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Network Infrastructure Solutions and Services

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  Digium and Polycom to offer VARs £1 a day unified comms

  Telephony firms Digium and Polycom have teamed up with asset financing firm Capital Solutions Group to offer resellers the chance to buy Digium's Switchvox UC telephony kit for less than one pound per user per day.

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  Roberts right man to succeed Wightman at Cisco

  Following a series of structural changes to its worldwide channel operation announced yesterday, Cisco has finally broken cover and officially announced the appointment of Richard Roberts as UK and Ireland partner lead.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Cisco shuffles channel execs, holds off naming UK head

  Cisco has made a series of changes at the top of its worldwide partner organisation, shuffling its executive team and reduced the number of theatres it operates in, but contrary to speculation has remained silent over the matter of replacing UK ...

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  SAP opens up Sybase mobility solutions to VARs

  SAP VARs are being given the opportunity to sell Sybase enterprise mobility apps and solutions for the first time in a move that could provide new mobile and revenue opportunities to as many as 3,000 SAP partners.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Nokia makes Q2 loss and sales fall as it waits for Windows Phone

  Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has conceded the mobile phone company's Q2 results were "clearly disappointing" but claimed it was making "better than expected progress" as it shifts OS platform from Symbian to Windows Phone.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  F5 networks sets out market expansion plans

  F5 Networks president and CEO John McAdam spoke of the company's strong positioning in the ADC market and the new products and resources planned to expand its footprint, as the company announced its fiscal Q3 results, writes Linda Endersby.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Android to be darling of low-cost smartphone industry

  The growth of open-source operating systems such as Android, will bring down smartphone price points, driving the worldwide smartphone market to new heights, according to Juniper Research.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Alcatel-Lucent 'exploring' sale of enterprise biz

  Alcatel-Lucent has confirmed it is exploring strategic options to enhance the future of its enterprise business unit, including discussions that may lead to a sale.

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  Google introduces malware warning to search

  Google has introduced a warning system that alerts people using Google search that their computers have been infected with malware. The search giant discovered the malware when it found "some unusual search traffic while performing routine ...

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  Improving profitability cheers Datatec

  Datatec, the South Africa-based parent of Westcon and Logicalis, has said its trading and profitability are continuing to improve, with gross margins also on the up.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Adobe purchase of Echosign hit by patent lawsuit from rival RPost

  Barely hours after Adobe's acquisition of web-based provider of electronic signature and signature automation, Echo sign, the companies have been hit by a lawsuit filed by US-based rival Post alleging infringement of 5 of its patents.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  DiData to target consumerised environments with Citrix

  Dimension Data has become a Global Systems Integrated Partner for Citrix, formalising the partnership from existing regional relationships to make the £4.7bn services provider one of a handful of Citrix's most strategic partners, writes Linda ...

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Cisco ditches 6,500 jobs

  Troubled networking vendor Cisco has confirmed it is to make large-scale redundancies across the business next month. Reports emerged last week that the firm was on the verge of handing round the pink slips as it looks to trim a billion dollars from...

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Data Robotics renames self after key product

  Consumer and small business storage specialist Data Robotics is to change its name to reflect growing market recognition of its key product brand, Drobo. The decision has been taken to drop its old name in favour of Drobo in response to feedback ...

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Akamai extends channel with NetAlliance partner programme

  Cloud optimisation services specialist Akamai Technologies has announced plans to expand its channel with a partner programme designed to help global IT solution providers integrate the company's services into their offerings.