03 CONTENTS technologyreseller.co.uk ISSN 2632-9301 (Print) ISSN 2632-931X (Online) Technology Reseller is published by Kingswood Media Ltd., 7 Amherst House, 22 London Road, Sevenoaks TN13 2BT • Tel: 01732 759725 Email: [email protected] www.technologyreseller.co.uk No part of Technology Reseller can be reproduced without prior written permission of the publisher. © 2026 Kingswood Media Ltd. Editor: James Goulding 07803 087228 · [email protected] Publishing Director, Social Media and Web Editor: Neil Trim 01732 759725 · [email protected] Advertising Director: Ethan White 01732 759725 · [email protected] Events & Commercial activities: Paul Johnson 01732 759725 · [email protected] Account Manager: Jeff Root 01732 759725 · [email protected] Designer: Brian Cloke 07484 288189 · [email protected] If you no longer wish to receive Technology Reseller magazine, please email your details to [email protected] Register online To receive your regular FREE printed copy of Technology Reseller Magazine simply fill in our online registration form at www.technologyreseller.uk/register Read Technology Reseller online, on tablets and smart phones www.technologyreseller.uk Join us : Follow us technology-reseller-magazine technologyreseller.co.uk IN PRINT & ONLINE SINCE 2016 IN PRINT & ONLINE SINCE 2016 04 Distribution News QBS Software awarded King’s Award for Enterprise 10 Reseller News ANS expands AI skills offering with new apprenticeship programmes 16 MSPs Carolyn April highlights key findings from GTIA Research’s State of the Channel 2026 report for the UK and Ireland 20 Cover Story Hammer Distribution explains why sovereign security is becoming the channel’s next big opportunity 22 Technology Reseller Awards 2026 All the winners from the Technology Reseller Awards evening on May 21 27 Events Kingswood Media announces 2026 channel roadshows 28 Unified Communications James Goulding reports from the Northern Ireland leg of Access4’s UK and Ireland roadshow 30 Golf Society Paul Johnson’s report on the Print IT & Technology Reseller Golf Society’s first meeting of 2026 34 Business Briefing HP debuts PCs built for next wave of Windows PC experiences powered by NVIDIA RTX Spark 36 Tech Digest New products and services for MSPs and their customers 41 People New faces, new places
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NDUxNDM=