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Bananas are more useful

Tim Marston is EMEA channel manager at 10gen

With a bit of luck, the large number of business enquiries filtering through to Tim Marston these days could really bear fruit

18 May 2012

Strike while Hadoop analytics apps are hot

Entry to a Databarracks secure server room

Analytics software tipped to snowball answers to big-data business questions

08 May 2012

Quality over quantity

Big data or relevant data?

Bigger is not always better

Small technology providers can and should compete more for public sector and enterprise deals, claims Jim Shaw

22 Feb 2012

Alfresco opens up on new hires and channel plans

Open-source vendor claims to have doubled the size of its worldwide channel-focused sales and marketing teams

14 Dec 2011

SUSE to slash directly managed resellers

Linux vendor to throw weight behind fewer than 20 UK & Ireland partners as it looks to get more aggressive with rival Red Hat

01 Nov 2011

Linux IT takes strategic role in Bristol Council deal

Integrator attends Cabinet Office meeting to help get BCC's open-source strategy back on track

06 Oct 2011

Britain's got Talend for open source

Open source data integration software vendor claims services revenues are fuelling channel demand for its offerings

22 Sep 2011

Will the public sector ever be an open house?

Cabinet Office’s aim of increasing adoption of open source software faces hurdles, reports Doug Woodburn

19 Sep 2011

Head out on that open road

Jim Shaw finds there is freedom for resellers in opening up SaaS apps and delivery

02 Sep 2011

Linux IT to underwrite open-source adoption

Integrator will attempt to remove fear around community open-source projects with indemnification programme

01 Jul 2011

Red Hat results leave proprietary rivals green with envy

Open-source whizzkid tops expectations with 27 per cent sales hike

23 Jun 2011

Microsoft tightens OS market stranglehold

Software monolith stretches lead at the top, but open source rivals make waves in the server arena

27 Apr 2011

Between the dream and the reality

Interactive Ideas MD Mike Trup was spotted Living the Dream recently

01 Apr 2011

Government opens up to SMBs

Report from Francis Maude urges public sector to increase reuse and open source implementations

30 Mar 2011

Red Hat doffs cap to $1bn revenue goal

Open-source vendor claims cloud is fuelling its revenue growth

24 Mar 2011

Open source and the cloud, part II

Peter Dawes-Huish develops his thoughts on a plan for cloud migration

23 Feb 2011

Open source and the cloud

Peter Dawes-Huish says taking a more open approach may speed adoption

22 Feb 2011

LSE p-p-picks up the penguin

Novell partner replaces London Stock Exchange server with Linux

17 Feb 2011

SugarCRM beats a path to Big Blue

Open-source CRM vendor launches hunt for VARs with IBM skills

15 Feb 2011

Gartner: more than half of firms use open source

Analyst's figures reveal use of proprietary software is declining

09 Feb 2011

Red Hat green-lights indirect growth

Open-source giant sets channel growth target

04 Feb 2011

Open-sourcing business intelligence

Cost-cutting is converging with a thirst for decision-supporting information and open-source apps may help, says David Armstrong

01 Feb 2011

Red Hat debuts deal registration

Open source vendor offers deal registration to Advanced and Premier partners

31 Jan 2011

Linux IT bulks up

Open source integrator grows by almost a half in 2010 as it strengthens management team

10 Dec 2010

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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

Dave the dealer blog

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