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Knight in battle

Plimsoll predicts 2010 bloodbath

Firms that have held on through the turmoil of 2009 could be the first victims in 2010, analyst predicts

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New government please?

Will a change of government make the public sector procurement process fairer?

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John Chambers

Cisco bullish despite Q1 slump

Chambers predicts 'most profound opportunity in 25-year history' as network demands set to mushroom

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Cash

Atradius fortifies UK cover

Underwriter says move will facilitate more than £1bn in extra trade

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Insight HQ

Insight Enterprises downbeat on EMEA prospects

Reseller warns of 'continuing softness' in Europe as profits from the region fall sharply

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Bell HQFinancial Results

Bell Micro on upswing with positive Q3 financials

Distributor’s SEC woes are firmly behind it as it gets back to black 06 Nov 2009

Nimans HQFinancial Results

Nimans accounts reveal fall in sales and profits

Distributor saw profit more than halve and turnover fall fractionally in its year to 31 December 2008 06 Nov 2009

Case against £12m fraudster is granted a further adjournment

Raymond May due to appear in court again on 2 December 06 Nov 2009

UCS propels comms VARs into server arena

Up to three fifths of Cisco’s networking and comms partner base expected to invest in technology 06 Nov 2009

TCA body to drive channel issues

New chief executive outlines plans to deepen relationship with reseller members 06 Nov 2009

Plimsoll predicts 2010 bloodbath

Firms that have held on through the turmoil of 2009 could be the first victims in 2010, analyst predicts 06 Nov 2009

Imation launches reseller programme

Vendor unveils channel strategy to push its B2B range 06 Nov 2009

Steve Jobs named chief executive of the decade

Fortune magazine honours Apple supremo 06 Nov 2009

A meeting of minds in a lean, green world

Two years on, one company has used videoconferencing to reduce its emissions by 40,000kg of CO2 a year 06 Nov 2009

Avaya simplifies training in channel rejig

Avaya Connect worldwide partner programme to launch on 1 February 05 Nov 2009

Logicalis unveils cloud division

VAR starts work on £7.5m purpose-built datacentre next to UK HQ to fulfil expected demand 05 Nov 2009

XMA hunts for ‘next Bill Gates’

VAR scouts for talent among UK student population 05 Nov 2009

Dell highlights deal registration boom

Decrease in threshold has paid off, vendor claims 05 Nov 2009

Insight Enterprises downbeat on EMEA prospects

Reseller warns of 'continuing softness' in Europe as profits from the region fall sharply 05 Nov 2009

Cisco bullish despite Q1 slump

Chambers predicts 'most profound opportunity in 25-year history' as network demands set to mushroom 05 Nov 2009

Compellent plans 2010 growth spurt

Vendor outlines strategy for ‘aggressive growth’ with UK partner recruitment drive 05 Nov 2009

Zeus reels in cloud-centric VARs

Zeus on mission to woo specialist resellers for Traffic Manager product for cloud market 05 Nov 2009

Webroot to expand its EMEA reach

Demand for web security has prompted Webroot to boost its partner numbers in EMEA 05 Nov 2009

Stonesoft woos VARs with free accreditation

Security vendor hopes to tempt partners away from rivals with offer 05 Nov 2009

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Caroline Hodson, Trend Micro's channel sales and marketing directorComment

New challenges, new opportunities for collaboration

A new era of security could be dawning, according to Caroline Hodson 04 Nov 2009

John Taylor, Sun business director at InterfaceComment

Sun to shine on if Oracle deal is sealed

Reseller interest in Sun could be revived post-acquisition, predicts John Taylor 03 Nov 2009

SMEs need help on back-up and disaster recovery

Resellers should be working more closely with vendors on back-up and disaster recovery issues in SMEs, claims Michelle McMurray 03 Nov 2009

What future for the hybrid?

Ingram Micro’s acquisition of CCD is probably the biggest acquisition of the year in the channel and it is a very interesting move. 02 Nov 2009

SaaS as a security investment

Failure to invest can be a false economy when it comes to security 02 Nov 2009

What future lies in the cloud?

Resellers can defend their ground with cloud computing, claims David Pratt 30 Oct 2009

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Articles from the 2-11-2009 issue of CRN - Computer Reseller News 02 Nov 2009

Opening up the Windows with new Microsoft OS

Will Microsoft’s latest client OS prove a breath of fresh air for the licensing market? One VAR has completed one of the first deployments of Windows 7 30 Oct 2009

A foreseeable future with Intel

Intel promoted a view of itself as in tune with the daily needs of the end user-facing channel at its UK partner forum this year. 30 Oct 2009

Into the Ethernet for wide-area networks

Ethernet is a reseller opportunity in 2009 and beyond, says Andy Horn 29 Oct 2009

Considering the IP surveillance opportunity

Chris Davies explains why he believes 2010 will be the year the IP surveillance market opens up for resellers 29 Oct 2009

Cloudy future for licensing

Most of us are acquainted with the term cloud computing, but how many of us know what it means for the channel? 26 Oct 2009

Why turning off can be a turn-on

A multi-faceted approach to automation can help companies save cash and improve their security 23 Oct 2009

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