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Five minute interview: Craig Whitney, Axway
MicroScope puts its questions to Craig Whitney, vice-president and managing director of Axway What is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom? Always have a ‘plan B’ – from a former manager. Stuff happens, so be prepared for it. Wh... News | 20 Oct 2009
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Five minute interview: Chrissie Tarbitt, Compellent
29 September 2009 MicroScope puts its questions to Chrissie Tarbitt, EMEA channel development manager at Compellent What is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom? The best advice I was given was from my Dad. His motto in life was... News | 29 Sep 2009
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Government hints blocking pirates could protect jobs
The government has indicated that it is still consideringsuspending users from the internet who are involved with digital piracy in aneffort to protect jobs in the software, music and film industries. The software industry has regularly put a figure... News | 25 Sep 2009
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Five minute interview: Lee Finck, PGP Corporation
MicroScope puts its questions to Lee Finck, senior director of worldwide sales at PGP Corporation. What is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom? Best: "Beware the fury of a patient man" - quote from poet John Dryden. Wors... News | 22 Sep 2009
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In depth: Tips for starting your own business
There are three relatively easy ways to money: win it, marry it, or steal it. The passage of time should have taught you that there is almost no chance of winning it, it is probably too late for the second, and as for theft, prison is not an attracti... News | 07 Sep 2009
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Have staff cuts gone too far?
There are growing concerns from IT recruiters that cutbacks have gone too deep. In the last six months thousands of people have lost their jobs and the channel and general IT sector has not been immune from those redundancies. But questions are now ... News | 03 Sep 2009
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Battle joined in file-sharing debate
New battle-lines are being drawn in the complex debatesurrounding file-sharing after the government released proposals earlier thisweek to cut off all Internet access for persistent file-sharers. In the recent Digital Britain report, Ofcom had been ... News | 27 Aug 2009
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BSA stings four for £50k
The Business Software Alliance has taken four manufacturingcompanies for over £50,000 in its latest clampdown on alleged unlicensedsoftware use. The four companies involved, Samuel Brice Ltd, J Tools Ltd,Garran Lockers Ltd and Automotive Compo... News | 18 Aug 2009
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Microsoft nabs 11 illegal software dealers
Microsoft's ongoing campaign against traders dealing in illegal software has caught 11 more resellers across the country. This brings the total number of hard disk loaders that Microsoft has fingered since January to 103. The vendor said that with t... News | 11 Aug 2009
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In depth: Tips for cutting costs and improving efficiency
The recession is hitting the third-party distribution channel as hard as everyone else – a situation not helped by the apparent raft of merger and acquisition activity among the vendor community, which in many instances is breeding uncertainty and ra... News | 31 Jul 2009