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Cisco pummelled in Q4 security market

Canalys figures reveal market leader drops sales and market share, despite overall market growth 16 Mar 2010

IWB sales to top a million

Futuresource Consulting foresees strong growth in interactive whiteboard sector 16 Mar 2010

Cisco: high prices cost SMEs customers

Report finds SMEs are having to do more to encourage their customers to remain loyal 15 Mar 2010

IDC: Print shipments on the up

Shipments expected to reach pre-recession levels by 2011, claims market watcher 12 Mar 2010

True teamwork helps avoid IT project failure

Julian Dobbins says better collaboration is needed on software projects 11 Mar 2010

Microsoft and Cisco badges among top salary boosters

US website produces list of top 10 certifications for tech workers looking to improve their pay packet 11 Mar 2010

CNP fraud on the wane

Losses from phone, internet and mail order shopping fraud fell sharply in 2009 10 Mar 2010

It is a dog’s life hunting the latest tech trends

Don’t get distracted by the overexcited – and short-sighted – spaniels among us, says Dale Vile 10 Mar 2010

Rivals pillage Dell PC market share

HP extends its lead at the top as Acer catches up and Lenovo and Toshiba also cash in on miserable 2009 for Dell 10 Mar 2010

Telephony sales continue to slump

Global shipments down 10 per cent in Q4 09 Mar 2010

Debt finance shortage stymies channel investors

Debt financing environment seen as major obstacle to ICT deal activity by most private equity investors 09 Mar 2010

Large LCD prices rise as makers hoard kit

Trend set to continue into first quarter as post-Christmas slowdown kicks in 04 Mar 2010

EITO: IT sector will grow in 2010

Market research predicts growth for the IT market this year 04 Mar 2010

Q4 UK IT spending grows to buck trend

Leasing specialist Syscap claims strong year-end performance points to businesses' need to invest after extended delay 03 Mar 2010

Telephony market begins recovery as 2009 ends

Western European market shrinks 23 per cent in 2009 as vendor competition intensifies 01 Mar 2010

Analyst: Tory win would herald IT spending cuts

Market watcher urges systems integrators to go commercial 01 Mar 2010

Softcat on recruitment roll after Sunday Times victory

Microsoft LAR is the best small company to work for in the UK, according to prestigious survey 01 Mar 2010

Printer market plays catch-up to PCs

Context data suggests the printer market faces a more protracted recovery than other hardware sectors 25 Feb 2010

Big software and services contracts dry up

UK firms face touch year as prices are slashed and government looks to offshore providers 23 Feb 2010

Mobile phone market set for 2010 growth

Gartner figures reveal a slight drop in overall shipments in 2009, buoyed by a strong end to the year 23 Feb 2010

Switching market on upward swing

Dell'Oro findings reveal that Cisco, HP and Juniper all enjoyed a strong Q4 22 Feb 2010

UK VARs look on bright side

Survey from CA finds UK partners are the second-most optimistic in EMEA 22 Feb 2010

Freshening the desktop fleet

The time may be right – finally – for a widespread desktop refresh in businesses 19 Feb 2010

UK business PC market still in decline

Despite overall Q4 growth for the UK PC market, business sales are still heading downwards 17 Feb 2010

Banks still shunning requests for finance

Banks are failing to provide companies in need with financial aid, research from the Institute of Directors claims 16 Feb 2010

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