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Purple continues its recruitment drive following multiple office openings
After securing an investment of $7 million last September, we’ve opened six new offices across four continents, and our growth strategy is set to continue in 2017 as we recruit more staff members for our expanding global team. In just four months, we’ve managed to relocate our HQ to Oldham,…
Redcentric unveiled as Purple’s latest Certified Partner
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announces that Redcentric, a leading managed service provider, has become a Certified Partner. Redcentric specialises in providing on premise, managed and Cloud services to public and private sector organisations across the UK. Purple’s marketing and analytics solution acts as a complementary overlay to Redcentric’s…
Data Transfers to the US – Safe Harbor is dead, but long-live the EU/US Privacy Shield?
A blog by Squire Patton Boggs A legal challenge brought by an Austrian law student, Max Schrems, led to a landmark change in the law governing the transfer of personal data from the European Union to the US. EU data protection law tries to ensure that the same strict rules…
Acuative becomes a Purple Certified Partner to attract new opportunities in retail
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced its certified partnership with Acuative, a global provider of IT and networking support services, based in New Jersey. Acuative helps both public and private sector organisations manage and service their information technology, data, cloud and voice networks. With offices located in the U.S.,…
Purple Outgrows Ashton HQ
New Year, New Office, for Purple following large-scale recruitment drive We’re delighted to announce that Purple has moved its headquarters to Oldham, Greater Manchester, relocating due to a growth in staff numbers. The new, larger office will accommodate Purple’s expanding team, which has grown dramatically over the past year, following a…
Purple connects PizzaExpress in UAE
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, and CDW, the international IT solutions provider, today announced its partnership with PizzaExpress UAE. PizzaExpress UAE selected Purple and CDW to offer fast, free and secure guest WiFi to customers while gathering valuable analytics. CDW has delivered a fully integrated solution comprising hardware, software and…
Purple announces strategic agreement with NCR Corporation
December 19th, 2016: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced a strategic agreement with NCR’s Telecom and Technology business. As a global multivendor services provider, NCR Telecom and Technology partners with industry leading Telecom Service Providers and Technology OEMs to provide comprehensive solutions for wireless, enterprise networking, unified communications, and…
Purple partners with Unify Services in Australia
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced its partnership with Unify Services, based in Melbourne, Australia. The partnership will strengthen Purple’s deployment across the area. Unify Services aim to optimise business workflows, processes and strategies, to maximise profitability and performance using the power of modern technology. Purple will add value to…
Purple Win ‘Project of the Year’ in DACH region
Purple has won a prestigious award in Switzerland – Project of the Year at the Studerus Awards! The win was announced as part of the recent Studerus Technology Forum event, which was held at the Movenpick Hotel Zurich Regensdorf last week. The project was for KITAG Cinemas, the largest cinema…
Zak’s Story: How Purple turned my world upside down
Manchester to Melbourne Imagine being given the opportunity to work in one of the greatest cities in the world, Melbourne… with an incredible climate, gorgeous scenery and almost 2,000 kilometres of beaches! Well for me, Purple made it happen. I was a Technical Solutions Specialist working at Purple HQ in…
Purple and Meraki provide the WiFi at UK Cisco Partner Event
Last week we headed down to Brighton for the first of two UK Cisco Partner Forum events. We hosted a shared stand with Cisco Meraki, which meant we could showcase the joined up Purple + Meraki solution with live data from the event on our TV screen. We pulled some…
Richard Roberts, former MD Commercial and Partner Sales for Cisco UKI, relishes new role as Purple’s VP EMEA
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announces its latest high profile appointment with Richard Roberts joining as VP EMEA. Richard is set to supercharge Purple’s EMEA partnerships and continue its fast growth. He will be responsible for leading the regional team and driving revenue through, and with, Purple’s Customers, Distributors…
WiFi in bars and restaurants: Enhancing customer experience
Here at Purple, we’re always excited to learn how customer experience is being shaped by WiFi across different sectors. So, we set out to survey over 1,000 people about how they use WiFi in bars and restaurants and the results were conclusive. The provision of free WiFi in bars and…
Feature announcement: Micro Surveys are here
It’s no hidden secret that research and listening to users is vital to successful businesses of all size. The key to gaining this invaluable data is to keep it simple, relevant and ask at the right time. Today, we’re excited to announce a brand new product feature called Micro Surveys…
Nviron becomes a Certified Partner of Purple
We’re proud to announce that Nviron, an established provider of IT infrastructure, networking and security solutions, has become a fully Certified Purple Partner. Nviron, based in Runcorn, Cheshire, prides itself in meeting its clients’ demand for availability, integrity and security. Nviron is proud to be associated with key public sectors, including…