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Giants to dominate £4bn government hardware framework

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Concerns raised that government is failing to live up to its pro-SMB rhetoric as final e-auction phase of new framework gets under way

17 May 2012

Government fires starting gun for £4bn IT framework

Watch out for the draft

Zyxel's James Harris

Stand firm and don't be tempted to jump on the draft 802.11ac standard too soon, warns James Harris

14 May 2012

Acer readies resellers for corporate push

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Consumer and SMB specialist fancies chances in the enterprise space as it launches new partner programme

04 May 2012

Acer: We’ve learned from past mistakes

Acer to use Olympics as B2B lighthouse

GfK: Buying tech offline still has appeal

Analyst confirms IT consumers still want to visit retail outlets as well as shop online

27 Apr 2012

SCC builds IBM platform for G-Cloud push

Secure multi-tenancy cloud will be based on IBM hardware and software

27 Apr 2012

EMEA sales of e-readers doubled last year

Shipments across the region tipped 4.8 million, says IDC

24 Apr 2012

Hardware sales to education set to double

Futuresource figures suggest sales of kit to schools will double by 2015

24 Apr 2012

Taking the tablets

With unit shipments set to double this year, will tablets be just the tonic for the mainstream IT channel in 2012, asks Doug Woodburn

20 Apr 2012

BYOT boom to shaft hardware channel

BYOT growth represents £2bn opportunity for channel over next five years - but PC and support suppliers will lose out, claims analyst

18 Apr 2012

Fake Hitachi projector lamps flood into Europe

Distributor warns that counterfeits closely resemble the real lamps

18 Apr 2012

Reversing the trend

Fleur Doidge investigates a boom in serving end customers better through reverse logistics

16 Apr 2012

Curb your enthusiasm

Owen Cole, a keen horse rider, finds the best medicine for the blues is classic comedy from the film and television worlds

13 Apr 2012

Make a stand this May

Road warriors from the UK channel will in one month be loading up their boldest banners and best kit to meet friend and foe alike at Partner Connect. Fleur Doidge looks at the latest line-up

13 Apr 2012

Samsung estimates lower sales, higher profits for Q1

World's largest IT vendor discloses slightly lower revenue and higher profit prediction for Q1 2012

10 Apr 2012

HDD market to hit back in 2012

Sales and shipments of storage technology to grow as market recovers from fallout of natural disasters

02 Apr 2012

Netbook sales dying on the vine

Mini form factor now accounts for just 12 per cent of mobile shipments through distribution in western Europe, according to Context

02 Apr 2012

Lenovo sets top-three goal for EMEA

Consumer and SMB key to expansion plans of new EMEA boss Gianfranco Lanci

02 Apr 2012

United we stand

Partners and market watchers give their verdict on HP’s decision to merge its IPG and PSG units. Sam Trendall reports

02 Apr 2012

IT retail in solid shape as consumer electronics sales suffer

GfK research notes show ASPs on the up as tablets and all-in-one PCs help spur IT growth

30 Mar 2012

Green short-throw wireless projectors top popularity poll

Specialist projector market analyst finds three features influence most US buying decisions

29 Mar 2012

Business WLAN not up to the task

Bryan Hall says mobilisation and consumerisation mean upgrading business wireless has become an imperative

28 Mar 2012

HP PSG-IPG merger may "confuse" partners

HP's two hardware arms are moving in different directions and merger may not be helpful to partners, claims analyst

21 Mar 2012

Channel Islands VARs come back to Blighty

IJT Direct and Choice Stationery Supplies move operations back to Somerset as VAT loophole abolition date nears

20 Mar 2012

UK suppliers defeat Channel Islands in VAT ruling

VAT loophole will close on 1 April after Jersey and Guernsey lose judicial review

15 Mar 2012

HP flexes muscles at UK Gold Partner Forum

New schemes in hardware, software and services as vendor calls on VARs to help plug skills gap and drive economic growth

14 Mar 2012

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