PrintIT Reseller - issue 72

01732 759725 BULLETIN 6 Zen announces partnership with Nutanix Independently-owned telecommunications and technology service provider Zen Internet, has signed a three-year contract with Nutanix. The move places Zen as one of Nutanix’s largest service provider partners in Europe. The strategic partnership encompasses a commitment to utilise Nutanix enterprise cloud software to power the Zen Cloud platform giving its customers the agility, economics and security of a cloud platform that is built on high performance, hyper-converged infrastructure. Zen Cloud is available both as infrastructure-as-a- service (IaaS) and as a managed service. “As a growing number of private and public sector organisations look to Nutanix to unify their IT operations and bring frictionless application mobility across different cloud environments, we're thrilled to announce this strategic partnership with Zen,” said Dom Poloniecki, General Manager, Sales, Western Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa region, Nutanix. He continued: "We are confident that Zen’s experience in successfully delivering cloud services will help us to meet the demand for Nutanix’ offerings. We welcome Zen to our exceptional group of trusted channel partners, and we look forward to working together to guide customers on their enterprise cloud journeys. Together, we’ll help them reap the rewards of modernising their data centres and running applications at any scale, on-prem and in the cloud.” www.zen.co.uk DMC closes sixth acquisition DMC has completed the acquisition of Leemic, a move that adds a further £3.5 million of revenue to the group, taking total revenues close to £70 million. Established in 1972 and headquartered in Stockport, Leemic serves customers across the North West of England and Scotland. The business will form part of the northern region headed up by Regional Managing Director, Warren Colby, which already has operations in Gateshead, York and Manchester. The acquisition provides DMC with the opportunity to expand into Scotland where Leemic has a growing sales and service operation. Colby said: “Leemic is an excellent business which we know well having worked together previously with great success. When the opportunity to acquire Leemic arose, we had no hesitation in adding their expertise to the group.” DMC CEO, Simon Davey, added: “Warren and I want to expand our presence in the north with high quality acquisitions and Leemic absolutely meets these criteria, with the same customer- centric values and excellent OEM relationships.” www.dmcplc.co.uk Apogee supporting the NHS Within 24 hours of receiving the requirements for the new Nightingale hospital, Apogee staff were delivering and installing new print and document technology into the ExCel Centre site in London, building on the proven managed print service model it already provides at Bart’s NHS Trust and many other hospitals in London and across the UK. The team currently supporting University Hospital Birmingham are now preparing to support the new Birmingham Nightingale hospital with new technology, and is working with the planners for all the new field sites opening across the UK. Apogee said that feedback from hospitals nationwide has been that its service engineers and the account managers supporting them are doing a tremendous job, with phenomenal speed of response when they are needed www.apogeecorp.com ITEC Northern complete MBO ITEC Northern Managing Director Paul Hamilton and Account Director Tom Perkins, have completed a management buy-out. ITEC Northern has been part of the wider ITEC Group since its formation in 2015 and has been a runaway success – growing a strong reputation for its smart technology solutions and outstanding customer service. Having developed a diverse customer base and achieved revenues in excess of £2 million per annum, Hamilton and Perkins wanted to take the business forward under their own steam. The company will continue to provide customers with its managed print services, whilst looking to forge new and exciting offerings for its clients into the future. Nick Orme CEO at ITEC said: “It has been a great experience supporting Paul and Tom as they’ve built ITEC Northern into one of the leading managed print services providers in Manchester and have built a company that can service national customers. To create such a business from a standing start within five years is an incredible achievement. It has been an excellent investment for us and I am thrilled that Paul and Tom will now have the opportunity to take the business forward for themselves.” Hamilton added: “From the outset, the plan has been to build a sustainable local technology managed service provider to give UK organisations the best in sales and service for all their office technology needs. We’ve achieved this with the dedication of all our staff and the support of ITEC. Our hard work and our customer loyalty have been instrumental in our growth. My continued focus is to deliver a first-class service in an ever-changing sector by partnering with the top manufacturers. I would also like to thank them for their support.” www.itecgroup.co.uk Simon Davey