McAfee and Ingram Micro Inc., have entered a worldwide partnership to offer McAfee products and solutions across Ingram Micro’s global distribution network, including its regional Cloud Marketplaces. McAfee launched its SaaS portfolio on the U.S. Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace in late 2020, and plans to expand its footprint on Ingram …
Read More »Anzu.io raises $9 million to expand in-game advertising platform
Anzu has raised $9 million in new funding to grow the company and fuel sales and marketing activities on a global scale. Anzu points out that the gaming industry is now larger than the music and film industries combined and is expected to reach approximately $257 billion by 2025. As …
Read More »Kaspersky raises awareness of user threats as disguised online learning platforms increase
As the pandemic continues and schools experience renewed closures or pursue a hybrid model of learning (in-person and remote), the educational sector continues to attract the attention of cybercriminals on the Internet. From July to December 2020, 270,171 users encountered various threats disguised as popular learning platforms – an increase …
Read More »Northamber FEITIAN partnership will provide authentication solutions to UK & Ireland
Northamber is joining with authentication solutions provider, FEITIAN Technologies in a multi-factor authentication solution partnership. “Feitian enables us to meet the increasing demand from our partners for strong authentication solutions, at an extremely competitive price point,” said Tony Price, Director of Northamber Solutions “It fits perfectly in our range of …
Read More »Epsilon partners with Lifeway Singapore for 5G cyber testing
Epsilon has been selected by Lifeway Singapore (LWS) to provide colocation, remote peering and data centre interconnection services to power its global 5G Cyber Range solution. “5G deployments are accelerating around the world and that requires robust testing environments to ensure security, viability and optimal performance. We’re excited to support …
Read More »David Watts, Tech Data’s new VP, UK and Ireland
Tech Data has promoted David Watts to the role of senior vice president, UK and Ireland. Watts will extend his current role as operational leader of Tech Data’s UK and Ireland business to assume the strategic development responsibilities previously held by Andy Gass. Gass continues in Tech Data’s European leadership …
Read More »PCR March issue Esports special how to get involved: The importance of gaming security
In the March issue of PCR we will be running a feature on the Importance of Gaming Security. If you would like to get involved then we would be interested in receiving comment on the following Questions: What are some of the most common security risks to gamers? How can …
Read More »PCR FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE OUT NOW!!!
Now that there is light at the end of the tunnel with the mass administration of the Covid-19 vaccination, the tech channel, like the rest of the nation is beginning to look ahead and plot the course of the next few months as we all anticipate the return to some …
Read More »Redis Labs names Taimur Rashid Chief Business Development Officer
Redis Labs has named Taimur Rashid as the company’s Chief Business Development Officer. Rashid brings to the company nearly two decades of experience in incubating new market opportunities and expanding the market reach for iconic enterprise software companies, the past 15 years being with leading cloud service providers. Rashid will be responsible …
Read More »ESET discovers Kobalos: tiny yet complex Linux threat attacking supercomputers
ESET researchers are reported to have discovered Kobalos, a malware that has been attacking supercomputers – high performance computer (HPC) clusters. ESET has worked with the CERN Computer Security Team and other organisations involved in mitigating attacks on these scientific research networks. Among other targets was a large Asian ISP, …
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