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• 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

• 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