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 Tech Data is now offering WALLIX, products including its identity and access management solutions. This latest distribution agreement gives partners access to the vendor’s advanced privileged access management (PAM) and endpoint privileged management (EPM) solutions. Alison Nixon, director, security, UK and Ireland at Tech Data, said: “WALLIX is a valuable …

Lars Lauridsen, Senior Global Product Manager, Logitech explores the importance of ensuring employee wellbeing in the hybrid workplace. The 10th of October recently marked World Mental Health Day. For me, it was a reminder to think about mental health in general, how we need to look after it, much like our …

The inaugural Business Champion Awards has just launched, recognising the very best in British business, taking place with a glittering awards ceremony hosted by presenter Huw Edwards in London on 23 March 2022. Phil Jones, MD of Greater Manchester-based IT giant Brother UK is onboard along with a notable panel …

Almost half (45%) of UK employees were left frustrated with laptops and hardware not functioning properly while working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than a third (35%) of workers experiencing difficulties while transitioning from work to home to hybrid due to technological problems, according to new research …

Cryptocurrency is having a moment: the price of bitcoin reached another record high on November 10th, a culmination of an upswing that began after a significant drop in value in early summer. In fact, the value of cryptocurrency has steadily increased in the second half of the year—and perhaps  cybercriminals’ interest in …

VIP UK has signed a distribution deal with CORSAIR on its components, peripherals, memory, systems and its Elgato range. Initially VIP UK will service a few retail customers whilst launching fully to the channel in Q1 ’22. “We are thrilled to onboard CORSAIR as a Partner for VIP UKs Distribution …

Forecasts by eMarketer predict that this year ecommerce revenues over the holiday period will increase by 11.3%. In order to successfully navigate expected extraordinary levels of online activity, it’s vital that all businesses are protected over the festive busy season. This is according to ProLion, a ransomware solution. The annual …

A new independent survey of 2,000 Britons has revealed a lack of trust in Big Tech companies and grave concerns about the excessive power they hold over their personal lives. Nearly half of Britons (45%) don’t trust Big Tech companies to safeguard their personal data, research from NexGen Cloud has revealed. …

 OnBuy.com has announced some £160 million worth of savings in its Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale. OnBuy will host its website-wide price drop, which is says will have reductions on all products, covering more than 36 million live products. The company says it wants to ensure the very best …

ServiceNow has acquired DotWalk, which automates upgrades and testing of ServiceNow applications. The two companies will combine forces to map business processes and workflows on the Now Platform to identify the tests needed for application changes. DotWalk’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered regression testing deciphers the optimal number of tests and steps to …

CMS Distribution has signed a distribution agreement with ESET.  “ESET has chosen CMS Distribution as a key UK distributor to further build its ecosystem of resellers and customers in all segments, in order to satisfy the growing demands of the UK market. This agreement will allow CMS Distribution to recruit …

  Sphonic has become IDnow’s  first UK channel partner. “Given the importance placed on orchestration technology in the overall area of compliance, and the regulatory requirements that continue to drive the agenda when it comes to identity and fraud, it was vital we partnered with an identity verification provider that …