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Amazon Inc’s cloud computing division opens its first office in Greece to support a growing number of companies and public sector agencies using its cloud services. The move by Amazon Web Services (AWS) comes as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government has stepped up efforts to attract foreign investment and draw high tech companies to Greece. “We are excited to open our first AWS office in Greece,” said Przemek Szuder, AWS Central and Eastern Europe Leader. “We have seen increased customer

We are excited to announce that Marpoint has been certified with ISO 27001:2013 for the Information Security Management System (ISMS) in a time where the overall goal of the industry is to support safe and secure shipping. The latest IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 98) approved a joint MSC-FAL circular on Guidelines on maritime cyber risk management, based on the Interim guidelines on guidelines on maritime cyber risk management (MSC.1/Circ.1526). Being certified with an ISO/IEC 27001 demonstrates that Marpoint can

Connect, engage & innovate remotely No one can argue that the human physical presence on board a ship is of vital importance towards the establishment of an efficient and secure network. In the challenging times we are facing and the difficulties caused by Covid-19, proactive measures are been taken worldwide in order to minimize human interaction and the necessity of people getting onboard vessels. At our core, having the appropriate infrastructure, know-how, and dedicated technical team, we have been successfully

“We found Evo News to be a practical, modern and affordable solution to keep our crews updated with news from all over the world at all times,” says Thenamaris supervisor for performance and development Yannos Koudounas.

Article published on rivieramm.com/ In terms of crew welfare, bandwidth availability to seafarers and cost are important. Most of the bandwidth is used for social media connectivity using applications such as Skype or WhatsApp, says Marpoint co-founder Anastasis Kyrkos. “More than 90% of internet bandwidth allocated to crew is used by seafarers to connect with family and friends,” he explains. “Typically, the bandwidth available to seafarers does not allow browsing and news downloads from websites due to the large amount

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Demand for internet at sea signals shift in crew welfare Onboard Internet is today a prerequisite for many young seafarers embarking on a career at sea. Digital Ship spoke with Anastasis Kyrkos, co-founder of Greek maritime IT company, MarPoint about how increasing bandwidth capacity is helping to improve crew welfare. The last few years have seen the launch of advanced highthroughput satellites (HTS) and increasing VSAT coverage, enhancing bandwidth availability at sea. This has led to a substantial rise in

Once again, Marpoint attended the 5th Mediterranean Yacht Show. With a record number of participation’s (over 105 yachts) we had the pleasure to meet again with a number of existing and potential customers. We are happy to see year over year increase in both the number of yachts attending and % of yachts enjoying Marpoint Internet services

Marpoint proudly supporting every year the AMMITEC “Pita cutting” traditional event. This year, additionally to Gold Sponsorship, we also offered gifts for Ammitec ‘s Prize Lottery for three lucky ammitec members. Many congratulations to IT Managers from Navarone SA, Samos Steamship Co. and Polembros Shipping from Marpoint’s entire team! T he event was held in a very warm atmosphere, over food, wine and great shipping participants, leaving the best of impressions to all. May always there be events like that