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By Orly Bar Lev, Cybersecurity expert, Mimecast.

The holiday season is fast approaching, and consumers are turning to online websites to they make purchases– leaving them exposed to fake websites impersonating legitimate brands consumers know and love.

Schneider Electric has launched a new TradeOff Tool, the Edge UPS Fleet Management Comparison Calculator, available on SE.com.

SAFE Identity and Carillon Information Security Inc. have announced that Carillon has achieved cross-certification with the SAFE Identity Bridge Certification Authority (SIBCA), a cryptographic infrastructure that enables individuals, organisations and online services in the healthcare sector to trust each other’s digital identities for high assurance electronic transactions.

iland, the VMware-based cloud services provider for application hosting, data protection and disaster recovery, has released the findings of its research into customer confidence in cloud services.

Orange Business Services has announced a global strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation and leverage the benefits of the cloud to adapt quicker to market changes and user needs.

Contactless payments have taken a leap forward during 2020, in part driven by concerns around the potential spread of COVID-19. In the Nordics, the contactless payment ratio has grown from around 57 per cent in early January to 75 per cent of all in-store card payments in late October this year, according to data from Nets, the Nordic payment provider.

Audio quality has become the new priority for global businesses, according to new research published by EPOS. The audio brand’s latest report, ‘Quality Audio: A Sound Investment’ shares insights from 2,000 decision makers across 7 global markets and sectors including IT, Finance, Business Services, Healthcare and Media.

Schneider Electric has expanded its IP and NEMA rated EcoStruxure Micro Data Centre R-Series for rugged indoor environments.

SATO, the global developer of auto-ID and labelling solutions, has launched a new Russian version of its website. The platform will enable the company to showcase its extensive market knowledge, product offering and technical expertise to the region.

By Karl H. Lauri, managing team member at MRPeasy.com.

Direct to Consumer (D2C) is a new yet already popular business strategy for many new, and some experienced small manufacturers. But without an appropriate IT platform, which combines traditional manufacturing ERP with new e-commerce channels, the benefits may not be entirely realised.

Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of advanced, carrier neutral data centres for high performance colocation, has entered into a new partnership with Vorboss to expand its low-latency, resilient connectivity capabilities at its Harlow campus.