March 2013

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  The resurrection of the IT industry

  This Easter, Nick Booth finds there are some parts of the IT industry that are seeing a ressurection of their own  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  BlackBerry 10 ships one million in first quarter

  BlackBerry has reported its Q4 2013 results and revealed that shipments of its new Z10 devices has topped a million units  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Channel veteran Edgeley takes chairman role at Fluent Communications

  Paul Edgeley has teamed up with his son after taking a chairman position at Sheffield-based Fluent Communications  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Daisy returns to acquisitive ways with new bank agreement

  Daisy Group will look to acquire to bulk up its business this year after arranging a multi-million pound facility with six major banks  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Arrow close to completing virtualisation jigsaw

  Arrow Electronics has been building up a portfolio of vendors that will support selling a virtualisation solution  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Cloud creates specialist opportunities for the channel

  SpectraLogic's Steve Mackey says the channel can find significant cloud opportunities hiding in complex, in-house projects  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Oracle arms resellers with specialisations for server push

  As it looks to grow its share of the entry-level server market Oracle has introduced specialisations and improved rebates for resellers  Continue Reading

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Thirty years of hardware

  As part of MicroScope's 30th birthday celebrations, Mar Dixon looks back at three decades of hardware, tracking the evolution of the computer from exclusivity to ubiquity  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Tablets to overtake desktop shipments later this year

  IDC’s latest statistics on the connected device market seem to suggest that the game is up for desktop PCs  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Bryant to leave Avnet next month

  Avnet has confirmed that Denise Bryant the managing director of Magirus is to leave the business next month just seven months after the business she ran was acquired  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Fujitsu HQ shows confidence in UK operation

  Fujitsu says a multi-million pound investment will enable it to build up its UK business  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Corero: stars will align for security business in 2013

  Corero insists that 2013 will finally be the year when its network security business takes off after its non-core software business outperformed it yet again  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Government launches cyber security threat sharing service

  The government has launched a cyber security sharing scheme that will provide the private sector with the chance to gain access to the latest security intelligence from the public sector  Continue Reading

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Social media set to rival phone as sales tool

  Social media is set to become a major route for channel players to communicate with customers with Aspect Software expecting it to rival the phone by the end of the decade  Continue Reading

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Making the network child's play

  Brocade's Simon Pollard argues for a simpler approach to networking, and says the channel should take inspiration from Lego bricks  Continue Reading

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Microsoft Dynamics skills in high demand

  Those with Microsoft Dynamics skills are in high demand enjoying increases in salary as a result and could jump ship if the price is right  Continue Reading

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  UTM kit dominates resilient security appliance market, says IDC

  Security appliance factory revenue and unit shipments both rose during the last quarter of 2012, with UTM hardware winning the battle for hearts, minds and market share  Continue Reading

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Dell faces more pressure as fight for PC maker gathers pace

  The prospect of two rival bidders teaming up to fight Michael Dell for the future of the firm he founded is a prospect that is starting to gather momentum  Continue Reading

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Comstor adds managed video financing options

  Westcon-owned distie is intent on helping the channel grab a larger slice of the multi-billion pound video market  Continue Reading

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Rise finds cloud demand changing reseller approach

  The growing demand for cloud and managed services is forcing a significant number of resellers to change their approach to customers  Continue Reading