August 2011
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August 22, 2011
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Did You Know Productivity Facts
Did you know that buying an HP Office jet Pro All-in-One is like getting faxing, scanning and copying for free? Did you know that the OJ Pro also achieves higher cartridge yields of up to 2,200 pages? Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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Sell HP Officejet Pro and grow your business
The decision your customer makes in choosing an ink technology HP Officejet Pro printer or e-All-in-One is an easy one. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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Resellers braced for action as TouchPad prices slashed
Those resellers with access to TouchPad stock are braced for a busy period after the extent of the price cuts in HP's tablet prices started to filter through. The vendor is looking to shift stock of the mothballed tablet PC line mirroring moves ... Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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Sabio appoints UC business boss
Former DiData UC practice solutions architect Dan Harding has joined comms integrator and Avaya partnerSabio to head up its unified comms operation. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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Frontier's Mann takes up marketing role at Aastra
Business comms specialist Aastra has announced the appointment of Colin Mann as its new UK and Ireland marketing manager. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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Business process outsourcing growth set to continue
Business process outsourcing is set to grow by just shy of double digits in Western Europe this year as customers keep the faith with using third-party providers to help them rather than returning these functions back in-house. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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All eyes on HP UK as TouchPad pricing gets cut overseas
The prospect of HP TouchPads being sold off at bargain basement prices looks more than likely as prices are reduced across the globe, leaving the UK lagging behind. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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Alcatel-Lucent relaunches nought per cent finance plan
Alcatel Lucent's financial services arm has announced it is re-running last year's naught per cent financing scheme built around the firm's enterprise solutions for voice, data and unified comms. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2011
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An Enterprising plan for growth
Back in March, the Government announced the creation of a number of enterprise zones where businesses would get extra help. Initially, the zones were decided as sites within Liverpool, London, Manchester, Derby, Nottingham, the Black Country, the ... Continue Reading
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August 21, 2011
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If HP wants to be the new IBM, does Google want to be the new Apple?
So I go away for two weeks and all hell breaks loose. First, Google decides to buy Motorola's mobile phone operation, then HP says it's getting out of the PC business and discontinuing WebOS products. Continue Reading
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August 20, 2011
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HP share price drops 20% as markets react to radical strategy
As the dust settles over the momentous announcements made by HP to exit the tablet market, spin-off its PC efforts and buy Autonomy the verdict in terms of the impact on share price has already been negative. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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Tinglobal and Vickers set sights on services growth
Tinglobal is looking to build its services business and expand its operations as it looks to a fresh fiscal year with venture capital backing and the expertise of channel veteran Andy Vickers. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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Why Lady Gaga's driving habits should get you worried about security
What with riots in London and Manchester, fallout from the News International phone hacking scandal and the ongoing worldwide economic crisis, not to mention Google's acquisition of Motorola and HP's sudden bloodbath, we'd almost forgotten it's ... Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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Channel in a bind over unsold HP TouchPad stocks
HP watchers have raised serious questions over unsold TouchPad stocks following its decision to can the tablet device and halt development around the WebOS ecosystem, acquired last year in HP's $1.2bn of mobility vendor Palm. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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iPhone users are most dangerous behind the wheel says survey
In a survey conducted last week, this column uncovered the truth about iPhone users; they make the worst drivers. The survey was conducted on two separate occasions on the same stretch of road. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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Leo higlights the split driving the industry
The announcements that came out of Hewlett-Packard last night have rocked the IT world but perhaps shouldn't be that surprising given that the man running the vendor has a strong background in software. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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HP channel urges business as usual following PSG bombshell
HP channel watchers have stressed it is currently "business as usual" for the PSG business in the wake of the vendor's decision to explore a potential spin-off or sale of the unit, which it acquired as Compaq nine years ago. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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Sacked Fujitsu union rep tribunal hearing set
An employment tribunal to deal with the case of the sacked Fujitsu union rep, which sparked a threat of strike action, will be heard next week. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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Aug'11
Softcat adds staff to target public sector
Softcat is adding staff to fuel its public sector ambitions revealing that the government attempts to get more SME suppliers involved in the market is paying off. Continue Reading
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August 19, 2011
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 August 2011
Jones the Dragon flogs wireless business for £38m Dragon's Den star Peter Jones sold off his machine-to-machine comms specialist Wireless Logic to private equity house ECI Partners for £38m. Continue Reading