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Dave the dealer
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A degree of uncertainty

14 May 2012 Am I the only tech market watcher on this side of the Atlantic to be thoroughly bemused by the brouhaha over Yahoo CEO Scott...

The editor's diary
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Partner Connect 2012 is nearly here

09 May 2012 With just over a week to go until our annual event in Coventry - I thought I'd just give it a quick mention again. Don't...

The editor's diary
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I'm sorry, no-one works here

02 May 2012 A new breed of super efficient company is coming. Apparently. The one with hardly any employees because it is super automated,...

Dave the dealer
Dave the dealer blog

San Di-Dave-Go

27 Apr 2012 I had the task of jetting out to San Diego for the recent Cisco partner conference (taking one for the team, I know). The...

The editor's diary
The Editors dairy blog

Trust in me

24 Apr 2012 You can definitely tell it is InfoSec week. My inbox is groaning from the sheer level of security-based press releases...

Dave the dealer
Dave the dealer blog

Show me the money

23 Apr 2012 Smart move Have you noticed how everything is claiming to be smart these days? Smart, this, smart that, smart the other....

Views from the Channel
View from the channel

Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

19 Apr 2012 In the latest sign of a détente between Apple and the channel, it has emerged the vendor has pumped almost a million iPads...

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More money please

18 Apr 2012 We would all like another £7,000 to feel happy, research has claimed. Isn't that one of the most pointless claims ever?...

Dave the dealer
Dave the dealer blog

East is East

18 Apr 2012 Have you been feeling a little peaky of late? Running a temperature? Breaking out in cold sweats? Permit me to diagnose you,...

The editor's diary
The Editors dairy blog

Sales and Marketing Awards shortlist is out!

16 Apr 2012 We are very pleased to announce the first ever CRN Sales and Marketing Awards shortlist. Congratulations to everyone who...

The editor's diary
The Editors dairy blog

Bank holidays cost the economy dearly

10 Apr 2012 I was perusing through Twitter over the Easter weekend when I saw a killjoy headline on Sky News about bank holiday breaks...

Views from the Channel
View from the channel

Time for UC to get its act together

10 Apr 2012 By Doug Woodburn You know a technology is a damp squib when even the resellers pushing it admit it's a non-starter. DLP...

Dave the dealer
Dave the dealer blog

Friends Re-reunited

03 Apr 2012 Ah, what a golden age is this. Phil Neville's clumsiness has just knocked England out of the Euros, this hot new Big Brother...

The editor's diary
The Editors dairy blog

So were you fooled?

02 Apr 2012 Reading through my emails this morning I started feeling incredulous at some of the content until I looked at the date -...

Views from the Channel
View from the channel

Sociable selling

28 Mar 2012 Almost two years ago now, the idea came up from my management team that I go on a social media course. Perhaps they just...

Dave the dealer
Dave the dealer blog

Plane crazy

28 Mar 2012 Ah, there was I thinking the days of resellers ostentatiously displaying our (frankly enormous) wealth had died out along...

The editor's diary
The Editors dairy blog

Clock ticking to CRN Sales and Marketing deadline

19 Mar 2012 Isn't it amazing how time flies? It doesn't seem like five minutes since we launched our brand new summer awards - known...

The editor's diary
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Tesco iPad blunder

14 Mar 2012 I had to laugh when I read about the recent Tesco iPad 3 (pictured) blunder which saw it advertise Apple's shiny new tablet...

Views from the Channel
View from the channel

Apple looks to corner tablet market

14 Mar 2012 Long lines formed at Apple stores across the country and around the world last week in anticipation of the new iPad hitting...

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The Editors dairy blog

Being nice is officially painful

13 Mar 2012 First of all I'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone from the industry that sponsored me for my half marathon efforts...

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CRN On.....Healthcare

healthcare

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

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

CRN Fight Night 2012

One of the fights from CRN Fight Night 2010

Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

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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?


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