Category: News

Asolvi buys Purpose Software

Posted on January 17, 2019 by - News

Asolvi has acquired print management software outfit Purpose Software as part of a cunning plan to take control of the document management space.

The deal marks the third acquisition in three years for Norwegian firm Asolvi and is part of a strategy to grow the business outside the Nordics.

Asolvi CEO of Pål Rødseth (pictured) said the move followed the acquisitions of Tesseract and WS Software.

“Purpose Software has the leading position in the document management space in the UK while Asolvi occupies

Wiztek launches tech support for SMEs

Posted on January 17, 2019 by - News

Wiztek, a provider of online and mobile tech support services, is launching a cheaper tech support marketplace which promises to help small businesses, business travellers and the self-employed to address tech problems faster than ever before.

Wiztek will offer its on-demand service providing access to a community of experts all the time. Nusinesses can be in contact with a tech expert in under 30 seconds, consultations are free, and Wiztek claims it has a ‘no fix – no fee promise’.

NetActuate gets new London Datacentre through Volta Data Centres

Posted on January 16, 2019 by - News

NetActuate has launched services from a new London datacentre to offer increased infrastructure capacity.

President of NetActuate, Mark Price, said that the new centre will meet increasing demand for low latency network services and global infrastructure.

“This new location improves our ability to provide high performance, flexible, and reliable services to our customers”, he said.

Yomdel appoints Simon Taylor as marketing director.

Posted on January 16, 2019 by - Moving People, News

Internet marketing outfit Yomdel has announced that Simon Taylor has been appointed as its new marketing director.

Taylor joins Yomdel from WDMP, where he was a board director and strategic marketing partner to big brands such as Hiscox, Tesco Bank, Wyevale Garden Centres, The Gym Group, and previously with Land Rover and Jaguar.

The news comes following a busy year

Business decision makers struggle with reaching digital maturity

Posted on January 16, 2019 by - News

Nearly two thirds of senior execs believe that evolving customer preferences as the primary driver of their digital transformation efforts, according to a study released today by Usabilla, the global “Voice of Customer (VoC) technology provider”.

In its “Digital Transformation: Age of The Digital Customer” report, Usabilla found that while many brands are still immature when it comes to executing on digital experience strategies, they understand the importance of delivering next-generation to drive business growth and remain competitive.

Never mind Brexit, Dataiku doubles-down on UK expansion

Posted on January 15, 2019 by - News

Despite the lingering economic uncertainty about Brexit, there are still many companies that have plans to expand into the UK market.

US-based  Enterprise AI software maker, Dataiku, has just announced the company has raised £80 million in a Series-C round – one of the largest funding rounds for AI ever – and the company will aggressively speed up their expansion into the UK regardless of Brexit.

Dataiku CEO Florian Douetteau said: “We’re very excited about what this latest funding round represents – it’s a confirmation of

Channel becoming more customer centric

Posted on January 15, 2019 by - News

Agilitas IT Solutions has discovered that the channel is getting the message and becoming more customer-centric.

Agilitas research has found the majority of channel firms have understood the need to adopt that approach with 86 percent registering the need to relevant moving to a customer-centric model.

The firm has been looking into the current market landscape in its Channel in 2020 Relevance report and found that

Tenable finds untenable vulnerablities in PremiSys

Posted on January 15, 2019 by - News

Security outfit Tenable has announced that Tenable Research has discovered several zero-day vulnerabilities in the PremiSys access control system developed by IDenticard.

When exploited, the most severe vulnerability would give an attacker unfettered access to the badge system database, allowing him/her to covertly enter buildings by creating fraudulent badges and disabling building locks.

Castleton plunges into Deep Lake

Posted on January 14, 2019 by - News

Managed services provider Castleton Technology has written a cheque for housing industry specialist Deeplake Digital.

The £1.8 million deal will see Castleton take 100 percent of Deeplake and its proprietary comms software.

Castleton is the market leader for a the landlord and tenant communication niche.

Bytes was the king of government IT contracts

Posted on January 14, 2019 by - News

Bytes Software Services was the fifth largest supplier to central government last year but ranked ahead of IT behemoths Capita, DXC Technology, Atos, IBM, and Fujitsu.

Number crunchers from public sector consultant Tussell said that the software reseller won £328 million worth of government contracts making it the largest IT-dedicated supplier to the government last year.

Generally it ranked behind four other organisations: defence contractor QinetiQ (£359 million), outsourcer Mitie (£514 million), infrastructure provider Amey (£641 million) and

Intel CPU shortages stalled PC growth

Posted on January 14, 2019 by - News

The much expected rise in PC sales stalled last year because Intel failed to provide its suppliers with enough CPUs.

Analysts at Gartner group said a shortage of CPUs stopped the PC market’s revival in its tracks.

The analyst stated that worldwide PC shipments in the fourth quarter were 68.6 million, down

Customers want flexible finance

Posted on January 11, 2019 by - News

More than a third of consumers feel let down by the lack of flexible finance products offered by UK businesses, according to a research study.

Specialist finance outfit, Duologi, surveyed 1,000 UK residents and found that, on average, 34 percent of people think that UK businesses could be doing more to provide point-of-sale (POS) finance to their customers. More than 42 percent of shoppers believe that retailers could do more in this respect.

More than 42 percent said

CySure pushes into South Africa with Frost solutions

Posted on January 11, 2019 by - News

Cybersecurity outfit CySure has appointed Frost Solutions as a specialist value-added reseller partner in South Africa.

Frost Solutions specialises in delivering IT services to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) market and has added CySure’s information security management system, VOSO to its product and service portfolio.

Richard Frost, CEO and Founder at Frost Solutions, said: “We are delighted to introduce CySure’s Virtual Online Security Officer (VOSO) to our offering.  Our vision

Sectigo announces new security channel programme

Posted on January 11, 2019 by - News

The commercial certificate authority, Sectigo (formerly Comodo CA) has largest has announced its new channel partner programme that enables partners to expand into new segments within the cybersecurity market, such as IoT security and email security.

Further support, tools, and discounts are also available in the new programme, with Sectigo offering increased benefits per tier and partner market development funds (MFD).

Datto appoints Tim Weller as CEO

Posted on January 10, 2019 by - Moving People, News

Datto has announced the appointment of Tim Weller as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Weller succeeds Founder Austin McChord who got away from the daily management of the company but continues as a board member.

A Spokesdatto said that Weller will assume the position immediately, providing a seamless transition from his interim role of leading Datto’s Executive Team over the last two months.