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Arrow has acquired Abica Ltd and
it’s subsidiary PCR IT Ltd. Abica and
PCR are providers of Telecoms and
IT services with offi ces in Glasgow,
further expanding Arrow’s presence in
Scotland.
50% STAKE
Infracapital has reached an agreement
with SSE plc to buy a 50 per cent stake
in SSE Enterprise Telecoms for a total
consideration of up to £380m. £215m
will be paid on completion of the
transaction with up to £165m to be paid
in a series of instalments, subject to
future performance.
MI-WIFI
Exertis has announced an exclusive
distribution agreement with Mi-WiFi,
providers of a captive guest portal
that manages and controls users’
access to the internet in public and
private locations.
have come up with a very cost
effective alternative to existing
telephony managed services.”
The net: IP PBX box is
a purpose-built, highperformance
IP PBX solution,
designed to offer direct and
complete access and highly
customisable features. Who
is it for? Any reseller looking
for alternatives to the existing
third party, priced per user,
hosted telephony services.
Smaller versions are also
available as an on-site solution
to end users.
ICON Now launched
MAINTEL HAS LAUNCHED ICON
Now, a Unifi ed Communications
as a Service offering aimed at
companies with 100 to 1,000
employees.
Clients can select from a
range of user types – from basic
telephone users up to full teamcollaboration
– and can fl ex the
service up and down as their
usage patterns change.
ICON Now is available as an
“op-ex only” service, minimal
set-up costs, and removes from
organisations the requirement to
“manage” their communications
systems, being always up-todate,
compliant with the latest
regulations.
Commenting on the launch of
ICON Now, Maintel’s CTO Rufus
Grig (pictured) said “Business is
changing – organisations need
their people to be productive
Net:telecom
offers more
control with IP
PBX
NET:TELECOM COMMUNICATION
SERVICES Ltd has launched
its own IP PBX solution after
5 years of development and
deployment in the market.
Henry Forde (pictured), MD,
explains why he has embarked
on this journey, “After 15 years
in the telecoms business and
having worked as a reseller
with most of the providers,
there was one thing that we
have always wished for; more
control over the services we
provide to our clients; and that
goes for the technical support
as well as the prices. Engaging
the right expertise, we set the
goal to build a robust, future
proof solution that will allow us
to maintain our independence
without compromising on
features and resiliency. And we
BLENDING BACKUP
WITH DISASTER
RECOVERY
DATABARRACKS HAS
PARTNERED with Rubrik. The
Cloud Data Management
provider blends future-proof
architecture with consumergrade
simplicity to pioneer
a fresh approach to an old
problem.
Databarracks managing
director Peter Groucutt (pictured) commented, “Rubrik is an
incredibly impressive company. The way the team has taken it
to market and seen such incredible growth is a terrifi c story but
beneath it all is fantastic technology.
“The combination of backup, disaster recovery and archive in a
single, scalable product is exciting and addresses a need we see
from mid-market and enterprise organisations.
“As a specialist service provider it’s important to us that we offer
a variety of technologies to meet the needs of our customers, but
it’s also vital that we don’t just use every product on the market. We
chose only the best and know those technologies, inside and out to
build solutions for our customers.”
and available wherever they
are, whatever device they are
on, whatever network they are
using. They also want to get value
from the IT spend quickly and see
immediate return on investment.
With ICON Now, we put the tools
previously the preserve of large
enterprise in the hands of small
and mid-sized businesses and
they can start to get value from
day 1.”
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