This week in the IT Channel...

Every Thursday morning, IT Europa compiles the week's most significant news from the channel.

In this week's news...

Guernsey signs first new provider after £200m IT contract termination

After its previously reported £200m IT contract debacle with Agilisys, and its termination half-way through a ten-year deal, the States of Guernsey has awarded a modest £750,000 staff IT support contract to local island firm C5 Alliance . That deal starts from 1 August, 2025, as part of a two-year agreement. Agilisys will be dropped as a supplier for various IT services “by 31 July, 2025 at the latest”, the States of Guernsey says.

CyberArk unveils new MSP tools

CyberArk has launched a new SaaS-based console and partner programme aimed at helping MSPs scale identity security services more efficiently. Its new MSP Hub offers multi-tenant management and centralised visibility across customer environments. It streamlines access to CyberArk’s full Identity Security Platform, which includes privileged access management (PAM), identity governance and administration (IGA), and identity and access management (IAM) capabilities.

LogicMonitor passes $300m ARR and hires Splunk leader

Data centre transformation services provider LogicMonitor says it has exceeded $300m in annual recurring revenue (ARR), and customers generating over $100,000 in ARR have grown more than 25% year-over-year, and now represent 80% of total ARR.

Growth Forum Dublin 2025 – A Gathering of Ambition and Insight

As Ireland’s managed services sector continues to mature, the Growth Forum Dublin 2025 arrives at a timely moment—promising not another generic conference, but a day of shared challenges, tested strategies, and direct conversations among those steering some of the region’s fastest-growing IT service providers.

For more information visit: https://www.itegrowthforum.com/regional/dublin

Ciena chooses TD SYNNEX for UK&I optical AI distribution

TD SYNNEX has been appointed as a distributor in the UK and Ireland for Ciena, the optical networking vendor, and has put together a specialist team to support partners in taking the vendor’s solutions to market.

Advania UK unit says annual sales trebled to over £450m

Advania UK trebled its sales to £452m in the last year, with the aid of acquisitions. The acquisitions of CCS Media Limited (Advania UK) (in October 2024) and Servium [Advania UK] (June 2024) were the key to growth. CCS Media contributed over £273m in revenue, bolstering offerings in infrastructure, cloud transformation, AI, and managed services.

audius acquires Swiss software services company

Germany’s Audius is acquiring Swiss software services firm Ergonomics AG , based in Zurich. The acquisition expands audius’ expertise in software development in the areas of electronic payment transactions, banking, and IT security.

Jobs Board 6 June: Big channel players make key hires

Pure Storage has named Paddy Fitzpatrick as regional vice president for the UK and Ireland. Based in the UK, Fitzpatrick will focus on strengthening customer and partner relationships across the UK&I markets.

WEKA the AI-native data platform company, has brought in Meini Heuberger as its chief financial officer, as it scales to advance AI innovation for its global enterprise customers. Heuberger joins from Cohere , a WEKA customer, where he served as head of revenue and customer experience as a member of the company's executive leadership team.

Atos has named Michelle Scarsbrook as head of sales for the UK and Ireland. Scarsbrook joins from Sopra Steria , where she led the private sector client relations team.

-Cloud software platform CoreWeave has hired Ernie Rogers as chief architect of strategic financing. Rogers most recently served as MAGNETAR 's chief operating officer, where he led the firm's operations and finances, including managing a diverse array of both back-office and select front-office teams.

Guidehouse , the global advisory, technology, and managed services firm serving the commercial and public sectors, has added industry veteran Jon Steinert as a partner, where he will lead financial services AI and data initiatives.

Thunder , a next generation Salesforce and cloud consulting, implementation, and managed services company, has announced the appointment of Paul Kersey as chief technology officer. “This strategic hire marks a significant step in Thunder's ongoing commitment to deepen its capabilities in Mulesoft, Agentforce, and Data Cloud technologies,” said the firm.

Veracode , the application risk management firm, has appointed Simon Adell as chief financial officer. Adell brings to Veracode more than two decades of experience and deep expertise in financial leadership. Prior to Veracode, he served as chief financial officer at several firms, including TripleLift, iLevel Solutions, and, most recently, Data Camp.

JAGGAER , a source-to-pay and supplier collaboration player, has named Gopinath Polavarapu as chief digital and AI officer. Polavarapu will guide and accelerate AI strategy, delivering JAGGAER’s objective to embed intelligence for a “hyper-automated, conversational, and collaborative platform”, that “enhances human decision-making and accelerates business outcomes”, the vendor said.

-European cybersecurity firm Logpoint has appointed Milad Aslaner as chief product officer to oversee the company’s product vision and execution. With more than 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and product leadership, Aslaner will focus on the evolving needs of critical national infrastructure customers and managed security service providers across Europe.

Totalmobile Ltd , a leading provider of field service management (FSM) software, has brought in David Critchley as its new chief financial officer. Prior to Totalmobile, Critchley was the group finance director at Zellis, a private equity-backed UK-headquartered HR and payroll solutions provider.