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Tech companies could lose an average
of $174 (£141) million per day – or $37.3
(£29.9) billion per month – as a result of
data breaches, according to research
published by cloud solutions company
iomart.
Q2 WORRIES
European revenue growth in distribution
climbed into positive year-on-year
figures for the first time in a month during
the week ending April 26, but reduced
business and consumer demand is likely
to see overall figures decline in Q2,
according to CONTEXT.
NEC BRINGS CLOUD UCAAS AND CCAAS TO
MARKET WITH INTERMEDIA
NEC HAS ANNOUNCED a global
strategic partnership with
Intermedia. Together, NEC and
Intermedia are launching NEC
UNIVERGE BLUE CONNECT, a
fully integrated and born-inthe
cloud UCaaS solution, and
NEC UNIVERGE BLUE ENGAGE, a
CCaaS solution for businesses
of all sizes.
This partnership agreement
with Intermedia represents
NEC’s rapid global expansion
into cloud-based
communications and
collaboration services.
Sold primarily under private
label through a large network
of reseller partners and major
IT distributors, Intermedia’s
solutions drive the
communications for
businesses of all sizes – from
SMB to mid-market to Fortune
1000.
NEC UNIVERGE BLUE
CONNECT and ENGAGE are built
on Intermedia’s proprietary
technology and support will be
brought to market through
NEC’s partner ecosystem.
“The global NEC Group
continues to be committed to
helping customers solve a wide
array of both business and
societal issues and challenges,
not the least of which is
building a sustainable and
more efficient society through
the digital transformation of
business infrastructure. This
partnership for the delivery of
cloud-based communications,
collaboration, and contact
center solutions with
Intermedia allows NEC and its
global network of partners to
build toward a brighter future
with the utmost care for
quality, cost, and customer
service,” said Kimihiko Fukuda,
Senior Vice President, NEC
Corporation and President, NEC
Platforms.
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CityFibre introduces deferred
billing on Ethernet installations
CITYFIBRE HAS ANNOUNCED a
new initiative that helps
channel partners support
business customers during the
COVID-19 impact by deferring
billing on new Gigabit Ethernet
installations for up to 90
calendar days.
The 90-day grace period
applies from the installation
date of new orders of CityFibre
Ethernet Flex 1Gbps and
CityFibre 1Gbps bearer-based
Ethernet circuits, unless the
customer requests the
connection be activated
sooner because they have
returned to working from their
premises. The initiative
currently covers orders placed
until the end of May 2020, and
also includes existing orders
that customers have put on
hold.
Head of Wholesale, Andy
Wilson (pictured) said: “We
understand the pressure our
channel partners and their
customers are facing in the
current COVID-19 situation and
are finding ways to help them
and their customers wherever
possible. We’ve listened
carefully to partners’
experiences and concerns in
recent weeks and developed
this initiative to help them
overcome customers’ fears
about progressing with
Ethernet installations when
they don’t know how soon
they’ll be able to return to their
normal premises.”
Wilson added: “The UK
Government has requested
that telecommunications
operators continue to build as
well as maintain networks as
COVID-19 impacts our daily
lives, recognising that
infrastructure is critical to
allowing both society and the
economy to function and to
enable rapid economic
recovery when the crisis is
over. CityFibre is continuing to
build while other infrastructure
builders have needed to
announce postponements to
some elements of their
business service provisioning
– in the dates from which their
site visits will resume, for
example.”
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