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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Unlicensed EMEA businesses hit to the tune of £6m by BSA

    Those that like to put the fight against piracy intoaccessible facts and figures might be impressed to see that businesses acrossEMEA have already paid out £6m this year to settle disputes with the Business Software Alliance. The BSA has seen ...  News | 30 Jul 2009

  • Establishing a channel Entente Cordiale

    The ancient Chinese proverb that says “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” may well be applied to the channel, for while we should certainly keep a wary eye on any threats out there, not all fellow VARs need to be viewed with suspicion. In these unc...  News | 09 Jul 2009

  • Ride the recession with closer vendor partnerships

    In today’s economic environment, times are perhaps nowhere tougher than they are for the channel: squeezed on one side by the customer’s need to cut costs, to win a better deal, and on the other by vendors who may also be reluctant to relinquish thei...  News | 30 Jun 2009

  • The pitfalls of selling online

    Advertising and selling products online maximises the sales potential of any business. You don’t need to market your products in any particular locality or country or to any pre-determined group of potential consumers. You simply set out your stall o...  News | 23 Jun 2009

  • CBI upbeat about recovery but calls for more credit

    A consensus is building that the recession is going to be less severe than had been feared and as a result hundreds of thousands of jobs could be saved. The latest to add its voice to the growing chorus of optimism is the CBI, which has stated that ...  News | 15 Jun 2009

  • BSA uses channel to promote SAM message to capital

    The Business Software Alliance (BSA) is looking to involve thechannel in its two-month anti-piracy campaign in London as it looks to introduce a carrot aswell as a stick to the issue of licensing compliance. In the past, the campaigns the BSA ran in...  News | 02 Jun 2009

  • BSA launches London campaign to stamp out piracy

    Londonhas become the latest battleground for the Business Software Alliance (BSA) asthe anti-piracy organisation kicks off a two-month campaign to encourage usersto pay for their software. The BSA has run similar activities in Manchester last yearan...  News | 01 Jun 2009

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