The Infinigate Group has expanded into the Italian market through the opening of Infinigate Italy, headquartered in Milan.
As part of the move, the cybersecurity distributor has appointed Corrado Farina as sales director of Infinigate Italy.
Marco van Kalleveen, CEO of the Infinigate Group, said: “I am proud to announce this important milestone on our path to becoming a global leader, offering our vendor and channel partners technical expertise, local market knowledge, and total commitment to driving growth together.”
Progress Software, the provider of AI-powered digital experience and infrastructure software, has also just been added to the Infinigate Italy portfolio, with local channel partners able to benefit from the technical and market expertise offered by the Infinigate Group.
-The European Commission says it has launched an antitrust investigation into SAP's maintenance and support practices for its on-premise ERP software.
The Commission is looking at four potentially anti-competitive practices it believes could be restricting customer choice. These include SAP's requirement that customers purchase maintenance and support services exclusively from itself for all their on-premise ERP software, preventing them from using third-party providers, who may offer cheaper pricing.
Also, the Commission is considering SAP's practice of preventing customers from terminating support for unused licences, and systematically extending initial licence terms, meaning support cancellation is prevented. The fourth area under scrutiny is SAP charging big reinstatement fees to customers who return after using alternative providers.
Although SAP’s focus is now on cloud-based offerings, the firm still generates almost 30% of its sales for software support from on-premise deployments.
In response, SAP maintains its policies follow "long-standing standards that are common across the global software sector, that are fully in line with competition rules".
-Arrow Electronics has announced that multiple Check Point Software Technologies solutions are now integrated into its ArrowSphere Cloud platform. The move enables channel partners across EMEA to benefit from fully automated provisioning and consolidated billing, as part of a broader rollout under the Check Point MSSP programme.
The integration includes full API connectivity for a wide range of Check Point solutions, including CloudGuard Network Security Virtual Gateway, MDR, Harmony Email & Collaboration, Harmony SASE (Private and Internet Access), Harmony Mobile, Harmony Browse, and Harmony Endpoint.
As part of Check Point’s MSSP Program, Arrow’s channel partners also benefit from Check Point training and support resources, and flexible pricing models designed to support scalable, recurring service delivery, said Arrow.
The Check Point solutions are available in ArrowSphere Cloud in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
-Sherweb, the provider of technology and services to MSPs, says its 8,000 managed service providers will all be equipped to navigate upcoming changes to Microsoft’s Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) programme.
As the programme evolves into the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program (MAICPP) in the coming months, CSP partners will face higher revenue thresholds, new security and compliance standards, and incentives tied directly to performance and technology adoption. These changes introduce new requirements that MSPs must manage carefully to stay compliant, protect margins and grow their business.
“Sherweb empowers MSPs to navigate these updates by providing strategies and expert guidance to maintain partner eligibility, maximise Microsoft incentives, and ensure adherence to evolving compliance and performance standards,” said the provider.
-Vanta, the AI-powered trust management platform, has announced the opening of its new London headquarters, marking a “major milestone” in its European expansion, it said, and “reinforcing its commitment to building trust in technology across EMEA”.
Over the past 18 months, Vanta says it has rapidly scaled its operations in the UK, outgrowing two offices and now establishing a new hub in London’s West End district of Fitzrovia, at Kent House, to support its growing customer base. The new 3,500 sq ft space will complement its Dublin, Ireland presence, by serving Vanta’s EMEA go-to-market efforts.
“London is our acceleration lane,” said Chris Sander, head of GTM for EMEA at Vanta. “In the eight months I’ve been with Vanta, we’ve grown to a team that’s bigger, faster, and scaling across the UK and beyond. This new UK base positions Vanta to continue helping European businesses grow faster and prove trust from day one.”
-Optiva, the cloud-native charging and agentic AI BSS (business support systems) capabilities specialist, is being acquired by Qvantel, another BSS player.
The combination will bring significant scale and financial strength, said the firms, enabling communication service providers (CSPs) to “accelerate growth”, “diversify services”, and “unlock new monetisation opportunities” in the AI era.
The combined firm will offer an extended portfolio of AI-enabled products with full-stack BSS, and real-time revenue management and charging. It will have a combined customer base of over 70 CSPs in more than 40 countries.
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