Simplifying complexity – meet Meg Whitman

Hardware

On Wednesday, I had the absolute privilege of meeting with Meg Whitman, CEO of HP. She is one of those very rare people who can naturally make an extremely complex situation sound very simple. We met in HP Wood Street’s office in London. Despite having flown in from the States that morning and a schedule that makes my diary look positively pedestrian, Meg was full of energy and enthusiasm.

Softcat wins VMware Partner of the Year

Software

Last night at an executive dinner at the Mayfair Hotel in London, VMware, the leading vendor in the virtualisation and cloud space, presented IT provider Softcat with the ‘Partner of the Year’ award for the second year running.

Softcat Maintain Veeam Platinum Status

Storage

Softcat Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the esteemed ‘Platinum Partner’ accreditation by Veeam.

A new Microsoft deal (MoU) is launched for UK schools

Software

The Department for Education has signed a brand new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft on behalf of schools. This has been delivered following extensive negotiations led by Government Procurement Service (GPS) in collaboration with the Department’s commercial team.

Softcat @ BETT2013

Software

Softcat are pleased to announce we will be attending this year’s BETT Show (Weds 30th Jan – Sat 2nd Feb) at the new venue – Excel in London Docklands.

Softcat partners with Signify to provide secure remote access 2FA authentication

Security

In its first new partnership of the year, leading UK IT reseller Softcat is to join with two-factor authentication (2FA) service provider Signify in a move to increase the availability of flexible remote access security for thousands of businesses.

Softcat to supply IT hardware and services to the NHS

Software

The NHS Commercial Procurement Collaborative (CPC) has selected Softcat, along with a small number of other suppliers, to supply IT hardware and services including financing and support options to the NHS and other institutions in the UK public sector via the ‘LINK-IT Hardware and Services’ framework contract.

Some predictions for 2013

Happy New Year from all at Softcat! Once again we thought we would start the year off with a few predictions for what we expect to happen over the course of the year. Rather than this being simply some predictions in isolation, we’ve made a few suggestions as to how you might be able to respond to, or take advantage of, these trends

Softcat Expert Series - Office 365

Cloud

Microsoft online services have been available since April 2009. Now known as Office 365 the solution has begun to accelerate in innovation, development and a rapidly growing user base. We ask Ted Schultz from Microsoft what their cloud service can offer to benefit customers.