November 2011
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November 22, 2011
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Government claims SME supplier success
The government has claimed that the volume of IT contracts being won by SME suppliers has seen a dramatic increase during the course of 2011. Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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Brocade slides to $4m net loss in fourth quarter
Storage and networking vendor Brocade has slipped to a $4m (£2.6m) GAAP net loss in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2011, down from $22m year-on-year and $2m in the third quarter, after booking flat year-on-year sales of $550m. Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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BYOD may not yet be priority issue for UK CIOs
A new report on business transformation from managed services provider Calyx has revealed that collaboration and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) business strategies have not yet gained anything like the traction that has been touted. Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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Column: We need better IT training. Geoff Hurst told me that
One should never name drop - the Queen told me that- but I was talking to Sir Geoff Hurst and ex-England international Gareth Southgate on Sunday... Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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Ex-Avaya boss Shorten crosses into reseller territory
Former Avaya UK managing director Lee Shorten is moving deeper into the channel to take up a consultancy role at Avaya partner Excell Communications. Shorten will be charged with reviewing the firm's go-to-market strategy and developing new business... Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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Colt makes good on cloud distribution plan
Infrastructure services provider Colt has made good on its promise to appoint a cloud distributor, as revealed by MicroScope in October, after wooing Magirus. Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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Apotheker hangover persists as HP profit plunges
HP may have acted quickly to dispense with the services of CEO Leo Apotheker following a series of blunders over its PC business, but it is still suffering the effects of having indulged his strategic whims as fourth quarter GAAP net profit plunged ... Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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Channel can step in to ease mainframe brain drain
Resellers with mainframe skills should find themselves in increasing demand as the in-house resources customers lean up start to come under pressure. Continue Reading
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November 22, 2011
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ThinkGrid unveils university to boost channel cloud skills
Cloud platform specialist ThinkGrid has taken steps to increase the practical support resellers looking to move into hosted services are able to get access to with the launch of its own university training scheme. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2011
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Column: We're not all homogenised yet
Most of us who work in the IT sector or who write about it, tend to think that technology has a homogenising effect on cultures and people, writes Billy MacInnes. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2011
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Pockets of opportunity deliver for Tech Data
Tech Data has warned its next fiscal quarter is going to provide flat to low digit growth causing it to concentrate its firepower on pockets of activity where it can gain sales. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2011
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Storage Fusion spreads channel wings
Avisen-backed storage analytics specialist Storage Fusion is to put in place a number of channel-focused measures, targeting more VARs and MSPs in an attempt to boost uptake of its redeveloped SRA platform. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2011
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Corel offers education unrestricted licenses
Corel has given its educational resellers a boost offering an unrestricted academic site license that drops the traditional restrictions based on seats and usage. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2011
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Five minute interview: Henry West, Eclipse Internet
In the first of our new Five Minute Interviews, Henry West, head of reseller channel at business ISP Eclipse Internet, takes a turn in the redecorated MicroScope confessional. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2011
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Nov'11
More stringent cloud SLAs being demanded
The result of the recent high profile public cloud problems with Microsoft's Office 365 service and the security problems experienced by Sony with its online gaming service are being felt by resellers. Continue Reading
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November 21, 2011
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Azlan cuddles up to vendors after restructure
Enterprise networking distie Azlan has announced an imminent restructure to bring itself more closely into line with its European business, as well as bring it closer to its key vendor partners. Continue Reading
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November 18, 2011
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Cryptocard picks up GrIDsure tokenless two-factor IP
CRYPTOcard has picked up the intellectual property from two-factor authentication specialist GrIDsure to add token less technology to its portfolio. GrIDsure has been talking of a potential sale for the past few weeks and started liquidation ... Continue Reading
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November 18, 2011
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Lawyers and recruiters fuel Q3 IT spending
Resellers have been advised to target their firepower on the business services sector as spending in that vertical is performing well. Continue Reading
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November 18, 2011
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Aruba CEO hails "boring" quarter, buys security firm Avenda
Wireless networking specialist Aruba Networks has announced its Q1 2012 results, posting narrow GAAP net losses of $500,000 (£316,000), on sales of $119.4m, up 44% year-on-year. Continue Reading
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November 18, 2011
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Nov'11
Northamber keeps eye on costs as gross margins drop
Northamber has given a clear insight into life for a distributor in the current economic climate with overstocking and falls in average selling prices making life difficult. Continue Reading