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Commvault makes cloud hay with Cisco partner certification

Jointly tested and developed BaaS architecture for all cloud environments enables organisations to 'accelerate time to market' and 'drive new business opportunities'

Pets at Home tunes up network with MSP Claranet

Claranet is rolling out a brand new WAN to more than 400 Pets at Home retail locations and around 340 veterinary surgeries around the UK

Sumerian bolsters channel effort with new CCO

Previously with EMC, Stuart McCaul will focus on Sumerian’s commercial strategy and development, with a commitment to sell exclusively with strong channel partners

System C to resell Yellowfin BI in health sector

The partnership will see System C make Yellowfin’s 'easy-to-use' BI solution, and associated training and implementation services, available to existing and future UK healthcare clients

Oh Brother, let’s expand our scanner range for the channel

The new PDS-5000 and PDS-6000 scanners are designed for businesses scanning up to 6,000 pages a day, and are now Kofax VRS compatible

IGEL looking for new thin client resellers in Scotland

The company has appointed Michael Murphy as its new regional sales manager to expand its growing channel business

Epson inks document management deal with Spielberg

Epson’s WorkForce document scanners, as well as all Epson WorkForce Pro multi-function devices, now directly connect with Spielberg’s FileDirector

Big Technology signs ‘disruptive’ data centre supplier VMTurbo

VMTurbo’s cloud and virtualisation control platform is already used in over 1,000 data centres worldwide, working in legacy, all-flash and hyper-converged environments

Lookout brings in Exclusive for predictive mobile security

Lookout's technology predicts and stops mobile attacks before harm is done, with its cloud-based system fuelled by a global sensor network of over 70 million users

GFI Software plans channel shakeup after changing ownership

The provider of messaging and security software has appointed software industry veteran Scott Brighton as its new CEO, who has served 25 years at other technology firms

Tegile raises $70m to help tackle European flash storage market

Tegile plans to double the number of its employees, scale up operations and further expand its reseller channel to satisfy rising European demand

Telecity Group bought by US firm Equinix for £2.35bn

The cash-and-shares deal is set to create the largest data centre player in Europe. Telecity originally agreed to merge with Dutch competitor Interxion

Arrow joins forces with Colt to deliver Veeam cloud services

News of the deal follows the announcement that the new Veeam Availability Suite v9 will offer close integration with EMC VNX and VNXe hybrid storage arrays

SimpliVity opens EMEA VAR support centre for hyperconvergence

The firm's business development team is supporting a growing network of local and EMEA-wide solution architects, account managers and channel partners

Avnet launches UK converged infrastructure practice

Solutions can be built to order across EMEA from Avnet’s facility in Tongeren, Belgium, which is certified to the relevant levels required by its supplier partners

Lenovo unveils new storage arrays for the channel

The Lenovo Storage S2200 and S3200 deliver Intelligent Real-Time Tiering, which automatically moves frequently accessed data to higher performing drives every five seconds

Pulse Secure outlines channel expansion for mobile security offering

Pulse Secure has appointed country managers in four key European countries as well as Dubai, and created a local language technical team to deliver true mission critical support

EMC expands cloud offering with $1.2bn Virtustream buy

EMC says it can now offer the industry’s 'most comprehensive hybrid cloud portfolio' to support 'all applications, all workloads and all cloud models'

IT Lab acquires Manchester’s JMC to expand nationally

With a combined turnover approaching £30 million, a 300-strong team, and in excess of 750 clients, the new firm will target SMEs and the mid-market

Shared services in Scottish charity sector are boon to Annodata

Annodata says persistent budget cuts and more competition for donations have given rise to new forms of collaboration in the back-office

Capita acquires HP wifi VAR Pervasive

The Technology Solutions division was also recently expanded with Capita's acquisitions of Solid State Solutions and Network Technology Solutions

Exponential-e expands cloud business and top management team

Over the next year, the company aims to maintain its stellar growth rate by investing 10 percent of earnings into research and development and expanding internationally

TmaxSoft aims to make software fly with Concorde

The partners say they will offer help and guidance for those enterprises looking to re-platform and replace elements of their Oracle estate to drive down software costs