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Where next for Cisco?

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The networking giant used its recent techie get-together in London to discuss where it will place its bets in the coming years

10 Feb 2012

Reward in a recession

UKFast's Lawrence Jones

Spending on staff is a worthwhile investment even in tough times, according to Lawrence Jones

06 Feb 2012

Microsoft hits out at Google's privacy proposals

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Software giant urges users concerned by Google's privacy policy changes to take another look at its products

03 Feb 2012

Cloud term to 'lose usefulness' by 2020

The word on everyone’s lips could be an anachronism before the end of this decade, says Forrester

31 Jan 2012

Darker days ahead for distribution

Dave Stevinson scries out the future of distribution and distributors

31 Jan 2012

Blue Chip puts its money where its cloud is to fuel growth

Poole-based VAR shifts business to more than three-fifths services-oriented and makes big investments in people, training and infrastructure

26 Jan 2012

ThinkGrid and Ingram team up for cloud push

Hosted infrastructure vendor signs distributor to give partners extra support in the cloud

26 Jan 2012

Magirus bags Embotics distribution deal

Pan-European distributor enlisted by Canadian private cloud management vendor to grow channel

25 Jan 2012

Meraki plans Euro assault as it enters the switching market

Cloud networking vendor looks to put the cat among Cisco's pigeons with product launch and regional expansion

24 Jan 2012

Drumming up business

Dave learns more about the extracurricular acvtivities of one vendor chief

23 Jan 2012

Panda bares all to distributors

Cloud security vendor makes channel strategy black and white as hundreds of VARs are migrated to new partners Westcoast and VIP

23 Jan 2012

Westcoastcloud stumps up for Webroot archiving migrations

Hosting provider offers to cover migration costs for former Webroot customers who adopt its email archiving product

20 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

IntY revamps Office 365 programme in partner push

Hosting provider's new programme promises 30 per cent margin on product bundles and introduces internal software use rights

16 Jan 2012

Winter of content for Imtech

Dutch firm has landed €34m in UK IT deals since November, including IT infrastructure contract with BBC

16 Jan 2012

Dell tools up for cloud and storage channel push

Hardware vendor uses European Storage Conference to preview partner enablement and cloud plans

10 Jan 2012

Signagelive ramps up US attack

Move into the Americas firms up with new hire

04 Jan 2012

CRN Roundtable: Partner-to-partner collaboration

As the technological landscape continues to shift, working together is even more important than before

19 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

Cloud vendors offered antidote to channel conflict

E-commerce platform provider Avangate offers ISVs the chance to ensure VARs get a cut of direct deals

09 Dec 2011

Securing the future

An Ofsted plan means VARs selling to schools should consider how to safeguard pupils without restricting internet access, says Paul Evans

09 Dec 2011

Cloud computing economics confuse and confound firms

Research from The Cloud Circle reveals decision makers are still unsure when they will see a return on their investment

08 Dec 2011

Protect cloud with cloud

Neil Hollister says more resellers should consider cloud-based authentication

08 Dec 2011

McAfee reverts to distributor quartet with Softek signing

A year after trimming its distribution routes to market, security giant adds new partner

06 Dec 2011

Making money from the cloud

Mimecast's channel boss Nessa Lynchehaun advises resellers to deepen customer relationships if they want to cash in on the C word

05 Dec 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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The mobile enterprise: Secure the data, not the device

The proliferation of endpoint devices within the enterprise has highlighted the shortcomings of one of the traditional approaches to data security

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Measuring the ROI of Google Apps

This Forrester report compares the costs and benefits of legacy email and productivity software with Google Apps


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Clocking off

Dave discovers that rozzers are seemingly living in the technology dark ages

View from the channel

Views from the Channel

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