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Managed IT Services

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• February 24, 2014 24 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

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  NaviSite on the prowl for channel partners following OISG deal

  MSP NaviSite makes major channel signing in the shape of OISG

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  Onyx cruises towards £20m revenue mark

  Onyx Group reflects on a strong financial year, with turnover heading towards the £20m mark

• February 17, 2014 17 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

• February 14, 2014 14 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• February 07, 2014 07 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• January 30, 2014 30 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• January 27, 2014 27 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

• 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

• January 23, 2014 23 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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