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01732 759725 18 NEWS : VENDORS On August 3, Extreme Networks achieved its goal of becoming a fully cloud- managed enterprise when, over a 24-hour period, it deployed the ExtremeCloud IQ end-to-end cloud management platform across 28 locations in 17 countries. The project included onboarding hundreds of ExtremeWireless Wi-Fi 6 access points and fabric-enabled switches, giving IT immediate visibility of thousands of clients and endpoints. Having a cloud-managed network in place will enable Extreme’s IT team to optimise the day-to-day connectivity experience for employees, while analytics from the platform’s unlimited data repository will give them the opportunity to improve processes across development, sales and operations teams. Daniel Adam, Chief Information Officer at Extreme Networks, said: “We’ve planned to implement ExtremeCloud IQ to manage our globally distributed network since we released it last year. We proudly use the solutions we sell and with this deployment our employees, customers and partners will experience first-hand the value of unlimited data and the benefits of a centrally managed cloud networking platform and end-to-end cloud-managed network.” n Extreme Networks has been identified as the fastest-growing cloud-managed networking vendor in Omdia’s 2020 Cloud Managed Networking Report , increasing its market share from 6% to 10%. It has the second highest revenue share in the market and the second highest number of devices managed. Extreme Networks now a fully cloud-managed enterprise Kaseya IT Complete more complete than ever Kaseya, a provider of IT infrastructure and security management solutions for MSPs and SMBs has announced new workflow integrations and product enhancements to the Kaseya IT Complete platform. The integrated IT management platform brings together a number of solutions from Kaseya, Unitrends, RapidFire Tools, Spanning Cloud Apps, IT Glue and ID Agent, giving MSPs and SMBs everything they need to centrally manage, secure and backup IT. This includes endpoint and network management; simple backup, business continuity and disaster recovery solutions; advanced threat detection and dark web monitoring; automated compliance assistance; and integrated IT documentation. New updates include the integration of Kaseya VSA, Kaseya BMS and IT Glue workflows with the Kaseya Fusion app, which seamlessly incorporates ticketing, endpoint management, IT automation and IT documentation into a single, mobile application. To find out more about this and other workflow integrations and product enhancements, please visit www.kaseya.com n Kaseya recently enhanced its IT Complete security offering with the acquisition of automated email security and phishing defence platform Graphus. This uses patented AI technology to defend Microsoft Office 365 and G Suite inboxes from email threats such as phishing, business email compromise, account takeover, identify spoofing, malware and ransomware. Kaseya CEO Fred Voccola said: “The acquisition of Graphus catapults IT Complete to the next level and secures Kaseya’s position as the only comprehensive, tightly integrated, cost- effective platform in the industry to deliver all IT and security management needs for MSPs and SMBs in a single platform.” Kodak Alaris updates INfuse Kodak Alaris has enhanced its award- winning INfuse Smart Connected Scanning Solution with the addition of Windows Server 2019 support, three new flatbed accessories (passport, A4 and A3) and a card reader for access control and user authentication. Launched last year, INfuse combines software and scanners from Kodak Alaris with a channel partner’s application enabling end-users to onboard documents directly into a business process at the point they enter an organisation. Applications already developed by ISVs and solution providers for use with INfuse include a pre-configured Scan@ Home Solution for remote workers from Xenith Intelligent Workplace Services and a ‘scan to fax’ solution offered by Integrated Document Technologies (IDT) in collaboration with Retarus and Kodak Alari s. AlarisWorld.com Gigaclear to recruit 120 engineers Gigaclear has announced plans to hire 120 full-time engineers by the end of March 2021 as it ramps up its full-fibre network build capacity. The rural broadband provider aims to increase its headcount by 20% between July 2020 and March 2021 to improve technical skills, boost build speed, increase responsiveness to customer demand and speed up maintenance. Gigaclear Delivery Director Nathan Rundle said: “Investing in our in-house field engineering team will help us become more responsive and also drive standards by setting a benchmark for our contractors to match in terms of quality and customer experience.” Gigaclear builds and operates a full fibre, ultrafast broadband network in rural areas using a combination of commercial investment and subsidy under the Building Digital UK (BDUK) scheme. Established in 2010, its network now reaches more than 200 communities across central and southern England. https://www.gigaclear.com/careers And then there were 15 Vodafone has extended its Gigafast Broadband rollout to Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool, following a commercial deal with Openreach. Added to its existing agreement with CityFibre, this takes to 15 the number of UK towns and cities in which Vodafone offers Gigabit speed broadband. The service will initially be available to 360,000 premises across the three cities, rising to more than 500,000 by mid-2021. Vodafone’s full-fibre broadband uses all optical-fibre cables at every stage of the connection, giving average download speeds of 900Mbps, 14 times faster than the UK’s average fixed broadband. ...continued continued...