PCR Tech and IT retail, distribution and vendor news

 Tech Data has signed a pan-European agreement with Komprise, to offer its  Intelligent Data Management solutions. Komprise’s platform offers integration opportunities with many of Tech Data’s existing storage and cloud vendors and delivers extensive insight, mobility and transparency across customers’ data estates. For customers, understanding their data, and being agile …

GBG is working with with Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology provider InnoValor, to implement its ReadID technology into GBG’s identity verification and fraud prevention tools. According to a recent PWC report highlighting the severity of the rise in fraud during the pandemic, nearly half of those surveyed (47%) said they’ve encountered fraud …

Bitglass is integrating with SD-WAN providers Aruba, 128 Technology, Fortinet, and Silver Peak and its secure access service edge (SASE) offering; extending  security to traffic stemming from remote locations. With its cloud-native Polyscale Architecture, Bitglass is able to leverage AWS Transit Gateway Connect to integrate with SD-WAN solutions connected to …

Only 28% of consumers surveyed in UK, believe the companies they interact with across retail, healthcare and financial services, now deliver an improved digital experience compared to before the pandemic. The findings from a new study from VMware of more than 2,000 consumers, reveal that while there has been a …

Exonar has secured further funding from Beringea, Downing Ventures, Winton Ventures, and angel investors to back the growing need for enterprises to map, index, analyse and protect the data that they hold. In 2020, the World Economic Forum estimated that the amount of data stored worldwide would reach 44 zettabytes, meaning …

Unbound Security’s launch of Unbound MPC Labs, is a research initiative to advance the state of the art of multiparty computation research (MPC) with commercial applications. Comprised of information from leading researchers, MPC Labs seeks to advance the use of MPC technology in a variety of industries, as well as …

Virgin Media Business, has added Zscaler service portfolio, driven by the global Zero Trust Exchange Platform. Zscaler’s cloud-native platform is a cloud security service that sits between an organisations’ users and corporate applications and networks. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange offers a secure connection between users, applications and devices over …

Engaging with the audience or knowing your customer is a top priority for any sales environment and both in-store and online shopping experiences are no exception. Just as advertising is designed to subliminally appeal to the target market, shoppers should feel that they are being guided through the shopping experience …

Seedtag has acquired German contextual advertising specialists, Recognified. Founded in 2016 by Jan-Philipp Kröll, Matthias Hahn and Stoyan Georgiev, Recognified is a computer vision and brand advertising company specialised in contextual advertising. The purchase of the Munich based company is seedtag’s first acquisition in the country, which plays an important …

New research into the impact of COVID-19 on physical security purchasing decisions has revealed a sharp increase in the necessity/urgency for businesses to adopt hosted video surveillance (VSaaS) and access control (ACaaS) solutions. While 70% of 1000 senior decision makers in IT, security, FM and HR roles agree this to …

New data points to 1 in 6 homes struggling to afford their broadband packages as the burden of home-schooling continues for thousands of families across the UK. And although Hyperoptic together with 37 local authorities, as well as some of the largest telecoms’ companies including BT, Vodafone, Sky and O2, …

Avast Business has signed a new distribution agreement with Westcoast to distribute its full portfolio of on-premise professional antivirus software. The deal, signed in January 2021, is the largest regional distribution contract in Avast’s history. Alex Tatham, Managing Director at Westcoast, said: “Cybersecurity is the number one issue on the …