01732 759725 12 BULLETIN Circular Computing deals with The Royal Mint The Royal Mint has agreed a deal to help decarbonise its IT estate by using remanufactured laptops from Circular Computing. The unique Circular remanufacturing process sees Circular Computing produce second-life laptops that are certified equal to or better than new by a world’s first BSI Kitemark. Following a successful trial, the agreed partnership will see The Royal Mint use Circular Computing carbon neutral, remanufactured Lenovo ThinkPad T480 units, designed to meet its specific IT needs while allowing for a flexible procurement approach. Over 70 remanufactured laptops have already been delivered to The Royal Mint, with further deliveries set to take place later this year. Simon Edwards, Head of IT Operations at The Royal Mint said: “Sustainability is core to the long-term future of The Royal Mint and our technology function is challenged with delivering sustainable computing for our employees. We teamed up with Circular Computing and ran a trial of their sustainable laptops to see if they would be a fit for our needs.” “Not only do the remanufactured laptops meet our demanding specifications, they also have premium appeal – from the packaging they arrive in to the quality of the devices themselves. They also come with extended warranty options which made it an easy decision to move to Circular Computing.” www.circularcomputing.com KKR completes Barracuda acquisition Global investment firm KKR’s investment funds have completed an acquisition of Barracuda from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We’re ready to deliver on our next phase of growth with KKR and remain dedicated to investing in our team and product portfolio to provide innovative cybersecurity solutions for our customers and partners,” said Hatem Naguib, CEO of Barracuda. “We‘re grateful to Thoma Bravo for their valuable strategic and operational support over the last four years.” “We are excited to complete this transaction and begin working with the Barracuda team to support their continued growth and delivery of next generation cloud-first cybersecurity solutions that protect SMEs from an evolving landscape of threats,” said John Park, a Partner at KKR. www.barracuda.com Channel alliance momentum Secureworks has announced the expansion of its alliances program into several new solution areas. By announcing new and fast-developing partnerships with two technology partners – Netskope and SCADAfence – across new alliance domains, Secureworks is continuing to focus on Secureworks Taegis as a unifying XDR platform. Taegis is easily integrated with customers through continuously growing open technology and broad integration capabilities that provide the best detection and fastest response without vendor lock-in. www.secureworks.com Record growth Brother UK has achieved record sales for its Auto ID and labelling solutions, driving a 53% year-on-year increase in revenue in the last financial year. The growth follows the launch of a range of new solutions to support businesses across retail and transport and logistics, which in turn saw unit sales surge by 65% over the period. The business says the increase was primarily driven by reseller demand for specialist thermal labelling devices. The firm saw a five-fold yearon-year rise in sales for its industrial TJ range – which is suited to high-volume requirements in warehouses – and its smaller TD range of desktop label printers. Ged Cairns, Head of SPS business category at Brother UK, said: “The warehousing and logistics sector has needed to move rapidly to keep up with ecommerce’s continued growth. This shift in the market has resulted in record levels of spending on expanding warehouses and kitting out new spaces, which is where resellers have seized the opportunity. “We know that channel partners are demanding a full suite of specialist solutions to better support their customers. It’s fantastic to see that our new models, from the TJ to the RJ, are resonating with resellers and helping firms to boost productivity in the supply chain, from in-store to the warehouse.” Brother has established strategic partnerships with a variety of Auto-ID and labelling specialists, including Datalogic, BlueStar and NiceLabel, to further bolster endto-end support for resellers serving the market, including Renovotec. Cairns added: “The growth that our division has posted this year highlights the opportunity available for channel partners and where the Auto-ID market is headed. To that end, we’re going to continue establishing new partnerships, introducing new solutions and building out our team to better support our channel partners.” www.brotherzone.co.uk Kofax acquires Ephesoft Kofax has acquired Ephesoft, a move that will add to its intelligent document processing (IDP) solutions and go-tomarket channels. With global coverage and cloud solutions, the combined company will provide organisations with value-add solutions to accelerate deployments. “We’re pleased to welcome Ephesoft’s customers, partners and employees into the Kofax family,” said Reynolds C. Bish, Chief Executive Officer at Kofax. “This acquisition extends our IDP solutions and cloud capabilities, allowing Kofax to better address the needs of customers around the world.” Ike Kavas, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Ephesoft said: “We’ve grown Ephesoft to provide a comprehensive set of value-add intelligent document processing capabilities and look forward to continuing that growth as part of Kofax. Our customers will benefit from Kofax’s larger market reach, and together we’ll be able to offer them the broadest range of software and solutions to accelerate their digital workflow transformation journeys.” Kofax will continue supporting Ephesoft’s products and customers, and Kavas will continue leading Ephesoft’s organisational efforts. www.kofax.com
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