July 23, 2010
In response to rapidly increasing channel awareness and demand, ipcortex have announced the appointment of Cohort Technology as a distributor for their VoIPCortex range of IP PBX solutions. Value-added Distributor Cohort will provide the complete range of ipcortex hardware and support services to UK based resellers and dealers as a key part of their strategy to offer converged communication solutions to the channel.
As a result of this partnership, Cohort resellers will have the opportunity to exploit the demand for IP PBX solutions that radically simplify the process of delivering open, scalable, accessible and feature-rich communications solutions to end users.
Cohort Managing Director Grahame Smee commented, “We are delighted to be working with ipcortex to bring their product range to the channel. We believe that the converged communications market is crucial for resellers looking to maximise their opportunities and achieve margin growth. The VoIPCortex product range complements our existing VoIP portfolio, allowing us to provide resellers with those opportunities. Supported by our comprehensive range of value added services, resellers will be able to easily and confidently plan and deploy powerful converged communications appliances for SMBs and enterprise.”
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For more information on the VoIPCortex range of IP PBX solutions contact us today on 0845 094 8828
March 29, 2010
A USB stick that contained social services’ confidential information about children in care has been found on a pavement in Stoke-on-Trent.
The Staffordshire newspaper The Sentinel reported that dozens of sensitive Stoke-on-Trent City Council documents were discovered on the memory stick, and includes records of foster carers, family court proceedings, parenting assessments, child custody arrangements and the psychological history of youngsters.
It reported that the information on the memory stick was not encrypted, which is against the council’s own policy. Council officials have launched an urgent investigation into how the security breach happened.
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February 2, 2010
Data breaches in 2009 cost UK firms an average of £64 for every record lost, research has claimed.
The study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute on behalf of encryption software vendor PGP, also revealed that data breaches cost UK firms seven per cent more last year than in 2008.
Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of The Ponemon Institute, said: “This study shows that the financial impact of data breaches is hitting UK organisations harder and harder each year.”
The study’s findings are based on the costs accrued by 33 firms during real-life data loss incidents between May 2009 and January 2010.
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January 25, 2010
The vast majority of US federal agencies have failed to meet a December 31 deadline to deploy new technology that would make it significantly harder for attackers to spoof their websites, according to Network World.
BlueCat Networks reduces the inherent complexity of DNSSEC with the Signing Policy Management system allowing you to configure DNSSEC key and rollover settings in one place using the latest protocol features including full support for NSEC3.
Read more on The Register here.
January 12, 2010
IPAM vendor signs second distributor
BlueCat Networks has talked up the growth prospects of the IP address management (IPAM) sector after appointing Cohort Technology as its second UK distributor.
The vendor, which claims to be enjoying 35 per cent annual growth, inked an agreement with Avnet last January, but said Cohort would help it reach its goal of recruiting 10 to 15 VARs by mid-2010.
Louisa Maskell, who recently joined BlueCat as UK channel manager, said: “There has been an explosion in rollouts of voice over IP, iPhones and PDAs and they all need to have IP addresses. They have traditionally been managed by spreadsheets, but that is becoming unmanageable.”
Maskell stressed that BlueCat’s technology is fairly complex and that Cohort’s professional services team could help VARs with implementation and support.
Grahame Smee, managing director of Cohort, said: “We believe that the market for the Bluecat product is set to grow rapidly and also that the reseller community for this type of product needs a strong range of supporting services from its distributor. We will also be launching some lead generation and associated marketing support programmes for our partners.”
Bruce Hockin, head of business strategy at Avnet Technology Solutions, said: “This is a positive thing. IPAM is a strong emerging market and BlueCat needs
someone to penetrate the SME area.”
Original Article on Channelweb.co.uk
