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QBS Software recently celebrated its 35th anniversary. Alongside this it also achieved B Corp Certification (covering the company’s operations in the UK, Germany, France and the Nordics). But it was its employees who saw the greatest benefits of this milestone. To find out just what this mean for QBS as …

Omar Fakhri is AMD’s Director of Component Channel in EMEA and has been with the company for more than eight years. His primary responsibility is managing the EMEA sales team and working with channel partners to help sell AMD CPUs and graphics cards across the region. PCR sat down with …

The Lark C1 wireless microphone system from Hollyland Technology simply plugs into a mobile phone to record audio, and playback without unplugging. With a range of up to 650ft (200m), you can record audio without interruption, because the transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) are usable while charging, and the receiver …

Consenna has appointed Michael Cheshire to the newly created role of Digital Product Owner. Having spent the last six years working for strategic sales promotions agencies Michael is familiar with the challenges experienced by the channel. He explains: “Having supported many of the world’s leading OEMs, as well as a …

KOMSA and Westcoast have agreed a new communications partnership. “In combination with the logistical strength of both companies, the joint technology expertise to link IT and TC and the expertise around repair and refurbishment, we help industry, trade and business to participate in technological progress,” says Joe Hemani, chairman and …

Bitdefender and Sharp Electronics, are embarking on a new partnership to integrate Bitdefender antimalware technology into Sharp’s new range of Future Workplace A3 multifunction printers (MFPs). As the threat landscape evolves and businesses increasingly employ a wide range of internet-connected smart office devices, cybercriminals have learned to compromise MFPs to use as …

 Veeam Software is partnering with Lenovo on a new Lenovo TruScale Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) solution. Veeam will provide a ‘pay as you go’ BaaS via Lenovo’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform to help manage data volumes. “From resource constraints to ransomware attacks, IT organisations are faced with the constant risk of downtime and …

The AOC CU34V5CW is a three-side frameless curved monitor equipped with a 34” VA panel with QHD UltraWide 21:9 resolution for an impressive and immersive viewing experience, ready to support any complex work with Picture by Picture MultiView. It offers a wide array of connectivity options thanks USB-C with Power …

AOC’s CU34P2C LCD monitor is equipped with a curved 1500R 34” VA/3FL screen with 21:9 ultra wide QHD resolution and 300 cd/m2 brightness. Its rich, innovative features include wide viewing angles of 178°/178°, HDMI and DP compatibility, a USB-C, and USB 3.2 hub, and auto source input. The VA Panels …

MMD’s latest launch of Evnia is a new range of monitors and peripherals with Philips customary high performance and design. The first model to be released is the Philips Evnia 34M2C7600MV, aimed at the gaming market.  Offering a slick curved 34” monitor, ensuring an almost cinematic experience with UltraWide Quad …

ServiceNow is now offering Lightstep UQL (Unified Query Language) to help companies extend visibility across Kubernetes applications. Using shift-left observability directly in code, DevOps teams help ensure Kubernetes applications are ‘born’ fully observable and proactively enforce consistency, maintainability and reproducibility best practices  – as opposed to having SREs build dashboards …

Trustwave has enhanced its Co-Managed SOC capabilities, adding access to its cybersecurity collaboration platform, Security Colony. The offer is also supported by a dedicated Cyber Success Team with SIEM, SOAR, and SOC experience and associated certifications. While a SIEM is a core technology for many security operations teams, it is …