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Networking and Telecommunications

• July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15

  Netgear increases support for entry level resellers

  Networking specialist Netgear has launched a revised global partner programme increasing the support it gives all tiers of partner

• June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15

  Worldwide demand for WIFI presents channel opportunities

  With the amount of data over wifi networks surging it means there will be chances for the channel to pitch services around the technology

• June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15

  Bridgeway steps into help Mobil8 customers

  The collapse into voluntary liquidation of mobile integration specialist Mobil8 has given a chance for rivals to pitch their own services

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  KCOM highlights cloud, fibre and collaboration

  In its latest update to investors telco specialist KCOM Group has outlined where it believes future growth is going to come from

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Mitel shows vertical intentions with TigerTMS buy

  Mitel is determined to strengthen its position in key vertical markets and has taken steps into the hospitality world with the acquisition of TigerTMS

• June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15

  Distributors put muscle into Dell relationship

  Dell's distributors continue to plough resources into supporting the vendor with Azlan the latest to increase its commitment

• May 28, 2015 28 May'15

  Cisco VNI shows IP traffic to hit two zettabytes by 2019

  Cisco's latest Visual Networking Index shows IP traffic will hit two zettabytes by 2019 due to mobile and video use

• May 20, 2015 20 May'15

  Outsourcery adds Juniper to O-Cloud mix

  In the latest version of its government used cloud platform Outsourcery has added Junipers secure network technology

• May 20, 2015 20 May'15

  TalkTalk Business launches SIP offering to the channel

  TalkTalk Business brings end-to-end VoIP solution to the channel after acquisition of SIP wholesaler

• May 14, 2015 14 May'15

  Chambers hands over a Cisco well positioned for the future

  In the last set of quarterly results that John Chambers will preside over as CEO of Cisco the firm has delivered a strong performance

• May 13, 2015 13 May'15

  Westcon delivers growth for Datatec

  A strong performance from Westcon helped Datatec deliver a solid set of numbers for its fiscal year

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  After the promises the moment of decision arrives

  This has been an election campaign that has referenced broadband, IoT and seen arguments over what is best for business

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Police smash Cisco counterfeit operation

  Police have arrested three men that are suspected of selling counterfeit Cisco kit worth millions of pounds

• April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15

  Daisy Group predicts sweeping changes to office culture

  Fast forward to 2035 and the office will look very different from the way it does today and the channel needs to be aware of the changes that are coming according to the Daisy Group

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  Labour voters get faster broadband (well, sort of...)

  New study from ThinkBroadband finds that the majority of constituencies with superfast broadband are Labour controlled

• April 23, 2015 23 Apr'15

  F5 Networks reveals summer CEO change

  F5 Networks has looked internally for the person to replace its outgoing CEO who is calling time after a 15 year stint leading the firm

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  Nokia to buy out Alcatel-Lucent in a €15.6bn deal

  New €40bn company will become the second largest player in the telecoms manufacturing sector

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Nokia in 'advanced talks' to buy out Alcatel-Lucent

  Finnish telecoms company Nokia is looking to make a move on Alcatel-Lucent in order to cut costs, assuming they can get the go ahead from the French government

• April 07, 2015 07 Apr'15

  EE gears up for launch of Wi-Fi calling service

  As network providers scramble to offload traffic onto small cell networks, EE launches the UK's first native Wi-Fi calling service

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Trust a key element in the convergence sale

  Putting all of your eggs in one basket is not something that some customers decide to do with reservations making trust in the channel supplier vital

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Huawei UK not a risk to national security

  The Chinese owned telco has been given the all clear after a year's worth of activity revealed it posed no security risk to the UK national government

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Chess buys again with Compwise acquisition

  Chess keeps heading towards the 100 firms acquired mark as it adds networking player Compwise to its roster

• March 24, 2015 24 Mar'15

  Daisy and Chess in for parts of Calyx Managed Services

  The decision by MXC Capital to sell of parts of Calyx Managed Services has attracted the interest of Daisy and Chess

• March 23, 2015 23 Mar'15

  SCC expands data centre services reach with Fluidata investment

  SCC continues to bolster the services it can offer customers adding data telecoms to the mix with a Fluidata investment

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Office 365 PSTN capabilities to launch this year, says Microsoft

  As Microsoft releases a preview of Skype for Business, VP Zig Serafin says that cloud-based PSTN will finally launch 'later this year'

• March 19, 2015 19 Mar'15

  Budget gets mixed channel response

  Talk in the Budget of broadband and more digital initiatives in the public sector have been greeted with a mixed response

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  IoT and faster broadband get Budget backing

  In his last budget before the election the Chancellor George Osborne accepted that more needed to be done to improve the national broadband infrastructure

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Extreme Networks targets HP and Aruba

  Following the move by HP to acquire Aruba Networks a competitive upgrade programme has been launched by Extreme Networks

• March 13, 2015 13 Mar'15

  Amazon bolsters IoT strategy with 2lemetry acquisition

  Amazon quietly purchases m2m startup 2lemetry as it begins to draw up its battle plan for the Internet of Things

• March 12, 2015 12 Mar'15

  SMEs need help with digital skills

  Billions of pounds are being lost to the UK economy as a result of the SME digital skills gap

• March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15

  Kemp rolls out license model to support service providers

  Kemp has introduced a service provider license model to increase its support for players on that side of the market

• March 11, 2015 11 Mar'15

  Cloud connectivity an increasing mid market issue

  Softcat and Exponential-e are working together to educate customers around the need for decent connection to the cloud

• March 09, 2015 09 Mar'15

  Acquisitions bolster Maintel numbers

  Telco and managed services player Maintel has recorded a decent 2014 with acquisitions playing a part in the growth

• March 03, 2015 03 Mar'15

  Google hints at starting its own mobile network

  Frustrated by the lack of innovation in the mobile broadband space. the search giant has hinted that it might show the big boys how its done... Google-style

• February 26, 2015 26 Feb'15

  Colt transformation hits bottom line

  Movement away from low-margin business takes its toll on latest Colt results

• February 25, 2015 25 Feb'15

  ARM and Big Blue unveil 'IoT Starter Kit'

  IBM and ARM have teamed up to create a plug 'n' play starter kit, allowing developers to dip their toes into the waters of IoT

• February 18, 2015 18 Feb'15

  Barcelona named smartest city in the world

  Juniper Research names Barcelona as 'Global Smart City - 2015'. Sorry London... must try harder.

• February 12, 2015 12 Feb'15

  Financial results suggest Cisco has turned a corner

  Cisco's Q2 results are strongest in five years suggesting the worst of the restructuring may now be behind it

• February 11, 2015 11 Feb'15

  Citrix aims to use specialisms to highlight partner talents

  Citrix has taken the wraps off a refreshed partner programme that puts specialisms at the heart of efforts to help highlight skilled resellers

• February 05, 2015 05 Feb'15

  BT - EE merger: Next stop...regulators

  The terms have been agreed at breakneck speed. IDC's John Delaney explains what we can expect in the coming months.

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Study reveals true cost of network downtime

  Avaya survey finds that large companies lose an average of £54,750 as a direct result of network outages

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Avaya helps channel change the message

  Avaya is responding to customer needs for business solutions and is moving away from technology messages and encouraging partners to do the same

• January 28, 2015 28 Jan'15

  Ofcom releases vague IoT report

  Ofcom has started the process of unraveling the complexities of IoT, but the report does nothing other than kick the can down the road

• January 26, 2015 26 Jan'15

  Channel needs to highlight IoT security issues

  The growth in the Internet of Things should be making more users worried about security according to Tripwire

• January 23, 2015 23 Jan'15

  O2 boss eats his words as Three merger looks increasingly likely

  Telefónica and Hutchison Whampoa confirm that they have entered 'an exclusive agreement' for the purchase of the UK's second largest network.

• January 22, 2015 22 Jan'15

  Politicians pledge support for ICT in education

  The annual BETT show has proved to be a platform for both main political parties to talk up their support for wider use of ICT in education

• January 21, 2015 21 Jan'15

  Mobile created 11 million jobs & $3.3 trillion in global sales

  New report from Boston Consulting Group and Qualcomm says that mobile is the fastest adopted technology in history

• January 19, 2015 19 Jan'15

  Three owner in talks to buy out O2

  BT sells O2, Orange and T-Mobile become EE, BT in talks to buy EE...now Three in talks to buy O2

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Vodafone CTO steps down

  Steve Pusey is to retire in July, with Ericsson's Johan Wilbergh stepping into the role

• January 13, 2015 13 Jan'15

  Azzurri to resell EE products and solutions

  One of the UK's largest managed comms providers has announced a new partnership with network giant EE

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  IoT: Industry must put safeguards in place, says FTC chief

  Speaking at CES 2015 in Las Vegas, FTC chairwoman Edith Ramirez has spoken of the potential privacy issues surrounding the Internet of Things

• January 06, 2015 06 Jan'15

  Samsung boss argues now is the time for IoT

  The possibilities of the Internet of Things changing society depends is something that has already started according to the CEO of Samsung

• December 16, 2014 16 Dec'14

  BT & EE enter exclusivity agreement for possible acquisition

  The end of speculation could be nigh as BT enters exclusive talks with EE over the potential acquisition

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  Comms-care reveals professional services demand surge

  Resellers are looking to third party providers to help them plug skill gaps driving the growth in demand for outsourced professional services

• December 01, 2014 01 Dec'14

  O2 boss says a Three merger is most unlikely

  With BT in talks with EE and O2, Three has now entered the picture with parent company Hutchinson preparing a bid. O2 boss says a Three merger is unlikely

• November 21, 2014 21 Nov'14

  Shareholders back Pinnacle Technology Group fund raising plans

  Comms specialist Pinnacle Technology Group has been given backing by its shareholders to raise funds on the stock market

• November 20, 2014 20 Nov'14

  Data reveals too much time wasted on managing virtualised estate

  New research from Tintri finds nearly one month a year is spent managing virtualised infrastructure

• November 20, 2014 20 Nov'14

  SDN to be a top trend in 2015, research suggests

  A new survey from Brocade finds that SDN and NFV will become increasingly hot trends over the next two years

• November 14, 2014 14 Nov'14

  D-Link looks for retail growth with Shaw appointment

  Networking player D-Link is looking to increase its activity in the retail channel

• November 12, 2014 12 Nov'14

  NCE heads North of the border with Technology Practice buy

  Data centre services specialist NCE has continued to expand via acquisition after buying Scottish outfit The Technology Practice

• November 11, 2014 11 Nov'14

  Juniper boss walks after board disagreement

  Juniper has been quick to unveil a fresh CEO after a clash over leadership caused it to part company with its current boss

• November 06, 2014 06 Nov'14

  SCC will buy again with comms the target

  SCC is planning to acquire to extend the reach if its portfolio with a comms specialist the most likely target

• November 05, 2014 05 Nov'14

  Notspots are not what we want, says minister

  The government is demanding that something be done about 'notspots' but industry says there is no quick fix

• November 04, 2014 04 Nov'14

  Olive Communications acquisitions underpin growth

  Unified comms player Olive Communications has delivered a solid set of numbers for its last fiscal year thanks in part to its acquisition strategy

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Avnet hit by fall in EMEA component sales

  Decent first quarter numbers from the global distributor were tainted slightly by the performance across EMEA

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Maintel extends managed services capabilities through acqusition

  Maintel Holdings has splashed out £9.6m in cash for Proximity Communications

• October 27, 2014 27 Oct'14

  Ruckus Wireless looks for deeper vertical reach

  As more verticals identify the need for wireless networking Ruckus Wireless is open to recruiting more specialist partners

• October 22, 2014 22 Oct'14

  Microsoft kills the beloved Nokia brand, all in the name of progress

  Microsoft officially confirms that it will be phasing out the Nokia brand starting from now, marking a sad day in the history of mobile telecoms

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  Azzurri highlights MDM opportunities as mobile productivity rises

  Azzurri has found that productivity gains from allowing staff to use mobile devices are being enjoyed by customers but many are yet to sort out the security issues

• October 10, 2014 10 Oct'14

  IBM player Portal kicks off unified solution approach

  IBM specialist Portal has devised a solution for the education market that brings together all of the skills it has across the business

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Unify aims for channel business increase

  Unified comms specialist Unify is aiming to almost double the volume of business that goes through its channel partners

• October 07, 2014 07 Oct'14

  SDN still a long way from the mainstream

  There might be a lot of talk about software defined networking but Groundwork has found the majority of customers don't expect to adopt it for a couple of years

• September 30, 2014 30 Sep'14

  ITS Technology Group snaps up Networks by Wireless assets

  North West based infrastructure and managed services group ITS continues to expand through acquisition

• September 29, 2014 29 Sep'14

  Curvature looks for different channel relationship

  Curvature, which was formerly known as Network Hardware Resale, is planning to work more with channel partners in the future

• September 25, 2014 25 Sep'14

  HP launches SDN App Store

  HP creates a platform to allow vendors to bring innovative SDN solutions to market and help customers procure the tools they need

• September 24, 2014 24 Sep'14

  ScanSource closes Imago Group acquisition

  In its bid to become one of the major AV and comms players in Europe ScanSource has completed its acquisition of Imago Group

• September 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  Virgin Media Business aims to shake up SME market with new services

  Is it a taxi, is it a fish...no its the SMEcab, designed to help small and medium businesses get a better understanding of how technology can help them to overcome the seemingly impossible

• September 11, 2014 11 Sep'14

  Logicalis finds changes in retail illustrate IT buying tension

  Research by Logicalis into the retail market have exposed the tension between the IT department and other parts of the business when it comes to buying technology

• September 05, 2014 05 Sep'14

  Exclusive Networks sticking with acquisition strategy

  Exclusive Networks has revealed decent revenue growth in the first half ans is on the brink of making more acquisitions to extend its reach

• August 29, 2014 29 Aug'14

  Extreme Networks boss says businesses must get ready for Gen-Y

  Steve Johnson joins Dragon Piers Linney in the call for enterprises to get GYR (Generation Y Ready)

• August 28, 2014 28 Aug'14

  CEO praises Juniper team and anticipates success in the cloud

  Shaygan Kheradpir shares his thoughts in first blog since becoming chief exec of Juniper Networks

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  SDN industry set to be worth $8 billion by 2018

  IDC forecasts that software defined networking will continue to grow rapidly over the next four years

• August 18, 2014 18 Aug'14

  Extreme reports a decent quarter, but still faces challenges

  Extreme Networks reports a healthy boost in revenue as Enterasys integration falls into place

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Brocade and Arrow and announce UK distribution agreement

  Arrow and Brocade pen deal which sees portfolio of IP networking solutions introduced to UK channel

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  Cisco's better-than-expected results overshadowed by 6,000 job cuts

  Cisco beat Wall Street's predictions but 'limited restructuring' highlights turbulent times for the networking giant

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Westcon and Spectralink sign agreement for wireless handsets

  Distribution giant and wireless telecoms provider sign deal to bring UC handsets to the channel

• August 13, 2014 13 Aug'14

  Consortium makes 'preliminary approach’ to buy Daisy

  Daisy confirms that it has been approached by a consortium interested in a cash buy out

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  BT and Avaya sign deal to bring end-to-end cloud solution to channel

  Communications giants announce agreement to bring cloud solution to mid-sized enterprises via channel

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Unify bolsters channel team with Veit appointment

  Unify continues to add well versed channel executives to its team as it plans to build on its 'channel-first' approach to the market

• August 12, 2014 12 Aug'14

  Networks First channel refocus delivering results

  The decision by the managing director of Networks First to refocus on the channel has delivered strong growth in its first quarter

• August 11, 2014 11 Aug'14

  Rumours of restructuring at Cisco ahead of fourth-quarter results

  Following an unimpressive fiscal year, there are rumours that Cisco might be gearing up for an aggressive restructuring

• August 01, 2014 01 Aug'14

  NConnect highlights voice opportunity

  Data resellers are in a prime position to start selling more voice technology according to telco specialist NConnect

• July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14

  Juniper sells Junos and announces growth for Q2

  Juniper Networks is continuing with its restructuring efforts will the sale of its Junos business

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Huawei on track to hit $70bn revenue goal

  Chinese telco specialist Huawei has indicated that its half year numbers will include a 19% year-on-year climb in revenues

• July 18, 2014 18 Jul'14

  Extreme looking for fresh talent to join unified partner programme

  Having completed the integration of Enterasys a revised channel programme has been launched by Extreme Networks

• July 16, 2014 16 Jul'14

  Comms-care scoops Cisco support deal

  Comms-care has sealed a partnerhip to supply Cisco support for Kcom customers

• July 15, 2014 15 Jul'14

  Olive Communications highlights missed converged comms opportunities

  SMEs are missing out on the benefits of converged communications according to findings from Olive Communications

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Anite looks forward with confidence after challenging fiscal year

  Wireless comms specialist Anite has delivered results down on 2013 but signalled it is confident about the way the current fiscal year has started

• July 01, 2014 01 Jul'14

  Exertis Micro-P launches new unit to support resellers

  Exertis Micro-P has launched a unit designed to help resellers get involved with some of the growth market areas

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Stone counters Gartner claims about new WiFi standard

  Stone Group has found that the demand from some customers for the new wifi standard counters some predictions that it would be slow to take off