February 2009

February 27, 2009 27 Feb'09
Dow returns to Westcoast

Westcoast is welcoming back Andy Dow to his spiritual home, where he will take up the post of business development director 15 months after leaving the Reading-based distributor to lead Dell UK's channel revolution. Continue Reading
February 27, 2009 27 Feb'09
Labour pushes Sir Alan Sugar as next London mayor

Viglen owner and star of the BBC series The Apprentice Sir Alan Sugar is being hailed as the only man that can de-throne Boris Johnson as Mayor of London and prevent Ken Livingstone from running as Labour’s candidate. Continue Reading
February 27, 2009 27 Feb'09
Infortrend unveils enterprise strategy

Storage RAID specialist Infortrend has announced plans to enter the enterprise market using CeBit next month as a platform to show off a high performance product range and court resellers. Continue Reading

February 27, 2009 27 Feb'09
A secure thin client for lean times

There is a growing movement towards buying thin clients, not only to cut costs but also to head off security concerns. Continue Reading
February 27, 2009 27 Feb'09
BCS returns to profitability

Financial software developer Business Control Solutions Group has benefited from narrowing its focus and trimming costs over the last financial year returning to profit in 2008. Continue Reading
February 27, 2009 27 Feb'09
Cisco nixes big deals in 2009

John Chambers has scotched speculation that Cisco is interested in making large acquisitions this year. Continue Reading
February 26, 2009 26 Feb'09
Dell looks for further $1bn cost savings after profits dive

Dell has upped its cost cutting target by a further $1bn to prepare for the continued economic downturn, following fiscal Q4 results in which profits nearly halved despite a large reduction in op-ex. Continue Reading
February 26, 2009 26 Feb'09
Time to get protected

At a recent gathering of both good and bad hackers in a dingy pub in Leicester Square, I asked them whether the economy was opening up new opportunities for them. Continue Reading
February 26, 2009 26 Feb'09
Can managed print services revive the printer market?

Over the last 18 months the topic of print management, or managed print services, has begun to feature more and more on the radar of vendors, customers and resellers. The credit crunch has only heightened interest in the subject. Continue Reading
February 26, 2009 26 Feb'09
Colour printing in SMEs boosted by downturn

Belt tightening by SMEs has had a beneficial impact on the colour printing market as companies cut back on using external marketing agencies as they do it themselves. Continue Reading

February 26, 2009 26 Feb'09
Time to get protected

At a recent gathering of both good and bad hackers in a dingy pub in Leicester Square, I asked them whether the economy was opening up new opportunities for them. Continue Reading
February 25, 2009 25 Feb'09
Compal slip gives a Q3 release date for Windows 7

Microsoft could start shipping its next major operating system release, Windows 7, in the third quarter a launch date that is much earlier than expected. Continue Reading
February 25, 2009 25 Feb'09
Ex-Ingram director Patel joins 20:20 Mobile Group

Mobile phone distributor 20:20 has named Bhavesh Patel as its group commercial director, less than a month after he left IT broad liner Ingram Micro. Continue Reading
February 25, 2009 25 Feb'09
Kelway concludes acquisition of Panacea Services

Kelway has finalised a deal this afternoon to acquire virtualisation and managed services specialist Panacea Services for an undisclosed sum, which the organisations claim will create a £140m technology business. Continue Reading
February 25, 2009 25 Feb'09
Mobile World Congress 2009: What's new

'Don't slam on the brakes,' mobile bosses urge in Barcelona. Optimism came out with the sun at this year's big mobile show in Barcelona. Continue Reading
February 25, 2009 25 Feb'09
Recession catches up with Ethernet switching market

The deepening economic downturn is catching up with sectors previously thought to be quite resilient, according to the latest report on the Ethernet switch market from analysts at Infonetics Research. Continue Reading
February 25, 2009 25 Feb'09
Resellers urged to break down UC discussion

Comms dealers have been warned that they risk alienating potential customers if their pitches rely too heavily on still undefined concepts such as unified communications. Continue Reading
February 24, 2009 24 Feb'09
Nortel loses billions on Alteon sale

It has emerged that Nortel has effectively lost the entire value of its Alteon layer 4-7 application delivery switch business after revealing that last Friday's sale of the unit to Israeli comms specialist Radware netted it just $17.6m (£12m). Continue Reading
February 24, 2009 24 Feb'09
Fragmented communications wastes thousands

Research by Siemens Enterprise Communications has revealed compelling evidence that dealers should encourage SMEs to ramp up their unified comms spend. Continue Reading
February 24, 2009 24 Feb'09
VMware vows to end "painful" renewal process

VMware is finally looking to end a calamitous six months where partners have had to wait up to 21 days for renewal quotes to be authorised following an overhaul of its internal systems to scale with demand. Continue Reading