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Network Infrastructure Solutions and Services

• January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12

  Zycko to distribute power saving Verdiem solutions

  Zycko has struck a deal to distribute IT energy management and efficiency specialist Verdiem, which it claims will allow resellers to help customers further optimise IT estates by managing the power state of devices and offering energy savings, ...

• January 18, 2012 18 Jan'12

  Juniper gives VARs Vegas bonanza

  Juniper Networks has added a plethora of new channel tools and resources to its channel programme at its reseller conference, which is being held this week in Las Vegas.

• January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12

  Channel boss in Mail on Sunday sting

  Transputec boss Rickie Sehgal has spoken of his embarrassment after falling victim to a Mail on Sunday sting in which an undercover reporter posed as a businessman seeking access to senior Conservative party politicians, including PM David Cameron.

• January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12

  Wick Hill lifeboat launched in Expand channel

  The saga of what is to become of Expand Networks customers and partners in the wake of last week's technology and IP acquisition by Riverbed has taken another twist as distie Wick Hill, along with competitor CDG, mounted a rescue mission in the ...

• January 17, 2012 17 Jan'12

  Wick Hill scales Silver Peak

  Wick Hill plans to increase its exposure to the "big data" sector with the appointment of datacentre WAN optimisation specialist Silver Peak Systems in its home and European markets.

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  D-Link restructure will provide resellers with more focus

  D-Link is expecting a restructure to enable it to provide resellers with greater focus and support as it separates its wide portfolio and bolsters the business-to-business operations.

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  Axonex first to bag Cisco ISE badge in UK

  Cisco partner Axonex has become the first UK reseller to be awarded the Authorised Technology Partner (ATP) accreditation for Cisco's Identity Services Engine technology. The Gloucestershire-based firm said this would help it manage increasingly ...

• January 13, 2012 13 Jan'12

  ShoreTel urges comms channel to think bigger

  ShoreTel EMEA boss Adrian Hip kiss has set the unified comms vendor's sights on further expansion into the large enterprise sector and a ramping up of its virtualisation capabilities in 2012.

• January 12, 2012 12 Jan'12

  ZyXEL's Marsden gets European president spot

  ZyXEL UK managing director and vice president of European channels Lee Marsden is to take on the role of European president following a reshuffle that has seen predecessor Gordon Yang take on a worldwide function. Marsden will continue to serve as ...

• 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.