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Supermicro opens customer testing and validation on 3rd Gen Intel Xeon scalable processor-based systems to accelerate system platform adoption

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, announced its early availability programme – JumpStart for workload testing on 3rd-Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor-based Supermicro X12 systems. Develop, validate, and tune The program starts on February 16, 2021, and qualified customers can access remote X12-based Supermicro systems to develop, validate, tune and benchmark their advanced workloads...

Ping Identity’s ‘Project COVID Freedom’ mobile vaccine passport aims to make vaccination verification simple

Ping Identity, the Intelligent Identity solution for the enterprise, announced Project COVID Freedom which leverages its recent acquisition of ShoCard personal identity to allow healthcare providers, businesses, and individuals to easily share proof of COVID test results and vaccinations. Project COVID Freedom creates a secure and privacy enabled way for healthcare providers, businesses, and individuals to verify test and vaccination results, while keeping users up to date on vaccination status...

Motorola Solutions opens new facility in Richardson, Texas, to expand manufacturing of NDAA-compliant Video Security Solutions

Motorola Solutions have announced the opening of its new Video Security & Analytics (VS&A) manufacturing facility in Richardson, Texas, United States of America (USA). New VS&A manufacturing facility The new 136,000 square foot building represents the company’s continued investment in North American manufacturing and the expansion of its production and shipping capabilities, with the aim to further the growth of its video security portfolio, which serves customers all over th...

Pat Sullivan joins SaaS Alerts to boost MSP growth

Pat Sullivan brings his years of experience at helping MSPs to evolve their service models from his time and over the last decade, has introduced thousands of MSPs to cloud workspace technologies that in aggregate increased MSP revenue by tens of millions of dollars. Pat Sullivan joins SaaS Alerts team Pat Sullivan has formerly held roles with IndependenceIT, CloudJumper and most recently at NetApp. SaaS Alerts is thrilled to welcome Pat to the team!

Supermicro reaffirms security of Supermicro products, refutes Bloomberg article

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a global pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, strongly refutes the accuracy of the information in a recent Bloomberg article. Bloomberg’s allegations Bloomberg’s story is a mishmash of disparate and inaccurate allegations that date back many years. It draws farfetched conclusions that once again don’t withstand scrutiny. The National Security Agency told Bloomberg again last month t...

Pluralsight and Degreed partner to deliver enhanced visibility into technology upskilling programmes

Pluralsight, Inc., the technology workforce development company, announced that it has partnered with the learning experience and upskilling platform Degreed. Together, they’ll deliver an integrated experience designed to help customers better measure and track technology-upskilling efforts within the Degreed experience. This partnership enables joint customers to implement strategic plans to improve their employee skill inventory. Digital transformation of projects Pluralsight and Degr...

Ajax Systems announces the acquisition of Concepter design and product development studio’s team

Ajax Systems, a smart security systems developer, has acquired the engineering team of Concepter, a design and product development studio. The Concepter developers will become members of various R&D teams at Ajax Systems and will work on new devices. "We’ve added the Concepter developers to the Ajax Systems team to boost our growth and engineering capabilities. The Concepter specialists have plenty of experience in handling complex custom projects. We’re excited that they will c...

HelpSystems announces the acquisition of Digital Defense to enhance cyber security portfolio

HelpSystems announced the acquisition of Digital Defense, a provider of vulnerability management and threat assessment solutions. Digital Defense’s cloud-native vulnerability scanning engine gives organisations in healthcare, legal, financial services, and other industries the ability to proactively detect infrastructure security gaps and take effective remediation steps to safeguard against internal and external cyber threats. As part of HelpSystems’ cyber security portfolio, Digit...

APE Fire & Security highlights the importance of employee safety at workplace

Employees should always feel safe and cared for at their workplace, with the assurance that any risks to their safety have been taken seriously. In fact, it is an employee’s right to work in an environment in which risks to their health and safety are properly controlled. Without paying proper attention to employee safety, employers risk their employees’ health, safety and contentment at their workplace. Employee safety management in the workplace Aside from employee well-being, p...

DNAKE and Poly: Innovating smart living spaces

In April 2020, Poly Developments & Holdings Group officially released the "Full Life Cycle Residential System 2.0-Well Community". It is reported that "Well Community" takes user health as its core mission and aims to create a high-quality, healthy, efficient, and smart life for its customers. DNAKE and Poly Group reached an agreement in Sept. 2020, hoping to work together to create a better living space. Now, the first smart home project jointly finished by DNAKE and Poly Group has been ca...

HITRUST to increase assurances and efficiencies of CSF Assessments

HITRUST, a data protection standards development and certification organisation, introduced today the HITRUST Assurance Intelligence (AI) Engine™, which uses a patent-pending approach to analyse assessment documentation for oversights, inconsistencies, and errors throughout the information security and privacy assessment process. The AI Engine adds efficiency to HITRUST’s comprehensive assessment review process by adding a layer of automated checks that complement existing, man...

Sage Integration announces new Dallas-Fort Worth office located in the US state of Texas

Sage Integration, a globally renowned security integration provider, which serves enterprise Fortune 100 companies and clients, announced that the company has opened a new office to support a growing list of clients, in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex region of the US state of Texas. New Dallas office The new office space, located in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, provides the office and inventory storage space to rapidly deliver Sage Integration’s client-centric approach to service and...

MSA Safety acquires U.K. firefighter turnout gear manufacturer Bristol Uniforms

MSA Safety Incorporated announced it has acquired U.K.-based Bristol Uniforms in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $60 million. The acquisition strengthens MSA's position as a front-runner in fire service PPE products while providing an avenue to expand its business in the U.K. and key European markets. Headquartered in Bristol, U.K., Bristol Uniforms is a foremost innovator and provider of protective apparel to the fire and rescue services sector, with annual revenue of approxima...

Brinks Home Security announces long-term contract with its major Authorised Dealer, Skyline Security

Monitronics International, Inc. and its subsidiaries doing business as Brinks Home Security has announced that it has reached an agreement on a new long-term contract with its major Authorised Dealer, Skyline Security (‘Skyline’), which extends their partnership for another five years. The new agreement is expected to improve the Brinks Home Security’s overall profitability through a reduction in the up-front cost to acquire accounts while providing Skyline with an increased s...

ESA becomes sole-owner of ESX, the national tradeshow

“While it has certainly been a tough year for in-person events, the Electronic Security Association (ESA) sees the value that the Electronic Security Expo (ESX) delivers each year to the pro-installed electronic security and life safety industry,” says ESA President, Jamie Vos. “As a previous co-owner of ESX, ESA has now acquired full ownership of the industry’s only national tradeshow developed by and for the pro-installed community. ESX is a place where you can feel th...

UVeye secures strategic investment from Hyundai Motor Company

UVeye, a developer of automated vehicle-inspection systems, has secured strategic investments from Hyundai Motor Company and several other investors to accelerate the company’s global expansion plans. Quick and efficient vehicle inspection UVeye has raised more than $40 million from carmakers and other strategic investors such as W. R. Berkley Corporation since it was founded four years ago. Hyundai’s investment is part of an ongoing plan to make use of UVeye’s products and p...

Super Micro Computer unveils 64 core workstation with AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Processor at All-Digital CES 2021

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, extended its industry-proven workstation family with a new generation server-grade high-end workstation that offers maximum configurability and reliability in a robust single-socket platform. The new workstation is just the latest in Supermicro’s overall support of AMD processors, including the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ based servers for multiple applications....

Forensic Access acquires IntaForensics to strengthen their position in the forensic services market

Forensic Access is a renowned provider of a broad range forensic science services to the criminal justice system and the acquisition of digital forensics specialists IntaForensics consolidates their position as an international market provider. The acquisition backed by Limerston Capital is anticipated to reshape the forensics landscape, building on decades of world-class expertise. Oxfordshire-based Forensic Access’ portfolio of expertise covers the spectrum of forensic services from bio...

Red Hat announces their agreement to acquire StackRox to further expand their security leadership

Red Hat announced a definitive agreement to acquire StackRox. This is an exciting milestone for StackRox and a tremendous validation of the company’s innovative approach to container and Kubernetes security. It combines the industry’s first Kubernetes-native security platform with Red Hat’s renowned enterprise Kubernetes platform, OpenShift - helping businesses further accelerate their digital transformation initiatives by more securely building, deploying and running their cl...

DNAKE's influence in China's smart city construction

Standing at a new starting point in 2021, industry authorities and major media organisations have successively released their selection lists for the previous year. With excellent performances in the year 2020, DNAKE (stock code:300884) and its subsidiaries have made outstanding appearances at various award ceremonies and won many honours, receiving recognition and favour from the industry, market, and general customers.  Outstanding influence, empowering smart city construction The crea...

Allegion accelerates vision of seamless access with the acquisition of technology company Yonomi

Allegion plc, a renowned global security products and solutions provider, has acquired privately held technology company Yonomi. Yonomi is an innovation provider of IoT Cloud platforms. Founded in 2013 by building automation and enterprise Cloud computing experts, Yonomi was one of the firsts to create an agnostic smart home ecosystem that automatically discovers and coordinates devices. Today, Yonomi solutions are used in more than 150 countries, and millions of IoT devices are connected to it...

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated and FLIR Systems announce their agreement for FLIR’s acquisition through a cash and stock transaction

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (“Teledyne”) and FLIR Systems, Inc. (“FLIR”) jointly announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Teledyne will acquire FLIR in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $8.0 billion. “FLIR’s commitment to innovation spanning multiple sensing technologies has allowed our company to grow into the multi-billion-dollar company it is today”. Permanent financing Under the terms of th...

Johnson Controls announce the launch of the new Tyco Video Support Portal

Tyco, the security brand of Johnson Controls, has launched a new video support portal, which offers a comprehensive and easy to use one-stop resource for installers, system integrators and distributors, who may require technical support for American Dynamics and Illustra video solutions. Visitors to support.americandynamics.net are able to raise a support ticket for any product under warranty or use a Live Chat facility, in order to instantly connect with a member of the video technical support...

Tyco and Net-Ctrl Ltd. partnership ensure the highest levels of pre- and post-sales support

To ensure end-user clients achieve maximum value from their electronic security solutions, Tyco, the security products division of Johnson Controls, strives to provide the highest levels of pre- and post-sales support for system integrators throughout Europe, for whom Tyco branded products are their preferred choice. A shining example of a highly successful systems integrator, which has chosen to recommend Tyco access control and video surveillance solutions to their clients and has fully embra...

HITRUST to streamline regulatory compliance reporting

HITRUST, a data protection standards development and certification organisation announced a major feature enhancement to its information risk management platform, HITRUST MyCSF, that significantly streamlines how organisations capture and present regulatory compliance evidence. HITRUST also introduced a new, no-cost Regulatory Assistance Center to further support organisations with a HITRUST CSF Certification as they prepare for and undergo regulatory audits. Compliance and Reporting Pack feat...

Sectigo acquires partners SSL247 and Xolphin, expanding its footprint in Europe and LATAM

Sectigo, a foremost provider of automated digital identity management and web security solutions, has acquired SSL247, the biggest SSL certificate and web security provider in the UK and France, and Xolphin, the largest provider of SSL certificates and digital signatures in the Netherlands. With the two acquisitions, Sectigo significantly extends its sales reach and support for the company's leading SSL certificate solutions, Sectigo Web Security Platform and Sectigo Certificate Manager platfor...

Supermicro Enterprise-class 4-socket SuperServer certified for SAP and Oracle Workloads

Super Micro Computer, Inc., a global pioneer in enterprise computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology announced that its 4-socket server platform, powered by advanced 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with built-in AI acceleration, is certified for SAP HANA as well as Oracle Linux and virtualisation. Shipping in volume, the 2U 4-socket server, combined with advanced enterprise software, enables customers to leverage the value, benefit, and simplicity of these...

Smarter Security appoints Kevin Kolego as Director of Federal Solutions Sales

Smarter Security, uniquely differentiated and recognised as a global provider of intelligent entry and access control solutions, proudly welcomes a new member to its continuously expanding team. Kevin Kolego was recently announced Director of Federal Solutions Sales to drive sales initiatives within the Federal Government space. Kevin brings a tremendous amount of leadership and sales expertise, as well as vast knowledge and understanding of the US Government’s procurement process includi...

Acronis acquires CyberLynx to enhances cyber protection portfolio with additional security services

Acronis, a globally renowned provider of cyber protection, announced the acquisition of CyberLynx, a renowned Israel-based cyber security consultancy firm with a presence in the U.K., Switzerland, and Luxembourg. This acquisition marks Acronis’ third in the past year, which continues the company’s accelerated growth plan. As a premier provider of security audits, penetration testing, and proprietary training solutions, CyberLynx enjoys a global customer presence built on cutting-edg...

Ntirety explains how cloud governance will deliver 2021’s ‘Clean and Secure Cloud’

Among planning for 2021, through budget and overall security and strategy planning, there is nothing more important as the increased need and focus on cloud governance. Many organisations are significantly behind on planning towards governance, especially for those that can’t seem to shake legacy operational practices. The issues at hand carry real consequences - from cyber security to a mobile workforce, creating uncertainty and unchecked threats. A world of governance gaps Globally, t...