MEN Tech Awards 2021: Winners and runners-up revealed as ceremony celebrates Manchester s thriving tech scene
MediaCity-based VR firm Xpllore was one of the night s big winners, taking home two prestigious awards
09:23, 21 MAY 2021
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Tom Honeyands, also known as Tech Chap, hosted the MEN Tech Awards on Thursday
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by Stephen Chapman
Two Greater Manchester companies are taking part in a ground-breaking project to test how cities can use tech to adapt to a post-Covid world.
R-Com and Cyber Defence Service have joined the MediaCityUK-based Smart City Innovation Testbed.
Cyber Defence Service has developed an Internet of Things (IoT) security platform OvertAI which passively monitors IoT devices connected to the network, detecting anomalies and potential threats.
It will place IoT detection edge-compute nodes around MediaCityUK. On average a person owns six smart devices and a significant proportion of these will be built from parts delivered by the cheapest supplier meaning that over time they become obsolete and unsupported, which can present a real risk to an entire network,” explained Pete Davies CTO of the Cyber Defence Service.