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• March 10, 2014 10 Mar'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 7 March 2014

  Tech Data brings in Ingram man, Lexmark cracks down on dodgy cartridges, and former Logicalis boss Tom Kelly talks IaaS, managed services. Catch up on the last week's biggest news stories

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  IT job demand rises as firms look to expand

  The latest job survey numbers from KPMG and REC indicate that the economy is recovering sharply but skills shortages could be a problem

• March 07, 2014 07 Mar'14

  IBM workers strike over Lenovo transfer

  Workers at an IBM facility in Shenzen, China, have shut down server production in a row over the terms of their transfer to Lenovo

• March 06, 2014 06 Mar'14

  Tech Data hires Ingram Micro’s Johan Vandenbussche

  Five months after his exit from Ingram Micro in a boardroom reshuffle, distribution kingpin Johan Vandenbussche is to join Tech Data Europe as SVP of operations

• March 05, 2014 05 Mar'14

  CompTIA brings together comms, IT channels at Connected Business Expo

  At Connected Business Expo in London, CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux has called for greater co-operation between telecoms and IT resellers

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Nadella shakes up senior Microsoft leadership team

  In one of his first moves as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has shaken up the senior leadership team

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 February 2014

  Ingram Micro discusses restructuring plan, VMware brings channel hybrid clouds to UK, and Bytes turns to the Apprentice for recruitment skills. Catch up on the biggest stories from last week

• February 28, 2014 28 Feb'14

  IBM swings the axe as it looks to trim costs

  As part of plans to reap savings of $1bn IBM has started to make job cuts in the US

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Ingram Micro: UK to see cuts, but remains a centre of investment

  Ingram Micro’s European boss Gerhard Schulz moves to reassure the UK market that in the wake of major structural changes at the distributor, it will remain a focus of heavy investment

• February 27, 2014 27 Feb'14

  Ingram Micro to make redundancies in major organisational shake-up

  Ingram Micro makes sweeping changes to its back office function in an attempt to improve its ability to serve reseller and vendor partners, and says a number of jobs will likely be cut

• February 24, 2014 24 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 February 2014

  SCC buys into managed print game, Andy Gass returns to Blighty, and Phoenix offers assistance to sunken SMEs. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories of last week

• February 21, 2014 21 Feb'14

  Bytes turns to Apprentice winner for recruitment nous

  Apprentice winner Lee McQueen teams up with MS partner Bytes Software Services for a recruitment day with a difference

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  Andy Gass returns to lead Tech Data UK

  Former C2000 MD Andy Gass returns to his old job at Tech Data UK after two years running Southern and Western Europe

• February 19, 2014 19 Feb'14

  CompTIA programme to recruit armed services veterans for channel

  Trade body CompTIA launches Armed for IT Careers programme to recruit ex-military personnel for the IT industry

• February 17, 2014 17 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 February 2014

  Claranet CEO talks cloud channel landscape, Yorks cricketer heads to Big Technology and Discount-Licensing hits out at FAST. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• February 10, 2014 10 Feb'14

  Softcat hires former Insight staffer to handle vendor alliances

  Softcat has hired a former Insight staff to become alliances director as it looks to work more closely with vendors

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories: January 2014

  HP cuts go deep, Colt's Simon Walsh heads to EMC, and McAfee brand killed off by Intel. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories of January 2014

• February 03, 2014 03 Feb'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 31 January 2014

  Azzurri boss departs after restructure, channel speaks out over Windows XP malware support, and Cisco in cloud conflict warning. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Nadella tipped to be next Microsoft CEO

  After all the speculation about bringing in an outsider it looks as if Microsoft will turn to one of its own long serving employees to step into Steve Ballmer's shoes

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Westcon Convergence gets new UK marketing boss

  Networking distributor recruits former BT, Cisco and Polycom man John Richardson to run its marketing machine in the UK and Ireland

• January 29, 2014 29 Jan'14

  Azzurri’s Vim Vithaldas calls it a day

  Azzurri CEO Vim Vithaldas will leave the firm in July having accomplished his goals at the firm

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Barclays finds tech sector aiming to increase wages

  Barclay's latest employer survey finds confidence has returned to the technology sector and wages should increase this year as a result

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  K3 insider gets CEO role as Makeham departs

  ERP software services specialist K3 Business Technology bids farewell to chief exec Andy Makeham, who passes the baton to CFO David Bolton

• January 23, 2014 23 Jan'14

  BETT: IT firms have a role to play in boosting teacher skills

  Stone Group has urged the IT industry to get involved with local schools to help teachers gain eskills

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Samsung exposes parent fears over school IT skills gap

  Parents are worried that the technology provided by schools is not up to scratch and as a result a digital skills gap could open up

• January 21, 2014 21 Jan'14

  Gates admits urgency is creeping into CEO search

  Bill Gates reveals there is no update on the ongoing Microsoft CEO search but indicates there is a feeling of urgency

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  Juniper names Allison new EMEA partner boss

  UK-based Juniper insider Gerard Allison to take over as new EMEA partner vice president

• January 20, 2014 20 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 January 2013

  EMC gives sneak preview of new partner programme, distribution dragons seek out up-and-coming vendors, and Avnet gets new UK boss following reshuffle. Catch up on the biggest channel stories of last week

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Bryant joins Arrow with enterprise aim

  Distribution veteran Denise Bryant has joined Arrow in an enterprise market role

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 January 2014

  McAfee brand killed off by Intel, Avnet gets new UK management and Gartner bets on enterprise software. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Avnet unveils fresh UK boss in management shuffle

  Avnet Technology Solutions has made changes to its management team and appointed a new boss to run the UK

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  D-Link hands Routledge UK sales, marketing manager role

  Former European business development boss takes charge of UK and Ireland sales and marketing efforts

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Microsoft edging closer to CEO decision

  Microsoft is getting closer to unveiling the successor to Steve Ballmer

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  Digital economy experts recognised in Honours list

  The New Year's Honours List has recognised some of the talents of people working in the digital economy arena

• January 02, 2014 02 Jan'14

  HP swings axe deeper than expected

  HP is cutting 5,000 more staff globally than expected as part of its restructuring plans

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  Microsoft CEO search heading into 2014

  Hopes that there would be a fresh name on the door of the CEO's office at Microsoft before the end of the year have been dashed

• December 09, 2013 09 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 December 2013

  AMD sees bespoke system builders fighting back, EC lets DiData acquisition plans slip, and Microsoft simplifies licensing. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from last week

• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Economic outlook remains largely gloomy for IT professionals

  Despite early signs of economic recovery IT professionals remain gloomy about the immediate outlook, with many feeling that the economy remains in recession

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Business groups, owners, reflect positively on Autumn Statement

  Business-friendly measures in chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement have been welcomed by many

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Unite slams HP job cut plans

  Unite has slammed HP plans to reduce its UK headcount by 1,100 in the first quarter of next year

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Westcon makes Westerbos boss

  Westcon parent Datatec names Dolph Westerbos as CEO, replacing the outgoing Dean Douglas

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  HP hands seasoned exec Bladen UK public sector hotseat

  Long-serving HP employee Stuart Bladen takes over the post of lead for its UK public sector business.

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Shift F7 formalises managing director role

  After helping out as acting managing director over the last 16 months Nigel Lomas has been made full time boss at Shift F7

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, November 2013

  Fujitsu bosses on the offensive, Microsoft parts ways with Avnet TS, and Acer CEO not functioning as intended. Catch up with the biggest IT channel news stories from November 2013

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 29 November 2013

  HP CEO's vision for 3D printers, Riverbed chucks revenue targets, and Exclusive Networks CARMS things down a bit. Check out some of the bigger stories from the past week

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 22 November 2013

  Acer's CEO that never was, Colt adds cloud oomph to ArrowSphere, and Redcentric devours InTechnology managed services arm. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Fortinet appoints new regional VP to drive growth in UK, northwest Europe

  Andy Travers joins high-performance networking security specialist Fortinet to spearhead growth and expansion in the UK, Ireland, Nordics, Germany and Netherlands

• November 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 1 November 2013

  HP makes redundancies across EMEA, Microsoft cuts Avnet from distribution pack, and Dell faces up to foul-smelling laptop problem. Catch up on last week's biggest channel news stories

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Onyx follows infrastructure investment with new appointments

  Datacentre and infrastructure supplier, Onyx Group, has bolstered its executive team with two new appointments as it ramps up an investment drive

• November 01, 2013 01 Nov'13

  Pearlfinders: Channel under pressure to hone software skills

  The latest Pearlfinders IT Index finds that customers are increasingly looking to the channel to help them host, test and manage applications

• October 30, 2013 30 Oct'13

  Insight replaces Fenton with Microsoft man Ebermann

  Insight has named former Microsoft VP and COO of Central and Eastern Europe, Wolfgang Ebermann, as its replacement for outgoing EMEA president Stuart Fenton

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Cook gets group CEO role at Getronics

  Getronics UK CEO Mark Cook appointed to role of group chief executive officer.

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  HP swings the axe in EMEA

  HP is shedding up to 7,000 staff across EMEA as part of its ongoing turnaround plan.

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Big data and social media on CompTIA radar

  Channel organisation CompTIA has used its EMEA member conference to discuss some of the major trends in the industry

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Micro-P and Gem undergo brand changes

  DCC Sercom's decision to roll out the Exertis brand across all of its operations has meant name changes for its UK distribution operations

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  KPMG calls for analytics to be used in fight against fraud

  KPMG views big data analytics as a way of highlighting potential fraud inside a business

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Ingram Micro loses UK VP Vandenbussche following shuffle

  A reorganisation of Ingram Micro’s European leadership team by new president Gerhard Schulz has led to the exit of long-standing employee and on-off UK boss Johan Vandenbussche

• October 15, 2013 15 Oct'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 11 October 2013

  Vohkus in hiring mode, big week at Computer 2000, and Micro-P swoops on Cohort. Catch up on the biggest stories from last week on MicroScope

• October 09, 2013 09 Oct'13

  Business groups highlight skills concerns

  The reaction to the revelations from the OECD report indicating the UK is behind in terms of numeracy and literacy skills has led to business groups calling for action

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Vohkus hires Compton with £100m to aim for

  Vohkus has hired former Kelway CFO to become COO to support its revenue ambitions

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 4 October 2013

  Getronics buys NEC Enterprise Solutions, HP tweaks PartnerOne programme again, and Intrinsic names new CEO. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Computer 2000 renamed Tech Data

  The Computer 2000 name is to disappear from the UK market 15 years after its purchase by global distribution giant Tech Data

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Lack of skills causing channel concerns

  A potential lack of skilled digital thinkers has been highlighted at the Canalys Channel Forum as an issue the industry needs to tackle

• October 03, 2013 03 Oct'13

  HP confirms Andy Isherwood to become UK MD

  Andy Isherwood to take up UK managing director role for HP after Nick Wilson’s departure

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 27 September 2013

  Outsourcery fills Microsoft cloud gap, Ingram hires new president, COO, Avnet pitches desktop virtualisation programme at channel. Catch up on last week's biggest stories

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Intrinsic names former AppSense boss to CEO role

  AppSense CEO Darron Antill is to join MSP Intrinsic as chief executive to help pave the way for the next stage of the firm’s growth strategy

• September 23, 2013 23 Sep'13

  Citrix looks for unified strategy with EMEA channel head

  Citrix has appointed an EMEA channel head with a brief to develop a unified strategy across the region

• September 22, 2013 22 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 20 September 2013

  HP UK boss Wilson heads Down Under, Advanced rides to rescue of 2e2 public sector customer, and Outsourcery strikes Ingram Micro deal. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Ingram Micro appoints president and COO

  Ingram Micro has taken the president and COO roles off the shoulders of the CEO and CFO and recruited someone to carry out those roles

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  CompTIA aims to extend vendor relationships

  CompTIA is looking to work with more vendors in the UK as it looks to remind US firms that their membership is valid globally

• September 17, 2013 17 Sep'13

  Micro-P welcomes graduates

  Micro-P has opened the doors to eleven graduates as it looks to skill up the next generation

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 13 September 2013

  Former Riverbed, Abiquo boss Jim Darragh new boy from Ipanema, Softcat celebrates Cisco Gold, and Citrix buys UK office suite player Byte Squared. Catch up on last week's biggest channel stories

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Kemp on track with channel training targets

  Since making its distributors training centres Kemp Technologies has been increasing the number of skilled reseller engineers

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  Gartner finds the personal touch is still key to sales

  Gartner has found that customers continue to value direct personal interaction when making technology purchases but also warns that users are much more in control

• September 09, 2013 09 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 September 2013

  Gartner warns resellers not to bank on cloud, German contract fall-out hurts Computacenter, and Trustmarque opens new London office. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past week

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  O2 highlights need for digital skills

  Research commissioned by O2 has forecast a need for hundreds of thousands of workers with digital skills if the UK is to remain competitive

• September 02, 2013 02 Sep'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 30 August 2013

  IaaS data shows Amazon Web Services out in front, Arrow guzzles Computerlinks, and Ballmer calls it quits. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• August 28, 2013 28 Aug'13

  IBM US channel boss calls time on Big Blue career

  IBM is on the hunt for a new channel boss to cover North America after the current incumbent Bill Donohue revealed retirement plans

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Softcat cements financial success with new London office

  'Innovative' London workspace opens doors after best ever year for Softcat

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 16 August 2013

  Microsoft names first Brit Surface partners, Azlan and Avaya reunite, and Cisco cuts 4,000 jobs as recovery remains sluggish. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from the past seven days

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Gamma Global expands board

  Value added distie injects 'energy and pace' to leadership team as it targets increased growth

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Azlan names Hansford as new UK MD

  Former IBM-er Gareth Hansford steps into UK MD role at Azlan

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  Bootcamp set up to attract graduates to datacentres

  Datacentre industry moves to address looming skills shortage as IT workforce ages rapidly

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  ANS boss headlines government entrepreneur festival

  ANS’ Scott Fletcher joins UKTI-sponsored event designed to encourage budding entrepreneurs

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  New team to enhance customer focus at Entatech

  New sales team leader Neil Gilbody tasked with kickstarting customer development plans

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 9 August 2013

  Gartner calls for cloud security transparency, Cisco picks Avnet to supply SAP HANA on UCS, and Kelway heads up north.

• August 08, 2013 08 Aug'13

  Recruitment specialist warns over skills gap

  With the demand for those with digital skills growing across the economy in general Executives Online has called for more skills matching to ensure there are no gaps

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Toughshield hires Honeywell staffer to bolster marketing

  Rugged portable specialist Honeywell has bolstered its marketing efforts as it looks to gain growth across Europe

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  IT professionals seek big data skills for growing number of job opportunities

  Job opportunities in data management and analytics are rising and many IT professionals are prepared to foot the bill for training

• August 05, 2013 05 Aug'13

  Kelway cements expansion with new digital presence

  Kelway has consolidated its operations under a single brand and taken the wraps off a Northern HQ in Manchester

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  CSC redundant staff expected to train offshore workers

  The union Unite has reacted with anger to CSC encouraging staff facing redundancy to train their offshore replacements

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Micro-P shuffles management pack

  Micro-P has brought on new staff and made some promotions as it shuffles its management

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Computacenter hires first woman onto board

  Channel player Computacenter has hired a woman onto its board for the first time

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Capita profits grow as staff prepare to down tools

  With staff just a day away from a 24 hour walkout over pay Capita has revealed profits grew by 10% in the first half

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Capita staff to strike over pay

  Capita staff in its life and pensions and IT services divisions will walk out on Friday in a protest over pay

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  UKFast CEO Jones pumps £4.5m into grad recruitment

  Creation of 50 new jobs at UKFast’s Manchester base helps address graduate unemployment problem and helps cloud hosting outfit beat growth targets

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 July 2013

  Adopting cloud could make midsized businesses more competitive; Computacenter UK sitting pretty; and Avnet and Arrow land IBM training role, in our regular look back at last week's big stories

• July 15, 2013 15 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 12 July 2013

  Polish Oracle reseller lands in UK, Dell's Kathy Schneider on the move, and Microsoft details channel cloud strategy at WPC 2013, in our regular look back at the top IT channel stories from the past week

• July 08, 2013 08 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 5 July 2013

  Our regular look back at the most important ICT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  Evesham founder Richard Austin pops up at Centerprise

  Evesham co-founder and chairman Richard Austin back in the channel after six year absence