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The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is being shut down in just two years’ time and this represents an opportunity for resellers.

We are excited to announce that we are now the official UK distributor for video conferencing firm Boom Collaboration.

On Thursday 9th November five team members from Westcoast and Westcoast Cloud volunteered to raise awareness of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) careers with 700 school pupils at Aylesbury Vale School.

Poly headsets, video collaboration and telephony are now available from Westcoast. Here, Ashley Watts, Accessories Director, shares four reasons why that’s great for you and your customers.

It’s recycle week! At Westcoast, we build sustainability into our everyday – and in 2022 we recycled 532 tonnes of paper and 53 tonnes of plastic waste!

Our expert Mike Sims opens his Playbook, sharing FOUR ways to win in the rapidly growing infrastructure space.

Today on World Mental Health Day, we’re holding a ‘Tea and Talk’ for all Westcoast team members.

On Sunday 10th September, David Cheese from our Apple Product Team completed the London to Brighton Bike ride in honour of Mind – Westcoast’s charity of the year – an organisation dedicated to making sure no one faces a mental health problem alone. Read on to find out more about the day from David:

At Westcoast we have always championed women in our business for everything they bring. While we feel we recognise and appreciate these colleagues informally every day, it’s wonderful when an opportunity arises for their peers to nominate them for industry recognised awards, such as the CRN Women and Diversity Awards. Meet our nominees and see how they feel about being nominated for these prestigious awards.

Westcoast has installed eight electric vehicle (EV) charging points across its Theale and Andover sites. Progressing our drive to become a more sustainable business and positively impact our environment.

We’re pleased to introduce our Sustainability Lead, Andrea Bowyer. Andrea first started working for Westcoast as a Product Manager seven years ago, and since then her role has evolved.

Westcoast’s charity of the year for 2023 is Mind – the Organisation dedicated to making sure no one faces a mental health problem alone. David Cheese from our Apple Product Team talks about his plans to fundraise for Mind.

On the 9th of September, 15 Westcoast and Westcoast Cloud employees will be taking part in the Thames Bridges Trek, while raising money for Mind, Westcoast’s charity of the year for 2023. Mind is a mental health charity that supports individuals with mental health challenges and raises public awareness in the understanding of issues relating to mental health.

At the start of August, Dell Technologies announced that they will begin to compensate Dell sales reps more when transacting storage through a partner, versus transacting those same deals directly. In addition to this, Dell is opening up four times the amount of end user, storage Partner of Record accounts.

We are thrilled to announced that we have been chosen as finalists in two categories for the prestigious CRN Channel Awards 2023.

Westcoast has been thrilled and proud to act as this year’s sponsor for the event after receiving the backing of Joe Hemani, Westcoast Chairman.

On Monday 24th July, PGA Professionals from all over the country were at Bearwood Lakes for one of the biggest and most recognised Pro-Am events in the country.

Through Westcoast Commits we’re transforming the way we work, to do what’s right for the industry and the planet. And we believe that by working in positive partnerships we’ll take IT to a better place.

When you partner with Westcoast, you benefit from our specialist support on HPE solutions. From data storage and compute to software and services. Plus, with stock that covers servers, storage, networking and spares, with Westcoast, you get everything you need to sell HPE in one place.

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