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Every day, 115 employees within the UK retail sector are attacked in their place of work. I personally found this statistic from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) to be shockingly high. As someone who has never got into a situation that has led me to harass or attack someone working …

Thorsten Kurpjuhn, European Security Market Development Manager at Zyxel, looks at why having top-class network protection is simply not negotiable any more. If ever there was a modern version of the old American wild west, it’s the world online. Too often, the internet and devices connected to it generate spaces …

Diffblue has announced Mathew Lodge as the company’s new CEO. Most recently the SVP of products and marketing at Anaconda, Lodge has over twenty-five years of experience in the software industry at organisations of all sizes. “I’m joining Diffblue at an exciting time for both artificial intelligence and enterprise software …

Huawei has unveiled its latest Global Industry Vision (GIV) report, revealing its predictions for technology and industry development up to 2025. Drawing from Huawei’s own quantitative data and real-world use cases of how intelligent technology is permeating every industry, this year’s report identifies 10 ‘megatrends’ currently shaping how we live …

Ed Baker, Senior Director EMEA Partners at McAfee, discusses the opportunity for agile MSPs to meet a clear customer need for cybersecurity-as-a-service. The uncomfortable truth is that despite increases in security education and technology spending, data breaches continue to soar. In fact, recent research from McAfee revealed that 47% of …

As Google removes adverts related to computer repairs in a bid to stop scammers, how is this affecting legitimate businesses? Tech For Techs asks its members. MIKE WHITEHOUSE, SUNDERLAND COMPUTER REPAIRS “I have worked with Google for a long time and I’ve resigned myself to having to spend £300 a …

QBS Technology Group has announced the acquisition of the entire share capital of UAB Laknova. Lithuania-based enterprise software distributor Laknova is active throughout the Baltic region, where it is the 5th largest dedicated software distributor. Laknova will be rebranded to QBS and its systems will be integrated over the next …

The next issue of PCR, which hits desks at the beginning of September, will look at everything gaming, featuring opinions and analysis around the sector as well as product guides looking at the latest gaming PCs, components and peripherals. Here’s how you can get involved: Opinions We are looking for …

Patrick Krupa, Founder and Head of Product at SmartFrame, looks at the ways rogue bots target our personal online information and why putting protection in place is imperative. We like to imagine that the internet is made up of just human users. But in reality, a large portion of the …

Antony Edwards, COO of Eggplant, outlines what procedures retailers should put in place before they launch a website. When a new store is set to open on the high street there are a number of procedures in place to ensure that it can provide the ultimate customer experience. For high-end …

Lifesize has announced several new product enhancements through its cloud-based video conferencing platform. Recent Lifesize mobile app improvements include the addition of screen sharing from mobile devices, enabling distributed teams to effectively share and collaborate on content during meetings from wherever they’re joining, as well as the option to switch …

Fernando Corbato was the first person to use passwords to protect user accounts. He joined MIT in 1950 to study for a doctorate in physics, but realised during those years his passion for the machines that physicists used to do their calculations. Computers during the 50s could only handle one …