Harrington drives Masergy
Masergy: A channel business transformed by PE-led acquisition, investment and a leadership restructure that includes the instatement of entrepreneur cum channel builder Steve Harrington as MD EMEA.
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Corporate activity picks up
Philip Carse, Analyst at Megabuyte.com, reports on the trading performance of leading companies in the comms space during the last quarter.
Tuned for fast growth
Few, if any, classically trained musicians compose a business growth story in the comms sector, but here’s how Pescado Managing Director Fraser Watson orchestrated one of the fastest growing ICT providers in Wales.
Foehn pushes Voxivo
Simplified phone, collaboration and contact centre solutions for SMEs are the order of the day, not ageing and more complex affairs.
Vaish sets course for digital leadership
For Manchester-based Vaioni Wholesale, digital transformation leadership in the channel is beckoning...
Roper takes a direct line
We chart Anna Roper’s journey from switchboard operator to 9 Group’s Sales Director, and reveal the lessons we can all learn from her directness, honesty, transparency and belief that there is always a solution no matter the challenge.
Holistic security is key
Trends in cyber crime show that, for resellers, security provision is becoming an inevitable requirement and to find a holistic security partner is to put their best foot forward.
Foresite eyes UK expansion
Cybersecurity service provider Foresite’s UK partner recruitment campaign has entered acceleration mode following the roll out of a strengthened EMEA programme that could quintuple the size of the channel-only business within five years.
A true channel champ
The channel’s capacity to grow across key expanding tech markets could be near limitless, according to Gamma’s Managing Director for Channel Daryl Pile.
Securing partnerships
The rise of cybersecurity and managed services plays into the channel’s hands – but with the channel handcuffed by a cybersecurity skills gap, what can resellers do to meet security demands?
Security: SME’s fate sits in the hands of ICT partners
The general consensus is that there is only one solution to the cybersecurity threat now faced by SMEs...
Axe HS2 urges Daniell
The construction of HS2 has been pushed back again and with contractors struggling to keep to the £56 billion target build cost FluidOne Chairman Piers Daniell has called for the project to be scrapped.
Nouveau enters new era
Wokingham-based Nouveau Solutions has never been in a stronger position following its acquisition by Vinci Energies early last month, according to Managing Director Andy Stevens.
Transformational times
Matching technology to health sector challenges is now a top priority for ICT buyers and it’s changing everything, according to Oak Innovation Marketing Manager Ian Bevington.
Health sector perks up
The health sector has long faced many challenges but in grasping a technology lifeline the prognosis is positive, says Content Guru Deputy CEO Martin Taylor.
Seamless interactions
The channel is yet to do justice to the interaction, analytics and reporting opportunity, but the scales are tipping according to Gary Bennett, VP of Sales UK, MEA and Northern Europe, Enghouse Interactive.
Building value from insights
Most channel opportunities seem modest in comparison to those of real-time Interaction Management and Reporting (IM&R), according to leading developers and proponents of such technologies.
Take control of mobile
A priority job of ICT providers is to create sticky new service offerings by integrating mobile comms into corporate customers’ telephony and ICT systems, says Tango Networks General Manager for Cloud Services Andrew Bale.
Cloud model falls short
The industry’s great obsession with driving cloud adoption lacks the direction it needs to succeed, according to VanillaIP’s Sales and Marketing Director Iain Sinnott.
Gradwell targets SMEs
Gradwell Communications founder and CTO Peter Gradwell has joined the race to provide SMEs with channel-ready cloud comms solutions.