Keep an eye on these tomorrow, another 20% coming right up!!!

Nexus Management (NXS, 0.805p, 7.89m) The groups subsidiary, Resilience Technology Corporation (RTC), has entered a co-operation agreement with VPEP Technology, the original vendor of RTC, to deliver new virtualisation security applications. The group has announced the issue of 8.35m shares to repay a debt to the RTC vendors (0.16m) and issued shares to staff members, some of which was instead of amounts owed. Finally the group announces that one of the orders that was announced as previously delayed has now been shifted. The group remains a SPECULATIVE BUY

Nexus Management plc (LSE:NXS), a provider of specialist IT managed services, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Resilience Technology Corporation (RTC), has entered into a cooperation agreement with VPEP Technology Corporation to collaborate in utilising VPEP technology on RTC hardware and delivering new virtualisation security appliances.
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RTC and VPEP will also work together on the launch of products such as the VPEP for Squid Proxy Server, which optimises web delivery, and VPEP for Snort Intrusion Detection, a network intrusion detection and prevention system. RTC will be the main reseller for these two products.

In addition Nexus said it has issued 1.88m new ordinary shares at GBP0.837 per share to satisfy GBP16,000 of the debt owed to the vendors of RTC.

The company has also issued 6.48m new ordinary shares at GBP0.837 to employees, of which 3.19m shares have been issued in lieu of payments due to certain members of staff. The net proceeds of the issue, totalling GBP28,000, will be used for general working capital.

http://www.nerdforce.com/what_franchise.pdf

Highly targeted marketing should aid growth

But given the deteriorating consumer climate in the USA, the biggest influence on Nexuss share price in the remainder of this year will probably be the sales performance of PD. Here, Adler is very confident. He described PDs business model as the best I have ever seen. He drew attention to the significance of a new long-term deal, signed in June, with Alliance Data which will approve, process and fund credit card transactions. With this financial backing in place, PD has now re-launched its business, changing its trading name from Peach Direct to VENUE (www.venue.com), and it hopes to continue its growth based on very sophisticated credit scoring and targeted marketing.

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In simple terms, what PD does is to find, through data mining, the ideal spot at which customers have both the inclination to buy a product and the means to pay for it. There is no point in trying to sell to those who probably have every gadget already or to those who are demonstrably careful in their spending habits. And it also makes little point to sell to those who might struggle to repay. PD finds the sweet spot and can predict the outcome of any targeted marketing campaign with remarkable accuracy.

This is one feature of PD. A second is that it is a virtual retailer. It sells only branded goods, delivery is outsourced and, crucially, it does not bear any of the financial risk in the event of a customer defaulting on payments. Now with the backing of Alliance Data and with customers finding credit cut off from other channels Adlam believes that PD is well placed.

So, finally I asked him to explain the renegotiation of the $2m payment from PDs owners to Nexus. This followed Nexuss sale of 72% of its stake in PD back to the latters owners. This was originally scheduled for June before being delayed by two months, with a strange and rather unnerving rider that in the event that PD is unable to pay..a charge of $100,000 per month will be levied.

A genuine penny share

It seems inconceivable that PD should want to pay such a hefty penalty for late settlement, but according to Adlam such is the payback from PDs targeted marketing campaigns that it could make sense for it to keep the cash in its own business. Since he is on the board of both companies Adlam is in a good position to know. But still I think that Nexuss outside shareholders would be happy to see the money finally in its own coffers.

At todays share price of 0.86p Nexus is valued at just 7.4m and so this is a genuine penny share. The strategy is clever and by offering computer users, both in the small business arena and at home, an installation service, remote back-up and on-site visits from the man in the yellow van it has a comprehensive support offering that it believes is unique.

If Nexus can pull it off and the expansion of a franchise chain while running a transatlantic business is certainly a challenge then the share price will go far. This is certainly one that I am monitoring.

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aimzine.Nexus Management

Code: NXS Share Price 1 pence Market Cap: 9.4 Million



Thanks to its diversified portfolio of businesses and associated services, Nexus Management, the provider of specialist IT Managed Services, has enjoyed growth, despite difficult times, and expects to see this trend continue into the future.



Profitable growth is extremely difficult during a recession when prices are being squeezed by savvy buyers. It is often the case that larger orders get delayed in a recession until financial stability improves. Nexus core business, however, relies on sustained volumes of smaller recurring contracts which generally remain stable in a downturn, with some cancellations or new business wins showing small fluctuations.



Nexus has, through acquisition, also grown in size recently and is very well positioned to grow more quickly once the recession is over. The Resilience division has a large number of maintenance contracts that are very stable and although larger orders to new customers are susceptible to delay this part of the Group is not totally dependent on this type of business.

While UK operations have suffered the effects of the recession with fewer opportunities to grow here in London, Nexus US operations have been less affected.



Roger Richardson, CEO explains: Having diverse businesses in multiple countries has helped mitigate the Groups overall exposure to the economic downturn. The North East coast of the US seems to have weathered the storm a little better than London and New York.



Nexus acquired Nerd Force Inc, a fast growing mobile computer and technology provider in June 2008 with the explicit intention of expanding the franchises business model. Since then, Nerd Force has become one of the fastest growing IT franchises of its kind, having sold in excess of 180 territories (27 of which are currently active) throughout Europe and the US.



A Nerd Force franchise gives IT professionals who have been made redundant the opportunity to use their skills and start their own business; they also receive on-going support from Nexus Management to grow the business.



Nexus recently appointed Les Dyson, of First for Franchising, to market and develop Nerd Force in the UK. Les Dyson has extensive experience advising new franchises and the UK roll-out is imminent.



As all businesses, especially small and medium sized companies, seek more cost efficient solutions to run their operations in the downturn, Nexus data centre business is well positioned to reap the benefits of the ongoing cost-cutting exercises Nexus offers a cheaper hosting facility accompanied by a 24 hour support service.



Unlike many businesses, Nexus took the initiative to overhaul its UK marketing efforts despite the recession, taking these in-house to lower costs and refocus the initial contact with prospective clients. Although late for this fiscal year we expect to see the fruits of this more aggressive approach in the New Year.



Roger Richardson, CEO said: We anticipated the tough times of the last 9 months by reducing our corporate overhead in January and delaying a number of costs that would have been spent in a better economy. Our core business that underpins Nexus has been able to grow in spite of the economic recession because we have multiple products sold to both consumers and businesses. We operate in numerous countries and have many different channels to market. This gives us a buffer and resilience to a downturn in any one sector or market.

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if he has, then he's in shit up to his neck or even beyond!

Birmingham uses Websense
Tags: Foundation Trust Information iS Security Web 2.0

11 Sep 2009

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it will implement a complete information protection solution from Websense.

The trust will roll-out Websenses Essential Information Protection portfolio to create an integrated policy-based IT security platform to secure data and protect against Web 2.0 threats from sites such as Twitter.

The solution, which was purchased for an undisclosed six figure sum, will cover 7,500 users for three years.

Mohandeep Randhawa, service delivery manager at the trust, said: We recognised that, with the rise of Web 2.0, the threat landscape had changed.

"We needed a security platform that would not only protect against ongoing internet threats but also help us to identify where our valuable information existed, set policy over who had access to that information and what they could do with it.

The trust believes the solution will drive down operational costs because of reduced complexity and training requirements. "Were already seeing reduced administration, improved correlation and better management reporting, Randhawa added.

The solution is powered by the Websense Threat Seeker Network, which continuously monitors the internet for changes and emerging threats. Information is then incorporated in real-time into the companys web, data and email security solutions.

NHS launches care records but serious data concerns remain
Vows to complete care records rollout in one year
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"What we don't want is a big file of documents that you're not sure who they're from or what they're about, because that makes life difficult, and also opens you up to a legal challenge where you might have missed some buried information," said Dr Ingrams.
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"It's got to be in a standard order and searchable. But they haven't got that far in deciding that."

Dr Mary Hawking, a GP in Bedfordshire who has in the past been critical of the way the programme has been managed, said she too was concerned about the "mission creep" of other documents and records being added to the SCRs.

"The danger is that while information on allergies and medication is useful, you can upload all sorts of rubbish along the way, things that patients didn't want on there," she said.

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"Suppose you have a mental health problem, or were abused as a child. You don't necessarily want information freely out there when you're admitted to A&E for an unrelated accident."

There were also "many issues" over data quality, with many surgeries not having accredited data, she said. In March, the NHS ended the need for data accreditation.

Helen Wilkinson, a former employee of the NHS and founder of the Big Opt Out Campaign, agreed that the concerns over data quality were "huge" and that the lack of accreditation of many GP surgeries was a worry.

"I started the campaign after discovering that thanks to a coding error I'd been wrongly labelled on the system as an alcoholic," she said. "My MP had to get a debate in parliament to have the record changed."

"Now I get patients in early adopter sites, and GP surgeries, ringing me. Because many don't know what the programme's about."

Asked whether it would be useful to have a standard national framework setting exactly what can be uploaded and in what format, Dr Hawking said it would. "Look at the Welsh programme," she said. "They made it completely clear there are to be no uploads on mental health and sexual health."

"The big problem is that as a patient, if you don't opt out, you're automatically consenting to all sorts of information beng added in the future, and we don't know what it is or the quality of it."

Dr Hawking called for the NHS to have "more discussion" with GPs and patients, and "less going ahead without their engagement".

The NHS today insisted that the SCRs in early adopter areas were demonstrably improving care, and defended the continued automatic opt-in of patients.

"An opt-in model is likely to disadvantage those elderly or chronically ill who do not take the initiative to ask for a Summary Care Record," it said. "This would mean that those most likely to benefit from clinicians being able to access key information in unscheduled care situations are less likely to have this improvement in their patient care."

Health minister Mike O'Brien added: "Having the right information at the right time can make all the difference to patients' experience of urgent care.

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"What we don't want is a big file of documents that you're not sure who they're from or what they're about, because that makes life difficult, and also opens you up to a legal challenge where you might have missed some buried information," said Dr Ingrams.
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"It's got to be in a standard order and searchable. But they haven't got that far in deciding that."

Dr Mary Hawking, a GP in Bedfordshire who has in the past been critical of the way the programme has been managed, said she too was concerned about the "mission creep" of other documents and records being added to the SCRs.

"The danger is that while information on allergies and medication is useful, you can upload all sorts of rubbish along the way, things that patients didn't want on there," she said.

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"Suppose you have a mental health problem, or were abused as a child. You don't necessarily want information freely out there when you're admitted to A&E for an unrelated accident."

There were also "many issues" over data quality, with many surgeries not having accredited data, she said. In March, the NHS ended the need for data accreditation.

Helen Wilkinson, a former employee of the NHS and founder of the Big Opt Out Campaign, agreed that the concerns over data quality were "huge" and that the lack of accreditation of many GP surgeries was a worry.

"I started the campaign after discovering that thanks to a coding error I'd been wrongly labelled on the system as an alcoholic," she said. "My MP had to get a debate in parliament to have the record changed."

"Now I get patients in early adopter sites, and GP surgeries, ringing me. Because many don't know what the programme's about."

Asked whether it would be useful to have a standard national framework setting exactly what can be uploaded and in what format, Dr Hawking said it would. "Look at the Welsh programme," she said. "They made it completely clear there are to be no uploads on mental health and sexual health."

"The big problem is that as a patient, if you don't opt out, you're automatically consenting to all sorts of information beng added in the future, and we don't know what it is or the quality of it."

Dr Hawking called for the NHS to have "more discussion" with GPs and patients, and "less going ahead without their engagement".

The NHS today insisted that the SCRs in early adopter areas were demonstrably improving care, and defended the continued automatic opt-in of patients.

"An opt-in model is likely to disadvantage those elderly or chronically ill who do not take the initiative to ask for a Summary Care Record," it said. "This would mean that those most likely to benefit from clinicians being able to access key information in unscheduled care situations are less likely to have this improvement in their patient care."

Health minister Mike O'Brien added: "Having the right information at the right time can make all the difference to patients' experience of urgent care

resellers
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05 Nov 2009
On the 3rd November, e92plus hosted the first Sales Academy - a unique channel event that provided fantastic sales training alongside insights into how to identify and maximize opportunities with our leading vendors.

The day was a great success, with excellent feedback from the many attending delegates. Held at the stunning Cumberland Hotel in central London, the day included:

* Professional sales training, including topics on need creation, selling styles and selling to senior executives

* Insights from Xirrus on selling Wi-Fi into education and the NHS

* Barracuda to reducing sales cycle times

* Websense on opportunities in hosted security

* WinMagic on the massive potential with encryption in 2010


This was the first in a programme of e92plus Sales Academies, with more to follow in 2010. Topics will be expanded, covering other areas such as presentations, generating meetings and increasing sales to existing customers.

For more information on how e92plus can help you grow your business, contact your Account Manager on 020 8274 7000.

go back to your f'ing boiler room and stop this amateurish and heavy ramping!

Perhaps they have been tendering for some health authorities in globally. But can they make any annoucements in the closed period, if they (Nexus-Resilience) are awarded any contracts. Resilience would be making the hardware and VPEP would be putting in the software, if I read the RNS correctly about the formal co-operation agreement. Plug and play in an NHS context would require need a great number of Resilience devices.

Could be get news in December or do we have to wait until the accounts in January 2010

Websense's current clients include more than half of the Fortune 500 companies, the United States Army and Saudi Aramco, the large Saudi oil company. Other software that Saudi Arabia has considered includes products from Surf Control, a London company; N2H2, of Seattle; and Symantec, a Cupertino, Calif., company.

Within the Islamic world, religious sensitivities and security-conscious regimes can combine to create a technophobic atmosphere. Governments in Muslim nations, among them Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, have made overtures to Internet filtering companies. But no Muslim nation has been as active a user of the software as has Saudi Arabia. By royal decree, virtually all public Internet traffic to and from Saudi Arabia has been funneled through a single control center outside Riyadh since the Internet was introduced in the kingdom nearly three years ago.

If the Riyadh center blocks a site, a warning screen pops up warning the user, in English and Arabic, "Access to the requested URL is not allowed!"

"The Internet is a frightening place to some people," said Mr. Holt, who oversees sales operations in the Middle East for Secure Computing. "The government feels the need to intervene."

Accounting Firm Caps Spam and Risky Email With Websense "In the Cloud" Email Security
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Technology Integration Group (TIG) Helps Smith Marion & Co. Eradicate Spam With Websense Hosted Email Security

For mid-sized accounting firm Smith Marion & Co., which provides audit services, tax preparation and accounting and consulting services, pesky and risky spam was consuming countless hours for employees -- hours better spent on providing services to their customers. After its trusted IT solution provider Technology Integration Group suggested Websense Hosted Email Security from Websense, Smith Marion & Co. has saved both time and money.

"Spam was time consuming for our employees as they had to wade through tons of spam in their inboxes," said Daniel Gregory, IT manager, Smith Marion & Co. "Employees didn't want to see the massive amount of inappropriate email. After we deployed the on-demand security service from Websense, we reduced spam, saved time and employees no longer had to deal with inappropriate images and content."

"Hosted services are quickly becoming an attractive platform of choice in the messaging security market," said Brian Burke, security program director for IDC. "This hosted, software-as-a-service security model represents a great opportunity to deliver multi-tier protection from security threats with reduced deployment and management time."

"Deployment was easy," added Gregory. "We rolled out the solution in less than an hour. Administration and management of the system is extremely easy and intuitive. While we haven't had to call on them much, we've experienced great levels of support both through our solution provider and through Websense technical support."

"Our client needed a proven security solution that would stop spam and bolster security," said Steve Groom, senior director of Security & Wireless, Technology Integration Group. "With the Websense cloud-based email security solution, we've been able to eradicate spam while protecting our client against viruses, phishing and other malware. Websense Hosted Email Security also keeps essential information from leaving the organization by encrypting and protecting outbound sensitive email."

"Smith Marion & Co. understands the value of hosted security solutions -- an effective option that delivers maximum protection without the need for hardware upkeep and management," said Leo Cole, vice president of marketing at Websense. "We believe this hosted security model can benefit businesses of all sizes and let them focus on their business without having to spend valuable resources on security."

In addition to Websense Hosted Email Security, the company offers Websense Hosted Web Security that protects from malware, delivers granular Web filtering, and provides centralized policy management for any type of environment, including those with remote locations, home offices and mobile laptops.

IDC's Burke expects the hosted email and Web security market will grow from $492.3 million in 2007, to $1.7 billion in 2012, representing a compound annual growth rate of 33.8 percent.

All Websense solutions, including Websense Hosted Email Security, are powered by the Websense ThreatSeeker Network which continuously monitors the Internet for changes and emerging threats. The resulting intelligence is immediately incorporated into the company's Web, data and email security solutions. As a result, Websense solutions adapt to the rapidly changing Internet threat environment at speeds not possible by traditional security solutions.

FVC, a leading value added distributor (VAD) of global networking and security products in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has signed a strategic agreement to distribute Websenses security solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Websense is a global leader in integrated Web, data and email security solutions, provides Essential Information Protection for approximately 44 million product seats under subscription.

The partnership is aimed at expanding Websenses reach in the Kingdoms enterprise sector, leveraging FVCs expansive channel network in the country.

K.S. Parag, MD at FVC, said, We are very pleased to add Websense to our growing portfolio of security products. Websense has a proven track record of excellence in their sphere and combined with our strengths in the regional enterprise level distribution network, growing importance of the Internet, we anticipate a healthy growth in security solutions in the Kingdom.

FVC has recently expanded its resources in KSA, one of the key growth areas, by adding more resources in terms of sales engineers and a second Executive Briefing Centre in KSA that showcases all its latest technologies. The company has also upgraded its partner portal recently to streamline the process of sharing business leads and opportunities with its partners, enabling them to register projects in addition to accessing other sales tools.

FVC is a great fit for Websense because it has excellent business and technical skills, strong geographical coverage and established relationships with resellers within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This partnership will be a win-win for both Websense and FVC to bring our integrated portfolio of Web, data and email solutions to more customers, allowing them to benefit from we call Essential Information Protection, said Stephen Grey, Regional Manager at Websense.

uk analyst 2nd dec Meet Nexus, Sirius, Leni Gas & Oil and WSI in the City with UK-Analyst.com

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Dear UK-Analyst.com member,

We do hope you will join us as our guest at our event on Wednesday, 2nd December, 6.00pm - 8.00pm in the City to meet David Lenigas of Solo Oil, Roger Richardson of Nexus Management, Paul Lavender, the UK based director of Worship Street Investments and Richard Poulden of Sirius Exploration.

There is a lot of demand for this event and attendance is strictly limited so to book your seat call Michelle Levin on 020 7562 3386 or email her at michelle.levin@t1ps.com.

Solo Oil plans to acquire a diverse portfolio of direct and indirect interests in exploration, development and production oil and gas assets which are based in the Americas, Europe or Africa. Both on-shore and off-shore interests will be considered. The intention is to acquire a widely distributed mix of oil and gas development and production assets.

Sirius Exploration Plc is a diversified mining and exploration holding company with salt and potash interests in North America and Australia and initiatives in Compressed Air Energy Storage and Carbon Sequestration.

Nexus Management is a managed service provider specializing in the provision of IT services. Via secure use of the Internet, Nexus is able to leverage the expertise of its highly qualified engineers to service multiple clients 24/7 in many locations and provide businesses with the quality of products and services usually reserved for large corporations.

Advised by the successful team behind SF t1ps Smaller Companies Growth Fund and SF t1ps Smaller Companies Gold Fund, Worship Street Investments was admitted to PLUS on 8th June 2009, following a successful open offer raising 1.34 million. The Company's stated strategy was to make investments in: 1. Companies seeking an IPO on PLUS 2. Existing PLUS quoted companies 3. AIM companies seeking to move to PLUS.

Since the admission to PLUS, Worship Street has made a series of investments in PLUS quoted businesses, acquiring both equity and debt instruments in the process. On 2nd December you will have the opportunity to meet Paul Lavender, the UK based director of Worship Street Investments who will present the WSI case.

Attendance is strictly limited so to book your seat call Michelle Levin on 020 7562 3386 or email her at michelle.levin@t1ps.com.

More events coming soon...

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I'm loosing the will to live now...where does he get all this from..

talk that vpep will be applied 2 a major phone billing network at 2morrows seminer

an expert has told me that Resilience's stuff is better than Cisco's. Plus cost in recessionary times can be critical for a large Company or Health Authority. Tendering will look at quality, but also cost. Outsourcing to Nexus/Resilience with remote monitoring, communications facilities, and data backup to Brunswick, Maine, and saving money into the bargain on what had previously been in-house IT support, could be a deal hard to resist on logical grounds. A large multi-national company recently has reported saving over 70% in their phonebills.