September 2012

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Value of short-term apprentice schemes questioned

  Centrex Services has questioned the value of six month apprenticeship schemes raising doubts that they are anything other than a way of exploiting cheap labour  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Channel calls for EC cloud strategy refinements

  Cloud services providers have welcomed the release of the European Commission’s European Cloud Computing Strategy report, but say that Brussels’ proposals need further refinement  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Ultrabook makers gobble up HDD supplies

  A growing appetite for ultrabook PCs is currently helping to boost the hard disk drive (HDD) supply market to record levels, according to analysts at IHS  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Is Microsoft wrong to release a desktop version of Windows 8?

  Billy MacInnes finds out that even before the launch next month of Windows 8 there are doubts being raised by Gartner over the speed at which customers should adopt the software  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Business issues rather than technical hold back cloud

  Customers are concerned about a range of issues incouding compliance and fear of contract lock-in as they weigh up the move to basing more of their IT in the cloud  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  RIM losses narrow in transformative second quarter

  Floundering BlackBerry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) has posted a substantially lower year-on-year loss for the three months to 1 September and claimed it is beginning to steady the ship  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Intel and friends roll out tablet plans

  Intel and a host of OEM partners including Acer, ASUS, HP and Dell have unveilved tablets based on the Atom processor and Windows 8 to challenge Apple and Amazon  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Olympic effect leads to tough summer at Northamber

  The Olympics had a negative effect on channel trading after this summer's extended holiday feeling meant the phones at distributors were not ringing as often as they should  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  IBM ups support for MSPs in cloud push

  IBM has indicated it will offer more technical and financial support to managed service providers to encourage them to develop services based around its cloud platforms  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Lanway star signing for Burnley FC

  Managed services and comms provider Lanway has renewed its support for its local team, Championship side Burnley FC with a new outsourcing deal expected to shave 25% from the club’s costs  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  'Picky' strategy pays off for Nimans

  Comms distributor Nimans has said that its decision to be a bit more picky in terms of the business it accepts – turning away opportunities that delivered inadequate or no margins – has paid off  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  ExactTrak Security Guardian

  BYOD security fears should be calmed with the ExactTrak USB device that can track location and remotely wipe the memory if it strays into the wrong hands  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Silver Peak stuffs the network manager and the data

  Silver Peak's new WAN optimisation solution, Velocity, could heighten tensions between your customers' networking and storage managers, reckons Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Mimecast plans US expansion with $62m funding

  Having secured $62m worth of funding cloud email management specialist Mimecast has outlined plans to plough the funds into R&D and US expansion  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Five Minute Interview: David Ball, GFI Software

  We sit down with David Ball, channel marketing director at security specialist GFI Software, for this week's Five Minute Interview  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Hotlamps promotes anti-counterfeit message

  Distributor Hotlamps is looking to increase channel awareness about the dangers of selling copied or counterfeit projector lamps to customers  Continue Reading

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Acronis plans strategy shift to meet BYOD challenge

  Acronis has hired a former Red Hat executive to help it change strategy and move beyond its core backup and recovery markets  Continue Reading

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Cisco reacts to cloud changes with Master certification

  Cisco has introduced a Master Cloud Builder specialisation as it looks to generate more resellers capable of selling a wide ranging solution to meet customer needs  Continue Reading

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Networking VC funding set for positive rebound

  Analyst house Ovum has indicated that after a few years in the doldrums the interest from venture capitalists in traditional networking firms is on the rise  Continue Reading

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Ingram celebrates a year of channel transformation

  Ingram Micro has marked the first anniversary of the Channel Transformation Alliance by outlining its plans to increase reseller support in year two  Continue Reading