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Dell consumes app protection specialist
Dell has acquired back-up and application protection start-up AppAssure for an undisclosed sum, adding additional disaster mitigation options to its software and storage portfolio. AppAssure provides coverage for virtual, physical and cloud infrastru... News | 27 Feb 2012
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SME and consumer business serious targets for Lenovo UK
With its share of the worldwide PC market on the way up, Lenovo has offered a glimpse of plans to become a major force in the consumer and SMEUK client sectors. The vendorhastaken on 100 new partners in the UK in the past five months and hopes to cre... News | 27 Feb 2012
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ZyXEL resellers in school iPad giveaway
Broadband networking vendor ZyXEL is to offer education customers free iPad 2 tablets for every six NWA5160 access pointsbought alongside one of its NXC5200 wifi controllers. The NXC5200 is able to support up to 240 APs, reckons ZyXEL, meaning school... News | 27 Feb 2012
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Epson expecting channel expansion
Epson is looking for greater channel engagement as it promotes its product portfolio and managed print services programme to resellers. The imaging specialist is already encouraging existing partners to sell more of its product range, which includes... News | 24 Feb 2012
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Apple boss considering dividend payments
Apple has given ground to major shareholders agreeing that it will give them more influence over board appointments in the future. There had been a long standing resistance by the vendor to making any changes to the way it made appointments because ... News | 24 Feb 2012
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 24 February 2012
Channel players named to G-Cloud supplier framework A host of industry players learned last weekend that they have been selected to provide cloud services to the public sector under Westminster's long-awaited G-Cloud framework. Among the companies th... News | 24 Feb 2012
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Whitman positive on channel PSG outlook
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has spoken positively of its channel partners relative to its business and consumer client business, PSG, despite the unit booking a major revenue decline during the last three months. Whitman, who has the uncertainty ... News | 23 Feb 2012
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Whitman brands HP 'too complex, too slow' as profits slump
Hewlett-Packard chief exec Meg Whitman has pledged toshake-up the vendor's business modelto its verycore, saying the firm had become "too complex and too slow". "For years we've been basically running our business in silos, and under t... News | 23 Feb 2012
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Dell results indicate PC market is still struggling
The PC market has still not exited the recession if Dell's latest set of results are a barometer of the fortunes of the hardware sector. Not only did the numbers for the fourth quarter fail to impress Wall Street but the vendor warned that sales woul... News | 22 Feb 2012
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 17 February 2012
No relief for hard disk prices in 2012, says IHS In spite of a ramp up of hard disk drive (HDD) production in recent weeks, the supply chain will remain constrained and prices will remain high for at least two more quarters, according to market analy... News | 17 Feb 2012