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Solar powers Midshire
Midshire has burnished its green credentials
with the installation of 192 solar panels on the
roof of its West Bromwich facility. The £65,000
installation was completed at the end of 2015,
since when Midshire has saved 485kg in CO2 and
generated enough power to run 3,753 lightbulbs
for a day.
Telephone support
Purpose Software, a supplier of service
management software to document and
print management solution providers, has
expanded its support capabilities with the
appointment of Vincent Gilbert as Helpdesk
Consultant. He will be responsible for
providing telephone and online support for
the company’s service management software.
Mike Burke, Managing Director of Purpose
Software, said: “This appointment will enhance
the level of support we provide to our customers
and help to consolidate our position as the go-to
supplier of specialist service management software
for the document and print management industry.
Vincent’s extensive helpdesk experience will be a
major benefit to customers and ensure that they
continue to derive maximum benefit from our
solutions.”
SITS returns
SITS16 – The Service Desk & IT Support Show
returns to Olympia London on June 8-9. The
conference and exhibition brings together 55
expert speakers and over 80 specialist vendors,
integrators, consultancies and service providers,
covering everything from self-service IT portals to
transformational service management tools. SITS16
attendees have free access to Infosecurity Europe
2016, co-located at Olympia.
Gold for Canon
Canon has been awarded an EcoVadis
gold rating for the second consecutive year,
positioning it in the top 5% of companies for
sustainability performance. The EcoVadis CSR
analysis system assesses 21 criteria relating to
the environment, fair labour practices, ethics/
fair business practices and supply chain.
Top performers
recognised by Xerox
RDT Office Solutions Group has been
named Xerox UK Partner of the Year 2016 in
recognition of its exceptional growth. The
company also won the Xerox UK Platinum
Partner of the Year 2016 award, which
recognises the top partner within Xerox’s
highest tier of mono-branded partners.
Donna Marley, Director and UK General
Manager of Xerox, said: “Over the last five
years, RDT has focused on a very deliberate plan
to drive exceptional growth in its business, by
transforming itself from a hardware-centric sales
organisation to a solutions and services business.
The company has shown impressive results every
year since 2010, and last year was no exception,
with 15% growth. Not only that, it has virtually
tripled the business delivered to Xerox over a
five-year period.”
ZenOffice Managed Print Services picked
up the 2016 Xerox UK Gold Partner award.
Dale Needham, MPS Director at ZenOffice, said:
“Our success is achieved through effort and
investment in the best people in the industry. We
are committed to providing our customers with
best-in-class solutions, and this has led to some
phenomenal results over the last four years.”
In 2015, the company achieved Gold
Concessionaire status within the Xerox Global
Partner Programme, placing it amongst only a
handful of Xerox Gold partners in the UK, and
grew turnover by nearly 30% to over £14m.
Tracy Rabone, Xerox Channel Business
Manager, said: “The award is truly deserved and
the result of some serious hard work by a team
of talented, dedicated and tenacious people.”
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Cisco CTO to speak at
Synaxon conference
Alison Vincent, Chief Technology Officer
for Cisco UK and Ireland, will be one of
the keynote speakers at dealer group
Synaxon’s annual member conference in
Nottingham in June.
Alison will speak on the subject of
digitisation, explaining how Cisco is helping
to accelerate the pace of change and enabling
partners and customers to monetise new
technologies. During her address, she will paint a
picture of how technology visions can be turned
into real-world business for member companies.
The group has also signed an agreement with
Velmex Distribution that will give its members
access to specific project pricing and outstanding
support on Canon’s full range of large format
printers.
New recruits for
Blackbox Solutions
Blackbox Solutions has taken on five more
recruits at its new Maidstone head office.
Rachel Hawkins, who has 15 years’ industry
experience and previously worked with Managing
Director Colin Griffin at IKON and Balreed, has
joined as Finance Controller; Customer Service
Executive Letitia Speed has been appointed to
handle customer service enquiries and liaise with
customers throughout the installation process; and,
as part of its growing focus on IT services, Blackbox
has appointed two technicians, Tyler Oliver and
James August, to provide hardware and software
installation and onsite and remote customer support.
Finally, Dipo Oredein has been recruited as Copy
Shop Manager. His responsibilities include managing
all aspects of the Copy Shop, including printing,
copying and scanning services. Using his background
and training in graphic design, he will also deliver
design projects commissioned by local businesses.
Managing Director Colin Griffin said: “We have
had a very busy start to the year and this is reflected
in our recruitment activity. We expect to make
further appointments throughout 2016.”
