February’s exciting updates include Pugh’s upcoming Microsoft Campus webinar with Sophos MDR and details of Pugh & SMART at Bett! Microsoft bring the power of AI to Teams & Microsoft EDU, as well as releasing the new Intune Suite, Defender add-on & AI-powered inclusive Learning Accelerators! Plus, see the next generation of creative exploration with new SketchUp 2023, Jabra’s new next-gen Speak2, Sophos’ new XGS Series firewalls, two brand-new Veeam releases & a more productive, more powerful CorelDRAW!

 

Pugh webinar: Microsoft Campus + Sophos MDR!

Pugh’s Technical Director Eifion Evans and Sales Manager Aled Davies will cover Microsoft Intune, Education Insights in Teams, pricing updates and VLSC changes.

Sophos’ Senior Technology Evangelist Jon Hope will cover Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR). Their 24/7 expert managed service is vendor agnostic and will detect and respond to cyberattacks across your environment. Jon will also provide insights into the time savings MDR offers and how it integrates with Microsoft security & other vendors.

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Meet Pugh & SMART at Bett!

Date: 29-31 March 2023
Location: ExCel Centre, London

Book your demo and get hands-on experience with SMART’s NEW QX Pro for business needs and NEW GX v2 Series and MX v4 Series for education!

Pugh’s Managing Director Jeffrey Pugh, Business Development Director Mark Price and Marketing Manager Chris Jones will be there. Come and meet us, SMART and other vendors.

Contact Chris on 01974 200 207 / chris@pugh.co.uk to arrange a meeting or demo.

Register Here

 

SketchUp 2023: Next-gen creative exploration!

The latest, brand-new SketchUp 2023 has been released and it’s full of exciting new features!

Including the NEW Revit importer tool for accurately and efficiently converting your Revit models into SketchUp geometry for deeper collaboration.

Join the SketchUp webinar at 1pm on Thursday 16th March to see all the new features!

Register Here

 

More productive, more powerful CorelDRAW!

CorelDRAW Graphics Suite has received exciting NEW updates!

• NEW Variable Outline tool – Interactively adjust the line width along a path’s outline for smooth transitions on seamless curves
• NEW cloud template library – Kickstart design projects quicker with the full collection of 200+ design templates
• NEW personalised practice project recommendations – Tailored to users’ skill levels and experience

Watch the video for full updates!

 

Bringing the power of AI to Microsoft Teams!

Microsoft continue to integrate innovative AI features within Teams!

• Intelligent Recap – Automatic AI-generated chapters based on PowerPoint Live divide meetings into sections using content from the presentation
• Personalised timeline markers – Automatically see when you joined or left a meeting in the recording to quickly revisit what you may have missed
• Live translations for meeting captions – AI-powered real-time translations in 40 spoken languages

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What’s NEW in Microsoft EDU!

Microsoft’s latest updates bring benefits across the entire M365 Education stack!

• Education Templates for Teams Meetings – Meeting options automatically set to create the right experience for you
• Reading Coach in Immersive Reader – To enable students to practice more, Reading Coach is being rolled out within Immersive Reader in even more M365 apps.
• Microsoft Whiteboard updates – Save and share templates and Loop component are now supported within Microsoft Whiteboard

Watch the video for full updates!

 

Jabra’s NEW next-gen Speak2 series!

Jabra have released the very latest version of their world-leading speakerphone series – the next-generation Speak2!

Speak2 comes packed with super-wideband audio for more powerful sound, four state-of-the-art beamforming microphones, advanced Full Duplex audio, a unique Microphone Quality Indicator and Voice Level Normalisation technology. Its sleek new premium design is more portable and durable, has longer battery life and is made from sustainable materials.

Watch the video to see more!

 

NEW Sophos XGS Series & key updates!

Sophos have released NEW XGS 7500 and XGS 8500 2U next-gen firewalls with up to 50% higher throughput than the next highest model.  These are in stock and available to order now.

Plus, in April, Sophos are automatically migrating CIX customers to CIXA free of charge for the remainder of their current terms, with no customer action required.

Sophos have also recently resolved vulnerabilities in the Sophos Connect client. You are strongly recommended to upgrade to the newest version as soon as possible.

 

Veeam’s NEW M365 complete protection!

Veeam have released their NEW Backup for Microsoft 365 v7, offering protection for M365, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive For Business & Teams!

• Backup Immutability – Confidence that backup copies are protected against ransomware attacks
• Complete Visibility – Advanced monitoring and reporting for your M365 backup environment
• Increased Control for BaaS – Tenants have more self-service backup, monitoring and restore options

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Veeam’s NEW hybrid cloud security & recovery!

Veeam have also released their NEW Backup & Replication v12, delivering data security and recovery for your entire hybrid cloud.

• Direct backup to object storage – Unlimited scalability, built-in reliability and resiliency of on-premises and cloud object storage
• Trusted immutability – Backups restored after cyberattacks with comprehensive and enterprise-grade immutability options from trusted vendors
• Cyber resiliency – Stop cyber criminals with the help of MFA, Kerberos-only authentication, IPv6 support and more

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Microsoft: NEW Intune & NEW Defender!

Microsoft’s NEW Intune Suite unifies advanced endpoint management and security solutions into one simple bundle, with Remote Help, Endpoint Privilege Management and advanced endpoint analytics.

• Even better security by reducing attack vectors
• Simplification through consolidation and automation of IT and security operations workflows
• Savings through lower management overhead and reduced support costs

Watch the video for full details!

 

Microsoft also release the NEW Defender Vulnerability Management add-on which reduces cybersecurity threats with a risk-based approach to vulnerability management.

• Security baseline assessments & block vulnerable apps
• Inventories and vulnerability assessments of apps, browser extensions, certificates and endpoints
• Network share analysis & consolidated asset inventories

Contact our friendly team of experts on 01974 200 201 / sales@pugh.co.uk for more information.

 

Microsoft’s AI-powered inclusive classrooms!

Microsoft’s NEW Learning Accelerators are AI-powered tools integrated within M365 apps that enable a truly inclusive classroom.

• Reading Progress – Data, insights and support based on missed words, repetitions and words students may be struggling with
• Speaker Coach – Practice and get real-time feedback to increase confidence when speaking and presenting
• Search Coach – Make well-educated decisions by building information literacy skills in a secure online search environment

Watch the video to discover more!