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Avnet UK&I waves goodbye to finance director

An exit sign

Nick Lee leaves the company after a 12-year career with Bell/Ideal

06 Jun 2011

Royally yours: Honouring the channel's top partnerships

Prince William and Kate Middleton during a photocall in the State Apartments of St Jamess Palace London

We run through the industry's most enduring unions. Which one is your favourite?

27 Apr 2011

Pacey's new venture to support M&A players

EPCMC's Eddie Pacey

Industry credit guru lifts lid on new credit consultancy firm six months after Bell departure

20 Apr 2011

Bell Micro adds Minicom's digital signage portfolio

Bell Micro fighting fit for the future

Microsoft moves VAD focus to UC

Software monolith tenders for unified comms specialists as part of value-add distribution programme

04 Feb 2011

In the Studio with CRN: Distributors take the credit

Distribution finance veterans Eddie Pacey and Derek Walton examine the changing face of credit through distribution

10 Jan 2011

Tips for a tough start to 2011

Have VARs backed the right horses in 2010 to leap next year’s hurdles? Fleur Doidge reports

13 Dec 2010

Demuto looks to growth with appointment

Former Bell Micro enterprise director Colin McGregor joins consultancy as a partner

25 Nov 2010

Channelling better credit

Are all things credit-related improving or not as the economy lifts?

18 Nov 2010

Avnet hands out divisional management roles

Distributor appoints mixture of Bell and Avnet execs to oversee areas including networking, software, storage, security and credit

12 Nov 2010

Spoiled for choice

In an increasingly aggressive market, distributors have to stand out to win custom. Sam Trendall investigates what motivates the choice of partners for VARs

04 Nov 2010

D-Link wraps up distribution reshuffle with Gem signing

Networking vendor finishes tinkering with distribution set-up after adding retail-focused player

03 Nov 2010

Avnet on track after merger, insists Watt

Avnet's EMEA head explains rationale behind Chessington closure

01 Nov 2010

Avnet sales boom as Bell integration gathers steam

New York-listed distributor unveils 42 per cent hike in quarterly revenue

28 Oct 2010

Avnet to close Bell Chessington HQ

ChannelWeb understands staff informed last week of plan to shut down office

19 Oct 2010

Pastures new for Bell credit guru Pacey

Peers pay tribute to "giant" of the industry as credit man plans consultancy work with VARs, VADs and investors

15 Oct 2010

Spotlight on distribution: Supply and demand

The second question in our Spotlight on Distribution campaign is centred on the relevance of distributors. Sam Trendall examines if they have a future

14 Oct 2010

TCA conference secures big-name speakers

Industry veterans Dow and Pacey to appear alongside leading analysts at trade body's annual get-together

29 Sep 2010

Channel not ready to sell cloud

Scott Murphy says the channel needs to change its strategy and customer approach to sell cloud services

15 Sep 2010

Avnet reveals post-acquisition UK team

Paul Cook, Nick Lee, Margaret Duke and John Pereira among former Bell staff to come on board

14 Sep 2010

Fortinet sharpens distie axe

Unified threat management vendor set to reduce UK distribution line up

07 Sep 2010

Avnet holds onto Bell sales model

The distributor has agreed on a post-acquisition sales model and will retain elements of Bell's broad-based approach

02 Sep 2010

Bell-Avnet merger prompts QLogic distribution reshuffle

Storage vendor signs Azlan in wake of Bell-Avnet deal

02 Sep 2010

Bell serves up cloud apps

Distributor teams up with SaaSplaza to offer VARs white-label cloud services

23 Aug 2010

Avnet closes FY10 with a flourish

EMEA success drives broadliner to massive growth in sales and profit

11 Aug 2010

Distributors call for action against Micro IT Components

Several high-profile distributors were left out of pocket by VAR's demise

21 Jul 2010

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