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OnBuy.com has reported a record-breaking Black Friday this year. The online retail expert claims this is as a result of its price drop on every single product across the marketplace, where it reports sales totalled nearly £2.5 million on one day alone. The marketplace’s offering of reduced fees for sellers over …

3D and augmented reality (AR) solutions provider, Vertebrae  has worked with DFS in launching a major web-based AR implementation, which is already seeing major return-on-investment (RoI) for the UK furniture retailer. Using technology supplied by Vertebrae, DFS is offering customers 3D and AR-enabled visualisations for more than 10,000 of its …

Lenovo Data Centre Group’s (DCG) new end-to-end data management solutions are a way of harnessing data more securely and efficiently, from edge to core to cloud, with a single set of tools and capabilities. “Customers continue to face challenges implementing a cohesive data management system to analyse and process data …

*** Due to popular demand the deadline for entries of the 2021 PCR awards has been extended to 22nd Jan 2021!***  What: The PCR Awards will be back for 2021. The theme: Catch up with tech channel partners, colleagues and friends: A long awaited and much needed networking opportunity and …

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) has added new AMD-based offerings with the latest cloud instance for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2): Amazon EC2 G4ad instances for graphics-optimised workloads. With this new instance, AMD now powers eight Amazon EC2 instance families across 20 global AWS Regions. AMD also announced that …

 Amid a sudden and forced transition to remote working this year, businesses have felt they needed divine intervention to guide their accelerated digital transformations. With security sitting high on the to-do list, many have opted for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions, which are generally offered by ‘born in the …

Reign Gaming, an in-house custom gaming PC range by Novatech Ltd, has signed up Twitch Streamer and YouTuber, Chuffsters to their new ambassador programme, to represent their refreshed gaming brand. Continuing a series of partnerships this year, beginning in January with Arsenal’s very own Willian, and more recently, Twitch sensation …

Christmas is right around the corner and one of the most popular Christmas ‘gifts’ are electronic products, but as people receive their new smartphones, TVs and computers, ‘old’ models will undoubtedly be cast aside, contributing towards the growing problem that is e-waste (electronic waste). In 2019 alone, there was 53.6 …

Tech Data is partnering with MendIT, extended warranty, insurance, and onsite repair specialist to offer the company’s nationwide services. This will enable Tech Data’s retailer and reseller partners to be able to quote their customers for extended and on-site warranties and repair services provided by MendIT. More than 300 different …

Exabeam was recognised as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Security Analytics Platforms Q4 2020. The report evaluated 11 security analytics offerings, with Exabeam receiving the report’s highest scores possible in 6 of 14 criteria. The Forrester Wave: Security Analytics Platforms Q4 2020 assesses the current offering, strategy, and market …

Department of Transportation Secures Digital Transformation with Bitglass Bitglass, the Total Cloud Security Company, has achieved FedRAMP Authorisation by the Federal Risk and Authorisation Management Program (FedRAMP). FedRAMP is a U.S. government-wide program that provides a standardised approach to security assessment, authorisation, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. …

 Giacom is partnering with usecure, a security awareness platform, to offer its customers access to Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing resources to help mitigate end-user cyber risk and drive secure user behaviour. With many businesses still working from home, it’s crucial for companies to ensure they continuously educate their …