A 'canny' deal that takes out a competitor and expands Maintel's cloud and mobile services offering
Channel Finance
IT departments still ‘fixated’ about cost cutting despite higher budgets
Almost half of IT budget holders don't put down revenue generation and customer loyalty as chief aims
Syscap ramps up channel finance support after bank integration
Finance house is now exclusively focused on IT channel after group organisation
Redcentric upbeat about impending full year results
IT services firm reports continued momentum after recent acquisitions
Foxconn finally agrees Sharp takeover
£2.4bn deal comes in far lower than original agreement following several wrangles
NTT Data acquires Dell Services to further expand footprint
NTT looks to expand IT services capabilities, Dell raises cash for EMC acquisition
Northamber hit by another poor set of results
Doesn't see itself returning to profitability any time soon
Juniper Networks and BNP Paribas offer 0% kit financing
Juniper says partners are already using the service to secure deals
HPE ‘still leader’ in cloud infrastructure market
The leading vendors are fighting over a $60 billion market
IBM acquires UK’s Optevia to boost cloud CRM consultancy
Optevia has a string of big public sector clients
M-Files expands ECM channel with $36m venture capital
Series B funding will be used to grow the company's 450-strong partner network
Softcat enjoys first six months post IPO
Sales up over 10 percent says the value added reseller and services firm
Pinnacle continues restructure with asset buys and sales
Completes three transactions in attempt to increase profitability
Computacenter makes modest profit on stagnant sales
Computacenter also plans to open direct operations in the US as it continues to re-focus
Government reviews Atos contracts after another IT failure
Atos government contracts worth £500m face review following latest project failure
IBM prepares massive round of job cuts
P45 time for US staffers at IBM as reports emerge of large scale lay-offs with reduced severance packages
HPE ‘more focused’ as it delivers strong first quarter
Whitman claims HPE is more nimble, beats Wall Street on first results since split
CACI buys Purple Secure Systems to bolster cybersecurity effort
Government and defence IT solutions provider joins US global group
Glass ceiling for women fails to break for top execs at combined Dell/EMC
Only one woman makes the grade and she's no longer the top marketing executive after losing out to EMC rival
Cloud services are cheaper in the US than in Europe
Europeans are paying a premium as a result of cloud data regulations, customer service and localised applications
Cisco to acquire hybrid cloud management player CliQr for $260m
Key platform now in-house to manage applications across bare metal, virtualised and container environments
ITS offers field engineering, IT support and DR services to more resellers
IT Specialists (ITS) says it wants to 'balance quality and quantity' in its reseller recruitment drive
IBM: Resilient Systems acquisition makes it a cybersecurity ‘immune system’
IBM adds to its recent major security acquisitions to become a truly one stop shop for the security breach industry
EC clears £44bn Dell EMC takeover
European Commission follows US Federal Trade Commission in clearing Dell-EMC merger after raising no competition concerns
Close Brothers bolsters tech financing effort with ‘big hitters’
One from HP and two from Lombard arrive at new IT finance and leasing division
Ingram Micro’s year finishes with a poor quarter
Going to the Chinese AT LEAST $1bn light
Foxconn’s £4bn Sharp takeover in danger
Deal could see future iPhones get better screens, but doubts have already been raised following release of ‘new information’
Capita reports solid sales and profits growth for the year
The outsourcer also sees momentum for 2016
HP CEO blames Windows 10 for poor sales
'Tough' PC market hits HP revenues as ‘stimulation’ does not materialise
Capita and Wandsworth and Richmond councils offer finance framework
A pan-London framework that will allow other councils to procure finance and print services, and finance systems, from Capita
