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Sony Electronics Inc. plans to expand its 360 Reality Audio distribution, content, and compatible devices, including support from Amazon Music Unlimited to play 360 Reality Audio content on headphones[1]. “We are thrilled to introduce more services and devices that provide listeners with an opportunity to experience 360 Reality Audio,” said …

Exertis is partnering with network access and virtualisation specialist, Ekinops, and will now distribute its OneAccess-branded portfolio. Ekinops’ OneAccess portfolio provides a wide choice of innovative physical and virtualised solutions for enterprise network services. OneAccess-branded routers are deployed with OneOS6 built-in services, which means network functions such as SD-WAN can be …

TransferGo has appointment Povilas Čiuplys as Chief Customer Officer. Previously, Povilas worked in a senior customer service position at TransferGo, and brings over a decade of experience in driving positive customer experiences. Based in Vilnius, Lithuania, Povilas will be responsible for leading TransferGo’s customer support strategy, liaising with its product …

Fluent Commerce, has published new research showing many consumers plan to start their holiday shopping early in 2021. In the U.S., nearly a third (28%) plan to start before November, with more than half before Black Friday. U.K. shoppers are less likely to start as early, but over a fifth …

Exclaimer Group  has appointed Marco Costa as CEO, replacing former chief executive Heath Davies.   Marco joins Exclaimer from Talkdesk where he served as COO International overseeing all aspects of international operations. During his time at Talkdesk, Marco grew the R&D team from 50 to 1,000 people and helped grow the organisation’s value from $300M to $10B+.   Costa said of his new appointment with Exclaimer Group: “I’m thrilled to …

HP Inc. has introduced HP Presence, a new portfolio of conferencing and collaboration solutions for people to truly work together and feel connected – especially when they’re not in the same room. HP’s charter for end-to-end collaboration solutions led the company to develop a new way of bringing together its …

Nedap is teaming up with sports and outdoor retailer XXL All Sports United to deploy its iD Cloud platform. The key driver for implementing RFID is to increase inventory accuracy, which results in high operational gains both in stores and for e-commerce. XXL All Sports United, active in Norway, Sweden, Finland, …

A new report by Softcat reveals the technologies businesses are prioritising over the next 12 months to bounce back from COVID-19, become smarter, and realise their long-term ambitions. The findings are based on the views of nearly 1,250 organisations in the UK and Ireland, across 23 industries including Finance, Retail, Manufacturing, …

Tech Data has launched a dedicated platform for partners who want to build and develop their managed print business. The OpenMPS programme is designed to provide resellers with a simple and affordable, vendor-neutral solution that will empower them to manage their end customers’ existing office printing devices. With OpenMPS, resellers can …

TP-Link has appointment Raj Lama as Business Development Manager to drive the organisation’s goals to service the Public Sector. Lama joins following a career spanning 20 years at ICT solution providers including XMA, Academia and European Electronique. He has been engaged in the Public Sector environment for many years, notably …

Brother UK has launched a new range of three compact A4 inkjet printers, ideal for use in the home. All models in the new Mini Regular series offer print volumes of 50 to 1,000 pages a month and a standard cartridge yield of 200 pages. The launch comes as research …

 CrowdStrike Inc.’s launch of its free to use Humio Community Edition enables users to consume 16GB of data per day and retain the data up to seven days – all while giving users ongoing access with no limited trial period. Additionally, customers can use their Falcon Data Replicator (FDR) data …