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XMA back on its feet after 2011 public sector knockdown

Sales rise in calendar 12 but profits dip

Public sector 2 YEARS behind biz on cloud adoption - suppliers

Gov services framework will be fluffier next year

Public-sector biz Civica UK flaunts fit figures to keep sugar-daddies sweet

Will 3i float or flog outsourcing champ?

Stone Computers sales catch cold as public sector keeps sneezing

Admin cost slash hanky wipes mucus off profit sleeve
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Distie vet Low to head new public sector biz at C2000

Channel veteran Cathi Low has returned to her old stomping ground at Computer 2000 to head up a newly assembled public sector team, months after quitting arch rival Ingram Micro to seek out a "new career challenge". Low, who is set to become director of the public sector business unit, left C2000 in 2006 after 12 years on board …

VC plans to flog or float public sector biz Civica next year

Private equity backers of public sector services and software player Civica are reportedly gearing up to punt or float the business early next year. Venture capitalist 3i is reviewing its options, says the FT. This comes more than four years after 3i forked out £190m to take the one-time AIM-listed operation private. Investment …

Public sector exempted from swingeing Microsoft UK price hike

Redmond keen to avoid another Maude handbag
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Public sector IT buyers 'hogtied by mess of red tape'

Blighty's public sector IT bean counters face a bewildering mess of overlapping tech purchasing bureaucracy, channel sources have warned. Three wide-reaching frameworks that direct government tech spending will end up running in parallel into next spring, potentially confusing purse holders. Of the three schemes, one is the £ …
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Insight blames public sector for sales dip

A strong currency tailwind lifted Insight Enterprises's second quarter sales to growth in Europe as spending cuts in the public sector started to bite. Favourable forex conversions underpinned a 12 per cent rise in sales to $403m (£248m) but excluding the currency impact, sales were flat with a two per cent dip in hardware …

Public-sector software and services looking limp

Outsourcing IT departments the only bright spot

Huge jobs loss to follow public sector cuts

A million posts down the tubes as govt slims down

Public IT supplier frameworks aren't baffling – gov organ

'No confusion' over trio of overlapping deals... say procurement peeps

Cabinet Office unveils Public Services Network suppliers list

12 firms ink deals worth up to £3bn to build gov infrastructure

Change to sustain public sector ICT spend

Spending to support cost cuts offsets cuts

UK gov probes Comet crash: Public, private sectors LOST £257m

But VC will pull £50m from flaming wreckage

CRINGE! Home Office wants to know whether your boss BEATS YOU

Skeeved-out staffers: No, I said we flog BOXES...

G-Cloud overlord McDonagh gets CBE nod from Queen

'How long have you worked here? What do you do? Have a medal'
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WStore wants to wow public sector

Online supplier of business IT equipment WStore has said it will build-up a sales team working exclusively for the public sector. WStore was awarded Catalist IT supplier status in 2006 covering software, supplies, and office accessories. It has been steadily building sales in the public sector ever since, with an estimated …

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Eddie Pacey

Does it do what it says on the tin? Credit insurance, that is
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Dale Vile

Corporate decision-making's got nowt on non-techie MDs

Alexandre Mesguich

Cloud, virtualisation, mobile tech require fatter pipes

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