News

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

• 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

• 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 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

  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 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 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 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

  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 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 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