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technolog y reseller.co.uk 17 CMI doubles in size with acquisition CMI, one of the UK’s leading IT MSPs, has doubled in size with the acquisition of London-based MSP BTA, increasing its turnover to more than £11 million, its headcount to more than 100 and its physical UK footprint to three sites in Belfast, London and Maidenhead. The acquisition was funded by growth equity provider Panoramic Growth Equity. The union of CMI and BTA follows a chance meeting during the mergers and acquisition symposium at last year’s Kaseya annual European user conference, Connect IT Europe. CMI was recently recognised as one of the “most elite, innovative and strategic IT service providers globally” by the Channel Futures MSP 501 programme. Three Peaks success for team Excalibur A 14-strong team from IT communications and solutions provider Excalibur Communications has successfully completed the National Three Peaks Challenge, raising £30,000 for three South West charities nominated by Excalibur employees. Ferried 462 miles and fed by four crew, the team covered 26 miles up and down Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Mount Snowdon within 24 hours, starting at 6:30am on Saturday August 3 and ending at 6:18 am on Sunday August 4. The money raised is being split between Wiltshire Air Ambulance, Jessie May and Bristol Children’s Charity. www.excaliburcomms.co.uk A good MOVE Neeco Global ICT Services has strengthened its IoT offering with the Tata Communications MOVE platform. Underpinned by Tata Communications’ relationships with more than 600 mobile network operators worldwide, MOVE enables enterprises in Europe to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) connected devices and capture, move and manage information seamlessly and securely worldwide. www.neeco.com NEWS : RESELLERS Advanced Labelling Ltd (Labelzone) marked its 30-year partnership with Brother UK by welcoming Brother UK Managing Director Phil Jones to its Poole HQ, where he presented Managing Director Stuart Wilson with a Daruma doll – a Japanese talisman of good luck to use alongside the setting of goals. Advanced Labelling Ltd, which was established in 1985, has been supplying Brother label printers to businesses across the UK since 1989, making its Brother’s longest serving partner for labelling products. Phil Jones MBE, Managing Director of Brother UK, said: “We’re delighted to celebrate 30 years in partnership with Advanced Labelling Ltd, spanning two generations of the family business. Originally trading with us as a general office products dealer in 1989, they have since grown to become one of the most important reseller partnerships for our labelling category, developing specialist applications and knowledge to service their extensive customer base. The move from generalist to specialist has seen the business go from strength to strength.” Brother labellers supplied by Advanced Labelling include rugged P-touch devices, popular with electrical contractors and network installers; the QL range for producing barcode and shipping labels; and new VC-500W inkless, full colour label printers. Stuart Wilson, managing director at Advanced Labelling Ltd, said: “Many IT and office equipment sub-sectors have faced significant disruption and change over the last three decades, but the labelling category has performed consistently and continues to grow.” Smithers Pira forecasts the global labelling market to grow by 20% in value to more than £40 billion by 2024. www.labelzone.co.uk • www.brother.co.uk Pure platinum Leeds-based IT solutions and services firm pure technology group (PTG) has been awarded Investors in People (IIP) platinum status, currently held by just 0.05% of IIP-certified companies. The award for its Leeds and Wakefield offices follows a three- year assessment programme involving staff satisfaction surveys, annual reviews and one-to- one interviews with team members. InReach becomes third Gamma Technical Alliance partner Milton Keynes-based communications provider InReach has become the third company in the UK to be awarded Technical Alliance Partner status by Gamma. Gamma recently added the Technical Alliance tier to its Partner Programme for partners that make a commitment to keep their teams up-to-date and knowledgeable about Gamma products. Accredited partners receive annual marketing funding, a logo to use on their website, marketing collateral, full access to Gamma Accelerate premium features and support from the Gamma Marketing team. InReach Communications was set up by the easycopiers Group of companies two years ago to provide existing clients and new customers with telecom solutions, including cloud telephony. www.gamma.co.uk Northdoor to sell GeoLang data security platform Northdoor plc, a specialist in IT consultancy and data services for the public and private sectors, has signed an agreement to sell GeoLang’s award- winning data security platform. Enabling businesses to protect sensitive information at a true content level, GeoLang’s Ascema Data Security Platform features built-in machine learning algorithms and automated classification to search for and identify sensitive data across a multitude of data repositories, including Personally Identifiable (PII), Payment Card Industry (PCI), HIPAA and GDPR-related information. It also uses content fingerprinting to classify, protect and remediate data in transit. https://www.northdoor.co.uk Advanced Labelling and Brother celebrate 30-year relationship