CCOOMMMMSS N NEEWWSS
DWS BRINGS EASY TO CONSUME SECURITY TO CHANNEL
DIGITAL WHOLESALE SOLUTIONS (DWS) has announced a partnership with FirstWave Cloud
Technologies to bring Cloud-based security solutions to their growing base of more than
2,000 Channel partners. The super aggregator introduced two new solutions, Guardian Email
and Guardian Web, designed to protect businesses of any size from malicious attacks.
Guardian is designed to protect businesses against today’s biggest threats, while making
security simple for the Channel to deliver, with one-click provisioning and a wholesale
monthly ‘hop-on, hop-off’ subscription model. Behind this simplicity, the platform combines
Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet technology with FirstWave IPR to bring service
provider class security, previously only available to large corporates, to small businesses,
simply and cost effectively.
“The security landscape is becoming increasingly complex, with more and more
businesses working in the Cloud, making it vital for businesses to have an effi cient security
solution in place,” said Terry O’Brien, CEO at Digital Wholesale Solutions. “By partnering with
FirstWave, we are able to offer our partners two fantastic products that their customers can’t
do business without.”
FACEBOOK WORKPLACE CRACKS
THREE MILLION PAYING USER BARRIER
FACEBOOK HAS ANNOUNCED that
its business collaboration service
has broken through a signifi cant
barrier in growth, three million
paying users. The service has
added one million paying users in
the last eight months alone.
In contrast, one of the more
established platforms in the
collaboration genre, Slack, has
just announced it has reached
100,000 paying users.
Excitingly Workplace has
announced an intent to up its
game on the video front with
the introduction of Workplace
on Portal. The new app enables
business users to make
video and voice calls from
the smart camera which
was previously targeting
consumers wanting to
connect with friends and
family. The smart, AI driven,
camera has functionality to
allow for enhanced ease of
use such as automatically
framing the people on the
call, calls can also host up to 50
people.
This step into the video
conferencing market is no
surprise, the sector is currently
dominated by several huge
Julien Codorniou,
VP of Workplace
players including Cisco Webex,
Zoom and Microsoft, yet we
have seen time and time again a
propensity of the ‘top fi ve’ to jump
into markets where they have
huge potential for growth.
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XELION
Panasonic announced that its range
of SIP communications devices have
been certifi ed for use with Xelion’s
Unifi ed Communications cloud solution.
Xelion has more than 150.000 users in 6
European countries and more than 250
certifi ed business partners.
£1.5 BN
Nimans is celebrating smashing trough
the £1.5bn communications sales barrier
since being formed four decades ago.
The company recently retained its Gold
Investors in People status and has also
been recognised for its sales growth by
the Sunday Times.
HYPEROPTIC
KKR has completed the acquisition
of a majority stake in Hyperoptic, a
gigabit broadband provider, from funds
managed by Newlight Partners LP
and Mubadala Investment Company.
Financial details of the transaction
were not disclosed.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
NEC celebrated the company’s 120 year
anniversary and its innovation in the IT
& Communications market at Gitex last
month. Happy Birthday from Comms
Business!
PANGEA LAUNCHES NEW IOT
KNOWLEDGE HUB FOR PARTNERS
PANGEA HAS UNVEILED the new Pangea Hub: their new IoT
knowledge base, support platform, and partner toolkit
It’s full of guides designed to make training and
onboarding a breeze, while giving partners the autonomy
and power to easily solve issues on their own.
And for the tasks that require a two-pronged
approach, partners have reliable access to the Pangea
support team through a new live chat system.
The Hub is also home to tools like the national coverage
checker: a map showing the network coverage of all
four major networks across the UK. When planning for
deployments, Pangea’s partners can now instantly
check and compare what networks and what type of
connectivity are available anywhere in the UK.
“The Hub is chock full of tools and content built to
empower our partners. While the raw knowledge is
defi nitely important, the Pangea Hub’s real focus is on
outcomes for partners,” said Pangea’s Ops Director Chris
Romeika (pictured).
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