BULLETIN Milestone anniversary AG Group, a Sheffield-based reseller which offers Canon’s product and software portfolio to customers in Yorkshire is celebrating 40 years of successful partnership with the OEM. The anniversary marks one of Canon’s longest and most successful partnerships in the UK, with AG Group being a sole Canon reseller throughout its 40-year history. The organisation was set up in 1982 by current Managing Director Jeff Parkin, with the aim to deliver outstanding technology solutions to organisations within the local area. Today, AG Group has grown to be one of the largest resellers in West and South Yorkshire specialising in the leasing and procurement of printers, copiers, MFPs and software. The business prides itself on its unique relationship with Canon, and the cutting-edge technology that the partnership has allowed it to bring to its customers. Andrew Crowder, Operations Director for AG Group said: “We’ve worked with Canon since the 1980s, and through the quality and breath of its products; its fast turnaround speeds and unrivalled support, our business has been able to succeed and grow. We anticipate a further forty years of exciting partnership ahead.” www.aggroup.co.uk DoiT attains SOC 2 certification DoiT International (DoiT), a global multi-cloud software and managed service provider with deep expertise in simplifying complex cloud operations, has achieved System and Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II certification. This, alongside ISO270001 and GDPR certifications demonstrates its commitment to maintaining the highest data security standards and helps customers maintain compliance and peace of mind. “Data privacy and protection are top priorities for businesses to maintain excellent customer satisfaction, but the journey to a secure ecosystem can be a long, challenging one. Attaining this certification shows our customers and prospects that we take data security seriously,” said Vadim Solovey, Chief Technology Officer and General Manager at DoiT International. “Our team always prioritises the security and trust of our customers, and this certification saves customers time on lengthy data security audits and provides them with peace of mind that their data and privacy are safe.” www.doit-intl.com Sangoma acquires NetFortris Sangoma, a provider of cloud-based communications as a service solutions for companies of all sizes, has acquired NetFortris. This acquisition extends its suite of cloud services with new MSP capabilities, delivering even more ‘one stop shopping’ for customers and providing larger share of wallet for Sangoma. NetFortris provides UCaaS and cloud-based, fully managed MSP solutions for businesses of all sizes and across all industries. In addition to NetFortris’ UCaaS offering, its MSP product line delivers mission-critical communications services that customers need to complement their as-a-service applications, such as managed network security, managed SD-WAN, managed network access, monitoring, etc. These MSP services are built upon a highly integrated, end-to-end managed network, backed up by an expert 24/7 network engineering team. www.sangoma.com Sam Elphick named as finalist in annual Young Professionals Awards Lex Business Director, Sam Elphick, has been shortlisted at this year’s North West Young Professionals Awards. Elphick is in the category of Young Digital + Tech Professional , up against four other finalists from Beyond Law Group, Platinum Live, D&D London and Majoris. The Insider awards showcases the range of young professional talent across the region, recognising the impact of the North West’s growing talent pool. www.lexbusiness.co.uk CCS rebrands as Aurora Managed print and ICT provider, Corona Corporate Solutions (CCS), has rebranded as Aurora with immediate effect. The company has relaunched with new values, new differentiation and new propositions. Specifically, Aurora is launching a new solution to assist customers with home workers and a new range of service packages. CEO Andy Moffitt, said: “We are transforming to become more relevant to the changed world we find ourselves in. Whilst we remain proud of everything we achieved as CCS, we are incredibly excited about our future as Aurora.” www.weareaurora.co.uk Rackspace Technology and Cohesity partner Rackspace Technology, an end-to-end, multi-cloud technology solutions company, has announced a strategic partnership with next-gen data management company Cohesity, to deliver multi-cloud managed backup and recovery solutions for Rackspace Technology customers globally. Under the partnership, Rackspace Technology will offer customers Rackspace Data Protection, a high-performance, software-defined CohesityPowered backup and recovery service that delivers cyber resilient managed backup and recovery across VMware-based clouds. “The partnership with Cohesity gives our customers access to a proven, robust data protection solution that eliminates legacy backup silos and provides comprehensive protection against the array of rising data threats they are facing, including ransomware,” said Josh Prewitt, Chief Product Officer at Rackspace Technology. “Customers can now manage and control data recovery from a single source, more efficiently store data, and eliminate potentially costly disruptions.” www.rackspace.com www.cohesity.com 01732 759725 6 www.binfo.co.uk/golf-society.php 2 0 2 2 Sam Elphick
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