the most of the opportunities of the European Union. EEN’s services are specifically designed for small and medium enterprises, but are available to all European businesses, research centres and universities.
For more information on EEN’s services call 0844 2598571 or email info@eenw.org
EEN Puts Businesses On Right Road
As well as visiting London this week for meetings and the London Marathon, we also made a visit to King’s Cross Station – or ‘our’ station as we affectionately refer to it now.
It was certainly different to the last time we were there – it looks fantastic. And we think our photos show just what we’re keeping up and running!
King’s Cross Station – photo update
A couple of months before I ran the London Marathon on Sunday, a friend lent me the Seb Coe book ‘The Winning Mind’. I read the last chapter at 7.30am on the London Marathon competitors’ train to Greenwich as my last motivation and psychology tool. Several of Seb’s comments and his overall attitude certainly helped me to mentally prepare.
I have had very sore heels in the training leading up to the event which my physio has been treating as a condition called plantar fasciitis, a nasty complaint which is common to runners and very tricky to get rid of. So – when the gun went off, I set off at a steady pace and got to the 13 mile halfway stage in 1 hours 49 minutes. This was well inside my target time and I was feeling very good and strong. All was going well until mile 18 when my heel started playing up; it started getting sorer and sorer until it was really very painful indeed. One recent quote came to mind, even in the middle of 36,000 runners when I was doubting I would finish, and that is “pain lasts an hour, a day or a week – giving in lasts a lifetime”. It’s a David Bedford quote, ex athlete of course and London Marathon race director. So, with that in mind – and of course being made of iron ….. I jogged, limped, walked and grimaced the last 9 miles and made it to the finish in 4 hours 25 minutes and 58 seconds.
In my age category (which as 45-49 year old category is now embarrassingly called ‘super veteran’) I finished in position 1,894 and my overall race position was 17,528. Interestingly, the next person behind me in my age category came in just 23 seconds behind me – one Gordon Ramsay. The miserable devil didn’t even whip up a quick omelette at the finish ….. Without the injury, I think maybe 3 hours 45 was possible. Will I try again? Ask me again in 6 months time!
I ran to raise funds for our local hospice, Willow Wood. As always hospices need all the help they can get. I set a target of £500 and haven’t quite got there yet. My Just Giving page http://www.justgiving.com/247uptime-londonmarathon still accepts donations for a few months after the event so please feel free to donate, even if it’s only £2.47!
Almost there – looking good but feeling awful ……….
Got the London Marathon medal at last!
But Marathon trainers can get a bit bloody!
London Marathon – The Marathon Man’s Viewpoint
Our first mention in Computing.co.uk:
King’s Cross Station selects Marathon everRun to eliminate server downtime – thank you guys!
Computing.co.uk: King’s Cross Station selects Marathon everRun to eliminate server downtime
Thank you, Tameside Reporter, for including our King’s Cross Station story.
Working 24/7 for rail revamp
The new concourse at King’s Cross Station was officially unveiled last week (14 March 2012) and we are delighted to have been involved in this exciting project.
We were approached by main contractor, Fourway Communications, in August 2011 about protecting the Station Management System at King’s Cross. The Station Management System ensures the efficient running of the station, including different sub-systems such as CCTV cameras, fire systems, building management, PA system, help points and voice recording. With the station being used by 47m passengers every year, these systems are critical and must operate without interruption.
Russell Bennett, IT solutions architect at Fourway Communications, explains: “Fourway was tasked with delivering the Station Management System as part of the refurbishment at King’s Cross. Because of the critical needs of the station, we needed a high availability solution with zero operator intervention in the event of a server failure – and the failover should take place with no loss of system availability. That immediately ruled out most of the solutions on the market.
“Marathon everRun addressed all our criteria in one hit. We employed 24/7 Uptime to advise on server design and take the lead on the Marathon everRun installation. We have undertaken heavy tests and the software has delivered every time. 24/7 Uptime’s assistance throughout the project has been outstanding and, without doubt, has greatly assisted us in delivering a successful project.”
It was a very proud moment when we saw everyone’s hard work come to fruition – and we look forward to seeing the end result on our next trip to London.
As an added bonus, we celebrated our 3rd year in business during the same week as the King’s Cross launch, so such positive client feedback can only help us continue to grow!
King’s Cross Station refurb – exciting times!
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A Marathon effort – thank you Tameside Reporter!
Thanks to the Tameside Advertiser for covering our London Marathon story on behalf of Willow Wood Hospice.
Don’t forget you can donate at our 24/7 Uptime-London Marathon Just Giving site
Thank you Tameside Advertiser!
In a few weeks time, Chris Robinson, our sales & technical director, is running the London Marathon on behalf of Willow Wood Hospice. As the UK’s leading partner reseller of Marathon Technologies’ high availability/disaster recovery software, we thought it was an appropriate fundraising event; even more so since the software is called everRun.
This year the Marathon is taking place on Sunday 22 April and Chris explains why he will be putting his best foot forward for the Hospice. “I’ve been training for the London Marathon since last November, spurred on by the thought that ‘Marathon reseller runs London Marathon’ was too good an opportunity to miss. I last ran the London Marathon in 2005 and achieved a race time of 3 hours 55 mins 07 seconds. As well as raising funds for Willow Wood, which is our local hospice, I would dearly love to knock a few minutes off that time!”
John Fellowes, head of fundraising/PR at Willow Wood Hospice said “24/7 Uptime have been a long term supporter of the hospice and we are delighted that Chris has chosen Willow Wood as the beneficiary of his efforts. Willow Wood relies almost entirely on the local community to raise vital funds in order for us to provide the very highest levels of care to those in need of our specialist services. It is because of people like Chris and his colleagues at 24/7 Uptime that we achieve our aims.”
To make a donation and spur Chris on his way please feel free to donate to our 24/7 Uptime Marathon Just Giving page – every contribution helps, especially when he gets to those last few miles!
Marathon reseller runs London Marathon
