Pivot3 + NexGen, buy or merger?
Pivot3 has announced that they will be acquiring NexGen storage for an undisclosed amount in a deal that will close in 2016. The acquisition was fully supported by both boards, with the...
SME’s get supercharged broadband
Fusion Broadband is celebrating its fifth year in business by announcing a new partner programme to deliver bonded broadband for SMEs.
Fusion Broadband has built its business on aggregating broadband connections to...
Its not all about digital for millennials
YouGov and GT Nexus have found that 60% of millennials have changed one of their favourite brands in the last 12 months. This is not a shock to many, but the reasons...
Red Lyra: nailing blockchain colours to the fence?
Two days ago we described the formation of a Spanish consortium led by Cecabank and Grant Thornton to chase blockchain initiatives. It's ‘déjà vu time all over again’. This time a...
Employees make Sage South Africa a caring company
In the week before the Sage Summit employees at Sage South Africa volunteered for charities across the country. The activities were in support of Mandela Day as part of the Corporate Social...
Did Memset open a 2nd OFFICIAL DC?
In a brief press release Memset announced that they had opened their 2nd Official accredited data centre in Reading. We spoke to Nathan Johnston, Sales Manager at Memset to get the...
Apttus brings end to contract woes
Apttus has announced Intelligent Import this week, a product created in collaboration with ABBYY. Its purpose is to automatically ingest contracts into the Apttus contract management solution. The solution automatically scans,...
Cyber Security top 100 requirements
Selecting your cyber security partner can be difficult. Huawei has set out its top 100 cyber security requirements when selecting suppliers at the 28th Information Security Forum (ISF) Annual World Congress...
Microsoft to open data centres in the UK
Satya Nadella, Chief Executive officer, Microsoft announced at the Future Decoded conference that Microsoft plans to implement Azure and Office365 cloud solutions in the UK during the first half of 2016.
The planned deployment was...
Security exploits overwhelming defences
Security exploits hit a new high last year as reported by security vendor Bromium. Their Endpoint Exploitation Trends 2015 report makes sobering reading for IT security teams who must, by now,...