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• December 13, 2013 13 Dec'13

  UKFast decides it’s profitable up north

  Manchester-based hosting company, UKFast is bucking the long-standing trend to pile everything into a van and head down the motorway to London, by opening up a new office in Glasgow

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Outsourcery bags £4.2m to support public sector ambitions

  Cloud infrastructure specialist Outsourcery raises £4.2m from a new share placement as it builds out a CESG IL3-compliant platform for government work

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  ArrowSphere cloud platform to promote try-before-you-buy

  Arrow's cloud platform will also include trial options and promotions to provide resellers with incentives to share with customers

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 December 2013

  AMD sees bespoke system builders fighting back, EC lets DiData acquisition plans slip, and Microsoft simplifies licensing. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  Trustmarque bolsters Scottish presence with Opin buy

  Trustmarque has picked up Glasgow-based Opin Systems as it looks to extend its reach in Scotland

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Chess buys again picking up The CRM Business

  Chess has made its twelfth buy of the year with Microsoft gold partner The CRM Business

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  HP hands seasoned exec Bladen UK public sector hotseat

  Long-serving HP employee Stuart Bladen takes over the post of lead for its UK public sector business.

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  EC lets Dimension Data acquisition bid slip

  European Commission reports NTT-owned Dimension Data is planning to acquire NextiraOne’s IT services businesses in Europe

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Claranet recruits former 2e2 staffer as CIO

  Managed services provider Claranet has recruited 2e2's former IT director

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Azlan adds Box to TDCloud services portfolio

  Secure file-sharing and document collaboration services provider Box revealed as latest addition to distie’s TDCloud services portfolio

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, November 2013

  Fujitsu bosses on the offensive, Microsoft parts ways with Avnet TS, and Acer CEO not functioning as intended. Catch up with the biggest IT channel news stories from November 2013

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Phoenix still facing a challenging market

  Phoenix has revealed that market conditions have remained tough in its first half and improvements will have to wait until the second half

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Public sector spending more than private on outsourcing

  The public sector is spending more than its private counterparts on outsourcing as they look to gain more efficiencies with IT spending

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 22 November 2013

  Acer's CEO that never was, Colt adds cloud oomph to ArrowSphere, and Redcentric devours InTechnology managed services arm. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  IT help desks adopt self-service strategy as staff cuts hit

  Almost all service desks will use self-service tools to help cope amid job cuts which have left IT help desks with a huge drop in staff

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Phoenix launches HP-based cloud service

  Hosting company Phoenix has launched an HP-based ‘off-the-shelf’ infrastructure designed to deliver IT services via the cloud

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Cloud Distribution reflects on strong year, expands services wrap

  Specialist emerging tech distie Cloud Distribution now claims to be the only truly value added distribution player active in the UK market

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  K3 takes wraps off hosting division

  K3 has launched a hosting operation to provide an answer to growing customer demand

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Databarracks urges more cloud contract clarity

  Databarracks has added its voice to the calls for cloud service providers to be more transparent about what they offer

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Redcentric picks up InTechnology Managed Services

  Redcentric has acquired InTechnology Managed Services in a move designed to make it one of the largest players in the UK market

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Amazon Web Services throws down VDI gauntlet to rivals

  Amazon Web Services has taken the wraps off a PC virtualisation product that it claims is cheaper than rival offerings

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Logicalis picks ex-Logica, BT man Bullard for CEO post

  Logicalis names seasoned industry executive Gary Bullard as successor to outgoing CEO Ian Cook

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Syscap steps into managed services cash flow gap

  Channel finance specialists Syscap are offering resellers support as they start to move to subscription-based business models

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Financial sector embracing software and services

  The latest report into the financial services market from TechMarketView reveals a sector that is investing in software and IT services quicker than the rest of the economy

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Gartner: Internet of Things will be worth trillions

  The Internet of Things will be worth trillions of extra revenue and will grow faster than the traditional IT sector

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  Stonesoft sets out channel plans for McAfee future

  Stonesoft top brass have been discussing their plans for the channel as the company undergoes its integration into McAfee

• November 05, 2013 05 Nov'13

  Reseller demand drives Comms Care bottom line

  Comms Care has delivered a solid set of results thanks to more demand from resellers for its IT support services

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  Six Degrees latest to secure G-Cloud 4 placing

  Expanding MSP Six Degrees successfully selected for fourth phase of UK government’s G-Cloud project

• 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

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Outsourcery gains G-Cloud 4 supplier status

  Cloud provider Outsourcery celebrates inclusion on 4th iteration of government's G-Cloud framework

• 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

  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 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Daisy buys maintenance and support MSP Indecs

  Daisy Group hits the acquisition trail again, buying Midlands-based technical maintenance and support services provider Indecs for a cash consideration of up to £18m

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Computacenter set for strong end to year, UK services at record high

  Computacenter is entering the final quarter of the year with momentum and growth in its Supply Chain and Services businesses, with Professional Services utilisation in the UK at record highs

• 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 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  HP boss reports turnaround plans remain on track

  Almost two years through a five year turnaround plan the boss of HP Meg Whitman has said the vendor is on track

• October 10, 2013 10 Oct'13

  Citrix warns on Q3 revenues

  Citrix has warned investors that it will not be able to deliver the revenues it had expected in Q3

• 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

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  IBM bolsters cloud options for MSPs

  IBM has started to exploit its SoftLayer acquisition introducing more analytics to customers and more solution options for managed service partners

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  2e2 datacentre unit star performer for Daisy Group

  Daisy Group reports strong performance from acquired datacentre business, reveals sales, earnings in line with expectations

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 4 October 2013

  Getronics buys NEC Enterprise Solutions, HP tweaks PartnerOne programme again, and Intrinsic names new CEO. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  SCC revenues up despite impact of SDG sale

  Underlying full year business at solutions provider SCC has proved resilient in the wake of the sale of its distribution arm, SDG, to Azlan

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Cloud reseller start-ups gaining attention

  The growing number of small resellers that have emerged focused solely on the cloud are being taken seriously by Box

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  MicroScope's top stories, September 2013

  Gartner warns cloud not a guarantee of wealth, Citrix aquires in UK and Amazon extends IaaS lead. Catch up on the biggest stories affecting the channel from September 2013

• October 01, 2013 01 Oct'13

  iomart splashes out on Backup Technologies

  Cloud specialist iomart has bolstered its portfolio after acquiring hosted backup and disaster recovery player Backup Technologies

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  SME cloud buyers looking for local expertise

  SME cloud buyers can buy services anywhere but prefer to deal with local resellers that understand their connectivity issues

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Intrinsic names former AppSense boss to CEO role

  AppSense CEO Darron Antill is to join MSP Intrinsic as chief executive to help pave the way for the next stage of the firm’s growth strategy

• September 25, 2013 25 Sep'13

  Comstor signed up by X-IO

  Comstor has inked a deal with X-IO to extend storage to those resellers selling data centre and cloud solutions

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  channelfusion adds Infrascale to vendor list

  Storage distributor has added Infrascale to the growing list of vendors on its books

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Outsourcery reacts to channel demand with O-Cloud

  Cloud specialist Outsourcery has launched its own small business offering to provide resellers with something to pitch to SMEs

• September 22, 2013 22 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 20 September 2013

  HP UK boss Wilson heads Down Under, Advanced rides to rescue of 2e2 public sector customer, and Outsourcery strikes Ingram Micro deal. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Vodafone partner Olive Comms buys rival Wish

  Vodafone Platinum Partner Olive Communications has forked out an undisclosed sum to buy competitor Wish Communications

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  RM on track for stronger end to financial year

  Education IT specialist says that based on its performance in the past three months, it is heading for a much stronger finish to the year than it previously thought

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Adobe talks up "overwhelming" cloud demand

  Adobe might have missed revenue targets for its Q3 but is increasing its recurring revenue generating cloud subscriber base

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Lead gen biggest challenge for growing MSPs, says GFI CEO

  GFI CEO Walter Scott says vendor marketing initiatives will become a critical element of channel support plans as managed service provider numbers grow exponentially in the coming years

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Advanced rides to rescue of 2e2 customer Moray Council

  Eleventh hour project rescue bid saw Advanced Business Solutions take charge of Scottish council’s finance management system migration project after 2e2 went under earlier this year

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Huawei merges carrier IT services with managed network services

  Chinese networking firm Huawei is merging its IT services business into its managed network services operation

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Outsourcery strikes strategic partnership with Ingram Micro

  Cloud specialist Outsourcery has sealed a strategic partnership with Ingram Micro offering the distributor's partner base its technology

• September 12, 2013 12 Sep'13

  Zynstra plans channel expansion with VC funding

  Having secured millions hybrid cloud provider Zynstra is planning to use some of the money to expand its channel activities

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 September 2013

  Gartner warns resellers not to bank on cloud, German contract fall-out hurts Computacenter, and Trustmarque opens new London office. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 06, 2013 06 Sep'13

  Node4 cycling squad to ride Tour of Britain 2013

  Node4-backed cycling team has unveiled its line-up for the 2013 Tour of Britain, which starts on 15 September

• September 06, 2013 06 Sep'13

  iomart forks out £8m for datacentre firm Redstation

  Acquisitive Scottish cloud outfit heads south to buy Hants-based datacentre operation Redstation for £8m

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  Damovo opens customer demo centre

  Enterprise IT solutions specialist Damovo shows off Client Innovation Centre, showcasing key vendors such as Cisco and Microsoft

• September 05, 2013 05 Sep'13

  AVG extends options for managed service providers

  AVG has started to integrate its offerings with those of Level Platforms which it acquired earlier this summer

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  Citrix acquires UK office suite player Byte Squared

  Citrix has acquired UK firm Byte Squared as it looks to bolster the enterprise applications it can offer customers

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Ian Cook gets chairman role at Logicalis

  Logicalis CEO Ian Cook to step up to group chairman role at end of financial year

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  Trustmarque opens City pad to target services business

  Yorks-based solutions provider Trustmarque joins procession of channel businesses piling into the City to target more enterprise and services business

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 30 August 2013

  IaaS data shows Amazon Web Services out in front, Arrow guzzles Computerlinks, and Ballmer calls it quits. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  Computacenter makes first half loss on German fallout

  Computacenter books statutory pre-tax loss after making provisions for losses on three dodgy German contracts, but the underlying business is heading in the right direction

• August 29, 2013 29 Aug'13

  Gartner warns resellers not to bank on cloud riches

  Although customers continue to invest in the cloud the level of money that technology takes from the IT budget will still be fairly low according to Gartner

• 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

• 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 21, 2013 21 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

  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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

  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

• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Gartner calls for transparency around cloud security

  Gartner has warned there is a growing frustration among customers facing inadequate cloud security protection

• 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

• July 31, 2013 31 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

• July 29, 2013 29 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

• 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

• July 25, 2013 25 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

• July 23, 2013 23 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

• July 22, 2013 22 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

• 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