Avaya IP Office 7.0 opens up massive SME upgrade potential

Avaya has announced that all legacy Nortel phones will now function on the new version of Avaya IP Office and all existing data – including customer records, voicemail and system configurations – can be migrated to the new platform easily using a migration wizard. This opens up massive potential in the SME market, as it provides a clear and affordable migration path to Avaya IP Office from legacy systems such as Meridian and Norstar, as well as the more recent BCM offerings. There is a large installed base of these systems in the UK.

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Azlan invests in additional expertise to provide higher level support for HP ESSN partners

Azlan has made a further investment in building its expertise in HP technologies appointing John Ward as Business Manager HP ESSN (Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking). Ward brings more than 25 years experience working in technical, sales, marketing, and management roles for both end-user and channel companies. He has spent the last nine years working as a senior HP Business Manager with another channel distribution company.

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Club Maverick heads across the pond to InfoComm

Maverick is hosting a VIP ‘Club Maverick’ trip for its top customers from the UK and Ireland to InfoComm, the world’s biggest audiovisual event. The trip to InfoComm follows the successful launch of Club Maverick at this year’s ISE and provides customers with a superb opportunity to see the very latest audiovisual solutions and technologies.

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Microsoft Datacentre Security & Management Update

This week’s update is a bit of a mixed bag, we’re going to start with Operations Manager 2007.

Whilst working on a customer’s site the importance of backing up your Operations Manager implementation raised its head. Fortunately they were and we successfully recovered from the problem. So I thought it worth going through the basics with these 4 articles. SCOM environment, SCOM databases, SCOM encryption key and SCOM IIS settings.

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Link up to a host of new opportunities with Adobe Connect

Adobe Connect offers web meetings, eLearning, and webinars capability in hosted or on-premises deployments on an annual subscription basis.

Hosted

Your customers can start collaborating immediately with just a web browser, Flash and an Internet connection. Adobe manages everything so there’s no complicated hardware or software to install, set-up or maintain.

• Immediate account access

• Low initial investment

• Reliable, redundant system architecture

• High-bandwidth Tier 1 hosting centre.

On-premises

Deployed behind a firewall, Adobe Connect can be integrated with existing IT infrastructure, giving customers complete control over how they set up and manage their environment.

• Choice of the network topology that meets the customer’s reliability, scalability and accessibility needs

• Integration with existing video telephony devices and support for VoIP, directory server, and Microsoft SQL Server

• Ability to customise and extend the capabilities of Adobe Connect software

• Control over usage and maintenance costs

• Ability to optimise performance with edge servers.

Get AIRborne with Samsung and go for growth

The Samsung Authorised Independent Retailer (AIR) Programme helps retailers grow their sales and margins with Samsung laser printers by providing access to additional support, marketing materials, demonstration equipment, sales rewards and preferential pricing. Samsung has recently restructured its channel sales in the UK and is really going for growth. AIR Programme benefits include:

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Tech Select event was well received

Our recent Microsoft Tech Select event at Newbury Racecourse was very well received with everyone who attended agreeing that what they learnt on the day will help them in their everyday activities. The session gave resellers the opportunity to hear about the latest developments around the Microsoft Partner Network and the enhancements we have been making to the Tech Select programme itself. They also took away vouchers that are redeemable for approved Microsoft courses with Q&A Training, which will help them to further advance their accreditation.

Tech Select is a strategic initiative that bridges the gap between vendor development programmes and your business needs. It enables you to maximise the impact of vendor investments in channel development so that you benefit directly from the time and effort you put into increasing your knowledge and taking products to market. It helps you to sharpen your competitive edge and accelerate profitable growth. If you’d like to know more about the Microsoft Tech Select programme – or any of our other Tech Select initiatives – please contact the Tech Select team by emailing techselect@computer2000.co.uk.

Microsoft Datacentre Security & Management Update – 10th June

Lots to get through this week some about the current release but more about the 2012 versions.

One of the main elements that sets Operations Manager and System Center Essentials apart is Audit Collection Services or ACS and if your customers require this functionality then there is only one answer Operation Manager. So it’s vital to understand ACS and in this 2 part series Christopher Keyaert takes your through how your customers can store and present security audit information. Sticking with Operations Manager Microsoft recently released The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Admin Resource Kit click here to download it.

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Computer 2000 makes two senior appointments

Peter Hubbard named Sales Director while David Watts is promoted to role of Commercial Director

We are extremely delighted to announce the appointment of Peter Hubbard as Sales Director and the promotion of David Watts to the role of Commercial Director.

Peter previously spent 11 years in senior sales roles with Dell and was instrumental in driving phenomenal growth in the company’s UK and EMEA business, with particular expertise in the public sector.  His career in IT has included spells with IBM, Silicon Graphics and latterly a cloud-based contact centre business.  In his new role, Peter will be responsible for overseeing the sales operations of Computer 2000.

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Canon takes imaging into the cloud

Canon has enhanced its imageRUNNER ADVANCE imaging platform to allow users to directly connect to cloud services for the first time. This enables businesses to scan-to and store paper documents on Microsoft SharePoint Online or Google Docs from their MFD without the need for a PC. Stored data can then be accessed simultaneously by multiple users regardless of location on a variety of platforms including a PC, mobile device or smartphone, or printed directly from the imageRUNNER ADVANCE device. The enhancement to Canon MFDs is simple to set-up and can be installed in seconds using Canon’s Content Delivery System (CDS). The imageRUNNER ADVANCE Cloud Connect service is available now –contact us at print&supplies@computer2000.co.uk to learn more and explore the potential for your corporate, SME and public sector customers.