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Retail Marketing Group (RMG) is working with LG.COM on a virtual demo web tool for online product demonstrations, where users will be able to receive advice and live demonstrations. Working in partnership they developed a new live, virtual demo environment: the LG Broadcast Room. This newly created studio space, with …

VIRSIX GAMES is crowdsourcing game content for STAR AUDITION – a game enhanced by smart speaker technology. Virsix Games will crowdsource game content through a Kickstarter campaign where backers can submit scripts to be included. Created by Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese), STAR AUDITION uses Amazon …

SYNAXON UK’s full portfolio of products stocked by Northamber, has been added to its EGIS stock availability and pricing platform. Mike Barron, Managing Director of SYNAXON UK, said: “ We’re delighted to be adding yet another prestigious name to EGIS. This is a really significant addition that can only hasten …

Wipro Limited has entered a five-year strategic partnership with Telefónica Germany / O. As a part of this contract, Wipro will work with Telefónica Germany / O2 and its wider ecosystem to transform its Business Support Systems and associated Quality Assurance to enable superior customer experience and growth in the B2B …

Gigamon has appointed Michael Dickman as its new Chief Product Officer (CPO). Dickman will lead product innovation management and marketing across the company’s portfolio of hybrid cloud, 5G and security solutions. “Michael brings tremendous product, market and leadership expertise to Gigamon and we are excited for him to spearhead our next phase of innovation,” …

The number of annual credential spill incidents nearly doubled from 2016 to 2020, according to F5’s latest Credential Stuffing Report. The report found a 46% downturn in the volume of spilled credentials during the same period. The average spill size also declined, falling from 63 million records in 2016 to …

Bitglass has added further technical integrations to secure traffic coming from branch locations via Citrix, Arista Networks, Aviatrix, and Sophos. This comes on the heels of a prior announcement which detailed integrations with Aruba, 128 Technology, Fortinet, and Silver Peak. As a unique secure access service edge (SASE) platform that …

GEKKO’s managing director, Daniel Todaro explores how brands can still engage the senses in a socially distanced world The ability to engage all the senses has been an integral part of building brands for the past hundred years, particularly considered ones. Yet the separating nature of the pandemic and the …

SEH Technology has launched its new print server, the printserver ONE. Network printers often provide unsecured access to the home LAN or the company network, which creates vulnerabilities via the open Internet. With the printserver ONE, users can utilise the existing USB port on network printers, and create a separate, …

 NTT Ltd. has released its 2021 Hybrid Cloud Report, which highlights the critical need for business agility, and the role hybrid cloud has had on helping businesses achieve this. The report, which conducted research with 950 decision-makers in 13 countries across five regions (115 respondents in UK & Ireland), highlighted the increasing reliance on technology and found that in the UK & …

Businesses are struggling to maintain trust in a digital world, as 88% of Brits would not use services or purchase products from an organisation they distrust, and 64% have serious reservations about using a brand they haven’t heard of before, according to new research from identity firm Okta and YouGov. The Okta …

B2B IT solutions provider Jigsaw24 has hired Rachel Daly as Vendor Alliances Manager as part of its ambitious growth plans. Rachel joins from Avid, where she was Partner Account Manager and worked closely with the post-production community, having previously spent a decade at Microsoft. In her new role, she will …