WANdisco stands for Wide Area Network Distributed Computing, and we make software happen.

This is because our technology is the secret ingredient behind the products that you use every day – from mobile phones to machinery. We are an active member of the community that develops the world’s most popular Source Code product: Subversion, and our technology is used by half of the world’s software developers.

Our customers include a host of Fortune 1000 companies such as Hewlett Packard, Intel, John Deere, European Southern Observatory, Barclays Capital, Walmart, GE and Cisco.

How it works

With our patented technology, software developers in distributed locations can work simultaneously, creating a seamless global network. Users at every site where WANdisco is installed have local access to the same data at all times, which means that they can make changes locally and see each other’s changes immediately.

We are proud to have a 98% customer renewal rate – which is driven by compelling ROI data: a recent study from Forrester Research has shown that our Subversion MultiSite offers a 167% return on investment with a nine-month payback period.

The company

Co-founded in 2005 by David Richards, Jim Campigli and Dr Yeturu Aahlad, WANdisco has dual headquarters in Silicon Valley and Sheffield, England. WANdisco grew, without raising any private equity, venture capital or angel finance to become a leading provider of global collaboration software to the software development industry.

On June 1st, 2012 the company had a highly successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange raising over $24 million. The IPO was oversubscribed by over 300% and the list of investors included Fidelity, Legal & General, Blackrock, Artemis, Hargreave Hale, Cazenove, M&G, Octopus and Standard Life. WANdisco's ticker is WAND.L


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David Richards & Jagane Sandar, WANdisco, at Hadoop Summit 2013, with John Furrier and Dave Vellante


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAiHXB7-okY

NSN to utilise WANdisco Hadoop Big Data Solutions

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Nokia Siemens Networks to utilize WANdisco's Hadoop Big Data Solutions



Nokia Siemens Networks to Use WANdisco's Big Data Solutions For Its Customers



Sheffield, UK- WANdisco (LSE: WAND) announced world mobile broadband specialist Nokia Siemens Networks will utilize WANdisco's Hadoop solutions to deliver 100% uptime for Big Data storage and access across its product portfolio.



Unlike traditional relational database software, Apache Hadoop is capable of storing and analyzing tremendous amounts of structured and unstructured data. WANdisco offers a range of Big Data solutions and professional services, including Continuous Availability™ to data processed and stored in Hadoop with its unique patented technology.



"This agreement is a clear demonstration that Hadoop is the application platform of choice for all kinds of organizations," said David Richards, CEO of WANdisco. "It is also further testimony to the unique capability that WANdisco Big Data technology provides, which is continuous availability."



"Our customers recognize the competitive edge that harnessing Big Data technology can deliver in telecommunications. Leveraging Hadoop enables us to provide them with the real-time insight that is the foundation for business value." said Soma Velayutham, head of customer insight and experience product management, Nokia Siemens Networks. "WANdisco has the expertise and experience in Hadoop that is key for implementing Big Data in the telecommunications industry."

WANdisco: Panmure Gordon takes target price from 1083p to 1132p and stays with its buy recommendation.





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David Richards, chief executive of WANdisco
David Richards, chief executive of WANdisco


YORKSHIRE software group WANdisco announced today that world mobile broadband specialist Nokia Siemens Networks is to use its Hadoop solutions to deliver 100% uptime for Big Data storage and access across its product portfolio.

Hadoop is a proven, open source Big Data technology which serves as the backbone for many of the world's largest and most important databases used by companies such as Yahoo, Facebook, Netflix, Amazon and eBay.

Sheffield and California-based WANdisco said that unlike traditional relational database software, Apache Hadoop is capable of storing and analysing "tremendous amounts of structured and unstructured data."

"This agreement is a clear demonstration that Hadoop is the application platform of choice for all kinds of organisations," said David Richards, chief executive of WANdisco.

"It is also further testimony to the unique capability that WANdisco Big Data technology provides, which is continuous availability."

Soma Velayutham, head of customer insight and experience product management, Nokia Siemens Networks, added: "Our customers recognise the competitive edge that harnessing Big Data technology can deliver in telecommunications.

"Leveraging Hadoop enables us to provide them with the real-time insight that is the foundation for business value.

"WANdisco has the expertise and experience in Hadoop that is key for implementing Big Data in the telecommunications industry


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WANdisco signs up Nokia in £4m deal



Analyst George O’Connor, at Panmure, said: “Today WANdisco closes out a series of blistering technology announcements with a banner contract from Nokia Siemens Networks. The deal is also an excellent illustration of customer upsell



http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/wandisco-signs-up-nokia-in-4m-deal-1-5808779

WANdisco
First OEM customer
OEM agreement with NSN


http://www.edisoninvestmentresearch.com/researchreports/wandisco020713update.pdf

Schroders buying in, 1,994,973 shares, 9.3%

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4626728

Just put on the company site today' although dated 2 July



Further demonstrating the popularity of its patented technology, WANdisco has up-sold its Hadoop Big Data solutions to Nokia Siemens Networks #NSN#, the world mobile broadband specialist# The announcement comes on the back of the Hadoop summit, where WANdisco revealed a number of Big Data product launches and partnership agreements# While no contract value was disclosed in regards to the deal, we believe it could add an additional $6#6m in bookings over the next two and a half years, and we have therefore upgraded our forecasts# We continue to see significant upside as the group further breaks into the lucrative Hadoop Big Data market and see further up-sell opportunities# Our stance remains “speculative buy”, but with an improved target price of 1,154p #previously 1,091p##

http://www.wandisco.com/get?f=documentation%2Fpress%2FWANdisco_02072013.pdf

[Video] A Sneak Peek Under the Hood of WANdisco’s Big Data Software

Maria Deutscher | July 11th

Sundar boasts that several financial services companies and healthcare providers expressed interest in deploying Non-Stop NameNode. He explains that firms in regulated industries have to meet strict compliance requirements for safeguarding large volumes of data, the very task WANdisco’s platform is designed to accomplish.


http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/07/11/video-a-sneak-peak-under-the-hood-of-wandiscos-big-data-software/

WANdisco Launches Git MultiSite

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WANdisco Launches Git MultiSite



Adds Enterprise Performance for Distributed Version Control Users

Solution Eliminates Downtime & Data Loss and Provides Global High Availability/Disaster Recovery



Sheffield, UK - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, announces the launch of Git MultiSite. Git MultiSite is a software solution based on WANdisco's unique patented replication technology that provides 100% uptime and dramatically improved global performance for users of the popular distributed version control system. Distributed teams using Git can now collaborate seamlessly as if they were all in one office.



As with its leading Subversion product, Git MultiSite applies WANdisco's patented Continuous Availability™ replication technology to remove the single point of failure, performance bottleneck and WAN latency issues associated with a central master server. With Git MultiSite, the central Git master server becomes a system of distributed peer servers that are fully readable and writeable and always in sync. If sites or servers go offline, the rest remain fully operational for all users. Merge conflicts and other issues are identified and resolved as soon as they occur, rather than days later, accelerating development cycles and improving product quality. Likewise, administrative tasks can be performed worldwide from a single location while the transaction dashboard monitors the status of each site.



Git MultiSite Key Features:

● Enterprise Class Performance: Developers at every location have access to the most up-to-date changes and enjoy LAN-speed performance for all operations.

● Eliminates Downtime and Data Loss: Removes the single point of failure, WAN latency and performance bottleneck of a central Git master repository. Backup, failover and recovery are automatic.

● Easy to Administer and Manage: New repositories can be added as necessary to accommodate new locations, eliminating downtime during maintenance.

● Open Solution Avoids Vendor Lock-In: Built with open source Git, which can be used with any other open or closed source software that works with Git. Developers and administrators use the Git protocols, GUIs, and other tools that fit their needs.

● Resolves Conflicts Quickly: Merge conflicts and other issues are identified and resolved as soon as they occur, not days later as is often the case in distributed environments.



"We have taken the core WANdisco patented replication technology, in use by thousands of customers, and applied it to the increasingly popular open source Git, enhancing its inherent speed and efficiency with our shared-nothing architecture to eliminate downtime," said David Richards, WANdisco CEO. "Git MultiSite eliminates the risks associated with a master repository model, allowing enterprises to realize the benefits of distributed version control on a global scale, resulting in shorter development cycles, higher quality, and lower costs."



Availability

Git MultiSite is available now. Visit www.wandisco.com/git/multisite for more information and click "Free Trial" for an evaluation.

truly amazing and well done for getting in when you did ..... confess i EASILY missed this one, not lest because i see it's average volume is only about 60k a day, which would certainly have worried me .... as would that it is MM only with just 3/4 brokers and only offered in lots of 1,000 ...... very very scary if the tide turns against you

Well worth a read.

http://www.wandisco.com/get?f=documentation%2Fpress%2F15.07.13-Director-Magazine.pdf

Thanks cynic . Keep a look out for the Rosslyn IPO. £100m aim float, summer/ late summer. :-))

WANdisco Adds Git Track, Renames Conference Subversion & Git Live 2013











WANdisco Adds Expert-Led Git Sessions to Conferences in Boston, San Francisco, and London




San Ramon, CA – July 17, 2013 - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, a today announced the addition of expert-led sessions for the version control tool Git to its popular annual conference series, Subversion Live. The company has also renamed the event to reflect the expansion, and the conference is now called Subversion & Git Live 2013. The announcement is being made following WANdisco’s launch of Git MultiSite earlier this week.



The new Git track will supplement the event’s agenda, featuring expert-led discussions on the nature of software evolution, presentations highlighting the future of Git, live demos, and four breakout sessions focusing on the distributed version control software, including:
• Introduction to Git: For the developer new to Git, an overview of how Git compares to other SCM systems and how to start using it.
• Git Enterprise Challenges: In depth look at the challenges Git presents in an enterprise software development environment.
• Git and Continuous Delivery: An overview of Git workflows and how they intersect with continuous delivery. This session will also cover how to build an effective continuous delivery tool stack using Git and popular open source tools like the Jenkins continuous integration build server.
• Git Workflows: An exploration of Git’s powerful branching and how it influences some of the most popular Git workflows in use today. This session will explore these Git Workflows, contrast them to traditional branching models, and examine their application to continuous delivery.

“Subversion Live has a proud history of bringing together the most dedicated open source software users and committers to share their experiences and we’re excited to provide the same unique forum to the Git community,” said David Richards, WANdisco CEO. “We look forward to furthering the adoption of open source distributed development solutions.”

This year's conference will take place at the following locations on these dates (click links to register):
•Boston, October 3 at the Westin Copley Place (10 Huntington Ave.)
•San Francisco, October 8 at Le Méridien (333 Battery St.)
•London, October 16, Lancaster London Hotel (Lancaster Terrace)

Q2 2013 Bookings Update

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Q2 Subscription bookings increase by 66 per cent year-on-year

Renewal rate 109 per cent



Sheffield, UK - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, is pleased to provide the following update for the three months ended 30 June 2013.



The Company's core ALM products continue to deliver strong subscription and renewals growth. The period has also seen the Company make significant steps forward with its plans to target the opportunity open to it in the Big Data space.



In the second quarter of the current financial year, subscription bookings reached a record level of $3.063 million, representing a 66 per cent increase year-on-year (2012: $1.844 million, which gave 43 per cent year-on-year growth). When combined with bookings of $3.035 million achieved in the first quarter, the Company achieved total bookings for the first half of $6.098 million: an 80 per cent increase year-on-year.



Notable new customers signed in the second quarter include Canon, Cisco, Blue Cross Blue Shield, LSI Corp, ADP and Areva. In addition, the Company saw further significant growth in existing customer accounts including Mentor Graphics, Western Digital and Ladbrokes: each of which expanded its use of WANdisco products within its organisation.



The annualised renewal rate by booking value was 109 per cent. Renewals included Intel, Dell, Walmart, Harris, Sears, Halliburton and Disney. The second half of the year has traditionally been the stronger trading period and we anticipate this trend continuing.



The Company has already announced the release of significant new products for the fast growing Hadoop Big Data market, and these products are currently in trial with a number of customers. These include a global high availability solution for Enterprises that use Hadoop to manage their business critical applications.



The Company secured its first Big Data customers, including a UK-based tier-1 telecommunications company and Nokia Siemens Networks ('NSN') during the period. NSN has embedded WANdisco's Hadoop technology across its product portfolio, replacing traditional database technology. The Company believes this latter deal will yield significant sales over the coming period.



WANdisco will report results for the first half of the financial year on Thursday, 26 September 2013.

WANdisco's subscriptions hit a record level
By John Harrington July 18 2013, 10:50am The second half of the year has traditionally been the stronger trading period and WANdisco anticipates this trend continuing.The second half of the year has traditionally been the stronger trading period and WANdisco anticipates this trend continuing.

WANdisco (LON:WAND), the enterprise software company, saw subscription bookings reach a record level in the second quarter.

Bookings rose 66% from a year earlier to US$3.06mln. When combined with bookings of US$3.04mln achieved in the first quarter, the company notched up total bookings for the first half of US$6.1mln, an 80% increase year-on-year. Meanwhile, the annualised renewal rate by booking value was 109%.

The period has also seen the company make significant steps forward with its plans to target the opportunity open to it in the Big Data space, WANdisco said.

‘Big data’ is computer industry jargon to describe the welter of information that is available to enterprises in the modern world, and the need to make sense of it.

WANdisco has already announced the release of significant new products for the fast growing Hadoop Big Data market, and these products are currently in trial with a number of customers.

The company secured its first Big Data customers, including a UK-based tier-1 telecommunications company and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) during the period. NSN has embedded WANdisco's Hadoop technology across its product portfolio, replacing traditional database technology. WANdisco reckons the NSN deal will yield significant sales over the coming period.

House broker Panmure Gordon said the second quarter subscription levels were a whisker ahead of its top of the range estimate.

The broker is also impressed that NSN is placing so much trust in the Hadoop technology. “To remind, the database market is worth cUS$25.5bn with the associated enterprise application software market worth US$115bn, according to Gartner analysts. So, there is a big prize and so far no Hadoop presence,” the broker notes.

“If enterprise folks are now thinking about migrating to Hadoop as a replacement more so than additive, or indeed are using in anger there will be an associated requirement for RASS features. RASS – a.k.a. [also known as] reliability, availability security and serviceability - are necessary key requirements of enterprise buyers when there is a business risk should core applications fail.

“As the ‘Continuous Availability on Hadoop’ vendor, supported by patented technology, WANdisco then emerges as the ‘go to’ guy for any vendor, OEM [original equipment manufacturer], integrator or user looking at deploying Hadoop in an Enterprise setting,” the broker continues, while noting that “possibly NSN is the exception that proves the rule.”

Investors were not, perhaps, as wildly enthusiastic about the company’s prospects as Panmure Gordon, but still pushed the share price up 3% to 984p in mid-morning trade

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Bookings heading north at WANdisco




There was a nice Q2 update from WANdisco which showed subscription bookings up 66% yoy compared to a 43% yoy rise this time last year. It does have good growth story – see here. For H1 bookings were up 80%. Renewals are excellent and it is pulling in new customers – the latest set includes Canon, Cisco, Blue Cross Blue Shield, LSI Corp, ADP and Areva. H2 is traditionally stronger than H1 so there may be even better things to come. WANdisco is worth watching as it will be a guide to big data adoption in the UK and elsewhere. It has started to talk of big data pilots - we hope to see these roll into full implementations.

http://www.techmarketview.com/ukhotviews/archive/2013/07/18/bookings-heading-north-at-wandisco?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Forrester Report Reveals 357% ROI and Payback Period of Less than 2 Months for WANdisco’s SVN MultiSite

http://www.wandisco.com/news/press-releases/forrester-report-reveals-357-roi-and-payback-period-less-2-months-for-wandisco%E2%80%99s

David Richards.

President, CEO and Co-Founder of WANdisco


A New Tech Britain

Posted: 26/07/2013 09:35


A report published by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research this week has shown that our digital economy is far healthier than official statistics would have us believe. While London has traditionally been the focus for the industry, this report has shown that the tech sector is thriving across the country - there are 270,000 tech businesses throughout the UK, compared to just 51,500 in London.

This is something I and others have known for some time - for the sector to be a national success, it needs to be more than just London-centric; indeed, WANdisco is co-headquartered in Silicon Valley and Sheffield.

Not only are tech companies a British economic strength (the UK generated over $59bn worth of high-tech exports in 2010), but digital companies' revenues grow faster and employ more people than non-digital ones - 11% of Brits now work in the digital sector.

The sector therefore is important to our economic recovery, and by leading in this field, Britain can shape what the future technology landscape will look like.

Britain once led the world in technological innovation. Our economy grew rich because we were at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. Steam power, textile manufacturing, the railways - all these innovations of the early 19th Century put Britain in a different technological class to the rest of the world and swelled our coffers. Other nations had to imitate us to keep up.

China and India on the other hand, turned their backs on the technological changes that were taking place at that time and their economies suffered - a lesson in the dangers of not keeping up to speed with the evolving tech world. Since then, they have realised the importance of technology and invested heavily in it; they have become two of the world-leaders in this field and we now look to emulate their success.

I firmly believe that Britain can get back to the days of being the leading light in the world of technology. It is not enough to accept that the BRIC economies will expand, that China will soon surpass the US as the world's largest economy and that Silicon Valley will remain the byword for technological innovation. To do so would be to admit defeat.

Our record in technology businesses is outstanding. Nomad Digital, the leading global wireless provider for transportation, and Equal Experts, a fast-growing software company, are two businesses to come out of the UK in the last couple of years that have led the way in their field. Let's feed off the self-confidence that this should inspire and think bigger than Silicon Valley, or a roundabout in East London: why can't all of Britain become a centre of technological excellence?

I am constantly reminded of the Industrial Revolution when I am in my Sheffield office because of ties that the city shares with such an exciting age of innovation, the city that became synonymous with steel. While it's great that policymakers are finally understanding that the tech sector is bigger than an area of East London, we now need to do our best to support our young entrepreneurs and encourage the next generation of start-ups to be the Brunels of their age, to learn from our innovative predecessors and apply those lessons to a modern business world.


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-richards/a-new-tech-britain_b_3657182.html

A Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study Prepared For WANdisco
The Total Economic Impact Of WANdisco SVN
MultiSite


http://www.wandisco.com/get?f=documentation%2Fwhitepapers%2FWANdisco-SVN-MultiSite-TEI-Study-2013.pdf

WANdisco Offers Certified Git Binaries Available for Free Download


San Ramon, CA – July 30, 2013 - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, announced its complete, fully tested and certified version of Git binaries are available for free download from its website. Git is a distributed version control system that emphasizes speed and developer control.




http://www.wandisco.com/news/press-releases/wandisco-offers-certified-git-binaries-available-for-free-download