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Category: Purple WiFi
Purple announces closer strategic partnership with Wireless Social
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, has formed a closer partnership with Wireless Social, a longstanding partner, to strengthen customer relationships and increase growth in key sectors. Wireless Social, a Certified Partner, has worked with Purple since the company’s inception, originally signing a partnership agreement back in April 2013. The firm…
Queensland Airports Limited select Purple and FLEXdata Solutions for their WiFi and location analytics solution
Purple, the intelligent spaces company, and its fully certified partner, FLEXdata Solutions, have signed a three-year contract to supply guest WiFi and location analytics to Queensland Airports Limited (QAL). FLEXdata Solutions, a systems integrator located on the East Coast of Australia, installed Cisco Meraki Wireless and Purple’s WiFi solution at…
Dom’s Story: Setting Up Purple in South America
Hello! I’m Dominic, and I’m the Senior Technical Support Engineer at Purple – Intelligent Spaces. This past November, I was given the opportunity to travel to Chile in South America as part of my role with Purple. Getting the chance to visit the other side of the world, soak up…
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…
The Technology Behind Amazon Go: How it Works and What It Means for Retailers
Whether you spotted it in your social feeds, saw it in a news headline, or were one of the 7.9 million people who have viewed its debut YouTube video, it’s likely you’ve heard of Amazon Go. On December 5th 2016, Amazon announced that it was opening an 1,800 sq ft,…
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 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…
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…