Go Instore has partnered with Currys PC World to deliver ShopLive: a video-powered retail service that connects website customers with product matched experts using immersive HD live video. The ShopLive service empowers Currys PC World colleagues with the ability to work safely from home during the COVID-19 crisis and assist …
Read More »Softcat appeals to the IT industry to help ‘Feed the Nation in Isolation’
Graeme Watt, CEO of Softcat, is appealing to the IT industry to support a charitable campaign intended to raise money to ‘Feed the Nation in Isolation’ – specifically the homeless, the ‘food poor’ and those who normally rely on free school meals for their children. The ‘Feed the Nation in …
Read More »CMS Distribution adds Lexar memory solutions to portfolio
CMS Distribution has announced the start of a partnership with memory solutions supplier Lexar. Heavily focused on delivering a full PC components portfolio to the channel, the distributor will stock Lexar’s range of SSDs. As the demand for storage increases, so does the need for performance and speed to keep …
Read More »Ingram Micro Cloud and LogMeIn team up to support remote work from anywhere
Ingram Micro Cloud and LogMeIn have teamed up to provide the distributor’s partners’ customers with access to LogMeIn products. In recent weeks, the need to adopt remote working by organisations worldwide has moved from something that employees do occasionally, to fully remote organisations almost overnight. Ingram Micro Cloud and LogMeIn …
Read More »McAfee MVISION Cloud now supports Microsoft Teams
McAfee has announced that its MVISION Cloud will now support encryption enhancements in Microsoft Teams, including encrypted webhooks and encrypted payloads. The security company says this will enable organisations to improve productivity of their employees by letting them use Teams as a collaboration platform, participate in conversations and calls, and …
Read More »Tech Data launches VIP Marketplace for automated Adobe license renewal
Tech Data has launched the VIP Marketplace initiative for automated license renewal of the Adobe software product range, including Creative Cloud and Acrobat DC through the StreamOne Cloud Marketplace. With this new initiative, customers can now renew existing licenses and add to their current subscriptions through a simplified online account …
Read More »Kingston ranked first place in worldwide channel SSD shipments
Kingston has been ranked in first place in worldwide channel SSD shipments by analyst research company Forward Insights. Kingston Digital – the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company – announced its SSD business has continues to grow at a strong rate following an “astounding 2019”. SSD demand through Q1 2020 …
Read More »Giacom to distribute Webroot SecureAnywhere
UK Cloud Service Provider Giacom has added Webroot SecureAnywhere to its portfolio of security cloud solutions. “The number of cyber-attacks has been increasing year on year and this trend will only carry on going up – we’ve already seen an increase in phishing attacks in 2020,” said Hal Lonas, senior …
Read More »Exertis Hammer adds Siklu mmWave wireless connectivity solutions to portfolio
Value-add distributor Exertis Hammer has announced a distribution agreement with millimetre-wave wireless solutions provider Siklu. The agreement will greatly expand Siklu’s reach to wireless connectivity resellers, datacentres, integrators, service providers and OEMs in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Benelux and Scandinavia. Exertis Hammer has been supplying Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand …
Read More »IT jobs dominate London recruitment sector as companies adjust to remote working
IT and technology job vacancies are dominating the hiring arena in London as firms seek to continue operations remotely during the pandemic. That’s according to new analysis from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), the trade association for the professional recruitment sector. The data, provided by business intelligence specialist …
Read More »
PCR Tech and IT retail, distribution and vendor news