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Stone nabs RM man to run services
Michael Battle, former RM service manager, is heading to public sector hardware supplier Stone as director of services, a newly-created role designed to strengthen its service provision in the public sector and education markets. Battle, who has 30 y... News
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Global services sector takes a big hit in Q2
Ouch. Things aren't looking great in the services sector right now. Ovum has revealed that the value of global IT services sales in the second quarter of 2011 was 40% (yes, that's right, 40%) down on the same quarter in 2010. There were no deals ... Opinion
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Government faces complaints over public sector contracts
The revelations over increased complaints come against a background of more determination by the government to get more SME suppliers selling into the public sector to encourage competitiveness and better deals in the hunt for savings as the deficit ... News
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Butters heads to Easynet Global Services
Former BT Engage IT sales director Gary Butters is heading to managed network, hosting and services provider Easynet Global Services to head up its UK sales and marketing activities. Easynet said his track record of creating high-performing sales tea... News
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PR Masterclass: the 10 phone calls every PR must make
In the latest instalment of his PR MasterClass, Gavin Bird, CEO of Condescentii Digital, reminds us that this is a people business. Journalists, bless them, couldn't function without PR. That's why they sit by their phones all day, waiting for you to... Opinion
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CSC hires to support services growth ambitions
Services and outsourcingoutfit CSC has made a series ofhires to boost its growth ambitions, key among them the appointment of former Fujitsucloud services boss Jon Green as vice president of Global Business Services for the UK, Nordics and Netherland... News
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Where MeeGo now if Intel shifts to Android and Windows Phone 7?
I confess to knowing very little about MeeGo apart from the fact it used to be Intel and Nokia's next generation OS for smartphones and tablets. Most of the time when MeeGo has impinged on my consciousness it's been for negative reasons, such as Noki... Opinion
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Five minute interview: Mike Dowling, Scriptlogic Corporation
Today MicroScrope puts its questions to Mike Dowling, EMEA channel manager at Quest Software subsidiary ScriptLogic Corporation. What is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom?I have received a lot of great advice from people that I ha... Opinion
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Will you end up being the Norman Wisdom of the cloud?
Panic can set in when a cloud service is over subscribed. In their desperation to keep the plates spinning, the staff and systems will bumble all over the place, like a team of Norman Pipkins, the comic creation of Norman Wisdom. Are you about to exp... Opinion
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Compliance costs rising for SMEs
Keeping on the right side of the law and ticking all the compliance boxes is costing small firms a fortune as they seek out legal advice to ensure they are doing the right things. One group representing small firms the Forum of Private Business (FPB... Feature