September 2011
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
Government faces complaints over public sector contracts
The revelations over increased complaints come against a background of more determination by the government to get more SME suppliers selling into the public sector to encourage competitiveness and better deals in the hunt for savings as the deficit... Continue Reading
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
Butters heads to Easynet Global Services
Former BT Engage IT sales director Gary Butters is heading to manage network, hosting and services provider Easynet Global Services to head up its UK sales and marketing activities. Continue Reading
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
Samsung tablet sales get further knock from German court
The legal spat between Samsung and Apple continues to drag on in the German courts with the fruitfully named US vendor so far winning out against its rival in preventing its tablet from being sold and promoted across Europe. Continue Reading
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
If you see Hans, help him out
This Friday a (possibly slightly unhinged) Swede named Hans Eriksson will take to the streets of London to conduct a 24-hour experiment in video streaming and social media engagement. Continue Reading
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
Huawei enterprise VP to chat up UK disties
Huawei's new vice president of enterprise for the UK and Ireland, Simon Culmer, will be tasked with setting up a local distribution channel, the firm has said. Continue Reading
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
Clink for fake BT engineer
To Worcestershire, this autumnal Monday morning, where a nasty piece of work named Hashim Ali has been locked up after fronting a chip and pin scam while dressed as a BT engineer. Continue Reading
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
PR Masterclass: the 10 phone calls every PR must make
In the latest instalment of his PR Master Class, Gavin Bird, CEO of Condescentii Digital, reminds us that this is a people business. Journalists, bless them, couldn't function without PR. That's why they sit by their phones all day, waiting for you ... Continue Reading
-
September 05, 2011
05
Sep'11
HMRC offers firms online Olympics advice
Small and medium-sized companies hoping to win Olympics contracts can take advantage of the results of an HMRC online advice seminar that ran at the end of July which can now be downloaded free of charge. Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
CSC hires to support services growth ambitions
Services and outsourcing outfit CSC has made a series of hires to boost its growth ambitions, key among them the appointment of former Fujitsu cloud services boss Jon Green as vice president of Global Business Services for the UK, Nordics and ... Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
Where MeeGo now if Intel shifts to Android and Windows Phone 7?
I confess to knowing very little about MeeGo apart from the fact it used to be Intel and Nokia's next generation OS for smartphones and tablets. Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
Five minute interview: Mike Dowling, Scriptlogic Corporation
Today MicroScope puts its questions to Mike Dowling, EMEA channel manager at Quest Software subsidiary ScriptLogic Corporation. What is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom? I have received a lot of great advice from people that I ... Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
Servassure hires comms vet Annette Reynolds to run channels
Daisy Group's white label channel services provider, Servassure, has hired former Sphinx convergence head Annette Reynolds as its new channels partner manager. Reynolds spent four years with Sphinx, prior to which she was instrumental in ... Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
Mitel losses narrow as impact of restructuring becomes clear
Quarterly net losses at unified comms and collaboration vendor Mitel have narrowed on the back of a major restructuring programme intended to improve operating performance. Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 2 September 2011
Nvidia warns resellers over dangers of remarked chips Graphics specialist Nvidia has warned the channel to buy through authorised partners to avoid running into problems with counterfeit products. Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
SAM the answer to overcoming software ignorance
Customers struggling to cope with their software estate will have to embrace tools that enable them to understand what they are using and as a result which applications need to be paid for. Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
Social media. RIP?
Are social media sites Research firm Gartner thinks that it could be so. In a survey of some 6,296 people in 11 developed countries, Gartner found that almost 25 per cent of respondents use their favourite social media website less than they did ... Continue Reading
-
September 02, 2011
02
Sep'11
SAP gets judge backing in fight against $1.3bn Oracle costs
Oracle has suffered a setback in its fight to get damages out of its arch rival SAP over unauthorised downloads made by the German vendor's Tomorrow Now division. Continue Reading
-
September 01, 2011
01
Sep'11
Comstor to support Cisco TelePresence 'distie-as-agent' track
Westcon's dedicated Cisco distribution unit, Comstor, has unveiled support for the Global Partner Network (GPN) for Cisco's TelePresence Distributor-as-Agent track. Continue Reading
-
September 01, 2011
01
Sep'11
Will you end up being the Norman Wisdom of the cloud?
Panic can set in when a cloud service is over subscribed. In their desperation to keep the plates spinning, the staff and systems will bumble all over the place, like a team of Norman Pipkins, the comic creation of Norman Wisdom. Are you about to ... Continue Reading
-
September 01, 2011
01
Sep'11
Why is HP "pleasantly surprised" people will pay £89 for a TouchPad?
Let's play a game of spot the link: 1) HP says it is going to discontinue making the TouchPad and slashes the price by £260 for a 16GB model from £349 to £89 and cuts the 32GB model price from £429 to £115 (a reduction ... Continue Reading