News in the Channel - issue #9

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this is by far the best performance product we’ve tested so far,” said Drew Harding at Embed. “We are delighted to be working with Vestel on this range of displays and have plans to integrate our CMS further across Vestel’s comprehensive display ranges and screen sizes.” In addition to the Android SoC product range, resellers and end users can still opt for the OPS or SDM options running Windows OS in certain Vestel displays. This option offers enhanced capabilities within Embed, including connection to external sensors such as

presence or lift/place + learn. It also enables control content changes over IP from another compatible Embed device or external control systems such as Crestron. “We are extremely pleased to add Embed Signage capability to our SoC display ranges this year,” said Tim Matthews, senior product manager at Vestel Visual Solutions. “The package offers resellers and end users an ever more flexible display and CMS solution package, making for an unbeatable combination of features, performance and exceptional value.”

Businesses facing multi-cloud challenges must consolidate to a single provider – report

There is a need for IT decision-makers across the UK and Ireland to consolidate operations to a singular private cloud, rather than spreading their operations inefficiently across multiple cloud providers, a new report has claimed. Businesses choosing to spread their operations across multiple cloud platforms are currently running into issues when it comes to efficiently extracting data and insights across their operations. With 70% of businesses using different analytics platforms per cloud, operators are finding it more and more time-consuming when it comes to receiving insights due to the mass of data being stored in different clouds rather than being readily available. These findings come from the latest SAS report, A Silver Lining from Every Cloud , which looked at challenges businesses face when relying on multiple public and private cloud platforms to host data and applications. The report surveyed more than 200 key decision makers in the UK and Ireland in data, analytics and cloud services, each from companies with 3,000+ employees. The report found that 42% of businesses relied on at least two public cloud providers for business applications, analytics and hosting business-critical data. Eight in 10 businesses admitted needing to pull regular snapshots of data into a common pool – wasting time in consolidating data and in the costs of running multiple cloud platforms. Additionally, cloud proliferation was highlighted as the leading cause for most organisations facing several significant operational challenges when it comes to extracting insights from data.

“Businesses often invest extensively and indiscriminately in their cloud infrastructure without considering the potential operational and security implications of hosting multiple clouds,” said Mark Appleton, chief customer officer at ALSO Cloud UK. “Consequently, these environments are often inadequate when it comes to addressing the specific challenges businesses face in their cloud operations. “Storing data across multiple cloud platforms may seem appealing at first glance, but ultimately this consumes more time when analytics operators need to utilise and gather insights from multiple data sources. They have inadvertently made it more difficult to use the data they have curated, often leading it to go wasted in storage rather than actively recycled back into informing operations.” Appleton also highlighted the increased cybersecurity risk of investing in multiple cloud platforms. “Instead of facilitating business operations, the infrastructure merely increases the security risks as multiple providers become vulnerable to cyber threats,” he said. “With a wider attack surface, malicious cyber actors are more likely to be able to infiltrate networks, meaning businesses are inadvertently putting their data at greater risk. “The solution for IT operators lies in consolidating various environments into a single cloud platform. By doing so, businesses can achieve a more streamlined and efficient operation that better caters to

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Mark Appleton chief customer officer ALSO Cloud UK

their cloud needs, whilst tightening their cloud network security against outside threats.”

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