Closer product alliances breeds takeover talk amongst VeeamON delegates
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Kyocera revamps partner programme for ‘higher margins’
Resellers promised business plans “bespoke” to their own unique requirements
Italian IT services firm enters UK channel market
Aditinet offers integration services for F5, Extreme Networks, Palo Alto, Brocade and Simplivity technology
Fantastic Cloud Services wins first public sector deal
Wealden District Council uses Leeds firm to protect citizen data
VeeamON 2015: Backup player reports strong sales and hires alliance head
VMware chief says Veeam products are easier to use than other partners' solutions
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
Unify strikes Android partner deal with Gigaset pro
BlackBerry recently adopted Android for its next smartphone, now Unify is doing the same with desk phones
Channel strategies among hardware makers ‘under pressure’
Hardware execs struggling to provide real time data on channel performance in order to improve decision making
VeeamON 2015: Providers offered easier cloud backup solution
Las Vegas: Initially, the service will be offered over the Microsoft Azure cloud marketplace
Oracle OpenWorld: Oracle aims to sign up more cloud partners
Company also launches new entry tier level for Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) programme
Technology workers see big increase in bonuses
Recruiter says technology bonuses are now worth the equivalent of 12 percent of salaries
Dell and Microsoft offer joint hybrid cloud system
Cloud system is built around the new Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard
Xerox offers lifetime warranties on printers
Offer is linked to buying Xerox consumables and is designed to strengthen the hand of resellers
Brother UK appoints new marketing head
New man will lead 25-strong marketing team and build on past successful campaigns
Arrow and CompTIA join forces on cloud enablement
The alliance will help Arrow's channel partners make the most out of cloud opportunities
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
Riverbed appoints new head of EMEA channel sales
Application performance management company hires Panopticon Software, SAP Business Objects and i2 technologies veteran
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
Teradata round-up: Think Big EMEA opens, flash, Aster, Volvo
Some of the other news coming out of this week's Anaheim big data shindig
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'
CompTIA helps members get into regulated industries easier
Breaking into regulated industries can be a challenge for businesses and often takes a large amount of research
Teradata prepares mid-market channel strategy with cloud
Product development head tells ChannelBiz the scalability of the cloud and open source software points to new data analytics markets
Teradata Partners: How to manage data from the Internet of Things
Open source Hadoop data analytics engine plays centre stage in Teradata IoT push at Anaheim customer and partner event
Comtek launches Marconi repair and support service
The company has taken on ex-Marconi engineers to train up repair staff in North Wales and Belfast
VMWorld Europe: Exponential-e extends EMC relationship
The deal has been struck ahead of the EU’s Data Protection Directive and after the European ruling that US Safe Harbor is wrong
Lanware expands into Level 3 Brussels data centre
The outsourcer says it will increase business capacity and improve data security with the move
Annodata taps into Aylesbury council’s ‘cloud first’ strategy
Council is saving tens of thousands in printing costs as a result of MSP deal
QuoStar in Kyocera document solutions alliance
Parters will enable firms to improve the workflow, storage, control and security of their documents
Wick Hill launches EMEA market entry service for vendors
Black Duck Software is the first vendor to join Wick Hill Select
Sharp pursues ‘niche’ resellers to bulk up document business
Sharp on recruitment drive at first Inspire partner event since 2012
