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Bryan Ruby: Being in the Present Moment

I've been struggling as of late trying to find the time to write articles for my blog and websites. It's actually caused me some stress to not be writing because there is so much I want to say and share. I always feel that I'm so behind in my writing. This has been an ongoing theme for me but it's not because I don't have the time but instead because I have chosen higher priorities with my time than blogging.

EMQ Officially Announces ‘EMQX 5.0’ With Support For 100M+ IoT Connections

STOCKHOLM, July 6, 2022 -- EMQ, the world’s leading provider of open-source IoT data infrastructure, officially announced the latest release of its IoT platform and MQTT broker, EMQX 5.0. (View and download EMQX 5.0 at emqx.com and Github.)

The latest version has been verified in test scenarios to scale to 100 million concurrent device connections, which is a critically important milestone for IoT designers. It also comes with plenty of exciting new features and huge performance improvements, including a more powerful rule engine, enhanced security management, Mria database extension, and much more to enhance the scalability of IoT applications.

Over half of small companies aren’t taking any precautions against a possible Russian cyber attack

New research from Databarracks has revealed that 58% of small companies (less than 50 employees) were not taking any precautions against a possible Russian cyber attack.

The findings are from Databarracks’ 2022 Data Health Check survey of 400 IT decision makers. This year’s survey focused on themes of Ransomware, Cyber, Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.

Barnaby Mote, Managing Director of Databarracks, commented “The current risk of cyber attack is high. All organizations, regardless of size, should be taking extra precautions to protect their data.”

By comparison, only 19% of large organizations (500+ employees) surveyed said they weren’t taking any precautions.

WSO2 is Named a Leader in Two G2 Summer 2022 Grid Reports

WSO2 API Manager is a Leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Report for API Management; WSO2 Identity Server is a Leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Report for Identity and Access Management

London, UK – 29th June, 2022 – WSO2, a leader in digital transformation technology, today announced that two of its products have been recognised as leaders by G2, the world’s largest and most trusted software marketplace. WSO2 API Manager has been named a Leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Report for API Management while WSO2 Identity Server has been named a Leader in the Summer 2022 G2 Grid Report for Identity and Access Management (IAM).

Ransomware volume already doubled 2021 total by end of Q1 2022 says WatchGuard Threat Lab Report

28 June 2022 – Ransomware detections in the first quarter of this year doubled the total volume reported for 2021, according to the latest quarterly Internet Security Report from the WatchGuard Threat Lab. Researchers also found that the Emotet botnet came back in a big way, the infamous Log4Shell vulnerability tripled its attack efforts and malicious cryptomining activity increased.

Post-Pandemic: Consumers spend less and are more selective

London UK; 28th June 2022: Consumers are spending less and are more selective with their purchases, while 79% say they were more forgiving about delivery experiences during the pandemic. That’s according to new data from delivery experience platform Sorted, which unveiled the current consumer ecommerce and delivery trends in the face of the rising cost of goods.

WatchGuard Announces Top Performing Partners in Northern Europe for 2021

23 June 2022 – WatchGuard® Technologies announced its North European 2021 Partner of the Year Awards at last week’s Apogee Partner Conference. The WatchGuard Partner Awards recognise top channel partners across each of the three regions of WatchGuard’s North European partner community in the UK & Ireland (UKI), Nordics and Benelux that achieve outstanding business results and create successful customer programs and relationships through the delivery of WatchGuard-based solutions.

This year’s winners honoured at the awards were:

UKI Growth Partner of Year – Kuiper Technology

UKI Project of the Year – NETbuilder

UKI Partner of the Year – CCS Media

Monthly Subscriptions: What You Need to Know

Do you offer a product or service that would work well with monthly recurring billing? Subscription boxes and ongoing relationships both can be quite profitable for small businesses. However, there are some things you need to know before you take on this type of client relationship.

What Are the Types of Monthly Subscriptions?

Subscrybe recently reported the subscription economy will hit $274 billion this year, or increase by 23% between 2021 and 2022. If you’ve been thinking about jumping into this business model, now is the perfect time with so much growth.