COVID-19 has catalysed the speed and depth of the world’s digital transformation efforts, according to F5’s latest State of Application Strategy (SOAS) report. This year’s report strongly underlines how the need to improve connectivity, reduce latency, ensure security, and harness data-driven insights is intensifying. It also points to an elevated interest in cloud, as-a-service solutions, edge computing, and application security and delivery technologies. “The COVID-19 pandemic has vastly accelerated a global digital transformation that was already …
Read More »Comms365 awarded funding as part of ChargePlace Scotland’s low carbon transport challenge
Comms365 Limited has been announced as a winner of the first phase of the Low Carbon Transport Innovation Challenge. In partnership with Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government has awarded a share of £180,000 to Comms365 to improve charge point accessibility across ChargePlace Scotland electric vehicle charging network. Comms365 will now create a …
Read More »Sapphire Technology’s Adrian Thompson on esports, gaming and the company’s roadmap
Sapphire Technology has recently penetrated new markets with a series of GPU Compute server systems targeting the blockchain and commercial cryptocurrency mining businesses. PCR catches up with the company’s VP of Marketing, Adrian Thompson to find out more. Please could you tell me a bit more about Sapphire Technology? Sapphire …
Read More »eBay UK launches Certified Refurbished hub
eBay UK has launched a new Certified Refurbished hub, making it easier for consumers to find high-quality refurbished products from loved and trusted household brands such as Dyson, Eve and GoPro. Buyers can now get their hands on premium brands and products that have been carefully refurbished and guaranteed for …
Read More »Vestel’s Q Series E-LED displays brighten commercial spaces
Vestel Visual Solutions’ new Q Series Features four new 24/7 models – the 65” QN65, 55” QN55 and QP55, and 49” QP49. You can expect to find excellent picture quality delivered through UHD resolution and HDR 10 on the QN65 and QN55, and FHD resolution on the QP49 and QP55. …
Read More »Partner ecosystem is at the heart of eCommerce evolution
Alison Williams, Business Development Director at Amplience talks to PCR about its partner networks and the importance of streamlining your ecommerce platform at a time when retailers can really make a difference. The past year has been both a blessing and a curse for eCommerce. Retailers and brands have had …
Read More »UKFast selects Commvault as data backup and recovery partner
Commvault has been selected by UKFast to provide Backup & Recovery. Chris Folkerd, Director of Enterprise Technology at UKFast, said: “Commvault gives us the guarantee that we can always get our data back online and bring our customers online quickly. They are willing to work with us, not just as a …
Read More »BenQ becomes hardware partner to Oak National Academy
BenQ has partnered with Oak National Academy, a provider of free online classroom resources in the UK. Oak was created in response to schools closing during the pandemic to help educators’ transition to hybrid teaching models with resources for remote teaching, to aid in-school catch-up, assist lesson planning and subsequently …
Read More »PCR MAY ISSUE SECURITY SPECIAL: How to get involved?
In the May issue of PCR, which will be arriving in your post box at the beginning of May we will be featuring a special focus on security. Probably one of the biggest channel focuses for us is the topic of digital security so we’re starting early with this issue …
Read More »Retail Marketing Group launches E:VENT Virtual & Hybrid Solutions
Retail Marketing Group (RMG) has launched E:VENT Virtual & Hybrid Solutions, a virtual world experience that enables businesses to bring people and teams back together. Designed to keep employees, visitors and customers safe whilst working from home, the new E:VENT solutions provide a bespoke virtual environment for exclusive, secure and …
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