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Synaxon UK has formed a partnership with
Continuum, the only channel-exclusive IT
management platform company, giving
its MSP members direct access to the
company’s services and real potential to
grow their managed services business.
With Continuum, MSPs can monitor,
troubleshoot and maintain their clients’ IT
infrastructure efficiently and provide back-up,
imaging and restore services from a single pane of
glass, backed by industry-leading support.
Derek Jones, Managing Director of Synaxon
UK, believes that the potential for Continuum with
the group’s members is very significant. “More of
our members are moving into managed services
and Continuum provides them with the perfect
platform for efficient, effective, dependable remote
management of customers.”
Synaxon partners with Continuum
Vantage releases new
service management
system
The new cloud-based Vantage Online has
designed out over 50% of the ‘clicks’
required to perform essential activities
compared to its previous iteration. It
offers a clean, user-friendly and intuitive
design, with user-definable reporting
and customisable dashboards. Hosted in
a world-class UK datacentre, it is easy
to deploy and maintain and exceeds all
industry standards for security, resilience
and scalability.
Designed specifically to meet the needs of
those in the MPS and managed services markets,
Vantage Online already offers outstanding service
and support with a 97%+ customer retention
rate. The system provides enhanced integration
with leading accounting packages and with
complementary third party software solutions,
including Device Collection Agents, CRMs and
distributors.
Exertis extends digital portfolio
Exertis has announced a distribution agreement with Philips to market its full range of digital signage
products. These include the Q, E, V, U, X, T and D line series of screens which provide a wide range
of sizes and resolutions that are perfect for both internal and external messaging for all types of
organisations. In addition, Exertis will provide the Philips videowall displays incorporating ultra-narrow
bezels to maximise the viewing experience and Ultra HD solutions which provide four times the
resolution of a conventional display.
Canon’s Action for Green
vision recognised
Canon’s initiatives to tackle climate change
have been recognised by the UK-based
international non-profit organisation CDP,
earning the company its first inclusion on
the Climate A List.
Under its Action for Green environmental
vision, introduced in 2008, Canon set a goal of
annually reducing lifecycle CO2 emissions for each
product by 3%. The company is proactively making
efforts through initiatives such as energy saving
activities at manufacturing bases, a modal shift in
distribution, reduced energy consumption during
product use, product remanufacturing, reusing
parts and recycling consumable goods. As a result,
in 2015, lifecycle CO2 emissions per product were
approximately 30% of those in 2008.
BAPC awards to recognise print industry excellence
Outstanding service by companies across
Britain will be recognised once again
by the British Association for Print and
Communications (BAPC).
The BAPC Awards will be sponsored by print
finishing pioneer Duplo and will culminate in a
special lunch in London early next year.
in brief...
Exertis and vendors raise £25K
for charity
With the support of a number of its
vendor partners, Exertis has raised
£25,000 for Naomi House from a two day
charity cycle ride.
Twelve cyclists, including Exertis directors and
representatives from its vendor partners, took
part in the event which was supported by Dell,
Fujitsu, Samsung, Lenovo, Netgear, BT/Hive and
Medion.
Cycling almost 200 miles from Basingstoke
to Shaftesbury and back, the riders encountered
a few traumas with five punctures, one buckled
wheel and a broken chain all within the first
three hours, followed by a knee injury, some
strained muscles and quite a few sore spots.
Exertis Purchasing Director Mark Kahr said:
“We are proud to have raised so much for our
nominated charity Naomi House, for children
and young adults with life limiting illnesses.
A big thank you to all the riders and particularly
the sponsors that supported us with their time
and donations.”
Canon UK staff sleep out
Canon UK were participants in the
Byte Night London 2016 charity event
organised by Action for Children. The
team raised £9,500 that will go towards
helping disadvantaged young people
across the UK.
The annual ‘sleep out’ event saw the
‘Carry on Canon Campers’ team, consisting
of 14 employees, give up their beds to spend
a night on the banks of the River Thames
outside Norton Rose Fulbright on October 7.
They joined 1,250 other sleepers from across
the technology and business sector to support
some of the 80,000 young people who find
themselves homeless in the UK every year
through no fault of their own. To date, over
£806,000 has been raised from Byte Night
with a target of £1.4 million to be raised by
December.
Peter Jolly (left) with Sidney Bobb at last year’s
awards where Duplo was named Supplier of the
Year
