14 01732 759725 NEWS : RESELLERS NHS win for Future WorkForce Black Box partners with Gamma Global IT solutions provider Black Box has entered a partnership with Gamma Communications plc to deliver the latter’s connectivity, SIP trunking and Unified Communications solutions as part of its own managed services offering. Matt Thomas, Vice President and General Manager EMEA, Black Box, said: “By building Gamma’s business communications into our service offering, we’re now able to provide a full Unified Communications portfolio and meet evolving market needs in the UK as businesses migrate from PSTN/ISDN to SIP.” Neil Taylor, Head of Partner Sales at Gamma, added: “Black Box is an exceptional partner for us because the company shares our vision of where the market is going and because it already has a strong customer base that will bolster our partner ecosystem.” www.blackbox.com Velocity and Getronics form strategic alliance Velocity Consulting has formed a strategic alliance with Getronics to support the ICT service provider’s newly launched Getronics Consulting division with its own ServiceNow expertise. Part of the Velocity Group, Velocity Consulting is a ServiceNow Premier Partner providing consultancy, support and licence sales to customers such as Autotrader, Marken (UPS) and Drax Energy. It will now deliver ServiceNow consultancy as part of the eco-system supporting Getronics Consulting. The Velocity Group also includes Velocity Smart Technology, which designs solutions for automating the collection and delivery of IT assets, including Velocity Smart Collect, the world’s first ServiceNowintegrated smart locker and smart vending solution for Enterprise IT support. As part of the alliance between the two companies, Getronics has embedded Velocity Smart Collect ServiceNow Smart Locker technology into the Getronics 2023 global solution offering and is working on making it an integral part of the Getronics Workspace Alliance’s global digital workplace strategy. Partner recruitment Partner recruitment has been a big feature of Snom’s 25th anniversary year, with the addition of 33 reseller and distributor partners in the UK alone. Snom UK Channel Manager Lee Underwood said: “We’re seeing increased interest in IP telephony as a communications tool for UK businesses. The impending ISDN switch off and demand for flexible working post-pandemic makes the need for these solutions even more pressing.” www.snom.com Future WorkForce, the intelligent automation services company, has been selected by NHS Barnsley to automate key business processes across Patient Booking, Clinical Referrals, Back Office and Finance functions so that doctors and nurses can focus more on critical patient care. The certified Microsoft implementation partner will automate processes using the Microsoft Power Platform, which includes low code tools, robotic process automation, intelligent document understanding and AI, backed by a 12-month managed support and maintenance contract. Headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, Future WorkForce has delivered more than 200 automation projects since 2017 for clients such as Vienna Insurance Group, BCR Erste Bank, Euler Hermes, SEPHORA, Garrett, SNC Lavalin, Deloitte Romania, Orange, Telekom (a T-Mobile subsidiary) and the National Bank of Romania. www.fwfcompany.com Thrive acquisition Thrive, a US-based provider of cybersecurity and digital transformation managed services for small and medium-sized businesses, is bringing its next-generation managed services and cybersecurity offering to the Midlands with the acquisition of Nottingham-based IT support company Custard Technical Services. This is Thrive’s fifth acquisition of 2022 and its second acquisition outside the US since 2021. Custard provides customers in the East Midlands and surrounding areas with a range of IT solutions including consultation, managed services, disaster recovery planning, IT security backup solutions and software and hardware support and maintenance. thrivenextgen.com Kingsfield on list Public sector IT service provider Kingsfield Computer Products Limited has been awarded a place on a £1.5 billion framework to deliver IT solutions to NHS Trusts up and down the country. The single lot, two-year Total Technology Solutions (NOE.0552) Framework is designed by the North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) and hosted by the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT). www.noecpc.nhs.uk/contracts/ total-technology-solutions https://www.kingsfieldit.com/ public-sector-frameworks/ Lee Underwood
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