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Midmarket takes risky approach to Business Continuity |
30/04/08 |
Activity, an independent security specialist, today unveiled research that indicates that many midmarket organisations may have insufficient business continuity plans to ... Read More |
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Summit Kicks off with Record Attendance |
30/04/08 |
| The 2008 Convergence Summit North kicked off yesterday at the Deansgate Hilton Hotel Manchester with record numbers of visitors pouring through the doors throughout the d... Read More |
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Telstra International Makes Key Appointments to Channel Team |
30/04/08 |
| Telstra International, the global telecommunications provider, today announced it has made three key appointments to its Wholesale sales teams: Tally Rull, Faheem Zafar a... Read More |
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Corporate ICT Runner in the top 1% at the London Marathon! |
30/04/08 |
| Corporate ICT runner Chris Mowle, one of their Sales Consultants, successfully completed the 2008 Flora London Marathon on 13th April in 322nd place. Not only that, but i... Read More |
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Azlan Invests in Skills for Cisco Unified Communications |
30/04/08 |
| Azlan is making further investments in the development of its specialist skills in Cisco Unified Communications to ensure it can meet the needs of partners looking to bui... Read More |
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Nimans ‘Jump Starts’ Swyx Partnership |
29/04/08 |
| Resellers are being urged to act fast to kick-start their sales by moving into a ‘soft’ market with Nimans and pure IP PBX specialist Swyx.
Nimans recently became an o... Read More |
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Spitfire launches business class SIP trunk solution |
29/04/08 |
| Spitfire, the business telecommunications operator and Internet Service Provider, has launched a business quality SIP Trunking service. Spitfire’s SIP Trunking has been d... Read More |
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T-Mobile UK launches new Independent Partner Channel |
29/04/08 |
| T-Mobile UK has appointed John Fannon as National Sales Manager for Independent Partners to oversee the launch of T-Mobile’s Independent Partner programme. Fannon will be... Read More |
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Nortel Virtualization Solution Simplifies Network for Unified Communications |
29/04/08 |
| Enterprises' ability to realize every last dollar from their network investments by instantly adding new services the moment they are needed is now a reality with a new n... Read More |
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Samsung Launch Hosted IP Telephony |
28/04/08 |
| Samsung is leveraging its brand strength, networking technology and applications partnerships to launch Samsung Hosted - a ‘shrink and services wrapped’, SIP based hosted... Read More |
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Nimans Revs Up at Convergence Summit North |
28/04/08 |
| Main sponsor Nimans is promising plenty of thrills and spills at this year’s Convergence Summit North. Not only will the country’s leading telecoms distributor show resel... Read More |
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Fuel Shortage? Use Technology says NMS |
28/04/08 |
| Phill McGowan, managing Director of new Media Software says that the strike at the Grangemouth refinery and rumours that it could spread to other refineries, bring back m... Read More |
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Thus Extends Contract With ScottishPower |
28/04/08 |
| THUS plc today announced that it has extended its contract with ScottishPower to provide, support and maintain the company’s corporate communications infrastructure. The ... Read More |
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UK Businesses Reliant on ‘Bulldog Spirit’ to Cope With Disaster |
28/04/08 |
| In times of crisis, UK businesses rely more on the strong resilient actions of their staff, rather then a detailed business continuity plan, a new study by BT Global Serv... Read More |
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Research says VoIP will Ride Out Global Downturn |
25/04/08 |
| New research by business and financial adviser Grant Thornton predicts that despite the global downturn, consolidation in the VoIP sector will continue apace as Telcos an... Read More |
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Genesis Launches UK’s First Hosted Exchange 2007 Platform |
25/04/08 |
| Business communications company, Genesis, is launching a new suite of hosted services to the channel, including the UK’s first Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft Share... Read More |
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DiVitas Named “Hot Company to Watch in 2008” |
25/04/08 |
| Mobile Unified Communications company DiVitas Networks has been named in Forrester’s independent report, “Hot Companies to Watch in 2008”.
As innovation has become im... Read More |
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Switch Communications Gain OGC Contract |
25/04/08 |
| Alcatel-Lucent premium business partner Switch Communications has been awarded a Catalist Framework agreement by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to supply Voice o... Read More |
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Thus Delivers Ethernet Solution to Support Learning |
24/04/08 |
| Thus has announced that it has extended its contract with the Fife and Tayside Metropolitan Area Network (FaTMAN), a consortium of further and higher education providers,... Read More |
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Nortel First to Achieve Polycom Certified Plus Partner Status |
24/04/08 |
| Nortel has confirmed its ability to deliver managed telepresence services to enterprises and service providers by becoming the first global Telepresence Certified Plus Pa... Read More |
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Westcon Group Europe and AirMagnet Sign Distribution Agreement |
24/04/08 |
| Distributor Westcon Group is set to offer the channel AirMagnet’s entire product line including AirMagnet Laptop Analyzer and AirMagnet Survey.
AirMagnet’s tools, whic... Read More |
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ICU Simplify the Move from Voice to Video Conferencing |
24/04/08 |
| According to ICU Global, enterprises can now move easily and affordably from ‘voice and data only’ net conferences to professional, web-based video-conferencing, messagin... Read More |
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Executel Sews Up £130k Pan-European Deal |
24/04/08 |
| North East communications firm Executel is celebrating after securing one of its largest contracts to date with Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Europe Ltd (SEWS-E).
S... Read More |
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Trapeze Networks Introduces NonStop Wireless |
24/04/08 |
| In what they describe as the most significant breakthrough in wireless LAN technology in recent years for large sized installations, Trapeze Networks has announced new ha... Read More |
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Node4 Supporting the Channel with the Latest Technologies |
23/04/08 |
| Providing customers with the latest technologies at affordable and realistic prices can be a stumbling block for many resellers in the channel if they are not supported e... Read More |
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A Winning Smile all Round |
23/04/08 |
| A reception area that encompasses a running water wall, various rooms with LCD screens and a luxurious ambience oozing throughout the entire building, isn’t what you’d us... Read More |
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Openreach To Fuel Competition With Launch Of New Ethernet Product |
23/04/08 |
| Openreach today announced its intention to launch Ethernet Backhaul Direct, a backhaul solution due to become available in May 2008.
By realising the cost efficiencie... Read More |
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Gardner Departs Universal After 19 Years |
23/04/08 |
| Long standing business partners Ty Gardner and Terry Hunt of reseller Universal Group have parted after working together for 19 years,
Universal Managing Director Terr... Read More |
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Northern Devon Healthcare Deploys Telephonetics VIP |
23/04/08 |
| The Northern Devon Healthcare Trust (NDHT) is using a speech recognition solution, from voice automation specialist Telephonetics VIP, to answer external calls at busy ti... Read More |
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Bailey Teswaine Turns to Inclarity for Hosted VoIP |
23/04/08 |
| Inclarity, the UK-based provider of hosted voice over IP (VoIP) solutions, has signed a channel agreement with ICT specialist Bailey Teswaine. The new partnership will e... Read More |
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VegaStream, Polycom and Vcomm Launch Seminar Series |
23/04/08 |
| According to VegaStream Sales & Marketing VP Steve Davies 2008 is looking to be the year where VoIP and Unified Communications become mainstream.
“Voice, Data and Sof... Read More |
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Westcon & Horizon Win Bid to Distribute Nortel’s SMB Unified Communications Portfolio |
23/04/08 |
| With Nortel considering their new SCS500 unified communications platform for SMB’s a different proposition the vendor had decided to ask distributors to bid for the right... Read More |
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Siemens Announces New OpenScape Contact Centre Solution |
22/04/08 |
| Siemens Enterprise Communications has introduced the OpenScape Contact Centre, a complete voice, unified communications and customer interaction software solution designe... Read More |
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Ice Cold Reception For Nimans Winners |
22/04/08 |
| Top performing Avaya resellers experienced the spectacular Northern Lights in Norway and spent a night in a unique igloo hotel, as part of an exclusive promotion from dis... Read More |
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Customer Adoption Drives Cisco TelePresence to 500-Unit Milestone |
22/04/08 |
| Cisco has announced that it has achieved a major milestone in the adoption of Cisco TelePresence with more than 500 units ordered since the solution’s introduction 18 mon... Read More |
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Unicom Loyalty Levels Stay High as BT ‘Hides Another Price Increase’ |
22/04/08 |
| Manchester-based telecoms company Unicom, which specialises in services for small business, says BT is failing its small business customers both on competitive pricing an... Read More |
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Colt Signs Partner Agreement with Collaboration Specialist vc-net |
22/04/08 |
| As part of its drive to become the communications provider of choice for SMEs in the UK, Colt has announced a new partnership with vc-net, the collaboration solutions pro... Read More |
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Horizon Announces New Investment to Support Channel |
22/04/08 |
| Horizon UK has announced its plan to open the Horizon Technology Centre which will be based in Horizon UK’s offices at Basingstoke and Warrington and will also be remotel... Read More |
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Ramsac Make New Board Appointment |
22/04/08 |
| Ramsac, the IT solutions consultancy, has announced the appointment of Paul Mew to its Board of Directors in the role of Technical Director. Paul will be responsible for... Read More |
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Comms Business May Issue - now available in Interactive format |
22/04/08 |
| Readers of Comms Business can today read the May issue of the Channel's favourite magazine ahead fo their print edition hitting their desks.
Launched last month Comms ... Read More |
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Pace Wins Queens Award for International Trade |
21/04/08 |
| Pace Micro Technology, the developer of digital TV technologies for the global payTV industry, has announced it has won the Queens Award for International Trade.
Pace ... Read More |
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Crossing the Floor - Daisy to work with BT Wholesale |
21/04/08 |
| At BT Tower at the start of April daisy took the opportunity in front of 80 resellers to explain why, after years of using BT as a benchmark against which to compete, it ... Read More |
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2000 registrations recieved for Convergence Summit North! |
21/04/08 |
| Ahead of next weeks Convergence Summit North in Manchester over 2000 registrations have been received for what is sure to be the biggest Channel get together in the first... Read More |
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Green Screen Technology in the Working Environment? |
21/04/08 |
| In today’s environmentally and economic aware society, more and more high profile organisations are considering video conferencing as a green and cost saving alternative ... Read More |
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Samsung Launch Hosted IP Telephony |
21/04/08 |
| Samsung is leveraging its brand strength, networking technology and applications partnerships to launch Samsung Hosted - a ‘shrink and services wrapped’, SIP based hosted... Read More |
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New Sales & Marketing Director for Siemens Financial Services |
21/04/08 |
| Derek Ryan is to be the new Sales & Marketing Director of Siemens Financial Services Limited in the UK, with responsibility for the UK sales and marketing organisation.
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New Logistics Centre Set to Create 30 Jobs for Intrinsic Technology |
21/04/08 |
| A new logistics and warehouse centre in Haydock is set to create more than 30 jobs in the next 3 years.
Double digit growth rates; reliable partners and an ever increa... Read More |
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NT Telecom Unveils Flagship Showroom Facility |
18/04/08 |
| Fast-growing reseller NT Telecom has unveiled a £50,000 new showroom facility to take the business to new heights of success. The company, headed by MD Andy Robinson, has... Read More |
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Will Mobile Broadband Really Spell the End for Fixed Line Connectivity? |
18/04/08 |
| This year has seen an explosion in the uptake of mobile broadband, leading some to suggest that it is becoming a real threat to fixed-line broadband providers. Dan Cole... Read More |
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Fixed Mobile Integration (FMI) Matures to Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) |
18/04/08 |
| TeleWare has announced the immediate availability of a mobile client application. This will allow mobile phone users to access TeleWare telephony applications, such as c... Read More |
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Inclarity Advises Channel to Grab Hosted VoIP Opportunity |
18/04/08 |
| Inclarity, the UK-based provider of hosted VoIP solutions, is holding its channel events for the North and South this month. Resellers can join the UK VoIP provider for a... Read More |
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Gamma Telecom Launches FeaturePlus version 4.0 |
18/04/08 |
| Gamma Telecom has launched version 4.0 of its hosted IP Telephony solution, FeaturePlus, to the channel. The new version builds on the existing features of the solution t... Read More |
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Westcon Convergence 2.0 Focus for Resellers |
18/04/08 |
| Distributor Westcon Group is running an event for resellers entitled “Convergence 2.0: Innovating with IP Solutions” in London on the 14th of May.
Centred on three re... Read More |
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GN Awards Trojan Telecom’s New EVO telephone range Compliant Status |
18/04/08 |
| Trojan Telecom, manufacturers of telephone handsets, and headsets has today announced that its new EVO telephone range has achieved compliant status with a selection of G... Read More |
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Bardsley Team Smashes World Record |
17/04/08 |
| Adam Bardsley of Oak Telecom together with 11 other runners broke the Guinness World Record for non-stop running in the 48 hours leading up to the London Marathon last we... Read More |
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Empire Cinemas gives hosted VoIP the Red Carpet Treatment |
17/04/08 |
| Voicenet Solutions the hosted VoIP provider has been appointed to supply and install a hosted solution for Empire Cinemas, the UK’s newest chain of cinemas. This solution... Read More |
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O-bit Telecom Hits Real Business Hot 100 List |
17/04/08 |
| Elizabeth Sparrow, Sales Manager at O-bit Telecom says her company has been ranked 37th in the Real Business Hot 100 list of fastest growing companies in the UK.
The ... Read More |
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Corporate Telecommunications ‘Clicks’ with Aussie Headset Brand |
17/04/08 |
| Distributor Corporate Telecommunications is to distribute Australian headset brand Addcom in the UK.
The Addcom range is brand new to the UK and, says the distributor,... Read More |
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Croft Gains Recognition from Microsoft |
17/04/08 |
| IT specialist Croft Technology has become one of the only companies in the North of England to be awarded a unique service standard from global giants Microsoft.
Alrea... Read More |
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Home of the World Snooker Championship Chooses On-Communications |
17/04/08 |
| On-Communications, the provider of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), has provided an internet connectivity solution to support Sheffield Theatres three performance venues of t... Read More |
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Comms-care Achieve Cisco Collaborative Services Partner Status |
16/04/08 |
| Comms-care, leader in the provision of channel network and IT support services recently announced that they have become a Cisco accredited Collaborative Services Partner.... Read More |
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3Com Launches VCX Connect at the SMB Market |
16/04/08 |
| 3Com Corporation today announced immediate availability of what they describe as being affordable IP telephony solutions that bring feature-rich enterprise-calibre IP com... Read More |
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GoHello Enhances UK Reseller Programme |
16/04/08 |
| GoHello is today announcing that it is enhancing its UK reseller programme as part of its strategy to build upon its network of channel partners across the UK. GoHello s... Read More |
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C2000 to stage next SME Training Weekend at Alton Towers |
16/04/08 |
| Computer 2000, the UK arm of Tech Data, is expecting more than 120 delegates to attend its next SME Training Weekend, which takes place on the 26th and 27th of April 2008... Read More |
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Solution1 Appoints COO |
16/04/08 |
| Solution1, the provider of managed network services, VoIP and ISP solutions, has announced that it has appointed Karl Wills as their Chief Operating Officer.
Wills wil... Read More |
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Nimans Help NEC Dealers Maximise Sales |
16/04/08 |
| Distributor Nimans is planning a series of nationwide roadshows to highlight new ways for dealers to maximise their revenue potential when selling NEC’s renowned XN120 te... Read More |
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