HPE has bolstered its cloud consulting capabilities with the acquisition of London-based RedPixie, now part of technology services organisation HPE Pointnext.

Solihull-based Wavenet's presence in the East Anglia region will be more strongly felt following its acquisition of Norfolk comms provider APR Telecoms for an undisclosed sum. The deal builds on Wavenet's acquisitions last year of Manchester provider of network and cloud services Talk Internet and Norfolk-based Swains.

Less than six months after rejoining Stream Networks as Head of Channel Sales Stuart Burdett has been promoted to Sales Director. The move follows a period of record sales that put the company on track for its best annual performance.

Glemnet has teamed up with Cisco company BroadSoft as a UK distribution partner for the BroadCloud application platform, branded as GiNiEX and incorporating the BroadSoft Business applications in its latest revision of software, while supporting all of the household name IP handsets.

The GiNiEX platform is integrated with the Gamma SIP network across dual nodes.

Wireless power company Chargifi has entered a new growth phase following a £5m investment boost led by Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), with other investors including HPE and firstminute capital.

The investment enables Chargifi to push ahead with expansion plans across US and Asian markets and also double its headcount over the coming year.

Whiteley-based Onecom is joining forces with other organisations to increase the number of females taking up technology roles in the UK.

The Tech She Can Charter has been founded to tackle the factors behind the shortfall of women in technology roles.

Small cell provider ip.access has appointed Richard Staveley as CEO.

The European Commission is meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) to set down a path for greater co-operation between member states for the development of artificial intelligence, blockchain, e-health and other technology innovations.

Westcon-Comstor has recruited Leigh Howard as Sales Director UK&I for its Cisco-dedicated Comstor business. He reports to MD Clive Hailstone.

The appointment of ex-Elite Group COO Russell Horton as FluidOne's CEO sees former chief exec Piers Daniell become Chairman. Daniell founded Fluidata in 2004.

Horton's previous experience includes leadership roles across the telecoms and IT sectors including senior positions at Daisy and Vodafone.