December 2010
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December 24, 2010
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Dec'10
Happy Christmas to all and to all a goodnight
It's time for us to bid you farewell for a little while, as Christmas is now well and truly upon us and the goose is getting fat. We're taking a well-earned break for a week or so, enjoying the company of friends and family, as I hope you will be, ... Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
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Dec'10
Camwood opens a Windows 7 hothouse as BBC Salford stimulates a local technology boom
Demand for Windows 7 migration is so high that one service provider has had to build a special logistics hothouse to meet demand. Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22
Dec'10
Kelway finalises acquisition of ISC Computers
Kelway has finally confirmed the acquisition of ISC Computers in a deal it claims will push revenues over the £300m barrier and expand the workforce to 700. Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22
Dec'10
HP PSG guns for SMEs with distie programme
HP is looking to grow the ranks of SME dealers that sell its PCs but has admitted recruitment plans rest on the success of a demand generation programme. Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
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Dec'10
Trend Micro makes security industry sense of humour breakthrough
Here's to Natalie Severino, the genius behind a new computer game that teaches users about security, without boring the pants off them. You can win prizes too! You know how boring security people are? Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22
Dec'10
MicroScope's top stories of 2010. Part 2
As our official review of the year continues, today we take a look at the most visited stories on MicroScope.co.uk during the second half of 2010. Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22
Dec'10
Top of the blogs, a Network Noise Christmas special
I've taken a trawl through the archives to bring you some of the more memorable posts of 2010 here on Network Noise. Continue Reading
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December 21, 2010
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Dec'10
HP grabs five-year BP deal
HP has penned a $400m (£260m) five-year data centre outsourcing contract with BP. The oil giant kicked off the year by dramatically rationalising hardware and software suppliers with Computacenter and Compuware the major beneficiaries, and is ... Continue Reading
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December 21, 2010
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Dec'10
Adobe reports first billion dollar quarter
Software vendor Adobe has exceeded Wall Street's expectations and reported its first ever billion dollar quarter, making sales of $1,008bn (£651.4m) during its fiscal Q4 -which closed on 3 December - up 33% on this time last year. Continue Reading
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December 21, 2010
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Dec'10
Resellers urged to piggyback on iPad growth
Fujitsu is urging resellers to piggyback on the success of Apple's iPad to peddle its T Series LIFEBOOK convertible notebooks. Continue Reading
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December 21, 2010
21
Dec'10
Azzurri to rationalise networking & comms portfolio
Senior management at Azzurri are planning to axe a number of networking and comms providers from the portfolio next year to procure more effectively. Continue Reading
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December 21, 2010
21
Dec'10
MicroScope's top stories of 2010. Part 1
The technology industry will remember 2010 for many reasons, perhaps for the widespread adoption of tablets and smartphones or the explosive growth of cloud computing. Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
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Dec'10
IBM predicts the future - there may be five trends: one for each major city?
Keen historians will remember the story of the IBM executive who looked into the future and predicted that, one day, there would be as many as five mainframes in the world. One for each major city. Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20
Dec'10
Apprentice winner English to manage Viglen managed services
The Apprentice winner Stella English is joining Lord Sugar's UK system builder and integration business Viglen to head up its managed services projects. Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20
Dec'10
HP Scrooge targets Cisco's Christmas
News reaches us from the States that just days before Christmas, HP Networking is plotting to snaffle some of Cisco's presents from under the tree. Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20
Dec'10
EU raises possibility of Intel McAfee probe
European regulators may investigate Intel's McAfee acquisitionover anti-competition concerns, writes Kathleen Hall. The European Union has expressed concerns about Intel's plans to embed security features directly into its microprocessors following ... Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20
Dec'10
Microsoft kills off Office Genuine Advantage
Microsoft has quietly killed off its Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) anti-piracy measure after it became clear it was hindering legitimate users whilst having no effect on software pirates. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17
Dec'10
Has your machine ground to a halt? It could be running anti virus software!
Here's Garry Sidaway, who started as a software developer for the Euro Fighter and is now a security consultant with Integralis. If the Euro Fighter doesn't work, we can blame Garry Sidaway. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17
Dec'10
HP EMEA enterprise distribution boss resigns
The boss of HP's enterprise distribution business across EMEA has resigned to take charge of telecoms provider Swisscom. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17
Dec'10
Azzurri prepares for public sector outsourcing love in
Azzurri is forging a major accounts team for the public sector in anticipation of growing demand for outsourcing. Continue Reading