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Remembering David Hurley
Posted: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 by Simon QuickeIt was with great sadness that we heard about the death of David Hurley, who passed away after a short illness at the weekend.Hurley had been a long standing contact...
Cars rather than computers getting the ad money
Posted: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 by Simon QuickeWhere it was once computer adverts that grabbed the attention in the breaks in Super Bowl coverage this time around it looks set to be cars that are being plugged...
Super branding as all eyes focus on the last four
Posted: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 by Simon QuickeThere are two contests which are currently dominating the television talk shows and radio phone-ins in America. The first is the race for the Republican nomination in the race to...
For Kodak the struggle is to stay relevant
Posted: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 by Simon QuickeKodak is all too well aware of the changes that have happened in its natural markets that have left it now seeking bankruptcy protection.The digital revolution has not just touched...
Is compliance hype a problem the channel can solve?
Posted: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 by Simon QuickeOne of the most challenging things about making sure a network or a business is secure is not just about products and resellers would be wise to include the people...
Think security as computer equipment becomes criminal target
Posted: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 by Simon QuickeIf you are unlucky enough to have a break-in then prepare yourself for the disappearance of your tablet, laptop, smart phone and ipod. But console yourself with the way that...
Android business users get new UC functionality
Posted: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 by Alex ScroxtonThe increasing importance of Android to the business mobile experience was reflected this week with two UC vendors launching new apps for the platform. Vidyo was first to take the...
The network will continue to assert itself in 2012
Posted: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 by Alex ScroxtonIn a new guest blog, Dan Cunliffe, head of BE Wholesale, looks at the growing assertiveness of the networking sector at the heart of the IT proposition, and explores some of the trends that...
Security always seems to start with education
Posted: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 by Simon QuickeBack in the days when all that really mattered was plugging your firewall in and switching your anti virus on there were still plenty of people who could not be...
Norton gets the cycling bug with Tour channel promotion
Posted: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 by Simon QuickeThis blog has been used before as a platform to point out the growing love in the channel for two wheels and clearly Norton has picked up on the trend...
A growing managed services opportunity
Posted: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 by Simon QuickeOne of the classic lines that is often used in a channel conversation is about services. Vendors tell resellers to do more of them, distributors look to support them and...
The channel's love of two wheels is spreading
Posted: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 by Simon QuickeThe more conversations I have with channel bods the more cyclists come out of the woodwork. It really does seem to be the sport of choice for those trying to...
GFI might just have the answer to clearing out the clutter
Posted: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 by Simon QuickeIn a chat with anti virus specialist GFI Software the vendor was talking up its latest product release Vipre 5.0 and pitching a function that sounds like an idea that...
Avaya fires (and misfires) on opening day of 2011 VAR show
Posted: Thu, 03 Nov 2011 by Alex ScroxtonAlmost a year ago to the day I painted a mental image that those of us who have met Avaya worldwide channel boss Jeremy Butt would possibly rather forget. So...
Health and safety or you pay
Posted: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 by Adam BernsteinThe Government is planning to give the Health and Safety Executive a legal duty to make a cost recovery from organisations and businesses who are found to be in breach...
The cloud goes to Hollywood
Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 by Alex ScroxtonI love the way IT is immortalized on the big screen, writes Nick Booth. In the early days of the computer's film career, it usually had a support role. The...
Can Logica and CityMeetsTech create a culture of innovation?
Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 by Alex ScroxtonLogica recently held an event that asked: Has Britain lost its way as an innovator? How do we reclaim our position? While Logica tries to wrestle with that problem and...
Digital Marketing
Posted: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 by Adam BernsteinIn the seven months since March 2011 when the Advertising Standards Authority gained a remit to oversee digital advertising and marketing (in addition to the original print media remit), a...
Bucking the trend in tough times can bring its own problems
Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 by Billy MacInnesIf you talk to people at Citrix you can't escape the impression that whatever the conditions elsewhere in the industry or the wider world, life is pretty good at the...
Has technology really levelled the playing field?
Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 by Nick BoothWouldn't it be great if you could go online and shop around for a better deal on your energy minister? Well, sorry, that's just not going to happen. It doesn't...
EU Common Sales Law
Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 by Adam BernsteinAccording to the Law Society, the European Commission is expected to issue a proposal for a Common Sales Law that would cover the whole of the EU.Whilst the new Law...
Desktop virtualisation is not so easy PC
Posted: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 by Billy MacInnesHaving attended VMworld and Citrix Summit in the space of a week, one of the main impressions I came back with was that for all the talk about desktop virtualisation...
How HulloMail could have prevented phone hacking
Posted: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 by Nick BoothOur reader has contacted us about our phone hacking story...It seems there is a better way to confound Piers Morgan and his like from hacking into your mobile messages.(I used...
Tribunal claims on the wane
Posted: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 by Adam BernsteinAccording to a recent set of statistics published by the Ministry of Justice, Employment Tribunal claims over the period April 2010 to March 2011 are down by 8 per cent...
Could Nortel have been an Apple killer?
Posted: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 by Alex ScroxtonCould Nortel have had a piece of Apple? Could it have killed the iPhone before it was a glint in Steve Jobs' eye?Canadian tech website Cantech Letter has recently uncovered the...
