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Keeping up with the Joneses


robably the biggest news this last month was the Spring Budget which contained visible support for the tech industry. There are many that feel it didn’t go far enough


though, so we look forward to the Autumn budget with interest to see if there’s any follow through. The government says that it wants the UK to be at the forefront of global technological development, and in the European landscape that is reportedly the case. But when you consider the many hundreds of billions of


dollars that the likes of the US and Chinese governments are ploughing into their respective industries, are we realistically able to keep up or will the UK – and Europe – fall behind? In this month’s issue we look at cybersecurity. With bad actors commercialising


their skills, security has never been more important and with new technologies on the way, it will only become more critical. The dark web has become much more developed than most businesses think and


Gerard Allison, senior vice president of sales for EMEA at Sophos reveals all. The cost of cyber insurance has risen so John Wareing, insurance sector specialist


at Red Helix explores whether being insured worth it? Ben Holland, head of enterprise sales UK&I at Extreme Networks explains how


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the rise of connected IoT in retail poses new opportunities, challenges, and risks. In our Big Interview we catch up with Markus Rex, head of managed services


at Synaxon. And Frank Rauch, global channel chief at Cato Networks talks to us about what


makes a successful channel partnership. All this and much more can be found in this issue. I hope you find it informative


and interesting.


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