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CWSI has acquired AVR International, a UK provider of cyber and cloud security services. The deal values AVR at up to £4.5M, including an element of performance-related consideration, and will see AVR’s founder and 12 employees become part of the CWSI Group with immediate effect. The new combined entity will securely …

Steve Law, CTO of Giacom reflects on the last year and provides an outlook on where the opportunity to generate revenue lies through the rest of 2021. At the start of the pandemic, many people would have been mistaken for thinking that work-from-home and stay at home orders were going …

Florie Lhuillier, Head of Security at CCgroup highlights key findings from Research that uncovers top vendor marketing strategies to influence buyer awareness and purchasing decisions The COVID‐19 pandemic has created considerable uncertainty and caused sudden and widespread disruption in businesses security operations. Remote working in particular has been an issue. …

In a guest article Derek O’Carroll, CEO, Brightpearl shares five strategies online retailers can deploy to build trust with their customers and why it’s vital to get this right to survive the post-Covid retail landscape. Brightpearl is a digital operations platform for retailers and wholesalers with a clear mission to …

Glide Group has acquired Concept Solutions People (CSP). Founded in 2010 by Steve Ives and Dave Bowler, CSP designs and builds bespoke fibre networks for clients such as councils, data centres, telecommunication service providers, and universities. During this time, the organisation has built over 100 kilometres of owned duct network …

Global sports company Under Armour, distributed by Athlocity L.L.C across the Middle East, has over 30 brick and mortar stores in the region. In collaboration with Emakina, they will be expanding their consumer reach by adding an e-commerce platform to their sales channels Consumers across the region are some of the …

Decision Time is creating 13 new jobs in software development, sales, customer service, HR and marketing. The new jobs are being created as part of an investment of almost £600,000 in the business. Invest NI has supported the creation of 10 of the roles with an offer of support of £75,000. …

According to research published in Statista in 2025 the Big Data market in the healthcare system will reach a value of $70 billion, with a growth of 568% compared to 2016, when it was worth 11.5 billion. The use of information technology is the only revitalisation lever for healthcare systems …

For Tech Data, Cisco easylease payment plans can now be provided through its Tech-as-a-Service offering, simplifying quotes for subscription payment options using the online portal. This makes it easier to quote on smaller orders. Just log-on for subscription payments options for customers on the purchase of Cisco equipment, with options …

IT solutions provider, Stone Group, has been awarded a place on the ICT Networking and Storage Solutions contract as ‘first ranked’ supplier, operated by the Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC). The award further reinforces Stone’s position as a trusted supplier to the FE sector, having been appointed to the CPC’s ICT Hardware and Peripherals …

Kingston Technology Europe Co LLP has sent overclockable DDR5 modules to its motherboard partners to begin qualification on the next-generation memory platform. Kingston engineered its DDR5 modules with a preset XMP profile but also enabled our motherboard partners to manually adjust the power management integrated circuit (PMIC) beyond the 1.1V DDR5 spec, …

According to new research conducted by Wrike, the most intelligent and versatile collaborative work management platform, now part of Citrix, employee engagement (56%), burnout (53%), and reduced productivity (52%) are top concerns for IT leaders in 2021 and beyond, as they continue to enable remote workers and plan for new, hybrid workplace …