Category: News

Businesses need to harness neurodiversity

Posted on July 27, 2020 by - News

A report says that businesses need to harness neurodiversity to deal with a skills gap in the technical security workplace.

The report published by CREST, the non-profit accreditation and certification body for the technical security industry  advice and recruitment processes can be more creative, inclusive and tailored for people with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), autism, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia and how the workplace environment and culture can be fashioned and improved for neurodiverse people.

Auth0 plans to invest in channel

Posted on July 27, 2020 by - News

Auth0, an identity platform for development teams, announced the latest growth to its partner programme after closing a $120 million funding round last week thanks to its existing partner programme.

Auth0’s VP of International, Steven Rees-Pullman, said: “We’re also able to make our business ‘local’ far easier, particularly in markets where we might not have a large team on the ground. We find that local knowledge and expertise can be what makes the difference when winning deals. The end result is Auth0 has closed 72 percent more deals with and through partners in the first half of 2020 when compared with the same period in 2019. ”

Kaspersky says the channel needs some education

Posted on July 27, 2020 by - News

Kaspersky’s UK SMB boss of the channel, Andy Bogdan, said that the channel is evolving and vendors must answer partners’ calls for education and empowerment

Bogdan said that those that do not adapt to changing market demands will struggle as long-term success now, more than ever, depends on value-added services and insights as well as products.

“Channel partners are calling for education, knowledge and insight – and vendors would be wise to listen, given that eight in 10 UK distributors and resellers prefer to work with those that provide training and education”, Bogdan said.

Digital technologies generate major changes, shock

Posted on July 24, 2020 by - News

Beancounters at GlobalData claim that digital technologies are increasingly exerting pressure on incumbents across industries to change their business models while giving rise to smaller, agile players that are enabling innovation and disruption in many aspects of the business.

GlobalData Principal Disruptive Tech Analyst Kiran Raj said: “The explosion in the availability of data has reinforced the use of digital technologies as an enabler of innovation and disruption across many industries. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has hammered the business world with prolonged lockdowns that triggered the widespread recognition of digital transformation among industry leaders to future-proof their businesses.”

Wipro buys Salesforce partner 4C

Posted on July 24, 2020 by - News

Wipro has signed a definitive agreement to buy 4C, one of the largest Salesforce partners in UK, Europe and the Middle East.

Established in 1997 with its headquarters in Mechelen, Belgium, 4C is an independent Salesforce Platinum Partner.

It claims deep capabilities across multiple Salesforce clouds including Sales, Marketing, Field Services and specialises in transforming Quote-to-Cash processes with Salesforce’s Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) and Billing solutions. 

Synaxon wants more MSPs

Posted on July 24, 2020 by - News

Synaxon UK, a channel services group, has launched an updated framework for its SynMSP membership with the aim of encouraging more managed services providers to join its ranks.

The outfit thinks that the revamped value proposition will give new members access to an extended series of community events, tools, and learning resources. As a SynMSP member, MSPs have direct access to vendor programmes and compelling benefits and opportunities to create new revenue streams.

Frost & Sullivan predicts rise of remote workers shock

Posted on July 23, 2020 by - News

Frost & Sullivan predicts that the number of remote workers in the wake COVID-19 will be 500 percent greater compared to the pre-pandemic number, creating a massive demand for video meetings.

This can’t be much of a surprise.

It its report with the catchy title “Post-pandemic Growth Opportunity Analysis of the Meetings Market”  Frost & Sullivan predicted that the number of video meeting licenses is projected to increase at a CAGR of 24.6 percent between 2019 and 2025, compared to a pre-pandemic forecast of 17.2 percent.

Rahi and Infinidat in storage pricing alliance

Posted on July 23, 2020 by - News

Rahi and Infinidat have announced a strategic partnership that will offer high-end enterprises access to a range of data storage pricing models.

‘Pay-As-You-Grow’ will allow flexibility in data capacity and data management planning, whilst removing the perpetual issue of available capacity that can impede an organisation’s ability to grow and remain agile, the pair say.

Aryaka teams up with Israeli Check Point

Posted on July 23, 2020 by - News

Managed SD-WAN provider Aryaka has partnered with Israeli security outfit Check Point in a project that will fuse Aryaka’s Cloud-First managed SD-WAN solution and Check Point’s CloudGuard Connect CloudGuard Edge and CloudGuard IaaS.

The idea is to deliver integrated security and SD-WAN as-a-Service. Check Point’s CloudGuard technology delivers industry-leading threat prevention that is updated in real-time using the latest Check Point ThreatCloud intelligence.

German enterprises dump traditional networking

Posted on July 22, 2020 by - News

Germany is seeing a dramatic move away from traditional networking technologies and increasingly adopting software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) tools to assist with their migration to cloud environments, according to a report published today by Information Services Group.

The 2020 ISG Provider Lens Network – Software Defined Solutions and Services Partners Report for Germany found enterprises are increasingly focused on migrating their IT and network operations to the cloud and embracing SDN-related technologies to reduce complexity and risks when moving to single or multi-cloud environments.

VMware expands Partner Connect programme

Posted on July 22, 2020 by - News

VMware has expanded its Partner Connect programme by adding a new VMware Cloud Native Master Services Competency (MSC).

This is the first competency related to the VMware Tanzu portfolio and is a Cloud Native MSC will provide a foundational step to enable partners to architect a Kubernetes-based platform supported by complementary technologies from the cloud native ecosystem for continuous delivery of applications and is intended to recognise partners who specialise in Kubernetes operations, site reliability engineering and DevOps.

Machine learning needed by chemical and materials companies

Posted on July 22, 2020 by - News

Materials scientists and chemists will need machine learning tools to enhance their R&D, according to an IDTechEx report, “Materials Informatics 2020-2030”.

The report said that integrating these underlying operations will not happen quickly, but overlooking the developments in materials informatics will lead to a loss of any competitive advantage.

The report said that Materials informatics (MI) apply data-centric approaches to materials science and certain chemistry R&D.  This will be a common method in a research scientist toolkit, and rather than grabbing the headlines, some form of MI techniques will be assumed in all developments.

IPv6 is still light years away

Posted on July 21, 2020 by - News

While IPv6 has been preached as the ultimate solution for solving the IPv4 address shortage it is still a long way away according to Heficed CEO Vincentas Grinius .

Grinius  said that while IPv6’s maturity is increasing, there’s still a long road ahead before it is as fully accessible as it needs to be, in order to facilitate the Network’s further expansion.

“It could be years till the majority of tech runs only with version 6″, he said.

Armour sees increase in licence sales

Posted on July 21, 2020 by - News

Secure communications outfit  Armour Comms said it has seen a 35 percent  surge in licence sales for its Armour Mobile solution.

The new sales have come from both new and existing customers extending their number of licences. Six significant new customers have signed up since the beginning of the year.  In addition, Armour has several new partners and is developing further enterprise-scale capabilities.

“Cyber Ready” West Midlands launched

Posted on July 21, 2020 by - News

A training programme to expand cybersecurity skills among information technology (IT) professionals in the West Midlands will be launched in August by CompTIA, the nonprofit trade association for the global technology industry, in cooperation with the West Midlands Combined Authority.

The Cyber Ready West Midlands programme is intended for individuals with some experience in IT and who have a desire to build their cybersecurity skills for a more advanced position, such as a cybersecurity analyst.