Allen Waugerman takes control at Lexmark

Posted on May 24, 2019 by - Moving People, News

Allen Waugerman has been named as Lexmark’s new president and chief executive officer.

Waugerman joined Lexmark at its inception in 1991 and has served in a variety of leadership roles, including leading the company on an interim basis during the CEO search. Since 2016 he has served as Lexmark senior vice president and chief technology officer. Waugerman succeeds Rich Geruson, who left the company in November 2018.

Mickey Kantor, chairman, Lexmark board of directors said: “We are pleased to appoint Allen as Lexmark president and CEO. He brings strong leadership, integrity, deep knowledge of technology and a track record of commitment to Lexmark’s success, making him the right choice to lead the company toward continued global growth.”

Waugerman holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Kentucky. He is a Dean’s Advisory Council member for the University of Kentucky College of Engineering and serves on the board of the YMCA of Central Kentucky.

“I am proud of Lexmark’s recent accomplishments, including the largest product launch in our history and the development of new solutions and services such as cloud-based as-a-service offerings. I look forward to leveraging our strengths and proprietary technologies toward broad global growth strategies that will position Lexmark for success well into the future,” Waugerman said.

Brits start to understand need to encrypt

Posted on May 24, 2019 by - News

Apricorn today announced findings from a survey highlighting the rise in encryption technology post-GDPR enforcement. Two-thirds of respondents now hardware encrypt all information as standard, which is a positive step considering over a quarter noted the lack of encryption as being one of the leading causes of a data breach within their organisation.

Managed services is the number one revenue opportunity

Posted on May 23, 2019 by - News

Managed services are the number one revenue opportunity, which offers the highest potential revenue according to a new Barracuda report.

To coincide with the second ever MSP Day, which celebrates the changes and challenges faced by the managed services industry, Barracuda MSP has today released its latest The Evolving Landscape of the MSP Business Report 2019.

Connectivity technologies complement each other

Posted on May 23, 2019 by - News

Research by Ruckus Networks  has found that connectivity technologies complement each other in the digital world for consumers.

Ruckus surveyed 5,000 people across the UK, France, and Germany, to understand how and why they go online. The research found regional nuances that global technology companies will need to consider when deploying and monetising networks.

Ingram Micro appoints Verburg

Posted on May 23, 2019 by - Moving People

Ingram Micro has appointed Brian Verburg as the Manager of its European Cyber Security Center of Excellence. Brian will manage the Centre of Excellence (COE) recently launched in the Netherlands, that extends support across Europe, including Germany, UK, France, Spain, Nordics, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Austria and  Switzerland.

Cambridge-Oxford tech triangle bucks online shopping trend

Posted on May 22, 2019 by - News

 

Retail availability in the Cambridge-Oxford Growth Corridor has doubled over the past two years, with the average rate standing at 7.2 percent.

Research conducted by Bidwells found Cambridge had seen the highest level of take-up since 2012 as new operators are absorbing unused spaces in the area.

Bidwells’ Research Director Sue Foxley said that out of town retail parks were offering investors an attractive way of connecting the trends that are transforming the high street. Bidwells’ latest analysis indicates retail availability in the Cambridge-Oxford Growth Corridor has doubled over the past two years, with the average availability rate standing at 7.2 per cent.

Ideagen scores major Middle East contract

Posted on May 22, 2019 by - News

UK software outfit Ideagen has scored a contract to supply its software to a major aircraft maintenance organisation in the Middle East.

Joramco, an independent commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organisation based in Jordan, will adopt Ideagen’s Q-Pulse, Q-Pulse Risk and PleaseReview products.

Softcat makes more dosh than expected

Posted on May 22, 2019 by - News

Technology and services vendor Softcat has reached its highest ever market valuation after the outfit announced that it will be doing better than City expected.

he FTSE 250-listed IT reseller said it had delivered “strong” year-on-year growth “across all income and profit measures” for its third quarter to 30 April, leading it to foresee numbers that will be “slightly ahead” of the latest forecasts.

IMImobile teams up with Telia Norway

Posted on May 21, 2019 by - News

IMImobile, a global communications software provider, has signed a partner agreement with Telia Norway, with an option to extend to the wider Telia Company – the leading telecom operator in the Nordic/Baltics.

The partner agreement involves Telia to flogging IMImobile’s cloud products, including its enterprise cPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) offering, IMIconnect, to its enterprise customers. IMIconnect enables businesses to launch and orchestrate two-way, trigger-based customer communications across 10+ channels.

Artificial Intelligence lacks brains

Posted on May 21, 2019 by - News

Most organisations are fully invested in AI but more than half don’t have the required in-house skilled talent to execute their strategy, according to new research from SnapLogic.

The study found that 93 percent of US and UK organisations consider AI to be a business priority and have projects planned or already in production. However, more than half of them (51 percent) acknowledge that they don’t have the right mix of skilled AI talent in-house to bring their strategies to life.

HP selects Stone

Posted on May 21, 2019 by - News

Public and private sector ICT service outfit Stone Group has been selected by HP as one of three resellers on the National Desktop and Notebook Agreement (NDNA) framework for higher education (HE), across all three available lots.

Stone can now provide HP branded hardware across the framework, including:

Cisco pulls back from China

Posted on May 20, 2019 by - News

Cisco has said that it will limit the use of Chinese parts following the trade war with the United States.

CEO Chuck Robbins said the firm has taken steps to mitigate any adverse effects from the increases. China revealed last week that it would be hiking tariffs from 10 percent to between 20 and 25 percent

Recarta snaps up Möbius

Posted on May 20, 2019 by - News

IBM partner Recarta IT has acquired virtualisation and cloud specialist Möbius Business Technologies and created a £15 million VAR in the process.

Founded in 2010, Möbius holds Silver partner accreditations with Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Veeam.