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Dean Frew, CTO & SVP of RFID Solutions at SML Group explains how retailers can use RFID technology to elevate the customer experience. Customer shopping behaviours have continued to evolve in recent years, driven by mobile on-demand shopping, multiple ways to research and purchase items, and an overall desire for …

Christina Walker global director – channel at Blancco examines why channel partners should put sustainability at the heart of business. Globally, how do you see enterprise expectations around sustainability shaping channel response? Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword. As the climate crisis spirals, the urgency of addressing challenges such …

We catch up with CEO Ronan Murphy to find out what CWSI has been up to over the last year. Over a year on from when we last spoke, how has business been and where have been the greatest developments for CWSI? We had another incredibly exciting and successful year …

Last month, industry body ICANN heralded big changes for 2023 and beyond as it set out its plans to move forward with the implementation of the next phase of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Here, Glenn Hayward, CEO at Com Laude discusses how brands can capitalise on domain name changes. …

Marcus Harvey, general manager and EMEA sales director at Targus explains why GRS is important to tech companies.  The Global Recycle Standard (GRS) is a globally recognised standard for recycled materials – a voluntary set of requirements to demonstrate recycled content in a host of materials. Why is GRS important …

With channel partners calling for increasingly efficient means of digital connection, Westcon-Comstor has launched PartnerCentral. CTO Rakesh Parbhoo, discusses the new platform. What is PartnerCentral? PartnerCentral is a new multivendor marketplace. It’s a marketplace – and more. A place where partners can configure, quote and order complex hybrid solutions. From …

By Gerard Allison, senior vice president of sales for EMEA at Sophos. The dark web has become much more developed than most businesses think. It has seen cybercriminals scale up their operations in dark marketplaces where bad actors trade, creating a tertiary industry with a network of supporting services and …

Ian Lowe, director of industry solutions for EMEA at Okta, explains why digital identity is a crucial part of the future of retail – both online and offline. Retail has been changing rapidly over the past decade, with customer habits altered forever by smartphones and high-speed internet access. The pandemic …

By John Wareing, insurance sector specialist at Red Helix. Cyber security attacks are increasing at an alarming rate and continue to rise in scale and complexity, affecting essential services, businesses and individuals alike. Due to the accelerating pace of digitalisation and major advances in network technology, we have become more …

The rise of cybersecurity and managed services alongside the emergence of SME as a security market hotbed has, as some might claim, played into the channel’s hands. But the threats faced by SMEs are still a wild jungle of dangers that many channel businesses are trying to navigate safely, without …