Technology Reseller - v13 2018

01732 759725 14 NEWS : RESELLERS Sensata acquired by Excalibur Excalibur Communications, a telecoms and IT solutions provider based in the South- West of England, has completed its third acquisition in 18 months with the purchase of Swindon IT support business Sensata Ltd. The acquisition of Sensata, which designs, installs and supports IT networks for small and medium-sized enterprises, is part of Excalibur’s strategy to grow by strengthening its IT and connectivity business. Sensata founders Christopher and Janet Griffin will remain involved with Excalibur and customers will continue to be served by their current team. Sentata staff will relocate to Excalibur’s offices in Arclite House, Swindon. www.excaliburcomms.co.uk Onecom to sell Sony Mobile IoT products Onecom has signed a UK partnership agreement with Sony Mobile Communications to sell and support its Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio. The first service it will offer is Tracking Solutions from Sony, a complete indoor positioning service that enables the tracking and tracing of assets and people in real time. Target markets include airports for tracking trolleys and wheelchairs; servicing companies for locating assets to maintain; and production companies and other organisations with expensive equipment to keep track of. Darren Ridge, CEO at Onecom, said: “This agreement confirms Onecom’s position as an innovator and leader in IoT in the UK. We are already seeing the immense benefits in innovation and productivity that come with the deployment of IoT technology. Yet we are still only scratching the surface of the virtually limitless possibilities it will bring.” www.onecom.co.uk Ensono certified as Azure Expert MSP Ensono, a hybrid IT services provider, has been certified as a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP, one of just 32 companies to achieve this accreditation. Auditors evaluated Ensono’s technical expertise, assessment and design, build and migration, cloud operations and service management, security and governance, SLAs, customer satisfaction, cost optimisation, and reporting for its Azure services. A key factor was Ensono’s Hyper Cloud management platform, which gives clients full visibility of their Microsoft Azure environment. www.ensono.com Double success for Pennine Bury-headquartered communications, data and network specialist Pennine has been selected as a supplier on two procurement frameworks, enabling it to tender for public sector contracts worth more than £10m. The Scottish Government and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) have named it as an approved supplier on the framework under the Telephony Services category of the Government’s Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Traditional Telephony, IP Telephony and Enterprise Bundled Services. The CSS has also placed Pennine on the new G-Cloud 10 (G10) procurement framework for Cloud Hosting, Cloud Software and Cloud Support. www.wearepennine.com On June 28, at its 11th CSR Day, business services specialist Commercial challenged 400 customers and suppliers to reduce their environmental impact and adopt more sustainable business practices. Highlights of the Challenge, Champion, Change event included talks from designer Wayne Hemingway and entrepreneur Ed Gillespie and a panel discussion that also involved Commercial MD Simone Hindmarch, Alex Chalk MP, Anna Ma from the Sky Corporate Affairs, Bigger Picture Team and Michele Cahn, Xerox VP of Global Government Affairs, Sustainability & Citizenship. www.commercial.co.uk Commercial challenges businesses to improve CSR Hollis Technology now a Dell EMC Select Partner Hollis Technology, a provider of business support solutions, has added Dell workstations, servers and enterprise storage products to its range after becoming an Authorised Solution Provider within Dell EMC’s Select Partner Programme. Simon Hollister, Director of Sales at Hollis Technology, said: “Partnering with one of the world’s leading technology vendors gives Hollis an important competitive differentiator that will help to solve the complex digital challenges being faced by organisations of every size. Adding Dell EMC to our solutions portfolio will also help to strengthen customer relationships and help grow the business in line with our ongoing expansion strategy.” www.hollistechnology.co.uk Tech Mahindra partners with Salford University Indian IT giant Tech Mahindra and The University of Salford have agreed to collaborate on a variety of projects including research into virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) and the creation of connected experiences for smart cities using automation and the Internet of Things (IoT). The agreement signed at the recent Manchester India Business Summit follows the opening of a Tech Mahindra office in Salford in April. The IT services and consultancy company employs over 110,000 staff and has offices in more than 60 countries. Ashish Pandey, VP and client executive at Tech Mahindra Salford, said: “Our Salford operation is ideally placed to work with forward-thinking, ambitious businesses and organisations like Salford University. By plugging into research and tech talent at Salford University, we can share resources and skills to improve the standard of research we undertake.” www.salford.ac.uk