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Google and Netgear are pushing new Wi-Fi products

Earlier this year we wrote about the idea that drones could offer resellers a potential new revenue stream. At Computing’s Enterprise Mobility and Application Management Summit 2015, Rentokil’s global director of enterprise, Anthony Meadows, revealed the firm is looking in to using drones for bird pest control, which got us …

Nest’s François Girodolle reveals his thoughts on the growing smart home category

Westcoast's Phil Bell says cloud and mobile learning are still key growth areas for the education space

As the old adage goes, ‘knowledge is power’, however, in relation to data science, the real power is in sharing knowledge. Too often, whether it’s an internal data science team or an external provider, the wider business only gets to see the results of data analysis. Information on how conclusions …

Hannspree has released a new range of wearables

'Industry-first' on-demand help is only planned for the US

Analyst Gartner explains the drop

With Gartner’s prediction that there will be 25 billion IoT devices by 2020, Symantec has announced that it is leading the effort to protect users from hacks against their always-on devices. The firm says it is securing more than one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices right now, including everything …

Google goes head to head with Amazon to fight over growing space for user-generated video content

From educational organisations to local councils, there are many different types of businesses that fall under the public sector umbrella. Before starting this month’s theme, we already knew that there were a lot of opportunities to work with companies in this market, but while focusing on all things ‘public sector’ …

Distributor Westcoast has revealed how tech is being used in the education sector and what resellers need to do to build up lasting relationships with schools and universities. Phil Bell, head of major accounts at Westcoast, spoke to our sister publication, PCR, about the evolving education market and discusses how …