Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), IBM (NYSE: IBM) and
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) will co-sponsor an educational event in Shenzhen at
the Shangri-La Hotel on Tuesday, May 18. The meeting is the final
gathering of a three-city series of educational events to enlighten
business and government leaders in China on enterprise mobility and
wireless infrastructure solutions.
The event series, “Mobilizing your Business in a Wireless World,”
extends the strength of the alliance between Zebra Technologies, IBM and
Motorola. The partnership between the three industry leaders in
enterprise mobility offers customers a unique combination of benefits
including faster return on investment through increased flexibility of
mobile workers, reduced transaction errors, and improved customer
satisfaction and loyalty.
The day-long event in Shenzhen will focus on the role mobility plays in
business today and highlight joint end-to-end solution portfolios and
regional opportunities in mobility and wireless.
“The China market is a strong and growing market for Zebra as well as
our partners IBM and Motorola,” said Mark Welles, vice president of Asia
Pacific for Zebra Enterprise Solutions, a division of Zebra
Technologies. “These events provide us an exciting opportunity to
educate the marketplace about how enterprise mobility, optimization
solutions and wireless real time location systems can support their
overall business strategy and deliver measurable results.”
“Mobilizing your Business in a Wireless World” will include a series of
programs including product demonstrations, customer showcases and
presentations, and will be hosted by senior business leaders from Zebra,
IBM and Motorola. Each of the three companies will present technologies,
solutions and service offerings for field force automation, mobile point
of sale and route accounting. The events will also feature customer
successes and solutions for distribution, transportation and logistics,
retail and the consumer packaged goods industries.
Following are details of the previously held and upcoming educational
events in major cities throughout China:
Beijing - May 11, 2010 Shangri-La Hotel 12:00 pm to 5:00pm
Shanghai - May 13, 2010 Renaissance/Zhongshan Park Hotel 12:00
pm to 5:00pm
Shenzhen - May 18, 2010 Shangri-La Hotel 12:00 pm to 5:00pm
“These events showcase the unparalleled depth of collective expertise,
experience, industry leading products, and technological innovation the
alliance between IBM, Motorola and Zebra delivers in the form of
end-to-end solutions that drive greater return on investment and lower
total cost of ownership,” said Chris Bazinet, director of alliances for
IBM Global Services. “Our ability as a system integrator to put the best
of these companies’ technologies together with IBM software to deliver
proven, successful solutions worldwide is something we are extremely
proud of showcasing at these events.”
About Zebra Technologies
Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA) provides the broadest
range of innovative technology solutions to identify, track, and manage
the deployment of critical assets for improved business efficiency.
Zebra’s products include reliable on-demand printers and
state-of-the-art software and hardware solutions utilizing a wide array
of automatic identification technologies. By enabling improvements in
sourcing, visibility, security and accuracy, Zebra helps its customers
to put the right asset in the right place at the right time. Zebra
serves more than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. For more
information about Zebra's solutions, visit http://www.zebra.com.
About Zebra Enterprise Solutions
Zebra Enterprise Solutions, a division of Zebra Technologies
Corporation, extends Zebra’s reach beyond passive RFID by employing
state-of-the-art software and hardware solutions to locate, track,
manage, and optimize high-value assets, equipment and people across the
world’s largest supply chains. Whether tracking containers through a
port, optimizing parts for manufacturing, or managing ground support
equipment at an airport, the real-time asset management solutions from
the combination of Navis, WhereNet, proveo, and Multispectral Solutions
provide improved visibility and velocity to gain measurable business
improvements. Utilizing products that are based on ISO/IEC 24730-2,
Cisco CCX Wi-Fi, precision GPS, and UWB technologies, Zebra Enterprise
Solutions offers a wide range of location solutions that are
"application matched," enabling its customers to put the right asset in
the right place at the right time. For more information about Zebra
Enterprise Solutions visit http://www.zebra.com/zes.
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and
is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband
communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety
solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is
leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and
governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT)
had sales of US $22 billion in 2009. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.