Sign up to
  • RSS Feeds

Tech trader

Product Articles

  • Channel can help reduce managed services fears

    Posted: Thu, 10 Nov 2011

    The channel has a major role to play helping users overcome fears that are holding them back from making the move to adopt managed services. The sense of fear among...

  • Tech trader: Ecotek customers save money on standby

    Posted: Wed, 09 Dec 2009

    Once in a while, an idea that is pitched to the entrepreneurs seated in leather chairs flanked by piles of their own cash on Dragon’s Den is for a product...

  • Tech trader: Autotask raises the bar with Taskfire system

    Posted: Wed, 09 Dec 2009

    Using technology to track each and every minute a reseller spends working on behalf of a customer, billing for it and then chasing the invoice, makes a great deal of...

  • Kyocera’s FS-1350DN wins through innovation

    Posted: Fri, 06 Feb 2009

    In the current climate there is one demand on every user’s list and that is for the channel to deliver great technology at a decent price but also with attractive...

  • Flexible enclosure keeps servers cool

    Posted: Mon, 08 Dec 2008

    Server enclosures have changed in the past couple of years, driven not just by the demand for products with greater accessibility but also by a requirement for increased flexibility, as...

  • KBOX enables easy server control

    Posted: Mon, 08 Dec 2008

    There is a growing market for slivers of tin that slip into a server case and offer greater management functionality.The reason for the increase in demand for these types of...

Research

  • Research: SME demand drives distributor revenue growth

    Posted: Wed, 23 Mar 2011

    The IT distribution business in the UK got off to a healthy start at the beginning of 2011 registering total sales of £465.6m as measured by the CONTEXT Distributor Panel,...

  • IT resellers see growth in non-computing

    Posted: Mon, 02 Aug 2010

    By Greg Allen The IT market has seen a challenging 12 months, with many of its segments being unpredictable, volatile and tough to get to grips with. In short, sales have been slow and...

  • IDC predicts server growth from 2010

    Posted: Thu, 25 Jun 2009

    The server market declined almost by a third in 2009, but IDC experts a small recovery in 2010, as businesses build blade server data infrastructures.IT budgets in business have been...

  • Ease fears of holiday disconnection

    Posted: Fri, 01 Aug 2008

     Going on holiday without taking a host of technology is unthinkable for most of us. Even before you finish packing the car, you need to make sure that you have...

  • Printer market loses value

    Posted: Mon, 17 Mar 2008

     At almost 5 million units, the overall size of the consumer printing market in 2007 remained flat on 2006 in terms of volume sales. However, the year was characterised by...

  • Hot topics in 2008

    Posted: Mon, 14 Jan 2008

    At the start of last year there were weighty expectations for Microsoft’s Vista operating system and hopes that the wave of enthusiasm would filter through to consumers and provide a...

Reviews

  • Review: Apple TV

    Posted: Mon, 18 Apr 2011

    When I tell people I have Apple TV the uninitiated get a gleam in their eye at the thought of a shiny white television bearing the fruity logo in simple...

  • Review: Sony ereader PRS350

    Posted: Mon, 04 Apr 2011

    When I heard of ebooks I angrily shouted "That'll never catch on" at an un-caring world. But in this nostalgic frame, lives a gadget freak, who had to investigate, writes...

  • Samsung makes self-portraits easy with ST550's dual screen

    Posted: Wed, 10 Mar 2010

    The world of digital cameras is one full of invention with image quality improving and the technology to help the user take a better picture also coming on in leaps...

  • Parallels Desktop 5 makes Mac and Windows working seamless

    Posted: Wed, 10 Mar 2010

    The number of people who have found it difficult to resist the beauty and simplicity that are the hallmarks of the world of Apple has increased but the need to...

  • GFI MAX MailProtection fighting spam with the channel in mind

    Posted: Tue, 02 Mar 2010

    If there is one area where a hosted option really works it is in managing email and blocking spam and viruses. The concept is not only easy to understand but...

  • Tech trader: Ecotek customers save money on standby

    Posted: Wed, 09 Dec 2009

    Once in a while, an idea that is pitched to the entrepreneurs seated in leather chairs flanked by piles of their own cash on Dragon’s Den is for a product...

Latest comments

  • Triin Vaimel: "2011 was undoubtedly the year that cloud computing went “mainstream”,..." read & reply
  • Kevin Bland: "Throughout 2011 we have seen IT professionals respond to the..." read & reply
  • Barry Phillips: "Completely agree that the cloud changes how businesses operate, but..." read & reply
  • ben weiner: "Unless I’m missing the point, this approach has been taken..." read & reply
  • ben weiner: "Unless I’m missing the point, this approach has been taken..." read & reply