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Cloudy Keepit opens UK HQ in London

Posted on February 28, 2024 by - News

City Hall and Tower Bridge at Night, London

Cloudy backup outfit Keepit has opened a UK HQ in London as it ramps up its British expansion.

The Danish firm has seen 100 per cent annual growth in the region for the past three years and claims it will do it again in 2024.

The firm added the announcement comes after a recent £29 million cash boost from HSBC Innovation Banking and the launch of the Keepit partner network as the company switches to a partner-only strategy.

Keepit has teamed up with the likes of Phoenix, CDW, and Softcat, is looking to sign up a mix of more extensive partners, and aims to grow its networks within the Salesforce community, too.

He said the firm plans to launch a new partner programme across EMEA, including training and certification, letting partners get different levels of badges.

Keepit claims to be the only backup firm offering the benefits of broad application support and other unique features.

Wasabi grew at double the market rate

Posted on November 27, 2023 by - News

Expanding its channel network did the cloudy outfit Wasabi Technologies some good – it managed to grow at double the market growth rate in 2023.

Wasabi had partner deals in Europe and new platform capabilities aimed at partners.

The company said its main issue is “guilt by association” due to hyperscalers being scrutinised in Europe for lock-in and egress fees.

Wasabi EMEA VP and GM John Howes said that while this issue did not directly affect the company, it highlights its value proposition.

Phoenix named Microsoft’s UK partner of the year

Posted on July 14, 2021 by - News

Phoenix Software is Microsoft’s UK partner of the year for 2021.

The company, which was founded more than 30 years ago, saw cloud consumption rise sharply over the past year as it supported critical, public-facing organisations through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Phoenix pushed hybrid working models during the lockdown, letting them deliver valuable services to their own customers. It also ran pandemic response focused webinars that helped customers with Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft Teams and security, as well as delivering numerous free Azure Managed Services to the not-for-profit sector. The company also sought to boost digital skills throughout its customer base.

Resellers scoop NHS security deal

Posted on August 12, 2020 by - News

Resellers have been winning parts of a £500 million framework that will provide “end-to-end” IT to the NHS  including Computacenter, Softcat, Total and Dell.

The Digital Workplace Solutions framework is managed by NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) and replaces the predecessor “Link: IT Solutions”.

Total Computers sales director Kieran O’Connor said: “We’re already working with NHS Shared Business Services through ‘The Edge4Health’, so are thrilled to be a ‘Digital Workplace Solutions’ supplier and see it as further endorsement of our ability to provide the public sector with competitive pricing, technical excellence and great service.”

The framework will run for an initial two-year period, with an option to run for a further two years after. Since publication, NHS SBS has told CRNthat the framework is worth an estimated £500 million.

Phoenix47 buys Guardian – no, not the newspaper

Posted on October 18, 2019 by - News

Phoenix47 has bought Guardian Technologies, a privately held company that specialises in a range of security services. The acquisition will complement Phoenix47’s ever-growing security consulting practice.

Providing security consultancy, Guardian Technologies delivers a range of security services which apparently are designed to strengthen business applications and protect IT infrastructure.

The buy is seen as part of Phoenix47’s cunning plan to invest in and create next-generation cybersecurity services to help protect clients’ “end to end” business. That’s from top to bottom, it seems.

Bytes buys Phoenix

Posted on October 2, 2017 by - News

Fawkes_WB_F2_FawkesMeetingHarryPotter_Still_100615_LandBytes has acquired York-based Phoenix Software in a bid to get better UK coverage.

Phoenix, which has an annual turnover in the region of £130 million will give it a large slice of action in the North of England as well as ramping up its own revenues to around the £400 million, which is not to be sneezed at.

Neil Murphy, Group MD, Bytes UK said: “The acquisition comes at an opportune time for Bytes UK as it looks to expand much further into the public sector, from where Phoenix derives a significant percentage of its revenue.

“This now makes Bytes UK Microsoft’s largest UK partner, whilst also opening the door to relationships with other global vendors such as EMC and Dell and deepening relationships with VMWare, Checkpoint, Citrix, Mimecast and Sophos to name a few.”

Phoenix Software managing director Sam Mudd,, said that the combination of the two firms would benefit both its staff and customers.

“This is extremely positive news and our announcement has come at the right time for our company and staff, in terms of navigating the fast-changing world of IT in which we operate and the channel consolidation that is taking place. We see plenty of synergies and are excited about working with new complementary offerings, and taking our joint businesses forward with ambitious growth plans across all our vertical sectors”, he said.

Phoenix goes HP Platinum

Posted on November 15, 2013 by - News

HPHosting and managed IT services company Phoenix said it had been appointed to HP Platinum status.

The top tier accreditation, said Kevin Mathews, UK channel director of HP’s enterprise group, said it reflected the confidence it has in Phoenix. “By achieving Platinum status, Phoenix has demonstrated that it is an expert and very capable provider of HP enterprise group technology. I am very pleased to offer Phoenix our most prestigious accreditation.”

Stuart Dickinson, procurement and vendor director at Phoenix, which has an annual turnover of around £250 million, said:  “We have new offerings in the pipeline, incorporating HP technology and with this new status customers have the confidence and reassurance of dealing with a premier services provider.”

Phoenix nabs HP accreditations

Posted on August 20, 2013 by - News

HPUK IT infrastructure services company Phoenix has been picked by HP as a converged infrastructure partner in the UK.

HP converged systems is the company’s line of system based products that combine components like servers, storage, networking, software and services for specific workloads, Phoenix says.

Phoenix is now a preferred supplier, and will be providing services such as helping customers build their cloud networks.

Vendor director at Phoenix, Stuart Dickinson, said IT infrastructure is often complex, and can slow company progress because of costs and limitations, but converged infrastructure services lets businesses tackle it more easily.

Phoenix also nabbed other accreditations, including Advanced Storage Specialist, Professional Networking, PC Specialist, and Advanced Computing Specialist, in addition to being a break fix partner of HP’s, offering consultancy, implementation and support.

 

Phoenix raises Manheim from ashes to cloud

Posted on February 14, 2013 by - News

mythical_phoenixUK hosting, cloud, business continuity and managed IT services outfit Phoenix has signed a multi-million pound deal to give automotive specialist Manheim’s IT systems a make-over.

Manheim is one of the world’s largest automotive firms and spends a fortune on IT for its business-to-business products and services.
Phoenix is going to consolidate Manheim’s IT infrastructure, multi-site hosting, backup and replication, management, monitoring and remote and onsite support for its European operations.

In addition Phoenix will provide deskside support, hardware support and warranty management as part of an on-going service.

Under the plan, a dedicated virtual platform will consolidate servers and services at a number of sites throughout the UK into the Phoenix data centre environment.

Jeremy Lewis, CIO from Manheim, said Phoenix had been used as a hosting partner since 1999.
He said that rather than continue with a disjointed approach using multiple sites and providers, Manheim thought it would be better to refreshing its IT environment and transferring it to the Phoenix data centre.

Lewis claimed that the one stop shop cloud approach would be the most cost-effective and efficient route. Since the project has been switched on, the company has found it a lot easier to manage.
Manheim said that the project allowed for 11 of its desktop support staff to transfer to Phoenix.

Nick Dean, Managed Services & Hosting Director at Phoenix said there were lots of companies like Manheim, which were outsourcing their IT infrastructure.

“It provides them with a cost-effective, secure and reliable platform, allowing total freedom while reducing complexity and risk. It allows customers to concentrate on what they do best, leaving us to do what we do best,” he said.