News

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  Calteq picks up Blue Cube Networks

  Acquisition of Blue Cube Networks made to bolster the range of the services managed technology provider Calteq can offer

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  Nutanix aims for SMB growth with channel Cloud Bundles

  Enterprise cloud player is looking for SMB growth across EMEA and views the channel as key to its ambitions

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  Ingram Micro Cloud and Cloud Distribution both enjoy strong 2019

  Distributors Ingram Micro Cloud and Cloud Distribution share details on how they fared on the revenue front in 2019, with it proving to be a positive time for the big players

• November 19, 2019 19 Nov'19

  Fujitsu extends as a services options with Cyxtera

  Vendor moves to take the risk out of providing data centre services for its channel partners

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Dell sets out ambitions for a better world

  Firm is looking to use the next ten years to improve the fortunes of millions and get the channel delivering as a service and more automation

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Canalys: Cloud infrastructure players need the channel

  In a hybrid multi-cloud world the channel is in an ideal position to help guide customers to make the right decisions

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  HPE points distribution towards the growing as a service opportunity

  Vendor is sitting down with distributors this week to talk about as a service, SMEs and its channel programmes

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  STL adds more data centre expertise with IDS deal

  STL has moved to expand its data centre infrastructure expertise and elsewhere Telstra is bringing its activities under a single banner

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  Cogeco Peer 1 shows adaptability with rebranding

  Hosting specialist will become Aptum Technologies as it looks to chart a fresh course under the ownership of Digital Colony

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Ingram Micro extends AWS relationship to cover UK&I

  Distributor builds on existing US relationship to add AWS to its UK and Ireland portfolio

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  HPE to go fully as a Service

  The firm has set 2022 as the deadline all of its portfolio will be available on an as a Service basis with the channel playing a key role delivering it

• May 17, 2019 17 May'19

  Recarta acquisition extends vendor relationships and infrastructure expertise

  The IBM partner joins the growing list of resellers that have struck acquisitions this year after picking up Möbius Business Technologies

• April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19

  Computacenter gets off to a good start

  A trading update for Q1 reveals that the growth it enjoyed last year has continued into 2019

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  Nutanix channel will benefit from HPE partnership

  The two vendors are working together and the integrated appliance that will appear later this year will be available through Nutanix partners

• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  Adept4 looks at legal options after customer cans contract

  The managed services provider is looking at its options after a customer handed it a termination notice

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Vendor lock-in a user concern for those heading to the cloud

  Research from Fujistu has revealed some of the anxieties that customers are going through with the cloud

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Fujitsu aims to lower risk for MSPs with uSCALE option

  The vendor continues to roll out more offerings to support the service providers in the channel looking for support and flexibility

• November 26, 2018 26 Nov'18

  Gartner: IaaS providers have to go beyond the edge

  The analyst house has highlighted the opportunities that are out there for those infrastructure service providers that recognise the way customer needs are evolving

• November 14, 2018 14 Nov'18

  CIF: Channel needs to help plug digital skills gap

  In a situation that has echoes of how users first got to grips with cloud there are skill shortages around digital transformation

• November 08, 2018 08 Nov'18

  Rackspace: Blocks will benefit channel and a UK welcome for RelationEdge

  Rackspace expects its flexible service blocks approach will benefit the channel and the firm has introduced RelationEdge to the UK

• November 07, 2018 07 Nov'18

  DXC Technology revenues dragged down by digital contract issues

  Slowness with some digital contracts and issues in the maintenance business hurt Q2 numbers

• October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18

  Outsourcing market suffering Brexit impact

  Deals in the UK have been smaller than elsewhere in EMEA as customers look to trim back spending ahead of uncertain economic times

• September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18

  IaaS and PaaS combination in demand from public cloud buyers

  Forecasts from Gartner and Synergy Research Group have highlighted grow in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS next year

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  Rackspace ramping up channel business

  The cloud player has been looking to ramp up its channel over the course of this year and those efforts are continuing

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Channel key to greasing the public cloud wheels

  Both customers and public cloud vendors benefit from the involvement of partners to provide expertise and feedback

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  HPE points to a high value and hybrid services strategy

  The vendor is making some progress with its services strategy according to the numbers shared in its Q3 results

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  Keeping up with pace of IT change a growing problem for customers

  Digital transformation might be the aim but getting there is not proving to be easy and that should spell a major opportunity for the channel

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Oracle encouraging partners to develop IP

  The vendor's UK channel chief is encouraging partners to add their own 'secret sauce' to its cloud portfolio

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Gartner: CEOs are talking digital

  The digital transformation message has got into the boardroom and is now a CEO priority, which should give the channel some chances to support those firms as they change their operations

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Business unit spending opening up compliance risks

  SAM specialist Snow Software has highlighted the concerns of CIOs that the growing spending power outside the IT department is putting the business in danger of becoming non-compliant

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Dell EMC steps up support for digital transformation skills

  The vendor has rolled out a series of certifications aimed at arming people with the right skills to navigate some of the cloud and security issues that many customers are dealing with

• October 29, 2013 29 Oct'13

  Arrow Computerlinks purchase a done deal

  The acquisition of Computerlinks by Arrow Electronics formally closed on 28 October 2013