Category: News

EfficientIP hires Wood for global push

Posted on October 2, 2020 by - News

Security outfit EfficientIP has hired Kieran Wood as its new country manager and sales director for the United Kingdom and Northern Europe. This addition comes as part of an overall global expansion, as the company said it has seen a 38 percent growth in billings in the first half of 2020.

As part of his duties, Wood will hire a new sales team across Northern Europe as well as the implementation of a new channel program designed to develop and nurture new partners. The move signals EfficientIP’s commitment to the United Kingdom as a region worthy of ongoing investment and expanding strategic initiatives.

Wood said:  “Businesses need solutions that offer strengthened network security and enhanced operational efficiency—I’m eager to help deliver these to new regions and new customers.”

The next evolution of the electricity grid could be big for tech

Posted on October 2, 2020 by - News

The electricity market is evolving to allow a higher integration of variable energy sources and a new class of devices is approaching the market to satisfy this necessity.

In a report released by IDTechEx: “Potential Stationary Energy Storage Device to Monitor”, the emerging class of energy storage devices, characterized by long storage duration and MW size power output, are investigated.

While existing energy storage devices are already populating the market, from Li-ion batteries to pumped-hydro energy storage, this new class of storage technologies will aim to complete the puzzle of the energy storage market.

Pushed from the electrification of the automotive sector, Li-ion batteries have been deeply investigated in the last decades and are currently the standard choice for short and medium-duration storage.

Panasonic partners with three major kiddie charities

Posted on October 1, 2020 by - News

Panasonic has announced partnerships with three major charities in Europe to provide refurbished laptops and tablets to socially disadvantaged families. The programme is focused on enabling children to have access to the full benefits of eLearning in the current COVID-19 climate.

In the UK, the equipment will be used in Sheffield and Northern Ireland.

Save the Children in the UK, Apprentis D’Auteuil in France and Die Arche Kinder Projekt in Germany will receive 100 refurbished semi-rugged laptops and handheld devices during a two-year period – starting with 30 now. The equipment can be easily sanitised and shared amongst multiple families via a ‘library’ system. The first delivery of devices to the charities will have a total value of €50,000.

Ocado books into Oracle’s cloud

Posted on October 1, 2020 by - News

Ocado Group said it is using Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud to help support its expansion into new industry verticals and international markets.

Oracle said its Cloud ERP system will let Ocado adapt to changing customer demands. It will also help Ocado to capitalise on new growth opportunities by enhancing its business processes.

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) suite that helps companies manage their enterprise functions, including financial management, project management, accounting, and procurement. The suite runs on an Oracle technology stack in Oracle’s cloud centres and can be accessed through public or private cloud implementation.

Watchguard grows Partner Ecosystem by 50 percent

Posted on October 1, 2020 by - News

Watchguard has announced that both its existing and newly added partners from the Panda Security acquisition now have access to the full suite of products and services from both companies via WatchGuard’s worldwide network of authorised distributors.

Panda products are now available individually and through Passport, WatchGuard’s bundle of security services. Combining WatchGuard’s Total Security Suite and Passport allows partners to provide complete security from network to endpoint for their customers.

Watchguard senior vice president Michelle Welch said that opening a cross-sell opportunity for partners quickly was a major priority from day one, and it represents the latest milestone in WatchGuard’s ongoing mission to be the security provider for MSPs.

InfinityQS expands Global Partner Programme

Posted on September 30, 2020 by - News

InfinityQ says its partner programme now includes 50 leading industry service providers.

The company said that these partners have expanded its partner network across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Indian subcontinent, and Oceania, and driven greater adoption of its Enact Quality Intelligence platform among manufacturers worldwide.

InfinityQS launched its Global Partner Programme in 2018 to satisfy demand for Enact—a cloud-native, statistical process control (SPC)-based solution that offers manufacturers real-time visibility and strategic insight to improve quality, reduce costs, and enhance performance across their organisations. To make its partner programme effective,

Unbound desires partners

Posted on September 30, 2020 by - News

Cryptographic outfit Unbound Tech is calling call for partners to enable managed service providers, system integrators, resellers, and technology partners to drive increased services revenue and new security solutions.

Channel community members who sign up will have access to Unbound’s proven security solutions, sales and partner enablement, deal registration and partner portal while benefitting from existing platforms through API’s and SDK integrations. Unbound is committed to high-level of support during implementation, minimal IT interference throughout the deployment process and special training to the partner teams.

Rocco Donnino, vice president of strategic alliances at Unbound said: “More managed services providers, SIs and technology companies need to provide their customers with a trusted and integrated experience that protects their cryptographic keys, identity, and digital assets. With Unbound in their portfolio partners can increase revenue via a proven security solution that is in use by many of the world largest financial institutions, enterprises, leading technology organisations.”

Most want their SAP applications on the cloud

Posted on September 30, 2020 by - News

While the majority of SAP applications are still housed on-premise, 70 percent  of those responsible for SAP believe migrating to the public cloud will be more beneficial than keeping it on-premise, according to a new report from Ensono

Ensono found that 61 percent stated that migrating SAP to public cloud is critical for business success.

There was consensus amongst the 100 IT leaders responsible for SAP within UK enterprise that public cloud provides businesses with opportunities. Almost 20 percent of those surveyed had one or more SAP application already hosted on public cloud and this is set to increase by 79 percent in the next two years as enterprise organisations launch their migration plans. This indicates that, following many years of barriers to public cloud such as security, loss of control and regulation, customers are edging towards public cloud maturity.

Veritas snaps up Globanet

Posted on September 29, 2020 by - News

Veritas has acquired Globanet, a privately held software company based in Los Angeles, California. The acquisition further extends Veritas’ strong portfolio of digital compliance and governance offerings to give customers native visibility into over 80 new content sources.

For those who came in late, Globanet provides comprehensive compliance and intelligent communications solutions to enterprises, including Globanet Merge.

Avaya Cloud Office expands

Posted on September 29, 2020 by - News

Avaya and RingCentral have expanded their Avaya Cloud Office by RingCentral product.

Avaya Ireland Country General Manager Aidan Furlong said the commercial availability of Avaya Cloud Office means that the outfit was forging ahead to bring all the benefits of cloud-based unified communications to enterprise, mid-market and SME businesses.

TruStack reports £9 million revenue

Posted on September 29, 2020 by - News

TruStack has reported revenue of £9 million in the face of a “challenging” first year.

The MSP was formed in July last year by merging Pivotal Networks PCI Services and SITS Group. Since then the company has increased its staff from 44 to 53.

Phil Cambers, TruStack’s commercial director said there was no way of knowing the challenges that it and almost all other businesses would be facing in the coming 12 months.

Technology To Go partners with Liongard

Posted on September 28, 2020 by - News

Distie Technology firm To Go has partnered with Liongard, adding the software provider’s unified automation platform to its range of niche channel offerings.

The big idea is to provide the UK IT channel with a solution to enable MSPs to automatically document, audit and secure their customers’ systems – whether they are cloud and network based, or on-premise environments, the firm said.

Technology To Go MD David Tulip said: “We have already seen great uptake with MSPs seeking greater profitability and efficiency by improving visibility into how their systems are managed.”

For those in the know, Liongard platform provides MSPs with immediate access to both historical and up-to-date configuration data, offering automating processes and reducing resolution time. Ultimately, the solution aims to minimise human error, build trust with MSPs’ customers, as well as allow IT service providers to efficiently manage systems at scale, the firm explained.

CounterPath teams up with TigerTMS

Posted on September 28, 2020 by - News

Unified coms outfit CounterPath has partnered with  middleware provide TigerTMS to develop a custom-branded Bria and Stretto Platform solution, iConnect LITE.

Their iConnect LITE app enables hotel guests to use their smartphone or tablet as their room phone while checked into the hotel using a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection to make and receive calls.

Since the onset of COVID-19, hotel room phones have come under scrutiny as potential vectors for virus transmission. For this reason, hoteliers have been investigating ways to reduce contact with or entirely replace room phones. Using secure login credentials provided at check-in, the iConnect LITE app enables guests to make internal and external calls using their own devices, improving efficiency in communications and effectively replacing the handset in rooms. When a guest checks out, the iConnect Lite app deregisters and no longer provides login access on their device. Providing iOS and Android support, and hotel-specific branding, iConnect LITE is a viable option for all types of hotels.

Graphcore launches new partner programme

Posted on September 25, 2020 by - News

Graphcore has unveiled its first global channel partner programme.

The new Elite Partner Program consists of a network of distributors and resellers that will work to fulfill demand for Graphcore’s AI compute platform, the IPU-M2000, and IPU-POD for scale-out and supercomputing deployments.

In a statement the outfit said the go-to-market programme’s scale and reach reflect the momentum that its Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) has built up so far and there is high demand around the world for its recently-announced second-gen IPU systems.

Graphcore CEO Nigel Toon said: “The Graphcore Elite Partner Programme allows us to serve commercial, academic and governmental customers around the world, through some of the most trusted names in the information technology supply chain.”

Boxxe teams up with Agilitas

Posted on September 25, 2020 by - News

Digital transformation specialist Boxxe has selected Agilitas as a key partner in providing multi-vendor maintenance and professional services.

The partnership services guarantee the provision and delivery of replacement parts and engineering resource for workplace devices that include desktops and laptops or for critical server, storage and networking infrastructure to an agreed SLA, meaning if things go wrong businesses will be able to get up and running quickly and efficiently, minimising disruption.

Shaun Lynn, Agilitas’ CEO said: “We are really excited to be joining the Boxxe team as a key service partner.  They [sic] have ambitious growth plans over the next few years and we are looking forward to standing shoulder-to-shoulder supporting them on that journey.  We both share very similar values and our leading channel services coupled with boxxe’s excellent reputation will deliver an enhanced customer experience.”