Technology

Westcon-Comstor wins best UK apprenticeship scheme for the third time

Judges of the CRN Sales and Marketing Awards praised Westcon-Comstor’s dedication to nurturing the next generation of tech leaders

LONDON, UK – 19 July 2022 – Westcon-Comstor, the global technology provider and specialist distributor, celebrated a new win at the CRN’s Sales and Marketing Awards 2022, taking home ‘best graduate and/or apprentice scheme’ award for the third year. Launched in 2017 as a direct response to the IT industry’s skills gap, Westcon-Comstor’s apprenticeship scheme has gone from strength to strength, with 76% of apprentices being offered roles within the company in the UK.

The majority of employees wish their workspace was quieter, survey reveals

London, UK; Monday 11 July: The majority of employees wish their working space is quieter than it is now. That’s according to a poll by IRIS Clarity, the AI-powered voice isolation app, which surveyed UK and US respondents on their attitudes towards office noise.

Seventy-one percent of respondents wish their working space was quieter than it is now. This is more prevalent in the UK (79%) compared to in the US (63%).

New ‘Pulse’ App to Build a More Mentally Fit, Less Toxic & More Profitable Workforce

On the heels of its artificial intelligence (AI), Metaverse and interactive 3D virtual employee training and simulation deployments, global leadership development and training company Fierce, Inc. is again changing the way people communicate with each other. This time via the visionary company’s new “Pulse” app poised to refine—and redefine—workplace culture, while also notably boosting bottom lines. With the ability to demonstrate double-digit reductions in stress and anxiety, as well as improved resilience levels, Pulse is designed to address the stressors today’s pressure-laden business climate is causing on industry’s collective staff psyche.

Accurate mobile network planning can reduce a nationwide operator’s CAPEX by $2 billion over 10 years

  • Mobile Experts research reveals improvement of 1 dB in RSRP modeling precision can increase RAN capacity by 24% enabling operators to defer deployment of thousands of 5G-NR base stations every year
  • AI/ML-based RAN planning and design optimization leads to reduction of the number of base stations without impacting the user experience

Paris, France – July 7th, 2022 – Infovista, the global leader in network lifecycle automation (NLA), today announced the findings of a report commissioned from Mobile Experts which shows how improved modeling precision in RAN planning and design optimization can drive significant CAPEX savings for mobile operators by either increasing RAN capa

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

Air-Connected Mobility introduces its "Decisive Impact" eBook to help local governments become Smart Cities

The second eBook in the Smart Cities series highlights the power of data to increase efficiency and productivity in local and city government

Milan, 22nd June 2022 – Air-Connected Mobility today launches a new eBook, entitled "Decisive Impact: Smart Choices for Tomorrow's Smart Cities", the second in the "Smart City Series", which aims to help public sector bodies from small towns to large cities, to exploit mobility data and its analysis as a basis for making informed and objective decisions. The eBook illustrates how mobility data can help use limited public funds more efficiently, planning interventions and improvements of urban infrastructures more effectively.

Leading Managed Service Provider recognised by cybersecurity vendor for continued growth and commitment to deliver the full portfolio of WatchGuard's products and services

London – 20 June 2022 – Redinet is pleased to announce the company has been recognised by leading cybersecurity vendor WatchGuard Technologies as a new Platinum Partner in the WatchGuardONE partner program. As a long-standing partner, Redinet has been promoted to Platinum due to its many years of dedication to the WatchGuard business as well as the company's continued efforts in driving WatchGuard's product adoption across the full portfolio. To achieve Platinum status, companies must be nominated and invited by the WatchGuard executive team.

The Top Impact Machine Learning is Currently Making

Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) has already started changing business interactions. As connectivity improves through 5G networks and faster mobile devices, expect even more changes in the coming months. 

AI is changing the way companies function. While some jobs will go away, they’ll be replaced with others more technologically advanced in nature. Companies have an opportunity to train their top workers and take the entire firm into the new technology age at the same time.