January 2010

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Juniper sales up on network spending rebound

  Juniper Networks has reported strong results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2009, giving more weight to talk that enterprise customers in the US are now ramping up their network spend.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Phoenix IT Group to acquire KCOM network break fix arm

  Phoenix IT Group has been hotly tipped to acquire KCOM Group's network maintenance services business by early next week. Hull-based KCOM embarked on a major cost-cutting programme after notching up significant losses in 2008.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Veeam unites European management into single role

  Virtualisation specialist Veeam has shuffled its management pack uniting the control of Europe under a single head.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Northamber sales and marketing director Chatterton exits

  Northamber is on the hunt for a new sales and marketing director following the departure of previous incumbent Mark Chatterton after six months in the role.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  KCOM performance improving in second half

  Managed comms outfit KCOM Group continues to power through the second half of its fiscal 2010, according to an interim management statement released today.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Microsoft profits up 60% as Windows 7 demand soars

  Microsoft has seen its profits jump 60% on the back of strong consumer demand for Windows 7, masking business customers continued reluctance to spend.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Avnet fiscal Q2 sales boosted by economic uplift

  A healthier global economy helped Avnet grow fiscal Q2 sales above the seasonal norm but favourable currency translations also lent a hand.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  CA unveils fresh CEO and on track Q3 numbers

  CA is looking forward to its recent investments in cloud computing to start feeding through to the remaining three months of its fiscal year after it announced reasonably stable numbers for Q3.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  BroadSoft and Polycom add new VAR channel programme

  VoIP application software developer BroadSoft and video specialist Polycom have joined forces to set up a new VAR and SI-facing channel programme to sell a new integrated voice and video proposition, launched today.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Graydon names Norton as head of intelligence

  Graydon UK is about to welcome Alan Norton back on board as head of the IT intelligence unit. As revealed last month, the previous incumbent Mark Ancell left the credit reference agency to join Computer 2000 as general manager for risk and ...  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Expansys boss Butterworth steps down despite upturn in sales

  Expansys chief executive Roger Butterworth has today left the Manchester-based mobility e-tailer more than a decade after setting it up.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Clearswift portfolio sales strategy embraced by channel

  Clearswift has managed to encourage its resellers to sell across its web and email appliance portfolio in the last year having a direct impact on its third quarter sales.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Analysis: Targeted attacks set new challenges

  The phrase 'cold war' is one that most people would consider to have been consigned to history after the USSR collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down. But the phrase is being heard again, with a sense of urgency and a new spin - cyber cold war - ...  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Oracle to take 4,000 Sun accounts direct

  Oracle will unpick the hard work delivered by Sun Microsystems channel partners over the past decade after confirming plans to take 4,000 of the largest customers direct.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Check Point 09 numbers show continued strength in security

  Check Point has singled out the channel for praise in helping the security vendor get through a tough year after it recorded increases in revenue and net income for 2009.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Analysis: Turnaround in networking fortunes?

  Despite networking market declines last year, some technologies hold the promise of growth in 2010, writes GfK's Greg Allen The past year has been particularly challenging for the networking market, with both the retail and business channels ...  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Opinion: Time for channel to chase fame in Twitter limelight

  When Twitter went down for an afternoon - or what felt like eons to those used to permanently switch on communications - Bill Gates was at one point singled out as a probable cause.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Fortinet shows off first results since IPO

  Fourth quarter profits at network security and UTM specialist Fortinet rose over 400% to $43.9m (£27m) after the firm booked a $37.8m tax benefit in the final quarter of 2009, the company has announced.  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Analysis: Educators fear IT budget cuts

  Although the weather might have hit the numbers, more than 30,000 visitors were expected to walk the floors of London's Olympia at this year's BETT Show over its four-day span. One first-time attendee to the education technology show earlier this ...  Continue Reading

• January 28, 2010 28 Jan'10

  Analysis: Channel to play a vital role in battle for mid-market

  If you are looking for a theme for the year aside from the long-awaited recovery, there is one area of the market that holds great promise.  Continue Reading