01732 759725 08 WORKING TOGETHER In a new distribution agreement with Atos Unify, technology advisor 186Kloud has become an official ‘Unify Office by RingCentral (UO) Master Broker’ for the UK and Ireland. Stephen Hackett, Chief Executive Officer of 186Kloud, said: “As the market and demand for unified communication services delivered and consumed from the cloud continues to grow into the mid and enterprise markets, 186Kloud are excited to go to market with trusted technology vendor Atos Unify and their Unify Office offer.” Unify Office by RingCentral, delivered by Atos Unify, is a born-in-the-cloud, mobilefirst communication solution that offers next-generation messaging, video and telephony services and cloud collaboration. www.186kloud.com On-hold messaging provider Audio Productions (AudPro) is extending its reach through a new distribution agreement with Pragma that will enable the latter’s network of reseller partners to boost margins, increase revenue and reduce customer churn through Messaging on Hold solutions. Will Morey, Chief Executive and CoFounder of Pragma, said: “Messaging on hold is a great addition for our reseller partners to add additional recurring revenue services into their iPECS Cloud UCaaS proposition. AudPro’s channel-only model complements Pragma’s perfectly, and we wouldn’t recommend anyone else for MoH.” AudPro and Pragma are supporting resellers with a new partner toolkit that will enable them to run MoH marketing campaigns and educate customers on the benefits of professional on-hold messaging. [email protected] In an extension of its long-standing partnership with infrastructure software provider Progress, Exertis Enterprise is providing reseller partners with access to more of the company’s world-class infrastructure solutions, including Progress WhatsUp Gold IT infrastructure monitoring software and the Progress Flowmon network visibility and security solution, in addition to the Progress Kemp LoadMaster load balancer solution, which Exertis has distributed for many years. The expanded offering will enable network and system admins to monitor everything connected to each network and to find and fix problems before they impact end-users; gain visibility into the status and performance of networks, servers, storage devices, network traffic, device configurations and applications across on-premises and in the cloud, with a single network interface; and take advantage of sophisticated alerting and reporting capabilities to ensure the availability and security of customers’ applications and websites, while allowing them to scale as their workloads change. Dominic Ryles, Director of Sales & Commercial – Security at Exertis Enterprise, said: “We’re excited to extend our Progress portfolio. The two new additions, Flowmon and WhatsUp Gold, give us the opportunity to better service our partners and their customers with Network Detection & Response (NDR) services and Observability and Monitoring tools, in order to defend against the emerging threats we see in the landscape.” www.exertis.co.uk In a new distribution partnership with Pure Storage, Tech Data is extending the former’s entire portfolio of advanced data management and storage solutions to partners across the UK. The addition of Pure Storage complements Tech Data’s current portfolio of infrastructure products and extends choice to partners and their customers. Working with Tech Data, systems integrators and solutions providers can offer customers a complete end-to-end proposition – from on-premise servers, networking and storage to private and public cloud options and complete management and orchestration of hybrid infrastructures. With its professional services offerings, Tech Data can support partners in delivering consultancy, installation and on-going support and managed services, bridging skills gaps and enabling them to deliver more value to customers and grow their business. Jason Boxall, Senior Vice President Advanced Solutions, EMEA, Tech Data, said: “As the capacity needs of large and mid-sized organisations continue to rise, there are tremendous growth opportunities for partners with Pure Storage. Its high performance solutions deliver the quality and reliability that organisations need to support modern hybrid infrastructures and this agreement enables solutions and systems integrator partners to take advantage of Tech Data’s exceptional services, technical expertise and business development capabilities to support the evolving needs of their customers.” https://uk.techdata.com/ With talk of power cuts this winter, CMS Distribution has added Salicru Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems to its enterprise product portfolio. Salicru develops, manufactures and markets products designed to protect industrial, professional and household systems from mains power supply disturbances, while also providing engineering and consulting services to customers. Salicru International Sales Director Eduard Barcelona said: “Salicru are extremely excited to be working in partnership with a forward-thinking, proactive business such as CMS. As demand continues to increase for powerrelated products across all sectors, it’s a strong strategic decision to keep people connected with power and technology.” www.cmsdistribution.com Vectra, a leader in AI-driven threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises, is building on an existing partnership with Nuvias Group company Cloud Distribution and making the Nuvias Group its sole strategic distributor across the UK. By gaining access to Nuvias Group’s 1600-strong UK partner network, Vectra is hoping to expand from the SMB market into the medium and large enterprise space. Its platform enables unified threat visibility for public or hybrid cloud, SaaS, identity and corporate networks, utilising AI to detect criminal activity and help organisations identify attacks and stop them before they become breaches. Garry Veale, Regional Director UK&I at Vectra, said: “Demand for intelligent, threatled security that can take the pressure off security teams is at an all-time high. The Nuvias Group’s integrated offering will give more organisations the opportunity to use Vectra as part of a holistic solution and reduce their mean time to detect attacks. Working together This month’s round-up of new distribution agreements Will Morey Pragma Dominic Ryles Exertis Enterprise Jason Boxall Tech Data
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