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• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Nadella tipped to be next Microsoft CEO

  After all the speculation about bringing in an outsider it looks as if Microsoft will turn to one of its own long serving employees to step into Steve Ballmer's shoes

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Windows XP security concerns linger on

  Despite Microsoft extending malware support on Windows XP channel players have highlighted the need to remain vigilant

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Xbox and Surface sales boost Microsoft

  The traditional Windows OEM licensing business might be declining but the consumer devices are delivering for Microsoft

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Gates admits urgency is creeping into CEO search

  Bill Gates reveals there is no update on the ongoing Microsoft CEO search but indicates there is a feeling of urgency

• January 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  FAST calls for customers to make this the year for SAM

  The Federation Against Software Theft has urged customers to make this the year when they use technology to get on top of their software estates

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  Yorks MS partner Deans Computer Services in seven-figure MBO

  Yorkshire-based ERP specialist Deans Computer Services completes a seven figure MBO and sets its sights on future investment

• 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 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Tech Data teams with Cloud Migrator to ease Office 365 switch

  Tech Data and migration specialist Cloud Migrator offer channel services to help customers move away from on-premise email deployments

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Microsoft edging closer to CEO decision

  Microsoft is getting closer to unveiling the successor to Steve Ballmer

• 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 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  Former Microsoft manager charged with insider trading fraud

  A former Microsoft manager and a friend have been charged with insider trading fraud

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  Microsoft CEO search heading into 2014

  Hopes that there would be a fresh name on the door of the CEO's office at Microsoft before the end of the year have been dashed

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Budget woes holding back XP migration

  Budget woes and lack of time are holding back some IT professionals from moving away from Windows XP according to Spiceworks

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  Microsoft shuffles channel management team

  Microsoft has announced a change in its channel management team line-up

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  FAST warns government against allowing software copying

  The Federation Against Software Theft has warned the government that there could be dangerous consequences of its proposals to widen private copying exemptions

• 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 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  VMware: UK businesses go slow on XP migration

  UK business are dragging their feet when it comes to migrating from the aging Windows XP operating system, according to research carried out by virtualisation giant VMware

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Microsoft partner community PartnerPulse shuts down

  Social media team at Microsoft partner community PartnerPulse turn out the lights, citing lack of investment, engagement

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Microsoft moves to make volume licensing simpler

  Microsoft has made sweeping changes to its volume licensing structure as it looks to take the complexity out of the process

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Disk drive problems take shine off Xbox One launch

  The launch of the Xbox One has been tarnished by growing reports of disk drive problems

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Gates and Ballmer provide next CEO wish list

  The former and current CEO of Microsoft have a few pointers for the next person to fill their shoes

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Microsoft edges closer to choosing next CEO

  Microsoft is reported to be getting closer to whittling down the potential candidates to replace Steve Ballmer

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Microsoft steps up fight against piracy and cyber crime

  Microsoft has cut the ribbon on a Cybercrime Center as it looks to bring greater coordination in its fight against online criminals

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  FAST warns government against tying hands of Trading Standards

  FAST has warned that proposed changes to the consumer rights act will make fighting software pirates more difficult

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  Next CEO could break up Microsoft

  The prospect that the next CEO of Microsoft might offload some of the vendor's products looks more likely if Stephen Elop gets the job

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  FAST takes stay legal software message to the North

  The Federation Against Software Theft is targeting users in the North of England with efforts to raise the awareness of the need to use legal products

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  BSA wants SAM at the heart of user cloud strategies

  The BSA has urged customers moving to the cloud to use software asset management to ensure they are compliant and secure

• 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

  Microsoft realigns UK distribution strategy, cuts Avnet

  Avnet among distributors cut from UK line-up as Microsoft repositions its distie strategy to account for its ‘devices and services’ strategy

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Microsoft boosted by commercial growth

  Sales of Windows might still be struggling in a declining PC market but a stronger performance by its Office and Server products buoyed Microsoft

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Job preservation preventing more software whistle blowers

  The Federation Against Software Theft has found indifference and fear of the sack is preventing people from reporting the illegal use of software at work

• 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 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Microsoft releases start button restored Windows 8.1

  Microsoft has made downloads of Windows 8.1 available to users

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Microsoft CEO search rumbles on

  Microsoft's search for a CEO replacement for Steve Ballmer is continuing to gather steam with more names being linked with the job

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Trustmarque sets up Windows 8 tablet project for Scottish government

  Solutions provider Trustmarque runs successful Windows 8 tablet pilot for Scottish government ahead of wider deployment

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Camwood sounds warning as XP deadline hits six months

  With just six months left of official Windows XP support Camwood has urged customers to form transition plans

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Ballmer plans to stay on Microsoft board

  Steve Ballmer is standing for re-election to the Microsoft board indicating that even after he steps down as CEO he intends to be involved with the firm.

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Android's emergence as an enterprise OS seen by Canalys as inevitable

  Speaking in his keynote at the Canalys Channel Forum the president and CEO of the analyst firm has warned the channel that Microsoft is under increasing pressure

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Ballmer urges Microsoft to keep innovating

  In his last speech to employees at a company wide meeting at Microsoft Steve Ballmer said the firm would continue to think big

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  MPs slam Google for failing to protect IP

  Google has been heavily criticised in a Select Committee report that claims the search engine giant is not doing enough to protect intellectual property

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Ballmer voices regrets but keeps banging the drum

  In one of his last calls with analysts the Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has voiced regrets about its phone strategy but talked up its powers of longevity in the market

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Microsoft changes reporting structure

  Microsoft has revealed changes to the way it reports its performance as part of reorganisation plans that were announced by CEO Steve Ballmer

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Microsoft unveils 8.1 pricing

  With a month to go until the launch of Windows 8.1 Microsoft has revealed the pricing for the OS upgrade

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  SAM interest fuelled by end of XP support

  Customers looking to make a move off XP are turning to software asset management as a way of getting themselves ready for transition

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  BSA unveils IP expert as CEO and president

  The Business Software Alliance has revealed it has appointed a former member of Obama's administration as its latest CEO and president

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to step down within a year

  Microsoft has announced the retirement of CEO Steve Ballmer

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Microsoft names first UK Surface partners

  Big channel names including Computacenter, Kelway and Softcat picked to resell Microsoft Surface in the UK

• 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

  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 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  ITC Infotech warn firms to move on Windows migration

  With the date of XP support getting ever closer another voice in the channel has called out to warn customers over delaying migration

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  Channel flat over prospect of Windows 8.1 bounce

  Resellers are lukewarm over the prospects of Windows 8.1 making a splash in the market when it comes out later this year

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Surface sales still yet to take off

  Details from Microsoft over the revenues from sales of its Surface tablet have revealed the product has yet to make much of a dent in the market

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  Users struggling to get clarity in face of software audit wave

  With three quarters of firms having faced at least one software audit in the last year many are still trying to deal with application management on an ad hoc and manual basis

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Entatech gearing up for Windows 8.1 launch

  Entatech is urging resellers to view the launch of Windows 8.1 as an opportunity to get customers investing in both software and hardware

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  BT Engage IT finds users struggling with app sprawl

  Customers are struggling to cope with a mixture of legacy and in-house apps with many still yet to make moves off Windows XP

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Surface price cuts and PC slowdown hits Microsoft

  A $900m charge to cover Surface price cuts and inventory issues as well as a decline in the Windows division took the shine off Microsoft's Q4 numbers

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  FAST warns against illegal software on Chinese imports

  The Federation Against Software Theft has warned that buying hardware cheaply from China could land users in hot water when it comes to software licensing

• July 12, 2013 12 Jul'13

  Ballmer outlines vision of unified Microsoft

  Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has sent staff a memo where he outlines a strategy of developing a more unified company

• July 10, 2013 10 Jul'13

  Microsoft settles thousands of piracy cases

  Microsoft has revealed it has settled in excess of 3,000 copyright infringement cases in its last fiscal year

• July 03, 2013 03 Jul'13

  Microsoft reaches 100,000 app milestone

  Microsoft has hit the 100k app milestone but still lags a long way behind Apple and Google in getting developers to provide additional content for users

• July 02, 2013 02 Jul'13

  FAST warns against cracked software

  FAST has warned firms to be on the lookout for staff that might be using key generators to use cracked software

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Dell gives the BSA its backing

  Dell has signed up to the Business Software Alliance adding its support for the group's fight against piracy

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 June 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  Ballmer admits need for a remix with Windows 8.1

  The Microsoft CEO has revealed the changes made in its Windows 8.1 update and admitted that users had wanted it to make improvements

• June 26, 2013 26 Jun'13

  Software and services market facing tough times

  The latest insight into the UK software and IT services market from TechMarketView reveals competition for market share will increase further

• June 26, 2013 26 Jun'13

  Users advised to find budget to move off XP

  Microsoft might be talking this week about Windows 8.1 but for the channel the real focus is to get more users migrating off XP

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  Migration concerns still cloud Windows 8 upgrade

  Microsoft might just be days away from taking the wraps off a preview of Windows 8,1 but migration from XP is still a worry for many

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  FAST takes whistle-blower campaign to Bristol

  The Federation Against Software Theft is targeting Bristol with a whistle-blowing campaign designed to clamp down on the use of illegal software

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 June 2013

  Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  Windows 8.1 not a magic bullet for PC sales

  Context analysts say those anticipating a boost to PC sales from Windows 8.1 may be waiting in vain

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Microsoft extends Office 365 to iPhone users

  Microsoft has extended compatability for its Office 365 to the iPhone providing the Apple phone users with the chance to view and edit documents

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Entatech nabs five from Northamber to run Surrey base

  Telford-based distie populates new Leatherhead office with ex-Northamber staffers as it bids to ramp up its nationwide scale

• June 12, 2013 12 Jun'13

  Software whistle-blower costs Scottish firm £48,500

  The Federation Against Software Theft has revealed that a whistle-blower has cost their former employer thousands to pay for the correct software licenses

• June 06, 2013 06 Jun'13

  PartnerPulse community aims to socialise Microsoft partners

  Independent community for Microsoft partners to use social networking features to drive more business into the channel’s arms

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Microsoft looks for greater OEM hardware support

  Microsoft has used Computex as a venue to talk up its OEM hardware partnerships with the arrival of Windows 8.1 getting ever closer

• June 04, 2013 04 Jun'13

  Windows 8 yet to have enterprise impact

  Consumer usage might be the majority of the usage of Windows 8 with signs that it is yet to penetrate the enterprise market

• June 03, 2013 03 Jun'13

  Windows 8.1 to include networking and security improvements

  Microsoft is not just planning to reintroduce the start button with Windows 8.1 but will also take the chance of the upgrade to improve security and networking functionality

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Microsoft partner Core picks up Parative

  Microsoft service providers hook up to take advantage of Windows Azure Infrastructure Services launch and build Office 365, UC business

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  Microsoft tops the pirate charts

  The Federation Against Software Theft has discovered Microsoft applications are the most pirated

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Licensed software adds to UK bottom line

  The Business Software Alliance has discovered that just a slight reduction in the use of pirated software would add billions to the UK economy

• May 20, 2013 20 May'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 May 2013

  Our regular look back at the most important IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• May 16, 2013 16 May'13

  Corel finds consumers like to keep it shrink-wrapped

  Corel has discovered that consumers still want to buy their software rather than stream it from the cloud

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Microsoft reveals free Windows 8.1 upgrade

  Microsoft will make the upgrade to Windows 8 free to those users that have already invested in its latest operating system

• May 14, 2013 14 May'13

  FAST calls for more IP protection

  The Federation Against Software Theft has called on the government to do more to protect right holders of intellectual property

• May 13, 2013 13 May'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 May 2013

  Our regular look back at the most important ICT channel stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• May 10, 2013 10 May'13

  Microsoft confirms Windows 8 upgrade preview in June

  Microsoft has revealed that the upgrade to Windows 8, codenamed Blue, will be made available for public preview next month

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Microsoft prepares for Windows 8 u-turn with Blue

  Microsoft has indicated that a major upgrade to Windows 8 is in the works raising some expectations that it will reintroduce some of the traditional functionality into the OS

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 April 2013

  Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  Microsoft: immense amount of work to do on Windows 8

  Negative feedback on Windows 8 hangs heavy over an otherwise strong fiscal quarter for Microsoft

• April 18, 2013 18 Apr'13

  Gartner adds its voice to XP warnings

  Gartner has added its voice to the growing number of analysts and channel players urging customers to consider what they will do when XP support ends next year

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Samsung Win 8 Smart PCs to get Becrypt protection

  Buyers of ATIV Smart PC Pro hardware will be able to take advantage of Becrypt’s advanced disk encryption technology

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  More SAM education needed

  With many users either under or over licensing their software the need for more education around SAM is greater than ever according to FAST

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 12 April 2013

  Our regular look back at the most important channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Microsoft confirms new channel appointment for Barclay

  Microsoft's Clare Barclay is to become general manager of its Small, Medium Solutions and Partner Group within the UK

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  Ovum suggests alternatives to rushed XP migration

  The end of support for XP might be looming but users do have several strategies they can choose from according to analyst house Ovum

• April 09, 2013 09 Apr'13

  Microsoft and Fujitsu squeeze a little tighter

  Microsoft and Fujitsu UK & Ireland have joined forces to drive Microsoft’s raft of new products into UK businesses

• April 08, 2013 08 Apr'13

  Camwood survey adds to Windows XP migration worries

  Research conducted by Camwood to mark one year before Microsoft powers down Windows XP for good has shown more concerning trends among customers

• April 05, 2013 05 Apr'13

  Clock ticking loudly over end of XP support

  With just a year left of official support from Microsoft for XP users those sticking with the old OS are being advised to start migration plans

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Microsoft Dynamics skills in high demand

  Those with Microsoft Dynamics skills are in high demand enjoying increases in salary as a result and could jump ship if the price is right