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• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  Biometric security tipped to be included in iPhone 5S

  With all eyes on California tomorrow the expectation is that a major product announcement will include an iPhone using biometric security

• September 06, 2013 06 Sep'13

  Dixons offloads loss-making Pixmania business

  Dixons has taken steps to sort out the future for its loss-making French online business Pixmania

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  Cheaper smartphones help global market rebound

  The growth in the number of sub $200 smartphones and strong spending in emerging markets will help the market grow strongly according to IDC

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  UK Kodak Pension Plan acquires document imaging business

  The UK Kodak Pension Plan has acquired the document and personal imaging businesses from Kodak Eastman

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  D-Link teams up with Halfords in consumer security push

  D-Link’s consumer-focused surveillance camera lines are to be made available through automotive and cycling retail specialist Halfords

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Server market continues to stumble as spending slows

  The latest EMEA server market analysis from IDC reveals a market that has slowed as customers wait for product refreshes and launches

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Avnet teams up with N2S to clean up supply chain

  Avnet Services has formed a partnership with N2S to ensure that end of life IT kit is reused or disposed of properly

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Microsoft buys Nokia handset business

  Nokia’s devices, patent licences and Stephen Elop acquired by Microsoft in long-anticipated €5bn deal

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Stone bolsters management team

  Public sector specialist Stone Group has bolstered its sales team with a fresh face as group sales and commercial director

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  IDC revises PC decline shipments downwards

  The ongoing decline in the PC market has led IDC to make a third revision to its global shipment forecasts as the tough times in the market continue

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  Customers failing to understand UPS technology

  Uninterruptable power supply specialist Eaton has discovered that many customers are unaware of the features that the technology offers

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  RISC/Itanium Unix pressure prompts server revenue drop

  Severe downward momentum in the RISC/Itanium Unix server segment prompts a decline in worldwide server revenues decline, even though overall volumes are up, says Gartner

• 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 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Paperless office still a pipe dream, OKI finds

  OKI study claims customer attempts to cut down on printing waste are stymied by personal usage

• August 20, 2013 20 Aug'13

  Daisy puts BlackBerry on pole position with F1 promo

  Daisy Distribution has launched a mobility channel promotion in a bid to boost sales of BlackBerry BB10 devices, with a trip to the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix up for grabs

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  PC people ignore mobile at their peril

  With Lenovo now shipping more mobile devices than PCs, Billy MacInnes argues that its 'PC Plus' tag may be about to become obsolete

• 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

  Lenovo mobile device shipments overhaul PCs

  Lenovo says it is now shipping more smartphones and tablets than PCs as its quarterly profits and sales both head in the right direction

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Dell profits collapse as fight for PC firm rages on

  Dell’s profits fell off a cliff in the second quarter of its fiscal 2014, as the fight between Michael Dell and Carl Icahn for control of the company continues

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Epson settles with cartridge maker DCI in patent case

  High Court trial averted after parties agree to a settlement in cartridge patent spat

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Microsoft names first UK Surface partners

  Big channel names including Computacenter, Kelway and Softcat picked to resell Microsoft Surface in the UK

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Smartphones now account for half of all mobile sales

  Smartphones accounted for over 50% of mobile phone sales for the first time ever in Q2, with the Samsung – Android combo unbeatable for now, according to Gartner’s latest market assessment

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  Dell bagsies space on NDNA procurement framework

  Dell has been approved on all three lots of the National Desktop and Notebook Agreement to supply higher education institutions across the UK

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  Education VAR Academia launches business practice

  Technology solutions provider reckons a long-standing reputation in the education and public sector fields will be attractive to enterprise buyers

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 9 August 2013

  Gartner calls for cloud security transparency, Cisco picks Avnet to supply SAP HANA on UCS, and Kelway heads up north.

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  Government to put 50% of all new IT spend through SMEs

  The government wants to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers – doubling the previous target

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  Android malicious apps to exceed one million by year end

  The latest Trend Micro security report has identified a growing problem with the Android platform

• August 08, 2013 08 Aug'13

  Ultrabooks fuel SSD boom

  Strong demand for ultra slim laptops has helped SSD sales in the first quarter of 2013

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Toughshield hires Honeywell staffer to bolster marketing

  Rugged portable specialist Honeywell has bolstered its marketing efforts as it looks to gain growth across Europe

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Avnet looks ahead on back of solid Q4

  Avnet has revealed that it had a better end to its fiscal year and with its restructuring complete it has more confidence about the future

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Consumer technology use booming

  UK households are using more consumer technology than in the past and cheaper prices are fueling further adoption

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  PC shipments in UK continue to tumble

  The latest set of PC shipment numbers for Western Europe from Gartner show ongoing declines in the market in the second quarter

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Dell ownership battle rumbles on into next month

  Michael Dell's call for voting changes have been accepted by the vendor's special committee forcing a delay to the shareholder vote over the future of the firm

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Micro-P shuffles management pack

  Micro-P has brought on new staff and made some promotions as it shuffles its management

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Dell request for voting change turned down

  Michael Dell's request for changes in the voting procedure on his attempts to take the company he founded private have been turned down

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Surface sales still yet to take off

  Details from Microsoft over the revenues from sales of its Surface tablet have revealed the product has yet to make much of a dent in the market

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  Resellers urged to advise top down approach to BYOD

  Resellers helping customers with BYOD need to help establish a roadmap and a strategic approach to avoid some of the problem of an ad hoc deployment

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Dell will stay on if private bid fails

  Michael Dell has made it clear that he is in no rush to leave the firm he founded even if his bid to take the firm private proves to be unsuccesful

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Opportunity calls as smartphone market grows

  The smart phone market continues to expand with opportunity still in the market for those with a different pitch

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  PC World held up as model for NHS

  The country's top doctor thinks the NHS can learn from PC World and Dixons

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Competition dents Arrow performance

  Competition in the components market and tough economic conditions hit Arrow Electronics in Q2

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Dell saga rumbles on as Michael Dell raises bid

  Dell shareholders wanting to vote over the buyout proposals will have to wait until 2 August as the process gets pushed back for a second time

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Local IT retailers winning price war, says Target Components

  Encouraging signs for local IT shops as Target Components survey reveals many are able to beat nationwide chains on price

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Apple profits dip as iPad sales drop

  Apple has seen its profits drop as the wait for fresh products continues and the current line-up shows signs of losing some appeal with customers

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 July 2013

  Adopting cloud could make midsized businesses more competitive; Computacenter UK sitting pretty; and Avnet and Arrow land IBM training role, in our regular look back at last week's big stories

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  IDC EMEA PC numbers show continued decline

  The second quarter showed even more year-on-year decline in PC shipments according to the Q2 numbers from IDC

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Surface price cuts and PC slowdown hits Microsoft

  A $900m charge to cover Surface price cuts and inventory issues as well as a decline in the Windows division took the shine off Microsoft's Q4 numbers

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Dell delays shareholder vote

  Dell has postponed the shareholder vote over Michael Dell's plans to take the firm private

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Lay-off costs hurt IBM profits in Q2

  Second quarter profit at IBM took a hit on the back of ‘workforce rebalancing charges’

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  PC market woes catch up with Intel

  The ongoing problems in the PC market have hit Intel's division selling into that space

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Dell shareholder vote could be delayed

  With the outcome of the shareholder vote tomorrow over the future of Dell too close to call the prospect of a delay has emerged as a possibility

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Sennheiser expands ASM Technologies relationship

  Audio hardware specialist Sennheiser expands its partnership with self-styled agile distie ASM Technologies to get better access into system integrators and resellers

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  Surprise growth for UK PCs but tablets still the future

  Western European PC sales took a predictable drubbing in the first six months of the year, but Context’s distribution radar has picked up signs of growth in Britain

• 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

  Icahn sweetens deal for Dell shareholders

  Carl Icahn has made yet another attempt to get Dell shareholders to back his bid for the firm rather than founder Michael Dell

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Time called on PC era as declines continue

  Another quarter of declines in the PC market has led some to declare that the desktop era has come to an end

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Lenovo talks up PC market as it takes pole position

  Lenovo has overtaken HP as the global leader in the PC market and has talked up the chances for profitable growth despite the overall market continuing to decline

• July 11, 2013 11 Jul'13

  Icahn turns to the law to upset Dell bid

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has called on shareholders to take advantage of the law to review Michael Dell's bid for the firm

• July 09, 2013 09 Jul'13

  Dell gaining shareholder support for private plans

  One of the largest shareholder advisory groups has recommended that Michael Dell's bid to take the vendor he founded private get the backing of shareholders

• 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

  Micro-P’s Brown to strengthen VAR clout in new role

  Commercial director Phil Brown handed B2B director role in bid to get partners “fighting fit” for the future

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  Sharp extends document management action with Copifax buy

  Sharp Business Systems has acquired print dealer Copifax as it continues to build its portfolio

• 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 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Samsung forecasts worry investors

  Samsung might be forecasting record profits but it is still not enough to calm worries that its growth is slowing

• July 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Channel recommends OFT widens G-Cloud model

  With the OFT considering launching an investigation over competition in government ICT contracts the channel has recommended it looks at the G-Cloud model

• July 04, 2013 04 Jul'13

  Dell coming under pressure to improve offer

  Michael Dell is coming under pressure to improve the offer for the firm he founded with just a couple of weeks left before shareholders vote on the future of the vendor

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  OFT calls for competition probe into government ICT costs

  The Office of Fair Trading has called for information about government ICT contracts as it expressed worries about competition in the market

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Westcoast gets access to Lexmark hardware

  Westcoast to sell Lexmark MFPs in addition to consumables and widen managed print capabilities

• July 02, 2013 02 Jul'13

  Icahn wants to show Dell the money

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has requested a meeting with Dell as he looks to fend off worries the vendor has that he will not be able to fund a takeover bid

• July 02, 2013 02 Jul'13

  Gartner revises IT spend forecast down

  Slumping PC sales partly account for the downward revision in Gartner’s growth predictions for overall IT spending in 2013, but growth is on the horizon for 2014

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Crucial.com highlights slow computer rubbish problems

  Crucial.com has delivered research that indicates a lot of the computers that are dumped in refuse sites could have been kept on with a bit of thought about memory

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  PC market woes continue through Q2

  The latest PC tracker numbers from IDC indicate that the market it yet to take off so far this year

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 June 2013

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

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  Dell attacks Icahn offer

  An SEC filing from Dell has indicated that there is widespread scepticism about the ability of billionaire investor Carl Icahn to fund his takeover bid for the vendor

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  Solid Stone performance as sales rise 13%

  Public sector specialist celebrates record sales and improving profits in its year-end results

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  Tablets now device market driver, but ultramobiles gaining ground

  Gartner’s revised forecast for the end-user device sector shows tablet products are now driving the market forward, but predicts ultramobile devices will begin to present a more credible challenge

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 June 2013

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

• June 21, 2013 21 Jun'13

  Oracle numbers disappoint investors

  Oracle saw its share price drop after it delivered flat revenue and declines in its hardware operations for its fourth fiscal quarter.

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  HP looks to former Acer, Lenovo boss to run PPS

  Dion Weisler to run Printing and Personal Systems (PPS) after Todd Bradley gets posted to China

• June 19, 2013 19 Jun'13

  Icahn makes another attempt to derail Dell private plans

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has made a third attempt to block Michael Dell's plans to take over the firm he founded

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  Windows 8.1 not a magic bullet for PC sales

  Context analysts say those anticipating a boost to PC sales from Windows 8.1 may be waiting in vain

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 June 2013

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

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Entatech nabs five from Northamber to run Surrey base

  Telford-based distie populates new Leatherhead office with ex-Northamber staffers as it bids to ramp up its nationwide scale

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  MicroScope ACEs 2013: The winners

  We reveal the full list of winners in the 2013 MicroScope ACEs

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Dell launches imaging, printing programme

  Dell has added a new printing partner programme to the growing PartnerDirect ecosystem

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Apple breathes life into iPhone with major OS update

  Apple has taken the wraps off iOS 7 as it looks to try and regain its crown in the smartphone market

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 June 2013

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

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Entatech adds DGM tablets to line card

  Distie says DGM’s range of Android tablets offer the channel competitive products at a more attractive price point

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Toughshield makes new appointments

  Smartphone device provider Toughshield has appointmented two key senior managers in new roles

• June 07, 2013 07 Jun'13

  Mobile workforce report highlights channel opportunity

  iPass has published its 14th quarterly Mobile Workforce Report showing that mobile workers are using connectivity to be more productive over longer hours

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  Lacoon last piece of Cloud Distribution mobility stack

  Expansive VAD to offer zero-day malware protection for mobile devices as part of its Enterprise Mobility stack

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Microsoft looks for greater OEM hardware support

  Microsoft has used Computex as a venue to talk up its OEM hardware partnerships with the arrival of Windows 8.1 getting ever closer

• June 04, 2013 04 Jun'13

  Microsoft set to become a major smartphone company

  Microsoft is on course to become a dominant player in the smartphone market, according to the latest data from Canalys

• June 04, 2013 04 Jun'13

  Intel boasts of strong mobile pipeline

  Intel has revealed it expects to have tens of tablets and ultrabooks using its chips coming onto the market in the second half of this year

• June 03, 2013 03 Jun'13

  Dell board backs founder bid

  Michael Dell's plans to take Dell private have been given the backing of the vendor's board described as the best alternative for the firm

• May 30, 2013 30 May'13

  Mobile data theft set to surge following 4G roll out

  Voltage Security believes the advent of 4G will increase the risk of data breaches as more and more mobile devices are plugged into the enterprise network

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Gartner: another weak quarter for servers

  Worldwide and EMEA server shipment declines again reflected weakness in the enterprise market

• 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

  Lenovo sales increase amid PC market crash

  Lenovo's attempts to drive more of its business through tablet and smartphone devices appears to be paying off

• May 23, 2013 23 May'13

  Whitman trumpets channel efforts as HP turnaround gathers momentum

  HP's CEO has highlighted its efforts to improve its channel programmes and support as one of the factors helping its turnaround plans