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SCC, Europe’s biggest privately-owned IT services firm, announces the acquisition of audiovisual (AV) specialist Visavvi, adding capacity to scale its unified communications business SCC AVS.   Visavvi is a global leader in AV, communication, and collaboration services. Renowned for its high standards, the company holds top industry accreditations and partnerships, and has won AV Integrator...

SCC, Europe’s biggest privately-owned IT services firm, has acquired Civica’s Licensing and Cloud Software Lifecycle (LCSL) business to accelerate growth of its UK software services. The acquisition includes Civica’s LCSL team and its existing customer and partner relationships, increasing SCC’s presence in the Cloud Software Lifecycle market and strengthening its successful software licensing and software...

SCC has won an £85 million IT software and services contract with HMRC The deal extends partnership with HMRC to 12 years 5-year (+2) contract follows original CDP deal, signed in 2016 SCC will deliver software licences and support services in partnership with IBM SCC, Europe’s biggest independent technology solutions provider, has won an £85...

The public sector has found itself in a state of ‘unconscious’, unplanned flux following a decade of inertia since the introduction of the Government’s Cloud-First policy. The effects of this race to the public cloud, and the one-size-fits-all methodology, are still felt today. The documentary uncovered why organisations, many of which still feel paralysed by...

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...

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...

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...

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.”...

SCC, Europe’s biggest independent technology solutions provider, has won Public Sector and Utilities Solution of the Year at the 12th European IT & Software Excellence Awards for its work with West Midlands Police (WMP).   The European IT & Software Excellence Awards, widely regarded as Europe’s most prestigious IT Channel Awards, recognise and reward excellence...

SCC has been named as a supplier on the prestigious Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Technology Services 3 (TS3) Framework, through which Public Sector bodies in the UK can procure a range of ICT services. This ensures SCC maintains its position on the next iteration of the successful Technology Services 2 (TS2) Framework. TS3 builds on...

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...

Lack of staff training and awareness around IT security is a much bigger risk to organisations since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to SCC’s most recent IT Insights Report, a series commissioned by SCC to gain valuable insight into the UK IT market, in which we surveyed 550 IT decision-makers from 11 different sectors about the...