http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk Latest Telecommunications News At 12:00:00 EST en-us Copyright 2011 Miles Publishing Limited http://commsbusiness.co.uk/rss/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS/Small_Header.gif http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk Data Centre company Node4 says that with ambitious plans and growing trends in cloud computing they are a company that will lead the pack this year. By 2014 more than 50% of global workloads will take place in the cloud, rising to 57% by 2015, predicts Cisco's Global Cloud Index. For 2010, that n... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15568 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:54:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15568 Channel Telecom can now offer channel partners MobileOffice, a fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) solution for use both with Channel Telecom's hosted telephony service and as an added-value feature for their SIP trunk offering. MobileOffice supports a range of mobile devices including iPhone, iPad and A... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15563 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:28:09 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15563 Eclipse Internet has announced more changes to its reseller offering. These changes follow their success in the last six months on the back of an aggressive partner pricing system delivering market-leading margins, value-added technical support in the shape of unique monitoring tool Sentinel, and n... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15564 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:37:14 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15564 Wick Hill today announced that it has been appointed by A10 Networks, technology leader in application networking, as UK and Ireland distributor. A10 Networks makes high performance products that help organisations of all sizes accelerate, optimise and secure their applications. VAD Wick Hill, speci... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15565 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:42:06 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15565 SMEs are looking for faster, more reliable connectivity and this presents an opportunity for resellers to upgrade their broadband bases and take business from any competitors that fail to do the same. ADSL2+ is now widely available and the market is experiencing a wave of demand for fibre broadband ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15566 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:48:04 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15566 LifeSize has announced the LifeSize UVC Platform, the industry's first integrated and virtualised software solution for HD video conferencing infrastructure. UVC stands for universal video collaboration, LifeSize's vision for all products and technologies, focusing on flexibility, simplicity and per... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15567 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:50:44 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15567 ioSafe, the provider of disaster proof hardware, has announced a new partnership with distributor Micro-P. This new alliance is effective immediately and sees Micro-P distributing the full range of ioSafe's fireproof and waterproof data storage products throughout the UK. "The vast majority of da... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15569 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:35:12 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15569 ShoreTel, provider of IP phone systems with fully integrated unified communications (UC), announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M5 Networks ("M5”), a recognized leader in hosted Unified Communications. As a result of the acquisition, ShoreTel will be uniquely positioned to provi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15583 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:59:12 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15583 A shift in SIP demand has been noted by Nimans as the ‘balance of power' begins to slowly tilt away from traditional ISDN. "In the past businesses would keep their ISDN lines and maybe have some SIP trunks for resilience. But now more are putting SIP trunks in as their main platform supported b... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15547 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:33:18 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15547 UK consumers are achieving 22 per cent faster broadband speeds at home than they were 12 months ago, new Ofcom research reveals. In November 2011, the average actual UK residential broadband speed was 7.6Mbit/s, compared with 6.2Mbit/s in November/December 2010, and 6.8Mbit/s in May 2011. Th... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15556 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:10:55 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15556 ShoreTel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire M5 Networks, a provider of hosted Unified Communications. As a result of the acquisition, ShoreTel will be uniquely positioned to provide customers a choice between on-premise and hosted UC solutions. Under the terms of the definitive agreeme... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15578 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:08:39 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15578 A "Freephone” Mobile Voice Short Code (MVSC) service has been deployed across all mobile networks to offer a number of benefits to businesses including a mobile friendly alternative to traditional Freephone numbers to further encourage two-way communication with customers. Until now, using a mobi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15548 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:35:18 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15548 Data Track Technology is looking for companies who spend £500k plus on their phone bills. According to the company, research has shown that these organisations could be paying between 8% and up to 40% more on their phone bills than they should. The Telecoms Expense Management (TEMs) service from Da... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15549 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:30 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15549 Comms-care, the Channel IT Support Partner, recently rewarded their top performing Sales Team members with an adrenaline fuelled trip to Miami as part of their annual ‘Elite Club' sales incentive. In its third year, following previous trips to Finland and Iceland, members of the Elite Club found ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15550 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:42:07 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15550 ISP Zen Internet has strengthened its Sales Team with two key appointments. David Clapham joins Zen as the new Solutions Sales Manager and Matt Whitworth as the new Telesales Team Manager. David brings with him over 20 years management experience from the Telecommunications industry, having he... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15551 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:44:43 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15551 Swyx has announced the results of its Channel Awards as part of its Channel Update Tour at its new offices in Stockley Park. Over 50 channel partners attended the event, and along with product announcements such as a new Swyx app for iPhone and Android, two resellers were honoured as part of the ve... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15552 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:56:16 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15552 Alcatel-Lucent and Belgacom, Belgium's leading provider of integrated telecommunications services, are offering enterprises a new tool to enable them to improve operations and identify potential cost savings. Alcatel-Lucent's ‘Application Assurance' solution provides unprecedented visibility into wh... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15555 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:03:47 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15555 Alcatel-Lucent Financial Services has extended its 0% finance promotion until 31st March 2012 owing to its runaway success since it was launched last summer. The offer, which includes a three month payment deferral for 'bedding-in' of new technology, is available through the network of Alcatel-Lucen... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15585 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:50:02 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15585 Panasonic has announced that it is forming a new company, Panasonic System Communications Company Europe (PSCEU), which will integrate 12 different B2B product categories, project management and services into one organisation. The new PSCEU is made up of four business divisions: Communication... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15545 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:04:00 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15545 Cloud services provider, InTechnology has warned that businesses in the UK are overlooking the benefits of SIP trunking due to network vendors pushing for them to use ISDN30. Roy Farrow, divisional product director at InTechnology, said: "We know from our customers that an unnecessary climate of... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15541 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:42:03 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15541 Union Street Technologies, the supplier of comms billing solutions, has appointed two of its senior executives to the company's board of directors. Alper Kazaca is now Development Director and Paula Wright is Operations Director. The aim is to strengthen the company's senior management team followin... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15542 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:47:37 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15542 Comms-care, the Channel only IT support partner has recently announced the appointment of three new Directors to the company's Board in response to their strategic push into new services. The appointments include Rob Darby – Sales Director, Richard Eglon – Marketing Director, and Mark Forster – ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15543 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:54:50 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15543 Networks First, the provider of support services for network infrastructure, has successfully designed and implemented a new LAN and WLAN for James Hall & Co. The north of England distributor for the SPAR convenience stores called on Networks First to manage the IT challenges of moving to larger ... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15544 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:57:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15544 Smartphones and social media have opened people's eyes to the power of modern communication, creating more reseller opportunities at the lower end of the PBX market. Paul Burn, Head of System Sales at Nimans, says more intuitive ways of keeping in touch has raised expectations based on integrated... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15546 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:31:21 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15546 BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions says that in the current climate, businesses need to operate at peak efficiency and control costs like never before. "One significant source of headache for many businesses is the timely collection of equipment maintenance and servicing fees. Service plans present a... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15527 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:49:09 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15527 North East technology solutions company Aspire is continuing with its significant recruitment drive by appointing a team of five experienced sales executives. Following relocation to new high profile headquarters in Gateshead at the end of last year, the rapidly-expanding company has recruited Mi... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15530 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:51 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15530 Distributor ScanSource, Inc. has announced complete financial results for its second quarter ended December 31, 2011. In the quarter ended December 31, 2011 the company achieved net sales of $782.7 million and net income of $21.4 million "Our excellent quarterly results were led by record sal... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15531 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:25:39 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15531 Distributor Westcon held an event for Avaya partners last week and gave a detailed insight into Avaya's portfolio, looking across the infrastructure platforms, UC, Collaboration, Contact Centre and Networking. Marketing Director Runa Macleod commented, "We had 130 attendees – so very well attend... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15532 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:31:34 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15532 Inspire Bradford Business Park has appointed IT and communications company essensys to provide all ICT and telecommunications services at the development, due to open in March 2012. Founded in 2006, essensys is a provider of fully managed IT and communications services to serviced offices and fl... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15533 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:37:23 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15533 Rittals pre-cast concrete base/plinths for their range of outdoor free-standing enclosures have been developed to simplify installation and eliminate the need to pour concrete on site. Manufactured from a specially developed light, untreated concrete, the units are 1M high when assembled and id... http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15534 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:38:29 GMT http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=15534