Pharmaceutical firm retires Microsoft environment for cloud services

“We call it the five-headed dragon,” says McBride about the cloud strategy he put forward calling for use of cloud services for authentication and access, the file system, communications and client management. “I don’t think firewalls are necessary. They prohibit work from being accomplished.”

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14 years ago

August 15, 2011

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Network World – Amag Pharmaceuticals, based in Lexington, Mass., has almost eliminated its internal server network, and couldn’t be happier about it. That’s because the company, with about 240 employees, is now largely riding on cloud services.

Amag’s almost-extinct Windows and Exchange server network had not been well-maintained, cobbled together by employees without oversight of an information-technology division at all, says Nathan McBride, the executive director of IT for the firm. He says he joined the company about three years ago with the express agreement to move the pharma company’s network to the cloud.

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Company employees had simply gone out and bought what they thought was needed, whether it was laptops, a T-1 line or a switch. But management of it all, especially the Exchange 2003 server, was neglected because there was no one really in charge. But McBride said his goal in becoming the founding member of the IT department wasn’t to make the internal network bigger — it was to shrink it down through a “cloud strategy.”

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John Mahfood “I Listed on the JSE to Raise Capital for My Business”

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November 24, 2016

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November 24, 2016

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Grace Stockholders To Vote On 3-for-1 Stock Split Today

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9 years ago

July 11, 2016

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Shareholders of GraceKennedy Limited will this morning meet to consider and, if thought fit, approve a recommendation for a three-for-one stock split.

If approved, shareholders will receive three stocks for each one that is currently held.

According to group CEO Don Wehby, the stock units with a market price of J$115.00 per stock unit prior to the split will now increase threefold with an initial price of J$38.33 per stock unit

He says the stock split would allow GK’s stock to be made available to more investors while further enhancing the market for the shares.

Ahead of this morning’s Extraordinary General Meeting, GK last week issued 59,360 additional GK shares.

UK Loses S&P Triple A Rating

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9 years ago

June 27, 2016

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The UK has lost its top AAA credit rating from ratings agency S&P following the country’s vote to leave the EU.

S&P says the referendum result could lead to “a deterioration of the UK’s economic performance, including its large financial services sector”.

Earlier the pound plunged to a 31-year low against the dollar, and UK markets closed lower for a second day. On Friday,

Moody’s cut the UK’s credit rating outlook to negative.

Caribbean Hotels Named In Jetsetters’ 2016 Best Of The Best

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9 years ago

June 27, 2016

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Three Caribbean hotels have been named in US-based travel and lifestyle magazine Jetsetter’s 2016 Best of the Best awards.

The list which was published recently, highlighted the world’s 20 best hotels in categories ranging from Best Over-The-Top Luxury to Best Safari Lodge.

Included in the list were Antigua and Barbuda’s Barbuda Belle Luxury Beach Hotel, Anguilla’s Zemi Beach House Resort & Spa, and St Lucia’s BodyHoliday.