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• 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

  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 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 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

  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 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 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

  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 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 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 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

• 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

  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

  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 21, 2013 21 Aug'13

  CIF disputes Gartner Hype Cycle cloud claims

  Cloud Industry Forum hits out after Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies places cloud computing in the “Trough of Disillusionment”

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Legal cloud specialists should look to Scottish example

  Databarracks calls for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to offer guidance to its members on selecting cloud providers and technologies

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 16 August 2013

  Microsoft names first Brit Surface partners, Azlan and Avaya reunite, and Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs as recovery remains sluggish. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  IPL Azure platform passes UCAS A-Level results day test

  A cloud service provided by Microsoft Azure IPL to customer UCAS has passed its first major test with an A* grade

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  IBM extends cloud with Trusteer mobile security

  IBM is to acquire financial fraud specialist Trusteer, as part of a bid to boost its cloud software and services business

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  New body to educate on HDD technology

  Hard disk vendors form industry body to promote storage technology as big data pushes up demand

• August 08, 2013 08 Aug'13

  Government opens fourth iteration of cloud framework G-Cloud 4 for business

  Cabinet Office has opened the fourth iteration of UK government cloud – G-Cloud 4 to accept tenders from new cloud suppliers and existing ones

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Network Interlinks Rise to cloud demand

  Cloud player Rise and business continuity firm Network Interlinks have formed a partnership to meet customer demand for hosted disaster recovery

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  O2 Wholesale channel Index reveals VoIP and cloud growth

  The second Channel Index from O2 Wholesale has revealed resellers expect to make money from VoIP and the cloud but not hardware

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  MicroScope top stories, week ending 2 August 2013

  Last week saw the ownership battle for Dell take another turn, PC World being held up as a model for the NHS and some more predictions about the growth of the cloud

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  Aerohive signs up Cloud Distribution

  As it continues to look for UK expansion Aerohive has signed up Cloud Distribution as its third distie

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Cloud providers must tackle PRISM fears

  The high profile revelations of government snooping should not be ignored by those channel players trying to build trust in the cloud

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  UKFast CEO Jones pumps £4.5m into grad recruitment

  Creation of 50 new jobs at UKFast’s Manchester base helps address graduate unemployment problem and helps cloud hosting outfit beat growth targets

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  BMC kicks off summer of cloud

  BMC Software has decided this will be a summer of cloud as it looks to trumpet its activities in the market

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  IDC finds SMEs move to cloud could upset reseller relationships

  IDC has cast its eye over the European SME market and found that as more budget heads to cloud, big data and mobile it could threaten existing reseller relationships

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Cloud the way for MSBs to catch up on larger rivals

  Using the cloud is the best way for medium-sized firms to catch up on the ICT investment gap between them and large enterprise competition

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Alvea enhances cloud storage options

  Channel cloud platform specialists Alvea Services has lifted the lid of a range of enhancements to its attached storage options

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 12 July 2013

  Polish Oracle reseller lands in UK, Dell's Kathy Schneider on the move, and Microsoft details channel cloud strategy at WPC 2013, in our regular look back at the top IT channel stories from the past week

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  EMC strengthens Flash capabilities with ScaleIO

  Following its purchase of identity management firm Aveksa, Flash software firm ScaleIO becomes the latest addition to EMC’s portfolio

• July 10, 2013 10 Jul'13

  Microsoft realigns partner cloud training, competencies

  At its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston Texas, Microsoft has shared details of how it will change training and competencies to help partners make the most of the cloud

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Microsoft rallies partners to build hybrid Azure

  At Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston, Texas, Microsoft announces a major push to attract businesses to use Azure through a “cloud first” strategy

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Education Technology focus of RM rescue plan

  As first half sales drop again, RM management pledges “immediate attention” to struggling Education Technology business, but there is good news from the profitability standpoint

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 5 July 2013

  Our regular look back at the most important ICT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  UKFast strikes in M&A campaign with BurstNET UK buy

  Just days after appointing an M&A director cloud specialist UKFast has snapped up the British arm of US hosted specialist BurstNET for an undisclosed sum

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  Outsourcery targets HP partner channel for SME UC sales

  Cloud services provider gets the go ahead to offer UC solutions to SME customers through selected HP VARs

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Cloud costs worry customers

  Compuware research has revealed that fears over hidden cloud costs and performance are worrying CIOs

• July 02, 2013 02 Jul'13

  Arrow named as first pan-European distie for Citrix

  Citrix SaaS products to be made available on the ArrowSphere cloud services platform

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Microsoft boasts of greater services for developers

  On the second day of its Build developers conference Microsoft has talked of its efforts to improve services to support cloud and mobile applications

• June 28, 2013 28 Jun'13

  Sage adds more SME, midmarket cloud options for channel

  Latest version of Sage 200 billed as response to midmarket customer demand for cloud ERP

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  SMEs making moves to adopt cloud email services

  The latest Spiceworks survey of the cloud market has revealed more SMEs are planning to use hosted email and file-sharing services

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Veeam extends backup to cloud programme

  Veeam has made enhancements to its cloud provider programme including its backup suite as part of the offering

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  UKFast hiring M&A team to support acquisition plans

  Cloud specialist UKFast is hiring finance specialists to staff an M&A team as it looks to make acquisitions

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Gartner predicts expansion in office cloud app usage

  Gartner is forecasting a growth in the number of customers that are using cloud-based office systems over the next couple of years

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  AVG acquires Level Platforms

  AVG has boosted the management and monitoring options it can deliver through CloudCare as a result of a Level Platforms acquisition

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Box targets G-Cloud growth with Softcat

  Duo claim Box’s collaboration solutions will fill an important strategic gap for many public sector customers

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Data knowledge key to making cloud moves

  Resellers have to help customers understand their own internal data flows before taking them into a cloud environment

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  IBM's SoftLayer buy should increase reseller cloud options

  IBM's move to buy cloud infrastructure specialist SoftLayer should provide resellers with more options to pitch to SME customers

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Microsoft partner Core picks up Parative

  Microsoft service providers hook up to take advantage of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services launch and build Office 365, UC business

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  CMS gets Euro rights to Connected Data's 'Transporter'

  CMS Distribution has acquired exclusive European distribution rights to cloud storage technology from US company Connected Data

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  SAP centralises cloud and HANA management

  SAP has opted to reshuffle its management pack to ensure that it can encourage more users to adopt cloud services

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  MicroScope’s top stories, week ending 18 May 2013

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

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Microsoft finds that cloud equals confidence for SMEs

  Those SMEs that have made the investment in cloud are more confident about their growth prospects in the future according to Microsoft research

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  VMware appoints new global channel head

  VMware names former Cisco commercial sales boss O’Callaghan to run worldwide channels

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Channel suppliers line up for G-Cloud III

  The latest phase of the government’s G-Cloud project once again includes a good number of channel stalwarts

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  Cloud delivering growth in the BPM market

  Those vendors that have cracked the platform as a service sale are among those to enjoy growth in a mixed business process management market

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  Azlan shows off cloud services portfolio, billing, white label options

  Azlan has launched its cloud services portfolio and signed up to distribute white-label IaaS solutions from AirVM

• May 17, 2013 17 May'13

  Computacenter backs the Cloud Industry Forum

  Computacenter has signed up to the values and aims of the Cloud Industry Forum

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  NetSuite plans channel investment, consolidation

  At SuiteWorld 2013 in California, NetSuite has expanded on its European growth plans but says some unproductive resellers may fall by the wayside

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  Colt launches cloud storage service

  Colt has taken the wraps off a cloud storage service that resellers can offer to customers looking to take advantage of putting their data into a hosted environment

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Embotics brings in Zycko after dropping Avnet

  Virtualisation and cloud specialist Embotics has signed up Zycko to handle its products after taking the decision to part company with Avnet

• May 14, 2013 14 May'13

  NetSuite enhances SDN app dev programme, targets more partner collaboration

  Cloud financial and ERP specialist launches new certification for its growing network of app developer and ISV partners and encourages resellers to forge links with them

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Customers investing in IT for growth not to cut costs

  Users are looking to invest in technology to drive growth rather than cutting costs according to the latest IT Index from Pearlfinders

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  3i sells Civica to Omers private equity

  3i has sold off Civica as it looks to reduce its debts with Omers private equity picking up the business

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  CloudSense partners up with Salesforce Services

  CloudSense has sealed a partnership with Salesforce Services as it responds to customer demands for more flexibility

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  MicroScope cloud survey highlights reseller worries

  A MicroScope survey on cloud computing has revealed that resellers are worried about vendors and many are not yet convinced it's time for them to make major changes

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  CloudSense bolsters vertical reach with Impactive buy

  CloudSense has acquired financial and telecoms IT consultancy Impactive as it looks to continue its growth

• April 23, 2013 23 Apr'13

  Alvea gets Cloud Industry Forum certification nod

  Badge will increase partner and customer confidence in Alvea cloud platform, firm says

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  IBM misses targets as software deals slip

  Big Blue has missed its earnings and revenue targets for its first quarter blaming some software and mainframe deals that failed to get signed off

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  Abiquo to plough VC dosh into marketing, sales plan

  Cloud platform provider bags multimillion dollar funding round from growth capital investor Oxford Capital

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Branson advice sparks UKFast enterprise division

  A chat with Virgin founder Richard Branson has sparked some changes at UKFast as it split into two distinct operations

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Rise finds cloud demand changing reseller approach

  The growing demand for cloud and managed services is forcing a significant number of resellers to change their approach to customers

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Big data, cloud and virtualisation driving enterprise revenues

  Big data, cloud and virtualisation technologies are driving enterprise revenues through distribution and have managed to offset the decline in server sales

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Cloud model paying off for Adobe

  Subscription-based cloud services are making a difference to Adobe's revenues with more customers taking advantage of more flexible payment options

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Claranet warns cloud ROI argument must be broader

  The cost justification of making a move to the cloud is being too narrowly assessed by many customers according to Claranet

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 15 March 2013

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

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  CIF chairman takes non-executive role at Outsourcery

  Cloud Industry Forum chairman Andy Burton has taken a non-executive director role at Outsourcery as the reseller looks to grow its business in the cloud

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Outsourcery CEO Linney joins BBC Dragons

  Cloud computing provider Outsourcery has revealed its co-CEO Piers Linney is to join the line-up for the next series of the BBC’s Dragon’s Den as a replacement for outgoing Theo Paphitis

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Ancoris buys Google Cloud, Lotus specialist Appogee

  Cloud services provider and Google Premier Enterprise Partner Ancoris has bought Google Cloud development firm Appogee for an undisclosed sum

• March 04, 2013 04 Mar'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 1 March 2013

  Our regular look back at the most popular IT channel news stories from the past seven days

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Six Degrees warns against cloud confusion

  Channel cloud providers are causing confusion by using too much jargon and not providing enough education according to the results of research from the Six Degrees Group

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  VMware flexes channel muscles at PEX

  VMware has added new incentives, enablement and collaboration programmes on the opening day of its global partner knees-up, PEX

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Enables IT lifts lid on growth plans, plots M&A spree

  Network and virtualisation specialist Enables IT has posted its first set of annual results following its reverse takeover by MSP Nexus Management and revealed details of its future strategy

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Vision aims at Citrix users with cloud disaster recovery

  Vision Solutions is targeting the Citrix channel with a new line of cloud protection and recovery solutions, based on its Double-Take and MIMIX lines

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  Elastichosts makes cloud services offering global

  Cloud services provider Elastichosts has taken the wraps off four data centres across the globe to provide resellers selling to multinational customers with more options

• February 04, 2013 04 Feb'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 1 February 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  Cloud channel reaching maturity

  Research from the Cloud Industry Forum in partnership with IBM has revealed that those resellers selling cloud have not grown much in the last two years as the market matures

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  VMware cuts staff to boost bottom line

  VMware is to lay off 900 staff, mostly in non-core functions, as the virtualisation giant seeks to breathe new life into flat profits

• January 29, 2013 29 Jan'13

  IBM ramps up social tools

  IBM has increased the number of social media tools in its portfolio as it looks to dominate a market that analysts expect will be worth billions