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Azzurri CEO: No longer distracted by uncertainty and debt

Vim Vithaldas is chief executive of Azzurri Communications

Vim Vithaldas explains that the firm's new banking owners are allowing him to run it as he wishes and tells us why he wants to helm a "boring" business

09 May 2012

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With DDoS attacks increasing in frequency and variety, we examine what the future holds for businesses and the resellers that provide their security

23 Apr 2012

Azzurri swaps bosses after completing refinancing

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Mark Quartermaine and Jim McKenna step down as Azzurri wipes £238m of liabilities from its balance sheet and scores new banking facility

16 Dec 2011

Quartermaine assembles Azzurri A-team

Azzurri boss: UC at tipping point

Azzurri pumps £1m into new managed network

Voice and data integrator aims to migrate all 500 of its managed network estates to new ICON infrastructure within two years

04 Nov 2011

Azzurri adds product management quartet

Integrator brings in four technology leaders

29 Jun 2011

Jewell takes Brocade crown in UK

Mitel man Marcus Jewell appointed vendor's UK and Ireland boss

30 Mar 2011

Azzurri certified by royal appointment

The Queen has awarded the Aldridge-based VAR with a Royal Warrant after years of comms provision

21 Feb 2011

Azzurri bags £5m UC deal

Integrator wins three-year deal with facilities services firm OCS

25 Jan 2011

Partners unfazed by O2-2e2 joint venture

O2 Centre of Excellence partners sanguine about tie-up

17 Jan 2011

Quartermaine assembles Azzurri A-team

New boss of VAR handpicks senior management team

06 Oct 2010

Azzurri welcomes new chief executive

VAR's latest head Mark Quartermaine is former BT Global Services president

22 Jul 2010

Azzurri achieves O2 Excellence

Consultancy throws its weight behind the O2 message as it becomes a Centre of Excellence

25 Jan 2010

Azzurri halts shopping spree to start growing

VAR claims to have completed its transformation after doubling annual profits

07 Dec 2009

Azzurri spins off cabling business

VAR wants to focus on its voice, data and mobility activities

16 Sep 2009

Azzurri bags top HP certifications

VAR predicts a five-fold increase in revenue as a result of partnership

25 Aug 2009

O2 cuts ribbon at Partner Academy

Mobile operator unveils Northampton-based training facility for key channel partners

08 Jul 2009

Azzurri grabs £10m UCLH deal

Birmingham-based integrator signs seven-year managed services contract with NHS Foundation Trust

26 Feb 2009

Azzurri arm up and running

VAR ploughs resources into new dedicated contact centre unit

09 Feb 2009

Azzurri rolls out the red carpet

Integrator wins converged voice and data deal with Allied Carpets

25 Apr 2008

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

Organisations must strike a balance between worker productivity and the security of social media/mobile devices

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Smart working in the 21st century

Overcoming technological limitations and traditional office cultures to free employees to do more with less from wherever they want to


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The editor's diary

Lessons learned

I've discovered that iPads are great for consuming, not so good for creating

Dave the dealer blog

Dave the dealer

Life's a beach

With a triumvirate of VARs getting into sporting sponsorship, Dave runs the rule over the brand-building opportunities

View from the channel

Views from the Channel

Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn