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Community 01.09.2010
Cisco’s Jordan Fastnedge, channel service account manager, presents Networks First’s Alex Hodge, marketing manager, with the Cisco UK Services Partner of the Year trophy.

Networks First wins Cisco UK Services Partner of the Year 2010

Highlights include highest conversion rate and customer satisfaction score more...
News 22.08.2010
Damovo's Mike Parton says clients are looking for suppliers who are not only capable of planning, designing and implementing unified communications and security solutions, but who can support and manage them too.

Damovo Group awarded Cisco Managed Services Master status

Reseller recognised as Cisco Managed Services specialist more...
News 18.08.2010
Distributor Magirus has announced 15 percent growth in its UK storage sales, stemming largely from its EMC business.

Magirus bucks trend thanks to EMC sales

Distributor outperforms channel storage market with double digit growth in EMC storage sales more...
News 05.07.2010
Charles Ferland believes that BLADE's product's performance story, virtualisation support and low energy usage can help channel partners get their feet in the door.

BLADE opens door for partners with virtualisation technology

By Will Garside
OEM player heads into channel with top of rack switching aimed at chipping away at Cisco dominance more...
Diary 16.06.2010
Cisco-TANDBERG 2010 Telepresence Events

Cisco-TANDBERG 2010 Telepresence Events

Cisco-TANDBERG 2010 Telepresence Events
mvision, London
September 8 & 22, 2010 more...
News 15.06.2010
Paul Phillips, regional director for the UK and Ireland says that although there is now some competition with HP, they are still

Foundry acquisition to deliver innovative converged networks for Brocade

By Will Garside
SAN king takes aim at Cisco with “anything to anything” virtual networking more...
News 02.06.2010
Thierry Drilhon, VP worldwide partner organisation at Cisco says the firm is helping partners with limited budgets, resources or marketing expertise to win business.

Cisco steps up partner marketing support

New Partner Demand Centre offers marketing funds, tools and support for Cisco channel. more...
News 24.05.2010
Ed Callacher, divisional leader, networking and security at Bell Micro says that any reseller completing a HP server and storage deal should now automatically look to incorporate HP networking.

Bell Micro takes on HP Networking portfolio

By Christine Horton
[HP] is a credible and cost-effective alternative to Cisco
Distributor says HP’s acquisition of 3Com creates “alternative” to rival Cisco. more...
News 28.04.2010
Senior VP of Cisco’s Worldwide Partner Organisation, Keith Goodwin kicked off the company’s Partner Summit 2010 in San Francisco.

Cisco talks ‘bold’ moves with partners

By Christine Horton
Leadership is about breaking the rules together and owning the game
Cisco identifies four key areas for growth at Summit; urges partner investment. more...
News 28.04.2010
Cisco unveiled a handful of new initiatives to partners at the opening session of its Partner Summit 2010 in San Francisco.

Cisco: Partners need services for success

By Christine Horton
Cisco reveals new initiatives to help partners ‘evolve’ to services-led businesses.
more...
News 27.04.2010
Cisco has apologised to partners for the ongoing problems with its supply chain, and said it is working to fix them.

We’re fixing supply chain problems, says Cisco

By Christine Horton
We’re not happy where we are, but we’re going to continue to see progress over the next couple of months
Cisco addresses channel partners’ complaints about product delivery times; looks to do better. more...
News 29.03.2010
After a challenging start to the year, the Western European security appliance market turned around in 4Q09.

Security appliance market set to bounce back, says IDC

On the back of better than expected results in 4Q09, analysts at IDC anticipate the security appliance market will fully rebound in 2010. more...
News 23.03.2010
IT distributor Magirus has begun its push into the datacentre.

Magirus begins “total” datacentre push

By Will Garside
Management team expanded; MTI and ANS Group first to sign up for new programme

more...
News 15.03.2010
Ruckus Wireless has launched a new range of WiFi access points which it claims outperforms market leader Cisco.

Ruckus launches new wireless range to outperform and undercut Cisco

By Will Garside
Firm also offers channel discounted AirMagnet software with new partner programme planned for Q2. more...
Re/Source 12.02.2010
Craig Nunes of 3PAR says 2010 will be the year in which infrastructure vendors selling a “complete stack” of virtualisation hardware, software, and services battle it out with those selling individual, “best-of-breed” products.

2010: Battle in the Clouds

By Craig Nunes, vice president of marketing, 3PAR
As 2010 promises to be the year in which cloud computing and virtualisation become more mainstream, who will win market leadership dollars as customers move from hosting their own applications to running them over the cloud? more...
News 04.02.2010
Denise Bryant, UK managing director at Magirus says the distributor is also recruiting established VMware and EMC partners.

Cisco names Magirus first speciality datacentre distributor

By Will Garside & Christine Horton
Magirus is hanging its hat early on the cloud computing model and that’s a brave move – and probably right
Cisco portfolio joins VMware and EMC in focused offering to channel. more...
News 28.01.2010
Chris Gabriel, director of solutions and marketing for Logicalis

Logicalis launches enterprise cloud service

By Will Garside
Matched architecture model to use Cisco, NetApp and VMware ‘style’ reference design with support for Microsoft Hyper-V. more...
News 28.01.2010
Kelway CEO Phil Doye

Cisco awards Gold Partner status to Kelway

Mid-market IT provider Kelway has achieved Cisco Gold Certified Partner status, the highest certification level for partners within the Cisco partner programme. more...
News 25.01.2010
Joel Chimoindes, Avnet Technology Solutions, UK, Unified Communications director says the distributor will never go direct to end customers.

Avnet secures top Tandberg UC accreditation

By Will Garside
With Cisco reputedly now in the last stages of finalising its purchase of Tandberg, and with Avnet the most qualified Tandberg distributor in Western Europe, the potential for Avnet to extend it recent US agreement to the UK is likely to increase.
Closer relationship could prove valuable if videoconferencing vendor succumbs to Cisco takeover; Avnet and Cisco UK marriage on the cards? more...
Reviews 13.01.2010
The IronPort S160 is more costly than many other solutions but offers some of the toughest web filtering available.

Cisco IronPort S160 review

By Dave Mitchell
Cisco brings tough web filtering and anti-malware services to SMBs plus standard support for HTTPS. more...
Community 18.12.2009
Wireless vendor Aruba Networks has named Bob Bruce as its new vice president of worldwide channel sales.

Industry veteran to head up Aruba channel sales

IT managers are looking for bids from networking vendors other than Cisco, and as a best-of-breed vendor Aruba is named as a ‘disproportionate beneficiary’ of that trend.
Aruba Networks names ex-Meru exec Bob Bruce as VP of worldwide channel sales.
more...
Reviews 15.12.2009
The NSS2000 offers some unusual storage features, but performance is pedestrian.

Cisco NSS2000 review

By Dave Mitchell
Cisco's two-bay NAS appliance offers interesting storage features, but its performance isn't up to par. more...
News 04.12.2009
Gordon Mackintosh, head of small business & distribution, Cisco UK and Ireland believes that the network is more relevant today for the SMB.

Cisco celebrates SME push with new products and financing

By Will Garside
Select partners also offered “not for resale” deep discount and two-day free training. more...
Re/Source 25.11.2009
Peter Titmus, chairman  of Networks First, believes resellers should focus on availability rather rather than response times when it comes to maintaining IT network infrastructures,

The Changing Face of IT Network Maintenance

Peter Titmus, chairman of Networks First discusses how a mind shift is required for resellers to take advantage of the opportunities presented in the maintenance of IT network infrastructures, following a trend in focus towards availability rather that response times. more...
News 20.11.2009
Daryl Brick, country manager, HP ProCurve Networking, UK & Ireland, believes the proposed acquisition of 3Com will allow the firm to offer a true “end to end” solution to challenge the likes of Cisco.

HP boosts ProCurve alliance as Cisco fight looms

By Will Garside
ProCurve is positioning itself as a clear choice for customers against the dominance of Cisco
HP has announced an expansion of its ProCurve ONE partner programme, adding five new vendors under its umbrella as the firm steps up its campaign to match Cisco as a provider of end-to-end networking solutions. more...
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