01732 759725 12 NEWS : RESELLERS adesso UK to counter skills shortage with agile software development services Jigsaw 24 and Kandji partner up Jigsaw24, a B2B IT solutions provider with an Apple-first focus, is enhancing its device management offering for enterprises through a new partnership with Kandji, the Apple Device Management and Security Platform. Kandji Device Management transforms Apple devices into enterprise-ready endpoints, with all the right apps, settings and security controls in place, bringing harmony to the way IT, InfoSec and Apple device users work. The Kandji platform includes tools and automations that encompass zero-touch deployment, the Mac setup experience, device configuration and hardening, automated remediation for security controls, application deployment and patch management, OS updates and single sign-on integration for Mac. Andrew Denton, Solutions Director at Jigsaw24, said: “We are delighted to be partnering with Kandji to provide our updated offering to our customers. With its ease of setup, deployment and management, it represents a fantastic option for customers looking for an Apple-centric MDM solution, and it fits perfectly alongside our existing device management proposition, enhancing our options and capabilities.” www.jigsaw24.com/kandji Digital Space named Fortinet MSSP Partner of the Year Digital Space, a provider of cloud managed services to mid-market enterprises, has been named Fortinet MSSP Partner of the Year for 2022 in recognition of its strategic alignment with Fortinet and growing adoption of services across the Fortinet Security Fabric. These extend from FortiGate Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) into solutions such as Secure SD-WAN, FortiSASE, Zero Trust Network Access, FortiEDR and Secure SD-Branch. Neil Muller, Chief Executive Officer at Digital Space, said: “We are thrilled to have been named Fortinet’s 2022 MSSP Partner of the Year. This award highlights our track record of providing exceptional managed security and connectivity services, as well as our commitment to Fortinet. We are proud to be recognised for our ongoing successes and, together with Fortinet, we will continue to bring industry leading technology solutions to our customers.” Employing 330 people, Digital Space operates from three sites: its headquarters in Newark-on-Trent, also home to a datacentre and the company’s Network Operations Centre; an operations centre in Telford, which includes an additional datacentre and business continuity centre; and an office in London. www.digitalspace.co.uk Neil Muller IT services provider adesso has expanded its European footprint to 14 countries with the establishment of a UK arm headquartered in London. Headed up by Director Libero Raspa, adesso UK Limited will focus on providing UK businesses with near-shore and offshore software development through adesso Group’s global supply network to counter the UK skills shortage and to facilitate customer adoption of digital technologies. The adesso SmartShore model supports sophisticated IT projects by bringing together international software development teams from adesso subsidiaries in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain and India on an agile basis. Raspa said: “Thanks to the SmartShore model, we are able to implement extensive digitalisation projects using an agile methodology. Our recipe for success is the high professionalism of our IT experts, their experience working with remote delivery, our low staff turnover and the guaranteed sustainability of the project work at our SmartShore locations.” The adesso Group, founded in Dortmund in 1997, has over 8,000 employees in Europe and posted 900 million euros in sales in 2022. www.adesso-smartshore.com Copyright: adesso NEPA2 boon for XBM Managed print services provider XBM is looking forward to expanding its footprint in education and the wider public sector after being accepted onto the National Education Print Agreement (NEPA2) Framework as an Epson nominated reseller. One of only two Epson Platinum Partners in the UK, XBM will now be able to provide print devices and print management solutions and services to universities and higher educational institutions, publicly funded primary and secondary schools and the wider public sector. Dominic Kennedy, Public Sector Account Manager for Epson UK, said: “Epson’s inclusion in the NEPA 2 Framework demonstrates just how important sustainability is becoming in the procurement criteria for the Higher Education sector. We are privileged to be on this framework and to be delivering cutting-edge solutions with all the qualities of local service thanks to resellers such as XBM Limited.” Epson’s Heat-Free inkjet print technology can reduce energy consumption and costs by up to 83% and consumables waste by up to 96%. Further reductions can be achieved through fleet management options, including EPA, MyQ and PaperCut, and digital document management solutions such as DocuWare or Square 9. XMB can provide sustainability and optimisation reports, comparing current print and copier fleets to the optimal solution, and will also plant trees for every Epson solution installed. www.xbmltd.com/NEPA2 To the races with Espria Doncaster Racecourse is the location for Espria’s second Optimise IT event of the year on June 28. With a focus on cloud and communication technologies, the networking and learning event will feature technology showcases from strategic partners and a keynote from Thomas John, Vice President International at Five9, who will explain how AI is helping the company’s customers achieve a hard ROI. Espria’s third Optimise IT event of 2023, focusing on Document Solutions and Security, will take place on September 19 at the Manor by the Lake hotel in Cheltenham. Its fourth, focusing on Connectivity and the Hybrid Office, will take place on November 22 at Gray’s Inn in London. Espria.com Libero Raspa
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