Comms Business Podcast

Alex Walsh, head of channel for the UK and Ireland at Veeam, talks to Comms Business about the company's revamped Pro Partner programme for value-added resellers. As you'll hear, the company understands that one vendor, one distributor, one reseller pathways are a rarity - so Veeam set out to create harmony across the ecosystem.

Mark Taylor, co-founder and director of Fortay Connect, joins Charlotte Hathway, editor of Comms Business, to talk through how companies can deploy and consolidate cloud communications with speed and simplicity.

Darren Hardman, VP and general manager of AWS UK and Ireland, joins Charlotte Hathway, editor of Comms Business, to talk through the importance of reinvention.

This discussion, led by Paul Gibbs from MyPhones, examines what the IT channel in the UK can do to help everyone look after their own mental health and that of others around them.

In this Channel Insider podcast David Dungay is joined by UK MD of Xelion, Dave Reynolds. In this episode Reynolds discusses how the pandemic is accelerating the demise of voice in the contact centre and also why a Microsoft Teams proposition is a must for all partners.

In this episode of the Comms Business Channel Insider Podcast David Dungay spoke to Chris Thomas, CEO of Incovo about his 18 relationship with Avaya and his thoughts around the vendors latest big release - Avaya Cloud Office (ACO).

In this interview David Dungay is joined by Paul Billingham and Adam Zoldan, Directors of Knight Corporate Finance. Adam and Paul discuss how the mergers and acquisitions market has held up during the global pandemic and dispel some of the 'firesale' myths currently floating around the market. This is a great episode which depicts just how resilient the communications and IT markets are during times of crisis.

In this latest podcast David Dungay, Publisher of Comms Business Magazine is joined by Matthew Worboys, Director - Business Development Channel - Gamma to talk about the latest announcements from the government about extending social distancing rules and also how Gamma is helping partners as the market starts to get quieter.

In this Channel Insider Podcast David Dungay is joined by three prominent Channel players to talk about the impact of lockdown and what they are seeing within the partner base right now. The conversation spans the energy sector, remote working, supplier aid for partners, and some early findings on what SME businesses are experiencing right now. John Haw, MD of Fidelity Energy Paul Gibbs, Sales Director of MyPhones Andrew Dickinson, CEO of Jola

In this special episode of the Comms Business Insider Podcast Paul Gibbs, Sales Director of MyPhones joins David Dungay, Publisher of Comms Business, during the second week of the UK's 'lockdown'. During this short interview Paul talks about his experience with the Channel over the last few weeks, the demands for hosted technology to enable Remote Working and how the industry needs to pull together in these uncertain times.

This week David Dungay, Editor of Comms Business, was joined by Channel experts to discuss the latest investment Vaioni secured recently to build out their SDN network and Three's 5G plans after they announced they are targeting the consumer broadband space with their services. Panellists included: Adam Zoldan, Director of Knight Corporate Finance (sponsor) Andrew Dickinson, MD of Jola Ateeb Mehmood, Finance Director at Vaioni Mark Curtis-Wood,Group Sales and Marketing Director at Vaioni Paul Gibbs, Head of UCaaS and mid-market at Gamma

In this week's Channel Insider podcast Editor of Comms Business, David Dungay, spoke to his experts about the current telecoms fraud landscape in the UK and what kind of activity they are witnessing on the network. Teams has also overtaken Slack recently for the number of active users and is officially the fastest growing Microsoft product of all time. But what does this mean for the Channel and has Microsoft finally managed to solve its biggest Achilles heel... voice? Guests Adam Zoldan, Director of Knight Corporate Finance Lucy Green, MD of Larato Paul Taylor, Sales Director of Voiceflex Adrian Sunderland, CTO of Jola

In the latest episode of the Comms Business Channel Insider Podcast David Dungay, Editor of Comms Business, was joined by industry experts to talk about the investment coming into the UK fibre market, particularly after Kcom was recently sold to private equity for £627m. They also discuss the recent move by Aura Technology to bring Sir Clive Woodward onto the board to drive the business forwards and the synergies between success in sport and business. Guests included: Adam Zoldan, Director of Knight Corporate Finance (sponsor) Tim Walker, Managing Director of Aura Technology Paul Gibbs, Head of UCaaS and mid-market at Gamma

In this episode of the Comms Business Channel Insider Podcast David Dungay is joined by industry experts to discuss the latest significant Channel merger between G3 and Connect, what Vodafone's 5G pricing means for the market, and how NFON is attacking the hosted space with their M&A fund and what that means for partners. Panellists included Adam Zoldan, Director at Knight Corporate Finance Adam Simon, CEO of CONTEXTWorld Adam Sankey, Head of Mobile at Opus Tech Adrian Sunderland, CTO at Jola Dominic Black, Senior Analyst at Cavell Group

In this episode of the Comms Business 'Channel Insider' Podcast David Dungay, Editor of Comms Business Magazine, is joined by a panel of experts to talk about the news of the day. On this week's episode featured Adam Zoldan, Director of Knight Corporate Finance, Dan Cunliffe, MD of Pangea, and Paul Gibbs, Head of UCaaS and Mid-Market at Gamma.

In this episode of the Comms Business 'Channel Insider' Podcast David Dungay speaks to his Channel expert about the huge amount of investment in the fibre space, why channel companies are now acquiring skills for their business and how the channel landscape is changing as a result. Guests include: Adam Zoldan, Director - Knight Corporate Finance (sponsor) Cherie Howlett - Marketing Director - Jola Mark Curtis-Wood - Sales and Marketing Director - Vaioni

In the first ever episode of the Channel Insider Podcast Editor of Comms Business David Dungay was joined by key industry players to talk about the latest acquisition rumours surrounding Chess, the latest on 5G connection forecasts and what they mean for the Channel, and the significance around Daisy separating its Channel businesses. Panellists include: Adam Zoldan, Director of Knight Corporate Finance Andrew Dickinson, MD of Jola Dan Cunliffe, MD of Pangea Paul Gibbs, Head of UCaaS at Gamma Paul Harrison, Director of EvolveIP (formally thevoicefactory)