The most recent articles from CRN

Wasp targets VARs in Auto-ID expansion plan

Fleur Doidge — 2008-08-21T15:43:00.000Z

Fleur Doidge, CRN, Thursday 21 August 2008 at 15:43:00

Growing barcode gear vendor sugars sales to attract VARs stung previously

Auto-ID vendor Wasp Barcode Technologies is ramping up its UK channel business in response to growing demand in the UK and Europe....

Bank of England predicts recession

Kayleigh Bateman — 2008-08-13T13:11:00.000Z

Kayleigh Bateman, CRN, Wednesday 13 August 2008 at 13:11:00

UK just three quarters away from technical recession, according to forecasts

The Bank of England has predicted the economy will fall into recession over the next three quarters, after it released a gloomy inflation report today....

MIS gains PCI QSA status

Doug Woodburn — 2008-07-02T17:29:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Wednesday 2 July 2008 at 17:29:00

Security VAR claims it is the first top UK partner of Check Point, Juniper, Nokia and RSA to gain PCI Qualified Security Assessor status

MIS Corporate Defence Solutions has thumbed its nose at rival data security VARs after gaining a prized accreditation around the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)....

Operation: Data Destruction

kayleigh bateman — 2008-06-19T12:53:00.000Z

kayleigh bateman , CRN, Thursday 19 June 2008 at 12:53:00

Kayleigh Bateman investigates why companies are having such a tough time disposing of data and disks safely

Many UK firms are still woefully ignorant of the facts of data disposal, with a significant number believing that a single hard-drive wipe will do the trick....

Chips and scam

Sara Yirrell — 2008-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell , CRN, Thursday 24 April 2008 at 00:00:00

The 3rd Man's CNP fraud figures make for worrying reading

According to the latest cyber crime report from market watcher The 3rd Man, card-not-present (CNP) fraud is actually twice as bad as official figures have previously suggested....

Be a destroyer

Sara Yirrell — 2008-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell , CRN, Thursday 27 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Sara Yirrell looks at the intricacies of data destruction

Being destructive is not usually favoured by many as a pastime, nor is it encouraged from childhood, but it seems the channel is missing out on a vital revenue stream...

Ultratec slams lack of data disposal backing

kayleigh bateman — 2008-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

kayleigh bateman, CRN, Thursday 27 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Data destruction firm Ultratec has slammed the government for failing to publicise data disposal services after becoming the first UK company to receive the Secured-By-Design award for secure data protection.

Secured-By-Design is the only award approved by the Police to police specification, which means Ultratec can destroy data for anyone and provide certificates for compliance with the Data Protection Act....

VAR finds lost Whitehall data stashed in laptop

Laura Hailstone — 2008-03-03T00:00:00.000Z

Laura Hailstone, CRN, Monday 3 March 2008 at 00:00:00

Counter-terrorist investigation launched after Leapfrog discovers missing Home Office disc

Manchester-based VAR Leapfrog Computers had an exciting couple of days last week after it uncovered a missing Home Office disc lodged inside a laptop....

Plugging the data breach

sara yirrell — 2008-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

sara yirrell , CRN, Thursday 14 February 2008 at 00:00:00

As high-profile data breaches continue to make headline news, the channel can offer security, says Sara Yirrell

Barely a week goes by without another news headline exposing a government department or a corporation on the loss of personal details of UK citizens....

Channel warned of rising ID theft

kayleigh bateman — 2008-02-08T00:00:00.000Z

kayleigh bateman, CRN, Friday 8 February 2008 at 00:00:00

As fraud figures reach their highest in 13 years, experts urge channel players to be aware of growing identity scams

Onlookers have warned the channel to be more vigilant against identity theft, as the latest figures from KPMG indicate overall fraud in the UK is on the rise....

Microsoft seals settlement deal in Netcom case

kayleigh bateman — 2007-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

kayleigh bateman, CRN, Monday 17 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Distributor pays out after being found guilty of importing products from outside the European Economic Arena

Software giant Microsoft has claimed another victory in its fight against piracy, achieving a seven-figure High Court settlement against Netcom Distributors....

Fasthosts security lapse leaves partners fuming

Doug Woodburn — 2007-12-07T00:00:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Friday 7 December 2007 at 00:00:00

Angry partners of Fasthosts have claimed they have been left to pick up the pieces following the web site hosting giant’s recent security breach.

In October, Fasthosts said it had discovered evidence of a net-work intrusion involving one of its servers. As a precaution, partners were asked to help specific customers update control panel,...

Not so fast

sara yirrell — 2007-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

sara yirrell , CRN, Thursday 6 December 2007 at 00:00:00

It often strikes me that the channel seems to operate a kind of corporate cleaning service from time to time running around expected to tidy up someone else’s mess.

As another week goes by so does another data security breach this time in the form of ISP and web-hosting firm Fasthosts, which suffered an intrusion earlier this year...

HMRC crisis to aid encryption VARs

Doug Woodburn — 2007-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Thursday 29 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Resellers have a golden opportunity to push encryption technology to UK firms in the wake of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) data breach scandal, security vendor Data Encryption Systems has claimed.

David Tomlinson, managing director of DES, said: “What has happened is just a very large-scale example of what is happening across the country....

Time to protect, educate and encourage

Tom de Jongh — 2007-11-22T00:00:00.000Z

Tom de Jongh, CRN, Thursday 22 November 2007 at 00:00:00

Keeping data secure in the workplace just requires common sense, writes Tom de Jongh

An individual’s innate ability to gauge what is best enables them to function not only socially, but also in the corporate environment....