14 01732 759725 NEWS : RESELLERS AWS consultancy launches with €100 million growth fund Version 1 acquires two more UK businesses Version 1, the Irish-founded digital transformation partner with revenues of more than €255 million, has increased its headcount to more than 3,000 people and grown its customer base to 650 organisations after acquiring two more UK businesses – Oracle partner Qubix and Cloud and DevOps specialist Automation Logic (subject to clearance by the National Security and Investment Act 2021). The acquisitions, its 15th and 16th to date, will strengthen Version 1’s expertise in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, DevOps and Platform Engineering through Automation Logic and its 160 employees and its expertise in Oracle ERP through the finance transformation expert Qubix and its 170 employees. Global private markets firm Partners Group acquired a majority stake in Version 1 in 2022. Arrow Business Communications is top earner for Wildix in UK UCaaS disrupter Wildix is urging resellers to convert their remaining customers from CapEx to OpEx as a matter of urgency before their competitors do. Speaking at the company’s 2023 UC&C Summit, Wildix Co-founder and CEO Steve Osler said: “Customers that are signing up for a new cloud PBX in 2023 will not change these PBXs any more until the PBX goes for good. Everyone is grabbing what they can and trying to convert them to recurrent cloud solutions.” Dimitri Osler, Wildix co-founder and CTO, suggested that when doing so resellers should focus more on the business benefits of unified communications. He said: “Customers today care less and less about PBXs and more about closing deals. Customer communication platforms create opportunities and maximise the chances of closing deals by increasing customer interactions. From a business owner’s perspective, there’s always a need to invest in a solution that can achieve that.” Last year, the Top 10 highest earning Wildix partners in the UK were: 1. Arrow Business Communications 2. Readycrest Ltd 3. NT Voice and Data Solutions 4. Challenger Mobile Communications 5. TIC Ltd 6. Aonix Limited 7. European Telecom Solutions 8. sw comms 9. Avandda Ltd 10. Wavenet Limited Ian Rowan, UK Senior Channel Manager, said: “It’s great to see so many partners increasing their revenue and embracing new services like CLASSOUND, our international network, and HWaaS, the ability to subscribe to the hardware you require rather than leasing or purchasing. The Top 10 have all taken these services to boost revenue and help ensure their customers are getting the best options available.” Wildix was founded in 2005 and is currently used by over one million active users in 135 countries. www.wildix.com Bluecube strengthens ties with YMCA Lincolnshire Lincoln-based IT and communications specialist Bluecube has nominated YMCA Lincolnshire as its first charity of the year. Bluecube plans to make a donation to the charity for every user it connects to one of its services in 2023, in addition to an extensive programme of fund-raising initiatives. MD Paul Reames said: “We’ve been supporting YMCAs across the UK since 2015 and we first donated to YMCA Lincolnshire in 2020 when Covid put significant additional strain on the organisation. YMCA Lincolnshire is a tremendously important and valued organisation that makes a big difference in our local community, so we decided to go a step further and support the charity throughout the whole of 2023.” Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Bluecube specialises in UC, cloudbased voice, mobile services and high-speed internet, including Lincoln’s first 10Gbps ultrafast fibre network for businesses, FASTER LINCOLN, which launched last year in partnership with Eclipse Networks. bluecubecloud.com. A group of AWS experts backed by a team of international investors has set up a new global technology consultancy offering bespoke services to Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) working in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem. With offices in the UK and US, VeUP has hired CEO James Campanini, previously Head of Channels and Alliances, UK&I at AWS, to oversee the company’s expansion, which includes plans to hire 40 fulltime staff this year. VeUP is offering clients foundational tech reviews; consultancy, training and workshops on how to get the best from AWS Marketplace to scale rapidly; frictionless billing management that scales in line with demand; and cost optimisation and governance services. With partners, it has also set up a €100 million growth fund, Quadri Partners, to invest in and help high growth companies reach their full potential through AWS. VeUP Executive Chairman Alexander Dick said: “Our team is ready to help ambitious SMEs and enterprise players accelerate their growth to the next level. Backed by our multi-million growth fund and equipped with very best AWS industry experts, our team is ready to make waves in the tech industry.” https://veup.com/ Alexander Dick Staff from Version 1, Qubix (back row) and Automation Logic (front row) celebrate Version 1’s 15th and 16th acquisitions Dimitri Osler
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