ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR VARS, SYSTEM BUILDERS AND CONVERGED RESELLERS www.Ccrn.vnunet.com 4 April 2005 Matching fingerprints Creaven trial Some 80 companies have created Government bows to the Fingerprint Sharing Alliance in the is ready to roll fight against internet crime . .4 Sara Yirrell A taste of the high life Midwich has struck deals with Pioneer The court case for company lobby over contracts and Samsung as it prepares for an director Dylan Creaven, who has early entry into HDTV . .15 been charged with alleged VAT Door is opened for negotiation of liability in public-sector projects Contract sports fraud, is due to start tomorrow. Suppliers are at loggerheads with the The former director of com- Mark Ballard government over rewritten contracts ponents distributor Silicon Tech- that shift the burden of failure . .18 nologies Europe was arrested for Public-sector channel players The Hurd mentality an alleged ‘missing trader’ VAT received a morale boost last week Are HP days here again? Yes, if its new fraud, initially estimated at £162m as the government softened up chief exec continues to support the but now believed to be in the over contracts that suppliers channel, says Sara Driscoll . .23 region of £313m. believe could force them to carry Sight and sound His trial, at Blackfriar’s Crown a disproportionate share of Who’s hitting the highs in audiovisual? Court in London, is expected to responsibility for IT failures. Don’t miss our vital in-depth guide to last until the end of July. Suppliers have been cam- this flourishing market . .25 Creaven was arrested in 2002 paigning against a greater burden Meet the voice precedents after an operation codenamed of risk placed upon them by new Whatever comms development rings Chipstick, run by Customs and contracts for government IT proj- door is open. I think that’s rea- competition could force suppliers your bell, you’ll find it at this year’s Excise, the Criminal Assets Bur- ects. They have warned that the sonably promising news.” and channel players to absorb the Comms Channel Expo show . .36 eau, Irish Police and Irish new terms, introduced by the Roger Bickerstaff, an IT con- costs themselves. Revenue Officers of Customs En- Office of Government Commerce tracts lawyer at Bird & Bird, wel- Steve Derbyshire, managing forcement. He was remanded in (OGC) last November, will force comed the change of heart. “It director of VAR Telamon, said custody at HMP Wandsworth, up the cost of government IT indicates there’s scope for dia- the government still needs to www.crn.vnunet.com/voiceanddata but released on bail on the condi- (CRN, October 2004). logue between the OGC and the open up the contracts to a wider Fat boy goes slim tion that he reported daily to Tr ade association Intellect IT industry, otherwise there range of VARs. Cisco has plugged its wireless Belgravia Police Station until the raised nine points of concern in could be a stand-off,” he said. “The only way to get involved LAN gap with the acquisition of trial begins (CRN, 12 January 2004). a letter to the OGC in September. John Sheppard, LogicaCMG is to partner with larger firms and Airespace, and switched to a thin He stands charged with con- But in November, the contracts director of public-sector business, often that doesn’t work out to the wireless architecture . .41 spiracy to cheat the Revenue were introduced despite opposi- said the increased risk that would smaller firm’s advantage,” he said. under Section 1 (1) of the Criminal tion to all but minor complaints. be taken on by suppliers could “I would like to see the gov- Law Act 1977, and money laun- However, last week Intellect increase their costs by between ernment open up the list a little www.crn.vnunet.com/systembuilder dering offences under Section 93 chairman Jonathan Higgins told five and 15 per cent, depending on more, but there is the problem of C (1) (B) of the Criminal Justice CRN: “The OGC has now said, the project. regulating additional suppliers.” White-out for Dell Dell has formally withdrawn from the Act 1988. ‘Pick out three major areas of the “Those costs will inevitably be [email protected] white-box market in the US, claiming [email protected] » nine points you made in your let- passed on to the public sector,” See Analysis, page 18 the decision is based on feedback C www.crn.vnunet.com/news/1157331 C www.crn.vnunet.com/news/1160689 ter and we’ll discuss them.’ So the he said. But he conceded that from the channel . .43 Unified Networks regroups in wake of administration Sara Yirrell primary assets were debts owed price”, to try to gain some divi- “I’m sure there are some pretty www.crnservices.co.uk to it. To protect these debts and dend for creditors. miffed companies out there.” A phoenix has risen from the the workforce, we decided to sell Distribution is understood to Tony Bailey, UK and Ireland ashes of networking VAR Unified shares in a subsidiary company have taken a hit from the admin- channel manager at Nortel, said Networks days after it entered known as Unified Networks istration. Clarity, Northamber the vendor was working hard to administration. Services Limited (UNSL) to and Azlan told CRN they were ensure a smooth transition. “We Just before Easter the Berk- the existing management, which unaffected. are working with Unified to shire-based firm, which dealt means it has the right to trade Simon Hill, UK managing ensure customers still receive the mainly with Nortel, went into under the name.” director at Azlan, said: “This service they expect from Nortel.” administration, appointing BDO All staff have been transferred sort of thing always happens No one at UNSL or distribu- Stoy Hayward as administrator. to the new firm under Transfer when coming out of a recession- tor Westcon, which is believed Andrew Beckingham, business of Undertakings Protection of ary period, when companies to be a supplier, was available restructuring partner at BDO, Employment (TuPE) rules. over-trade on the back of increas- for comment at the time of told CRN: “The firm had two Beckingham said he will be ing market demand.” going to press. sides to its business: equipment looking to realise assets, including Simon Welch, marketing direc- [email protected] installation and maintenance. 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