Antony Savvas

FourNet, the customer experience and AI transformation partner, has acquired SVL Business Solutions, creating a combined business with more than 230 people, over 450 customers and revenues of around £65m.

Utilize Plc has acquired tn4 Solutions, a specialist Sage partner supporting more than 150 Sage 200 customers. The deal almost doubles Utilize's existing Sage customer base.

IT consultancy and managed service provider Principle Networks has announced three senior appointments as it continues to invest in its technical capabilities and enterprise customer services.

Aikido Security has announced the launch of Noon, a dedicated workforce security business that extends protection beyond software to the people using it.

Outerlimit, the decentralised security and authorisation layer designed specifically for securing agentic AI, has launched its Global Partner Program.

Vasion has opened UK headquarters in London, its second European office after Frankfurt.

A new AI infrastructure services business is on the search for new cloud service partners, and “AI natives” amidst the current industry AI hype cycle.

Ahead of next week’s Oracle AI World customer and partner event in Las Vegas, Oracle says it’s ploughing $1 billion into its partner ecosystem to help partners meet customer demand for AI-powered solutions and services.

Distributor Climb Global Solutions has completed the acquisition of NeoVAD, a France-based distributor focused on cybersecurity, cloud services and virtualisation, for an aggregate purchase price of around €16m.

ERP provider Oracle NetSuite has today announced new AI capabilities that help partners and organisations automate more work and improve business performance. And in a further development, perhaps addressing a main requirement across the board, faster ERP deployments are being promised, with Oracle again putting AI to work (see details further down this story).