Vertiv Revitalizes Partner Program for Asia, Australia and New Zealand

New partner program features enhanced offerings to empower education, selection and sales  

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, recently unveiled the revitalized Vertiv Partner Program, its award-winning program that provides channel partners with tools to help them succeed in their businesses. A key feature of the Partner Program is the relaunch of the Vertiv Partner Portal, with gamification features that enable partners to navigate their way through Vertiv’s offerings, trainings and marketing support.  

Emerging e-Industries reap benefits from PLDT's increased network build up

Leading industries have turned to technology to survive the economic pivot to the “new normal” with the Philippines’ largest and only integrated telecommunications company PLDT aiding organizations and businesses to adapt and thrive in the current challenges of the pandemic.

Discussed during the second virtual Tech Talks forum streamed in partnership with OneNews, PLDT highlighted key solutions and services that have helped catalyse digital transformations of e-Industries including e-Learning, e-Banking, e-Commerce, e-Government, and e-Health.

Boomi Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Seventh Straight Year

Boomi again recognized for its Integration Platform as a Service  

Boomi, a Dell Technologies business, today announced that for the seventh consecutive year, Gartner has positioned Boomi a Leader in its September 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service (EiPaaS). Once again, Boomi has been recognized for its completeness of vision and ability to execute, improving on its position on the completeness of vision axis compared to last year.  

According to Gartner, “organizations recognize that traditional integration approaches and on-premises integration technologies cannot fully support the complexity and pervasiveness of integration, or the agility and time to value, required to overcome the digital era’s challenges.” 

Introducing Sony’s new line-up of High Power Audio Systems for the ultimate entertainment

Four new one-box styled models of different sizes to pair with a variety of occasions

Introducing even more powerful sound with the all-new Omnidirectional Party Sound and Omnidirectional Party Light to create incredible atmospheres

The new line-up introduces a new Karaoke Ranking feature as well as built-in microphone holders to unleash your inner pop star and keep guests entertained 

Sony today introduces four exciting new models to its High Power Audio Systems range with the MHC-V83D, MHC-V73D, MHC-V43D and MHC-V13, expanding choices for party lovers as well as families who prefer one-box styled systems with a smaller footprint and portable design. 

Distance Learning? Don’t take Power Availability for Granted

Amid the pandemic, there has been a push among educational institutions worldwide to explore the online and digital approach to ensure that learning among students remains unhampered. 

In the Philippines, education officials have recently moved the opening of classes from August 24 to October 5, to provide more time for schools and universities, which only used to conduct face-to-face classes, to prepare for distance learning—an approach that includes no in-person interaction between the learners and their teachers.  

Smart expands 5G device line-up with Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G

Get the Smart 5G-certified HUAWEI P40 Pro+ for 3,199 per month with Smart Signature

Mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. is expanding its line-up of 5G-certified smartphones with Huawei’s latest flagship device, the Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G.

The Huawei P40 Pro+ 5G is best with Smart Signature Device Plan L at P3,199 per month, with a one-time cash-out of 12,590. This plan comes with monthly 15 GB open access data, Unli On-Net calls, 100 Min AnyNet calls, and Unli AnyNet texts in a 24-month contract.  

Bridging the Cybersecurity Skills Gap Through Artificial Intelligence

By Sandra Wheatley, Sr. Vice President, Marketing, Threat Intelligence and Influencer Communications, Fortinet 

Executive Perspectives 

Perhaps the most resource-intensive task required of security teams is the correlation and analysis of the massive volumes of data being produced by security devices and network sensors. This challenge is probably most apparent in the fact that network breaches often remain undetected for months, allowing cybercriminals to plant time-bombs, establish elaborate botnets, and slowly exfiltrate millions of records containing customer information and intellectual property. This challenge is compounded with the growing skills shortage the cybersecurity industry is facing globally, further adding to organizations’ risks. In fact, a recent Fortinet survey found that 73% of organizations had at least one intrusion or breach over the past year that can be partially attributed to a gap in cybersecurity skills. 

Today’s Tools Only Begin to Close the Cybersecurity Skills Gap 

There are steps organizations can take to close the cyber skills gap. The first is to ensure that security tools don’t operate in isolation. If a security tool or sensor detects an anomalous behavior, it needs to be able to share that with other tools so that data can be correlated and compared against other data, as well as be cross-referenced against external threat intelligence feeds. This process is accelerated and suspicious activity can be detected faster when these tools are, by design, tightly integrated together.