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UK product sales lag for Computacenter, but services upturn imminent
IT services provider Computacenter has said that product revenues from its more financial services-oriented customers in the UK were down 23 per cent in the first half ofits financial year, even as itrevealedits first half profitswill be "comfor... News | 12 Jul 2011
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Systems integrators could take stake in police agency
Systems integrators that were paid billions to supply police computer systems could take a stake in the agency managing their contracts when it is privatised next year, writes Mark Ballard. Gordon Wasserman, who was responsible for police technology... News | 08 Jul 2011
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Phoenix brings in former Fujitsu Services boss as CEO
Phoenix IT Group has filled its CEO position, which was going to become vacant at the end of the month with the departure of Nick Robinson, with a former Fujitsu Services UK boss David Courtley. Courtley will join the firm which has been focusing on... News | 07 Jul 2011
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CFO's the power behind the IT budget
Resellers should be aware who holds the purse strings as dissatisfaction with the business benefits of IT lead to change in ownership of purchasing decisions, writes Linda Endersby. the days of the IT director or chief information officer (CIO) bei... News | 06 Jul 2011
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IT services supplier Capita buys Ventura for £65m
Capita has bought contact centre business Ventura for £65m in a further sign of IT and BPO consolidation, writes Karl Flinders. The UK-based acquisition gives Capita private sector clients O2, Orange, British Gas and Google, as well as custome... News | 04 Jul 2011
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Ignoring customers will cost resellers
Those resellers that ignore customers and fail to update them on progress of IT projects and deployments face losing business. Lack of communication turned out to be one of the major reasons that suppliers were sacked by customers according to a surv... News | 29 Jun 2011
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Data is the new oil? That's just too much
Judging by Google, there seem to be a lot of people around at the moment who are opening their presentations with the bold statement that "data is the new oil". It's a pretty exciting and thought-provoking way to get people's attention.... News | 24 Jun 2011
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Network overhaul needed to boost remote working capabilities
Managed services provider Calyx has responded to this week'sannual CBI and Harvey Nashemployment trends survey, which talked up the growing importance offlexible working to UK businesses. The report said that 96 per cent of UK employers now offer som... News | 24 Jun 2011
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Five minute interviews
Find out a little more about what makes some of your favourite channel folk tick with our probing interviews. Where else can you find out what little temptations managing directors simply cannot resist, whose money is on the grizzly bear to win a fig... News | 22 Jun 2011
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Sysec plans for security services growth
Security specialist Sysec has outlined its ambitions to expand its managed services business after hiring an ex-Computer Associates staffer to run that operation. The reseller has made John Maden professional services director with responsibility fo... News | 21 Jun 2011