Business news, analysis, comment and reviews for resellers and VARs in the UK computer channel

CRN Fight Night 2012

One of the fights from CRN Fight Night 2010

Date: 24 May 2012

Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

CRN On.....Healthcare

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Date: 24 May 2012

The first in an exciting series of events delving into vertical markets. This event digs deeper into issues around the healthcare supply chain

CRN Sales and Marketing Awards

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Date: 21 Jun 2012

Brand new event launched to celebrate individual and team performance within the channel

Next live event
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CRN Partner Connect 2012

Date: 17 May 2012

CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena

One day to Coventry kick-off

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The CRN Partner Connect trade show and seminar programme this Thursday promises a range of ways to score

Giant slaying

Simon Williams and Hitesh Patel of Red Hat

Doug Woodburn speaks to Red Hat about the vendor's recent successes and its plans to bring the virtualisation fight to industry behemoth VMware - and win

4G or not 4G?

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With the UK lagging behind less-developed countries when it comes to the next-generation mobile network, and one operator in particular driving 4G adoption. Sara Yirrell examines the state of play

Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Apple may well be interested in moving into this style of distribution, however, typically the margins for resellers are not...

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John Mitchell is UK channel sales manager at Brocade

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Cloud computing

CRN Q&A: Stephen Ennis, Avnet

Is there a clear role for the channel in cloud computing? And where does distribution fit in?

The CRN Top VARs roundtable in the studio

CRN Top VARs: The future of the reseller

CRN chats to four differing VARs and a distie about recession, collaboration, cloud and protecting margins



The Editors dairy blog

The editor's diary

Partner Connect 2012 is nearly here

The channel's biggest networking opportunity is coming to Coventry on Thursday 17 May

Dave the dealer blog

Dave the dealer

A degree of uncertainty

Dave wonders what all the Scott Thompson fuss is about, while a big cheese closer to home may also have overplayed his credentials

View from the channel

Views from the Channel

Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn

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Colour printing: why the bill keeps outstripping the budget

The wrong printers, for the wrong tasks on the wrong contracts

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Magic quadrant for business intelligence platforms

Who leads the BI pack and who should we be watching out for?