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• August 04, 2014 04 Aug'14

  PHC looks for UK growth with the channel

  Portuguese firm PHC Software is looking to make a mark in the UK with its cloud based service suite and is aiming to do it via the channel

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  SCC increases Oracle focus

  SCC has set up an Oracle practice to focus the support it provides for the vendor

• July 28, 2014 28 Jul'14

  K3 snaps up Retail Technology to extend market reach

  K3 Business Technology Group has acquired small retail EPOS specialist Retail Technology

• July 25, 2014 25 Jul'14

  CCL hits out at Oracle charges

  The Campaign for Clear Licensing has hit out at Oracle over charges the vendor plans to introduce

• July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14

  Gartner predicts strong supply chain management software growth

  Demand for more visibility from customers is producing the strongest annual growth recorded in the supply chain management software market

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Server weakness continues to hurt IBM

  IBM's second quarter results were a mixed bag with mainframes performing well but server systems continuing to struggle

• July 14, 2014 14 Jul'14

  Channel interest in BI will drive the market

  Research into the business intelligence market from Compris reveals that the channel has a key role to play in the future of the market

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  SAS continues channel building with SCC appointment

  SAS has followed up the signing of Computacenter by adding SCC to its channel roster

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  Xchanging swoops again with buyout of Agencyport Europe

  Xchanging has made it two acquisitions in as many days as it seals a deal to take over Agencyport Europe

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  BI specialists in pole position to gain big data rewards

  Resellers with BI skills should be in the vanguard of those in the channel able to translate the buzz about big data into tangible financial rewards

• July 04, 2014 04 Jul'14

  SAS signs Computacenter in channel drive

  Just a few months after announcing its intention to work more with the channel SAS has signed up Computacenter

• July 03, 2014 03 Jul'14

  Xchanging swoops on Total Objects

  Xchanging has bolstered its position in the insurance software market buying Total Objects

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Fruition snaps up Partners in IT

  US firm Fruition Partners has acquired Partners in IT, in a move designed to strengthen and grow its presence in the UK and EMEA

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  TmaxSoft on the hunt for channel partners

  South Korean enterprise software vendor TmaxSoft is keen to develop its channel in the UK

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  BI market posing reseller challenges

  Selling business intelligence is not just about the technology with the channel advised to consider some company politics before making the sales pitch

• June 24, 2014 24 Jun'14

  Sitecore takes the FAST route

  Software player Sitecore has signed up with the Federation Against Software Theft as it looks to increase awareness of the importance of its software licensing

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  TmaxSoft bolsters channel team as it seeks new partners

  South Korean software player TmaxSoft has added some experienced heads to its UK operation as it looks for UK growth

• June 20, 2014 20 Jun'14

  Tibco lands former HP PC chief

  The former chief of HP's printing and personal systems group has popped up at business intelligence player Tibco

• June 10, 2014 10 Jun'14

  Accenture swoops on PurePlay to drive EPM growth

  Accenture continues to expand its reach by buying another consultancy business

• June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14

  Fenton's QuantiQ Acquisitions snaps up Tectura UK

  QuantiQ Acquisitions moves to bolster Microsoft Dynamics credentials with Tectura UK buy

• June 03, 2014 03 Jun'14

  KPMG acquires Safira as it seeks to bolster BPM offering

  KPMG has opted to pick up another consultancy as it extends its customer options

• May 23, 2014 23 May'14

  Civica snaps up Keystone Asset Management

  Civica has added asset management to its portfolio after acquiring Keystone

• May 20, 2014 20 May'14

  Billions being wasted on unused software

  Sage has found that billions is being wasted by firms not using the full functionality of their software

• May 16, 2014 16 May'14

  Accenture snaps up Enkitec as it ramps up Oracle business

  Accenture has strengthened its Oracle business after buying up consultancy Enkitec

• May 15, 2014 15 May'14

  Gartner: AIM market thrives with moves towards integrated business

  Gartner has predicted growth will continue to come in the application infrastructure and middleware market

• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  SAP aims to drive cloud adoption through the channel

  SAP has appointed a new head of global partner operations as it looks to drive more business through the channel

• May 08, 2014 08 May'14

  Sage CEO decides its time to go as cloud business grows

  Sage's CEO has decided its time to do other things as he announces plans to quit the firm by March next year

• April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14

  IRIS Software snaps up HR specialist Cascade

  IRIS Software has extended its portfolio with the acquisition of HR specialist Cascade

• April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14

  MicroScope top stories, week ending 18 April 2014

  The week saw Capita snap up AMT-SYBEX and Dell making changes to its partner programme

• April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14

  Capita snaps up AMT-SYBEX

  Capita’s appetite for acquisitions is showing no sign of abating following an £82m buy-out of AMT-SYBEX, a proprietary software vendor

• April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14

  SAP puts business suite into the cloud

  SAP has put more of its applications into its HANA cloud platform as it looks to fight off the competition

• April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14

  ACS extends portfolio with ConsultCRM acquisition

  Advanced Computer Software has moved to add Microsoft Dynamics expertise to its offering with the purchase of ConsultCRM

• April 02, 2014 02 Apr'14

  Gartner IT spending forecasts for 2014 on track

  With a quarter of the year gone Gartner has indicated it believes its forecasts of growth in global IT spending this year remain on track

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  Salesforce gets spot on top 10 global software vendor chart

  Emergence of cloud specialist Salesforce.com as a major player in the software world confirmed by Gartner

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  SAS turns to the channel

  Big data analytics player SAS has decided that the time is right to turn to the channel

• March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14

  Oracle boss claims IBM and SAP are in its sights

  A strong set of third quarter financials has given Larry Ellison the chance to talk about overtaking both IBM and SAP in some of the key areas they compete against Oracle

• March 18, 2014 18 Mar'14

  Intermedia adds Salesforce, ConnectWise to channel portal

  Integration of Salesforce and ConnectWise into Intermedia’s hosted cloud platform intended to slash complexity for partner sales teams

• March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14

  Former Toshiba UK boss Bass joins OpenSymmetry

  Long standing Toshiba executive Andy Bass has opted to join sales performance management specialist OpenSymmetry

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  CDG completes software distribution divestment

  CDG software distribution business spun out into independent business

• March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14

  Jaspersoft hires global partner head as BI channel expands

  Paul Kochanski joins BI specialist Jaspersoft from Talend to seek out further growth opportunities.

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 February 2014

  Ingram Micro discusses restructuring plan, VMware brings channel hybrid clouds to UK, and Bytes turns to the Apprentice for recruitment skills. Catch up on the biggest stories from last week

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  HP knew of Autonomy hardware sales tactics

  New evidence suggests HP was aware of Autonomy’s accounting practices months before publicly condemning the company

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 February 2014

  Claranet CEO talks cloud channel landscape, Yorks cricketer heads to Big Technology and Discount-Licensing hits out at FAST. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  DataStax hunts disillusioned Oracle partners

  Application and big data specialist DataStax seeks out partner channel in the UK, saying its market is undergoing a paradigm shift towards open source databases

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 February 2014

  Microsoft clashes with reseller in copyright case, Dell extends SME managed print options, and Tintri forges ahead with virtual storage plan. Catch up on the biggest stories of last week

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  ASG Software puts channel at heart of relaunch

  Enterprise software solutions firm ASG turns its back on direct selling model for first time in 28 year history

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  ACS extends education reach with Compass acquisition

  ACS continues to build up its education business after picking up Compass Computer Consultants

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  NetSuite thanks channel for growth

  NetSuite's CEO has cheered the channel's role in improving its revenue numbers in 2013

• January 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Accenture predicts more enterprise IT innovation

  Accenture's Technology Vision 2014 report outlines a world where large companies are as innovative as start-ups when it comes to using IT to improve the business

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Express Metrix hands channel free SAM software

  Software Asset Management specialist Express Metrix has made an SME licensing management tool free for users and channel partners

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Sluggish hardware performance hurts IBM

  IBM executives will forgo bonuses and more staff will be cut after a disappointing fourth quarter

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  License Dashboard takes proactive approach to SAM

  Software Asset Management specialist License Dashboard has taken the wraps off a fresh approach to monitoring application licences.

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Cloud delivering the numbers for SAP

  Cloud subscription growth and increased revenue from HANA helped SAP deliver solid prelim numbers for last year

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Inoapps buys Crocus ahead of further expansion plans

  Acquisition of rival Crocus comes in the wake of £10m investment from growth fund BGF and heralds further international expansion

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 January 2014

  McAfee brand killed off by Intel, Avnet gets new UK management and Gartner bets on enterprise software. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Gartner: enterprise software good bet for 2014

  Gartner’s latest forecast for global IT spending this year indicates that enterprise software resellers are going to be cashing in during 2014

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  Digital economy experts recognised in Honours list

  The New Year's Honours List has recognised some of the talents of people working in the digital economy arena

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  Cloud business growing at Oracle

  Oracle has revealed an increase in revenues in its latest results and revealed its SaaS business is breaking new ground with revenues

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  TechMarketView: Financial sector a software and services opportunity

  Analyst house TechMarketView has forecast strong growth in the IT software and services sector for those vendors and channel players operating in the financial services sector

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  Gartner: BI set to remain top customer focus

  As it looks into the crystal ball Gartner believes that business intelligence and analytics will remain a key focus for CIOs through to 2017.

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  useMango ties up first distribution deal with Azlan

  useMango, a provider of testing tools for software development and implementations, has announced its first distribution deal with Azlan

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Panintelligence aims to boost sales reach through channel

  Business intelligence vendor Panintelligence has kicked off a reseller recruitment campaign

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  IT help desks adopt self-service strategy as staff cuts hit

  Almost all service desks will use self-service tools to help cope amid job cuts which have left IT help desks with a huge drop in staff

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Tech Data attempts to tap big data trend

  Tech Data UK has added the SAP Sybase IQ system to its software portfolio in a move designed to strengthen relationships with SAP resellers

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Ovum finds higher education market lagging on cloud adoption

  Research into the higher education market by Ovum has revealed that the vast majority of customers are failing to exploit cloud computing

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Competition driving financial services IT investment

  The need to remain competitive as well as compliant is driving spending in the financial services sector

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Financial sector embracing software and services

  The latest report into the financial services market from TechMarketView reveals a sector that is investing in software and IT services quicker than the rest of the economy

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  License Dashboard extends partner network

  Software Asset Management specialist License Dashboard has extended its global partner network

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Pearlfinders: Channel under pressure to hone software skills

  The latest Pearlfinders IT Index finds that customers are increasingly looking to the channel to help them host, test and manage applications

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  SAP tinkers with Business by Design as cloud grows

  SAP's decision to wind down its SME Business by Design offering has caused some distraction away from its Q3 numbers

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Livingstone shuffles management pack

  SAM specialist Livingstone has seen its CEO head to run US operations as it introduces a fresh head of sales in EMEA

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Emerging markets and hardware weakness hit IBM

  IBM has missed revenue targets as a result of declines in its hardware business and its weaker performance in emerging markets

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Oracle UK channel boss: partners must address legacy estates

  Oracle’s new UK channel VP Will O’Brien has nailed his colours to the mast, urging resellers to expand their expertise and push the Oracle solution stack into legacy customers

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Red Hat: solution-based portfolios key to new channel scheme

  Red Hat redefines structure of EMEA channel partner programme to better support and enable resellers offering solution-based product sets to the market

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Express Metrix looks for strategic SAM partners

  Software Asset Management specialist Express Metrix is looking to make the conversation partners have with customers around software more strategic

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Oracle sounds cautious note over Q2 prospects

  Oracle has seen its share price slide after it delivered sober forecasts for what lies ahead in its fiscal Q2

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Intuitive Business Intelligence appoints three directors

  Business intelligence dashboard software firm Intuitive Business Intelligence brings in three new directors to spruce up its board and manage a surge in demand for BI

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Channel pressure causes u-turn at Mindjet

  Mindjet has reintroduced a product that it had planned to shelve after the channel caused it to change its plans

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  SAP becomes Intel, Hortonworks Hadoop reseller

  SAP signs redistribution agreement to provide Intel Distributuion Apache Hadoop and Hortonworks Data Platform alongside SAP HANA in big data drive

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Rimo3 opens for business and for channel partners

  Formed by staff from Camwood application management specialist Rimo3 has started business and is looking for channel partners

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  UK Kodak Pension Plan acquires document imaging business

  The UK Kodak Pension Plan has acquired the document and personal imaging businesses from Kodak Eastman

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Dell enhances software programme

  New software competencies take account of growing status of Dell’s software business within the company

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Dell profits collapse as fight for PC firm rages on

  Dell’s profits fell off a cliff in the second quarter of its fiscal 2014, as the fight between Michael Dell and Carl Icahn for control of the company continues

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  Microgen boss set to retire

  Microgen's CEO has announced plans to retire once a strategic review of the business is completed

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  Utilities sector set to up services and software spending

  Gartner analysis of the utilities market in Western Europe shows increased spending on software and IT services

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  BPO contract values tumble

  The value of business process outsourcing contracts has taken a tumble in the second quarter as a result of weak economic conditions

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  SAP drops co-CEO strategy

  The shock decision by one of SAP's co-CEOs to leave the firm leaves the vendor looking at having one man in charge from May next year

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 July 2013

  Adopting cloud could make midsized businesses more competitive; Computacenter UK sitting pretty; and Avnet and Arrow land IBM training role, in our regular look back at last week's big stories

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Weak Asia causes SAP software licence sales to drop

  For the first time in three years SAP has reported a drop in software licence sales with a weak performance in Asia being blamed

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Lay-off costs hurt IBM profits in Q2

  Second quarter profit at IBM took a hit on the back of ‘workforce rebalancing charges’

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  HP software reseller hardware links grow under PartnerOne

  The decision to combine the software channel programmes into PartnerOne has made it easier for HP software and hardware resellers to link up

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  OFT calls for competition probe into government ICT costs

  The Office of Fair Trading has called for information about government ICT contracts as it expressed worries about competition in the market

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Microsoft reaches 100,000 app milestone

  Microsoft has hit the 100k app milestone but still lags a long way behind Apple and Google in getting developers to provide additional content for users

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Losses widen at big data specialist 1Spatial

  Firm formed in reverse takeover by Avisen in 2011 falls to £4.4m loss but insists it is now on track for growth

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 June 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• June 26, 2013 26 Jun'13

  ACS sees strong sales in health, managed services

  Sales at software and services group jump by nearly a quarter in strengthening market

• June 25, 2013 25 Jun'13

  Unit4 hires former SAP staffer to drive channel growth

  Business transformation software specialist Unit4 has hired a former SAP staffer to enhance and widen its channel network

• June 21, 2013 21 Jun'13

  Brit compliance software firm Rivo bags VC backing

  Health and safety specialist acquired by investors Kennet Partners and Fidelity Growth Partners to enhance scale and client base

• June 21, 2013 21 Jun'13

  Oracle numbers disappoint investors

  Oracle saw its share price drop after it delivered flat revenue and declines in its hardware operations for its fourth fiscal quarter.

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  V1 bids to widen business automation reach

  Document management software specialist V1 (formerly Version One) has unveiled a swathe of new products as it bids to expand its channel reach in the business automation sector