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TD SYNNEX Maverick appointed distributor for Barco TD SYNNEX Maverick has been
presence in the market for BYOD meeting rooms and enhances our range of collaboration solutions,” said Mark Glasspool, senior director, UK and Ireland, TD SYNNEX Maverick. “We’ll be working closely with the Barco team to reach out to the B2B community and maximise the opportunities for all partners with the full ClickShare range, and in particular working to raise awareness of the huge potential for the Clickshare Hub solution for room-based conferencing.” Anthony Wright, sales director, UK and Ireland and Nordic Territories at Barco, added: “TD SYNNEX Maverick is… ideally placed to help Barco reach further into the partner community and fulfil the huge potential for ClickShare in the commercial and public sectors.” n
appointed as a distributor for the full range of meeting room solutions from
Barco in the UK and Ireland. The complete range of Barco
ClickShare meeting room solutions are now available from TD SYNNEX Maverick, enabling partners to benefit from Maverick’s specialist knowledge and long experience in the collaboration and audiovisual solutions, and to access the extensive value-added services, stock holding and financial options available from TD SYNNEX. The alliance builds on the strong relationships that exist between TD SYNNEX Maverick and Barco in other European countries. “Barco is another significant strategic addition to the TD SYNNEX Maverick portfolio and one that extends our
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UK mid-market firms take control of cybersecurity as vendor trust falls UK mid-market organisations are
previously. While a similar proportion feel vendors are more interested in ‘selling products than providing solutions’. Only 11% of respondents believe their ‘vendors genuinely act in their organisation’s best interests.’ Although external threats continue to dominate headlines, Advania’s research shows that IT leaders perceive internal factors as the more disruptive influence on their cyber strategy with 57% of respondents identifying issues such as staff turnover, skills gaps and misaligned strategy as the biggest disruptors to their cybersecurity strategy. Organisations are also rethinking cyber ROI, as reputational damage now outweighs technical recovery costs after recent high-profile breaches. The report also highlighted modest improvements in cyber awareness training, with the number of UK firms offering monthly sessions rising from 22% to 32% year-on-year. However, two-thirds of organisations still train employees less frequently. n
increasingly taking cybersecurity into their own hands, often out of necessity rather than choice, according to new research. The results reflect declining confidence in external technology vendors and rising pressure on internal teams to ‘do more with less.’ Published in Advania’s ‘ Building Core Resilience 2025 ’ report, the findings are from a survey of 1,236 IT decision-makers across Northern Europe, including 500 in the UK. The data shows that at least 65% of UK mid-sized firms now manage cybersecurity entirely in-house, lacking third-party, expert validation of their defences. This growing self-reliance coincides with falling confidence in external technology partners with 40% of UK IT leaders believe vendors ‘prioritise enterprise clients’ over them, a significant jump from 28%
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