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Hybrid Cloud Architecture

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Westcon-Comstor marks 40th birthday with look ahead

  Distributor outlines the main trends that are shaping the channel as it plans to share more insights to prepare partners for the future

• May 06, 2025 06 May'25

  Park Place Technologies expands UK presence with CSI buy

  Move will add more multi-cloud support skills to the business and expand its coverage across the country

• March 19, 2025 19 Mar'25

  Softcat boss feeling optimistic as firm shares H1 results

  As Softcat shares its H1 numbers, its CEO outlines why the channel player is well-positioned to take advantage of improving customer demand

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  Channel express concerns over lack of cloud skills

  The pressure is on to meet customer demand for hosted services, but some resellers lack the cloud skills to meet that need

• February 28, 2025 28 Feb'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Nebula, Everything Tech Group, Check Point, monday.com, Scality, Horizon3.ai, TD Synnex, DTP Group and CrowdStrike

• February 13, 2025 13 Feb'25

  Insight lists AI, security and 5G among channel opportunities

  Channel player Insight is the latest to share its view of which trends are worth getting involved with this year

• December 19, 2024 19 Dec'24

  SoftwareOne and Crayon announce tie-up

  SoftwareOne’s purchase of Crayon will create a significant-sized European software and cloud provider and Microsoft specialist

• November 27, 2024 27 Nov'24

  Iomart H1 update shares progress on hybrid cloud strategy

  Channel player’s trading update reveals the state of the business prior to the acquisition of Atech last month

• November 04, 2024 04 Nov'24

  Arrow amplifies cloud opportunities

  Channel player Arrow cuts ribbon on a programme designed to get more partners able to sell and support cloud technologies

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  HP outlines workspace opportunities for partners

  HP’s latest insights into what makes a happy worker signals areas where the channel can make an impact

• October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24

  Getronics ushers in fresh CEO to drive growth

  Managed services specialist Getronics shuffles management team and brings in experienced candidate to run the global channel player

• October 01, 2024 01 Oct'24

  Iomart strikes ‘game-changing’ acquisition

  Channel player iomart continues to use M&A to bolster its position in the cloud services market

• September 18, 2024 18 Sep'24

  Local councils could benefit from the channel’s help

  OVHcloud shares insights it discovered by asking councils about their current challenges

• August 16, 2024 16 Aug'24

  HPE bolsters hybrid cloud position with Morpheus Data buy

  HPE adds more depth to its GreenLake Cloud proposition handled by partners with its latest acquisition

• August 08, 2024 08 Aug'24

  European markets improve for Infinigate in Q1

  Distributor shares revenue update for the first quarter, as well as its confidence in the prospects for the rest of the fiscal year

• July 03, 2024 03 Jul'24

  Logicalis: Sustainability still a top customer concern

  Even with the tougher economic climate, the commitment by customers to greening their business and working with those with a similar mission remains solid

• February 27, 2024 27 Feb'24

  AI fuelling cloud infrastructure services growth

  Canalys’ analysis of the market and year-long prospects indicate that the effects of artificial intelligence technology are already being felt in cloud infrastructure services

• February 21, 2024 21 Feb'24

  Danish player Conscia gains UK foothold with ITGL buy

  Deal brings together two Cisco gold partners and provides geographic expansion for acquirer

• February 19, 2024 19 Feb'24

  ANS and Global 4 partnering and CodeStone buying

  Tie-ups across the channel continue to be struck as firms look to extend areas of expertise and bolster service offerings

• January 31, 2024 31 Jan'24

  Hitachi Vantara and Cisco roll out managed services offering

  The channel is getting its hands on the fruits of a tie-up that should make life easier for customers looking for a hybrid cloud service

• January 29, 2024 29 Jan'24

  Channel must be able to support cloud repatriation shift

  Citrix shines a light on a growing trend as strategies are reconsidered in the face of security and cost concerns

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Park Place Technologies expands UK presence with Xuper buy

  Acquisition adds more third-party maintenance expertise and expands its presence across EMEA

• September 18, 2023 18 Sep'23

  Iomart CEO departs

  Outgoing boss Reece Donovan has overseen iomart’s move towards a managed services model, but is leaving the business with immediate effect

• August 31, 2023 31 Aug'23

  Centerprise extends Welsh commitment with Newport-based datacentre

  Cloud player Centerprise adds a second datacentre location in Wales as it continues to expand operations in the country

• July 28, 2023 28 Jul'23

  Citrix hands partners options to meet customer demands

  Firm rolls out single subscription covering several services that will make life easier for the channel and users

• July 21, 2023 21 Jul'23

  Bain makes second offer for SoftwareOne

  Cloud and software specialist will have to consider a higher bid for the business after turning down last month’s opening offer

• July 14, 2023 14 Jul'23

  UK performs for Proact in Q2

  Channel player shared its H1 update, indicating its performance on this side of the North Sea has been a good one

• June 29, 2023 29 Jun'23

  CloudCoCo delivers growth in H1

  Managed service provider CloudCoCo has seen revenues rise and its customer base expand in its fiscal first half

• June 27, 2023 27 Jun'23

  Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Virtuozzo and CommScope bolster MSP offerings

  Firms each announce launches that will provide managed service providers with more as-a-service options

• June 16, 2023 16 Jun'23

  Customers want MSPs to give more cloud analytics

  With many users finding the cloud is costing them more than they expected, the call for increased insights is becoming an emerging theme

• June 08, 2023 08 Jun'23

  Dell UK boss talks of channel benefits

  The recently appointed senior vice-president and general manager of Dell Technologies UK shares an update and discusses the major themes in the market

• June 05, 2023 05 Jun'23

  iomart snaps up Extrinsica

  Deal to buy Microsoft Azure specialist will add more expertise to the business

• April 26, 2023 26 Apr'23

  DataSolutions surfs security and cloud wave

  Distributor shares revenue growth numbers for past fiscal year and expects market momentum will continue in commercial space

• April 21, 2023 21 Apr'23

  A weak ESG stance will lose channel business

  Research from OVHcloud and the Cloud Industry Forum adds to growing evidence that sustainability is becoming a business maker or breaker

• March 09, 2023 09 Mar'23

  Reality of ‘more with less’ is hurting digitisation efforts, says research

  SoftwareOne highlights the strain facing customers that are having to do ‘more with less’

• February 07, 2023 07 Feb'23

  IBM channel boss relishes opportunity to grow ecosystem

  IBM’s UK and Ireland channel lead is excited by the prospect of making a difference in the role and helping the vendor increase its partner business

• January 13, 2023 13 Jan'23

  Thirdera and Aptum use acquisition to bolster reach and skills

  Firms go into M&A market to support ambitions, with both deals having implications for the UK channel

• January 11, 2023 11 Jan'23

  Mid-market customers evaluating cloud options

  Research from MSP Node4 has indicated that users are starting to question their strategy in the face of inflationary pressures and budget limitations

• December 06, 2022 06 Dec'22

  MSPs report user cloud shift is rising

  Research from Kaseya quizzing managed service providers has shone a light on the accelerated movement of workloads to the cloud

• November 10, 2022 10 Nov'22

  SoftwareONE marks a year since HeleCloud move

  Firm wanted the deal to boost its position in the AWS market and that ambition is well on the way to being achieved

• October 18, 2022 18 Oct'22

  NetApp ushers in Partner Sphere

  Vendor’s partner programme will drive its channel towards the high-revenue areas of cloud and services

• September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22

  Alibaba Cloud outlines $1bn investment in partner ecosystem

  Cloud player will spend the money over the next three years to enhance and grow its partner base

• September 16, 2022 16 Sep'22

  Cloud-appropriate is the message for the public sector

  NetApp is encouraging channel partners to push cloud when it really is the right answer, as well as continue to offer users a choice

• June 16, 2022 16 Jun'22

  Co-creation and a partner ecosystem core to IBM

  Vendor and partner Logicalis talk about working relationship as an illustration of how Big Blue is working with the channel

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  NetApp supports partners on the journey to hybrid

  Cloud data player prepared to support those that are looking to move into a position where they can deliver high value to customers

• December 15, 2021 15 Dec'21

  Dell CTO’s predictions focus on edge, mobility, data and security

  There will be plenty going on in 2022 as debates on some of the big topics evolve to meet changing trends

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  NetApp arming partners with more hybrid cloud options

  Vendor NetApp announces a raft of product and service enhancements at Insight event, and points to the potential this will open up for partners

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Digital workplace a key area for customer investment

  A report around tech priorities from Softcat has underlined how the pandemic has had a significant impact on working practices

• September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21

  HPE flags issues with public sector cloud adoption

  Vendor shares a film around the topic making the case for those in the public sector to adopt a hybrid cloud position

• September 16, 2021 16 Sep'21

  Centerprise cuts the ribbon on CiCloud

  Channel player collaborates with HPE and CloudSigma to provide a cloud platform that should tempt customers looking for a hybrid solution