01732 759725 8 TD SYNNEX publishes corporate citizenship report TD SYNNEX has published its latest corporate citizenship report, highlighting continued momentum across its ESG priorities. The report showcases measurable progress across all pillars of TD SYNNEX’s corporate citizenship strategy, including achieving its 2030 Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction target six years ahead of the expected timeframe. The company is also expanding global engagement through sustainability and volunteer initiatives and bolstering its ethical and compliance programs with AI-driven innovations. To support partners in their sustainability journeys, TD SYNNEX released two new enablement tools: a Sustainable Transportation & Logistics Guidebook and a Sustainable Packaging Playbook. Across its operations, the company continued integrating circular economy principles to minimise resource consumption and extend product lifecycles. With a notable increase in employee engagement, TD SYNNEX co-workers recorded more than 7,300 volunteer hours in support of 107 non-profit organisations worldwide. Additionally, Share the Magic, its fundraising initiative to provide support for children facing health and wellness challenges in North America, surpassed $30 million raised since inception. Integrity and transparency remained foundational to company operations last year, with new advancements in digital ethics, compliance and cybersecurity. The company launched an internal digital and AI responsible transformation team to help guide ethical use of emerging technologies and developed in-house AI tools to support responsible decision-making. To support digital trust, it also expanded its cybersecurity and IT-use policy library in line with rising data governance requirements. www.tdsynnex.com Creative Labs partners with Westcoast Creative Labs has announced a strategic partnership with Westcoast, a move that will enable the company to leverage Westcoast’s extensive reseller and retail partner network to make its full portfolio - including premium headphones, portable speakers, soundbars, and desktop audio solutions readily accessible across the UK. The collaboration marks a critical step in Creative Labs’ strategic objective to deepen market penetration, drive growth, and bring its audio technology to more consumers and businesses nationwide. Customers can anticipate wider product availability, faster deliveries, and enhanced service through Westcoast’s efficient logistics infrastructure. www.westcoast.co.uk www.creative.com Strong growth for UK distribution sector The technology distribution market in the UK grew faster than in most other European countries in Q2 with year-on-year growth of 6.5%, according to the latest market intelligence from CONTEXT. Nick Westcott, UK Country Manager at the IT channel analyst firm, said: “The UK channel continues to demonstrate remarkable agility and depth. Strong growth across all three business channels (corporate, SMB reseller and e-tailer) has driven this upward momentum, and it’s the first time since Q3 2024 that we’ve seen that kind of synchronised performance.” He added: “The e-tailer business channel was a standout performer in percentage terms, with 27% growth in April and 21% in June. Although its overall share is smaller, the contribution to the sector’s strength is significant.” www.contextworld.com Off-the-shelf integration Specialist cloud marketplace provider Giacom and CRM platform The Layer are enhancing the experience of mutual customers by tightly integrating Giacom’s Cloud Market Tools – a suite of applications that includes its billing software – with The Layer’s data synchronisation, marketing and customer service modules. The off-the-shelf integration between The Layer CRM and Cloud Market Tools automatically synchronises customer data between platforms, creating a single source of truth that breaks down data silos, removes the need for manual data entry and significantly reduces the risk of human error. It also empowers channel businesses to use The Layer’s marketing module to segment and target customer data for effective marketing campaigns and use its customisable service desk module to enhance customer support with real-time analytics, SLA tracking and customer satisfaction monitoring. Giacom CTO Ant Molloy said: “Giacom’s mission is to enable our partners to grow faster and become more profitable by simplifying their operations. Back-office productivity is key to achieving this, which is why we’re developing integrations with other market-leading vendors offering complementary solutions. Integrating The Layer with Cloud Market Tools ensures that our mutual customers can synchronise their data and enhance their marketing and customer service capabilities, ultimately leading to better business outcomes.” www.giacom.com BULLETIN Nick Westcott First for Westcon-Comstor Westcon-Comstor has become the first Authorised Training Partner (ATP) in Europe for cybersecurity and compliance company, Proofpoint. Becoming Proofpoint’s first external ATP in Europe marks a key milestone in the growth of Westcon-Comstor’s enablement portfolio and further deepens its strategic partnership with Proofpoint. The agreement will accelerate partner upskilling and certification and allow full integration of Proofpoint courses into the academy’s expanding offering. The accreditation enables WestconComstor to deliver Proofpoint-certified education and enablement services at scale to channel partners and end customers across Europe. Training will be delivered through the Westcon-Comstor Academy, which offers comprehensive, multi-vendor technical programmes tailored to partner needs. Westcon-Comstor is already authorised to deliver accredited training across all courses globally for Palo Alto Networks and Check Point Software and is the largest Authorised Training Centre (ATC) for F5 in Europe, Middle East and Africa. www.westconcomstor.com www.proofpoint.com
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