The Cisco Certified Architect badge will be awarded to network designers whohave the requisite expertise to deploy networks for global multi-nationals. Itwill sit above CCIE and will place an emphasis on fulfilling the business needsof enterprise customers.

Integra had a long-standing alliance with rival Ingram Micro, but did notrenew its contract with the broadliner after it came to an end in December.

Germany-based Integralis is one of the UK and Europe's last remainingindependent security VAR powerhouses, following the recent sale of Netstoreto 2e2 and Vistorm toEDS . The firm has 511 staff and annual sales of €169m.

AutodeskFinance , which is being rolled out by leasing outfit Syscap ,will provide finance for the full range of the CAD software vendor's 80products.

The distributor today filed its annual report for the years ended 31 December2007 and 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Turnover for2008 stood at $3.6bn (£2.17bn), a drop of nine per cent from 2007 ($3.9bn), andnet lossses stood

The final DigitalBritain report also garnered some applause. However, not everybody clapped.The business of providing IT can and does play a role in all this via theDigital Britain framework, but in fact many channel players have been distinctlyunderwhelmed by the

These firms are running profit margins at an average of 3.8 per cent and haveseen sales rise by three per cent.

Demand for flexible access to applications and the pressure to reduce serverand energy use are increasing its appeal, especially for SMEs which like thepay-per-month pricing and the speed of implementation.

Managed service offerings give an ongoing revenue stream and opportunity toforge closer partnerships with customers.

According to the findings, an increasing number of SMEs are experiencing aboost in trade, with 23 per cent of FSB members reporting a rise compared with16 per cent in February.

The government is pouring £150m into its new Innovation Investment Fund,which is aimed at firms in the digital and life sciences, clean tech andadvanced manufacturing sectors.

Gartnerpredicted this week that by 2012 the emerging world will face an annualtotal of 30 million refurbished PCs which need disposing of. But Tony Roberts,chief executive of Computer Aid, claims second user computers represent lessthan 0.0037 per cent of worldwide

Technical manager Barry Evans and engineering manager Russell Slack bothjoined the integrator in 2002.

Partners that join the programme will work with Red Hat on technical support,security updates, hardware certification, sales and marketing, and businessmodels.

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The FBI is charged with hunting down Public Enemy No. 1: John Dillinger.

Absurd animated comedy.

Foul-mouthed racist pensioner stands up to gang leaders in his neighbourhood.

A woman loses her mind after her lover is decapitated in a car accident.

FBI agents try to track down a group of masked killers with the help of three survivors.