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Over the last few years, the retail sector has experienced more change than most. Online retail services have fundamentally altered business models for almost every retailer, as customers have come to like and expect easy, quick, intuitive shopping experiences. The internet has also served to break down many old geographical barriers for retailers and open...

Welcome to Innovation Island During their 2023 annual voyage, Innovation Island was discovered by SCC with the help of its open-source partner, Red Hat. Here SCC and Red Hat found a home for three of their products; Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat OpenShift, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Come and discover the endless...

The world has changed so much in recent years that the retail sector has found itself facing battles on a number of different fronts. Despite the upheaval of the pandemic, customer expectations are higher than ever: they want better service, more personalised experiences, and seamless buying journeys across physical and digital touchpoints. However, delivering on...

With the universal need for businesses to operate more and more parts of their business at increasing speed, automation has become the cornerstone of every good digital transformation strategy. And there’s no doubt that opportunities for digital automation are all around us – to make the execution of tasks quicker, cheaper, more efficient and more...

Dell Technologies Awards SCC Breakthrough Partner of the Year at the Dell Partner Summit Awards   SCC is delighted to be awarded Breakthrough Partner of the Year at the Dell Partner Summit and Awards, which recognised top performing partners and celebrated growth at the prestigious Savoy in London. Mark Russell, Dell Partner Alliance Manager at...

Sustainability is high on most corporate agendas. Previously, sustainability was viewed as corporate philanthropy: a ‘nice to have’ that was great for marketing but had little impact on the overall corporate strategy. This perspective has changed significantly in recent years, as business leaders respond to changing consumer habits which demand sustainable business practices and can...

When it comes to refreshing IT equipment, organisations who pay cash for tech assets are often bound by the balance sheet, as Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) clash on what is an appropriate length of time for a refresh cycle. “Is it still working?” “Yes.” “Good. Let’s talk in 12 months.”...

In the classic Only Fools and Horses scene, Trigger proudly reveals he has used the same broom for 20 years, boasting: “This old thing has had 17 new heads and 14 new handles!”. Much like Trigger’s broom, legacy IT systems, some dating back to the 1970s, are often held together with sticky plaster fixes, posing...

The British Government has a target of a 68% reduction of emissions by 2030 and by 78% by 2035. Its goal is for net-zero emissions by 2050. Just as the Government has outlined its net zero ambition, corporate organisations are setting ambitious targets for reducing their carbon footprint and increasing sustainability. One of the biggest...

Buy bad, Buy twice: Exploring Increased Investment in Homeworking bundles As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 forcing the UK and other countries into strict lockdown measures, we all know in great detail about the impact it has had on our working lives. We’ve read about and discussed at length the requirement for organisations...

Discover how you can reduce costs with IBM’s new “storage made simple” portfolio.   During this webinar, you will learn: – Portfolio Simplification – Software Foundation for Hybrid Multi-Cloud and Resilience – RedHat Open Shift and Cloud Paks – Cloud-Based Storage Management – Acquisition Made Simple: Pay as you Grow Options       Want...

COVID-19 has changed everything – from social distancing becoming the new norm to constant sanitisation, broken supply chains and widespread homeworking. These changes have been devastating to many industries – highlighting the fragility of business models and holes in security networks. They also represent an opportunity for businesses to evolve and become better – but...