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01732 759725 14 RESELLER NEWS Giacom to host MSP cyber security event November 22nd will see some of the biggest names in cyber security converge on London’s Science Museum to discuss developments shaping the industry at a special event hosted by IT solutions provider Giacom. MSP Cyber Secure Live, taking place in the Illuminate venue on levels four and five of The Science Museum, will bring together experts from leading vendors, including headline sponsor Microsoft, Sophos, Bitdefender and Vade, to share their insights in keynotes and panel discussions. With live product demonstrations and breakout sessions, the event will also highlight how MSPs can use Giacom’s comprehensive cyber security portfolio to protect their customers. James Baker, Managing Director – Cloud at Giacom, said: “We’re thrilled to be hosting a one-of-a-kind Channel event, side by side with some of the biggest names in cyber security. Finding the right cyber security solutions for your customers, from the right people can be challenging. That’s where Giacom comes in with our solutions, tools and experts.” To register for the event, please visit https://info.cloudmarket.com/mspcyber-secure-live-1 Wifinity makes second acquisition of 2023 Wifinity is expanding its technical and product capabilities with the acquisition of Next Connex, a Surrey-based high performance network connectivity provider with expertise in WAN, SD-WAN and Infrastructure-as-a-Service. This comes just months after the company acquired offshore connectivity specialist Vital WiFi. Wifinity delivers connectivity to customers where ordinary broadband doesn’t reach or where a bespoke solution is required, including rural and remote locations and multi-tenanted environments such as later living communities and student accommodation. RUCKUS Networks recently named Wifinity its EMEA Multi-dwelling Unit (MDU) Partner of the Year (see photo). www.wifinity.co.uk Integrity360 opens fourth and largest SOC James Baker Pan-European cyber security specialist Integrity360 has invested €8 million in a new Security Operations Centre (SOC) in Dublin, laying the ground for the creation of 200 jobs across the Group over the next three years, including 50 in Dublin. The new facility, the company’s largest to date, is in addition to the three SOCs that Integrity360 already has in Sofia, Stockholm and Naples. Located in the Termini building in Sandyford, it covers 16,000 square feet and comprises the SOC, plus seven customer suites, a training and innovation centre and a mix of collaboration areas, workspaces and meeting rooms. Services include Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR), with 24/7 monitoring and management of customer IT networks. The investment by Integrity360 follows a series of acquisitions over the last two years that have helped increase Group turnover to a forecast €115 million in 2023 and have grown its customer base to 2,000 and its headcount to 500 across offices in Ireland, the UK, Bulgaria, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Lithuania and Ukraine. www.integrity360.com ISO27001 consultancy services launched by NormCyber NormCyber, a managed security service provider for mid-sized organisations, has launched new ISO27001 consultancy offerings that will enable it to support customers at any point along their journey to ISO27001 accreditation, including the 2022 iteration of the standard, which NormCyber itself recently achieved. ISO27001 is an international standard for information management systems, certifying organisations’ ability to effectively safeguard customer, employee and shareholder information. NormCyber’s modular ISO27001 consultancy services cover three interrelated areas: q ISO27001 Gap Analysis, to provide clarity over current compliance status and a defined action plan for the gaps that will require remediation in order to attain certification. w ISO27001 Readiness, to prepare an organisation for external audit and, ultimately, certification to the standard. Organisations can select how much assistance they need at each stage of the certification journey or outsource the whole implementation. e ISO27001 Management, to ensure standards don’t slip once an organisation is certified. This service provides organisations with hands-on assistance and guidance in operating a functioning Information Security Management System to ensure certification is maintained. www.normcyber.com/smartbloc/ iso-27001/ Centerprise International expands in Wales Centerprise International, provider of a flexible, high performance public cloud solution (CiCloud), is continuing its expansion in Wales with the opening of a CiCloud location in Newport, on top of its existing facility in England. The establishment of a second CiCloud location in the Vantage Newport Data Centre follows Centerprise’s opening earlier this year of a new £6m IT operations centre at its 17-acre site in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly. Undertaken in collaboration with HPE and CloudSigma, the new Newport facility will give Welsh businesses and public sector organisations access to a wide range of cloud services, including virtual servers, storage solutions and innovative workloads, built on the HPE GreenLake enterprise technology stack. CloudSigma cloud management software enables users to provision exactly what they need, when they need it and only pay for what they consume. Centerprise CEO Jeremy Nash said: “CiCloud in Wales is one more step in Centerprise’s path to providing digital services designed with the interests of Wales and the wider UK in mind. We are committed to providing relevant services that are secure, performant and offer clear value. This is one more step in our pledge to continue to invest in creating a more prosperous Wales.” www.centerprisecloud.co.uk.

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