February 2023

POLATIS 576 optical circuit switch makes its debut at OFC 2023

CAMBRIDGE, UK – February 27, 2023 - The latest addition to the POLATIS all-optical switch portfolio from HUBER+SUHNER has been designed to provide operators with 80% more capacity than any other solution on the market.

The POLATIS 576 software-defined optical circuit switch has a resilient, redundant, and modular architecture that underpins the reliability and availability of the switch in a network environment. To further protect mission-critical services, the POLATIS 576 can be equipped with field-addressable spare ports so that an interruption on any port can be bypassed rapidly by moving the fiber to a spare and reassigning the port in software.

Star Micronics exhibits range of innovative and versatile POS Solutions at EuroShop 2023, Düsseldorf, Germany

Star Micronics exhibits range of innovative and versatile POS Solutions at EuroShop 2023, Düsseldorf, Germany

 

High Wycombe, UK, 23 February 2023 At EuroShop 2023 (26 February - 2 March 2023), international POS hardware solutions provider Star Micronics will be demonstrating its latest Point of Sale solutions at Hall 6 / B23.

 

Odaseva Successfully Completes IRAP Assessment, Escalating Growth Opportunities in APAC

The independent assessment demonstrates the data protection company’s ability to operate in highly regulated sectors

 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 23, 2023 - Odaseva, the leading Enterprise Data Protection Platform for Salesforce, announced today that it has successfully completed an IRAP assessment at the ‘PROTECTED’ classification level. This milestone represents a tangible demonstration of Odaseva’s continuous security culture, and the global organization’s ability to operate in highly regulated spaces including the public sector, healthcare, and financial services.

 

The ITAM Forum launches the world’s first ISO/IEC 19770-1 certification scheme

Softline Group Northern Europe and HDI Group become the first two organizations certified

 

Swindon, UK, 22nd February 2023: The ITAM Forum today announced the launch of the world’s first ISO/IEC 19770-1 certification scheme for IT asset management and celebrates the first two organizations to ever receive certification – Softline Group Northern Europe and HDI Group.

 

Study: Bold leadership elevates CIOs to the boardroom

London, United Kingdom – 21st February 2023: CIOs have stepped into the role of digital evangelist and strategic advisor, according to the 2023 Global CIO Survey from Logicalis, a global technology service provider. The study questioned 1000 technology leaders and explores how the role of the CIO is evolving. This year’s survey, The Meteoric Rise of the CIO, demonstrates a monumental shift in the role of the CIO from tech implementor to business leader.

10% increase in NatWest customers using Cogo data to manage their carbon footprint

The number of NatWest customers accessing Cogo’s carbon impact data through their banking app has increased by 10%, according to the NatWest 2022 annual report. The number today stands at 334,500 active users – up from 300,000 in just six months.

NatWest partnered with Cogo in 2021 to support customers wanting to know more about how their spending decisions impact the planet. The carbon footprint feature shows customers the carbon impact of their day-to-day spending decisions, and encourages them to choose the greener option, with tips and hints delivered through the app. They can also log their commitments and behaviour changes, to support motivation.

CloudCasa by Catalogic and Ondat Bring Best-of-Breed Bundled Offering for Kubernetes Storage and Data Protection

Partnership brings simplified and high-performance Kubernetes storage and data protection at half the price of other industry leaders in the sector

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – February 21, 2023 - Catalogic Software, a leading provider of smart data protection solutions, today announced a new bundled offering of its native back-up-as-a-service platform CloudCasa and Ondat, a leading Kubernetes-native data platform provider. This combined CloudCasa and Ondat offering provides customers with a unified solution to run their stateful applications on Kubernetes, without worrying about availability, performance, protection, or data management and recovery. 

FullCircl Connects the Dots on Corporate Ownership Structures with New Product Release

London, 21st February 2023: In a significant product update this month FullCircl, the Customer Lifecycle Intelligence (CLI) platform that helps B2B companies in financially regulated industries do better business faster, will bring transparency to complex corporate structures. Connecting the dots on fragmented corporate ownership data, FullCircl is pulling back the veil so that compliance teams can continually visualise exactly who they are doing business with.

LED Panel Lights In My Garage

The other day I witnessed a children's story time that showed a picture of an incandescent light bulb symbolizing an idea. At that moment I thought to myself, pretty soon these kids will have no idea what a traditional light bulb looks like as they get replaced with more modern lights. Take for instance my own garage where I recently replaced the last of my light bulbs with LED Garage Ceiling lights that aren't bulbs but now LED lights composed of 6 adjustable LED panels. So it goes, time has moved on in my own house.

Lexsoft Achieves ISO 27001 Certification for Madrid Office

Madrid, Spain – 20 February 2023 – Lexsoft Systems, a provider of IT and business process solutions, today announces that the company has achieved the ISO 27001 certification for its Madrid office – the de facto standard for information security management systems – following the successful completion of a rigorous assessment by third-party, independent auditors.