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Advertising Standards Authority considered toothless
Companies claim it leaves firms wound-licking and airing dirty laundry, but little more

HP’s Peter Ryan describes UK channel plans
Finding opportunity in challenging times

UK hardware maker and distributor releases ARM cluster
St Alban's company, Boston is offering a ARM based cluster that delivers data centre performance at 5W per node.

Demand grows for virtualised services – honest
Chris Papa, Managing Director of cloud computing and communications company, Qubic claims that businesses are waking up to the fact that they don't need to spend a lot on hardware

Seagate keeps quiet over faulty iMac hard drives
Apple partners to offer replacements all the way back to 2009

Big data IT spending hits $28 billion
Big data to become plain old 'data'

Under the Surface, Microsoft is in trouble
Microsoft's new Surface is a good tablet for the wrong price

Nvidia releases VGX K2 for virtualised GPU-class workstations
VGPU, totally virtualised GPU, should head to private beta later this year

OFT aims to crack down on price fixing
Launches revised Competition Act procedures guidance

Cloud computing biz, Memset, enjoys revenue growth
Company claims it's on Cloud Nine

Dell Wyse enhances end to end cloud computing portfolio
Products specific to Citrix-based IT environments

Ebuyer rapped by the ASA
Company made misleading savings claims and failed to respond to the watchdog
Symantec: Channel is vital in addressing SMB security threat
Threat level doubles for smaller businesses in the UK

Fujitsu partners with Arrow ECS for vShape launch
Virtual datacentre 'in a box' launched to mid market resellers

Ingram Micro completes BrightPoint buy
Makes big move into wireless and mobility market

Windows 8 early adverts snub corporate resellers
Microsoft is really going through with its push into consumerism with its latest Windows 8 adverts

Consumer cloud storage uptake quickens
Will push past the 500 million user mark this year, says IHS
Portal buys Planit CPM
To enhance its Information Management and social collaboration offerings

Dell to host partner-focused European Storage Forum
Partners to access keynotes and training sessions at European event on 13-18 November

McAfee releases four data security suites to channel
New software offers a combination of whitelisting, blacklisting and virtualisation technologies to protect servers and virtual desktops.

UK SMEs ‘struggling’ to cope with financial crisis
European Commission report claims UK falling behind France, Germany

Citrix finds EMEA growth in spite of troubled economy
Christian Partarrieu, director, channel sales and marketing EMEA explains

Two thirds of UK enterprises fail to make use of growing data
Vanson Bourne report says CIOs are concerned over business impact

IT budgets to stay flat next year
But new technology spending lifting slightly

Top online retailers pulled up for not complying with consumer protection laws
OFT warns of fines and legal action if practices continue
ResellerClub offers free six month hosting package
Company will also give a few select resellers funding of over $20,000

Texas Instruments rumoured to sell OMAP chips business to Amazon?
Grapevine gets going

Tablet growth expected to outpace laptops
GBI research suggests

Channel businesses pack their bags for Gitex
A key event on the Channel business calender Gitex, which will be held at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre kicks off next week.