CSL has announced the appointment of Ed Heale as their new Managing Director. Ed joins the existing CSL Board made up of Founder Simon Banks, CEO Phil Hollett and FD David Doble who have driven CSL to become market leaders in providing M2M and IoT solutions in the Security and Health Sectors.
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ByteSnap Design, an electronics design consultancy, has provided both electronics design and software expertise for award-winning smart home security device Cocoon. Cocoon is a technology company transforming the home security market by designing beautiful products that help people feel safe. It won silver at the 2014 London Design awards and recently secured a £2 million investment from Aviva Ventures and Breed Reply Investments. Features of the innovative smart home security system include device side encryption and unique SUBSOUND™ technology to sense activity throughout a home. It even detects intruders through closed doors. Cocoon enlisted ByteSnap Design as experts in both electronics design and software on embedded platforms. Following an extensive investigation into the various system on chips (SoC) on the market, Cocoon’s in-house specialists chose NXP/Freescale iMX6 for its availability and technical support. ByteSnap was brought in to develop the electronics and Linux board support package (BSP) laying the foundation for Cocoon’s security application. The design had to meet demanding video, Wi-Fi and audio performance targets at a commercial price point and was mechanically tightly constrained and atheistically pleasing without sacrificing performance. What made this product particularly difficult was the shape, being circular and packing significant hardware onto the PCBs requires careful consideration. Management of MCAD to ECAD data was critical in the success of the design and having engineers who appreciate not just their own core skills but have broad appreciation of all product aspects helped in the development. “We are very pleased with ByteSnap Design,” said Dan Conlon, who leads on Product Management at Cocoon. “Their expertise helped us bring our product to market in a short time frame, and we have no doubts about using them again.”
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Leading industry recruitment expert Cento Fire & Security Jobs has launched the first free to use salary comparison website for fire and security professionals. The Cento Salary Guide site provides the latest salary information for a variety of UK-based roles including engineering, management and sales positions. Users anonymously fill in their own information to gain free access to the latest market wage analysis which includes averages for their specific role as well as other positions in the sector if they wish to compare rates. The guide has been created by Cento Fire & Security Jobs to benefit both employers and employees. In order to ensure that employees are paid fairly, employers using the system can track current industry averages for instant application to their businesses. If employees know they are being paid the industry average (or indeed above it), this could significantly boost staff retention, employee motivation and overall job satisfaction. The Salary Guide offers employees access to valuable information that would usually be extremely difficult to obtain. Users can compare salary rates by sector and job title as well as gaining insights into regional variations. This information can be used during negotiations in the job hunting process, or to encourage a career move or progression. For complete ease of use, the Cento Salary Guide also provides information on the latest jobs on offer in the market. Brett Ennals, CEO of Cento Fire &Security Jobs said: “The Cento Salary Guide is more than just a website that provides earned income information. It exists to provide key industry analysis, highlighting trends that will impact both employers and employees. Additionally, the guide also shows our capability in providing expert advice to our clients and candidates – beyond what is conventionally expected of a recruitment consultancy. The more salaries we have on the site, the more it increases in value as a true reflection of the industry. Start uploading your information and see the results for yourself.”
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