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Cloud Platforms

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Rise promotes from within to fill MD role

  Rise has unvieled a new managing director as the cloud specialist looks to grow and expand its partner network

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 18 January 2013

  Our regular look back at the most widely read channel news stories from the past seven days

• January 16, 2013 16 Jan'13

  Netutils teams up with Ipanema to bolster cloud offering

  Netutils has formed a partnership with Ipanema Technologies to add the application performance management technology to its cloud portfolio

• January 14, 2013 14 Jan'13

  Channel cautious over cloud opportunities

  The latest research from the Cloud Industry Forum has indicated that the channel remains cautious over just how many opportunities the cloud really offers

• January 11, 2013 11 Jan'13

  NetSuite buys US ISV to extend SuiteCommerce platform

  NetSuite is beefing up its e-commerce platform, SuiteCommerce, with the purchase of one of its ISV partners

• January 07, 2013 07 Jan'13

  Stone and Redstor partner to offer cloud services

  Stone Group and Redstor are partnering to offer a range of cloud services to the education and public sector

• January 03, 2013 03 Jan'13

  Former SCC staffer lands services role at Bull

  Bull UK and Ireland has recruited a new sales and services director as it looks for more growth in the year ahead

• December 19, 2012 19 Dec'12

  Colt shares intel on transformation programme

  Networking, comms and cloud provider Colt Group has shared more details of a new programme to accelerate the transformation of its business

• December 13, 2012 13 Dec'12

  Cloud specialist steps into CEO role at CA

  CA Technologies has concluded a six month search for a replacement for its outgoing CEO turning to a man with experience in the cloud

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  EMC to keep up channel momentum into 2013

  EMC will look to build on what has been a transformative 2012 for its channel during the next 12 months, with the addition of new, deeper sales training options, among other things

• December 11, 2012 11 Dec'12

  Public sector looking for more nimble supply options

  Public sector customers are going to look more often at suppliers that can help them keep costs and under control and deliver IT projects on time according to IDC

• December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12

  ComputerLinks signs up Globo

  ComputerLinks has become the distribution partner for mobile application and SaaS specialist Globo as it continues to widen the product options it offers resellers

• December 03, 2012 03 Dec'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 30 November 2012

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

• November 30, 2012 30 Nov'12

  ISVs turning to managed services players in cloud moves

  Managed service specialists could make ideal partners for ISVs looking to get their software into the cloud

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  Cisco merges cloud, managed services reseller programmes

  Cisco has merged its channel Cloud Provider and Cloud Services Reseller roles with its Managed Services Channel Programme to form a single Cloud and Managed Services Programme

• November 28, 2012 28 Nov'12

  SMEs lacking the skills to move to secure cloud

  Smaller customers lack the skills to make the move to a secure cloud environment and will have to rely on channel partners to take further steps to a hosted environment

• November 26, 2012 26 Nov'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 23 November 2012

  Our regular look back at the most read stories on MicroScope.co.uk from the past seven days

• November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12

  SCC claims first healthcare cloud in Merseyside

  Integrator SCC has signed the UK’s first healthcare cloud deal to deliver secure datacentre services to Mersey Care NHS Trust through 2017

• November 23, 2012 23 Nov'12

  Vendor cloud recommendations not opening SME doors

  A good word from a vendor is not going to get small companies rushing into the arms of resellers as MicroScope research reveals that the channel has to develop its own story

• November 22, 2012 22 Nov'12

  SMEs looking for simple steps on cloud journey

  Small customers want to move to the cloud starting with proven technology that will inspire confidence about the hosted model

• November 21, 2012 21 Nov'12

  Cost and complexity fears hold back cloud adoption

  MicroScope research of the SME customer base has found security, cost and complexity fears are holding back wider cloud adoption

• November 21, 2012 21 Nov'12

  AVG exceeds reseller cloud ambitions

  AVG has signed up three times as many resellers as it aimed for to sell its CloudCare platform

• November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12

  Comstor to offer Cisco, NetApp ExpressPod to SME market

  Westcon Group’s Cisco specialist unit, Comstor, has added Cisco and NetApp’s latest cloud platform, ExpressPod, to its channel line-up to help partners break into the SME cloud market

• November 20, 2012 20 Nov'12

  SME cloud opportunity still sizeable

  A decent chunk of the SME market has yet to embrace the cloud, leaving the door open for resellers

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 16 November 2012

  A selection of the most viewed stories on MicroScope in the week ending 16 November 2012

• November 19, 2012 19 Nov'12

  Cisco makes cloud moves with Meraki buy

  Cisco has splashed out $1.2bn to acquire cloud networking start-up Meraki as it looks to expand the hosted support it can deliver to the market

• November 14, 2012 14 Nov'12

  SMEs unwilling to invest in staff recruitment

  An annual survey of the global SME market from Spiceworks has revealed that although budgets are expected to go up the hiring of new staff has stalled in the sector

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  Brocade adds Vyatta to software networking offer

  Brocade has forked out an undisclosed sum to acquire US-based network software expert Vyatta

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  Cloud strategy paying off for ComputerLinks

  ComputerLinks has taken the unusual step of revealing its revenue figures as it demonstrates to the market and its channel customers that its strategy around cloud services is delivering

• November 05, 2012 05 Nov'12

  Embotics expands distribution line-up

  Cloud management specialist Embotics has added a couple of distributors to its channel line-up as it looks to increase the business generated by resellers in the UK and Benelux

• November 01, 2012 01 Nov'12

  EMC tempts VARs to make service provider transition

  EMC has refurbished its cloud-centric Velocity Service Provider Programme, announcing a new scheme that will enable VARs to make the leap up from its Solution Provider community

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Acquisition, development costs hit Colt Group profits

  Colt Group has booked a 3.2% decline in its EBITDA after its acquisitions of MarketPrizm and ThinkGrid and associated product development costs

• October 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  VMware profits dip as expenses rack up

  Although it booked growth across the board in licence and services revenues, VMware’s profits failed to keep pace with the runaway growth in virtualisation and cloud infrastructure in Q3

• October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12

  BT highlights cloud momentum

  BT and Ovum has revealed that there is a swing in favour of cloud computing thanks to buying patterns changing with networking and IT coming under the same roof

• October 22, 2012 22 Oct'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 October 2012

  Our regular look back at the most popular ICT channel news stories from the past week

• October 19, 2012 19 Oct'12

  BT iNet ramps up headcount

  BT iNet, the network services arm of BT, has embarked on a recruitment drive to bolster it's sales of cloud technologies to customers

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  Redstone gives Cambridge dedicated cloud

  Redstone has extended the cloud support it gives the City of Cambridge giving the university town a business network that spans across the town

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  Cisco and Citrix close in on mobile cloud

  Citrix and Cisco are looking to build on their technology relationship to ensure they can improve the options for cloud computing users

• October 15, 2012 15 Oct'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 12 October

  MicroScope's top stories week ending 12 October

• October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12

  AVG rolls out CloudCare to support security MSPs

  AVG has launched its CloudCare service in the UK for resellers looking to provide security as part of a managed service to the SME customer base

• October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12

  Trend cloud programme designed to deal with user fears

  Trend Micro has launched a cloud programme for partners to arm them with the facts they need to overcome the nagging security doubts that continue to be held by customers

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  Government Digital Service hands SCC G-Cloud hosting contract

  SCC has revealed it has been awarded the G-Cloud services contract to provide the UK Government Digital Service (GDS) with hosting solutions and services

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  VMworld Europe: VMware eases VAR rebate requirement on new business

  VMware has almost halved the size of the deal value that partners need to achieve with new customers to earn an extra 10% rebate at VMworld Europe 2012 in Barcelona.

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  VMworld Europe: VMware hires Microsoft man to run UK

  On the opening day of VMworld Europe 2012, in Barcelona Tuesday, VMware has named former Microsoft staffer David Parry-Jones as its new regional director for the UK and Ireland

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  VMworld Europe: Colt adds backup, disaster recovery services to vCloud

  Cloud and network provider Colt Technology Services has added backup and disaster recovery services to its vCloud services platform in response to channel and customer demand

• October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12

  Dell adds final Cloud Enabler certification to PartnerDirect programme

  Six months after the official launch of its channel Cloud Services and Solutions competency certification, Dell has added the final Cloud Services Enabler specialisation to its PartnerDirect programme

• October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12

  Server market to grow despite maturity as datacentres, tablet use rises: Gartner

  Although the server market is mature it will experience strong growth through to 2015 as large customers such as Google, Amazon and Facebook fuel datacentre growth

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  Citrix partners with Palo Alto to boost cloud security

  Citrix has formed a partnership with firewall specialist Palo Alto Networks as it looks to improve the security it offers around its cloud platform

• October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12

  Cloud Distribution sets the Ball rolling

  Value added distie Cloud Distribution has named network veteran James Ball as its technical manager as it seeks to capitalise on its recent growth and move up “to the next level”

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  IBM ups support for MSPs in cloud push

  IBM has indicated it will offer more technical and financial support to managed service providers to encourage them to develop services based around its cloud platforms

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Cisco reacts to cloud changes with Master certification

  Cisco has introduced a Master Cloud Builder specialisation as it looks to generate more resellers capable of selling a wide ranging solution to meet customer needs

• September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12

  Ingram celebrates a year of channel transformation

  Ingram Micro has marked the first anniversary of the Channel Transformation Alliance by outlining its plans to increase reseller support in year two

• September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12

  Cloud growth a wake up for the channel

  Recent figures showing strong growth in adoption of hosted applications and services in recent months should spur reseller activity in this area

• September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12

  Alvea launches IaaS programme

  Cloud platform and service provider Alvea has unveiled a partner programme aimed at increasing the profile of its infrastructure service

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  Cloud adoption speeding up

  Adoption of cloud applications and services has speeded up over the last nine months as more customers start to embrace the technology

• September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12

  HDD or SSD debate heads to the cloud

  The appeal of solid state drives is something that cloud providers are going to have to start thinking more about as customers look for quick performance options

• September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12

  Customers ramp up cloud and big data moves

  An EMC survey of customers has found that the next twelve months will be ones of IT transformation with an increasing number of firms embracing cloud and big data

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Public cloud spend to hit $40bn this year, says IDC

  Global spending on public IT cloud services is set to hit over $40bn (£25bn) this year on its way to a $100bn high four years from now, according to the latest statistics from the industry-watchers at IDC.

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 September 2012

  Our regular look back at the biggest stories from the last week on MicroScope.co.uk

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Getronics treats itself with €10m investment

  Aurelius, the German backer of services player Getronics, is to plough €10m (£8m) into the business to smooth its internal processes and help it better address its customers’ needs.

• September 03, 2012 03 Sep'12

  Cloud still a foreign concept to many Europeans

  The BSA has discovered that across Europe there are mixed attitudes towards the cloud but the majority of users have little understanding of the technology

• September 03, 2012 03 Sep'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 31 August 2012

  Our weekly run down of the top 10 most read stories on MicroScope.co.uk.

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  Citrix to add more product training to Elite Academy scheme

  Citrix is in the process of making a series of tweaks to its Elite Partner Academy training scheme, including the addition of more technical training on its own products.

• August 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  ANS proclaims i3 FlexPod architecture massive success

  Manchester-based services provider ANS Group has proclaimed its Infrastructure 3.0 (i3) proposition a rip-roaring success after powering to record profits and sales during the financial year ending 31 March.

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  VMware kills vRAM licence scheme at VMworld

  In his first act as incoming VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger used a VMworld keynote on Monday to ditch its controversial vRAM licensing scheme.

• August 28, 2012 28 Aug'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 24 August 2012

  Our weekly round-up of the most popular digital content here on MicroScope.co.uk.

• August 22, 2012 22 Aug'12

  SCC hails G-Cloud first

  Integrator SCC has become the first channel player on the government’s CloudStore to win pan-government security accreditation.

• August 21, 2012 21 Aug'12

  Olympics kickstarts SME remote working

  The Olympics could have a lasting impact on the way SMEs work with more now enjoying the ability to allow staff to work remotely.

• August 17, 2012 17 Aug'12

  Greater cloud transparency needed to boost sales

  The Cloud Industry Forum has called more transparency from those selling the technology in an effort to get sales moving in the right direction

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  Gartner calls time on peak of cloud hype

  The cloud has passed its peak in terms of hype and is now set for a period of more realistic expectations before becoming mainstream

• August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12

  Loss clouds ShoreTel figures

  Unified comms and cloud vendor ShoreTel has ended its financial year on a high with sales up but posted yet another quarterly net loss.

• August 14, 2012 14 Aug'12

  Microsoft winning the cloud battle

  Microsoft's cloud offerings are winning the attentions of customers more than those of Google and Amazon according to the latest Pearlfinders IT Index

• August 13, 2012 13 Aug'12

  ThinkGrid sates Colt SME cloud appetite

  Colt Technology Services has picked up channel cloud platform provider ThinkGrid for an undisclosed sum, filling a significant gap in its portfolio around the SME market.

• August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12

  Cloud business could hit SAP targets

  SAP's SuccessFactors business has added costs to the vendor's balance sheet and had an impact on profitability

• August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12

  intY looks for channel growth post acquisition

  Following its acquisition by Weather the cloud specialist intY is looking to grow the number of resellers it works with in the channel

• August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12

  Microsoft appoints Ingram and Westcoast as SPLA disties

  Microsoft has concluded a distribution review awarding Ingram Micro and Westcoast with the right to service SPLA partners selling cloud services

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  Cloud delivering growth for Citrix

  Citrix has shown that the cloud business continues to be a profitable one with climbs in both income and revenue in its second quarter

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  Six Degrees buys again with CCC purchase

  Six Degrees has acquired managed cloud services specialist Cloud Computing Centre as it continues to expand its business operations

• July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  Time ticking down on one size fits all vendors

  Mitel has predicted a future where technology and solutions will be much more personal and vendors offering a one-size-fits-all option will struggle

• July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12

  SAP highlights a rising position in the cloud

  SAP has revealed that cloud revenues have climbed sharply in its Q2 results giving it the chance to talk about taking a market leading position

• July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12

  Cloud has role in two-tier security approach

  The cloud should be used as part of a security programme exploiting hosted services to allow more focused in-house defences

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  IBM earnings up as revenue hit by currency changes

  IBM has revealed that foreign currency fluctuations hit its bottom line in the second fiscal quarter

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  BSA exposes cloud application license abuse

  The BSA has discovered that firms are sharing log-in credentials for cloud applications between staff in a move that would violate license agreements

• July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  EMC shuffles management pack to back cloud commitment

  EMC has made a couple of senior appointments in its channel team to support its ambition to get more resellers selling cloud products and services

• July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12

  Claranet sounds warning over cloud worries

  Customer worries about the cloud continue to persist and resellers must be aware of the concerns that linger over the technology among users

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  Phoenix on prowl for new sales teams as pipeline swells

  Phoenix IT sales director John Hall has revealed the restructuring of the company is beginning to have a positive effect on its sales pipeline.

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  ThinkGrid forms partnership with Soonr

  ThinkGrid has formed a partnership with Soonr to offer resellers a mobile platform to share files

• July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12

  ElasticHosts offers resellers white label cloud service

  ElasticHosts has taken the wraps off a white label cloud service that resellers can brand as their own as they look to keep customers from migrating to alternative providers

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Stark warning sounded for generalist resellers

  Those resellers that have not developed a specialisation will face the combination of economic problems and competition will make life increasingly difficult

• July 08, 2012 08 Jul'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 July 2012

  Our weekly round-up of the top 10 most read stories here on MicroScope.co.uk

• July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12

  Citrix joins Cloud Industry Forum

  Citrix has signed up to the Cloud Industry Forum, joining the likes of Microsoft and VMware.

• July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12

  Arrow ECS takes wraps off ArrowSphere

  Distributor becomes the latest to unveil cloud strategy with an aggregation and brokerage platform ArrowSphere launching to UK resellers from next week and then across Europe

• July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12

  Cloud spending set to rise as users seek savings

  TechTarget research into customer buying intentions reveals that almost three quarters of customers are planning to roll out a cloud investment in the next two years seeking efficiency gains and cost savings

• July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12

  Cloud key to unlocking SME growth

  With SME growth in the UK threatening to stall technology in the shape of the cloud could be the answer to increasing the pace of recovery

• July 03, 2012 03 Jul'12

  Embotics V-Commander VARs in services push

  Virtualisation and automated cloud management specialist Embotics has rolled out a new programme to help its partner community build a services business around its flagship V-Commander product.

• July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12

  Avnet polishes off Magirus

  Five years after it bought its enterprise IT distribution business, Avnet has returned to the table to acquire the remainder of datacentre solutions distributor Magirus.

• June 29, 2012 29 Jun'12

  The cloud pitch should be slow and steady

  Resellers selling cloud services should not rush customers and should consider starting with a service like backup as a springboard to further applications

• June 27, 2012 27 Jun'12

  Private cloud spending set for impressive growth

  IDC has released figures showing that private cloud technology will grow at an annual compound growth rate of 23% across Western Europe in the next four years

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Comstor plants flag in Cisco, NetApp FlexPod environment

  Cisco-specialist Comstor has revealed it is to sell Cisco and NetApp's FlexPod datacentre architecture in EMEA after being handed distribution rights to the converged networking, server and storage solution.

• June 26, 2012 26 Jun'12

  Resellers to give Daisy partner programme the once-over

  Daisy Group partners have been invited to kick the tyres of the firm's indirect partner programme at its 'Evolve' relaunch event to be held this week in the Midlands.