EMEA sees a big slump in total deal value and a reduction in the number of contracts signed for the year
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Twitter suffers worldwide outage
Web and mobile users left unable to login to social media platform – are you affected?
IBM and CSC ink hybrid cloud deal for enterprises
This deal follows IBM's move at the end of last year to make it easier for firms to link to IBM Cloud
SMEs lacking in access security systems
Despite the SME shortcomings the access security market is expanding
Updata wins £20m network framework deal at Norfolk council
Another communications win for Capita firm after the deal signed with Northumbria police this month
Worldwide IT spending plummets $216bn
But the data centre sector is faring well, according to Gartner, with a three percent growth in spending projected for 2016
BT hires another 1,000 in customer care
BT TV has also announced it is deploying NetApp storage systems to improve its service
Northumbria Police awards £2.1m network deal to Updata
Lower telecoms costs and improved network performance promised
Hortonworks launches big data partner programme
Major suppliers, consultants and resellers targeted in cloud analytics space
Microsoft slashes Azure prices and takes swipe at AWS
Azure drops Dv2 VM costs by up to 17 percent
illusive goes channel only as it hires security veteran Tracy Pallas
Move follows a $22 million Series B funding round in October
HPE leads cloud hardware sales market but could be caught by Dell
Sales up 23 percent year on year to $7.6 billion in the third quarter says analyst IDC
BT free to acquire EE with no strings says CMA
Today's confirmation however does not reassure everyone, as BT gets on with it
Waitrose brings in PCMS to support mobile and tablet promos
Ten year deal adds to PCMS contracts at John Lewis, Marks & Spencer and Waterstones
Microsoft improves Skype for Business with acquisition
Redmond wants consumer grade ease of use for its business UC solution
Lifesize gets $17.5m funding to leave Logitech and tackle video market
Three venture capital firms put in cash to give firm free rein in cloud conferencing market
D-Link appoints Paul Routledge as UK country manager
Networking industry veteran wants to expand and develop D-Link's channel business
CityFibre launches FTTP network in Bristol
CityFibre picks Bristol as first location for expansion following £90m KCOM fibre acquisition
Europe says bosses can snoop on their employees
European Court of Human Rights says reading messages sent at work is permitted for employers
Maintel offers new comms service division to resellers
Unified communications, contact centres, workforce optimisation and networking supported
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s first EMEA customer centre is in UK
The City of London site will offer HPE clients 'tailored advice' on cloud, big data and mobile technologies
EMEA PC shipments slumped 16% says Gartner
Not much good news for PC vendors this year either says the analyst
Elastifile gets extra $35m funding to get more apps on flash
Israeli startup gets backing from six unnamed industry backers
ANS acquires Eison to boost turnover to £60m
Intelligent WANs and SDN to be targeted by expanding hybrid cloud provider
Atlantis teams with Dell in hyper-converged appliance market
New appliance for the mid-market is billed as a 'game changer'
HEAT Software gets new CEO after channel expansion move
Unified endpoint management (UEM) firm extended its agreement with distributor e92plus this month
Cloud pricing for enterprises falls by two-thirds says TCL
AWS still leads the market with its lower pricing and feature set but others are catching up and market pricing is now 'stabilising'
Talon sharpens up for another growth year
SoftwareONE, OCSL, Synergics, SMS, Nephos, Sol-Tec, Dot-NET and SoftwareLogic among new VARs signed
BT announces Selley as its new CEO
He will replace Joe Garner, who is leaving to become CEO of Nationwide Building Society
Welsh government’s NPS names firms in £800m IT framework
Softcat, Insight, Computacenter and Centerprise among the winners across 12 categories
