Technology Reseller - v17 2019

01732 759725 NEWS : VENDORS 16 Asolvi, a European leader in field service management solutions, has completed its third acquisition in as many years with the purchase of Purpose Software Ltd, the UK’s top supplier of service management software for managed print service (MPS) providers. Together, Asolvi and Purpose Software have more than 900 customers in 30 countries. Asolvi CEO Pål M. Rødseth said: “Following the acquisitions of Tesseract and WS Software in 2016 and 2017 respectively, we are proud to welcome Purpose Software into our growing family. Purpose Software has the leading position in the document management space in the UK, while Asolvi occupies a similar position in the Nordics and Continental Europe. We both offer software that generates enormous efficiency and productivity gains for providers of managed print and document services.” https://asolvi.com Room for growth Wholesale connectivity provider Entanet is making room for future growth by moving into new three-storey offices in Partnership House, Telford. Entanet is part of CityFibre, which recently announced a £2.5bn infrastructure investment plan to provide full fibre services to five million premises by 2025. Entanet CEO Elsa Chen said: “As a channel-only provider, we have always committed to delivering the best technology, the best service and the best growth strategy to our partners. CityFibre’s recent announcement of a £2.5bn full fibre investment plan has created a really exciting growth opportunity.” www.enta.net Asolvi hat-trick of acquisitions Speakap tackles always on work culture Internal communications platform and social network Speakap is addressing the problem of stress and anxiety caused by today’s ‘always on’ work culture with a new ‘Do Not Disturb’ feature that allows employees to disconnect outside office hours. A study from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) found that two fifths of workers check email outside office hours at least five times a day. Speakap users can turn on the ‘Do Not Disturb’ feature from a desktop computer/ laptop or iOS/Android app and schedule start and end times in advance to prevent unwanted interruptions during important events and holidays. When the feature is turned on, a red badge will appear next to the user’s profile image to indicate to other Speakap users that they are in ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode and may not immediately read/respond to messages, company updates, comments etc.. Speakap’s open API for integrating other software packages means that businesses can extend the ‘Do Not Disturb’ functionality to HR, CRM, payroll and other applications. The ‘Do Not Disturb’ feature is available to all 350+ Speakap customers in the retail, hospitality, catering, entertainment, logistics and manufacturing industries, including McDonald’s, IKEA, Hudson’s Bay and Rituals. www.speakap.com Cofense fishing for managed service providers Cyber security company Cofense is partnering with service providers across the globe to help protect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from human-driven phishing attacks. Featuring exclusive incentives and pricing, the Managed Security Service Provider programme provides partners with the training and tools needed to strengthen customers’ defences, build attack resiliency and stop real attacks in progress. Robert Iannicello, VP of Global Channel Sales at Cofense, said: “Phishing remains the top cause of security breaches, and when it comes to leveraging humans to help stop those threats in their tracks, SMEs can face a significant disadvantage compared to enterprises with more resources. Our MSSP program will arm more small and mid-sized organisations with the necessary tools to build attack resiliency and, most importantly, report, respond to and stop active phishing threats.” Cofense is looking for interested partners that currently offer a managed security services practice with automated monthly billing, a SOC resource, 24/7 helpdesk and e-ticketing, and monthly security reports. https://cofense.com/ Daisy marketer honoured Lauren McManus, Head of Marketing and Communications for Daisy Wholesale, is on the shortlist for the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Marketer of the Year award, alongside professionals from Universal, Quorn Foods, Keele University, Certsure LLP, Dignity, the Millboard Company and Peach Pubs. The winner will be announced at the CMA’s 2019 Marketing Excellence Awards, which take place on April 11 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London. For the chop Six staff members from Daisy Wholesale shaved their heads on December 12 to raise money for Cancer Research and Alopecia UK. A Virgin Money Giving page has been set up to take donations. https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/ daisywholesaleheadshave Documation partners with UIPath Process automation and content management software company Documation is partnering with UIPath to offer customers robotic process automation (RPA) in addition to process automation based on its own BPM and content management platform. John Wallace, CEO of Documation, said: “UiPath is the perfect complement to our own Enable BPM platform. Enable BPM provides powerful and comprehensive workflow for re-engineering business processes – replacing complex repetitive tasks such as Invoice Matching with AI-driven, server-based automation and providing streamlined interfaces for humans to handle the exceptions. Enable is a tool for transforming business processes for maximum efficiency and value. But no matter how much process transformation is achieved, there will still be gaps between processes, for example re-keying information from one application to another, logging into customer or supplier portals to gather information, or updating from Excel spreadsheets. UiPath is the ideal tool for filling those gaps and more. Together, Documation and UiPath will give customers the agility and flexibility to automate both rapidly and deeply with the right tools for every situation.”