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Cloud Computing Services

• February 14, 2014 14 Feb'14

  Order book grows at Phoenix IT Group

  An improving order book was one highlight of the third fiscal quarter at Phoenix IT Group

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  Cisco service provider orders down 12% in second quarter

  Cisco blames a rapidly evolving market for a dip in sales during the second quarter of its financial year

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  VMware announces partner programme enhancements at PEX 2014

  VMware has announced a number of programme refinements at its global partner conference, introducing greater flexibility in its competency structure

• February 12, 2014 12 Feb'14

  Insight to build Euro cloud platform on Colt technology

  Insight Enterprises and Colt sign a major deal to underpin Insight’s pan-European cloud platform with Colt’s networking and datacentre services

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Resellers braced for more mobility demand

  The latest MicroScope poll has revealed a reseller market expecting more spending from customers on mobility and cloud

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Yorkshire wicket keeper Brophy fields £10m plan at Big Technology

  Recently-established Exclusive Networks spin-off Big Technology sets itself ambitious targets for 2014 and makes new hires, including a former professional cricketer, to back itself up

• February 11, 2014 11 Feb'14

  Xerox looking to drive managed print services

  Xerox is looking to encourage partners to push managed print services into the SME sector

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Claranet CEO: cloud providers to consolidate around midmarket

  Charles Nasser, CEO at expansive MSP Claranet forecasts consolidation in the cloud services market after booking 50% year-on-year growth across Europe

• 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

  Xerox appoints HP veteran in key UK channel role

  Xerox has hired a HP veteran to work in the UK channel team and help grow its customer base via reseller partners

• 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 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Imperva seals double acquisition to boost cloud options

  Enterprise security player Imperva has extended its cloud options with a couple of deals to buy start-ups

• February 06, 2014 06 Feb'14

  Zynstra signs Ingram for channel push

  SME hybrid cloud specialist Zynstra has signed Ingram Micro as it looks to grow its channel base

• February 05, 2014 05 Feb'14

  Outsourcery urges channel to address user cloud fears

  Outsourcery has urged resellers to help calm user worries about putting financial data into the cloud

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  CloudStore to be rebuilt to include other digital frameworks

  GDS is to build a Government Digital eMarketplace which will include the CloudStore and other digital frameworks

• February 04, 2014 04 Feb'14

  Dimension Data acquires NextiraOne, announces midmarket designs

  Dimension Data makes good on plans to buy networking comms integrator NextiraOne for an undisclosed sum and says it will expand into the midmarket

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  RM profits up after PC business exit

  Full year sales at RM have dropped as anticipated, but growth in profits suggests things are going the right way following the closure of its PC business

• 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 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Dell extends managed print options for SMEs

  Dell has started to put into place some building blocks to establish a managed print services suite for SMEs

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Citrix kicks off CEO search

  Citrix is starting the process of searching for a new CEO after Mark Templeton announced plans to retire in the next year

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Keltec becomes third Colt franchise partner in UK

  Infrastructure and technology integrator Keltec becomes the third UK firm to be handed Colt franchise partner status

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  General public remain in the dark over cloud technology

  Research from 123.reg has found that the vast majority of consumers do not understand cloud computing

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Azzurri’s Vim Vithaldas calls it a day

  Azzurri CEO Vim Vithaldas will leave the firm in July having accomplished his goals at the firm

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Cloud threatens to cause data recovery headaches

  Kroll Ontrack has warned that storing information in the cloud might cause challenges when it comes time to recovery that data

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Hybrid cloud demand bolsters VMware

  VMware is looking forward to this year with a fair amount of confidence after it delivered a solid 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 28, 2014 28 Jan'14

  Brit tech sector upswing gets into gear, says KPMG, Markit report

  The latest edition of KPMG and Markit’s Tech Monitor UK report suggests the IT industry is growing at its fastest pace since February of 2004

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  K3 insider gets CEO role as Makeham departs

  ERP software services specialist K3 Business Technology bids farewell to chief exec Andy Makeham, who passes the baton to CFO David Bolton

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 24 January 2014

  Lenovo gets its hands on IBM's x86 server business, Cisco in cloud conflict warning, and we report from education tech showcase BETT 2014. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past week

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Alternative Networks buys ControlCircle for hosting, cloud skills

  Alternative Networks acquires hosting and cloud services firm ControlCircle in its second major buy of the year, just two weeks after it picked up Intercept IT

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  Cisco: cloud could cause conflict between buyers and channel

  A survey of IT professionals conducted by Cisco and Intel has suggested that as control over IT shifts to lines of business, IT departments acting as brokers could come into conflict with the channel

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Calyx makes major service desk investment

  MSP claims enhancements to in-house service desk will enable it to increase its customer service capacity by 200 hours per week

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  BETT: A big year ahead for education and IT

  Cloud, computer programming skills and more flexibility about devices used by students are all themes for the year ahead

• 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 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Outsourcing market moves to smaller deals

  The latest Outsourcing Index shows a move away from customers spending millions on mega deals looking for a more flexible lower contract value approach

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Onyx Group relaunches business partner programme

  Datacentre and IaaS provider Onyx celebrates 20th birthday with enhanced channel partner offering

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Kyocera highlights potential school print savings

  Kyocera has highlighted the failure by some schools to monitor print costs and make savings

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Big Technology brings NFV firm Pluribus to UK

  Major signing for Exclusive Networks spin-off Big Technology promises resellers more in-depth control of datacentre architectures and an easy path to network function virtualisation sales.

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  RnD uses Alvea to underline SME cloud options

  RnD Systems Integration has rolled out hosted storage for a London-based marketing agency within just a few weeks of getting sign-off on the project

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 January 2013

  EMC gives sneak preview of new partner programme, distribution dragons seek out up-and-coming vendors, and Avnet gets new UK boss following reshuffle. Catch up on the biggest channel stories of last week

• January 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  Colt’s Simon Walsh heads to EMC

  Former Colt EVP and Computacenter UK MD Simon Walsh takes up the post of EMEA chief operating officer at EMC

• January 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  IBM ploughs $1.2bn into cloud data centres

  IBM has revealed plans to spend $1.2bn on building 15 new data centres to increase the capacity it can provide customers looking for cloud computing storage

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  EC hopes to encourage greater cloud use

  The European Commission is setting out to educate users and businesses about the benefits of cloud computing

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  HCL technologies extends cloud options with CSC tie-up

  Services players HCL Technologies and CSC have formed a partnership to help customers move to the cloud

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Logicalis highlights managed services opportunities

  A survey from Logicalis reveals that customers are more prepared to turn to managed service providers to run more of their IT infrastructure

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Datatec issues new profit warning, Westcon still soft

  ICT solutions provider Datatec has issued a profit warning after trading at Westcon failed to improve

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Kcom expands Cisco Powered virtual datacentre services offering

  Managed network services provider Kcom achieves new Cisco Powered Services Designation around virtualised datacentres

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  Cloud doubts starting to clear

  Research from Databarracks and Claranet indicates that some of the worries users had about the cloud are starting to be overcome

• January 14, 2014 14 Jan'14

  EMC shares first details of new Business Partner Programme

  Eight months after first telling the channel it was binning its Velocity partner programme, EMC has been sharing the first details of its new scheme

• 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

  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 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  Datacentre capacity to grow 22% through 2019

  A revised five year forecast for the UK datacentre market produced by Tariff Consultancy Ltd predicts steady growth and the emergence of ‘premium’ facilities

• January 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  European tech M&A activity back to pre-recession levels

  Figures from Regent Partners showed that the growth in M&A activity in the last quarter has got back to levels last enjoyed in 2006

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  Alternative Networks buys Intercept IT

  First major channel acquisition of 2014 sees hosted desktop specialist Intercept IT absorbed into business comms services provider Alternative Networks in a £12.95m deal

• January 09, 2014 09 Jan'14

  Canon steps up mobile printing support

  Canon has rolled out a couple of apps and multifunction printers designed to provide resellers with more cloud options to give to SME customers

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Sony looks to the clouds to deliver wow factor

  In his CES keynote speech the head of Sony has talked up the cloud's role in its future

• 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

  MicroScope's top stories: December 2013

  AMD predicts PC resurgence, Microsoft launches cloud partner network, and HP unveils 2014 hardware ranges. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from December 2013

• 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 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  Nasstar extends MSP reach with e-know.net buy

  Hosted desktop player Nasstar has announced the acquisition of MSP e-know.net

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  K3 Hosting seals first strategic channel partnership

  Just weeks after setting up the K3 Hosting operation has formed its first strategic partnership to widen its market reach

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  UKFast decides it’s profitable up north

  Manchester-based hosting company, UKFast is bucking the long-standing trend to pile everything into a van and head down the motorway to London, by opening up a new office in Glasgow

• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  Lexmark pushes channel to embrace print services and solutions

  Lexmark puts solutions sales and vertical apps at heart of channel plans for next year but warns that partners that don’t embrace the idea of print services may be left out in the cold

• December 12, 2013 12 Dec'13

  Microsoft launches channel Cloud OS Network

  Microsoft hopes launch of partner-driven Cloud OS Network will be a powerful counter to the likes of Amazon Web Services

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Node4: IT budgets to rise in 2014

  A survey of SME buyers by datacentre and comms provider Node4 suggests growing confidence that budgets will rise

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Outsourcery bags £4.2m to support public sector ambitions

  Cloud infrastructure specialist Outsourcery raises £4.2m from a new share placement as it builds out a CESG IL3-compliant platform for government work

• December 10, 2013 10 Dec'13

  Cisco: cloud to power channel in 2014

  Cisco looks ahead to a strong 2014 and claims its Cisco Powered cloud and managed services business is sprinting ahead of its resale business

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  ArrowSphere cloud platform to promote try-before-you-buy

  Arrow's cloud platform will also include trial options and promotions to provide resellers with incentives to share with customers

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 December 2013

  AMD sees bespoke system builders fighting back, EC lets DiData acquisition plans slip, and Microsoft simplifies licensing. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  Trustmarque bolsters Scottish presence with Opin buy

  Trustmarque has picked up Glasgow-based Opin Systems as it looks to extend its reach in Scotland

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Retailers not up to scratch on Cyber Monday

  Analytics specialists at NCC and Borland highlight sluggish site performance, pointing to upgrade and services opportunities around load testing and website management for the channel

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Datacentre provider boosts London capacity

  Datacentre operator Infinity SDC is partnering with Zayo Group, a bandwidth infrastructure provider, to gain high-capacity connectivity for a new datacentre in Slough

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Veeam grows cloud partner numbers

  Virtualisation specialist Veeam has seen the number of resellers signed up to its cloud programme double in 2013

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Cloud growth buoys Sage

  Sage continues to transform its business to become more cloud based with its subscription base increasing by three fold in the last fiscal year

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Chess buys again picking up The CRM Business

  Chess has made its twelfth buy of the year with Microsoft gold partner The CRM Business

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  HP hands seasoned exec Bladen UK public sector hotseat

  Long-serving HP employee Stuart Bladen takes over the post of lead for its UK public sector business.

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  EC lets Dimension Data acquisition bid slip

  European Commission reports NTT-owned Dimension Data is planning to acquire NextiraOne’s IT services businesses in Europe

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Claranet recruits former 2e2 staffer as CIO

  Managed services provider Claranet has recruited 2e2's former IT director

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Azlan adds Box to TDCloud services portfolio

  Secure file-sharing and document collaboration services provider Box revealed as latest addition to distie’s TDCloud services portfolio

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, November 2013

  Fujitsu bosses on the offensive, Microsoft parts ways with Avnet TS, and Acer CEO not functioning as intended. Catch up with the biggest IT channel news stories from November 2013

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 29 November 2013

  HP CEO's vision for 3D printers, Riverbed chucks revenue targets, and Exclusive Networks CARMS things down a bit. Check out some of the bigger stories from the past week

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Energy saving measures present opportunities for MFD resellers

  The current focus on energy costs could present some opportunities for resellers selling multifunction printers according to analysts Quocirca

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Phoenix still facing a challenging market

  Phoenix has revealed that market conditions have remained tough in its first half and improvements will have to wait until the second half

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Canon reveals first managed print channel partners

  Canon has revealed a list of ten channel partners that have gained its managed print services accreditation

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Riverbed bins revenue targets, moves to competency-based model

  A major overhaul of Riverbed’s channel partner programme for 2014 will see the emphasis shift from revenue targets to partner competencies

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  CIF finds hybrid cloud model causing CIO headaches

  The Cloud Industry Forum has found that the move towards a hybrid cloud is causing some CIOs concerns

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Public sector spending more than private on outsourcing

  The public sector is spending more than its private counterparts on outsourcing as they look to gain more efficiencies with IT spending

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 22 November 2013

  Acer's CEO that never was, Colt adds cloud oomph to ArrowSphere, and Redcentric devours InTechnology managed services arm. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Zynstra adds dedicated channel head to focus on VAR development

  SME cloud provider Zynstra, has appointed its first head of channel following a major funding round, as it attempts to drive its business through partners

• 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

  Phoenix launches HP-based cloud service

  Hosting company Phoenix has launched an HP-based ‘off-the-shelf’ infrastructure designed to deliver IT services via the cloud

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  IDC: Time for the digital media industry to embrace cloud storage

  The entertainment and media industry has not been quick to embrace cloud but that will need to change according to IDC

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Colt cloud services added to ArrowSphere platform

  Arrow partners will get access to new cloud infrastructure and networking elements after the addition of Colt’s cloud services to its ArrowSphere platform

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Datacentre hosting firm NGD rolls out channel programme

  Next Generation Data (NGD) rolls out full-scale version of channel partner programme and targets 15 to 20 new signings as it ramps up its indirect activities

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Cloud Distribution reflects on strong year, expands services wrap

  Specialist emerging tech distie Cloud Distribution now claims to be the only truly value added distribution player active in the UK market

• 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 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  K3 takes wraps off hosting division

  K3 has launched a hosting operation to provide an answer to growing customer demand

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 15 November 2013

  It was a week where money played a major role, either in the shape of funding a merger or providing funds to resellers looking to become managed services specialists

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Databarracks urges more cloud contract clarity

  Databarracks has added its voice to the calls for cloud service providers to be more transparent about what they offer