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Cloud computing: really useful or a load of hot air?

Are end users really all that interested in cloud computing and are any getting genuine benefits, asks Fleur Doidge 15 Mar 2010

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Hill-Wilson lifts lid on new venture

Former Datapoint strategy director claims e-learning specialist Brainfood Training is already attracting big-name interest 10 Mar 2010

It is a dog’s life hunting the latest tech trends

Don’t get distracted by the overexcited – and short-sighted – spaniels among us, says Dale Vile 10 Mar 2010

Readers' lives: At your service

This former pizza deliverer taught himself the technical concepts he needed 08 Mar 2010

Readers' lives: Trippingly off the tongue

Talking up a Cork in the north-western Mediterranean 26 Feb 2010

Employing the unemployable post-recession

Mitchell Feldman airs some recent sales-staff hiring frustrations 25 Feb 2010

Computacenter helps Severn Trent go with the IT flow

Infrastructure and services giant wins £3.5m deal to bring water company's IT system up to date 23 Feb 2010

CRN Focus: Guide to Green IT

Regulatory changes and cost issues mean firms are rapidly becoming more environmentally driven, says Fleur Doidge 22 Feb 2010

Make an exhibition of yourself

This year’s Channel Expo packages and opportunities are designed to help exhibitors show their wares to best advantage 22 Feb 2010

Suppliers hit by Call Performance demise

Distributors left out of pocket as outsourcing and telemarketing firm is wound up 19 Feb 2010

Plan in advance for remote control

Andrew Middlehurst says business continuity plans and policies must be devised and tested before the worst happens 18 Feb 2010

Intrinsic talks up managed services

VAR launches Fusion managed services portfolio as it looks to make life easier for its customers 11 Feb 2010

A new lease of IT life

Richard Forkan examines Gartner’s prediction that 20 per cent of businesses will own no IT assets by 2012 10 Feb 2010

SaaS providers must work with the channel

Software delivery as a service requires solid teamwork, notes Chris Baldock 09 Feb 2010

Oki expands managed print offering

New add-on targets SMEs, corporate and public sector 09 Feb 2010

Another long row

Brookcourt Solutions, Patni and Sapient sponsored Surrey’s Steve Coe, 48 [right] and Richard Hoyland, 40, as a pair in the same Atlantic Rowing Race highlighted here last week. 09 Feb 2010

Number cruncher for IT procurement

SaaS-based spend analytics offers VARs a new route to customer cost savings 01 Feb 2010

Shapes in the clouds

Multiplying cloud computing standards could have ramifications for the third-party cloud services provider 01 Feb 2010

A silver lining for system integration

Developments in the cloud herald new opportunities for integrators, suggests Ferenc Szelényi 28 Jan 2010

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Testing times

Many firms are going wrong with their software development 18 Mar 2010

Hot Seat: Derek Findlay

Derek Findlay is computing support officer at the University of Aberdeen where he works with a team of more than...18 Mar 2010

Do we want to play musical chairs?

More attention to training and development would improve IT staff retention and reduce costs 18 Mar 2010

Face facts: social media is the future

No organisation can afford to ignore the way business communications are changing 18 Mar 2010

features

Finding the right formula

Drug and food testing company Eclipse Scientific wanted to make its internal communications system easier to manage and more responsive...16 Mar 2010

Catering for different needs

From major corporations to SMEs, Vodafone has a UC offering to suit most types of enterprise, as Chris Holmes, head...16 Mar 2010

Get ready to roll

Moving staff over to a unified communications platform can have a huge impact on their working practices. Rachel Fielding explains...16 Mar 2010

analysis

Passage of Digital Economy Bill raises concerns over UK democracy

Critics say controversial Bill may pass without adequate public or parliamentary scrutiny 18 Mar 2010

Is the data watchdog about to pounce?

Experts believe the Information Commissioner’s Office is itching to use its new power to impose hefty fines for data breaches....18 Mar 2010

Financial sector IT bounces back

After a painful period of retrenchment, the finance sector is beginning to loosen the IT purse strings, as Angelica Mari...18 Mar 2010

Lloyd’s of London gears up for regulation

CIO Peter Hambling tells Angelica Mari about how the insurance market has updated its IT infrastructure to comply with new...18 Mar 2010

analysis and reports

Wireless LAN systems for the healthcare industry

The goal of a paperless hospital driven by wireless access that improves patient healthcare, expedites administration and streamlines operations.

A technology solution to align sales and marketing

Presenting best practices around people, processes and technology, this paper will help you produce more valuable customer relationships.

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CRN Web Seminar: Convincing Customers to Spend their way out of Recession

Join CRN editor Sara Yirrell and a panel comprised of Tim Black from sponsor Intel, Sam Routledge from VAR Softcat and Antony Young from analyst Demuto to find out how to get customers spending in 2010

events

Reseller Business Academy

Reseller Business Academy: Sales Fundamentals for Resellers

This workshop is designed for anyone who is new to sales or who is already in sales but has had...

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Channel Expo 2010

The only UK exhibition dedicated to the channel is coming to London, Olympia on 12 and 13 May 2010

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