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Axis Gains Market Share in EMEA according to new IMS report |
31/01/08 |
IMS Research’s latest report on the video surveillance equipment market across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has confirmed that Axis Communications has grown its ... Read More |
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Firms are all Talk when it comes to Green issues says Survey |
31/01/08 |
| UK companies are failing to match fine words with positive action in implementing green policies throughout the business, with fewer than one third of respondents believi... Read More |
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Verizon Claim Global Lead |
31/01/08 |
| Verizon Business say they have further reinforced their position as a global IP leader and network-based solutions partner for global corporations and government agencies... Read More |
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Zycko and Touchline Enter Video Conferencing Partnership |
31/01/08 |
| Distributors Zycko Ltd and Touchline Video Ltd, formerly known as ReView Video Ltd, have announced that they have formed a partnership to support the reseller community i... Read More |
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NHS Scotland Launch First Cisco HealthPresence Trial |
31/01/08 |
| The Scottish Centre for Telehealth (SCT), Cisco, and the National Health Service in Scotland today announce the launch of the world’s first trial of Cisco’s HealthPresenc... Read More |
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Pasporte Expands Operations in Managed Data Centres |
31/01/08 |
| Pasporte, the provider of managed ICT outsourcing to the mid-market, today announces it is expanding its UK operations to support growing demand for managed services.
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Dimension Data Named McAfee’s Global System Integrator of the Year 2007 |
31/01/08 |
| Integrator Dimension Data has been recognised as an outstanding partner by McAfee, Inc. and named McAfee’s Global Systems Integrator of the Year 2007.
Santa Clara, CA ... Read More |
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Wireless network has ski village covered |
31/01/08 |
| Wireless technology is proving to be a boon at a new leisure destination which is destined to become one of the major visitor attractions in the North West of England.
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Nimans Wins Polycom Conferencing Award Again |
31/01/08 |
| Nimans has been crowned Polycom’s number one distributor of voice products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for the fifth year running. Conferencing Business ... Read More |
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Spiritel Announce Six Month Results |
31/01/08 |
| Business communications service provider Spiritel plc has today announced interim results for the six months to 31 October 2007.
Highlights:
- Turnover £6.84 millio... Read More |
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Siemens & Voiceflex Open for Business |
31/01/08 |
| Paul Taylor, Sales Director at Voiceflex says his company is fully approved for SIP Trunking on the Siemens HiPath OpenOffice ME Unified Communications platform.
“Tha... Read More |
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Commvault and Sun Align to Deliver Enterprise Data Management Solutions |
30/01/08 |
| CommVault has entered into a collaborative agreement with Sun Microsystems to provide customers with advanced data management solutions for enterprise computing environme... Read More |
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Graham Norton Endorses Stress Down Day Campaign |
30/01/08 |
| Employees across the UK are switching off their emails and wearing slippers to work on Friday 1st February to support Samaritans Stress Down Day.
The emotional suppo... Read More |
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Colt calls for market to take SMEs seriously |
30/01/08 |
| Colt has called upon the telecoms market to take Small-Medium sized Enterprises (SME) seriously. Speaking at its 2008 Partner of the Year awards in Valencia Spain on Frid... Read More |
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Financial Transactions Conducted Via Mobiles to Generate Over $587 billion by 2011 |
30/01/08 |
| A new report by Juniper Research finds that the rush by banks and mobile operators to deliver financial services to the mobile phone will result in just over 612 million ... Read More |
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Clash-Media launches digital marketing solution for Telecoms organisations |
30/01/08 |
| Clash-Media, an Online Lead Generation organisation, has launched a new digital marketing solution developed specifically for the unique marketing needs of telecoms organ... Read More |
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Spitfire Launches Ethernet Service for Mission Critical Connectivity |
30/01/08 |
| London based ISP Spitfire has launched Spitfire Ethernet Service providing Internet connectivity or site-to-site connectivity for businesses in the city and central Londo... Read More |
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Technology Innovation makes Telecommunications Greener |
30/01/08 |
| Every day billions of people rely on their broadband connections and telephones to stay in touch with the world. But the networks supporting modern telecommunications ser... Read More |
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VegaStream Integrates Voipex To Increase Call Density |
30/01/08 |
| VegaStream, the developer of reliable, cost effective and easy to use telephony media gateways, has announced it has completed compatibility testing with Voipex, the deve... Read More |
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What’s Enum all About? |
30/01/08 |
| Jim Lynch, Managing Director at Voiceflex says Enum can be thought of as DNS for telephone numbers.
For the uninitiated, DNS lets your PC work out how to get to www.... Read More |
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Ofcom Concerned over Text and Data Roaming in the EU |
30/01/08 |
| Ofcom Chief Executive Ed Richards says there are a number of issues set out in the European Regulators Group (ERG) Report on roaming charges which are of significant conc... Read More |
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HSBC to get New Datacentre |
30/01/08 |
| Digital Realty Trust, an owner and manager of corporate and Internet gateway datacentres, has announced the construction of a custom datacentre facility for HSBC.
Loc... Read More |
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Elements in Place for Growth in Video Conferencing |
30/01/08 |
| Strong efforts from major companies like Cisco, Microsoft, and IBM to promote media-rich productivity tools are boosting the prospects for video conferencing, reports In-... Read More |
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Westcon to Help Resellers Pursue Expanded Opportunities in Security |
30/01/08 |
| Distributor Westcon Group has announced that its Noxs security division has signed an agreement with Networks First, an independent provider of support services for netwo... Read More |
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New UK Eco Building to Be At The Centre of Sustainable Hi-Tech Development |
30/01/08 |
| An ambitious plan to create a new UK science park that addresses environmental concerns has kicked off on the outskirts of London. The Thames Innovation Centre is the fir... Read More |
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Spam over Internet Telephone (SPIT) |
29/01/08 |
| Jim Lynch, MD at Voiceflex, says we all get spam in our inbox but helped by the numerous spam filters the majority of the 90% of emails which are spam are stopped before ... Read More |
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Scottish IPTV Company sees success at home |
29/01/08 |
| Following seven years of continued success in the global market, Edinburgh-based network IPTV equipment manufacturer Exterity, is now experiencing rapid growth on its hom... Read More |
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Azzurri Is Catalist For Public Sector Telecoms Procurement |
29/01/08 |
| Managed services provider Azzurri Communications has today announced five successful Catalist accreditations from the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) as part of the n... Read More |
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Siemens Enhances Service Delivery with OpenScale |
29/01/08 |
| Siemens Enterprise Communications today announced significant enhancements, and a new brand name - OpenScale - for its professional and managed services portfolio. The co... Read More |
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Billing Systems: Is The Channel Getting What It Needs? |
29/01/08 |
| With the channels’ requirements for their billing platforms continually becoming more and more complex Lifecycle decided to fund a telephone survey to understand more abo... Read More |
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Middlesbrough FC Sign on for Inter-Tel |
29/01/08 |
| Reseller Shipton Communications has supplied a new Inter-Tel phone system to Premier league club Middlesbrough FC. The Shipton contract also provides the club with Swan S... Read More |
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ShoreTel Delivers High-Resolution Colour IP Telephone |
29/01/08 |
| ShoreTel, the provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions, today announced the ShorePhone IP 565g, a six-line IP telephone fully equipped with a high-resolution ... Read More |
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TeleWare Completes Hosted Testing with E-Series Handsets |
29/01/08 |
| TeleWare, the provider of intelligent hosted and customer premises communication solutions to businesses, today confirmed that the Nokia E65 has been tested for operation... Read More |
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Elite Telecom Closes £3m Deal for GP Telecom |
29/01/08 |
| Elite Telecom has purchased GP Telecom in a deal which will secure its status as one of the fastest growing telecommunications companies in the UK.
The £3million acqui... Read More |
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Neil Howard Telecoms becomes an Opal Partner |
29/01/08 |
| Blackburn based Neil Howard Telecoms has become an Opal Business Partner.
Opal is the UK’s 3rd largest telecom network operator and a wholly owned subsidiary of The Ca... Read More |
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O2 Keeps It Simple Tariff Shake Up |
29/01/08 |
| O2 today announced a radical shake-up of its entire range of consumer Pay Monthly and small business tariffs, including the iPhone. The operator says that with more than ... Read More |
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Improving Staff Retention is Top 2008 Resolution for UK HR Managers |
29/01/08 |
| Retaining the talent within organisations is the number one challenge for senior Human Resources (HR) managers in 2008, according to a survey by Taleo, the leading provid... Read More |
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85% of Consumers Expect Online Enquiries to be Answered Within 24 hours |
29/01/08 |
| If you were in a shop and asked a member of staff a question, how long would you stand there and wait for their help? No-one likes to feel like a lemon offline and resear... Read More |
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Ipswitch Announces Spam has Risen for Sixth Quarter in a Row |
29/01/08 |
| 96.4% of Email is Now Spam Reveals Messaging Expert
Ipswitch, a developer of network monitoring, messaging and managed file transfer solutions, today announced the re... Read More |
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Customer-Centric Service is Top Local Authority Goal |
29/01/08 |
| New research shows that UK local authority customer service operations are now entering Phase Two in their development: focusing less on gearing up for e-Government, and ... Read More |
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Call Centres Carry on Calling |
29/01/08 |
| “The UK Contact Centre Operational Review (5th edition)”, a recent study of over 200 contact centres, carried out by ContactBabel, has found that legislation curtailing o... Read More |
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Daisy Grows Marketing Team |
29/01/08 |
| Fiona Ritchie has joined daisy plc as the company’s dedicated channel marketing executive. A former journalist and PR account manager, Fiona, 31, brings a wealth of creat... Read More |
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Former Carphone Warehouse Commercial Director appointed to Spiritel Board |
28/01/08 |
| Spiritel plc, the telecommunications services business, has announces that David Anahory (33), recently appointed Managing Director of Spiritel’s Business Division, has j... Read More |
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Funkwerk’s latest firmware update provides configuration management across platforms |
28/01/08 |
| Funkwerk Enterprise Communications (FEC) has announced a new firmware release for its access point products. The core component of update 7.5.1 for the company’s Wx002 an... Read More |
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Easynet’s customers have clean conscience with new Data Centre strategy |
28/01/08 |
| Easynet today announces a raft of measures which will enable the company to save money, run more environmentally efficient data centres and pass on these benefits to its ... Read More |
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Avaya Adds Significant Number of End Users |
28/01/08 |
| Avaya says that it achieved significant growth in the number of end users it supports at mid-sized sized companies worldwide. Avaya define Mid-Size as businesses with 100... Read More |
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Telappliant Scoops Aastra’s Sip Handset Distributor of the Year 2007 Award |
28/01/08 |
| London-based IP specialists Telappliant has been named ‘SIP Handset Distributor of the Year’ by communications company, Aastra. Telappliant achieved 80 per cent uplift i... Read More |
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Hosted Commissions UPFRONT + Discount |
28/01/08 |
| Hosted telephony supplier VanillaIP has introduced Pre-Pay licences that allow resellers to offer their sales team’s upfront commissions like the traditional CPE based sa... Read More |
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Pennine Telecom wins Council Maintenance Contract |
28/01/08 |
| Pennine Telecom has beaten off competition to win a major contract to maintain Bury Metropolitan Borough Council’s telephone system.
The unified communication system s... Read More |
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Businesses Keep on Churning – Searching for ISP Satisfaction |
28/01/08 |
| 11% of business broadband subscribers have changed their ISP in the last 6 months and according to the latest survey from Point Topic that percentage is likely to increas... Read More |
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Computerlinks signs distribution agreement with Guardium |
28/01/08 |
| Distributor Computerlinks and Internet technology solutions, today announced an agreement to become the UK and Ireland distributor for Guardium, a market leader in databa... Read More |
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Covergence Launches Industry's First SBC Delivered as A Virtual Appliance |
28/01/08 |
| Covergence, the provider of next-generation Session Border Control (SBC) solutions, today announced the CVA-50, the industry's first SBC delivered as a virtual appliance.... Read More |
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Installers Champion John Thomson Joins FCS Board |
28/01/08 |
| John Thomson of Panorama Antennas Ltd has been appointed to the Board of the Federation of Communication Services.
Speaking on his appointment John Thomson said, “I a... Read More |
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Servassure demonstrate thoroughbred quality at Kempton Park |
28/01/08 |
| Servassure's newly appointed Business Development Consultant, Peter Orr, last week hosted a seminar which was attended by resellers, wholesale business partners, networks... Read More |
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Smartbunker Doubles Specification of Hosted Servers |
28/01/08 |
| Smartbunker, the UK's first zero carbon data centre, today announced that it has doubled the specifications of its entry-level managed servers. IBM Blade Servers hosted b... Read More |
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HR Poor in Supporting Women in the IT Sector |
28/01/08 |
| A survey of women in IT has found that HR departments are less supportive to women than line managers and colleagues. The survey, carried out last year by Microsoft and o... Read More |
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Phoenix IT Group Revenues up 90% |
28/01/08 |
| Phoenix IT Group plc has announced its Interim Management Statement relating to the period from 1 October 2007 to date.
The financial results for the Group for the thi... Read More |
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Nortel Takes the Risk and Complexity out of Unified Communications |
28/01/08 |
| In North America Nortel is broadening its global UC 1-2-3 program to include four new application-based starter kits that allow businesses of all types to easily migrate ... Read More |
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Verizon Business Rolls Out HD Video Conferencing |
25/01/08 |
| As part of its ongoing effort to help organizations communicate more effectively around the globe, Verizon Business announced the rollout of video conferencing in high de... Read More |
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Telegent Systems accelerates the pace of global mobile TV adoption |
25/01/08 |
| Telegent Systems, the company that makes television mobile with its high-performance single-chip mobile TV solutions, announced that it has now shipped more than five mil... Read More |
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New Forest District Council opts for Speech Recognition |
25/01/08 |
| Telephonetics VIP, the speech recognition and voice automation specialist, is helping New Forest District Council improve services and meet government targets by implemen... Read More |
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Thus Selected for Public Sector Procurement |
25/01/08 |
| Thus plc has announced that it has won a place on OGCbuying.solutions’ Telecom Networks framework agreement. The four year accreditation will enable the company to comp... Read More |
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'No mobiles' sign replaces no smoking sign on aircraft |
25/01/08 |
| It's a sign of the times: the empty space where the smoking/no-smoking sign used to be on aircraft will soon have a new use as a mobile service/no mobile service indicato... Read More |
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Comtec Awarded for Environmental Best Practice |
25/01/08 |
| Telecoms distributor Comtec, based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, has been awarded silver in the Distribution and Logistics category of The Green Apple Environment Awards... Read More |
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Brits Frustrated By Their Broadband Service |
25/01/08 |
| Over a million British households are spending at least 6 hours setting up or troubleshooting their broadband service, with 1 in 5 users having to contact their provider ... Read More |
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Nortel Channel Winners Announced |
25/01/08 |
| Nortel’s UK 2007 Channel Marketing awards which took place at their head office in Maidenhead saw a number of key reseller walk away with well deserved recognition from t... Read More |
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Extreme Networks Reports Q2 Revenue Up 7% |
25/01/08 |
| Extreme Networks, Inc. today announced financial results for its fiscal second quarter of 2008, ended December 30, 2007. For the quarter, net revenue increased 7 percent ... Read More |
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ECTA push for continued use of regulatory measures as new Board is elected |
25/01/08 |
| The newly elected board of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) has elected Innocenzo Genna, representative of AIIP, as Chairman of the Associat... Read More |
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Heavyweight Players Take Mobile Indoor Coverage Seriously |
25/01/08 |
| Analysys say that two significant announcements from Vodafone and Cisco demonstrate that heavyweight players are taking the market for indoor base stations (femtocells) s... Read More |
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Microsoft Reports Record Second Quarter Results |
25/01/08 |
| Microsoft has announced second quarter records for revenue, operating income and diluted earnings per share of $16.37 billion, $6.48 billion and $0.50, respectively. Comp... Read More |
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Cisco Extends Catalyst Switch Portfolio |
25/01/08 |
| Cisco has introduced new Catalyst switches and capabilities to the Campus Communication Fabric, its blueprint for network services, to help customers increase operational... Read More |
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BT Launches Unified Communications For Small Businesses |
25/01/08 |
| BT Business has launched Communications Complete, a flexible and scaleable system designed, in conjunction with Cisco, to deliver fully unified communications to small bu... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Urge Laptop Protection Against Theft |
24/01/08 |
| This week’s revelation that the UK Ministry of Defence has lost approximately 600 laptops is just the latest in a long line of examples of organisations being sloppy abou... Read More |
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Mobile phone is still for calls and texts only |
24/01/08 |
| Despite heavy investment in mobile phone development and services, the majority of UK consumers continue to use their mobile phones for calls and texts only, a new survey... Read More |
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Radware First-to-Market with SIP Director |
24/01/08 |
| Radware, the provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced the launch of the newest addition to its application del... Read More |
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Level 3 and BT Global Services Collaborate |
24/01/08 |
| Level 3 Communications’ European Markets Group today announced that it has been working collaboratively with BT Global Services to expand backbone capacity in Central and... Read More |
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free-hotspot.com Introduces User Messaging Platform |
24/01/08 |
| free-hotspot.com, a provider of free Wi-Fi HotSpots, announces today the launch of their new interactive user messaging solution for wireless networks. Called the EDGE Me... Read More |
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Alcatel-Lucent Introduce Teleworking Following Union Agreement |
24/01/08 |
| Alcatel-Lucent has agreed a teleworking deal for staff to promote home telecommuting with all the unions present in the company (CFDT, CGT, CFTC, CFE-CGC and FO). This in... Read More |
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Excell Acquire TTG (Southern) Ltd |
24/01/08 |
| Excell has announced the acquisition of TTG (Southern) Ltd t/as Trade Telecom.
The acquisition further increases Excell’s value proposition in the education vertical a... Read More |
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Entanet Receives Quintet Of ISPA Nominations |
24/01/08 |
| The Internet industry’s leading awards, the ISPAs, have yet again recognised Entanet as a leading communications provider, short-listing the company it for no fewer than ... Read More |
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Study Reveals Costs of IP Surveillance Systems are Lower than Analogue Systems |
24/01/08 |
| Axis Communications, the global leader in network video1, has released a study that shows an IP-based system of 40 cameras offers a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) th... Read More |
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Dialogic Corporation Announces Fax Over IP Solution |
24/01/08 |
| Dialogic has released what it claims to be the industry’s first Fax Over IP Endpoint and Gateway solution supporting V.34 T.38.
Dialogic Brooktrout SR140 Fax Software ... Read More |
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Avanquest and PC Ware partner to ‘eliminate energy guzzling fax machines’ |
24/01/08 |
| Avanquest Solutions, provider of corporate enterprise solutions and PC Ware Information Technologies, a leading independent European reseller, are partnering with the obj... Read More |
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Redstone Telecom Launches New Broadband Product Portfolio for SMBs |
24/01/08 |
| Comms company Redstone Telecom has announced a new portfolio of broadband products aimed at making broadband take-up simpler for small and medium UK businesses.
Redsto... Read More |
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Tiscali Expects to be Bought within Two Years |
24/01/08 |
| Tiscali expects its businesses to be bought up by rivals in the next two years, according to Tommaso Pompei, its chief executive. Speaking to the FT, Pompei said he did n... Read More |
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Nortel Reminds Channel that Customers have Choices |
24/01/08 |
| David Perry, head of the Carrier VoIP and IMS team at Nortel says resellers need to be aware that today’s customer has a choice.
“Thanks to IP-based hosted services ... Read More |
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Open Source Software has the ability to change the face of the Education Industry |
24/01/08 |
| A number of education institutions around the globe are looking towards open source software (OSS) as a means to gain more control over their solutions. From this a new r... Read More |
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Siemens Q1 Profits Rise 16% |
24/01/08 |
| Siemens AG today reported a 16 per cent rise in first-quarter operating profits to 1.719 billion euros, compared with a year-earlier profit of 1.485 billion, as most of t... Read More |
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Avaya US Embeds Softphone in Laptops |
24/01/08 |
| Avaya and Lenovo today announced the availability of the Avaya Mobility Edition for Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops, a solution targeted for business u... Read More |
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Cable & Wireless Likely to report 28% Growth |
24/01/08 |
| In an interim management statement Cable and Wireless has confirmed that it will achieve the EBITDA guidance given to the market on 13 November 2007. EBITDA for the finan... Read More |
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Siemens Prepares to Pay $2B Fine to Clear Up Slush Fund Scandal |
24/01/08 |
| Siemens, Europe's biggest technology group, is in talks with the securities and exchange commission, the US market regulator, and the department of justice on a settlemen... Read More |
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Juniper Networks Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 |
24/01/08 |
| Juniper Networks has reported its results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2007.
Net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 were $809.2 million, com... Read More |
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BusinessPartners Go Exclusive with Mitel Unified Communications |
24/01/08 |
| Having smoothly completed its $729 million merger with Inter-Tel, Mitel has launched an expanded Exclusive BusinessPartner (EBP) program that gives resellers strategic ad... Read More |
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Cisco Makes Strategic Investment in ip.access |
24/01/08 |
| ip.access, a player in the nascent femtocell and picocell technologies, hasannounced that Cisco® has made an investment in the company. Terms of the investment were not d... Read More |
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Bailey Teswaine Acquisition Extends Managed Services Proposition |
24/01/08 |
| ICT supplier Bailey Teswaine has announced the formal acquisition of s2s, a security focussed managed services provider and a holder of Cisco Gold partner status. The acq... Read More |
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Workplace Bullying Rife – Stress Down Day 1st Feb |
24/01/08 |
| Bullying in the UK is endemic and for one in four people it is a weekly or even daily cause of stress. Over 80% of workers have been bullied during their careers and a th... Read More |
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Avaya Guides Cajun Customers to Extreme |
24/01/08 |
| Avaya has recommended that users of its "end-of-sale" Ethernet switches should migrate to offerings from Extreme Networks.
The company advised that Extreme would be ab... Read More |
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Price War Looms in Corporate 100Mb Market |
24/01/08 |
| London based Exponential-e has launched to the Channel their PowerNGN offer saying the products is a radical new proposition which enables partners to offer their custome... Read More |
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Fuelling Faster Payments – Next-Generation Networking for the Financial Sector |
24/01/08 |
| The UK financial services industry is facing new initiatives in the online banking space with companies being forced to meet aggressive Internet-based transaction guideli... Read More |
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New Rittal IT Catalogue |
23/01/08 |
| Rittal’s latest IT Catalogue is now available listing over 2200 products, offering the ultimate reference for all system designers. Whether in a small business or a majo... Read More |
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Gematech’s BCMlite Wins BC Contract with HCL |
23/01/08 |
| HCL, the leading health and social care agency in the UK, has purchased a new telecoms Business Continuity solution, BCMLITE, from specialist provider GemaTech to ensure ... Read More |
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Packeteer Introduces New High-Speed Platform For Multi-Gigabit Network |
23/01/08 |
| Packeteer, the global provider in WAN application performance solutions, has announced the introduction of its new Talon TC30, a multi-gigabit application performance mon... Read More |
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Zhone to Concentrate on R&D, Manufacturing and Marketing |
23/01/08 |
| Zhone Technologies, the provider of communications equipment and a supplier for VoIP, IPTV, and Ethernet over copper and fibre access lines, has announced the divestiture... Read More |
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Employers Urged to Change Attitude to Training to Keep Staff Happy |
23/01/08 |
| January is traditionally the time for new opportunities and challenges, with career improvements often featured in plans for the year ahead. A new survey conducted on beh... Read More |
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Low Cost Leased Line Service Launched |
23/01/08 |
| Vaioni, the Manchester based independent, business class ISP and managed security provider, has launched 2mb leased line from £416 monthly anywhere in the UK.
The comp... Read More |
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BT Excite Channel with New 21CN Offerings |
23/01/08 |
| There’s no doubt that an undertaking the size of BT’s 21CN project is immense, difficult and costly. At the same time, there can also be no doubt that BT will have a host... Read More |
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Unique Industry Stalwart Returns |
23/01/08 |
| Following the recent series of high profile appointments to their senior staff, distributor Unique has announce a further strengthening of their team with the appointment... Read More |
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Aastra IntelliGate Awarded Two ‘Best Buys’ for 2008 |
23/01/08 |
| End user magazine What To Buy For Business has recognised Aastra’s IntelliGate for the second consecutive year with four awards following its independent survey of the Bu... Read More |
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TTPCom Four Form New Communications Licensing Venture |
23/01/08 |
| The four founders of TTPCom today announced that they have joined with Professor Rick Hillum to form Camitri, a new venture that will market intellectual property from wo... Read More |
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One handset, One number, One network |
23/01/08 |
| Voicenet Solutions, the hosted VoIP provider, today announced the launch of VNi Mobile saying it is the first business grade Fixed Mobile Convergence solution for the UK.... Read More |
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Provision Communications Secures Venture Capital Funding |
23/01/08 |
| Bristol-based ProVision Communications, which specialises in digital wireless video technology, has secured £750,000 in venture capital funding from the YFM Group-managed... Read More |
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Utimaco EVP to Spearhead Sales in EMEA |
23/01/08 |
| Utimaco, the data security company has appointed Matthew Robinson as its new Executive Vice President EMEA in January. In his new role, he is responsible for sales in the... Read More |
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CTI Group Launches Enhanced Dynamic Reports for Unified Multi-Play Billing |
23/01/08 |
| CTI Group, a provider of Bill Management Solutions, today announced the introduction of an enhanced multi-play version of Dynamic Reports - the latest billing solution to... Read More |
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IT and Telecommunications Organisations Battle with 'Financial Fault Lines' |
23/01/08 |
| External pressures on IT and telecommunications businesses from mergers and acquisitions, organisational change and regulatory compliance are causing 'fault lines' in fin... Read More |
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Mitel Welcomes their Unified Channel to Orlando |
23/01/08 |
| The unified Mitel and Inter-Tel channel partners will join together for the first time later this week in Orlando, Florida, just five months after the completion of Mitel... Read More |
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RW Comms Target Freight Sector with IP Solutions |
23/01/08 |
| IT and IP Telephony reseller and support company RW Communications has made its IP Telephony solution based on Gamma Telecom services available to its key freighting and ... Read More |
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Vyke to Buy Callserve |
23/01/08 |
| Mobile VoIP provider Vyke Communications has agreed to buy UK telecoms service provider Callserve Communications Limited for up to 2.9 mln stg - below the 3.5 mln stg pro... Read More |
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European Mobile Broadband Pricing Survey Reveals Continued Complexity |
23/01/08 |
| European Mobile Broadband pricing remains highly complex, with an average price for 100 MB inclusive volume standing at EUR 16.03 (approximately USD 23.64) according to a... Read More |
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FPB Urges Small Firms to Complete Tax Returns Early |
23/01/08 |
| The Forum of Private Business (FPB) is urging the owners of smaller businesses to submit their self-assessment tax returns early to avoid disruption. Tax workers are voti... Read More |
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Divitas Networks Secures Technology Award |
23/01/08 |
| DiVitas Networks, the leader in mobilizing business applications, today announced its Unified Mobility System has been awarded a 2008 Technology of the Year award by IDG’... Read More |
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The FCS Gains 66 Members on Year |
23/01/08 |
| Newly promoted FCS General Manager, Michael Eagle, has announced that 66 new member companies joined the FCS during 2007.
Michael Eagle said, “The Federation is the l... Read More |
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Vodafone UK partners with Huawei for HSUPA USB Wireless |
23/01/08 |
| Vodafone UK and Huawei Technologies have announced that they have commercially launched a next generation USB device, the Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Modem Stick or E17... Read More |
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Thus Non-Exec Boosts Share Stake |
23/01/08 |
| Thus Group PLC said non-executive director, Rick Medlock purchased 6,879 shares in the company at 1.11 stg a share, bringing his shareholdings to 11,782 shares.
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Colubris Networks Posts Record Revenues in 2007 |
23/01/08 |
| Colubris Networks, the provider of intelligent wireless LANs (WLANs) for enterprises and service providers, has announced the company’s notable 2007 achievements, includi... Read More |
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UBIqube Solutions puts a SOC in the BOX for Network Security |
23/01/08 |
| UBIqube Solutions, the global managed security services (MSS) solutions provider, has today pushed the industry parameters of network security with the launch of its plug... Read More |
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Communigate Systems Opens the Door for Mac and Linux UC |
23/01/08 |
| CommuniGate Systems, the provider of carrier-class Internet Communications solutions, today announced the addition of CalDAV support to its industry leading Unified Commu... Read More |
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NexTone and Reef Point Complete Merger to form NextPoint Networks |
23/01/08 |
| In a move that creates the world's first fully integrated fixed-mobile connectivity platform, NexTone Communications and Reef Point Systems, today announced they have com... Read More |
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Microsoft’s Plans could Lead to Flood of Tribunal Claims |
23/01/08 |
| The new performance monitoring, lie-detector based system from Microsoft could create privacy issues by generating a ‘Big Brother’ feel in the workplace according to empl... Read More |
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Nick Roullier Appointed Avaya UK Country Manager |
22/01/08 |
| Avaya has announced the appointment of Nick Roullier to the role of UK country manager, Avaya UK, reporting directly to Buddie Ceronie, Vice President, Avaya Northern Eur... Read More |
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VoIP? It’s as Easy as Buying Stationary says Inclarity |
22/01/08 |
| Hosted telephony supplier Inclarity has announced the launch of its new online ordering website specifically for small businesses. The five-step ordering process will ena... Read More |
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Colt and Virocom Join Forces with New Reseller Agreement |
22/01/08 |
| Colt has announced a new partnership with Virocom which will see the VAR selling Colt’s full suite of Data, Voice and Managed Services products. The move signifies the ne... Read More |
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Communications Providers’ Market Share at Risk from Lack of Customer Understanding |
22/01/08 |
| Operators need to harness the potential of their subscriber data or risk becoming obsolete as new players in the communications market encourage superior brand loyalty -... Read More |
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Huawei Cuts Base Station Power Consumption |
22/01/08 |
| Huawei Technologies has announced that it has launched a new solution that can reduce base station power consumption by up to 60%.
The Green sites solution, uses optim... Read More |
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3Com Extends Open Services Networking |
22/01/08 |
| 3Com has announced a milestone in its innovative 3Com Open Services Networking (3Com OSN) strategy with the introduction of new OSN applications delivered on its new MSR ... Read More |
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New Avaya Intelligent Customer Service Solutions |
22/01/08 |
| Avaya has announced new contact centre solutions which they say provide businesses with a more cost-effective, simplified and productive way to deliver customer service -... Read More |
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Tandberg Delivers Gateway for 1,000 Concurrent Videoconferencing Calls |
22/01/08 |
| Conferencing company Tandberg has launched their Codian MSE 8321 gateway, enabling organisations to hold up to 1,000 concurrent videoconferencing calls between IP and ISD... Read More |
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Half a Million Computers Infected eith Bots Every Day |
22/01/08 |
| Some half a million computers are infected by bots every day, according to data compiled by PandaLabs in its annual report on malware activity in 2007.
Approximately ... Read More |
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Siemens Solves Power over Ethernet Challenge for 802.11n Deployments |
22/01/08 |
| As more enterprises embrace mobility, they are faced with an increasing need for cost-effective, higher-performance wireless LANs (WLANs). While 802.11n delivers the high... Read More |
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AT Comms Directors Buy Big |
22/01/08 |
| AT Communications, which is described by Biddicks Financial PR as being ‘basically a small BT’, put out a trading update yesterday saying that full year results would be ... Read More |
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Exinda Networks Launch Fast Track Reseller Programme |
22/01/08 |
| Exinda Networks, a provider of WAN optimisation solutions for mid-sized enterprises, has launched its new Fast Track reseller partner programme designed to help informati... Read More |
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SMARTER Partners Sale Away to Sunnier Climes! |
22/01/08 |
| Ever been driving up the M6 in the rain to another sales meeting and dream that you could be jetting off for a sun soaked fortnight in the Bahamas? Well with Chess, that ... Read More |
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Rocom Network Services are Colt’s No.1 for Account Management |
22/01/08 |
| Rocom Network Services has been recognised by Colt as one of its top performing partners at its Partner of the Year Awards 2007. The Rocom team was acknowledged for their... Read More |
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Wick Hill Helps Resellers Convert Leads with Two Major New Initiatives |
22/01/08 |
| Security applications distributor Wick Hill is helping resellers successfully convert leads with two new partner programmes - a new online lead management service (LMS) a... Read More |
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Dialogic Solutions Now Rated “Avaya Compliant” |
22/01/08 |
| Dialogic Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications media and signaling technologies, today announced that its Dialogic 2000 Series and Dialogic IMG 1010 Integr... Read More |
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Chess Launch New Website |
22/01/08 |
| In line with feedback received in Chess’ 360 degree Partner Forums the network services company has redesigned and developed a new web site to reflect the strong brand im... Read More |
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Application Sale |
21/01/08 |
| New Media Software, a leading vendor of CTI based applications for business, says that resellers are struggling to get to grips with selling applications and need targete... Read More |
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Interoute Appoints Telco Veteran as Executive Vice President |
21/01/08 |
| International telecoms veteran, Jan Louwes, has today joined Interoute as its Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing from Forrester Research where he was responsib... Read More |
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HIGHnet gets a Web Makeover |
21/01/08 |
| Comms company HIGHnet has launched an impressive new website as a part of their ongoing marketing drive. The site aims to make their expanding portfolio of products easie... Read More |
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Deloitte Analyses Top Trends for the Telecommunications Industry for 2008 |
21/01/08 |
| Deloitte is launching a report tomorrow looking at what will happen in the telecommunications sector over the course of the year: where will M&A activity be focused and w... Read More |
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Zeus Technology Agrees OEM Deal with AdaptiveMobile |
21/01/08 |
| Zeus Technology, a provider of application traffic management software, today announced an OEM partnership with AdaptiveMobile, based in Dublin, Ireland.
AdaptiveMobil... Read More |
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Swyx Launches Channel Up-Selling Initiative |
21/01/08 |
| IP PBX vendor Swyx has launched an initiative to assist its sales partners create more business opportunities. The ‘Swyx Upselling Machine’ uses the end customer’s existi... Read More |
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BT say ‘Have Any Phone You Like as Long as it’s Green’ |
21/01/08 |
| BT has unveiled a new range of more energy-efficient phones, heralding the start of a £2 million commitment to improve the energy efficiency of its entire home-phone rang... Read More |
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ATC Issue Trading Update - in line with Expectations |
21/01/08 |
| ATC has announced that its results for the year ended 31 December 2007 are expected to be in line with market expectations. Profits before tax, amortisation and exception... Read More |
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Aculab Announces its ACE 2008 Partner Event: |
21/01/08 |
| Aculab, a provider of enabling technology for the global communications market, has announced that its annual global partner event, Aculab Communications Exchange (ACE), ... Read More |
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Icon Approve Xcelerator IP with Voiceflex SIP Trunks |
21/01/08 |
| Icon the UK distributor of Vertical Communications Xcelerator IP has announced that the system has been tested with the VoiceFlex SIP trunking services from VoiceFlex.
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Thus Extends Relationship With the Abman Network |
21/01/08 |
| Thus plc today announced that it has extended its contract with the Aberdeen Metropolitan Area Network (AbMAN) Ltd, a consortium of further and higher education providers... Read More |
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Top Building Societies Across the UK Choose Avaya |
21/01/08 |
| Avaya has announced three top building societies, Manchester, Leek United and Furness, are now using secure IP Telephony solutions from Avaya which have been deployed, d... Read More |
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310 Million Broadband Subscribers Worldwide as of mid-2007 |
21/01/08 |
| IDATE has released the 10th edition of its reference report on the world broadband market which provides an opportunity to take stock of subscriber growth by country and ... Read More |
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Green IT Debate set to Continue |
21/01/08 |
| Gene Reynolds, consultant at CC. Says green IT is a major topic being debated throughout the IT industry and this trend looks set to continue through 2008.
“While it ... Read More |
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Nimans Expands Hipath Roadshow Events |
18/01/08 |
| Distributor Nimans is reporting huge market interest in Siemens’ innovative HiPath OpenOffice ME system, adding new dates to a series of nationwide roadshows.
Informat... Read More |
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Carphone Warehouse broke Data Protection Act, says ICO |
18/01/08 |
| The Carphone Warehouse allowed customers to view other people's account details, passed inaccurate information on to debt collectors and opened accounts in the wrong name... Read More |
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CPW Report 3rd Quarter Revenue Rise |
18/01/08 |
| In an interim management statement the Carphone Warehouse Group has announced a third quarter revenues rise of 14% and said their outlook for the full year is unchanged.
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ASC Introduces VoIP Recorder |
18/01/08 |
| Call recording vendor ASC has announced the introduction of EVOip 8.0, a new VoIP recording solution with additional channel capacity and compatibility with a wider range... Read More |
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Adept Upbeat for Reseller Market in 2008 |
18/01/08 |
| Ian Fishwick, Managing Director, Adept Telecom, is very upbeat about the market for the coming year. “New sales are at record levels, churn is coming down, margins are up... Read More |
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Commsworld Win Internation Legal Deal |
18/01/08 |
| Commsworld have completed the deployment of a multi-site International IP Solution for HBJ Gateley Wareing, one of the UK's top 60 ranked Legal firms.
The solution wa... Read More |
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Avaya Reaches Out to Mid-Market with 0% Financing |
18/01/08 |
| Avaya has announced the availability of a 0% finance offer, a special promotion designed specifically for European mid-market businesses that allows companies to easily l... Read More |
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Interoute Helps Video Arts bring e-learning content closer to its customers |
17/01/08 |
| Voice and data network company Interoute has today announced that Video Arts, the UK’s leading provider in learning content is using Media Manager, Interoute’s streaming ... Read More |
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Chess Launch Charity 118 Number in Support of NSPCC |
17/01/08 |
| Chess is calling on its channel partners and business customers to help it raise money for the NSPCC by pledging to use the charity’s new 118 520 directory enquiries serv... Read More |
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Westcon Noxs Division Partners with Networks First |
17/01/08 |
| Distributor Westcon has announced that its Noxs security division has signed an agreement with Networks First, an independent provider of support services for network inf... Read More |
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Zeus Technology Teams up with UK Channel Partner Networks Unlimited |
17/01/08 |
| Zeus Technology, a leading provider of application traffic management software, today announced Networks Unlimited will now begin selling and implementing ZWS, ZXTM softw... Read More |
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Thus Urges UK Businesses to Explore Flexible Working Solutions |
17/01/08 |
| Analyst IDC’s Worldwide Mobile Worker 2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis (released 15.01.08) forecasts a dramatic rise in the number of mobile workers, with global figures e... Read More |
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free-hotspot.com Expands Network by 400% in 2007 |
17/01/08 |
| free-hotspot.com, the provider of free Wi-Fi HotSpots, announced that their network quadrupled in size during 2007, from 600 to 2400 HotSpots located in 18 countries acro... Read More |
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Genesys Strengthens its Partner Programme |
17/01/08 |
| Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, an Alcatel-Lucent company, has announced a major addition to its partner certification options - the Gvalidated Application Integ... Read More |
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Synchronica Raises £1.9M in Funding |
17/01/08 |
| Royal Tunbridge Wells based Synchronica al provider of mobile email and synchronisation solutions, has raised USD 3.642 (GBP 1.857) million in funds through a placing of ... Read More |
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O2 Telefónica To Significantly Reduce Data Roaming Charges |
17/01/08 |
| O2 Telefónica To Significantly Reduce Data Roaming Charges
Telefónica has announced a package of pricing propositions that will offer its European customers major redu... Read More |
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A One Handshake Future |
17/01/08 |
| Alastair Mills, CEO of Spiritel, is convinced that there is a long and prosperous future ahead for fixed line services.
“What is less clear cut is who will be sellin... Read More |
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Nortel Targets SMBs with BCM Upgrades |
17/01/08 |
| Nortel has announced the availability in EMEA of a suite of product enhancements for small and medium businesses (SMBs) which they say deliver cost-effective IP telephony... Read More |
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Alan Campbell Group invests a six figure sum in new test and training facilities |
17/01/08 |
| UK and Midlands-based telecommunications infrastructure organisation ACG, the Alan Campbell Group, has invested a six figure sum in new test and training facilities at it... Read More |
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Telephonetics VIP Reminder to save NHS Money |
17/01/08 |
| In what they claim as an industry first, Telephonetics VIP has released an automated notification solution based on speech recognition technology. The automation speciali... Read More |
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Colt Announces UK Winners of the 2007 Partner of the Year Awards |
16/01/08 |
| Business communications provider Colt today reveals the five winners of the UK heat of its European Partner of the Year awards. Following the success of last year’s inau... Read More |
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IT Salaries in London rise by 4.3% in 2007 |
16/01/08 |
| IT Salaries in London continue to outstrip those in the South East region report leading IT Recruitment Agency CV Screen.
The analysis of over 4000 IT positions found ... Read More |
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Freedom helps Movianto UK achieve rapid expansion |
16/01/08 |
| Reseller Freedom has installed an enterprise-class Alcatel IP telephony system for Movianto UK (previously Healthcare Logistics). Movianto is UK’s leading healthcare log... Read More |
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Interactive Intelligence Upgrades IP Business Communications Software Platform |
16/01/08 |
| Interactive Intelligence is releasing a major upgrade to its contact centre automation and enterprise IP telephony software platform.
Version 3.0 of the company’s Cust... Read More |
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Critical Links Announce Launch Seminar |
16/01/08 |
| Critical Links, the makers of the edgeBOX range of appliances today announced a launch seminar to be held at distributor VCOMM's Newbury headquarters on February 12th.
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Switchless reseller Face Challenges say Chess |
16/01/08 |
| According to Warren Pryer – Sales Director at network services company Chess, the traditional switchless reseller is having to face a series of challenges and one of the ... Read More |
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Trojan Slips in as Alcatel Telephone Partner |
16/01/08 |
| Alcatel-Lucent has welcomed on board as a third party synergy partner Trojan Telecoms NRX EVO range of telephones for their telephone PABX systems.
Trevor Evans, Marke... Read More |
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Cash-In on the Mobility Market say Nimans |
16/01/08 |
| Massive potential in the mobility market will open-up major new revenue streams for dealers throughout 2008 and beyond, according to leading distributor Nimans who descri... Read More |
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Icon to offer Gamma SIP Trunks on Xcelerator IP |
16/01/08 |
| Icon the UK distributor of Vertical Communications Xcelerator IP, the VoIP business phone system for small businesses, has announced the completion of the compatibility o... Read More |
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Nimans forms New SIP Alliance |
16/01/08 |
| Telecoms distributor Nimans has joined forces with SIP trunking specialist Voiceflex to provide resellers with a comprehensive platform to fully exploit this growing area... Read More |
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