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Cloud Computing Services

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Private cloud infrastructure spending holding steady

  An analysis of Q2 from IDC indicates that public cloud infrastructure spending weakened but sales on the private side held up

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  STL adds more data centre expertise with IDS deal

  STL has moved to expand its data centre infrastructure expertise and elsewhere Telstra is bringing its activities under a single banner

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Insight exposes the challenges for those running cloud projects

  European wide research casts a light on the struggles that users are having meeting the various demands of their businesses

• September 24, 2019 24 Sep'19

  WatchGuard focusing on verticals as MSP numbers swell

  Security player has seen its managed service provider relationships grow since it reached out to that segment of the channel community

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  ScanSource paints a picture of a digital future

  Just weeks after it revealed plans to divest its hardware operation the firm has updated UK partners on the strategy

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  MSPs caught between the risks and rewards of protecting customers

  Managed service players are seen by some customers as the weak link but have the potential to strengthen user defences

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Agilitas chairman Kelly awarded OBE

  Channel veteran is recognised for his efforts working in the ICT community in Wales

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Barracuda MSP continuing to increase options for managed service players

  Firm delivers first major update of Managed Workplace seven months after acquiring the security and RMM solution

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Datto challenging MSP sales and marketing assumptions

  Firm is using an event in London to challenge existing views of sales and marketing and provide advice for those looking to devise their own strategy

• September 11, 2019 11 Sep'19

  Managed services on the rise for ECSC in H1

  Cyber security specialist saw its managed services revenues climb in the first half but suffered some challenges in the consulting business

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Time to skill up and deepen customer relationships

  The fourth quarter is a key time on the sales front but there are other activities that resellers should engage in to get themselves in a stronger position come the year end

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Distribution poised for growth after evolving for the digital future

  The Global Technology Distribution Council has wrapped up it 2019 Summit with plenty of upbeat messages for the channel

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Asolvi set for further UK expansion after landing fresh investment backers

  Nordic firm has already acquired three UK firms this year and looks like more will be on the agenda after it has a fresh majority investor on board

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  CenturyLink expands channel programme across EMEA

  Firm is looking for resellers to sign up after it rolls out a major expansion in the area covered by its channel programme

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  More MSP consolidation with CMI snapping up BTA

  The two MSPs have come together in a deal that will take Cgive CMI more revenues, staff and office locations

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  Olive Communications talks of growth after solid fiscal year

  Comms specialist has seen its cloud and managed services business improve over the last fiscal year

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Maintel to part company with chief executive as profits rise

  Cloud and managed services player delivers interim half year numbers and and reveals its chief executive is leaving at the end of December

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  AWS partner HeleCloud sets sights on Europe with acquisition

  AWS specialist makes its first acquisition gaining a foothold in the Benelux region with the aim of exploiting the growth opportunities in that region

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  Kaspersky reaches MSP milestone

  Security vendor notches up sign-up milestone as the industry looks to reach out to managed service providers

• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Channel advice: How to spend the holiday weeks

  Staff might be coming and going topping up their tans but there is still plenty that the channel can do both internally and crucially externally with customers

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  Cogeco Peer 1 shows adaptability with rebranding

  Hosting specialist will become Aptum Technologies as it looks to chart a fresh course under the ownership of Digital Colony

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  IT Lab acquires Mirus IT

  Managed services player with a focus on Microsoft takes revenues past the £75m mark with a move to pick up Mirus

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  SCC investing in the future

  Channel player delivers solid set of numbers for its fiscal year at the same time as investing in IT systems to support future ambitions

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  Olive CTO talks 5G and the importance of providing a good customer experience

  Recently appointed CTO is looking to help the mobile and cloud player build on its legacy and support more global customers

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Digital transformation leadership a problem for users

  NTT research has highlighted issues around the expertise of those leading digital transformation efforts and Kyocera has highlighted the need to concentrate on people as well as technology

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  Higher margin business helps Insight in Q2

  Channel player might have seen sales remain flat but the CEO is remaining confident about the prospects for the second half

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  Financial services sector needs help with cloud and security

  A recognition of the need for digital transformation is twinned with an acceptance that the skills and security is not there to make it happen for quite a few financial services players

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Acora snaps up Plan-Net

  Combined business will create a sizeable operation offering managed services to the mid-market

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Ultima talks of growth prospects after landing PE investment

  The intelligent automation specialist has gained a significant investment from a private equity backer that will give it the chance to dedicate funds to both its product strategy and M&A activity

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Ingram Micro extends AWS relationship to cover UK&I

  Distributor builds on existing US relationship to add AWS to its UK and Ireland portfolio

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Skilled staff key to delivering CDW strategy

  Channel player's CEO opens up about the importance of having the staff to deliver its growth ambitions during a call discussing its Q2 results

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Computacenter provides investor cheer with H1 update

  Channel player issues trading statement covering its first half revealing that the business is progressing well in fiscal 19

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Enterprise growth delivers strong year at UKFast

  Cloud player has shared its 2018 numbers showing that revenues have increased by double digits

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Microsoft's OpenAI investment a positive for developers

  The $1bn multi-year investment should put Microsoft developers at the forefront of coming up with artificial intelligence tools for the Azure Cloud

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Jungle IT extends managed services reach

  Jungle has made the first of a few acquisitions as it looks to extend its managed services portfolio

• July 18, 2019 18 Jul'19

  Nadella: Trust has to be earned every day

  Microsoft CEO uses Inspire keynote to cover the importance of building trusted relationships

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Customers don't fear AI but need plenty of education around it

  A couple of pieces of research into the reaction of UK businesses to artificial intelligence has indicated there is an educational role for the channel to play if the technology is to become more widely adopted

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  SonicWall increasing support for MSSPs

  The security player has been actively looking to work with more MSSPs and has also been investing in a direct touch team to drive more enterprise business back to partners

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  Cloud Distribution launches ARMR service

  The distributor has launched a suite of white label security services aimed at making life easier for resellers

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  Asolvi seals third UK acquisition with PC Data buy

  Nordic firm extends its footprint in the UK with move for Hull-based firm making its third British buy so far this year

• July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19

  ASL and Orange add to the consolidation trend

  ASL and Orange have both turned to acquisition as a way to strengthen their market offerings

• July 05, 2019 05 Jul'19

  Mason Advisory lands major government contract

  IT consultancy beats off stiff competition to get a two-year multi-million pound public sector contract

• July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19

  Connect Managed Services and G3 Comms merge

  Customer Experience and Unified Comms players bought together to form a £55m revenue business

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Canalys: Demand for Security as a Service increasing

  An analysis of Q1 from the research house has indicated that hosted offerings are growing at much faster rate than traditional hardware and software sales

• July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19

  ScanSource snaps up intY

  The deal gives ScanSource access to intY's CASCADE cloud platform to strengthen its portfolio

• June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19

  Adept4 showing progress during challenging H1

  Managed services provider updates investors on its half year indicating that although things remain down year on year it has been taking steps to remedy the situation

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Extreme Networks rolls out the welcome mat to Aerohive partners

  Vendor makes it clear that there will be opportunities in a unified partner programme after its acquisition is completed

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Lenovo joining the DaaS party

  Vendor on the brink of rolling out an offering that channel partners can take out the SME customers

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  SysGroup strengthens West Country position with HNS buy

  MSP makes its second buy of the year to bolster its cloud services proposition

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  Insight adds muscle on both sides of the Atlantic with PCM buy

  Insight has forked out a significant amount to add IT products and services player PCM to the portfolio