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NEWS : VENDORS technologyreseller.co.uk 19 Magic results for Voodoo Huddersfield-based mobile messaging specialist Voodoo has defied successive lockdowns over the last 12 months and achieved a 400% increase in business sign-ups and a 60% rise in turnover. Managing Director Gareth Davies believes changing working practices and a greater focus on customer service over the last year have encouraged businesses to use mobile messaging to engage with remote workers and customers, rather than just for managing appointments and deliveries. He said: “One of the main reasons why more businesses are choosing to adopt mobile messaging is the flexibility it can offer. For example, when businesses were forced to close their doors with relatively little notice, mobile messaging was typically used to help customers make alternative arrangements, as well as advising staff on the steps they needed to take to keep safe.” Voodoo’s technical division based in Manchester is now planning enhancements to the platform to encourage more businesses to make use of mobile messaging. Founded in 2013 and awarded ISO 27001 in 2019, Voodoo has some of Britain’s top brands and public sector organisations in its growing client base, including Amazon, HSBC and Sports Direct. New partner programmes Apalo Apalo, the mobile-first UCaaS platform, is hoping to recruit 50-60 partners over the next 12 months through a combination of attractive margins and recurring revenue opportunities from reselling or own- branding the company’s multi-tenanted UCaaS platform. For one monthly service fee, partners will be able to offer customers an all-in-one UC solution combining mobile, telephony, collaboration tools, national and international calls and data packages, with full SBC (session border control) and management for traffic monitoring and fraud prevention – all accessed via a single management portal. www.apalo.co.uk Datto Datto’s new Global Partner Programme delivers the technologies, tools, education and sales and marketing support MSPs need to grow their business. Highlights include a new Datto Help Centre, a new unified Datto Community and expanded course offerings in the Datto Academy. https://www.datto.com/blog/evolving- dattos-global-partner-program IGEL IGEL, provider of the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces, has redesigned its global partner program to focus on enabling partner sales growth through skills development and joint customer engagement. The three-tier IGEL Velocity programme gives partners access to sales and technical training through IGEL Academy and deal registration, rebates, market development funds and other programs through the IGEL Launchpad partner portal. It has also formed a new Business Development team to grow IGEL’s channel business in the UK and Germany. https://www.igel.com/partners/ Acronis Following a 30% increase in active service provider partners last year, Acronis has launched a new cloud-focused partner programme to help resellers and service providers modernise their cyber protection offering. The Acronis #CyberFit Partner Programme places increased emphasis on supporting partner development, particularly for cloud-based services, while rewarding service providers and resellers with performance-based benefits and financial compensation. www.acronis.com ConnectWise acquisition ConnectWise, a provider of software and services for technology solution providers (TSPs), has expanded its offering with the acquisition of TSP consulting firm Service Leadership, publisher of The Service Leadership Index , the largest benchmark of TSP financial performance, operational maturity and value creation worldwide. ConnectWise says giving TSPs access to value creation benchmarking data and consulting will help them maximise the profit potential of their business and position themselves for the best possible exit, whether that is soon or in 20 years’ time. www.ConnectWise.com Hyve launches affordable alternative to public cloud for HPC UK cloud hosting provider Hyve Managed Hosting has launched a fully managed High Performance Computing (HPC) cloud solution with a fixed monthly billing option that is claimed to remove the complexity and cost concerns associated with traditional HPC deployments. The solution allows customers to combine the power of an agile cloud environment and specialised hardware, including NVIDIA Tesla GPUs, to tailor their compute resources to the exact requirements of a particular project, with the reassurance of predictable bills at end of month. Jon Lucas, Co-director of Hyve, said: “What makes Hyve different is that we can provide purpose-built infrastructure for very specific requirements at a much lower cost point than you would get on the public cloud. One customer told us that our quote for one month was the price they would pay for eight days on the public cloud! For businesses that have a large processing requirement over a set amount of time, we have an incredibly cost-effective solution.” Jake Madders, Co-director of Hyve, added: “Towards the back end of last year, we saw a large uptick in the number of HPC requests from customers looking to move away from renting time on supercomputers or paying public cloud vendors astronomical prices for a very limited service. We made it our mission to design an HPC offering for 2021 that will transform the market by delivering a fully managed, cost-effective solution.” www.hyve.com Gareth Davies