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  • Outsourcing spending on IT services set to grow

    Outsourcing is set to grow this year particularly on the IT services front as more firms across Europe look to work with third parties. According to the latest figures from Gartner 40% of European companies were planning to increase external IT serv...  News | 07 Sep 2010

  • Rebound product spend, services pay off for Computacenter

    Computacenter chief executive Mike Norris has reported a strengthening rebound in infrastructure spending and steady growth in services during the six months to the end of June, after booking a 16.6% rise in pre-tax profits to £21.3m. The firm ...  News | 27 Aug 2010

  • New Datapoint hires bulk up services practice

    Networking and comms integrator Datapoint has announced the addition ofex-Avaya pre-sales team lead John Fenech to lead its UK and Ireland UC practice, and former HP man Meurig Jones as COO, as itmoves to anenterprise managed services model. The priv...  News | 26 Aug 2010

  • Industry fears mount over ICT GCSE slump

    Following last week's A-level results, this morning's GCSE results confirmed industry fears that the UK is not producing the new IT talent needed in the channel, writes Jenny Williams. Industry experts have warned that the 17% drop in the number of s...  News | 24 Aug 2010

  • Phone and preparation best tools to make a sale

    The old methods remain the best for those resellers trying to get sales out of IT directors with the telephone and personal contact the most likely way to get a pitch heard and business won. According to research from business information specialist...  News | 20 Aug 2010

  • Systems integration, managed services shine for DiData

    Dimension Data's Systems Integration and Managed Services units put in a strong trading performance for the three months to the end of June, the South Africa-based, London-listed firm said this morning in an interim management statement. Trading in I...  News | 19 Aug 2010

  • Fears UK will fall behind as pupils shun uninspiring ICT and Computing courses

    By Billy MacInnes Many of the pioneers of the IT industry and channel did not have an IT qualification and it's beginning to look as if the same will be true for future generations unless there's a dramatic improvement in ICT and Computer Science co...  News | 05 Aug 2010

  • Social networks influencing buying decisions

    Those in the channel who ignore social networking do so at their cost with customers now using online platforms to influence purchasing decisions. Thought by some people in the channel as a waste of time or the sort of thing teenagers do the rise in...  News | 26 Jul 2010

  • Griffin parent buys managed services outfit

    Octium, the parent company behind business ISP Griffin Internet, has spent an undisclosed sum on the assets of managed services firm MBD. The newly-acquiredunit, which is to be substantially restructured under its new ownership, with Griffin CTO Adri...  News | 14 Jul 2010

  • Computacenter straddles services hobbyhorse as product slows

    Services again became the primary growth engine for Computacenter in Q2 but good old fashioned product sales also contributed to top and bottom line growth, albeit lower than the first three months of 2010. A half year trading update issued this mor...  News | 13 Jul 2010

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