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WatchGuard Technologies has appointed cybersecurity and service provider veteran, Miguel Carrero, as vice president of Strategic Accounts. In this role, Miguel is responsible for leading the growth and expansion of the company’s global effort to target, onboard and manage partnerships with strategic accounts including multi-national service providers and managed security service providers (MSSPs). “Miguel has had a long and successful career and is widely recognised for his security and technology expertise, sales and go-to-market experience, leadership acumen, and collaborative mentality,” …

CCgroup has launched new research looking into the state of security investments, what buyers are looking for in a security vendor and how both vendor awareness and selection is influenced by various communication channels and types of content. The study, Security marketing strategies: influencing contemporary purchasing behaviour, conducted in partnership with …

Whitespace has partnered with Shell as part of its Digitalisation Innovation Challenge to explore new ways of digitising its current paper-based gift voucher process. Helen Dawson, Digital Transformation Lead at Shell Retail says: “One area we plan to digitalise is our current paper-based gift voucher process so we can digitise …

One year after the global remote work revolution, the shift to work from home (WFH) and work from anywhere (WFA) is already resulting in profound effects on businesses’ digital transformation as well as data security concerns. According to Lenovo’s new Future of Work and Digital Transformation study, a vast majority …

Liberty Shield, an Edinburgh-based online privacy and digital anonymity firm, notes that VPN usage across the UK is rising significantly during the UK’s lockdown. A VPN – or Virtual Private Network – is used to create a private network from a public Internet connection, and it is believed that the …

XConnect has been selected by IDT Carrier Services  to optimise its wholesale A2P SMS messaging business with global number intelligence.    XConnect’s global number intelligence enables IDT to deliver an optimised user experience. MNP is available in over 100 countries worldwide and in many of those countries, over 40% of …

The past year has caused seismic shifts around the world, forcing us to evaluate how we live our lives and communicate with each other. Research from cybersecurity expert Kaspersky has found that of all age groups, those in Generation Z have been loneliest over the past 12 months, with nearly three …

Animesh Chowdhury, Founder and CTO of Goodtill by SumUp considers how the pandemic has helped businesses evolve their payment transactions for the better. Payments have changed immeasurably since the pandemic first took over last year. It was only as recently as 2019 that retailers, large and small, were still hesitating …

Mobile identity verification technology provider InnoValor‘s NFC- based identity verification technology ReadID has received three ISO certifications: ISO/IEC 27701 for Privacy Management, eIDAS module for Qualified Trust Service Providers (digital signatures), and eIDAS electronic identification (eID) at assurance level High. The company claims it is the first and the only technology …

RDS is offering the BOXER-8240AI from AAEON,  featuring the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier SoC. Featuring the Volta GPU, which has an amazing 512 CUDA cores and 64 Tensor cores, means AI processing speeds up to 32 TOPS are possible. With various power modes available, the SoC gives users the flexibility …

Mindtree is partnering with Knauf to help accelerate the company’s IT transformation. Mindtree will provide application development services, help digitise their infrastructure, transform their supply chain systems, and further develop digital platforms. The engagement will help Knauf complete post-merger technology integrations. Read the latest edition of PCR’s monthly magazine below: …

An all-in-one video conference solution from Trust International called IRIS, transforms almost every office space and small meeting room into a professional video conference room. IRIS’ high-end lens and innovative software also offers various smart options: the participant mode uses the wide angle view to fit everyone in the frame, …