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More or less in the age of smarter IT

Man pushing cogs in a machine

Might manufacturers increasingly fall in line with users’ desire to buy tech less often, risking channel sales cycles in the process? Fleur Doidge

03 Feb 2012

For the present

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The wraps are about to be removed on the plans for this year’s CRN Partner Connect event in Coventry. Fleur Doidge reports.

30 Jan 2012

Grabbing the gold dust

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Is the channel missing out by failing to harness the web’s power to bring easy leads to its door, asks Doug Woodburn

30 Jan 2012

Sponsored video: Acer Autumn conference

Find out what gifts Acer has in store for partners for 2012 in this exclusive roundup of its recent conference

27 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: On balance, add value

Consumer devices add value to a business, so the channel must help customers to manage and secure them in line with current threats

26 Jan 2012

All the fun of the fair

The 28th annual Bett show promoted global collaboration and gaming technology in schools this year and beyond.

20 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Risk awareness critical in mobile device use

A look at the attitudes of industry players found that acceptable use policies and risk awareness regarding personal mobile devices generally require a boost. Fleur Doidge reports

20 Jan 2012

Acer’s Olympic dream

Following a cloak-and-dagger bus tour of the Olympic Park with no stopping allowed, Sara Yirrell gets a sneaky peak at the mammoth challenge facing the vendor this summer

19 Jan 2012

CRN Channel Forecast for hardware - with Brother's Phil Jones

Phil Jones, sales and marketing director for Brother UK, scrys out the 2012 print market

17 Jan 2012

What’s on the VAR horizon in 2012

As 2011 disappears in the rear-view mirror, the channel can expect another year of change in the drive for mobility and efficiency

17 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Consumerisation rise stokes security fears

In this second of a four-part feature series, CRN examines the threats organisations perceive from consumerisation on the network

16 Jan 2012

CRN Channel Forecast for Security – with Eset's Quinton Watts

Quinton Watts, Eset UK vice president of marketing, plots the year ahead for the security market

04 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

Cut health and safety red tape, says channel

News that the government may streamline health and safety law has been welcomed by channel businesses. Fleur Doidge reports

14 Dec 2011

Eastern promise

As Huawei decides the time is right to launch an assault on the European market, Sara Yirrell finds out its plans for a prosperous future

13 Dec 2011

A year of living dangerously

Those who broke out their best guns in the fight for growth in 2011 may still be seeing strong results as we head towards 2012

12 Dec 2011

Are VADs back in vogue?

With resellers less willing to take risks and vendors running short of manpower, Doug Woodburn asks if value-added distribution can fill the void

12 Dec 2011

Sponsored feature: Managing personal mobile devices

Consumerisation is here and organisations are having to deal with it. A special series sponsored by Eset

12 Dec 2011

HP bursts through the clouds

Channel bosses Kevin Matthews and Paul Early discuss the vendor’s progress in the channel this year and what it has planned for 2012

09 Dec 2011

Squeezing trade

With HMRC refusing to back down over VAT repayments to mobile phone and PC components traders, Sara Yirrell looks at the impact government strategy is having on the economy

07 Dec 2011

Space for expansion

Beyond the sky is no limit for UK-based technology provider and consultancy Hamilton Hall, which is playing a key role for the European Space Agency. Fleur Doidge reports

05 Dec 2011

Field of dreams

Paul Cobley, managing director of Besttel, discusses the benefits and drawbacks of running an ambitious VAR from a field in Cumbria

05 Dec 2011

Go green and save

Fleur Doidge discovers a campaign is afoot to boost sustainability as well as more cost-effective procurement by adopting new software development standards for XML

02 Dec 2011

CRN Roundtable: Cloud transformation, for customers and the channel

Find out how top channel companies are succeeding with customers in the cloud in this roundtable sponsored by Outsourcery

30 Nov 2011

Winner wonderland

The UK channel partied on once again at Battersea and then at nightclub Pacha for the 2011 CRN Awards. Fleur Doidge reports on a top night

28 Nov 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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