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01732 759725 16 NEWS : RESELLERS Gold accreditation for Pennine Pennine has achieved Gold partner accreditation within Microsoft’s Cloud Productivity Competencies programme in recognition of its expertise in implementing Microsoft Office 365. Managing director Andrew Roberts said: “Office 365 and in particular Skype for Business are absolutely pivotal for us. Securing Gold accreditation from Microsoft is not only great recognition of our expertise in delivering Office 365 on-premise, cloud and hybrid solutions, but provides us with additional access to Microsoft’s extensive technical and support resources.” www.wearepennine.com delaware joins M-Files partner program Global systems integrator delaware has joined the M-Files partner program so that it can integrate M-Files content management with customers’ existing core business systems without the need for costly and time-consuming migration projects. Frank van Asten, a delaware partner with global responsibility for information management, said: “Improving business processes by integrating data and content across the organisation is at the core of a new value proposition that is driving growth at Delaware. This led us to look for a partner that integrates different software systems and aims to unify information management with one simple interface. That is exactly the core focus of M-Files.” The system-neutral approach of M-Files allows data and content to be unified across systems and managed ‘in-place’, enabling users to manage information residing in all their systems and content repositories via a common user interface that also supports mobile devices. www.delaware.pro Hollis announces new partnerships Hollis Technology has signed new reseller agreements with Mist, a developer of self- learning wireless networks for the smart devices era, and with Cisco Meraki, a provider of cloud-managed IT networking solutions. As an Authorised Reseller Partner for Mist, Hollis will be responsible for supplying and supporting the full range of Mist AI- driven wireless platforms and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) location-based services to customers nationwide. Its partnership with Cisco Meraki will enable Hollis to provide customers with complete single-vendor cloud networking solutions comprising security/ SD-WAN, switching, wireless LAN, VoIP communications, security cameras and mobility management. Meraki products can be deployed remotely in minutes using zero-touch cloud provisioning and managed centrally through a single, unified Cloud Dashboard.   www.hollistechnology.co.uk Office Monster recognised Online office supplies business Office Monster has been shortlisted in the Fastest Growth category of the Yorkshire Business Masters Awards in recognition of its sales growth over the last four years. During this time it has gone from start-up to a £1 million turnover business. The overall winner is due to be announced on April 26. www.officemonster.co.uk Commsworld, Scotland’s largest independent provider of internet, data, cloud and voice communications, is celebrating record revenues of more than £15 million in the12 months to December 2017, an increase of 15% on the previous year. The company’s growth has been driven by a number of public sector wins, including ultra-fast broadband contracts with the City of Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Borders Council. Following the signing of its largest ever deal – a £30million seven-year contract with Glasgow City Council – Commsworld anticipates revenues of more than £20 million in 2018.  Chief executive Ricky Nicol said: “We’re all delighted that 2017 has been the best year in our history. After taking the decision to provide a personal and tailored service to businesses, we’ve seen more and more clients join us or choose to renew their contracts with us. But the real step-up for us as a business has been proving that we can deliver excellence on the biggest public sector ICT contracts in Scotland.” Commsworld was founded in 1994 and has offices in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh and more than 80 employees. MTI Technology doubles London office space MTI Technology, a provider of on-site and cloud-based storage, security solutions and infrastructure-as-a-service, has doubled its footprint in Moorgate in the City of London to better serve the needs of customers in the financial sector. The expansion is the latest strategic investment made by the company since its acquisition by the Endless Fund IV from US-based private equity fund Garnett and Helfrich Capital LLP in 2017. https://mti.com Record year for Commsworld Andrew Roberts Airband in the running Following its success at last year’s Midlands Family Business Awards, where it won Fastest Growing Family Business of the Year, Worcester-based internet service provider Airband has been nominated for Tech Growth Business of the Year in the 2018 National Technology Awards. Over the last two years, Airband has delivered Superfast broadband projects worth £23 million to 34,000 homes and businesses in rural and hard-to-reach areas of England and Wales where a traditional fibre solution cannot be used. During this period, Airband doubled its headcount to 48 and increased turnover by 144%, from £1.5m in 2015 to £3.8m in 2016. The National Technology Award winners will be announced on May 17, 2018. Steve Hanley Ryan Ward Ricky Nicol