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Big strides are being made in the esports and gaming industries. We spoke with UK e-tailer of tech products’ BOX’s Marketing Manager, Mike Hart and Toby Roberts, co-owner of Wired2Fire, an independent retailer to find out more. Here’s what Mike Hart, BOX’s Marketing Manager and Toby Roberts, co-owner of Wired2Fire …

Rob Woolley, Commercial Director at online technology store, BOX talks to Michelle Winny at PCR about its exponential business growth, spurring its move to bigger trading premises and what we can expect to see as this year’s top tech and gaming trends. BOX, a UK e-tailer of tech products, with …

Simon Buckingham, DNA Studios’ newly appointed, Head of Marketing speaks with Michelle Winny, Editor of PCR about his new role at the company and what’s currently going down in the realms of gaming and blockchain. Hi Simon congratulations on your new role at DNA Studios. Please could you tell us …

Richard Farrell, CIO at Netcall explains how businesses do not necessarily need to turn back on previous pandemic-driven investments, but instead should consider leveraging and developing CX technologies to reinvent and reinforce the customer and employee experience. 2021 was another year of epic firefighting in which customer experience (CX) innovation …

Martin Rehak CEO of Resistant examines the convergence of cybersecurity and financial crime, the risks it creates and why the use of AI-powered technologies offer the only scaling factor available to organisations focused on minimising one of today’s most alarming criminal trends. In recent years, financial crime has undergone its …

Civo has launched its Developer Advocate Demo program, providing access to its cloud platform to help with the talks, events, demos and tutorials crucial to advocacy work. Members will benefit from rapid set-up with clusters up and running in 90 seconds, meaning less waiting and more engagement with the audience. …

SYNAXON UK has formed a partnership with Smithie UK, a specialist distributor of data storage and LED lighting products. Mike Barron, Managing Director, SYNAXON UK, stated: “The Smithie portfolio adds further depth and a new dimension to the comprehensive range of well over two million SKUs already available on EGIS. …

G2 Esports has appointed Thuy Ha as its new Head of Content and Sasha Alexandrov as the Head of Media. Thuy Ha will be creating new and inclusive content in order to reach audiences beyond esports. Thuy’s biggest achievements lie in pitching and leading creative esports strategies, campaign initiatives and …

ConnectWise plans to expanded its cyber security collaboration with Intel. Intel Threat Detection Technology (Intel TDT) helps identify cyber threats and detects malicious activity. ConnectWise will integrate Intel TDT technology within the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software agent to allow RMM to identify and respond to security incidents rapidly. …

PPDS will be hitting the road with Crestron on an epic European Road Trip, showcasing the companies combined technology offerings. Under a collaborative partnership between the two AV company’s, the inaugural, ‘Crestron Next Road Trip Europe’ tour will see Crestron and PPDS travel more than 20,000 kilometres (12,500 miles) in …

Gamer Advantage has launched a range of eye-care products and accessories in the UK designed to protect gamers against harmful blue light emitted from device screens. Available in both prescription and non-prescription form, the specially designed lens is 100% UVA/UVB resistant.  The range of Gamer Advantage eyewear allows the player …

Tech Data is embarking a new strategic cooperation with Hikari, a specialist provider of Microsoft Power Platform services. Working together with Hikari, Tech Data has launched a Power Centre of Excellence for its customers in Europe. This new service enables solution providers to deliver high-speed app development and innovative business process …