Technology Reseller - v18 2019

01732 759725 NEWS : RESELLERS 16 Lancashire and Cumbria tech firm Q2Q is continuing to support rural chartered surveyors, valuers, estate agents and auctioneers Armitstead Barnett in their on-going expansion across the North West. Q2Q already provided the land and property specialists with IT support, including proactive and preventative maintenance, and so was the obvious choice to provide a turnkey IT solution for Armitstead Barnett’s new three-person office in Clitheroe town centre. This included an infrastructure audit, rewiring of the premises, the installation of new internet lines and network equipment and workstation set-up. Lorna Stellakis, organisational development director at Q2Q, said: “The office was a bare shell when we first arrived, so it was a case of creating a working environment from the ground up. The outdated wiring threw up a few issues, but our turnkey services meant the project was delivered in its entirety on time for the grand opening in February.” Q2Q provides turnkey solution for Armitstead Barnett 500 Miles in Five Days A team of seven Commercial employees is hoping to raise £25,000 for Versus Arthritis by cycling 500 miles in five days. On June 8-12, Mark Hallett, Liam Dutson, Alan Martin, Kevin Ablett, Andrew McKenzie, Mark Butchers and Lee Williams aim to complete a 500-mile circuit, starting and ending at Commercial’s head office in Cheltenham and taking in the company’s Leeds and London offices on the way. www.commercial.co.uk/ Red Reply recognition Reply, a global network of affiliated tech firms that help companies streamline business processes and integrate systems through the use of Big Data, Cloud Computing, Digital Communication, Internet of Things and Blockchain, is celebrating after its affiliate Red Reply, a specialist in the Oracle Cloud IaaS and PaaS platform, was named Oracle Partner of the Year: Autonomous . The award recognises Red Reply for its work in developing projects using Oracle Autonomous Database technology with Oracle Cloud Autonomous DataWarehouse, a cloud-based database that uses machine learning to eliminate manual labour in operations such as tuning, security, backups, updates and other routine activities. www.reply.com • www.red.reply.com Google endorsement Agile Solutions (GB) LTD has qualified as a Google Cloud Partner after demonstrating its experience in Cloud services. The partnership gives customers access to the latest Google Cloud technology before it is released to the wider community, whilst enabling Agile Solutions to develop new solutions for the platform. Owen Lewis, CEO of Agile Solutions (GB) LTD, said: “Agile Solutions (GB) LTD has been very successful over the past five years, with 50% annual growth (CAGR). This endorsement by Google cements our place as one the UK’s leading technology consultancies.” BSI partnership Business Systems International (BSI) is to distribute Virtual Instruments’ hybrid IT infrastructure performance management solutions across UK. These include the VirtualWisdom 6.0 platform for real-time and historical insight into the performance, availability, health and utilisation of data centre infrastructures and WorkloadWisdom, which tests and evaluates storage performance using real-life application workloads. www.virtualinstruments.com The Armitstead Barnett team (left to right): Lisa Kellow – Sales Negotiator, Felicity Mason – Property Agent, Debbie Killeen – Head of Residential Sales, Dianne Turner – Head of Operations, Hannah Towers – Agency Partner, Ann Robinson – Viewing Assistant. One in twenty Mal Verity, Technical Manager at Genesis Business Systems, has become one of fewer than 20 people in the UK to be certified as a SonicWall Technical Master after demonstrating his in-depth knowledge of the SonicWall product and solutions portfolio and the wider cybersecurity landscape. SonicWall’s Technical Master program builds on the SonicWall Network Security Administrator (SNSA) qualification and involves detailed study of technical topics, such as cloud application security and Wi-Fi cloud manager. www.genesisit.co.uk IT experts wanted Cheshire IT firm Highstream Solutions has launched a recruitment drive after achieving triple digit growth and a roster of more than 50 clients across the North West and North Wales after less than two years in business. Highstream Solutions was shortlisted for Business Start Up of the Year in last year’s Cheshire Business Awards . www.highstream.co.uk Galtec employees share six-figure bonus pool IT solutions supplier Galtec is sharing a six-figure sum between employees who have been with the company for three years or more, following a £2 million increase in year-on-year turnover to a record £16 million. The bonus will be divided up according to length of service rather than seniority. Galtec Director Mark Adams said: “We want to demonstrate to everyone how much their loyalty is appreciated. Rewarding our employees based on their length of service with us is something we’ve never done before, but we wanted to try something different to show every single member of the team that their work is instrumental to the success and growth of the business.” To help achieve this year’s turnover target of £20 million, Galtec has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of four more directors. These are Technical Director Jamie Bowes, Central Government Sales Director Tracie Walker, Finance Director Amy Cooke and Sales Director John O’Connell.