News
Managed IT Services
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July 01, 2014
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Jul'14
Redcentric acquisition spurs growth
Redcentric has completed the integration of InTechnology and revealed growth in its managed services business
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July 01, 2014
01
Jul'14
NTT Com Security hires to support managed services ambitions
NTT Com Security has made a couple of senior appointments as it continues to make moves to deliver more managed security services
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June 24, 2014
24
Jun'14
Comms-care snaps up Platform
Comms-care has extended its professional services reach after acquiring Platform Consultancy Services
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June 23, 2014
23
Jun'14
Brocade encouraging managed services approach
With more customers demanding a managed services style delivery of their technology Brocade is looking to encourage more partners to meet that demand
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June 23, 2014
23
Jun'14
Castleton swoops on public sector player Montal
Ian Smith has been busy signing contracts as Castleton Technology acquires Montal
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June 23, 2014
23
Jun'14
Accumuli move to managed services continues
Accumuli has increased its managed services revenue as the firm continues to consider further acquisitions to aid growth
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June 20, 2014
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Jun'14
Tripwire on the hunt for managed security specialists
With mid-market customers looking for third party help to secure the cloud Tripwire is looking for channel players that can meet that need
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June 18, 2014
18
Jun'14
SolarWinds buys Pingdom to address cloud app performance
SolarWinds has splashed out for Pingdom to add cloud app performance to its product portfolio
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June 17, 2014
17
Jun'14
Daisy signals intention to keep acquisition spree going
Daisy has seen its banking arrangements change so it can continue with its acquisition strategy
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June 17, 2014
17
Jun'14
Claranet shuffles management pack
Claranet has made changes to its management team as it looks to grow the business
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June 16, 2014
16
Jun'14
ANS founder awarded MBE in Birthday Honours
ANS Founder Scott Fletcher has been awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours
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June 13, 2014
13
Jun'14
Windows Server 2003 end of life a defining channel moment
The channel should grasp the end of life for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and encourage users to make the move to a hosted alternative
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June 10, 2014
10
Jun'14
Phoenix boss sets out turnaround strategy
Just a couple of months into his role as Phoenix CEO the boss of the channel player has set out a strategy to improve the firm's fortunes
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June 09, 2014
09
Jun'14
Autotask snapped up by Vista Equity Partners
Managed services software player Autotask has been acquired by Vista Equity Partners
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June 04, 2014
04
Jun'14
Arrow seeks resellers following SoftLayer deal
Arrow Electronics is looking to deliver more reseller relationships for Softlayer after it sealed a deal to work with the vendor
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June 02, 2014
02
Jun'14
Claranet finds channel needs to increase cloud support
Claranet research has found that the channel needs to increase cloud support to help customers overcome their aversion to risk
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May 28, 2014
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May'14
Azzurri appoints new CEO, goes for growth
Azzurri has appointed an industry veteran to take up its CEO position
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May 20, 2014
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May'14
IBM rolls out more big data tools for managed service providers
IBM has added more analytical tools to help managed service providers and customers get a handle on their data
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May 20, 2014
20
May'14
Datatec forms standalone IT consultancy
Datatec has created a standalone consultancy to target growing opportunities in the market
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May 14, 2014
14
May'14
Logicalis the shining star for Datatec
A robust performance in its latest fiscal year from Logicalis helped parent Datatec but things were not as good at Westcon
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May 14, 2014
14
May'14
McAfee woos resellers with SaaS platform
McAfee has teamed up with Arrow to provide a SaaS service for resellers targeting SMEs
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May 14, 2014
14
May'14
NetSuite’s Nelson flexes muscles at SuiteWorld 2014
In a sabre-rattling address to 6,500 attendees at SuiteWorld 2014 in San Jose, California, NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson praised channel partner expertise and laid into his competitors
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May 12, 2014
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May'14
SCC signals it could acquire again as revenues grow
SCC's CEO has indicated that it could acquire in the managed services area as it reported strong revenue growth for its latest fiscal year
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May 07, 2014
07
May'14
Playing cupid in the cloud – finding the perfect partner
Dave Ellis, director of strategy, Arrow ECS has some advice for those channel players looking for the right cloud partner
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May 01, 2014
01
May'14
Security specialists in prime position to take managed services high ground
Barracuda Networks has identified a preference from users for managed service providers with a strong security background
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April 29, 2014
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Apr'14
Claranet exposes customer cloud migration problems
Half of UK customers are struggling to migrate and integrate legacy on-premise systems with a cloud environment according to Claranet
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April 28, 2014
28
Apr'14
SaaS player Alert Logic pitches up in Cardiff
Security as a Service specialist Alert Logic has set up a Cardiff operation to provide better levels of service to UK customers
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April 24, 2014
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Apr'14
Westcon to buy Intact Integrated Services
Networking distie beefs up Cisco services offering with the acquisition of Intact Integrated Services
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April 24, 2014
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Apr'14
French performance undermines Computacenter Q1
Decent numbers from the UK and a stable performance in Germany have not been matched by the French operation for Computacenter
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April 23, 2014
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Apr'14
Intermedia looks for channel growth with Simister appointment
Cloud specialist Intermedia has appointed a UK sales director with a brief to grow its channel business
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April 15, 2014
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Apr'14
Softcat records 30% year-on-year growth
IT infrastructure provider Softcat has notched up revenues of £395.8 million for its financial year ending 31 July 2013, representing a 30% year-on-year increase
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April 14, 2014
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Apr'14
Empowered aims to bolster channel offering following OrderWorks acquistion
Empowered SMS, a provider of IT services to the UK channel is acquiring OrderWorks an ICT project and support service vendor which targets SME mid-market channels and consumer electronics retail markets
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April 14, 2014
14
Apr'14
Tupman returns to channel with Connect Communications buyout
Networking and comms entrepreneur Alex Tupman spearheads MBO at MSP Managed Communications in hopes of building a £100m business
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April 14, 2014
14
Apr'14
Azzurri gets into managed mobility services with ICON Mobilise
Managed network and comms services provider Azzurri adds mobility to its recently-launched UCaaS package, ICON
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April 14, 2014
14
Apr'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 11 April 2014
XP shutdown arrives, SME spending on the rise, and Ingram reports channel network success. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past seven days
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April 07, 2014
07
Apr'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 4 April 2014
Capita buys another reseller, Gartner in last ditch XP warning, and government unwraps cyber-security team. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week
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April 03, 2014
03
Apr'14
Salesforce leans on partners to deliver vertical strategy
Salesforce.com has outlined a vertical market strategy that will involve establishing ecosystems of partners to ensure its success
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April 02, 2014
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Apr'14
Gartner IT spending forecasts for 2014 on track
With a quarter of the year gone Gartner has indicated it believes its forecasts of growth in global IT spending this year remain on track
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April 02, 2014
02
Apr'14
Capita buys Updata Infrastructure
IT services giant Capita makes its second channel acquisition in the space of a fortnight, buying up networking reseller Updata for £80m
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March 31, 2014
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Mar'14
Redcentric sales bulked up by InTechnology acquisition
Managed services provider Redcentric releases an optimistic trading update as its financial year draws to a close
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March 31, 2014
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Mar'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 March 2014
Catch up on all the biggest channel news stories from the past week, including full coverage of HP Global Partner Conference and Cisco Partner Summit in Las Vegas
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March 26, 2014
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Mar'14
Claranet warns flexible cloud payments could be costly
Research from Claranet has warned that some customers opting for pay-as-you-go cloud payment models might be leaving themselves out of pocket
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March 21, 2014
21
Mar'14
Cloud supply chain requires clarity
The Cloud Industry Forum's certification partner has warned that customers and resellers need a clear supply
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March 19, 2014
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Mar'14
Gartner: CIOs plan to change suppliers to gain better support
Gartner has warned that CIOs are looking for better support as in the next couple of years as they take advantage of some of the big technological changes
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March 19, 2014
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Mar'14
Outsourcery bottom line loss outweighs top line sales
Cloud services provider Outsourcery has posted steady growth in revenues but has also copped to a substantial loss in its first financial year-end statement since becoming a listed company
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March 17, 2014
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Mar'14
Logicalis hires Fujitsu solutions, architecture head Aston to run services
Richard Aston, former head of solutions and services at Fujitsu, jumps ship to Logicalis to spearhead the introduction of its Optimal services brand
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March 17, 2014
17
Mar'14
Kelway lands £150m Atos contract
Kelway has been given a five year contract by Atos to handle its workspace and datacentre infrastructure
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March 17, 2014
17
Mar'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 March 2014
SaaS most beloved cloud option, says report, Microsoft channel boss speaks out on reseller transition, and Azzurri cements recovery with cloud UC. Catch up on the biggest channel stories from last week
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March 13, 2014
13
Mar'14
ISN Solutions lands £4.6m investment
Oil and gas vertical market specialist ISN Solutions has secured a £4.6m investment as it looks for further growth
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March 13, 2014
13
Mar'14
Intermedia increases partner commission by a third
As part of its bid to recruit more MSPs and VARs, hosted cloud provider Intermedia has increased its monthly recurring revenues for partners
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March 12, 2014
12
Mar'14
Microsoft keen to help cloud sceptics
Microsoft is willing to get those partners that have yet to take the plunge selling the cloud involved in an area of the market that is growing strongly
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March 12, 2014
12
Mar'14
Azzurri ICON cloud launch cements business turnaround
Azzurri says the launch of its new ICON cloud and managed unified comms services suite heralds a return to normality following its restructuring
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March 11, 2014
11
Mar'14
UK and Germany deliver growth for Computacenter
Details of its full year financials indicate that Computacenter broke the £3bn revenue barrier as services business grew
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March 07, 2014
07
Mar'14
Timico Partners hires channel marketing boss
Clare Greenall joins Timico Partners from Gamma Business Comms to take charge of its reseller strategy
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March 05, 2014
05
Mar'14
CompTIA brings together comms, IT channels at Connected Business Expo
At Connected Business Expo in London, CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux has called for greater co-operation between telecoms and IT resellers
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March 05, 2014
05
Mar'14
McAfee experiences strong MSP interest
Just weeks after launching its managed services programme McAfee has seen strong reseller interest in the scheme
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March 03, 2014
03
Mar'14
Managed services transition speeding up
Technology is helping customers adopt managed services quicker and resellers are moving with greater speed to become MSPs, according to an IBM study
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March 03, 2014
03
Mar'14
IBM: Channel has pivotal role to play as selling model changes
A senior channel executive at IBM Europe has indicated the channel can help it make the move to a services led sales approach
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February 28, 2014
28
Feb'14
Colt names Northdoor as newest franchisee
Network and comms provider Colt continues its drive to sign up franchise partners, inking a new agreement with City of London-based consultancy Northdoor
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February 24, 2014
24
Feb'14
Mimecast heralds first 100 certified partners
Mimecast has hit the milestone of getting 100 partners through its technical certification process
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February 24, 2014
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Feb'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 February 2014
SCC buys into managed print game, Andy Gass returns to Blighty, and Phoenix offers assistance to sunken SMEs. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories of last week
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February 21, 2014
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Feb'14
NaviSite on the prowl for channel partners following OISG deal
MSP NaviSite makes major channel signing in the shape of OISG
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February 18, 2014
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Feb'14
Onyx cruises towards £20m revenue mark
Onyx Group reflects on a strong financial year, with turnover heading towards the £20m mark
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February 17, 2014
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Feb'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 February 2014
Claranet CEO talks cloud channel landscape, Yorks cricketer heads to Big Technology and Discount-Licensing hits out at FAST. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories
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February 14, 2014
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Feb'14
Order book grows at Phoenix IT Group
An improving order book was one highlight of the third fiscal quarter at Phoenix IT Group
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February 12, 2014
12
Feb'14
Insight to build Euro cloud platform on Colt technology
Insight Enterprises and Colt sign a major deal to underpin Insight’s pan-European cloud platform with Colt’s networking and datacentre services
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February 11, 2014
11
Feb'14
Resellers braced for more mobility demand
The latest MicroScope poll has revealed a reseller market expecting more spending from customers on mobility and cloud
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February 10, 2014
10
Feb'14
Claranet CEO: cloud providers to consolidate around midmarket
Charles Nasser, CEO at expansive MSP Claranet forecasts consolidation in the cloud services market after booking 50% year-on-year growth across Europe
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February 10, 2014
10
Feb'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 February 2014
Microsoft clashes with reseller in copyright case, Dell extends SME managed print options, and Tintri forges ahead with virtual storage plan. Catch up on the biggest stories of last week
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February 07, 2014
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Feb'14
ASG Software puts channel at heart of relaunch
Enterprise software solutions firm ASG turns its back on direct selling model for first time in 28 year history
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February 06, 2014
06
Feb'14
Zynstra signs Ingram for channel push
SME hybrid cloud specialist Zynstra has signed Ingram Micro as it looks to grow its channel base
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February 05, 2014
05
Feb'14
Outsourcery urges channel to address user cloud fears
Outsourcery has urged resellers to help calm user worries about putting financial data into the cloud
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February 04, 2014
04
Feb'14
CloudStore to be rebuilt to include other digital frameworks
GDS is to build a Government Digital eMarketplace which will include the CloudStore and other digital frameworks
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February 04, 2014
04
Feb'14
Dimension Data acquires NextiraOne, announces midmarket designs
Dimension Data makes good on plans to buy networking comms integrator NextiraOne for an undisclosed sum and says it will expand into the midmarket
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February 03, 2014
03
Feb'14
RM profits up after PC business exit
Full year sales at RM have dropped as anticipated, but growth in profits suggests things are going the right way following the closure of its PC business
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January 30, 2014
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Jan'14
Citrix kicks off CEO search
Citrix is starting the process of searching for a new CEO after Mark Templeton announced plans to retire in the next year
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January 30, 2014
30
Jan'14
Keltec becomes third Colt franchise partner in UK
Infrastructure and technology integrator Keltec becomes the third UK firm to be handed Colt franchise partner status
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January 29, 2014
29
Jan'14
Azzurri’s Vim Vithaldas calls it a day
Azzurri CEO Vim Vithaldas will leave the firm in July having accomplished his goals at the firm
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January 28, 2014
28
Jan'14
Accenture predicts more enterprise IT innovation
Accenture's Technology Vision 2014 report outlines a world where large companies are as innovative as start-ups when it comes to using IT to improve the business
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January 28, 2014
28
Jan'14
Brit tech sector upswing gets into gear, says KPMG, Markit report
The latest edition of KPMG and Markit’s Tech Monitor UK report suggests the IT industry is growing at its fastest pace since February of 2004
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January 27, 2014
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Jan'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 24 January 2014
Lenovo gets its hands on IBM's x86 server business, Cisco in cloud conflict warning, and we report from education tech showcase BETT 2014. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past week
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January 24, 2014
24
Jan'14
Alternative Networks buys ControlCircle for hosting, cloud skills
Alternative Networks acquires hosting and cloud services firm ControlCircle in its second major buy of the year, just two weeks after it picked up Intercept IT
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January 23, 2014
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Jan'14
Cisco: cloud could cause conflict between buyers and channel
A survey of IT professionals conducted by Cisco and Intel has suggested that as control over IT shifts to lines of business, IT departments acting as brokers could come into conflict with the channel
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January 22, 2014
22
Jan'14
Calyx makes major service desk investment
MSP claims enhancements to in-house service desk will enable it to increase its customer service capacity by 200 hours per week
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January 21, 2014
21
Jan'14
Outsourcing market moves to smaller deals
The latest Outsourcing Index shows a move away from customers spending millions on mega deals looking for a more flexible lower contract value approach
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January 21, 2014
21
Jan'14
Onyx Group relaunches business partner programme
Datacentre and IaaS provider Onyx celebrates 20th birthday with enhanced channel partner offering
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
RnD uses Alvea to underline SME cloud options
RnD Systems Integration has rolled out hosted storage for a London-based marketing agency within just a few weeks of getting sign-off on the project
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January 20, 2014
20
Jan'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 January 2013
EMC gives sneak preview of new partner programme, distribution dragons seek out up-and-coming vendors, and Avnet gets new UK boss following reshuffle. Catch up on the biggest channel stories of last week
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January 16, 2014
16
Jan'14
EC hopes to encourage greater cloud use
The European Commission is setting out to educate users and businesses about the benefits of cloud computing
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January 16, 2014
16
Jan'14
HCL technologies extends cloud options with CSC tie-up
Services players HCL Technologies and CSC have formed a partnership to help customers move to the cloud
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January 15, 2014
15
Jan'14
Logicalis highlights managed services opportunities
A survey from Logicalis reveals that customers are more prepared to turn to managed service providers to run more of their IT infrastructure
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January 15, 2014
15
Jan'14
Datatec issues new profit warning, Westcon still soft
ICT solutions provider Datatec has issued a profit warning after trading at Westcon failed to improve
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January 14, 2014
14
Jan'14
Kcom expands Cisco Powered virtual datacentre services offering
Managed network services provider Kcom achieves new Cisco Powered Services Designation around virtualised datacentres
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January 14, 2014
14
Jan'14
Cloud doubts starting to clear
Research from Databarracks and Claranet indicates that some of the worries users had about the cloud are starting to be overcome
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January 13, 2014
13
Jan'14
MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 January 2014
McAfee brand killed off by Intel, Avnet gets new UK management and Gartner bets on enterprise software. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week
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January 09, 2014
09
Jan'14
Alternative Networks buys Intercept IT
First major channel acquisition of 2014 sees hosted desktop specialist Intercept IT absorbed into business comms services provider Alternative Networks in a £12.95m deal
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January 02, 2014
02
Jan'14
MicroScope's top stories: December 2013
AMD predicts PC resurgence, Microsoft launches cloud partner network, and HP unveils 2014 hardware ranges. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from December 2013
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December 18, 2013
18
Dec'13
TechMarketView: Financial sector a software and services opportunity
Analyst house TechMarketView has forecast strong growth in the IT software and services sector for those vendors and channel players operating in the financial services sector
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December 17, 2013
17
Dec'13
Nasstar extends MSP reach with e-know.net buy
Hosted desktop player Nasstar has announced the acquisition of MSP e-know.net
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December 16, 2013
16
Dec'13
K3 Hosting seals first strategic channel partnership
Just weeks after setting up the K3 Hosting operation has formed its first strategic partnership to widen its market reach