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Managed IT Services

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Redcentric acquisition spurs growth

  Redcentric has completed the integration of InTechnology and revealed growth in its managed services business

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  NTT Com Security hires to support managed services ambitions

  NTT Com Security has made a couple of senior appointments as it continues to make moves to deliver more managed security services

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Comms-care snaps up Platform

  Comms-care has extended its professional services reach after acquiring Platform Consultancy Services

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Brocade encouraging managed services approach

  With more customers demanding a managed services style delivery of their technology Brocade is looking to encourage more partners to meet that demand

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Castleton swoops on public sector player Montal

  Ian Smith has been busy signing contracts as Castleton Technology acquires Montal

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Accumuli move to managed services continues

  Accumuli has increased its managed services revenue as the firm continues to consider further acquisitions to aid growth

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Tripwire on the hunt for managed security specialists

  With mid-market customers looking for third party help to secure the cloud Tripwire is looking for channel players that can meet that need

• June 18, 2014 18 Jun'14

  SolarWinds buys Pingdom to address cloud app performance

  SolarWinds has splashed out for Pingdom to add cloud app performance to its product portfolio

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Daisy signals intention to keep acquisition spree going

  Daisy has seen its banking arrangements change so it can continue with its acquisition strategy

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Claranet shuffles management pack

  Claranet has made changes to its management team as it looks to grow the business

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  ANS founder awarded MBE in Birthday Honours

  ANS Founder Scott Fletcher has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours

• June 13, 2014 13 Jun'14

  Windows Server 2003 end of life a defining channel moment

  The channel should grasp the end of life for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and encourage users to make the move to a hosted alternative

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  Phoenix boss sets out turnaround strategy

  Just a couple of months into his role as Phoenix CEO the boss of the channel player has set out a strategy to improve the firm's fortunes

• June 09, 2014 09 Jun'14

  Autotask snapped up by Vista Equity Partners

  Managed services software player Autotask has been acquired by Vista Equity Partners

• June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14

  Arrow seeks resellers following SoftLayer deal

  Arrow Electronics is looking to deliver more reseller relationships for Softlayer after it sealed a deal to work with the vendor

• June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14

  Claranet finds channel needs to increase cloud support

  Claranet research has found that the channel needs to increase cloud support to help customers overcome their aversion to risk

• May 28, 2014 28 May'14

  Azzurri appoints new CEO, goes for growth

  Azzurri has appointed an industry veteran to take up its CEO position

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  IBM rolls out more big data tools for managed service providers

  IBM has added more analytical tools to help managed service providers and customers get a handle on their data

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  Datatec forms standalone IT consultancy

  Datatec has created a standalone consultancy to target growing opportunities in the market

• May 14, 2014 14 May'14

  Logicalis the shining star for Datatec

  A robust performance in its latest fiscal year from Logicalis helped parent Datatec but things were not as good at Westcon

• May 14, 2014 14 May'14

  McAfee woos resellers with SaaS platform

  McAfee has teamed up with Arrow to provide a SaaS service for resellers targeting SMEs

• May 14, 2014 14 May'14

  NetSuite’s Nelson flexes muscles at SuiteWorld 2014

  In a sabre-rattling address to 6,500 attendees at SuiteWorld 2014 in San Jose, California, NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson praised channel partner expertise and laid into his competitors

• May 12, 2014 12 May'14

  SCC signals it could acquire again as revenues grow

  SCC's CEO has indicated that it could acquire in the managed services area as it reported strong revenue growth for its latest fiscal year

• May 07, 2014 07 May'14

  Playing cupid in the cloud – finding the perfect partner

  Dave Ellis, director of strategy, Arrow ECS has some advice for those channel players looking for the right cloud partner

• May 01, 2014 01 May'14

  Security specialists in prime position to take managed services high ground

  Barracuda Networks has identified a preference from users for managed service providers with a strong security background

• April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14

  Claranet exposes customer cloud migration problems

  Half of UK customers are struggling to migrate and integrate legacy on-premise systems with a cloud environment according to Claranet

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  SaaS player Alert Logic pitches up in Cardiff

  Security as a Service specialist Alert Logic has set up a Cardiff operation to provide better levels of service to UK customers

• April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14

  Westcon to buy Intact Integrated Services

  Networking distie beefs up Cisco services offering with the acquisition of Intact Integrated Services

• April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14

  French performance undermines Computacenter Q1

  Decent numbers from the UK and a stable performance in Germany have not been matched by the French operation for Computacenter

• April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14

  Intermedia looks for channel growth with Simister appointment

  Cloud specialist Intermedia has appointed a UK sales director with a brief to grow its channel business

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Softcat records 30% year-on-year growth

  IT infrastructure provider Softcat has notched up revenues of £395.8 million for its financial year ending 31 July 2013, representing a 30% year-on-year increase

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Empowered aims to bolster channel offering following OrderWorks acquistion

  Empowered SMS, a provider of IT services to the UK channel is acquiring OrderWorks an ICT project and support service vendor which targets SME mid-market channels and consumer electronics retail markets

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Tupman returns to channel with Connect Communications buyout

  Networking and comms entrepreneur Alex Tupman spearheads MBO at MSP Managed Communications in hopes of building a £100m business

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  Azzurri gets into managed mobility services with ICON Mobilise

  Managed network and comms services provider Azzurri adds mobility to its recently-launched UCaaS package, ICON

• April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 11 April 2014

  XP shutdown arrives, SME spending on the rise, and Ingram reports channel network success. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past seven days

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 4 April 2014

  Capita buys another reseller, Gartner in last ditch XP warning, and government unwraps cyber-security team. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  Salesforce leans on partners to deliver vertical strategy

  Salesforce.com has outlined a vertical market strategy that will involve establishing ecosystems of partners to ensure its success

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Gartner IT spending forecasts for 2014 on track

  With a quarter of the year gone Gartner has indicated it believes its forecasts of growth in global IT spending this year remain on track

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Capita buys Updata Infrastructure

  IT services giant Capita makes its second channel acquisition in the space of a fortnight, buying up networking reseller Updata for £80m

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  Redcentric sales bulked up by InTechnology acquisition

  Managed services provider Redcentric releases an optimistic trading update as its financial year draws to a close

• March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 March 2014

  Catch up on all the biggest channel news stories from the past week, including full coverage of HP Global Partner Conference and Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas

• March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14

  Claranet warns flexible cloud payments could be costly

  Research from Claranet has warned that some customers opting for pay-as-you-go cloud payment models might be leaving themselves out of pocket

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Cloud supply chain requires clarity

  The Cloud Industry Forum's certification partner has warned that customers and resellers need a clear supply

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Gartner: CIOs plan to change suppliers to gain better support

  Gartner has warned that CIOs are looking for better support as in the next couple of years as they take advantage of some of the big technological changes

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Outsourcery bottom line loss outweighs top line sales

  Cloud services provider Outsourcery has posted steady growth in revenues but has also copped to a substantial loss in its first financial year-end statement since becoming a listed company

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Logicalis hires Fujitsu solutions, architecture head Aston to run services

  Richard Aston, former head of solutions and services at Fujitsu, jumps ship to Logicalis to spearhead the introduction of its Optimal services brand

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Kelway lands £150m Atos contract

  Kelway has been given a five year contract by Atos to handle its workspace and datacentre infrastructure

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 March 2014

  SaaS most beloved cloud option, says report, Microsoft channel boss speaks out on reseller transition, and Azzurri cements recovery with cloud UC. Catch up on the biggest channel stories from last week

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  ISN Solutions lands £4.6m investment

  Oil and gas vertical market specialist ISN Solutions has secured a £4.6m investment as it looks for further growth

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Intermedia increases partner commission by a third

  As part of its bid to recruit more MSPs and VARs, hosted cloud provider Intermedia has increased its monthly recurring revenues for partners

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Microsoft keen to help cloud sceptics

  Microsoft is willing to get those partners that have yet to take the plunge selling the cloud involved in an area of the market that is growing strongly

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  Azzurri ICON cloud launch cements business turnaround

  Azzurri says the launch of its new ICON cloud and managed unified comms services suite heralds a return to normality following its restructuring

• March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14

  UK and Germany deliver growth for Computacenter

  Details of its full year financials indicate that Computacenter broke the £3bn revenue barrier as services business grew

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  Timico Partners hires channel marketing boss

  Clare Greenall joins Timico Partners from Gamma Business Comms to take charge of its reseller strategy

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  CompTIA brings together comms, IT channels at Connected Business Expo

  At Connected Business Expo in London, CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux has called for greater co-operation between telecoms and IT resellers

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  McAfee experiences strong MSP interest

  Just weeks after launching its managed services programme McAfee has seen strong reseller interest in the scheme

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  Managed services transition speeding up

  Technology is helping customers adopt managed services quicker and resellers are moving with greater speed to become MSPs, according to an IBM study

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  IBM: Channel has pivotal role to play as selling model changes

  A senior channel executive at IBM Europe has indicated the channel can help it make the move to a services led sales approach

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  Colt names Northdoor as newest franchisee

  Network and comms provider Colt continues its drive to sign up franchise partners, inking a new agreement with City of London-based consultancy Northdoor

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  Mimecast heralds first 100 certified partners

  Mimecast has hit the milestone of getting 100 partners through its technical certification process

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 February 2014

  SCC buys into managed print game, Andy Gass returns to Blighty, and Phoenix offers assistance to sunken SMEs. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories of last week

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  NaviSite on the prowl for channel partners following OISG deal

  MSP NaviSite makes major channel signing in the shape of OISG

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Onyx cruises towards £20m revenue mark

  Onyx Group reflects on a strong financial year, with turnover heading towards the £20m mark

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 February 2014

  Claranet CEO talks cloud channel landscape, Yorks cricketer heads to Big Technology and Discount-Licensing hits out at FAST. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Order book grows at Phoenix IT Group

  An improving order book was one highlight of the third fiscal quarter at Phoenix IT Group

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Insight to build Euro cloud platform on Colt technology

  Insight Enterprises and Colt sign a major deal to underpin Insight’s pan-European cloud platform with Colt’s networking and datacentre services

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Resellers braced for more mobility demand

  The latest MicroScope poll has revealed a reseller market expecting more spending from customers on mobility and cloud

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Claranet CEO: cloud providers to consolidate around midmarket

  Charles Nasser, CEO at expansive MSP Claranet forecasts consolidation in the cloud services market after booking 50% year-on-year growth across Europe

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 February 2014

  Microsoft clashes with reseller in copyright case, Dell extends SME managed print options, and Tintri forges ahead with virtual storage plan. Catch up on the biggest stories of last week

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  ASG Software puts channel at heart of relaunch

  Enterprise software solutions firm ASG turns its back on direct selling model for first time in 28 year history

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Zynstra signs Ingram for channel push

  SME hybrid cloud specialist Zynstra has signed Ingram Micro as it looks to grow its channel base

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  Outsourcery urges channel to address user cloud fears

  Outsourcery has urged resellers to help calm user worries about putting financial data into the cloud

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  CloudStore to be rebuilt to include other digital frameworks

  GDS is to build a Government Digital eMarketplace which will include the CloudStore and other digital frameworks

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Dimension Data acquires NextiraOne, announces midmarket designs

  Dimension Data makes good on plans to buy networking comms integrator NextiraOne for an undisclosed sum and says it will expand into the midmarket

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  RM profits up after PC business exit

  Full year sales at RM have dropped as anticipated, but growth in profits suggests things are going the right way following the closure of its PC business

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Citrix kicks off CEO search

  Citrix is starting the process of searching for a new CEO after Mark Templeton announced plans to retire in the next year

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Keltec becomes third Colt franchise partner in UK

  Infrastructure and technology integrator Keltec becomes the third UK firm to be handed Colt franchise partner status

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Azzurri’s Vim Vithaldas calls it a day

  Azzurri CEO Vim Vithaldas will leave the firm in July having accomplished his goals at the firm

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Accenture predicts more enterprise IT innovation

  Accenture's Technology Vision 2014 report outlines a world where large companies are as innovative as start-ups when it comes to using IT to improve the business

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Brit tech sector upswing gets into gear, says KPMG, Markit report

  The latest edition of KPMG and Markit’s Tech Monitor UK report suggests the IT industry is growing at its fastest pace since February of 2004

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 24 January 2014

  Lenovo gets its hands on IBM's x86 server business, Cisco in cloud conflict warning, and we report from education tech showcase BETT 2014. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past week

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Alternative Networks buys ControlCircle for hosting, cloud skills

  Alternative Networks acquires hosting and cloud services firm ControlCircle in its second major buy of the year, just two weeks after it picked up Intercept IT

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  Cisco: cloud could cause conflict between buyers and channel

  A survey of IT professionals conducted by Cisco and Intel has suggested that as control over IT shifts to lines of business, IT departments acting as brokers could come into conflict with the channel

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Calyx makes major service desk investment

  MSP claims enhancements to in-house service desk will enable it to increase its customer service capacity by 200 hours per week

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Outsourcing market moves to smaller deals

  The latest Outsourcing Index shows a move away from customers spending millions on mega deals looking for a more flexible lower contract value approach

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Onyx Group relaunches business partner programme

  Datacentre and IaaS provider Onyx celebrates 20th birthday with enhanced channel partner offering

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  RnD uses Alvea to underline SME cloud options

  RnD Systems Integration has rolled out hosted storage for a London-based marketing agency within just a few weeks of getting sign-off on the project

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 January 2013

  EMC gives sneak preview of new partner programme, distribution dragons seek out up-and-coming vendors, and Avnet gets new UK boss following reshuffle. Catch up on the biggest channel stories of last week

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  EC hopes to encourage greater cloud use

  The European Commission is setting out to educate users and businesses about the benefits of cloud computing

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  HCL technologies extends cloud options with CSC tie-up

  Services players HCL Technologies and CSC have formed a partnership to help customers move to the cloud

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Logicalis highlights managed services opportunities

  A survey from Logicalis reveals that customers are more prepared to turn to managed service providers to run more of their IT infrastructure

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Datatec issues new profit warning, Westcon still soft

  ICT solutions provider Datatec has issued a profit warning after trading at Westcon failed to improve

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Kcom expands Cisco Powered virtual datacentre services offering

  Managed network services provider Kcom achieves new Cisco Powered Services Designation around virtualised datacentres

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Cloud doubts starting to clear

  Research from Databarracks and Claranet indicates that some of the worries users had about the cloud are starting to be overcome

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 January 2014

  McAfee brand killed off by Intel, Avnet gets new UK management and Gartner bets on enterprise software. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  Alternative Networks buys Intercept IT

  First major channel acquisition of 2014 sees hosted desktop specialist Intercept IT absorbed into business comms services provider Alternative Networks in a £12.95m deal

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories: December 2013

  AMD predicts PC resurgence, Microsoft launches cloud partner network, and HP unveils 2014 hardware ranges. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from December 2013

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  TechMarketView: Financial sector a software and services opportunity

  Analyst house TechMarketView has forecast strong growth in the IT software and services sector for those vendors and channel players operating in the financial services sector

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  Nasstar extends MSP reach with e-know.net buy

  Hosted desktop player Nasstar has announced the acquisition of MSP e-know.net

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  K3 Hosting seals first strategic channel partnership

  Just weeks after setting up the K3 Hosting operation has formed its first strategic partnership to widen its market reach