Technology
Hardware
In depth: In search of a killer app for tablet success
Posted: Wed, 10 Mar 2010Apple has joined the ranks of the tablet computing zealots, loud in their praise of the ultra-slim computer as a device set to sell and sell. But, as Tony Glover...
iPad set to arrive in UK late April
Posted: Fri, 05 Mar 2010One of the most anticipated hardware launches of the year, Apple's iPad, is arriving in the UK next month after the vendor revealed its launch strategy.The tablet is launched first...
Results from HP and Dell expected to benefit from hardware
Posted: Tue, 16 Feb 2010It has been a while since the idea of hardware got pulses racing but with widespread expectations this year of PC spending rising more eyes than usual will be focusing...
In-depth: A game-changing year
Posted: Thu, 11 Feb 2010The last year of the 'noughties' was a big one for the technology sector, and many of the developments will have repercussions throughout this year and beyond. David Binning reportsWe...
Building IPTV opens new opportunities for resellers
Posted: Thu, 11 Feb 2010by Colin FarquharGrowing consumer familiarity with and access to high-quality digital TV and video drives expectations for these technologies in public, work and school environments. This offers enormous opportunities for...
Global IT spending recovery won't fully bounce back until 2011
Posted: Wed, 03 Feb 2010The lingering impact of the recession will peg back the recovery in global IT spending to just 3% as credit and demand remain limited commodities.According to IDC the recovery over...
Network & Communications
Unified comms message is still too complex
Posted: Fri, 19 Mar 2010It is some time since the concept of unified communications (UC) became generally known, but it is clear that there has been a lack of education around it because challenging...
SpiriTel locks down Nessco acquisition
Posted: Fri, 19 Mar 2010Business comms provider SpiriTel has forked out £1.2m for Glasgow-based IP telephony specialist and fellow Mitel reseller Nessco in a deal it claims will give it nationwide coverage.The acquisition is...
Arrow ECS to beef up security and networking line
Posted: Thu, 18 Mar 2010Arrow ECS is planning on beefing up its security portfolio and making overtures at networking and voice vendors after missing out on Cisco's UCS play. It is three years since...
Switch market gains momentum as recovery takes hold
Posted: Thu, 18 Mar 2010The latest Canalys market figures on the worldwide enterprise switching market point to gathering economic recovery, with total end-user value beginning to show sequential improvements.Across the full-year, switch shipments totaled...
Ericsson tipped to buy LG-Nortel stake
Posted: Thu, 18 Mar 2010Nortel's stake in four-year old convergence, mobility and UC vendor LG-Nortel is set to be bought out by Ericsson by the end of the week, according to Reuters.According to reports...
Network ignored in IT decision-making
Posted: Wed, 17 Mar 2010Over 30% of IT managers, buyers and CIOs are failing to consider the impact of new technology on their networks before buying, even though 74% claim the network is central...
Security
Arrow ECS to beef up security and networking line
Posted: Thu, 18 Mar 2010Arrow ECS is planning on beefing up its security portfolio and making overtures at networking and voice vendors after missing out on Cisco's UCS play. It is three years since...
Sunbelt Software aims to build AV share
Posted: Wed, 17 Mar 2010A strategy of building a consumer business alongside cracking the enterprise market is the approach being taken by Sunbelt Software which is looking to take market share from rival anti-virus...
Security market shows strength through the recession
Posted: Tue, 16 Mar 2010The security market has remained one of the most robust in the face of the worst recession for sixty years maintaining growth when other sectors experienced deep cuts in their...
Becrypt adds Security IP as distie to target enterprise space
Posted: Tue, 16 Mar 2010In a move designed to increase its presence in the enterprise market data encryption specialist Becrypt has added Security IP to its distributor roster.The market for encryption has expanded in...
Blended threats demand fresh approach, says Websense
Posted: Mon, 15 Mar 2010by Warwick AshfordBlended threats are the chief online security risk to enterprises and a new approach is needed to defend against these threats, says security firm Websense.These attacks are difficult...
Analysis: Time to face some social networking changes
Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2010Those in charge of communications and marketing in businesses should brace themselves. The goalposts are moving fast and the internet strategies that have found favour up to now might not...
Software
FAST backs speedy passing of Digital Economy Bill
Posted: Fri, 19 Mar 2010As the Digital Economy Bill enters its final stages before being made law heading back to the House of Commons for its third reading those representing the software industry have...
Windows 7 adoption set to grow through 2010
Posted: Thu, 18 Mar 2010The sales figures since the October launch have already placed Windows 7 ahead of its predecessor Vista but the market for the OS looks set to expand further this year.According...
Five minute interview: Duane Jackson, KashFlow Software
Posted: Mon, 15 Mar 2010MicroScope puts its questions to Duane Jackson, CEO of London-based KashFlow SoftwareWhat is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom?Best: "Never assume." From various people. Worst: "Interest rates...
CA continues cloud spending spree with Nimsoft purchase
Posted: Thu, 11 Mar 2010CA continues to expand its cloud computing portfolio with its fourth acquisition in that space in a matter of months.The vendor has picked up Nimsoft, which provides monitoring and performance...
Services and software sector set for slow growth this decade
Posted: Mon, 08 Mar 2010The prospects for the next decade in terms of IT growth in the UK IT services and software market look limited with one of the gurus of the industry predicting...
ComputerLinks adds virtualisation support to reseller services
Posted: Mon, 08 Mar 2010ComputerLinks is expanding the depth of support it offers resellers taking the wraps off a series of virtualisation services that are designed to plug the gaps in dealer's knowledge.Using a...
Storage
Xploite continues with acquisition plans and post profits
Posted: Tue, 02 Feb 2010Investment vehicle Xploite is forging ahead with a strategy to acquire smaller SaaS-based firms, having just signed off profitable management accounts for fiscal 2009. The firm made £4.4m profits in...
Microscope Media Centre
Posted: Tue, 02 Feb 2010MicroScope.co.uk Media Information MicroScope is the longest established weekly newspaper for computer manufacturers, distributors and resellers who need to maintain a competitive edge in the channel. Hard-hitting opinionated editorial covers...
Cloud not yet getting through to CIOs
Posted: Mon, 04 Jan 2010Over half of CIOs fail to see how cloud computing can save them money despite the reduction of capital expenditure being a fundamental tenet of the cloud proposition. ...
Massive server refresh on horizon, says IDC
Posted: Mon, 26 Oct 2009Virtualisation sales have been dented by the recession proving that no markets are immune to the economic maelstrom, but a massive refresh pending in the server market should give...
Five minute interview: Craig Whitney, Axway
Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2009MicroScope puts its questions to Craig Whitney, vice-president and managing director of AxwayWhat is the best/worst advice you have received and from whom? Always have a ‘plan B’ – from...
Storage Expo 2009: preview
Posted: Fri, 02 Oct 2009We 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...