September 2016

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Oracle on the hunt for IaaS specialists

  As it expands its public cloud ambitions Oracle is looking for more partners that have a background in selling infrastructure as a service  Continue Reading

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Autotask puts on unified front to MSPs

  Autotask continues to build on PSA platform in bid to offer ‘unified’ managed services  Continue Reading

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  As September draws to a close, MicroScope checks in on this week's executive appointments in and around the channel  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  Capita shares nosedive after first ever profit warning

  Brexit and a slowdown in IT services blamed for shoddy second half  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  Autotask boss talks of growth as the MSP market expands

  Autotask’s CEO on the company’s growth and how MSPs are handling disruption to their businesses  Continue Reading

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  Brexit raises questions over standards

  Those UK manufacturers producing hardware that has to comply to EU standards might find life becoming more difficult post Brexit  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Security defences are holding

  There is plenty of doom and gloom about just how prepared customers are on the security front but Billy MacInnes has found some research that challenges that perception  Continue Reading

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Financial sector ramping up cloud spending

  The financial sector appears to have overcome its concerns about the cloud and is planning to spend in that area in Q4  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

  SUSE among those choosing to enhance partner programmes

  SUSE has followed in the recent wake made by other vendors all keen to enhance their partner programmes and make life easier for resellers  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

  Alternative Networks says Brexit will impact full year results

  Telecoms and IT provider says that financial results for the year ending 30 September will be ‘somewhat below’ expectations  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

  CSG partners with Exponential-e for cloud services

  Managed services player CSG has teamed up with Exponential-e to ensure it can provide cloud support to its customers  Continue Reading

• September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

  People must think the cloud computing industry is a bunch of Yahoos

  Nick Booth has some thoughts on the revelations that Yahoo suffered a major security breach that went unreported for quite some time  Continue Reading

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Sinclair brand remerges with handheld gaming device

  It has been a long time since the Sinclair brand made it onto any Christmas lists but that could change this year  Continue Reading

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Channel partners rally behind the Fix Britain's Internet campaign

  TalkTalk Business wrangles support from its channel partners as Ofcom's consultation period on Openreach proposal comes to an end  Continue Reading

• September 23, 2016 23 Sep'16

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where

  As we head towards autumn at breakneck speed, MicroScope brings you the latest executive movement from across the channel  Continue Reading

• September 23, 2016 23 Sep'16

  Data market tempting some fresh channel blood

  All the talk of big data and analytics over the last couple of years has led to the emergence of more data specialists  Continue Reading

• September 23, 2016 23 Sep'16

  The future of mobile data post-Brexit

  Lorrin White, managing director of Bamboo Technology Group, wonders if price rises will be the silver lining for UK telcos hungry to invest in their networks?  Continue Reading

• September 23, 2016 23 Sep'16

  Build a simple MSP software system and the resellers will come

  Established software firms servicing the SME market have some competition in the form of Atera which is looking to build up its UK market share  Continue Reading

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Channel benefitting from “misdirected” vendor funding

  A large chunk of vendor funds are being paid to the wrong people for the wrong things  Continue Reading

• September 22, 2016 22 Sep'16

  Printer hardware sales continue to come under pressure

  Printer hardware sales in EMEA did not have a great Q1 and according to Context that trend has continued into Q2  Continue Reading