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AVEVA Reports Progress on Gender Diversity and Publishes Ethnicity Pay Gap Data

4 women in tech webjpg AVEVA Reports Progress on Gender Diversity and Publishes Ethnicity Pay Gap Data

AVEVA has published its first Gender and Ethnicity Pay Gap Report. In addition to reporting on its global gender pay gap for the second year, the company has collated data on race and ethnicity for the first time, starting with employees in the UK and US, two of its largest …

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Westcon-Comstor FY22 outlook buoyed by strong H1 results

financial services Westcon-Comstor FY22 outlook buoyed by strong H1 results

In its FY22 H1 earnings, Datatec Limited reported Westcon-Comstor (Westcon International) revenue increased by 12.3% to US$1.4 billion (H1 FY21: US$1.2 billion restated revenue), as a result of strong demand for networked cloud computing, remote access solutions for flexible working and virtual office environments, unified communications and enhanced cybersecurity. Westcon International’s …

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British cyber security startup Risk Ledger  secures £2.1m funding

British cyber security company Risk Ledger has raised £2.1 million in seed funding. Haydn Brooks, founder and CEO at Risk Ledger said: “The past 18 months have been a period of rapid growth in the company. We grew our client base and our user numbers have sky-rocketed despite the significant …

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NETGEAR, Inc.’s secure business VPN release offers access to remote workers

lenovo wfh NETGEAR, Inc.'s secure business VPN release offers access to remote workers

NETGEAR, Inc.’s Insight Business VPN, an add-on service to the Orbi Pro Series of WiFi 5 (SRK 60) and WiFi 6 (SXK 80) business router mesh systems connects branch offices and work-from-home (WFH) employees to the corporate WiFi network (SSID) through an encrypted, trusted and persistent VPN connection. The WiFi …

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ServiceNow acquires Gekkobrain 

digital ServiceNow acquires Gekkobrain 

ServiceNow has acquired Denmark-based Gekkobrain to help customers modernise their systems of record. Gekkobrain’s team brings deep understanding of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system customisations. The team developed the ability to identify and understand custom code and business processes that should be modernised, enabling faster migrations, more delightful experiences and …

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PPDS and Logitech combine capabilities for Philips professional displays  

Education T Line classroomLogitech PPDS and Logitech combine capabilities for Philips professional displays  

PPDS is usingLogitech’s range of video conferencing and audio solutions with the  Philips-branded corporate and education display ranges. PPDS and Logitech plan to bring seamless integration between a range of collaboration-inspired Philips professional displays for both corporate and education settings and a range of Logitech products. These include the Crestron …

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Major new education channel programme launched by Consenna for Microsoft and Westcoast

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Consenna has unveiled an entirely new sales enablement and trade-in programme for the education channel, driven by Microsoft and facilitated via Westcoast and a select group of 11 education resellers. “Power Up My School” has been created to provide Microsoft vendors and its channel partners with the strongest, most compelling sales, …

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Zoom releases auto-generated captions

video conference meeting business online call 1625266 pxhere.com copy 2 Zoom releases auto-generated captions

 Zoom has announced the availability of auto-generated captions, which automatically provide speaker subtitles on Zoom video meetings or webinars. The feature, also known as live transcription, is available for all free and paid Zoom Meetings and Zoom Video Webinars accounts. Users can enable the feature via the Zoom web portal. Participants can still privately request that the meeting host …

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Sony Introduces the Xperia PRO-I Smartphone

24mm F2 lowlight bokeh copy Sony Introduces the Xperia PRO-I Smartphone

Sony’s new Xperia smartphone, the Xperia PRO-I combines a 1.0-type sensor, 24mm ZEISS Tessar Optics, advanced image processing and AF (autofocus), 4K 120p video recording and much more, delivering professional imaging quality from an ultra-slim 8.9mm form factor. Nobuki Asahina, Head of Mobile, Sony Europe said: “This phone combines the …

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Puzzel teams up with EvaluAgent to optimise Agent and Customer Experiences

3 cloud storage shutterstock webjpg Puzzel teams up with EvaluAgent to optimise Agent and Customer Experiences

 Puzzel is integrating EvaluAgent technology into its Cloud based Customer Service Platform., designed to directly address some of the biggest workforce engagement and optimisation challenges contact centres face as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.   “Puzzel is delighted to partner with EvaluAgent to support one another’s ambitious growth plans and joint value propositions. Alongside …

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