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Anglia Business Solutions mourns death of Hurley
One of the founding members of one of the most long standing resellers, Anglia Business Solutions, has died after a short illness. David Hurley, who will be known by many in the channel, helped set up Anglia in 1981 and had been running the company ... News | 24 Jan 2012
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Consumerisation and social driving software growth
The European software industry can expect modest growth this year as consumerisation and social media force firms to open up budgets to enable secure remote working. The latest forecasts from IDC reveal expectations of a 3.1% increase in growth acro... News | 24 Jan 2012
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Microsoft PC nightmare unrealised in Q2
A decline in PC sales as a result of the Thai flooding crisis seems to have hurt Microsoft's Q2 numbersless than Redmond had at first feared feared, with strong sales elsewhere in the firm helping to offsetthe impact ofthe disaster. Microsofttodayrep... News | 20 Jan 2012
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Open source software vendors turn eyes to channel
Open source software vendors 10gen and Talend have both turned their attention to the channel this week, announcing their intentions to start recruiting resellers in the UK as part of a strategy to up their growth rates andfind newways to generate ca... News | 19 Jan 2012
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SAP lines up best ever quarter
Software giant SAP has booked its strongest ever full-year and fourth quarter results in its 40-year history. In its preliminary results - full financials will drop on 25 January - SAP said it saw sales grow 14% to €14.23bn (£11.8bn)while opera... News | 17 Jan 2012
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FAST brings legal experts together to keep IP protection on agenda
The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) is aiming to keep the pressure on the government and those influencing the intectual property protection debate through an event designed to bring together legal experts across the software industry. The s... News | 16 Jan 2012
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Trustmarque slips into something more comfortable
Yorkshire-based Trustmarque is moving into new headquarters after its old digs became too overcrowded. It said the move to new premises would allow it to continue its expansion while offering more space for training up staff. "We currently have ... News | 13 Jan 2012
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Enterprise software market set for low growth
The prospects for the enterprise software market remained delicately poised this year with growth expected but only by a whisker. The latest analysis of the enterprise software market from TechMarketView forecasts a 3% growth rate in the market, but... News | 13 Jan 2012
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Microsoft warns lower PC sales will hit Windows division
Microsoft has warned that lower PC shipments, which it blames on the hard disc drive shortage sparked by the Thailand floods, is going to be felt in its Q2 results. The vendor has warned that revenues in its Windows division will be lower than expec... News | 12 Jan 2012
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Cloud adoption of business intelligence tools lagging
The hype and the rush to provide cloud functionality might have led some resellers selling business intelligence to believe that this was the year the technology shifted to delivery via hosted platforms. But the portion of the BI market that will be... News | 10 Jan 2012