technologyreseller.co.uk 37 TECHDIGEST NinjaOne, the cloud-native automated endpoint management platform, has announced $500 million in Series C extensions giving it a $5 billion valuation. The venture funding came in separate tranches led by ICONIQ Growth and CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent investment fund, with participation from other prominent private investors. The raise will provide funding for the company’s pending $262 million acquisition of SaaS backup and data protection leader Dropsuite and support further R&D in autonomous endpoint management, autonomous patching and vulnerability remediation. NinjaOne gives more than 24,000 customers in 120 countries visibility, security and control over all endpoints. www.ninjaone.com … ControlUp has extended the capabilities of its Digital Employee Experience (DEX) platform, ControlUp ONE, to include support for SaaS and web applications. The addition of ControlUp for Apps, which integrates technology gained from ControlUp’s acquisition of Avanite in November 2023, provides IT teams with real-time visibility and proactive management for SaaS and web applications, enabling them to quickly identify and resolve issues specific to employee experiences or broader systemic problems without the need for specialist SaaS expertise. Guy Weintraub, Vice President of Product, ControlUp, said: “ControlUp for Apps represents a pivotal advancement in how IT teams manage and optimise the performance of the SaaS and web applications employees increasingly rely on to get work done.” www.controlup.com … Last year, SASE specialist Cato Networks increased its annual recurring revenue (ARR) by 46% to more than $250 million and expanded the Cato SASE Cloud Platform customer base to more than 3,000 businesses. Co-founder and CEO Shlomo Kramer said: “The era of cobbled-together security solutions is over. With our 46% growth to more than $250 million ARR in 2024, we believe we have the highest ARR growth at scale in the SASE and network security categories. Our expansion to 3,000+ customers proves that enterprises of all sizes are ready to break free from legacy infrastructure. We’re not just taking share, we’re redefining how organisations connect and secure their operations, as AI and cloud transform the security landscape.” www.catonetworks.com … WatchGuard Technologies has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Independent Software Vendor Accelerate Program, a co-sell program for software solutions that run on or integrate with AWS, and extended access to its unified cybersecurity platform to MSPs across the globe by making it available in the AWS Marketplace. Danny Banks, Cloud Marketplaces Lead at WatchGuard, said: “With the increase in end users and cybersecurity buyers heading to cloud marketplaces to search for and buy security tools, availability in AWS Marketplace enables WatchGuard to provide MSPs with additional options and flexibility and streamline access to our unified cybersecurity offerings so they can go out and drive more sales.” WatchGuard.com … Cyber risk solutions company Resilience has added a Vendor Risk Report (VRR) offering to its integrated cyber risk management platform. The new capability will enable clients to assess and monitor the underlying security health of critical vendors and suppliers from within the platform. Resilience claims this is an improvement on existing industry solutions for managing vendor risk that tend not to be integrated with risk management platforms, slowing access to timely insights. Ann Irvine, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at Resilience, said: “Over the past year, more than a third of the claims in our portfolio were related to third-party incidents, and, in a startling new trend, 20% of claims with covered losses in 2024 stemmed from a vendor-related incident. Even if a company has an airtight security posture of its own, it can still be at the mercy of its partners’ vulnerabilities. Our new offering builds on our longheld belief that companies need to be proactive, not reactive, in understanding exactly where their risk is and taking actionable steps to mitigate material loss.” www.cyberresilience.com … The Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland has changed its identity from a not-for-profit organisation into a social enterprise. This will allow it to make a profit from professional services, including its cyber testing, Cyber MOT and executive education programmes, and reinvest them into causes that align with its values and culture. Paul Atkinson, Chairman of the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland, said:”Becoming a social enterprise represents a natural step in the evolution of the support the Cyber and Fraud Centre – Scotland provides and reflects a broader vision of combining purpose and profit to benefit the wider community.” https://cyberfraudcentre.com … Salford City Council has approved plans for a £250m data centre at Peel Waters’ six-acre industrial site, Halo West, in Salford, Greater Manchester. Located between Eccles and Irlam, off Liverpool Road, just north of Salford Community Stadium, the approved data centre features 12,000 sq. ft of offices, a 56,000 sq. ft data hall and 63,500 sq. ft of plant. The £250m investment from Digital Land & Development is expected to be a significant catalyst for the regeneration of the ‘City Gateway’ area including Port Salford and the Salford Community Stadium. … IP telephony manufacturer Snom is offering enhanced efficiency and convenience for users of shared cordless handsets with the introduction of the MC10 multi-charger. Providing fast charging for up to six handsets and/or replacement batteries, the MC10 Multi-Charger is compatible with almost every handset in Snom’s DECT range and removes the need for separate chargers on counters, desks and in storage areas. It also ensures that if a device runs out of power, staff can quickly return it for charging and find a working replacement handset, without facing downtime. www.snom.com Brother introduces support for linerless labels Brother UK has refreshed its line-up of compact two-inch thermal label printers with 11 new models and, for the first time, the ability to print on linerless labels that don’t require the non-recyclable backing paper typically used to deliver labels. Highlights of the TD-2D range, which replaces Brother’s TD-2 series of devices, include two linerless-compatible devices, the TD-2320DFC and TD-2350DFC, giving businesses the option to reduce waste and save time by going straight from print to application; and standalone TD-2D DSA models with 3.5in colour touchscreens that allow users to create and print labels (and create shortcuts to frequently printed labels) without having to connect a laptop or tablet. All TD-D2 label printers have been upgraded to USB type-C, with three models (the TD-2350D, TD-2350DSA and TD-2350DFC) also WiFi and Bluetooth compatible. Ideal for use in the food industry, healthcare and retail, the label printers can be customised with accessories including an auto cutter for variable label lengths, a peeler to simplify the removal of labels from their backing, a battery pack and carry handle to support on-the-go operations, and IEC 60601 compliant AC adaptors that meet medical sector safety and performance requirements. www.brother.co.uk/TD Shlomo Kramer
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