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Extreme Networks Enhances Security Enforcement Tools |
15/07/07 |
Extreme Networks is furthering its vision for engaged networks with two security offerings that extend the benefits of meaningful insight and unprecedented control of the... Read More |
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Tempest Unveils Strategic Collaboration for WLR3 |
13/07/07 |
| Managed billing service provider Tempest Technology has announced that it had agreed terms that facilitate the collaborative marketing of the Strategic Imperatives EMP So... Read More |
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Lost Profit “Costing Companies Millions” |
13/07/07 |
| The British telecommunications services industry is wasting £1.8bn worth of profit every year, according to a new study by business analysts Plimsoll Publishing.
The r... Read More |
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Email: Snooze and you Lose! |
13/07/07 |
| A slow response to customer emails can be hugely damaging to UK businesses, according to a survey released today by Fasthosts Internet. A survey of 1300 British consumers... Read More |
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IT Security Moving Higher Up Corporate Agenda, Says IDC |
13/07/07 |
| With increased focus and media attention on the protection of corporate data and systems, IT security is moving higher and higher up the corporate agenda. A recent IDC su... Read More |
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Early Demand for NEC Call Recorder |
13/07/07 |
| Within a week of the official launch, distributor Nimans has announced its first sale of NEC’s cost effective call recording system. A call centre in Edinburgh took deliv... Read More |
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Dimension Data Wins Twice at 2007 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference |
13/07/07 |
| Dimension Data has won two Partner of the Year Awards at the 2007 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Program Awards. The company was chosen out of an international field of top ... Read More |
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Inter-Tel Delays Shareholder Vote – Again |
13/07/07 |
| News is breaking that there is likely to be a further delay of the vote by Inter-Tel shareholders on the proposed takeover by Mitel.
Reports suggest that yesterday Int... Read More |
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Europe’s Largest Free Metropolitan Wi-Fi Network Launches in London |
13/07/07 |
| Free-hotspot.com and MeshHopper announce today that they have partnered to launch “online-4-free.com” which will provide free Wi-Fi access along the Thames River for 22 k... Read More |
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Industry Regulator Issues Annual Report |
12/07/07 |
| In his annual report issued today David Currie, Chairman of UK industry regulator Ofcom states:
Towards the year-end, the UK passed a significant milestone with more t... Read More |
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Simon Bradford Develops Westell Business |
12/07/07 |
| Convergence migration specialist Westell has appointed Simon Bradford as Business Development Manager. This position has been created in a response to the growing interes... Read More |
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5i Broadens MMC Capabilities with DiVitas Networks |
12/07/07 |
| 5i, the convergence specialist, is further increasing its value to the UK reseller community with the announcement of a distribution agreement with DiVitas Networks – an ... Read More |
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Nortel Unveils ‘Unwired Enterprise’ Vision for the All-Wireless Office |
12/07/07 |
| Nortel has unveiled its vision for the ‘Unwired Enterprise’ designed to enable businesses to create all-wireless office environments that are freed from the costs and phy... Read More |
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Timico Appoints New Channel Sales Manager |
12/07/07 |
| Converged communications services provider Timico has appointed Jenny Brown as Channel Sales Manager for the company’s Telecoms and IP indirect channel covering the sout... Read More |
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New Channel Sales Chief at Siemens |
12/07/07 |
| Siemens Enterprise Communications today announced the appointment of Leon Mangan as sales director for its indirect channel in the UK. He will be responsible for the dev... Read More |
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Strong Growth Forecast for Unified Communications and IP Contact Centre Markets |
12/07/07 |
| A new report published today by Infonetics Research shows growth in the unified communications (UC) and IP contact centre (IPCC) markets is outpacing the growth rate of t... Read More |
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Voiceflex xDSL Speed Tester |
11/07/07 |
| Voiceflex has added an ASDL speed checker to their web site so that resellers can check if their customer’s broadband connection is good enough to put voice traffic over.... Read More |
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British Business Feels the Pain with Customer Service and Unified Communications |
11/07/07 |
| Research from Avaya showed in a survey of businesses managers and IT decision makers that customer service and unified communications (UC) are key to the success of today... Read More |
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Vosky Launches Skype Business Packs |
11/07/07 |
| Vosky Technologies has announced the availability of its Ultimate BizPak which combines the new Skype Small Business Pack with its Skype co-branded PBX-to-Skype Gateways ... Read More |
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The AA Upgrades to Managed Voice and Data Network from C&W |
11/07/07 |
| The AA has announced the completion of its network and contact centre infrastructure upgrade to a converged voice and data platform as part of its three-year managed netw... Read More |
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Avaya BusinessPartner Success at MTV Telecom |
11/07/07 |
| Egham based distributor MTV Telecom, has reported record Avaya IP Office sales in the last quarter culminating in a record individual month for June sales.
Managing Di... Read More |
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Orr Loosens Ties with Teleware |
11/07/07 |
| Peter Orr, sales director at Teleware is moving on from the company. After working with Teleware for over two years and building up their channel to market , with reselle... Read More |
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Adapt Selected to Provide 21st Century MPLS Network |
11/07/07 |
| Independent Virtual Network Operator (VNO), Adapt, is collaborating with IT services provider, Centrecore, to provide Kent Messenger Group (KM Group), Kent & Medway’s pre... Read More |
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BroadSoft Named VoIP Market Leader by Leading Analyst Firm |
11/07/07 |
| BroadSoft, a provider of VoIP application software, has been named the market leader for voice applications servers by research firm IDC. In the UK, Broadsoft platforms a... Read More |
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Microsoft v Cisco: the Battle for the Unified Communications Market |
11/07/07 |
| Alex Donnelly, portfolio manager at reseller Damovo UK has told Comms Business Magazine that he believes software and applications, rather than hardware, are going to be ... Read More |
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Enhance Your Margin with NeoWave |
11/07/07 |
| NeoWave Distributions hope to bring a bit of sunshine to resellers this summer with the offer of extended margins on their Fixed Cellular Terminal product range.
Rangi... Read More |
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VCOMM Look for ViBE Partners |
11/07/07 |
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Newbury based distributor VCOMM UK has signed an exclusive agreement to supply and support ViBE across the reseller and service provider community.
ViBE allows up ... Read More |
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The 10 Most Common Mistakes in Deploying Unified Communications |
11/07/07 |
| In a market overwhelmed with hype and misinformation, many companies are being misled when assessing the value of Unified Communications, argues Chris de Silva, managing ... Read More |
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More Awards for Westcon Group |
11/07/07 |
| Westcon Group, already Comms Business Award Distributor of the Year received Juniper Networks' 'EMEA Distributor of the Year' award and QuesCom's 'Distribution Partner of... Read More |
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MERLIN UPGRADES POWER SUPPLY AT C&W |
10/07/07 |
| Cable & Wireless, has improved the reliance of the standby power system at its Dock Street offices in London with the support of integrated power support company, Merlin ... Read More |
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AT Comms Extends BT Contract |
10/07/07 |
| ATC has announced that, in addition to its recently extended six year contract with BT to support a wide range of Traditional and IP Telephony systems, it will now includ... Read More |
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Rittal Join Forces with Wadsworth |
10/07/07 |
| Rittal has announced the signing of Wadsworth Electronics as its key IT distribution channel partner within the UK. Wadsworth will provide a one-stop shop, supplying sol... Read More |
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BT Accused of Misleading Media |
10/07/07 |
| The public clash between Capital Fortune and British Telecom has reached new heights, with the London based, award winning mortgage advisers making a formal complaint to ... Read More |
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Aastra Hits the Road |
10/07/07 |
| Over 100 representatives from Aastra’s top resellers attended a series of training road shows hosted by Aastra and its complementary vendor partners, AVST, Oak and Fronti... Read More |
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New Style KIRK DECT Handset Available in the UK |
10/07/07 |
| The latest addition to the KIRK handset range, the 5020, is available in the UK from distributor ICON.
The 5020 works with DECT systems connected to traditional teleph... Read More |
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CTI Group Extends Strategic Partnership with Redwood Telecoms |
10/07/07 |
| CTI Group, the provider of interactive communication management solutions, has announced an extension of its partnership with Redwood Telecommunications; the London based... Read More |
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Unicom Appoints Singularity for WLR3 Migration |
10/07/07 |
| Telecom service provider Unicom, which specialises in business-to-business connections, has appointed Singularity as its WLR3 integrator as part of OFCOM's stipulation th... Read More |
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Mayflex Distributes Fluidmesh Networks |
10/07/07 |
| Cabling Infrastructure, Networking and Security solutions distributor Mayflex has become an authorised distributor for Fluidemesh Networks wireless mesh products. The Flu... Read More |
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Iridiacom Dealer Day ‘Old and New’ |
10/07/07 |
| Iridiacom, the Hertfordshire based VoIP Distributor held their sixth Dealer Day last month at Moor Park Golf Club in Rickmansworth. The day saw Iridiacom renew their rela... Read More |
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MTV Telecom & Swyx Forge Stronger Ties in the UK |
10/07/07 |
| As a result of continued growth, IP telephony solutions vendor Swyx and distributor MTV Telecom have signed an extended three-year distribution agreement allowing for inc... Read More |
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Survey Shows BlackBerry Users Save 60 Minutes a Day |
09/07/07 |
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Research In Motion (RIM) has unveiled the results of its latest research it commissioned from Ipsos Reid, looking at the tangible time saving and productivity benefit... Read More |
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Business Systems Gain Outsourcing Deal |
09/07/07 |
| Ventura, the largest UK owned customer management outsourcing company has just awarded Business Systems ‘strategic-supplier’ status for Call Recording (CR), Quality Manag... Read More |
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T-Mobile Tries New Tactic to Kill Off Cheap Mobile Phone Calls |
09/07/07 |
| Mobile VoIP provider Truphone's CEO James Tagg is claiming that T-Mobile has refused to interconnect with his company and that T-Mobile customers making a call to Truphon... Read More |
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MTV Telecom say Convergence Remains a Channel Challenge |
09/07/07 |
| Distributor MTV Telecom has demonstrated its commitment to the voice and data integration market by being a Gold Sponsor of the Convergence Summit at Sandown Park this Oc... Read More |
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Email? IM? or phone? |
09/07/07 |
| What is proper business etiquette for a Unified Communications world? Coutesy of Mark Deakin of Microsoft and the Finishing Academy we produce a ‘good manners’ guide to b... Read More |
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Demon Broadband Reviews Pricing |
09/07/07 |
| Thus has announced significant price savings for many of its Demon Broadband customers. The new tariffs result in savings of up to 30% for some service users and substant... Read More |
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Inter-Tel's Sales Come in Below Expectations |
09/07/07 |
| Despite a UK performance that is 40% ahead of target Inter-Tel Inc. announced last Friday it did not meet its second quarter net sales used in projections for its propose... Read More |
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Datasharp Annual Conference a Hit |
06/07/07 |
| Over 80 people attended the 18th Datasharp Annual Conference at the St Pierre Hotel and Country Club in Chepstow. Throughout the day speakers included Siemens, Nortel, S... Read More |
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ICON Outline Differentiation Strategy |
06/07/07 |
| Ray Pitchforth, Marketing Manager at distributor Icon has outlined his company’s differentiation strategy for Comms Business Magazine readers.
“Icon distributes VoIP, ... Read More |
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Expansion of IP Continues to Bolster Telecommunications Markets in Q1 2007 |
06/07/07 |
| A new market report published by MZA indicated the first quarter of 2007 has shown some excellent sales results in the world of PBX and IP PBX. With the exception of the... Read More |
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Voicenet Solutions Provides Hosted VoIP to Charity - Drugsline |
06/07/07 |
| Drugsline, a drugs crisis, information, education and support charity for all those affected by drug abuse and addiction, has installed a Voicenet Solutions hosted VoIP t... Read More |
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BT to Acquire Brightview Group |
06/07/07 |
| BT announced today that it has agreed to acquire Brightview Group Limited (‘Brightview’), the internet service provider (ISP) owned by Brightview plc for approximately £1... Read More |
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Formjet Looks to Take on Telecoms Market with Ideal |
05/07/07 |
| Formjet, the company behind Panda Software, Ability Office and the recent home software launches at Tesco and Woolworths is branching out into a new market with the launc... Read More |
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0870 Change Could Trigger a “Numbers Stampede” |
05/07/07 |
| Call centres are being warned that OFCOM’s changes to the charging structure for 0870 numbers could trigger a stampede to ditch the costly numbers and find cheaper altern... Read More |
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MTV Telecom Launches Doro Range |
05/07/07 |
| Handset and headset vendor Doro has chosen Egham based distributor MTV Telecom to launch their channel presence in the UK with a range of highly functional and cost effec... Read More |
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Carter Outlines Channel Differentiation at DMSL |
05/07/07 |
| John Carter, Managing Director at distributor DMSL has spoken to Comms Business Magazine about the need for differentiation in the Channel.
“DMSL is a real specialist ... Read More |
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Gary Shepherd Joins Board at Qubic |
05/07/07 |
| Gary Shepherd has joined voice and data integration company Qubic as sales director with effect from 1 July. Shepherd joins from Britannic Technologies where he spent thr... Read More |
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Pennine Business Centre Impresses Avaya |
05/07/07 |
| Buddie Ceronie, the UK, Ireland and Southern Africa Vice President for Avaya, the leading global provider of business communications software, systems and services, visit... Read More |
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Interquartz Adds Two New Models to its Voyager Range |
05/07/07 |
| Telephone vendor Interquartz says that due to the outstanding world-wide success of its Voyager hotel telephones they have introduced two new models to the range.
Thei... Read More |
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NeoWave Launch Mobile Recording |
05/07/07 |
| NeoWave Distributions are launching an industry first with what they say is a completely unique mobile recording solution.
The new offering should receive a huge recep... Read More |
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Takeover will reposition Avaya, says Gartner |
04/07/07 |
| Avaya's US$8.2 billion takeover by investment firms Silver Lake and TPG Capital will pave the way for its transition to becoming a software communications company, accord... Read More |
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Ramsac Launches ‘Cash for Carbon’ Initiative |
04/07/07 |
| Putting a Green Philosophy into Practice ramsac, a leading IT solutions consultancy, today announced its ‘Cash for Carbon’ scheme as part of the company’s green thinking ... Read More |
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Fun In The Sun with Nimans |
04/07/07 |
| Whilst Britain was being battered by winter-style storms, Panasonic dealers were sunning themselves in a Mediterranean heat wave thanks to distributor Nimans.
Represen... Read More |
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Intelligent Approach to Technology Drives Britain’s High-Growth Businesses |
04/07/07 |
| British businesses that embrace new technologies and new ways of working, and that have support from management for investing strategically in information technology (IT)... Read More |
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BT Issues WLR3 Update |
04/07/07 |
| BT has provided an update on its progress on WLR3 - the new product designed to give all UK communication providers the same system for ordering and repairing standard te... Read More |
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Vyke to Circumvent Operator Mobile VoIP Blocking |
04/07/07 |
| VoIP specialist Vyke is set to release an upgrade to its mobile software that will restore full mobile VoIP functionality to mobile handsets that have been intentionally ... Read More |
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University of Plymouth Cuts Call Costs with Westell |
04/07/07 |
| Convergence migration specialist Westell has announced that it has been chosen to facilitate a phased campus-wide migration to IP at the University of Plymouth following ... Read More |
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Daisy Goes Green with E-Billing |
04/07/07 |
| Lancashire-based Daisy Communications has introduced its e-billing campaign, an initiative aimed at converting its 20,000-strong customer base from traditional paper bill... Read More |
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Azzurri Shines in O2 Channel |
04/07/07 |
| O2 today announced that it has invited Azzurri to join the O2 Data Centre of Excellence, an exclusive group of UK business partners working closely with O2 to grow the mo... Read More |
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Channel Stuck Behind The Wheel Two Days a Week |
03/07/07 |
| One in four (23%) people in the channel spend two working days a week behind the wheel according to new research from Mitel.
Despite spending around 15 hours behind th... Read More |
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Adept Telecom Profits up 76% |
03/07/07 |
| Adept Telecom PLC said its full-year pre-tax profit rose 76 per cent reflecting its ability to integrate the acquired businesses quickly and added it acquired a customer ... Read More |
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AU Telecom Aim to Take Manchester by Storm |
03/07/07 |
| Newly formed AU Telecom based in Prestwich Manchester believes there is plenty of business in and around the Manchester area for them to aim at.
AU Business Centre Ma... Read More |
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ShoreTel Prices Initial Public Offering |
03/07/07 |
| ShoreTel, Inc., a provider of enterprise IP telephony solutions, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 7,900,000 shares of its common stock at a p... Read More |
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Netgear & Bell Micro Form Partnership |
03/07/07 |
| Networking products vendor Netgear will partner with distributor Bell Micro to support the sale of Netgear's ProSafe business products in the UK, including Layer 2/3 swit... Read More |
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Nimans Turns Up the Heat With Record Sales |
03/07/07 |
| Distributor Nimans is toasting record daily sales, ending June with a sizzling summer performance. Its Avaya and NEC teams achieved record breaking monthly sales whilst s... Read More |
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Wales & West Utilities Award Contract to THUS |
03/07/07 |
| Thus plc has today announced that it has signed a deal with Wales & West Utilities to connect it to Vodafone's 3G network. Thus will connect the gas distribution supplie... Read More |
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New Door Opens for Telecoms’ Top Closers |
03/07/07 |
| What do great telecoms salespeople and small resellers have in common? They are both fantastic at selling but want the freedom to be able to do it without the hassles of ... Read More |
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Inter-Tel Postpones Mitel Vote |
03/07/07 |
| Mitel Networks efforts to acquire Inter-Tel took another odd twist last week with the sudden cancellation of a special shareholders meeting that was being asked to approv... Read More |
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Falklands Remembered by M12 Sponsorship |
03/07/07 |
| M12 Solutions recently provided sponsorship assistance for The Ringbolt Dining Club, whose membership are mainly former pilots of 820 Naval Air Squadron that served on Th... Read More |
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Polycom Heroes Go for Relaxation and Exhilaration |
03/07/07 |
| Polycom and Rocom teamed together to run an exciting sales incentive that has increased Polycom sales in the last quarter.
The chance to win a day off-road driving and... Read More |
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Spitfire Sponsors Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Broadband |
03/07/07 |
| Telecoms provider Spitfire is an official sponsor of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Now in its fiftieth year, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight maintains and ... Read More |
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Pay-As-You-Go Disaster Remedi |
03/07/07 |
| Affordable Business Continuity, is as simple as ABC with CONTINUITYCall, a unique PAYG style ‘phone continuity service from Dorset-based business solution providers remed... Read More |
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Nimans Workshops for Ericsson Evolution |
03/07/07 |
| Dealers have the chance to take a major step towards becoming officially accredited to sell Ericsson’s MD Evolution telephone system at two sales workshops being run by d... Read More |
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Channel Respond to Avaya Quick Edition 3.1 |
03/07/07 |
| Avaya has announced the new 3.1 release of Quick Edition, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based peer to peer telephony solution that is targeted to very small sites o... Read More |
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Neowave Launches Leasing Scheme |
03/07/07 |
| Neowave Distribution has joined forces with Lease UK to launch an exclusive leasing initiative, delivering enhanced support intent on helping resellers sell more equipmen... Read More |
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Adapt Acquires Centric Telecom |
03/07/07 |
| Independent Virtual Network Operator (VNO) Adapt has acquired Centric Telecom, the UK provider of in-building communications solutions to landlords and property companies... Read More |
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News Head of IP Physical Security at Mayflex |
02/07/07 |
| Cabling infrastructure, networking and security solutions distributor Mayflex has appointed Martin Morris as the new IP Physical Security Sales Manager. Morris’s focus wi... Read More |
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Inclarity reunites Ex-Avaya Trio with Appointment of Sales Director |
02/07/07 |
| Inclarity is gearing up to strengthen its sales approach with the appointment of Enzo Viscito as Sales Director. The senior management team now brings together three sen... Read More |
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Timico SIP Trunks Anticipate BT’s 21CN |
02/07/07 |
| Timico, the provider of converged communication services to the business market, has launched what they say is the world’s first pure SIP Trunk connectivity between a Nor... Read More |
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Avanquest & Xerox Grow Sales Opportunities |
02/07/07 |
| The partnership between Avanquest Solutions and Xerox, established at the beginning of 2007 with the aim of jointly leveraging new business opportunities, seems to have g... Read More |
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New Initiative to Accelerate WiFi in Schools |
02/07/07 |
| IT network specialist 3Com and 802.UK, a wireless provider for education, have joined forces to promote the benefits of second-generation wireless for schools. The compan... Read More |
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Southwark Council Go for Mitel IP Solutions |
02/07/07 |
| Mitel has announced that Southwark Council has deployed a 3300 ICP to improve its customer service to 240,000 residents and 10,000 business customers.
While the Counc... Read More |
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One-Hit Wonders No Recipe for Long-Term Telecoms Savings |
02/07/07 |
| Telecom Expense Management expert, Aurora Kendrick James (AKJ) has called for more IT and Finance Directors to concentrate on long-term telecommunications savings strateg... Read More |
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Big Mac Impact from Zen Internet |
02/07/07 |
| Zen Internet was announced as ‘Best Mac-Friendly ISP’ at the Macworld Awards, held last week. This award was the result of nominations from Macworld readers, reflecting Z... Read More |
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Mobile VoIP Receives Major Boost |
02/07/07 |
| Vyke AS has entered into an agreement that will give Vyke users access to VoIP calling services from any hotspot operated by The Cloud.
Beginning this summer, all Vyke... Read More |
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Oak Launches ProVoice 4.0 |
02/07/07 |
| Oak has announced the release of its new call recording platform ProVoice 4.0. This new software platform, developed in-house at Oak, addresses the needs of both the SME ... Read More |
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