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Effective 1 July, HP has named Mark Davitt as its new UK&I Channel Director, succeeding Neil MacDonald, who has been appointed Vice President and General Manager for HP’s Commercial Channel business in the US. MacDonald’s move follows more than five years leading HP’s UK&I Channel organisation, during which he strengthened …

TD Synnex has named Amy Brady as sales director – major accounts, UK and Ireland, strengthening its focus on delivering enhanced partner experiences across the region. Brady has spent almost ten years at TD Synnex and was most recently Dell EMC business unit director for the UK and Ireland, a …

Westcon‑Comstor has named Olya Scekaturova as Vice President of Regional Sales for the UK and Ireland, strengthening its European sales organisation under a unified operating model. The distributor said the appointment will support accelerated growth in UKI, deepen partner and vendor engagement and drive consistent sales execution across its Westcon …

Dropzone AI has confirmed a new partnership with QBS Software that will see the distributor bring the company’s Agentic SOC to MSSPs and VARs throughout EMEA. The agreement centres on Dropzone AI’s AI SOC Analyst, an autonomous agent that investigates alerts end to end, 24/7, and is already deployed at …

Mitel has named Simon Jones as Sales Director for its UK & Ireland Indirect Route to Market, strengthening the vendor’s channel‑focused strategy across the region. Based in London, Simon will lead Mitel’s Channel Sales organisation and Indirect Enterprise Customer teams, with a remit to accelerate partner growth and support customers …

Sharp Europe has named Paul Yokoyama as its new European president, tasking him with accelerating growth across the company’s document solutions, IT services and display businesses. The London‑headquartered technology provider – part of Sharp Corporation, which employs more than 39,000 people worldwide – supports public and private sector customers with …

Northamber has rebranded its UK cyber security and infrastructure business to Renaissance Distribution, bringing its UK operations in line with its long‑established Irish cyber security arm. The move creates a single specialist brand across both markets as demand grows for managed security and AI‑focused solutions. The company said the change …

Westcon-Comstor has signed a new agreement to distribute Cloudflare solutions across EMEA, expanding an existing relationship between the two companies in Asia-Pacific. The deal gives channel partners access to Cloudflare’s Connectivity Cloud and wider cybersecurity portfolio throughout the region, supported by Westcon-Comstor’s go-to-market resources, professional services investment and a dedicated …

TD Synnex has been appointed as a distributor for Razer’s full range of gaming gear across the UK and Ireland, giving retailers and webstores access to the distributor’s logistics, credit and online tools to streamline purchasing and improve customer service. The agreement, effective immediately, covers Razer mice, keyboards, controllers, headsets, …

KnowBe4 has named long‑serving engineering leader Alex Callihan as its new chief technology officer, strengthening the company’s focus on securing both AI agents and human users across the digital workforce. The announcement follows more than nine years of service from Callihan, who previously held the role of senior vice president …

AMD, Dell Technologies and the University of Cambridge have announced plans to establish the Sovereign AI Innovation Lab (SAIL), a new national hub designed to accelerate AI‑driven research and support the UK’s ambition to build world‑class sovereign AI capabilities. Positioned within the University of Cambridge’s Research Computing Service, SAIL will …

Leaseweb has expanded its UK channel investment with a new three‑tier partner programme and the appointment of Jason Goody as UK Channel Sales Manager, strengthening its focus on MSPs, cloud providers and enterprise infrastructure partners. The programme is designed to support partners working with organisations reassessing workload placement across dedicated, …