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Ballmer tops Forbes' 'worst CEO' list

Steve Ballmer is chief executive officer at Microsoft

Microsoft's head honcho is number one on the list of chief executives who should already have been fired, according to the magazine

16 May 2012

A degree of uncertainty

Dave Diamond Geezer the Dealer

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

14 May 2012

IT job vacancies surge in financial and public sectors

Long-term prospects are now front of mind for accountants

Latest research from CWJobs reveals a hunger for new blood is especially strong in the south and south-west

24 Apr 2012

Mid-sized tech firms lose out as fat salaries snare the talent

UKFast roundtable paints mid-tier technology companies as beaten to the talent by larger rivals, with exciting start-ups coming a close second

17 Apr 2012

Paying the price?

Sam Trendall asks if the channel has deep enough pockets to hang on to its top staff

16 Apr 2012

John Lewis seeks IT staff in customer service push

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

22 Mar 2012

Network Group poaches marketing head

Former DSGi and Equanet marketing manager joins buying group to drive growth

19 Mar 2012

Clock ticking to CRN Sales and Marketing deadline

Less than a week to go!

19 Mar 2012

HP flexes muscles at UK Gold Partner Forum

New schemes in hardware, software and services as vendor calls on VARs to help plug skills gap and drive economic growth

14 Mar 2012

Being nice is officially painful

whoever called it a 'fun run'?

13 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

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

Compaq UK & Ireland founder McNally passes away

Pioneer who turned subsidiary into $1bn giant by 1997 sadly dies after fight with cancer

05 Mar 2012

Good idea or a step too far?

Is encouraging young people to work for a few hours in exchange for their job seekers allowance taking advantage?

21 Feb 2012

Dixons chief pinched by Apple

John Browett is set to become senior vice president of retail at iPhone and iPad vendor

31 Jan 2012

Back to the drawing board for school ICT

Channel players have reacted positively to the scrapping of the school ICT curriculum and are unconcerned about any potential effect on revenues

26 Jan 2012

Industry bodies team up on new badge for storage pros

CompTIA and SNIA unveil what they hope will become the gold standard for data storage professionals

19 Jan 2012

Shameless push for sponsorship

I'm running a half marathon in March in aid of charity...yes I really am!

09 Jan 2012

Top staff hold all the cards

Recruitment specialist CRS and a range of channel players explain why a limited talent pool means top performers can command top dollar next year

21 Dec 2011

SQL skills in demand for 2012

December figures from the IT Job Board reveal an appetite for SQL, with London still the main hub for recruitment

16 Dec 2011

Channel players back calls to overhaul IT curriculum

Industry onlookers call for more focus on skills relevant to the workforce to alleviate talent gap

08 Dec 2011

Citrix schools 500th VAR sales head in partner academy

Virtualisation vendor celebrates landmark in channel training

15 Nov 2011

Former FAST chief bangs IT asset management drum

John Lovelock is keen to enlist UK resellers as he heads up new body IAITAM

11 Nov 2011

Humanity in business

Is there any room for compassion in this hard-nosed business world?

25 Oct 2011

CRN Conference

Mulling over the event and would like feedback

14 Oct 2011

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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

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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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

Organisations must strike a balance between worker productivity and the security of social media/mobile devices

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Smart working in the 21st century

Overcoming technological limitations and traditional office cultures to free employees to do more with less from wherever they want to


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The editor's diary

Facebook floats at last

But it was all about the hoodie

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Dave the dealer

Plumbing the depths

Dave brings you all the behind-the-scenes fighting talk as the entire channel gets in an angry mood this week

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