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Network Infrastructure Solutions and Services
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February 10, 2011
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Feb'11
Alcatel-Lucent profits on the way up at last
Troubled networking vendor Alcatel-Lucent posted its first ever sequential rise in net profits during its fourth quarter, banking €340m (£288m) in the last three months of the year, after booking some substantial pre-tax gains.
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February 10, 2011
10
Feb'11
Cisco numbers spook the market once again
Network bellwether Cisco has again frightened off analysts after CEO John Chambers said it had posted weaker margins and talked of slower public sector and consumer spending during the vendor's second quarter, which closed on 29 January.
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February 10, 2011
10
Feb'11
Sourcefire plans to extend services through resellers
Web security specialist Sourcefire has indicated it is aiming to ramp up the services and support revenues for its reseller base.
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February 09, 2011
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Feb'11
Netgear posts quarterly sales record
SMB networking kit specialist Net gear has jumped to record sales for both the fourth quarter and full year after strong sales through service providers and a higher than expected contribution from a glut of 26 new product lines released during the ...
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February 09, 2011
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Feb'11
Nokia a 'burning platform' says CEO Elop
In a frank memo circulated among staff at Finnish mobility giant Nokia, CEO Stephen Elop has issued a brutal assessment of the company's current situation to staff, saying that they are "standing on a burning platform".
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February 09, 2011
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Feb'11
TalkTalk cuts 580 jobs as sales remain flat
TalkTalk is to cut 580 jobs in a "major reorganisation" of its business operations as the integration of Tiscali continues. The cuts will come as part of a restructure that should see the business save £25m per annum.
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February 08, 2011
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Feb'11
Smart phone security threats on the rise
Smart phone security threats are becoming an increasing problem as hackers target the growing number of users using their handheld devices to store sensitive information.
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February 08, 2011
08
Feb'11
Antenna picks up mobile internet specialist
Mobility software outfit Antenna Software has forked out an undisclosed sum to acquire mobile internet software company Volant's systems as part of an attempt to position itself as an end-to-end mobile solutions provider for the carrier market.
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February 03, 2011
03
Feb'11
BT makes progress but revenues dip again
BT has posted a slight dip in revenues for the second quarter in succession as its Global Services and Retail operations saw turnover drop.
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February 03, 2011
03
Feb'11
Virgin Media Business sets sights on data centres
Virgin Media Business is extending its network into data centres to widen its potential market and is looking to the channel to help it carve out a stake in the emerging cloud infrastructure space.
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February 02, 2011
02
Feb'11
New UK CEO for Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent has appointed former BT managing director of group and Open reach service operations Lucy Dimes as its new UK and Ireland CEO, replacing Lakh Jemmett, who is to take up the post of EMEA vice president of transformation in April.
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February 02, 2011
02
Feb'11
Juniper adds new EMEA partner head
Juniper Networks has named its vice president of Strategic Alliances, David Helfer, to the post of EMEA partner vice president.
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February 01, 2011
01
Feb'11
Extreme makes redundancies as growth slows
Second quarter profits and sales at Extreme Networks have scraped in at the low-end of previously issued guidance.
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February 01, 2011
01
Feb'11
Ofcom told to look at practicalities of web site blocking
Ofcom has been handed the task of discovering if the parts of the Digital Economy Act intended to block sites providing illegal content can be blocked. One of the main anti-piracy weapons in the Act is the ability to use the courts to block ...
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February 01, 2011
01
Feb'11
Network could grow productivity 5% annually, says Cisco CEO
Speaking this morning at the Cisco Live event in London, Cisco CEO John Chambers has called for European businesses to use their networks to improve productivity in the economic recovery, and warned that there is "no such thing" as a truly secure ...
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
Android vaults Symbian to grab smartphone market leadership
As predicted, Google's Android smartphone operating system has become the market leading OS, pushing rival Nokia into second place, according to the latest quarterly smartphone figures from Canalys.
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January 31, 2011
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Jan'11
D-Link adds new maintenance, support structure
Partners reselling networking lines from SMB-centric vendor D-Link will be able to add extra support, maintenance and warranty options following the launch of a new programme dubbed D-Link Assist.
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January 28, 2011
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Jan'11
Nortel pension campaign knocked back by Canadian ruling
The Pensions Regulator's quest to make Nortel cover a multi-billion pound deficit in its UK pension scheme has received a setback following a Supreme Court verdict in Canada.
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January 28, 2011
28
Jan'11
ScanSource hits new sales record
Avaya and Extreme Networks distributor ScanSource has posted record sales and net profits for the three months to the end of January.
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January 28, 2011
28
Jan'11
KCOM forecasts Public Sector Network strength
In an interim management statement released to the City today, network integrator KCOM has revealed that its trading over the past months has been in line with market expectations and talked up the Public Sector Network (PSN) project.
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January 27, 2011
27
Jan'11
Avnet posts Q2 rise in sales and profits
Avnet recorded a double digit rise in sales and profits for its fiscal second quarter fuelled by a rise in tech spending and acquisitions.
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January 27, 2011
27
Jan'11
ShoreTel CEO pledges profitability by Q4
IP telephony vendor ShoreTel returned a GAAP net loss for its fiscal Q2, but an otherwise sound quarterly performance coupled with healthy revenue figures has led new CEO Peter Blackmore to say the company will be profitable by Q4.
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January 27, 2011
27
Jan'11
BSkyB buys The Cloud
As predicted earlier this week, media group and ISPBSkyB has added Wi-Fi provider The Cloud to its line-up for an undisclosed sum understood to be under £50m.
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January 26, 2011
26
Jan'11
Enforce Technology buys Network SI hosting unit
Security specialist Enforce Technology has acquired the business assets of fallen managed and hosting services SME reseller Network SI in a pre-pack deal.
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January 26, 2011
26
Jan'11
Juniper pins future growth on mobile web, clouds
Juniper Networks has closed off its financial year with a record quarterly performance, booking sales of $1.19bn (£750m), up 26% year-on-year and 18% sequentially, while GAAP net profit grew 31% year-on-year to $190m. Full-year sales were up ...
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January 26, 2011
26
Jan'11
O2 launches national Wi-Fi grid
Mobility and broadband provider O2 has this morning announced plans to deploy a free-to-access public Wi-Fi platform across the UK. The firm said that the network would be open to all customers to access for free, regardless of which mobile or ...
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January 25, 2011
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Jan'11
Network SI calls in corporate recovery firm to solve cash woes
Network SI has appointed RSM Tenon to help deal with its current financial instability and find a buyer, with the hosting unit likely to be sold imminently as part of a pre-pack administration.
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January 25, 2011
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Jan'11
BT Wholesale to cut prices for ISPs
BT Wholesale has announced a 25% cut to its Wholesale Ethernet Etherway connection charge for a six month period to the end of July.
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January 25, 2011
25
Jan'11
Riverbed adds Avnet to UK distribution stable
Riverbed is expanding its reach beyond its traditional value added, niche distribution proposition with the signing of Avnet Technology Solutions in the UK.
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January 24, 2011
24
Jan'11
Ericom bins Avnet, Exclusive for Computerlinks deal
Fresh from its recent signings of network monitoring outfit Gigamon and SMB network kit vendor D-Link, Computerlinks has added application access and virtualisation solutions firm Ericom to its line-up after ditching rival Citrix late last year.
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January 24, 2011
24
Jan'11
Mayflex adds to networking team
Networking and security distributor Mayflex has shuffled its networking team, bringing in some new faces and shuffling some existing roles, as part of an attempt to offer more support to its dealer network.
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January 21, 2011
21
Jan'11
Comstor handed Tandberg contract as Avnet leaves fold
Comstor has laughed off Avnet's parting threat to switch sell Tandberg reseller partners to Avaya, as it prepares to join Azlan in distributing the videoconferencing specialist across Europe.
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January 21, 2011
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Jan'11
Cisco names Brocklehurst as UK distribution boss
Cisco has ushered in a new head of UK distribution with regional sales manager Andy Brocklehurst stepping into the shoes of Gordon Mackintosh, who has left for warmer climes to take a senior role in the vendor's global SME sales programme.
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January 21, 2011
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Jan'11
Polycom profits soar once again
Video and unified communications specialist Polycom has posted a new sales record for the fourth quarter ended 31 December 2010, as the market for business video technology and applications continues to expand.
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January 20, 2011
20
Jan'11
Juniper benefits from exit of Windows 7 mastermind
Microsoft exec Brad Brooks has become the latest high-profile company man to jump ship after being appointed by Juniper Networks to run its global enterprise marketing efforts.
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January 20, 2011
20
Jan'11
F5 drags down cloud networking market after missing forecasts
Cloud networking vendor F5 Networks took a battering on the stock market after its fiscal Q1 sales came in below expectations, and a weak forecast for Q2 did not help matters. The slump in the firm's stock price has also hit rivals such as Aruba and...
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January 19, 2011
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Jan'11
Apple owns up to iPhone 4 shortages
Apple has underestimated demand for the iPhone4 and is facing shortages of its iconic device, but has refused to commit to saying when its supply chain issues will be resolved.
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January 19, 2011
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Jan'11
Carphone raises guidance on strong US figures
Carphone Warehouse Group has raised its full-year profit guidance to between £90m and £100m as a result of a strong quarterly performance from JV partner Best Buy's American mobile unit, in which CPW has a profit-sharing agreement.
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January 19, 2011
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Jan'11
ShoreTel signs ScanSource
IP phone supplier ShoreTel has added growing networking VAD ScanSource to its distribution stable in a move it says will enable it to build momentum and capture increased market share in the IP telephony, mobility and UC markets.
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January 18, 2011
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Jan'11
Computacenter names Gooding to run UK networking unit
Computacenter has hired Logicalis sales director Duncan Gooding to push its networking business in the UK over the £100m milestone. Current incumbent Ade Foxall is moving to a new role managing CC's Cisco UCS business across Europe - a new ...
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January 18, 2011
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Jan'11
Juniper fires up global partner cloud training scheme
Juniper Networks has announced a new training and education programme built around cloud networking, security, switching, routing and mobility.
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January 17, 2011
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Jan'11
DMSL renews BT deal for two more years
Broadband, voice and data distributor DMSL has extended its BT Business contract through to 2013. The two firms have been doing business for over 10 years, in which time DMSL claims to have signed more than 30,000 BT Business contracts.
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January 17, 2011
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Jan'11
Aastra targets Microsoft, HP Networking channels
Comms vendor Aastra will be leaning on new distribution partner Westcoast to target Microsoft and HP resellers looking to branch out into telecoms sales, according to UK and Ireland managing director Alan Reeve.
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January 14, 2011
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Jan'11
Motorola split to ease channel solution sales
The amicable split between Motorola's handset division and its enterprise solutions and networking business will provide new levels of clarity for resellers trying to push its solutions in the marketplace, according to Motorola Solutions head of ...
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January 14, 2011
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Jan'11
EMEA unified comms market will double in size by 2014
The EMEA market for unified communications (UC) kit and services will double in size by 2014, according to the latest figures from market watchers IDC. With total sales in 2010 hitting $8bn (£5bn), IDC's analysts expect it to approach $16.6bn ...
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January 14, 2011
14
Jan'11
Mitel names McBee as new CEO
Mitel has named Richard McBee, former president of comms and enterprise at Danaher, as its new CEO, replacing long-serving Don Smith, who stood down last year.
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January 13, 2011
13
Jan'11
Datatec CEO says customer confidence returning
Datatec reckons the IT industry is finally returning to meaningful growth, following a solid four months which tracked the high end of previous forecasts.
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January 13, 2011
13
Jan'11
Android to dominate Smartphone space in 2011, says Canalys
Android will continue to grow at more than twice the rate of its closest smart phone competitors this year, despite concerns over platform fragmentation, according to analyst firm Canalys.
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January 13, 2011
13
Jan'11
O2 and 2e2 form IT and comms joint venture
The slow march of mobile operators into the IT services market picked up pace today after carrier O2 and integrator 2e2 lifted the covers off a contractual joint venture.
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January 13, 2011
13
Jan'11
ScanSource adds Avaya installation services to mix
Avaya distie ScanSource has launched a professional services offering in the UK, allowing its dealer channel to sell installation services on Avaya kit without having to invest in the resources needed to do it all themselves.
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January 12, 2011
12
Jan'11
Easynet boss heads to BE Broadband
Recently-launched wholesale ISP BE Broadband - which is backed by O2 - has appointed the former head of SME provider Easynet Connect, Chris Stening, as its new managing director.
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January 11, 2011
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Jan'11
Computerlinks adds network management tools to stable
New market-based security and networking distil Computerlinks has added network monitoring kit from incoming US vendor Gigamon to its line-up in a move it says will complement its range of networking, security and virtualisation products.
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January 10, 2011
10
Jan'11
Azlan launches Cisco UCS virtualisation drive
Cisco distributor Azlan has launched an on-boarding programme for partners keen to sell virtualisation as part of a UCS deployment.
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January 06, 2011
06
Jan'11
Snom launches dealer IP training scheme
Comms vendor snow is to launch a Certified Engineer programme targeting resellers seeking entry to the IP telephony market, having successfully trialled a similar scheme in Italy.
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January 05, 2011
05
Jan'11
Juniper team reunites at McAfee
McAfee has appointed former Juniper channel sales boss David Small to run its channel and commercial business in EMEA, after previous incumbent Georges Millet left to pursue other opportunities. Small joins just months after McAfee nabbed Juniper's ...
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January 05, 2011
05
Jan'11
Griffin jettisons VoIP services unit
Business internet services provider Griffin has sold off the VoIP assets that it acquired when it bought Fused Group last October.
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January 04, 2011
04
Jan'11
Bandwidth and uptime top corporate network concerns
Keeping networks ticking over and maintaining uptime and availability will remain the biggest concerns for corporate customers during 2011, according to research conducted on behalf of Ipswitch's Network Management Division.
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January 04, 2011
04
Jan'11
Daisy rebrands distribution units for New Year
Acquisitive networking and comms provider Daisy Group has formally rebranded its distribution units, Anglia Telecom and Fone Logistics, as Daisy Distribution following a lengthy integration process.
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December 17, 2010
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Dec'10
Azzurri prepares for public sector outsourcing love in
Azzurri is forging a major accounts team for the public sector in anticipation of growing demand for outsourcing.
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December 17, 2010
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Dec'10
Redstone cuts losses in H1 fiscal 2011
The divestment programme of peripheral operations kicked off by Redstone's management helped stem losses in the first half of fiscal 2011, the firm said today.
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December 16, 2010
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Dec'10
BT channel ducks wholesale price bullet
Ofcom has formally ruled that BT will not be allowed to increase its wholesale charges in order to plug a £3.8bn deficit in its pension fund, confirming the results of its initial consultation.
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December 15, 2010
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Dec'10
KCOM boss Renucci resigns
KCOM Group finance boss Paul Simpson has assumed control of the firm following the resignation of executive director Paul Renucci.
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December 15, 2010
15
Dec'10
Comms reseller Arrow buys TMG
Surrey-based mobility reseller Arrow Mobile Communications has splashed out an undisclosed sum on the assets of phone systems, maintenance and network services outfit TMG.
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December 14, 2010
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Dec'10
Ingram Micro continues to expand mobility line
Ingram Micro is continuing to expand the roll-out of kitto support its growing telecommunications division, which was given full access to RIM's mobility portfolio earlier this month.
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December 13, 2010
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Dec'10
Redstone to cut jobs as business units merge
Redstone is set to consolidate its three operating divisions into one trading entity with the loss of around 50 jobs.
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December 13, 2010
13
Dec'10
ShoreTel ends hunt for CEO
ShoreTel has named former president and CEO of IP networking solutions provider UTStarcom, Peter Blackmore, as its new CEO, ending a five month hunt for John Combs' replacement.
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December 13, 2010
13
Dec'10
STL sells comms division to Admiral
Suffolk-based cloud and virtualisation specialist and Microsoft Gold Partner STL Technologies has sold its telecoms division to IT, telephony and facilities management outfit Admiral Group for an undisclosed sum.
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December 13, 2010
13
Dec'10
Nortel loses pension fight in High Court
Nortel has lost its legal battle against the Pensions Regulator in its attempt to make the bankrupt networking vendor liable for a £2.1bn deficit in its pension scheme through a Financial Support Direction (FSD).
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December 10, 2010
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Dec'10
Walsh to join comms services firm Colt in February
Former Computacenter UK managing director Simon Walsh -who resigned his post in November in order to take his career in a new direction- will take up the role of executive vice president of managed networking services provider Colt's Enterprise ...
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December 09, 2010
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Dec'10
Ciena posts ninth straight net loss
Optical networking vendor Ciena has posted its ninth sequential net loss in the final quarter of its fiscal 2010, which closed at the end of October.
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December 09, 2010
09
Dec'10
Alcatel-Lucent in on pioneering LTE trial
Alcatel-Lucent and infrastructure outfit Arqiva have teamed up to start a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless trial in a remote part of Wales, using parts of the 800MHz spectrum freed up by the digital switchover.
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December 09, 2010
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Dec'10
NTT buying up last DiData shares
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), which acquired systems integrator Dimension Data in July for £2.1bn,is pushing ahead with the purchase of the last few remaining shares in the company. This follows the expiry of a six-week period for the ...
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December 08, 2010
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Dec'10
Calyx CEO Timothy maps acquisition path as 2011 closes in
Calyx is currently mapping an acquisition strategy but has expressed early interest in building larger economies of scale in existing operations and getting more involved in software and infrastructure management services.
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December 08, 2010
08
Dec'10
Silver Peak Betz on CDG distribution appointment
WAN optimisation outfit Silver Peak is continuing its EMEA expansion with the appointment of former Expand Networks EMEA sales head Mike Betzto the post of vice president of EMEA sales, and the appointment of data centre technology distributor CDG ...
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December 07, 2010
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Dec'10
Daisy numbers show impact of roll-up strategy
After acquiring numerous businesses during the course of 2010, comms and networking reseller Daisy Group has posted a pre-tax loss of £9.84m on sales of £119.9m, up 288% year-on-year for the six months to the end of September.
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December 06, 2010
06
Dec'10
Cisco, BMC team up for enterprise cloud sales
Cisco and BMC Software have put their marks to a new strategic alliance intended to develop and market large-scale multi-tenant cloud infrastructures.
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December 06, 2010
06
Dec'10
Juniper buys into virtualisation security market
Juniper Networks has forked out $95m (£60.6m) to acquire virtualisation security vendor Altor Networks, net of shares that it already owns in the business.
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December 06, 2010
06
Dec'10
Hunt outlines coalition broadband plans
The culture secretary Jeremy Hunt is today setting out the coalition government's broadband strategy, setting a tentative date of 2015 to bring super-fast fiber broadband to between 85% and 90% of the UK, with the private sector shouldering the bulk...
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December 03, 2010
03
Dec'10
Channel warned over voice security neglect
The rush towards convergence among voice and data resellers means that the security of voice and VoIP installations is being neglected with potentially damaging consequences.
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December 03, 2010
03
Dec'10
Nortel auctions wind down with GDNT China sale
Nearly two full years after it first went into administration, Nortel has sold its final substantial asset, China-based Guandgong Nortel Telecommunication Equipment (GDNT), to Ericsson China for $50m in cash.
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December 02, 2010
02
Dec'10
Mitel sales hold steady in Q2
Unified comms software vendor Mitel has made total sales of $161.1m (£103m) - down 0.8% - in the second quarter of its fiscal 2011. In unaudited figures for the three months to the end of October, the firm made GAAP net income of $80.9m, ...
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December 02, 2010
02
Dec'10
Daisy buys into healthcare services with NEG
Acquisitive Daisy Group continues to cut a swathe through the business comms space after dipping into its war chest to acquire NEG MBO Two Ltd for an initial cash consideration of £23.5m.
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December 02, 2010
02
Dec'10
Brocade names ex-HP man as EMEA channel head
Brocade has named former HP Networking man Alain Valluy as its new EMEA channel director, replacing Amanda Giddins, who left the company in October.
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December 01, 2010
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Dec'10
Motorola to split in January
After a process that has taken over two years, Motorola has finally set 4 January 2011 as the date on which it will split into two firms, Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility.
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November 29, 2010
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Nov'10
Computerlinks plans satellite net services
Computerlinks has announced plans to provide parts of its Alvea channel managed services portfolio through newly-launched broadband satellite, HYLAS 1.
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November 29, 2010
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Nov'10
Government urged to push broadband investment
Broadband speeds across the EU are much faster than they were 12 months ago, say new statistics released by the European Commission, but member governments must do more to ensure their digital economies remain competitive, according to Brussels.
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November 29, 2010
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Nov'10
Astaro looks to expand channel with key appointment
Unified Threat Management (UTM) specialist Astaro has recruited a sales director from its rival to drive UK channel growth. Vinod Chamdal, takes up the post of UK sales director at Astaro with a brief to expand its channel numbers and increase ...
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November 26, 2010
26
Nov'10
Networks First latest Cisco partner to trial apps
Networking support services provider Networks First has become the latest industry player to unveil an iPhone app pitched at the channel.
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November 26, 2010
26
Nov'10
B2Net acquires Cisco partner Essant
Services-based storage reseller B2net has acquired small London-based Cisco Gold partner Essant for an undisclosed sum.
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November 25, 2010
25
Nov'10
Virgin Media signs on to government network plan
Virgin Media Business has signed up to supply its fibre-optic network as part of the government's Public Sector Network (PSN) plan and created new public sector business network.
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November 25, 2010
25
Nov'10
Nortel pension hearing begins
Lawyers for Nortel will take the stand at the Royal Courts of Justice today for the second day of the hearing over the firm's handling of its pension scheme.
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November 24, 2010
24
Nov'10
Magirus pledges to drive down Cisco UCS lead times
Cisco distributor Magirus has claimed it can now bring lead times on Cisco's B-Series Unified Compute blades down to just five days after being certified as the first Cisco UCS B-Series Authorised Configurator in Europe.
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November 23, 2010
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Nov'10
KCOM plans for growth as profits rise
Revenues might have dipped but profits for the first half of its fiscal year increased at KCOM as the firm announced a fresh banking facility and ambitions for growth.
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November 23, 2010
23
Nov'10
Brocade profits head south on increased costs
Brocade's fourth quarter GAAP net income shrank 28% year-on-year to $23m (£14.4m) even as sales at the network and storage vendor hit a new record of $550m, up 5%, driven by solid growth in its Ethernet business.
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November 22, 2010
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Nov'10
Juniper distie boss pops up at Avnet
Former Juniper UK distribution manager Grant Reddin has crossed the great divide into the channel to take up the role of networking and security sales director for the UK at Avnet Technology Solutions.
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November 22, 2010
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Nov'10
D-Link shakes up education strategy
D-Link has revitalised its approach to its core education market, unveiling a new 0% financing plan and announcing the appointment of a new head of education.
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November 19, 2010
19
Nov'10
Nortel falls out with VoIP unit buyer
Nortel has fallen out with Genband over the purchase price of its carrier VoIP and applications solutions (CVAS) unit, according to Reuters. The $182m deal, originally announced late last year, was finalised in February, as reported by MicroScope.
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November 19, 2010
19
Nov'10
Chambers sorry for Cisco stock panic
John Chambers has taken the unusual step of apologising to investors for the weak quarterly forecast that he delivered last week on Cisco's quarterly earnings call.
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November 18, 2010
18
Nov'10
Aruba CEO shrugs off Trapeze acquisition
Dominic Orr, CEO of wireless vendor Aruba Networks, has claimed he is not concerned with the acquisition of old competitor Trapeze by Juniper earlier this week.
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November 17, 2010
17
Nov'10
Product sales bounce back as DiData files final results
Integrator Dimension Data has posted improved revenues and profits for the full-year to the end of September, with sales up 19% - 9% at constant currency rates - to $4.74bn (£2.98bn) and operating profit of $237.8m, up 22% in reported currency...