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Teksys bosses leave Didata to hit M&A trail
Alan Watkins and Kevin Lewis leave to focus on Blackhawk Investments venture
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VADs lose ground in UK distribution race
ChannelWeb research shows the big got bigger during the recession, while the chasing pack of specialists endured sales and profit declines
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Desktops regain their touch in Q2
PC sales in the UK have returned to growth in the opening months of the year
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BT increases profitability in robust Q1
Telco puts an extra £100m on its bottom line despite marginal sales declines in all units
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Financial ResultsIngram sales up more than a quarter in Q2
Distribution giants enjoys healthy sales growth as profits more than double 30 Jul 2010
LegalFAST launches three-pronged attack on piracy
Organisation joins forces with Trading Standards teams in Cardiff, Southampton and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to stamp out illegal software use 30 Jul 2010
Avisen grows sales threefold after shopping spree
Buy-and-build firm completes integration of six acquisitions as annual revenue grows to £7.2m 30 Jul 2010
F5 Networks adds VADition for storage push
Niche distributor joins Computerlinks, Avnet and Westcon Security in UK line up 29 Jul 2010
DSGi's iPad stranglehold loosened
Exactly two months after the iPad's launch, Apple expands the product's retail presence 29 Jul 2010
Wood to make Resolutions in channel return
Symantec channel chief Helen Wood to oversee EMEA expansion of SaaS firm Resolutions MSP 29 Jul 2010
VADs lose ground in UK distribution race
ChannelWeb research shows the big got bigger during the recession, while the chasing pack of specialists endured sales and profit declines 29 Jul 2010
Compellent grows by over a quarter
Storage vendor hails revenue growth and new customer wins in Q2 results 29 Jul 2010
Most read stories
Teksys bosses leave Didata to hit M&A trail
Alan Watkins and Kevin Lewis leave to focus on Blackhawk Investments venture 29 Jul 2010
GTDC: Distribution is leading IT sector recovery
Latest figures from Global Technology Distribution Council show IT sales are increasing in the US and Europe 29 Jul 2010
BDNA taps into software audit deluge
US asset discovery vendor seeks VARs as it arrives in UK with antitode for software licensing audits 29 Jul 2010
BT increases profitability in robust Q1
Telco puts an extra £100m on its bottom line despite marginal sales declines in all units 29 Jul 2010
Vision clears for Double-Take VARs
New owner confirms Double-Take name and product road map will stay 29 Jul 2010
DataFort fixes price woes
Vendor reveals reasoning behind its fixed pricing delivery model 29 Jul 2010
DMSL eyes hosted VoIP boom
Distributor overhauls fixITlocal scheme and promises VARs plentiful leads on hosted opportunities 29 Jul 2010
Arrow profit margin returns to 2007 levels
Distributor’s Q2 profits quintuple as enterprise computing and component sales both grow double digits 28 Jul 2010
US giants win out in McAfee distribution rejig
Arc Technology loses out as security vendor moves from four to three UK distributors 28 Jul 2010
Bull joins ACS herd
VAR adds to growing furniture business with Bull acquisition 28 Jul 2010
VARs Rise to cloud challenge
Fasthosts' new cloud services arm claims first-year VAR recruitment targets will be smashed 28 Jul 2010
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CommentWeighing access against risk
Companies must get back to evaluating risk levels in terms of network access and who has it, says Jody Brazil 30 Jul 2010
CommentSoftware development should focus on quality
Martin Rice believes people are measuring the wrong metric in software projects 29 Jul 2010
Desktops regain their touch in Q2
PC sales in the UK have returned to growth in the opening months of the year 28 Jul 2010
SAP rising for a new season
Growing software sales might be harder than it used to be, but SAP has a plan 28 Jul 2010
CRM imperative for all
Steve Mance says CRM is an important strategic sale for companies of all sizes 28 Jul 2010
Selling the sales engineer role
IT professionals on the job market should consider if they have the skills for sales engineering, says Gina Citroni 27 Jul 2010
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Building the wireless networks of the future
Morgan Kurk reckons wireless IT resellers need to get their foot in the door before there is even a door 27 Jul 2010
Sunshine beyond the clouds
Mit Patel states where he sees the opportunities for VARs in cloud implementation 23 Jul 2010
Please don't leave it too late
Channel Awards deadline of 6 August is looming fast 21 Jul 2010
CRN Special Report: Embracing the Cloud
This special report looks at the issue of how the channel survives cloud computing and how, despite the fears, it is actually possible to make a profit 21 Jul 2010
Questions around SAM
Organisations should answer a number of questions before buying new software licences, says Keith Rock 21 Jul 2010
Next generation BPO in our sights
Business process outsourcing is being taken to a new level 16 Jul 2010
CRN Chatroom: Embracing the Cloud in the Channel
This CRN Chatroom, in association with IBM, looks at the impact of cloud computing on the channel and the benefits it can offer to resellers
In the Studio with CRN: VARs lift lid on ADSI
CRN finds out more about the UK IT security channel's first governing body
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