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With budgets under pressure and demand increasing, Council Leaders are being asked to show real value from AI — often using the Microsoft platforms they already have. The challenge is moving beyond pilots and experimentation to practical, secure outcomes. Watch this webinar from our agentic AI and public sector experts to: Speakers: CONTACT US To...
Webinar: Agentic AI and Automation for Local Government
Why IT Leaders Still Rely on Modern VARs in a Confusing, Noisy Market Trust has always mattered in technology – but today, it has become mission‑critical. IT leaders are making decisions that carry long‑term operational, financial and security consequences, often under intense time pressure. These are no longer purely technical decisions; they shape resilience, regulatory...
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How Hackney Transformed Governance with Smartbox.Ai Watch our on-demand webinar hosted by Smartbox.Ai in partnership with SCC, tailored for Local Government leaders and data professionals. Discover how the London Borough of Hackney leveraged Smartbox.Ai to revolutionise data governance, compliance, and operational efficiency. Hear directly from our guest speaker from Hackney, who shares real-world insights into...
On-Demand Webinar – Unlocking Data Intelligence
Part 1: The automation journey starts with data Boardrooms are full of ambition for automation and AI, lower cost-to-serve, faster resolution times, better employee experience, stronger compliance posture. In our opening conversation for this new series, SCC experts kept coming back to a quieter truth. Most automation programmes are constrained less by tooling and more...
IT Worked In Dev’ – A new series from SCC’s Digital Automation Practice
We recently sat down with our licensing experts to discuss the state of vendor contracts. We were expecting a pretty dry conversation about paperwork, compliance and spreadsheets. Instead, the conversation highlighted an often-overlooked issue that is quietly and significantly effecting budgets. During the conversation, Microsoft licensing expert James Curtis dropped a statistic that should worry...
Decoding the Maze: Why your software contracts are a silent budget killer
Understand how to improve your security posture with an SCC delivered Threat Protection Engagement using Microsoft tools
Threat Pulse – December 2025 – Vol 3
Don’t Miss These Critical Insights This is one of the most disruptive supply cycles the industry has seen in a decade – and organisations that act early will be the ones best positioned to avoid cost shocks, delays, and infrastructure bottlenecks. Global demand for memory and storage has skyrocketed – and the market is feeling...
On-Demand Webinar – RAM & SSD Supply Crunch: What You Need to Know Now
SCC is proud to announce a new donation of seven HP Renew Devices via SCC Recyclea to STAR Small Heath Leadership Academy, a Birmingham-based school participating in The Rigby Foundation’s Inspiring Futures programme. The donation is made possible through SCC’s long-standing partnership with HP, our colleagues taking part in this initiative at its recent Mid...
SCC Donate HP Refurbished Devices to STAR Small Heath Academy Through Inspiring Futures Programme
Customer and internal interactions usually fall into four main categories, and each category places different demands on the contact centre. B2C environments generally require the most advanced capabilities. The other categories place more emphasis on consistent service, efficient handling, and agent usability. The Three Microsoft Teams Contact Centre Models 1. Connect – Contact Centre Connected to Teams Phone ...
How to Choose the Right Microsoft Teams Contact Centre: Connect, Extend or Unify
SCC, the leading European IT services and solutions provider, announced today the availability of its Cloud Migration & Security suite as a multi-product solution in AWS Marketplace. Customers can now easily discover and purchase packaged solutions tailored to specific use cases that combine multiple products and services to help them migrate, adopt, and secure their...
SCC announces the availability of Cloud Migration & Security suite in AWS Marketplace
Cloud commitments have quickly become the standard and Marketplaces are the most direct route to turn them into outcomes. They are a provider-run channel that brings first-party services and approved ISV software under one agreement with transparent, metered drawdown. In commit-to-consume models, your term spend is pledged and reduced as services are used. Fall short...
Marketplace Mastery – Avoiding commit underspend and winning with cloud marketplaces
As we move into November, the warnings from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) have proven all too accurate: 2025 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year for ransomware and cyberattacks in the UK. The headlines haven’t slowed down – if anything, they’ve intensified. From M&S and Co-Op to the collapse of 158-year-old KNP,...