December 2009
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December 18, 2009
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Dec'09
Oracle says Q2 sales grew at expense of SAP
Oracle has increased its software license and product support revenue by 14% to $3.9bn for the second quarter of 2009, at the expense of SAP. Continue Reading
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December 18, 2009
18
Dec'09
EMC to sign up DNS Arrow in January
DNS Arrow will become EMC's third UK distributor from January as the manufacturer seeks to plough a furrow in the small to medium-sized reseller market. Continue Reading
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December 18, 2009
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Dec'09
Kelway acquires SAM Practice
Kelway has made its third and smallest acquisition of the year after buying up Thatcham-based outfit SAM Practise At the tail end of 2008. Continue Reading
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December 18, 2009
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Dec'09
UK PC sales fall as Europe recovers
Sales of PCs across Europe in November reached the highest level this year according to analyst data but while the recovery in the economy gains pace on the continent, the UK continues to lags behind. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
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Dec'09
Steria praised by unions over pensions overhaul
Steria has clearly learned from the mistakes made by corporate giants and worked closely with workers' unions as it closes the final salary pension scheme and moves to a new model. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
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Dec'09
Security appliance market sees second quarter of declines
The security market might have been seen as immune to the downturn, but the latest figures tracking the sale of appliances across Europe show the recession has hit the market. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
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Dec'09
Xploite CEO to invest own cash in Net Services
Xploite CEO Ian Smith is to plough up to £2.1m of new equity into Cisco managed network services provider NetServices to help finance a roll up of companies in the sector. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
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Dec'09
Insight Enterprises names Lamneck as new CEO
Insight Enterprises has today named distribution veteran Kenneth Lamneck as its CEO and president. He succeeds Rich Fennessey, who left the company early in September and was handed an impressive $4m in severance pay. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
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Dec'09
Acer CEO predicts further PC market consolidation
Acer's boss has predicted further consolidation in the PC industry but says it has no immediate plans to acquire. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
17
Dec'09
HP strike postponed
HP workers have suspended planned industrial action pending further talks with the company on 22 January 2010. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
17
Dec'09
FTC claims Intel 'stifled competition for a decade'
The Federal Trade Commission in the US has issued a complaint against Intel charging the company that it has illegally used its dominant market position for a decade "to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly". Continue Reading
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December 17, 2009
17
Dec'09
In depth: Review of 2009 - Reasons to be cheerful?
This year will go down as one of recession and credit crunch. It has been tough, but as MicroScope found when it canvassed opinion, it has not been all bad news and there are plenty of positive thoughts about next year. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
Microsoft off the hook in EU antitrust case
The European Commission has abandoned its long-running antitrust case against Microsoft after the software giant agreed to offer European customers a choice of web browsers. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
Adobe talks of improvement as profit and revenues dip
Adobe has talked up the recovery in demand for its products despite posting lower revenue and profit numbers for its fourth quarter. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
Aruba worldwide channel boss to poach Cisco business
Former Meru US sales boss Bob Bruce has been handed the post of worldwide channel sales vice president at wireless LAN hotshot Aruba with the express aim of snaffling sales from under Cisco's nose. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
WatchGuard launches partner managed security service
WatchGuard Technologies has jumped on the cloud bandwagon and is launching a managed security service programme for partners. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
In-depth: December in the channel
As the industry began its annual wind-down for Christmas there was no shortage of goings on in the channel, with big names such as DSGi, Microsoft and HP all hitting the headlines. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
Incoming snow threatens repeat of February downtime
The forecast cold snap for the end of the week has raised fears of a repeat of February’s snow-induced chaos, and comms suppliers have again been talking up the benefits of remote working. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
HP aims for cloud cost predictability
Hewlett-Packard has used its annual Software Universe event as a platform to talk up the cloud in response to what it predicts will be times of restrained spending next year. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2009
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Dec'09
Barclays Retail ends desktop services contract with Getronics
High-street bank Barclays is calling time on its desktop management contract with Getronics six months earlier than planned to take the function back in-house. Continue Reading