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Managed IT Services
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August 27, 2013
27
Aug'13
AVG targets packetTrap MSPs with trade-in offer
Following the decision by Dell to wind down development of the packetTrap products AVG has revealed plans to step into the breach
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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
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August 21, 2013
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Aug'13
Fujitsu: SMEs should tie up with big boys in public sector deals
The government’s drive to encourage greater involvement from SMEs in bidding for government contracts could be a futile endeavour if SMEs go it alone, according to Fujitsu
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August 21, 2013
21
Aug'13
Colt Ceano names SAS Global as first franchise partner
Managed network and professional services provider SAS Global Communications moves into SME cloud services market with Colt Ceano services portfolio
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August 21, 2013
21
Aug'13
Logicalis repatriates managed services centre to UK shores
Logicalis technical services centre relocates from Malaysia to Cardiff to better support UK business and public sector clients
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August 20, 2013
20
Aug'13
Phoenix adds HP Converged Infrastructure Partner status
Phoenix says badge enhances its potential value to customers around on- and off-site cloud, business continuity and managed services
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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
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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
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August 16, 2013
16
Aug'13
Channel braced for cloud growth
TechTarget channel research has revealed that resellers expect more revenue from the cloud in the next 12 months across key technology areas
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August 14, 2013
14
Aug'13
Kelway announces new disaster recovery package
ServiceWorks Assure to replicate VMware-based server workloads to Kelway’s own UK-based cloud infrastructure
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August 14, 2013
14
Aug'13
SMEs struggling to win G-Cloud contracts due to accreditation complexities
Despite government’s aspiration to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers, SMEs have received only 10% of the G-Cloud contracts
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August 13, 2013
13
Aug'13
Gartner expects a boost to government IT
After years of austerity measures, government buyers are set to start spending again, according to research from analyst Gartner
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August 13, 2013
13
Aug'13
Bootcamp set up to attract graduates to datacentres
Datacentre industry moves to address looming skills shortage as IT workforce ages rapidly
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August 12, 2013
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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.
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August 09, 2013
09
Aug'13
Majority of resellers now offer managed services
Exclusive TechTarget research has revealed that more than three quarters of the channel now offer some form of managed service
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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
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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
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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
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August 05, 2013
05
Aug'13
Utilities sector set to up services and software spending
Gartner analysis of the utilities market in Western Europe shows increased spending on software and IT services
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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
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August 01, 2013
01
Aug'13
TCS and Computacenter most satisfying IT services firms in UK
Computacenter has come close to the top of IT services firms that are viewed by customers as delivering the best value in the UK
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August 01, 2013
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Aug'13
Gartner calls for transparency around cloud security
Gartner has warned there is a growing frustration among customers facing inadequate cloud security protection
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August 01, 2013
01
Aug'13
Phoenix talks up signs of progress
Having put the reign of the last CEO and a poor restructuring strategy in the past Phoenix IT Group has started to look to the future
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July 31, 2013
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Jul'13
Managed service growth faces being hit by skills shortage
Managed service providers have expressed concerns that a lack of skilled staff will hold back their growth
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July 29, 2013
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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
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July 26, 2013
26
Jul'13
Voice price pressure hits Colt
Regulatory price pressure on voice services and negative currency fluctuations were both problems for Colt in the first half of 2013
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July 25, 2013
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Jul'13
Capita profits grow as staff prepare to down tools
With staff just a day away from a 24 hour walkout over pay Capita has revealed profits grew by 10% in the first half
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July 23, 2013
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Jul'13
BPO contract values tumble
The value of business process outsourcing contracts has taken a tumble in the second quarter as a result of weak economic conditions
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July 22, 2013
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Jul'13
IT services market on course for decent growth
An analysis of the UK IT services market by Ovum show that in the first five months of this year there was a healthy volume of business
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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
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July 18, 2013
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Jul'13
Trustmarque completes £19.5m refinancing
Major refinancing initiative delivered by HSBC Leveraged Finance comes just weeks after Trustmarque’s private equity-backed £43m MBO
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July 17, 2013
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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
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July 17, 2013
17
Jul'13
EveryCloud looks to double partner base for antispameurope
Cloud security VAD stalks rival channels, ex-Webroot customers as it builds up UK partner base for German firm antispameurope
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July 16, 2013
16
Jul'13
UK leads the way for Computacenter
The UK has been the one positive territory for Computacenter in the first half as an update provides a picture of falling revenues in Germany and France
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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
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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
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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
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
Fortinet adds managed services support, expands VAR programme
Network security vendor promises increased support for managed services providers and announces a major expansion of its VAR programme.
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July 10, 2013
10
Jul'13
Stone plans to widen customer base for services business
Stone Group has been building up the capabilities of its professional services business initially aiming at its existing customer base but with plans to go for fresh business
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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
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July 09, 2013
09
Jul'13
Government saves £500m by going digital
Latest report from the Efficiency and Reform Group claims central government saved £500m by moving services onto digital platforms
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July 08, 2013
08
Jul'13
Microsoft finds profits are higher at cloud partners
Microsoft has shared with partners some IDC research it has commissioned that indicates those selling cloud are more successful
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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
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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
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July 03, 2013
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Jul'13
Cloud costs worry customers
Compuware research has revealed that fears over hidden cloud costs and performance are worrying CIOs
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July 02, 2013
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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
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July 02, 2013
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Jul'13
Arrow named as first pan-European distie for Citrix
Citrix SaaS products to be made available on the ArrowSphere cloud services platform
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July 01, 2013
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Jul'13
Evesham founder Richard Austin pops up at Centerprise
Evesham co-founder and chairman Richard Austin back in the channel after six year absence
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July 01, 2013
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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
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June 28, 2013
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Jun'13
Redstone CFO Peter Hallett calls it a day
Following velvet divorce between Redstone and Redcentric, turnaround kingpin Peter Hallett moves on to pastures new
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June 27, 2013
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Jun'13
Enables IT buys Support Force, reports ½ year loss
First buy in planned acquisition spree cheers newly-formed Enables IT but contract losses weigh heavily on its first half results
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June 26, 2013
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Jun'13
ACS sees strong sales in health, managed services
Sales at software and services group jump by nearly a quarter in strengthening market
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June 24, 2013
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Jun'13
Solid Stone performance as sales rise 13%
Public sector specialist celebrates record sales and improving profits in its year-end results
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June 24, 2013
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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
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June 20, 2013
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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
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June 19, 2013
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Jun'13
Tech firm ditches Rackspace hosting service for ‘lack of support’
Cloud sales service company Price & Quote has ditched IT hosting provider Rackspace due to “lack of support and unresponsiveness”
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June 18, 2013
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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
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June 18, 2013
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Jun'13
Operating losses widen at Daisy in otherwise strong year
Daisy Group sees operating losses widen but bosses are confident the business will stay the course
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June 17, 2013
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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
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June 14, 2013
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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
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June 13, 2013
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Jun'13
MicroScope ACEs 2013: The winners
We reveal the full list of winners in the 2013 MicroScope ACEs
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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
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June 10, 2013
10
Jun'13
Trustmarque in £43m MBO
Midmarket buyout specialists Dunedin steer Trustmarque to next stage in its managed services evolution
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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
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June 03, 2013
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Jun'13
Phoenix IT numbers down at end of tumultuous year
After undergoing a major restructuring programme and being hit by an accounting scandal, Phoenix has revealed a full year pre-tax loss of nearly £60m
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May 30, 2013
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May'13
Virgin Media Business inks Outsourcery pact
Business comms provider says three-year deal will enhance its public sector cloud proposition
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May 29, 2013
29
May'13
Iomart sees annual profits soar by 56%
Glasgow-based cloud computing company Iomart has reported a pre-tax profit up 56% to £10.7m for the year ending March 2013
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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
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May 29, 2013
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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
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May 23, 2013
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May'13
Dell appoints new UK head to drive services transformation
As Dell attempts to reinvent itself the company has a new UK head, Tim Griffin, who aims to deliver a single-country focus
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May 23, 2013
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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
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May 23, 2013
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May'13
Newcomer Zayo warns over cloud competition as it woos MSPs
Infrastructure provider Zayo believes an old-school approach to infrastructure sales in the face of growing cloud demands will win channel hearts and minds as it seeks to build out a UK MSP community
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May 21, 2013
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May'13
VMware appoints new global channel head
VMware names former Cisco commercial sales boss O’Callaghan to run worldwide channels
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May 21, 2013
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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
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May 20, 2013
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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
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May 20, 2013
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May'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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May 17, 2013
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May'13
Computacenter backs the Cloud Industry Forum
Computacenter has signed up to the values and aims of the Cloud Industry Forum
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May 15, 2013
15
May'13
Strong performance at Logicalis boosts Datatec
A decent performance by Logicalis helped Datatec increase revenues although weak conditions hit Westcon in the second half of the Group's fiscal year
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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
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May 14, 2013
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May'13
Forrester finds channel lukewarm over managed services
Research from analyst house Forrester has indicated that the vast majority of resellers are yet to make any move to adopt a managed services model
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May 13, 2013
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May'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important ICT channel stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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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
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May 09, 2013
09
May'13
Redstation datacentres to deploy Virgin 100Gbps network
Datacentre specialist claims UK first following new agreement with Virgin Media Business
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May 09, 2013
09
May'13
CIF cements expansion with new senior appointments
Cloud body appoints Richard Sykes and Alex Hilton as Andy Burton steps back from day-to-day management
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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
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May 07, 2013
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May'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 3 May 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as chosen by MicroScope readers
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May 02, 2013
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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
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May 01, 2013
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May'13
Avnet unveils global services strategy
Avnet has set up a global services unit to consolidate its activities to help resellers get a greater slice of the services market
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April 30, 2013
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Apr'13
Intrinsic, Logicalis bag spots on Welsh public sector framework
Award will help public sector buyers in Wales bypass complex procurement procedures
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April 29, 2013
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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
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April 29, 2013
29
Apr'13
EVault launches cloud disaster recovery service in EMEA
Seagate-owned disaster recovery and backup specialist EVault has brought its Cloud Disaster Recovery (CDR) service across the Atlantic for the first time
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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
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April 29, 2013
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Apr'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013
Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
CentraStage sounds warning over managed services confusion
The boss of managed services infrastructure specialist CentraStage has warned against underestimating the challenges of moving away from the break-fix model
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April 23, 2013
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Apr'13
CA bolsters managed services support for resellers
CA Technologies has made enhancements to its partner programme in recognition of the growing demand from customers for managed services
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
Outsourcing market takes a tumble
The outsourcing market has seen contract values fall as the market for both IT and business processes outsourcing drops across EMEA
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 April 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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April 17, 2013
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Apr'13
UK leads Europe in datacentre demand, study finds
Demand for new datacentres is highest among businesses in the UK, according to a study on the European datacentre market
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April 15, 2013
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Apr'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 12 April 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers
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April 08, 2013
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Apr'13
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 5 April 2013
Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers