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• 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

• July 01, 2013 01 Jul'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 28 June 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• June 27, 2013 27 Jun'13

  Logicalis launches flexible skills resource

  In response to the ongoing problems customers face getting hold of skilled staff Logicalis has launched a flexible resource that can help deliver specific projects for users

• June 24, 2013 24 Jun'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 21 June 2013

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

• June 20, 2013 20 Jun'13

  Ingram makes changes at top of European organisation

  Current CEE and DACHH boss Gerhard Schulz inherits European presidency as Alain Maquet heads to Miami

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  SME confidence linked to positive IT use

  The latest Symantec global SME confidence survey has found those using IT for growth are best placed

• June 18, 2013 18 Jun'13

  Annodata hires Azzurri, Intrinsic talent in sales push

  Former Azzurri and Intrinsic bosses to help shepherd comms business to £100m revenue target

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  Binding gets Southern region role at Avnet

  Former Magirus executive Andrew Binding has been given a senior role covering Southern Europe at Avnet Technology Services

• June 17, 2013 17 Jun'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 14 June 2013

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

• June 14, 2013 14 Jun'13

  Entatech nabs five from Northamber to run Surrey base

  Telford-based distie populates new Leatherhead office with ex-Northamber staffers as it bids to ramp up its nationwide scale

• June 13, 2013 13 Jun'13

  Integralis ex Jones to run Blighty for Exclusive after reshuffle

  Exclusive Networks makes new UK appointments after country boss Neil Ledger heads upstairs

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Former CEO of Compusys Kazerounian takes up Centerprise role

  The former CEO of Compusys Sam Kazerounian has been appointed managing director by Centerprise International

• June 10, 2013 10 Jun'13

  ACEs winners revealed

  The winners of the MicroScope Awards for Channel Excellence have been announced in the latest MicroScope ezine

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  MicroScope ACEs 2013. Winners to be revealed on 10 June

  After a long and rigorous judging process we are now just days away from revealing the winners of the 2013 MicroScope Awards for Channel Excellence

• June 03, 2013 03 Jun'13

  Bunyard leaves Ingram Micro

  Jon Bunyard has left Ingram Micro as part of a number of management changes the distributor has made

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Entatech bolsters its networking channel team

  Entatech has strengthened its networking channel team to meet increasing demand for networking products

• May 31, 2013 31 May'13

  Reddin latest addition to growing channelfusion team

  Former Avnet man Grant Reddin heads to storage start-up to add partner, vendor management nous

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  SAP centralises cloud and HANA management

  SAP has opted to reshuffle its management pack to ensure that it can encourage more users to adopt cloud services

• May 29, 2013 29 May'13

  MicroScope’s top stories, week ending 18 May 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest ICT channel news stories of the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• May 15, 2013 15 May'13

  Northamber warns turnaround will take time

  Northamber has issued a trading update warning that the transition from high volume and low margins to a higher margin business will take time

• May 13, 2013 13 May'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 May 2013

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

• May 09, 2013 09 May'13

  NetSuite appoints Daffern as president of EMEA operations

  Sales and business ops to be purview of latest appointment at NetSuite

• May 07, 2013 07 May'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 3 May 2013

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

• May 03, 2013 03 May'13

  Start-ups attracting IT staff looking for satisfaction

  Graduates and salaried IT staff are more prepared to go and work at a start-up because of the increased job satisfaction

• May 02, 2013 02 May'13

  Need to keep it local will remain in global world

  Despite the trend towards global consolidation in distribution a senior Avnet executive has stressed the ongoing need for a local presence

• April 30, 2013 30 Apr'13

  Leeds schoolkids teach KCOM a lesson

  Primary school mentoring sessions inspire KCOM staff to develop their own skills

• April 29, 2013 29 Apr'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 26 April 2013

  Our regular look back at the biggest IT channel news stories from the past seven days, as selected by MicroScope readers

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  Fenton calls time on Insight role

  The EMEA president of Insight Enterprises Stuart Fenton is to leave the firm at the end of the year as he seeks new opportunities elsewhere

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 19 April 2013

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

• April 17, 2013 17 Apr'13

  Brother elevates Phil Jones to MD role

  Phil Jones handed UK managing director role after nearly 20 years at Brother

• April 16, 2013 16 Apr'13

  Fewer IT firms create jobs this year but still above economy average

  Fewer IT suppliers are creating jobs than last year but the sector is ahead of the average according to research of 700 UK businesses

• April 15, 2013 15 Apr'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 12 April 2013

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

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Lord Sugar vows to tackle spurious claim culture

  Sugar goes on the warpath after Apprentice winner Stella English loses her case of constructive dismissal against channel firm Viglen

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  ScanSource gets new Euro MD in restructure

  Comms VAD hopes its restructuring plan will act as a trigger for future growth around its key vendors

• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Microsoft confirms new channel appointment for Barclay

  Microsoft's Clare Barclay is to become general manager of its Small, Medium Solutions and Partner Group within the UK

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  Employee security breaches more widespread than thought, says LogRhythm

  A survey by LogRhythm has claimed that customers are underestimating how often their employees play fast and loose with company data

• April 11, 2013 11 Apr'13

  End of the line for Magirus CEO von Kuenheim

  Outgoing CEO praised for promoting an innovative vision of the distribution industry during 25 years in charge

• April 10, 2013 10 Apr'13

  MicroScope ACEs: voting now open

  Voting for the 2013 MicroScope ACEs is now open. This is your opportunity to select the winners