01732 759725 8 BULLETIN TD SYNNEX unveils cloud insights TD SYNNEX has launched Cloud Insights – a tool designed to help Microsoft CSP partners turn detailed data on customer licences and usage into strategic conversations, unlock greater value with additional services and solutions and drive profitable growth. Built for partners, Cloud Insights enables organisations to deliver greater financial control and accountability across the customer lifecycle through data-driven, executive-level insights. Designed to help CSP partners differentiate their value proposition, Cloud Insights provides comprehensive visibility across Microsoft 365 and Azure estates, supporting stronger renewals through informed forecasting, budget governance and spend predictability. The platform enhances security posture, governance and compliance, while enabling dataled adoption of security and Copilot workloads aligned to business value. This empowers partners to improve retention, support more disciplined cloud financial management, and deliver highervalue, outcome-led services. Darren Dixon, Business Unit Director – Business Applications, Advanced Solutions, UK and Ireland, TD SYNNEX said: “Managing Microsoft 365 and Azure spend with financial discipline is a growing challenge for many organisations. By enabling informed forecasting, budget control and investment prioritisation, Cloud Insights helps customers make confident, value-based funding decisions. In many cases, this allows spend to be rebalanced away from inefficiency and redirected towards strategic initiatives, including partner-led services and AI adoption. The pilot phase has delivered highly positive outcomes, and we’re excited to extend Cloud Insights to Microsoft CSP partners across the UK.” https://uk.tdsynnex.com Bechtle enables customers to offset carbon emissions With its new offering, Bechtle CO₂- Conscious IT, Bechtle AG is further expanding its sustainable product portfolio. The service enables customers of the IT service provider to offset carbon emissions generated during the production and delivery of purchased IT hardware. Bechtle delivers its service in collaboration with Berlin-based carbon offsetting specialist goodcarbon, which meets recognised quality and verification standards. Even with optimised production and procurement processes, carbon emissions arising from the manufacture and delivery of IT hardware cannot be completely avoided. As these emissions occur in the upstream value chain, they are reported under Scope 3 of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG). Bechtle CO₂-Conscious IT enables organisations to account for these unavoidable emissions within their carbon footprint in line with GHG requirements. Jérôme Cochet, Co-Founder and CEO of goodcarbon said: “Each project undergoes a comprehensive assessment of its climate impact, biodiversity benefits and social co‑benefits. The projects selected for Bechtle CO₂-Conscious IT enable companies to credibly support their beyond value chain mitigation activities in line with the requirements of the Science Based Targets initiative.” Sophie Mándoki, Chief Sustainability Manager at Bechtle AG added: “With our new offsetting service, we help our customers achieve the objectives set out in their climate strategies in a credible and transparent way. Bechtle CO₂‑Conscious IT combines environmental responsibility with tangible added value for our customers.” www.bechtle.com Frontier distributor designation TD SYNNEX has achieved Microsoft’s newly established global Frontier Distributor designation, reaching this milestone early in the program’s rollout. The designation, part of Microsoft’s updated partner accreditation framework, recognises top-performing cloud solution provider (CSP) distributors that demonstrate excellence in support, security, channel enablement, platform innovation and technical delivery. The designation positions TD SYNNEX among the most advanced Microsoft distributors worldwide, reinforcing its role as a trusted ecosystem orchestrator and enabling customers to adopt solutions faster, monetise AI more effectively and deliver secure outcomes consistently across over 100 countries. Reza Honarmand, SVP, Global Hybrid Cloud and Transformation, at TD SYNNEX said: “Our value to the Microsoft ecosystem is rooted in helping remove friction across the customer lifecycle, accelerating solution adoption and enabling customers to monetise cloud, security and AI at scale. From advanced cloud commerce capabilities through StreamOne to 24/7 support, we’re focused on making it easier for customers to grow with Microsoft securely, and with the capabilities needed to translate innovation into customer outcomes.” https://uk.tdsynnex.com New distribution deal Boom Collaboration has struck a new supply deal with AV and workplace solutions distributor, Anders + Kern, to create a stronger foothold across the UK market. The new distribution deal is being hailed as a major catalyst for growth for both parties – providing Boom with new market opportunities and Anders + Kern with access to high quality, high value conferencing innovations, from plug-and-play devices to integrated full room systems. boom.co Darren Dixon Sophie Mándoki Infinigate UKI and OpenOrigins partner Infinigate has announced a new vendor partnership with OpenOrigins, a decentralised authentication platform designed to verify the authenticity of digital media and help organisations combat deepfakes and AI-generated content. The partnership will initially focus on UK & Ireland, enabling Infinigate’s channel community to address an urgent and fast-growing challenge around establishing trust in the images and videos used across their organisation. www.infinigate.com
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