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June 02, 2014 02 Jun'14
Claranet finds channel needs to increase cloud support

Claranet research has found that the channel needs to increase cloud support to help customers overcome their aversion to risk
May 30, 2014 30 May'14
OGL joins the Cloud Industry Forum

OGL has become the latest to signup to the Cloud Industry Forum and back its approach to promoting cloud technology
May 28, 2014 28 May'14
Azzurri appoints new CEO, goes for growth

Azzurri has appointed an industry veteran to take up its CEO position
May 27, 2014 27 May'14
Search functionality added to CloudStore

The government's much criticised CloudStore has added some navigation to improve the user experience

May 22, 2014 22 May'14
Node4 plans for Capital channel growth

Data centre and cloud specialist Node4 has appointed a channel veteran to help increase its activities in London and surrounding areas
May 20, 2014 20 May'14
Dimension Data lands Cisco Intercloud status

Dimension Data has become the first channel player to be signed up by Cisco to the Intercloud programme
May 20, 2014 20 May'14
IBM rolls out more big data tools for managed service providers

IBM has added more analytical tools to help managed service providers and customers get a handle on their data
May 20, 2014 20 May'14
Datatec forms standalone IT consultancy

Datatec has created a standalone consultancy to target growing opportunities in the market
May 16, 2014 16 May'14
Cloud adoption continues despite recent security revelations

Even with security worries still buzzing around users are taking steps towards the cloud in ever greater numbers
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
Logicalis the shining star for Datatec

A robust performance in its latest fiscal year from Logicalis helped parent Datatec but things were not as good at Westcon

May 14, 2014 14 May'14
McAfee woos resellers with SaaS platform

McAfee has teamed up with Arrow to provide a SaaS service for resellers targeting SMEs
May 14, 2014 14 May'14
NetSuite’s Nelson flexes muscles at SuiteWorld 2014

In a sabre-rattling address to 6,500 attendees at SuiteWorld 2014 in San Jose, California, NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson praised channel partner expertise and laid into his competitors
May 13, 2014 13 May'14
F-Secure cloud service aims for SMEs

F-Secure has taken the wraps off an SME cloud secure service to try and restore some confidence in hosted data offerings
May 12, 2014 12 May'14
SCC signals it could acquire again as revenues grow

SCC's CEO has indicated that it could acquire in the managed services area as it reported strong revenue growth for its latest fiscal year
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 07, 2014 07 May'14
Playing cupid in the cloud – finding the perfect partner

Dave Ellis, director of strategy, Arrow ECS has some advice for those channel players looking for the right cloud partner
May 06, 2014 06 May'14
Chess bolsters cloud reach with Integra ICT buy

Chess has acquired Integra ICT as it looks to increase its reach in the cloud market
May 06, 2014 06 May'14
EMC bolsters cloud and flash credentials

EMC has acquired flash specialist DSSD and taken the wraps off a hybrid cloud appliance at its EMC World event
May 01, 2014 01 May'14
Security specialists in prime position to take managed services high ground

Barracuda Networks has identified a preference from users for managed service providers with a strong security background
April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14
AWS Summit London: Amazon on channel charm offensive

At its London partner and customer summit, Amazon Web Services presents itself not as a threat to channel businesses but as means by which channel businesses can evolve to meet growing cloud demand from customers
April 29, 2014 29 Apr'14
Claranet exposes customer cloud migration problems

Half of UK customers are struggling to migrate and integrate legacy on-premise systems with a cloud environment according to Claranet
April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14
IBM launches partner cloud marketplace at Impact conference

Big Blue claims its cloud marketplace will help partners tap into a $250bn opportunity and showcase its capabilities and ambitions as a leading cloud devotee
April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 25 April 2014

Six Degrees datacentre drops off the grid, software pirates sunk, and Westcon buys little brother Intact. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past week
April 28, 2014 28 Apr'14
SaaS player Alert Logic pitches up in Cardiff

Security as a Service specialist Alert Logic has set up a Cardiff operation to provide better levels of service to UK customers
April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14
Outsourcery on track with secure government cloud platform

Outsourcery has confirmed that it is still on track for s summer launch of its Secure O-Cloud government cloud platform
April 25, 2014 25 Apr'14
Microsoft continues to gain cloud growth

Microsoft has revealed strong growth in its cloud business for the first quarter as revenue rises sharply on the Azure side of operations
April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14
Westcon to buy Intact Integrated Services

Networking distie beefs up Cisco services offering with the acquisition of Intact Integrated Services
April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14
French performance undermines Computacenter Q1

Decent numbers from the UK and a stable performance in Germany have not been matched by the French operation for Computacenter
April 24, 2014 24 Apr'14
Forrester revises cloud growth figures upward

The pace of investment in the cloud has caused some analysts to revise their earlier predictions about the size of the global market
April 23, 2014 23 Apr'14
Intermedia looks for channel growth with Simister appointment

Cloud specialist Intermedia has appointed a UK sales director with a brief to grow its channel business
April 22, 2014 22 Apr'14
Cloud facing growing security threats

The cloud is becoming more of a target for cyber criminals according to Security-as-a-Service specialist Alert Logic
April 16, 2014 16 Apr'14
ElasticHosts touts AWS, Google-beating features for channel

Cloud services firm enhances its channel white label offering with a number of new features including usage-based billing and automatic scaling
April 15, 2014 15 Apr'14
Softcat records 30% year-on-year growth

IT infrastructure provider Softcat has notched up revenues of £395.8 million for its financial year ending 31 July 2013, representing a 30% year-on-year increase
April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14
Empowered aims to bolster channel offering following OrderWorks acquistion

Empowered SMS, a provider of IT services to the UK channel is acquiring OrderWorks an ICT project and support service vendor which targets SME mid-market channels and consumer electronics retail markets
April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14
Tupman returns to channel with Connect Communications buyout

Networking and comms entrepreneur Alex Tupman spearheads MBO at MSP Managed Communications in hopes of building a £100m business
April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14
Azzurri gets into managed mobility services with ICON Mobilise

Managed network and comms services provider Azzurri adds mobility to its recently-launched UCaaS package, ICON
April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 11 April 2014

XP shutdown arrives, SME spending on the rise, and Ingram reports channel network success. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past seven days
April 14, 2014 14 Apr'14
Kelway picks up RM Education service support contract

RM Education hands Kelway responsibility for supporting its remaining hardware in the field following its exit from the PC business
April 09, 2014 09 Apr'14
NGD signs BT Openreach Ethernet deal to increase capacity, speed

Next Generation Data picks BT’s local access network business, Openreach, to provide high-speed connectivity at its South Wales datacentre facility
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 08, 2014 08 Apr'14
CIF and DCA form partnership to drive cloud transparency

The Cloud Industry Forum and the Data Centre Alliance have formed a partnership to drive cloud education and standards
April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14
Brother recruits MPS specialist

Brother has brought on board a managed print services specialist to grow its activity in the mid-market
April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 4 April 2014

Capita buys another reseller, Gartner in last ditch XP warning, and government unwraps cyber-security team. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week
April 04, 2014 04 Apr'14
New Networks First MD forges managed security future

Recently-appointed Networks First managing director Tom Mulvaney sets his sights on growing the managed network provider’s security practice in the face of channel demand
April 03, 2014 03 Apr'14
Salesforce leans on partners to deliver vertical strategy

Salesforce.com has outlined a vertical market strategy that will involve establishing ecosystems of partners to ensure its success
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 02, 2014 02 Apr'14
Capita buys Updata Infrastructure

IT services giant Capita makes its second channel acquisition in the space of a fortnight, buying up networking reseller Updata for £80m
March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14
Redcentric sales bulked up by InTechnology acquisition

Managed services provider Redcentric releases an optimistic trading update as its financial year draws to a close
March 31, 2014 31 Mar'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 March 2014

Catch up on all the biggest channel news stories from the past week, including full coverage of HP Global Partner Conference and Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas
March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14
Amazon follows Google with cloud price cuts

Just a day after Google announced price cuts to its cloud services its rival Amazon has followed
March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14
Claranet warns flexible cloud payments could be costly

Research from Claranet has warned that some customers opting for pay-as-you-go cloud payment models might be leaving themselves out of pocket
March 26, 2014 26 Mar'14
Google reveals price cuts to push Moore's Law into the cloud

Google has announced price cuts to its on-demand cloud services as it looks to widen the market
March 25, 2014 25 Mar'14
Cisco launches cloud services, Intercloud network at Partner Summit

Cisco pledges two year, billion dollar investment to build a global network of clouds, dubbed the Intercloud
March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14
Cloud supply chain requires clarity

The Cloud Industry Forum's certification partner has warned that customers and resellers need a clear supply
March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14
Brocade claims first-mover advantage in SDN evolution

With the launch of a new channel track built around its software-defined networking offer and growth in its Ethernet fabric proposition Brocade says it is beginning to win in staunch Cisco environments
March 20, 2014 20 Mar'14
Proximity talks expansion in virtualisation, security markets

As it reflects on a successful year of growth, UC and managed services provider Proximity Communications has revealed it is looking to grow into new markets to improve its end-to-end offering
March 19, 2014 19 Mar'14
Gartner: CIOs plan to change suppliers to gain better support

Gartner has warned that CIOs are looking for better support as in the next couple of years as they take advantage of some of the big technological changes
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 19, 2014 19 Mar'14
Outsourcery bottom line loss outweighs top line sales

Cloud services provider Outsourcery has posted steady growth in revenues but has also copped to a substantial loss in its first financial year-end statement since becoming a listed company
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 18, 2014 18 Mar'14
SolidFire: flash evangelists missing the big picture

Flash array vendor SolidFire has unveiled a series of enhancements to its operating system and criticised rivals for failing to look beyond pure speed when it comes to solid state sales
March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14
Logicalis hires Fujitsu solutions, architecture head Aston to run services

Richard Aston, former head of solutions and services at Fujitsu, jumps ship to Logicalis to spearhead the introduction of its Optimal services brand
March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14
Kelway lands £150m Atos contract

Kelway has been given a five year contract by Atos to handle its workspace and datacentre infrastructure
March 17, 2014 17 Mar'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 March 2014

SaaS most beloved cloud option, says report, Microsoft channel boss speaks out on reseller transition, and Azzurri cements recovery with cloud UC. Catch up on the biggest channel stories from last week
March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14
ISN Solutions lands £4.6m investment

Oil and gas vertical market specialist ISN Solutions has secured a £4.6m investment as it looks for further growth
March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14
Intermedia increases partner commission by a third

As part of its bid to recruit more MSPs and VARs, hosted cloud provider Intermedia has increased its monthly recurring revenues for partners
March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14
Microsoft keen to help cloud sceptics

Microsoft is willing to get those partners that have yet to take the plunge selling the cloud involved in an area of the market that is growing strongly
March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14
Azzurri ICON cloud launch cements business turnaround

Azzurri says the launch of its new ICON cloud and managed unified comms services suite heralds a return to normality following its restructuring
March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14
Griffin launches hybrid cloud service for partners

Network services provider launches first hybrid cloud offering backed by parent Easynet and hybrid specialist Zynstra
March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14
SaaS the most popular public cloud option

Research from analyst house METISfiles indicates that SaaS is the most popular public cloud option in the UK ahead of IaaS or PaaS options
March 11, 2014 11 Mar'14
UK and Germany deliver growth for Computacenter

Details of its full year financials indicate that Computacenter broke the £3bn revenue barrier as services business grew
March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14
IBM boss admits last year missed expectations

In the chairman's letter in IBM's 2013 annual report there is talk of cloud and growth but also an admission that last year did not meet expectations
March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 March 2014

Tech Data brings in Ingram man, Lexmark cracks down on dodgy cartridges, and former Logicalis boss Tom Kelly talks IaaS, managed services. Catch up on the last week's biggest news stories
March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14
Timico Partners hires channel marketing boss

Clare Greenall joins Timico Partners from Gamma Business Comms to take charge of its reseller strategy
March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14
Microsoft channel chief urges cloud adoption

Microsoft's channel chief has underlined that cloud is the way for its partners to go
March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14
CompTIA brings together comms, IT channels at Connected Business Expo

At Connected Business Expo in London, CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux has called for greater co-operation between telecoms and IT resellers
March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14
McAfee experiences strong MSP interest

Just weeks after launching its managed services programme McAfee has seen strong reseller interest in the scheme
March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14
Managed services transition speeding up

Technology is helping customers adopt managed services quicker and resellers are moving with greater speed to become MSPs, according to an IBM study
March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14
IBM: Channel has pivotal role to play as selling model changes

A senior channel executive at IBM Europe has indicated the channel can help it make the move to a services led sales approach
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 28, 2014 28 Feb'14
Kelly takes aim at cloud giants with Ospero venture

Former Logicalis boss Tom Kelly embarks on channel-building mission for cloud orchestration platform provider Ospero
February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14
Colt names Northdoor as newest franchisee

Network and comms provider Colt continues its drive to sign up franchise partners, inking a new agreement with City of London-based consultancy Northdoor
February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14
Telstra Global highlights risk of cloud stagnation

Customers who are not helped to exploit the cloud face losing out to the competition according to Telstra Global
February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14
IBM cloud investment will boost UK datacentre options

Plans by IBM to spend $1.2bn on building more global datacentres will see millions spent in the UK
February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14
Intermedia on EMEA charge following SaaSID buy

Hosted cloud provider Intermedia plans an aggressive ramp-up of its European business this year following its autumn 2013 acquisition of cloud security player SaaSID
February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14
Outsourcery boss tells channel to invest in cloud

The channel must start to make investments in the cloud if it is to survive warms the co-founder of Outsourcery
February 26, 2014 26 Feb'14
intY claims Microsoft Office 365 resale first

Cloud and SaaS aggregator intY has become the first UK partner allowed to sell Microsoft Office 365 through a two tier model
February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14
VMware launches vCloud Hybrid Service to channel

After a lengthy beta process, VMware has formally launched its vCloud Hybrid Service in the UK and hailed it as a game-changing move for channel partners
February 25, 2014 25 Feb'14
Oracle and IBM extend cloud reach

Both Oracle and IBM have been busy acquiring cloud specialists to give themselves more options for app developers and marketers
February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14
Mimecast heralds first 100 certified partners

Mimecast has hit the milestone of getting 100 partners through its technical certification process
February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14
Cloud ERP, commerce specialist NetSuite hooks up with CIF

Cloud software challenger NetSuite joins Cloud Industry Forum to foster cloud education and best practice
February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 February 2014

SCC buys into managed print game, Andy Gass returns to Blighty, and Phoenix offers assistance to sunken SMEs. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories of last week
February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14
NaviSite on the prowl for channel partners following OISG deal

MSP NaviSite makes major channel signing in the shape of OISG
February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14
Lexmark focuses on MPS business benefits to woo channel

Lexmark is attempting to bolster its channel offerings by placing greater emphasis on the wider business benefits that its Lexmark Print Management service offers
February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14
Customer pricing models set to mirror enterprise cloud billing, claims survey

More than half of all businesses today are still using either an in-house-developed system or manual processes to bill their customers, according to a survey by Cerillion Technologies
February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14
Onyx cruises towards £20m revenue mark

Onyx Group reflects on a strong financial year, with turnover heading towards the £20m mark
February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14
SCC bolsters managed print position with M2 buy

SCC has acquired M2 Digital as it looks to significantly expand its managed print services offering
February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14
Datacentre Distribution opens Harrogate office

Gamma Global’s distribution branch, Datacentre Distribution, has chosen Harrogate’s Evans Business Centre as the location for its new North Yorkshire office
February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14
Datacentre firm LDeX fixes energy prices for three years

London-based datacentre operator LDeX Group has secured energy pricing at its LDeX 1 facility until 2017
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