NEWS
Capita Group gets Ramesys
THE Capita Group has acquired Ramesys from Lloyds Bank for a cash consideration of £15m on a cash free, debt free basis. Ramesys is a provider of integrated ICT solutions to the education and commercial sector, specialising in the design, delivery and management of technology for schools through the Building Schools for Future (BSF) initiative. The company also provides ICT solutions to clients in the corporate sector as well as non-BSF education programmes, and acts as a reseller of education software.
Ramesys was established in 1980 and in 1999 was sold by Misys to a management buyout. In 2009, it made a pro forma operating loss of £2.9m on turnover of £34m.
Commenting on the invest-
ment, Paul Pindar, CEO of the Capita Group, said: “Ramesys’ client base and the nature of its business provides powerful synergies with our existing ICT and software services businesses. “This acquisition allows us not
only to broaden and deepen our own expertise in the education technology market, but also enables us to compete for larger and more complex education IT projects.” Mark Chambers, CEO of Ramesys, commented: “The back- ing, both business and financial, of a company the size of Capita will enhance significantly our ability to exploit the huge, untapped poten- tial in the integrated education ICT marketplace.”
Adept aims to kick start PBX market
ADEPT Telecom is pledging to hand over a treasure chest of PBX sales leads to dealers at an event to be held at the iconic BT Tower on 25th May. Sales Director Joe Murphy
stated: “Adept has stayed out of the hardware space and is reinforcing its commitment to business partners by giving away hundreds of free PBX leads, as well as outlining a number of key strategies to help dealers regain momentum.” Murphy revealed that as many as 90 guests will be invited for breakfast in the revolving restaurant on the top floor of the tower before attending a series of presentations in the main auditorium. He added: “We are convinced that 2010 will be a comeback year for the channel.”
VoIP Unlimited scoops Lotus
VOIP Unlimited’s winning for- mula continues having been named Official Technical Supplier of Lotus Racing, providing a 100Mb bearer circuit to the UK HQ based in Hingham, Norfolk. The deal provides Lotus Racing with an IP Ethernet connection which will be used for voice and data, transferring large engineer- ing data files, Internet access and
terminating the team’s SIP calls via a SIP trunk. “Speed and reliability are attributes shared between the team and VoIP Unlimited’s net- work”, stated Steve Bieniek, VoIP Unlimited’s Sales Director. “We are pleased to be associated with such a historical, high qual- ity brand in motor sport and look forward to supporting the team during its 2010 season.”
Nimans wins Jabra award
The Ethernet service is based on
a secure layer 2 MPLS platform and is directly interconnected into VoIP Unlimited’s core network, eliminat- ing potential latency issues. Lotus Racing will see a num- ber of business benefits including free international calls between race circuits and the UK head office, instant increase of call capacity and fast, stable Internet connectivity.
ADSL24 partners with murphx
PENNINES-based ISP ADSL24 has signed a deal with murphx to consolidate over 5,000 broadband customers with the wholesale connectivity carrier. Under the new agreement customers will have access to a range of new broadband services targeted at both home and business users delivered over a mix of BT and LLU operator networks. murphx Director, Carl Churchill, commented: “We’ve built up a fantastic rapport with the team at ADSL24 and are genuinely excited about the opportunities of working with it long into the future.”
Avaya extends 0%fi nance deal and brings Nortel into the fold
AVAYA has extended its 0% finan- cial support offer for Avaya channel partners and distributors until the end of September 2010.
NIMANS and Rocom have been crowned the Best UK Jabra Distributor of 2009 by headset manufacturer GN Netcom. Chairman Julian Niman, Headset Business Manager James Burns and Purchasing Director Andy Winfield accepted the award at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Niman commented: “We enjoy a tremendous business relationship with GN Netcom. Products such as the Jabra PRO and GO series with touch screen technology play a growing role in our continued sales success.” This latest win follows Polycom’s recognition of Nimans as its number one distributor of audio conferencing products in EMEA.
The offer also includes the majority of the former Nortel Enterprise Solutions portfolio, tak- ing in products such as Business Communications Manager (BCM) solutions and the Communication Server 1000 (CS1K). The 0% finance promotion is
now available on over 90% of the combined Avaya and NES solu- tions range, meaning that partners and distributors can take advantage of an offer that includes no up- front arrangement charges, no hid-
some to justify capital investment even in business-critical technol- ogy,” stated Paul Fazakerley, AFS European Programme Director. “Since starting the 0% finance
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den costs and 0% finance charges over a period of up to three years. “In the current economic cli- mate liquidity is the number one concern for many European busi- nesses, making it more difficult for
promotion, many companies have told us that its availability is a deciding factor in whether to invest immediately in technology or not.” Jan Lawford, Senior Director, EMEA Channels, Avaya, added: “Our channel partners and distribu- tors now have access to 0% finance for an additional six months, and adding former Nortel solutions to this offer allows them to invest with confidence in the Avaya product roadmap vision.”
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Toshiba beefs up CIX range
TOSHIBA Business Communi- cations Divison (BCD) has launched the CIX1200 communi- cation platform, the largest of its CIX range aimed at medium to large companies. The new CIX1200 platform
provides more features and can support up to 1,152 ports, deliver- ing networked applications for as many as 128 sites to accommodate larger capacity or distributed con- figurations.
The platform is particularly suitable for head and branch offic- es, single or multi-site companies with both office based and remote staff, call centre environments and university campuses and schools with distributed installations. Daniel Fuller-Smith, Sales
Manager, UK and EMEA, Toshiba BCD, said: “Expansion into this higher capacity market demon- strates our desire to support our
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partners and their customers’ needs as they continue to grow. We hope the CIX1200 will open new market opportunities for our partners.” Adrian Auld, MD of Toshiba
partner Voice Services, added: “Toshiba’s expansion into the medium to large enterprise market means we can continue to support our customers looking to upscale.”
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