Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise joins rivals in offering pay-per-use for networking services for businesses
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Avnet signs UK distribution deal with Extreme Networks
Distie builds on long-term deal it has in DACH region
CityFibre to build FTTP network in Southend
CityFibre agrees deal with Southend council to build 50km dark fibre network that could eventually be used for business and consumer broadband
Motorola Solutions gets £640m smart public safety investment
Motorola Solutions says investment will aid development of smart public safety technology and is vindication of its strategy
Cisco Sells Connected Devices Unit To Technicolor For £388m
Cisco and Technicolor will also work on multimedia technologies and share patents in new partnership
Secunia signs UK VAR agreement with Foursys for public/private sector
The agreement covers the full Secunia product range including vulnerability management, security patching and PC protection to secure networks
NTT America brings in Advantage for global sales reach
The Advantage Communications Group is the first announced partner of NTT America’s Global Solutions Channel Partner Program since launch
EMC chooses select group of distributors for ‘Blue’ appliance
The VSPEX hyper converged infrastructure appliance will be sold by five major distributors with global reach to help boost sales, says EMC
Dell Networking slashes rebate threshold for channel
Resellers previously had to sell kit worth at least $100,000 to get something back, but Dell has now slashed this figure to $20,000
Check Point unveils new global partner programme
The international programme for distributors and resellers promises better margins, improved training and is being delivered in four tiers
CyberPower to launch Smart Partner Programme in the UK
The new partner programme for resellers will be launched next month and will offer rewards across four levels to those who sign up
VCW Security adds Reliable Networks to CYREN cloud security roll
CYREN cloud based security is now being used by one of the UK's leading trade unions, whose membership totals over one million
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
Emulex Launches Ethernet NIC And Partners Brocade On Fibre
A NIC for more-efficient, fast Ethernet in data centres and a partnership to develop 32Gbit FC technologies
Poor IT Is Causing Substantial Loss Of Productivity At Work
Up to 27 days lost over IT downtime and delays not to mention the damage to employee morale
Worldwide Carrier Switch And Router Market Back On Its Feet
Even Europe is experiencing growth, according to latest Infonetics research
Cisco UC Offering Will Be Game Changer For Channel, Says Voyager
Sean Huggett, MD of Voyager, talks up its Unified Comms plans with Cisco
Micro-P’s Conect Programme Promises Resellers A Rich Voice
Big upfront commission and continuous revenue - it's like the golden age of telecoms, Micro-P claims
Configuration Auditing Holds Big Opportunity For Channel
Channel-focused Netwrix sees big business in security and compliance auditing
UK IT managers poorly wired
Allied Telesis research shows that UK managers are at the mercy of poorly connected networks
Exponential-e adds BATS to its financial belfry
Good news for its 250 financial clients
Datacentres fail to give optimal performance
Datacentre managers tell LSI
Aerohive wins WLAN contract with Regent’s College
Learning environments require business-grade wi-fi