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Westcon Group Launches Industry’s First Online, Multi-Vendor Configurator of Open Source IP/PBX Solutions

4 August 2008

Innovative Tool Can Dramatically Shorten Quotation and Pre-Sales Process for Resellers of Digium’s Asterisk-based Open Source Solutions
Westcon Group Names Dean Douglas as Chief Operating Officer

16 June 2008

Comstor Increases Partner Revenue with Mentor Programme

Westcon Group, Inc.

New Engagement Initiative for SMB Partners Delivers Early Success
Westcon Group Selects AudioCodes for CollaborationPoint OpenSource and ConvergencePoint Programs

28 March 2008

Westcon Combines AudioCodes Media Gateway Products With Nortel, Avaya, Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Popular Digium/Asterisk Open Source IP-PBX to Deliver IP Communications Solutions
Westcon and iHub Bring Hosted IP Services to Reseller Community

10 April 2008

4SureConnections Solution Enables Westcon Resellers to Extend Offerings and Benefit from Annuity Revenues
Channel News
 
Customers use outsourcing power

18/08/2008

A study of recent deals shows that customers may be in a stronger position to negotiate outsourcing contracts

Westcon launches vendor management tool

12/08/2008

A new onboarding tool helps resellers with their certification and growing their lists of vendors
Nortel buys UC specialist Pingtel

13/08/2008

Nortel has bought its previously OEM'd unified communications software specialist Pingtel
Blue Coat claims Packeteer success

14/07/2008

With a series of events, Blue Coat Systems says it has won over some 3000 customers and partners of Packeteer, which it acquired last month
Westcon Group appoints COO

18/06/2008

Westcon has appointed Dean Douglas as COO, a role that has not been used by the company for some years.
Technology News
 
Meru Networks sorts wireless eavesdroppers

08/08/2008

Meru Netowrks has brought out a 802.11 wireless network protection system against outside access
Phone networks' insecurity ignored

28/07/2008

A new study shows that companies are losing out to phone fraud, but not much is being done to stop it
Low-cost broadband booms

16/07/2008

A new study says that broadband access is one of the few things this year to get cheaper
Wireless products go up-market

27/06/2008

Research shows that the price per unit for WLANs is rising as 802.11n hits its stride
One year of 801.11n

23/06/2008

In the year since the draft details were announced, the new Wi-Fi standard seems to have caught on
Vendor News
 
PowerDsine owner points to growth

25/07/2008

Power over Ethernet resumes upward trend, says solution-maker
f5 is upbeat on results

24/07/2008

F5 Networks has shown continuing growth
Blue Coat moves up in ranking

15/07/2008

The latest Gartner study of WAN controllers put Blue Coat at second place in market share for Q1, 2008, up from third previously
Nokia completes acquisition of NAVTEQ

11/07/2008

NAVTEQ's technology will 'add context' for Nokia mobile web services
Crossbeam Systems pushes payment compliance

11/07/2008

Crossbeam publishes a white paper to facilitate compliance of security standards
Technology Research Digest
 
Mini notebooks to boom

12/08/2008

The emerging mini-notebook market sector will grow rapidly in the next year or so, says a researcher
Data services grows but mobile operators must respond

29/07/2008

A new study predicts booming mobile markets, but an expert warns that operators are missing the chance to expand
Blue Coat helps with TIC plan

20/07/2008

Blue Coat is showing how it could secure the US government's public-facing web gateways
Internet banking users threatended by trojan malware

08/07/2008

Research finds that nearly two-thirds of all malicious code are Trojans
IPTV issues should concern vendors

27/06/2008

A new study warns that IPTV vendors will need to push harder to consumers who are being diverted by other entertainment systems
Business Development
 
New survey shows benefit of going green

4/07/08

Companies who are committed to saving energy can save money as well, according to a new survey.

Mobile transactions to top $300bn

01/07/2008

Mobile phone transactions are to boom, according to a new study
Mobile promotion must think strategy

03/06/2008

The global mobile advertising market is hung up on short term issues, says a new study
Servers numbers up, but margins slip

23/05/2008

Gartner says worldwide server shipments grew by 8% while revenue grew by just 4% in the first quarter of 2008
CEO study says change becoming unmanageable

09/05/2008

A new study of the world's CEOs find them looking forward to a period of great change, but unsure how to manage it