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• 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 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  Windows XP security concerns linger on

  Despite Microsoft extending malware support on Windows XP channel players have highlighted the need to remain vigilant

• January 27, 2014 27 Jan'14

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 24 January 2014

  Lenovo gets its hands on IBM's x86 server business, Cisco in cloud conflict warning, and we report from education tech showcase BETT 2014. Catch up on the biggest stories from the past week

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Express Metrix hands channel free SAM software

  Software Asset Management specialist Express Metrix has made an SME licensing management tool free for users and channel partners

• January 24, 2014 24 Jan'14

  Xbox and Surface sales boost Microsoft

  The traditional Windows OEM licensing business might be declining but the consumer devices are delivering for Microsoft

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  BETT: A big year ahead for education and IT

  Cloud, computer programming skills and more flexibility about devices used by students are all themes for the year ahead

• January 22, 2014 22 Jan'14

  Sluggish hardware performance hurts IBM

  IBM executives will forgo bonuses and more staff will be cut after a disappointing fourth quarter

• 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 17, 2014 17 Jan'14

  FAST calls for customers to make this the year for SAM

  The Federation Against Software Theft has urged customers to make this the year when they use technology to get on top of their software estates

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  Yorks MS partner Deans Computer Services in seven-figure MBO

  Yorkshire-based ERP specialist Deans Computer Services completes a seven figure MBO and sets its sights on future investment

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  License Dashboard takes proactive approach to SAM

  Software Asset Management specialist License Dashboard has taken the wraps off a fresh approach to monitoring application licences.

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Cloud delivering the numbers for SAP

  Cloud subscription growth and increased revenue from HANA helped SAP deliver solid prelim numbers for last year

• January 13, 2014 13 Jan'14

  Inoapps buys Crocus ahead of further expansion plans

  Acquisition of rival Crocus comes in the wake of £10m investment from growth fund BGF and heralds further international expansion

• 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 10, 2014 10 Jan'14

  Plantronics: developers will make us indispensable

  Headset specialist Plantronics will spread its wings in 2014, targeting more software developers to expand the market and potential use cases for its products

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Tech Data teams with Cloud Migrator to ease Office 365 switch

  Tech Data and migration specialist Cloud Migrator offer channel services to help customers move away from on-premise email deployments

• January 08, 2014 08 Jan'14

  Microsoft edging closer to CEO decision

  Microsoft is getting closer to unveiling the successor to Steve Ballmer

• January 07, 2014 07 Jan'14

  Apple boasts of a $10bn year in its App Store

  Apple has managed to break revenue records for its App Store with consumers downloading more than 3m apps in December alone

• January 06, 2014 06 Jan'14

  Gartner: enterprise software good bet for 2014

  Gartner’s latest forecast for global IT spending this year indicates that enterprise software resellers are going to be cashing in during 2014

• 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

  MicroScope's top stories: December 2013

  AMD predicts PC resurgence, Microsoft launches cloud partner network, and HP unveils 2014 hardware ranges. Catch up on the biggest channel news stories from December 2013

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  Former Microsoft manager charged with insider trading fraud

  A former Microsoft manager and a friend have been charged with insider trading fraud

• December 20, 2013 20 Dec'13

  Red Hat bouyed by European rebound

  Open source specialist Red Hat has delivered a solid third quarter thanks to a better performance in Europe

• December 19, 2013 19 Dec'13

  Cloud business growing at Oracle

  Oracle has revealed an increase in revenues in its latest results and revealed its SaaS business is breaking new ground with revenues

• 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 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  TechMarketView: Financial sector a software and services opportunity

  Analyst house TechMarketView has forecast strong growth in the IT software and services sector for those vendors and channel players operating in the financial services sector

• December 18, 2013 18 Dec'13

  Budget woes holding back XP migration

  Budget woes and lack of time are holding back some IT professionals from moving away from Windows XP according to Spiceworks

• December 17, 2013 17 Dec'13

  Microsoft shuffles channel management team

  Microsoft has announced a change in its channel management team line-up

• December 16, 2013 16 Dec'13

  Gartner: BI set to remain top customer focus

  As it looks into the crystal ball Gartner believes that business intelligence and analytics will remain a key focus for CIOs through to 2017.

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  Intel signs Sigma Software Distribution to reach developers

  Intel signs Sigma Software Distribution to carry its development tools product range

• December 11, 2013 11 Dec'13

  FAST warns government against allowing software copying

  The Federation Against Software Theft has warned the government that there could be dangerous consequences of its proposals to widen private copying exemptions

• 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

  useMango ties up first distribution deal with Azlan

  useMango, a provider of testing tools for software development and implementations, has announced its first distribution deal with Azlan

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Centrix rides on Office 365 coat tails with migration analytics

  Centrix Software is aiming to leverage the opportunities arising from the move to Microsoft Office 365 with analytics software designed to make the transition easier

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  VMware: UK businesses go slow on XP migration

  UK business are dragging their feet when it comes to migrating from the aging Windows XP operating system, according to research carried out by virtualisation giant VMware

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Microsoft partner community PartnerPulse shuts down

  Social media team at Microsoft partner community PartnerPulse turn out the lights, citing lack of investment, engagement

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Cloud growth buoys Sage

  Sage continues to transform its business to become more cloud based with its subscription base increasing by three fold in the last fiscal year

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Chess buys again picking up The CRM Business

  Chess has made its twelfth buy of the year with Microsoft gold partner The CRM Business

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Microsoft moves to make volume licensing simpler

  Microsoft has made sweeping changes to its volume licensing structure as it looks to take the complexity out of the process

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Panintelligence aims to boost sales reach through channel

  Business intelligence vendor Panintelligence has kicked off a reseller recruitment campaign

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Disk drive problems take shine off Xbox One launch

  The launch of the Xbox One has been tarnished by growing reports of disk drive problems

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Box Technologies launches financing for channel partners

  Box Technologies is to offer a new leasing programme for its channel partners

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  IT help desks adopt self-service strategy as staff cuts hit

  Almost all service desks will use self-service tools to help cope amid job cuts which have left IT help desks with a huge drop in staff

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Tech Data attempts to tap big data trend

  Tech Data UK has added the SAP Sybase IQ system to its software portfolio in a move designed to strengthen relationships with SAP resellers

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Gates and Ballmer provide next CEO wish list

  The former and current CEO of Microsoft have a few pointers for the next person to fill their shoes

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Ovum finds higher education market lagging on cloud adoption

  Research into the higher education market by Ovum has revealed that the vast majority of customers are failing to exploit cloud computing

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Microsoft edges closer to choosing next CEO

  Microsoft is reported to be getting closer to whittling down the potential candidates to replace Steve Ballmer

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Competition driving financial services IT investment

  The need to remain competitive as well as compliant is driving spending in the financial services sector

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Microsoft steps up fight against piracy and cyber crime

  Microsoft has cut the ribbon on a Cybercrime Center as it looks to bring greater coordination in its fight against online criminals

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Blue Jeans Network looks for tight fit with UK channel

  Latest Silicon Valley start-up to hit UK shores pledges to turn video into a mass market proposition, and signs up big AV channel guns Imago and InterCall

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  FAST warns government against tying hands of Trading Standards

  FAST has warned that proposed changes to the consumer rights act will make fighting software pirates more difficult

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Financial sector embracing software and services

  The latest report into the financial services market from TechMarketView reveals a sector that is investing in software and IT services quicker than the rest of the economy

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  Next CEO could break up Microsoft

  The prospect that the next CEO of Microsoft might offload some of the vendor's products looks more likely if Stephen Elop gets the job

• November 08, 2013 08 Nov'13

  FAST takes stay legal software message to the North

  The Federation Against Software Theft is targeting users in the North of England with efforts to raise the awareness of the need to use legal products

• November 06, 2013 06 Nov'13

  BSA wants SAM at the heart of user cloud strategies

  The BSA has urged customers moving to the cloud to use software asset management to ensure they are compliant and secure

• 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 04, 2013 04 Nov'13

  License Dashboard extends partner network

  Software Asset Management specialist License Dashboard has extended its global partner network

• 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

  Microsoft realigns UK distribution strategy, cuts Avnet

  Avnet among distributors cut from UK line-up as Microsoft repositions its distie strategy to account for its ‘devices and services’ strategy

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Identity services vendor Centrify ramps up partner drive

  Identity services specialist Centrify seeking to attract more ISVs to its table

• October 28, 2013 28 Oct'13

  Cloud-based invoice processing for Sage 50 SMEs

  Business automation firm Readsoft and outsourcer Goodwille have teamed up to offer cloud-based financial services based on Sage 50 Accounts

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Microsoft boosted by commercial growth

  Sales of Windows might still be struggling in a declining PC market but a stronger performance by its Office and Server products buoyed Microsoft

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Job preservation preventing more software whistle blowers

  The Federation Against Software Theft has found indifference and fear of the sack is preventing people from reporting the illegal use of software at work

• October 23, 2013 23 Oct'13

  Computacenter set for strong end to year, UK services at record high

  Computacenter is entering the final quarter of the year with momentum and growth in its Supply Chain and Services businesses, with Professional Services utilisation in the UK at record highs

• October 22, 2013 22 Oct'13

  Developer landscape challenging but growing

  Microsoft has surveyed the state of the developer world and found that the market is challenging juggling platforms but growing and optimistic

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  SAP tinkers with Business by Design as cloud grows

  SAP's decision to wind down its SME Business by Design offering has caused some distraction away from its Q3 numbers

• October 21, 2013 21 Oct'13

  Livingstone shuffles management pack

  SAM specialist Livingstone has seen its CEO head to run US operations as it introduces a fresh head of sales in EMEA

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Microsoft releases start button restored Windows 8.1

  Microsoft has made downloads of Windows 8.1 available to users

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Progress plans greater managed service provider focus

  Application development platform specialist Progress is looking to work with more managed service providers

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  IRIS buys KashFlow to boost cloud ambitions

  Accountancy player IRIS Software has acquired cloud bookkeeping specialist KashFlow

• October 17, 2013 17 Oct'13

  Emerging markets and hardware weakness hit IBM

  IBM has missed revenue targets as a result of declines in its hardware business and its weaker performance in emerging markets

• October 14, 2013 14 Oct'13

  Microsoft CEO search rumbles on

  Microsoft's search for a CEO replacement for Steve Ballmer is continuing to gather steam with more names being linked with the job

• October 11, 2013 11 Oct'13

  Trustmarque sets up Windows 8 tablet project for Scottish government

  Solutions provider Trustmarque runs successful Windows 8 tablet pilot for Scottish government ahead of wider deployment

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Avangate bought by private equity

  Acquisition by tech VC outfit Francisco Partners sets e-commerce specialist Avangate up for future growth

• October 08, 2013 08 Oct'13

  Camwood sounds warning as XP deadline hits six months

  With just six months left of official Windows XP support Camwood has urged customers to form transition plans

• October 07, 2013 07 Oct'13

  Ballmer plans to stay on Microsoft board

  Steve Ballmer is standing for re-election to the Microsoft board indicating that even after he steps down as CEO he intends to be involved with the firm.

• October 04, 2013 04 Oct'13

  Oracle UK channel boss: partners must address legacy estates

  Oracle’s new UK channel VP Will O’Brien has nailed his colours to the mast, urging resellers to expand their expertise and push the Oracle solution stack into legacy customers

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Canalys tips software and wearable computing for growth

  Using software as a differentiator and extending apps into the more personal wearable PC market should provide fertile ground for the channel

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  Android's emergence as an enterprise OS seen by Canalys as inevitable

  Speaking in his keynote at the Canalys Channel Forum the president and CEO of the analyst firm has warned the channel that Microsoft is under increasing pressure

• September 30, 2013 30 Sep'13

  Red Hat: solution-based portfolios key to new channel scheme

  Red Hat redefines structure of EMEA channel partner programme to better support and enable resellers offering solution-based product sets to the market

• September 27, 2013 27 Sep'13

  Ballmer urges Microsoft to keep innovating

  In his last speech to employees at a company wide meeting at Microsoft Steve Ballmer said the firm would continue to think big

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  Express Metrix looks for strategic SAM partners

  Software Asset Management specialist Express Metrix is looking to make the conversation partners have with customers around software more strategic

• September 26, 2013 26 Sep'13

  MPs slam Google for failing to protect IP

  Google has been heavily criticised in a Select Committee report that claims the search engine giant is not doing enough to protect intellectual property

• September 24, 2013 24 Sep'13

  Red Hat reaches channel milestone

  Linux specialist Red Hat saw more revenue come from partners in its fiscal Q2 than anytime previously

• 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

  Ballmer voices regrets but keeps banging the drum

  In one of his last calls with analysts the Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has voiced regrets about its phone strategy but talked up its powers of longevity in the market

• September 20, 2013 20 Sep'13

  Microsoft changes reporting structure

  Microsoft has revealed changes to the way it reports its performance as part of reorganisation plans that were announced by CEO Steve Ballmer

• September 19, 2013 19 Sep'13

  Oracle sounds cautious note over Q2 prospects

  Oracle has seen its share price slide after it delivered sober forecasts for what lies ahead in its fiscal Q2

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Adobe talks up "overwhelming" cloud demand

  Adobe might have missed revenue targets for its Q3 but is increasing its recurring revenue generating cloud subscriber base

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Microsoft unveils 8.1 pricing

  With a month to go until the launch of Windows 8.1 Microsoft has revealed the pricing for the OS upgrade

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Intuitive Business Intelligence appoints three directors

  Business intelligence dashboard software firm Intuitive Business Intelligence brings in three new directors to spruce up its board and manage a surge in demand for BI

• September 16, 2013 16 Sep'13

  Advanced rides to rescue of 2e2 customer Moray Council

  Eleventh hour project rescue bid saw Advanced Business Solutions take charge of Scottish council’s finance management system migration project after 2e2 went under earlier this year

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  Channel pressure causes u-turn at Mindjet

  Mindjet has reintroduced a product that it had planned to shelve after the channel caused it to change its plans

• September 13, 2013 13 Sep'13

  SAP becomes Intel, Hortonworks Hadoop reseller

  SAP signs redistribution agreement to provide Intel Distributuion Apache Hadoop and Hortonworks Data Platform alongside SAP HANA in big data drive

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  SAM interest fuelled by end of XP support

  Customers looking to make a move off XP are turning to software asset management as a way of getting themselves ready for transition

• September 10, 2013 10 Sep'13

  Rimo3 opens for business and for channel partners

  Formed by staff from Camwood application management specialist Rimo3 has started business and is looking for channel partners

• September 04, 2013 04 Sep'13

  UK Kodak Pension Plan acquires document imaging business

  The UK Kodak Pension Plan has acquired the document and personal imaging businesses from Kodak Eastman

• September 03, 2013 03 Sep'13

  Dell enhances software programme

  New software competencies take account of growing status of Dell’s software business within the company

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  BSA unveils IP expert as CEO and president

  The Business Software Alliance has revealed it has appointed a former member of Obama's administration as its latest CEO and president

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Advanced adds iTunes app for financials on the move

  Advanced Business Solutions launches first mobile app for finance system customers on the go