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Managed IT Services

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 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
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 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 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
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
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
Channel consolidation continues with trio of deals

This year has already seen plenty of action on the mergers and acquisitions front and this week has added another three deals to the list
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
The MSP journey starts with identifying skills and vendors

Advice for those looking to move into managed services came out of an online Q&A on the back of MSP Day last month
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
HPE to go fully as a Service

The firm has set 2022 as the deadline all of its portfolio will be available on an as a Service basis with the channel playing a key role delivering it
June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19
SMEs still not getting the cloud

Small firms are crying out for education around the cloud with many not using the technology
June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19
MSPs told to be wary of the CSP model

A channel event in Canada will resonate with managed service players here who are worried about losing customer relationships
June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19
Goodbye Daisy Partner Services and hello Allvotec

Daisy Partner Services is to be rebranded and given more independence as voice and data specialist Allvotec
June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19
Security vendors reaching out to MSP community

One of the themes of InfoSec is the ongoing move by vendors to appeal to the managed service provider community
June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19
Tech Data increasing managed security services support

Distributor rolls out a programme to support those resellers looking to make the shift into the MSSP market
May 24, 2019 24 May'19
Customers struggling with cloud security

Research from Claranet has revealed that many customers are finding it difficult to find the in-house resources to handle cloud security issues
May 23, 2019 23 May'19
MSP Day: More education needed but the future is bright

The second annual MSP Day has arrived and with it research into what is happening with the managed services community
May 22, 2019 22 May'19
SMEs increasing looking to MSPs

Datto's latest State of the MSP report paints a picture of a market in rude health that is enjoying an expanding customer base and widening service offerings
May 17, 2019 17 May'19
Recarta acquisition extends vendor relationships and infrastructure expertise

The IBM partner joins the growing list of resellers that have struck acquisitions this year after picking up Möbius Business Technologies
May 17, 2019 17 May'19
Barracuda enlists partners to hit $1 billion target

Barracuda CEO reveals growth plans to partners during firm's channel get together
May 15, 2019 15 May'19
Oncore IT and Node4 hit the acquisition trail

Both firms bolster their activities through purchases that will deliver unified comms for Oncore IT and SaaS skills for Node4
May 14, 2019 14 May'19
Insight makes hire to support services ambitions

Channel player brings on board more expertise to grow its services ambitions across EMEA
May 10, 2019 10 May'19
Nutanix encouraging partners to develop HCI skills

The vendor is keen to get partners moving upstream to deliver hyper converged infrastructure products and services
May 10, 2019 10 May'19
Kaseya CEO: MSPs are dealing with the biggest issues in SME IT

Managed service providers are being looked to from customers struggling to deal with increasing complexity
May 09, 2019 09 May'19
MSPs have to address the security dimension

The need for managed service providers to push the security conversation with users has emerged as one of the key themes of the SolarWinds MSP event in Amsterdam
April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19
SolarWinds and AdEPT both on the acquisition trail

Some changes in the IT services channel with a couple of deals designed to bolster the portfolios that are being offered by SolarWinds and AdEPT
April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19
Digital transformation spending flooding across all verticals

IDC is forecasting strong customer investments in digital transformation projects but the channel needs to make sure the focus is on more than just spending on tech
April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19
Data-driven services key to partner success, says Schneider

Vendor claims data analysis offers MSPs differentiation as their businesses move to the edge
April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19
HaaS already an option for many customers

Hardware as a Service is a model already being used by plenty of customers according to research from Spiceworks
April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19
WatchGuard makes life easier for MSPs

The security player has launched a cloud platform to support its managed service partners
April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19
Adept4 looks at legal options after customer cans contract

The managed services provider is looking at its options after a customer handed it a termination notice
April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19
Rapid7 acquires NetFort

Security player adds more muscle to its cloud platform with acquisition that will add network visibility and analysis tools
March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19
Security world moving more to subcription model

Vendors are being advised to make sure that the channel can support that shift away from traditional ways of purchasing security hardware and software
March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19
Time and money holding back IT pro skills development

Those delivering technological solutions for customers are only too aware that the world is changing and skills need to be developed but as SolarWinds has uncovered its not quite that simple