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Navigating virtualisation change through AI, sovereignty and modernisation
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Marketing and Operations Director at Hyve Managed Hosting, Charlotte Webb shares her perspective on the forces reshaping the infrastructure market, from VMware migrations and rising costs to data sovereignty and AI-driven modernisation. She discusses how MSPs are evolving from infrastructure providers into strategic transformation partners, helping customers build resilient, future-ready IT environments.

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How to survive M&A mayhem and drive MSP growth

Andy Venables, CEO at MSP platform, POPX, discusses the opportunities and challenges of mergers and acquisitions in the Managed Service Provider (MSP) space. On paper, the strategy is simple: buy, integrate, grow. But in practice, the post-acquisition reality is far more complex – and often far messier. A growing number of MSPs are struggling to meet the growth expectations of their investors. While the allure of rapid expansion is strong, MSPs without a clear operational strategy and the right technology, people, and processes to underpin it often find themselves in the chaos of M&A mayhem.

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DEI matters more than ever - in the IT industry and beyond

Liz Blackman, Chief Marketing Officer at Avantra, discusses the continuing importance of DEI, despite some recent ‘push back’, explaining the importance of women's perspectives in creating balanced leadership teams, how diverse viewpoints lead to better solutions and innovation in technology, the responsibility of current women leaders in challenging stereotypes for future generations and some practical approaches to creating more equitable environments in male-dominated industries.

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WOMEN IN IT – Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director, Ten10 Academy

Jenny Briant, Academy Operations Director at the Ten10 Academy, shares valuable insights on empowering women in tech and promoting inclusive workplaces – including building a career in tech without a traditional tech background; the importance of DEI representation in AI and tech leadership; AI in recruitment: the need for human oversight; empowering women and Gen Z in tech; and just why a well-crafted DEI strategy can bring so many benefits to an organisation when it comes to both employee and customer interactions.

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Tech Channel Ambassadors set to tackle IT skills gap

Ian Kilpatrick, former EVP of Nuvias and the driving force behind the newly established Tech Channel Ambassadors, explains the thinking behind the organisation – a new Community Interest Company (CIC) created to promote the channel IT industry, and to bolster inclusivity in the sector. Tech Channel Ambassadors aims to raise awareness of career opportunities across the IT channel to those in education, those returning to employment, and those looking to change career, including, but not limited to, career opportunities for girls, BAME, disabled, neurodiverse and disadvantaged groups.

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