Exabeam has announced the XDR Alliance, a partnership of cybersecurity and information technology innovators designed to create an open approach to XDR, which is essential to protect against cyber attacks, breaches, and intrusions. Alongside Exabeam, founding members of the XDR Alliance includes Armis, Expel, ExtraHop, Google Cloud Security, Mimecast, Netskope, …
Read More »SYNAXON UK partners with European Office Supplies
SYNAXON UK has signed a partnership with European Office Supplies, a distributor of printer supplies. Mike Barron, Managing Director of SYNAXON UK, said: “The work from home boom in printer sales, more businesses and people need to regularly replenish their ink and toner cartridges, printer paper and other consumables on …
Read More »Cybercriminals narrow their focus on SMBs
Acronis has released its Cyberthreats Report Mid-year 2021 update. The report warns that small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are at particular risk based on the attack trends seen during the first six months of the year. The report revealed that during the first half of 2021, 4 out of 5 organisations …
Read More »PCR’s Top 25 Women in Tech: Call for entries
PCR’s Top 25 Women in Tech returns in our September print edition, where we’ll be highlighting the most influential women in the UK PC and tech channel. Nominations are now open for this year’s list, so click here to find out how to be included. We’ll be featuring women that …
Read More »Zoom supports charity If Chloe Can in empowering young people across the UK
If Chloe Can, a charity focussed on empowering young people to follow their dreams, has continued giving career advice and guidance with the support of Zoom while restrictions have disrupted in-person education. If Chloe Can is the brainchild of former cabinet minister and Tatton MP Esther McVey. It works with …
Read More »New supply chain launched to drive sustainability in UK fashion and textiles
The UK Fashion & Textile Association (UKFT) is working with IBM, Tech Data, and the Future Fashion Factory to design, prototype and pilot a new technology platform based on IBM technologies to help the UK fashion and textile industry to drive sustainability and profitability through increased transparency within the supply …
Read More »Nuspire launches new managed Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) service
Nuspire’s new managed EDR service supports EDR technologies from Carbon Black, SentinelOne and others to help clients manage their EDR solutions and automate responses. “As organisations shifted to remote work last year, there was a rush to get EDR technology solutions. More recently, organisations have recognized how essential the right …
Read More »To Code or Not to Code?
48% of employers think the workforce is lacking in digital skills, so could no-code be the answer? Despite the workforce becoming more digitally reliant, new survey results suggest that, less than half of employers (48%) in the UK believe that employees joining the workforce have the necessary digital skills or …
Read More »Leaseweb Global acquires iWeb
Leaseweb Global has acquired iWeb, based in Canada’s and a provider of cloud hosting, server hosting & hosted solutions. The acquisition enables Leaseweb to build a significant market presence in Canada, which now becomes its third biggest international region by revenue, behind The Netherlands and U.S. Founded in 1996, iWeb, …
Read More »Opious achieves Cradlepoint 5G for enterprise branch specialisation
Opious has achieved 5G for Enterprise Branch Specialisation from Cradlepoint. The 5G for Enterprise Branch Specialisation identifies and recognises partner organisations that are leaders in positioning and selling Cradlepoint’s 5G for business solutions by meeting a series of sales, technical, and business proficiency criteria. By receiving the specialisation, Opious will …
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