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RS Components (RS), a trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, has announced it has signed an agreement with LEGO Education as an authorised reseller of LEGO Education products in the UK.

AVEVA, a global provider of industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, reaffirmed its support for power providers joining the new breed of digital-industrial companies that are changing their business models to take full advantage of new digital capabilities.

Acronis, the global provider of cyber protection, appointed cloud software and hosting industry veteran Patrick Pulvermueller as chief executive officer, effective as of 1^st July, 2021. Pulvermueller succeeds Serguei Beloussov, who founded the company in 2003 and has served as CEO since 2013.

Scality announced the results of an independent survey completed by IT decision makers across the UK, France and Germany.

New research by Databarracks has revealed 54% of businesses now have a defined policy in place to deal with ransomware attacks whether this means paying a ransom, relying on insurance policies or refusing to pay at all.

“Traditional DAS is often too large and too expensive for the needs and budgets of middleprise facilities, it is essential to propose a solution designed specifically for this market,” explains Colin Abrey of Nextivity.

DataQube Global Ltd, digital infrastructure specialists spearheading an innovative approach to data analyses and storage challenges, has successfully deployed a fully operational edge data centre system at its campus in Cambridge.

MPS Monitor, a company that develops and distributes a platform for the remote monitoring and management of printers and multifunctional devices, has announced a set of new features underpinned by a proprietary Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning algorithm targeted at improving supplies monitoring, shipments and analytics on its fleet of more than one million devices.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is the fastest growing segment of the global enterprise software market. In fact, Deloitte suggests that 72% of organisations will have begun their RPA journey by 2022.

As hybrid working patterns begin to take shape globally, integrated audio and video solutions have become an essential tool for professionals. New research from Ipsos commissioned by EPOS finds that end users spend seven hours per week in virtual meetings on average an increase of two hours per week in just the last year.

HCL Technologies (HCL), a global technology company, has appointed Adolfo Calvino Asensio as country head of Spain and Portugal to accelerate business growth in the region across all key industry verticals.

Cannes intends to be the centre of attention for artificial intelligence (AI) at the World AI Cannes Festival. This is a new event organised jointly by Corp Agency (the organiser of the Big Data Paris & AI Paris, Quantum Business Europe and Voice Tech Paris shows), the Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Congres, the Institut EuropIA, the City of Cannes and the Alpes-Maritimes Departmental Council.

Tech Mahindra Ltd., a provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, has partnered with StaTwig, Singapore and Hyderabad based digital supply chain solution provider, to implement ‘VaccineLedger’ globally.

Snow Software, a global provider of technology intelligence, announced Snow Atlas. The company says it is the integrated platform built to help organisations discover, monitor and optimise their technology investments, both on-premises and in the cloud.

Graph analytics platform provider, TigerGraph, has expanded its partner ecosystem in the United States, Europe and Asia to help meet the growing demand for its platform. The company has added global systems integrators, technology vendors and fulfilment companies to its partner roster.

More than half (51%) of ecommerce decision makers find Amazon hard to navigate, while over two in five agree that gaining control of their brand on Amazon is difficult.

The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly altered the way we as humans experience the cities we live in, says Sebastien Paris, CEO of ONHYS, accelerating multiple macro trends. Populations are set to continue to rise until at least 2050, and hedging against operational risk in an urban context has become mission-critical for many public servants and city operators.

Electrocomponents plc, a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions, reports that Project nautilUS has entered the validation phase of its inspection robotic platform. This has been developed for non-destructive testing (NDT) on storage tanks used in the petrochemical industry.

AI-based recommendation systems are used in many online services we enjoy, including search engines, online shopping sites, streaming services, and social media.

WatchGuard Technologies latest Internet Security Report shows that 74% of threats detected last quarter were zero day malware, capable of circumventing conventional signature-based antivirus solutions at the time of the malware release.

Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy, announced additional findings on cloud security challenges from its global 2021 Netwrix cloud data security report.

In the competitive world of online retailing, offering simple product recommendations such as “customers who bought this item also bought this” isn’t going to cut it any more. Customers expect much more, says, Martin Darling, VP EMEA, TigerGraph, and if you don’t deliver it, chances are someone else will.

New research from Deltek, a global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, reveals that the nation’s architecture and engineering (A&E) firms say data-rich technologies including data science, big data and machine learning, are most important to their business.

The African continent has immense untapped economic potential that presents innumerable opportunities for investors. The continent is also emerging as one of the preferred destinations for investments.

Replacing plastics is a global necessity and alternative solutions are widely sought after, especially in the single-use-oriented food industry. This has resulted in constantly growing demand of bio-based packaging solutions.

The cyber threat continues to grow and evolve, with the number of attacks increasing year-on-year. As cunning hackers take advantage of the ongoing pandemic by targeting remote workforces, businesses are forced to contend not only with this increased security risk, but also furloughed staff, social distancing restrictions and a turbulent economic market, says, Andrea Babbs, general manager at VIPRE Security UK and Ireland.

ReachFive, a specialist in SaaS-based customer identity & access management (CIAM) for retail, has selected Google Cloud for a strategic global partnership that further expands ReachFive’s ecosystem.