The most recent Network Infrastructure articles from CRN

Brocade nabs Foundry in $3bn deal

Sam Trendall — 2008-07-22T16:32:00.000Z

Sam Trendall, CRN, Tuesday 22 July 2008 at 16:32:00

Vendor announces 12 per cent revenue rise as acquisition is confirmed

On the same day it announced a 12 per cent spike in quarterly revenues, networking vendor Foundry Networks announced it is set to be snapped up by storage vendor Brocade...

Lees moves to global role at Secure Computing

Doug Woodburn — 2008-07-18T10:25:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Friday 18 July 2008 at 10:25:00

UK chief to take on worldwide sales post just months after joining the vendor

Secure Computing has moved to quell rumours that it has parted company with its UK and Ireland regional sales director just months after poaching him from corporate reseller Computacenter....

Integralis' Jones comes home

Sara Yirrell — 2008-07-17T16:45:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell, CRN, Thursday 17 July 2008 at 16:45:00

Global security integrator's chief operating officer admits there is some " serious" assessment work to do as he takes on UK role

Graham Jones is stepping down from the chief operating officer role at security integrator Integralis to take up a new role as head of the UK operation....

Dexterra unveils IBM veteran as new boss

Sam Trendall — 2008-07-17T12:56:00.000Z

Sam Trendall, CRN, Thursday 17 July 2008 at 12:56:00

Business mobility software vendor appoints Big Blue services guru to chief executive post

Business mobility software vendor Dexterra has unveiled former IBM executive Michael Liebow as its new chief executive. Liebow served Big Blue for more than a decade, most recently as vice...

ANS eyes northern dominance

Doug Woodburn — 2008-07-17T10:25:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Thursday 17 July 2008 at 10:25:00

Manchester-based reseller on a roll after bagging Cisco Gold

ANS has set its sights on becoming the north’s dominant independent Cisco reseller after securing Gold status with the vendor....

ClusterScale on UK partner drive

Kayleigh Bateman — 2008-07-16T17:05:00.000Z

Kayleigh Bateman, CRN, Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 17:05:00

UK-based load balancing and database clustering vendor sets sights on UK channel glory

Load balancing and database clustering vendor ClusterScale aims to become a thorn in F5 and Cisco’s side, by taking market share with the help of new UK partners....

Partners welcome Cisco management shake-up

Doug Woodburn — 2008-07-11T12:52:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Friday 11 July 2008 at 12:52:00

Networking giant announces a major reshuffle as it prepares to launch its Web 3.0 engine across Europe

Cisco’s decision to kick off its next financial year with a revamped UK management line-up has been welcomed by its top partners....

Insight strikes Cisco Gold with Minx buy

Doug Woodburn — 2008-07-11T10:20:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Friday 11 July 2008 at 10:20:00

Corporate reseller joins Cisco’s top table following £760,000 acquisition

Insight Enterprises has secured Cisco Gold status in the UK by acquiring networking reseller Minx for $1.5m (£759,000). The deal also includes the assumption of about $4.6m of Minx’s existing debt...

Cobweb spins partner programme

Sara Yirrell — 2008-07-09T09:52:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell, CRN, Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 09:52:00

Vendor piggy backs on Microsoft global partner event to launch its own channel strategy

Hosted Services provider Cobweb has launched a new partner programme which it has claims will offer resellers business growth opportunities....

Cisco shuffles UK management pack

Doug Woodburn — 2008-07-08T16:34:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Tuesday 8 July 2008 at 16:34:00

John Donovan to leave Cisco’s channel organisation on 1 August as part of latest management shake-up

Cisco is set to announce a major reshuffle of its top UK management line-up that will see the departure of country boss Duncan Mitchell and a change in roles for...

Cisco launches shared support crackdown

Doug Woodburn — 2008-07-08T11:09:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Tuesday 8 July 2008 at 11:09:00

Vendor will come down hard on CSSPs caught selling ‘Partner Brand’ services to unauthorised third parties

Cisco is clamping down on UK partners that flout the rules of its Shared Support Programme by selling own-branded support packages to third parties....

Link into the latest trend

Sara Yirrell — 2008-07-07T10:51:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell , CRN, Monday 7 July 2008 at 10:51:00

Channel players should be riding the trend of social networking, says Sara Yirrell

I have to admit I have been pretty slow off the starting blocks when it comes to using personal social networking sites....

Maverick sends AV resellers to Cisco school

Doug Woodburn — 2008-06-30T11:12:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Monday 30 June 2008 at 11:12:00

Convergence of AV and networking sectors prompts distributor to offer AV resellers free access to Cisco SMB University

Distributor Maverick is aiming to drive up networking skills among its AV reseller base through a complimentary training link-up with Cisco....

3Com slumps to Q4 loss

Sam Trendall — 2008-06-25T15:23:00.000Z

Sam Trendall, CRN, Wednesday 25 June 2008 at 15:23:00

Goodwill impairment charge drags networking vendor to $166.7m loss in latest quarter

Networking vendor 3Com saw net losses for 2008 widen by more than 150 per cent after being hit with a goodwill impairment charge of almost $158m (£80m) in the fourth...

Wi-Fi trumps fibre for broadband

Kenny Kamal — 2008-06-19T14:48:00.000Z

Kenny Kamal, CRN, Thursday 19 June 2008 at 14:48:00

Kenny Kamal explains why fixed wireless broadband is ousting fibre in corporate networks

WiMax has been grabbing the headlines and with the upcoming auctions for the 2.6GHz spectrum the noise will only get louder....