Opinion

Opinion

• Ingram shows its ambition

  Ingram Micro has showed ambition for growth with its $840m purchase of wireless device solutions and services specialist BrightPoint.  Continue Reading

• Dedicated followers of fashion

  It’s hard for a CIO to say no to users who’ve been whipped into a frenzy by the style magazines. When all the other CEOs got iPad 3s for Christmas, how do you explain why they can't have one?  Continue Reading

• Is the skills shortage the IT industry’s own fault?

  If the channel put more effort into training staff rather than looking for the finished article would the skills crisis in the IT world be as bad as it is now?  Continue Reading

• Teenage developer knows what the bankers are doing

  Nick Booth spends some time surfing Weknowwhatyouredoing.com, a new site exposing the wall posts that Facebook users should really have kept quiet about.  Continue Reading

• Five Minute Interview: Dan Cunliffe, O2 Wholesale

  Dan Cunliffe from channel comms provider O2 Wholesale takes the hot-seat for another Five Minute Interview.  Continue Reading

• So how did you spend your Sunday?

  Second blog post from Epson about the team of riders that undertook the London to Brighton bike ride.  Continue Reading

• Column: Crisp's good for kids, compared to Habbo Hotel

  Following the problems experienced by Habbo Hotels web security is a pressing issue and one the channel can start to address  Continue Reading

• Is it a broadliner? Is it a VAD? No, it's a SuperVAD!!!

  Resellers no longer think the phrase VAD has any meaning so perhaps those wanting to prove they can offer greater support and value to the channel now need to call themselves SuperVADs.  Continue Reading

• Save money with an automated Leveson Inquiry

  When all the tents have been packed up and the Leveson Inquiry circus finally quits town, the British taxpayer will have been stung for £5.6 million, it was revealed in Parliament yesterday.  Continue Reading

• Banks won't help us; we need a security superhero!

  Old fashioned bank robbery, according to a recent study by the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association, brings very little return on investment.  Continue Reading

• Column: How hard can it be for Dell's premier partners to double their money?

  I have to admit to being fascinated by Dell's decision to make premier partners double the amount of business they do with the vendor if they wish to retain their status after 31 January 2013, writes Billy MacInnes.  Continue Reading

• IP theft is not a topic that is done and dusted

  What makes a company unique and gives it its competitive edge is its intellectual property (IP). And that IP, whether you're the UK Space Agency, a pharmaceutical research lab or a start-up with a revolutionary new idea, is something you want to ...  Continue Reading

• Video: as simple as a phone call?

  Video continues to rise in popularity, but will it ever achieve the ubiquity of the traditional voice call?  Continue Reading

• Q: How can software vendors raise licensing prices?

  A: Because they can... There's a story on MicroScope.co.uk about Microsoft and the increases it intends to make to its volume licensing programmes from 1 July, writes Billy MacInnes.  Continue Reading

• Is cycling the channel's sport?

  It's not often you find yourself cheering 'Come on Node4' but pop along to a cycling race and you find those words forming in your mouth.  Continue Reading