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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 23 March 2012
Juniper channel operation coalesces around social media In the wake of a major partner programme refresh, Juniper Networks is making the case for integrating channel marketing strategies more tightly with social media, saying its partners need to tra... News
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SME, retail and corporate dominate C2000 agenda
Computer 2000 has set out its strategy for the next year with a focus on retail, SME, corporate business and the public sector being the main focuses of its efforts. The distributor used its Vendor Partner Summit in London as a venue to outline where... News
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Computer 2000 sets out public sector ambitions
Computer 2000 has outlined its ambitions to become a major player in the public sector just weeks after it brought in Cathi Low to run its operations in that market. Speaking at the distributor's vendor partner summit Peter Hubbard, UK and Ireland ma... News
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Column: Has Whitman found the PSG answer?
It's an intriguing story about plans by HP to combine its PC and imaging and print divisions, writes Billy MacInnes. What to make of it? Someone facetious might say that having decided not to spin the PC business off or sell it, HP is merely taking ... Opinion
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HP PC business to merge with printing unit
Hewlett-Packard has revealed it will merge its Personal Systems Group (PSG) and Imaging and Printing Group (IPG) into a new Printing and Personal Systems Group, confirming rumours that began to circulate around the industry yesterday. Having failed i... News
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Mid-market days could be numbered
The current focus on the mid market by vendors and resellers alike could change fundamentally as that sector of the market fragments over the next few years. According to research carried out for Ricoh Europe by the Economist Intelligence Unit those... News
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Trams extends Apple reach with Cancom acquisition
Trams has positioned itself as one of the leading Apple business resellers in the UK with the acquisition of Cancom Ltd. The London-based reseller has picked up Cancom from Cancom AG as part of ongoing plans to grow its market position through acqui... News
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Column: Welcome to the IT shop of the future
Worrying about the future of the channel is enough to drive anyone to drink. There's a pub full of serious drinkers that I drop into once a week. It's a place where nobody judges you because everyone has a sad story to tell. That's if you can stop th... Opinion
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 16 March 2012
Government caps contracts to aid SME suppliers The government has taken further steps to ensure that it becomes easier for small firms to sell into the public sector. Francis Maude, the Cabinet Office minister responsible for driving through changes ... News
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Apple sparks the queues again
The words 'iPad' and 'queues' seem to go hand in hand whenever there is a major product launch and sure enough its happened again. Apple fans down under queued up to get their mitts on the latest iPad giving the vendor the sort of exposure that mone... Opinion