March 2011

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  New rules on audited accounts

  The Government has announced that it intends to allow small firms to be exempted from having to have independently audited accounts. The changes will come in via amendments to the Companies Act and will bring small company audit rules in line with ...  Continue Reading

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Linguists in war of words over Apple App store trademark claim

  Do you ever get the feeling some companies just have too much money for their own good? And that maybe they could be using it to better purpose than lining lawyers' pockets?  Continue Reading

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Samsung snuggles up to partners for B2B growth push

  Samsung has created a major accounts team in a bid to cosy up to larger resellers amid grand plans to become the UK's third largest B2B vendor in 2011.  Continue Reading

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  EC clears Siemens IT Solutions acquisition

  The European Commission has cleared the proposed €850m acquisition of Siemens' IT Solutions and Service (SIS) by French IT service provider Atos Origin, first announced in December, writes Ian Grant. The commission found that the two companies, with...  Continue Reading

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  IP theft and blackmail the motivation for cyber criminals

  Money might still motivate cyber criminals but the way they are getting it increasingly involves blackmail and theft of intellectual property.  Continue Reading

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Comstor dips toe in refurbished waters

  Cisco distie Comstor has launched a new programme designed to grab a chunk of the risky, yet potentially lucrative, market for remanufactured or refurbished network infrastructure kit.  Continue Reading

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Marketing gets social as users look for interaction

  Consumer facing resellers will need to supplement traditional mass marketing campaigns with social media if they are to attract user spending. According to Gartner over the next four years social and mobile marketing will influence at least 80% of ...  Continue Reading

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Get tooled up

  HMRC has launched an online resource called 'Basic PAYE Tools' to help employers run their payroll systems. The online presence is to replace HMRC's Employer CD-ROM.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  The BSA's new weapon against unlicensed software: disgruntled employees

  Interesting to see that settlements paid by UK firms caught using unlicensed software doubled to £2m last year according to figures from the Business Software Alliance (BSA).  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Steljes fires and hires to reflect shifting market dynamics

  Steljes has put 19 staff at risk of redundancy from its education division to reflect sweeping changes in the market being forced through by the government.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Network procurement shake-up could shield front-line from cuts

  Research commissioned on behalf of Cisco has revealed that a clear majority of public sector ICT budget holders reckon that changing network procurement practice could save up to 6.4% of the government's annual £16.5bn annual ICT spend, ...  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  K3 continues buy and build strategy in ERP mid-market

  AIM-listed K3 Business Technology Group continues its roll up of mid-market ERP and CRM resellers with the acquisition of Clarita Solutions from FD Systems for £1.1m.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  NetScout buys BT spin-off Psytechnics

  Voice and video service management outfit and BT spin-off Psytechnics has been bought by network management vendor NetScout Systems for an undisclosed sum as it ramps up its focus on the unified communications sector.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  UK firms pay £2m to cover costs of unlicensed software

  The cost for UK businesses hoping they could cut corners by dodging the license fees for their software ran into millions last year as many were caught, often with the help of whistleblowers, and forced to cough up.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  CentraStage plans international expansion after funding

  Cloud-based remote monitoring specialist CentraStage, which targets resellers with managed services tools, has completed a round of funding that will be used to extend its services as well as bolstering its management team.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  IPV4 hoarders can strike it lucky

  Psst, guv', want to buy an IPV4 address? Nah, fell off the back of a lorry, didn't it... If you've been sitting on a little nest egg of IPV4 addresses it could be time to cash in.  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Wheel clampers to get the (Denver) boot

  Ahead of a clamping ban, new government figures have shown private wheel clampers take up to £55m from drivers each year. But legislation due to come into force early next year will make clamping on private land a criminal offence.  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Disties report first signs of shortages in UK weeks after quake

  The prospect of component shortages caused by the Japanese quake and tsunami are becoming a reality in the UK channel, according to distributors.  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  "We're not a broadliner anymore," says C2000 boss. So what are you?

  Computer 2000 is not a generalist distributor. Has everybody got that? You at the back, did you hear it?  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Citrix responds to European Commissioner's calls for cloud regulation

  European commissioner Neelie Kroes spoke out this week on interoperability and standards at the heart of the cloud computing agenda. Good grief. Is the European commissioner moving in on The Cloud? Surely, that's like being handed The Black Spot by ...  Continue Reading