January 2011
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January 31, 2011
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Microsoft partner bosses urged to tackle Office 365 concerns
Microsoft has rejigged its channel management structure to smooth resellers move to its cloud services model, one that partners have expressed serious concerns over. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
Burnside hybrid mobiles are easy to use, but hard to lose
Computer Weekly has an interesting piece about Tesco equipping 1,000 stores with mobile phones that look like desk phones. These fixed mobile hybrids are handy because they're mobile without being steal able, convenient without being massively ... Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
Too much of nothing: filling space on the Internet
In case you've missed it, today is the last day of the January football transfer market. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
The Cloud rains on O2's parade
Newly-acquired public Wi-Fi provider The Cloud has hit back at O2's decision to launch free wireless net access... after a fashion. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
SAM on the rise but calls issued for coherent strategy
UK firms are starting to adopt software asset management (SAM) tools in order to monitor and control spending on applications as well as ensuring compliance with licensing demands. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
Red Hat introduces deal registration to spur channel growth
Red Hat has introduced deal registration for its top tiers of European partners to underpin its ambitions to grow the business through the channel. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
Check Point breaks the $1bn revenue mark
Security specialist Check Point has broken through the $1bn revenue mark for the first time fueled by a strong demand for network protection products. Numbers filed for the year ended 31 December showed a 19% year-on-year increase in revenue to ... Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Android vaults Symbian to grab smartphone market leadership
As predicted, Google's Android smartphone operating system has become the market leading OS, pushing rival Nokia into second place, according to the latest quarterly smartphone figures from Canalys. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
D-Link adds new maintenance, support structure
Partners reselling networking lines from SMB-centric vendor D-Link will be able to add extra support, maintenance and warranty options following the launch of a new programme dubbed D-Link Assist. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
VAT scam - be on your guard
With the rise in the VAT rate to 20 per cent on 4 January, it won't surprise readers to know that VAT has become an even more appealing target for scammers. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Lenovo winding down IBM server deal, rationalising SKUs
Lenovo has vowed not to give up on the server market - despite little success since it launched in the sector - as it winds down an OEM deal with IBM to concentrate on further developing its own range. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Microsoft still searching for an answer
Microsoft's Q2 results are a bit of a mixed bag. Although Windows sales were $300m lower than expected, sales at its Business Division (Office) were up 24% at $6bn and sales at its Entertainment and Services division were up 55%, mainly on the back ... Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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HP guns for 3rd party maintainers with multi-vendor support
HP is lining up multi-vendor support on IBM, Dell and Oracle servers and storage previously open only to the direct sales force, as it tries to win back the confidence of resellers opting for cheaper third party maintainers (TPM). Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Media training supplies firm latest to be hit by BSA
A Leicester-based medical training supplies firm is the latest to fall foul of software licensing laws and to find itself having to shell out to settle with the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and get itself legal. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Nortel pension campaign knocked back by Canadian ruling
The Pensions Regulator's quest to make Nortel cover a multi-billion pound deficit in its UK pension scheme has received a setback following a Supreme Court verdict in Canada. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Jan'11
App-DNA stops Windows migration from being a pane in the apps
A migration to Windows 7 can have unexpected complications, often arising from integration issues between web apps and IE8. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Jan'11
ScanSource hits new sales record
Avaya and Extreme Networks distributor ScanSource has posted record sales and net profits for the three months to the end of January. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Jan'11
Virtualisation, cloud and UC in demand as users look to grow
Virtualisation, cloud computing and unified comms are the technologies most in demand but resellers should not look to the public sector to be at the head of the queue to buy them. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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KCOM forecasts Public Sector Network strength
In an interim management statement released to the City today, network integrator KCOM has revealed that its trading over the past months has been in line with market expectations and talked up the Public Sector Network (PSN) project. Continue Reading
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January 28, 2011
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Jan'11
Arbor Networks shows online impact of Egypt crisis
Massive civil unrest in Egypt - prompted by the recent Tunisian uprising - has been hitting the headlines in recent days, and once again, the role of the internet in the developing situation has come under scrutiny. Continue Reading