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FIFTEEN GROUP
A Staffordshire IT and technology
company has created 15 new jobs
thanks to landing a seven-fi gure
contract with a national gym chain.
Fifteen Group has become an approved
supplier for Anytime Fitness
BT
BT has announced a range of new
managed network services for
multinational customers deploying
applications and IT services in
Microsoft Azure. BT has been
announced as one of the fi rst partners
of the new Azure Networking Managed
Services Provider programme launched
last month.
FLEX
Entanet is enabling the channel to serve
business customers with low cost full
fi bre Ethernet that meets their need for
exceptionally fast connectivity, while
accommodating occasional need for
more bandwidth at no extr a cost.
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HSO GAINS HSN STAGE 2 COMPLIANCE
HIGHSPEED OFFICE (HSO), has become one of
only a handful of service providers to offer
connectivity and solutions to support health and
social care organisations in their quest towards
a transformed and integrated digital landscape.
Following its successful application, hSo has
secured Health and Social Care Network (HSCN)
stage 2 compliance as a Consumer Network
Services Provider (CNSP).
Avner Peleg, Customer Development Director
at hSo said: “Having a robust and secure data
connection is more than important, it’s critical,
especially when dealing with sensitive information
such as patient data.
Jabra
JABRA HAS LAUNCHED a new huddle room solution
called PanaCast, a smart Panoramic-4K Plug-and-
Play video solution.
Jabra PanaCast delivers wall-to-wall video,
audio and data, which is critical for modern video
collaboration.
The announcement follows the recent acquisition
of Altia Systems.
PanaCast has three 13 megapixel cameras,
working together as one via core technology
embedded in the built-in Jabra PanaCast Vision
Processor.
René Svendsen-Tune CEO at Jabra said: “We have
always valued the importance of sound and personal
interaction in every product within our Jabra
portfolio. The introduction of Jabra PanaCast shows
our commitment to enable businesses to achieve
optimal collaboration and productivity through both
sound and video technology. Now is the time to bring
remote workers and huddle room participants closer
together through the addition of high-quality plugand
play video to your huddle rooms.”
launches
PanaCast
Jola launches Direct Routing for Teams
TEAMS HAS BECOME one of Microsoft’s fastest selling products. However, if
you want to connect Microsoft Phone System to the PSTN (you will, if Teams
is to replace your PBX or hosted telephony system), the Microsoft Calling
Plan product is a little clunky. It’s also quite expensive, compared to SIP
bundles available in the market.
Instead of using their Calling Plan, Microsoft will allow customers to
connect Teams Phone System to an alternative network provider using
Direct Routing. However, setting this up is complicated and expensive and
there are only a handful of companies in the UK offering Direct Routing as a
service.
Jola Direct Routing for Teams is built on a Microsoft approved platform,
offers numbers in 167 countries and every area code in the UK. Jola’s
unlimited wholesale UK call package is priced at a signifi cant discount on
Microsoft's calling plan and they claim to offer very competitive out-ofbundle
rates.
Due to the level of technical expertise required in setting up Direct Routing
for Teams, only resellers with the appropriate Microsoft certifi cation and
administrative access to their customers’ licenses, will be able to buy direct
from Jola.
Adrian Sunderland (pictured) Jola’s CTO commented “For the fi rst time the
channel will be able to sell a viable white-label alternative to traditional PBXs
and hosted telephony. Ordering and management is all self-serve through
our SIP Manager portal. Alternatively, we can provide an API if partners
prefer their customers to be able to place orders through an existing portal.”
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