News

Information Security Services

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  Expertise will unlock OT opportunity

  Channel advised to develop understanding and skills to support customers looking to connect and protect their operational technology environments

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  AvePoint points to MSP contribution in Q3

  Digital workplace player experiences a strong quarter with its channel continuing to play a pivotal role in delivering growth

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Cisco channel chief talks 360, AI and partner value

  As the vendor pulls thousands of its partners together for its summit, its recently installed channel leader shares his thoughts on a range of issues

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Trustmarque and Ultima, Westcon-Comstor, Climb, Presidio and Phoenix Software

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  Cisco steps up security options for MSPs

  Cisco’s cloud platform enhancements have been designed to make life easier for its managed service provider base

• October 24, 2025 24 Oct'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at NCC Group, Arrow Electronics, NTT Data, Hammer and Kaseya

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Softcat CEO talks expansion, AI and growing in a tough market

  With the publication of the channel player’s FY25 results, Softcat’s boss shares context around the firm’s strong performance

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Softcat delivers again in FY ’25

  Channel player has delivered growth for more than two decades as the focus on data and digital technology continues to pay off

• October 17, 2025 17 Oct'25

  Opswat continues to invest in UK channel growth

  Security player Opswat signals it will increase headcount next year and build on the momentum enjoyed in 2025

• October 17, 2025 17 Oct'25

  PCL Group unveils SME security offering

  Channel player PCL Group invests in developing a service to add data protection to the options it can provide to its customer base

• October 17, 2025 17 Oct'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at ANS, Hammer, e92plus, TD Synnex, Intermedia, LevelBlue, Barracuda and Westcon-Comstor

• October 16, 2025 16 Oct'25

  GTIA sharing MSP threat intelligence

  Organisation keen to get members engaged with its forums to share, track and expose the latest efforts by cyber criminals to underline the managed service provider community

• October 15, 2025 15 Oct'25

  Mimecast channel boss outlines strategy

  With three months under his belt as worldwide channel chief at the security player, Micheal McCollough shares his priorities

• October 09, 2025 09 Oct'25

  Canalys: MSP foundations are eroding

  Experts at the Canalys Channel Forum believe the pressure to increase security and the demand for co-managed services are affecting the traditional approach to market

• September 26, 2025 26 Sep'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Crayon, SoftwareOne, Exclusive Networks, Arrow and Westcon-Comstor

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Dell and Lenovo hand partners fresh products to pitch

  Hardware suppliers identify private cloud and the SME market as areas where they and their channels can make an impact

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Exertis Enterprise, Kite Distribution, e92spark, Akamai Technologies, Inforcer and Asanti Data Centres

• September 18, 2025 18 Sep'25

  Bytes shows resilience in first half of 2025

  Channel player Bytes shares trading update covering its first half, with the business remaining on track

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Kaspersky looking for MSP growth

  Security vendor Kaspersky is on a mission to increase the number of managed service providers it works with

• September 12, 2025 12 Sep'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at TD Synnex, Arrow, Westcon-Comstor, Exclusive Networks, Umbraco, Evolve IP and Cellhub

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Q&A: Stuart Robson-Frisby, Netwrix

  The firm’s recently appointed worldwide head of channel shares his thoughts on where partners are heading and his plans for the business

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments of note this week at Synaxon, Ricoh Europe, Zyxel Networks, SentinelOne and Sharp

• September 04, 2025 04 Sep'25

  Sticking with Windows 10 could be costly

  As the clock ticks down on support for the OS, research indicates that sticking with the platform could be expensive

• August 15, 2025 15 Aug'25

  Network assessments a key plank in MSP security efforts

  Industry figures call on the channel to get on top of their own networks to reduce vulnerabilities

• August 14, 2025 14 Aug'25

  SMEs yet to embrace cyber insurance

  Although managed service providers are being told they need to work with the insurance industry, the message has yet to get to a vast number of customers

• August 13, 2025 13 Aug'25

  SonicWall backs MSPs with unified approach

  The security player launches a wave of products as JumpCloud’s latest market survey reveals the benefits of consolidating IT tools

• August 11, 2025 11 Aug'25

  Aspire sets sights on £100m revenue

  Strength of channel player’s 2024 fiscal year gives it the confidence to go for an ambitious growth target

• August 08, 2025 08 Aug'25

  MSPs encouraged to tighten up security defences

  Fears of attacks that exploit VPN vulnerabilities and compromise networks has underlined the need for the channel to remain vigilant

• August 08, 2025 08 Aug'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Lenovo, Exertis Enterprise, Phoenix Software, NTT DATA and WatchGuard Technologies

• August 07, 2025 07 Aug'25

  Context: Security continues to deliver for distribution in H1

  Review of how the first half of the year has gone indicates that overall the market is growing, although the UK could pick up steam compared with mainland Europe

• August 05, 2025 05 Aug'25

  Climb and IGEL extend Treadmill programme

  UK distributor given opportunity to extend programme after delivering solid results in the first few months of relationship

• August 01, 2025 01 Aug'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at TD Synnex, Insight Enterprises, Kite Distribution, Cynomi, Fortinet and Confluent

• August 01, 2025 01 Aug'25

  SentinelOne preparing partners for programme

  The cloud security player is working with its channel to ensure they are taking advantage of PartnerOne

• July 31, 2025 31 Jul'25

  Climb Global Solutions hints at further M&A

  Distributor shares Q2 progress, with CEO talking of willingness to make strategic investments to expand the business

• July 31, 2025 31 Jul'25

  Ingram Micro threatened with post-ransomware data leak

  Group that attacked distributor indicate they have terabytes of data that was stolen from the channel player

• July 30, 2025 30 Jul'25

  Cyber insurance emerging as a compliance factor

  Espria has added its voice to concerns that growing numbers of firms are going to fall foul of the demands of the insurance industry

• July 25, 2025 25 Jul'25

  Abnormal AI seeks to widen channel base

  Security player is keen to deepen existing relationships and work with fresh partners to extend its reach in the UK and beyond

• July 25, 2025 25 Jul'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Westcoast, Exertis, TD Synnex, Orange Cyberdefense, Iomart, Source Code Control and Pentest People

• July 22, 2025 22 Jul'25

  MSPs unprepared to deal with financial impact of cyber attacks

  Insights into the attitude of managed service providers to ransomware from CyberSmart has exposed a mixed response towards planning for the worst

• July 21, 2025 21 Jul'25

  OT security a channel opportunity

  Research and anecdotal experiences of those working across the channel all point to operational technology being an area that needs to be secured by partners

• July 18, 2025 18 Jul'25

  Exertis Enterprise looks to life after sale of IT business

  Enterprise-focused business was not part of the sale earlier this week and continues to operate under the DCC Technology umbrella

• July 18, 2025 18 Jul'25

  Barracuda: Security opportunities and challenges out there for MSPs

  Survey of the market reveals many SME customers are working with the channel, and are prepared to spend to keep themselves protected

• July 15, 2025 15 Jul'25

  Security distie e92plus sparks off division with Scalefusion

  Security distributor e92plus makes launch signing of its emerging technologies operation by bringing UEM player Scalefusion on board

• July 10, 2025 10 Jul'25

  High-profile attacks underline ransomware threat

  With the headlines dominated by recent incidents that have impacted retailers and the channel, the need remains for partners to continue to support customers

• July 09, 2025 09 Jul'25

  Ingram Micro ransomware attack contained and remediated

  Distributor shares update on efforts made to recover from the attack that hit the business late last week

• July 07, 2025 07 Jul'25

  Ingram Micro hit by ransomware attack

  Distributor Ingram Micro suffers outages after ransomware group targets the channel player

• July 04, 2025 04 Jul'25

  boxxe bolsters position with CAE buy

  Channel consolidation continues, with Cisco and Microsoft partner snapped up in the latest deal

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Working Together for Channel Success: Analysts discuss security, partner programmes, sustainability

  The topics of security, sustainability and the need for evolving partner programmes were discussed at the partner event

• June 26, 2025 26 Jun'25

  Cyber insurers adding to MSP challenges

  The prospect that some managed service providers could fall foul of the needs of the insurance industry is a concern raised by Canalys

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Channel still key to plugging security expertise gaps

  Analyses of the state of ransomware by Sophos and from the NCC Group underlines the continuing need for partners to aid customers