RESELLER NEWS 12 01732 759725 ...continued headquartered in London with additional offices in Bournemouth, Tamworth and Tewkesbury. Prime Networks delivers IT support, security and managed services to approximately 500 SME customers who will now gain access to Focus Group’s wider capabilities in AI and automation, IT, communications, connectivity, cyber security and energy. Focus Group CEO Neil Hall said: “With AI, IT and cyber security now making up more than half of everything we offer, we’re building the expertise to help more SMEs use technology with confidence, not just adopt it for its own sake. Bringing Prime Networks into Focus Group strengthens that mission, giving even more businesses access to specialist support they can rely on.” Tony Mole, Managing Director of Prime Networks, added: “We’ve built a strong business around providing a great service and looking after our customers, and becoming part of Focus Group gives us the opportunity to build on that through a wider range of expertise and capabilities. Prime Networks will continue to operate as normal while the two teams integrate over coming months.” www.focusgroup.co.uk organisations still need a secure, reliable way to reach the right people, issue clear instructions and evidence what has been communicated. Shadow-Planner Alert gives teams that capability, helping them maintain control when pressure is at its highest.” www.shadow-planner.com/ www.wavenet.co.uk … Prime Networks acquired by Focus Group Focus Group, an independent provider of business technology with 1,300 experts and more than 20 offices across the UK, has acquired Prime Networks, an IT managed service provider threat landscape. Their ability to identify opportunities, deliver value and champion Rubrik’s vision has been instrumental to our shared success.” https://www.phoenixs.co.uk/sectors/. … Helping teams stay connected during disruption Managed service and security provider Wavenet has launched a secure mass communications solution designed to help organisations reach employees, suppliers and response teams in the event of cyber incidents, outages and operational emergencies. Shadow-Planner Alert operates independently from an organisation’s primary IT environment, enabling resilience, security and IT teams to issue urgent updates via email, SMS or both, even when core systems are compromised. The platform combines multi-channel delivery, pre-approved message templates, structured contact management, realtime delivery tracking, a comprehensive communications audit trail and a secure, airgapped document repository, ensuring critical information remains accessible during incidents when core systems may be unavailable. Paul Colwell, Chief Information Security Officer at Wavenet, said: “During an incident, communication can be the difference between a controlled response and a wider operational crisis. If core systems are unavailable, Synextra awarded all Microsoft Azure Solutions Partner designations Synextra has become one of a select group of UK partners to hold all Microsoft Azure Solutions Partner designations, after being awarded the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation. The Warrington-based Microsoft Azure partner, which works with mid-market and enterprise businesses as an embedded technology division, already had Azure Infrastructure and Azure Data & AI designations, as well as the Microsoft Solution Partner Security designation. Dean Murray, Senior Platform Engineer at Synextra, said: “Earning the Digital & App Innovation designation is a reflection of the advanced platform engineering we deliver every day. We’re increasingly working alongside enterprise development teams, moving beyond foundational infrastructure to drive genuine cloud-native transformations. Whether it’s containerising legacy applications, automating infrastructure as code or establishing mature DevOps cultures, we’re building the environments that large-scale organisations rely on to operate with agility.” https://www.synextra.co.uk TCS joins Vodafone Business partner network Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has become a strategic partner of Vodafone Business, the enterprise arm of VodafoneThree, as it looks to help customers in healthcare, education, financial services, manufacturing, retail and critical national infrastructure build the secure and resilient digital foundations needed to deploy emerging technologies at scale. The partnership brings together Vodafone Business’ expertise in connectivity, cyber security, cloud and digital services with TCS’ global capabilities in technology, consulting, cloud transformation and migration, AI, sovereign and systems integration. Nick Gliddon, Business Director of VodafoneThree, said: “UK businesses are looking for partners who understand their market, their customers and the pressure to modernise quickly. The challenge for many organisations is not ambition, it is execution: making the right technology choices, integrating them properly and turning investment into measurable impact. We are pleased to welcome TCS to our growing ecosystem of strategic partners, helping Vodafone Business deliver the services, expertise and digital experiences customers need to move faster, reduce complexity and grow with confidence.” Areas in which the two companies aim to collaborate include cloud transformation and migration, AI and automation, cyber security, network modernisation and digital infrastructure, data and analytics, IoT and connected business applications, managed services and operational transformation. Paul Colwell Neil Hall, CEO of Focus Group, with Tony Mole, MD of Prime Networks
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