Information Technology

Land Grab for Technology and Talent Spurs Five-Year High Of $182 Billion for Enterprise Software M&A

London, UK – 11 March 2019. The latest M&A market reports from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, Hampleton Partners, on the Enterprise Software and IT & Business Services sectors show consistent growth in transaction volume, multiples and valuations, with Enterprise Software M&A disclosed deal value achieving a whopping $182.2 billion in 2018 – a five-year high.

The Best Business Management Software in 2019

It's no secret that technology is a vital asset of every company these days no matter the company's size. Every business, ranging from startups to enterprise businesses, leverages technology in one way or another, in order to improve their business efficiency and overall performance.

What's more, as technology continues to advance, so does the modern software become more sophisticated with additional features implemented to suit business needs. These innovations help companies manage their business tasks and operations in a reliable and seamless way.

A10 Networks DDoS Threat Intelligence Finds IoT Devices a Growing Part of Global DDoS Weapon Arsenals

New Report Shows IoT Devices Using Machine-to-Machine Communications Protocol Are Increasingly Exploitable in Attacks

Theale, UK. – 7th March 2019 — A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) today announced the findings of a new report into the state of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack weapons and targets, showcasing the growing use of IoT devices in synchronised attacks on targets globally. The report describes the significant potential for attackers to use an IoT-related protocol, the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP), deployed on IoT devices to marshal attacks.

Study: For many, Grant application system is broken

Newbury, March 6, 2019 – Not-for-profit cloud platform, The Good Exchange, has today announced the results of new research ‘Technology in the Charitable Sector’, into the current grant application and distribution landscape. The findings have revealed significant levels of dissatisfaction with current processes and an increased appetite to embrace digital to reduce wasted efforts and enable collaboration to address societal issues, with charities contending with the ongoing impact of government cuts to funding. Conducted by global research company, Vanson Bourne, respondents from 100 UK grant-making organizations and 191 applicant organizations (fundraisers) were interviewed throughout January and February 2019.

WatchGuard Expands Secure Wi-Fi Portfolio with 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Point

With WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud, new access point offers fast, reliable, secure Wi-Fi and location analytics for restaurants, medical offices, retail branches and distributed enterprises

5 March 2019 – WatchGuard® Technologies has unveiled a new secure, 802.11ac Wave 2 access point (AP). The latest in its family of secure Wi-Fi products, the AP125 offers major performance improvements over Wave 1 APs, giving midsize and distributed organisations secure, enterprise-grade wireless networks without the high cost associated with most Wave 2 APs.

MicroStrategy Names Logicalis EU Partner of the Year

Award recognises successful collaboration contributing to outstanding growth and development across Europe

London, UK – March 1, 2019 – Logicalis, the international IT solutions and managed services provider, has been named Europe Partner of the Year by MicroStrategy® Incorporated. The Europe Partner of the Year award was announced at MicroStrategy World™ 2019, recognizing Logicalis for its “outstanding contribution to growth and development across Europe.” 

Confirmit Wins Gold Stevie® Award for Business Intelligence Solutions

Recognised for empowering better business decisions that drive better business outcomes

 

LONDON, UK, NEW YORK, NY and OSLO, Norway, 28 February 2019 — Confirmit has won the Gold Stevie® Award in the Business Intelligence Solution category in the 13th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.

The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service are the world’s top honours for customer service, contact centre, business development, and sales professionals. The Stevie Awards organisation stages seven of the world’s leading business awards programmes, including the prestigious American Business Awards® and International Business Awards®.

RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud report from Flexera identifies cloud adoption trends

Cloud users are not doing all they can to optimise cloud spend 

Maidenhead, UK – February 27, 2019 – Flexera, the company that helps companies realise technology’s power to accelerate their business, today announces the findings of the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report. In its eighth year, the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud Report from Flexera is the leading survey of corporate cloud users, including 786 technology professionals at large and small enterprises across a multitude of industries, such as tech services, software, financial services, telecom, education, government and healthcare. 

NCSC renews Commercial Product Assurance for Becrypt’s Disk Protect encryption solution

Disk Protect is the only software-based full disk encryption solution to gain CPA Assurance

London – 27th February 2019 – Becrypt, a trusted provider of endpoint cybersecurity software solutions announced today that its Disk Protect full-disk encryption product has been certified under the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Commercial Product Assurance (CPA) scheme.