CronxTech roundup: Croydon’s tech bloggers carry on the good work
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
Welcome to another of our regular blog round-ups, connecting our community and giving others an insight into the innovations and thinking coming out of the Silicon Flyover. This week features several tech companies new to blog and with exciting news. If you would like more information regarding tech companies please have a look at our growing directory.
CronxTech movers and shakers
Freshwave and Croydon Council have been praised for deploying 5G small cells on Croydon’s street furniture
Award-winning mortgage software specialists Mortgage Brain review how they successfully adapted in 2020 and plans for 2021
StartUp Croydon has announced Croydon business community legend Saffron Saunders will be their new CEO – congrats!
Web development and SEO
Splendid Webs is giving tips on how you can optimise search engines to ensure that your website gets seen
The Pea Green Boat talks about how COVID-19 could be an opportunity to evaluate your business branding
Tesla Media lists lead generation options for small and medium-size business in the UK in 2021
Vaccoda Design on important insights your website’s bounce rate can tell you
Security Tech
Abeera gives advice on keeping schools safe with video analysis of CCTV
Ingenious explain how their cloud-delivered network security service can predict and prevent cyberattacks before they happen
Coversure discuss how you could insure your business against cybercrime
Data Recovery Specialists on the threat to the health sector from ransomware
E- Commerce
Chilliapple explains how to manage outsourced developers and give the pros and cons of outsourcing app development
Uniqodo tell us how to increase traffic to your website and improve your sales
Gaming
Premier’s Dan Burgess took part in a 12-hour gaming marathon for ‘Make Time to Make a Difference’, raising awareness for mental health – amazing!
Bonus section: skills resources
The Skills Toolkit is an online learning platform launched by the Government. It gives you access to free, high quality digital, numeracy and employability courses.
Learn at your own pace, with flexible and personalised training courses designed to build your confidence and help you thrive on Google Digital Garage.
HP LIFE is a free, skills-training program for entrepreneurs, business owners, and lifelong learners all over the world.
Calling all CronxTech bloggers!
If you’re one of the Croydon-based digerati and we’ve missed your content in our round-up, let us know so we can add you to our checklist for next time.
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Stay safe.