12 01732 759725 RESELLER NEWS ...continued New partners to drive adoption of Inevidesk virtual desktops High-performance virtual desktop provider Inevidesk has recruited three new partners to help expand the market for VDI. They are: Totality Services, a UK-based provider of end-to-end IT services, cyber security, data and email migrations and IT consultancy; Logicle IT, a provider of IT managed services to architectural, engineering and design-based practices; and WIT (Workshop IT), now part of the Net Essence Group, a provider of IT consultancy services to the architecture, engineering and construction sectors. Tim Whiteley, Co-Founder of Inevidesk, said: “Our mission was always to open the benefits of high performance VDI to the widest possible audience, especially those who otherwise have been priced out of such technology by public cloud and big tech offerings. Working with proactive partners enables us to reach so many more organisations and their feedback and input will drive our future cycles of development and innovation.” NormCyber unveils new brand identity NormCyber, the cyber and data risk management specialist, has expanded its modular managed services portfolio with a Digital Risk Protection service and updated its brand identity to reflect its expertise in ‘making the complex clear’. Its new fully managed Digital Risk Protection service incorporates three modules: External Attack Surface Management, offering real-time insight into external weaknesses that attackers could exploit; Brand Protection to identify cyber-related risks to the brand, including phishing campaigns, brand impersonations, fake social media accounts and fraudulent mobile apps; and Dark Web Monitoring, which uses advanced AI and machine learning to provide customised intelligence on threat actors, ransomware and real-time attacks. www.normcyber.com GRC International partners with Bloom Equity for next phase of growth GRC International, a provider of IT and cybersecurity governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) solutions, training and consulting services, has delisted its shares from AIM and become a privately held company through a partnership with Bloom Equity Partners. Headquartered in the UK, GRCI helps businesses across the UK, EU and US meet the IT and cybersecurity compliance requirements of frameworks like ISO27001, GDPR, PCI DSS and the emerging DORA regulations. Alan Calder, Founder and CEO of GRCI, said: “The additional operational resources and expertise provided by Bloom will allow us to further develop our product offering and enhance our ability to help customers meet their most critical cybersecurity and regulatory challenges.” … Ultima praised for AI innovation Ultima, one of three early-start Microsoft 365 Copilot partners, was lauded for the investments it has made in AI at the Canalys EMEA Forum, held in Berlin from October 8-10. Commenting on the extent to which the company has incorporated AI within its operations and customer propositions, Canalys Chief Analyst Alastair Edwards said: “They’re extending AI and Automation into many of their offerings to really enhance their services. But what they’re also doing is driving an organisational change, top to bottom,educating everyone internally about how AI can be deployed.” Ultima CTO Matt Hudson said: “Over the past 12 months, we have established not just an Office of the CTO but a Centre of Excellence for Data and AI with the intention to be recognised as the partner of choice for our clients looking to leverage the benefits of AI both operationally and as an accelerator for growth and new opportunity.” … KnowBe4 success Two UK & Ireland MSPs were among the winners of KnowBe4’s 2024 Partner Programme Awards for EMEA held at the security awareness training and simulated phishing platform provider’s recent KB4-CON EMEA event. Integrity360 won the award for EMEA Product Champion of the Year, with Intercity being named a Partner to Watch. https://www.knowbe4.com/partners/ partner-programs Cyber Vigilance addressing clients’ IT skills shortage with Bugcrowd partnership Cyber Vigilance, a specialist in large-scale, complex cybersecurity projects for tier one banks and telecommunications companies, is helping customers overcome shortages in security expertise and personnel by becoming a value-added channel partner for crowdsourced security leader Bugcrowd. Chief Revenue Office Toby Butler said: “Retaining and hiring in-house cybersecurity resources is one of the biggest challenges our customers face. Bugcrowd enables them to tap into an extensive on-demand talent pool for critical projects, from bug bounty programmes and vulnerability management to pentesting. Working with Bugcrowd, we can find and remediate vulnerabilities our customers didn’t know existed.” Bugcrowd has set its sights on continued expansion in EMEA after, earlier this year, securing more than $100 million to fund an international expansion programme. Jacques Lopez, Bugcrowd’s VP of Global Channel Sales and Strategic Alliances, said: “The UK presents the greatest growth opportunities for us in EMEA. Cyber Vigilance, like Bugcrowd, prioritises both technology and people. Their managed services have earned customer trust and provide deep insights into security postures, making them well positioned to offer Bugcrowd testing services. Security is a team effort, and strategic relationships with partners like Cyber Vigilance allows us to integrate seamlessly into existing security ecosystems.” www.bugcrowd.com Four out of five UK businesses are struggling to source the IT talent they need, reveals the Hyve Managed Hosting IT and Tech Skills Gap Report 2024. Cybersecurity and cloud computing are the most in-demand IT skills, cited by 43% and 34% of business leaders surveyed by Censuswide, followed by machine learning and AI (33%), software development (26%) and data analysis/visualisation (25%). Two thirds of survey respondents already work with an MSP, of which 90% said they did so to plug an IT and tech skills gap. www.hyve.com/insights/downloads/it-and-tech-skills-gap-report Jacques Lopez continued...
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