The most recent articles from CRN

Mobile miniatures

Tracy Goodfellow — 2008-09-18T14:40:00.000Z

Tracy Goodfellow, CRN, Thursday 18 September 2008 at 14:40:00

Net-book sales have seen impressive growth, but the real impact may be hidden, suggests Tracy Goodfellow

This year has seen some interesting developments in the mobile PC market. Mobile PCs remained the fastest growing IT product from January to July 2008, compared to the same period...

Growing ahead

Rob Scott — 2008-09-16T12:46:00.000Z

Rob Scott, CRN, Tuesday 16 September 2008 at 12:46:00

Rob Scott asks how the channel can take advantage of its entrepreneurial roots

An analogy can be made between many channel businesses and the typical entrepreneurial startup. Both are often small, independent operations, run by people with passion for their sector, sometimes as...

UK leads the way in IT competitiveness

Doug Woodburn — 2008-09-16T10:13:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Tuesday 16 September 2008 at 10:13:00

UK tops Economist Intelligence Unit’s IT competitiveness rankings in Europe, and finishes third globally

The UK boasts the world’s third most competitive IT industry, according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)....

HP Mininote 2133

Marcus Austin — 2008-08-20T11:51:00.000Z

Marcus Austin, CRN, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 11:51:00

An ultraportable with a larger, easy-to-use keyboard

The biggest problem with ultraportable notebooks is often the keyboard, but HP has done a good job with that of the 2133....

Asus Eee PC 900

Marcus Austin — 2008-08-20T11:34:00.000Z

Marcus Austin, CRN, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 11:34:00

The best netbook the market has to offer just got better

For years the laptop market was trained to believe that small equalled expensive. Then Asus launched the original Eee PC and some things turned upside down -- at least for...

MSI Wind

Marcus Austin — 2008-08-20T10:54:00.000Z

Marcus Austin, CRN, Wednesday 20 August 2008 at 10:54:00

New entrant blows into super-small notebook ranks

The MSI Wind is around the same size as the Asus Eee PC 900 and has the same pearlescent case, but this is where the similarities end....

Too flexible for comfort

Sara Yirrell — 2008-08-14T16:44:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell , CRN, Thursday 14 August 2008 at 16:44:00

Can flexibility go too far?

Cancel all your holidays. Forget weekends and evenings. There is no escape from work in this new era of flexible working....

Double digit UC growth predicted

Sam Trendall — 2008-08-04T16:06:00.000Z

Sam Trendall, CRN, Monday 4 August 2008 at 16:06:00

Research firm Frost & Sullivan foresees worldwide UC revenues topping $4.5bn in 2008

Telephony upgrades will help drive the unified communications (UC) market towards a global worth of $5bn this year, research house Frost & Sullivan has claimed....

Dexterra unveils IBM veteran as new boss

Sam Trendall — 2008-07-17T12:56:00.000Z

Sam Trendall, CRN, Thursday 17 July 2008 at 12:56:00

Business mobility software vendor appoints Big Blue services guru to chief executive post

Business mobility software vendor Dexterra has unveiled former IBM executive Michael Liebow as its new chief executive. Liebow served Big Blue for more than a decade, most recently as vice...

Pricing pressure drives up notebook sales

Sara Yirrell — 2008-06-30T18:04:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell, CRN, Monday 30 June 2008 at 18:04:00

Latest research from IDC reveals that demand for mobile computing is still increasing

The quest for a more mobile workforce continues to be the driver of the UK PC market, according to the latest figures from analyst firm IDC....

C2000 moves in for Unique

Doug Woodburn — 2008-05-16T15:27:00.000Z

Doug Woodburn, CRN, Friday 16 May 2008 at 15:27:00

Computer 2000 (C2000) has become the latest IT distributor to strengthen its presence in the mobile phone space after purchasing Unique Distribution for an undisclosed sum.

The broadliner beat off several management-backed bids to buy the troubled distributor’s goodwill, name and intellectual property rights. The sale was conducted by Chantrey Vellacott, which was appointed as Unique’s management receiver...

Channel Expo is good to go

Sara Yirrell — 2008-05-15T16:21:00.000Z

Sara Yirrell, CRN, Thursday 15 May 2008 at 16:21:00

As Channel Expo 2008 draws closer, Sara Yirrell looks ahead to the channel's premier event

The week of Channel Expo 2008 is finally upon us. Tension is running high in the CRN office as the final preparations take place in the run up to the...

Toshiba adds Westcoast to b-2-b stable

Kayleigh Bateman — 2008-05-08T17:14:00.000Z

Kayleigh Bateman, CRN, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 17:14:00

Notebook vendor deepens relationship with broadline distributor Westcoast in business-to-business push

Vendor Toshiba has expanded its relationship with distributor Westcoast in a bid to target the SME laptop channel. The vendor, which already works with Westcoast around retail, plans to grow...

Mobility benefits business, survey claims

Sam Trendall — 2008-05-07T17:57:00.000Z

Sam Trendall, CRN, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:57:00

Mobile technology makes doing business easier and cheaper for UK firms, according to research by MORI

Nearly half of UK SMEs have closed a deal while on the move and four fifths claim technology has made starting a business cheaper and easier, research has revealed....

FMC market a sure bet, says Infonetics survey

Sam Trendall — 2008-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Sam Trendall, CRN, Friday 18 April 2008 at 00:00:00

Resellers urged to move fast as value of worldwide dual-mode phone market set to triple

Channel onlookers have urged resellers to move into fixed mobile convergence (FMC) after a survey revealed impressive growth in the market last year and predicted similar success for the next...