RESELLER NEWS technologyreseller.co.uk 13 Managed Services Partner and holds top-tier accreditations with Broadcom and Dell. Bob Cagnazzi, CEO of Presidio, said: “Acquiring Ergo marks an important step in Presidio’s European growth. It will enhance our capabilities in a key market, add proven leadership and expertise and position us to deliver even greater value to clients across the region.” Ergo CEO Paul McCann added: “Our team has built something special, and being a part of Presidio will give us the resources and scale to accelerate our growth while maintaining the culture and client-first approach that defines us. This is about taking what works and making it even stronger.” www.presidio.com … Merger creates new force in IT services sector Technology services provider Trustmarque and Ultima Business Solutions, a specialist in managed services and automation, have formally completed their merger, creating a new force in the IT services sector with 1,000 employees, more than 3,000 customers and a projected Gross Invoiced Income of £1 billion. The merged entity’s unified leadership team led by CEO Simon Williams and CFO Jamie Beaumont (from Ultima) will now start integrating both parts of the business to provide public and private sector customers with more integrated IT services in areas such as cloud, cybersecurity, automation and emerging AI use cases. Trustmarque and Ultima will continue to operate under their existing brands, with a new corporate brand and identity due to be launched next year. Jamie Beaumont, CFO of the new Group, said: “We’re already seeing new joint opportunities emerge, from enabling multicloud optimisation to delivering next-gen AI-powered operations for clients across sectors. Our integration teams have laid the groundwork for a seamless transition, and we are excited to move forward as one team with one mission: to help our clients thrive in a fast-changing digital world.” … Kinly aiming to raise AV security baseline with freely available framework Kinly, a provider of AV integration and collaboration services, has published an industry-first, verification-ready framework to help organisations secure AV environments, from design through to operation. Freely available to customers, partners and competitors, the Kinly AV Security Standards framework is designed to raise the security baseline for AV solutions and establish a common benchmark for how AV security should be approached across the sector, from embedding security into statements of work and design documentation, through to enforcing MFA, strong password management, centralising logs and testing recovery. The framework also supports regular auditing and KPI tracking so that organisations can measure progress and maintain accountability over time. Each control includes a security objective and verification method and aligns with internationally recognised references including ISO/IEC 27001, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and CIS Controls. Don Gibson, Global Chief Information Security Officer at Kinly, said: “This is about practical, verifiable steps that any organisation can take to harden devices, segment networks, enforce strong identities and keep systems evergreen. By opening up our AV Security Standards, we want to help customers, partners and peers reduce risk, strengthen supply-chain resilience and build trust in every space where people meet and work.” The Kinly AV Security Standards are available at https://indd.adobe.com/ view/fb366a11-20ea-4f58-aa00cd0c1cb43352. continued... ANS boosts AI-readiness Digital transformation company ANS is continuing to strengthen its AI-readiness capabilities with two acquisitions in two months and successful third-party validation of its AI management practices. Following audits of its practices, ANS has become the first UK company to achieve ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), indicating its compliance with the new global standard for trustworthy AI management systems, covering governance, regulatory alignment and ethical adoption. CEO Richard Thompson said: “We’re always pushing the boundaries of meaningful AI adoption, but it’s essential that this is done with responsibility and trust. Becoming the first UK business to achieve the ISO 42001 from UKAS is a statement of how we are shaping the future of AI with accountability and transparency.” The Manchester-headquartered company is also boosting its AI capabilities and expertise in Microsoft solutions through acquisitions. Following that of data engineering consultancy Makutu in September, it has now acquired Sci-Net Business Solutions, an Oxford-based Microsoft Gold Partner. Its 65-strong team of technology consultants, cloud specialists and developers enhances ANS’s existing Microsoft expertise with in-depth knowledge of Microsoft ERP, CRM and cloud infrastructure solutions, including 365 Business Central, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, CRM and Microsoft Azure. Richard Thompson said: “Sci-Net’s Business Central expertise will further expand our already strong Microsoft offering. Making understanding customers’ problems the first step to any solution, Sci-Net’s approach aligns with our own ambitions to get all UK businesses ready for AI. Our consolidation of some of the sector’s leading Microsoft-focused digital transformation partners puts us in the strongest position to equip organisations across the UK for an AI-enabled future.” https://www.ans.co.uk/ Richard Thompson Logicalis expands cybersecurity offering with new solutions and services Logicalis is addressing the growing need for proactive cybersecurity with an expanded portfolio of Intelligent Security Solutions and Advisory services designed to help customers align with frameworks such as NIST, DORA, NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act. These include enhancements to its Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) service, which provides continuous monitoring of global threat sources, from darknet activity and leaked credentials to malicious domains and suspicious VPN or email logins, and the introduction of Pentesting-as-a-Service, which allows organisations to schedule penetration testing on‑demand to identify vulnerabilities across systems, applications, APIs and social engineering campaigns. Mike Fry, Infrastructure Data & Security Solutions Director at Logicalis UK&I, said: “Cybersecurity attacks are no longer a future concern, they are today’s reality. It is unrealistic for organisations to assume that even with the most robust defences they won’t be targeted and possibly breached. That is why we are accelerating delivery of our Intelligent Security solution to UK customers, through our European Security Operations Centre (SOC). With Pentesting-as-a-Service, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and expanded Vulnerability Management capabilities, our customers can realise the power of cyber resilience.”
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