Category: News

Telcos warn that losing Huawei could damage the network

Posted on July 13, 2020 by - News

Executives from two of the UK’s largest telecoms providers told the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee last week that removing Huawei from the country’s infrastructure will be hugely expensive, and if done too quickly could lead to customers experiencing lengthy disruptions in service.

Having initially ruled that Huawei equipment could be present in up to 35 percent part of the country’s 5G network, the government has been backtracking after US pressure and a backbench rebellion and is expected to begin phasing out Chinese tech giant from the UK’s infrastructure as early as this year.

Data loss fears still plague the cloud market

Posted on July 13, 2020 by - News

Fears over data loss and compliance breaches have held back UK organisations from cloud adoption according to the latest research from Veritas Technologies.

The 2020 UK Veritas Databerg Report shares perspectives from senior IT decision makers across UK enterprises.  It reveals that half of growth of data in cloud environments took nearly five years, rather than the 12 months organisations previously predicted.   In the last UK Databerg Report, released in 2015, IT decision makers believed 43 percent of data would be stored in the cloud within a year, but, by 2020 the number stands at 47 percent.

A quarter of staff will resign once the coronavirus is over

Posted on July 13, 2020 by - News

A new poll of UK frontline workers responding to the COVID-19 crisis reveals how deeply concerned they are about their safety and are so hacked off with their employers’ response that they will leave once the dust has settled.

According to official research commissioned by Blink, the smart employee app, almost one quarter are planning on resigning from their job once the crisis subsides. In the context of an impending global recession and the announcement of 12,000 job cuts in two days, this data is all the more shocking.

Kaspersky warns that it is not time for a new cunning plan

Posted on July 10, 2020 by - News

Security outfit Kaspersky has reminded its channel to focus on helping customers through the current crisis rather than doing anything new and clever.

Kaspersky  deputy vice-president, global sales network, director of European operations, Chris Connell, said that in challenging times, when customers are reluctant to discuss major changes or replacement strategies for their cyber security infrastructure, it’s really important to understand their situations and be flexible in addressing how the channel can help.

Extreme Networks has new CTO

Posted on July 10, 2020 by - News

Extreme Networks appointed Nabil Bukhari as Chief Technology Officer, in addition to his current role as Chief Product Officer.

In his new role as CTO, Bukhari will expand on the “first mover” technology strategy he implemented to deliver simple, effortless, cloud-driven networking solutions that improve customer experiences and drive business advantages. He will continue to report to President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Meyercord.

Extreme Networks President and CEO Ed Meyercord said that Bukhari had done an outstanding job leading and transforming the outfit’s product organisation.

Cambium Networks introduces new partner programmes

Posted on July 10, 2020 by - News

Cambium Networks has  introduced new programmes and tools to help partners, distributors and managed service providers (MSP) grow revenue and transition enterprise customers to Wi-Fi 6 technology.

Cambium’s new channel investments include: an upgraded partner portal; a TCO Profiler software tool for quickly comparing deployment options; a “not for resale” Wi-Fi 6 starter kit; dedicated channel marketing and inside sales resources; virtual partner bootcamps; expanded free online training; virtual online demonstration capabilities; and expanded digital marketing funds.

Three quarters of public cloud users had a security incident

Posted on July 9, 2020 by - News

Sophos has warned that  nearly three quarters of organisations experienced a public cloud security incident in the last year.

In its The State of Cloud Security 2020 global survey Sophos said that the incidents  included ransomware and other malware (50 percent), exposed data (29 percent), compromised accounts (25 per ent), and cryptojacking (17 percent). Organisations running multi-cloud environments were greater than 50 percent more likely to suffer a cloud security incident than those running a single cloud.

Claim that Huawei targeted British “useful idiots” to get support for 5G

Posted on July 9, 2020 by - News

Chinese technology giant Huawei has been accused of trying to manipulate high-profile Britons to back the company’s role in UK’s 5G infrastructure.

According to a privately-funded dossier commissioned by a US film producer Andrew Duncan and compiled with the help of ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele politicians and academics, were targeted by Huawei to act as “useful idiots” for Beijing.

The report, entitled “China’s Elite Capture”, accuses the Chinese firm of setting up fake radio stations abroad and inviting prominent personalities on to panel discussions with an aim to encourage them to support Huawei.

The British elites targeted by Huawei included former Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston; Lord Clement-Jones, a Liberal Democrat peer; Sir Kenneth Olisa and the Lord Lieutenant of London, the report claims.

Giacom enters UK distribution partnership with Nuvolex

Posted on July 8, 2020 by - News

Reseller-Only Cloud Service Provider Giacom has partnered with Nuvolex, becoming the first distributor in the United Kingdom to resell the Nuvolex ManageX platform – the IT industry’s most advanced Multitenant Management platform, supporting Microsoft 365 and Azure administration.

The ManageX platform, it is claimed, provides provisioning and daily administration across all Microsoft 365 workloads, as well as Azure VMs, through a “Single Pane of Glass” administration portal.

Accenture cuts 900 jobs

Posted on July 8, 2020 by - News

US-owned IT consultancy Accenture is about to slash 900 UK jobs due to the downturn created by the coronavirus.

The cuts will begin in mid-July and will take place at all levels of the business

Accenture has a UK workforce of around 11,000, based in offices in London, Manchester, Newcastle, and Edinburgh.

Logicmonitor trysts with TransACT Technology Solutions

Posted on July 8, 2020 by - News

LogicMonitor said TransACT Technology Solutions in the UK is joining its partner network as part of a worldwide expansion programme.

LogicMonitor’s global vice president, channels and alliances, Sanjay Gupta, said that partnerships were critical to its success, as they help it reach new customers in new markets.

“The companies in our Partner Network have a keen understanding of their clients’ IT monitoring needs and have proven their commitment to supporting those needs with the LogicMonitor platform.”

 

Imperial launches COVID-19 information platform with Cloudwick and MirrorWeb

Posted on July 7, 2020 by - News

A consortium of technology companies comprising Cloudwick, MirrorWeb, and Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL (AWS), is working with PanSurg, an Imperial College London COVID-19 surgical network made up of healthcare professionals and academics from the Department of Surgery and Cancer and the Institute of Global Health Innovation.

The idea is to build a global knowledge platform to help provide the healthcare community with guidance on delivering high quality care to COVID-19 patients.

Coronavirus forces a change in investment plans

Posted on July 7, 2020 by - News

The coronavirus crisis has pushed companies to review their investment strategies to survive according to M&A integration expert Mike Kiersey, Principal Technologist at Boomi.

Kiersey said that corporations like Mitsubishi are undergoing a major shift, where M&As play a crucial role – sparking the question of how to integrate both parties.  As the transition to digital speeds up, it can be expected that we will see a rise in mergers and acquisitions after the pandemic.

Insight appoints new UK and Ireland managing director

Posted on July 7, 2020 by - News

Insight  announced the appointment of Darren Hedley as Managing Director of the company’s United Kingdom and Ireland business. Currently Sales Director of Public Sector, UK and Ireland, Darren will assume his new role from January 1, 2021.

He will replace Emma de Sousa, who is leaving the role to become President of the company’s EMEA business. The UK is a key market for Insight, receiving recognition through a number of accolades, including being named one of the UK’s “Best Workplaces” in 2020.

HP pushes green goals

Posted on July 6, 2020 by - News

HP is stepping up its work on its products’ environmental sustainability

George Brasher, UK and Ireland managing director at HP, said that although the current situation was difficult, the planet was at a critical point.

“If you look at the environment, you are starting to see the impact of climate change and global warming”, he said, adding that the Black Lives Matter movement had also shown a spotlight on the ongoing inequalities in society and that the pandemic had underlined that certain groups had been the hardest hit by the virus. “Faced with these challenges, what we believe as HP is that we have to go back to our core principles to figure out how we go forward.”

The firm publishes its sustainability report every June. So far, HP has recycled more than 4.69 billion plastic bottles and removed 1,000 tonnes of packaging that was difficult to recycle. It has also kept 875 million printer cartridges out of landfill since it started working with partners in 1991 on its recycling scheme.