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On the evening of Tuesday 10th November, a very smartly attired party of ten from ‘Active Web Solutions’ attended The National Business Awards Ceremony sponsored by Orange. Hosted at the glittering Grosvenor House Hotel in London, AWS attended as finalists in the ‘Best Use of Technology in Business’ category, honouring...

The birds were still yawning last Friday as a magnificent fifty-six seat coach containing AWS crunched its way out the Great Blakenham office car park, embarking upon the 2009 Away Day. As the coach wound its way west on the three hour journey, some dozed, others chatted but everyone sprang...

Active Web Solutions are pleased to announce immediate availability of JAzure, a Java based interoperability library for the Windows Azure Services Storage API. Windows Azure is often thought of as a Microsoft-only platform, but actually it has wide applicability. It has been possible to host Java applications in Windows Azure...

Active Web Solutions has joined forces with Iridium Satellite LLC, other mobile satellite industry companies and the emergency response community to form the ProTECTS (Promotion of Two-way Emergency Communication and Tracking Systems) Alliance. The primary goal of the alliance is to foster the rapid and orderly adoption of portable, two-way...

AWS has been announced as finalists in the National Business Awards for The Orange Best use of Technology award.  After winning the Regional award in July, the team are now preparing to make their presentation in person before an independent, expert judging panel in London on 23rd September.  “To reach...

MOB Guardian aids four fishermen, onboard the fishing vessel the Aeolus, 50 miles offshore, without engine power or radio contact. At the time wave height was reported to be 3m with winds of 26knots (30mph) gusting. Using MOB Guardian, the skipper contacted the search and rescue authorities that were able...

Virco knew they needed to do something with their web site. In addition to giving the site a new look and feel, they wanted something that would engage their users. However, they lacked a specific vision for what this would be. Early in 2009, Virco contacted AWS to help with...

Richard Prodger was invited to attend and take part in the Microsoft Azure press briefing on Thursday 9th July 2009 in London.    The event was organised to provide Microsoft and key partners the opportunity to demonstrate the Microsoft Azure platform and customer applications and sharing customer and partner experience.to the UK...

AWS celebrates after winning the highly commended award for The Orange Best Use of Technology in Business.   AWS won this prestigious award for their entry into the National Business Awards Regional programme 2009. The team were extremely proud to be in attendance at the glittering National Business Awards gala award...

AWS is pleased to be supporting the Essex University Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE) department again this year by sponsoring the Active Web Solutions Prize for undergraduate students. Rob Blackwell, R&D Director, attended the Graduation Ceremony and Reception on Thursday 16 July 2009 and presented the prize to the...