Windermere-based technology company Alertacall Ltd has received a silver award under the government’s Employer Recognition Scheme for support to the armed forces community. The awards, signed by the Secretary of State for Defence and the chief of the defence staff, are recognised as laudatory honours and aim to encourage employers to support defence. Alertacall has […]

LANCASHIRE telecoms and IT firm Daisy Group has agreed a six-year cloud communications partnership with BT. As part of the deal, which the businesses say will generate £70m over the period, Daisy’s services will be migrated to BT Wholesale’s cloud platform over the next 18 months. The deal gives Daisy and its customers access to […]

Stockport Council has reduced its data centre footprint by 20 times in a bid to cut costs and drive up efficiencies. The council’s deal with cloud computing provider Nutanix will see its two data centre shrink from 10 racks to just half a rack. The move is part of the councils digital by design strategy, […]

Full year results at global wireless solutions firm Stadium Group are set to be affected after losing a significant customer. The Hartlepool -headquartered firm issued a trading statement, telling shareholders how a wireless customer in the telematics sector has told directors they are moving product design in-house and manufacturing elsewhere. Losing this customer will result […]

Panasonic Europe has announced the acquisition of Alan Dick Communications, a UK technology integration specialist that provides end-to-end telecoms-based services to the transportation and mobile telecoms sectors. Alan Dick Communications (which will trade under ADComms), includes ADComms’ companies IPS, AIB, and Rail Order. The acquistion provides Panasonic with an opportunity to expand into the rapidly-growing […]

Telecoms specialist Odyssey Systems’ celebrated its new Preston Farm-based headquarters. Following an extensive refurbishment and fit-out, which includes the creation of a dedicated video conferencing suite, technology demonstration area and data centre facility, the company’s existing workforce transferred from its previous base, which was also in Preston Farm. Local MP James Wharton open the premises. […]