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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

Business WLAN not up to the task

Ruckus Wireless' Bryan Hall

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

28 Mar 2012

Vendors must get real about protecting partners

ZyXel's Antony Byford

Antony Byford says resellers will need more help through 2012

16 Feb 2012

Policing the new network traffic

Adam Davison looks at the future of the network in light of the rise of commercial off-the-shelf hardware

02 Feb 2012

Layer up for best protection

Joseph Souren says the stormier cyber-threat landscape requires yet another layer of IT security

09 Dec 2011

Keeping enterprises iFlexible

Managing personal mobile devices means a rethink of organisational wireless infrastructure, notes Jim Calderbank

10 Oct 2011

Apples, credit, and tablets, oh my

This week's editorial analyses the tablet wars

12 Sep 2011

Flying by the seat of your pants

Thinking differently is not only key to innovation but to long-term success, says Phil Jones

07 Sep 2011

Recovering after the riots

Disaster recovery and business continuity have come to the fore after recent events, says Gurdip Sohal

23 Aug 2011

IPv6 no cause for alarm

As a lot of IT is already IPv4- and IPv6-compatible, the transition will be gradual, notes Melvyn Wray

15 Mar 2011

Have you been 'framed?

Mike Vinten asks whether mainframes still have a place

27 Jan 2011

Desktop sales growth still possible

Sales around the desktop can be generated if the user experience is fully taken into account, says Ronnie Khan

25 Aug 2010

Price of unauthorised product

Ed Bullock says partners should steer clear of the grey market

18 Aug 2010

Building the wireless networks of the future

Morgan Kurk reckons wireless IT resellers need to get their foot in the door before there is even a door

27 Jul 2010

Selling the sales engineer role

IT professionals on the job market should consider if they have the skills for sales engineering, says Gina Citroni

27 Jul 2010

Dealers at risk after emergency Budget

Alan Ball warns that dealers will suffer following this week’s emergency Budget

24 Jun 2010

Getting green power over Ethernet

Daniel Feldman explains his view of the energy-saving advantages of Power over Ethernet (PoE)

18 Jun 2010

A vehicle for mobile data success

Resellers should beware when it comes to new telematics partnerships

27 May 2010

Crunch time for platform decisions

Will an Apple a day seed new revenues and keep resellers healthy?

09 Apr 2010

The risks in recycling compliance

Not all recycling and kit disposal strategies are created equal

07 Apr 2010

Avoiding HP versus Cisco fallout

Cisco and HP rift can benefit all networking resellers, according to Steve Garrison

09 Mar 2010

Calculating the cost of desktop virtualisation

VARs should get their calculations right when selling desktop virtualisation, writes Chris Hammans

11 Feb 2010

A new lease of IT life

Richard Forkan examines Gartner’s prediction that 20 per cent of businesses will own no IT assets by 2012

10 Feb 2010

Boosting SMB server virtualisation sales

Smaller companies are still baulking when it comes to virtualisation sales but could storage virtual appliances be the answer?

18 Jan 2010

Forging a profitable employee and customer link

Customer satisfaction, employee engagement and improved financial performance match the classic chicken-and-egg conundrum

18 Jan 2010

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