MicroScope articles from April 2009

MicroScope archives from April 2009

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
April 27, 2009... Channel must sell overall solution to internal threat David Ting, CTO, Imprivata Traditionally, IT security has focused on external threats to the organisation, from beyond the firewall, such as hackers and cyber-geeks. However,...

Features.
April 27, 2009... MicroScope recently hosted a round table debate concerning how the channel can profit from unified communications. Avaya and its channel partners discussed the potential impact of unified communications on the contact centre. What does...

News.
April 27, 2009... Microsoft boss Steve Balmer said his company has no plans to follow in the footsteps of rival software maker Oracle and splash out on a hardware vendor. Last week, Oracle shocked the industry when it disclosed details of a $7bn-plus bid to...

News.
April 27, 2009... The medium-term future of Sun will look much safer if Oracle's proposed $7.4bn acquisition goes through, but while it may help to provide some assurances for end-user customers, it could present channel and technology partners with food for...

News.
April 27, 2009... The Carphone Warehouse has announced it will split its mobile business and TalkTalk broadband units into two separately listed firms. The move follows a strategic review of its group structure initiated last year. Speaking last Wednesday,...

News.
April 27, 2009... The CEOs of AMD and Intel have used their financial result filings as opportunities to make different assessments of the state of the economy. Last week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini gave cause for cheer with the view that the market had hit...

News.
April 27, 2009... In another welcome sign that the economy could in fact be stabilising, analysts have fingered Cisco as another vendor that may be about to, or already have, hit the bottom of the market. In the past fortnight, big industry names including...