Pure Storage increases Emea bookings over 300 percent as it establishes its channel presence in more countries and expands executive team
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Most companies are deluded about their security says Cisco
The UK is behind many other countries when it comes to security but most companies globally underestimate the threats says a Cisco report
Cobweb wins first UK Office 365 customer via Microsoft CSP
The cloud hosting provider is the first Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider to sign up a UK Office 365 customer through the programme so far
Global storage software market to be worth $23.33bn
The Markets and Markets forecast is up to 2019, with the analyst saying the growth of unstructured data is driving the market.
Netgear launches switching, wireless and storage lines
Businesses, education and health with high density user environments are being targeted with the new Netgear offering
Sungard joins forces with Cisco, Citrix and NetApp to offer DaaS
Sungard Availability Services is using a Cisco-validated design to offer organisations a virtual desktop wherever they need it
Mobile M2M module market to triple in three years says Infonetics
The M2M market is driven by the thirst for the Internet of Things and big moves by mobile operators
PrecisionPoint signs North American distributor deal for BI solution
The company has signed Armanino, an accounting and business consulting firm based in California, to push its business intelligence solution
Northern Ireland NHS hospital trust deploys ForeScout security
Northern Trust wanted to protect 15,000 endpoints across 150 sites and get ready for the Internet of Things
Gigamon launches new channel rewards scheme
The Gigamon Partner Programme includes bumped up training, joint marketing, extra lead generation and wider cash benefits
Citrix unveils WorkspacePod to enhance VDI offering
Citrix WorkspacePod has already been previewed using technology from HP, and other partners will join the development programme
Plusnet free broadband offer is sales opp for resellers
DMSL is encouraging resellers to jump on the free broadband offer to help win other VoIP and cloud business
Acer appoints new country manager as part of European shake up
Gavin Parrish is now UK and Ireland head, tasked with 'maintaining momentum and growth' at the PC maker
Azzurri Communications signs reseller deal with EE
Azzurri already had a reseller deal with O2 and this new deal means smaller customers will now be managed by O2 direct
Vision Solutions makes global cloud play with Ian Masters
The cloud migration and business continuity company already has established relationships with Microsoft and IBM
Smart Bluetooth market to take off helped by wearables
The Smart Bluetooth market will grow at over 9 percent a year until 2020 says analyst Markets and Markets
Avnet gets Juniper Networks distributor of the year award
Avnet Technology Solutions got the award for 'revenue growth, its marketing initiatives and its skills'
Citrix completes Sanbolic acquisition to ‘software define’ storage
The Sanbolic acquisition will see Citrix combine storage and application performance and virtualisation technology
Gartner: Worldwide IT spending £2.38 trillion in 2015
The analyst house's annual spending projection is down on earlier forecasts, but it's mainly the strong US dollar which has affected matters
Channel can look forward to increased IT budgets from SMEs
In research 250 IT decision makers at SMEs were questioned about their spending intentions for the coming year
Olive Communications wins £5 million unified comms deal with Admin Re
Swiss Re subsidiary Admin Re wants to improve the way its staff and customers communicate with each other, so it went to Olive
Arrow Electronics is RSA’s top distributor of the year
RSA, the security division of EMC, has made Arrow Electronics its Emea distributor of the year for 2014
Cloud provider Virtustream joins McAfee security alliance
The McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) partner programme is designed to promote the development of interoperable security products.
Brother upgrades flagship labelling machines to boost P-touch market
The expanding P-touch labelling market is up over a quarter year-on-year in terms of unit sales says Brother
Advanced Network Security deploys ‘smart’ Ruckus wifi across Hughes stores
The leading UK electrical retailer brought in Advanced Network Security after struggling to cope with the abundance of wifi products in-store
Purpose Software boosts product development with Zeller appointment
Document and print management solutions providers will see an uptick in product enhancements through Shane Zeller's arrival says Purpose
Quantum hires Morel to lead scale-out storage push
Large media and entertainment companies, among others, will be targeted by Patrick Morel as Quantum pushes on in the Emea region
Methods Digital and MatsSoft join forces to offer ‘low-code’
Methods Digital and MatsSoft are targeting the public sector in a growing market for solutions that make software development easier
Outsourcer Capita gets Cisco approval to provide secure buildings technology
Capita claims to be one of the few UK-based companies to offer traditional Cisco LANs & WANs and deploy physical security solutions
Daisy Group Buyout Brings Big Plans For 2015 Under A New Boss
The New Year will see big changes as Daisy Group heads out with new partner support and a new CEO
