The data protection firm, moving beyond its endpoint backup roots, added almost 1,000 new customers over the year, with cloud business growing 170 percent year-on-year
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Veeam wins backup patents dispute with Symantec
The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Trial and Appeal Board has issued final written decisions on four more Symantec patents in Veeam's favour
UK workers say they are more productive out of the office
The Microsoft research asked over 1,000 employees of SMBs up and down the country about creativity, productivity and where they were when they had their best ever work-related idea.
Cloud file and print management services take off says CIF
Research from the Cloud Industry Forum has revealed that the proportion of UK organisations using cloud services for their print and file management has jumped in a year
French IAM provider Ilex enters UK and wants partners
The identity and access management provider serves sectors ranging from banking, finance and insurance, to defence, healthcare, government departments and retail
Tollring signs unified comms OEM deal with Mitel
Tollring's iCall Suite (iCS) Online business productivity tool will now support Mitel’s MiVoice, MiCollab and MiContactCenter, integrating with the Mitel MiCloud UCaaS offering
ReadSoft secures cloud distribution deal with BeckOffice
ReadSoft Online offers integration into all major accountancy packages and finance systems, in addition to secure storage in specialist data centres within the EU
IT service providers ‘misaligned’ with customers’ needs
IT service management platform provider LogicNow surveyed over 1,300 IT departments and almost 700 IT service providers across eight regions
Virgin signs public sector unified comms deal with Unify
Unify OpenScape is a UC and collaboration solution which provides a suite of voice, mobility, video, web conferencing, chat, messaging and presence applications
Mike Harris returns to network integration with Cisco
Through The Network Selector group of companies, which includes Ocean Telecom, Talkativo and Planet Hippo, he has re-established ties with Cisco Systems
EE sells Norton security package to small businesses
Norton 360 Business Premium protects small businesses’ devices against cyber threats, securing smartphones, tablets and computers
UK cloud adoption rate now at 84 percent says Cloud Industry Forum
With the end of Microsoft support for Windows Server 2003 later this year, the industry body anticipates the adoption rate of cloud services will show further large increases over the course of this year
Elitetele.com secures £20m for comms acquisitions
The money will aid Elitetele.com’s ongoing search for businesses to complement its continued growth in the telco, IT, PBX and connectivity sectors, said the company
Outsourcery expands Lync cloud offering with call recording
The introduction of Microsoft Lync Call Recording will enable Outsourcery to expand its cloud sales footprint into new markets, said the CSP.
Sage appoints Nolan as latest ERP X3 partner
Nolan has supplied mid-market business systems and custom developed software applications for over 25 years, and now wants to serve potential cloud clients
Silverbug signs Wolves shirt deal worth ‘six figures’
The VAR has already had its brand emblazoned on the team's new shirts for the coming 2015/16 season, shown off across the web and social media channels
Government IT providers ‘pleased’ about election result says analyst group
Without a majority government, there would have been many weeks of uncertainty and likely delays in decisions around major government projects, says TechMarketView
Infinigate signs UK disti agreement with BeyondTrust
The agreement allows Infinigate to offer the entire BeyondTrust portfolio along with value added services to its UK community of around 2,000 partners
TelecityGroup now in the middle of a takeover battle
TelecityGroup has confirmed that US company Equinix is trying to buy the company and sink the planned merger between itself and Dutch firm Interxion
Accenture acquires leading Salesforce partner Tquila
The addition of over 100 Salesforce skilled staff from Tquila will more than double the number of Accenture’s Salesforce specialists in the UK
Secunia signs UK VAR agreement with Foursys for public/private sector
The agreement covers the full Secunia product range including vulnerability management, security patching and PC protection to secure networks
Dot Hill signs OEM storage distribution deal with Arrow
Arrow will offer Dot Hill’s full line of AssuredSAN storage arrays, including the company’s 3004, 4004 and 6004 models, to systems integrators
Dell brings in Tech Data to distribute products in the UK
Tech Data Corporation says it currently serves 115,000 resellers that support end users in more than 100 countries, generating $27.7bn in sales into the bargain
Neo launches partner programme for graph databases
Industry analyst Forrester Research predicts a quarter of enterprises worldwide will be using graph databases in some capacity by 2017
K3 Hosting acquires Willow Starcom for £1.75m
K3 is now able to service both enterprise level and SME businesses across a variety of sectors, with solutions for both hosted and on premise environments
Xerox Gold Premier Partner Pinnacle changes hands in MBO
Pinnacle operates from a head office in Cardiff and its clients include multi-national corporates, SMEs and public sector organisations
RealVNC launches new channel partner programme
The programme is designed to provide resellers and distributors with all of the tools needed to offer advice and information on VNC remote access software
NetApp targets new flash storage partners
NetApp is enabling its partners to target midsize to large businesses that are looking to accelerate workloads, without compromising the way they deploy, manage and protect data
Claranet expands cloud offering with VMware
VMware will provide Claranet with technical expertise to assist with service design, deployment and support for Claranet’s customer offerings
Campaigner launches white label channel programme
Campaigner White Label Email Marketing is a scalable and feature-rich platform available to reseller, agency and franchise partners to build, foster and grow recurring revenue
