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Customers sign away their rights on cloud contracts

Skyscrapers and a cloudy sky

End users are failing to read the fine print in increasingly diverse cloud deals

24 May 2012

Massive rise in reseller-specific fraud

CIF rains on Cloud Alliance parade

Special report: The new connectivity

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Broadband infrastructure is key to delivering the converged and mobile applications and services that customers now demand

17 May 2012

UK SMBs set to spend £500m on SaaS by 2014

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Research from Pierre Audoin Consultants highlights SaaS as a huge growth area

10 May 2012

CA competencies added to Cisco cloud builder programme

Cisco partners recognised for cloud environment developer skills

04 May 2012

Agile security in the clouds

Innovative services that boost cloud security are needed, argues Sarah McNicol

18 Apr 2012

Dutch SaaS vendor Omnext jumps into UK

Software development analytics company makes local hire and seeks customers

03 Apr 2012

Hat’s the spirit

Chris Baldock doesn’t do hats as he remains proud of still having all his own, blond, hair - unlike, he notes, the heir to the throne

30 Mar 2012

Spar for the course

Cloud-based digital signage-as-a-service that has been developed in the UK is already delivering for one of the world’s giant convenience store chains, finds Fleur Doidge

30 Mar 2012

Gartner: SaaS market set for growth

Western Europe adoption is driven by a mix of North American players coming to the market and locally based vendors

27 Mar 2012

Willing the clouds to open

SaaS hype has suggested that recurring revenue should be raining down on the channel, but few VARs have done more than dip a toe in with a view to the profits. Fleur Doidge investigates

26 Mar 2012

VARs need support in ERP market

Large vendors are not helping smaller partners sell ERP, says Paul Marry

18 Jan 2012

SaaS customisation is not dead

Rajesh Ranjan looks at where to draw the line between configuration and customisation in SaaS

17 Jan 2012

Signagelive ramps up US attack

Move into the Americas firms up with new hire

04 Jan 2012

CRN Roundtable: Cloud transformation, for customers and the channel

Find out how top channel companies are succeeding with customers in the cloud in this roundtable sponsored by Outsourcery

30 Nov 2011

Stand up and be accountable

Phil Hambly says too many cloud services providers are falling short when it comes to clarifying the lines of responsibility

30 Nov 2011

Fight integration decline with custom SaaS

SIs likely to struggle in the current climate should consider an OEM path, says Davy Nys

23 Nov 2011

Thinking small

VMware wants partners to push virtualisation to smaller businesses. Caroline Donnelly attended the firm’s European conference, VMworld, in Copenhagen to find out why

04 Nov 2011

SaaS multi-tenant options

Rajesh Ranjan looks at the different multi-tenancy arrangements that can be set up with SaaS offerings

26 Oct 2011

Transitioning through the pain

Although one of the most hyped concepts of the past decade, many industry players are still not sure what cloud means for their business. Sara Yirrell talks to Dave McLeman of Ancoris, a cloud pioneer

17 Oct 2011

Interoute acquires Oracle house Quantix

Firms aim for cloud success with everything-as-a-service strategy

21 Sep 2011

Head out on that open road

Jim Shaw finds there is freedom for resellers in opening up SaaS apps and delivery

02 Sep 2011

Financiers can also be mobile warriors

Mike Risley says there is no reason why traditionally office-bound departments such as finance shouldn't graduate to remote working

25 Aug 2011

Another BPOS outage for Microsoft

Lightning bolt reportedly affects services across Europe for seven hours as Amazon also suffers

08 Aug 2011

Clear away the fog

Building on the cloud opportunity may be easier if communications are clearer, says Marcus Jewell

26 Jul 2011

Cloud sprawl and consumerisation

The cloud is starting to mature, but unmanaged cloud apps in the workplace could pose problems, says Nic Merriman

13 Jul 2011

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