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Managed IT Services

• October 26, 2012 26 Oct'12

  Government launches next phase of G-Cloud project

  The second phase of the G-Cloud project has gone live with hundreds of new suppliers, including a substantial number of resellers, named to the public sector cloud buying programme

• October 25, 2012 25 Oct'12

  Ingram Micro ready to roll with Microsoft SPLA programme

  Ingram Micro has formally launched Microsoft’s Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA) to the channel, two months after being handed the role of distributor

• 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 24, 2012 24 Oct'12

  Datacentre traffic will grow four times by 2016, predicts Cisco

  Global datacentre traffic will grow four times by 2016 to reach a total of 6.6 zettabytes annually, Cisco Systems’ Global Cloud Index has forecast

• October 23, 2012 23 Oct'12

  Trustmarque signs up Comms-care to polish services delivery

  VAR heavyweight Trustmarque has inked a new deal with channel support services specialist Comms-care to enhance its technology services proposition

• 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

  Ancoris ramps up Google app support

  Just a week after its acquisition of Cloud Skills Ancoris has released an overhauled version of the online resource designed to support organisations that use Google apps

• 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

  Citrix resellers predicting 'workshifting' opportunities

  Citrix resellers are expecting the growth in mobility will provide them with plenty of opportunities to provide the support required for BYOD environments

• 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

  UK and services shine for Computacenter

  A strong performance in the UK and growth in services revenues helped Computacenter turn in good numbers for its third fiscal quarter

• 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 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 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  Enterprise purchasing programme latest VMware wheeze

  On the second day of VMworld Europe 2012 in Barcelona, host VMware has announced the introduction of a token-based enterprise purchasing programme (EPP) to increase software licence sales

• October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  IBM growth plans will see channel activity rise

  As it looks to hit ambitious growth plans by 2015 IBM will see the share of its indirect business rise as it looks for more growth from its reseller base

• 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 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  Resellers growing but distribution flat in first half

  The latest picture of the state of the channel shared by Canalys at its channel forum in Barcelona has revealed that resellers are growing revenues despite the tough economic conditions

• October 08, 2012 08 Oct'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 5 October 2012

  Our regular look back at the most read content on MicroScope.co.uk from the past week

• October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12

  Phoenix IT boss Courtley resigns

  Phoenix IT Group CEO David Courtley has resigned after just 15 months in charge, the company has revealed

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  SCH celebrates best ever year, plans major SCC investment

  SCC-parent SCH has brushed aside concerns surrounding the British economy to post its most successful financial year in its near 40-year history

• 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”

• October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 September 2012

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

• September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12

  Channel calls for EC cloud strategy refinements

  Cloud services providers have welcomed the release of the European Commission’s European Cloud Computing Strategy report, but say that Brussels’ proposals need further refinement

• 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 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Lanway star signing for Burnley FC

  Managed services and comms provider Lanway has renewed its support for its local team, Championship side Burnley FC with a new outsourcing deal expected to shave 25% from the club’s costs

• September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12

  Mimecast plans US expansion with $62m funding

  Having secured $62m worth of funding cloud email management specialist Mimecast has outlined plans to plough the funds into R&D and US expansion

• 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 25, 2012 25 Sep'12

  Rise appoints channel head to support reseller cloud moves

  Rise has appointed Sue MacDermott as head of channel with a brief to help more resellers make the transition to the cloud as it looks to get more business through existing partners

• September 24, 2012 24 Sep'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 September 2012

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

• September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12

  Comms-care adds new teams to meet services demand

  Channel-focused services and support provider Comms-care is recruiting to make sure it can meet runaway growth in demand for support services

• 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 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 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  Redstone absorbs Maxima remnants in £13.8m deal

  Networking and IT solutions integrator Redstone has opened its wallet to pick up the remaining assets of sunken rival Maxima in a deal that values the firm, at £13.8m, including net debt

• September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 September 2012

  Our regular rundown of the most read stories of the past week on MicroScope.co.uk

• 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

  Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses

  Salford City Council will offer a private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Calyx boss speaks of plans for MSP evolution

  Newly-appointed Calyx CEO Steve Clark has been speaking about his plans for the business as the firm continues its evolution into a true managed services provider.

• September 11, 2012 11 Sep'12

  Six Degrees signs up to Interxion carrier community

  Acquisitive cloud services and UC provider Six Degrees division Datahop has signed up to offer network services via carrier-neutral datacentre provider Interxion’s new London facility.

• September 10, 2012 10 Sep'12

  Youngjohns steps into Autonomy hotseat

  Former Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns has been appointed by HP to run Autonomy stepping into the shoes of departed boss Mike Lynch

• 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 05, 2012 05 Sep'12

  Tech Data pounces on SDG in £219m deal

  Tech Data has swallowed up SCH’s distribution business, SDG, in a deal valued at around £219m to augment its enterprise distribution unit, Azlan and strengthen its wider broadline capabilities.

• September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12

  Public sector channel returns shrink, but opportunities remain

  TechMarketView has predicted slimmer pickings for public sector specialists in the next 12 months, but highlighted that some opportunities will remain.

• September 04, 2012 04 Sep'12

  Ingram to put ShoreTel at heart of UC strategy

  Ingram Micro has opened up over its new UK relationship with ShoreTel, which was won from Avnet in August, saying it will put the vendor at the heart of its “best-of-breed” unified communications solution set.

• September 03, 2012 03 Sep'12

  Phoenix finds £14m black hole in Servo accounts

  Stock at services player Phoenix IT has slumped after it revealed on Monday that it had uncovered evidence of a deliberate accounts misstatement at its midmarket managed services business Servo.

• 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 31, 2012 31 Aug'12

  Computacenter hikes dividend but profits dip

  Computacenter has upped its interim shareholder interim dividend by 11.1% despite booking a 9.7% slide in adjusted pre-tax profit in the first half of its financial year.

• 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

  Kelway sees growth from cloud, Microsoft success

  Kelway has today reported a 17% rise in EBITDA for its fiscal 2012, along with a 35% uptick in topline sales thanks to growth in its cloud offering, and its acquisition of Microsoft LAR status.

• 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 23, 2012 23 Aug'12

  HP plunges to $8.9bn loss

  Hewlett-Packard has posted an enormous $8.9bn (£5.6bn) loss in the third quarter of its fiscal 2012.

• 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 20, 2012 20 Aug'12

  Level 3 boosts UK datacentre capacity

  Comms services provider Level 3 is adding to its UK enterprise datacentre capacity to support international business requirements.

• August 20, 2012 20 Aug'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 August 2012

  Our weekly review of the most read online news stories at MicroScope.co.uk

• August 16, 2012 16 Aug'12

  Melbourne gives iomart Manchester base

  Cloud hosting specialist iomart Group has acquired Manchester-based hosting firm Melbourne Server Hosting, giving it a physical presence in north-west England for the first time.

• August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12

  Shift F7 shifts into acquisition mode

  Shift F7 has kicked off a strategic plan to acquire ‘non-competing’ businesses with the purchase of local player Datashare Solutions (DSL).

• August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12

  Channel portfolio performs for Better Capital

  Investment company Better Capital PCC has said that in spite of economic weakness its IT businesses are making “solid and significant improvements” in profitability and cash generation.

• August 14, 2012 14 Aug'12

  Admiral bosses jump ship in SilverBug merger

  Admiral IT and two of its sister firms are to merge with outsourcer SilverBug to create a new managed services player.

• 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

  Rackspace profits from hosted demand

  Growing demand for hosted cloud services has pushed quarterly revenues at sector bellwether Rackspace up 29% year-on-year to $319m (£203.7m), while net profit of $25m was up 49%.

• August 08, 2012 08 Aug'12

  HP makes changes at top of enterprise services division

  Hewlett-Packard has made changes to the management team in charge of its enterprise services operation after the current head decided to leave

• August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12

  Wozniak praised for voicing cloud fears

  The co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak has described the cloud as horrendous and raised concerns over data integrity

• August 07, 2012 07 Aug'12

  Cloud driving outsourcing market growth

  Gartner figures show the growth in the IT outsourcing market is coming from cloud related services

• August 06, 2012 06 Aug'12

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 3 August 2012

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

• August 03, 2012 03 Aug'12

  Resellers must discuss hidden cloud costs

  The cloud might appear to be flexible and better value but IT industry group ISACA has warned there are hidden costs that could trip customers up

• August 02, 2012 02 Aug'12

  Tin's in at Insight

  Insight’s EMEA business has turned in a massive 31% increase in hardware sales, pushing the unit to Q2 sales of $459.7m, up 14% year-on-year.

• 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 31, 2012 31 Jul'12

  Steve Clark new top dog at Calyx

  Former Azzurri operations director and Everlogic founder Steve Clark is to become the new CEO of Calyx Managed Services.

• July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12

  NetSuite talks up rest of year but losses remain

  Cloud ERP specialist NetSuite has improved revenues and raised its outlook but losses remain an issue

• July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12

  Reorganisation costs set to hit Phoenix

  Moves made in April to move to a single integrated structure set to have an impact on the bottom line warns Phoenix

• 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 25, 2012 25 Jul'12

  McAfee takes wraps off reseller managed service programme

  Security vendor McAfee has launched a managed services programme for the channel to encourage more flexibility in the support its partners provide customers

• 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

  Outsourcing providers must improve service

  Customers might be spending large quantities on outsourcing contracts but satisfaction levels are not as high as they should be according to KPMG

• July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12

  Wick Hill signs mobile management player Zenprise

  Wick Hill has added to its portfolio after signing Zenprise which provides a mobile management solution

• 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 17, 2012 17 Jul'12

  Services continue to deliver for Computacenter

  Computacenter has revealed its services business continues to deliver revenue growth in a trading update for the first six months of this year

• 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 12, 2012 12 Jul'12

  Avnet picks up Mattelli assets to bolster services

  Avnet Technology Solutions has picked up the assets of IT estate management specialist Mattelli Ltd to add muscle to the services it can offer resellers

• July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12

  On Direct powers up cloud services expansion

  Cloud services provider On Direct has embarked on a partner recruitment drive as it prepares to deliver a series of enhancements to its Cloud Direct offering.

• July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12

  Cloud driving 2012 IT spend growth, says Gartner

  Gartner has raised its worldwide IT spending forecast by half a percentage point as enterprise buyers get cloud fever.

• 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