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Cloud Computing Services

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  ASL swoops for Smart Print

  Managed print and office specialist makes continues to use acquisition as a way of extending the reach of the business

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  PCM deal delivering results for Insight

  Within weeks of concluding the acquisition of PCM the firm was contributing to sales at Insight Enterprises

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Software driving increased IT spending in 2020

  Gartner has been looking into its crystal ball to see how IT spending will fare across EMEA next year

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Sophos putting MSPs at the heart of its strategy

  The firm has updated the market with interim first half numbers that underlined growth on the MSP side

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  VMware nudging partners towards SaaS model

  Software and services is the way that the vendor is expecting more of its partners to go

• November 05, 2019 05 Nov'19

  Consolidation continues with CSI and Endava both buying

  CSI and Endava both move to acquire firms that will add more depth, vertical market reach and geographical coverage

• November 04, 2019 04 Nov'19

  HPE supports as a service shift with partner programme enhancements

  To support the ambition to offer as a service across the portfolio by 2022 HPE has started to make changes to its partner programme

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  Kyocera Document Solutions boss looks beyond managed print services

  Resellers are being urged to develop more services to ensure they don’t lose the customer and miss out on hefty chunks of the IT budget

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  Datto: Still plenty of appetite in the UK for the MSP model

  The UK might be a mature market in terms of the adoption of managed services but there is a lot of mileage to go as SME needs become more complex

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Canalys: Cloud infrastructure players need the channel

  In a hybrid multi-cloud world the channel is in an ideal position to help guide customers to make the right decisions

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  ConnectWise makes double acquisition to expand portfolio

  Consolidation in the MSP world continues with ConnextWise sealing a couple of deals and striking up a strategic partnership to add more depth to its offering

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Rivals offer alternative to UKFast staff after CEO steps down

  Lawrence Jones has decided to step down amid allegations of sexual misconduct

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Avaya hits back at ‘no cloud’ claims

  Avaya responds to reports it is losing channel partners due to its lack of cloud offering

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Computacenter delivers solid third quarter

  Computacenter has cheered investors with a decent Q3 just a week after fellow channel player Softcat did the same with its full year numbers

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  Nutanix reassures channel in transition to software company

  Nutanix launches partners services programme and pushes OEM relationships

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Cancom adds more depth to UK operation with Novosco

  Belfast-based dealer becomes part of Cancom's UK operations as German firm continues to invest in the market

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  Westcoast uncovers reseller thoughts about distribution

  Channel player asks resellers what they think of distribution and finds there is work to do to support digital transformation ambitions

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Sophos adds options for MSPs with MTR

  Security vendor arms managed service providers with a detection and remedy offering

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  Adept4 looks for CloudCoCo to improve fortunes

  Managed services player is hoping the acquisition will improve its future fortunes

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  HPE points distribution towards the growing as a service opportunity

  Vendor is sitting down with distributors this week to talk about as a service, SMEs and its channel programmes

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Maintel turns to former Avaya boss to step into CEO shoes

  It's only taken a few weeks for the managed services player to settle on its choice of who will be its next chief executive

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Spiceworks previews MSP matchmaking service

  Spiceworks to launch AI-based service that enables MSPs to market themselves to customers

• September 30, 2019 30 Sep'19

  Channel to benefit from IT spending increase

  Channel partners “in driving seat” when it comes to firms’ IT spending, says Spiceworks

• 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