Print.IT Reseller - issue 83

BULLETIN CityFibre crowns Windsor Telecom city champion CityFibre has appointed Windsor Telecom as a City Champion for Reading, Maidenhead, Slough and Bracknell. For Windsor Telecom, the agreement provides the opportunity to offer the fast speeds and reliability of full fibre to its customers at an attractive price; a proposition that companies in these four economically- strong areas will welcome. In the next few months, Windsor Telecom and CityFibre will be working together to inform businesses in the Thames Valley of the potential full fibre brings to them, and to provide professional deployment, activation, and support services to customers. Windsor Telecom CEO Pete Tomlinson, said: “In our goal to provide businesses with easy-to-use and value-driven technology solutions, we’re delighted to add CityFibre full fibre to our propositions. Over the past year, with people getting increasingly reliant on cloud-based solutions, we’ve all experienced first-hand the challenges that come from poor connectivity. As people start to move back to the office environment, now is the perfect time to ensure that you’re maximising the connectivity speeds available to you at the best price. We’re confident that our role as CityFibre champion enables us to provide exactly that service.” www.windsor-telecom.co.uk PTG becomes part of Fulcrum UK IT services and solutions company, the pure technology group (PTG), has announced its acquisition by Fulcrum Technology Group B.V. (Fulcrum), the European division of a global technology company focused on a pan-European strategy to deliver long-term growth in the IT sector. Fulcrum plans to retain PTG’s senior management team and all personnel. As part of Fulcrum, PTG will gain access to a broader customer base and will be influential in helping expand the group’s strategic portfolio of products and services. Beginning in 2007 and led by Founder and CEO Stephen O’Brien, PTG has grown every year it has been in business, reaching £39.7m in its last financial year and employing 140 people through three locations in Leeds, Wakefield and Wigan. This success is largely due to PTG’s strategy in cloud, edge and services, aligned to its strong teamwork culture and customer- focused service model. O’Brien said: “We’ve had many approaches over the last couple of years because, fundamentally, we’re a great business. Fulcrum’s pitch was different though; they have a bigger strategy in play, which will propel us towards being amongst the top echelon of UK IT service providers. We also share many values, which will only enhance what’s truly special about our business – our people, our culture and our service. For all of us, and our customers and partners too, this is a tremendous opportunity.” www.tptg.co.uk Smart Office Group acquisition Smart Office Group has acquired Chariot Office Automation Ltd, its second deal in as many months. In April the firm announced the acquisition of Essex And Suffolk-based Document Office Technology Service Ltd. Founder and CEO Gary Smart, said: “We would like to thank all of the Chariot clients for being so supportive and we welcome them to the fastest growing print solution company in the south east of England. Our high level service offering, will be enjoyed by Chariot clients for many years to come. Chariot’s customers bring a very long history of commitment and loyalty to the owner Colin Re. The group would also like to welcome Colin into the Smart Office family, for the duration of the transition period. Colin will ensure that all his loyal clients are in very good hands.” www.smartofficegroup.com Abbey Office Solutions partners with Canon Abbey Office Solutions (Hampshire) Ltd, a specialist printer and software reseller based in Totton, near Southampton has partnered with Canon to become a single- line reseller offering Canon’s product and business solution portfolio to its customers across Southern England. Through the partnership, Abbey Office Solutions will have access to in-depth training on the Canon product range, as well as benefiting from a whole host of learning & development resources through the Canon Partner Learning Hub. It will also be enrolled into Canon’s Partner Programme as well as join Canon’s New Starter Programme, which will allow its sales teams to learn a variety of new skills to help drive profitability. The company has plans to double the number of staff it employs, with new starters in sales and service being onboarded in the coming weeks, a move it hopes will help meet the increased demand the new partnership with Canon will bring. Managing Director Wayne Loon, said: “The new partnership has come at the perfect time for us. With changing market conditions locally, there are some strong growth opportunities ahead for our business. Canon is the perfect partner to support us on this journey – with a superior product range, competitive prices, fast turnaround speeds and unrivalled training and support. We anticipate an exciting partnership ahead.” www.abbeyoffice.com eacs achieves ISO 20000-1 Managed Services Provider eacs has achieved ISO 20000-1 certification for IT Service Management, a critical step on its continuous improvement program, and the seventh certification it has achieved and attained in the last two years. ISO 20000-1 is an internationally recognised standard that shows that a business has the right processes, procedures, and checks to ensure that it delivers effective, high-level IT managed services to its customers. During an extensive audit program, external auditors looked at every aspect of eacs’s service management procedure to ensure that it met all of the appropriate requirements of the standard and provided the highest level of service to its customers. Chairman and Chief Executive Kevin Timms, said: “eacs is now one of only a small number of IT managed service providers who have attained this much sought-after certification. We are proud of this achievement.” www.eacs.com PRINTITRESELLER.UK 7 Pete Tomlinson