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IDEAL
CBPE Capital has acquired a majority
ownership position in IDEAL Networks,
a provider of portable handsets for
data cable and network testing,
validation and certifi cation.
UKFAST
Global investment bank GCA Altium
has advised UKFast on a landmark
investment from Infl exion Private
Equity. The transaction sees
Infl exion’s Partnership Capital fund
complete a minority investment in
UKFast, at a valuation of £405m.
ONELOGIN
OneLogin, specialists in Unifi ed
Access Management, have struck a
distribution agreement with Ingram
Micro.
NEW PARTNER
ITS Technology Group has announced
that Network Connect have joined as
a new connectivity partner. Based in
the North West, Network Connect will
promote and sell full fi bre and wireless
services across its 22 networks.
EXERTIS SUPPLY CHAIN Services (SCS) has secured funding for its
ground-breaking “Blockchain in the Technology Product Supply
Chain” project. Announced as one of 27 projects to be funded as
part of the Irish Government’s €75 million Disruptive Technologies
Innovation Fund (DTIF), Exertis SCS will lead the project in
collaboration with the Centre for Applied Data Analytics Research
(CeADAR) at University College Dublin (UCD) and Dublin based
software company, Sonalake.
Commenting on the announcement, Brian Cassidy, Exertis Supply
Chain Services IT Director said “Our intention is to bring to market a fi t
for purpose Blockchain platform for the Technology Product Supply
Chain within 3 years. This will complement Exertis’ global technology
market reach and supply chain expertise, while leveraging the
research and implementation experience of CeADAR & Sonalake.”
Among the benefi ts that this project will bring, will be:
• A shared visibility to orders across the supply chain, from
component manufacturer to consumer;
• Detailed product provenance information based on product serial
numbers which is key for reducing counterfeit and managing
warranty liability;
• Simplifi ed fi nancial reconciliation for promotional rebates;
• Reduced IT integration overhead;
• Vastly improved market analytics across the entire supply chain of
a fi nished technology good.
PURPLE WIFI
LAUNCH NEW
PLATFORM
PURPLE WIFI HAVE today
announced the launch of their
brand new platform. Over the
course of 12 months, Purple’s
existing platform underwent a
complete rewrite to improve the
overall look, navigation, depth of
reporting, and speed.
Gavin Wheeldon (pictured),
Purple CEO, said: “This isn’t
just a simple update, or an
improvement on the previous
platform, we have built this new
platform from the ground up.
We’ve taken what we have learnt
over the past six years and
combined this with new ideas
and new technology. It’s by far
the biggest launch in our history
and puts us miles ahead of the
competition.”
The changes mean
customers can now segment
and understand the data they
capture from their physical
venue – whether that is
through Purple WiFi, or other
connectable data sources –
more effi ciently and at a much
more granular level.
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A10 Networks
launches Secure
Service Mesh
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A10 NETWORKS HAS
announced availability of
the A10 Secure Service
Mesh solution for
applications deployed
in open-source
Kubernetes container
environments. The
solution provides
teams deploying
microservices
applications with
an easy, automated
way to integrate
enterprise-grade
security and load-balancing
with comprehensive application
visibility and analytics.
A10’s Secure Service Mesh
protects east-west traffi c
and transparently encrypts
traffi c between microservices
without requiring changes to
those applications. The result
is a higher level of security and
performance for microservicesbased
applications.
“With the Secure Service
Mesh solution, A10 continues
to deliver on its promise of
intelligent automation and
security for both modern
multi-cloud and traditional
infrastructure,” said Lee
Chen, Founder and CEO of A10
Networks. “Organisations are
turning to containers for their
production applications to
become agile and scalable in
meeting the demands of digital
transformation. The A10 Secure
Service Mesh is a signifi cant
advancement for these
environments.”
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