UK distributor Cohort Technology is aiming to storm the Irish market after launching a Dublin operation.
Cohort already serves the Irish market from its Basingstoke headquarters but felt it was the right time to set up a local presence. The expansion comes three-and-a-half years after the firm was set up by EquIP founder Grahame Smee.
Smee, who [...]

Basingstoke, UK & Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Cohort Technology, the leading Specialist Distributor and Services Company today announces the launch of its Dublin based operation as part of its growth plans to locally serve the Irish market.
Grahame Smee, Managing Director of Cohort Technology Ltd commented ‘We are very pleased to be announcing this addition to the [...]

The UK operation of Zurich Insurance has been fined £2.27m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for losing personal details of 46,000 customers.
It is the highest fine levied on a single firm for data security failings.
Margaret Cole, the FSA’s director of enforcement and financial crime, said: “Zurich UK let its customers down badly.” [...]

MXI Security®, the leader in providing superior managed portable security solutions, today announced the appointment of Value Add Distributor Cohort Technology, to drive its continued growth in key markets.  This news comes as MXI have been awarded CAPS approval for their leading edge devices.
“MXI Security is pleased to have partnered with Cohort Technology and together [...]

Disappearance of agency will mean a rethink of data security in the education sector.
Security resellers have been urged to fill the void left by the scrapping of education technology agency Becta by pressing home the importance of data security to schools.

Becta was one of the first casualties of the coalition government’s quest for efficiency savings.
Grahame [...]