February 2011

February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
HP names new EMEA ESSN head

HP has appointed Fredric Dussart - former senior vice president of southern Europe, Middle East and Africa at EMC- to the role of EMEA senior vice president and general manager of Enterprise Servers. Continue Reading
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Redstone cuts 83 jobs as restructuring winds down

IT and network integrator Redstone is to cut a further 83 members of staff as it re-aligns its cost base to reflect the restructuring of its three business units, Redstone Converged Solutions, Redstone Managed Solutions and Fujin Systems, into one ... Continue Reading
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Google introduces Apps reseller certifications

Google has introduced the first reseller certification around its apps products to encourage its partner community to take online training and exams. Continue Reading

February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Google asks kids for social security number details

Interesting story in New York magazine regarding Google. Seems like the web giant may have been a bit over-zealous in asking schoolkids (aged from six to 12) to provide their name, city of birth, date of birth and the last four digits of their ... Continue Reading
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Business services sector set for growth

Resellers offering professional business services appear to be in a better place than firms that concentrate on the consumer market. The CBI's latest survey of the services sector reveals a full year of decline in the consumer space but growth and ... Continue Reading
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
Apple shareholders vote to keep succession plans secret

Apple has managed to block attempts by some shareholders to force it to disclose a CEO succession plan after worries were raised that Steve Jobs might not return from his latest sick leave. Continue Reading
February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11
ACAS offers a guiding light

ACAS, the Government's arbitration service, and the TUC have produced a new guide entitled " Mediation: A guide for trade union representatives" that aims to raise awareness amongst trade union representatives of the benefits of mediation. Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
Public sector still to get the cloud

While it's good to have some optimism coming from the latest survey of resellers carried out by CA Technologies there are some surprising findings in its latest Channel Index. One of them was not so much that cloud computing is taking off, but where... Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
Cloud forecast still hazy outside technology sector, says CA

Cloud computing sales are gaining traction within the technology sector but still lagging in other verticals, according to a new study of channel partners by IT management solutions vendor CA Technologies. Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
How many succession plans do you need to succeed?

Apple shareholders have been getting very exercised about what will happen when CEO Steve Jobs leaves the company. They want a succession plan. There are suggestions Apple already has one in place anyway, but personally I'm bemused by their concerns. Continue Reading

February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
Former Sophos SME head handed channel reins by SAP

SAP has appointed the former head of SME at Sophos, John Antunes, as its director of SME and channels. Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
SAP kicks off Business ByDesign UK partner ecosystem

SAP has unveiled a handful of partners and a couple of large customers to kick off the launch of its cloud based Business ByDesign ecosystem into the UK. Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
Ingram Micro beefs up UK Blackberry team

Ingram Micro has appointed Steve Hillman as its UK Telecommunications Products lead as it rolls out RIM's Blackberry mobile lines in the UK. Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
Nebulas Solutions expands scope of incubator programme

Nebulas Solutions has tweaked its technology incubator programme to go beyond just focusing on start-ups to established players that can help the reseller extend its own capabilities. Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
Did you even know Cisco did email?

If your answer to the question posed in the headline is a resounding "no", then you needn't worry because they don't. As part of a shake-up of its collaboration business, Cisco is axing a hosted email service that very few people seem to have known ... Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
HP misses quarterly targets as PC, services sales disappoint

Apotheker has said that HP has "areas we need to improve" after posting a meagre uptick in sales and missing profit and margin forecasts for the first quarter of its fiscal 2011, which closed on 31 January. Continue Reading
February 23, 2011 23 Feb'11
Bribery Act delayed ... again...

The implementation of the Bribery Act - see Business Man 2 November - has been delayed from its proposed start date in April. The cause of the delay is the Ministry of Justice, which still has to publish final Guidance on 'adequate procedures'. Continue Reading
February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11
PARS Technology demise hastened by VAT carousel fraud

Administrators of PARS Technology reckon an unpaid VAT claim against HMRC for nearly £2.5m and a weak trading environment caused its recent collapse. Continue Reading
February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11
Ipswitch takes top level VARs direct, cuts discounts for others

The Network Management division of Ipswitch is inducting top level Gold partners into a new two-tier programme and will reduce discount levels to Silver and Bronze level dealers through sole distributor Computerlinks in a channel shake-up. Continue Reading
February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11
Intel shipping glitch free Sandy Bridge chipsets

Intelclaims to havefixed the chipset design flawaffecting the latest Sandy Bridge Core processors and is shipping to all customers, writes Jenny Williams. The industry behemoth last month admitted it had discovered a design fault in the 6 series ... Continue Reading