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PSA Part’s Sales Director, Nick Walsh looks at how Brexit is impacting cross European border trade for the tech channel and how companies can look to address these challenges. Prior to finalising a deal, or Trade and Cooperation Agreement to give it its official title, there was a great deal …

AOC and MMD’s Paul Butler looks at enabling on screen privacy. In today’s world data security is more important than ever before. Educational, financial, medical, governmental organisations are increasingly transitioning to the digital world, where the data needs to be secured with various layers of encryption and with controlled user …

Stephen Roostan, VP EMEA at Kenna Security explores how retailers can ramp up their security and block any potential cyber attacks. The seemingly unstoppable rise of e-commerce means more customers are flocking online to fulfil their retail needs, 24 hours a day. Nearly every large retailer runs an online store …

Appian’s latest version of its Appian Low-code Automation Platform offers a new code-free approach to unifying enterprise data. The latest version also features enhanced AI-driven Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), new design guidance and developer collaboration features, and enhanced DevSecOps capabilities. Matt Richard, CIO at Laborers International Union of North America …

Commvault‘s Metallic SaaS-based data protection solutions in EMEA has now been available for six months.  In this time, Metallic has delivered to customers secure, scalable, GDPR-compliant, and cost-effective enterprise-ready data management with single pane of glass management across SaaS, on-prem, public cloud, native, and hybrid workloads. With backing from Microsoft …

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. …

Jermaine Campbell, Surveillance Segment Lead – EMEA at Seagate Technology explores why recording, analysing and archiving huge volumes of security data requires a state-of-the-art storage solution. In our data age, security has evolved from physical patrols by security agents to a myriad of sensors and systems that offer 24/7 surveillance …

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 …