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01732 759725 18 NEWS : VENDORS Neos Networks & CityFibre extend partnership Gamma events return Communications services provider Gamma Communications raised £800 for its chosen charities, Action Through Enterprise and SpecialEffect, at its annual golf and poker event, which took place at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield in August. After taking on the world famous Brabazon course, partners enjoyed a BBQ and charity poker tournament. August also saw the return of Gamma’s popular Mountain Bike/Road Bike event, with cyclists tackling a choice of road routes (40 or 67 miles) and off-road courses (20 or 30 miles) in Tring. www.gamma.co.uk Pulsant acquired by Antin Infrastructure Partners UK hybrid cloud specialist Pulsant has been acquired by private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners from Oak Hill Capital and Scottish Equity Partners, owners of Pulsant since 2014. Pulsant operates a nationwide network of 10 data centres delivering secure, scalable and resilient cloud, colocation and networking services deployed in standardised or hybrid models. The company is trusted by over 1,000 UK private enterprise and public sector customers to ensure the security, compliance and resilience of business- critical applications. Antin believes Pulsant is well placed to exploit the huge potential for edge computing in the UK and to meet the growing demand for hybrid IT infrastructure. Rob Coupland, Chief Executive Officer at Pulsant, said: “The new investment from Antin will help us continue to focus on our core portfolio of colocation and hybrid cloud, while also bringing reliable, scalable and high-capacity coverage to businesses across the whole of the UK through the building of our nationwide edge computing platform.” Neos Networks, the B2B connectivity provider, partly owned by SSE Group, is expanding its partnership with CityFibre to include a further nine UK cities – Cambridge, Cheltenham, Coventry, Derby, Gloucester, Huddersfield, Peterborough, Southend and Swindon – in addition to the 15 CityFibre regions made available in 2019. This partnership enables businesses and wholesalers to view and order business-grade Ethernet connectivity on the CityFibre network via the Neos Networks price comparison portal LIVEQUOTE, an online pricing and ordering tool offering competitive pricing from all major UK connectivity providers, with visibility of third- party availability in local areas. Sarah Mills, MD for Wholesale and Smart Infrastructure at Neos Networks, said: “Neos Networks and CityFibre have both invested substantially in UK fibre networks over the last ten years, challenging the status quo and developing a strong proposition in the market. This development of our partnership means we can now offer businesses enhanced, self-serve, last-mile capability in more locations than ever before.” https://neosnetworks.com ITRS acquires Opsview ITRS Group, a provider of real-time monitoring and analytics software to more than 1,000 enterprise customers across multiple industries, has acquired 100% of Opsview Limited, a scalable monitoring platform offering unified insight into dynamic IT operations on- premises, in the Cloud or hybrid. The purchase of Opsview, following those of Sumerian, OP5 and Uptrends, aligns with ITRS’ strategy to build, buy and partner to deliver automated and predictive end-to-end monitoring solutions for complex IT estates. Guy Warren, CEO of ITRS, said: “Opsview is trusted by hundreds of businesses, government organisations and service providers globally. This acquisition will enhance our technological innovation, increase our portfolio capability and provide continued expansion across our global support services.” Opsview will continue to operate as a separate brand and entity. Adventoris honoured for SwiftCloud Yorkshire SaaS firm Adventoris has been named a finalist in the Software- as-a-Service Awards in the category of Best SaaS Product for Supply Chain/ Warehouse Management, in recognition of its SwiftCloud app platform. This customisable B2B mobile app platform for businesses enables customers to see products, communicate with the company and make orders 24/7, all at the click of a button. Now in its sixth year, the international awards programme accepts entries from the US, Canada, Australasia, EMEA and UK. https://www.cloud-awards.com/2021- software-awards-shortlist/ Rob Coupland ConnectWise and SenetinelOne deepen partnership ConnectWise, a provider of business automation software for technology solution providers (TSPs), and SentinelOne have announced a strategic technology partnership to offer the SentinelOne Control and SentinelOne Complete endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution as standalone products in the ConnectWise security product suite. The products were previously only available with security operations centre (SOC) services as Fortify Endpoint. TSPs who purchase directly from ConnectWise will also receive onboarding and front-line support directly from the company and will have access to the ConnectWise Partner Program and other resources for more successful cybersecurity go-to-market strategies. Nicholas Warner, Chief Operating Officer of SentinelOne, said: “Many TSPs and MSPs still rely on legacy antivirus which has proven time and again to be ineffective against ransomware and the evolving threat landscape. Our purpose- built AI-powered platform secures some of the world’s largest enterprises and seamlessly scales autonomous cybersecurity to ConnectWise’s global partner base.” ConnectWise.com