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Rule Britannia

Strong arm with Union Jack tattoo wrestles weaker arm with German flag tattoo

The UK is leading Europe in terms of channel growth, according to exclusive research from Context revealed at our recent Partner Connect event in Coventry

31 May 2012

Clouds form on vendor channel programmes

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CompTIA study reveals cloud computing and other disruptive trends are prompting vendors and resellers to re-examine channel programmes

31 May 2012

An opportunity for financial software players?

Tradeshift's Christian Laang

Big data represents an opportunity for the financial software channel, notes Christian Lanng

30 May 2012

UK HDD market starts to normalise after explosive start to 2012

Average selling prices up 58 per cent annually last month as 1TB kit flies off the shelves, Context stats reveal

29 May 2012

Call for a more measured approach

The channel needs much better metrics and measurement if it is to win over coveted smaller customers, warns Carl West

28 May 2012

The art and the arena

Some Partner Connect attendees and exhibitors this year were more creative in their approach than others. Fleur Doidge reviews the show

25 May 2012

ASPs down but bankrupt Elpida on the up in Q1 DRAM market

A quarter of contrasts in the bonkers world of memory, IHS iSuppli research finds

24 May 2012

Customers sign away their rights on cloud contracts

End users are failing to read the fine print in increasingly diverse cloud deals

24 May 2012

BYOD fuels "vibrant" WLAN market in Q1

Top vendors enjoy speedy growth as IDC numbers demonstrate strength of enterprise wireless market

23 May 2012

UK business failures drop in April

Latest Experian figures reveal all areas of the UK have seen an improvement in financial health

23 May 2012

Vendors told to tighten supply chain as counterfeiting grows

The scourge of counterfeit parts is on the rise, with four reported every minute, according to ERAI data

23 May 2012

Gartner: IT suppliers heading for breaking point

Analyst warns that firms, including IT suppliers, must embrace intense change or risk faltering

22 May 2012

Plumbing the depths

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

21 May 2012

Cloud to rain on IT outsourcers' parade

Market grew 7.8 per cent last year but rise of cloud will spawn winners and losers, says Gartner

21 May 2012

It’s all in the performance

Bob Tarzey says application performance management tools and services are an untapped opportunity and their time is ripe

21 May 2012

BYOD policy brings in the SMB talent

Research from Nasstar reveals firms with a comprehensive bring-your-own strategy are viewed as flexible and attractive to new recruits

18 May 2012

UK IT firms feeling plucky

Business confidence in the sector soaring despite double-dip recession

16 May 2012

TV speaker sales double in a year

Further growth expected, says Futuresource

16 May 2012

Samsung ousts Nokia from mobile top spot

Latest Gartner figures show a Samsung surge in mobile phones and smartphones as it surpasses both Nokia and Apple respectively

16 May 2012

Mobile memory sales booming thanks to smartphones and tablets

Latest research from IHS iSuppli reveals the global market will be worth $17.9bn by 2015

15 May 2012

Sluggish start to year for western Europe print

Hardcopy tracker reveals especially sharp decline in sales of printing devices to consumers

11 May 2012

Sales go mobile in the channel as businesses turn to tablets

It has been a positive first quarter for B2B sales despite the double dip, says Mehryar Hamid

11 May 2012

UK SMBs set to spend £500m on SaaS by 2014

Research from Pierre Audoin Consultants highlights SaaS as a huge growth area

10 May 2012

Eastern promise for UK PC market in Q1

The humble desktop fuels a return to growth as Asian duo Lenovo and Toshiba posts stellar numbers

10 May 2012

Experian: Late payments speed up for UK firms

Latest research reveals corporates have made the biggest reduction in late bill payment times with mid-sized firms close behind

09 May 2012

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

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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