Press Releases

IIoT smart distancing solution helps staff return to work safely

Software AG has launched an industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) smart social distancing solution to help companies around the world ensure their employees return safely to work. (more…)

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July 23, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Cloud-first managed WAN and security integrated into SD-WAN as-a-Service

Cloud-first WAN company and end-to-end managed SD-WAN provider, Aryaka, is now partnering with Check Point Software Technologies. Together the companies intend to use Aryaka’s cloud-first managed SD-WAN solution and Check Point’s CloudGuard Connect, CloudGuard Edge and CloudGuard IaaS to deliver integrated security and SD-WAN as-a-Service. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Ransomware behind 1 in 3 cyber attacks against organisations

Positive Technologies published the Cybersecurity Threatscape report last week, which found that during the first quarter of this year 34% of malware-based cyberattacks on organisations were ransomware attacks. Sectors that were targeted the most included government agencies, industry, finance, and healthcare. (more…)

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July 22, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

SD-WAN portfolio expands to meet wider multi-cloud business needs

Masergy, a software-defined network and cloud platform for the digital enterprise, has launched the next generation of its SD-WAN portfolio. The new portfolio, based on Gartner’s Secure Access Security Edge (SASE) tenets, are designed with the flexibility in network, access, management, and security providing businesses the freedom to choose the right configuration for their cloud and network needs. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

How will public transport change after the COVID-19 lockdown?

With lockdown restrictions easing on a weekly basis, public transportation services have had to rapidly adapt to the new age of transport in a COVID-19 landscape. The UK’s Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) is using this opportunity to reassess the impact connected and autonomous vehicle technology could have on our public transport system. (more…)

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July 21, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

How data enables resilience in a crisis

In today’s environment businesses need to move quickly to gain full control over their data assets if they want to reap the rewards of activated data. This will create an effective data supply chain that delivers demonstrable, transformative results that can be used to tackle immediate challenges and allow for organisations to reconfigure and reaffirm themselves for a post-COVID world. Zhiwei Jiang, CEO of the Insights & Data Global Business Line at Capgemini reports. (more…)

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July 20, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Curve smart GPS tracker launched in Europe by Vodafone to track cars, laptops, keys and other valuables

Vodafone UK has expanded its consumer smart tech offering with the launch of smart GPS tracker, Curve. Curve allows users to stay connected to the people and things they love, sending them alerts and updates straight to their mobile from a distance. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

US is prey to 156 ‘significant’ cyber attacks since 2006

The prevalence and severity of cyber attacks are increasing at an alarming rate every year. So say statistics from Cybersecurity Ventures which estimates that cybercrime will cost the global economy a colossal US$6 trillion (€5 trillion) per year by 2021. (more…)

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Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Lanner joins Prodapt’s open virtual exchange to help transform network services at the virtualised edge

Prodapt, a consulting, technology, and network services provider to Digital Service Providers (DSPs), has formed a partnership with Lanner Electronics, provider of scalable and customisable edge computing platforms. (more…)

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July 17, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello

Commercial vehicle traffic halves on European roads due to COVID-19

Anonymous data from the Verizon Connect Reveal platform shows how initial lockdown measures impacted commercial vehicle usage across several European countries. Commercial drivers in France were hardest hit with recorded hours spent on the road dropping by 58% in the same time period, followed by the UK (55%) and Spain (54%). (more…)

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July 16, 2020

Posted by: Anasia D'mello