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Network Telecom has announced
record-breaking fi gures in 2019. Profi ts
grew by 30% year on year following
an extremely successful 2019 that
included its acquisition by European
giant Enreach and the launch of its
hosted solution, NT Cloud.
ARROW
Arrow Electronics has entered into a UK
distribution agreement with Fortinet,
supplier of integrated and automated
cybersecurity solutions, to provide
Fortinet’s cybersecurity solutions to UK
channel customers.
ECS
Essential Cloud Solutions (previously
Edinburgh Computer Services) has
unveiled its £40,000 newly-refurbished
offi ce in Edinburgh with Scottish
National Party Councillor David Key in
attendance.
8X8
8×8 has announced Charterhouse,
Computacenter, NSL and Softcat, have
joined the 8×8 Channel Programme,
and are ramping to move their installed
customer base to cloud-based voice,
video and sharing for meetings, contact
centres and applications on the 8×8
platform.
MASERGY TACKLES
SHADOW IT WITH
DISCOVERY SOLUTION
MASERGY HAS ANNOUNCED
the launch of its Masergy
Shadow IT Discovery
solution. Shadow IT
Discovery exposes
enterprises to signifi cant
cybersecurity risks. Building
on its mission to make
security intrinsic to its
SD-WAN platform and to offer
the most robust real-time
visibility and control,
Masergy is empowering
enterprises to immediately
identify and appropriately
address unauthorised SaaS
applications.
The proliferation of SaaS
applications continues to
compound each year,
exposing businesses to
ever-increasing cloud
threats and cybersecurity
vulnerabilities.
Masergy Shadow IT
Discovery immediately scans
and identifi es all
applications, providing
clients visibility through the
SD-WAN management portal.
Until now, IT departments
have had to rely on a variety
of endpoint security
solutions and guesswork to
access this information.
“Masergy stands
committed to helping global
enterprises leverage the
cloud with certainty, giving
them the visibility they need
to control access without
disrupting the productivity
benefi ts that cloud
applications deliver,” said
Terry Traina, Chief Digital
Offi cer, Masergy.
Alliot expands Smart City offering
with Bosch
ALLIOT TECHNOLOGIES HAS
announced an expansion
to its smart city offering
with a new distribution
agreement with Bosch.
The new agreement will
see Alliot supply Bosch’s
smart parking sensor
range throughout the UK
and Europe.
Commenting on the new
agreement, Paul Hayes
(pictured), Technical
Director at Alliot said, “Our
new agreement with Bosch
SENNHEISER COMMUNICATIONS DECLARES
A NEW BRAND FOR THE FUTURE – EPOS
SENNHEISER COMMUNICATIONS
HAS celebrated new entity EPOS
at an event hosted by Nimans.
Nimans’ staff heard how EPOS
is 100% owned by Demant which
has a £1.7bn global turnover.
Resellers will soon be able to
take advantage of a valuable
Deal Registration Programme
with enhanced margin potential,
complemented by special
pricing support and the
expertise of a ‘high touch team’
with 30-day trial units and site
visits. All products are backed
by 24 or 36 month warranties. In
addition, a new partner portal,
launching soon, will provide
resellers with a one-stop
couldn’t have come at a
better time. Having just
returned from the Things
Conference in Amsterdam,
the demand for smarter
solutions in our cities is
huge – the range was really
well received!
“We are delighted to
have secured this
agreement and very much
look forward to working
alongside Bosch to
develop the IoT channel
throughout Europe.”
resource for marketing material
and all the latest company
information.
EPOS UK Sales Director Jane
Craven says the company has
the freedom and fl exibility to
develop seamless collaboration
technologies, building on its
acclaimed headset heritage.
“The platform is fi rmly in place
for us to develop and lead this
sector with a host of exciting
new product developments,
much more than innovative high
performance headsets – in
collaboration with global players
such as Microsoft, Zoom and
Amazon Chime,” she
emphasised.
Nimans and EPOS teams celebrate
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