MicroScope articles from February 2009

MicroScope archives from February 2009

Letters.
February 2, 2009... You need only shred your data - not your hard drive Katja Pryss Director of marketing, Steganos I recently read the report from Which? Computing suggestingthe only sure-fire way to ensure privacy of your information when selling or...

Comment.
February 2, 2009... One of the more interesting developments in the PC world recently has been the rise of netbooks. These low-cost portable computers have struck a chord with consumers, with at least 10 million sold worldwide in 2008 and around 30 million...

Features.
February 2, 2009... MICROSCOPE/EDUCATION MARKET AND BETT SHOW/SIMON VAIL Despite the fall-off in other markets, those selling technology to schools and colleges are still smiling. Technology companies at last week's BETT show in London, the annual conference...

Front cover.
February 2, 2009... Total LCD monitor market declined in 2008: how did the product perform in the business channels? Sian Davies 0870 603 8280 In a year marked by economic turmoil, 2008 saw the total LCD Monitor market across the Business Channels...

News.
February 2, 2009... Dell UK channel director Andy Dow has left the business little more than a year after he signed up to help spearhead the firm's roll-out of a hybrid sales model. In that time he has helped to recruit nearly 2,500 resellers, set up...

News.
February 2, 2009... Kelway is in advanced talks with London-based Panacea Services with a view to acquiring the managed services and virtualisation specialist. In 2006, Kelway sold a 25% stake in its business to venture capitalist Core Capital LLP, securing...

News.
February 2, 2009... Microsoft faces pay-outs running into billions of dollars if it is found to have misled users with its Vista-capable marketing campaign. In the run-up to the launch of the operating system, many PCs carried the claim that they were capable of...

News.
February 2, 2009... The channel is coming to terms with what amounts to the permanent alteration and possible breakdown of the previouslycollaborative relationship between Cisco and Hewlett-Packard, as the vendors finalise plans to move in on each other's patches....

News.
February 2, 2009... When Google announced last month that it was launching a channel to sell its enterprise apps the immediate thoughts in the market were around the reaction from Microsoft. The launch of the Google programme was cast in the light of a direct...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
February 9, 2009... Intrusion prevention system is needed for full protection Ash Patel, UK country manager, Stonesoft Recent reports are indicating there is already an increase in the number of organisations being hit by virus attacks, and especially...

News.
February 9, 2009... Despite making massive reductions in fees paid to LARs on Software Assurance deals, Microsoft has insisted the total level of back-end funding will not shrink under long-awaited changes to the system due on 1 May. As revealed by MicroScope...

News.
February 9, 2009... Hewlett-Packard has dramatically restructured Pay For Results rebates. It has removed targets in favour of a flat fee based on revenues, which sources say could curtail the aggressive prices secured by e-tailers. As exclusively revealed by...

News.
February 9, 2009... There were management departures at Novell and Lenovo as the vendors moved to ensure they had the right people in place to get things on track through the downturn. Novell has shuffled its UK management team after Jacqueline de Rojas left...

News.
February 9, 2009... DCC's IT distribution businesses are operating steadily in the current climate, despite the slowdown in demand and currency fluctuations, according to a trading update to the Irish and UK stock exchanges. The parent of Micro P, Gem and Portix...

Features.
February 9, 2009... The provision of managed services is likely to be one of the brighter spots in an otherwise difficult economic landscape this year and has the potential to become a safe haven for those channel partners that get their offerings right. ...

News.
February 9, 2009... Network infrastructure will form a key element of the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform's (BERR) plan for Digital Britain, which was released last month. The government has made no secret of its desire to see the UK at...

Comment.
February 16, 2009... We have all grown accustomed over the last few months to gloomy economic conditions (isn't it depressing how every day seems to bring even worse news than the day before?) so it makes a change (pleasant or not) when the dominant theme becomes...

Tech Traders.
February 16, 2009... Mac users have long been forced to suffer compatibility problems with applications designed for the PC market. But as the months go by the issues are overcome through a combination of improvements by Apple and the intelligent contributions...

News.
February 16, 2009... If the recession has done one thing apart from expose a failed financial system it has raised a question mark over the health of the SME sector. For years the small business community has been courted by vendors keen to tap into this large...

Comment.
February 23, 2009... Greenwashing has become a bit of an art form and the tech industry is hosing us down with green like an oiled-up Jackson Pollock left in charge of a fire engine full of Dulux. My inbox is up to the brim with high-minded lecturing from...

Letters.
February 23, 2009... Purchasing processes must be tightened to prevent fraud Neil Robertson CEO, Compleat Software In response to news that UK companies suffered a fivefold increase in fraud last year, a major cause for concern should be the lack of...

News.
February 23, 2009... Anniversaries can be times of celebration or reflection but in business they are more often an occasion for change and alteration. A year ago, Dell launched its partner programme in the UK and tried to overturn a lifetime of devout adherence to...

Tenders.
February 23, 2009... Ingram Micro has predicted the recession will be the worst in the history of the industry as it plans to hack off 8% of its total workforce, with the axe largely falling on operations in North America and EMEA. Fiscal Q4 ending 3 January...

News.
February 23, 2009... The year 2012 might not just be memorable because of the Olympics coming to the capital by then the economy could be back in full swing. That was one version of the future on offer at the Canalys Channels Forum in Barcelona at the start of...