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Exclusive achieves “super VAD” status with German buy

VADition's Barrie Desmond

Pan-European distributor follows up VADition acquisition with purchase of Münster-based distributor TLK

09 Jan 2012

VADition owner to buy in Germany

VADition bosses loyal to new owner 

Smith seizes minority stake in Maxima

People in a contract negotiation

Ian Smith's firm MXC Capital invests £1m in loss-making VAR

19 Oct 2011

Maxima to sell non-core units

Maxima takes itself off the market

Onyx boosts M&A fire power through ISIS investment

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Private equity house makes £42m investment in cloud and datacentre provider

18 Oct 2011

Onyx back in M&A action

Onyx targets business continuity acquisitions

Channel M&A ball keeps rolling

Deal flow remains high in Q3, data from Regent indicates

10 Oct 2011

Redstone spin-off RMS sells up to Pinnacle

McAfee, CA and Sophos partner agrees £468,000 deal with telecoms VAR

10 Oct 2011

An industrial revolution

IT services are tipped for increasing commoditisation and industrialisation in the years ahead

10 Oct 2011

Avisen performs reverse takeover of 1Spatial

£4.74m deal designed to provide platform for next phase of Avisen's development

07 Oct 2011

Make the invisible visible

Paul Davis says vendor consolidation has fragmented the approach to the evolving security threat landscape

30 Aug 2011

Top reasons for reseller failure

Various high-profile resellers have entered administration recently. Dave Stevinson explains why

04 Aug 2011

TSG makes second acquisition of 2011

Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based reseller buys SharePoint consultancy Rocket Solutions

19 Jul 2011

Oracle Platinum partners join forces

Licensing specialist Inoapps buys services-focused Teamsolve to create Oracle powerhouse

11 Jul 2011

VADition owner to buy in Germany

Exclusive Networks turns attention to German-speaking Europe for next targets

08 Jul 2011

Ex-SpiriTel team blasts off with new VAR

Alastair Mills and his crew unveil new buy-and-build outfit eight months after SpiriTel sale

05 Jul 2011

VADition bosses loyal to new owner 

Neil Ledger claims deal with Exclusive Networks is a partnership rather than just an acquisition

04 Jul 2011

VADition sells up to Exclusive Networks

Ledger and Morris agree deal with Paris-based firm as their distributor's fifth anniversary nears

30 Jun 2011

XTG says Livingston in solid shape

IT rentals firm's collapse due solely to funding difficulties, according to new owner XTG

27 Jun 2011

Oracle buys web experience whizzkid FatWire

Vendor claims acquisition will benefit partners

21 Jun 2011

Kelway snaps at Computacenter's heels

Aggressive VAR talks battleplans

17 Jun 2011

Calyx grabs mid-market software duo

Private equity owner Better Capital advances £6m to fund Touchstone and Trinity acquisitions

06 Jun 2011

Microsoft-Skype deal is good for the channel

Skype support in Microsoft products will drive many areas of the market, predicts Dave Stevinson

18 May 2011

Wisdom behind the Oracle-Sun merger

Oracle and its partners open up about the Sun acquisition’s impact on the channel. Caroline Donnelly reports

16 May 2011

Trustmarque fearful for box-shifting LARs

York-based reseller claims Nimbus acquisition marks it out from other Microsoft LARs

16 May 2011

Trustmarque acquires Nimbus for cloud push

Microsoft LAR diversifies further from its roots with cloud services purchase

10 May 2011

Sophos gobbles up UTM outfit Astaro

Security vendor grabs slice of $2bn UTM pie

06 May 2011

Fortinet makes VoIP acquisition

UTM vendor buys TalkSwitch and announces 34 per cent jump in Q1 sales

28 Apr 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

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Date: Thu 24 May 2012

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