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Fund-raising drive
Xeretec customers and employees have raised
£1,820 at the company’s annual charity golf
tournament, which this year took place at Sand
Martins Golf Club, Wokingham. The sum, which
beat last year’s figure of £1,500, will be shared
between Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice
Service and Crohns & Colitis UK.
(l-r): James Karsenbarg, Tom Sherwin,
Gavin Sopera and Sharron Karsenbarg
A fairy tale ending
Midshire Midlands employees dressed up
as their favourite Disney and fairy tale
characters for the company’s third annual
charity day on Friday, August 11, raising
more than £1,100 for the Shropshire-
based Severn Hospice.
Ingram Micro streamlines quotations
for end-to-end HP solutions
Ingram Micro UK & Ireland has launched ‘HP as a Service’ (HPaaS) in collaboration with HP.
Designed to help resellers promote HP’s entire product range, this self-service platform enables resellers
to obtain quick, accurate end user quotations for end-to-end solutions combining HP products, Ingram
services and competitive leasing rates.
Because the Ingram HPaaS platform is fully integrated into Ingram & leasing providers’ ERP systems,
with access to accurate pricing and stock levels, there is no need for resellers to contact multiple supplier
platforms.
Commenting on the rationale for HPaaS, Gemma Glen, Synergies Lead at Ingram Micro, said: “We are
seeing IT purchasing moving towards Cloud, Mobile, Big Data and an ‘as a Service’ model. The challenge
for us is how we help our customers engage with us in this new way of doing business. Our customers
need to provide accurate pricing and availability on a number of services, including leasing, in the same
online platforms they are using to transact with us today.”
The platform makes it quick and easy for resellers to put together a solution combining HP hardware
and software, HP/IM services and resellers’ own services, wrapped up in a monthly payment plan.
In addition, integration with leasing providers’ systems provides instant credit checks and gives resellers
confidence that they have the most competitive leasing rate for any solution. Once the HP solution has
been configured, an end-user quotation can be downloaded.
Matt Sanderson, UK&I MD for Ingram Micro, said: “HP as a
Service is a game changer for how our customers can do business
with Ingram Micro. The solution has been created with our
customers in mind, giving them the flexibility to build a solution
from different areas of our business. They gain access to our
products and services from one central location.”
Neil Sawyer, Commercial Channel & Education Director for
HP UK& I, added: “This brilliant and simple service enables us
to provide our partners and customers with a really innovative
approach to purchasing IT. In short, it allows our customers to
purchase the latest workspace technology without the need to
consider who is going to service, support and manage the device
and its important customer data. It is all wrapped up in one
offering.”
Over the coming months, Ingram Micro plans to run a series of
webinars where resellers can learn more about the solution, how to
use it and the benefits of leasing for partners and end users.
For more information, contact Gemma Glen via
Training award for Brother
Brother UK has won a Princess Royal
Training Award for the excellence of its
employee training and development.
Award judges were impressed by Brother’s
provision of tailored training to meet the needs of
individual employees and by an incentive-based
approach that helps to motivate employees and
reduce absenteeism.
Louise Marshall, Infrastructure and Shared
Services Director at Brother UK, said: “This award
win comes not long after the business was
honoured with Investors in People (IIP) Platinum
status, the most prestigious accolade in people
management. Accolades such as these help us to
attract, retain and develop the very best talent in
the sector.”
The Princess Royal Training Awards are
delivered by the City & Guilds Group. Brother was
one of 40 organisations to be honored this year,
out of 116 applicants.
Representatives from Brother UK will collect
the award on November 2 at a ceremony at
St James’s Palace.
Unique Copiers sponsors
MFP
Telford-based Unique Copiers has donated
an MFP to Shrewsbury Town Football Club
for use in the Club’s new training complex.
Opened in June, the facility at Sundorne Castle
includes training pitches, offices, a gym, a restaurant,
changing rooms and lounge areas for players.
Brian Caldwell, CEO of the club, said: “Unique
Copiers do a great job on all our photocopying
needs, so we were delighted when they recognised
we would need further facilities in the new training
area and offered to help by sponsoring a copier.”
Unique Copiers owner Adrian Casey said:
“When we heard Shrewsbury Town were having
offices in the new complex, we were only too
happy to provide the copier they need, which we
will maintain as part of the wider contract. They
are a loyal customer of ours and we are eager to
continue this working relationship.”
Apogee an inspiration
Independent managed services provider
Apogee has been recognised as one of
Europe’s most inspiring companies in the
second edition of
1000 Companies To
Inspire Europe
produced by the London
Stock Exchange Group.
Xavier Rolet KBE, CEO of London Stock
Exchange Group, said: “This report shines a light
on some of Europe’s most vibrant companies
including Apogee. To be selected businesses
had to demonstrate not only positive growth
in revenue over the last three years, but also
outperform their country peers.”
Neil Sawyer: a brilliant and
simple service
