01732 759725 06 RESELLER NEWS continued... market sectors, notably communications, media & utilities (CMU) and local government, as well as continued growth in its core markets of central government, finance, higher education and retail. In addition, Symatrix has continued to build its presence in India with a 50% increase in headcount. The acquisition will give AST an established UK customer base and, through Symatrix’s consulting expertise, expand AST’s capabilities across Oracle Cloud Applications, including Supply Chain and Human Capital Management. Symatrix CEO Chris Brooks and the company’s leadership team will remain in their roles and look to expand their UK customer base with a new suite of offerings from AST. Brooks said: “AST is a best-in-class enterprise solutions provider that has developed into a premier consultancy for complex Cloud needs across public and commercial industries. Joining forces with AST is a natural progression for Symatrix and allows us to service our customers with even greater resources and technical services.” www.astcorporation.com ··· NG Bailey strengthens comms offering The IT Services business of NG Bailey has enhanced its ability to deliver endto-end SD-WAN and cloud-based unified communications solutions through a strategic partnership with wholesale telecommunications vendor PlatformX Communications (PXC). The independent engineering and services business expects the relationship to bring in £500,000 of new business opportunities in 2025 alone. Kelly Tedesco, Managing Director at NG Bailey IT Services, said: “PXC is a well-known business within telecoms and this strategic partnership will support our ongoing mission to improve connectivity and deliver better businesses.” The partnership with PXC follows NG Bailey’s recent agreement with Ring Central and collaboration with Nokia to deliver 5G solutions to UK industries. www.ngbailey.com/services/it-services ··· Trams|Econocom gains Microsoft expertise through Ingentive partnership Trams|Econocom is expanding its offering beyond the Apple ecosystem through a strategic partnership with Ingentive, a Microsoft Partner focused on digital transformation and technical enablement. The alliance will enable Trams|Econocom to leverage Ingenitive’s expertise and offer new and existing customers expert guidance and support across all Microsoft applications, including the Power Platform suite, Microsoft CoPilot and Pro Code solutions. Warren Peel, Managing Director of Trams|Econocom, said: “Our partnership with Ingentive signifies a strategic alignment with our parent company, Econocom, as we work towards achieving our ambitious 5-year strategic plan. Everyone knows we’re experts in everything Apple, and now we’re replicating this model to Microsoft technologies by organically growing our in-house expertise and partnering with experts such as Ingentive.” One of the flagship offerings from Ingentive is CoPilot45, a one-stop AI change and delivery program that aims to get organisations AI-ready in under 45 days. ··· Cheltenham MSP sets the standard ReformIT, a Managed IT Service and Security Provider (MSSP) based in the UK’s cyber-capital, Cheltenham, has been accredited as both a Cyber Advisor and a Cyber Essentials Certification Body. The Cyber Advisor scheme, launched by the Government’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the IASME Consortium, provides accreditation to organisations offering cyber security analysis, advice and practical support to SMEs, focusing on key criteria for Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certification. Neil Smith, Managing Director of ReformIT, said: “It’s a real honour to have ReformIT recognised as both a Cyber Essentials Certification Body and a Cyber Advisor. This means that we are the only firm locally to be able to offer complete end-to-end government approved security assessment and certification under one roof, from cyber security gap analysis to NCSC Cyber Essentials certification.” ··· NS3 Framework success for Black Box Black Box, a provider of IT services & consulting, LAN/WAN connectivity, unified communications and SMS/Wi-Fi emergency messaging technologies, has won a place on Crown Commercial Service’s Network Services 3 Framework. Neil Barton, Black Box Business Development Manager, UK and Ireland, said: “As a trusted and accredited supplier on the CCS NS3 Framework, Black Box is better positioned than ever to provide comprehensive solutions and services in communications, collaboration, networking and security technology. With expertise across these areas, we bring proven solutions and sound IT strategy to customers across national and local government, education, healthcare, manufacturing and retail.” www.blackbox.com/ns3 ··· Intercity boosts Microsoft expertise with Centrality move Intercity, the Birmingham-based provider of cloud, security, communications and managed IT services, is super-charging its Microsoft capabilities with the acquisition of Centrality, a Bedfordshire-based Microsoft Solutions Partner with 25 years’ Microsoft experience and 100 employees. The acquisition transforms Intercity into a £60m turnover company with a 325-strong team. Centrality’s workforce will continue to work from their Bedfordshire office as part of a smooth transition into the Intercity Group, with CEO David Keeling joining the Intercity board as Managing Director of a new division leveraging Centrality’s deep expertise in Microsoft products and solutions. ··· Crowdstrike success for BT and Softcat BT and Softcat were among the winners at the CrowdStrike Europe Partner Awards held at the company’s annual Partner Symposium in Venice, Italy. BT was named European GSI Partner of the Year, with Softcat winning the Northern European Partner of the Year Award. CrowdStrike provides an advanced cloud-native platform for protecting the critical areas of enterprise risk – endpoints and cloud workloads, identity and data. https://www.crowdstrike.com/ Chris Brooks, Symatrix Neil Smith Neil Barton Kelly Tedesco, NG Bailey Warren Peel, Trams | Econocom
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