BULLETIN Optimise IT event Espria recently hosted industry experts along with key strategic partners, showcasing the latest developments and services designed to empower the digital workspace at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The focus of the new look Optimise IT event was ‘empowering your digital workspace’ and covered a range of valuable topics for business leaders from some of the biggest innovators in the industry including Microsoft, Dynabook, Sophos, Xerox, Five 9, Bytes and Lenovo. Alex Tupman, CEO said: “Espria is a futurethinking brand and our event, Optimise IT is designed to inform, educate and provide a first-class networking opportunity. In addition to listening to thought provoking keynote speeches, delegates were able to visit the exhibition area and speak directly with many industry-leading technology specialists who were on hand to showcase the latest innovations.” He continued: "The key theme this year, empowering digital workspace, brought together the concepts of systems, people, and content within an organisation. It focused on the means to equip employees with the tools they need to collaborate and communicate effectively in a single digital space.” www.espria.com Furniture donation TD SYNNEX’s Bracknell office refurbishment has resulted in furniture with a fair market value of more than £25,000 being donated – via redistribution specialist charity, the Waste to Wonder Trust – to the You Are Not Alone Foundation in Ghana. . Cycling back desks, chairs and other items prevents 10,000 kilograms of material from going to landfill and avoids the emission of 18,000 kilograms of carbon in virgin materials, harvesting and manufacturing. TD SYNNEX has worked with Waste to Wonder to remove the furniture as part of a strategic plan to reduce its carbon impact and move towards net zero carbon (NZC). Kevin Wragg, Director of Environment and Quality Compliance at TD SYNNEX, UK, said: “When refurbishing the Bracknell site, as part of our commitment to sustainability, we wanted to reduce and reuse or recycle as much waste as possible. We’re pleased to say that this has been a resounding success with the added benefit that we have also been able to make a charitable contribution, with 100% of desks, chairs and other furniture being passed by Waste for Wonder to the You Are Not Alone Foundation in Ghana, where we are certain they will be put to good and productive use.” Earlier this year, TD SYNNEX worked with specialist consultancy, Arete Zero Carbon to conduct a full assessment of its carbon emissions and develop a strategy and action plan to achieve net zero in the UK and Ireland operation. It has since launched a net zero carbon (NZC) consultancy service that partners can use to measure their own emissions and develop a NZC plan. www.TDSYNNEX.com PRINTITRESELLER.UK 7 Office Oracle acquires Office Oracle has acquired the customer base of Graphic Office Supplies. The agreement will see the Graphic Office Supplies customer base transfer to Office Oracle who are already enjoying good levels of organic growth, are well funded and are set to accelerate growth in the coming years through a buy and build growth strategy. Matthew Charles Phauré, founder of Office Oracle, said: “Everybody at Office Oracle welcomes the staff and customers of Graphic Office supplies. We entered discussion with Simon [Connolly] and his staff, realising the benefits of bringing our businesses together. Following a challenging time during the pandemic and permanent changes in the business supplies market, I see further consolidation will arise. We are always open to discuss mutually beneficial opportunities for forward looking dealers and salespeople.” Simon Connolly, director of Graphic Office Supplies, added: “I am delighted to reach agreement with Matthew and his excellent team at Office Oracle. We at Graphic Office Supplies have always strived to do the very best for our valued customers. With an ever-changing market moving our business to a likeminded business will ensure continued and indeed enhanced support for the continued growth of our business.” www.office-oracle.com Accreditation for Ensono Managed service provider Ensono has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Mainframe Modernization Competency status, one of just a few providers globally to hold this status. This designation recognises that Ensono has demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success automating and accelerating customer mainframe application migration and modernisation journeys. Ensono is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN) and previously achieved an AWS Migration Consulting Competency. With its December 2021 acquisition of ExperSolve, Ensono obtained ExperThink, a proprietary AI software toolchain that converts Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL) and over 25 other legacy programming languages to modern languages such as Java and C#. Combined with Universal Data Converter, a toolset that transforms flat file, non-relational and legacy relational data to modern relational databases, the software complements Ensono’s existing mainframe capabilities and allows applications to be modernised and migrated on AWS. www.ensono.com Investing for growth Mid-market private equity firm Bowmark Capital has invested in IT services provider Xperience to facilitate its organic and acquisitive growth and to accelerate the expansion of its services in high demand areas such as cyber security. www.xperience-group.com Alex Tupman Kevin Wragg 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 For more information please email [email protected] or call Paul on 07887 944433
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