IT Channel Oxygen

IT Channel Oxygen has a straightforward goal: to monitor the evolution of the UK IT channel and its shift towards sustainability. Our members will have complimentary access to exclusive content, featuring market reports on leading IT solution providers and distributors in the UK, along with insightful interviews with prominent CEOs and industry experts.

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Network Group Targets Wider C-Suite Amid Plans To Double Members

2 days ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

Network Group is aiming to banish its reputation of being mainly the preserve of MDs, its Chairman said as he unveiled plans to double its membership. The part peer group, part buying consortium currently has close to 90 MSP and reseller members. Under a new three-year growth strategy, the member-run outfit is aiming to boost that to 150-200, Chairman Michael Morgan told IT Channel Oxygen.
‘This goes way beyond Copilot’ – Transputec launches AI division

3 days ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

Transputec has thrown its hat into the agentic AI ring by launching a dedicated division it hopes will be generating £2m-£3m revenues within a year. The £25m-revenue, London-based MSP has a track record of spinning off products it has developed in-house, notably with ‘Neo’ and ‘Crises Control’. Talking to IT Channel Oxygen, Transputec CEO Sonny Sehgal indicated that its new ‘Kuhnic’ AI division could be its next carve out.
Bytes Technology Group CEO On ‘very Ambitious Growth Target’, £1.6m NI Blow And ‘surprising’ VMware Success

4 days ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

Bytes Technology Group has “a very ambitious growth target for the next few years and is planning accordingly”. That’s the message of its CEO Sam Mudd, who was speaking to IT Channel Oxygen this morning following the publication of full-year results confirming the LSE-listed software reseller’s top line has broken through £2bn. In its year to 29 February 2025, BTG saw GII power up 15.2% to £2.1bn, with GII growth by our calculations accelerating from 13.7% to 15.8% half-on-half.
‘All the bits of the puzzle are dropping into place’ – top Microsoft partner CEOs give CSP revamp verdict

5 days ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

The CEOs of two of Microsoft’s largest UK partners have applauded the latest Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) changes, saying they will help reward partners who invest while penalising those using Microsoft as a “loss leader” on shallow engagements. Microsoft last week raised the authorisation requirements for its CSP partners while adding a raft of goodies to help them “drive more renewals and upgrades, retain customers, upsell, and scale their businesses”.
‘CSI gets us to top of food chain’ – Park Place exec

1 week ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

Acquiring CSI thrusts Park Place Technologies to the “top of the food chain”, one of its top execs has claimed. Ohio-based datacentre support giant Park Place on Tuesday grabbed £50m-revenue UK IBM partner CSI in what it billed as the second-most significant deal in its history (behind only its 2020 purchase of similar-sized peer Curvature).
‘It’s verging on too much’ – Softcat, Natilik and Computacenter leaders swap personal branding tips

2 weeks ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

Leaders from Softcat, Computacenter and Natilik last night laid out their top tips – and no-go zones – for building a personal brand in the digital age. The panel took place during the first 2025 physical event of The Channel Community, a non-profit that provides free mentoring and networking for the industry. Chaired by Nebula Global Services CMO Richard Eglon, it featured Natilik CMO Kimberly Moss, Computacenter Group Security Manager Bharti Lim and Softcat Recruitment Manager Elisha Kirkham.
‘It won’t offend anyone’ – TD Synnex sales boss highlights unexpected star vendor and SMB push

2 weeks ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

TD Synnex sales boss Phil Brown has picked out NVIDIA as a key emerging vendor for the distributor as he opened up on its SMB growth push. Brown joined TD Synnex – which ranked second in the recent Oxygen Must-Know Distributors 2024 – as VP Sales, UK & Ireland on 1 September after nearly three years at SCC. The former Exertis bigwig said he had spent “most of his time” in his first eight months with TD Synnex’s SMB teams.
Datatonic CEO On Second Acquisition, Google Commitment And 'fresh-smelling Consultants'

3 weeks ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

There is enough business for Datatonic as a Google-only partner, its CEO claimed as the 10x Google Cloud Partner of the Year announced its second-ever acquisition. The London-based outfit – which ranked 7th in the recent Oxygen Fast-Growth 50 2025 – has snapped up Syntio, a Croatian Google ally with 60-70 staff. Talking to IT Channel Oxygen, Datatonic’s recently appointed CEO Scott Eivers said the deal will “supercharge our Google professional services ambitions”.
KOcycle To Tackle UK’s Digital Divide With ‘game Changer’ KODI

3 weeks ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

KOcycle wants to rewrite the IT disposal rulebook by making it quick and easy for organisations to donate used devices to charities and then measure the social impact. The Braintree-based IT lifecycle services specialist today unveiled ‘Project KODI’, which allows charities to request up to five devices from its website free of charge.
Bootstrapped IT Lifecycle Ace KOcycle Eyes Eight Figures

3 weeks ago | itchanneloxygen.com | Doug Woodburn

KOcycle is aiming to break the eight-figure revenue milestone this year, its MD has revealed as it unveiled its black-and-white rebrand. Run by an exec team who view IT lifecycle services “through the lens of the channel”, Braintree-based KOcycle achieved 90% year-on-year growth in its recently completed fiscal 2025.