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  • Distributors define role in the cloud economy

    The traditional role of IT distributors will be just as relevant in the new cloud-computing era as it has been for the past three decades, according to established players in the market - though some admit challenges lie ahead. Battle plans are bein... 

  • Citrix buoyed by cloud and desktop virtualisation demand

    The shift towards the cloud, consumerisation of IT and the customer demand for greater consolidation has benefited virtual infrastructure specialist Citrix. The vendor has delivered a solid set of fourth quarter results, for the three months ended 31... 

  • Education needed to get more resellers selling the cloud

    The gap between the cloud message from vendors and the ability of the channel to service the demand that is being stoked up is one causing some concern. Last week research from ComputerLinks revealed that although 22% of companies are using the cloud... 

  • Computacenter takes on giants of cloud

    Computacenter is making a defensive play against the likes of Atos Origin, Unisys and Fujitsu Services by launching into the cloud market with hosted mail, soon to be followed by collaboration and virtual desktop services. Under the auspices of the ... 

  • Aerohive acquires cloud networking outfit

    WLAN architecture specialist Aerohive has handed over an undisclosed sum for privately-held cloud-based networking firm Pareto Networks, which released the world's first cloud-based routing and VPN solution last year. It plans to integrate Pareto's t... 

  • Resellers lack coherent cloud plan

    The vast majority of resellers have stilled not yet developed a cloud offering for customers. According to a survey from security distributor ComputerLinks around 64% of resellers are still not selling cloud services. The survey also showed that 22% ... 

  • Ingram Micro picks up Anomalous contract

    Ingram Micro has added another networking firm to its expanding comms portfolio in the shape of cloud networking software developer Anomalous Networks. The Canadian start-up, which has been going since 2009, offers a cloud-based network management an... 

  • Public sector voices challenges of moving to the Cloud

    Public sector organisations' migration to cloud-based services is being held up bybudget cuts, lingering doubts over data security and complex application environments. This was according to a Trustmarque roundtable that gathered talking heads from ... 

  • Cloud build out to drive server sales for years, says Intel

    Intel squeezed out a bumper set of fourth quarter financials last night and declared that the corporate refresh has plenty of legs left yet with the cloud and Windows 7 expected to drive PC and server sales. The industry bellwether pushed up sales 8... 

  • Cloud services set to be more widely adopted by SMEs

    Among all of the predictions about the growth of cloud computing this year are expectations that the technology will become more widely adopted by SMEs. The move towards cloud by the channel heartland is being tipped as one of the main features of t...