Information Technology

Brits show distrust in Blockchain - almost half of Brits wouldn’t trust an organisation using it

Research from IP EXPO Europe shows Blockchain is baffling Brits as businesses forge ahead with adopting the technology

London, 14th August 2018 – Blockchain might be the next big thing for businesses but new research from IP EXPO Europe, Europe’s number one enterprise IT event, has uncovered that just over a third of Brits (35%) would not trust an organisation using this technology to keep their information secure as they don’t know what it is.

Bluehost or HostGator: Which one is the right choice for your WordPress site?

Hundreds of web hosting providers compete to offer the best hosting services for WordPress. It makes picking the right one for your site challenging unless you are sticking to the most famous names of the hosting world. Bluehost and HostGator are the two top favorites among website owners and blog managers around the globe. In fact, two of the biggest names belong to the same mother company. Most of their services are comparable, but there are a few distinctions that set their services apart. Learning more about the points of difference between their terms and quality of service will help you make the right choice.

Website safety, security, and backup

WatchGuard Launches AuthPoint Multi-Factor Authentication for SMBs

26 July 2018 – WatchGuard® Technologies today unveiled AuthPoint – a cloud-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution designed for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The view that MFA has always been out of reach for SMBs due to cost, complexity and management issues, is backed up by a new survey of IT managers and professionals conducted by independent market research firm CITE Research. The survey shows that 61 percent of respondents from companies with under 1,000 employees believe MFA services are reserved for large enterprises.

Panaya Release Dynamix included in Leading Analyst Firm’s Report on Value Stream Management Providers

 Hackensack, NJ – July 24, 2018 – Panaya, the leader in SaaS-based testing and continuous delivery platforms, today announced that it has been included in Forrester's Now Tech: Value Stream Management Tools, Q3 2018 report. Panaya is one of 15 companies listed in the new report exploring the Value Stream Management (VSM), an emerging category that helps application development and delivery leaders to control their Agile-plus-DevOps delivery process.

Endace Expands Fusion Partner Program

AUSTIN, Texas — July 17, 2018 — Endace, a world leader in high-speed network recording, playback and analytics hosting, today announced further expansion to its Fusion Partner Program —opening a dedicated partner testing lab and increasing the partner team to handle continued growth in the Fusion Partner Program. Endace has already announced partnerships with a number of leading vendors including BluVector, Cisco, Dynatrace, Idappcom and Plixer in recent months, and is working with additional partners for announcements in the near future.

New Study: Shifting Business Priorities Herald the Era of Multi-Cloud

LONDON - 12th July, 2018 - Virtustream, the enterprise-class cloud company and a Dell Technologies business, today announced the findings of a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Virtustream titled, “Multicloud Arises from Changing Cloud Priorities”. Based on a global survey of 727 cloud technology decision makers at businesses with more than 1,000 employees, the July 2018 study outlines how shifting business priorities are driving enterprises to adopt multi-cloud strategies. According to the study, a vast majority (86 percent) of respondents describe their current cloud strategy as multi-cloud, with performance and innovation rising above cost savings as the top measures of success.

The 10ZiG 5910q Thin Client is verified as Citrix Ready with ground-breaking H.265 codec support

Leicester, UK - July 12, 2018 - 10ZiG Technology today announced that its 5910q Windows 10 IoT Thin Client is verified as Citrix Ready and becomes the first VDI endpoint provider to achieve the new Citrix H.265 encoding support. 

Not long after the Citrix release of H.265 High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Technology, 10ZiG was quick to respond and support the revolutionary codec via its exceptional triple-monitor, 4K UHD, power class 5910q Windows 10 IoT Thin Client. Once HEVC was announced for Citrix XenDesktop7.16 and NVIDIA GPUs, 10ZiG left slower-moving endpoint providers behind by quickly becoming the first to achieve Citrix Ready for the H.265 codec.

RiskIQ finds Ticketmaster breach part of massive credit card skimming campaign affecting over 800 e-commerce sites

London, UK - July 10, 2018 - RiskIQ, the leader in digital threat management, today revealed that its researchers have discovered that the recent breach of Ticketmaster was not a one-off event as initially reported, but part of a massive digital credit card-skimming campaign by the threat group Magecart affecting over 800 e-commerce sites around the world.