
Channel News


More than 900,000 Android devices activated every day

Industry-backed Silicon Valley Bank opens in London
Will it boost innovation?

Tablet prices falling – at last
Reseller opportunity in all-in-one products

Resellers to court Ministry of Defence with rugged Panasonic tablets
Becrypt encryption keeps them secure

Google axes Meebo’s services
Waves the grinder a week after buying the social networking site.

Spain requests bank bailout: computer sales fall
Other EU countries could suffer

ICO cookie laws cause confusion and indifference in the channel
Unconcerned by fines, SMBs believe ICO is just flexing its muscles
Server revenues drop in EMEA as economic downturn hits vendors hard
HP sees noticeable decline

AMD loses to Intel in CPU war of the words
Systems all dressed up but nowhere to go

Intel’s Thunderbolt may be lightning, but Mama Mia, at a price
Right now, it's at a cost

Citrix throws itself into mobile with Bytemobile buy
Gets ready to cash in on LTE boom

Retail sales rise during May, electronics sector shows “improvement”
iPad 3 and Kindle help boost consumer spending, but retail landscape remains tough

RES releases Hyperdrive for Dropbox style file sharing with enterprise security
Enterprise file sharing service offers extra level of security that Google, Microsoft and others can't provide

Oracle arrives with “most comprehensive cloud on Earth” after seven years of development
Ellison unveils range of cloud services including social platform

ARM creates JV for secure mobile payments
Extends TrustZone concept

Taiwanese manufacturers leverage Amazon’s strengths
Bypass usual distribution routes to market

Big data reaching tipping point, but companies worried about skills
Survey shows that organisations are increasingly investing in data analytics, but concerns persist over bridging the skills gap

VMware aims enterprise social network platform at SMBs
Smaller business user to get enterprise level workplace social networks for free through VMware

Dell shakes up PartnerDirect programme with tougher requirements at top tier
UK partners need to reach $1.5 million sales or risk losing Premier status
GFI enhances its OEM Partner Programme
More security products under one channel roof

Sony bosses agree to pay cut following mass restructuring
More woes for the Japanese giant as top brass accept cuts in a bid for atonement after 10,000 job cuts and $5.7 billion losses

Google acquires QuickOffice
Spate of acquisitions show Google's getting serious

Oracle gets it head into social CRM with Collective Intelligence acquisition
Shopping spree continues

Intel invests in touchscreen supply chain to push next gen Ultrabooks
Intel signs agreement with Taiwanese touch screen manufacturers to keep Ultrabook hybrid supply safe

Taiwan vendors report slow sales – blame Europe
And the footfall feels out of step with expectations

ARM takes aim at server market, intros ODM Mitac box
Shifting gear

ARM more concerned about economic downturn than Intel’s mobile chips
ARM gets cocky while Intel prepares for assault on smartphone market

Salesforce gets social media friendly with $689 BuddyMedia deal
Salesforce looks to increase social CRM offerings, following bidding war with Google

Computex almost opens, vendors strut their stuff
Windows 8 for ARM chips appears