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Dixons chief pinched by Apple

Dixons is to switch its focus to the web and rebrand 190 of its stores as Currys Digital

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

Blackboard with mouse attached

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

certificate

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

Legal Week Strategic Technology Forum

Legal Week's seventh annual Strategic Technology Forum will take an in-depth look into the shift in mindset that law firms are taking for the provision of their services

21 Nov 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

Cyberoam goes back to school

India-based UTM vendor announces UK education drive with NESCOT college

20 Sep 2011

Bribery and corruption

As a missive from our own company highlights the dangers of bribery - I wonder what exactly it means?

12 Sep 2011

Security candidates undersell their skills

Considering a move? Ryan Farmer says IT staff don't pay enough attention to the CV

08 Sep 2011

UK jobs market suffers as business confidence falls

Gloomy double bill of research gives UK plc little cause for optimism

15 Aug 2011

Cripes! A woman on the Board

Whatever next? A female prime minister? Oh....

10 Aug 2011

Security skills drought hits channel

Demand for talented penetration testing staff increasingly outstripping supply, report warns

04 Aug 2011

Cisco to lose 11,500 staff

Job-cutting drive and sale of manufacturing facility will cost vendor more than $1bn

19 Jul 2011

Magirus takes VMware online

Distributor claims to be first to offer online training to European partners

18 Jul 2011

Being in charge

It is a tough business

11 Jul 2011

Nodding dogs

Quite an apt description of this year's Apprentice contestants

07 Jul 2011

Forecast: 130 degrees

Dave questions the veracity of research showing lots of of people want to be like well-paid IT workers

06 Jul 2011

Recruitment firm cautions blasé VARs

Resellers urged to shore up their reputations as employers

06 Jul 2011

Channel Guess Who

Can anyone guess the identity of this seasoned UK channel exec?

28 Jun 2011

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CRN Partner Connect 2012

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CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena

Date: Thu 17 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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Departing CEO has done Dixons a service

Mark Needham, founder of distributor Widget, argues that John Browett leaves for Apple with Dixons in better shape than when he arrived