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CURA acquires
Electroversal
Cura Technical has acquired Electroversal
for an undisclosed sum. Under the terms
of this acquisition, Cura has acquired
the whole shareholding, along with
Electroversal OEM warranty and services.
Cura Technical Managing Director Jason Williams
said: “This acquisition provides us with the scale
and reach to be a leading player in the UK market
for managed services to our channel partners.
Electroversal has a long-standing experience and
strengths that complement Cura’s offering and
strategy, its substantial logistics and strong service
network will increase Cura’s coverage and capacity
to support channel clients across the UK & Ireland.”
PCM Inc. to enter UK and
Europe
Technology solutions provider PCM, Inc. has
announced its entry into the UK and Europe
through a wholly-owned subsidiary, PCM
Technology Solutions UK, LTD.
PCM UK has appointed Donavan Hutchinson
as its Managing Director, is driving towards
considerable scale and expects to employ
approximately 90 co-workers by the end of 2017.
Frank Khulusi, Chairman and CEO of PCM, Inc.
said: "Our expansion into the UK marks a major
milestone for PCM as we introduce our world-
class technology solutions and capabilities to new
markets around the world. PCM UK will be our
hub for the UK and the rest of Europe.”
PCM UK is now hiring for positions in sales,
vendor management, purchasing, marketing, IT
and finance as well as a variety of other business
roles.
Synaxon national
conference 2017
Synaxon UK has announced that BT will
be supporting DMSL at the group’s 2017
National Conference, which takes place at
Heathrow in June.
DMSL, which is also a Synaxon supplier
partner, is a major sponsor of the channel services
group’s conference, which is expected to attract
close to 500 delegates from member and supplier
companies from across the UK IT industry. DMSL
will be using the occasion to talk to resellers about
its plans to drive partner engagement and business
development for BT’s super-fast broadband and
hosted voice offerings for UK SMEs.
Nuvias launches UC
Practice
Nuvias has announced the EMEA launch of
its Unified Communications (UC) Practice.
The Practice is based on the UC capabilities
and services provided by SIPHON Networks,
which became part of the Nuvias Group in
October 2016.
SIPHON is already established in the UK and
Benelux. The UC practice will be rolled out across
EMEA over the coming months, through Nuvias
regional branches, starting with Germany. More
Nuvias staff are being added throughout EMEA to
support vendor and reseller partners.
Existing UC vendors and new vendors are
expected to take advantage of Nuvias’ growing
UC capability across EMEA to increase sales in the
region. Likewise, it is anticipated that both existing
and new Nuvias reseller/integrator channel
partners across EMEA will take up the opportunity
to enter this thriving market or expand their UC
business.
Steve Harris, EVP Unified Communications,
Nuvias; and Managing Director SIPHON said:
“This is a very exciting time in UC across EMEA,
with really significant opportunities for the IT
channel to move into the lucrative UC market and
conquer the legacy competition. We believe that,
as part of Nuvias, we are the right solutions and
technology enabler to provide the service, support
and technical know-how our channel partners
want to help them make the most of this market
opportunity.”
SIPHON was named the 24th fastest growing
technology company in the UK, as part of
Deloitte’s prestigious UK Technology Fast 50
rankings, achieving 723% growth in the four years
prior to the award.
Apogee awarded UK
Cloud Partner of the Year
Apogee has been recognised for the second
consecutive year as UK Cloud Partner of the
Year by XMedius, a leading global provider
of enterprise-grade solutions for Secure
File Exchange.
The awards celebrate XMedius' top partners
in North America and Europe and recognise
outstanding thought leadership, superior
customer service and comprehensive expertise in
XMediusFAX solutions.
Gary Downey, Group Marketing Director at
Apogee said: “I am delighted that Apogee’s
expertise in cloud solutions has been recognised
for a second year by XMedius. Our specialist
in-house Professional Services team continues to
grow and provides innovative solutions that help
our clients improve their document processes and
infrastructure.”
Cloud Distribution
advances security
portfolio
Value-added distributor Cloud
Distribution, a specialist in security,
networking and storage has signed
CrowdStrike, the leader in cloud-delivered
endpoint protection. The company’s
marquee solution, CrowdStrike Falcon sets
a new standard in endpoint security by
being the first and only platform to unify
next-generation antivirus (AV), endpoint
detection and response (EDR) and
managed hunting – all delivered through
the cloud via a single lightweight agent.
CrowdStrike has been recently positioned
by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant
of the 2017 Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP) where it
demonstrated a proven ability to replace legacy
AV solutions and protect against known and
unknown threats without the use of signatures.
Vision named finalist
Vision has been announced a finalist in the ‘Best
New Business Win’ category for the CRN Sales &
Marketing Awards 2017, following one of many
recent new client wins so far in 2017.
The category winners will be announced on
29 June at The Brewery, London.
(l to r) Gary Baker, Regional Sales Manager at
XMedius presents Gary Downey, Apogee’s Group
Marketing Director with the UK Cloud Partner of
the Year Award.
Steve Harris
