March 2009
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March 17, 2009
17
Mar'09
Cisco partners must skill up for data centre push
Cisco is urging partners to start skilling up to meet demand for its Unified Computing System (UCS), a new computing architecture launched yesterday that knits together compute, network, storage access and virtualisation into a modular system. Continue Reading
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March 17, 2009
17
Mar'09
Nebulas shows consultancy skills with VMware F5 link
Virtualisation and security reseller Nebulas Solutions has bolstered its consultancy credentials after setting up a demo linking F5 application balancing to a VMware virtual environment. Continue Reading
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March 16, 2009
16
Mar'09
IDC research show Linux getting boost from downturn
Novell is able to trumpet research from IDC which it paid for that shows the interest in Linux has increased as a result of the downturn. Continue Reading
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March 16, 2009
16
Mar'09
Hardware should not be a dirty word
It is refreshing to see someone in the industry stand up for hardware sales, as Morse chief executive Mike Philips did in a recent interview with MicroScope. Continue Reading
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March 13, 2009
13
Mar'09
Downturn cannot hold back firms' growing data storage requirements
P6One of the slides that was put up by Hewlett-Packard during the announcement of its Storage Works product enhancements last week caught the eye and summed up the state of the industry. Continue Reading
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March 13, 2009
13
Mar'09
Digital Britain plan risks leaving UK in the slow lane
Independent watchdog Consumer Focus has become the latest body to lay into the government’s Digital Britain Interim Report, saying that comms minister Lord Carter’s plans lack vision, neglect consumer interests and risk leaving the UK in the ... Continue Reading
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March 13, 2009
13
Mar'09
Forrester cool on prospects of hosted BI taking off
The future for hosted software is expanding beyond the traditional CRM and human resource management realms into other markets helping to drive the growth of SaaS and the potential sales opportunities for resellers. Continue Reading
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March 13, 2009
13
Mar'09
Disruptive networkers spy opportunity on UK shores
Cisco boss John Chambers seems to have got it right. While the industry panics in the face of withering IT demand Chambers has hunkered down and stuck to his theory that as technological innovation carried the vendor through the murky days of the ... Continue Reading
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March 13, 2009
13
Mar'09
UK plc demanding managed UC
Resellers offering unified comms solutions as a managed service will find favour with the business community, with 56% of UK organisations advocating a managed service approach, according to research by Siemens Enterprise Communications. Continue Reading
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March 13, 2009
13
Mar'09
Secure it, and they will come
In the film Field of Dreams, Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) saves his ailing farm by making a baseball ground, after hearing a ghostly voice that tells him to "build it, and they will come". I believe the security market is in a similar ... Continue Reading
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March 12, 2009
12
Mar'09
Union outrage at BT pay freeze
Over 100,000 BT employees, including boss Ian Livingstone, have had their pay frozen as BT continues to target cost savings across the business, drawing renewed fire from the Communications Workers’ Union (CWU). Continue Reading
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March 12, 2009
12
Mar'09
Astaro launches SME programme with Arc
Astaro has revealed plans to work with Arc Technology withthe aim of increasing the support available to help resellers sell securityinto the SME market. The relationship has come about because of theidentification by Astaro of the small business ... Continue Reading
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March 12, 2009
12
Mar'09
Trading Standards keeps pressure on IP flouters in Cardiff
Trading Standards in Cardiff has completed its second stage of inspections to check local firms are towing the line on software licensing compliance. Continue Reading
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March 12, 2009
12
Mar'09
Astaro launches SME reseller programme with Arc
Astaro has revealed plans to work with Arc Technology with the aim of increasing the support available to help resellers sell security into the SME market. Continue Reading
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March 11, 2009
11
Mar'09
HP talks up storage virtualisation offerings
Hewlett-Packard has announced an extension to its virtualisation offerings as it moves to offer customers greater choice and flexibility. Continue Reading
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March 11, 2009
11
Mar'09
Handset recyclers call for tougher standards
With an estimated 15 million mobile handsets being discarded and replaced in the UK every year, one mobile phone recycling specialist, Regenersis, has launched a charge for a set of industry standards to regulate this growing area. Continue Reading
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March 11, 2009
11
Mar'09
CBI argues against further rises in business rates
The CBI is leading calls for a freeze on business rates to help prevent companies being pushed under by higher levels of taxes and is fighting against plans to increase payments companies face even further. Continue Reading
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March 11, 2009
11
Mar'09
Worries mount over Tiscali future
Concern is growing over the immediate future of Anglo-Italian broadband provider Tiscali after the board halted negotiations on the sale of its UK assets to BSkyB last week, saying it was "defacto impossible to proceed". Continue Reading
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March 10, 2009
10
Mar'09
HP talks up need for upturn investment
Hewlett-Packard has used a customer event promoting improvements in its product line as a call to users to invest in technology. Continue Reading
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March 10, 2009
10
Mar'09
BSA urges Carter not to forget piracy in digital vision
The Business Software Alliance has urged the government to consider the implications of software piracy as it pulls together its thoughts on the future of digital Britain. Continue Reading