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Pulsant Buys Onyx For Northern Data Centre Expansion
Pulsant swallows five datacentres in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield and Newcastle
Lenovo Moves Data Centre Hardware Manufacturing To Hungary
Faster and cheaper deliveries for EMEA customers, says Lenovo, as Hungary shop starts production on storage and networking equipment
Vodafone Gets Closer To Businesses With Regional Support And Sales Units
Vodafone is restructuring its business division into local divisions, backed up by a major national unit for enterprises
BT, IBM, Accenture Win European Commission Cloud Contracts
ATOS, Cloud Team Alliance also get a look in as EC splashes £27m on four year cloud deals
Oracle Launches New Cloud Partner Programme
Four tiers offered to encourage partner cloud growth
Lenovo Agrees Hyperconverged Infrastructure Deal With SimpliVity
Lenovo eyes larger North American market share with X series server packed with SimpliVity's software-defined hyperconverged infrastructure
Phones4u To Enter Administration After EE And Vodafone Withdrawal
Phones4u files for administration, but Vodafone denies accusations it acted inappropriately during negotiations
Microsoft Replaces Channel Chief
Jon Roskill stands down and 17-year Microsoft veteran Phil Sorgen takes his place
Cisco Poised For ‘Internet of Things’ Says John Chambers
The boss of Cisco has highlighted the importance of the channel for trends like the 'Internet of Things' and SDN
US Channel Revenues See Storage, Networking Sales Growth
Smaller businesses remain cautious in their IT spending, and are focusing on the essentials, according to NPD Group
Microsoft Expands Retailers To Boost Surface Sales
Microsoft is reportedly to expand its retail channel for Surface tablets, to combat less-than-robust sales
Video: ChannelBiz Will Help Distributors Sell The Cloud
Experts talk about the transformation of the IT channel in the UK, at the launch of ChannelBiz
Channel Must Adapt To Cloud, Says New ChannelBiz Site
Big changes are coming in the channel, says ChannelBiz editor Mke Magee
Cisco Live: Faster Upgrades For Catalyst And Nexus Switches
Cisco is upgrading its key switches to enable them to handle 40GbE or 100GbE to satisfy demand for cloud, BYOD and video
SeaMicro Packs Xeon Chips Into A Microserver Architecture
SeaMicro's SM10000-XE applies its Intel Atom microserver concept to the Xeon chip to green up the data centre
Nimbus Data Launches Big-Scale, Low-Power Solid State Storage System
The E-Class system can support up to 500TB of capacity while consuming only five watts of electricity per terabyte
Apple Keeps Samsung At Bay In German Courts
Apple and Samsung continue to battle in courtrooms worldwide but the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban still holds strong in Germany
Judge Dismisses Oracle Fraud Claim Against HP
A US judge has rejected a claim by Oracle that HP fraudulently concealed plans to hire Leo Apotheker as CEO
Kindle Fire Sales Estimate Raised To Six Million
The sales forecasts for Amazon's Kindle Fire Android tablet in the fourth quarter have been raised by an analyst
Apple Surges Past HP To Become The Top PC Maker
Tech analyst firm Canalys declares Apple as the global PC market leader, but only when iPad sales are included
More Affordable Flash Memory Will Tempt Enterprises
Improvements to flash memory technology could make it the primary storage mechanism for enterprise tier 1 storage says Frank Ohlhorst
Microsoft Brings Startup Accelerator To UK
Microsoft's new BizSpark Plus programme for boosting start-up growth has arrived in the UK and other countries
Cleversafe Storage System Holds 10 Exabytes
Storage provider Cleversafe has moved beyond petabytes to the next level: exabytes
Cloud Benefits Are Limited, Warns Analyst
Don't put your IT in the public cloud unless it is already outsourced, badly broken or new, says Canalys
HP Channel Partners Left Sitting On TouchPads
Retailers offering the TouchPad are wondering what to do with their stock, as HP tries to reassure customers