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September 2019 | Comms Business Magazine | 5
Vaioni takes
on Panoramic
investment
VAIONI WHOLESALE IS looking
to deliver on its ambitious
growth plans following a multimillion
pound investment from
Panoramic Growth Equity, an
equity investor in fast growing
entrepreneurial UK companies.
Sachin Vaish, founder and
Managing Director of Vaioni
commented, “Vaioni has scaled
signifi cantly in recent years,
and we are incredibly proud
to be recognised not only
as award winning, but as a
credible and trusted business
partner. Receiving this
investment takes our total fund
raise to £5.5m and will enable
us to accelerate the business’s
growth strategy. This includes
the rollout of our Software
Defi ned Network strategy,
bringing network automation to
our customers, and enhancing
the product range with Unifi ed
Communications, Internet
Security and Cloud, whilst
strategically entering into
new markets and driving our
SABIO
Leeds City Council has selected Sabio
to provide an innovative real-time
customer satisfaction surveying
solution to support the council’s Voice
of the Customer programme. Sabio has
implemented their automated Bright
Navigator post-call survey tool.
COMPLETE
Vodafone Group has completed the
acquisition of Liberty Global’s operations
in Germany and the Czech Republic,
Hungary, and Romania (CEE) for a total
enterprise value of €18.4 billion.
PANGEA
Pangea’s IoT Partner Programme has now
reached the 200 mark. Launched back in
the spring of 2016, it’s shown incredible
growth over a very short span of time,
with them reaching their 100-partner
milestone at the end of 2017.
people strategy, who are the
heart of our business. Our
goal is to become the Digital
Transformation Partner of
choice and we look forward
to working closely with the
team at Panoramic as Vaioni
continues to disrupt the
Channel in its ambition to
help our Partners stand out
from the crowd as businesses
continue to make the digital
transformation transition
by delivering market leading
services to both new and
existing customers.”
David Wilson, Partner at
Panoramic and new member of
the Vaioni Board, commented,
“We are delighted to support
Sachin and the rest of his team
at Vaioni to help them continue
their growth journey. We have
been particularly impressed
by the growth that Vaioni has
achieved to date, the strength
of the management team and
the opportunity for Vaioni to
expand its network and product
portfolio across the UK.”
195%
2019 has seen a 195% surge in
ransomware in the UK
Sachin Vaish, founder and
Managing Director
BROADCOM BUYS SYMANTEC FOR $10.7BN
SYMANTEC IS SET to sell its Enterprise Security assets, which include the
Symantec name, to Broadcom for $10.7 billion in cash. The transaction,
which was approved by Symantec’s Board of Directors, is expected to
close before the end of the calendar year pending regulatory approvals.
“This is a transformative transaction that should maximize immediate
value to our shareholders while maintaining ownership in a pure play
consumer cyber safety business with predictability, growth and strong
consistent profi tability. In addition, it allows the Enterprise Security
business to grow and compete on an enterprise platform with a worldwide
sales and distribution reach which can service our existing customers,”
said Rick Hill, Interim President and CEO of Symantec. He added, “It
also allows our Norton LifeLock business, a world recognized leader in
consumer and small business cyber safety to operate independently and
give investors a clear understanding of the growth opportunity and strong
fi nancial performance.”
Wildix releases Wizyconf
GLOBAL UC&C VENDOR Wildix
is increasing its hardware
range with the introduction of
a dedicated Video Conference
Room Solution that utilises
WebRTC and Google Chrome OS.
Introducing the solution, CTO
Dimitri Osler said, “Using the
Power of Google Chrome OS to
provide this functionality in a
dedicated i7 Small form factor
Conference controller not only
makes the solution simple
to use but also goes along
with our Secure By Design
development, along with each
and every other product we
provide, Google have in fact
offered a reward of $2.7 Million
dollars to anyone that can
manage to infi ltrate Chrome
OS.”
Ian Rowan, UK Channel
Manager added, “Video
Conferencing and Room
Solutions have been around
for many years but cost
prohibitive for most SME
companies, recently we have
seen many informal Video
Conferencing solutions come
to market that allow you to use
Laptops, Desktops and Mobile
phones as a conferencing
device, we have the same within
our own Collaboration solution
but using our own range of Plug
and Play hardware it gives the
user a complete solution and our
partners a single vendor solution
for supply and support.”
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