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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...

Our Chairman, Sir Peter Rigby, and SCC’s Head of Innovation, Dan Cartter, welcomed new and emerging healthcare technology companies from Israel, Norway, Sweden and Finland to our international headquarters in Birmingham this week, as part of a visit to the UK organised by the British Embassy and Israel’s UK Israel Tech Hub. Sir Peter Rigby...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A pilot programme has underlined the transformative potential of technology following a healthcare trial that significantly reduced unnecessary GP appointments, 999 calls and specialist team visits for vulnerable patients while cutting hospital appointments by 80%. Conducted by SCC, Europe’s biggest independent IT solutions provider, and South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT), the pilot represents a...

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...

Healthcare providers are under enormous pressure to see more and more patients every day, each one with unique, sometimes complex, circumstance that require specialist care. Clinicians bear the brunt of this expectation, as they deliver an appropriate level of care to as many patients as possible, prioritising where needed, as quickly as they can. Healthcare...