August 2012
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
Lexmark bows out of inkjet market
Printing and imaging supplier Lexmark is quitting the inkjet market in a bid to make annualised savings of $95m (£60m). Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
SDG to distribute Mitel comms solutions
Comms software provider Mitel has announced a new partnership with technology distributor SDG to sell hosted and virtual voice and unified communications based on the VMware desktop virtualisation platform. Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
ISO accreditation for CompTIA and SNIA
IT skills certification provider, CompTIA, and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) have had their CompTIA Storage+ powered by SNIA certification accredited by the ISO. Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
VMware kills vRAM licence scheme at VMworld
In his first act as incoming VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger used a VMworld keynote on Monday to ditch its controversial vRAM licensing scheme. Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
Polish up your storage expertise
There are lucrative opportunities for partners which have a good understanding of their customers and deliver value around complicated storage solutions. Billy MacInnes reports. Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
28
Aug'12
Iconic Apple could fetch 80 grand
With hardware margins about as thin as an After Eight these days, the opportunity to flog a personal computer that could be worth up to £80,000 is not to be sniffed at. Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
IBM springs for social software specialist
IBM has bolstered its expertise in the growing social business game after spending $1.3bn (£823m) on Kenexa, a recruitment and ‘talent’ management specialist based in the States. Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
Quartermaine new UK boss for Juniper
Juniper Networks has named Mark Quartermaine as its new area vice president of the UK and Ireland, with a brief to get his teeth into its service provider and enterprise business. Continue Reading
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August 28, 2012
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Aug'12
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 24 August 2012
Our weekly round-up of the most popular digital content here on MicroScope.co.uk. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2012
24
Aug'12
BroadVision seeks resellers for social software programme
Collaboration specialist BroadVision is embarking on a channel recruitment drive to push sales of its enterprise social network software package ClearVale. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2012
24
Aug'12
Avnet out as ShoreTel picks Ingram Micro
Unified comms vendor ShoreTel has made public details of a distribution reshuffle that will see it terminate its relationship with Avnet and add Ingram Micro to its roster. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2012
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Aug'12
Stonesoft urges channel to exploit free AET tool
Network security software specialist Stonesoft says more needs to be done to tackle the threat of Advanced Evasion Techniques and is calling on its channel to help. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2012
24
Aug'12
Byte Night 2012 set to smash records
The IT industry’s annual fundraising event in aid of youth homelessness, Byte Night, looks set to smash its registration and fundraising targets by a substantial margin. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2012
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Aug'12
Where does HP go from here?
With more hard times still ahead for HP, Billy MacInnes wonders where the firm's turnaround will come from. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2012
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Aug'12
BYOD offers data roaming opportunity for channel
iPass has published a Mobile Workforce Report, saying Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in the workplace is creating a generation of productive workaholics. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2012
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Aug'12
Channel inventory too high for comfort, says HP
Hewlett-Packard has warned that its channel is holding unacceptably high levels of PC and printing inventory and said it will look to take action to ease the situation. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2012
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Aug'12
Selling storage to the SME sector
Comms-care's Darren Briscoe looks at some SME storage scenarios and explores how resellers can leverage this market. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2012
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Aug'12
Bitdefender hooks up with e92plus
Security firm Bitdefender has announced a new distribution deal with VAD e92plus, extending the reach of Bitdefender's virtualisation anti-malware technology in the UK channel. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2012
23
Aug'12
HP plunges to $8.9bn loss
Hewlett-Packard has posted an enormous $8.9bn (£5.6bn) loss in the third quarter of its fiscal 2012. Continue Reading
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August 22, 2012
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Aug'12
Fortinet gets tough on partner requirements
Fortinet’s channel partner programme is undergoing a further evolution that will see some partners demoted after the firm identified a need to manage its scheme more effectively. Continue Reading