Sales and profits down as operating expenses jump to pay for cuts
networks
CenturyLink sells its 57 data centres for $2.15 billion
CenturyLink plans to use the net proceeds to partly fund its acquisition of Level 3 Communications
Broadcom acquires Brocade for $5.5bn and offloads Ruckus
The whole of Brocade’s IP Networking business is being sold off as Broadcom concentrates on supporting its OEM business
Ocado sells smart home products alongside food
Smart plugs, Powerline connections, range extenders and routers now in the online aisles
CityFibre expands fibre footprint with £5m Redcentric buy
CityFibre acquires 137km of new fibre from Redcentric as its quest to be a BT Openreach rival continues
WLAN market sales up but enterprise leaders lose share
Cisco, Aruba-HPE and Brocade-Ruckus all lose market share in business wireless market, as smaller players make hay
Extreme Networks captures Zebra WiFi business for $55m
$55 million for $115 million of annualised revenues looks cheap
Zyxel re-brands as a solution provider, hires channel head
Networking kit firm brings in Netgear, Avnet and BT veteran to head up partner efforts
Manchester Grammar School makes data leap with LIMA
Improved data management and quicker backups delivered by NetApp partner
iboss joins the Jisc security services education framework
iboss provides Cyber Threat Scores that rate individual users and devices to stop 'catastrophic infection'
ForeScout seeks 100% channel target with FireMon hiring
Security firm continues to add to its channel-focused sales leadership team
Internet of Things far from replacing service engineers
Human instinct cannot be replaced say firms that run their own field service operations
KCOM builds railways’ cloud ticketing and revenue system
The IT provider will build common systems based on AWS for train operators
Cisco opens Northern Powerhouse innovation centre
As well as startups, established tech companies are expected to benefit
Exponential-e bolsters channel management team
One promotion and one sales veteran returns to the company from a partner
Barracuda Networks brings back old head to head channels
Company brings in two vice presidents to help strengthen business
VARs given an easier way to deploy converged infrastructure
StrataCloud SDI helps resellers overcome the deployment headaches usually seen in the hyper-converged space
Third quarter results: Cisco focuses on service revenues
Switching and routing business in steady decline as Cisco looks elsewhere for sales growth
Ingram Micro buys Comms-care to expand network/DC offering
Comms-care works exclusively through the channel to support end-user networking, wireless and cloud deployments
Proact wins infrastructure deal at Swedish government agency
Swedish Agency for Accessible Media deal will see the pan-Euro supplier provide hosting, cloud and network services
Lenovo European manufacturing move will better serve channel
Faster and cheaper deliveries for EMEA customers, says Lenovo, as Hungary starts production on storage and networking equipment
Open source jobs boom continues worldwide
DevOps, networking, OpenStack and CloudStack drive demand
Purdicom becomes master distributor for RG Nets
Ruckus Wireless integration has been key to RG Nets
Exponential-e unveils Winning Ways channel incentive scheme
£3,000 watches and Ferrari's for the weekend are on offer
Greenbone and Khipu team up to provide security to Jisc
Greenbone entered the UK market with Exclusive Networks earlier this year
Exponential-e appoints regional business manager in North
Cloud provider seeks to take advantage of Northern Powerhouse
Mayflex signs testing distribution deal with NETSCOUT
Takes on-board some formerly branded Fluke Networks products
Brocade StackStorm acquisition brings data centre DevOps to networks
Startup StackStorm specialises in DevOps – and Brocade thinks the company’s open source software can help its customers act more like the cloud giants
Greenbone offers alternative to ‘end of life’ McAfee VM
Exclusive Networks was appointed Greenbone distributor last week
Wireless Logic becomes first reseller of Arqiva IoT network
SIGFOX Internet of Things network already reaches 30 percent of the UK population
