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CompTIA has announced the details of Dream IT – it’s UK career-boosting initiative. Dream IT will consist of a library of resources, as well as speaker presentations and networking events. With the aim of connecting 10,000 people in IT careers, the initiative will feature at CompTIA’s 2015 EMEA Member & …

In this brand new roundup IT Channel Expert will be bringing you details of the state of the global IT and tech market each month. During August IDC has reported that worldwide server market revenues grew 6.1 per cent in Q2, which the firm says was bolstered by strong demand …

A new study reveals that 87 per cent of businesses feel that employees using their personal devices for work is making security more challenging, yet many do not consider these challenges as high priority security concerns. The research, conducted by F-Secure, found that only 29 per cent of the 1780 …

With Gartner’s prediction that there will be 25 billion IoT devices by 2020, Symantec has announced that it is leading the effort to protect users from hacks against their always-on devices. The firm says it is securing more than one billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices right now, including everything …

Distributor Westcoast has revealed how tech is being used in the education sector and what resellers need to do to build up lasting relationships with schools and universities. Phil Bell, head of major accounts at Westcoast, spoke to our sister publication, PCR, about the evolving education market and discusses how …

You could be in with a chance to win a free HP Stream 8 tablet by simply telling us your opinions on working with partners in the education sector. Our sister publication, PCR, has teamed up with distributor Westcoast to offer the tablet to one lucky reader. To enter the …

SaaS partner relationship management firm Impartner is urging companies to resist the temptation to build their own partner portal. Impartner warns that in the age of the ‘lego-isation of IT’, all the pieces of the IT puzzle must snap together. Chief marketing officer Dave R Taylor believes that internally developed …

B2B distributor Exertis has appointed two new Fujitsu experts to its Enterprise Division team. Olly Moorby and Dave Smith join Exertis with a decade’s worth of experience of distributing enterprise grade solutions to private and public sector organisations between them. Specialising in Fujistu’s solutions, their appointments are effective immediately. Moorby …

CompTIA is now offering guidance, templates and tools to help IT organisations optimise their sales operations. The trade body’s Sales Toolkit has a best practice library from leading IT companies and SMEs and is estimated to be worth over £3,000. It provides practical, vendor neutral advice for business owners and …

Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope project will be using HGST’s HelioSeal hard disk drives to store imaging data from a supermassive black hole. A world first, the project will create an Earth-sized telescope array and use big data techniques to create a composite picture of the Sagittarius A* supermassive …