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Why cybersecurity must move beyond IT and into the boardroom

Cyber risk is increasingly being viewed as a business resilience challenge rather than solely an IT concern. In this interview, Helen Barge, Principal at Howden Risk Advisory, discusses the importance of leadership in cybersecurity, the impact of evolving compliance requirements, and how MSPs can help organisations strengthen resilience, improve cyber hygiene, and create long-term business value.

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WOMEN IN THE CHANNEL – SAL KING, SCALEFUSION

Sal King, Channel Sales Manager for the UK and Ireland at Scalefusion, discusses the company’s expansion into a new region as part of the company’s commitment to meeting the growing demand for enterprise mobility and security solutions across Europe - as more organisations embrace hybrid and remote work models, managing distributed endpoints has become a mission-critical priority. Sal also reflects on her Channel career in terms of equality and inclusion, sharing her thoughts as to how the industry has changed over time and what more needs to be done to ensure that women and minority groups are seen as an important, valued work resource as the industry addresses the ongoing skills shortage.

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DEI matters more than ever - in the IT industry and beyond

Liz Blackman, Chief Marketing Officer at Avantra, discusses the continuing importance of DEI, despite some recent ‘push back’, explaining the importance of women's perspectives in creating balanced leadership teams, how diverse viewpoints lead to better solutions and innovation in technology, the responsibility of current women leaders in challenging stereotypes for future generations and some practical approaches to creating more equitable environments in male-dominated industries.

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WOMEN IN IT – Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director, Ten10 Academy

Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director at the Ten10 Academy, shares valuable insights on empowering women in tech and promoting inclusive workplaces – including building a career in tech without a traditional tech background; the importance of DEI representation in AI and tech leadership; AI in recruitment: the need for human oversight; empowering women and Gen Z in tech; and just why a well-crafted DEI strategy can bring so many benefits to an organisation when it comes to both employee and customer interactions.

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WOMEN IN IT – SOPHIE BROWN, FLOWLIO

Sophie Brown, Commercial Director, Flowlio Ltd, talks through her career to date, from dropping out of university to her role today on the board of a software-as-a-service start-up. As a dedicated advocate for women in tech, and deeply committed to fostering inclusivity and diversity within the industry, Sophie shares her thoughts on the changes she has seen when it comes to DEI and, importantly, what still needs to be addressed to ensure that the IT industry provides the right opportunities for all.

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Tech Channel Ambassadors set to tackle IT skills gap

Ian Kilpatrick, former EVP of Nuvias and the driving force behind the newly established Tech Channel Ambassadors, explains the thinking behind the organisation – a new Community Interest Company (CIC) created to promote the channel IT industry, and to bolster inclusivity in the sector. Tech Channel Ambassadors aims to raise awareness of career opportunities across the IT channel to those in education, those returning to employment, and those looking to change career, including, but not limited to, career opportunities for girls, BAME, disabled, neurodiverse and disadvantaged groups.

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Women in IT – Tamsin Ashmore, CFO at Ultima

Tamsin Ashmore, CFO at Ultima, discusses her career to date - the challenges she has met along the way and how she has achieved success; and shares some brilliant insights as to women working in the tech space – how companies can support and progress their careers and, importantly, how to improve gender diversity within the industry.

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Women in IT - Lindsay Micklethwaite, Head of Product with Gladstone

Lindsay Micklethwaite, Head of Product at Gladstone, discusses the challenges facing women in the IT industry, the benefits of workplace equality and diversity and ways in which these can be promoted.

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From the legal profession to open technology

Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK – the not-for-profit organisation representing the UK’s Open Technology sector - started her career in the legal sector and when she did move across to the IT industry discovered a more enlightened approach to diversity, equality and inclusion, but one that still had a way to go! In this interview, she shares some brilliant insights and observations as to the attitudes she has encountered in her career, and how she is optimistic as to the future.

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Women in IT – Ann Schlemer, CEO of Percona

In the latest interview in our Women in IT series, Ann Schlemmer, CEO of Percona, explains how she moved from a career in banking, through some time away from work to concentrate on family life, and then returned to the workplace, joining the IT industry and the open source community. She has a wealth of experience and valuable insights to share when it comes to both equality and diversity.

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Women in the data centre industry – the BCS perspective

Jim Hart, CEO and Fay Visaya, Consultant, both at BCS, discuss the reasons behind the lack of women in the data centre industry at the current time and ways in which this inequality can be addressed - with both optimistic that the younger workforce generation is committed to creating a fully diverse workplace in the near future.

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