Caroline Donnelly is a reporter for CRN magazine and its web site, Channelweb.co.uk. She covers general news and the storage market.

Caroline has been a member of the CRN team since November 2009 and has previously worked for local weekly newspaper, The Slough and Windsor Observer, and B2B title, Dentistry.

 

Preparing for disaster

Confidential flash drive dropped in puddle

End users are failing to grasp the importance of disaster recovery, claims the channel. Caroline Donnelly reports 28 Mar 2012

Dell counters partners' product warranty woes

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Hardware giant spells out warranty stance, as partners hit back over dealing with distribution 23 Mar 2012

John Lewis seeks IT staff in customer service push

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High street retailer sets out to recruit 30 IT staff this year 22 Mar 2012

Game prepares to call in adminstrators

Struggling computer game retailer announces intention to appoint an administrator following fallout with suppliers 21 Mar 2012

Trams clears up Cancom closure rumours

Apple reseller's new owner to gun for growth by focusing on Cancom's B2B success 21 Mar 2012

Cancom confirms "temporary" store closures

Apple Premium Reseller has closed its remaining retail outlets several days after rival's takeover 20 Mar 2012

VARs urged to act on "margin-eroding" cloud price cuts

Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services have all cut the price of their cloud services, but at what cost to the channel? 19 Mar 2012

BSA nabs unlicensed building firm

Anti-piracy body to receive £10,000 from Blackpool-based building firm 14 Mar 2012

Bridging the gap

HP has unveiled plans to train 20,000 people in IT over the next four years to help ease partners’ recruitment woes. Caroline Donnelly reports 13 Mar 2012

C2000 bags UK-wide deal with Acronis

Disaster recovery vendor forges closer ties with Tech Data following end of CMS Peripherals partnership 12 Mar 2012

Crash-free clouds at least five years away, claims vendor

Disaster recovery software specialist VirtualSharp talks up cloud channel opportunity 12 Mar 2012

Citrix heralds SMB push with new partner programme

Vendor giant pushes partners to take advantage of SMB demand for virtualisation 09 Mar 2012

Kelway prescribes RES to soothe NHS Trust's login woes

VAR forges closer ties with Aintree NHS Foundation Trust through desktop management software rollout 09 Mar 2012

Microsoft talks up cloud sales training

Software giant rolls out sales training courses to help partners bag cloud deals 08 Mar 2012

CA shines a light on mainframe skills shortage

Software giant claims more needs to be done to counter the mainframe talent shortage 07 Mar 2012

NetApp announces new EMEA boss

Storage vendor promotes Manfred Reitner to senior vice president for EMEA with immediate effect 07 Mar 2012

HDS rolls out zero-per-cent financing scheme

Storage vendor introduces leasing initiative to ease financial burden of IT upgrades 06 Mar 2012

Iomega debuts NAS channel sales sweeteners

EMC-owned vendor rolls out deal registration and rebate incentives to drive up NAS SMB sales 06 Mar 2012

Storage Fusion tools up for partner push

Avisen-owned ISV rolls out new storage analytics product and hints at soon-to-be-announced distributor and reseller signings 06 Mar 2012

Second Sony Centre owner calls in administrators

Future of 16 Sony Centre stores hangs in the balance as owners placed in administration 05 Mar 2012

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

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Magic quadrant for business intelligence platforms

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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