Intercity acquired cloud communications, network services and hosting specialist Gage Networks earlier this year
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Essex County Council gets £1.9m fibre broadband dividend
Superfast Essex is praised by the government as BT partnership takes off
Orange helps Amcor improve staff collaboration
Mobile device management, telecom expense management and SIP trunking among the solutions deployed
Citrix axes another 1,000 jobs as it aims to increase profits
The GoTo business is being spun off as the virtualisation and cloud access company succumbs to pressure from activist shareholders
CGI wins £20m electricity industry BPO contract
Outsourcer's deal will help smart meter roll-out and comes after water industry contract win too
Softcat IPO off to a good start
Ex-Advanced Computer Software CEO also joins the board
OpenText bangs the drum to get new cloud partners
Top Canadian company says it's been too quiet for too long and wants new cloud and big data analytics resellers
Blue Coat acquires Elastica for $280m to bolster cloud security
Elastica’s CloudSOC provides threat scoring powered by machine learning and user and end-point behaviour modelling
Microsoft boosts cloud data security with Secure Islands acquisition
UBS, OSRAM, Vodafone and Credit Suisse already use Secure Islands technology
Atos wins SIAM deal with Metropolitan Police Service
Outsourcer will provide ICT service integration and management and will test applications
Avnet conducts storage expansion with Orchestra
German acquisition will expand EMC storage EMEA sales
Streamwire acquires Apple support specialist EvEnt
The deal includes EvEnt's OptiPlus technical site audit service
University of the Highlands and Islands joins SWAN PSN
Capita IT Enterprise Services has been running the Scottish Wide Area Network service since last year
Will expanding data availability firm Veeam be acquired?
Closer product alliances breeds takeover talk amongst VeeamON delegates
iPhone maker Foxconn takes stake in UK’s Bamboo
Distributor operates in 22 countries and works closely with many of Europe’s leading mobile network operators
Technology workers see big increase in bonuses
Recruiter says technology bonuses are now worth the equivalent of 12 percent of salaries
HP offloads Tipping Point to Trend Micro for $300m
Trend Micro says the acquisition will still allow it to develop a strategic alliance with HP
EMC and VMware launch hybrid cloud solutions company
The two companies will now share ownership of Virtustream in a deal that comes in the middle of EMC's takeover by Dell
Softcat confirms IPO and shows off growth figures
Launch on London Stock Exchange is planned for next month as IT solutions provider seeks 'stronger brand recognition'
Capita makes new Transport for London IT framework
TfL framework covers consultancy, business transformation, design, development, implementation and training
Dell confirms $67bn takeover of storage giant EMC
Channel shake-up could be on the cards as Dell heads to the enterprise market in a big way
Avnet conducts Orchestra acquisition in Germany
Distributor of storage solutions around EMC products comes into the EMEA fold
Capita acquires secure network provider Electranet
The government-certified supplier expects to almost double profits this year
Blancco acquires Tabernus to lead data erasure market
Internet of Things data from web-connected TVs, cars, smart thermostats and wearable health-monitors is a target
Amazon Web Services unveils new data storage tier
AWS also reduces some data storage prices
Ideagen latest to sign up to Syscap financing
Syscap’s programme now features 13 of the UK’s top software vendors
Isle of Wight sees two broadband providers combine
WightFibre has acquired Click4Internet to provide superfast services across the island
BlackBerry acquiring Good Technology for $425m
Acquiring the mobile security firm will help BlackBerry grow revenue in the face of falling gadget sales
Islington and Camden councils plan to share IT
The two London councils are facing government cuts of up to £185 million
Pulsant acquires Spinnaker Red consultancy
Makes a bigger play for hybrid cloud deployment business
