14 01732 759725 NEWS : RESELLERS MITSG to rebrand as Everything Tech Group Version 1 turns to Scotland for 14th acquisition Version 1 has added to its rapidly expanding global customer base with the acquisition of Scotlandheadquartered data and business intelligence experts Instinctive BI. Founded in Edinburgh in 2016 and with a team of more than 60 consultants in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London and Canada, Instinctive BI has long-standing relationships with customers across the UK public and private sectors, generating multi-million-pound revenue through the delivery of solutions and resources that solve data change challenges. The acquisition of BI, Version 1’s 14th to date, increases its headcount to 2,800 employees, 550 customers and projected revenues of over £218 million in 2023. Enda Diggins, Head of UK Digital, Data and Cloud at Version 1, said: “As demand rises for world-class digital, data and cloud capabilities across our diverse customer base, we felt Instinctive BI was the perfect fit for Version 1’s next acquisition to meet this demand. We are excited about the level of specialist talent, knowledge and shared experience Instinctive BI brings to the table, particularly in leveraging the power of data to solve significant business challenges.” In April, Partners Group acquired a majority stake in Version 1. Kevin Ryan, Head of Corporate Development, Version 1 (left) with Instinctive BI CEO Nicholas McFadden and COO Kelly Scanlon following the deal completion in Glasgow, Scotland. Gympanzees support BOM IT Solutions, the Bristol-based IT services provider, has become technology partner to Gympanzees, a provider of pop-up play centres for disabled children, young people and their families. The Bristol-based charity recently launched an appeal to raise £2.2 million to build the first permanent Gympanzees leisure centre in Bristol for the 60,000 disabled children and young people living within an hour of the city. BOM IT Solutions will support Gympanzees over the next three years, donating time and resources, including free IT support services and technical systems within the facility. Andy Carter, Managing Director at BOM IT Solutions, said: “We chose to support Gympanzees because we feel passionate about this cause and the work they do within the local area. Bristol has a severe shortage of facilities to cater to the needs of disabled children and young people. As a local business we want to support local charities and make sure they have the IT infrastructure they need to be able to carry out their important work.” Cyber comparison site Bosch is aiming to revolutionise cybersecurity procurement with the launch of its independent cybersecurity procurement platform in the UK. CyberCompare not only enables users to buy security and associated products but also helps the selection process by providing specification templates, recommendations, anonymised requests for proposals and comparisons of quotes from more than 7,000 providers. Nehal Thakore, Country Head, UK at Bosch CyberCompare, said: “We are excited to officially launch in the UK following significant uptake amongst our customers with the delivery of over 300 external projects in German-speaking regions in the last 18 months.” https://cybercompare.com/en Following its recent acquisition of Manchester-based MSP Everything Tech buy-and-build MSP Managed IT Services Group (MITSG) has rebranded as Everything Tech Group. Phil Smith, COO of Everything Tech Group (formerly MITSG), believes the time is right to bring each of the four companies in the Group under one brand. He said: “MITSG has grown rapidly through our four material acquisitions since May 2021 and we have a sound footing in all the areas in which we wanted to concentrate, owing to the expertise of the people at each of these companies. With the addition of Everything Tech, we feel it is now time to launch a new identity for the Group.” He added: “The pre-existing Everything Tech brand and culture appealed to us just as much as it will appeal to clients of the companies that our acquired companies were already working with. The brand is fresh, engaging and something we can stand behind and build our Group around.” MITSG was founded in 2021 by Mark Allen and Phil Smith, the former CFO and COO of GCI/Nasstar. Its acquisitions to date include the MSPs IT Farm and CSS Group, cloud communications specialist Nexbridge Communications and most recently Everything Tech in July 2022. www.everythingtech.co.uk/ Enreach strengthens IT services offering Telecommunications specialist Enreach UK is strengthening its managed IT services offering with the launch of IT Security and IT Remote Support services provided with a monthly per-user pricing model. Subscribers to either service will automatically gain access to Enreach’s standard everyday monitoring service which acts as a bolt-on IT department proactively monitoring customers’ infrastructure, networks and devices so customers can focus on other areas of their business. Enreach’s IT Security managed service will identify areas of vulnerability and recommend and implement solutions, with proactive monitoring, management and reporting available to counter more complex issues. Its IT Remote Support service will enable in-house experts to access clients’ computers and networks to perform diagnostic or remedial tasks. Duncan Ward, Chief Executive Officer of Enreach UK, said: “We see this very much as the next step on our journey towards becoming the UK’s leading partner for converged contact solutions. While we’re best known for telephony solutions, these are inextricably linked to other communications tools and IT systems. This extension of our IT offering reflects the growing number and type of cyber threats facing our customers and allows them to benefit more fully from our expertise in offsetting these threats and keeping key systems up and running.” Phil Smith
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