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Cisco CTO: Software is becoming a core competency for us

Skills sign

Padmasree Warrior talks up vendor's software, server and switching skills in opening speech at Cisco Live event

31 Jan 2012

SaaS customisation is not dead

MindTree's Rajesh Ranjan

Rajesh Ranjan looks at where to draw the line between configuration and customisation in SaaS

17 Jan 2012

Avnet and Northamber lose Microsoft OEM rights

Axe chopping wood

Microsoft moves from eight to six OEM distributors in the UK following review process

06 Jan 2012

Microsoft launches OEM distributor review

Comet hit by Microsoft counterfeit software claims

SBL posts stellar FY11 numbers

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

05 Jan 2012

For whom the bell tolls

Conditions will remain tough next year, but there will be many opportunities too. Fleur Doidge reports on IDC’s global 2012 predictions summary

23 Dec 2011

VDI out of the box

Matt McPhail says SMBs need VDI that can be deployed, scaled, and managed easily

21 Dec 2011

Kace talks up rampant growth

Dell-owned systems management vendor puts out call to non-Dell partners

09 Dec 2011

Smaller Microsoft partners voice MPN concerns

Some resellers continue to harbour concerns that mechanics of new-look partner programme favour bigger firms

25 Nov 2011

Fire me up to pick a winner

Chris McManus would love to be a Dragon for a day and make visionary business investments for the future

25 Nov 2011

Fight integration decline with custom SaaS

SIs likely to struggle in the current climate should consider an OEM path, says Davy Nys

23 Nov 2011

Embracing the Big open-source Society

A "big" and relatively debt-free society would be fostered by embracing open source, says Jim Shaw

22 Nov 2011

Cycle of life

Paul Down is a keen cyclist but would study medicine instead of business and economics in his next incarnation

18 Nov 2011

Lift and balance the load

George Zervos weighs up the growing need for server load balancing among SMBs and looks at how it could benefit the channel

18 Nov 2011

UK reseller quintet collared for software offences

Microsoft announces settlements with five VARs who have admitted to illegally vending software

17 Nov 2011

Microsoft hard-launches deal registration scheme

Vendor says Solution Incentive Programme is robust enough to scale to up to 400 more UK partners following successful pilot

16 Nov 2011

Comparex "not picking fight" with York launch

Microsoft LAR says new base in York will allow it to create net new jobs for software licensing industry

14 Nov 2011

Licences to kill

Too many firms are still struggling with vendor audits of their software estate and related licensing issues. Sean Robinson proposes a solution

14 Nov 2011

Life on the line

Reading the news offline provides a welcome break from the increasingly internet-connected workplace, notes David Cuss

11 Nov 2011

Taste-testing Apple’s iOS 5

Mark Mason gives a flavour of the business and IT issues surrounding the new iOS 5 operating system for mobile devices such as iPhones

04 Nov 2011

Thinking small

VMware wants partners to push virtualisation to smaller businesses. Caroline Donnelly attended the firm’s European conference, VMworld, in Copenhagen to find out why

04 Nov 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

Advanced Computer Software nets largest-ever deal

Healthcare specialist lands £17m deal to supply Northern Irish department with finance, procurement and logistics software

31 Oct 2011

Raging Jobs vowed to "destroy Android"

Former Apple boss pledged to spend vendor's "every penny" pursuing makers of "stolen product"

24 Oct 2011

Apple’s tablet rivals told to wise up on pricing

Strategy Analytics data reveals iPad held 67 per cent market share in Q3 as competitors continued to overprice their devices

21 Oct 2011

Hardware VARs see Oracle's value, says UK channel boss

Oracle's UK channel chief, Alan Hartwell, claims 'the opportunity with Oracle is larger than any problems' Sun partners may have had

13 Oct 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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Measuring the ROI of Google Apps

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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