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Zen in race for charity
Reeve reveals big ambitions
A TEAM of 45 employees from Zen Internet took part in the annu- al 10km Great Manchester Run on Sunday 16th May.
The team, including Andrew
Saunders, Head of Product Mana- gement & Marketing, ran the race to raise cash for The Rochdale Children’s Moorland Home. “This is an important charity.
We have built up an excellent rela- tionship with Rochdale Children’s Moorland Home through in-house events, with all proceeds going to this charity,” said Saunders.
ALAN Reeve, Aastra’s new MD for UK & Ireland, has revealed his ‘strong ambitions’ for the vendor, and is aiming to realise its full potential by developing channels to market, with particular focus on geographic coverage and partnering with solution integrators. He said: “We have a great oppor- tunity to increase our presence in the UK market and broaden our route to market by partnering with system integrators, particularly in the Microsoft developer commu- nity. I look forward to realising the company’s full potential.” Reeve has over 15 years expe- rience in the business telecoms market, having held senior man- agement positions with Nortel,
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ShoreTel and Panasonic in the UK and the EMEA region. Market research data collated by Canalys, the independent research organisation, shows that Aastra was ranked second in the PBX/IP PBX market sector and first for the SMB segment of this market for the EMEA region in 2009.
IP Solutions continues growth with Liquid Business Systems acquisition
IP SOLUTIONS, the independent provider of hosted VoIP, mobile and call management solutions has acquired Liquid Business Systems. Paul Richards, Director at IP
Solutions, said: “We have seen the potential for growth from hosted solutions accelerate over the last three years and wanted to invest in our technical expertise. This deal brings us a substantial base of
customers, but more importantly the expertise we require to become a large reseller of hosted voice.” Guy Miller, Head of Services at Liquid, who is staying on with the enlarged business, added: “I am truly excited about combining its sales organisation with our back office and support team. “The market opportunity is huge, and the combined company
Join us for a round of charity celebrity golf
IF YOU have keen golfers in your company, don’t miss out on the chance to play in the Sir Trevor Brooking/Comms Dealer Celebrity Classic sponsored by Opal on July 23rd in aid of kid’s charity Sparks. You and three colleagues will get the chance to play a round of golf with one of Britain’s best loved sport and showbiz stars, such as Sparks regulars Robert Powell, Ray Clemence, Pat Jennings, Ossie Ardiles, Willie Thorne, Dennis Waterman and Sparks President Sir Geoff Hurst.
The stars will receive invitations from one of England’s sporting
Trevor Brooking
legends, former West Ham and England soccer star Sir Trevor Brooking, our host for the day. The venue will once again be
Batchworth Park Golf Club. Book early to secure a place. Contact Dan Smith at Sparks on 020 7799 2111 or email
dan@sparks.org.uk
now has the resources it requires to deliver on this massive potential.” Keith Purves, Director at IP
Solutions, added: “This acquisition has accelerated our business strategy, and our future goal is clear – to become the largest reseller of hosted voice solutions in the UK.” Knight Corporate Finance advised IP Solutions on the deal which was tied up in weeks.
STL advances green cause
STL Communications has advan- ced its green ethos by joining Co-Caa, the Carbon Offset and Climate Awareness Association. STL’s GreenMinutes is a car- bon neutral initiative that enables customers to offset their carbon phoneprint and to work smarter using a range of free eco features. Phil Donigan, STL’s Sales
Director, stated: “The environ- ment is a key part of STL’s ethos and is embraced by all our staff. Membership of Co-Caa is anoth- er way of demonstrating that we have measured our greenhouse gas emissions and have reduced them through internal change.”
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