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Global Sales Kick Off 2016 – and staff awards
Last week, I was delighted to welcome our entire international team here for a whole week to have our Global Sales Kick Off. The team flew in from all corners of the world, including Europe, Australia, Singapore and the U.S. The week flew by with presentations and learning sessions, and…
A look at Purple’s new brand with John Oliver, Chief Product Officer
You might have noticed that we’ve changed our branding. The first thing to say is that we are definitely still providing WiFi solutions. Purple WiFi is still a core product of ours. It’s just that driven by our customers needs, we’ve started to think of what we can provide above and…
Purple WiFi evolves into Purple, the Intelligent Spaces company
January 18, 2016: Purple WiFi, the cloud-based marketing and analytics WiFi software company, today becomes Purple, the intelligent spaces software company, to better reflect the organisation’s wider scope of focus. Since 2012, Purple has been changing the WiFi landscape starting with easy to access social WiFi for the customer and…
Purple WiFi partners with Net-worxs Software in Australia
January 11, 2016: Purple WiFi, the cloud-based Social WiFi platform, today announced its partnership with Net-worxs Software, based in Australia. Net-worxs Software has established itself as the premium provider of emerging digital platforms for marketing and advertising businesses. Boasting a varied portfolio of products such as custom digital branding, mobile,…
What’s new for Purple in 2016?
The mince pies are banished for another year. The Christmas tree has been taken down. The office fridge is bursting with boxes of salad, mine included. But the atmosphere at Purple Towers isn’t suffering a post-holiday downer. With last year’s success fresh in our minds, we’re feeling quietly contented and…
Purple WiFi partners with Softcat to expand customer acquisition opportunities
Purple WiFi, the cloud-based Social WiFi software company, today announced a partnership with Softcat, a leading IT infrastructure provider to corporate and public sector organisations. Softcat provides customers with core IT platforms, encapsulating software licensing, client computing, data centre infrastructure, networking and security, and IT services for on-going support and…
Purple WiFi provides wireless social login for Pitch@Palace
This Monday saw the fourth instalment of the Duke of York’s Pitch@Palace programme, where 15 budding business people make pitches to a gathering of investors in the hope of drumming up support and making connections in high places. The Duke of York founded Pitch@Palace to support Entrepreneurs with the amplification…
Purple WiFi at the movies with Cineworld
Last week Purple WiFi were feeling glamorous as we got to attend the Cineworld Exhibition at Silverstone race track, along with our partner, TFM Networks, a preferred supplier of the Cineworld group. With five Cineworld cinemas already up and running with TFM, Cisco Meraki and Purple, it was the perfect…
The Future of Bars and Restaurants – the lowdown
Last Friday we welcomed guests from the bar and restaurant industry to an exclusive event at Gilgamesh in Camden, London. Gilgamesh is a really beautiful setting; it’s a pan-asian bar, lounge and restaurant offering a unique Eastern dining experience with a relaxed, contemporary feel. We discussed the future of bars…
Purple WiFi and Ruckus deliver WiFi and analytics for 70,000 ton floating museum
In partnership with Ruckus Wireless and Equinox Telecom, Purple WiFi has redefined the guest experience in one of the most challenging and exciting networking environments we’ve seen to date – the USS Midway Museum, San Diego. The USS Midway is the world’s most visited historic naval ship. The ship is…
Sir Terry Leahy talks Purple at our Future of Loyalty Event
We were oversubscribed for our retail event at Harvey Nichols in London last week, so we had a full house – despite it being a Friday. The event focused on the retail industry in a futuristic world, how businesses will need to change the way they engage with customers and…
The Instillery partners with Purple WiFi
The Instillery Group has today confirmed an exciting new partnership with Purple WiFi to become New Zealand’s first Cloud Managed Service Provider for the global social WiFi company. The partnership with Purple WiFi enables the Instillery to better assist businesses across New Zealand and Australia realise the true value of…
The Future of Bars and Restaurants – leveraging technology to get a competitive advantage
When is it? The event will be held on Thursday 22nd October from 2pm at Gilgamesh Bar & Restaurant, in the vibrant London Borough of Camden. So what’s it about? We are taking a good look at how bars and restaurants need to prepare themselves for the future and the…
Llechwedd Slate Caverns: WiFi Delivers Instant Social Media Boost
Summary Llechwedd Slate Caverns is an attraction in Snowdonia, which has 175,000 visitors per year. Situated near the historic slate mining town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, it combines a Victorian mine tour; slate workshop; and slate mining exhibition with a gift shop; café; and play area. There are also mountain bike…
Purple WiFi partners with Trend Vision in India
Purple WiFi today announced that it is partnering with Trend Vision LLP in India, adding its cloud-based, social WiFi solution, which includes presence analytics and location-based services, to Trend Vision’s portfolio of products. Trend Vision is Purple WiFi’s first Indian reseller, enabling its expansion into a broad market of key…