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Ireland’s Vyta Group has acquired Essex-based IT disposal company FGD, following an £11M investment from MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland (MML). FGD will rebrand under the Vyta Group name. Its 37 employees, including co-founders Leigh Medhurst and Daniel Elson, will join the Group, increasing the Vyta team to over 120 …

BT’s Digital unit has signed an agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of its drive to transform legacy infrastructure and internal applications to a new cloud-first architecture. This agreement is one element of BTs broader modernisation programme that aims to deliver £2 billion in gross annualised savings by end FY24, …

 Tech Data is offering a quick-to-deploy version of its Dynamics 365 CRM solution. Dynamics GO is an “out-of-the-box” version of Dynamics 365 created by specialist provider Dynamiti. The solution can be up and running in as little at 60 minutes. Ian Turner, Microsoft Dynamics 365 lead, Tech Data, UK, said: …

SYNAXON UK is working with Teemex, a UK-based specialist in business automation, to integrate its Teemex Cloud ERP solution with SYNAXON’s EGIS platform. “Teemex is perfect for small and medium businesses and webstores that need to be agile and efficient, deliver a great customers experience and keep their costs down. …

NTT Ltd.’s newly launched Sustainability IoT Services include An optical-based meter reader, IoT enabled protection against water damage, sensors to predict potential downtime, accidents or when something might need to be replaced. There is also the capacity for Environmental Monitoring using sensors to identify the presence of pollutants in the air and …

Exertis has extended its partnership with video solution provider Vimeo to cover the whole of Europe, after a successful relationship in North America. Derek McDonald, Global Director of Channel Sales at Vimeo, said: “Partnering with Exertis has enabled us to reach customers with success in across North America, and now, …

Flex IT has appointed Andreas Mayer as its new CEO, taking over from Leon Timmermans, who will stay on in advisory capacity until July. Mayer was previously the Managing Director of  European demo partner MCKL, which was acquired by Flex IT earlier this month. “Over the past 5 years, Flex IT …

PNY Technologies has added a platform dedicated to NVIDIA software (NVIDIA Omniverse, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, and NVIDIA vGPU). Available on PNY’s website, this service is intended for B2B users to help them select the most suitable software and enable them to enter their orders directly. The tool also lists the …

In the past couple of years, cybercrime has increased by 600 per cent, according to cloud technology publication Cloudwards. Cloudwards also shows that phishing is the most widespread method of cyberattack, with more than 65 per cent of American companies falling victims to it every year. Here Marcin Bala, CEO …

Exertis has extended its distribution partnership with Barco, focusing on its collaboration tool, ClickShare, a hybrid meetings and conferences tool. Jamie Brothwell, Director of Pro AV at Exertis UK, said: “We are delighted to expand our global partnership with Barco into the UK at what is an exciting time for …

 Datech Solutions, the Autodesk-focused business of Tech Data has signed a distribution agreement with Esri to support building information modeling (BIM) and geographic information system (GIS) cloud collaboration throughout the EMEA region. The joint offering consists of ArcGIS GeoBIM technology from Esri coupled with Autodesk BIM Collaborate Pro. Séamus Hurley, vice …

Pax8 has announced plans to expand into Australia and New Zealand. “MSPs in Australia and New Zealand can now sign up to be a Pax8 partner,” said Nick Heddy, Chief Revenue Officer at Pax8. “Pax8 makes it easy for partners to cloud-enable businesses and efficiently capitalise on the growth opportunities.” …