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Only 29% of SMEs have a formulated
digital transformation strategy in place
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SysGroup acquires EMC Partner for £8m
SYSGROUP IS SET to acquire
Certus IT, Dell EMC Gold Cloud
Partner, for £8.0 million. The
company has also raised
£10.0 million from the capital
markets, which in addition to
its new £5.0 million banking
facility from Santander, will
enable greater fi re power
for complementary future
acquisitions.
Adam Binks, CEO of
SysGroup, comments: “I am
and we are excited by the
prospects that lie ahead.”
The acquisition of Certus
IT is the latest in a string of
deals made by SysGroup in
recent years. The deal will
extend SysGroup’s reach into
Professional Services and
Manufacturing. The deal will
also see SysGroup expand its
geographical reach into South
Wales, the South West and
across the M4 Corridor.
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TP-LINK
Nimans has gained complete access
to TP-Link’s entire product portfolio
in an offi cial distribution agreement.
Resellers can now take advantage of
the latest routers, switches, business
class access points and WLAN solutions
from the northern based distributor.
VESTEL
After a UK distribution deal with
Vestel, Westcoast will supply an array
of 32”-98” Vestel digital signage
displays and interactive fl at panel
screens, offering its IT resellers
and retailers high service levels and
expert training.
GDPR
A NetApp survey has found that IT
decision makers in the UK increasingly
see that data regulation can positively
impact their organisations’ commercial
operations. 53% say that data regulation
either had or will have a positive impact,
while only 18% have either seen or
anticipate a negative impact.
delighted to be welcoming
both the Certus IT team and
its customers to the SysGroup
family. The addition of Certus IT
to the group represents a stepchange
regarding the scale of
the business, better positioning
SysGroup to penetrate our
target market and drive further
growth. This acquisition fi ts
within our strategy of growing
the business organically and
through strategic acquisitions,
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The Channel MUST drive next-gen tech
SMES ARE PLACING their bets
enthusiasm, the vast
on AI, IoT and blockchain to
majority identified barriers
fuel digital transformation,
to their organisation’s
finds new research by Cloud
digital transformation
Industry Forum (CIF) and
efforts. Just 29% of SMEs
Ingram Micro Cloud.
have a formulated digital
Although UK SMEs are
transformation strategy in
increasingly convinced about
place, indicating a lack of clear
the opportunities presented by
guidance and leadership, 45%
next generation technologies
lacked digital transformation
many are struggling to
skills, and almost two third
incorporate them into their
(64%) struggled with security.
technology roadmaps. CIF and
Alex Hilton (pictured), CEO
Ingram warn that the channel
of CIF, added: “SMEs are
must do more to help drive
clearly aware of the need for
digital transformation within
digital transformation and
the SME community.
are enthusiastic about the
However, despite this
opportunities new digital
technologies can deliver.
But equally clear is that
they’re not getting enough
assistance from the channel
to see it through. Given that
many channel partners are
still at the very early stages
of their own transformations,
and still learning about how
they can incorporate next
generation technologies into
their portfolios, this is to be
expected. However, I’d hope
that these research fi ndings
will spur the reseller community
to accelerate their own
transformation plans and seize
the opportunities on offer.”
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