Amazon Web Services now on £7bn annual run rate as fourth quarter revenues reach £1.7bn
Channel Finance
Microsoft boosted by intelligent cloud growth and Surface sales
Microsoft hits revenues of £17.9bn but still hides its true Azure results, which are bundled in with ‘Intelligent Cloud’ division
Pivot3 acquires NexGen to make wider SDN market play
All existing and planned NexGen products will carry on being marketed promises Pivot3
Cloud contact centre firm NewVoiceMedia gets $30m funding
Gets new backer BGF and Salesforce puts more in too
Datatec claims modest growth for the first ten months
The company, which owns Logicalis and Westcon, will complete its full year next month
VMware prepares for weak, transitionary 2016 as 800 jobs axed
VMware announces 2016 revenues below analyst expectations after strong last quarter of 2015
Veeam generates record sales growth for data availability solutions
Veeam is outstripping the overall market says analyst
Liberata wins another deal at Wandsworth Borough Council
Liberata and Wandsworth have worked together in a partnership through various re-bids and extensions
Apogee prints the cash in impressive year end
Company says it 'out-performed' the UK market
Citrix’s Mark Templeton hired by CPM player Adaptive Insights
Firm reports 50 percent sales growth in cloud corporate performance management
Hortonworks opens big data support centre in Ireland
Channel ecosystem to be supported by Cork site
Facebook confirms €200m ‘green’ Irish data centre
Facebook is to go ahead with its first Irish data centre, situated in Clonee, County Meath
VMware staff prepare for job cuts announcement
900 staff expected to be axed this week
SAP reports plunging profits despite new cloud business
SAP follows IBM with the cloud, smoke and mirrors
Computacenter reports ‘flat’ sales for the year
Services firm signs a new NHS IT contract in the Midlands
Annodata posts big jump in sales and profits for year
Company's cloud strategy is helping matters
Bumper year for Oracle/SAP third party support firm Rimini
Rimini claims to have saved clients $1bn in software maintenance costs over 10 years
Cisco invests in Internet of Things platform firm Kii
Internet of Everything providers to be supported in cloud service and analytics
ForeScout becomes a $1bn company after new equity funding
'Agent-less' security firm homes in on burgeoning Internet of Things market
Atos completes acquisition of UC player Unify
Unify signed a UC technology deal with Virgin Media Business last year
Another set of bad financial results for IBM
But Big Blue kicks on into the hybrid cloud
PwC acquires Outbox to bolster cloud services business
Outbox works on Salesforce, Oracle, SAP and Microsoft Dynamics projects
Symantec will lose out on $1bn cash with Veritas sale
Veritas buyer Carlyle Group and Symantec amend original $8 billion deal after “uncertainties” arose
Department for Work and Pensions plans £75m procurement
Records management service contract will be officially advertised soon
Chess makes the right moves for growth
The VAR is on course for more acquisitions in 2016
Chinese IT investment group has £500m to burn in London
Startups to be grown by Cocoon Networks to bring their tech to China
Cloud hits global outsourcing contract values
EMEA sees a big slump in total deal value and a reduction in the number of contracts signed for the year
Updata wins £20m network framework deal at Norfolk council
Another communications win for Capita firm after the deal signed with Northumbria police this month
Northumbria Police awards £2.1m network deal to Updata
Lower telecoms costs and improved network performance promised
illusive goes channel only as it hires security veteran Tracy Pallas
Move follows a $22 million Series B funding round in October
