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BYTES... TELAPPLIANT ACQUIRES
NEW MALWARE
Kaspersky researchers have
discovered new malware that hijacks
victims’ interaction with HTTPS
web pages via patching the pseudo
random number generator used in the
process of establishing encrypted
communication between the user and
the website
£60BN BOOST
Connecting the UK to Fibre-to-the-
Premises (FTTP) broadband by 2025
would deliver almost a £60 billion
boost to UK productivity, according to
a report by the Centre for Economics &
Business Research (CEBR). The report,
commissioned by Openreach, looks at
the economic impacts of a fully-fi bred
UK.
BLACKBERRY
BlackBerry has announced that its
cybersecurity solutions are now
available through the Microsoft
Azure Marketplace. Customers will
now have access to BlackBerry’s
robust endpoint management and
secure communication solutions,
including BlackBerry UEM, BlackBerry
Workspaces, and more.
Tech Data assembles healthcare ecosystem
TECH DATA IS inviting resellers and
developers that have a focus or
expertise in the healthcare and
life sciences sectors to join it in
developing an ecosystem through
which they can collectively drive
new partnerships and business
opportunities in these fastgrowing
markets.
Development of Tech Data’s
healthcare and life sciences
ecosystem is well-advanced
with over 100 companies already
taking part in workshops and
meetings aimed at bringing
businesses with complementary
skills together.
Alliances have already been
formed with the parties involved
developing joint plans to build
and take solutions to market. A
solution for cellular identifi cation
and genetics profi ling, using
IBM’s PowerAI Vision platform, is
already being promoted through
the vendor’s own healthcare
ecosystem.
As well as connecting partners
into appropriate vendor contacts
and programmes, Tech Data
is providing, where required,
expertise and professional
services support to fi ll any gaps
that partners and developers
may have in their own
capabilities.
Neil Cornish, Business
Development Manager, Industry
and Healthcare Ecosystems at
Tech Data, UK, said: “The idea
is to bring reseller partners
who perhaps already have a
practice focusing on healthcare
or life sciences together with
developers or start-ups who
have expertise in AI and other
specialist technologies and how
they can be applied.”
Fidelity tackle energy wastage with Buddy
FIDELITY HAS ANNOUNCED a new partnership with Buddy. Buddy
provide a cloud-based, smart solution for monitoring the
consumption of commercial building resources.
Buddy supplies monitoring sensors that transmit via a cellular
network, enabling real-time data to be captured. This provides
insights into resource consumption and supplies the data on an easy
to use dashboard.
One of the biggest culprits of energy wastage are companies
who use commercial buildings. And despite best efforts to raise
awareness, there still remains an ongoing issue with resource
wastage. In order to tackle this, businesses will need to become
accountable on reporting their energy usage in order to conform
with laws set by the SECR (Streamlined Energy and Carbon
Reporting), in which they will be required to provide visibility of
energy usage and emissions.
The Buddy system will enable businesses to not only provide this
information easily, but to also identify any changes needed. Not
only can the service help to reduce a building’s impact on carbon
emissions with its ability to fi t into every building type, it also allows
VOICE 2 VOICE
TELAPPLIANT HAS ACQUIRED
Voice 2 Voice for an
undisclosed sum.
Muhammad Nasim,
Managing Director of
Telappliant said, “The company
brings a culture that puts the
customer at the heart of how it
conducts business, this culture
coupled with a passionate and
enthusiastic team will speed us
forward with our UK SME based
growth strategy.”
“We are excited to announce
that we are joining forces
with the Telappliant group”,
said Warren Stroud, Voice
2 Voice Managing Director,
“Telappliant’s technologies and
customer focus, complements
ours and enhances the current
offerings from Voice 2 Voice,
which will help expansion into
new markets and ensure our
existing and future customers
benefi t from emerging
technologies and managed
services. Our mission remains
unchanged, we will continue
delivering solutions that
delight our customers. We are
confi dent that Telappliant will
continue the successes Voice
2 Voice has had over the past
16 years.”
businesses to reduce costs.
The Managing Director at Fidelity, Alan Shraga, has said: “We are
delighted to have been chosen by Buddy Platform to become a full
Distribution Partner for the UK market. There is growing pressure
in Europe with the 2030 and 2050 targets and recently introduced
SECR legislation, which means this is no longer an optional, but
‘must do’ compliance issue for our customers.”
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