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Small Business Networks

• October 23, 2024 23 Oct'24

  Three Business calls for more support to drive SME growth

  Comms specialist shares findings that indicate better infrastructure would generate billions more in economic activity

• March 28, 2024 28 Mar'24

  Exclusive bolsters APAC operations

  Second acquisition in the space of four months gives the distributor a platform to increase the Asia-Pacific region’s contribution to the overall business

• March 21, 2024 21 Mar'24

  TD Synnex stocks Cisco Refresh products

  Distributor TD Synnex will hold Cisco Refresh goods that will make it quicker for partners to get their hands on refurbished products

• November 09, 2023 09 Nov'23

  Cisco unveils major partner incentive enhancements

  Vendor uses channel event to outline changes that will provide more rewards to those that sell solutions and support customers

• September 12, 2022 12 Sep'22

  Babble makes another double swoop

  Comms player likes to order doubles, and has made another couple of acquisitions to keep its list of deals growing further

• July 18, 2022 18 Jul'22

  Heat sends workers home but more training on video comms needed

  The extreme temperatures have again triggered a call for home working, but as Sharp has discovered, many SMEs are still adapting to how that works

• June 30, 2021 30 Jun'21

  Channel warned comms contracts not flexible enough

  Comms player highlights a negative reaction from some customers to mutli-year contracts

• May 14, 2021 14 May'21

  Significant number of SMEs unaware of looming ISDN switch-off

  The 2025 ISDN switch-off is moving closer and as local exchanges are marked out for transition, Spitfire Network Services has exposed high levels of ignorance about the changes

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Onecom picks up Olive Communications

  Combination of two of Vodafone’s largest partners, Onecom and Olive, will create a communications powerhouse

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  BT and Cisco lift lid on digital transformation acceleration

  Research from BT and Cisco indicates just how much the pandemic has pushed along the digital agenda and how the channel is reacting

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  Riverbed still pitching visibility and performance

  Networking player believes its message is a good one for channel partners to take out to customers drawing up future strategies

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  DWS demerges from Daisy with Inflexion investment

  Channel comms player starts a fresh chapter with private equity player taking a significant minority stake in the business

• December 15, 2020 15 Dec'20

  Virgin Media Business Wholesale shines light on network upgrade opportunities

  The shift to home working and operating online has underlined the need for customers to upgrade networking infrastructure, but the channel must overcome some resistance to unlock that business

• July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20

  Consolidation continues with Q Associates buying and Radius Connect emerging

  Getting bigger is still a maxim being followed by some in the channel, with a couple of examples to add to the ever-expanding acquisitions list

• April 07, 2020 07 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: BT’s response to maintain service levels

  Telecoms player is taking steps to arm partners with more support and minimise risks for those still working in the field

• March 10, 2020 10 Mar'20

  Giacom, Renewtrak and Apstra reach out to partners

  Activity to reach out to partners continues as distributors and vendors look to extend market influence

• February 10, 2020 10 Feb'20

  Maintel boss confident of transforming the business

  After a few months in the hot seat, Ioan MacRae believes channel player Maintel has the weapons in its armoury to drive future growth

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  Extreme Networks hands resellers the solution to go after retailers

  Vendor is giving partners the option to take a number of options out to retailers that want automated and easy connectivity

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  Wavenet snaps up Microsoft Teams player VIA

  Deal has been struck in a move by Wavenet to increase the expertise it can offer around Teams

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Radius Payment Solutions buys again to strengthen telecom arm

  The firm has made several acquisitions in the past few weeks to add extra muscle to its telecom operation

• December 03, 2019 03 Dec'19

  CounterPath preparing for UCC battle in SME space

  The unified comms specialist is competing in a crowded SME market and the expectation is that customer segment will continue to be fought over

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  HPE working with the channel on SME networking opportunities

  Vendor has seen growth in the SME space for its Aruba services and has plans to deliver more customer offerings via the channel

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Gradwell gets solution provider nod from 3CX

  Tie-up will see Gradwell move into a position of providing resellers with more services support

• July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  Cisco wins court battle against grey trader

  The networking vendor has won a victory against two directors of Manchester-based Gen-X

• May 24, 2018 24 May'18

  Daisy in the frame to pick up TalkTalk Direct B2B business

  The channel player has been given a period of exclusivity to move forward with a bid for the telco's Direct B2B business