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John Igoe 01732 759725 22 NEWS : VENDORS Digital security leader Thales has launched a secure biometric solution for customer onboarding designed to help firms mitigate against fraud and build consumer trust. The Gemalto Identify Verification Suite integrates the latest facial recognition technology, document security features, recognition and machine learning engines to verify document authenticity and minimise ID fraud when checking the identities of new customers. The modular solution can be deployed across all channels, including dedicated document scanners, the web or touchless mobile applications for Covid-secure touchless interactions. Alan Goode, CEO & Chief Analyst at Goode Intelligence, said: “Goode Intelligence forecasts that electronic identity and document verification service adoption will be accelerated by 15-20% [by the Covid crisis]. Thales IDV suite addresses the urgent imperative to identify people in a trustful and ‘touchless’ way.” Touchless customer onboarding CityFibre launches PWAN promotion CityFibre is helping partners profit from the rise in hybrid working with the offer of half-price set up and management fees on all new Private Wide Area Network (PWAN) orders placed before 31st January 2021. The UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform has launched the promotion to encourage channel partners to start conversations with customers about the benefits of a Private WAN for businesses in which employees mix home working with scheduled visits to the office. John Igoe, Business Sales Manager, Wholesale at CityFibre, said: “All businesses are having to adapt to the changing situation in the workplace and many are now allowing employees to mix time in the office and working at home. At the same time, data consumption continues to grow and the use of real-time, high-bandwidth services is on the rise. “Companies need connections that are flexible but can also cope with these increasing demands. PWANs can do that, as they can connect anyone, anywhere, and they can be tailored to suit any business requirement. cityfibre.com/pwan-promo Are you at risk? With applications and data moving beyond the enterprise perimeter and security teams having to secure thousands of third-party SaaS, cloud and web applications, Netskope has launched an advanced analytics service offering dynamic, real-time views of an organisation’s cloud risk posture. According to Netskope’s August 2020 Cloud and Threat Report , large organisations now use more than 7,000 cloud apps. It also reveals that there was a 161% increase in visits to risky apps and sites between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020. The Netskope Advanced Analytics business intelligence and big data analytics service provides visual dashboards and customisable reports on cloud and web use to help organisations identify risk and make better informed security decisions. www.netskope.com/advanced-analytics ConnectWise, a provider of software and services for IT solution providers, has launched a bug bounty program to help identify and remediate bugs and security vulnerabilities in its software. The programme is being hosted by crowdsourcing security platform HackerOne. www.connectwise.com PNY Technologies, a provider of graphics, HPC, AI and storage solutions, has upgraded its partner platform, PNY PARTNER HUB, with expanded digital training and educational content. www.pnypartnerhub.com Company Acquisitons Ricoh acquires MTI Technology Ricoh Europe is enhancing its IT services capability with the acquisition of MTI Technology, a provider of cybersecurity, datacentre modernisation, IT transformation and IT managed services. Headquartered in the UK, MTI Technology has 200 employees and offices in the UK, France and Germany. Alberto Mariani, Senior Vice President, Office Services, Ricoh Europe, said: “This acquisition fits perfectly with Ricoh’s strategy to transform into a digital services company.” www.ricoh-europe.com Veritas strengthens e-discovery capabilities Veritas Technologies has strengthened its archiving and e-discovery offering with the acquisition of Globanet, which gives it the ability to natively capture, classify, monitor and discover across 80 more sources of content, including Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, Symphony and Bloomberg. Veritas CEO Greg Hughes said: “By integrating Globanet’s technology into our digital compliance portfolio, we’re making it simpler for Veritas customers to find and act on more of their data, no matter where it lives. No matter what communications and data management platform our customers use, we enable them to optimise and monitor all their content as it moves from backup to archive to discovery.” www.veritas.com Union Street acquires ebilling pioneer Hot on the heels of its merger with fellow billing provider Aurora Billing, Union Street Technologies has announced the acquisition of ebillz billing platform developer Shaftesbury Systems by its new parent company Aurora Kendrick James Limited. The addition of the Shaftesbury Systems operations and customer base means that Union Street is now providing services to 900-plus partners collectively billing more than £2 billion per annum. unionstreet.co.uk Fing acquired by Lansweeper Lansweeper, the IT Asset Management platform, has enhanced its IT network discovery capabilities with the acquisition of Fing, a network scanning and device recognition app that turns network data (e.g. a MAC address) into a specific device including make, type, model and OS (name and version). Fing has a database of more than 600 million uniquely identified devices. www.lansweeper.com Brother prioritises MPS Brother UK has launched a new partner programme offering improved incentives for providers of managed print services. Instead of Reseller, Gold and Platinum tiers, the new programme includes: two MPS-focused categories (Solution Business Partners and Business Partners), with increased rewards and access to exclusive products, and two transactional categories (Technology Partners and Focus Partners) offering monthly promotions, dedicated account management and access to sales and marketing tools via the BrotherZone online partner portal. www.brotherzone.co.uk