Opinion

Converting challenges into opportunities: channel initiatives in times of change 

Anton Shelepchuk, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, NAKIVO, explores how the channel-vendor relationship can be leveraged and adapted to convert challenges into new reseller opportunities and initiatives during turbulent times. With the Coronavirus outbreak, 2020 was a year like no other. The channel and vendors alike had to adapt to radical …

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Is AI vital to keeping backup data safe from malware?

Every day more than 350,000 new types of malware are unleashed on the Internet. The scale of the problem is so massive, it is no longer enough to have traditional anti-virus software, solely defending against known threats. We spoke to Tom Hext, AI Product Manager at Redstor, about the problem …

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Combatting UK broadband poverty needs an alter-net-tive approach

Tim Pilcher CEO at Glide explain the importance of delivering Gigabit broadband to rural areas, so that residents and businesses alike can benefit from cost-effective and best in class internet speeds. As the seemingly never-ending lockdown continues to put Britain’s network connectivity to the test and confines millions of office …

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Out With the Old

Richard Buxton, Director, N4Engage looks at the benefits of integrating collaboration and communication. In the current climate, many organisations have embraced platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Webex among many others for their daily collaboration and communication needs. All of the major providers have reported massive growth in user …

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OpenFrame Displays

Martin Kent, Territory Manager at HANNspree UK considers displays as a key enabler to the human machine interface Digital display with user interaction has become extremely commonplace in recent years and continues to replace existing, alternative methods, which are now considered outdated. The exponential uptake of digital display in a …

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How low-code can improve remote corporate security

Richard Farrell, Chief Innovation Officer at Netcall discusses how technologies such as low-code can help mitigate increasing cyber risks Company data breaches regularly make the headlines, putting customers at risk and incurring reputational damage. Over the last year we have seen some of the highest-profile data breaches in history. Whilst …

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Data privacy: Eights steps to consider

Chris Stennett, Global Vice President, Business Value & Strategy at Sitecore explains why data security and privacy compliance are key for building consumer trust Data privacy has changed the way businesses operate – it’s no longer the sole concern for legal teams, as it has now become an imperative across …

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PCR April 2021 data handling: Keeping data secure

Nick Hutson-Alvarez, Exertis Group Head of Cyber Security & Compliance discuses some important factors to consider to keep data secure. There are varying degrees of online security that can be driven by some very complex systems which are designed around industry standards, such as PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data …

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Help your customers reclaim their right to privacy

Steve Hicks, Head of Global Sales, BullGuard looks at why personal data is big business and why we should value our right to privacy Whichever way you look at it, people the world over have essentially uploaded their entire lives online in return for social media profiles, apps, e-commerce benefits, …

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Loyalty and trust: How a successful channel partnership can blossom

PCR speaks with Betsy Doughty, VP corporate marketing at Spectra Logic, Doug Williams, northern Europe alliance and channel director at Scality and Kevin Rhone, channel acceleration practice lead from ESG Global about what makes for good bedside manners in the best channel partnerships. For any IT vendor, entering into a …

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