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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…

We are pleased to announce that Purple won the award for Customer Success Excellence at this year’s Pulse Europe – a customer success event attended by 1,500 customer success professionals across EMEA. The event, hosted by Gainsight, was held last week at Olympia London, and welcomed talks from a number…

Last week at the Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas, Purple were presented with the award for Ecosystem Partner of the Year (LATAM region). Kerry Sutcliffe, Purple’s Director of Alliances, said: “There is a very strong relationship in place between Purple and Cisco and Cisco Meraki in the Latam region,…

The recent large scale study ‘The Future Stores 2014 State of Brick and Mortar Report’ has looked into the in-store retail experience and technology standards currently in place at over 110 of America’s top companies. The survey’s aim was to investigate the trends and current use of technology to enhance…

April 30, 2014 – Purple WiFi has signed a distribution agreement with enterprise mobility and UC Solutions distributor, Wavelink. The agreement will see the addition of Purple  WiFi’s cloud-based, Social WiFi solution, which includes presence analytics and location based services, to Wavelink’s portfolio of products. By entering into a distribution…

Cloud-based social WiFi provider, Purple WiFi, has embarked on the next stage of its global development with strategic expansion into Asia Pacific. This growth will be delivered by the company’s latest senior hire, Allen Pan, who takes on the new role of VP – Asia Pacific. Allen Pan joins Purple…

Purple WiFi has rolled out its revolutionary social WiFi service at Huddersfield’s Kingsgate shopping mall to enable the centre to capitalise on the benefits of social networking, while offering Kingsgate customers a fast, free and secure WiFi service. Purple WiFi allows businesses to build brand awareness and attract new customers…

The Friendly WiFi scheme was officially launched today in the UK and Ireland and Purple WiFi is proud to be part of it. Should the scheme be successful, it is hoped that Friendly WiFi will be launched globally. This time last year, David Cameron announced that the UK’s main WiFi…

Fast-growth data analytics firm Purple WiFi has acquired US wayfinding business LogicJunction. In the deal announced today, Manchester-headquartered Purple confirmed the takeover of Ohio-based LogicJunction, with the combined businesses operating under the Purple brand. The acquisition is a majority stock deal, with the existing management team and employee base joining…

Connector Systems New Zealand announces an exciting new partnership with Purple WiFi, a leader in guest WiFi marketing and analytics to the New Zealand market. Purple WiFi provides marketing and analytics technology for the retail market. They have numerous case studies and customer examples where they have enabled shopping centres…

Investment funds will be used to accelerate product development and for staff recruitment to aid global expansion, targeting EMEAR, APAC and the Americas January 14, 2015: Purple WiFi, the UK-based WiFi social login and location analytics platform, today announced new funding to accelerate its rapid international expansion. The $5m funding was…

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 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…

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…