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Network Infrastructure Solutions and Services

• January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12

  Expand partners face uncertain future after Riverbed IP buyout

  WAN optimisation specialist Riverbed has forked out an undisclosed sum for the assets and intellectual property of Expand Networks, which went into receivership in October after a loan repayment came due that it could not meet.

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  Phoenix targets aggressive growth after merger

  Phoenix has said it will look to book "aggressive growth" in the next 12 months in the wake of consolidating its Phoenix IT Services and ICM brands under the Phoenix banner, as revealed yesterday.

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  Router slump knocks Juniper prelims for six

  In a preliminary fourth quarter earnings statement, Juniper Networks has said it is likely to miss its original quarterly forecast for the three months to 31 December 2011 after a slump in router demand from service providers, which was particularly...

• January 09, 2012 09 Jan'12

  ICM brand to disappear in new Phoenix merger

  ICM-owner Phoenix is to merge the business continuity and infrastructure services house with its own Phoenix IT Services business in a move that will see the ICM brand disappear from the market.

• January 09, 2012 09 Jan'12

  Avaya's Anderson heads into channel

  Avaya has parted company with yet another senior executive, losing UK and Ireland channel director Niall Anderson just over a year into the role.

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  HTC in smartphone slump as Samsung flies

  An increasingly competitive mobile comms environment, matched with ongoing economic uncertainty, has pushed Taiwanese mobile kit vendor HTC to a 26% slump in unaudited fourth quarter profits, its first quarterly decline in 24 months.

• January 05, 2012 05 Jan'12

  Comms channel courts Olympic cash

  With the 2012 London Olympics looming large on the national agenda, the comms and networking channel is setting out its stall ahead of the massive anticipated disruption to working patterns and networks.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  Daisy partners to trial BT superfast broadband

  A number of Daisy Wholesale resellers are to embark on a technical trial of BT Wholesale's new faster fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC) products as part of plans to double the download speed of its fibre-optic broadband service.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  Avnet hands Hockin role driving solutions strategy

  Avnet Technology Solutions has promoted Bruce Hockin to run its solutions strategy in the UK helping resellers tap into specialised growing markets promoting technology in the security, networking and unified communications arenas.

• January 04, 2012 04 Jan'12

  Wick Hill presses further into mobile world

  Storage and security specialist Imation has signed a new agreement with VAD Wick Hill to sell its mobile security portfolio, including MXI, IronKey and Defender solutions into the channel.

• January 03, 2012 03 Jan'12

  Aastra adds comms app lines to Westcoast UC offer

  Unified comms (UC) specialist Aastra is to expand the number of its product lines available through West coast as part of a drive to widen and deepen its channel route to market.

• December 16, 2011 16 Dec'11

  Node4 bags pro cycling sponsorship deal

  Datacentre provider Node4 has announced it is to become the title sponsor of a UK-based pro cycling team for the 2012 season, reflecting a surge of interest in the sport both inside and outside the tech industry.

• December 16, 2011 16 Dec'11

  New Azzurri boss pledges stability, growth for 2012

  Managed comms integrator Azzurri has negotiated a new financing facility and announced the appointment of Vim Vithaldas as CEO, replacing Mark Quarter Maine, who is heading for the exit after just over a year in the post.

• December 15, 2011 15 Dec'11

  HP rejigs network partner channel

  HP plans to help its networking partners boost their overall competitiveness and grow their revenue opportunities following a series of tweaks to its PartnerONE and ExpertONE programmes in EMEA.

• December 15, 2011 15 Dec'11

  Huawei on channel charm offensive

  Huawei has embarked on a reseller charm offensive to win over networking VARs and integrators as it launches a new enterprise channel programme.