01732 759725 06 NEWS : RESELLERS Tata to scale Azure Open AI capabilities Coupa adds Unite marketplace to e-procurement platform Coupa has added Unite’s B2B Marketplace Mercateo to its e-procurement and spend management platform, giving Coupa Advantage customers access to 50 million products from over 1,500 suppliers in 14 countries. Coupa Advantage connects customers and vetted suppliers to simplify buying, selling and sourcing processes and leverages the Coupa community’s $4 trillion collective spend to negotiate discounts and preferred terms. Unite Executive Board member Christel Constant said: “Connecting Unite’s Mercateo B2B Marketplace with the Coupa BSM platform will provide customers with access to a one-stop shop for procurement matters. We’re excited to be part of Coupa Advantage as a trusted supplier partner. We look forward to our relationship with Coupa to further help customers gain best-in-class pricing and assortment.” unite.eu Modern Networks extends reach into the South West Modern Networks Ltd, a provider of IT and telecoms to the commercial property market, has acquired the Bluegrass Group, an Exeter-based IT services provider with which it has had a long-term relationship. The acquisition increases the Modern Networks headcount to more than 165 across sites in Hitchin, Cambridge, Guildford and Exeter. Modern Networks CEO Matt Reeve said: “Our intention is to expand the business in the South West region, and we very much look forward to building relationships with our new colleagues and customers in the South West and beyond.” The acquisition of Bluegrass will enable Modern Networks to realise operational efficiencies, expand its presence in the South West and provide faster onsite response times to both new and existing customers in the region. Modern Networks provides fibre broadband, IT support, telecoms and cybersecurity services to over 2,000 commercial properties, 160 shopping centres, 60 retail parks, 45 business and science parks, plus a mix of 250 enterprise clients including architects, accountancy firms, not-for-profits and travel companies. Modern Networks is backed by private equity firm Horizon Capital which acquired a majority stake in the company April 2021. www.modern-networks.co.uk The Bluegrass team A great opportunity IT solutions and managed services provider Ultima is partnering with Commvault to offer advanced data management solutions, including backup, archiving and recovery capabilities and advanced analytics and reporting tools. Oylum Tagmac, Senior Director of Partner Management International at Commvault, said: “We are excited to work with Ultima to deliver innovative solutions that help businesses protect and manage their data more effectively, while also reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.” www.commvault.com In a deepening of its partnership with Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced plans to significantly scale its Azure Open AI capabilities. To this end, it has announced plans to train and certify 25,000 associates on Azure Open AI and launched a Generative AI Enterprise Adoption offering. This proprietary transformation framework enables TCS and client teams to work together on AI-led solutions to business problems at TCS Pace Ports, the company’s innovation and research hubs located in New York, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Amsterdam and Tokyo. As part of their co-innovation, teams can develop proofs of concept on Azure Open AI, create solution roadmaps, gather stakeholder feedback, train the models, build sufficiently strong guardrails and deploy the solutions. Siva Ganesan, Head, Microsoft Business Unit at TCS, said: “Generative AI upends how enterprises can grow revenue, create new innovations and get more work done— it’s a game-changer that has the potential to do all of this faster, better and more cost-effectively. With TCS Generative AI Enterprise Adoption, our joint customers can unlock new growth opportunities and embark on an exciting journey of innovation, guided by our AI expertise and in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Cloud.” TCS can also help clients accelerate software development and boost programmer productivity through advisory, set-up and rollout services around GitHub Copilot, a generative AI tool built on Azure OpenAI language models that helps programmers develop code faster and with less effort. TCS is a member of Microsoft’s AI Council and has a Partner Designation in Data and AI and Microsoft specialisations in AI and machine learning on Azure and analytics on Azure. Its Microsoft Business Unit has over 50,000 Microsoft-certified associates and has completed more than 1,000 Azure engagements for hundreds of global customers. An Azure Expert Managed Service Provider, TCS has all 6 Microsoft Partner Designations and a record 17 Microsoft Advanced Specializations. www.tcs.com Continuous visibility Red Helix, a UK cyber security managed service specialist, has added continuous Extended Detection & Response (XDR), Network Detection and Response (NDR) and Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) solutions to its portfolio through a partnership with CyGlass. Marion Stewart, CEO of Red Helix, said: “The XDR, NDR and CDR solutions from CyGlass are the best in class. Providing these solutions as a managed service means that many more companies can benefit from this important protection.” www.redhelix.com
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