Academia adds 'string to bow' with acquisition of Apple schools reseller

Tom Wright
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Toucan has annual turnover of around £5m

Academia has added "a string to its bow" with the acquisition of Apple schools reseller Toucan Computing, CEO Mike Bacon has told CRN. Academia is already an education specialist, but Bacon said...

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