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Seagate gives Tech Data the heave ho
Tech Data has become the latest distributor to be given itsmarching orders by Seagate Technology in a rationalisation exercise that has thenumber of EMEA partners almost halved in the past six months. The disk drive giant has got rid of around 15 d... News
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Azlan grabs Walker for server and storage team
Azlan has staged a dawn raid to bolster its server and storage team with Mark Walker due to join the distributor from next year to manage the unit along with an expected slew of vendor signings. Industry veteran Walker has resigned from Avnet Techno... News
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EMC mulls over expanding UK distribution
EMC is reviewing the UK channel to ascertain if it needs to appoint a third distribution partner to concentrate on SME and specialist technologies. Currently Magirus and Avnet Technology Solutions distribute EMC in the UK but Willem Hendrickx, seni... News
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HP tipped to hand Azlan storage contract
Hewlett-Packard is expected to make Azlan the fifth distributor to carry its enterprise storage line-up from next month. This follows an extensive review of the StorageWorks division’s distributors that was expected to result in DNS being given righ... News
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Massive server refresh on horizon, says IDC
Virtualisation sales have been dented by the recessionproving that no markets are immune to the economic maelstrom, but a massiverefresh pending in the server market should give resellers a reason to becheerful. Server sales have dived this year as... News
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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
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Storage Expo 2009: preview
We highlight the product launches happening at the data storage and information management event next week. It is a measure of how far things have changed over the past year or so that cost savings should be such a dominant feature of this year’s St... Feature
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In-depth: Selling digital displays
Given the slow-down in corporate and domestic spending, the AV market has held up surprisingly well in the past 12 months. Although product pricing at the bottom end of the screen and projector market is very competitive, budgets for schools and coll... Feature
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Encryption hardware a data lifesaver
The first thing most of us do when we get into a car is put on a seatbelt. Whether we are driving or just along for the ride, it is so important that it is the law in the UK. We don’t plan to have an accident but, just in case we do, we are protected... Opinion
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HP warns datacentre budgets will take time to return
Those expecting a return to pre-recessionary orderingpatterns from data centre customers might have to wait slightly longer thanthey were expecting. A warning was sounded by Iain Stephen, vice presidentof enterprise server and StorageWorks (ESS) UKa... News