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Cloud Computing Services

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Redcentric picks up InTechnology Managed Services

  Redcentric has acquired InTechnology Managed Services in a move designed to make it one of the largest players in the UK market

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Amazon Web Services throws down VDI gauntlet to rivals

  Amazon Web Services has taken the wraps off a PC virtualisation product that it claims is cheaper than rival offerings

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Logicalis picks ex-Logica, BT man Bullard for CEO post

  Logicalis names seasoned industry executive Gary Bullard as successor to outgoing CEO Ian Cook

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Syscap steps into managed services cash flow gap

  Channel finance specialists Syscap are offering resellers support as they start to move to subscription-based business models

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  AVG adds online backup to CloudCare platform

  Security specialist AVG has extended the functionality of its CloudCare platform adding online backup to the options resellers can offer SMEs

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Amazon Web Services beefs up channel programme

  Amazon Web Services is increasing the support for those resellers that put some consulting muscle behind selling its cloud offering

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Rackspace investing in growth strategy

  Cloud player Rackspace has seen its income fall and sales rise as it continues to stick to a plan to grow the business

• 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 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Gartner: Internet of Things will be worth trillions

  The Internet of Things will be worth trillions of extra revenue and will grow faster than the traditional IT sector

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 8 November 2013

  Fujitsu bosses rubbish Dell strategy, Acer CEO walks after losses mount, and Ingram Micro gets into managed print. Catch up on the biggest channel stories from the past seven days

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  Stonesoft sets out channel plans for McAfee future

  Stonesoft top brass have been discussing their plans for the channel as the company undergoes its integration into McAfee

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Ingram launches managed print service

  Ingram Micro has taken the wraps off its PrintSense service to help resellers get a slice of the managed print market

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  Outsourcery partners Dell in government project

  Outsourcery and Dell have teamed up to provide an IL3 offering to central government

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  Reseller demand drives Comms Care bottom line

  Comms Care has delivered a solid set of results thanks to more demand from resellers for its IT support services

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  Six Degrees latest to secure G-Cloud 4 placing

  Expanding MSP Six Degrees successfully selected for fourth phase of UK government’s G-Cloud project

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 1 November 2013

  HP makes redundancies across EMEA, Microsoft cuts Avnet from distribution pack, and Dell faces up to foul-smelling laptop problem. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Onyx follows infrastructure investment with new appointments

  Datacentre and infrastructure supplier, Onyx Group, has bolstered its executive team with two new appointments as it ramps up an investment drive

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  CIF, Galahad offer cloud training seminars for the uninitiated

  Galahad, a technology training company has teamed up with the Cloud Industry Forum to provide buyers and resellers with an introduction to cloud computing

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Brother UK signs British Cycling deal for UCI Track World Cup

  Print vendor Brother to support British Cycling at 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  Capacity boost for VanillaIP as surge towards cloud continues

  VanillaIP, the UC cloud provider, is partnering with City Lifeline to help shore up its delivery capacity to service providers in the face of demanding growth

• October 31, 2013 31 Oct'13

  InTechnology gains G-4 supplier status and develops Oracle cloud platform for public sector

  InTechnology, has secured a supplier listing in the government’s G-Cloud 4 procurement round and extended its cloud offerings to include Oracle-based platform-as-a-service

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Outsourcery gains G-Cloud 4 supplier status

  Cloud provider Outsourcery celebrates inclusion on 4th iteration of government's G-Cloud framework

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Pulsant attempts to woo new partners

  Cloud and colo outfit Pulsant on the look-out for both reseller and referral partners

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Quantum launches cloud backup partner programme

  Resellers and MSPs alike will be able to offer Quantum virtual deduplication appliance and vmPRO backup software-powered backup-as-a-service

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Uncertain energy policies crippling UK datacentre industry’s future

  Uncertainty on energy policies could cause potential investors in the UK’s datacentre industry to look abroad instead, experts warn

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Arrow Computerlinks purchase a done deal

  The acquisition of Computerlinks by Arrow Electronics formally closed on 28 October 2013

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Avnet brings CloudEnhance data management programme to UK

  Launch of Avnet Technology Solutions’ CloudEnhance channel programme intended to help partners address gaps around management of unstructured data

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Ingram Micro adds vertical enablement to Channel Transformation Alliance

  Ingram Micro has teamed up with leading vendor members of the Channel Transformation Alliance – its cloud and MSP programme – to offer resellers, MSPs and ISVs vertical and LOB training

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Daisy buys maintenance and support MSP Indecs

  Daisy Group hits the acquisition trail again, buying Midlands-based technical maintenance and support services provider Indecs for a cash consideration of up to £18m

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Comstor adds Meraki to line card after Cisco acquisition

  Westcon-owned specialist Comstor adds Meraki solutions to unlock channel cloud management capabilities

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Cautious customers hit Citrix Q3 numbers

  Slow customer spending was blamed by Citrix for its failure to meet expectations in its third quarter

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  EMC hits all targets, but US shutdown drags on sales

  Despite hitting all its goals for the third quarter, EMC has professed itself disappointed thanks to a decline in US government spending

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Computacenter set for strong end to year, UK services at record high

  Computacenter is entering the final quarter of the year with momentum and growth in its Supply Chain and Services businesses, with Professional Services utilisation in the UK at record highs

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Logicalis in new attempt to define SDN future

  Managed service provider Logicalis is embarking on a bold attempt to define the future of software-defined networking (SDN), forming an internal team to ponder the big issues

• 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

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 18 October 2013

  Exclusive Networks launches Big new unit, Westcon lines up to back Avaya midmarket scheme, and all the news from VMworld Europe 2013. Catch up on last week's biggest news stories

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Westcoast pushes partners into HP clouds

  A new deal between Westcoast and HP will see partners get access to pay-as-you-go cloud options to offer to their customers

• 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 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  VMware insists vCloud Hybrid Service no threat to partner business

  VMware is bringing its own brand vCloud Hybrid Service to Britain, and has revealed plans to build out a two tier channel to support its ambitions, insisting it means partners no harm

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  VMware to partners: virtualise the entire datacentre

  In his VMworld Europe 2013 keynote, Pat Gelsinger has urged VMware partners and customers to virtualise the entire datacentre and announced the acquisition of DaaS firm Desktone

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Zynstra plugs into Cloud Industry Forum

  SME hybrid cloud outfit Zynstra buys into CIF’s code of practice scheme

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  HP boss reports turnaround plans remain on track

  Almost two years through a five year turnaround plan the boss of HP Meg Whitman has said the vendor is on track

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Citrix warns on Q3 revenues

  Citrix has warned investors that it will not be able to deliver the revenues it had expected in Q3

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  NGD appoints channel sales development head

  Colocation datacentre provider Next Generation Data targets service providers looking to expand their hosting capabilities

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  IBM bolsters cloud options for MSPs

  IBM has started to exploit its SoftLayer acquisition introducing more analytics to customers and more solution options for managed service partners

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  2e2 datacentre unit star performer for Daisy Group

  Daisy Group reports strong performance from acquired datacentre business, reveals sales, earnings in line with expectations

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  CIF finds hybrid cloud is the user choice

  Findings from the Cloud Industry Forum indicate that the cloud market is becoming mainstream in the UK

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Abiquo platform release targets Amazon channel ‘victims’

  Latest release of cloud management software vendor’s platform to help partners position themselves as an alternative to Amazon EC2

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 4 October 2013

  Getronics buys NEC Enterprise Solutions, HP tweaks PartnerOne programme again, and Intrinsic names new CEO. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• 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

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Start-up CloudFabriQ seeks partners for cloud management solution

  British ISV CloudFabriQ starts beta testing its V-Maestro cloud management package with key customers, and calls for partners

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  Phoenix handed uni storage, server framework spot by NetApp

  Managed services provider Phoenix selected by NetApp as a partner under the National Server and Storage Framework

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  SCC revenues up despite impact of SDG sale

  Underlying full year business at solutions provider SCC has proved resilient in the wake of the sale of its distribution arm, SDG, to Azlan

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Cloud reseller start-ups gaining attention

  The growing number of small resellers that have emerged focused solely on the cloud are being taken seriously by Box

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  MicroScope's top stories, September 2013

  Gartner warns cloud not a guarantee of wealth, Citrix aquires in UK and Amazon extends IaaS lead. Catch up on the biggest stories affecting the channel from September 2013

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  iomart splashes out on Backup Technologies

  Cloud specialist iomart has bolstered its portfolio after acquiring hosted backup and disaster recovery player Backup Technologies

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Aorta Cloud: Nirvanix rescue mission gathers steam

  Brits ride to rescue of stranded Nirvanix customers, as defunct cloud storage provider extends end of service deadline into October

• 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 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  SME cloud buyers looking for local expertise

  SME cloud buyers can buy services anywhere but prefer to deal with local resellers that understand their connectivity issues

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 27 September 2013

  Outsourcery fills Microsoft cloud gap, Ingram hires new president, COO, Avnet pitches desktop virtualisation programme at channel. Catch up on last week's biggest stories

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Intrinsic names former AppSense boss to CEO role

  AppSense CEO Darron Antill is to join MSP Intrinsic as chief executive to help pave the way for the next stage of the firm’s growth strategy

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  STAR certification to identify solid cloud security players

  The launch of a certification to help cloud security providers prove they are reliable should help calm those customers worried about the safety of their hosted data

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Comstor signed up by X-IO

  Comstor has inked a deal with X-IO to extend storage to those resellers selling data centre and cloud solutions

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  channelfusion adds Infrascale to vendor list

  Storage distributor has added Infrascale to the growing list of vendors on its books

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Outsourcery reacts to channel demand with O-Cloud

  Cloud specialist Outsourcery has launched its own small business offering to provide resellers with something to pitch to SMEs

• September 22, 2013 22 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 20 September 2013

  HP UK boss Wilson heads Down Under, Advanced rides to rescue of 2e2 public sector customer, and Outsourcery strikes Ingram Micro deal. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  LDD Group secures multi-million pound NEPA print contract

  Leeds-based reseller LDD Group teams up with Samsung to offer public sector print services under the National Education Printer Framework

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Vodafone partner Olive Comms buys rival Wish

  Vodafone Platinum Partner Olive Communications has forked out an undisclosed sum to buy competitor Wish Communications

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  RM on track for stronger end to financial year

  Education IT specialist says that based on its performance in the past three months, it is heading for a much stronger finish to the year than it previously thought

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Partner Advantage Cloud added to Juniper channel programme

  Partner Advantage Cloud will help Elite level partners lever Juniper Networks products as part of a cloud solution

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  RF Code adds mobile datacentre management capabilities

  Datacentre environment monitoring and asset management specialist RF Code courts resellers with new management capabilities for iPad, tablets and smartphones

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Aorta Cloud mounts rescue mission for Nirvanix customers

  Following revelations that US cloud provider Nirvanix is shuttering its service, UK partner Aorta Cloud embarks on fundraising mission to offer service continuity to customers

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Adobe talks up "overwhelming" cloud demand

  Adobe might have missed revenue targets for its Q3 but is increasing its recurring revenue generating cloud subscriber base

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Lead gen biggest challenge for growing MSPs, says GFI CEO

  GFI CEO Walter Scott says vendor marketing initiatives will become a critical element of channel support plans as managed service provider numbers grow exponentially in the coming years

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Advanced rides to rescue of 2e2 customer Moray Council

  Eleventh hour project rescue bid saw Advanced Business Solutions take charge of Scottish council’s finance management system migration project after 2e2 went under earlier this year

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Huawei merges carrier IT services with managed network services

  Chinese networking firm Huawei is merging its IT services business into its managed network services operation

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Outsourcery strikes strategic partnership with Ingram Micro

  Cloud specialist Outsourcery has sealed a strategic partnership with Ingram Micro offering the distributor's partner base its technology

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 13 September 2013

  Former Riverbed, Abiquo boss Jim Darragh new boy from Ipanema, Softcat celebrates Cisco Gold, and Citrix buys UK office suite player Byte Squared. Catch up on last week's biggest channel stories

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  Zynstra plans channel expansion with VC funding

  Having secured millions hybrid cloud provider Zynstra is planning to use some of the money to expand its channel activities

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Ipanema names former Riverbed SVP Darragh to CEO post

  Incoming CEO Jim Darragh tasked with turning Ipanema Technologies into a “leading challenger” in WAN optimisation controller and services market

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Softcat bags Cisco Gold status after two-year slog

  Two-year investment in training and resources sees Softcat step up to elite Gold tier of Cisco resellers in the UK

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 September 2013

  Gartner warns resellers not to bank on cloud, German contract fall-out hurts Computacenter, and Trustmarque opens new London office. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 06, 2013 06 Sep'13

  Node4 cycling squad to ride Tour of Britain 2013

  Node4-backed cycling team has unveiled its line-up for the 2013 Tour of Britain, which starts on 15 September

• September 06, 2013 06 Sep'13

  iomart forks out £8m for datacentre firm Redstation

  Acquisitive Scottish cloud outfit heads south to buy Hants-based datacentre operation Redstation for £8m

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  Brocade locks in Lipsin to run global channel

  Datacentre networking specialist Brocade taps former Arbor Networks channel boss Bill Lipsin to take charge of channel, system integrator sales

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  Damovo opens customer demo centre

  Enterprise IT solutions specialist Damovo shows off Client Innovation Centre, showcasing key vendors such as Cisco and Microsoft

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  AVG extends options for managed service providers

  AVG has started to integrate its offerings with those of Level Platforms which it acquired earlier this summer

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Citrix acquires UK office suite player Byte Squared

  Citrix has acquired UK firm Byte Squared as it looks to bolster the enterprise applications it can offer customers

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Ian Cook gets chairman role at Logicalis

  Logicalis CEO Ian Cook to step up to group chairman role at end of financial year

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Trustmarque opens City pad to target services business

  Yorks-based solutions provider Trustmarque joins procession of channel businesses piling into the City to target more enterprise and services business

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 30 August 2013

  IaaS data shows Amazon Web Services out in front, Arrow guzzles Computerlinks, and Ballmer calls it quits. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  Computacenter makes first half loss on German fallout

  Computacenter books statutory pre-tax loss after making provisions for losses on three dodgy German contracts, but the underlying business is heading in the right direction

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Gartner warns resellers not to bank on cloud riches

  Although customers continue to invest in the cloud the level of money that technology takes from the IT budget will still be fairly low according to Gartner

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Nutanix adds Microsoft Hyper-V support to platform

  “SAN-free” datacentre specialist celebrates VMworld 2013 by getting cosy with Microsoft, offering new support possibilities to the channel

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  AVG targets packetTrap MSPs with trade-in offer

  Following the decision by Dell to wind down development of the packetTrap products AVG has revealed plans to step into the breach

• August 27, 2013 27 Aug'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 23 August 2013

  Softcat picks up keys to new London gaff, IPL's Azure platform deployment pays off for UCAS, and Logicalis brings our boys back home. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Computacenter, Biomni first in EMEA to use vCHS

  Computacenter's service catalogue provider Biomni is to become the first EMEA firm to test-drive VMware's vCloud Hybrid Service

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Microsoft, Google, IBM far behind AWS in IaaS, PaaS segments, data shows

  IT heavyweights including Microsoft, Google and IBM are playing catch up with Amazon Web Services in the IaaS and PaaS segments

• August 22, 2013 22 Aug'13

  Avaya reveals software-defined datacentre vision

  Avaya sets out its software-defined datacentre stall ahead of VMworld 2013 in San Francisco

• August 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  Fujitsu: SMEs should tie up with big boys in public sector deals

  The government’s drive to encourage greater involvement from SMEs in bidding for government contracts could be a futile endeavour if SMEs go it alone, according to Fujitsu