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Bytes loses sales staff

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:43:00 GMT

Kayleigh Bateman, Microsoft LAR Bytes Technology has confirmed the exit of its sales director Zak Virdi and four members of its new business sales team....

Big Blue moves ISVs into the cloud

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Kayleigh Bateman, IBM has unveiled a new initiative to extend its software delivery model towards cloud computing applications for its ISVs and customers....

AMD uses Abu Dhabi cash to split

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:06:00 GMT

Sam Trendall, Investment from Abu Dhabi-based firms will allow chip manufacturing titan AMD to split into two businesses, one to design chips and one to manufacture them....

Interface increases Sun exposure

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Sara Yirrell, Interface Solutions has recruited a new head for its growing Sun business in the form of John Taylor. Taylor joined the distributor two months ago from Horizon, which was snapped up...

Rocom gives VARs vertical edge

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:33:00 GMT

Sam Trendall, Distributor Rocom is teaming up with two of its vendor partners to offer resellers a series of free workshops focused on vertical markets....

SAP shares plunge after sales warning

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:03:00 GMT

Doug Woodburn, The tech sector is reeling after business application giant SAP reported a “sudden” drop in sales in the second half of September....

Small businesses feeling the pinch

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:53:00 GMT

Sara Yirrell, Smaller firms have admitted to a downturn in business and a rise in operating costs according to a Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) survey....

BT reveals ambitious plans for services arm

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:09:00 GMT

Sara Yirrell, The services arm of BT aims to more than double its turnover to £2bn within five years. The division is undergoing the process of being renamed before the end of...

Online VARs appeal to card issuers

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:52:00 GMT

Sam Trendall, Online resellers have spoken of the need for unwavering vigilance in tackling card-not-present fraud (CNP) while appealing to credit card companies for more help....

Barlow leaves Computacenter

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:36:00 GMT

Doug Woodburn, Industry hard-hitter Paul Barlow has left Computacenter just nine months after joining the corporate reseller. Barlow took up his post as commercial director of Computacenter’s Customer Coverage Unit (CCU) in...

Veeam targets VMware channel

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:01:00 GMT

Kayleigh Bateman, VMware ESX Server management tools vendor Veeam Software has landed in Europe. The US-based company recently unveiled its EMEA headquarters in Camberley, announcing plans to recruit 50 UK partners by...

IBM opens Scottish data centre

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:37:00 GMT

Kayleigh Bateman, IT goliath IBM is set to build a £2m collocation data centre at its Greenock facility in Scotland. Big Blue’s new energy efficient facility will offer services to mid sized...

One in three schools needs IT improvement

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:11:00 GMT

Sam Trendall, More than a third of UK state schools feel under-equipped to properly implement a learning platform, a study by trade association the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) has found....

Choiix targets mini-notebook channel

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:01:00 GMT

Nick Booth, Mini notebook accessories maker Choiix believes it can emulate the printer market’s model for making continuous profits for its partners....

Microsoft pushes S+S vision

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:02:00 GMT

Kayleigh Bateman, Microsoft recently did its best to promote its Software Plus Services strategy at its S+S: Are you ready to evolve? event in London....

Targus Entas Mac market

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:49:00 GMT

Nick Booth, Laptop accessory maker Targus has launched its first line of accessories for Mac notebook users, available to the channel through distributor Enta....

Plimsoll figures show depth of reseller peril

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:09:00 GMT

Doug Woodburn, More than a quarter of UK resellers are losing money and one in six is close to collapse, gloomy new research has suggested....

Cisco spins out WebEx to VARs

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:29:00 GMT

Sam Trendall, Top-level Cisco partners have welcomed the launch of the new Cisco collaboration portfolio, including a WebEx software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. The networking giant acquired conferencing vendor WebEx last year but, until now, getting...

2e2 closes Netstore buy-out

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:02:00 GMT

Sam Trendall, After closing its acquisition of security specialist Netstore, integrator 2e2 has claimed it now boasts a formidable consultancy practice. Completion of the £57m buy-out, 2e2's biggest acquisition to date, was...

Mitel ransacks rivals for partner staff

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:56:00 GMT

Doug Woodburn, Mitel is raiding the sales channels of competition in a bid to plug vacancies at its own partners. The telephony manufacturer has launched the Mitel Sales Academy, which is designed to...

PC market shrugs off crunch

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:04:00 GMT

Nick Booth, Demand for PCs continues to defy economic and financial woes, reports analyst iSuppli, with worldwide unit shipments growing by 14.5 percent in the second quarter of 2008 compared to the...

Lenovo boosts partner rewards

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:37:00 GMT

Sam Trendall, PC vendor Lenovo and a number of its technology partners are offering channel salespeople prizes and holidays as incentives to encourage VARs to sell more kit....

BSA makes four pirates walk the plank

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:31:00 GMT

Kayleigh Bateman, The Business Software Alliance (BSA) has claimed UK businesses are still ignoring software licensing laws after securing its biggest settlement this year by catching four organisations red-handed....

Repton hits £40m turnover

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:35:00 GMT

Kayleigh Bateman, Reseller Repton claims it has closed the books on its most successful year yet having breached the £40m turnover mark for the first time....

UK directors move up north

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Doug Woodburn, The rise of modern web technology is driving more and more company directors to base themselves up north, new research has found....