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Alcatel-Lucent posts first ever annual profit

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Franco-American PBX maker finally gets in the black six years after merger

10 Feb 2012

VAR Sumlock bites the dust after almost four decades

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Newcastle-based Lenovo and VMware partner succumbs to insolvency

10 Feb 2012

HDD stockpile helps Ingram cash in during Q4

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Distribution monolith uses inventory strength to drive margins up but takes cautious approach to FY12

09 Feb 2012

RM puts M&A back on agenda

Education provider vows to innovate in 2012 after posting ugly full-year numbers

06 Feb 2012

Amazon Q4 profits drop but Kindle sales soar

Online retail giant sees costs increase as it looks to encourage sales, but 2011 turnover grows over 40 per cent

01 Feb 2012

Arrow ends “exceptional” 2011 on growth high

Enterprise Computing Solutions arm outstrips growth of larger components division

01 Feb 2012

Channel credit experts rue collapse of pre-pack law rejig

Industry onlookers disappointed as government decides not to implement compulsory consultation period

01 Feb 2012

Phoenix shares tank on treble whammy

IT services firm reveals balance sheet will be blotted by one-off costs, but says trading is in line with expectations

31 Jan 2012

Sales surge but profits pinched for ScanSource in Q2

Big sales hike outside the US boosts comms and barcoding distie's turnover, but operating margins fall almost one point annually

30 Jan 2012

Reseller insolvencies hit nine-year high in 2011

Graydon UK reveals 356 UK resellers went under last year but says there is light at the end of the tunnel

27 Jan 2012

Bullish Trustmarque open to “transformational” acquisition

After posting strong annual numbers, York-based VAR says it will consider opportunistic acquisition of similar-sized firm in 2012

26 Jan 2012

Avnet increases profitability despite Q2 sales drop

Distributor enjoys margin boost but sales environment remains challenged for both components and value-add wares

26 Jan 2012

Quartet of vendor giants posts upbeat numbers

Intel, Google, Microsoft and IBM all record impressive quarterly figures

20 Jan 2012

Misfiring Comet burns another £15m hole in owner's pocket

UK retailer's poor festive performance and mounting debt mean Kesa will have to pay up to £65m to offload it in two weeks' time

19 Jan 2012

Latin America shores up Westcon and Logicalis parent

UK and US remain "challenging" for South Africa-based Datatec

18 Jan 2012

Dixons cautious despite "solid" Christmas

Sales down amid warnings of "fragile consumer confidence" but retailer claims it is still outgunning rivals

17 Jan 2012

Services boom gives Centerprise profit boost in FY11

End of the Home Access scheme means system builder drops out of the £50m club, but margins show healthy rise

16 Jan 2012

Doomsaying rules the day - or does it?

Recession. blah. depression. blah. Regression. blah.....come on there is good stuff out there as well

16 Jan 2012

Phoenix Software cheers sales spike

Microsoft LAR hauls in sales of £73.8m in its fiscal 2011

13 Jan 2012

Computacenter upbeat for new year after profitable 2011

UK decline continues but continental growth and influx of big-ticket services deals puts a smile on reseller's face

12 Jan 2012

Buy IT Direct posts double-digit UK sales hike in FY11

Owner of Laptops Direct and Servers Direct online reseller brands doubles margins in robust set of annual numbers

06 Jan 2012

SBL posts stellar FY11 numbers

The artist formerly known as Software Box enjoys big sales and profit hikes

05 Jan 2012

M2 Digital revamps operations to kickstart FY12 growth

Managed print specialist's annual report reveals outsourced functions and investments in infrastructure after FY11 sales and profit drop

04 Jan 2012

Kcom margins inch up in FY11

Telco-owned integrator claws back a little profitability, annual accounts reveal

03 Jan 2012

Ultima nears £60m mark in stellar FY11

Integrator enjoys impressive sales and profit spike after investing in top staff and key partners

22 Dec 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

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Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

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