February 2012
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
Rogue reseller employees in £123k procurement fraud
Rogue employees of resellers Bytes Software and Nettitude have been collared for collusion in a £123,000 conspiracy to defraud Lincolnshire-based grocery co-operative Nisa Today. Continue Reading
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
EMEA server sales still in the doldrums, says Gartner
A year of overall growth in worldwide server sales and shipments was tempered in the last few months of 2011 by the impact of the Thailand floods, new Gartner figures show, but EMEA suffered its second consecutive decline, putting paid to a recovery... Continue Reading
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
Syscap appoints Asset Works to track public sector IT
Syscap is aiming to prod education and public sector clients sitting on out-of-date technology into investing in kit through a partnership with the Asset Works. Continue Reading
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
Westcon reveals Jeremy Butt as new EMEA chief
Former Avaya worldwide channel boss Jeremy Butt is heading to convergence distie Westcon to take charge of its newly-integrated EMEA unified comms, security and AME business. Butt left Avaya in January after nearly four years in charge of the ... Continue Reading
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
M-hance adds Maxima Microsoft biz to line-up
Recently-created business software reseller m-hance has made good on its promise to keep predecessor Calyx Software's acquisition strategy alive with the £6.8m purchase of Maxima's Microsoft, Intellect and Document Managed Services units. Continue Reading
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
Onyx datacentre falls on Slough
Teesside-based services provider Onyx Group has opened its first data centre in the south of England, unveiling a 12,000 square foot, 100 rack facility in Slough. Continue Reading
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
IBM ups rewards for partners selling emerging technologies
IBM has overhauled its rebate structure to encourage resellers to sell a combination of technology and services in the growth areas of the market, including cloud and analytics. Continue Reading
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February 29, 2012
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Feb'12
Tech Data hit by strong dollar and weak global economy
Tech Data has blamed the performance of the dollar against foreign currencies as one of the contributing reasons for a lower year-on-year performance in its fourth fiscal quarter. Continue Reading
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February 28, 2012
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Feb'12
Broadband VARs well-placed to ease recovery, says Eclipse
Business ISP Eclipse Internet is urging the channel to position broadband connectivity as a key element of the economic recovery, saying that robust internet access will be vital as small businesses look to grow over the coming months and years. Continue Reading
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February 28, 2012
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Feb'12
Apple hot on BlackBerry's heels in corporate BYOD race
The latest Reality Checker report from The Corporate IT Forum reveals that BlackBerry still leads the corporate smartphone market but with growth in the use of consumer products, Apple is nipping ever closer at its heels, writes Linda Endersby. Continue Reading
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February 28, 2012
28
Feb'12
Education seen as key to opening up managed services
Resellers pitching managed services still have to educate customers to get past hurdles being thrown up around cost. Continue Reading
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February 28, 2012
28
Feb'12
WatchGuard ups SMB channel proposition
Security specialist WatchGuard has bolstered its small business product line with the launch of UTM appliances aimed at that market segment to meet the demand from smaller firms for greater protection, writes Linda Endersby. Continue Reading
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February 28, 2012
28
Feb'12
e92plus pushes new Cryptocard VAR certifications
Recent distie signing e92plus is to take charge of seeding two new technical certifications and a training programme in Cryptocard's reseller channel. Continue Reading
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February 28, 2012
28
Feb'12
Dell 'not really a PC company' as it pitches for enterprise
Dell no longer views itself as a PC company, now preferring to pitch itself as a services and products provider that can cover a wide range of customer needs. The clarification over the vendor's position was made by founder Michael Dell at a server ... Continue Reading
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February 27, 2012
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Feb'12
Keeping the efficient efficient
Mike Heumann, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at virtualised input/output specialists NextIO, considers where the surge in server virtualisation leaves data centre managers (DCMs) and how they can address the challenges ... Continue Reading
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February 27, 2012
27
Feb'12
Dell consumes app protection specialist
Dell has acquired back-up and application protection start-up AppAssure for an undisclosed sum, adding additional disaster mitigation options to its software and storage portfolio. Continue Reading
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February 27, 2012
27
Feb'12
ComputerLinks bolsters cloud portfolio with Aerohive signing
Computerlinks continues to strengthen its cloud services portfolio after signing up with branch-on-demand specialist Aerohive. Continue Reading
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February 27, 2012
27
Feb'12
SME and consumer business serious targets for Lenovo UK
With its share of the worldwide PC market on the way up, Lenovo has offered a glimpse of plans to become a major force in the consumer and SMEUK client sectors. Continue Reading
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February 27, 2012
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Feb'12
ZyXEL resellers in school iPad giveaway
Broadband networking vendor ZyXEL is to offer education customers free iPad 2 tablets for every six NWA5160 access points bought alongside one of its NXC5200 Wi-Fi controllers. The NXC5200 is able to support up to 240 APs, reckons ZyXEL, meaning ... Continue Reading
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February 27, 2012
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Feb'12
SAP reacts to BYOD trend with management tool
SAP has highlighted its ability to help customers meet the bring your own device (BYOD) challenge after using Mobile World Congress to unveil its latest software to manage mobile products. Continue Reading