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Education in the Channel: Inspiring future generations with cutting-edge tech
Huw Jones, Chief Business Officer, CMS Distribution
EdTech is in hyper-acceleration, supercharged by the pandemic and revolutionising how the next generation learn in and out of classroom
environments. The UK government estimated that EdTech businesses generated £3.7billion in gross value added (GVA) in 2021 and the global market is forecast to grow by 16.5% annually (Forbes). With EdTech spend likely to double in the next 5 years, now is the time for resellers to tap into the brands and trends that are emerging to empower young minds. Founded over 35 years ago, CMS Distribution, along with our vendors and partners, have a long history of engagement within the Education sector. We can provide complete solutions in networking, IT security, server, data centre and applications. Many of our vendors support discounted educational pricing, low-cost student licences and applicational development licences for free. Comprehensive support services are provided from the inception design stage to post-installation user support. We work together with resellers and customers to provide solutions that exceed expectations – from universities with strong IT departments who need low-cost products, through to single-site primary education facilities in need of a full turnkey solution hosted in the cloud.
Educational establishments play a growing part of our partners’ customer base. We assist our partners in bringing new technology vendors to their educational customers via a
Huw Jones Chief Business Officer CMS Distribution
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