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Westcon-Comstor cuts carbon emissions, accelerates shift to renewables

Laura Mozden, Global Head of ESG at Westcon-Comstor, discusses the company’s recent Responsible Business Report, which reveals that it now sources 50% of electricity globally from renewables and that Scope 1 and 2 emissions – those that Westcon-Comstor owns or controls either directly or indirectly – fell by 8% and 29% respectively year-on-year, with a total reduction of 24% since FY22, meaning the company is nearly halfway to its 2030 target of a 50% reduction. Having joined Westcon-Comstor earlier this year, Laura outlines how her role will in the coming months at an organisation which prioritises an ESG focus – both as an individual organisation and a as a key influencer within the IT channel.

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Transformation drivers which can deliver for the channel

Rakesh Parbhoo, Executive Vice President Middle East and Africa at Westcon-Comstor, outlines how the company is marking its 40th birthday by sharing key channel trends and a future-ready vision. Hybrid IT, cybersecurity, AI, data orchestration, cloud, networks and SMBs all feature in terms of opportunities for a future-ready IT channel.

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DEI matters more than ever - in the IT industry and beyond

Liz Blackman, Chief Marketing Officer at Avantra, discusses the continuing importance of DEI, despite some recent ‘push back’, explaining the importance of women's perspectives in creating balanced leadership teams, how diverse viewpoints lead to better solutions and innovation in technology, the responsibility of current women leaders in challenging stereotypes for future generations and some practical approaches to creating more equitable environments in male-dominated industries.

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WOMEN IN IT – Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director, Ten10 Academy

Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director at the Ten10 Academy, shares valuable insights on empowering women in tech and promoting inclusive workplaces – including building a career in tech without a traditional tech background; the importance of DEI representation in AI and tech leadership; AI in recruitment: the need for human oversight; empowering women and Gen Z in tech; and just why a well-crafted DEI strategy can bring so many benefits to an organisation when it comes to both employee and customer interactions.

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Channel partners eye cloud growth but need to upskill

Aaron Rees, Senior Vice President, AWS Business at Westcon-Comstor and CEO, Rebura discusses how the channel is poised to grasp the huge growth opportunities presented by the cloud market, but faces certain gaps around skills, capabilities and expertise. He also explains how distributors can support, enable and empower partners in pursuit of these aims by harnessing and deploying their own cloud expertise.

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Remote managed services from the MSPs’ MSP

Richard Eglon, CMO at Nebula, discusses the ways in which subscription-based and consumption-based services complement each other – before explaining the company’s new Channel Service to MSPs and resellers alike that provides remote managed services in terms of Level 3 technical resource that MSPs can dovetail into their own service proposition. Additionally, Richard explains how Nebula is helping MSPs who are finding it increasingly difficult to absorb the associated costs of their teams as well as other new costs, by providing consumption-based remote and onsite resource that MSPs can use from a Pay As You Go perspective.

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MS(S)P-native solutions - a better Channel proposition?

Lance Williams, CTO, Distology, provides some brilliant insights into the existing relationships between vendors, distributors/aggregators and MSPs and MSSPs and outlines a future where solutions designed specifically for service providers can ensure that the ultimate customers – end users – are best served by a new Channel model. Lance also discusses Distology’s strategic partnership with Vercara and previews the company’s new MSSP offering, arriving later this year.

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DEI focus benefits employees and partners alike

Chloe Cameron, Chief People Officer for EMEA, describes her own role as ‘enabling people to do the greatest work of their lives’ and is responsible for putting the structures into place within the UK to allow Pax8’s employees to be able to provide the best possible service and expertise to business’s partners at scale and speed. As an active member of We are Tech Women, Chloe speaks confidently and expertly on cultural issues and opportunities within the tech sector, as well as the importance of building business culture and working with staff to get the best out of them.

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Tech Channel Ambassadors set to tackle IT skills gap

Ian Kilpatrick, former EVP of Nuvias and the driving force behind the newly established Tech Channel Ambassadors, explains the thinking behind the organisation – a new Community Interest Company (CIC) created to promote the channel IT industry, and to bolster inclusivity in the sector. Tech Channel Ambassadors aims to raise awareness of career opportunities across the IT channel to those in education, those returning to employment, and those looking to change career, including, but not limited to, career opportunities for girls, BAME, disabled, neurodiverse and disadvantaged groups.

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Driving knowledge sharing across the Channel

Patrick Aronson, Chief Marketing Officer and APAC Executive Vice President at Westcon-Comstor, looks at the challenges and opportunities for MSPs and other channel partners around data, as outlined in the company’s recent ‘Bridging the Gap’ research report. Patrick also explains some of the company’s recent data-focused initiatives, including the Partner Insights tool and Tech ConneX.

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Cybersecurity for SMEs - a smart solution

Jamie Akhtar, Co-Founder and CEO at CyberSmart, discusses the importance of cybersecurity solutions developed specifically for the SME market and the benefits they can bring to both the Channel and end users themselves. Jamie also outlines the security challenges he sees ahead, which are potential opportunities for CyberSmart and its partners - to demonstrate the value of their solutions during the cost of living crisis and as a means of addressing both the positive and negative aspects of the impending AI explosion.

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