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As we read that Swedish department store giant Ikea is overhauling its sales strategy to begin selling product on a number of big ecommerce websites, it seems that the dawn of the online sales invasion is no longer that. It’s a full-blown sunrise, and its rays are only set to burn brighter than ever before on the world of in-store retail and sales.

Westcoast has appointed Craig Waters as its new Head of Services. Craig, whose most recent role had been Head of Procurement at Misco, spent more than 16 years at Ingram Micro taking on both UK and European roles and leading the channel for Fujitsu and Belkin.

Does anyone ever look back on IT hardware with fondness? Has a friend or colleague ever said to you, “You know what, I really miss my Dell Precision 380”? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

For all their technical and creative wherewithal, it has to be said that Microsoft sometimes struggle with one area: product follow-through.

There are some customer testimonials that just make you smile. The above from Mirus IT Solutions does it for us; it’s not every day that you’re able to bestow a super power on someone!

ZenZero began as a small business with big ideas. The plan was to deliver IT solutions to the SMB, so that their clients could rely on enterprise-level technology while working on a more modest scale.

Westcoast has announced it has now sold more than a quarter of a million CSP seats through its partners in the UK. The distributor reached the landmark on Tuesday October 10th with an order from Keybridge IT.

A new variant of the Petya malware family was discovered on Tuesday 27th June 2017. The Petya family of malware is not a new one and was first seen and classified in March 2016.

Everywhere things are getting smarter, from self-driving cars to supermarket shelves that analyse how we shop (yes, really), and everything in between. So why should headsets get left behind...

Every client is different. Every one. It’s this understanding that Keybridge IT Solutions and Westcoast have in common. Supplying IT solutions for the recruitment industry, Keybridge have very particular needs for their clients.

UK based distributor and supply chain innovator, Westcoast Retail, today reveals it has signed a UK-wide deal with online electricals retailer, AO.com to provide distribution and fulfilment services for it’s growing computing range including products from brands such as; Apple and HP.

Cloud technologies are no longer the leading edge done by early adopter companies. In fact, private clouds, hybrid clouds and multi-clouds are quickly becoming the de-facto standard among organisations across business verticals.

UK based distributor and supply chain innovator, Westcoast, today reveals it has signed UK distribution deals with three of the world’s leading players in the gaming market; MSI, Gigabyte and Steel Series.

Distributor Westcoast has launched a brand new programme offering exclusive, long-term support for its CSP (cloud solutions provider) partners. The Westcoast Cloud Development programme offers resellers a range of tailored benefits all designed to help support their CSP business and accelerate their growth in the cloud.

UK based distributor and supply chain innovator, Westcoast Retail, today reveals it has signed an exclusive partnership with HTC to provide third party logistics services for the company’s popular range of smartphone handsets throughout the United Kingdom.

Westcoast has announced it has now sold more than 100,000 CSP seats through its partners in the UK. The distributor hit the landmark on Monday October 17th with an order from Storm Technologies.

Westcoast has been appointed as an authorised distributor for Surface. Under the commercial-only agreement, Westcoast will begin working with the Surface Pro 4 and the high-end Surface Book, together with the full range of accessories for each.

Westcoast Group has completed the purchase of ADS (Adveo Digital Systems) France from Adveo Group International S.A.

Westcoast Limited and LG Electronics Mobile announced today that they have agreed a non-exclusive distribution agreement to sell LG mobile devices within the UK and Ireland.

IT distributor Westcoast has today announced the acquisition of ArtSystems, the Nottingham-based specialist distributor. ArtSystems, is recognised as one of Europe’s leading providers of value-add services and solutions to support high-end printing.