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UKFast is committing a further £3m to its cybersecurity fund to protect businesses online. The BASEfund (Building a Safer Environment) initiative has given more than £17m to UK businesses in the decade since the scheme launched. Now, UKFast is pledging a further £3m, growing the fund’s scope and enabling hundreds …

Karen Waters, Product Director at Engage Hub, looks at how chatbots can be used to improve customer experience. The chatbot has come a long way since ELIZA was developed in 1966. Improvements in NLP (natural language processing) and automation mean that they are now able to engage in meaningful, flowing …

Tech Data has partnered with GCC to offer Dynamics 365 Business Central all-in-one solution for Microsoft partners. GCC is a London- and Gloucester-based Microsoft Gold Partner and one of the UK’s foremost experts in Dynamics 365 Business Central – the all in-one integrated business management system that has been developed …

We find out about NFON UK’s new Cloudya telephony solution and how the cloud is making it possible to streamline the delivery of data and voice. Who makes up the NFON UK team? Across our London and (new) Manchester office we now have 40+ members of staff. The five-strong marketing …

NEC Display Solutions Europe has appointed Simon Jackson as senior vice president of sales EMEA. He has spent more than two decades at NEC and has been promoted from vice president, strategic and vertical sales EMEA. In his new role, Jackson will lead the company’s entire sales organisation, comprising regional …

At its global event in New York on Thursday 11th April, Acer unveiled a whole host of new products. Here we run down some of the biggest announcements: Predator Orion 5000 (pictured above) Acer announced new additions across its growing Predator line of gaming products. The new Predator Orion 5000 …

ASUS Republic of Gamers has announced its new mid-tower gaming chassis, the ROG Strix Helios. The first PC case by ROG, the Strix Helios is a stylish aluminium frame perfect for those who want to showcase the most impressive builds. “With tempered glass panels on both sides of the chassis, …

UK-owned marketplace OnBuy.com is celebrating a successful start to April, with year-to-date sales 13 times higher in 2019. As well as showing 1300% year-on-year growth (March 2018 to March 2019), the fast-growing marketplace has also reported that transactions for the first week of April 2019 were up 112% on the …

Volume sales of PCs through Western European distributors were down 2.4% in Q1 2019 compared to last year, reveals the latest report from Context. The report shows that consumer demand remained weak throughout the first quarter. Another factor was the continuing tight supply of Intel chips. Consumer PC sales declined …

MMD has launched the Philips Momentum 326M6VJRMB 32-inch console gaming display. Offering an “unprecedented level of immersion to casual and hardcore gamers alike”, this monitor boasts a 4K UHD display, 60 Hz refresh rate and Ambiglow, which extends and enhances the gaming experience beyond the screen. In addition, the Philips …

EZVIZ has announced the latest addition to its surveillance camera range – the C3A. The CCTV camera offers a wide view of the home, driveway or garden as well as clear night vision to detect any intruders. The camera works in partnership with the EZVIZ app that allows users to …

Granicus has announced that it has acquired Firmstep, the leading SaaS platform for automating government services. The acquisition brings together Firmstep’s proven capability and experience transitioning hundreds of UK government services and transactions online with Granicus’ public sector communications solutions. Together, the platforms plan to “seamlessly integrate online service delivery …