March 2011

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Integralis moves back into the black

  Integralis has moved back into the black helped by a strong performance from the UK market as it starts to put the annus horribilus of fiscal 2009 well behind it.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  RM cuts cost base to mirror leaner IT education landscape

  RM has taken further action to slash its cost base to reflect "subdued" demand in the education sector as the government continues to tighten its belt.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Etailer group warns EU against changing returns policies

  Entailers could gave a hike in the cost of returns thanks to EU legislation with little choice but to pass costs onto users. That warning has been sounded by e-retail trade body IMRG, which has reacted with dismay to the passage of proposed legal ...  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  KCOM debt reduction on track

  Comms provider KCOM has revealed a strong performance in the 12 months to the end of March means it had brought its group net debt down below £85m, significantly better than previous expectations.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  If the MacBook Pro is "the last notebook you'll ever need", what's the point of making any more?

  Apple hasn't been slow to trumpet the InfoWorld review for its latest MacBook Pro and it's not hard to see why when reviewer Tom Yager waxes so enthusiastically about it to the point where he states: "After more than two weeks of continuous testing,...  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Acer CEO Lanci quits after boardroom bust up

  Acer CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci has fallen on his sword, officially after a boardroom disagreement over future direction, although the recent string of disappointing results in the PC market cannot have helped.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Facing stiff competition? Turn to the law

  There is a slight sense of irony about the moves made by Microsoft to challenge Google through the EU over its dominant position on search.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Cisco Cius tablet set for spring launch

  Over in the US, Cisco's long-anticipated Android-based Cius tablet has finally hit the FCC for testing. This is the firm indication that we will be seeing them in the wild very soon.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Daisy raids Outsourcery for mobile services unit

  Daisy Group has acquired the Vodafone mobile services unit of managed comms and cloud services provider Outsourcery for £12m.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Government determined to embrace smaller IT suppliers

  Smaller channel suppliers should have a chance to get a greater slice of government IT orders as the coalition reveals it is determined to open up the supplier process.  Continue Reading

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Dual discrimination banned

  The Government seems to be making cuts everywhere, and not just to budgets and spending. In a move mentioned in the Budget last week, rules that were to be introduced under the Equality Act 2010 have been culled.  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  Former Mitel director appointed as Brocade UK boss

  Brocade has finally filled the gap at the top of its UK management structure with Mitel's former enterprise sales director Marcus Jewell. The UK country manager role was left vacant from October when Paul Phillips exited the data centre networking ...  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  Kaspersky UK boss leaves in restructure

  Kaspersky Lab has confirmed its UK managing director Malcolm Tuck is leaving the business following a restructure at the antivirus specialist.  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  Dixons profit warning: It's the economy stupid

  Is it really any surprise Dixons has announced profits for the year end in April will be at the lower end of analyst expectations?  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  ScanSource to carry Motorola wireless gear

  ScanSource has expanded its decade-long relationship with Motorola with the addition of Motorola Solutions wireless networking kit to its UK line card, which it says will broaden its unified communications offering.  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  Dixons pins profit shortfall on weak consumer demand

  Dixons is initiating a four point turnaround plan after warning that profits will be at the lower end of analyst expectations as consumer spending remains flaky.  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  Accumuli acquires security specialist Boxing Orange

  AIM-listed buy and build strategist Accumuli has forked out £5.48m for IT security firm Boxing Orange Ltd and its subsidiary Web screen.  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  NetSuite launches 100% margin cloud programme in UK

  In an effort to get its channel to move quickly towards the cloud NetSuite has confirmed that its 100% margin SP100 programme is being launched in the UK.  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  Warburton leaves TCA for fresh challenge

  Keith Warburton has decided to leave the TCA, the trade association he founded 18 years ago, after completing the transition to CompTIA.  Continue Reading

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  CA latest to offer RSA trade-in after hack

  In the wake of this month's embarrassing security breach at RSA, CA Technologies has become the latest rival to launch a trade-in scheme, offering RSA SecurID token customers a one-for-one swap with its own CA ArcotID software package.  Continue Reading