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technologyreseller.co.uk 17 Bahman Rahimi Scott Brenchley NEWS : RESELLERS Santander boost for BDR BDR Group has upgraded its acquisition strategy for the next two years after receiving eight-figure funding from Santander UK. The ICT business has already acquired three companies this year – ACR, Boffins and Integratech – and, with this new funding, is planning additional acquisitions by 2023. Founded in 1991 by CEO Bahman Rahimi, BDR provides businesses with infrastructure, connectivity, unified communications, IT managed services, broadband & mobile, and the installation and maintenance of security systems and networking equipment. The company currently has 180 employees and offices in Stratford-upon-Avon, Maidstone and Swindon. In the last four years, it has quadrupled revenue to £28m and is on target to exceed revenue of £40m in 2022. https://bdrgroup.co.uk/ And Miller Waite makes eight Fast growing ICT specialist inTEC Group has announced the acquisition of Cumbria- based MSP and Cyber Essentials Auditor Miller Waite Ltd. The Manchester-based company’s eighth acquisition and its first since gaining backing for its M&A programme from Dukes Royalty will bring the Group’s annual revenue to more than £12 million. Simon Howitt, inTEC Group Chairman & CEO, said: “Our plans for the remainder of 2021 and going into 2022 are exciting. We have a high number of possible acquisition prospects at developed stages and we plan to go into 2022 with projected revenues in excess of £30m.” www.weareintec.co.uk A powerhouse for database support Spinnaker Support, the global provider of Oracle, SAP and Salesforce support services, has extended its services offering and more than tripled the size of its managed services group with the acquisition of Dobler Consulting, a leader in Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server and SAP Sybase database technologies. The coming together of the two companies, with their overlapping and complementary services, creates a powerhouse in database technology support and managed services. Tactus strengthens IT hardware capabilities North-west-based consumer tech group Tactus has completed its third major acquisition of the year with the purchase of B2B IT hardware provider Business IT Support Team (BIST) Group, after securing a £40 million investment from Chrysalis Investments to support its plan to become a globally recognised gaming and consumer computing group. In April, Tactus acquired the Bradford- based e-commerce PC gaming specialist CCL Computers and in June it invested in pi-top, a US-based coding and robotics firm specialising in improving digital skills in education. Founded in 2003, BIST Group provides hardware and software IT solutions to a range of businesses. An accredited partner to major brands such as Microsoft, Dell, HP, Lenovo and ESET, it has 40 employees and an annual turnover of £20 million. Tactus Group CEO Scott Brenchley said: “This is another important development for Tactus Group and the latest step on our journey to becoming a globally recognised computing group. The acquisition of BIST significantly increases our capabilities in the IT hardware space.” JPIMedia entrusts cloud migration to CTS Google Cloud Partner CTS is helping newspaper publisher JPIMedia improve its operational efficiency, reduce costs and shrink its carbon footprint by modernising its IT infrastructure and accelerating its migration to Google Cloud. The publisher, acquired earlier this year by National World, owns a number of regional newspapers and websites, including The Scotsman , the Yorkshire Post and Portsmouth News . The three-stage migration plan comprises an initial eight-week Discovery phase to define the scope of the cloud migration; the Horizon 1 phase, where CTS and Google Cloud migrate all existing on-premises workloads into the cloud; and Horizon 2 , an ongoing series of modernisation projects to optimise the IT environment. Savings will be reinvested in other modernisation initiatives to help JPIMedia improve its cloud infrastructure, generate digital content and offer new subscription models. QUANTIQ acquired by Avanade Avanade is extending its Dynamics 365 capabilities and strengthening its cloud-based Microsoft Business Application offering by acquiring UK systems integrator QUANTIQ. The deal will add approximately 300 professionals to Avanade’s Business Applications team and, through the combination of QUANTIQ’s ERP customer experience and Avanade’s offshore engineering capabilities and expertise across the Microsoft platform, help accelerate digital transformation for clients across all industry sectors. www.avanade.com Jigsaw24 honoured with top Showbie accreditation IT solutions provider Jigsaw24 has become one of just two EMEIA companies to be named a Showbie Platinum Reseller Partner in recognition of its success in selling the iOS-based assessment app for schools using Apple, Microsoft and Google Documents. Showbie lets teachers create virtual classrooms where they can share and receive student work and give pupils instant text and audio feedback, shaving hours off time spent marking every week and helping schools implement digital workflows. Jigsaw24 Education Professional Development Consultant and former teacher Megan Brown said: “For teachers, parents and students, the platform is extremely easy to use, with clear folders and assignments. The cross-platform nature of the app allows teachers to upload documents of any sort from any device, saving time and reducing workload. With so many features to support personalisation, it is a great tool to adapt teaching and learning for all children in the classroom. Teachers can send learning or comments to individuals, groups or the whole class and children can receive feedback in the way that best supports them, visually or audibly.” All Apple Professional Learning Specialists on Jigsaw24’s education training team are Showbie Certified Trainers – Showbie’s highest accreditation. https://www.jigsaw24.com/customers/ education/apple-teacher.